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THE CHURCH
AT HOME AND ABROAD,
PUBLISHED MONTHLY
BY ORDER OF
rHE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
Volume XXIV.
PRESBYTERIAN BOARD OF PUBLICATION AND SABBATH-SCHOOL WORK,
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PHILADELPHIA, PA.
1898.
THE UNITED PRESBYTERIAN MISSION LIBRARY
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INDEX TO VOLUME XXIV.
PAGF.
Africa, The Basel Missionary Society in 201
Africa, Building a Church in 439
Africa, Elder Adande 165
Africa, Missionary Zeal in Uganda 199
Africa, Mohammedanism in .... 308
Africa, Moravians in Kaffirland 294
Africa, Negro Problem in Liberia . 413
Africa, Progress in the Transvaal 199
Africa, Railway to Stanley Pool 97
Africa, Sketch of San Juan, a Mabeya 324
Africa, The Folk-lore of. 170
Africa, The Gospel in 4
Africa, The Rhenish Missionary in 200
Africa, White Traders in 483
African Customs, Strange 308
African Woman and the Bible 248
Alaska, Character of Native Christians . . . . . . 437
Alaska, Locating Missions in 231
Alaska, Mission Changes in 326
Alaska, Need of Missionaries for 231
Alaska, Presbyterian Church at Point Barrow 232
Alaska, Prospecting on the Yukon 424
Alaska, S. Hall Young in 423
Alaska, Swineford's Book on 261
Alaska, The Eskimos at Point Barrow . . .... 426
Alaska, The Klingits of Old Tongas 169
Alaska, Totem Pole of the Klingits 171
Alliance of the Reformed Churches 467
American Life, Influential Forces in 376
Arizona, Girls in Tucson Mission School 444
Armenian Woman's Beneficence 437
Army Camps, Christian Work in 147
Army, Christian Work in the 186
Ashton, Mary 161
Babism of Persia
Baer, John Willis . .
Barbary States, Missions in
Bellevue College, Nebraska
Beneficence of Congregational Churches ....
Beneficence of Presbyterian Church, Summary of
Benjamin, Simeon
Better America, The
Bible a Missionary Agency . .
Bible for Lady Wu Ting Fang
Bible, Need of Earnest Study.
Bird, Rev. William . . .
Boudinot, Elias
Breckenridge, Dr. John . . .
Buddhist's Salvation by Faith
. 378
. 160
. 18
. 223
. 377
.280,
281, 374, 469
.... 102
.... 467
160
20
49
289
203
66
375
343
296
Caroline Islands 97
Childs, Geo. W 67
China, A Land Without a Sunday 170
Caldwell, Rev. James . . . .
Canada, Methodists of. . . .
Carey, William, in Serampore
Carleton, Rev. Marcus M . .
China, Anti-foot-binding Movement ....
China, Christian Endeavor Convention in .
China, Church Born in Ningpo Hospital .
China, Condition of Women in
PAGE,
. 208
. 219
. 436
. 443
China, Evangelist Dzing 481
China, Methods of Self-support 259
China, Missionary Progress in Seven Years 199
China, New Outlook in 186
China, Our Missionaries in Hainan 385
China, Progress and Reform in 282
China, The Anglo-Chinese College at Foochow . . . . 376
China, Water-works for Shanghai 398
China, Wei Hien, Spiritual Life at 17
China, What She Needs 17
Chinese Boy and the Golden Rule 161
Chinese Century, or Cycle 169
Chinese, Economy of the 453
Chinese in the United States . . 68
Chinese Learning to Think 98
Chinese Mission in New York 342
Chinese Woman's Confession of Christ 246
Christian Endeavor Convention, Notes from the 257
Christian Training Course, Commended 15
Christian Training Course, Outline D, Fourth Year, 1898-
1899 256
Christian Training Course Programs :'>52, 451, 531
Church at Home and Abroad, Report on 14
Church and the Country 23$
Church and Missions 237
Church Erection 35, 130, 220, 316, 410
Church Erection, An American Cathedral 35
Church Erection, An Important Decision 22)
Church Erection, Appropriations from 1841-1898 316
Church Erection, 1844-1898 36
Church Erection, History and Work of the Board .... 471
Church Erection, How a Church was Started 130
Church Erection, Receipts for May, 1898 90
Church Erection, Receipts for June, 1898 . . 178
Church Erection, Receipts for July, 1898 275
Church Erection, Receipts for August, 1898 365
Church Erection, Receipts for September, 1893 46f>
Church Erection, Receipts f)r October, 1898 541
Church Erection, Typical Cases 410
Church Extension, Need of . 282
City,' The Twentieth Century « 261
Clark, Rev. Seth Gold 7
College, Criterion of a Good 282
College Student, Evolution of a 261
Colleges and Academies 43, 129, 223, 318, 405, 507
Colleges and Academies, Action of the General Assembly 43-
Colleges and Academies, Alma College 507
Colleges and Academies, Brookfield College 129
Colleges and Academies, Lewis Academy 405
Colleges and Academies, Poynette Academy 31S
Colleges and Academies, Receipts for May, 1898 .... 89
Colleges and Academies, Receipts for June, 189S .... 178
Colleges and Academies, Receipts for July, 1898 275
Colleges and Academies, Receipts for August, 1898 . . . 365
Colleges and Academies, Receipts for September, 1898 . . 460-
iii
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IV
INDEX.
PAGE.
Colleges and Academies, Receipts for October, 1898 ... 544
Colleges, Value of Small 187
Condit, IraM., D.D 202
Cook, Rev. H. C 444, 515
Cornwall, Missionary School at 301
Cowles, Augustus W., D.D 104
Crow Butte, Nebraska 139
Cuba, Hope for 170
Cuban Refugees, Help for 440
Current Events and the Kingdom. ■ • 3, 97, 185, 279, 373, 467
Davies, Samuel, Aid for His Education 286
Dixon, John, D.D 328
Duncan, Dr. S. W 487
Durant, Henry F., Founder of Wellesley College .... 259
Eddy, Dr. Mary, Graphic Pictures by 17
Education 47, 135, 217, 414, 501
Education : Are there too Many Ministers? 135
Education, History and Work of the Board of 285, 345
Education, Receipts for April, 1898 88
Education, Receipts for May, 1898 ... 89
Education, Receipts for June, 1898. 176
Education, Receipts for July, 1898 268
Education, Receipts for August, 1898 359
Education, Receipts for September, 1898 457
Education, Receipts for October, 1893 540
Education, Seminary Libraries 414
Education, The Board before the Assembly 47
Eliot, John 56
Elmira College 102
Enthusiasm 327
Fiji, Strange House of Worship in 164
Foreigners in the United States 149
Foreign Mission Letters :
Africa, Angom 127
Africa, Batanga 308
Brazil, Bahia 126
Brazil, Larengeiras . . 126
China, Chefoo 214
China, Chinanfu 496
China, Hainan 124
China, Peking 34
India, Lahore 310
Korea, Fusan 310
Korea, Pyeng Yang 127, 309, 402, 496
Laos, Praa 215
Mexico, Guerrero 311
Persia, Hamadan 125
Syria, Abeih 402
Syria, Beirut 214
Foreign Mission Recei, ts for April, 1898 82
Foreign Mission Receipts for May, 1898 87
Foreign Mission Receipts for June, 1898 175
Foreign Mission Receipts for July, 1898 267
Foreign Mission Receipts for August, 1898 358
Foreign Mission Receipts for September, 1893 456
Foreign Mission Receipts for October, 1398 538
Foreign Missions 17, 111, 199, 293, 385, 4^3
Foreign Missions and National Policy . . , 373
Foreign Missions and the Young People 161
Foreign Missions, Our Foreign Politics 19
Foreign Missions, Reflex Advantages of 121
Foreign Missions, Relation of Home Church to 497
Foreign Missions, Scope of the Board Ill
Freedmen 45, 141, 229, 322, 412, 505
Freedmen, Ferguson Academy 141
Freedmen, Getting Rid of the Load , 229
PAt,o.
Freedmen, Ingleside Seminary . 412
Freedmen, Oak Hill School 505
Freedmen, Receipts for April, 1898 92
Freedmen, Receipts for May, 1898 180
Freedmen, Receipts for June, 1898 367
Freedmen, Receipts for July, 1898 368
Freedmen, Receipts for August, 1893 547
Freedmen, Receipts for September, 1893 547
Freedmen, Report to General Assembly 45
Freedmen, Swift Memorial 143
Freedmen, Synodical Contributions 230
Freedmen, Why We Say No 322
Gambling Prohibited in New Jersey 186
General Assembly of 1893 10
German Emperor in Palestine 373
God's University 68
Golak Nath, Rev 204
Goldschmidt, Jenny Lind 246
Gospel, A Highway for the . . . 3
Gospel and the Kingdom 3
Greek Catholic Patriarch, The New 493
Ground Floors 263
Hall, John, D.D., LL D .... 391, 421
Hawaii, The Dawn of. 300
Hawaii. Work of Missions in . 454
" He Brung Me" 250
Henry, Benjamin C., D.D .... 115
Hero of the Stokehole 166
Hewitt, J. D.,D.D 136
Hilprecht, Herman V., Ph.D 259
Hindu Aggressiveness 18
Hindus, Changing Attitude of the 185
Home Mission Appointments, .... 62, 156, 243, 339, 433, 528
Home Mission Letters :
Alaska 58,151,431
Arizona 58, 151
Arkansas 432, 525
California 59, 152, 334, 335, 337 338, 524
Colorado 59, 152, 24L, 337
Florida 153
Idaho 60, 153, 338, 432
Indian Territory 430, 431
Iowa 336, 337, 433, 525
Kansas 59, 153, 338, 430
Michigan 333, 522
Minnesota 60, 336, 337, 523
Missouri 153. 430
Montana 60, 335, 338
Nebraska 60, 335, 430
Nevada 61
New Mexico 523
New York 431
Oklahoma 154, 431
Oregon 337, 338, 524
Pennsylvania 243
South Dakota 240, 335, 336, 522, 527
Tennessee 4^2
Texas 155
Utah 61, 155, 241, 433, 527
Washington 61,155,242,333,430,522,527
Wisconsin
Wyoming
61, 430
62
Home Mission Problem I*4
Home Mission Receipts for May, 1898 81
Home Mission Receipts for June, 1898 17*
Home Mission Receipts for July, 1898 ■ • 264
INDEX.
PAGK
Home Mission Receipts for August, 1898 . 356
Home Mission Receipts for September, 189S 455
Home Mission Receipts for October, 1898 53*3
Home Mission Work in Souihern Illinois 187
Home Missions 50, 144,^231, 325, 121, 515
Home Missions, A Great and Varied Work 233
Home Missions, At the General Assembly 50
Home Missions, Conditions on the Field 236
Home Missions in Iowa 188
Home Missions, Patriotic Offerings 231
Home Missions, Patriotic Offerings by Patriotic Presbyte-
rians 50
Home Missions, Progress in Debt Paying B20
Home Missions, Questions for the Meeting 217
Home Missions, The School Work of 233
House of Worship, First in Cincinnati 187
Huss, John 515
Immigration, A Peril of 146
India, Changing Attitude of the Hindus . 185
India, Christianity and Lower Castes 452
India, Conciliatory Measures of the Government. . . . 120
India, Educational Work Appreciated 453
India, Forman Christian College, Lahore 75
India, Hindu Who Obeyed Christ's Command 247
India, Industrial Work at Kolhapur 77
India, Kolhapur Presbytery, New Church ....... 4
India, Mohammedans in Ferozepore 5
India, Outlook in Lahore 310
India, Presbyterian Missions in 75
India, Sacrifice of Our Missionaries 280
India, The Brahmo-Somaj 18
India, Towers of Silence in Bombay 170
India, Visit to Serampore 342
Indian Uprising 443
Indian Work in Indian Territory 326
Indians at Trans-Mississippi Exposition 279
Indians, Christian 517
Indians, Fourth of July Among the Nez Perces 235
Indians, Quarter Century with the Sioux 375
Indians, Their Music 351
Indians, Work Among the Pimas 444
Indifferent, Dealing.with the 450
International Missionary Union 101, 111
Iowa Congress of Missions 101
Iowa, Home Missions in 188
Japan, An Obstacle to Christian Work in 437
Japan, Babies in Sunday-school 165
Japan, Home Missions in 426
Japan, Mr. Kenkichi Kataoka 279
Japan, Religious Indifference in 453
Japan, The Aino 170
Japan, The Doshisha 200
Japan, Without a Passport in 375
Japanese and Civilization 171
Japanese Boy's Prayer 245
Japanese Politics, Christianity in 279
Jews in Russia • 4
Job, Book of, A Rhythmical Version 260
Kellogg, S. H., D.D., LL.D 21
Kennedy, Miss Rachel 298
Kerr, John G.,M.D,LL.D 388
Kingdom, Progress of the 185
Klondike, From the Missionaries 55
Klondike Presbyterian Church 56
Korea, At the Pyeng Yang Hospital 306
PAGE.
Korea, Bible Study in 199
Korea, Commercial Progress in 355
Korea, Encouragement in 24, 309
Korea, Evangelist Kim. , 482
Korea, Every-day Life in 436
Korea, Growth of the Church in 355
Korea, Shamanism in 118
Korea Mission, Mrs. Bird's Impressions 116
Korea, Work for the Women of. 402
Korea's Advance 3
Korean Harvestfield 483
Koreans, Mourning Customs of 72
Labaree, Benjamin, D.D 297
Laos, Porcupine Story 442
Laos, Religion of the Natives 245
Laos, Self-support in Chieng Mai Schools 23
Letters to Missionaries 250
McCormick, S. B., D.D 137
Madagascar, Religious Zeal in 199
Martin, Dr. W. A. P 484
Medical Missions in Mohammedan Lands 294
Medical Missions— What they Accomplish 304
Meissonier, A Lesson from 160
Merwin, Rev. A. M 114
Methodist Missions 376
311
260
248
135
136
217
Mexico, A Field in Guerrero . r
Mexico, Senor Romero's Book on
Micronesia, Liberality of a Native Church
Ministers, Are There too Many ?
Minister's Official Status
Ministry, Unique Importance of
Ministerial Relief 37, 132, 227, 320, 408, 512
Ministerial Relief, A Cyclone Cave 512
Ministerial Relief, At the General Assembly 37
Ministerial Relief Closely Related to God 227
Ministerial Relief, How Goes the Battle? 32)
Ministerial Relief, Receipts for May, 1898 91
Ministerial Relief, Receipts for June, 1898 179
Ministerial Relief, Receipts for July, 1898 276
Ministerial Relief, Receipts for August, 1898 367
Ministerial Relief, Receipts for September, 1898 .... 461
Ministerial Relief, Receipts for October, 1898 545
Ministerial Relief, Studying for Effects 132
Ministerial Relief, The Enchanted Cave 408
Missionary Agency, The Bible a 188
Missionary Crusades, Four Successive 190
Missionary Educational Work 209
Missionary Enthusiasm, Its Source 171
Missionary Literature 163
Missionary Literature, Home and Foreign 5
Missionary Progress 375
Missionary Reading Circle 164
Missionary Tact 119
Missionary View of the War with Spain 393
Missionary Book-making 30
Missionaries, Alliance Spirit Among 191
Missionaries, Conference with New 113
Missionaries, Heroic Stock and Temper of. 373
Missionaries, Self-control and Poise of 245
Mission Press at Beirut, Syria 27
Missions and Statesmanship 185
Missions, A Professorship of 375
Missions, Civilizing Influences of 399
Missions, Instruction in 375
Missions of the Methodist Church 376
Missions, Six Practical Suggestions 377
VI
INDEX.
PAGE.
Missions, The Church and 237
Missions, The Pastor and 397
Missions, Young People and 70, 443
Mitchell, Dr. Arthur 397
Mohammedanism in Africa 308
Mohammedan Lands, Medical Missions in . 294
Moravian Missionary Deficit 376
Mormon Crisis, A 280
Mormon Young People's Societies 441
Mormon Question 327
Mormons, New President of 422
Mormons, The 329
■Morocco, Slave Trade in 200
Moslem Against Moslem, in Persia 125
Mountaineers, The 519
National Relief Commission 3
Nebraska, Synod of 516
Necrology 80, 172
New Mexico, Presbyterian Missions in Santa Fe .... 423
Nurse, How to Become a Trained 72
Obookiah, Henry. ...
" Old Scots " Church of Freehold, N. J.
Oriental Missionaries
300
Pacific Ocean, Theatre of Events 373,
Palestine, German Emperor in. .
Patriotism of Race
Persia, Converted Moslem Woman in
Persia, Russian Influence in. . . . .
Persia, The Babism of
Philip, Captain, of the Texas
Philippine Islands
Philippines, Gospel for the 98, 294,
Philippines, Resume of Facts About the
Pilgrims' Three Homes
Porto Rico ....
Poynette Academy
Prayer in Mission Work ,
Presbyterian Church in the United States, History of . .
Presbyterian Endeavorers 74, 167, 254, 353.
Presbyterian Esprit de Corps
Presbyterian Women at Winona Lake ... ...
Publication and Sabbath-school Work
40, 138, 224, 313, 417,
Publication and Sabbath-school Work, A Year's Retro-
spect
Publication and Sabbath-school Work, History and Work
of the Board
Publication and Sabbath-school Work, Glimpses of the
Field of Work
Publication and Sabbath -school Work, Progress of the
Work
189
374
373
3
246
19
378
215
99
392
489
162
327
318
247
446
444
262
12
509
40
251
313
417
Questions for Missionary Meeting. . 77, 169, 258, 351, 452, 530»
Ramabai, Max Miiller's Testimony 453.
Roman Catholic Missionaries and Civil Affairs 112
Roman Catholic Power in America 427
Russia, Jews in. , 4
Russian Aggression in Eastern Churches 19
Sabbath Observance in Portland, Ore 5
Sabbath-school, Twentieth-century Movement 191
177
268
359
36a
458
541
Publication and Sabbath-school Work, Summer Work by
the Missionaries
Sabbath-school Work, Receipts for May, 1898 . . .
Sabbath-school Work, Receipts for June, 1898 ....
Sabbath school Work, Receipts for July, 1898 . . .
Sabbath-school Work, Receipts for August, 1898. .
Sabbath-school Work, Receipts for September, 1898
Sabbath-school Work, Receipts for October, 1898. . .
Salt Lake Institute (>
Sayce, Dr. A. H 259
Schwartz, Christian Frederick 299
Serious Work of the World 185
Siam, A True Worshiper of the Unknown God 206
Siam, Progress in 485
Soudan, An Opening in the 98
Soudan, The Future of the . . 279
Spain, Christianity in 279
Spain, War with 97 1 99
Student Volunteers, First Band of 3(X>
Synodical Problem 518
Syria, Evolution of Presbytery of Tripoli . 381
Syria, Graphic Pictures by Dr. Mary Eddy 17
Syria, Missionary Convention 403
Syria, Mission Press at Beirut 27
Theological Seminaries, Characteristics of. 219
Todd, Rev. A. C, Death of 5
Twentieth-century Movement 191
Vivekananda, A Beef-eater 187
Wellesley College, Its Founder 259
Westminster Assembly, Men of the 9
Westminster Standards and Formation of Republic . . . 347
White, Miss Cornelia 66
Wight, Fannie E., Death of 22
Wilson, Jonathan, D.D .202
With the Magazines 80, 169, 258, 354, 453
Woman's Opportunities . . 160
World in a Nutshell 71
Worth Reading 80, 171, 260, 355, 454. 536
Young'People and Missionary Work 247
Young People and Missions 70, 443
Young People, Church and the 69
Young People's Conventions, Programs for 78
Young People's Department .... 65, 159, 245, 341, 435, 529
Young People's Societies, Presbyterian 67
Young People, Their Place in Church Work 438
WRITERS.
Allen, Lyman Whitney, D.D 237
Beattie, Rev. Lee W 163
Bishop, Mrs. Isabella Bird 11G
Bracken, Rev. Theo 510
Bromfield, Edward T., D.D 191
Bruske, A. F., D.D 507
Carter, Emma Smuller 250
Ellinwood, F. F., D.D 189, 300, 393
Ford, Harry P 250
Freeman,' Rev. John H 23
Frothingham, Rev. H. J 101
Gunn, Rev. Thomas M 235
Henry, Benjamin C, D.D 282
Hill, Rev. John B 7
Hillis, Mrs. N. D 70
Holcomb, Mrs. Helen H 342
Jacobs, Mrs. W. B 12
Ketcham.Mrs. H. A 164
INDEX.
VII
PAGE.
Labaree, Benjamin, D.D 30, 378
Lane, Saurin Eliott, D.D 56
Ledwith, William L., D.D 262
MacCauley, Rev. Hugh B 450
Macintosh, John S., D.D 9
McMillan, D. J., D.D 233
Magill, Rev. Thomas 429
Marsh, Rev. H. R., M.D 426
Matthieson, Rev. Mathias 429
Moore, Rev. T. F 482
Myers, Harry C, A. M 129
Nelson, W. S., D.D 381
Paden, William M., D.D 441
PAGE.
Phraner, Mrs. Stanley K 101
Powell, George May 263
Roberts, William Henry, D.D. , LL.D 347,446
Rollestone, Lavina M 249
Sauber, F. J., D.D 506
Shoemaker, Rev. J. E 481
Smith, Henry Goodwin, D.D 532
Walter, Mrs. Margaret D 439
Wells, J. Hunter, M.D 24
White, ErskineN., D.D 471
Williams, Mrs. A. B 102
Wynkook, Rev. D. M 428
Young, Rev. S. Hall 55, 424
ILLUSTRATIONS.
Africa, Bule Men and Women 488
Africa, Church and Schoolhouse at Corisco 158
Africa, Dr. Bennett and Fang Boys 388
Africa, Gaboon River Village 440
Africa, Kapela and Cipenye 439
Africa, Road Making in Gaboon 248
Africa, " Uncle Adande " 165
Africa, Village near Axim, Gold Coast 166
Ashton, Mary 160
Asheville Home School . . 520
Alexander, Archibald, D.D 287
Alexander, J. A., D.D 288
Alexander, Samuel D., D.D 477
Alma College 507
Arab Sheik 483
Atterbury, Rev. J. G 291
Baer, John Willis 160
Baker, George D., D.D 346
Beaver, Chaplain, at Camp Alger 148
Benjamin, Simeon 102
Bennett, Dr. A. L., and Fang Boys 388
Bird, Rev. William 20
Boudinot, Elias 49
Breckinridge, John, D.D .... 289
Bristol, Pa., Presbyterian Church 480
Brookfield College, Mo 129
Caldwell, Rev. James . .
Camp Alger, Y. M. C. A. Tent ....
Carleton, Rev. M. M
Cathedral, An American
Chester, William, D.D
Childs, George William
Chile, Indian Women
China, Hospital Wards at Wei Hien
China, Lien Chow Boarding School
China, Woman of Lien Chow
Chinamen, Christian Americanized ....
Clark, Rev. Seth Gold
College Hall, A
Colombia, Baranquilla Public Market
Colombia, Medellin School
Colonial Church
Condit, Ira M., D.D
Cowles, Augustus W., D.D. , LL.D
Craven, E. R., D.D. , LL.D
Crowe Butte, Nebraska
Dillard.G. T..D.D
2
.... 147
296
. 35
.... 290
67
....... 4S9
305
. . .201
486
.... 69
8
285
372
207
471
202
103
251
139
420
Dixon, John, D.D 328
Early English Parish Church 471
East Hampton, L. I., Church 473
Ellinwood, Frank F., D.D 476
Elmira College
Elmira College, Exterior Views ....
Elmira College, from the Lake . .
Elmira College, Interior Views
Elmira College, Kappa Sigma Room . .
Elmira College, Music Hall
Elmira College, Observatory
Elmira College, Phi Mu Room ....
Elmira College, Students
Fewsmith, Rev. Joseph
Finney, Rev. Charles G
First Presbyterian Church, New York. .
Fisher, Alice
Ford, Darius R., D.D
Frontier Church ....'.
Golak Nath, Rev .
Hall, John, D.D., LL.D
Harmony, Kansas, Presbyterian Cnurch
Hastings, Gov., at Camp Alger . . .
Hawaii, Dawn of Day
Hawaii, Shores of Hilo Bay. . . .
Hawaii, Street Scene in Honolulu ....
Henry, Benj. C, D.D
Hewitt, J. D., D D
Hilprecht, Professor H. V
Hingham, Mass., Church
Hodge, Charles, D.D
Hodge, Edward, D.D
Hungerford Academy, Springville, Utah
Hungerford Academy and Church . . .
India, Benares
India, Golden Temple, Umritzar . .
India, Jumna Boys' High School . . . .
India, Sumeree Temple, Benares.
India, Woman's Hospital, Ambala . . .
India, Women Grinding Meal
Indian Territory, Dwight Mission . . .
Ingleside Seminary, Burkeville, Va . . .
Jones, Agnes Elizabeth
Jordan, the River
Juneau, Alaska, Church at
Kellogg, S. H., D.D., LL.D ...
Kerr, John G., M.D. , LL.D
Kolhapur, Missionaries and Natives in .
Korea, Buddhist Monks
Korea, Gutter Shop in Seoul .....
Korea, Member of Official Class . . . .
Korea, Royal Hospital, Seoul
Korea, Seoul Girls' School
Korea, Some of the Inhabitants
Korea, The Hope of the Nation
L36
103
104
105
108
109
106
106
109
110
477
219
474
73
105
515
204
421
419
146
386
386
387
115
, 406
259
473
2D2
345
7
331
340
434
205
393
306
485
195
413
73
26
479
21
96
437
117
436
307
208
438
438
VjII
INDEX.
PAGE.
Labaree, Benjamin, D.D 297
Lewis Academy, Wichita, Kansas 405
Lewis Academy, Pupils and Faculty 406
Lewis, Col. Hiram M 407
Log College, The 285
MacKenzie, A. C.,D.D 107
McCormick,S. B., D D 137
McCormick Theological Seminary, Virginia Library . . 415
Magee, David, D.D 478
Marsh. Rev. H. R., M.D., and Mrs. Marsh 232
Maryvile College, Y. M. C. A. Building 504
Merwin, Rev. A. M 114
Mexican House 429
Mexican Man and Boy 487
Miller, J. R., D.D 252
Miller, Samuel, D.D 288
Mills, Thornton A., D.D 291
Mountain Home 521
Mukden, Temple of God of Literature 119
Naylor,J.M., Ph.D 407
Negro Building, Atlanta Exposition .... 324
New Guinea, Street in 112
New Mexico, Typical Scene 427
Ng' Poon Chew, Rev 68
Nichols, Samuel J., D.D 475
Nightingale, Florence 73
Oklahoma, Liberty Schoolhouse at Jones City 511
Oklahoma, Stroud Presbyterian Church 510
Old Tennent Church 287
Paden, William M., D.D 441
Persian Dervish . 484
Philadelphia, Arch Street, Second Presbyterian Church . 288
Philippines, Convent on Luzon 29-5
Philippines, Main Street, Manilla. 293
Philippines, Map of . . 491
Philippines, Spanish Church in Luzon . . 278
Pilgrims' Departure from Delfshaven 163
Poynette Academy, Wisconsin 318
Poynette Academy, Boys Clearing Land 319
Poynette Academy, Boys Plowing . . ... . 318
Poynette Academy, Girls Cooking 319
Princeton Theological Seminary 287
Princeton Seminary Library 287
PAGE.
Radcliffe, Wallace, D.D 10
Sabbath-school Building, Potawatomie, Okla 418
Sabbath-school Children 198, 253
Sabbath-school Institute, West Virginia 40
Sabbath-school Missions, Chapel at Smithville, W. Va. . 184
Sabbath-school Missions, Dubree Chapel, W. Va .... 192
Sabbath-school Missions, Glen Cove Chapel, W. Va . . . 194
Sabbath-school Missions, Paralia Church, Iowa 194
Sabbath-school Missions, South Carolina 196, 197
Sabbath-school Missions, Three Illustrations 193
Salisbury Cathedral 472
Salt Lake Institute 6
Smithfield, Va 472
Santa Fe, N. M., Presbyterian Buildings 423
Sayce, Prof. A. H 259
Schwartz, Christian Frederick 299
Scrooby Church in 1890 162
Seal of the Board of Education 345
Seal of the Board of Publication and Sabbath- school
Work 251
Siam, Harriet House School, Bangkok ... 206
Siamese Rest House, Pagoda an J Temple 23
" Sister Dora" 73
Snow, Lorenzo, and Family . 422
Soo Hoo Uam Art, Rev 68
Spanish Fork, Utah, Chapel and Parsonage 330
Spew, Samuel T., D.D 476
Speer, William, D.D 292
Swift Memorial, Rogersville, Tenn 142
Syrian Boys' School 25
Tripoli, Syria 19
Tripoli, Syria, Gate of 247
" Uncle Tom" 65
Van Rensselaer, Cortlandt, D.D 289
West Virginia University . 502
West Virginia University Experiment Station 501
White, Miss Cornelia .... 66
Wilson, Henry R., D.D 475
Wilson, Jacob 346
Wilson, Jonathan, D.D 203
Wood, James D.D 29(>
Wooster University, On the Killbuck. . . 64
Worden, J. A., D.D 252
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY'S COMMITTEE,
Witherspoon Building, Philadelphia, Pa.
JOHN S. MACINTOSH, D.D., Chairman,
Charles A. Dickey, D.D., John H. Dey, Esq., Secretary, Charles L. Thompson, D.D.
Warner Van Norden, Esq., Stealy B. Rossiter, D.D., Frank F. Ellinwood, D.D.,
Hon. Robert N. Willson, Henry T. McEwen, D.D., William C. Roberts, D.D.
Stephen W. Dana, D.D.,
EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENTS.
Charles L. Thompson, D.D.,
F. F. Ellinwood, D.D., LL.D.,
Edward B. Hodge, D.D.,
Elijah R. Craven, D.D., LL.D ,
Erskine N. White, D.D.,
Benj. L. Agnew, D.D.,
Edward P. Cowan, D.D.,
E. C. Ray, D.D.
[Each of these Editorial Correspondents is appointed by the Board of which he is a Secretary, and is responsible
for what is found in the pages representing the work of that Board. See list of Officers and Agencies of the General
Assembly on the last two pages of each number.]
Contents.
Current Events and the Kingdom, ... 3
Editorial Notes, 4
Salt Lake Institute (two illustrations), . . 6
A Home Mission Enthusiast (with portrait of
Rev. Seth Gold Clark), Rev . John B. Hill. 7
Men of the Westminster Assembly, ... 9
At the General Assembly (with portrait of
Moderator Wallace Radcliffe, D D.), . 10
Presbyterian Women at Winona Lake, Mrs.
W.B.Jacobs 12
Report on The Church at Home and
Abroad, 14
FOREIGN MISSIONS.— Notes (one illustra-
tion), 17
Rev. William Bird (with portrait), . .20
Rev. S. H. Kellogg, D D., LL.D. (with por-
trait), 21
Death of Miss Fannie E. Wight, ... 22
Self-support in the Chieng Mai Schools, Rev.
John H. Freeman (one illustration), . 23
Continued Encouragement in Northern Korea,
J. Hunter Wells, M.D. (two illustrations), 24
Concert of Prayer, Topic for July— A Speci-
men Mission Press, 27
Missionary Book Making, Benjamin Labaree,
B.B., . . . . . . .30
Letter from Rev. J. H. Whiting, Peking, . 34
CHURCH ERECTION.— An American Ca-
thedal (with illustration)— 1844-1898, . 35
MINISTERIAL RELIEF.— The Board at the
General Assembly, 37
PUBLICATION AND SABBATH-SCHOOL
WORK.— A Year's Retrospect (with illus-
tration), 40
COLLEGES AND ACADEMIES. — Action
of the General Assembly, . . . .43
FREEDMEN.— Extract from Dr. Spencer's
Report, 45
EDUCATION.— The Board Before the
General Assembly— Elias Boudinot (with
portrait), 47
HOME MISSIONS.— A Patriotic Offering for
Home Missions, 50
Report of the Standing Committee on Home
Missions, 50
Notes, 53
Latest from the Klondyke Missionaries. . 55
Charter Members of the Klondyke Presbyte-
rian Church, ...... 56
John Eliot, Dr. Saurin Eliot Lane, . . 56
Letters, 58
Appointments, 62
YOUNG PEOPLE'S CHRISTIAN ENDEA-
VOR.—Notes (portraits of " Uncle Tom,"
Miss Cornelia White and George W.
Childs)— The Chinese in the United States
(portraits of Rev. SooHooNam Art, Rev.
Ng' Poon Chew and Christian American-
ized Chinamen)— God's University— The
Church and the Young People— Our
Young People and Missions, Mrs. N. D.
Hillis— The World in a Nutshell— Mourn-
ing Customs of the Koreans— The Syrian
Church in India— How to Become a
Trained Nurse (four portraits)— Presbyte-
rian Endeavorers— Presbyterian Missions
in India— Questions for the Missionary
Meeting— Suggestive Programs— With the
Magazines, 65-80
Ministerial Necrology, 80
Receipts of the Boards, .... 81-92
Officers and Agencies, .... 93-94
Rev. James Caldwell.
Statue on the front wall of the Witherspoon Building, Philadelphia.
THE CHURCH
AT HOME AND ABROAD:
JULY, 1898,
CURRENT EVENTS AND THE KINGDOM.
The Gospel and the Kingdom. — The
purpose of this department of our magazine
— " Current Events and the Kingdom" — is
forcibly stated in a bit of wise counsel which
Mr. Amos R. Wells gives to teachers in his
" Sunday School Success :" Every session
of Congress considers many matters of
highest importance for the kingdom of God.
Our great offices are filled with men of
strong character, acting out upon a grand
scale lives potent for good or evil. In the
lands across the sea great events are occur-
ring, each exhibiting some phase of godli-
ness or sin. You will exalt the gospel
mightily in the minds of your scholars if
you can show them how its principles solve
the problems of our government, and
underlie all wise action of the nations of
the world.
A Highway for the Gospel. — Bulu-
wayo, which was four years ago literally
what its name signifies, " the place of kill-
ing," is now linked by bands of steel with
the civilization of older countries. The new
railway, which may become a highway for
the gospel, is one of the opportunities of the
Church.
National Relief Commission. — In re-
sponse to the injunction, " Bear ye one
another's burdens," and that fellow-citizens
at home may lighten the burdens, relieve
the pains and share some of the hardships
of the two hundred thousand men of our
army and navy exposed to perils on sea
and land, this commission has come into
existence. It is organized in the spirit and
with the genera] purpose of the Christian
and Sanitary Commissions which operated
so effectively during the Civil War. While
its primary object is to aid the government
in caring for soldiers and marines who may
be disabled by sickness or wounds, a second-
ary and most important purpose is to aid
chaplains and others in maintaining the moral
tone of the men in the army and navy.
The Commission will endeavor in every
possible way to help these men with kindly,
healthful and moral influences.
Patriotism of Race. — " There is a
patriotism of race as well as of country,"
writes Mr. Richard Olney in the Atlantic
Monthly. Commenting on this felicitous
and suggestive sentence, Mr. Herbert
Welsh describes in an editorial paragraph
in City and State the spirit of that effort
for the betterment of mankind which the
Church is making through its aggressive
missionary agencies. He says: There is a
broader significance in the apt phrase,
which the genuinely intelligent of the earth
are rapidly coming to recognize. There is
a patriotism of race which includes not
merely a single branch family, but the entire
family of mankind, nobler and more benefi-
cent than any Anglo-American fellow-feel-
ing. Patriotism or love of country is
good; patriotism of race is better; but
patriotism that is world-wide and honestly
regards every human being as a brother —
that is best. Therein is the highest upreach
and outreach. It is the only true patriotism.
Korea's Advance. — In connection with
Homer B. Hulbert's article on " The
Enfranchisement of Korea," in the June
North American Review, it is interesting to
find in the current Korean Repository, an
editorial note on Korea's new responsibility
— self-government. Korea has gained
during the last four years, says the writer,
her independence, a new form of govern-
3
CURRENT EVENTS AND THE KINGDOM — EDITORIAL NOTES.
[July,
ment, and new life. The laws have been
so codified that something like justice can
be administered by officials who earnestly
desire to do so. The finances of the coun-
try have been reduced to something of a
system. The solvency of the country has
been demonstrated to the world. Business
is increasing. Education has received a
decided impetus. Young men are pursuing,
with something bordering on enthusiasm,
studies that give breadth and solidity to the
student. There has been a remarkable
change in the attitude of the people toward
Christianity. Idols are given up, ancestral
tablets are surrendered, Christian books are
bought and read; churches and chapels are
built; colporteurs and preachers, supported
by the churches, are sent out to sell books
and * ' teach the doctrine. ' '
The Jews in Russia. — It is reported
that in a recent conference with a com-
mittee of the Jewish Colonization Associa-
tion, M. Pobiedonostzeff, procurator of the
Holy Synod of Russia, disclaimed hostility
to the Jews on religious grounds. They
are an able people, said he, in substance.
In school the Jewish pupil is diligent, while
the Russian is lazy, inattentive and irregu-
lar. In business the Jew is capable, ener-
getic and industrious, while the Russian is
somewhat frivolous. The Russian loves
drink, whereas the Jew is always sober.
For these reasons we fear them. If we
were to let them progress without putting
obstacles in the way they would push us
out of everything and become our masters.
From a Russian standpoint, we cannot
permit anything of the kind. Hence have
originated all our measures against the
Jews. We persecute no one ; we only
defend ourselves, and we must be careful
to protect our interests while there is time.
The Jewish Messenger finds in this policy a
repetition of the methods of Pharaoh, and
comments thus: " These are days of histor-
ical whitewashing. Haman was justifiable;
he only defended Persia. Torquemada
was perfectly excusable; he only wished
to protect the Church. Weyler was an
angel ; he only desired to uphold the
national dignity of Spain. And the Rus-
sian government sees no other way to
reward a sober, energetic, studious, indus-
trious, thrifty body of its subjects than to
set upon them the bloodhounds of persecu-
tion under the mask of self-defense. But
the Russian will improve in time, and with
his full emancipation there will be civil and
religious liberty in Russia for all creeds."
The Gospel in Africa. — An act of
touching liberality reported by Bishop
Tucker illustrates the transforming power
of the gospel in darkest Africa. Toro, a
country bordering on Uganda, was a few
years ago so completely devastated by the
Soudanese that the inhabitants said they
had " forgotten what the bleat of a goat
was like;" and the country is even now
poverty-stricken. And yet, when the
Christians of Toro heard that the Baganda,
owing to the mutiny, had not funds enough
to pay their native Christian teachers, they
made a collection " for the poor saints in
Uganda, " and sent them an offering valued
at £30. These are people who first heard
of Christianity only four years ago.
Through the courtesy of the Michigan
Presbyterian, the face of Moderator Rad-
cliffe appears on p. 10.
Dr. Rosetta S. Hall, of Seoul, Korea,
gratefully acknowledges generous gifts from
Presbyterian missionaries toward the build-
ing of the first Methodist Episcopal church
erected in that city.
The Rev. W. C. Gault writes from Big
Batanga, West Africa, announcing the
marriage, April 14, 1898, of Mr. Peter
Menkel and Miss Louise A. Babe, both
members of the Gaboon and Corisco Mis-
sion. Mr. Menkel, who is captain of the
mission vessel, Nassau, is a practical
mechanic, and devotes much of his time
to the building and repairing of mission
houses and churches. Mrs. Menkel joined
the mission in 1892, and has recently
returned to her work after a furlough.
Presbyterian missionaries who wish to
visit Chautauqua the coming season are
invited to occupy rooms, free of expense, in
the cottage connected with the Presbyterian
House at Chautauqua, for two weeks in
July or August.
A letter from the Rev. Shivaram
Masoji, stated clerk of the Presbytery of
Kolhapur, and pastor of our church in the
city of Kolhapur, announces the organiza-
1898.]
EDITORIAL NOTES.
tion of a new church at Wadgaum. In
behalf of the seven churches of Kolhapur
Presbytery, Mr. Masoji earnestly requests
the prayers of the American churches.
The Indian Witness assures us that when
missionaries and real Christians apply the
epithet " heathen" to the Hindus, the term
is used compassionately, not contemptuously.
Nevertheless, since its use in India may
be an offense to some, it would be gracious
and wise to drop it; and perhaps the term
" non- Christian " is as comprehensive and
inoffensive as any that could be substituted.
" We are bereaved by the loss of one of
our best men, ' ' writes Dr. S. E. Wishard,
announcing the death, at the age of seventy-
two, of the Rev. Andrew Calvin Todd, of
Springville, Utah. Dr. Wishard testifies
that he was a man ot great courage, a wise
pastor, a preacher of great ability, who
lived as he preached and preached as he
lived. His mind was clear, strong, logi-
cal, and was moved by a warm heart, full
of faith and noble endeavor.
What we now need, says Elder Thomas
McDougall, is not less faith, less certainty,
less confidence; we need more faith, more
confidence in the doctrines revealed in the
Word of God and set forth in the Stand-
ards of our Church. At this hour we need
men like Paul, Calvin, Knox and Living-
stone. To have such characters we need a
revival of the faith set forth in these Stand-
ards, and a firm adherence and unswerv-
ing fidelity to its fundamental doctrines.
A pointed reply to a question about the
comparative merits of home and foreign
missionary literature, given at a recent
convention, is thus reported in the Mission
Field : We should read the whole story. It
is very much as if a mother received two
letters from two daughters, one far away in
China and the other way out in Nebraska.
The first is wonderfully interesting, telling
of the climate, the unfamiliar scenes, the
strange people and their peculiar customs
and of the good work that is being done.
The mother reads these letters aloud to her
friends and neighbors, that they may enjoy
with her the thrilling tale. The letter from
Nebraska tells a very commonplace story of
a little home in the midst of the prairie, a
new church just beginning, and the new
schoolhouse close by. It tells of the Sun-
day-school, the drouth, the threatened
harvest, and the anxieties of new people.
It tells of new industries and renewed hope.
It tells of little kindnesses to the children,
of loving care for the sick, and of good
cheer for the lonely. A very simple tale
indeed, but the warm mother-heart can read
between the lines the story of patient
service and of heroic self-sacrifice. The
letter from China and the letter from Ne-
braska will both be read and reread with
tear-dimmed eyes, and for both distant
daughters will a mother's prayer ascend
that the dear Lord will hold them in his
loving care. So should it be with the
mother Church.
The question of the observance of the
Lord's Day has been a live issue in Portland
recently, as we learn from The Occident.
The " Woman's Emergency Corps" pro-
posed to give, on May 8, a Sunday after-
noon concert, to raise money for the Oregon
volunteer soldiers at Camp McKinley. A
number of patriotic Christian women, en-
thusiastic members of the organization,
promptly and earnestly protested, but in
vain, against such a needless use of the
Lord's day to raise money. They then
repudiated all share in the Sunday concert
movement, and united in a pledge to raise
one hundred dollars, the sum desired for
each company, by Saturday evening, May
7, which they successfully accomplished
with a considerable surplus.
The Rev. E. D. Martin, of Lahore, India,
writes of great excitement among the Mo-
hammedans in Ferozepore. A girl in a
prominent family, once a pupil of Mrs.
Foreman, in Lahore, having received suc-
cessful treatment in Miss Newton's hospital,
went home to her friends. But she recently
returned to the hospital, declaring that she
was determined to be a Christian. She is
of age, and her people were allowed to see
her. Every inducement was used to per-
suade her to go back with them, but she
was firm in her decision. The excitement
was intense, and Dr. Newton's life has really
been in danger. The deputy commissioner
at Ferozepore declared before the excited
crowd that he was neither a Christian nor
a Mussulman, but would see that justice was
done.
SALT LAKE INSTITUTE.
[July,
SALT LAKE INSTITUTE.
In the article in our issue for May on
Sheldon Jackson College mention was
made of Salt Lake Institute, which has
offered room for the freshman class of the
college, and which, it is expected, will one
day become a department of the college.
In addition to this well-known, useful in-
stitute doing its high order of work, we
have Hungerford Academy at Springville,
with an enrollment of 110; Wasatch
Academy, at Mt. Pleasant, with ninety-five
enrolled, and New Jersey Academy, at
Logan, with 130 in attendance. These
academies are supplemented by mission
schools at various points. The academies
are favorably located apart from each other
in centres of population. The quality of
their buildings and the excellency of their
teachers have won for their work the favor
of many Mormons in spite of their priest-
hood. It should be remembered that in
addition to the control which Mormons have
of higher education in the State Normal
School, Agricultural College and University,
they have their own Church schools in
which Mormonism is the most prominent
subject taught from the beginning to the
end of the course, and that they have in
training in these schools something like two
thousand American youth. In the presence
of the training of this large number of
youth in Mormon principles, can the patri-
otic and Christian people of our country
abate one jot or tittle of the quality or the
amount of the Christian education offered ?
What is accomplished in our academies and
mission schools, it will be seen, adds to the
considerations in favor of the college.
Where is there greater need or a better
scheme for Christian education ? How
wisely our pioneers in this field have
planned! What a rich harvest has already
been gathered! — gathered out of Mormon
communities and often out of Mormon
families. How mauy thousands touched by
Christian influences in these schools are now
Salt Lake Institute.
1898.]
A HOME -MISSION ENTHUSIAST.
Hungerford Academy, Springville, Utah.
maintaining Christian homes and are Chris-
tian citizens, bearing aloft the banner of
patriotism and Christianity, while among
the special results we count two of our
efficient ministers and another about to
graduate at Auburn ; Christian professors in
colleges and others as Christian teachers
actively extending the influences needful to
the perpetuity of our free institutions.
It should not be forgotten that all this
educational work, so well directed and so
full of consequences, has been under the
direction of our Woman's Board of Home
Missions.
A HOME-MISSION ENTHUSIAST.
REV. JOHN B. HILL.
The Rev. Seth Gold Clark, who died at
his home in Appleton City, Mo., on
Friday, April 22, 1898, was one of the
most enthusiastic and indefatigable home
mission pioneers in the central West. For
over fifty years incessantly active in the
work he loved, he was one of the best
examples of a missionary type now fast
disappearing.
He was born in Delaware county, N. Y.,
August 13, 1817, and, after a boyhood
spent on farms in New York and Ohio,
graduated at Western Reserve College in
1843 and Western Reserve Seminary in
1846. He was licensed by the Presbytery
of Cleveland, October 7, 1845, and began
at once supplying three little mission
churches in Ohio. From there he went to
Bainbridge, O., where he was ordained in
May, 1847, and remained two years.
During his next pastorate, at Aurora, O.,
his health failed. Then followed eleven
years' service as district secretary of the A.
B. C. F. M., and three as chaplain of the 10th
Ohio Vounteer Cavalry, from 1862 to 1865.
Ten days before Atlanta was taken, he was
captured, but was soon released as a non-
combatant. The twenty days' furlough he
was then given to visit his family he
" spent in helping reelect Lincoln." The
mayor of Cleveland telegraphed the Presi-
dent to keep him in Ohio till after election,
which he did. Unable on his return to
the army to reach his regiment, then on its
march to the sea, he was assigned by Gen.
Thomas to the work of raising funds for the
Sanitary Commission. In August, 1865,
he became chaplain of the House of Correc-
tion in Detroit and of the Seamen's Friend
Society. This he kept but a short time
until, on January 2, 1866, he left his home
to take up the work in which he was to
become most successful, and for which he is
best known.
At the close of the war, western Missouri,
which had been repeatedly ravaged by both
armies, retained but few of its former
inhabitants and scarcely any churches. At
A HOME-MISSION ENTHUSIAST.
[July,
Rev. Seth Gold Clark.
the request of Dr. Henry Kendall, Mr.
Clark came to Missouri to assist in reorgan-
izing Presbyterian work. Of his begin-
nings here he once wrote: " The Board, by
my request, made full provision for my
salary the first year. I told them that if I
went to such a burned-over country I did
not want to intimate to any man, woman or
child that a missionary needed anything to
eat, drink or wear. I did not say money
for a year, except when I paid my bills.
The people were just as modest as I was — they
never said money to me. I obtained a hardy
mustang pony, and went in all directions,
preaching the gospel wherever I found an
opening." Does that seem a haphazard
method, not to be reasonably expected to
produce good results ? In less than three
years he organized churches at Holden in
Johnson county; Greenwood in Jackson
county; Harrisonville and Austin in Cass
county; Butler, Lone Oak and Papinsville
in Bates county; Hudson (now Appleton
City) in St. Clair county, and Lamar in
Barton county. Each of these churches he
supplied until they were able to obtain
regular services otherwise. Some years
later two of these towns, unable to obtain
expected railroads, died a natural death, as
did their churches. Two other churches
were outstripped by later organizations by
other Presbyterian denominations. There
remain to-day five good churches organized
before 1870 by that one missionary " settled
on horseback."
From 1871-76 Mr. Clark was financial
agent for Highland University. The last two
summers of that time were spent with a
missionary tent outfit, furnished by Sunday-
schools in the East. He traveled through
northern Kansas and southern Nebraska,
preaching daily to congregations averaging
100 on week nights and from 150 to 300 on
Sundays. This was strictly pioneer work
in regions beyond ministers and churches.
He was everywhere gladly welcomed. This
tent work he was accustomed to regard as
the most successful work of his life. Dur-
ing 1877-78 he supplied the churches of
Iola and Carlyle, Kans. ; 1879-80', Baxter
Springs, Galena and Empire, Kans. ;
1881-5, Kich Hill, Rockville and Hume,
Mo., all three of which he organized. He
then spent ten years in southwestern Kan-
sas, where he found nine counties adjoining,
in neither of which was an organized church.
During those years he organized eight
churches, seven of which, in spite of drought
and consequent depopulation of large dis-
tricts, are still on our " Minutes." The year
1895 was spent with the Church of Raymore,
Mo., which under his labors was much re-
vived, and built a beautiful house of worship.
At last, when nearly eighty, with mind
and voice unimpaired, he was forced by
physical intirmities to give up his active
ministry. It was an affecting scene, when
by vote of Presbytery he was " honorably
retired," and recommended to the Board
of Relief. All knew of his active life, and
realized that it was not boastf ulness which
led him to rise and say that, able as he then
supposed to preach better than ever before,
he would gladly sacrifice his right arm
rather than go onto the Board, if only he
were physically able to continue in the
ministry. No service did he ever shirk as
too hard, no field as too unattractive.
Always and everywhere he loved to proclaim
salvation to the uttermost through Jesus
Christ. Like every other true missionary,
he recognized no bounds of race or clime,
but worked and prayed for the universal
spread of the gospel. No wonder Miss
Mary Clark, the daughter of such a home
missionary, should be found to-day a foreign
missionary in distant Persia.
Mr. Clark was twice married; in 1866 to
Mis3 Lucy Peck, who died in 1873, leaving
five children; and, in 1875, to Miss Emma
Perry, who survives him.
1898.]
THE MEN OF THE WESTMINSTER ASSEMBLY.
9
What a record ! It will never be fully
written on earth. His mission work in at
least five States, the organization of thirty-
one churches, most of which during his
ministry erected houses of worship, his army
chaplaincy, his evangelistic work in prisons,
battlefields, mining camps, frontier settle-
ments and in the well-settled communities
east and west, his vigorous advocacy of
education at home and missions abroad —
these are a few of the reasons why he will
long be held in grateful remembrance. A
few months ago he modestly wrote of
himself that his had been " a very busy,
checkered life; possibly some good may
result/ '
THE MEN OF THE WESTMINSTER ASSEMBLY.
From an admirable address on " The
Worthies of Westminster," by the Rev.
John S. Macintosh, D.D., just issued by
the Westminster Press, we reproduce the
following paragraphs:
They are the flower of British life. They
are picked men. They are chosen for
quality, dignity and ability. There came
from England sixteen peers of the realm,
thirty members of the House of Commons,
including several knights and about one
hundred and forty clerical members. Scot-
land sends six ministers and nine elders,
nearly all of whom are peers.
There was that heaven-born son of
consolation, Samuel Rutherford, with all
the schoolmen's love in his capacious mind
and the glory light of Immanuel's land on
his saintly face. With him George Gilles-
pie, a very Rupert in the onset of debate, a
Gamaliel in cautious counsel, " the young
Solomon of our Kirk."
The third of the mighties was Alexan-
der Henderson, more than match for the
craftiest of king's statesmen, whose piercing
eye was feared even bv the subtle Went-
worth, and whose wide-ranging, but thor-
ough learning Paris vied with Geneva in
crowning with honor.
There is one other name which no lover
of sacred letters, of broad-minded tolera-
tion, and of honorable Church unity dare
ever forget — the saintly and statesman-like
James Ussher, Archbishop of Armagh, who
did once make possible the harmony and
union of Anglo-Saxon Protestantism.
They were men of patient toil. To use
their own favorite term, they were "pain-
full students of the truth." Hasty work
at no time did they approve for God's
house. Beaten oil they must always have
for the sanctuary. And in their solemn
convocation at Westminster they knew that
they were were required by the Parliament,
the Reformed Church and the King and
Head of the Church, to give their very best
to the spiritual enlightenment of their own
age and the guidance and determination of
the true faith for generations to come.
Four years of the best thought, of the
ripest scholarship, of the fullest Biblical
knowledge of these preeminent divines are
embodied in their most noble and still potent
declarations.
They were masters of English speech.
Too little attention has been given to the
choice diction, the calm majesty, the elevated
precision, the clean-cut clauses, the compact
logic, the symmetric build, the rare rhythm,
and the frequent quiet beauty of the Con-
fession and the Catechisms. Here is prose
worthy of the early days of our rhythmic
and familiar version and of the stately and
sonorous prose of Milton in his ' Liberty.'
There are few passages like that on the
word of God. And in the Catechisms there
are sentences which De Quincey or Macau-
lay or Ruskin or Stevenson might envy for
their swing and sweetness.
They gave to childhood its rightful
place in the Church, and a perfectly unique
manual. By no council in the history of
the universal Church had the children ever
before been recognized as worthy not only
of special consideration, but also of the
ripest wisdom, the finest lessons, the very
essence of finished thinking of a council of
divines. The Catechisms, and especially
the Shorter, were the last work, some not
unfairly say the noblest trophy, the richest,
rarest fruit of this never-surpassed Assem-
bly. By them the Master's command,
" Feed my lambs," received loving atten-
tion and unstinted fulfillment.
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AT THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
[July,
AT THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
" Winona," said Dr. S. C. Dickey, "is a union
of Chautauqua and Northfield : a union of educa-
ting and religious forces."
The individual Communion cup was used in
the Assembly's celebration of the Lord's Supper.
The Westminster exhibit at Winona was pro-
nounced by Dr. Henry C. McCook to be the finest
and largest historical Church exhibition ever at-
tempted in America.
The fraternal greetings of the General Assembly
to the Assembly of the Southern Presbyterian
Church in session at New Orleans quoted the
passage, ' ' There is one body and one spirit, even
as ye are called in one hope of your calling ; one
Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father
of all, who is in you all. "
The Southern Assembly said in reply : "Your
greetings received with high esteem and prayerful
sympathy in your work in the extension of the
kingdom of Christ, with special reference to our
Moderator Wallace lladcliife, D.D.
cooperative labors in Brazil, Korea and Japan.
We send you our cordial salutations."
This is a most opportune time for the Presby-
terian Church, North and South, to rally under
the common banner of Presbyterianism, and, with
united heart and effort, go forth to battle for the
upbuilding of the Master's kingdom. — Governor
Mount.
Only one-seventh of our churches contribute to
the work of all the Boards.
The missionary conference at the General
Assembly adopted the following resolution :
We commend the plan of systematic giving now
in use in many of our churches, which has as its
distinctive feature the preparation of a complete
roll of the church members, and as its object to
secure a contribution, however small, payable
weekly or monthly, from every member for the
support of the local chinch, and also in a similar
manner an offering for each of the Boards.
The Standing Committee on Foreign
Missions called attention to the fact that
more than one-third of the annual contri-
butions of the Church are received during
the last eight weeks of the fiscal year. If
these gifts were more evenly distributed
through the year it would result in a saving
of interest charges, of economy in the office
force, and would enable the department to
prepare a final statement of the year with-
out overtaxing the officers and the clerical
force.
The contributions for the past year from
all sources to the funds of the Board of
Foreign Missions, including the special
gifts for payment of debt, have been, in
round figures, $881,000. The Standing
Committee estimated that to go through
the present year without planting the seeds
of a new debt, to place the work upon its
normal basis, and to make any advance
whatever, it will be necessary for the
churches to contribute not less than $1,000,-
000. To reach this sum there must be an
average increase in contributions all over
the Church of not less than twenty per cent.
More than thirty-three per cent, of the
receipts of the Board of Foreign Missions
for the past year have come through the
Women's Boards and the Young People's
Societies.
1898.]
AT THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
11
Under God, the missionaries are the architects
of a new civilization. They are the knights of a
new chivalry. — Dr. N. D. Hillis.
A telegram was sent from the office of the
Home Board in New York to the moderator of the
Assembly, announcing that the Board of Home
Missions had just received twenty thousand
dollars from the Presbyterian Church of Clinton,
N. J.
In view of the fact that tens of thousands of
people are pushing their way into the gold fields
of Alaska, amoDg whom are large numbers of Pres-
byterians, the Assembly recommended that the
Board of Home Missions appoint at least five addi-
tional male missionaries for work in that territory,
a grand new field for the Church.
Among the resolutions on synodical support,
adopted by the Assembly, is the following :
That in order to preserve and manifest to the
Church the unity of the whole work, each synod
having a plan of synodical work shall be required,
on or before the thirty-first day of March annually,
to present a full statistical report to the Board of
Home Missions of the home missionary work
carried on within its bounds ; that this report shall
be incorporated in the annual report of the Board
to the General Assembly, and that forms for this
purpose shall be prepared by the Board.
One of the prime requisites of a home missionary
is sanctified common sense. — Bev. George F. Mc-
Afee.
The last quarter's receipts of the "Woman's
Board of Home Missions are more than one-half
the entire receipts of the year. This necessitates
the payment of interest that would be avoided if
the money were paid regularly every quarter. —
Bliss Lincoln, Treasurer.
The total receipts of the Woman's Board of
Home Missions for the year were $324,248, an ad-
vance of $4891 over last year. For the first time
in six years the balance is on the right side of the
ledger.
Mrs. C. H. Montgomery reports that the day-
schools in Indian Territory support themselves.
The work of the missionaries is to help the pastor
in his work, teach in the day-school, carry on the
Sunday-school and work among the Indians.
Through the aid of the Board of Church Erec-
tion, 177 churches and manses were completed dur-
ing the past year, representing an aggregate value
of $423,827.
To our home mission churches 7995 persons were
added last year on confession of faith.
The Freedmen's Board, which was compelled to
report a debt, was directed by the Assembly to
make enthusiastic and persistent effort to secure
an offering from every congregation equalling at
least an average of twenty cents from each com-
municant. This will wipe out the debt and pro-
vide means for the year's work at the present rate
of expenditure.
The net profits of the Board of Publication and
Sabbath-school Work for the past year amount to
$31,000. This is an increase of more than $4600
over the profits of the previous year. Two -thirds
of the net profits are every year turned over to
the Sabbath-school and Missionary Department.
On the basis of Christian education and intelli-
gence must the Presbyterian Church build for the
future. Men become Presbyterians by rational
conversion, or they do not become Presbyterians
at all. Their faith cometh by hearing and study-
ing the word of God. Therefore the Church must
depend largely upon the Sunday-school for its ex-
tension and growth. — Dr. J. A. Worden.
The Board of Ministerial Relief, by permission of
the General Assembly, made use last year of un-
restricted legacies in addition to the contributions
of the churches. While its roll has increased from
835 to 875 families, making its payments larger
than last year— $5771 more than ever before — it
was able to go to the Assembly entirely out of
debt.
Our missionary literature should stand the test
of highest literary criticism. Much of it goes into
the waste basket because it lacks literary merit.
A missionary library, to be a beneficent influ-
ence, must have a character that, while awakening
interest, also quickens the intellectual and spirit-
ual life to the highest planes of living. — Bev. Lee
W. Beattie.
Sixty- five years ago five godly men knelt in the
snow in the unbroken forest in this State (Indi-
ana) and dedicated a tract of land for the founda-
tion of a college. Dr. John Finley Crowe planted
amid privation and self-denial another college in
the wilds of this State. The power for good that
has emanated from Wabash and Hanover Colleges
is beyond human ken, and can only be measured
by omnipotent wisdom. — Governor Mount.
The majority of the presbyteries having signified
their assent, the Form of Government, chapter 9,
was amended by the addition of a new section to be
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PRESBYTERIAN WOMEN AT WINONA LAKE.
[July,
known as Section 7 (the succeeding sections to be
renumbered as 8, 9 and 10).
Section 7 (subject to the provisions of the
Directory for Worship). — The session shall have
and exercise exclusive authority over the worship of
the congregation, including the musical service,
and shall determine the times and places of preach-
ing the word and all other religious services.
They shall also have exclusive authority over the
use to which the church buildings may be put,
but may temporarily delegate the determination
of such uses to the body having management of the
temporal affairs of the church, subject to the
superior authority and direction of the session.
The report of the committee on statistics of
Young People's societies in the Presbyterian
Church shows that in the 162 presbyteries that re-
ported there are 6506 organizations. Of these,
5281 are Christian Endeavor (senior, junior and
intermediate), 981 are missionary, 192 are inde-
pendent young people's societies, nineteen are
Westminster Leagues, fifteen are King's Daugh-
ters, eleven are Boys' Brigades, seven are Brother-
hoods of Andrew and Philip.
The first break in the dyke of the divine law
which holds back the floods of immorality and
vice is usually a secularized Sabbath. The real
cause of this growing disregard for the Lord's
Day is found in a latent infidelity that is careless
of obedience to any and all divine law, in a con-
scious and sometimes unconscious belief that
deadens the conscience, destroys faith in God and
saps the spiritual life of the people. By many of
our people the standard of Sabbath observance,
instead of being found in the Decalogue, is found
in personal convenience, the interest of worldly
gain and sensuous pleasure, and is one of ex-
pediency rather than of principle. — From Report of
Committee on Sabbath Observance.
The Assembly urged ministers and elders to bear
frequent, pronounced and public testimony against
intemperance as a menace to all social institutions
and a regnant influence arrayed against the
achievement of every Christian ideal.
The following resolution was adopted :
That the General Assembly recognizes, with pro-
found and devout gratitude, the widespread and
sympathetic expressions of fellowship on the part of
the people of Great Britain with our country in
the present crisis of our national history, discern-
ing in this fellowship and sympathy a common
confession with us of faith in the brotherhood of
the Anglo-Saxon race, and those who have become
affiliated with us, by blood alliance and political
kinship, and in our common love and devotion to
the cause of universal human liberty.
Dr. W. H. Roberts, in his address at the celebra-
tion of the Westminster Standards, said :
"As the destroyer in Scotland of a church
government alien to the faith and the spirit of the
people ; as the penman of the solemn league and
Covenant ; as the unifier of the forces of righteous-
ness and order in Church and State, Alexander
Henderson stands as a man whose like has seldom
been known. He was great with the greatness of
the God whom he served.
"In a land but little known during his life-
time the memory of Alexander Henderson is to-day
gratefully remembered and lovingly acknowledged.
His hope for the unity of the Church of God is not
yet realized, but the liberty for which he strove
and the faith for which he contended, how they
have flourished in this land west of the Atlantic.
The men of the Westminster Standards are the
men who made this Eepublic what it is. In the
year 1648 those standards were adopted both by
Presbyterians and Independents at Cambridge in
Massachusetts. They were also adopted a little
later by the English and American Baptists. The
men of the American revolution, almost without
exception, were believers in the Westminster
Standards."
PRESBYTERIAN WOMEN AT WINONA LAKE.
MRS. W. B. JACOBS.
Away from the smoke of battle and the
din of the hurrying hither and thither across
the continent of thousands of soldiers,
several hundred women of the Presbyterian
Church met at quiet, beautiful Winona
Lake, Ind., to confer about the interests of
the Master's kingdom in our own beloved
land, and in the regions beyond which the
brave soldiers of the Church have gone to
conquer for our King.
The two- days' conference preceding the
meeting of General Assembly, with Mrs.
Hillis' paper on *' How Best Cultivate and
Direct the Spirit of Missions Among Young
People;" Mrs. Coyle's paper on " Spiritual
Power and Foreign Missions;" the talks on
1898.]
PRESBYTERIAN WOMEN AT WINONA LAKE.
13
literature by Mrs. Gilson and Miss Parsons,
together with the testimonies and experiences
of a score of missionaries, was a fitting
preparation for the annual meeting of the
Woman's Boards of Foreign Missions held
in connection with General Assembly.
The meeting convened in the chapel of the
Woman's Building. No business was trans-
acted, each of the Boards having already
held its annual meeting. The chapel was
beautifully decorated with flags of the differ-
ent nations where we have missionaries,
two banners brought from the annual meet-
ing in Minneapolis, and a good supply of
red, white and blue.
In the absence of Mrs. H. H. Forsyth,
the president of the Board of the North-
west, which was hostess on this occasion,
Mrs. N. D. Pratt, presided. Six of the
seven Boards answered to the roll call with
messages from their annual meetings. The
exercises of the day were interspersed with
solos, duets and trios sweetly rendered by
Mrs. T. D. Wallace and the Misses Pratt
and Yarnelle.
Mrs. Nelson gave glimpses of her life in
Syria and took her hearers with her on a
tour, crossing swollen streams and sleeping
in crowded native houses. She pictured the
eagerness of the women to hear the gospel,
and the cruel persecutions which they en-
dure for their faith, and we could almost
hear the
' ' Bleating, bleating of the sheep
On the mountains cold and drear."
Miss Irwin gave a snap-shot view of her
school in India for high -caste girls.
Miss Sharp presented the problem, Why,
if God has all power, if the gold and the
silver and the cattle upon a thousand hills
are his, why are we constantly striving to
get money to carry on his work ? Answer:
We are partners with God, but the trouble
is, we are not doing our part of the busi-
ness, we are not living up to the contract,
we do not give ourselves wholly to him.
When we do this there will be an abundance
of money in the treasury. Miss Parsons
referred to the fellowship and voluntary
work of the Woman' s Boards and gave news
from the front, showing the different stages
of growth of the work from the mustard
seed to the full-grown tree.
The old hymn, " Fling Out the Banner,"
scarcely recognized itself sung as a medley
with ' ' The Star-Spangled Banner ' ' and
" All Hail the Power of Jesus' Name."
Dr. Ewing, of India, gave a missionary's
view of the Student Volunteer Movement.
He said it meant much to those at the front
— it brings a ray of hope as did the Scottish
bagpipes at the siege of Lucknow. It meant
much to the native Church, for it encour-
ages the young men to give themselves to
the work.
Dr. Gillespie says the great need of the
year is an " adequate force adequately
equipped and adequately supported."
The Student Volunteer Movement can
supply the "force" — will the Church do
the rest ?
Mrs. Fanny Corbett Hays answered the
question, " What is a Foreign Mission-
ary ?" in a most entertaining address.
' ' Missionaries' Hour ' ' was conducted by
Mrs. S. J. Rhea. As well attempt to describe
a pyrotechnical display as to describe the
bright, helpful things said in this hour.
Referring to a bouquet of laurel blossoms
sent by a home missionary in South Caro-
lina, Mrs. Rhea said she would present a
bouquet of buds from foreign lands, and
therewith proceeded to introduce six little
children of missionaries, after which she
called a long list of older missionaries to the
platform and introduced them. Several
were dressed in native costumes. These
were no raw recruits — all had been at the
front and would have been glad of an oppor-
tunity to tell of victories won for their
Captain, had there been time.
The veteran, Dr. Wilson, closed the hour
by singing in the Laos tongue the hymn,
" God Be With You Till We Meet
Again," the audience joining in the chorus.
Mrs. Radcliffe, the wife of the Moderator,
said, in referring to the missionaries,
" when their names on the church rolls are
called, some one will answer, ' absent, but
accounted for. ' ' ' We must not forget to
pray for those who are absent on duty.
We could not tarry long in that hallowed
spot — ships were waiting to carry the beloved
missionaries to distant lands, trains to take
the rest of us to our different homes, and
we shall never all meet again this side of
the river, but the memory of that delightful
meeting will always linger in our memory
and we can reecho the words of the
Japanese girl written to a missionary: " I
am so glad to service my Lord. ' '
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REPORT ON "THE CHURCH AT HOME AND ABROAD.
[July,
REPORT ON "THE CHURCH AT HOME AND ABROAD."
To the General Assembly of 1898, in session at Winona, Ind., the Committee on The
Church at Home and Abroad respectfully presents its twelfth annual report :
Since the retirement of the Rev. H. A.
Nelson, D.D., from the editorship of the
magazine, to whose services of eleven years
appropriate and appreciative reference was
made in our last report, by arrangement of
the committee, the editorial department has
been under the exclusive management of
Rev. Albert B. Robinson, who, without any
assistance save such as the chairman of the
committee could render, has carried on with
complete satisfaction to the several Boards
and the general committee the whole work
of editorship.
; In January the editorial office was
removed to the new and commodious quar-
ters on the fourth floor of the Witherspoon
Building, assigned to the magazine by the
Board of Publication, It is only right in
this connection to state that in the making
of this transfer and in the arrangements for
the efficient and comfortable conduct of the
business of the magazine the Board of Pub-
lication has continued to manifest that large
and unselfish interest in the magazine and
its success which from the very beginning
has been unstintedly and unweariedly
shown. Special thanks are due to the
secretary, the business superintendent and
the building committee of the Board. The
General Assembly ought to be distinctly
reminded that through the constant care
and unpaid labor bestowed upon the maga-
zine and its general work by the officers and
the several agents of the Board of Publica-
tion, your committee has been enabled to
avoid what under other conditions would
have been from year to year a large and
serious outlay.
In the report of this committee to the
Assembly of 1896 it was stated that since
the Assembly Herald had undertaken to
print the monthly account of treasurers'
receipts, it was thought wise to omit them
from the pages of The Church at Home
and Abroad ; and the Assembly approved
the discontinuance of the detailed account
of contributions and directed the publica-
tion of a summary of monthly receipts.
This arrangement, which made it possible
to cut down the number of pages from
ninety- six to eighty, was continued until
September, 1897, when, at the request of
the Boards, we resumed the publication of
detailed receipts, adding for the purpose
the sixteen pages that had been dropped.
Efforts have been made during the past
year to popularize The Church at Home
and Abroad and render it more attractive
as well as more useful to its readers.
Among these efforts are the following:
(a) The magazine appeared in July,
1897, with a new cover which is recognized
as appropriate and significant, presenting
artistic designs of the seals of the General
Assembly and the eight Boards of the
Church. This new cover, with the brief
description in the issue for August, 1897,
of the heraldic significance of each seal, has
led some of the young people's societies to
devote an evening to a study of the Church
seals. The designs are reproduced with pen
and ink or in colors upon large charts, and
several members in turn explain the mean-
ing of each detail and give a clear and
concise account of the General Assembly
and the work of each Board.
(6) Since the beginning of the present
year our pages have been beautified by a
large increase of illustrations. Volume 23,
which is completed by the issue for June,
contains more than two hundred portraits
and other pictures, an average of thirty -four
each month. In no previous volume has
the average been more than seventeen each
month. While it may not be possible with
our present limited circulation to keep pace
with the secular magazines in attractiveness,
we must not fall too far behind them, since
our constituency includes men and women
of the most cultivated tastes.
Among the unsolicited commendations
that come every day to the editorial office
are the following: ii I congratulate you on
the attractiveness of the last issue, especially
the excellent quality of the illustrations."
" The illustrations add much to its value."
" The magazine, always good, appears to
grow better, especially in the pleasing
feature of illustrations." "It is steadily
improving in attractiveness and value."
(c) Special attention has been given to
the young people's department, to the end
1898.]
REPORT ON "THE CHURCH AT HOME AND ABROAD.
15
that the sympathy of our young people may
be enlisted and that their enthusiasm and
active cooperation may be utilized in the
great work of the Church. And since the
Church expects the young people to read
what it says each month through its author-
ized agencies, constant reference is made in
this department to the best things in other
parts of the magazine. By means of the
question page, which has been a feature for
three and one-half years, attention is called
to the great inspiring facts concerning the
Presbyterian Church and her world-wide
work, so attractively presented in our pages.
An examination of the questions in any
issue indicates a rich feast of good things.
Other periodicals, such as Reformed Church
Tidings and Woman's Work for Woman,
have testified to the value of this method
by adopting it.
Numerous evidences come to us that
Presbyterian young people are reading The
Church at Home and Abroad. It is
kept on file in church libraries, the ques-
tions are used in Sunday-schools, and the
number of Young People's societies that
subscribe for the magazine is increasing.
The missionary committee of a Christian
Endeavor society in Baltimore, believing
there was no better way to awaken a deeper
interest in the cause of missions than by
subscribing to our own periodicals, ordered
two copies to be sent to the society during
1897. A year later the same committee
sent for four copies, saying that interest in
missions had been increased through the
reading of the magazine.
We have been encouraged by testimonies
like that from the Presbytery of Fort
Dodge, which at its fall stated meeting
('97) indorsed the magazine and com-
mended the progress made toward making
it of greater interest to the Church at large
through the introduction of the Christian
Endeavor department and the Christian
Training Course.
The Christian Training Course, which
was approved by the Assemblies of 1896
and 1897, has been continued during the
nine months, October to June, inclusive.
It has consisted of (1) a brief doctrinal
study of questions in the Shorter Cate-
chism; (2) a Biblical study following
"Our Sixty-six Sacred Books" by Dr.
Edwin W. Rice; (3) a historical study,
using Ogilvie's " Presbyterian Churches;"
(4) a missionary study, based upon a series
of sketches of modern missionary heroes,
written especially for the course by Mrs.
Albert B. Robinson, and published in The
Church at Home and Abroad, fresh
articles in the magazine on the home and
foreign missionary concert of prayer topics.
Many of the presbyteries have during
the year called the attention of their Young
People's societies to the General Assembly's
commendation of the Training Course, have
added their own hearty approval, and have
urged its adoption and use.
The Presbytery of Rock River said to
its young people :
" Your society needs something like this
for its development and increased activity.
There is nothing equal to it for Presbyterian
Endeavorers. Investigate it."
The chairman of the Committee on
Young People's Societies in this presbytery
writes: " The course is so valuable and so
well adapted to the needs of our young
people that in my judgment its adoption
ought to be vigorously pushed that it may
find its place in every Christian Endeavor
society in the Church. The finest meetings
our society has held for two years have been
by use of adaptations of your programs and
material."
In the Occident for April 21, we find this
report: At the meeting of Oakland Pres-
bytery, held in Pleasonton, April 12, the
following resolution was presented by Elder
Cornell, of East Oakland — Brooklyn
Church: " The Presbytery of Oakland
desires to express its approval and apprecia-
tion of our missionary journal, The Church
at Home and Abroad. It is ably edited,
and deserves the confidence and support of
the whole Church. Every department is
full of practical information. The Young
People's department is a marked feature,
and our young people as well as the older
ones could not do better than subscribe for
this our Church magazine." Elder Cornell
supported this resolution with well-timed
remarks, in which he referred to the Train-
ing Course which has been introduced into
the work of the magazine. The course of
reading is prescribed, and is something like
the Chautauqua course. It is missionary
in character, and very instructive. The
resolution was passed with great unanimity
on the part of all who were present.
The Westminster League in Santa Cruz,
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REPORT ON "THE CHURCH AT HOME AND ABROAD.'
[July,
Cal., spends two evenings each month on
the Biblical department ; one on the histori-
cal and one on the missionary. The pastor
writes : * ' It appears to be the very thing
that our people were hungry for. The
books were eagerly secured, a number who
could not possibly attend the meetings buy-
ing them for home study." He adds:
" The sooner all our young people settle
down to such a course of study, the better
it will be for the future of our beloved
Church.' '
Elder John Willis Baer writes: "I am
glad to see that more and more the young
people are taking up the Christian Training
Course. I wish all could see the great
advantage in it, and that pastors would
encourage their young people to adopt the
course. The result would be a better
equipped body of young people."
The committee have in contemplation cer-
tain improvements suggested by experience
and resulting from widespread correspond-
ence, but pending the report of the special
committee on the affairs of the magazine,
these changes have not in the meantime
been made, though very strongly com-
mended by one of our most experienced
members, and unanimously approved by us
after long and careful consideration. Your
committee is prepared, if it be the will and
direction of the Assembly, to carry out
these and other improvements at the earliest
possible moment, which we are persuaded
would give increased popularity and in all
probability greater efficiency.
ABSTRACT OF ACCOUNT,
Balance due Board of Publication,
December 1, 1897 $6,187 64
Expenses for the year 16,883 61
Liabilities to subscribers 1,165 61
$24,236 86
Receipts $14,265 67
Assets 5,198 34
19,464 01
Deficiency $4,772 85
Average monthly circulation in 1897 13,459
Average circulation for the first four months
of 1898 14, 158
The deficiency may seem very large, but
the committee would recall the fact that in
1886 the net deficiency on the magazines
then published amounted to $5311.12.
It should also be noted that through the
retirement of Dr. Nelson the expenses for
1898 will be considerably decreased.
Through this reduction in salary and
other changes, your committee sees its way
to make for 1898 and future years a saving
of almost $3000 annually.
Three years ago, at a meeting of the
secretaries and officers of all the Boards of
our Church, it was resolved that the agency
for communicating intelligence and impulse
should represent the historic work of the
Church, should present the policy, the meth-
ods, the fields and all the interests of this great
work in permanent form, and thus preserve
the continuity of our past, present and future
missionary history. That The Church at
Home and Abroad has in some measure
reached this ideal is attested by the fact that
so many careful readers, finding the maga-
zine a great repository or encyclopedia of
missionary intelligence, call for missing
numbers to complete files for binding, and
request the preparation of an index to the
twenty-three volumes.
Your committee has previously closed its
report with recommendations for the future
conduct of the magazine, but in view of the
fact that the last General Assembly, in its
wisdom, referred the whole question of
missionary publications to a special com-
mittee, we leave the whole subject regarding
the future of this publication to the wisdom
of the General Assembly.
After a discussion of the report of the committee
on authorized missionary publications the General
Assembly resolved to discontinue The Church
at Home and Abroad and The Assembly Herald
on January 1, 1899.
The Assembly also authorized the publication of
a magazine, The Assembly Herald, to begin with
January 1, 1899, with the Rev. W. H. Hubbard
as editor and manager for the first year. The
editorial and business offices are to be in the Pres-
byterian Building in New York.
A committee of five, two ministers and three
laymen, no one of whom is an officer of any Board
or permanent committee of the Church, was ap-
pointed to supervise the publication of the new
magazine.
FOREIGN MISSIONS.
NOTES.
What China Needs.
Special attention is called to a paragraph
found elsewhere in the communication of
Kev. J. L. Whiting, D.D., namely this:
"A man of some rank called upon us a few
days since, and while he sought to obtain
instruction for some young men in the
English language and in science, he said
distinctly, that it would be a calamity to
the empire if the Chinese gained the power
conferred by a knowledge of Western learn-
ing and arts before they gained a better
moral foundation than they now possessed."
Here is a remarkable utterance surely
from a man of high rank, who knows China
and its upper classes and the real wants of
the country. A mere secular civilization
without ethical import is what China does
not want. It might involve danger and
be a curse. If any are tired of missionary
methods and long for the proclamation of a
gospel of Western improvements and inven-
tions and Western push, here is food for
reflection.
Spiritual Life at Wei Hien, China.
Mis3 Charlotte E. Hawes writes, Febru-
ary 8, 1898: " Mr. Mateer has just closed a
very deeply "spiritual series of meetings here,
and we are rejoicing over the results. He
invited the Chinese Christians from neigh-
boring villages to come and stay a week.
They came in such numbers from every
direction that our little compound was
packed with people, carts and animals.
They attended the services without growing
weary, and at the close of the meeting a
great many who were not Christians stood
up for Christ, and declared they believed
in him, and many Christians rose and prom-
ised to preach in houses where God was not
worshiped. Between these services, the
women visited me in my study, and every
day I had the pleasure of talking about
God to crowds of women and helping them
to understand better what they had heard.
One evening Mrs. Mateer asked me to lead
the evening worship for the women who
could not come out at night with their
babies. I took a Christian Chinese woman
with me, and we both talked to them and
taught them personally. Three women
promised to study who had not believed
before. Then on Sabbath the church was
so full to overflowing, I held an overflow
service in the hospital. Two of our school-
girls helped me and we had a very blessed
service. The women were eager to listen
and asked for printed hymns and prayers.
My first year in China will be completed
next month, and I will be examined in the
language. I hope to go forth and help
teach the women in the country villages.
The harvest truly is plenteous, and oh, how
I do thank God that I am one of the few
laborers! God bless you in your part of
the work. ' '
Graphic Pictures by Dr. Mary Eddy.
I wonder if you have ever been out in a
tent during a storm with no shelter near
you. To-night I am alone in my tent and
the wind is howling in the rocks above the
olive trees around me ; and the tent creaks
and groans as the blasts strike it. The man
has just gone all around striking on the
heads of the heavy iron stakes to see if each
is holding on bravely and warranted to stand
at its post during the long hours of the dark
night. I have two persons this time who
are unused to tent life— the Bible woman,
Leeza, and my new assistant, Miss Katha-
rine Sandrecsky. They sleep together in
an adjoining tent, and I am learning
through their fears and anxieties the disad-
vantages of tent life. Every time our big
watchdog Philo barks they are sure some
thief approaches the encampment. The in-
stability of canvas wails is ever present before
them, and no charms of adjacent scenery
turns their minds from the memory of past
hours in the quiet of a lour- walled house in
the city. All day throngs have sur-
rounded our tents. A man was passing by
the house of a poor widow in the village
above us. Her dog was very hungry,
rushed out, bit a very large piece from the
calf of the man's leg and then ate it before
his eyes. I dressed the leg and enjoined
quiet in the house, but the man went off to
the plain with his cows. I pull a tooth for
one boy, open an abscess the next moment,
17
18
NOTES.
[July
use electricity the next moment, following
this with an eye operation, then an exam-
ination of heart or lungs, then a breathless
messenger rushes in with a note from some
sufferer in an adjacent town, or a traveler
stops in to see what this encampment under
the olive trees is for. Just between our tents
sleep three women. They are terror-
stricken at the approach of any one in a
uniform, as during the late troubles their
village was raided and burnt by the soldiers.
Last night one of them lived over the scenes
in her dreams, and her cries and moans
were most pitiful. It is late, the man goes
early to Jedaide to take the post and bring
my letters. How far away we are to-night
from every one we hold dear, but we are
sustained by the sense of God's care, and
the many prayers that are ever ascending
for us.
Hindu Aggressiveness.
The plan adopted by the Hindu Tract
Society of Madras in their aggressive cam-
paign is thus stated: "Learned Pandits
must go forth and put the missionaries to
shame by their dialectics. Tracts against
Christianity must be published in all the
vernaculars and distributed over all the
land. Committees must be formed in all
the towns and villages to warn the people
against listening to Christian preachers.' '
Missions in the Barbary States.
" As late as 1876 there were no organized
missions to the natives of the Barbary
States, though there were a few individuals,
pastors, working among the French Protes-
tants and the Jews in Tunis, Algiers and
Mogador. Since then others have entered
the field. Work is now being done there
by the British and Foreign Missionary
Society; by the French Wesleyans; by the
Southern Morocco Mission; by the Gospel
Union, associated with Mr. and Mrs. Bax-
ter, of the Christian Herald; by Mr.
Herman Harris, and by the World's Gospel
Union of Kansas. Most of the pastors
referred to are to be found in Algeria, and
are supported by the French government.
They do not, as a rule, extend their labors
beyond the nominal Protestants whom they
represent." — The Outlook, January 1,1898.
A Remarkable Statement.
The following is from Mr. F. C. Mozoom-
dar, of the Brahmo-Somaj:
" The anniversary discourse on * The
Place of Christianity in the Future Religion
of India ' was meant by me to form a new
departure in the history of pur movement.
Hitherto we had accepted the life and teach-
ings of Jesus Christ. Now I intended that
we should accept the principles and teach-
ings evolved in the progress of the Christian
religion ; for I felt, as there was no Christi-
anity without Christ, so there was no Christ
without Christianity. I hope before long
to publish in America the substance of what
I said on this subject. It ought to be
pointed out that our thoughts on Christ and
Christianity, openly and frankly stated,
have often made us very unpopular, not
only in Hindu society, but, I am sorry to
say, in the Brahmo-Somaj also. Neverthe-
less, I am convinced that these advanced
views, although disagreeable at first, exercise
in the long run a wholesome and elevating
influence upon the public mind. It can be
honestly said that the Brahmo-Somaj has
done as much to prepare and familiarize the
Indian mind with the essential truths of
Christ's religion as any denominational
Christian missionary agency has done, per-
haps very much more so. ' '
The True Leaven.
Sir Charles Aitcheson, speaking on " The
Startling Leavening Process," has said,
what will bear repeating, that " missionary
teaching and Christian literature are leaven-
ing native opinion in a way and to an extent
quite startling to those who take a little
personal trouble to investigate the facts.
" It is not too much to say that the whole
Brahmo movement which takes a lead in
all social and moral reform in India, and
which, although decidedly unchristian, pays
to Christianity the sincere flattery of imita-
tion, is the direct product of missionary
teaching.
" They have been the pioneers of educa-
tion, both vernacular and English, and they
are still the only body who maintain schools
for the low castes and the poor.
' ' To the missionaries, and to the mission-
aries alone, we owe the movement in favor
of female education.
" It is to the example set by missionary
ladies, during the last eight or ten years, in
mission hospitals and in house-to-house visi-
tation, that the present wide- spreading
demand for medical aid and medical train-
ing to the women of India is mainly due."
1898.]
NOTES.
19
Our Foreign Politics.
The foreign politics of the United States
of America are Foreign Missions. Starting
into national life, free alike from the eccle-
siastical bonds, the feudal institutions and the
political interests of Europe, but possessing
the full heritage of British history, litera-
ture and character, the Americans were
from the first prepared to become the chief
messengers of Christ to the human race.
In four hundred years they have, by Chris-
tian colonization and home missions, evan-
gelized their own continent from the Atlan-
tic to the Pacific Ocean, bringing into the
Church the remnant of the Red Indian
tribes, and giving to Christendom its ' ' rich-
est acquisition ' ' in sixty-five millions of
Christian citizens, whom every year in-
creases in number and influence. In the
whole development of mankind during six
thousand years there has been only one
people and one land ready made, as it
were, to be itself free, and to all beside
the apostle of liberty in its highest form the
freedom which is in Christ Jesus. — George
Smith. LL.D.
Russian Aggression in the Eastern Churches.
The Russians are displaying new activity
in opening Syrian schools. In Tripoli they
have 300 boys in their school, and in the
Meena they have a girls' school with three
Russian ladies, two native teachers and 240
pupils. They are also occupying the Greek
villages in the interior of the Tripoli field,
being determined to resist both Protestant
and Roman Catholic propagandism. " We
cannot hear," says Dr. H. H. Jessup,
1 ' that they have a firman or a permit for a
single school. American schools seem to be
the only ones requiring ' permits,' and the
' cuts ' will soon eliminate them as a factor
in the tribulations of the Turk." The
following from the Independent reveals
similar conditions in Persia :
" Some time ago there were reports from
Urumia in Persia of a movement to bring
the whole of the Nestorian Church into
connection with the Orthodox Church of
Russia. Some Russian priests went into
Persia, and they had a very large following.
Subsequently the movement appeared to
collapse, and recent statements from that
iMf\'.m.w'imi3l JTLUJgiUl'i U
Tripoli, Syria.
20
NOTES.
[July,
region imply that there is great disappoint-
ment. Just now, however, comes a report
from St. Petersburg that a clerical deputa-
tion of Nestorians, headed by one of the
local bishops, has been to St. Petersburg
with an appeal, signed, it is said, by 15,000
out of the 65,000 whom they claim to
represent, for union with the Russian
Church. A conclave of the higher mem-
bers of the Russian hierarchy and the
Russian Synod was assembled. After an-
swering certain formal questions the Nesto-
rian bishop signed the necessary document
and the Holy Synod unanimously resolved
to ' receive the Syrio-Chal dean flock into the
fold of the Russian Orthodox Church ....
by means of a declaration as to renounce-
ment of errors.' The formal ceremony of
union was performed with much pomp
on the morning of April 6 in one of the
monastery churches. The Nestorian priests
repeated the articles of faith and were
robed, before the altar, in rich and costly
vestments. They then joined in the service
of the liturgy together with the high Rus-
Rev. William Bird.
sian ecclesiastics. It is stated that they will
finally renounce their native dress and re-
turn to Persia in the regular habit of the
Russian monastic clergy. In connection
with this movement it is reported that the
Holy Synod is organizing a special mission
to Urumia for the purpose of establishing
schools and churches there and elsewhere
through the mountains as well as among the
Nestorians in the vicinity of Mosul. There
is very much of interest expressed in the rela-
tion of this movement to Russia's political
influence in the East."
Rev. William Bird.
Rev. William Bird is the son of a mis-
sionary. His father, Rev. Isaac Bird, a
graduate of Yale College and Andover
Theological Seminary, sailed for Syria with
his wife and in company with Mr. and Mrs.
Goodell in 1823. After a stay of some
months in Malta, they sailed for Beirut,
arriving in December of the same year. In
April, 1828, they were obliged to leave
Syria on account of the unsettled condition
of the country, and they again spent two
years in Malta, at the end of which time
they joined Mr. and Mrs. Whiting as asso-
ciate missionaries at Beirut.
Upon the failure of the wife's health in
Beirut, Mr. and Mrs. Bird went to Smyrna in
1835, but after unfavorable experiences
there they returned to the United States.
Rev. William Bird was born in Malta in
1823, was graduated at Dartmouth College
in 1844 and Andover Seminary in 1850.
He was married to Miss Sarah F. Gordon
in 1853, and left Boston for Beirut in
March of that year, reaching his destina-
tion in the following June.
Mr. Bird's whole missionary career has
been spent on the slopes of Lebanon at
Abeih and at Deir il Komr, and for many
years he was most intimately associated
with the late Rev. Simeon Calhoun, whom
the late Dr. William Adams styled " the
Cedar of Lebanon."
Mr. and Mrs. Bird were driven from
their station (Deir il Komr) at the time of
the Druze massacre in 1860, the station
being entirely destroyed and the work
broken up. After a furlough in the
United States they returned two years later
and have been stationed at Abeih.
With the exception of visits to America
on furlough, Mr. and Mrs. Bird have con-
1898.]
REV. 8. H. KELLOGG, D.D., LL.D.
21
tinued their labors in the field chosen in
their youth. Veterans indeed are they,
and are held in honor and esteem by all in
the Syria Mission, as well as by thousands
of natives who have learned to honor the
integrity and piety of their faithful mission-
aries. Many friends in this country will
be glad to look upon the face of Mr. Bird.
REV. S. H. KELLOGG, D.D., LL.D.
Dr. Kellogg was born at Quogue, L. I., in
1839. His father, Rev. Samuel Kellogg,
was at that time acting as stated supply of
the local church. Dr. Kellogg was trained
most thoroughly in the Bible and in the
Shorter Catechism. He also fed largely
upon The Foreign Missionary and The Mis-
sionary Herald. He was prepared for
college by his parents at home, with the
exception of five or six months toward the
close. In 1856 he entered Williams College,
but was obliged to leave on account of ill
health. He entered Princeton in 1858 and
graduated in 1861, after which he pursued
a theological course in Princeton Seminary.
During the last two seminary years he acted
as tutor in mathematics in the college. A
farewell sermon preached by Dr. Henry M.
Scudder in the First Presbyterian Church
of Princeton, 1858 or 1859, turned the
drift of the young student's thoughts and
purposes toward the mission field.
He was married in 1864 in Montrose,
Pa., to Miss Antoinette W. Hartwell. As
navigation was much disturbed by the Civil
War then in progress the young couple were
delayed for some time in embarking for
their mission field in India. At last they
took passage on a merchant vessel bearing a
cargo of ice from Boston to Ceylon, fondly
hoping to reach that land in a hundred days.
But on the third day out, they were struck
by a cyclone, in which their Christian cap-
tain was washed overboard, and the ship
was barely saved from foundering. The
captain's death placed the first mate in
charge, and he proved to be one of the most
ignorant men ever placed in charge of a
vessel for go long a voyage. His ignorance
was equaled by his wickedness and brutal-
ity. Very soon after the storm a plot was
laid by the crew to get rid of this incompe-
tent and brutal commander. It was soon
discovered, however, and suppressed, and
as a last resort the new captain, finding out
Rev. S. H. Kellogg, D.D., LL.D.
accidentally that Dr. Kellogg had studied
navigation, asked him to take the mate's
place in directing the vessel. Thus within
a week after leaving Boston, the young
missionary found himself with the nautical
library and instruments of the late captain
placed at his disposal, and took the necessary
daily observations and acted as navigator
until they reached Ceylon — not in a hun-
dred, but in a hundred and forty-eight days
from Boston. For although they made the
Cape of Good Hope in fifty- eight days, the
captain, being totally ignorant of the laws
of the monsoons beyond that point, and yet
overruling Dr. Kellogg' s urgent advice,
took a different course, which cost a needless
delay.
On reaching India with his wife and his
fellow-missionary, the lamented Rev. Mr.
Myers, in 1865, he was stationed for some
months alone in the Barhpur Mission in
charge of all the work. " It was hard at
first," he says, " but had the good result of
bringing me on in the language much faster
than I should have otherwise learned it."
Within six months he began regularly to
take his turn in the Sabbath Urdu service
in the native church. He remained in
Fatehgarh till 1871, dividing his labor be-
22
DEATH OF MISS FANNIE E. WIGHT.
[July,
tween the Anglo- Vernacular High School
and itinerant evangelistic work and the
instruction of native preachers. It was
during this time that he began the important
work of preparing a Hindi grammar, which
proved a most useful and important addition
to the grammatical literature of India. It
was instrumental in giving him a place in
the Congress of Orientalists held in Stock-
holm in 1889 under the presidency of King
Oscar II. The grammar was also pre-
scribed by Her Majesty's civil service com-
missioners for India, as an authority to be
studied by all candidates for the India Civil
Service. In 1871 Dr. Kellogg was assigned
by the Synod to a professorship in the theo-
logical seminary just then established. In
1875 Mrs. Kellogg, who had labored faith-
fully with him during all his years of
service, was removed by death, leaving him
with four little children. It was this
bereavement and the peculiar care resulting
from it which brought Dr. Kellogg home
and kept him in this country for several
years. He was called meanwhile to the
pastorate of the Third Presbyterian Church
of Pittsburgh, and later to the Chair of Sys-
tematic Theology, just then vacated by the
Rev. Dr. A. A. Hodge, in Allegheny
Seminary. In 1886, Dr. Kellogg accepted
a call from St. James' Square Presbyterian
Church, Toronto, Ont., where he labored
for six years, the church greatly prospering
under his pastorate. At the end of that
time the missionary body composed of
representatives of different Boards in India,
together with the British and Foreign Bible
Society, 'sent Dr. Kellogg a most earnest
call to return to India, and act as one of
three retranslators of the Old Testament
into Hindi, a language understood by a
hundred millions of people. He was accord-
ingly reappointed by the Board of Foreign
Missions, with the understanding that this
should be his special work.
"While in this country, both as professor
and as pastor, Dr. Kellogg exerted a
powerful influence in leading young men to
enter the foreign missionary service. While
professor in Allegheny, twenty-one of those
now in the service of the Board in various
fields were under his instruction, among
them the late Dr. A. C. Good and Dr. J.
C. R. Ewing, president of the Lahore
College. Also while pastor in Toronto he
had the satisfaction of seeing several
enter the mission field, while still others were
left in the course of their preparation. Al-
together Dr. Kellogg has shared in the
training of thirty-six missionaries for the
foreign field.
During the fifteen years spent in this
country, Dr. Kellogg published (1) " The
Jews; or, Prediction and Fulfillment." (2)
" From Death to Resurrection," (3)" the
Light of Asia and the Light of the
World," (4) " An Exposition of the Book
of Leviticus," (5) " The Genesis and the
Growth of Religion," being the Stone
Lectures for 1892, delivered in Princeton
Theological Seminary. While in Toronto
he also spent considerable time in revising
his Hindi grammar.
Dr. Kellogg has been honored by the
degree of Doctor of Divinity, conferred by
Princeton College, and Doctor of Laws by
Wooster Universitv.
DEATH OF MISS FANNIE E.
WIGHT.
A cable message was received April 29,
announcing the death of Miss Fannie E.
Wight, of the West Shantung Mission.
She was prosecuting her work with her usual
zeal and success, when she was prostrated
by an attack of pneumonia which quickly
proved fatal.
Miss Wight was born in Shanghai, China,
September 3, 1850. She was the daughter
of the Rev. and Mrs. Joseph K. Wight,
who were formerly missionaries under the
care of this Board in China. She received
her education in Victoria College, Ireland.
She was appointed a foreign missionary July
20, 1885, and, with the exception of one
furlough, she has spent the remainder of
her life in Shantung, China. She was at
first engaged in educational work, but later,
in accordance with her strong desire, was
assigned to evangelistic labor. Into this
she entered with single-hearted devotion.
Free in the use of the Chinese language and
with a richly sympathetic nature, she was
always welcome in the homes of the people.
Itinerating evangelistic work involves much
physical privation, but Miss Wight so thor-
oughly believed in the importance of it, and
found such joy in bringing the gospel directly
to the poor people in the outlying villages,
that she made light of all difficulties. Her
1898.]
SELF-SUPPORT IN THE CHIENG MAI SCHOOLS.
23
death is a sore bereavement to the Board as
well as to the mission, and the sympathies
and prayers of many friends have gone out
toward her honored father and his bereft
family.
SELF-SUPPORT IN THE CHIENG
MAI SCHOOLS.
REV. JOHN H. FREEMAN.
Altogether the most encouraging feature
of our work in Chieng Mai during the year
past is our success in raising a considerable
part of the means, for the support of the
schools, among those whose children attend
them. The movement was favored by the
fact that foreign food and foreign ways of
life had never been introduced in these
schools. Save that cleanliness and order
are insisted upon, the manner of life differs
little from that in their own homes. Con-
sequently, our schools have not been built
up on a scale where self-support is impossi-
ble.
*■- Two years ago the movement toward self-
support began, but very naturally those
most directly concerned in the schools feared
any radical change in the policy of the
mission, lest it keep the children away from
school. The fathers and mothers were
asked to contribute, but no concerted effort
in this direction was made. A few, a very
few, responded. A little rice and a few
rupees in cash were the net result.
The cut in our estimates for this year
made a cut on the schools inevitable. Either
the terms must be shortened or the means
to carry on the schools must be raised
among the people. We had seen that to
ask in a general way for contributions would
be futile. The request must be specific.
What we decided to do was as follows:
First, we fixed the rate of tuition at one
rupee per month, and board at two rupees
per month. A close estimate showed that
this would meet the expenses, except the
salary of the missionaries in charge. The
sum may seem ridiculously small to friends
at home, one dollar per month for tuition
and food, yet if every one in the school paid
this, the question of self-support would be
solved. Then we decided that pupils from
non-Christian households must pay, while
the question who among the Christians
ought to pay, in full or in part, was left to a
committee of missionaries and natives, who
did their work very wisely and successfully.
Sala or Rest House. 2. Pagoda. 3. Temple.
Siani.
24
CONTINUED ENCOURAGEMENT IN NORTHERN KOREA.
[July,
The matter was systematically presented in
every church, and in most of the Christian
villages of Chieng Mai and Lampoon prov-
inces. Almost all the fathers and mothers
readily agreed to give something; a few
paid in full, others less, but even the poorest
were urged to give something. When they
could not give money, a number of the
boys agreed to work outside of school hours,
and some of them have been very faithful
in so doing.
It was with fear and trembling that some
of the members of the station agreed to
these rather radical changes in reference to
the schools. They felt, however, that the
pressure of the cut made them necessary.
But some of us felt confident that if the
matter were fairly presented to the people
they would be both able and willing to
help. The result has more than justified
our hopes. In all, about $500 have been
paid in by natives for the work of the
schools during the term just closed, nearly
or quite one-half of the total amount ex-
pended. As regards attendance, it would
not be fair to compare with the last term, as
the term after harvest is always larger; but
comparing with the corresponding term last
year, we find as follows: In the boys'
school, the attendance was 96, as against
110; in the girls' school, 54, as against 72.
As will be seen by this comparison, a
larger number of girls than of boys were
kept at home by reason of the change.
This was to be expected. Moreover, a new
free school maintained by the Siamese Com-
missioner has drawn away not a few non-
Christian boys who attended our school last
term, so the reduction is not wholly due to
the pressure.
On the whole, we may certainly feel
greatly encouraged at these results. When
people are willing to pay for a thing, they
have begun to appreciate it ; and what they
are paying for, they will increasingly appre-
ciate. I expect some reaction. The appeal
was made for a special reason, in part; and
if it be harder to maintain the degree of
self-support now reached, than to attain it,
I shall not be surprised. It will require
steady effort, and no little patience and
wisdom, to carry out what has been so well
begun. But I am sure that most of us feel
that the cause of Christian education here
has taken a long step in advance, and we
thank God and take courage.
Help from home will still be needed, for
many years perhaps, but the outlook for
a self-supporting, self - propagating Laos
Church is the brighter for the work of these
past few months.
CONTINUED ENCOURAGEMENT IN
NORTHERN KOREA.
J. HUNTER WELLS, M.D.
The missionary work here in Pyeng Yang,
Korea, which, on account of its simplicity
of spirit and success, has attracted so much
attention, continues on in the same way,
though with added interest and instruction.
The features of self-help, self-support, large
dispensary and hospital attendance, almost
daily organization of places of worship, with
the natural conclusion of converts that it is
their duty to go and tell their neighbors
when they have learned of the Way, the
Truth and the Life, increase constantly and
make us happy, though with it comes con-
cern as how best to administer to the grow-
ing spiritual needs. Where there were but
four or five meeting places for Christians two
and a half years ago, there are now over a
hundred such places, and where there were
less than a hundred professing Christians
there are now over three thousand. But
few days pass in which we do not hear of
new meeting places or little churches started,
in places never visited by a missionary.
Last week seven such places were reported
from one district. It has been impossible,
so far, to respond to all these Macedonian
calls. We are not asking for more mission-
aries, for when those assigned all come
here and are adequately provided for in
salary and teachers, which was not done last
year because of the " cut," we can take
care, fairly well, of the large wTork given
into our hands. A few material needs in
the way of houses are necessary, though,
for with four families, two single ladies and
two single men assigned — though all these
are not here yet — we have only two fairly
good houses, one shack changed from a
Korean house, and four small rooms owned
privately. The glorious work we are engaged
in makes us neglect necessary health pre-
cautions, so while we are taken up body and
soul with the spiritual work before us, do
not let it be said that the Presbyterian
Church cannot adequately provide shelter
and material comforts such as will preserve
1898.]
CONTINUED ENCOURAGEMENT Iff NORTHERN KOREA.
25
A Syrian Boys' School.
our health for this great Work in the midst
of which we are engaged.
We could send most interesting reports of
work, for each of the thousands of conver-
sions are important not only to the one
concerned, but to the angels in heaven who
rejoice over one sinner brought to repent-
ance. Many of the large numbers who have
come out from darkness, not having had
much instruction, see as yet through a glass
darkly. They frequently take the gospel
literally, and one late instance of a well-
to-do woman who built a little church, and
gave largely of her means in other respects,
and who is a sincere believer, is noiv look-
ing for a tenfold return from her gifts to
the Lord ! We have had many instances
of what they thought was demon-possession,
which they tried to cure by prayer. None
of the cases, however, have stood the test of
investigation as to their being genuine
demon- possession as of old, though some of
the reported cures and ' ' casting out ' ' we
didn't understand. One of the most
marked cases turned out simple hysterics,
while another was a simple malingerer.
They often report dreams and visions ; one
marked instance being when they reported
as having seen a star at midday when one of
the little churches was " dedicated " by
them — in their own way. And so we could
go on. The happiest reports though are
like one that came to us lately, when one of
these small churches provides the means for
a home missionary who shall be appointed
by the missionary. The natives have been
made to realize that the Korean Church is
their Church, that the conversion of their
neighbors is their business, that if money
is necessary, theirs is available. The work
here has come to such a happy pass that the
duty of the missionary has become that of
a bishop. We have true apostolic pictures
in the many different phases of our work.
The little hospital and dispensary, costing
about four hundred dollars a year and treat-
ing twenty thousand patients in two and a
half years, being my particular care, calls
for mention in this letter. As in those
converted, each case is a particular one to
many concerned, so reports of particular
cases are impossible. The last ones to hand
are easiest in memory; though hundreds of
others of the past are more interesting.
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CONTINUED ENCOURAGEMENT IN NORTHERN KOREA.
[July,
In coming from church last Sunday I was
asked to see a boy so blind he couldn't see
to walk. One eye was entirely gone and
the other obstructed by the cicatrix from
corneal ulcer. The next day he came to
the hospital and by the operation of iridec-
tomy we were able to restore his sight. The
week before it was an old woman with
cataract. I have operated over a hundred
times in twenty-nine months for cataracts
and for blindness such as in the boy's case
above, and have had uninterrupted success.
In other respects also we have been blessed
with so much surgical and medical success
that patients often request operations that
are unnecessary. The attendance in this
cold and windy month of March is between
thirty and sixty a day. When it is known
that the population of the city is only about
35,000, while the surrounding regions are
not thickly settled, and that besides ours
there is a Methodist hospital and dispensary,
besides the native and Japanese doctors, it
will be seen that the attendance is very large.
The 20,000 patients, most all of whom
are from the country about, have worked
and mingled and mixed with the people.
The literature they received at the dispen-
sary and the word they heard there has been
scattered among thousands more. It is
impossible to estimate the influence of the
hospital in this way during the past two and
a half years. Our schools haven't as yet
been developed, so our only means in the
past have been the dispensary and hospital
and itinerating by the missionaries. All
things have worked together. The secret of
our success from a worldly point of view
is, we think, the esprit du corps among the
missionaries and among the natives. The
true secret, which is no secret at all, is the
presence of the Holy Spirit in power.
River Jordan.
1898.]
A SPECIMEN MISSION PRESS.
27
Concert of Prayer
For Church Work Abroad
July — Christian Literature in Missions.
(a) Necessity for a Christian literature— the Bible,
religious works, text-books, etc.
(6) Processes of creating — translating, printing, diffi-
culties attending.
(c) Colportage.
Mission newspapers and magazines.
(d)
A SPECIMEN MISSION PRESS.
The following interesting and able account
of the American Mission Press was prepared
by Prof. Orne, of Cambridge, about six
years ago. With his permission this ex-
tract was made for the use of the Presby-
terian Board. It furnishes a clear and
striking illustration of the value and influ-
ence of a mission press in a country like
Syria. In a prefatory note Prof. Orne
states as an extreme illustration of the pre-
vailing ignorance in regard to missionary
work of this kind, that he had met a
college-bred and scholarly gentleman who
proved to be ignorant not only of what had
been accomplished in the Arabic language,
but of the very existence of such a mission
station as Beirut.
The paper, of which the following is only
a part, alludes to the changes which have
occurred in Beirut since the first Presbyte-
rian missionaries landed in that city between
sixty and seventy years ago. It then had
8000 population. Now there are not less than
1 00, 000. No printing presses existed in the
country, no carriage roads, and no schools.
The first missionaries were looked upon as
enemies. Now the city abounds in schools
conducted by the various religious sects.
There are substantial and convenient resi-
dences, macadamized streets, fine roads
leading to the suburbs, gas light, and water
furnished by an acqueduct leading from the
Dog river. There are four colleges, five
female seminaries, ninety- three schools of all
kinds, with 295 teachers and 8926 pupils, of
whom 4150 are girls. Of the ninety-five
schools, thirty are Protestant, having 116
teachers, 761 boys and 2281 girls.
One direct influence of the Mission Press
is seen in the establishment of a similar
press by the Jesuits and four or five private
printing enterprises. In addition to all that
the Mission Press of the Presbyterian Board
has accomplished, a still larger output of
books of all kinds has resulted from the first
example. Arabic literature, which Islam
had not had the energy and enlightenment
to reproduce and disseminate, has been put
into permanent form, and is now sold every-
where in the bookstores of Beirut. If the
literary work of the Presbyterian Mission
described in the following paper had been
the only result of missions in the Levant, it
would repay a hundred times over all the
outlay in the results so accomplished.
" The American Press, the one in which
we are at present more particularly inter-
ested, was founded in 1822 at Malta, to
which island the missionaries had fled from
the political troubles in Syria; afterwards,
in 1834, it was removed to Beirut, where it
became firmly established and has remained
ever since.
" The issue from this press of works on
theology, history, science, literature, medi-
cine, and of educational text-books, maps,
cards and other instruments of instruction,
besides many works of a miscellaneous char-
acter, has been steadily going on for more
than seventy years, and the catalogue of its
publications is ever increasing its list. It
has become not only a decided power in
Syria, but its influence is felt in Egypt and
other portions of Africa, Asia, India,
China, and in other places where there is
an Arabic reading population.
" The equipments of the American Press
are large and complete. It makes use of
ten fonts of Arabic type of superior quality,
which have been employed by the great
printing presses of Germany, and in many
cases have supplanted the old fonts in use.
The British and Foreign Bible Society has
also adopted the Beirut type for its Arabic
publications. The printing office, which
occupies a substantial stone structure, is
furnished with steam presses of the latest
improved patterns, and of great power and
capacity; hand-presses, a hydraulic press, a
lithographic press, embossing presses, a hot-
rolling press, a type foundry, apparatus for
stereotyping and electrotyping ; and the
office is prepared to do the work with these
ample appliances not only for the use of the
mission and its patrons, but for any other
parties who may desire it. In fact, the
Mission Press, really the largest and most
active Arabic Press in the world, is as thor-
oughly furnished as any European, English
or American Press, to do printing of a high
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A SPECIMEN MIS3I0N PRESS.
[July,
degree of excellence, in several languages,
either directly from the forms or from elec-
trotype and stereotype plates; even to make
type, to do artistic work, bind books, mount
maps, and do everything else that is within
the province of a completely furnished
printing and publishing house. The Press
does the Arabic work for the American
Bible Society, the British and Foreign Bible
Society, the London Religious Tract Soci-
ety, the American Tract Society, the Syrian
Protestant College, as well as for private
individuals. The American Press was
established to further the cause of the
American Board of Foreign Missions in
Syria. Subsequently it went into the hands
of the Presbyterian Board of Missions, and
continued its work in the same religious
interests.
" As might be expected of a mission
press, the publications partake more of a
religious than secular character, although not
a few educational treatises for the use of the
mission secular schools and the Protestant
College and Medical School have been
issued.
" Of religious publications the Bible takes
the lead both in the number and variety of
its editions, and in the superior excellence
of its typographical execution of some of
them. The full-voweled edition of the
whole Bible, printed from electrotyped
plates in style of the first font, is one of the
most elegant books in the Arabic language.
" The Bible, Old and New Testaments in
whole aud in parts, is printed in four differ-
ent fonts, vowel ed or not voweled, some of
them electrotyped, and in several styles of
binding. These Bibles are published by the
American Bible Society, and several of the
editions can be obtained at their depositories
in this country. The translation of this
Bible is the successive work of Drs. Eli
Smith and C. V. A. Van Dyck, of the
American Board of Missions, and it is con-
sidered a model of pure Arabic. It reflects
great honor upon the scholarship of the
distinguished divines who for several years
toiled over the intricacies of a very difficult
language in order that the Holy Scriptures
might be in these days read by the descend-
ants of those who first made its history or
wrote its page3. 4 The little upper chamber
where Drs. Smith and Van Dyck labored
so many years in preparing this translation
has been carefully kept, so far as possible,
in its original state ; a memorial tablet in
Arabic and English has been placed by
President Gilman of Johns Hopkins Univer-
sity on the wall of this room, recording the
history of the great work done there. The
room now forms a part of the Female Sem-
inary.' It may be here stated that through
the benevolence, and at the expense of Mr.
Mott, an English gentleman, a pres3 and
other equipments for printing raised
Arabic characters for the use of the blind,
have been furnished, and already the Gospel
of Matthew has been supplied for the edifi-
cation and comfort of these unfortunates.
" To show the greatness of this special
department of the Press, i. e., the Bible
department, and to illustrate its industry,
there were distributed in Syria volumes of
the Scriptures, including Bibles, Testaments,
and portions of the same, 31,000 in 1890,
and 27.000 in 1891. This represents for
the Bible Society alone more than 14,000,-
000 pages for the year 1890, and about half
as many for the British and Foreign Bible
Society.
" Of the other religious publications there
are some intended more especially for the
use of the students in the theological semi-
nary. Many, perhaps most of these, were
written in Arabic by the members of the
mission, both Americans and learned native
Syrians, graduates of its schools and its
seminary. Among these works are ' Sys-
tematic Theology, ' in two vol umes, by Rev.
Dr. J. S. Dennis ; ' Evidences of Christi-
anity ' and 'Biblical Interpretations/ by
the same author; ' Homiletics and Pastoral
Theology,' by Rev. Dr. Henry H. Jessup;
Dr. G. E. Post's ' Complete Concordance
of the Arabic Bible ' and his ' Bible Dic-
tionary;' Rev. S. H. Calhoun's ' Harmony
of the Gospels ' and ' Life of Christ ' and
■ Scripture Helps;' Dr. W. W. Eddy's
' Commentaries on the New Testament, ' and
his ' Historical Foundation of Christianity;'
Mr. Ibrahim Sarkis' ' Key to Technical
and Unusual Words Found in the Arabic
Bible;' Dr. Wortabet's ' Commentary on
the Hebrews;' Dr. Eli Smith's ' The Work
of the Holy Spirit;' Nofel Effendi Nofel's
1 History of Religions;' R. Hassoon's
1 Chronological Arrangement of the Four
Gospels.' Some of the works are transla-
tions from the English of standard works
of more or less educational value. Of these
are Edwards' ' History of Redemption,'
1898.]
A SPECIMEN MISSION PRESS.
29
Alexander's ' Evidences,' Prof. Phelps'
1 Studies of the Old Testament,' 'A Treatise
on Preaching, ' by Bishop Germanus Ferhat,
1 Reith on Prophecy,' Mosheim's ' Church
History,' 853 pp.
" Of works of general history adapted
to all persons of mature mind there
are a great many, both original and
translated. Some of these are Bourdillon's
1 Help to Family Worship;' Dr. Charles E.
Knox's 'Year with St. Paul;' Dr. New-
ton's ' Illustrated Life of Christ,' * King's
Highway,' ' Rays of the Sun of Righteous-
ness ' and other works by the same au-
thor; " Bunyan's ' Pilgrim's Progress' and
1 Holy War;' Thomas a, Kempis' ' Imita-
tion of Christ;' D'Aubigne's ' History of
the Reformation;' ' Line upon Line and
Precept upon Precept,' ' Historical Stories
from the Creation to the Babylonian Cap-
tivity,' two volumes; D wight L. Moody's
twelve sermons, several volumes of Spur-
geon's sermons; ' The Witness of Ancient
Monuments to Old Testament Scripture;'
Bagster's ' Daily Light on the Daily Path ;'
Miss Havergal's works, ' Little Pillows and
Morning Bells.'
" Of miscellaneous works not religious
are ' The Schoenberg Cotta Family;' ' Swiss
Family Robinson;' Smiles' ' Self-help;'
■ The Dwellers on the Nile,' by E. A. W.
Budge.
" Some works of a controversial nature
are furnished, such as Haurani's ' Dar-
winian Evolution and Materialism,' with
Haurani's ' Reply to the Darwinian The-
ory;' ' Mistake on Popery;' Mishaka's
' Reply to the Papists;' Nevius on
' Popery ;' ' Poperv Tested by the Word of
God.'
" Of works on ethics there are ' The
Primer of Ethics,' by B. G. Comegys;
Ibrahim Sarkis' tract on ' Intemperance and
Vice.'
" The smaller books on a great variety of
subjects, mostly of a religious or moral
character, adapted to all classes of people,
young and old, are too numerous to men-
tion, except in a catalogue of publications.
They comprise history and fiction, sermons
and homilies, works of devotion and con-
solation, narratives and allegories, biog-
raphies, meditations, essays on religious and
moral subjects. Drummond's ' The Greatest
Thing in the World' and 'The Black
Beauty, ' a book which has been termed ' The
Uncle Tom's Cabin for the Horse,' are
books which can be obtained as easily in
Beirut in the Arabic language as in Boston
in the English.
" Of the multitude of tracts, picture
books, picture cards, story books, question
books, catechisms, hymn and tune books,
and all other appliances for Sunday-school
and general religious work, it is unneces-
sary to make any detailed mention. The
mission bookstore in Beirut is as well sup-
plied with all these as is any denominational
repository in this country. I say denom-
inational, for all books inculcating opinions
and interpretations of Scripture not in
harmony with the views of the Presby-
terian branch of the Christian Church are
conspicuous by their absence from the list of
publications of this Press and from the
counters of its repository. This fact under
the circumstances cannot be criticised or
condemned.
" Of the purely secular educational
publications there is a good supply. The
lists consist of material for teaching persons
of all ages and all degrees of mental ma-
turity. There are alphabet wall cards,
primers, reading books, of several grades,
plain and illustrated ; grammar and rhetoric,
elementary and advanced, prepared mostly
by native scholars, as Yaziji, Ibn Akil,
Hammam; special text-books on etymology
and prosody; geographies, with atlases,
large and small, and wall maps; arithme-
tics, mental and written; works on algebra,
geometry, trigonometry, logarithms, chem-
istry, physics, geology, botany, astronomy,
physiology and natural history.
" These works are all good and reliable
text- books on their various subjects. A
few of them are translations from the Eng-
lish, but most of them were prepared espe-
cially for the use of students in the mission
schools, the Protestant College and Female
Seminary of Beirut and the Medical School.
Their preparation reflects great credit on
the scholarship, industry and philanthropy
of the members of the mission, both
Americans and Syrians. Dr. Post's
' Botany, ' his ' Plants of Syria and Egypt, '
1 Flora of Syria and Palestine,' ' Natural
History,' ' Physiology,' his 700-page trea-
tise on surgery and his materia medica all
attest his wonderful versatility of genius,
his thorough scholarship and his untiring
industry. The same may be said of lDr.
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MISSIONARY BOOK-MAKING.
[July,
Van Dyck's 412-page ' Chemistry, ' his
1 Higher Astronomy,' his ' Physical
Diagnosis of the Wortabets' Anatomy '
and ' Physiology and Hygiene;' Haurani's
1 Wonders of Nature and Commercial Prod-
ucts of the Sea;' Dr. Bliss' * Mental
Philosophy.' All these text-books are
valuable treatises on their respective sub-
jects, and their English translations would
rival similar works in use in our own high
schools and colleges.
" There are also on the counters of its
store dictionaries, Arabic-English and Eng-
lish-Arabic, notably, Sarkis' 'English and
Arabic Vocabulary,' the dictionaries of J.
Abcarius, of Kessab and Hammam, Butrus
Bistany's ' Great Arabic Lexicon,' in two
volumes of 2308 pages; the Wortabets'
Arabic-English dictionary, printed, how-
ever, in Cairo; Nofel 's French and Arabic
vocabularies.
" The ancient languages are not omitted
from the list of publications of the Ameri-
can Press, for Prof. Harvey Porter has
edited a Latin grammar in Arabic contain-
ing 130 pages, also a Latin reader with
Latin- Arabic vocabulary. There is also a
Turkish- Arabic vocabulary of 316 pages
by Nofel.
" Of historical works there is by no
means a dearth. Such comprehensive works
as J. Abcarius' ' Universal History,' 729
pages; Prof. Porter's 'Ancient History,'
a large 8vo, 598 pages; Ibrahim Sarkis'
' Summary of Ancient History, ' with special
histories of Damascus, Jerusalem, of the
Romans, and of the Macedonians; Nofel
Effendi's ' Notes on Arab History,' 464
pages; and for a philosophical treatise, Ibn
Khaldun's ' Introduction to History ' (this
printed, however, at another press), are
enough to render the readers of them
among the Syrians and other Arab people
intelligent members of their communities.
" For poetical works this press either
prints or offers for sale the assemblies of the
Sheikh al Yazijy and the Makamat of
Hariri, the Diwans of Motanebbi and El
Farid, the poetical selections of Ibrahim
Sarkis. For ethical instruction there are
Sarkis' ' Ancient Arabic Proverbs,' the
celebrated books of allegories and fables en-
titled ' Kalia and Dimna.'
11 There is a weekly illustrated paper, the
Neshra, published by the Mission, edited
by Rev. Dr. Henry H. Jessup. It contains
religious and secular matter, often a report
of a sermon or lecture, and some scientific
matter.
' ■ The above list, comprising a part of the
religious, educational and miscellaneous
publications of the American Press, will
give some idea of the enterprise, industry and
scholarship of the members of the Presby-
terian Mission.
" The extreme cheapness of these publi-
cations in the Arabic language is a note-
worthy fact."
MISSIONARY BOOK-MAKING.
BENJAMIN LABAREE, D.D.
One of the first impulses of the Protes-
tant missionary is to give the people some-
thing to read. He feels the importance of
reaching their hearts by the eye as well as
through the ear. Especially anxious is he
to put some part of the word of God in
written form into their hands that the very
women and children, as well as possibly
scholars among them, may be able to in-
crease in the knowledge of the true God.
So look where we may all over the mission
field, we see some missionaries engaged in
book-making. Translations of the Bible,
hymn-books, commentaries, text-books for
the common and higher schools are in vari-
ous stages of construction. A Christian
■vernacular literature is developing which is
to be a great bulwark of the faith for gen-
erations yet to come, a guide for immortal
souls to eternal life.
But the art of book-making in these
mission lands is yet in its infancy, and is
encumbered with many difficulties unknown
in civilized countries, where science and
skilled handicraft have carried the art to
such high perfection. The missionary book-
maker often has to deal with both the sim-
plest and the most complicated conditions of
the art. He has to begin, perhaps, with
word-making, grammar and dictionary
building, on up to type- casting and book-
binding. It will be interesting to take up
some of the problems which the missionary
must often meet and solve in order to fulfill
with highest advantage his divinely ap-
pointed purpose of building the Church of
God among the people of his mission.
I. PROBLEMS OF LANGUAGE STUDY.
The first perplexity with which the mis-
sionary has to wrestle is the strange language
1898.]
MISSIONARY BOOK-MAKING.
31
of the people, which he must master before
he can write out anything for their instruc-
tion. If he is fortunate enough to enter a
field where considerable missionary work
has preceded his coming, he will find some
assistance in rudimentary grammars and
dictionaries prepared to his hand. Other-
wise, he will have to quarry and build for
himself. Dr. Good's method of capturing
the language, as given in his lately pub-
lished memoir, was " to set a Bulu man to
talking, and to stop him with questions
whenever he used a new word. That would
result in gaining a general idea, spread
over three or four terms. The hinge of
the task was then to extricate the exact
meaning in each of these terms." So word
by word, and idiom by idiom, he drew out
from their dull intellects the secrets of their
speech. Did he ask the expression for
" my gun," it was correctly given; if then
he asked for " my guns," he would be met
with the reply, " I have only one gun,"
and only tireless patience and tactful persist-
ence would surmount the obstacles. A
missionary on the Congo tells of his long
hunt for the plural ending of nouns, only
to discover at last that the plural change
was given at the beginning and not the end
of the word: dinkondo was plantain: mon-
Jcondo, plantains. He was about three
months getting the word for " yesterday."
Many are the mortifications which the mis-
sionary experiences along with his much toil
before he masters the philological intricacies
of this language instrument. Nor are the
anomalies and the novelties encountered in
the vocabulary alone, but the idioms of
speech are often strange and complex.
Unidiomatic phrases and sentences in the
missionary's work would not only mar it
seriously for the native reader, but might
wholly blind the truth he wishes to incul-
cate. Not a little missionary literature has
proven a waste of time and money because
of careless authorship in this respect. Rude
as the people often are for whom the mis-
sionary labors, they cannot be won to Christ
by uncouth renderings of the most precious
truths into their speech. But many of the
languages of Asia, and of Africa even, are
peculiarly rich in power of expression,
giving delicate shades of thought, which
must be well understood in order to effective
handling of the language. It is said an
African chief once offered to translate a
difficult passage in three different forms and
use no word but once.
But when the vernacular speech has been
acquired with a good degree of accuracy,
another problem of much importance arises
in some instances as to the character in
which it shall be expressed. The language
may never have had a written form before.
It is perhaps allied to some other language
which has already been harnessed into writ-
ten form, and it might naturally be assumed
that the new speech should be put into the
same character. Thus the vernacular
Syriac was put by our missionaries sixty
years ago into the Nestorian character of the
Old Syriac. But it has been found neces-
sary in preparing literature in the Osmanli
Turkish to use three different alphabets, the
Arabic for the Turks, the Armenian for that
large body of the Armenians who have lost
their own tongue and speak only the Turk-
ish, and the Greek for a similar body of the
Greeks living in Turkey. So the Koordish
has been printed in the Armenian charac-
ter for the sake of Armenian Christians
who speak only the Koordish language.
Where no necessity exists for some one
particular alphabet to be used, some form
of the Roman alphabet is probably adopted,
as in the case of most of the dialects of
Africa and the South Sea Islands.
But even in such a case there is call for
much acumen on the part of the translator
in differentiating the sounds with precision
and in devising methods to represent pecu-
liar tones and accents, such as the clicks
in the Bantu languages. Unimportant as
some of these details may seem, it is never-
theless a fact that long standing controver-
sies have arisen among zealous brethren on
the field as to how to best represent a slight
difference of sound. A high order of
scholarship was called into service in re-
ducing the vernacular Syriac to a written
form which should be etymologically con-
sistent as well as soundly grammatical.
The literature which was built upon that
basis has commanded the admiration of
the most eminent scholars in the Old and
the New World.
II. PROBLEMS IN TRANSLATION.
While the translator is getting at the
beginnings of book-making, he often makes
the painful discovery that the language
which he is trying to learn is only a dialect,
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[July,
and that the language as a whole is a
strange tangle of many and mixed dialects.
Each geographical district, or each tribe,
has its own mode of speech, which is often
quite unintelligible to those of another tribe
or district. It is clear to the missionary
that he must in the main confine his atten-
tion to one of these, for his time is too
limited for him to undertake to master them
all. Nor would it be wise to create a liter-
ature in each of them. So it becomes a
very practical question to him which he shall
honor as the standard for his printed page.
Perhaps, choose as wisely as his circum-
stances will allow, another generation, with
a wider knowledge of the facts, will pro-
nounce his selection a poor one. In some
mission fields the battle of the dialects is
still on. The early American missionaries
to the Nestorians chose the Oroomiah dialect
as the one out of several which they believed
would in time absorb the others. This
expectation has not been fully realized,
though it is the leading dialect still. An-
glican missionaries, coming a half-century
later, sought to better handle this confusion
of dialects by forming a sort of ci literary
style ' ' which would serve as a means of
intercommunication between the different
districts; but it has not proved a success.
These conflicts of claims between dialects
as to their relative merit and importance are
often the occasion of vexatious annoyance
to the missionary. Two or three years ago
a mission boarding-school in Batanga,
Africa, had to be closed for a time in con-
sequence of a rebellion among the scholars
over the dialect in which some of their
lessons were assigned. An unpleasant dis-
agreement lasted for some time between the
American missionaries in Persia and agents
of the British and Foreign Bible Society in
the Caucasus over the translation of the
Bible into the Trans- Caucasian, or Azerbai-
jani, Turkish, and two separate versions
were in process of preparation. Fortu-
nately the differences were composed in a
sane and catholic spirit, with one common
version as the result.
Apart from dialectic perplexities, every
language presents individual peculiarities
that weary the missionary translator inces-
santly in his efforts to express the great
truths of the Christian faith. To this day,
after years of controversy, the strongest
missionary scholars in China are ai rayed
one against the other as to whether the word
shin or shangtl most completely represents
the Christian idea of God. The Chinese
has no word corresponding exactly to the
Hebrew Jehovah. Whole editions of the
Bible have been prepared in which a blank
space was left that each missionary might
have inserted at pleasure whichever term
suited his opinion.* Many other integral
ideas of the Christian religion have no
existence in the minds of some heathen
nations. After much baffling search for
some representative word, the missionary is
compelled to coin a word, or to import one
from a foreign tongue, which after reiterated
explanations may come to signify the desired
thought to the hearer and reader. A pro-
fessor in a mission school in Bengal once
inquired of his class what was the word for
conscience in their language. One of them,
more honest than the rest, replied: " When
we have not the thing itself, how can we
have a name for it?"
Dr. S. H. Kellogg has told us in these
pages, f that owing to the pantheistic ideas
of the Hindus, there is no word in Hindi
for ' ' person, ' ' and none for ' ' matter ' ' as
distinct from "spirit;" and that the word
omnipresence suggests rather universal per-
vasion than what is meant by the English
word, presence. One recalls the saying of
Luther to Melanchthon: " It is not easy to
make the old prophets speak German."
How much more difficult it must be to put
the words of the Lord Jesus Christ and his
apostles into tongues which have never been
converted to Christian usage.
Dr. A. C. Good tells usj that the Bulus
have " for all forms of evil a wealth of
names that completely discounts the Eng-
lish," but they have no words to express
' ' thanks, " or ' ' thanksgiving. ' ' He adds :
" It is intensely interesting to stand by and
watch the regeneration of a language, "a
sentiment which a large company of mis-
sionaries the world over will heartily indorse.
More than a hundred years ago an Orien-
talist expressed the opinion that no transla-
tion of the Bible could possibly be made
into the language of China, because the
* "Notes on Missionary Subjects," R. N. Cust,
p. 67.
| Church at Home and Abroad, July, 1897,
p. 26.
t " Biography," p. 241.
1898.]
MISSIONARY BOOK -MAKING.
33
nature of the language would not allow of
any translation being made. The folly of
such a statement is now most conspicuous.
But who can estimate the toil aud trials
through which the present mighty volume
of Christian literature in Chinese has been
created ? Nor is the Chinese alone in the
marvels which have been accomplished in it
by the resolute scholarly labors of mission-
aries. Dr. Cust estimated ten years ago
over three hundred languages in which the
Bible had been translated for missionary
purposes and almost wholly by missionaries.
Each of these languages has had to be dealt
with by itself. Each has a genius of its
own, and idioms and modes of thought the
very reverse possible of the translator's
own. The Osmanli Turkish loves long and
involved sentences, running over a whole
page without a break in the thought or a
single finite verb until the very close. It
demands rare scholarship to reconstruct
one's own mode of thinking and mould it
into such a system as this. The builder up
of a Christian literature must, moreover,
commingle intimately with the people to
learn their customs as well as their words
and idioms and modes of thought, so as to
give a coloring to his books which the native
mind will quickly appreciate. Bunyan's
1 ' Pilgrim' s Progress ' ' in Persian has under-
gone a good many modifications in the
names of the characters, the color of the
incidents and its general language in order
to appeal to the Persian imagination more
forcibly; and doubtless the same is true in
many other languages.
It must be borne in mind that the major-
ity of missionaries have not received, previ-
ously to their missionary experiences, any
special training for such linguistic tasks.
That they have wrought so well, winning
such wide commendation for their literary
success from the Church and from scholars
and from grateful native converts, is due,
beyond question, to the blessing of the Holy
Spirit. Great aid has been rendered them by
bright native scholars, many of them even
unconverted, yet good scholars in their own
languages; but even such are not to be
depended on for sharp distinctions of thought
and precision of expression.
III. PROBLEMS OF TYPOGRAPHY.
Missionary presses have been a very
important part of the agency of missionary
THE UNITED PRESBYTERIAN MISSION LIBRARY
stations and missionary societies, and have
done splendid service in the spread of gospel
light and blessing. But these presses have
come to their present degree of efficiency
from small and perhaps clumsy beginnings.
Often new fonts of type had to be created,
either because none existed of any shape,
or because existing ones were clumsy and
illy adapted. Some marvelously beautiful
specimens of type have come from our
American Press establishments. All mis-
sionary presses in China and Japan are
indebted to the genius and artistic skill of
Mr. William Gamble, who was manager
forty years ago of the Presbyterian Mission
Press at Shanghai. By his indomitable
energy and his ingenuity, he solved some of
the most difficult problems in Chinese print-
ing. The beautiful fonts of Arabic and
Syriac type, which are now extensively in
use in European publishing houses, were
developed by the modest but skillful mana-
gers of the missionary presses at Beirut and
Oroomiah of early times. They brought
into being these tasteful type simply to
foster the production and circulation of the
new Christian literature in their respective
fields of missionary operations. Philologists
of the West have admired their work and
to a large extent adopted their types for
scholastic purposes. The Presbyterian
Press at Bangkok has recently brought out
a greatly improved font of type for their
Siamese printing, making it possible to
print the whole Bible in one volume, instead
of several, of moderate size. In most in-
stances the management of even a small
printing press on foreign soil, at a long
distance from its base of supplies and from
skilled artisans, in ca?e of a break in ma-
chinery, is attended with serious perplexi-
ties. Even the printers and the binders
and type-founders are the fruit of missionary
training through years of painstaking
devotion.
IV. PROBLEMS OF CIRCULATION.
When the missionary has toiled through
his book-making, and rejoices over books
completed, now ready for the instruction of
the people he loves, he does not find alto-
gether a plain and easy way for getting
them into the hands of the limited reading
public to whom he is catering. He is
tempted to dispose of them free of charge
as widely as possible. But experience has
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[July,
proven that to be poor policy. On the other
hand, the people quite likely possess but little
ready cash, and at any rate are not in the
habit of spending their loose change for
books. Colporteurs must be trained up to
circulate the books and tracts, but faithful
and tactful men for such service only come
out of much discipline and disappointment.
Often the missionary must turn bookseller
himself and on his itinerating tours devote
no small portion of his time to taking in the
cheap coin of the country for his books.
And yet, in spite of these difficulties, and
the hindrances from Mohammedan and
heathen opponents, it is surprising how
wide is the circulation of Christian books
and tracts through missionary agencies.
During the past year our Presbyterian
mission presses printed over seventy-seven
millions of pages, to supply the widening
demand. Such a figure marks the energy
and zeal which conscientious missionaries
seeking the extension of Christ's kingdom
are putting into this hopeful branch of their
work. It tells of their unabated confidence
in the power of gospel truth. It is no
wasteful, no uncertain procedure they are
engaged in. They are putting in, through
this carefully prepared Christian literature,
telling blows for the overthrow of Satan's
kingdom and the sure upbuilding of our
Redeemer's throne among the nations.
Letter.
EXTRACT FEOM LETTER OF REV. J. H.
WHITING, PEKING, FEBRUARY 10, 1898.
A matter of great interest in casting a light on
the state of thought in high circles is the fact that
the emperor sent for a list of 163 books through
the agent of the American Bible Society. I think
fully half of these are of a religious character —
commentaries, life of Christ, biographies of Chris-
tians, etc. He afterwards sent to the A. B. C.
F. M. Press here for live copies of each work
published by them. The books on the first list can-
not be bought here. They have been sent for to
Shanghai. When they arrive it cannot be longer
supposed that there is no means for the Emperor to
learn the truths of Christianity. He will also
have within reach books which discuss a wide
range of modern learning. It is a cause of rejoic-
ing that religious knowledge is admitted as readily
as science. We hope it may find hearts ready to ac-
cept its precious truths. A man of some rank
called upon us a few days since, and while he
sought to obtain instruction for some young men in
the English language and in science, he said dis-
tinctly that it would be a calamity to the empire if
the Chinese gained the power conferred by a knowl-
edge of western learning and arts before they
gained a better moral foundation than they now
possessed. I was glad to hear him state such an
important truth.
A very important edict.
You will be glad to learn of the edict issued by
the Emperor on the sixth of the Chinese first
month (January 27). It gives directions for ex-
aminations in practical knowledge and science, to
be held in connection with the triennial examina-
tions in Chinese literature. The degrees obtained
are to be held of equal merit with those obtained
in the old way. The new subjects are divided into
six heads.
1. Home government — strategic places, things
advantageous or disadvantageous to the State, dis-
position and habits of the people, etc.
2. Foreign intercourse — laws, politics and public
affairs of all nations.
3. Revenue — custom duties, mines, agriculture
and commerce.
4. Military and naval affairs.
5. Physical science and mathematics — Chinese
and western mathematics, philosophy, acoustics,
light, electricity, etc.
6. Practical arts — notably designs, models, meth-
ods of manufacture and goods produced, etc.
These are subjects on which written examinations
are to be held, but it would seem that it is not con-
sidered necessary to have studied all of these sub-
jects. At each examination there are three trials,
or entrances. The first is to be on the candidate's
special branch. The second on topics of the times.
The third on a text taken from the Chinese classics.
It is held the first trial is much more important
in winning a degree than the other two. In
addition to these permanent examinations, there
is to be a special examination here in Peking as
soon as one hundred candidates of those who have
passed the lowest grade shall have been recom-
mended by the high officials of the empire. The
emperor says that there is now urgent need of men
of talent, and he urges the superintendents of the new
schools and the pupils also to do all in their power
to second the design of the emperor, to seek help
outside the regular channel. This edict will give
a great impulse to the desire for western learning.
Cannot we improve the opportunity ?
CHURCH ERECTION.
AN AMERICAN CATHEDRAL.
Last month we gave a sketch of one of the
oldest, if not itself the oldest, of the primi-
tive meeting-houses of New England. In
contrast with the picture of " Old Hing-
ham " then given, we think our readers will
be interested in seeing an illustration of the
most elaborate form of Protestant ecclesiasti-
cal architecture in this country.
The Protestant Episcopal Cathedral of
St. John now building upon ' ' Morning Side
Heights," overlooking the Hudson river at
One-hundred -and-tenth street, New York,
is designed to be the most beautiful church
edifice in America.
It would not be possible, even were it
desirable, within the compass of this article,
to give an elaborate or detailed description
of the building, the general effect of which
is plainly seen in the above picture. Of
more interest to our readers will be the
following words of Bishop Potter, giving his
views of the need of such a building and of
the influence he hopes it may exert. The
quotations as well as the cut of the building
are by the courtesy of the publishers taken
from the May number of Munsey's Maga-
zine :
11 Our fathers — at any rate, the earliest
and sturdiest of them — came to these shores
in a mood of strong recoil from external ism
in religion, of which here at any rate they
declared they would have none. They were
Puritans, they were Quakers, they were
Huguenots: but whatever they were, they
were weary and impatient of a conception
of religion which made it consist largely in
costly and splendid ceremonial, and in a
pampered and indolent hierarchy. From
these things and from everything that
seemed to them to be identified with these
things their revolt was vehement if not
extravagant. And so we have or have had
in America, whether in Puritan New Eng-
land, or Presbyterian Virginia, or among
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36
AN AMERICAN CATHEDRAL — 1844-1898.
[July,
the Methodists and Baptists of the South
and West, a certain stern impatience of the
decorative in church architecture, and of all
or almost all that was stately or splendid or
costly in the structure and adornment of
places of worship.
" Am I misrepresenting what I may call
the public or social manifestations of relig-
ion, its organized expression, as it widely
prevails among us, when I say that the
Church, in the popular conception, consists
mainly of a huge auditorium, with a plat-
form and a more or less dramatic performer,
and a congregational parlor, and a parish
kitchen ? I recognize cordially the earnest
purpose to get hold of people out of which
most of this has come. But it is well to
recognize something else, and that is that
religion has never survived anywhere with-
out the due recognition and conservation of
the instinct of worship. That lies at the
basis of it, always and everywhere. First,
there must be something that moves us to
that upward reaching thought out of which
comes penitence, and prayer, and faith, and
all the rest. But a diet kitchen will not do
that, nor anything that appeals only to the
utilitarian side of life. I appeal to any
candid experience whether there is not, on
the other hand, something else that does.
I ask those who remember Rouen, or Dur-
ham, or Salisbury, whether when first they
entered some such noble sanctuary there
was not that in its proportions, its arrange-
ments, its whole atmosphere, which made it,
in a sense that it had never been before,
their impulse to kneel ? We may protest
that this is mere religious sestheticism, and
in one sense it is: but until we have
divorced the soul and the body, the eye and
the mind, the imagination and the senses,
we cannot leave it out of account.
" We Americans are said to be the most
irreverent people in the world, and of the
substantial truth of that accusation there
cannot be the smallest doubt. But did it
ever occur to us to ask how it has come
about ? It is time to stop talking about the
influence of Puritan traditions to descend-
ants who are so remote from those tradi-
tions as to be unable to distinguish between
the austerity that hated ceremonialism
and the debonair indifferentism that dis-
misses the simplest elements of religious
decorum.
" We have little reverence because we
have but a poor environment in which to
learn it. The vast majority of church
buildings in America are utterly unsugges-
tive of the idea of worship. There is noth-
ing in them to hush speech, to uncover the
head, to bend the knee. And as a matter
of fact, they were designed for nothing of
the sort. They are expedients devised for
a certain use, and that use is one which
under any honest construction of it involves
an utterly fragmentary conception of the
Christian religion.
" We are fond of speaking, on the one
hand, of what is archaic and superan-
nuated ; and of our cisatlantic wants and
conditions as being, on the other hand,
somehow absolutely unique and exceptional.
But they are not. America wants, I sup-
pose, honesty and integrity and faith quite
as much and, indeed, rather more than she
wants electric railways and a protective
tariff. And if so, she wants the visible
institutions which at once testify to and bear
witness of these things and that in their
most majestic and convincing proportions. ' '
1844-1898.
The work now committed to the Board of
Church Erection was inaugurated by the
General Assembly (O. S.) in 1844, in
response to the report of a special committee
appointed the previous year, and from that
time has been carried on without interrup-
tion. At first the work was in charge of a
committee of the Board of Domestic Mis-
sions. This, however, gave place in 1855
to an independent committee which five
years later became the Board of Church
Extension. In the New School branch of
the Church the organized work was inaugu-
rated in 1854, and the Board of the Church
Erection Fund was incorporated by the
Legislature of New York, March 31, 1855.
At the reunion of the Church in 1870, the
two Boards were consolidated under the cor-
porate name of ' ' The Board of the Church
Erection Fund of the General Assembly of
the Presbyterian Church in the United States
of America.' *
In response to the request of the Commit-
tee of Arrangements of the late General
Assembly that the Board would take part
in the " Exhibit" to be made at Winona
of the progress of the Church, a chart was
prepared designed to show the amount of
1898.]
MINISTERIAL RELIEF.
37
work accomplished by the Board during the
fifty-four years of its organization. This
chart, which was more than four feet
square, was, with other illustrations, exhib-
ited during the sessions of the Assembly
in the " Cyclorama Building" upon the
Winona grounds.
It gives the number of appropriations
and the number of churches aided in each
State in each year since 1844, and also the
total amount of appropriations, of payments
and of the value of the property benefited.
It is interesting to notice that the progress
of the country is reflected in the constantly
lengthening line of States as the years go
by and that the episode of the sad Civil
War is indicated by the vacant squares
representing our Southern States in the
years succeeding 1860.
If a satisfactory photograph upon a
sufficiently small scale can be obtained we
will reproduce this interesting chart in a
later number of the magazine, but a very
brief summary of the results obtained may
be here given and will prove of interest to
our readers. During the fifty-four years
there have been 7675 appropriations to 6305
churches; the aggregate amount of these
appropriations is $3,814,139, and of actual
payments $3,495,471.02, while the value
of the property secured to the Church is not
less than $14,000,000. There has been
through the half-century upon the whole a
steady progress onward. In the first year
there were forty-two appropriations in twelve
different States; last year 213 appropria-
tions distributed among thirty-six States and
territories.
MINISTERIAL RELIEF.
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
The report of the Board of Relief met
with a most cordial reception at the General
Assembly at Winona Lake, Ind. A
standing committee was appointed to con-
sider and report to the Assembly upon the
work of the Board for the ecclesiastical year
ending March 31, 1898. Of this committee
Rev. Dr. Henry C. McCook, chaplain of
the Second Pennsylvania Regiment, was made
chairman. He prepared a most excellent
and interesting report, which you will find
in this number of The Church at Home
and Abroad.
The Board was exceedingly happy in
being able to report to the General Assem-
bly that it had paid all appropriations in
full for the past year and went to the
Assembly free of debt. For this most
desirable result, the glory is due to God who
has blessed our unremitting efforts and
graciously heard our prayers.
Dr. McCook followed his report with a
most effective address, and it cannot but do
the hallowed cause of Ministerial Relief an
incalculable amount of good to have such
a report and such an address as came from
the brain and heart of Chaplain McCook on
behalf of this important Board. He said
among 'other things that whilst the other
Boards are looking out over the fields of
battle, " here we are called to face the
after- scenes of action. Here we deal with
the weary, the injured, the disabled and
those who have fallen by the way. This is
the Church's sacred Hospice, over which
floats the Red Cross of Pity. It is the Inn
of the good Samaritan ; the Hotel des In-
valides. where repose the heroic pensioners
of the army of faith. Voices of labor and
conflict and earthly ambitions here die away
and the soft twilight of closing day falls
upon the nook by the ingleside, where the
venerable and beloved Levites await in com-
fort the summons to their eternal reward in
the perfect rest of heaven."
Dr. John R. Davies followed Dr. Mc-
Cook in a soul -stirring address, urging upon
all ministers and church sessions to see to it
that all our churches contribute generously
and magnanimously to this deserving cause,
showing that our great Church cannot afford
to be indifferent to the righteous claims of
the worn-out workers of the Church.
Mr. Henry W. Lambirth, a ruling elder
from Philadelphia, said, " We are told that
there are over 4000 churches that contributed
to this Board, 594 more than ever contrib-
uted to this cause in any previous year, but
3000 churches did not contribute a dollar
last year. My brother elders, are any of
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REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON BOARD OF MINISTERIAL RELIEF.
[July,
these churches in your presbytery that did
not contribute last year to this Board ? I
ask you, in view of the needs of this great
work, that you will see to it when you go
home that your churches all contribute to
this most interesting and deserving cause."
Rev. Richard Mayers, of South Carolina,
a colored man, began to speak, and some
one called " louder," and he replied, " I
will speak loud enough when I get warmed
up," and so he did; but I have been think-
ing a great deal about his remark. If our
pastors and elders would only get ' ' warmed
up " on this holy cause, they would all
" speak loud enough " to be heard by all
their people, and if the people hear of the
needs and deserts of the honored men of
God who are cut off from all means of sup-
port, they would do their duty and fill the
treasury of the Board.
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON
BOARD OF MINISTERIAL
RELIEF.
The Standing Committee on Ministerial
Relief begs leave to present the following
resolutions and recommendations :
1. The Assembly learns with pleasure
that the Board of Ministerial Relief has
entered its convenient and beautiful quar-
ters in the Witherspoon Building, Philadel-
phia ; and while congratulating this Board
upon the change, acknowledges its obliga-
tions to the Board of Publication and
Sabbath-school Work, and to the friends
who have contributed the office furnishings,
thus enabling the Board of Ministerial
Relief to enter its new home without draw-
ing upon its funds.
2. The Assembly notes with great satis-
faction the increase in the number of con-
tributing churches during the past year,
there having been 594 more than any pre-
vious year ; also the increase in contributions
which has enabled the Board to close this
fiscal year without debt, and at the same
time pay to its annuitants the amount of
the twenty -five per cent, reduction which it
had been necessary to announce a year ago.
The collections have been greater during the
past year by 19073.42 from churches and
Sabbath-schools, and by 81820.50 from in-
dividuals, an aggregate increase of 810,-
$93, 92 over last year. There have also been
received unrestricted legacies amounting to
$27, 893. 74. The last-named source of in-
come is an inconstant quantity, and cannot
be relied upon. The only certain source,
outside of the permanent fund, is the healthy
and regular increase in the gifts of the living
Church to meet the increasing demands of
the work.
3. The churches are reminded that the
Permanent Fund of over one and one-half
million of dollars, large as it seems, fur-
nishes less than one-half the required
income for the aid of annuitants, viz., 869,-
123, leaving $109,847 to be raised by the
churches. While the income from invested
funds is subject to decrease, following the
general tendency of investments, the
advancing yearly increase in the payments
of the Board has been nearly $6000
($5856). It is therefore manifest that the
possession of an endowment cannot absolve
the churches from the continued urgency for
increased liberality.
4. The Assembly is constrained to call
serious attention to the startling fact that
during the decade between 1888 and 1897,
the number of annuitants increased from
564 to 835, sixty- seven and seven-tenths
per cent. The amount contributed by the
churches on the contrary decreased from
$98,922 per year to $74,091, or about
twenty-five percent. It is plain that unless
this great disproportion between the two
factors of demand and supply shall be
overcome by increasing gifts, either the
number of annuitants or the amount appro-
priated to them must be diminished. Even
the increase of the current fiscal year does
not break the force of this alarming state-
ment, for the number of annuitants has
grown from 835 in 1897 to 875 in 1898,
involving an expenditure nearly equal to
the increase in church contributions.
5. In view of these facts the Assembly
most earnestly and affectionately asks the
synods, presbyteries, sessions and especially
the pastors of churches, to consider the facts
printed in the annual report of the Board,
and to give a full presentation of them in
the judicatories of the Church and before
the people. It is believed that if the con-
gregations were informed of the exact con-
dition of things, and of the imperative need
for increasingly larger collections, the Board
of Ministerial Relief would be able to care
adequately for the aged and honored minis-
1898.]
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39
ters and missionaries and their dependent
households. No cause could appeal more
tenderly to the hearts and consciences of
the people. The Assembly urges pastors to
preach upon this subject, and to enforce the
claims of our Church's venerable and help-
less wards; and it i3 believed that the facts
will appeal potently to the generosity of
hearers.
6. The Assembly also urges pastors to
call attention to the fact that the work of
the Board of Ministerial Relief is not con-
fined exclusively to ministering men.
Among the annuitants the ministering
women, missionaries both home and foreign,
and the widows of clergymen, considerably
outnumber the men. Here is afield where-
in " woman's work for woman " may have
abundant exercise. While money is the
chief requirement, boxes of clothing and
household supplies will go far to piece out
the scanty income of many families.
7. The Assembly commends the course of
the Board in securing a thorough audit of
its books, by expert professional accountants,
and is gratified that the report of the ex-
perts, extending over two fiscal years, ending
March 31, 1898, shows that the accounts
of the treasurer have been carefully,
correctly and creditably kept. This gives
assurance of the security of the Permanent
Fund, and that the Church's current con-
tributions will be cared for with fidelity.
8. The Assembly notes with regret that
the sad event foreshadowed by the sickness
of the emeritus secretary, Dr. William C.
Cattell, has befallen, and that this eminent
father of the Church and faithful secretary
of the Board of Ministerial Relief, and
devoted friend of its helpless, venerable
dependents, has fallen on sleep. Attention
is called to the commemorative resolutions
adopted by the Board and printed in this
year's report (p. 13), and the Assembly
expresses cordial sympathy with the members
thereof in the great loss sustained by it and
by the Church, in the removal from earth of
his beloved servant of God and helper of
his fellow -men. To Dr. Cattell, the Board
of Ministerial Relief is indebted, in large
degree, for the present healthful state of its
finances, and the deep and tender interest
felt in its work. The movement to promote
especial interest among elders in the Board's
work was one of his happy thoughts, and
went far to deepsn sympathy throughout the
Church and a sense of responsibility to-
ward its superannuated ministers and their
families. Although the Assembly of last
year fully expressed its appreciation of this
man greatly beloved, this Assembly is
prompted to render this tribute to one who
has done such worthy service to the Church,
and to its most dependent wards. " Inas-
much as ye have done it unto one of the
least of these, ye have done it unto me."
9. The committee would call the Assem-
bly's attention to the following By-Laws,
printed on p. 10 of the report, which relate
simply to the routine work of the various
committees of the Board, and would
respectfully recommend approval of the
same.
10. The committee having carefully
examined the minutes of the Board finds
them correct and kept with unusual care,
and recommends their approval by the
General Assembly.
11. It is recommended that the following
directors, whose term expires at this meeting
of the Assembly, be reelected, viz. : Rev.
Henry E. Niles, D.D., Rev. Marcus A.
Brownson, D.D. , George Junkin, Esq.,
LL.D., A. Charles Barclay, Esq.; also,
that the following new members be elected,
viz. : Francis Olcott Allen, Esq., of Phila-
delphia, to fill the vacancy caused by the
resignation of Mr. Robert C. Ogden, and
Robert H. Smith, Esq., of Baltimore, Md.,
to fill the place of Mr. Joseph M. Colling-
wood, resigned on account of the condition
of his health.
" I hereby certify that the above is a
correct copy of the action of the General
Assembly.
"William H. Roberts,
"Stated Clerk."
From the foregoing report the reader will
see that the Board of Relief has the fullest
confidence and warmest approbation of the
General Assembly ; and such being the case,
will you not earnestly pray that God's rich-
est blessing may rest upon this hallowed
cause, and will you not consider it a sweet
privilege and sacred duty to make a gener-
ous contribution to its treasury during the
current year?
PUBLICATION AND SABBATH-SCHOOL WORK.
Sabbath-school Institute in West Virginia.
A YEAR'S RETROSPECT.
Id the rush and hurry of present affairs
we are too apt to miss the advantages
arising from retrospection. Wisely, there-
fore, does every business corporation call
upon its officers every year for an annual
report, that the same may be carefully
studied with a view to good management and
profit. A Board of the Church is, in one
sense, a business corporation, and it is its
duty to obtain from its officers and present
to the Church every year a full statement of
its doings. Some persons may not take
much interest in such statements, but it is
fair to presume that others will, and that
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the information they thus become possessed
of will serve to guide them in disposing of
their gifts to the cause of Christ. Nay,
ought it not to be regarded by every Chris-
tian a duty as well as a privilege to become
acquainted, as far as opportunity may allow,
with the principal features and facts con-
nected with the missionary and benevolent
Boards of his Church ? As the reading
through of extended reports, however, is
not always practicable, and, even if it were,
might prove to be a heavy tax upon time
and patience, it is well to have access to
concise summaries, such as the one we now
present relative to the Presbyterian Board
of Publication and Sabbath-school Work.
1898.]
A YEARS RETROSPECT.
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NOTABLE EXPERIENCES.
To begin then, this Board has, during the
past year, passed through two notable expe-
riences. It has removed from 1334 Chest-
nut street, Philadelphia, where for more
than a quarter of a century it had its head-
quarters, to the new and stately Wither-
spoon Building, which it has caused to be
erected on Walnut street. It has also
passed through a serious fire, in which two
of its employes besides some eighteen other
persons lost their lives. This sad casualty
occurred in Chicago, where the Board had
a depository on the fifth floor of a large
building on Wabash avenue. Beyond the
loss of life, which is, of course, in a sense,
irreparable, the Board was not a great
sufferer by the fire, owing to its carrying a
full line of insurance. The work of reha-
bilitation was promptly started, new quarters
were secured, presses were set to work, and
the business went on as usual.
A good description of the new building
in Philadelphia appeared in the November
number of this magazine, from the pen of
Dr. Nelson, the former editor. It is there-
fore only necessary to add that after half a
year's occupancy by the various depart-
ments of this Board and the other Church
Boards and agencies located therein, there
appears to be every reason for satisfaction at
the change. Not only is ample accommoda-
tion provided for all these purposes, but a
large rental also comes in from the hundred
and forty offices, more or less, not required
by the Church, and it is reasonably calcu-
lated that from this source alone, after
paying all the running expenses and inter-
est, the mortgage debt of 8500,000 will be
fully liquidated in from ten to fifteen years.
REMOVALS BY DEATH.
During the year, one of the members of
the Board—the Rev. R. H. Fulton, D.D.
— and one of the missionaries — the Rev.
G. G. Matheson, of Minnesota — have
passed from their earthly labors to the better
country, leaving behind them precious
memories.
WORK OF THE BOARD.
Passing to the work of the Board, it
appears that the Business department closed
the year ending March 31, 1898, with net
profits amounting to $31,047.04. This is
an increase of §4680.19 over the profits of
the previous year — a very gratifying feature
of the report. Two-thirds of the net profits
of the business are paid over annually to
the Sabbath-school and Missionary depart-
ment. The Board has published during
the year twenty-two new books and book-
lets, besides new edition, tracts, and
periodicals, the total issue being 45,049,691
copies. It has given away in free libraries
to deserving churches, Sabbath -schools and
ministers, 9513 volumes, which added to the
number given away during the six years
since the commencement of this free distri-
bution make a grand total of 89,220 vol-
umes thus distributed. It is contemplated
to continue these donations for the present
to deserving applicants coming within the
conditions on which the grants are made.
The Editorial department promises to add
one more to its long and excellent list of
periodicals, in the shape of a quarterly
publication to be known as The Home
Department Quarterly, the first number of
which is to appear on the 1st of next
October.
FINANCIAL ASPECTS OF THE MISSIONARY
WORK.
The missionary work has been carried on
with ceaseless activity and with encourag-
ing success. It is, of course, known to the
reader, that this work is entirely distinct
from the Business department of the Board.
For reasons which have commended them-
selves to the Church, the Sabbath-school
missionary and educational work is com-
mitted to this particular Board, which, as
just stated, pays over to it every year two-
thirds of its net profits; but not one cent of
the money contributed for the missionary
work is used by the Board as capital, or for
the free distribution of libraries or any
other purpose. Last year the benevolent
contributions aggregated $89,499.98, to
which was added the interest on invested
legacies and current accounts, the profits of
books sold by missionaries, and two-thirds
of the net profits of the business of the
Board, making the total receipts of the
year 8114,845.62. There was a falling off
in the contributions, as compared with last
year, of $2891.09, which was happily more
than offset by the increase in the profits
paid over by the Business department,
though even with this addition the income
shows only a slight increase over that of the
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A YEAR'S RETROSPECT.
[July,
previous year and is less by over ten thou-
sand dollars than the average income from
1892 to 1896. In 1895 the contributions
reached $97,518.23, from which they
dropped in the next year to 893,820.14, in
the year following to $92,391.09, and in
the year just ended to $89,499.98.
Surely, these facts should awaken interest
and stimulate benevolence.
WORK ON THE FIELD.
Turning to the active work of the mis-
sionaries—now numbering seventy-six — we
find that twenty-nine States and Territories
have had the benefit of their services, and
that the number of Sabbath -schools organ-
ized or reorganized by them during the year
was 1340. There were ninety more new
organizations than last year. An army of
51,414 children and teachers were gathered
into these new schools, being 911 more
than last year. Thus, though the streams
of benevolence have been diminishing, God
has been pleased to make the fruition
greater, as if to encourage the givers to
give more liberally and the workers to work
more earnestly.
The organization and reorganization of
Sabbath-schools, though the primary object,
is by no means the only branch of work
carried on. As set forth in the report, our
missionaries spend much time in building up
and developing the mission schools, making
them centres of Christian activity, precur-
sors of the prayer meeting, the revival
meeting, the regular preaching service, the
Young People's Society, Home Department
work, the church organization and other
evangelistic agencies. The missionaries
also visit from house to house with supplies
of Bibles, tracts, and the periodicals issued
by the Board, and in this way most effec-
tually carry out the commands of the
Saviour: " Go out into the highways and
hedges and compel them to come in, that
my house may be filled." In this close
personal service the missionaries travel on
foot, on horseback, or in wagon, many
thousands of miles every year. They also
make a special feature of Bible institute
work, or the gathering of schools for com-
petitive examination in Bible knowledge
and appropriate public exercises. The
readers of this article will have the pleas-
ure of looking upon a picture which illus-
trates this phase of mission work.
BRIEF REPORTS FKOM MISSIONARIES.
The report is enriched by a collection of
brief letters from missionaries in different
parts of the field, and it is gratifying to
notice in all of them evidences of spiritual
success attending their labors. Thus from
California Mr. McBurney writes: " I think
there is more active interest and encourage-
ment all along the line than ever before. ' '
From Colorado Mr. Powell writes: " In no
synod is there more cause for joy or grati-
tude than in this — the increase in number
of schools organized, families visited, and in
all other field statistics is marked." So
in Illinois: " We have been able to make
greater progress than ever before." In
Iowa Mr. Ferguson reports five churches
growing out of the work during the past
year, and great successes in winning con-
verts from the world. In Kansas three
churches were developed from the work, in
Indian Territory forty-three schools were
organized or reorganized, and in the South
among the colored people six churches have
been developed. From Michigan Mr. Hart-
ness writes: " Presbyterian Sabbath-school
missionary work has shown itself more than
ever this year to be ' the power of God
unto salvation.' " Mr. Sulzer, from Min-
nesota, writes that, " like the recruiting of
a great army, the work is filling up the
ranks and occupying important points all
along the line." " More than a hundred
churches have grown out of our work in
Minnesota during the past ten years." In
Missouri and Arkansas our four missionaries
have organized eighty-three schools during
the year. Mr. Ellis, our solitary represen-
tative in the great and growing State of
Montana, reports forty -three new schools
organized during the year besides twenty -six
reorganizations and thirty-nine Home De-
partments. The six brethren in Nebraska
organized 132 new schools, reorganized
thirty-five, and started twenty-one Home
Departments, and three Presbyterian
churches have grown out of the work. Mr.
Manson, in North Dakota, reports seven new
churches, and Mr. Grant, in South Dakota,
says that Sabbath-school institutes have been
a special feature of the work in his State.
In West Virginia, Tennessee and Kentucky
the work advances steadily. In Wisconsin
Mr. Brown reports ninety-one schools and
ten churches as the direct outgrowth during
1898.]
ACTION OP THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
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the year, and in the far Western regions of
Oregon, Washington, Utah, Nevada and
Wyoming the labors of our brethren have
also been greatly blessed.
EDUCATIONAL FEATURES.
The educational features of Presbyterian
Sabbath -school Work occupy several pages
of the report, and are of striking interest.
They have, however, in part been antici-
pated by our article in the June number on
the " Presbyterian System of Sabbath-
school Work," and the limits of our space
prevent our dwelling further on this inter-
esting topic at the present time.
COLLEGES AND ACADEMIES.
ACTION OF THE GENERAL AS-
SEMBLY.
FIFTEEN YEARS' WORK.
The Board of Aid for Colleges and Acad-
emies is the youngest child of our sisterhood
of cooperative service. While our Home
Mission Board will soon celebrate its centen-
nial, and our Foreign Board is passing on
to its three-score and ten, this agency of the
Church has only just completed a decade
and a half of service. Considering its
years and its opportunities, it has done
much. During this period almost a million
and a half of dollars have passed through
its hands for the upbuilding of Christian
education. It has occupied nearly one-half
our States and Territories, it has aided
almost three-score institutions, it has con-
trolled for the Church property of educa-
tional agencies amounting to a million
dollars, and it has afforded educational
advantages to an aggregate enrollment of
nearly fifty thousand students.
TRIAL AND TRIUMPH.
It is extremely gratifying to be able to
report that the past year, in spite of its
great trial to this Board, has been one of
advance, in fact, its most prosperous year.
During the past twelve months it has aided
twenty-eight institutions containing an
increased number of students, aggregating
nearly 3000. It has been aided by 190
more churches than during the previous
year, and by forty-one more church organi-
zations. The great cloud which settled
down upon the character of one who has
been fittingly styled " The Board's Nursing
Mother ' ' has not settled upon the Board or
its work. Your committee knows that it is
only voicing the positive conviction of all
who have examined into the situation when
it says that the embezzlement of Mr.
Charnley, with its peculiarly distressing
character, is no cause whatever for lack of
confidence in the Board. Your committee
would congratulate the Board and the
Church that this has been already said in
the most thorough-going, effective and
unquestionable manner by churches and
individuals, in the magnificent way in which
these have rallied to the support of the
Board with their hearty and large gifts. It
has been demonstrated, we believe, during
the past year, that the value placed by
churches and individual givers upon the
work of the Board is not only greater, but
has become greater because of its very loss
and peril. The increased number of givers
and the increased total of gifts, the fact
that the Board has done its work, kept its
pledges, without using any of its ordinary
income, has practically replaced its embez-
zled funds, and closed the year without a
deficit — these things in themselves are
indorsement enough. Why should your
committee add words ?
SURPRISING EXPENSES.
The Church has a right to expect and find
economical business administration in the
conduct of her affairs. Your committee
have been surprised at the showing of your
Board in this regard. It goes without say-
ing that no single year can be taken as a
basis of comparison without emphasizing
the fact that unexpected expenses may arise,
and peculiar difficulties present themselves
in the administration of any Board, but
when it is discovered that the salaries of
your Board of Aid during the past year
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ACTION OF THE GENERAL A89EMBLY.
[July,
were but four per cent, of total income,
only one other Board coming very slightly
below this, while its total expenses were but
six per cent, of total income, only one
Board standing with it on this economical
level, while the year has been for it one of
peculiar trial and expense, we feel confident
that the Board of Aid should be marked
with the words, " Close economy." We
desire to add that its methods of business
statement, as disclosed in reports of secre-
tary, treasurer and the records of its
proceedings, are clear, concise, satisfactory,
economical of time, yet not lacking in
information.
WHY THE CHURCH REQUIRES THE BOARD.
Your committee desire to call especial
attention to the evident reasons why the
Church requires the service of its Board of
Aid, as these are disclosed in what it is
actually doing. It were unnecessary to
dwell upon the relation of the cause of
education to the progress of any Church,
not to mention the peculiar history of the
Presbyterian Church in this regard. This
Church has always laid hold of the upbuild-
ing forces of education in the progress of
her history. To-day as truly as in the past
she needs an educated ministry and an
educated laity. She believes in thinking,
in being able judiciously, fairly and truly
to weigh thought as thought in all depart-
ments of life, and not least in church
activity and church procedure. It is in
connection with the fostering of this educa-
tional advance in a Christian atmosphere
that the peculiar wisdom of this Board in its
workings is disclosed. The Board is a
check upon mere promiscuous solicitation of
benevolence on the part of merely enthusi-
astic sentiment. It is an agent of organized
educational charity. The Board gives
expression to the prudence and good judg-
ment of the Church in avoiding unwise
location of educational agencies so apt to be
the outcome of local pride or provincial
measurements of magnitude. The Board
acts for the Church in laying down the
ethics of comity within the denomination
and among the denominations. It acts for
the Church in endeavoring to bring into
wise relation to each other the benevolence
of the State in the realm of education and
that of the private Christian individual, so
that together these may preempt, in wise
and proper relations to each other, the
territory which belongs in common in our
land to Church and State. Your Board
avoids waste and loss of gifts because these
may not be properly guarded. The insur-
ance policy and the mortgage become Chris-
tian business securities for the perpetuity of
educational forces. Your Board not only
teaches to avoid debt, that destroyer of
religious harmony and enemy of all success,
but it compels its avoidance. Your Board
sets itself against low-grade culture and the
decoration of ignorance with conceit.
Your Board stimulates to local effort for the
best things in the community where local
effort is wise; it stimulates along lines of
economical prudence and self-denying com-
mon sense the increase of educational
benevolence. This is the faith of your
Board not only stated in its resolutions and
requirements, but seen in its works.
In conclusion, your committee present the
following recommendations for your action:
ENFORCING REGULATIONS.
1. "We recommend that this Assembly
indorse the Board of Aid for its faithful
enforcement of its judicious regulations
regarding colleges and academies under its
care touching economy, financial security,
comity, efficiency and high standards of
work, and enjoin upon it to continue to
enforce these with impartial good judgment.
PLAN FOR CLASSIFICATION.
2. We recommend that the Board of Aid
put into working order at the earliest feasi-
ble moment its admirable plan for classifica-
tion of the institutions under its care.
EDUCATION DAY.
3. We recommend that the Assembly
urge upon the churches a continued and
increased observance of Education Day as
calculated to bring about large results
peculiarly suited to the genius of the Pres-
byterian Church.
$150,000.
4. Following the custom of standing
committees of preceding years, we recom-
mend that the General Assembly advise the
raising of $150,000 during the current year
in gifts from its churches, as separate from
the contributions of private benevolence,
and that to this end a largely increased
number of churches make a stated offering
to this cause.
FREEDMEN
EXTRACTS FROM DR. SPENCER'S
REPORT.
The recent General Assembly at Winona
appointed Rev. Dr. Willard K. Spencer, of
Adrian, Mich., chairman of the Standing
Committee on Freedmen. The following
extracts from his report are given as matters
of interest and information:
THE BOARD COMMENDED.
" The Board deserves commendation for
its earnest attempt to realize the hope
expressed a year ago, that the debt resting
upon it might be diminished. Economy has
been exercised to the extreme limit in every
department of the work. In administra-
tion expense has been reduced as much as
possible — the Board continuing to dispense
with the salaries of the treasurer and field
secretary, while in the field itself all growth
has been forbidden. No churches have
been organized ; fourteen schools have been
closed; the school year has been held at the
shortened term of six months in most of the
schools. Even necessary repairs upon
property have not been made, because there
was no money with which to make them.
Nor is this simply the story of one year.
The Board has spent less this last year than
in any of the nine years preceding, and still
the debt has not been reduced. It has even
been increased $1787, for the reason that
the Board's income from all sources has also
been less than in any of the nine preceding
years."
CONDITION OF THE TREASURY.
" During the past year the Board has
received from all sources $128,900, a part
of which was to be invested in the Perma-
nent Fund, or was designated for some work
not expected by the Board, and yet of such
a nature that it could not be objected to. It
had cash on hand April 1, 1897, $1413.47,
making total money in its treasury for the
year, $130,313.47. During the same time
it has expended for all purposes, including
the payment of annuities and investment of
gifts for the Permanent Fund, $131,515.96,
and April 1, 1898, cash on hand, $585.01.
It reports a present debt of $58,062.50."
LOCATING RESPONSIBILITY.
" This situation is a great disappoint-
ment, but cannot be charged as a reproach
against the Board. The Presbyterian
Church is the party at fault. It has not
supplied the funds, and must not attempt to
shift the responsibility from its shoulders.
The debt with which we are confronted
to-day is the accumulated consequence of
many years of the Church's apathy. In
1893 the debt stood at $25,000, and since
then it has been growing at the average rate
of $6000. The last year's deficit of $1787
is due to the unusual decrease in legacies,
some $2000 less having been received from
this source than in any time of the last ten
years, and it is but just to say that had
certain legacies, which were in process of
payment when the year closed, been received
by the Board, the balance would have been
upon the credit side of the books. These
deferred payments will be made this present
year. ' '
ENCOURAGEMENTS.
" Encouragement may be found in the
fact that 4490 churches have directly, or
through their various societies, contributed
to the Board this year. This is a gain of
232 over last year. The directly contribu-
ting churches were 3837, a gain of 198.
Women's societies, 2124, a gain of 319.
Young People's Societies, 365, a gain of
109. Sunday-schools, 549, a gain of 80.
The increase in money received from these
sources was $6138.70. The amount given
on the field for self-support, which has not
passed through the Board's treasury, was
$65,975.01, from the following sources:
From the Freedmen' s churches, $34,562.57;
from tuition of pupils in Freedmen s
schools, $31,412.44."
CONCLUSIONS.
" Enough has been said to show two
things. First, by severe retrenchment the
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EXTRACTS PROM DR. SPENCER'S REPORT.
[July,
Board has reached a self-supporting basis.
With its present income it cannot enlarge
the work, but the work as now carried on
can be maintained, if the debt is paid.
Second, further retrenchment cannot be made
without periling the very existence of the
Board. Churches might indeed be closed,
and congregations left without the preaching
of the gospel, and so the $10 or $15 a
month that the Board gives toward the
salary of a preacher might be saved.
Parochial schools might be abandoned, and
children robbed of their only means of
gaining the rudiments of an education.
We might shut our higher schools, and send
back to ignorance, superstition and immo-
rality, the young men and women who have
been gathered for training as the future
leaders of their people. But this is aban-
donment, rather than prosecution of the
work, and such a course will never be
thought of by the Presbyterian Church.
The only question to be considered is, How
shall the existing debt be paid, and the
work wisely carried on ? "
OBLIGATIONS.
" To abandon the work is disloyal both
to the nation and to Christ. There are
10,000,000 Negroes in our land, 300 colored
children are born every day to American
citizenship — the grandest, yet most respon-
sible heritage that ever comes to any human
being. For the nation's sake these
10,000,000 must be educated. The Christ
who died for them demands that they be
given the gospel of his love.
" To allow the debt to continue impeding
the labors of the Board is unnecessary,
unbusinesslike, and a confession of indiffer-
ence or impotence. The money paid for
interest alone would open twenty churches
at new points."
SIGNIFICANT FACTS.
" And right here some very significant
facts stare us in the face. It was spoken
of as a cause of thankfulness that 4490
churches — a gain over last year of 232 —
had directly or indirectly contributed to the
Freedmen's cause. But when it is said
that 3800 churches made no direct offering,
3200 did not contribute in any manner to
the Board, the volume of our thanks shrinks
not a little. It will of course be admitted
that many of the non-contributing churches
are small, perhaps pastorless. But a study
of the ' Minutes ' of 1897 has caused the
committee large surprise."
SMALL CHURCHES NOT TO BLAME.
" By no means a small percentage of the
churches that have contributed nothing
directly or indirectly to this cause are strong
and well manned, and in many other cases
the contribution is pitifully small, evidently
made for the sake of filling the blank.
Take for example the record of the presby-
teries chosen at random.
" In one the only church which reported
no contribution to the Freedmen had nearly
1500 members.
" A church of 210 members gave $4,
one of 257 gave $4, one of 400 gave $5,
one of 119 gave $2, one of 380 gave $3,
one of 222 gave $9, one of 750 gave $5.
" In another presbytery, among the
churches contributing nothing to the Freed-
men's Board were the following : A church
of 249 members, another of 103, another
of 1251, another of 673, another of 441,
another of 107, another of 400, another of
791, another of 148.
" Some of the other churches in this
presbytery making nominal contributions to
the Board were of the following strength :
A church of 400 members gave $15, 281
members gave $2, 200 members gave $5,
989 members gave $5, 311 members gave
$2, 334 members gave $12, 298 members
gave $5, 1218 members gave $15.
" Evidently facts do not justify the asser-
tion that all the non-supporting churches
are either weak or without pastors. Now if
by any method the latent power of this part
of our denomination can be developed and
applied to the support of the Freedmen's
Board, the question of the debt will have
been solved, and a permanent addition made
to the Board's ability."
CAN IT BE DONE?
" An average contribution of twenty
cents from each of the 960,000 members
of the Church will wipe out the debt, and
in addition provide ample means for the
year's work at the present rate of expendi-
ture. Twenty cents a member is all the
Board will ask from each congregation for
the whole work among the 10,000,000
colored people. To raise this twenty cents
a member each congregation can combine its
1898.]
THE BOARD OF EDUCATION BEFORE THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
47
Sabbath offerings, the gift of its Sabbath -
school, and its Young People's Society, and
the contribution of its Women's Missionary
Society.
" The task is manifestly in our power.
Surely the Church needs but to be sum-
moned to the task to see the duty clearly set
before it, and the labor fairly apportioned
among its workers, to have a leader who
will be patient, persistent and enthusiastic,
and the work will be accomplished.
" The leader we already have in the
efficient secretary of the Board who waits
for authority and orders from this Assem-
bly. As to the method, your committee
believes that success will be final by utilizing
the presbyterial committees, making a stren-
uous effort to reach the n on- contributing
and nominally contributing churches, appor-
tioning definite amounts to individual pres-
byteries, and through them to the local
congregations, and taking as a campaign
cry, 'An average offering of twenty cents
a member from every congregation of the
Church.'"
assembly's resolutions.
" Resolved, 1. That the minutes of the
Board for 1897 and 1898 be approved by
the Assembly.
" Resolved, 2. That Rev. Solon Cobb,
D.D., Rev. David R. Breed, D.D., Mr.
George Logan and Mr. S. P. Harbison,
members of the Board whose terms expire
with this Assembly, be reelected as their
own successors.
" Resolved, 3. That the Board of Freed-
men be instructed to conduct its work
during the present year within the limit of
last year's expenditures.
" Resolved, 4. That the Board acting
through the presbyterial committees make
enthusiastic and persistent effort to secure
an offering from every congregation in the
Church, equaling at least an average of
twenty cents from each communicant."
EDUCATION.
THE BOARD OF EDUCATION
BEFORE THE GENERAL
ASSEMBLY.
The annual report of the Board was
referred, according to custom, to the Stand-
ing Committee on Education. The courte-
ous chairman of the committee was the
Rev. Thomas D. Wallace, D.D., of
Chicago. The report made tender allusion
to the death of the beloved Dr. Poor, for
seventeen years corresponding secretary of
the Board ; and also to the loss which the
membership has sustained by the death of
Mr. Andrew Blair, who served the Board
with great zeal and ability from the time of
his election in 1886 to the close of his life.
The Board hopes to find no small addition
to its strength in the new members added
at this time, Rev. John Spar hawk Jones,
D.D., pastor of Calvary Church, Philadel-
phia, and Charles P. Turner, M D., of
the Arch Street Church in the same city.
It was made very plain by the report that
the Board had not been instrumental in
unwisely multiplying candidates for the
ministry. Circumstances, in fact, had
rather compelled a policy of discourage-
ment. The number of candidates enrolled
under care during the year was only 814,
as compared with 1037 in 1896. The 814
were composed of 661 men holding over
from the previous year and 153 new men.
The amount given to the students to aid
them in the prosecution of their studies was
somewhat larger than in the previous year.
The committee showed much interest in
the disposition manifested by some indi-
viduals, churches and Sabbath- schools to
provide scholarships for individual candi-
dates. It was seen that a more generous
provision is thus made for the candidate,
that contributions are largely increased,
and more intelligently given, while a per-
sonal interest is excited in the welfare and
progress of the young student by means of
frequent reports of his standing furnished
by his instructors, and by the record of his
successful work when he enters upon his
ministry. During the year eighteen scholar-
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THE BOARD OF EDUCATION BEFORE THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
[July,
ships of one hundred dollars each were thus
given, besides one of one hundred and fifty-
dollars, and the already established New-
berry Scholarship yielding about five hun-
dred, and a number of smaller special
contributions. These scholarships are
given to candidates selected by the contrib-
utors for various reasons, sometimes as
coming from their own church or presby-
tery, but the Newberry scholarship is
awarded after a competitive examination.
It is an interesting fact that the two last
Newberry scholars were sons of home
missionaries, and that they have both, at the
conclusion of their special studies, devoted
themselves to mission worh, one on the home
field and one on the foreign. The first
Newberry scholar was chosen from Lane
Seminary, the second from McCormick, and
the third from Auburn. Preparations are
now in progress for the selection of the fourth
from Princeton.
The frequent reports received by the
Board from professors with regard to the
conduct and scholarship of the candidates
keep it in close touch with their progress
and standing.
It was very pleasant to find that 526 candi-
dates out of 762, for whom reports had been
received, were marked either "high" in
scholarship, or in somewhat near approxima-
tion to that standard. Many of those whose
marks are lower have been handicapped by
' ' conditions ' ' or overpressed by necessary
labors to secure funds for support. They
may distance the others in the end.
Quite a number of candidates for the
ministry have been tempted to turn aside
from theology to take up the study of medi-
cine. Such alluring accounts have been
given of the opportunities of usefulness,
and of the boundlessness of the field for this
blessed work of relief, that it is not strange
that our young men should yield to its
influence. A. conference with the secreta-
ries of the Board of Foreign Missions has
developed the fact that, under existing
conditions, that Board is not likely to be
able to send out more than two medical
missionaries per annum on the average. It
seems to be important, therefore, to warn
our candidates for the ministry, that they
should not give up theology for medicine
without the clearest indications of talent for,
and a call to, the work of medical missions.
At the same time, the fact must not be lost
sight of that, when these indications aie
present, no better material for this work is
likely to be found, and that pecuniary
assistance given to such candidates under
careful regulations would be money well
spent.
The committee were gratified to learn that
the debt of the Board was each year becom-
ing less, and now amounted to but $7720.
On the other hand, it was manifest
that it was absolutely necessary for the
efficient prosecution of the work that there
should be a decided increase in the income
for the coming year. Unless there is such
an increase it is not clear how the scholarships
can be brought up to the minimum of eighty
dollars, according to the expressed wish of
the General Assembly.
COST OF ADMINISTRATION.
The committee took great interest in this
subject. They found some difficulty in
learning from the treasurer's report what
sum properly belonged to this head, and
kindly suggest that hereafter the accounts
be so written as to make this plain to the
ordinary reader. The absolute expense was
found to be exceedingly small, and the cost
for salaries, being partly provided for by
special funds, amounted to only $6575.
The corresponding secretary in his address
strongly deprecated the idea of regarding
the Board of Education as merely an
agency for the receiving and disbursing of
a certain amount of money to a certain
number of students. He pictured it as
rather an agency for cooperating with the
presbyteries in superintending the whole
work of securing a suitable number of can-
didates and educating them for the holy
ministry, exercising watch and care over
over them at every stage of their progress
by correspondence, and by visiting them at
their places of study, assisting presbyteries
in any necessary discipline, and endeavoring
by all available means to keep the students
continually under the best possible influ-
ences. The expense involved in such a work
is as a drop in the bucket in comparison
with the value of what is accomplished.
He made it very plain that the Board
should have the full sympathy of those who
approve of and applaud such young men
as try to work their own way through;
for it is a cardinal principle with the Board
to help those who help themselves. An
1898.]
ELIA8 BOUDINOT.
unwillingness or inability to do so on the part
of a young man is regarded as a probable
evidence that he is not adapted for the work
of the ministry.
ELIAS BOUDINOT.
The picture which we present to our read-
ers of this illustrious philanthropist and
friend of education is reproduced from a
painting by Sully. The beautiful house
which was his home in Burlington, N J
is still standing, but not in its former glory'
He was honored by being made com-
missary-general during the Revolutionary
War He was president of Congress,
Director of the Mint, a trustee of Princeton
college one of the founders of the Amer-
ican Bible Society and its first president, a
member of the American Board of Com-
missioners for Foreign Missions, a ruling
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elder in the Presbyterian Church, and the
SembT nt °f ^ TrU8teCS °f the General
His death occurred in 1821.
His will contained nine separate bequests
relating to the promotion of education;
particularly the education of young candi-
dates for the holy ministry that they might
preach the gospel to the destitute. He
indicated particular interest in the training
oj men for missionary service among the
Indians of America and the heathen of
joreign lands. A clause provided that
the residue of his estate, after the death
of his daughter" might, '- at the discre-
tion of the General Assembly, be applied,
in whole or in part, to missionary purposes
or to the use of the two educational societies
under the superintendence of the said Gen-
eral Assembly ,» the Board of Education
not having been organized when he wrote
Elias Boudinot.
From the painting by Sully.
HOME MISSIONS.
A PATRIOTIC OFFERING FOR
HOME MISSIONS BY PATRI-
OTIC PRESBYTERIANS.
To Pastors and Sessions :— The General
Assembly, impressed with the urgent need
of the immediate payment of the debt on
the Board of Home Missions, and sure that
our Church is both able and willing to do it,
has directed the Board to call upon all our
churches to unite in a patriotic effort to
this end on Sabbath, the third of July.
Now is the time ! Because we are putting
treasure and precious lives into a humane
movement to deliver Cuba from the oppres-
sor. Shall we not join with it the trifling
effort necessary to set free from debt the
agency on which our Church depends for
doing her share for the salvation of our
country ?
Now is the time! Because it is the anni-
versary of our National Birthday. Presby-
terians are patriotic. They believe a free
gospel and a free land belong historically
together.
Now is the time! Because if every
Presbyterian will save a little from expenses
counted patriotic and right in connection
with the Fourth of July, it will pay all our
debt. A little less for Chinese firecrackers
and a little more for American Christianity
— and the work is done !
One rally on that one national day will
stop the cry of distress on missionary fields
and give us a chance to advance!
The Board therefore suggests that an
offering of one dollar or more be made by
every Presbyterian able to do so.
Let the strong men give of their abun-
dance.
Let the women, through their societies,
or by personal solicitation, seek an offering
from every Presbyterian woman.
Let the young people take up the work
in their societies with an endeavor to send
as many dollars as there are members.
Let the children, saving something from
fireworks and flags, give their dollars either
as individuals or as classes in Sunday-school,
or by families.
Let all the people arise and fling this
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debt away. It can be done! Let us do it
to the honor of our Church and the praise
of God.
We make our appeal directly to the ses-
sions of our Church, confident that they will-
bring the matter before congregations in such
ways as may seem wise.
Kindly let all contributions sent in
response to this appeal be designated as "A
Patriotic Offering for the Debt."
A handsome souvenir of the day, with
appropriate emblems, will be sent to every
individual contributing one dollar or more.
To the Members of the Sunday-
schools: — Ae companies and regiments
have been leaving their homes during the
past few months to go to the front, bringing
help to Cuba, we have seen the remnants of
regiments which served in the Civil War
escorting the new and untried soldiers, and
sending them off with cheerful hearts.
The men and women of our churches, the
long-tried troops, are rallying to the support
of the Board of Home Missions, and are
giving, as they are able, to remove the debt
and to give to the Board a new impetus in
the forward movement of the work. But
new soldiers are needed — the older ones,
who have served long and faithfully, are not
to do all — new troops of the young are
being called out. Boys and girls, will you
not volunteer in this army, where no physi-
cal restrictions exist, where all who love the
Lord Jesus Christ may enlist ?
If so, can you not have fewer fireworks,
fewer firecrackers — less noise outwardly,
but more rejoicing in the heart — and aid to
send the gospel abroad in our land ?
For each dollar, whether given by an
individual, by a class, or by a family, a
souvenir will be sent to aid in keeping in
remembrance during the year the need of
continued interest.
REPORT OF THE STANDING COM-
MITTEE ON HOME MISSIONS
IN THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
Following is the text of the report of the
Assembly's Committee on Home Missions:
" The Standing Committee on Home Mis-
1898.]
REPORT OP THE STANDING COMMITTEE.
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sions respectfully presents the following
report : The last General Assembly directed
the Board to reorganize its methods of
administration so that the executive work
shall be placed in charge of one secretary
with whatever assistants may be necessary.
The Board has found the discharge of this
duty a most difficult one. After long and
careful consideration they decided to appoint
Dr. Charles L. Thompson the secretary of
the Board. In the retirement of Dr. W.
C. Koberts and Dr. D. J. McMillan from
the office of secretary, the Board has paid
them a fitting tribute, but it is the duty
also of the General Assembly to place on
record its high appreciation of the valuable
services these brethren have rendered to the
cause of home missions.
" A CRITICAL PERIOD.
1 ' The new secretary takes up the work at
a critical period in the history of the Board.
He deserves and should receive the unquali-
fied support of the whole Church. He
needs money to carry on the work. This
should be promptly and unhesitatingly given,
thus providing the opportunity and the
means for accomplishing a large work. He
should be held to strict accountability. It
is not doubted but that, the word of cheer
being spoken and the proper support being
given by the Church, Dr. Thompson will
vindicate the wisdom of his selection for
this great work.
1 ' The statistics show that during the year
1393 missionaries have been commissioned
by the Board. This includes two in the
Synod of New Jersey, who are paid out of
the Barber fund, which is specially set apart
for colored ministers. The goodly number
of 7995 have been added to the mission
churches on confession of faith, and 4198
on certificate. The membership of the
Sunday-schools connected with these
churches is 123,622 and 250 Sunday-schools
have been organized.
"treasurer's statement.
' ' The treasurer, Mr. Harvey C. Olin, has
submitted detailed statements of receipts and
expenditures, of the Permanent and Trust
Funds, and also of the operating account of
the Mission Building, which leaves nothing
to be desired. They are so clear, full and
satisfactory as to deserve special mention.
He reports the total receipts from all sources
as $702,403.37. The expenditures were
$722,965.44, which exceeded the receipts
by $20, 562. 07. This is more than accounted
for by the change from quarterly to monthly
payments in the settlement of the salaries of
missionaries, because in many instances the
quarterages lapped over from last year into
this. As a result there has been paid this
year for work done last year a sum nearly
equal to $3500. It will thus appear that
the actual work of the year was more than
$14,000 within the receipts.
" The debt now amounts to $167,839.03,
which belongs wholly to the Board, the
women having succeeded in wiping out the
deficiency chargeable to their part of the
work. The miscellaneous and office ex-
penses show a gratifying decrease, as com-
pared with last year, of $7575.92. The
change from quarterly to monthly payments
to the missionaries has been a most welcome
one to those most interested, and it is pleas-
ant to record that it has been accomplished
without adding anything to the expense of
administration.
" INTEREST account.
" The interest account, however, is a
serious matter. During the past three years
there has been paid out for interest on funds
borrowed to carry on the work of the Board
the large sum of $33,654.53. That is to
say, in 1895-96 there was paid out $13,-
604.57; in 1896-7, $13,212.72; in
1897-8, $6837.24, making a total of $33,-
604.53. We are gratified at the marked
decrease during the past year. If it be too
much to expect that the churches will so
contribute that there shall be no interest
to pay, yet the amount would be largely
reduced if sessions would only see to it that
the money contributed by the people was
promptly forwarded by the treasurer and
not held back until the closing days of
March.
" REPORT OF WOMEN'S BOARD.
" The report of the Women's Board
brings us special encouragement. Besides
meeting all their expenses and paying their
debt, they have a surplus of over $8000.
This sum they propose to spend during the
coming year upon the Mexican or Indian
field, and in addition relieve the Board of
all work in Alaska. The receipts of the
Women's Board from its auxiliaries and the
Young People's societies amounts to $278,-
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REPORT OF THE STANDING COMMITTEE.
[July,
702.38, and including the funds raised for
the Freedmen's Board aggregate $324,-
348.25. This is an increase over last year
for the work among the Freedmen of
$4691.42, but a decrease for the home work
of $13,243.50. They have sent out 501
boxes for the missionaries of the Board;
489 boxes for the mission schools of the
Women's Board, and 372 boxes for the
Freedmen's work. They have sustained
during the year twenty-three boarding-
schools and ninety day-schools. These 113
schools are located as follows: eight in
Alaska, seventeen among the Indians,
twenty-four among the Mexicans, twenty -
nine among the Mormons, thirty-two among
the mountains of the South, three among
foreign- speaking populations. In these
schools have been gathered 8339 pupils,
under 329 teachers. Among these scholars
460 conversions are reported as among the
year's work. The societies have also con-
tributed to the support of thirty -two schools
and fifty -nine teachers under the care of the
Freedmen's Board, and ten Bible readers
have been commissioned for the mountains
of the South.
"MRS. JAMES' ABSENCE.
" The prolonged absence from her home
and land, for needed rest, of the president
of the Women's Board, Mrs. Darwin R.
James, has occasioned regret. The more
lengthened absence of the recording secre-
tary, Mrs. S. B. Brownell, has compelled
the Board, very reluctantly, to accept her
resignation.
" When now we turn our eyes to the
future, it is clear that the Church should
enter upon the work forgetting the things
which are behind, and press forward with
such confidence and courage as, by the
blessing of God, will bring her to the next
Assembly with a record which shall have
in every part abundant reason for gratitude
and an increased stimulus to go forward.
Let the past years of criticism, controversy
and change suffice, if these have not
wrought all the good which was sought,
only harm and loss will accrue by their
continuance. Now is the time for confi-
dence, increased offerings and more earnest
prayer, and if these are given to the Board
and its work, who can doubt but that,
through the favor of God, greater things
will be accomplished than the Church has
ever attempted for the great cause of home
missions. ' '
We submit the following recommenda-
tions :
1. The minutes of the Board meetings
are found to be carefully engrossed, while
the minutes of the executive sessions seem
to be only partially recorded. However, as
three members of the Board present in the
Assembly assure your committee that the
partial records fully manifest the action
taken in executive sessions, it is recom-
mended that the minutes be approved.
2. In view of the fact that tens of thou-
sands of people are pushing their way into
the gold fields of Alaska, large numbers of
whom are Presbyterians, it is recommended
that the Board of Home Missions be advised
to appoint at least five additional male
missionaries at an early date for the work
in that Territory, and make the appoint-
ments a new ground for appeal to the
Church.
3. In view of the greater activity of
Mormonism since Utah was admitted to
Statehood, and in view of the large number
of youth trained in institutions under its
control in sentiments adverse to Christianity
and to American ideas, the reduction of our
church and school work in Utah is to be
specially deplored ; and it is urged upon our
churches that increased attention should be
given to the calls of the Home Board and
the Woman's Board, and abundant means
be furnished for instruction from the pulpit,
in the Sabbath-schools, and in all grades of
Christian week-day schools from the lowest
to the highest.
4. That on Sabbath, July 3, a special
offering be made for the work of Home
Missions.
5. That an earnest effort be made to
secure from all sources at least $867,000,
so then will the debt be paid and the work
planned for the year be adequately provided
for.
6. That the following members of the
Board, whose term of office expires at this
time, be reappointed, viz., Ministers — James
S. Ramsay, D.D., Samuel J. Niccolls,
D.D., Charles Wood, D.D.; Elders— Wal-
ter M. Aikman, Robert Henderson, Wil-
liam H. Corbin and Robert C. Ogden, and
that the Hon. James A. Beaver be elected
to fill the unexpired term of Mr. Charles
E. Green, deceased.
1898.]
NOTES.
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NOTES.
The sooner we come to forget sectional
lines and to remember that we are not only
one nation, but also one people with a com-
mon ancestry and heritage, with loyal
American hearts in our bosoms capable alike
of religious impressions, with kindred
impulses toward charity and benevolence
and with a common courage trained in our
common history and tested on the same terri-
ble battlefields, the sooner will we join
hands under the same standard and make
common cause against the foes of our Lord
and his Church . Our Lord was not divided .
Not a bone of him was broken. Not a
garment of his was rent. He was the
Saviour of us all, and God is the Father of
us all, and we be brethren.
Rev. Dr. McDonald, of Kentucky, says:
" The urgency for a forward movement in
the mountain region is becoming more and
more apparent. We could put in twelve
good men at once in as many county seats.
We have to deal with one and a half mil-
lions of these mountaineers, and we must
reach and rescue them. Some half-dozen
important points must be occupied, as we
have been trying to hold them for some time,
but have not the means to build a house or
sustain a missionary. These mountains are
full of coal and the valleys of oil, and some
day they will be worth holding. May God
send us the money to go at once and occupy
the field fully."
The great State of Texas sends a piteous
appeal, emphasized by the fact that a very
large portion of those coming into the Guif
region are from the Northwest — our own
people and in sympathy with our Church
life and methods. Dr. Little, of Texas,
3ays: " Our possibilities are assured by our
marked successes, as in Houston and Gal-
veston. There is an open door in Texas if
the Board were financially conditioned to
sustain us in new work. Towns are spring-
ing up on multiplied railroads. The Gulr
counties are attracting multitudes. The
West gives the best climate in America.
Our eyes are not open to the facts because it
has seemed best to stop exploring and devote
our energies to the development of what is in
hand. Six men are wanted for places that
are now being neglected. Twice as many
more will be urging their claims upon us if
there shall ever come permission to push
our work. There is a disadvantage in stir-
ring up a community unless we really mean
to be permanent in our occupation, hence
so little has been done to develop ourwork.
The vast undertakings in business in the
South and especially on the Gulf have been
presented to your attention that it might be
evident a much larger future is before you
than is now apparent. Such developments
in business make the enforced delay in
pushing our work doubly disastrous."
A year of prosperity in the Synod of
Kentucky has just closed. Notwithstanding
the restraints that held the work in check
by reason of the Board' s financial condition,
progress was made. Eight churches have
been dedicated within sixteen months and
three new schools opened. More money
was contributed for this work than in any
previous year. Kentucky was not one of
the delinquent synods.
Of the forty-three Presbyterian churches
in New England, only twenty received aid
from the Board last year, and the average
amount paid them was below the average
for the entire country.
There are thirty-five regularly ordained
Indian Presbyterian ministers, ninety-one
Indian churches with 4348 communicants.
Besides these there are several hundreds of
Indian communicants in white churches.
The Synod of Washington was not among
the delinquents in contributions to the
Home Board last year. It gave more than
ever before, consequently the year was a
fruitful one in additions to the churches.
A church of fifty-nine members was
organized at the Klondyke Mission by our
missionaries, Rev. Messrs. S. Hall Young
and George A. McEwan, April 10. It is
a comity church — there being fifteen denom-
inations represented in its membership. All
the elder3 were formerly Methodists.
The old Indian church at Lapwai, where
Miss Kate McBeth has so nobly suc-
ceeded her sister, Miss Sue, has been blessed
with a glorious work of grace. There were
seventy accessions.
Dr. Kirkwood, of Colorado, says: " We
have ample work for fifteen more men than
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NOTES.
[July,
are now employed. For three years we have
been reaching out from every available
centre and adding to the burdens of every
willing pastor by organizing adjacent fields
and placing them in hands that were already
full. We have been obliged to forego other
fields that were more important because no
minister lived near enough to give them
even occasional visits.
The princely sum of $20,000 received by
the Board to be credited to the Church of
Clinton, N. J., is a splendid starter for the
Board's new fiscal year. Why didn't the
Assembly take step and mark time ? Eight
such churches would send the debt to where
Dewey sent the Spanish fleet. But it is not
too late. Let the Church at large follow
this financial file leader until the banner of
the cross is unfurled in every village and
hamlet in the land.
Twelve evangelists are employed in the
Mexican work, supplementing an inade-
quate supply of ministers. Mr. Craig, the
synodical missionary, says: " I preached
at Los Lentes one evening. There were
about 175 persons inside the building and
about fifty outside. After a service of one
hour and a quarter I dismissed the congre-
gation, but the people would not go until
Mr. Perea and Mr. Charez, who were with
us, had preached also, and I had again
addressed them, so great was their desire to
hear the gospel."
The Board entered upon the last fiscal
year with a debt of 8147,276.96, and
closed the year April 1, 1898, with a debt
of $167,839.03, an increase of 820,562.07.
The Board really spent less money than
during the former vear, but the receipts for
the year fell off $93,464.39. If the con-
tributions for home missions during the cur-
rent year equal those of any one of the last
ten years, except the last, the Board will
be out of debt when the next Assembly
meets.
Rev. W. H. Jones, of Mill City, Oreg.,
is rejoicing over the good results of a
revival in his church. There were nine
accessions, all heads of families except one.
The church uow feels strong enough to rise
and build a house unto the Lord to replace
the old structure in which it is no longer
safe to worship.
The city of Tampa, Fla., grew in five
years from a population of 5000 to 20,000.
The increase was mostly Cubans, who were
nominally Catholics, but with light regard
for that Church. Appeals were made to
our Board for missionaries to labor among
them, but our enforced policy of no progress
restrained us from entering that important
and promising field.
There are many inviting openings among
the Scandinavians of Minnesota, but the
men and money are wanting. The Swedish
Church that came to us in a body we have
lost for want of a little temporary help
from the Board, There is great need and
promise among these sturdy people.
Indian Territory and Oklahoma have a
population of about 750,000 from all parts
of the earth, all grades of Indians from a
mere trace of Indian blood up to a full-
blood, all nationalities and races in assorted
colors and varying conditions.
The young church of Galveston, Tex.,
with the Rev. Dr. J. Lovejoy Robertson
as the pastor, is making an heroic effort to
acquire a much -needed church property.
We have lost good men from Utah on
account of retrenchment. Seventeen men
are wanted in this State and Idaho, and the
money to support them. Polygamy flour-
ishes unchecked and unreproved.
We are apt to interpret a difficulty as a
preventing Providence, whereas it may be
God's command to exercise a grace which
we have been neglecting. How could faith
become strong a ad healthful without battles
to fight and victories to win? We must
bear in mind that while God has promised to
help us he has not promised to make every-
thing easy for us.
Rev. W. W. Warne says that the char-
acter of his work in Chilcat, Alaska, has
entirely changed within the last six months.
From this time on more attention must be
given to the whites and less to the natives.
The natives are poorly prepared for the
change, but the whites are pouring in and a
new order of things is inevitable.
1898.]
LATEST FROM THE KLONDYKE MISSIONARIES.
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LATEST FROM THE KLONDYKE MISSION-
ARIES.
Dawson, N. W. Ter., Canada, April 11, 1898.
Of course we are living plainly, and such
things as condensed milk and butter, etc., are un-
known luxuries at our table. Bread, bacon, beans,
with now and then oatmeal, dried fruit and fresh
beef or moose meat, make our bill of fare.
I fear some of my letters have been lost, as the re-
port comes to us of the drowning of some of our mes-
sengers and the carelessness of others. We have
been very anxious to hear from you as to our future
ecclesiastical and presbyterial relations.
For I have the great pleasure of announcing the
organization, according to Presbyterian form and
order, of the Klondyke Presbyterian Church, of
Dawson, N. W. Ter. It took place yesterday
evening— Easter Sabbath— April 10, 1898. We
are very happy over it. We had been working hard
to get our membership together. For five Sabbaths
we had presented the matter to the congregation up
the Bonanza. I had done much pastoral work
looking toward this end. We had organized a
good choir, rented a "baby organ," and increased
our evening and morning congregations. We have
had an average lately of over one hundred. So
all things were made ready and yesterday we had,
in the best sense, a " high time ". We had a full
house in the morning to an Easter service. Our
double quartette choir — all male voices — gave us
excellent music. I preached an Easter sermon
from 1 Cor. 15 : 20.
In the evening the seats were all full, with many
standing. The choir was again on hand with good
music. Dr. McEwen gave an address on the
Church. I followed with remarks on the opportun-
ity possessed by this church, and the " great and effec-
tual door ' ' opened before it. After securing more
members I first received four upon confession of
their faith, and then organized the church, calling
upon the charter members as their names were
read, and propounding the questions as laid down
in Dr. Johnson's " Book of Forms." I enclose a
full list of the members. You will see what a
large proportion is from the United States, and how
completely cosmopolitan and interdenominational
our membership is. It is a grand church, and in
intelligence, zeal and Christian spirit will compare
favorably with almost any church I have known.
We elected elders and trustees by ballot in regu-
lar form. Judge Fawcett, our excellent gold com-
missioner, received almost all the votes, even on
the first or nominating ballot. Singularly, and
showing how completely denomination was lost
sight of and the men only considered, the elders all
come from Methodist churches, although two of
them were brought up in Presbyterian doctrine.
The elders are : Judge Thos. Fawcett, Mr. W. V.
Wells, Dr. K. B. Smith, Mr. J. B. Hayward.
Trustees : Messrs. H. TeRoller, T. W. Arnold, J.
A. Cadenhead, W. R. Farrington, C. S. Crowell.
All the trustees are communicants except Mr.
Crowell, and all are excellent business men. Both
Boards will meet this week and I with them, and
we will lay plans for work. The elders will be or-
dained next Sabbath, and we will soon hold our
first communion. A Ladies' Aid Society will also
be organized this week. We will meet very soon
in our first "church sociable", to get acquainted
and raise money for our new church. We will get
hold of a lot as soon as possible and then go ahead
with preparations for building. But the subscrip-
tion for the building will not be circulated until the
"wash-up". In the meantime we will go ahead
with a subscription for the support of the church,
and the clearing off of the debt left upon our
shoulders by the fire. The collection yesterday
was $32.75, which is above the average. We an-
ticipate no trouble in clearing all debts and build-
ing our church, though it will take plenty of hard
work. The Christians coming in will greatly aid
us.
For the rent of " Pioneer Hall " $5, and $3 rent
for organ is our weekly burden ; besides wood,
candles, sexton's services, etc. We have been get-
ting most of the wood and furnishing most of the
candles and doing most of the sexton's work our-
selves, to save expense. Wood is $40 to $55 per
cord. Candles have sold as|high as $1 apiece, but are
now $1 per pound. Our candlesticks are empty
whisky bottles.
The logs for our new " Good Samaritan " hospital
are being hauled to the location this week. We
will put up the sides at once and finish after we can
get lumber, nails, etc. The logs — twenty- five feet
long, seven inches wide, sawed on three sides — cost
us $8 apiece, delivered on the ground. Enough
" dust" has been paid in to pay for the logs and
put up the ' ' shell' ' . We will have to wait for the
opening up of the Klondyke and Yukon rivers be-
fore we can get the lumber, nails, etc., to finish.
This is the last letter I can send you until the ice
clears out of the Yukon, and it is likely that the
messenger who takes this will have a hard journey.
The ice is being flooded in many places.
We have had good health and have enjoyed our
winter's work, although handicapped by the burn-
ing of our church, by the loss of our hymn books,
and by financial stringency. We rejoice in the
favorable outlook.
When the coming Canadian ministers arrive we
56
JOHN ELIOT.
[July,
will give them all the aid in our power, but I do
not expect to leave Dawson until the work is fully
established and made permanent, and that will take
years.
Please write. Let all who wish to help in this
work send Sunday-school papers and supplies, bell,
organ (I have not heard from Mr. Leadbetter who
promised an organ), magazines, papers and books
for reading-room, lamps, etc. Any action taken
toward this should be taken soon. Mrs. Young
will keep you informed of any further news about
our work that she may get. I send this by her to
save an extra dollar. There is going to be a rush
from here to Alaskan territory, and there will be
promising points for the establishment of missions
next summer.
Yours in hope and courage,
S. Hall Young.
Roll of Charter Members of the Klondyke
Presbyterian Church, of Dawson, N. W.
Ter., Canada. Organized April 10, 1898.
Appended to the following declaration are the
signatures of the members, with their former
church connection indicated.
1 1 Believing in the Lord Jesus Christ as our
personal Saviour, and desiring to promote the in-
terests of his kingdom in the Klondyke region, we
hereby sign our names as charter members of the
Klondyke Presbyterian Church, and promise to do all
in our power to aid its growth and efficiency.' '
Summary.
Presbyterians 15
Methodist Episcopalians 15
Methodist Protestants 3
Christians 2
Congregationalists 3
Episcopalians 5
Lutherans 3
Baptists 5
German Evangelical 1
Dominion Methodists 2
Cumberland Presbyterians 1
By confession of faith 4
Total 59
From the United States 52
From Canada 7
Males 52
Females , . , , 7
JOHN ELIOT.
[We are fortunate in securing a personal sketch
of John Eliot, the great apostle to the Indians of
New England. The sketch was prepared by the
Rev. Dr. Saurin Eliot Lane, of Boston, great-great-
grandson of John Eliot].
John Eliot was born in Nasing, Essex,
England, in 1604, and died in Roxbury,
1690, at the ripe age of eighty-six. He
was honored and loved by all who knew
him, and yet he was a unique and decided
character — as much so as any one who came
to find a home in troublesome times in the
colony of Massachusetts in the time of
Winthrop in 1631. It was " the excellent
John Eliot," who brought over the wife
and family of Winthrop to the new world,
after having spent his last night, in the so-
much- troubled mother land, in the Tower
with his uncle, Sir John Eliot. It was a
last interview, about which but little could
be said. There were foreshadowings which
but few dared to read aloud in those trying
times : "Be prudent, ' ' said his uncle ; ' ' say
nothing of certain ones," and he sailed in
the morning.
John Eliot met with a warm reception in
Boston. He had been educated at Jesus
College, Cambridge, was of pleasing man-
ners and address, and withal an attractive
preacher for one so young, so much so that
the church in Boston became solicitous to
settle him as their pastor. Owing, how-
ever, to previous engagements with friends
of prominence and kindred views with his
own, who had already settled in Roxbury,
and organized a church there among the
rocks, and were actually looking for him
to be their leader, all of whom held kindred
views, John Eliot, true to his Norman blood
and motto, Per ignes, per saxa, fortitur et
recto, felt that he must settle among the
people of his choice, and this in accordance
with an express agreement with many of
the first settlers of Roxbury entered into
before he left England. He was a Puritan
Presbyterian. No one, however, accused
him of being a bigot. He fled from the
tyranny of pope and king, and his whole
soul was filled with sweet dreams of a great
republic for both State and Church. He
believed in " King James* translation of the
Bible ' ' for the people and in the Westminster
Standards, and fully understood all the
opposition of the old Roman world to putting
1898.]
JOHN ELIOT.
57
both into the hands of every man as con-
taining, in language that could be under-
stood, the only symbols of the faith that
He made no exception of the poor Indian,
and especially as he began early to believe
the various tribes with whom he met to be
of Jewish blood. He began at an early
day to make himself master of their lan-
guage through an intelligent Indian whom
he employed as a servant in his family at
Roxbury. He was more and more struck
with the resemblances between the Indian
language and the Hebrew. And then he
found that the Indians entertained many
ideas for which their Jewish descent could
alone account.
So far as I have been able to learn, the
Indians themselves, under the religious
teachings of John Eliot, were all of this
same cast of character, and this I am as-
sured was one of the prominent features that
distinguished the Roxbury settlement in
John Eliot's day above all the other settle-
ments in the New World, and won even the
respect that disarms enmity of all the neigh-
boring colonies of New England. It won
the respect and love of the Indians also.
Oh, that ten thousand John Eliots had
been settled all over this broad continent
in the first beginnings of our history as a
nation ! There was no need of Kin<* Philip' s
>Yar.
In those eventful days when cloud capped
cloud in the old country and the lightning
flashed and the thunder roared in such
rapid succession, who cannot see and feel
the coming of the grand climax of events
which no human hand could prevent!
Buckingham assassinated — Charles mad
with ambition to rule the people without a
Parliament unless it would do his bidding
and bend to the will of the Church of Rome
— with Sir John Eliot dying in the Tower,
and the blood of ten thousands of martyrs
crying from the ground, it was impossible
for any one who longed for religious or civil
liberty to remain longer in England. The
last hope with multitudes of the best classes
of the mother country had died.
Sir John Eliot had at one time enter-
tained the thought, if we are rightly
informed, of coming to America, for the
purpose of organizing, with others, a repub-
lican form of government for both Church
and State. But he could not. IJe was a
prisoner in the Tower of London when he
parted with his nephew who sailed in the
morning for the New World, as we have
already related, with the wife of the faithful
Winthrop and others. His heart was full
to overflowing. His own chosen one could
not come at that time, but soon after joined
him at Roxbury, and became his bride.
The life of Eliot, however, was, in many
respects, a silent one. In his home life and
in his church at Roxbury, and among the
Indians, John Eliot was known as the most
unique of all the heroes that ever trod the
shores of New England. And yet he was
a man of decided opinions. He led, but
never attempted to drive, those who differed
from him. In the family of the Pious
Hooker he had breathed the air of heaven,
and he loved to preach the gospel in all it3
fullness and simplicity — and no one who
heard him rebelled. Two aged and learned
Hollanders, who visited him in his old age
and heard him preach, speak of him as the
most pleasing and learned of all the
preachers to which they had listened in all
their travels. He gave them a copy of
his Indian Bible and also of his Indian
grammar and Catechism. The two trav-
elers were delighted and went on their way
to Holland. It was such a man who loved
to preach the whole gospel without fear and
never gave offense. He loved the consocia-
tion of Hooker, and insisted in his way
upon the organization of the associations of
pastors and conferences of churches, with
full power, as such, in the settlement of
pastors over churches in New England.
He rejected the so-called Parish system.
The Church should control the Church —
and the lambs of the flock ? He would
carry them in his arms !
John Eliot had a great, tireless soul within
his breast. During the King Philip War
he never forsook his Indian church at
Natick. He wore a coat of mail around
his great loving heart, which flashed in the
eyes of all, and has won the admiration of
all succeeding years. He took his Indian
church at Natick in his arms and carried it
to the islands in the Bay of Boston, and
guarded them and fed them ! He was, as
the apostle to the Indians, the most com-
manding figure among the non- conformists
of England who came to this country for
freedom of worship. ' ' His name and min-
istry," says one from whom we would not
58
ARIZONA — ALASKA.
[July,
have expected such an eulogium, " are the
glory ot our Church, as they would be of
any Church in Christendom, and his life is
one about which every one should know
something. ' ' At South Natick every visitor
is at once impressed with this, as well as at
Roxbury. Certainly, " his zeal was not
less," as one has well said, " than St.
Paul's, and his charity was as sweet as that
of St. Francis d'Assizi." His whole life
was a testimony to his love of the cause of
his only Master. I know of no one of
modern times to whom he can be at all
compared as filling the same or similar
sphere, unless it be the revered Edward
Payson, of Portland, Me., who, on his
mother's side, was a near kinsman of the
apostle. He bore also, in many respects, a
strong resemblance to his uncle, Sir John
Eliot, and also Hampden — both of whom
had planned at one time to come to America
and found a republic.
I learn on investigation, that he founded
the first Sabbath-school on this continent.
He also was the founder of what is now our
Boston Latin School.
He was buried in the Eliot burying
ground at the corner of Washington and
Eustis streets. The parish tomb contains the
bones of six ancient pastors and of John
Eliot. In the same cemetery are the
graves of Governors Thomas and Joseph
Dudley, Chief Justice Paul Dudley, Gen.
Greaton and others of prominence.
Letters.
ARIZONA.
Kev. Charles H. Cook, Sacaton : — During the
past year we were enabled to erect two new
churches, one at Wakey, eleven and a half miles
west of here, and one on the Salt River Reserva-
tion, some fourteen miles above Phoenix. This
gives us five churches among the Pima Indians,
with a seating capacity of about 1400 persons. We
have now 350 church members, 102 of whom joined
this year. Regular services have been held in the
four churches in the Gila Valley, total congrega-
tion of 700. At the Salt River Church Sunday-
school has been kept up regularly and preaching
services at irregular intervals. The attendance at
the churches has been very good, and the interest
manifested has been good throughout the year.
ALASKA.
Rev. J. H. Condit, Juneau : — During the quar-
ter I have received three persons into church mem-
bership, two children have been baptized, four
marriage ceremonies have been performed and two
funeral services have been conducted.
During the year twelve members have been added
to the church, one removed by death, one suspended
and one dismissed, leaving our total enrollment at
present thirty-one. One hundred and five pupils
have been enrolled in the Sabbath-school. One
adult and five infants have been baptized. Ten
couples have been united in marriage and ten
funeral services conducted.
We have been directing our attention more es-
pecially to the enterprise of building a new church
and manse, both of which are very much needed.
The church and its friends have raised and ex-
pended thus far during the year $1500 toward the
buildings, which, considering our membership of
thirty-one, I consider very good. In addition, the
Ladies' Aid Society has, by much hard work, ac-
cumulated a fund of over $300 during the year, to
be expended in furnishing the manse. The ladies
deserve great credit for their zeal in this matter.
We have contributed to all the Boards of the
Church during the year, and the Sabbath-school
and the Y. P. S. C. E. have had a part in the
Home and Foreign Mission and Sunday-school and
Publication offerings.
It has been our privilege to welcome and bid
Godspeed to a large number of Yukoners on their
way to the gold fields. To many of them this
little "Log Cabin Church" has offered the last
opportunity for the public service of God's house
for years, and we trust that we may have been in-
strumental, as a church, in calling to the attention
of some of the great army of gold seekers the de-
sirability and duty of laying by in store the gold
which perisheth not.
A large proportion of those who attend our ser-
vices are not Christians. In fact the small minor-
ity of the citizens of the town are professing Chris-
tians and the sentiment and practice here is largely
positively against temperance and morality in gen-
eral. There are a few, however, who are truly the
received of the Lord and who are faithful. We
trust that God will bless our efforts to hold up the
light in this dark place. There is a growing senti-
ment in favor of better things.
1898.]
CALIFORNIA — COLORADO — KANSAS.
59
CALIFORNIA.
Rev. Adolph Habere y, Elk Grove: — At the
mission school in Jackson School, four miles north
of Elk Grove, the work is kept up by your mission-
ary's wife. She superintends the Sabbath-school,
which meets at 2.30, and often gives the young
people a gospel talk. She leaves three babies —
the oldest not quite four — at home, in charge of a
girl, in order to keep up the Sabbath-school. You
may wonder why your missionary does not take up
that work. Well, he has had it for one year, but
now he has organized a Sabbath-school and preach-
ing service in Oak Park, thirteen and one-half
miles away, and so he cannot be at the Jackson
School. Oak Park is a suburb of Sacramento and
several Presbyterian families who have moved there
have been asking for a service for some time. Since
I am the only Presbyterian minister in Sacramento
county, outside of our two Sacramento pastors, I
could not disregard the call. It is hard to drive
twenty- seven miles and preach three times and teach
in Sunday-school, but we missionaries are not happy
unless we can endure hardships.
Rev. F. A. Doane, San Francisco:— A prayer
meeting of unusual interest was recently held in
the home of one of our citizens, who was formerly
intemperate, but is now living a sober life. Besides
him, there were present several other reformed
men. Several years ago a little girl came to the
Band of Hope as a visitor. She was a very quiet
child, but very observing. One day her father told
her to go for some beer and she replied, ' ' Papa, I
can' t go. " " Why not ? ' ' said he. "I learned at
the Band of Hope that it is wrong to do so, ' ' she
replied. "Well," said he, "I'll whip you if you
don't go." The brave little girl replied, " Papa,
you may whip me, you may kill me, but I can't go."
To-day she rejoices in seeing her father a sober
man.
Last Sunday night a very pathetic scene was
witnessed in my study. A mother, urged by her
two small children, a boy and girl, signed the
pledge that she would give up drinking. The
little girl had her arms around her mother, while
the boy looked pleadingly into her face and the two
children signed as witnesses to their mother's reso-
lution.
COLORADO.
Rev. M. D. J. Sanchez, Antonito : — The Cath-
olics are becoming more interested in the reading
of the Holy Scriptures and in the education of their
children, and the result is the discovery of the
errors in their Church and the adoption of the
Protestant faith. But there are two things needed,
and greatly needed, viz., more preachers and more
teachers. Oh ! if the Church could send them.
Very often I meet men who, with the Macedonian
cry on their lips, say, ' ' Come and preach for us.
When can you come ? " With sadness in my heart
I am obliged to say, "I do not know when I will
be able to come. ' ' The reason that I cannot go is
because the six churches, some of them 100 miles
apart, and the four regular stations, take all my
time. We can but pray for an awakening of the
Church to its responsibility and send more men to
the Lord's field.
Rev. L. R. Smith, Durango : — The past quarter
has been the harvest. The result cannot be ex-
pressed in cold figures. At every station I meet
with large congregations of anxious and interested
people. The demand for the gospel is beyond my
ability to meet fully. I have been compelled to
confine my labors the last quarter to Animas City,
the Florida and Pineview. Protracted efforts have
been put forth at each of these places. At Animas
City eight persons asked for prayer, and all, I be-
lieve, are striving to live a Christian life. The
meetings were largely attended, and as a result I
organized a Sabbath- school of about forty pupils.
On the Florida five persons professed and will unite
with our church. My last protracted effort was at
Pineview, when seventy-one persons declared for
Christ. This series of meetings resulted in the or-
ganization of a church of thirty- one members.
Rev. T. C. Kikkwood, D.D., Supt. :— We need
increased assistance from the Board to enable us to
enter upon new fields. Another enterprise in the
Cripple Creek district should be undertaken at once
and we have an open door at the new mining camp
at Eldorado.
KANSAS.
Rev. J. I. Hughes, Fredonia: — During the
first weeks of the quarter some of the people ex-
pressed a desire to have a manse built. I called
the officers of the church together — elders, deacons
and trustees — the matter was discussed, and two per-
sons were appointed to solicit subscriptions toward
building a Presbyterian parsonage. In a week
they reported to a called meeting of all that were
interested in the matter ; the report said that
nearly $800 had been pledged toward building the
manse. It was resolved that same would be built ;
a building committee was elected and work begun
in building foundation and ordering the lumber?
and by the end of this present month, or first part of
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IDAHO — NEBRASKA. — MONTANA — MINNESOTA.
[July,
next, it is expected the minister and his family will
move into the new house, which is to be a house of
eight large rooms and will cost from $900 to $1000.
Not a dollar will be asked from the Board of Church
Erection. One of our elders gives $200 and
another $100. The Ladies' Aid Society pledged
$200. All the people seem to have a heart to
work. I am glad of it and give the glory to our
Heavenly Father, praying for his blessing upon us
as a church to the growth in grace and in number.
being done by each, and an opportunity to give.
This it had, with the result as indicated.
IDAHO.
Kev. James Hines, Gilbert (Nez Perce, In-
dian):— I have been in the pulpit of the Lapwai
Church every Sabbath but one. That Sabbath I
was helping a brother in the North Fork Church.
The Lord gave us a great blessing in the Lapwai
Church. About seventy new members were added,
the most of them young. Many cold hearts were
warmed. The presence of the Lord strengthened
our drooping hearts. One church has had special
trials since citizenship has been given to our people.
Our people are still exposed to strong temptation.
Every week we have two prayer meetings, well at-
tended we think. Prayer meetings are held
weekly in the two outstations, Cottonwood and Pot-
latch.
NEBRASKA.
Kev. H. D. Crawford, Aurora : — During the
quarter, eight more have been received into mem-
bership in the church, making a total of thirty-one
for the seven months of my 'pastorate — all without
any special revival effort. The harmony and unity
of the church remain undisturbed, and a deeper
interest is being taken in the benevolences of the
Church than ever before.
An evidence of this is seen in the fact that our
benevolent offerings will exceed the total given by
the church in seven years past. The total is not
much to boast of (about $250), but it must be borne
in mind that the church had been pastorless for
eighteen months prior to my appointment, and its
total benevolences for seven years preceding was
$225. Having but about six months in which to
present the claims of the Boards, collections came
with a frequency which necessarily limited the
offerings to some extent. Our report to Presbytery
will show an average gift per member of $1.60 for
benevolences, raising the church from thirty -first
place out of a total of thirty-six churches in this
presbytery to third place, on the basis of the record
of last year. An offering has been taken for every
Board, and the response has been cordial and en-
thusiastic. What the church needed was informa-
tion as to the needs of the various Boards, the work
Rev. George Williams, D.D., Blair: — As a
result of special efforts in February, six have been
added on profession of faith and four more would
have been added but for sickness. I have now
three out stations, one of which is for midweek
service and the other two for Sabbath P. M, so
that each Sabbath gives me three services and the
out- stations two in the midweek besides my prayer
meeting here. One of the out-stations is six miles
distant, another four and the third nine, the first
and third at present most hopeful. I need not say
that such work is heavy for a man in the sixties or
that it entails extra expense. This county is
peculiar in its make-up, both in population and
creed — we have " soul sleepers," Mormons, Advent-
ists, besides all the decent denominations, native and
foreign, in this one county, and our work is the
youngest, as " Comity " kept us out for some years.
Rev. Vaclav Losa {Bohemian), Clarhon: —
Clarkson Station developed lately into a church,
which I organized in April, and the Presbytery of
Omaha enrolled this new church at the last meet-
ing. This church has now sixty -five members ;
they have their own building for worship, and
though most of the families are among the poorest
class of people, yet there are signs for healthy
growth of this church in every direction. At least,
I can assure you, there are a great many souls in
this vicinity which ought to be influenced by this
church and finally brought to Christ, as there is no
other church in the town and none for many miles
in any direction from this town.
MONTANA.
Rev. O. P. Rider, Hamilton: — Last Sunday
was a red-letter day in the history of Grantsdale
Church, when we received five on profession of
their faith. Only one person had ever been so re-
ceived before in all its history (since 1887) of
eleven years. There were ten who united with the
Hamilton Church March 6, 1898. This was more
than at any other time in all its history of five
years. The work moves on in spite of the world,
the flesh and the devil.
MINNESOTA.
Rev. William C. Laube, St. Paul : — On Easter
we celebrated the Lord's Supper and received
sixteen new members, all on confession of faith.
There were two families among them, one a newly
married couple and the other in middle life, with
whom united also a son and a daughter of seven-
teen and fifteen years of age, respectively.
1898.1
UTAH — WASHINGTON— WISCONSIN.
61
NEVADA.
Kev. J. M. Donaldson, Wells: — We are wor-
shiping in our new church at Wells. It is very
pretty and comfortable and the people are delighted
to have a House of God in which to hold divine
services. The attendance is unusually large since
opening and on dedication day in July we hope to
have some accessions to our membership. The
members work very well, but their number is so
small it is difficult for them to raise much for
Christ. We are hoping for increased numbers and
zeal. Our church cost about $2200. There is a
debt of $300 remaining which we hope to liquidate
soon.
Services are held alternately at Wells and Star
Valley. The Sundays I am absent from either the
evening service is conducted by the young people' s
societies. Star Valley is about sixteen miles from
Wells.
UTAH.
Rev. Theodore ' Lee, Spanish Fork: — David
said, "I have seen the wicked in great power and
spreading himself like a green bay tree." That is
a good description of Mormonism to-day. Not
only have they been sending out their young men
by the hundreds and by the thousands, but now they
are beginning to send out their young women.
Quite recently they have appointed three young
lady missionaries. Two have gone to labor in
England and one to the Southern Conference.
These are the first lady missionaries appointed by
the Mormon Church. One is the daughter of a
former citizen of Spanish Fork now a professor in
Brigham Young Academy, Provo City. The Mor-
mon Church is thus proving itself active, vigorous
and aggressive. It is often active in both temporal
and spiritual affairs. In proof of its temporal
power we have only to note the recent address of
Apostle Brigham Young, Jr., in the tabernacle. He
advised the young men of Utah not to enlist to
fight against Spain. It required a letter from the
president of the Church to save the good (?) name
of the State and secure a sufficient number of
volunteers. There is no question but that Young
voiced the real sentiment of the Mormon people.
Here is a fact which illustrates the superstition
of the people. We have it from the mother of
one who took part in it. A certain Mormon died
and was buried. After the grave had been filled
and the friends returned to their houses and night
had come on, it occurred to his near relatives that
they had neglected to make certain marks on his
1 1 endowment robes " or " garments. ' ' Whereupon
they exhumed the body, placed the "sacred"
marks upon the robes and buried it again.
During the quarter we have held a Christian tem-
perance oratorical contest, at which all the contest-
ants were Mormon young ladies. About three hun-
dred were present. We have held in our chapel the
Utah County Sabbath-school Association. Between
sixty and one hundred delegates were present.
But the Mormons left us severely alone.
We are finding our work more difficult and ex-
pect it to be still more so before it is better. Our
Sabbath -school averages over fifty, but our preach-
ing services are not as well attended as we wish
they were. At times we feel very much encouraged
and then again we are disappointed.
WASHINGTON.
Rev. T. C. Armstrong, Northport : — This morn-
ing the town suddenly suffered a great calamity.
At five o'clock our church bell gave the alarm of
fire and in two hours there was almost a clean
sweep of the entire business portion of the town,
only one brick building remaining. Our church
property was not disturbed. Out of the sixteen
saloons only three remain. So we may be nearly
a dry town for a few weeks. Of course it is the
history of new wooden towns. Now the town will
be built anew with brick.
Rev.T. M. Gunn, D.D., Lalona:— The Presby-
tery meets Thursday and holds over the Sabbath. It
does very thorough work and its tonic effect on the
churches where its sessions are held is uniformly
quite perceptible. The liberality of the Indian
churches is still advancing. The Moscow Church,
under Rev. David D. Ghormley, has reached self-
support. Several new fields have been opened and
probably five churches will be added to our rolls in
the next six months.
WISCONSIN.
Rev. Thomas C. Hill, Neillsville : — Two weeks
ago we commenced union evangelistic services
conducted by the Rev. Mr. Hills, whom the Metho-
dist minister here recommended. To begin with,
there were good meetings and great earnestness
evinced. But the declaration of war turned the
interest in that direction, and when our company
of volunteers here received their marching orders,
the interest decreased and the attendance fell off.
However, we hope the work done will yet bear
fruit. One hundred and seven of our young men
left our city on Thursday forenoon for the camp-
ing ground, Milwaukee, and left many anxious
parents behind.
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WISCONSIN — WYOMING — APPOINTMENTS.
[July,
Rev. L. C. Smith, Supt.:—I visited Crandon
and North Crandon, where there has been no preach-
ing for two years and over. Here an elder reads a
sermon every Sunday morning and the Endeavor
society conducts the evening service. Without any
pastor the C. E. society held a series of revival ser-
vices and eighteen joined the church. The pros-
pects are that the two churches will be supplied
soon with regular preaching.
In December I spent ten days in evangelistic ser-
vices with the Bethel Church at Ashland (Chip-
pewa Presbytery). Here forty- eight people con-
fessed Christ. I also found a debt of $65 oppress-
ing the people, and before I left they were assured
it would be lifted.
The first of January I began a series of meetings
with the First Presbyterian Church of Bangor,
Wis., and after continuing for a week, began
services in Westminster Chapel, La Crosse. A
week of services here was followed by special meet-
ings in Grace Chapel in the same city, and the last
week of the month was spent with Kev. J. W.
Ford at Greenwood, Wis.
In all services held there were fine audiences.
Houses were crowded and much interest was mani-
fested. At Bangor forty people signified a desire to
begin a Christian life. About the same number
professed conversion at Grace and Westminster
Chapels in La Crosse. The month of February
was spent with the Presbytery of Madison, where I
labored for two weeks with Rev. C. A. Adams, at
Cottage Grove and Bryn Mawr and for the last two
weeks with Kev. R. Pughe at Oregon, Wis. The
churches under the care of Rev. C. A. Adams were
greatly blessed and a large number confessed Christ.
The churches were filled nightly and more attentive
audiences no one ever had. At Oregon the con-
[APPOINTMENTS.
APRIL.
S. C. Faris, Candler, 1st, and Weirsdale, Fla.
J. A. Hughes, Starke and Waldo, "
P. Heiligman, Titusville, "
J. H. Potter, Eustia, 1st, "
G. A. Hutchison, GrizzlyBluff and Port Kenyon, Cal.
W. Baesler, Blue Lake, 1st, and Bayside, "
H. W. Chapman, Lakeport, Kelseyville and stations, "
J. R. Sinclair, Nordhoff, Ojai, "
T. C. Kirkwood, D.D., Synodical Missionary, Colo.
H. W. Rankin, Synodical Evangelist, "
M. H. MacLeod, Alamosa, 1st, "
R. J. Lamb, McAlester, 1st, and Krebs, I. T.
S. Bohanan, Catechist, "
C. W. Burks, Full Blood Indian Work, "
S. R. Eoam, San Bois, Choctaw, Pine Ridge and Bethel, "
M. E. Wright, Atoka and Lehigh, "
H. R. Schemerhorn, Mena, 1st, Ark.
H. A. Tucker, Wister, Wilburton and Talihina, "
ditions were different. The most terrific snow-
storm of the season prevented the opening of the
meetings at the date advertised and the deep snow
kept many from attending. Quite a number did
make a confession and later reports from Bro.
Pughe indicate that the church will be strength-
ened to a considerable degree.
The month of March was spent in part in Mil-
waukee Presbytery. I visited Carroll College and
preached to the students each day. Attendance
upon the services was voluntary, but the number
remaining increased daily until eighty of the one
hundred students were at the service. After a week
of meetings twenty-two were known to have given
their hearts to the Master. A large number of the
students were already Christians.
WYOMING.
Rev. Charles M. Shepard, Evanston :— The
growth of Mormonism in this town and county is
something portentious and disquieting. Nine years
ago they had no church building in Evanston and
only a slight hold in the county. Now they have
the finest church in town and the largest congrega-
tion. Moreover, they are rapidly building good
churches and occupying the county for forty miles
east of here. They hold the balance of power in
the State, and quite control the western half. They
are actively colonizing the west lands and probably
in ten years will have things all their own way in
Wyoming. Our leading men are dependent upon
them politically and otherwise, so that they are not
willing to antagonize them in any way. It is not
practicable to do any aggressive work on that
account, and yet our only chance, it seems to me,
lies in stirring up the Gentiles to do something to
keep the State out of Mormon control.
W. A. Scott, Grimes, 1st, and Ridgedale,
J. H. McArthur, Davenport, 2d, and stations,
H. Gill, Wall Lake, 1st,
J. M. Linn, Inwood,
A. G. Marty n, Denison, 1st,
J. Wynia, Osceola, Ebenezer and stations,
W. J. A. Wenn, Walnut, 1st,
R. M. Wimmell, Edna, 1st, and stations,
E. W. Beeson, Yates Centre, 1st,
J. M. Batchelder, Osborne,
J. Marhoff, Hamilton,
J. W. Holt, Lakefield and stations,
H. Wilson, Mackinaw City, 1st,
S. Megaw, Maple Ridge, 1st, and Omer,
C. B. Harvey, Pastor-at-Large,
J. F. McLeod, Herman, 1st, and station,
J. S. Handyside, Kerkhoven, 1st,
E. A. Wood, Chester and station,
W. C. Templeton, Monett, 1st,
W. 0. Stephen, Macon, 1st,
G. W. Beam, Ethel, 1st, and Marceline,
Iowa.
Kans.
Mich.
Minn.
Mo.
1898.1
APPOINTMENTS.
63
W. E. Knight, Milan Sullivan, 1st, and stations, Mo.
J. H. Vanden Hook, Manhattan, 2d, Mont.
W. Hays, Missoula, "
N. S. Lowrie, South Fork, Lambert, Bethany and In-
man, Neb.
C. H. Cook, Sacaton, 1st, Pima Indian and stations, Ariz.
A. Mclntyre, Aztec and Flora Vista, N. M.
J. Austin, Hannah and Cypress, N. D.
W. H. Dierdoff, Klamath Falls, Oreg
G. A. McKinlay, Spring Valley, McCoy and stations, "
D. M. Davenport, Lebanon, 1st, "
G. R. Brabham, Chambersburg, Hope Chapel, Pa.
W. Burton, Langford, 1st, S. D.
C. H. Foland, Edgemont, 1st, and station, "
B. F. Pearson, Hot Springs, 1st, "
W. Davidson, Volga, 1st, "
W. B. Bloys, Ft. Davis and Alpine, Tex.
A. S. Carver, Seymour, 1st, and Throckmorton, "
W. S. Smith, Caldwell, 1st, Ida.
G. L. Deffenbaugh, Cceur d'Alene, 1st, "
S. E. Wishard, D.D., Synodical Missionary, Utah.
N. E. Clemenson, Logan, Brick, "
T. Lee, Spanish Fork, Assembly and station, "
S. Jackson, D.D., Presbyterial Missionary, Alaska.
A. McKenzie, La Camas, St. John's, Wash.
W. Cobleigh, Hoquiam and Ocosta, "
H. El well, Castle Rock, 1st, and Toledo, "
G. S. Rice, Kelso, 1st, Napavine and stations, "
T. MacGuire, Pastor-at-Large, "
R. Boyd, Port Townsend, 1st, «
T. Coyle, Everett, 1st, "
B. F. Miller, Wenatchee and Mission, "
J. V. Milligan, Ellensburg, 1st, "
N. McLeod, Pastor-at-Large, "
MAY.
J. H. Stewart, Presbyterial Evangelist, Cal.
S. M. Adsit, Tustin, "
F. A. Doane, San Francisco, Mizpah, "
L. T. Burbank, Fresno, Armenian, 1st, "
W. H. Wieman, Orosi, St. James and Dinuba, "
R. Ballagh, Piano and station, "
M. T. A. White, Oakdale, 1st, and stations, "
S. W. Pringle, Pueblo, Westminster, Colo.
L. R. Smith, Pine River, Calvary and station, "
C. C. Weith, Enid, O. T.
W. M. Hamilton, Tahlequah, 1st, I. T.
W. T. King, Vinita, 1st, "
E. H. Broyles, Claremore, 1st, "
T. W. Perryman, Broken Arrow, Indian and station, "
L. Dobson, Claremore Mound and Oowala, "
E. P. Robertson, Melvin, Pleasant Valley and Eureka, "
G. Johnson, Wewoka, Indian, "
J. Smallwood, Rabbit Trap, Indian and stations, "
D. Fife, Mekusukey, Achena, "
J. Yarbaugh, Davis, Indian, "
D. Smallwood, Indian Interpreter, "
J. K. Hall, Bellevue, 1st, Iowa.
R. E. Blackman, Avoca, "
J. H. Kerr, Casey, "
J. E. Drake, General Missionary to the Germans, "
J. S. Phillips, Frankville,
F. J. Chamberlin, Lohrville, 1st, and station, "
J. Vallier, Lake Park, 1st, and station, "
W. L. Vincent. Dysart, "
J. II. Fazel, Wichita, Oak Street, Kans.
J. R. McQuown, Caldwell, 1st,
H. S. Christian, Florence, "
S. R. Anderson, Clear Water, 1st, and Indianola, "
D K. Steele, Howard, 1st, and stations, Kans.
0. J. Gregg, White City and Wilsey, "
J. K. Miller, Belle Plain, 1st, and Silver Creek,
G. S. Lake, D.D., New Salem, 1st, Walnut Valley and
stations, "
J. A. Sankey, Cottonwood Falls,
D. G. Richards, Morris, Welcome and station, "
B. Hoffman, Salem, German and stations, "
H. Farwell, Harper, 1st, "
G. E. Bicknell, Syracuse, 1st, and Kendall, "
D. Kingery, Lakin, 1st, "
S. W. Mitchell, Scammon and Weir City, "
C. M. Cantrall, Moran, 1st, and Toronto, "
A. C. Keeler, Norton, 1st, and station,
M. Bowman, Fairport and station, "
S. B. Lucas, Lincoln and Vesper, "
D. Wallace, Barnard and Fountain, "
N. J. Lott, Kanopolis, Elkhorn, Harmony and stations, "
G. McKay, Manchester and Cheever, "
II. W. Clark, Clyde and Webber, 1st, "
T. F. Walton, Columbia, 1st, and Ebenezer, Ky.
W. C. Axer, Port Huron, Mich.
J. S. Jewell, Gladstone, Westminster, "
S. A. Jamieson, Pastor-at-Large, Minn
1. E. Markus, Samaria and Bethlehem, Swedish,
J. A. Paige, McNair Memorial and Thomson, "
F. E. Higgins, New Duluth, House of Hope, Fon du
Lac and station, "
P. Knudsen, Pine City, 1st, and stations, "
G. Gerrie, Fulda, 1st, and Dundee, "
T. D. Acheson, Mendenhall Memorial and station, "
J. B. Astwood, Alliance and Deerhorn, "
L. H. Hayenga, Winona, German, "
J. A. McKay, Davis City, Iowa and Akron, Mo.
E. W. Symonds, St. Joseph, Hope,
H. W. Marshall, Marble Hill, White Water, Cornwall
and Alliance, "
J. E. Ley da, Jonesboro and Ridge Station, Ark.
P. A. Tinkham, Bloomington, 1st, and Republican
City, Neb.
A. Krebs, Campbell, German and two stations, "
T. Morning, Randolph, "
C. E. Lukens, M.D., Laguna, Indian, N. M.
M. F. Trippe, five Indian churches and four stations, N. Y.
G. Runciman, two Indian churches and one station, "
W. O. Wright, Milesburg, Moshannon and Snow Shoe, Pa.
F. F. Christine, Centre Hill, Sinking Creek, Centre
Hall and Spring Mill, "
D. Aquarone, Hazleton, Italian, "
E. Brown, Wolsey and Earlville, S. D.
E. M. Lumm, Flandreau, 2d, and stations, "
J. W. C. Willoughby, New Decatur, Westminster, "
A. Moore, Huntsville, Tenn.
E. McNutt, Houston, Westminster, Tex.
A. N. Perryman, Stephenville and Glen Rose,
R. P. Boyd, Paris, Hastings and vicinity, Ida.
W. A. Hough, Malad and Rockland,
W. Parker, Bonners Ferry, 1st, and station,
E. N. Condit, Walla Walla, 1st, Wash.
M. Montieth, Kamiah, 2d, Indian, Ida.
S. Perkins, Denver, 1st, "
W. Wheeler, North Fork, Indian, "
R. Parsons, Meadow Creek, 1st, Indian, "
J. H. Condit, Juneau, White, Alaska-
C. Thwing, M.D., Fort Wrangel,
T. M. Waller, Chetek, 1st, Wis.
K. Knudsen, Couillardville, Stiles, Little River and
Oak Orchard, "
C. L. Overstreet, West Merrill, "
Young People's Christian Endeavor,
The offerings of Presbyterian Christian En-
deavor societies for the work of home missions dur-
ing the past year amount to $24,344.
* *
*
Cherokee Gospel Tidings is a Christian monthly
for Cherokee speaking people, published by the
Sabbath school Committee of the Presbytery of
Sequoyah. One page is in EDglish.
* *
Presbyterian young people's societies in the
fruit-growing districts of California now propose to
make contributions of dried fruit to the schools
and hospitals of Alaska and Arizona.
***
1 ' How can we best serve our Master ? ' ' was the
key-thought of a district Endeavor convention re-
cently held in Alvin, Texas. The matter of per-
sonal work in soul winning was kept to the
forefront.
*
One of our home mission letters on another page
tells how a Presbyterian Christian Endeavor society
in a pastorless church conducted a series cf revival
services, which resulted in an accession of eighteen
persons to the church.
Dr. Kobert F. Horton says in his " Success and
Failure :"
Success lies not in achieving what you aim at,
but in aiming at what you ought to achieve, and
pressing forward, sure of achievement here, or if
not here, hereafter.
The General Assembly adopted the following :
Resolved, That this Assembly recognizes the great
work accomplished by the young people of our
Church, and hereby expresses its appreciation of
their earnest spirit and faithful labors and bids
them Godspeed in their work.
* *
*
The Christian Endeavor watchword for this
year in Utah is, ' l Something for everybody to do,
and everybody doing something." Reporting this,
The Kinsman says : Daniel Webster is credited
with the sentiment that to act blindly from the
conviction that ' ' Something must be done ' ' is the
parent of disaster. But, unless there is an intelli-
gent conviction that some thing ("definite and clearly
seen) must be done, nothing will be done. That is
the meaning of the motto.
The young people of the Presbyterian Church
are invited to make a patriotic offering for the
debt of the Board of Home Missions, on Sunday,
July 3. Dr. Thompson, whose appeal may be
found on page 50, hopes that each young people's
society will send as many dollars as there are
members.
A traveling man, an earnest Presbyterian, who
went out of his way to attend a helpful religious
service, took a seat between two men who, like
Barnabas, were full of faith and of the Holy Ghost.
When he arose to speak he said, " I feel as if I had
received an electric shock while sitting between
those two earnest Christian men."
The Alaska Christian Endeavor Mission is a new
enterprise of the Congregational Church. Its Home
Missionary and Sunday-school societies unite in
commissioning a missionary, the Rev. L. L. Wirt,
and ask the Congregational Endeavor societies to
contribute the funds necessary to support the mis-
sion.
Uncle Tom.'
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young people's christian endeavok.
[July,
Miss Cornelia White.
" It may be, girls," said Alice Freeman Palmer
at Wellesley, ' ' that you may not be able to get
any more bread and butter in this world by going
to college, but believe me when I tell you that a
college education will make every morsel of bread
and butter that you eat taste the sweeter to you
forever."
Progressive missionary studies in our Sabbath-
schools were recommended at the missionary con-
ference at Winona.
The position of The Church at Home and
Abroad is that the one work of the Church
through its various agencies should be taught in
our Sabbath- schools.
Miss Cornelia White is remembered as one of
the most devoted of our missionaries to the Indians.
She was one of the teachers in Wells College
while Mrs. Grover Cleveland was a student there.
But her long- cherished purpose was to devote her
life to work for the Indians, and she went to the
Sisseton Agency, South Dakota. In a little leaf-
let entitled "One of our Missionaries," Mrs. Finks
tells of her unselfish disposition, her rarely beauti-
ful character, and of how the Indians recognized
at once that in her they had a true, sympathetic
and intelligent friend. Her ingenuity and quiet
persistence conquered difficulties and compelled
success. By her wisdom and tact she was able to
make work popular among the Indians. None
who read the leaflet will soon forget the touching
little incident which illustrates the governing
spirit of Miss White's life.
A Christian Chinese named his little son Mu-dee,
and explained to an American missionary that
"Mu" means "love," and "Dee" is the name
used by many of the English for "God." But
he asked : "Is there not a very good man in your
country, who is the means of making many know
and love God, whose name is Mr. Mu-dee?"
Mr. Ira D. Sankey, traveling in Egypt, wrote
of his visit to Cairo : "I have seen the face of
Rameses the Third and Rameses the Great and
many other dead things, but one of the livest
things I have yet discovered is the Young People's
Society of Christian Endeavor of Cairo, where I
had the privilege of speaking at their regular
4 P. M. meeting."
A suggestion in one of our exchanges may be
adapted thus to the work of the missionary com-
mittee. Let the committee provide itself with as
many pictures of our missionaries as possible. Let
a photograph be kept in one home for a week, put
in a conspicuous place, and the missionary made a
subject of special prayer. Then let the photograph
be exchanged, and a new face and name be
substituted.
The leader of one Presbyterian Endeavor society
writes : "The members of my society are so scat-
tered that they cannot be gathered to take up regu-
larly the Christian Training Course. The best I
have thus far been able to do is to read the ' Mis-
sionary' to them from the magazine, while the
pastor devotes a portion of each Wednesday even-
ing to the books of the Bible. Perhaps with
patience and perseverance more can be accom-
plished in the future."
The Rev. James Caldwell, one of the patriotic
Presbyterians of the Revolution, was settled at
Elizabethtown, N. J., in 1761. In June, 1776,
he joined the Jersey regiment. During a conflict
at Springfield in 1780, the wadding of a company of
soldiers failed. Caldwell hastened to the Presby-
terian church, and filling his pockets and his arms
with Watts' psalms and hymns, rode back to the
company, and, as he scattered the books here and
there, he cried out, "Now put Watts into them,
boys. ' ' Our frontispiece shows the statue of Cald-
well, in the front wall of the Witherspoon Build-
ing.
1898.]
YOUNG PEOPLE'S CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR.
67
The missionary conference at the General Assem-
bly adopted this resolution :
That we rejoice in the growing spirit of missions
on the part of our young people's societies, and we
recommend that as individual societies or as so-
cieties in groups, under the direction of their re-
spective sessions, they be encouraged to assume the
partial or total support of one or more representa-
tives on the foreign field.
Every Christian ought to have a larger view of
Christianity than his own personal relation to the
local church or community to which he belongs.
Nothing so broadens a man's view of Christ's king-
dom as the realization that each individual life has
relations to the whole Church and the whole world.
The reports of the gatherings of church officers
ought to stimulate us all to larger giving and more
energetic service. — Michigan Pn
Of the 6506 young people's societies that were
reported to the General Assembly, 5281 are Chris-
tian Endeavor, 981 are missionary, 192 are inde-
pendent, nineteen are Westminster Leagues,
fifteen are King's Daughters, eleven are Boys>
Brigades and seven are Brotherhoods of Andrew
and Philip.
***
Dean Farrar, in that delightful volume of
reminiscences, ''Men I have Known," says
he never knew a kindlier,
more large-hearted, or more
lovable man than Mr. George
W. Childs. He never made
any secret of the fact that he
had risen from the very hum-
blest and lowest position.
From an office boy, by con
duct and character he rose
rapidly to wealth, influence
and universal respect. "From
the first day that I owned the
Public Ledger," he said, "I
made up my mind that noth-
ing mean or dishonorable, no
malignant gossip, no debasing
reports, should stain its
pages." More than any man
I ever knew, he found his
highest, almost his exclusive,
happiness in doing works of*
personal kindness and public
munificence. He gave to
Westminster Abbey the beau-
ful window in honor to the
poets Herbert and Cowper,
a window in St. Margaret's to
Milton's memory. He erected
the memorial fountain to
Shakespeare at Stratford-on-
Avon, and a memorial window
to Bishop Ken. And so far
from making much of his mu-
nificence, he regarded himself
as indebted to those who had
called it forth.
From
Mrs. Isabella Bird Bishop suggests that we pray
for the missionaries in their unknown as well as
their known trials, that they may receive strength
from above and guidance and help and patience ;
that they may have perseverance in well doing ;
that the enthusiasm with which they started in
their labor of love may be rightly guided for the
conversion of souls.
GEORGE WILLIAM CHILDS.
Men I Ua\e Known," T. Y. Crowell and Co.
68
THE CHINESE IN THE UNITED STATES — GOD'S UNIVERSITY.
[July
Rev. Soo Hoo Nam Art.
THE CHINESE IN THE UNITED STATES.
After careful consideration of the questions in-
volved, the Board has felt constrained to transfer
to other Presbyterian agencies all its work among
the Chinese and Japanese in this country, except
that in San Francisco.
Two useful members of the Presbytery of San
Francisco are the Rev. Ng' Poon Chew and the
Rev. Soo Hoo Nam Art, who were converted in
the Chinese mission and are devoting all their en-
ergies to Christian work among their countrymen.
The report says that in numbers, loyalty, in the
additions to the church by baptisms and in con-
tributions, this year has been the best year ever
known in the mission to the Chinese in California.
Forty-four persons have been baptized and thirty-
eight received on confession of their faith in
Christ. Dr. Condit writes that for the first time
it has been his privilege to welcome to the full
communion of the church one who had been
baptized in infancy. This is the son of elder Low
Toy, a bright, useful young man.
Christian young men, converted in the Chinese
mission of California, feeling the need of a house of
worship in their native village of Sung Ning,
China, resolved to build. With the aid of their
California brethen they raised a sufficient sum,
$3000, and now the Kong tuk Lai-Pai Tong, or
Condit Church, stands as a monument to the
faithful instruction given to these young men in
California, and to their own consecrated effort. A
native pastor and teacher are supported by the
Chinese Christians in California.
GOD'S UNIVERSITY.
The Advance speaks an encouraging word to
young people who by restraining circumstances
seem to be cut off from the advantages of college
and university training. If they feel a strong
desire to be shaped by such training, and cannot
go to colleges founded by men, they may enjoy the
advantages of a university of which God is the
founder and perpetual chancellor. God made
man an educable being and placed him in a uni-
verse admirably adapted to call forth and develop
all his powers. Illimitable space is the seat of
this university ; the remotest stars lie within the
pale of its campus ; the sun is but one illuminated
volume of its universal library ; within its Science
Hall, roofed in by the vast dome of heaven, every
science may be studied at first hand ; and so com-
prehensive is the course that no one can pass
through all its grades and carry off all the degrees.
Young people who are hungry for knowledge and
have not the means and the opportunity to pursue
college studies, are in a university after all, and
there is no limit to the variety and extent of the
knowledge they may acquire. Hugh Miller's
" Schools and Schoolmasters" were not colleges
and professors, but the world around him, the
quarries where he cut stone, the educative experi-
ences of real life. One may be in the classroom
Rev. Ng' Poon Chew.
1898.]
THE CHURCH AND THE YOUNG PEOPLE.
69
every day, and learn much, if his eyes are open.
If he cannot go to schools and colleges and study
books written by men, he may, in God's Univer-
sity, study treatises written by the divine hand.
THE CHUECH AND THE YOUNG
PEOPLE.
The fourfold mission of the Church, says a wri-
ter in the Baptist Union, is the salvation of the
individual ; his edification in spiritual graces ; his
education in useful knowledge ; the evangelization
of the world through him. The young people's
society is one of the means through which the
Church is seeking to realize this mission. By it
the experience and wisdom of the older members
may be projected into the future of the Church.
There need be no rivalry nor jealousy between the
old and young ; no seeking on the part of the old
to shift their responsibilities upon the young, nor
on the part of the young to displace the old. The
society affords an opportunity for age to instruct
youth ; experience, inexperience. The teacher is
not jealous of his pupil nor the artist of his
apprentice. Through him he propagates himself.
The Christian loves the Christian graces and vir-
tues too well to be jealous lest another excel in
them. The increased numbers which the churches
will save by this new endeavor gives promise of
continued soundness in the faith. The young
Christian is taught to demonstrate his knowledge
of doctrine by presenting it to another so convinc-
ingly as to cause him to accept it. These societies
are developing a higher degree of piety in the
church, and piety is a safeguard of doctrine. The
societies give strength and permanence to the dis-
tinctive and fundamental principles of the denomi-
nation by increasing intelligence concerning the
Scriptures and denominational history and by pro-
moting missionary intelligence. The Church is
availing herself of the enthusiasm of youth, while
she secures to herself the safety of the controlling
hand of experience. She is kindling the fires of
youthful zeal in the furnace, setting the energy
of young blood throbbing in the steam chest, while
the sympathetic hand of age and experience holds
the throttle and the brake.
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70
OUR YOUNG PEOPLE AND MIS8ION8.
[July,
OUR YOUNG PEOPLE AND MISSIONS.
MRS. N. D. HILLIS.
Young people have ever had a prominent place
in Christ's Church. From the time when he left
this world at the age of thirty-three, leaving be-
hind him twelve young disciples to carry on his
message and work, young people have been many
among his messengers. Forty days after his death
the number of his disciples had increased to 3000 ;
forty days more and young feet were speeding
north to Greece and Gaul and distant Spain ; were
speeding south to Alexandria, Hippo and Car-
thage ; and ever since the roll of those young mes-
sengers has lengthened. Young Xavier pushed
through China and India to far Japan ; young
Alexander Duff, 100 years ago, sailed for unknown
India. In this country foreign mission work was
begun at the famous Haystack prayer meeting, a
meeting whose words, like the shot at Concord,
have "echoed round the world." Judson, Nott,
Newell and Wright might well be called " Student
Volunteers," for it was in their student days that
they meditated their daring mission. To-day we
send out as new missionaries only those who are
young. History therefore furnishes reason for de-
siring interest among our young people. There is
no question in our mission work of more vital im-
portance than how to inspire in our young people
a deeper interest in foreign missions. The problem
involves more than the mere securing a given in-
come to our Boards, or supplying workers for
foreign church, school and college ; it is the very
foundation upon which rests the future of missions ;
it is also that upon which the future of the Church
at home depends, since that Church is doomed
whose interests are self-centred.
Gone forever the time when lasting results are
to be obtained from irregular and impulsive
methods. As in every other field, here also there
is a tremendous competition. Unfortunately not
competition to create an interest in missions.
May that happy day soon arrive. To-day clubs
and social gaieties compete with us for the attention
of young people. The time has come when the
only hope for obtaining interest that shall be at all
permanent is missionary education. Fire asks for
fuel. Enthusiasm that is lasting comes only from
knowledge. We like to do that which we can do
well. Ignorance blunders, skill is training. For-
tunately this work is well begun. The three great
movements among the young people, the Y. P. S.
C. E., the Student Volunteers, and more especially
among the colleges, the Y. M. C. A. , have done
the work of organization. Through meetings and
conventions they have developed marvelous inter-
est in missions. The era of education has fully
come. No thoughtful mind can look upon these
three marvelous movements, their growth in num-
bers, their practical and consecrated work, without
being deeply conscious that there is ' ' the sound of
a going in the tops of the mulberry trees" and
that young David has bestirred himself, knowing
that the Lord is going forth to smite the host of the
Philistines, indeed, but also to usher in the era of
peace on earth, good-will to men.
During this year the Endeavorers have empha-
sized three points : (1) Loyal ity to denomination ;
(2) the Quiet Hour, and (3) the Tenth Legion.
Society holds no other organization of like size,
which spends its strength and energies in develop-
ing an interest resulting in contributions every
penny of which goes through other channels than
its own and this too upon its own recommendation.
Yet this is precisely what the National C. E. is
doing for our churches. Indeed it takes a stronger
position than the churches themselves, in urging
the Endeavorers to give to no object which is not
first approved by the pastors. As a result of this
training in the year ending July last, 10,500 so-
cieties in different denominations gave at least $10
each to missions through their own church boards.
Momentous also the issues of the Quiet Hour.
Since " God has determined that prayer shall have
a positive and appreciable influence in directing
the course of a human life," the cultivation of the
habit of prayer and the dependence upon prayer
through the "Quiet Hour" is a step of greatest
importance. That a great company of young
people should be trained in this supreme duty and
through it recognize the necessity and influence of
God's presence means much to missions. God and
eternity alone can measure the influence set in mo-
tion by the Morning Watch of these earnest, en-
thusiastic, confident young hearts.
The Tenth Legion also with its systematic giving
promises to exalt the whole Church. Strange that
many of us have been eligible to membership in its
ranks for years and yet it was left for the Endeav-
orers to start this movement. Whatever we may
say in criticism of emotional enthusiasm, let us con-
fess that a society that can number more than 8900
tenth- givers among its numbers in less than two
years commands the sympathy and cooperation of
mission workers everywhere. Even more devoted
to foreign missions have been the Student Volun-
teers. When their organization first appeared some
regarded it somewhat as Emerson's critics regarded
his philosophy, as two- thirds mist, one- third moon-
shine. But 1173 missionaries in actual service,
and the gifts of college students to foreign missions
increased from $4000 to $50,000, is quite substan-
1898]
THE WORLD IN A NUTSHELL.
71
tial mist and the moon is still shining. The four-
years course of missionary study systematically
carried out by the Volunteers in the various col-
leges is a preparation such as few mission workers
have had opportunity to enjoy and well fits them
for the work they are now beginning, the field cam-
paign. Originating with two of our ministers,
Dr. Marshall and Mr. Hulburt, it is this summer
being adopted very generally by the Student Vol-
unteers. The plan involves the following elements :
Under the auspices of the Missionary Boards stu-
dents will spend their summer vacation in a tour
among the churches, visiting two societies each
week, and when practicable visiting every church
in the presbytery to which they go. They will
carry with them missionary literature and visit
the homes. They will conduct two missionary ser-
vices, one for young people and one general ser-
vice. In the vicinity of Chicago, Student Volun-
teers have been accepted by the Boards of four
denominations — the Methodists, Congregational,
Baptist and Presbyterian.
Here then is a unique opportunity for coopera-
tion. The secretaries of the Board of Foreign
Missions in New York have given their indorse-
ment, influential clergymen have been consulted as
to their fitness for the work, it remains now for the
pastors and missionary workers in the societies to
determine how far this shall extend.
Another consideration demands emphasis, mis-
sionary education through libraries and reading
circles. The machinery here is well developed.
Courses of reading have been arranged by nearly
all of our missionary periodicals. There is also a full
plan of study laid out for the Volunteers, which
can be pursued by others. Different publishers
have issued most interesting missionary books at
slight cost. The list of books suitable for mis-
sionary libraries is growing rapidly. Perhaps the
one which the Student Volunteers will carry with
them on the field campaign supplies the greatest
quantity of the best quality at the smallest cost
of any list yet offered. In many churches such
reading circles exist, including members of all the
societies. Such work is permanent. As we go
back to Paul for guidance in other matters, let us
also recall his advice to Timothy, "Until I come,
give attention unto reading," and what his treas-
ures were we read between the words, ' ' Bring with
thee the books, but especially the parchments."
The marvelous growth in numbers of the Y. P.
S. C. E. to a membership of more than 3,000,000
in sixteen years, and the wonderful conventions of
the Student Volunteer Movement, such as that re-
cently held at Cleveland, interpret for us what Dr.
McCosh has characterized as the greatest missionary
revival since the first century. Similar manifesta-
tions are the extension of the Y. M. C. A. to the
colleges of India, China, Japan and other countries
which we are wont to call heathen. Marvelous, too,
the widespread growth of the C. E. upon the foreign
field. But the growth in numbers is not the meas-
ure of their progress. This is the sparkle and
foam upon the surface which has sometimes hidden
rather than revealed the depth and strength of the
current beneath. The real indication of the mean-
ing and permanence of these movements is the
increasingly spiritual life. This is manifested in
many ways : outwardly by their loyalty to denom-
ination and the Tenth Legion, inwardly by the
observance of the Quiet Hour. The fact that the
great missionary meetings are the popular meetings
at young people's conventions shows where is the
interest of our young people.
One of that family of missionaries famous in
India for three generations, Dr. Scudder, gives us
the following picture : ' ' The cocoanut in India is
a stately tree, fair and tall, shooting up on high a
branchless trunk which breaks out at the summit
into a mass of long graceful leaves. At its top
grows a rich fruit, which when young and tender
affords a sweet and grateful beverage to the thirsty
traveler. This tree is a garden tree. It must be
watered or it will die. In these facts a Hindu pott
finds the elements of a beautiful similitude : Pour
your streams of sympathies and prayers like water
on the roots of our great garden tree — our young
people — that which you pour upon them will come
back to you and your children in a thousand
blessings."
THE WORLD IN A NUTSHELL.
Dr. David Gregg, in his "Testimony of the Land
to the Book," writes of the universality which the
creative hand of God has packed into the smallness
of Palestine. Here the geologist finds all the
rock formations of the earth and all of the geologic
periods and ages. Between the tepid waters of the
Salt Sea and the perpetual snows of Mount
Hermon, you have packed all zones and climates,
from the frigid belt to the tropical equator, and
also all the flora and fauna of the earth. Here is
one case illustrative of the completeness of the uni-
versality of this land.
Livingstone, when in tropical Africa, caught a
peculiar type of fish in Lake Tanganyika. When
he caught it great was his amazement to see hun-
dreds of little fishes rush out of its gills and mouth.
Searching up the record of this fish, he found that
the female, running up the streams to the soft mud
banks, plows these with her fins and deposits the
72
MOURNING CUSTOMS OF THE KOREANS.
[July,
spawn in the furrows. The male fish follows and
watches the spawn and takes care of the offspring.
Nature has endowed him with a great keep inside,
and when danger arises the whole school of little
fishes rush through his mouth and gills into this
keep for safety. This habit is absolutely unparal-
leled among any other family of fishes in the
world. But so universal is Palestine that even this
type of fish is found in it. Canon Tristram tells us
that he caught this same remarkable fish in the Sea
of Galilee. Gennesaret is the match of Tanganyika.
Palestine is the world in a nutshell.
MOURNING CUSTOMS OF THE KOREANS.
" They are, first of all, a nation of mourners. On
the death of a member of the royal family, the
nation is required to wear mourning apparel for
twelve months. This accounts for the white cos-
tume which has become the permanent and universal
dress, varied only by the pink or green wrap worn
by some of the women, and the pink vest worn
by boys engaged to be married. The occasion for
the white costume came so often, and the expense
of changing to it was so burdensome, that the custom
obtained of wearing it all the time, so as to be in
readiness for the emergency when it might arise.
" When a member of a family dies, the others are
expected to become mourners for three years, and
wear as an outward sign an enormous bamboo hat,
of conical shape and scalloped edges, shading the
face and shoulders like an umbrella. The signifi-
cation of this is that ' Heaven is angry with the
mourner, and does not wish to look upon his face/
"In funeral processions, mourning is reduced to
the finest of fine arts. The pall- bearers carry the
coffin hoisted on poles, singing a woeful dirge, ever
and anon turning and retracing their steps, or stop-
ping and marking time, as though they could not
go on their melancholy errand. It is contrary to
' custom ' for one to marry during the mourning
period, and many are the cases of those who, by a
succession of family bereavements, find themselves
carried on beyond middle life, and at last, as some
writer says, 'stranded on the sad sands of celi-
bacy. ' The tragic feature of this condition is that
until a man is married or betrothed, no matter
what his age, he is considered and treated as only
a boy, entitled to no respect from his fellows, and
always to be addressed only in 'low talk.'
About eight grades of social dignity are recog-
nized, which are indicated by the style of 'talk'
proper to be used in addressing them. The differ-
ent styles of 'talk' are indicated by the terminal
affixes to the verbs. For instance, one would say
to a coolie, ' Copsa ' (come here) ; to the peasant
farmer, ' Copsida' (please come here) ; and foon
up the eight grades of ' low ' and ' high ' talk.
The necessity of being an fait in these niceties
makes the spoken language of the Koreans more
difficult even than the Chinese to acquire." — Dr. S.
H. Chester in The Missionary.
HOW TO BECOME A TRAINED NURSE.
It is only twenty-five years since the first
American training school in a general hospital
opened its doors to receive young women as pupils
in what was then a new profession for them,
the scientific nursing of the sick. There are
now in the United States and Canada about three
hundred and fifty such schools. Miss Jane Hod-
son, a graduate of the New York Hospital Train-
ing School, has prepared a book, " How to Be-
come a Trained Nurse,'' which will enable those
who have decided upon this profession to examine
the details of each one of these schools, and thus
make intelligent choice. The chapter on "What
it is to be a Nurse ' ' is followed by fourteen others
on the different forms of nursing, by as many au-
thorities, chiefly superintendents. The chapter
on " Some Eminent Nurses " gives biographical
sketches of four of these women " who carry,
wherever they go, an atmosphere of noble labor
and unselfish enterprise, which brings to this
work- a day world a gleam of the glory to come."
By kind permission of the publisher the portraits
appear on the opposite page. Their lives are in-
spiring records of heroism, and those who read
must be stimulated to noble endeavor.
What an inspiring story is that of Florence
Nightingale, ' ' the angel of the Crimea, ' ' who in
1855, when wounded and tentless soldiers were
dying in the Crimea, where "there was lack of
woman's nursing," gathered a company of forty-
two helpers and went on her mission of mercy.
When she passed through the hospital wards at
night carrying a little lamp, the wounded soldiers
kissed her shadow as it fell upon the wall.
Longfellow says in his " Santa Filomena" :
On England's annals through the long
Hereafter of her speech and song,
That light its rays shall cast
From the portals of the past.
A lady with a lamp shall stand
In the great history of the land,
A noble type of good,
Heroic womanhood.
To-day, when the attention of so many is di-
rected to this form of service, of which there may
be great need during the coming months, some
may find helpful suggestion in this book.
Florence Nightingale.
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Alice Fisher
Sister Dora.
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Agnes Elizabeth Jones.
74
PRESBYTERIAN ENDEAVORERS.
[July,
PRESBYTERIAN ENDEAVORERS.
Fruitvale, Cal.
At the recent entertainment given by the Chris-
tian Endeavor society, friends were invited to
spend an evening in Japan. Fans, palms, pictures,
lanterns and bamboo screens and tables, artistically
arranged, gave the church quite a Japanese appear-
ance. Rev. Tnazawa, a Japanese minister engaged
in missionary work among his own people on this
coast, gave us an interesting address on the country
of Japan and its people. He spoke especially of
the different religions and of the manner in which
Christian missionaries were treated. After enjoy-
ing the address we felt more in sympathy with the
Japanese people and were interested in the pictures
and curios passed around during the social which
followed.
Los Angeles, Cal.
Chinese Chapel. — The monthly missionary meet-
ing is never omitted. Twenty-six young men
gathered for such a meeting on the last Sunday
evening in April, as reported in the Occident.
Neither very hard times nor the hot weather are
regarded by them as sufficient excuse for absence.
As the pastor was giving a missionary address in
one of the city churches, this meeting was led by
one of the elders. When the collection was taken
every one present contributed something, and then
it was offered to the Lord in an earnest prayer by
Elder Wong Sam Ying. This society gives more
than thirty dollars each year to foreign missions,
and makes liberal contributions to other benevo-
lences.
San Diego, Cal.
First. — The topic card used by this society con-
tains this statement: "Christian Endeavor is co-
operative energy."
Washington, D. C.
Covenant. — One of the active members of the
Men's League of this church, Admiral W. T.
Sampson, is actively engaged in the service of his
country on board the flagship New York.
Canton, 111.
The young people of this church have held Sun-
day afternoon services in the poorhouse.
Chicago, 111.
Forty-first Street. — The superintendent of Junior
society conducts a Bible drill at each meeting.
Decatur, III.
The suggestion made several months ago by
Miss M. Katherine Jones in The Chukch at
Home and Abroad was successfully carried out
by the Endeavor society at its meeting on the
topic " What has my denomination done?" En-
larged reproductions of the seals of the various
Boards on the cover of the magazine, made by a
local artist, were hung in the front of the room
where all could see. Each speaker had secured
information regarding one of the eight Boards, and
after explaining the heraldic significance of the
seal gave an interesting account of that depart-
ment of the work. Denominational hymns were
sung, and one of the elders gave an address on the
work of the Presbyterian Church.
Allahabad, India.
The Christian Endeavor society has organized
and is sustaining three Sunday-schools, one in the
Katra school- building and the others in outlying
districts.
Ambala, India.
Miss Pratt writes in Woman's Work for Woman
that the union of men and women in a society does
not work well in India, so a change has been made
— the women are now banded together in a Chris-
tian Association, while the men are a Christian
Endeavor society.
Albert Lea, Minn.
Miss Anna L. Howe, a graduate of Albeit Lea
College, who went out to Nanking in 1896, writes in
Woman's Work for Woman that she is to teach in
the home of Li Hang Chang, the elder brother of Li
Hung Chang. For one or two hours a day she is to
instruct three boys and three girls in English. The
offer is accepted as an entering wedge for the
Pipestone. Minn.
Of the many committees the Band of Mercy
is very active ; besides other work, it has placed
Band of Mercy calendars in each room in the
public school and in some of the homes.
St. Louis, Mo.
First. — The superintendent of the Bible school,
Prof. Carl I. Ingerson, believing as a principal of
pedagogics that the instruction given to children
above ten years of age should possess logical
sequence, has prepared a graded course of system-
atic study, underlying the International Lessons,
which is taught in all the departments. At the
opening of the present year he began ^he prepara-
tion of sketches pertaining to the foreign mission
work of the Presbyterian Church. They are
printed on the mimeograph and are studied
systematically in the senior department of the
school.
Middletown, N. Y.
Second. — The " Soldiers of the King" sent an
organ last year to Mr. Houston at Nanking, China.
1898.]
PRESBYTERIAN MISSIONS IN INDIA.
75
Cleveland, Ohio.
Calvary. — A fine missionary library is the result
of a book social held by the Haydn Circle. Each
invited guest purchased a book and presented it.
Crockett, Texas.
Mary Allen Seminary. — The plan of Bible Study
embraces the whole Bible, with a recitation every
morning except Saturday. All study the Shorter
Catechism and memorize the Scripture proofs.
Dr. Smith believes that the influence of the school
on the lives of its students is due to the great
amount of Bible truth brought to bear upon them
from the Bible itself and from the Catechism. Of
the two hundred pupils only nine are not professing
Christians.
Cairo, W. Va.
The pastor is a working member of the Chris-
tian Endeavor society, which holds its prayer
meeting every Sunday evening. During the clos-
ing song the leader and the pastor change places,
and the meeting is emerged into the preaching
service without any break whatever. A fifteen-
minute sermon upon the Christian Endeavor topic
for the evening follows immediately, enlarging,
explaining, enforcing and applying the subject
along lines not touched in the previous meeting.
It is the brightest and most profitable service of
the day, and, because of its brevity, directness and
practicality, is generally well attended. — Christian
Endeavor World.
PKESBYTERIAN MISSIONS IN INDIA.
PITH AND POINT FROM THE ANNUAL REPORT.
At Ambala a Rajput (high- caste) man was bap-
tized who first heard the gospel in a bazaar.
The converts at Ambala, it is said, have not yet
attained to that high standard of Christian life and
morality which the people of high culture might
expect of them, but their Christianity is a power
in them, and gives tone and character to their lives.
They are daily making progress, though they have
much to learn of our holy religion.
* *
Special pains are taken to make the work of the
Ambala hospital the means of communicating spirit-
ual truth to the patients.
***
At Quasure, an outstation near Ferozepore, the
most encouraging work is among the Churas, or
low-caste people, many of whom are hopefully con-
verted. The gospel is working a marked change
in their lives, turning them from many of their
filthy habits, and from such common sins as lying
and stealing.
***
At Jullundur, the most important centre for
famine relief in the Lodiana Mission, some two
hundred men, women and children have been em-
ployed, the expense being met by special funds sent
through the Board's treasury. The workers were
at first mainly Christians, but afterwards others
were added, most of whom became Christians by
the blessing of God on the instruction which they
received during their service.
***
Forman Christian College at Lahore, which has
been in existence for nearly twelve years, was es-
tablished to bring the gospel to bear on the most
influential class of the community, not easily
reached in any other way, and as a direct agency
for the conversion of souls. Special emphasis is
placed upon instruction in the Bible, so that a stu-
dent taking the entire course comes to have at least
a fair knowledge of the Scriptures. The roll for
the year numbered 252, of whom 127 were Hindus,
seventy-seven Mohammedans, thirty one Christians,
fifteen Sikhs and two unclassified. Some of the
Christian students have done good work in conduct-
ing an evening service in the Forman Memorial
Chapel in the city, and quite a number are also
active in Y. M. C. A. work. Financially the
college has been a success, tuition fees and the
government grant not only meeting all expenses
save the missionaries' salaries, but yielding a sur-
plus of Rs. 7000, to be credited to the Board.
***
A most encouraging feature in the Lahore
church is the increasing willingness of the people
to engage in personal work for Christ, such as
chapel-preaching and Sabbath-school work for
heathen children.
***
In Lahore twelve zenanas were regularly visited
by Mrs. Datta, having a total of eighteen pupils.
Among these was the daughter of a Bengali gentle-
man, who seemed at one time to be at the very
threshold of the kingdom, but was kept back by
domestic difficulties.
***
What was once the district work of the mission
is now the home mission work of the Presbytery of
Lahore. The Board gives to the home mission
fund three rupees for one contributed by the
churches. A force of twelve men licentiates and
catechists, under the general superintendence of the
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PRESBYTERIAN MI88ION8 IN INDIA.
[July,
Rev. Dharm Das, has opened work in eight
villages where there were small companies of
Christians and inquirers residing. Seventy-four
other villages were regularly visited and sixty-nine
persons were baptized and 125 inquirers enrolled.
The little Christian communities are being trained
from the beginning in self-support, notwithstanding
their great poverty, aggravated by famine condi-
tions last year. By collecting handfuls of flour or
grain, eggs, fire- wood, sugar-cane, and in some cases
money, they succeeded in raising twenty- three Rs.,
which was applied to congregational expenses.
***
The church at Lodiana, which is self-support-
ing, gives evidence of life in the form of Christian
activity. In addition to the usual lines of church
work, it has founded the Victoria Home ; being a
home for widows, recent converts, the infirm and
helpless, and those who may be temporarily out of
employment. This was the method adopted by the
church for celebrating the Queen's Diamond Jubi-
lee. The Board granted a lot to the Presbytery of
Lodiana, on which the church erected a suitable
building, and became responsible for the support of
the institution.
*
Tested by the government standard, the examina-
tion of work done in the Lodiana Christian Boys'
Boarding-school was most creditable. The re-
ligious atmosphere is good. Character-building is
the grand aim of those in charge, and the results
are encouraging. The industrial department trains
boys as tailors, shoemakers and carpenters — some
hours of each day being spent at these several trades
in connection with class work in the school.
* *
*
The Mil Af Shan, a religious newspaper pub-
lished by the mission, is an important evangelistic
agency at Lodiana. Four of the educated native
Christians contribute regularly to its columns.
*
The Leper Asylum occupies a large share of the
time and strength of the missionary at Sabathu.
The number of inmates reported is the largest in
the history of the institution. Forty of them are
professing Christians. The maintenance of the
asylum aside from the provision made for medical
attendance and religious instruction is secured
from sources outside of the Board of Foreign Mis-
sions.
***
The closing of the boys' school at Saharanpur on
account of the cut, after a continuous existence of
sixty years, is regarded by the missionaries as a
serious step backward. They believe that their
influence in the city has been in a measure sacrificed
to the detriment of mission work in general. It is
not without significance that the closing of the
school was the signal for the opening of two others
— one an Anglo- Vedic, by the Arya Somaj (a
society noted for its hatred to Christianity), and
the Sanatav Dharm, or ' ' School of Eternal Relig-
ion."
*
To qualify Christian school-teachers for evange-
listic work among the Chumars (leather- workers),
the Korhis (weavers), and Mehtars (sweepers), a
Bible class was maintained during the last summer.
* *
*
Miss Belz of Etawah teaches the gospel regularly
to more than one hundred pupils in the Zenana
schools. She reports : A Brahman woman, in
whose house I had taught some years ago, said to
me, as soon as she saw me again, ' c The word of
Jesus Christ has entered into my heart. I trust in
him for salvation." She seemed to be very happy
in the Lord Jesus, and could not find words enough
to express her love for him.
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*
Much successful work has been carried on among
the lowest caste in Furrukhabad and Fatehgarh, but
great pains is taken to persuade the people to ad-
here to their usual vocations, and to impress upon
them that confession of Christ is not to be under-
stood as entitling them to pecuniary benefits.
Mrs. Holcomb of Jhansi writes of a woman who
had received instruction and seemed not far from
the kingdom of God. One day she was asked why,
since she trusted in Jesus for salvation, she did not
openly acknowledge her allegiance to him. Draw-
ing aside a screen which shielded the household
gods, she said: "These are the gods which my
husband worships. A divided house in matters of
religion would mean to me the loss of husband, of
home and all of earth that I hold dear. I have not
strength for such a sacrifice. ' '
At Ratnagiri, Miss Minor has conducted a
woman's benevolent society, the time of the meet-
ings being occupied by Bible study and sewing.
One of the ruling elders of the church in Rat-
nagiri maintains a primary class for sweepers in his
own house, the expense being borne by the church.
***
In her house-to-house visitation at Panhala, Miss
Irwin found it difficult to make an impression, the
1898.] QUESTIONS.
women sometimes responding: "No, no, there is
no heaven for women ; it is our fate."
w
The relative importance of the sexes in the esti-
mation of a Hindu mother is illustrated by this
incident of famine relief at Ratnagiri. A woman
with two children— twins, a boy and a girl — came
for assistance. At a glance one could see the vast
difference between the boy and the girl ; the boy
being well fed and healthy, while the girl was neg-
lected and reduced almost to a skeleton. When
the mother was rebuked for her partiality, she re-
plied : "What could I do? After I had fed the
boy there was nothing left for the girl."
When the pressure of famine began to be most
keenly felt, the Kolhapur station determined to
make some provision for the Christians in the
villages, who are very poor even in prosperous
times. Under direction of Mr. Hanum, a hedge of
aloes was planted around the greater part of the
mission compound. In this work thirty persons
were employed about four months at an ex-
pense of Rs. 447 ($149), nearly half of which
came from friends in Pennsylvania, the rest being
contributions of missionaries on the field. It is ex-
pected that the hedge will not only be a protection
against stray cattle and be somewhat ornamental ;
it will also be the basis of a useful industry, the
leaves of the plant being used by poor people for
the manufacture of rope. It is estimated that the
hedge will in time produce two hundred rupees'
worth of such material each year. Most of the
persons employed were members or adherents of
the church. Advantage was taken of the opportu-
nity for giving them religious instruction.
#
The Ayattavadi-Kodoli Church — one organiza-
tion for two towns three or four miles apart — reports
a roll of ninety-five adults, of whom thirty-three
were received on profession during the year. This
is the most precious ingathering in the history of
the Panhala station. The members, who live in
eight different villages within a radius of a few
miles from Kodoli, contributed last year over sixty •
three rupees for church support.
*
The missionaries at Panhala have been diligent
in evangelistic itineration. In one village no cart
could be obtained for the baggage of the evange-
listic party. On being asked why they had no carts,
the people replied : ' ' We worship the goddess of
carts, and she would be angry if we kept any."
"What do you do when you yourselves need a
cart? " " Oh we hire one from another village."
QUESTIONS FOR THE JULY MISSIONARY MEETING.
[Answers may be found in the preceding pages.]
Work at Home.
1. What are some of the results of the labor of our 1393
home missionaries? Page 51.
2. The debt of the Board of Home Missions amounts to
what sum ? Page 51.
3. What patriotic offering is suggested ? Page 50.
4. What sum has been raised by the Woman's Board and
young people's societies ? Pages 51, 52.
5. What offering was recently made by a church in New
Jersey ? Page 54.
6. Describe the organization of the Klondike Presbyterian
Church? Page 55.
7. What incident illustrates the superstition of the Mormon
people? Page 61.
8. Information and an opportunity to give led to what re-
sult ia a Nebraska congregation ? Page 60.
9. When was the work committed to the Board of Church
Erection inaugurated by the General Assembly ? Page 36.
10. To how many churches have appropriations been ma'ie
during the fifty-four years, and what is the value of the
property thus secured to the Church ? Page 37.
11. What are the advantages of scholarships provided for
individual candidates under the care of the Board of Educa-
tion ? Page 47.
12. Name some of the reasons why the Church requires the
service of the Board of Aid for Colleges. Page 44.
13. How many negroes are there in the United Stales?
Page 46.
14. How large an offering from each Presbyterian does the
Freedmen's Board need to pay its debt and provide means
for the year's work ? Page 46.
15. To what purpose does the Board of Publication apply
two-thirds of the net profits of its business ? Page 41.
16 What work was accomplished last year by the seventy-
six Sabbath-school missionaries ? Page 42.
17. How does Dr. McCook describe the work of the Board
of Ministerial Relief? Page 37.
Wobk Abroad.
18. What is China's great need ? Page 17.
19. How has the emperor of China signified his interest in
western literature ? Page 34.
20. What edict is likely to give an impulse to the desire
for western learning? Page 34.
21. How is the transforming power of the gospel illustrated
by an incident from Africa ? Page 4.
22. Describe the home mission work of the Presbytery of
Lahore, India. Pages 75, 76.
23. How does the self-supporting church at Lodiana give
evidence of life ? Page 76.
24. The relative importance of the sexes in the estimation
a Hindu mother is how illustrated ? Page 77.
25. An open acknowledgment of Christ means how great
a sacrifice in Jhansi, India? Page 76.
26. What industrial work was carried on at Kolhapur,
India, during the famine ? Page 77.
78
QUESTIONS— SUGGESTIVE PROGRAMS.
[July,
27. How have the schools in Chieng Mai been trained to
self-support ? Page 23.
28. What are some of the reasons for encouragement in
Northern Korea ? Page 24.
29. Describe the mourning customs of the Koreans. Page
72.
30. Mention four problems which the missionary book-
maker has to meet and solve. Pages 30-33.
31. Describe Dr. Good's method of capturing the language.
Page 31.
12. What dialectic perplexities does the missionary trans-
lator meet ? Pages 31, 32.
33. What class of words are not found in the languages of
non-Christian nations? Page 32.
34. What are the problems of typography ? Page 33.
35. How are religious books circulated ? Pages 33, 34.
36. How many pages were printed last year by our Pres-
byterian presses? Page 34.
37. When was the American mission press of Beirut estab-
lished ? Page 27.
38. Describe its equipments. Page 27.
39. What publications have been issued from this press ?
Pages 28-30.
40. What memorial was placed on the wall of a room in the
Female Seminary in Beirut? Page 28.
Suggestive programs
FOR
PRESBYTERIAL YOUNG PEOPLE'S CONVENTIONS,
Prepared by the Committee on Young People's Societies of the Synod of Ohio.
PROGRAfl NO. I.
AFTERNOON.
Receiving and enrolling conventioners ; appointment of
committees.
EVENING.
1. Opening Exercises.
2. History.
Address, " The Reformation and the Rise of Modern
Presbyterianism." 25 miuutes.
Biographical Sketch, " Zwingli and Calvin". ..20 minutes.
Historical Outline, "Our Presbytery."
Points : Organization ;
Geographical extent, with map ;
Incidents. 25 minutes.
FORENOON.
1. Devotional Exercise : subject, " Prayer for the Presbyterian
Church in the World." 30 minutes.
2 Doctrine.
Address, " What do Presbyterians believe ? ''
Points : As to doctrine ;
As to life. 20 minutes.
Paper, " The Shorter Catechism a Means to definite
Religious Tninkingand Teaching." 15 minutes.
Normal Drill in the Catechism (selected from Powell's
Outlines), .25 minutes.
Open Parliament, Loyalty to Presbyterian Teaching—
What does it Mean ? " 20 minutes .
Address, " The Westminster Assembly aud the Building
of the Standards." 20 minutes.
Biographical Sketch, " John Knox and the League and
Covenant." 10 minutes.
3. Business. 10 minutes.
AFTERNOON.
1. Polity.
Normal Drill, " The Presbyterian Scheme.'
Points : The system of Church courts ;
The Old Testameut basis ;
The New Testament model ;
The parallel to the U. S. government.
Symposium on "Local Administration."
" The Session and the Congregation."
" Requirements for Church Membership."
" The Authority of Presbytery."
5 minutes each.
2. Business. Reports of committees. 10 minutes.
3. Work.
Address, " The Boards of the Church."
Points : How constituted ;
Field of each.
20 minutes.
Paper, " Plans for Systematic Beneficence."
15 minutes.
Discussion, " Our Presbyterial Work."
Statistical points : Accessions ;
Beneficences ;
Comparative view ;
Possibilities.
(Note— It is the intention to give the members of the con-
vention, through this discussion, as comprehensive a
view of the facts as is possessed by the members of the
Presbytery themselves).
20 minutes.
Reports of young people's societies.
Points : Condition of work ;
Special needs and plans.
20 minutes.
4. Question Box on Methods 15 minutes.
5. Consecration Service 15 miuutes.
.20 minutes.
EVENING.
Opening Exercises.
Specific Applications.
A ddresses,
" The Young People and the Church— Obligation and
( )pportunity." 10 minutes.
" The Pastor and the Young People— Obligation and
Opportunity." 10 minutes.
"Sabbath Observance." 25 minutes.
"Systematic Bible Study." 25 minutes.
PROGRAM NO. II.
AFTERNOON.
Receiving and enrolling conventioners ; appointment of
committees.
1898.]
SUGGESTIVE PROGRAMS.
79
EVENING.
Opening Exercises.
History.
Address, "The Presbyterian Church in the United
States of America."
Points : History ;
Present Strength. 25 minutes.
Biographical Sketch, "Jonathan Edwards a Defender of
the Faith." 20 minutes.
Address, "Other Churches Holding the Presbyterian
System." 25 minutes.
FORENOON.
1. Devotional Exercise ; subject, " Prayer for Personal Bless-
ing." 30 minutes.
2. History (continued).
Symposium, " Famous Presbyterians and Great Events."
The Old World :
William the Silent
Jen Die Geddes and Her Stool
Samuel Rutherford
Thomas Chalmers
America :
Francis McKemie
Chas. and Wm. Tennent
The Mecklenburg Declaration
John Witherspoon
Archibald Alexander
James McCosh
2 minutes each.
( Not biographical sketches, but characteristic narratives. )
3. Doctrine.
Address, "Outline Comparison of the Theologies of
Chas. Hodge and Henry Boynton Smith."
20 minutes.
Symposium on " God's Sovereignty and Man's Responsi-
bility."
" The Doctrine in the Old Testament."
"The Doctriue according to Christ's Teaching."
"The Doctrine as Expounded by Paul."
Each 10 minutes, followed with five minutes discussion.
Normal Drill in the Catechism (selected from Powell's
Outlines). 25 minutes.
4. Business. 10 minutes.
AFTERNOON.
1. Polity.
Paper, " A Glimpse of the General Assembly."
10 minutes.
Paper, " The Church's Control of its Subsidiary Organi-
zations." 10 minutes.
2. Business. Reports of committees. 10 minutes.
3. Work.
Addresses on " Our Educational System."
" Our Colleges "
" Our Seminaries"
"Preparation for the Ministry."
Each 10 minutes.
Paper, " The Interdenominational Work of the Presby-
terian Church." 10 minutes.
Paper, " Presbyterian Evangelism." 10 minutes.
Discussion, " Our Presbyterial Work." (Same as Pro-
gram I.) 40 minutes.
4. Question Box on Methods 15 minutes.
5. Consecration Service. 15 minutes.
EVENING.
1. Opening Exercises.
2. Specific Applications.
A ddresses,
" The Church and the Individual"— Soul Saving.
.10 minutes.
" The Church and the State"— Civic Righteousness.
10 minutes.
" The Church and the World"— Missions.
25 minutes.
" The Church and the Word"— Bible Study.
25 minutes.
REFERENCES.
I. History.
"American Presbyterianism," Patterson — Presbyterian
Board of Publication, 1319 Walnut St., Philadelphia,
Pa.
" Days of McKemie," Bowen— Presbyterian Board.
" History of the Presbyterian Church," Gillett— Presbyte-
rian Board.
"Jennie Geddes," Breed— Presbyterian Board.
" Life of John Knox," McCrie — Presbyterian Board.
"Memorial Volume of the Westminster Assembly"— The
Presbyterian Committee of Publication, Richmond,
Va.
" Presbyterians," Hays— 3. A. Hill & Co., N. Y.
"Presbyterians and the Revolution," Breed — Presbyterian
Board.
" Presbyterian Encyclopedia" — Presbyterian Encyclopedia
Publishing Co., 1334 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.
" Schaff-Herzog Religious Encyclopedia," Funk and Wag-
alls, N. Y.
" The Church in Scotland," Moffat— Presbyterian Board.
"The Church of Scotland," Muir— Adam and Chas. Black,
Edinburgh, and Presbyterian Board.
" The Log College," Alexander — Presbyterian Board.
"The Presbyterian Churches," Ogilvie— Revell & Co.,
Chicago.
"The Westminster As&embly," Mitchell — Presbyterian
Board.
II. Doctrine.
" Normal Lesson Outlines on the Assembly's Shorter Cate-
chism"— Rev. W. A. Powell, I). P., Athens, O.— 15 cents
a copy ; 10 copies, $1.
"The Westminster Standards,"— Publishing Committee of
Southern Presbyterian Church, Richmond, Va.
" What is Calvinism ?" Smith — Presbyterian Board.
From List I, on "History:" "Presbyterians," Chap.
XV III; Memorial Volume, Lectures IV, V.
III. Polity.
" Church Government," McGUl— Presbyterian Board.
" Ruling Elders," Miller— Presbyterian Board.
The Assembly's Digest, Moore— Presbyterian Board.
" What is Presbyterian Law? " Hodge— Presbyterian Board.
From List 1 : " Memorial Volume," Lecture VI ; " Presby-
terians," Chaps. I and XVIII ; Presbyterian Encyclo-
pedia, " Presbyterianism, What it Is ; " " The Westmin-
ster Assembly," Lectures, VI, VIII, IX.
IV. Work.
Annual Reports of the Boards.
" The Presbyterian Handbook" — Presbyterian Board.
From List L: "American Presbyterianism," pp. 98-117.
(For outline of instruction on Presbyterianism, address
Rev. Sylvanus Hauperl, Bradner, O., with stamped en-
velope. )
80
WITH THE MAGAZINES — WORTH READING — MINISTERIAL NECROLOGY.
[July,
WITH THE MAGAZINES.
In spite of the lack of refinement of artistic taste,
the Koreans have a wonderfully impressionable
nature. No one can enjoy the spring more than
they, no one can sit on a hillside and look out upon
a scene half veiled by the dreary autumn haze with
more passionate pleasure than they — Homer B.
Hulbert in Korean Repository.
"The Jews as Patriots" is the title of a paper
in The Menorah Monthly for April, by Rev. Dr. M.
Kayserling, Buda Pest. He shows that " it is re-
corded in the annals of the history of nations and
states that the Jews in ancient and modern
times, in the old and the new world, have given
proofs of their fealty, their courage, their endur-
ance, their military prowess and their sagacity as
statesmen. They will always be found as true, de-
voted patriots, ready for any sacrifice, in war and in
peace, everywhere where the government rests
upon the pillars of law and constitution, where the
equality of all in duties and rights is securely es-
tablished."
No student of politics who has carefully examined
existing political conditions in Spain can believe
that the time has come for her to depart from mo-
narchal institutions. If that be true, why should
the present dynasty be overthrown ? Why should
the wise and devoted Queen Regent be driven out
on account of national misfortunes, for which
neither she nor her son is in any way responsible ?
The most priceless possession of Spain to day is
Maria Christina, because she alone bars the door
to the renewal of civil war, which, at this moment,
would be destruction to the country. In this dark
hour of Spain's history, her pure, womanly character
shines forth, like a light in a dark place, around
which all patriotic Spaniards should gather. If
monarchial institutions survive, her overthrow
means the accession of Don Carlos, who, apart
from his utter and admitted worthlessness as a man,
represents a set of medieval ideas and aspirations
that would set Spain back into the past at least a
century. — Hon. Harris Taylor in North American
Review for June.
WORTH READING.
The Trans-Siberian Railway. lis New Terminus in China,
by Clarence Cary. The Forum, May, 1898.
Central America : Its Resources and Commerce, II, by
William Eleroy Curtis. The Forum, May, 1898.
The Situation in Cuba, by Clara Barton and Horatio S.
Rubens. North American Review, May, 1898.
Social Conditions in Our Newest Territory (Oklahoma), by
Helen C. Candee. The Forum, June, 1898.
Work Among the Women of India, by Miss Gardner, Cal-
cutta. Indian Evangelical Review, April, 1898.
Zululand and the Zulus, by John L. Dube. The Missionary
Review, June, 1898.
The Future of the American Negro, by Booker T. Washing-
ton. The Missionary Review, June, 1898.
The Expansive and Assimilative Power of the Gospel, by G.
F. S. Church Missionary Intelligencer, May, 1898.
The Cuban Question, China and the Powers, The Hawaiian
Question, and The Partition of Africa, are among the topics
treated in Current History, First Quarter, 1898.
The Enfranchisement of Korea, by Homer B. Hulberts.
North American Review, June, 1898.
Undergraduate Life at Vassar, by Margaret Sherwood.
Scribner's Magazine, June, 1898.
A New England College in the West (Iowa College), by J.
Irving Manatt. New England Magazine, June, 1898.
Life in Manila, by Charles B. Howard. Frank Leslie's
Popular Monthly, July, 1898.
Ministerial Necrology.
*^-We earnestly request the families of deceased min-
sters and the stated clerks of their presbyteries to forward
to us promptly the facts given in these notices, and as nearly
as possible in the form exemplified below. These notices are
highly valued by writers of Presbyterian history, compilers
of statistics and the intelligent readers of both.
Freeman, Amasa S., D.D.— Born at Boston, Mass., October
6, 1823 ; graduated from the University of New York,
1843, and Union Theological Seminary, 1846; or-
daimd by the Fourth Presbytery of New York, April
14, 1847 ; pastor Presbyterian Church in Haverstraw,
N. Y., 1847-1898.
-Married April in, 1850, Miss Mary C. Conger, who
survives him with two daughters and a son.
Fulton, John L., D.D.— Born at Burgettstown, Pa., April
11, 1836 ; graduated from Westminster College and
United Presbyterian Theological Seminary, at Mon-
mouth, 111. ; licensed to preach in the U. P. Church,
April 2, 1863 ; pastor U. P. Church in Cedar Rapids, la.,
1863-66; received into the Presbytery of Washington,
January, 1867; pastor at Mill Creek, Pa., 1867-71;
Broadway Presbyterian Church, Baltimore, Md., 1872-
76 ; Second Presbyterian Church, Allegheny, Pa., 1876-
93. Died at Glenfield, Pa., April 27, 1898.
Married, July 9, 1863, Miss Fredonia Johnson, of
Monmouth, 111.
Smith, Emerson F.— Born at Chester Center, Mass., Sep-
tember 10, 1839; graduated from Olivet College, Michi-
gan, 1871, and McCormick Theological Seminary, 1875 ;
ordained by the Northport, Mich., Congregational
Association, 1875 ; entered the Presbyterian Church
in 1885; stated supply of Presbyterian Church in
Elmira, Mich., 1,889-91 ; Clayton, Mich., 1891-92; Black
River, Mich., 1893-94; retired from active work in
1895 to his farm in Worth, Mich. Died at Worth, Mich.,
February 18, 1898.
RECEIPTS.
Synods in small, capitals ; Presbyteries in italics ; Churches in Roman.
It is of great importance to the treasurers of all the Boards that when money is sent to them, the
name of the church from whence it comes, and of the presbytery to which the church belongs, should be
distinctly written, and that the person sending should sign his or her name distinctly, with proper title,
e.g., Pastor, Treasurer, Miss or Mrs., as the case may be. Careful attention to this will save much trouble
and perhaps prevent serious mistakes.
RECEIPTS FOR THE BOARD OF HOME MISSIONS, MAY, 1898.
Baltimore. — Baltimore — Baltimore Brown Memorial, sab.-sch., 83.99. Lyons -Ontario, 2. Nassau— Ocean Side,
150.97. New Castle— Port Penn sab.-sch., 5.40. Washington 6.90. New York— New York 1st, 5: — Bohemian C.E., 2;
City— Washington City Eckington, 2.55 ; — Garden Memo- — Harlem, 8.21 ; — Spring St., 64.30 ; — West End (Nimble
rial C.E., 3; —Metropolitan, 25. 186 92 Fingers Soc, 2.40 ; Jr. C. E, 2.41), 4.81 ; — Westminster
Cailfornia.— Benicia — Bloomfield, 1; Bodega, 2 ; Eu- West Twenty-third Street sab.-sch., 25. Niagara— Niagara
reka City, 5 ; Tomales, 2 ; Valley Ford, 1. Los Angeles— Falls 1st, 5. North iJtver— Newburg Calvary, 51.01. Otsego—
Alhambra, 6.80 ; Colton, 21.25 ; Monrovia, 9.28; Ontario 1st, Unadilla, 4.34. Rochester— Rochester Emmanuel, 1. St.
25; Pasadena 1st Miss. Com. ot sab.-sch., 49.85 ; Rivera C.E., Lawrence — Le Ray, 1 ; Watertown Hope Chapel Easter col-
7.55. Oakland— Fruitvale, 3.25 ; Golden Gate, 7 ; Liver- lection, 9. Troy— Cambridge, 25.31 ; Hoosick Falls, 23 ;
more, 2.50. San Francisco — San Francisco Lebanon, 8.75. Lansingburg 1st, 100 ; Mechanicsville sab.-sch., 4.42. Utica —
San Jose — Cambria, 11; Gilroy, 12. Santa Barbara — Fill- Norwich Corners, 2. Westchester — Bridgeport 1st sab.-sch.,
more, 3.40; Penrose, 1.50; Saticoy, 10. 190 13 40; Huguenot Memorial sab.-sch., 5; New Rochelle 2d,
Catawba.— Cape Fear— Wilson Chapel, 1.55. Southern 33.14 ; Scarborough, 50. 857 72
Virginia— Holmes Memorial Woman's Soc, 1. 2 55 North Dakota.— Pembina— Beaulieu, 4; Elora, 3.25;
Colorado.— Boulder— Rawlins, 6. Denver— Brighton, 2.05. Hoople, 3.75; Park River, 10. 21 00
Pueblo— Trinidad 1st, 15 ; Walsenburgh, 51 cts. 23 56 Ohio. — Athens — Veto, 12. Chillicothe — Bloomingburg
Illinois.— Chicago— Chicago 4th sab.-sch., 50 ; —5th sab.- (sab.-sch., 4.75), 30.35. Cincinnati— Cincinnati 2d German
sch.,6.40. Peoria— Peoria 1st, 10. 66 40 sab.-sch., 3.50;— Clifford, 5.70; Elizabeth and Berea, 5.
Indian Territory.— Choctaw— Philadelphia, 7.45. Ci- Cleveland— Cleveland 1st sab.-sch., 99.33. Columbus— Colum-
nuirron— El Reno, 5. Sequoyah— Vinita sab.-sch., 2.45. bus West Broad Street C. E., 1. Mahoning— Youngstown,
Tuskaloosa— Mt. Gilead, 1. 15 90 27.45. St. Clairsvi/le— Concord, 9. Steubmville— East Liver-
Iowa.— Cedar Rapids— Clarence, 23. Corning— Creston C. pool 1st, 113.74; New Harrisburg, 9; Richmond (sab.-sch.,
E., 4.40; Yorktown, 3. DesMoines— Dallas Centre, 2.50; 8.64), 17.28. 333 35
Knoxvilie, 9. Dubuque— Lime Spring, 13.57 ; Prairie, 5.05. Oregon.— East Oregon— Union, 2.55. Portland— Oregon
Fort Dodge— Glidden, 11.32; Grand Junction Jr. C. E.,6. City, 1.50. Southern Oregon— Ashlaud (sab.-sch., 4), 7;
Iowa— Burlington 1st, 12.40 ; Chequest, 1 ; Mediapolis, 46.92. Roseburg, 6.25. 17 30
Iowa City— Nolo, 4.17. Sioux City— Ellicott Creek, 3.71 ; Pennsylvania. — Allegheny — Allegheny Central, 43.33;
Sibley German, 2.50 ; Westminster, 7.24. 155 78 — McClure Avenue, 182.90 ; — Melrose Avenue, 2.50 ; Belle-
Kaxsas.— Emporia— Emporia 1st, 28.20 ; — Arundel Ave. vue C. E.,5; Cross Roads, 5; Hoboken, 2 31; Oak Grove,
sab.-sch., 1.50; Lyndon sab.-sch., 2. Lamed— Burrton, 1.50. B/airsville— Turtle Creek, 14. Butler— Zelienople,
18.50. Solomon— Glasco (debt), 5. Topeka— Oakland C. E., 16.25. Carlisle— Harrisburg Elder Street, 3 ;— Olivet (sab.-
2.50. 57 70 sch., 1.30), 5; McConnellsburg C. E., 2.50; Middle Spring,
Kentucky. — Ebenezer— Returned by a missionary, 20.83. 50; Monaghan, 20.50; Upper, 2. Chester — Media, 25.
Louisville — Louisville 4th, 222.19. Transylvania— Danville Clarion — Adrian, 3 ; Big Run, 2 ; Falls Creek, 2. Erie — Gar-
2d sab.-sch., 6.80 ; Harrodsburg Assembly, 28. 277 82 land, 9.30; Hadley, 2; Tideoute sab.-sch., 9.89. Huntingdon—
Michigan.— Detroit — Detroit Calvary. 15; — Covenant Bedford sab.-sch., 8.06; Mount Union (C. E., 4.26; sab.-
sab.-sch., 10; —Memorial, 14;— Trumbull Avenue, 23.10. sch., 6.78), 11.04 ; Newton Hamilton, 2. Kiiianning— Black
Flint— Bad Axe sab.-sch., 3.54. Grand Rapids — Big Rapids Lick, 4. Lackawanna— Bennett 5; Wyoming (sab.-sch., 5),
Westminster, 11. Monroe — Reading, 3.60; Tecumseh C.E., 10; Wysox, 2. Lehigh — South Bethlehem, 4. Northumber-
10. Petoskey— Cadillac sab.-sch., 15. 105 24 /and- Chillisquaqe sab.-sch., 6.59; Washington (sab.-sch.,
Minnesota. — Mankato— Jasper, 6 ; Watonwan, 2 ; Worth- 11; Allenwood sab.-sch., 4), 15. Philadelphia— Philadelphia
ington Westminster, 7.83. Minneapolis— Minneapolis Elim, 9th, 54; — 10th C. E., 25; — Cohocksink sab.-sch., 6.50;
2.18. Red River— Maine Miss. Soc, 7.75 ; Moorhead C. E., — Grace, 12 ; — Hope, 27 ; — South, 10 ; — Woodland C.E. ,
4.08. 29 84 20. Philadelphia North— Carmel Edge Hill C. E., 4.43 ; Falls
Missouri.— Kansas City— Greenwood, 5 ; Sedalia Broad- of SchuylKill, 22. Pittsburgh— Homestead (sab.-sch., 4), 19;
way sab.-sch. , 30.95. Platte— Breckenridge, 5.25 ; New York Pittsburgh Bellefield Boquet St. Chapel. 16.57; —East Liberty,
Settlement, 6 ; St. Joseph Westminster, 73.60. St. Louis— 77.66 ; — Grace Memorial, 2 ; — Shady Side, 99 ; — West
Moselle, 2; St. Charles Jefferson St. C.E., 5; St. Louis End, 10; Raccoon (sab.-sch., 3.84), 54.16. Washington —
Compton Hill, C.E., 3.50. 131 30 East Buffalo sab.-sch., 4; Hookstown, 31.25; Washington
Nebraska.— Hastings— Hastings German (sab.-sch., 5), 7 ; 2d, 100. Wellsboro — Farm ington, 1; Lawrenceville, 2.26.
Ruskin, 1. Nebraska City— Plattsmouth sab.-sch., primary Westminster— Chestnut Level, 10. 1084 50
class 1.30. .\7o6r«m-Lambert CE 1.42; Madison 4. South Dakota. -Zto&oto- Ascension, 5 ; Buffalo Lakes,
Omaha-Ceresco 2.50; Florence, 2.50; Plymouth, 140; 2. 55 ; Hill, 1 ; Lake Traverse, 1 ; Long Hollow, 3 ; Mountain
Silver Creek, 1 ; Webster 3.03. *Ll5 Head, 1.50 ; Raven Hill, 1 ; White Clay, 2 ; White River, 2 ;
New Jersey. - Elizabeth- Clinton for debt, 20,000 ; Wood Lake, 1 ; Yankton Agency, 13.04 ; Through Rev. A.
P uckamin sab.-sch Home pept. 5. Jersey Cily-F&ssaic F Johnson, Pine Ridge, S? D. 5. Southern Dakota-Em-
Wallington Chapel C.E 4 Monmouth -Barnegat 5 ; manuei C. £ for debt, 2.75. 40 84
Forked River, 5; Freehold 16.37; Jamesburgh Rhodehall TENNESSEE-tfo^orc-College Hill, 8. 8 00
sab.-sch. 1.94; Pernneville sab.-sch., 2.50. Morris and Texas. -Austin- Austin 1st, 59. Trinity -Albany, 13.35.
Orange— Chatham members, 5.40 ; Momstown South Street * 72 35
(sab.-sch Miss. Assce i. ), (87.50 ; for debt, Mrs Franklin B Utah.- Utah -Salt Lake City 1st for debt, 100. 100 00
Dwight, 1000), 1087.50. Orange 1st sab.-sch., 100; Summit „T «,.„.!„« » « ^
Central, 305.39. Weuv^-Bloomneld 1st; 20 ; Newark Fifth Washington.— O/yronm-Buckley, 7; Cosmopohs, 3 40;
Avenue C. E., 5 ; — Calvary (C.E., 13.25), 54.25; —Park, Montesano, 2 ; Rosedale, 2 Paget Sound-Deming 2.50.
49.87 ; - Roseville, 151.65. New Brunsw /cfc- Princeton 1st, Spokane-Post Falls, ». Walla Walla— K&miah 1st sab.-sch
40 ; Trenton Bethany, 21. Newloii-Delaware, 17 ; Stewarts- 16 '• Nez Perce» 4 >' Waitsburg, 2.50. 44 40
ville; C. E., 3.49. 21,900 36 Wisconsin. — Madison — Eden Bohemian, 1; Muscoda
New Mexico.— Arizona— Florence, Robert Irion Silver Bohemian, 1 ; Platteville German, 4.90. Milwaukee— Cam-
King, Arizona, 20. Rio Grande— Laguna Indian, 2.50. 22 50 bridge C. E., 4.50; Cato, 1.25; Milwaukee Perseverance,
New York —A Ibany— Albany West End C. E., 5; Charl- 1.08. Winnebago-Bu&alo C. E., 4. 17 73
ton Birchton C. E., 4.50 ; Menands Bethany, 53. Bingham- — ■
ton— Binghamton 1st members of C.E. , 6 ;— North, 10 60. Total §25,788 34
Boston— New Bedford, 15. Brooklyn — Brooklyn Hopkins Less amount refunded to Brooklyn Ross Street
Street C. E.. 5; — Memorial, 102.55; — Mount Olivet, 4. Church, Brooklyn Presbytery 10 50
Buffalo— Buffalo West Avenue, 3.54; Dunkirk, 7.40. Genespe—
Castile, 17.06. Geneva— Canandaigua, 14.47; Seneca Castle, Total received from churches $25,777 84
16.50. Long Island — Remsenburg, 36.67; Southampton Woman's Board of Home Missions 8,18188
81
82
nOME MISSIONS — FOREIGN MISSIONS.
[July,
Legacy of James L. Parent, late of Niles, Mich.,
17.93; Legacy of Win. Hart Boyd, late of Monroe,
Mich., 100; Legacy of Samuel F. Hinkley, late
of Chicago, 111.. 33.34; Legacy of Miss Susan L.
Me Beth, late of Lapwai, Idaho, 500; Legacy of
David S. Ingalls, late of Springville, N.Y., add'l,
1776 ; Legacy of Eliza Sib bet, late of Pittsburgh,
Pa., 200 §2,627 27
Less sundry legal expenses. 558 97
52,068 30
INDIVIDUALS, ETC.
Rev. A. H. Dashiel for debt, 5 ; John B. Hill, 50 ;
J. H. Freeman, 10; Presbyterian Relief Associa-
tion of Nebraska, 37.66; B. O. R., 5; C. W.
Loomis, Bioghamton, N.Y., 30 ; Gilbert Kirker,
Hartwellsville, 2.50 ; Rev. A. Virtue, Lee. West
Va., 2: S. Mills Ely, Binghamton, N.Y., 14;
Miss H. A. Dickinson, 1; Thomas D. Smith,
Valley Ford, Cal., 10; Raymond EL Hughes,
Altoona, Pa., 4 : George D. Tooker, Yonkers, X.
Y., 300 ; " K., Pa.," 100 ; Mrs. Susanna Rulifson,
through Mrs. Hariette Nichols, 10 ; Rev. Albert
B. King, New York City, 15 ; Mrs. Mary B. Gil-
lespie, Gallatin, Mo., for debt, 3; S. F. Baggand
Rev. R. G. Keyes, Watertown, N. Y., 10 ; A
friend, thank offering for debt, 5; Miss A. N.
Thompson, New York City, 5 ; Ernest C. Bene-
dict, Syracuse, X.Y., 30; Mrs. Nellie G. Han-
ford, Middletown, N.Y., 10; Rev. H. C. Gunn,
Chester, S. C, 3: Cash, 25; Fannie Leedham,
San Rafael, Cal., 5; Amos Denton, Jamaica, X.
Y., for debt, 10; " E.," 1.50; " C. Penna.," 14;
A friend for debt, 200 ; " Inasmuch, two sisters
Yonkers, X.Y., and Owensville, O.," 5; Rev. H.
T. Scholl, East Corning. X. Y., 2.50; C. J.
Bowen, Delphi, Ind., for debt, 400 ; " Miss E. M.
E." for debt, 40 ; Religious Contribution Society
of Princeton Seminary, 142.27; " H. L. J.," 40;
Alumni of Princeton Seminary for debt, 5.25;
Anonymous, 2 ; " M. E. P." for debt, 2; Mrs.
M. E. Drake, Brockport, X. Y., 10; Interest
on General Permanent Fund, 62.50 ; Interest on
Permanent Fund Sustentation, 10.50; Interest
on John C. Green Fund, 797.50; Interest on
Carson W. Adams Fund, 100 $2,537 18
Total received for Home Missions, May, 1898 $38,565 20
" " during same period lastyear 16,440 80
" " since April 1, 1898 66,803 29
" " during same period last year 48,440 83
II. C. Olin, Treasurer,
156 Fifth Avenue, Xew York City.
Madison Square Branch P. O. Box 156.
RECEIPTS FOR THE BOAM) OF FOREIGN MISSIONS, APRIL, 1898.
Atlantic— A llantic— James Island, 1. East Florida —
Candler, 4 ; Cocoanut Grove, 4 ; Hawthorne, 7 ; Miami, 6 ;
St. Augustine Memorial, 17.77 ; Weirsdale, 4. Fairfield—
Goodwill, 1 ; Little River, 1.60 ; Melina, 1 ; Nazareth, 3.
Knox — Midway, 3. McClelland — Mattoon sab.-sch., 2;
Sloane's Chapel sab.-sch., 1 ; Walker's Chapel, 1. South
Florida— Altoona, 2.
Baltimore. — Baltimore — Annapolis sab.-sch., 5; Balti-
more Bohemian and Moravian, 3, sab.-sch., 2, Y.PS.,3;
— Lafayette Square, 43.17; —Reed Memorial, 11.73; —
Ridgely Street 7.25, Y.P.S., 10; — Westminster, 47.30 ; sab.-
sch., 10; Cumberland, 76; Lonaconing sab.-sch., 8; Spar-
rows Point, 50 cts.; Taney town, 60.50. New Castle— Chesa-
peake City. 12; Delaware City, 11.83 ; Drawver's, 5 ; East
Lake, 4; Elkton, 40; Forest sab.-sch., 10.25 ; Green Hill, 9,
sab.-sch., 10; Newark sab.-sch., 30; New Castle, 1; Red
Clay Creek, 15; Smyrna sab.-sch., 14.50; "Westminster, 5 ;
"Wicomico, 50, sab.-sch., 10 ; Wilmington Hanover Street, 60.
Washington City — "Washington City 1st, 33 : — Assembly
sab.-sch., 16; — Gunton Temple Memorial, 55 cts., Y.P.S.,
20 ; Peck Memorial sab.-sch., 50; — Warren Memorial sab.-
sch. , 5.
California.— Benicia — Fulton, 10.50 ; Mendocino, 20 ;
San Anselmo sab.-sch., 4.40 ; Vallejo, 17, sab.-sch., 6. Los
Angeles— Anaheim sab.-sch., 2.86; Azusa, 8; Colton sab.-
sch., 16.20; El Cajon, 75 ; Elsinore, 7.75, sab.-sch., 2.55;
Lakeville 1st, 5 ; Los Angeles Boyle Heights sab.-sch., 4.15 ;
— Central, 26.65 ; — Grand View, 5 ; — Immanuel, 447.15,
sab.-sch., 61.40; Monrovia, 51; Orange sab.-sch., 1.97;
Palms, 10 ; Pasadena 1st, 159.44 ; Pomona sab.-sch., 5 ; Red-
lands, 162.65; Rivera, 11, sab.-sch., 5; Riverside sab.-sch.,
21 ; San Gorgonia, 10, sab.-sch., 1.36 ; Vineland, 2. Oakland
—Alameda, 20, Y.P.S.,6.25; Berkeley 1st sab.-sch., 10.79;
Hayward. 5 ; Oakland Brooklyn, 27 ; — Centennial, 8 ; Y.
P.S.,4; "West Berkeley, 4.25. Sacramento— Elko Y.P.S., 1 ;
Olinda, 1.80; Orangeville, 1; Roseville, 3.60; Westminster,
1. San Francisco— San Francisco 1st, 174.20 ; — Calvary,
103.71 ; — Howard, 6 ; — Trinity, 78, sab.-sch., 20. San Josl
—Ben Lomond, 2.95; Cambria, 12; Cayucos, 14; Gilroy,
13.24, sab.-sch., 4.86, Y.P.S., 6.05; Highland sab.-sch., 2;
Los Gatos, 40 ; Milpitas sab.-sch., 2 ; Moro, 3 ; San Jose 1st,
125; —2d, 100; Santa Clara sab.-sch., 20 ; Templeton sab.-
sch., 3. Santa Barbara — Carpenteria, 7; Montecito, 25,
sab.-sch., 10.66 ; Santa Barbara, 100; Ventura Y. P. S, 2.
Stockton— Fowler, 3.95; Fresno, 9 ; Merced, 15 ; Sonora, 1.75.
Catawba.— Cape Fear— Bethany, 1 ; Timothy Darling
Mission sab.-sch., 1; Wilson Chapel, 1. Catawba— Bensa-
lem, 1 ; Charlotte 7th Street, 1 ; Matthews Chapel, 1 ; Murk-
laud, 1. Southern Virginia — Bethesda, 2.40; Big Oak, 1;
Elizabeth City, 1 ; Lynchburg Central, 1 ; Richmond Street,
1. Yadkin — Coal Spring sab-sch., 1; Logan, 1 ; New
Centre, 1.
Colorado.— Boulder— Collins, 37, sab.-sch., 5; Fossil
Creek, 4; Longmont Central, 36 ; New Castle, 1 ; Slack, 1.31.
Denver— Denver Central, 123.61 ; York Street, 10 ; Golden,
102.60; Idaho Springs, 20; Littleton Y.P.S., 1; Otis sab.-
sch., 1. Gunnison— Ridgeway Street, 4. Pueblo— Cinicero,
1; Colorado Springs 1st, 53.91, sab.-sch., 19.34;— 2d, 4;
Costilla, 1 ; La Junta, 5 ; La Luz, 6 ; La Sauses, 1 ; Pueblo
1st sab.-sch., 18.01 ; — Fountain, 2 ; — Mesa sab.-sch., 18.01 ;
— Tabernacle sab.-sch., 11.90; —Westminster, 14; Sa-
guache, 1 ; San Pablo, 1 ; San Rafael, 3.
Illinois.— Alton — Alton, 86.46, sab.-sch., 3.54; Carlinville
Y.P.S., 5; Carrollton, 4.55; Collinsville, 36.44, sab.-sch., 17.50;
Hardin, 5 ; Hillsboro, 25, sab.-sch., 67 ; Jerseyville, 96.30;
Plainview sab.-sch., 3.50; Rockwood, 2; Upper Alton, 3 : Y.P.
S., 11.85. Bloomington—Chenoa,39. 18; Clinton, 125.80; Colfax,
3.42; Danville 1st sab.-sch.. 20; —2d, 3; Elm Grove, 2; Fair-
bury, 31.05 ; Gibson City Y.P.S., 7.50; Jersey, 11 ; Mahomet,
14; Minonk sab.-sch., 20 ; Monticello, 12, sab.-sch., 12.50 ;
Y.P.S., 13.50; Mt. Carmel, 71 cts.; Onarga sab.-sch, 7.43 ;
Philo, 40, sab.-sch., 25: Sheldon, 5 ; Waynesville, 4. Cairo-
Anna, sab.-sch., 2 ; Carbondale. 5 ; De Quoin, 73. Chicago-
Austin, 3.38, sab.-sch., 31.62 ; Chicago 3d, 155.21 ; — 9th, 5 ; —
10th, 5; — Belden Avenue sab.-sch., 10; — Bethany, 1; —
Campbell Park, 11 ; — Covenant, 471.55 ; —Emerald Avenue,
4.50 ; — Grace, 5.01 ; — Hyde Park, 27 ; — Italian, 5 ; —
Lakeview, 107.94 ; — Scotch Westminster Y.P.S., 5 ; —South
Side Tabernacle. 12.85; — Woodlawn Park, 27.79, sab.-sch.,
20; Highland Park sab.-sch., 30; Hinsdale, 16.75; Joliet
1st sab.-sch., 9.44 ; Maywood. 14; Oak Park 1st, 10, sab.-sch.,
13; —2d sab.-sch., 10.84. Freeporl— Freeport 1st, 39.25;
Galena 1st sab -sch., 20 ; Oregon, 14, sab.-sch., 7 ; Ridgefield,
18.45 ; Savanna, 24.30, sab.-sch., 5.70. Mattoon — Ashmore
sab.-sch., 8.50; Beckwith Prairie, 3.54; Kansas, 25 ; Paris,
19; Tuscola Y.P.S., 7.10; York, 80 cts. Ottawa— Au Sable
Grove, 17.03; Elgin House of Hope sab.-sch., 2.20 ; Grand
Ridge sab.-sch., 2.50 ; Kings sab.-sch., 1.95 ; Ottawa 1st, 200 ;
Sandwich, 49.65 ; Streator Park, 27.76 ; Troy Grove, 30 ;
"Waltham, 5 ; Waterman, 30. Peoria— Altona, 5 ; Arcadia
Avenue. 6.07; Canton, 91.35; Farmington sab.-sch., 4;
French Grove, 16.11; Knoxville, 94.60; Lewistown, 26.70;
Limestone, 13.50; Peoria 1st, 11.25: —2d. 3.01; —Grace,
24.66; —Westminster, 25 ; Princeville, 76.06. Rock River—
Aledo, 3, sab.-sch., 50; Alexis, 18; sab.-sch., 5; Beulah Y.
P.S., 10; Dixon Y.P.S.,7.50; Fulton, 15.51 ; Garden Plain
Y.P.S., 13.50; Geneseo, 13.42 : Hamlet Y.P.S.,7.50; Kewa-
nee, 10, Y.P.S., 10; Milan Y.P.S., 12; Morrison Y.P.S.,
18.75; Munson, 5; Norwood Y.P.S., 12; Peniel sab.-sch.,
4.30, Y.P.S.,7; Perryton Y.P.S., 12; Princeton, 12; Rock
Island Broadway, 30.65, sab.-sch., 27.29 ; Sterling Y.P. S., 53.
Schuyler— Appanoose Y.P.S., 5 ; Augusta sab.-sch., 10, Y.P.
S., 12.50 ; Cramp Creek, 52, sab.-sch., 13.10, Y.P.S., 4440;
Carthage, 14.50, sab.-sch., 6.65 ; Ebenezer Y.P.S., 4 ; Elling-
ton Memorial, 5 ; Elvaston Y.P.S., 10 ; Lee, 8 ; Mt. Sterling,
38.44, sab.-sch., 29.89 ; Oquawka, 20 ; Quincy 1st, 42.50;
Rushville, 14.10; Warsaw, 32.93, sab.-sch., 3.59. Springfield
— Decatur, 85 ; Divernon, 3; Farmingdale, 15.18; Jackson-
ville Westminster, 20, sab.-sch., 15 ; Maroa sab.-sch., 8.95;
Mason City, 22.19; Murrayville sab.-sch., 4; North Sanga-
mon, 15; Petersburg, 16.17; Springfield 1st sab.-sch., 36.54;
— 60.77 ; Unity, 9.41 ; Virginia, 40.
Indiana. — Craicfordsville — Benton, 4 ; Bethlehem, 3 ;
Crawfordsville 1st, 25.50; Dayton sab.-sch., 60 : Earl Park,
3; Frankfort, 140; Ladoga, 5; Lexington, 5; Xew Bethel,
1.35; Newtown, 30; Prairie Centre, 2 : Rockville sab.-sch.,
11; Romnev, 13.10; Waveland, 5; Williamsport, 5. Fort
Wayne— Fort Wayne 1st, 285.93, Y.P.S., 4.10 ; Goshen sab.-
sch., 17; Kendallville, 45; Ossian, 20; York, 3. Indian-
apolis—Brazil, 21.60 ; Elizabeth town, 7 ; Green castle, 40 ;
1898.]
FOREIGN MISSIONS.
83
Greenfield, 3 ; Hopewell, 70.30, sab.-sch., 6.50 ; Indianapolis
1st, 404.15; —2d, 214.12; — 7th, 20 ; — Tabernacle sab.-sch. ,
30 ; Mt. Moriah, 2 ; Norwood, 3 ; Poland, 5.57 ; Whiteland
Bethany, 33.35. Logansport— Hammond, 12.75 ; La Porte,
105.6:5 ; Mishawaka, 28 ; Monticello, 32.45 ; South Bend 1st
sab.-sch., 25 ; Union, 5.52 ; Valparaiso, 8.25. Muncie— Alex-
andria, 15; Liberty, 12.67 ; Muncie, 13.55; Tipton, 12.42;
Winchester, 5.77. New A Ibany— Bedford Y. P. S., 15.50;
Crothersville sab.-sch., 2.50; Hanover sab.-sch., 10.75;
Jefferson, 5; Jetfersonville, 87, Y. P. S., 33.80; Lexington,
2; New Albany 1st sab.-sch., 33; —2d, 14.45, sab.-sch.,
28.15; New Washington, 9.65: Oak Grove, 2. Vincennes —
Evansville Walnut Street, 98.76 ; Farmersburg, 15 ; Olivet, 1 ;
Sugar Grove, 3 ; Upper Indiana, 8; Washington, 5. White
Water— Kingston, 18.70, sab.-sch., 7.13 ; Liberty, 9 ; Mount
Carniel Y.P.S., 1; New Castle, 15, sab.-sch., 2.66; Provi-
dence, 7.43.
Indian Territory. — Choctaw — Krebs, 10. Cimarron—
Ardmore, 4.50; Beaver, 4; Clear Lake, 1.60; Kokamo, 90
cts.; Riverside, 1.50 ; Spring Valley, 1. Oklahoma— Edmond,
8.31 ; Guthrie, 1 ; Heron, 3 ; Norman, 21.50 ; Perry Y.P.S.,
1 ; Ponca City, 5. Sequoyah— Barren Fork, 3 ; Elm Spring,
10 ; Park Hill, 9.50.
Iowa.— Cedar Rapids— Atkins, 9.15, sab.-sch. ,51 cts.,Y.P.S. ,
1 ; Cedar Rapids 1st, 181.54 ; Linn Grove, 7 ; Monticello, 5 ;
Ntwhall Central, 6.05; Springville, 7; Vinton sab.-sch., 40 ;
Wyoming, 5. Coming — Clarinda Y.P.S., 25.81; Lenox,
12, Y.P.S., 2.55; Malvern sab.-sch., 8.55 ; Prairie Chapel, 5 ;
Shenandoah sab.-sch., 8.89; Sidney, 15; Villisca, 13.70;
Council Bluffs— Audubon, 62.75, sab.-sch., 5, Y.P.S.,9.08.
Casey, 5; Council Bluffs 1st sab.-sch., 25; — 2d, 16.50;
Greenfield, 10, Y.P.S., 5; Griswold, 29.40; Groveland 5;
Guthrie Centre, 6 ; Logan sab.-sch., 2.50; Missouri Valley;
22. Des Moines— Charlton, 41.50 ; Des Moines 6th, 10.06 ; —
Central, 17.22 ; — East, 27.67, sab.-sch., 40 ; — Westminster,
9; Dexter, 23, Y. P. S., 2.74; Indianola, 22.65; Jacksonville,
1; Newton sab.-sch., 3.81; Olivet, 2; Osceola sab.-sch., 1;
Oskaloosa, 4; Panora, 10; W in terset sab.-sch., 12.19. Dubuque
—Bethel, 5 ; Dyersville German, 1 ; Jessup, 7; Lansing 1st, 7;
— German, 7; McGregor, 3; Manchester, 27.62, sab.-sch.,
7.50; Oelwein, 11; Pine Creek sab.-sch., 4.65; Pleasant
Grove, 2 ; Volga, 10. Fort Dodge— Armstrong, 9.78 ; Burt,
10; Estherville Y.P.S., 10 ; Fonda sab.-sch., 3 ; Fort Dodge,
41.58, sab.-sch., 18.34 ; Glidden sab.-sch., 4.26 ; Haggerty sab.-
sch. , 1; Livermore 1st, 2: Rockwell City, 39 ; Rodman, 2;
Rolfe2d, 12.73, Y.P.S., 9 ; Sheridan, 15.03 ; West Bend, 5. Iowa
— Bentonsport sab.-sch., 2.30 ; Birmingham, 5, sab.-sch. , 4.25 ;
Bloomfield, 15 ; Bonaparte, 5 ; Burlington 1st, 13.20 ; Fair-
field, 118.09; FortMadson Union, 25.88; Keokuk 2d, 2.50;
— Westminster, 93.81, sab.-sch., 18.07; Kirkville, 6.50;
Kossuth 1st, 6.17; Lebanon, 6.67; Martinsburg sab.-sch.,
5 ; Mediapolis sab.-sch., 1.50 ; Mt. Pleasant 1st sab.-sch., 50 ;
Ottumwa 1st, 82.54 ; Primrose, 3; Sharon, 2. Iowa City —
Columbus Central sab.-sch., 2.28 ; Fairview, 2, sab.-sch.,
2.50; Iowa City, 12; Oxford, 6.50; Washington, 10.22;
Williamsburg Y.P.S., 10. Sioux City — Auburn, 5 ; Cherokee
sab.-sch., 5. 76; Crawford Westminster, 3; Hawarden,5.50; Ida
Grove, 15; Inwood, 5.71 ; Odebolt sab.-sch., 2 ; Sac City, 20,
Sioux City 1st, 65.19, sab.-sch., 73 cts.; — 3d, 2.65, sab.-sch.,
1.37; — 4th, 1.50, sab.-sch., 3.34; Storm Lake, 5; Union
Township, 7.35. Waterloo — Aplington, 12 ; Cedar Valley, 2 ;
Dysart, 5, sab.-sch., 5 ; La Porte City, 40, Y.P.S. , 10 ; State
Centre, 12 ; Tama, 3.50; Toledo, 2.50 ; Waterloo sab.-sch., 8.
Kansas.— Emporia — Argonia, 3.80 ; Arkansas City sab.-
sch., 13.46; Belle Plaine, 5, sab.-sch., 4; Brainerd, 2; Bur-
lington, 14.10 ; Eldorado, 31 ; Elmendaro, 7 ; Emporia 1st,
60.50; —2d, 11; Geuda Springs, 1.92, sab -sch., 4.71; Lyn-
don sab.-sch.. 2; Marion, 10; New Salem, 2; Oxford, 2;
Peotone Y.P.S., 5; Silver Creek, 5; Waverly Y.P.S., 14.27 ;
Westminster, 5.15 ; Wichita 1st, 15 ; — West Side, 2.88.
Highland— Baileyville, 5; Blue Rapids, 5; Clifton, 29.88;
Effingham, 5.30 ; Highland sab.-sch., 4.81; Holton Y.P.S.,
5.50; Marysville Memorial, 3 ; Washington, 9.15. Lamed—
Kendall, 5.40 ; Liberal, 3 ; Syracuse, 1.60. Neosho — Galena,
7.10; Iola, 15; Lake Creek, 5; McCune, 5.80; Osage 1st,
26.62; Osawatomie sab.-sch, 1.78; Ottawa, 25.04; Parsons
sab.-sch., 3; Wauneta, 5. Osborne— Long Island, 3; Matrona,
2; Oakley sab.-sch., 1.25. Solomon — Aurora, 2; Glasco sab.-
sch., 5.67; Solomon, 10.34. Topeka— Auburn, 21.55; Black
Jack sab.-sch., 5.85; Clay Centre, 20.29; Gardner, 21.50,
Y.P.S., 2.50; Kansas City Western Highlands, 26.16, Y.P.S.,
20; Lawrence, 175; Oakland Y.P.S., 2.50; Olathe, 5;
Sharon 7 ; Topeka 1st sab.-sch., 24.10 ; — 2d, 10 ; Wakarusa,
13.25.
Kentucky.— Ebenezer— Covington 1st, 120.55; Dayton, 6 ;
Ebenezer, 5; Frankfort, 83; Lexington 2d sab.-sch., 1.95 ;
Mount Sterling 1st, 1.48; Newport, 5, sab.-sch., 5; Sharps-
burg, 4.50, sab.-sch., 1. Loui.wille— Chapel Hill, 2 ; Hod-
gensville, 3; Hopkinsville 1st, 7.30, sab.-sch., 5; Louisville
4th, 2.50; —College Street, 128.04; New Castle, 1. Tran-
sy/rauia—Da.nxi\\e 2d sab.-sch., 6.80 ; Harmony, 3.50.
Michigan.— Detroit— Detroit 1st, 238 ; — Calvary, 15 ;
— Forest Ave., 6.95; — Jefferson Ave. sab.-sch., 17.91; —
Memorial, 57, sab.-sch., 21.92 ; — Westminster, 166.96 ; Erin
3.41, sab.-sch, 17.34 ; Milford 94 ; Northville sab.-sch., 10.73 :
Plainfield, 18.50 ; Unadilla, 2.50. Flint— Akron Y.P.S., 15
Caro, 45 ; Chandler, 2 ; Flint, 72.29 ; Flushing, 10, sab.-sch.,
4; La Motte, 3.50; Lapeer sab.-sch., 38.50; Marlette 1st.
6.58 ; Morrice, 1 ; Mt. Hope Y.P.S., 2.50 ; Vassar, 4.75, sab.-
sch.^, Y.P.S., 4 ; Verona Mills, 2.20. Grand Rapids— Grand
Rapids 1st sab.-sch., 25 ; — 3d, 8 ; — Immanuel, 15 ; Hes-
peria, 5.22. Kalamazoo— Paw Paw sab.-sch., 5; Plainwell
sab.-sch., 1.33; Sturgis, 15. Lake Superior— Detour, 6;
Escanaba Y.P.S., 7; Ford River, 1, Y.P.S., 11 ; Gatesville,
50 cts.; Iron Mountain, 1.95; Manistique Redeemer, 16.10;
Rudyard, 2 ; Sault Ste. Marie Y.P.S., 10.85. Lansing— Con-
cord, 13; Hastings sab.-sch., 4.08; Jackson, 25; Lansing
Franklin St. sab.-sch., 10.62; Oneida sab.-sch., 4.50; Sebewa, 4;
Sunfield, 4. Monroe— Adrian, 45.50, sab.-sch., 35.95; Clay-
ton, 50 cts.; Coldwater, 8.47, sab.-sch,, 8.47 ; Dover, 5 ; Erie
sab.-sch., 1.85; Monroe, 1 ; Raisin Y.P.S., 1.76; Tecumseh,
52.50. Petoskey— Boyne City, 3.55 ; Boyne Falls, 1.50 ;
Cadillac sab.-sch., 15; East Jordan, 23.50; Elmira, 2.50;
Harbor Springs, 7; Lake City, 17.29; McBain, 2.50;
Traverse City, 5. Saginaw— Alma, 34 ; Bay City 1st, 100 ;
— Memorial, 10 ; Coleman, 1 ; Emerson, 50.80 ; Mungers, 2;
Saginaw East Side Warren, 5 ; — West Side 1st, 16.50
Taw as, 5.
Minnesota.— I>?^mi!A— Duluth Hazlewood Park sab.-sch.,
3.91 ; — Highland sab.-sch., 2; Glen Avon, 3.07 ; Lake Side
sab.-sch., 2.38 ; McNair Memorial, 5 ; Samaria Swedish, 1.
Mankato— Ebenezer, 360; Luverne Y.P.S., 4; Mankato 1st,
93.88, sab.-sch., 26.12 ; Pipestone, 8 ; Tracy sab.-sch, 2 ; Winne-
bago City, 50.22. Minneapolis— Howard, 6 ; Minneapolis 1st,
139.51, sab.-sch., 15.50 ; — Andrew sab.-sch., 20 ; — Bethany
sab.-sch., 6.02 ; — House of Faith, 3 ; — Westminster, 232.82.
Red River — Crookston sab.-sch., 1.58 ; Mendenhall Memorial,
2 ; Red Lake Falls, 2 ; Stevens, 2. St. Cloud— Rheiderland
German, 2 ; Spicer 1st, 5 ; St. Cloud, 11.14 ; Wilmar, 6.80,
sab.-sch., 3.11, Y.P.S., 5.43. St. Paul— Dundas, 2 ; Hastings,
15, sab.-sch., 1.51; Knox sab.-sch., 5 20; Macalester, 7,
sab.-sch., 3; Merriam Park, 5; Red Wing, 57.10, sab.-sch.,
20; St. Croix Falls, 10; St. Paul Arlington Hills, 10.53;
— Central sab.-sch., 50 , — Dayton Ave., 6 ; — Goodrich Ave.
sab.-sch., 6.35; — House of Hope, 51.52, sab.-sch., 65.
Winona— Caledonia, 2; — Hope, 1.60; Chatfield, 18.91;
Frank Hill German, 2 ; Fremont sab.-sch., 2 ; Le Roy sab.-
sch., 1.80; Oronoco, 5; Owatonna, 10.87, sab.. sch., 3.32;
Rushford sab.-sch., 1.36; Winona German, 6.35.
Missouri.— Kansas City— Butler, 22.56; Deepwater,5; Kan-
sas City 2d Y.P.S., 40.32 ; Lone Oak, 2; Nevada, 36, Y.P.S.,
15; Raymore sab.-sch., 7.40; Rich Hill, 6.90; sab.-sch., 2;
Salt Springs, 2 ; Sedalia Broadway, 75; sab.-sch., 67.81, Y.
P.S., 15. Ozark — Ash Grove, 1.75; Carthage Westminster,
64 ; Eureka Springs, 3.50 ; Greenfield sab.-sch., 1.47 ; Joplin,
13.72; Lehigh, 1; Springfield 2d sab ;-sch., 1.25. Palmyra— Bell
Porter Memorial, 2.20 ; Brookfield, 19.25, Y.P.S., 5 ; Edina,
7 ; Knox City, 5 ; Louisiana, 1.50 ; New Cambria, 12.30 ;
Pleasant Prairie, 6 ; Shelbyville, 2 ; Wilson, 1. Platte—
Akron, 2; Grant City Y.P.S., 4; Hamilton, 25.90; Hodge.
2.84 ; Mirabile, 10.66 ; Parkville, 16.85 ; St. Joseph Hope, 15;
— Westminster, 10.50 ; sab.-sch., 8.55; Tarkio, 104, sab.-
sch., 5. St. Louis— Jonesboro, 3 ; Kirkwood sab.-sch., 23.30;
Rock Hill, 50; St. Louis 1st, 47.75, sab.-sch., 6.76; — 2d,
300, sab.-sch., 400; — 1st German sab.-sch., 5 ; — Washing-
ton and Compton Avenue, 355; — West, 30.04. While
River— Holmes Chapel, 5 ; Plattersville 1st, 2.
Montana.— Butte— Anaconda, 45.65 ; Hamilton West, 26,
sab.-sch., 3; Missoula, 20; Phillipsburg, 19. Great Falls-
Great Falls, 5.65; Havre, 2, sab.-sch., 1.75; Lewistown, 9 ;
Malta sab.-sch., 3. Helena— Bozeman, 15 ; Spring Hill, 5.
Nebraska. — Box Butte — Norden, 2.50. Hastings — Aurora,
17.72, sab.-sch., 4.87; Beaver City, 5.78; Bostwick 1st, 1;
Campbell, 7; Edgar. 1.25, sab.-sch., 7.16; Hartwell Bethel,
3 ; Hastings 1st, 65.14 ; Kenesaw, 6.31 ; Lysinger, 2.56 ; Min-
den, 18; Nelson, 34; Ong, 1; Rosemont German sab.-sch.,
2; Superior, 14. Kearney— Central City sab.-sch., 7 ; Cozad
Y.P.S, 2.10; Lexington, 7.62; North Loup, 2. Nebraska City-
Adams, 5.18 ; Fairmont, 4.26 ; Hebron, 7 ; Lincoln 1st, 112.13,
— 2d, 118.50, sab.-sch., 5.61 ; Plattsmouth, 10 ; Raymond, 1 ;
Seward, 5.50 ; Utica, 5, Y.P.S., 8.37 ; York, 41.20. Niobrara-
Atkinson, 3.08; Emerson. 17; Lambert Y.P.S., 143; Madi-
son, 6.50, Y.P.S., 6.50 ; Millerboro, 50 cts., sab.-sch., 50 cts.,
Y.P.S., 1.25; Osmond; 4; Pendar, 11.36; Randolph, 10;
St. James, 2.10; Winnebago Indian, 11.06, Y.P.S., 1.04.
Orn a ha— Bancroft sab.-sch., 3; Blair, 10.27; Clarkson Zion
Bohemian, 2; Columbus sab.-sch., 3.24; Divide Centre, 1;
Fremont sab.-sch., 19.29; Lyons, 9.80; Omaha 1st, 85.54,
sab.-sch., 100; — 2d, 4.75; — Castelar Street sab.-sch., 2.24 ;
— Clifton Hill, 5 ; Lowe Avenue, 11.41 ; Silver Creek, 2 ; South
Omaha, 1.50 ; Wahoo, 1 ; Waterloo, 3.70.
New Jersey. — Elizabeth — Basking Ridge sab.-sch., 40;
Clarksville, 2 ; Connecticut Farms, 85, sab.-sch., 12.50; Cran-
ford, 98.52; Lamington, 20; Liberty Corner, 5 ; Lower Val-
ley, 38.05; Metuchen. 1.12; Perth Amboy, 39.50; Plainfield
Crescent Avenue, 50 ; — Hope Chapel, 3 ; — Warren Chapel,
84
FOREIGN MISSIONS.
[July,
55; Pluckamin sab.-sch., 5; Rahway 2d, 104.66. Jersey
City — Garfield, 8 ; Hackensack sab.-sch., 16 ; Jersey City
Claremont, 3: Passaic Dundee, sab.-sch., 14.25; Patersbn 2d,
87.65 ; — 1st German. 5 ; — Broadwav German, 5, sab.-sch., 2,
Y.P.S., 3 ; West Hoboken, 20. Monmouth — Atlantic High-
lands Y.P.S., 2; Barnegat, 5; Beverly, 75.79, sab.-sch., 85;
Bordentown. 6.49 ; Cranburv 1st sab.-sch., 25: — 2d sab.-
sch., 37.03; Delanco, 13.S5; Farmingdale, 5 ; Forked River,
5 : Freehold, 13.30, sab.-sch., 4.83 ; Hightstown, 122.66, sab.-
sch., 40.34 ; Holmanville, 2 ; Jacksonville, 4.14 ; Jamesburgh
sab.-sch., 60 ; Manasquan sab.-sch., 2.50 ; Moorestown, 60.58 ;
Mount Holly sab.-sch., 14.36; New Gretna, 18; Oceanic,
7.92; Plumstead, 2; Providence, 87 cts.; Shrewsbury, 110;
Tennent, 14.74. Morris and Orange — Bo on ton, 14.16, sab.-
sch., 67.03; Chatham sab.-sch., 40; Chester, 35; Dover,
70.21 ; sab.-sch. , 50 ; East Orange 1st, 105.56 ; — Brick, 529.76 ;
Hanover, 30; Madison sab.-sch.. 100; Mine Hill, 13; Mor-
ristown South Street, 225.88 ; New Vernon, 1 ; Orange Cen-
tral, 100 ; Orange Valley German, 5 ; Parsippannv, 8.54,
sab.-sch., 25 ; Y.P.S., 50 ; South Orange 1st. 136.09 ; — Trin-
ity, 225 ; Succasunna, 4.15 ; Summit Central, 77.95, sab.-sch.,
5.95; Wyoming. 2. Newark — Arlington, 22.08, sab.-sch.,
6.39 ; Bloomfield 1st, 217.30, sab.-sch., 68.97 ; Kearnev Knox
sab.-sch., 10: Montclair 1st, 100; — Trinity, 225; Newark
1st sab.-sch., 25; —2d, 87.50, sab.-sch., 13.06; —6th, 13.02,
sab.-sch., 45 ; — Bruce Street sab.-sch., 40 ; — Fewsmith Me-
morial. 37.82 ; — House of Hope, 7.96 : — Roseville, 130 ; —
South Park sab -sch., 31.30 ; — Wickliffe, 15.72. New Bruns-
wick— Amwell 1st, 5; —United 1st, 12, sab.-sch., 1; Cran-
berry sab.-sch., 5.03; Dutch Neck, 83.89, sab.-sch., 8.31;
Flemington, 183, sab.-sch., 20; Kingston sab -sch., 4; Lam-
bertville sab.-sch., 6.03 ; Lawrenceville, 85 ; New Brunswick
1st sab.-sch., 70.36; — 2d, 10; Parsonage sab.-sch., 2.77;
Princeton 1st, sab.-sch., 9.80; — 2d, 50, sab.-sch., 15.50;
— Witherspoon Street, 1 ; Stockton, 4 ; Trenton Prospect
Street sab.-sch., 68.91 ; Miscellaneous sab.-schs., 19.30. New-
ton— Belvidere 1st sab.-sch.. 18.50 ; Blairstown, 58.80; Branch-
vine. 1; Danville, 5; Hackettstown. 89.00; Mansfield 1st,
101.50 ; Newton, 215 ; Phillipsburg Westminster, 10 ; Stan-
hope, 18; Stewartsville, 14.70; Stillwater sab.-sch., 1.19;
Yellow Frame, 7.69. West Jersey— Absecon, 5 ; Atco sab.-
sch., 1.26; Billingsport, 12; Bridgeton 1st, 130; — West,
75; Cape May Chapel sab.-sch., 42 ; Clayton, 26.14, sab.-sch.,
18 ; Glassborb, 1 ; Gloucester City, 45, Y.P.S., 5 ; Greenwich
sab.-sch., 35 ; Haddonfield, 2.50, Y.P.S., 10; Jericho, 50 cts.;
Pittsgrove sab.-sch., 5; Pleasantville, 9.60; Swedesboro, 6;
Wenonah, 25; Williamstown, 15, sab.-sch., 8; Woodbury,
34 07, sab.-sch., 85.73 ; Woodstown. 3.
New Mexico — A rizon a — Phoenix 1st Y.P.S., 18. Rio
Grand*— Jemes, 1 ; Los Lentas, 82 cts.; Menaul Y.P.S., 10;
Pajarito, 82 cts. Sante Ft— Aztec, 3 ; Farmington, 2.60 ; La
Luz, 2 ; Las Vegas 1st, 39.48 ; Los Valles, 2 ; Raton 1st, 11.50 ;
Sante Fe 1st, 25.77.
New York.— A Ibany— Albany 1st. 50; — 4th. 46.85; -
Madison Avenue sab.-sch., 50; — West End, 51; Ballston
Spa, 70, sab.-sch.. 10: Batchellerville, 12, sab.-sch., 5; Johns-
town Y.P.S., 100; Mayfield Central, 2.35 ; New Scotland. 15 ;
Northampton, 11; Pine Grove, 10.95; Princetown Y.P.S.,
5.46; Saratoga Springs 1st, 50.25; —2d, 46.25; Schenectady
1st, 88.19; sab.-sch., 113.97 ; Voorheesville, 5. Binghamton —
Apalachin,3; Bainbridge sab.-sch., 4.53; Binghamton Ross
Memorial sab.-sch.. 5 ; Owego. 25 ; Union, 35, sab.-sch., 1.75;
Whitney's Point, Y.P.S., 6 ; Boston— Holyoke, 23 ; Houlton,
7, Y.P.S., 10; Lawrence German, 25 ; Lonsdale, 2; Lynn
Y.P.S., 7; New Bedford, 7; Portland, 1; Providence 2d
Y.P.S.,5; Roxburv Y.P.S., 50; Waltham, 3. Brooklyn—
Brooklyn 1st, 75 ; — 2d, 22.50 ; — Bay Ridge, 220.71 ; — Beth-
anv, 18.20, sab.-sch., 35.68; — Classon Avenue, 860.50; —
Cuyler Chapel sab.-sch., 2; — Grace, 41.25, Y.P.S., 15;
— Hopkins Street, 10 ; — Immanuel, 15.58, sab.-sch., 271 ;
— Noble Street, 25 ; — South 3d Street, 43.75, sab.-sch., 150 ;
Woodhaven 1st, 5. Buffalo— Buffalo Bethany, 63.64 : — Cal-
vary, 540.40 ; — Central, 38.58 ; — East, 5; — Park, 22.52 ;
Franklinville, 16; Fredonia, 36; Jamestown, 344.23, sab.-
sch., 25; Portville, 145; Springville, 35.45, sab.-sch., 4.53.
Cayuga— Auburn 1st, 1,329; — 2d. 3; Genoa 1st sab.-sch.,
12.27 ; — 3d, 1, sab.-sch., 3.72; Meridian, 4; Owasco, 3.25.
Cham.pl ain—YorX. Covington, 26.71 ; Malone Y.P.S., 5 ; Mine-
ville, 4. Chemung— Dundee, 9; Elmira Lake Street, 70 ; Mon-
tour Falls, 3; Rock Stream, 5; Weston. 8.25. Columbia— Cats-
kill, 11.95 ; Durham 1st sab.-sch., 2.61 : Hunter sab.-sch., 2 ;
Jewett, 14.48; Sunside, 50 cts.; Valatie, 5.62; Windham,
6.75. Genesee— Batavia, 25; Leroy Y. P. S., 15. Geneva—
Canandaigua, 18.70; Canoga, 8.52; Geneva 1st, 7 01; Ovid
Y.P.S., 50; Penn Yan, 6.85, sab.-sch., 44.63, Y.P.S., 10;
Romulus sab.-sch., 15 ; Trumansburg, 35.24, sab.-sch., 10.76.
Hudson — Callicoon, 3.25; Centreville, 10; Florida, 20.89 ;
Hamptonburg, 12 ; Hempstead, 2 ; Middletown 2d sab.-sch.,
50; Milford, 32; Otisville, 4; Palisades Y.P.S., 15; Rock-
land 1st, 3 ; Roscoe, 14 ; Unionville, 3 ; West Town, 7. Long
Island — Bridgehampton, 10.88, sab.-sch., 17.24 ; Greenport,
22 ; Moriches, 29.39 ; Port Jefferson, 1 ; Sag Harbor, 37.49;
Setaucket sab.-sch., 20; Shelter Island. 29.46, sab.-sch., 6;
Yaphank sab.-sch., 2.56. Lyons — Clyde sab.-sch., 10 ; Newark
Park, 55.36; Palmyra Y.P.S., 10; Wolcott 1st, 12.0S. Nassau —
Glenwood, 2.25 ; Hempstead Christ Church, 25 ; Hunting-
ton 1st, 172.09; Jamaica, 100; Smithtown sab.-sch., 5;
Springland, 50, sab.-sch., 5. New York — New York 4th
Avenue, 76, Y.P.S.. 10: — Bethanv, 3.43; —Bohemian, 5;
— Brick, 25, sab.-sch., 30.72 ; — Calvarv Y.P.S., 5 ; —Christ,
30.93; — Church of the Good Shepherd. Y.P.S., 10.12; —
Faith, 42.50, sab.-sch., 37.50; — French Evangelical sab.-
sch., 15; — Lenox, 46.52; — Madison Avenue, 230,74; —
Madison Square, 100; — Mizpah Chapel sab.-sch., 25; —
North, 300, Y.P.S.. 8; — Scotch, 46.68, sab.-sch., 60.15; —
Spring Street, 90, sab.-sch., 7; — Washington Heights, 131.66 ;
— West End, 150. Niagara— Albion, 50 : Holly, 17.91 ; Lock-
port 1st, 50, sab.-sch., 50 ; Mapleton Y.P.S., 5*; Medina, 41 ;
Middleport, 3.50 ; Niagara Falls, 100 ; — Pierce Avenue
Y.P.S., 1.75. North River— Bethlehem, 14.16 ; Cold Spring,
3.12 ; Highland Falls, 1 : Newburg 1st sab.-sch., 24 ; — Cal-
vary, 11.26 ; Pine Plains, 5.50 ; Pleasant Valley Y.P.S., 5;
Poughkeepsie sab.-sch., 433.50; Rondout sab.-sch., 22.04.
Otsego— Cherry Valley, 77.19 ; East Meredith, 8 ; Oneonta,
47.21 ; Worcester sab.-sch., 3.30. Rochester— Avon Central, 3 ;
Brighton, 24 ; Y.P.S., 5 ; Chili, 18 ; Dansville, 5 : Lima sab.-
sch., 6; Nunda, 47.55; Parma Centre, 1 ; Pittsford, 36.00:
Rochester Central sab.-sch., 25; — Memorial sab.-sch. 10,
Y.P.S., 5 ; Scottsville, 2, sab.-sch., 5 ; Sparta 2d, 10 ; Sweden
Centre Y.P.S.. 4; Village of Geneseo, 14.81, sab.-sch., 45,
Y.P.S., 7.22; Wheatland, 29.55, sab.-sch., 50 cts. St. Lawrence—
Cape Vincent Y.P.S., 2.45 ; Carthage, 19.50 : Potsdam, 2.50 ;
Watertown 1st, 61.07 ; Angelica Y.P.S., 5 ; Avoca, 6.52 ;
Bath, 175.64 ; Corning, 70 ; Hornellsville 1st, 15.83 ; Howard,
10.50 ; Painted Post sab.-sch., 6.30 ; Woodhull, 4. Syracuse—
Cazenovia Y.P.S., 12.50 ; East Genesee sab.-sch , 4.77 ; Fulton
and Granby sab.-sch., 5 ; Hannibal Y.P.S.. 1.60 ; Syracuse 1st,
180.25; — Park, sab.-sch., 75. Troy— Caldwell, 6; Cohoes,
10; Fort Edward, 4.50; French Mountain sab.-sch., 2.33;
Glen Falls, 80.76 ; Malta, 2 : Pittstown, 3 ; Salem sab.-sch.,
3.63 ; Sandy Hill, 22.25 ; Stillwater 1st, 20 : Trov 1st, 91.33 ;
— 9th, 114.13 ; — Woodside, 22.92 ; Warrensburg, 5.12 ; Water-
ford sab.-sch., 20; Whitehall, 11.95, sab.-sch., 10. Utica— Clin-
ton, 52.75; Forest, 50 cts.; Glendale sab.-sch., 63 cts.; Ilion,
10.50, sab.-sch., 10.50 ; Litchfield, 1 ; Little Falls. 97, Y.P.S,
50 ; Lowville, 105.31 ; New Hartford, 37.46 ; Norwich Corners,
3 ; Oneida, 24.47 ; Rome, 44.56 ; Utica 1st, 74.51, Y.P.S., 30 ;
— Bethany, 9.52, Y.P.S., 10.20 ; — Memorial. 205 : — West-
minster, 100 ; Verona, 14 ; Walcott Memorial, 25 ; Water-
ville, 20.72. Westchester— Bridgeport 1st, 90.16 ; Greenburgh
sab.-sch., 75: Hartford, 40; Huguenot Memorial, 33, sab.-
sch., 4; Irvington sab.-sch., 25, Y.P.S., 25; Katonah, 45;
Mahopac Falls sab.-sch., 20; Mount Vernon 1st Y.P.S.,25;
New Rochelle 1st, 25 ; Peekskill 1st, 45.10 ; Poundridge, sab.-
sch.. 20, Y.P.S.. 30 ; Rye sab.-sch., 117 ; South Salem, 10.68 ;
White Plains, sab.-sch., 25, Y.P.S., 10: Yonkers Dayspring,
84: — Westminister sab.-sch. 12; Yorktown sab.-sch., 24;
North Dakota— Bismarck— Bismarck Y.P.S., 10; Man-
dan sab.-sch., 2.28. Fargo — Baldwin, 11 ; Ellendale, 7.75;
Miscellaneous, 3. Minnewaukon— Bottineau, 22.50 ; Minot, 3;
North Peabody 5. Pembina — Arvilla, 10 ; Bay Centre, 5 ;
Hvde Park, 2.60 ; Walhalla, 2.40.
Ohio — .4 thens— Athens, 62.85. sab.-sch., 1.68 ; Berea, 2.75 ;
Bristol, 15.21 ; Deerfield. 5 ; Gallipolis, 20 ; McConnellsville,
20 ; Middleport, 20 ; Pleasant Grove, 8 ; Pomeroy, 28 ; Rut-
land, 4.25; Tupper's Plains, 1; Vete, 4; Warren sab.-sch.,
1.35 ; Miscellaneous, 3. Be/lefonlaine— Galion, 18, sab.-sch., 4:
West Liberty, 5 ; Chillicothe 1st, 1.75. Cincinnati— Bantam 5,
Batavia, 10; Bond Hill, 6.15; Cincinnati 1st, 33.28; —2d
German, 8, sab.-sch., 36.34; — 5th sab.-sch., 4.22 ; — 6th, 7,
sab.-sch., 7 ; — Calvary, 28 ; — Poplar Street, 10 ; — Walnut
Hills, 680.63; Elizabeth and Berea. 5; Loveland sab.-sch.,
12.03; Monroe, 19.75; Monterey Y.P.S., 4; Montgomery,
12.71 ; Morrow, 4.50, sab.-sch., 5.50 ; Pleasant Run, 1 ; West-
wood, 6. Cleveland— Cleveland 1st, 42, Y.P.S , 680 ; — 2d,
50, sab.-sch., 160; — Beck with, 40.21; — Bethany, 12.40;
— Calvarv, 1.96 ; — Case Avenue, 51 ; — Madison Avenue,
9.71, sab.-sch., 9.71 ; — North, 76, sab.-sch., 47.28 ; — South,
5; — Woodland Avenue, 100; Independence, 5: Milton
sab.-sch., 6 ; North Springfield, 4 : Wickliffe, 3 ; Wildermere,
12.79. Columbus— Amanda, 5.45 ; Bethel, 2.25 ; Bremen, 3.44 ;
Circleville, 60: Columbus 1st, 157.22, sab.-sch., 20.51 ; Dub-
lin sab.-sch., 1; Green Castle, 1.20; Greenfield, 4.79; Lan-
caster, 48, sab.-sch., 15; London. 31.01, sab.-sch. 7.81 ; Mid-
wav, 9.31 ; Mount Sterling sab.-sch., 8.50 ; Scioto, 1 ; W'ester-
vill'e, 12, sab.-sch., 6. Dayton— Bath Y.P.S., 1 ; Bethel sab.-
sch., 1.75 ; Blue Ball, 1 ; Dayton 1st Y.P.S., 50 : — 4th. Y.P.S. ,
14.50 ; — 3d Street Y.P.S., 12.25 ; — Memorial Y.P.S., 12.72 ;
— Park, 15.31, Y.P.S., 7.28 ; — Riverdale Y.P.S., 10; —Wayne
Avenue, 6.32, Y.P.S., 3.25; Eaton Y.P.S., 5 ; Gettvsburg
Y.P.S., 1 ; Greenville Y.P.S., 10; Hamilton, 21.4-5; Middle-
town 1st Y.P.S., 15 ; New Carlisle Y.P.S., 3.65 ; New Jersey
Y.P.S., 2.50; New Paris Y.P.S., 5; Oakland Y.P.S., 5; Ox-
ford sab.sch., 25.65, Y.P.S., 14.50: Piqua Y.P.S., 15; Rilev
Y.P.S., 1.50; South Charleston Y.P.S., 7; Springfield 1st,
5, Y.P.S., 20; — 2d, sab.-sch., 35, Y.P.S., 10; Troy, 52.77,
1898.]
FOREIGN MISSIONS.
85
Y.P.S., 25 ; West Carrolton, Y.P.S., 2.50 ; Xenia, 66.51, Y.P.S.
10: Yellow Springs, 100, Y.P.S., 2. Huron— Elmore, 4;
Fremont, 5 : Genoa, 2 ; Delphos sab. -sen., 5.75 ; Findlay 1st,
100; Lima Market Street, 52.22, sab.-sch., 20 ; Mount Jeffer-
son, 5 ; New Stark, 5 ; Ottawa, 8.09 ; Rockford, 6, sab.-sch., 6 ;
Turtle Creek, 5; Van Wert sab.-sch., 36.75. Mahoning —
Alliance, 42 ; Ellsworth, 2, sab.-sch., 15 ; Mineral Ridge, 6 ;
North Benton, 20, sab.-sch., 8.30, Y.P.S., 12 ; Warren, 54.45 ;
Youngstown , 52.36 ; — Westmin ster sab -sch. , 13. 66. Marion —
Brown, 2 ; Caledonia, 65 cts.; Iberia sab.-sch., 1.50 ; Marion,
100.65, sab.-sch., 21.88. Maumee — Antwerp, 10; Bowling
Green, 72 ; Edgerton sab.-sch., 85 cts.; Lost Creek, 3 ; Mont-
pelier, 5, Y.P.S , 5 ; North Baltimore, 12 ; Pemberville, 31.10 ;
Perrysburgh Walnut Street, 7 ; Scott, 1.50 ; Toledo 5th sab.-
sch., 4.54 ; West Unity, 3.50. Portsmouth— Decatur sab.-sch.,
2 ; Ironton, 10.94 ; Jackson, 7 ; Johnston, 2 ; Red Oak, 4.70 ;
Ripley sab.-sch., 10: Wellston, 9. St. ClairsviUe — Barnes-
ville, 12.73 ; Beallsville, 5 ; Beulah, 14 ; Cadiz, 5 ; Coal Brook,
14.87; Crab Apple, 23.66; Martin's Ferry, 28 70; Morris-
town, 8; New Castle, 2; Powhatan, 2; Senecaville, 10; St.
ClairsviUe, 35, sab.-sch., 15; Washington, 20; West Brook-
lyn, 3. Steubenville — Bacon Ridge, 4.46; Beech Spring
Y.P.S., 3.64; Bethel sab.-sch., 7, Y.P.S., 20; Bloomfield,
Y.P.S., 2; Carrollton sab.-sch., 5, Y.P.S., 15 : Centre Unity,
Y.P.S., 2; Corinth, Y.P.S., 25; Deersfield, 3; Dennison
Radway Chapel sab.-sch., 12, Y.P.S., 15; Feed Spring sab.-
sch., 5, Y.P.S., 5 ; Hanover, 8 ; Harlem Springs, 10, Y.P S.,
10; Hopedale, Y.P.S., 17 ; Irondale, Y.P.S., 10; Lima, 3 ;
Madison Y.P.S. 20; Newcomerstown Y.P.S., 5.50: Pleasant
Springs sab.-sch., 6; Potter Chapel Y.P.S., 10; Richmond
sab.-sch.. 26.54; Scio, 18 ; Smithfield, 14, Y.P.S., 4 ; Steuben-
ville 1st Y.P.S., 25; Toronto Y.P.S., 19 ; Urichsville Y.P.S.,
20 ; Wellsville, 85 ; Yellow Creek Y.P.S., 10. Wooster— Apple
Creek, 1.25; Clear Fork, 2.50; Congress, 16.29; Creston
Y.P.S., 8.57 ; Fredericksburg Y.P.S., 5 ; Hopewell, 2.74, sab.-
sch., 10.56 ; Jackson, 7.05 ; Mansfield, 50 ; Mount Eaton, 5 ;
Shreve, 10.50, sab.-sch., 6.20, Y.P.S, 8.50; West Salem, 7.
Zanesville— Bladensburg, 4; Clark, 22; Granville, 7.76, sab.-
sch., 2.74 ; Keene, 32, sab.-sch., 6 ; Madison, 10.75 ; Martins-
burg, 9.50 ; Mount Pleasant, 3 ; Newark 1st, 7.75, sab.-sch., 7;
New Concord, 8 ; Zanesville 1st, 26.68, sab.-sch., 8.
Oregon. — East Ora/orc— Monkland sab.-sch., 4 ; Pendleton,
7.35 ; Union, 5.61. Portland— Bay City, 1 ; Damascus Trinity
German, 1 ; Eagle Park German, 1 ; Mount Pleasant sab.-
sch., 1.75 ; Mount Tabor, 4 ; Portland 1st, 287.24 ; — 4th, 9 ;
— Calvary, 105 ; — Mizpah sab.-sch., 1.69 ; — Westminster,
11; Tillamook, 4. Southern Oreqon — Ashland, 4.10, sab.-
sch., 3, Y.P.S., 3 ; Grant's Pass, 25, Y.P.S., 5 ; Roseburg, 2.
Willamette — Albany, 56.41, sab.-sch., 7.43; Aurora, 2;
Brownsville, 10 ; Fairfield, 1 ; Spring Valley, 3.
Pennsylvania.— A llegheny— Allegheny 2d, 72, Y.P.S., 10;
— 1st German, 16.30, sab.-sch., 23.51 ; — McClure Ave., 329 ;
— Melrose Avenue, 2.50 ; — North sab.-sch., 50 ; Bakers-
town Y.P.S., 50; Bellevue Y.P.S., 5; Bethlehem, 5;
Brighton Roads sab.-sch., 25; Clifton, 5, Y.P.S., 5; Cross
Roads, 5 ; Evans City, 13.53 ; Fairmount, 5 ; Glasgow, 1 ;
Glenshaw, 19; Millvale, 9.02; Oak Grove, 1.50; Pine Creek
1st sab.-sch., 2.15; Sewickly, 591.97, sab.-sch., 225; Sharpsburg
sab.-sch., 22.70; Tarentum sab.-sch., 6.26. Blairsville— Beulah,
53; Blairsville, 25, sab.-sch., 125.77; Braddock sab.-sch.,
14.43 • _ 2d, 15; Congruity, 28; Cross Roads, 9; Ebens-
burg, 20, Y.P.S., 10; Kerr, 16; Latrobe, 5, sab.-sch., 27;
Ligonier, 2.20 ; Parnassus, 15 ; Pine Run, 27 ; Pleasant
Grove, 6 ; Poke Run sab.-sch., 7 ; Salem, 7; Turtle Creek,
39; Unity Y.P.S., 12. Butler— Buffalo, 10; Crestview, 1;
Fairview, 12.83; Harlansburg sab.-sch., 5; Jefferson Centre,
1 ; Millbrook sab.-sch., 1.42 ; Mount Nebo, 7 ; New Hope sab.-
sch., 8; North Washington, 16.40, sab. sch., 41.38; Petrolia,
17.32; Plain Grove, 16 ; Pleasant Valley, 12; Westminster, 19;
Zelienople sab.-sch., 3. Carlisle— Carlisle 1st Y.P.S., 5; —
2d, 15, sab.-sch., 50, Y.P.S., 11.77; Centre Y.P.S., 5: Cham-
bersburg Central Y.P.S., 5; Dauphin, 2 ; Derry Y.P.S., 3;
Dickinson Y.P.S., 5 ; Duncannon Y.P.S., 10 ; Gettysburg Y.
P.S., 7 ; Harrisburg Bethany Chapel Y.P.S., 5 ; — Covenant
Y.P.S., 5 ; — Pine Street, 101.56, Y.P.S., 18.50 ; — Westmin-
ster Y.P.S., 5; Lebanon Fourth Street Y.P.S., 3; — Christ
sab.-sch., 10.11; Lower Path Valley, 18; McConnellsburg
Y.P.S., 2.60; Mechanicsburg Y.P.S., 5.55; Mercersburg Y.
P.S., 5.38; Middle Spring Y.P.S., 5.50; Middletown, 45, Y.
P.S.,3.60; Millerstown, 13, sab.-sch., 8; Monaghan Y.P.S.,
7.25; Paxton Y.P.S., 3 ; Robert Kennedy Memorial Y.P.S.,
5 ; Shermansdale Y.P.S., 1 ; Shippensburg, 6.25 ; Steelton Y.
P.S.,5; Upper Path Valley, 10, sab.-sch.. 15.81 ; Waynes-
boro sab.-sch., 9. Chester— Bryn Mawr, 607.50 ; Calvary, 22,
sab.-sch., 7; Christiana, 10; Coatesville, 108.95; Doe Run,
11- Fairview, 19; Glenolden sab.-sch., 10: Media, 15;
Middletown, 26; New London, 60; Olivet, 5; Oxford 1st,
24 ; Swarthmore, 8 ; Upper Octorara, 90. Clarion— Beech Tree
Union sab.. sch., 2.50: Brockwayville, 76.89; East Brady,
31.75 ; Emlenton, 98.87; Falls Creek, 2 ; Licking, 10 ; Perry,
20; Kathmel, 4.15. .Erie-Conneautville, 7.50, Y.P.S., 7.75;
Erie 1st, 75 ; — Central, 60 ; — Park, 28 ; Fairview Y.P.S., 3;
Girard sab.-sch., 3.50; Greenville, 30.49, sab.-sch. , 4.26; Irvine-
ton^; Kendall Creek, 4.68 ; Mercer 1st, 86 ; Oil City 1st sab.-
sch., 40; Sugar Grove, 2; Tideoute sab.-sch., 9.89; Titusville,
250; Utica sab. -sch. ,6. 49; Westminster sab. -sch., 9.81. Hunting-
don—Alexandria sab.-sch., 11.50; Altoona 2d, 153; Bedford
sab.-sch., 8.06 ; Bellefonte, 130.38, sab.-sch., 57.21 ; Belleville
sab.-sch., 10 ; Buffalo Run, 10 ; Clearfield, 650 ; Coalport, 2 ;
Hollidaysburg, 28.32 ; Houtzdale, 7.26 ; Lewistown, 5 ; Lick
Run, 10; Mapleton, 4; Milroy sab.-sch., 15.40; Mount
Union, 6.75, Y.P.S., 3; Philipsburg, 35.50; Pine Grove
Mills, 8 ; Port Royal, 24 ; West Kishacoquillas, 55. Kittan-
ning — Apollo, 23; Bethel, 11; Boiling Spring, 6; Clinton,
19.62 ; Crooked Creek, 6 ; Ebenezer, 40 ; Elderton Y.P.S., 15;
Freeport, 51 ; sab.-sch., 5 ; Kittanning 1st, 130 ; Leechburg
sab.-sch., 25 ; Marion, 6, sab.-sch., 5 ; Mechanicsburg, 4.89;
Midway, 3 ; Mount Pleasant, 2; Rockbridge, 1.25; Salts-
burg, 10 ; AVorthington, 5, sab.-sch., 5. Lackawanna— Ben-
nett, 5; Canton Y.P.S., 30 ; Carbondale, 15.50, sab.-sch., 9;
Forty-fort, 62.80 ; Greenwood, 2 ; Honesdale sab.-sch., 47.29 ;
Montrose sab.-sch., 20; Pittston, 10.57, Y.P.S., 24; Plains, 8;
Pleasant Mountain, 2; Plymouth, 10 ; Rome, 2; Scranton 1st,
100 ; — 2d, 292.05 ; — Petersburg German, 13.41 ; — Provi-
dence, 11.28: Silver Lake Y\P.S., 10; Troy sab.-sch., 12; Tunk-
hannock sab.-sch., 10 ; West Pittston, 461.21; Wilkesbarre
1st, 250, sab.-sch., 450; — Grant Street, 8; — Memorial,
274.33 ; — Westminster sab.-sch., 73.53. Lehigh— Allen town
sab.-sch., 20 ; Ashland sab.-sch.. 14 ; Bangor, 3, sab.-sch., 2 ;
Bethlehem 1st sab.-sch., 10.75 ; Catasauqua Bridge Street, 10;
Easton Brainerd Union sab.-sch., 15 ; Freeland, 2 ; Lamford,
5; Lower Mount Bethel, 6, sab.-sch., 7.20; Mahanoy City,
18.94 ; Mauch Chunk, 25.68, sab.-sch., 40 ; Middle Smithfield
sab.-sch., 3.25; Mountain sab.-sch., 2.50; Pen Argyle, 5;
Pottsville 1st sab.-sch., 35.17 ; — 2d sab.-sch., 15.24 ; Read-
ing Olivet sab.-sch., 25 ; Riverside sab.-sch., 10.11; Shenan-
doah sab.-sch., 6.34; Stroudsburg sab.-sch., 39.55; Summit
Hill, 10; Upper Lehigh, 15.93; Weatherly sab.-sch., 10.
Northumberland— Allen wood sab.-sch., 6 ; Berwick, 28, sab.-
sch., 5.50; Bloomsburg, 141.98 ; Chillisquaque, 5 ; Emporium,
15 ; Grove, 5 ; Honesdale, 547.70 ; Lewisburg, 72.46 ; Mahon-
ing sab.-sch., 21.36 ; Milton sab.-sch., 17; Montgomery, 18 ;
Montoursville, 5 ; Mooresburg, 3 : Mount Carmel, 11.82 ;
Muncy, 62 ; Orangeville, 1 ; Pennsdale, 1 ; Renovo 1st, 75,
Y.P.S., 25 ; Trout Run, 2.56 ; Warrior Run, 23 ; Washington
sab.-sch., 11; Williamsport 1st, 75; — 3d, 26.27; — Cove-
nant sab.-sch., 43.49. Parkersburg — French Creek, 6;
Kanawa, 27.61, Y.P.S., 5.76; Morgan town, 16 ; Sistersville,
25 ; Sugar Grove, 3 ; Miscellaneous, 3. Philadelphia— Phila-
delphia 2d, 50; — 4th, 63; — 10th, 362.56; — Bethany,
104.81; — Bethesda sab.-sch., 4.07; — Bethlehem, 35.44;
— Carmel German, 3 ; — Central, 50 ; — Chambers Me-
morial, 443.05, sab.-sch., 50 ; — Cohocksink, 5.60, sab.-sch.,
8.40 ; — Corinthian Ave., 14 ; — Emmanuel, 35 ; — Green-
wich Street, 30 ; — Harper Memorial, 16.64 ; — Hebron Me-
morial, 14, sab.-sch., 3 ; — Hollond, 45 : — Lombard Street
Central, 3 ; — McDowell Memorial Y.P.S., 5 ; — North, 14 ;
— North Broad Street, 125 ; — North Tenth Street, 65.72 ;
— Richmond, 4; —Southwestern, 20, sab.-sch., 11.03; —
Tabor sab.-sch. , 23; — Temple, 124.75;— Tennent Memorial, 5;
— Tioga, 70 ; — Union Tabernacle, 30 ; — Walnut Street
sab.-sch., 64.13; — Washington Square, 104.92; — Wharton
Street, 10.63. Philadelphia North— Abington, 3.22; Carmel,
4.50, sab.-sch., 2.50; Carversville, 3.50, sab.-sch., 3; Forest-
ville, 7: Germantown 1st sab.-sch., 87.76; — West Side,
15.95; Jefferson Centennial, 2; Leverington. 31, sab.-sch.,
32.08 ; Lower Providence, 10; Macalester Memorial, 3.16;
Morrisville sab.. sch., 6.36 ; Neshaminy of Warminster, 30;
— Warwick sab.-sch., 41 ; Norristown 1st, 161.66 ; Oak Lane,
5 ; Reading Olivet, 29.60 ; — Walnut Street, 7. Pittsburgh-
Amity, 40, Y.P.S., 5; Bethany, 10, sab.-sch., 26.60; Bethel,
23; Chartiers, 16.50 ; Courtney and Coal Bluff, 2; Crafton,
100; Edgewood sab.-sch., 45.21; Fairview, 10; Homestead,
20, sab.-sch., 5, Y.P.S., 30 ; Idlewood Hawthorne Avenue,
34; Lebanon, 40.60; Long Island sab.-sch.; 28.12; McKee's
Rocks sab.-sch., 10 ; Monaca, 6 ; Montours, 9, Y.P. S., 5 ; Mt.
Carmel, 4; Mount Pisgah, 10; North Branch, 1; Oakdale
sab.-sch., 7.23; Oakmont 1st, 17; Pittsburg 1st, 90; —3d,
1244.78 ; — East End, 9.57 ; — East Liberty, 245.98, sab.-
sch., 118.37 ; — Grace Memorial, 1 ; — Hazlewood, 36.29 ; —
Herron Avenue, 3.90 ; — Morning Side, 1.78 ; sab.-sch., 3.67;
— Mt. Washington, 32.86 ; — Park Avenue, 75.53; — Point
Breeze, 155.70 ; — Shady Side, 129, sab.-sch., 75.45 ; — West
Erjd, 10; — Woodlawn, 4.10; Swissvale, 38; Wilkinsburg
Y.P.S., 30. Redstone— Long Run, 17; McKeesport 1st sab.-sch.,
81.45; — Central, 48.50, sab.-sch., 19.50; Mount Pleasant,
38 ; New Geneva, 1 ; Round Hill, 5 ; Tent, 3.50 ; Tyrone, 10;
West Newton, 99.25. Shenango— Beaver Falls, 40 ; Centre
sab.-sch., 10 ; Little Beaver, 2.50 ; Mahoning sab.-sch., 23.80 ;
Mt. Pleasant, 82, sab.-sch., 15; New Brighton, 1, sab.-sch., 50;
New Castle Central Y.P.S., 6; Pulaski, 10; Rich Hill sab.-
sch., 11 ; Unity sab.-sch., 32. Washington — Allen Grove, 10;
Forks of Wheeling sab.-sch.. 22; Hookstown,30 ; McMechan,
1 : Moundsville, 8 ; Pigeon Creek, 8 . Vance Memorial, 26.15;
Washington 1st, 143.81, sab.-sch., 242.22; — 2d sab.-sch.,
40.08; — 3d, sab.-sch., 7; Wheeling 2d, 9.62. Wellsboro—
86
FOREIGN MISSIONS.
[July,
Austin, 10, sab.-sch., 2- Coudersport, 2.50, Y.P.S., 2.50;
Covington, 3.21; Elkland and Osceola, 125; Mansfield, 13.
Westminster — Bellevue, 10, sab.-sch., 18. Centre, 78.10;
Chanceford, 12.48; Lancaster 1st, 22 ; — Memorial, 2, sab.-
sch., 3; Pequea, 23.38; Stewartstown, 5; Union, 24; York
Westminster, 12.
South Dakota.— Aberdeen— Aberdeen, 12. Black Hills
— Carmel, 1; Minnesela, 2. Central Dakota — Bethel, 2.95;
Colman, 2; Flandreau sab.-sch., 5 ; Hitchcock, 15 ; Huron,
4.29, sab.-sch., 15 ; Lake, 2 ; Pierre, 12, Y.P.S., 10; Union,
1 ; Volga, 3.25 ; Wentworth, 2.85. Dakota— Hohe, 2.55 ; Pop-
lar sab.-sch., 6.72; Porcupine, 2. Southern Dakota — Brule
Co. 1st Bohemian, 3 ; Canton, 2 ; Ebenezer, 5 ; Harmony,
12.27; Parkston. 10.19; Scotland, 7.75 ; Sioux Falls, 17.11 ;
Union Centre, 3.75.
Tennessee. — Holston— Elizabethton, 3; Erwin, 3 ; Green-
ville, 87.90 ; Johnson City Watonga Avenue, 2 ; Mt. Bethel,
16 ; Mt. Olivet, 1 ; Oakland Heights, 19.53 ; St. Marks, 2.
Kingston— Chattanooga Park Place Y.P.S.,2.41; Hill City
North Side, 3.10; Huntsville, 12.50; sab.-sch., 4; New De-
catur Westminster, 2; Pratt City, 4.25; Sherman Heights,
3.10 ; Thomas 1st, 2.25. Union— Bethel, 1 ; Caledonia, 7.71 ;
Knoxville 4th, 154.84, sab.-sch., 10 ; New Salem, 2 ; Shunem,
1 ; St. Paul's, 3 : Washington, 8 ; Westminster, 4.
Texas.— Austin— Austin 1st Y. P. S., 37.30; Fayetteville
Bohemian, 5; (ialveston 4th, 6.55, sab.-sch., 81 cts., Y.P.S.,
2.64; Menardville, 2; Milburn, 3; Mitchell, 2; New Or-
leans Immanuel ; Pasadena 1st, 1. North Texas — Henrietta,
2 ; Jacksboro, 10. Trinity— Baird, 2 ; Dallas 2d, 23 73, sab.-
sch., 60 cts., Y.P.S.,12.45 : Mary Allen Seminary, 20.
Utah.— Bo ise— Boise City 1st, 11.40 ; — Bethany, 1.37.
Kendall— Sodar Springs sab.-sch., 2. Utah— Ephraim sab.-
sch., 6; Logan Brick, 10; Manti sab.-sch., 4.25; Ogden
1st, 8.41 ; Salt Lake City 1st sab.-sch., 17 ; Miscellaneous, 10.
Washington. — A laska— Northern Light, 15.76, sab.-sch.,
5, Y. P. S., 3. Olympia — Aberdeen, 1; Carbonado 1st, 5 ;
Cosmopolis, 7.15 ; Montesano, 6; Mulhall, 1; Puyallup, 10 ;
Tacoma 1st, 8.45; Vancouver 1st Memorial sab.-sch., 5.
Puget Sound— Bellingham Bay, 5; Mission, 1; Mt. Pisgah,
5; Seattle Westminster, 10 ; Sumner Y.P.S., 3 ; Wenatchee,
50 cts. Spokane — Bridgeport, 5 ; Bonner's Ferry, 4.97 ;
Davenport, 12; Y. P. S., 25 ; Enterprise, 3; Larene, 11;
Loomis, 6 ; Rathdrum, 3 ; Spokane 1st, 7 ; St. Andrews, 2 ;
Waterville, 7. Walla Walla— Denver, 2 ; Julietta, 3 ; Ka-
miah 2d, 2.50; Moscow, 9.01; North Fork, 5 ; Walla Walla,
9.43, sab.-sch., 12.78, Y.P.S.,4.
Wisconsin.— Chippewa — Bayfield sab.-sch., 3.10; Besse-
mer, 4; Hudson sab.-sch., 3 ; Rice Lake, 14; Superior, 18. 50.
La Crosse— Bangor, 2; La Crosse 1st Y.P.S., 2. Madison—
Brodhead, 18; Bryn Mawr, 2.30; Cambria, 11.05 ; Cottage
Grove, 4.05; Janesville, 56 30; Marion German, 4 ; Pierce-
ville, 1; Reedsburg, 3; Richland Centre, 30, sab.-sch., 5;
Rockville German, 1. Milwaukee— Horicon, 2 ; Milwaukee
(lerman, 1 ; — Perseverance, 7.44, sab.-sch., 10, Y.P.S., 2.50 ;
Ottawa, 4.50; Racine 1st, 52.06. Win nebago— Buffalo, 16;
Depere, 30.54 ; Lake Howard, 1 ; McGregor, 1 ; Merrill 1st,
21.10 ; Neenah, 37.12 ; Stevens Point, 5, Y. P. S., 5; West-
field, 5 ; Winneconne Y.P.S., 4.
WOMAN'S BOARDS.
Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of
the Presbyterian Church $95,410 54
Woman's Presbyterian Board of Mis-
sions of the Northwest 35,476 64
Woman's Board of Foreign Missions of
the Presbyterian Church 13,401 32
Woman's Presbyterian Foreign Mis-
sionary Society of Northern New
York 4,531 58
Woman's Presbytery Board of Foreign
Missions of the Southwest. 5,100 00
Woman's Occidental Board of Foreign
Missions ... 5,205 11
Woman's North Pacific Presbyterian
Board of Missions 1,414 88
$160,515 07
LEGACIES.
Estate of Anna Wilhelm $200 00
Leroy Schoolscraft 383 99
" James L. Parent. 11 95
" Nancy H. Stewart 500 00
" Mrs. Jean Smith 48 00
Jacob Steel 13 11
" George M. Finney 199 75
" James Graham 12 00
" Dr. Cyrus Falconer 960 00
" Mrs. Margaret Bovard . ... 5000
Anna Wilhelm 100 00
Jane C. Engle 850 00
" James Brown 444 03
" Rev. Francis V. Warren. . . 75 00
E. S. Compton 93 26
" M. A. Lapsley 17 47
$2,801) 96
MISCELLANEOUS.
Andrew Baird, support of native teacher at Chee-
foo, 25 ; James M. Speer, 75 ; Rev. James M.
Anderson, 20 ; Rev. AVm. Hoppaugh, 15 ; Mrs.
F. R. Wells, 10 ; Students and Faculty of Hast-
ings' College, support of native missionary in
India, 30 ; George Stumpf, 1.75 ; W. A. Lem-
mon, 3; Edward J. Lloyd, 2.08; "A Friend,"
25 ; James W. Edmonds, 5 ; Miss Louisa Mur-
phy, 75 ; Charles Bird, U.S.A., support of native
worker, Seoul, 6 ; Missionary Association of
Wooster University, account of salary of Dr.
Henry Forman, India, 35; Income from fund
of General Assembly for Foreign Missions,
350.31 ; W. C. McKee, 15 ; Mrs. Bertha Colling,
support of Tate Ram, Ambola, 112 ; " A
Friend,'' for work in Barranquilla, 2; Edward
F. Darnell, 2 ; Newton Presbytery, 10 ; Rev.
Thomas Gray, 10 ; Princeton Seminary Mission-
ary Association, toward salary of Hugh Taylor,
50 ; Kate Mitchell, itinerating work, Lahore,
30; G. E. Webster, M.D.,5; Rev. J. E.Brown,
1 ; John C. Wick, 500 ; Oscar Roberts, 4 ; Robt.
Houston, 35 ; Mrs. Addie Burgett, 10 ; Hattie C.
Duncan, 17.50; C. M. Hornet, 7; Miss Jennio
M. Baird, 30 ; Rev. E. E. Grost, 3.50 ; T. Nash,
6 ; Rev. and Mrs. D. O. Irving, account of
salary, Awan Dos, 100 ; Dwight L. Parsons,
6.65; Mrs. M. D. Ward, 5 ; Miss Laura Ward,
20; "H. B.," 100; "Christian Herald," 2.50;
Rev. H. A. Nelson, D.D.,LL.D., 4.80; M. P.
Gray, 1 ; Agnes Cochran, 100 ; C. S. West, 5 ;
Rev. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Hill, 15 ; A. M. Peu-
lam, 1 ; Benevolent Society of Princeton Theo-
logical Seminary, 115.59 ; Rev. John Thomas, 1 ;
"C. Penna.," 22; C. H. M., N.J., 9.24; W. H.
Rose, 2; Easter Offering, 100; "Send a dollar
to India," 1 ; Binghamton, 5 ; A friend, support
of Mr. Eraser and Dr. Johnson, 83.34 ; Readers
of the "Christian Herald," for work in San
Pauls, 1; "Cash," 10; "From a Friend," 5;
Mrs. J. Livingston Taylor, support of missiona-
ries, 1000; Kenneth Brown, 25; "Bronx," 5;
F. E. S., Easter Offering, 10 ; John B. Hill, 50 ;
The Mite Gatherers of Sweden Centre Church,
10 ; Brainerd Institute Missionary Society for
Gaboon Mission, 6 ; Willard Martin, 1 ; H. A.
Green, 3 ; Mrs. J. Livingston Taylor, account of
salaries of missionaries, 68.45 ; Mrs. Mary L.
Porter, 2.50; W. E. Hunt, support of Chlatri
Lai, 5 ; " A Family Missionary Box," 105 ; Dr.
William St George Elliott, 21.86; A member of
Beech wood Church, Pa., 26 cts.; Annual offer-
ing, 10; W. J. Mackee, support of E. Baneiji
Jhansi, India, 13.50 ; James Joy, account of
salary, V. F. Partch, 150 ; F. M. McMullin, 1 ;
S. I. McBride, 5 ; C. L. M. Thompson, 20; H.
Webster, 10; " C. C. M.," 25; D. C. Harrower,
for work in India, 10 ; " For Charley's Sake,"
support of a Bible woman in Kalhapur, 15 ; F.
W. Griffith, 50 ; Rev. E. K. Mechlin and wife,
5 ; Charlotte E. Williams, 200 ; Missionary So-
ciety of Western Theological Seminary, support
of Rev. Mr. Ewing, India, 73 ; Missionary So-
ciety of Auburn Theological Seminary, 230.01 ;
McCormick Seminary, 225 ; Harris Ely Adri-
anse, 100; Wm S. Harris, 1.10; S. B. Turner,
100 ; " In Memorian A. A.," 50 ; Master Willard
Martin, 64 cts.; "Cash," 200; B., Indiana, 5;
Mrs. W. S. Opdyke, 25 ; Rev. and Mrs. E. W.
Brown, 20; Rev. Edwin P.Robinson, 15 ; Mrs.
M. A. Caw, 1 ; Rev. George W. Smith. 5 ; "Pres-
bytery of Santa Fe," 5 ; Mrs. John Redpath, 5 ;
F. A. Bradley, 20 ; A mother and two daugh-
ters, 1 ; Mrs. M. A. Buchanan, 25 ; Western
Theological Missionary Society, support of Mr.
Ewing, 100 ; Widows' Mite Society, Bridgeham-
ton 1st Church, Mich., 1.21 ; for sending Dr. E.
M. Wherry to India, 15 ; Geo. W. Farr, Jr., 50;
" A Friend," 1 ; Bronxville, 10 ; Rev. Rollin L.
Adams, 5 ; Edwin L. Barrett, 100 ; E. R Hill,
support of Du Ping Shing, 15; Rev. J. B. Fow-
ler, 5 ; Rev. Geo. H. Johnston, 10 ; " M.M.," 25 ;
Samuel C. Gilbert, 100 ; Rev. H. H. Benson, 2 ;
Rev. and Mrs. Meyer, 10 ; Murray Missionary
Society, 33.94; Rev. C. H. Van Wie, 10; Dorcas
Circle Dayton Park Church, 3 ; Mrs. A.W. Lud-
low, 20; "Alpha," 10; J. E. Bond, 13.20; Rev.
J. H. Ireeman, Laos, 5 ; "M.A.P.," Minnesota,
200 ; Sale of Salem church property, Greenville,
Pa., 51.71 ; D. J. Ennis, support of Rev. S. G.
Wilson, 75; Rev. Allen H. Brown, 5; John H.
Converse, support of Rev. Mr. Crozier, China,
1898]
FOREIGN MISSIONS.
87
785.26 ; Rev. and Mrs. J. B. Smith, 25 ; John S.
Merriman, 1 ; " Presbvtery of Hempstead," 10 ;
Rev. J. A. P. McGaw, 10; Rev. Chas. E. Eckels, 25;
Mrs. Sarah K. Wheeler, 5 ; Rev. B. E. P.
Prugby, 2 ; Mary A. Brooker, 1 ; McCormick
Theological Seminary, for T. G. Brashear, 58 ;
W. F. Buel,5; Missionary Society of Western
Theological Seminary, support of Rev. Mr.
Ewing, 10; S. W. Miller, 4 ; A friend, per John
Mclntyre, toward support of a missionarv, 600 ;
Mrs. Martha H. Clark, 3; " M. M. M.," Pitts-
burgh, 30; "A Friend," 2; Gilbert Kirker, 2.50 ;
Rev. A. Virtue, 2 ; Patterson Broadway German
Ladies' Society, 5 ; E. L. T., 16; Mrs. T. E.
Gideon, 2 ; Mrs. Rev. P. G. Cook and Miss
Laura E. Cook, 5 ; Home and Foreign Mission-
ary Society Emanuel Church, Philadelphia, 2.56 ;
'' M. I. C," 5 ; A friend from South Carolina, 5 ;
Mrs. Hester Ayres, for Armenian Orphans, 50 ;
"A Friund," 500; Rev. BeDJamin M. Nyce,
support Rev. J. E. Adams, 300 ; Missionary Oil
Wells, 219.59 ; R. Binsley, support of E. John-
ston, 12.50 ; Missionary Association Wooster
University, support of Rev. Henry Forman, Iu-
dia, 55.54; Miss S. Elsie Tyler, 2 ; "E.,"1.50;
" C. Penna.," 22 ; Rev. E. P. Foresmore, 2 ; Chi-
nese in San Francisco, 106.80; Loomis' Memo-
rial Juvenile Missionary Society, 6.95 ; Monte-
rev Seminarv Fund, 200 ; Jennie Oram, 20 ;
Schien'elin Fund, 240 ; S. M. Thwing, 392 ; H.
M. White, 86.40 ; H A. Campbell, 30 ; Egbert
Starr, 100 ; Mrs. Willett, 5 ; W. H. Jackson, 40 ;
Miss Stokes, 500 ; Mrs. J. Livingston Taylor,
1000 ; A. W. Duff, 500 ; Rev. J. H. Freeman, 5 ;
Miss S. M. Van Duzee, 3.05.
Total received during the month of April, 1898, $237,172 42
Total received from May 1, 1897, to April, 30,
1898 801,773 19
Total received from May 1, 1896, to April 30,
1897 793,082 20
Charles W. Hand, Treasurer,
156 Fifth Avenue, New York.
RECEIPTS FOR THE BOARD OF FOREIGN MISSIONS, MAY, 1898.
Atlantic— McClelland— Mount Pisgah, 1. South Florida
—Winter Haven, 5.
Baltimore. — Baltimore — Baltimore Boundary Avenue,
71.08 ; — Brown Memorial, 101.40. New Gas</e— New Castle
sab.-sch., 2.28 ; Port Penn sab.-sch., 5.60; WT est Nottingham,
15. Washington City— Washington City 4th, 13.55 ; — Gur-
ley Memorial, 12.60.
California.— Los Angeles— Colton, 17.50 ; Glendale, 3 ;
Inglewood, 7.75 ; Los Angeles Immanuel, 65, sab.-sch., 20;
Pacific Beach, 1.85; Pasadena 1st sab.-sch., 49.85. Oakland—
Fruit vale, 3.25; Liverniore, 2.50. San Francisco — San Fran-
cisco Memorial sab.-sch., 16.
Catawba.— Cape Fear— Rowland 1st, 1 ; Maxton 2d, 1.
Colorado.— Boulder— Boulder, 9.75 ; Rawlins, 6. Pueblo—
Pueblo 1st, 15.15 ; Trinidad 1st, 13 ; Walsenburgh, 51 cts.
Illinois.— Bloomington — Danville 1st, 150; Downs, 2.
Chicago— Chicago 3d, 149.50; — 5th sab.-sch., 7.34; — 6th
sab.-sch.. 49.05; — Sixtieth Street, 7.67; Deerfield sab.-sch.,
5.75; Wilmington, 10.47. Freeport — Cedarville, 11; Prairie
Dell German, 30; Rockford Westminster sab.-sch., 62.
Peoria — Brimfield, 11.40; Elmwood sab.-sch., 2.30. Rock
River— Morrison sab.-sch., 3.57 ; Rock Island Central, 10, Y.
P. S. ,6.50. Schuyler— Buyliss, 5 ; Monmouth, 83.39. Spring-
jield— Springfield 1st, 60.
Indiana.— Crawfordsville— Dayton sab.-sch., 12.75. Fort
Wayne — La Grange, 13. Indianapolis— Indianapolis 1st, 10.
Jj)gansport — Logansport Broadway, 5. New Albany — Plea-
sant Township, 2.30. White Water— Richmond 2d, 24.
Indian Territory.— Choctaw— Atoka, 10 ; Lehigh, 2 ;
Philadelphia, 65 cts.
Iowa.— Cedar Raids— Clarence, 27. Dubuque— Farley, 7.
Fort Dodge— Estherville sab.-sch., 7 ; Lohrville, 7.24. Iowa—
Burlington 1st, 13.20. Sioux City— Eliicott Creek, 3.71.
W"l> rloo— Waterloo sab.-sch., 19.37.
Kansas. — Emporia — Council drove sab.-sch., 5.87 ; Elmen-
daro sab.-sch., 2; Emporia 1st, 24; Harmony, 1.10; Madi-
son sab.-sch., 3 ; Wichita, Oak Street, 10. Lamed— Pratt, 5.
Solomon— Abiline, 6. Topeka —Kansas City 1st. 12.64.
Kentucky.— Ebenezer— Ebenezer,12.58; Murphysville, 2.55.
Transylvania — Assembly, 28.
Michigan. — Flint — Amadore, 1 ; Lexington, 2. Lake
Superior— Manistique Redeemer sab.-sch., 21.79.
Minnesota. — Mankato— Jackson sab.-sch., 6.30; Morgan
sab.-sch., 1.08; Worthington Westminster, 12.10. Minneapolis
—Maple Plain, 2.71; Minneapolis 5th 1.46; — Faith sab.-sch.,
2; — House of Faith, 3 ; — Shiloh, 11.85, sab.-sch., 2.79.
SL Paul— Shakopee sab -sch., 9.07 ; St. Paul Central, 39.21.
Winona — Etna Union, 20.
Missouri.— Platte— Barnard, 10; Bethel, 4.01 ; New York
Settlement, 5; Rockport, 2; Weston, 5.50. Sl.Louis—De
Sota, 8.10 ; St. Louis 1st sab.-sch., 29.46 ; Webster Grove, 5.
Nebraska.— Box Untie— Bodarc, 1.50; Crowbutte, 55 cts.;
Union Star, 3.84 ; Willow Creek, 81 cts. Hastings— Blue
Hill sab.-sch., 4.35 ; Campbell, 3 ; Ruskiu, 1. Nebraska City—
Beatrice 2d, 5. Niobrara— South Fork, 1.75. Omaha-
Omaha Lowe Avenue, 1.59.
New Jersey.— Elizabeth— Fertb. Amboy sab.-sch., 3.87 ;
Westfield sab.-sch., 50. Monmouth — Jamesburgh sab.-sch.,
1.94; Manaplan, 6 ; Manasquan, 10 ; Perrineville sab.-sch.,
2.50; Providence sab.-sch., 2.63. Morris and Orange— Chatham,
10; Morristown South Street sab.-sch., 112.50; Orange 1st
sab.-sch., 100;— Central, 320. Newark— Bloomfield West-
minster sab.-sch. , 60 ; Montclair 1st sab.-sch., 50 ; —Grace
sab.-sch., 50; Newark Italian sab.-sch., 5. — Park 35.52. New
Brunswick— Milford sab.-sch., 17.98 ; Pennington, :;2.41 ;
Princeton 1st, 25.27 ; Trenton 1st, 368 ; — 3d, 68.22. Newton—
Oxford 2d, 7.25; Stanhope sab.-sch., 9. West Jersey— Cam-
den 2d, 1.
New Mexico.— Arizona— Flagstaff, 9.30, sab.-sch., 1.20 ;
Florence, 10. Santa Ft— Ocatc, 2.
New York. — Albany— May field Central, 2.50. Biugham-
ton — Bainbridge, 11.50 ; Windsor sab -sch., 10, Y'.P.S., 10.
Boston— Lowe 1, 33 ; Roxbury, 20 66. Brooklyn— Brooklyn
1st sab.-sch., 25 ; — Classon Avenue, 5 ; — Lafayette Avenue,
16.44; — South Third Street. 24.66. Cayuga— Genoa 2d,
2.50. Chemung— Breesport, 6.78. Columbia— Catskill, 166.61.
Genesee — Oakfield, 3. Geneva— Geneva 1st, 23.63; Man-
chester sab.-sch. , 7 ; Seneca Falls, 71.04. Hudson— Middle-
town 1st, 25. Long Island — Bridgehampton, 22.52 ; South-
ampton, 36.28. Lyons — Lyons sab.-sch., 35.94; Ontario
Centre, 2. New York — New York Thirteenth Street sab.-sch.,
60 ; — Harlem, 7.81 ; — Madison Square, 150 ; — Puritans
sab.-sch., 50; — West End sab.-sch., 15.89 ; — Westminster
West Twenty-third street sab.-sch., 25.07. North River —
Freedom Plains, 5. Otsego— East Guilford, 3.80. St. Law-
rence— Chaumont, 20. Syracuse — Syracuse Park, 241.30.
Troy— Cambridge, 100 ; Hoosick Falls", 17. Utica— Kirklaud,
5 ; Knoxboro sab.-sch., 5 ; Vernon sab.-sch., 10. Westchester—
Bridgeport 1st sab.-sch., 40; Peekskill 1st. 33.55.
North Dakota. — Minnewaukon — Rolla, 5. Pembina —
Park River, 10.
Ohio.— Bellefontaine— Bellefontaine, 15.51 ; Crestline sab.-
sch., 6.70. Chillicothe- White Oak, 13.02. Cincinnati— Cin-
cinnati 2d German sab.-sch., 3.50. Cleveland — Cleveland 1st
sab.-sch., 26.93 ; — North, 25; North Springfield sab.-sch.,
4 60. Huron— Olena, 7.10 ; Tiffin, 19.75 Lima— Ada, 39 07 ;
Zion Welsh, 5.47. Mahoning — Youngstown, 28.43. Maumee—
Edgerton, 10. St. Clairsville— Demos, 8. Steubenville—C&T-
rolltou Y'.P.S., 5; Centre Unity, 1; Unionport, 2; Yellow
Creek sab.-sch., 24.48. Zanesville— Zanesville Brighton, 3.95.
Oregon.— East Oregon— Bethel, 2; Union, 2.71. Portland —
Oregon City, 1.
Pennsylvania. — Allegheny — Allegheny North, 20.
Butler— Concord, 15 76 ; North Liberty, 13 ; North Washing-
ton, 4 ; West Sunbury, 16.25. Carlisle— Chambersburg
Falling Spring sab.-sch., 30.28 ; Harrisburg Elder Street, 3 ;
Steelton, 4. Chester— Media, 25, sab.-sch., 25 ; Plucnixville,
22. Clarion— Endeavor, 115.63 ; Licking sab.-sch., 13.63.
Erie— Garland, 9.90 ; Meadville Central, 20 ; Sugar Creek, 5.
Huntingdon — Beulah, 8.78; Duncansville sab.-sch., 3.64;
Hollidaysburg, 10. Lackawanna — Ashley sab.-sch., 7;
Brooklyn, 8; Pittston sab.-sch., 10; Scranton Green Ridge
Avenue, 300; Wyoming sab.-sch., 5. Lehigh— Allentown,
39 ; South Bethlehem, 1. Parkersburg— Hughes River, 10.
Philadelphia— Philadelphia Cohocksink sab.-sch., 7.30; —
South, 5; — Tioga Y.P.S., 45; — WTalnut Street, 1800.
Philadelphia North— Morrisville, 19.64. Pittsburgh— Pitts-
burg 2d sab.-sch., 12.06; — Shady Side, 148.50; Sharon
27.09. Redstone— Industry, 10. Washington— East Buffalo
sab.-sch., 6; West Alexander sab.-sch., 40. Westminster —
Wrightsville, 11.16.
South Dakota. — Aberdeen — Oneota, 1.30. Black Hills —
Bethel, 2; Elk Creek, 5 ; Plainview, 3. Dakota— Ascension,
2; Buffalo Lake, 2 ; Lake Traverse, 50 cts. ; Pine Ridge, 15;
WThite River, 1 ; Yankton Agency, 4.
Tennessee. — Un wj— Knoxville Bell Avenue, 2.
Texas.— North Texas— J acksboro sab.-sch., 1.30.
Utah. — Utah — Hyrum Emmanuel sab.-sch., 2.
Washington.— Alaska— Fort Wrangell, 2.50, Y.P.S.. 2.50,
Paget Sound — Acme, 5 ; Deming, 1.50 ; J Sumner, 8.
Spokane— Davenport, 25.
fe8
FOREIGN MISSIONS EDUCATION.
[July,
"Wisconsin.— Madison— Eden Bohemian, 2; Fancy Creek,
2 : Muscoda Bohemian, 2 ; Pleasant Hill, 3 ; Prairie du Sac
sab.-sch., 90 cts. Milwaukee— Milwaukee Calvary sab.-sch.,
25 ; Ottawa, 1.83.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Ch as. Bird, support Mr. Chunn, 6; Mrs. M. D.
Ellison, 20 ; "A Friend," 2 ; Etta M. Collins for
Prabhu Das Fund, 10 , Mrs. G. W. Gantz, 5 ;
" B. 0. R.," 5 ; Miss A Hie Corsa, 2 50 ; " In the
Master's Name," 50cts.: J. H. Judson, 22.50;
J. A. Ferguson, 5 ; Jos. W. Sheehan, 3 ; Mrs. M.
J. Shaw, 40; Miss D. S. Morton, 3; Miss F. C.
Bascom, 40 ; Missionary Association of Wooster
University. 12.55; Mrs. Wm. Harris, for salary of
Wm. Harris, Jr., 15; Western Theo. Seminary,
support A. Ewing, 4.75 ; Walter P. Gray, 1 ; Miss
M. A. Hall, 150 ; Paul I). Gardner, 7.55 ; Mary E.
Whitfipld, 5 ; F. H. Kraesche and wife, 7 : Miss
Alida Beyer, support child in India and China,
2 ; Miss H. A. Dickinson, 1 ; "A friend," sup-
port of Messrs. Johnson and Fraser, 83.33 ; C.
Penna., 100 ; McCormick Theological Seminary,
for T. G Brashear's salary, 130 ; G. C. Gearm,
support of Mr. Massey, 6 ; Rev. Albert Liver-
more, 5; "F. E. S.," 5.15; "A friend,"! ; W.
D. Bees, 1000 ; Elder Nan Tomachi, 1 ; Mrs.
Geo. X. Halliwell, 10 ; Kev. Robt. H. Warden,
for native workers in China, 177.48 ; N. E.
Hunt, support of Chlati Lai, 5 ; Harriet J. Baird
Huey, 10; Agnes Anderson, 5 : " Roneale," 50;
Rev. Albert B. King, 30 ; Antrim W. Yale, 25 ;
John S. Merriman, 1 ; Rev. R. M. Coulter, 2 ;
Princeton Seminary Miss. Soc, 175; Mrs. J. G.
E.,5; Mary W. Niles, 3.75; James W, Smith,
22; C. J. Bowen, 400; Princeton Theological
Seminary, 108.74 : " One who loves the cause," 1 ;
Thomas Smith, 10 : Miss Julia Gombert, 5 ; "H.
L. J ," 40 ; Chase & West, for Miss Field. 125 ;
Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Raugh, 5 ; "A member of
Lenox Church," 50 cts.; "A friend." 200; Rev.
H. T. Scholl, 3 ; Miss M. E. Drake, 5 83,126 30
WOMEN S BOARDS.
Woman's Occidental Board of Foreign Missions.
Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the
Presbyterian Church,
26 77
600 00
$626 77
LEGACIES.
W. H. Boyd estate, 100 ; Geo. S. Bryan estate,
2833.37; Miss Dickinson estate, 962 57 ; M. J.
Myers estate, 625.51 ; Ingalls estate, 375; J. A.
Caughey estate, 50 4,946 45
$4,946 45
Total received for the month of May, 1898 016,475 99
Total received for the month of May, 1897 13,693 43
Charles W. Hand, Treasurer,
156 Fifth Avenue, New York.
RECEIPTS FOR THE BOARD OF EDUCATION, APRIL, 1898.
Baltimore. — Baltimore — Baltimore Ridgely Street. 2 ;
Chestnut Grove, 10; Mount Paran. 5; Taneytown, 14.27.
New Castle— Wilmington West, 17. Washington City— Wash-
ington City 1st, 6.
California.— Los Angeles— Colton, 6.65; Glendale, 2;
Monrovia, 1.82 ; Santa Monica, 6. Santa Barbara— Stockton
1st, 7.70.
Catawba. — Cape Fear— Rowland 1st, 1. Catawba— Char-
lotte Seventh Street, 1.
Colorado. — Pueblo— Del Norte, 3.25.
Illinois.— Chicago — Chicago Sixtieth Street, 2.10; —
Italian, 1. Ottawa— Grand Ridge, 6.30. Peoria— Prospect,
4. Rock River — Peniel. 6.50 Schuyler — Ellington Memorial,
3. Springfield— Farmington, 2.30 ;Mason City, 4.04 ; Peters-
burg, 1.89.
Indiana. — Indianapolis— Greenfield, 3 ; Indianapolis 7th,
5. New Albany— Oak Grove, 1.
Iowa. — Des Moines— Centreville, 7.57. Dubuque— Bethel, 2.
Iowa— New London, 1. Iowa City — Washington, 1.49.
Sioux City— Woodbury Co. Westminster 56 cts. Waterloo—
East Friesland German, 53.45.
Kansas. — Solomon— Concordia, 10.66. Topeka — Topeka 2d,
5.
Kentucky. — Louisville— Owensboro 1st, 25. Transylva-
nia— Harrodsburg 1st, 5
Michigan. — Detroit— Detroit Calvary, 5 ; — Memorial, 5.
Minnesota.— Duluth— Samaria, 50 cts. Red River— Red
Lake Falls, 1. St. Cloud—St. Cloud, 2.03. St. Paul— Red
Wing, 11.05 ; St. Croix Falls, 2. Winona— Chatfield, 1.96.
Missouri. — Palmyra — Unionville, 2.
Nebraska. — Hastings— Hartwell Bethel, 1: Minden, 4.
Nebraska City— Hebron, 1.30 ; Staplehurst, 2. Niobrara —
Millerboro and sab.-sch., 1.
New Jersey. — Elizabeth— C'arksville, 1 ; Elizabeth West-
minster, 11.04. Jersey City — West Hoboken, 4. Monmouth—
Barnegat, 4; Bordentown, 4.49; Cranbury 2d, 4. Morris
and Orange— Chester, 3. Neiv Brunswick— Princeton Wither-
f-poon Street, 1.
New Mexico. — Rio Grande— Los Lentas, 15 cts.; Pajarito,
15 cts.
New York.— A Ibany— Saratoga Springs 2d, 8.75; Voorhees-
ville, 1 Boston— Manchester (rerman, 3. Brooklyn— Brook-
lyn Arlington Avenue, 2. Champlain — Chazy, 10. Hudson —
Greenbush, 11.36. Long Island— Moriches, 6.67. Nassau—
Smithtown, 9.37. Rochester— Chili, 5; Lima, 12.50. St.
Lawrence — Brasher Falls, 3. Syracuse— Fayetteville, 1.88 ;
Syracuse 1st, 27.32; — East Genesee, 2.13. Utica— Utica
Bethany, 3.87 ; Waterville, 1.89. Westchester— Rye, 14.38.
North Dakota.— Fargo— Sanborn, l.
Ohio.— Athens— Deerfield, 1 ; McConnellsville, 2 , Pleasant
Grove, 1. Chillicothe— Chillicothe 1st, 10; North Fork, 1.
Cleveland— Cleveland Calvary, 44 ; — North sab.-sch., 2.62.
Columbus — Scioto, 1. Lima— Ottawa, 76 cts. Maumee —
Weston, 2.25. Portsmouth— Jackson, 3. St. Clairsville—
Coal Brook, 7.82; New Castle, 1; Senecaville, 1; West
Brooklyn, 1. Wooster— Hopewell 7. Zanesville— Chandlers-
ville, 1.37 ; Oakfield, 1.
Oregon.— East Oregon— Union, 1.02.
Pennsylvania. — Btairsville — Ebensburg, 9. Butler-
Butler 2d, 4 ; Petrolia, 5.31. Carlisle— Harrisburg Covenant,
10. Chester— New London, 5. Clarion— Beech Woods (a
member of), 34 cts.; Richland, 1. Kittanning— Glen Camp-
bell, 1. Lackawanna— Plains, 4 ; Wyoming, 4. Philadel-
phia—Philadelphia Greenway, 6. ' Pittsburgh— Pittsburgh
East Liberty, 19.42 ; — Grace Memorial, 2 ; — Shady Side,
53.75; Sharon, 10. Redstone— Tent, 50 cts. Washington—
Washington 1st, 46.80. Westminster — Centre (sab.-sch.,
6.76), 24.
South Dakota.— Southern Dakota— Scotland, 2.
Washington. — Spokane— Spokane 1st, 5. Walla Walla —
North Fork, 2.
Wisconsin. — Chippewa— Rice Lake, 4. Milwaukee— Mil-
waukee German, 1 ; — Perseverance, 1 ; Ottawa, 82 cts.
Receipts from churches in April 8734 65
" " Sabbath-schools and Y. P. Societies. 10 38
LEGACIES.
Balance from estate Jas. Brown, Kittanning, Pa.
REFUNDED.
L. W. W., on account
MISCELLANEOUS.
Mrs. P. G. Cook, Buffalo, NY., 3; A minister's
tithe, Presbytery of Athens, 1.33 ; A minister's
tithe, Presbytery of Fargo, 1.33 ; A minister's
tithe. Presbytery of Parkersburg, 1.34 ; C. M.
Hornet, 1 ; Rev. A. Vinton Lee, West Va., 2 ....
Total receipts from April 16th to 30th, inclusive,
222 30
50 00
10 00
$1,027 34
Jacob Wilson, Treasurer,
512 Witherspoon Building, Philadelphia.
1898.]
EDUCATION — COLLEGES AND ACADEMIES.
89
RECEIPTS FOR THE BOARD OF EDUCATION, MAY, 1898.
Baltimore.— New Castle— Perryville, 1.50.
California.— £en?cia — Ukiah, 1. Los Angelos — North
Ontario sab.-sch., 2.62. Oakland— Oakland Union Street, 5.
Catawba.— Cape Fear— Ebenezer sab.-sch., 1.
Colorado.— PaeWo— Walsenburgh Spanish, 51 cts.
Illinois.— Freeport — Marengo, 5; Prairie Dell German
Mission Post, 10. Sc huyler— Monmouth, 12.97.
Indiana. — Fort Wayne — Albion, 2.65. White Water—
Richmond 1st, 22.92.
Iowa.— Cedar Rapids— Richland Centre, 9.65. Des Moines
—Grimes, 6 ; Indianola, 10. Iowa— Burlington 1st, 2.40;
Mt. Pleasant 1st, 26.88. Sioux City— Ellicott Creek, 75 cts.;
In wood, 4. . ° «*
Michigan.— Detroit— Mt. Clemens, 5. Kalamazoo— Stur-
gis, 1.50. Lake Superior— Manistique Redeemer, 5. Lansing
—Battle Creek, 5. ,«_«.«»
Minnesota.— Minneapolis— Minneapolis Shiloh, 2.75. *V.
C/owd— Greenleaf, 1.86 ; Spring Grove, 2. St. Paul— St. Paul
Central, 9 02. Winona— Oronoco, 2.
Nebraska.— Nebraska City— Beatrice 2d, 1. Niobrara—
Madison, 4. Omaha— Bancroft, 2.50.
New Jersey.— Jersey City— Jersey City 1st, 15.28. Mon-
mouth—Calvary, 15.70." Newark— Caldwell, 22.67 ; Newark
Park, 26.54. New Brunswick— Ewing, 11.23; Princeton 1st,
157.80. Newton— Phillipsburgh 1st, 5. West Jersey— Bridge-
ton West, 20 ; Camden 2d, 10 ; Hammonton, 2.50.
New York.— Boston— Lowell, 5. Buffalo— Silver Creek,
4 50 Genesee— Elba, 3. Geneva— Manchester, 12. Hudson
— Monticello, 18 ; Stony Point, 18.62 ; Cash, 100. Lyons—
Sodus, 3.10. New York— New York 1st Union 6.42. North
Eicer—Ameaia South, 8.47 ; Cornwall on Hudson, 7.32 ;
Newburg 1st, 14. Rochester— Mt. Morris, 5.75. St. Law-
rence -Chaumont, 1. Troy— Hoosick Falls, 8 ; Troy West-
minster, 8.84. Westchester— White Plains, 41.07 ; Yonkers
1st sab.-sch., 25.75.
North Dakota.— Pembina— Park River, 6.
Ohio.— Bellefontaine — Bellefontaine, 2.82. Cincinnati—
Bond Hill, 4.18. Cleveland-Cleveland 1st sab.-sch., 12.31.
Lima— Enon Valley, 3. St. Clairsville—Vemos, 4.
Oregon.— East Oregon— Union, 49 cts.
Pennsylvania.— Blairsville— Johnstown 2d, 12. Butler
—Concord, 7.86 ; Mars, 1 ; New Salem, 2 ; Zelienople, 6.64.
Chester — Glen Riddle, 2.10 ; West Chester Westminster, 7 ;
West Grove, 4. Clarion — Beech Woods (a member of), 28
cts. Erie— Garland, 1.80 ; Girard (Miles Grove Branch,
1.75), 8. Huntingdon— Tyrone, 37.18. Lackawanna— Wilkes
Barre 1st, 179.37. Philadelphia— Philadelphia 4th, 11 ; —
Grace, 4. Pittsburg — Idlewood Hawthorne Avenue, 6 ;
Pittsburgh Knoxville, 10 ; — Shady Side, 61.87. Westminster
—Chestnut Level, 4.
South Dakota. — Dakota— Buffalo Lake, 1 ; White River,
1 ; Yankton Agency, 2.
Tennessee. — Holslon — Elizabethton, 2.25 ; Jonesboro,
8.30.
Texas.— North Texas— Jacksboro, 6.35.
Utah. — Utah— Salt Lake City Westminster, 4.
Washington. — Olympia— Cosmopolis, 2.20; Montesano, 1.
Receipts from churches in May $1,129 36
11 " sab. -schs. and Y.P. Societies 4168
MISCELLANEOUS.
"M. R," Jenkintown, Pa., 10; " B. O. R,"5;
Mrs. A. D. Irvine, Damascus. Pa., 200 ; Relig-
ious Contribution Society of Princeton Theo-
logical Seminary, 15.72 ; "C. Penna.," 2 232 72
INCOME ACCOUNT.
32, 105 137 00
Total receipts in May, 1898 81,540 76
Total receipts from April 16, 1898 2,568 10
Jacob Wilson, Treasurer,
512 Witherspoon Building, Philadelphia.
RECEIPTS FOR THE BOARD OF AID FOR COLLEGES AND ACADEMIES, MAY, 1898.
Atlantic— Mc Clelland— Mt. Pisgah, 1. 1 00
Baltimore.— New Castle— Port Deposit, 4 ; Smyrna, 3.
Washington City- -Washington City 1st, 6. 13 00
California.— .Benicia— Ukiah, 1. Los Angeles— Colton,
3.35 ; San Fernando 3. San Francisco— San Francisco 1st,
50. San Jose— Cambria, 3. 60 35
Colorado.— Boulder— Fort Collins Golden Link Mission
Band, 10 ; Fossil Creek, 3 ; Longmont Central, 4. Denver—
Denver Westminster Whatsoever Mission Band, 10; Little-
ton, 1.50. Pueblo— Bowen, 3; La Costilla, 1; Pueblo 1st,
15.11 ; San Pablo, 1. „ ,48T61
Illinois.— Freeport— Marengo, 5. Rock River— Rock Is-
land Broadway, 16.55. Schuyler— Monmouth, 12.96. 34 51
Indiana.— Fmcenraes— Evansville (irace, 24. 24 00
Indian Territory.— Kiamichi—Mt. Gilead, 70 cts. /0
Iowa.— Des ilfomes-Centreville, 7.15. Dubuque— Bethel,
2. Fort Dodge- Burt, 5; Glidden, 9.88; Irvington, 3.50.
Iowa— New London, 1. Iowa City— Washington, 1.50. Sioux
City- Ellicott Creek, 75 cts.: Hospers 1st Holland, 2 ; Lyon
Co. German, 4; Manilla, 1.25. 38 03
Kansas.— Highland— Barnes, 2 ; Blue Rapids, 11 ; Irving,
2. ropefta— Topeka Westminster, 3.31. -,1,831
Kentucky.— Transylvania— Greensburg, 3 ; Harrodsburg
Assembly, 5. , „ «■ „ 8 ??
Michigan.— Detroit — Detroit Immanuel, 7; Ypsilanti,
10.51. Grand Rapids— Grand Rapids 1st, 17.50. Kalamazoo
— Plainwell, 5; White Pigeon, 5. Lansing— Lansing 1st C.
K., 1.40. Monroe- Monroe, 4.04. Petoskey— Elmira, 25 cts. ;
Harbor Springs, 1. Saginaw— Alma, 110.30; Midland, 32;
West Bay City Westminster, 45. 239 00
Minnesota.— Z>u/mM— Samaria, 50 cts. Mankalo -Wells,
5. Minneapolis— Minneapolis 5th, 1 ; — Bethlehem, 5. St.
Cloud-St. Cloud, 2.02. St. Paul— Red Wing, 11 06. 24 58
Missouri.— Ozark— Neosho (sab.-sch., 2), 9. . 9 00
Nebraska.— Nebraska City -Beatrice 2d, 2; Utica, 2
Niobrara— Madison, 2.61. 6 61
New Jersey.— Elizabeth— Clarlzsville, 1 ; Perth Amboy
sab.-sch., 3.63. Jersey City— West Hoboken, 4. Monmouth—
Belmar, 1; Lakewood, 50 : Perrineville, 1; Point Pleasant,
2. Morris and Orange— Chester, 5; Madison, 89.78: Whip-
pany, 1. Newark— Newark Memorial, 12 ; — Park. 7.03.
Newton— Washington, 5. West Jersey— Hammonton, 3.55.
185 99
New Mexico.— Rio Grande— Los Lentas, 15 cts,; Pajarito,
15 cts. 30
New York.— Albany— Saratoga Springs 2d, 7.50. Boston—
Lowell, 5. Brooklyn — Brooklyn Arlington Avenue, 3 ; —
Ross Street, 21 ; — Westminster, 7.59. Cayuga— Genoa 1st,
5. Columbi a— Hunter, 5. Geneva— Seneca Castle, 3.51.
Hudson — Union ville, 2. Long Island — Moriches, 6.67.
Nassau— Huntington 1st, 29.45; Smithtown,9.43. New York —
New York 1st Union, 8.94. North River — Canterbury, 4;
Wappinger's Falls, 1.78. Otsego— Guilford Centre, 2. St.
Lawrence— Chaumont, 2. Steuben — Howard, 3.25. Syra-
cuse—Fayetteville, 2 ; Syracuse East Genesee, 2.12. Troy-
Malta, 2. Utica— Utica Olivet, 5. Westchester— South Salem,
8.16. 146 40
North Dakota.— Pembina— Park River, 6. 6 00
Ohio. — Athens— McConnellsville, 2. Cincinnati— Cincin-
nati Walnut Hills, 50.82 ; Venice, 3. Cleveland— Cleveland
Calvary. 66; East Cleveland, 8.11. Dayton— (ireenville, 13.
Lima — Enon Valley, 3 ; Van Buren, 3. Mahoning — North
Jackson, 1 ; Warren, 9.90. Marion— Mount Gilead, 5.89. St.
Clairsville—'New Castle, 1. Sleubenville— Oak Ridge, 2.
168 72
Oregon. — East Oregon — Union, 1.02. Port/and — Smith
Memorial, 1. Willamette— Gervais, 1. 3 02
Pennsylvania.— Allegheny— Allegheny McClure Avenue,
11.80; Cross Roads, 5; Haysville (sab.-sch., 1.27), 2.27;
Pine Creek 1st, 3.15 ; Rochester, 5. Blairsville— Ebensburg,
9 ; Ligonier, 2 ; Turtle Creek, 5. Butler— Mars, 1 ; Summit,
2.20 ; Zelienople Harmony, 3.90. Carlisle — Dickinson, 1.50 ;
Lebanon Fourth Street, 2. Chester— Bryn Mawr, 59.90 ; Dil-
worthtown, 2; New London, 6. Erie — Franklin, 2771.
Huntingdon— Last Kishacoquillas, 5; Huntingdon, 20.01;
Mount Union, 15.40. Kit/anning— Glen Campbell, 1 ; Glade
Run, 7; Nebo, 2; Rural Valley, 11. Lackawanna— Plains,
2 • Wyoming, 3. Lehigh— Lansford, 2. Philadelphia— Phila-
delphia 10th, 213.55 ; — North Tenth Street, 42.37 ; — South
Broad St., 1.52. Philadelphia North — Pottstown, 9.98.
Pittsburgh — Homestead (sab.-sch., 1), 11; Pittsburgh 3d,
550 ; —6th, 25.07 ; — Forty-third Street, 9 ; — East Liberty,
19.42 ; — Grace Memorial, 1 ; — Shady Side, 21.50. Shenango
—Centre, 3; Clarksville, 2; Mount Pleasant, 3, Wash-
ington— Allen Grove, 5.50 : East Buffalo, 12.36 ; Hooks-
town, 5 ; West Union, 1 ; Wheeling 3d, 4.36. 1,158 47
South Dakota.— Aberdeen— Langford, 2. Black Hills—
Cartnel, 1; Deadwood, 4; Lead 1st, 3; Vale, 1. Central
Dakota— Colman, 1.35; Pierre, 20. Dakota— Ascension, 2;
Buffalo Lake, 1 ; Hill, 1 ; Porcupine, 1 ; White River, 1 ;
Yankton Agency, 20.91. 59 26
90
COLLEGES AND ACADEMIES — CHURCH ERECTION.
[July,
Tennessee. — llolston— St. Marks, 1. 1 00
Ytau.— Boise— Boise City 1st, 6.60. 6 60
Washington.— Walla Walla— North Fork, 2.20. 2 20
Wisconsin.— Madison— Br odhead, 3. Milwaukee— Ottawa,
81 cts. 3 81
Total received from churches and sab.-schs $2.267 47
PERSONALS.
'A Member," Beechwood, Pa., ch., 34 cts.; A. E.
Porter, 1, F. G. Rost, 3, J. E. Merenass, (Hid-
den, la., 5; Rev. W. B. Greenshield, Burt, la.,
10: J. E. Durkie, Sioux Rapids, la., 10; "A
minister's tithe," O., 1 ; "A minister's tithe,"
N. D., 1 ; "A minister's tithe," Pennsylvania,
1 ; W. H. Kelso, Inglewood, Cal., 50; Miss
Sadie Boyer, Charlestown, Ind., 20 cts.; Rev. A.
J. Montgomery, Oregon City, Ore., 2 ; L. D.
Rutan, Pomona, Cal., 50 ; Miss Elizabeth Skin-
ner, 50, Miss Frederika Skinner, 50, T. G.
Dickinson, Chicago, 25 ; J. M. Barkley, Detroit,
Mich., 5; W. K. Spencer, Adrian, Mich., 5;
Charles Daniels, Port Hope, Mich., 1 ; Rev. Wil-
liam D. Cole, Dickerville, Mich., 5; Mrs.
Morrison, Flint, Mich., 10; T. W. Monteith,
Martin, Mich., 11.75; A. W. Wright. Alma,
Mich., 300; Princeton Seminary Religious
Contribution Soc, 18.86; Henry J. Willing,
Chicago, 100; Thomas Schreiber, Pierre, S.
D.,50; H. A. DuBois, Cobden, 111., 50; David
B. Jones, 50, John B. Lord, Chicago, 100 ; L. H.
Blakemore, Cincinnati, 5 ; T. E. Wells, 50, Rev.
N. B. Barr, Chicago, 5 ; Miss Annie M. Bissell,
Pittsburgh, 200 ; Samuel Baker, Chicago, 25 ; B.
O. R., 5; Mary J. Derr, 10, W. B. Jacobs,
Chicago,10 «1,276 15
Total receipts May, 1898 $3,543 62
Previously acknowledged 2,432 70
Total receipts since April 16, 1898 $5,976 32
E. C. Ray, Secretary and Treasurer,
30 Montauk Block, Chicago, 111.
RECEIPTS FOR THE BOARD OF CHURCH ERECTION, MAY, 1898.
ff In accordance with terms of mortgage.
Atlantic— Atlantic— Berean, 2.95. McClelland— Mount
Zion, 1. 3 95
Baltimore. — Baltimore— Baltimore Central, 17.53. New
Castle— Drawyer's, 1 ; Wilmington West, 8. 26 53
California.— Benicia- Eureka, 3 ; Ukiah, 1. Los Ange-
les, Pomona, 6. Oakland— Livermore, 2.50. San Francisco
—San Francisco Howard, 7. 19 50
Catawba. — Cape Fear— Ebenezer sab.-sch., 1 ; Maxton
2d, 1 ; Rowland 1st, 1 ; Haymount, 2. Yadkin— Antioch, 1 ;
Cool Spring, 1 ; St. Paul's, 1. 8 00
Colorado. -Denver— Denver North, 7. Pueblo— Pueblo,
Fountain (sab.-sch., 160), 315. 10 15
Illinois.— Cairo— Flora, 3.43. Chicago — Chicago 60th
Street, 143 ; — Belden Avenue, 7.14; — Brookline Park, 4 ;
ff Elwood, 50. Freeport— Prairie Dell Missions Fest, 15; Sa-
vanna, 2.35. Peoria — Elmwood, 2.70 ; Farmington, 4.35 ;
Oneida, 12. Pock Rirer — Alexis, 9.65. Schuyler — Mon-
mouth, 12.97. Springfield— -Irish Grove, 2.02 ; Sweet Water,
1.01. 128 05
Indiana.— Cra wfordsville— ^\lslonteznn\a, 50. New Albany
—New Albany 2d, 15.05. Vincennes— Evansville Walnut
Street, 24.27. 89 32
Indian Territory.— Choctaw— Philadelphia, 1.60. 1 60
Iowa.— Council Bluffs — Avoca, 4 Fort Podge — Spirit
Lake, 3.85. Ioiva— Burlington 1st, 2.40; Mt. Pleasant 1st,
11.04. pjwa City— Oxford, 3 ; Union, 4. Sioux City — Craw-
ford Westminster, 56 cts.; Ellicott Creek, 75 cts. 29 60
Kansas. — Lamed — Hutchinson, 12.72. Neosho — La
Cygne, 3. Solomon- Concordia, 10.66. Topeka- Oakland, 5.
31 38
Kentucky. — Ebenezer — Sharpsburg, 3. Louisville —
Owensburg 1st, 25. Transylvania— Harrodsburg 1st, 5. 33 00
Michigan. — Detroit — Detroit Calvary, 5. Flint — Flynn,
3. Ki ilnmazoo— Martin, 2. Lake Superior— Marquette, 19.58.
Ljansiitg— Battle Creek, 7 ; Delhi, 4. Monroe— ft Reading,
6.76. Petoskey— Harbor Springs, 8. Saginaw— Ithaca, 8.82.
64 16
Minnesota. — Minneapolis — Minneapolis Shiloh, 4.56. St.
Cloud— Spicer 1st, 2. St. Paul— bt. Croix Falls, 1.50; St.
Paul Central, 9.02. 17 08
Nebraska.— Hastings — Ruskin, 1. Kearney— ^\ Broken
Bow, 50. Nebraska City— Beatrice 2d, 2 ; Table Rock, 4.
Niobrara— ft Madison, 105. 162 00
New Jersey.— Elizabeth — Plainfield Crescent Avenue,
225. Monmou/h— Beverly Jr. C. E., 1 ; Cream Ridge, 3.68.
Morris and Orange— Parsippany, 5.10. Newark — Montclair
1st, 25.53 ; Newark Park, 7.03. Newton— Blairstown (sab.-
sch., 8.28), 60. West Jersey— Jericho, 25 cts.; Wenonah,
18.50. 346 09
New Mexico.— Santa Fe— Los Vegas 1st, 9.79. 9 79
New York.— Albany— Albany 3d. 26.23 ; Galway, 3. Bos-
ton— Lowell, 10. Brooklyn —Brooklyn 1st, 86.33 ; Throop
Avenue, 35. I'ayuga— Port Bryon, 4. < 'hamplain— Chazy,
7.13. Gent va — Bellon a, 7; Geneva 1st, 15.47; Romulus,
18.54 ; Seneca, 17. Hinlson — Hopewell, 3. Long Island—
Middletown, 3.82; Setauket, 10. New York— New York
Madison Square, 50 ; — Rutgers Riverside, 163.68 ; — West-
minster West 23d Street sab.-sch., 10. St. Lawrence— Chau-
mont, 2. Syracuse— Amboy, 3.33. Troy— Troy 3d, 3. West-
ell ester— Bridgeport 1st, 24.38. 502 91
North Dakota.— 7Wr<70— Grandin, 5.55. Minnewaukon
—ft Devil's Lake Westminster, 100. 105 55
Ohio. — Athens— McConnellsville, 2. Bellefonlaine—BeUe-
fontaine, 2.82. Cleveland— Cleveland 1st sab.-sch. 12.31. Co-
lumbus—Lancaster, 7.. Mahoning— Clarkson, 5; Rogers'
Westminster , 3. Maumee— Haskins, 1.37; Water ville, 1.65.
St. Clair&v Me— Dernas, 2. Sleubenvi/le— Island Creek (sab.-
sch., 1.10), 9.10 ; Richmond, incl. sab.-sch., 4.40. Zanesville
—Unity, 3.78. 54 43
Oregon. — East Oregon— Union, 49 cts. Portland— Port-
land 1st, 87.43. Willamette — Independence Calvary, 2.50.
90 42
Pennsylvania. — Allegheny — Alegheny McClure Avenue,
35.40 ; Cross Roads, 2.50. Blairsville— Fairfield, 8.33. Bid-
/er— Mars, 1 ; Millbrook, 1 ; Scrub Grass, 10; Ca r lisle— Leb-
anon 4th Street, 2. Clarion— Beech Woods (a member, 34c),
22.25; Clarion, 18.32. Erie— Garland, 1.80. Huntingdon—
Fruit Hill, 2; — Berwindale, 1.50. Kittaning— Indiana, 28.50;
Tunnelton, 3. Lackawanna — Bennett,3; Franklin, 2.18; Wyo-
ming, 4. Northumberland — Buffalo, 2; Jersey Shore,34. Phila-
delphia—Philadelphia Emmanuel (sab.-sch., 8 ), 17 ; — Gas-
ton, 39.29 ; — Grace, 5; —Hope, 5; —Mariner's, 4. Philadel-
phia North— Ann Carmichael, 1; Jenkintown Grace, 6.12;
Macalester Memorial, 2.70. Pittsburgh — Bethel, 21.44;
Homestead sab.-sch., 1 ; Pittsburgh 1st, 181.11 ; — East Lib-
erty, 19.42 ; — Grace Memorial, 1 ; — Shady Side, 49.50 ; —
Tabernacle, 26. Redstone — Industry, 3. Shenango—Ijees-
burg, 5. 1 Ve/lsboro— Port Allegheny, 1.20. Westminster-
Chestnut Level, 4. 575 56
South Dakota. — Central Dakota— Rrookings, 6. Dakota-
Ascension, 1 ; Buffalo Lake, 1 ; Crow Creek, 1 ; Heyata,1.50;
Hill, 1 ; Lake Traverse, 50 cts.; Mountain Head, 3; Paju-
tazee, 1 ; Raven Hill, 1 ; White Clay, 1 ; White River, 1 ;
Wood Lake, 1 ; Yankton Agency, 3. 23 00
Tennessee.— Z7»/o/*— Unitia, 2. 2 00
Texas.— North Texas— Gainesville, 10. 10 00
Washington.— Olympia — Cosmopolis, 1.75 ; Montesano,
75 cts. Paget Sound — Benton, 2. Sj>okane— Northport, 3.
7 50
Wisconsin.— Milwaukee— Milwaukee Calvary, 20.03. 20 03
Contributions from churches and Sabbath-schools. $2,371 60
other contributions.
B. O. R, Danville, Pa., 5; C. Penna., 4; "Cash,
Chicago," 50; Miss Mary W. Prentiss, N. Y.,
1 ; Mrs. H. C. Baird-Huey, 5 ; Rev. A. Virtue,
Lee, W. Va., 1 ; Religious Contribution Society
of Princeton Theological Seminary, 25.14 91 14
$2,462 74
MISCELLANEOUS.
Premiums of insurance, 375 ; interest on invest-
ments, 825 ; total losses, 150 ; sales of church
property, 325 ; plans, 5 ; legacies, 2,111.12 ; legal
expenses, 5; Fort Worth, Tex., on account of
Stuart Fund advance, 14.40 3,810 52
PAYMENTS ON CHURCH MORTGAGES.
Orangeburg, S.C., Grace, 308
308 00
1898.]
CHURCH ERECTION — MINISTERIAL RELIEF.
91
SPECIAL DONATIONS.
New York.— Boston — Londonderry, 2 75. Utica
—Lyons Falls Forest, 9.79. New Jersey. —
Newark— Newark, 10.., 22 54
86,603 80
Church collections and other contributions, April
11-May 31, 1898 $5,946 35
Church collections and other contributions, April
11-May 31, 1897 5,000 23
LOAN FUND.
Iuterest $386 20
Payments on mortgages 919 70
$1,305 90
MANSE FUND.
Installments on loans $944 69
Interest 49 13
Premiums of insurance . . 5 16
$998 98
If acknowledgement of any remittance is not found in
these reports, or if they are inaccurate in any item, prompt
advice should be sent to the Secretary of the Board, giving
the number of the receipt held or, in the absence of a receipt,
the dale, amount and form of remittance.
Adam Campbell, Treasurer,
156 Fifth Avenue, New York City.
RECEIPTS FOR BOARD OF MINISTERIAL RELIEF, MAY, 1898.
Atlantic— McClelland— Mt. Zion, 1. 1 00
Baltimore.— New Castle— Manokin, 5. 5 00
California.— Benicia— Eureka, 5 ; Valley Ford, 5. Los
Angeles— Colton, 6.55; Monrovia, 1.82; Rivera, 4.50; San
Diego 1st, 29. Oakland— Livermore, 2.50. San Francisco—
San Francisco Howard, 4. 58 37
Catawba. — Cape Fear— Ebenezer sab.-sch., 1. Catawba—
Charlotte 7th Street, 1. Southern Virginia— -Holmes Memo-
rial, 1. 3 00
Colorado.— Pueblo— Ign&cio Immanuel, 1.80 ; Trinidad
1st, 8 ; Walsenburgh Spanish, 51 cts. 10 31
Illinois.— Alton— lliWsboro, 10. Chicago — Chicago 60th
Street, 1.63; —Hyde Park, 5. Freeport— Prairie Dell Ger-
man, 10. Peoria —Eureka, 10 ; Galesburg, 11 ; Peoria 2d, 5.
Schuyler— Macomb, 40 ; Monmouth, 12 96. 105 59
Indiana.— Crawfordsville— Spring Grove, 27. Logansport
— Logansport Broadway, 5. Vincennes — Terra Haute Wash-
ington Avenue, 5. 37 00
Iowa.— Cedar Rapids— Yinton, 22. Corning— Yorktown,
5. Iowa— BurliDgton 1st, 2.40. Sioux City— Ellicott Creek,
75 cts. 30 15
Kansas.— Neosho— Paola, 5. Topeka— Junction City 1st,
2.35. 7 35
Kentucky.— Transylvania— Karroisburg Assembly, 5.
5 00
Michigan. — Detroit— Ann Harbor 1st, 30 ; Detroit Menio-
ial, 15. Flint— Mundy, 3.50. Kalamazoo — Sturgis, 3.10.
Lansing— Battle Creek 1st, 20. Petoskey— Harbor Springs, 8.
79 60
Minnesota.— ,S7. Paul— St. Paul Central, 9.02. Winona—
Winona 1st, 6. 15 02
Missouri.— Palmyra— Sullivan 1st, 1. St. Louis— St. Louis
Clifton Heights, 3. 4 00
Montana.— Helena— Manhattan 1st Holland, 2.50 ; Miles
City 1st, 18. 20 50
Nebraska.— Nebraska Ciiy— Adams, 7.69 ; Beatrice 2d, 1 ;
Table Rock, 8. Omaha— Omaha Clifton Hill. 5.48. 22 17
New Jersey.— Elizabeth— Elizabeth 2d, 87. Jersey City
— Englewood, 170 32. Monmouth— Freehold 1st, 16.92. Mor-
ris and Orange— Whippany, 1. Newark— Bloomfield West-
minster, 152.15 ; Lyon's Farms 1st, 18.30 ; Montclair 1st,
27.80; Newark Park, 10 55. New Brunswick— Frenchtown,
10.25. Newton— Phillipsburgh 1st, 6. West Jersey — Ham-
monton, 3.55. 503 84
New York.— Albany— Ballston Spa 1st, 6.67 ; Corinth, 50
cts.; Galway, 3. Boston— Lowell 1st, 5. Brooklyn— West
New Brighton Calvary, 14.56. Butf'ttlo— Ripley, 3. Long
Island — Bridgehampton, 25.91. New York— New York 4th
Avenue, 2 ; — Harlem, 99.26 ; — Madison Square add'l, 25 ;
— Scotch, 28.94; —Spring Street, 50 ; — West, 157.31. North
Hirer— Newburgh 1st, 38. Rochester — Pittsford, 5. St. Law-
n tnee— Chaumont, 3. Steuben— Corning 1st, 30. Syracuse —
Canastota 1st, 8.16. Troy— Hoosick Falls 1st, 10.76 ; Troy
2d, 87.66. Utica— Norwich Corners, 1. 604 73
North Dakota.— Pembina— Park River, 7.50. 7.50
Ohio.— Athens— Deerfield, 2; McConnellsville, 3 ; Pleas-
ant Grove, 1. Bellefontaine — Bellefontaine 1st, 2.82. Cin-
cinnati—Bond Hill. 5 .47 ; Pleasant Run, 1. Cleveland— Cleve-
land 1st sab.-sch., 12.31. Dayton— Dayton 1st, 61.47; New
Paris, 5.69. Lima— Ottawa, 76 cts. St. Clairsville— Demos,
2 ; New Castle, 1 ; Senecaville, 1 ; West Brooklyn, 2. Steu-
benville— Richmond and sab.-sch., 3.52. Wooster — Lexing-
ton, 2.10. Zanesville— Oakfield, 1. 108 14
Oregon.— East Oregon— Union, 49 cts. 49
Pennsylvania.— v4/^/iera//—Alegheny McClure Avenue,
35.40; Cross Roads, 3. Blairsville— Parnassus, 20.80; Tur-
tle Creek, 13. Butler— Mars, 1 ; Millbrook, 1 ; North Liberty,
3. Carlisle — Carlisle 1st, 33; Harrisburg Elder Street, 3;
Middle Spring, 20. Chester — Charlestown, 2.77. Erie—
Belle Valley, 4 ; Garland, 1.80 ; Jamestown 1st, 3.05 ; Mead-
ville Central, 10.10. Lackawanna— Duryea 1st, 4.54 ; Wilkes
Barre Westminster, 12 ; Wyoming sab.-sch., 5. Philadel-
phia— Philadelphia Atonement, 7.75; — Berean, 2 ; — Grace,
5 : — WestHope, 24.30. Philadelphia North — Ann Carmi-
ch'ael, 2; Holmesburg 1st, 15; Norristown 1st, 95.16. Pitts-
burgh— Homestead sab.-sch., 1; Hookstown, 3.09; Pitts-
burgh Grace Memorial, 1; — Lawrenceville, 18.47; — Shady
Side, 49.50. Redstone— Spring Hill Furnace, 1. Washington
—East Buffalo, 13.35. Wellsboro — Port Allegheny, 1.20.
Westminster— Chestnut Level, 10. 426 28
South Dakota.— Dakota— Ascension, 2 ; Buffalo Lake, 1 ;
Hill, 1 ; Long Hollow, 1 ; Mountain Head, 1.50 ; White
River, 1 ; Yankton Agency, 3. 10 50
Tennessee. — Holston— Greenville, 5. 5 00
Utah.— Boise— Boise City 1st, 11.20 11 20
Washington.— Olympia — Cosmopolis, 1.30; Montesano,
1. Puget Sound— Bellingham Bay 1st, 4. 6 30
Wisconsin. — La Crosse— Sechlerville, 4.15. Milwaukee—
Milwaukee Perseverance, 21 cts. Winnebago— Appleton Me-
morial, 15. 19 36
Total receipts from churches and sabbath-schools. $2,107 40
INDIVIDUALS.
" B. O. R.," 5 ; C. M. Hornet, 1 ; Mrs. R. C. Flem-
ing, Ayr, Neb., 5 ; J. W. Sanders, Schenectady,
N. Y., 5; H. D. Crane, Newark, N. J., 20;
Princeton Theological Seminary Benevolent So-
ciety, 31.57 : "A Friend." Neb., 1 ; "K.,Pa.,"
100 ; Rev. Win. H. Babbitt, Cleveland, O., 15 ;
Rev. Wm. P. Koutz, Cutler, Ind., 5 ; Mrs. R. T.
Armstrong, Canton, Mo. ,5; Mrs. Elijah Wil-
son, York, Pa , 25 ; Rev. W. M. Reed, Schell
City, Mo., 1; Rev. Richard Arthur, Logan,
Kans., 2; Rev. Albert B. King, N. Y., 10;
"Gaines, N.Y.," 20: F. E. Fairly, Fayetteville,
N.C., 1 ; " China," 20 ; Mrs. Nellie F. Donald-
son, Atlanta, Ga.,2; Mrs. R. W. Allen, lone,
Calif, 3 ; Teachers and Pupils of Barber Memo-
rial Seminary, 12.95; Amos Denton, Jamaica,
N. Y., 5 ; Religious Contribution Society of
Princeton Theological Seminary, 28.29 ; " H. L.
J.," 10 ; " Friend, Cleveland, O.," 55 ; " E.," 1 ;
"C. Penna.," 6; "Inasmuch," 5; Rev. H. T.
Schall, East Corning, N.Y., 1.75; G. Blank, Na-
poleon, Mo., 5; Mrs. J. S. Reasoner, Walter-
ville, Ore., 5 412 56
Interest from investments 3,624 95
" " R. Sherman Fund 45 00
$6,189 91
Unrestricted legacies, Shepherd Estate, Detroit 300 00
$6,489 91
PERMANENT FUND.
Donation Fourth Avenue Church, N.Y. City 72 25
Total receipts in May, 1898 ^^$6^562 16
Total for current fund, exclusive of unrestricted
legacies, since April, 1898 $14,045 53
Total for current fund, exclusive of unrestricted
legacies same period last year 11,191 35
W. W. Heberton, Treasurer,
507 Witherspoon Building, Philadelphia
92
FREEDMEN.
[July, 1898.
RECEIPTS FOR THE BOARD OF FREEDMEN, APRIL, 1898.
Atlantic —Atlantic— Hopewell. 1.25; Aitnwell, 1. Knox
— Ebenezer 1st. 5; Ezra, 1.50. McClelland— Mt. Pisgah, 1 ;
Oak Grove, 2.50.
Baltimore. — New Castle — FarmiDgt on, 2 ; Red Clay
Creek, 5. Washington City— Manassas, 2 ; Washington City
1st, 6 ; — Gurley Memorial, 5.20.
California.— Benicia — Lakeport. 3.50; Vallejo (sab.-
seh., 3), 8 ; Point Breeze, 2. Los Angeles— Glendale, 1 ; Los
Angeles Central. 5.90 ; Monrovia, 1.81.
Catawba.— Cape Frar— Rowland 1st, 1 ; Maxton 2d, 1;
Raleigh Davie Street, 2. Catawba— Murkland, 1 ; Charlotte
7th Street, 5. Southern Virginia — Big Oak, 1. Yadkin—
Jonesboro, 1 ; Nazareth, 1 ; Southern Pines, 1 ; Durham
Pine Street, 1 ; Sanford, 2.
Colorado.— Boulder— Fort Collins 1st, 6 ; Fossil Creek, 3;
La Salle (L. M. Soc, 2.50), 5; New Castle, 1. Pueblo— Colo-
rado Springs 2d, 2.
Illinois.— B/oomington— Elm Grove, 1 : Farmer City sab.-
sch., 1 ; Wenona, 5. Cairo— Du Quoin 1st, 6.06. Chicago-
Chicago 60th Street, 2.10 ; — Brookline Park, 5 ; — Onward,
1.11; —South Side Tabernacle C. E., 5. Mattoon— Neoga,
6.50. Peoria — Altona, 3; Canton, 3.10; Peoria 1st, 6.16.
Srhituler— Plvmouth, 2 50. Springfield — Decatur 1st, 10;
Mason City, 4.03 ; Petersburg 1st, 4.87.
Indiana. — Indianapolis— Greenfield, 2 ; Indianapolis 12th,
2 ; Norwood, 2. Logansport — Monticello, 33.46 ; Reming-
ton, 3. Muncie— Anderson 1st, 3. White irate;— Greens-
burg, 28.38.
Indian Territory.— Sequoyah— Kujaka, 14.
Iowa.— Cedar Papids — Springville, 2 50. Pes Moines— .
Centreville 1st, 3.69; Grand River, 2.25; Indianola, 10;
Medora, 1.75. Pubuque— Bethel, 2. Iowa— Burlington 1st,
2 40; Martinsburg, 17.34; New London, 1. Iowa City —
Washington, 2.49. Sioux City— Early, 1 ; Lyon Co. German,
3.56; Woodbury Co. Westminster, 1. Waterloo — Holland
German, 4.
Kansas.— Emporia— Emporia 1st, 8. Neosho— Galena 1st,
1. Topeka— Topeka 2d, 4.
Kentucky.— Louur>7/e— Hopkinsville 1st, 2. Transylva-
nia— Concord, 4 ; Harrodsburg Assembly, 5.
Michigan.— Petroit — Detroit Calvary, 5 ; —Forest Ave-
nue, 1.14; —Memorial, 12.50. Grand Rapids— Grand Rap-
ids 3d, 1. Saginaw— Alma sab.-sch., 2.09.
Minnesota.— Puluth—Duluth. Glen Avon, 5.08; Samaria
Swedish, 50 cts. Bed River— Red Lake Falls, 1. St. Cloud—
Spicer 1st, 1 ; St. Cloud 1st, 2.02. St. Pan!— Macalester, 4;
Red Wing, 11.06 ; St. Croix Falls 1st, 2.88. Winona— Cale-
donia, 1 ; Chatfield, 5.17.
Missouri.— Kansas City— Knob Noster sab.-sch., 1. Ozark
—Ash Grove sab.-sch., 1. Platte— Oak Grove, 1. St. Louis—
St. Louis 1st sab.-sch., 6.76 ;— Leonard Avenue sab.-sch.,
8.20.
Nebraska. — Nebraska City — Palmyra sab.-sch., 6.20.
Niobrara— Millerboro, 1. Omaha— Fremont 1st sab.-sch., .
7.31 ; Blackbird Hills, 3.40 ; Wahoo, 25 cts.
New Jersey.— .EV^&etfi— Clarksville, 1. Jersey City—
Tenatly. 6.62 : West Hoboken 1st, 4. Monmouth— Beverly
Jr. C. E, 1 : Bordentown, 3.20 ; Cranbury 2d, 4 ; Perrine-
ville, 1. Morris and Orange— Chester, 2 ; Succasunna, 5.
Newton — Washington 1st Mansfield, 10. West Jersey —
Glassboro, 1 ; Jericho, 1 ; Williamstown sab.-sch., 4.
New Mexico.— Rio Grande— Los Lentas, 15 cts.; Pajarito,
15 cts.
New York.— Albany— Johnstown, 20 : Mayfield Central,
1; Saratoga Springs 1st, 7.74 ; —2d, 7.10; Voorheesville, 1.
Brooklyn— Brooklyn Arlington Avenue, 20; — Noble Street,
14.27 ; — Ross Street, 17.50. Chemung— Big Flats, 5 ; Elmira
Lake Street, 31. Columbia— Yalatie, 2. Geneva— Penn Yan
1st, 14.70. Long Island— Moriches, 6.68. Lyons— Wolcott
1st, 9.97. Nassau— Smithtown (sab.-sch., 3.89), 15.38. New
Fori— New York St James, 8.25. North River— Canter-
bury, 4. Otsego— Hobart, 15.55. Rochester— Chili, 5; Ro-
chester Memorial sab.-sch., 45. Syracuse — Skaneateles, 4.29 ;
Svracuse 1st, 27.32. Troy— Malta, 2. Utica— Utica Memo-
rial, 10; Waterville, 3.14. 11 'estchester — Poundridge, 3;
Rye, 24.80.
Ohio.— Athens— Athens 1st sab.-sch., 5; Cross Roads, 1 ;
McConnellsville, 2 ; Pleasant Grove, 1. Chil/icothe — Chilli-
cothe 1st, 45 : — 3d, 1. Cincinnati— Bond Hill, 4.15. Cle>r-
land— Cleveland Calvary, 47 ; —North sab.-sch., 2.62. Co-
lumbus— Scioto, 1. Payton— Eaton 1st, 1. Lima— Findlay
2d, 2 ; Ottawa, 76 cts. Mahoning —Warren 1st, 9.90. Mau-
mee— Bradner, 1. Portsmouth— Jackson, 5. St. Clairsville—
Coal Brook, 4.10 ; Morristown, 3; New Castle, 1 ; Powhatan,
1 : West Brooklyn, 1. Wooster— Jackson. 3.21 ; West Salem,
1. Zanesville— Chandlersville, 2.63.
Oregon.— East Oregon— Union, 1.02. Willamette— Eugene
1st, 2 ; Gervais, 1.
Pennsylvania.— Allegheny— Shar^hurg sab.-sch., 22.70.
Blairsville— Brad dock 2d, 7; Ebensburg 1st, 10; Ligonier,3.
Butler— Butler 2d, 10 ; Fairview, 6.30 ; Petrolia, 8.87. Car-
lisle—Carlisle 1st Y.P.S., 5. Chester— Clifton Heights 1st, 18 ;
New London, 5 ; Wavne W.M. Soc, 12 ; West Chester. West-
minster (sab.-sch., 4".50 ; Y. P. S., 50 cts.), 25. Clarion—
Beech Woods, 34 cts. Erie— Cambridge, 6; Erie Central,
24.03. Hunt 'ingdon— East Kishacoquillas, 10 ; Port Royal, 7.
Kittanning— Middle Creek, 3 ; Midway, 1 ; Nebo, 3 ; Glen
Campbell, 1. Lackawan na— Mt. Pleasant, 1; Plains, 4; Union-
dale, 1; Wilkes Barre Memorial, 56 95. Lehigh— Sandy Run,
2 ; South Easton 1st, 5 ; Upper Lehigh, 7 ; Lansford 1st, 2.
Northumberland— Bloomsburgh 1st, 15.65 ; Shamokin 1st,
5.54. Philadelphia — Philadelphia Calvary, 293.88 ; — Co-
rinthian Avenue, 3; —Oxford, 74; — Susquehanna Ave-
nue, 5 ; — Tabernacle (sab.-sch., 40.30), 216.90 ; — Trinity,
10. Philadelphia North— Bristol, 18.18; Carmel, 2; Over-
brook, 100.06. Pittsburgh— Pittsburgh 6th sab.-sch., 10 ; —
East Liberty, 62.14 ; — Grace Memorial, 7 ; —Shady Side,
53.75. Redstone— Tent, 45 cts.; Uniontown Central, 4.15.
Shenango— Centre sab.-sch., 5; Clarksville sab.-sch., 9.14;
West Middlesex, 3. Washington — McMechan, 25 cts.;
Moundsville, 1 ; Washington 1st, 46.20.
South Dakota.— Black Hills— Hay Creek, 1. Southern
Pakota — Scotland, 1.
Tennessee.— Holston— Greenville, 5 ; Mt. Olivet, 2 ; St.
Marks, 1. Kingston— Milner Memorial, 1 ; New Decatur
Westminster, 2.
Washington.— Spokane— Spokane 1st, 4. Walla Walla—
North Folk Indian, 2.
Wisconsin. — Chippewa — Rice Lake, 2. Madison— Brod-
head, 4 ; Janesville, 18.16 ; Marion, 2. Milwaukee— Milwau-
kee Calvary sab.-sch., 25; —Perseverance, 99 cts.; Ottawa
1st, 82 cts.
Receipts from churches during April, 1898 82219 12
M ISCELL ANEOUS.
J. P. Congdon, WTilliamstown, Mass., 5; "Frank
Britt Scholarship," per Geo. W. Riddle. Poco-
moke, Md., 75 ; John G. Adams, Clifton Springs,
N.Y., 5 ; Mrs. Jane Ray, Hamden Junction, O.,
2 ; Mrs. Jasper A. Smith, New Cumberland, W.
Ya, 10 : Lebanon Church. Ridgeway, S.C., pay-
ment on loan, 2 ; Rev. A. Yirtue, Lee, W. Ya., 2 ;
Miss Mary Rae Little, Hokendauqua, Pa, 54
cts.; "Cash." Fort Monroe, Ya., 10; Rev. S. K.
Scott, New Paris, 0.,5; Mrs. A. E. Dudley, Ma-
rion, Kans., 10; "K, Penna ," 100; estate of
Dr. Cyrus Falconer, Hamilton, ()., 960 ; B.O.R.,
Danville, Pa., 5; Miss M. I. Allen, Troy, N.Y.,
1 ; Jas. W. Smith, Doniphan, Neb., 10; C. M.
Hornet, 1 ; J. H. Freeman, 10 ; "A minister's
tithe,'' Athens, 2.79; "A minister's tithe,"
Fargo, 2.79; "A minister's tithe," Parkers-
burl, 2.79. . • S12219i
Woman's Board /65 d9
Total receipts during April, 1898 $4206 62
<< " " ■' 1897 38/9 o4
John J. Beacom, Treas.,
516 Market St., Pittsburgh, Pa.
Office^ and Ageqcieg of the general A^emblj.
CLERKS;
Stated Clerk and Treasurer— Rev. William H. Roberts, D.D.,
LL.I). All correspondence on the general business of
the Assembly should be addressed to the Stated Clerk,
No. 1319 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa.
Permanent Clerk— Rev. William £. Moore, D.D., LL.D.,
Columbus, Ohio.
TRUSTEES.
President— George Junkin, Esq., LL.D.
Treasurer— Frank K. Hippie, 1340 Chestnut Street.
Recording Secretary— Jacob Wilson.
Office— Witherspoon Building, No. 1319 Walnut Street
Philadelphia, Pa.
BOARDS,
I. Home Missions, Sustentation.
Address all mail, Box 156
Secretary— Rev. Charles L. Thompson, D.D.
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preme god — Imrah, the creator of all things, who
has seven daughters — and in 180 angels called
Aritch, who wait in his presence to minister to
the needs of men.
They worship idols, religious ceremonies being
carried on by the chief priest of each village,
called Awta, and by the " diviners, " who feign |
madness, believed to be a sign of inspiration.
They possess a firm faith in the immortality of
the soul ; sacrifices and dancing form a large
portion of their religious ceremony. Through the
long hours of their weekly sabbath, Aggar, they
dance untiringly, young and old, men and women,
with songs and swinging of arms until noon of the
next day. — Regions Beyond.
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY'S COMMITTEE,
Witherspoon Building, Philadelphia, Pa.
JOHN S. MACINTOSH, D.D., Chairman,
Charles A. Dickey, D.D.,
Warner Van Norden, Esq.,
Hon. Robert N. Willson,
John H. Dey, Esq., Secretary,
Stealy B. Rossiter, D.D.,
Henry T. McEwen, D.D.,
Stephen W. Dana, D.D.,
Charles L. Thompson, D.D.
Frank F. Ellinwood, D.D.,
William C. Roberts, D.D.
EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENTS.
Charles L. Thompson, D.D.,
F. F. Ellinwood, D.D., LL.D ,
Edward B. Hodge, D.D.,
Elijah R. Craven, D.D., LL.D
Erskine N. White, D.D.,
Benj. L. Agnew, D.D.,
Edward P. Cowan, D.D.,
E. C. Ray, D.D.
FEach of these Editorial Correspondents is appointed by the Board of which he is a Secretary, and is responsible
for what is found in the pages representing the work of that Board. See list of Officers and Agencies of the General
Assembly on the last two pages of each number.]
Contents.
Current Events and the Kingdom, . . . 97
The Philippine Islands, 99
Iowa Congress of Missions, Rev. H. J. Fioth-
ingham, 101
International Missionary Union, Mrs. Stanley
K. Phraner, 101
Elmira College (eleven illustrations), . .102
FOREIGN MISSIONS.— Notes (one illustra-
tion), HI
Conference with New Missionaries, Benja-
min Labaree, D.D , 113
Rev. A. M. Merwin (with portrait), . . .114
Benjamin C. Henry, D.D. (with portrait), . 115
Mrs. Bishop's Impressions of our Korea Mis-
sion (one illustration), 116
Shamanism in Korea (one illustration), . .118
Missionary Tact, 119
Conciliatory Measures of the India Govern-
ment, 120
Concert of Prayer, Topic for August— Reflex
Advantages of Foreign Missions, . . 121
Letters— Hainan, Rev. P. W. McGlintock; Per-
sia, Mrs B. S. Hawkes; Brazil, Rev C.
E. Bi.iier and Rev. J. B. KoLb ; Africa,
Dr. Bennett; Korea, Rev. S. A Moffett, 124
COLLEGES AND ACADEMIES.— Brookfield
College, Harry C. Myers, A.M., . . 129
CHURCH ERECTION.— now a Frontier
Church was Started — Bad Advice— An-
other Misapprehension — Casa Grande
Church, . . . ' 130
MINISTERIAL RELIEF. — Studying for
Effects 132
EDUCATION.— An Earnest Apppal — Are
There Really Too Many?— J. D. Hewitt,
D.D. (with portrait) — The Minister's
Official Status— S. B. McCormick, D.D.
(with portrait), 135
PUBLICATION AND S ABBATH-SCHOOL
WORK.— After the Celebration — Crow
Butte, Neb. (with illustration)— Summer
Work by our Missionaries, .... 138
FREEDMEN. — Pleased with His Farm-
Swift Memorial, Rogersville, Tenn. (with
illustration), 141
HOME MISSIONS. — The Home Mission
Problem— Notes, 144
The Church at the Front (three illustrations), 147
Concert of Prayer, Topic for August— The
Foreigners, 149
Letters, 151
Appointments, 15G
YOUNG PEOPLE'S CHRISTIAN ENDEA-
VOR.—Notes (portraits of John Willis
Baer and Mary Ashton)— The Pilgrims in
Their Three Homes (two illustrations)—
Missionary Literature, Rev. Lee W. Beat-
tie — Babies in Sunday-school — A Strange
House of Worship— Presbyterian Endea-
vorers — Questions for the Missionary
Meeting— With the Magazines, . . 159-171
Book Notices, 172
Ministerial Necrology, 173
Receipts of the Boards, .... 173-180
Officers and Agencies, 182
THE CHURCH
AT HOME AND ABROAD.
AUGUST, 1898,
CURRENT EVENTS AND THE KINGDOM.
"A Highway for Our God." — As in
the first century the imperial authority of
Rome aided the Church by furnishing facili-
ties of travel over her military highways,
so the commercial enterprise of to-day is
answering the call, " Prepare ye the way of
the Lord; make straight in the desert a
highway for our God." The formal open-
ing of the railway from Matadi, at the
mouth of the Congo, to Stanley Pool, a
distance of 250 miles, is an event of no
little interest to missions. It connects by
quick and easy transit the interior of Africa
with the ocean. It opens to commerce the
Congo valley, " the greatest river basin of
the world," with its 3000 miles of naviga-
ble waterway and its 30,000,000 of popu-
lation. The forty-five little steamers
already plying on the waters of the upper
Congo will not suffice for the increasing
trade. The india-rubber industry alone
amounted in 1897 to $3,000,000. While
the railway will accomplish its original pur-
pose and quicken commercial enterprise, it
will also aid the rapidly growing work of
the Church.
Another Victory Possible. — Mr.
Charles Johnston, a retired British official,
writes in the Review of Reviews of the
opportunity for the genius of America to
bring a new revelation to the world — the
revelation of true and kindly dealing with
weak races who cannot help themselves.
Here is an opportunity, he says, to protect
them, to guard them against European
extortion and the extortion of the same
spirit of greedy cruelty in Americans, to
protect them from the superior moral force
of the Chinese without doing injustice to the
Chinese genius, and, lastly, to protect them
from themselves, their own weakness and
unsteady wills; to put a little heart into
them, so that they may love life and see
good days amid their tropical jungle. Let
Americans win one more victory for free-
dom; this time not for the strong and ex-
ultant, but for the helpless and the weak,
who cannot help themselves.
The Opportunity of the Church. —
The present war is the opportunity of the
Church, writes the Rev. Edgar G. Murphy
in the North American Review, because it
will bring its strain to the moral resources
of the country. The results of such a con-
flict are often more essentially disastrous for
the victors than for the conquered. There
is danger that the serious reasons of war-
fare will drop into the background, and
that our military feeling will degenerate
into a passion for spoil and a lust for mas-
tery. We may forget those considerations
of humanity which have moved us to inter-
vene, and the close of the struggle may find
us a little further from the spirit of compas-
sion and from the proper genius of civiliza-
tion than we were at the beginning.
The Caroline Islands. — Anticipating
the settlement which must come when the
war with Spain is ended, in reference to
these islands, the Missionary Herald pleads
for religious liberty. In 1852 the mission-
aries of the American Board began their
work, making Kusaie and Ponape centres
of influence. Natives of the Gilbert and
Marshall groups were brought to Kusaie,
trained as teachers and preachers, and then
sent out to instruct their own people.
From the training-school on Ponape, Chris-
tian laborers were sent to the adjacent
Caroline Islands and to the Mortlock group
and the Ruk Archipelago. On Ponape,
after thirty -five years of labor, the domi-
nant influences were Christian. Several
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CURRENT EVENTS AND THE KINGDOM.
[Augusf
chiefs were converted, and there were fifteen
churches with 450 communicants. Up to
this time there had been no sign of any
government over the islands save that of the
native chieftains. In 1887 an armed force
was sent from Manila, with a governor, to
claim Spanish sovereignty over the islands.
An international dispute as to territorial
rights to several island groups of Micro-
nesia had previously been referred to the
pope as arbitrator, and his decision, ren-
dered October, 1885, confirmed Spain's
claim to the Carolines, gave the Marshalls
to Germany, and left the Gilberts to Great
Britain. The Spanish governor brought
with him six Roman Catholic priests.
Freedom of worship was denied and the
missionaries expelled. The natives resented
this interference with their churches and
teachers and schools, attempted unsuccess-
fully to drive their oppressors from the
island, and then withdrew to the interior,
where they still hold their own. It is
hoped that the missionaries who have
wrought so faithfully and successfully may
be permitted to return and preach the
gospel throughout that island world with-
out let or hindrance.
The Chinese Learning to Think. —
One of the defects in Chinese education is
that it consists so largely of a mere memor-
izing of the classics of Confucius. The
Chinese who enjoy the advantages of a
Christian school are learning to think. Dr.
Judson Smith believes that under the breath
of Christian education patriotism is reviv-
ing. At a college commencement he
listened to orations in which Chinese
students discussed such topics as these:
" The Partition of China," " How Can
China Become Strong?" " How Can China
Become Equal to Eastern Nations '?"
These subjects, he says, are constantly in
the minds and the conversation of these
young men, while they are also well in-
formed regarding the progress of our war
with Spain.
A Bible for Lady Wu Ting Fang. —
In our issue for February last, there
appeared a portrait of the Chinese minister
plenipotentiary at Washington, Wu Ting
Fang, with some account of his broad and
progressive ideas. In March, Mrs. Wel-
lington White, who lived in Canton for ten
years, called at the Chinese legation.
Noticing that the minister spoke to his wife
in the Cantonese dialect, she conversed with
them in that language. Then she inquired
if a gift of a Bible in English in behalf of
the Christian women of the United States
would be acceptable to the minister's wife.
When, subsequently, a copy of the Bible,
beautifully bound in old gold satin, with
the inscription, " In behalf of the National
Sabbath Association, through the hands of
Mrs. Wellington White," was presented to
Lady Wu, both the minister and his wife
expressed their gratitude and hearty appre-
ciation of the interest taken in the members
of the legation and their families.
An Opening in the Soudan. — The
recent crushing defeat of the forces of the
Khalifa and his reported abandonment of
Obdurman make it reasonable to expect
that the Anglo -Egyptian army, already in
possession of the region where the forces of
Hicks Pasha were annihilated, will within
a few months unfurl the British flag over
the spot where Gordon fell. Slatin Pasha,
who learned so much about the country and
the character of the people while in cap-
tivity with the Mahdi, is to be governor of
Khartoum. Friends of the Church Mis-
sionary Society are watching the course of
events in Egypt with special interest, since
the reoccupation of this region and its
restoration to law and order will in all
likelihood mean a new possibility of mis-
sionary enterprise. Soon after the death of
Gen. Gordon a Gordon Memorial Fund was
raised for the purpose of beginning a mis-
sion in the Soudan, with Khartoum as head-
quarters.
The Gospel for the Philippines. — The
Church of to-day is attempting to keep pace
with the march of God's providence. The
outcome of the conflict in which the nation
is engaged is sure to be an opportunity for
the extension of the kingdom of our Lord.
" We ought to see in the startling events of
these wonderful days," writes Bishop
Thoburn, " the hand of God, and hear the
divine voice commanding the Christian
people of that nation which has in so strange
a way become responsible for the astonishing
change of the past few weeks, to rise up
in their strength, enter into this fruitful field
and take possession of it in the name of the
Lord." The First Presbyterian Church in
Yonkers, N. Y., has raised one thousand
1898.]
THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS.
99
dollars to send a missionary to the Philip-
pines, and on the suggestion of our Board
of Foreign Missions a conference has been
held with the Boards of other Churches
with a view to a frank and mutual under-
standing as to the responsibilities of Amer-
ican Christians to the people of Cuba, Porto
Kico and the Philippine Islands, and an
agreement as to the most effective distribu-
tion of the work among the several Boards,
that may be found expedient and practicable.
A Note of Warning. —The following is
a condensed summary of a timely article
in the Independent by Dr. Teunis S. Ham-
lin: No question of practical religion is
more urgent than this: What should be our
mental attitude toward those with whom we
are in national conflict ? Worse than all
the other evils of war is the threatened
demoralization of our Christian conscious-
ness. Our spirit of genuine cosmopolitan-
ism has been cultivated chiefly by the
foreign missionary enterprise, which has
been teaching us the solidarity of the race
by enlisting our sympathy and practical
help in its enlightenment in all parts of the
globe. Thus we have been brought to hold
all men in respect, to believe in all as capa-
ble of civilization, to recognize our actual
kinship to all, however separated by dis-
tance or language or custom; in short, to
love all men in a rational and Christian
sense. No feature of our popular life is
more striking or more beautiful than the
general absence of race hatred, suspicion
and disrespect, and the presence in their
place of sincere and cordial regard for all
our fellow- men.
No result of the present war could be so
disastrous as a relapse on our part from this
Christian temper of cosmopolitan love to
an insular and barbarous hatred of other
nations. If our hearts should be hardened
toward men beyond our own borders, if our
sympathies should be chilled and our respect
turned into suspicion and enmity, we should
suffer a loss in our national character that
it would require several generations and
incalculable efforts to repair. Impairment
of national, like personal character, is
inestimably more serious than of national
wealth or even of national domain.
The differences between Spaniards and
ourselves that have led to armed conflict
are not superficial, but profound. But we
must go below all the differences, to find
things in common — things that make us
" neighbors" still, although we are " ene-
mies." Such things are: our common
humanity, our common sonship of the one
Father, our common capacity to sin and
suffer, to be redeemed and blessed. And
very especially the wretchedness of Spain
makes her our "neighbor" in the Lord's
own sense. There is no fear that our war-
fare will be barbarous or our victories
ungenerous. Our Christian civilization has
made us humane.
The question of national concern is, How
shall we treat ourselves ? Our Spanish
"enemies" will not suffer in person or
fortune more than the exigencies of war
imperatively demand ; but shall we suffer
needlessly in our Christian character ?
Shall we relapse from a civilized to a bar-
barous temper ? It all depends on whether
or not we hold ourselves to the lofty purpose
of righting grievous wrongs and helping an
oppressed race to that freedom which we
believe to be the universal birthright of man.
We must banish thoughts of revenge. Love
does not demand that we make war feebly;
that we stifle our patriotism in apologizing
for the vigor of our national conduct. But
it does demand that we leave vengeance to
God, while we strike only for righteousness
and freedom, pitying the sorrows and loving
the persons of those ' ' neighbors ' ' whom
for a time we are most reluctantly obliged
to count and call our " enemies."
THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS.
Mr. Isaac M. Elliott, who was U. S.
consul at Manila from 1893 to 1896, writes
in Scribner1* Magazine that both natives
and foreigners in the Philippines are
oppressed by the elaborate system of taxa-
tion. Every male pays a head-tax, which
ranges from fifty cents to one hundred
dollars. Then there is a tax for the privi-
lege of doing business, gauged by the value
and amount of the business. In addition
there are the real -estate tax. the tree tax,
the carriage tax, the horse tax and the
stamp taxes. Importers are subject to the
additional imposition of petty fines.
Spanish misrule and oppression in the
islands is exerted also through the Church,
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[August,
which owns many of the plantations, on
which the planters pay oppressive rents.
They also have their own banks engaged in
the business of lending money to the plant-
ers at usurious rates of interest. The
Church lives off the natives and the Span-
ish officials live off the importers.
While the Church has absorbed a great
deal of money from the people, still it has
been the civilizing factor, and has built
schools and churches all over the Philip-
pine Islands, where the poor as well as the
rich are always welcome.
The insurrection is really a righteous
uprising of the producing class against mis-
government. They are the Malays and
half-castes who have been robbed of their
rightful share of the returns of their indus-
try, and have taken up arms against the
government. The savages, or Nigritos,
have nothing to do with this insurrection.
Spanish dominion is practically confined
to narrow sea- coast strips, and the great
bulk of the territory of the Philippines is
unsubdued and undeveloped, and inhabited
by the original savage Negritos, who roam
the islands unmolested and give no trouble
whatever unless interfered with in their
fastnesses.
The inhabitants of the Philippines who
are to be considered in commercial questions
are the Malayans, the Chinese, the Euro-
peans, the English, and the Americans.
When one speaks of the " natives,' ' he
generally refers to the Malayans and the
half-castes, who are the descendants of
Malayans and various foreign races, who
have intermarried with them. These are
called Mestizos, and are often well edu-
cated. The wealthy Mestizos or half-castes
send their children to Europe to be educated,
and they are very apt pupils, too. I have
known a number of young men who are
graduates of the best colleges in Europe.
Plantation life is the industrial unit on
which the whole commercial system turns.
These plantations are large or small, accord-
ing to the wealth of the proprietor, who is
generally a Malay. All the work of the
plantation is done by other Malayans, and
on some of the large plantations as many
as five or six hundred of these live in little
bamboo houses, just as the Negroes lived on
the old cotton plantations in the South.
The planter furnishes these workers with
food and clothes, and when the crop has
been harvested a settlement takes place,
resulting sometimes in a small balance of a
few dollars in cash, which is paid to the
workers; very often they are in debt to
the planter.
It is the business of the middleman,
generally a Mestizo (half-caste), who is
often a man of considerable education tact
and shrewdness, to contract with the plant-
ers for their entire crops in advance,
furnishing them with the needed capital.
He makes these contracts on behalf of the
great firms — English, German, French,
American — who manage the export trade of
the islands. These exporters are the orig-
inal sources of the capital on which the
whole industrial machinery depends. They
lend money to the Mestizos at a high rate
of interest, probably ten or twelve per cent.,
and the Mestizos sublet it to the planters at
exorbitant rates, often as high as fifty per
cent a year. It is by this increased rate of
interest that the Mestizo makes his money.
As a consequence, the planter is almost
always in debt, and the only men who make
money are the exporters and middlemen.
The commerce of these islands has been
estimated by some authorities at $50,000,-
000 a year, but it is probably much greater ;
the chief exports being sugar, tobacco and
hemp.
The mineral wealth of the Phillipines is
not believed to be of great importance,
although vast regions are practically unex-
plored. Gold has been found, but not in
paying quantities. A discovery of immense
value was made a few years ago in an
accidental manner. The American ship
Richard Parsons was wrecked on the west-
ern coast of the Island Mindoro. Captain
Joy, of Nantucket, Mass., and his crew
were forced to cross to a port on the eastern
coast in order to reach any vessel that
would carry them to Manila. To do this
they made a seventeen-days' journey
through the wilderness and over a range of
mountains. In these mountains they came
upon great ledges of coal, which are out-
cropping, and thousands of tons had
broken off and accumulated at the base of
the cliffs. On hearing of this discovery the
Spanish government immediately confis-
cated the lands ; but they have never done
anything toward developing this great
deposit of coal. All the coal now used
in the islands is imported from Australia.
1898.]
INTERNATIONAL MISSIONARY UNION.
IOWA CONGRESS OF MISSIONS.
REV. H. J. FF.OTHINGHAM.
101
Iowa never had so satisfactory a meeting
as the Missionary Congress held in Des
Moines, June 21-24.
The aim was to evangelize the State by
an infusion of missionary zeal. How far
this end will be accomplished depends on
those who attended.
Every department of missions was repre-
sented, and the aim was to give each an
adequate representation. Owing, however,
to changes in the program, made necessary
by sickness and other unvoidable causes,
foreign missions was the most prominent.
We had with us Dr. John H. Barrows,
Dr. J. C. R. Ewing, Mrs. Rhea, Dr. S.
.J. McPherson, Dr. S. C. Wishard, Mrs.
F. H. Pierson, Dr. R, S. Holmes, Dr.
James A. Worden, Dr. W. H. Weaver
and Mr. R. S. Sulzer.
The congress was interspersed with parlia-
ments and devotional services, and there
was a college hour conducted by Dr. T. D.
Ewing, and addressed by the presidents of
Buena Vista and Coe Colleges.
Every such meeting brings pastors and
elders and representative people of our
Church into contact with those " who for
his name's sake went forth, taking nothing
of the Gentiles." They view the " gesta
Christi,' ' and are inspired to like deeds when
opportunity offers.
The meeting closed with all financial
obligations discharged.
Repeated expressions of opinion seemed
to show the assembly unanimous in their
approval of The Church at Home
and Abroad as one of the best and most
interesting missionary publications ever
issued.
Patriotic sentiment was frequent, and
expressions approving an Anglo-Saxon alli-
ance were warmly applauded.
INTERNATIONAL MISSIONARY UNION.
MRS. STANLEY K. PHRANER.
The fifteenth annual meeting of the
International Missionary Union, at Clifton
Springs, N. Y., June 8-14, was considered
by those competent to judge as one of the
very best ever held. One hundred and
thirty missionaries were present, from eigh-
teen different countries, and representing the
same number of Boards and Societies.
Almost every phase of work on the mission
field was either reviewed or discussed.
Mrs. Crosley Wheeler, referring to the
recent massacres at Harpoot, said: " Our
work has been more prosperous since the
massacres than before." Rev. George P.
Knapp, of the American Board, told the
thrilling story of his arrest and imprison-
ment and banishment from the country,
not even being allowed a trial. Mrs. Cole,
of Bitlis, gave an equally thrilling descrip-
tion of the peril she and her little ones were
in at the time of the massacre. One morn-
ing's devotional hour was conducted as a
memorial service in honor of the thirteen
members of the Union who had died during
the year. Mr. B. Blackly, a colporteur of
the American Bible Society in Mexico,
related many incidents showing how eager
the people were to buy and read the Bible
in some parts of that country, and how they
went without food and water and gave their
precious jewels to him in exchange for the
sacred word. Emphasis was laid upon the
obligation of the Boards and missions to the
American Bible Society for its help from
year to year in printing the word of God,
without which missionary work could not
be carried on, and the following minute was
adopted :
"Resolved, That the International Mis-
sionary Union recognizes with gratitude to
God the great work that has been done by
the American Bible Society in all our
foreign mission fields, and now when its
beneficent work has a wider field of great
opportunity than ever before, we hear with
sorrow that its important mission is imperiled
through lack of funds. We beseech all
the churches to rally to its support, and
every pastor to present its claims at once,
and send forward as speedily as possible the
offerings of the people to replenish its treas-
ury, and enable it to continue without inter-
mission its most helpful work. We pray
that wisdom may be granted to those who
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[August,
are charged with its management to rightly
administer its work and increasingly de-
velop its usefulness in all lands."
The question was asked, " What shall be
done with the great number of volunteers ?"
They do not wish to be condoled with over
giving up themselves to this work; the
greatest trial is that they cannot go.
It was urged that young men should not
lean too hard on the Boards, but if able
should go at their own expense, or stir up
the churches to send them. A desire was
also expressed by one of the volunteers to
have the Boards come into closer touch
with those going out and give them more
detailed instructions as to how to prepare
for their life work.
A multiplicity of hospitals, printing
presses, etc., a direct result of a multiplicity
of organizations in this country, was em-
phasized as one of the greatest hindrances
to missionary comity.
Rev. J. K. Wight, formerly of China,
made the startling statement that against
$7,000,000 given yearly for missions,
$17,000,000 were spent for chewing gum.
He said: " Are we not playing at mis-
sions, and if we do not do our duty, will
not our candlestick be removed out of its
pi ace/ '
The closing meeting was one of farewell
to the thirty-seven returning to their fields
before another gathering. Each one pres-
ent spoke a parting word, after which Dr.
Baldwin, of the Methodist B^ard, gave
them a farewell address and God-speed.
In France the disturbance over the higher
education of women was to a degree allayed
in 1862, when the Sorbonne conferred the
title of Doctor of Medicine upon an English
woman and granted a diploma to a young
French girl. Austria, Hungary and Spain
forbid by law the admission of women to
the advanced schools of learning. Since
1875 the English colonies admit women to
collegiate and university courses. America,
however, leads the van, and Elmira College
was the first institution in the world exclu-
sively and legally authorized to confer
ELMIRA COLLEGE.
[The following article is largely composed of excerpts which we are permitted to make from a historical paper by Mrs.
A. B. Williams, of Washington, D. C.
upon women the degree of Bachelor of
Arts. As if in line with the " eternal fit-
ness of things," the first "permission"
ever given to a woman to practice medicine
within the Turkish empire was granted to an
Elmira College student.
In an address before the University Con-
vocation in August, 1869, Rev. A. W.
Cowles, D.D., the first president of Elmira
College, said: " While the culture of liberal
learning and the preparation of young men
for the ministry and other literary and
scientific professions seemed ample justifica-
tion for the multiplication and liberal
endowment of colleges, nothing was done to
secure an equally high and thorough educa-
tion for women. There are those now
living who remember what a flutter of
excitement was produced among college
professors and professional mathematicians
when it was reported that Miss Willard
had actually introduced the study of
algebra and geometry into Troy Seminary."
It is confidently believed that the late
Simeon Benjamin, an elder in the First
Presbyterian Church of Elmira, is entitled
to the honor of being the founder of the
first Woman's College with a full four
years' course of study, equal in extent,
value and permanence to the colleges for
men. An attempt had been made in 1852
to establish at Auburn, N. Y., a high-grade
Simeon Benjamin. university for women. Owing to various
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difficulties, the enterprise was not successful,
and it was proposed to amend the charter
and transfer the institution to Elmira.
When this project was submitted to Mr.
Benjamin, he headed a new subscription
with five thousand dollars — a liberal sum
for that time — and consented to undertake
the financial management, acting as treas-
urer and chairman of the Board of Trus-
tees. Into this work, with characteristic
energy, he threw the whole force of his
business capacity. This was ten years before
Matthew Vassar publicly expressed the hope
that he might be " the instrument in the
hands of Providence of founding and per-
petuating an institution which shall accom-
plish for young women what our colleges are
accomplishing for young men." By con-
sent of the friends of Auburn University,
the change of location was decided upon,
and in 1855 the Legislature of New York
granted a charter to Elmira Female Col-
lege. In 1890, by decree of the court, the
word " Female" was dropped. The Legis-
lature gave the new college an appropriation
of ten thousand dollars, which is the first
instance of State aid for the collegiate
education . of women. Mr. Benjamin
released the sum of twenty-five thousand
dollars which he advanced to the college,
yet making this novel condition, that the
same interest should be paid as before, for
the formation of a continued endowment.
And from that day to this Elmira College
has been actually endowing itself.
Augustus W. Cowles, D.D.,
President Emeritus.
The building was completed and dedicated
in September, 1855; and in October of the
same year the college opened with a
large number of students.
At the first commencement in 1859, di-
plomas were presented in alphabetical order
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to seventeen candidates for the degree of
Bachelor of Arts. Thus Miss Helen M. T.
Ayres received the first diploma from the
hand of the president. This diploma, re-
cently presented to the college by Miss
Ayres, is believed to be the first ever given
by a woman's college.
Mr. Benjamin, whose gifts, extendiDg
through the first ten years of the college
history, amounted to the sum of eighty
thousand dollars, as a condition of his
legacy, requested the Board of Trustees to
place the college under the care of the
Synod of Geneva. The synod accepted the
charge, and the college was frequently
called " the daughter of the synod.' '
When this synod became a part of the
Synod of New York, the college was for-
mally received under the care of the larger
body.
The trustees of the college are elected by
the synod, which also appoints an examin-
ing committee to visit the college and make
an annual report of its condition.
Dr. A. W. Cowles, the first president of
Elmira College, believed that all the well-
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105
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tried excellencies of our older colleges, with
a few special adaptations, might be made
available for the higher liberal education of
women. He could see no good reason why-
women should not be as well taught by the
best teachers, and with as good apparatus
and the best books of reference, as if they
were men. The founding of Elmira Col-
lege, which marked a new era in the higher
education of women, he believed to be the
next step forward, from the highest and best
female seminaries, of which Troy Seminary
and Mt. Holyoke were types, to a true
college for women.
In his inaugural address he said: " We
hope to furnish facilities for securing such
an education for women as is considered in-
dispensable to an educated man. It will be
one of the aims of this college to furnish a
true, symmetrical education — not like that
of the pedant or the book-worm, but one
which shall brighten every faculty, strength-
en every power, and furnish every accom-
plishment— an education which shall render
the whole character full and elegant, yet at
the same time vigorous, self-reliant and
solid.
" We plead for our daughters the privi-
lege of enj ying the highest and best cul-
ture. We desire to educate both by work
and for work, for long- continued work, not
making the path of learning a mere flower
garden. This occasion witnesses the sincer-
ity of our wishes for the advancement of
women to the highest and noblest attainment.
Darius R. Ford, D.D.,
Physical Sciences and Astronomy.
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[August,
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In this direction we pray for progress. Guid-
ed by the light of the past, and with almost
the literal sanction of the Scriptures, we ask,
1 that our daughters may be like corner-
stones polished after the similitude of a
palace.' "
Dr. Cowles was graduated from Union
College in 1841, having met the expenses
of the college course by his skill in minia-
ture painting. Two years later he accepted
the position of instructor in art in Jacob C.
Abbott's school for young ladies, and was
thus enabled to defray the expenses of his
theological education in Union Theological
Seminary. He had been pastor of the
Presbyterian Church in Brockport, N. Y.,
for ten years, when called to the presidency
of Elmira College. After serving in this
capacity for thirty-four years, he resigned
in 1889, and has since been president emer-
itus.
His lofty ideal for woman's education has
to an extent been realized, and his methods
and principles have been adopted by men of
wide educational experience. Appreciation
of the scholarly work accomplished at
Elmira has been shown by Dr. E. G.
Robinson, president of Brown University;
Prof. Foster, of Union College, and Dr. A.
C. Kendrick, of Rochester University,
bservatory.
1898.]
ELMIRA. COLLEGE.
107
from the fact that they gave their daugh-
ters the advantages of a fall four-years'
course at Elmira College.
Dr. Cowles testifies that the college has
never taken a step backward, but has raised
its standard, increased its requirements for
admission and exacted thorough work in
all classes.
The Examining Committee reported to
the Synod in 1895 : We find the require-
ments for admission are equal to those of
the best colleges for men and women : and
when once admitted no student can retain
a place in the class without passing rigid
examinations. The members of the faculty
are fully abreast of the times in collegiate
education and in earnest, skillful teaching.
The courses of study are such that students
from Elmira may go to other colleges and
enter corresponding classes, without being
conditioned.
More than two thousand young women
have enjoyed the advantages of Elmira Col-
lege. Four hundred of these have taken
the full course of study and received the de-
gree. It is estimated that fully one-half
the students have been furnished by the
Synod of New York. Fifty of the gradu-
ates have been the daughters of minis-
ters. The college has sent out Christian
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President A. C. MacKenzie, D.D,
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elmira; college.
[August,
missionaries to Japan, China, India and
Turkey.
Though the college is under the care of
the Synod of New York, its administration
is unsectarian. The principal evangelical
denominations are always represented in the
Board of Trustees. Denominational prefer-
ences are respected and students are allowed
to select their own places of worship.
Dr. Cowles testifies in a recent article on
" The Early Days of Elmira " that " El-
mira College was from the first designed
solely as a real college for women, with
special adaptations and arrangements which
should fully conserve the delicacy, refine-
ment, gentleness, sympathetic tenderness
and conscientiousness which form the su-
perior charm of woman. It was not in-
tended to make women as much like men as
possible." He adds, " Elmira has always
held strongly to the plan of co- instruction.
This includes a strong, manly element in
eminent professors, men who are worthy of
the confidence and real esteem of women —
true manly men who worthily represent
noble manhood. Their purity, piety, vigor,
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ELMIRA COLLEGE.
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are needed as daily examples. At least
one-third or more of the faculty should be
such men. With these should be associated
the best specimens of genuine women whom
students may truly admire, imitate and sin-
cerely love. College life may thus be a
continued home life, where all the sweet
amenities of mutual affection may educate
the heart while the intellect is receiving its
highest and best culture. ' '
Students at Elmira enjoy Christian influ-
ences and feel the home atmosphere. They
find the culture and refinement of the
Christian home harmoniously blended with
the life of the scholar.
The resources of this institution became
impaired in consequence of investments ren-
dered unproductive during the depression of
business. For several years the friends of
the college have known that the continued
prosperity of Elmira depended upon the
securing of an endowment fund large
enough to place it on a firm financial basis.
Earnest efforts to raise such a fund were not
successful while the business depression con-
tinued.
In April, 1897, the Rev. A. C. Mac-
Kenzie, D.D., then pastor of the First
Presbyterian Church in Owego, N. Y.,
accepted the presidency of the college, to
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[August,
succeed the Rev. Rufus S. Green, D.D.,
who had resigned that office during the
previous year. The effort in behalf of an
endowment was renewed, Dr. MacKenzie
proposing that the citizens of Elmira, who
have always generously supported the insti-
tution, be asked to raise $50,000, and that
a like sum be secured if possible from
friends outside the city. At the recent
commencement — June, 1898 — he was able
to announce that the $100, 000 had been fully
pledged. cThe citizens of Elmira showed
their appreciation of the institution by con-
tributing three-fifths of the amount instead
of one-half. The result is largely due to the
untiring zeal of President MacKenzie.
FOREIGN MISSIONS.
NOTES.
Scope of the Foreign Board.
Attention has frequently been called to
the tact that the Board of Foreign Missions
is several Boards in one. It may not be
amiss to refer to the matter again on the
basis of the recent annual report to the
General Assembly. It is, to begin with:
( 1) A Board of Home Missions. The main
business of the Board of Home Missions is
to preach the gospel in destitute regions.
Last year there were under commission by
the Foreign Board, 226 ordained mission-
aries 188 ordained natives and 355 licen-
tiates and evangelists, a force of 769 men
whose main business it is to preach the
gospel. (2) It is a Board of Education
and a Board of Aid for Colleges. Last
year there were in attendance in schools of
all grades 30,409 pupils, besides ninety-
one students for the ministry. Very manv
of these pupils were supported in whole or
in part, and every college, high school and
theological seminary was dependent on the
Board to a greater or less extent. (3) It
is a Board cf Publication. There are in
connection with the Board of Foreign
Missions six presses which are owned by
the Board and operated by our Missions,
to say nothing of a large amount of print-
ing which is done by some of our Missions
on other presses. The Mission Press at
Shanghai, which stands in the very front
rank of similar presses throughout the
world, printed last vear 50,550,953 pages,
while that at Beirut printed 19,611,303.
The former has 700 volumes in the vernacu-
lar on its catalogue, while the latter has
about 500 volumes. The total of pages
printed last year by all our presses was
77,041,938. (4) It is a Board of Church
Erection. The aim is to have natives build
their own churches wherever possible, but
help must be given in many cases.
Then think of the large medical work
included in Foreign Missions. The Pres-
byterian Church leads to-day in this impor-
tant department of the foreign missionary
enterprise, in the number of medical mis-
sionaries under commission, the figures
being: forty-three men, thirty-two women,
including eight wives of missionaries, and
lour women nurses, making a total force of
seventy-nine, not counting a number who
are also ordained missionaries. These are
doing service in over ninety hospitals and
dispensaries, to say nothing of the large
amount of itinerating work; and the num-
ber of patients treated last year was 351,303.
International Missionary Union.
At the annual meeting of the Interna-
tional Missionary Union, held at Clifton
Springs, June 8 to 14, the president, Dr.
J. T. Gracey, spoke of the Union, with its
eight hundred members, as the largest body
of missionaries meeting regularly every
year. It is, said he, a school for mutual
instruction, an outlook committee of the
whole earth, and incidentally a philological
society, a society for study of comparative
religions, exploration, political movements,
humanitarian questions, etc.
Among the topics discussed were educa-
tional work, the opportunities and demands,
or openings for the gospel, the obstacles
that missionaries must meet, self-support,
such agencies as the press, translations, and
humanitarian measures, as well as the
spirit of missions in the home churches.
Drs. Hepburn, Baldwin and Blodgett
gave interesting accounts of their work in
translating the Bible into Chinese and
Japanese.
The sessions devoted to woman's work
were addressed by speakers from ten
different countries. Four women were
present, each of whom had spent nearly
fifty years in missionary service. Ramabai's
effective work in behalf of the child-widows
of India was described by her daughter,
Manorama.
All the sessions are described as practical,
helpful and spiritual.
And Conquered.
It has been pointed out that whereas, in
the first century of Christian missions, a
large portion of the work has been done
among the lowest tribes, the Church is now
face to face with the ancient religions of the
East, and has a very different and much
more difficult task on hand. It is different
in form, no doubt, but whether more diffi-
cult in fact may be questioned. The conflict
ha3 been with the animalism of men, but
now it will be with the sins of the spirit,
with subtle theories as to God and man and
nature; yet underneath the one and the
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112
NOTES.
[August,
other lies the obstruction in the condition of
the heart. The carnal heart, and not mere
habits of life or modes of thought, consti-
tutes the supreme hindrance to the truth in
every nation. But even taking the intellec-
tual difficulties at their worst, they need
cause no anxiety. At the beginning the
gospel grappled with the most rampant sins
of the flesh, and with the sins of the spirit,
and with the ablest pagan thinking the
world has ever known — And conquered.
What can Benares, or Calcutta, or Pekin
or Tokio, put forward that Jerusalem,
Athens, Corinth and Antioch did not also
oppose to Jesus Christ ? Yet they opposed
in vain. — The Christian, London.
Interference in Civil Affairs.
The complications resulting from the
interference of Roman Catholic missionaries
in China in civil matters, especially in legal
questions between Roman Catholic converts
and the civil authorities, are still continued,
and unfortunately Protestants are by the
Chinese authorities classed in the same
category with the Catholics.
The Hon. Pung Quang Yu, when
Chinese minister at Washington, prepared
a paper for the Parliament of Religions at
Chicago, in which these abuses were dwelt
upon with great emphasis and with bitter
protest. And it so happened that certain
letters received about the same time at
the rooms of the Presbyterian Board of
Foreign Missions from the Shantung Mis-
sion gave strong corroboration to his charges,
by showing that the priests in Shantung had
offered foreign protection in the case of
difficulty with the authorities, as an induce-
ment to accept the Catholic faith.
Another Complaint.
Rev. Arthur H. Smith, in a communica-
tion to The Outlook, calls attention to a sim-
ilar complaint on the part of the Chinese
officials against the employment of crafty
and designing natives who have traitorously
sold property to the missions and thus
introduced the entering wedge for endless
troubles. " Cases are cited of alleged
exactions by missionaries in various prov-
inces, which, if not altogether fictitious,
seem to imply that they may be referable ex-
clusively to the Roman Catholics, whose aims
and methods, whatever else may be said of
them, are wholly unlike those of any Prot-
estant mission.' ' The Chinese foreign office
expresses a wish that there may be a body
of Chinese student graduates of the Tung
Wen Kuan or Chinese University in Peking
who can be distributed among the various
provinces and placed in the judges' courts
to settle disputes between other Chinese and
the (native) Christians. Sixteen such men
A Street in New Guinea.
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113
are said to be already studying in four
European countries, and when they return
the emperor promises to see what can be
done with them."
CONFERENCE WITH NEW MIS-
SIONARIES.
BENJAMIN LABAREE, D. D.
The Board of Foreign Missions recently
invited to an extended conference at their
rooms in New York all the new missionaries
under appointment to sail during the pres-
ent summer and fall. They had several
objects in view in this new procedure. A
principal one was the securing of a better
personal acquaintance with these young men
and women before they actually entered the
work, as a basis for more efficient coopera-
tion in the future, at the same time,
hoping that, if any mistake had been made
as to the real qualifications of any candi-
date, it would become apparent during these
days of testing intercourse. A second
object was, that these young missionaries
themselves might come to know the mem-
bers and officers of the Board in such a
close personal way as would give them
increased confidence in the affectionate
interest of the Board in their welfare and
success. And a third purpose was to give
these recruits, just entering into the great
missionary service, a course of instruction
in some of the elemental principles of this
service, such as have been arrived at by
the Board after these many years of careful
observation and comparison.
The program for the nine days of confer-
ence, continuing from June 14 to the 22d
instant, was rich in suggestion and proved
very effective. The first hour of each
morning was set apart for prayer and Bible
study, and was conducted usually by some
one of the clerical members of the Board.
Dr. George F. Pentecost had charge of one
of these hours, all of which were helpful in
promoting the high spiritual aims of the con-
ference. This season of devotion and com-
muning with the mind of the Master was
followed by some address or familiar talk
by one or other of the officers of the Board
on some practical topic bearing on mission-
ary life and work. Among the subjects
thus presented we mention the following:
' ' Our Aims and Methods, " " The Religious
Faiths of Our Mission Fields," and " How
to Approach the Votaries of False Systems,"
"Administration of Foreign Missions,"
"The Missionary's Relation to the Native
Church, " " Mission and Station Accounts
and Expenditures ' ' (by Mr. Hand, the
treasurer), " Exchange and Property "
(by Hon. D. R. James, chairman of the
Finance Committee), "Apostolic Mission
Methods" (by Prof. Chalmers Martin, of
Princeton Theological Seminary), "Dan-
gers and Temptations to Missionary Life."
Then there was a very profitable talk
from Dr. George Woolsey, the Board's
examining physician, on " First Aid to the
Sick and Injured;" also one from Dr. Lane
of the Brazil Mission on ' ' Care of the
Health " (to men), and an hour of " Moth-
erly Counsel to Young Women Mission-
aries," from Mrs. W. F. Bainbridge. An
hour was given to a " Question Box," at
which a variety of practical questions were
answered by Secretary Brown and some of
the returned missionaries who were pres-
ent. Another season was set apart as a
1 * quiet hour ' ' for the missionaries alone,
conducted by themselves, and the last session
was closed with a deeply tender " consecra-
tion service," following two very impres-
sive addresses on ' ' The Missionary as a Soul
Winner" and "The Relation of the Holy
Spirit to the Missionary's Life and Work."
Some of these hours must long live in the
memory of those who participated in their
privileges of spiritual power. Secretaries as
well as missionaries seem to have felt the
presence of the Divine Spirit, and testify
that it was good to be there.
The afternoons were spent chiefly in
visiting City Mission and philanthropic
institutions under the lead of different
prominent workers, pastors and others.
One special afternoon privilege, greatly
appreciated, was an hour's discourse from
Rev. A. F. Schauffler, D.D., on "Meth-
ods of Teaching the Bible." Sunday fore-
noon the missionaries worshiped in the Cen-
tral Presbyterian Church of New York, and
listened to a special sermon from the pastor,
Rev. Wilton Merle Smith, D.D. Two of
the missionaries go out from this church,
but at their own charges, to a new field in
China.
In the intervals of these crowded exer-
cises, there was much delightful social inter-
course, establishing life-time acquaintance-
ships among the missionaries themselves,
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REV. A. M. MERWIN.
[August,
and also with the families of the secretaries,
culminating in a charming social reception
on the last afternoon in the attractive mission
library. At the close of this all met in the
Assembly Room for appropriate farewell
exercises, conducted, in the unavoidable
detention of the venerable president of the
Board, Rev. Dr. Wells, by Mr. Warner
Van Norden, of the Board. Two of the
new missionaries also spoke, in fitting words,
of their work and of their grateful apprecia-
tion of the privileges and benefits of this
series of meetings.
So was brought to a close this interesting
conference with the feeling of all who had
participated in it that it had met with the
highest success. As a new departure the
Board is to be greatly commended. We
have heard such a step as this discussed in
years past among the officers. Difficulties,
chiefly as regards the expense, seemed insu-
perable. But the event has proved that the
expense of assembling and entertaining
these twenty-five young missionaries is
small compared with the advantages dis-
tinctly apparent and which must result in
the coming years.
We do not hesitate to express the opinion
that the conference marks a new epoch in
the Board's administration. We have
observed in late years a pronounced effort
on the part of the Board's officers to
strengthen the service by the establishment
of closer personal relations between them-
selves and the workers on the field. The
conference puts a marked emphasis on this
aim. These missionaries now going out
after ten days of such intimate intercourse
at the Board's room must carry with them
a sense of the personality of the officers, an
attachment to and a confidence in them
which years of correspondence could scarcely
establish. Nor, on the other hand, can the
Board's officials but feel in these young
people after these days of developed ac-
quaintance, an affectionate personal inter-
est not otherwise attainable, which will
sweeten and bless all their future communi-
cations to them on their distant fields of
labor.
Beyond this it is safe to say that no com-
pany of missionaries under our Board has
ever gone out to their work with so clear
an insight into the practical problems which
they are to encounter as the appointees of
the present year, nor has any like body of
workers started to the foreign field from
out of such an atmosphere of high spiritual
inspiration as prevailed in this finely con-
ducted conference. It is to be hoped that
the experiment can be repeated in succeed-
ing years. No effort should be spared, at
any reasonable expense of the funds, to
elevate the ideals of the missionary enter-
prise, whether affecting the service at home
or abroad.
REV. A. M. MERWIN.
Alexander Moss Merwin was born at
Norwalk, Conn., September 3, 1839. His
boyhood home was in New York city. He
graduated at Williams College, Mass., and
Princeton Theological Seminary, and has
honorary degree from Yale College. Dur-
ing the Avar he spent vacations in the hospi-
tals and on the field as an agent of the
U. S. Christian and Sanitary Commission ;
also as acting chaplain at Alexandria and
Fortress Monroe. He was one of the first
Protestant missionaries to Chile, S. A.
During nearly two decades of labor there
he took part in the early efforts to secure
religious toleration and civil rights for
Rev. A. M. Merwin.
1898.]
REV. BENJAMIN C. HENRY, D.D.
115
native converts. He was associate founder
and editor of the first Spanish evangelical
journal on the west coast of South America.
He was able on missionary tours to scat-
ter good seed in various parts of Chi le, also
in the Argentine Republic, Peru, Bolivia
and Ecuador, when the last three named
countries were closed to open evangelical
effort.
The health of his family having neces-
sitated his return to this country, he was
settled in southern California in 1886, was
stated supply at Santa Barbara and organ-
ized churches at Al ham bra, South Pasadena
and Lamanda Park. He has given his
time for the last eight years to work among
the Mexicans of this region. He has
charge of three Spanish churches and sev-
eral outstations. Mr. Mer win's face
describes his character.
REV. BENJAMIN C. HENRY, D.D.
Dr. Henry was born at Sharpsburg, Pa. ,
in 1850. He was graduated at Princeton,
from the College in 1870, and the Sem-
inary in 1873. The same year, in October,
he was married to Miss Mary W. Snyder,
and a month later the two sailed for China.
They have been in this country twice on
furlough. Their eldest daughter, Miss
Julia Van A. Henry, is now a missionary
of the Board in Canton.
Dr. Henry's missionary career has been
characterized by a high degree of intellec-
tual ability, in so much that he began to
preach the difficult Cantonese dialect after
one year of study. The annual reports of
his work transmitted to the Board have
been a matter of repeated surprise with
respect both to the variety and the extent
of his work. His great and principal ser-
vice has been that of evangelistic work, in
which during his missionary experience he
has been permitted to baptize nearly twelve
hundred aduits. At the same time that he
has attended to an extensive itinerant work,
having charge of five or six country con-
gregations, he has had also the pastoral care
of one and sometimes of two native churches
in the city of Canton. His oversight both
of these churches and the country out-
stations, including churches and schools, has
been faithful and effective. Within about
six months after his recent return to his
field he was permitted to baptize over a
Rev. Benjamin C. Henry, D.D.
hundred adult converts. Dr. Henry has
also performed much literary work in the
Chinese language, translating, revising,
etc., etc. He has prepared a translation of
the Old Testament, including Job and
Proverbs to Malachi, in the Cantonese
dialect. This work was accepted by the
American Bible Society, and is being
widely used. He has also published in
English two important works, " The Cross
and the Dragon," and •' Ling Nan," or
" Interior Views of South China." He
has also written a large number of articles
for magazines and religious papers in this
country.
During his two furloughs, Dr. Henry was
in constant demand for missionary ad-
dresses, having made five hundred addresses
before churches and societies. During both
furloughs he received a number of pressing
invitations to become pastor of churches, the
salaries in some cases being $4000 and
$5000 a year. With unswerving fidelity,
however, to the great purpose of his life,
and his consecration to the Master for the
work on the mission field, he declined all
such diversions, and still, in the full prime
of his life and strength, is prosecuting his
most useful work in Canton.
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IMPRESSIONS OF OUR KOREA MISSION.
[August,
MRS. ISABELLA BIRD BISHOP'S
IMPRESSIONS OF OUR KOREA
MISSION.
A subject of special interest and inquiry
at Phyong-yang (Pyeng Yang) was mission
work as carried on by American mission-
aries. At Seoul it is far more difficult to
get into touch with it, as, being older, it
has naturally more of religious convention-
ality. But I will take this opportunity of
saying that longer and more intimate
acquaintance only confirmed the high
opinion I early formed of the large body of
missionaries in Seoul, of their earnestness
and devotioQ to their work, of the ener-
getic, hopeful and patient spirit in which it is
carried on, of the harmony prevailing
among the different denominations, and the
cordial and sympathetic feeling toward the
Koreans. The interest of many of the
missionaries in Korean history, folk-lore and
customs, as evidenced by the pages of the
valuable monthly, the Korean Repository \ is
also very admirable, and a traveler in Korea
must apply to them for information vainly
sought elsewhere.
Christian missions were at first unsuc-
cessful in Phyong-yang (Pyeng Yang). It
was a very rich and very immoral city.
More than once it turned out some of the
missionaries and rejected Christianity with
much hostility. Strong antagonism pre-
vailed, the city was thronged with gesang,
courtesans and sorcerers, and was notorious
for its wealth and infamy. The Methodist
Mission was broken up for a time, and in
six years the Presbyterians only numbered
twenty -nine converts. Then came the war,
the destruction of Phyong-yang, its deser-
tion by its inhabitants, the ruin of its trade,
the reduction of its population from 60,000
or 70,000 to 15,000, and the flight of the
few Christians.
Since the war there has been a very great
change. There had been twenty-eight
baptisms, and some of the most notorious
evil livers among the middle classes, men
shunned by other men for their exceeding
wickedness, were leading pure and righte-
ous lives. There were 140 catechumens
under instruction and subject to a long
period of probation before receiving bap-
tism, and the temporary church, though
enlarged during my absence, was so over-
crowded that many of the worshipers were
compelled to remain outside. The offerto-
ries were liberal. In the dilapidated extra-
mural premises occupied by the missionaries
thirty men were living for twenty-one days,
two from each of fifteen villages, all con-
vinced of the truth of Christianity and
earnestly receiving instruction in Christian
fact and doctrine. They were studying for
six hours daily with teachers, and for a far
longer time amongst themselves, and had
meetings for prayer, singing and informal
talk each evening. I attended three of
these, and, as Mr. Moffett interpreted for
me, I was placed in touch with much of
what was unusual and interesting, and
learned more of missions in their earlier
stages than anywhere else.
Besides the thirty men from the villages,
the Christians and catechumens from the
city crowded the room and doorways. Two
missionaries sat on the floor at one end of
the room with a kerosene lamp mounted
securely on two wooden pillars in front of
them — then there were a few candles on the
floor, centres of closely packed groups.
Hymns were howled in many keys to
familiar tunes, several Koreans prayed,
bowing their foreheads to the earth in rev-
erence, after which some gave accounts of
how the gospel reached their villages,
chiefly through visits from the few Phyong-
yang Christians, who were " scattered
abroad," and then two men, who seemed
very eloquent, as well as fluent, and riveted
the attention of all, gave narratives of two
other men who they believed were possessed
with devils, and said the devils had been
driven out a few months previously by
united prayer, and that the ' ' foul spirits ' '
were adjured in the name of Jesus to come
out, and that the men trembled and turned
cold as the devils left them, never to return,
and that both became Christians, along with
many who saw them.
A good many men came from distant
villages one afternoon to ask for Christian
teaching, and in the evening one after
another got up and told how a refugee from
Phyong-yang had come to his village and
had told them that they were bath wicked
and foolish to worship demons, and that
they were wrong -doers, and that there is a
Lord of heaven who judges wrong-doing,
but that he is as loving as any father, and
that they did not know what to think, but
that in some places twenty and more were
1898.]
IMPRESSIONS OF OUR KOREA MISSION.
11
meeting daily to worship " the Highest,"
and that many of the women had buried
the demon fetishes and that they wanted
some one to go and teach them how to
worship the true God.
A young man told how his father, nearly
eighty year3 old, had met Mr. Moffett by
the roadside, and, hearing from him " some
good things," had gone home, saying he
had heard " good news," " great news,"
and had got " the books," and that he had
become a Christian, and lived a good life,
and had called his neighbors together to
hear the " news," and would not rest till
his son had come to be taught in the • ' good
news," and take back a teacher. An
elderly man, who had made a good living
by sorcery, came and gave Mr. Moffett the
instruments of his trade, saying he " had
served devils all his life, but now he knew
that they were wicked spirits, and he was
serving the true God."
On the same afternoon, four requests for
Christian teaching came to the missionaries.
118
8H1MA.NI8M IN KOREA.
[August,
each signed by from fifteen to forty men.
At all these evening meetings the room was
crammed within and without by men,
reverent and earnest in manner, some of
whom had been shunned for their wicked-
ness even in a city " the smoke of which "
in her palmy days was said " to go up like
the smoke of Sodom," but who, trans-
formed by a power outside themselves, were
then leading exemplary lives. There were
groups in the dark, groups round the can-
dles on the floor, groups in the doorways,
and every face was aglow except that of
poor, bewildered Im. One old man with
his forehead in the dust prayed like a child
that, as the letter bearing to New York an
earnest request for more teachers was on its
way, " the wind and sea might waft it
favorably," and that when it was read the
eyes of the foreigners might be opened " to
see the sore need of people in a land where
no one knows anything, and where all
believe in devils, and are dying in the dark."
As I looked upon those lighted faces,
wearing an expression strongly contrasting
with the dull, dazed look of apathy which
is characteristic of the Korean, it was
impossible not to recognize that it was the
teaching of the apostolic doctrines of sin,
judgment to come, and divine love which
had brought about such results, all the more
remarkable because, according to the mis-
sionaries, a large majority of those who had
renounced demon worship, and were living
in the fear of the true God, had been
attracted to Christianity in the first instance
by the hope of gain! This, and almost
unvarying testimony to the same effect, con-
firm me in the opinion that when people talk
of " nations craving for the gospel,"
" stretching out pleading hands for it," or
" athirst for God," or " longing for the
living waters," they are using words which
in that connection have no meaning. That
there are ' * seekers after righteousness ' '
here and there I do not doubt, but I believe
that the one " craving " of the far East is
for money— that "unrest" is only in the
East a synonym for poverty, and that the
spiritual instincts have yet to be created."
— From "Korea and Its Neighbors."
SHAMANISM IN KOREA.
The following from the latest book of
Mrs. Bishop is in evidence that demon wor-
ship and the sorceries of professional shamans
or sorcerers are prevalent in Korea as in
all countries of Northern Asia.
" On returning from a service in the
afternoon where there were crowds of bright,
intelligent-looking worshipers, we came
upon one of the most important ceremonies
connected with the popular belief in demons
— the exorcism of an evil spirit which was
supposed to be the cause of a severe illness.
Never by night or day on my two visits to
Phyong-yang had I been out of hearing of
the roll of the sorcerer's drum, with the
loud vibratory clash of cymbals as an inter-
mittent accompaniment. Such sounds
attracted U3 to the place of exorcism.
"In a hovel with an open door a man lay
very ill. The space in front was matted
and enclosed by low screens, within which
were Korean tables loaded with rice cakes,
boiled rice, stewed chicken, sprouted beans
and other delicacies. In this open space
squatted three old women, two of whom beat
large drums shaped like hour-glasses, while
the third clashed large cymbals. Facing
them was the mu-tang or sorceress, dressed
in rose- pink silk, with a buff gauze robe,
with its sleeves trailing much on the ground
over it. Pieces of paper resembling the
Shinto gohei decorated her hair, and a
curious cap of buff gauze with red patches
upon it completed the not inelegant cos-
tume. She carried a fan, but it was only
used occasionally in one of the dances. She
carried over her left shoulder a stick,
painted with bands of bright colors, from
which hung a gong which she beat with a
similar stick, executing at the same time a
slow rhythmic movement accompanied by a
chant. From time to time one of the an-
cient drummers gathered on one plate pieces
from all the others and scattered them to
the four winds for the spirits to eat, invok-
ing them, saying, ' Do not trouble this
house any more, and we will again appease
you by offerings.'
' * The mu tang is, of course, according to
the belief of those who seek her services,
possessed by a powerful demon, and by
means of her incantations might induce this
demon to evict the one which was causing
the sickness by aiding her exorcisms, but
where the latter is particularly obstinate
she may require larger fees and more offer-
ings in order that she may use incantations
for bringing to her aid a yet more powerful
1898.]
MISSIONARY TACT.
119
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From Korea and Her Neighbors. Copyright, 1897, by F. H. He veil Co.
demon than her own. The exorcism lasted
fourteen hours, until four the next morning,
when the patient began to recover. A
crowd, chiefly composed of women and
children, stood round the fence, the children
imbibing devilry from their infancy."
MISSIONARY TACT.
In a little book just placed in the hands
of Revell & Co., Dr. H. H. Jessup gives
an interesting history of a young Moslem
convert to Christianity, who first called upon
him in Beirut in 1890, as an inquirer con-
cerning the truths of the gospel. This
young man, exposed as any Moslem convert
must be, to persecution and death, survived
about two years after his conversion, which
was clear and positive, and in many respects
remarkable.
After he had been thoroughly grounded
in the truth as it is in Jesus, he made the
acquaintance of Rev. Mr. Cantine of the
Reformed Church Mission in Arabia, and
joined that mission at Aden as an assistant
of Mr. Cantine and Mr. Zweemer. The
field of his labor lay along the coast of
Arabia from Aden to Busrah, which finally
became the objective point of his principal
labors.
Without anticipating the thrilling story of
his life soon to be given to the public, we
wish to call attention to one particular ele-
ment in his character and work, and that was
his remarkable tact, especially in dealing
with bigoted Moslems. We have never
known a more devoted and truly apostolic
spirit than this young man manifested
from first to last. He was strongly and
even bitterly opposed by his father, to whom
throughout he showed the greatest rever-
ence. And everywhere, as might be
expected in a fanatical country like Arabia,
he met with opposition, and yet so skillful
was he in his treatment of the issues between
Islam and Christianity, that he disarmed
prejudice and won the admiration even
where he could not the conviction of the
followers of the crescent. He presented an
admirable example to missionaries in all
lands in the thorough knowledge which he
acquired of the errors to be overcome. He
carefully studied the teachings of the
Koran, frequently choosing from it his
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CONCILIATORY MEASURES OF THE INDIA GOVERNMENT.
[August,
texts for conversations and discourses. For
example, the high character which the
Koran gave to Christ and the prophets, its
quotation of many truths of the Old Testa-
ment. Moslems were astonished when he
quoted to them these passages, reasoning as
the apostles reasoned with the Jews, out of
their own Scriptures. Then when he had
thus opened the way and had broken down
the stiff incrustations of prejudice he brought
forward the truth of God's love in Christ,
and urged it home with such affectionate,
prayerful and earnest spirit that men came
to him again and again to hear more. The
arguments with which he met his father's
objections in an extended correspondence
showed a studious mind and a clear reason-
ing power, but greatest of all was the glow
and warmth of his love and the tenderness
and patience with which he met even abuse
and the direst threats.
At last the Turkish authorities at Busrah
took the case in hand, and in the month of
June, 1892, he died, as was supposed, from
poison. His room was closed and sealed.
No opportunity was given for an autopsy.
Christian burial, which he desired, was
denied. He was buried according to
Mohammedan rites, and the place of sepul-
ture was carefully concealed and to this day
is unknown.
Two or three salient results have followed
this remarkable career of a Christian's
experience and activity. 1. Multitudes of
Moslems, however unwilling, were persuaded
even against their will to learn the truth as
it is in Jesus Christ, and there is left on
record the masterly argument used by the
son with the father in favor of the gospel.
2. As already indicated, a most salutary
example has been left to all who would win
souls to Christ, whether at home or abroad,
and besides, no one can read the history of
this life without regarding it as a most
profitable means of grace. 3. It is in evi-
dence that no type of retrenched error and
apostasy is proof against the power of the
truth of God and his Holy Spirit.
CONCILIATORY MEASURES OF
THE INDIA GOVERNMENT.
Now that the military have done their
work, every means should be employed to
bring about a friendly feeling. It is a relief
to a man who considers himself injured to
be able to state his grievances. No satis-
factory answer yet appears to have been
made as to the real causes of the recent
outbreaks. The best plan would be to get
independent testimony from representatives
of the leading tribes throughout the whole
frontier. When tne exact truth was known,
measures for their pacification could be
adopted with greater prospects of success.
There have been feuds between the fron-
tier tribes as well as raids upon British
territory. Their strongest argument against
giving up their arms was that their enemies
might take them at a disadvantage. It
would be good, on this account, for repre-
sentatives of the principal tribes to meet —
perhaps for the first time in their history.
They might be invited as government guests
in Peshawar, comfortably lodged and well
fed for a week. Hospitality is one of the
chief Afghan virtues. The political officials
of the frontier districts might be invited to
meet them, and they could discuss together
supposed grievances and how to remedy
them. Good opportunities would thus be
afforded for the tribal representatives and
the politicals to become acquainted with
each other.
Before leaving, they might meet at a
durbar held by Sir William Mackworth
Young, when they might be advised that it
was much better for them to till their fields
and tend their cattle than to be employed
in shooting each other or Europeans. The
Rajputs, who sixty years ago all went
armed, but have given up their weapons,
might be held up as an example for the
Afridis, " to beat their swords into plough-
shares and their spears into pruning hooks."
[Dr. Murdoch's letter should be com-
pared with a striking article by Dr. Arthur
Neve, our medical missionary at Srinagar,
which appears in the C. M. Gleaner for
this month. Dr. Neve says: " I venture
to say that half a dozen capable, earnest
medical missionaries, speaking the lan-
guage of the people, sympathizing with
them, visiting their villages, partaking of
their hospitality, and healing their sick,
would do more for the prevention of inter-
tribal and frontier wars than half a dozen
forts and as many brigades of soldiers."
In particular, he advocates the establishment
of a medical mission at Chitral, as soon as
the road is open for unofficial travelers. —
Ed.] — Church Missionary Intelligencer,
April, 1898.
1898.]
REFLEX ADVANTAGES OF FOREIGN MISSIONS.
121
Concert of Prayer
For Church Work Abroad.
-The Reflex Advantages of Foreign
Missions.
(a) Deepened spirituality in the home church.
(&) Promotion of self-denial and catholicity.
(c) Apologetic support of the Christian system.
(d) Encouragement to Christian faith.
(e) Development of trade and scientific knowledge.
KEFLEX ADVANTAGES OF FOR-
EIGN MISSIONS.
(a) Deepened Spirituality in the Home
Church. — The testimony of the distin-
guished English Baptist divine, Rev.
Andrew Fuller, is so well known as scarcely
to need repeating. It is to the effect that
his people, even the most genuine of his
professing Christians were low-spirited and
dubious in regard to their good estate, until
the new gospel of foreign missions began to
be preached by Carey and others and the
thoughts of the Baptist churches were
turned away from themselves to the great
Christ-like service of winning the benighted
nations to a world-embracing salvation.
With the new enthusiasm of a blood-
redeemed humanity, the pious selfishness
which had only dug at the one introverted
question of a personal election to the heri-
tage of sovereign grace gave way, was ven-
tilated, purified and expanded into a love
for all souls whom Christ had loved.
Mr. Fuller gives us some idea of the
cramped and repressive theology which had
prevailed in his time, when he tells us that
when, as a youthful inquirer after the way
of life, he timidly approached his pastor for
instruction, he was rather held aloof until
his spiritual guide could feel greater assur-
ance that he was a chosen vessel of mercy.
The pastor dreaded the presumption of
possibly anticipating the work of the Holy
Spirit! Prof. Edward Caird has pointed
out the fact that the historic life of the
Church has alternated between subjective
and objective extremes, between mysticism
and pietism on the one hand, and the out-
ward form, ritual or work which has char-
acterized certain branches of the Church on
the other. Romanism is naturally and
characteristically an objective cult. It is a
religion of observances, tasks, outward ap-
pliances, priestly or otherwise, and yet there
have been schools of mystics and pietists in
the Catholic communion, and it can number
its hosts of undoubted saints. The Protes-
tantism of a hundred years ago was carried
to an extreme of subjectivity. The main
question concerned what one believed, how
he felt, the evidence he had of his calling
and election as a child of God, diaries of
personal progress in divine knowledge
abounded, religious services were experience
meetings — not missionary, but mainly per-
sonal and piously selfish.
In principle the same mistake had been
made before, though in different ways. The
Pharisees had been equally absorbed in per-
sonal concerns, in minute observances,
prayers, and tithings and hair-splitting
prohibitions, but had shown no zeal to
relieve the abounding distresses of their
fellow-men. In the ascetic idleness of the
early Christian Church there had been the
same fatal defect. Personal penances and
mortifications, carried on for years, how
could they lift the burdens of humanity or
enlighten the darkness of heathen nations ?
With Protestants, on the other hand, the
extreme emphasis which controversy had
put upon certain doctrines had narrowed the
practical scope of the gospel. Though
scarcely conscious of the fact, the Church
had handicapped even the Great Commis-
sion of our Lord by exaggerated ideas of
the divine sovereignty as shown, for exam-
ple, by that cautious divine who publicly
declared that it would be time enough to
send missionaries to the heathen when God
should reveal his purpose to call them into
his kingdom. Even in our own land there
were hampers put upon the grace of God
and the free offers of his salvation. Men
must be converted in a certain way and
after certain types of deep conviction.
Children could not be encouraged to actually
take a stand for Christ and be admitted to
church communion till they should attain to
manhood and womanhood.
The change that has been ushered in with
the missionary era is past all computation.
What occurred in Andrew Fuller's congre-
gation has occurred everywhere throughout
Christendom. The joy which chased away
the gloom of his desponding saints, when
they began to say, like the first Christian
converts " What wilt thou have me to do —
to do for others than myself ? ' ' has been
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[August,
learned as a blessed secret by thousands
and myriads of believers.
It must be confessed that Roman Catholics
learned thi3 secret quite as early as Pro-
testants; indeed, they led the advance into
the great mission fields. Even the monas-
tic brotherhoods and sisterhoods have for-
saken consecrated idleness for various lines
of benevolent activity. The Celtic monks
of Bangor and Iona were perhaps the first
to make missions their great and enthusi-
astic aim, and they became a power not
only in Britain, but on the continent.
In the missionary work of this closing
century the Church has learned that the
highest spirituality is not to be attained by
prohibition, self-restriction, or mortification,
but by earnest, sympathetic, Christ-like
activity. Love to God is never jealous of
our love to our fellow -men. Piety is not
injured by an admixture of true philan-
thropy. Nay, the piety that can carefully
gird up its punctilious sacredness and pass
by on the other side is worse than the phil-
anthropy which makes no professions but
actually heals the wounds of suffering
humanity. Nevertheless the highest, the
only perfect philanthropy, is that which
not only gives the cup of water, but gives
it in Christ's name.
The late Prof. Drummond, in one of the
discourses published in " The Ideal Life,"
particularizes some of the reasons why it
was "expedient for his disciples" that
Christ " should go away." In the body he
could not be present to comfort one of ten
thousand of his people, and the difficulty
felt in the sorrowful home at Bethany would
be widespread. And this great world-wide
need would be met by the Omnipresent
Comforter, who still should represent him.
And there is another way in which he would
meet the wants of his Church representa-
tively rather than by his actual personal
presence. And this fact he pointed out.
Not only the Holy Spirit was to represent
him, but also those for whom he had died,
his "little ones," his poor ones, his benighted
ones— all those other sheep who should
believe on him through the words of his
disciples. Whosoever should minister to
" one of the least of these " would
practically minister to him, and to neglect
these would be a guilty and ungrateful
neglect of him.
This great truth then, which it is strange
that the Church has not always recognized,
viz., that Christ is closely bound up with
all darkened and suffering humanity, and
that the most successful way to find him is
to seek for him and minister to him in the
most needy — this truth missions, all mis-
sions, have taught the Church clearly and
with emphasis.
Much is said and written in our day about
being filled with the Spirit. " Spirit-
filled " is a pithy phrase which represents a
most earnest type of religious thought. It
is well if coupled with the missionary spirit,
and is thus saved from an undue self- con-
sciousness.
Blessed is he who through the Spirit finds
Christ as a constant indwelling guest in his
heart, and he is still more blessed if he has
learned to find Christ in every humblest
soul for whom he has died and who may
yet dwell as a glorified spirit at his right
hand. That is the highest piety which has
come to share and exercise the all-embracing
love of Redemption.
(b) As for self-denial, there can be no
greater exercise of it than in the true and
consecrated effort of the Church in the cause
of foreign missions. To give to the beggar
at our door may be a matter of momentary
sympathy. To promote worthy objects
nearer home, in the interests of our own
community or our own land, is always wor-
thy and noble, but our own welfare is so
intimately connected with that of our
neighbors and fellow-countrymen, so surely
are we affected by every good influence that
concerns the welfare of the commonwealth,
that we cannot act in pure disinterested-
ness, even though we are unconscious of any
taint of selfishness. But when the Church
sends her sons and daughters to the ends of
the earth to seek the salvation of thousands
whom she will never see, of whom she only
knows that they are more or less degraded,
from whom she can expect no earthly
return, she touches the very highest grade
of disinterestedness. And this is just why
foreign missions seem to sordid worldly
minds so unspeakably absurd. " To send
so much money out of the country," to
yield up one's own children to lives of toil
for those low-down people, " who are not
worth the outlay," this is the incomprehen-
sible thing. It is not the way the world does
business; it reveals a cracked brain or a
screw7 loose somewhere. " Hard-headed
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123
business men do not take any stock in it;"
it relies mainly on the emotional suscepti-
bilities of women or on men far gone in
fanaticism.
Yes, it is an unearthly enterprise. It does
not conform to any known principles of
political economy or international law. Its
kingdom is not of this world. It borrows
its motives from heaven and the sanctions of
the world to come. It receives its orders
from no State departments, but from One
who lived nineteen centuries ago and whose
kingdom is an everlasting kingdom.
Of course, a work whose motives rest on
the broad interests of eternity and whose
plans encompass the earth must tend to
catholicity of spirit. It breaks over all
provincial boundaries, all narrowness of
sects. Lord Macaulay's remark that in
India, where men worshiped cattle, the differ-
ences of the Christian sects seemed absurd
and out of place, expressed the sentiment
quite generally entertained by missionaries
and all others who become deeply interested
in their work. Even transient visitors to
the mission fields, as they see the Boards and
Societies of the Christian world laboring side
by side amid the widespread darkness that
surrounds them, are impressed by the
oneness of the great conquests for Christ, and
often upon their return homeward they
contemplate the divisions and strife of sect
with a sort of shame. It has become a
common maxim that the cause of Christian
union has made its greatest advances on the
mission field.
But the spirit of catholicity — at least of
charity — has been carried to a still wider
application by the work ©f missions. There
is a broader sentiment of respect toward
the heathen than was felt even fifty years
ago— more of a disposition to give them
credit for the grains and fragments of truth
found in their ethical systems. The Chris-
tian world knows better than formerly what
the more advanced heathen systems really
are, and more of tact and a proper concilia-
tion is now observed in missionary methods.
Sir W. W. Hunter, in alluding to this
favorable change, has well said that there is
the same difference in spirit that there was
between Peter at Joppa and Paul on Mars
Hill. We have ceased to regard the
heathen as four-footed beasts and creeping
things after the manner of Peter's vision.
We rather respect them and quote their own
poets as Paul quoted Oratus, and, pointing
to their altars blindly reared to unknown
gods, we say with the wise and ever-tactful
Paul, ' ' Whom ye ignorantly worship declare
we unto you."
(c) But perhaps the most important of
all the reflex influences of the foreign mis-
sionary work is the practical contribution
which it has made to Christian apologetics.
This is an age of bold theories and scientific
hypotheses. The science of biology has
analyzed every fibre and tissue of the
human frame, and has come to discuss men-
tal and moral acts and hereditary character
in terms of cells and brain convolutions
and the gray matter of the nerves. Ages
have been assigned for the slow and imper-
ceptible changes which have appeared in the
character of men and races. Evolution
has proceeded by broad social forces which
seemed to work by a law of their own and
without much regard to human purposes
and human efforts, and what seems to be
race culture has proceeded and can proceed
only by the slowest increments appearing
in a succession of generations. " Don't
look for any improvement in savages,"
science would say, " except by the slowest
processes, and such as are marked by
improvements in the size and shape of the
skull." But what has the work of Chris-
tian missions to say on this subject ? What
has been its record all within our own time ?
In how many instances, including many
tribes and all kinds of climate and envi-
ronment, have marvelous transformations
been wrought in whole populations and that
within the lifetime of a single missionary !
As I write, I am sitting within half a
mile of the tomb of the Sandwich Island
boy, Henry Obookiah, who died at Cornwall,
Conn., in 1818. What changes have come
over his countrymen since that time. It is
needless to enlarge upon the transformations
which have been wrought by God's Spirit —
in the New Hebrides and Fiji, at Metla-
kahtla, or in the early history of Sierra
Leone, in Uganda, or South Africa, or
Japan, or Korea. Well-informed readers
of missionary literature will recall multi-
tudes of proofs of the divine power of God's
regenerating Spirit.
In long- settled Christian lands men may
evade this strong testimony. They may
ascribe the conversion of men to habit, to
the long seed- sowing of education, to sur-
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GLEANINGS FROM HAINAN.
[August,
rounding Christian sentiment, but on
heathen soil, where all antecedents were the
rudest and vilest, where but yesterday men
ate each other and were tormented by the
dread of evil spirits and the witchcraft of
their best friends — on heathen soil there
can be no resort to such evasions ; the wis-
dom of God and the power of God are
manifest beyond all question. Practically
the faith of the Christian Church is staked
upon her missionary work. This work has
been undertaken and is still carried for-
ward on the clear and unequivocal doctrines
of grace, an incarnate, crucified and
Letters.
GLEANINGS FROM HAINAN.
From Letter of Rev. P. W. McClintock,
March 14, 1898.
One of our native Christians has written an
article on the giving of our means to the Lord and
his work, illustrating his meaning by the example of
some one in northern China, who, though possessed
of large wealth, gave it all to the Lord. The article
has made an impression especially on a rich (or
fairly well-to-do) merchant in Namiong. The
same idea must be working among our people, for
there has been but little of the talk of former years
in asking us to support the children in school, feed-
ing and educating them without charge, and instead
some who have never before offered a cash for their
children's board have promised this year to pay
either in whole or in part and the school free list
is now reduced to six ; all the rest pay, if not all, at
least a good portion of the cost of their support.
Of course now we are working under a disadvantage
in that the price of rice is twice as high as ordina-
rily. But that the people are willing to give and
willing to recognize that it is their duty and privi-
lege to give is encouraging. We visited the villages
during the holiday season and everywhere met with
kind receptions and were enabled to leave behind
us some remembrance of our visit either in meet-
ings held, books on Christianity or in personal work
among the few who were willing to talk on salva-
tion in Christ. We were glad to be invited into
villages where heretofore the foreigners and their
doctrine have been rigidly excluded. Some time
ago the medical student came to me and had a long
talk about his grandfather who has always been a
very pronounced enemy of the church, asking that
we especially pray for the old man and his wife, and
that together with him and his family we continue
risen Saviour, a vicarious salvation, a super-
natural conversion and sanctification of
human souls, civilized or uncivilized, by an
omnipotent Spirit, a divine work of redemp-
tion embracing all nations; these are the
firm foundations on which the work of
missions stands. Whatever of rationalistic
interpretation or theological compromises
may obtain elsewhere, only a pronounced
adherence to the belief in a strictly super-
natural salvation can sustain the work of
foreign missions. That work must continue
to be the test and the measure of spiritual
life in the Church.
in prayer until the man is brought to Christ. So
every day in our daily prayer meetings we have
been remembering them and Chinese- like have
watched every act and especially their treatment
of us in the hope that we would see something indi-
cating a change of heart. They have been espe-
cially nice in their treatment of us lately, and last
Sunday the oldest son' s wife came to church for the
first time, and it is not so very long ago that this
same woman said that if her son brought his wife
to the hospital to be treated, she would disown him.
This same son is, Nicodemus-like, an inquirer, and
says that he is a Christian and is trying to live a
Christian life, but has not yet entered the church,
although he identifies himself with the Christians
constantly. He is a graduate and a young man
of considerable ability and force. Unless the
grandfather relents and himself enters the church,
this young man's position is very difficult, for the
fear of being disinherited is constantly held over
his head.
School has opened with about the same attend-
ance as last year, but with even brighter prospects
in regard to self-support. That the school may
become self-supporting I have been carefully con-
sidering the industrial feature. I have come to the
conclusion that an agricultural industrial depart-
ment offers the best solution, for the trades are
held in disrepute, while agriculture is highly
honored, even the emperor going out once a year
and turning a furrow. The agricultural knowledge
of the people extends only to the planting and care
of their rice and sugar-cane fields. Scarcely any of
the uplands are cultivated. My idea is that a field
might be rented (not bought), and that cotton,
pepper, spices and coffee be planted, the school-
boys to do the work, the proceeds to go toward
paying for their education. Of course there is in-
cidentally a philanthropic feature, for I would hope
to see the natives obtain a knowledge how to raise
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125
these things and thus in a measure alleviate their
present hard condition. The principal idea is not
that, however, but is to teach the boys more thor-
oughly self-dependence, to assist in putting down false
ideas of pride, and to encourage and enable boys to
work out their own education, making them feel
that their education is not wholly or in part given
to them, but that they earn it. Before going any
further in the matter, I am anxious to have the
benefit of your advice and experience. I have not
as yet proposed the plan to the mission, but those
of us who are in Nodoa have discussed it freely and
I believe that all are in sympathy with it. I am
glad to say that I believe that the influence in the
school is decidedly Christian and all credit for this
encouraging feature in so far as it is due to human
agencies is due to Mr. Melrose. We need an older
Chinese preacher badly, but the Christian teacher
and the school- boys with perhaps one or two excep-
tions are doing nobly in the help they give in look-
ing after the services and the spiritual interests of
the school.
MOSLEM AGAINST MOSLEM.
Extracts from Letter of Mrs. B. S. Hawkes,
Hamadan, March 31, 1898.
There has been evident a new alertness in regard
to our work. It has shown itself in a number of
ways. Dr. Wilson has felt it in her calls among
Moslems.
A little Moslem girl was taken into the school
at the urgent request of her father, who even
brought the child's mother — who had been divorced
and married to another man — to sign the paper re-
quired from parents of pupils. A day or two
afterwards a message came begging that she be
given up, as the father had been threatened. She
was of course immediately given to her father, but
in spite of that he was very severely bastinadoed.
When he reluctantly took her away, he said,
' ' Well, she has had a day or two of happiness any-
how."
The postmaster sent Dr. Wilson a message, say-
ing that the Virgin Mary had appeared to him in
a dream telling him "to warn Wilson that if she
did not stop turning away the women from their
faith, a dreadful fate would overtake her."
A few weeks ago, some retainers of a noted rob-
ber who had been fired from a cannon's mouth by
the Salar-i-Saltaneh in Kermanshah fled here and
took lodging in a caravanserai near the house of
one Saiid Mohamet who had come to Hamadan to
win fame by his zeal for Islam. Word was tele-
graphed from Kermanshah to the Ameer to secure
the goods these men had carried off, which he pro-
ceeded to do. The Mullah incited the crowd to go
to Sheverine and demand the goods, on the ground
that the men had taken refuge with him. The old
cry ' ' Yah Ali ' ' once again rent the air, and as it
was evident that mischief was intended the goods
were forthwith sent to the Mullah, who subse-
quently let the robbers go on their way in peace.
But all pales when compared with the events
which occurred between February 22 and 25. We
have seen high-handed doings and wild outbursts
in years past, but nothing comparable to this.
Tuesday afternoon, February 22, shops were hast-
ily closed and men flocked to the quarter of the
city beyond Mr. Watson's house. The principal
man among the Sheikhees had been ordered by
the ecclesiastic mentioned above not to come to
the mosque, although he had been accustomed to
lead the prayers there. Having gone that day,
as he was leaving, some people began making
insulting sounds, and one snatched the turban
from the head of a wealthy merchant and ele-
vated it on a pole. One of the followers of the
Sheikhee Mullah, drawing a pistol, fired and
wounded a Saiid. "Cry havoc! and let slip the
dogs of war ! " In an instant they were fighting,
Moslem against Moslem. Several men were
wounded and a few killed that evening. All ortho-
dox Moslems, it was said. Two or three houses of
the Sheikhees were looted, one just on the edge of
the Armenian quarter. Next morning early they
began on the warehouse of one of the wealthiest
men in the city, a Sheikhee. Several hours were
required for carrying off the plunder. Those who
laid hold of spoil were not sure of getting to a
place of safety, as they were liable to be met, de-
spoiled and wounded on the way home. Mean-
while a number of Sheikhees were killed, the body
of one being afterward burned. Others have since
been burned before life was extinct. Villagers
poured in and j Dined the rabble and hour after
hour the desperate work went on.
Our name saved the house in which the Jewish
girls' school was last year. When they had fin-
ished the one opposite, they turned to this, but the
people came out and said, ' ' This is a Frangee
school, you have no work here," and they went
away. Going to the house of another Jewish
Bahall, the mob was diverted once, but went a
second time and cleaned it out. Mirza Daniels'
being next door, they began on that, but to the
credit of his Moslem neighbors be it told that one
came on the roof armed with a gun, another stood
in the yard with drawn sword, and they kept the
mob at bay. However, the cellar was plundered.
On Thursday the Ameer' s soldiers were stationed
in the bazaars (many of them the very men who
had been making off with booty the day before).
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LETTERS FROM BRAZIL.
[August,
Orders were given that the shops be opened and
business go on as usual, but excitement ran too high
and it was some time before a semblance of quiet
was restored. This is how they celebrated the feast
of Fitr and Washington's Birthday which fell on
the same day this year. The man who is "the
head and front of this offending " said plainly in the
great mosque, ' ' You did well, your reward is with
God. I am with you. But now wait until we see
how it will be." Some weeks ago he said, " I
have three things to do in this city," and since the
occurrences of these days, " one work is finished,
two remain."
Several of the men driven from house and home
were friends of ours, but even were they not our
hearts would bleed at the recital of the horrors en-
acted. Eight or ten bodies of the slain on the
orthodox side were taken to the mosque and lay in
state for a day or two. Some of those on the other
side were thrown into the yard of the plundered,
deserted house of their chief Mullah and even
their nearest and dearest dared not identify them-
selves with them by taking them away for burial
unless at dead of night. The fate that befell Jeze-
bel's body was the fate of some.
The city has been divided into three sections and
assigned to three prominent men to guard with such
forces as they have, while report says that troops
are coming from all directions. Friday evening
the Ameer sent the chief man of his guard to the
Faith Hubbard School to assure the ladies that
that part of the city, being under his special care,
he was at their service day or night, should they
need to call him.
FKOM LETTER OF C. E. B1XLER, LAREN-
GEIRAS, BRAZIL, MARCH 30, 1898.
I have just returned from a trip of sixteen days
to the interior of the State, riding on horseback
about 225 miles and preaching sixteen times. Re-
ceived five persons on profession of their faith in
Christ and baptized three children. One or two
others who wished to profess, I advised to wait un-
til a later visit. I reached home on Saturday and
on Sunday following received two more on profes-
sion here in Larengeiras.
I secured an entrance into one new town where
Romanism has hitherto reigned supreme. Found
nearly a dozen persons who heard the word gladly,
and about half of these are intensely interested.
The outlook here is encouraging. My entrance was
not pleasing to many who are held firmly in the
power of Rome, but no attack was made upon us.
In another town where they hate the very name of
Protestant I hope soon to conduct services in the
house of the chief of police.
EXTRACT FROM LETTER OF THE REV.
J. B. KOLB, DATED BAHIA, BRAZIL,
MAY 30, 1898.
I write to give you a bit of cheering news. May
1G I left home to visit our brethren in the interior
of this State in Sta. Luzia, Villa Nova and Banan-
eiras.
At Sta. Luzia two persons were received on pro-
fession of their faith and two children were baptized.
At Villa Nova two persons were received on pro-
fession, and at Bananeiras five were received and
three children baptized, making in all nine persons
received and five children baptized. The last five
mentioned passed through a fiery trial. They had
been examined and were to have been baptized
during the evening service of Sabbath, 22d of May.
Just as I was beginning the service at seven P. M.,
a band of men made their appearance in front of
the house, shouting and carrying on. A group of
three or four armed men forced themselves into the
house. They began to take vengeance upon us, but
by this time some of the brethren had armed them-
selves with clubs and were able to drive them out ;
but not without some bloodshed. Two of our people
were badly wounded and two of the other side.
After they had been driven out we all left the
house, whereupon they returned with greater fury,
breaking down the door and smashing things
generally. They tried to set fire to the house, but
were hindered. I found refuge in the house of a
believer, where I remained over night. The next
night we gathered together in a farmhouse to finish
the service begun the night before. No one was
absent. They all were firm and true. The be-
lievers all were blest in the affliction. The devil
sought to do harm to the cause, but thank the Lord
he did not gain his point. The police authorities
here promised us every guarantee. May it all be
for the glory of the name of the Lord.
Now the cause of this assualt is said to have been
the following. Some months ago a woman died
full of faith and love for the Lord Jesus Christ.
She was buried in the only graveyard of the village
where the attack occurred. This came to the ears
of the vicar, who came to the village and preached
against the sacrilege and against the Protestants.
He, knowing of our visit, sent word to a friend of
his to gather his people together in order to drive
us out. Which was done.
I have been in scenes of the same sort before,
but this last was the most savage and violent of any.
As a gentleman said to me two days after, " You
may thank God that you escaped with your life."
I do thank the Lord. He is good and kind.
Blessed be his holy name. Our brethren who were
wounded, one with a knife and the other with a
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FROM ANGOM — FROM KOREA.
127
club, will get well. The first mentioned had a very
narrow escape, since his wound was about an inch
above his heart. When I saw the blood running
down his garments and he said, "I am cut," I
thought he was mortally wounded. May it all re-
dound to the glory of the Lord and the advance-
ment of his cause and kingdom.
Last evening, Monday, after our concert of
prayer, one of the elders, a master stonemason,
handed me a package, saying that it was a thank
offering to the Lord, and that I should use it as I
thought best in the work of the Lord. This
brother had just completed a large building and
received, beyond his wages, a present from the
company, in recognition of his fidelity ; and so from
this present he had reserved 200 milreis or about
$35. This brother has shown for many years a
most beautiful Christian spirit.
FROM LETTER OF DR. BENNETT,
ANGOM, APRIL 16, 1898.
Dr. Friend had not been able to start the fitting
up of dispensary, so it made the first week very
busy, but with the help of Mr. Dunning we have
now a well- fitted dispensary and operating room in
the new addition. During the twenty days since
opening the dispensary, 138 new cases have been
treated, sixty-nine revisits and 207 prescriptions
refilled. Two weeks ago I went for one day on a
medical itinerating trip in the boat "Chain"
down the Como river, treating thirty-nine sick
people and telling the simple gospel story to the
people on the island of "Nengenenge" and other
towns. Last Friday I again went off itinerating,
treating twenty- two sick and preaching in four
different towns. It is a great joy to me to be able to
now use the language to tell a few gospel truths, even
though imperfectly, for I believe that each bottle
and dose of medicine should have a spiritual label.
It was on my itinerating trip to Nengenenge that a
Mr. Samuels, a native trader, told me that only
four days before the people at a near town named
' { Olunda ' ' had killed and eaten a captive man
of another tribe. An old headman named King
Kehm confirmed the story and said he would give
me a man to take me to the town. I started at
once and soon reached the place, as the tide was
favorable. The people acted very suspiciously and
would not talk much. Finally they asked me to
walk up and sit in the palaver house, which I did.
The first thing I noticed was a boy about twelve
years of age, a captive. The lad had a very heavy
old iron chain shackled round his ankle, the chain
was then coiled up round his body so that he could
move around. I was told he was captured with a
woman from a tribe with whom these people had a
palaver, and that he must stay chained until re-
deemed with goods.
I will not go into unpleasant details, but I saw
sufficient to convince me that these people were
cannibals, and that they had quite lately killed a
victim. I hope to start back again soon to get that
boy and bring him if possible to the mission.
FROM REV. SAMUEL A. MOFFETT,
PYENG YANG, KOREA, APRIL 6, 1898.
Ever since my arrival a month or so ago I have
wanted to write to you, but I have been plunged
into the midst of such a great work, the consider-
ation of so many questions, and so much respon-
sibility that the days have been absolutely filled
with duties demanding immediate attention.
I wish I could give you some idea of the great joy
that has come to me over the reception given me by
these Korean Christians and over the evident mani-
festations of a deep and real work of the Spirit of
God in this whole region.
My heart has been touched as never before by
the love and interest shown by the Christians.
Some fifty or sixty of them went out the road to
meet me as I came from Seoul on my bicycle. I
rode into the first group of them twenty miles out
the road where they had gone with some from the
Choung Hoa Church. From there all the way in
I found them here and there along the road wait-
ing for me, and their great joy and the evident
sincerity of their welcome was, I can assure you,
most touchingly gratifying to me. What a contrast
was this ovation to the reception accorded me
eight years ago !
I have been made most grateful, however, by
finding that almost all of those with whom I had
labored and whom I had seen come under the in-
fluence of the gospel have stood firm and shown
that their faith was in demonstration of the Spirit
and in power, that they were not our converts, but
the Lord's, and that the gospel itself had taken hold
of them. Many have been added to their number
during my absence, and among them are some who
formerly had been bitter opponents, with whom I
had repeatedly talked of the gospel, and who now
came to me with glad faces saying they wanted to
take back all the abuse and insult offered me in
days past. The progress made in the work is a
perfect delight, and the first night of my arrival,
as I stood before the audience of some 200 men and
women gathered for a large prayer meeting, my
thoughts went back to the time when, but a little over
five years ago, I here baptized seven men, forming
them into a little church.
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FROM KOREA.
[August,
The first Sabbath after my return I visited the
four Sabbath- schools and the two church services,
one for men and one for women, and found between
six and seven hundred people assembled for worship.
When I spoke to the congregation of nearly two hun-
dred women, my heart was full of gratitude, and
all I could say was " kitpono ! " " kitpono I " "I
am delighted!" "I am delighted! " Truly the
Lord has blessed this work most marvel ously.
All this month I have had a constant run of
visitors from near and far, expressing their joy over
my return, and the letters have been pouring in
from all over the country, so that more and more I
am learning of the power of the gospel, and of its
marvelous and widespread influence. It has not
taken me long to get into the work again, and as
the direction of the church here with its pastoral
oversight is the first work assigned to me, I have
given my first attention to it. The problems which
confront us now are quite different from those we
met in the earlier stages of the work, and I trust
we shall have the same guidance and direction now
as then in what seems to me one of the most import-
ant steps before us, viz., the gradual and judicious
transference of the government and management of
the native church to those Koreans whom we have
been and are training to meet the responsibilities of
leadership.
We have already taken in hand the question of
providing a larger church building which is so ur-
gently needed. Whether the Koreans will be able
to build the church without assistance is yet to be
seen, but acting upon the supposition that they are
to do so, we began on last Sabbath receiving sub-
scriptions for that purpose. They are responding
eagerly and liberally, so that in one day the subscrip-
tions received amounted to three hundred dollars.
Before leaving New York I spoke to you of my
brother's offer to provide the funds for the church,
but we think it best to hold this offer in abeyance
until we have given the Koreans the opportunity
to provide for all or as much of it as possible. I was
much interested in Mr. S peer's remarks on this
subject, in his report, page 43, and very much wish
I could have met him to discuss this and many
other questions.
With over 600 catechumens and 150 baptized
members in this city church, the task of providing
sufficient instruction and spiritual oversight is not
a light one. The presence of Mr. and Mrs. Baird,
both of whom have the gift of teaching, is a great
help in enabling us to provide for some of this, but
our great need is for well-trained, spiritually
minded men to constitute a native board of elders,
who can efficiently bear a part of this responsibility.
The country work has increased by leaps and
bounds, and wherever it has had close attention
from the missionary or from well-trained and well-
instructed native Christians, it has been kept well
in hand, but the growth has been so prodigious
that the force of men available has been totally in-
adequate to supervise it carefully. I cannot but
feel that we must provide for more training classes,
that the leaders may come into more intimate con-
tact with us, get our spirit and ideas, and be able to
direct their own people into right channels.
As to whether we should have one strong central
station or open one or two new stations, I shall
have clearer views and convictions after I have
visited our country work and more clearly grasped
the present situation, and after we have more com-
pactly organized our work. I am quite sure, how-
ever, that our present force will not be sufficient to
meet the needs of the work one or two years from
now, unless we should meet with some unexpected
hindrance to the advance of our work. I shall
write you again on this subject.
I have been glad to find Mr. Lee's health as
good as it is, after the strain of the work through
which he has been going ; and I rejoice also in the
way in which Mr. Whittemore has taken up the
northern work. He is now there expecting to
spend three months on the field. He has a faithful
and able assistant in Mr. Yang, and together they
are seeing that work develop most promisingly, al-
though more slowly than some other parts. Next
to the oversight of the church here, the station has
thought that I could render greatest assistance by
meeting Mr. Lee's request that we together visit
the Whang Hai region in order to strengthen and
direct that wonderful work, which because of its al-
most magical growth presents some rather difficult
problems. We expect to leave next week to be
gone nearly two months, visiting more than fifty
substations. I shall enjoy writing you after that trip.
I am rejoiced to be at work again, and am very
deeply impressed with the genuineness of the work
here. I cannot but feel that it is due to the fact
that from the very beginning nothing but the plain
simple truths of the gospel have been urged upon
these people, and that these truths have been al-
lowed to work out their own effects. Oh, how I
wish it might be emphasized and reemphasized the
world over that the gospel alone is the power of
God unto salvation, and that the gospel alone can
do and does for these people all that it has done
and does for us. The introduction of other ap-
peals, based upon financial, educational or other ad-
vantages which draw the attention from the central
truth of salvation from sin, weakens the appeal, and
in so far as they enter into the lives of the people,
deprive them of spiritual power and strong faith.
COLLEGES AND ACADEMIES.
Brookfield College, Brookfielcl, Mo.
BROOK FIELD COLLEGE.
HARRY C. MYERS, A.M., PRESIDENT.
This institution, now under the care of
Palmyra Presbytery, has been in existence
since 1880. It was established as a private
enterprise by the Rev. J. P. Finley, D.D.,
who was then pastor of the Presbyterian
Church in Brookfield. This godly man
organized the church and then, as had been
his custom in other places where he had
labored, exerted his influence to provide
Christian educational advantages for the
young people of his congregation and of the
community. With all his might he devoted
himself for several years to the double labor
of preaching and teaching. Both school
and church prospered under the able direc-
tion of Dr. Finley, but he soon found that
the work and responsibility were too much
for one man. On this account, at the end
of a twenty years' pastorate, he resigned
his charge in order to devote all of his time
and strength to the growing academy. In
the autumn of 1888, the school moved into
a beautiful new home, the substantial brick
structure pictured on this page, secured
partly by the aid of the Board of Aid for
Colleges and Academies. This fine build-
ing stands as a monument to the liberality
of many who are interested in thorough edu-
cation under Christian influences, and to the
man who most of all spent himself in found-
ing and upbuilding the school. Dr. Finley
died a few months after having seen the
college building completed and occupied.
In 1888 the institution was chartered as
Brookfield College, and undertook the work
of a collegiate institute. It is in this
capacity that it seems best adapted to the
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needs of the Presbytery. Thorough college
preparatory courses are offered, fitting its
graduates for entrance to the Freshman or
Sophomore class of higher institutions in
Missouri or other States. It is definitely
affiliated with the State University of Mis-
souri and with the University of Wooster in
Ohio. In addition to the college prepara-
tory work a normal course of four years is
provided for those who wish to teach, and
for others who do not intend to take higher
work a literary course of four years is
offered. The literary course is well rounded
and is intended to fit students for business
and intelligent Christian citizenship. In
the musical department both instrumental
and vocal music are taught.
As a school under the care of a Presby-
tery a majority of the trustees are Presby-
terians. The Bible is a required text-book
in every course. Care is taken in the
selection of teachers that they be Christian
men and women as well as able and pro-
gressive instructors. There is the best of
harmony with the Presbyterian church and
with the other churches of Brook field, and
the school is freely patronized by all denomi-
nations, a sufficient proof that Christianity
rather than sectarianism is here taught and
exemplified.
The boarding house is the President's
home, a spacious, two-story frame building
that has this year proved too small to
accommodate all applicants. This home
provides a place for young people coming
from a distance whose parents desire them
to feel the influence of a Christian family
and to enjoy more intimate social relations
with members of the faculty.
The college buildings are favorably situ-
ated on high ground in a very pretty little
city of six thousand inhabitants, and com-
mand a beautiful view of the country for
many miles around.
The institution is free from debt and, while
not yet endowed, has for several years been
enjoying through the kindness of one friend
what is equivalent to the income from about
seventeen thousand dollars.
A student's expenses for tuition, books,
board, and furnished room for the whole
school year can easily be kept within
one hundred and fifty dollars. Many are
able to reduce this fully one-half.
CHURCH ERECTION.
HOW A FRONTIER CHURCH WAS
STARTED.
In response to inquiries of the secretary
in regard to a recent application for aid to
build a church, some statements were made
which illustrate so vividly the seed from
which a church may grow that we feel sure
the recital will be of interest to others.
The scene is a newly opened settlement in
a Western State, the land low and swampy
and consequently uninviting. The few
settlers were scattered about with no central
village and little opportunity to see one
another except by Sunday visiting. Soon,
however, there came into the neighborhood
a family of Scotch Presbyterians whom we
may call Campbell. This family found
neither church nor Sunday-school, but were
cordially received and made at home in the
little circle of residents.
Mrs. Campbell, however, with her Scotch
training, objected to the constant Sunday
visiting, but, finding that her scruples were
not shared by her neighbors, she said to
them: " If you are determined to come
here on the Sabbath, bring your children
along with you and we will form a class
and teach them. ' ' Her friends took her at
her word and the good woman kept the
work up in her own hou3e until the class
so increased that there was no longer room
for it in her small quarters.
By and by a building for a day-school
was erected, and Mrs. Campbell's Sunday-
school obtained permission to use it.
Thus matters went on for two or three
years, the place itself growing very slowly,
when one of our active Sunday-school mis-
sionaries, hearing of the attempt to maintain
religious services, came to them, organized
the school in a more formal way, procured
for it books and other helps, and faithfully
cared for it.
Then the question of a church organiza-
tion arose, and during the next few years
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some of the infelicities which so often arise
even in little Western villages from diverse
denominational views manifested themselves.
Presbyterians had been foremost in starting
and maintaining services, but, as the coun-
try improved and became more thickly
settled, a canvass showed that a majority
of the people were of Methodist antecedents.
Therefore the Presbyterians, feeling they
were not strong enough to maintain a second
church, with a proper Christian spirit agreed
to unite with the Methodists in one congre-
gation.
So they might have remained had the zeal
that characterized the formation of the
Methodist church continued. But unfor-
tunately it soon flagged. At first preachers
were supplied and the service kept up with
a good degree of regularity. Then less and
less frequently, until finally the little settle-
ment was left for three years without any
service at all.
At last Mrs. Campbell and her Presby-
terian friends, who had hoped each year for
a revival of service, became discouraged
and felt that some new movement must be
made.
They presented the case to the nearest
Presbyterian pastor, about seven miles
away, and begged him, for the sake of their
children, to come over and hold service
during each week even if he could not come
on Sunday. He consented to visit the set-
tlement, but frankly told them that if the
Methodist church could be supplied he
would not undertake the work.
There being no sign of renewed life in
the Methodist enterprise, a little Presbyte-
rian church of ten members was formed.
Perhaps it was not strange that this
stimulated the Methodist brethren to re-
newed activity, and although it was inevi-
table that there should be some little friction
at first, the result has been a marked
advance upon the part of both.
Now the Presbyterians are ready to build
a church of their own. The congregation
is rapidly developing; the Sunday-school
has grown until it numbers seventy. There
is an active Christian Endeavor Society.
The church membership is thirty-one; a
good lot has been given them; they have a
subscription of $800 toward a $1200 brick
building, and they ask the Board to aid
them to the extent of §400.
This is a typical instance of the settle-
ment of a Western farm community and
the genesis of a Presbyterian church. The
farm lands have been properly drained, new
settlers are coming in constantly and the
prospects both for the town and church are
brighter every year.
It is to aid just such communities in their
struggle for religious privileges; to enable
just such churches to be successful in
obtaining spiritual homes that the Board
finds its typical and most remunerative
work.
BAD ADVICE.
In a letter containing an application for a
grant, received a few days ago, the pastor
of the church, after speaking of the actual
needs of the congregation and of their self-
sacrifice in giving, adds: " We were advised
by one of the ministers of the presbytery,
who has had a great deal of experience in
building churches, to apply for a larger
sum, and his argument was that we would
not get as much as we asked for. ' '
The good brother who gave this advice
could hardly have considered what the
necessary result of such action as he coun-
seled would be, were churches generally to
adopt it.
If it were customary, for example, for
churches, upon the ground specificed, to
ask for say twenty-five per cent, more than
they really needed, there would be either a
waste of money contributed by the
churches, or, if the Board became aware of
the bad habit, a systematic cutting down,
that would appear to work hardship. Of
course, however, the fundamental objection
to any such plan would be that the state-
ment as to actual need would be misleading if
not untrue.
In all correspondence with the Board, it
is assumed that churches will be perfectly
frank, explaining precisely their position,
and then doing themselves, with unselfish
zeal, all within their power and asking of the
Church at large, through the Board, only
such aid as will guarantee the success of the
enterprise.
Any other course must work confusion
and cause distrust. Contributions would
soon begin to diminish did donors have
reason to suppose either that churches were
presuming upon the opportunity to obtain
needed help, by asking undue amounts, or
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that the Board was without careful inves-
tigation distributing ita funds with too
lavish a hand.
If the churches or their representatives
will be perfectly frank (as indeed most of
them are) in explaining their circumstances
and needs, they may be assured that so
long as funds remain, they will receive all
they really need to guarantee success, and
usually the full amount for which they ask.
Nothing would be more disastrous in the
long run to the confidence that should exist
between the contributors to the Board's
funds, the Board itself and the young
churches it is so glad to aid, than a system-
atic habit of asking for more than was
actually needed in order to leave a margin
for " cutting down."
ANOTHER MISAPPREHENSION.
Not long ago, a church wrote asking some
relaxation of the Assembly's rules upon the
ground that it had not received as much
from the Board as some other church in
the same presbytery.
It ought to be well understood that no
such comparisons are ever taken into
account in the decisions of the Board with
reference to applications.
Each case is considered upon its own
merits. It may be true that a neighboring
church has received more than it. If so,
then the circumstances of that church
were different, and it needed more to carry
it through, or else the Board was misled
into granting more than it would have done
had all the facts been known. In the one
case, the distinction must commend itself to
every one : in the other, it is clear that if
one mistake was made, the Board should be
doubly careful not to make another of similar
character.
The Board is liable to make mistakes
and has perhaps in some cases done so, but
its very earnest and conscientious purpose
is to administer the trust committed to it
with absolute impartiality and so that the
best results for the work as a whole may be
secured.
CASA GRANDE CHURCH.
In the Evangelist of June 3, the Rev. I.
T. Whittemore, of Florence, Ariz., makes
an earnest appeal for special contributions
to enable the young church of Casa Grande
at Endeavor, Ariz., to complete its house
of worship.
He suggests that contributions be sent to
the office of this Board, here to be held
until the requisite amount is secured.
We have had no direct communication
with Mr. Whittemore in regard to this
church, but would say that already several
amounts have been put in our hands for the
purpose mentioned, and we will cheerfully
act as treasurer in the matter. Mr. Whit-
temore has had a long experience in Arizona
and knows well when such help is most
effectual.
MINISTERIAL RELIEF.
STUDYING FOR EFFECTS.
Some time ago I was riding in a trolley
car, and a lady and gentleman sat opposite
to me engaged in very earnest conversa-
tion. The gentleman was explaining to the
lady the working of some intricate machin-
ery— the force or power used, the knowledge
and skill required on the part of the mana-
ger, and how he had to bend his mind to
his work in order, as he said, " to make
things go. ' ' The only remark I heard the
lady make in reply to his careful descrip-
tion was, "He is studying for effects,' ' but
the words have lingered in my memory
ever since.
" Studying for effects!" and the question
has arisen in my mind, Are not all people,
in some way or other, " studying for
effects ?" It may be for self-centred effects :
for mere appearance's sake, for mere idle dis-
play in the world, from love of worldly
glory, or for the gratification of a depraved
soul. Or, on the other hand, it may be
for unselfish effects : for the good of others,
for lasting benefit to society, from philan-
thropic motives and for the glory of God.
What is that great genius doing at Rome
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(who had already broken down all the
preestablished statutes in the art of sculp-
ture), when designing a mausoleum for
Pope Julius II, which was erected in 1545 ?
He is " studying for effects;'* and he carves
that colossal statue of Moses, which is the
embodiment of the genius of Michael
Angelo, and the expressive memorial of one
who was an imperious lawgiver and aggres-
sive warrior.
Are there not innumerable blocks of
marble in the quarries of our fallen human-
ity which the moral sculptors in God's
spiritual kingdom are to bring into the
artist's studio and bend over with intense
interest, whilst, with tools of God's own
giving, they form and fashion them into
living statues of immortal men who shall
leave an impress upon society for all time
to come ?
What is Murillo doing when his creative
genius is bringing into being for Seville
Cathedral that magnificent painting of
' ' Moses Smiting the Rock ' ' and bringing
forth streams of living water? "He is
studying for effects." And as you gaze
upon that impressive creation, how the be-
liever's faith is stimulated as he realizes that
nothing is impossible for God to accomplish
through the feeble instrumentality of man,
when the necessities of his chosen people
demand a special benefaction!
What is that architect doing, so diligently
engaged in profound and prolonged medita-
tion ? "He is studying for effects." He
is laying his plans for the city's public
buildings. He wants the largest, most
costly, most complete, most convenient, and
most beautiful structure of the kind in all
the broad land of America. He studies to
show himself a workman that needeth not
to be ashamed, and the creation of his
mind is worthy of his genius. But what
is all that magnificent and massive build-
ing compared to one noble character , built
upon the Rock of Ages, the temple of the
Holy Ghost, which will stand through
eternal years, after the most enduring
earthly structures shall have crumbled
into dust, and the earth itself shall have
been melted with fervent heat and the
heavens shall have been rolled together as a
scroll. "Study" — yes, study for ef-
fects.
What was Mr. Roebling doing wihen he
shut himself up in his room for days and
weeks pondering on those deep problems
which racked his brain? "Studying for
effects." He is laying his plans and
making his exact calculations for the con-
struction of the suspension bridge across the
Niagara, over which great trains of cars
might be transported from the United States
to Canada.
Are there not innumerable difficulties
which have to be bridged in life, the bridg-
ing of which is worthy of the profoundest
study of moral and philanthropic engi-
neers ?
"Studying for effects." What is it
those men are bending over so intently in
sunny Sardinia as early as 1832 ? Joseph
Medail presents to the king a plan for the
great work to be undertaken. In 1845 the
Sardinian government called in the help of
Engineer Maus and the geologist Sis-
monda. Maus turns his inventive mind to
the devising of machinery for cutting
rock. Colladon, of Geneva, devises means
for ventilation when the work goes on, and
also better appliances for the utilization of
the power demanded in the great enter-
prise. An Englishman, Thomas Bartlett,
contributes through his inventive genius a
machine for perforating Alpine rocks.
Then Sommeiller, Grattoni and Grandis
make valuable contributions from their
engineering skill to push the work. In
1856 the work begins by way of practical
experiment to test the engineers' inven-
tions, and in 1857 the actual work begins
at either side of the Alps. Night and day
the work goes on with the most ingenious
machinery until 1870, when the workmen
from Bardonecchia met the workmen from
Mondane, fifteen millions of money having
been spent, and Mont Cents Tunnel is opened
from end to end, a distance of eight miles
through Alpine rocks, and in 1871 a great
thoroughfare for railroad traffic is opened
to the world.
How many Alps of obstruction there are
in the way of the onward movement of a
Christianized civilization ? The Christian
engineers of the Church of God must be
found "studying for effects." How shall
we tunnel mountains which cannot be
removed ? How shall we protect ourselves
from the snows on the cold mountains of
indifference and from the avalanches of
destruction that impede our progress ? Oh!
we must study to show ourselves workmen
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approved of God our King, and workmen
who need not be ashamed before their
fellow-men.
Study, aye, study for the noblest and the
best effects — effects worthy of the exalted
dignity of your high calling in Christ
Jesus; effects of which you will not be
ashamed when they are all spread out
before the gaze of the assembled universe ;
effects which will redound to the glory of
God throughout the ceaseless cycles of
eternal ages; and amid the rewards of
glory you will never regret the time and
energy devoted to the cause of the en-
throned Redeemer.
Alas! How true it is that you often see
both men and women whose nobler im-
pulses are all eaten up by selfishness, and
who are dominated by an overweening
vanity and a disgusting affectation, who
spend their time in studying for effects, which
they imagine will win the admiration of
their associates and make them friends.
Such people never have true friends! Their
vanity and selfishness are so clearly seen
through the transparent guise of affectation,
that the poor, pitiable, painfully proud apes
are simply loathsome and detestable !
Let us crucify our selfishness, and become
the faithful servants of the King of kings
whose rewards are sweet on earth and
glorious in heaven.
When the great sculptor saw an impris-
oned angel in a block of stone, and made a
model of the beautiful creation, he called
his workmen, the most skilled in his employ,
and set them at work to liberate the great
creation from the thought, the conception,
the model, which he placed before them.
When their work was completed, all praised
the wonderful artist, but the workmen who
released the imprisoned angel were entirely
forgotten. Here, then, is a lesson of pro-
found importance and of the deepest per-
sonal concern. Work for One who will
never forget your work !
Anna Montague says beautifully in " The
Master's Workmen:"
" Have we not a wonderful Master,
Whose thoughts are grand and deep ?
In each soul, a possible angel
He sees, though it lies asleep.
"Though the outward be rough and uncomely,
Yet the beauty lies within ;
And the Master calls on His children
To help break the fetters of sin.
" We niay aid the imprisoned angel
To escape in such wonderful guise ;
We may seethe white pinions float upward
Through the gates of Paradise.
" All the angels are thoughts of the Master,
But we may help chisel the stone,
Set free, in earth-souls, the veiled beauty,
And hear His dear plaudit : ' Well done ! '
" And His workmen are never forgotten —
He sees their labor and love ;
For each stroke of the chisel, a star-beam
Is waiting for them above."
To Ihis splendid and magnificent work
the dear Lord has called his ministering
servants, and if so, are they not to study
for effects ? Hearken to the solemn com-
mand! " Study to shew thyself approved
unto God, a workman that needeth not to
be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of
truth," or, as the Revised Version has it,
" Give diligence to present thyself ap-
proved unto God, a workman that needeth
not to be ashamed, handling aright the
word of truth." Paul again said to Timo-
thy, " Meditate upon these things; give
thyself wholly to them; that thy profiting
may appear to all."
That is a noble and unselfish work to
which the minister of Christ is to devote
himself with such unreserved consecration
and to which he is to give his whole time.
He is to be the religious instructor of his
fellow-men. He is to teach them the
eternal certitudes of the Lord Almighty,
and to be the leader in the great enterprises
of Christianity for the renovation of the
whole wide world, and to study to show
himself approved unto God.
While devoting his whole time to his high
calling of God, the Church in which he
labors is to stand loyally by him and keep
him free from worldly cares and avocations,
and when he can work no longer, the
Church he has long and faithfully served
must in all honor and in loving sympathy
and ungrudgingly minister to his necessities
and help to smooth his journey to our
Father's house.
The last Assembly called attention to the fact
that the work of the Board of Ministerial Kelief
is not confined exclusively to ministering men.
Among the annuitants the ministering women,
missionaries both home and foreign, and the
widows of clergymen, considerably outnumber
the men. Here is a field wherein "Woman's
work for women" may have abundant exercise.
Boxes of clothing and household supplies will go
far to piece out the scanty income of many fami-
lies.
EDUCATION.
AN EARNEST APPEAL.
The Board of Education has taken an-
other step in advance. It has determined
to make the scholarships for the coming
season seventy-five dollars for each student,
being an advance of five dollars over the
amount given last season. It would be very
gratifying if the gifts of the churches should
be so enlarged as to make an increase to
eighty dollars possible.
We beg earnestly for such an increase.
There probably never was a time when the
work of the Board was of greater import-
ance. A great many voices join just now
in pressing the plea that we have already
too many ministers, and argue that it is a
mistake to give encouragement and assist-
ance to those who are seeking the sacred
office. Let us suppose that it is really true
that the number seeking the ministry is too
great. What measures, under the circum-
stances, would be proper for diminishing the
supply ? Shall we give up selecting and
educating our own home-born men and sup-
ply our yearly need from the long list of
applicants for our pulpits embracing men who
have had their training in other denomina-
tions, and often under influences quite out
of harmony with our views of doctrine and
of government ? Would that be a wise
policy ? Shall we supplement the supply
from this source, if it should prove inade-
quate, from applicants for ordination who
have not been trained under the direction
of the Church, who may not have had a
full college course, nor a full course in
theology, and have possibly been in attend-
ance at institutions which have no sympa-
thy with the Presbyterian Church ? Would
that be a wise policy ? Would it not be
much more sensible to inquire where the
superfluity of ministers comes from, if a
superfluity exists ? If we are ordaining too
many men who take a "short-cut" and
are therefore not properly prepared, it is
high time to put an end to such a ruinous
practice. If we are taking too many men
from other denominations whose course of
study is below our standard, or whose views
of doctrine and government are not in
accord with our own, it is high time that
we closed the door against men of this de-
scription. On the other hand, no policy
could be more suicidal and absurd than,
under the circumstances which we have
supposed, to keep the door wide open for
these two classes of applicants, and to close
it in the face of the Church's own sons
whose call to the ministry, whose piety,
gifts and promise of usefulness, have been
carefully inquired into, and whose education
has been directed and watched over with
the utmost care and solicitude through a
long course of years. To such as these the
Church, through the Board of Education,
is giving encouragement and aid.
ARE THERE REALLY TOO MANY ?
" Too many for what ?" exclaimed Dr.
Charles Hodge. " Too many to preach the
gospel to every creature under heaven ?
Too many to preach the gospel to all the
destitute in this country ? Nay, too many
to supply the destitution of the city of New
York, or of Philadelphia, or of Chicago ?
We have not too many ministers for the
work set before us. On the contrary, we
need many more. Christ has not with-
drawn his command to pray that he would
send more laborers into the harvest."
The cry that has been raised tends to
drive away from the ministry the truest and
best of the sons of the Church, who do not
want to press in where they are not needed.
The cry is misleading. Their services are
required by the exigencies of the times.
No professio7i can compare ivith the ministry
i)i the world-wide opening it presents for
profitable labor. No profession is to-day
so far behind the opportunities of the age
and, so far from keeping abreast with increas-
ing population. What folly, through fear
of overcrowding the ministry, to forsake the
ranks of theological students only 8000
strong, counting all denominations, to join
the ranks of students of medicine, 22,600
strong! Compare an increase in five years
of 524 in the number of theological students
with an increase in the same period of
nearly 6000 in the number of students of
medicine ! Young men of piety and talents,
there is a big opening for you in the work
of the holy ministry !
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136
THE MINISTER'S OFFICIAL STATUS.
[August,
J. D. Hewitt, D.D.,
Lately President of Emporia College, Kansas.
The portrait given above of President
Hewitt is made from the latest photograph,
and is regarded by his family as the best
that has been taken. Dr. Hewitt's
training was had at Princeton Seminary
after a full course in the college in the
same place. He served for a time in the
Union army. Nineteen years of his life
were most usefully spent in several pastoral
charges, and ten in the work of home mis-
sions as himself a missionary, a superin-
tendent of missions, and as the very efficient
chairman of the Missionary Committee of
the Presbytery of Emporia. We are,
however, most interested in him as an educa-
tor. He began his career immediately
upon his graduation from Princeton Semi-
nary by taking the position of principal of
the Susquehanna Collegiate Institute . at
Towanda, Pa., which he retained for two
years. During his pastorate at Wichita,
Kans., he was principally instrumental in
the founding of Lewis Academy. About
six years ago he was elected vice-president of
the College of Emporia, and soon after-
wards president. The burden of financial
anxiety^which fell upon him was exceed -
ingly'heavy, and the Church can never be
sufficiently grateful for the patience, abil-
ity, prudence and success with which he
toiled, at great personal sacrifice, for the
preservation and firm establishment of the
college, which he looked upon as one of the
most important factors in the prosecution
of the work of our Church in Kansas. He
took the warmest interest in the preparation
of young men for the ministry, and in the
Board of Education as the Church's
agent for securing the best men for this work,
and the best training for the men thus
secured. The degree of Doctor of Divinity
was conferred upon him by the University
of Wooster in 1889. He fell asleep, after
a life of fidelity and toil, at the age of fifty-
nine years, April 20, 1898. We trust that
nothing may prevent the wiping out of the
entire indebtedness of the college by October
1 of this year according to the plans of the
noble man who may be said to have laid
down his life in the effort to achieve this
important result
THE MINISTER'S OFFICIAL
STATUS.
We are frequently assured nowadays
that the time has gone by when a minister
can count upon being respected for the sake
of his official position. We are not unaware
also of the fact that not a few ministers have
apparently been quite willing to accept the
situation without objection or an expression
of regret. They think that a man ought to
stand for just what he is personally worth,
or what he has made himself by his own
exertions, his studies, his experience, etc.
There is something about an attitude of
this kind which is flattering to the pride of
a man of talent, scholarship, or eloquence, and
consequently attractive. We are per-
suaded, however, that the attitude is an
unfortunate one, and calculated to turn
away attention from the true source of
power, and to lead men to seek, and to be
satisfied with, a seeming rather than a real
success, in the work of the ministry.
We do not regard such an attitude as in
accordance with the teachings of Holy Scrip-
ture. It is not a question as to what the
spirit of the present age may be, but as to
what the instructions of God are on this
subject. We understand that he has estab-
lished the holy ministry as an office which
he requires men everywhere and through all
time to respect. The minister of Christ is
not a private person, but an ambassador of
1898.]
PRE8IDENT S. B. McCORMICK.
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the King of Heaven, clothed with author-
ity, whose word must be accepted and whose
person must be honored as the word and the
person of his divine Master, while he gives
his message and acts in his name. " He
that receiveth you receiveth me " (said the
Saviour) , ' 'and he that receiveth me receiveth
him that sent me." " He that receiveth a
prophet in the name of a prophet shall
receive a prophet's reward."
We do not believe that respect for office
and authority has perished among us. In
time of any disturbance one man clothed
with the marks and badges of official posi-
tion will be worth a hundred irresponsible
and unofficial persons. It will be a sad day
for men when respect for lawful authority
ceases among them, and might, whether of
physical strength or of intellectual superi-
ority, compels submission to its behests.
Those will be the days of
oppression and of tyran-
ny. God is the one source
of authority, and the only
means for the preservation
of human liberty is uni-
versal submission to his
holy will. Ministers of
state and ministers of re-
ligion are his agents and
representatives, and are
to be respected as such.
The strength of the
ministry is in its official
relation to God. Men of
intellect and eloquence,
men of tact and skill,
may accomplish many
things; but unless God
recognizes them and at-
tends their work with
the power of his Spirit
that work will be practi-
cally inefficient. Paul
was tactful and skillful ;
Apollos was eloquent ;
but they unhesitatingly
recognized the fact that
the planting of the one or
the watering of the other
could of itself produce
no result: God must give
the increase.
PRESIDENT S. B. McCORMICK.
The Board of Education has had such
pleasant impressions with regard to the
ability and efficiency of Dr. McCormick,
derived from their relations with him while
serving as chairman of Education Com-
mittees, that they have naturally looked
most hopefully upon his elevation to the
presidency of Coe College. Our readers
will be pleased to see the excellent portrait
which we have secured for our present
issue. The college over which he is called
to preside has been a boon of the greatest
value to many young people of both sexes.
It may be said to have had its birth in the
autumn of 1851 in the house of Rev. Willis-
ton Jones, the Presbyterian minister in Ce-
dar Rapids, and has been brought on its way
through many perils and difficulties by the
S. B. McCormick, D.D.,
President of Coe College, Cedar Rapids, ,1a.
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AFTER THE CELEBRATION.
[August,
faith, prayers, toils and self-sacrificing gifts of
godly men, who perceived the importance of
such a Christian institution of learning in
that part of Iowa. It was taken under
care of presbytery, and became known as
Coe Collegiate Institute. After a time
there was a reorganization, the institute
became a college under the care of the
Synod of Iowa, to which it makes a yearly
report. Such men as Daniel Coe, who
gave a farm and certain city lots for its
benefit at the beginning of its history;
Judge Greene, who with the help of his
friends put up the main building; Thomas
Sinclair, and others of like standing, who
spared nothing that they were able to give
to save the institution in days of threatened
disaster, must ever be held in grateful
recollection for what their devotion has
accomplished in the cause of Christian
Education. It is to such colleges as this
that we must look very largely for our
candidates for the ministry, and for Chris-
tian physicians and Christian lawyers as
well. The class which was graduated in
1897 consisted of eight men, of whom three
entered medical colleges with a view to
medical missionary work, and two entered
upon the study of theology. The Board of
Education has at present five candidates
for the ministry under its care studying at
Coe College. We warmly recommend this
Christian institution as affording an oppor-
tunity to men of means to maJce an investment
which can hardly fail to bring in the most
satisfactory returns. Our own observations,
on the occasion of a recent visit, were of a
very gratifying character.
PUBLICATION AND SABBATH-SCHOOL WORK.
AFTER THE CELEBRATION.
The Sabbath-school and Missionary
Department in Philadelphia draws a long
breath on the day preceding the second
Sabbath in June. For two or three months
preceding that day the task of corresponding
with our nearly 8000 Sabbath-schools and
of filling orders for Children's Day pro-
grams and supplies taxes its resources and
keeps its clerical force busy for long hours
each day after the regular closing time.
More especially is this the case toward the
end of this period, when about two thousand
superintendents wake up to the fact that
Children's Day is almost upon them and
they are unprepared. It is a strange thing
that a large proportion of the orders for sup-
plies come in every year within four weeks of
Children's Day, and that several hundred
pour in within one week of the date.
When it so happens (as it did this year)
that the supply of mite boxes is exhausted
several days before Children's Day, and
that the machinery used in the manufacture
of the collection envelopes breaks down
during the execution of a large supple-
mentary order for late comers, the corre-
spondence becomes very confusing. Orders
are duplicated on our hands, letters of
inquiry and complaint of non- delivery come
by every mail, and for a time the energies of
our clerks and packers are sorely taxed.
On the eve of the celebration there is a lull
in the storm. What has not been done
must be left undone, except in a few cases
where our friends write us that Children's
Day has been postponed. What remains
is to clear away the debris, to work off
delayed orders, and to turn to other impor-
tant lines of work connected with the
Department.
How much worry — how many vexatious
delays — how many needless errors — would
be avoided, if our beloved friends, the
Sabbath-school superintendents, would only
take time by the forelock and send in their
orders for Children's Day supplies, say
before May 1. Still, sooner than miss those
orders, we would cheerfully endure even
greater trials.
The remittances from Sabbath- schools
which have taken Children's Day offerings
for our work are now coming in. What
the aggregate offering will be we cannot
say at this present writing. We notice still
a depressing tendency in multitudes of cases
toward a reduction in the amount from the
offerings of previous years, as if to show
that the era of prosperity and abundance
had not yet fully set in. But again, it is
gratifying to observe that the remittances
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CKOW BUrTE, NEB.
139
are many in number, showing that this
great work of our Church at home is grow-
ing in interest and making new friends every
year.
CROW BUTTE, NEB.
Our illustration this month is of a pic-
turesque mountain ridge in the northwest of
Nebraska, called Crow Butte (pronounced
Bewt). It is situated near the town of
Crawford, in Dawes county, in a district
knowu ecclesiastically in our Church as
Box Butte Presbytery, which takes its name
from the county adjoining Dawes county to
the south, where there is also a little town
called Box Butte. In this presbytery the
missionaries of this Board have done 3ome
arduous and successful work, notwithstand-
ing the difficulties and discouragements
presented by a very scattered and sparse
population, in a region much of which is
sterile and difficult of access. The pres-
bytery comprises fifteen counties, in whole
or in part, and forms an immense square
of territory about ninety miles from north
to south and 240 miles from east to west.
We have now but one Sabbath- school mis-
sionary in all this region, but during the
past four years this brother and others who
have labored temporarily in the presbytery
have organized or reorganized some fifty
little Sabbath-schools, following up their
work by house-to-house visitation and the
distribution of Christian literature. True
it is that many of these little schools are
short-lived ; indeed, of late years the entire
population has often receded from the little
settlements. But the missionary visits and
revisits the places where schools have once
been started and wherever possible resusci-
tates them. At present Mr. Ferguson, our
missionary, has under his personal charge
twenty-nine of these mission schools.
Crow Butte, as this rocky eminence is
called, is a striking object and landmark as
Crowe Butte, Nebraska.
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SUMMER WORK BY OUR MISSIONARIES.
[August,
seen from the plains. The Indians tell of
a great battle fought there between the
Crows and the Sioux. The Crows retreated
to this butte and were surrounded by the
Sioux until they were starved out. Only a
very few were left and the Sioux gained
possession of the whole country. From
Crawford this butte presents a grand sight.
There are perhaps a dozen others like it
which can be seen from the same point.
East and south for 150 miles are the sand
hills*. To the northeast fifteen or twenty
miles are the bad lands. North and north-
west are the foothills of the Black Hills,
which begin on the north side of the
Cheyenne river, forty miles away. The
Laramie mountains are about sixty miles
west.
SUMMER WORK BY OUR MISSION-
ARIES.
While many of our favored readers are
enjoying well-earned vacations to the
refreshment of mind and body, the mission-
aries of our Board are doing the hardest
and besx work of the whole year, traveling
over vast regions of country, north, north-
west, west, southwest, and south, and gath-
ering thousands of children into Sabbath -
schools. We know that not a few of our
friends will be delighted to read the follow-
ing letters which in part show the charac-
ter of the work performed by these
brethren :
From Mr. G. V. Alberlson, laboring in the
Presbytery of Peoria, Illinois.
The Sabbath -school work this season has seemed
more prosperous than ever before in my experience.
I feared the war would have a depressing effect, but
it did not. The first part of the spring was spent
in looking over and reconstructing old schools, in
some cases holding meetings for several nights in a
place. In this I was assisted by a Mr. Seabright,
lately from the Moody school, who is now set over
a number of these places by presbytery. We had
some very encouraging meetings at some of these
points.
Getting through with this I went into new fields,
particularly Fulton county, exploring, visiting and
organizing. Found a very fruitful territory for
Sabbath-school work, the people being very needy,
but showing great readiness to come together to
service and also to organize. Sights and stories pre-
sented themselves dark enough for any heathen
land, but here and there throughout the most desti-
tute parts the Lord had set some of his bright
jewels.
I have succeeded in organizing sixteen schools
this spring and in reorganizing two. Have still
other places in view. In one campaign I arranged
the work so that I organized six schools in as many
neighborhoods in six successive services within
four days. I hope to arrange for a fine fall and
winter campaign of evangelistic work in this new
field. During April and May I traveled 7 84 miles,
visited 268 families, gave forty-one addresses, and
distributed 12,598 pages of tracts and papers.
From Mr. E. L. Renick, laboring in the
Presbytery of Ozark, Synod of Missouri.
The longer I remain in this work the more
thoroughly I am convinced of the power of the
Sabbath-school as a soul-saving agency. Only last
week I had the pleasure of talking with a young
man of nineteen or twenty years, who has been at-
tending, since the organization in 1896, a school
which I organized at Locust Prairie. During the
conversation he took occasion to tell me that he
was now a Christian, having been converted
through the influence of the Sunday-school.
At another of my schools we had for a superin-
tendent a man who was good and moral and
possessed every qualification for an effective leader,
and the school prospered under his guidance, but
he was not a Christian.
During the year that he superintended the school
he was made to see the error of his way and was led
through the study of his Bible in the Sabbath-
school to know Christ in the forgiveness of his sins.
If it were not for these visible results of our work,
we missionaries would often be discouraged.
The work of this summer so far has been very
promising. Some of the largest schools I have or-
ganized have been organized this spring. To one
point I went three times, making a distance of 150
miles, before the organization was completed.
Heavy rains prevented the meeting each time.
I find that house to- house visitation is a most
fruitful source of good. The story of Jesus is new
to many, and one of my sweetest experiences is in
being able to talk to dear wandering ones of a lov-
ing Saviour.
From Rev. C. T. McCampbell, laboring in
the Presbytery of lovoa City, Iowa.
March 1st found me at Conroy, assisting in the
closing week of a series of meetings held by Pastor
1898.1
J. W. Carlstrom. This new church had been
recently dedicated and was attracting attention on
account of the beautiful famishing and the hunger
of the people for the word of life.
The organization grew out of our Sabbath-school
work, December, 1896, and December, 1897.
About twenty were added to the membership this
spring. Among the number were two farmers over
whom the neighborhood had prayed and labored to
reclaim them from the cup. One had driven his
family from home during the winter in a drunken
spree.
Your missionary was attracted to one home
by a sickly boy — Ted H. — who could not walk for
years, but had developed a great liking for
machinery. He hobbled about and had the yard
full of wheels and belts and little threshing
machines of his own construction.
He became interested in our work and after a
prayer meeting in the home, at which about twenty
neighbors attended, the whole family of five and a
school teacher who boarded with them professed
faith in Christ and afterwards united with the Con-
roy church.
This organization at Conroy, besides building and
raising pastor's support quite liberally for a young
church, gave us $3.50, and directed us to a noted un-
godly town of Walford, eighteen miles east, on the
C. Milwaukee and N. W. R. R.
Here, while working in neighboring school-
houses, holding meetings every evening, a petition
for a church organization was signed by about
thirty persons.
While at Walford the neighbors asked your mis-
sionary to call at the home of a distressed family —
PLEASED WITH HIS FARM.
141
the drunken husband last winter threatened the life
of his wife, and a son seventeen years old interfered
and saved her life. Then came a separation and
divorce, the wife taking three of the young children
and the seventeen-year-old boy, the father taking
the eldest daughter.
During April the young man died, and, as he
was a faithful attendant at our Prairie Belle Sab-
bath-school, the neighborhood was deeply touched.
Thus it was that I called about four weeks after the
funeral and found the lonely mother living without
her husband and mourning her son. After a few
earnest words she expressed a desire to know the
way of life, and her name is now recorded in our
memorandum book as having accepted Jesus Christ
as her Saviour. The fact of her consecration has
caused great joy amongst her relatives and friends,
and it is now the purpose of the Christian people to
plead for a reunion soon of father and mother.
There seems to be a wonderful awakening
amongst the Norwegians, Germans, and Bohemians
in Scott, Cedar, and Johnson counties.
Amongst the Germans of Scott county, where the
worst unbelief exists, there are encouraging features.
At a Sabbath- school convention recently I counted
twenty- five workers who have been induced to stand
for the gospel. When the Lord raises up workers
from such a class the work will not be so discour-
aging.
Last Sabbath I started a project for another Sab-
bath-school chapel at Stockton, a railroad crossing
in the northeast corner of Muscatine county, where
a place of worship is very much needed by a vast
community.
FREEDMEN
PLEASED WITH HIS FARM.
Rev. Thomas H. Amos, Principal at
Ferguson Academy, Abbeville, S. C, a year
ago did so well in the way of reducing his
expenses per capita in the boarding depart-
ment of his school, by furnishing his table
with the products of a small piece of land
which he had rented and cultivated with
student labor, that Mr. S. P. Harbison, a
member of the Board, presented the insti-
tution with twenty acres of land, in the
border of the town. Mr. Amos will now
have the opportunity of showing what he
can do, in the way of maintaining his school
from the products of the soil, unembar-
rassed by the heavy rent that he previously
had to pay. He seems pleased with the
prospect and confident as to the outcome.
An extract from his report on this point
cannot fail to interest those who are partial
to the industrial and agricultural training
of the youth of this race :
" The outlook for no deficit in the future
is bright, since Mr. Harbison has given us
some land. We calculate that we can raise
all our vegetables, our meal, our hominy,
and two-thirds of our meat. This will be
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[August,
X
1898.]
SWIFT MEMORIAL.
143
a saving of three or four hundred dollars
by this means which we can divert to
repairs, etc., a sum of money that at pres-
ent we invest in supplies.
" We deemed it wise to make our land
profitable to us at once, and accordingly we
invested in a cow, some pigs, and in seeds
of various kinds, and in tools and feed to
carry on the farm. We have had to supply
ourselves with meat and meal, flour and
molasses for the boys to eat who tend to the
farm. These items are all grouped in the
expenditures for this year.
" Things in connection with the farm are
looking well. The corn is growing well.
The crops we have invested in include thirty
varieties of things — corn, beans, peas,
cabbage, callards, coffee-berry. beets,
potatoes. peppers, cucumbers, onions,
squash, tomatoes, okra, molasses -cane,
celery, ruta-bagas, salsify, pumpkins,
citrons, oats, etc.
" We have twelve hogs that will average
125 pounds each. We have two bee gums
and intend to make a specialty of raising
honey. We have a dozen hens, and by
keeping an accurate account of eggs have
ascertained that since February 1 they have
laid to May 9 forty- one dozen of eggs.
" Three boys are working constantly on
the farm. I superintend the work. Old
farmers in the community pronounce our
work, so far, as the greatest thing down in
this country. In fact, it is great, and it
will be profitable as an object lesson to this
whole community. I would rather have
this farm and its equipments than SI 0,000
endowment to the school.' '
SWIFT MEMORIAL.
Swift Memorial, at Rogersville, Tenn., of
which Rev. W. H. Franklin is principal,
is one of a number of boarding-schools,
under the care of the Freedmen's Board,
that are presided over by efficient and suc-
cessful colored ministers, who each year are
comprehending more clearly the various
problems with which they have to deal and
are more and more winning their way to
the confidence and approval of the leading
people of the communities in which they
are quietly and successfully doing their
work. The following extracts, from Mr.
Franklin's review of the work of the past
year, will show something of the character
of his work and of the methods by which
it is maintained :
" We have endeavored so to manage our
affairs as to meet promptly all our obliga-
tions. We have followed the cash system
throughout.
" A great many things have been done
and a great many improvements have been
made, which cannot be reported on paper.
We are doing something all the time ; and
our surroundings and the general condition
of things grow correspondingly better.
" We are also pleased to note that the
school is getting a stronger and wider influ-
ence on all classes of our citizens.
" During the closing week our public
exercises were attended by a larger number
of representative whites than ever before.
Our chapel proved to be too small for the
accommodation of all who desired to attend.
Many compliments were sent us.
" Prof. Bidez, LL.D., of the Synodical
Female College of this place, who attended
our exercises, with two of his assistant
teachers, sent me a very complimentary
note concerning the exercises, and the
thorough training of the students. Prof.
Bidez is director of music at the above
college.
" Judge Kyle, who, with his daughter,
attended nearly all of our exercises, said to
me afterwards that he had seldom seen
better commencement exercises.
" But I am especially pleased with the
progress of our students in domestic train-
ing, in scholarship and in Bible knowledge.
I am quite sure the Board would have been
highly pleased with their mastery of the
Catechism and their thorough knowledge of
the Bible. I hardly need to add that that
instruction and training improved the moral
character, elevated the tone of the school,
and made discipline comparatively easy.
" We recognize our obligations to the
Board in making it possible for us to pass
through another successful year. We can-
not be too grateful for their kindness. Our
Father will certainly bless and reward them.
We have prayed for the prosperity of the
Board, and have tried to do what we could
for it and for self-support. We sympathize
with the Board in its financial condition,
and pray that God will in due time afford
the needed help."
HOME MISSIONS.
THE HOME MISSION PROBLEM.
James Russell Lowell says,
" New occasions teach new duties."
Not for a generation at least have " new
occasions " so loomed up before the Ameri-
can public as to-day. What new duties
they shall teach it were premature to try to
say. The occasions themselves have not yet
emerged, but their shadows are on the
horizon.
Our war has gone far enough for us to
bs able to say that the end of it is not very
far away. What lies beyond that end is
not in clear sight, but it requires no prophet
to outline alternatives, one or the other of
which will likely be forced upon us. There
will be an expansion of the territory of this
Republic, with the moral responsibility
which such expansion implies ; or there
will be such new relations to people east and
west of us as to involve us in large addi-
tional moral responsibility. Whatever
alternative, therefore, comes to be the fact,
no thoughtful person can doubt that there
will be " new duties''; and they will be
such as only larger and truer pat r~*;sm
can meet. The moral element in tnese
duties will be the predominant one. We
will have to deal with race3 that are either
semi-barbaric or immersed in the gloom,
ignorance and degradation of a superstitious
form of Christian faith.
To meet the new duties thus arising we
must be — not in name but in truth — a
Christian nation with an unselfish national
policy, with a full sense of our moral obli-
gations to the weaker peoples whom we
have annexed, and for whose political and
moral development we will necessarily
assume some responsibility.
There does not seem to be much doubt
that there will be some western expansion
of our territory or at least of our national
interest. The Pacific coast is beginning to
feel the need of an ocean outlet to other
people, such as the Atlantic has enjoyed for
two centuries. The balance of political
power is rapidly moving toward that coast.
It naturally, therefore, seeks for an oppor-
tunity such as can come to it only by com-
144
mercial and political relations with nations
toward the setting sun. Such relations will
probably be found on the Hawaiian
islands, possibly in regions beyond. When
now our western front assumes relations to
the people beyond it, whether it be by in-
corporation or some form of protectorate, it
assumes a moral as well as a political
responsibility. We have not yet forgotten
how our moral responsibility was increased
when Alaska was admitted to the national
domain. We have not forgotten it because
we have not yet overtaken it. The call
for schools and churches and the extension
of Christian influences among this people
is far beyond the ability or willingness of
the Church to meet. If more territory is
to be added then there must a more
awakened moral sense in the nation. There
must be a deep consecration in the Church
to meet the obligations that come with such
occupation.
At this point the home mission problem
becomes one of profound interest. It is not
a question of territorial occupation merely,
nor mainly. Even though we should plant
schools and open mission stations in all our
national territory, not so occupied at the
present time, it would not meet the needs of
the whole unless therewith there went in
the Church and home a quickened con-
science, a larger moral vision, a recognition
of responsibility for our own people whom
we have never seen, but whose destiny must
ultimately be ours ; and a consecration of
money and of men for their elevation such
as the Church has never witnessed.
It comes indeed at last to this : A nation
favored in temporal things beyond example
must rise to an appreciation of higher
values. She must hold herself to her ac-
countability and learn to estimate national
life, not by its expansion nor by its com-
mercial resources, but by the capabilities of
higher and better living and high moral
opportunity which these capabilities invite
and require.
We must pay for prosperity if we would
keep it; pay for it in nobler living that
shall be felt not only in Christian centres,
but to the very verge of the body politic.
1898.]
NOTES.
145
Our sporadic heroisms on tented fields and
shotted shipboard make possible our larger
destiny, and must be followed by other
heroisms of a moral and spiritual kind
which alone can make us worthy of our
higher destiny or ultimately secure in its
possession.
There is thus a home side to home mis-
sions. The first question is not, How much
land can we cover with visible signs of occu-
pation ? but, With how deep a spirit of
devotion to the Master can we engage in the
work ? Our first equipment is not that of
buildings and men, but of the great heart
iu the Church willing first to live Christ's
life and then to share it with those who
have it not.
When this deeper life lays hold on the
Church she will not lack for resources
wherewith to push her mission work. The
men and women will offer themselves for
service. The money will abound.
Once more let us + .ive our lesson from our
country's present crisis. Suddenly it
dawned upon us that we had a mission
toward Cuba. Scarce had the call been
wed when the ranks overflowed. If a
million men were needed they would come.
And as for money, there was a wild scram-
ble for the privilege of furnishing all that
may be needed. And all this because of a
fervent spirit of patriotism.
Given now a devotion to Christ's king-
dom— like to a patriot's devotion to his
country — and there will be no lack of
means to realize that kingdom among men,
whether at home or abroad.
In the face, then, of added responsibili-
ties to nation and to Church, this is the time
for praying people to seek their closets.
More love to Christ will alone insure ade-
quate devotion to the highest interests of
men. The missionary spirit has its only
living spring at the cross. When the
Church fails in communion with her Master,
no amount of zeal arising from considera-
tions other than the love of Jesus and will-
ingness to climb Calvary with him can
carry mission work to success. It is true,
we must save all our people if we would
save any! It is true we must build
churches if we would secure the Republic !
But below these truths is the inspiring one,
that to be Christ's we must live his sacrifi-
cial life, and that if we do not hold our-
selves and our possessions to his call, when-
ever that call may be spoken, we may well
doubt whether we are in living touch with
him at all ; we may at least be sure we have
not received his spirit in the measure he
desires. The joy and power of mission
service wait therefore for a deeper spirit of
consecration in the Church and in each
believer's heart.
NOTES.
New Literature.
The Board of Home Missions is prepar-
ing a fresh supply of leaflets, bringing the
facts and figures of its work down to date
in condensed form. Among the leaflets
already issued or in preparation are, " The
Secretary's Address at the General Assem-
bly," " Abstract of Report of Standing
Committee on Home Missions, " " Abstract
of Report of Board of Home Missions,"
" Our Indian Work," and " The South."
These may be had in any quantities desired
on application. Others will be added to
this list from time to time.
A Veteran.
Another old home missionary retires from
active work full of years and crowned with
the honors of a successful ministry. The
Rev. Franklin L. Arnold, for the past ten
years pastor of the Westminster Church in
Salt Lake City, has completed forty eight
years in the ministry. Physical infirmities
compel him to relinquish the work. His
ministry has been characterized by great
spiritual power. Like many another hum-
ble home missionary, he has nourished and
brought up children who have risen to
places of prominence and great usefulness.
Two of his sons are in Germany; one is
professor of theology in Breslau University,
while the other is a prominent judge by
appointment of the emperor. Thus hon-
ored by his children and beloved by his
Church he retires to a peaceful old age.
A Splendid Record.
Our mission church in the Mormon vil-
lage of Montpelier, Ida., is making a
splendid record. - It gave to all benevolent
causes last year an average of $9.13 per
member. The Sabbath -school on Chil-
dren's Day gave $12, an average of eleven
and one-half cents per member, which is
twice as much as the average for the Sab-
bath-schools of the whole Church last year.
146
NOTES.
[August,
Patriotic Presbyterian Boys.
Utah has thrown many dark shadows on
the path of home missions, but a glimpse
of its brighter future shines out in the fol-
lowing little letter which has just been
received in the secretary's office from two
lads in a Utah home :
"Dear Sir: — Papa told us some time ago
that Presbyterian boys were going to send
their Fourth of July money to pay the
home missions debt. Brother Chester and
I have some we would like to send you. It
is not much, but it will please papa when
he finds it out. We will show him your
letter when we get it. Chester is ten and I
am eleven. We stay with papa here in
Payson, but Walter and Harold are with
mamma in Brooklyn. Papa sometimes says
you have been very kind to us and we want
to thank you. Your friends,
" WlLLTE AND CHESTER ."
These two represent an army of patriotic
Presbyterian boys on whom one day will
safely rest the responsibilities of both Church
and country. Should this letter prompt any
one to add to the 3d-of- July Patriotic Offer-
ing, his gift may be sent to the treasurer,
whose account is still open and who has
already received an encouragingly large
number of responses.
Governor Hastings of Pennsylvania among the Soldiers
at Camp Alger.
A Peril.
One of the perils of immigration is mani-
fest in the fact well attested that a very
large number of the Mexicans in New
Mexico are not in sympathy with the United
States in the present war with Spain. In
case of war with any country under the sun
we would be subject to the possible hostility
of large internal elements, as we have in
our cosmopolitan population people from
every country on earth. No other nation
has so large a proportion of foreigners as
ours has. One- fourth of our voters are
foreign-born. One- third of the population
is foreign-born or the children of foreign-
born parents. Our cities are at their
mercy. The foreign element constitutes
eighty per cent, of the population of New
York city, ninety-one per cent, of Chicago,
eighty- two per cent, of Cleveland, sixty-
three per cent, of Boston, sixty-two per
cent, of Cincinnati.
The metropolis of Great Britain is more
secure from such a peril; only six per cent,
of London's population are foreign-born.
In any foreign complications London would
have little or nothing to fear from such a
source, while our cities could never estimate
the power of foes within. Our newer States
west of the Mississippi river are in scarcely
less peril. The percentages of foreigners
among them are as fol-
lows: In Montana, forty;
in Wyoming, fifty-one;
in Utah, fifty-two; Idaho,
fifty-three; Arizona, fifty-
five ; California, sixty;
Nevada, sixty-three ;
South Dakota, sixty-
seven; Minnesota, seven-
ty-two, and North Dakota,
seventy-four. Taking the
whole region west of the
Mississippi, nearly sixty
per cent, are foreigners.
The Sabbath.
A serious question with
our missionaries who are
preaching in mining com-
munities is the matter of
general Sabbath desecra-
tion. One of them says:
11 The men are compelled
to work on Sundays or
lose their jobs. One of
1898.]
THE CHURCH AT THE FRONT.
147
my elders has to work
every Sunday or quit.
One Sabbath recently
when we held our commu-
nion service he was away
at work because he could
not get off. The Sunday
work in the mines and
smelters compels the stores
and other businesses to go
right on on Sunday. All
those who are thoughtful
are opposed to it, but being
in the minority they can-
not help themselves. The
Eastern owners of the
iiiines in many cases are
responsible. AH this works
very seriously against the
Church growth and Chris-
tian life."
Y. M. C. A. Tent, Camp Alger.
Horse Needed.
A letter received recently in the secre-
tary's office contains the following: " I
cannot afford to buy a horse and have
walked fifteen and sixteen miles through
all kinds of weather and roads that cannot
be imagined in the East, and preached three
times in one day. I have been in the work
so long and I love it so that I can scarcely
do anything else, but I must have more
than grit and grace even to do good work
for the Lord. If I were personally ac-
quainted with some of those good wealthy
brethren in the East, I would make myself
bold enough to ask them to help me to a
good trusty horse and strong buggy, as 1
could do so much better work."
If any one among our readers feels impelled
thus to aid one of our earnest workers,
further particulars will gladly be given from
the Home Mission rooms.
A Bicycle.
A faithful missionary who preaches to a
widely scattered group of churches greatly
needs and very much desires a bicycle.
He cannot afford to keep a horse, but could
use a wheel on the excellent roads over
which he is compelled to measure many a
weary mile on foot. He held six meetings
and walked ten miles on a recent Sabbath.
If any one has a bicycle which he wishes to
send on a mission, he can obtain the mis-
sionary's address by writing to the Home
Board.
They Congregate.
Nearly all our work among foreigners is
in cities.
THE CHURCH AT THE FRONT.
The International Committee of the
Young Men's Christian Association, when
the present war began, enlarged the plan
long followed by State Committees at State
Annual Encampments. This plan is to
provide at these summer camps of the
National Guard a tent which might be used
for writing, reading, the playing of games
and evening entertainments during the week
and for religious services on Sundays.
Musical instruments are provided. So are
chairs, singing books, newspapers, Bibles,
etc., and the place serves as headquarters
for the quartettes, choruses and various
clubs that are often formed at camps.
The war being national, the national part
of the organ i^^tin^ x -.old of the plan
and p .~uts for Camps Alger,
Thomas, Tampa, Cuba Libre, etc. Soon it
was found that a single tent, as at State
encampments, was quite inadequate. Hence
tents were furnished each brigade, and in
some instances each regiment. In the tent
the chaplain of the regiment naturally had
his headquarters. Thus there are at some
of the camps at this moment as many as
fourteen tents, where services are had on
Sundays, and the men congregate during the
148
THE CHURCH AT THE FRONT.
[August,
week. Iu some cases the chaplains have
erected altars in their tents, made either of
pine hoards or ammunition boxes. In
others, something, that will answer for pul-
pits is provided, and often covered with flags.
Toward the support of this work of putting
the church at the front, members of all
denominations are contributing. The best
of feeling prevails. The church that is in
the camps is like the political North and
the South, united. Comity prevails. A
ritualistic Episcopalian is on excellent terms
with a Presbyterian chaplain. A Lutheran
and a Methodist exchange " pulpits."
Chaplain Beaver is a Presbyterian and
belongs to the One Hundred and Fifty-
ninth Indiana Regiment. The illustration
shows him conducting morning service. It
is a service, for there is some ritual, includ-
ing responsive readings, chants and the
Apostles' Creed. The band, which is a
fine one, plays the chants in excellent
time. There is a quartette for the anthems.
The men attend in good numbers and all
remain to hear a short and bright sermon.
All of the bands have fallen into the
habit of playing church tunes, and that on
days other than Sundays. When military
regulations do not demand anything in par-
ticular, church tunes are almost invariably
selected. Hence it is not uncommon to
hear, " Nearer, My God, to Thee", or
" Work, for the Night is Coming", or even
" Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God Almighty."
But gospel hymns are most played because
everybody seems to know them.
At Camp Alger the ' ' canteen ' ' is unknown,
and excellent order prevails. There have
been but two brawls in a month, which for
25,000 men gathered from everywhere is
considered a fairly good record. During
the past few days permission has been
granted to the Y. M. C. A. Commission to
undertake similar work among naval men,
and a three-story building that was formerly
a cigar factory has been rented at Key
West and fitted up as a church. The
illustration of a tent shows a typical one at
Camp Alger.
Sunday Morning at Camp Alger, Chaplain Beaver of the 159th^Indiana Regiment.
Courtesy of ChurcKlEcoaomist.
1898.]
FOREIGNERS.
119
Concert of Prayer
For Church Work at Home,
August— The Foreigners.
(a) In Coniinunities.
(b) Mining Districts.
(c) The Cities.
(d) Perils of Immigration.
THE FOREIGNERS.
One-seventh of our entire population is
foreign-born. They are here ten millions
strong; in number more than three times as
great as our entire population at the time
when we successfully withstood the armies of
Great Britain and gained our independence
— a number nearly equal to the aggregate
population of Scotland, Ireland and Wales.
These foreigners in our midst, together with
their children of the first generation, com-
prise two -fifths of the entire population of
our country. They equal the population of
Korea, Persia and Si am together — a mul-
titude of twenty-nine millions within a
nation of seventy millions.
Among this mighty host are many as
valuable citizens as ever blessed a nation
with their love and service. The industri-
ous and economical Germans, the steadfast
Scotch, the versatile Irish, and other min-
gling elements are evolving under our insti-
tutions a race distinctive, powerful, inde-
pendent— such as has rarely risen in the
world. Thoroughly imbued with the gos-
pel, what need have we to fear; left to
exist without it, what can we hope ? Our
perils are great, but our opportunities are
greater. Twenty per cent, of our immi-
grants are under fifteen years of age; half
are under twenty-five. Jf we were prepared
to take them during their impressible
youth, Americanize and train them for
Christ, one element of our present danger
would become a source of security to our
country. It should be our earnest purpose
to make intelligent and loyal Americau
citizens of them. We must do this if we
would perpetuate our nation. The dangers
that threaten us are internal. If we ever
fall it will not be by any outside power, but
by destructive internal forces. The citadel
of our liberties stands upon a volcano as
long as one-seventh of our population are
born and reared under institutions alien, if
not antagonistic, to the genius of our own.
We must, therefore, America aize those who
come to us, for our country's sake, and
Christianize them for their own sake and
for Christ's sake. By Americanizing them
is not meant that we are to hasten the busi-
ness of naturalization, for the multitudes
from Europe might be induced with all
required speed to take the oath to uphold
the Constitution of whose provisions they
are profoundly ignorant and with whose
aim they have no sympathy.
Isolated by the limits of language, the
foreigner confines his reading to the litera-
ture of his native country, which keeps
alive his interest in affairs abroad and his
love and loyalty to the government and the
institutions which he left behind, while he
ignores those under which he has come to re-
side. Without human sympathy and inter-
course he can know little of our country
and institutions. He is imprisoned in his
mother tongue. A knowledge of our lan-
guage would tend to scatter these foreign
populations among our own people and pre-
vent the dangerous tendency, at present mani-
fest everywhere throughout our country, to
form exclusive communities. To accom-
plish this, the children should be taught in
English in both Sabbath and day-schools.
It would not be entirely unreasonable to
expect all foreigners to acquire a reading
and speaking knowledge of our language
within a reasonable length of time. It
would tend to win their love to our country
and broaden their conception of American life
and enterprise. It would bring them into
social, business and domestic relations with
our American people more rapidly, and thus
scatter the nuclei of foreign communities
that are in our midst. The fact that the
English-speaking nationalities, such as the
English, the Scotch and the Irish, are gen-
erally more diffused, and do not present the
threatening aspect which separate foreign
communities within our large cities do, goes
far toward substantiating this point.
In our large cities, we have our " Little
Italies, " "Little Genr anies, " " Little
Swedens. " In the city of New York there
are localities where the English language is
not spoken, and where the news-stands con-
tain no paper in English, where the shop
windows have the significant placards,
"English is spoken here." Dr. Strong
says that in a certain precinct in Cincinnati,
where three foreigners acted as judges of
150
FOREIGNERS.
[August,
the election, a native American was refused
the right to vote because he could not pro-
duce naturalization papers.
While foreigners ought to acquire our
language, and while we might with perfect
propriety require their children to do so,
yet for purposes of religion we must take
them as we find them. Thirty -one and three-
quarters per cent, of our foreign population
caunot even speak the English language,
and an undetermined, but very large per
cent, of the rest can use it only in ordinary
transactions and simple conversation. The
preaching of the gospel in English is to them
absolutely unintelligible. The vocabul-
ary of the pulpit, however simple, is entirely
different from that with which they are
acquainted in social life and business trans-
actions.
Many of these foreigners, reared under
an established Church, have no idea of the
privilege and obligation of supporting the
ordinary means of grace ; hence most of
their churches depend upon home mission
funds to support them. We must work
patiently with them in view of the fact that
their idea of a religious life is that it consists
of the formal ordinances of the Church.
They have little conception of evangelical
truth and spiritual religion. They do not
hunger and thirst for the gospel sufficiently
to acquire a knowledge of our language in
order that they might listen to our preach-
ers. They do not seek the Church; the
Church must seek them.
While it might be unwise to instruct the
children in the day-schools in the language
of their parents, it would be folly to expect
the parents to listen to the gospel in the
acquired language of their children.
In the twenty counties of Texas dominated
by Germans, the German language prevails.
Among the two hundred thousand Scandina-
vians in Minnesota are many communities
where the only medium of communication
is the tongue of their native land.
At Nauvoo, 111., an English-speaking
church failed, but a German preacher suc-
ceeded. He used the English language in
services as the people acquired a knowledge
of it, and as a result we now have a success-
ful English-speaking church. In Auden-
reid, Pa., dwelt several thousand coal-
miners. They were the dupes and victims
of rapacious Roman priests. We had
English-speaking ministers within easy
reach, but their influence was not felt
among the Italians. A young, unordained,
Italian evangelist went among them in
1891; years of faithful preaching in their
vernacular have wrought a revolution.
There has been built a large Presbyterian
church with the usual subordinate organiza-
tions. So powerful has a thoroughly under-
stood gospel proved to be that the priests
have lost their power and abandoned the
field. Religion has to do with the human
heart; the heart can be reached only
through the intellect, by means of intelligi-
ble language. However impressive and
helpful the formularies of religious worship
may be, they cannot instruct and edify
when used in an unknown tongue.
This principle is further illustrated in our
work among thd aborigines. Among the
powerful and warlike Sioux Indians, with
their thirty thousand souls, the largest and
most barbarous tribe of Indians on the con-
tinent, the gospel began to be preached in
their vernacular less than a generation ago
without waiting for them to acquire even an
imperfect knowledge of the English lan-
guage. The most wonderful results have
been reached. Already there are twenty -
three churches ministered to mainly by
native preachers, devoted and eloquent, all
constituting a separate presbytery. In
these churches are consecrated Christian
women who are organized for the diffusion
of gospel truth among the neglected portion
of their own tribe, though they them-
selves know not a word of English. They
meet and worship and work intelligently,
supporting two missionaries and partially
supporting two others among the wild com-
munities of their tribe. From the very
nature of the case such results could not
have been reached by the use of any other
than their own language, until a genera-
tion of their children could be reared and
educated in our schools.
The time has passed when every man
could hear the same voice in his own tongue,
because the necessity of it has passed. But
the necessity of every man's hearing in his
own tongue is still present and always will
be as long as it continues to be the duty of
the preacher to edify. It is still true and
always will be that if I know not the mean-
ing of the voice, I shall be to him that
speaketh a barbarian, and he that speaketh
will be a barbarian to me.
1898.]
ALASKA — ARIZONA.
151
Letters.
ALASKA.
Kev. J. F. Jones, Juneau :— We had the pleasure
of receiving into the church on profession of their
faith four souls the past quarter. This makes in
all received on profession of their faith within the
four years that I have been here seventy-four.
We have had nothing of a religious cataclysm or
volcanic eruption since I came here, but a healthy,
steady growth, every quarter witnessing some souls
born into the kingdom. The receptions have about
equaled the removals by death and change of habi-
tation. So while we have received so many on pro-
fession our church is but a trifle larger in numbers
than when I came here. But this has been main-
tained in spite of the fact that our community of
natives has been constantly diminishing. The
Klondyke gold craze drew a number away to Dyea
and Skaguay, the portages, where they pack for
gold seekers. I had also one infant baptism and
one marriage, making in all within the four years
sixty-two of the former and twenty-nine of the
latter. Our services are well attended and pervaded
by a pleasing spirituality.
We lost one of our most devout and consecrated
members the 13th of April. This native woman,
whose name was Julia McCully, lived such a
beautifully consistent Christian life for nearly eight
years, from the time she was baptized, that it
merits notice. She was the wife of a New York
man and kept her marriage vows to him inviolate
for nineteen years. She was the mother of several
children and endeavored to train them aright. In
her church duties she was as faithful as the sun, al-
ways present at each service when her health and
household cares permitted. The weather never
hindered her. While she was of a quiet, diffident
and meek disposition, yet she always took part in
the prayer meetings when the opportunity was af-
forded her. She came to church from pleasure and
not from constraint of duty. She died, not in fear,
but in hope.
AKIZONA.
Rev. D. M. Wynkoop, Phoenix : — During this
quarter we have taken up the work with the Mari-
copa Indians. They seem very anxious to hear
the gospel. When I close the sermon they often call
on me to preach some more ; tell them more about
God's Son. The Maricopas have never had the op-
portunity of hearing the gospel. They speak a
different language from the Pimas, hence in all
these years they have never heard the glad tidings.
They are very degraded in their life, language and
manners. Some come to our meetings in their
breech cloths. We have no house of worship in
the Maricopa village ; we have a brush shed that
keeps off the heat of the sun, and we trust some
way will be provided to keep out the cold by the
time we need it.
I must have a Maricopa to interpret the Maricopa
language. At present I have a man that does
fairly well, who is glad to do this much so the In-
dians can hear about God, and contrary to the In-
dian custom he does not want any money for the
work. He does not understand the English lan-
guage as well as I would like him to understand it,
but he does quite well I think.
The work with the Pimas has been going on
with steady advancement ; we have not had com-
munion this quarter, but shall soon. There have
been some conversions and I think we will have
quite a number added to the church at our next
communion. The medicine men have threatened
to kill my interpreter, Edward Jackson. We
preach the gospel, which is opposed to the teaching
of the medicine men, and this is the cause of their
anger.
Last week we lost our little baby boy. He was
four months old when we got him and he stayed
long enough to win our hearts and love. It was so
hard to give the little fellow up. Now we have a
little grave of our own to place flowers upon, a
little grave at which to shed our tears. The
Indians showed us every kindness, and in our sad-
ness I think we have been drawn closer to each other
than ever before.
The summer is here again. To you it means
warmth and pleasure ; to us it means, heat, heat,
heat. The Indians have poor crops this year, and
as we have had no rain this winter I think we will
be very short of water. We began to cut wheat
May 15. Next quarter I hope to be able to re-
port many additions to our church.
I hope and pray that many of the Maricopas
may give their hearts to God.
Rev. I. T. Whittemore, Florence : — I have had
two funerals out of the ordinary line ; one a dear
woman of twenty-three from Missouri, who died of
consumption. Like too many, she came too late.
The last visits to her were delightful. It was
more like the preparation for a coronal than the
sepulchre. If she was benefited half as much as I,
I am glad. Her eyes, though sunken, glistened
with light from the Celestial City ; eternal youth
and beauty are hers.
The other was — one among many — a judge,
graduate of college, fine scholar, moral man, a few
years ago worth $15,000, now buried as a pauper.
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CALIFOBNIA — COLOBADO.
[August,
" Once a man, twice an infant," mind, memory,
strength, all gone. A " caved- in" intellect, not a
relative to mourn.
Regular services at Casa Grande and Arizola,
once in two weeks, are sustained with but little
diminution of force or abatement of energy, as re-
gards my strength. Next week I go with mule and
cart ninety miles southeast on my " Fourth Annual
Itinerary;" Ella, my daughter, accompanies me.
It is a privilege, not a sacrifice, even for a " sep-
tuagenarian " to go and feed those hungry people.
But what a " spread ! " — one hundred and ninety
miles !
Learn hence how much a home missionary longs
for the removal of the debt and to have a minister-
at-large or two helpers. May the Lord enable you
to wipe the debt out before December 31, and
"open door" with full treasury to enter on a
career of prosperity for our home mission cause
larger than ever.
CALIFORNIA.
Rev. William L. Johnston, Pacific Beach: —
There is here at Pacific Beach, which is a suburb and
within the city limits of San Diego, a magnificent
group of buildings known as San Diego College.
The institution is not running, the legislature of
the State of California having voted to locate a new
normal school on the campus. Then the politicians
had the normal diverted to another location, leaving
this in the lurch. It is now a problem what to do
with it. Our people are much interested, Presby-
terians having mcst control of the property. It
would make a fine, yea palatial home for invalid
ministers and there are abundant accommodations
for school also. No doubt the men who could put it
to good use are living somewhere in the territory
over which your work extends and they would be
glad to know of this opportunity, and as it would
enlarge the interest and opportunity of my parish I
wish you could inform the right man. The
trustees have elected me secretary of their board.
Who can tell but you might be the means of send-
ing the right man or men here to start up the
same. The campus and building cost $60,000.
Once we had 150 students.
San Diego has long lain in a sort of enchanted
sleep, by her summer seas, shut in landward by the
mountains and the desert, waiting for her prince to
come to show her the way to the land of song and
story beyond the western ocean. Now the signs of
his coming are thundered out by Dewey's guns, the
Star of Empire appears again in the west, and our
soldier boys are hastening to the sound of the drum
and the joy of battle is louder than the joy of
harvest. We cannot always be pent up between
the burdens of the desert and the sea ; a bond is
being fabricated to bind us to our destiny beyond
— strong as Manila cords can make it, and poor old
San Diego, that has lain among the pots, shall
come forth with wings like a dove and feathers of
yellow gold.
COLORADO.
Prof. F. M. Gilchrist, Del Norte: — I gave
close attention to the regular work of the theological
class of eleven members now completing their fourth
year of study. There is some discouragement ex-
isting among some of the members of the class now
here, growing out of the fact that two years have
been added to the academic course of the college
and the requirements in theology have been in-
creased. Thence it will require from six to
seven years for the average young Mexican, as he
comes to us from the mission schools, to complete
the required course of study, viz., a course of four
years of Latin, etc., and two years of theology, his-
tory and homiletics.
This is as it seems to me about as high a standard
as we can set for these young men without educa-
ting them away from their people so far that they
will neither enjoy their work nor exert the same in-
fluence possible to our best men as they go out from
here.
Rev. J. H. Rennie, Ouray : — Upon such a field
as this various methods must be adopted in order to
meet the various phases of life. In one community
efforts among the elder class will bring the best re-
wards and reaching them reaches the younger class as
well. But the opposite is more generally true. In-
teresting and securing the presence of the young
more often brings the elder class. Where the lambs
find a pleasant pasture the old sheep go. Ouray is
no exception in this regard. For six months back
very little visiting has been done among the older
classes, but every path in which the young were
walking, every park in which they were playing,
has been visited and watched, and sports of a Chris-
tian character encouraged. It has often been said,
" Rennie has not forgotten how to be a boy." As
well be one of Christ's " boys" as one of Christ's
men, if as a boy I can bring more boys to Christ.
And, moreover, let the results speak for themselves.
Look first at the Sunday-school ; it has had a steady
growth for six months. The infant Y. P. S. C. E.
is now six months old, has seventy- two members,
forty-nine of whom are active. Its prayer- meeting
attendance on Sabbath evenings is about seventy-
five. Thus far it has conducted the evening ser-
vice of the church on the last Sabbath of each
1898.]
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153
month with great credit to itself and thus it is
brought into sympathy with the church. The num-
ber of its members who attend the midweek prayer
meeting have put the church members to shame
and as a result of the work of the society the con-
gregation at the church service has been doubled.
Several times recently the church building has been
taxed to its utmost capacity to seat the congrega-
tion. The presence of the children in many cases
brought the parents and the parents were most
happy to see the children there.
Kev. A. F. Heltman, Brighton: — In August,
1884, the first services (of the Brighton, Colo.,
Presbyterian Church) were held in a saloon. On
the first day or two — so the older members tell —
the cowboys shouted and hurrahed outside and even
went so far as to send a few revolver shots through
the windows. That saloon-keeper, though not sur-
rendering fully to Christ, quit the saloon business.
At the close of the special meetings held by our pres-
ent beloved evangelist, H. W. Rankin, the church
was organized. Its growth has been slow but steady.
If some of our Eastern brethren could spend
their vacation in the West, how much better they
would understand the work done here ! Our stations
at Barr and at Henderson have been sources of
strength. I go to Barr the first Sunday of each
month, and through a young man who is laboring
at present in this field with me I have been
preaching each Sunday evening at Henderson. I
understand German somewhat, but not sufficiently
to preach in that tongue. As this young man
speaks good German we began German services
last Sunday afternoon at two o'clock. The German
people responded sympathetically to the service and
liberally to the collection. On the whole our com-
munity is not wealthy.
With pleasure we will take a collection May
29 for Sabbath- school mission work.
FLORIDA.
Rev. C.
suffered or enjoyed the excitement of an army camp
ground for the last two weeks. The 71st Regi-
ment, New York, was camped near the church and
tilled it full at each service. Other soldiers on the
streets erased all signs of Sunday from the staid
little town by mules and wagons, galloping troopers,
clouds of dust, shouts of men and blasts from trum-
pets. The native population were never so excited.
About eighteen miles from here lies Roxbury, the
Mormon capital for this part of the State. In my
last report I stated that I had started a Sabbath-
school and church services there too. The at-
tendance and interest are increasing. Last Sabbath
I had thirty in the Sabbath- school and forty in the
church service. These are nearly all Mormons,
there being only some ten or fifteen Gentiles in the
town. The Mormons so far have been courteous
and attentive, and I pray God that I may reach
them with the Bread of Life in their more than
Egyptian darkness. It makes it pretty hard to
preach here twice on the Sabbath and drive thirty-
six miles and hold two services there every Sab-
bath, but for this summer for their sakes I must do
so and get them well organized and in a condition
to help themselves.
KANSAS.
Rev. J. Baay, Smith Centre:— This is the last
quarter of my labor in the missionary field ; it is
also the close of thirty-eight years of missionary
labor, six of which I spent in the service of the Re-
formed Church and the remainder in the service of
the Presbyterian Church. During all that time I
had one vacation, in 1877, and three times was sent
as a commissioner to the General Assembly. I am
still, through the mercies of God, hale, hearty and
strong, though beginning to be called an old man.
I have performed this quarter the same amount of
labor as usual. The field which I have now occu-
pied for eleven years requires still undivided atten-
tion. Unbelief, rationalism, materialism, indiffer-
ence and the ceaseless activity of everything that
assumes to be the church and proclaims a gospel,
much of which is not found within the pages of
Holy Writ, are contesting for adherents, and the
worst is the mixture of God and Mammon — of
Christ nominally and the world practically ; of
gospel, card playing and dancing ; of keeping Con-
tinental Sabbath and going to church once when it
does not storm or projects of travel and pleasure do
not interfere ; such somewhat is the religious con-
dition of the greater part of this community.
There is comparatively but little taste for a pure
gospel and for true, godly living. There a^e true
children of God here, to be sure, but they are
far in the minority. At times I must confess I feel
discouraged. But I cannot withdraw my hand
from the plough.
IDAHO.
Rev. W. Stuart Wilson, St. Anthony .—Our
church is the only one in uFremont county.
MISSOURI.
Rev. James Lafferty, Washington
There
are many adversaries. The open saloon, more
widely open on the Sabbath than any other day, is
one of the worst.
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MISSOURI OKLAHOMA.
[August,
Kev. Filippo Grilli, St. Louis : — The French
services have been well attended. Some of our
people, it is true, have left us to go back to their
own country, but others have come to take their
places. Among these we find a family, with father,
mother and several children, who live outside the
city, but not so far but they will be able to come to
the meetings.
This work among Swiss and French has its im-
portance and usefulness ; while some of them are
members of American churches, the great majority
do not attend any church, either because they have
only a few hours in the afternoon every second Sun-
day, or because they cannot understand English
(the newly arrived in this country and the old folks),
or because they find themselves in new surroundings
and lose the habit of going to church. But there
is another reason why this work has its usefulness :
we have to resist the encroachments of Catholicism.
So many simple-minded girls come to this country
to make their living and very often have to
enter a Romish household. Protestants of America
think there is no danger from Romanism in this
free republic and even that the truth permeates and
changes Catholicism. I do not know how far that
is true, but I know by the experience of several
persons of my congregation that in those Catholic
families where some of our Protestant girls have
the misfortune of falling they will do all they can
to pervert them. A young lady whose parents
were French Lutherans united at first with the
Episcopal Church, but by and by was induced to
embrace Catholicism, and we have never seen her
since.
The Italian services have had their ups and downs.
Italians do not easily find steady work and have to
move from one city to another ; and when they be-
come interested they are restrained by the fear of
being despised by their acquaintances and friends.
The priests and nuns are doing everything to pre-
vent children from coming to us, and whipping is
in full blast at the cathedral schools for all those
who dare to go to the Protestants. Notwithstand-
ing all that, the ground here seems to be better
prepared than ever before.
Some months ago an Italian priest came to this
city with the purpose of building an Italian church.
The Italian colony is quite large and numbers
several rich men among those, especially, who
have made their fortune in the liquor traffic. The
young priest became acquainted with some of the
most influential people, elected a committee, sent
circulars inviting Italians to a meeting for the pur-
pose of collecting money and pushing the enterprise
of the church building. There was, I have been
told, a large attendance, and several people were
ready to subscribe a good amount. But the priest,
fresh from Rome, wanted the people to strictly ob-
serve the mass, the confessional and every other
ceremony. The people were willing to give money,
but did not want the priest to interfere with their
habits. "We are good Catholics," they said,
" but we want to do what pleases us, as we are in
a free country." Then the priest became angry
and said he would excommunicate them, and a row
followed, women and children screaming, others
fleeing to avoid trouble. The daily papers had an-
nounced the meeting, but nothing has been said
about the result. The father is now trying to rec-
oncile the " disjecta membra " of this unfortunate
colony ; but the moneyed people decline to give
him encouragement and support. He says he will
build the church anyhow and dedicate it for the
poor people ; but when he asks for money I pre-
sume he will change his mind. May the Lord
hasten the day when the poor deluded people will
open their eyes and their hearts and receive Jesus
as their Prophet, Priest and King. There are
some among the more conscientious who are now
prepared to listen to the gospel.
Besides the Italian and French meetings and the
Sunday-school every Lord's day, we have weekly
prayer meetings and night-schools. We visit the
people in their homes and the sick in the hospitals.
We distribute tracts, papers and New Testaments,
whenever and wherever it is possible, and hope
that some day the good seed which has been scat-
tered will bring forth fruit to the glory of God.
OKLAHOMA.
Rev. John Mordy, Guthrie : — The ordinary man
works every Sabbath and when he has a day off he
has no inclination to go to church. On Saturday
nights there is usually a great ball, which runs on
till almost daylight on Sabbath morning and pre-
pares men and women who can to remain in bed
all day on the Sabbath. On each Sabbath after-
noon there is a grand match game of ball between
the two towns, Clifton and Morenci, when persons
who could never get off duty to attend church are
prominent figures. The excitement calls out the
women as well as the men, and money which ought
to be spent for other things is staked on the result
of the game.
I cannot say that our mission work is making
much progress, for under the circumstances the
gospel does not get a hearing. While we are not
asking for any aid from the Board, we cannot in any
sense be regarded as a self-sustaining congregation,
if indeed our imperfect organization can be called
a church at all. I think that your Board should
1898.]
TEXAS — UTAH — WASHINGTON.
155
commission me to this field without salary from the
Board for the next three months and at the end of
that time do what seems best. My motive in not
asking any assistance from the Board is not only to
save the Church's money, but to get an opportunity
of pressing the necessity of our work on other
parties who ought to do more to assist us. Living
is very high, and as I cannot get a house for less than
from $25 to $30 per month I have been compelled
to leave my family at Shakespere, about seventy-
five miles away, and so I have not only the incon-
venience of living away from home, but I have the
expense of boarding in addition to keeping house.
If the effort which I am now making to bring the
field to self-support fail we may have to return at
the end of three months and ask for assistance to
the extent of $15 or $20 per month, but even if we
do become self-supporting financially we will still
remain only a mission field, for your lonely mission-
ary will always feel the need of moral and spiritual
support even more than he does of financial aid.
TEXAS.
Kev. J. Love joy Kobertson, D.D., Galveston:
— A house of worship has been bought by my
people. It is admirably located and is commodious,
or sufficiently so for some years to come, and is in
every way quite suitable for our use. It has cost
us $4800, apart from seating, carpeting, pulpit,
lighting, etc. We have paid $800 of the $4800, as
well as the greater part of the extra expenses, and
have paid also for insurance and the interest on
$4000 borrowed until August 9. Toward all this we
have very little help from outside and the strain
upon my people has been pretty severe. It is our
hope that in some way by August 9 we can cut
down our $4000 indebtedness to $3500. I wish you
could get somebody to send us some of this money.
During the quarter there have been fourteen ad-
ditions to the church, eight by profession and six
by letter. The church is thoroughly united and
enthusiastic. I have become much attached to the
people, and have been formally called to be the
pastor.
UTAH.
Kev. Arthur T. Rankin, D.D , Brigham: —
We lost by sudden death Leman Johnston, who,
though not a member of the church, had always
given our work his sympathy and his moral sup-
port and whose daughter I baptized and received
into the church. She has been for two years in
the Collegiate Institute, having received all her
previous education in our schools. In a sermon I
referred to the change in public sentiment during
his residence here. He stood as a representative
and an advocate of the change — living with and
loving one wife, while eighty- two men in town
were living with from two to nine each — bringing
his children to our school while others threw stones
through the windows — showing loyalty to the flag
of his country while others threatened to tear it
from the staff. Our " Teachers' Home" was fired
at midnight, with four women in bed within it,
and two hours after the barn was burned, shortly
after my coming. But now all is changed. No un-
kind word, look or deed has come to any of our work-
ers since and public sentiment would not approve it.
Kev. James H. Mateer, Bichjkld : — The war
excitement has done much to bring together differ-
ent religious elements. The son of the missionary
volunteered in the Utah cavalry and was instru-
mental in the enlistment of several Mormon young
men. The memorial service on May 30 was the
most largely attended of any one ever held here
and the first one in which the Mormons ever par-
ticipated. At one of the Mormon Sunday services
a speaker had some severe things to say about the
" sects ' ' when a prominent Scandinavian official,
who is considered very radical, reminded him that
the saints were not the only good people. It is
true we generally look upon every Morman act as
policy, but we find encouragement in the fact that
policy leads them to friendly treatment of Gentile
Christians. We united with the Methodist brethren
in a three weeks' meeting here in a large gospel
tent which was pitched in a very prominent place ;
this could not have been done a few years ago.
Our uniting with them answered a charge so often
made by Mormons and others that Christians can-
not agree. The tent seated 500 people and was
often full at evening meetings. There are not over
100 Gentiles in the town, so a large number of Mor-
mons listened attentively to the gospel, the efforts of
the priesthood to the contrary notwithstanding.
WASHINGTON.
Rev. Robert Arkley, South Bend : — Many
things come to us to try our faith and discourage
further effort. Did we not know that the battle is
the Lord' s and were we not assured by the promise of
the Almighty himself of ultimate success we would
almost despair. Work along the whole coast line
is progressing only slowly. Souls come slowly into
the kingdom, "and because iniquity abounds the
love of many waxes cold." Our greatest discour-
agements come from godless church members
whose example and influence are not only not help-
ful but harmful.
Sabbath desecration is painfully common in this
city. Sunday excursions, Sunday baseball and foot-
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WASHINGTON — APPOINTMENTS.
[August,
ball and Sunday bicycling are all having a terrible
influence on the character of the young people and
are among the greatest difficulties we have to meet ;
some of the aforesaid church members lending not
only their approval, but themselves being present
at such things.
I have organized during the quarter a Bible his-
tory class which meets every Sabbath afternoon for
the study of the history in the Bible. The attend-
ance is encouraging.
Kev. D. D. Allen, No. Yakima: — At the close
of the service a family presented themselves before
the session and the father and mother were received
on confession of faith. They said they represented
a large settlement about fourteen miles below
Parker, where they seldom have any religious ser-
vices of any kind.
I regarded it as a call from God to go and preach
to them. After sending an appointment I went
down to fill it. God evidently prospered me on
my way. I crossed on a narrow bridge over a
gulch perhaps twenty feet deep. The bridge fell
in about half an hour after I crossed it. I found a
congregation at the schoolhouse apparently hungry
for gospel truth. It is an inspiration to preach to
those who are hungering for the truth. They not
only keep their ears and eyes wide open, but some-
times also their mouths. The next day I called
upon several families in their homes, and found
them an intelligent, well-raised set of people, having
collected there from various parts of the country.
The oldest farm is only six years old. It was as un-
promising as the region which our old-time geogra-
phies called "The Great American Desert." It
produced nothing but sage brush. But by means of
irrigation it is being transformed into a fruitful field,.
The farmers can cut three crops of clover or five
crops of alfalfa in a season. Orchards five years old
produce freely and the trees are as large at that age
as trees in the East generally are at ten or twelve
years. The climate is so mild that there is but
little winter. I presume that there are 200 or more
people in a radius of five miles and the prospects
are that the population will triple in the next six
years. I was told there was another large settle-
ment about six or seven miles below that is much
more compact. I shall visit and preach at both
points next week. The people came here very poor
and have had a hard struggle to bring their farms
into a state of cultivation. But they are an indus-
trious, thrifty class of people, and if properly en-
couraged I think will build strong Presbyterian
churches.
APPOINTMENTS.
H. Keigwin, Presbyterial Missionary,
Fla.
Cal.
A. J. Ross, Covelo,
H. L. Cornell, Novato, 1st, "
H. Hill, lone, 1st, "
C. H. Smith, Anderson, Olinda and station, "
A. Haberly, Elk Grove and station, "
W. G. Mills, Santa Paula, "
J. Gw Anderson, Roseville and Orangevale, "
T. Magill, Virginia City, 1st, Nev.
J. M. McDonald, Wells and Starr Valley, "
G. T. Crissman, Denver, South Broadway, Colo.
A. W. Reinhard, Denver, 1st, German, "
A. McKay, Central City, 1st, and Black Hawk, "
H. S. Killen, Denver, Highland Park, "
A. F. Heltman, Brighton, 1st, and stations, "
W. Hicks, Littleton, 1st, "
G. S. Darley, Georgetown, 1st, "
R. B. Adams, Kingfisher, 1st, O. T.
C. C. Weith, Jefferson, 1st, and station, "
P. D. Munsell, Calvary, Winnview and stations, "
E. B. Evans, Mulhall, Hopewell, East Langston and
McKinley, "
D. I. Jones, Chandler and Clifton, "
H. L. Moore, Newkirk, "
N. S. Fiscus, Stroud, 1st, •'
V. Hlavaty, Cedar Rapids, Bohemian, Iowa.
W. H. McCuskey, Volga and station, "
J. S. Crousaz, French Creek, Mt. Hope, "
A. C. Kruse, Ramsey, German, and Germania, 1st, "
F. Heilert, Arcadia, "
S. Ollerenshaw, Algona, 1st, and Irvington, "
J. R. Vance, Pomeroy, 1st, "
A. W. McConnell, Dedham,
W. S. Shiels, Keokuk, 2d, «
J. W. Carlstrum, Conroy, Hilton,
K. J. McAulay, Crawfordsville, 1st,
B. C. Swank, Deep River,
H. Wortman, Lyon Co., 1st, German,
A. G. Bailey, Hartley, 1st,
D. Mouw, Hospers, Holland,
J. C. Calnon, Wichita, West Side and Harmony,
T. F. Barrier, Wichita, Bethel and Endeavor,
W. S. Morley, Emporia, Arundel Avenue,
H. A. Zimmerman, Mulvane and Waco,
S. C. Kerr, Reece,
J. L. Amlong, Oxford, 1st, and Mount Vernon,
J. P. Viele, Maxson and Queneme,
J. W. Funk, Derby, El Paso and Genda Springs,
J. S. McClung, Brainerd,
V. M. King, Lyon Co., Westminster and station,
A. S. Davis, Cedar Point, 1st, and Clements,
H. M. Markley, Cedar Point, 1st, and Clements,
W. A. Most, Ness City, 1st, and Bazine,
D. E. Ambrose, Roxbury, 1st, Canton and Galva,
G. R. Morley, Liberal, 1st,
W. Mooney, Parker, 1st,
W. H. Carnine, Ft. Scott, 2d, Glendale, Pleasant II
and Prescott,
W. B. Brown, Hays City and Wakeeny,
J. Welch, White Lily, Lone Star acd stations,
W. H. Course, Aurora, 1st, and Milton vale,
E. S. Brownlee, Kansas City, Grandview Park,
T. D. Davis, Pastor-at-Large,
C. W. Backus, Argentine, 1st,
F. D. Breed, Riley and Sedalia,
L. R. Smith, Oakland,
J. T. Copley, Manhattan, Seymour and stations,
A. J. Thomson, Kuttawa, Hawthorne and Chapel Hill
D. M. Grant, Louisville, Calvary,
Iowa.
Kans.
Ky.
1898.]
APPOINTMENTS.
157
T. B. Leith, Saline, 1st, Mich.
K. B. Dunning, Plainfield, 1st, and Unadilla,
E. A. Hoffman, lien ton Harbor, 1st, "
T. W. Monteith, Martin, 1st, "
J. A. Greene, Pastor-at-Large, "
W. M. Campbell, Munising, 1st, "
E. A. Douglass, Grand Marais, 1st, "
L. C. McBride, Holt, 1st,
E. P. I Hinlap, East Jordan, "
A. Danskin, West Bay City, Covenant, "
W. J. Voung, Hillman and stations, "
W. J. Hall, Cloquet, Minn.
E. L. Coudray, Barnum and Moose Lake, 1st, "
N. H. Bell, Pastor-at-Large, "
C. S. McKinney, Canby, 1st, Fairview and Westside, "
W. F. Finch, Beaver Creek and Hills, "
J. F. Montman, Summit Lake, "
W. W. McHenry, Woodstock, 1st, " -
R Brown, Minneapolis, Bethany, "
D. E. Evans, Minneapolis, House of Faith and Columbia
Heights, "
J. H. Whistler, Minneapolis, Franklin Avenue, "
J. C. Faries, Waverly, Union, "
W. Douglas, Maine, 1st, and Maplewood, "
R. L. Snyder, Cedar Mills, Spring Grove and Greenleaf, "
R. Drysdale, Hawick, Burbank and New London, "
J. F. Watkins, Pastor-at-Large, Mo.
L. M. Belden, Kansas City, 3d, "
M. B. W. Granger, Warsaw and Sunny Side, "
W. Sample, El Dorado Springs, 1st, "
W. M. Newton, Lowry City, "
J. T. Boyer, Osceola and Vista, 1st, "
E. E. Stringfield, Springfield, 2d, "
A. M. Mann, Preston, Irwin and Salem, "
J. T. Curtis, Eureka Springs, 1st, Ark.
W. G. Moore, Buffalo and Conway, "
J. M. Swander, New Cambria and Pleasant Ridge, "
E. B. Teis, Weston, 1st, "
J. A. Gallaher, St. Louis, Clifton Heights, "
J. B. Brandt, St. Louis, Tyler Place, "
W. Goessling, Bethlehem, "
F. H. Gwynne, Synodical Missionary, Mont.
S. H. Weller, Butte, 3d, "
E. N. Raymond, Pony, 1st, and station, "
J. C. Sloan, Pastor-at-Large, Neb.
D. Oastler, Gordon, 1st, and station, "
C. F. Graves, Pastor-at-Large, "
D. L. Wilson, Litchfield, Sweetwater and Ansley, "
A. Patterson, Dublin, Clontibret and station, "
J. L. Atkinson, Sutherland, "
J. Ratz, Plattsmouth, German, "
0. Bostrom, Elgin, "
1. T. Whittemore, Florence, Ariz.
T. C. Moffett, Raton, 1st, N. M.
E. A. Nelson, Manchester, Westminster, N. H.
C. Bauer, Manchester, 1st, German, "
J. R. Mackey, Providence, 2d, R. I.
R. Charnock, Fall River, Globe, Mass.
D. B. McMurdy, Lynn, 1st, "
A. Laird, New Bedford, 1st, "
M. J. Doak, Enderlin, 1st, and Lucas, N. D.
T. K. Fisher, Hillsboro,
T. E. Douglas, Willow City, 1st, and stations, "
M. Alberts, Leeds and stations, "
C. D. McDonald, Grafton, 1st, "
J. P. Schell, Conway, Ramsays Grove and stations, "
T. U. Richmond, Bathgate and Tyner, 1st, "
T. Dougan, Langdon and stations, "
C. McKibbin, Forest River, "
D. J. Sykes, Milton, Osnabrock and E. Alma, "
W. Gillespie, Ardoch, 1st, and Greenwood, N. D.
J. R. Campbell, Hoople, 1st, and Elora, "
T. Stevenson, Beaulieu, "
J. S. Hamilton, Cavalier and Hamilton, "
W. W. McRae, Drayton and stations, "
J. G. Smith Sanborn, "
R. Johnston, Gilby and station, "
S. Andrews, Glasston and St. Thomas, "
E. M. Atwood, Larimore, "
W. S. Wright, Portland, Mt. Tabor and Sellwood, Oreg.
W. T. Wardle, Portland, Mizpah and station, "
E W. St. Pierre, Portland, St. Johns, "
M. Robertson, Knappa, 1st, and Westport, "
S. A. George, Tualatin Plains, Forest Dale and station, "
A. A. Hurd, Springwater and Bethel, "
A. R. Griggs, Tillamook, 1st, and Bay City, "
W. T. Scott, Fairview, Smith Mem'l and stations, "
A. H. Bauman, Bethany, 1st, German and stations, "
D. H. McCullagh, Dallas, 1st,
M. H. Hagler, Welsh Mountain Mission, Pa.
O. H. McGowan, Carlisle, Colored Mission, "
E. J. Wright, Sturgis, 1st, and stations, S. D.
W. J. Thompson, White, 1st, and station, "
U. Gr. Lacey, Wentworth, Colman and Bethel, "
J. P. Williamson, General Missionary to the Dakota
Indians, "
A. F. Johnson, Pine Ridge Agency, "
E. J. Lindsey, Poplar Creek Agency (Indian), Mont.
J. Rogers, Lower Brule Agency (Helper), S. D.
M. Makey, Poplar Agency, Mont.
J. Day, Pine Ridge Agency, S. D.
J. Flute, Pine Ridge Agency, "
H. H. McQuilkin, Dayton, 1st, Tenn.
J. Henry, Chattanooga, Park Place, "
J. R. Burchfield, Hill City, North Side and Sherman
Heights, "
H. M. Pressly, Thomas, 1st, and Pratt City, Ala.
W. A. Ervin, Eockwood, Wartburg and Kismet, Tenn.
J. M. Hunter, Madisonville and Unitia, "
W. S. Pryse, Knoxville, Atkin Street, "
T. Campbell, Knoxville, Lincoln Park, "
A. McLaren, Westminster and St. Paul, "
E. H. Hudson, Henrietta, 1st, and Wichita Falls, Tex.
H. A. Howard, Jacksboro, 1st, "
J. G. Smith, Dallas, Bethany, "
S. W. Patterson, Dallas, Exposition Park, "
E. N. Murphy, Boise, 2d, and Bethany, Ida.
M. H. Mead, Nampa, 1st, "
C. F. Richardson, Ogden, 1st, Utah.
E. L. Anderson, Salina, Crosby Mem'l and Gunnison, "
M. D. McClelland, Sitka, Alaska.
J. R. Thompson, Aberdeen, Westport and station, Wash.
L. D. Wells, Ilwasco, "
G. M. Gibson, Tacoma, Sprague Mem'l and Westminster, "
E. R. Prichard, Puyallup, 1st, and Sumner, "
D. D. Allen, Natcheze, Moxee and Parker, "
D. Ross, Seattle, Calvary, "
C. J. Godsman, Anacortes, Westminster, "
J. H. Beattie, North Yakima, 1st, %t
G. H. Haystead, Cully Mem'l, Kettle Falls and Myers
Falls,
H. F. M. Ross, La Crosse, North, Wis.
P. Waalkes, Beloit, German, "
A. A. Amy, Lowville, Pardeeville and Rocky Run, "
W. J. Turner, Prairie du Sac, "
F. T. Bastel, Gibson, Hope Mission, "
M. Breeze, Cambridge and Oakland, "
A. C. Stark, Milwaukee, 1st, German, "
B. H. Idsinga, Milwaukee, Holland, "
J. J. Simpson, Milwaukee, North, "
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Young People's Christian Endeavor.
Willing hearted service is the missionary motto this
year of the Presbyterian young people in Califor-
The one and only purpose of the Young People's
Society of Christian Endeavor is to bear fruit. —
Dr. F. E. Clark.
Secretary Baer reports that during the past year
225,754 persons from Junior, Intermediate and
Young People's societies have been welcomed to
church membership.
* *
The consecration meeting, says Dr. Clark,
should not be regarded as the apex of a mountain,
but rather as a table-land on which we may dwell
all the time.
***
If a monument is ever erected in Alaska for any
one, let it be for that man who has made Alaska
what it is to-day — Dr. Sheldon Jackson. — Mr. Ed-
ward Marsden.
***
Salmond's " Exposition of the Shorter Cate-
chism" and Robertson's "Teaching of Jesus,"
were the two books studied last year by the Young
People's Guild of the Irish Presbyterian Church.
Dr. Fairbairn points out as the first condition of
devotional study that the Bible be taken, not as
spoken to men centuries ago, but as a living revela-
tion for the present.
*
A waiter in a Glasgow hotel, in which two hun-
dred delegates to a Christian Endeavor convention
were entertained, said to the servants : " Oh, these
people are just converted Christians."
***
Fourteen thousand examination papers were sent
in by members of the Baptist Young People's
Union who pursued the educational courses in the
Bible and the history of Christian missions.
***
Mrs. R. F. Coyle writes that some of the Pres-
byterian young people in San Francisco are con-
tributing to foreign missions through "In His
Name' ' and other kindred societies.
***
One who spoke at the Glasgow Endeavor
convention on the ' ' quiet hour ' ' said there can
be little true consecration without real communion
with God. The danger of to-day is lest we hear
the word " go" and miss the word "tarry " — that
way lies impotency, disaster, defeat. The great
rivers of the world rise in the seclusion of the moss
and moor and mountain ; it is a parable of the
Christian life. Spiritual fullness comes from the
silent moments of communion.
*
The true spirit of giving was illustrated by the
native Christian in Asia Minor who, when a con-
tribution was solicited for the building of a new
church, offered to give five rows of grapes on the
sunny side of his vineyard.
*
From one of the leaders of young people's work
in the Presbytery of Stockton, comes a plea for bet-
ter informed members and for more of the same in-
terest to be manifested in mission work that is
felt for personal affairs.
* *
*
For five years past The Northern Light has been
published four times a year at Fort Wrangel as an
exponent of Presbyterian missions in Alaska, for
the information of Christian Endeavor societies
and other contributors to the support of the work.
Hereafter The North Star of Sitka is to be united
with The Northern Light and issued under the latter
name six times a year. The subscription price
will be thirty cents.
***
Prof. Carl I. Ingerson, superintendent of the First
Presbyterian Sunday-school in St. Louis, expresses
the opinion that instruction in missions will rescue
the religious life of our young people from lapsing
into disastrous sentimentalism. Missionary in-
struction will develop from knowledge, interest ;
from interest, sympathy ; from sympathy, sub-
stance ; from substance, prayer. The result is the
coming of Christ's kingdom.
***
Some one has illustrated the blessing that comes
to a life spent in the companionship of Jesus by
the Dutch method of cultivating the rose. An in-
ferior bush is planted near to one of superior quality ;
its anthers are removed to avoid self pollenization,
and that it may be pollenized by its stronger neigh -
bor. Gradually the rose thus treated takes upon
itself the characteristics of the superior life of its
companion. If self be sacrificed to make room for
the incoming of the superior life of Christ, the life
will gradually lose its own inferior characteristics
and take on those of the Master.
159
160
YOUNG PEOPLE'S CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR.
[August,
Mr. John Willis Baer
was called in 1890 from
his business life in Min-
neapolis to the secretary-
ship of the United Soci-
ety of Christian Endea-
vor. To this responsible
position he brought the
ability and enthusiasm of
a successful business man,
and his consecrated zeal
has had a helpful influence upon the work and
character of tens of thousands of young people. A
magnetic speaker, he always receives an enthusias-
tic welcome when he appears upon the platform of
a Christian Endeavor convention. Mr. Baer is
an elder in the First Presbyterian Church of Bos-
ton, Mass., and was a commissioner to the last
General Assembly from the Presbytery of Boston.
*
In a recent address before a company of students
on the devotional study of the Bible, Dr. Fair-
bairn insisted upon the need of earnest, faithful
study as a preparation for devotional reading. He
thought it unwise to take isolated texts for such
reading. The text is meaningless without the con-
text ; you cannot understand the last verses of the
eighth of Komans unless you appreciate the argu-
ment that has gone before.
***
Hie young people of twenty-two presbyteries
within the territory of the Woman's Presbyterian
Board of Foreign Missions of the Southwest are to
have the opportunity of becoming informed in re-
gard to missions. The secretary of the Board re-
ports in Woman's Work for Woman that steps have
been taken to put in operation a plan for a Travel-
ing Missionary Library, one library in a case for
each presbytery. It is expected the plan will be in
full operation in the autumn.
***
There is a lesson for all Endeavorers in the pains-
taking effort of Meissonier to do his very best.
His famous picture, "1807," was shown at the
Vienna exhibition and seemed so perfect a compo-
sition that the most severe judges found no fault
with it. The writer of a recent biographical sketch,
who gives many examples of Meissonier' s conscien-
tious manner, relates that when the picture was re-
turned to his studio at Poissy, the artist, seeing it
afresh, with rested eye and brain, at once detected
where an improvement could be made which would
enhance the general effect. So he patiently re-
painted a portion of the canvas, a reconstruction
representing six months of assiduous labor, which
a less conscientious painter would have shirked.
The Kev. Theo. F. Burnham writes thus in The
Occident : In many churches the problem of the
second service can best be solved by combining the
C. E. meeting with the usual preaching service.
Let the young people take three quarters of an hour
for the usual prayer meeting. Then let the pastor
make a crisp, pointed address of not more than
fifteen minutes on the same theme, and a profitable
service will result, as well the settlement of many
present difficult problems.
***
Mr. Frederic Harrison, in an address on " Style
in English Prose ' ' before an Oxford literary society,
said : Head Swift, Defoe, Goldsmith, if you care to
know what is pure English. I need hardly tell you
to read another and a greater book. The book
which begot English prose still remains in supreme
type. The English Bible is the true school of
English literature. If you care to know the best
that our literature can give in simple and noble
prose, mark, learn and inwardly digest the Holy
Scriptures in the English tongue.
A writer in the Northern Christian Advocate says
of the Ep worth League that it is an outgrowth of
the life of the Church, not a new piece of machinery
added to an already complicated mechanism. Be-
cause it is an outgrowth and not a mechanical con-
trivance, it may be expected to remain a permanent
part of the future church life of Methodism. He
adds that the best expression of the life of all
churches is found in the young people's societies.
We look for the best fruitage on the late formed
boughs and on what were last year mere twigs.
A recent address at the Woman's Homeland
Prayer meeting in Chicago, by Mrs. Alice Freeman
Palmer on "Woman's Opportunities," is thus
briefly reported in the Advance : Ninety- five per
cent, of the instructors of our youth are women.
They hold in their hands the destinies of our
country. The work of our women should be to
take care of the boys and bring them into the
church. She spoke of riding recently over the
hills of Massachusetts. Passing by a schoolhouse
she noticed the boys taking down the United States
flag. She stopped and went in to visit the school.
She saw that something was amiss. After a little
chat with the young girl teacher, she asked why
the flag was being taken down. There was pro-
found silence for a time ; then the young teacher
said, "That boy in the corner has told a lie, and
the Stars and Stripes must never wave over a
liar."
1898.]
YOUNG PEOPLE S CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR.
161
It is related of a little boy in a Chinese mission
school that he had, by hard study, kept his place
at the head of the class so long that he seemed to
claim it by right of possession. Growing self-con-
fident, he missed a word, which was immediately
spelled by the boy standing next to him.
The face of the victor expressed the triumph he
felt, yet he made no move toward taking the place,
and, when urged to do so, refused, saying: "No,
me not go ; me not make Ah Fun's heart solly."
That little act implied great self-denial, yet it was
done so thoughtfully and kindly that, spontaneously,
from several lips came the quick remark : " He do
all same as the Jesus' Golden Rule."
A missionary in Japan writes of the value of the
picture rolls that are sent from the United States.
They are used in Sunday-schools, in the preaching
places, out on country tours and in private lessons.
A Christian woman was very ill. The nights were
long, for she could not sleep. She begged the
Bible woman who called to see her to ask the mis-
sionaries to lend her just one of those pictures to
hang up in her room, one that had the picture of
Jesus. " If I can only see Jesus' face during the
night it will comfort me so." A roll was sent her
and it proved indeed a " Silent Comforter ' ' until
she was well again.
Dr. John Smith, of Edinburgh, speaking at the
annual meeting of the Christian Endeavor Union
of Great Britain and Ireland, on the claims of for-
eign missions, said : Study the question, work with
existing agencies ; bring a more decided note into
your personal consecration.
Study — missionary literature ? Yes, that in its
turn ; but first and foremost the Bible. Learn the
principles of God's purposes for man. See his
love for the world, his command to his servants to
go into all lands, the provision he has made for all
men. Learn that the evangelization of the world
is God's work, not ours. His honor, faithfulness
and promises are pledged to that consummation. He
himself is the grand Worker. See this world-wide
crusade, and notice the proofs that Christianity is
intended to be a universal faith, adapted to all
men, and that Christ is the one Light of the world.
Then give yourself, your all. The strength of
Christian Endeavor is the strength of its adherence
to this Bible principle — if Christ deserves any-
thing he deserves all. If you are to be used, you
must be at his disposal wholly, to do what he would
have you to do, to go where he would have you go.
I have an idea that in the consecration meetings of
Christian Endeavor we have the grand recruiting
ground for the twentieth-century missions.
***
Mrs. E. M. Hunt, a reader of The Church at
Home and Abroad, in Trenton, N. J., has sent
us these facts regarding Miss Mary Ashton, whom
she knows well and highly esteems.
When quite young she. became deaf, and a few
years later, as the result of a fall, permanently
lame. But one can never see her without being
impressed with her bright, cheery face. She al-
ways seems so happy, giving many a lesson on
cheerfulness and happy Christian living to those
who are not afflicted as she is.
About nine years ago, when reading of the great
need of Christian teachers in China, she earnestly
desired to go as a missionary, but as physical in-
firmity made this impossible, she interested others
with herself in the support of a Bible reader there
at a cost of fifty dollars a year. Soon after she be-
gan to maintain one also in India.
She now devotes her whole time in a regular busi-
ness-like way to the making of articles for sale, such
as ribbon book-marks containing scripture texts or
devotional poems, banners and booklets. Ribbon is
purchased from the manfacturer in large quanti-
ties, the printing is done in the same large way, and
then she fringes the book marks herself. Among
the booklets she prints may be found the Hero
Series of missionary biographies by V. F. P.
In these ways Miss Ashton keeps herself busy from
morning till night, and has built up quite a business,
her orders coming from every State in the Union.
The entire profits she has consecrated to the cause
of missions. Last year the sum was nearly $1600,
and since she began she has earned $8000 and given
it for this purpose.
Mary Ashton.
162
THE PILGRIMS' THREE HOMES.
("August,
Scrooby Church and Grounds in 1890.
From William Elliott Griffis' The Pilgrims in their Three Homes.
THE PILGRIMS' THREE HOMES.
In a book of 290 pages, one of the Riverside
Library series, Dr. William Elliot Griffis tells the
story of the Pilgrims in their three homes — Eng-
land, Holland and New England. To understand
what kind of men and women lived in the Pilgrim
district of England, he says, we must study
their complete ancestry, the physiognomy of the
country, and know the superstitions and beliefs of
the people who lived on the soil. So he takes the
reader first to Austerfield, an English village,
where, March 19, 1590, William Bradford was
baptized ; then to Scrooby, near by, where was a
strong church of " Separatists," both in the shire of
Nottingham, the country of Robin Hood and the
scene of Scott's " Ivanhoe." He tells of William
Brewster, beginner of the Pilgrim movement, a
man of great intellectual ability and personal in-
fluence ; and of how Brewster, Bradford and others
sometimes walked over to Gainsborough, in Lin-
colnshire, where John Robinson was one of the
pastors. Then comes the story of how the Scrooby
Separatists became Pilgrims, " hunted out of their
home land into the Dutch republic, where consci-
ence was free." After a sojourn in Amsterdam,
Robinson and his company, on account of certain
controversies that had arisen, went to Leyden.
A graphic description is given of life in that u fair
and beautiful city," until those who had chosen to
cross the sea depart from Delfshaven, Pastor
Robinson "commending them with most fervent
prayers to the Lord for his blessing." The finding
at Southampton of the cooper, John Alden, the
long delays and bitter disappointments, and the
final start from Plymouth, England, of the May-
flower, the rough passage, the compact by which a
civil body politic was formed, and the beginning
of a new life in their third home, are all related in
a most interesting manner. The ship was so
strained by the gale that they thought of turning
back ; but a great iron screw or " lifting jack,"
which one of the passengers had brought out of
Holland, was used to force a dislocated beam back
into its place. " This bit of iron turned the scale of
decision, and saved to the world — New England."
The author says of the Pilgrims: "They were
men and women of beautiful life and of attractive
character. If they had the infirmities and limita-
tions of other mortals, they also showed the touches
of nature which make the whole world kin. I have
tried to depict them amidst the hopes and fears,
the joys and sorrows of their daily environment in
three lands."
Through the courtesy of Houghton, Mifflin &
Co., two illustrations from the volume appear on
these pages.
1898.]
MISSIONARY LITERATURE.
163
MISSIONARY LITERATURE.
REV. LEE W. BEATTIE.
In our missionary enterprises to-day nothing is
of so vast importance as literature.
From the time when a man would give a whole
estate for a book to the day when the humblest cot-
tage may have its library there has been wonderful
progress. But do those who bear responsibility as
to what literature shall come to our churches and
homes appreciate sufficiently the necessity of a lit-
erature that shall be of the highest order ?
The best gospel that ever came to human ears
will stand the highest test of literary merit. The
Bible writers give us truths in sentence, phrase and
word that interest, charm, attract? How Luke's
and Matthew's and Mark's accounts of Christ's ser-
mons, descriptions of his journeys and reproductions
of his parables are couched in language that awakens
interest and stirs to action. Why then should not
the modern literary vehicles intended to awaken a
sluggish Church to carry this gospel to the ends of
the earth have more attention to phrase and
sentence ?
Might not the reason why much of our
missionary literature goes into the waste-basket be
because it lacks literary merit ? Certain it is, when
the story of a missionary's activities are couched in
such simple, thrilling clear phrase as Dr. Paton's
autobiography, or Isabella Bird Bishop's accounts
of her devotees, or when we read Dr. Larabee's
thrilling story of " Mirza Abraham," we do not
think of the waste-basket. What we contend for is
that in missionary periodical, pamphlet, leaflet and
book, we have more attention given to the literary
quality in style, form, phrase and paragraph. In
true literature there is a sacredness. ' ' The Man-of-
Letters-Hero," as Carlyle puts it, " is a perpetual
priesthood from age to age. He is the Light of the
World, guiding it like a sacred pillar of fire. He is
a preacher not to this parish or that, on this day or
that, but to all men, in all times and places. What
built St. Paul's Cathedral? Was it not the divine
Hebrew book?" So of missionary literature. It
must not be a secretary's address, minister's ser-
mon or laymen's talk, all good in their place with
the fire of the living speaker behind them. But
they will not stand cold type. Millions of inspir-
ing sermons have stood being preached ; not one in
a million will stand printing. When it comes to
the printed page it is the literary style, not the
oratorical, that tells.
Let us have one literary secretary that will
imbue our missionary literature with the attractive-
ness and power that have made the Bible and
Departure of the Pilgrims from Delfshaven.
Frontispiece to Griffis' The Pilgrims in their Three Homes.
From aii old Dutch painting owned by Geo. 11. Boughtou, by permission of S. P. Avery, Jr., New York City.
164
A MISSIONARY READING CIRCLE — A STRANGE HOUSE OF WORSHIP. [August,
secular literature such a mighty influence in the
world. We have been satisfied with too mediocre
work here. Our missionary secretary should be a
man who knows the power of the literary art and
can wield it in telling the story of heathen conver-
sions and missionary sacrifices like a Dickens could
thrill our lives with the common events of daily life.
He should be a man like Charles Dudley Warner,
who can scent the track of literary merit and give
us a " Library of the World's Best Missionary
Literature." A man understanding the beauty of
correct phrase and telling sentence, keen to perceive
the vital points of any experience, can portray
them for the Christian Church in language that
charms, interests and stirs to action.
Let our missionary secretary supervise a periodical
that has its serial story like our secular magazines,
embodying the stories of the missionaries' and
heathen converts' own lives. No writers of fiction
ever had finer opportunity for material that is most
valuable. And instead of the best of these experi-
ences from the field being pigeon-holed in the
Board's desks or used as occasional fuel to flame the
addresses of the secretaries, let them be poured forth
in leaflet, periodical and story for the benefit of
those at home who cannot attend conventions and
assemblies.
A word as to a " Library of the World's Best
Missionary Literature." Every church should
have one. Our trashy Sunday-school libraries
might well be supplanted with such, with the con-
tents of which pastor, session, Y. P. S. C. E. and
ladies of the church could be made acquainted and
use under the leadership of a pastor who is an en-
thusiast on missions. And the pastor who is not an
enthusiast should be either transformed or else
transferred to some other calling.
Our Assembly has seen fit to abolish the old
periodicals and institute a new magazine. If the
spirit of the above suggestions are embodied in it,
we have no fear about a wonderful awakening in
missionary interest and enterprise.
Sufficient to remark here that we are full of faith
for the future, and that our missionary Boards will
in the realm of our Church activities appreciate
and use the ever-growing power of literature as a
means to the world's enlightenment and final salva-
tion.
A MISSIONARY READING CIRCLE.
MRS. H. A. KETCH AM.
We have recently organized in the Presbyterian
Church of Salem, Ore. , a missionary reading circle,
the plan of which was originated by one of Califor-
nia' s ' ' shut-in ' ' workers. A secretary who keeps a
list of members and has charge of the circulation
of literature is assisted by two ladies, who form an
advisory committee. Any one — man, women or
child — may become a member of the circle if will-
ing to promise to read missionary literature one-
half hour each week and to secure one new mem-
ber during the year. For each half hour the
reading is neglected a fine of five cents is exacted,
which is placed in a fund for the purchase of liter-
ature. Members are urged, however, not to ne-
glect the reading, since the fine is not an equiva-
lent to the society for the information which might
have been gained. Each one is asked to make
note of what is read.
We have purchased a number of biographies for
the library, and shall add to them from time to
time as we are able, selecting carefully and wisely
from the large number of missionary books now
published. But we lay special emphasis upon the
magazines, and urge an increased circulation.
The Church at Home and Abroad is taken for
use in the reading circle. The missionary studies
alone are worth the price of the magazine, and it
is full of information, suggestions, helps and en-
couragements. I cannot express myself too
strongly when referring to its merits.
An annual meeting of the reading circle is to be
held, the purpose of which is not only to learn of
the information gained by members and to quicken
their zeal and enthusiasm, but to create an inter-
est among those not yet enrolled as members.
We hope through this circle to reach many of the
men who because of their busy lives have neglected
to inform themselves on the great subject of mis-
sions, as well as the young people and the boys
and girls.
The North Pacific Board is giving much atten-
tion to this subject and hopes to have a reading
circle organized by each auxiliary within its
bounds.
A STRANGE HOUSE OF WORSHIP.
An Australian missionary periodical, reporting a
spiritual awakening in Fiji, says the revival com-
menced on the historic island of Bau, and in the
great stone building known as the Cakoban Memo-
rial Church.
Stone buildings in Fiji are rare, but nowhere in
the South Seas is there a building made up of such
rare stones as are embedded in the thick walls of
the church at Bau. In those old walls are to be
found great slabs that were for ages ground into
shape by the action of wild waves on the neighbor-
ing reefs ; stones that were once gods ; stones
gathered from the ruins of ancient heathen temples ;
stones taken from old fortifications, over which men
1898.]
ELDER ADANDE — BABIES IN SUNDAY-SCHOOL.
165
once fought and bled and
died ; grim, hard stones that
for ages absorbed the tears and
blood of generations of men
who walked this green earth
without God and without hope
in the world. To-day, within
the four walls of this strange
edifice, stands, where it has
stood for many a year, a rough
boulder of gray rock that was
once the killing stone, against
which scores of poor victims of
lust and murder have been
dashed to death to make a feast
for the lords of Bau. This grim
memorial of darker days has
been turned into a baptismal
font, from which many hun-
dreds of men, women and chil-
dren have been baptized into
the name of the Father, the
Son and the Holy Ghost.
ELDER ADANDE.
Mr. Joseph H. Reading,
whose labor in the Gaboon
and Corisco Mission began in
1877, published soon after his
return to this country in 1888
a volume entitled ' ' The Ogowe
Band." In it the writer pre-
sents attractively just such in-
formation about Africa as
young people can use in their
missionary meetings.
One of the elders in the
native church was Adande,
who had been a slave in early
life but had become free.
Though an ignorant man he
was an ideal Christian whom
one could not help loving. He was everywhere
known as "Good Old Uncle" Adande. Faithful
and true as a man, he was a safe and prudent coun-
sellor. He would come to the missionary for instruc-
tions and then start out on foot for an itinerating
trip of a few days to tell the people in the villages
and country hamlets about Jesus Christ.
The portrait, as well as the pictures on pages 158
and 166, are reproduced from the volume by kind
consent of Mr. Reading. In her introductory note
Mrs. G. R. Alden heartily recommends the book,
which, she says, abounds with charming pen pic-
tures as well as deeply interesting literal ones.
'Good Old Uncle" Adande.
BABIES IN SUNDAY-SCHOOL.
A writer in the Japan Evangelist describes a
Japanese Sunday-school which opened with song
and prayer and the recitation in concert of the Ten
Commandments, the Apostles' Creed and the Beati-
tudes. "Then, after another song, the teachers
take their own pupils around them and teach them
the lesson for the day. And now the babies begin
to cry. They have been very good as long as their
little nurses have been moving around, getting up
and down for the singing and reciting, and the
songs have helped to keep them still ; but now,
when all settle down to the quiet of the lesson
166
A HERO OF THE STOKEHOLE.
[August,
hour, the babies most decidedly object. Do you
ask why the babies are there? Because their
sisters are their nurses and must take care of them.
They cannot come to Sunday-school unless they
bring them tied on their backs. To the mothers
Sunday is only a day when the children are at home
from school, and can look after the baby all day.
So he is tied on his sister's back, inside of her
clothes, if it is cold, and she runs out into the
streets and plays with her mates. Baby is happy
in the open air, jolting about, sleeping, with his
little head rolling from side to side, or looking on
with wide open eyes at his sister's play. He is a
little tyrant, however, and makes his sister do all
that he wants. So it is that, when he gets tired
of the quiet of the Sunday school, if the singing has
not lulled him to sleep, he peremptorily orders his
little nurse to give him a change. So she rises and
bounces him up and down and swings him from
side to side, keeping her eyes fixed on her teacher
and her ears open to her words. You can imagine
how the class looks, for it is not only one little
nurse that is there, but often half the school or
more comes double. Often the baby is not satisfied
with the shaking he gets, nor with the cake or
candy which is fished out from the depths of his
sister's long sleeve for him, and she is compelled to
go out of doors with him. But she seldom gets
cross with him. It is wonderful to see how
patiently she endures all his whims, and how kind
she is, in spite of all h's naughty ways.
" When the lesson in the class is finished, there is
another song, and the picture story, and the meet-
ing is over, and the children flock out into the street
again."
A HERO OF THE STOKEHOLE.
The present crisis is developing many noble ex-
amples of heroism. While rejoicing in these exhi-
bitions of American manhood, we should not for-
get the men whose fidelity is none the less true and
heroic because their work is hidden from view.
When the Oregon was making that remarkable
trip of 17,492 miles, the longest continuous passage
ever made by a battleship, she halted at Callao for
coal, and the crew asked permission to work night
and day until the bunkers were full. After round-
ing the Cape, as the ship steamed northward, it
grew terribly hot. One of the stokers, McGargle,
was prostrated and brought on deck. When he
opened his eyes he said to the officer bending over
him : " Take me back to the boilers. She's making
a good run. I want to help her along." McGar-
gle is one of the heroes of the stokehole.
Native Village near Axim, Gold Coast.
From Reading's The Ogowe Band.
1898.]
PRESBYTERIAN ESDEAV0RER9.
167
PRESBYTERIAN ENDEAVORERS.
Redding, Cal.
The Junior Endeavor society meets Sunday
morning j ust before the hour of worship, and the
members remain to that service. " Junior Corner ' '
is a source of inspiration to the pastor, who ad-
dress his opening remarks to the little people.
San Francisco, Cal.
Chinese Home. — The Senior and Junior Chris-
tian Endeavor societies, which meet each Sunday
afternoon, and the Tong Oke Missionary Band
have contributed during the year $46.45. There
are now thirty eight inmates of the home. Dur-
ing the year nine girls have been baptized and have
united with the church.
Ouray, Colo.
The Endeavor society conducts the evening ser-
vice on the last Sunday of each month. Its mem-
bers attend the midweek prayer meeting in large
numbers. As a result of the work of the young
people the congregation at the church service has
been doubled.
Takoma Park, D. C. -
The Christian Endeavor society of Takoma Park
Presbyterian Church, of which the Rev. John
Van Ness is pastor, has adopted what is proving
to be a very successful method of holding the
monthly business meetings. The members take
turns in entertaining the society at their homes
and the business and social features are combined.
The first part of the evening is given over to the
committee reports and other business after which
a musical and literary program is rendered as ar-
ranged by the social committee ; light refreshments
are served by the host and a very pleasant even-
ing is enjoyed. The attendance is always good.
Lincoln, Kans.
The elders and many of the older members of
the church are active members of the Christian
Endeavor society ; hence most of the young people
are found in the midweek prayer meeting. —
8. B. L.
Lakawn, Laos.
The Rev. C. H. Denman, of Chieng Hai, reports
in the Christian Endeavor World the Christian En-
deavor convention held in Lakawn. Delegates
were present from twenty of the twenty- eight
societies in Laos ; some of them, traveling on foot,
were from three to twelve days on the way. One
society reported a " teaching committee," whose
duty it is to teach the members who cannot read,
so that they may take some part in the prayer
meeting. The convention recommended that
each society adopt this plan. Evangelistic work
and Bible study were the two thoughts most
prominently before the convention. The young
people resolved to ' ' put their hearts ' ' into evan-
gelistic work and to study, during the year, the
book of James. A paper, the Endeavorer, has
just been started for the six hundred Endeavorers
of Laos land.
Baltimore, fid.
The Lafayette Square Christian Endeavor so-
ciety completed its tenth year on June 5. The
event was appropriately celebrated by stirring ad-
dresses by the State president, Mr. Shumacher,
and by their pastor, Rev. Llewellyn S. Fulmer,
who is himself an ardent Endeavorer. The
society is in a flourishing condition. During the
past year its benevolent receipts including missions
were $158.54, and for society expenses $50.73.
At the last business meeting the Good Literature
Committee reported having sent over 400 pieces
of good reading matter to the Maryland soldiers
at Tampa, Fla. It was also decided to purchase
500 copies of Mr. Moody's colpoitage library
books for sale and distribution. — C. V. Z.
Alma, Mich.
Alma College. — There are eleven graduates in
the class of '98. Of these, seven expect to enter
upon the study of theology as candidates for the
ministry.
Marine City, Mich.
The Christian Endeavor society, in common
with the entire congregation, is receiving faithful
instruction from the pastor, who is giving a series
of Sunday evening sermons on the topics : Why
I am a Presbyterian, Presbyterian Polity, Pres-
byterian Doctrine, Presbyterianism as a Political
Force, Presbyterianism as a Moral Force, Presby-
terianism as a Spiritual Force.
Mankato, Minn.
The missionary work of our young people is
growing and spreading. Each month finds a
larger number interesting themselves in this
branch of Christian effort. Our Juniors are giv-
ing increased amounts and our Senior Christian
Endeavor, having contributed $50 for some years
past to foreign missions, have this year deter-
mined to add $25 more to home missions. In an-
other year we hope to increase our gifts and ere long
reach the point where we will assume the entire
support of a missionary. One of our brightest
young ladies is studying medicine with a view to
the foreign field when she has finished her re-
maining two years' study. We shall hope to be
able to send her forth as our own missionary, as-
suming the entire responsibility for her support.
168
PRESBYTERIAN ENDEAVORERS.
[August,
West Point, Miss.
Mary Holmes Seminary — It is the aim of the
seminary to educate the pupils physically, ment-
ally, morally and spiritually ; to train them first
to be home makers, then to be wise leaders in so-
ciety and the church. But a Christian education
must have much of Christ in it. And since no at-
tainments in literature, no acquisition on the part
of her pupils of the practical arts of life, however
useful, would justify the existence of Mary Holmes
Seminary, the ideal toward which the institution
works is the development of a symmetrical, well-
rounded Christian character. The course of study
and the entire life of the seminary are directed to
this end. Every Lord's Day there is preaching in
the morning, Sunday-school in the afternoon and
a Christian Endeavor or missionary meeting in the
evening. Daily prayers are held morning and
night, and the class prayer meetings on Wednes-
nesday evening. The Bible and the Shorter Cate-
chism are studied daily.
Brookfield, Mo.
The religious life in the Presbyterian College
Preparatory School located here has been espe-
cially helpful during the year recently closed. Of
the one hundred and eighteen students in attend-
ance, twenty -two were converted. Many are act-
ive in Endeavor and Y. M. C. A. work. One
manly young Christian of the senior class was
given his diploma and went to the front to fight
under his country's flag.
Elmira, N. Y.
Franklin Street. — The new pastor, the Kev. James
A. Miller, Ph.D., writes The Church at Home
and Abroad as follows ; I have been deeply im-
pressed in coming to the Franklin Street Church
with the advantage of letting all who will of the
adult membership work in the Endeavor society.
It has not at all prevented the young people feel-
ing that the meeting is theirs, nor discouraged
their taking part. It has helped the Endeavorers
of middle age. And the meetings are much im-
proved. In all except the very large societies I
believe the Seniors ought to remain members and
workers until four- score years of age.
Rochester, N. Y.
Brick. — The good literature committee has
made arrangement for the sale at Christian En-
deavor meetings and church socials of religious,
devotional and missionary books. The selection
is choice, and all are sold at the same price as in
the book stores.
Philadelphia, Pa.
Covenant. — In this society the excellent practice
prevails of repeating in concert at the weekly
prayer meeting a "memory passage." The pas-
sage to be committed to memory is selected by the
prayer meeting committte, and announced one
week in advance.
Olivet. — During July and August, while the
pastor is absent, the Endeavor society holds its
meeting at 8 o'clock each Sunday evening. Many
of the congregation who are not members of the
society attend and join heartily in the singing.
Dallas, Tex.
Second. — During the year some associates have
become active members. The society has con-
ducted two Sabbath evening church services dur-
ing the absence of the pastor and assisted at the
Crittenden Mission. The temperance, literature
and flower committees have been especially ac-
tive. One- third of the offerings go to missions.
— K. A. C.
Cairo, W. Va.
The pastor, Rev. Joseph R. Monfort, writes as
follows of a successful plan : Acting on the prin-
ciple that we value and are interested in any
movement: to which we contribute money or labor,
and desirous of impressing my boys with the fact
that they were part of the working force of the
church, I instituted the following plan under the
auspices of the "Willing Workers," a Mission
Band in my church which I have the honor of
leading.
The town was divided into small districts, one
of which was given to each of the older boys,
making each responsible for his own.
Through these district committeemen I can
learn of new arrivals, illness, etc. , and distribute
notices of services, entertainments and other work
prosecuted by the church, either directly or by
means of the Christian Endeavor, Ladies' Society
or Mission Band.
Then too, merchants and others, appreciating
the prompt, systematic and reliable delivery plan
in vogue, sometimes employ the boys as "a Band,
and the resulting fees help swell their contribu-
tions to home and foreign missions, money thus
earned possessing an additional charm in their eyes.
This is but one feature of the training through
which they are passing and by which they are
being schooled in benevolence, self-sacrifice, mis-
sionary intelligence and zeal, self-confidence and
general effectiveness In the various phases of work
in the church, a preparation which will, I feel
sure, make them reliable and efficient help in
after years, in the room of the present active
workers of greater age when they are called up
higher.
1898.]
QUESTIONS — WITH THE MAGAZINES.
169
QUESTIONS FOR THE AUGUST MISSIONARY MEETING.
[Answers may be found in the preceding pages.]
Work at Home.
1. What new responsibilities and obligations are forced
upon us by the present national crisis? Page 144.
2. A mission church in a Mormon village in Idaho makes
what record in the matter of benevolent gifts? Page 145.
3. What obstacle to church growth and Christian life is
found in some mining towns? Pages 146, 147.
4. What is said of the Maricopa Indians, who are now
listening to the gospel for the first time? Page 151.
5. How does a "septuagenarian" home missionary ex-
press his enthusiastic love for Christian work? Page 152.
6. What are some of the problems connected with the
theological education of young Mexicans ? Page 152.
7. Describe the growth of a Presbyterian church which
held its first services in a saloon. Page 153.
8. What are some of the obstacles to the success of church
work in Oklahoma ? Page 154.
9. Glean facts and incidents to illustrate the self-sacrifice
of home missionaries. Pages 151-156.
10. Describe the labret and the totem pole of the Klingits
in Alaska. Pages 169, 170.
11. How did "Mrs. Campbell's Sunday-school" result in
the establishment of a Presbyterian Church? Page 130.
12. Describe the industrial work carried on by the Freed-
men's Board at Ferguson Academy. Page 141.
13. How does the number of theological students of all de-
nominations in this country compare with the number of
students of medicine ? Page 135.
14. What step in advance has been taken by the Board of
Education ? Page 135.
15. Tell something of the oldest college for women. Page
102.
16. What improvement is suggested in the method of pre-
paring for Children's Day ? Page 138.
17. Repeat some illustrations of the value and usefulness of
the Sunday-school. Pages 140, 141.
18. Tell the story of the origin, growth and influence of
lirook field College. Pages 129, 130.
19. What special field is there for woman's work in Minis-
terial Relief ? Page 134.
Work Abroad.
20. Show how the Board of Foreign Missions is several
Boards in one. Page 111.
21. What was the purpose of the Board's conference with
new missionaries ? Page 113.
22. Name three reflex advantages of foreign missions.
Pages 121-123.
23. Repeat the story of the missionary tact of a converted
Moslem. Page 119.
24. What are some of Mrs. Bishop's impressions of our mis-
sion in Korea? Page 116.
25. How does Mr. Moftett describe his reception by Korean
Christians on his return to Pyeng Yang? Page 127.
26. What evidence of progress does be find? Page 127.
27. What important step in the development of the native
church are the missionaries about to make ? Page 128.
28. To what does Mr. Mollett attribute the] success of mis-
sion work in Korea ? Page 128.
29. Describe the so called exorcism of an evil spirit as
practiced in Korea ? Page 118.
30. How have Christians in Brazil recently suffered perse-
cution ? Page 126.
31. What thank-offering did one of them make? Pagel27.
32. Why do the friends of missions watch with special in-
terest the course of events in Egypt ? Page 98.
33. What are some of the defects of the Chinese, and what
is one result of Christian education ? Pages 98, 170.
34. Repeat the story of the Caroline Islands. Page 97.
35. The recent opening of a railway in Africa is of what
special significance ? Page 97.
36. State some facts about the Philippine Islands. Page
99.
37. What is the value of the picture roll in mission work
in Japan ? Page 161.
38. Why are babies sometimes taken to Sunday-school in
Japan ? Page 165.
39. Describe the Aino of Japan. Page 170.
40. What is one of the chief sights in Bombay? Page
170.
41. What strange house of worship may be found in Fiji ?
Page 164.
The Bibliotheca Sacra for July appeared with its
editorial staff reinforced by the addition of two as-
sociate editors, the Rev. Newell Dwight Hillis,
D.D., and the Rev. Frank W. Gunsaulus, D.D.
A faithful record of the world's doiDgs may be
found in the quarterly issues of Current History.
The four numbers for 1898 are likely to prove of
surpassing interest on account of the political de-
velopments in various parts of the world. While
there is of necessity in the daily press much of
rumor, exaggeration and distorted statement, in
Current History the wheat is sifted from the chaff,
disconnected fragments are put together into con-
cise and readable shape, and the reader feels that
he has an intelligent grasp of recent events. This
excellent publication, issued at $1.50 a year, has
recently been removed from Buffalo, N. Y., to
Boston, Mass.
WITH THE MAGAZINES.
Writing in the Popular Science Monthly of the
Klingits of Old Tongas, Alaska, George A. Dorsey
says : Throughout the entire northwest coast the
labret (a wooden plug in the lower lip) was a
mark of honor, and the larger its size the more
honor it conferred, for every time a new labret of
larger size was inserted it necessitated the giving of
a great potlach, or present- distributing feast. It is
related that in the olden times disputes between
women were often settled by one of the disputants
scornfully pointing one hand at her enemies and lay-
ing a finger on her own labret, declaiming in a
manner at once emphatic and conclusive, "My
labret is bigger than yours."
A writer in the Revue Scientifique, whose article is
translated in the Literary Digest, says : The Chinese
century, or cycle, is composed of sixty years ; it is
called Luc-Grap, which means "the six decades."
170
WITH THE MAGAZINES.
[August,
In China the years are not numbered, they have
names. These names are formed by means of com-
bining two words — the first taken from a series of
ten expressions denoting inert materials of the earth,
and the second from a series of twelve names of liv-
ing animals. The century is divided into two dis-
tinct sets of periods, of ten and twelve years each,
respectively. By an ingenious combination of the
two sets of names appropriate to these series, the
names of the individual years are formed. The
year 1897 was the thirty-fourth of the seventy-sixth
cycle of the Chinese era, called Dinh-Dan. It is
the year of the interior fire place and the chicken ;
that is to say, according to popular superstition, an
epoch of calm. The year 1898 (Mo-Tuat, fallow-
land and the dog) indicates that all the energy of
the nation will turn from tilling the soil toward
vigilance and the care of the home in view of foreign
threats This is the way that the Chinese
predict the future.
In his article in The Quiver on " A Land without
a Sunday," Bishop Graves writes that the greatest
lack of the Chinese is in the region of the moral and
spiritual. Without religion as the living exercise
of a spiritual conviction, they are grossly material-
istic. Their society, their art, their books, are
alike in this, that they are fast bound by the things
of sense. Through the thick cloud which hides
the spiritual from their eyes hardly a gleam of the
beautiful, the eternal, seems to finds its way.
Nothing is more saddening than the lowness of tone
that pervades all Chinese writing and is universal
in Chinese social life. The two words that most
constantly strike the ear are "cash" and "rice."
It is a type of the tone of thought of the people.
High or low, rich or poor, learned or ignorant,
they live for the things of this world only. One
will live long in China before he meets men who
are thinking high and pure thoughts or living for
the good of others. One finds in the best Chinese
writers plenty of wit and wisdom, of clever things
set down in perfect literary form ; but he will not
find the great thoughts that move the world, the
high aspiration and beauty and sincerity of the
writers who have been formed under Christian
civilization.
Mrs. Mabel Loomis Todd, who in 1896 accom-
panied the Amherst College expedition which
visited northern Japan to view the total eclipse of
the sun, had the opportunity of seeing the "hairy
Aino " of that region. Writing from personal ob-
servation in the July Century, she speaks of the
bushy-haired and bearded men as walking with
stately tread, while the women and children are far
less imposing. Somewhat larger, and apparently
stronger, than the Japanese, although not taller,
the older men are actually patriarchial, with long
beards, and masses of thick hair parted in the
middle. Many faces have a benign and lofty ex-
pression. Driven gradually through ages from the
south to Hokkaido, the Ainos are among the few
races yet retaining, in this over- civilized world of
ours, an utterly unspoiled simplicity. Their origin
has never been satisfactorily traced, but they were
certainly in Japan long before the present race of
Japanese had arrived, and names clearly origi-
nating in the Aino tongue are still retained all over
the empire. Gentle and subservient to the con-
quering race, it is evident that they formerly held
more egotistic views than now, even fancying
themselves the centre of the universe, as is shown
perhaps by an old national song :
Gods of the sea, open your eyes divine,
Wherever your eyes turn, there echoes the sound of the Aino
speech.
The researches of students of folklore in Africa
have been directed to all branches of popular
literature, and a rich collection has already been
accumulated of proverbs, enigmas, songs, national
legends, religious traditions, stories, animal fables
and other works. The literary merit of all this
production is not very great, but it is interesting in
that it exhibits certain peculiarities in character.
Proverbs express general and simple ideas in con-
cise form, under familiar figures and truly repre-
sent the first instinctive effort of man in search of
a literary language. This summary of the re-
searches of the students of folklore of the African
school may go to show that thought does not
abound in the traditions of the Negro tribes. The
few flowers that are found here and there form only
a very poor garland . — M. Muret in Popular Science
Monthly, June, 1898.
Anchored at the mouth of the Gulf of Mexico,
whose waters wash the shores of five American
States ; in position to protect the trade of the Mis-
sissippi, Missouri and Ohio valleys ; standing like
a huge sentinel to watch over the proposed transit
across Nicaraugua ; her shores indented with
splendid harbors ; with an ideal and unrivalled
winter climate— Cuba, whether an Independent re-
public or later Americanized and annexed to the
United States, is destined at last to emerge from the
dark shadows of the past and stand side by side with
those countries that have their place in the broad
sunlight of peace, progress and prosperity. — Major
General Fitzhugh Lee in The Living Age.
One of the chief sights in Bombay which every
traveler wishes to see, is the Parsee method of dis-
posing of the bodies of the dead, at the Towers of
1898.1
WITH THE MAGAZINES — WORTH READING.
171
Silence. These are situated on Malabar Hill, the
highest ground in the city, about four hundred feet
above the level of the sea, amid costly residences of
foreigners. The towers, six in number, one of them
having been in use for two hundred and thirty years,
are located in a splendid garden park. I visited the
one chiefly in use, in which corpses are exposed, on
an average of three a day, to the vultures. The tower
is about a hundred feet in diameter and twenty-five
feet in height. In the inside, about ten feet above
the ground, there are iron gratings, sloping toward
the centre in three rows — the outer for men, the
middle one for women, the centre for children.
These gratings surround a well about twenty feet in
diameter, into which, after the vultures have done
their work, the bones are cast. More than fifty
vultures were roosting on the wall, waiting for their
accustomed prey, and scores more were flying over-
head.— Bishop Foss in the Sunday-school Times.
The totem pole (of the Klingits in Alaska) is a
coat of arms, it is an epitome of the owner's myth-
ical ancestry ; from its curious conventionalized
animals or hieroglyphs we read into the past of the
time of their garden of Eden and of their struggles
and friendships with the monsters of the deep and
the creatures of the land and air. The totem pole
stands immediately in front of the dwelling, and in
its more ancient form was even an intrinsic part of
the house, for an oval opening at the base of the
pole served as the entrance. — George A. Dorsey,
Ph.D., in Popular Science Monthly.
Paul had a vision of Christ as a risen Lord and
a world Messiah, he had a hope for the world be-
cause of that vision, and a love for his fellow -men
that made him debtor both to the Geeeks and to
the barbarians. Wherever there is this enthusiasm
for Christ, there will be missionary enthusiasm ;
wherever that enthusiasm is lacking, missionary
service will be perfunctory, contributions will be
small, and excuses plentiful. The vision of the
living Christ inspires us with hope for this world.
Our hope does not rest on history, but it is con-
firmed by history. We are ourselves the children
of foreign missions. Foreign missionaries from
Rome brought Christianity to England, and Eng-
land sent it across the sea in Huguenot and Pilgrim
to America. What it has done for us we believe it
can do for others, but our belief in what it can do
does not rest on what it has done for us. Our be-
lief is not in it, but in Him. To us Christianity is
Christ, it is the power of a new life, the life of
God in the soul of man, defined in the Christ,
made available in the Christ. To one believing in
this power, nothing seems impossible. To such it
seems no paradox to say, "I can do all things
through him that strengtheneth me."
If the Church is to be a fortign missionary
Church, it is not so much the reason which needs
to be convinced as the life to be revived. If we
would have a Pauline missionary spirit in the
churches, they must have a Pauline vision, a Paul-
ine hope and a Pauline love. If we have only a
vision of Christ, we may be satisfied to worship
him. If we have also a hope for our fellow-men,
we shall long to give them our vision of Christ that
our hope for them may be realized. If we have,
in addition, a love large enough to include all hu-
manity, and imagination vivid enough to enable us
to realize their need, we shall long to give to all
humanity our vision and our hope. The church,
the minister, or the Christian that has no foreign
missionary interest lacks either the vision of the
Christ, the hope for humanity in Christ, or the
love of all humanity as those for whom Christ
died.— The Outlook.
A writer who gives " Glimpses of Japan" in the
Presbyterian Review, says the Japanese are capable
of the highest civilization, provided the national
character is deepened by the infusion of the spirit
of Christ. That this may happen we have every
hope, inasmuch as so many Christian agencies are
at work, and so many of the Japanese themselves
are enthusiastic Christians as well as true patriots.
Christian schools and colleges are to be found in the
most important cities, and the graduates are sure
to have great influence wherever they go. Several
members of the Parliament are Christians, and
some leading men in the Liberal party are mem-
bers of the Christian Church. The wife of one of
the most noted generals in the army, one of the
heroes of the late war with China, is a devoted
Christian.
WORTH READING.
Korea and the Koreans. The Scottish Rcvieir, April, 1898.
A Journey Through the Tunisian Sahara, by Sir Harry
H. Johnston, K C.B. The Geographical Journal, June, 1898.
How Missionaries Travel. The Quiver, July, 1898.
Changes in the Unchanging East. The Quarterly Review,
April, 1898.
Literature of the African Negro, by M. Muret. Popular
Science Monthly, June, 1898.
Cruise Among Haida and Tlingit Villages, by George A.
Dorsey, Ph.D. Popular Science Monthly, June, 1898.
Undergraduate Life at Smith College, by Alice Katharine
Fallows. Scribner's Magazine, July, 1898.
The People of Hawaii, by Henry Schuler Townsend. The
Forum, July, 1898.
Indian Superstitions and Legends, by Simon Pokagon.
The Forum, July, 1898.
The Philippine Islands, by John A. Osborne. The Chau-
iauquan, July, 1898.
Life in Manilla, by Charles B. Howard. Frank Leslie's
Popular Monthly, July, 1898.
172
NECROLOGY.
[August,
MINISTERIAL NECROLOGY.
[Year ending April 30, 1898.]
Name.
Occu-
pation.
Presbytery.
Angier, Luther H.,
Evan.,
Boston,
Baldridge, Samuel Coulter, D.D.,
H. R.,
Cairo,
Barrett, Frank F., M.A.,
P.,
Madison,
Beardslee, Wm. Armitage,
S. S.,
Champlain,
Beck, T. Romeyu, D.D.,
w. c,
Benicia,
Bell, Sam'l Bookstaver, D.D.,
H.R.,
Kansas City,
Best, Jacob,
H. R.,
Lackawanna,
Billingsley, Amos S , D.D.,
P,
Yadkin,
Bosworth, Nathan,
H. R.,
Chemung,
Bowman, John Rice, D.D.,
H. R.,
Los Angeles,
Braduack, Isaac R.,
H. R.,
Buffalo,
Brewster, James Foster,
W. C,
Morris & Orange,
Brooks, Wm. F., D.D.,
Prof.,
Catawba,
Brown, Robert, M., D.D.,
H. R.,
North River,
Burdick, Charles R.,
H. R.,
Winnebago,
Burr, Alexander,
w. c,
Minnewaukon,
Campbell, John A.,
H. R.,
Crawfordsville,
Cardoza, I. Nunez.
Prof.,
Fairfield,
Cattell, Wm.C.,D.D.,LL.D.,
Sec,
Lehigh,
Clark, Seth G.,
H. R.,
Kansas City,
Claybaugh, William M.,
w.c,
Chicago,
Cochrane, Samuel
P-,
Washington,
Cottrell, Geo. Washington,
H.R.,
Monmouth,
Court, Robert, D.D.,
P..
Boston,
Craig, William P.,
w.c,
Butte,
Crawford, John Wesley, D.D.,
w. c,
Ozark,
Crocker, Jas. Norton, D.D.,
S.Supt.,
Albany,
Cunningham, Wm. L., D.D.,
P.,
Monmouth,
Davis, Edwin R.,
w. c,
Chicago,
Davis, John A., Vh. I)., D.D.,
P-,
Hudson,
Dennen, Stephen R., D.D.,
p..
Los Angeles,
Dei uelle, Daniel,
w. c,
Monmouth,
Dorland, Luke, D.D.,
T. & Ev.
Holston,
Elliott, Addi>on S., D.D.,
S.S.,
Wellsborough
Evans, Thomas J.,
Evan.,
Brooklyn,
Fairbairn, Alexander,
H. R.,
Oakland,
Falconer, Wm. Campbell, D.D.,
Inv.,
Dayton,
Faries, Josiah,
H. R.,
Minneapolis,
Faulkner, William E.,
w. c,
Newton,
Forbes, Adam G.,
w. c,
Pembina,
Forsythe, James C,
P-,
Hudson,
Freeman, Amasa S., D.D.,
P-,
Hudson,
Fre-hman, Jacob, D.D.,
s. s.,
Buffalo,
Fulton, Robert H., D.D.,
p,
Philadelphia,
Gates, Winthrop,
w. c,
Philadelphia, N. ;
Godfrey, Joseph L.,
P-,
Vincennes,
Greenleaf, Joseph,
p,
Hudson,
Hartman, Alex.,
P-,
Chicago,
Hawkins, John L.,
H. R.,
Cairo,
Hay, James A. R.,
Evan.,
Rochester,
Hays, George P., D.D..LL.D.,
H. R.,
Washington,
Head, Simeon C,
P-,
Puget Sound,
Herrick, Alanson,
H.R.,
Flint,
Hewitt, John Dunbar, D.D.,
Pres.,
Emporia,
Hickey, Yates,
Sec,
Chester,
Hindman, Sila«,
H. R.,
Sacramento,
Holmes, Hamilton Bishop,
Inv.,
Long Island,
Hopkins, Judson H.,
H.R.,
Nassau,
Howe, Franklin S.,
Evan.,
Chemung,
Hubbard, John Niles,
H. R.,
Stockton,
Irwin, David Johnson, D.D.,
P,
Kittanning,
Jewett, A.D. Lawrence,D.D.,
Evan.,
New York,
Jones, Geo. Kdward, D.D.,
Ed.,
Baltimore,
Jones, John M.,
H.R.,
Blairsville.
Keigwin, Ernest F.,
P-,
Philadelphia,
Kerr, Robert,
Ret.,
Zanesville,
Kost, J. Kellar,
w. c,
Lima,
Langdon, William M.,
F. M.,
Chemung,
Lind-ley, Charles E , D.D.,
Tea.,
Westchester,
Lockwood, William H.,
H. R., !
Chippewa,
Loudon, Clarke,
H.R.,
Central Dakota,
McDonald, Noah A., D.I}.,
S. S.,
Huntingdon,
McLean, Alex., D.D.,
Sec,
New York,
McLean, iEneas,
P.,
Lackawanna,
McLeod, David,
w. c,
Hudson,
McMaster, John,
H. R.,
Erie,
Macool, James B.,M.D.,
S. S.,
Pittsburgh,
Marks, Lafayette, D.D.,
P-.
New Castle,
Marshall, John W.,
w. c,
Central Dakota,
Matheson, George Gordon,
P. L.,
Red River,
Maxwell, George M., D.D.,
Evan.
Cincinnati,
Melrose, John C.,
F. M.,
Canton,
Millard, Edward N. B.,
W. C,
Neosho,
Moorhead, Wm. W., D.D.,
P,
Blairsville,
Morris, Herbert W., D.D.,
H. R.,
Rochester,
Niles, William A., D.D.,
Evan.,
Geneva,
PlAce of Death.
Boston, Mass.,
Mar., 1898,
S7
Hanover, Ind.,
April 15, 1898,
69
Prairie du Sac, Wis.,
Mar. 13,1898,
47
Holland, Mich.,
Oct. 20, 1897,
30
Oakland, Cal.,
May 22, 1897,
66
Santa Barbara, Cal.,
Dec 27, 1897,
80
Coventry, Pa.,
April 16, 1898,
75
Statesville, N. C,
Sept. 12, 1897,
80
Elmira, N. Y.,
Nov. 14,1897,
78
Los Angeles, Cal.,
Oct. 11, 1897,
71
Panama, N. Y.,
June 11, 1897,
a")
Summit, N. J.,
Aug. 10, 1897,
66
Biddle Univ.,
Dec 15, 1897,
54
Poughkeepsie, NY.,
| April 8, 1898,
85
Oshkosh, Wis.,
Aug. 10, 1897,
73
Bottineau, N. D.,
May 5, 1897,
67
Frankfort, Ind.,
Jan. 21, 1898,
75
Orangeburg, S. C,
April 3, 1898,
42
Philadelphia, Pa.,
Feb. 11, 1898,
71
Appleton City, Mo.,
1 April 22, 1S98,
80
Chicago, 111.,
April 13, 1898,
61
Wellsburgh, W. Va.,
Oct. 24, 1897,
56
Wheatland, N. J.,
Dec. 30, 1897,
80
Lowell, Mass.,
Sept. 30, 1S97,
68
Chicago, 111.,
June 14, 1897,
35
Monett, Mo.,
May 13, 1S97,
61
Saratoga Springs, N. Y.,
June 20, 1897,
70
Pt. Pleasant, N. J.,
Oct. 8, 1897,
50
Perth Amboy, N. J.,
July 7, 1897,
64
Nyack, N. Y.,
Sept. 22, 1S97,
58
Long Beach, Cal.,
Jan. 18, 1898,
71
New Egypt, N. J.,
Dec. 20, 1S97,
59
Springfield, 111.,
Nov. 22, 1897,
83
Mt. Jewitt, Pa.,
Dec. 21, 1897,
40
Lake Park, Ga.,
Aug. 27, 1897,
79
Williams, Cal ,
Feb. 24, 1898,
76
Wellsville, 0.,
April 23, 1897,
61
Minneapolis, Minn.,
Mar. 23, 1898,
76
Paterson, N. J.,
June 9, 1897,
-J9
Minto, N. D.
July 27, 1897,
68
Montgomery, N. Y.,
Dec 29, 1897,
72
Haverstraw, NY.,
April 27, 1898,
74
Buffalo, N. Y.,
Feb. 2, 1898,
5:;
Philadelphia, Pa.,
July 12, 1897,
54
New York, N.Y.,
Aug. 18, 1897,
29
Mt. Vernon,
Jan. 23, 1898,
35
Washingtonville, N. Y.,
Feb. 5, 1898,
59
New Castle, Colo.,
Sept. 11, 1897,
34
Ft. Scott, Kans.,
June 14, 1897,
97
Toronto, Canada,
May 13, 1897,
61
Washington, Pa.,
Sept. 6, 1897,
59
Fremont, Wash.,
Feb. 15, 1898,
53
Flint, Mich.,
Dec. 16, 1897,
75
Emporia, Kans.,
April 20, 1898,
59
Arlington, N. J.,
Nov. 1, 1897,
74
Chico, Cal.,
April 6, 1898,
75
Yaphank, N. Y.,
May 6, 1897,
56
Rye, N. Y.,
July 11, 1897,
67
Burdett, N. Y.,
July 13, 1897,
87
Tracy, Cal.,
Oct. 16, 1897,
82
Ebenezer, Pa.,
Feb. 20, 1898,
66
Nyack, N. Y.,
April 20, 1S98,
69
Baltimore. Md.,
Mar. 17, 1898,
56
Indiana, Pa.,
Sept, 16, 1897,
77
Wilmington, Del.,
Oct. 18,1897,
23
Clarks, 0.,
June 17, 1897, 1
64
Island Lake, Fla.,
Dec. 11, 1897,
76
Florida.
1897,
37
New Rochelle, N. Y.,
May 25,1897,
79
Eau Claire, Wis.,
Aug. 22, 1897,
72
Pierre, S Dak.,
Mar. 17, 1898, i
75
Shade Gap, Pa.,
Aug. 12, 1897,
67
New York, N. Y.,
Mar. 19,1898,
65
Scranton, Pa.,
June 12, 1897, j
48
Florida, N. Y.,
Mar. 20, 1898, 1
56
Erie, Pa.,
Mar. 10, 1898, 1
83
Elizabeth, Pa.,
July 3, 1897,
39
Wilmington, Del ,
Jan. 5, 1898,
65
California,
1897,
30
Fergus Falls, Minn.,
Nov. 6, 1897,
46
Wyoming, 0.,
Nov. 27, 1897,
77
Nodor, China,
Sept. 16, 1897,
37
Iola, Kans.,
Sept. 17, 1896,
45
St. Augustine, Fla.,
Jan. 30, 1897,
61
Rochester, N. Y.,
May 15, 1897,
78
Trumansburg, N. Y.,
Sept. 14, 1897,
74
1898.]
NECROLOGY — RECEIPTS.
173
Name.
Occu-
pation.
Presbytery.
Place of Death.
Date.
w
Nimrao, Gershon H.,
P-,
Philadelphia, N.,
Torre -dale, Pa.,
Feb. 24,1898,
64
Okuaa, T.,
S. Ev
San Francisco,
New York,
May 27, 1897,
28
Parks, Hugh Whiteford,
P.,
Steubenville,
Hopedale, 0.,
July 29, 1897,
56
Patcli, George B., D.D.,
H. R.,
Washington ( ity
Washington, DC,
April 9, 1898,
60
Pattoa, George, D.D.,
P. Em.,
Rochester,
Windsor Beach, N. Y.,
Aug. 12, 1897,
68
Pollock, William G.,
w. a,
Los Angeles,
Redlands, Cal.,
Jan. 18, 1898,
71
Poor, Daniel W., D.D.,
Em.Sec,
Philadelphia,
Newark, N. J.,
Oct. 11,1897,
79
Porteu<, William,
P.,
St. Louis,
Milwaukee, Wis.,
Oct. 1, 1897,
68
Proudflt, Alex., D.D ,
P,
Dayton,
New York, N. Y.,
April 2, 1897,
58
Railsback, Lycurgu;,
P. L.,
Kansas City,
Shreveport, La.,
Aug. 5, 1897,
63
Randolph, J Davidson,
P.,
Chester,
Atglen, Pa.,
May 23, 1897,
66
Roberta, William H.,
S.S.,
Crawfordsville,
Rossville, Ind.,
Mar. 29, 1898,
45
Ro<seel, Jos. Alex.,
H. R.,
Lackawanna,
Towanda, Pa.,
April 29, 1897,
80
Bossiter, Wm. 1).,
Agt.,
Cincinnati,
Cincinnati, 0.,
Mar. 19, 1898,
81
Rowlands, Daniel T.,
Evan.,
Aberdeen,
Aberdeen, S. D ,
July 21, 1?97,
75
Ruliffson, Albert G.,
Evan.,
New York,
Perth Amboy, N. J.,
May 2, 1897,
64
Sandford, Richard M.,
H.R.,
Buffalo,
E. Aurora, N. Y.,
Dec. 18,1897,
85
Schenck, Hlias S.,
H. R.,
Westchester,
Perth Amboy, N. J.,
April 8, 1898,
85
Shriver, Samuel S.,
H.R.,
Baltimore,
Baltimore, Md ,
Feb. 15, 1898,
76
Sibbett, Lowry W.,
Supt.,
Walla Walla,
Hamilton, Mont.,
Oct. 6, 1897,
33
Smith, Ellsworth M.,
W.C.,
Pueblo,
Texas,
Aug. 21, 1897,
58
Smith, Emerson F.,
w. c,
Saginaw,
Worth, Mich.,
Feb. 18,1898,
59
Smith, William Copley,
H.R.,
St. Paul,
Avalon, Pa.,
Oct. 15, 1897,
77
Stephenson, Thoma-i M.,
s. s.,
Zanesville,
Dresden, 0.,
Jan. 29, 1898,
70
Stewart, Daniel, D.D.,
H. R.,
Minneapolis,
Minneapolis, Minn.,
April 30, 1897,
86
Stuart, Alex. C,
H.R.,
Ebenezer,
Louisa, Ky.,
Aug. 29, 1897,
74
Swain, John L.,
H. R.,
Wellsbo rough,
Raymonds, Pa.,
Mar. 21, 1898,
78
Taylor, Augustus
P.,
Columbus,
Amanda, 0.,
Oct. 19, 1897,
6S
Taylor, William W.,
H. R.,
New Castle,
Wilmington, Del.,
Dec. 26, 1897,
86
Temple, Daniel H.,
H. R.,
San Josl',
Los Gatos, Cal.,
Sept. 9, 1S97,
75
Thompson, Lewis,
H. R.,
Oakland,
Oakland, Cal.,
Oct. 18, 1897,
87
Todd, Andrew C,
P.
Utah,
Springville, Utah,
April 12, 1898,
73
Todd, Oliphant M.,
P-,
Vincenne-s,
Towne, Joseph H., D D.,
H.R.,
Milwaukee,
Andover, Mass.,
July 30, 1897,
91
Trotter, Alexander,
H.R.,
Flint,
Vassar, Mich.,
June 7, 1S97,
87
Vincent, William R., D.D.,
H. R.,
Waterloo,
Chicago, 111.,
Dec. 17, 1897,
92
Voorhees, Henry V.,
W. C,
Elizabeth,
New York, N. Y.,
Oct. 10, 1897,
70
Vrooman, Daniel,
w.c,
Canton,
San Francisco, Cal.,
Waring, Hart E.,
Ret.,
Grand Rapids,
Grand Rapids, Mich.,
April 21, 1897,
86
Waugh, John, A.M.,
H. R.,
Steuben,
Cohocton, N. Y.,
Oet. 20, 1897,
83
Webb, Edward,
Sec,
Chester,
Lincoln Univ., Pa.,
April 6, 1898,
79
Wells, John Lester,
A. P.,
Newark,
Stillwater, N.Y.,
Aug. 29, 1897,
50
Williams, Moses Allen,
H.R.,
South Oregon,
Med ford, Oreg.,
Dec. 11, 1S97,
86
Wilson, John,
S. S.,
Boulder,
Central City, Colo.,
Oct. 25. 1897,
69
Woodhull, Gilbert Teunent, D.D.,
Prof.,
Chester,
Lincoln Univ., Pa.,
Feb. 11, 1S98,
71
Woods, Alex. M.,
P.&S.S.,
Lehigh,
Mahanoy City, Pa.,
Nov. 19, 1897,
66
Young, James.— 133
H. R.,
Kansas City,
High Point, Mo ,
Oct. 27, 1897,
73
WM. HENRY ROBERTS, Stated Clerk.
RECEIPTS.
Synods in small capitals ; Presbyteries in italics ; Churches in Koman.
It is of great importance to the treasurers of all the Boards that when money is sent to them, the
name of the church from whence it comes, and of the presbytery to which the church belongs, should be
distinctly written, and that the person sending should sign his or her name distinctly, with proper title,
e.g., Pastor, Treasurer, Miss or Mrs., as the case may be. Careful attention to this will save much trouble
and perhaps prevent serious mistakes.
the board of home missions.
Comparative Statement of Receipts for Months of June, 1897 and
* Churches.
* Woman's
Bd. op H. M.
Legacies.
Individuals, Etc.
Total.
1898— For Current Work . .
" " Debt
88,631 39
521 49
818,605 52
85,615 16
87,524 10
6,111 10
840,376 17
6,632 59
1898— Total June
9,152 88
7,050 56
18,605 52
15,122 37
3,483 15
5,615 16
3,891 52
13,635 20
3,370 40
47,008 76
29,434 85
1897— " "
2,102 32
1,723 64
10,264 80
17,573 91
Loss
174 HOME MISSIONS. [AugU9t,
Comparative Statement of Receipts for Three Months Ending June 30, 1897 and 1893.
♦Churches. *Woman's
Bd. of H. M.
Legacies.
Individuals.Etc.
Total.
1898— For Current Work .... * 27,949 01 $31,146 69
" "'Debt 22 269 85
814,945 85
J10.431 30
7,069 35
J84.472 85
29,339 20
1898 — Total, 3 mos 50 218 86 31146 69
14.945 85
11,274 43
17,500 65
8,045 42
1897 — " " 29 '682 37 29 873 46
113,812 05
77,875 68
3,671 42
9,455 23
35,936 37
Harvey C. Olin, Treasurer.
Madison Square Branch P. O., Box 156, New York, N. Y.
* Under these headings are included the gifts of Sabbath-schools and Young People's Societies.
RECEIPTS FOR THE BOARD OF HOME 3IISSIONS, JUNE, 1898.
Atlantic— South Florida— Arcadia Mission, 5.30 ; Lake-
land, 2; Orange Bend, 1.40; Punta Gorda, 1. 9 70
Baltimore.— Baltimore— Baltimore Westminster, " M. C.
D," 5. New Castle— Dover, 51.56; Lewes sab.-sch., for debt,
8; Manakin, for debt, 5; Port Deposit, 24.29 ; Rock, 20.
Washington City— Takoma Park, 33.57 ; Washington City
Covenant, 25. * 172 42
California.— Benieia — Bay Side Calvary, 5 ; Blue Lake,
for debt, 5 ; San Rafael (sab.-sch., 21.10), 80.70. Los Angeles—
Los Angeles Boyle Heights sab.-sch., 5.60 ; — Welsh, 5 ; San
Gorgoma, 3. Oakland— Oakland 1st (sab.-sch., 10; Jr. C.E.
debt, 2.50), 12.50; — Brooklyn C.E., 5; —Welsh C.E., 8;
Pleasanton, 5. San Francisco — San Francisco Memorial,
5.50. San Jose— Los Gatos, 3.25. 143 55
Catawba. — Yadkin— Freedom East, 1. 1 00
Colorado. — Boulder — Fort Morgan 1st, 3.83. Denver—
Highland Park, 5.94. Gunnison— Returned by a Missionary,
75. 84 77
Illinois.— Freeport— Prairie Dell German, 5. Bock Biver
—Morrison Jr. C.E., 15. Schuyler— Salem German sab.-sch.,
for debt, 2. 22 00
Indiana.— Crawfordsville— Lexington C.E.,4.85. Muncie —
Hartford City, for debt, 5. 9 85
Indian Territory.— Choctaw— Buffalo, 2.75. 2 75
Iowa.— Cedar Bapids— Blairstown C.E., 86 cts.; Cedar Ra-
pids 1st C.E., 12.50; Clarence C.E., 1.85; Lyons C.E., 1.25;
Monticello (C.E., 60 cts.; Jr. C.E., 50 cts.), 1.10; Onslow C.E.,
1.25 ; Scotch Grove C.E., 50 cts.; Wyoming C.E., 2.50. Council
Bluffs— Audubon (C. E., 1.40), 3.40 ; Council Bluffs 1st C.E.,
2.25; returned by a missionary, 16.67. Des Moines— New-
ton sab.-sch., 4.73. Dubuque— Dubuque 1st C.E., 1.20;
— 3d sab.-sch., 2; Hopkinton C.E., 5.81; Lansing 1st C.E.,
5.50; Manchester C.E., 5; Mount Hope, 21; Zion C.E.,
1.54. Fort Dodge— Fonda (sab.-sch., 1 ; Jr. C.E., 1), 3.25;
Pomeroy 1st, 2.25. Iowa— Birmingham C.E., 93 cts.; Bur-
lington 1st, 12.40; Hedrick C.E., 40 cts.; Keokuk 1st, S ;
Martinsburg C.E., 51 cts.; Mediapolis, 50 cts.; Oakland C.E.,
68 cts.; Shunam C.E., 50 cts. Iowa City— Montezuma, 2.50 ;
Nolo, 4.21. Sioux City— Ashton German, 20 ; Lyon Co. Ger-
man, 30. Waterloo— Dysart, 5; Holland German (debt, 40),
80; Rock Creek German sab.-sch., 3. 260 79
Kansas.— Emporia— Council Grove sab.-sch., 5. Larncd—
Arlington, 2.84; Galva, 1.25; Kingman, 14.58; Spearville,
4.95. Neosho— Paolo, 10. Osborne— Crystal Plains, 3. 41 62
Kentucky.— Zowm'«7/e— Hopkinsville 1st C.E. , 2.50. 2 50
Michigan. — Detroit— Ann Arbor C.E., 10 ; Detroit Centra!,
31 ; — Immanuel M.C., 2.27 ; — Memorial C.E., 2 ; — Scovel
Memorial, 5 ; Plymouth, 7. Flint— Port Huron Westminster
C.E., 10 ; Returned by a Missionary, 29.16. Grand Bapids—
Grand Rapids Westminster, 158.05. Monroe — Hillsdale, 7.
Saginaw— Maple Ridge (C.E., 3), 5 ; Wise, 1. 267 48
Minnesota. — Drihdh — IHew Duluth House of Hope sab.-
sch. (a sab.-sch. class patriotic offering for debt, 1), 4. Bed
Biter— Alliance, 2.70. St. Paul— Macalester Park for Susten-
tation, 1.35. Winona— Washington, 5.02. 13 07
Missouri. — Kansas C ily— Returned by a Missionary, 29.17.
Palmyra — Pleasant Ridge, 2.50. Platte — Rockport, 2 ; Re-
turned by a Missionary, 41.66. Si. Louis— St. Louis 2d Ger-
man, 5 ; Sulphur Springs, 3 ; Webster Grove, 71.16 ; Windsor
Harbor 5 159 49
Nebraska.— Box Butte— Belmont, 50 eta. ; Unity, 1.50. Hast-
ings— Culbertson, 2.25. Kearney — Buffalo Grove (debt, 5;
sab.-sch., 4), 16 ; Salem, 5. Nebraska City— Alexandria, 3.18 ;
Sterling, 3.70; Tamora (C. E., 90 cts), 2.50. Omaha— Omaha
Castellar Street (sab.-sch. 3.41), 13.23. 47 86
New Jersey. —Elizabeth — Basking Ridge, for debt, Jr.
C.E., 5 ; Cranford, for debt, Jr.C.E., 5 ; Elizabeth 3d Avenue
Chapel sab.-sch., 2.25; Roselle, 25.54. Jersey City — Jersey
City 1st sab.-sch. Mis. As. . 50. Monmouth— Freehold sab.-sch. ,
9.84 ; Mount Holly, for debt, 200. Morris and Orange— Madi-
son, 62.55 ; Morristown 1st, 81.85 ; Orange 1st, 700 ; — Hillside
sab.-sch., 100 ; Summit Central, 61. Newark— Bloomfield 1st,
151.08; Montclair 1st C.E., 12.50; Newark 2d, 100; — Park,
35. New Brunswick — Lambertville C.E., 10; Milford (sab.-
sch., 17.97; C.E.,2.50), 20.47; Trenton 1st, 2; —Chapel 1st
C.E., 3.61 ; — Prospect Street, 30. Newton— Beatystown, 1 ;
Knowlton, 10; La Fayette, patriotic offering for debt, 10;
Mansfield 2d, 1. West Jersey— Bunker Hill, 1; Elmer, 2;
Greenwich (sab.-sch., 6), 15 ; Haddonfield, 2.15; Swedesboro
C.E., 2. 1,711 84
New York.— A Ibany— Albany State Street, 106.40 ; — West
End, 50; Mariaville, 6. Binghamton — Binghamton 1st,
members and C.E, 6 ; — Immanuel, 2.18. Boston— London-
derry, 8; Lowell, 32; Quincy, 20.51. Brooklyn— Brooklyn
1st add'l, 198.11 ; — 2d, 224.63; — 5th, 5; — Arlington Avenue,
13.25; — Classon Avenue C.E., patriotic offering for debt,
10.00; — Lafayette Avenue (Missionary Concert, 26.85), 51.85;
Stapleton 1st Edgewater, 14.82 ; West New Brighton Im-
manuel, 19. Cayuga— Ithaca (sab.-sch., 47.22), 415.30. Che-
mung—Elrnira Lake St. patriotic offering for debt, 25. Geneva
— Branchport, 2.66 ; Seneca Falls, 75.32. Hudson — Florida,
12.40; Nyack W. M. S., for debt, 11; Otisville, 4; West
Town, 7. Long Island— Bridgehampton, 39.10; Mattituck
C. E., 6. Nassau— Glen Cove, 7 ; Refund of amount paid to
Rev. P. A. Schwarz, 62.50. New York- East Harlem, 1;
New York Central General Missionary Committee, 150 ; —
Madison Avenue (patriotic offering, 28.48 ; Good-Will Chapel
sab.-sch. patriotic offering, 18.29), 46.77 : — Morningside, 10 ;
— Puritan Chapel, 25; — University Place sab.-sch., 25; —
West sab.-sch., 60. North Biver— Pleasant Vallev (sab.-sch.,
15), 28 ; Poughkeepsie 1st (sab.-sch., 33.67), 64.38"; Wapping-
er's Falls 2.32. Otsego— Cooperstown, 63.46 ; East Guilford,
3.80. Bochester— Charlotte (sab.-sch., 3.91), 18.55; Geneseo
Village, for debt, 2o ; Lima, 27. St. Laivrence — Potsdam, 75.
Steuben — Almond, 3; Woodhull C. E., 2.50. Syracuse— Con-
stantia C. E., 3 ; Skaneateles, 27.22. Troy — Melrose C.E., 5 ;
Salem sab.-sch., 5.66 ; Troy Oakwood Avenue patriotic offer-
ing for debt (Sr. C.E., 4; Jr. C.E., 6.55 ; sab.-sch., 5), 15.55 ;
— Woodside, 84.08 ; Waterford, 14.26. Utica— Holland Pat-
ent, 38 ; Redfield patriotic offering for debt, 1 ; Utica 1st sab.-
sch., 7; — Bethany (sab.-sch., 13.16), 21.66. Westchester —
Mount Vernon lst,*332.94 ; South-East Centre Young Ladies'
League patriotic offering fordebt, 1 ; Thompsonville (sab.-
sch., 50.40; C.E., 50.40), 100.80. 2722 98
North Dakota. — Fargo — Hillsboro, 6 ; Hunter, 14.61.
Minneuaukon— Rolla, 10. 30 61
Ohio.— Chillicothe— Waverly, 3.40. Cincinnati— Wyoming,
for debt, 8. Clex'eland— Cleveland 1st, 1000 ; — Calvary sab.-
sch., 25; — North, 25; — South C.E. patriotic offering for
debt, 5 ; Parma, 8. Columbus — Columbus 2d, 76.58. Dayton —
Springfield 2d sab.-sch., 25. Mahoning— North Jackson, 9.
Portsmouth — Ripley, 5. St. Clairsville — Pleasant Valley, 2.
Zanesville— Fredericktown, 11. 1202 98
Oregon.— East Oregon— Union, 2.97. Portland— Bethel, 2 ;
Springwater, 7. Southern Oregon — Yoncalla, 1. Willamette —
Liberty, 2. 14 97
Pennsylvania. — Allegheny— Allegheny 2d, 10 ; — Central,
1.52 ; Glasgow Jr.C.E., 1 ; Glenfield, 14.26. Butler— Centre-
ville, 72 ; Harlansburg, 7 ; New Salem, 10 ; Scrub Grass, 25.
Carlisle— Lebanon Christ sab.-sch., 6.61. Chester — Ashmun,
1898.]
HOME MISSIONS — FOREIGN MISSIONS.
175
15 ; Avondale, 4 ; Chester 1st (sab.-sch., 20), 25 ; Wayne sab.-
sch., 18.83. Clarion— Du Bois, 50 : Johnson burg, 10.33 ; Mount
Pleasant patriotic ottering, 1; Reynoldsville, 17 ; Shiloh, 2;
Wikox, 21.43; Cash, for debt. 25. Erie — Erie East minster Mis-
sion sab.-sch., 6.83; North-East sab.-sch., 22.06; Titusville,
100.12 ; Warren sab.-sch., 100. Huntingdon— Mapleton, 2.50 ;
Milesbnrg, 6.53 ; Moshannon and Snow Shoe, 2.47. Kitlanning
—Apollo (sab.-sch., 10), 44 ; Atwood, 1.70 ; Boiling Spring, 5 ;
Cherry Tree, 1.12 ; Elderton, 6.65; Whitesburg, 5.40. Ixicka-
wamma — Great Bend, 9; Harmony, 57; Herrick, 8; New
Milford, 7.50 ; Scranton Sumner Avenue, 1 ; — Washburn St.
C.E., 21,85 ; Taylor, 1.50; Wilkesbarre 1st, 394.37 ; — Memo-
rial sab.-sch., 66.S0. Lehigh — Audenreid, 23.34 ; Bethlehem
1st, 12.87 ; Mahanoy City C.E., 4.50. Northumberland— Wil-
liamsport Covenant sab.-sch., 32.51. Philadelphia — Phila-
delphia Arch Street sab.-sch., 67.78; — Bethany sab.-sch.
(Cuyler Class, 10; East Balcony Class, 2), 33; — Bethesda
sab.-sch., 8.67 ; — Memorial Chapel C.E., for debt, 1.75; —
Richmond, 15 ; — Westminster, 13.75. Philadelphia North-
Fox Cha.se Memorial, 3 ; Hermon, 50. Pittsburg — Idlewood
Hawthorne Avenue, 8; Pittsburg East Liberty, 98 07; —
Edgewood, 30.28; — Lawrenceville (sab.-sch., 6.60), 41.66;
— Shady Side (C.E., for debt, 20; sab.-sch., 45), 75.97;
Wilkinsburg, (C.E., 30), 163.19. Redstone — New Salem, 9;
Rehoboth, 19.69 ; Spring Hill Furnace, 2. Shenango —
Hermon patriotic offering for debt, 15. Washington — Fair-
view, 20; Upper Buffalo sab.-sch., 7.61 ; Washington 1st sab.-
sch., 4. Westm inster— New Harmony, 32. 2001 02
South Dakota.— Southern Daho ta —Sioux Falls, 18.49.
18 49
Tennessee.— Un ion -Hopewell, 2.50. 2 50
Texas.— A rutin— League City, 1 ; La Porte 1st, 4.50 ; Web-
ster, 3. North Texas— Jackboro sab.-sch., 1.20 ; Seymour, a
member, 10. 19 70
Utah.— Boise— Returned by a Missionary, 10. 10 00
Washington. — Olympia — Chehalis, for debt, 5 ; Kelso
(C.E., 2.50), 5.50. Paget Sound— Fair Haven, 8.35: Moxee, 3;
Parker, 1. Spokane— Cortland, 3.75; Wilbur, 4.50. 31 10
^Wisconsin. — Ckippetoa— Superior patriotic offering, 10;
West Superior Hammond Avenue, 25.60. La Crosse— Neills-
ville patriotic offering (Pine Valley sab.-sch.. 53 cts.), 2.88;
Old Whitehall patriotic offering, 2.64 ; Shortville patriotic
offering, 57 cts. Madison — Eden Bohemian, 4; Muscoda
Bohemian, 3 ; Returned by a Missionary, 8.33. Milwaukee—
Cedar Grove, 17.15 ; Milwaukee Grace C.E., debt, 5 ; — Hol-
land (sab.-sch., 1.50; Ladies' Societv, 5), 24; — Immanuel,
37.67 ; — Westminster C.E., 2.50. Winnebago — Robinson, 7 ;
St. Sauveur, 1.25; Wequiock, 5. 156 59
Total «9,161 63
Less amount refunded to San Francisco Presby-
tery San Francisco Lebanon Churches 8 75
Total received from churches 9,152 88
Woman's Board of Home Missions 18,605 52
LEGACIES.
Legacy of Mary F. Hovey, late of Crawfordsville,
Ind.", 500; William A. Wheeler, late of Malone,
N. Y., add'l, 50; James Macintosh Wilson,
late of New York, 2500; Daniel Price, late of
Newark, N. J.,- 2546; Sundry legal expenses re-
funded, 19.16 5,615 16
INDIVIDUALS, ETC.
L. H. Severance, Cleveland, O., 100 ; C. B. Gardner,
Trustee, 50; D. F. Denman, Coshocton, ()., for
debt, 50 ; Jos. W. Sheehan, 2 ; Collection at An-
nual Meeting of the Woman's Board at General
Assembly, for debt, 88.50; Offering at Prayer
Meeting of the Synodical Missionaries at Gene-
ral Assembly, 45 ; Collection in part at meeting
of the General Assembly, 275.02 ; C. W. Loomis,
Binghamton, N. Y., 30 ; " Cooperstown, N. Y.,"
1.36 ; Presbyterian Relief Association of Ne-
braska, 90.90; Rev. T. L. Sexton, for debt, 25 ;
( . G~ Sterling. Madison, Wis , for debt, 2 ; II. D.
Sterling, Madison, Wis, for debt, 5; S. Mills
Ely. Binghamton, N. Y., 14; A Friend, Green-
field, Iowa, 5; A Friend, Albany, N. Y., 20;
Mrs. 1). F. Diefenderfer, of Erie Presbyterial
Home Missionary Society, for debt, 100 ; Mis-
sionary Society of Wilson College, Chambers-
burg, Pa., 54.18 ; Raymond H. Hughes, Altoona,
Pa., 4; Rev. Jos. C. Harvey. Philadelphia, Pa.,
for debt, 5; Friends in Falls Chinch, Va., for
debt, 22 ; S. A. Miller, Russell, Iowa, for debt, 5 ;
A Friend, Bridgehamton, N. Y., 5; Mrs. Sarah
S. Davidson, Chicago, 111., for debt, 15; Rev. J.
S. Pomeroy, Fairview, W.Va., 1 ; Mrs. Addie
Correll, for debt, 1 ; Mrs. Mary Curtis, for debt,
1 ; Mrs. Sallie Couchman, for debt, 1 ; Hugh L.
Hodge, Erie, Pa., patriotic ottering for debt, 25 ;
Henry Lowry, Maryville, Tenu., 4; Miss Bin-
ford, Crawfordsville, Ind., for debt, 5 ; ("has. M.
Hayward, N. Y. City, 3; J. W. Taylor, Sprague,
Neb., patriotic offering for debt, 1 ; Dr. John A.
Murphy, Cincinnati, O., for debt, 1 ; A Friend,
25; A Friend, Fulton, Ate., 3; Rev. W. S. Nel-
son, 10 ; Miss Mabel Slade, N. Y. City, 500 ; Mrs.
T. Williamson, Ferry, Mich., 24; L. H. Sever-
ance, Cleveland, (>., for debt, 5000; Margaret J.
Cratty, Bellaire, <)., 5 ; W. N. Kerr, Kingfisher,
Ok.Ty., 5; "Brooklyn," 30; John S. Porter,
Summit, X. J., patriotic offering for debt, 1; A
Friend of Home Missions, patriotic ottering for
debt, 2 ; Mrs. Mary Iris Sykes, Clinton, N.Y.,
patriotic •ffering for debt, 1 ; Mrs. Sallie C. Pat-
tengill, Lena, N. Y., patriotic ottering for debt,
10; Mrs. M. F. Abbott, Granville, <)., patriotic
offering for debt, 1 ; " A. E. P.," patriotic otter-
ing for debt, 1; "A. E. McN.," 2; Miss Theo-
dosia Foster, Elmer, N. J., patriotic offering for
debt, 1 ; Mr. and Mrs. James M. Ham, Brooklyn,
N.Y., patriotic ottering for debt, 100 ; Rev. R. H.
McCreadv, Chester, N. Y., patriotic ottering for
debt, 1.10"; E. Q. Holcombe, Lee, Mass., patriotic
offering for debt, 1 ; Miss R. Jennie Brown, Sum-
merfield, O., patriotic ottering for debt, 1 ; R. C.
Steele, Melmore, O., patriotic ottering for debt,
5; Mrs. L. A. Parsons, Perth Amboy, N. J.,
patriotic offering for debt, 5 ; Anne E. W. Rich-
mond, Nunda, N.Y., patriotic offering for debt,
1 ; Mrs. MelindaS. Boyd, Prospect, O., patriotic
offering for debt, 1 ; Mrs. Sallie P. Sharp, Wilkes-
Barre, Pa., 200; Mrs. E. M. McCroskey.Tecumseh,
Neb., for debt, 500 ; Rev. H. E. Nicklen, Colon,
Neb., patriotic offering for debt, 1; Mrs. I. H.
Williams, Brooklyn, patriotic offering for debt,
1 ; Mrs. H. N. Wa'ring, Brooklyn, N.Y., patriotic
offering for debt, 1 ; Miss Helen A. Hawley, Clif-
ton Springs, N.Y., patriotic offering for debt, 1 ;
Miss Laura M. Gordon, Eureka, Kans., patriotic
offering for debt, 1 ; Rev. and Mrs. Wm. Meyers,
Tecumseh, Ok. Ter., 10; " C. Penna.," 14; "J.
T.W. and M.W.," 2.50 ; P. P. Bissett, St Thomas,
N. D., 10; Joseph Piatt, Davenport, Iowa (pat-
riotic offering for debt, 10), 35; Rev. John R.
Thompson, Vancouver, Wash., patriotic offering
for debt, 1 ; " L." patriotic offering for debt, 25;
Mrs. David C. Lyon, St. Paul, Minn., patriotic
offering for debt, 1 ; MissS. A. Raiman, Auburn,
N. Y., patriotic offering for debt, 2 ; Rev. D. E.
Finks, for debt, 50 ; Mrs. E. T. Crane, New York
City, patriotic offering for debt, 1 ; Wm. Jack-
son, Indianapolis. Ind., 25; "A Friend," 5000 ;
"W.J. E.," 1; Mrs. Dr. Kirkwood, for debt,
2.50; Miss Emeline M Greenleaf, New York
City, patriotic offering for debt, 5; Interest on
General Permanent Fund, 292.50 ; Interest on
John C. Green Fund, 525 813,635 20
Total received for Home Missions, June, 1898 . . S47.008 76
" " during same period last year . . . 29,434 85
since April 1, 1898 113,812 05
" " during same period last year . . . 77,875 68
SPECIAL DONATIONS.
Through Lehigh Presbytery $49 98
H. C. Olin, Treasurer,
156 Fifth Avenue, New York City.
Madison Square Branch P. O., Box 156.
RECEIPTS FOR THE BOARD OF FOREIGN MISSIONS, JUNE, 1898.
Baltimore. — Baltimore — Annapolis, 10.64. Baltimore
Westminster, 5 ; Frostburgh, 6. New Castle — Wilmington
West sab.-sch., 21.95; Zion, 45. Washington City— Hyatt s-
ville, sab.-sch., 10; Washington City Covenant, 52; — New
York Avenue sab.-sch., 25.65.
California.— Benicia— Bay Side, 4 ; Vallejo, 5. Los An-
geles—Los Angeles Welsh, 5; Redlands sab.-sch., 10; Santa
Monica, 6.50. Sacramento — Tehama, 4 ; Westminster sab.-
sch., 5. San Francisco — San Francisco Lebanon, 8.75.
Catawba.— Catawba— Westminster sab.-sch., 5; Leeper's
Chapel, 1.25.
Colorado.— Denver— Georgetown, 3.50.
Illinois. —Bloomington — Piper City, 7; Waynesville, 3.
Chicago — Chicago 2d, 334; — 4th, 1,202; — Christ Chapel
176
FOREIGN MISSIONS — EDUCATION.
[August,
sab.-sch., 10.19 ; — Ridgway Avenue sab. -sen'., 10.12 ; Christ
Chapel, 10.2; Lake Forest, 600. Freeporl — Rock Run, 7.
Ottawa — Polo Independent, 27.13. Peoria— Alta, 3 ; Elinira
sab.-sch., 13 ; Prineeville, 22. Rock River — Buffalo I'rairie,
3.10. Schvyler — Kirkwook, sab.-sch., 2.60. Sjwin g field —
Jacksonville sab.-sch., 20 ; Springfield 1st, 66.
Indiana. — Crawfordsvllle— Wavelaud, 10. Fori Wayne—
Hopewell, 5 ; Warsaw, 2. Indianapolis — Clear City, 3 ; Po-
land, 5. Ijogansport — Logansport 1st sab.-sch., 6.25 ; Michi-
gan City sab.-sch., 17.05. New Albany — Jefferson, 4.45.
While Water— Knightstown, 18.03.
Indian Territory.— Oklahoma— New'kiTk , 4.50.
Iowa.— Des Moines-Des Moines Central, 236.10, sab.-sch.,
8.28 ; Newton sab.-sch., 4.73. Dubuque — Dubuque 3d sab.-
sch., 2. Iowa City — Montezuma, 2.50. Waterloo — Holland
German, 70; Rock Creek German sab.-sch., 3; Waterloo,
27.07.
Kansas.— Emporia— Emporia Arundle Avenue sab.-sch. , 1;
Wichita 1st, 13.75; — Oak Street, 10; Winfield 1st, 50.
Lamed — Spear vi He, 4. Neosho — Parsons sab.-sch., 5.13 ;
Scammon 1st, 5.
Kentucky.— Louisril/e— Louisville 4th, 2.85.
Michigan. —Detroit — East Nankin, 8; Milford sab.-sch.,
15. Monroe— Monroe, 27 ; Raisin, 4.
Minnesota. — Mankato— Jasper, 3; Winnebago City sab.-
sch., 11.39. St. Paul— St. Paul 1st, 6.64 ; — Dayton Avenue
sab.-sch., 16.77.
Missouri.— Kansas City— Kansas City 1st sab.-sch., 9.38;
Westfield, 3.60.
Nebraska. — Hastings— Axtel, 3. Kearney — Fullerton,
6.17; (ribbon, 2.75. Nebraska City— Auburn, 5.09. Niobrara—
Apple Creek, 1 ; Oakdale, 3. Omaha — Omaha Castellar
Street sab.-sch., 3.42.
New Jersey. — Elizabeth — Cranford, 81.24, Y.P.S.,25;
Elizabeth 1st, Y.P.S., 34.07; Roselle, 100; Washinglon Val-
ley sab.-sch., 9.08. Jersey City — Jersey City 1st, 219.83,
sab.-sch., 50; Patterson Westminster, 5. Monmouth — Free-
hold 4th sab.-sch., 9.83. Morris and Orange — East Orange
Arlington Avenue, 251.15.; — Bethel, 63.29; Livingston
Hanover sab.-sch., 5 ; Morristown 1st, 5. Summit Central,
128.45. Newark— Newark 2d, 87.50 ; — 6th, 30 ; — Memorial
34 ; — Park, 24. New Brunswick — Trenton Prospect Street,
100. Newton— Beatyestown, 1 ; Mansfield 2d, 1. West Jersey—
Bunker Hill, 1 ; Cedarville 1st, 11 ; Elmer, 3 ; Fairfield, 7.40;
Haddonfield, 2.15; Merchantville, 60.
New Mexico.— Santa Fc— Las Vegas East, 29.90.
New York.— A Ibany— Albany 1st sab.-sch., 30.58. Boston—
New Boston, 3.75. Brooklyn— Brooklyn 5th, 5 ; — Classon
Avenue, 5, Y.P.S., 10; —Franklin Avenue, 6.43; — Lafay-
ette Avenue, 175; — South Third Street, 25.25; — Throop
Avenue, 48 ; Stapleton 1st Edgewater, 14.82. Cayuga— Five
Corners sab.-sch., 65 cts.; Ithaca, 467.24. Chemung— More-
land, 5. Geneva— Geneva 1st, 11.71. Hudson— Port Jervis,
29.83. Long Island— Bridgehampton, 38.71. Lyon s— Newark,
7; Wolcott 1st, 9.32 Nassa u — Freeport, 1,832; Newton
sab.-sch., 11.76. New York— New York 13th St. sab.-sch. , 25 ;
— Morningside, 10 ; — University Place sab.-sch., 25. North
River— Newburg Calvary, 15.22. Otsego — Springfield, 17.13.
Rochester— Brocknort sab.-sch., 5.79. St. Lawrence — Water-
town 1st, 119.08. Troy — Troy Woodside sab.-sch., 84.07.
Utica— New Hartford, 23.33 ; Rome, 32.23. Westchester— New
Rochelle, 2d, 56.67; Patterson, 119.
Ohio.— Athens. —Veto, 7. Bellefonlaine — Urbana sab.-
sch., 5.08. Cincinnati— Wyoming, 218.23. Cleveland— Cleve-
land 1st, 1000; Cleveland Bethany sab.-sch., 9.44; North
Springfield, 7. Mahoning— Coitsville, 3.50; Lowellville, 6.50;
Youngstown 1st, 27.14. Maumee— Toledo 3, 10 ; — 5th, 4.50.
St. Clairsville— Crab Apple, 30. Steubenville— East Springfield
Y.P.S., 2.15; Island Creek, 25, sab.-sch., 1.55; Oak Ridge
Y.P.S., 10; Pleasant Hill, 355, Y. P. S., 5; Scio Y.P.S., 8;
Wellsville 2d, 6. Zanesville— Homer, 4.50.
Oregon.— Willamette— Pleasant Grove, 5; Salem, 2.
Pennsylvania. — Allegheny — Allegheny 2d, 11. Blairs-
7<t/fe— Ligonier sab.-sch., 3.95. Butler— North Washington, 18.
Carlisle — Lebanon Christ sab.-sch., 10.17 ; Upper, 2. Chester—
Avondale, 1.87 ; Bryn Mawr, 607.50 ; Honey Brook, 83 ; Not-
tingham sab.-sch., 60 cts.; Wayne sab.-sch., 20.09 ; Westches-
ter 1st, 10 ; — Westminster sab.-sch., 4.40 ; West Grove, 5.60.
Clarion — Beech Woods, 69.55. Dubois, 50 ; Reynoldsville
sab.-sch., 5. Erie— Erie 1st, 500 ; Greenville, 17.46 ; Meadville
Central sab.-sch., 14.49; Titusville sab.-sch., 5.80; Warren
sab-sch., 70. Huntingdon— Juniata, 23; MiHlintown West-
minster sab.-sch., 5.89. Kittanning— Worthington,5. Lacka-
wanna— Brooklyn sab.-sch., 5.34; Elinhurst, 1; Scranton
Cedar Avenue, 50; Wilkes Barre Memorial sab.-sch., 81. so ;
Wysox, 2. Lehigh — Bethlehem 1st, 20.61. Philadelphia—
Philadelphia Arch Street sab.-sch., 39.26 ; - Bethany, 1120.04 ;
— Bethesda sab.-sch., 8.67 ; — Calvary sab.-sch., 4; — Cove-
nant, 27 ; — Grace, 15 ; — Hope, 20 ; — West Hope, 25.
Philadelphia North— German town 2d, 369.02. Pittsburg—
Bethany sab.-sch., 24.67; Pittsburg 3d, 2.50; — 6th Y.P.S.,
15 ; — East Liberty, 122 59 ; Wilkinsburg, 123.22. Redstone-
Hound Hill, 95. Washington— Mill Creek, 2.
South Dakota. — Central Dakota — Woonsocket sab.-
sch., 4.60.
Texas. — Austin— El Paso, 17.75 ; San Antonio Madison
Square sab.-sch., 14. North Texas— Denison sab.-sch., 4.15.
Wisconsin. — Madison — Belleville, 8.55; Madison Christ,
25. Milwaukee — Milwaukee Immanuel, 40.11, sab-sch., 10.90.
miscellaneous.
Chas. Bird, U. S. N., support Mr. Chun, 6 ; M. P.
Gray, 1; T. K. Davis, support Hy. Forman,
63.55; James Howard, 3 ; "A Friend," through
Pastor Newton, 11.76 ; " Reader of the Christian
Herald," 75 cts.; Rev. John Young, 5; Cash, 5;
Y. M. and Y. W. C. Association of Parsons, Col.,
support Mr. McClure, 6.28 ; E. Higginson, sup-
port Hau Chin Kang, 55 ; Joseph S. Osborne, 50;
Wilson College, 54.18; Sale of test glasses, 30;
Rev. James Patterson, 15 ; Mary Gilmore Wil-
liams, 4.37 ; " A Friend," support Messrs. John-
son and Fraser, 83.33 ; Rev. C. Thwing, salary
Ghasita Singh, 15 ; A Friend, 12 ; Miss Alida
Beyers, work under Mrs. Marten, 2; H. F. Ly-
man, 5; W. E. Hunt, support Chlartie Lai, 5;
John S. Merriman, 1 ; Miss Mabel Slade, 600 ;
Fannie Leedham, 10 ; Northfield Y. W. C. Asso-
ciation, Dr. Chamberlain, 10 ; J. N. Field, 2000;
Member Winona German Church, 5 ; D. C. nar-
rower, 5; W. S. B., Jr., 25; "Brooklyn," 20;
Convention of German Ministers and Elders in
the East, 40 ; B. M. Nyce, for J. E. Adams, 100 ;
I. B. Shelling, 75 ; Rev. Wm. J. McKettrick, 25;
Frances L. Conklin, 7 ; Mrs. S. P. Sharpe, 200 ;
Stella M. Seymour, 5; Mrs. Anna S. Walworth,
5; "Friends," 14; "A Friend," 3000; D. C.
McLaren, 20; T. C. Winn, 6; Rev. Wm. Bird,
32.50 86,638 72
legacies.
Estate of D. Price, 1273 ; Estate of S. C. Brace,
1905 ; Estate of Margaret Neely, 925 ; Estate of
Moses Elliott, 142.14 ; Estate of James M.Wilson,
2500 86,745 14
86,745 14
women's boards.
Woman' Board of Foreign Missions of the Presby-
terian Church 2,500 00
Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the
Presbyterian Church 1,050 38
Woman's Presbyterian Board of Missions of the
North-West 1,823 00
Woman's Occidental Board of Foreign Missions. 12 00
85,385 38
Total received for the month of June, 1898 830,043 66
Total received from May 1, 1898, to June, 30,
1898 46,719 49
Total received from May 1, 1897, to June 30,
1897 41,622 89
Charles W. Hand, Treasurer,
156 Fifth Avenue, New York.
RECEIPTS FOR THE BOARD OF EDUCATION, JUNE, 1898.
Baltimore.— Baltimore — Baltimore Westminster (per M.
CD.), 5. New Castle— Lower Brandywine, 5; Rock, 4;
Wilmington Rodney Street, 11.70. Washington City— Wash-
ington City Covenant, 50.
Cailfornia.— Oafcfrmd— Alameda, 15.65; West Berkeley,l.
Colorado.— Boulder — Fort Morgan, 74 cts. Pueblo —
Canon City (sab.-sch., 5), 13.
Illinois.— Bloominglon — Bloomington 1st, 8. Peoria-
Yates City, 3. Rock River— Buffalo Prairie, 70 cts.
Indiana. — Crawfordsvllle — Rockville Memorial, 1.98 ;
Waveland, 5. Fort Wayne— La Grange, 5. Indianapolis-
Indianapolis Tabernacle, 18. Logansport — Union, 2.01.
Vincennes— Sullivan, 5. White Water— Mt. Carmel, 2.
Iowa.— Des Moines— Milo, 3. Iowa— Burlington 1st, 2.40.
Iowa City— Columbus Central (sab.-sch., 1.81), 3.76.
Kentucky. — Ebenezer— Lexington 2d, 17.35.
Michigan.— Monroe— Clayton, 2.57 ; Dover, 3.20.
1898.]
EDUCATION — 8ABBATH-8CHOOL WORK.
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Minnesota. — Mankato — Windom, 5. Winona — Clare-
inont, 5.
Missouri. — Kansas Oily— Clinton, 6.
New Jersey.— Elizabeth— Flain&e\d 1st, 23.06 ; Roselle,
4.95. Monmouth— Oceanic, 15. Mori-is and Orange— Madi-
son, 5.99 ; Mendham 2d, 3.80 ; St. Cloud, 6.86. Newark—
Newark 2d, 12.50 ; — Park, 4.90. New Brunswick— Ven-
nington, 19.70; Trenton Bethany, 10. Newton— Beatyes-
town, 1 ; Mansfield 2d, 1. West Jersey— Bunker Hill, 1.62.
New York.— Albany— Albany State Street, 20.59 ; Balls-
ton Spa, 6.35 ; Stephentown, 425. Binghamton — Lordville,
1. Boston — Springfield, 1. Brooklyn — Brooklyn Throop
Avenue, 29. Cayuga— Ithaca, 48.97. Genesee— Bergen, 8.83.
JTudson— Florida, 2.40; West Town, 1. Nassau — Freeport,
8.63. New ForA;— New York 1st, 74;— East Harlem, 1;
— University Place, 97.29. North River— Poughkeepsie,
5.95. Otsego — Springfield, 3.39. St. Lawrence— Canton, 5.99.
Steuben— Jasper, 2.12 ; Painted Post, 6.05. Syracuse— Mexi-
co, 19.61. Troy— Water ford, 7.13. Utica— Utica Bethany,
3.51. Westchester— Bedford, 4.
Ohio. — Athens — New England, 1. Chillicolhe — Blooming-
burg, 4.75 ; White Oak, 4. Cincinnati — Avondale, 54.02.
Dayton— Bethel, 1.76.
Oregon.— East Oregon— Union, 38 cts.
Pennsylvania. — Allegheny — Allegheny Central, 81 cts.;
Glenfield, 9.99. Carlisle— Paxton, 11. Chester— Chichester
Memorial, 2; Dilworthtown, 2 ; Wayne, 3.64. Clarion—
Beech Woods (a member of), 32 cts.; Du Bois, 20. Erie—
Hadley, 2. Kittanning— Cherry Tree, 22 cts.; Union, 4.
Lackawanna— Canton, 7; Peckville, 2. Lehigh— Bethlehem
1st, 3.44. Northumberland — Jersey Shore, 45. Philadelphia
—Philadelphia North Broad Street, 185.30. Philadelphia
North — Abington, 20.96; (iermantown Wakefield, 23.21.
Pittsburg — Pittsburg East Liberty, 24.52 ; — Shady Side
(sab. -sch., 28.12), 55.59. Shenango -Clarksville, 9.05. Wash-
ington— West Union, 2.50. Wtllsboro— Port Alleghany, 1.
South Dakota. — Southern Dakota — Harmony, 3.65.
AVTsconsin.— CA//>pewa— Ashland 1st, 8.91. Milwaukee—
Milwaukee Immanuel, 30.36.
Receipts from churches in June $1,186 95
" " Sabbath-schools and Y.P. Societies.. 34 93
refunded.
" F. L. M.," 335 ; Rev. T. G. Brashear, Persia, 50 ;
F. C. Engart,2.50 387 50
MISCELLANEOUS.
M. (r. Post, Bayhead, Fla.,2 ; Special for students,
Dr. H, 15; Rev. Joseph Piatt, 25; Friends, Os-
mun, N. D., 1.50; C. Penna., 2 ; V alley Cottage,
N. Y.,1 46 50
INCOME ACCOUNT.
262.50,19.15,24,340.50,200, 175.50 1,021 65
82,677 53
Less amount credited to New London church,
Iowa Presby tery, twice in April 1 00
Total receipts in June, 1898 $2,676 53
Total from April 16, 1898 5,244 63
Jacob Wilson, Treasurer,
512 Witherspoon Building, Philadelphia.
RECEIFTS FOR SABBATH-SCHOOL WORK FOR MAY, 1898.
Atlantic— East Florida— Hawthorne, 5. Fairfield— Beth-
lehem sab.-sch., 2.98. 7 98
Baltimore.— Baltimore — Baltimore Brown Memorial,
146.26. 146 26
California.— i?e?u'cm— Ukiah, 1.25. Los Angeles— Fer-
nando, 4 ; North Ontario sab.-sch., 11.34. Oakland -San
Leandro sab.-sch., 2.21. Sacramento— Eureka, 10; Fall River
Mills, 1.45. San Jose— C&yacas, 1.50. 3175
Catawba.— Cape Fear— Fayetteville, 3.20. 3 20
Colorado.— Dtnver— Brighton, 3.20. Pueblo — Trinidad
1st, 9.75 ; Walseuburgh, 51 cts. 13 46
Illinois.— Alton — Brighton, 2. Chicago — Chicago 41st
Street, 22.10. Freeport— Rock ford Westminster, 8.88 ; Wil-
low Creek, 28.10 ; Winnebago, 10. Peoria —Prospect, 2.57.
Rock River — Edgington, 7 ; Morrison, 47.26 ; Peniel, 9.
Schuyler— Carthage, 4.28 ; Monmouth, 12.97. 154 16
Indiana. — Craufordsville — Bethany, 5.50 ; Waveland, 7.
Fort Wayne— Lima, 7.50. Logansport— Union, 2.40. New
Albany— Sharon, 2. 24 40
Indian Territory. — Choctaw — South McAlester, 12.
Sequoyah— Muscogee, 17 ; Vinita sab.-scb., 4. 33 00
Iowa.— Cedar Rapids — Clarence sab.-sch., 7.28. Des
Moines— Centreville, 8.45 ; Dallas Centre, 8. Fort Dodge—
Germania, 1.65 ; Ramsey German, 3. Iowa — Birmingham,
5; Burlington 1st, 2.40; West Point, 2.85. Sioux City—
Ellicott Creek, 75 cts.; Sibley German, 1.35. 40 73
Kansas. — Emporia — Emporia Arundel Avenue sab.-sch.,
4.55. AeosAo— Girard, 16.35. Osborne— Colby sab.-sch., 7.40.
28 30
Kentucky.— Zoum///e— Owensboro 1st, 8.50. 8 50
Michigan.— Detroit— Detroit 1st, 118.21 ; Ypsilanti, 24.05.
Kalamazoo -Kalamazoo North, 4.72; Sturgis, 1.50. Monroe
—Monroe, 6.28. 154 76
Minnesota.— Dululh— Hinckley sab.-sch., 3. Mankato—
Balaton, 1.95 ; Luverne, 3. Minneapolis— Minneapolis High-
land Park, 3.69. St. Paul— St. Paul Central, 9.02. Winona
— Havana, 2. 22 66
Missouri.— P/a«e— Parkville, 2. 2 00
NEBRASKA. — Hastings — Ruskin, 2. Kearney — Genoa, 5.
Nebraska OUy— Alexandria (sab.-sch., 2.10), 2.60; Bennett
sab.-sch., 7.33. Omaha— Tekamah, 4.60. 2153
New .Jkrsey. — Jersey City — Jersey City Westminster,
5.12. Morris and Orange — Morristown South Street, 36.79 ;
Pleasant Grove, 3 ; Whippany, 1. Newark— Newark Memo-
rial, 8.50; —Park, 3.52. New Brunswick— Ewing, 13.90;
Priuceton 2d, 4.40. West Jersey — Bridgeton 2d, 20.02;
Cedarville 1st, 7.89 ; Fairfield, 5.05. 109 19
New Mexico— Santa Fe—Las Vegas 1st, 10.14. 10 14
New York.— Albany — Carlisle' sab.-sch., 5; Charlton,
14.65 ; Gloversville Kingsboro Avenue, 12.50. Boston,— Low-
ell, 5 ; Windham, 3.39. Brooklyn — Brooklyn Classon Ave-
nue, 25. Columbia — Windham, 14. Genesee — Batavia, 13.54.
Geneva— Dresden, 3 ; Geneva 1st, 2. Hudson— Chester, 2.81 ;
Unionville, 1. Lyons— Ontario, 2 ; Sodus, 3.10. New York—
New York 5th Avenue, 389.81; —Westminster West 23d
Street, 25. Syracuse — Skaueateles, 3.61. Troy — Hoosick
Falls, 8 ; Troy Westminster, 8.84 ; — Woodside, 19.94.
Utica— Little Falls sab.-sch., 60 cts.; West Camden, 3.30.
Westchester— Gilead, 11.50; Thompson ville, 7.62. 585 21
North Dakota.— Pembina — Elkmout, 50 cts.; Inkster,
2.60. 3 10
Ohio.— Belief onto ine— Bellefontaine, 2 82; Bucyrus, 7.20.
Cincinnati— Cincinnati 2d German sab.-sch., 3 ; Hartwell, 5 ;
Pleasant Run, 3.60. Cleveland— Cleveland 1st, 18.89 ; Guil-
ford, 2.70. Dayton — Collinsville sab.-sch., 8.09. Lima—
Euon Valley, 3 ; Van Buren, 3. Mahoning— Ellsworth, 8 ;
Poland, 7.15; Youngstowu, 28.87. Portsmouth— Manchester,
5. St. Clairsville— Demos, 2; Nottingham, 5.15; Rock Hill,
5.50. Steuben ville— Irondale, 6 ; Richmond ch. and sab.-sch.,
5.58. Wooster— Ashland, 5.07. Zanesville — Madison. 6.30 ;
New Lexington, 2. 143 92
Oregon. — East Oregon— Union, 49 cts. Willamette— Dal-
las, 2 ; Pleasant Grove, 2 ; Salem sab.-sch., 20.85. 25 34
Pennsylvania.— Allegheny— Allegheny Melrose Ave., 29.50;
Bakerstown, 14; Cross Roads, 4 ; Pine Creek 1st, 4. Blairs-
ville— Cross Roads, 1 ; Fairfield, 3.90 ; Unity, 10.25. Butler—
Centreville, 21; Millbrook, 1; Muddy Creek, 5.30; New Hope,
2 ; Plain Grove, 5.50. Carlisle— Carlisle 1st, 17 ; llarrisburg
Covenant, 7 ; — Elder Street, 2 ; Lebanon 4th Street, 2 ;
Mercersburg, 11.16; Paxton, 7.09; Steelton sab.-sch., 7.
Chester— Dilworthtown, 3. Clarion— Richland, 1. Erie-
Cool Spring, 2.83 ; Erie Chestnut Street, 6 ; Garland, 4.55 ;
Georgetown, 3 ; Irviiieton, 5 ; North Clarendon, 4 ; North
East, 9.50; North Warren, 2.25; Oil City 1st, 22.42; Pitts-
field, 2.81. Huntingdon— Altoona 3d, 5.10; Bellefonte, 19;
Lower Spruce Creek, 5.37 ; Milesburg, 5.22 ; Moshaunou and
Snow Shoe, 2.15 ; Petersburg, 6.57. Lackawanna— Franklin,
1.41; Rushville, 1.75; Stevensville, 1.10. Lehigh— South
Bethlehem, 14 ; Northumberland— Watsontown, 4. Philadel-
phia—Philadelphia Grace sab.-sch., 19.19; — Memorial, 40.
Philadelj>hia North — Abington, 21.92. Pittsburg— Cannons-
bun,' Central, 11.34 ; Courtney and Coal Bluff, 2 ; Edgewood,
11.34; McKee's Rocks, 4; Pittsburg 6th, 26.51; —Grace
Memorial, 1; — Herron Avenue, 2.65; — Honiewood Ave-
nue, 11.50; Sheridanville, 2.11. Redstone — P.rownsville,
17.50; Jefferson, 2; Mt. Pleasant Reunion, 3.07 ; New Provi-
dence, 15. Shenango — Transfer, 1.50. Washington — East
Buffalo sab.-sch., 4.75 ; Upper P.uffalo, 22.75. 509 18
South Dakota. — Dakota— Buffalo Lake, 1 ; White River,
1 ; Yankton Agency, 1. Southern Dakota— Alexandria sab.-
sch., 1. 4 00
Tennessee.— Holston — College Hill, 2.41; Hot Springs
sab.-sch., 3.71 ; Jonesboro, 4.68. Kingston — Thomas Jst,
3.25. Union— Hopewell, 1.60; South Knoxville sab.-sch., 9.
24 65
Utah.— Boise— Nampa sab.-sch., 5. Utah— Mt. Pleasant
sab.-sch., 5.85; Odgen 1st sab.-sch., 2.55 ; Paysou sab.-sch.,
5.25. 18 65
Washington.— Olympia — Cosmopolis, 3.26 ; Moutesano6
1.50. 4 7e-
Wiscox sis. —Milwaukee— Milwaukee Calvary, 25. WinnM
bago— Fond du Lac, 6.30 ; Green Bay French, 1. 32
178
COLLEGES AND ACADEMIES — CHURCH ERECTION.
[August,
M ISCELL ANEOUS.
Bush sab.-sch., Miun., 66 cts.; Harper sab.-sch.,
Wis., 86 cts.; Greenwood sab.-sch., Minn., 00
cts.; Magee sab.-sch., Mich., 55 cts.; Sedgewick
sab.-sch. , Ark., 94 cts.; Welcome Hill sab.-sch.,
Ark.. 50 cts.; sab.-sch., No. 14, Montrose
county, Colo., 97 cts.; Mustang U. sab.-sch.,
Okla., 2.50 ; Eden sab.-sch., 111., 1.15 ; collection
per E. M. Ellis, 6.18; Garrison sab.-sch., Mont,,
3.04; Western U. sab.-sch., Wis., 4; Moxahala
sab.-sch., O. , 1 ; collection per R. H. Rogers, 4 ;
collection per Geo. Perry, 5 ; collection per W. J.
Hughes, 4.65; collection per R. Ferguson, 3.60 ;
collection per W. D. Reaugh, 1.31 ; collection per
M. A. Stone, 35 cts.; collection per W. A. Yan-
cey, 1.10 ; collection per E. M. Ellis, 20 cts.; col-
lection per C. R. Lawson, 2.84 ; collection per C.
W. Hiegins, 1; collection per R. Ferguson, 80
cts.; collection per H. M. Henry, 75 cts.; collec-
tion per M. S. Riddle, 5 ; collection per W. E.
Voss, 52 cts.; collection per J. H. Barton, 31.10 ;
collection per A. O. Loosley, 1.75 ; collection
per C. B. Harvey, 2.88; Shinier sab.-sch., Iowa,
8.50; Lorah sab.-sch., Iowa, 5; Gothenburg
sab.-sch., Neb., 2 ; East Dows sab.-sch., Iowa, 1 ;
collection per W. F. Grundy, 1 ; collection per
A. < >. Loosley, 2.85; Religious Contributing
Society, Princeton Theological Seminary, 9.43 ;
collection per J. B. Currens, 1.25 ; collection per
C. W. Higgins, 50 cts
122 26
INDIVIDUAL.
Rev. A. Virtue, 1 ; "B.O.R.," 5 ; Mrs. H. J Baud
Huey, 5; Mrs. H. A. Laughlin,25; "A Friend,"
Cleveland, O., 35 ; Rev. G. M. Hardy, 1 ; Mrs. G.
M. Hardy, 1 ; Miss Margaret McPherson, 1 ;
"C. Penna.," 1 75 00
Contributions from churches 81,978 12
Contributions from Sabbath-schools 307 27
Contributions from individuals 75 00
Contributions for May, 1898 $2,360 39
Contributions previously reported 3 058 13
Total since April 1, 1898 $5,418 52
C. T. McMullin, Treasurer,
Witherspoon Building, Philada., Pa.
RECEIPTS FOR THE BOARD OF AID FOR COLLEGES AND ACADEMIES, JUNE, 1898.
Atlantic— Atlantic— Mt. Pleasant, 1.35. McClelland— — Macalester Memorial, 2.25. Pittsburg — Pittsburg 3d, 50;
Mt. Zion, 1. 2 35 —East Libeity, 24.52; — Knoxville, 10; —Shady Side,
Baltimore.— A e«; Castle— Wilmington West, 24. Wash- 24.75. Wellsboro— Port Alleghany, 1.12. 444 06
ington City— Washington City Covenant (sab.-sch., 8.06), Tennessee.— Holston— Greenville, 31.70; Oakland Heights,
54.06. 78 06 2. 33 70
Colorado. -Pueblo— Canon City (sab.-sch., 6), 16; Colo- Washington.— Oty»*.pm— Cosmopolis, 1.30 ; Montesano, 1.
rado Springs 1st C.E., 7.67. 23 67 2 30
Illinois.— Chicago — Chicago 6th, 67.37 ; Waukegan, 7.87.
Freeporl— Prairie Dell, 5; Rockford 1st, 11.50. Peoria— Total received from churches and church organiza-
Princeville, 12.28. 104 02 tions $1,375 91
Indiana. — New Albany — Oak Grove, 50 cts. Vincennes —
Sullivan, 5. White Water-m. Carmel, 2. 7 50 personals.
Indian Territory.— Sequoyah— Kuyaka, 14.50. 14 50 William Blair, 20, Lucien G. Yoe, Chicago, 50 ;
Iowa.— Iowa — Burlington ' 1st, 2.40. Waterloo — Salem, " C. Penna.," 3 ; " A member" Peechwood, Pa.,
7.02. • 9 42 ch.,28cts.; "Friends," Del Norte, Colo., 9.75;
Kentucky.— Ebenezer— Newport, 5. 5 00 Rev. A. J. Montgomery, Oregon City, Ore., 2.50;
Michigan.— Detroit — Detroit 1st, 50. 50 00 Henry Bean, Shelby, N.C., 1 ; "Friends," Omaha,
Minnesota. — Winona— Le Roy, 11. 11 00 Neb., 2 ; Rev. Wm. Nicholl, Bellevue, Neb., 5 ;
New Jersey.— Elizabeth — Clinton, 14. Morris and Or- Rev. C. E. Hamilton, Trapp City, Wis., 5 ; L.H.
rm^e— Morristown 1st, 49.68. Newark— Newark 3d, 44.06 ; — Blakemore, Cincinnati, 15 ; Rev. E. H. Curtis,
Park, 4.90. New Brunswick— Lambertville, 22; Princeton D.D., 5, Henry J. Willing, Chicago, 5000; Har-
lst, 74.10 ; — Witherspoon Street, 1. 209 74 riet J. Baird Huey, Philadelphia, 5 ; Martin G.
New York.— A Ibany— Gloversville Kingsboro Ave., 9. Bing- Post, Bayhead, Fla., 2; "A Friend," 5; Rev.
/?,,»,frm— Lordville, 1. Boston — Springfield, 1. Brooklyn— Joseph Piatt, Davenport, la., 25 ; "A member"
Brooklyn South 3d Street, 45.33. Cayuga— Ithaca 1st, 18.36. Beechwood, Pa., ch., 32 cts.; "Friends," Bis-
lludsoi"— Chester, 15.05; Clarkstown German, 2. Nassau — marck, N.D. , 1.50 5,157 35
freeport, 9.08 ; Huntington 1st, 5. Neiv York— New York
Harlem, 39.30. Otsego— Springfield 1st, 3.49. St. Laurence— property fund.
Watertown 1st, 72.61. Troy— Troy Westminster, 8.84. Ulica A Philadelphia Friend, 500 ; Y. P. S. C. E., Brown
— Ctica Bethany, 4.58. Westchester— Yorktown, 12. 246 64 Memorial ch., Baltimore, 25; A Pittsburgh
North Dakota.— 2^r#o— Casselton, 3.50. 3 50 Friend, 100 625 00
Ohio.— Chillicothe— Chillicothe 1st, 25; White Oak, 4.
Cleveland— Cleveland 1st sab.-sch., 12.31; New Lyme, 4. trust *unds.
Mahoning— Canton Calvary, 5. Mar ion— Kingston, 1. Mau- Hasting College Endowment Fund by First Na-
•z/iee— Antwerp, 1. St. C/airsville— Concord, 2. Steubenville tional Bank, Hastings, Neb 52 25
—East Liverpool 1st, 25.65. 79 96 «-—»«*■.
Oregon.— East Oregon— Union, 49 cts. Port/and— Port- interest.
land 1st, 50. 50 49 Bank earnings on deposits 136 95
Pennsylvania.— A llegheny— Bellevue, 7.06; Glenfield,
7.24. Butler— Martinsbuig, 5.30; Millbrook, 1. Carlisle— Total receipts June. 1898 §7,347 46
Harrisburg Elder Street, 2. Clarion— Mt. Pleasant, 1 ; New Previously acknowledged 5,976 32
Rehoboth, 6 ; Richland, 1. Erie— Con neautville, 3.26 ; Erie
Chestnut Street, 10; Garland, 1.80. Lackau-anna— Peck- Total receipts since April 16, 1898 813,323 78
ville, 2 ; Scranton 1st, 202.66 ; Shickshinny, 1.25. Philadel- _, _ „ _
phia— Philadelphia Grace, 4; — Harper Memorial, 2.28 ; — ** L- KAY> Treasurer,
Hope, 4 ; — South, 6 ; — Tabor, 63.57. Philadelphia North 30 Montauk Block, Chicago, 111.
RECEIPTS FOR THE BOARD OF CHURCH ERECTION, JUNE, 1898.
ft In accordance with terms of mortgage.
Baltimore.— Baltimore — Baltimore Brown Memorial,
78 99 ; Baltimore Westminster " M. C. D.," 5. New Castle—
Rock, 2. Washington City — Washington City Covenant,
18.97. 104 96
California.— Oakland— Oakland Union Street, 3; West
Berkeley, 1. Sacramento— Fall River Mills, 2.45. Santa
Barbara— <>jai, 2.45. 8 90
Colorado.— Boulder— Fort Morgan 1st, 74 cts. 0 74
Illinois.— i^/oo7n///^o«—Bloomiugton 1st, 13; Selma,4.50.
Chicago — Herscher, 2.60: Lake Forest, 163. Bock River—
^Buffalo Prairie, 70 cts. Springfield— Springfield 1st, 12.
195 80
Indiana.— Crawfordsville—Pi.ockviUe Memorial, 1.98. In-
dianapolis— Indianapolis Tabernacle, 29. White Water— Nt.
Carmel, 1. 31 98
Iowa. — Cedar Eupids — Cedar Rapids 1st, 63.93. Des
Moines— Milo, 4.50; Winterset, 8.07. Dubuque— ft Dubuque
1st, 50. Iowa — Burlingtonl st, 2.40. SiouxCity — Inwood, 4.
132 90
Kansas.— Highland— HortOD, 11.75. Lamed— Spearville,
* The $9.65 credited to the "Alexis Church," Rock River
Presbytery. Ills., in May receipts, should have been credited
to Norwood Chinch, of same Presbytery.
1898.]
CHURCH ERECTION — MINISTERIAL RELIEF.
179
3.20. Solomon — Barnard, 2; Saltville, 1. Topeka— Kansas
City Central, 3. 20 95
Kentucky.— Ebenezer— Dayton, 4 ; Lexington 2d, 18.75.
Louisville— Louisville 4th, 2.80. 25 55
Michigan.— Detroit— Detroit Jefferson Avenue sab.-sch.,
25. Monroe— Adrian, 13. 38 00
Minnesota. — Dululh — fj Otter Creek, 20. Mankato —
Cottonwood, 2 ; Delhi, 4; Watonwan, 1.25. 27 25
Missouri.— Kansas City— Kansas City 2d, 55.75. Platte—
Marysville 1st, 11.55 67 30
Montana.— //e/erw— Bozeman, 28. 28 00
Nebraska.— Hastings— ^linden, 50 cts; Kea rney— Buffalo
Grove, 4; Kearney 1st, 5. Nebraska City — Fairbury, 5.
14 50
New Jersey.— Elizabeth — Elizabeth Madison Avenue,
3.27 ; Roselie, 4.95. Jersey City— Paterson East Side, 16.
Monmouth— Mount Holly, 7.26 ; Oceanic, 5. Morris and Or-
ange— Madison, 5.99 ; St. Cloud, 4.73. Neivark — Newark 2d,
12.50; —Park, 4.90. New Bmnswick — Lambertville, 16;
Trenton Bethany, 10; —Prospect Street (sab.-sch., 7.09),
38.09. Newton— Beatyestown, 1 ; Harmony, 2.90 ; Mansfield
2d, 1. West Jersey— Elmer, 2. 135 59
New York.— A Ibany— Albany State Street, 20.59. Bing-
hatnton — Lordville, 2. Boston — Springfield, 1. Brooklyn —
Brooklyn 1st, 25. Buffalo— Allegany, 3. Cayuga— Ithaca,
30.61. Champlain— Plattsburg 1st, 10. Genesee— Wyoming,
2.71. Hudson— Florida, 2.40; Otisville, 3; West Town, 1.
Long Island— Middletown, 5 ; Setauket, 2. New York — New
York Central (sab.-sch., 33), 372.15 ; — East Harlem, 1.
North River— Little Britain, 8.85 : Poughkeepsie 1st, 5.95.
Otsego— Springfield, 2.95. Iroy—Troj Westminster, 8.84 ;
Waterford 1st, 38.22. Utica— Utica Bethany, 2.50. West-
chester—Katonah, 14.68. 560 50
Ohio.— Bellefonlaine— Bucyrus, 6 ; Huntsville, 3 ; Upper
Sandusky, 2. Chillicothe— White Oak, 4 ; Wilkesville, 5.50.
Cleveland— Guilford, 4.45. Columbus — Columbus Westmin-
ster. 7. Dayton— Greenville, 16. Mahoning — Lisbon 1st,
13.50; Poland. f>.15. Marion — Marysville, 10.14. Ports-
mouth—Portsmouth 1st, 23.76. Steuben ville— Potter Chapel
sab.-sch., 5. Wooster— Wooster Westminster, 15.29. 121 79
Oregon.— East Oregon— Union, 39 cts. Willamette— Sins-
law, 1.25. 1 64
Pennsylvania. —Allegheny— Allegheny 2d, 5 : Concord,
2 ; Fairmcunt, 3 ; Freedom, 10 ; Glenfield, 7.65 ; Tarentum,
6.52. B/airsville — Latrobe, 42. Chester — Wayne sab.-sch.,
3 64. Clarion — Beech Woods (a member), 60 cts.; Scotch
Hill, 1. Erie— Warren, 55.98. Huntingdon— Bellefonte, 23.
Kiltanning — Cherry Tree, 22 cts.; Slate Lick, 11.85; Union,
2. Lackawanna — Puryea, 3; Harmony, 5; Troy, 9.75.
Lehigh— Bethlehem 1st, 3.44; Mauch Chunk, 15.82; Pen
Argyle, 1.64; Shawnee, 5.37. Parkersburg— Clarksburg, 3.70.
Philadelphia — Philadelphia Calvary, 59.01 ; — Cohock-
sink 1st, 18.06; — Peace German, 4. Philadelphia North
— Germantown Market Square, 68.59 ; — Wakefield, 22.88 ;
Lower Providence, 15; New Hope, 2.27; Thompson Memo-
rial, 3.50. Pittsburgh — Idlewood Harthorne Avenue, 4 ;
Mt. l'isgah, 11 ; Pittsburgh East Liberty, 24.52 ; — Shady
Side (sab.-sch., 22.50), 44.47 ; Valley, 8.50. Bedstone— Reho-
both, 9.34. Shenango- Little Beaver, 2.39; Slippery Bock,
4; Westfield,2J. ' 545 71
Texas.— Austin— Webster, 7. 7 00
WASHINGTON. — O/ympia — ff- Cosmopolis, 100. Paget Sound
— Auburn, 94 cts.; Fair Haven, 8.51 ; Moxie, 1 ; Natchez, 2;
Barker, 1.50. Walla Walla— Lewiston, 2.50. 116 45
Wisconsin.— Madison — Madison Christ, 23. Milwaukee—
Milwaukee Immanuel, 9.73 ; Waukesha, 9.72. Winnebago—
Fond du Lac, 3.60. 46 05
Contributions from churches and Sabbath-schools. $2,234 51
OTHER CONTRIBUTIONS.
" C. Penna.," 4; Miss. R. T. W., 4.16 ; Mr. M. G.
Post, Bay Head, Fla., 2; Rev. James Platte,
Davenport, la., 25 35 16
82,269 67
MISCELLANEOUS.
Premiums of insurance, 427.50 ; Interest on invest-
ments, 232 ; Sales of church property, 350 ; Total
losses, 800 ; Partial losses, 90 ; Legacies, 1273 3,172 50
SPECIAL DONATIONS.
"A Friend," 10. Indiana. — New Albany — J.J.
Brown, 10. New York.— Hudson— Clarkstown,
5. St. Laurence— Pottsdani, 17.85 42 85
PAYMENTS ON CHURCH MORTGAGES.
Illinois. — Bloomington — Sidney, 150. Ohio.—
Lima— New Salem, 107.50 257 50
85,742 52
Church collections and other contributions, April
11-June 30, 1898 $8,216 02
Church collections and other contributions, April
11-June 30, 1897 7,543 60
LOAN FUND.
Interest $299 04
Payments on mortgages 290 00
$589 01
MANSE FUND.
Installments on loans 81,033 78
Interest 6 85
$1,040 63
MISCELLANEOUS.
Premiums of insurance $15 50
Partial losses 114 29
$130 79
SPECIAL DONATIONS.
Iowa.— Des Moines— Des Moines Central, 50. $50 00
CONTRIBUTIONS.
Ohio.— Cleveland— Cleveland 1st (Gift of Mrs. F.
S. Mather), 100 100 00
$1,321 42
If acknowledgement of any remittance is not found in
these reports, or if they are inaccurate in any item, prompt
advice should be sent to the Secretary of the Board, giving
the number of the receipt held or, in the absence of a receipt,
the dale, amount and form of remittance.
Adam Campbell, Treasurer,
156 Fifth Avenue, New York City.
RECEIPTS FOR BOARD OF MINISTERIAL RELIEF, JUNE, 1898.
Baltimore— Baltimore — BaltimoreWestminster (M.C.D.)
5. NiewGastle — Rock, 10. Washington Cilu— Lewinsville, 6 ;
Washington City Covenant (sab.-sch., 6.79), 111.79; — Gur-
ley Memorial, 6.40. 139 19
California.— Benicia— Grizzly Blult', 3. Oakland— West
Perkeley, 1. Sacramento — Sacramento Westminster, 6.55.
10 55
Catawba. — Catawba— Nov Hampton Children's Society, 1.
1 00
Colorado.— Boulder— Boulder 1st (sab.-sch., 3), 24; Fort
Morgan 1st, 74 cts. Pueblo— Canon City 1st (sab.-sch., 7) 19.
43 74
Illinois. — Bloomington — Bement 1st, 12.18; Bloomington
1st, 15. Rock River — Buffalo Prairie, 1.70. Spiny/ehl —
Springfield 1st. 12. * 40 88
Indiana.— Crau'fordsri/le— Rockville Memorial, 1.98. In-
dianapolis — Howesville, 1 ; Indianapolis Tabernacle, 32.
Vincennes— Sullivan, 5. White Water— Shelby ville 1st, 49.35.
89 33
Indian Territory.— Oklahoma — Kdinoud, 2.60. 2 60
Iowa. — Cedar Rapids — Clinton 1st, 70. Corn /«y — Mal-
vern, 15.56. Dubuque — Dubuque 3d, 2. Iowa — Burlington
1st, 2.40. Iowa C ity— Montezuma 1st, 2. 91 96
Kansas.— Solomon— Cawker City, 4.58. Topeka— Junction
City 1st (sab.-sch., 1.39), 17. G5. 22 23
Michigan. — Kalamazoo — Niles 1st, 17.84. Monroe— Clay-
ton, 2.72 ; Dover, 3.21. 23 77
Minnesota.— 2>u/k*A— McNair Memorial sab.-sch., 2.15.
Ma nka to— Jasper, 2 ; Pilot Grove, 4.10. Red River— Stephen,
1. Winona— Oronoco, 2. 11 25
New Jersey. — Elizabeth— Basking Ridge, 49.58 ; Roselie,
4.94. Morris and Orange — Madison 1st, 105.99 ; Orange
Central (C. E. Stone, 100), 300 ; Pleasant Dale, 5 ; Wyoming
1st, 5. Newark — Caldwell 1st, 21.53 ; Newark 2d, 43.75; —
Park, 7.35; — Roseville, 55.54. New Brunswick — Trenton
Bethany, 11 ; — Prospect Street, 33. Newton— Beatyestown
1st, 1; Bloomsbury 1st, 10; Mansfield 2d, 1. West Jersey—
Atlantic City German (sab.-sch., 1.50), 9.50; Bunker Hill, 1.
665 18
New York.— Albany— Albany 2d, 40.99; — State Street,
20.59. Binghamlou — Binghamtou Immanuel, 2.19; Lord-
ville, 3 ; Waverly 1st, 18.15. Brookh/n— Brooklyn 1st, 108.63;
— 5th German, 5; —Bay Ridge, 10.77; — South Third
Street, 45.28 ; West New Brighton Calvary, 75 cts. Buffalo—
Portville, 68. t 'ayuga — Ithaca 1st, 85.70. Geneva— Seneca
Falls 1st, 55.78; West Fayette, 3. Hudson — Florida, 2.40;
180
MINISTERIAL RELIEF — FREEDMEN.
[August, 1898.
West Town, l. Lyons— WolcoU 1st, 7.09. New York— New
York East Harlem, 1 ; — Faith, 11.73; —Park, 25; — Sea
and Land, 10.su. North River— Marlborough, 41; Tough-
keepsie 1st, 5.'.»4. Otsego — Springfield 1st, 2.04. Syracuse —
Skaneateles, 4. Troy— Waterford 1st, 7.13. Utica— Forest ,
12.91 ; Utica Bethanv, 6.20. Westchester— Pleasantville, 2.75;
Springfield 1st, 1 ; Stamford 1st, 10. 619 82
North Dakota.— Pembina— Canton, 2.75; Crystal, 2.25.
5 00
Ohio. — ( 'hillicothe — White Oak, 4. Dayton — Ebenezer,
3.24. St. Clairsville— Caldwell, 4 ; Sharon, 4. Zanesvitle—
Brownsville, 11. 26 24
Oregon.— East Oregon— Union, 38 cts. Portland— Oregon
City KM. 1. Willamette— Liberty, 1. 2 38
Pen ns y LV a n i a .—A I leg hen //— Glenfield , 8. 88. Blairsville—
Irwin, 21.45; HcGinnis, 5.90. Chester — Chester 1st, 10;
Darby Borough 1st sab.-sch., 10; "Wayne sab.-sch., 3.64.
Clarion — Beech Woods (a member), 60 cts. Erie — Cam-
bridge, 10; Erie Park, 27.31. Huntingdon — Middle Tusca-
rora, 1. Kittanning— Cherry Tree, 22 cts.; Union, 2. Lacka-
wanna— Franklin, 2 ; Nicholson, 5. Lehigh— Bethlehem 1st,
6.88. Parkersburg— Buckhannon, 6.65. Philadelphia— Phila-
delphia 3d, 54.32 ; — Cohocksink, 40 ; — Richmond, 10.
Philadelphia North — Bridesburg J.C.E., 28. Pittsburg —
Pittsburg East Liberty, 29.42 ; — Shady Side (sab.-sch., 22.50),
44.48 Shenango — Unity, 12. Washington— Cross Creek, 25.06;
Washington 3d, 7.30 West Union, 2. Westminster— Leacock ,
20.39. 394 50
Tennessee. — £<';<('<m— Knoxvilie Belle Avenue, 2.65. 2 65
Wisconsin. — Madison— Madison Christ, 27. Milwaukee—
Milwaukee Immanuel, 10.94. Winnebago — Marshfield 1st,
4.17. 42 11
From churches and sabbath schools ?2,234
individuals.
Rev. F. C. Winn and wife, Japan, 5 ; W. H. Belden,
Poughkeepsie, N.Y., 1 ; Rev. R. Arthur, Logan,
Kans., 2; Martin G. Post, Bay Head, N. J., 2;
Robert Wightman, Tokio, 111., 5 ; " Cash, T. and
M," 20 ; " From a friend, Princeton, N. J.," 5 ;
" From a friend, Chambersburg, Pa.," 10; Thank
offering, Strasburg, Pa., 10; Pev. B.L. Agnew, D.
U., Philadelphia, 35 ; Rev. and Mrs. B. C. Swan,
Metropolis. 111., 10 ; Mrs. Sally P. Sharpe, Wilkes
Barre, Pa., 200; Mrs. Anna W. Ludlow, Harts-
horne, Ind. Ter., 5 ; Mrs. John Kidd, Blooniing-
ton, 111., 3 ; Rev. Joseph Piatt, Davenpert, Iowa,
25; "Friend," Philadelphia, 10; " L. P. S.,"
300; Mrs. J. A. Robbins, Hamilton Square, N.
J., 5 ; Mrs. Jane Ray, Hamden Junction, O., 2 ;
"C. Penna.," 6; " Miss R. T. W " 4.43; P. P.
Bissett, St. Thomas, N. D., 5 ; " Valley Cottage."
1 ; Mrs. Anna F. Raffensperger, Wooster, O., 5. 8676 43
Interest from investments 5,458 88
' ' on bank deposits 715 60
" from R. Sherman Fund 200 00
For current fund §9,285 29
Unrestricted legacy from E. S. Gamble estate 500 00
$9,785 29
PERMANENT FUND.
Donation from Rev. R. G. Keyes, Watertown, N.
Y. (annuity) 1,000 00
Donation from Cleveland 1st Church (Mrs. F.
Mather) 500 00
Total receipts in June,
511,285 29
Total for currrent fund (not including unrestricted
legacies) since April 1, 1898 $23,330 82
Total for current fund (not including unrestricted
legacies) for same period last year 21,492 98
William W. Heberton, Treasurer,
507 Witherspoon Building, Philadelphia.
RECEIPTS FOR BOARD OF FREED3IEN, MAY, 1898.
Atlantic— McClelland— Mount Zion, 2. 2 00 Oxford, 25 cts. Mahon ing — Youngstown 1st, 35.74. Mau-
Baltimore. — Baltimore — Baltimore Brown Memorial, mee— Toledo Collingwood Avenue, 23.01. 86 40
54.45; Frost burgh, 3. New Castle— Wilmington West, 9. 66 45 Oregon. — East Oregon— Union, 49 cts. 49
California.— -Befi/cm— Eureka, 3. Los Angeles— Banning, Pennsylvania. — Carlisle — McConnellsburg C. E., 2.
3 ; Colton, 3.50 ; Glendale, 4.50 ; Monrovia, 19 ; San Gorgonia, Chester— Media, 15.78. Clarion— Beech Woods, 28 cts.; Mays-
2.65. San Josi— Cayucas. 2.65 ; Los Gatos, 5. 43 30 ville. 3 ; Richardsville, 3 ; Richland, 1 ; Sugar Hill, 5. Erie —
Catawba. — QipeEear—EbeuezeT sab.-sch., 1 ; Haymount, Garland, 1.80. Huntingdon — Birmingham Warriors Mark
2 ; Panthersford, 2. Southern Virginia— Antioch, 2 ; Notto- Chapel, 13.50. Lackatvanna — Bennett, 3 ; Carbondale 1st,
way Bethesda sab.-sch., 1.50. Yadkin— Hoffman An tioch, 1 ; 74.74 ; New Milford, 6.20. ZW^gr/*— Allentown 1st sab.-sch.,
St. 'Paul, 1 ; Cool Spring, 1. 11 50 19.29; Port Carbon, 14.66. Philadelphia— Philadelphia 9th,
Colorado.— Pueblo— Trinidad 1st, 4. 4 00 43 ; — 10th, 278.01 ; — Grace, 4 ; — Harper Memorial, 4.37;
Illinois.— Bloominglon— Farmer City, 1. Chicago — Chica- — Hollond C.E., 10; — Hope, 14; — Scots, 9.93. Philadel-
go 2d, 334.72; — 4th, 50 ; — Englewood 1st, 24.32 ;— Wood- phia North — Germantown West Side, 34.82; Macalester
lawn Park sab.-sch., 10. Freeport— Prairie Dell German, 5. Memorial, 2. Pittsburg — Pittsburg 1st, 10; — Bellefield,
Peoria — Knoxville, 2. Rock River — Garden Plain, 5.20. 100 ; — East Liberty, 78.45 ; — Point Breeze, 38.26 ; — Shady
Schuyler — Monmouth, 12.96. 445 20 Side, 61.88; Sharon, 15.92. Shenango— New Castle 1st, 5.
Indian a. — Fort Wayne— Ligonier, 10.85. Logansport— Westminster— York Calvary, 22.50. 895 39
Logansport Broadway, 5. 15 85 South Dakota. — Central Dakota — Endeavor C.E. and
Indian Territory.— C/<oc/au>— Oak Hill sab.-sch., 1. 100 sab.-sch., 1. Dakota — Buffalo Lake, 1 ; Crow Creek, 1.66 ;
Iowa. —Iowa — Burlington 1st, 2.40. Sioux City — Elliott Hill, 1 ; White River, 1; Yankton Agency, 4. Southern
Creek, 1; Schaller sab.-sch., 1.90. 5 30 Dakota— Hope Chapel, 1. 10 66
Kansas.— JBmporia— Osage City, 4.35. Solomon— Herring- Washington. — Alaska — Fort Wrangell 1st, 3 ; — 2d, 2.
ton, 77 cts. 5 12 Olympia— Cosmopolis, 1.20 ; Montesano, 1. 7 20
Kentucky.— Louisville— < iwensboro 1st, 10. 10 00 Wisconsin.— Chippewa— Ellsworth, 2.25 ; Hagar City, 2.91 ;
Michigan.— Z>e*/w7— Pontiac 1st, 46.45. Lake Superior— Hartland, 2.43. Madison— Prairie du Sac sab.-sch., 90 cts.
Manistique Redeemer, 5. 51 45 Winnebago— Appleton Memorial, 14. 22 49
Minnesota.— Manhito— Jasper, 3. Minneapolis— Minne-
apolis 5th, 1.95. St. Paul— St Paul Central, 9.02. 13 97 Receipts from churches during May, 1898 §2,699 32
BiiSSOURl.-^ar*-Spriiigfield 2d sab.-sch., 2. Palmyra . miscellaneous.
— Unionville, 3. o 00
Montana.— Helena— Manhattan 1st Holland, 1. 100 Miss Olivia E. P.Stokes, New York, 60 ; Estate of Rev.
Nebraska.— Nebraska City— Beatrice 2d, 3. 3 00 Francis V. Warren, North East, Pa., 75 ; Rev. F. H. Kroe-
New Jersey.— Morris and Orange— Orange Central, 100; sche and wife, btaceyville, Iowa, 5; Sale of property at
Whippany 1st, 1. Newark— Newark 2d C.E., 40; — Park, Caddo, I.T., 300; Rev. Albert B. King, New York, 5; H.
7.04. New Brunswick — Pennington 1st, 12.75; Princeton J- Baird-Huey, Philadelphia, Pa., 5; "M. M. M.," 18;
Witherspoon Street, 2. Newton — Belvidere 1st sab.-sch., Estate of Joel Hall, Sr., Berlin, O., 200; Mrs. A. H. Kel-
17.04; Delaware, 6. West Jersey— Bridgeton West, 20; Ham- logg, Barrington, 111., 10; Religious Contribution Society,
monton, 2.50. 208 33 Princeton Seminary, N. J., 15.72 ; H. L. J., New Brighton,
New York. — Boston — Lowell, 5. Brooklyn — Brooklyn N. Y., 15; "A Cup of Cold AVater," from Turin, N. Y.,
Classon Avenue, 68.85; — Duryea, 42; —Greene Avenue, 5; W. Z. Morrison, Pittsburg, Pa., 40 ; Tuition from Not-
10 23. Geneva — Seneca, 16.26. Hudson — Clarkstown Ger- toway School, Ya., per Miss Thompson, 10.50 ; " C. Penna.,"
man, 2; Greenbush, 10.20. Lyons— Huron, 3. New York— 8 ; Rev. H. T. Scholl, East Coming, N. Y., 1.50. S773 72
New York Bethany, 114;- Brick, 458.73; —Central, 73.71; Woman's Board 11149
— Mount Tabor, 5; Woodstock, 7. St. Lawrence— Chau-
mont, 3 ; Sackett's Harbor, 5.10. Swacuse— Canastota 1st, Total receipts during May, 1898 $3584 53
15. Troy— Salem 1st, 5.67; Trov Westminster, 8.97. West- " " to June 1, 1898 7786 15
^..^• — Yonkers 1st sab.-sch., 24.50. 778 22 " " " " " 1897 6398 75
North Dakota.— Pembina— Park River, 6. 6 00 — -
Ohio.— Bellefontaine— Bellefontaiue 1st, 2.82. Cleveland— John J. Beacom, Treas.,
Cleveland 1st sab.-sch., 18.89 ; — Boulevard, 3.69. Dayton— 516 Market St., Pittsburg, Pa.
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CLERKS;
Stated Clerk and Treasurer— Rev. William IT. Roberts, D.D.,
LL.D. All correspondence on the general business of
the Assembly should be addressed to the Stated Clerk,
No. 13H» Walnut street, Philadelphia, Pa.
Permanent CUrh— Rev. William E. Moore, D.D., LL.D.,
Columbus, Ohio.
TRUSTEES.
President— George Junkin, Esq., LL.D.
Treasurer— Frank K. Hippie, 1340 Chestnut Street.
Recording Secretary— Jacob Wilson.
Office— Witherspoon Building, No. 1319 Walnut Street
Philadelphia, Pa.
BOARDS.
I. Home Missions, Sustentation.
Secretary— Rev. Charles L. Thompson, D.D.
Treasurer— Mr. Harvey C. Olin.
Superintendent of Schools— Rev. Georee F. McAfee.
Secretary of Young People' s Department— Miss M. Katharine Jones.
Office— Presbyterian Building, No. 156 Fifth Avenue, New York, N. Y. Address all mail, Box 156
Madison Square Branch.
Letters relating to missionary appointments and other operations of the Board, and applications for aid
from churches, should be addressed to the Secretary.
Letters relating to the financial aifairs of the Board, or those containing remittances of money, should be
addressed to the Treasurer.
Applications of teachers and letters relating to the School Department should be addressed to the Superin-
tendent of Schools.
Correspondence of Young People's Societies and matters relating thereto should be addressed to the Secre-
tai~y of the Young People's Department.
a. Foreign Missions.
Corresponding Secretaries— Rev. Frank F. Ellinwood, D.D., LL.D. ; Rev. John Gillespie, D.D. ; Mr. Robert E. Speer
and Rev. Arthur J. Brown, D.D.
Treasurer— Charles W. Hand.
Secretary Emeritus— Rev. John C. Lowrie, D.D.
Field Secretary— Rev. Thomas Marshall, D.D., 48 McCormick Block, Chicago, HI.
Office— Presbyterian Building, No. 156 Fifth Avenue, New York, N. Y.
Letters relating to the missions or other operations of the Board should be addressed to the Secretaries.
Letters relating to the pecuniary affairs of the Board, or containing remittance/' f money, should be sent
to Charles W. Hand, Treasurer.
Certificates of honorary membership are given on receipt of $30, and of honorary directorship on receipt
of $100.
Persons sending packages for shipment to missionaries should state the contents and value. There are no
fcpecified days for shipping goods. Send packages to the Presbyterian Building as soon as they are ready. Ad-
dress the Treasurer of the Board of Foreign Missions.
The postage on letters to all our mission stations, except those in Mexico, is 5 cents for each half ounce or
fraction thereof. Mexico, 2 cents for each half ounce.
3. Education.
Corresponding Secretary— Rev. Edward B. Hodge, D.D. Treasurer— Jacob Wilson.
Office— Witherspoon Building, No. 1319 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa.
4. Publication and Sabbath=schooI Work.
Secretary— Rev. Elijah R. Craven, D.D., LL.D.
Superintendent of Sabbath-school and Missionary Work— Rev. James A. W'orden, D.D.
Editorial Superintendent— Rev. J. R. Miller, D.D. Business Superintendent— John H. Scribner.
Manufacturer— Henry F. Scheetz. Treasurer— Rev. C. T. McMullin.
Office— Witherspoon Building, No. 1319 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa.
Letters relative to the general interests of the Board, also all manuscripts offered for publication and com-
munications relative thereto, excepting those for Sabbath-school Library books and the periodicals, should be
addressed to the Rev. E. R. Craven, D.D., Secretary.
Presbyterial Sabbath-school reports, letters relating to Sabbath-school and Missionary work, to grants of
the Board's publications, to the appointment of Sabbath-school missionaries, and all communications of mis-
sionaries, to the Superintendent of Sabbath-school and Missionary Work.
All manuscripts for Sabbath-school books, the Westminster Teacher and the other periodicals, and all
letters concerning the same, to the Editorial Superintendent.
Business correspondence and orders for books and periodicals, except from Sabbath-school missionaries, to
John H. Scribner, Business Superintendent.
Remittances of money and contributions, to the Rev. C T. McMullin, Treasurer.
5. Church Erection.
Corresponding Secretary— Rev. Erskine N. WThite, D.D. Treasurer— Adam CampbelL
Office— Presbyterian Building, No. 156 Fifth, Avenue, New York, N. Y.
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY'S COMMITTEE,
Witherspoon Building, Philadelphia, Pa.
JOHN S. MACINTOSH, D.D., Chairman,
Charles A. Dickey, D.D.,
Warner Van Norden, Esq.
Hon. Robert N. Willson,
John H. Dey, Esq., Secretary, Charles L. Thompson, D.D.
Stealy B. Rossiter, D.D., Frank F. Ellin wood, D.D.,
Henry T. McEwen, D.D., William C. Roberts, D.D.
Stephen W. Dana, D.D.,
EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENTS.
Charles L. Thompson, D.D.,
F. F Ellinwood, D.D., LL.D ,
Edward B. Hodge, D.D.,
Elijah R. Craven, D.D., LLD ,
Erskine N. White, D.D.,
Benj. L. Agnew, D.D.,
Edward P. Cowan, D.D.,
E. C. Ray, D.D.
[Each of these Editorial Correspondents is appointed by the Board of which he is a Secretary, and is responsible
for what is found iu the pages representing the work of that Board. See list of Officers and Agencies of the General
Assembly on the last two pages of each number.]
Contents.
188
189
190
191
199
202
203
203
204
Current Events and the Kingdom, . . .185
Editorial Notes, 186
The Bible a Missionary Agency, Rev J. H.
/Shakespeare,
Oriental Missionaries, F F Ellinwood, D.D.,
Four Successive Missionary Crusades, W. A,
P. Martin, D.D. ,
The Twentieth-century Movement in Pres-
byterian Sabbath-schools (seven illustra-
tions), Edward T. Bromfield, D D., .
FOREIGN MISSIONS.- Notes,
Ira M. Condit, D D. (with poi trait),
Jonathan Wilson, D D. (with portrait), .
A Buddhist's Salvation by Faith,
A Notable Brahman Convert (with portrait of
Rev. Golak Nath), ....
A True Worshiper of the Unknown God, E.P.
Dunlap, D.D., 206
Illustrations of Missionary Educational Work,
201, 205-208
Concert of Prayer— Topic for September, Mis-
sionary Educational Work, ....
Letters— Syria, H. H. Jessup, D.D; China,
Hunter Corbett, D.D.; Laos, Rev J. 8.
Thomas,
EDUCATION.— The Unique Importance of
the Ministry (portrait of Rev. Charles G.
Finney)— Religion at State Universities-
Some Characteristics of Certain Seminaries,
CHURCH ERECTION.— An Important De-
cision, 220
COLLEGES AND ACADEMIES.— An Expe-
rience, 223
209
214
217
PUBLICATION AND SABBATH-SCHOOL
WORK.— Announcement — The Message
of the Closing Century— Notes, . . .224
MINISTERIAL RELIEF. — Closely Relati d
to God— The Grand Work to be Done, . 227
FREEDMEN. — Items-Getting Rid of the
Load— Looks Easy— Black Man's Plea—
Synodical Contributions, .... 229
HOME MISSIONS. — " The Patriotic Offer-
ing "—Notes, 231
The Church and the Country, D J McMillan,
D.D., 233'
The Fourth of July Among the Nez Perces,
Thomas M. Gunn, 285
Concert of Prayer, Topic for September, . 236
Conditions on the Field, 236
The Church and Missions, Lyman Whitney
Allen, D.D , 237
Letters 240
Appointments, 243
YOUNG PEOPLE'S CHRISTIAN ENDEA-
VOR.—Notes— Christian Endeavor Con-
vention in China, Lavina M. Rollestone —
The Board of Publication and Sabbath-
school Work (seven illustrations)— Read-
ings from New Books— Christian Training
Course, Outline D — Presbyterian En-
deavorers— Questions for the Missionary
Meeting— With the Magazines— Book No-
tices, 245-263
Receipts, . 264
THE CHURCH
AT HOME AND ABROAD,
SEPTEMBER, 1898.
CURRENT EVENTS AND THE KINGDOM.
Missions and Statesmanship. — At a
Christian Endeavor rally for the discussion
of " Missions as Imperative upon our
Statesmanship," the Rev. J. Cumming
Smith developed these points: " Missionary
work is the leaven which is raising the
people of non- Christian lands to a higher
plane of intelligence and self-respect. In
the promotion of these qualities among
nations whose cheap labor imperils our
industries, lies the solution of the tariff and
immigration questions." The vast im-
portance of this aggressive effort certainly
justifies the appeal which the American
Board makes to the young people : ' ' Read,
as you do the news and politics of the day,
the story of the fields where the Lord is
making, through mission workers, the
world's future."
The Progress of the Kingdom. — The
Rev. H. P. Carson, D. D., synodical super-
intendent of home missions in South Da-
kota, who has been much interested in that
study of current events recommended by
The Church at Home and Abroad,
writes as follows to the young readers of this
magazine: " Current events most assuredly
have to do with the kingdom of Christ. It
is very desirable that as we read of and
contemplate them, we apply to them the
principles of his kingdom. In them often
is plainly seen the unfolding of his plans,
the operation of the leaven of his truth.
Certainly to them we should apply the tests
of these principles. Our present war is for
the progress of that civilization that is
eminently Christian. May it not be that
all Christian nations will hereafter make a
broader application of these principles ?
Shall Christianity sit idly by and yet be in
touch with barbarous infliction of oppres-
sion and open practice of such tyranny as
prevents humanity from realizing the high
end it was made to reach ?"
Changing Attitude of the Hindus. —
There are the most convincing signs that the
temper of the Hindus toward Christianity
is changing. Said Dr. E. E. Strong before
the National Congregational Council : " The
bitter hostility is giving way to respect, and
ears and hearts are open that only of late
could be reached. Witness that remark-
able gift by wealthy Hindus in Madura —
one of them a priest of a pagan temple — of
a hospital, the whole fine building being
given to the mission of the American Board
with the full understanding that it is to be
a Christian hospital, with daily preaching
of the gospel."
The Serious Work of the World. —
" Now that the pastime of war is over,"
said a Prussian drill-master at the conclusion
of the Franco-German War, " we will
return to the serious business of life, which
is — drilling." The war with Spain, now
so happily ended, has been no pastime; it
was entered upon as a solemn responsibility.
Nor shall we bend our energies to the task
of making ready for another war, though a
valuable lesson about readiness for an emer-
gency has been well learned. The events of
the past few months, controlled by Almighty
God, have opened a new door of oppor-
tunity. Ours is a sacred mission of freedom
and progress, as Ambassador Hay pointed
out at a banquet in the Mansion House,
London. We are charged with duties
toward others that we cannot evade.
Henceforth we must bear a larger part in
" the serious work of the world." Mr.
185
186
CURRENT EVENTS AND THE KINGDOM.
[September,
Henry Norman, of the London Chronicle,
after a careful study of popular sentiment
in this country, expresses the opinion that
the old America, obedient to the traditions
and founders of the republic, is passing
away, and a new America, alert, armed for
a wider influence in the arena of the world-
struggle, is taking its place. And Dr.
John H. Barrows, in his Amherst baccalau-
reate, expressed the confidence that Ameri-
can manhood would be strong enough for
the new expansion of our national oppor-
tunity and obligation, for that ampler sphere
of national influence upon which we are
already entering.
Christian Work in the Army. — It is
reported that forty per cent, of the soldiers
in camp regularly visit the tents of the
Young Men's Christian Association, and
Gen. Beaver testifies that the work of the
Association is more comprehensive and
effective than that done by the Christian
Commission during the Civil War. Mr.
W. T. Ellis writes in The Independent that
no literature is so popular as the Bible, the
demand for which at first far exceeded the
supply. It was a common sight to see
men during idle hours reading the Bible
with deep interest.
Gambling Prohibited in New Jersey.
— The Supreme Court of New Jersey has
ruled that the amendment to the Constitu-
tion of the State prohibiting gambling was
adopted by the popular vote taken in Sep-
tember, 1897.
The New Outlook in China.— That
new missionary journal, Signs of Progress
in China, calling attention to the change of
attitude toward everything Western, men-
tions some of the commercial, social, educa-
tional and religious signs of a progressive
movement, as follows :
New industries — silk and cotton — are
springing up so rapidly in Shanghai that
contractors cannot build sufficient houses to
meet the demand, and rents have gone up
sixty to one hundred per cent, during the
last three years. Chinese merchants who
despised English education before pay $8
per month for the education of their sons
in English. The barrow gives way to the
bicycle, and the sedan chair to the carriage
and pair, and the spinning wheel fades away
before the maze of innumerable spindles.
There is a most remarkable anti-foot -
binding movement. Over one hundred
million of the Chinese women have their
feet bound very small, making them
deformed for life. The missionaries have
for many years opposed this cruel custom.
Of late non-missionary Europeans, led by
Mrs. Little of Chung King, and non-Chris-
tian Chinese have adopted this social
reform. Many sign a pledge not to bind
their own daughters' feet, nor to marry
their sons to those who have small feet. The
register now contains 7000 names.
The establishment in Shanghai of a col-
lege on the same lines as that at Tientsin,
for the study of English and Western
learning. In December last a number of
native gentry in Shanghai decided to open
a Chinese Ladies' School, where they were
to encourage the unbinding of the feet and
study English. Signs of progress are seen
in imperial encouragement to Western
learning.
On the 6 th day of the first moon this
year, an Imperial Edict was issued, putting
the study of Western learning for the first
time on a par with the study of Chinese lit-
erature as a condition for obtaining degrees.
To a nation that has not materially changed
its subjects of study for a thousand years,
this innovation is itself revolutionary and
is of the most momentous consequences,
not only to China, but to the progress of
the human race. Evidently the spirit of
God is moving among the dry bones.
The Rev. Griffith John and other mis-
sionaries in the Yangtse Valley report that
there never was such a spirit of inquiry in
regard to Christianity as is manifested
now. The same is reported by the China
Inland Mission, the Church Missionary
Society, the Methodists, the Presbyteri-
ans, the Baptists, as well as the Congrega-
tional Missions. If the present interest
continues, there is no reason to doubt that
each mission may be soon able to report
their converts by the thousands. Formerly
officials indulged themselves in producing
the infamous Hunan anti- Christian litera-
ture ; now the governor of Hunan has lately
issued one of the finest proclamations in
favor of Christianity ever issued in China,
and another mandarin, who has not yet been
baptized, called with the manuscript of a
book of twenty chapters written by him in
defense of the Christian religion.
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EDITORIAL NOTES.
187
Dean Farrar, in his address at the
dedication of Wesley's house, said the want
of the Christian Church to-day is unity,
not uniformity, a holy freedom for all, not
the hard tyranny of ecclesiastical dictation.
The Church of England he regards as only
part of the great Church of Christ against
which the gates of hell shall not prevail.
The first house of worship in Cincinnati
was erected in 1792 by the First Presby-
terian Church, says the Herald and Presby-
ter. It was constructed of boat plank and
clapboards and rested on posts or blocks of
wood. The present First Church stands
upon part of the same lot, which has been
continuously occupied by the same congre-
gation to this day.
In an earnest appeal for the payment of
the debt of the Home Board, the Presbyte-
rian Banner says: Home Missions is a
mighty arm with which we sow the land
with the seeds of pure patriotism. Every
church is a disseminator of it, every sermon
preaches it, every true Christian lives it.
Plant your dollars in home missions and
they will grow up in patriots that will love
their country as Christian citizens and make
it an honor among the nations of the earth.
Dr. Ellinwood's reference on page 190
to the reputation as a beef- eater which Vive-
kananda won while in the United States
recalls a recent address delivered by Dr.
J. H. Barrows, who described a recep-
tion given him by a Hindu Club in
Madras, at which many shrewd lawyers
asked carefully prepared questions regard-
ing Christianity and Hinduism. After
he had spoken of the debasing forms
of idolatry everywhere prevalent, and a
young lawyer had replied that the idol was a
symbol of a god, and brought the divine
nearer, Dr. Barrows said: "Is it not de-
basing for a human being to crawl through
indescribable filth to kiss the tail of a cow,
as I have seen them do in a temple at
Benares ?" The lawyer instantly arose and
said : ' ' It is much better to kiss the tail of
a cow than to kill the cow and eat her."
Although Dr. Barrows knew there were
men before him who professed to regard the
cow as a sacred animal, and yet ate beef on
the sly, he did not mention that fact, but
said: " The eating of cow's flesh is not
confined to Christians. After the first ses-
sion of the Parliament of Religions in
Chicago, I invited the Swami Vivekananda
and other Oriental gentlemen to dine with
me at a restaurant. ' What shall I give
you to eat V said I to Vivekananda, and
he replied, ' Give me beef.' " The story
produced a profound impression, and there
were no further questions in that direction.
The small colleges, says James Bryce in
his "American Commonwealth," get hold
of a multitude of poor men, who might
never resort to a distant place of education.
They set learning in a visible form, plain,
indeed, and humble, but dignified even in
her humility, before the eyes of a rustic
people in whom the love of knowledge,
naturally strong, might never break from
the bud into the flower but for the care of
some zealous gardener They light
up in many a country town what is at first
only a farthing rushlight, but may finally
throw its rays over the whole State in
which it stands. In some of these small
Western colleges one finds to-day men of
great abilities and great attainments; one
finds students who are receiving an educa-
tion as thorough, though not always as wide,
as the best Eastern Universities can give.
One who recalls the history of the West
during the past fifty years, and bears in
mind the tremendous rush of ability and
energy toward a purely material develop-
ment which has marked its people, will feel
that this uncontrolled freedom of teaching,
this multiplication of small institutions, have
done for the country a work which a few
State-regulated universities might have
failed to do.
At the Woman's Homeland Prayer Meet-
ing in Chicago recently, mention was made
of towns in southern Illinois without a
church, and of one town of 250 people
without a Christian in it, in which one who
is not a Christian is trying to carry on a
Sunday-school. A Chicago lady gave a
vivid account of work undertaken by her
husband and herself in this region during
their summer vacation. Soon after their
arrival they began a house-to-house visita-
tion, and in the poor quarters of the town
found a deplorable condition, the people
188
THE BIBLE A MISSIONARY AGENCY.
[September,
knowing nothing of the Bible, or of Jesus
as their Saviour. Inquiring of a woman if
she thought they would like to have a
Sunday-school there, she replied, {t Oh, do
you love us enough to have one here ?' '
She opened her small house for the purpose
and notified her neighbors. Mothers came
eagerly with their children, and, as the
summer drew to a close, desired that the
work might be continued, as it had been
such a revelation to them.
" The best time to teach a State as well
as a child is in its infancy," said the Rev.
Asa Turner, who had settled in Denmark,
la., in 1838. This cry for help led eleven
young men of the class of 1843 to organize
the " Andover Band." They attracted as
much attention, it has been said, as a like
party would if on their way to Central
Africa. One of their number has recently
said: " To most people Iowa was then an
unknown land; an intelligent lady, who
knew of missions as chiefly relating to for-
eign lands, asked if it was one of the Sand-
wich Islands!" These eleven men had
then, as we now know, at least four hundred
and forty years of good work in them, or
an average of forty years each; and nearly
all that work was to be given to the young
commonwealth which was not born into
the Union until three years after their
coming. — J. Irving Manett, in the New
England Magazine.
THE BIBLE A MISSIONARY AGENCY.
[Address by Rev. J. H. Shakespeare before the British and Foreign Bible Society.]
In the early part of the seventeenth cen-
tury, a preacher of some note, named
Rogers, preached a very striking sermon in
London, in which, by a daring flight of
imagination, he represented God as with-
drawing the Bible from the world. The
punishment of human indifference to the
word was greater than man could bear.
The preacher pictured men flung suddenly
off the rock of truth into the tumbling sea
of speculation, living and dying in Egyp-
tian darkness, no divine voice breaking the
intense stillness of the unseen. Dr. Thomas
Goodwin heard that sermon, and he went
out and wept for a quarter of an hour, with
the reins hanging loosely upon his horse's
neck, before he could proceed upon his
journey. Now, in one sense, the Bible is
the commonest of all books. No longer
chained to the pulpit of a parish church, it
is translated into hundreds of languages
and dialects, and circulated in copies which
are past counting. In another sense it is
the one sacred book — God's precious gift to
mankind Wherever this book goes
it is proved to be the book of God, because
it is charged with divine power. Wherever
the Bible goes it carries with it the spirit of a
new life. In every nationality it creates one
type, the man in Christ Jesus. Give it time
and circulate it freely in those ancient lands
where superstitions prevail, and it will
regenerate every part of their life. Let it
flow like life-blood through their veins, and
it will cleanse them from their foul diseases,
and it will deliver them from their moral
impotence. Its noble thoughts will inspire
a new and splendid native literature. Its
matchless scenes will strip heathen temples
of their lewd representations, and make art
the minister of a holy religion. It will put
a new song into the mouth of those that sit
in darkness, so that every shore shall
resound with the praise of Christ. The
Bible is the great missionary agency. The
story of this society is one long witnessing
to its triumphant power. When the great
missionary, Dr. Duff, first went out to
India, the ship in which he sailed was
totally wrecked on a reef of rocks, and he
was cast upon a small and desolate island.
All the 800 volumes he had taken with
him, representing every department of
human learning, were swallowed by the
raging waves. But one book was cast on
the open beach in the morning — a large
copy of Bagster's Bible. This was his
outfit when he reached India; this was his
weapon against the powers of darkness.
" Blessed be God," he wrote, " I can say
they are gone without a murmur. So perish
all earthly things." He went to India
determined, like St. Paul at Corinth, to
know nothing but Christ and him crucified.
Let the missionary take the Bible and it
is enough. Nay, he goes where it cannot
enter. It speaks where he must be silent.
It stays when he departs, and it works on
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189
when his work is done. He cannot tell
what miracle may be wrought by a stray
leaf borne away in the wind. In 1841 the
missionaries were compelled to leave Mon-
golia, but before they went they had trans-
lated the New Testament into the native
tongue. For twenty-eight years those living
embers burned on. Among that benighted
people the Scriptures survived, and when
Gilmour went to Mongolia he found, in
dim forests and rocky fastnesses and mud
hovels and out-of-the-way places, the word
of God, " which liveth and abideth for-
ever." The circulation of the Scriptures is
the hope of the world. The Englishman
can never convert the millions of heathen-
dom. It must be the Bible missionary
going to every man in his own tongue. The
report speaks of Japan. That wonderful
country, with its brave and enlightened
people, holds something like the same posi-
tion in the East to-day which England held
in the West in the sixteenth century, with
its far-seeing and statesman -like rulers,
with its welcome to every modern invention,
with everything except a religion. The
future of Japan depends upon whether it
gets Christianity. If it does not get Chris-
tianity this flash of power and civilization
will be evanescent.
ORIENTAL MISSIONARIES.
F. F. ELLIN WOOD, D.D.
Within the last five years at least five
conspicuous missionaries of Oriental systems
have appeared before the American public.
The general disposition of Americans to
welcome whatever is novel and especially if
coming from a distance and wearing a
strange costume, has secured to these gen-
tlemen a curious if not an earnest hearing.
The first of the five announced himself
five or six years ago as Baron Harden
Hickey, a self-appointed emissary of
Buddhism. In the New York World and
the New York Herald he published ex-
tended articles, in one case with pictorial
illustrations, designed to prove that the
history of Christ was borrowed from the
earlier biography of Guatama. Consid-
erable sensation was created, and the public
expected much more; but Baron Hickey
having obtained the hand of an heiress, his
Buddhist mission suddenly collapsed. He
has quite recently committed suicide in
Texas.
Tbe next in order was Mohammed
Webb, as he chose to call himself. It was
reported that he had interested some wealthy
Mohammedans of Bombay in an effort for
the wide spread of Islam in America, and
that they had contributed $12,000 for his
support as a missionary. But another
adventurer, having learned the source of
his good fortune, became a rival and resorted
to desperate measures to secure a share in
the spoils. He challenged public attention
by a muezzin call to prayer from a third -
story window in Union Square. But his
bold tactics failing to secure any part of the
Bombay fund, he is said to have made such
damaging representations at headquarters as
to cut short Webb's supplies, and the quar-
rel ended in the common ruin of the rival
schemes.
As an episode, Webb had appeared at the
Chicago Parliament of Religions, with an
elaborate defense of the Koran, and had
had the distinction of being the only man
who was hissed by the audience.
At the close of the Parliament, Virchand
Gandhi appeared before the public as a
representative of the Jains, an ancient sect
in India, now well-nigh extinct. He had
comparatively little to say of the Jains, but
devoted his time principally to the short-
comings of Christianity and Christian mis-
sions. The Jains were originally a sect
whom some suppose to have been a branch
of the Buddhists, though lacking their
aggressiveness and their brilliant conquests.
Gandhi revealed the impress of an Anglo-
Indian education ; and the study of Western
agnosticism, rather than any flavor of the
ascetic rigors and childish cosmogonies of
the ancient Jains, appears in all his utter-
ances. His chief attack on Christianity
was published in one of our popular maga-
zines, and was ably answered by a layman
who happened to know something of India
and of the work of Christian missions.
But of all these Oriental emissaries,
Swami Vivekananda has certainly made the
most extensive canvass of credulous Amer-
ica. Being gifted with facility in English
speech, and not too scrupulous in the use of
boundless assertion, true or false, he has
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FOUR SUCCESSIVE MISSIONARY CRUSADZS.
[September,
found ready access not only to small lecture
halls, but to the parlors of many wealthy
people where he has discoursed principally
to audiences of ladies. For two or three
years he had what he seems to have regarded
as a thoroughly good time. He claimed to
represent Hinduism, which in its principles
is nothing if it is not ascetic, and which
regards cattle as among the most sacred of
living things. Nevertheless the good Swami
won an embarrassing reputation as a beef
eater, while in America, which unhappy
circumstance has reached the ears of his
fellow-countrymen in India. Still upon
his return to India large audiences listened
to his "marvelous assertions and were almost
prepared to believe that the Western con-
tinents were waiting to sit at the feet of the
Eastern sages. His statements were so
preposterous that the editor of the Christian
Literature Society of India sent letters to
various prominent persons in this country,
inquiring as to the truth or falsity of his
allegations, some of which were as follows:
" The great Sri Rama Krishna to-day is wor-
shiped literally by thousands in Europe and
America, and to-morrow will be worshiped by
thousands more. Before ten years elapse the vast
majority of the English people will be Vedantists.
I have turned the tide of Yedanta which is flooding
the world (the Vedanta is Indian Pantheism). In
the United States scarcely is there a happy home ;
there may be some, but the number of unhappy
marriages is so large that it passes all description.
Scarcely could I go to a meeting or a society, but I
found that three-quarters of the women present had
turned out their husbands and children. It is so
here, there and everywhere."
Those American women who gave him
hospitality will know how to value this high
compliment.
Among the replies which the Christian
Literature Society received from this country
were the following :
President Angell, of Michigan University:
" The question which you ask about the
possibility of Americans adopting Hinduism
strikes every one in this country as simply
preposterous. ' '
Dr. Boardman, of Philadelphia : " If the
Swami has made any converts at all they
have gone from the ranks of theosophists,
or from people of a restless and adjustable
unbelief. ' '
President Elliot, of Harvard: " The
Swami' s statements are absolutely without
foundation. I have never heard of a single
convert from Christianity."
Judge Grosscup, of Chicago: " I have
learned of but one who had devoted herself
to Hinduism, and I think the Christian
Church will not suffer from her departure."
Archbishop Ireland: " I know America
well, and I have never known of a follower
of this gentleman or his doctrines. ' '
(Exit Vivekananda!)
The last Oriental missionary to this coun-
try deserves more respectful consideration.
This is the Buddhist monk, Dharmapala of
Ceylon. He is still comparatively young.
He was once a pupil in a Christian mission
school, and he has been frank enough to say
that had he not had an altercation with his
teacher he might now be a Christian
preacher. At the Chicago Parliament,
where he discussed Buddhist ethics, he
made a good impression. He appears sin-
cere, and has had considerable influence
with " American Buddhists." A few
months since he consecrated a young lady
in Brooklyn as a missionary of his faith.
On leaving this country Mr. Dharmapala
visited Paris, where as a part of the pro-
grame of a congress of religions he held
a service which was attended by a large and
heterogeneous audience and was of a very
unique but unedifying character. Every
worshiper held a chrysanthemum.
FOUR SUCCESSIVE MISSIONARY CRUSADES.
In the seventh century, 01 open, a Nesto-
rian monk from Syria, with a number of
companions, made his way across the desert,
and presented the "twenty-seven books"
of the New Testament at the imperial court.
The strangers were well received by the
emperor, and especially patronized by his
prime minister. Monasteries were built for
them in many of the chief cities, and their
churches multiplied to such an extent that
in repairing one of them at Singanfu, the
western capital, they thought it worth while
to engrave on stone a history of their suc-
cess. But was it success ? Gradually the
ebb and flow of ages have effaced every
trace of their existence — save that solitary
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stone. Its inscription is surmounted by a
cross and bears for title, " A Record of the
Spread of the Christian Faith in China."
It stands, however, in the court of a Buddh-
ist monastery.
Six centuries later, the first Roman Cath-
olic missionary, John de Monte Corvino,
and his successors, arrived in Peking.
Coming by land through the deserts of
Central Asia, they were too inaccessible to
be properly sustained. At that epoch,
moreover, Europa had not emerged from
the gloom of the dark ages. No permanent
impression was made, and three centuries
elapsed before the Church of Rome renewed
the attempt.
When Father Ricci and his companions
arrived in 1582— the vanguard of a noble
army — the conditions were greatly altered.
They came by sea, and were not wholly
cut off from succor, though navigation then
was so imperfect and so dangerous that two
years were required for the round trip, and
of the first six hun-ired who embarked it is
asserted that no more than two hundred
lived to reach their destination.
The fourth crusade, now in its full career,
may be considered as beginning with the
signing of treaties at the close of the first
war with England.
May not a glance at the previous attacks
on that stronghold, and the causes of their
failure, encourage us to hope for better suc-
cess in these last days ?
Three crusades were waged for the pos-
session of an empty sepulchre; and to the
disgrace of Christendom, then and now,
they left it in the hands of the Moslem.
Three crusades have been waged for
the conversion of China. — Dr. W. A.
P Martin, in ' 'Baptist Missionary Maga-
zine."
THE ALLIANCE SPIRIT AMONG MISSIONARIES.
Mrs. Isabella Bird Bishop said at the
Cambridge Conference of the Evangelical
Alliance: "I have traveled for seven and a
half years in Asia, and have visited 170 mis-
sion stations, and everywhere, in Central
Asia, China, Persia, Arabia, I have met with
the Alliance spirit, with work for the good of
man, carried out in faithful obedience to
the last command of our Lord, while the
workers have been holding ' one Lord, one
faith, one baptism, one hope of their call-
ing,' and one hope of eternal life. I have
found them meeting together for prayer and
Scripture reading, in all the mission stations,
loving each other as brethren, holding their
own denominational views, many of them
very strongly, but these denominational
riewa never, except in one particular case,
interfering with that bond of brotherhood in
wThich all were working for the welfare of
mankind. It was instructive to see this
bond of brotherhood, so marked that one
never knew to what church or society these
devoted men and women belonged. All
met together in love and harmony, seeking
the same aims and loving the same Lord.
This observance of the unity of the spirit in
the bond of peace was communicated by these
workers to their converts. One of the bright-
est features among the Christian con-
verts and perhaps especially in China was
this spirit of unity. There was no
saying, ' I am of Paul ' and 'I am of
Apollos;' all said, ' I am of Christ,' and
they helped each other. The missionary
bond and the missionary brotherhood are
two of the brightest examples of keeping
that unity of the spirit in the bond of peace
which the Alliance for these fifty years has
been striving to promote."
THE TWENTIETH-CENTURY MOVEMENT IN
PRESBYTERIAN SABBATH-SCHOOLS.
EDWARD T. BROMFIELD, D.D.
The character of this Movement is now
generally understood throughout our
Church. It is a special and organized effort
by Sabbath-school workers to bring in by
the opening of the new century a substantial
addition to its Sabbath- school membership.
The particular proposition is to raise the
membership by April 1, 1901, to about a
million and a half — an increase of about half
a million over the membership of 1897.
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THE TWENTIETH-CENTURY MOVEMENT.
[September,
The new century begins — not with the year
1900 A.D., as some people thoughtlessly
suppose — but with the year 1901 A.D.
The statistics of Presbyterian Sabbath-
schools are made up to the first day of April
in each year. We thus get the date for the
final reckoning of the results of the Move-
ment.
There is nothing to prevent the Twen-
tieth-century Movement, as an organized
plan of Sabbath- school extension, being
carried forward — if such should be the mind
of the Church — into succeeding years.
There is no reason why the work should
stop on April 1, 1901. The only difference
is that it would then become a general
movement instead of a special movement;
or, if continued as a special movement, other
dates and conditions would have to be
assigned to it. The Twentieth-century
Movement, as now before the Church, is
designed as an offering to the Lord at a par-
ticular time — the opening of the century.
Whatever is done to aid this particular
Movement must therefore be done before
April 1, 1901. What is done subse-
quently toward bringing in new scholars
may be well done; but it will not be in the
nature of an offering to the Lord at the
opening of the century. The time limit is
thus an interesting feature, and is calcu-
Dubree Chapel, W. Va.
lated to arrest attention and stimulate action.
The Presbyterian Church, of course, has no
monopoly of the words used to describe this
Movement. Other Churches may and, it is
to be hoped, will follow our example and
even improve upon it. Other enterprises
may adopt the phraseology. But it is open
to remark that the Presbyterian Church
was first in the field, with an organized
movement under this designation for the
glory of Christ and the well-being of man-
kind.
THE MOVEMENT AN ACCEPTED FACT.
This Movement may now be said to stand
before the Church as an accepted fact. A
year ago it had not been heard of; now it is
a subject of general discussion. True, it
has not set off with a rush. It is not of a
nature to stir up excitement. It appeals to
the sober faculties. It demands self-sacri-
ficing work. But it holds public attention.
When once the mind and heart grasp its
import they are moved in their deepest
depths. The opportunity given at the
turning of the century for a special offering
to Christ — the touching, appealing character
of the offering proposed — the thought of
the vast needs of humanity and the blessed-
ness of a pure gospel — the claims of child-
hood— these considerations, joined with
personal feelings as to duties neglected or
put aside, the constraining love of Christ,
the desire to do His bidding — are all in-
tensely powerful and this Movement is
of a nature to awaken them all. It
appeals to the spiritual in man. It unlocks
tender memories of the past. It brings
visions of one's own childhood before us.
After all that is so well said about the mis-
sion of the Sabbath- school to adults, the
first thought is of the child. To bring
children to Jesus! The mother nature in
us all responds. The thought abides and
expands and becomes a force. That is why
this Twentieth-century Movement is to-day
an accepted fact in the Church.
WHAT IT DOE3 AND DOES NOT MEAN.
It is not a Movement for raising money —
though money will be freely expended in it.
It is not a Movement for remedying a griev-
ance or exploiting some new invention. It
is not a Movement for advancing some new
theory. It does not come into rivalry with
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193
any work or enterprise of the Church.
On the other hand, it holds out a helping
hand to all good enterprises, and to such it
has in it the promise of substantial aid.
Who can doubt that a rapid gain in Sab-
bath-school membership means also increased
church membership — increased attendance
at church services — increased activity in
every branch of church work — increased
money offerings — increased vitality in every
way? All this seems so self-evident that
ate opinion and counsel. He might reason-
ably have expected some diversity of view.
There was none. Then came the considera-
tion of the subject by the Committee of the
Department and by the Board. It passed
this ordeal. Then its presentation for
discussion in the Church papers, to the
synods and presbyteries, and finally to the
General Assembly. Not a word of opposi-
tion, or even of criticism. Nothing but
friendly conviction and strong approving
Illustrations of Sabbath-school Missions.
it would be a waste of time to stop and
reason it out.
UNANIMITY OF OPINION.
There is a singular unanimity of opinion
in the Church regarding the Movement.
Of opposition or antagonism there is none.
It is about twelve months since Dr. James
A. Worden, the Superintendent of the
Sabbath-school and Missionary department
of our Board of Publication, addressed a
circular letter to some three hundred repre-
sentative men in the Church, informing them
of his scheme and asking for their deliber-
action. It is possible that some persons
may have had their doubts, but if so they
did not give public expression to them.
Some may have thought the principle of the
thing good enough, but questioned the
probability of bringing in so many new
scholars. A steady addition of a little over
ten per cent, per annum from 1897
would bring the Sabbath-school membership
in 1901 to a million and a half, but never
has there been in any recent year anything
like a net gain of ten per cent. The
highest rate in the past twenty- five years
was in 1874, when the records of the
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[September,
Paralta Presbyterian Church, Iowa.
Glen Cove Chapel, W. Va.
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THE TWENTIETH-CENTURY MOVEMENT.
195
D wight Mission, Indian
Old House.
Church showed an in-
crease in Sabbath-
school membership of
a trifle over seven
per cent, over the
year preceding. The
average rate for the
past ten years has been
less than four per
cent. The step from
four per cent, to ten
per cent, is a long
one. Still it is not in
itself beyond reason
in an organized and general movement in
which great emphasis is laid on the fact that
the true scope of Sabbath -school member-
ship embraces adults as well as children.
Further, it is argued that the very effort to
reach a high standard will draw forth the
energies of Sabbath-school workers in a
marked degree, and that the result, even
should it fall short of the aim, cannot be
otherwise than good. Earnest work along
the lines of this Movement can never be
thrown away. It is not so much, after all, a
question of bringing in a particular number
of members as of putting forth our best
energies with that end in view. This
being done, it is quite probable that the
results may even exceed the anticipations of
the leaders. Doubtless it was in this
spirit that a man so exceptionally far-seeing
and practical as John Wanamaker said:
" Make the aim a million while you are
about it."
But whatever views may have been held
by individuals as to the appropriate aim in
figures, there has been no apparent differ-
ence of opinion — no criticism even — as to
the Movement itself. This is remarkable
and of itself goes far toward sug-
gesting another question, namely :
18 THE MOVEMENT OF GOD?
So far as the history of the Move-
ment goes, there is no difficulty in
tracing its origin. The facts are
sufficiently stated in the preceding
paragraphs. A profounder question is
whether the Movement be of God, and
the claim of its promoters is that this
question must
undoubtedly be
answered in the
affirmative.
Dr. Wor-
den states that
the suggestion
came into his
mind distinct-
ly and to his
clear conviction
as a special an-
swer to special
prayer. There is
nothing in itself
p r e s u m ptuous
in such a claim.
It is in full
accord with the principles and teachings
of Scripture and of human experience in
the Church of God. If it is our privilege
and duty to pray for special gifts and bless-
ings, it is equally our privilege and duty to
expect that God will communicate those
gifts and blessings to us in his own time and
manner. " Every good gift and every
perfect gift is from above." Surely the gift
of spiritual discernment in our life-work —
whatever that lifework may be — is included
in this singularly comprehensive statement.
To judge as to the goodness and perfectness
of a suggestion coming into the mind after
prayer one needs the gift of spiritual dis-
cernment, and this will work through the
ordinary faculties. A lying spirit will be
known by those who, in dependence upon
God, exercise their ordinary faculties of rea-
soning, judgment and common sense. The
history of the Church is full of cases to the
point. No intelligent person will claim
that God has moved him to a particular
course except in the most reverent spirit
and on sufficient evidence as to facts.
Where the work in hand, or contemplated,
is godlike in its nature, where the means to
Territory.
Present House.
196
THE TWENTIETH-CENTURY MOVEMENT.
[September,
be employed are Scriptural, where the heart
of the Church responds, the conviction may
be humbly entertained that the thought
came from God, especially when its entrance
into the miud of the human originator was
preceded by prayer. In this way every
great missionary purpose and movement
in the Church has had its birth.
If after a calm study of the nature of
this particular Movement the conviction
comes to us that whatever be its human
history, it is in its nature and purpose of
God, then the duty of the believer is plain.
He must not only tacitly assent to it and
refrain from opposition, but he must work
for it as he has opportunity — God and his
own conscience being judges.
RELATION TO SABBATH-SCHOOL MISSIONS.
We must look further back than last
year for the causes which have gradually
led on to this Movement. God has been
working these many years in the Presby-
terian Church toward a union of hearts and
hands for the cause of childhood and the
development of the Sabbath-school. In
searching back along the historic pathway
of the Presbyterian Church in America, the
historian is struck by the interest ever mani-
fested in missionary work for children. Not
alone the training of the children of the
Church, but the spiritual welfare of neg-
lected children in all parts of the land —
this was the strong purpose of the fathers
and brethren of the Church from the earli-
Reed's Sabbath-school, South Carolina.
est beginnings in America. Long before
the Church through her Board of Publica-
tion organized a Sabbath-school Department,
her colporteurs were traversing frontier
regions, establishing Sabbath- schools and
supplying them with the means of instruc-
tion. It is a beautiful picture this — the
Church by its devoted colporteurs going into
the regions of mountain, forest and prairie
in search of children and gathering them as
lambs into Christ's fold.
After the organization of the Sabbath-
school Department by the Board of Publica-
tion in 1871, the work of the colporteurs was
continued under separate superintendence
until 1887, when it was made a part of the
Sabbath- school Work and the title of the
consolidated department became " The
Department of Sabbath-school and Mission-
ary Work."
Our Church has, therefore, for many
years, been carrying on a movement for the
extension of Sabbath-schools and the in-
crease of their membership. And it is this
movement which it is now sought to intensify
and stimulate by the consideration and
motive of a special offering to the Lord at
the dawn of the new century.
DAYS OF CELEBRATION.
Every year, in June and again in Sep-
tember, on Children's Day and on Rallying
Day, this missionary spirit dominates the
Sabbath- school. On Children's Day the
heart of the Church goes out to the chil-
dren of the spirit-
ually neglected,
far-off regions
of our land. On
Rallying Day
its hands are
stretched forth to
bring in the neg-
lected chil dren
around the home
churches — the
children that are
nigh. And the
influence of these
two days lasts
through the en-
tire year. Both
stand for the in-
gathering of out-
siders into the
Sabbath-school.
1898.]
THE TWENTIETH-CENTURY MOVEMENT.
197
I
Nor are they
mere days of
display and jubi-
lation. The mis-
sionary spirit
finds expression
in offerings
which support
Sabbath-school
missionaries o n
the field, and in
consecrated and
organi zed effort
for recruiting the
ranks of the ex-
isting schools by
timely and tact-
ful visitation and
canvassing.
All this is the
direct outgrowth
of the zeal and devotion of men who years
ago laid the foundation of the missionary and
educational departments of Sabbath-school
work in our Church. If they are permitted
to look down from heaven and see the
glorious superstructure which their descen-
dants have been permitted to raise upon the
foundations laid by them when the Church
was as yet very few in numbers and of no
great wealth — verily, they would rejoice and
give thanks to God.
But for this work, which for more than
fifty years has been steadily pushed forward
in our Church, it is probable that the
Twentieth -century Movement would never
have been conceived or planned. Thus the
links of divine Providence form a chain
which stretches from generation to genera-
tion, and the triumphant work of to-day is
indebted to causes lying far back in history.
18 THERE ANY DANGER?
Is there any danger of this Twentieth-
century Movement falling through ? No.
The Church of Christ is always responsive
to appeals based on the considerations which
underlie this movement. But there is a
danger that many individual churches and
Sabbath-schools and very many individual
professors may, through a spirit of inert-
ness, exclusiveness, or indifference, with-
hold their hands and practically say, "Am
I my brother's keeper ?"
There are, perhaps, some large, prosper-
ous churches which do not feel the need of
IAJ
Hope of Goodwill Sabbath-school, South Carolina.
adding to their membership either in the
church or the Sabbath- school. They are
full already. They raise large contributions
to the Boards of the Church. They support
one or two missions. The appeal of the
Twentieth-century Movement, they say, is
for others, not for them. Is this so ? Can
a point be ever reached where the duty and
privilege of " going out" and " bringing
in " become as a dead letter ?
Doubtless there are also many churches
where zeal and piety are at a low ebb and
where the sound of this Twentieth-century
appeal will fall on ears that are dull of
hearing.
Yes, there is danger, but the danger is
not to the movement, but to those who
shrink from the tasks which it imposes on
them, although those tasks will bring the
joy of the Lord to all who undertake them
in his name.
THE CHURCH AWAKENING.
The Twentieth-century Movement is the
calling back of the Church from its pursuit
of mammon — its awakening from dreams of
aesthetic ease and vain content to the clear,
hard, healthy work of rescuing souls and
bodies from the captivity of the devil.
This is, after all, the real mission of the
Church. Christ did not say, Go into all
the world and build cathedrals, but, " Go
into all the world and preach the gospel to
every creature."
At the bottom of this Movement is the
idea of personal service for the Master.
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[September,
We are not only to send, but we are to go.
There is certainly a personal service possible
to every one, and this Movement points .out
one kind of service which almost all can
perform.
Christ's redemptive purpose working
through human agency is opposed to that
fashionable fatalism which would let evil
alone because of its seeming impregnability.
The Church deals with such mighty issues
as "lost" and "saved." It does not
stop to define the mystery of these words of
awful sublimity. Its mission is to seek and
to save. The Twentieth-century Move-
ment fastens the thought of the Church
upon this great purpose. It addresses the
Sabbath-school, but the Church must also
answer. As the voice of God in this Move-
ment finds its way through the land, it will
set myriads of hearts throbbing and stir up
countless communities to action. Quiet,
self-complacent churches which have grown
humdrum and somnolent in a false Calvin-
ism will feel, as it were, the breath of a
strong north wind, and will brace themselves
to new resolves and doings.
Here and there people will look at each
other inquiringly — What is this all about?
Is there to be a new society or a new
Board with its treasurer and secretary, and
its never-ending deficit? Nothing of the
kind. It is the Spirit of God moving
upon the face of the waters. It is the pro-
phetic voice that at sundry times and in
divers manners has brought God's claims
to the consciences of men — now from the
cloud of Sinai — now in the wilderness of
Judea. It is the voice of Jesus calling,
" Son, go work to-day in my vineyard."
THE PREDOMINATING IDEA.
Locally and from a strictly Presbyterian
standpoint, definite aini3 will be given to this
Movement according to the prevailing needs
of the community. In some cases the can-
vass will be chiefly directed toward the
increase of the primary and intermediate
departments of the school; in some, to the
gathering in and retaining of young men
and women ; in others, to the organization
and increase of adult and home classes for
the middle-aged and elderly as well as those
who are unable or unwilling to attend the
meetings of the school proper. But as the
work goes on, the one predominating idea
will be the spiritual benefit of the young —
the missionary work of the Sabbath-school
among children and youth. The energies
of the Church must be put forth to supply
what the State is unable to give — positive
religious instruction not only to the children
born within the fold, but also to the chil-
dren of the stranger that is within our gates
— children whose parents have no church
affiliation and are living in absolute neglect
of the spiritual interests of their offspring.
As a natural consequence the predomi-
nating thought of the Church, as the new
century opens, will be toward childhood.
From myriads of centres multitudes of de-
voted people will start out every week in
quest of children — to bring them to Jesus.
Of all the sacred scenes in the life of Christ
that in which he took a little child and set
him in the midst of the disciples will be
most deeply graven on the heart of His
people. And this is right. Fidelity to
childhood is the surest test of an advancing
civilization and a consecrated Church.
FOREIGN MISSIONS.
NOTES.
Progress in the Transvaal.
Spiritual revival and advance appear to
attend the progress of advancing civilization
in the Transvaal. The Swiss Romandi
Mission is greatly prosperous, and the
conversion of a Transvaal chief has had a
great influence upon the people, many of
whom have followed his example.
Missionary Zeal in Uganda.
The Missionary Review of the World
informs us that of the converts in Uganda
one out of every five communicants has
begun to proclaim the word of God to the
heathen. The natives are not encouraged
to adopt European habits, as the missionaries
believe in the formation of a strong native
Church.
Religious Liberty in Madagascar.
A gratifying fact is currently reported
that Captain Durand, a governing French
official in Madagascar, keeps his word faith-
fully, and that the greatest civil and relig-
ious freedom is accorded to all. People cau
be Roman Catholics, Protestants or heathen,
just as they like, without any interference
by the authorities. Why cannot the same
freedom be given in all French possessions
in the East ?
An Advance.
That there is only one missionary to the
heathen and Mohammedan for every 5000 of
our communicants, and that not more than
four per cent, of the clergy have given them-
selves to this work, is surely a sufficient
answer to those who complain that the call
for service abroad is in danger of creating
neglect of the so-called heathen at home.
It is an advance in the realization of per-
sonal duty. At the present moment there
is before the committee a list of the most
urgent vacancies in the Society's missions.
At the lowest computation there are needed
(taking men only) thirty-seven ordained
men, ten doctors, sixteen other laymen.
To meet these needs the number of those
who have offered themselves, have been
accepted by the committee, and are ready
to go forth this year, are nineteen clergy,
two doctors, nine other laymen. Of these
several owe their missionary interest and
call to the remarkable movement among
students, of which Mr. Mott gave so graphic
a description. If the advance which has
already laid hold of so many of our young
men and women were to spread through our
churches, it would soon fill the gaps abroad,
undermanned stations would have their full
complement, and the tide would flow
quickly to lands as yet untrodden by the
evangelist. — Church Missionary Intelli-
gencer, June, 1898.
Threefold in Seven Years.
The following is from an address delivered
at the ninety-ninth anniversary of the
Church Missionary Society by the Rev. J.
C. Hoare, principal of Ningpo Divinity
College: " Go back fifty or sixty years,
which was practically the beginning of
missionary work in China — certainly by the
Church of England. You will find there
has been steady progress ever since. But
during the last ten years there has been a
remarkable acceleration in the progress. I
was looking at a paper the other day by
Mr. Hudson Taylor, who gave the following
statistics. He said that in 1889 there were
30,000 communicants of Protestant denom-
inations in China, and that in 1896 there
were 89,600. That is to say, that in the
seven years the number of communicants
had been practically exactly trebled. Now,
that is a very remarkable rate of progress. I
have not the figures on which he relied at
my command. But I will just take our
own work in our own mission. The Church
Missionary Society in Mid-China has made
a remarkable advance. In our Mid -China
Mission I have seen our native Church
considerably more than doubled in seven
years, and in the last ten years the Church
in the Fuhkien Mission has been doubled
also."
Bible Study in Korea.
A form of missionary work has been
adopted at our Pyeng Yang Station, Korea,
under the name of " Study Classes " — that
is, getting together the most earnest Chris-
tians in the different localities, and holding
a number of sessions with them, for the
purpose of instruction. They are taught in
all things relating to the Christian life, the
truths of the Bible, the duties of professors,
199
200
NOTES.
[September,
means of cultivating spiritual life, etc.,
etc. These instructions are commingled
with prayer and conference.
A recent letter from Mr. Whittemore
speaks of various meetings of this kind,
one of which was a meeting held by Mr.
Lee at an outstation where a class of
thirty-five were assembled.
It had also been decided to hold a Bible
study class in May for women from the
country, " provided the expense could be
met entirely by the native church/' These
gatherings are perhaps our nearest approach
to Methodist class meeting methods, and
their usefulness cannot be doubted. Native
Christians in a mission field like Korea must
be regarded as children for some time to
come, and must receive the constant nurture
and care which childhood demands. It is
this element of continuance — " line upon
line, precept upon precept," with prayer
and spiritual fervor — that gives such re-
markable success to Methodist missions in
various lands.
The Doshisha.
There are evidences gathered from differ-
ent sources that the trustees of the once
Christian university in Japan, the Doshisha,
are meeting with serious disappointment of
their hopes and expectations. The Doshisha
under present auspices is not likely to be-
come another great Japanese university like
that of Tokyo. Instead of booming for-
ward it shows evidences of decline. Instead
of meeting a warm welcome for its new
regime and its questionable ethics, it is
antagonized by some of the best minds in
Japan. The difficulty with the directors of
the Doshisha seems to have grown out of
the low ethical standards of the Buddhist
and the Shinto faith, in neither of which
is there a clear recognition of a present,
omniscient, omnipotent and righteous God
against whose will it is impossible for cor-
porations and national governments as well
as for individuals to prosper. The fact
that hundreds of thousands of dollars had
been contributed for this institution on the
sole ground of its Christian character and
aims is as hard to extinguish as was Ban-
quo1 s ghost, and, however obtuse personal
conscience or national conscience may be
on such a subject, educated Japanese have
discernment enough to see that in the fellow-
ship of nations and by common standards
of equity, and moral right, spoliation and
robbery cannot be countenanced. The
world will recognize the debt of gratitude
which the trustees and friends of the
Doshisha owe and must continue to owe to
the American missionaries and the thou-
sands of their supporters. And it will not
forget that their only aim was to help forward
the intellectual enlightenment and moral
elevation of the people of Japan. The
virtual perfidy of confiscating a Christian
university, founded under such circum-
stances, and blotting out not only the Chris-
tian faith, but the whole moral basis on
which it was established, will stand out
against Japan as conspicuously as if written
in dark characters on the snow-white brow
of Fujyama.
Work of the Rhenish Society.
The Rhenish Missionary Society in south-
west Africa has had a prosperous year.
The statistics for Cape Colony show 315
souls baptized and 525 persons under
special instruction. Even of some Hotten-
tot communities, it is said, " Never before
has there appeared so keen a desire to
pray."
Amongst the Bergdamras and the Namas
of Walfisch Bay and Franzfoutein. the
same happy advance is visible, the former
tribe counting 113 baptisms for the year
1896-7. To operations in Ovampoland,
which is worked by the Finland agents,
the same observation is applicable. The
total number of the Society's baptisms for
the year, including children, has risen to
1453. The communities have therefore
increased to 23,706 souls. The difficulty is
that doubt is thrown over these statistics by
including baptized infants.
Atrocities of the Slave Trade.
" The terrible acts of cruelty perpetrated
upon prisoners and slaves in Morocco,"
says the Church Missionary Intelligencer,
" are reasons potent in themselves, were all
others lacking, for the intervention of a
strong and righteous hand in the govern-
ment of this distracted country. It cannot
be denied that, except in the town of Saffi,
where, in spite of the sultan's decree, the
public barter of flesh and blood is still main-
tained, all overt sales are forbidden in coast
towns inhabited by Europeans; but this
trifling restriction leaves the general situa-
tion untouched. Revolting stories of the
1898.]
NOTES.
201
cruelties practiced upon the unfortunate
colored races in Morocco are continually
reaching, and remaining unnoticed by,
civilized Europe. Equally painful are the
details of the systematic atrocities endured
by the helpless victims of the sultan's raids.
Truly this Mohammedan potentate rivals
his mid- African brothers in savagery."
The Basel Missionary Society.
It is the one story of all mission fields!
Get away from the coasts and the coast
cities and carry the gospel to the interior,
if you expect fruit from missionary labor.
They will receive Christianity who have not
learned to hate the ?>iwrepresentatives of
Christian nations. The following from the
Church Missionary Intelligencer shows that
West Africa is no exception to the rule:
" Despite the high mortality in the Basel
missionary ranks on the west coast of
Africa during the year 1897, a rich harvest
has been vouchsafed from the various inland
provinces. The old complaint of indiffer-
ence still, however, holds good in the coast
districts, these being naturally the most
hampered of all evangelistic fields. Farther
up country, in Fante-Agona in the west, in
Okwawa and the border province of
Ashanti, and even beyond the Volta in the
Anum province, the most hopeful tokens of
inquiry are everywhere visible. The evan-
gelistic possession of Kumassi implies a
decided northwesterly advance for the
Basel Mission. The same Society is at
present occupying Agona and Mampong
(Ashant) with native workers, preparatory
to a further extension. In a journey made
to southeast Ashanti during the past year,
Mr. Ramseyer visited the Bosonotshe Lake,
whose waters are consecrated to a fetish, and
whose shores had until his arrival remained
untrodden by foreign foot. The fishing
population around it are now calling earn-
estly for teachers.
Students in Men's ami Boys' BoardingJScbooVjLien Chow, China.
202
REV. IRA M. CONDIT, D.D. — REV. JONATHAN WILSON, D.D. [September,
REV. IRA M. CONDIT, D.D.
Dr. Condit was born in Mercer county,
Pa., and graduated from Jefferson College
in 1855, and from Western Theological
Seminary in 1859. At his baptism his
father dedicated him not only to the Lord,
but also to the gospel ministry, though this
was never known until he himself had
chosen that work.
While in the seminary a young classmate
who had hoped to go as a missionary to
China was suddenly called to his reward,
and a request having come that some one
else should take his place, Mr. Condit, who
had never thought
of being a mission-
ary, accepted it. It
was while he was
waiting this call
that the fact of his
father's consecration
of his infancy was
made known, and it
came to him as a
call of God.
He married Miss
Laura E. Carpenter,
a teacher in the sem-
inary of Granville,
O., and with her
sailed for Canton in
January, 1860.
They were obliged
to return on account
of Mrs. C o n d i t ' s
health in 1865.
He was first called
to take charge of the
Chinese Mission in
San Francisco tem-
porarily during the
absence of Dr.
Loomis. His wife died in Ohio, Decem-
ber, 1866. After laboring in two or
three different pastorates, he was invited
by the Board of Foreign Missions in 1870
to engage permanently in the work in
San Francisco. In 1872 he married Miss
Samantha D. Knox, of Virginia, a gradu-
ate and teacher in the female seminary at
Steubenville, O.
Dr. Condit has been permitted to baptize
over 300 Chinamen, most of whom have
remained faithful until the end. He has
prepared various books for the use of
Chinese pupils. His career has been one
to which the word faithfulness is eminently
appropriate. He is still in principal charge
of the Chinese work on the Pacific coast.
Ira M. Condit, D.D.
REV. JONATHAN WILSON, D.D.,
OF THE LAOS MISSION.
Jonathan Wilson was born in Beaver
county, Pa., in 1830; graduated at Jeffer-
son College in 1851, and at Princeton Theo-
logical Seminary in 1856. He was commis-
sioned by the Board of Foreign Missions in
May of that year, and labored a short time
among the Choctaws at Spencer Academy.
He reached Bang-
kok, Siam, with his
wife, in June, 1858,
and ten years later
he began his labors
among the Laos peo-
ple of Cheung Mai.
Since reaching Siam
he has a been fel-
low-worker with his
classmate, Rev. D.
McGilvary,D.D.
They were welcomed
to Siam by Rev.
Stephen Mattoon,
D.D., and Rev. S.
R. House, M. D.,
and their wives, who
were the pioneer
missionaries of the
Board in that coun-
try. In August,
1859, they witnessed
the baptism, by Dr.
House, of Nai Chune,
the first Siamese con-
vert. In September,
1858, they joined
Drs. Mattoon and House in the organiza-
tion of Siam Presbytery, and in 18S4, in
the organization of North Laos Presbytery.
Mrs. Wilson, after a faithful and patient
two years' service in Bangkok passed to
her heavenly reward. A second wife, after
ten years of work with her husband in
Siam and Laos, and a further six and a
half years in care of their three children in
Oxford, O., died March 5, 1885.
There is a tradition in the Mission Rooms
that when the young missionary candidates,
Wilson and McGilvary, were
1898.]
A BUDDHIST S SALVATION BY FAITH.
203
asked to what field they would like to be
sent, they replied, " That field to which
others are least inclined to go." With
such a spirit it is no wonder that the Laos
Mission which they founded has been a great
success. For a time the native church
which they had planted was persecuted
even unto death by a cruel prince, but for
many years they have had an open door and
a warm welcome. Dr. Wilson regards the
last ten years of his missionary work as the
best ten. His translation of the Psalms
into Laos was a glad fitting for his work of
writing and translating some 350 hymns,
192 of which were
published in the
Laos hymnal that
was printed in De-
cember, 1895. His
translation of Gene-
sis and the writing
of the additional 158
hymns were the work
of the year 1896.
The same year he
put in the press the
late Mrs. Wilson's
Laos manuscript of
" Pilgrim's Prog-
ress." Hundreds of
the Laos have read
this translation of
B u n y a n with de-
light. During his
present furlough, he
and his daughter
have secured the
preparation of plates
for over three hun-
dred tunes which, on
their return to Laos,
the mission will use
in the issue of a second edition of the Laos
Hymnal.
Though Dr. Wilson is now in his sixty-
ninth year, his zeal for the Laos is unabated,
and in this year, 1898, he returns with a
beloved daughter, after a furlough, to take
up once more the chosen work of his life.
Fifteen native churches of the Laos will
welcome his return. In the past he has had
a large part in the literary work of the mis-
sion, especially the preparation of hymns for
the use of t the native Church. It is to be
hoped that he will be spared for like service
in the time to come.
Jonathan Wilson, D.D.
A BUDDHIST'S SALVATION BY
FAITH.
Prof. Lange, of Berlin, writing in the
Zeitschrift fiir Mfesionskiuide, says of the
powerful Japanese- China sect of Buddhism :
" A tract expounding the principles of this
sect declares that men are too weak to strug-
gle through to redemption by their own
strength, by religious and moral action
alone, although this is the original and
essential teaching of Buddhism. To de-
mand this of men is to ask hens to go into
the water. A heart that believes of its own
strength is change-
able as an image in
water; a heart that
believes through the
power of another is
strong as a diamond.
He who possesses the
first believes in many
Buddhas ; he who
possesses the latter
believes in one Budd-
ha, as a faithful
servant does not
serve two masters.
Accordingly, the ad-
herents of this sect
honor Amida Budd-
ha as the head of all
Buddhas. There
comes to view the re-
markable phenome-
non that a doctrine
which originally can
only be called aesthet-
ic has made its way
through polytheism
to monotheism. But
we must never for-
get that Amida is to be essentially dis-
tinguished from the God of the Old
Testament, for he is worshiped through
an image; he is not the creator and up-
holder of the world; he is not eternal,
for there has been a time when he was not
yet Buddha; he is not almighty; he does
not direct the destinies of men in this
world, and does not punish sin ; it is only in
his great love and compassion to men, and
in the wish that all may be saved, that he
comes nearest to the idea of God. Who-
ever now sets his full trust in the grace of
Amida has no occasion to leave house and
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A NOTABLE BRA.HMAN CONVERT AND CHRIS HAN PREACHER. [September,
home, and to seek redemption in cloistered
seclusion far from the tumult of the world.
He need not refrain from marriage or from
the eating of meat, etc., etc. Accord-
ingly, this is the only Buddhist sect the
priests of which have from of old been
allowed to live and dress exactly like lay-
men. They are not tonsured, and wear no
monastic garb. The office of priest is
hereditary, and the high priest Atani is a
descendant of the princely founder of the
sect. Shimon belongs to the higher nobil-
ity; he is the primus inter pares, the most
highly considered of all the heads of the
Buddhist sects." — Quoted in "Missionary
the World," December, lh
A NOTABLE BRAHMAN CONVERT
AND CHRISTIAN PREACHER.
The allegation has so often been made
that no high-caste Hindu (Joshu, Vive-
kananda, and others have often made it)
has ever confessed Christ, that we give at
some length the following sketch of a
Brahman of the Brahmans. Few men in
India, native or foreign, have left so noble
a record. The admirable likeness herewith
given shows the strong character, the intel-
lectual points and the moral earnestness
*vhich were manifested in his life work.
Those who are familiar with the points of
the late Lord John Lawrence will see here a
resemblance. The sketch has been kindly
written by the Rev. Reese Thack well, D.D. :
" The Rev. Golak Nath was a Kulin
Brahman, the son of a tea merchant in
Calcutta. He was born in 1816, and died
in 1891. He had been educated in Cal-
cutta, under the care of Dr. Duri; but
when eighteen years of age, he J eft his home
without permission — probably to " seek his
fortune" — with but vague ideas of what
was before him. As a student he had
gained some knowledge of Christianity, and
thought well of it, which probably became
known to his family. This may have
largely influenced him to leave his home.
At Karnal. a town situated between Delhi
and Uinbala, he met the late Rev. J. New-
ton, D.D., than whom no one could have
been better fitted to guide and instruct the
young man in his religious difficulties. He
became so interested in Mr. Newton's teach-
ings that he resigned the appointment he
had obtained in the District office, and
accompanied his teacher to Lodiana, in order
to complete his inquiry into the truth of
Christianity. The result was that in 1835
he made a profession of his faith in Christ
and was baptized by Mr. Newton. He was
the first convert of the Lodiana Mission.
He began to prepare himself for the work
of the ministry.
1 ■ In 1847 he was ordained by the Lodiana
Presbytery, and was sent by the mission to
occupy Jullundur, a town in the Jullun-
dur Doab, which had recently been annexed
by the British. He thus became the first
missionary to the Punjab proper. He was
not long in his new position before he won
the esteem and respect of the people, and
justified the mission in the brotherly confi-
dence they placed in him. He was a most
eloquent preacher in LTrdu, his thoughts
flowed in a torrent of elegant and chaste
language. He also wrote and spoke excel-
lent English.
"English officers not infrequently came to
listen to him, and it is said that some of
them attributed their conversion to his
Rev. Golak Nath,
Late of the Lodiana Mission.
1898.]
A NOTABLE BRAHMAN CONVERT AND CBR1STJAN PREACHER.
205
preaching. Far and wide his influence was
felt, and in the Jullundur Doab itself there
were few villages where he had not preached,
and fewer still where, having preached, he
had not left an impression for good by his
earnest exhortations. In the early days of
his work he was well known to the highest
officials in the Punjab. He had the confi-
dence and respect of such men as Lord Law-
rence, Sir Robert Montgomery, Sir Donald
McLeod, Sir Herbert Edwardes, General
Lake and many others, some of whom he
reckoned among his personal friends.
"As an educator he took a foremost place.
He opened the first English school in the
Punjab and for many years it was one of
the best in the mission and in the province.
Hundreds of educated young men have
passed from it and are filling positions of
respectability and usefulness in the various
departments of life, some of them holding
the highest judicial and administrative
appointments open to natives, and — best of
all -a few have embraced the Christian
religion.
"As a writer of books and tracts in Urdu
and Gurmuklie his services, were highly
valued by all who took an interest in native
literature.
1 ' He was an affectionate father, and his
children have the most lively and tender
reminiscences of his love for them.
1 ' He left a large family, all of whom fill
honorable positions in life. One son is a
missionary in the Lodiana mission; another
is a barrister- at -law, practicing in Lahore.
One of his daughters married the Rev. Mr.
Chatterjee, the respected and honored mis-
sionary of Hoshyarpur, who, with bis
charming wife, was in America some years
ago. Another married the Kour Sahib,
Harnam Singh, the brother of the late
Rajah of Kapurthala and uncle of the
present rajah. A granddaughter, Miss
Boys' High School, Jumna, India.
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A TRUE WORSHIPER OF THE UNKNOWN GOD.
[September,
Harriet House School, Bangkok, Siam.
First Graduates in back row.
Dora Chatterj ee, is now in this country
studying medicine as a means of usefulness
to her countrywomen. May the divine
blessing enable her worthily to sustain the
high prestige inherited from such an an-
cestry.' '
A TRUE WORSHIPER OF THE UN-
KNOWN GOD.
The bimonthly reports received from the
Siam Mission are always interesting. They
are painstakingly written and yet not stifl
and formal. They are realistic, giving the
flesh and blood and not the mere bones of
missionary experience.
From such a letter we quote this brief
sketch from the pen of E. P. Dunlap, D. D. :
11 I will close this with a brief account of
one of the most interesting experiences we
have had in Siam. Having heard of an
' aged man who worships Jehovah/ we
visited his home, and there held several
services. The old man gave us a warm
welcome, and told us that many years ago
he became convinced that the world has a
Creator, and that he is the true God. He
then resolved to give up all other gods and
worship him only. He did not know his
name, so addressed him as the Greatest of
all. Four years ago, during our first tour
to this side, he received several portions of
the Word — Genesis, Exodus, Matthew,
Luke, John and the Acts. These he not
only read, but committed large portions to
memory. In his own words, * The Holy
Spirit planted the word in my heart.' He
committed Paul's sermon to the Athenians,
because, he said, ' It just suited my case.'
He had been ignorantly worshiping the
unknown God. Through this wonderful
sermon he learned about him and since then
A TRUE WORSHIPER OF THE UNKNOWN GOD.
1898.]
tea
has put his whole trust in him. He has
been bold in declaring this faith to others.
Some, he says, have balieved, but many have
cursed him, and called him ' a crazy old
man.' His wife joined him in believing,
and they have put away all forms of heathen
worship from their home. The old man is
very familiar with the history of God's
people, as recorded in Genesis and Exodus.
He grows eloquent over portions of the
Acts, particularly the martyrdom of
Stephen, the conversion of Paul and the
sermon at Athens. He has compiled from
the Scriptures his own confession of faith.
He read it to me and I could offer no criti-
cisms. Surely this aged man has been
taught by the Spirit of God. I found that
he had but little need of a human teacher.
It was my joy to baptize him and his wife.
He is seventy-seven and his wife 3ixty years
of age. He has been a government official
during three reigns, his title being ' Looang
See Pet Song Kram.' His father was a
military man of some note. He led the
army that invaded Kedah in 1827, and
took the province for Siam. He expressed
207
his regret that he had not known the
Saviour earlier, when he was strong and
could have gone about and proclaimed the
gospel to others. He promised to publish
the glad tidings with all his heart. We
were sorry to say good- by to these aged
disciples. But we go with greater confi-
dence in the willingness of the Holy Spirit
to accompany the distribution of God's
word, and to make it powerful to salvation."
Here is another instance which seems to
show that the regenerating Spirit of God
is not bound in his operations ; that as in
Old Testament times many who had
received only types and shadows of the
" Lamb slain from the foundations of the
world ' ' believed God, and it was counted
unto them for righteousness, so now here and
there a man of only partial faith seems truly
born of God. No man by patient continu-
ance in well-doing seeks for glory and
immortality unless led by the Holy Spirit.
Cornelius had been so led even before Peter
unfolded to him a full salvation in Christ,
and St. Augustine, before he came to accept
the Christian faith had been led to hate his
Medellin School, Colombia.
Rev. J. G. and Mrs. Tozeau and Native Teacher.
208
A TRUE WORSHIPER OF THE UNKNOWN GOD — NOTE.
[September,
Girls' School, Seoul, Korea.
life of sin and to long with an indescrib-
able longing after the living God, while
reading the book of a heathen writer on the
Platonic philosophy. Even so, this vener-
able Siamese, " many years" before he
heard the gospel, renounced idolatry, and
although he did not even know the name of
God, began to worship him under the name
of " the Greatest." The fact that God's
Spirit is everywhere present and that at all
times there may be here and there ' ' hidden
ones ' ' who are waiting for the truth should
enlarge the scope of our prayers and lead
to an increased zeal to hasten forth with the
glad tidings of a full salvation.
" The wholly unexpected has hap-
pened," says the Outlook, in speaking of a
communication from Rev. Arthur H.
Smith; " certain foreign ladies not spe-
cially interested in missionary schools have
taken up the an ti- foot binding movement
with great zeal, and a society has been
organized to promote the cause. At their
recent annual meeting they were able to
report striking progress iu the enlighten-
ment of Chinese scholars and officials. The
governor (Chinese) has edited a tract on the
subject, others have composed odes, and the
present descendant of Confucius has writ-
ten to express his sympathy with the effort
and refers kindly to the ' wise women of the
West ' who have come to China.
" What is even more significant is the
proposed opening of a school in Shanghai
for Chinese girls, under purely Confucian
auspices. While almost all Chinese women
are grossly ignorant, Confucianism does not
require them to be so. There have been
many educated women in Chinese history,
but they have been rare and lonesome ex-
ceptions. Now that the educational reform
is broached, it is characteristic of the Con-
fucian promoters of it to mention it as a
restoration of the ' great educational system
for the weaker sex prevailing during the
three dynasties.' "
1898]
MISSIONARY EDUCATIONAL WORK.
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Concert of Prayer
For Church Work Abroad.
September. — Missionary Educational Work.
(a) Influence of" the Gospel in awakening thirst for
education.
(b) Importance of reaching the young.
(c) Different grades of schools in mission fields and
their advantages.
(d) Schools as evangelistic agencies,
(c) The element of self-support.
MISSIONARY EDUCATIONAL
WORK.
The influence of foreign missions in
awakening a desire for education is no
longer in need of demonstration. The
whole history of the modern missionary
movement has made it plain. Many mis-
sion fields bear their testimony to the one
common result. Even in the medieval
missions the same fact appears. The great
impulse given to general enlightenment by
Alcuin and others in England and on the
continent was the direct fruit of the Celtic
missions of Ireland and Iona.
In many instances, where only glimpses of
Christian truth had been gained by savage
races, special requests have been made for
Christian teachers. King Kammehamaha
I of the Sandwich Islands made such a
request of the navigator Vancouver in the
final decade of the last century, and a few
years later he made arrangements for send-
ing his own son to be educated in the United
States. About the years 1815-1824 there
were eight or ten Hawaiian youth in school
in New England. About the year 1835 a
very remarkable embassy of four young
chiefs of the Nez Perces Indians crossed
the continent and appeared at St. Louis with
an earnest request for Christian teachers.
They had gained a few rays of light
through Clark's expedition. Among the
pupils in the Cornwall Missionary School in
Connecticut nearly every prominent Indian
tribe in this country was represented.
About the hardest struggles that our
efforts to promote education have encoun-
tered have been experienced in the Turkish
empire. The old notion of the Khalif
Omar, that all knowledge not found in the
Koran is pernicious and should be dis-
credited and destroyed, has marked the
policy of Mohammedan rulers for centuries.
The ^study of Greek philosophy which for
a time appeared at Baghdad and in Spain,
rather by the sufferance and sometimes in
spite of the opposition of the Moslem
authorities than by any encouragement at
their hands, was finally suppressed, as con-
trary to the very spirit of Islam.
But the enterprising and aggressive spirit
of modern missions has at length prevailed
over even Mohammedan bigotry and intol-
erance. Constantinople and Beirut furnish
striking examples.
That even Moslem children should be
found in Protestant mission schools by the
score and the hundred would once have
been considered preposterous. That Mos-
lem authorities should advocate the estab-
lishment of schools of their own for girls
would have been thought equally strange.
I remember reading some years ago the
report of a speech from a Syrian effendi,
strongly advocating education as an impera-
tive demand of the times. Somewhat later
I read in the columns of a Mohammedan
paper published in India a similar plea, and
the plea was based upon the acknowledged
fact that Mohammedan conservatism had
prevented Mohammedan youth from rising
so rapidly as did Hindu youth into influen-
tial Government positions.
When a young Hindu girl from our mis-
sion seminary at Dehra passed the Calcutta
University examinations and took the degree
of A.B., the event was remarked upon by a
Governmental administrator as marking a
new era in the status of womanhood in
India. Much of the work and influence of
Lady Dufferin and of Pundita Ramabai have
been upon the same lines. The Moha Rane
of Mysore has under her special patronage
a very large girls' seminary which in its
general management and in its grades of
study and general high culture would claim
rank with our best institutions of the better
sort.
The awakening of an educational spirit in
Japan has been one of the most remarkable
movements of the nineteenth century. The
early teachings of the first Protestant mis-
sionaries, Hepburn, Brown and Verbeck,
followed closely upon the naval and diplo-
matic movements of the United States gov-
ernment; and the Japanese, with the quick
responsiveness for which they are so remark-
able, were in due time represented by an
embassy whose errand was to learn the
secret of Western progress, and especially
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[September,
of the general elevation of woman. One
result was the sending to this country of
many young men as students and five young
girls, who were placed in Christian families.
American and European teachers were
employed in Japanese schools of various
grades and to-day Japan stands among the
nations most advanced in their educational
policy. Tokyo University has already
attained an enviable position.
The influence of Western education in
China has been slower in its operation, but
it has come at last. Over forty years ago
Rev. Samuel Brown (afterwards missionary
in Japan) opened a school for boys at Hong
Kong. Four of his pupils became distin-
guished and widely influential. One was
the famous Yung Wing. A second was the
late Dr. Wong, of Hong Kong, the able
assistant of Dr. Legge in translating the
Chinese classics. A third became the chief
mover in providing China with arsenals and
other means of defense. The fourth was
for several years Chinese consul at San
Francisco, where he maintained a consis-
tent Christian character, conducted family
prayers in his household, and showed a real
sympathy with missionary work.
After the occurrence of the Tientsin mas-
sacre and the retaliatory action of the
French government which followed it,
Yung Wing was enabled to carry out a
plan which he had long cherished and
vainly urged upon the imperial authorities,
of bringing to this country a number of
Chinese youth for education. It was fondly
believed that a new era had dawned upon
China. But the old conservative party at
Peking was too strong for Yung Wing, as
it has more recently been for Li Hung
Chang. The young men in America, it was
alleged, were becoming denationalized and
the more they acquired of Western learn-
ing the more dangerous would be their
future influence in China.
Accordingly they were ordered home with
more or less of disgrace. Nevertheless,
experience has proved their superior compe-
tence in various influential spheres, and it is
said that in the late war with Japan, Yung
Wing's Americanized students were as a
class the most reliable men in the Chinese
service.
Now, with the experience of the war
with Japan, and the rush of the European
powers for strategic possessions on the
Chinese coast, the conservative old empire
comes at last into a more perfect comprehen-
sion of her deficiencies, and opens the doors
long closed against Western education.
Railroads, telegraph lines and mining
enterprises are welcomed, and what seems
most remarkable of all is the fact that the
Confucian classics have no longer a monop-
oly in the competitive examinations. It is
seen that a body of ethics compiled ages
ago can no longer be regarded as the sum
of all knowledge. Science, history, modern
arts, political economy, are admitted as
indispensable in the training of statesmen
and administrators.
The only matter in question now in
China, Japan or India is not education, but
what kind of education ? There are those
who would exclude Christian teaching and
recommend secular studies only and who
imagine that conservative Chinese officials
are chiefly jealous of missionaries and
Christianity. So far from this missionaries
and their influence have been far more wel-
comed and trusted than diplomatists, and
certainly more than merchants. So far
from desiring first of all railroads and tele-
graph lines, the Chinese have until lately
opposed them. One railroad track was
torn up and its moving stock was thrown
into the sea, while at the same time a gov-
ernmental college was opened in Peking
with a Presbyterian missionary at its head.
It is not claimed that this preference indi-
cates a desire of Chinese officials for the
spiritual truths of Christianity; it simply
shows that they have confidence in men of
Christian training and profession and that
in Protestant missionaries at least they
suspect no Jesuitical or political intrigues.*
In the short address which His Excel-
lency Li Hung Chang made two years ago
to the secretaries of the American Protes-
tant missionary organizations, he expressed
the warmest welcome to missionary schools
in China. Of course he avowed his belief
in Confucianism as virtually equivalent to
Christianity, and it was not for the sake of
a new religious cult that he invited mis-
sionary education, but what he appreciated
was its balance and harmony of moral and
intellectual elements. It was a good kind
of education, in fact, the best, and the
more any country could have of it the
better.
Just at the present time the different
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MISSIONARY EDUCATIONAL WORK.
211
missionary societies in this country and in
Europe are discussing the question whether
too much attention has not been given to
proportionally mere school -teaching on the
mission fields — I say proportionally, for
necessity compels a choice among agencies
all of which are good. There is no lack of
open doors. The American churches might
raise millions of money and send out armies
of teachers to many lands, but there is
always a danger that instructors in high or
low grades may gradually sink into mere
school-teachers and cherish only an educa-
tional enthusiasm instead of a burning
desire for the salvation of souls. One of
the most effective charges made against
missions in India by the Hindu lecturer
Vivekananda was that " the missonaries
had given up the delusive hope of convert-
ing the Hindus to Christianity, and had
gone to school -teaching, " that instead of
laboring in the villages where there might
be some hope that the simple people would
be won, they had settled down in large
Anglo-Iudian communities and built up
schools. The chief strength of Vive-
kananda's gross and unjust misrepresenta-
tions against missionaries generally lay in
the small admixtures of truth which they
contained. It is true that in some missions,
however sincere and earnest the laborers,
the emphasis has gradually and uncon-
sciously been changed until the educational
and the medical have far outgrown the
evangelistic element in missionary work,
and that a return to something more nearly
resembling the apostolic method and pro-
portions is desirable.
All the missionary societies and their
missionaries in many fields are now seeking
to magnify the religious element in their
schools, and, where this is difficult, to in-
crease the proportions of direct evangelistic
effort. While secular education is still
maintained there is an effort to make it
more or less self -supporting.
There would seem to be no good reason
why the pupils in a large school do not
afford one of the very best fields for evan-
gelistic effort, both with individuals and
with the mass — provided the great aim is
the winning of souls.
The ideal missionary life is one which, in
whatever allotted sphere, seeks the conver-
sion of souls one by one. This great aim
can scarcely be better expressed than in the
following sketch of an address by one of the
junior secretaries of the Foreign Board :
THE MISSIONARY AS A SOUL-WINNER.
Notes from an Address given by Robert E.
Speer, June 22, 1898. Conference with
newly appointed missionaries.
Soul-winning is the primary aim of mis-
sions. The aim is not sociological, not
political, though these are important. Our
aim is to win men to Jesus Christ. ' ' He
came to seek and to save that which was
lost."
Preaching the gospel is the supreme
method, as winning souls is the supreme
aim. A missionary in China said to me:
" Our philanthropic representation of
Christianity has prevented it from making a
definite impression upon the minds of the
Chinese. They have been led to regard
Christianity as a great charity instead of
an authoritative message from God."
Preaching the gospel is not necessarily
delivering a studied discourse. It is any
method of proclaiming the trulhs that Jesus
Christ brought into the world to the hearts
of men.
Mr. Malcolm said: " Direct preaching of
the gospel is the most attractive part of the
work of a missionary on leaving home, and
the most repulsive on reaching the field."
Constant, unceasing, individual work is
necessary, spiritual dealing with individual
souls. Souls are not saved by masses.
Now and then in this country a great evan-
gelist is able to gather up the fruits of a
great amount of personal influence and
lead a great number into the kingdom of
heaven, but all those souls have been pre-
pared. Christ saves souls one by one.
That is the only way to save men. It is
done individually, by bringing to bear upon
the individual heart the universal love of
God, and then leading the individual to an
individual act of will by which he absorbs
the universal grace of God. Talk to the
man who carries your jinricksha, to the
man who rows your boat, talk to men
wherever you meet them.
We are to do this work every day. It is
no Sunday work. " Never postpone till
to-morrow the exertion of the spiritual influ-
ence that you are capable of using to-day.
Make it a rule that never a day shall pass
in which you do not bring to bear some
spiritual influence upon some other soul."
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MISSIONARY EDUCATIONAL WORK.
[September,
We shall have to arouse ourselves to this.
William Carey testified that he found it a
daily struggle to arouse himself to his work.
Nothing else will take the place of this
kind of work. You may treat a thousand
people a week in your dispensary, but it
will not atone in the sight of those who
know what the aim of missions is, nor in
the sight of God, for slighting one single
opportunity of dealing with a single soul.
It is the dealing of a man with a man.
It is said that we all are not fitted for
this kind of work. If you are fit to talk
with a man about the price of rice, it is
your own fault if you are not also fit to
talk with him about his own spiritual life.
"God's set time to favor Zion " is
always come. The duty of reaping is as
great as that of sowing. One cause for the
neglect of reaping is the mistaken idea that
it takes a long time for the seed to grow.
The regeneration of any soul is a miracle,
and a miracle is instantaneous. Jesus said
in a semi-heathen city to his disciples, " Say
ye not, there are four months and then
cometh harvest ? Life up your eyes and
look on the fields, for behold they are white
already to the harvest." Let us go out
with large expectations of God's willingness
to help us, with no want of faith in those
great promises of Christ. " Whatsoever
ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall
receive." "If ye shall ask anything in
my name, I will do it."
Are we fit for this kind of work ? In all
our study, have we qualified ourselves for
this ? John Wesley wrote down these
qualifications as instruction for his evan-
gelists :
"1. Be diligent. Never be unemployed
for a moment, never be triflingly employed,
never while away time.
"2. Be serious.
" 3. Believe evil of no one. Unless you
see it done, take heed how you credit it.
Put the best construction on everything.
" 4. Speak evil of no one, else your
words expressed will eat as doth a canker.
Keep your thoughts in your own breast
until you come to the person concerned.
" 5. Tell every one the evil you think of
him, and that as soon as may be. Cast the
fire out of your bosom.
"6. Be ashamed of nothing but sin.
"7. Be punctual. Do everything
exactly at the time, and in general do not
mend rules, but keep them, not for wrath,
but for conscience sake.
" 8. You have nothing to do but save
sinners. Therefore spend and be spent in
this work, and always go to those who want
you not, only, but to those who want you
most.
" 9. Act in all things not according to
your own will, but as a son in the gospel.''"
We need :
1. A deep spiritual life of our own.
The winning of a human soul is the bring-
ing of spiritual life, or of the desire for
spiritual life, to that soul. Can we give
that which we do not have ourselves ?
Our success is dependent in large measure
upon the depth and the strength and the
power of our own spiritual lives. Is your
own life deep enough to enable you to give
out of your own life for others? You
remember what Jesus said to the woman at
the well: "The water which I shall give
you will be a well of water springing up
into everlasting life. ' ' You remember what
he said on the last great day of the feast:
u He that believeth on me. out of the
depths of his life shall pour torrents of
living water."
2. We need a holy life. I know one
missionary whose nickname among the
natives is " Mr. Angry-face." How much
power do you suppose that man will have
over the lives of the people among whom he
lives ? I know another man, a very pious
man, whose nickname is " Mr. Holy-
bone." He is a holy man, but there is no
more juice to him than there is in a bone.
He is as dry as Gideon's fleece.
3. We need a spirit of great calm and
restfulness of heart. The irritable man or
woman, the one who is constantly getting
impatient, will not be a great winner of
souls. We need to learn to be humble, to
be quiet, to find our strength in quietness
and confidence, and in willingness to walk
with him who, though he was in the form
of God, thought it not a prize to be jeal-
ously retained, but made himself of no
reputation, and took upon himself the form
of a servant, and became obedient to death,
even the death of the cross. I believe we
should find, many of us, the secret of a
new peace in esteeming all other men
better than ourselves. Who would be
jealous of us if we esteemed the honor of
every one before our own ? Who would be
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21:
envious if we sought in all things not to be
ministered unto, but to minister to others ?
Be willing to take the lowest place. We
shall have greater success in drawing souls
to him who was meek and lowly in heart if
we learn to possess his spirit and to esteem
all others, and the judgments of all others,
as better than ourselves and our judgments.
4, We shall need to have a close and
constant walk with Christ if we are to
have this spirit, a walk so close and con-
stant that we shall have more intimate
association with him than with any one in
our mission station, more intimate than
that of any husband and wife; and I be-
lieve such a walk will be possible for you.
This is going to involve hard and wearing
work, this personal spiritual work. No
mission Board can give you any vacation
from it. You are to spend your whole life
in following up the opportunities of this
kind that come to you. You are literally
to wear yourself out in doing this work for
men. I had rather err on the side of
crowding too much into my life, than on the
side of omitting some of those things which
I might have done.
"Time worketh, let me work too;
Time undoeth, let me do.
Busy as time my work I ply
Till I rest in the rest of eternity.
11 Sin worketh, let me work too;
Sin undoeth, let me do.
Busy as sin my work I ply
Till I rest in the rest of eternity.
" Death worketh, let me work too ;
Death undoeth, let me do.
Busy as death my work I ply
Till I rest in the rest of eternity."
I want to work no less earnestly for my
Master than time and sin and death work
for theirs. We look about us in this land
and in other lands upon men who are liter-
ally burning their lives out for wealth or for
passion. Henry Martyn wrote in his jour-
nal shortly after he reached India, " Now
let me burn out for God." I do not see
why men should not be willing to do for
God what men are willing to do for wealth
or passion or sin or hell. We are working
for one who spent his life as he believed it
would please his father to have it spent.
God forbid that we should fall into such
great delicacy of carefulness, fgr ourselves,
God forbid that we should deem these
little live3of ours such precious things, that
we will coddle them with indulgences that
no earthly soldier asks from his general or
his king and that Jesus Christ himself
scorned in his own life.
Let us make sure of two things :
1. That we love people enough to bring
them into the kingdom of God, that we love
them up to the very maximum of love.
No amount of kindly superior interest in
them, no amount of patronizing philan-
thropy, will avail. You and I must love
them. Love is not a matter of chance, not
a matter of emotion, not a matter of tem-
perament. Love is the supreme flower of
the will. You may love whom you will,
and I wouldn't give a snap of my finger
for the love that rests on anything else than
will — for the love that people talk about
when they say they fall into it. You fall
into pits. You climb up to high and holy
things. You climb up to love. It is with-
in your power to love Chinese and Indians
with the same love that Jesus Christ lovel us,
2. Let us make sure that our desire to
have three meals a day and a comfortable
house to live in is not greater than our love
for souls. Let us let our lives out in a
passion for the lives of other men in some-
thing of the spirit of the Apostle Paul when
he said that he would that he were accursed
from Christ for the sake of his brethren.
A list of Presbyterian missionary educational
institutions, with the location of each and the
number of pupils, may be found in this maga-
zine for September, 1897. The same number con-
tains, "Mr. J. R. Mott on Missionary Education-
al Work ; " " Sixty Years of Educational Work,"
by Rev. W. A. Shedd, Oroomiah, "American
Schools in Brazil," by H. M. Lane, M.D.;
"Missionary Colleges," by C. W. Mateer, D.D.;
" Twenty Questions on Missionary Schools," by
Y. E. P.
The Board of Foreign Missions had under its
care in 1897 twelve theological schools and train-
ing classes with 153 students, seven colleges with
1466 students, 724 day and boarding schools with
30,182 pupils. Of these pupils, 10,978 were in
India ; 7748 in Syria ; 3687 in China ; 3285 in
Persia ; 940 in Japan ; 772 in Mexico ; 693 in
Africa ; 442 in Siam ; 389 in Brazil ; 307 in Chile ;
286 in Columbia ; 2.13 in Laos ; 230 in Korea;
147 Chinese in the United States. ; [25 in Guate
mala,
214 LETTERS FROM REVS. H. F. JEfSUP, D.D , AND HUNTER CORBETT, D. D. [September,
Letters,
EXTRACTS FROM LETTER OF REV. H. H.
JESSUP, D.D., BEIRUT, MAY 2, 1898.
The Presbytery of Mt. Lebanon has just held its
meeting in Beirut. Eight churches were repre-
sented by fifteen Syrian and seven American mem-
bers, and the sessions continued from Tuesday
evening to Friday evening. In addition to the
opening sermon by Mr. Bird, fifteen different
papers and addresses were heard by the commis-
sioners and general audience, and the interest was
unabated to the end. The subjects were, "Our
Churches and Ministers," "The Holy Spirit's
Work and the Recent Keswick Meetings in Beirut,"
" Christian Giving, and Independence of Foreign
Aid," "The Duty of Every Christian to Preach
the Gospel," "How to Present the Study of the
Bible and Other Religious Books Among Ourselves
and Others," " Missionary News from China and
Africa," "Addresses to the Children's Rally on
Temperance and Keeping the Heart," "Sabbath
Observance," "Importance of Teaching the Cate-
chism to Children," "Christian Union."
The spiritual tone of the meetings was high, and
it was the general testimony that it was the most
thoroughly spiritual gathering we have ever known
in Syria. The meeting on Thursday morning,
when Dr. Samuel Jessup gave an account of the
religious convention in February, and a Syria
preacher, Mr. Taurius Saad, spoke of his visits to
Mildmay and Keswick in England in 1897, and of
the recent awakening in Shoifat, was one of
melting tenderness and spiritual power. All felt
the presence of the divine Spirit, and when the
hour was up, by common consent, the same subject
was continued. Mr. Bird, our eldest missionary,
said it was the most impressive meeting he ever at-
tended in Syria.
At the children's rally, Friday morning, about
600 boys and girls filled the church and it was a
sight long to be remembered. In the afternoon a
goodly company sat down together at the Lord's
table, the service being conducted by Mr. Bird and
Ruo Salleba Jerawan, of Meshghara, our eldest
native pastor. In the evening a social gathering
was attended in the Gerald Dale Memorial Sabbath-
school hall, given by friends in Beirut to the mem-
bers of presbytery. You would have enjoyed seeing
the crowd of young Syrian youth, young men and
women, around the organ singing the gospel hymns
in Arabic and English, led by the ringing voice of
Mr. Doolittle.
It was altogether a model meeting of presbytery,
a minimum of ecclesiastical routine and a maximum
of uplifting, spiritual conference on religious and
missionary subjects.
The next meeting, in 1899, will be at the station
of the Free Church of Scotland Mission, at Shiore,
in Mt. Lebanon.
EXTRACT FROM LETTER OF REV.
HUNTER CORBETT, D.D., APRIL 11, 1898.
On Saturday evening I returned from a journey
of more than a month, visiting churches and sta-
tions in the interior. At several centres we held
all- day prayer meetings. Prayer was answered ;
enemies confessed their faults and became recon-
ciled ; hearts were warmed with new love and zeal
and souls were saved. I was permitted to receive on
profession of faith sixty- seven. Of this number,
one man is eighty three years of age, two seventy-
six and one seventy-three. This makes eighty I
have been permitted to receive the past four months.
Others are asking for baptism and seem near the
kingdom. Thirty-five children have been baptized
and two men were restored to church membership.
The name of every member, including all the bap-
tized children, were recorded in a book, and the
sum placed opposite each name which was willingly
pledged to be paid monthly for the support of the
gospel. Many of our people have no property, and
live from day to day, and almost literally as the
birds live ; yet every one contributed something
and wished the blessing promised to the cheerful
giver. The aggregate sum contributed would sup-
port three native preachers in addition to one al-
ready supported by our church at Chefoo. In ad-
dition to the above contributions, many have con-
tributed liberally for the support of Christian edu-
cation and for church repairs, etc.
I have now under my special care organized
work extending over five counties. The preachers,
as a rule, have a special, definite work assigned.
Usually two men work together, preaching regu-
larly at four or five market towns, and visiting
regularly all the towns and villages, distributing
books and tracts in the territory to which they
have been assigned. They keep a daily record of
the places visited and the work done. When I
enter the county, I expect all the preachers in that
county to meet me for special conference and prayer
and examination on the Scriptures and work I have
previously assigned them, and to assist in holding
protracted meetings at any centre where there may
be Christian inquirers or special promise. And
then arrangements are made for work until I next
visit the field. All our preachers are greatly en-
couraged by finding so many ready to listen to the
1898.]
preaching and to read Christian books. We are in
desperate need of a much larger number of conse-
crated, humble and Christ-loving workers. I rode
across a rich and thickly populated district, more
than sixty miles, where as yet we have no preachers.
At present this field is practically uncultivated.
More than twenty- five years ago I traveled exten-
sively over all that district and with native helpers
sowed seed which I trust will soon produce a rich
harvest, and certainly would if we had workers to
occupy the field. Our schools are prospering and we
hope from these to secure many God- called and
God- qualified men to preach and win souls.
LETTER FROM REV. J. S. THOMAS.
PRAA, LAOS.
Dear Friends : — Seven weeks ago to-day we left
for our mountain retreat because of the awful heat
and because immediately on our return from our
tour to Ta It we had fever. This is our fifth hot
season in Laos and the first one in which we have
left our work for rest. Last year was our first year
on the mountains, but then we went down daily to
the villages to work. And this year, as you will
see further on, we found opportunity for work in
the mountain villages nearby We, all three
of us, were feeling so poorly that each got on old
Jumbo and for three days our bodies wers swayed
to and fro to his steady tread. We arrived to find
Mr. Shields already planted at the mouth of the
Hooie Poo (Spring Creek — because it springs out
from the base of the mountain), in a delightfully
cool and pleasant place. Mr. Shields' children
were all sick in Praa, but there they played in the
water daily — well and hearty. Across the stream
we pitched our tent, and in a few days, through the
kindness of our surprised neighbors, we had a
thatch roof over our tent — our home for about five
weeks. We called the place " Hooie Poo Falls,"
because the little stream of clear, cold water is a
succession of water-falls only a few yards apart
and varying from two to fifty feet high. The water
is surcharged with limestone, which is deposited on
the overhanging branches and sticks, thus forming
beautiful stalactites which in time become solid,
the wood becoming petrified. These many stalac-
tites, with the ferns, palms and bananas which line
its banks on either side, and the dense forests of
lofty trees as a background, make the little moun-
tain stream throughout its entire length of about four
miles, with its waters rolling and tumbling and roar-
ing down those hundreds of cataracts, a spot of
beauty and joy. Add to this the fact that in the for-
ests were wild elephants, wild cattle, deer, monkeys,
apes, tigers, etc. , and you may imagine we were Jiy-
LETTER FROM REV. J. 8. THOMAS.
215
ing in a wild but picturesque place. The apes were
daily visitors of ours, entertaining us with their
weird calls and sprightly gymnastics in the lofty
trees. There were three or four families of them in
our neighborhood. We enjoyed many meals of fine
venison brought to us by our neighbor hunters. They
brought to us other wild meat — for instance, the por-
cupine. A true and remarkable story is told of this
little animal which I will here record for the chil-
dren. The little fellow is fond of bananas, but they
grow so high that he cannot hope to reach them.
So while he sits at the base of the banana tree, long-
ingly looking up at them, he, with unerring aim,
deliberately shoots his quills at the banana stem
till he cuts it, and the bunch drops at his feet,
when he and his family at once enjoy a good meal.
.... While the sun's heat away from these
dense shades was something terrific this year, owing
to the long drought of last year, in this spot the
thermometer ranged between 75° and 85° F. Dur-
ing our stay there we made the acquaintance of all
the people in the little villages in a radius of half an
hour's walk from camp. Many with divers dis-
eases came to see the writer — most of whom were
relieved. This had a strong tendency to remove
all fear and prejudice and to open the way for the
better things we had in store for them. None of
them had ever heard of Jesus. After many visits we
introduced to them the Saviour of the world — their
personal Saviour. Toward the last of our stay we
held services at the homes of the "head men" of
the villages — they inviting all the people to their
homes. From twenty-five to forty people attended
each service. The story of creation, of our first
parents, of the flood, the prophets, of the birth and
life, the resurrection and the second coming of the
Saviour, was intensely interesting to them, as their
peculiar grunt of surprise and assent so often indi-
cated. As a result of these meetings they asked for
literature, which we gladly furnished to them.
The meeting were really sunrise prayer meetings, as
the people went early to their rice fields. (The
mountain rice is planted two months earlier than
rice in the plain. They clear off a small place in the
woods, make little holes in the ground, drop in the
rice and it is done till harvest. The entire village
turns out to help, first one and then another.
This because the people are peculiarly gregarious
and because of fear of wild beasts. They know
nothing of trade except by barter. They gather
their own cotton, spin and weave the single gar-
ment they wear, gather their food from the forests
around. They raise only their rice and feed a few
pigs. Then they are separate and away from and
independent of the outside world. ) .... By such
meetings and private talks we have sown the gospel
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[September,
in virgin soil and we have left it with the Holy
Spirit to develop and grow. It will not be ex-
pedient to send an evangelist there this year, but
we expect to work daily among them next hot sea-
son. The first rains of the season taught us that it
was no place for us in that dense shade because of
must, mold and malaria. So we slowly retraced
our steps homeward, stopping a few days in each of
two villages for work. We rode our ponies. One
of these villages had never before been visited by
missionaries. But I had a patient from the village,
and at his place we pitched our tent. A few
months ago he returned a pair of spectacles and
some reading we had given to him. He is a spirit
doctor and he declared the spirits were troubling
him because of those things and he returned them
to appease the spirits. We therefore did not expect
a warm welcome and we were not disappointed.
He could not well refuse our selection of a shady
place for our tent, but he did refuse permission to
hold services in his house, to which we heartily
yielded. The next day I had a long talk with him.
He said it was not because of himself, but because
of his relatives and neighbors that he declined.
They had told him not to do so, because the spirits
would leave his home and go to annoy, even by
sickness and death, his friends. Therefore should
sickness or death occur in any of those homes it
would be laid to his charge and he would be expelled
to the " spirit" province as so many have been be-
fore. He is an intelligent man, but this was too
much for him and we sympathize with him. This
is the kind of awful superstition we must contend
against. The teachings of Buddha sink into insig-
nificance before this spirit worship which has entered
into the sacred precincts of the temple itself. There
are not wanting other signs of the decadence of this
once powerful religion, although it is yet a fact
that the temple, with its many priests and its forms
and ceremonies and its idolatry, still remains the
centre of the life of this people. It is in the work of
changing the thoughts and feelings of this people
concerning spirit worship, it seems to me, that the
consecrated physician will be most powerful in
breaking the barriers to Christianity. Let me il-
lustrate. Yesterday afternoon we visited the home
of the head man of a village. We found many
people there and we saw a ' ' medium ' ' into whom
a spirit was just entering for the purpose of inform-
ing the husband and the family of the cause and cure
of the sick wife and mother. For two hours the
spirit struggled to enter and to make himself under-
stood. The spirit professed to be a prominent
prince and physician from Bangkok. He declared,
through the woman (medium), himself to be
one at heart with us. The medium knew that I
was a physician, and that I had only a few months
before performed an operation upon his next-door
neighbor, with whom we were then stopping and
who himself was also a head man. She breathed
upon the water and the food, passed a sword along
the different parts of the body of the poor, sick old
woman, who all this time was lying with her bare
back on the bare fl >or suffering, while all that tom-
foolery was going on. But, dear friends, why do I
thus write when I remember scores of exactly like
instances in our own America ? Why do I write of
such ignorance and superstition here when in the
State of Illinois I have seen exact duplicates of the
above seance ! But there it is the few and here
it is everybody, and the whole life of the people is
devoted to feeding and in all ways appeasing the
spirits. That night the writer was called in to see
the dying woman who, in spite of the singing and
the shouting, the dancing and the prancing of the
"medium," had grown worse. She was alive
when we left the next morning. Thus they do
turn to foreign skill and thus do they hear and
learn of the skill of the Great Physician. By ob-
taining relief in both these ways they gradually lose
confidence in the spirits and turn to us and finally
to Jesus for help.
Our many visits to the homes in the first village
won us many friends and called out large audiences
to our meetiDgs at the camp and we never had better
times. We have certainly overcome much of the prej-
udice existing there, as was shown by the growing
cordiality even of the man whose guests we were.
At the second village I will but mention one meet-
ing at the home of our host, whose brother was the
chief priest at the temple. This priest with a hun-
dred people gave good attention.
And now we are back home. Some cases await
my attention.
I have found the American name beloved
and trusted where other names failed to awaken
any happy and affectionate feeling. The bright-
est light which shines on the Syrian coast beneath
the shadow of the Lebanon mountains flashes
down from an American college, and the darkness
which broods over the pyramids and the tombs of
the sacred bulls would be far deeper but for
the American Presbyterian schools and colleges
stretching through the whole length of the Land
of the Nile. And throughout India, from coast to
coast, and I crossed the continent five times, while
I saw many things to depress the mind and bring
before me the shame of Christendom, my heart
was filled with pride over the good name which
American Christians have given to their country.
— Dr. J. H. Barrows.
EDUCATION.
THE UNIQUE IMPORTANCE OF
THE MINISTRY.
There are indications that point to the
necessity of calling new attention to the
entirely unique position which the ministry
occupies, by divine appointment, as com-
pared with other callings and other businesses.
More or less open ignoring or denying of
the supernatural is a marked characteristic
of the age. Public sentiment with regard
to the ministry is largely influenced by this
tendency of modern thought. The minis-
try is allowed a place, and that a place of
importance; but its supernatural features
are not willingly recognized; at least by a
large, and perhaps growing, class in the
community. It is one thing to say that the
ministry may exercise a very helpful influ-
ence by keeping before the minds of the
people exalted sentiments, by denunciation
of all that is false or wrong among the
rulers or the ruled, and by fearless utter-
ances in behalf of right measures, however
unpopular; and quite another thing to say
that it Is the appointed instrumentality for
the manifestation of the glory of God with
a view to the redemption of men. Here is
where the supernatural element comes in.
11 The weapons of our warfare are not car-
nal, but mighty through God to the pulling
down of strongholds." There is a distinct
promise of a reconstruction after the old
order of things has been overturned; an
ushering in of a new creation, to which sin,
suffering and sorrow shall be unknown.
" There shall not enter into it anything that
defileth." "God shall wipe away all tears."
" There shall be no more death, neither
sorrow nor crying, neither shall there be any
more pain!" We are further taught that
that which drives away the darkness of all
evil, and makes good and only good prevail,
is the presence and glory of God. " The
glory of God doth lighten it, and the Lamb
is the light thereof." In one word, what
the light of the sun is to the earth and the
whole solar system, giving color, movement,
life, growth, beauty, warmth, verdure, pro-
ductiveness, tliat the knowledge of God is
to the spiritual world.
We can understand perhaps what a privi-
lege it would be, were it possible for a
mortal, to stand in the presence of a world
that had known only darkness and cold
and solitude, and to say with a voice of
authority and of power, " Let there be
light!" and then to witness in an ecstasy of
delight the amazing change wrought by the
outbursting of solar splendor, changing
earth from desolation into a paradise. But
such a privilege, astonishing as it would be,
is, after all, trifling compared with that
which is accorded to the true minister of
Christ. He is sent into the presence of the
moral darkness of the world, deep and pro-
found, commissioned and empowered to draw
aside the veil and reveal the glory of God
as it shines in the face of Jesus Christ. By
the revelation of that glory to men as it
shines in that face the new creation is to be
ushered in; individuals are to be thus regen-
erated and communities transformed. The
minister of Christ is the agent. The
instrumentality which he is commissioned to
employ is the Word of God. It is the fixed
purpose of God to accomplish the wonders of
his grace by means of that Word as preached
by his own chosen ministers. There may
be powerless pulpits, but they will not be
those in which God is honored and his
Word faithfully preached. Unless God
changes his purpose, the importance of the
pulpit and of the ministry cannot be over-
estimated, nor can its power ever fail.
THE TEACHING OF HISTORY.
Peter's sermon on the day of Pentecost
marks the beginning of the history of the
Christian pulpit. It made a great stir in
Jerusalem and led 3000 persons to apply
for baptism. Stephen and Philip quickly
appeared to show that others besides the
apostles could preach with a wisdom and a
power that was resistless. Paul made it
abundantly apparent that the simple gospel
faithfully preached was the power of God
unto salvation. The historical result of the
ministry of the apostles was the Christianiza-
tion of the Roman Empire.
The power of the pulpit was very mani-
fest about the end of the fourth century in
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218
RELIGION AT STATE UNIVERSITIES.
[September,
Constantinople where John Chrysostom was
denouncing the judgment of God against
iniquity among people and priests and rulers,
and in North Africa where Augustine, full
of the spirit of St. Paul, was expounding the
teachings of the Scriptures as to the exceed-
ing sinfulness of sin and the yet more
exceeding riches of the grace of God;
while their writings extended their influence
and perpetuated their power to our own
times. Pascal and the Jansenists in
France, Baxter and Howe in England, the
Covenanter preachers of Scotland, Edwards
in America, Charles Spurgeon, Cesar
Malan, and a host of others, a noble suc-
cession, have been like reproductions of these
men of power, and have done much to
determine the moral and religious character
of their times. How shall we adequately
estimate the power exerted' by Martin
Luther and other Reformation preachers ?
It was simply prodigious. With what lan-
guage shall we rightly describe the influence
of evangelists like Finney, or of field-preach-
ers like Wesley, Whitefield, or the erratic
John Fox ? The old saying, " Behold the
world is gone after them," is historically
true of preachers of the gospel.
WHAT ABOUT THE PULPIT OF TO-DAY ?
Some allege that it has lost its power; the
power of the old-time pulpit being freely
acknowledged. No doubt it is guilty of
much folly. Many of its Samsons have
wickedly allowed themselves to be shorn of
their strength. This, however, is not an
experience peculiar to our age. There was
folly enough in the pulpits of the olden
time. On the other hand, in all our bor-
ders the characteristic feature of almost
every landscape from Alaska to Florida,
from New Mexico to Maine, is the heaven-
ward-pointing church spire, the token
and evidence of the security of person
and property, of the prevalence of mo-
rality among the people and of righteous-
ness at the seat of judgment. Dr. Strong
tells indeed of a certain township in which
from the beginning religious influences have
been carefully excluded. The records of that
township fail to show a single inhabitant of
distinction. The adjoining township,
founded by God-fearing men, has been
remarkable for the number of influential
persons in many professions which it has
produced. God's power is pledged to
accompany God's Word. The modern pul-
pit can only be weak by a guilty neglect of
the divine Word, which has been com-
mitted to its trust.
THE POWER OF PREACHING AMONG
THE HEATHEN.
The recent visit to America of the vener-
able Mr. Paton, missionary to the New
Hebrides, has called fresh attention to the
power of the ministry in modern times among
the heathen. Nakedness, degradation,
filth, war as a normal condition, cannibal-
ism, all have, under his preaching of the
Word of God and the preaching of his com-
panions, given place to order and decency,
normal peace, the fear of God, and reverent
attendance upon divine worship. Wonders
quite as remarkable have characterized the
preaching of the gospel in Burmah, India,
China, Japan, Syria, and other countries of
heathendom. In Dr. Judson's field, dur-
ing a period of seventy-five years, there was
a new church for every three weeks of the
time, and a new baptism for every three
hours. In the Fiji Islands, as a result of
fifty years of preaching, there are 1300
church buildings for a population of
110,000, of whom 104,000 attend divine
service. Among the Telugus in India,
20,000 converts were baptized in a period
of twenty months. These are only specimen
facts, but they bear weighty testimony to
the continued power of the gospel as
preached by faithful ministers of the Word.
That power is one of the great factors of
human history.
We cannot too earnestly call the atten-
tion of our young men to the honor and
privilege, and the brilliant, indeed abso-
lutely unique, prospects, connected with the
ministry of Jesus Christ.
RELIGION AT STATE UNIVER-
SITIES.
We have previously called attention to
the interest displayed by the Synod of
Colorado in an effort to do something for
the moral and religious welfare of Presby-
terian students in attendance upon the
University of Colorado, situated at Boulder
in that state. In accordance with the plan
adopted by the synod last fall, the Rev. Mr.
Notman, pastor of the church at Boulder,
has been lecturing, upon invitation of the
regents of the university, to the students
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SOME CHARACTERISTICS OF CERTAIN SEMINARIES.
219
upon the subject of Moral Philosophy as
often as three times a week, and with the
happiest results. The influence of this
work has been very manifest upon the
religious life of the university. The stu-
dents have learned to come to him for
advice, and the attendance upon the even-
ing service of the church has by their pres-
ence been increased until it now numbers
from six to eight hundred. The faculty
also is well represented in the congregation.
We are informed that the regents offered to
Mr. Notman the chair of Moral Philos-
ophy with the understanding that he should
give his whole time to the work. He has
not felt ready, however, to give up his work
in the church, and Dr. Kennedy, of Phila-
delphia, a graduate of Princeton University,
has received an appointment to that chair.
It is probable that at the next session Mr.
Notman will lecture to the students upon
the History and Philosophy of Religion.
The synod has undertaken to provide an
assistant for him in order that the com-
bined work of church and college may not
be too much for his time and strength.
This experiment in Colorado furnishes an
interesting contribution toward the solution
of one of the pressing and exceedingly
important questions of the day.
Charles G. Finney, D.D.
SOME CHARACTERISTICS OF CER-
TAIN SEMINARIES.
Bangor (Cong. ) announces that the trus-
tees determined, at the anniversary in May,
1897, to discontinue the English Biblical
course. Prof. Gil more, who was in charge of
the English department, was transferred to
the department of Biblical History, Biblical
Introduction and Comparative Religion.
All candidates now admitted are admitted
on the original basis of a classical course.
Union Seminary, New York, reports
large improvements made during the sum-
mer of 1897 in the buildings at a cost of
nearly $60,000. The central point of inter-
est for the year has been the development
of the worship life of the seminary, the
establishment of regular preaching services
on Sunday afternoons in the beautifully
restored chapel, and daily prayer services at
eventide, open to the public as well as to
the students.
Rochester (Baptist) reports that
since 1890, when the English or
partial course was discontinued,
and graduation from college or an
equivalent Greek preparation was
made a prerequisite to admission,
the numbers have doubled, and the
number taking both Hebrew and
Greek studies has increased almost
threefold.
The Southern Baptist, on the
other hand, is much satisfied with
its plan of making the course of
study entirely elective, thus pro-
viding for those who have not had
a college training as well as for
the more highly educated stu-
dents.
The Episcopal Seminary at Cam-
bridge, Mass., makes a charge
for tuition and requires a bache-
lor's degree or what the semi-
nary considers an equivalent. It
represents itself as regarded with
a good deal of distrust by many of
the bishops, but has a full school
in spite of hindrances.
CHURCH ERECTION.
AN IMPORTANT DECISION.
It is well known that this Board, under
the direction of the General Assembly, takes
a mortgage upon the property of every
church aided by its funds. In the case of
grants the form of the mortgage is some-
what peculiar, as it is not designed to bur-
den the congregation, but simply to protect
the interests of the Church at large in case
the life of the congregation benefited should
cease. Therefore the mortgage does not
call for interest and does not in terms call
for repayment of the money unless " the
corporate existence of the said party of the
first part (the church) slwll cease or the
mortgaged premises be alienated or be
abandoned as a house of worship."
The validity of a mortgage in this form,
and the right of the Board in the contin-
gency mentioned to recover upon it, has
never been seriously questioned until within
a few months, and therefore now for the
first time the question has been passed upon
in the Supreme Court of a State.
The importance of the decision to this
Board and to others that hold similar mort-
gages is such that, while it may not be of
special interest to the ordinary reader, we
think space may be properly taken to give
the decision of the court in full.
The court was the Supreme Court of the
State of Washington and the occasion was
as follows:
This Board holds one of its usual mort-
gages upon the property of the First Church
of Seattle. Under the pressure of the
financial crisis of the last few years this
church incurred a serious indebtedness and
a firm in Seattle obtained judgment against
it. The Board, to protect both its own
interests and those of the church, commenced
a suit of foreclosure. The party holding
the other claim, finding the Board's mort-
gage standing in the way of his action,
resisted the foreclosure upon the ground
that such a mortgage as that held by the
Board was invalid and could not be legally
enforced.
Strangely enough the Superior Court of
the county sustained his plea and declared
the Board' s mortgage to be invalid.
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The Board appealed the case to the
Supreme Court of the State and there, as
will be seen by the decision, the Board was
sustained at every point, and the decision
of the lower court reversed. Moreover, this
decision of the Supreme Court was practi-
cally unanimous. One judge did not sit,
but the remaining four constituting the court
were in agreement.
The decision which we now give will
explain the points that were raised:
The Board of Church Erec-
tion Fund of the Gen-
eral Assembly of the
Presbyterian Church in
the United States of
America, a corporation,
Appellant,
No. 2910.
he First Presbyterian \ Filed June 14>
Church of Seattle, a / \%to%
corporation,
Defendant;
Walter Morgan, doing bus-
iness UNDER THE FIRM
NAME AND STYLE OF WAL-
TER Morgan & Company,
Respondent.
This action was brought to foreclose a mortgage on
certain lots in the city of Seattle. The complaint
alleges that the plaintiff was a corporation organized
and existing under the laws of the State of New
York ; that the defendant, the First Presbyterian
Church, was a corporation organized and existing
under the laws of the State of Washington ; that the
defendant, Walter Morgan, was doing business as
Walter Morgan & Co. ; that on May 12, 1893, the
First Presbyterian Church of Seattle made and ex-
ecuted, by proper authority of law, its mortgage on
the said lots to the plaintiff to secure a loan of
$2160, of a prior date ; that the mortgage, in ad-
dition to the usual covenants, recited that in case
the house of worship or the mortgaged premises
should be alienated or abandoned as a house of
worship by the party of the first part, except for
the building or purchase of a better house of wor-
ship, then and in such case the defendant church
should forthwith refund the money with interest
thereon from the time of receiving it ; that upon
the happening of either auch contingencies, said
1898.]
AN IMPORTANT DECISION.
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amount with interest should immediately be-
come due and payable, with the other ordinary
provisions with relation to the right of the mort-
gagee to sell the property ; that the mortgage was
duly recorded, that the First Presbyterian Church
has failed to comply with the terms, conditions and
agreements of said mortgage ; that on the 28th day
of May, 1897, the sheriff of King county sold
said property under an execution to defendant,
Walter Morgan & Co., and said sale was confirmed
by the court of King county, June , 1897, and
by the said sale Walter Morgan & Co. claim to
have an interest or title to the property ; that on
June 14, 1897, by reason of said sale, the First
Presbyterian Church was dispossessed of said
premises by a writ of assistance issued out of said
court on petition of Walter Morgan & Co., and en-
forced by the sheriff of King county. The plain-
tiff asked judgment against the First Presbyterian
Church for the sum of $2100, with interest thereon
at the legal rate ; for the foreclosure of the mort-
gage, and for a receiver to care for and conserve the
interests of the property. The First Presbyterian
Church made default. Defendant Walter Morgan
filed a general demurrer to the complaint, upon the
ground that the same did not state facts sufficient
to constitute a cause of action, and upon hearing
the court sustained the same. The plaintiff stand-
ing upon its complaint and refusing to plead fur-
ther, a judgment of dismissal was in due time en-
tered. From this judgment an appeal is taken to
this court. A motion is made to dismiss this appeal,
but we think it is without merit.
It is contended by the respondent that the de-
murrer was properly sustained for the reason, (1)
that it appeared from the complaint that the cause
of action — the consideration of the mortgage —
was barred by the statute of limitation ; ( 2 ) that
the mortgage was void because of its convenants
being contrary to public policy and in restraint of
alienation ; (3) because the time when the debt
was supposed to become due was vague, uncertain
and indefinite ; (4) because there had been no
breach of the conditions and no right to foreclose
appeared. There are many answers to the first con-
tention, viz., that the debt, which had been con-
tracted several years before the mortgage was given,
was barred by the statute of limitation, but it is
necessary to mention only two. In the first place,
a pleading of the statute of limitation is a privilege
which is accorded by the law to the defendant — in
this case the Presbyterian Church — and it can avail
itself of that privilege, or answer upon the merits,
or default, just as it pleases. It is not a right
which defendant Walter Morgan can receive the
benefit of. Second, it was not pleaded iu the court
below. The demurrer interposed was upon the
ground and for the reason that the complaint did
not state facts sullicient to constitute a cause of
action. This is the sixth cause of demurrer which
is specified by the statute. The seventh is that the
action has not been commenced within the time
limited by law. This objection may be taken by
demurrer when it appears upon the face of the com-
plaint. Otherwise it may be made by answer.
But it is not comprehended within the sixth clause
which provided for a demurrer when the complaint
does not state facts sufficient to constitute a cause
of action, and the question cannot be raised under
the sixth objection any more than upon the other
grounds for demurrer specified by the statute, viz. ,
that the court has no jurisdiction of the person of
the defendant or of the subject matter of the action,
or that the plaintiff has no legal capacity to sue, or
that there is another action pending between the
same parties, or that there is a defect of parties,
plaintiff or defendant, or that several causes of
action have been improperly united. When the
attention of the courts is intended to be directed to
any of these specified grounds for demurrer it must
be directed as specified by statute.
The next contention is that the covenants of the
mortgage were contrary to public policy and also in
restraint of alienation. We do not think there is
any alienation in this mortgage at all ! It is true
that where an estate is conveyed in fee simple a
proviso that the grantee shall not convey, or shall
not convey without the consent of the grantor, is
held to be void as a restraint upon alienation, be-
cause it is repugnant to the estate which has been
created by the debt for the benefit of the grantee.
But no estate was created by this mortgage. The
title to the land, both legal and equitable, remained
in the mortgagor.
We have examined the cases cited by the re-
spondent, upon which he so confidently relies,
and we do not think they are in point at all. The
principal case, and one in which the authorities are
collated, is De Peyster v. Michael, 6 N. Y. a. of
App., 467. In that case there was a lease of lands
in fee, and in addition to the annual rent the lessor
reserved to himself, his heirs and assigns, the
right to purchase the premises in case the lessee,
his heirs, etc., should choose to sell on paying three-
quarters of the price demanded, the lessee cove-
nanting to make the first offer to the lessor, his heirs,
etc. , on those terms, but in case the offer should be
declined, then the lessor reserved to himself, his
heirs, etc., one- fourth part of all moneys which
should arise from the selling, renting or disposing
of the lands by the lessee, his heirs or assigns,
when and as often as the same should be sold,
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AN IMPORTANT DECISION.
rented or disposed of; with the condition that in
case of a sale or other transfer without the pay-
ment of such one-fourth to the lessor, his heirs or
assigns, the sale or transfer should be void, and
the premises should revert to the lessor, his heirs
and assigns, who might then reenter upon the
premises and repossess and enjoy the same as of his
former estate ; and it was held that a reservation
of the quarter sales and the condition and right of
reentry upon default of their payment were void.
But the case and the arguments advanced and cases
cited show conclusively that the doctrine contended
for could not be applied to the conditions specified
in this mortgage. The mortgagors are not pre-
vented from selling this property. No restrictions
are entailed upon it. But the effect of the stipula-
tion or condition expressed simply is that if it is
alienated or abandoned or not used for the purposes
for which the money was loaned, the mortgage be-
comes due ; and if a sale were made, it would
simply be made subject to the mortgage.
It is also contended that the mortgage is contrary
to public policy, for the further reason that it pro-
vided that the debt should become due if the
church should cease to be connected with the Gen-
eral Assembly ; that this is a restraint upon relig-
ious belief, and a court of equity should not uphold
such contract. We do not see any merit in this
contention. There is no restraint here upon any
one's religious belief. The Board of Church
Erection has a right to invest its money for the pro-
motion and benefit of the Presbyterian churches in
the United States, if it sees fit so to do. Presuma-
bly low rates of interest and liberal time are given
by this association for the purpose of promoting
the interests of the church, and favorable condi-
tions are obtained which »couldn' t be obtained from
any one else ; and there is nothing wrong or intol-
erant or against public policy in sustaining condi-
tions which would prevent their money from inur-
ing to the benefit of secular business. If condi-
tions like these cannot be enforced then church
edifices, which the society has been instrumental in
building, might be used for dance houses, theatres,
drinking saloons, and for other businesses which
are not only foreign to the object of the promoters,
but in direct opposition to their principles.
The third objection is that the mortgage was
void because the time when the debt was to become
due was vague, uncertain and indefinite. We think
this is a provision of the mortgage which the mort-
gagor cannot take advantage of.
Jones on Chattel Mortgages, Sec. 1183, 1184,
1185.
Where the debt is made payable upon the hap-
[Septeraber,
pening of a contingency and no time for payment
is mentioned in the mortgage, the mortgage is
good.
Fetrow v. Merri wether, 53 111., 275.
State Bank v. Price, Hilton et al, 80 St.,
299.
3 Pomeroy's Eq. Jurisprudence, Sec. 1188.
It is in the fourth place contended by the re-
spondent that no breach of the conditions of the
mortgage has been shown, and that consequently a
foreclosure could not be had. A number of author-
ities are cited by both appellant and respondent,
as to when the legal title passes and as to whether
the legal title to land passes upon the sale or upon
the confirmation of sale. It was said by this court
in some of the cases cited, notably Hays v. Mer-
chants National Bank, 10 Wash., 573, that the dis-
cussion of the title proposition was a discussion of a
theory and did not affect the practical questions in
that case ; and so we think concerning that techni-
cal question here. This mortgage provides that in
case the mortgaged premises be alienated or be
abandoned as a house of worship by the party .of
the first part, except for the building or purchase
of a better one, the mortgage shall become due, and
that the mortgagee shall have power to foreclose
the same. The complaint alleges that this property
was sold under an execution issued out of a supe-
rior court to the defendant, Walter Morgan, and
that the sale was confirmed ; that Walter Morgan
& Co. have closed the door of the church ; that the
church has been dispossessed of said premises by a
writ of assistance issued out of the court and that
the said Walter Morgan was thereby put in pos-
session of the premises. It seems to us that within
the spirit of the contract this was an alienation.
The church had refused or failed to pay its legal
obligations ; the law in the enforcement of those
obligations dispossessed it, and in legal contempla-
tion and for the purpose of construing this mort-
gage and giving effect to the intention and purposes
of the mortgagor, the possession which was given
to Morgan must be held to be a possession given by
act of the mortgagee. We think that plainly
there was a breach of the covenants of the mort-
gage and that the Court erred in sustaining the de-
murrer to the complaint.
The judgment will be reversed.
Dunbar, J.
We concur :
Scott, C. J.
Gordon, J.
Kecevis, J.
(I did not sit in this case.)
Anders, J.
COLLEGES AND ACADEMIES.
AN EXPERIENCE.
From our Bellevue College in Nebraska
comes a story that is peculiarly interesting
and suggestive.
" Many persons believe that the influence
of teachers upon the morals of students is too
highly rated by denominational colleges.
We have had an experience. After long
investigation last summer, we employed a
professor who was highly recommended as
a promising teacher, and who was a ' pro-
fessing Christian. ' It soon became apparent
that he had no sympathy for evangelical
Christianity. Under the guise of ' broad
thought' and 'seeing both sides,' he had
soon presented Unitarian and skeptical views
to students, and was giving strong advice
that ' Harvard is the only place to get an
education.' In two months nearly every
student was dissatisfied, not merely with the
college, but with himself, and religious
interest was at the lowest point ever known
in the college for eight years.
" Meanwhile the erring teacher was
treated in the most Christian way, was kindly
urged to withdraw, because he was out of
harmony with the objects and efforts of the
college, and that the only honorable course
for him was to resign. Being pressed to
withdraw, he finally announced that he was
an ' advanced Unitarian,' that ' to attend
a Y. M. C. A. or a Y. P. S. meeting gives
me the horrors,' that he belonged to the
school of ' advanced thinkers,' who believe
that in 325 A. D. Arius was right instead of
Athanasius.
" Now if one such teacher, in a school of
positive Christian character, can create so
much religious indifference, and bring doubts
into the minds of the best young Christians,
what must be the religious condition in
universities where there are a number of
such teachers ? A half dozen teachers of
such tendencies may hold from and prejudice
against religion every student not already a
Christian, besides discouraging many a one
who has already begun the better life.
" This is not saying that a devoted
Christian teacher may not exert a stronger
influence than such a teacher as above
described. It is simply saying that such a
teacher does great harm, and places a bar-
rier between those who are not Christians
and those who would do them good. We
have seen this with our own eyes. It is no
longer a mere theory with us that very bane-
ful moral influences must exist in an institu-
tion where several of the teachers are not
evangelical Christians.
" We know more than we did, but still
we are sorry we have had the experience.
This teacher has gone from us and we hope
all his influences have gone too. At any
rate, there is a very greatly improved con-
dition in the college, not merely religiously,
but in every way.
" The professor who takes the place of
the teacher retired is a graduate of Parsons
College, also of Princeton, and has spent
two years in postgraduate and theological
study. He now expects to make teaching
his life-work. Very encouraging are all the
comments upon the first few weeks of his
work here. He will take an active part in
the religious work of the college."
The centre of gravity in this article is at
the middle of it :
' ' Nciv if one such teacher, in a school of
positive Christian character, can create so
much religious indifference, and bring doubt*
into the minds of the best young Christians,
what must be the religious condition in uni-
versities where there are a number of such
teachers."
Picture a bright lad, brought up under
the influence of a Christian family and
church, going to the State university.
For the first time he has entire freedom ; no
restrictions except the requirement of
attending college classes at given hours ; the
rest of his time he is free, no one watching
him or calling him to account. That is a
heavy strain upon the moral fibre of an
eager lad.
One of his professors is a man of brilliant
powers, captivating in conversation, appear-
ing to the lad to know everything and to
state his knowledge charmingly. This
strong, bright man, who appears to our lad
to have thought out all questions in view of
the latest words of science, philosophy and
human progress in every line, has only con-
tempt for the Bible as the word of God and
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224
ANNOUN CEMENT THE MESSAGE OF THE CLOSING CENTURY. [September,
for Christianity as the lad has been taught
it. The boy is at the age when, as we are
told by psychological investigators of young
minds, youth are most interested in certain
theological question?, especially in question-
ing the foundations of the beliefs in which
they have been brought up. Will not the
brilliant and charming professor, capti-
vating the lad's imagination, perhaps lead
his mind also captive ? Will the religious
faith, received as a matter of course with-
out examining its philosophical foundations,
be able to hold out against the admired pro-
fessor's ridicule and arguments ? If our
young friend, thanks to a sound character,
good instruction and the mighty testimony
borne to Christianity by the character of a
good father or mother, still holds his faith
in God, in the Bible, and in Christ, is not
that faith likely to be thinned, chilled and
devitalized by the unhappy influence of his
instructor ?
It is the fear of such results that leads
many wise youths to prefer a Christian col-
lege, even if it have not as many piofessors
and students and books and telescopes and
test tubes as the State university. It is the
fear of such results that leads many an
anxious parent to prefer the smaller but
Christian college. It is the experience of
such results that brings to this Board con-
tinually strong letters from pastors and
Christian parents urging us to build up
Christian colleges, that their young people
may be returned to them from the college
course as consecrated and efficient in the
service of Christ as when they went out
from their homes. It is the observation of
such results that leads our home missionaries
in all the Western region provided with
great State universities to give with such
marked and touching liberality, from their
small incomes, to support the Christian col-
leges in their vicinities.
If our good Presbyterians of the East
could only know the facts, the offerings of
churches, Sabbath-schools and Young Peo-
ple's societies for the College Board would
be wonderfully increased, and larger gifts
from men and women who have money to
give would pour into the Board's treasury
to secure buildings and endowments for our
Western schools and colleges.
PUBLICATION AND SABBATH-SCHOOL WORK.
ANNOUNCEMENT.
The attention of all pastors, superinten-
dents and Sabbath-school officers and teach-
ers is called to the desirability of making
early and careful preparation for Rallying
Day, which falls this year on Sabbath,
September 25. The Sabbath -school and
Missionary Department has prepared as usual
a Program or Order of Worship, com-
prising hymns, Scripture reading and
other suitable exercises, having in view
especially the great enterprise now before our
people, entitled The Twentieth-century
Movement, upon which an article from
the pen of Dr. E. T. Bromfield appears in
the current number of this magazine. An
illustrated eight-page circular, giving full
information on the many phases of this
Movement, with hints and suggestions as to
the profitable observance of Rallying Day,
should by this time have reached every
superintendent. If not received, applica-
tion should at once be made for it, and for
a sample of the Program to the Rev. James
A. Worden, D.D., Witherspoon Building,
Philadelphia. Supplies of Programs and
collection envelopes will be forwarded to
our schools without charge.
THE MESSAGE OF THE CLOSING
CENTURY.
Every year has its own special niche in
the world's history and brings to every one
of us its own special message. If we could
stop and work over the half effaced lines of
past years' messages, we should find food
for reflection, possibly for self-reproach.
To listen to the messages of the years as
they come and to profit by them — taking
up the duty of the present, shunning no
true claim of God or man — is the part of
wisdom.
These closing years of the nineteenth cen-
tury bring their special message to us all.
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THE MESSAGE OF THE CLOSING CENTURY.
[September,
To those engaged in any form of Chris-
tian service, as well as to idlers in Christ's
vineyard, they speak of opportunities yet
remaining in the century now drawing to
its close which should be seized and turned
to good account.
There has always been in the human
mind a tendency to mark times and seasons.
The death of a century and the birth of a
century are events which few of our race
can witness more than once, and the major-
ity not at all. Let us therefore mark care-
fully the message of these closing years of
the nineteenth century.
IS THE SABBATH SCHOOL AT IT8 BE8T ?
This is a question which this year is press-
ing upon the thought of the Church.
There comes to us through prophetic
voices an appeal to make the Sabbath-schooi
as an instrument for teaching divine truth
far more effective than it has ever been —
reaching more children and adults — win-
ning more attention from young manhood
and womanhood — concentrating itself more
earnestly upon the one task of bringing
Bible truths home to the memory and the
heart and leading souls to the Saviour.
Only one or two hours in the week are
at the disposal of the Sabbath -school. To
make the best of that short time is a task
worthy of the ablest minds among us.
WHAT RALLYING DAY SHOULD DO FOR
THE SABBATH-SCHOOL.
It should do what the cool north wind
does for us in the months of summer —
revive our energies and make life a joy and
an inspiration. A good, breezy, soul-
moving anniversary wakes up the faculties,
clears away mists, starts the wheels of life
afresh.
We of the Indo-Germanic race — the
Anglo-Saxon, the German, the Swede, and
others — are prone to take life too much as
a matter of routine, shrinking from
anything that turns us out of our ordinary
course. Other races go to an opposite
extreme and are too mercurial. We may
learn from each other and each become
wiser.
It is quite possible to have too many red-
letter days in a Sabbath -school, but no
school should have less than two, and Rally-
ing Day should certainly be one of the two.
There may be minor anniversaries or
marked days in the course of the year,
when particular reference should be made
in the order of service to particular events.
Christmas and Easter day, for instance,
should have special commemoration. But
the great Sabbath-school celebrations of the
year undoubtedly should be Children's
Day early in June and Rallying Day late in
September.
THE SPECIAL WORK OF RALLYING
DAY IN 1898.
One thought will be uppermost in the
mind of every Sabbath- school worker of
our Church in connection with Rallying
Day in the present year — how to make it a
means of promoting the Twentieth- century
Movement.
It is not unreasonable to expect that with
a united effort Presbyterian Sabbath -schools
may have a membership of a million and a
half in 190i. Every school, large and
small, will have the subject fairly brought
to its attention during the intervening
period. Many of them are already engaged
in an earnest canvass to bring in more than
their quota. Schools which do not join in
the Movement — should there be any such —
will under the circumstances incur a very
serious responsibility.
Dr. C. Humble writes of successes in Tennessee.
" At Vardy twenty or more conversions have come
out of Bible teachers' work and the good work of
' hand-picking ' goes on. Not being ready for a
church organization, the converts go into the Bap-
tist church ; but they want us to organize."
Mr. W. F. Grundy, laboring in Ozark Presbytery,
writes : ' ' Spent some time holding meetings at Big
Creek, and as a result a number are asking for the
organization of a Presbyterian church. These per-
sons are spiritual and intelligent and some of the
best people in the neighborhood."
The boxes and barrels of clothing sent by gener-
ous friends in the North to our Southern fields of
labor enabled many a little Sabbath -school to keep
open all the winter. But for this timely aid the
children could not have attended.
Missionary J. G. Harris, in southern Virginia, in
reviewing his work of the past year writes : ' ' The
outlook is that the work has been planted to live,
notwithstanding hindrances."
MINISTERIAL RELIEF.
CLOSELY RELATED TO GOD.
The Parish Register tells a sweet little
story of how a boy had his prayer answered,
and of the impression produced upon his
young heart by the peculiar answer.
The writer says, ' ■ The following touch-
ing incident, which drew tears from my
eyes, was related to me a short time since,
by a dear friend who had it from an eye-
witness of the same. It occurred in the
great city of New York, on one of the
coldest days in February.
" A little boy about ten years old was
standing before a shoe- store on Broadway,
barefooted, peering through the window,
and shivering with cold.
1 ' A lady riding up the street in a beauti-
ful carriage, drawn by horses finely capari-
soned, observed the little fellow in his
forlorn condition, and immediately ordered
the driver to draw up and stop in front of
the store. The lady, richly dressed in silk,
alighted from the carriage, went quickly to
the boy, and said: ' My little fellow, why
are vou looking so earnestly in that win-
dow?'
11 ' I was asking God to give me a pair
of shoes,' was the reply. The lady took
him by the hand and went into the store,
and asked the proprietor if he would allow
one of his clerks to go and buy half a dozen
pairs of stockings for the boy. He readily
assented. She then asked him if he could
give her a basin of water and a towel, and
he replied: 'Certainly,' and quickly
brought them to her.
"She took the little fellow to the back
part of the store, and, removing her gloves,
knelt down, washed those little feet and
dried them with the towel.
" By this time the young man had
returned with the stockings. Placing a pair
upon his feet, she purchased and gave him
a pair of shoes, and tying up the remaining
pairs of stockings, gave them to him, and
patting him on the head, said : ' I hope,
my little fellow, that you now feel more
comfortable.'
" As she turned to go, the astonished lad
caught her hand, and, looking up in her
face, with tears in his eyes, answered her
question with these words: ' Are you God's
wife?'"
This little story of this poor, penniless,
ignorant boy will doubtless awaken many
thoughts in the minds of those who read it,
such as, How could a boy grow up to his age
in a great city and be so profoundly igno-
rant ? and what a kind and condescending
act it was in a wealthy lady thus to notice
and relieve this little sufferer; and how easy
it is to do a kind and charitable act when
one is so minded ; but the thought that most
interests me, is that down deep in the
heart of that poor street urchin was the
feeling that any well-dressed lady who
would do so kind an act as she had done
must somehow and in some way be closely
related to God.
When we truly love our God, he always
has plenty of work for us all to do, and he
gives us great pleasure in doing his work,
and his workers silently and irresistibly
impress others, who witness their beautiful
deeds of Christian charity, that God's will-
ing workers stand closely related to him for
whom they work. When by the trans-
forming power of the divine Spirit we
become the sons and daughters of the Lord
Almighty, and we learn to live near to him
and enjoy his sweet fellowship, our wills
become more and more subordinated to his
will, and our highest happiness and our
holiest joy are to do what he commands.
It may be laid down as a proposition
which cannot be gainsaid, that if we live
near to God we cannot see his people suffer
and not fly to their relief, and nothing
more certainly manifests the true disposi-
tion of a child of God than a willingness
on our part to relieve the necessities of
God's suffering saints. God permits his
saints to suffer sometimes for their own
good, sometimes for the good of others,
sometimes to promote his own glory, and
sometimes to test his people whom he has
entrusted with means to see what use they
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THE GKAND WORK TO BE DONE.
[September,
will make of their stewardship. Are we all
using our money in such a manner that we
will not be afraid when the Master comes
to render an account of our steward-
ship ?
When we remember that we have been
led to Christ by ministers of religion whom
God has been graciously pleased to honor
in their holy work, and when we remember
that they have been the means of leading
us nearer and still nearer to Christ as the
days have been going by, do we not feel
that if there is anything we can do to
make their old days comfortable, we ought
gladly do it, both for their sakes and for
the sake of our Merciful Master ?
SESSIONS.
THE GRAND WORK TO BE DONE.
Never forget that the payments of the
Board of Relief to those under its care are
increasing at the rate of about $6000 a
year! The contributions to this Board
must therefore steadily increase from year to
year at this rate. This will require con-
stant vigilance and unceasing effort, or the
Board will be compelled to grant smaller
and still smaller appropriations than it has
been doing in past years. Those who know
the intense sufferings of our aged ministers
and their dependent ones cannot tolerate the
thought of reducing the small annuities now
granted.
Presbyteries are often disappointed when
the Board does not grant the full amount
which they recommend for the particular
individuals under their care, but when the
Board considers the many applications made
to it for aid the most needy cases must be
granted the largest amounts, and a fair,
proportionate distribution is made by the
Board to all the cases presented by all the
presbyteries. The fact that the Board
cannot give to all applicants for aid as
much as the presbyteries recommend, ought
to induce all the presbyteries to take active
measures to secure a collection from every
church, rich or poor, for this most hallowed
cause.
If the sessions of all our churches would
do what the General Assembly has so earn-
estly enjoined, namely, appoint a committee
consisting of representatives of every
organization in each church to take charge
of this sacred cause, these committees would
find a time, and place, and way to secure a
collection in every church.
PASTORS.
Pastors, please, do not grow weary in pre-
senting this cause. Who will care for your
co -laborers in the most holy work on earth,
when they are broken down, if you neglect
them ? You have more power in your
hands than, perhaps, you think over the
people to whom you minister. If they see
you filled with soul -earnestness in this
righteous and benevolent cause, they will
conclude that they ought to take the matter
to heart and place it in the power of the
Board to do more liberal things for your
suffering brethren and their dependent
households.
SELF-DENIAL DAY.
The 21st of October is the anniversary of
the incorporation of the Board of Relief.
September is the month assigned by the Gen-
eral Assembly as the special month in which
a collection is to be taken for disabled min-
isters and others under the care of the
Board. Very few churches take collec-
tions for the Board in September. If
all our people could be induced to ob-
serve the 21st of October as a day of self-
denial and consecrate the savings of that
one day to this sacred cause, the Board
would have money in abundance to relieve
all our suffering families. How little, oh,
how little, it is to ask of the members of our
churches to deny themselves just one day in
the year to enable them to make ample
provision for all our wards, when these
people have given their lives to the Church
we love and in their old days are compelled
to deny themselves every day the whole
year through!
Let pastors fully inform the people each year of the imperative necessity of increasingly larger collec-
tions, in order that our great Church may do what is honorable and magnanimous to our aged and
honored ministers and their needy households. This sacred cause appeals to every sense of compassion
and honor and justice. — Annual Report.
FREEDMEN.
ITEMS.
Kev. George B. Crawford and wife have resigned
their places as president and principal of Barber
Memorial Seminary, Anniston, Ala., on account of
the ill health of Mrs. Crawford. The Board re-
grets losing the services of two such faithful and
conscientious workers.
Rev. Samuel Miller Divis, D.D., and wife have
been chosen by the Board as president and princi-
pal of Barber Memorial Seminary, to fill the va-
cancy made by the resignation of Mr. and Mrs.
George B. Crawford. Dr. Davis has had consider-
able experience in teaching and Mrs. Davis is well
known throughout the Church for her missionary
zeal and kindly feeling for the colored people of
the South. Under their combined influence, to-
gether with the admirable appointments of the
school, Barber Memorial ought to be and will be
among the best educational institutions under the
care of the Freedmen's Board in the South.
Rev. H. L. McCrorey, a graduate of Biddle
University both in the Collegiate and Theological
departments and for some time a teacher in the
Preparatory School, as well as pastor of the Biddle-
ville church, has been appointed principal of the
Normal and Preparatory department of the Uni-
versity in the place of Rev. W. F. Brooks, D.D ,
deceased. Prof. McCrorey owes much to the in-
stitution in which he received his entire educa-
tion and will no doubt fiad special gratification in
discharging these obligations in the way of faith-
fully and conscientiously filling the important
position in the University to which he has been so
recently chosen.
Rev. W. B. Middleton, pastor of the Mt. Pleas-
ant Colored Presbyterian Church, Charleston, S. C,
died on Wednesday, July the 13th. Mr. Middle-
ton was a young man of promise and had but be-
gun his career of usefulness. Brethren of the
presbytery will supply his church without compen-
sation for the next two months, that the monthly
remittances from the Board of Freedmen may go to
the widow.
GETTING RID OF THE LOAD.
So long as the work of the Freed men's
Board is hindered by its large and embar-
rassing debt of $58,000, so long must the
work stay within the limits of its present
proportions.
Its extent has been gradually reduced
for several years until it is now just
about within the limit of last year's
income.
This has been done by sacrifice of many
schools and by discouraging the organization
of new churches. Life and growth go
together. If we repress growth, we can-
not long keep life. The work must go
forward. It can stand still a little while.
It cannot stand still long. It has stood still
about as long as it can. It must now go
forward or backward. We propose that it
go forward. It can only go forward after
it gets rid of its load, and we propose this
year to get rid of the load.
The plan of reaching and overtaking this
debt is for each presbytery to strive through
its Committee on Freedmen to bring up the
total amount of its gifts this year to a sum
that will be equivalent to an advance of
seven cents per member over the amount
given last year.
The figures given to each presbytery are
merely suggestive. They fix a point toward
which the presbytery should work, and the
responses already received from the chair-
men of the Presbyterial Committees on
Freedmen indicate that these chairmen are
a body of men loyal to their Church and
deeply interested in the success of the
Freedmen's cause.
An advance in the contributions from the
churches, the Sunday-schools, the Young
People's societies and the Women's socie-
ties that will amount in its sum total to
seven cents per member increase over last
year's gifts will easily wipe out the whole
debt of the Freedmen's Board and let it
start the coming year with a clean sheet and
with a general order of " Forward all
along the line."
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LOOKS EASY — BLACK MAN'S PLEA SYNODICAL CONTRIBUTIONS. [September,
LOOKS EASY.
The General Assembly expressed its opin-
ion in the form of a resolution that twenty-
cents a member from the whole Church was
not any too much to be given this year to
the work among the Freedmen.
Some presbyteries give more than this on
the average, but the most of them give
considerably less. It would be morally
impossible to obtain this average in all the
presbyteries. A better way of reaching
practically the same results is to ask a
seven-cents-per-member increase all along
the line. There are few individuals in the
Presbyterian Church who, if approached
personally, would not be willing to give
seven cents more this year to the Freed -
man's cause than they gave last year.
To the inquiry of a friend as to the
reasonablness of asking seven cents more
from each individual, the reply came
instantly, " Certainly, that's reasonable.
No one ought to object to that. Here's my
seven cents now. ' '
The thing itself is easy. The difficulty
lies in making the collection. The churches
themselves must undertake the task, each
church for itself. The people themselves
would be perceptibly none the poorer. The
debt would be paid and the good work saved
from the embarrassment of a load almost
too heavy to bear.
I find that when persons have not been
trained to adhere rigidly to any line of con-
duct or work, or, in colloquial terms, to
" toe the mark " in early life, they seldom
possess an exalted idea of anything.
I often find it difficult to dislodge the
idea that manual labor is a disgrace, and
that any means by which it may be avoided
is legitimate.
There was a time when I despised work,
and I believe the only reason I love to work
to-day is, that my parents held me unre-
lentingly to it for sixteen years, till I was
given such an impetus and momentum as I
believe will last me all my life, for which I
shall always feel grateful to them. — Rev. J.
S. JarviSj Arkansas.
SYNODICAL CONTRIBUTIONS.
The following comparative statement
indictes the amount given to the Freedmen' s
Board by the different synods, showing also
how much each synod gave per member:
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BLACK MAN'S PLEA.
I can see no way other than that my
people are doomed, unless we can have a
foundation of character upon which to lay
our training, trades, accomplishments or
aught else.
To take fourteen, sixteen, eighteen or
twenty years of wild growth, with no
training of worth, and with vague ideas of
truth, right and duty, and lay upon it from
six mouths to six years' training, may be the
best that can be done, but it seems to me it
has that serious objection of having a sandy
foundation.
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The Board of Missions for Freedmen employs 187 ministers to care for its 322 churches and mis-
sions. The whole number of communicants in these churches is 38,947, of whom 1680 were added last
year on examination. Under the care of the Board are 53 schools with 200 teachers and 8045 pupils.
HOME MISSIONS.
THE " PATRIOTIC OFFERING."
The July Church at Home and
Abroad contained an appeal for a special
" Patriotic Offering" which the General
Assembly deemed wise to ask the Church
to make on the Sabbath preceding the
Fourth of July. Many of our strong
churches, especially in the East, had re-
cently given largely toward the removal of
the debt, and it was not reasonable that
they should so soon make another contribu-
tion. And a midsummer Sabbath finds a
large proportion of our city congregations
widely scattered and their churches closed.
Notwithstanding these facts, the call for
a Patriotic Offering met an encouraging
response. The power of combined effort,
had it needed final proof, would have found
it here; for up to the time of writing,
although there have been few large gifts,
about ten thousand dollars have been
received in this special fund. And the
offerings are yet coming in. It is touching
to note in the letters accompanying the
money the various methods devised for its
gathering.
" The children of the missionary fired
not a single cracker on the Fourth," and
sent the cost of their customary modest
celebration. A poor widow secured some
extra work in order that she might have a
share in the offering. Some little boys
picked and sold berries for the cause. A
tiny California church sends a contribution
averaging 82.20 per member. One of our
Indian congregations — asked to bring any-
thing they could, no matter whether it was
money or not — took up a miscellaneous
collection of which eggs were no small
part ; but it was all converted into a check
that was welcomed by the treasurer of the
Board.
There is no need to illustrate further the
fact that he whose heart is so inclined can
help in the finances of Christ's kingdom.
Delight has been expressed over the
appropriate and dainty souvenir, designed
by a Presbyterian artist, and returned to all
who desired it in token of a gift amounting
to one dollar or more. A white silk book-
mark, suitable for use in one's Bible, it
contains, resting against a background of
gracefully arranged American flags, a
facsimile of the seal of the Board of Home
Missions — a beautiful symbol of the union
necessary between our country and our
Church, and a constant reminder in the
quiet hour that the Board of Home Mis-
sions and its work on the field need the
prayers of the people.
NOTES.
A Grand Opportunity.
The General Assembly directed the Board
of Home Missions to send five men into the
mining regions of Alaska as soon as possible.
Dr. Jackson writes from Unalaska, Alaska,
saying that there are eighteen steamers in
that harbor en route to the Yukon Valley.
He adds: " Thirty thousand people have
gone into Alaska this spring over the
passes, and now those are en route via St.
Michael and the mouth of the river. With-
out doubt next winter will find fifty thou-
sand people in this country. Now is the
opportune time for the Board to preempt the
ground. Young men of tact and ability
are needed. Surely the Volunteer Mission
movement should be able to furnish the
right kind of men. This is the present
centre of a wonderful movement of Ameri-
can population — the formative period of
Alaska."
Missionary Comity.
The work at Dawson City, which is in
the British domain, is about to be exchanged
with the Canadian Church for a work which
they had begun in Skaguay. This will
enable each Church to work within its own
national lines, and no part of the field will
suffer by the exchange.
Locating Missions in Alaska.
Rev. S. Hall Young, who has done such
an excellent work at Dawson City during
the past year, will continue in his service in
the mining regions. The Board has directed
him to prospect down the valley of the
Yukon, locating points that should be held
by our Church, and holding them by such
occasional services as he can give until
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NOTES.
[September,
reinforcements are sent. Surely there will
be no lack on the part of our Church to
supply the men needed to meet the spiritual
wants of that wonderfully developing region.
Presbyterian Church at Point Barrow.
The following letter, written on March
31, has just been received from Rev. H. R.
Marsh, M.D., our missionary at Point Bar-
row, Alaska. Its interesting items will be
read with pleasure by all friends of Alaskan
missions :
" You cannot imagine what a pleasant
surprise befell us the 29th of this month ;
you who get letters four times a day cannot
realize what a sensation it is to get letters
from friends in March when you expect
that the next delivery will not take place
till August!
" Mr. Lopp, from Cape Prince of Wales,
came up with Mrs. Jar vis and will go back
in a day or two. He spoke at our meeting
last night, Wednesday. Last Thanksgiv-
ing I organized a church, and now have
115 members who are earnest and sincere
Christians, if I am able to judge. I am
instructing the elders in church govern-
ment and doctrine, so that they will be able
to come into the Presbyterian Church
understanding more about the Church and
her doctrines than at least a few elders that
I know.
" Some things were not exactly accord-
ing to the Rules of Government, but as it
is not yet a Presbyterian Church, and I
Rev. II. R. Marsh, M.D., and wife
could not wait two years, I acted as I judged
be3t, and went ahead. When it is constituted
a Presbyterian church then all can be done
in order and made right. I will write you
a full letter to come down by the ships
later, and say no more now as this mail
must be very l.ight to be carried down by
the deer."
Devout Indians— White "Heathen."
One Sunday, not many months ago, the
services in one of our Indian churches in
the far West were rudely disturbed by a
procession of white settlers, who were rush-
ing past the little church in a wild scramble
to get possession of a reservation which had
just been thrown open to settlement. When
the service had closed, as the devout con-
gregation of Indians was coming out from
the building the procession was at its
height. " What are those Indians say-
ing ?" asked our synodical missionary of the
Indian teacher, as he observed them in
animated conversation with one another;
and the reply was: " They are saying,
referring to the procession of white settlers,
1 Just look at those heathen ! ' "
Prayer for Missions.
A quarter before one o'clock each noon
is sacred time in the rooms of the Mission
Boards in New York. It is the hour for
their daily prayer meeting — usually held
on their respective floors, but once each
month a union service. With heroic
missionaries and their families working on
the frontier on salaries
which a day laborer would
scorn, with numerous fields
asking for preachers and
teachers that the Board
has not the money to send,
with a fulure at hand of
hitherto undreamed possi-
bilities, the tremendous re-
sponsibility of the work
would press beyond endu-
rance were it not for such
opportunities of going
apart with the Master from
the rush of busy office cares.
Any one who is near
156 Fifth avenue at this
prayer hour is cordially
invited to share its restful
quiet and its privilege of
bringing to the throne of
1898.] NOTES — THE CHURCH AND THE COUNTRY. 233
grace the workers who are our own repre- about 3,000,000. The results of our work
sentatives ou the field. among them are gratifying and encouraging.
Twenty-seven churches have grown directly
The School Work of Home Missions *. c • • 1.1 +1,"^
out of our mission schools among the
The tabulation of the school work for last Mormons. Among the various Indian
year gives significant results, as follows : tribes we have ninety-one churches, in
school work. Alaska eight, among the Mexicans twenty -
Populations. Schools. Teachers. S^olars.^onT 0ne and am0U£ the mountain whites four.
Alaskans - 32 459 15 " 0<lr Foreign Population numbers about
[ndians 17 76 1.427 15 10,000,000. The average annual immigra-
Mexicans 24 4:> 1,505 54 tion has been about half a million and
Mormons 29 64 L.908 80 represents more than ninety nationalities.
Mountaineers 32 106 2,752 266 Nearly all the nations of the earth are
1,("vl-"l'r" ^_ 288 represented in our population, many of
Total 113 329 6,339 460 them by entire communities, most of them
by multitudes scattered throughout the
Home Mission Offerings. i j ,, °
The treasurer's statement of receipts for
the three months ending July 1 is of an THE CHURCH AND THE
encouraging character; it indicates a gain COUNTRY.
all aloner the line, thus:
D. J. MCMILLAN, D.D.
*Churches |20,536 49 xrr L. , ,. . ., , , .
-Woman's Board... 2 273 23 ^ e as a natlon believe in the absolute
Legacies !."!!.*.".""".""!!""!! ~dfu\ 42 separation of Church and State, yet no
Individuals, etc 9,455 23 nation was ever more manifestly the child
of faith and prayer than ours. No other
Total |35,93€ 37 nation came so directly out of the bosom of
the Christian Church as this. It was born
or . at ^ jj^j, 0f qocj an(j dedicated in infancy
The field of Home Missions is thus sum- to him. It is the offsDring of two centuries
marized in the abstract of the Board's 0f Protestant Christian ancestry,
report, just published : The Church is God's agency, not only for
11 Rural Needs.— There are scores of the conversion of the world in a spiritual
communities in the Territories and newer sense, but as a guiding light in all things
States without the means of grace, and that pertain to the welfare of humanity,
hundreds of communities without adequate The social, commercial and civil advance-
church privileges. In such communities ment of one nation is the result of gospel
there are multitudes who are absorbed in ideas working down into the life of society
material things and indifferent to gospel and insensibly moulding and shaping it.
truth who would reverently receive it if it The institutions that are nearest and dearest
were brought to them. to the hearts of any people embody their
" City Evangelization. — The inflow of fundamental religious ideas, for religion is
population from the rural districts into the the deepest truth in man, and is, therefore,
cities presents a serious problem. One- fundamental in human affairs,
third of our population dwells in cities. Tn considering the history of any people
This third includes the wealthiest as well as and the forces which have operated in
the poorest; the most enterprising as well moulding their institutions and weaving
as the most indolent; the most intelligent their history, it is impossible to ignore their
as well as the most ignorant and lawless. religious conceptions as expressed in the
The masses in the cities must have churches, formulas of their faith. Given the civil
City churches cost much, but grow fast, and institutions of a nation and its prevailing
soon become sources of revenue to the religious principles may be determined —
Boards. or> given the formularies of the prevailing
" The Exceptional Populations number faith, and the institutions which they have
• rn.hr ih,^ headings are included the rffti of established and maintained may at least be
Sabbath-schools and Young People's Societies. approximated. If this be true we need not
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234
THE CHURCH AND THE COUNTRY.
[September,
go far in our search for the influences which
prevailed in giving form to our civil institu-
tions, nor any further in order to discover
the blighting hand whose paralyzing grasp
has prostrated poor Cuba.
The Revolutionary War was simply the
logical result of the religious principles
prevalent among the colonists. Religious
liberty with them was the dominant idea.
It was the love of it that moved them to
leave the mother country. Religious
liberty and civil bondage could not dwell in
peace together. Government must sooner
or later yield to the formularies of faith
even when there is no established Church,
and what could not dwell in peace together
in Europe could not in America. Relig-
ious faith had much to do with forming
character, and they were determined to
dwell untrammeled in its exercise. Calvin-
ism was their established creed, and out of
it sprang their political principles. This
had been the creed of their ancestors from
the Reformation. It had stood the test of
fire and sword for more than 200 years.
The principles of that wonderful system had
permeated their whole being. It gave them
intellectual strength and vigor. It inten-
sified to the highest degree their individu-
ality. It developed that integrity of pur-
pose and force of character which knew no
insuperable barrier. He who puts a light
estimate upon Calvinism knows little of its
principles, and knows less of the struggles
which brave Calvinists have passed through
in many lands for freedom.
The Spanish explorers were all Roman-
ists, but their settlements, like their religion,
had no vitalizing power. Their purposes
were adventure and conquest, their motives,
acquisition and wealth. South America
before the infusion of Protestant American
ideas — Mexico, in all its long history, before
Protestantism gained a footing — New
Mexico and all the regions dominated from
a period a century before the landing of
our Pilgrim fathers — all show the truth of
the assertion that its grasp paralyzes what-
ever it touches. The Reformation cut them
loose from all the past, roused all Europe
with zeal and enthusiasm for something
which they never had possessed, and kin-
dled a creative and progressive zeal which
neither barren New England hills, nor ob-
structive Spanish conservatism, nor threat-
ening royalty could repress.
The disturbed condition of Northern
European countries were but the birth-
throes of a new creative era. Unrest made
the people ready for emigration, and with
that love of liberty which had brought
them to this country and which was in-
wrought into the very fibre of the Anglo-
Saxon race by centuries of struggle with
Pope and potentate, they resented the
steady encroachment of a mighty foreign
power upon their conceded rights — and in
the free air of a new and boundless con-
tinent they found an opportunity for its
first and best expression. And what our
forefathers did for us in lifting the oppressed
and prostrate colonies into a free, indepen-
dent and prosperous nation, we shall, by
God's blessing, do for the Islands of the
Sea that lie prostrate and bleeding at our
feet. We shall do more — we shall bless
Spain with a few wholesome lessons in the
common principles of humanity. We shall
teach her something about the rising stan-
dard of morals and intelligence in civil
government which belongs to our progres-
sive Christian civilization, beneath which it
is ignoble for even a savage nation to fall,
and we shall incidentally give her a few
points on the arts of modern warfare.
The intelligence, the skill, the courage,
the humanity of our army and navy are
the rich fruition of the Protestant Christian
nurture under which our nation has grown
up strong, great and magnanimous. Such
virtues could spring from no other source,
for they have never been seen dissociated
from Christianity. Moreover, taught by
the religion of our Lord Jesus Christ this
war is waged not for conquest nor for
vengeance, but for the sake of him who
taught us to " Love our neighbors as our-
selves." This is a sacred mission entrusted
to a great Christian nation, and this a holy
war, inasmuch as all self-interest is elim-
inated and we are giving and fighting and
suffering for others. We are nationalizing
the parable of the " Good Samaritan."
We have turned aside to help the Cuban
victims that were left by the world's great
roadside to perish, while the priest and
Levite passed pitilessly by.
In this unselfish service we are, ourselves,
receiving rich blessing. The hand of God
is in it all. Our nation has a wonderful
mission to perform among the nations of
the earth. To fulfill the divine purpose it
1898.]
THE FOURTH OF JULY AMONG THE NEZ PERCES.
235
will need all its resources of men and
material wealth and so God gave us a long
career of growth and unexampled pros-
perity. But the great Civil War left us
divided. In order to be strong enough to
fulfill our destiny, command our resources,
and perform our mission, we must have that
unity wherein is strength. In order to
fully cement that restored union, God again
interposed in a mysterious way. Thirty-
three years had not sufficed to weld the
bands of national affection and confidence,
but in this righteous conflict God has sup-
plied what was wanting. The first blaze of
war melted all the ice there was between
the North and South, and caused us to flow
together into an indivisible union. The
sons of the two sections clasped hands and
marched shoulder to shoulder under the
fires of the same patriotism and under the
same flag, while the many millions at home in
both sections sing the same patriotic songs
and offer the same fervent prayers. Out of
the evils of this war have come great bless-
ings. God is preparing us for a greater
mission. We have been raised up not only
to relieve the oppressed of other lands, but
also to teach the nations of the earth — and
God is rising up to bestow some greater
benefaction upon us. Let us thank the
Lord thoughtfully and heartily, remember-
ing his goodness in all our history, and teach
our children so to do.
But we feared that in the enjoyment of
our national blessings our sons had grown
effeminate and would not stand the test of
stern war's demands. But as we heard
their prompt response to the President's call,
and the louder call of humanity, saw them
march through the streets with firm step
and brave faces, and read of Dewey at
Manila, calm, determined, invincible; of
Hobson, cool, self-contained, imperturbable
under the storm of shot and shell ; of Shaf -
ter in the chaparral, facing a blinding hail
of bullets coming from he knew not where,
advancing undaunted and unchecked, and
Schley sweeping a mighty navy from the
face of the waters forever, we have shouted :
" The Hpirit of '76, the spirit of the fathers
doth rest upon the children." And we are
encouraged to believe that the Lord God of
our fathers is the Lord God of their chil-
dren, and that he is with us in this righte-
ous conflict. " Blessed is that nation whose
God is the Lord."
THE FOURTH OF JULY AMONG
THE NEZ PERCES.
THOMAS M. GUNN.
As I write at sunrise this first day of
July, the Presbyterian hosts among the
Nez Perces are setting forth from their
mountain fastnesses over the hills across the
prairies, down the canyons to the beautiful
Lapwai Valley to hold their annual cele-
bration. The place is their ideal of an
earthly Eden, a narrow but very fertile
valley, with abundance of shade, refreshingly
cooled by the meandering stream, with
ample scope for tents surrounded by groves
and the greensward.
The more than 300 are expected to reach
the place by Saturday noon, in full time for
the afternoon Reunion service and the tent
prayer meetings in the evening.
Sabbath, the 3d, is Consecration Day, with
earnest gospel services morning and after-
noon and prayer meetings in the evening.
Monday, the 4th, is National Day Ora-
tion by S. C. Herren, Esq. In afternoon
a Bible exposition, and tent prayer meet-
ings at nightfall.
Tuesday, the 5th, Young People's Day;
address by Rev. T. E. Sherman, and
Children's Day addresses by Rev. J. H.
Hope and Rev. M. G. Mann.
Wednesday, the 6th, Temperance Day;
addresses by Rev. Silas Perkins and Rev.
J. A. Hedges, stereopticon illustrations.
Thursday, the 7th, is Presbyterian Day:
(a) " What Presbyterians Believe," Rev.
D. Owen Ghormley; (b) " What Presby-
terians are Doing,"' Rev. Alexander Adair.
Friday, the 8th, Bible Day: (a) " Whv
We Believe the Bible to be God's Word,'"'
Rev. William Smith; (6) ''How to
Study the Bible," Rev. A. M. McLain.
Saturday, the 9th, Education Day:
" Physical Geography," Rev. T. E. Sher-
man; "Astronomy," Prof. A. P. Adair.
Sabbath, the 10th, sermons; subjects:
" Revivals," " The Work of the Spirit."
The expository work forms a part of each
day's exercises, and every day ends with
tent family prayer. The celebration this
year promises better results even than the
one of last year. It is a season most thor-
oughly enjoyed and appreciated by our
Indian people. Its effect can only be ele-
vating and ennobling.
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CONDITIONS ON THE FIELD.
[September,
Concert of Prayer
For Church Work at Home,
September. — Forecast and Rally.
(a) Conditions on the field.
(6) The Church in its relation to missions,
(c) Plans and methods.
CONDITIONS ON THE FIELD.
In all stock companies each shareholder
is entitled to receive regularly a full state-
ment of the condition of the organization.
Its receipts, disbursements, work done and
plans for the future are matters of vital
interest to him. And he expects to receive
large dividends.
Our Presbyterian Church is a great
organization doing business through various
Boards — committees appointed in order
that each department of the Church work
shall be cared for as its best interests de-
mand. Each individual in the Church con-
tributes— or should contribute — his share
toward the expenses of the business. This
is his investment. He hallows it with
prayer. He should know from time to time
of the use made of his money, of the plans
for future work, and of the conditions
under which it is to be done. Sometimes
such reports fail to reach him and he almost
forgets that he is a part of the larger whole,
or that he has any duty to it.
Taking just one of the branches of work
our Church is doing, that in charge of the
Board of Home Missions, let us inquire
into the conditions surrounding it as we face
the autumn with its promise of church
activity. What is the character of the
agents who represent our Church in this
work ? To whom do they carry our mes-
sage ? What are the results of their labor ?
What possibilities of enlargement are pre-
sented for the future ? What return shall
we receive ?
Who are the agents representing the
Church ? Our home missionaries. Two
words describe them well. They are capa-
ble and conscientious. Among them are
not a few who, in student days, won vale-
dictories and other honors, men of varied
gifts and quick intelligence. A year ago
the moderator of our General Assembly
was from their ranks ; and none better than
Sheldon Jackson illustrates the fact that
these men are capable in intensely practical
lines as well as in the more intellectual
directions. Carpentering, surveying, farm-
ing, some knowledge of medicine, and very
homely applications of physics and other
sciences are often added to the information
gained in the college and the school of
theology. And they are consecrated men.
They have filled their hands with service
for our Master, and they have room for
nothing else. They are not working for
money, or they would enter more lucrative
openings. They are not thinking of com-
fort, or they would not year after year
choose for themselves and their families
hardships of which we have but brief
glimpses and which we cannot comprehend.
So much for the agents, the representa-
tives of our Church. To whom do they
carry our message ? To fathers and sons
from Eastern homes who are seeking their
fortunes in some gold camp. To weary
households stranded in the wilderness where
the "boom" has failed. To solitary
families settled far from each other in the
vast agricultural regions of our land. To
the Alaskan within the Arctic Circle, where
one mail a year is the only connection with
the outside world. To the dwellers on the
Gulf drawn thither in marvelously increas-
ing numbers by the search for health, or by
the rapid development of industry and
commerce. To the Indian, waiting for
Christian civilization at the hands of those
who have deprived him of the opportunity
to live his old free life of the forest. To
the Mormon, with his dangerous creed and
practices. To the Mexican, suffering under
the distorted truth taught by the Romish
Church. To the mountain peoples, held in
our highland fastnesses from most that is
dear to us. To members of nearly every
race on the globe, as they have come to
dwell in our broad land between the great
oceans.
What results can be found ? Here let
the missionaries themselves tell us. They
are on the field, and they know. One
from Oregon says: " Services have been
held regularly every Sunday morning and
evening; we also have Sunday-school and
Endeavor meetings; and there is a prayer
meeting on Thursday evenings. The attend-
ance has been gratifying and the growth
very marked. There were recently seven
accessions to the church membership,
making twenty -five since I began in Janu-
1898.]
THE CHURCH AND MISSIONS.
287
ary The church has gotten at last
on a financial and working basis. When
I began things were all broken up so that
the officers did not feel that a subscription
(for the support of the church) could be
taken. So I accepted the plate offerings. On
June twenty-third a largely attended congre-
gational meeting gave me a hearty and unani-
mous call to the pastorate, pledging four
hundred and fifty dollars toward the salary.
And the threatened wreck of a church is
saved." Here,, modestly told, is the story
of a six months' advance both in spiritual
and temporal matters. A Minnesota pastor
says, " I have recognized among my people
a growing spirituality which has in it the
promise of a harvest for us in the near
future." A terse sentence from North
Dakota is full of encouragement: " During
the past two months, services have been
well attended in all the different fields and
a growing interest is manifested in spiritual
affairs as well as promptness in financial
support." " Fifty new members in the
past six months," comes joyously from a
California pastor; while a Nebraska church
echoes, " Forty-five during the last year.
Praise the Lord!' A Florida pastor sends
this word: "Although this church is small in
numbers, it is strong in the faith ; and so
warm, generous and active in its fellowship
with Christian brethren that the entire
community regards it as a power for good. ' '
From the northwest comes this proof of
Christian generosity: " Our benevolences
have increased, reaching an average of a
little more than six dollars per member."
These quotations fairly represent the word
from the field as it has come to the office of
the Home Board this summer. There are
occasional exceptions caused by a weaken-
ing of the congregations owing to the large
number of men who have gone 10 the
army, or because they have scattered in
search of health or money. But, happily,
such are exceptional cases.
Of the possibilities of the work all that
could be written would be but a variation
of the one cry, "Go in and possess the
land!" " A large number of new settlers
came into this part of North Dakota this
year and I feel very strongly that our
Church should send good men to them
immediately. We certainly need men and
money in order to overtake the work here,"
urges a North Dakota missionary. The
same call comes from so many parts of the
country that surely our Church must say
something more shall be done. If each
individual member of our great Church
organization would give his share, it would
be possible for the Home Mission Board to
rise and throw the business enthusiasm of
to-day into this noble national enterprise.
" What shall we have therefore?" Do
such investments pay? Ah, yes! To him
who lives in accordance with the Bible prin-
ciple of appropriating funds, " Freely ye
have received, freely give," belongs an
unfailing and threefold inheritance — a coun-
try saved for Christ, fellowship with
co-laborers in his service, and, last and best,
His own blessing which maketh rich and
addeth no sorrow, treasure in heaven.
THE CHURCH AND MISSIONS.
LYMAN WHITNEY ALLEN, D.D.
The work of home missions is a response
to beseechings which no real Chrislian can
disregard. Who lists may hear his Lord's
voice across all the vast stretches of this
nation's acreage. Never was his call more
clear or more commanding.
The Christian conscience is the most deli-
cate of moral instruments. Christian train-
ing is a process of sensitizing moral nature.
The Christian stands within this land of
progress and of expanding opportunity and
balances events and forces. If he does not,
he i3 comparable to that incongruous indi-
vidual who, under the red and yellow
standard of barbaric cruelty, lifts not a
voice for the oppressed. If an American is
a real Christian, he must feel every good
and every evil influence, every impression
upon the scales of his Christianized sensitive-
ness. Hence his conscience is stirred, and
his soul recognizes the inflow of forces un-
evangelized and potent for ill, if untouched
by the ameliorating tendencies of Chris-
tianity.
Pitiable is the man who is disloyal to
conscience — cheats it of its rights, stifles its
voice of authority, disrobes it of its ermine,
hurls the sceptre from its hands. Pitiable is
the Church that does likewise, for within
the Church the eternal God has placed the
composite conscience of Christianity, even
as the American people have placed within
their government the composite conscience
of a population of seventy millions of
238
THE CHURCH AND MTS3ION8.
[September,
souls. What if this government, at this
critical time, should be unlrue to the com-
posite conscience of the American people!
What wrongs would be enacted! What
sublime purposes would be defeated!
What destinies of individuals, of nations,
would be unrealized ! What if the Chris-
tian Church, at this critical time in the
spiritual life of a great people, should be
untrue to the composite conscience of Chris-
tianity! What thwartings of national
possibilities! What robbery of individual
expectancies! The composite conscience of
Christianity in America calls for the evan-
gelization of this great land.
This call comes to the Presbyterian as well
as to all other Churches. Our Church has its
own special mission to the unevangelized of
this country. She plants not for the mere
sake of planting. Her endeavor is to supply
a felt need. Presbyterianism is to certain
characters and conditions like the atmos-
phere of the Cheviot Hills to the Scotchman.
Its explanation lies along the lines of his-
toric Calvinism. With no emphasis on the
ism, we underscore simply the hunger for
which the ism stands. We know what
Presbyterianism fashions out of brain and
heart and sinew — out of harvest-fields,
workshops, offices and homes. We can
point backward to Covenanters and forward
to present ideals no less heroic and inspir-
ing than those of old. Our Church is a
missionary Church. If it were not, it
would be as marble. But it is as flame
— in spots — and has not been despi ritual-
ized, for the spirituality of a Church has as
its gauge, which never falsifies, its mission-
ary spirit. We thank God for the fire,
wherever it is. That the mission-spirit within
our Church is a living flame the historian
tells with sublime enthusiasm. But the flame
needs fuel. And the fuel is near at hand.
And there are multitudes of hands to bring
the fuel to the flame. What we want in
this country is a missionary conflagration.
Forth hands ! On with the fuel ! Burn
flame! Spread conflagration!
The Presbyterian Church is not without
its heroes. They are soldiers at the front.
They are the home mission vanguard of
American Christianity. We are proud of
them — our home missionaries — soldiers of
the Church. They are uniformed and
weapon ed with the furnishings of the
Church. They are fighting the battles of
the Church. They are commissioned by the
Church. We have solemnly promised to
stand by them. Home missions in the
Presbyterian Church means standing by
our home missionaries on the field. We
know how shamefully Spain stood by her
soldiers at Santiago. When they rounded
up 20,000 prisoners under our guns, what
a poor, starved multitude! The American
government proclaims that the American
soldier, wherever he is, will be fully sup-
ported by the government. • The Board of
Home Missions proclaims that the Presbyte-
rian home missionary will be fully supported
by the Home Board. The Board therefore
appeals to the Church for the sustaining of
her home mission soldiers. The Board asks
the great Presbyterian Church to gaze upon
her home missionaries on the field. What
Christians! Prayer, service, zeal, sacrifice
— nowhere surpassed in the world ! Splen-
did examples of real Christianity! Rough
Riders at Santiago were never braver or
nobler. Look at them! Picked men!
Educated, graduates of colleges and theo-
logical seminaries, thinkers, strategists,
intellectual and spiritual ! Consecrated
men! Surrendering the amenities of life for
its hardships and severities — energetic,
aggressive, well-nigh slumberless and
ubiquitous. Stand by them, Christians,
stand by them ! Let them feel your power
under them.
Look at those home missionaries! Into
the rural districts, farms, prairies, moun-
tains, mining-camps, lumber-realms, alkali
deserts, ice-floes, Klondike, or anv other
kind of dike to which the Church sends
them — forward they go — as our soldiers
went forward at EI Caney — smiling on
insults, with tender service for the scoffer,
beating down opposition with their on-
slaught of kindness, lights in human dark-
ness, herbs of healing in the poisonous
forests of human iniquity. Into the cities,
slums, tenements, up rickety stairways,
into cellars, at sick-beds, into hovels, sweat-
ing prisons — forward they go, stumbling
over rag-piles, slipping over filth, pushing
through poverty, enduring blasphemy,
grasping grimy hands through which into
bitter hearts they pour the warmth of their
own Christian natures. Stand by them,
thou great Presbyterian Church, with all
thy glittering traditions and thy shimmering
panoply of wealth and greatness.
1898.]
THE CHURCH AND MISSIONS.
239
Our noble home missionaries ! What do
we do for them ? We give them hardtack
when they are worthy of better fare. Their
wounds! Perhaps you think these soldiers
of the cross are never wounded ! Some of
them have encrimsoned home mission soil.
If we knew just how to use the kodak upon
these forces at the front — what pictures we
would exhibit! How we wish we could
stand all the facts in our possession in a line
— arrayed in home missionary regimentals.
They might look very much like Garcia' s
Cubans when they came out of the Santiago
woods to meet General Shafter's transports.
These home missionaries are saving Amer-
ica and the Church must stand by them.
Home missions may seem a prosy phrase
— at least, to prosy Christians. If home
missionary sermons were written or preached
as they ought to be, they would be sublime
flights of poetry. No Christian congrega-
tion would slumber under their stirring
strains. To the prosy man all things are
prosaic. The world appears to us largely
according to what we are ourselves.
Blessed is that man who grasps a conception
of the rhythm of the world. It is the
rhythm of the Christian Church.
The Christian Endeavorers in their great
convention at Washington saw the poetic
side of home missions, and they called it by
another name, " America for Christ."
How it went through the country in a
surge and sweep! Fifty thousand young
people — each a home missionary — gathered
on the steps of the nation's capitol, and
sang the music of home missions into the
heart of the Christian Church. As the
Church reads home missions as those En-
deavorers read it, the work has a beautified
and beatified meaning. America for Christ
is the poetry of home missions.
Our country is a palimpsest. There
have been no illuminated descriptions across
the pages such as those which the Almighty
God is now writing, in the indelible ink of
providence, with the inviolate pen of
destiny. American history is the history
of the Christi an Church. The word ' ' God ' '
has never been in the Constitution, but
God himself has been in the hearts of the
American people. " In the name of
God, Amen" — the Church in the May-
flower, the Mayflower in the Church — Ply-
mouth Rock a pulpit — Alleghenies, Rock-
ies, Sierra Nevada ranges. — pulpits. Atlai.v*
lantic coasts, Mississippi Valley, prairies,
Pacific shores, the tesselated pavements
of Christian sanctuaries. That is American
history, illustrated by inffeaceable pictures.
The Christian Church in America has
been the mighty enginery of God. From
it have gone, and from it are to go, those
dynamic currents of the divine life which
are to keep and advance the highest inter-
ests of the individual and of the nation.
Home missions stands, sign and symbol,
therefor. Advance movements — home
missions! Forward efforts — home missions!
Gaze on the list of worthies immortally
inscribed on the scrolls of American history!
Christian patriots! Colossal preachers!
Gigantic moulders of opinion! Home
missionaries! The last appellation — subli-
mest and truthful lest.
America for Christ is the call of the home
mission field. History repeats itself. What
has been will be again — but historic events
move upward — spirally. We expect higher,
greater things of the Church in the
future — and now. More men, more prayer,
more energy, more money! If not — retro-
gression. Retrenchment means decay.
Sameness means backwardness.
We expect to go forward. We purpose
to cover this land in the coming year as
never before with the luminous overshadow-
ing of the gospel. We have received
tremendous encouragement from national
events. We have had a vision of the
pillar of fire. We know that God is with
us with a transcendent downpouring of
infinite power. Our message to the Chris-
tians, to Presbyterians, is, "Miss not the
great blessing which is just before the Church
and the nation.''1
There is something that is working
throughout this country — the wonder of
Europe, the glory of American Christianity.
It is a universal sentiment — a sentiment
which has united North and South, and
which has kept East and West from falling
asunder. Some call it " altruism," others
call it " philanthropy." The Church calls
it " Christianity." It has come to pass
that this country cannot and will not permit
the oppressor to continue to oppress. It has
come to pass that to-day the United States
is engaged in the redeeming of a nation, in
the saving of a people, in the binding up
of the broken-hearted, in the opening of
prisons to captives, and in inaugurating
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SOUTH DAKOTA.
[September,
the era of Christian liberty among the alien
and down-trodden. It has come to pass
that the President of the United States has
publicly and with deep feeling proclaimed
our faith in and allegiance to God, and has
even gone so far as to command the battle-
ships of this nation to seize the Caroline
Islands in the interests of the kingdom of
Jesus Christ. To all this a great free
people joyously say, " Amen." We are a
Christian nation, a God-fearing people.
How has it all come about ? It is the result
of home missions. Day after day, year
after year, the Church has been sowing the
seed. These are the trees for the healing
of the nations.
Never did we feel so encouraged. Never
did we so realize our privilege. Never did
we so conceive our possibilities. Home
missions means now what it never meant
before. We are to have armies — in
Cuba, Porto Rico. Hawaii, the Philip-
pines. We are to have battleships and
merchant-ships on the seven seas — as never
before. The soldiers and the sailors of this
vast future armament in the cause of
human liberty and human rights and the
uplifting of the nations are to come from
American homes, and these homes are to be
moulded and glorified by American Christi-
anity, which is thus to be carried to alien
races of the earth. American Christianity
is to be, as it has been in the past, only
more sublimely, the fruit of home missions,
behind which is to be the Christian Church.
O Church beloved, seest thou not the
handwriting of God and the vision of
opportunity ? Up, then, thou safeguard,
thou bulwark of the nation! Be faithful
to thy trust!
Letters,
A LARGE FIELD-MOSTLY WEEDS— THE
GOSPEL SEED NEEDED.
The Presbytery of Black Hills, South Dakota,
sends this statement :
The spirit of worldliness in this region is ex-
treme. Its degree is such as to impress even a
worldly man coming from any other section of even
our own State. Not the least difficulty which men
of consecration realize is the tremendous effort re-
quired to maintain in themselves the spirit of true,
deep piety. One's personal religion suffers ter-
ribly from enforced contact with worldliness ; not
infrequently the missionary awakes to the fact that
his moral tone has been unconsciously lowered.
It is illustrated by the words of a mother, now a
resident in one of our cities, but whose children
were born in heathen Persia, who on a recent oc-
casion said, "for my children's sake, morally, I
could well wish myself back in Persia."
It is with exceeding difficulty that any attention
whatever is gained for the gospel, especially from
men. The employments of the region, as a rule,
forbid time, since Sabbath laws are disregarded
and the sacred hours are rendered profane with
common labor. Unless the missionary be won-
drously sustained by the Unseen Helper, he soon
wearies, becomes discouraged, abandons his efforts
and leaves the country.
This presbytery was organized November 6,
1888, with five ministers. Up to this date, less
than ten years, thirty -six ministers have served
within our bounds, of whom two never even en-
rolled with us. We now number nine, of whom
only one was a member at the organization.
Members of the church, active in other regions,
coming to the Hills, are wont to hide their Chris-
tian relations. They may remain away from the
services of the church and in many other ways
tacitly deny their Lord.
The population is exceedingly unstable and
fluctuating. A town of large proportions to-day
may to-morrow be robbed of half or two-thirds of
its people, or perhaps wholly destroyed. The
"hard times" of the past few years, that have
borne so heavily upon the entire country, have
been especially trying in some parts of our presby-
tery. Many large enterprises, which under ordi-
nary conditions moved forward with success, have
been utterly prostrated, leaving employes and em-
ployers not only penniless, but often heavily in-
volved. The region has also suffered heavily from
many large, illegitimate and purely speculative or
gambling enterprises.
Though the strictly mining portions of the Hills
are rich in resources and have been prosperous to
an unusual degree in recent years, yet the large re-
turns are not to residents. Ownership and profit
sharing of our mines are, in the main, in people
who live at points remote from the Hills, and who
feel little or no responsibility for the morals or re-
ligion of our people. Hence the difficulty of reach-
ing self-support or securing funds locally with which
to build houses of worship or secure necessary ap-
pliances for the work.
A Sabbath, practically, we do not have. Intern-
1898.]
COLORADO — UTAH.
241
perance, profanity and lewdness abound to an alarm-
ing extent. They defy, openly, not only all Chris-
tian and moral sentiment, but even the laws of the
State, invade the home and corrupt both young
and old. No one escapes their blighting influence.
A LARGE PARISH— A MAGNIFICENT
FIELD— FEW LABORERS.
Rev. J. J. Perdome, Trinidad, Colo., writes : —
In all probability, my fellow-laborers in the Lord's
vineyard elsewhere and the Church at large have
not the slightest conception of the extension of this
field and of its importance. Its limits are from north
to south one hundred and five miles, and from east
to west one hundred and sixty miles. Its popula-
tion is given as 10,000 (counting the Mexican pop-
ulation exclusively, which is the one committed to
my care). Of these 10,000 we can count only one
hundred actual Christians. A magnificent field
indeed, a large parish of which any man would be
proud, but I am willing to decline the honor for the
sake of efficiency. With such a small proportion
of Christians, and the rest a mass of extremely ig-
norant and superstitious people, scattered widely
over such a vast area, one worker is not enough.
When, at my graduation from seminary two years
ago, I was placed in charge of this field, I as-
sumed work that had until then been in charge of
two men. The employment of lay helpers has
been of much benefit to the work. I am happy to
report that, during the greater part of the year, I
was most efficiently assisted by four volunteer
ladies, who gave their services without the promise
of any salary, fully trusting in the Lord for their
support.
A narrative of what they did would by no means
fall behind the best existing records of our pio-
neer missionaries in the history of missions.
Three of them, Mrs. Jane Hargrave and her two
daughters, the Misses Martha and Esther, worked
together and separately, in the remote sections of
Huerfano county, twenty-four miles away from any
railroad, away from all semblance of civilization,
not hearing a word of their own native language.
They held public meetings, and visited from house
to house with much success. The roughness of
such a life and unavoidable privation for lack of
suitable nourishment and clothing has so affected
the mother and younger daughter, that they are
obliged to leave the work and return to their former
home in southern California.
Mrs. L. H. Thompson, a most venerable pioneer
in the mission work, assumed charge of the work in
connection with our church at Pueblo. At once
she moved right into the Mexican settlement,
.three miles from the city, passed the winter in a
dilapidated mud hut amidst the most horrid sur-
roundings ; all this without any financial compen-
sation, in the name and for the love of the Master.
Mrs. Thompson's name is well known to the
Woman's Executive Committee of Home Missions,
and I entreat you that an especial effort be made
not to let her go without a salary for the incoming
year. I have done the best that I could for these
consecrated fellow -laborers, sharing with them my
own scanty resources, but not only has it been in-
sufficient for them, but also has been an actual sac-
rifice to me. . . .
My experiences in the mission work are most
varied and even amusing. Following the Scrip-
ture strictly in its injunctions of becoming all things
to all men if by chance I may save some, and to be
wise as serpents and harmless as doves, I some-
times expend a great deal of time and energy in
diverse tasks, such as cutting wood, gathering
pumpkins, raking hay, sweeping, cleaning lamps,
giving lessons in cookery, digging post holes, driv-
ing teams, tending babies (I never had one of my
own), nursing the sick. Besides that, as a matter
of course, I always act as my own janitor, organist
and chorister.
Perhaps the most difficult problem which con-
fronts me in the work is the great poverty of the
people. It is very well known that it is useless to
preach to a hungry man. As far as it is at all
possible, and far beyond my poor ability, I supply
them with seed for their spring planting, food for
the winter, money for their overdue taxes and very
large quantities of clothing. To do this I have had
to apply to outside help, and have succeeded some-
what. Now second-hand clothing comes to me
from even remote places. There is no danger of
my pauperizing the people because I found them
already there, but, on the contrary, I extend to
them a helping hand, judiciously, with an ultimate
end of getting them away from such a condition.
Doubtlessly I may make many mistakes, but, as a
rule, try to follow the Lord Jesus Christ, who, I
am sure, would not let the people go hungry or
naked, and even provided money for the payment
of their taxes.
MORMONISM AT HOME.
Rev. N. E. Clemenson, Logan, Utah, writes :
— " Our little church has been called upon to suffer
serious loss. Our two deacons and two elders have
found it necessary to move from us. The coil of
the serpent makes it more and more difficult for
people to remain here who are dependent on the
community for subsistence. It really is serious.
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utah — Washington.
[September,
It begins to look as though the pastor would have
to be deacon, elder, minister and everything else.
A man who has never been placed in such a situa-
tion can have no adequate conception of what it
means. But the trouble involves more than this.
There is a general tendency to exodus all along the
line. The whole non-Mormon population feels
restless. The grasping, aggressive, crushing power
of Mormonism is tremendous. It has marched
boldly into the temple of public education and
driven out the American idea that teachers are to
be employed for character and competency, and
made the criterion of acceptability membership in
the Mormon Church. It has gone farther. The
Agricultural College of Logan is a 'government
institution,' built and supported by money appro-
priated by Congress, though since Statehood it has
been controlled by the State. This school now is
in the hands of the Church, and each year since I
came here its Mormon Board of Trustees has elimi-
nated competent Eastern men, filling their places
largely with young Mormons who have neither the
education nor experience of men who must go.
So it has come about that this school, founded and
fostered by the Government, has, in the face of
law, become a partisan institution, whose highest
service is to carry into effect the behests of the
' dominant Church.'
' ' I wonder if such facts emphasize the necessity
of enlarging and pushing our mission schools. The
need was never so great as now. The time was
never so opportune. The call of our country and
Christ's kingdom was never so urgent. Let the
Church, our great, rich, selfish Church, arouse it-
self and come to our help against this mighty, sub-
tle and aggressive foe of our civilization and Chris-
tianity. We may sleep too long. God may decide,
even through Mormonism, to scourge and humble
us by doing with us as he has done with others in
the past."
Rev. E. L. Anderson, Salina, Utah, writes : —
1 ' Probably a more difficult field does not exist. The
Mormons do not manifest much active opposition,
but prevent their people from attending our ser-
vices as much as possible. The non-Mormons are
almost without exception rampant infidels, and it is
very difficult to induce them to attend services or
give the gospel any favorable consideration. Sin
flourishes. Profanity is common with Mormon
saint and Gentile sinner, and drunkenness and
Sunday work are very common. Though the field
be difficult and the Mormon delusion strong, the
only hope, so far as I can see, is to hold fast and
patiently present the truth, for if we do this the
Lord will certainly give us the victory at last. I
would gratefully acknowledge the Christian sym-
pathy and support of the Board without which this
work could not be carried on."
PUYALLUP, NESQUALLY AND CHEHA-
LIS INDIANS LINGERING AT THE
THRONE OF GRACE.
Rev. J. M. Pamment, Tacoma, Wash., writes:
— "Two communion Sabbaths have been observed
during this month, one with the Puyallup and one
with the Nesqually churches. Both seasons were
marked by a quiet solemnity befitting the occasion.
The symbols of the bread and wine are eloquent to
these children of the forest. The severe simplicity
of our Presbyterian form of service makes large de-
mand upon these people to whom a symbol, or pic-
ture, or any representative of truth, means so
much.
"Death has been claiming the children this month,
four having died at Puyallup. One was a lad of
seventeen. The last day of his life I sat by his bed
and read John 14. This chapter I designate
1 The Home, Father and Prayer Chapter.' With
the cold sweat upon his brow, this lad drank in the
simple but precious truths. They were a great
comfort to him. A Bible was obtained and left on
his coverlet, with the page turned down for him to
read again, for we all thought he might last ten
days longer, but it was not so. The next day he
passed away.
" Another was a little girl of six, a beautiful little
Indian girl. Diphtheria did its dreadful work
quickly. I was absent upon another reservation.
Upon returning, I sought out the parents to comfort
them. The Father's home, his love for the chil-
dren, their resurrection at the last day, were the
theme of our conversation. At the close, the
father of the child said to me, ' Yes, many things
speak to me of the land where our little girl has
gone. If I light a fire and burn wood, I see the
flame bearing part of the wood and only a few
ashes remain. So, I think, the flame ascending is
like the spirit, and the ashes remaining is like the
body ; the one goes to God and the other to the
grave.' ....
" At-Nesqually, on my visit in March, upon one of
the Sabbaths the service lasted from 11.30 to 3.30
P.M., divided as follows: first hour and a half?
worshiping, singing and preaching ; then one hour
of salmon, biscuit, rice and coffee ; next one hour
and a half prayer, testimony and praise meeting.
More than forty adults were present. Not a min-
ute in the four hours dragged ; it was a good time
well spent.
" At Chehalis our service lasted three and a half
1898.]
PENNSYLVANIA — APPOIN TMENTS.
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hours. Two hours devoted to worship, singing and
preaching. Then an elder said, c Our homes are
nothing to us to day ; we have come to learn of
God.' So one and a half hours was spent in
prayer and testimony. In this case there was no
intermission for refreshments.
" Although this may appear a long time for one
service, and perhaps almost too long, I bear testi-
mony that they seldom drag or become wearisome.
Nearly all will speak, sing or pray, and the time
flies very fast. My vocal organs often tire, but not
the spirit. I often feel as Peter upon the Mount of
Transfiguration : " Master, it is good to be here.' "
ITALIAN MISSIONS AMONG THE
MINERS.
Rev. David Acquarone, Hazleton, Pa., writes :
"This field has always been very, very difficult.
I dare say the most difficult among the Italian
Missions in America. The worst kind of Italians
are here, all bigots and unbelievers ; most of them
drunkards, world loving people. A very smart
Italian priest is on the field, and of course he does
not help my work. Nevertheless, this mission has
always given fruits, scarce but precious fruits. If
all the members received in these five years' work
were present, we should have a very large and en-
couraging church. The trouble is that work is
very poor in this region, and foreign people are
compelled to go elsewhere to find more steady work.
It was always so in the last few years, and, while
my church was always receiving new members, all
converted from papacy, it was also always losing
members who went almost everywhere, so scatter-
ing the good seed among the Italians throughout
the United States and in Italy, where a new Pres-
byterian church has already arisen through the in-
strumentality of some Italians converted here in
Hazleton. During this quarter I have lost about
half a dozen of my church members, all of whom
are now at Philadelphia, and help the newly es-
tablished Italian Presbyterian Mission there. But
I was not discouraged by this, I am already accus-
tomed to it. During these three months I went as
usual canvassing my vast field that extends over
three different counties. Regularly I spend three
days visiting in town and three days visiting out of
town, from Silver Brook to Freeland. My visits
are always lengthy ones, of about half an hour
each, and almost always afford me the opportunity
of speaking to some men hearers and to cultivate
-personal friendship, the key to open Italian hearts.
I have so gained many new friends, who gladly ac-
cept small tracts or religious papers of which I al-
ways keep a large supply. In these three months
I paid 472 visits, all in my field. Beside this I had
the privilege to bring the gospel to several hun-
dreds of Italians who live some 300 miles from
Hazleton. At the end of March I had a call to go to
Reynoldsville, Pa., from a good Italian converted
to the gospel more than twenty years ago. I went
and spent about a week with them, and came back
very happy because I saw the beginning of a prom-
ising work. The Rev. W. W. McNair took the
matter in his hands, and God blessed him so that
he has already been able to send a missionary there
for the summer, and I feel sure that this mission-
ary will stay definitely. He is a good Christian,
just graduated from Princeton Seminary and
licensed by this presbytery. On Easter we were
glad and thankful to God for receiving four new
members in this church at Hazleton. On that day
the Holy Supper was celebrated, and it was a sol-
emn and remarkable event, not to be forgotten."
APPOINTMENTS.
Cal.
J. P. Gerrior, Pleasant Valley and Shandon,
J. E. Anderson, Concord and Walnut Creek,
J. R. N. Bell, Hollister,
H. S. Childs, Westminster University and Valverde, Colo.
G. W. Bell, Eaatonville, 1st, Peyton and station,
W. Boyle, D.D., Monument, 1st, Palmer Lake and Gwil-
linville, "
E. H. Lyle, Colorado Springs, 2d, and station, "
J. J. Perdomo, Las Animas and Huerfano Cos. and Ar-
kansas Valley, "
A. J. Rodriguez, Ute Indians, "
M. D. J. Sanchez, La Luz, San Rafael and stations, "
C. H. Ferran, Punta Gordia and Arcadia, Fla.
C. E. Jones, Lakeland, 1st, and Winter Haven, "
E. E. Mathes, South McAlester, 1st, I. T.
B. J. Woods, Lenox, Big Lick and Spring Hill, "
C. R. Hamilton, Manchester, 1st, Iowa.
A. M. Tanner, Cascade, 1st, and station, "
R. J. Laudress, Rowley, Cono Centre and Walker, "
M. V. Higbee, Milton, 1st,
W. B. Phelps, Sigourney, 1st, "
J. A. Hahn, Bethel, "
L\ J. George, What Cheer,
J. G. Aikman, Humeston and Grand River, "
L. Colyn, Laurel, 1st, and Mariposa, "
J. Q. Hall, Garden Grove, 1st, and Leroy, "
T. B. McKee, Des Moines (Bethany), "
C. L. McLeod, Lineville, "
B. S. Hibbard, Lyndon, 1st, Kans.
J. W. Quay, Burlington, 1st, and Big Creek, "
M. Williams, Elmendaro, 1st, Madison and Neosho
Rapids, "
A. B. Miller, Ellinwood,
A. M. Buchanan, Ashland, 1st, and Coldwater, "
C. B. Eby, Kingman, "
R. G. Carnahan, Arlington, "
B. F. Smith, Neodesha, 1st, and Thayer,
La Theo lobe, Osawatomie, 1st, "
E. S. Freeser, Louisburg and Miami, "
L. L. Carson, Sedan, 1st, "
E. B. Whitney, Baxter Springs, 1st, "
E. B. Wells, Plainville and Shiloh,
J. C. Everett, Colby and Oafeley, "
J. Baay, Crystal Plains, Smith Centre and stations, "
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APPOINTMENTS.
[September^
K. Artlmr, Logan, Bow Creek and Pleasant Hill, Kans.
H. (i. Mathes, Hill City and Moreland,
II. Pratt, Oberlin, 1st,
II. M. Shockley, rhillipsburg and Long Island,
C.W. Hays, Kansas City, Western Highlands,
II. \V. Cowan, Stanley, 1st, and Spring Hill,
S. S. Wallen, Clinton,
J. H. Lamb, Bridgeport and Geneseo,
M. Phillips, Fairmount, 1st, Perry and Hoge,
J. W. Talbot, Camwood and station,
L. M. Scroggs, Mt. Vernon, East Bernstadt, Pittsburg
and Livingston, Ky.
T. C. Kerr, Burkesville and Edmonton, "
J. R. Bennett, Sand Beach, 1st, Mich.
W. II. Fraser, Port Austin, 1st, Fillion and station, "
E. Willson, Tustin, 1st, "
G. Ransom, Muir, 1st, "
E. H. Bradfield, Deerfield and Petersburg, 1st, "
W. S. Douds, Lake City, 1st, and McBain, "
E. H. Vail, Boyne Falls, Elmira, 1st, and Elmira,
Parker, "
J. P. Mills, Elk Rapids, Yuba, Omena, 1st, and stations, "
E. Smits, Boyne City, 1st, Fife Lake and stations, "
A. B. Strong, Saginaw, Immanuel, "
G. F. Sheldon, Hastings, 1st, "
B. C. Calahan, Parma, 1st, "
D. A. MacKenzie, Grand Rapids, 1st, Minn.
W. J. Mitchell, Sandstone, 1st,
T. V. Kelly, Ely, 1st,
B. Hitchings, Balaton, 1st, and Easter, "
C. C. Hoffmeister, Lake Crystal, "
J. F. Record, Kasota, 1st, "
J. W. Hood, Ashby and Evansville, "
J. Sherik, Tabor, Bohemian, and station, "
0. H. Elmer, St. Paul (Knox and Hamline), "
W. C. Laube, St. Paul (Bethlehem German), "
H. C. Scott, Faribault, 1st,
G. B. Sproule, Drexel, 1st, Mo.
A. E. Vanorden, Appleton City, 1st, "
E. W. McCluskey, Tipton, 1st, and High Point, "
W. M. Maxton, Union, "
C. H. Grube, Boulder, 1st, Basin and Wickes, Mont.
R. A. Patterson, Rushville, 1st, Neb.
H. D. Crawford, Aurora, 1st, "
J. R. Cooper, Orleans, 1st, "
F. A. Mitchell, Gibbon, 1st, "
J. A. Bardill, Buffalo Grove, "
J. Gilmore, Sterling, 1st, "
S. R. Bellville, Hubbell and Stoddard, "
S. A. Parker, Blue Spring, "
P. Birrell, Lincoln, 3d, "
B. J. Brethouwer, Tamora, "
1. McConaughy, Bennett and Parma, "
C. A. Marshall, Coleridge and Upper Lake, "
G. F. Williams, Norfolk, 1st, "
R. L. Wheeler, D.D., South Omaha, 1st, and stations, "
V. Losa, Clarkson (Bohemian), '*
R. M. L. Braden, Pastor-at-Large, "
W, A. Gait, Bethlehem and Blackbird Hills (Indian), "
J. D. Kerr, D.D., Omaha (Clifton Hill), "
C. Schurz, Sacaton, Indian (Helper), Ariz.
E. Jackson, Sacaton, Indian (Helper), "
S. R. McLaughlin, Socorro, 1st, N. M.
J. Whitlock, Rio Arriba County, Lumberton, "
J. Menaul, Albuquerque and La Placitas (Spanish), "
W. II. Tower, South Framingham, 1st, Mass.
J. II. Baldwin, Baldwin, N. P.
M. W. Kratz, Galesburg, Broadlawn and station, "
J. C. Leech, Milnor, "
F. J. Hibbard, Buffalo and Tower City, 1st, N. D.
W. Weatherstone, Edgeley, 1st,
L. E. Danks, Mapleton, 1st, and Durbin,
N. B. Harrison, Sheldon and station,
R. C. Mitchell, Monango, 1st, and Whitestone,
J. E. Carver, Oakes and Hudson,
T. Johnston, Bethel, ".
N. C. Shirey, Minnewaukon,
W. H. Hunter, Canton and Crystal,
O. E. Beckes, Neche and Welford,
J. F. Lansborough, Elkwood, Lyle and Maida,
A. Cardie, El Reno, 1st, < ). T.
L. C. Walter, Enid, 1st,
J. McMillan, Geary and Calumet,
W. Meyer, Westminster, Riverside, Bethesda and
Herron, "
C. W. Kerr, Edmond, 1st, and Waterloo,
J. Q. Durfey, Norman, 1st, "
W. S. Holt, D.D., Synodical Missionary, Oreg.
G. Gillespie, Marshfield, 1st, "
A. S. Foster, Myrtle Point and Willowdale,
J. A. Townsend, Yaquina Bay, 1st, and Yaquina City, "
C. McAtee, Umatilla (Indian),
G. E. Gilchrist, Gary, 1st, and Lake Cochran, S. D.
W. J. Krieger, Roscoe, 1st, and stations,
J. S. Butt, Groton, 1st, and Huffton,
G. B. Reid, Raymond, 1st, and station,
W. H. Wood, Pembrook and Uniontown,
C. Bell, Miller and St. Lawrence, "
B. Jones, Union and Lake, "
H. T. Selwyn, Yankton Agency (Indian),
J. B. Cresswell, Philadelphia, Mt. Zion and Erin, Tenn.
J. L. Robertson, Galveston, 4th, Tex.
J. A. Cahill, Lampasas and station,
J. Wilson, Bellevue, 1st, Ida.
A. G. Hunt, Payette, 1st, "
C. M. Shepard, Evanston, Union, Wyo.
J. Thompson, Ogden, Central Park Mission, Utah.
J. H. Meteer, Richfield, 1st, and Monroe, "
C. May, Smithfield, Central and Richmond, "
J. McClain, Salt Lake City, 3d,
C. G. Patterson, Springville, Central, "
E. M. Knox, Kaysville, Haines Memorial,
T. P. Howard, Payson and Benjamin, 1st,
L. F. Jones, Juneau, Native, Alaska,
W. W. Warne, Chilcat Mission, "
R. Arkley, South Bend, 1st, Wash.
J. T. Glover, Stella and stations, "
J. L. Thompson, Olympia, 1st, "
E. S. Genung, Centralia, 1st, "
B. K. McElmon, Deming, Acme and stations, "
J. A. McArthur, Fairfield and Rockford, "
L. E. Jesseph, Harrington, 1st, Moscow and Moehler, "
W. Smith, Concord, Vineland and station, "
R. H. Parker, Palouse, Bethany and station, "
J. H. Hope, Johnson, 1st, and stations, "
W. Kirkhope, Prescott and Starbuck, "
T. E. Sherman, Lewiston, 1st, Ida.
J. A. Hedges, Kendrick and Juliaetta, ' '
J. Hines, Lapwai, Indian, and stations, "
F. F. Brown, Grangeville, "
W. A. Ward, Sechlerville and stations, Wis.
C. A. Adams, Vilas, Cottage Grove, Bryn Mawr and
Pierceville, ' '
A. Svoboda, Eden, Bohemian, and Muscoda, "
H, O. Bethel, Monro, 1st, "
C. II. Ticknor, Weyauwega, 1st, "
J. L. Maynard, Robinson, St. Sauveur and Wequiock, "
W. H. Sinclair, St. Croix Falls, 1st, "
Young People's Christian Endeavor.
Read the remarkable story on page 215, of how
the porcupine in Laos gathers bananas.
Every Christian Endeavor society in the Pres-
bytery of Los Angeles contributes to foreign mis-
sions. •
The plan of study recommended to the Presby-
terian young people in Canada is one that read-
ily fits into the programs of the ordinary meetings
of societies of whatever sort, and seeks to provide
for an ampler knowledge of the doctrine, history
and work of the Church.
From Western Turkey Dr. Farnsworth reports
pleasing evidence of growth in manly Christian
character.
It is reported that in some parts of Mexico the
Scriptures are in great demand ; that women will
part with articles of clothing, their rosaries and
crucifixes, in return for portions of the Bible.
What more appropriate hymn for the present
crisis in our national history than Julia Ward
Howe's "Battle Hymn of the Republic? "
" In the beauty of the lilies Christ was borne across the sea ;
As he died to make men holy, so we die to make them free."
The words of Dr. W. N. Brodbeck apply to all
Christian young people. "Epworth Leaguers,"
he said, ' ' should study the great missionary prob-
lem, cultivate the missionary spirit, give liberally
of their means for the advancement of our mis-
sionary work, and be ready, at the call of God, to
consecrate themselves to a missionary career."
After the naval victory off Santiago, Captain
Philip, of the Texas, called his crew to the deck
and thanked God for the victory. Said he: "I
want to make public acknowledgment here that I
believe in God, the Father Almighty. I want all
you officers and men to lift your hats, and from
your hearts offer silent thanks to the Almighty."
When the Woman's National Missionary Coun-
cil discussed at Portland the question, "Can a
home mission church afford to give to missions ? ' '
the unanimous conclusion was that no church or
individual, rich or poor, can afford not to give to
missions.
* *
The supreme joy of Christian Endeavor is that
its members in all lands are earnestly striving to
live a life of loyalty to the personal Christ, and in
humble consecration are endeavoring to do what-
ever he would like to have them do. — London
Christian Endeavour.
The wife of Minister Angell says she is con-
firmed in the impression which she had in China
that there is something in the spiritual training
which life brings to missionaries that gives them
a self-control, a sort of poise and at the same
time a suavity, that you do not often find even
among people who are supposed to be particularly
a u fait in all matters of courtesy.
A Japanese boy failed in an examination, was
greatly disappointed, and when he tried again
prayed to the one true God, of whose existence he
had in some way heard, though he knew nothing
more. He passed the examination, and his sister
was determined to go to some school where she
could learn about the God of such power. There
was great opposition at home, but, as she said,
she went on praying till God took away the hin-
drances. She is now a Christian girl in a girls'
school in Osaka.
One of our missionaries writes in The Occident
that the people in Laos are partly Buddhists and
partly spirit worshipers. In their religion there
is no room for a Saviour. Every one must make
merit if he wishes to have his condition bettered
in the next stage of his existence. One may be
born into an animal or a reptile. A certain wo-
man was asked why she kept feeding a miserable-
looking strange cur. She replied that she was
in this way supporting a relative of hers who had
died and become a dog.
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YOUJSG PEOPLE'S CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR.
[September,
A committee of the Synod of California is mak-
ing commendable efforts to help students at the
University of California and the Leland Stanford
Jr. University in all ways looking toward moral
and religions culture. Pastors are requested,
when young men from their congregations go to
these institutions, to fill out blank cards of intro-
duction, and also to notify the reception commit-
tee of the University, to the end that such young
men may be brought quickly under the favoring
influences of the churches adjacent to their places
of study.
***
Young people who are choosing a career may
find a helpful suggestion in the experience of
Jenny Lind Goldschmidt. When at the height of
her popularity, her vocal powers unimpaired, she
retired from the stage. A friend who once found
her sitting by the seashore, a Swedish Bible on
her knee, looking out at the glory of the sunset,
asked why she had taken that step. This was
her reply : * ' When every day it made me think
less of this (laying a finger on the Bible), and
nothing at all of that (pointing to the sunset),
what else could I do ? "
"Will you tell me more about Jesus? " said an
old Chinese woman to Mrs. Talbot at She-k'i-
tien. "I heard you speaking this afternoon, and
that was the first of the doctrine I had ever heard.
I never knew that there was a Saviour from sin.
Oh, I wish I had known this earlier, but tell me
now. Tell me more." After listening to the
story of Jesus, his love for men and his willing-
ness to save, she exclaimed : "I believe, I be-
lieve." Before she had made an open confession
of faith in Christ she passed away. The last word
on her lips was " Jesus, Jesus."
A Young People's secretary in the Woman's
Foreign Missionary society of a large Presbytery
writes The Church at Home and Abroad that
she finds among the young people' s societies conse-
crated energy, great zeal, and in many cases a real
desire for knowledge. In the societies where there
are missionary libraries, mission study circles and
regular missionary meetings the offerings are
larger, and are made in the right spirit, voluntarily.
But it is important to strengthen denominational
zeal. Undoubted as has been the impetus to the
Christian Endeavor society from the mass meetings
of its united organization, this influence has not
led our young people to appreciate the force of the
latter half of the society's watch word — "the
Church." Lack cf denominational zeal is some-
times apparent in the sources of information. Al-
though our own missionary magazines are filled
with the latest tidings from the front, yet interde-
nominational publications are often taken at the
expense of those of our own church. The Chris-
tian Endeavor society is auxiliary to the Church,
and no interdenominational duty should set aside
this primary allegiance.
A missionary in Persia reports that a converted
Moslem woman who was beaten and cruelly perse-
cuted seemed so happy that another came to the
mission to ask to have that happiness given her
which her country woman had obtained. She be-
came a convert, and was persecuted severely in her
turn, being even bastinadoed for repeating the
Lord's Prayer. She was asked if she were happier
when she was a Mohammedan and well thought of,
or now suffering so greatly for Christ, and made
this reply, " I never knew the meaning of the word
happiness till I became a Christian."
The twelfth annual convention of the Pennsyl-
vania Christian Endeavor Union will be held in
Harrisburg, October 4-6. One of the interesting
features is to be a practical demonstration of the
work of the Junior societies. The Juniors of Har-
risburg are to render an exercise illustrating Junior
committee work as it may be carried on during twelve
months of the year. Among the inducements to
attend this convention mentioned by the press com-
mittee are : the spiritual uplift, contagious enthu-
siasm, widening horizon, educating influence, de-
lightful fellowship for three days with 5000 Endea-
vorers.
*
In his sermon on "The Spring of the Day,"
an expression used in 1 Sam. 9 : 26 for the sun-ris-
ing, Dr. Hugh Macmillan says : ' ' God claims the
spring of the day for himself, for the refreshment
of your soul, and for preparation for what may
await you in the world. You are anointed with
fresh oil to do the work of the day, to be the king
of your circumstances, and to reign upon the earth
under Christ, to subdue your own nature, and to
help to subdue the world around you to the do-
minion of the King of kings. On the spiritual
strength you may now attain, and on the peace
you may now get settled in your soul, it will de-
pend whether the day is to be well or ill spent, to
be a day of trouble and failure ending in a dis-
crowned and disastrous defeat, or a day of out-
ward and inward prosperity, of sunshine and use-
1898.]
YOUNG PEOPLE'S CHRI8TIAN ENDEAYOR.
247
fulness and victory. . . . Going down from the
hilltop of prayer with God into the busy world,
yon will escape many of the evils of life, and
bear bravely and wisely the e\als that come to
you, and be a companion in the kingdom and pa-
tience of Jesus Christ throughout the whole day. ' '
***
A Hindu, who lived a long distance from any
missionary and who had never been inside a Chris-
tian church, was led to believe in Christ by reading
the gospels. Finding a command to eat and drink in
memory of our Lord's death, and knowing nothing
of church order and ritual, he was accustomed each
day to take a little rice, saying, "This I do in re-
membrance of Christ ; ' ' then, drinking a little
water, he would say, UI drink this because Christ
died for me." Thus in his solitude this disciple
was taught of the spirit, and his inDer life was
nourished without the help that comes from " the
communion of saints."
must be intense. We should get into sympathy
with the mind of Christ, look on the perishing
multitudes with the eye of Christ until his passion
fills our hearts and the burden of their souls be-
comes a burden we can hardly bear.
* *
The home missionary department in the current
issue of the Iowa Endeavorer contains the following
questions for answer in the meeting :
Can America be Christianized without home missionary
work?
If we neglect home missions what effect will it have on
foreign missions ?
What should be our prime motive in missionary effort ?
What excuse can we possibly give if we refuse to obey
Christ's definite command ?
How do our home missionaries display the highest type of
courage ?
Why is it important for us to be informed on the mission-
ary work of our church?
Can we be sincere Christian Endeavorers without con-
scientiously giving to missions ?
Can we, without sincere praying for missions ?
A missionary social held recently in New Jer-
sey is reported in Home Missionary Monthly. A
mail bag was carried into the room, and in it
were found letters from various missionaries ad-
dressed to members of the Christian Endeavor so-
ciety. After the leader made an introductory
speech, in which he informed the society of the
very best way to reach a particular field, the one
wko had received a letter from that section of
country arose and read it. Descriptions of the
country were given, amusing incidents of daily
life, bits of wholesome advice to those at home,
and many items of interest gathered from letters
from missionaries or from magazines and papers.
The very first duty of a church in organ-
izing its foreign missionary work is to
awaken, maintain and sustain in its mem-
bers the spirit of prayer. This is the state-
ment of a writer in the Missionary Review,
who gives reasons why prayer should be
preeminent. 1. It keeps us constantly in
mind of what the true basis and the true
character of our missionary work is. 2. It
supplies the means— men and money — by
which our missionary work must be met.
Prayer for missions must be intelligent. It
must be based upon a knowledge of the principles
of missions, or what God wishes to be done, and a
knowledge of the facts of missions, or what God
is actually doing. It must be definite. We
should endeavor to know something about every
mission and everything about some missions. It
The American Board, appointed to the work of
caring for the foreign mission field, makes a special
appeal to the young people of the Congrega-
tional churches, since " in all matters of business
and training the natural way is for the strength,
the alertness, the hopefulness of the young to be
coupled with the experience and wisdom of their
elders in mutual helpfulness." The Board says :
"1. Resolve to be represented either individually
or in groups, as classes, Endeavorers, etc., by
some person on the mission field. Begin with a
!Gate of Tripoli. Syria.
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YOUNG PEOPLE'S CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR.
[September,
Bible reader or some other native helper. Save
for it, plan for it, work for it. In this way ' go '
and 'teach.' 2. Plan to give systematically, just
as you eat, sleep, work. 3. As deliberately as a
man sets himself apart for the work of ministering
or teaching, set your mind on doing according to
the measure of your ability, and expect, as your
income grows and your life work is entered upon,
to rise from supporting a Bible reader at $12 per
annum, to where you will stand, as a supporter,
behind a school, a missionary, a station."
***
The Missionary Herald reports a true example of
liberality on the part of a native church of less
than one hundred members on the Micronesian
Island of Kusaie, un-
der the care of a native
pastor and located ten
miles from the mission
premises. A few of its
members were present
at a missionary meeting
in the girls' school and
were deeply touched
by the stories of suffer-
ing among the India
missions. They asked
if they might take the
papers and pictures
concerning the famine-
stricken sufferers to
show to their friends.
Just before the Morning
Star sailed for Hono-
lulu, members of this
Kusaian church ap-
peared at the mission
premises with an offer-
ing for India of twenty
dollars in money and
a package of native
cloth which was sold
for twenty dollars
more. And so these
Kusaians, self- moved,
have sent this generous
contribution to relieve
the destitute on the
other side of the globe.
Forty years ago these
people were naked sav-
ages. The gospel pro-
duces the same effect
upon men everywhere.
It leads to self-sacrific-
ing liberality.
Gospel in all Lands tells of an African wo-
man who came into possession of an English Bible.
She and her people had learned something of the
gospel and knew a little of the significance of the
book. But no one could read it. So a day was
appointed, notice was given, and at the appointed
hour the Bible was laid on the stump of a tree in
an open space. Then the natives began to as-
semble, took their places in a circle about the
spot, and, after waiting for a time in reverent
silence, quietly dispersed. Can it be doubted that
the Father who seeketh those to worship him who
worship in spirit and in truth accepted the poor,
maimed service, which was all these ignorant men
and women had to offVr ?
§1
1898.]
CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR CONVENHON IN CHINA.
249
CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR CONVENTION IN
CHINA.
LA VINA M. EOLLKSTONE.
Perhaps some of your readers would like to
hear of our last Presbyterian Christian Endeavor
convention held the beginning of last March. This
has now come to be an annual gathering and is
one of the inspiration points which come to us
and make us missionaries u thank God and take
courage. ' ' To the natives it is also a great in-
spiration, undoubtedly the greatest of the whole
year as can be seen by the numbers which come,
by the attention with which they listen and by
the earnestness of their remarks and prayers.
During the convention almost all live in house-
boats on which they come. There are better and
inferior kinds of houseboats, and in all the
quarters are cramped, especially when ten or more
people are inside. In the country places only the
inferior kind is procurable, taking which into ac-
count together with the Chinese hatred of incon-
venience, and with the fact that about that time
we usually have bad weather, the numbers both
of men and women who came from all parts of
our field to attend this gathering, is a good proof
of the earnestness of the people and of the success
of the convention. That so many women come is
a great encouragement ; for with their little feet
and almost no protection against bad weather
they are ill-fitted for traveling. Chinese women
are not intended to go out in wet weather. The
first day of our last convention was miserable,
both rain and snow making the streets almost un-
fit for walking, yet the women were there, gar-
ments and feet wet, but withal cheery and glad to
see each other. It is in many cases the only
time in the year they meet, and the little bit of
social enjoyment is not only to them a great treat
but a decided benefit. And how glad they are to
see the missionaries again. To feel the clasp of
their hands and see their faces all aglow with
pleasure is enough to warm our hearts and make
us love them.
The convention days are usually Wednesday
and Thursday, as it takes about two days to get
from the various districts of our field to the most
central place, Yu-Yiio, where the meeting is held.
On Tuesday evening those who had already ar-
rived held a preparatory prayer meeting, asking
that the Holy Spirit would indeed be with us,
and make the next two days a time of refreshing.
I think all who were there felt that our prayers
were answered.
Wednesday morning at nine o'clock we had
our open'ng meeting, the president, Mr. Shoe-
maker, in the chair. The first half hour of each
session was occupied by devotional exercises led
by the native pastors.
The theme of the convention was the need and
methods of studying the Bible. The program
was as follows :
Wednesday A. 31.
Praise Service led by Pastor Lee.
" The Good to be Desired from the Con-
vention" Rev. J. E. Shoemaker.
"Importance of Bible Study "....Pastor Uoh.
Wednesday P. M.
Prayer Meeting Pastor Tsiu.
' ' How to get rid of the Hindrances to
Bible Study" Pastor Yiang.
11 Motive and Purposes of Bible Study"
Pastor Zi.
General Discussion
Wednesday Evening.
Reports
Thursday A.M.
Devotional Exercises Pastor Yi .
"Time and Method of Bible Study"
Rev. Mr. Sweet, of A. B. U.
General Discussion
Practicing New Hymns
Thursday P.M.
Prayer for the Fulness of the Spirit
Pastor Zia.
"How to Keep the Power of the Spirit "
Rev. E Knickerbocker, C. I. M.
" Explaining the Constitution and Urg-
ing its Observance' ' Mr. Dzing .
Election of Officers
TJiursday Evening.
Consecration Meeting Rev.] Mr. Sweet.
Farewell Meeting.
The speeches of both foreigners and natives were
earnest and came home to the hearers with con-
vincing power. Mr. Yiang's on the various hin-
drances was very much so. Few foreigners could
have spoken better or more to the point, and in
this case, where the subject was the difficulties
which the Chinese have, a foreigner could not
have done nearly so well. He spoke of that
whereof he knew, and in a way which brought
conviction.
Mr. S weet was listened to with much attention ;
no foreign audience could be quieter (a very rare
thing in China so far as I have seen). I don't
think that even the ubiquitous baby disturbed
the peace. At the close many promised hence-
forth to be more diligent in the study of the Bible,
and of those who could not read a number prom-
ised to try to learn.
2 50
A SUGGESTION-
HE BRUNG ME.
[September,
Unfortunately, during Mr. Knickerbocker's talk
a "window needed attentioD, which disturbed the
audience and must have disturbed the speaker.
He, however, seemed to have enough of the China-
man in him to go right on apparently regardless
of the interruption. The calmness with which a
Chinese preacher can go on talking to a disorderly
audience with just as much earnestness as if all
were listening attentively is most remarkable.
Perhaps some of our Christian Endeavorers at
home would object to our calling this a " Christian
Endeavor convention," and the objection would
be allowable, for very few of the societies have yet
got as far as constitution and pledge card. Some
have, however, and the others year by year are
falling into line. Sometimes the convention has
been called " a meeting of our Christian workers "
but are not " Christian workers " and "Christian
Endeavorers" synonymous terms? They call
themselves "Christian Endeavorers," and while
many are yet unversed in method and constitu-
tion, we must, I think, modify method to circum-
stances, and grant them the privilege, even if, ac-
cording to Western ideas, they may not have the
right to do so.
Ningpo, China.
A SUGGESTION.
EMMA SMULLEE CARTER.
As the last winter passed it took from us one whose
labor of love reached out along many busy and use-
ful lines, one of which may prove a suggestion, per-
haps an inspiration, to those who love missions and
missionary workers. The name of Augusta Evelyn
Smuller, long and lovingly known as that of an
able and earnest educator in northern New York,
is also familiar to more than one missionary on
some distant field who never saw her face nor heard
her voice. Among many gifts that were hers were
those of easy, graceful composition, and a remarkably
beautiful penmanship, and these, as all others, were
held as " sacred to the Master's use," and were fre-
quently employed in sending letters full of bright,
cheery thought and friendly sympathy to our mis-
sionaries at home and abroad. These letters called
forth grateful answers, full of the work and its needs
— needs which it was often possible to meet by con-
tributions of literature, Christmas packages, etc. It
was work such as any one might attempt, not re-
quiring large outlays either of time or money ; a
simple service, "a cup of cold water," yet drawn
from the deep full fountain.
A package of these missionary letters, carefully
pigeon-holed and bearing date from all parts of the
world, was taken, with reverent hands, from the
desk of this dear sister, and near it lay a leaf con-
taining a schedule of the days of the week and cor-
responding to each day the names of the countries
for which it was her custom to pray. How sacred
seem these leaves from the inner life of one so
saintly, which bear the simple inscription of her
life- motto, the two great aims set before her :
" Purity of heart (the work that must be done in
me) and The advancement of Christ's kingdom
(the work which I must do in the world)." A
motto worthy of imitation, an example fit for fol-
lowing. May some who read these lines be moved
to a life like her's and find at last a home-going
as tranquil and as sweet.
Williamsport, Pa.
" HE BRUNG ME.
HARRY P. FORD.
One bright summer morning I went down to a
mission school near the Pine street wharf, Phila-
delphia, to conduct its exercises. In front of the
door two ragged little bjys were standing. " Good
morning, little man," I said cheerily to one of them.
Without seeming to notice my proffered hand, he
pointed to his companion and said, " He brung
me." Oh, how I envied the little fellow who stocd
there awkward and silent with his friend's blessed
words ringing in his ears ! It was a simple, almost
trifling incident, but in it was the very heart of the
gospel. It was the old, old story of Andrew and
Peter over again, the story that has been repeated,
and has need to be repeated, so many, so very
many times. I had carefully prepared my address
on the lesson for the day, but in a moment it seemed
utterly soulless and apathetic before the simple
words of the boy. His one brief sentence gave me
my text and my illustration ; I had need to talk of
nothing else. We will know no greater joy even in
heaven itself than to have some one (God grant
there may be many ! ) point to us and say, ' ' He
brought me here ! ' '
To live content with small means ;
To seek elegance rather than luxury,
Refinement rather than fashion ;
To be worthy, not simply respectable ;
And wealthy, not simply rich ;
To study hard, think quietly,
Talk gently, act frankly ;
To listen with open heart to birds and stars,
To babes and sages ;
To bear all cheerfully, do all bravely ;
Await occasions, never hurry —
In a word, to let the spiritual life
Grow up through and above the common—
This to be my '• symphony of life."
— William Henry Charming.
1898.]
BOARD OF PUBLICATION AND SABBATH-SCHOOL WORK.
251
BOARD OF PUBLICATION AND SABBATH-SCHOOL WORK.
Hon. Robert N. Willson, President.
Rev. William Brenton Greene, Jr., D.D., Vice-President.
Rev. Elijah R. Craven, D.D.,LL.D., Secretary.
Rev. Charles T. McMullin, Treasurer.
Rev. Willard M. Rice, D.D., Recording Clerk.
Rev. James A. Worden, D.D., Superintendent of Sabbath-
school and Missionary Work.
Rev. J. R. Miller, D.D., Editorial Superintendent.
John H. Scribner, Business Superintendent.
Henry F. Scheetz, Manufacturer.
The Board of Publication and Sabbath-school Work was organized by the General Assembly of the
Presbyterian Church in the United States of America, in 1838, at which time a society established five
years earlier, by the Synod of Philadelphia, was transferred to the new Board. This earlier society,
the Tract and Sabbath- school Book Society, received
in 1835 what is believed to be the first donation made
to the object by any church, a contribution of four
hundred and six dollars from the First Presbyterian
Church of New York. To enable it to support the
gospel, this New York church had received in 1719
the first recorded grant of home missionary money.
The Board, which is located in Philadelphia, is
composed of twelve ministers and twelve elders, four
of each class being chosen by the Assembly every year
to serve for three years. The Rev. Dr. E. R. Craven,
a man of ripe scholarship, who was Moderator of the
General Assembly in 1888, fills his position as Secre-
tary of the Board with distinguished ability.
This Board is a great missionary and educational
agency of the Presbyterian Church with three coordi-
nate departments, business, editorial, Sabbath-school
and missionary.
The Business Department has charge of all the property of the Board, and conducts all its busi-
ness operations, the most important of which are the manufacture of books, tracts and periodicals, and
the placing of these publications on the market. It is under the able management of Mr. John H.
Scribner, whose large business experience fits him for this
responsible position. That recent issues of the Board
have received high praise as excellent specimens of the
book-maker's art is largely due to the good taste and skill
of the manufacturer, Mr. Henry F. Scheetz.
There were published during the past year, 1,900,875
copies of books and tracts, 43,139,816 copies of periodi-
cals. These publications are placed on the market
through the agency of the main store in Philadelphia, the
depositories in Chicago and St. Louis, and sixteen branch
houses, twelve of which are in the United States, three in
British America and one in England.
The Business Department does not receive the gifts
of the churches, but is itself a contributor to the work of
the Church. Out of its own earnings it pays all the ex-
penses of the Editorial Department and two-thirds of the
salaries of the Secretary and the Treasurer of the Board.
It saves to other agencies of the Church a sum equal to
about $10,000 every year by supplying them free of cost
the rental, heating and care of rooms in the Witherspoon
Building. It contributes annually two-thirds of its net
profits to the fund of the Sabbath- school and Missionary
Department. This sum for last year was $20,698.03, the
net profits having been $31,047.04, an increase of 84,680.19 E. R. Craven, D.D., LL.D.
25:
BOARD OF PUBLICATION AND SABBATH-SCHOOL WORK.
[September,
J. R. Miller, D.D.
over the preceding year. The remaining third of net profits is added
to the capital of the Board.
At the head of the Editorial Department is the Rev. J. R.
Miller, D.D., whose well-deserved reputation as editor and author ex-
tends to the other side of the Atlantic. This department has charge of
all the publications of the Board, so far as their subject matter is con-
cerned. It selects from manuscripts offered and prepares for the press
those that are to be published ; prepares Lesson Helps for teachers and
scholars and periodicals for the young people and children of the
church ; looks out for the typographical correctness and excellence of
everything issued by the Board.
Among the bound volumes issued last year there were thirty-four
new publications and twenty- seven reprints of former publications.
The Westminster Teacher, issued monthly, has a circulation of
80,000. There are four quarterlies for scholars, Senior, Intermediate,
Junior and Home Department ; two lesson leaves, the Westminster
and Junior, and a picture lesson card ; four weekly, illustrated papers,
Forward, Sabbath school Visitor, Morning Star and Sunbeam. The first
of the four has taken its place in the front rank of high class periodicals for young people. All the litera
ture prepared by this department is of high moral tone and spiritual helpfulness.
The Sabbath- school and Missionary Department is ably presided over by the Rev. J. A.
Worden, D.D., who is recognized as one of the leading authorities on Sunday-school work. It includes
educational and missionary work. The former aims to bring existing schools to a high plane of efficiency,
the latter organizes and equips schools in places destitute of religious advantages.
Programs for the two anniversaries, Children's Day and Rallying Day, are prepared and furnished
to our Sabbath- schools, with boxes or envelopes for collecting the offerings. The amount contributed by
the Sabbath- schools to the missionary fund of the^Board last year was $51,976.70.
During the past year, 2177 beautiful Oxford Bibles hive been awarded to scholars in our Sabbath-
schools for reciting the Shorter Catechism.
The object of the Twentieth- century Movement
is to signalize the entrance of the Presbyterian
Church into the new century by bringing into her
Sabbath- schools at least half a million scholars,
that is, by increasing the Sabbath- school member-
ship from about a million— where it stood at the
beginning of 1897— to a million and a half, on or
before April 1, 1901. The necessity for such effort
is illustrated by the fact that while the school pop-
ulation of the United States in 1897 was 21, 082,472,
only 12,288,153, or less than 60 hundredths, were
enrolled in the Sunday- schools. J
The 76 Sabbath- school missionaries, who la-
bored last year in 29 States and Territories, organ-
ized 1028 schools and reorganized 312, and into
these schools gathered 51,414 teachers and scholars.
The mission school is, wherever possible, placed
under the care of the nearest Presbyterian Church-
In connection with the 81,239 house-to-house
visitations made last year, clothing to the value of
$2500 was distributed to the needy. Many children
are thus enabled to attend Sabbath-school during
the winter, who would otherwise have remained at
home.
"They visit from house to house, bring to the
lonely disciple in his spiritual isolation Christian
greeting and encouragement, present Christ to the J. A. Worden,
1898.]
BOARD OF PUBLICATION AND SABBATH-SCHOOL WORK.
253
impenitent, pray with the sick, aged and dying, who are far
from the ministry of the Word, preach to the godless communi-
ties in mining and lumber camps, gather old and young into
organizations for the perpetuation and development of the work,
foster these organizations by constant watchful encouragement
into permanence of life, leaving in the homes of the people good
wholesome literature, especially the Bible, to do its silent, cease-
less work."
Missionaries frequently visit places where there is not a
single Christian, where a gospel sermon has never been preached,
where the children and youth are in utter ignorance of the Bible, t
They hold evangelistic services, and conversions follow.
On the mountain plateau of Colorado, 10,000 feet above the
level of the sea, in the swamps and pine regions of Arkansas, on
the broad prairie, in lumber and mining camps, these faithful
missionaries are found. Ina " dugout " or a sod house, in a blacksmith bhop or over a saloon, out under
the shade of forest trees, in any available place, they gather the people, who often show their interest by
coming a great distance through mud, or storm, or darkness. Thus the gospel is carried into places
where it is impossible yet to build a house of worship or even organize a church.
This work contributes to the success of home missions. Dying churches are revived, weak churches
are helped and encouraged into self-support. A census taken
in March, 1898, shows that from the schools organized between
April, 1896, and April, 1897, fifty- six churches had grown. In
Iowa, during about four years, twenty-three churches have
grown out of Sabbath- school mission work. In the Presbytery
of Mankato, of the thirty new churches organized from 1887 to
1897, twenty- six were the result of Sabbath -school missions.
For the past six years our Presbyterian Sabbath -school
missionaries have held an annual conference for mutual im-
provement. Keporting that of 1895, a daily newspaper said it
"j was "as interesting a body of men as Detroit ever had the priv-
\ ilege of entertaining." No wonder, for the glow of enthusiasm
which accompanies successful effort in building up the kingdom
of Christ always makes men interesting.
An agency that is rescuing from Christless influences more
than 900 children and youth every week, doing foundation
work'that has in it the elements of permanence, continued growth and widening influence, should cer-
tainly ]oocupy a prominent place in the activities of the Presbyterian Church.
254
TKEtiBYTERIAN ENDEAVORER8.
[September,
PRESBYTERIAN ENDEAVORERS.
San Diego, Cal.
First. — the topic card used by this society con-
tains this statement: " Christian Endeavor is co-
operative energy."
Allahabad, India.
Mrs. Andrews, principal of the Girls' High
School in Allahabad, desires to interest Presbyte-
rian Christian Endeavorers in her sixty pupils.
They are all from Christian families, but Christians
are weak and the surroundings of a heathen land
keep them far below the right standard. Mrs.
Andrews' aim is to train in higher ideas of true
womanhood those who will be the wives and
mothers in the Christian communities.
Seoul, Korea.
On page 497 of The Church at Home and
Abroad, for June, 1898, appeared a picture of
Miss Wambold's school in Seoul. The Korean
name of this warm-hearted teacher means, " the
lady who loves the children."
ninneapolis, Minn.
First. — This society is eleven years old, and is
the successor of a young people' s society which had
a useful existence before the days of Christian En-
deavor.
Three years ago they began sending a choir of
young people to the city hospital Sunday afternoons
to sing to the patients. This has been continued,
and other Christian Endeavor societies have joined
in the work, until now the hospital is visited each
month by four societies, one Sunday each in turn.
This society has also started and fostered an ac-
tive Endeavor society at the Goodwill Mission (a
child of the First Church).
Goodwill Mission. — The Goodwill Endeavor so-
ciety has lately added a Sunshine Committee which
does its work among the sick, the poor, or wher-
ever they can bring sunshine by good deeds and
kind words. They distribute religious reading
matter and flowers in the hospitals as a part of
their weekly work.
Westminster. — The Endeavorers number two hun-
dred, of whom fifty are Juniors. In addition to
the regular lines of work indicated by the regular
committees, a squad is sent monthly to one of the
city missions, while quite a number teach every
Sunday afternoon in the mission chapel supported
by Westminster Church. A box of hospital sup-
plies has been sent to the boys at the front.
Parkville, /lo.
Park College. — Every class graduating between
1884 and 1896, save one, is represented on the for-
eign mission field. Every class from 1879, the first
class graduated, to 1894, is represented on the
home mission field by from one to twelve ordained
missionaries.
Hastings, Neb.
Hastings College. — The Industrial Department
has been organized to assist young men and women
to meet the expenses of their board. Students of
this department are expected to work about twenty
hours a week. The young men may work on the
farm or in the gardens, or as carpenters, janitors,
printers, etc. The young women may do baking,
cooking, laundry work, etc. Those who have seen
the plan in operation regard it as eminently prac-
tical.
Westfield, N. J.
The first five minutes of each prayer meeting of
the Endeavor society is devoted to Bible study,
conducted by the leader. Recently this has con-
sisted of a review of the names of th« books of the
Bible, with a brief statement of the purpose of
each book.
Gorham, N. Y.
Since ours is a union Christian Endeavor society
we are hampered somewhat in doing anything
along denominational lines. Work for our church
has to be taken up privately. Several of our young
people have united with the churches during the
past year. — A. B.
Pranklinville, N. Y.
The Presbyterian Endeavorers, as reported in
the Christian Endeavor World, print on the back of
the topic card, after the name of each committee, a
brief description of its work, as follows :
Lookout (makes us grow).
Prayer meeting (makes us interested).
Missionary (makes us unselfish).
Sunday-school (makes us learn).
Good Literature (helps us to read).
Social (promotes fellowship^) .
Music (brings joy).
Flower (brings gladness).
New York, N. Y.
University Place. — The evening branch of the
missionary society has just given an organ to the
chapel in Chiningchow, China .
Yonkers, N.Y.
Westminster. — The Young People's Association
has enjoyed the series of historical lectures planned
by presbytery' s committee. The last two, delivered
in July, were " John Knox," by Rev. James A.
McWilliams, of Sing Sing, and " Savonarola," by
Pastor Cutting.
The pupils of the Sunday-school primary depart-
ment have sent a Christmas box filled with cards
and pictures to the Presbyterian Mission Sunday-
school in Tungchow, China.
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AsheviMe, N.C.
The Farm School. — Each of the six young men in
the graduating class is a Christian, says Home
Mission Monthly. A boy cannot remain any length
of time in the school without having presented to
him the truths of the Bible and a knowledge of the
true way of life in such a manner that he can never
again be the same boy.
Coleraine, Pa.
Union. — The pastor is president of the Endeavor
society, and two of the elders are members. The
young people never make any plans without first
consulting the pastor. They have pledged $1000
toward the rebuilding of the house of worship,
and have already raised $700 of this sum by per-
sonal contributions.
Dunmore, Pa.
A class for the systematic study of the Bible, the
training of teachers, and the encouragement of pri-
vate Bible study is reported in the Sunday-school
Times. The facts which comprise the lesson for the
day are given in the form of an off-hand conversa-
tion, and as many facts as possible are drawn from
the class by careful questioning. Then a syllabus,
printed on the typewriter and mimeographed, is fur-
nished to each scholar, the leading points are gone
over again, notes are made, and all the references in
the Bible are found and commented upon. The
following are some of the outlines prepared for the
class introductory to separate studies of various
books :
[ a. After prayer.
! 1. Devotionally i &. In a waiting mood.
[ c. In a spirit of obedience.
C a. After prayer.
j b. Comparing Scripture
j 2. Critically j with Scripture.
I c. With use of best helps.
L Id. Employ meditation.
II. How to remember what you read.
1. Mark your Bible.
2. Keep a notebook.
3. Review and re-review what you learu.
4. Put your knowledge of the Bible to use.
III. Bible reasons for Bible study.
1. For growth (1 Pet. 2:2; Acts 20 : 32).
2. For teaching (Matt. 28 : 19 ; 1 Tim. 4:11; Dan
12 : 3).
3. For soul winning (Prov. 11 : 30 ; Dan. 12 : 3).
Philadelphia, Pa.
Bethany.— The young people of this church send
out a gospel wagon every Thursday evening and
conduct evangelistic services at various points in
the southern part of the city.
Oxford. — Mr. Israel P. Black, in his useful vol-
ume, "Practical Primary Plans," says of benevo-
I. How to
read the
Bible
lence in the primary class : "I have formed my en-
tire class into a mission band, which is connected
with the foreign missionary society of our own de-
nomination. I am the president of the band, one
of our secretaries acts as treasurer, and the scholars
form the membership. This band has been in ex-
istence about twenty years. During this time it
has yearly supported a little girl and boy in India,
besides expending an equal amount in missionary
work in this country. This money has been raised
by means of four tin boxes, which have been dis-
tributed weekly. Sometimes they are given out to
the scholars in alphabetical order ; at other times
all who wish the boxes are asked to raise their
hands, and the teacher then makes a selection.
Two boxes are given to the boys and two to the
girls. They are securely locked by the secretary
and opened by him on their return. Each child is
allowed to retain a box one week, in order that
during the year every one may have the opportu-
nity of helping in the good work."
Galveston, Tex.
Fourth. — The Christian Endeavor society pre-
sented Company A of the First United States Vol-
unteer Infantry with one hundred comfort bags,
which were much appreciated. — L. W.
Spring vllle, Utah.
Hungerford Academy. — A picture of the Hunger-
ford Academy appeared in the July issue of The
Church at Home and Abroad, with some ac-
count of the excellent work it is doing. The
Junior Endeavorers, as reported in Home Mission
Monthly, recently earned most of the money with
which to buy an invalid chair for a poor, crippled
girl.
Centralia, Wash.
A Christian Endeavor society was organized here
several years ago, but, through removal of members
and for other causes, was afterwards disbanded. A
new society, organized on May 27, started off with
twenty-five members. The great hope of the
church is in this society, and the work already
undertaken is most encouraging. Though the
church has been in existence for several years, it
has never possessed a communion set, and the so-
ciety took that object as its first responsibility, and
have already secured one- fourth enough for the
set. A line of mission study is being planned for
all the members, and an earnest effort is being
made to build up the church and Sunday-school by
a thorough house-to-house canvass of the city, and
by personal invitations to the new-comers and non-
church-goers.
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CHRISTIAN TRAINIKG COURSE.
[September,
Christian graining Coum.
BIBLiICALi, HISTORICAL!, JVHSSIOflHRY.
For Young People's Societies and Other Church Organizations.
OUTLINE D, FOURTH YEAR.
BIBLICAL.
The topics follow chapters in the book How to bring Men
to Christ, by R. A. Torrey. They may be followed by the
single student alone, but in class they are intended to be set
forth by proof-texts, etc., read aloud as a Bible Reading and
explained and discussed. The "Questions" under each
study will excite interest and guide the method of treat-
ment. Each one should bring to the meeting his own copy
of the book for reading and reference. See Hints.
Study.
1. General Conditions and How to Begin.
October (1). Pages 7-19.
2. Dealing with the Indifferent.
November ( 1 ) . Pa ges 20-28.
3. Anxious to be Saved, but Ignorant.
December (1). Pages 29-35.
4. Those Who Have Difficulties.
January (1). Pages 36-49.
5. Those Who Have False Hopes.
February (1). Pages 50-56.
6. Lacking Assurance and Backsliders.
March (1). Pages 57-64.
7. Sceptics and Infidels.
April (1). Pages 65-76.
8. The Complaining, Delaying, Willful.
May(l). Pages 77-93.
9. Some Suggestions — The Holy Spirit.
June(l). Pages 94-104.
HISTORICAL.
The topics follow a series of readings in American Presby-
terianism, the first of which will appear in The "Church at
Home and Abroad, and some of which are chapters in a
book by Dr. W. H. Roberts, soon to be issued.
Study. .
1. The Westminster Standards and the Formation of the
Republic.
October (1).
2. The Period of Isolated Congregations.
November (1).
3. The Colonial Church.
December (1).
4. The Constitution of 1788.
January (1).
5. The Period of Denominational Organization.
February (1).
€. The Period of Division.
March (1).
7. The Period of Reunion.
April (1).
8. [Topic to be selected.]
May (1).
Topic to
rune (1).
9. [Topic to be selected.]
Ji
fllSSIoNARY.
The topics follow the sections of a volume of The Guild
Library, Missionary Expansion of Reformed Churches, by Rev.
J.A.Graham, M.A., American Edition; also the line of
study marked out by the Board of Foreign Missions. As an
alternate topic, many societies may be glad to take up each
month one of the Boards of the Presbyterian Church.
Study.
1. The Reformation and Its Influence.
Beginning at Jerusalem.
October (1). Graham. Chaps, ii, iii.
2. Medical Missions,
or, The Board of Publication and Sabbath-school
Work.
October (2).
3. Early Colonial Missions.
November (1). Graham. Chap. iv.
4. Civilizing Influence of Foreign Missions,
or, The Board of Education.
November (2).
5. A Missionary Church.
The Great Missionary Uprising.
December (1). Graham. Chaps, v, vi.
6. Relations of the Home Church to Foreign Missions,
or, The Board of Foreign Missions.
December (2).
7. The Hindus and Their Neighbors.
January (1). Graham. Chap. vii.
8. The Bible and Foreign Missions,
or, The Board of Church Erection.
January (2).
9. Buddhist Lands.
February (1). Graham. Chap. viii.
10. The Unbelieving World,
or, The Board of Aid for Colleges.
February (2).
II. The Dark Continent.
March (1). Graham. Chap. ix.
12. Evangelistic Missionary Work.
or The Board of Missions for Freedmen.
March (2).
13. Islam.
April (1). Graham. Chap. x.
14. The Native Church,
or, The Board of Home Missions.
April (2).
15. The Southern Isles.
May (1). Graham. Chap. xi.
16. Woman's Work for Woman,
or, The Board of Ministerial Relief.
May (2).
17. The New World.
The World's Evangelization.
June (1). Graham. Chaps, xii, xiii.
18. Foreign Missionaries.
June (2).
HELPFUL HINTS.
1. THE PURPOSE of the Christian Training Course is to
meet the needs of church societies of young people and
adults, and also of individuals who have a limited amount
of time for study and yet desire to know the leading sub-
jects of Biblical and Christian knowledge.
2. THE APPROVAL of the General Assembly of the Pres-
byterian Church in the U. S. A. was cordially given to the
Course in 1896 and 1897. It was formally presented to the
Assembly by the Committee in charge of The Church at
Home and Abroad, and was authorized to be circulated in
the churches and printed in that magazine.
3. THE COURSE is simple and easily followed, and is
concluded in four years of nine months each, from October
to June, being arranged in four Outlines, A, B, C and D, one
for each year.
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4. THE OUTLINES are complete, each in itself, and are
related to one another, and are divided into three Depart-
ments—Biblical, Historical and Missionary, including the
leading topics of doctrine, history, polity, etc. Each subject
is treated in an elementary manner, and is connected with a
small but standard text-book.
5. OUTLINE A, the first year, covers the following sub-
jects : BIBLICAL, Doctrine and Life, The Shorter Catechism.
HISTORICAL, Church History, Rev. Dr. Henry Cowan's
Landmarks; MISSIONARY, General Survey of Mission
Fields, Selected Tracts.
6. OUTLINE B, the second year, covers these subjects :
BIBLICAL, the Character of Christ, Robert E. Speer's The
Man Christ Jesus; HISTORICAL, The Missiouary Idea in
History, Dr. George Smith's Short History of Missions;
MISSIONARY, Modem Missionary Heroes, first series, pre-
pared by Mrs. Albert B. Robinson.
7. OUTLINE C, the third year, covers these subjects :
BIBLICAL, Bible Writers and Contents, Our Sixty-six
Sacred Books, by Rev. Edwin W. Rice, D.D. (American S. S.
Union) ; HISTORICAL, Presbyterian History, The Presby-
terian Churches, by Rev. J. M. Ogilvie, M.A., with enlarged
chapter on the Presbyterian churches in the U. S. A., by
Prcf. A. C. Zenos, D.D. (Fleming H. Revell Co.); MISSION-
ARY, Modem Missionary Heroes, second series, and Mission-
ary Methods, printed monthly in The Church at Home
and Abroad, Philadelphia, Pa.
8. OUTLINE D, the fourth year, covers these subjects :
BIBLICAL, Studies in Evangelism, How to Bring Men to
Christ, by R. A. Torrey, Superintendent Chicago Bible In-
stitute (Fleming H. Revell Co.) ; HISTORICAL, American
Presbyterianism, a series of interesting readings, see The
Church at Home and Abroad; MISSIONARY, Modern
Missions, Leaders and Principles. Missionary Expansion of
the Reformed Churches, by Rev. J. A. Graham, and the topics
suggested by our Board of Foreign Missions.
9. The Studies extend through nine months, from October
to June, beiog arranged for about eighteen meetings. At
each meeting there will be two studies, the time given to
each study being about thirty minutes. At the first meeting
of the month come the Biblical and Historical ; at the sec-
ond the short opening of fifteen minutes devoted to the
Shorter Catechism and the Missionary.
10. THE MEETINGS may be provided for in different
ways: (1) On a stated week-day evening twice a month,
two Departments each time. (2) Once a month on a stated
week-day evening, taking the Biblical and Historical, and
the other at the Church Monthly Concert, taking the Mis-
sionary. (3) Once a month at the Sunday meeting, and the
other once a month on a week-day evening to suit.
11. THE TRAINING COURSE COMMITTEE should con-
sist of three leaders, one in charge of each Department, the
best ones obtainable in the parish, to be under the direction
of the Pastor.
12. HELPFUL HINTS and Model Programs will be fur-
nished by the author of the Course, the Rev. Hugh B. Mac-
Cauley, who will conduct the Biblical and Historical Depart-
ments, and interesting material by the Rev. Albert B. Rob-
inson, conductor of the Missionary Department, all of
which will be printed monthly in The Church at Home
and Abroad.
13. The Literature required for the studies is in small
book form, cheap but standard. Headquarters for the liter-
ature is the Presbyterian Board of Publication, Philadelphia,
Pa. Prices are as follows, postage paid : Outline D of
Christian Training Course, two cents each, or twenty-five
cents for twenty-five; How to Bring Men to Christ (R. A.
Torrey), 81.00; Missionary Expansion of the Reformed
Churches (J. A. Graham), 50 cents ; Readings on American
Presbyterianism and Missionary Studies, The Church at
Home and Abroad, single copy ten cents, by cash, money
order or check. Enclose two-cent stamp for circular.
WRITE to the Board of Publication.
FROM THE CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR
CONVENTION.
In this age of trusts the greatest of trusts is the
boys and girls. — Mr. Shaiv.
It is time to quit talking of Christian Endeavor
in tones of apology. — Dr. J. I. Vance.
Heroes are made of cowards by the alchemy of
the cross. — Commander Booth-Tucker.
The number of societies in South Africa increased
during the year from twenty -two to 110.
Prove your pledge, said Dr. McCrory, in business,
in citizenship, in politics, in office, in trial, in
triumph.
This is suggested as the year's motto for pastors :
11 Every young Christian trained, and every trained
Christian used."
Rev. George J. Burns gave this new aphorism
for aggressive labor: uDead saints will never
catch live sinners."
The forward movement for missions is the plan
of supporting missionaries directly by individuals,
families, groups, societies and churches, said Miss
Leitch.
If your life is shorn of power, it is because you
have not taken hold of God's Word and applied it
to your own soul. — Dr. Chapman.
We have no representatives this year from Cuba
or the Philippines, but come to Detroit next year
and you will see them there. — Dr. Clark.
Better leave some of your books unread than
leave unread the lives of these young people. You
will get more from that vigorous boy than from all
the old church histories that lie on your shelves. —
Mr. Shaw.
Testimonies to the value of the " quiet hour."
"I get more from my fifteen minutes quiet with
God than from five hours in my library." " It
adds sweetness and beauty to every task of the
day." " It opens my duty before me." " In it I
lose sight of myself. ' '
If a society does not do good work, said Dr.
Howard Agnew Johnston, I ask, first of all, what
is the matter with the pastor. As to the plea of
some pastors that they haven't time to attend the
Christian Endeavor meetings, he asked, What
would you think of the superintendent of a great
establishment who never entered one of its most
important departments?
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QUE8TI0NS — WITH THE MAGAZINES.
[September,
QUESTIONS FOR THE SEPTEMBER MISSIONARY MEETING.
[Answers may be found in the preceding pages.]
WORK AT HOME.
I '1. What grand opportunity for home mission work is now
before the Church ? Page 231.
2. Our Church has undertaken what four departments of
home mission work? Page 233.
3. Show how the country providentially guided in its
development has been prepared for its sacred mission.
Pages 233-235.
4. Who are the agents representing the Church, and to
whom do they carry a message ? Page 236.
5. What are the results of home mission effort, and what
the possibilities of enlargement ? Pages 236, 237.
6. The composite conscience of Christianity in Anieri*a
calls for what ? Page 238.
7. What is the poetic conception of home missions ? Page
239.
8. Give some illustrations of the need and value of home
mission work, from southern Illinois and from Iowa. Pages
187, 183.
9. What has been accomplished by the small colleges in
this country ? Page 187.
10. The influence of a teacher upon the morals of students
is how illustrated ? Page 223.
11. What effort is made in behalf of the moral and religious
welfare of Presbyterian studems in the University of
Colorado? Page 218.
12. For what purpose does our Board of Church Erection
take a mortgage upon the property of churches aided by its
funds ? Page 220.
13. What is the date of Rallying Day, and what should it
do for the Sabbath-school ? Page 226.
14. What is meant by the Twentieth-century Movement?
Pages 191-198.
15. The Board of Missions for Freedmen has under its
care how many churches and schools ? Page 230.
16. What work can be accomplished by those who realize
that they are " closely related to God ?" Page 227.
WORK ABROAD.
17. What illustrations are given of the influenc e of foreign
missions in awakening a desire for education ? Page 203 .
18. The early teachings of the first Protestant missionaries
in Japan produced what results ? Page 209.
19. How was China influenced by Western education?
Page 210.
20. On what ground is it claimed that Chinese officials
have confidence in men of Christian training and profession ?
Page 210.
21. For what are missionary societies and missionaries
now seeking in their educational work ? Page 211.
22. What is the great aim of the ideal missionary life?
Page 211.
23. What are the four needs of such a life, as set forth by
Mr. Speer? Page 212.
24. In what respects is the Bible a missionary agency?
Page 188.
25. What four missionary crusades have been carried on
in China ? Pages 190, 191.
26. What five representatives of Oriental systems have
appeared before the American public? Page 189.
27. What form of mission work has been adopted at Pyeng
Yang, Korea ? Page 199.
28. The Rhenish Missionary Society has met with what
success in south-west Africa? Page 200.
29. What is the present attitude of the directors of the
Doshisha in Japan ? Page 200.
30. Give a sketch of the life and work of the Rev. Golak
Xath. Page 204.
31. Tell the story of the Siamese who worshiped the un-
known God, addressing him as "Greatest of alL:- Page
206.
32. Describe a meeting of the Presbytery of Mt. Lebanon.
Page 214.
33. How does Dr. Corbett write of the progress of Chinese
Christians in self-support and beneficence ? Page 214.
34. With what form of superstition must our missionaries
contend in Laos ? Pages 216, 245.
35. What form of missionary work is likely to be most
powerful in breaking the barriers to Christianity in Laos ?
Page 216.
36. Name some of the present signs of progress in China ?
Page 186.
37. What facts illustrate the changing attitude of the
Hindus towards Christianity ? Page 185.
38. What were the results of the prayer of a Japanese boy
to the God of whom he knew nothing save his existence ?
Page 245.
39. What incidents from China, and from Persia illustrate
the results of missionary work ? Page 246.
WITH THE MAGAZINES.
Writing in the Jane Forum of u The Ideal
Training of the American Girl," Prof. Thomas
Davidson concludes (1) that only by universal
college and university educition (which this nation
is well able to give) can the ideal of our republic
ever become a reality, and an end be put to all
those restless movements of unculture that threaten
our freedom and even our existence — assertive
millionairism, socialism, anarchism, and their
fellows ; and (2; that the first city in the Union
whose wealthy and cultured inhabitants meet and
agree to establish and endow in the midst of them a
great educational institution, to be open day and
evening for all classes of the people, and offering
systematic instruction suited to the needs of every
class, at such prices as each can afford to pay, will
have taken the next important step forward in
civilization, and have laid the first stone of the only
foundation upon which our democracy can safely
and permanently stand.
" Nothing succeeds like success," and if any one
of the new periodicals is worthy of a permanent
place wherever good literature is appreciated it is
Success. Since the initial number in January, each
issue has seemed an improvement on its predecessor.
Success to Success.
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The most recent news as to Oriental research in
Palestine, Babylonia and Egypt may always be
found in the columns of the Sunday-school Times.
Herman V. Hilprecht, Ph.D., D.D., LL.D., of its
editorial staff, who is Professor of Comparative
Semitic Philology in the University of Pennsylva-
nia, conducts a department in that paper which
students of the Bible watch with deep interest.
Another authority
in these matters is
Dr. A. H. Sayce,
Professor of Assy-
riology at Oxford,
who has written
for the Sunday-
school Times the
details of the dis-
covery of the tomb
of M e n e s , the
"semi- mythical"
king of Egypt,
and other articles
of great value.
Professor A. H. Sayce
(From The Sunday School Times.)
It is doubtless a
very fine thing,
and a thing to be proud of and to be remembered,
to belong to a college which was founded by Cardi-
nal Wolsey, or Henry VI, or Queen Margaret, or the
Bishop of Winchester, or some other exalted per-
sonage, and which has a wonderful quadrangle, or
a famous gateway, or a chapel with a splendid fan-
vaulted roof. But the students of Wellesiey College
have a still finer thing to be proud of and to remem-
ber. They belong to a college founded by an Ameri-
can gentleman, who, crushed by the loss of his only
dearly loved son, turned from the most brilliant
legal and social career, to give ' ' his home, his for-
tune and ten years of his life ' ' to raising a monu-
ment to the God who had so heavily afflicted him.
The story of Henry F. Durant and the found-
ing of Wellesiey College is so well known that it
hardly seems necessary to touch on it here, and yet
it is a story that bears infinite repetition, and cer-
tainly once a year — the anniversary of his death,
the third of October — is not too often to impress
upon those who are profiting by his loss the story
of his life and death and work. And surely one
Sunday in the year— the first Sunday of the fall
semester, known as " Flower Sunday" — is not too
many to set apart for service from his favorite text,
* ' God is love. ' ' And when, in the inevitable course
of time, there shall be no reason why we cannot
openly honor the woman who is still with us and
who helped him to be what he was, and who gives
as generously as he did, Wellesiey will couple her
name with his in her memorial services, and will be
proud to recall publicly that it is as it should be,
and that a woman helped to found a woman's col-
lege.— Abbe Carter Goodloe in Scribner's Magazine
for May, 1898.
Ihe Rev. C. H. Fenn contributes to the Chinese
Recorder for February a paper on " Methods of Self-
Support," written for the annual meeting of the
Peking Presbyterian Mission. To show the desir-
ability of a change in the present policy, he reviews
some of the dangers connected with the system so
largely prevalent in China — the foreign payment
of the native worker and the foreign support of
the native church and its institutions.
1. This system encourages in the Chinese a mer-
cenary spirit. The first motive of almost every
Chinaman in listening to Christian doctrine is the
hope of temporal gain. They have seen that a
large number of natives are employed by the
missionaries in one capacity or another, and the
hope of employment leads them to listen to the
doctrine and accept it. It is no uncommon thing
for a native Christian to be asked by an outsider
how much the foreigners pay him to attend services
and unite with the church.
2. A danger involved with the first is the diffi-
culty of distinguishing between the true and false
professors of Christianity.
3. The system has
a reflex injurious in-
fluence on the mis-
sionary. Instead of
being a spiritual
teacher and saver of
men's souls, he be-
comes a mere pay-
master. Most of the
native helpers come
more frequently,
more regularly to
the missionary for
their salaries than
for spiritual instruc-
tion and help.
4. The system is
an injury to the station from which the helper is
taken, for he is not, as a rule, employed in his na-
tive place. A superior man in the church goes
elsewhere, and the work in his native place suffers.
5. An injury is inflicted upon the people to
whom he is sent to minister, as the system almost
altogether stops voluntary work on the part of the
Church members. They think : " This man is sent
here to preach the gospel, and receives a good liv-
ing for his work and he should do it."
Professor H. V. Hilprecht
(From The Sunday School Times.)
260
WORTH READING — BOOK NOTICE8.
[September,
The system does not lay the foundation for a per-
manent work. If it should be necessary some day
for every foreigner to leave the country — a possible
contingency — and if all foreign support were with-
drawn, would the work in and around Peking go
on and propagate itself vigorously ? Many churches
would dwindle, and those which continued to
flourish would be almost exclusively the ones in
which the spirit of self-support and self-propaga-
tion has been most cultivated.
After citing several illustrations to show that a
measure of self support is possible anywhere, and
that the measure of self-support will be determined
by the enthusiastic yet judicious pressing of the
matter upon the heart and conscience of the native
church, Mr. Fenn makes the following sugges-
tions : (a) a gradual cutting off of foreign support
in the old fields and the old work ; (b) a decision
not to introduce the foreign pay system in the new
fields opened ; (c) granting more independence of
government to those native churches which will
provide the support of a settled pastor, since trust
in native Christians will develop trustworthiness,
and putting responsibility upon them will give
them a clearer realization of their responsibility and
a stronger determination to bear it in a worthy
manner ; (d) the preaching and teaching and
practice of systematic and proportionate giving ; (e)
the keeping and reporting to the contributors an
account of the receipt and disposal of every cash
contributed.
WORTH READING.
How a Savage Tribe is Governed, by Major Jobn W.
Powell. The Forum, August, 1898.
The Work of Savonarola, by L. B. Rossiter, D.D. The
Treasury, August, 1898.
The Moral and Religions Condition of Spain, by Charles
E. Faithful. Missionary Review of the World, August, 1898.
The New Hebrides— Past, Present and Future, by Rev.
Dr. William Gunn. Missionary Review of the World. July,
1898.
The Philippine Islanders, by Lucv J. ML, Garnett. Fort-
nightly Review, July, 1898.
The Spanish People, by Charles Edwardes. The Living
Age, August 20, 1898.
The Wealth of the Philippines, by John Alden Adams.
Munsey'a Magazine, August, 1898.
The Convict System of Siberia, by Stephen Bonsai.
Harper'* Magazine, August, 18 8.
Alaska of To-Day, by Hon. A. P. Swineford. The Home
Magazine, September, 1898.
A Task for the Church of the Twentieth Century, by Rev.
W. St. Clair Tisdall. Church Missionary Intelligencer,
August, 1898.
Fruits of Christian Science in India, by Pandita Ramabai.
Record of Christian Work, August, 1898.
The Twelfth Diet of Japan, by J. H. DeForest. D.D.; The
Doshisha, by ML L. Gordon, D.D. The Independent, August
18, 1898.
The Missionarv Movement in China, 1>60 to 1895, by
William Ashmore, D.D. The Chinese Recorder, July, 1898.
A Retarded Frontier (The Mountain People of the South),
by George E. Vincent. American Journal of Sociology, July,
Book Notices,
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1898.]
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P.hE£BYTERIAN E8PBIT DE CORPS.
[September,
PRESBYTERIAN ESPRIT DE CORPS.
WIILLAM L. LEDW1TH, D.D.
Lojalty to our own is no mark of bigotry nor
proof of a spirit of exclusiveness. As each man's
devotion to his own home makes a city of true
homes, so personal faithfulness in the narrower
sphere of the denomination secures greater power
and progress in building up the kingdom of Christ
in the world. If our Church truly stands for any-
thing good, we ought to be ready and willing to
stand by it. Its life, progress and great triumphs
must come through the faithfulness of its members,
as individuals and as congregations. If there are
true Scripture grounds for Presbyterian conviction
and practice, there should be a strong bond uniting
all together. Each and every man and congrega-
tion should be keenly sensitive and responsive to
the influences which are at work within and tend
to foster denominational loyalty and zeal. No one
will be any the less a Christian by being a thorough
Presbyterian. Nor will this devotion lead to a
narrow and bigoted spirit in our relations to sister
Churches.
What the Church provides through its appointed
agencies will easily win its way upon its own mer-
its if the churches will be loyal to their own. But
if they go here and there and buy Sabbath- school
helps, hymnals and other aids, to the neglect of
their own, they are pursuing a course that is not fair,
nor safe, nor loyal. It is not fair to those charged
by the Church with the duty of preparing these
aids for instruction and worship. It is not safe, for
there may be introduced into our churches that
which does not accord with what we profess to be-
lieve and teach, nor loyal to that for which we
stand.
There is no hymnal that can claim perfection,
but surely our own, one of the best, if not the best
of its kind, has the right of way and the chief claim
upon us as the book authorized by the General
Assembly for use in our churches. Pastors and
sessions should have a care to these things.
As to this whole subject of a right spirit of loy-
alty in our Church relations we can profit by the
example of others. We do not find the Episcopal
or the Methodist Church, be it said to their honor
and praise, passing by their own to enrich some one
eke. When these denominations adopt and ap-
prove books for denominational uses, the churches
stand by them, and they are none the less Christian
or worthy of praise because they do so. Go where
you will, in all t-he land, into one of their churches,
and ycu will find the book of praise authorized by
the Church. But go into the Presbyterian
churcnes, and you may find any one of half a
dozen or more, and you fail to feel at home. And
if one is a minister he will often be subject to em-
barrassment in arranging for the service of praise.
Presbyterians need to be more keenly alive as to
the importance and the value of their own publica-
tions as authorized by the Church. All the profits
accruing from such a patronage go to the widening
of our sphere of influence, and greatly aid in im-
proving and cheapening the cost of publishing our
helps for praise and Bible study. What other de-
nominations do and ought to do we can and ought
to do.
This point was forcibly put in the words of
President Patton in an address delivered before the
General Assembly of 1879. Pleading for the loy-
alty of our own Church and its work, he said :
"The Methodists have denominational esprit de
corps. What one does all do. When the Church
engages in anything, they enter into it heartily.
What is for any part of the Church is for the whole
Church. Do we do that? Not as we should, I
fear. If the Methodist Book Concern issues a
work, every Methodist minister is an agent for it
to promote its circulation ; at least I am told that
this is the case. Do we do that ? No. But if our
Presbyterian Board publishes a hymn-book, that is
a good reason why we should not take it. If there
are $50,000 copyright to go into the pocket of any
one, we say, ' Let private publishers have it ; let in-
dividual authors grow rich. ' We might say, ' This
money may just as well be kept in the treasury of
our own Church. It may just as well be made the
mean3 of furthering the great cause with which we
are all identified and in which we have an interest.'
We might, I say, but we den't. Why do we not?
Can any one give a good reason? We have a
Board of Publication, but instead of fostering it
and giving it encouragement, we hamper it, and
when material for entertainment is wanting in o«r
General Assembly we fall back upon the administra-
tion of Ms affairs as a never- failing theme of ex-
citing debate."
There needs to be awakened a greater sense of
self-respect and a more thorough and loyal activity
in distinct denominational work, with a faithful
use of all the aids and helps which the Church
approves and provides, the authorized publications
for use in our Sabbath -schools, the authorized
Hymnal for worship in our churches, the contrib-
uting of our money in the authorized channels
for the furtherance of the kingdom of God, and
the loving and generous care of all our own. And
in thus bearing our own burdens, we shall fulfill the
law of Christ.
1898.]
GLOUND FLOORS.
263
GROUND FLOORS.
BY GEO. FAY POWELL,
A man gets control of a patent that is founda-
tion for a manufacturing company. The capital
of that company may be tens of thousands of
dollars. The patent which is the foundation may
have cost the projector only a few hundred dollars.
This original cost is called in commercial parlance
the ground floor. The original cost of an unde-
veloped gold mine, or of a piece of real estate
adapted to being subsequently sold out in town
lots, is likewise the ground floor of a mining or
of a real estate speculation.
Every dollar on that floor may have proved
worth a hundred dollars on the upper floor. The
man who paid perhaps five thousand dollars for
stock on the upper floor, though it pay twenty per
cent., wishes he had been on the ground floor.
But these ground floors are poor investments
beside those in which we may all have stock
in the King's business. Not tenfold, but a hun-
dred or a thousand, are the dividends promised
by the Master in this world, to say nothing of
dividends where millions of dollars do not meas-
ure the value of a soul.
We say in this world. A British Parliament
committee reported that Christian foreign mis-
sions returned commercially to Great Britain ten
pounds sterling for every pound contributed to
carry them on. If the gain had been pound for
pound only, that would have been one hundred
per cent. Therefore ten for one is a thousand per
cent. When visiting' some of the centres of Africa
and Asia, I was satisfied that every dollar expended
by Americans for missions in those countries re-
turned a hundred. This trade is so important a
part of the life of capital and labor in our country
that the sudden withdrawal of it would create
the greatest financial panic the world ever saw.
No country in the world is more essentially a
child of missions than Hawaii. Our trade with
that country, through the one port of San Fran-
cisco, every year exceeds the entire cost of missions
that created the country in over seventy years of
mission work. This is in addition to our trade
there around Cape Horn. If "the heathen are at
our doors," foreign missions are, notwithstanding,
a splendid investment. Similar figures apply to
investments in home missions. The writer, a
son of a Western home missioner on our frontier,
had some experience there as a dealer in real
estate, and this satisfied him that evangelical
home missions were the chief factors of great and
permanent increase of values of farm lands and of
city lots, of current business, and of safety of person
and property. The real estate value and the busi-
ness of which the little home mission church was
at once the creator, the centre and the security, was
fully a hundredfold greater than the cost of
the church. Here, then, is ten thousand per cent.
Another town and its surrounding country might
have greater advantages than the mission-centred
town, but it would be outstripped by the Chris-
tian settlement. The men with the cash and con-
science and culture to make them desirable set-
tlers, would be drawn where the mission was the
magnet. This, too, though many of such settlers
were not churchmen. The mission may have cost
only a few hundred dollars a year, but it added
hundreds of thousands to the material interests
around it. Whitman, in saving the Pacific coast,
gave us more than the aggregate cost of missions
in a century would pay the interest on. The real
estate and timber, mines of gold and silver, fish-
eries and commerce he thus saved are worth thou-
sands of millions to our country to date. They
will be worth far more in the years to come.
Similar ratios apply to investments in city mis-
sions. Ground occupied by pauper and criminal-
filled tenements, and renting for fifty cents a week,
soon after a mission is planted in their midst has
houses that pay from five to tenfold that rate.
Factories are located there. The quantity and
quality of dry goods and groceries, etc., sold there
are so improved that the local merchant disposes of
ten times as much as he did before. He is also
far more sure of pay. All this time the poor little
mission has cost, perhaps, less than a thousand
dollars per year. If it has had eight or ten years
for its righteous roots to take hold, it is adding a
thousand dollars a week to real estate and business
interests. In all these and in kindred conscience-
creating lines — Young Men's Christian Associa-
tion and Woman's Christian Temperance Union
work, work for better Sabbath observance and
mission Sunday- schools, etc. — the material gain
is such that the sinners who are benefited by
it could well afford to pay the bills if the saints
would do the work. The day has passed when men
can truthfully say they "can't afford" to pay for
these things. They are such ground- floor invest-
ments as no one can find on the exchanges of Lon-
don or New York. All the histories of gold mines
and diamond fields, of pearl fisheries, or the wildest
real estate or stock speculations, are tame beside
these ground-floor investments. They are the
only efficient anchors of national life or of busi-
ness prosperity, and the only sound and perma-
nent cure for "hard times."
Philadelphia, Pa.
RECEIPTS.
Synods in small capitals ; Presbyteries in italics ; Churches in Roman.
It is of great importance to the treasurers of all the Boards that when money is sent to them, the
name of the church from whence it comes, and of the presbytery to which the church belongs, should be
distinctly written, and that the person sending should sign his or her name distinctly, with proper title,
e.g., Pastor, Treasurer, Miss or Mrs., as the case may be. Careful attention to this will save much trouble
and perhaps prevent serious mistakes.
RECEIPTS FOR THE BOARD OF HOME MISSIONS, JULY, 1898.
Note.— All items marked * have been contributed as Patriotic Offering— For the Debt.
Atlantic— East Florida— Crescent City (sab. -sch., 1.84 ;
Jr. and Sr. C.E., 3.66),* 13.50; Glenwood, 5.65; Miami, 3.50.
South Florida— Crystal Kiver (6.45*), 11.15 ; Seneca,* 2 ; Sor-
rento,* (C.E., 2), 9. 44 80
Baltimore. — Baltimore— Baltimore Brown Memorial C.E.,
17 ; Barton, 5 ; Bel Air,* 13.05 ; Emmittsburg,* 8.62 ; Lona-
coning,* 17; Lord,* 1.20. New Castle — Pencader, 8; Wil-
mington East Lake,* 6.10 ; Zion, 40. Washington City —
Washington City Covenant* (sab. -sch., 16.82), 134.55; —
Ounton Temple Memorial * 16 ; — Metropolitan, 51.30.
317 82
California.— Benicia— Bay Side Calvary,* 2.65; Belvi-
dere* (sab.-sch., 1.25), 15.60; Blue Lake* (sab. -sch., 3.25),
£; Grizzly- Bluff,* 3; Kelseyviile,* 2.85; Lakeport,* 4.40;
3Iendocino,* 20 ; Petaluma,* 5.90 ; Port Kenyon,* 1 ; San
Rafael* (sab.-sch., 12.20), 33.55 ; Two Bocks,* 14.25 ; Ukiah,*
5.25. Los Angeles— Almondale,* 4 ; Anaheim (sab.-sch., 5),
25; Coronado Graham Memorial,* 10.40; Glendale* (sab.-
sch. B. D. offering, 3), 10.50 ; Los Angeles 2d,* 10.50; —3d,*
5; —Westminster,* 8; Monrovia* (sab.-sch., 1.50), 65.32;
Orange,* 20 ; Pasadena 1st,* 18. Oakland— Elmhurst, 3.30 ;
Livermore, 9.05 ; Newark, 3 ; North Temescal,* 5. Sacra-
mento—Elk Grove (sab.-sch., 1), 11. San Jose— Cayucos, 12.
Santa Barba ra— Carpenteria, 8 ; Montecito,* 25 ; Ventura Jr.
C.E., 3. Stockton— Madera,* 3.30 ; Oakdale, 8 ; Sonora, 6.50 ;
Woodbridge,* 1. 389 32
Colorado. — Boulder — Erie,* 9 ; Holyoke,* 5 ; Rawlins,
28.05; Timnath,* 16. Denver— Brighton,* 2.50; Denver 1st
Avenue (sab.-sch., 3.69), 10.49 ; —South Broadway sab.-sch.,*
5 ; Littleton.* 5.60 ; Vernon,* 79 cts. Gunnison— Gunnison
Tabernacle,* 13 ; Ridgeway,* 5. Pueblo— Alamosa,* 20 ; Has-
tings, 23.10 ; Ignacio Immanue],* 6.75 ; La Luz,* 3.50 ; Pueblo
1st,* 15.98 ; —Fountain sab.-sch.,* 2.64; Rocky Ford (17.59*),
22.59 ; San Rafael,* 2. 196 99
Illinois.— ^ifto«— Carlyle sab.-sch., 94 cts.; Salem Ger-
man,* 8.55; Zion German,* 3.61. Bloomington— Champaign*
(W. H. M. S., 104.60), 138.20 ; El Paso,* 7.36 ; Minonk, 35 ;
Rankin,* 7.70 ; Selma,* 13. Cairo— Fairfield,* 3 ; Metropolis,*
1.63 ; Mount Vernon,* 1.50. Chicago— Chicago Lakeview,*
30 ; — Olivet,* 6.50 ; Homewood sab.-sch. ,* 1.25. Freeport—
Winnebago* (sab.-sch., 3.83), 22.83. Mattoon- Charleston
C.E.,* 5 ; Tuscola,* 9. Peoria— Limestone,* 10 ; Princeville,
45.73; Prospect,* 12. Rock ifrm-— Ashton,* 4. Schuyler—
Augusta sab.-sch., 8; Camp Point C.E.,* 2 ; Macomb* (sab.-
sch., 6), 43. Springfield— Springfield 2d,* 26. 445 80
Indiana. — Crawfordsville — Lexington,* 19. Fort Wayne —
Elhanan,* 8.72 ; Kingsland,* 2.75 ; Ossian,* 14.58. Vincennes
— Koleen,*l; Petersburg,* 15. White Water— Knightstown,*
82 cts.; Richmond 1st* (sab.-sch., 4.98), 36.76. 98 63
Indian Territory.— Choctaw— Beaver Dam,* 1 ; Big Lick,
1.50; Lenox, 3.50'; Mountain Fork,* 5; South McAlester*
(sab.-sch., 3.50), 16. Cimarron— Anadarko,* 12.60; Beaver,
8 ; Calvary,* 1.20 ; Chickasha* (Mrs. Johnston's sab.-sch.
class, 1.50), 10; Enid,* 8.87; Jefferson,* 3.84; Kingfisher,*
10 ; Purcell,* 23 ; Westminster, 1. Oklahoma— Blackwell 1st,
6.32; Edmond,*5.50; Newkirk, 5 ; Perry,* 6 ; Ponca Citv,*
9 ; Shawnee,* 9 ; Stillwater,* 17.31 ; Strand,* 1.25. Sequoyah
— Achena,* 1 ; Claremore,* 17.40 ; Fort Gibson,* 9 ; Pleasant
Valley,* 1 ; Rabbit Trap, 2 ; Tahlequah,* 5.18 ; Tulsa,* 12.97 ;
Vinita (5*), 10 ; Wewoka (1*), 3. 226 44
Iowa.— Cedar Bapids—Anamosa, 15 ; Centre Junction,*
4.60 ; Clinton,* 26.17 ; Garrison,* 5 ; Linn Grove* (sab.-sch.,
4), 8; Mount Vernon, 11; Scotch Grove* (sab.-sch., 3), 9.
Corning— Arlington,* 2.50 ; Bedford,* 29.01 ; Corning,* 22.29 ;
Emerson,* 4 ; Red Oak,* 22.20 ; Sharpsburg, 8.40 ; Villisca,*
4.45. Council Bluffs— Adair,* 2.65; Audubon* (C.E., 5.24),
28.29 ; Casey,* 8.50 ; Council Bluffi>* 2d, 2.36 ; Guthrie Centre,*
7 ; Hardin Township, 7 ; Woodbine,* 6.21. Des Moines —
Corydon, 3; Des Moines 6th, 13.01 ; — Clifton Heights sab.-
sch. birthday offering, 3 ; Indianola,* 25 ; Jacksonville, 13 ;
Knoxville,* 14; Leon* (sab.-sch., 3.37), 8.64; Milo,* 3.10;
Perry sab.-sch., 8 ; Plymouth, 5 ; Winterset,* 26.50. Dubuque
—Cascade, 8.35 ; Dubuque 1st,* 12 ; — 2d,* 40 ; Hazleton*
(sab.-8ch.,2.42), 10; Jesup,* 4.71; Lime Spring,* 10; Man-
chester* (sab.-sch., 3.76), 8.76 ; Otterville,* 5 ; Prairie,* 5.06 ;
Rossville,*6.58 ; Saratoga Bohemian,* 3.80 ; Sherrill's Mound
264
German, 8; Volga,* 9; Wilson's Grove,* 4; Zion,* 13.07.
Fort Dodge— Armstrong C.E., 2.50; Ayrshire sab.-sch.,* 13 ;
Bethel,* 7.14; Boone, 11.20; Dana C.E., 2.50; Hoprig, 2;
Jefferson C.E., 2.50 ; Paton, 5 ; Plover (C.E., 1.50 ; sab.-sch.,*
4 ; ch.,* 4), 9.50 ; Pocohontas (sab.-sch., 1.12), 2.80; Rockwell
City,* 23. Zowa^Martinsburg,* 3.51 ; Mediapolis,* 9.13 ; Mid-
dletown,*25; Milton, 15.65; Montrose,* 4 ; West Point,* 5.
Iowa City— Bethel, 1.67 ; Deep River,* 8 ; Hermon, 8 ; Keota,
7; Lafayette, 5; Muscatine* (C.E., 5.25), 29.50; Nolo,* 11;
Sigourney, 5.10. Sioux City— AUa C.E., 1 ; Battle Creek,* 7 ;
Hartley,* 2.15 ; Hawarden,* 12.65 ; Le Mars (C.E., 2.50 ; Jr.
C.E., 1 ; ch.,* 13.52), 17.02 ; Manilla Jr. C.E., 1 ; Paullina C.
E., 5; Plymouth Co.,* 7.20; Sanborn,* 2.25 ; Sioux City 1st
Jr. C.E., 2.50; —3d C.E., 2.68; — 4th,* 1.68; Union Town-
ship C.E., 4.55 ; Vail,* 6.25 ; Zoar, 15. Waterloo— Aplington
C.E., 2; Dows (C.E., 50 cts.), 2.25; East Friesland German
(25*), 115; Grundy Centre, 20; State Centre,* 16; Tama,*
1.32 ; Toledo, 4.48 ; Williams C.E., 2. 973 89
Kansas.— Emporia— A rgonia,* 3.50 ; Burlington,* 6 ; Cedar
Point,* 3.40 ; Clements,* 3.40 ; Cottonwood Falls,* 8.41 ; Em-
poria 1st,* 18.50 ; Geuda Springs sab.-sch.,* 3 ; Mount Vernon
sab.-sch.,* 2.90; Oxford sab.-sch.,* 3.10; Reece, 4; Salem Welsh,
3.39 ; Wichita Bethel sab.-sch., 4 ; — Oak Street,* 10. High-
land— Atchison 1st, 6; Hiawatha,* 5; Highland,* 10.10;
Holton sab.-sch. (7.22*), 18.15; Washington,* 6. Earned—
Carwood and Sta.,* 5; Freeport,* 3; Lamed,* 20; Lyons,
10.19 ; Pratt,* 3.50 ; Spearville,* 5. Neosho— Cherryvale, 1.85 ;
Fredonia,* 2.50; Galena sab.-sch.,* 4.58 ; Girard, 15 ; Inde-
pendence, 10.32 ; Louisburg, 6 : McCune* (sab.-sch., 1.80), 5 ;
Miami, 6.20 ; New Albany,* 1.25 ; Osage 1st,* 19 ; Ossawato-
mie, 3.25 ; Pittsburg, 5.65 ; Scammon (Jr. C.E., 5), 11 ; Sedan,
10.25 ; Weir City, 2.50. Osborne— Bow Creek, 4.50 ; Calvert,
6 ; Colby,* 4.29 ; Kill Creek, 3 ; Long Island, 3.75 ; Norton,*
5 ; Osborne,* 7; Phillipsburg,* 10 ; Smith Centre (sab.-sch.,*
1.30 ; C.E.,* 1.20 ; ch.,* 6.37), 11.50. Solomon— Bennington,*
5.04; Cawker City,* 6.31; Cheever,* 11.50; Clyde,* 4; Con-
cordia,* 10.10 : Elkhorn,* 1.40 ; Harmony,* 1.50 ; Kanopolis,*
2.10; Lincoln,* 4; Mankato, 10; Minneapolis, 6.41; Scotch
Plains, 2 ; Solomon* (sab.-sch., 1.40 ; C.E., 2.60), 11 ; Webber
sab.-sch.,* 2; Wilson* (sab.-sch., 12), 45. Topeka— Argentine,*
9 ; Auburn, 5.10; Bala, 2; Clinton,* 10.50; Gardner (3*), 15.50;
Idana,* 3.12 ; Junction City* (sab.-sch., 8.38), 18.62 ; Kansas
City Central, 2 ; — Grand View Park,* 3.50 ; Leavenworth
1st,* 47 ; Mulberry Creek,* 3.40 ; Olathe,* 7.07 ; Riley,* 2.13 ;
Sedalia,* 1.20 ; Seymour, 4 ; Summit,* 9.90 ; Wakarusa,* 3.25 ;
Returned by a Missionary, 116.66. 711 24
Kentucxy. — Louisville — Kuttawa, 12.50 ; Louisville Alli-
ance,* 7.15. Transylvania— Columbia, 7.50; Ebenezer, 4.50.
31 65
Michigan.— Detroit— Birmingham,* 5 ; Detroit 2d Avenue
sab.-sch.,* 6.06 ; — Bethany,* 7.08 ; Holly,* 4.38 ; Northville,
17.83 ; Saline C. D. offering, 4.63 ; Sand Hill,* 2.52 ; Wyan-
dotte* 11.33. Flint— Croswell* (Jr. C.E., 2.43), 8; Fair
Grove,* 10 ; La Motte,* 2.31 ; Marlette 1st,* 5.54; Watrous-
ville,* 1.08. Grand Bapids— Grand Haven,* 1838; Grand
Rapids 1st* (C.E., 7.77), 17.06; Tustin,* 5. Kalamazoo—
Plain well (sab.-sch., 1), 10 ; Schoolcraft, 5. Lake Superior—
Corinne, 4 ; Iron Mountain,* 6.15 ; Lakefield School House,*
1; Mark's School House,* 1.72; McMillan School House,*
1.05 ; Mt. Zion,* 1.71 ; Newberry,* 12 ; Holland's School
House,* 1. Lansing — Lansing Franklin Street sab.-sch.,
2.79; Windsor, 10. Monroe— Monroe, 15.35; Petersburg,*
9.50. Petoskey— Boyne Citv,* 11.98 ; Boyne Falls,* 1 . Con-
way,* 2; Elmira,* 2; Fife Lake (8.25*), 13.25; Mackinaw
City,* 1.60; Omena sab.-sch., 5. Saginaw — Beavertown
sab.-sch. and Children's Mite boxes, 5.30; Calkinsville, 4;
Ithaca C.E., 8.14; Midland,* 8; Omer Prayer Meeting at
Arenac Sta.,* 1 ; West Bay City Westminster,* 24. 294 74
Minnesota.— Duluth — Barnum,* 11 ; Brainerd, 1.50; Du-
luth 1st * 17.11 ; — 2d,* 8.90 ; — Glen Avon, 9 ; — Hazlewood
Park, 2.10 ; Duluth Heights,* 2.50; Long Lake, 1.50 : Moose
Lake* 4; Pine City sab.-sch. C. D. offering, 4; Virginia
Cleveland Avenue,* 4 ; West Duluth Westminster,* 3.50.
Mankato -Island Lake, 3; Lake Crystal,* 6; Lakefield.*
6.76 ; Luverne, 7 ; Summit Lake sab.-sch., 2.70 ; Woodstock
L. A. Soc.,*5. Minneapolis— Buffalo, 7.13; Delano, 4; How
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ard,* 3 ; Minneapolis Elim,* 3.90 ; — Highland Park,* 27.11 ;
— Oliver (sab.-sch., 3.40; ch ,* 5.25), 8.65; Rockford,* 7.15;
Waverly Union,* 10.75. Red River— Maine* (Jr. C.E., 1),
21.51 ; Maplewood * 1.23 ; Mendenhall Memorial,* 5. St. Cloud
—Lakeside, 1.65 ; Litchfield, 19 ; Royalton.* 3.10 ; Spicer 1st,*
1.62; St. Cloud,* 5.40. St. Paul— Farmington, 2; Hastings,
31 ; South St. Paul,* S ; St. Croix Falls,* 11 ; St. Paul Day-
ton Avenue C.E., 6.25; Vermillion, 2. Winona— Alden*
<sab.-sch.,4),8. 289 02
Missouri.— Ka nsas City— Kansas City 3d,* 4.S4 ; Lone
Oak,* 2 70 ; Salt Springs,* 5.40 ; Sharon,* 2.80 ; Sunny Side,
1.15. Ozark— Carthage. 3.92; Ebenezer, 4.75; Joplin, 14.54;
Salem (8.85*), 15.51 ; Webb City* ( sab.-sch., 5), 10. Palmyra
— Brookfield,* 17.56 ; Ethel,* 4 ; Kirksville,* 22.04 ; New
Providence, 4. Platte— Chillicothe* (Jr. C.E., 5), 7 ; Fairfax,*
•9.30; New Hampton, 3; Parkville (sab.-sch., 8.72), 26.43.
St. Louis— Poplar Bluff* (sab.-sch., 3.33), 6.65 ; Rolla, 5 ; St.
Louis 1st sab.-sch. (C. Day, 11.03), 16.93 ; — Cote Brilliante
C.E., S.S0. 196 32
Montana.— Butte— Dillon,* 14. Great Falls— Havre,* 5.
Helena— Boulder, 14.15. 33 15
Nebraska.— Box Butte— Gordon ,* 6; Union Star,* 1.40.
Hastings— Aurora,* 20.95; Beaver City,* 4.55; Campbell
German,* 11 ; Champion,* 4 ; Edgar* (sab.-sch., 6.04). 12.08 ;
■Giltner* (sab.-sch., 81 cts.), 1.71 ; Hastings German* (sab.-
sch., 1), 5; Lebanon, 2; Lysinger sab.-sch., 2.35; Nelson,*
32 ; Stockham,* 1.76 ; Superior, 5.50 ; Verona,* 1.05 ; Wilson-
ville, 3.50. Kearney— Berg, 3 ; Buffalo Grove L. M. Soc, 17;
Cozad, 2.50 ; Farwell, 3 ; Ord,* 6 ; Wilson Memorial,* 4.
Nebraska City— Bennett sab.-sch.,* 4; Fairmount sab.-sch.,*
1.35; Goshen (C.E., 1.50; ch.,* 5), 6.50; Gresham, 1.54;
Hebron,* 25 ; Tamora,* 1. Niobrara— Apple Creek,* 1.01 ;
Atkinson sab.-sch., 6; Black Bird,* 1; Cleveland,* 2.15;
Scottville,* 1.45; South Sioux City,* 1.25; Wakefield,* 5.
Omaha— Bancroft* (sab.-sch., 2.93), 5.87; Belle Centre,* 1.06 ;
€larkson Zion Bohemian Station ,*3; Craig,* 13 OS ; Grand-
view,* 2.40; Lyons,* 6 ; Monroe,* 4 17 ; Oconee,* 1; Omaha
•2d,* 7;— Clifton Hill* (sab.-sch., 5.58 ; Sr. C.E., 10), 20 20 ;
Plymouth,* 5 ; Tekamah,* 7.70; Webster,* 4. 288 08
New Jersey.— Elizabeth— Elizabeth Madison Avenue,*
7.25; —Westminster,* 127.87; Plainfield 1st* (sab.-sch.,
•9.14), 45.14; Springfield, 12. Jersey City— Hackensack,* 16 ;
Jersey City Scotch, 6 ; Paterson Madison Avenue,* 10;
Rutherford C.E., 4.27 ; Tenafly C.E., 5 ; West Milford,* 5.
Monmouth— Asbury Park 1st C.E.,5; Beverlv sab.-sch., 4;
€ranbury 1st, 70.42 ; Cream Ridge, 5.52 ; Freehold, 19.93 ;
Lakewood (sab.-sch.,* 5; Jr. C.E., 26.44), 31.44; Tom's
River, 6.02. Morris and Orange— East Orange 1st,* 279.69 ;
Madison, 375 ; Morris Plains, 6.50; Morristown South Street,
•591.80; Orange 1st Boys' Missionary Club,* 5; Rockaway
C.E., 10; Schooley's Mountain (C.E., 5; Jr. C.E.,* 3), 8;
South Orange 1st,* 28.31 ; St. Cloud, 18.72 ; Succasunna.* 17.
Newark — Montclair 1st "Aid," 75 ; Newark Forest Hill (25*),
-50. New Brunswick— Pound Brook sab.-sch., 3 ; Dayton (5*),
-31.22 ; Kirkpatrick Memorial, 6 ; Trenton Bethany,* 23.50.
Newton— Belvidere 1st (68 27*), 98.27; Deckertown,* 13;
Delaware,* 10 ; Knowlton,*4; Musconetcong Valley,* 3.14 ;
•Oxford 1st,* 6.10. West Jersey— Bridgeton 4th Jr. C.E., 1 ;
— Irving Avenue sab.-sch.,* 2.78 ; Haddonfield Jr. C.E., 5 ;
Holly Beach, 3. 2055 89
New Mexico.— Arizona — Florence sab.-sch. ,* 5. Rio
<rrande— Albuquerque 1st, 10. Santa Fe—~L& Luz,* 2 ; Las
Vegas Spanish,* 4 ; Los Valles,* 9. 30 00
New York.— A Ibany— Albany West End C.E., 1 ; Ballston
■Centre, 10.83 ; Princetown, 7.85 ; Sand Lake C.E., 10 ; Sche-
nectady 1st C.E.,* 5 ; Stephentown,* 10. Binghamton—Bing-
hamton Broad Avenue* 17.38; Preble, 2 40; Union,* 13.
Boston— Antrim (sab.-sch., 2 ; C.E., 3), 34; Boston Scotch,*
11.25; Fall River Globe,* 3.50; Houlton,* 8; Hyde Park,
13.50; Lawrence German Mission Band,* 5; Manchester
German, 4.25 ; Newport (C.E., 7.50), 71.50; Somerville * 5 ;
Windham,* 17.71. .groofcfyn— Brooklyn Bethany Jr. C.E.,
3; Woodhaven French Evangelical* (sab.-sch., 3.80), 8.16.
Buffalo— Alden,* 5; Buffalo Park,* 33.37; Sherman,* 25.
Cayuga— Auburn 2d,* 11.04 ; — Calvary, 20.07 ; — Westmin-
ster C.E.,* 2 ; Aurora, 36.14 ; Cayuga,* 3 ; Weedsport,* 12.12.
Champlain—Chazj ,* 5.19; Port Henry, 35.20. Chemung—
Burdett (C.E.,* 5.41), 12.12; Havana,* 4.25. Columbia—
Austerlitz,* 2 ; Cairo, 9.25 ; Centreville,* 6.20 ; Greenville,* 2 ;
Hudson,* 15; Spencertown,* 3; Valatie,* 3.15; Windham,*
18. Genesee— Corfu,* 5; Leroy,* 16.41; North Bergen,* 2 ; War-
saw* (C.E., 4 ; Jr. C.E., 3.50), 40. Genem—i ieneva 1st, 26.91 ;
—North, 9.50; Phelps,* 13; Romulus,* 23; Trumansburg,* 13 ;
West Fayette,* 9.25. Hudson— Chester, 57.78 ; Hampton-
burg, 13 ; Haverstraw Central sab.-sch., 18.16 ; Mount Hope,*
5; Palisades sab.-sch., 16.72; West Town (7.83*), 24.83.
Long Island — Amagansett, 17.47; Bridgeharupton, 30.60;
Middletown, 10.56; Port Jefferson,* 10.56; Reinseuburg,*
16; Setauket,* 10.30; Southampton (sab.-sch.,* 12.46), 53.17.
Lyons— East Palmyra,* 17.10 ; Rose, 14.25. Nassau— Hemp-
stead Christ Church,* 10 ; Islip (sab.-sch.. 5), 55 ; Newtown*
<sab-sch., 8.35; C.E., 5), 13.35; Northport, 13.88; Oyster
Bav,* 30 ; Springland,* 26. New York- New York 4th Ave-
nue Y. P. P. M. A., 15 ; — Lenox C.E.,* 3 ; — Madison Ave-
nue Good Will Chapel C.E.,* 2 ; — Mount Washington,* 21 ;
— Washington Heights,* 21.47 ; Woodstock C.E., 5. Niagara
— Lewiston, 10; Mapleton sab.-sch.,* 5.10; Somerset* 2.11;
Youngstown,* 8 25. North River — Amenia South,* 6.53;
Matteawan, 22.28 ; Newburg 1st Bethel Mission sab.-sch.,* 20.
Otsego— Middlefield sab.-sch.,* 4.24 ; Richfield Springs, 4.47 ;
Unadilla,* 2.17. Rochester— Charlotte,* 6.36; Chili,* 4.60;
Gates,* 10 ; Morton 1st,* 4 ; Ossian, 5.46 ; Sparta 2d, 5 ;
Webster, 5. St. Lawrence— Canton C.E., 10; Sackett's Har-
bor, 93 cts.; Watertown 1st (46.59*), 121. 6L Steuben— Com-
ing,* 15; Cuba, 31.53; Jasper,* 11.25; Woodhull,* 4.43.
Syracuse— Camillus,* 1 ; East Syracuse,* 9.38 ; Fayetteville
sab.-sch., 8.50; Fulton and Granby,* 28.63; Syracuse 1st C.
E., 25. Troy— Argyle CD. offering, 5 ; Cohoes, 37.91 ; Melrose*
(sab.-sch., 6.25), 12 25; North Granville, 8; Pittstown*
(sab.-sch., 1.25), 4.25. Utica— Clinton,* 16.51; Glendale,
4.25 ; Lyons Falls* (sab.-sch., 5.70), 24.23 ; Martinsburg, 6.19;
Redfield,* 2.50; Sauquoit,* 5; Utica Memorial (16*), 48;
Waterville (11.50*), 22.77. Westchester — Bedford,* 11.34;
Bridgeport 1st (sab.-sch.,* 50), 145.64; Katonah,* 11.24;
Mt. Vernon 1st* (sab.-sch., 15.05), 104.22 ; New Rochelle 1st,
113.86 ; Patterson,* 7.15 ; Peekskill 1st,* 45.53 : Pleasantville
(1.33*), 5.62 ; South East Centrt* (C.E., 5 ; sab.-sch., 1), 13 ;
South Salem* (sab.-sch., 35 ; ch.,* 25.93), 60.93 ; Stamford 1st,
20; Thompsonville, 15; White Plains, 57.11; Yonkers 1st,
500 ; — Westminster* ( Dorcas Society, 5 ; sab.-sch., 7.45 ; Y.
M. Bible Class, 25; Y. P. Assoc, 5), 90.80. 3946 33
North Dakota.— Bismarck— Steele* (sab.-sch., 1.50), 3.C0;
Sterling,* 1.40. .Far^o— Casselton,* 11.70 ; Edgeley, 10.40;
Galesburg sab.-sch. Class No. 2,* 1 -Lisbon* (sab.-sch., 7),
9.50. Minnewaukon— Devil's Lake Westminster C.E., 1.53.
Pembina— Emerado sab.-sch., 2.48 ; Osnabruck* (sab.-sch.,
1.50), 4.66. 46 27
Ohio.— Athens— Tupper's Plains, 3.17. Chillicothe— Ham-
den, 5. Cincinnati— Avondale C.E.,* 3; Cincinnati 5th,* 5 ;
Glendale,* 16; Lebanon C.E.,* 5; Interest on Baxter Be-
quest, 182 50. Cleveland— Cleveland 1st,* 536.20 ; — Euclid
Avenue, 89.80. Dayton— Oxford (sab.-sch., 6.17 ; ch.,* 22.90),
29.07. Lima— Sidney, 52.S1. Mahoning— Alliance,* 13 ; Coits-
ville,* 2.50 ; Lowell,* 6 ; Poland, 14.71 ; Youngstown 1st
sab.-sch., 17 ; — Westminster sab.-sch. (10.30*), 12.52. Mar-
ion—Mount Gilead,* 7.75. Portsmouth— Johnston Sheridan
Mission,* 5. St. Clairsville— Nottingham C.E. , 9.70; Wheel-
ing Valley, 3. Sleubenville— Long's Run, 11.56. Wooster—
Hopewell sab.-sch., 11.90. Zanesville— Zanesville 2d* 12.
1054 19
Oregon.— East Oregon— Centreville, 2 ; Cleveland,* 7 ;
Union (12.50*), 16.83. Portland— Astoria, 30 ; Clatsop Plains,
4; Mount Tabor, 5.70; Portland 1st Worn. Soc.,* 3 ; Sellwood
Sta. sab.-sch.,* 1.30 ; Tualitin Plains,* 8.75. Southern Oregon
—Ashland* (C.E., 4), 30 ; Klamath Falls,* 7 ; Medford,* 2.75 ;
Phoenix,* 1.20. Willamette— Gervais* (sab.-sch., 2), 14.07;
Independence,* 3 ; Lebanon, 10 ; Yaquinna Bay,* 3. 149 60
Pennsylvania.— Allegheny— Bridgwater A Few Ladies,*
5; Glasgow sab.-sch., 2.50. Blairsville— Parnassus (43.12*),
54.37. Butler— Butter, 25.70; Grove City sab.-sch., 42.60 ;
Martinsburg, 17.40; Mount Nebo,* 14 ; Muddy Creek, 20.35 ;
North Liberty, 8 ; North Washington sab.-sch., 45.75 ; Plain
Grove, 9 ; Prospect,* 7.52 ; Unionville, 21. Carlisle— Bloom-
field, 18.49 ; Burnt Cabins, 1 ; Chambersburg Wolfstown
Chapel, 1.11 ; Dauphin, 2 ; Hairisburg Covenant, 20 ; Lebanon
Christ, 163.87 ; Lower Path Valley (a member, 5 ; Metal sab.-
sch., 1.75), 19 ; Middletown C.E.,5; Paxton* (sab.-sch., 3),
27.04; Shermansdale, 8.64. Chester — Dilworthtown, 16;
Forks of Brandywine,* 10 ; Glen Riddle, 1 ; Marple Cedar
Grove sab.-sch.,* 1 ; West Chester Westminster,* 25. Clarion
— Academia, 1.77 ; Beech Woods a member, 94 cts.; Big Run,
2; Penfield* (sab.-sch., 2.59), 15.59; Reynoldsville C.E., 10;
Scotch Hill,* 2. Erie— Bradford East End,* 12 ; Cambridge,*
11 ; Conneaut Lake,* 3.50 ; Conneautville,6.36 ; East Greene,
2; Erie Park, 50; Franklin* (sab.-sch., 8), 212.83; Gravel
Run, 8.39; Hadley, 2; Harmonsburg,* 5; Irvineton,* 3;
Meadville 1st,* 11.18 ; New Lebanon, 3 ; North Clarendon,*
2; Springfield, 3.23; Sugar Grove, 5; Waterford* (sab.-
sch., 6.50), 13; Wattsburg C.E.,* 1. Huntingdon— Coalport
sab.-sch ,* 1 50; Everett,* 1 ; Hollidaysburg, 14.49; Lower
Tuscarora (13*), 23; Mann's Choice, 2; Mirtlintown West-
minster sab.-sch., 12.29 ; Milesburg* (C.E., 1), 6.67; Mosh-
annon and Snow Shoe,* 5.60 ; Mount Union, 11.29 ; Newton
Hamilton, 4 ; Orbisonia (C.E., 1 ; sab.-sch., 1), 11 ; Patterson,
19.28 ; Shellsburg,* 2 ; Shirleysburg (C.E., 2), 12; Shermans
Valley, 4 ; Williamsburg,* 25 85. Kittanning — Appleby
Manor, 5; Clarksburg, 13; Kittanning 1st,* 100; Rural
Valley sab.-sch.,* 2.25 ; West Glade Run sab.-sch., 4 ; West
Lebanon,* 8.41. Lackawanna— Montrose sab.-sch.,* 6.77 ;
Scranton 1st Worn. Soc.,* 5 ; Silver Lake sab.-sch.,* 1 ;
Susquehanna, 16; Taylor, 2.15. Lehigh — Allentown, 42;
Freeland,7; Upper Lehigh,* 23.03. Northumberland — Ber-
wick,* 13.02; Mahoning* (sab.-sch., 17.21), 38.19; Milton*
(sab.-sch., 4.24 ; C.E., 4.19), 8.43 ; Mount Carmel (C.E., 3) ;
ch.,* 28.70), 37.69 ; Orangeville, 4 ; Renovo 1st,* 20 ; Warrior
Run,* 6; Washingtonville C.E., 2; Watsontowu,* 8; WU-
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[September,
liamsport 1st,* 32 ; — Bethany (Jr. C.E, 4 ; C.E., 1.90), 5.90.
Parkersburg— Bethel,* 4.47; Hughes Biver, 6; Kanawha,*
7.47 ; Sistersville,* 4.40 ; Waverly Chapel,* 1.53. Philadel-
phia—Philadelphia Bethesda,* 42 ; — Gaston C.E., 11.70 ; —
Susquehanna Avenue, 13; — Woodland Worn. Soc.,* 15.
Philadelphia North— Frankford, 46.20 ; Langhome* (C.E.,
12; Miss. Soc, 10), 31; Morrisville C.E., 5; Mount Airy
C.E., 1.57. Pittsburg— Coraopolis (sab.-sch., 3.05), 53.90;
Edgewood, 3S.32 ; McDonald 1st* (sab.-sch., 2), 29.95 ; Pitts-
burg Central Chapel, 4.44 ; — East Liberty (sab.-sch., 63.67),
111.21. Redstone— Brownsville, 42; Mount Pleasant,* 32;
Bound Hill, 16; Sewickley, 5; Uniontown 1st (sab.-sch.,*
5.40), 154.36 ; Friends Markleton Sanitorium, 3. Shenango
—Centre, 15 ; Leesburg, 22.70 ; Mahoning. 47 ; Bich Hill, 14.
Washington— Washington 2d, 28.51 ; \Ve>lsburg,*48 36 ; West
Union,* 4.50; Wheeling 1st,* 21.75. Wellsboro— Beecher
Island,* 6; Farmington, 5. Westminster— Chanceford, 17;
Hopewell (15*), 29 ; Lancaster 1st Bethany Chapel,* 3 ;
Stewartstown, 9 ; Strasburg, 7. 2496 08
South Dakota.— Aberdeen— Bradley,* 3 ; Britton,* 15.07 ;
Castlewood C.E.,* B; Palmer 1st Holland,* 6; Pembrook
Children's Day, 5 ; Boscoe,* 4; Wilmot, 10. Black Hills—
Pleasant Valley, 2.50 ; Bapid City (Worn. Miss. Soc, 1 ), 3.50 ;
Sturgis* (sab.-sch., 2), 5. Central Dako ta— Bancroft* (sab.-
sch., 68 cts.), 1.37 ; Hitchcock,* 8.15 ; Lake, 1.50 ; Onida,* 5 ;
Union, 2.50; Volga* (sab.-sch., 75 cts.), 5; White,* 15.32.
Southern Dakota— Alexandria,* 4.36 ; Bridge water,* 6.45 ;
Canistota,* 5.40; Ebenezer, 25; Emery 1st German, 3;
Parkston,* 4.05 ; White Lake,* 2. 149 17
Tennessee. — Holston — College Hill.* 2 ; Jeroldstown, 4 ;
Oakland Heights,* 10. Kingston— Bethel, 5 ; New Decatur
Westminster, 8. Union— Caledonia, 5 ; Eusebia CI*), 11;
Knoxville 2d sab.-sch.,* 17.95; —Belle Avenue,* 8 ; New
Prospect, 2 ; Bockford,* 2 ; Shunem,*2; South Knoxville,*
2.50. 79 45
Texas.— A ustin— Austin 1st* (sab.-sch., 5; Mrs. E. B.
McLane, 2), 7 ; Fayetteville Bohemian,* 17 ; Fort Davis, 15 ;
Houston Westminster,* 10 ; Kerrville, 7 ; San Antonio Madi-
son Square C.E., 10. North Texas— Canadian Jr. C.E.,* 1 ;
Denison * 10.50. Trinity— Glen Bose, 1.71 ; Waskoni,* 3.
82 21
Utah.— Boise— Bellevue, 4; Boise City 1st Jr. C.E., 4.04.
Kendall— Paris,* 10 ; Soda Springs sab.-sch.,* 1.50. Utah—
American Fork,* 5; Pleasant Grove,* 5; Saint Anthony,
5.75; Smithfield Central,* 1 ; Spanish Fork Assembly sab.-
sch.,* 3 ; Springville* (sab.-sch., 11), 24. 63 29
Washington.— O/ymp/a— Centralia,* 4.36; Hoquiam,* 6 ;
Nisqually Indian,* 2.55 ; Olympia,* 10.50 ; Puyallup Indian,*
2.93; Stella,* 5; Tacoma Calvary,* 3. Puget Sound— Acme
sab.-sch., 2; Ballard* (sab.-sch., 5), 8; Deming, 7; Ellens-
burgh,* 10; Friday Harbor,* 12.50. Spokane— Fairfield,* 6 ;
Grand Coulee* (Jane Hammond, 5), 10; St. Andrew's
sab.-sch.,* 1.30. Walla Walla— Kamiah 1st (C.E., 12; sab.-
sch., 20), 83; —2d, 3; Meadow Creek (7*), 15.75; Nez
Perce,* 25.60. 218 49
Wisconsin.— Chippewa— Baldwin, 7; Bayfield (17.15*),
24.76; Chetek, 3; Eau Claire 2d, 4.63; Ellsworth,* 6.84;
Hager City,* 11.35; Hartland,* 10.16; Hudson, 13.60; Oak
Grove, 1 ; Trim Belle, 1. La Crosse— Bangor, 8.38 ; Hixton,
10; La Crosse 1st sab.-sch., 7. Madison— Baraboo* (sab.-
sch., 1.58; C.E, 1.03), 18.92; Beloit German,* 4.04; Cam-
bria,* 5 ; Deerfield 1st,* 4.25 ; Fancy Creek,* 6 ; Janesville,*
30.14 ; Kilbourne City* (C.E, 2), 13.20 ; Lancaster German,*
3; Liberty,* 2; Madison Christ* (C.E., 1; W. M. Soc. Mrs.
Giddings, 5), 6 ; — St. Paul's German,* 3; Plattevilie Ger-
man sab.-sch.,* 2 ; Prairie du Sac ( W.M.S., 3 ; ch.,* 20), 23 ;
Waunakee sab.-sch.,* 1. Milwaukee— Alto Calvary,* 7 ; Cam-
bridge sab.-sch.,* 6.54; Milwaukee Immanuel (262.51*), 463 ;
Somers, 30. Winnebago— Buffalo,* 9.47 ; Depere,* 18 ; Mari-
nette Pioneer,* 50; Merrill West,* 1.75; Neenah,* 35.01;
Packwaukee,* 7.23. 858 26
Total received from churches §15,767 12
Woman's Board of Home Missions 18,627 04
LEGACIES.
Susan L. McBeth, Lapwai, Idado, 500;
Sarah Cruse, Washington, Ind., 100;
William A. Wheeler, Malone, N. Y.,
add'l, 50 ; Mrs. Margaret L. Dinsmore,
Cross Creek Village, Pa. , 100 ; Mary
L. Miller, Champlain Presb., 223.13;
Bachel M. Henderson, Washington,
Pa., 100: Mrs. C. S. Vanderventer,
Plainfield. N. J., 1927.33 83,000 46
Less sundry legal expenses 9 75
TotaL. 2,990 71
INDIVIDUALS, etc.
Mr. and Mrs. S. Burkhalter, Ft. Ann, N. Y.,* 3 ;
Mrs. B. C. Fleming, Ayr, Neb.,* 1 ; Simon Yan-
des, Indianapolis, Ind., 1000; Mrs. E. A. Allbee,
Pleasant Prairie, la., for debt, 2 ; Society of In-
quiry Union Theological Seminary, N. Y., 150;
Bev. and Mrs. G. F. McAfee, for debt, 100-
" Brother and Sister,"* 2 ; Mrs. M. E. Worrall,.
Mitchell, S. D.,* 1 ; "J. B. G.," for debt, 10 ; "A.
Y. M.," for debt, 5 ; Mrs. Eliza McKinney, St.
Paul, Minn.,* 1; "Chatham, N. J.," for debt,
100 ; Young Men's and Young Women's Chris-
tian Association College of Emporia, 15.84; Illi-
nois Woman's Synodical Home Miss. Soc, 100 ;
Presbyterian Belief Association of Nebraska,
32.70; "Friend of Missions," Fairmont, Neb.,
10 ; Bev. J. N. Hick, Superior, Neb. (*1.50), 2.50 ;
Bev. Thomas L. Sexton, D.D.,* 10; Bev. Bobert
M. Stevenson, Madison, Ind.,* 3 ; "Three Pres-
byterians," Carbondale, Colo..* 3; Mrs. D. C. Hil-
lerman, Watkins, N. Y.,*5; Mrs. E. B. Traill,
Boxbury, Mass., 5; Bev. O. W. Wright, Barne-
gat, N. J.,* 1 ; " M. W.,"* 1 ; Valley Cottage, 1 ;
Bev. H. V. Noyes, Wooster, O. ,* 1 ; John A.
Simms, Warwick, N. Y.,* 1 ; Mrs. Garret Hota-
ling, Baldwinsville, N. Y.,* 1; Mrs. J. Kirkpat-
rick, Brooklyn, N. Y., 1 ; Miss Mary B. Shunam>
and sister, Sunbury, Pa ,* 20 ; M. B. C, Jenkin-
town, Pa.,* 10; Mrs. T. W. Forrester, Beaver
City, Utah, 10; Bev. B. G. Keyes, Watertown,
N.Y.,* 25 ; Bev. William A. Hofliday, Brooklyn,
N. Y., 100; James L. Greenleaf, New York, N.
Y.,* 5.10; C. W. Douglass, Shanghai, China, 9;
Miss M. S. Knight, Schenectady, N.Y.,* 1 ; Miss-
E. Burt, Schenectady, N. Y.,* 1 ; Miss Janet
Crichton, Wheelersburg, O.,* 1 ; Mrs. E. C.
Haines, Wheelersburg, O.,* 1 ; Miss E. D. Caryr
Orange* N. J.,* 1 ; J. S. Lord, Laingsburg,
Mich.,*l; J. L. Vallandigham, Newark, Del.,*=
1 ; Mrs. Bobert Ban kin, St. Louis, Mo.,* 5 ; Dr.
W. H. Davis, East Orange, N. J.,* 25 ; Charles
W. Loomis, Binghamton, N. Y.,30; "K.," 75;
Bev. T. M. Marshall and wife, Stout's Mills, Va.,*
2 ; W. S. Crane, Pike, N. Y.,* 1 ; Mrs. T. A. Bar-
ringer, Bayonne, N. J.,* 1 ; Willie and Chester
Howard, Payson, Utah,* 1.75; "A Friend,"* 1;
"Friend, Brooklyn," 6 ; Friend, Brooklyn,* 2 ;
Mrs. Victor K. Hendricks, Indianapolis, Ind.,*
20 ; Bev. W. W. Atterbury, New York,* 50 ; Mrs.
Frank Black McGay, New York, N.Y.,* 10; M.
C. Torrence, Mayfield, Cal.,* 1; Bev. M. W.
Kratz, Galesburg, N. D.,* 1 ; Baymond H.
Hughes, Altoona, Pa., 4; Bev. C. E. Babb..
San Jose, Cal.,* 5 ; Friends,* 6.25 ; Bev. W. L.
Whipple and wife, Duluth, Minn.,* 5; Mrs.
Henry Winthrop, 3000; E. W. Faris Holler,
Ladora, la.,* 1 ; Miss Lena J. Holler, Manhattan,
Kans.,* 1 ; Dr. George S. Hull, Pasadena, Cal.,*
1 ; Miss C. Berry, Pasadena, Cal.,* 1 ; Mrs. Ste-
phen M. Peck, Hanover, N. J., 25; Mrs. George
A. Greene, Pike, N. Y.,* 1; Friend, Consho-
hocken, Pa ,* 1 ; Miss H. B. Cattell, Margaret
Louise Home,* 28 ; Jimmie Duncan, Dallas,
Tex.,* 2 ; Bev. B. H. Jackson, Delmont, Pa.,* 1 ;
Mrs. D. P. McLeod, Grafton, N.D.,* 1 ; Children
of Bev. C. D. McDonald, Grafton, N. D.,* 1;
Bev. J. J. Marks and daughter, Santa Monica,
Cal.,* 1 ; Warren B. Smith and Mina Belle
Smith,* 2 ; Eli Speers, Tahlequah, I. T.,* 1 ; Ag-
nes S. Merchant, Buffalo, Pa.,* 1 ; Bev. and Mrs.
Enos P. Baker, Modesto, Cal.,* 5 ; Theodore Sal-
tus, for debt, 100 ; Friends, Amesville. O., 1.75;.
"Lock Haven,"* 1; Miss L. S. McMonigal,
Parowan, Utah,* 1 ; Miss Josie Curtis, Parowan,.
Utah,* 1; Ola Deeds, Parowan, Utah,*20 cts.;
Floy Deeds, Parowan, Utah,* 5 cts.; Bev. Wm.
Sangree, Bancroft, Neb.,* 1; Bev. A. M. Pen-
land, Beech, N. C.,* 1 ; B. F. Felt, Galena, 111.,
100 ; Bev. B. E. P. Prugh, Bapid City, S. D.,* 2 ;
J. H. Gale, Bapid City, S. D., 1 ; Bev.Wm. Lang-
don, 2 ; Bev. S. B. FlemiDg and family, Wichita,
Kans.,* 5 ; M. E. P., Brooklyn, N. Y.,* 1 ; Bev.
Evans P. Bobertson, Tahlequah, I.T.,* 2.50; Miss
A. McWhirter, Baltimore, Md.,* 1; John Mc-
Eachern, Olean, N. Y.,* 1 ; Bev. Wm. Carle and
wife, Kingston, N. Y.,* 1 ; A Friend, Cincinnati,
0.,*1; W. M. Sewell, Boselle, N. J.,* 1; MissMary
C. Johnson, Elizabeth, N. J.,* 5 ; Laura Sunder-
land School, Concord. N. C.,*5; Mr. and Mrs.
G. A. Beaugh, Tama, la.,* 1 ; Bev. B. B. Ewing,
The Palms, Cal.,* 20; Bev. Harry McMinn,
Charleroi, Pa.,* 1 ; M. and E. Callender, Mech-
anicsburg, Pa.,* 25; Bev. N. E. Clemenson, Lo-
gan, Utah, 3 ; Proceeds from sale of two St. Paul
City By. Cable Co. 5 per cent, bonds held by
Board free for sale, 1820; " M. T.," for debt,.
1898.]
HOME MISSIONS — FOREIGN MISSIONS.
267
1000 ; Rev. Louis F. Ruf and wife, Watkins, N.
Y.,* 20 ; C. J. Shoemaker, Wilkesbarre, Pa., 400 ;
Rev. and Mrs. S. E. Wishard. Ogden.Utah,* 10 ;
*'£.,"* 5: J. S. E. Erskine, Thompson's Ridge,
N. Y.. 20; Rev. C. S. Dewing, Somerville,
Mass.,* 10 ; Mrs. L. L. Radclifle, Chautauqua, X.
Y.,* 1 ; " C. Penna.," 28 ; Rev. S. H. Stevenson,
Madison, Ind., 3 ; Miss Nellie Cunningham
Park Hill, I. T., 5 ; Mrs. Eliza Wallace, Stanton,
Mich.,* 5 ; Mrs. F. H. Henderson, Mason, Tex.,*
1 ; Cora Myers, Fairview, "W.Va.,* 1 ; Mrs. J. G.
Brookes and Miss Margaret R. Todd, Atlantic
Highlands. N. J.,* 2.3->; Rev. E. P.Robinson,
Orchard Park, N. Y.,* S; "Fourth of July,"*
1 ; Interest on Lyon Fund, 250 ; Interest on
Permanent Fund (Trustees of General Assem-
bly, 730). 1645; Interest on John C. Green
Fund, 557,50 ; Interest on Charles R. Otis Mis-
sionary Fund, 170; Interest on Permanent
Fund Sustentation, 25 ; Interest on Carson W.
Adams Fund, 125 $11,479 50
Total received for Home Missions, July, 1898 $48,864 37
" " during same period last year 51,657 92
since April 1, 1898 162,676 42
" " during same period last year 129,533 60
SPECIAL DONATIONS.
Morris and Orange— South Orange 1st Y.P.S.C.E.,
110 : Through Woman's Board of Home Mis-
sions, 3.50 ; through Rev. S. Hall Young, 50 $163 50
H. C. Olin, Treasurer,
156 Fifth Avenue, New York City.
Madison Square Branch P. 0., Box 156,
RECEIPTS FOR THE BOARD OF FOREIGN MISSIONS, JULY, 1898.
Baltimore.— Baltimore— Baltimore Lafayette Square sab.-
cch., 15; Churchville, 31.59; Relay, 2.70. New Castle—
Perryville, 3.60 ; Rock sab.-sch., 18 ; Zion, 32. Washington
Oity —Washington City Bethany sab.-sch., 10.
California. — Los Angeles— Glendale, 3, sab.-sch., 2 ; Los
Angeles Bethesd a, 13. Oakland— Berkeley 1st, 5. Stockton—
^Grayson, 7.25.
Colorado.— Boh Ider— Fort Morgan, 4 08 ; Laramie, 3.
Pueblo— Canon City, 41, sab.-sch., 24; Colorado Springs 2d
•sab.-sch., 18.67 ; Rocky Ford, 5.
Illinois.— A Hon— Alton, 50, sab.-sch., 15. Bloomington —
'Clinton Y. P. S., 100 ; Waynesville Y. P. S., 1.18. Chicago—
■Chicago 1st, 138.08 ; — Hyde Park sab.-sch., 6.25 ; Lake For-
rest, 700. Freeport — Foreston Grove, 66. Ottawa— Ottawa
1st, 361. Peoria — Peoria Westminster, 16.77 ; Yates City,
•5.07. Rock River— Dixon Y. P. S., 7.50 ; Edgington, Y. P. S.,
3.75 ; Milan Y. P. S., 12.25; Millersburg, Y.P.S., 10; Morri-
son sab.-sch., 4.88, Y. P. S., 18.75 ; Peniel Y. P. S., 7 ; Prince-
ton Y. P. S., 3 ; Round Grove Y. P. S., 3 ; Woodhull Y. P.
$.,10. Schuyler— Kirkwood, 33 ; Monmouth sab.-sch., 7.15.
■Springfield — Jacksonville 2d Portuguese, 5 ; Petersburg,
19.93.
Indiana. — Crawfordsville — Frankfort, 125 ; Rockville
Memorial, 10.90. Indianapolis — Bloomington Walnut
Street, 49.65 ; Greenwood, 2.40 ; Hopewell, 6 ; Indianapolis,
12th, 2.50. Logansport — Bedford, sab.-sch., 3. Vincennes—
Sullivan, 5. White Water— Knightstown, 1.80; Providence
sab.-sch., 410.
Indian Territory.— OWaAoma— Blackwell 1st, 5.23. <Se-
quoyah— Wewoka, 2.
Iowa.— Corning— Corning, 36.69 ; Platte Centre, 3.85 ;
Prairie Chapel, 3.15. Des Moines— Humeston, 7.27 ; Perry
sab.-sch., 8 ; Plymouth, 5. Fort Dodge— Jefferson, sab.-sch.,
5.63; Pocahontas sab.-sch., 1. Iowa —Burlington 1st, 13.20.
Sioux City— Ashton German, 20 ; Union Township, 8.52;
Zoar, 15. Waterloo— Rock Creek German sab.-sch., 10;
Tama, 50 cts.
Kansas.— Emporia— Emporia 1st, 5 ; Wichita 1st, 13.75.
Lamed— McPherson sab.-sch., 2.25. Neosho— Cherry vale,
■9.86 ; Osage 1st, 31.52. Solomon— Saltville, 2.35. Topeka—
Topeka 1st sab.-sch., 26.80.
Kentucky.— Ebenezer— Ludlow, 5. 15.
Michigan.— Detroit — Detroit Covenant sab.-sch., 3.92.
Kalamazoo— Schoolcraft, 4.
Missouri.— Kansas City— Appleton City sab.-sch., 3.74.
Ozark— J oplin, 15.48. St. Louis— Kirkwood sab.-sch., 11.34;
St. Louis 1st sab.-sch., 5.90.
Nebraska. — Hastings — Fisher Union, 3.50. Kearney —
North Platte, 9.33. Nebraska City— Lincoln 2d, 75. Nio-
brara— Atkinson, 4 09. Omaha— Silver Creek, 2.45.
New Jersey.— Elizabeth— Rahw&y 1st, 88.56; Roselle,
27.19. Jersey City— Hackensack, 16 ; Jersey City Scotch, 6 ;
Passaic, 35; Paterson Madison Ave., 10; Tenafly, 12.37.
Monmouth — Beverly, 4 ; Tom's River, 7. Morris and Orange
—East Orange 1st, 412.05 ; Madison, 32.94 ; Mendham 2d,
29 ; Mine Hill, 3 ; Morristown South Street, 169.74 ; Summit
Central, 24.75. Newark— Montclair Trinity, 125; Newark
1st, 970 ; — Fifth Avenue, 15 ; — 2d German, 150 ; — Forest
Hill, 25. New Brunswick- Bound Brook, 3 ; Dayton, 27.90 ;
Kirkpatrick Memorial, 8 ; New Brunswick 1st, 138.30 ;
Princeton 1st, 4500 ; Trenton 1st, 30. Newton — Blairstown,
30.30. West Jersey— Atlantic City German, 3.
New Mexico.— Rio Grande— Albuquerque 1st, 10.
New York. —A Ibany— Albany 1st, 50; — State Street,
113.27 ; Ballston Centre, 14.07. Binghamton— Binghamton
Immanuel, 2.18; Nineveh, 49; Texas Valley, 3. Boston —
Newburyport 1st sab.-sch., 14. Brooklyn — Brooklyn Ar-
lington Ave., 16.75 ; — Mount Olivet, 2 ; — Throop Avenue,
32, sab.-sch., 25; Stapleton 1st Edgewater sab.-sch., 25.
Buffalo— Buffalo Westminster, 98.30. Cayuga— Auburn Cal-
vary, 9.90; Aurora, 36.14; Genoa 1st, 10. Champlain —
Beekmantown, 2. Colu mbia— Canaan Centre, 4.20. Gen-
eva—Geneva North sab.-sch., 72; Naples, 26.08, sab.-sch.,
10 ; Seneca Castle, 4.56. Hudson — Florida, 13.20 ; Haver-
straw Central sab -sch., 18 16 ; West Town, 26. Long Island
— Bridgehampton, 16.56; Remsenburg, 22 ; Setauket, 42.13.
Lyons— Wolcott 1st, 9.01. Nassau— Babylon sab.-sch., 12 ;
Glen Cove, 4 ; Islip sab.-sch., 5. New York— New York 4th
Avenue Y. P. S., 10; — Brick, 25 ; — East Harlem, 1 ; —
Madison Square, 500 ; — Riverdale, 1327.77; — West End
sab.-sch., 5.22. North River— Marlborough, 83.01 ; Pough-
keepsie, 32.69; Wappinger's Falls, 1.84. Rochester— Roches-
ter 3d, 162.44; Webster, 5. St. Lawrence — Gouvemeur,
197.60; Sackett's Harbor, 99 cts. Steuben— Corning, 25;
Jasper, 3.54. Syracuse— Fayetteville sab.-sch., 9. Troy —
Lansingburg 1st, 77.84; Salem sab.-sch., 2.70; Waterford,
28.51. Utica — Utiea Bethany, 8.52 ; Waterville, 12.39.
Westchester— Hugvenot Memorial, 49 ; Mahopac Falls, 32.65 ;
New Rochelle 1st, 115.60 ; — 2d, 56.67 ; Peekskill 1st, 35.17 ;
South Salem, 8.91 ; Stamford 1st, 25 ; Yonkers 1st, 500 ; —
Westminster sab.-sch., 12.
North Dakota.— Pembina— Emerado sab.-sch., 2.48.
Ohio.— Cincinnati— Cincinnati 2d, 98.01; Delhi, 16.77; Mis-
cellaneous, 182.50. Cleveland— Cleveland Euclid Avenue
sab.-sch., 9.43 ; — South, 10. Columbus— Greenfield, 28.80.
Dayton— Oxford sab -sch., 12.94 ; Springfield 2d, 126. Lima
— Van Wert, 20; Miscellaneous C. E., 127.75. Mahoning
—Mahoning 1st sab.-sch., 17; Warren sab.-sch., 10;
Youngstown, 30.82. Maumee— Toledo Westminster, 101.81.
Portsmouth— Ripley, 5. St. Clairsville— Buffalo, 38. Steu-
benville— Beech Spring, 15, sab.-sch., 20 ; Corinth, 28 : East
Liverpool 2d, 10.11 ; East Springfield, 4 ; Salineville, 7 ; Yel-
low Creek, 12. Wooster— Belleville, 4,15 ; Clear Fork, 24.60.
Zanesville— Zanesville Putnam sab.-sch., 20.
Oregon.— East Oregon — Union, 6.17.
Pennsylvania.— A llegheny—Glenneld, 14.93. Blairsville
— Greensburg 1st sab.-sch., 19.48; McGinnis, 16.27; Pine
Run, 23. Butler— Butler, 22.19, sab.-sch., 5.87 ; Grove City
sab.-sch., 42.60. Carlisle — Dauphin, 2 ; Mechanicsburg, 30 ;
Waynesboro, 13.34. Chester— Bryn Mawr, 197.47 ; Media,
12; Oxford 1st, 15. Clarion —Beech Woods, 94 cts.; Hazen,
6.26; Richardsville, 5.50 ; Sugar Hill, 10. Erie— Erie Park
sab.-sch., 50 ; North East sab.-sch., 27.20 ; Titusville, 100.
Kiltanning— Appleby Manor, 5 ; Cherry Tree, 1.18; Clarks-
burg, 8; West Glade Run, 40, sab.-sch., 4 Lackawanna—
Carbondale, 16, sab.-sch., 19; Langcliffe sab.-sch., 18.46;
Scott, 10; Scranton Petersburg German, 14.73; Silver Lake,
5; Tunkhannock, 16.40 ; Wilkes Barre 1st, 380.14; — West-
minster, 10. Parkersburg— Hughes River, 7 ; Sugar Grove,
30. Philadelphia— Philadelphia 10th, 362.50 ; — Arch Street
sab.-sch., 7 ; — Calvary sab.-sch., 19.07. Philadelphia North
— Abington, 44.30; Ashbourne sab.-sch., 5; Fox Chase
Memorial, 3 ; Frankford, 46.20 ; Genuantown West Side,
50. Pittsburg— Bethany, 20 ; Idlewood Hawthorne Ave., 8 ;
Mount Pisgah sab.-sch., 9 ; Pittsburg 3d, 50 ; — 6th, 75.54;
—East Liberty, 59.42, sab.-sch., 95.52 ; —Shady Side, 65.92,
sab.-sch., 67.50. Shenango— Lees burg sab.-sch., 5. Wash-
ington—Everett, 18.30 ; Fairview, 8 ; Upper Buffalo, 49.50,
sab.-sch., 5.79. Wellsboro— Covington, 3.21. Westminster —
Slate Hill, 32 ; Stewartstown sab.-sch., 9 ; York 1st sab.-sch.,
1.56 ; — Westminster, 26.93.
South Dakota. — Black Hills— Rapid City, 2.25. South-
ern Dakota — Ebenezer, 10.
Tennessee.— Union— Hopewell, 4; New Prospect sab.-
sch., 1.
Texas.— North Texas— Jacksboro sab.-sch., 1. Trinity —
Albany, 12 ; Dallas 2d sab.-sch., 3.35.
Utah.— Utah -Logan Brick, 20.
Washington.— Olympia— Stella, 5. Puget Sound— Everett,
7.50 ; Seattle 2d, 12. Walla Walla-Kamiah 2d, 3.
268
FOREIGN MISSIONS — EDUCATION — SABBATH -SCHOOL WORK. [September,
Wisconsin. — Chippewa— Baldwin, 10. La Crosse— La
Crosse 1st sab.-sch. 5. Milwaukee— Milwaukee Immanuel,
26.75; Waukesha, 5.50.
LEGACIES.
Estate of Susan S. Silver $500 00
MarT R. Miller 223 13
11 Mrs.' It. M.Henderson .... 100 00
Compton Estate 96 01
$919 14
WOMEN'S BOARDS.
Woman's Occidental Board of Foreign
Missions $735 30
Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of
the Presbyterian Church 11,694 89
Woman's Board of Foreign Missions of
the Presbyterian Church 2,500 00
Woman's Presbyterian Foreign Mis-
sionary Society of Northern New
York 429 37
Woman's North Pacific Presbyterian
Board of Missions 189 61
15,549 17
MISCELLANEOUS.
Delia Coye, 1 ; Mr. and Mrs. H. Bailey, 10 ; Society
of Inquiry, Union Theological Seminary, 300;
" Friends," 4.50; Charles Bird, U. S. A., support
of Mr. Chum, 6 ; " C. Penna.," 22 ; J. T. W. and
M. W., 2.50; P. P. Bissett, 5; Rev. Joseph
Piatt, 25 ; Yalley Cottage, 1 ; S. Yandes, 1000 ;
C. E. Societies of Long Island through Rev. C.
D. Campbell, 6.40 ; Young Men's and Young
Women's Christian Association, Emporia Col-
lege, 16.50; Missionary Association of Wooster
University, 29.33 ; Missionary Society of Chi-
nese Young Men of Fifth Avenue Church, 254 ;
'• A Friend," account salary of Rev. William P.
Chalfant, Ichowfu, 150; Ralph Yoorhees, ac-
count salary of Rev. Clarence Newton and wife,
500; "A F'riend," Newtown, N. J.. 200; Miss
Margaret R. Todd, support of Arthur Ezekiel,
23 ; J. T. Hendricks. 20 ; Mattie P. Gray, 1 ; W.
J. Mackee, support of E. Baneiji, 13.50 ; Income
from fund of General Assembly, 130 ; Mattie E.
La Rue, 3 ; Paul D. Gardner, 3"; James Joy, 150;
A. B. McKee, 25 ; John S. Merriman, 1 ; "A
Friend " support of Mr. Fraser and Dr. Johnson,
83.33 ; O. K. Powell, 2.50 ; W. E Hunt, support of
Chatri Lai, 5 ; Thomas Marshall, 15 ; Waller Mc-
Dougall, 25 ; Miss Mattie Mawhorter, 2.50 ; D.
H. Wallace and Miss Wallace, 500 ; Etta M. Col-
lins, support of Frabhu Das, 5 ; Rev. J. A. Pom-
erov, 1; Rev. Edwin P. Robinson, 15; " M.
E. P.," 1 ; Paul D. Gardner, 5 ; Charles H Booth,
50; "Bronx." 7.50; "I. P. O. V.," 20; J. B.
Davidson, 20 ; Miss Grace H. Dodge, 150 ; E. R.
Hill and Mr. Switzer, support of Du Ping Suing,
15 ; Miss Alida Beyer, for child in India and in
China, 2; J.Harry Smith, 5 ; James M. Duer,
36 ; Mrs. Margaiet L. Dinsmore, deceased, 100 ;
" C. Penna.," 22 ; Miss Nellie R. Cunningham,
5; "Friends," Markleton Sanitarium, 3; " C.
Penna.," 22; Miss McLean, 243 ; S. H. Stevenson,
$4,266 5G
SUMMARY.
Total received during the month of July, 1898 . $37,415 92r
Total received from Mav 1, 1898, to Julv 31, 1898 84,162 18
Total received from May 1, 1897, to July 31, 1897 99,086 45>
Chas. W. Hand, Treasurer,
156 Fifth ave., New York.
RECEIPTS FOR THE BOARD OF EDUCATION, JULY, 1898.
Baltimore.— Baltimore — Frostburgh, 2. New Castle— Pennsylvania.— .4 llegheny — Concord, 2. Butler— Grove
Gunby, 2.39 ; Maktruie Memorial, 6.48; Zion, 5. Washing- City, 4.04. Carlisle— Dauphin, 1 ; Robert Kennedy Memo-
ton City— Washington City Eckington, 2 ; — Gunton Temple rial, 1.75. Chester — Wallingford, 15. Huntingdon— Belle-
Memorial, 10.67. fonte, 45 ; Hollidaysburg, 14.68 ; Huntingdon, 26.33 ; Mann's
Colorado.— Pueblo— Rocky Ford, 5. Choice, 1. Kittanning— Clarksburg, 2 ; Kittanning 1st, 18.
Illinois.— Chicaao— Chicago 1st, 13.80. Bock Paver— Beu- Lackawanna— Elinhurst, 1 ; Scranton Green Ridge Avenue,
lah, 4.60; Coal Yailey, 2.30. Springfield— Petersburg, 1.47; 17.25. Lehigh— Shawnee (Y. P. S. C. E., 77cts.),5. North-
Springfield 2d, 3.70. umberland — Bald Eagle and Nittany, 4. Parkersburg—
Indiana.— Crawfordsv ille— Dayton, 14; Spring Grove, 27. Hughes River, 2. Philadelphia North— Frankford, 18.48;
Ntw Albany— Madison 1st, 15. Germantown 2d, 55.9S ; — West Side, 6.50. Pittsburg— Oak-
Iowa.— Cedar Bapids— Clarence, 12. Fort Podge— Poco- ruont 1st, 12; Pittsburg 1st, 258.64; —East Liberty, (sab. -
hontas sab.-sch., 1. Loica City— Tipton, 9.77. Sioux City— sch., 19.10), 30.98.
Union Township, 1.42. Tennessee. — Union — Shannondale, 15.
Kansas.— Highland— FLolton, 14.70. Osborne— Osborne, 4. Wisconsin.— Chippeica— Bayfield, 1.95. Milwaukee— Mil-
Missouri. — Ozark— Joplin, 2 81. St. Lou is— St. Louis 1st waukee Immanuel, 4.06. Winnebago— Omro, 4.
sab. -sch. , 5. 90. — ^—
Nebraska, — Niobrara — Ponca, 4 50. Receipts from churches in July $4,745 97
New Jersey.— Elizabeth — Basking Ridge, 67.29; Eliza- " " Sabbath-schools and Y. P. Societies.. 51 77
beth Westminster, 58.68; Rahway 1st, 20. Jersey City—
Hackensack, 16. Monmouth — Moorestown, 20. Morris and refunded.
Orange— East Orange 1st, 42 46 ; Orange 1st, 85. New Brunt- -p p vnvarf St Paul 5 00-
uick— Dayton, 5.07. * *
New Mexico. — Bio Grande— Albuquerque 1st, 3. miscellaneous.
New York —Brooklyn— Brooklyn Throop Ave. sab.-sch., . . __ ,
25. Buffalo-Buffalo Westminster, 16.84; Ripley, 4; Sher- C. W. Douglass, Shanghai, China, o; Dr. Charles
man, 11. Cai/uga — Auburn Central, 39.38. Champlain— E. Hall (Special). 200 ; A Friend, Lake City,
Port Henrv, 8.41. Geneva— Trumansburg, 17.25. Hudson— Minn., 5; Rev. D M Mcintosh, Hartmgdon,
Cochecton,"3; West Town, 2. Long Lsland— Cutchogue, S.33 ; Neb.,1; Cash, 1 ; Dr. H., lo; C. Penna., 4 ; Rev.
Remsenburg, 15. Lyons— Wolcott 1st, 6.81. New York— S. H. Stevenson, Madison, Ind., 1 230 00-
New York 1st, 3500. Bochester— Rochester Memorial, 5 : — income account
Westminster, 9, St. Lawrence— Sackett's Harbor, 18. SUu-
ben— Woodhnll, 1.86. Troy— Schaghticoke, 3. Utica— Water- 35 • 67 08 ; 62.50 164 58
ville, 1.13 ; Old Forge, 1.25. Westchester— New Rochelle 1st,
23.48. Total receipts in Julv, 1898 $5,197 32
Ohio.— Mahoning — Kinsman, 3.75. Ma rion —Brown, 2. Total from April 16, 1898 10,441 95
Maumee — Waterville, 1.68. Portsmouth — Portsmouth 1st
German, 5. St. Clairsville— Caldwell, 3 ; Sharon, 3. Jacob Wilson Treasurer
Oregon.— East Oregon — Union, 74. Southern Oregon— „«,.„ «_..;.. »i_-i ^ i J-
Grant's Pass Bethany, 20. 512 Witherspoon Building, Philadelphia.
RECEIPTS FOR SABBATH-SCHOOL WORK FOR JUNE, 1898.
Atlantic —A Von He-Faith sab.-sch., 7 ; Eutawville sab.- sab.-sch., 1 ; Mount Pisgah sab.-sch. 3.65 ; Pitts sab.-sch
sch., 3. East Elorida-St. Andrew's Bav sab.-sch., 1.71. 4; Salem, 75 cts.; A\ alker s ch , 1. *»'* ^?™z''— CrJ"st?l
Fair/fc/rf— Ebenezer sab.-sch., 5.85; Grandview sab.-sch., River sab.-sch., 13.96 ; Lust is sab.-sch., 2.08 : Mulberry sab.-
3.88 ; Little Congruity sab.-sch., 1 ; Nazareth sab.-sch., 4.30 ; sch., 2.61 ; Sorrento sab.-sch., 4./8; Titusville sab.-sch., 1.80 ;
Pleasant Grove sab.-sch., 2.90; Pleasant Ridge sab.-sch., Winter Haven sab.-sch., 4.2o.
3.50; Little River sab.-sch., 4.30; Sumter Congruitv sab.- Baltimore.— £a//imore— Annapolis sab.-sch., 14 08 ; Bal-
sch.. 5; Yorkville Blue Branch sab.-sch., 70 cts. Knox— timore 1st Reid Memorial sab.-sch., 8. lo; — Aisquitn fetreet
Newman 2d ch. and sab.-sch., 5. McCltlland-Flat Shoals (sab.-sch., 12), 16.51 ; — Broadway sab.-sch., 10.2, ; —
1898.]
SABBATH-SCHOOL WORK.
269
Covenant sab. -sen. , 13; — Crisp Memorial (sab. -sen., 6),
8.55 ; — Faitb sab. -sen., 37.33 ; — La Fayette Square, 29.35 ;
— Park, 11.55 ; — Ridgely Street, 5.58 ; Catonsville sab.-sch.,
14.09; Ellicott City, 4.52;' Emuiittsburg sab.-sch., 10; Fred-
erick City sab.-sch., 46.71; Frostburgh sab.-sch., 14.04;
Havre de Grace (sab.-sch., 7.65), 11.35 ; Highland sab.-sch.,
3.55; Lonaconiog sab.-sch., 33; Piney Creek, 6.21; Relay
sab.-sch., 5. New Castle— Christiana sab.-sch., 5 33 ; Feltoh
sab.-sch., 7; Grace, 5; Gunby (sab.-sch., 9.16), 14.78;
Lewes sab.-sch., 20.85; Lower Brandywine sab.-sch., 14;
Makemie Memorial (sab -sch., 15 23), 20.23 ; — Faith Mission
sab.-sch., 2.31; New Castle sab.-sch., 18.77; Ocean View
sab.-sch., 15.08; Perryville sab.-sch., 3.75; Pitt's Creek
sab.-sch., 10; Poconoke ch. and sab.-sch., 37.50; Port De-
posit sab.-sch., 23.62; Port Penn, 2.35; Rehoboth (Del.)
sab.-sch., 8.19; Westminster, 6; West Nottingham, 33;
White Clay Creek, 9.72 ; Wicomico sab.-sch., 38.25 ; Wil-
mington Central sab.-sch., 100 ; — East Lake, 1 25 ; Worton,
3 ; Zion sab.-sch., 12.12. Washington Citi/— Balston sab.-sch.,
32.75; Clifton sab.-sch., 7.57 ; Darnestown sab.-sch., 15; Elgin
Mission sab.-sch., 1.67; Neelsville sab.-sch., 28; Riverdale
(sab.-sch., 2), 3; Takoma Park sab.-sch., 3.16; Washington
City 4th sab.-sch., 10.75; —6th sab.-sch., 10; —Covenant,
25; — Eckington, 1.20 ; — Garden Memorial sab.-sch., 13;
— Gurley Memorial sab.-sch., 15.95 ; — Market Street sab.-
sch., 5 ; — Metropolitan sab.-sch., 33.57 ; — Western (sab.-
sch., 23 .85), 53.85 ; — Westminster sab.-sch., 15.67 ; — West
Street sab.-sch., 83.30.
California.— Benicia — Areata (sab.-sch., 5.10), 10.10;
Bay Side Calvary, 4; Blue Lake sab.-sch., 5; Mendocino
sab.-sch., 9.97 ; Petaluma sab.-sch., 7.60 ; Pope Valley, 4.55 ;
Santa Rosa (sab.-sch., 21.50), 27.50; Seminary sab.-sch.,
8.75; Two Rocks sab.-sch., 4.70. Los Angeles— Anaheim
sab.-sch. , 13. 75 ; Burbank sab.-sch. , 4.50 ; Inglewood sab.-sch. ,
7.40; Lakeside (sab.-sch., 4.65), 5.65; Los Angeles 2d sab.-
sch., 15.76 ; — Betnany sab.-sch., 4 ; — Boyle Heights sab.-
sch., 7.75; Monrovia (sab.-sch., 16), 19.55; National City
sab.-sch., 6.74; Palms sab.-sch., 5.36; Pasadena Calvary
sab.-sch., 3; Pomona sab.-sch., 23; Riverside Arlington
(sab.-sch., 7.50), 17; San Gabriel Spanish sab.-sch., 6.71;
Westminster sab.-sch., 9 43. Oakland— Centreville (sab.-
sch., 7.10), 8.10; Danville sab.-sch., 10.78; Golden Gate
sab.-sch., 7.35; Newark sab.-sch., 2.70; Oakland Union
Street sab.-sch., 5 ; Pleasanton sab.-sch., 5 ; Valona sab.-sch.,
13.75; Walnut Creek sab.-sch., 2; West Berkeley, 6.50.
Sacramento— Carson City, 5 ; Elk Grove sab.-sch., 4.60; Elko
sab.-sch., 10.25 ; lone sab.-sch., 8.95; Oak Park sab.-sch. , 40
cts. ; Sacramento 14th Street, 7; Vacaville sab.-sch., 11;
Virgiuia City sab.-sch., 3.25 ; Wells sab.-sch., 4.95. San
Francisco— San Francisco Howard sab.-sch., 7 ; — Westmin-
ster sab.-sch., 7.45. San Jose— Boulder Creek sab.-sch., 3.05 ;
Gilroy, 7.75 ; Milpitas sab.-sch., 6 ; Pleasant Valley, 4 ; San
Jose 1st sab.-sch., 19.08; San Luis Obispo sab.-sch., 7.55.
Santa Barbara — Ballard sab.-sch., 3.15; Carpenteria, 5.65;
Filmore sab.-sch., 3; Los Olivos sab.-sch., 3.15; Ojai, 4.62;
Ventura sab.-sch., 7.30. Stockton —Fowler sab.-sch., 10.25;
Madera sab.-sch., 8.50; Merced sab.-sch., 16.10; Modesto
sab.-sch., 5 ; Oakdale sab.-sch., 3.
Catawba.— Cape Ftar— Garnett sab.-sch., 1.20; Rowland
sab.-sch., 2.50; Sloan Chapel sab.-sch., 2. Catawba— Belle-
fonte sab.-sch., 5.91; Charlotte N. C. 7th Street sab.-sch.,
13.11; Mt. Olive sab.-sch., 5; Matthew's Chapel, 2 50;
Wadesboro sab.-sch., 2; Westminster sab.-sch., 6.68; Cal-
vary Mission sab.-sch., 2. Southern Virginia — Allen
Memorial sab.-sch., 2.26; Holmes Memorial (sab.-sch., 2),
3 50 ; Roanoke 5th Avenue sab.-sch., 1. Yadkin— Bower's
Chapel sab.-sch., 3.05; Chapel Hill sab.-sch., 3; Golden
Crown sab.-sch., 3.50; Lexington 2d sab.-sch., 5 15; New
Centre sab.-sch., 1 ; BooneviHe sab.-sch., 3.
Colorado.— Boulder — Cheyenne sab.-sch., 2.50; Erie
(sab.-sch., 3.25), 6.25; Fort Morgan sab.-sch., 7.02; Rankin
sab.-sch., 6. Denver — Brighton sab.-sch., 11.50; Denver
Westminster (sab.-sch., 11), 16; Highland Park sab.-sch.,
5.68; Littleton sab.-sch., 6.50 ; Otis, 2.74; Valverde St. Paul
German sab.-sch., 6.50. Gunnison — Ash Mesa sab.-sch., 52
cts.; Bethel sab.-sch., 50 cts.; Delta sab.-sch., 10; Lake City
sab.-sch., 5; Powder Horn sab.-sch., 2; Salida sab.-sch.,
15.51. Pueblo — Canon City sab.-sch., 29.45; Colorado
Springs 2d sab.-sch., 5 ; Goldfield, 9.86 ; La Junta sab.-sch.,
12.37; Monte Vista (sab.-sch., 5.01). 15.51; Pueblo 1st,
11.49 ; — Fountain sab.-sch., 8.36 ; — Westminster sab.-sch.,
11.50; Rocky Ford, 9.82; Saguache sab.-sch., 1; Victor
sab.-sch., 15 ; Walsenburgh sab.-sch., 5.
Illinois.— Alton— Belleville sab.-sch., 20 ; Blair sab.-sch.,
16; Brighton sab.-sch., 7 ; Carrollton sab.-sch., 8.66; Jer-
sey ville sab.-sch., 27.53 ; Moro, 3.10; North Alton sab.-sch.,
5.25; Raymond sab.-sch., 6; Spring Cove Union sab.-sch.,
8.66 ; Steelville sab.-sch., 8 ; Upper Alton sab.-sch., 5 ; Wave-
land, 1.50. Bloom i ngton— iiloomington 1st, 8; Champaign
sab.-sch., 26.30; Clarence (sab.-sch., 4), 6 ; Colfax sab -sch.,
8: Elluer sab.-sch., 16.25; El Paso sab.-sch., 4.25; Gibson
City sab.-sch., 36.45; Heyworth sab.-sch., 15; Hoopeston
sab.-sch., 18; Jersey sab.-sch., 2.S3 ; Minonk sab.-sch., 5;
Philo sab.-sch., 7 ; Piper City sab.-sch., 30.67 ; Pontiac sab.-
sch., 15; Prairie (Johnson Street sab.-sch., 1.20), 3.50;
Ridgeville Union sab.-sch., 5; Rossville sab.-sch., 11.20;
Tolono sab.-sch., 7.96; Urbana sab.-sch., 9.40; Watseka
sab.-sch., 7; Waynesville ch. and sab.-sch., 8.47. Cairo —
Ava sab.-sch., 5.36 ; Bridgeport, 5 ; Campbell Hill (sab.-sch.,
4.18), 5.73; Carmi, 21; Centralia sab.-sch., 15; Cobden
(sab.-sch., 7.50], 12.95 ; Fairfield sab.-sch., 4.35 ; Flora sab.-
sch., 5.75; Galum, 1.50; Mount Olivet, 4 ; Mount Vernon
(sab.-sch., 6), 9 ; Pisgah sab.-sch., 7 ; Sumner, 2 ; Wabash
sab.-sch., 10. Chicago— Austin Grant Works Miss., 1.72;
Berwyn sab.-sch., 7.25; Braidwood sab.-sch., 16; Cabery
sab.-sch., 19 ; Chicago 1st Railroad Mission sab.-sch., 8.95 ;
— 2d Crerar Chapel sab.-sch., 6.89; — 6th, 25.19; — 41st
Street sab.-sch., 65; — Belden Avenue ch. and sab.-sch.,
15.69; — Bethlehem, 17.82 ; Campbell Park sab.-sch., 20.35 ;
— Christ Chapel (sab.-sch., 7.51), 20.64; — Douglas Park
(sab.-sch., 2.60), 4.10; — Hyde Park, 42.18; — Italian sab.-sch.,
2.10; —Jefferson Park sab.-sch., 17.16; — Lakeview sab.-
sch., 35 ; — Ridgway Avenue sab.-sch., 5.28 ; — Scotch West-
minster sab.-sch., 10; — South Side Tabernacle sab.-sch.,
3.61 : — West Division Street, 6.03 ; Deerfield sab.-sch., 5.25;
Gardner (sab.-sch., 4.78), 9.16; Highland Park (sab.-sch.,
18.61), 47.18 ; Homewood sab.-sch., 1.50; Itaska, 4; Kanka-
kee sab.-sch., 17; La Grange, 10.05; Manteno sab.-sch.,
17.60 ; Morgan Park, 5 ; New Hope Coal City sab.-sch., 15.60;
Peotone (sab.-sch., 24.36), 43.18; Riverside sab.-sch., 3.33;
South Chicago sab.-sch., 5.60; Wilmington sab.-sch., 8.
Freeport— Foreston Grove Grove sab.-sch., 5; Freeport 1st
sab.-sch., 42.97; — 2d sab.-sch., 11.26; Galena (sab.-sch.,
9.30), 24.30; —South sab.-sch., 10.50; Prairie Dell German
(sab.-sch., 5), 10; Winnebago, 10; Woodstock sab.-sch.,
7.90. Mattoon— Areola (sab.-sch., 11), 16.18; Ashmore ch.
and sab.-sch., 13.50; Assumption sab.-sch., 14.17; Bethel
(sab.-sch., 2.46), 6.01; Greenup sab.-sch., 2.30- Marshall
sab.-sch., 1.83; Newton sab.-sch., 3.56; Oakland sab.-sch.,
5.25; Palestine sab.-sch., 8; Pana (sab.-sch., 2.50), 12;
Pleasant Prairie sab.-sch., 28.04 ; Shelby ville sab.-sch., 8.10 ;
Toledo sab.-sch., 6.25 ; — Mission sab.-sch., 1.97 ; Vandalia
sab.-sch., 12.50; York, 25 cts. Ottawa— Aurora sab. -sch., 9.80;
Earlville sab.-sch., 4 ; Kings sab.-sch., 6 ; Mendota sab.-sch.,
8; Mitchell sab.-sch., 2 50; Paw Paw sab.-sch., 7 ; Streator
Park sab.-sch., 8 ; Troy (Grove sab.-sch., 5), 13; Waltham
(sab.-sch., 4), 7.50; W'aterman, 16. Peoria— Alta sab.-sch.,
4 ; Astoria sab.-sch., 3.30 ; Brimfield sab.-sch., 2.20 ; Bruns-
wick sab.-sch., 3.75; Crow Meadow sab.-sch., 6.85 ; Delavan
sab.-sch., 5.37; — Keefer Mission, 2.40; Elmira sab.-sch.,
30.26; Elmwood, 5.10; Eureka sab.-sch., 17.85 ; Farmington
sab.-sch., 6.26; Lewistown sab.-sch., 17. JO ; Oneida (sab.-
sch., 6), 18; Peoria 1st (sab.-sch., 17.69), 29.35; — Elm
Grove sab.-sch., 1.87; Princeville (sab.-sch., 14.05), 25.77;
Prospect sab.-sch., 10; Washington, 5 ; Yates City sab.-sch.,
8.06. Rock River— Albany sab.-sch., 3 ; Aledo sab.-sch., IS ;
Alexis sab.-sch., 8.73; Ashton (sab.-sch., 5.50), 9.47;
Beulah, 16; Buffalo Prairie, 2.05 ; Centre sab.-sch., 9; Coal
Valley sab.-sch., 6; Edgington sab.-sch., S; Millersburg
sab.-sch., 5.80; Munson sab.-sch.. 4; Newton sab.-sch.,
26.32 ; Rock Island Central (sab.-sch , 5.01), 6.52 ; Woodhull
(sab.-sch., 3.74), 10.99. Schuyler — Appanoose sab.-sch.,
13.62; Baylis sab.-sch., 5.50; Bethel sab.-sch., 1.80 ; Brook-
lyn sab.-sch., 4.20; Camp Creek sab.-sch., 13.98; Camp
Point sab.-sch., 10 ; Clayton sab.-sch., 2.16 ; Ebenezer, 5.80 ;
Kirkwood sab.-sch., 19.78 ; Macomb sab.-sch., 6 ; Monmouth
sab.-sch., 7.16; Mount Sterling (sab.-sch., 10.42), 12.08;
Perry, 2 ; Prairie City sab.-sch., 14 ; Wythe (sab.-sch., 4.21),
7.21. Springfield— Athens sab.-sch., 9.21; Decatur College
Street Chapel, 2.75; Divernon sab.-sch., 10; Farmington,
11; Greenview sab -sch., 5.50; Irish Grove sab.-sch., 6.35;
Jacksonville United Portuguese sab.-sch., 12.96; Lincoln,
10.77 ; Maroa sab.-sch., 5.50; Petersburg sab.-sch., 30; Spring-
field 1st, 8.20 ; — 2d College Street Mission, 2 95.
Indiana.— Crawfordsville— Attica, 4.75; Bethany sab.-sch.,
4.40; Bethel ch. and sab.-sch., 5; Crawfordsville Centre
ch. and Bible school, 8 ; — Memorial, 97 cts.; Dana sab.-sch.,
7 ; Darlington ch. and sab.-sch., 6 ; Delphi sab.-sch., 16.25;
Dover sab.-sch., 2; Earl Park sab.-sch., 1.35; Frankfort
sab.-sch., 10; Lexington sab.-sch., 8 ; Rockville Memorial
(sab.-sch., 13.50), 15.48; Romney, 8.04; Russellville sab.-
sch., 2.61; Sugar Creek sab.-sch., 5; Waveland (sab.-sch.,
7), 10; Williamsport, 5 60. .Fort Wayne— Fort Wayne 1st
sab.-sch., 52.11 ; — Bethany sab.-sch , 4.50 ; — Westminster
sab.-sch., 3 70 ; Goshen sab.-sch., 21.50 ; La Grange, 12.70 ;
Lima sab.-sch., 13.23. Indianapolis — Brazil sab.-sch., 15.43 ;
Franklin, 11 ; Indianapolis 1st sab.-sch., 25.06 ; — 6th, 3.55 ;
— 7th sab.-sch., 17.93 ; — Olive Street sab.-sch., 4 ; — Taber-
nacle, 11 ; Whiteland Hethany, 4.65. Logansport— Bethlehem
sab.-sch., 14.40; Crown Point (sab.-sch., 7 50), 11.35; Goodland
sab.-sch , 15 35; Kentland, 13.84 ; Lake Prairie sab.-sch., 6.81;
La Porte sab.-sch., 19.16; Logansport 1st, 15.31; Lucerne sab.-
sch., 3.05; Meadow Lake, 6.15; Michigan City sab -sch., 11.99;
Monon sab.-sch., 6 ; Mount Zion, 2.20; Rochester (sab.-sch.,
7.65), 10.65 ; South Bend Westminster sab.-sch., 14.10 ; Union
sab.-sch., 9.24. Muncie— Anderson sab.-sch., 5.22; Centre
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Grove sab.-sch., 5.25; Elwood, 5; Hartford City sab.-sch.,
2.12 ; Kokonio sab.-sch., 5; La Gro sab.-sch., 1 ; Marion, 11 ;
Montpelier sab.-sch., 4. OS ; Peru sab-sch., 11.07. New
Albany— Bedford (sab.-sch., 13), 17.52 ; Beechgrove sab.-sch.,
90 cts.; Brownstown sab.-sch., 7.68 ; Charlestown sab.-sch.,
5.42 ; Crowthersville sab.-sch., 4 29 ; Hanover sab.-sch., 6.61;
Hebron sab.-sch., 3; Mitchell sab.-sch., 7.61 ; New Albany
3d sab.-sch , 3.05 • Orleans (sab.-sch., 1), 4.76; Paoli, 4.86;
Pleasant Township sab.-sch., 5 ; Salem sab.-sch., 6.75 ; Valley
City sab.-sch., 1 ; Vernon, 11.79 Vincennes— Evansville
Walnut Street sab.-sch., 16; Farmersburg sab.-sch., 9;
Petersburg sab.-sch., 3.51; Royal Oak, 2.75; Sullivan, 5;
Terre Haute Central, 43.06 ; Upper Indiana sab.-sch., 5 ;
Wheatland, 2.25. White Water— Cold Spring sab.-sch., 1;
College Corner, 2.80 ; Dillsboro sab.-sch., 2 ; Ebenezer (sab.-
sch., 6.25), 7.44; Knightstown sab.-sch., 5; Lawrenceburg
sab.-sch., 4; Lewisville (sab.-sch., 1), 2; New Castle sab.-
sch., 2.43 ; Richmond 2d ch. and sab.-sch., 4.62 ; Shelby ville
1st sab.-sch., 10 ; Sparta sab.-sch., 1.
Indian Territory.— Choctaw— Krebs sab.-sch., 14 ; Little
Sans-Bois, 2.60; McAlester sab.-sch., 9; Mount Gilead, 1.
Cimarron — Anadarko Mary Gregory Memorial sab.-sch.,
17.64 ; Ardmore, 18 ; Enid sab.-sch., 5.53 ; Jefferson sab.-sch ,
5.48 ; Kingfisher sab.-sch., 7.10 ; Purcell sab.-sch., 24. Okla-
homa— Bethesda sab.-sch., 2 ; Guthrie, 24.83 ; Liberty Union
sab.-sch., 1.46; Oklahoma City sab.-sch., 7.50; Paradise ch. and
6ab.-sch.,2; Perry sab.-sch., 6 ; PoncaCity (sab.-sch., 15.57),
22.32; Waterloo sab.-sch., 1.10; Yates Cherokee sab.-sch.,
79 cts. Sequoyah— Claremore sab.-sch., 8.65 ; — Mound
sab.-sch., 3.20; Eureka sab.-sch., 1.80; Fort Gibson sab.-
sch., 10.50; Nuyaka sab.-sch., 17 ; Park Hill sab.-sch., 3.80;
Pleasant Hill sab -sch., 1 ; Tulsa sab.-sch., 12.
Iowa. — Cedar Rapids— Anamosa Strawberry Hill sab.-sch.,
10; Bellevue ch. and sab.-sch., 4.25; Bethel, 3.20; Cedar
Rapids 2d Westminster Mission, 4.70 ; — 3d sab.-sch., 17.33 ;
Delmar sab.-sch., 2.15; Garrison sab.-sch., 9.13; Lyons
6ab.-sch., 11.50; Monticello, 11; Onslow sab.-sch., 2.91;
Wheatland sab.-sch., 5; Wyoming sab.-sch., 6.12. Corning
— Afton sab.-sch., 17.58; Brooks, 2.50; Diagonal (sab.-sch.,
10), 16 ; Essex sab.-sch., 6.25 ; Hamburg sab.-sch., 3 ; Mal-
vern sab.-sch., 10; Mount Ayr, 7.57; Platte Centre sab.-
sch., 4; Prairie Chapel sab.-sch., 9; Sharpsburg sab.-sch.,
10.80; Yorktown sab.-sch., 4.30. Council Bluff's— Audubon
(sab.-sch., 20), 30 ; Carson, 4 ; Casey sab.-sch 3.59 ; Colum-
bian sab.-sch., 9.16 ; Council Bluffs 2d sab.-sch., 5.09 ; Ham-
lin sab.-sch., 8.50; Hardin Township sab.-sch., 18.25;
Marne sab. sch., 6.20; Neola sab.-sch., 5; Pleasant Hill
sab.-sch., 3.20 ; Walnut sab -sch,, 4. Des Moines— Adel sab.-
sch., 5.65; Albia (sab.-sch., 9.72),14.66; Dallas Centre sab.-sch.,
6.13; Derby ch. and sab.-sch., 4.26; Des Moines Bethany
sab.-sch., 3; — Central sab.-sch., 50.32 ; — Highland Park
sab.-sch., 9.13; — Westminster sab.-sch., 5; Dexter sab.-
sch., 6; Grimes sab-sch., 6.11; Humeston sab.-sch , 3.75 ;
Jacksonville sab.-sch., 5.50; Knoxville sab.-sch., 7; Lucas
sab.-sch., 3.75; Milo, 4.50; Plymouth sab.-sch, 6; Ridge-
dale sab.-sch., 3; Seymour sab. sch., 3 ; Win terset sab.-sch.,
8. Dubuque— Dubuque 1st, 15.37 ; — 3d sab.-sch., 2 ; Farley
ch. and sab.-sch., 11.70; Pine Creek sab.-sch., 19.50; Ross-
ville sab.-sch, 3.25; Volga and Highland sab.-schs., 2.
Fort Dodge — Adaza sab.-sch., 2.34; Algona sab.-sch., 4.72;
Arcadia German sab.-sch., 6.75; Ayrshire sab. sch., 7;
Boone (sab.-sch., 13.40), 19.50 ; — Hope Mission, 9.55 ; Car-
coll (sab.-sch., 10), 15; Churdan sab.-sch., 6.80; Coon
Rapids sab.-sch., 2.78; Cunningham sab.-sch., 1.13; Dana
sab.-sch., 7.03 ; Emmett Co. 1st sab.-sch., 1.88 ; Eureka sab.-
sch., 6.09; Fonda sab.-sch., 6; FortDo'Ige, 24.24; German
Valley sab.-sch., 1.47; Harmony sab.-sch., 4.50; Hoprig sab.-
sch., 1.27; Lake City sab. -sch. ,8. 11: Lohrvillesab.-sch.,8; Man-
ning sab.-sch., 3.40 ; McKnight's Point sab.-sch., 1.68 ; Paton
sab.-sch., 9.70; Pleasant Hill sab.-sch., 1.83 ; Pleasant View
sab.-sch., 1.70; Pomeroy sab.-sch., 3.75; Rippey sab.-sch., 1 30 ;
Rolfe sab.-sch., 9.03. Iowa— Bentonsport sab.-sch., 3; Bir-
mingham, 10, Burlington 1st, 2.40 ; — Hope sab.-sch., 2; Che-
quest sab.-sch., 4.38; Hedrick (sab.-sch., 50 cts.), 1; Keokuk
2d sab.-sch., 7.25 : — Westminster Bank Street Mission, 1.37;
Kirkville sab.-sch., 7.66; Lebanon, 5; Martinsburg (sab.-
sch., 12), 16; Mediapolis (sab.-sch., 17.02), 20.05; Middle-
town sab.-sch., 4.80 ; Milton sab.-sch., 8.52 ; Mount Pleasant
1st (sab.-sch., 19.51), 30.47; Mount Zion sab.-sch., 9;
Ottumwa East End sab.-sch., 13.*44 ; — West End sab.-sch.,
3.31 ; Wilson, 10. Iowa City — Bethel sab. sch., 3.80 ; Cedar
Valley sab.-sch., 6.70; Columbus Central ch. and sab.-sch.,
8.06 ; Crawfordville, 6.30 ; Davenport 1st, 25 ; Deep River
6ab.-sch., 5.50; Hermon sab.-sch., 5 ; Le Claire sab.-sch., 4;
Montezuma sab.-sch., 9.34 ; Princeton sab.-sch., 8 ; Red Oak
Grove (sab.-sch., 9.59), 16.59 ; Scott sab.-sch., 6; Sigourney
<sab.-sch., 6.65), 8.75; Summit sab.-sch., 11 ; Unity sab.-
sch., 7.30 ; West Branch sab.-sch., 16.49 ; West Liberty sab.-
sch , 23.61 ; Williamsburg sab -sch., 12. Sioux City— Auburn
sab.-sch., 2.90; — District No. 3 sab.-sch., 1.25; Battle
Creek sab.-sch., 7 ; Charter Oak, 3 ; Cherokee, 9 ; Early,
6.26; Ellicott Creek sab.-sch., 3.04; Hartley sab.-sch., 5.47 ;
Hawarden sab.-sch., 4.25; Hope German sab.-sch., 3.70;
Inwood sab.-sch., 7; Le Mars, 12.10; Mt. Pleasant (sab.-
sch., 3.15), 6.15 ; Odebolt, 13.36; Paullina ch. and sab.-sch.,
17 ; Plymouth Co. sab-sch., 3; Schaller (sab.-sch., 6.20),
10.40; Sioux City 2d sab.-sch., 12.10; Wall Lake sab.-sch ,
5.34. Waterloo— Aredale sab.-sch., 7 ; Cedar Falls sab.-sch.,
7.71 ; Greene sab.-sch., 7 ; Grundy Centre (sab.-sch., 5), 15 ;
Jane8ville sab.-sch., 9.54; Marshalltown (sab.-sch., 10.76),
21.56; Morrison sab.-sch., 4.50; Nevada sab.-sch., 8.05;
Salem sab.-sch., 9 ; Toledo sab.-sch., 14.59 ; Tranquility, 6.
Kansas. — Emporia — Arkansas City, 8 31 ; Burlington
sab.-sch., 4; Calvary (sab.-sch., 3.40), 3.97; Elmendaro
sab.-sch., 2.31 ; Emporia 1st sab.-sch., 15.18 ; Florence sab.-
sch., 8 ; Harmony, 3; Howard sab.-sch., 8.29 ; Oxford sab.-
sch., 2.50 ; Peabody sab.-sch., 9.78 ; Peotone sab.-sch., 7 60;
Quenemo sab.-sch., 10.27; White City sab-sch., 6.50;
Wichita Lincoln Street sab.-sch , 4 ; Wilsie sab.-sch. , 2.50.
Highland— Atchison 1st, 4 ; Axtel sab.-sch., 8.25 ; Effingham
6ab.-sch., 15 ; Hiawatha, 22.52 ; Holton sab.-sch., 25 : Huron
sab.-sch., 5 ; Parallel sab.-sch., 14.73; Vermillion sab.-sch.,
4. Lamed— Arlington sab.-sch., 3.12 ; CoMwater sab.-sch.,
10.82; Freeport sab.-sch., 2.75 ; Garden City sab.-sch., 8.05 ;
Great Bend sab.-sch., 8; Harper sab.-sch., 6.15 ; Hutchin-
son (sab.-sch., 2.32), 15.32; Lakin sab.-sch., 3.75; Lamed
sab.-sch., 14.67; Liberal sab.-sch., 9 ; Lyons, 4.91; McPher-
son sab sch., 12.60 ; Parks sab.-sch., 2.81; Pratt sab.-sch.,
11.53; Valley Township sab.-sch., 10.76. Neosho— Baxter
Springs 1st sab.-sch., 3.09 ; Chanute sab.-sch., 2 ; Fort Scott
1st sab.-sch., 13.53; — 2d sab.-sch., 1; Garnett sab.-sch.,
4.82; Glendale sab.-sch., 2.30; Humboldt sab.-sch., 7.05;
Iola sab.-sch., 10; McCune sab.-sch., 3.70; Osage 1st sab.-
sch., 20 ; Parsons sab.-sch., 31.58 ; Richmond sab.-sch., 7.30;
Scammon sab.-sch., 10.05: Sedan sab.-sch., 5.45; Sugar
Valley, 1.83; Thayer sab.-sch., 8; Toronto sab.-sch.,
3; Weir City, 5; Yates Centre sab.-sch., 6. Osborne —
Calvert, 4.90 ; Colby sab.-sch., 6.30 ; Kill Creek sab.-sch., 3 ;
Lone Star. 2.50; Oakley sab.-sch., 4.92; Oberlin sab.-sch.,
4.75 ; Phillipsburg sab.-sch., 3.50 ; Shiloh, 1 ; Smith Centre
sab.-sch, 4; Wakeeny, 6. Solomon — Beloit sab.-sch., 13.55 ;
Bennington sab.-sch., 6.95; Cawker City sab.-sch., 9.24;
Clyde sab.-sch., 8 ; Culver sab.-sch., 2.50 ; Delphos sab.-sch.,
5.09; Ellsworth sab.-sch., 12; Glasco sab.-sch.. 10.45; Hill City
sab.-sch., 7.22 ; Liucoln sab.-sch., 4 ; Minneap>lis sab.-sch.,
4.66 ; Poheta sab.-sch, 4.14; Solomon sab.-sch., 8 ; Sylvan
Grove sab.-sch., 6 ; Webber sab.-sch., 7.08. Topeka— Argen-
tine, 5 ; Auburn sab.-sch., 5.71 ; Black Jack sab.-sch., 5.87 ;
Clinton sab.-sch., 6.10; Edgerton,7.90 ; Gardner sab.-sch.,
10.75; Kansas City Central sib.-sch., 13; Lowemont sab.-
sch., 2 ; Manhattan (sab.-sch., 2.50;, 7.50 ; Mulberry Creek
sab. sch., 5.50; Oakland sab.-sch., 6.63; Olathe sab. sch.,
3.04; Riley sab.-sch., 7.32; Sharon sab.-sch., 4.10 ; Spring
Hill sab.-sch., 1.55.
Kentucky. — Ebenezer— Ebenezer sab.-sch., 6; Greenup
sab.-sch., 4.68 ; Lexington 2d, 7.47 ; Sharpsburg ch. and
sab.-sch., 4.50; Williamstown sab.-sch., 3.20. Louisville —
Hopkinsville 1st, 18; Kuttawa sab-sch., 8; Louisville 4th
(sab.-sch., 5.05), 8.15; — Iinmanuel (sab.-sch.. 8), 10.
Transylvania — Boonville, 4; Burkesville sab.-sch., 7.94;
Harrodsburg 1st sab.-sch., 7.75.
Michigan. — Detroit — Dearborn sab.-sch., 4.42; Detroit
2d Avenue sab.-sch., 16.93; — Bethany sab. sch., 28; —
Jefferson Avenue ch. and sab.-sch., 24 29 ; — Linden Street
sab.-sch., 2.98: — Westminster (sab.-sch., 25.26), 47.86;
East Nankin sab.-sch., 6; Erin sab.-sch., 2.50; Pontiac
sab.-sch., 71.45; South Lyon sab.-sch., 15.70; Springfield,
1.11 ; St. Clair Heights sab.-sch., 2.70; Stoney Creek sab.-
sch:, 4.08; White Lake sab.-sch., 6.81. Flint— Bad Axe
sab.-sch., 15.38; Bridgehampton, 5; Caro sab.-sch., 5.16;
Caseville sab.-sch., 4; Croswell (sab.-sch., 3.98). 8.98;
Deckerville (sab.-sch, 3.60). 6.20; East Denmark sab.-sch.,
83 cts.; Fair Grove sab.-sch., 20; Flushing sab.-sch., 15;
Flynn sab.-sch., 4; Linden sab.-sch., 5.25 ; Marlette 1st
(sab.-sch., 8), 14.04; —2d sab.-sch., 4.60 ; Morrice sab.-sch.,
1.45; Mundy sab.-sch., 5; Port Hope sab.-sch., 8; Vassar
sab.-sch., 6; Watrousville sab.-sch., 3.20. Grand Rapids —
Big Rapids Westminster, 10.30; Evart sab.-sch., 7.60;
Grand Rapids Immanuel (sab.-sch., 3), 5 ; Ludington sab.-
sch., 10; Tustin Bab.-sch., 6.70; Town Corners sab.-sch.,
1.95. Kalamazoo— Allegan sab.-sch., 7.65; Buchanan, 5.80 ;
Burr Oak, 2.20 ; Kalamazoo North sab.-sch., 6.32 ; Paw Paw
sab.-sch., 5.05; Plain well sab.-sch., 3. Lake Superior—
Corinne Union sab.-sch., 1.14; Hunt Spur sab.-sch., 2.50;
Iron Mountain, 6.24; Manistique Redeemer sab.-sch., 33;
Marquette sab.-sch., 32.92; McMillan sab.-sch., 2.10; Mt.
Zion sab.-sch., 4.55; Munising, 3.60; Negaunee sab.-sch.,
12.50; Newberry sab.-sch., 12.22; Pickford sab.-sch., 4;
Stalwart sab.-sch., 3.09; St. Ignace sab.-sch., 2. Lansing —
Brooklyn sab.-sch., 6.75; Concord sab.-sch., 5.37; Dinion-
dale sab.-sch., 5 ; Hastings sab.-sch., 2.25 ; Mason sab.-sch.,
5.29; Parma sab.-sch., 4. Monroe — Blissfield (sab.-sch., 7),
11 ; Erie sab.-sch., 4.82 ; Jonesville sab.-sch., 16.14 ; Palmyra,
7; Raisin sab.-sch., 3.70; Reading, 2. Petoskey— Alanson
sab.-sch., 1.50; Cross ATillage sab.-sch., 1.30; Fife Lake
(sab.-sch., 2), 4.24; Harbor Springs (sab.-sch., 5.55), 6.05 ;
1898.]
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Lake City sab.-seh., 7.69; Mackinaw City (sab.-sch., 2.50),
4.30; McVain sab.-sch., 2.50; Petoskey ch. and sab..sch.,
12.85; Riverside sab.-sch., 1.16. Suginaiv— Bay City Memo-
rial sab.-sch., 5 ; Brighton sab.-sch., 1.30 ; Calkinsville sab.-
sch., 4; Emerson sab, -sch., 10.50; Grayling sab.-sch., 4.26 ;
Mangers (sab.-sch., 7.20), 9.50; Onier sab.-sch., 6.27;
Prairie sab.-sch., 1.60: Saginaw West Side Grace sab.-sch.,
5.76; Salzburg sab.-sch., 1.50; West Bay City Covenant
sab.-sch., 8.50.
i* Minnesota.— Duluth— Barnum sab.-sch., 7.22; Duluth
Endion Mission sab.-sch., 11.25; — Hazlewood Park (sab.-
sch., 1.69), 2.50; Grand Rapids sab.-sch., 450; Long Lake
■sab.-sch., 1.60; McNair Memorial sab.-sch., 4.46; New
Duiuth House of Hope sab.-sch., 3; Otter Creek sab.-sch.,
1.41 ; Sandstone sab.-sch., 8.80 ; Two Harbors sab.-sch., 7.50;
West Duluth Westminster sab.-sch., 3.15. Ma nkato— Alpha
sab.-sch., 10 ; Amboy sab.-sch., 14.55 ; Amiret sab.-sch., 4.72 ;
Balaton (sab.-sch., 7.21), 8.26 ; Beaver Creek sab.-sch., 7.02 ;
Blue Earth City sab.-sch , 9.41; Brewster sab.-sch., 1.37;
Delhi sab.-sch., 16 ; Des Moines Union sab.-sch , 1 ; Dundee
1st sab.-sch., 3.50; Easter sab.-sch., 12.85; Fulda sab.-sch.,
3.50 ; Hardwick sab.-sch., 1.56 ; Lakefield sab -sch., 11 ; Le
Seuer sab.-sch., 10.79; Marshall sab. sch., 7.25; Morgan
sab.-sch., 7.05; Okabena sab.-sch., 5.06; Redwood Falls
sab. sch. > 9.56; Revere sab.-sch., 1.50: Round Lake, 1.17;
Rushmore, 5 ; Russell sab -sch, 4.75 ; Shetek sab.-sch , 2.90 ;
St. James' South Branch Mission, 1.25; St. Peter's Union sab.-
sch., 15; Summit Lake sab.-sch ,6.46; Swan Lake sab.-sch., 4;
Windom Namsos sab.-sch., 2.90 ; Worthington Westminster
(sab.-sch., 15), 24.41. Minneapolis — Maple Plain sab.-sch.,
12.50; Minneapolis Providence sab.-sch , 2 ; Oak Grove sab.-
sch., 7.78; Rockford, 5.50; Waverly Union sab.-sch., 14. Red
River— Alliance (sab.-sch., 6.25), 8.25 ; Angus sab.-sch. ,2.25:
Argyle sab.-sch., 4.20: Bermidge sab.-sch., 3.80; Bethel
sab.-sch., 15; Deer Horn sab.-sch., 3.84; Fergus Falls
?ab-sch., 11.70; Mendenhall Memorial sab. sch., 17.51;
Parker sab.-sch., 8.88; Western sab.-sch., 16.40. St. Cloud
—Bethel sab. sch., 6.80; Burbank sab.-sch., 25 cts.; Green-
leaf, 1 ; Harrison sab.-sch., 5.06; Kingston sab.-sch., 4.24;
Lakeside sab -sch., 6.61 ; Litchfield, 5.11 ; Melrose sab.-sch.,
1 ; Riverside sab -;ch., 20 cts.; Whitefield, 2 25. St. Paul—
Cheney sab.-sch., 4 30; Faribault sab.-sch., 3.65; Forest
sab.-sch., 2.50 ; Jordan sab.-sch., 3 ; Rush City sab.-sch., 5 ;
South St. Paul sab.-sch., 14.14; St. Paul 1st sab.-sch., 12 ; —
Arlington Hills sab.-sch., 12.82; —Carroll St. Chapel sab.-sch.,
5.50. Winona — Alden sab.-sch., 5 ; Austin 1st sab -sch., 5 ;
Caledonia sab.-sch., 4.34; Claremont sab.-sch., 5; Fremont,
4.15; Hokah (sab.-sch., 3.15), 3.75; Hope sab -sch ., 2.75;
Houston sab. sch., •3.45; Lewiston sab.-sch., 4.11; New
Hope sab.-sch., 4.61 ; Rusbford sab.-sch., 8.57 ; Scotland
sab.-sch., 8.25 ; Utica sab.-sch., 3.
Missouri. — Kansas CUy— Centre View sab.-sch., 4.45 ;
Fairview sab.-sch., 2.40 ; High Point sab.-sch., 4 ; Holden
sab.-sch., 5; Kansas City 2d (sab.-sch., 59.58), 8-3.70 ; Knob
Noster sab.-sch , 2 ; Sedalia Central ch. and sab.-sch., 26.20 ;
Sharon sab.-sch., 4.53; Westfield sab.-sch., 2 83. Ozark—
Ash Grove sab. sch., 4; Bolivar sab. sch., 7.94; Conway,
4 50 ; Ebenezer sab.-sch., 6.10 ; Mount Zion Cave Spring sab.-
sch., 2 62 ; Neosho (sab.-sch., 7), 14 ; Ozark Prairie sab.-sch.,
2.40 ; Salem sab.-sch., 1.95 ; Springfield 2d (sab.-sch., 6), 11 ;
Westminster sab.-scb., 5 ; West Plains sab.-sch., 13.50.
Palmyra— Brookfield sab.-sch., 8.04; Enterprise, 1: Kirks-
ville, 5.65 ; Laclede sab.-sch., 2 ; La Grange sab.-sch., 7.47;
Shelby ville sab.-sch., 5.60. Platte— Gavnor City, 5 ; Graham
&ab.-sch., 9 ; Hopkins, 5 ; King City sab.-sch., 5.50 ; Kingston
f ab.-sch., 3.74 ; Marysville 1st (sab.-sch., 11.34), 22.74 ; New
York Settlement sab.-sch., 6 ; St. Joseph 3d Street sab.-sch.,
€.10: — Hope (sab.-sch., 2), 4; Weston (sab.-sch., 3), 6.
St. Louis— Bethel German sab -sch., 12; De Sota sab.-sch.,
8.40; Ironton ch. and sab. sch., 3 ; Poplar Bluff (sab. sch.,
5.55), 8.80 ; St. Louis 2d German sab.-sch., 3 ; — Carondelet
sab.-sch., 17; — Mizpah Mission sab.-sch., 8: — West,
■26.97; —Westminster (sab. sch., 8.40), 14.25; Washington
sab.-sch., 14.43; White Water sab.-sch., 4.19. While River
— Allison Chapel sab.-sch., 1.
Montana.— Butte— Deer Lodge sab.-sch., 15; Hamilton
West sab.-sch., 5; Missoula sab.-sch., 12; Phillipsburg,
24.35. Helena — Bozeman sab.-sch., 23; Helena Central,
10.45 ; Manhattan 2d (sab.-sch., 2), 5 ; Spring Hill sab.-sch.,
11.63; Terry sab.- ch.,2.17.
Nebraska.— Box Butte— Alliance, 2.25 ; Belmont sab.-sch.,
1 ; Bostwick sab.-sch., 4 ; Crowbutte sab.-sch., 1.25 : Union
Star (sab.-sch., 1.50), 3.07 ; Unity, 1.59 ; Valentine sab.-sch.,
5.28. Hastings— Aurora sab.-sch., 6.08 ; Axtel sab.-sch., 4;
Champion sab.-sch., 2.87; Giltner Thornton sab.-sch.,
4 65; Hartwell Bethel sab.-sch., 1.73; Lebanon sab.-sch.,
4.94; Nelson sab.-sch., 6.22; Republican City sab.-sch., 426;
Wilsonville sab.-sch , 4.39. Kearney— Broken Bow sab.-sch.,
7 ; Burr Oak sab.->ch., 2 ; Camp Clark, 2 ; Gibbon sab.-sch.,
3.78 ; Mount Zion sab -sch., 1.58 ; North Loup sab.-sch., 3 ;
St. Paul sab.-sch., 1460; Wood River sab.-sch., 3.80.
Nebraska City— Adams (sab.-sch., 11.15), 12.72; Alexandria
sab.-sch., 5.81 ; Auburn sab.-sch., 7.13 ; Barneston sab.-sch.,
4.20 ; Blue Springs (sab.-sch., 8), 11 ; Diller sab.-sch., 7 ;
Fairbury ch. and sab.-sch, 12.20; Fairmont sab.-sch.,
5.88; Firth sab.-sch, 8.06; Hebron sab.-sch., 25 ; Hopewell
sab.-sch., 6.50; Hubbell sab.-sch., 5.45 ; Humboldt sab.-sch.,
7.40 ; Palmyra (sab.-sch., 8.86), 19 ; Panama sab.-sch., 4.49 ;
Plattsmouth sab.-sch., 12 ; Raymond sab.-sch., 7.43 ; Seward,
8.25; Staplehurst sab.-sch., 4.60; Stoddard (sab.-sch , 7.55),
9.55 ; Table Rock (sab.-sch , 2), 6 ; Tamora sab.-sch , 6 ; Te-
cumseh sab.-sch., 9. Niobrara— Cleveland sab.-sch., 3.55 ;
Emerson sab.-sch., 11.50; Lambert sab.-sch., 5 ; Pender sab.-
sch., 11.66; Wakefield sab.-sch., 4.52 ; Wayne, 4.54. Omaha—
Bancroft sab.-sch., 5.01; Blair, 3.50; Columbus sab.-sch., 3.09;
Craig sab.-sch., 18.05; Creston sab.-sch., 4.25 ; Fremont sab.-
sch., 11.57 ; La Platte sab.-sch., 6.51 ; Lyons sab.-sch., 13.07 ;
Monroe sab.-sch., 2.60; Omaha Ambler Place sab.-sch., 5.05 ;
— Bedford Place, 4.37 ; — Castellar Street sab.-sch., 9.83 ;
— Clifton Hill sab. sch., 10; — Knox (sab.-sch., 9.50),
11.50; — Lowe Avenue (sab.-sch., 20 47). 23.09; Osceola
(sab.-sch., 4), 8; Papill'on sab.-sch, 3.20; Silver Creek
sab.-sch., 2.90; Vallev sab.-sch., 2.33; Wahoo (sab.-sch.,
5.43), 6.30; Waterloo sab.-sch., 5.06.
New Jersey.— Elizabeth— Basking Ridge (sab.-sch., 36),
63.41; Bethlehem sab.-sch., 6.35; Clinton sab.-sch., 25.45;
Cranford sab.-sch., 27.17; Dunellen sab -sch., 8.10; Eliza-
beth 2d, 50 ; — 3d Avenue sab.-sch., 3.74; Glen Gardner
sab.-sch., 5.69; Lamington sab.-sch., 16.10; Metuchen
sab.-sch., 10.56 ; Plainfield Crescent Avenue, 96.86 ; — War-
ren Chapel, 26.81; Pluckamin sab.-sch., 17.70 : Rahway 1st
sab.-sch., 11.17; Roselle, 4.94; Springfield sab -sch., 13.08.
Jersey City— Bethany sab.-sch., 2.82 ; Garfield sab.-sch.,
23.25 ; Jersey City 1st, 29.02 ; — 2d, 50 ; — Claremont sab.-
sch., 20; — Scotch sab.-sch , 11.19 ; Norwood sab.-sch., 9 ;
Paterson East Side sab -sch., 20; Tenafly sab.-sch., 11.27;
West Milford sab.-sch., 10. Monmouth— Atlantic Highlands,
6; Belmar, 3; Beverly sab.-sch., 84.65; Bordentown sab.-
sch , 7.07 ; Cranbury 2d sab.-sch., 26.10 ; Freehold (sab.-sch.,
5.89), 16.69 ; Hightstown (sab.-sch., 10), 15 ; Jamesburgh
sab.-sch., 15 ; Lakewood, 50; Manalapan sab.-sch., 18.77 ;
Oceanic sab.-sch., 13 ; Shrewsbury sab.-sch., 10.21 ; Tennent
sab.-sch., 26. Morris and Orange — East Orange Bethel
sab.-sch., 19 79; — Brick sab.-sch., 11.74; Elmwood, 10;
Flanders, 5; Madison, 5.99; Morristown 1st (sab.-sch.,
26.03), 31.67 ; Mt. Olive ch. and sab.-sch., 10.22 ; New Provi-
dence sab.-sch., 5; New Vernon sab.-sch., 10.14; Orange
1st, 60 ; Pleasant Grove ch. and sab.-sch., 10.10 ; Schooley's
Mountain (sab.-sch., 4.58), 7 ; South Orange 1st sab.-sch.,
12.88 ; Summit Central sab.-sch., 7.85; Wyoming sab.-sch.,
6. Newark— Arlington sab.-sch., 8 35 ; Caldwell sab.-sch.,
23.44; Kearney Knox, 7; Newark 2d (sab.-sch., 12.16),
24.66; — 5th Avenue sab. sch., 9.71; — Park (sab.-sch.,
25.88). 28.43 ; — South Park (sab.-sch., 13.49), 37.70 ; Verona
1st sab.-sch , 4.65. New Brunswick — Amwell 2d sab.-sch., 5 ;
Bound Brook sab.-sch., 13; Dayton sab.-sch., 9.14; Flem-
ington, 29.45; Hamilton Square, 6.05; Holland sab.-sch.,
10 ; Kingston (sab -sch., 3.42), 8.39 ; Kirkpatrick Memorial
sab.-sch., 11.50; Lambertville sab.-sch., 46.39; Lawrence
Rose Dale sab.-sch., 7 ; Little York sab.-sch., 2 ; Milford
sab.-sch., 20 19 ; New Brunswick 2d sab.-sch., 11.85 ; Ridge
sab.-sch., 2.61 ; Stony Brook sab.-sch., 2 ; Trenton 3d sab.-
sch., 25.38 ; — Bethany sab.-sch., 36.01 ; — Chapel 1st sab.-
sch., 11.20; — Prospect Street sab.-sch., 31.93 ; — Prospect
Street Brookville sab.-sch., 15. Newton^- Andover sab.-sch.,
4.58; Beatyestown, 1; Delaware (sab.-sch., 2.50), 8;
Hackettstown sab.-sch., 22.66 ; Harmony (sab.-sch., 9.76),
12.66; Knowlton, 4 ; Mansfield 2d (sab -sch., 3 36), 4.36 ; Mus-
conetcong Valley sab.-sch., 9.71 ; — New Hampton sab.-sch.,
5.75; Newton sab.-sch., 25; Oxford 1st sab. .sch., 10.55.
West Jersey— Absecon ch. and sab.-sch., 8.31; Billingsport
sab.-sch., 9.75; Blackwood, 20; Brainerd ch. and sab.-sch.,
3; Bridgeton 1st sab.-sch., 30; — 2d, 10; — Irving Avenue
sab -sch., 6 ; Camden 1st sab.-sch., 8.90 ; — Calvary Chapel,
3.33; — Central Mission sab.-sch., 5.71; Cedarville 1st
sab.-sch., 6.64 ; Cold Spring sab.-sch., 6.64 ; Da Costa sab.-
sch., 2.25; Deerfield sab.-sch., 10; Glassboro (sab.-sch.,
2.50), 4.50 ; Grace sab.-sch., 4.43 ; Grenlock sab.-sch., 2.10 ;
Holly Beach sab -sch., 3.65 ; Janvier, 3.54 ; Mav's Landing
sab.-sch., 7.57; Millville, 7.09; Pittsgrove sab.-sch, 10;
Pleasantville sab.-sch., 8.64; Swedesboro sab-fch., 7.55;
Vineland, 18; Wenonah sab.-sch., 30; Woodstown sab.-
sch , 5.59.
New Mexico.— Rio Grande— Las Cruces 1st sab.-sch., 5;
Socorro 1st sab. sch., 7.63. Santa Fe—El Ranche de Taos
sab.-sch., 5 ; Taos sab.-sch., 5.
New York.— A Ibany— Albany 1st, 38 ; — Madison Avenue,
60 ; — State Street, 20.59 : — West End sab.-sch., 46.06 ; —
West Albany Mission sab -sch., 2.05; Bethlehem sab.-sch.,
6; Charlton sab -scb., 20 ; Galway 6ab.-sch., 14.10; Glovers-
ville 1st sab -sch., 11.86; — Kingsboro Avenue sab.-sch.,
19.65; Greenbush, 10.26; Jefferson sab.-sch., 13.25 ; Johns-
town, 21 ; Mariaville sab.-sch., 8.50 ; Mayfield Central sab.-
sch., 10; Northampton sab.-sch., 3; Rockwell Falls sab.-
sch., 8; Sand Lake (sab.-sch., 11.40), 16; Saratoga Springs
1st sab. sch , 20.64 ; — 2d sab.-sch., 8.50 ; Schenectady East
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[September,
Avenue sab.-sch., 7.31 ; — Park Place Chapel sab.-sch., 27.25.
Binghamton— Binghamton Broad Avenue sab -sch., 9.03;
— Floral Avenue sab.-sch., 8 ; -- North (sab.-seh., 22.53),
25.72; — Ross Memorial sab.-sch., 10.58; Cannonsville ch.
and sab.-scb., 5 ; China sab -sch., 2 ; Conklin sab.-sch., 10 ;
Lordville (sab.-sch., 3.17), 4.17; McGrawville sab.-sch.,
12.49; Marathon sab.-sch , 5.66; Nineveh (sab.-sch., 6.40),
15.49; Texas Valley sab.-sch., 2.56 ; Union (sab.-sch., 3.95),
5; Waverly, 11 ; Whitney's Point sab.-sch., 13. Boston—
Antrim sab— ch., 7; Brockton sab -sch., 5; Londonderry
eh. and sab.-sch., 5.30 ; Lonsdale sab.-sch., 11 ; Lynn sab.-
sch., 11 ; New Bedford, 10; Portland sab.-sch., 4.10 ; Rox-
bury sab -sch., 17.32 ; Springfield sab -sch., 1.22 ; Windham
sab.-sch., 5; Presque Isle Maine sab.-sch., 6. Brooklyn—
Brooklyn Arlington Avenue, 5; — Bay Ridge sab.-sch.,
12.34; — Duryea (sab.-sch., 29), 51; — Greene Avenue,
7.03 ; — Lafayette Avenue, 70.54 ; — Lafayette Avenue Cuy-
ler Chapel sab.-sch., 5.36; — Memorial sab.-sch., 20; Staple-
ton 1st Edgewater sab. sch., 17.35 ; "Woodhaven 1st sab.-sch.,
6.55; — French Evangelical sab.-sch., 4.42. Buffalo — Alle-
gany sab.-sch., 5; Buffalo Park sab.-sch., 21.85; — West-
minster sab.-sch., 54; Conewango sab.-sch., 4; Dunkirk
sab.-sch., 15.25 ; Jamestown sab.-sch., 14.48; Silver Creek
sab.-sch., 10.25 ; Springville, 5.71 ; United Mission, 4 ; West-
field sab.-sch., 12.01. Cayuga— Auburn 2d sab.-sch., 7.43;
Lryden sab.-sch., 11; Fair Haven sab.-sch., 7.89; Five
Corners sab.-sch., 4.04 ; Genoa Union (sab.-sch., 11.67),
17.16; Ithaca, 18.36 ; Scipio sab.-sch., 6.45 ; Scipioville sab.-
sch., 6.26. Champlain— Axton sab.-sch., 5.28; Champlain
sab -sch., 7.46 ; Chateaugay sab.-sch., 5.20 ; Chazy (sab.-sch.,
17.56), 20; Fort Covington sab.-sch., 12; Malone sab.-sch.,
12.13; Mooers, 4.50 ; Plattsburg 1st sab.-sch., 21.64 ; Rouses
Point sab.-sch., 12.30; Saranac Lake sab.-sch., 5.66 ; West-
ville sab.-sch., 4. Chemung — Big Flats sab.-sch., 16.75;
Breesport sab.-sch., 5.75; Burdett, 1.65 ; Elmira Lake Street
sab.-sch., 28.06; Horse Heads sab.-sch., 10.05; Montour
Falls (sab.-sch., 3.60), 9.60; Spencer sab.-sch., 1.37 ; Sugar
Hill sab.-sch., 2.30; Weston sab.-sch., 2.75. Columbia—
Ashland sab.-sch., 5; Cairo sab.-sch., 11.50; Catskill sab.-
sch., 31.92; Durham 1st sab.-sch., 3.20 ; Greenville ch. and
sab.-sch., 6.62; Hillsdale, 3; Hudson sab.-sch., 38; Hunter
sab.-sch., 3.84 ; Windham sab.-sch., 11.75. Genesee— Attica,
9.66; Bergen sab.-sch., 44; Bethany Centre sab.-sch., 1.70;
Byron sab.-sch., 5 ; Corfu sab.-sch., 7 ; East Bethany sab.-
sch., 4.26; Leroy (sab.-sch., 10.58), 22.71; North Bergen,
5.61; Oakfield sab.-sch., 2; Orangeville sab.-sch., 5.10 ; Pike
sab.-sch., 5.11; Warsaw ("Busy Bees," 13.50; sab.-sch.,
10.33), 23.83; Wyoming (sab.-sch., 4.18), 6.18. Geneva—
Branchport sab.-sch., 2.25; Canandaigua sab.-sch., 18.37;
Gorham ch. and sab.-sch., 6 ; Naples, 10.25 ; Ovid sab.-sch.,
27.09 ; Romulus (sab.-sch., 5). 20 ; Seneca Castle sab.-sch., 9 ;
Shortsville sab.-sch., 26; West Fayette sab.-sch., 10.75.
Hudson— Amity sab.-sch., 5; Chester sab.-sch., 3.42 ; Florida,
2.40 ; Goshen Col. Mission sab.-sch., 12.46 ; Greenbush sab.-
sch., 18.18; Hamptonburg, 18; Haverstraw 1st (sab -sch ,
3.32), 7.18 ; Liberty (sab.-sch., 8.23), 18 ; Orangeburg Union
sab.-sch., 1.82; Palisades sab.-sch., 4.52; Stony Point,
17.19; Unionville (sab -sch , 14.31), 20; West Town (sab.-
sch., 15), 16. Long Island— Amagansett sab.-sch., 13.73;
Bridgehampton, 23.52 ; Brookfield sab.-sch., 3 ; Greenport
sab.-sch.. 16 ; Middletown, 8 84 ; Moriches sab.-sch , 10.55;
Ridge sab.-sch., 6.77; Setauket sab.-sch., 18.34; Shelter
Island sab.-sch , 17.21 ; Southampton sab.-sch , 28.92 ; Stony
Brook sab -sch , 11.66. Lnjons— Centennary sab.-«ch , 4.10 ;
Clyde sab.-sch., 14.66 ; East Palmyra sab.-sch., 10.73 ;
Marion, 16.71 ; Newark sab -sch., 19.08 ; Palmyra sab.-sch.,
7.50; Rose sab.-sch., 9.50; Victory sab.-sch., 8.50 ; William-
son (sab.-sch , 10), 13.65. Nassau— Babylon sab -sch., 6.02 ;
Brentwood sab.-sch., 3.13; Freeport, 19.02; Green Lawn
(sab.-sch., 1.95), 3.31 ; Huntington 1st sab.-sch., 8.31 ; New-
town, 10.90 ; Ocean Side sab.-sch. ,4.48 ; Oyster Bay sab.-sch ,
20 ; Roslyn sab.-sch , 3.70. New York— Hew York 1st,
73.99 ; — 4th Avenue (sab -sch., 19.46), 96.46 ; — 5th Avenue
63d Street Chapel, 8; — Adams Memorial sab.-sch., 20 ; —
Brick, 24.90 ; — Calvary sab.-sch , 25 ; — Faith, 8 ; — Good
Will Chapel sab.-sch., 8*65 ; — Madison Square sab.-sch., 12;
— Mizpah Chapel sab -sch., 15 ; — New York sab.-sch., 15 ;
— Puritans sab.-sch , 47.45 ; — Rutgers Riverside sab. sch.,
30 ; _ Sea and Land sab.-sch., 11.39 ; — West End, 35.83.
Niagara— Barre Centre sab.-sch., 3.66 ; Carlton sab.-sch., 5 ;
Knowlesville sab.-sch , 15 ; Lewiston sab.-sch., 13.75 ; Lock-
port Garden Memorial sab.-sch., 2.20; Mapleton (sab.-sch.,
2.41), 5.24; Niagara Falls sab.-sch., 25; Youngstown sab.-
sch., 4.30. North River — Amenia sab.-sch., 2.27 ; Hope
Chapel sab.-sch., 7.82; Maiden sab.-sch., 10.11 ; Marlborough
sab.-sch., 20 ; Matteawan sab. sch., 19.36 ; Newburg 1st
(sab.-sch , 14.53), 34.15; —Bethel Mission sab.-sch., 8.70;
— Calvary ch. and Vab.-sch., 38.03; New Hamburg
sab.-sch., 18.15; Pine Plains (sab.-sch., 12), 15; Pleasant
Plains sab.-sch., 17.26; Pleasant Valley, 25; Poughkeepsie,
5.95; Silver Stream sab.-sch., 7; Shekomako sab.-sch.,
6.17; Wappinger's Falls sab.-sch., 12.57. Otsego —
Buel (sab.-sch., 3.71), 5.12; Cooperstown sab.-sch., 19;
Delhi 1st sab.-sch., 22; East Guilford sab.-<=ch., 10; East
Meredith sab. sch , 4; Guilford Centre sab.-sch., 5.51;
Hobart sab -sch., 13.42; Margaretville sab.-sch., 1.50; Mid-
dlefield sab.-sch , 4.69 ; New Berlin, 8.74; Shavertown sab.-
sch., 3.40; Springfield sab. sch., 10.32. Rochester— Brock-
port sab.-sch., 7.90; Charlotte sab.-sch, 10.01; Clarkson
sab.-sch., 9 ; Fowlerville, 10 : Geneseo 1st sab.-sch., 39.42 ;
Groveland sab.-sch., 8.76; Honeoye Falls sab.-sch., 7.20;
Lima sab.-sch., 10; Livonia sab.-sch., -7.53 ; Morton 1st
sab.-sch., 5; Nunda sab.-sch., 18.76 ; Ogden sab.-sch., 6.50 ;
Pittsf rd (sab.-sch., 6.63), 13.63; Rochester Memorial (sab.-
sch., 5), 10; — St. Peter's sab.-sch., 21.83; Sparta Calvary
Chapel sab -sch , 4.25 ; Springwater sab.-sch., 4.15 ; Liberty
Pole sab.-sch., 5.50 ; Sweden sab.-sch., 3.80 ; Victor sab.-sch.,
29.11 ; Webster sab.-sch , 14.25. St. Laicrence — Canton
Miner Street Mission sab.-sch., 84cts.; Cape Vincent sab.-
sch., 4.83 ; Chaumont sab.-sch., 16; De Kalb sab.-sch., 3;
Gouverneur (sab.-sch., 37.25), 49.85; Heuvelton (sab.-sch.,
2.25), 3.70; Le Ray sab.-sch., 4.50; Louisville sab.-sch., 9;
< )swegatchie 2d sab.-sch., 8 60 ; Sackett's Harbor (sab.-sch.,
2.68), 6.93; Waddington Scotch ch. and sab.-sch., 33.70;
Watertown 1st, 19.44; — Hope Chapel, 9.50. Steuben—
Addison sab.-sch., 22.37; Andover sab.-sch,, 10; Arkport
sab.-sch., 10 ; Bath sab.-sch., 34.79 ; Campbell sab.-sch., 5.46;
Can aseraga sab.-sch., 4 ; Cuba sab.-sch., 20.50; Hammonds-
port sab.-sch., 10 ; Hornellsville 1st sab.-sch., 15 ; — Harts-
horn sab.-sch., 5.50; Howard sab.-sch., 18.50; Painted Post
(sab.-sch., 2.38), 5.43 ; Prattsburg sab.-sch., 10.50. Syracuse-
— Constantia sab.-sch., 5.23; Fayetteville sab.-sch., 5;
Jamesville sab.-sch., 7.16; La Fayette sab.-sch., 7.80;
Liverpool, 7.97; Marcellus Shephard Settlement sab.-sch.,
3.90 ; Oneida Valley sab -sch., 2.30 ; Oswego 1st sab.-sch., 5 ;
Skaneateles sab.-sch., 16 ; Syracuse East Genesee sab -sch.,
18; Wampsviile sab.-sch, 1; Whitelaw sab.-sch., 5.40.
Troy— Bay Road French Mountain sab.-sch., 3.37; Cam-
bridge sab.-sch., 20.11; Chester sab -sch., 1.45; Cohoes-
Silliman Memorial, 50 ; Johnsonville sab.-sch., 11.56 ; Lans-
ingburg 1st sab.-sch , 18.82 ; Sandy Hill sab.-sch., 24.69 ;
Stillwater 1st sab.-sch., 12; Troy Second Street, 77.16; —
Woodside sab.-sch., 5 ; Warrensburg sab.-sch , 1.87 ; Water-
ford (sab.-sch., 32.15), 65.92. Utica— Forestport sab. sch.,
8 ; Glendale, 2.90; Holland Patent ch. and sab.-sch., 14.45;
llion, 17.79 ; Little Falls sab.-sch., 12.63 ; Lyons Falls ch.
and sab.-sch., 15.59; Martinsburg sab.-sch., 6; Norwich
Corners, 2.39 ; Redfield sab.-sch., 4.40 ; Rome, 17.09 ; Turin
sab -sch , 10.86; Utica Bethany, 2.64; — Highland sab.-
sch., 2; Vernon Centre (sab.-sch., 20.19), 22.08; West Camden
sab.-sch., 7.16 ; White Lake sab.-sch , 3.28 ; Williamstown
sab.-sch., 9.30. Westchester — Bedford sab.-sch., 20.25;
Bridgeport 1st (sab.-sch., 12.08). 40.62 ,' Darien (sab.-sch..
20), 40: Gilead ch. and sab.-sch., 10; Hartford sab. sch. ,
8.08; Huguenot Memorial. 27 ; Mt. Kisco sab.-sch., 10;
New Haven 1st, 3.13 ; New Rochelle 2d sab -sch., 16 ; Pound-
ridge (sab.-sch., 6), 6.73; Rye (sab.-sch., 18.37), 39.51;
Yonkers Dayspring sab.-sch., 24.28; Yorktown (sab.-sch.,
14.58), 22.58.
North Dakota. — Bismarck— Mandan (sab.-sch., 20),
22.50 ; Steele sab.-sch., 7. Fargo— Casselton sab.-sch., 10.05 ;
Courtenay, 2.66; Edgeley sab.-sch., 5; Grandin (sab.-sch.,
11.06), 15.36; Hunter sab.-sch., 8.11; Jamestown sab.-sch.,
15.41 ; Lucca sab.-sch., 3.50. Minnewaukon — Bottineau
sab.-sch., 10 ; Minnewaukon sab.-sch., 7. Pembina — Ardoch,,
10.50 ; Cavalier sab.-sch., 5; Greenwood sab.-sch., 3 ; Inkster
sab.-sch., 6.33.
Ohio.— Athens— Amesville sab.-sch., 9; Barlow sab.-sch.,
6.34 ; Beech Grove sab.-sch., 8 ; Logan sab.-sch., 10 ; Marietta
(sab.-sch., 11.75), 18.75; Middleport sab.-sch., 9; Tupper's
Plains sab.-sch., 3.50 ; Veto sab.-sch., 10; Watertown sab.-
ech., 5. Bellefontaine— Belle Centre sab.-sch., 20; Bucyrus-
sab.-sch., 20; De Graff, 7; Forest sab.-sch., 12; Hunts-
ville, 13; Spring Hills, 13 40; Tiro sab.-sch., 6; Urbana
sab.-sch., 4.27; Zanesfield sab.-sch., 4. Chillicothe— Bloom-
ingburg sab.-sch., 8.60; Chillicothe 1st sab.-sch., 26.68; —
3d sab.-sch., 4.85 ; Hillsboro sab.-sch., 10; Washington East
End sab.-sch., 5.20. Cincinnati— Bethel ch. and sab.-sch.,
4 40; Bond Hill, 17.71 ; Cincinnati 3d (sab.-sch., 15), 23; —
7th, 5.32; — Clifford sab.-sch., 5.37; — Clifton sab.-sch.,
35.90; — Pilgrim sab. sch., 10; — Westminster sab.-sch. ,.
19.05; College Hill sab.-«ch., 12; Glendale, 10.72; Goshen,
3.57; Loveland (sab.-sch., 13.96), 14.13; Ludlow Grove
sab.-sch., 2 ; Miiford, 1.25 ; Monterey sab.-sch., 6.40 ; Mont-
gomery sab.-sch., 5.75 ; Mount Carmel sab.-sch., 5.50 ;
Pleasant Ridge sab.-sch., 18.13; Reading and Lockland
sab.-sch., 4.15 ; Silverton sab.-sch , 9 ; Williamsburg sab.-
sch., 14. Cleveland— Akron 1st, 5 ; — Central sab.-sch., 6.15;
Ashtabula sab.-sch., 15.16 ; Cleveland South sab.-sch., 9 ; East
Cleveland (sab.-sch., 13.55), 20.16 ; — Glenville sab.-sch., 9 ;
Guilford sab.-sch., 8.60; Independence sab.-sch.. 3.80;
Milton, 1.25 ; New Lyme sab.-sch , 12 ; Northfield sab.-sch.,
19.22 ; North Springfield sab.-sch , 5 ; Rome sab.-sch., 4.75 ;
Streetsborough sab.-sch., 3.55; Willoughby, 11.35. Columbus-
—Black Lick sab.-sch., 2.06 ; Central College (sab -sch., 3),
3.70 ; Columbus 2d s.ab.-sch., 11.92 ; — 5th Avenue sab.-sch.,
1898]
SABB1TH-£CHX)L WORK.
27a
S.06 ; — West Broad Street sab.-sch., 2.75 ; Dublin sab -sch.,
5.30; Grove City, 2.50; Madison sab.-sch., 9.94; Mid-ay
sab.-sch., 4.S0 ; Plain City sab.-sch, 9.14; Reynoldsburg
sab -sch , 1.3S. Dayton— Bath, 1.90; Blue Ball, 3 ; Dayton
1st sab.-sch , 26.42; — 4th sab.-sch", 15.06; — Park, 2.50;
— Wayne Avenue, 8.44; Hamilton Westminster sab.-sch.,
11.75; Lemon sab.-sch, 3.11; Middletown 1st, 22.63; —
Oakland sab.-sch., 2.50; New Jersey sab.-sch , 8.66; New
Paris sab.-sch., 3 ; Osborn, 4.10 ; Piq'ua, 20 ; Riley, 4 ; Seven
Mile (.sab.-sch., 9.59), 14.77; Somerville sab.-sch., 3.93;
South Charleston sab.-sch., 6.92 ; Xenia (sab.-sch., 25.07),
38.13. Huron— Fremont, 9.42 ; Genoa sab.-sch., 1 ; Green
Springs i, sab.-sch., 2.24), 3.30 ; Huron sab.-sch., 15.06 ; Mon-
roeville sab.-sch., 4.16; Norwalk sab.-sch., 15.29; Olena
sab.-sch., 5. Lima— Delphos sab.-sch., 13.18 ; Enon Valley
sab.-sch., 8.50 ; Findlay 1st sab.-sch., 50 ; Harrison sab.-sch.,
5; Middlepoint sab.-sch., 10; New Salem sab.-sch., 2.84;
New Stark, 6; Sidney sab.-sch., 17.51; Turtle Creek, 8;
Van Buren sab.-sch., 7; Wapakoneta, 3. Mahoning —
Alliance sab.-sch., 7 ; Clarkson sab.-sch., 17.50 ; Columbiana
sab.-sch, 9; Hubbard sab.-sch., 3.80; Massillon, 33.05;
Middle Sandy sab.-sch., 10 ; North Benton sab.-sch., 12.46 ;
Vienna sab.-sch., 4 ; Youngstown, 25.20 ; — Westminster
(sab.-sch., 28.28), 34.53. Marion— Berlin sab.-sch., 2.53;
Jerome sab.-sch., 3.86 ; Marysville, 7 : Milford Centre, 4.30 ;
Ostrander sab.-sch., 4.30 ; Pisgah sab.-sch., 5.27; Richwood
< sab.-sch., 8.25), 10.75; West Berlin, 3. Maumee— Antwerp
sab.-sch., 3; Bryan sab.-sch., 11.02; Dunbridge sab.-sch.,
3.95; Napoleon sab.-sch., 2; North Baltimore sab.-sch.,
13.29 ; Pemberville sab.-sch., 15 ; Toledo 5th sab.-sch., 13.67 ;
— Westminster, 6.47; West Bethesda sab.-sch., 25. Ports-
mouth— Coalton sab.-sch., 6.67 ; Eckmansville sab.-sch., 14;
Hangi'ig Rock sab.-sch., 2.50. St. Clairsville—BeUaire 2d
sab.-sch., 12.14; Birmingham sab.-sch., 1; Buffalo, 16.45;
Cadiz sab.-sch., 40.71 ; Caldwell (sab.-sch., 4), 7 ; Cambridge
6ab.-sch., 12; Crab Apple sab.-sch., 14.66; Farmington
sab. -sch., 8 ; Mount Pleasant sab.-sch., 14.92; Nottingham,
7.30; Pleasant Valley sab.-sch., 5; Scotch Ridge sab.-sch.,
8.55 ; Sharon (sab.-sch., 5), 7 • Short Creek (sab.-sch., 15.66),
21.66; Wheeling Valley sab.-sch., 4.36. Steubenville —
Bakersville, 6; Bethesda (sab.-sch., 9), 11; Bethlehem
sab.-sch., 9.25 : Buchanan Chapel sab.-sch., 9 ; Centre Unity
sab.-sch., 4; Cross Creek sab.-sch., 6; East Liverpool 1st
(sab.-sch., 51.551, 77.30; — 2d sab.-sch., 25.24; Harlem
6ab.-«ch., 9; Irondale sab.-sch., 19.57; Madison sab.-sch.,
8.50; New Cumberland sab.-sch., 9; New Harrisburg sab.-
sch., 8; Pleasant Hill sab.-sch., 4; Potter Chapel sab.-sch.,
5; Salineville sab.-sch., 5.88; Steubenville 2d sab.-sch., 19;
— 3d sab.-sch., 5 ; Toronto sab.-sch., 17.82 ; Two Ridges sab.-
sch., 5.16 ; Urichsville sab -sch., 10 ; Unionport, 1 ; Wellsville
(sab.-sch., 29), 37.64 ; Yellow Creek (sab.-sch., 17.52). 37.77.
Wooster— Apple Creek, 13 ; Ashland sab.-sch., 10 ; Belleville
sab.-sch., 6.32 ; Congress sab.-sch., 13.18; Creston sab.-sch.,
8.10; Dalton, 4; Doylestown sab.-sch., 4.36; Hayesville,
3.70; Jackson sab.-sch., 8; Loudonville fab.-sch., 7.07;
Millersburg sab.-sch , 5.66 ; Orrville, 4.20 ; Plymouth (sab.-
sch., 5). 10; Savannah, 7.20 ; Wayne, 7 ; Wooster Westmin-
ster, 15.29. Zanesville— Brownsville (sab.-sch , 14.87), 17.06;
Clark sab.-sch, 8.25; Fairmount sab -sch., 2 05; Frazeys-
burg sab.-sch., 8.06 ; Fredericktown sab -sch., 14.53 ;
Homer sab. sch., 2.70 ; Jpfferson, 3.35 ; Jersey sab.-sch., 20 ;
Keene sab.-sch., 10 50; Mt. Pleasant sab.-sch., 4; Muskin-
gum sab.-sch., 6.25; Newark 1st sab -sch., 12.10; Unity
sab sch., 8.40 ; West Carlisle, 3.30 ; Zanesville 2d (sab.-sch ,
5.14), 12.30 ; — Brighton, 5.72 ; — Putnam sab.-sch., 13.
Oregon.— East Oregon— Cleveland sab.-sch , 2 90 ; Kiikitat
1st, 4.35; Perry sab -sch., 8.30; Union sab.-sch, 38 cts.
Portland— Astoria sab.-sch , 25; Forest Dale sab -sch., 2;
Oregon City (sab sch., 5.51), 6.01; Portland 1st, 62 82;
— Forbes (sab.-sch , 4.26), 7.26 ; — Mizpah sab -sch., 6.25 ;
Sellwood, 5.06; Tualitiu Plains sab -sch., 2.60. Southern
Oregon— Ashland sab.-sch., 5: Grant's Pass Bethany sab.-
sch., 14; Jacksonville sab -sch., 5 ; Medford sab -<ch., 4.20 ;
Phcenix (sab- ch., 2i, 7.50; Willow Dale sab -sch , 3.50;
Yoncalla sab -sch., 2. Willamette— Aurora sab.->ch., 5.75;
Dallas, 3.50 ; Independence Calvary sab -sch . 1.40 ; Octorara,
1.31 ; Sinslaw (sab.-sch., 1.25), 3.85; Spring Valley sab -sch ,
4.59.
Pennsylvania.— Allegheny— Allegheny 1st, 45.92 ; — Cen-
tral (sab.-sch., 26.24), 35; — Melrose Avenue sab.-sch., 10 ;
— North sab -ch ,22.19 ; — Westminster sab.-sch , 6.97 ; As-
pinwall -ab.-sch., 12 60 ; Avalonsab -sch ,52 ; Beadlingsab -
sch , 10.80; Bakerstown ch. and sab -sch , 24.13; Beazer, 5;
Bellevue (sab -sch., 10), 61.14; Bethlehem sab -sch , 4 ; Brigh-
ton Road sab sch., 24.73; Bull Creek (sab -sch , 17.29), 23.50;
Concord ch. and sab -sch., 10.57 ; Cross Roads sab.-sch , 8 ;
Fairmount, 2.57 ; Glasgow sab -sch., 2 ; Haysville sab -sch ,
8.06; Highland tab -sch., 15; Hoboken sab— ch, 13.80;
Industry, 4; Leetsdale sab -sch., 25.08; Millvale, 22.43;
Pine Creek 1st sab.->ch., 13.50; — 2d, 8 ; Pleasant Hill
(sab -sch., 8.05), 9.55 ; Sharp=?burg sab -sch , 33 20 ; Taren-
tum i sab -sch, 24.72), 29 75. Blairsville — Cross Roads
sab -sch , 14.75 ; Deny sab -sch., 28.74 ; Ebensburg sab -sch.
15.5S ; Greensburg Westminster, 7; Horse Shoe sab -sch. ,
2.60; Kerr (sab -sch., 10), 17; Latrobe (sab -sch., 30), 60;
Ligonier (sab.-sch., 1.05), 4.35; Livermore sab.-sch., 2.73;
McGinnis (sab.-sch., 20), 24.06; New Kensington sab.-sch.,.
8; Pine Run sab.-sch., 35 ; Plum Creek (sab.-sch., 12), 20;
Poke Run, 10; Unity sab -sch., 3.70; Vandegrift, 3.21;
Wilmerding sab sch., 9.69. Butler— Allegheny sab -sch.,
9.55; Buffalo (sab.-sch., 8), 10; Clintonville sab.-sch., 7; Crest-
view sab -sch , 5; Fairview sab -sch , 9.12; Martinsburg
sab -sch , 13.63 ; Muddy Creek sab.-sch , 4.80 ; North Wash-
ington sab -sch., 20; Petrolia sab -sch , 15; Plain Grove
sab sch, 41.83; Portersville, 3.83; Prospect sab.-sch., 13;
Scrub Grass sab.-sch , 10 ; Unionville (sab.-sch , 8.75), 14.85;
WestSunbury sab.-sch., 15 40. Carlisle— Bloomheld sab -sch.,.
13 ; Carlisle 2d sab -sch , 14.72 ; — Biddle Memorial Mission,
5.20; Dauphin sab.-sch, 16.50; Fannettsburg sab. sch.,
7.50; Harrisburg Covenant sab -sch., 14; — Elder Street
sab.-sch ,5; — Market Square sab. sch., 25 ; Lebanon 4th
Street sab.-sch.. 20.12; — Christ sab.-sch., 80.09; Lower
Marsh Creek sab -sch , 12 ; McConnellsburg (sab -sch , 25),
29.25; Mechanicsburg sab.-sch., 18.10; Mercersburg, 13.75;
Metal sab.-sch, 6.32; Middle Spring sab -sch., 7.13; New-
port sab -sch , 25 ; Robert Kennedy Memorial sab.-sch.,
10.35; Silver Spring, 5; Steelton sab -sch., 8. Chester—
Bethany sab.-sch , 21 ; Chichester Memorial, 5 ; Christiana
sab.-sch., 7.55; Coatesville sab -sch., 42.90: Doe Run sab.-
sch., 20; — Valley sab -sch., 12.25; Fagg's Manor ch. and
sab -sch., 45; Frazer (sab -sch , 12.26), 19.53; Glen Riddle
ch. and sab -sch , 2.52 ; Chester Heights People's sab -sch ,
58 cts.; Goshenville Chapel sab -sch , 5; Kennett Square
(<ab-sch, 8.75), 15.75; Media sab -sch , 22.01; —Preston
Yarnall Memorial sab.-sch., 4.87; Oxford 1st, 40.60 ; — 2d
sab.-sch., 5; Paoli sab.-sch., 3.50; Ridley Park sab.-sch.,
5.01 ; Swarthmore sab.-sch., 10.15, Toughkenamon sab.-sch.,
4.60: West Chester 1st sab -sch., 26 ; — 2d sab.-sch , 3.44;
— Westminster sab.-sch., 27; West Grove sab.-sch., 8 52.
Clarion — Beech Woods sab.-sch., 22.54; Brockwayville
(sab.-sch., 17), 30; Clarion sab.-sch., 27.81; Da Bois sab.-
sch.. 25.15 ; Edenburg sab.-sch , 17.34; Emlenton sab.-sch.,
35.57; Endeavor sab.-sch., 10 ; Falls Creek sab.-sch., 10;
Greenville, 5.92 ; Hazen (sab.-sch., 5.30), 8 ; Mill Creek
sab.-sch., 4.70 ; Oak Grove sab.-sch., 4; Penfield (sab.-sch.,
13), 17 ; Perry sab.-sch., 7.20; Punxsutawney sab.-sch., 16.85;
Richardsville sab.-sch., 7.56 ; Shiloh sab.-sch., 5 ; Tylersburg
sab.-sch., 6. Erie— Cambridge ch. and sab.-sch., 10 ; Coch-
ranton, 17.50; Conneaut Lake, 4.50; Cool Spring sab.-sch.,
9; East Greene sab -sch., 8; Erie 1st sab.-sch., 40.56, —
Chestnut Street sab.-sch., 32 ; — Park sab.-sch., 60 ; — Park
Mission sab.-sch, 19.25; Fredonia sab.-sch., 9; Garland
sab.-sch., 5.28; Girard, 16.88; Gravel Run sab.-sch., 2.35;
Greenville (sab.-sch., 15.36), 25.61 ; Kendall Creek sab.-sch.,
5.64 ; Mercer 2d, 25.41 ; Mill Village sab.-sch., 4.85 ; North
Clarendon sab.-sch., 9.25 ; Pittsfield, 6.20; Springfield sab.-
sch., 11.70 ; Stoneboro sab.-s.h., 8 ; Tideoute sab.-sch., 1S.50;
Titusville sab.-sch., 37.10; — South Side Mission, 3.53;
Union sab.-sch., 1.40; Venango sab.-sch., 5.50; Warren
(sab.-sch., 40.36), 96.67 ; Waterford sab.-sch., 21 ; Wattsburg
sab.-sch., 7.63 ; Westminster sab.-sch.. 9. Huntingdon—
Academia sab.-sch., 9.04 ; Berwindale sab.-sch., 3.20 ; Clear-
field sab.-sch., 45.48 ; Everett ch. and sab.-sch., 6.12 ; Frank-
linville sab -sch , 3.50; Fruit Hill sab.-sch., 14; Gibson
Memorial sab.-sch., 10; Huntingdon, 9.68: Juniata sab.-
sch., 12 ; Kaufman's Union sab.-sch., 2.07 ; Kylertown
sab.-sch., 8 ; Lewistown sab.-sch., 56.96 ; Lick Run sab.-sch.,
3 07; Little Vallev sab.-sch., 6.42; Lower Spruce Creek
sab.-sch., 8.82; McCullough's Mills sab.-sch, 8; Mann's-
Choice, 1 ; Mifflintown Westminster sab.-sch., 20.50; Milroy
sab.-sch., 11.70; Moshannon and Snow Shoe sab.-sch., 2;
Osceola sab.-sch., 11.25; Penna Furnace sab.-sch., 11.31;
Petersburg sab.-sch., 10: Phillipsburg sab.-sch., 39; Pine-
Grove Mills sab.-sch , 10 ; Robertsdale sab.-sch., 4 ; Sher-
man's Valley, 5; Shirleysburg sab -sch., 5: State College
sab.-sch., 13; Tyrone, 45.65; Williamsburg sab.-sch., 7.36.
Ki (tanning -Apollo (sab.-sch., 38), 45 ; Appleby Manor sab.-
sch.. 11.50; Bethel sab -sch., 9.53; Black Lick s b.-sch.,9;
Boiling Spring (sab.-sch., 7) 8; Cherry Tree, 22 cts.; Clin-
ton sab.-sch., 7; Ebenez^r sab.-sch., 12.10; Elderton sab.-
sch., 8.70 : Glen Campbell (sab.-sch., 3), 6 ; Homer sab.-sch.,
11.12 ; Indiana, 25.75 ; Kittanning 1st sab.-sch., 25 ; Leech-
It irg sab.-sch., 24 ; Marion (sab.-sch., 10.50), 15 ; Mechanics-
b'trg sab.-sch., 5.53; Rural Valley sab.-sch., 7.60; Tunnel-
ton (sib.-sch , 3). 6 ; Union, 3; West Glade Run (sab.-sch.,
5), 12 ; Worthington (sab.-sch., 9.43), 14.43. Lickawmna—
Ashley sab.-sch., 30 ; Carbondale, 55.54 ; Dunmore sab.-sch.,
36.05; Duryea sab.-sch., 3 ; Elmhurst sab.-sch., 6.10; Forty-
fort sab.-sch , 42.01 ; Franklin sab.-sch., 7.61; Greenwood
(sab.-sch., 9.77), 12.90; Hallsteal sab.-sch., 21; Harmony
sab -sch., 8.14; Hawley ch. and sab.-sch., 10; Honesdale
(sab -sch., 52.50), 62.59 ; Meshoppen sab.-sch., 5 ; Nanticoke
sab.-sch., 8.25; New Milford sab. sch , 7.45; Nicholson ch.
and sab.-sch., 5; Peckville sab.-sch., 2 ; Plymouth sab.--,ch.,
23.10; Rushville sab -sch., 4.03 ; Scott (sab.-sch., 10), 15.53;
Scranton Cedar Avenue sab.-sch., 13.54; — Green Ridge-
274
8ABBATH-SCHOOL WORK.
[September,
Avenue, 18.32 ; — Green Ridge Avenue Mission, 3.S0 ;
— Hickory Street German ch. English Branch, 35 ;
Silver Lake (sab.-sch. 50 cts ), 1.50; Sugar Notch sab -
sch., 2; Susquehanna (sab.-sch., 20), 27.11; Tunkhannock
•sab.-sch ,6 ; West Pittston sab.-sch.. 13.01 ; Wilkes Barre 1st
sab.-sch., 175.89 ; — Westminster sab -sch., 6 ; Wyalusing 2d
•sab -sch., 15.72; Wyoming sab.-sch., 11.15 ; Wysox sab.-sch.,
4.05. ZeAi^A— Audenreid sab.-sch., 5; Bangor sab.-sch.,
7.67; Bethlehem 1st (sab.-sch., 13.28), 17.42; Easton 1st
■sab.-sch., 24.15; — Brainerd Union, 25.82; — Riverside
sab.-sch., 2.80; East Stroudsburg sab.-sch., 8.25; East
Mauch Chunk sab.-sch., 10.73; Freeland sab.-sch., 12.76;
Hokendauqua sab.-sch ,4.11; Jeanesville sab.-sch., 5; Lans-
•ford sab.-sch., 11.50; Mauch Chunk sab.-sch., 47.50; Middle
Smithfield sab.-sch., 13.45; Mountain sab.-sch., 10; Port
•Carbon, 21.15; Portland, 3; Pottsville 1st sab.-sch., 37.51;
Sandy Run sab.-sch , 12.26 ; Shenandoah, 7.08 ; South Beth-
Cehem sab.-sch., 25.50 ; Stroudsburg sab.-sch., 8.70 ; Summit
Hill sab.-sch., 20; Upper Mount Bethel (sab.-sch., 7.35),
"9.90; White Haven sab.-sch., 11. Northumberland— Beech
Oeek sab.-sch., 10.01 ; Buffalo sab.-sch., 25 ; Chillisquaque
ch. and sab.-sch., 11.08; Lewisburg sab.-sch., 22.28 ; Lycom-
ing sab.-sch., 35; Mifflinburg Buffalo sab.-sch., 8: Milton
sab.-sch., 31.43; Muncy sab.-sch, 11.23; Orangeville, 12.30;
Pennsdale Bodines and Slachs sab.-sch., 3; Washington
sab -sch , 21.10 ; — Allenwood sab.-sch., 11.10 ; Watsontown
(sab.-sch., 12.11), 17.50 ; Williamsport Bethany sab.-sch., 8.
Parkersburg—J&TTold's Valley sab. sch., 2.65 ; Kingwood,
8.08; Lawson sab.-sch., 1; Lebanon, 11; Parkersburg 1st
sab.-sch., 16.35; Sistersville sab.-sch., 27; Terra Alta, 7.
Philadelphia— Philadelphia 3d sab.-sch., 12.73; — African
1st sa£.-sch., 5; — Anderson Mission sab.-sch., 16.40; —
Arch Street sab.-sch., 42.09; — Berean sab.-sch., 5; —
Bethesda sab.-sch., 12.21; — Bethlehem s.ib.-sch., 28.16;
— Cohoeksink sab.-sch, 6.60; — Covenant sab.-sch., 72;
— East Park sab.-sch., 10 ; — Evangel (sab.-sch. 20), 29 ; —
Green Hill sab.-sch., 16.28; —Hebron Memorial (sab.-sch.,
€.18), 24.63; — Market Square sab.-sch., 50; Mariners'
<sab.-sch., 4.75), 7.75; Memorial sab -sch., 28.18; — North
ch. Prim. Dept., 5; — North Broad Street 5ab.-sch., 80;
— North 10th Street sab.-sch., 13 ; — Northern Home, 4 ; —
Oxford, 57.29 ; — Scots (sab.-sch., 10), 18.84 ; — South Broad
Street sab.-sch., 9.03; —Summit sab.-sch., 11.78; —Taber-
nacle, 78.74; — Tabernacle Branch sab.-sch., 8 76 ; — Tioga
sab. .sch., 27.06; — Trinity sab.-sch., 40; — Westminster sab.-
sch., 33.43 ; — West Park sab.-sch, 26.46 ; — Wharton Street
sab.-sch., 6.04; — Woodland sab.-sch., 38.22; — Wylie
Memorial ( sab.-sch., 12), 44.69. Philadelphia North— Abing-
ton sab.-sch., 21.91 ; Bridgeport, 3 ; Bristol (sab. sch., 41.04),
44.04 ; Carmel sab.-sch., 10.08 ; Davis Memorial sab.-sch.,
4.75; Doylestown sab.-sch., 31.36; Falls of Schuylkill sab.-
sch., 18.50; Germantown 1st, 130.62; — 2d sab.-sch., 30.86 ;
— Redeemer sab.-sch , 9 ; — Wakefield sab.-sch., 30.39 ;
Hermon sab.-sch., 34.80; Holmesburg (sab.-sch., 20.43),
27.74; Jenkintown Grace sab.-sch., 23.42; Langhorne sab.-
sch.. 19 ; Manayunk, 56 ; Morrisville sab.-sch. .15 ; Neshaminy
of Warminster, 21 ; New Hope sab.-sch., 25 ; Newtown sab.-
sch., 47.26; Reading Olivet sab.-sch., 14.33; — Washington
Street sab.-sch , 2 ; Thompson Memorial sab.-sch., 10. Pitts-
burg— Amity Allegrippa sab.-sch., 6.34 ; Bethany sab -sch ,
S7.25; Bethel sab.-sch., 41.50; Cannonsburg 1st sab.-sch, 14.30;
Oaraopolis (sab.-sch., 29.83), 47.35 ; Centre sab.-«ch., 19.20;
Fairview, 4; Hebron sab.-sch , 13.70; Idlewood Hawthorne
Avenue sab.-sch., 22; Long Island sab.-sch., 23.56 ; McDonald
1st sab.-sch., 20.60 ; Mansfield, 14.5S ; Miller's Run sab.-sch.,
€ ; Monaca sab.-sch., 14.21; Monongahela City sab. sch.,
23.88; Montours (sab. sch. ,20), 25; Mount Olivet sab.-sch.,
12 ; Mount Pisgah (sab.-sch., 7), 13; North Branch sab.-sch.,
4; Pittsburg 3d, 280.85; — 4th ch. and sab.-sch., 92.13; —
East Liberty, 9.80; — Herron Avenue sab.-sch., 25.42; —
McCandless Avenue sab.-sch., 10 ; — Morning Side sab.-sch.,
12.76 ; — Shady Side, 200 ; — Tabernacle (sab.-sch., 21), 45 ;
— Woodlawn sab.-sch., 10.21; Raccoon (sab.-sch., 27.70),
76.82; Sharon sab.-sch., 30; Valley (sab.-sch., 19.38),
35.38 ; West Liberty Mission, 1.50. Redstone— Belle Vernon
6ab.-sch., 12.62; Brownsville (sab.-sch,, 34), 44; Carmichaels
sab.-sch., 18 ; Dunbar (sab.-sch., 21.50), 35 ; Dunlap's Creek
sab.-sch., 15 ; Greensboro sab.-sch., 5 ; Laurel Hill sab.-sch.,
23.86; Long Run sab.-sch., 5; McKeesport 1st (sab.-sch.,
15.45), 115.45; — Mission sab.-sch., 6.88; — Central sab.-
ech., 43.15; Mount Pleasant sab.-sch. , 50 ; —Reunion sab.-
sch., 18.15; New Geneva sab.-sch., 3; New Salem sab.-sch.,
•9.75; Rehoboth sab.-sch., 14; Sewickley, 11.10; Smithfield
sab.-sch , 4; Suterville sab -sch., 12.61; Tyrone sab.-sch.,
14; Webster sab.-sch., 10.39. Shenan go— Centre sab.-sch.,
12.29 ; Enon sab.-sch.. 11.42 ; Hopewell sab.-sch , 15 ; Mahon-
ing sab.-sch., 40.57 ; Moravia sab.-sch., 14,85 ; Mount Pleas-
ant sab.-sch., 13.70; Neshannock. 17.35; New Galilee sab.-
sch., 9.57; Pulaski sab.-sch., 7; Sharpsville sab.-sch., 10;
Unity sab.-sch., 12 ; Wampum sab.-sch., 14.45. Washington
— Allen Grove sab.-sch., 11.17; Burgettstown Westminster
sab.-sch. , 16.88; Claysville sab.-sch., 16.83; Cross Creek
cab. -sch., 26.11; East Buffalo sab.-sch., 18.33; Fairview, 14 ;
Hookstown sab.-sch., 19.50 ; Holliday's Cove sab.-sch., 8.08 ;
Limestone sab.-sch., 6.75; Mill Creek sab.-sch., 36.70;
Unity, 10; Upper Buffalo sab.-sch., 19.78; Washington 1st
(sab.-sch., 51.46), 76.65; West Alexander sab.-sch., 45.15;
West Liberty (sab.-sch., 3.50), 6.50 ; Wheeling 1st sab.-sch.,
34 ; — 2d sab.-sch., 25 ; — 2d Union sab.-sch., 8.70 ; — Vance
Memorial (sab.-sch., 24), 34.28. Wellsboro— Allegheny sab.-
sch., 1.50 ; Arnot sab.-sch., 15 ; Beecher Island (sab.-sch., 5),
8 ; Farmington (sab.-sch., 7.63), 13.50 ; Kane sab.-sch., 3.72 ;
Lawrenceville sab.-sch., 4.39 ; Port Allegany sab.-sch.,
3.71 ; Tioga sab.-sch., 10; Wellsboro sab.-sch., 15. Westmin-
ster—Ashville sab.-sch., 12.70; Cedar Grove sab.-sch., 5.
Chanceford, 9.86 ; Columbia, 22.50; Leacock Paradise sab.-
sch., 5.31 ; Marietta (sab.-sch., 22^, 28 ; New Harmony sab.-
sch., 47; Pequea sab.-sch., 17; Strasburgh (sab.-sch., 6.70),
9.20; Wrightsville (sab.-sch., 6.42), 10.94; York 1st, 62.37;
— Calvary, 9.21 ; — Westminster sab -sch., 10.
South Dakota. — Aberdeen— Gary sab.-sch., 5.35 ; Groton
sab -sch., 10.89 ; Langford sab.-sch., 4; Oneota sab.-sch., 3 ;
Roscoe sab.-sch., 6. Black Hills— Sturgis sab.-sch., 3.10. Cen-
tral Dakota— Madison sab.-sch. , 10; Manchester sab.-sch., 3.32;
Union sab.-sch., 4.70; Wentworth sab.-sch., 5.20; White
sab.-sch., 13.70. Dakota— Poplar sab.-sch., 1.20. Southern
Dakota— Dell Rapids sab.-sch., 10; Kimball sab.-sch., 8.59;
Norway sab -sch., 2.56: Parker sab.-sch , 9.13; Sioux Falls
sab.-sch., 4.98; Tyndall (sab.-sch., 6.11), 8.13; White Lake
sab.-sch., 3.90.
Tennessee. — Holston— Elizabethton sab.-sch., 2.75; Glen
Alpine sab.-sch., 80 cts.; Hendersonville sab.-sch., 2 ; Mount
Bethel (sab -sch., 16), 17.35; Salem sab.-sch , 12. Kingston
—Bethel sab.-sch., 6; Chattanooga Park Place, 3.44 ; Harri-
man sab.-sch., 7.35; Huntsville sab.-sch., 2.15; Lansing
sab.-sch., 1.36 ; Piney Falls sab.-sch., 2.75 ; Rockwood sab.-
sch., 3. Union— Caledonia sab.-sch., 5.08; Erin, 2; Knox-
ville 2d sab.-sch., 34.96 ; Rockford sab.-sch., 1.70 ; Shannon-
dale sab.-sch., 12; Shiloh sab.-sch., 4; Shunem sab.-sch.,
6.20 ; St. Luke's sab.-sch , 2 ; St. Paul's sab.-sch., 5.17.
Texas.— A ustin— Austin 1st (sab.-sch., 5.10), 23.45; El
Paso sab -sch., 7.60; Pearsall, 15; San Antonio Madison
Square sab.-sch., 10. North Texas — Leonard sab.-sch., 3.
Trinity— Albany Matthew's Memorial, 70 ; Dallas 2d sab.-
sch., 27.24.
Utah.— Boise— Boise City 1st, 18.09; Lower Boise, 5.80;
Payette, 1.17. Kendall— Malad sab.-sch., 5.25. Utah— Ben-
jamin sab.-sch., 3 ; Brigham sab -sch., 3 ; Ephraim sab.-sch.,
3.25; Hyrum Emmanuel sab -sch., 3.30, Manti sab.-sch.,
7.50 ; Mendon sab.-sch., 6; Nephi Huntington (sab -sch.,
5.35), 7 55; Odgen 1st sab.-sch., 6.50; Salina sab.-sch., 2;
Salt Lake City Westminster sab.-sch., 8.95; Smithfield Cen-
tral, 1.50.
Washington.— Olympia— Aberdeen sab.-sch., 1.20 ; Castle
Rock sab -sch., 1.88; Centralia ch. and sab.-sch., 7.50;
Ridgefield, 10.90; Tacoma Calvary, 4 ; — Immanuel sab -sch.,
10.16; — Westminster sab.-sch., 6.75; Vancouver 1st Memorial
sab.-sch., 8.30 ; Woodland, 1. Puget Sound— Ballard sab.-
sch., 8; Bethany sab.-sch., 55 cts.; Charleston sab.-sch.,
11.50; Ellensburgh sab.-sch., 4.32; Everett sab.-sch., 27;
North Yakima, 14; Port Townsend sab.-sch., 10: Roslyn
sab.-sch., 25; Seattle 2d sab.-sch., 10 ; Sedro sab.-sch., 10.17 ;
White River sab -sch., 1.49. Spokane— Cceur d'Alene (sab.-
sch., 1).2; Cortland sab.-sch , 5.78; Davenport (sab.-sch.,
9), 16 ; Larene, 4 ; Northport, 6. Walla Walla— Kamiah 1st
sab -sch., 23 ; Prescott, 6.75 ; Starbuck, 3.10.
Wisconsin.— Chippewa— Baldwin sab.-sch., 17 ; Big River
sab.-sch., 4; Chetek sab.-sch., 1.24. La Crosse— Decora Prairie
sab.-sch., 5.53; Dell's Dam sab.-sch., 2; La Crosse 1st sab.-sch.,
17.46; — North sab.-sch., 6.25 : Mauston German sab.-sch.,
3.50 ; New Amsterdam sab.-sch., 7 ; North Bend sab.-sch.,
4.53. Madison— Belleville sab.-sch., 2.74; Brodhead, 4;
Bryn Mawr (sab.-sch., 3), 7; Cambria sab.-sch , 13; Deer-
field 1st sab.-sch., 7.78; Kilbourne City, 4.18 ; Lima Centre
sab.-sch., 7.56; Lodi sab.-sch., 12.30; Dane sab.-sch., 9.16;
Madison Christ sab.-sch., 33; Platteville German, 3.15;
Poynette sab.-sch., 12.55; — No. 1 Mission sab.-sch., 1.80;
Prairie du Sac sab.-sch., 13. Milwaukee — Granville sab.-sch.,
2.19 ; Juneau sab.-sch., 6.29 ; Milwaukee Bethany (sab.-sch.,
10.67), 15.45 ; — Grace, 3.08 ; — Immanuel, 3.65 ; — West-
minster sab.-sch., 7.26; Ottawa sab.-sch., 7.25; Somers,
11 ; Waukesha sab.-sch., 10.50. Winnebaao— Amberg sab.-
sch., 3.75; Badger sab.-sch., 4.14; Buffalo, 5.30; Colby
Harper Memorial sab.-sch., 3.02 ; Couillairdville sab.-sch., 3;
Crandon sab.-sch.. 5.78 ; Florence sab.-sch., 12 ; Green Bay
French, 1.54; Kelly sab.-sch, 5.85: McGregor, 1; Merrill
West sab.-sch., 6 ; Nasonville sab.-sch., 10 ; Oconto sab.-sch.,
21.30; Oshkosh 2d sab.-sch., 2; — Oak Lawn sab.-sch., 6;
Oxford sab.-sch., 3.63; — Douglas sab.-sch., 2.27; Pack-
waukee, 2.60 ; Rural ch. and sab.-sch., 15 ; Sheridan sab.-sch.,
2.89; Wausaukee sab.-sch., 6.71 ; Wequiock sab.-sch., 6.86.
miscellaneous.
Collection per Thos. Scotton, 1.98 ; collection per
Wm. Travis, 2.30 ; collection per R. H. Rogers,
1898.] SABBATH -SCHOOL WORK — COLLEGES AND ACADEMIES — CHURCH ERECTION. 275
14; Deep Creek sab.-sch., 2.25; collection per
Thos. Scotton, 75 cts.; collection per W.
J. Hughes, 2 ; collection per W D. Reaugh,
4.25; collection per E. L. Renick, 2.20; col-
lection per W. A. Yancey, 55 cts.; collection
per S. A. Blair, 2.92 ; collection per C. R. Law-
son, 1.58 ; collection per Chas. Shepherd, 50 cts.;
collection per H. M. Henry, 1.60 ; collection per
M. S. Riddle, 6.75; collection per L. Miller, 1;
collection per J. H. Barton, 14.90; Guadalupe,
Cal., 2.24 ; Alosta sab.-sch., 80 cts.; Crites sab.-
sch., 1 ; Laurel Fork sab.-sch., Ky., 7 ; Burton
sab.-sch, Ky., 3; Sab.-sch. Institute, Rural,
Wis., 5.05; Emmett sab.-sch., Cal., 1.85; Vine-
land sab -sch , "Wash., 1.80 ; "Fritts" sab.-sch.,
Byron, Minn., 34 cts.; Pine Log sab.-sch., Ark.,
62 cts ; Hastings, Neb., 11.13 ; Amwell sab.-sch.,
S. C, 4.08; W. W. Scott sab.-sch., Neb., 9.12;
Greyson sab.-sch., Montana, 1 ; Moneta sab.-sch.,
Cal., 2.88; Genesee sab.-sch., Idaho, 6; Stockton,
Kans., 1.32; Cokeville sab.-sch., Wyo , 3.30;
Mayfield sab.-sch., Idaho, 2.17; Omaha Chris-
tian Help Mission, 25 cts.; Phila. Mission sab.-
sch., 80th street and Brewster avenue, 7.02 ; con-
trib. from Fridley, Minn., 2.34; Ash
sab.-sch., Colo., 52 cts.; Bethel sab.-sch., Colo.,
50 cts.; Beech Grove sab.-sch., Ind, 1.90 $135 26-
INDIVIDUAL.
J. W. Allen, 1 ; " M. R.," Jenkintown, Pa., 10;
"A Member of Beechwood Ch," Pa., 28 cts.;
J. B. Davidson, 10; Harry Bolinger, 1 ; Martin
G. Post, 2 ; Senior Class of Hanover College,
Ind., 2 ; "A Friend," 2 ; " A Friend," Albany,
N. Y., 35 ; Miss Caroline Willard, 900 ; "A Mem-
ber of Beechwood Ch.," Pa., 32 cts.; "Miss R.
T. W.," 1.56; "C. Penna.," 1 966 16
Contributions from churches $7,874 19
Contributions from Sabbath-schools 19,994 03
Contributions from individuals 966 16
Contributions during June, 1898 $28,834 39
Contributions previously acknowledged 5,418 52
Total since April 1, 1898 $34,252 90
C. T. McMullin, Treasurer,
Witherspoon Building, Philada., Pa.
RECEIPTS FOR THE BOARD OF AID FOR COLLEGES AND ACADEMIES, JULY, 1898.
Baltimore. — New Castle — Buckingham, 8.86; Rock, 1 ; 4.70. Chester— Wayne sab.-sch., 3.64. Clarion— Tionesta, 4.
Zion, 5. 14 86 Erie — North East, 8.74. Huntington — Alexandria, 6.40.
California.— Oakland— West Berkeley, 1. Santa Barbara Kittanning— Cherry Tree, 21 cts.; Union, 2. Lackawanna—
— Hueneme, 9.60. 10 60 Scranton Green Ridge Ave., 17.25. Lehig h— Bethlehem 1st,
Colorado.— Boulder— Fort Morgan 1st, 74 cts. Pueblo— 3.44; Shawnee, 6. Parkersburg— Hughes River, 2. Phila-
Rock Ford, 5. 5 74 delphia— Philadelphia 1st, 35.84; —Arch Street. 68.66. Pitts-
Illinois.— Chicago — Chicago 1st, 20.71 ;— Hyde Park, burg — Bethany, 5; Pittsburg 3d, 150; —East Liberty
74.81. Springfield— Petersburg, 1.45; Springfield 2d, 4.27. (sab.-sch., 19.10), 30.98; —Shady Side (sab.-sch., 11.25),
101 24 22.24. Washington— Upper Buffalo. 9.50. 415 63
Indiana.— Crawford sville—B.oc\xi\\e Memorial, 1.98. In- South Dakota.— Aberdeen — Palmer 1st Holland, 4.50.
dianapolis— Bloomington Walnut Street, 5.41. White Water Central Dakota— Huron, 41.85 ; Pierre (C.E., 10), 30 ; Woon-
— Greensburg, 28. 35 39 socket, 15.25. Southern Dakota— Ebenezer German, 25 ; Scot-
Iowa.— Fort Dodge— Fort Dodge, 24. Iowa— Burlington land, 30.75. 147 35
1st, 2.40. Ioua City— Columbus Central (sab.-sch., 1.60), Texas.— North Texas— Jacksboro, 4.35. 4 35
3.54. Sioux City— Storm Lake, 3.67. 33 61 Washington.— Puget Sound— Friday Harbor, 2. 2 CO
Kentucky.— Louisville— Louisville 4th, 3.10. 3 10 Wisconsin. — Madison — Lodi, 5 60. Milwaukee— Milwau-
Nebraska.— Niobrara— Hartington, 1 ; Ponca, 3. 4 00 kee Holland, 2; — Immanuel, 3.15. Winnebago— Omro, 2.
New Jersey.— Elizabeth— Elizabeth Westminster, 47.62 ; 12 75
Plainfield 1st, 17.17; Rahway 1st, 21; Roselle, 4.94. Mon-
mou th — Beverly sab.-sch., 2. Morris and Orange — East Total received from churches and church organiza-
Orange 1st, 42.46; Madison, 5.98; Orange 1st, 35. Newark— tions $1,366 76
Newark 2d, 12.50. 188 67 personal
New Mexico.— Bio Grande— Albuquerque 1st sab.-sch., 3. '
3 00 Rev. A. W. McConnell, Coon Rapids, la., o ; Mrs.
New York.— Albany— Albany 2d, 10.36 ; - State Street, J. B. Currens, Mitchell. S.D., 1 ; Mrs. Nettie F.
20.59. Brooklyn — Brooklyn Throop Ave., 30. Buffalo— McCormick, Chicago, 111., 400; Rev. T. L. Sex-
Alden, 2 ; Buffalo Bethlehem, 3 ; — Covenant, 6.75 ; —West- ton, D.D., Seward, :Neb., 10 ; L. H. Blakemore,
minster, 11.39; Hamburg Lake Street (sab.-sch., 2.25). 5.25. Cincinnati, O., 5; C. Penna., 3 ; ''Miss R T.
Cayuga— Aurora, 9.04. Hudson— Florida, 2.40; West Town, W.," 3.12; C. C. M.,25; 'Galley Cottage, N.
1. Lyons— Marion, 4.75. Nassau— Huntington 2d, 10 ; Ja- Y., 1 453 12
maica, 25.55. New Yoi-k— New York 1st, 99.32; — 4th Ave., pwopp-rtv pri\n 4^0 90
55 ; -Washington Heights, 6.74. North Paer-Poughkeep- property fund. 450 20
sie, 5.94. Otsego— Richfield Springs, 3.57. Bochester— Mount interest.
Morris, 6 ; Nunda, 1 ; Rochester Westminster, 9. Steuben— ■Ra_v „„rniTlff<! „„ Hpn^its ^ <u- nn Trust FnnrJs
Cuba, 7.80. Troy- Water ford, 7.13. Utica-Old Forge, 1 ; B«£ earnings on deposits, 56.34, on Trust Funds,
Waterville, 1.13. Westchester— Mahopac Falls, 4.45 ; New zso 01 °*
^M-B^alne-Vr^LM. Oincinnati-V^J ™^^&£^ Sfi 78
J/awmee-Toledo Westminster, 9.30. Steubenville-Annaipo- Previously acknowledged 16,6*6 ,6
liS6REGON.-^O^n-Union,38 cts. ** 38 Total receipts since April 16, 1898 $15,875 20
Pennsylvania.— Blairsville—Beulah, 11 ; Cross Roads, 5 ; E. C. Ray, Treasurer,
Poke Run, 15. Butler— Grove City, 4.03; Muddy Creek, 30 Montauk Block, Chicago, 111.
RECEIPTS FOR THE BOARD OF CHURCH ERECTION, JULY, 1898.
ft In accordance with terms of mortgage.
Atlantic— Pa;Yyi€W— Ladson, 3. 3 00
Baltimore. — New Castle— Newark, 8 ; New Castle 1st,
84.56; Port Penn, 2.20; Wilmington Rodney Street, 5.21;
Zion, 6. Washington City —Falls Church, 8. 113 97
California.— Los Angeles— Los Angeles 3d, 2.45. Sacra-
mento— Carson City, 5. 7 45
Catawba.— Southern Virginia— Hope, 1. 1 00
Colorado. — Pueblo — Alamosa, 5; Canon City (sab.-sch.,
8), 22. 27 00
Illinois.— Bloomington— Bement, 10.59 ; Clarence, 3 ; Far-
mer City, 2 ; Normal, 4.75. Cairo — Cobden, 6.53. Chicago-
Chicago 1st, 20.71 ; —4th, 2.05; — 8th, 27.11 ; Wilmington,
5.35. Freeport— Marengo, 5; Winnebago, 12 ; Woodstock,
4.50; Argvle, 23.70. Mattoon— Areola, 2.75 ; Ashmore, 5;
Bethel, 2.40. Peoria— Alta, 2 ; Eureka, 7.36; Prospect, 5;
Washington, 3. Bock River— Aledo, 20.55 ; Morrison, 73.23 ;
Peniel, 6 ; Viola, 4; Woodhull, 7.35. Springfield— Peters-
burg, 1.45 ; Springfield 2d, 4.27. 271 65
Indiana.— Crawfordsville—Romnex, 7 ; Waveland, 8. Fort
Wayne — Lima, 14.89. Indianapolis— Greenfield, 2; Hope-
well, 30.03; Southport, 3.32. Logansport— Crown Point,
5.14. New A Ibany— Madison 1st, 24 ; New Philadelphia, 78
cts.; Orleans, 6.09; Paoli, 4.71. Vincennes— Sullivan, 5.
While Water— Rushville, 3.60. 114 56
Indian Territory.— O/Wa/*07na— ffShawnee, 18. S quo-
yah— Muscogee, 31. 4y 00
Iowa —Cedar Rapids —Clarence, 12; Clinton, 32.08;
Mechanicsville, 13. Council Bluff's — Woodbine, 6. Du-
buque— tfW est Union Bethel, 50. Fort Dodge— Dana, 1.90 ;
Fonda (sab.-sch., 1), 7; Graud Junction, 3. Iowa— Bir-
276
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[September, 1898.
rningham, 3.11 : Chfquest, 1.70 ; Libertyville, 3.26. Siovx
City— Manilla Jr. C. E., 1; Union Citv, 1.42. Waterloo
—Williams, 1.69. 137 16
Kansas.— Emporia— Arkansas City, 7 ; Council Grove, 9 ;
Geuda Springs, 4 ; White City, 3. Lamed— Lakin, 5. Neo-
sho—Erie, 23.25 : Parsons, 17.85. Topeka— Junction City
sab.-sch., 3.35 ; Wamego, 1.35. 73 80
Michigan.— Detroit— Detroit 1st, 6S. 10; Mount Clemens,
6 ; White Lake, 7.10 ; Ypsilanti, 16. Kalamazoo — Niles, 7 ;
Schoolcraft, 2. Monroe— Monroe, 1. Petoskey — Mackinaw
City. 1.60. 108 SO
Minnesota. — Duluth— Lake Side, 6.34. Mankato — Jack-
son, 4 ; Pilot Grove, 2.60. Red River— Fergus Falls, 10.26.
St. Pa ul— Faribault, 3. 26 20
Missouri.— Ozark— J orAin, 2.82. St. Louis— St. Louis Car-
ondelet, 10.20. 13 02
Nebraska. — Kearney— Buffalo Grove, 5 ; Central City, 5 ;
Kearney 1st, 1. Nebraska City — Adams. 3.56. Niobrara —
Ponca, 3. Omaha— Fremont, i0.51 ; Lyons 1st, 5.55; Mon-
roe, 4.75 ; Oconee, 1. 39 37
New Jersey. — Elizabeth — Elizabeth Westminster,
65.55; Pluckamin sab.-sch., 6.98 ; Railway 1st, 20. Jersey
City— Garfield. 5.40. Monmouth — Barnegat, 4; Beverly
(sab.-sch., 2), 57.54; Farmingdale, 8; Forked River, 2.
Morris and Orange — Chatham, 47; New Vernon, 2.71;
Summit Central, 96.49. Newark— Newark South Park, 15.16.
Neic Rrunswiek — Dayton, 5.07 ; Frenchtown, 10.65 ; Hol-
land, 8.88; Kingston, "4 ; Kirkpatrick Memorial, 1.75; Mil-
ford, 22.91 ; Princeton 2d, 20.13 ; Stockton, 2. Newton— Ox-
ford 1st. 8.31. West Jersey— Bridgeton 2d, 8.38; Cedarville
1st, 9.04; Fairfield, 3.13. ' 435 08
New Mexico.— Rio Grande — Albuquerque 1st, 3. 3 00
New York. — Albany— Gloversville Kingsboro Avenue, 10.
Binghamton — Binghamton North, 6.50; — Ross Memorial,
o: Coventry 2d, 3.35 ; Waverlv, 14.45. Brooklyn— Brooklvn
Bethany, 9.55. Buffalo- Buffalo Bethlehem, 3 ; — West-
minster, 16.38 ; Silver Creek, 3. Cayuga— Aurora, 18.07.
Gen esee— Castile, 3.98 ; Warsaw, 10. Geneva— Gorh am, 7 ;
^Manchester, 12 : Ovid, 7.44. Hudson— Chester, 14.83; Port
Jervis, 10.63 ; West Town, 2. Long Lsland— Southampton,
36.97. Lyons — Sodus, 8.44. Nassau— Freeport, 10; Islip,
32. New York— New York Westminster West 23d Street, 31.
Rochester — Rochester Memorial, 5. St. Lawrence — Canton,
14.72 ; Heuvelton, 2 ; Sackett's Harbor, 18. Steuben —
Howard, 6. Troy— Johnson ville, 1.22; Lansingburg 1st,
20.83; Schaghticoke, 2; Troy Oakwood Avenue, 14^50.
Utica— Waterville, 1.88 ; Western ville, 7. Westchester— >ew
Rochelle 1st, 11.84; Patterson, 8.70; Yonkers Westminster,
7.24 ; Yorktown, 7. 385 70
North Dakota. — Minnewaukon— Rolla, 2. Pembina —
Elkmont, 85 cts.; Inkster, 2.26 5 11
Ohio.— Cincinnati— Avondale, 14.90 ; Cincinnati 2d, 93.43.
Cleveland— Akron Central, 2.50. Dayton— Dayton Memorial,
18 ; New Carlisle, 3 ; Seven Mile, 6.30. Marion —Porter, 1 ;
Trenton, 2. Mavmee— Toledo 1st, 3 ; — Collingwood Ave.,
20.44. Portsmouth— Manchester, 5. St. Clairsrille— Bannock,
3 ; Crab Apple, 7 13. Steubenville— Feed Spring, 3 ; Pleasant
Hill, 2. Wooster— Ashland. 4.85 ; Loudonville, 3.25 ; Perrys-
vills, 2 ; Plvmouth, 4.50 ; Wooster Westminster, 1. Zanes-
ville— High" Hill, 3.10. 203 40
Oregon.— East Oregon— Union, 74 cts. Portland — Smith
Memorial, 2. Willamette— ttBrownsville, 48. 50 74
Pennsylvania.— A llegheny— Allegheny Melrose Avenue,
1; Clifton, 5.60; Hoboken, 2.20; Leetsdale, 48.15. Blairs-
ville— Green sburgh Westminster, 5; Plum Creek (sab.-sch.,
1.85 ; C. E., 1), 12 ; Union, 4.10 : YandergTift, 3.27. Butler-
Butler 2d, 20.45; Centreville, 20; Grove City, 4.04; Har-
lansburg, 2 ; Martinsburg, 5.35 ; New Salem, 2. Carlisle —
Bloomfield, 10.12 ; Dickinson, 2.81 ; Mercersburg, 14.50 ;
Shermansdale, 3; Shippensburg, 13.82; Waynesboro, 12.33.
Chester— Bethany, 3; Forks of Brandywine, 10; Honey
Brook, 14; Nottingham, 2.77 ; Unionville, 2.05; West Ches-
ter Westminster, 10. Clarion — Greenville, 5 ; New Beho-
both, 2.86; Pisgah, 5 ; Revnoldsville, 12. £We— Bradford
(sab.-sch., 5.70), 38 26 ; Erie Chestnut Street, 9 ; Georgetown,
2 : Girard, 5.24 ; —Miles Grove Branch, 2 ; Kerr's Hill (sab.-
sch.^ cts.), 4.63 : Oil City 1st, 19.08. Huntingdon— Altoona
3d, 6.14 ; Lower Spruce Creek, 6.30 ; Mann's Choice, 1 ; Pe-
tersburg, 5.64; Shaver's Creek, 1 ; Spring Creek, 11.32. Kit-
tanning—Black Lick, 1 ; Clarksburg, 2 ; West Glade Run, 4 ;
Worthington, 11. Lackawanna— Canton, 10; Hawley, 9;
Peckville, 7 ; Rushville, 1 42 ; Stevensville, 1.64. Lehigh—
Catasauqua Bridge Street, 10.25 ; Port Carbon, 6.75; South
Bethlehem, 20. Northumberland — Beech Creek, 2 ; Lycom-
ing Centre, 5.50; Watsontown, 7. Pa rkersburg— French
Creek, 8 ; Hughes River, 2; Lebanon, 1. Philadelphia—
Philadelphia 10th, 282 65 ;— Hebron Memorial, 13.10. Phila-
delphia North— Doylestown, 18.45; Frankford, 15.40; Lower
Merion, 3 : Morrisville, 7 ; Newtown, 27.24 ; Norristown 1st,
29.34. Pittsburg— Edgewood, 8.96 ; Pittsburg East Lib-
erty (sab.-sch., 19.10), 30.98; — Hazlewood, 14.78; —
Homewood Avenue, 7 ; — South Side, 2.50. Redstone — Mc-
Keesport 1st, 30; Mount Pleasant Reunion, 4 32. She-
nango — Clarksville, 1.60 ; Mahoningtown, 7; Neshannock,
5. Washington— Unity, 3; Wheeling 1st, 18.43. Westmin-
ster— WrightsAille, 6.25. 1015 59
South Dakota. — Central Dakota— Huron, 7.01. Southern
Dakota— Dell Rapids, 9 ; Ebenezer German, 3 ; Hurley, 3.65.
22 66
Tennessee. — Holston — Salem, 2. Kingston— -Bethel, 3.
Union— Hopewell, 2 ; Knoxville 2d, 32.50. 39 50
Texas. — Trinity— Dallas 2d, 9.95. 9 95
Utah.— Kendall— Soda Springs, 2. Utah— Ogden 1st, 3.50.
5 50
Washington. — Olympia — |f Tacoma Westminster, 15.
Spokane— Cceur d'Alene, 4.50. 19 50
Wisconsin— Chippewa — West Superior (Hammond Ave.
sab.-sch., 10), 23.51. Madison— Lodi, 8.25 ; Prairie du Sac,
8.27. Milwaukee— Milwaukee Bethanv, 2.68 ; — Immanuel,
6.48. Winnebago— Marshfield, 4.22. 53 41
Contributions from churches and Sabbath-schools. §3,235 12
OTHER CONTRIBUTIONS.
" A Friend," 5 ; C. Penna., 8 ; " Cash," 1 ; C. C.
M.,25; "E.,"5; "Friends," Bismarck, N. D.,
1.50 ; Mrs. Caleb S. Green, Trenton, N. J., 100 ;
Rev. S. H. Stevenson, Madison, Ind., 1 ; "Val-
ley Cottage," N. Y., 1 147 50
83,382 62
miscellaneous.
Premiums of insurance, 399.24 ; Interest on invest-
ments, 1093 ; Sales of church propertv, 15 ; Par-
tial losses, 27.51; Plans, 5 ; Barber Fund, 300 1,839 75
SPECIAL donations.
New York. — Utica — Waterbury Memorial, 5 ;
West Camden, 4.48 ; Williamstown, 1.36. Ten-
nessee.— Holston— 2 onesboro, 10 20 84
85,243 21
Church collections and other contributions, April
11-July 31, 1898 511,598 64
Church collections and other contributions, April
11-July 31, 1897 11,938 66
LOAN FUND.
Interest 51,700 52
Payments on mortgages 1544 40
S3.244 92
MANSE FUND.
Installments on loans 81,005 00
Interest 18 72
£1,023 72
MISCELLANEOUS.
Premiums of insurance, 13 27
CONTRIBUTIONS.
Miss Sarah E. MacDonald, 5 5 00
$1,041 99
If acknowledgment of any remittance is not found in
these reports, or if they are inaccurate in any item, prompt
advice should be sent to the Secretary of the Board, giving
the number of the receipt held, or, in the absence of a receipt,
the date, amount and form of remittance.
Adam Campbell, Treasurer,
156 Fifth Avenue, New York City.
RECEIPTS FOR THE BOARD OF MINISTERIAL RELIEF, JULY, 1898.
Baltimore.— Ra7/i'mor?— Hagerstown, 12.73. Newcastle—
St. George's, 3.65; Zion, 15. 31 38
California.— Sa nta Barbara— Hueneme, 10. 10 00
CATAffBA.-5sK/Afra Virginia— Hope, 1. ] 00
Illinois.— .4//C/?*— Greenville, 10. Chicago— Chicago 1st,
34.52 : Itaska 1st, 5.
ler— Ebenezer, 11.50.
Springfield 2d, 4.20.
Freeport— Savanna 1st, 2.25. Sehvy
Springfield — Petersburg 1st, 1.47 ;
* 68 94
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Indiana. — Crawfordsville — Darlington, 5; Thorntown
<tnank offering) , 5. New A Ibany— Madison 1st, 27. 37 00
Iowa. — Fort Dodge— Pocahontas sab -sen., 1. Iowa City
—Tipton, 16.40. Sioux City— Union Township, 1.42. 18 82
Kansas.— Lamed— Liberal, 1. Solomon— Concordia, 10.
Topeka— Leavenworth 1st, 80. 91 00
Michigan.— Lansing— Holt, 2. Petoskey— Fife Lake, 3.
5 00
Minnesota.— Dululh—Buluih 1st, 25.74 ; McNair Memo-
rial, 2. 27 74
Missouri.— Kansas City— Appleton City 1st, 2. Ozark —
Joplin 1st, 2.81. Palmyra— Shelbyville, 4.95. St. Louis—
St. Louis Carondelet, 11.30. 21 06
Nebraska. — Niobrara— Ponca 1st, 5. 5 00
New Jersey.— Elizabeth— Dunellen, 4.43. Jersey City—
Hackensack, 27; Jersey City 1st (sab.-sch. Miss. Soc, 25),
109.99. Monmouth— Beverly sab.-sch., 2. New Brunswick—
Bound Brook, 12; Dayton, 5.07. West Jersey— Wenonah,
41. 201 49
New Mexico.— Rio Grande— Albuquerque 1st sab.-sch., 3.
3 00
New York.— Albany— Charlton, 17.43. Binghamton —
Waverly 1st, 2. Boston— Lawrence Ger. Miss. Band, 10.
Brooklyn— Brooklyn 2d, 71.22 ; Stapleton 1st Edgewater, 54.
■Cayuga — Auburn Central, 62.87 ; Aurora, 12.66. Genesee —
Leroy 1st, 16.40. Geneva— Geneva North (sab.-sch., 18),
85.75. Hudson— West Town, 2. Long Is/and— Cutchogue,
8.35. New York— New York 1st, addl. 2000. Rochester-
Lima, 16.50. St. Lawrence— Carthage 1st, 5 50 ; Sackett's
Harbor, 18 cts. Syracuse— Aniboy, 6. Utica— Waterville,
1.87. Westchester— Mt. Vernon 1st, 137.64; New Bochelle
1st, 39.29. 2,549 66
Ohio. —Cleveland— Cleveland South, 5. Dayton — Dayton
Memorial, 11.50. Lima— Rock ford, 4. Portsmouth— Ports-
mouth 1st German, 5. Sltubenville—Kew Philadelphia, 6.
Wooster— Clear Fork, 1.38. 32 88
Oregon. — East Oregon— Union, 74 cts. Willamette— Inde-
pendence Calvary, 2. 2 74
Pennsylvania.— Allegheny— Allegheny 1st sab.-sch., 37-
.37 ; New Salem, 2 ; Tarentum, 4.09. Blairsville—Xevr Flor-
ence, 8.57. Butler— Butler 1st, 25.55; New Salem, 2.
Chester— Wallingford, 26.06. Clarion— Clarion, 18.73. Erie
— Nortb Clarendon, 5.48. Huntingdon— Hollidavsburg 1st,
■22.15; Petersburg, 7.17; Shaver's Creek, 1; Tyrone 1st,
34.26. Kittanning — Clarksburg, 3. Lackawanna— Hones-
dale 1st, 22.13. Parkersburg— Dubree, 1; Hughes River, 2.
Philadelphia— Philadelphia Scots, 6.31 ; — Trinity, 6. Phil-
adelphia North— Franktord, 18.48. Pittsburg — Pittsburg
1st (15 from Y. Voyagers), 424.56; —East Liberty (sab.-
sch., 25.47), 39.73 ; — Hazlewood, 26.10. Washington— Cove,
1. 744 74
South Dakota.— Aberdeen— Castlewood. 1st, 3.57 ; La
Grace, 5. Southern Dakota— Fbenezer German, 5. 13 57
Texas.— Austin— Austin 1st, 27.60. Trinity— Albany L.
M. Soc. , 5. 32 60
Washington.— Paget Sound— Seattle 2d, 5. Walla Walla
—Kami ah 2d, 2. 7 00
Wisconsin.— Milwaukee— Milwaukee Immanuel, 7.29.
7 29
From churches and Sabbath-schools 83,911 91
individuals.
Mrs. J. B. Crowe, Hanover, Ind., 10 ; " C. C. M.,"
25 ; Mrs. J. R. Agnew and daughter, Greencastle,
Pa., 15; Rev. Donald McLaren, D.D., South
Bethlehem, Pa., 50; Rev. R. Arthur, Logan,
Kans., 2 ; Mrs. Pauline C. Rebmann, Phila., 25 ;
Miss Jeanette W. Judd, Hawley, Pa., 10;
"Cash," Phila., 1; Rev. Samuel T. Lowrie,
D.D., Phila., 10; "Mrs. W. M. R.," 4; Rev. W.
H. Templeton, Pinckneyvilie, 111., 5 : Rev. and
Mrs. J. W. McClusky, Delta, O., 1;"C. Penna.,"
12 ; Rev. S. H. Stevenson, Madison, Inl., 2. 172 00
INTEREST.
Interest from investments 10,625 02
" from Latta Fund 41 67
$14,750 60
Unrestricted legacies ^ Millar and Beeson estates) .. 2,019 61
Total receipts in July, 1898 $16,770 21
Total for current fund (not including unrestricted
legacies) since A prill, 1898 $38,081 42
Total for same period last year 35,672 79
William W. Hebeeton, Treasurer,
507 Witherspoon Building, Philadelphia.
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THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY'S COMMITTEE
Witherspoon Building, Philadelphia, Pa.
JOHN S. MACINTOSH, D.D., Chairman,
Charles A. Dickey, D.D.,
Warner Van Norden, Esq.,
Hon. Robert N. Willson,
John H. Dey, Esq., Secretary, Charles L. Thompson, D.D.
Stealy B. Rossiter, D.D., Frank F. Ellinwood, D.D.,
Henry T. McEwen, D.D., William C. Roberts, D.D.
Stephen W. Dana, D.D.,
EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENTS.
Charles L. Thompson, D.D.,
F. F. Ellinwood, D.D., LL.D.,
Edward B. Hodge, D.D.,
Elijah R. Craven, D.D., LL.D.,
Erskine N. White, D.D.,
Benj. L. Agnew, D.D.,
Edward P. Cowan, D.D.,
E. C. Ray, D.D.
[Each of these Editorial Correspondents is appointed by the Board of which he is a Secretary, and is responsible
for what is found in the pages representing the work of that Board. See list of Officers and Agencies of the General
Assembly on the last two pages of each number.]
Contents
Current Events and the Kingdom, . . . 279
Editorial Notes, '.280
Progress and Reform in China, B. G. Henry,
B.B., . .282
The Board of Education (seventeen illustra-
tions), Edward B. Hodge, D.D., . . 285
FOREIGN MISSIONS.— Notes (two illustra-
tions), 293
The Late Marcus M. Carleton (with portrait), 296
Benjamin Labaree, D.D. (with portrait), . 297
The Late Miss Rachel Kennedy, . . . 298
Christian Frederick Schwartz (with portrait), 299
The Dawn of Hawaii, F. F. Ellinwood, D B. 300
Concert of Prayer— Topic for October, . . 304
Medical Missions— What They Accomplish
(two illustrations), . . . . . 304
An Afternoon in the Pyeng Yang Hospital,
Robert E. Speer (one illustration), . . 306
Letters— Africa, Rev. Oscar Roberts; Korea,
Mrs. Lee, Mr. Irvin ; India, Rev. H. B.
Griswold; Mexico, Rev. George Johnson, 308
PUBLICATION AND SABBATH-SCHOOL
WORK.— Glimpses of the Field of Work
— Pencilings of an Earnest Worker— A
Good Story of Progress— A Sabbath Day's
Work -Work That Richly Pays— A Thrill-
ing Experience— In the North Carolina
Field, 313
CHURCH ERECTION.— A Tabulated State-
ment of Appropriations Made by the
Board, from 1844 to 1848, . . . .316
COLLEGES AND ACADEMIES.— Poynette
318
the
320
322
325
327
328
829
329
333
339
Academy, by H. (four illustrations), .
MINISTERIAL RELIEF.-How Goes
Battle ?
FREEDMEN.— Why We Say No, .
HOME MISSIONS.— Notes
Enthusiasm,
Rev. John Dixon, D.D. (with portrait), Wil-
liam H. Roberts, B.D., LL B. .
Concert of Prayer— Topic for October, .
The Mormons (two illustrations), .
Letters,
Appointments,
YOUNG PEOPLE'S CHRISTIAN ENDEA-
VOR. — Notes — Presbyterian Chinese
Mission — The Board of Education —
A Visit to Serampore, India, Mrs. H. H.
Holcomb — The Westminster Standards
and the Formation of the Republic, Wil-
liam H Roberts, B.B., LL.B— Christian
Training Course Programs— Presbyterian
Endeavorers— Questions for the Mission-
ary Meeting— With the Magazines— Worth
Reading, 341-355
Receipts, . 356-368
Officers and Agencies, .... 369, 370
THE CHURCH
AT HOME AND ABROAD,
OCTOBER, 1898.
CURRENT EVENTS AND THE KINGDOM.
Christianity in Japanese Politics. —
In his article in the Independent on this
subject, the Rev. M. L. Gordon mentions
the fact that the president of the Diet, Mr.
Kenkichi Kataoka, a well-known member
of the Presbyterian Church, has since his
election, with Mr. Soruku Ebara, an earnest
Methodist, and a few other Christians, kept
up a prayer meeting. Mr. Kataoka testi-
fies that in the discharge of his duties as
presiding officer he daily sought and, be
believes, received divine help. After the
dissolution of the Diet and the resignation
of Marquis Ito, the management of the new
Constitutional party, formed by the union of
the Liberal and Progressive parties, was
committed to four party leaders, two of
whom were Mr. Kataoka and Mr. Ebara.
As a result of the recent election, 258 out
of 300 members of the Diet belong to the
Constitutional party. Several Christians
were elected, among them Mr. Saibara and
Mr. Nakamura, two well-known and trusted
members of the Kumi-ai Church.
The Future of the Soudan. — The
carefully planned campaign of Gen. Sir
Herbert Kitchener, extending through more
than two years, has resulted in victory for
the Anglo-Egyptian army. This campaign
was undertaken to regain control of the
territory in the eastern Soudan once under
the government of the Khedive of Egypt,
but lost by the revolt of theMahdi in 1882,
and thus protect Egypt from the possibility
of Dervish raids, and also guard her water
supply. Another motive was the lessening
of the slave trade. The utter rout of the
Khalifa's forces and the occupation of
Omdurman and Khartoum will result in
better government for all that region. Gen.
Kitchener now calls upon the British public
to subscribe $300,000 to establish at Khar-
toum, in memory of Gen. Gordon, a college
and medical school, where the sons of
sheiks may receive an education which
should qualify them to hold government
positions.
The Indians at Omaha. — By invita-
tion of the Indian Office at Washington, the
representatives of forty different tribes of
North American Indians are attending the
Trans-Mississippi Exposition in Omaha.
They are to be housed in native habitations,
and will from time to time participate in
festivities peculiar to their tribes. In this
manner religious and social rites are to be
illustrated, affording students of ethnology
and sociology a rare opportunity for study.
The contrast between the present coming of
a thousand Indians to Omaha, and the
threatened invasion of that town by Sioux
warriors thirty-five years ago, emphasizes
what has been accomplished in the effort to
civilize and Christianize these wards of the
Nation.
Christianity in Spain. — Now that the
outlook of peace with America is so bright,
we may look forward to advance in the
growth of evangelical Christianity in Spain.
If only Protestantism in that priest-ridden
land had a free hand its success would be
assured. We must not suppose, however,
that the light of gospel truth is utterly
extinguished. In the entire country to-day
there are fifty -six Protestant pastors, thirty-
five evangelists and 116 places for public
worship. The number of regular communi-
cants is 3442, and regular attendants reach
9194. These may seem very small num-
bers for the whole of Spain. It is certainly
a day of small things for Protestants as yet,
279
280
CURRENT EVENTS AND THE KINGDOM — EDITORIAL NOTES.
[October,
But the seed is there — it only needs to be
allowed to grow. The light is there if its
s*hining be not hindered. Besides various
forms of personal work, there are Protestant
periodicals — El Cristiano, La Luz, El
Evangelista, El Heraldo. There is also a
review known as La Bevista Cristiana,
and a pictorial publication for children
called El Amigode la Infaneia. All this
is full of encouragement for the future.
Only let the gospel of the glory of Christ
have free course, and Spain will again be
heard of amongst the progressive nations of
Europe. — Ijondon Christian.
A Mormon Crisis. — The rule of suc-
cession laid down by Brigham Young after
the death of Joseph Smith provides that the
oldest member of the body known as the
twelve apostles should succeed to the presi-
dency of the Mormons. Under this rule
John Taylor became president when Brig-
ham Young died, and was himself succeeded
by Wilford Woodruff. Reciting these facts
The following from the Indian Witnesst
Calcutta, will be read with interest by those
who have enjoyed the usual summer vaca-
tion, and may suggest practical methods of
expressing sympathy with our representa-
tives in other lands: " The American
Presbyterian Board of Missions has felt
compelled to withdraw the allowance which
has been made annually for more than sixty
years to its missionaries (in India), for trav-
eling to the hills or elsewhere for their
health. We are sorry for the necessity
which is responsible for this, and sympathize
with our brethren in this reduction, coming
on the heels, too, of much personal sacrifice
which they have been called upon to make
during the past two years."
The annual "Minutes" of the General
Assembly, compiled from the annual reports
of two hundred and twenty-eight presby-
teries throughout the Uniled States and the
foreign missionary fields of our Church, are
too valuable and useful to have their con-
tents hidden from the membership of the
Presbyterian Church by reason of the fact
that few persons other tbau ministers and
officers of the Boards of our Church are in
possession of or read the volume. To en-
courage and stimulate both ministers and
in the Independent, Mr. Eugene Young
shows that the death of President Woodruff
makes Mormondom face a crisis that may
prove serious. At the head of the twelve
stands Lorenzo Snow, an aged man, who at
best could continue in power but a year or
two. Next in line for the presidency is
Franklin D. Richards, and below him
stands George Q. Cannon. Mr. Cannon,
who was the chief counselor of Brigham
Young, and whose influence dominated the
administration of President Taylor, believes
in putting aside the old system and giving
the leadership to the stroDgest man. Both
the Richards and Cannon families have a
strong following. The Mormon crisis is
interesting, from a religious point of view,
says Mr. Young, largely because the politi-
cal quarrels of the leaders may cause a
cessation of the aggressive missionary cam-
paign being waged throughout the world,
and will furnish to others more material
with which to combat the Mormon propa-
ganda.
communicants in the aggressive work of our
Church during the ensuing year, the Rev.
Frederick A. Walter, Secretary of the
Bureau for the Promotion of Systematic
Church Finance, Beneficence and Records,
has kindly prepared for the use of The
Church at Home and Adroad the two
tabular statements on the following page.
These tables are so full and complete in
every detail that comment seems super-
fluous.
Attention may, however, be called to the
fact that the Synod of Montana seems to
stand the highest in average total contribu-
tion per member for all purposes, namely,
$18.75; the Synod of New Jersey appears
to be most liberal in its missionary benefi-
cence, having devoted twenty-six per cent,
of its total church income for beneficence,
or an average of $4.73 per member; the
Synod of Pennsylvania seems to hold the
highest record in three columns, namely,
membership, 211,498; total church in-
come, $3,211,739, and total amount of
beneficence, $648,492.
What a magnificent record our Church
would make this year if every communicant
would pledge that twenty per cent, of his
total church contribution should be devoted
to missionary beneficence.
1898.] SUMMARY OF MEMBERSHIP AND FINANCIAL RECORD. 281
The General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America.
Statistical Record.
Financial Record.
Per
Memb'r.
Elders
28,000
Home Missions
$972,993
$1.00
Ecclesiastical Record.
Deacons
9,696
Foreign Missions
749,497
0.77
Added on Examina'n
57,041
Education
81,056
0.09
Added on Certificate
37,125
Sabbath-school Work
112,781
0.12
Synods
32
Dismissed & Dropped
56,402
Church Erection
149,792
0.15
Presbyteries
228
Deceased
11,406
Relief Fund
95,149
0.10
Ministers
7190
Communicants
B
0
<s
XT.
tr
975,877
Freed men
118,359
0 12
Licentiates
469
Net Gain
14,966
Sy nodical Aid
82,619
0.08
Local Evangelists
135
Net Loss
Aid for Colleges
164,840
0.17
Candidates
1161
Sabbath-school
1,034,164
Total Beneficence
$2,530,086
$2.59
Churches
7635
Net Gain
9,702
General Assembly
84,679
0.09
Net Loss
Congregational
10,219,891
1047
Compiled from the Min-
Adult "J
(
21,574
Miscellaneous
663,905
0.69
utes of the General Assem-
bly for 1898, by the Bureau
Infant J
i
27,768
Total Church Income
$13,503,561
$13.84
for the Promotion of Sys-
tematic Church - Finance,
Percentage of "Total Church Income" for Beneficence, 19 percent.; last year 18 per cent.
Beneficence and Records, Frederick A. Walter, Secretary, address 1319 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa.
SUMMARY OF
Membership and Financial Record of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America, compiled from the
Minutes of the General Assembly for 1898, by the Bureau for the Promotion of Systematic Church-Finance, Benefi-
cence and Records, Frederick A. Walter, Secretary, address Witherspoon Building, 1319 Walnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.
The General Assembly and its Synods.
Church
Members.
Church Income.
Beneficence.
Total.
Average
per
Member.
$13.84
$2 68
16.15
16.42
2.02
.26
.28
> 12.85
14.86
.39
10.53
6.17
10.06
8.72
13.61
11.37
16.04
13.97
18.75
9.16
18.52
7.61
17.00
11.62
10.57
12 37
15.37
8.84
6.46
12.24
11.41
9.21
12.90
Per Cent,
of Church
Income.
19 *
9$
21 ^
16 *
ii *
(?) 5$
{i)8i *
11*
18*
roiS
13*
12*
11 #
16*
17*
14*
14*
7 in
12*
26
11*
20^
5#
17*
17*
20 *
15*
14*
15*
12 ^
8*
10 i
Total.
Average
per
Member.
The General Assembly
975,877
10,393
24,987
22.640
8,464
3,423
5,404
10,014
67,202
3,225
41,368
3,376
41,696
25,763
8,054
30,828
19,551
21,527
2,191
17,228
69,219
2,356
178,630
3,772
97,748
6,329
211,498
5,464
6,454
2,958
1,889
7,163
15,062
$13,503,561
$27,832
403,522
371,744
17,112
2,124
1,500
128,694
998,307
1,269
435,521
20,842
442,166
224,586
109,575
350,728
313,578
300,742
41,077
157,878
1,281,664
17,940
3,037,038
43.834
1,033,308
78,266
3,251,739
48,318
41,716
36,210
21,557
68,940
194,236
$2,530,086
$2,377
85,279
60,042
1,815
100
1,302
14,551
184,047
13
76,122
2,874
55,069
25,812
17,490
58,354
45,092
42,809
2,887
18,426
327,179
2,019
620,441
2,252
175,704
12,921
648,492
7,387
5,795
5,162
2,671
5,327
20,283
$2 59
1
The Synods :
Atlantic
$0.23
?
3.41
3
California
2.65
4
5
6
Catawba
China, Central and Southern
China, Northern
.21
.03
.24
7
Colorado
1.45
8
9
10
Illinois
India
Indiana
2.74
.00
1.83
11
.85
1?
Iowa
1.32
13
Kansas
1.00
14
Kentucky
2.17
15
Michigan
1.89
16
Minnesota
2.31
17
1 99
18
19
Montana
Nebraska
1.32
1.07
?0
New Jersey
4.73
21
9?,
New Mexico
New York
.86
3.47
?3
North Dakota
.62
?,l
Ohio
1.80
?5
2 04
?6
3 07
91
South Dakota
1 35
?8
90
?9
Texas
1 75
30
Utah . .
1.41
31
Washington
.74
32
Wisconsin
1.35
(?) N. B.— The Synods of China, Central and Southern; China, Northern, and of India, are Foreign Missiouary Synods
and are not self-supporting.
282
EDITORIAL NOTES — PROGRESS AND REFORM IN CHINA.
[October,
The address of Rev. John Mordy, whose
letter appears on page 154 of our August
issue, is Clifton, Ariz. His report was sent
to the office of the Board of Home Mis-
sions, but no address was added, nor any
intimation of change. The clerk, after
copying the items for The Church at Home
and Abroad, looked up his name in the
" Minutes " (for 1897, as the new volume
was not yet issued), and found him located
at Guthrie, Okla. The statements in the
letter, of course, refer to Clifton, Ariz.
The Guthrie, Okla., Church has been
self-supporting for several years, is out of
debt, and is building a manse for its pastor.
It contributes liberally to the work of our
Church and to other benevolences.
Although without self-support the native
churches can never become vigorous, self-
propagating forces, it is a mistake to infer,
says the Baptist Missionary Magazine, that
self-support is to be advocated as a relief
to the calls upon Christians at home. As
an Assam missionary puts it: Self-support
will not lessen but rather increase the
demand for money, just as the introduction
of machinery increases the demand for
labor. The missionaries ought to put the
churches on their mettle, not only because
it is right, but because it is foolish to try to
carry them; but let it be known that " Self-
support " is not a Revised Version of *' Go
ye into all the world." It cannot take the
place of contributions and obedience to
Christ's last command.
The Rev. C. W. Caseley writes thus in
Christianity in Earnest of the necessity for a
Church Extension Society: This is a great
country, wide in extent, almost a continent
in itself ; it is comparatively a new country,
nations with whom we deal being old and
fully established before we were born; it is
a thinly settled country for the most part,
and over States large as a European kingdom
the inhabitants are scattered so sparsely that
neighbors are far apart. Towns spring up,
as though by magic, everything is to be
built; starting with nothing but the bare
land, we frequently find within a year,
oftentimes within a few weeks, stores,
houses, barns, wells, railroads, telegraphs,
a thriving settlement with all the hum and
bustle of modern Western life. The men
who do this are as a rule small capitalists
who stake their all in the venture, and find
their funds exhausted by the time they are
started in business, and it is highly neces-
sary, amid the strain and struggle of this
new life, with all its tendencies to worldli-
ness and absorption in temporal things,
that a church should be built, whose very
presence is a reminder of the claims of God,
and whose service is the only break in a
continuous round of buying, selling and
getting gain.
Dr. James D. Moffat gives in the
Interior these criteria of a good college:
1. The faculty is composed of teachers
sufficient in number to afford a wise division
of labor. 2. The studies are determined
by the faculty, rather than by the students,
and with wise reference to the maximum
educational benefit. 3. The lecturing sys-
tem is very sparingly employed; principal
reliance is placed upon text-book study and
daily recitation by the pupil, with explana-
tion, enlargement and practical testing by
the teacher. 4. The advantages of per-
sonal contact between professors and students
are enjoyed. 5. There is a good atmos-
phere, which is determined more by the
general character of the student body than
by the customs and traditions belonging to
the history of the college. Where the
majority of the students are disposed to do
right and to make a serious use of their
opportunities, the pull of that majority is
in the right direction.
PROGRESS AND REFORM IN CHINA.
REV. B. C. HENRY, D.D.
It is not my purpose to attempt any full
or exhaustive inquiry into the condition and
propects of China as she appears before the
world to-day. He would be a remarkably
clever diplomatist who could rightly balance
the political scales and give the net results
of foreign interests and relations upon the
country. He must be an unusually deep
student of national life who can fathom
the probable outcome of the crisis through
1898.]
PROGRESS AND REFORM IN CHINA.
283
which China has been and is still passing.
He must be a wonderfully clear- sighted
prophet who can predict with any show of
certainty what the future will bring. China
is still an enigma — a vexed problem which
continues to defy the illusory attempts of
would-be reformers.
China has a large circle of friends, not
only in the Chrislian Church, but amoug the
nations and the merchants of the West.
Among these we are pleased to enroll our-
selves. We do not wish China any harm
or humiliation. The solicitude we feel is
awakened by a sincere desire for the true
regeneration and elevation of that wonder-
ful people. As we look at what is evident
before our eyes, it needs but a faint power
of perception and but little close study of
the condition of things to see that China,
which for long centuries could boast imperial
strength, is weak — very weak — almost on
the verge of dissolution, as some think.
Weak in ability to properly defend her
borders, weak in the administration of her
internal affairs, weak in the face of the
demands of Western powers, whose exist-
ence is but a day compared with her hoary
centuries. What a contrast is her attitude
of half a century, or even a quarter of a
century ago, to her attitude to-day in her
helplessness to resist the strong, aggressive,
selfish demands of Western powers! How
quickly and how weakly she makes conces-
sions of immense and painful significance to
one nation after another. Observe how she
has been stripped of her territory. Her
interior borders in Hi and Turkistan have
been ravished from her by the Russians,
whose iron grasp and relentless pressure
have continued without interruption or
serious check. Her nominal sway over the
southern kingdom of Annam has been over-
thrown by the volatile and insolent French,
whose coming is a bane to every land they
take. Korea, by a combination of causes,
has entirely escaped her influence and con-
trol. Formosa, with its lofty mountains
and camphor forests, has gone to the Jap-
anese. Manchuria is virtually under
Russian control, while choice places are
being snapped up along the coast without
much regard for ceremony. The great
nations of Europe are seated, or sailing, in
expectation on her shores, waiting and
watching until the inevitable division of
the spoils brings the good fortune they are
seeking into their laps. Such things show
China in her weakness and humiliation
before the world. But to understand the
true secret of this weakness we must look
at the nation itself, shown in the inherent
qualities of its people, in their social and
political life. We must look at the abysmal
corruption in official life, the utter selfish-
ness of those in power, the frightful waste
of public funds, the oppression of the people
and the useless ceremonies, the antiquated
requirements and miserable tricks of decep-
tion that cover like a mesh or like a
miasma the whole land and people.
Yet China is strong — strong in popula-
tion, remarkable for numbers and homoge-
neousness ; strong in intellect, as their
weighty performances in literature show;
strong in devotion to past ideals whose
memory is fresh to their minds, though
millenniums have come and gone since they
passed away; strong in their pride of a won-
derful history; strong in their inborn indus-
try and business capacity; strong in the
untold riches of mineral resources; a rich
and teeming land; a peaceable and indus-
trious people, capable of wondrous improve-
ment, but now too sadly sunk into the mire
of corruption and poverty with no powerful
or sympathetic hands of their own people
to life them up.
In spite of increasing weakness and lack
of power to resist foreign aggression, to say
nothing of the sloth of the opium sots, or
the fatal frenzy of the gamblers or spectre
of the debauchee, there has been real prog-
ress in many lines, notably in the wide
opening of the country, in the developing
of trade, in the building of telegraph lines,
in the railways under construction, the
steam navigation, in the plans for opening
mines, and many other practical schemes
for business and profit. In spite of repeated
defeats in war and in diplomacy, there has
been progress in the knowledge of inter-
national comity and the true rights and
relationships of different nations. If the
policy of the present time on the part of
those who are so eager for " Chinese dain-
ties " was " an open door throughout all
China, the freest intercourse with other
nations in all parts of China," if this were
the policy, instead of the cry for division
and dismemberment, there would be a
brighter hope for the future. In recent
discussions we are brought brightly to face
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PROGRESS AND REFORM IN CHINA.
[October,
the good hope of new life, energy and
prosperity. We believe in the realization
of this hope. In the matter of education
there has oeen good progress, both in the
institutions established by the government
or under patronage of high officials and in
the schools and colleges established by mis-
sionaries and others. This good impulse is
increasing and new institutions rising to
meet the demand.
In the associated department of literature,
an immense and incalculably valuable
work has been done and is being done in
increasing efficiency. The books written
or translated, the growing extent and power
of the magazines published under enlight-
ened superintendence, are increasingly
popular and influential. It is astonishing
to note the estimate in which the leading
magazine and standard works are held
among the intelligent people. The names
of Faber, Martin, Williamson, Fryer,
Kichards, Mateer, Allen and many others
are as familiar to them as the names of
their own sages. And every fresh publica-
tion, every new issue of these magazines, is
awaited with keenest interest and expecta-
tion of fresh truth and most carefully studied.
Even the emperor has provided himself
with a full set of the books on Christianity
and Western learning. In the great work
of preaching the gospel and establishing the
Christian Church there has been great and
real progress, not equal in all places to the
enthusiastic hopes of many sanguine hearts
whose patience has been sorely tried. In
the recent large increase of converts there
is an inspiring element of encouragement.
As we study the character of the native
churches, there appear good evidences of
true conversion and consecration. The
number of churches that are self-supporting,
the interest of the Christians in the educa-
tion of their children and youth, their
activity in aggressive work, though far short
of even an ordinary standard, are still full
of hopefulness.
In the broad and overwhelming impor-
tant matter of influencing the intellectual
and social life of China there is room for
the deepest thought and speculation. There
is one phase of the subject which has a
hopeful aspect. Many, if not most of the
present leaders of new thought in China's
new experience of intellectual life have
gained their knowledge from Christian
sources and have been directly or indirectly
under the influence of Christian teachers or
writers.
The reform movement which is widely
extended is a powerful agent in awaking
real interest in the study and adoption of
Western ideas and methods. The intro-
duction of practical questions of utilitarian
value in the competitive examinations is a
strong indication of a change of front from
the old to the new. There are some remark-
able men engaged in this movement, notably
Hong Tso I, who is considered a modern
sage, and who has a large following of
advanced scholars. However gratifying the
desire of the Chinese for instruction in
Western learning, the motive at the basis is
not to accept the Christian side, but only
the material, the practical and, as they
consider it, the utilitarian side. That they
are anxious for this is shown by their
attendance at every school opened for such
instruction. In Canton there are about a
score of schools for instruction in English
and the rudiments of science, but the com-
mon report is that no one of them is in any
degree efficient. There is room here, we
believe, for a genuine college, an institution
equipped with men qualified for the work of
teaching, and all the indications are that if
such an institution were provided, students
in large numbers would attend.
The Christian College in Canton has this
end in view, and should have the generous
support of all who are interested in the
Christian ization of China. There are
various agencies already at work in the
native church which may be depended upon
for effectual cooperation. Amongst these
the most prominent and promising is the
Book Lending Evangelization Society of
Canton, uniting eight Protestant Churches,
and which in seven years has done admir-
able work in the special line of reaching
the school-teachers with Christian litera-
ture. By sympathy and cooperation we
may deepen and widen the current of its
influence and bring to nearer realization the
great desire of all that the mind of China
may be imbued with the truth of Christ,
and its great army of teachers and scholars
come to know the "Tien-tao" — "the
doctrine or truth from heaven " — as Chris-
tianity is called amongst them, and be led
up to him who is the way, the truth and
the life.
ijdtSSF — -
W'
f 'iq \\\e United States of/America
The very first page of the very first
record now in existence of a Presbyterian
church court in this country furnishes
interesting evidence of the determination
of our fathers to provide an able, pious and
learned ministry for the new land. The
record is that of the original Presbytery of
Philadelphia. It begins abruptly, the first
leaf of the manuscript being lost, with the
words, " De Regimine Ecclesise," which
constituted the theme of a Latin exegesis
required by presbytery as part of the trials
of Mr. John Boyd for ordination as a min-
ister of the gospel. The ordination occurred
October 29, 1706. Four years later the
presbytery censured Mr. David Evan
because he had taken upon himself publicly
to teach or preach among the Welsh in the
Great Valley, Pa. without due instruction
and authority. He was required to lay
aside all other business for a year and
apply himself closely to learning and study
under certain designated members of the
presbytery. At the end of the year he was
licensed, and three years and a half later
he was again examined and ordained as a
pastor.
Education is ever characteristic of a
Calvinistic people. A system of doctrine
which teaches a man to recognize no
Ui
iladelpW
authority but the will of God, makes educa-
tion necessary that he may study that will
for himself and thus exercise the right of
private judgment. An educated people
implies an educated ministry. They will
not be contented with anything else; they
cannot well be profited by any other kind.
THE STAGE OF INDIVIDUAL EFFORT.
The first efforts toward providing the
Church with the kind of ministry required
were put forth by individuals. Foremost
among these must be named the Rev.
William Tennent, who came to America
from Ireland in 1716, and became pastor
of a church at Neshaminy, in Bucks
county, Pa. Two years later, through the
The Log College.
285
286
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[October,
gift of fifty acres of land by a certain James
Logan, he was helped to set up a building
of logs in which he gathered and instructed
candidates for the ministry. In this
famous " Log College " some of the ablest
and most distinguished ministers of the
Church received their education. Among
these must be mentioned Mr. Tennent' s
son, William, forty -four years pastor of the
historic church on the battlefield of Mon-
mouth, N. J. Mr. Tennent, however,
stood even more ardently for piety and zeal
than for learning. He became the centre
of a fierce controversy which issued in the
schism of 1741. Thesynod'had determined
Hon in the acceptance of candidates for the
ministry.
Another name which deserves to be men-
tioned in connection with the stage of indi-
vidual effort is that of the Rev. William
Robinson, a graduate of the " Log Col-
lege. ' ' He had been sent into Virginia on
a missionary journey. His preaching met
with great acceptance. At one place the
people made an earnest effort to induce him
to accept a considerable sum of money which
they had raised as an expression of their
gratitude. When he refused they thought
to force it upon him by hiding it in his sad-
dle-bags. He discovered it, however, and,
Old Tennent Church, built in 1751.
that candidates must either produce a
diploma from a European or New England
college or else submit to an examination by
a committee appointed by synod with
authority to issue to such as passed a satis-
factory examination a certificate which
would be recognized in place of a diploma.
The trouble seems to have arisen largely
from a feeling upon the part of Mr. Tennent
that the action of synod was a blow aimed
at his college. It is a noteworthy fact that,
when the breach was healed, the " old
side" and the "new side1' came together
under the mutual agreement that a college
training should be made an essential condi-
in view of their persistence, agreed to take
the money with the understanding that it
should be used to help a young man of his
acquaintance to get the education exacted
of candidates for the ministry. The young
man whose education was thus provided for
was Samuel Davies. This distinguished
minister was afterwards associated with
Gilbert Tennent as the agent of synod in
procuring funds in Great Britain for the
setting up at Princeton of the College of
New Jersey, of which he became later the
efficient president. They brought home
with them, besides, three hundred and fifty
pounds, given them to constitute a fund of
1898.]
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287
Princeton Theological Seminary, 1861.
which the interest was to be forever applied
" for the education of such youth for the
ministry of the gospel in the College of New
Jersey as are unable to defray the expenses
of their education, who appear, upon proper
examination, to be of promising genius,
Calvinistic principles, and in
the judgment of charity experi-
mentally acquainted with a
work of saving grace, and to
have a distinguished zeal for
the glory of God and for the
salvation of men."
SECOND STAGE— ACTION OF
CHURCH COURTS.
The Presbytery of Newcas-
tle seems to deserve the credit
of being the first in the re-
united Church to devise a systematic plan
for " supporting young men of piety and
parts for the work of the ministry." The
plan was adopted in 1771, and was promptly
reported to the Synod of New York and
New Jersey, under which name the new
and old side synods had come together at
the end of the schism. The plan was
highly approved by synod and warmly
commended to the several presbyteries, and
the presbyteries were required to give an
account of their diligence in the matter at
the next meeting of synod. The principal
features of the plan were the laying of an
annual assessment of ten pounds upon each
vacant congregation requiring to receive
supplies, an assessment of one pound upon
each minister of the presbytery, and a plea
for annual contributions from individuals.
Any member of presbytery might recom-
mend a candidate, and presbytery reserved
A.rcli. Alexander, D.D.
the'right to accept or reject after examina-
tion. The accepted candidate would be
under the guardianship of presbytery, and
his education would be directed by its orders.
The young man thus educated was to be
regarded as under obligation to the presby-
tery to devote at least a year to missionary
labors within its bounds. If he failed to
enter the ministry he was to repay the
money expended for his education within
five years.
EtForts had not been wanting during the
continuance of the schism, however, to
provide educational facilities for candidates.
Three presbyteries united November 16,
1743, in founding a school in New London,
Chester county, Pa., which the Synod of
Philadelphia promptly took under its care.
Among the distinguished ministers who got
their training at this school must be men-
tioned John Ewing, who became pastor of
the First Church, Philadelphia, and was
first provost of Ihe University
of Pennsylvania. He was an
ardent patriot, a brilliant and
versatile scholar, an eloquent
preacher, an able educator, and
of a character which com-
manded the highest respect
both in America and in Great
Britain. On the other hand,
at the very first meeting of the
new side Synod of New York,
held at Elizabethtown, No-
vember 19, 1745, the sub-
ject of missionary labor for the exten-
sion of the Church received earnest atten-
tion, and with it the closely connected ques-
tion of supplying an adequate number of
well-equipped ministers. The want of a
Library of Princeton Theological Seminary.
288
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[October,
Samuel Miller, D.D.
theological school
was keenly felt,
and the synod
provided, by way
of substitute, that
every student
should be " un-
der the care of
some minister of
an approved
character for his
skill in theol-
ogy. ' ' It was
"enjoined like-
wise that every preacher for the first
year after his licensure shall show all his
sermons to some minister in our presbyteries
on whose friendship and candor he depends,
written fairly, to have them corrected and
amended ; . . and it is further enjoined, that
they preach as often as they can before
stated ministers, that they may correct their
gesture, pronunciation, delivery, and the
like."
It will be seen that the fathers held firmly
to the view that the education of candidates
should be conducted under the direction of
the Church, and that they were determined
to secure, if possible, these three things, piety,
learning, practical efficiency.
The scheme of the Presbytery of Newcas-
tle outlined above as devised in 1771, was
pursued under direction of synod for
several years ; but unhappily the War of
the Revolution broke over the colonies, and
the work undertaken suffered a serious
interruption. But- in time the war ended,
and the Church grew and prospered. The
synod was resolved into several bodies, and
a General Assembly was constituted as the
highest court of the Church. The coming
together of the First General Assembly,
May, 1789, in the Second Church, Phila-
delphia, constitutes an important epoch in
our ecclesiastical history and of our great
benevolent operations. As early as 1805
and 1806, the General Assembly called
upon every presbytery " to use their utmost
endeavors to increase by all suitable means
in their power the number of promising
candidates for the holy ministry . . to make
vigorous exertions to raise funds to assist all
the youth that may need assistance . . to
inspect the education of these youths during
the course of both their academical and their
theological studies, choosing for them such
^ schools, sem-
!
•*»*
J. A. Alexander, D.D.
Arch Street, Philadelphia,
with Second Presbyterian Church.
inaries and
teachers a s
they m ay
judge most
proper and
advantageous
so as to even-
tually bring
them into the
ministry well
furnished for
their work."
The obvious fault in all efforts hitherto
used was the lack of a central agency by
which an adjustment might be made, some
presbyteries having much money and few or
no candidates, and some presbyteries being
rich in candidates while all but destitute of
money.
THE STAGE OF VOLUNTARY SOCIETIES.
Two prominent education societies came
into existence near the beginning of the
century. It was at a time of much contro-
versy with regard to Hopkinsianism and
other doctrinal matters. It was the time,
too, of the famous " Plan of Union/ ' under
which Presbyterians and Congregationalists
were endeavoring to work together in the
home missionary field. One society repre-
sented one phase of thought and feeling,
and reported annually to the General Assem-
bly. The other represented another phase,
and soon assumed the name of* Presbyte-
rian Branch " of the American Education
Society. Meantime the professors of the
theological seminary which the General
1898.]
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289
Assembly had established at Princeton, N.
J. , had expressed the opinion that one general
society ought to be established, which should
be under the immediate inspection of the
General Assembly, and which should be a
faithful representative of the whole denom-
ination to embody, systematize, and direct
the energies of all the presbyteries and con-
gregations in the work of providing for the
education of candidates for the ministry.
This opinion prevailed in a meeting held in
Philadelphia, December 9, 1818, and a
society was promptly organized. It is sig-
nificant that, when negotiations were in
progress looking to a plan of union with
the New York society, the plea of doc-
trinal differences was pushed aside on the
ground that the members of both societies
professed to accept the system of doctrine
taught in the Confession of Faith, and
should find no serious difficulty in cooper-
ating in the work proposed.
The actual conclusion of the matter was
the establishment by the General Assembly
of 1819 of an Education Board to which
each of the societies consented to become
auxiliary.
FINAL STAGE — THE BOARD AND ITS WORK.
The first meeting of the Board was held
in the session room of the Second Church,
Philadelphia, June 23, 1819. It was an
omen for good that a man like Robert Rals-
ton was made president, while the position of
treasurer was given to Alexander Henry,
These men were ruling elders of the Second
Church, and among the most distinguished
citizens of Philadelphia, eminently con-
spicuous for piety and good works. The
venerable and lovely Dr. William Neill was
made correspond-
ing secretary.
The task in hand
was, however, of
the most discour-
aging character.
The spirit of vol-
untaryism was
abroad i n the
Church; and,
what was more
discouraging,
many churches
and societies join -
Dr. Breckinridge. ed their interests
fa
Dr. Van Rensselaer.
with the Con-
g r e g ational-
ists. There
was also little
prospect of ef-
fective work
so long as the
whole income
consisted of
any surplus
that might be
sent from aux-
iliary societies.
A ray of light
came in 1824 when the -General Assem-
bly in a few significant words at last
started the Board on a more independent
and efficient career: " Resolved, That the
Board of Education be, and are, hereby
authorized to select and educate such young
men as are contemplated by the constitution of
the Board." It was but the beginning of
better things, however ; and it was only by
means of the brief but vigorous administra-
tion of Dr. John Breckinridge that reforms
were instituted and the work put upon a
basis of permanency and efficiency. The
aim of his administration was to secure unity
of operation, a common treasury, common
principles of action, combined with presby-
terial responsibility in the selection and care
of candidates. In order to induce presby-
teries to contribute to a common treasury a
pledge was given that no duly recommended
candidate would be refused, no matter how
small the contribution from the presbytery
recommending him might be. The burden
laid upon the new secretary was too heavy
for him. He assumed it in 1831, and laid
it down in 1836. The number of candi-
dates had risen from sixty-six to 644, and
contributions had increased to $46,680, an
utterly inadequate amount, but enough to
lift the treasury from the state of bank-
ruptcy in which he found it.
INTERESTING FEATURES OF EARLY DAYS.
a. In the reorganization of the Board
under Dr. Breckinridge, it was felt to be
imperatively necessary to appoint a large
number of special agents to visit, in connec-
tion with the general agent, nearly every
part of the Church simultaneously. It was
an exceedingly expensive system, but it,
seems as though nothing else could have
saved the cause from threatened destruction.
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[October,
It got, in fact, a marvelous impulse; but
the agents found their task ' ' so exhausting,
trying and thankless that few could be
found, high as might be their motives, who
were willing to continue in it beyond a few
months, or a year or two. " As to expense,
$13,402 out of $46,680 in 1836 went for
salaries, traveling and office expenses, etc.,
$6213 to debts, $25,450 to the 644 candi-
dates, and there was a balance of $1615.
Nothing but the greatness of the emergency
justified such heavy expenditures, and new
plans became imperatively necessary.
b. Certain necessary functions now made
part of the duty of sessions and presby-
teries were in early days performed by the
Board itself through appropriate commit-
tees. There was, for example, the Com-
mittee of Examination, whose duty it was
to examine all applicants for aid, to recom-
mend places for their location, and the time
for removing them to colleges and to super-
intend their education. There was also the
Committee of Economy. Their duty was to
have charge of all the expenses of the
young men, to contract for their tuition,
boarding, fuel, and other necessaries, to
provide clothing at the cheapest rates, and
William Chester, D.D.
James Wood, D.D
to 'discharge all the bills for the same by
their order on the treasurer; their book of
accounts to be submitted to the Board for
inspection at each stated meeting.
c. Another interesting feature of early
days was the establishment of manual labor
schools. Dr. Breckinridge threw into the
scheme his usual enthusiasm. He had
great zeal for the physical development of
the students by means of farm labor, and
hoped at the same time to enable them to
provide largely for their own support. " It
is time,"' said he, " that men of nerve and
hardihood, with bodies fit to bear about the
souls of missionaries and martyrs, should be
poured forth from all the institutions of our
country to help in the conversion of a
ruined world." The enthusiasm on this
subject rose so high that it was hoped that
such schools were " destined, if properly
perfected, to revolutionize the character of
our population. On the principle that a
young man may work out his education as
well as his trade they will at last put it in
the power of the poorest youth to educate
himself, and thus make knowledge uni-
versal. ' '
Lafayette College, Pa., began its career
as a school of this kind. The average earn-
ings of candidates under the care of the
Board at that institution for the year 1833
were $58.23 for each, a total of $873.47.
1898.]
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291
The experiment was also tried near Albany,
sV. Y., at Worthington, 0., at Marion,
Mo., and also in the State of Illinois. The
issue of all was .that financial embarrassments
and other practical difficulties made neces-
sary the abandonment of the whole under-
taking.
Athletic sports seem to be providing in
our day for that fine physical development
upon which Dr. Breckinridge laid so
much stress, and Park College, Mo., is a
standing evidence that a way has been found
to overcome the difficulties which once stood
in the way of the successful operation of a
farm-labor school.
d. The administration of Dr. Cortlandt
van Rensselaer (1846-60) was distinguished
by an heroic effort on his part to make
successful a scheme, recommended by the
General Assembly (0. S.), and zealously
supported by such leaders as Dr. Hodge of
Princeton and Dr. Young of Kentucky,
by which it was hoped that parochial and
presbyterial schools might be established
throughout the Church, in which children
could be brought up under religious influ-
ences and with an intelligent comprehension
of the doctrine and government of the
Church of their fathers. The devoted
secretary did not spare time, money, the
sacrifice of personal ease and social privileges,
to say nothing of health, and finally of life
itself, to accomplish the object in view.
As a result, there were established about
150 parochial schools, about fifty academies,
£M».
., 4»#
""k-
Rev. J. G. Atterburv
Thornton A. Mills, D.D.
and a few col-
leges, almost all
of ephemeral ex-
istence. The ob-
stacles in the
way appeared to
be innumerable
and practically
insuperable. In
1872, twelve
years after the
death of Dr. Van
Rennselaer, the
scheme was defi-
nitely abandon-
ed by the Board,
the sphere of which had been enlarged
to enable it to take the matter in charge.
In the office the secretary had been ably
assisted by Dr. William Chester and Dr.
James Wood. The experience of those
eventful times was not lost ; aud the Church
has in later days set up as a separate
agency the Board of Aid for Colleges,
which labors in a more restricted sphere and
with better hope of lasting results.
RELATION OF EDUCATION TO CRITICAL
EPOCHS.
The close relation of the cause of minis-
terial education to those great controver-
sies in the history of the Church which
have issued in division, illustrates the vast
importance of the subject and the intense
interest which it has awakened. The schism
of 174-1 has already been alluded to, the
education of ministers being the great
question at issue. The difficulties which
resulted in the setting up of the Cumberland
Presbyterian Church in 1810 arose from
the unwillingness of certain brethren in
Kentucky to heed the admonitions of the
General Assembly with regard to the
licensing and ordaining of men to the
ministry without those literary qualifications
which are required in our book, to say noth-
ing of cordial agreement with the doctrine
and government of the Church. These
admonitions were most mildly given, and
allowance was made for exceptional cases,
and for the appointment of catechists, but
in the great excitement attending revival
scenes all admonition was given in vain.
The question of education was again
seriously involved in the controversies of
1837, the $ew School brethren adhering
292
THE BOARD OF EDUCATION.
[October,
Charles Hodge, D.D.
to the plan of
voluntary edu-
cation societies,
while the Old
School prefer-
red to operate
through a
Board as the or-
gan of the Gen-
eral Assembly.
It was, however,
a providential
preparation for
the reunion of
1870 when a
"Perrnan ent
Committee on Ministerial Education" in
connection with the General Assembly
(N. S.) was appointed in 1856, and the
corresponding secretary, Rev. Thornton
A. Mills, set himself to the task of
inducing churches and presbyteries to
abandon traditional methods for the new
policy, and by six years of toil succeeded
in good measure in rescuing the cause from
" the skepticism, indifference, misapprehen-
sion, prejudice and contempt which were
connected with it." His able successor,
Rev. J. G. Atterbury, had only been in
office a short time when the reunion came,
and the present Board with its new charter
and constitution became the successor of the
New School Permanent Committee and of
the Old School Board, Dr. Herrich Johnson
being president and Dr. William Speer
being corresponding secretary.
SUMMARY OF PRINCIPLES.
1. The Board is an expression of the
judgment of the Church that the education
of candidates for the ministry should be
carried on under careful ecclesiastical super-
vision ; the work of raising up a sufficient
ministry being a vital and organic function
of the Church. 2. The Board is the mere
instrument of the Church in its organized
form ; the presbyteries being responsible for
the selection and care of candidates and
constituting the authority for the appropria-
tion of funds. 3. The grand object of the
Board is evangelistic. It is the agency by
which the Church takes the first step
toward supplying the world with heralds of.
salvation. 4. The object in granting schol-
arships is to enable candidates, to acquire the
best education that our country and our times
can afford.
SUMMARY OF RESULTS.
1. Increase of the ministry. About forty
per cent, of the total ministerial force of
the Church were introduced into her service
by the aid and under the direction of the
Board. 2. Protection of the ministry from
intrusion on the part of the unfit and the
unworthy. Candidates are carefully selected
and closely watched. 3. A high standard
of learning, talents and piety set for the
whole Church by means of the rules under
which the Board conducts its operations.
4. A body of literature on a call to the min-
istry, the value of the order, <md the means
of perpetuating it, " full, rich, sound and
seasonable." 5. The uplifting of society.
The refinement of nature which life in the
schools imparts is the portion, not of the
candidate alone, but of the whole social
stratum to which he belongs, and, in meas-
ure, of the community in which he labors.
6. The present plan of giving to each church
an opportunity to contribute to each of the
authorized schemes of benevolence was recom-
mended by the Board in 1854, and doubt-
less owes'its adoption in part to that recom-
mendation. 7. Powerful impulse to mis-
sionary effort. It has long been the boast of
the Board that
" wherever
there was a dif-
ficult duty to
be done, a per-
ilous post to be
held, self-de-
nying labors
to be perform-
ed, a forlorn
hope to be led,
the men it has
trained have
ever been fore-
most to ofier
their services." William Speer, D.D.
FOREIGN MISSIONS.
NOTES.
The Rev. Dr. W. A. P. Martin, of
Peking, writes as follows to the Independent :
" The death of Prince Kung, which took
place a month ago, marks an era. The
emperor now feels free to follow the bent of
his own inclination. Within these few days
he has promulgated three measures of capi-
tal importance:
"1. He has released the princes and
nobles from certain restrictions of law and
custom which stood in the way of their
going abroad to see the world.
" 2. He is pushing the establishment of
a national university.
" 3. He has abolished the regulation
essay as a test of talent in the selection of
mandarins."
Early Contributions.
If the Board of Foreign Missions is to
accomplish its work of the present fiscal
year without distressing retrenchment on the
field, without discouraging the proffered
services of earnest and consecrated mission-
ary candidates, and without being com-
pelled to raise again the cry of debt, it will
be necessary for the churches, the Woman's
Boards, the Young People's societies, and
all who are wont to make individual gifts,
to begin early, the work of contribution.
One of the most serious difficulties that a
missionary treasury has to suffer is the
delay which throws so large a part of the
work of collections into the last half and
even the last quarter of the year. Some of
the largest churches are scattered during the
summer months, and if all is made to
depend on one annual collection, it is
undoubtedly better to delay till after the
autumn home-coming. But by October an
earnest effort should begin all along the
line. And it must be sustained if the
great work of the world's evangelization is
to be accomplished. With what vigor and
persevering earnestness did the nation enter
upon the military conquest of the Spanish
colonies! How readily did our legislators
and military commanders and soldiers and
citizens all respond to their country's call!
Men left their oftices, their merchandise,
or their farms with the understanding that
Main Street, Manila.
293
294
NOTES.
[October,
their services might be required for two
years. Loyal citizens have set a worthy
example before the churches. They have
opened the way and exemplified the true
soldierly spirit. The fortitude with which
they have endured hardness will be a per-
petual rebuke to any softness in missionary
service. The ready supply of means has
been equally significant. Now that the
people who pay the taxes have sanctioned
the expenditure of millions for the plowing
of the field, they must not content them-
selves with a single Sabbath plate collection
for the sowing of the seed. After all the
brave talk and exultation about the grand
responsibilities which our country has
assumed, it were a shame to merely give the
loose change which one may chance to have
on some Sabbath morning for the conver-
sion of the world which practically we have
so enlarged. We hope that the pulpit and
the religious press and all the organizers of
missionary work among the young and the
old will unite in taking up the full respon-
sibilities of this auspicious hour.
The Moravians in Kafflrland.
The last annual report of the Moravian
Society's work in Kaffirland is distinguished
by few features of special interest. Steady
effort in the southwestern province during
the past year has resulted in the baptism of
seventy -five adults and forty-eight children;
while a corporate life, ecclesiastical and
civil, is steadily growing, despite the hin-
drances offered by the nomadic instincts of
the tribe. A station and ral lying-point in
Port Elizabeth for the benefit of the scat-
tered members of the native churches is
urgently needed. In the eastern province
of Kaffirland more conspicuous signs of
advance are displayed by the baptism of
113 adults and the attendance of 500
inquirers under instruction. — Church Mis-
sionary Intelligencer, April, 1898.
Medical Missions in Mohammedan Lands.
A missionary of the Church Missionary
Society testifies as follows to their value:
11 A medical mission is the most valuable
agency we have in bringing the gospel before
the Moslems. It has been well said that
medical missions have a great capacity for
service, both as a means and as an end.
As an end they displace existing systems of
so-called medicine, positively useless to
reach disease, and positively harmful and
cruel to patients. But our work is a means
to a higher end. The ignorant devotee
who finds that his medicine men have only
been adding to his pain and sufferings, and
that the Christian doctor brings him help
and cure, naturally feels drawn to the new
faith he teaches. Moreover, he is so grate-
ful for the kindness which he is receiving,
that he is willing to listen to anything the
doctor may tell him, no matter how repug-
nant it may be to his own religious teaching.
Our medical mission also paves the way for
visiting patients at their own homes. The
friendship formed in the hospital is the
means for following up patients after they
have left.
" Since the beginning of last year I have
been taking the services in the hospital
every Sunday afternoon. Before I began
to take these services, and to give gospel
addresses to the patients, I had no idea of
the wonderful power that a medical mission-
ary has over the hearts of his patients. I
can tell them anything, even speaking
about doctrines which are most obnoxious to
them, and which in any other place than
the hospital would be most stoutly denied.
When I began to speak boldly to the
patients, telling them of the death and
resurrection of Christ, I fully expected
some opposition, but, praise be to God,
there has been none whatsoever, and
although many of our people are very
bigoted Moslems, yet after having been in
the hospital a few days, the kindness they
receive has such a marvelous effect upon
them, that even the most bigoted will listen
quietly to the wonderful story of redemp-
tion through the blood of Christ. Perhaps
also the fact of their feeling weak and ill
makes them more ready to listen than they
would be at any other time."
The Gospel for the Philippines.
Whatever political connections are to be
assigned to the Philippines, their religious
future must deeply concern the American
Churches. It is high time that a real and
vital Christianity should be given them.
For two or three centuries they have been
under the exclusive control of the " Holy
Catholic Apostolic Church." They have
enjoyed the cultus of Spanish Christianity.
The Hierarchy of Rome ought to be satis-
fied with the time allowed for their undis-
puted and undisturbed experiment with the
1898.]
NOTES.
295
" Filipinos." The friars have certainly
been unhampered by the State or by mili-
tary commandants; on the contrary, they
have been invested virtually with political
and civic power; they have been allowed a
free hand with the revenues wrung from the
people. Whatever else they have accom-
plished, they have brought upon themselves a
popular hatred more bitter than that in-
curred by the civil government or the
Spanish army. The Church has come to be
regarded as the worst enemy and the most
relentless oppressor of the people.
It is a humiliating fact that the Japanese
archipelago, which two centuries ago
expelled Jesuit Christianity, and took its
chances with its traditional Buddhism and
Shintoo, made, even before the new mis-
sionary era, far greater progress than the
Christian (?) archipelago farther south.
And now the providence of God has
brought an unexpected change. The gov-
ernment by friars has been tried and found
wanting. Under the government or the
protectorate of the United States, whether
occupying much territory or little, a pure
Christianity, with disinterested and Christ-
like aims, should be introduced and illus-
trated.
Our American institutions make no
discrimination against the Roman Catholic
Church. It flourishes here among us even
more than in lands where it holds an intol-
erant monopoly, but what is demanded is
universal religious freedom. In the Philip-
pines even the Papacy needs it for its own
sake. Enlightened statesmen in Mexico,
like Juarez, Dias and Esquibedo, have wel-
comed Protestant missions for the very sake
of breaking up an age-long, bigoted, irre-
sponsible and degrading monopoly of religion.
The same advantages will follow the
introduction of an open Bible, with freedom
of worship, popular education, and wide-
spread Christian effort, in all our newly
conquered territory. The task before us is
Convent on the Island of Luzon.
296
THE LATE MARCUS M. CARLETON.
[October,
great, as when the disciples were asked to
feed the multitudes with bread; but now
as then a divine power attends the effort.
THE LATE MARCUS M. CARLETON.
Rev. Marcus M. Carleton, whose photo-
graphic likeness is herewith given, was
born in Marshfield, Vt., August 13, 1826,
graduated at Amherst College, in 1851,
and at East Windsor Theological Seminary
in 1854. The same year he was married
to Miss Celestia Bradford, and in October
following he and Mrs. Carleton sailed for
India. He died of
heart disease, May
6, 1898.
Mr. Carleton had
been engaged in con-
tinuous work for
nearly forty- four
years, never having
returned to the
United States on fur-
lough. He was char-
acterized by great
kindness, an earnest
missionary spirit and
a rare childlike sim-
plicity of character.
Mr. Carleton was
among the first to
dissent from the ex-
treme fostering pol-
icy, which all the
srreat missionary
Boards and Socie-
ties pursued toward
the native Christians
in the early work of
India. He was great-
ly opposed to what was known as the ' ' com-
pound system," by which employment and
homes on the mission property were fur-
nished to those who declared themselves
inquirers and finally made profession of
their faith. In this respect he felt that the
American missionaries had followed the bad
example of the early English missionaries,
and his whole life was a sort of protest
against plans and methods which he felt to
be detrimental to the true interests of a self-
supporting and self-propagating Church.
His method of escaping from the old mis-
takes was found to be more difficult than he
had supposed. His^ideal was to settle the
Rev. M. M. Carleton
poor Christian natives on land furnished
them on easy terms and make them support
themselves. But his natural kindness of
heart was too great for his theory. It only
amounted to a different way of cuddling.
But although his plan for settling native
farmers in Christian colonies was far from
proving successful, there can be no doubt
that he exerted a most salutary influence
upon the native Christians and upon the
general policy of missions. His pointed
brochure, in which he made such effective
use of Prof. Drummond's chapter on
" Parasites," was timely and incontrover-
tible. There is now
no difference of opin-
ion. Self-support
and self- propagation
are the watchwords
cf the present mis-
sionary movement.
Mr. Carleton was
eccentric in some of
his habits. He had
at the outset gone to
India with serious
defects in his respi-
ratory organs, and
he was known at
one time as the " jun-
gle missionary," be-
cause he lived almost
constantly night and
day in the open air
and upon such sim-
ple fare. His first
wife, after having
spent several years
in this country in the
education of her chil-
dren, died there in
1881. In 1884 he was married to Miss Eliza
Calhoun, of the American U. P. Mission, who
still sui vives and continues at her work.
Three of Mr. Carleton' s children have
entered into the service of the Board in
India — Marcus Bradford Carleton, M.D.,
who is now a medical missionary at Saba-
thu; Miss Jessica C. Carleton, M.D., who
is engaged in similar work at Ambala City,
and Miss Mary F. Carleton, who, after
having entered upon the mission work, had
not long been engaged in it when she died,
April 1, 1884. Other children are in this
country, and one son in Honda, U. S.
Colombia, S. A.
1898.]
BENJAMIN LABA.KEE, D.D.
297
BENJAMIN LABAREE, D.D.
Dr. Labaree was born in Columbia,
Tenn., March 21, 1834, while his father,
Rev. Benjamin Labaree, D.D., was in the
home missionary service there, and president
of Jackson College at Columbia. Dr.
Labaree, Sr. , having removed to the North,
became president of Middlebury College,
Vt., with which he was connected for
twenty-five years. It was here that the
subject of our sketch received his academi-
cal and collegiate education, graduating at
the college in 1854. The strong missionary
atmosphere of the home and the college,
kept at a high de-
gree by frequently
receiving visits of
such missionaries as
the elder Scudder,
Justin Perkins, Da-
vid Tappan Stod-
dard, and a large
number of Middle-
bury alumni, could
not but have its ef-
fect on young Laba-
ree's mind, leading
to his offering him-
self, during his term
of theological study
at Andover, Mass.,
to the American
Board for mission-
ary appointment. He
graduated from the
Andover Seminary
in 1859, in a class
which was unusually
permeated by the
missionary spirit,
nearly one-third of
whom finally entered
the foreign mission service. He was mar-
ried June 5, 1860, to Miss Elizabeth
Edwards Woods, of Enfield, Mass., and
sailed for Persia, July 3, of Ihe same,
year. His first station was at Oroomiah,
for a time assisting in the male semi-
nary at Mt. Seir, but later he entered upon
direct evangelistic work, to which he was
principally devoted for some seven years.
Upon the withdrawal of Rev. Dr. Perkins
from the mission, near the close of his life,
Mi . Labaree assumed charge of the literary
and press work of the station, chiefly in the
Benjamin Labaree, D.D
Syriac language, including the editing of
the monthly newspaper, the Bays of Light.
He also engaged in the translation of the
gospels and the Psalms, in the Turkish
dialect spoken in Azerbaijan, Ihe northwest
province of Persia, and in the Caucasus in
Russia, a language in which almost no
known literature existed at 1he time. The
most important work undertaken by Dr.
Labaree subsequently was the revision of
the Old and New Testaments in the ver-
nacular Syriac, originally translated by Dr.
Perkins and his early associates.
Owing to ill health in his family, Dr.
Labaree was constrained to return to
America in 1891.
For the two years
following he was en-
gaged in putting the
revised Bible
through the press,
under the auspices
of the American Bi-
ble Society. Since
then he has been in
the home service of
the Foreign Board
either as recording
or assistant secre-
tary, or in preparing
literature for the
mission in Persia.
The degree of
D.D. was conferred
upon him in 1888
by the colleges at
Middlebury, Vt. ,
and Marietta, O.
In April of the
present year Dr. La-
baree was sorely af-
flicted by the death
of Mrs. Labaree, his
beloved and efficient companion in more
than a quarter of a century of active
missionary service, preceded only a few
days by the death of a greatly beloved
daughter.
This severe upheaval in his domestic re-
lations has opened the way for Dr. La-
baree's return to the missionary work in
Persia, where his presence and coopera-
tion are urgently desired by the missionaries
and native Christians. He hopes to be on
the field at his old station early in the ensu-
ing November.
298
THE IATE MISS RACHEL KENNEDY.
[October,
THE LATE MISS RACHEL KEN-
NEDY.
In the death of Miss Kennedy, the cause
of Christian missions and the cause of
humanity have lost one of their most active
and conscientiously liberal supporters.
True unselfish benevolence is born of the
Spirit of Christ, but it may become heredi-
tary. Its promise is " unto children's
children." In this case, plain, unostenta-
tious living, coupled with large and unos-
tentatious giving, had become a family
tradition. The names of Lenox and Ken-
nedy stand high in the Presbyterian Church
and in the history of beneficence in New
York. Probably no family in the nation
has come nearer to the Scriptural ideal of
practical Christian charity.
Miss Rachel Kennedy fully maintained
the high character and example of those
who had gone before — her noble mother and
brother and her uncle and her aunts.
In reading the loving tributes given by
Rev. J. K. Wight and Dr. A. R. Macou-
bry, one is surprised at the number and
variety of her benefactions. At home and
abroad, for the bodies and the souls of her
fellow-men, her personal ministries, her gifts
and her prayers were enlisted. " There
were," says Dr. Macoubry, " very few of
the established charities of New York that
did not receive aid from her, an aid that
did not wait to be forced from her by impor-
tunate appeal, but that wontedly antici-
pated the asking, and was as cheerfully and
as generously given as she could make it."
Among the charities to which she regularly
contributed were " The Colored Home and
Hospital," "The Female Bible Society,"
11 The Infirmary for Women and Chil-
dren " and " The House of Industry." To
this last-named institution, of which her
mother, Rachel Cramer Lenox Kennedy,
was one of the founders, she gave for fifty
years her personal attention, visiting it
every Saturday morning for the purpose of
paying the poor women for the sewing
which had been given them to do in their
homes.
Many of those she visited in their cheer-
less abodes, aiding and encouraging them in
their times of sickness or special needs.
Later she employed a physician by the
year to attend them in their sicknesses, and
a clergyman who should systematically
attend to their spiritual wants. And
finally a lady was employed to look after
the necessities of the poor and suffering
and make a monthly report to their
thoughtful benefactress. Miss Kennedy
also supported a school near her country
home. But perhaps her crowning enter-
prise for the care of the needy was the
" Presbyterian Rest for Convalescents,"
located at White Plains, N. Y. Of this
the writer can speak from personal observa-
tion as a model of comfort and good taste.
Here dismissed hospital patients can find
comfortable quarters, at 82 per week, while
recovering their usual strength. The institu-
tion is permanently incorporated, and bids
fair to perpetuate the usefulness of its
founder for many, many years to come.
Miss Kennedy bore well her part in all
the enterprises of the Presbyterian denomi-
nation, while her endowment for the support
of her own local church (the First Presby-
terian of New York) was munificent.
Like all others of her family, through two
generations she cherished a hearty and
practical interest in foreign missions, and
at the time of her death she was bearing the
entire support of a worthy young missionary
in China.
Not only the Church, but society at large
has a peculiar interest in such lives as this
which has been so briefly presented. The age
is one of fashion and display. Wealth means
not proportionate usefulness, but great aud
often harmful self-indulgence. Even in
the Christian Church the average ideas of
the responsibility attending the possession
of large means, which ought to relieve and
benefit mankind, are sadly low and inade-
quate. Real stewardship is scarcely known.
The supposed rights and privileges of wealth
are all on the side of the possessor. Any
outside bestowments, however small, are
condescending charities. But here was one
who had read her New Testament differently.
The Christian life to her had different pro-
portions. It was her meat and her drink
to do her Master's will. For selfish display
or personal indulgence she had no desire.
A genuine enthusiasm of humanity filled
all the horizon of her life. E.
1 ' If you have not received a call to go and
preach the gospel," writes a missionary, "then join
the sending band. Send prayers accompanied with
gifts."
1898.]
CHRISTIAN FREDERICK SCHWARTZ.
299
A GREAT MISSIONARY — CHRIS-
TIAN FREDERICK SCHWARTZ.*
While the swifc, impetuous life of Ziegen-
balg was burning itself out, consumed by
its own passion, we are introduced to a
touching incident in the little town of
Sonnenberg, in Germany. A Christian
woman lay there dying. Before she passed
away she drew her husband to her side, and
told him that she had dedicated their youngest
child to God ; and she charged him to for-
ward any leaning to the ministry that he
might discover in the boy. The lad went
to school and college, and at last we find
him as a young student in Halle, lodging in
Francke's Orphan House. He had been
impressed by a book of the presiding genius
there, and was daily coming under the
influence of pietism and the mission. For
lodging in the house with him there was one
Schulze, fresh from India, come home to see
the Tamil Scriptures through the press, and
so swaying the young heart by his enthu-
siasm, that Christian Frederick Schwartz
told his father that he, too, must go to
India; whereupon his father asked three
days to consider (for he was his youngest
son), and withdrew much into that chamber
that was still hallowed by his wife's death;
from which he finally came down, wifh a
face bright as from the presence of the
Lord, gave the lad his blessing, and bade
him depart as his Master's messenger to the
heathen. Upon this there followed busy
days, Schwartz studying Tamil with the
missionary, and having such freedom in the
language, that he could expound the gospel
of John in it before he left the univer-
sity; and then the long voyage to India,
where he preached his first sermon to the
people within four months of landing, and
so plunged into patient, faithful labor,
merging that strong, noble character of his
in the common work of his comrades for
sixteen years, and then, when the time
came, standing out clear from all — to
Christian thought and to the history of the
Church perhaps the most conspicuous figure
in India of that eighteenth century. It
was not only the mission that advanced
with rapid strides while this bright, pleasant-
faced, low-sized man went eagerly from
place to place, his journeys often, like those
of Ziegenbalg, on foot, his spirit unresting,
his preaching and speaking incessant, con-
gregations (such as they were) gathered in
everywhere. But he seemed to all men so
complete an embodiment of what he taught,
and his devotion and unselfishness, his
quickness to seize each passing chance, and
the nameless fascination that some natures
wield over others so distinct, that wherever
he went men reposed in him boundless
confidence. The rajah of Tan j ore, an
indolent Akbar in his way, made him on
his deathbed the guardian of his adopted
child.
Hyder Ali, the scourge of the Carnatic,
the man who let down upon the plains of
southern India a storm of war and woe, the
like of which no eye had seen and no
tongue could tell, made but one overture to
the rulers of Madras:
" Send Schwartz, send me the Christian
missionary, for him only can I trust."
And so, through years of storm and car-
nage, we see this simple-minded, simple-
living Christian missionary becoming a
power for the time, sent on critical embas-
sies between contending armies, because it is
safe for no other man to go : administering
a whole province, and writing elaborate
State minutes upon the collection of revenue
and the procedure of justice, and turned
back by no danger from any work of preach -
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THE DAWN OF HAWAII.
[October,
ing Jesus Christ, and opening stations, and
training native workers, and caring for
neglected soldiers, building shelters for the
orphan, and laying up, like Joseph, large
provision for the years of famine— a plain,
unpretending figure, clad in black dimity,
and found everywhere with ministering
hand where sorrow, suffering or need called
him; leaving a memory more pure and
enduring than even the beautiful memorial,
wrought by Flaxman, and placed by the
grateful rajah in that Tan j ore to which he
had brought the blessings of Christ and his
good-will to men.
With the death of Schwartz, the brilliant
missionary prelude of the eighteenth century
may be said to close. It was heroic and
beautiful the most of it, but as the older
spirit faded out, lesser men came forward —
dull, pedantic, without enthusiasm. And
as European influence in India increased,
one of the greatest hindrances confronting
the mission grew apaoe.
THE DAWN OF HAWAII.
F. F. ELLINWOOD, D.D.
Here in the beautiful old town of Corn-
wall, Conn., I find a manuscript record of
the well-known mission school which the
fathers of two generations ago established
for the training of heathen youth gathered
from all lands. This record has been com-
piled with great labor by Rev. E. C. Starr,
present pastor of the Cornwall Congrega-
tional Church.
In the sadly populous old cemetery on
the adjacent slope ot one of these southern
spurs of the Berkshire hills is the well-kept
grave of the Sandwich Island boy, Henry
Obookiah, whose strange advent in these
New England towns in the early years of
this century was regarded as a veritable
Macedonian call to the American Churches.
Some years before this, the islanders had
asked the navigator, Vancouver, to send
them teachers, and now the actual appear-
ance of a living representative at the doors
of Yale College, pleading for an education,
undoubtedly hastened the establishment of
the Sandwich Island or Hawaiian Mission.
The Hawaiian Mission wrought out the
Hawaiian civilization and the final con-
summation of it which so recently has made
these ' ' Gems of the Pacific ' ' a part of our
American domain. I speak advisedly
when I claim the Hawaii of to-day as the
manifest result of missionary labor and influ-
ence. For if there is one land above all
others which is not a conquest of mere
" nineteenth-century civilization M that is
it. When in 1778 Captain Cook made his
memorable first visit to the islands, we are
told that he set the example to his sailors of
unbridled immorality. Vancouver, who
had accompanied him, and who in 1792
made a second visit, found that already the
population had been seriously diminished by
the diseases contracted from the vices of ship's
crew. By the concurrent testimony not
only of missionaries, but of such travelers
as Commodore Wilkes, Richard H. Dana
and many others, the bad example of Cook
has been followed by the merchant marine,
the whalers, and even by naval vessels,
down to a very late period. For more than
half a century there was waged a constant
fight between the missionaries and these
bad representatives of civilized nations over
the question whether Hawaii should become
a Christian country or remain " a paradise
of lust." Fortunately, the missionaries
and their descendants in the islands have
won the day. The original population is
doubtless on the wane. There are but
31,Q00 full-blooded natives instead of
400,000, which was the estimate of Capt.
Cook, but the New England spirit and
culture have survived, as the last four years
of self-government have abundantly shown.
The missionary interest which centred in
Henry Obookiah and his fellow-countrymen,
several of whom received education at
Cornwall, bore a strikingly providential
relation to the establishment of the American
Board and the American Baptist Missionary
Union. In the year 1808 Samuel J. Mills
organized a brotherhood of college students
who pledged themselves to the work of
foreign missions. This was the first band of
" Student Volunteers, "and the haystack at
Williamstown was their sanctuary and their
place of power. By the year 1810 they
had removed to Andover, and we find them,
like Mott and Speer and Wilder, visiting
other institutions for the purpose of
arousing a missionary interest. Their own
plans ripened fast, and as early as February
of that year, Mills, Judson, Nottand Newell
applied to the Massachusetts Association
to be sent out as missionaries, without
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THE DAWN OF HAWAII.
301
designating fields. The association was
to meet on the 27th of Jane, at Bradford.
While Dr. Worcester and Dr. Gardiner
Spring were driving over from Andover to
Bradford to attend that meeting, their
thoughts were full of the new challenge
which these four young men had laid before
the New England churches, and it was
agreed between them that the time had come
for a distinct missionary organization ; two
days later the association decided upon the
institution of the American Board, and the
formal organization was completed on the
10th of September, 1810, at the house of
Dr. Noah Porter, at Farmington, Conn. A
charter was not obtained from the Massa-
chusetts Legislature until June 17, 1812,
when, after a long struggle and in spite of
a large and influential minority, led by
Governor Elb ridge Gerry, the measure was
carried. It was on the same day that the
United States declared war against Great
Britain.
The connection of Samuel J. Mills with
the Sandwich Island movement is seen in a
peculiar providential nexus of events. While
he was on a student volunteer visit to Yale
College just about the time that he and his
fellows offered themselves for foreign mis-
sions, he found young Obookiah who had
arrived only a few months before f the latter
part of 1809), and for whom President
1) wight had provided temporary tutors.
Mills was just the man to take charge of
Obookiah for a time at least, not only for
the good of the young man, but for his
own, and as a means of arousing a general
missionary interest among the churches.
He needed an object lesson. In the vaca-
tions he took his protege to his father's home
at Torrington, six miles from Cornwall, and
from thence he was passed around as a con-
verted heathen and future missionary, to
Goshen and Cornwall and to Litchfield,
where Lyman Beecher espoused his cause
with all his enthusiasm and power. Many
other places were visited, and the awaken-
ing of the New England churches on the
subject of missions became general. Three
of the missionary candidates who had
offered themselves went to India — Judson,
destined to be an apostle to the Baptist
churches of America no less than to the
people of Burmah. But Mills, on account
of delicate health, was detained in this
country, where he continued to look after
Obookiah and the development of the
Hawaiian mission, and later gave himself to
the cause of home missions in the West and
Souihwest, and last of all to the establish-
ment of a missionary colony for emancipated
American slaves at Sierra Leone. Among
the many means of usefulness to which
Mills gave his attention was the establish-
ment of a missionary training school for
heathen youth. It is not definitely known
whether he or Elias Cornelius was the first
to propose it; the plan was formed between
them, and Mills made known the plan by
an anonymous letter published in the Pano-
plist in the autumn of 1816.
At its annual meeting held a year before,
the American Board had formally taken
three heathen boys, one of whom was
Obookiah, under its care. There were
many, some from the Sandwich Islands,
and others from the Indian tribes who also
were ready for education. The plan pur-
sued up to that time was to place these youth
in families or family schools ; but why not
concentrate this good work in one well-
equipped missionary institution ? What
could be more rational and wise than to
gather together the youth of all heathen
nations and train them for ambassadors of
the cross to their respective kindreds and
tribes ?
The possibility that they might become
denationalized by their contact with Ameri-
can society and institutions — a possibility of
which we have become so painfully aware
in the present generation, the danger that
Christian people in their sentimental zeal
might coddle them and spoil their hope of
efficiency, had not presented itself. More-
over, the inception of the movement had
been so strikingly providential, who could
question it ? The wisdom of the wisest
favored it, and at the meeting of Ihe
American Board which met in September of
that year (1816) at Hartford, it was
resolved to establish the school, and a
committee, consisting of President D wight,
James Morris, Lyman Beecher, Charles
Prentice and James Harvey, was appointed
to carry the resolution into effect. On the
29 th of October, the committee met at the
house of the chairman, Dr. D wight,
adopted a constitution, and decided that the
school should be located at Cornwall, Conn.
For the cultivation of simple and econ-
omical habits, and the avoidance of the
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THE DAWN OF HAWAII.
[October,
various moral and social evils incident to
large and populous communities, no place
could have been more fortunately chosen.
And the missionary spirit which had been
enkindled in the surrounding towns of Litch-
field, Goshen, Torrington, Sharon, Wash-
ington, Norfolk and many others, gave good
promise of sympathy and support. The
Cornwall people gave the J and for buildings
and for a small school farm, and contribu-
tions in money and in every conceivable
commodity which could be useful in such a
school flowed in from a wide range of New
England towns, and finally from the Middle
States and even from the far South. Two
noblemen, one in Prussia and one in Swit-
zerland, showed their interest by large and
repeated contributions. It is interesting and
instructive at this distance of time to look
over the Jong lists of contributions which
aie still preserved. They reveal the far-
reaching influence of the institution in
fostering a missionary interest; one is sur-
prised that in the brief decade of its exist-
ence it should have become so widely known.
All classes of contributors had a share in
the work. Farm products of all kinds were
given in large quantities and in small.
Housewives contributed the products of their
looms or of their knitting needles. But
the fact which appears most prominent is
that almost every community had its
woman's society, affording contributions in
money or in clothing. The work of the
young people was not as well organized as
at the present day, but the interest in the
Cornwall School gave rise to scores of youth-
ful bands, more frequently girls and young
ladies. So strong is the resemblance to the
present local missionary organizations, that
it is difficult to realize that an interval of
eighty years has passed.
A single incident will illustrate the influ-
ence which the novel spectacle of a school
of twenty-five or thirty young heathen pro-
duced upon the boys and girls in many
Christian homes at that time. In 1870,
during the raising of the Five Million
Dollar Memorial Fund in the Presbyterian
Church, and while riding on a train to
Philadelphia with the late William E.
Dodge, who had consented to make an
address in behalf of that effort, he told me
of the interest which, as a small boy, he
had taken in the Cornwall Mission School.
Taking another boy into partnership, and
obtaining from his father the use of a small
piece of land, he planted it with potaloes,
the avails of which should be given for the
support of the Hawaiian and Indian boys
who were to be missionaries to their people.
It was a low- lying patch of ground, and
the little fellows had a hard task in subdu-
ing the grass and weeds. But it was a dry
season, and while this little field produced
a splendid crop, Ihe general product on
upland farms was scanty and the boys
realized a good price. ' i Never have I seen
a prouder day," said Mr. Dodge, " than
when, whip in hand, I walked beside an
ox- cart and drove those potatoes to market.
And it was there," added the distinguished
merchant prince, " that I learned the joy
of giving for the cause of Christ. ' '
Probably no other school so mixed in
color, race and speech was ever seen before
or since, as that at Cornwall. Of the
thirty to forty students there taught, eight
were Hawaiian s, two were Greeks whom
Pliny Fisk had found at Malta, three were
Chinese, three or four were from India, two
from the Society Islands, and one from
Portugal. But the majority were from
different tribes of American Indians in the
Eastern and Middle States and Canada,
and especially from the Cherokee, Choctaw,
Osage and Miami Reservations of the South
and West. At the annual examinations it
was not uncommon for the people of Corn-
wall to listen to a Pentecostal variety of
speeches in eight or ten different tongues.
Hampton and Carlisle were anticipated
in the introduction of an industrial element.
Indeed, with support drawn largely from the
farming communities of Connecticut, the
situation would have been absurd if the
boys had not been required to work their
little farm and attend to most of their own
daily wants. The pernicious practice which
has obtained in some modern missions, of
hiring servants to perform the menial work
of charity students, finds no warrant in the
example at Cornwall. In the vacations the
boys were generally employed on farms or
in learning some mechanical art.
In February, 1818, Henry Obookiah
sickened of typhoid fever. The pastor.
Rev. Mr. Stone, whose house is still
standing at Cornwall, took him to his own
home, where every attention was given him,
but his disease proved fatal. He had
shown a rare degree of Christian character,
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THE DAWN OF HAWAII.
303
and as he was now twenly-six years of age,
he had fondly hoped to be one of the first
party of missionaries to his native land. In
his island home he had looked forward to
religious work, but of a very different kind.
After witnessing the murder of his father
and mother and infant brother, he had found
asylum with an uncle who was a priest and
who put him in training for the same voca-
tion. From this distasteful prospect he had
turned away with strong aversion and, find-
ing occupation on a merchant vessel, had
come to America, little knowing what
Providence had in store for him. But he
was not to preach in Hawaii. He had
already fulfilled his mission. His death and
the deep spiritual influence which he had
exerted had perhaps a greater effect upon
the school and upon the church than any
living service which he could have rendered.
A memoir was written which aroused a wide-
spread interest and in one known case led to
a change in a legacy in the interest of the
school. Step after step followed fast in
preparation for the Sandwich Island mission,
in which others must be found to take
Obookiah's place. About a year after his
death, a young school-teacher in the neigh-
boring town of Goshen visited Cornwall
and became deeply interested. In the sum-
mer following (1819) an ordination service
was held at Goshen, at which this young
man, Hiram Bingham, and his associate,
Thurston, were set apart as the first mis-
sionaries to Hawaii. The students went
over the hills almost en masse to attend the
service, and the influence on them may be
estimated by the fact that four young
Hawaiians and four or five young Ameri-
cans who had been in the school accom-
panied the missionaries when they sailed
from Boston in the ship Thaddeus a month
or two later. At the little meeting held
on Long Wharf, one of the young island-
ers, Hopoo, gave a farewell address in
English and in Hawaiian.
It would be interesting to trace the
history of some of the more prominent
students as well as that of the school enter-
prise itself, but limits of space forbid. It
is sufficient to say that after an experiment
of ten years, the American Board was fully
prepared to abandon the general policy
upon which the school was based. It had
begun to be seen that youth taken out of
their proper environments and trained for
several years in our American customs and
ways of living were likely to disappoint
reasonable expectations; that they were
qualified, but also disqualified, for laboring
among their own people and living in full
touch and sympathy with them ; that the
same amount of funds invested in educa-
tional work on the different fields would
promise far greater results, and that in the
development of Christian institutions in
heathen lands the school and the college as
well as the Church must have a large and
permanent place. At the meeting of the
Board at Hartford in 1825, a large part of
the sessions was occupied with discussion
upon the Cornwall School, Secretary Jere-
miah Evarts leading the opposition to its
continuance and Rev. Lyman Beecher
pleading earnestly and persistently in its
behalf. After a series of references to
committees, whose careful investigations
extended over a year, the conclusion was
reached that it should be given up.
No missionary Board or Society has ever
found reason to dissent from the wisdom of
that decision. Nevertheless there has con-
tinued to be a certain fascination about the
idea of training heathen or other non-Chris-
tian youth here for a supposed service in
their own land. People are interested in
what they see and hear, and the best work
of the best institutions in far-off Turkey or
Persia or India can scarcely elicit the same
interest that attaches to the personal plans
and appeals of a visible Persian or Armenian,
however unknown and however uncertain
his future career. In Obookiah' s day there
were no missionary schools and colleges in
Hawaii or any other heathen land. Then
his advent and that of others wrought great
good. Now Hawaii is the place to educate
Hawaiians. What Providence really sent
him for was chief! v to educate us.
An article on " Hawaii, the Paradise of the Pa-
cific,'' appeared in The Church at Home and
Abroad for January, 1898. The following may
also be consulted with profit : " Education in Ha-
waii," The Forum, January, 1898; "President
Dole and the Hawaiian Question," The Outlook,
February 5, 1898 ; ' " The People of Hawaii," The
Forum, July, 1898; "The Pacific Paradise,"
Munseys Magazine, September, 1898 ; the Hon.
Lorin A. Thurston's "Handbook on the Annexa-
tion of Hawaii ; " Alexander's " The Islands of the
Pacific."
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MEDICAL MISSIONS — WHAT THEY ACCOMPLISH.
[October,
Concert of Prayer
For Church Work Abroad.
October— Medical Missionary Work.
(a) The medical missionary and his work.
(b) Doors opened by medical missionary labors.
(c) Hospitals and Dispensaries.
(d) Medical itinerating tours.
(e) Medical classes.
MEDICAL MISSIONS— WHAT THEY
ACCOMPLISH.
As the Presbyterian Board has the largest
medical mission work of all the great
Boards and Societies of the world, it is quite
worth while that its constituents should
know the reasons which warrant this kind
of outlay.
1. To begin with the lowest of its high
motives, it is one of the most, if not the
most, clearly warrantable of all forms of
humanitarian effort. The poor appeal to us
strongly, but they have health and strength
and are not generally in extreme distress.
The oppressed make always a telling
appeal, but they are not in acute bodily
suffering, and they are not utterly helpless.
But the sick are deprived of every earthly
resource ; their days and nights are passed
iD bodily distress; they are in peril and
exposed to speedy death. Sickness aggra-
vates every other disability — poverty, blind-
ness, friendlessness or the gloom of the
prison.
Here at home nothing so impresses one
with the blessings of our Christian civiliza-
tion as the grand and munificent provisions
of a well -equipped and well-ordered hos-
pital. In our large cities all religious sects,
Protestant, Catholic or Jewish, vie with
each other in providing for the sick of all
classes and without respect to nationality or
creed.
In every State, county or city, public
provision is made by the authorities, not
only in hospitals, but in dispensaries. The
great general work of relief is subdivided
to meet the special wants of different classes
of sickness or infirmity — the crippled, the
incurable, the insane, the blind and the
victims of contagious diseases. Even the
jails and prisons have their hospitals, since
no degree of guilt or unworthiness can lose
its claim for timely help in sickness. How
is the heart of the nation stirred with sym-
pathy for our sick soldiers, and how sensitive
is the public mind to any rumor of neglect!
The whole populace would rise up and vote
as one man for any amount of public
expenditure for the sick of our army hos-
pitals. In addition to that, multitudes are
ready to add voluntary offerings almost to
repletion. In emergencies there may be
blundering and delay, but soon the evil is
remedied and the nation's heroes are made
to feel that the national heart beats in earnest
sympathy for them. If possible a still
higher illustration of what Christian civili-
zation has done is seen in the overflowing
sympathy and helpfulness of the " Red
Cross Society." Human brotherhood asserts
its high claims even in the smoke and din of
battle and without distinction of friend or
foe the ensign of humanity (the borrowed
ensign of Christianity) moves across the
hostile lines wherever the wounded need
relief. And the temporary hospital over
which it waves — perhaps only a larger
army tent — opens its doors of welcome to
all who suffer.
Now one has only to sum up all these
blessed ageneies at which we rejoice in
this Christian country, and then imagine
their contrast to the destitution which pre-
vails along all these lines in heathen lands,
in order to appreciate the value of medical
missions even to the bodies of untold
millions of our fellow-men.
2. In this same humanitarian phase, it is
important to bear in mind also the educa-
tional work of medical missions. By this
means the good accomplished is perpetuated
and extended. If it is much to extend
blessed relief to the hospital inmates of
to-day, it is much more to provide the
means of blessing untold multitudes besides,
by the training of native physicians and
thus gradually revolutionizing the medical
practice of whole nations and races.
Much is said and written of the feasibility
of evangelizing the heathen world within
the life of this generation. On this subject
there is much room for doubt, but that a
great and beneficent reform might be
effected in the medical practice of the
heathen world in that time there is great
reason to believe.
The wonder is that so noble an under-
taking is left almost wholly to the missionary
societies and that in addition to all their
religious and educational work. Why are
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MEDICAL MISSIONS — WHAT THEY ACCOMPLISH.
305
there not hundreds and thousands of wealthy
and influential people who, like Lady
Dufferin, are ready to respond to this world-
wide appeal of millions who sicken and die
without relief ? Why do not those who
ridicule the spiritual work of foreign mis-
sions at least appreciate and encourage this
humanitarian work ?
When the world shall have advanced
somewhat farther along the line of ethical
and altruistic civilization, when as an inci-
dental effect of an increasing Christlike
spirit the nations shall have been drawn
nearer together and a real brotherhood of
mankind shall have begun to be realized,
then even governments will be no longer
satisfied with caring for their own sick and
suffering, but will devise practical relief for
those of all lands.
3. Medical missions accomplish great
good in releasing mankind from the bond-
age of heathen superstition. In all pagan
nations and tribes disease and demonism are
looked upon as virtually identical ; the sick
are tormented by devils; and the common
remedy is found in the infliction of counter-
torments at the hands of their friends.
Like cures like. The juggler is called and
orgies are commenced which would impair
the health of the most robust. The aching
brain is racked with new distresses by danc-
ing and the beating of drums to drive away
the spirits; the burning and suffocation of
fever are aggravated by the stifling presence
of a noisy crowd of friends and neighbors ;
delirium is redoubled by the wild and
shrieking frenzy of the medicine man. If
the demon is supposed to
be lodged in a particular
organ the patient is prod-
ded till the sensitive spot
is found, or is made to
swallow vile concoctions
which even a demon could
scarcely endure. Abso-
lute ignorance would be
preferable to all this, in-
sofar as it should attempt
no remedies whatever,
but should leave the suf-
fering to the more quiet
recuperative energies of
nature; man would then
at least enjoy the immu-
nities of the beast and
would live or die in peace.
But unfortunately ignorance is supplanted
by perverted knowledge, and it is for the
interest of the juggler to supply a merchant-
able counterfeit of wisdom. It is the prov-
ince of superstition to caricature every di-
vine gift to man. It caricatures religion
and it caricatures science; it makes a mock-
ery of common sense and transforms the
instincts of natural affection.
We are not of that enthusiastic class who
believe that science is all-sufficient to redeem
the world, but it has its place, and there
can be no doubt that medical science espe-
cially has a great part to act in the battle of
all truth with superstition. Even in its
most purely secular aspects it is a powerful
ally of the gospel. From the very fact that
superstition connects bodily suffering with
Satanic influence and unites perverted
healing and perverted worship by one com-
mon bond, the two must stand or fall
together. When the fetish and the incan-
tation shall give place to skillful surgery
and scientific medication, the whole fabric of
false religion with which they have been
connected must begin to crumble and the
way must so far be opened for the truth.
There can be no doubt that in countries
like India or China the more intelligent
classes will soon recognize this change. The
wonder has been that in the march of social
and political progress, superstition has been
about the last thing to be given up. Those
who have evinced great intellectual power
in other directions have remained mere
children in this. It is said that Prince
Li Hung Chang, even after he had become
Hospital Wards, Wei Hein, China.
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AN AFTERNOON IN THE PYENG YANG HOSPITAL.
[October,
world -renowned for statesmanship, was
known to appease by sacrifice a wriggling
snake that had encroached upon his apart-
ments. He has become a great champion
of medical missions and his serpent worship
must go.
4. Medical missions have already done
much to rectify the social wrongs of
woman. Even when men began to realize
some of the benefits of foreign medical
science, social custom still excluded
women. Those who suffered most must
suffer still. But the logic of facts and of
common sense were uncompromising. Li
Hung Chang at Tientsin and the Korean
king at Seoul could not withstand the con-
viction that the same remedies which would
heal the common maladies of the one sex
would prove equally effective with the other.
In India, Korea,
Japan, China,
and many other
lands, medical
science and old
custom locked
horns, so to
speak, and the
battle had to be
fought out. And
nowhere is the
final victory any
longer doubtful.
Wherever there
is a spark of love
for mother, or
wife, or sister, or
daughter, relief
will be welcomed at all cost. Skillful surgery
has gained special victories. Jugglery stands
no chance in rivalry with the scalpel. When
literally the blind are made to see and the
cripple learns to walk the battle is won.
The general impression upon a heathen
community becomes still stronger when the
foreign lady physician also appears on the
scene and wins success. No brighter angel
ever appeared in the zenana or the harem.
And yet this ministering spirit is of the
despised and degraded sex. Greater still is
the victory achieved when the brighter
native girls are trained to be physicians and
are placed over dispensaries or are sent with
sympathy and healing into the thousands of
homes where no such blessing was ever
known before.
Thus the whole SDhere of woman is en-
Woman's Hospital, Ambala, India.
larged, elevated, sanctified, and the darkest
problems of sociology find practical solution.
5. The value of medical missions in
opening the way for the preaching of the
gospel is very obvious and has often been
dwelt upon. He who unites bodily healing
with spiritual instruction, invitation and
exhortation follows in the very footsteps of
his divine Master. Jesus not only healed
as well as taught, but, with the same objects
in view, he endued his apostles with the
accompanying power of healing. It was
undoubtedly the wonderful and mighty
works of beneficence that at first drew the
multitudes within reach of the gospel
message.
The potent skill and the manifest disin-
terestedness of the missionary doctor must
necessarily win confidence. All must know
that dealing with
disease and -often
with loathsome
diseases is no
pastime. And if
the missionary
has traveled half
the circumfer-
ence of the globe,
with no prospect
of e m o 1 u m ent,
but only to bless
his fellow-men in
body and soul,
why then it must
be a wonderful
message that he
has to deliver.
Goodness and truth certainly go together
and therefore the glad tidings must be true.
All the advantages which we have consid-
ered lead up to this last and find their chief
value in it. The true significance of a call
to medical missionary work is reached when
it is regarded as a means to an end — that
end the salvation of souls. The medical
missionary is more than a mere doctor. He
is a preacher of righteousness, with a special
auxiliary power and efficiency.
AN AFTERNOON IN THE PYENG
YANG HOSPITAL.
ROBERT E. SPEER.
A few hundred yards away, across some
fertile fields, between which ran little rivu-
lets, stretched up hill and down the cren-
1898.]
AN AFTERNOON IN THE PYENQ YANG HOSPITAL.
307
elated wall of Pyeng Yang. Here and
there a gateway yawned and white-robed
figures lounged through. Hills higher and
crowned with scraggy pines looked over the
city on the north, topped with the ruins of
the earth forts which resisted for a little the
attack of the Japanese troops in the decisive
battle of the China-Japan war. To the
west and south, beyond the city, broad
plains, rich in abundant harvest, reached
far away to distant hills. An air of antiq-
uity, of perfect complacency, of total
ignorance of the great world of whirling
life without, hung over all.
I looked out upon the quaint city and its
curious folk, and then turned to go into the
unpretentious building of mud and corn-
stalk walls stayed by a few beams, roofed
with heavy tile, in front of which we had
been standing. It was almost the most
modest hospital I had ever seen. And yet
every week things were done there that
were to the simple Korean people as mira-
cles of God. There were no cots; Koreans
do not use cots. The floor is the best of
beds. There is no rolling off. Moreover,
what could be warmer than the mud and
stone floor covered with oiled paper, doubt-
less the examination paper of some candi-
date in the Confucian examinations now
part of ancient history forever in Korea,
heated by the long flue passing to and fro
under the floor. There were a dozen
inpatients — several of them cataract cases.
It is with these Dr. Wells has had great
success, and of whom he has sent away
many saying, " He made me see."
Through the dispensary flows a constant
stream, a thousand a month. And Dr.
Folwell, of the Methodist Mission, who has
a dispensary inside one of the distant city
gates, treats almost as many. This is a
specimen list of cases which I jotted down
in my notebook as we watched the long line
passing through: 1. A young woman nurs-
ing a child suffering from eye trouble caused
by dirt and smoke rubbed in. The child
was tied on the mother's back in such a way
as to leave it free to crawl around straddle
of the mother's hip, and to reach her breast,
left exposed, as in the case of all Korean
married women, between the skirt and the
Royal Hospital, Seoul, Korea.
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LETTER?.
[October,
little jacket over the shoulders. 2. A man
with a nameless disease, his nose eaten off
and a great putrid hole in his leg. We
wanted to leave at the sight of this man,
but the doctor did not quail. 3. An old
woman with a horribly swollen eye, cut
and red. Her husband had struck her a
blow over the head. Could the doctor ease
her pain and undo for his love of Christ
what her husband had done in hate ? 4.
A man suffering horribly from the itch.
We edged off across the room. The doctor
touched him. 5. A boy with a painful
tooth wanting it out, but howling wilh fear.
He went off in great triumph with the tooth
in his hand. 6. An old man with inflam-
mation of the eyelids. 7. Another of the
same sort, only much worse, with pus fill-
ing the eyes and overflowing. A nauseous
case. 8. A case of fistula. " We cut
right in without any preparation out here/'
said the doctor. "At home we would pre-
pare the patient for some days and use
chloroform in the operation. We don't do
that out here. We have to be a good deal sim-
pler, and the people are a good deal tougher
in many ways." 9. A case of hernia.
No treatment possible. 10. Dysentery.
And so the stream poured along — the
maimed, the sick, the halt and the blind.
All who had friends needing healing
brought them with divers soris of disease
and laid them at the doctor's feet. And to
all these the gospel is to be given. It must
be told the patients by the doctor himself.
It follows them in a little tract given them
as they go. It is preached to them as they
linger about. They hear it sung. " Noth-
ing but the blood of Jesus " is sounding far
and wide in northern Korea.
A deal of prayer should be sent up for
this work, that every patient may be told of
Jesus, that the gospel may be carried into
their homes, that with healing of body they
may be healed in soul, and that health and
salvation may supplant disease and sin.
Bishop Ingham, of Sierra Leone, says :
Superstition in Africa is assuredly culti-
vated by a force that would not have been
there if the Church of Christ had been
sooner in the field — I mean Mohammedan-
ism. Wherever you find Mohammedism
(it has been for centuries working its way
through Egypt and Arabia southwards)
there you find a people who have discovered
that the pagan black man is a victim to
belief in the nearness of spiritual intelli-
gences of an evil character all around him.
One of the saddest sights you will see in
Sierra Leone, or Lagos, is a Mohammedan
school, where boys are writing sentences of
the Koran on the slate in order that they
may have a stock-in-trade on which to sup-
port themselves in years to come, because
all these sacred words are presently going
to be written out and wrapped up, in the
leather bracelets and anklets and waist
bands which you have seen at your mission-
ary exhibitions. These are sold to the
black man for the equivalent of hundreds
of pounds a year; so that he may be safe as
he goes to fish, or even to thieve and steal.
How are you going to meet that ? You are
meeting it by your medical missions. If
ever there was a part of the world cut out
for medical missions it is West Africa.
Nothing gives such an impression of the
grace and love of the gospel, nothing up-
roots superstitious beliefs in fetish and in
charm, like the work of these dear ladies
of our Princess Christian Cottage Hospital,
now under Dr. Miller, lent by you to us in
Sierra Leone. That they are undermining
these superstitions is proved by the fact
that, whereas that medical mission has
been in existence only since 1892, the
native churches of Sierra Leone, in-
cluding the Wesleyans and Methodists and
others, raised last year on their hospital
Sunday, which they have established since
the medical mission was started, £45
to £50."
Letters.
STRANGE AFRICAN CUSTOxMS.
REV. OSCAR ROBERTS.
The tribal relation is a great hindrance to the ad-
vancement of the Mabeya in temporal things just
as it is with the American Indians. If one man
is energetic enough to raise three or four chickens
or goats, or to have a good supply of food, one of
his lazy fathers (which includes all his uncles) or
one of his lazy brothers (which includes all of his
cousins) tells him he is a stingy relative if he does
not divide with him that he may settle his marriage
palaver or have something to eat. Men come here
1898.]
GREAT ENCOURAGEMENT.
309
by the score asking for work, and when asked if
they have plenty of food in their towns, most of
them admit that they have not, and this tribal re-
lation is partly the cause of it. A white man will
not divide with them in this way and consequently
his live stock has a way of dying. One trader im-
ported six sheep and they did well until he made a
visit of three weeks and when he came back they
were all dead. Another man' s pig came back with
a nail driven in behind its ear. We bought three
milk goats from Canary, but they went the way of
all the world in short order. In a land where
cattle and sheep and goats can thrive, and where
one acre of plantains will produce as much food as
144 acres of wheat (from a book on tropical agri-
culture ) it is pitiful to know that people go hungry
as a result partly of this tribal relation. A student
of sociology would find an interesting study here.
11 Do they lie to one another and to strangers? "
Yes, they do. A new missionary in going about
the towns will ask them of course to attend the
meetings and show a little interest in their own
spiritual welfare and is greatly encouraged at the
large number who faithfully promise to go. An
older missionary will tell them when they begin to
say that they are going to the meeting the next
Sabbath, "Hold on, now, do not tell me you are
going. I will be so glad if you do, but I do not
want you to lie to me, and I fear it may be a
temptation to break a promise if you make me one."
It seems to be best to carefully explain, time and
time again, the purpose of the Sabbath and why
our Father asks us to talk to him in prayer and then
leave it all with the Holy Spirit to bring it to their
minds and conscience at the right time, but not to
ask for a definite promise from many. A business
man at home will tell the truth for a business
principle, to say nothing of his obedience to God ;
but there is nothing of the kind to which to appeal
in these poor people. When they do not realize
that there is a God of love who sees all these things,
why should they tell the truth ? The lies they tell
sometimes would be amusing if it were not so aw-
fully serious. Then too they do not have the exact
terms as we do in describing time and distance. A
thing that is close is " the son of close ; " a thing
that is far, " the son of far ; " and the far or close
is just according as they do or do not want to go.
One sees sometimes some "sons of swamps" that
before he gets through them he believes must be
the old swamp himself. When one knows the path
himself he is all right, but if he does not he often
loses time because of this indefiniteness of their
terms.
If one man kills another the people of the mur-
dered man do not think of punishing the murderer,
but kill some innocent person in revenge, whose
people in turn kill some one else, and finally when
the whole matter is settled and payment is made to
the families of the killed, four times as much is re-
quired in payment for a woman as for a man. If a
woman runs away from her husband to another
town, one way to get even is for a lot of men to
steal up to the town in the early morning and fire
off their guns and run away, or to catch some
helpless woman away from the town and kill
her. Some of the men have so many palavers
(quarrels) of this kind that they cannot be seen out
of their own town. But when a palaver is once
settled it is settled and they go about with no fear
from injury on the old score.
With the Bulu, when a man dies his body may be
cut open and if they find anything abnormal, the
witch that has caused his death must be found out
and punished or killed. There is a secret society,
the "ngee," which is supposed to have power to
drive away disease. No woman or child or unini-
tiated man is allowed to see the performance, which
consists in dancing, yelling, etc. It is a profitable
business for the "ngee," for when the women are
shut up in the house he can cut the plantains and
kill the goats and have a feast. I never before saw
so wicked an eye in a living mortal as I saw in
one of these "ngees."
GREAT ENCOURAGEMENT.
[What will the friends of missions say of this
brief record ? For years our Presbyterian missions
have not been permitted to reap such harvests.
Let us have a rally of thanksgiving through the
treasury. — Ed.]
Letter of Mrs. Lee.
Pyeng Yajsq, Korea, May 31, 1898.
Last week Mr. Moffett and Mr. Lee returned
from the Whang Hai Do trip. They first left here
about the middle of April, staying away about
fifteen days, then came in for a few days' rest and
started back again. They separated as soon as they
got down into Whang Hai. On these two trips
they received about one thousand catechumens and
baptized three hundred.
Mr. Baird is in from a trip over the Western
Circuit. He reports some sixty-two catechumens
and twenty-seven baptisms.
Mr. Hunt has been spending a good deal of his
time in the country. He seems to enjoy it very
much.
Miss Best has returned from a country trip. She
has had a fine time — met ever so many women and
reports good interest among them. She and Mr.
Hunt are both doing good work at the language.
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THE OUTLOOK IN AND AROUND LAHORE.
[October,
Mr. Whittemore has not yet returned from the
north. He is very much interested in that werk —
says the people up there just beg him to come and
live with them.
Letter of Mr. Irvin.
Fusan, Korea, June 14, 1898.
I have just returned from a short trip of about
ten days— in fact, my trip was cut short on account
of Koderick being taken down with tonsilitis, who
I am glad to say at this date is much better.
The most important event since we entered this
province took place some days ago at Kimhai, a
walled city about twenty miles from here. Kimhai
is a good-sized city and corresponds to a country seat
in America and many centuries ago was one of the
nation's capitals. A great mound just outside the
wall marks the resting place of a king who reigned
over 1000 years ago. We have only catechumens
at this place, but they are active ones. Heretofore
meetings have been held in either the house of Mr.
Pak or Mr. Kim, but these friends came to the con-
clusion that what they needed was a building for
public worship. So they put their heads together
and their hands in their pockets and bought a
building which they have converted into a chapel.
They paid 150 nyaog for it, which is more to a
Korean than that many dollars to an American.
While there are a number interested, yet we have
only four catechumens, and considering their
poverty I think they have done exceedingly well.
The best part of it is that the whole matter was
brought to a conclusion before we knew anything
of it. Our Christians here heard of it, held a
meeting and decided that since they had had a
ehurch given to them they would help the Kimhai
people, but before they had sent the money (sixty-
five nyang) word came that a chapel had been
bought and paid for. This is a common thing in
the north, but it is the first here in the south and it
means more than I can tell you. I spent ten days
at Kimhai the first of the year — did not take any
drugs along, but made it purely an evangelistic
trip. The official placed at my disposal a good
government building and made everything as com-
fortable as possible for me, and when I left told me
he would be glad to provide me with a house any
time I wished to visit Kimhai.
There was an event that took place at the house
of Mr. Kim shortly after I left Kimhai that is
worthy of mention. Mr. Kim had rented one
room in his house to a family, and while there the
woman was confined. She suffered untold agony
for an unusually long time without progress and
they feared that both mother and child would
perish. The friends of the woman decided that an
exorcist must be called in spite of Kim's objections.
They started a message for the devil' s agent and at
the same time old Mr. Kim went into a room next
to the woman, fell down on his hands and face and
prayed aloud, asking the Lord to bring about the
birth of the child. The Lord heard his cry, the
child was born, and so far as I know both mother
and child got along without further trouble.
Through the medical work I have formed a very
large acquaintance at the city, and I shall be so
glad when Rev. Mr. Ross is able to take hold.
We have many signs of encouragement around
about us and a reaping season is sure to come.
We have just received the appropriations and are
at our wits' end to know where to make the cut.
I find no grant made for hospital wards. This, of
course, was a disappointment to me, but it is all
right — the Board cannot pay out more than is paid
in. I hope to have wards some day, and until
that day I shall go on as I have in the past, doing
the best I can.
Rev. Mr. Ross is hard at work on the language.
I like him very much and have no doubt that he
will do a large work when once he gets the lan-
guage. With kindest regards,
Yours very sincerely,
Charles H. Irvin.
P. S. — Mr. and Mrs. .Gale and children took
dinner with us to-day on their way to Wonsan —
all well.
THE OUTLOOK IN AND AROUND
LAHORE.
REV. H. D. GRISWOLD.
At the student and general conference which was
held in Lahore, February 24, 1898, the emphasis
was on prayer, Bible study and personal work for
the unsaved. Heart-searching work was done, and
it is believed that several were quickened into life.
Immediately after the conference eight girls from
the Lady Dufferin School united with the Hindu-
stani Church on public profession of their faith in
Christ. Some of the girls said that they had found
Christ at the conference. I myself received the
greatest help along the line of impetus to Bible
study. Before that time my morning readings had
lacked in comprehensiveness. I had often spent
days and even weeks over a few verses, with the
constant danger too of being turned aside from the
devotional and practical by various learned and
critical questions which were constantly turning
up. At this conference, however, I adopted as my
morning Bible reading program the International
Y. M. C. A. Bible Reading Calendar, which has
seemed to be just the guidance that I needed in
order to secure comprehensiveness. Following the
1898.]
A-FIELD IN GUERRERO, MEXICO.
311
O. T. readings as prescribed in this calendar, I have
nearly finished the Book of Leviticus. The
primary aim and object has been daily food for daily
needs, but along with this I have also succeeded in
reading most of the Hebrew text of Leviticus to-
gether with Dr. Kellogg' s Commentary on the same
book. It is needless to say that Leviticus has be-
come a new and living book to me. It has inspired
me, and that is a very good personal proof of in-
spiration. Very many in our Christian community
here are reading the same course and great good
may be expected from it with the blessing of God.
Speaking of Hebrew reminds me of a fact that I
have this year set the Hebrew papers for the first
B. A. examination in Hebrew in the history of the
Punjab University. There was only one candidate,
and he a Mohammedan ! And only a few days ago
a Sikh student of the Forman Christian College
came to me for advice with reference to his taking
up Hebrew for the B. A. test on the ground of
knowing Arabic. He seemed quite prepared to at-
tempt to do five or six years' Hebrew in one year.
It looks as if some of the men were desirous of ex-
amining and testing our Scriptures in the original.
It is to be hoped that some Christian students will
elect Hebrew as a university subject before long.
In this connection I may say that every particle
of knowledge and experience which one may have in any
direction is sure to come into use in India. Those who
come to India as missionaries should aim at the widest
possible experience and culture. When I was at
Oxford, Dr. Fairbairn once suggested that I take
a course in Rabbinical Hebrew under Dr. Neubauer.
I thought to myself, ' l What do I want with
Rabbinical Hebrew in India ? " But of late I have
been helping Lady Mackworth Young in the trans-
lation into English of Heiger's book, " Was hat
Mohammed aus dem Inder thyme aufgenommen,"
and in this work I have found even my very
limited knowledge of Rabbinical Hebrew of the
greatest service.
There have been of late signs not a few of a re-
vival of popular Hinduism especially in the matter
of the worship of Kali. In various parts of the
Punjab, more especially in the Sialkot district, de-
votees of Kali are said to have cut out their own
tongues, or at least attempted so to do, in honor of
the goddess mother. It is curious how ' ' catching ' '
this craze seems to have been. One man even
tried to cut off his own hand as an offering to Kali.
Some weeks ago there was an account in the Lahore
papers of a young girl who was regarded by the
superstitious multitudes as an incarnation of Kali.
She was brought to Lahore and caused no little ex-
citement among the ignorant. From the published
accounts she seems to have suffered from epileptic
attacks. In the light of what Dr. Nevius has said in
his work on demon-possession, it seems not at all
unlikely that she may have been demon-possessed.
Some days ago I had an interesting interview
with one of our college students. He professes to
be a disciple of one Saligram, a famous Agra guru,
whom he has never seen. As essential to salvation
I elicited the following points of doctrine : the ne-
cessity for a mediator, faith in the mediator as the
ground of salvation and the spiritual presence of
the mediator. I asked, * ' Who is y our mediator ? ' '
He answered, " Saligram ! " This but illustrates a
process going on everywhere in India, namely the
marvelous appropriation of Christian doctrine by
the various anti-Christian faiths. The attributes
of the Christ are applied to Saligram. Apotheosis
is a living and every- day thing here in India.
Immediately after the conference, Mr. A. Klein,
an English evangelist of Plymouth Brethren pro-
clivities, began work in Lahore. He has preached
morning and evening for over a month in the town
hall and Railway Theatre. On the whole good re-
sults have attended his preaching. A good number
have professed conversion. His preaching has
been very simple, plain, outspoken and powerful.
It is a pity that, as occupying the Plymouth Brother
standpoint, he has felt called upon to oppose more
or less definitely all existing organizations and
work. This being the case, that hearty cooperation
which is so essential to the largest fruitfulness has
been impossible. However, good has been done,
and for this we all rejoice.
Some interesting inquirers have lately presented
themselves for baptism. Only last night a student
of the Government College came and definitely
asked for baptism. His home is in Rawal Pindi.
I have written to find out about him. The case is
not so clear as could be desired. We hope, how-
ever, that he is sincere.
The prospects for the Punjab are more promis-
ing. The crops will doubtless everywhere be good,
the war on the frontier is virtually over, and the
oncoming of the hot weather, it is hoped, will help
to stay the plague. Through the merciful provi-
dence of God we have been spared that terrible
affliction in Lahore. We are praying and hoping
that war may not be decided between the United
States and Spain.
A-FIELD IN GUERRERO, MEXICO.
REV. GEORGE JOHNSON, CHLLPANCINGO.
Don Proceno Alarcon is headman of San
Geronimo and owner of all the surrounding land.
He is a staunch Protestant, holding services regu-
larly and in the slack season himself teaching a
school for the ranch children. He is to me a very
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A-FIELD IN GUERRERO, MEXICO.
[October,
interesting man ; his personal bravery for one thing.
With his terrible double edged mactels he killed
one tiger and put to flight another in the bananca
adjoining the village. No small feat this, for those
animals as a rule measure considerably over six
feet from tip of nose to tip of tail. Again, his
unique method of spreading the gospel ; when a
Romanist family comes to rent his land, he offers it
to them on this condition, that in one year they be-
come Protestants. During the year they are in-
structed by him and the other brethren, and if at the
end of the year they don't care to become Protestants,
they are put off the land. On this visit we were
unfortunate in finding only a few of the people, the
rest had gone away to look after their crops and
herds, etc. However, we held our services and in-
structed the brethren and found that the site for
their chapel was already selected. This was their
first visit by any missionaries and naturally they
were much interested.
At Apastla we met Nicolas R. Guerara, the evan-
gelist in charge of all this section. He is certainly
doing his work. In company with one of the
elders of El Hanchi, an old man over seventy years
of age, he had been holding service for the past five
nights. In Apastla that evening he led one. He
has a sterescope that he arranges on a table. His
assortment of views comprises many of the life of
Christ. He invites all, especially the children, and
shows one gospel view and tells the story of it, and
then follows a lot of secular views and then he
comes to a gospel view. He is a very gifted
speaker to children and keeps their interest. This
meeting in Apastla lasted until one A.M. The
previous evening, in another place, he talked till
two A.M., and there is hardly a little town in all
his large district where he has not had his evan-
gelistic meetings. It is delightful to have a worker
like this ; so simple-hearted, so seemingly thorougly
converted and so full of enthusiasm in his work.
Agnacatillan (place of Agnacates) is a purely
Indian pueblo. Here, eleven years ago, our native
worker and some of the congregation were killed
by the fanatics. The murderers were severely
punished ; nevertheless, there has been bad blood
from that day to this — the Romanists afraid of the
Protestants, and the latter fearing the former.
The Romanists have a school in this place kept by
a man named Ignacio Vilches, a native of Zitacuaro.
He has shown himself a friend of Guerara, and the
latter has even entered the school and addressed
the children. This man and his wife came over to
see us and to invite us by all means to visit
Agnacatillan, as the chief men of the place wished
to have an interview with us. So we arrived about
five o'clock on Sunday afternoon, after a beautiful
ride that reminded me of the road to Emmaus.
We found Agnacatillan the rockiest town I ever
saw. Imagine every street paved with cobble
stones as large as one's head and slippery with the
time and constant wear. As we didn't want either
Prince or Muchaeho — our horses — to break their
valuable knees, which they were in danger of doing
in sliding five feet at a time, we got down and en-
tered on foot.
We have a little church here, erected in memory
of the martyrs, and it was all decorated with the
beautiful blossoms of the Noche Buena tree, in
honor of our arrival. After supper came our meet-
ing, and there were present the principal men of
the town — three as hard-looking old Indians as
one could find in a day's ride, one of them an
assassin of our brethren and all of them pretty well
animated by copious draughts of " mescal." As
soon as they entered an animated discussion arose.
It was some time before I arrived at a state in which
I could, as it is vulgarly said, " Catch on," but
afterwards I understood it thus : there is bad blood
between Romanists and Protestants, and so they
thought it best, poor ignorant Indians, that they
are to do all in their power to conciliate the
Protestants. I preached to them on Mark 10, tak-
ing for my subject, " Brotherly love and fanatic-
ism." At the close all seemed satisfied. The
" principal men " gave me an u abrazo," and said
they were satisfied that no list was being formed.
Next morning they wanted us to stay, saying
that they were preparing us a " firsta." The music
(one of those bands that delights the aborigines by
its joyful noise) was tuned up ; the turkeys were
preparing themselves to die and the women were
preparing the pepper for the succulent ' ' mole. ' '
The Romanist school-teacher also invited us to ex-
amine his school. But we declined all with thanks,
and went our way, one of our Roman Catholic
friends acting as guide, from seven in the morning
until twelve at noon. It was in this village that
the chief elder, Mercelino Alezria (t. e., happiness),
was made local magistrate. The Indians, Roman-
ists, are wont, on assuming this office, to take down
an image from the family altar, and carry it
through the streets and all the rest turn in with
lighted candles and follow it. Said Alezria, "I
have no image. I will bring out my family Bible,
which is the fountain of all liberty. I will place
it in state on a table and carry it in procession. He
did so, and all the Indians turned out as usual and
followed it with lighted candles. Was this due to
an excess of lower criticism ?
At La Mohmera we held our Bible convention.
This opened on February 2 and continued for two
days. We studied Ephesians.
PUBLICATION AND SABBATH-SCHOOL WORK.
GLIMPSES OF THE FIELD OF
WORK.
The friends of Presbyterian Sabbath-
school Missions will, we are sure, read with
great interest the following communications
from our missionary brethren on the field.
The first is from New Mexico, a territory of
our country which to the great majority of
us is really an unknown land. It lies
directly south of Colorado and a portion of
its southern border is the dividing line
between the United States and Mexico. A
large part of the population is of Spanish or
Indian descent, and the Spanish language is
spoken by about two-thirds. The principal
industries are cattle, sheep and goat raising
and wool growing. Part of the territory is
very mountainous, the farms are small, and
agricultural methods somewhat primitive.
Irrigation by water ditches, however, is
general in the farming regions.
The Rev. C. K. Powell, our synodical
missionary in Colorado, makes occasional
visits to New Mexico, and his descriptions
are always interesting. In a recent com-
munication he says :
NOTE3 OF A TRIP INTO NEW MEXICO.
As an illustration of the work, let me tell you of
a three days' trip down into New Mexico in com-
pany with Rev. M. D. J. Sanchez and Elder Fran-
cisco Estrada, both of our San Juan church, one
the pastor and the other superintendent of the Sab-
bath-school.
Several weeks ago Mr. Sanchez had a letter from
four Mexican men in a plaza called Vallecitos,
asking him to come to them, as Peter did to
Cornelius, saying that they had been meeting to-
gether for several months and studying their Bibles.
This convinced them of the futility and falseness
of Catholicism and they wanted to be shown the
way more perfectly. Vallecitos is eighty miles
from here and our engagements elsewhere only per-
mitted three days for the entire trip, and as it was
to be over mountain roads, with steep inclines and
rocky surfaces, we did not feel sure that we could
make it. However, we started Wednesday morning
at four o'clock and it was a steady climb all the way
from 7800 feet to over 9000. At ten o'clock we
camped for dinner by a nice little spring, made our
coffee and had lunch while the horses fed and rested.
At 11.30 we were again on the way, tarry-
ing to feed the horses preparatory to the final long
and steep pull at 3 P.M., and at 6.30 P.M. we
were in Vallecitos, Plaza Canon. I had my stere-
opticon with me and while Mrs. Montoya prepared
supper (they killed a kid for the occasion — goat
raising and small grain farming are the chief occu-
pations of the people), the men went out to invite
the people to the meeting and I put up my ap-
paratus. At 9 P.M. they came until the little
log cabin had thirty-six people crowded into it.
The pictures were in the life of Joseph, presenting
him as a type of Christ. The interest was intense.
After the meeting we gave away a great deal of
Spanish literature in the shape of tracts and books
and, when requested, copies of the New Testament.
After the meeting we went to where we were stay-
ing, and the head of the house brought out his old
Bible and we answered questions until midnight.
We were of course very tired, for the ride had been
hard and the sun was literally scorching in its in-
tensity and we told them we must go to bed. So
we crawled in between our bedding, laid on the
ground with no roof but God's own blue star-
studded canopy, lit by the matchless moon of this
clear mountain clime. But they came around our
bed and talked of the "Old, Old Story " until after
2 o'clock, when we finally got to sleep.
The sun aroused us at 5 A.M., and our first
meeting was at 10 A.M. After this we drove four
miles up the canon and had a meeting at 1 P. M.
in a place where but a year or so before two Pro-
testant missionaries were stoned out of town. We
visited all the people and the little private school
and had an audience inside the hall of over twenty
and nearly as many outside. I preached to them
from John 20 : 30, 31, and no interruption occurred
until one old lady sprang up and stopped Mr.
Sanchez, who was interpreting for me, and denounced
us as having no respect for the priests and Mary,
etc., though we had never mentioned either. Mr.
Sanchez started a hymn and she started out into
the street.
We disposed of much literature and many Bibles
and Testaments here. Driving back, we had a
meeting in another place at 3 P.M., and at
this meeting ten signified their desire to accept
Christ, be baptized and unite with the church. All
this was arranged for and I organized them into a
Sunday-school, with two teachers and twenty-five
313
314
A GOOD STORY OF PROGRESS — A SABBATH DAY'S WORK.
[October,
scholars, supplying them with literature from Old
Mexico, also hymn books and Bibles from our
stock. They are all very poor people.
We had a service at 8.30, when I gave my
stereopticon views of the life of Christ. And about
seventy-five were present, packing the room. We
had a very touching farewell service with the
brethren afterward, and then about midnight we
were in bed again, but this time under a clouded
sky and cold wind. The next morning found us
on the way at 4.20 and at 7.30 we reached Las
Tuzas (the Prairie Dogs), and while I got breakfast
Mr. Sanchez aroused the people, for we have a
Presbyterian organization here in the little adobe
village. At 8. 30 we had them gathered to a service,
when we baptized two children and gave them the
gospel. I found that they had once had a Sabbath-
school and knew how to conduct it, so, after some
further instruction, I organized a Sabbath- school
here with two teachers and twenty-three scholars.
We had a very precious time with this little flock,
which had had no preaching for a year.
We repeated the experience of the first day, ar-
riving at San Juan at 7 P. M. , tired, hungry, happy.
These people are breaking away from priestcraft
and superstition and the Spirit is working mightily.
What is now wanted is a fit man for this work."
Mr. Brown's energy, tact, sound judgment and
fidelity are well known throughout Wisconsin,
where his name, at least among Presbyterians, is a
household word.
PENCILINGS OF AN EARNEST
WORKER.
Rev. Joseph Brown, our synodical mis-
sionary in Wisconsin, keeps a journal and
prints portions of the same for distribution.
The matters of fact recorded are inter-
spersed with quaint and characteristic com-
ments. Thus :
" Sojourned for the night in the manse of Rev.
James S. Wilson, the worthy pastor of the Presby-
terian Church. A little time spent with our pas-
tors is time well spent when used to an advantage."
The qualifications here are very finely put. At the
meeting of the various presbyteries the one subject
always noted by Mr. Brown is that of Presbyterian
Sabbath-school missions. Thus at La Crosse Pres-
bytery : "Rev. T. Hill, in his Report of Church
Narrative, concluded the same by specially noting
the importance of Sunday-school missionary work
as the great means for reaching the families in our
farming districts destitute of all means of grace."
At Milwaukee Presbytery : ' ' The heart of the
presbytery beats true to this branch of our Church's
work. Pleasant intercourse with all the brethren.
How good and helpful this is ! " Then after a sur-
vey of the mission fields of the suburbs of Milwau-
kee : " Was much impressed with the outlook.
A GOOD STORY OF PROGRESS.
Mr. John H. Leas, our missionary in
Mankato Presbytery, Minn., organized a
Sabbath-school last year at Green Valley,
six miles northeast of Marshall. From this
beginning a Presbyterian church has already
been organized and grouped with the church
at Marshall, which will relieve the Home
Mission Board of their grant to the latter.
Special meetings were held at the beginning
of this year, at which thirty-nine persons
found Christ, thirty-seven uniting with the
church. Some of the cases of conversion
were striking. The missionary writes :
A little girl of five years had been praying for
me for more than a week, when she saw her father
go forward at one of the meetings. She told her
mother she knew the Lord would use Mr. Leas in
showing papa the way to Christ. Two drinking
men were won, and both of them with their wives
and children unite with us.
The school was originally organized as a Bible
school, and then was changed to Presbyterian. I
recently organized a C. E. Society with thirty ac-
tive members.
My report of undeveloped schools will show the
responsibility which rests on us here of caring for
these new-born babes. They are looking to us and
not to other denominations for aid, and if we can
care for them southwestern Minnesota will soon be
strongly Presbyterian.
A SABBATH-DAY'S WORK.
One of the greatest charms of a Christian
Sabbath is the opportunity it gives to the
child of God to engage in His special service.
To ministers and missionaries in active work
the day is one of glorious privilege — a field
day in very truth. One of our missionaries
in Wisconsin — Rev. James M. Bain — thus
describes the work of a certain Sabbath-day
which may be taken as a sample of others :
My first appointment was at 10 A.M. and, al-
though it was rainy, a goodly number were in at-
tendance. At this place, three years ago, we had
organized a school which did excellent work for
two years, but then stopped. Being a good fishing
point, the young people mostly spent Sunday on the
1898.]
A THRILLING EXPERIENCE — IN THE NORTH CAROLINA FIELD.
315
ponds or along the streams. To-day it was my
privilege to reorganize the school, which I did
after the morning service. Then I drove three
miles to dinner, and after duly refreshing myself
and my horse I drove another six miles to the
afternoon appointment. It was still raining, but I
found a house filled with children and their parents.
They knew little about either Sabbath- school or
church, having neither within several miles.
Here I organized another school, but had some dif-
ficulty in finding officers. Another ride of seven
miles brought me to another beautiful village, where
I preached for the good pastor of a Presbyterian
church, and thus a day of holy privilege was
brought to a close.
WORK THAT RICHLY PAYS.
The cashier of a bank in Minnesota, who
is also the superintendent of a Sabbath-
school, writes to us about the results of our
work in his town. First, he acknowledges
the receipt of a forty- volume library which
the Board donated to the school. He praises
the books and thanks the donors, and then
adds:
Your Board started the work here with a school
in August, 1894. Now we have a brick and stone
building worth $2700, all paid for, a membership
(church) of sixty- six, all without help from the
Home Board so far, and preaching has been sus-
tained over three years. We shall always cher-
ish a most kindly interest in your Board and en-
deavor to add more to its support than we have.
A THRILLING EXPERIENCE.
The Rev. M. G. Mann, our missionary
in Walla Walla Presbytery, while on his
travels last May, near the junction of the
Alpowa creek with the Suake river encoun-
tered a cloudburst. He had just eaten nis
dinner at a farmhouse and was reading a
book, when he heard a prolonged noise as
of thunder. The owner of the house ran
in and excitedly cried out that there was a
cloudburst somewhere, and that they must
immediately betake themselves to the trees.
Mr. Mann shall tell the rest of the story:
There was no way to escape to the mountains.
The road was already a running stream, carrying
boulders and debris. I climbed into an apple tree,
and had hardly got into it when I heard and saw the
rush of a mighty wave approaching, carrying on its
crest large trees, fences, etc. The waters were three
or four feet high and in some places covered the val-
ley from mountain to mountain, and large boulders
rushed past through the orchard, striking the trees.
Not knowing whether we might not also experi-
ence a miniature Johnstown and Connemaugh, I
fervently prayed and resolved that if God would
deliver me from this raging flood I would dedicate
myself and my services more entirely to him. As
though my vows were accepted, I felt a large boul-
der lodge against the tree in which I had taken
refuge, and another and another holding down the
brush so that the waters could not uproot the tree.
In front of me, in the line of the current, there
lodged two large trees, forming a barricade of brush
and rock in the shape of an inverted A, and thus
there was complete protection. After about two
hours the sun came out, the waters subsided, and I
came down from my perch and sought a dry place
on terra firma. The devastation was immense — a
severe loss to the farmers and fruit raisers — but no
lives were lost. The same cloudburst almost de-
stroyed the valley of the Assotin, washing away
houses and orchards. I hastened in the evening
over the c ' divide' ' toward Lewiston to look after
our Sabbath-school at Vineland.
IN THE NORTH CAROLINA FIELD.
One of our colored missionaries in North
Carolina having planned to travel through
a district where Ihe smallpox was raging,
took the precaution to be vaccinated, and
ihen visited 326 families, organized two
schools and delivered thirty-four public
addresses, within one month, traveling 905
miles. He could have organized more
schools but thought it unwise to do so in
private dwellings — in fact, the feeling of
the community was against this course,
One school was organized in a vacant
shanty loaned by the owner, but as soon
as the house is let the school will have to
stop.
In another district visited by this brother,
the people had suffered from forest fires
and many persons had lost their all. A
barrel of clothing arrived at this time, the
gift of the First Church, Elizabeth, N. J.,
and the missionary was able to give timely
assistance to some of the sufferers.
This good brother pleads for chapels.
He says that 825 will enable him iu many
cases to build a suitable chapel, laud and
labor and some of the building material
being donated on the spot.
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COLLEGES AND ACADEMIES.
POYNETTE ACADEMY.
BY P.
This school, located at Poynette, Wis.,
has held steadily on its way through the
disastrous financial crisis of the past few
years. With no endowment and no
resources except the allowance paid by the
Board of Aid toward the salaries of the
teachers, the farm lauds which are worked
Poynette Academy.
by the students and an occasional scholar-
ship, it has, through the good providence of
God, gone on with its work of preparing
young men and women for lives of Chris-
tian usefulness. Nearly all of the students
received here have no money and no
friends who are able or willing to assist
them. The cruse of oil, however, has never
run dry. The promoters of the work have
often been comforted by the reflection that
Elijah, when fed by the hand of God,
received only bread and flesh, and moistened
it with the water of the brook Cherith.
Measured by that standard they have made
no self-sacrifice. Measured by the Ameri-
can standard of living and working there
has been self-denial on every side. When
the stringent times came on, the manage-
ment felt that the school was ready for
advancement. Its methods had been tested
and found practicable. They could with
confidence ask the Lord's stewards to fur-
ther and make permanent this work. It
was soon evident that sails must be furled
and preparations made to weather the gale.
Expenses have been cut down year by year
318
where cutting down had seemed impossible,
and when the heavens grew black and no
ray of light appeared they cried unto the
Lord and he opened his hand and supplied
the imperative need of the hour. In No-
vember of 1896 Dr. Green called the
teachers together and told them he saw no
way to pay them their full salaries for the
year's work. He gave them the choice of
quitting at once or working for what should
come in. Without hesitation they agreed
to go on with the work. They received in
the end about two-thirds of their small
salaries of $200 each. In spite of the past
years of financial disaster on every hand,
and the continual cry of hard times, Ihe
institution is in better condition for its work
than ever before.
Its teachers are earnest, competent and
faithful, teaching five full hours of sixty
minutes each a day. Dr. Green and his
wife live in the midst of the academy
family, and give their time and strength to
the work without salary. They have a
small but, as a whole, earnest band of
students, willing to work and sacrifice.
There were forty-five students on the school
roll during the past year. Thirty- six of
this number have been members of the
family, seventeen young women and nine-
teen young men. The young women have
carried on the work of the house. The
young men have provided the table with an
abundance of good vegetable?; sawed and
split nearly all the wood used; taken care
Poynette Academy, Boys Plowing.
1898.]
POYNETTE ACADEMY.
319
Poynette Academy, Girls Cooking.
of horses, cattle and pigs, in fact have
done every variety of farm work; and
built, from cellar to garret, with very little
superintendence, a comfortable cottage
dormitory for themselves.
Study and recitation have gone steadily
forward since the second Wednesday of
September, except two weeks' vacation at
the holidays. The work done by the
students has, ss a rule, been very satisfac-
tory. Good progress has been made in all
departments. It is needless to say that tbey
are a busy family. The study of the Bible
is pursued daily, in connection with the
study of mathematics, the languages and
the sciences. While the Bible is the only
text-book, it is taught in accordance with
the Westminster Confession, and the aim
is to develop and feed the spiritual nature.
There can be no adequate spiritual growth
until the soul rests upon the foundational
facts in regard to its salvation, as they are
laid down in Scripture. The faculty desire
above all things that these truths become
bone, sinew and muscle in the characters
of the young Christian graduates of
Poynette Academy. It was these truths that
built up the men who laid the foundation of
our present civilization, and who in every
mission field of the Church have stood in
the midst of dangers and have counted not
their lives dear unto themselves.
JNo effort has been made for the past three
years to secure students. The financial
outlook did not warrant it. Yet the school
has varied very little in numbers. Those
who have applied for admission have been
received only after careful inquiry as to
character and promise. It is the purpose
to retain only those who are studious and
industrious, and who thus make good use
of the advantages received. Tne students
are largely from the great working class.
Before they came to the academy they were
obliged to support themselves. A young
man in northern Wisconsin applied for
admission last December. Before the
letter of acceptance reached him there
came a letter from his mother in a distant
State. She was ill and needing money.
He immediately sent her all the money he
had and went to work in the woods to again
earn money for books, clothes and railway
fare to Poynette.
The young men continue to go out on
Sunday to the small churches and school-
houses in the vicinity, conduct Sunday-
schools, and some of the more mature
among them preach with acceptance to the
people.
What are the aims of this institution ?
1. The trustees are urgently desirous to pay
off the small debt upon the property, about
one-half the original purchase money of the
first fifty acres. 2. An adequate number
of scholarships of $75 each is needed to
secure comfortable sustentation for whatever
promising and impecunious students may
apply for admission to the school. If
churches, Sunday-schools and benevolent
individuals, in sufficient number, would
carry these scholarships year by year, the
work could be done; some have been thus
assisting the institution. The Sunday-
school of the Third Presbyterian Church of
Chicago have carried a scholarship for a
number of years. When one student grad-
uates, another is at once placed to their
Poynette Academy, Boys Clearing Land.
320
HOW GOES THE BATTLE?
[October,
credit. Three most excellent young men,
earnest Christians, have thus been carried
through their academic course by that
Sunday-school. The ladies of that church
have given valuable assistance to the
students by sending every year a box of
bedding, table linen and second-hand
clothing. The Woman's Benevolent Soci-
ety of Dr. Parkhurst's church have also
assisted in both these ways. Other
churches, societies and Sunday-schools have
given assistance, but not in sufficient num-
bers nor with regularity. What the writer
urges is that this help be given annually.
Dr. Green has borne the financial strain of
carrying this work for thirteen years. Only
faith grounded upon the word and attri-
butes of a prayer -hearing God could have
sustained him. It is lime those who love
that God and his word come to his help,
relieve his anxieties and make permanent
this work to which he has given the conse-
crated talents with which years of Christian
experience and work have enriched him.
His associates are ready to spend and be
spent, if only they are not compelled to
face financial disaster year after year.
Men have said to me repeatedly: " If
only I had known such a school as Poynette
Academy when I was a young man!" And
the heart of the writer has reechoed the
wish.
MINISTERIAL RELIEF.
HOW GOES THE BATTLE ?
When we heard that Dewey was ordered
to Manila to destroy the Spanish fleet, how
eagerly we all watched the papers for the
latest news! When Cervera's fleet came
across the ocean, how we wondered what his
destination was, and when at last he was
bottled up at Santiago, how anxious we all
were to know whether he would come out
into the open sea to attack our fleet, or
whether Sampson would have to risk an
entrance through the narrow, fortified chan-
nel to attack Cervera in Santiago Bay! We
were all interested in the outcome of the
great battle which we knew must sooner or
later take place. We could scarcely wait
for the morning and evening papers to
appear to learn the latest news from the
opposing fleets. And when the army under
Shafter began the attack upon Santiago,
how eagerly we scanned the papers to know
the progress made by the brave boys en-
gaged in the tremendous conflict ! We were
all interested in the progress made in reduc-
ing the stronghold of the Spanish army.
And now when the war is over, how
deeply we sympathize with valiant men who
gained our victories, and how bitterly we
condemn the carelessness in our officials
through which our men have been need-
lessly exposed and have been compelled to
endure unspeakable privations and inexpres-
sible sufferings!
We have many old soldiers in our Church
who have nobly fought our battles for us,
enduring unutterable hardships, whilst,
perhaps, we have enjoyed the comforts and
luxuries of happy homes, and now in their
old days they are neglected and are left to
suffer untold privations when by a little
thoughtful ness and effort on the part of
church sessions abundant supplies for these
old soldiers could readily be secured.
ARE WE DOING ALL WE CAN?
September, the month set apart by our
General Assembly as the time for taking a
collection for the Board of Ministerial
Relief, has come and gone and as yet very
few churches have sent in their collections
for this hallowed cause.
Our hearts were greatly cheered last year
by having 594 more churches contribute to
this Board than ever contributed in any
one year in the history of its work. This
shows most satisfactorily what can be done
by an earnest general effort throughout our
presbyteries. The collections from churches
and contributions from individuals amounted
to $10,893 more than during the previous
year. This greatly gladdened all our
hearts. We cannot expect more than
$70,000 from our Permanent Fund during
the present year, and we need and must
have in addition to that amount $125,000.
This large sum cannot be raised without a
serious and prayerful effort. Unless there
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is a persistent work all along the line the
churches will again become careless, and
the church collections will fall off as they
did from 1888 to 1897.
THE PEOPLE NEED INFORMATION.
The report of the Standing Committee
on the Board of Relief unanimously adopted
by the last General Assembly says: "It is
believed that if the congregations were in-
formed of the exact condition of things, and
of the imperative need for increasingly larger
collections, the Board of Ministerial Relief
would be able to care adequately for the
aged and honored ministers and mission-
aries and their dependent households. No
cause could appeal more tenderly to the
hearts and consciences of the people. * '
But how are the people to be informed ?
Listen! " The Assembly urges pastors to
preach upon this subject, and to enforce the
claims of our Church's venerable and help-
less wards and it is believed that the facts will
appeal potently to the generosity of
hearers.' '
But how are our ministers to obtain the
information to give the people to induce
them to be magnanimous and warm-
hearted and open-handed in contributing
to the Board of Relief ?
Listen! " The Assembly most earnestly
and affectionately asks the synods, presby-
teries, sessions, and especially the pastors of
churches to consider the facts printed in the
annual report of the Board, and to give a
full presentation of them in the judicatories
of the Church and before the people."
Turn, then, to your volume of annual
reports and study carefully what is con-
tained in the report of the Board of Relief,
and, if you please, read the address of the
Corresponding Secretary of the Board,
delivered before the last General Assembly,
and bound up with the annual report, and
you will find suggestions enough to enable
you easily to prepare a sermon for your
people, which will, we are sure, secure a
generous collection for this sacred cause.
NEGLECT OF CHURCHES.
Whilst 4126 churches contributed to the
Board of Relief last year there were 3198
churches in the presbyteries asking aid
which did not contribute a single dollar to
this blessed cause !
Twenty -one synods included in this year's
report have more non -contributing than
contributing churches!
One hundred and three presbyteries have
more non-contributing than contributing
churches !
This condition of things can be greatly
improved by closer oversight of the churches
by the presbyteries, but, oh, how much
depends upon the pastor of each church !
If the pastor is determined to have a collec-
tion for his aged and suffering brethren and
the families of his departed comrades, there
are few sessions so disobedient to the direc-
tions of the Genera] Assembly as to inter-
pose any objections, and the people, when
the cause is fairly presented, feel it to be a
sweet privilege to give something every year
to the relief of the honored men who have
been their pastors or helpers in the divine
life.
Tell the people that we have 103 minis-
ters on the honorably retired roll whose
average age is over seventy-eight and whose
average time of active service has been over
forty -five years. Is any man or woman in
the Presbyterian Church willing to see these
aged and honored men suffer when it is so
easy for our great Church to prevent their
suffering by even a basket collection from
each church every year ?
MINISTERING WOMEN.
" The Assembly also urges pastors to call
attention to the fact that the work of the
Board of Ministerial Relief is not confined
exclusively to ministering men. Among
the annuitants the ministering women, mis-
sionaries both home and foreign, and the
widows of clergymen considerably outnum-
ber the men. Here is a field wherein
1 woman' s work for woman ' may have abun-
dant exercise. While money is the chief
requirement, boxes of clothing and house-
hold supplies will go far to piece out the
scanty income of many familie3."
Of the 875 families on the roll of the
Board of Relief, 472 are headed by the
names of widows.
The average amount paid to families last
year was only $205. Who begrudges this
small allowance to a minister's family left
without sufficient means of support ?
Tell the people that the payments of the
Board are increasing at the rate of nearly
$6000 a year! Our roll is thus rapidly and
steadily enlarging and there must be a
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WHY WE SAY NO.
[October,
steady increase in our church collections or
the small average of $205 a year to each
family under the care of the Board will
have to be diminished.
Presbyteries sometimes complain that the
families they recommend for aid receive so
small an allowance. The Board can dis-
tribute only what it receives, and in making
the distribution each year of the limited
amount of money sent to its treasury, it
must make it fairly and proportionately
among 875 families according to the abso-
lute necessities of each case, all things con-
sidered, which are presented to the Board
by the various presbyteries. It would
please every member of the Board greatly
if the churches would place it in their power
to increase greatly the average amount given
to each family. Will you help them to
increase that amount ?
ARE YOU INTERESTED ?
When the war was raging with Spain you
were interested because your friends were in
the war, or because your patriotism had
been stirred, or because you wished to see
the cruelties of a tyrannical power stopped,
and you read and read the news from the
fields of battle with ever -increasing interest,
and the more you became informed about
the facts of the war and the work to be
accomplished, the more interested you
became.
So it will be in regard to the holy cause
of Ministerial Relief. The more you read
and become informed, the more interested
you will become, and the more you will be
willing to lend a helping hand to relieve
your suffering friends. May God help us
all to do our duty.
FREEDMEN.
WHY WE SAY NO.
The uniform answer to the numerous
appeals for help for new work, or for expan-
sion of work already under the care of the
Freedmen's Board, is No; and the reason
for saying No is the existence of the large
and embarrassing debt of $58,000. Until
this debt is overtaken and canceled the
same answer must continue to be given.
The main effort of all friends of our work
this year should be concentrated on this one
thing — the wiping out of the debt. This
can be done by having each church give
this year just seven cents more per member
than it gave last year. With the help of
the Women's Society, the Young People's
societies, and the Sabbath -school superinten-
dents, it is quite within the power of the
pastors to make this reasonably small
increase in their contributions, and thus put
the Board and its work in a position and
condition where it can say Yes to at least
some of the urgent calls for aid that weigh
upon hearts of those who have the work in
charge.
SAMPLE APPEALS.
The following are fair examples of appeals
to which we are compelled to turn a deaf
ear, because our debt of $58,000 stands in
the way. No. 1 :
" I have been trying in the name of the Lord
to hold on to the work in which was or-
ganized last spring, but at this time the way has
become so dark that I cannot see my way. There
is no one who has come to help me. I have no
means of support. The Board has not taken this
work in charge, and it is not well known yet among
the churches. It was organized by the
Presbytery, and according to the desire of the
people I came here on the 15th of June and have
been struggling ever since. I came right out of
the theological seminary . I did not expect to get
anything for my work. I came that the people
might have the gospel as plain as I could give it
to them.
"The times are so hard here that the people
are not able to board me. They are doing all
they can do, I believe. I have helped to make up
my board "until now, nearly two months, and have
come to begging the Board in the name of God to
do something for me now. I am in no situation
where I can help myself. This little Presbyterian
church has to hold its services in a hall and pay
rent for the same. The prospects for a good Pres-
byterian church here are very good. The people
come anxious for instruction. We have a nice
Sabbath-school. We hope that the time may soon
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eome when we can have a church here in which
to worship. I am doing everything I can in the
name of the Lord to keep this little flock together.
Please let me hear from you at once. ' '
This good brother heard " at once " that
we could do nothing. He appealed to us
" in the name of God," and so in order
that we in the future may help him, and
many other such pressing cases, the Board
appeals " in the name of God," to the
friends of our work, to help us this year to
pay off our obstructing debt by giving
seven cents per church member more this
year than last. No. 2 :
" It has been my sincere desire and hope that
the Board may be able to give us a measure of re-
lief from the burden of this work. My energies
were taxed to the utmost this past year to bring
the school up, which under the blessing of God
we accomplished — but at the expense of my
health. The warning came early in the spring,
and the last month, May, was the hardest that I
had ever experienced, and several times it looked as
if I would have to give up, but I pushed on and
closed the year most successfully. Our com-
mencement was attended by the largest audience
we have yet had. In the audience were some of
our leading white citizens and most prominent
educators of the city. All were enthusiastic in
their praises.
' ' We need enlargement, which comes from effi-
cient teachers. The reputation of the school is
being established, and if we had help in the way
of teachers what a force we could exert for the
improvement of the minds and hearts of our peo-
ple ! Will it not be possible for the Board to give
us ten dollars a month for six months toward the
salary of another teacher ? My wife has assisted
me, but her health is declining because she has to
do all her own work and cooking in addition to
what help she renders me in the school. Our
physician has already advised against it. What to
do perplexes me. The experiment of turning
people away from the school proved detrimental
to the work in that it robbed us of the very class
we need and must build upon.
" While the Board requires six months each year,
I have taught for eight and a half months. In
the five years I have been here I have taught at
least twelve months more than the maximum time
required for schools of this grade. To abandon
the work is suicidal ; to allow it to suffer for want
of sufficient help is equally as bad — for the result is
the same. May not the Board supply the need ;
it will give standing to the school. My earnest
desire is to see the work grow.
' ' The other consideration is my health, which
has been impaired for some time — due to the close
confinement of the schoolroom six hours daily
and the amount of other work I must do daily.
For the past two months I have been in a precari-
ous state. The run-down condition I was in
made me a victim of disease. During the whole
of June I was hardly able to keep on my feet,
notwithstanding I was under the physician and
taking medicine. Finally when July came I be-
gan to fail, and gradually I gave way till the 8th
of July when I was hardly able to go around.
Our communion was the second Sunday. I got
up Sabbath morning and went to church and or-
dained an elder, and at 3 P.M. we had a most de-
lightful service with a good audience. The Spirit
filled our hearts with hope and love, and while I
was sick I mentioned to the audience the uplifting
influence of the Spirit, I went home and about
6 o'clock I had a chill and suffered severely from
pain. When our physician was called in my tem-
perature was nearly 104 and for three weeks I was
in bed with an attack of fever. I am now getting
around again and I hope soon to be well. I am
grateful that my life has been spared, to my fam-
ily and to the cause of Christ.
"I feel considerable apprehension about my work
this winter and I hope if there is any way by
which I can be helped I shall be in some way re-
lieved. ' '
No one can read this good man's letter
without seeing that he was overworked,
and that he by all means should have an
assistant. Our debt is in the way. Help
us pay our debt by giving seven cents more
per member than last year, and we will
next year be able to give this school an
additional teacher, and help other schools
in the same way, of which this is but a
sample. No. 3 :
"I write to inform you that I am still at my
post, and have been for the last nine years, with-
out stopping for any rest whatever. I am truly
glad to say to you, and to all the members of the
Board, that the blessed Lord has and is blessing
our efforts here. It is true we have had and are
having some bitters with our sweets. But we feel
we have had enough bitters to enable us to enjoy
the sweets as we could not otherwise have enjoyed
them.
"The hand of God has been manifest in all our
efforts. In this I know you will rejoice. God be
pleased.
"But there is much land to be possessed and
much work to be done. Being encouraged by
passed blessings from God and favors from kind
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WHY WE SAY NO.
[October,
Negro Building at the Atlanta Exposition.
friends, I am endeavoring to do more for the up-
lifting of suffering humanity and the cause of our
blessed Master. This is an important point, and
our work here has been suffering for the last nine
years or more for the want of a good school.
"I have resolved, God willing, to open a school
here this fall, sink or swim. It is an indispensa-
ble necessity to the success of our work. God in
his providence has provided us with a place in
which to have our school — the basement of our
church. This is a very great advantage and seems
to indicate to us to go forward. You must know
that this means an additional hardship and sacri-
fice to me and my family, as there will be no com-
pensation to me for my labor and time. I am now
making every effort possible to get things in readi-
ness for work in October.
' ' I have a young lady of considerable experience
in teaching and general church work with me now
as one of my family at my own expense. She is
a most excellent young lady, and the very one I
will need to help me in my work. We hope to
raise $100 here on the field, and we hope the
Board will help us get the rest. You knowing
the importance of this work and having interest
and confidence both in the work and in myself, I
have felt that my endeavors would have your ap-
probation. I believe that no money will be spent
anywhere else to more advantage or that greater
and wider results will folio w."
What this brother says is all true. He
will open his school, " God willing." Our
debt will be paid this year, " God will-
ing," but until it is paid we cannot lift a
hand toward any work, new or old, that
will call for the expenditure of more money
than last year. The debt must be paid first.
The Rev. Oscar Roberts, writing from
Africa, gives this sketch of San Juan, a
Mabeya : He knows a little English, and
I learned from him a few Mabeya words.
He has an exalted idea of his linguistic abili-
ties, for he could speak four other dialects
beside his own. He was for a time in our
school, but did not stay long enough to learn
to read, though he enjoyed the Bible lessons.
San Juan was a trial to most of the others,
but as it happened he was as kind to me as a
man could be. Several times he paddled
my canoe for me free of charge up the river
to another preaching station. The trouble
was that he and the other oarsmen yelled
constantly as an accompaniment to their
strokes. I tried to quiet them out of regard
for the Sabbath ; but they said that it was of
no use, that canoes would not go unless they
sang as they paddled, and so they yelled.
On one trip to Ngumba, he suddenly
remembered that his father had not returned
the goods due for a tusk of ivory purchased
in the next town through which we had to
pass on the return trip to the beach. So he
and some of his fellow-townsmen went
around the town by another path and met us
near the river below. On that trip he left
some of his fish at the beach to supply his
mother while he was away, and I well
remember how faithfully he cared for her in
sickness. His love for his mother was a
rare exception among the Mabeyas.
At a time when there was sorrow in my
own life, San Juan and some others from
his town came out of their way to say,
" Vi guga ngwong pe passe we " (we feel
sorry for you). It was a little thing, but
it showed the awakening of kind thought-
fulness.
HOME MISSIONS.
NOTES.
"Come Over and Help Us."
Two ministers of the Synod of North
Dakota were delegated by their brethren to
present the claims of their synod to the
Board. Their story was very much like
many others that come before it. If the
people to whom God has entrusted wealth
could know of the need of the gospel in
many parts of our land, it does seem as
though they must respond to such calls.
The Board of Home Missions stands like
Paul and hears the pleading cries of " come
over and help us." Our Macedonian cries
come just now from North Dakota, Idaho,
Washington, Oregon, Indian Territory, and
other places. The spirit with which these
requests are presented is very delightful.
There are no complaints of the past neglect,
but strong cryings for the present and
future.
The Needs of North Dakota.
The northern middle section of North
Dakota has been receiving a vast increase
of population during the past few months ;
and what makes the cry from that region
more pathetic is because it is a regular
home-thrust, for they are nearly all Ameri-
cans. As many as thirty car loads passed
through Grand Forks en route in one day
this summer. While this was exceptionally
large, »~* *'. presents the largeness of the
emigration and the need of the immediate
care of the Church. Six additional minis-
ters are needed at once to take care, in part,
of these people, but first the money must be
pledged for their support. It will cost
about $2500 to start in this field.
Large Parishes.
In Idaho S2000 are needed to care for
four new missionaries to occupy four very
attractive fields, each field covering as large
an area as some of our smaller States. One
of our missionaries sends a description of a
portion of Idaho, as follows: " The open
treeless prairie on the plateau of the moun-
tain across which my wife and I drove a
year and a half ago in any direction for
miles without our way being obstructed by
a fence, is now laid off in farms with fine
improvements, large barns, fair houses,
and a good school house, while their crops
are simply immense. It looks more like
Illinois or Iowa than the far West. And
in all this length and breadth, an area of
sixty by seventy miles, 4200 square miles,
we have but the one white minister. There is
room for at least four, and the preaching
stations now occupied by our Sabbath -
schools demand two more missionaries at
once. The people are eager for our work to
begin. They will raise SI 50 to $300 on
each of these two charges, with two new
towns in one charge and three country
places in the other; all have post -offices and
give us fine audiences, thirty, forty, sixty,
seventy people at a time.
" Oh, if you could see it as I do, with
these thousands of homes spread out before
you, surrounded with the richest fields of
waving grain, you would bestir yourselves
to occupy these fields even if we had to pay
the entire cost. But they are willing to
help themselves as far as they are able. ' '
The New Assistant Secretary.
We are happy to announce that the Rev.
John Dixon, D.D., has accepted his elec-
tion to the assistant secretaryship of the
Board of Home Missions, subject, of course,
to the action of his presbytery in dissolving
his present pastoral relations. It is not
doubted what the action of his presbytery
will be, and it is hoped that by the time this
magazine is in the hands of its readers, Dr.
Dixon will have entered on his new and
important work. The Board and the
Church are to be congratulated upon this
accession to our Home Mission force.
The Debt.
Men of affairs tell us that our country is
entering upon an era of unexampled pros-
perity. It is not too much to expect that
the kingdom of our Lord will have its full
share of this prosperity, whatever may be
its measure. The first privilege and duty
of our Church is to rid the Home Board of
the debt which has so long hindered its
progress. We propose at once to begin a
campaign for this purpose, and we propose
to stick to it until the consummation is
reached. We have received thus far over
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NOTES.
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$14,000 from the 3d of July offering.
Less than one thousand churches and Sun-
day-schools are, so far, represented in this
effort. We expect all the churches to have
some share, large or small, in this move-
ment to set our work free from the incubus
of past obligations. The increase during
the year, thus far, has been gratifying.
Let us pray for the spirit of liberality and
consecration to home missions that without
burden of debt we may advance to the
wonderful opportunities opening up before us
for home mission work.
Alaska.
The needs of this new territory appeal
strongly to our missionary spirit. Our
work in Dawson City, where a good church
had been organized, has been turned over
to our Canadian friends, in whose territory
it is situated. In exchange their work at
Skaguay has been given to us. The Rev.
S. Hall Young, who organized the church
at Dawson City, has been appointed special
missionary to the Yukon, with instructions
to carefully survey the ground, select points
of vantage, and hold them by such occa-
sional services as he can give, until reinforce-
ments can be sent on. This work is of the
first importance. Several points on the
Yukon are already in view. Mr. Young is
especially adapted by his knowledge of
Alaska for that prospecting work. The
Board is also planning to send a few new
men into southern Alaska.
Fall Meetings of Synods.
It is our earnest desire that at each syn-
odical meeting this fall there shall be a
special service in the interest of our cause.
Providence appeals for this in a remarkable
way. We are planning to have some repre-
sentative of the Board present at every
synod. May we not ask that such meet-
ings will be occasions not only of fresh
enthusiasm for home missions, but of most
earnest prayer for the special favor of God
upon this cause at this time ?
Carpet or Hatting Needed.
Rev. F. A. Mitchell, of Gibbon, Neb.,
writes that they very much need a carpet or
matting for the aisles of their church, and
would be glad to accept same, even if
second-hand. Some church or family may
have such as is wanted, and we suggest that
in case any should be willing to send it,
that first they write to him at the above
address; second, that they be sure it is
worth sending, if second-hand; and third,
that they also pay the expenses of ship-
ment.
Organ Needed.
The church at Harrington, Wash., has
been erecting a new edifice. It is about
finished, and they need an organ. The
effort made in building has left them with-
out ability to purchase one. If any church
or individual has such an instrument that
they will donate to this needy field, they
can correspond with the minister, Rev. L.
E. Jesseph, at the above address.
Who will Respond ?
We call attention to the letter of the Rev.
E. J. Thompson, D.D., of Oregon, who
tells of their pressing need of $1000 just
now, and the good it will do.
Indian Work in the Indian Territory.
The Rev. F. W. Hawley writes: "I
give the following facts which are as near
correct as I could get them:
"1. The Choctaws number about 17,-
800. Among them we have three ordained
full-blood Choctaw preachers and two licen-
tiates. Aside from these we have two inter-
preters ; making seven preachers and help-
ers. We have sixteen Choctaw churches,
with a total membership of 483.
" 2. Cherokees number about, 27,000.
We have one ordained Cherokee preacher
and one native helper. We have seven
Cherokee churches, with a total membership
of 178. This includes merely the full-
blood churches. We have a number of
English-speaking Cherokees in all our
churches in the Cherokee nation. They
are not included in the above number.
" 3. Seminoles number about 2900. We
have two full -blood Seminole ministers
and three Seminole churches, with a total
membership of ninety-three. There are
three Sunday-schools, with a membership
of about 150.
" 4. Creeks number about 13,860. We
have one ordained Creek minister and one
licentiate. We have but two regularly
organized churches, with a total membership
of thirty-nine. Our Sunday-school num-
bers ninety-five. We have mission schools
as follows: (1) Anadarko, among Kiowas
and Comanches and Wichita Indians,
attendance forty -four. (2) D wight, among
Cherokees, attendance seventy-one. (3)
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Elmspring, attendance fifty-nine. (4)
Park Hill, attendance 133. (5) Tahle-
quah, attendance 186. (6) Muskogee,
among the Creeks, attendance 240. (7)
Tulsa, attendance 135. Total attendance
in the mission schools, 868.
" Many of these pupils are Indians, while
a great many of them are whites.
" We have within the bounds of the
synod about 70,000 Indians. Our Church
has had missions established for nearly 100
years, and has done a great work among
them. The other Churches are going
beyond us, some of them, in the number of
churches and ministers working among the
Indians. But our own Church is doing a splen-
did work. There are a number of tribes of
Indians here that we are doing nothing for.
Osages, 1629; Kaws, 208; Poncas, 602;
Otoes, 350; Tonkawas, 53; Sac and Foxes,
495; Kickapoes, 255; Cheyennes, 2089;
Arapahoes, 2005 ; Apaches, 300 ; Quapaws,
239; Wyandottes, 319; Senecas, 312, and
others.
" Aside from those Indians there is a
population of some 400,000 to 600,000
whites in the Indian Territory. And many
of them are the poor ignorant whites whose
children are growing up in ignorance and
vice without church or school. We want
many more of both churches and schools
to properly evangelize and care for the
people. ' '
Porto Rico.
It is too early yet to say what will be the
eastern or the western boundary lines of
the United States a few months hence. It
is not doubted that the rich and beautiful
island of Porto Rico will be a part of our
domain. The cession of that island and
the small islands around it to the United
States will be our first demand of Spain,
and it is understood will not be resisted.
What missionary operations our Church may
undertake there cannot just now be said,
but it is an item of interest to know that
several capable men have applied to the
Board of Home Missions for permission to
enter that field and a good-sized check has
been sent to our treasury for the beginning
of our work there.
An Opportunity.
Will not some one, after reading the
interesting letter from Rev. T. M. Gunn,
D.D., about the newly opened work in the
mining town of Republic, Wash., send
$500 to secure a man for that new church ?
This sum given for the opening up of new
work would prove a blessing to thousands,
and lay solid foundations for the future
good of a number of places in our country.
The flormon Question.
The Independent under date of March 3,
1898, published a symposium on " The
Mormon Question." It is very valuable
for the amount of information given and
also because the authors of the articles are
men fully acquainted with the system about
which they write, made so by years of resi-
dence in Utah and special study of Mormon
methods and doctrines. We advise all who
can to read their statements.
ENTHUSIASM.
Those who have witnessed the receptions
given by the people of this country to the
returned soldiers and sailors know what is
meant by the word " enthusiasm."
Those who have witnessed a so-called
scientific game of football know what is
meant by enthusiasm and zeal, both on the
part of the players and of the partisans
looking on. The onlookers seem to enter
into the spirit of the game to such a degree
that the success or failure of their particu-
lar team becomes almost a personal triumph
or defeat.
This is the kind of enthusiasm we claim
this present year from the members of the
Presbyterian Church for Home Missions.
The last General Assembly evidently had
this in mind when it took action as follows :
' ' When now we turn our eyes to the future,
it is clear that the Church should enter upon
the work, forgetting the things which are
behind, and press forward Let the
past years of criticism, controversy and
change suffice Now is the time for
confidence, increased offerings and more
earnest prayer, and if these are given to the
Board and its work .... greater things
will be accomplished than the Church has
ever attempted for the great cause of Home
Missions. ' '
We expect to push forward with renewed
zeal, and are confident that our beloved
Church will be loyal to this great effort to
save our land for Christ.
Let every one give something, adding a
prayer and words of cheer.
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REV. JOHN DIXON, D.D.
[October,
KEV. JOHN DIXON. D.D.
REV. W. H. ROBERTS, D.D., LL.D.
Presbyterians generally are to be congrat-
ulated upon the fact lhat the pastor of the
First Presbyterian Church of Trenton,
N. J., has accepted the responsible position
of assistant secretary of the Board of Home
Missions. The Rev. John Dixon, D.D.,
was born at Gait, Ontario, Can., January
25, 1847. He graduated at the Princeton
Theological Seminary, after a full three-
years' course of study, in 1873, and was
ordained by the Presbytery of Boston, on
June 19, of the same year, as pastor of
the First Church, Providence, R. I. He
remained at Providence until 1877, when
he accepted the pastorate of the Westmin-
ster Church, Yonkers, N. Y. From the
latter charge he removed to Trenton, N. J.,
in 1884, being at first associate pastor with
the Rev. John Hall, D.D., and afterwards
sole pastor. He received the degree of
Doctor of Divinity from Lafayette College
in 1889. In all his pastorates, Dr. Dixon
has rendered admirable service, and won the
warm and permanent regard of all with
whom he has been associated. As a
preacher he is Scriptural, logical, clear,
sensible and direct. But while successful
as a pastor and preacher, Dr. Dixon has
also been eminently useful as a man of
affairs. The number of responsible posi-
licv. John Dixon, D.D.
tions, other than the pulpit, occupied by
him is the evidence of this fact. He is a
trustee of Princeton University, of Prince-
ton Theological Seminary, of the John C.
Green School at Lawrenceville, N. J., and
of the General Assembly of the Presbyte-
rian Church. He is also the chairman of
the Committee on Synodical Home Missions
of the Synod of New Jersey, and in this
position has had an influential part in
bringing about the successful administration
of home mission affairs in that synod. If
New Jersey, above any other of the synods,
has made a great success of its synodicai
home work, it has been owing in large part
to his ability and fidelity. As a member of
Presbytery, Synod and General Assembly,
Dr. Dixon has also rendered important ser-
vice. He was chairman of the Assembly's
Committee on Theological Seminaries at
the Washington Assembly of 1893, and in
the Assembly of 1898 he was the chair-
man of the Committee on Home Missions.
The special service rendered by him, how-
ever, to the Church at the last Assembly
was in connection with the report of the
Committee on Bills and Overtures in the
McGiffert case. At the request of Dr.
Sheldon Jackson, Dr. Dixon made the
closing speech, and the address was so
notable for clearness, directness and cogency
that it secured an almost unanimous vote
for the report adopted by the Assembly.
Theologically, Dr. Dixon is a Princeton
conservative. He holds his opinions always
with due regard for the convictions of
others, and exhibits in their maintenance
unfailing courtesy. Indeed, the leading
characteristics in connection with public
affairs of the new secretary are courtesy,
tact, executive ability and, above all, good
sense. Dr. Charles L. Thompson could not
have secured a more competent and accept-
able fellow-laborer. Large things are
expected of Dr. Dixon, and many and
earnest should be the prayers offered in his
behalf, as he labors in the great work for
the welfare of souls which have been en-
trusted to our Board of Home Missions.
We lift up for him the prayer of Moses,
" Let the beauty of the Lord our God be
upon us: and establish thou the work of
our hands upon us; yea, the work of our
hands establish thou it. ' '
1898.]
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Concert of Prayer
For Church Work at Home.
October. — The Mormons.
(a) Their peculiar doctrines.
(6) Their method and zeal in propagating them.
(c) Their unpatriotic attitude toward the government
of the United States.
{'I) Our responsibility.
THE MORMONS.
Much has been written about Mormonism
during the past twenty year3, but, as it is a
constant menace to our institutions, it is
necessary to state and restate their peculiar
tenets and practices in order to keep the
people continually informed as to the dan-
gers from this source to our religion and
our nation.
Their peculiar doctrines are so many and
so varied that it will be impossible in the
brief space allotted to do more than simply
note a few of them.
They believe :
1. God has a body like any ordinary man.
2. There are many gods.
3. Adam was a god, and the only one
with whom they are directly related.
4. Christ was the Son of God only in the
same sense that other men are children of
their earthly fathers.
5. The Holy Spirit is a man with bodily
parts.
6. God was a polygamist with 100
wives; Christ also was a polygamist, with
Mary, Martha and others as his plural
wives, who are still his wives in heaven.
Adam was a polygamist.
7. All Mormons are sons of God in the
same sense as Christ. Hence all are equally
divine.
8. Polygamy is a revelation made to
Joseph Smith by God and therefore right,
although the " Book of Mormon " (their
Bible) condemns it.
9. Woman is only permitted to enter
perfect blessedness through her husband.
Hence to be sure of heaven she may be
married (or sealed) to more than one man.
Marriages continue in heaven and also
unrestricted polygamy.
10. They believe in the Bible (at least,
they claim to), as a preliminary revelation
and only as it does not contradict the
" Book of Mormon," which is a peculiar
revelation to them and of primary authority.
11. They believe in special revelations,
healing power, and the gift of prophecy.
12. The Mormons are to be not only the
ecclesiastical rulers of the world, but the
temporal also. Therefore all nations and
rulers not Mormon are enemies and to be
converted or exterminated.
13. Baptism will wash away the sins of
not only the living, but the dead also; i. e.,
one may be baptized for dead relatives or
friends, and thereby gain entrance for them
into heaven.
14. They believe in the absolute and
despotic power of the priesthoods, of which
there are two: Aaronic (secular) and Mel-
chisidic (spiritual). John the Baptist or-
dained Joseph Smith to the Aaronic ; Peter,
James and John ordained him to the Mel-
chisidic in 1829.
15. In Blood Atonement; now made
inoperative by the United States laws.
It seems hardly possible that in this age
of civilization any enlightened person can
believe such teachings. But those who
have visited Utah and looked into the faces
of the immense audiences gathered in the
larger cities and towns cannot but see that
there are great numbers who at least out-
wardly fervently adhere to these teachings.
We remember hearing Dr. H. H. Jessup
of Syria, in a speech at the General Assem-
bly, make a comparison of the doctrines and
practices of the Mormons and the Moham-
medans. We were startled at their simi-
larity, the same vindictive spirit, the same
sensual habits, the same degradation of
woman.
It would be interesting to elaborate each
of the peculiar doctrines stated above, but
we refer the readers to the tracts which can
be obtained by sending to the Board of
Home Missions. Two of these, namely,
"Mormon Articles of Faith Explained"
and " Ten Reasons," are especially com-
mended.
While in Utah a number of years ago we
visited the tabernacle at Logan on a Sab-
bath afternoon. A man was making an
address to the five or six hundred people
present, most of whom were women and
children. His subject was the Aaronic and
Melchisidic priesthood and revelations.
The main part of his discourse was a rela-
tion of his dreams. We remember two of
them, which were as follows: "I dreamed
that I was in a large square room with walls
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[October,
of stone. The place was dark and the
walls dripping with dampness, and from all
sides serpents were stretching out their
heads, and writhing and hissing. In the
midst of this room stood my old father in
mortal agony and fear. Upon seeing me
he cried out, * Oh, my son, won't you take
me out of this horrible place V Now my
father, when he was alive, was a good
man, but he never became a Mormon. I
asked him if he would become a Mormon
and keep the vows of Mormonism. He
promised. Then I told him not to be
afraid, for none of these serpents could hurt
me because I was a priest forever of the
order of Melchisidic, and that I would
take him out very soon if he remained
steadfastly in the faith. Then I had an-
other vision. I stood outside a great walled
inclosure. The wall was so high that those
inside the inclosure could not get out. I
climbed upon the top and looking over
inside saw a vast graveyard and a great
many of my friends and relations whom
I had known during their lifetime wan-
dering among the tombs. They had
been there a long time, and were groaning,
weeping and praying to get out, but there
was no way of escape for them. I called
to them and asked them if they really
wanted to get out, and they cried out the
louder, ' Oh, save us from this awful place.'
I asked them if they would be good Mor-
mons, and upon their promise to be so I
told them to wait a few days and I would
get them out. So, my friends, a short time
after seeing these visions I went down into
the waters of baptism for the dead, and was
baptized for each one of them, and now
they are every one, father and all, out of
those horrible places and happy in heaven.
Now learn by these visions and these happy
results of baptism for the dead to pay your
fees, and be baptized again and again until
every one of your friends is delivered from
such surroundings. " ' Stranger even than
these visions and their teachings was the
sight of the audience receiving and believ-
ing such nonsense.
Their Propaganda. — There are about
200,000 Mormons in Utah and the contigu-
ous States and Territories. These numbers
are being constantly augmented by new
converts coming from all parts of our own
land and from many foreign lands. Their
zeal in propagating their faith among all
Chapel and Parsonage, Spanish Fork, Utah.
1898.]
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Hungerford Academy and Church, Springville, Utah.
peoples is certainly to be commended. It
is not known just how many missionaries
they have, but certainly there are not less
than 2000. Most of these are at work
in our own land, and wherever they can
get an audience they begin and keep at
their work as long as they are successful or
permitted. As soon as their practices are
fully known they are often driven away by
indignant citizens. Their arguments are
specious, and the unlearned and unwary are
often caught with their sophistries. The
peculiar doctrines are not usually taught
outside of the Rocky Mountain regions.
The poor deluded women are often in this
way duped into a polygamous marriage,
which is not known as such until too late,
when for their children's sake they keep
silence.
We had often wondered how the Mormon
Church could command the services of so
many missionaries to go wherever sent with-
out money or support of any kind, until
their method was communicated to us by
one who knew. When a Mormon begins to
prosper in worldly goods and shows some
ability to tell what he knows about the
glories of being a Mormon, the authorities
send him on a mission and give him di-
rections when and where to go. If he
refuses, his business will be ruined and his
goods confiscated (not openly, but in a way
known to the " saints "), and he and his
family reduced to poverty and given over to
1 ' the bufferings of Satan ' ' until repent-
ance is shown. If, on the other hand, he
accepts, he knows that this means for him
an advancement in Church and State, which
will be in proportion to his success in win-
ning converts; and this means wealth and
power. For both wealth and power are
in the hands of the priesthood or church
authorities.
Their Unpatriotic Attitude Toward the
United States Government. — One of their
fundamental doctrines is — we only, are the
saints and all other religious sects are merely
human. Such also are republics, states,
kingdoms, etc., etc., and therefore must be
" dissolved and blended forever in one con-
solidated, universal, eternal government of
the saints of the Most High." With such
a doctrine there can be only disloyalty to
all other systems of religion and govern-
ment; and that this has been and is the
practice of the Mormons is evidenced in
their constituting the State of Deseret in
1849, keeping it in operation in the face of
the authority of the United States, enacting
laws for a number of years, and rebelling
against the United States and resisting by
armed force, when in 1857 Brigham Young
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declared Utah to be under martial law,
burned Forts Bridger and Supply, captured
and burned three supply trains of Gen.
A. S. Johnston's army, and appropriated
several hundred horses and cattle; and in
the Mountain Meadow massacre of 130
peaceful emigrants in the same year, be-
sides the killing of Dr. Robinson in Salt
Lake Cily in 1866, and of numerous other
persons summarily disposed of by the
" Danites." The open and continued
rebellion against the law of the United
States government about polygamy shows
their determined attitude toward all law
and government. The Mormons are re-
quired to take an oath of obedience to the
Church, and dare not refuse any direction
it may give them, even to the taking up of
arms against the country. " They believe
not only in Church and State, but in such
union as completely merges the State in the
Church.' '
Dr. Joseph Nimmo, Jr., in 1886, col-
lated many important facts which are
published in his booklet, " The Mormon
Usurpation." We quote from it the
following :
"And now as the result of somewhat
careful inquiries in Utah, and of historic
researches there and among the archives of
the government at Washington, I have
arrived at the following conclusions :
' * First, that there has been during the past
forty years an absolute domination of an
ecclesiastical organization over the political
affairs of the Territory of Utah.
"Second, that this organization with its
following is disloyal to the government of
the United States.
* ' In a word, I have become convinced that
the practical domination of a despotic
hierarchy over governmental affairs is, by
far, the greater evil in Utah
' ' Upon the ground of its assumed divine
origin, it has from the beginning set itself
up above all human law. Nor has it dis-
guised its contempt for that which, to the
rest of the world, is implied by the word
' civilization. ' For the ministrations of the
medical profession, it has substituted the
laying on of hands by the priesthood, and
it has tabooed the legal profession and all
the established methods of jurisprudence, in
order that justice might be administered
among its followers by alleged revelations
and inspired utterances of its priesthood.
Claiming as its charter of government
direct authority from Almighty God, it has
from the beginning assumed to be the only
legitimate government on earth, and has
openly and arrogantly declared all other
governments to be merely human and
therefore iniquitous. It asserts the suppo-
sititious revelations made to Joseph Smith
to be of higher authority than the laws of
the United Stales. This was the boastful
utterance of Mormonism in its infancy at
Kirtland, O., and it is the reply which the
Mormon apostles and high priests gave to
the judge of Ihe Supreme Court of the
District of Utah, when asked if they had
anything to say why the judgment of the
court should not be pronounced against
them for the crime of polygamy
" The following extract from the report
of the judges (United States judges sent out
by appointment of the President in 1851) is
clearly descriptive of the genius of Mormon-
ism:
" 'We found on our arrival that almost
the entire population consisted of a people
called Mormons; and the Mormon Church
overshadowing and controlling the opinions,
the actions, the property and even the lives
of its members ; usurping and exacting the
functions of legislation and the judicial
business of the Territory; organizing and
commanding the military, disposing of the
public lands upon its own terms, coining
money stamped " Holiness to the Lord,"
and forcing its circulation at a standard
fifteen or twenty per cent, above its real
value; openly sanctioning and defending
the practice of polygamy, or a plurality of
wives; exacting the tenth part of every-
thing from its members; penetrating and
supervising the social and business circles,
and inculcating and requiring as an article
of religious faith implicit obedience to the
counsels of the Church, as paramount to
all the obligations of morality, society,
allegiance and of law.'
" They also stated in their report that
1 at public meetings the national govern-
ment and its officers were denounced in
language so vulgar and obscene that
decency would blush to hear it.' "
We also quote from an article by Judge
C. C. Goodwin, of Salt Lake City:
" The Mormons have a ' celestial king-
dom of God,' and a * kingdom of God on
earth.' This latter means the rule of its
1898.]
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333
people in temporal things; and the dream
of the Mormon leaders is, that under this
rule the governments on the earth will one
by one be brought, until the whole world
will be subjugated. They teach explicitly
that every government framed by man is
illegal; declare that their government was
given them direct from heaven; that the
president and apostles of their Church stand
on earth the direct vice-regents of the
Almighty ; and that, by revelations, dreams
and other jugglery, they are at all times
endowed with the wisdom to guide their
people aright in all things, temporal as well
as spiritual. Their leaders claim to be
infallible, not in the sense of a court of last
appeal, but as men inspired, who catch the
thoughts and pronounce the words of Deity.
" Toward the United States the Mormon
power observes the forms of republican
polity, while in fact it is a despotism as
absolute in its control over its own people
as ever existed on the earth."
Our Responsibility. — There are several
ways by which the people of the United
States and the Christian Church can meet
and overcome these difficulties in Utah.
The United States might send an army and
put down all the authority and power of
the priesthood, and so reorganize the laws of
the State as to give just judgments in all
legal cases and punish all crime and all
disobedience of law. It might inaugurate
a system of immigration by which a great
multitude could move into that beautiful
land and thus overshadow the Mormon
element and be in control of the moral and
political situation. In order to sustain
such an immigration, an irrigating canal
might be built through the length and
breadth of the region, and Utah would
become one of the most fertile States in the
Union, capable of sustaining an immense
population. Schools, of primary and
higher grades, might be multiplied until the
Letters,
THE NEW CHURCH OF REPUBLIC— A
WIDE FIELD AND PLENTY OF
WORK.
Rev. Thomas M. Gunn, D.D., Seattle, Wash.: —
On July 1, I ran, via the Spokane & Northern
Railway, one hundred miles to Myers Falls, thence
to Kettle Falls, where I took a pony trail forty
system of education was made complete.
The Christian Church might send in mis-
sionaries to establish Christian schools, build
churches, and preach the cardinal doctrines
of salvation through Christ, until the people
become enlightened and Christianized.
The United States Government has per-
mitted these people not only to get a footing
in Utah, but to become almost permanently
fixed, and the responsibility therefore is
very great upon the nation to see that this
awful blight is removed. The Christian
Churches have been working for twenty or
more years in their quiet though efficient
way to overcome these difficulties, not by
force, but by the power of the gospel. But
the Christian Church has not fully met its
responsibility, and much more could be
done and ought to be done. With the
following suggestive thought we close :
Rev. Galen M. Hardy, St. George,
Utah, writes: " Capable men should be
sent all over the United States who could
warn the Christian Church against the per-
nicious doctrines of the people who call
themselves Latter Day Saints. To them
polygamy is an eternal principle, and will
expire when their man -god is dethroned and
not before. Christians of the true faith
should everywhere unite, and missionaries
armed with the ' Book of Mormon/
' The Doctrines and Covenants,' and
' The Voice of Warning,' and other Mor-
mon works should expose the real facts of
Utah's great heresy. In the Reformation
of the sixteenth century men far apart
reached the same conclusions. It was
because God moved upon minds in different
parts of Europe. It is so to-day in differ-
ent parts of the United States concerning
Mormonism. Minds are waking up to the
duty of the Church to meet this enemy with
his own weapons. ' Give light, and dark-
ness will recede,' was the theory of Eras-
mus. Let us give the light."
miles across the mountains to the new mining cen-
tre "Republic." This is located exactly in the
centre of the great Colville Indian Reservation.
The trail ascended 5000 feet, and the forty-mile
ride occupied just twelve hours. The place is sit-
uated in the midst of a very beautiful valley,
nestled low down among the hills, which retreated
in an amphitheatre on every side until topped by
the mountain ranges, 5000 to 7000 feet high. It is
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in the San Poil Valley on a stream that goes
directly south for about forty-five miles, where it
empties into the Columbia.
The compact little settlement has about 1000
people. Its unpainted houses are all new, most of
them having been erected within the past sixty
days. About one- third of the people are living in
tents. The soil is not open for settlement. The
only legitimate enterprise for the white man as yet
is mining and those pursuits which are incidental
thereto. About 300 mining claims are located in
and around the town, and twice as many in the
near vicinity. There is but one shipping mine, the
" Republic," which gives name to the place. Its
ores are high grade, yielding $200 per ton. Its
shafts, tunnels and mill have cost about $200,000.
Their pay roll is about $5000 per month. The
cost of the development of about twenty of the most
promising " prospects" so far has been over $200,-
000, and these manifest equal values in their ores.
The original ' l camp' ' is only one year old, and,
although the new town is less than ninety days old,
plans are already developed for electric light and
a system of water works. They have telephone
communication with Spokane, with a local ex-
change of twenty- seven phones. Two railway lines
are projected to reach this place and are competing
for the priority of entrance.
On the day of my arrival, the south half of the
Reservation was thrown open to mining entry* and
about 200 hundred prospectors left Republic, but
their places were speedily supplied. I have thus
dwelt upon my description of the location and re-
sources of Republic to show you that in all human
reason there must soon be here a permanent city of
some thousands of inhabitants. The adj acent region,
when thrown open to settlement, will sustain a
dense agricultural population.
On May 1, this place was put in charge of our
minister at Loomis, sixty miles away, across a
mountain range 7000 feet high, which is impassable
in winter. He can give the place but one Sabbath
a month, and that during the summer. I met this
pastor, Rev. J. E. Stewart, July 2, at Republic,
and we remained there for two Sabbaths. He had
the work well in hand, and seemed to be acquainted
with everybody and to be cordially appreciated.
We held daily meetings through the week, and on
Wednesday, July 6, we organized with seventeen
members, elected two elders and three trustees, had
them incorporated, accepted lots centrally located,
and raised a subscription of over $200 for building.
We expect to have a building erected in Septem-
ber.
Mr. Stewart's field is so large, sixty-five miles
east and west and seventy north and south, that he
must be relieved of this part of the field. Success
in the above organization was largely due to his
efficient work. We can hold the situation with
our present forces for a month or so, but an ad-
ditional missionary is needed and should be sent at
once.
After our work at Republic I accompanied Mr.
Stewart to his home. For a little over thirty-five
miles we had only one pony between us, but
through Mr. Stewart's extensive acquaintance we
reached our destination, after two days of traveling,
in fairly comfortable condition. The people were
highly appreciative of our visits wherever we went.
I spent one Sabbath at Loomis, and, although
many of the people were absent camping, we had
excellent audiences on the Sabbath, and there were
evidences on every hand of deep and earnest piety.
Our Church as yet has no church building because
titles cannot be secured to land, but plans are ma-
turing and the trustees assure me of a building
within a year. The eldership of this church is re-
markable, being composed of men of piety, who
have the confidence of every one, and who main-
tain the services in the absence of the pastor. A
general spirit of revival is manifest throughout the
entire parish. The western part of this parish ex-
tends through a valley, well settled and highly cul-
tivated. In this he has three preaching places,
and could as easily have as many more. There is
abundant work in this region for two ministers for
their entire time, so that instead of one man we
should have three.
On the Monday following, I was taken thirty-five
miles in a private carriage through the length of this
parish from north to south, calling on various
families and becoming acquainted with the char-
acter of the field. In the Okanagan Valley there
are pastured about 6000 cattle and as many
horses, also a large number of sheep. The agri-
cultural part is much the smaller part of their re-
sources. Mining promises to be one of their chief
developments. The largest mine, that of Palmer
Mountain at Loomis, has a large tunnel over
1000 feet, crossing many veins of rich ore. The
valley abounds in irrigated land, and is set with
fruit. In a few years they hope for railroad com-
munication. The river, with a small improvement,
estimated at $30,000, would be navigable for 100
miles.
THE OLD FOES OF RELIGION.
Rev. Geo. A. Hutchison, Woddington, Cal:
— We have the old foes of religion to contend
with. The valley has Spiritualists, Christian Sci-
entists, Mormons, Romanists and worldlings on
every hand. Sabbath desecration common ; old-
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fashioned family religion scarce. Yet there are
true servants of God here and we have some en-
couragement.
MONTANA.
Kev. James B. Butter, Philipsburg: — We
have quite a number of Chinese in our town, and
my wife has been endeavoring to do some mission-
ary work among them by giving them religious lit-
erature in their own language, for which she sent
to China.
BAD HAILSTORMS, BUT NOT DISCOUR-
AGED.
Kev. Wm. J. Hill, Huron, S. D.: — I received
five members at one communion service, and at one
I baptized three baby boys. Generally the pros-
pects are good and the people hopeful. But some
of our churches suffered severe reverses. On July
22 and 26, hail -storms swept the congregations of
Rose Hill and Hitchcock, leaving only ruin and
disappointment. The storm that swept Hitchcock
was fifty by six miles in extent. The Rose Hill
storm was ten by two. I drove across some of the
wheat fields, and the destruction is complete.
This falls hard on both of these churches, and es-
pecially Hitchcock, which was making extensive
improvements on their church building, and be-
cause of unusual good prospects had subscribed
more than they will be able to pay. But they have
become accustomed to this kind of experience and
they do not propose to give up. Thank God, the
work in our presbytery is in good shape.
NEW MEXICAN MISSION.
Rev. A. Moss Merwin, Pasadena, Cal.:— In
Los Angeles we hare opened another mission
where services are held during the week. The at-
tendance ranges from fifteen to twenty. Most of
these hearers have never attended meetings of this
nature. At Main street, where Sunday night ser-
vices were begun last quarter, the interest con-
tinues. A Mexican family living in the outskirts
of the town, unable to read or write, had not been
to any religious services for twelve years. They
come regularly now to our services, and appear
anxious to know and do the will of God.
The addition to the Spanish Home is progressing
favorably, and will doubtless be ready for occupa-
tion September 1. We regret exceedingly the
resignation of Miss Ida Boone, after so many years
of faithful labor, as teacher of the Spanish day-
school.
Ten additions to the three Spanish churches,
eight on confession of faith. Of these five had
been occasional hearers for several years.
A RICH HARVEST— A SPIRITUAL ONE
EXPECTED.
Rev. Robert L. Wheeler, D.D., South Oma-
ha, Neb.:— Hardly had we adjourned from our
spring meeting of presbytery before the news of
Admiral Dewey before the gates of Manila, with
triumphant flag, so caught up the thought of the
people that little else was of interest save the latest
news from the scene of the Spanish-American con-
flict. The pulse of Nebraska people found expres-
sion in Senator Thurston's speech, and the home
burial of his wife, whose heart broke in behalf of
Cuba, added solemn dignity to splendid words.
Then came the enlisting of over 4000 of our boys,
and as many homes felt a keener touch of the
spirit of the times, as they marched to the sea-
board.
The astonishing celerity with which State and
nation have made history in the past three
months are without precedent, and also without
precedent in its effect on the heart of the Church.
Both flag and Bible look larger to our people than
ever, carrying with it a reverential respect for the
church and an interest in missions. We believe
with these influences at work — a great crop of
cereals and faithfulness to God, that the West will
move more swiftly toward the taking of prairie and
city for Christ— there is a " sound of going in the
top of the mulberries," and his prophets are faithful
to the signs above and the opportunities at hand.
The harvest is ripe white, the reapers are placed —
shall not the Lord of the harvest bless ?
ONE OF OUR MISSIONARIES IN THE
SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS.
There are two communities in the very midst of
the mountains that are asking for Presbyterian
work. It is a remarkable thing for the mountain-
eers to ask for Presbyterian work, for we usually
encounter prejudice when first introduced to a com-
munity. They certainly need Presbyterianism.
Think of a place where there are 380 church mem-
bers and less than a hundred of them trying to live
as Christians. A drunken spree by a coterie of the
church members is not an unusual thing, and is
winked at by the church authorities. The teacher
in one of the public schools, for the past three
years, was frequently drunk in the schoolroom.
The better class of people say, "Come in with a
Presbyterian church and make us better people."
There are nearly four hundred children of school
age in these districts. They are literally swarming
up and down the creeks that have cut out canons
through the mountains. There is no school build-
ing. About 150 of the 400, not the " upper 400,"
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[October,
have been crowded into the church for a four or
five months' school each year.
DEATH OF A MISSIONARY.
Rev. Newton H. Bell, Minneapolis, Minn.: —
It is the quiet season, and the months have passed
without marked interest, except the sudden death of
Rev. J. F. Montman, who had just entered on his
ministry at Rushmore and Summit Lake with most
auspicious beginning.
A number of vacant fields have found pastors,
but others have become vacant. The instability of
pastorates is a constant trial to the pastor-at-large,
and renders his work more imperative in order to
keep the churches from discouragements and dis-
integration. Within a year no less than thirty
of our home mission fields have changed ministers,
and some of them twice. During the past three
months I have visited eighteen different fields and
attended forty- eight services. Abundant harvests
ought to encourage our weak fields and increase
their thank offerings for God's great goodness and
grace.
A NEW CHURCH HOME.
Rev. Samuel Ollerenshaw, Algona, la.: —
Hitherto this church has been renting the Swedish
Methodist church to hold their meetings in. The
church home when finished will cost $3000, and
will seat about 400 of a congregation. To the above
given amount the church, although largely com-
posed of working people, has subscribed over $1000,
the remainder being obtained from the business
men of Algona and from the Board of Church Erec-
tion. We should have been deterred from entering
upon this enterprise had we not been encouraged to
do so by the citizens and members of other churches
in Algona. The general opinion is, and openly
expressed, that a Presbyterian church is needed in
Algona to offset a liberalism which is prevailing
among the young and instilled into them by
teachers who are affected by the spirit of the age.
At our last communion three persons were re-
ceived into membership by letter. For the aid
rendered by the Board the churches of Algona and
Irvington return their sincere thanks.
GOD'S GOODNESS MANIFEST.
Rev. John M. Linn, Inwood, la.: — We hold a
young men's meeting every Sunday at 3 P.M., al-
ternating in the M. E. church and ours. These
meetings are doing much good. Our community
is wonderfully evangelized and consecrated. Or-
der, purity and good-will reign among us. I am
preaching the pure gospel. It is getting lodgment
and I trust a large place among the mighty mo-
tives behind the will in not a few hearts. May the
Holy Spirit sweep our hearts clean and substitute
his own sweet strong grace for our selfishness and
ambition.
We have added a young doctor and his wife (a
splendid addition) to our membership and our C.
E. society.
The harvest has made our people very busy. It
is well gathered and soon will be in stack. It is a
fine crop.
Our hearts are full of a sense of the goodness of
God.
COMMUNION SET WANTED.
Rev. N. G. Lacby, Wentworth, S. D.:—We
have on foot a movement to build a church. This
we hope to do before Christmas. Our schoolhouse
is entirely too small to hold our attendance. The
congregations are growing at each place and the
brethren are much encouraged and we expect
great things in the future. The Sunday-school at
Wentworth took up a S.S. Patriotic Offering for
the Home Mission Board to the amount of §3.50.
We expect to raise twenty or thirty dollars from
these fields as our offering to the Home Board.
We are greatly in need of a communion service ;
we would greatly appreciate one from some church
that has laid aside the old one and secured a new
one. Perhaps some one has taken up the individ-
ual service ; if so, we would appreciate the old one.
OPEN DOORS— NO MONEY TO ENTER.
Rev. E. J. Thompson, D.D., Corvalis, Oreg.: —
There are doors standing wide open that we are
very anxious to enter, and if we cannot do it soon
shall lose some of the most important points and
opportunities that will offer themselves to our
Church in this rapidly growing and promising
Willamette Valley— the garden of the world.
This presbytery should have at its command at
once $1000 more, and in ten years the Board would
receive in return $11,000. The time now is oppor-
tune, the fields are indeed white to the harvest and
if allowed to go ungathered the Presbyterian
Church will lose golden chances for doing great
things for the Master, and gaining large influence
in this soon to become one of the richest sections of
the great Pacific Northwest. But I feel assured
that our noble Board of Home Missions will do all
that our beloved Church will permit them to do.
Well do I know that the responsibility rests with
the Church and not with the Board.
1898.]
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337
CHANGING CONDITIONS AND PEOPLE.
Rev. D. M. Butt, Britton, S. B.:— This quar-
ter ends eleven years of service under the Board in
the same field, and covers my whole ministry.
When I came here we had only a partial organiza-
tion, worshiping in an unplastered schoolhouse
room. So in looking back I can see progress, not
as much as I had anticipated, for we have had dis-
couragements of every kind. Years of poor crops
caused many removals, and most of these were our
best members, but what was our loss was some
other church's gain. The work has not been easy,
for this field is acknowledged to be one of the
hardest in the State. Nine different Methodist
ministers have been in the field since I came. I
have buried the majority of the dead in our ceme-
tery. Since here, I have preached three times a
day the year round, taught a class, driving twenty -
two miles a Sunday. It is telling on me so that I
cannot do as much without being tired, but I keep
at it. I have had calls to better churches, but it
was at times when my people were having poor
crops and I preferred to suffer with them.
WHO HAS THE $150 TO GIVE?
Rev. Kenneth McAtjlay, Orawfordsville, la.:
— We want a prayer- meeting room very much.
Our church is so large and so built that we could
put a partition in one end and yet seat 230 people.
I could not ask our people to do it now, for we are
small in number and built a parsonage two years
ago. I have been praying for two years that some
one would give us $150 for that purpose, thus giv-
ing us a small room for prayer meeting and Chris-
tian Endeavor meetings.
OPENING FIELDS.
Rev. R. N. Adams, D.D., Minneapolis, Minn.: —
I have traveled during the past two months over
3000 miles by rail and between 200 and 300 miles
in a private conveyance. I have just returned
from a trip in the northern part of the State. It
was really the most trying trip I have made since I
have been in the work. Two new railroads are
now in the process of construction, one from Du-
luth through the Indian Reservation to Fosston
near the northwestern boundary of the State, and
the other from Brainerd through Walker and Ber-
midji to Park Rapids. Along these lines new towns
are springing up and people are coming in by fam-
ilies and by colonies. During the trip referred to
I traveled 125 miles by stage over the roughest
road I think I have ever seen. Our visit was a
little premature, yet we succeeded in doing some
valuable preparatory work. We have a church
organized at Bermidji and a building erected and
paid for though it is not quite finished. Bermidji
is a county seat situated on one of the most beautiful
lakes of the State known by the same name, and is
the centre of a wide area of country. The cars
from Duluth to Bermidji, a distance of about 300
miles, are now running.
DIFFERENT MODES OF PREACHING
THE WORD.
Rev. W. H. McCuskey, Volga, la.:— At our
last communion service we had twelve additions to
our church, eleven by profession and one by letter,
seven receiving baptism. This was the result in
part at least of two weeks' revival meetings in the
M. E. church conducted by a lady evangelist. Al-
though several of these had not attended the meet-
ings, yet we are persuaded to believe that influences
therefrom became gospel messengers urging the
heart of each to a decision, and like Mary of old
they have, I trust, chosen that good part which
shall not be taken away from them. These are en-
couragements in the work, and incite to greater
perseverance and give hope for the future.
Our little town has also been moved by a very
sad providence within the last few days, not only
by the death of one of our prominent citizens, who
was a regular attendant at our services, but also by
an engine breaking through a bridge and killing
two men instantly. Thus providence is also
preaching the word to the people.
A BLESSED INCREASE.
Rev. J. R. N. Bell, Hollister, Cal.:— The Lord
has blessed our labors even beyond our expecta-
tions. The congregation has increased from
twenty-three to an average of 140. Sunday-school
has nearly doubled ; the C. E. is well attended ;
prayer meetings and Bible study (midweek) are of
special interest, and the ladies' newly organized
San Grael Society is doing excellent work. From
seventy-five to eighty attend the quarterly com-
munions, and at the last one nine were added to
the church, six on profession of faith and three by
letter.
NEW MEMBERS RECEIVED AND DEBTS
REDUCED.
Rev. Henry S. Killen, Highlands Sta., Den-
ver, Colo.: — During the past three months our
church has progressed in all respects, ten new
members having been received. The prayer meet-
ings have been unusually well attended, and we
are much encouraged in the work. We have also
raised almost $300 on our church debt, reducing it
to a little over $200. We hope by the end of the
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[October,
year to have wiped it out entirely. We greatly
appreciate the aid given us by the Board of Home
Missions in the past, and our prayers and efforts
encourage us to hope that in the near future we
may be self-supporting.
THE NEZ PERCE INDIANS ARE
LIBERAL.
Rev. Jas. Hays, Kamiah, Ida.: — During the
quarter some of my helpers accompanied me on a
missionary trip among the Umatillas. We were
there about two weeks and administered commu-
nion. We left one of our number, Licentiate Caleb
McAtee, to care for that church for six months.
A few days ago I sent fifty-one dollars to the
Home Board. Our Sabbath-school sent a separate
twenty dollars. Our C. E. also sent eleven dollars,
making altogether eighty -two dollars this quarter
to the Home Board from our church. We sent the
Board of Publication and Sabbath-school Work
$23. _______
SCRIPTURAL METHODS THE BEST.
Rev. J. P. Stoops, Monrovia, Cal.: — The entire
work of the church is most encouraging. During
the past year a comfortable house of worship was
erected and dedicated free of debt. All offerings
were voluntary, and the people gave most liberally
and willingly according to the Scriptural method.
Not one cent of the money was raised by fairs or
entertainments^ and already the people have been
blessed spiritually. Despite the fact that the peo-
ple bore the expense of building, their contribu-
tions to the various Boards of the Church were al-
most doubled during the past year. New members
were received into church membership at each
communion since the beginning of the year.
We earnestly pray that God may continue to
lead us, keep us very close to himself and enable
us to do his will and work.
LARGE INGATHERING AMONG THE
FRENCH.
Rev. Louis Martin, Neuchatel, Kans.: — At the
general meeting of the congregation, thirty-three
persons manifested the desire to become regular
members of the church, accepted the confession of
faith and promised to obey the rules of the Presby-
terian Church. Since then two more persons have
made application to join the church. They will be
received in full standing in two or three weeks.
LABORING WITH HIS HANDS AS WELL
AS HEART AND HEAD.
Rev. Jno. R. Vance, Pomeroy, la.: — During
the spring I filled up the lot between the church
and the manse, getting our members who had
teams to draw the dirt from a large ditch, 107
loads, and then seeded the lawn down, and now we
have a beautiful lawn. I also had the parsonage
painted, with some help put on two coats of good
white lead and oil, and with a nice green lawn
carefully mowed twice a week, and a freshly
painted manse trimmed in slate with Indian red
sash, with a row of young trees planted this spring
along the front walk, it is often said ' ' the Presby-
terian property looks $200 better than it did a
year ago." We have every reason to be en-
couraged ; everything appears to work in harmony.
NEW CHURCH EDIFICE.
Rev. Andrew C. McIver, Marlette, Mich.: —
At Flynn we have been building a new brick church
twenty- eight by forty-two, which was dedicated July
31. It will cost $1600. The work shall be more
efficiently carried on henceforth. The school -
house was too small, and it was difficult to have
service at the hour best suited to our people. The
congregation is much encouraged and is going for-
ward with greater zeal than ever.
DEATH OF A GOOD MAN.
Rev. Alva A. Hurd, Springwater, Greg.: —
Three members were secured in April to unite with
us on confession and eight in May, so there has
been an increase of eleven. One of the new mem-
bers is the postmaster and merchant here in this
country field.
The community was much impressed with the
death of a good man here, not a member of our
church, but very radiant in his dying testimonies.
He was a Seventh-day Adventist, but in his last
days he emphasized the all-important things. No
wonder three of this man' s family were brought in,
two sons and a daughter. That sect has no church
here, but the good man had been too tenacious in
his preferences to unite with us. However, he be-
came very tender and hopeful, was ripe for glory
in his sickness and spoke of the hope brighter
every day.
PLENTY OF EARTHLY TREASURE-
HOPE OF SPIRITUAL HARVEST.
Rev. S. H. Weller, South Butte, Mont.: —
There is an unusual air of secularity about every-
thing here. This is reputed the largest " mining "
town in the world. The wealth that makes this
town continuously prosperous is not imported, but
dug out of the ground. Except as outside condi-
tions affect the price of copper or silver, local busi-
1898.]
APPOINTMENTS.
339
ness interests are unaffected by what the great out-
side world is doing. The mineral harvest here,
unlike the grain harvest elsewhere, has no ups and
downs. It is something steady and reliable. Last
year's net output in this city was $35,000,000, and
the figures vary little from year to year. The
trend is toward an increase rather than a falling
off each year. Most Christians hereabouts have
''prospects," or are connected with those who
have, and the ever-present thought of possible
riches in the near future has, I am sure, a chilling
effect upon the piety of those whose avowed chief
concern is about the treasure laid up in the next
life.
We have next to no Sabbath. Many of the
members are comnected with the mines as em-
ployes, and must work or lose their living. Sab-
bath desecration is paralyzing upon the church, es-
pecially in its influences upon children. The con-
dition of things, while making church work more
difficult, makes it all the more important. In my
little parish I have between forty and fifty families
connected either with the church or Sabbath-school.
I have devoted considerable of my time to visiting
among these. For the first two months I had not
a single accession to the church. They hesitated
" because we want to know," say they, " whether
the work is temporary or permanent." In the
last month I have received six adults, heads of
families. Many more ought to be brought in with-
in the next six months.
APPOINTMENTS.
W. M. Sutherland, Fulton,
J. P. Stoops, Monrovia, 1st,
J. N. Elliott, El Monte, 1st,
P. Johnston, Elsinore, 1st,
E. It. Mills, Glendale, 1st,
F. H. Robinson, West Berkeley,
D. M. Marshman, Fall River Mills, 1st, and station,
H. N. Bevier, San Francisco, Memorial,
J. Hunter, Golden Gate,
F. Moore, Fossil Creek and stations,
W. G. Kiery, Holyoke, 1st,
H. A. Bradford, Wray, 1st, and Vernon,
G. E. Tuttle, Elbert, 1st, Elizabeth and station,
B. F. Powelson, Gunnison,
W. F. Price, Walsenburg, 1st, and station,
A. W. Mackay, Hastings, 1st,
II. Taylor, El Moro and Engle,
L. M. Bernal, Trinidad, Spanish,
L. P. Davidson, Tulsa, 1st,
E. M. Landis, Sallisaw, 1st, and stations,
W. M. Grafton, Pes Moines, Highland Park,
II. Quickenden, Colfax, 1st,
D. W. McMillan, Earlham, 1st,
W. E. McLeod, Lime Springs, 1st,
D. W. Casset, Hazleton, Otterville and station,
E. C. Wolters, Independence and Rowley, German,
A. N. Smith, Atalissa, 1st, and station,
Cal.
Colo.
I. T.
Iowa.
J. H. Carpenter, Union Township, 1st, Iowa.
W. S. Smalley, Neosho Falls, Kans.
A. G. Alexander, Argonia and Freeport, "
W. W. Kilpatrick, Scandia, Bellville and Scotch Plains, "
B. F. McMillan, Glasco, 1st, "
C. P. Graham, Mankato, Otego, Providence and Burr
Oak, "
S. G. Palmer, Port Huron, 1st, Mich.
G. D. Sherman, Evart, 1st, "
W. H. Culver, St. Ignace, 1st, "
J. K. MacGillivray, Detour, 1st, "
J. W. Dallas, Calkinsville, 1st, "
A. H. Carver, Duluth, Lakeside, Minn.
0. G. Dale, Lakefield and stations, "
E. A. Oldenburg, Montgomery, 1st Bohemian, and New
Prague, "
G. E. Johnson, Heron Lake, 1st, "
J. Zoll, Bermidji, "
C. C. McKinney, Browningtown and Montrose, Mo.
L. Keeler, Linneus, Bethel and Centre, "
W. A. Jackson, Kimmswick, Windsor Harbor and
Sulphur Springs, "
D. Willson, Hamilton, Spring Hill and stations, Mont.
G. McV. Fisher, Kalispel, "
W. N. Steele, Hansen, Neb.
J. M. Stewart, Culbertson, 1st, "
C. Lepeltak, Mt. Carmel, Mt. Zion, Samaritan, Grand
View and Harrison, "
C. M. Junkin, Adams, 1st, "
F. D. Haner, Atkinson and O'Neil, "
J. C. Giffen, Wakefield, 1st, "
W. T. Findley, Winnebago, Indian and station, "
D. M. Mcintosh, Hartington, 1st, and St. James, "
W. B. Lower, Florence, 1st, and station, "
J. R. Driver, Grand View and station, "
K. McKay, Houlton, 1st, Littleton and Montecello, Me.
W. C. Lyon, La Moure, 1st, N. D.
J. F. Cheeseman, Courtenay, Glenfield and Dover, "
D. H. Devor, Ellendale, "
S. Harris, Northwood and St. Andrews,
D. Matheson, Walhalla, 1st, and stations, "
D. Finlayson, Cummings Mission Station, "
F. H. Fruiht, Damascus, Trinity, German, Oreg.
R. A. Smith, Woodburn, 1st, and station, "
J. Thompson, Brownsville, 1st, and station,
S. Tunkansayciye, Pajutazee, Indian, S. D.
L. Mazawakinyanna, Lake Traverse, Indian, "
J. Eastman, Flandreau, 1st, Indian, "
S. Millett, Andover and Pierpont,
A. Gertsch, Emery, 1st, German, "
J. P. MacPhie, Harriman, 1st, Tenn.
W. R. Dawson, So. Knoxville and New Prospect, "
E. W. Elliott, Jeroldstown and Clover Bottom,
T. Hickling, La Porte and Webster, Tex.
J. Anderson, St. Joe, 1st, "
A. H. Burkholder, Ridgefield, Woodland and station, Wash.
T. G. Watson, Carbonado, 1st, "
J. C. Willert, Tacoma, Calvary, "
J. A. Laurie, Jr., Fairhaven, 1st, " •
1. Wheelis, Everson, Nooksack City and Clearbrook, "
M. M. Marshall, Waterville, 1st, and stations, "
J. A. Rodgers, Nezperce, 1st, and station, Ida.
J. B. Stevens, Maiden Rock and station, Wis.
W. McCoy, Eau Claire, 2d, "
M. P. McClure, Kilbourn, "
J. W. Robb, Packwaukee and Buffalo, "
S. H. Young, Yukon Valley and vicinity, Alaska.
E. Marsden, Saxman and vicinity, "
F. Moore, Juneau, Indian, "
pq
Young People's Christian Endeavor.
One Board a month is likely to prove an attrac-
tive study for Presbyterian young people. See mis-
sionary program on page 352.
With such an article for study as that by Dr.
Roberts on page 347, Christian Training Course
work should open with enthusiasm.
Notice the statement on page 351 withdrawing
the recommendation of Mr. Torrey's "How to
Bring Men to Christ." A series of articles will be
offered in place of the book.
* *
*
''Hints on Home Mission Work for Presbyte-
rian YouDg People," is a suggestive leaflet for
those who are young in this work, issued by the
Woman's Board of Home Missions, and sent free
on receipt of postage.
***
Mr. Moody declares tha a does not any longer
sing "Hold the fort." .e believes that Chris-
tians should engage in t' conflict outside the fort.
It is unreasonable, h says, to build beautiful
churches and keep .m closed six days of the
week.
Ihe General Assembly of 1898 adopted this reso-
lution : " That this Assembly recognizes the great
woik accomplished by the young people of cur
church, and hereby expresses its appreciation of
their earliest spirit and faithful labois, and bids
them Godspeed in their work."
***
Seventy-two churches have grown out of the
school work carried on during ihe past nineteen
years by the Woman's Board of Home Missions.
Of these, twenty- seven are amoDg the Mormons,
twenty-one amorg the Mexicans, six in Alaska,
four amorg the Mountaineeis, ftuitecn among the
Indians.
***
A Presbyterian Christian Endeavor scciety in
Buffalo kept track of its members during their va-
cations by means cf a letter sent by the lookout
committee to each person Mho expected to be ab-
sent. This note expressed a desiie to keep in touch
with the absent membeis, and to write them a let-
ter at least once during their absence. It called
for information as to when the Endeavorer would
go, when he would return, and what his address
would be while away. The letters received in re-
ply were used for brightening up the midsummer
meetings. — Christian Endeavor World.
A boy in Manitoba, ten years of age, who has
not the use of his hands, but writes with his toes,
earns money for the mission band of which he is
president by selling specimens of his writing at
ten cents per name. In this way he has raised
forty dollars, and has raised for missions during
the year $160.
A writer in Home Miss'on Monthly believes there
would be more satisfactory results if the young peo-
ple who get up pleasing socials and entertainments
in the church would put as much interest and tal-
ent into getting upa " Missionary Hour" — no col-
lection— which will interest sufficiently to induce
pledges of systematic giving.
At a presbyterial roll call, where each organiza-
tion working for or contributing to home missions
responded by presenting a two minute report of
work done and methods used, a mission band re-
ported that at one of their meetings each member
brought a leadpencil. These were sent to one of
our mission schools, where they were most grate-
fully received.
*
Several presbyteries overtured the last General
Assembly to take such steps as are necessary to re-
call the direction to the Young People's societies
and Sabbath- schools to contribute their missionary
offerings through the Women's Boards, and leave
them free to use either channel, as they may choose.
The Assembly made the following answer :
"The alleged direction referred to in these over-
tures was merely a request of the Foreign Boaid
and not of the Assembly, and in such request the
reservation was distinctly made that every presby-
tery should take such action as it might deem wise,
and that every Young People's scciety and Sab-
bath-school should, sul ject to the advice and Cf n-
sent of their respective church sessions and presby-
teries, determine for themselves the channels
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PRESBYTERIAN CHINESE MISSION — A VISIT TO SERAMPORE, INDIA. [October,
through which their foreign missionary offerings
shall be sent to the treasurer of the Assembly's
Board ; and, therefore, the Assembly deems it un-
necessary to take any action or to disturb the ar-
rangement now existing between its Board and the
Women's Auxiliary Boards.
It has been the purpose of the student mission-
ary campaign in the Epworth League to plant a
missionary library, organize a missionary commit-
tee, and inaugurate systematic giving for foreign
missions in two thousand Leagues during the past
summer. The leaders of the movement appeal to
missionaries on the field for more literature — the
actual daily experiences of the missionary, whether
in the form of story, biography or well-told inci-
dent.
#
Because members of the Woman's Missionary
Society help the church support the other eight
Boards by contributing to the collections for each
of these Boards, the church should also help the
Woman's Missionary Society in the work of sup-
porting the Woman's Board. This, says Home
Mission Monthly, is the argument used by the ses-
sion of an Oregon church, which has placed the
Woman's Board of Home Missions on its list for
an annual collection.
***
The Presbyter ial Record is issued by the Woman' s
Missionary society of the Presbytery of Steuben to
preserve in permanent form the reports and cor-
respondence read at the annual meeting of the
society. In her "Greeting" the president of the
society says : ' ' Let us develop our methods and
improve, where it is possible, all the machinery
for raising the money necessary to our work. But
let us remember that after all these things are only
the means to an end. Let us look through them
on to the ultimate object of all our mission work, the
winning of souls for whom Christ Jesus came to
die that they and we in the beauty of his righteous-
ness may shine as the stars forever and ever."
PRESBYTERIAN CHINESE MISSION.
For thirteen years this Mission, now situated at
53 Fifth avenue, New York, had been under the
care of the Rev. Hiue Kin, who was converted in
the Chinese mission in California in 1874. While
pursuing a theological course in Lane Seminary,
Cincinnati, he was called to inaugurate an evan-
gelistic movement among his own countrymen in
this city in connection with Sunday-school work al-
ready established. During these years many have
been led to Christ, and are to-day worthy members
of the Church. Others have returned to China to
identify themselves with missionary enterprises
there, and still others are in their native land stand-
ing for the work of Christ, although not openly
professing to be his followers.
The record of the Sabbath -school for the past
year shows a total attendance of 4260, with an en-
rollment of 303 and an average attendance of 81.
The attendance at the afternoon service has been
thirty, and the Sabbath evening Bible class twenty-
five. The Y. M. C. A. meetings, which are con-
ducted by the members themselves, are full of in-
terest and good results.
There is a Monday evening and a day school
both fairly well attended. One of the new features
this year has been the organizing of our Chinese
Christian Endeavor society. One new Chinese
Sabbath-school has been organized during the
year.
The Mission has contributed this year $661.69
toward Christian work.
Fourteen of the young men have been hopefully
converted. Nine have united with Dr. George Al-
exander's Church on University Place, and two
have joined other churches.
There is also a Chinese missionary society con-
nected with the Mission, which supports three day
schools in China. The work is truly promising,
and with God's blessing we are looking forward to
better things.
A VISIT TO SERAMPORE, INDIA.
MES. HELEN H. HOLCOMB.
The town of Serampore, on the right bank of the
river Hugli, and about sixteen miles distant from
Calcutta, is of special interest, as having been the
home of the illustrious trio of missionaries, Carey,
Marshman and Ward. It is a long, straggling
town and bears a look of decay, but probably no
other spot in India is so full of interest to the
Christian pilgrim. To Serampore came Messrs.
Marshman and Ward, when on their arrival in India
in the autumn of 1799 they were not permitted to
settle in British territory ; and here, two months
later, they were joined by William Carey, who had
landed in India six years before, and, as an indigo
manufacturer, had been allowed to reside in the
British dominions, while his Christian employer,
respecting his character as an ambassador for Christ,
had in no way hindered him from preaching the
gospel to the people around him, and in the jungles
of Mudnabathy he began the work of translating
the Scriptures into the Bengali language.
Colonel Bie, the governor of Serampore, who
1898.]
A VISIT TO SERAMPORE, INDIA.
343
had eDj'oyed the ministrations of Schwartz, had in-
vited the missionaries to make Serampore their
headquarters, promising them not only that pro-
tection under the Danish crown which had been
denied them by their own government, but all the
assistance in his power.
To this haven came Adoniram Judson and his
gifted wife, Ann Hassaltine, Mr. Newell and the
saintly Harriet Newell, when the opposition to the
settlement of missionaries in British territory was
at its height, and here they remained until they
could be conveyed to the Isle of France, where
Mrs. Newell soon found a grave. In Serampore
for a time lived Henry Martyn, "saint and
scholar."
Paying a visit not long since to this historic spot,
we drove at once from the railway station to the
college built by the famous " missionary trio."
Our conveyance halted before one of the dwellings
adjoining the college. We were welcomed by one
of the professors of the college and soon found our-
selves beneath the roof where the last years of Dr.
Carey were spent and from whence he passed from
earth to heaven. When we had breakfasted we
were conducted through the college. In front of
this noble building flows the river Hugli and on
the opposite bank, set in the midst of an extensive
park, is the elegant country residence of the viceroy
of India. On the second floor of the college is the
library, and here may be found copies of the trans-
lations of the sacred Scriptures made into so many
of the languages of India, by the first missionaries
of Serampore, chiefly by Dr. Carey. Here too are
found copies of the grammars and dictionaries
which they prepared. In this room stands the
pulpit from which Dr. Carey and his associates
preached in the Danish church for over thirty
years, " without fee or reward." In the centre of
a small room, opening out of the spacious library,
is a table around which are grouped four chairs,
each with a history. One of these was the study
chair of Dr. Carey ; a second was the library chair
of Dr. Marshman ; a third had been used by Mr.
Ward and the fourth had belonged to Hannah
Marshman, * l the first woman missionary to India."
When the illustrious trio lived in Serampore,
Mr. Ward had charge of the printing presses. In
reference to this department of work, Mr. Ward
wrote to a friend : "To give to a man a New Tes-
tament who never saw it, to give him these everlast-
ing lines which an angel would be glad to read —
this, this is my blessed work."
For twelve years the great printing house was a
scene of incessant activity. Then it was destroyed by
fire. Every effort was made on the discovery of the fire
to extinguish it, but in vain, and at midnight the
roof fell in. Dr. Carey was at the time in Calcutta,
and when there was no longer any hope of saving
the building, Dr. Marshman hurried to the capital
to break as gently as he could the news of the terri-
ble disaster to his colleague. When the two re-
turned to Serampore and in company walked over
the smoking ruins, tears burst from the eyes of Dr.
Carey. "The Lord has laid me low," he said,
"that I may look more simply to him."
Before the fire was extinguished, these undaunted
men were planning for the continuance of their
work. The masses of molten lead were at once
made over to the type-casters. Happily the presses
were uninjured and these were set up in a long,
low building on the premises which had just been
made vacant, and at the end of thirty days two
editions of the New Testament were put to press.
The missionaries since their arrival had done all
in their power to discontinue the horrid rite of
sati, widow-burning, and from Serampore was sent
to Lord Wellesly, viceroy of India, the first formal
remonstrance on the subject. But it was not until
a quarter of a century later, when Lord William
Bentinck was viceroy, that the atrocious rite was
abolished. The regulation prohibiting sati was
passed on Saturday, the 4th of December, 1829.
On the afternoon of that day the secretary to
government despatched the paper to Dr. Carey at
Serampore to be translated into Bengali. It
reached him on the Sabbath, and, instead of going
into the pulpit as was his custom, he sent for his
pandit and completed the translation before the sun
went down. " It was a work of mercy," he said,
" since the delay of a day might cost the life of two
victims. ' ' We can imagine that when he came forth
from his study on the evening of that memorable
day, his face shone with a new radiance.
The house which, when Serampore was a Danish
possession, served as the official residence of the
governor, is now used as a courthouse by the
British. The handsome iron gates guarding the
entrance to the grounds are the very same which so
long ago swung open to admit the "missionary
brotherhood," when in times of perplexity and
trial they sought the counsel and the sympathy of
the friendly Danish governor, and never sought in
vain.
Near the Danish government house is the church
built by the Danish government and in which Dr.
Carey and his colleagues preached for more than
thirty years. Its doors stood open and we entered.
In the wall on the right of the entrance a black
marble tablet has been inserted, which bears the
following inscription :
In memory of William Carey, D.D., Joshua
Marshman, D.D., andtheBev. William Ward, the
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A VISIT TO SERAMPORF, INDIA.
[October,
Serampore missionaries who, in addition to their
many other labors in the cause of religion and human-
ity, from the opening of this church in 1805 to the
end of their lives, gave their faithful and gratuitous
ministrations to the congregation here assembling.
On the same shady street, facing the river and
between the Danish church and the mission college,
is the mission chapel, hallowed by so many tender
and sacred associations. When in 1801 the first
edition of the Bengali New Testament issued from
the Serampore press, the first bound copy was
brought to this chapel and placed upon the commu-
nion table, around which gathered the members of
the mission family and the converts from heathen-
ism, while a brief service of thanksgiving was held.
In this chapel, after the death of Dr. Carey in 1834,
Dr. Marshman and the Rev. John Mack, who had
come out from Scotland in 1821 to join the " Ser-
ampore brotherhood," preached sermons relating
to the life and work of the great missionary. Dr.
Marshman survived his beloved colleague only
three years. Less than a week before the end came
he asked to be carried to the chapel at the hour of
the weekly meeting for prayer. Seated in his arm-
chair in the midst of the congregation, in a firm
voice he gave out the hymn which he and his
colleagues had so often used that it had been called
"the chant of the Serampore missionaries" — "0
Lord, our God, arise."
Standing near the pulpit on the occasion of our
visit, the whole touching scene passed in imagina-
tion before us, the dying saint lifting up his voice
for the last time in the loved sanctuary, the weep-
ing people and the tender farewell look bestowed
upon the flock, as the dying shepherd was carried
away to return no more.
A marble tablet on the right of the pulpit in the
chapel bears this inscription :
"This tablet is erected to the memory cf the
Serampore missionaries, William Carey, Joshua
Marshman, William Ward, and their faithful and
beloved associate, John Mack, in the chapel conse-
crated by their ministrations."
On the opposite side of the pulpit is a tablet on
which is inscribed the following :
"In memory of Hannah Marshman, widow of
Joshua Marshman, the last surviving member of
the missionary family at Serampore. She arrived
in this settlement in October, 1799, and opened a
seminary to aid in the support of the mission in
May, 1800. After having consecrated her life and
property to this sacred cause and exhibited an ex-
ample of humble piety and angelic benevolence for
forty-seven years, she was removed to her eternal
rest, at the aie of eighty, March 5, 1847."
A short drive from the college brings the visitor
to the Aldeen House, tvhere, until his death in 1812,
lived the Rev. Dav'd Brown, between whom and the
Serampore missionaries a warm friendship existed.
In May, 1806, the Rev. Henry Marty n arrived in
Calcutta as a military chaplain. For some time
Mr. Martyn lived at Aldeen House with Mr.
Brown, maintaining a most friendly intercourse
with the Serampore missionaries. Of him, Dr.
Carey wrote in one of his letters, " a young clergy-
man, Mr. Martyn, is lately arrived, who is
possessed of a truly missionary spirit."
At the southern extremity of the grounds in
which Aldeen House was situated was a spacious
temple, from which the idol had been removed,
and which had been abandoned because of the en-
croachments of the river. This temple Mr. Brown
converted into a dwelling and Henry Martyn made
it for a time his residence, and it became known in
consequence as Henry Martyn' s Pagoda.
One apartment was furnished with an organ and
used as a Christian sanctuary. Before leaving
Serampore we paid a visit to this historic pagoda.
The open platform facing the river, where Henry
Martyn used to sit in the cool of the day, has long
since disappeared, and the whole temple is in a
dilapidated condition, but it will ever be a place of
interest to the Christian pilgrim. Aldeen House
still stands, and as we viewed it from the pagoda we
thought of those who so long since trod the path
leading from it to the temple — Martyn, Brown,
Heber and others of kindred spirit.
In the upper veranda of the house adjoining the
college and which had been the residence of Dr.
Carey for several years prior to his death, the aged
saint worked at his desk almost to the end, and here,
when able to do so, he received visitors in the even-
ing. To this house, during Dr. Carey's last ill-
ness, came Alexander Duff, the ardent young mis-
sionary who was just entering upon his brilliant
career in India. On one of these visits, if not in-
deed on the last visit paid by Mr. Duff to the dying
saint, after prayer had been offered and the good-
byes spoken, a feeble voice recalled the visitor.
Bending over the couch of the invalid, Mr. Duff
heard these words: "You have been speaking
about Dr. Carey, Dr. Carey. When I am gone
say nothing about Dr. Carey. Speak about Dr.
Carey's Saviour." From a scene so hallowed thi*
zealous young servant of the Master went forth to
do most valiant service.
The message that Dr. Carey left as a legacy to
Alexander Duff is the message which he and those
who labored with him in Serampore, by the record
cf their saintly lives, have left to all who bear the
Christian name : Speak for Christ, live for Christ.
Jhansi, India.
1898.]
THE BOARD OF EDUCATION.
345
THE BOARD OF EDUCATION.
The efforts of individuals, of presbyteries and
synods and of voluntary societies to make provision
for the education of young men who seemed called
of God to preach the gospel culminated in the or-
ganization by the General Assembly, in 1819, of
the Board of Education.
This Board, located in Philadelphia, is com-
posed of nine ministers and nine elders ; three of
each class being chosen by the Assembly every
year to serve for three years. The Kev. George
D. Baker, D. D. , is president, and the Rev. James
M. Crowell, D.D., vice-president.
The Rev. Edward B. Hodge, D D, a nephew of
Dr. Charles Hodge, and son-in-law of Dr. Cort-
land t Van Rensselaer, after a pastorate of thirty
years in Burlington, N. J., was chosen in 1893 to
succeed Dr. D. W. Poor as corresponding secre-
tary. As a member of the Board for fifteen years,
he was in hearty sympathy with its methods. A
man of dignified Christian courtesy, honored and
beloved throughout the Church, his administration
has been eminently successful. Mr. Jacob Wilson, the genial treasurer, with more that thirty years' ex-
perience in the service of the Board, is highly esteemed for his sterling character.
The design of the seal is a pulpit recess or architectural tabernacle, within which, upon a Bible and hymn
book laid on a pulpit, stands a burning candle. The motto, " Aliis inserviendo consumor" — " I am con-
sumed in serving others" — is the verbal interpretation of the burning candle. Surrounding this illumined
tabernacle are seven stars, types of the messengers or " angels" of the churches (Rev. 1 : 20). The olive
wreath on the base of the field symbolizes
peace and the gospel. The above fig-
ures strikingly represent the office of all
who have devoted themselves to the
Christian ministry.
The preaching of the Word is the
chief instrumentality for the extension
and upbuilding of the kingdom of Christ.
Our Lord himself trained a body of men
for that work, and the Church, recogniz-
ing the duty of supplying the means for
its own extension, is following his ex-
ample. Since an educated ministry is
essential to the prosperity of the Church,
this recruiting agency, which attempts
to furnish an adequate supply of de-
voted, well -trained ministers, seems to
occupy a position of vast importance
and great responsibility.
Without the aid afforded by the Board,
many young men of superior gifts and
sinoere piety would be lost to the minis-
try, because unable to obtain the costly
preparation for ordination which the
Church requires. Nearly one-half of the
ministers of our Church have been under
the care of this Board.
The Rev. Matthew B. Hope, who was Edward B. Hodge, D,D,
346
THE BOARD OF EDUCATION.
[October,
Geo. D. Baker, D.D.
corresponding secretary, 1841-44, said of
the Board of Education that it had been
providentially placed " at the fountain
head of streams of Christian influence
that are to fertilize and beautify the
earth. To convey these streams to
every portion of the globe is the im-
portant work of the Boards of Missions,
but to stand at the head and regulate
the supply is not less important. The
cause of Education lies at the very basis
of the "whole structure of benevolence.
It deeply concerns the extent and power
of the agency which under God is to
wield the destinies of the Church and the
world."
When the engineer on a ferryboat
suddenly died, a serious accident was
avoided because there was a man on
board ready to take his place. Back of
every man who occupies a post of great
responsibility should stand another man
trained and ready to take his place. It
is the mission of the Board of Education
to have another man ready — ready to
take charge of newly organized
churches, to take possession of the une-
vangelized regions of our own land and
to carry the gospel message to foreign
countries. The average annual loss to our church by death and dismissal is 174, and there are three new
Presbyterian churches organized every week.
The Board of Education is an integral part of a system of eight agencies of our Church, closely bound
together, and each essential to the successful working of all the rest. The work of Sabbath -school mis-
sions, effort in behalf of the Freedmen, home and foreign missionary work, the building of houses of
worship and manses, the equipping of colleges
and academies, all imply and demand that there
shall be men enough ready to carry on the work of
evangelization and upbuilding. The vital force
of the Church is crippled if the work of minis-
terial education is neglected.
It was the opinion of Dr. Charles Hodge that
no other human agency had ever accomplished so
large an amount of good at so small an expense and
with so few failures.
The above summary and the article on pages
285-292, prepared especially for the November
meeting of the Christian Training Course, are
given one month in advance that there may be
time for preparation. Make an enlarged reproduc-
tion of the seal for use at the meeting. Write to
Dr. Hodge for literature to use in connection with
this magazine. Secure from the pastor, if possi-
ble, a file of recent "Reports" of the Board of
Education. An abstract of the annual report
may be found in each volume of the "Minutes of
Mr. Jacob Wilson. the General Assembly."
1898.]
THE WESTMINSTER STANDARDS.
347
THE WESTMINSTER STANDARDS AND THE FORMATION OF
THE AMERICAN REPUBLIC.
EEV. WM. HEXEY ROBERTS, D.D., LL.D.
[This address in full and as a separate publication can be had from the Presbyterian Board of Publication and Sabbath-
school Work.]
The predominant influence in the history of
mankind has always been that resident in ideas.
All forms of human organization, religious, so-
cial, political, are the outgrowth of the ideas
which constitute their formative principles. This
is true whatever the character of the organiza-
tions, whether they be societies, communities,
nations, or churches. The State as well as the
Church, empires equally with republics, tyrannies
equally with popular governments, are the results
of the dominance of ideas in the human mind.
It is this fact which gives to truth its supreme
worth, and which confers upon all sacrifices made
for principle an inestimable value.
The power resident in ideas finds marked illus-
tration in the Protestant Reformation, which be-
gan its beneficent revolutionary work in the early
years of the sixteenth century. That Reforma-
tion took as formative truths the sovereignty of
God over human affairs, the sovereignty of the
Holy Scriptures as God's law over faith and con-
duct, the direct responsibility of the individual to
God, and the fact that in his dealings with men
God is no respecter of peisons. Further, truth,
when accepted, affects all the interests of men,
material, mental and political, as well as spiritual.
The cardinal tenets of the Protestant Reformation
became, therefore, irrepressible and aggressive
political forces, maintaining and securing the
rights of man to equality before the law, to
liberty, and to a voice in the government under
which he lives.
The ideas which caused and controlled the Re-
formation found expression two hundred and fifty
years ago in the Westminster Standards. Doctrin-
ally, the system of thought found in them bears
the name of Calvinism, from its chief theologian,
John Calvin of Geneva. Politically, the system
is the chief source of modern republican govern-
ment. That Calvinism and republicanism are re-
lated to each other as cause and effect is acknowl-
edged by authorities who are not Presbyterians.
Isaac Taylor calls republicanism the Presbyterian
principle. Bishop Hoisley declares that ' ' Calvin
was unquestionably in theory a republican,"
and adds that "so wedded was he to this notion,
that he endeavored to fashion the government of
a 11 the Protestant Churches upon republican prin-
ciples." This thought is st « ' rther carried for-
ward by Bancroft when ^e speaks of "the politi-
cal character of Calvinism, which with one con"
sent and with instinctive judgment the monarchs
of that day feared as republicanism." Leopold
Von Ranke, the German historian, gives his
weighty judgment in the words, "John Calvin
was the virtual founder of America." Lord Mac-
aulay writes that the ministers of the Church of
Scotland inherited the republican opinions of
Knox, and also states that the Long Parliament,
which was controlled by Presbyterians, "is justly
entitled to the reverence and gratitude of all in
every part of the world who enjoy the blessings of
constitutional freedom." The Long Parliament
was the body which gave existence to the West-
minster Assembly, and Macaulay's testimony
therefore points to the intimate connection between
Calvinistic doctrine and constitutional govern-
ment. These extracts from the writings of men
who were not themselves Presbyterians indicate
clearly the political influence of the doctrinal
ideas contained in the Westminster Standards.
The Westminster Standards were the common
doctrinal standards of all the Calvinists of Great,
Britain and Ireland. The English Calvinists
commonly known as Puritans, early found a home
on American shores, and the Scotch, Dutch,
Scotch-Irish, French and German settlers, who
were of the Protestant faith, were their natural
allies. It is important to a clear understanding
of the influence of Westminster in American
Colonial history to know that the majority of the
early settlers of this country, from Massachusetts
to Delaware inclusive, and also in parts of Mary-
land, Virginia, and the Carolinas, were Calvinists.
They brought with them to this land those doctri-
nal ideas which exalt in the human mind the
sovereignty of God, which bring all lives and in-
stitutions to the test of the Holy Scripture, which
teach that the divine being is no respecter of per-
sons, and which lead logically to the conclusion
that all men are born free and equal. Further,
the early British settlers, whether Presbyterians
or Puritans, were all believers in the Westminster
Confession. The Congregationalists of New Eng-
land adopted it for doctrine in 1643, one year after
its completion at London ; the Baptists also
adopted it in 1677 except as to Baptist peculiari-
ties ; the Presbyterians always maintained it vig-
orously for both doctrine and government ; and
the Reformed Dutch were in full sympathy w
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THE WESTMfNSTER STANDARDS.
[October,
the Presbyterians. To put the situation concisely,
about the year 1700 the American Colonists were
divided into two greit sections, the one Episcopa-
lians and Monarchists, the other Calvinists and
believers in pDpular government. From Boston
to the Potomac, Puritan and Presbyterian Calvin-
ists were in the ascendant, and from the Potomac
southward the majority of the people were of op-
posite tendencies. Naturally between these par-
ties conflicts arose, caused by their fundamental
differences in religion, in church government, and
in the views which they held of the rights of the
people. Into a lengthy and adequate considera-
tion of these differences the limits of space forbid
entrance. A concise statement of several particu-
lars, each of which is intimately connected as a
fundamental factor with the formation of the
American Republic, must suffice for present pur-
poses.
One of the initial points of difference between
the Calvinists and other of the early American
settlers had to do with popular education. We
to-day believe that the education of all citizens is
fundamental to the welfare of the Republic.
This principle, however, it should be understood,
is a logical result of Calvinistic thought and prac-
tice. Calvinists, taught by the Holy Scriptures,
made religion a personal matter, not between man
and the Church, but between the soul and God,
and necessitated personal knowledge on the part
of human beings of God's Word as the law of
faith and life. Education in religious truth be-
came therefore a cardinal principle of the Calvin-
ists, and the steps were easy and swift from it to
secular and popular education. This logical con-
nection between Calvinism and education is ac-
knowledged by our historian Bancroft, who says
that Calvin was the "first founder of the public
school system. " It is also shown by the history
of popular education. A high authority states
that Presbyterian Scotland 4i is entitled to the
credit of having first established schools for pri-
mary instruction to be supported at the public ex-
pense." The Scotch system of free education was
founded in 1567, fifty years before the American
Calvinist colonies had been established. Presby-
terian Holland followed closely in the footsteps of
Scotland, and the first settlers in New England
and the Middle States, being themselves Calvin-
ists, naturally proceeded at once, like their
European brethren of similar faith, to care for the
interests of education. Harvard, Yale, and
Princeton Universities were all founded by men
who believed in the Westminster Confession, and
as early as 1647 Massachusetts and Connecticut
established public school systems. In some
other colonies, however, a very different state of
affairs was to be found. An Episcopal governor
of Virginia, in 1661, thanked God that there were
in that region neither "free schools nor printing."
Steadily year by year, however, the belief in pop-
ular education, nurtured by our Calvinistic ances-
tors, by men who believed in the Westminster
Confession and in the canons of the Synod of
Dort, spread throughout the colonies, and to-day
the right of all persons to become through instruc-
tion intelligent citizens is everywhere recognized
in this great republic. Is education one of the
foundation stones of the nation ? Then honor to
whom honor is due, to the men who believed in
the application of Calvinistic principles to secular
education.
Another cardinal principle of the government
of this American nation is the separation of
Church and State, with its resulting absolute re-
ligious freedom for the individual. This charac-
teristic of the organization of the republic is also
a logical outcome of Calvinistic doctrine. Estab-
lishments of religion are found in Europe, even in
such Presbyterian lands as Scotland and Holland,
but they are survivals from a past age, and are not
a rightful development from the great Calvinistic
principle, that ' ' God alone is Lord of the con-
science." This was seen clearly in the American
colonies first by the Dutch settlers in New York,
who were Presbyterians, then by the Baptists,
who equally with the Presbyterians are Calvinists.
The English speaking American Presbyterians
quickly recognized the full force of the principle,
and as early as 1729 the General Synod of the
Presbyterian Church declared that the Church
should be independent of the State. This Scrip-
tural position was antagonized, however, at the
fir«t by the Congregational ists in New England,
and then by the Episcopalians in all the colonies
where they were in authority. Gradually, how-
ever, the principle of untrammeled religious lib-
erty won its way to recognition in New England,
and the acknowledgment of it, there and in other
parts of the country, was hastened by the at-
tempts made from 1750 onward to establish the
Episcopal Church in the colonies. United resist-
ance to such attempts was first organized in 1766,
ten years prior to the Declaration of Independence,
and in part by the General Synod of the Presby-
terian Church. A petition had been sent by
Episcopalians, in the year just named, from a
convention held in New York, to the British gov-
ernment, for the appointment of bishops for
America. Presbyterians and Congregationalists,
Dutch, German and French Protestants, had ex-
perienced the baneful power of established Epis-
1833.]
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349
c ipal Churches on the other side of the Atlantic.
American Calvinists could not forget the awful
butcheries of the Spanish tyrants in the Nether-
lands, the terrible devastation wrought in the
valley of the Rhine, the 100,000 victims of the
massacre of St. Bartholomew, or the 18,000
covenanters who in Scotland, during a few brief
years, were either massacred by dragoons or exe-
cuted by the agents of ecclesiastical tyranny.
The moment, therefore, that religious liberty was
seriously threatened by the schemes of a Church
which at that time was ultra-loyal to the British
crown, American Calvinists joined forces, and from
New England to South Carolina never wavered
a hair's-breadth from a thoroughgoing devotion to
the cause of religious liberty. They stood
shoulder to shoulder in opposition to ecclesiastical
tyranny, and their courage and high intelligence
secured fjr the republic that religious freedom
which is now a leading characteristic of our
national life.
Havirig dealt with religious liberty, it is nat-
ural now to turn to the consideration of the spe-
cific relation of the American Presbyterian Church
to the civil liberty which was secured by the in-
dependence of the United States. The opening
of the Revolutionary struggle found the Presby-
terian ministers and churches ranged solidly on
the side of the colonies. In 1775 the General
Synod issued a pastoral letter, an extract from
which indicates the spirit prevailing in the
Church, and reads, "Be careful to maintain the
union which at present subsists through all the
colonies. In particular, as the Continental Con-
gress, now sitting at Philadelphia, consists of
delegates chosen in the most free and unbiased
manner by the people .... adhere firmly to their
resolutions, and let it be seen that they are able
to bring out the whole strength of this vast coun-
try to carry them into execution." Contempo-
rary with this letter of the Synod was the famous
Mecklenburgh Declaration of Independence, re-
nouncing all allegiance to Great Britain, passed
by a convention in western North Carolina, com-
posed of delegates nearly all Presbyterians, and
forestalling the action of the Colonial Congress in
the same line by more than a year. Further, in
the sessions of the Continental Congress, the in-
fluence of no delegate exceeded that wielded by
the Rev. John Witherspoon, president of Prince-
ton College, the only clerical signer of the Declara-
tion of Independence. Under his leadership the
American Presbyterian Church never faltered in
her devotion to the cause of the independence of
these United States. So resolute and aggressive
were its members in their opposition to the Eng-
lish government, that the colonial cause was re-
peatedly spoken of in Great Britain as the Presby-
terian Rebellion. At the close of the war, in
1783, the General Synod addressed a letter to its
churches, congratulating them on the "general
and almost universal attachment of the Presby-
terian body to the cause of liberty and the rights
of mankind." What was true of the Presby-
terian was true of the other Calvinistic Churches
of the land, of the Congregational and also of the
German and Dutch Reformed. It is estimated
that of the 3,000,000 Americans at the time of the
American Revolution, 900,000 were of Scotch or
Scotch-Irish origin ; that the German and Dutch
Calvinists numbered 400,000, and the Puritan
English 600,000. If the believers in the West-
minster Standards and cognate creeds had been
on the side of George III in 1776, the result
would have been other than it was. But they
stood where thoroughgoing Calvinists must ever
stand, with the people and against tyrants, and
therefore under the blessing of God the American
colonies became free and independent States.
We pass now to a fact which in connection
with the influence of the Presbyterian Church
upon the republic is quite as important as any yet
dealt with, the position of the Church for three-
quarters of a century as the sole representative
upon this continent of a representative popular
government as now organized in this nation.
From 1706 to the opening of the revolutionary
struggle, the only body in existence which stood
for our present national political organization was
the General Synod of the American Presbyterian
Church. It alone among ecclesiastical and poli-
tical colonial organizations exercised authority,
derived from the colonists themselves, over bodies
of Americans scattered through all the colonies
from New England to Georgia. The colonies in
the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, it is to
be remembered, while all dependent upon Great
Britain, were independent of each other. Such a
body as the Continental Congress did not exist
until 1774. The religious condition of the coun-
try was similar to the political. The Congrega-
tional Churches of New England had no connec-
tion with each other, and had no power apart
from the civil government. The Episcopal Church
was without organization in the colonies, was
dependent for support and a ministry on the Es-
tablished Church of England, and was filled with
an intense loyalty to the British monarchy. The
Reformed Dutch Church did not become an effi-
cient and independent organization until 1771,
and the German Reformed Church did not attain
to that condition until 1793. The Baptist
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[October,
Churches were separate organizations, the Metho-
dists were practically unknown, and the Quakers
were non-combatants. But in the midst of these
disunited ecclesiastical units one body of American
Christians stood out in marked contrast. The
General Synod of the Presbyterian Church was
not dependent for its existence upon any Euro-
pean Church, was efficiently organized, and had
jurisdiction over churches in the majority of the
colonies. Every year Presbyterian ministers and
elders from the different colonies came up to the
cities of Philadelphia or New York, to consider
not only the religious interests of their people,
but likewise educational and at times political
questions. It was impossible, at that date, it
must be remembered, to separate these latter
issues from the affairs of the Church, for the
country was under the English government, the
Episcopal Church was the only Church to which
that government was favorable, and Christians of
other beliefs were compelled to act vigorously
and unitedly in the maintenance of both their re-
ligious and secular interests. And the Presbyte-
rian Church, filled with the spirit of liberty, in-
tensely loyal to its convictions of truth, and
gathering every year in its General Synod, be-
came through that body a bond of union and cor-
respondence between large elements in the popu-
lation of the divided colonies. Is it any wonder
that under its fostering influence the sentiments
of true liberty, as well as the tenets of a sound
gospel, were preached throughout the territory,
from Long Island to South Carolina, and that
above all a feeling of unity between the colonies
began slowly but surely to assert itself? The
United States of America owe much to that
oldest of American Eepublics, the Presbyterian
Church.
The influence of the Presbyterian Church was
zealously employed, at the close of the war for in-
dependence, to bring the colonies into a closer
union. The main hindrance to the formation of
the Federal Union, as it now exists, lay in the
reluctance of many of the States to yield to a gen-
eral government any of the powers which they
possessed. The Federal party in its advocacy of
union had no more earnest and eloquent sup-
porters than John Witherspoon, Elias Boudinot,
and other Presbyterian members of the Conti-
nental Congress. In this they were aided by
many who had come to the views which they as
Presbyterians had always maintained. Slowly but
surely ideas of government, in harmony with those
of the Westminster Standards, were accepted as
formative principles for the government of the
United States, and that by many persons not con-
nected with the Presbyterian Church. Among
these were the great leaders in the Constitutional
Convention, James Madison, a graduate of Prince-
ton, who sat as a student under Witherspoon ; Al-
exander Hamilton, of Scotch parentage, and whose
familiarity with Presbyterian government is fully
attested, and above all George Washington, who,
though an Episcopalian, had so great a regard for
the Presbyterian Church and its services to the
country, that he not only partook of holy commu-
nion with its members, but gave public expression
to his high esteem. Indeed, at one time so marked
was the respect for the Church during revolution-
ary days, that it was feared by Christians of other
denominations that it might become in America,
what it was in Scotland, the Established Church,
and so widespread was the feeling of alarm that the
General Synod felt compelled to pass a deliverance
setting forth its views in relation to religious free-
dom. Great, however, as was the influence of the
Presbyterian Church in those trying times, its
ministers and members were always true to their
own principles. Presbyterians both in the Old
World and the New had been accustomed to rep-
resentative government, to the subordination of
the parts to the whole, and to the rule of majorities
for more than two centuries prior to the American
Revolution. They knew the value of unity to
popular government, and they labored earnestly
and persistently until their governmental princi-
ples were all accepted by the American people, and
the divided colonies became the United States of
America. It is not that the claim is made, that
either the principles of the Calvinistic creed or of
the Presbyterian government, were the sole source
from which sprang the government of this great
Republic, but it is asserted that mightiest among
the forces which made the colonies a nation were
the governmental principles found in the Westmin-
ster Standards. Our historian Bancroft says, "the
Revolution of 1776, so far as it was affected by re-
ligion, was a Presbyterian measure. It was the
natural outgrowth of the principles which the
Presbyterianism of the Old Wcrld planted in her
sons, the English Puritans, the Scotch Covenan-
ters, the French Huguenots, the Dutch Calvinists,
and the Presbyterians of Ulster." The elements of
popular government were, without question found
in many of the colonies, especially in New Eng-
land, but the federal principle, whose acknowledg-
ment resulted in the American nation, through the
adoption of the Constitution of 1788, was found
previous to that year in full operation upon this
continent only in the American Presbyterian
Church, and had in it its most practical and suc-
cessful advocate. Chief among the blessings which
1898.]
QUESTIONS.
351
Presbyterians aided in bestowing upon this country
was and is the Federal Union.
Such is the relation of the Westminster Stand-
ards to our national life ; such is the answer
which as Presbyterians we give to the question,
What have the principles of these Standards done
for the Republic ? To-day, as we look over our
broad national domain, as we see the 70,000,000
of our inhabitants in the enjoyment of education,
of religious freedom, of civil liberty, of the bless-
ings which the Federal Union has secured to the
nation, we can say, This hath Westminster, hath
Calvinism wrought ! This, too, is our answer to
the assertion made by some ill-informed persons,
in whose minds prejudice has usurped the throne
of sound reason, the assertion that Calvinism is
dead. Dead ! Calvinism dead I The fundamental
principles of Westminster are maintained to-day in
this land not only by the Presbyterian and the Re-
formed Churches, but also by the Baptists, Congre-
gationalists, and many Episcopalians. The ma-
jority of American Protestants are Calvinists.
Calvinism dead ! It will cease to be both life and
power only when popular education shall give
place to popular ignorance, when civil and religi-
ous liberty shall vanish, when the Republic shall be
shattered into separate and warring nationalities,
and when the very life shall have perished from
government of the people, by the people, and for
the people. But never shall such changes be.
Oh, America, America ! The sovereign hand of
the Almighty rocked thy cradle, the eternal pur-
pose sustained and nurtured thy founders, and we
believe that the unchangeable divine decree hath
ordained thee to be an indestructible union of inde-
structible States, the leader of the hopes of man-
kind, the majority of thy citizens servants of God
and lovers of humanity, until the hour when God
shall in truth dwell with men, and all mankind
shall be his people.
QUESTIONS FOR THE OCTOBER MISSIONARY MEETING.
[Answers may be found in the preceding pages.]
WORK AT HOME. WORK ABROAD.
1. What work is our Church doing among the Indians in
the Indian Territory ? Page 326.
2. Describe the spiritual destitution among the whites in
that Territory. Page 327.
3. What is the outlook for mission work in Porto Rico?
Page 327.
4. The Mormon articles of faith are what ? Page 329.
5. How many Mormons are there in Utah and vicinity ?
Page 330.
6. How are Mormon missionaries recruited? Page 331.
7. In what respects have the Mormons shown their lack of
patriotism ? Pages 331, 332.
8. How does a Sabbath-school missionary describe the
hunger for the gospel which he found in New Mexico ? Page
313.
9. What incident illustrates the character of the students
at Poynette Academy ? Page 319.
10. Why does the Freedmen's Board say No to appeals for
help? Page 322.
11. What is said of the contributions last year to the cause
of Ministerial Relief? Page 320.
12. Glean some facts regarding Church Erection from the
tabular statement on pages 316, 317.
13. Where was the first band of Student Volunteers or-
ganized ? Page 300.
14. Describe the origin and growth of the missionary
training school at Cornwall, Conn. Page 301.
15. How did William E. Dodge earn money for this
school ? Page 302.
16. Why was the school finally discontinued ? Page 303.
17. What was the influence of the Hawaiian, Obookiah,
in tnis country ? Pages 301-303.
18. What are the evidences of the weakness of China?
Page 283.
19. In what is China strong ? Page 283.
20. What real progress has China made? Pages 283, 28 1.
21. How does the tribal relation in Africa hinder the ad-
vancement of the Mabeya ? Page 308.
22. Describe their lack of truthfulness. Page 309.
23. How did the Koreans in the city of Kimhai secure a
house of worship ? Page 310.
24. How does a missionary testify to the value of a student
conference in Lahore ? Page 310.
25. How did an elder in a Mexican village, on assuming
the duties of local magistrate, honor the Bible ? Page 312.
26. Describe the character and work of Christian Frederick
Schwartz. Page 299.
THE CHRISTIAN TRAINING COURSE.
It has been decided to furnish for the Christian Training Course a series of articles on 1 1 How to Bring
Men to Christ," for use instead of Mr. Torrey's book. These will be prepared by various pastors and
will follow the topics already printed in the September number. This will make the purchase of the
book unnecessary. The first article will appear in November.
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CHRISTIAN TRAINING COURSE PROGRAMS.
[October,
CHRISTIAN TRAINING COURSE PROGRAMS.
Outline D. Program No. 1, October, 1898.
I. Biblical— SO Minutes.
1. Hymn. Biblical Leader in charge.
2. Prayer.
3. Biblical Study. Studies in Evangelism. Study I—
General Conditions of Success.
1. The Worker must be a Converted Person. See Psa.
66 : 16 ; 34 : 11 ; Andrew, Philip. Cite other texts, experi-
ence and incidents.
2. A Love for Souls. How get it? (1) By the Holy
Spirit. (2) Example of Jesus. (3) Man's need. (4) Our
experience. Find texts.
3. A Working Knowledge of the Bible.
4. Prayer. Give requests.
5. The Holy Spirit over all.
The pressing need of such work by lay-workers is steadily
increasing. Ought not church officers, Sunday-school
teachers, leaders of societies and bands, to know something
about Evangelism ? To say nothing of other church mem-
bers ! This first study may be profitably treated as a confer-
ence, the leader calling up the points and the audience join-
ing in the discussion. This will require no text-book. The
pastor or some experienced leader should conduct the con-
ference.
4. Prayer. Have many brief prayers.
Historical— 50 Minutes.
5. Hymn. Historical Leader in charge.
6. Historical Study. American Presbyterianism.
Study I— The Westminster Standards and the Formation
of the Republic.
Required reading. See The Chtjrch at Home and
Abroad, October, 1898, pp. 347-351 ; article by the Rev.
Wm. Henry Roberts, D.D. The items of the program follow
paragraphs of the article.
1. The Grand Ideas of the Reformation. X 1. Idea as re-
lated to action. The Sovereignty of God, Authority of
Scripture, Responsibility of the Individual, Equality of
Men.
2. Relation of Calvinism to Republicanism, X 2. Empha-
size the quotations, Taylor, Horseley, Bancroft, Von Ranke,
Macaulay.
3. Westminster Doctrine and Our Early Settlers, X 3. Cal-
vinists in majority. The two differing sections.
4. Calvinism and Popular Education. ^J 4. See Bancroft's
testimony. The Scotch system in 1567. New England sys-
tem in 1647. Contrast Virginia in 1651.
5. Calvinism and the Separation of Church and State. X 5.
First the Presbyterian Dutch. The year 1729. Later strug-
gles.
6. The American Presbyterian Church Solid for Civil
Liberty, X 6. General Synod's pastoral letter. Mecklen-
burgh Declaration. Rev. Dr. John Witherspoon.
7. Our Church as the Sole Example of Republican Unity
from 1706 to 1774. fl 7. A wonderful fact. Our rightful
pride. Why other Churches did not stand for this.
8. Presbyterian Aid in the Formation of the Federal
Union, X 8. Prominent Presbyterians in the Federal
party. Synod's noble disclaimer. Bancroft again.
9. The Splendid Summary. X 9. Every word of this ad-
mirable article should be read to all our people, and the ar-
ticle circulated through all our churches. This topic is
one of the most important, most interesting, most fruitful.
7. Prayer. For our Church and our Country.
8. Hymn.
Outline D. Program No. 2, October, 1898.
7". Doctrinal — 15 Minutes.
1. Hymn. The Pastor in charge.
2. Prayer.
3. Doctrinal Study. The Shorter Catechism.
Ques. 96. What is the Lord's Supper? Answer in uni-
son. Proof? (y) 1 Cor. 11 : 23-26 ; (z) Acts 3 : 21 ; 1 Cor. 10 :
16.
Ques. 97. What is required to the worthy receiving of
the Lord's Supper? Let one answer. Proof? (a) 1 Cor. 11 :
27, 31, 32 ; Rom. 6 : 17, 18.
Ques. 98. What is Prayer ? Let one answer. Proof ? (b)
Ps. 10 : 17 ; Ps. 145 : 19 ; (c) 1 Jno. 5 : 14 ; (d) Jno. 16 : 23 ;
(e) 1 Jno. 1:9; (f) Phil. 4:6.
Ques. 99. What rule hath God given for our direction in
prayer? Let one answer. Proof? (g) Rom. 8 : 26 ; Ps. 119 :
170; (h) Matt. 6:9-13.
Other Scriptures related may easily be found and will be
profitable to read.
II. Missionary— h5 Minutes.
4. Hymn. Missionary Leader in charge.
Missionary Study. Missionary Expansion. Study I—
The Reformation and its Influence. Beginning at Jerusa-
lem.
Required reading. Graham's Missionary Expansion of the
Reformed Churches, chapters ii, iii.
The seoret of the missionary march of Christianity, p. 6.
How was the forward movement checked ? p. 7. The out-
look at the end of the fifteenth century ? p. 7. Gleams of
light before the Reformation, pp. 7, 8. Why was not the
Reformation followed by aggressive missionary work in
non-Christian lands ? pp. 9, 10. Influence of the Reforma-
tion on the ultimate evangelization of the world, pp. 10, 11.
Let the leader appoint some one in advance to present a
summary of the chapter, " Beginning at Jerusalem."
Study II — Medical Missions.
Required reading. The Church at Home and Abroad,
October, 1898, pp. 304-308. Which missionary Board
has the largest medical mission work? p. 304. Medical
missions are justified by the following considerations : (1) It
is a clearly warrantable form of humanitarian effort ; (2)
By the training of native physicians the good accomplished
is perpetuated and extended ; (3) Medical missions release
mankind from the bondage of heathen superstition ; (4)
Rectify the social wrongs of woman ; (5) Open the way for
thepreachiog of the gospel, pp. 304-307.
Study II (alternate)— The Board of Publication and Sab-
bath-school Work.
Required reading. The Chdrch at Home and
Abroad, September, 1898, pp. 251-253 and 191-198.
Employ a local artist to make a drawiog of the seal, large
enough to be seen in any part of the room. Assign to five
persons the following points : Origin and history of the
Board ; Business department ; Editorial department ; Sab-
bath-school and Missionary department ; Twentieth Century
movement.
1898.]
PRESBYTERIAN ENDEAVORERS.
353
PKESBYTERIAN ENDEAVORERS.
San Francisco, Cal.
Westminster. — At the semi-annual meeting of the
Young People's Association of the Presbytery of
San Franckco, held with this church, the program
consisted of papers and talks on the following topics :
"Oar Commander," " Our Book of Tactics, the
Bible," "Our Campaign," "Our Army, the Young
People," "Our Sinews of War, the Treasury,"
" Our Defenses." An enjoyable social followed.
Shanghai, China.
Fifty children from heathen homes, who can
read the Bible, are gathered by Mrs. Mary A.
Posey every Tuesday afternoon into a Junior En-
deavor society. Mrs. Posey, who once thought she
was happiest when a teacher at home with her pri-
mary classes, now finds her greatest joy in unfolding
the truth to listening souls. She writes that she does
not have to wait for the recompense of reward, but
has the hundredfold now.
Englewood, III.
First. — An impetus was given to the work of the
Endeavor society by a rally of South Side Christian
Endeavorers, at which ten societies were represented.
Dubuque, la.
First. — The Endeavor society held, July 24, a
Havergal meeting, at which the life of Miss Haver-
gal was presented, and all the hymns used were of
her composition.
Oelwein, la.
A number of the young people meet with the
pastor every Monday afternoon to recite the Cate-
chism and listen to an explanation of the meaning
of the answers.
Arkansas City, Kans.
At the district Christian Endeavor convention
held with this church in August, stirring mission-
ary addresses were made by Field Secretary Thomas
Marshall, D.D.
Pittsburg, Kans.
Of the last Christian Endeavor business meeting,
the pastor writes : It was well attended and in all
hearts there was an earnest spirit of loyalty to
Christ and devotion to his cause. August having
been more or less of a vacation month, instead of
the usual monthly reports the chairman of each
committee read a brief paper on some practical
topic relating to committee work. For example,
the chairman of the prayer meeting committee
spoke upon the " The Leader's Preparation ; " the
chairman of the lookout committee had for the sub-
ject of her paper, " How Can I "Win Others to the
Saviour?" while the social committee's chairman
read us some practical suggestions on f ' Improving
the Social Atmosphere of Our Society and Church."
Our society is alive and we feel the need of becom-
ing more and more so in order to do our part in
welcoming the next Fifth District Convention which
meets in Pittsburg.
Mexico.
Of the Bible convention mentioned at the bottom
of page 212 Mr. Johnson writes :
Each night we held an evangelistic service and
each session was preceded by an examination on
one of the chapters of the book. The attendance
at all the sessions averaged thirty-five. In the
evening it rose to eighty and the interest was well
sustained. The native workers go for their subjects
in a more Biblical manner than formerly.
The rest of our trip was taken up with the meet-
ing of presbytery which was the first held in
Guerrero, and that too in a place where not so
many years ago they burned down our church and
stabbed Mr. Zaroleta. The Roman Catholics
even helped us now, one giving us a fat ram and
another barbecuing it for us. Some gave turkeys
and others gave horse feed. All contributed bed s
and service.
Cranbury, N. J.
This church has just adopted as its own mission-
ary the Rev. E. L. Mattox, of Hangchow, China.
A portion of the salary is contributed by the Chris-
tian Endeavor society.
Albuquerque, N. M.
The Training School. — A significant scene in this
school for Mexican boys is thus described in Home
Mission Monthly: Eight or ten of the Christian
boys gathered in Mr. Ross' office to pray with and
for a boy who had been recalled to his home in
the north, among the bigoted Penitentes, away
from the uplifting influences of the school. They
prayed for strength for him to withstand the de-
moralizing temptations to which he returned. It
was young, struggling, Protestant New Mexico,
raised up by Christian training, pleading for its
sin - beleaguered brotherhood, hidden away by
thousands in neglected valleys of the Rocky
Mountain districts, as dangerous to soul health as
the trenches in front of Santiago.
Avoca, N. Y.
On four successive Sunday mornings, while the
pastor was absent on his vacation, the church ser-
vice was conducted by the Christian Endeavorers.
Chazy, N.Y.
The young men of the pastor's Bible class are
working with new life and growing zeal as a result
of the organization of a Brotherhood of Andrew
and Philip.
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PRESBYTERIAN ENDEAV0RER8 — WITH THE MAGAZINES.
[October,
Mexico, N. Y.
This church has just sent out its first foreign mis-
sionary. The Rev. George E. Stone, one of the
young men of the church, has accepted a call to go to
Arabia under the Board of Missions of the Reformed
Church. He is to be located at Bahrein, an island
in the Persian Gulf.
Concord, N. C.
Two young ladies, former pupils at the Laura
Sunderland Memorial School, have organized an
Endeavor society in a schoolhouse and have carried
on weekly meetings with encouraging results.
They have also conducted a successful temperance
society which has worked a reformation in the
place. Many men, long intemperate, are standing
firmly by the pledges they have taken.
Plymouth, O.
The young people of the Christian Endeavor
society proved the warmth of their attachment to
the church by providing a new furnace when the
house of worship was repaired and beautified.
Teheran, Persia.
Much of the work for women is done through
the Women's Christian Endeavor society, by
means of which the timid, faithful women have
been helped in their own spiritual lives and in
their efforts to help others.
Huron, S. D.
Huron College. — "The Value of a Christian
College" was the theme of a discourse by Pastor
Van der Las on " college rallying day." This new
institution in Huron stands for the best things in
culture, morals and life, and the church is feeling
a responsibility for its support.
Miller, S. D.
Mr. Bell, a student in the Western Theological
Seminary who spent the summer vacation with this
church, had the pleasure of seeing two members of
the Endeavor society welcomed to church member-
ship in August.
TWO NEW BOOKS.
In its review of "From Tonquin to India," by
Prince Henri d' Orleans, the Literary World says :
There is no feature in all the narrative that makes
a more distinct impression than the pictures afforded
of the missionaries and their labors in this out of-
the-way district of the world ; French Roman
Catholic missionaries, chiefly self- exiled, some of
them without sight of a Western face for many,
many years until this expedition came this way ;
heroic, devoted men, who for the love of Christ
and the cross have buried themselves among these
ignorant and degraded people to plant the seeds of
a new civilization. The histories of mankind
afford nothing which surpasses the sacrifice and
the consecration of such pioneers of Christianity.
[Dodd, Mead & Co. $5.00.]
The world has no ideal for the fine art of giving.
If it has any motto bearing upon the subject, it
reads something like this: "Give when you feel
like it, or when it will advertise your business, or
when it will add to your popularity. Give so that
the world will know it and you receive credit for
your generosity." How different the Christian
ideal! The Master himself said, "Let not your
left hand know what your right hand doeth."
The story of the widow's mite illustrates the pro-
found truth that it is not the amount of the gift
which measures its value in the sight of God, but
the ratio existing between it and that which re-
mains in the hand of the giver and the spirit
which prompts the act. — Dr. Spooner in The New
Pentecost.
WITH THE MAGAZINES.
Alice C. Fletcher contributes to the Journal of
American Folk-Lore for April-June, 1898, a paper
of great interest on the songs and music of those
Indians dwelling between the great lakes and the
Pacific Ocean north of the fortieth parallel. ' * In-
dian songs, ' ' she says, ' ' offer strong evidence that
musical expression is a necessity in the nature of
man ; is the spontaneous utterance of feeling that
lies outside the province of words.
Music enveloped the Indian's individual and so-
cial life like an atmosphere, for there was no im-
portant personal experience where it did not bear a
part, nor was there any ceremonial where it was
not essential to the expression of religious feeling.
It was through music that the man reached out to
come in touch with his fellow-beings, and through
music, as through a medium, he communicated
with those mysterious powers which he believed to
have control of all nature, as well as of the destiny
of man. Thus the songs of the tribe were coexten-
sive with the life of the people.
The Indian's ever-present consciousness of the
mysterious forces which encompassed him dominated
his religious ceremonies, his habits, and his cus-
toms. He undertook nothing without first appeal-
ing to the unseen powers. He planted, he hunted,
1898.]
WITH THE MAGAZINES— WORTH READING.
355
he fashioned his tools and he decorated his wares
with accompanying ceremonials which recognized
that there were other factors, besides his own right
hand, necessary to bring him success. The reali-
zation of a supernatural environment, and the be-
lief that music was the medium of communication
between man and the unseen world, gave to his
songs a gravity which is so marked a characteristic
of them.
Korea possesses a customs service that is ex-
celled nowhere in the world. At its head are
Englishmen, Frenchmen, Italians and representa-
tives of other western lands who, while not inter-
ested in politics, exert a powerful influence for
good upon the whole management of the country.
The five open ports of Korea may expect to become
model settlements, as three of them indeed already
are. The growing import and export trade is
slowly leavening the whole interior of Korea, and
enlightenment cannot but result. The growing
coastwise trade, by rendering local famines next to
impossible, will make less probable such popular
uprisings as that of the Tong-haks and the " Right-
eous Army," for these originated, as all uprisings
in Korea do, in lack of food. This, in turn, should
render less necessary the maintaining of a standing
army. • Only such force would be necessary as the
thorough policing of the country would demand.
The electric street car plant that is on its way from
America will introduce the Koreans to the greatest
mechanical mystery of the century, and, by show-
ing them the limitations of their own knowledge
and skill, will make them push forward to the at-
tainment of better things. — Homer B. Hulbert in
Noi^th American Review.
It is safe to say that the Christian Church in
Korea has doubled its members in the past year.
There are now, in round numbers, 5000 Protestants
and 25, 000 Catholics. The homes of the Christians
are clean, the people who inhabit them happy ;
wife bt^ing, a universal practice in Korea, has
been banished. In one of the interior cities the
Christians have, without foreign help, built a school
to accommodate one hundred boys. Two thou-
sand years ago, to the sick, the blind, the
lame, the lepers, the suffering of every kind, there
was no touch like that of Jesus of Nazareth. It
will be an underestimate to say that 25,000 Ko-
reans found relief from disease and suffering in
Christian hospitals of Christ in this country in
1897. Christian medicine appeals probably in a
special manner to the Koreans because of a national
weakness for medicine in theory and practice. No
country of Asia has paid more attention to medi-
cine than Korea. For centuries the peninsula was
the fruitful source whence, on the one hand, Japan
came for medical knowledge and China for drugs.
Christ and Christianity in the character of a phy-
sician has special attractions to the Koreans.
There is a great demand for Bibles, and the church
papers are well subscribed to by the natives. — The
Korean Repository.
The trend of the century, writes Seth Low in the
Atlantic Monthly, has been to a great increase in
knowledge, which has been found to be, as of old,
the knowledge of good and evil ; this knowledge
has become more and more the property of all
men rather than of a few ; as a result, the very
increase of opportunity has led to the magni-
fying of the problems with which humanity is
obliged to deal, and we find ourselves at the
end of the century face to face with problems of
world-wide importance and utmost difficulty, and
with no means of coping with them other than the
patient education of the masses of men.
Contemplating the perplexities of the coming
century, the children of the universities should find
it easy to keep heart, for .... in the atmosphere
of the university they must have learned the essen-
tial nobility of the democratic spirit that so
surely holds the future in its hands — the spirit that
seeks, with the strength of all, to serve all and up-
lift all.
WORTH READING.
Civilization in the Western Soudan, by Rev. Canon C. H.
Robinson. The Nineteenth Century, July, 1898.
Our Sister Republic, Mexico, by Carmen Hareourt. Mid-
land Monthly, July, 1898.
Home in Mexico, by Manila Adams. The Chautauquan,
August, 1898.
The Women of Mexico, by Maxilla Adams. The Chautau-
quan, September, 1898.
Lights and Shades of Spanish Character, by Irving Bab-
bitt. Atlantic Monthly, August, 1898.
The Problem of the Philippines, by Sir Charles W. Dilke,
John Barrett and Hugh H. Lusk. North American Review,
September, 1898.
The Malay Pirates of the Philippines, by Prof. Dean C.
Worcester. The Century, September, 1898.
Missionary Bibles at the Bible House, by Rev. A. R.
Buckland, M.A. The Quiver, September, 1898.
Bible Study in Japan, by Rev. J. L. Dearing, of Yokohama.
The Biblical World, August, 1898.
Northfield as a Dynamo. The Church Economist, Sep-
tember, 1898.
Our Pacific Paradise, by Kathryn Jarboe. Munsey's
Magazine, September, 1898.
Education in Hawaii, by Mrs. Clara D. Marlin. Education,
September, 1898.
The Vivisection of China, by Elisee Reclus. Atlantic
Monthly, September, 1898.
Guatemala : A Central American Republic of To-day, by
D. O. Kellogg. Self-Culture, September, 1898.
RECEIPTS
Synod in small capitals ; Presbyteries in italics ; Churches in Roman.
It is of great importance to the treasurers of all the Boards that when money is sent to them, the
name of the church from whence it comes, and of the presbytery to which the church belongs, should be
distinctly written, and that the person sending should sign his or her name distinctly, with proper title,
e. g. , Pastor, Treasurer, Miss or Mrs. , as the case may be. Careful attention to this will save much trouble
and perhaps prevent serious mistakes.
the board of home missions.
Comparative Statement of Receipts for Months of August, 1897 and 1898.
♦Churches.
* Woman's
Bd. of H. M.
Legacies.
Individuals, Etc.
Total.
1898-For Current Work.... 85,014 86
" " Debt 2,462 01
86,902 57
812,643 85
81,738 84
756 36
826,300 12
3,218 37
1898 Total August 7,476 87
6,902 57
5,927 07
12,643 85
9,342 47
2.495 20
2,223 60
29,518 49
23 139 90.
lby7_ '• " 5,646 76
Gain 1,830 11
975 50
3,301 38
271 60
6,378 59
Comparative Statement of Receipts for Five Months Ending Aug. 31, 1897 and IS 93.
♦Churches.
♦Woman's
Bd. of H. M.
Legacies.
Individuals , Etc.
Total.
1898— For Current Work ....
•' Debt
840,761 91
32,700 94
856,676 30
830,580 41
*21,S91 93
9,583 42
8149,910 55
42,284 36
73,462 85
46,319 25
56,676 30
53,902 16
30,5S0 41
34,817 54
31,475 35
17,634 55
192,194 91
152,673 50
27,143 60
2,774 14
4,237 13
13,840 80
39,521 41
Harvey C Olin, Treasurer,
Madison Square Branch P. O., Box 156, New York, N. Y.
'Under these headings are included the gifts of Sabbath-schools and Young People's Societies.
RECEIPTS FOR THE BOARD OF HOME MISSIONS, AUGUST, 1898.
Note.— All items marked * have been contributed as a " Patriotic Offering for Debt.'
Atlantic— East Florida— Hawthorne, 6.63 ; St. Augus-
tine Memorial* (sab.-sch., 2.92), 14.40. South Florida—
Altoona, 1.28; Orange Bend, 1.40; Punta Gorda, 4.34;
Titusville, 1.80. 29 85
Baltimore.— Baltimore— Ashland, 3.25 ; Baltimore Boun-
dary Avenue, 21.75; —Park, 11.02; Cburchville, 26.18.
New Castle — Buckingham* (sab.-sch., 4.60), 17.42; Cool
Spring, 13; Wilmington Central* (sab.-sch., 38.04), 109.89.
Washington City— Chiton, 6. 208 51
California.— Benicia — Big Valley,* 1.25 ; Crescent City,
5; Point Arena,* 8.45; Santa Rosa, 2 ; Shiloh.* 2; To-
males,* 4.75 ; Vallejo Children's Day Col., 25.15. Los Angeles
— Burbank,* 3.75 ; CucamoDga,* 10; El Cajon,* 16; Ingle-
wood* (C. E, 2.83), 6.33; Lakeside, 2 ; Moneta Sta.,* 67 cts.;
Pomona,* 40 ; Rivera, 6.75 ; San Gabriel Spanish,* 3 ; Santa
Ana,* 18.59 ; Santa Monica,* 5. San Francisco— San Fran-
cisco Reformed French, 1. San Jose— Cambria C.E., 7.
Santa Barbara— Simi Union sab.-sch , 2.32. Stockton— Fresno
Armenian, 6 ; Woodbridge, 5. 180 01
356
Colorado.— Denver — Georgetown, 5. Pueblo — Canon
City (sab.-sch., 24), 65; Colorado Springs 1st (*133.69)^
195 89; —2d, 10; Del Norte,* 2.10; Goldfield, 12; Monte
Vista,* 19.70; Monument. 4; Pueblo 1st for Sustentation,
4.52 ; — Westminster,* 8.20. 326 41
Illinois. — Bloojningt&n—'M.t Carmel,* 5. Chicago— 'Sew
Hope* (sab.-sch.. 2.50; a member, 1), 3.50. Freeport— Middle
Creek,* 8. Feoria— Elmii a, 16.63 ; calem,* 4.50. Rock River
-SteriiDg Jr. C.E., 4.44. 42 07
Indiana.— Fort Wayne— Elkhart, 9. Logansport— Logans-
port Broadway, 1. Vincennes— Evanstille Grace sab.-sch.,
40.54; —Walnut Street,* 19; Tene Haute Washington
Avenue Int. C.E.* 1.50. White IJWtr-Greensburg,* 10.30.
81 34
Indian Territory.— Choctaw— Mena, 2.50. Oklahoma—
Mulhall,* 2. S( qv oya h— Barren Fork, 2 ; Broken Arrow*
(sab.-sch., 61 cts.), 3.36 ; Elm Spring, 2 ; White Water, 1.
12 86
Iowa.— Cedar Rapids— Linn Grove Y. P. Soc, 10. Coming/
1898.1
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— Conway,* 4 : Gravity,* 1 ; Pilot Grove, 2. Council Bluffs—
Menlo,*10; Shelby,* 11.46. Des Moines— Dexter, 46; Lau-
rel^; Newton sab. -sch.,* 10. Dubuque— Unity, 2.95. Fort
Dodge— Estherville,* 10; Fonda CLE.,* 2; Irvington,* 2.50;
Kolfe 2d,* 8.20. Iowa— Bentonsport, 5.04 ; Burlington 1st,
10.39: Fairfield, for debt, 8 ; Ktokuk Westminster, 40.25;
Wapella, 4.30. Iowa City— Brooklyn,* 8 58; Malcom, 10.
Sioux City— Union Township, 8.52. Waterloo — Marshall-
town,* 70 ; Morrison,* 8.10 ; West Friesland German, 20.
316 29
Kansas.— Emporia— Clear Water (sab. -sch.,* 1), 5 ; Em-
poria Arundel Avenue sab.-sch., 1; Florence, 1.45; Indi-
anola (C.E.,* 1 ; ch.,* 1), 5; Wichita Oak Street* (sab.-scb.
Boys' Primary Class, 1; Mrs. L. Yan Gundy, 1). 4; Win-
field,* 6. Highland— Horton* (sab.-sch., 3.83), 13.50. Lamed
— Ellinwood, 5 ; Geneseo, 2 ; Great Bend, 10. Keosho—Car-
lyle, 3.70; Neosho Falls, 3.20; Oswego, 14. Osborne— Ober-
lin,* 9. Solomon— Fort Harker,* 5 ; Lincoln, 8; Manches-
ter,* 12; Minneapolis sab.-sch., 3.33; Providence,* 6.15;
Salina* eab.-Fch., 4.50. Topeka— Edgerton, 4.40; Kansas
City Western Highlands,* 7.96 ; Lowemont, 2. 136 19
Kentucky.— Ebenezer— Flemingsburg,* 21.73. 21 73
Michigan.— Detroit— Detroit Covenant,* 5.20 ; Ypsilanti,
5. Flint — Bloomfield,* 2.50; Bridgehampton,* 4 69; Cass
City,* 1.50; Lapeer* Free Will Off'g., 12.31 ; Port Hope,*
3.50; Sanilac Centre, 4. Grand Rapids— Sprir g Lake,* 13.
Lake Superior— Escanaba, 12.50; Ford River, 5.50. Monroe
—Monroe, 18.91; Petersburg,* 1; Raisin, 4; Tecumseh, for
Sustentation, 13.23. Petoskey— Lake City ( *2.40 ), 7.61 ;
McBain,* 6.10. 120 55
Minnesota.— Mankato— Heron Lake C.E., 50 cts.; Lake
Crystal C.E.,* 1. Mi nneapolis— Maple Plain, 3.56. Red River
Bethel, 7; Hallock, 3.50; Northcote, 3.50; Stevens, 3.75.
St. Cloud— Ashbaugh Sta.,2.60; Wheaton, 2.50. St. Paul—
Meniam Park,* 3 ; Shakopee, 2.80; St, Paul Central C.E.,
12.50 ; — House of Hope, 50 ; —Westminster, 1.92. Winona
— Caledonia, 6 ; — Hope, 3 ; Ebenezer, 3.53 ; Sheldon, 2.
112 66
Missouri.— Ozark— Eureka Springs, 6; Fordland, 1.50;
Irwin, 6.78 ; Spiingfield 2d,* 4 ; White Oak,* 7.36. Palmyra
— Birdseye Ridge,* 2; Canton, 2.65; Hannibal, 90; La
Grange, 3.25; Marceline,* 3 ; New Cambria,* 11; Shelby-
ville, 3.50; Sullivan 1st,* 1.30. Platte— Martinsville, 2;
Oregon (C. E., 5), 10; St. Joseph Westminster, 60.35. St.
Louis— Emmanuel German W. M. S., 9; St. Louis West,
136.97. 360 66
Montana.— Butte— Dillon sab.-sch.,* 2.25. 2 25
Nebraska.— Hastings— Campbell German, 2 ; Hansen,* 4 ;
Oxford* (sab.-sch., 1), 5.50 ; Republican City,* 20. Kearney
—Gibbon* (sab.-sch. 1.39), 6.50; Lexington sab.-sch.,* 2.28 ;
Shelton, 3.23. Niobrar a— Bethany, 1.50; Elgin, 2.50; Da-
man, 2 ; Lambert, 4.50 ; O'Neill, 3 ; South Fork, 2 ; Stuart,*
1.72. Omaha— New Zion, 3.60. 64 33
New Jersey.— Elizabeth— Elizabeth 1st, 125; Perth Am-
boy, 10.91 ; Plainfield 1st C.E., 10 ; Rahway 1st, 93.70. Jer-
sey City— Paterson 2d,* 22.57. Monmouth — Englishtown*
(sab.-sch., 10), 20 ; Jacksonville,* 9 ; Manasquan C.E., 5.24 ;
Providence,* 4. Morris and Orange— Mend ham 1st C.E., 10 ;
Mt. Olive,* 6. Newark— Bloomfield 1st,* 15.57 ; — West-
minster, 12; Newark South Park W. H. M. S., 51.40. New
Brunswick — Dutch Neck, 50 ; Hamilton Square, 26. New-
ton—Rranchville, 25. West Jersey— Camden 2d, 2.66. 499 05
New Mexico.— _4ri'zo«a— Solonionville,* 6.80. Rio Grande
— Albuqueique 1st (*33), 43.15; —Spanish,* 3; Jarales
Spanish,* 1; Laguna,* 2.50; Las Cruces Spanish,* 2.50;
Las Placetas Spanish,* 1 ; Pajarito,* 2.40 ; Socorro lst,*3 ;
— Spanish,* 15. Santa Fe— El Quemado,* 1 ; El Rito,* 11.15 ;
Lumberton,* 4 ; Ocate,* 10 ; Santa Fe 1st, 3.50. 110 00
New York.— A Ibany— Albany 1st sab.-sch. Class No. 8,* 2;
Jefferson, 7.80 ; Rockwell Falls, 2.25. Binghamton-Bins,-
hamton 1st C. E., 6 ; — Ross Memorial, 10. Boston— Bedford,
6; Boston 1st sab.-sch., 39; Londonderry,* 10 ; New Boston,
8 ; Quincy, 20. Brooklyn— Brooklyn 1st City Park Branch,
10 ; — Throop Avenue Mission C.E., 5 ; West New Brighton
Calvary, 28.15. Buffalo— Buffalo North, 78.69; —Westminster
(*4), 88.31 ; East Hamburg (*15), 18 ; Old Town, 2.85 ; One-
ville, 2.87 ; Tonawanda Mission, 1.25. Champlain — Beek-
mantown, 2.10; Chateaguay, 15.24; Fort Covington, 13; Port
Henry, 5. Columbia— Canaan Centre, 5; Durham 1st, 7.50.
Geneva— Geneva 1st, 25.55 ; —North sab.-sch., 14.(9; Penn
Yan,* 19.56. Hudson— Good Will, 9.61 ; Hamptonburg, 6 ;
Hopewell, 30. Long Island— Bridgehampton, 30.25 ; Green-
port,* 32 ; Setauket, 42.64. Lyons— Huron C.E., 5. Nassau
—Huntington 1st, 149.27. New York- New York Fifth Ave-
nue, 100 ; — Central Genl. Missy. Committee, 150 ; — Har-
lem sab.-sch., 34.65 ; — Washington Heights, 10. Niagara—
North Tonawanda North C. E., 11.17; Tuscarora Indian,
3.07. North River — Cornwall On Hudson,* 7.12; Milton
(sab.-sch., 2), 7. Otsego— Hobart (*2), 22. Rochester— Nun-
da C. E., 3; Ossian,5; Rochester North, 27; Springwater,
5.50. St. Lawrence— Theresa A Friend, 11.03 ; Waddington
Scotch, 55. Steuben— Prattsburg (sab.-sch., 9.02), 30.15. Troy
— Argyle, 10 ; Cambridge, 100. Utica — Hamilton College,
18.50; Ilion, 25.17; Turin* 12.58. Westchester— Holyoke,
10; Mt. Vernon 1st C.E., 25; New Haven 1st* (sab.-sch.,
2.71; C.E., 10), 16.76; South S^em C.E, 12.14; Thompson-
ville, 15. 1483 42
North Dakota.— Pembina— Canton,* 2.40; Crystal,* 2 60;
Milton (sab.-sch., 1), 4 ; Neche,* 5. 14 00
Ohio.— A thens— Barlow, 6. Chillicothe— Hillsboro,* 21.50.
Cleveland— North field,* 17.60. Columbus— Bethel, 3.64; Bre-
men, 1.85 ; Brush Creek, 7.32. Dayton- Troy ,* 22.64. Huron
—Chicago,* 13. Mahoning- Champion, 5; Lowell,* 3; Vi-
enna,* 5 ; Warren,* 13.85 ; Youngstown, 28.45. Marion —
Chesterville.* 9 20. St. Clairsville— Cambridge ,* 12.60 ; Lore
City, 4 35. Steubenville— Longs Run sab.-sch., 5. Wooster—
Ashland, 20.33 ; Wooster Westminster ( *5 ; Mrs. E. S.
Houston, 5), 10. 210 33
Oregon. — East Oregon — Burns,* 5; Harney,* 7 ; La
Grande,* 11 ; Monkland,* 6 17 ; Moro,* 6.18. Southern Ore-
gon— Marshfield,* 6.66. Willamette— CrawiordsWlle. 5 ; La-
fayette, 2; Mehama,* 1; Mill City,* 1.50; Spring Valley,*
10: Whiteson, 3.14. 64 65
Pennsylvania. — A lleg heny— Allegheny 2d, 9 ; — 1st Ger-
man* (sab.-sch., 1.94), 15 36; Bull Creek, 11.12. Butler—
Butler 2d,* 28.29 ; Grove City, 20.85 ; North Butler, 8 ; Por-
tersville, 9.77 ; West Sunbury, 17.50. Carlisle — Duncannon
(*1182), 39 82; Landisburg, 2.33. Chester— Chichester Me-
morial, 4; East Whiteland sab.-sch., 8.87; Media sab.-sch.,
25; Oxford 2d, 50 cts.; Toughkenamon, 2; Wayne sab.-
sch.,* 44.21 ; West Chester 1st,* 22.45. Clarion— Adrian,* 7 ;
Big Run,* 5. Erie— Georgetown, 4 ; Venango, 96 cts.; War-
ren* (C.E., 9.54), 80.72. Huntingdon— Bellefonte,* 278; East
Waterford (C.E., 5.15 ; three children of sab.-sch., 60c ), 5.75;
Fruit Hill* (Berwindale Branch, 3.10). 13; Gibson Memo-
rial,* 7.10; Houtzdale, 6.20; Logan's Valley C.E., 5; Mil-
roy, 16.85; Phillipsburg A Friend,* 20; Shellsburg* (Mrs.
Mary Anna Hammaker, 50c; Jr. C.E., 3), 3 50 ; Spring Mills
C.E., 5 ; State College, 22 05. Kittanning- Ebenezer, 80 ;
Glade Run, 32. Lackawanna— Athens (*10), 34; Brooklyn,
2.50; Montrose,* 34.95; Orwell (sab.-sch., 1.40), 5.40;
Prompton (sab.-sch., 96c; C. E., 39c), 2.85. Lehigh— Caia-
sauqua 1st,* 32 ; Easton 1st* (sab.-sch., 27.40), 54.80. North-
umberland— Lewisburg,* 43.12. Parkersburg— Bethel, 3.40.
Philadelphia —Philadelphia Atonement, 5.04; — Bethesda
sab.-sch., 4 28; — Richmond sab.-sch., 10. Philadelphia
North— Abington, 47; Germantown 1st, 50 ; Lower Provi-
dence, 25 ; Manayunk, 25 ; Thompson Memorial sab.-sch., 6.
Pittsburg— Duquesne, 5.09 ; McKee's Rocks, 10 : Mt. Olivet,
10; Mt. Pisgah (The Friday Afternoon Juvenile Class, 9;
sab.-sch.,* 5; ch,*ll),25; Pittsburg 1st a Member* 5 ; —
Shady Side, 60.23 ; Sharon, 31. Redstone— Industry sab.-
sch., 10 ; Long Run, 14.05; Rehoboth (W. H. M. S.,* 11.54 ;
ch.,* 9.26), 24.11 ; Tyrone, 1.75. Shenango— Princeton,* 9 ;
Rich Hill sab.-sch., 12. Washington— Cross Creek, 61.21 ;
Forks of Wheeling,* 30 ; Pigeon Creek, 8 ; Wellsburg C. E.,*
6. Wellsboro -Elkland and Osceola* (sab.-sch., 4.42), 39.21.
Westminster— Little Britain (*27.55), 42.55. 1600 74
South Dakota.— A berdeen — La Grace, 5 ; Raymond,* 3.19.
Black Hills— Carmel,* 2; Deadwood (sab.-sch.,* 1), 4 55;
Englewood Sta ,* 1.50; Lead 1st* (sab.-sch., 1.45), 4.45;
Minnesela,* 1; Vale,* 1. Central Dakota— Bancroft* 1.02;
Manchester* (sab.-sch., 53 cts.), 2.28; Wentworth sab.-
sch.,* 3.50; Wolsey* (sab.-sch., 1.60; Jr. C. E., 2.50; L. A.
Soc, 3), 7.10. Southern Dakota— German town, 10 ; Tyndall,*
2. 48 59
Tennessee. — Holston — Elizabethton,* 2.65. Kingston-
Kismet, 2; Wartburg, 3. Union— Erin, 4; New Prosptct,
2.30. 13 95
Texas.— Austin— Alpine, 16 ; Buttfield,* 1 ; Cibolo,* 4.25;
Galveston St. Paul's Ger. sab.-sch., 6.25 ; Keirville, 3 ; Pasa-
dena 1st* (sab.-sch., 3), 5; Pearsall,* 10.75. North Texas—
Jacksboro, 13. 59 25
Utah.— Boise— Boise City 1st C.E., 6 ; Lower Boise,* 5.80.
Kendall — Malad,* 3.16; Montpelier,* 10. Utah— Hyrum
Emmanuel sab.-sch.,* 2.50. 27 46
Washington.— A las ka — Sitka Native,* 29. Olympia —
Castle Rock,* 2.30 ; La Camas St. John's (*8), 13 ; Nisqually
Indian, John Longford,* 35 cts.; South Bend,* 5 ; Tacoma
1st, 64.78 ; Toledo,* 1.25. Spokane— Cossur d' Alene, 3 ; North-
port, 2. 120 68
Wisconsin.— Chippewa — Baldwin (sab.-sch., 2.44), 2.87;
Big River,* 14. La Crosse— Mauston 1st, 4. Madison —
Belleville* (sab.-sch., 1.02: C.E , 1), 5.78 ; Eden Bohemian*
(Endeavor Societies, 1 ; sab.-sch., 1), 5; Lima Centre (sab.-
sch., 8.73), 12.24; Lowville,* 4.60; Marion German,* 4;
Monroe,* 12; Muscoda Bohemian,* 2 ; Pardeeville,* 2.30 ;
Platteville Ger.,* 6.50; Portage 1st sab.-sch., 2; Reedsburg
C. E.,* 3.50; Rocky Run,* 1.90. Milwaukee— Racine 1st,
1053.80; Stone Bank, 1.30; Waukesha,* 69.75. 1207 54
Total 87,475 37
Plus amount transferred from individuals 1 50
$7,476 87
Woman's Board of Home Missions 6,902 57
358
HOME MISSIONS — FOREIGN MISSIONS.
[October,
Levi Phillips, late of Albany, N.Y., 800 ;
Stephen Parsons, late of Pennsylvania,
1012.50 ; Martha Vanatta, late of New
Jersey„300; Susan L. McBeth, late of
Idaho, 500 ; Margaret Neely, late of
Jacksonville, 111., 925; S. M. Bur-
roughs, 6554.25 ; Miss Mary E. Greene,
late of Newville, Pa., 100 ; Elisha San-
derson, late of New York, 2476.85 812,6
Less sundry legal expenses 24 75
-812,643 85
INDIVIDUALS, ETC.
Mrs. Althea N.Harvey, Germantown, Pa.,* 50;
Rev. and Mrs. A. C. Reed, Manchester, Yt., 10 ;
Margaret J. Ritchie, David City, Neb.. 2.50; C.
W. Loomis, Binghamton, N. Y. 30 ; Gift of Rev.
W. A. Niles, D.D., dec'd, 25; Alanson Post,
Fonda, la..* 1 ; Miss Kate Kennedy, Embuda,
N.M.,* 5 ; Rev. John M. Whitlock and family,
Lumberton, N. M.,* 2.70 ; Miss S. M. Zuver,
Penasco, N.M.,* 2; Rev. Dr. and Mrs. Shields,
N. M.,*2; Seama Mission Teachers, N. M.,*2;
Raymond H. Hughes, Altoona, Pa., 4; I. B.
Davidson, Newville, Pa., 25 ; C. S. linn Travis
and family, Portland, Ore..* 6;"A Friend," *
1 ; G. P. Reevs, Yonkers, N. Y. , 25 ; Mrs.
G. S. Jonett, Washington, D. C.,* 2; Rev. R.
M. Badeau, Toledo, O.,* 1; Rev. J. A. Annin,
Rolla, Mo.,* 11.66; Returned by a Missionary,*
35; "L.P.S.," 300; Alexander McDonald Kirk-
wood, 3.25 ; Miss M. B. Anderson, Jewett, O.,
1; Rev. Paul D. Gardner. Mediapolis, la., 7.50 ;
" Delaware,"* 50 ; Mary E. Sill, Geneva, N. Y.,
5; Mrs. William Scott, Mendota, I1L,*5; Rev.
and Mrs. W. F. Gates. Guatemala, C.A.,*40; O.
L. Hunter, Cumberland, O., 50 ; Mrs. S. A.
McJunkin, Boston, Mass. ,* 2 ; Society of Mis-
sionary Inquiry of Auburn Theological Semi-
nary, 46.29 ; From a Friend, Cleveland, O., 103 ;
"S.,"5; S. Mills Ely, Binghamton, N. Y., 14;
Rev. John W. Little, Madison, Neb., 5 ; W. M.
McNair, Springfield, O., 5 ; Rev. H. Keigwin,
Orlando, Fla.,*10; R. D. Douglas, New York
City,* 500 ; Miss Mary Porter, West Virginia,*
1 ; Mrs. Isabella Pomeroy, West Virginia,* 1 ;
Mrs. Mary A. Hilands, Culver, Kans.,* 25 ; S.
Yandes, Indianapolis, Ind., 1000; Congregation
and Church of East Bloomfield, N. Y., 18.30;
Miss Emma Flattery, Petoskey, Mich.,* 1 ; Inter-
est on Permanent Fund (Sustentation, 10.50),
55.50 2,496 70
Less amount transferred to churches... 1 50
82,495 20
Total received for Home Missions, August, 1898..!. 829,518 49
" during same period last year 23,139 90
since April 1, 1898 192,194 9J.
" during same period last year 152,673 50
H. C. Olin, Treasurer,
156 Fifth Avenue, New York.
Madison Square Branch P.O. Box 156.
RECEIPTS FOR THE BOARD OF FOREIGN MISSIONS, AUGUST, 1898.
Baltimore.— Baltimore— Ashland, 2. New Castle— Pen-
cader, 10. Washington City— Washington City 4th, 10.60.
California. — Los A ngeles— Banning, 3 ; National City,
6 ; San Gorgonia, 3.46. Oakland— West Berkeley sab.-sch., 5.
San Francisco — San Francisco Trinity sab.-sch., 20. Santa
Barbara — Ventura sab.-sch., 6.76. Stockton— Woodbridge, 5.
Illinois. — Ca *>o— Murphysboro, 13.10. Chicago — Austin,
25; Chicago Woodlawn Park sab.-sch., 20; May wood, 18;
Oak Park sab.-sch., 13. Mattoon — Assumption, 5.25. Rock
River— Aledo Y. P. S., 50; Keithsburg, 2 ; Sterling Y. P. S.,
4.43. Schuyler— Burton Memorial sab.-sch., 5.30; Prairie
City, 13. Springfield— Springfield 2d, 35.14.
Indiana. — Crawfordsvilie— Darlington, 7. White Water—
Rushville, 13.50.
Indian Territory. — Sequoy a h— Barren Fork, 2.
Iowa. — Corning— Malvern, 9.97. Dubuque — Lansing Ger-
man, 4. Iowa—Fort Madison Union sab.-sch., 15. Waterloo
— Dysart, 90 ; East Friesland German, 25.
Kansas.— Emporia— Wichita 1st, 200 ; — Oak Street, 10.
Neosh o— McCune, 3.50. Osborne — Smith Centre, 4.
Michigan.— Detroit— yi\lioro\ sab.-sch., 15. Flint— Lapeer,
8.65 ; Mundy, 5. Petoskey— Lake City, 11.69.
Minnesota.— St. Cloud— Litchfield, 17.19. Winona— Utica
Union, 2.
Missouri.— Kansas City— Clinton, 13 ; Kansas City 1st sab.-
sch., 31.65 ; Sunny Side, 3. Ozark— Eureka Springs, 5.
Platte— Parkville, 6.71. St. Louis— St Louis 2d German, 3.
Nebraska.— Kearney— Scotia, 4. Nebraska City— Goshen,
25 ; Stoddard sab.-sch., 3. Omaha— Omaha Clifton Hill, 5.
New Jersey. — Elizabeth— Cranford, 34.38 ; Elizabeth 1st,
361.67; Plainfield 1st sab.-sch., 50. Monmouth— Cranbury
1st, 23 ; Cream Ridge, 8 ; Freehold, 169.45. Morris and
Orange— Dilworthtown, 10 ; East Orange Bethel sab.-sch.,
39.93 ; — Brick sab.-sch., 45; Summit Central, 86.75. New
Brunswick— Ewing, 19.48 ; Kingston, 18 ; Trenton Prospect
Street, 100. Newton— Greenwich sab.-sch., 35. West Jersey —
Camden Grace, 6.86.
New York. — Albany— Mariaville, 6. Brooklyn— Brooklyn
3d, 29.69. Buffalo— Buffalo North, 98.95. Chemung— Elmira
North sab.-sch., 2.02. Hudson — Cochecton, 9; Greenbush,
31.30; Hamptonburg, 6. New York— New York Bethany
sab.-sch., 22. North River— Marlborough sab.-sch., 5 ; Milton,
8, sab.-sch., 2 ; Newburg Calvary, 10.46 ; Poughkeepsie sab.-
sch., 115.15. Otsego— Cherry Valley, 7.12 ; Middlefield, 3.25.
St. Lawrence —Brasher Falls, 5.50; Cape Vincent, 5.30;
Hammond, 50; Potsdam, 50; Sackett's Harbor, 7.40. Troy
—Cambridge, 9.92 ; Troy Memorial, 13.88. Utica— Clinton,
16.50 ; Turin, 6.19. Westchester— Holyoke, 15 ; New Rochelle
2d, 56.67 ; Peekskill 1st, 10.82.
Ohio. — Athens — Barlow, 7 ; Berea, 3.20 ; New Plymouth,
3.50 ; Veto, 10. Cleveland— Cleveland Bolton Avenue, 37.50 ;
Guilford, 13.40. Columbus — Rush Creek, 3.47. Dayton-
Yellow Springs, 8.03. Maumee — Toledo 1st, 20. Portsmouth
— Decatur, 6. St. Clairsville— Wheeling Valley, 3. Steuben-
rille— Deersfield, 5 ; East Liverpool 1st, 108.19 ; Long's Run,
11.20, sab.-sch., 5. Zanesville— Dresden, 30; Mt Vernon
sab.-sch., 25 ; Zanesville Putnam, 10.65.
Oregon. — East Oregon — Klikitat 1st, 3. Southern Oregon
— Bandon, 3; Grant's Pass, 20. Willamette— Spring Valley, 3.
Pennsylvania.— Allegheny— Allegheny 2d, 8 ; — Central,
12.38; Glasgow, 1. Butler— Butler 2d, 41.51. Carlisle —
Chambersburg Falling Spring sab.-sch., 21.22; Lebanon
Christ, 126.06; Middle Spring, 50. Chester— Bethany, 5;
Dilworthtown, 14; Frazer sab.-sch., 8.88. Clarion— Pen-
field, 15 ; Reynoldsville sab.-sch., 4. Erie— Cambridge, 10;
Erie Park, 52. Huntingdon— Bellefonte, 125 ; Birmingham,
10.40; Clearfield, 99.56, sab.-sch., 3.53. Lackawanna— Scran-
ton Sumner Avenue, 1 ; Taylor, 10.45. Lehigh — Allen
Township sab.-sch., 7 ; Mauch Chunk sab.-sch., 4.50 ; Potts-
ville 1st sab.-sch. , 7.92. Philadelphia — Philadelphia Bethesda
sab.-sch., 4.27. Philadelphia North — Doylestown, 25.81;
Manayunk, 25; Overbrook sab.-sch., 50 ; Thompson Memo-
rial, 7. Pittsburg — Long Island sab.-sch. ,32. 71 ; McKee's Rocks
sab-sch., 10; Pittsburg 3d sab.-sch., 31. Redstone— Long
Run, 13.05. Washington— West Union, 6. Wellsboro— Cou-
dersport, 14.30. Westminster— Little Britain, 15.
South Dakota.— Southern Dakota— Ebenezer, 2.
Tennessee. — Union— Rockford, 10.
Texas.— Austin — Pearsall, 15.
Wisconsin. — Winnebago — Rural, 26 ; Wausaukee, 9.68.
miscellaneous.
R. Binsley, for salary of E. Johnson, 12.50;
"Cash," 20; John Irwin, for work in Laos, 5;
M. J. Ritchie, 2.50 ; Rev. A. C. Reed, 10 ; E. R.
Hill, for Devi Dutta, 19 ; "M. L. R," for native
in India, 12; M. P. Gray, 1; Charles Bird,
U. S. A., support of Mr. Chum, 6; Rev. L. K.
Scott, 15; Mrs. J. H. Kerr, 92 ; C. B. Wilson,
1.45; John S. Merriman, 1; "One Drop," 5;
"A Friend," support of Mr. Frazer and Dr.
Johnson, 83.33; Mary B. Cratty, 5; "Friends,
Bar Harbor," 25 ; C. K. Powell, for evangelistic
work under Dr. Corbett, 2.50 ; W. E. Hunt, sup-
port of Cheater Lai, 5 ; " A Friend," 6 ; Rev. R.
L. Adams, 5 ; Auburn Theological Seminary,
25 79 ; " A Friend," 50.25 ; " Bronx," 7.50 ; " A
Friend," 3 ; F. L. S. and wife, 3 ; E. T. Bar-
rows, for Bible work in Korea, 25 ; O. L. Hun-
ter, 50; John W. Little, 5; McCormick Theo-
logical Seminory, 4.36 ; "A Friend, Brockport,"
for Med. Missions, 150; T. A. B. McKee, 25;
McCormick Theological Seminary, for Mr. Bras-
bear's salary, 37.75 ; S. Yandes, 1000 ; E. Acker-
man, for Bible work in Korea, 10 ; " Friend,"
25; C. E. Society, Tripoli Girls' School, 18;
Kamez-i-Khodavand, 46.37 ; Mrs. B. B. Brier,
10 ; Beirut Seminary, 9.73 ; John N. B. Smith,
35 ; Dr. and Mrs. S. F. Johnson, 23.57. 81,898 60
1898.]
FOREIGN MISSIONS — EDUCATION — SABBATH -SCHOOL WORK.
359
LEGACIES.
Stephen Parsons Estate 81,012 50
C. S. Van De venter Estate 1,932 00
S. M. Burroughs Estate 6,554 25
Mary E. Greene Estate 100 00
WOMEN'S BOARDS.
Woman's Presbyterian Board of Mis-
sions of the Northwest
Woman's Occidental Board of Foreign
Missions
83,500 00
72 00
Woman's Board of Foreign Missions of
the Presbyterian Church 82,000 00
85,572 00
SUMMARY.
89,598 75 Totaj received during the month of August, 1898. 821,262 66
Total received from May 1, 1898, to August 31,
1898 105,424 84
Total received from May 1, 1897, to August 31,
1897 119,897 86
Chas. W. Hand, Treasurer,
156 Fifth Ave., New York.
RECEIPTS FOR THE BOARD OF EDUCATION, AUGUST, 1898.
Baltimore.— Baltimore — Deer Creek Harmony, 6.52 ;
Fallston, 3 ; Franklinville, 4 ; Havre de Grace, 10. Wash-
ington City— Washington City Assembly, 10.
California.— Sacramento— Sacramento Westminster, 8.04.
San Jose — Milpitas, 2.
Illinois.— Alton— Blair, 2.95; Steelville, 2. Bloomington
— Gilnian, 2.60. Cairo— Carmi, 30. Chicago— Chicago Hyde
Park, 24.26 ; Evanston 1st, 45.21. Rock River— Norwood,
4.87. Schuyler— Kirkwood, 6 ; Prairie City, 3.
Indiana.— New Albany— Walnut Ridge, 25 cts. Vincennes
— Evansville Grace (sab.-sch., 75), 83.
Iowa.— Iowa — Burlington 1st, 2.01; Keokuk Westmin-
ster, 7.79. Iowa City— Scott, 2.50 ; West Branch, 5. Water-
loo—West Friesland German, 9.
Kansas. — Highland — Hiawatha, 12.10. Toneka — Kansas
City 1st, 8.98 ; Wakarusa, 3.50.
Michigan.— Grand Rap ids — Grand Rapids 1st, 10.73.
Saginaio— Emerson, 3.25.
Minnesota.— Du/utfi— McNair Memorial, 2. St. Paul— St.
Paul Dayton Avenue, 22 ; — Goodrich Avenue, 2 ; — West-
minster, 1.16.
Missouri. — Platte— Oregon, 8.
Nebraska.— Kearney — Gibbon, 4.60. Nebraska City —
Adams, 5.
New Jersey. — Monmouth— Beverly Y.P.S.C.E., 2. New
Brunswick— Dutch Neck, 30. Newton— Harmony, 3.55.
New York.— Albany— Ballston Spa, 9; Charlton, 19.05;
Jermain Memorial, 2.52. Buffalo— Buffalo North, 40.41.
Chemung— Big Flats, 3. Genesee— Wyoming, 4.27. Geneva —
Gorham, 5.50. Hudson— Chester sab.-sch., 2 ; Good Will,
1.86. North River— Highland Falls, 7.11. Rochester— Sparta
2d, 5. Westchester— Hoi yoke, 5 ; New Rochelle 2d, 3.22.
North Dakota. — Minnewaukon— Rolla, 2.
Ohio.— Cincinnati — Wyoming, 27.97. Cleve la nd — Cleve-
land Bolton Avenue, 6. Mahoning— Coitsville, 2 ; Lowell,
3.50; Youngstown, 27.76. St. Clairsville— Crab Apple, 6.25.
Steubenville— Corinth, 10. Wooster— Clear Fork, 4 ; Nash-
ville, 2 ; Wooster 1st, 16.72.
Pennsylvania.— Allegheny — Freedom, 8. Blairsville —
Fairfield, 14.34. Butler— Bufialo, 2. Carlisle— Upper, 3;
Upper Path Valley, 4. Chester — Unionville, 6. Clarion —
Academia, 3.04. Huntingdon— Houtzdale, 1.20. Kittanning
— Apollo, 12. Lackawanna— Brooklyn, 2.50 ; New Milford,
3.16; Orwell, 1. Lehigh— Haxxcb. Chunk, 11.75. Parkersburg
—Terra Alta, 2. Philadelphia North— Jenkintown Grace, 3;
Langhorne, 11. Pittsburg— Cannonsburg Central, 7 ; Mt.
Olivet, 3 ; Pittsburg Shady Side, 48.93. Redstone— Reho-
both, 7.05 ; Uniontown Central, 1.22. Shenango— Harlans-
burg, 3. Washington— Washington 3d, 8; West Liberty,
3.50. Westminster— Little Britain, 5 ; York Calvary, 15.56.
Tennessee. — Union — Knoxville Belle Avenue, 3.
Texas.— Austin— Austin 1st, 17.90.
Wisconsin.— Madison— Richland Centre, 5.
Receipts from churches in August 8746 16
" " Sabbath-schools and Y.P. Societies.. 79 00
MISCELLANEOUS.
H. J. Baird Huey, Phila., 1 ; Rev. W. F. Gates
and wife, Guatemala, C. A., 10 11 00
INCOME ACCOUNT.
6.65; 6; 3; 75 90 65
Total receipts in August, 1898 8926 81
Total receipts from April 16,1898 11,368 76
Jacob Wilson, Treasurer,
512 Witherspoon Building, Philadelphia.
RECEIPTS FOR SABBATH-SCHOOL WORK, JULY, 1898.
Atlantic. — Atlantic — Summerville sab.-sch., 1 ; Zion
sab.-sch., 4. East Florida— Mars Hill sab.-sch., 1.36; St.
Augustine Mather Perit sab.-sch., 3 ; Weirsdale sab.-sch.,
3.75. Fairfield— Bethlehem No. 1 sab.-sch., 3.45; Hebron,
3.10 ; Ladson, 3; Mt. Carmel sab.-sch, 1.05; Mt. Olivet
sab.-sch. ,2.10 ; Lebanon sab.-sch., 4.10 ; Shiloh 2d sab.-sch.,
2 ; Sumter 2d sab.-sch., 7 ; Dillard sab.-sch., 1 ; Good Hope,
2.71. iTnox— Ebenezer 2d sab.-sch., 2. McClelland— Bowers
sab.-sch., 3; Mount Lebanon View sab.-sch., 3; Mount
Zion sab.-sch., 7 ; Pleasant View sab.-sch., 4.65 ; Salem sab.-
sch., 2.50; Walker's Chapel sab.-sch., 6; Sloan's Chapel,
5.30; Springfield sab.-sch., 1. South Florida— Lake Mary
sab.-sch., 61 cts.; Upsala Swedish sab.-sch., 1 55. 79 23
Baltimore.— Baltimore— Baltimore 2d sab.-sch., 47.12 ; —
Canton sab.-sch., 3.30; — La Fayette Square sab.-sch.,
22.65; —Park sab.-sch., 12 ; — Walbrook, 15 ; Bethel sab.-
sch., 31.25; Cumberland sab.-sch., 27.50; Ellicott City,
3.75; Emmittsburg, 6.53; Granite sab.-sch., 4.75; Hagers-
town sab.-sch., 16.96; Mount Paran sab.-sch., 10; Oregon,
5.72. New Castle— Bridgeville sab.-sch., 13.10; Bucking-
ham, 8.73; Dover ch. and sab.-sch., 32.15; Farmington
sab.-sch., 3 ; Frankford sab.-sch., 4.22 ; Green Hill sab.-sch.,
20 ; Harrington sab.-sch., 11 ; Manokin ch. and sab.-sch.,
28; Pencader sab.-sch., 3.19 ; Red Clay Creek sab.-sch., 14;
Rehoboth, Md.. sab.-sch. , 8.53; Wilmington 1st sab.-sch.,
12.23; Wilmington Hanover Street sab.-sch., 10. Washing-
ton City— Falls Church sab.-sch., 23; Hyattsville, 3.37;
Kensington Warner Memorial sab.-sch., 19.50 ; Lewinsville
sab.-sch., 11; Takoma Park sab.-sch., 14.57; Washington
City 1st sab.-sch., 10 ; — Bethany sab.-sch., 6.52 ; — Ecking-
ton (sab.-sch., 7.38), 9.38; — Gunton Temple Memorial
sab.-sch., 14.40 ; — West Street sab.-sch., 50 cts. 486 92
California.— i?e7u'ei'a— Calistoga sab.-sch., 3.75; Covelo,
4; Crescent City sab.-sch., 4.50; Eureka sab.-sch., 10.30;
Grizzly Bluff, 2; Kelseyville sab.-sch. ,5 ; Lakeportsab -sch.,
2.50: Port Kenyon. 1 ; San Rafael (sab.-sch., 11.70), 16.50 ;
St. Helena sab.-sch., 11.70; Ukiah sab.-sch., 1.60. Los
Angeles— Banning sab.-sch., 3 ; Coronado Graham Memorial,
6.75; El Caj on (sab.-sch., 6), 16; Fernando sab.-sch., 4.50;
Glendale sab.-sch., 5.93; Highland Park sab.-sch., 2.02;
Los Aageles 3d sab.-sch., 13; — Chinese sab.-sch., 1; —
Grand View sab.-sch., 9.07; — Immanuel sab.-sch., 6.94 ; —
Redeemer ch. and sab.-sch., 7.25; Rivera sab.-sch., 7.35;
Riverside Calvary sab.-sch., 24.62; San Bernardino, 9.16;
San Gorgonia sab.-sch., 9 ; Santa Monica sab.-sch., 2. Oak-
land— Livermore sab.-sch., 15 ; North Temescal sab.-sch., 5 ;
Oakland Brooklyn (sab.-sch., 482), 20.89; — Telegraph
Avenue Mission, 10; East Oakland Park Avenue sab.-sch.,
1.50; South Berkeley sab.-sch., 1; West Berkeley, 20 cts.
Sacramento— Chico sab.-sch., 9.50; Dixon sab.-sch., 1.25;
Fall River Mills sab.-sch., 3; Marysville sab.-sch., 3.65;
Sacramento 14th Street sab.-sch., 16; — Westminster sab.-
sch., 22.01 ; Westminster Fremont sab.-sch., 4 San Fran-
cisco—San Francisco Mizpah sab.-sch., 8; — Reformed
French sab.-sch., 9.3S ; — Trinity sab.-sch., 20. San Jose—
Cayucos sab.-sch., 3.50; Los Gatos sab.-sch., 3.35. Santa
Barbara— Carpenteria sab.-sch., 53 cts.; Hueneme, 9.45;
Santa Maria, 3.25 ; Santa Ynez sab.-sch., 1.05 ; Saticoy sab.-
sch., 9. Stockton— Fresno sab.-sch., 35; — Armenian 1st
sab.-sch., 4. 410 00
Catawba. — Cape Fear— Chadbourne 2d, 2 ; Grace sab.-
sch., 1 ; Haymount sab.-sch., 3.55; Panthersford sab.-sch.,
2.20 ; Wilson Chapel sab.-sch., 3.61 ; Maxton sab.-sch., 2.39.
Catawba— Davidson sab.-sch., 3; Huntersville sab.-sch.,
6.39; Lincolnton sab.-sch., 5; Leeper's Chapel sab.-sch.,
5; Lawrence Chapel sab.-sch., 2; Shiloh sab.-sch., 2.13;
Shelby Mission sab.-sch., 2 ; West Philadelphia sab.-sch., 2 ;
Siloam sab.-sch., 1.25. Southern Virginia— Big Oak sab.-
sch., 6; Cumberland sab.-sch., 4; Hope sab.-sch., 2; Mar-
rowbone sab.-sch., 2.40 ; Refuge (sab.-sch., 1), 2; Ridgeway
360
8ABBATH-8CHOOL WORK.
[October,
sab.-sch., 7.12; Trinity sab. -sen., 2.50; Manchester Mission
sab.-sch. , 2. Yadkin — Freedom sab.-sch., 4.87; Mocksville
2d sab.-sch., 10 ; Mooresville 2d sab.-sch., 9: Mt. Airy, 5;
Mt Vernon sab.-sch., 5; New Centre sab.-sch., 1.60; Pine
Hill sab.-sch., 3; Silver Hill sab.-sch., 2.29; Gennanton
sab.-sch., 1 ; Third Creek sab.-sch., 2. 115 30
Colorado.— Boulder— Berthoud ch. and sab.-sch., 16.40;
Davidson sab.-sch., 2.46; Fossil Creek, 5.80; Greeley sab.-
sch., 6.35; Holyoke, 4; Longmont sab.-sch., 8.25; Valniont
sab.-sch., 3. Denver— Columbian sab.-sch., 1 ; Denver Cen-
tral sab.-sch., 6.31 ; — North sab.-sch., 18 ; — South Broad-
way sab.-sch., 4.28; Georgetown sab.-sch., 5.80; Idaho
Springs sab.-sch., 5; Vernon sab.-sch., 4.37. Gunnison —
Aspen sab.-sch., 15; Grand Junction Hope sab.-sch., 1.75;
Gunnison Tabernacle, 13; Paragon sab.-sch., 1.15; Poncha
Springs, 2 ; Ridgway sab.-sch., 5. Pueblo— Alamosa (sab.-
sch., 10.25), 12.50 ; Bowen sab.-sch., 3 ; Canon City (sab.-sch.,
2), 6; — Brookside sab.-sch., 2; Colorado Springs 1st
sab.-sch., 13.64; Durango, 14.89; Lockett sab.-sch., 6;
Monte Vista sab.-sch.. 22.63 ; Silver Cliff, 12. 221 58
Illinois.— ^4Mw— Edwardsville sab.-sch., 4.25 ; Greenville
sab.-sch., 12; Hardin sab.-sch., 6.26; Moro sab.-sch., 7;
Woodburn German sab.-sch., 6.70. Bloomington—Bloova-
ington 1st, 11.35; Chenoa sab.-sch., 10; Fairbury, 22;
Mahomet sab.-sch., 5.45; Normal sab.-sch., 9.25 ; Onarga
sab.-sch., 4.40; Rossville sab.-sch., 6.50; Way nesville sab.-
sch., 1; Wellington, 5.92. Cairo— Cairo sab.-sch., 9.25;
Carbondale (sab.-sch., -3), 6.40; Du Quoin, 21.82; Galum
sab.-sch., 4 ; Harrisburg sab.-sch., 6.67 ; Odin sab.-sch., 3.15 ;
Richland, 2.50; Sumner sab.-sch., 2 20. Chicago— Chicago
1st, 13.80 ; —3d sab.-sch., 27.87 ; — 48th Avenue sab.-sch.,
3.50 ; — 60th Street sab.-sch., 8.40 ; — Belden Avenue, 1.25 ;
— Bethany sab.-sch., 4; — Brookline Park (sab.-sch., 3),
14.60; — Central Park, 9.45; Chicago Heights sab.-sch.,
10.66; Du Page sab.-sch., 9.51 ; Elwood, 13; Evanston 1st,
21.30 ; Joliet 1st, 11.73; — Mission sab.-sch., 6.35. Freeport
—Hanover sab.-sch., 4; Linn and Hebron, 13; Middle
Creek sab.-sch., 8.41; Rockford 1st ch. and sab.-sch., 36;
Willow Creek sab.-sch., 18.50. Mattoon— Assumption, 11.74 ;
Charleston sab.-sch., 14.16; Kansas sab.-sch., 8.50 ; Prairie
Home sab.-sch., 10.26; Tuscola sab.-sch., 14.62. Ottawa—
Au Sable Grove sab.-sch., 6.28; Brookfield sab.-sch., 3.10;
Sandwich (sab.-sch., 9.04), 17.55. Peoria— Altona sab.-sch.,
6; Hanna City Union sab.-sch., 2.50; Knoxville sab.-sch.,
6; Limestone sab.-sch., 18.51; Peoria Arcadia Avenue,
5.44; — Bethel sab-sch., 10: —Westminster sab.-sch., 10.
Rock River— Aledo, 4 ; Franklin Grove, 4.50 ; Geneseo sab.-
sch., 1.50; Kewanee (sab.-sch., 8.01), 9.50 ; Milan sab.-sch.,
17.37; Norwood, 22.35; Perryton sab.-sch., 6.10; Pleasant
Ridge 8ab.-sch.,3; Princeton sab.-sch., 10.50. Schuyler —
Chili sab.-sch., 5.06; Doddsville sab.-sch., 2; Ellington
Memorial sab.-sch., 8; Elvaston, 6.79; Hersman sab.-sch.,
6; Huntsville sab.-sch., 4; New Salem sab.-sch., 5; Ply-
mouth sab.-sch., 4.46. Springfield— Chatham sab.-sch., 2;
Petersburg, 8.12; Pisgah sab.-sch., 7.30; Springfield 2d,
3.20 ; Unity sab.-sch., 5.70. 694 51
Indiana. — Crawfordsville — Benton sab.-sch., 2 ; Craw-
fordsville 1st sab.-sch., 7.70; Hopewell, 2; Spring Grove
(sab.-sch., 4.60), 26.10. Fort Wayne— Columbia City sab.-
sch., 6.78; Kingsland, 2.93; Ossian sab.-sch., 6.05; Pierce-
ton sab.-sch., 2; Salem Centre, 2.40. Indianapolis— Green-
field, 1; Greenwood sab.-sch., 14.75; Hopewell, 34.10;
Indianapolis 12th sab.-sch., 3.10; Nashville sab.-sch., 1.88 ;
Spencer sab.-sch., 4.71 ; White Lick sab.-sch., 9.30. Logans-
port— Centre sab.-sch., 3.10; Monticello sab.-sch., 16.26.
New Albany — Glenwood sab.-sch., 3; Jefferson ville, 6;
Madison 1st, 9; New Albany Mt. Tabor sab.-sch., 4.30;
Rehoboth sab.-sch., 8 ; Sharon, 7.05. Vincennes— Rockport,
10 ; Vincennes 2d, 12.55. White Water— Cambridge City,
3.90 ; Liberty sab.-sch., 3 ; Union sab.-sch., 2. 214 96
Indian Territory. — Choctaw— Lehigh sab.-sch., 2.80.
Cimarron — Winnview sab.-sch., 1. Oklahoma — Clifton
Union sab.-sch., 3; Edmond sab.-sch., 7 ; Heron sab.-sch.,
2.70; Mulhall sab.-sch., 2; Newkirk sab.-sch., 3 ; Norman,
11.19; Stillwater sab.-sch., 3.40. Sequoyah— Pleasant Valley
sab.-sch., 2.40; Wewoka, 1. 39 49
Iowa.— Cedar Rapids— Atkins, 10.70 ; Blairstown sab.-sch.,
5 ; Cedar Rapids 1st, 13.74 ; Centre Junction sab.-sch., 1.75 ;
Linn Grove (sab.-6ch., 5), 10 ; Mechanicsville, 15; Mount
Vernon sab.-sch., 11 ; Scotch Grove, 6 ; Springville sab.-sch.,
6.51; Vinton ch. and sab.-sch., 22. Corning— Arlington
sab.-sch., 3.66; Bedford sab.-sch., 7.42 ; Clarinda sab.-sch.,
20; Conway sab.-sch., 1; Creston, 3; Emerson (sab.-sch.,
2.20), 4.20; Pilot Grove, 10.50; Prairie Star sab.-sch., 4;
Sidney, 14.11; Villisca ch. and sab.-sch., 13; West Centre
sab.-sch., 4.20. Council Bluffs — Adair sab.-sch., 3.31;
Atlantic sab.-sch., 12.44 ; Caledonia sab.-sch., 4.23 ; Council
Bluffs 1st sab.-sch., 14 ; Groveland sab.-sch., 5.50 ; Griswold
sab.-sch., 6.58; Guthrie Centre, 5; Quick sab.-sch., 9.08;
Sharon sab.-sch., 7.32. Des Moines— Allerton sab.-sch., 5;
Colfax, 1.25; Dallas Centre sab.-sch., 1.25; Davis City
sab.-sch., 4; Des Moines 6th sab.-sch., 8.48; — Clifton
Heights (sab.-sch., 5), 8; Dexter, 4; Indianola (sab.-sch.,
16.99), 17.99 ; Leon (sab.-sch., 3), 5; New Sharon sab.-sch.,
3.10; Newton sab.-sch., 7.44; Perry, 5.50; Promise City,
2.98; Waukee sab.-sch., 10. Dubuque— Cono Centre, 9.32;
Dubuque 2d sab.-sch., 30 ; Frankville sab.-sch., 3.40 ; Hazle-
ton ch. and sab.-sch., 11.51 ; — Cooper Valley Mission, 1 ;
Independence 1st, 22 55; Lansing German, 4; Maynard
sab.-sch., 4; Oelwein (sab.-sch., 10), 13 50; Otterville ch.
and sab.-sch., 6; Rowley sab-sch., 6.25; SherrilPs Mound
German sab.-sch., 5; Walker, 4.40; Wilson's Grove (sab.-
sch., 4), 6; Zion ch. and sab.-sch., 13.16. Fort Dodge —
Burt, 1.30; — McWhorter and Grover sab.-sch., 1.01;
Glidden (sab.-sch., 8.49), 18.84; Lake Park sab.-sch., 3;
Plover sab.-sch., 4.28; Plum Creek sab.-sch., 6.45; Poca-
hontas (sab.-sch., 6), 8.55; Rockwell City, 18.80. Iowa—
Bloomfield sab.-sch., 3; Bonaparte (sab.-sch., 3), 6; Bur-
lington 1st sab.-sch., 41.14; Fairfield sab.-sch., 39.87;
Keokuk Westminster sab.-sch., 22.14; Kossuth 1st, 5.60;
Libertyville sab.-sch., 4.64 ; Montrose sab.-sch., 1.10 ; Salina
sab.-sch., 4.53; Wapella, 3.26; West Point, 6.25; Winfield
sab.-sch., 14. Iowa City — Fairview sab.-sch., 6; Keota
sab.-sch., 6; Lafavette sab.-sch., 4; Malcom Evergreen
sab.-sch., 3.02 ; Oxford (sab.-sch., 20), 26; Tipton ch. and
sab.-sch., 14.59 ; AVashington sab.-sch., 14.39. Sioux City —
Cleghorn sab.-sch., 9.60 ; Ida Grove sab.-sch., 3.50 ; O'Leary
sab.-sch., 2 64; Sac City sab.-sch., 11; Sanborn sab.-sch.,
6.40 ; Sioux City 3d (sab.-sch., 2), 4 ; — 4th sab.-sch., 4.20 ;
Union Township, 1.42 ; Vail Sunny Side sab.-sch., 2.25 ;
Waterloo — Albion sab.-sch., 3.55; Dows, 3.35; Eldora sab.-
sch., 1.05; La Porte City sab.-sch., 12.60; Tama sab.-sch.,
3.80; Waterloo sab.-sch., 20. 855 45
Kansas. — Emporia — Argonia sab.-sch., 6.29; Conway
Springs sab.-sch., 3.34; Emporia 2d, 2.53; Geuda Springs
sab.-sch., 3; Maxon sab.-sch., 2 70; Mulvane sab.-sch., 6;
Osage City sab.-sch., 15 94; Waco sab.-sch., 1.50; Walnut
Valley sab.-sch., 2.10 ; Wichita Oak Street ch. and sab.-sch.,
8.50; Winfield sab.-sch., 7.63. Highland— Corning, 2.33;
Highland sab.-sch., 5 60 ; Horton sab.-sch., 14.55 ; Lancas-
ter sab.-sch., 6; Nortonville sab.-sch., 3.74. Larned —
Arlington, 1; Galva sab.-sch., 3.70; Halstead, 2.20; Syra-
cuse sab.-sch., 5. Neosho— Central City sab.-sch., 1.70;
Chanute sab.-sch., 4.04; Edna sab.-sch., 2.05; Fort Scott
Union Band Mission, 1.20; Lake Creek sab.-sch., 4.90;
Lone Elm sab.-sch., 3; Miliken Memorial sab.-sch., 5.15;
Mineral Point sab.-sch., 1.82; Mound Valley sab.-sch., 2;
Neosho Falls sab.-sch., 4.21 ; Osawatomie sab.-sch.. 2.50 ;
Paolo, 12.50; Pittsburg, 7.90. Osborne— Colby sab.-sch.,
6.90; Pleasant Hill sab.-sch., 3.25; Richland Union sab.-
sch., 1. Solomon— Carlton, 1.30; Concordia, 10; Harmony
sab.-sch., 64 cts.; Herrington sab.-sch., 4.33; Manchester
sab.-sch., 5.60; Mankato sab.-sch., 4.60; Pleasant Dale
sab.-sch., 2.48; Salina sab.-sch., 16; Union sab.-sch., 4;
Wilson, 5. Topeka — Kansas City 1st sab.-sch., 10: Leaven-
worth 1st, 57.60; Oskaloosa, 5; Sedalia sab.-sch., 75 cts.;
Topeka 3d, 12; Vinland (sab.-sch., 2.03), 5.86; Wakarusa
sab.-sch., 1.40; Wamego (sab.-sch., 1.13), 3.04; Willow
Springs sab-sch., 45 cts. 316 52
Kentucky. — Ebenezer— Flemingsburg, 7 ; Frankfort, 26 ;
Ludlow sab.-sch., 6.57. Louisville— Chapel Hill sab.-sch. ,
4.50; Hodgensville sab.-sch., 5; Louisville Alliance sab.-
sch., 2.75 ; — Calvary ch. and sab.-sch., 15.50 ; Owensboro
1st sab.-sch., 4; Pewee Valley sab.-sch., 7. Transylvania —
Boyle, 6.25. 84 57
Michigan. — Detroit — Birmingham sab.-sch., 5; Detroit
Central (sab.-sch., 14.10), 25.79; — Covenant sab.-sch.,
14.75; — Memorial sab.-sch., 50; — Westminster sab.-
sch., 1; Holly sab.-sch., 7; Ypsilanti (sab.-sch., 12.24),
19.31. Flint— Bloomfield sab.-sch., 4.38 : East Huron Union
sab.-sch., 5.88; Port Huron Westminster sab.-sch., 8.
Grand Rapids — Grand Haven sab.-sch., 16.42; Grand
Rapids 1st sab.-sch., 16.60; — 3d. 10.63; Ionia sab.-sch.,
8 35; Spring Lake ch. and sab.-sch., 4. Kalamazoo —
Decatur (sab.-sch., 7), 12.60; Martin, 2.25; Niles, 24.95;
Richland ch. and sab.-sch., 10; Schoolcraft, 4; Sturgis
sab.-sch, 10. Lake Superior — Escan aba sab.-sch., 10;
Gladstone Westminster sab.-sch., 8; Menominee sab.-sch.,
10; St Ignace sab.-sch., 2.90. Lansing— Albion sab.-sch.,
9; Battle Creek sab.-sch., 12.14; Lansing Franklin Street
sab.-sch., 6; Oneida sab.-sch., 6.69; Sebewa, 2.60; Spring-
port sab.-sch., 2 50 ; Sunfield, 4.75. Monroe— Adrian, 8.09 ;
Clayton (sab.-sch., 5.66 ; Home Class Dept., 2), 7.66 ; Dover
sab.-sch., 8. Peloskey— Boyne City (sab.-sch., 2), 4.58;
Boyne Falls sab.-sch., 1.70; Conway sab.-sch., 1; Elmira
sab.-sch., 3; Omena sab.-sch., 5.50. Saginaw— Alma sab.-
sch., 8.48; Au Sable and Oscoda sab.-sch., 3.50; Bay City
1st sab.-sch., 15 ; Caledonia sab.-sch., 3 ; Fairfield sab.-sch.,
7; Maple Ridge, 3; Midland sab.-sch., 9; Saginaw East
Side Washington Avenue sab.-sch., 2.88 ; — Crow Island
sab.-sch., 9.92 ; — West Side 2d, 5 ; Taymouth ch. and sab.-
sch., 7.43. 449 23
Minnesota.— Duluth— Brainerd sab.-sch., 10; Duluth 2d
(sab.-sch., 10.83), 12.50; — Glen Avon, 12.71; Duluth
Heights sab.-sch., 4.57; Lake Side sab.-sch., 12.15; Tower
St. James sab.-sch., 4. Mankato— Currie sab.-sch., 3 ; Easter,
1898.]
SABBATH-SCHOOL WORK.
361
2; Evan Jr. Class, 40 cts.; Green Valley sab.-sch., 1.81;
Island Lake sab.-sch., 3.46; Kasota, 10.10; Luverne (sab.-
sch., 12), 14; Montgomery sab.-sch., 1.57; Redwood Falls,
75 eta.; Slayton sab.-sch.,' 4.50 ; St. James sab.-sch., 3.27;
Struthers sab.-sch., 1.05; Tracy sab.-sch., 6.25; Windom,
16; Woodstock sab.-sch., 1.20. Minneapolis— Buffalo sab.-
sch., 11.76 ; Howard sab.-sch., 4 ; Minneapolis 5th (sab.-sch.,
4.25), 6.50 ; — Bethany sab.-sch., 7 ; — Bethlehem, 4.15 : —
Franklin Avenue sab.-sch., 3.03 ; — Oliver (sab.-sch., 12.20),
16.20; — Stewart Memorial sab.-sch., 9.64. Bed River—
Crookston sab.-sch., 12.70; Farley sab.-sch., 2.61; Fergus
Falls sab.-sch., 9.49; Knox sab.-sch., 3; Maine sab.-sch.,
10.65; Maplewood, 2.73; Moorhead, 2.16; Red Lake Falls
sab.-sch., 7.72; Warren sab.-sch., 3.61. St. Cloud— Spring
Grove sab.-sch., 5.38. St. Paul— Belle Plaine sab.-sch., 1.28 ;
Hastings sab.-sch., 66 cts.; Macalester sab.-sch., 7.31 ; Red
Wing sab.-sch., 12.75; St. Croix Falls sab.-sch., 10.54; St.
Paul 9th sab.-sch., 13.49; —Bethlehem German sab.-sch.,
2.40; — Chapel Hope, 2.14; — Dayton Avenue, 37.39; —
Westminster sab.-sch., 12 94 ; Warrendale, 5.24. Winona-
Ashland, 3.50; Bixby sab.-sch., 1.50; Blooming Prairie,
1.75; Canton sab.-sch., 3.80; Jordan sab.-sch., 3; Kasson,
8 07 ; Lanesboro sab.-sch., 2 ; Le Roy sab.-sch., 4 ; Oakland
sab.-sch., 4; Oronoco sab.-sch., 5 ; Owatonna sab.-sch., 12.54.
402 92
Missouri.— Kansas City— Appleton City sab.-sch., 6.65;
Butler, 2.43; Greenwood sab.-sch., 5; Jefferson City sab.-
sch., 12 ; Kansas City 1st sab.-sch., 43.21 ; — Linwood sab.-
sch., 12.70;— Westminster sab.-sch., 16.93; Sunny Side
sab.-sch., 4.83. Ozark— Fairplay sab.-sch., 3.50 ; Joplin,
2.81 ; Springfield Calvary sab.-.-ch., 5.50 ; White Oak sab.-
sch., 9.25. Palmyra— Bell Porter Memorial sab.-sch., 3;
Bethel sab.-sch., 4.53 ; Birdseye Ridge sab.-sch., 8 ; Glasgow
sab.-sch., 8 26 ; Macon, 1.25 ; Meadville sab -sch., 4 ; Milan
sab.-sch., 7.50; New Providence sab.-sch.. 8. Platte—
Breekenridge sab.-sch., 3.23; Cameron sab.-sch., 5.75;
Chillicothe, 6.26 ; Fairfax, 5.85 ; Grant City sab.-sch., 2.16 ;
Hamilton sab.-sch., 4.66 ; Knox sab.-sch., 6 ; Lathrop, 5.71 ;
New Hampton sab.-sch., 5.59; Oregon (sab -sch., 4.26),
8.04; Woodville sab.-sch., 1; Parkville North Chapel sab.-
sch., 2.70; Rosendale sab.-sch., 7; Savannah sab.-sch.,
10.25. St. Louis— Marble Hill, 5; Rolla, 10; St. Louis 1st
sab.-sch., 5.90; — Lee Avenue sab.-sch., 9.78; —Leonard
Avenue sab.-sch., 4.10 ; — Oak Hill sab.-sch., 4.65 ; Webster
Grove (sab.-sch., 17.95), 30. 312 98
Montana.— .gu«e— Corvallis sab.-sch., 9.30 ; Potomac sab.-
sch., 3.25. Great Falls— Havre (sab.-sch., 2.65), 11 ; Kalispel
sab.-sch., 13.85. Helena— Boulder, 6.35; Riverside sab.-sch.,
13.11. 56 86
Nebraska. — Hastings — Beaver City sab.-s-ch., 3.30;
Campbell German ch. and sab.-sch., 3 ; Edgar (C. E., 1.84),
17.58; Holdredge, 7.91 ; Minden, 5 ; Ong ch. and sab.-sch.,
6; Pleasant Valley sab.-sch., 1.23; Ruskin sab. sch., 4;
Stamford, 8 ; Stockham sab.-sch , 5.28 ; Superior sab.-sch.,
8.21. Kearney— Ashton sab.-sch., 2.55 ; Berg, 3 ; Buflalo
Grove ch. and sab.-sch.,5; Central City (sab.-sch.. 7.81),
15.81 ; Cherry Creek sab -sch., 1.26 ; Fullerton sab.-sch.,
11.15; Kearney 1st sab.-sch., 4; Lexington (sab -sch., 7.06),
14 ; Litchfield sab.-sch., 10.50 ; Mount Carmel, 65 cts.; Norm
Platte (sab.-sch., 23.34), 28.69: Overton sab.-sch., 3.35;
Spiker sab.->ch., 2.19; Spannuth sab.-sch., 2; Wilson
Memorial sab.-sch., 5.50; Wood River sab.-sch., 3.01.
Nebraska City— Beatrice 1st (sab.-sch., 23), 35 ; — 2d sab.-
sch., 7.30; — Hoag Mission sab.-sch., 4.20; Goshen, 5.50;
Lincoln 3d, 1.95 ; sterling sab.-sch., 3. Niobrara — Atkinson
sab.-sch., 5; Bethany sab.-sch., 3.89; Coleridge sab.-sch.,
13.10; Elgin sab.-sch., 450; Madison, 12; Millerboro sab.-
sch., 3.50 ; Pleasant Valley sab.-sch., 2.15; Randolph, 5 33;
South Fork sab.-sch., 8; Stuart sab.-sch., 4.25; Sunny
Dale sab.-sch., 4.75. Omaha — Bellevue sab.-sch., 10.25;
Marietta sab.-sch., 7.20 ; McCarthy sab.-sch., 62 cts.; South
Omaha sab.-sch., 19.13 ; Tekamah sab.-sch., 13. 355 79
New Jersey.— Elizabeth— Carteret sab.-sch., 3 ; Dunellen,
3.35 ; Elizabeth 1st sab.-sch., 44.86 ; — 3d Youth's Miss. Soc,
36.01;— Madison Avenue sab.-sch., 11.59; Perth Amboy
sab.-sch., 52.43 ; Plainfield 1st sab -sch., 51.38; Rahway 1st,
19.50 ; Woodbridge, 14.13. Jersey City— Hackensack, 7 ;
Jersey City 2d, 40; Newfoundland Oak Ridge sab.-sch.,
18.46"; Passaic, 16.49 ; Paterson Madison Ave. sab.-sch., 5: —
Westminster sab.-sch., 11; Rutherford Emmanuel Chapel
W. E. sab.-sch., 6.26. Monmouth— Asbury Park Westmin-
ster, 5; Barnegat (sab.-sch., 3), 6; Burlington sab.-sch.,
18.77; Calvary (sab.-sch., 14.71), 32.74 ; Columbus sab.-sch.,
10 ; Cream Ridge, 3.21; Englishtown (sab.-sch., 5), 10;
Forked River (sab.-sch., 2), 4; Jacksonville (sab -sch., 6),
10.04; Long Branch, 25; Manchester (sab.-sch., 3), 6;
Mount Holly, 29.96 ; New Gretna sab.-sch., 4.25 ; Perrine-
ville sab.-sch., 7.49; Providence (sab.-sch., 6.05), 8.55;
South Amboy sab.-sch., 5; Tom's River sab.-sch., 7.98;
Tuckerton sab.-sch., 2.50. Morris and Orange — East Orange
1st, 63.23 ; — Arliogton Avenue, 41.08; Hanover sab.-sch.,
9.28; Mine Hill sab.-sch., 3; Morris Plains sab.-sch., 5.50;
Mt. Freedom sab.-sch., 8.15 ; Parsippany, 5.95 ; Succasunna
10; Whippany sab.-sch., 6.20. Newark— Montclair Cedar
Ave. Chapel, 16.63 ; Roseland sab.-sch., 10. New Brunswick
— Amwell Reaville sab.-sch., 3.20 ; — United 1st sab.-sch., 7;
Dayton, 5.07; Deans Union, 6.25; Flemington sab.-sch.,
16.21; Hopewell sab.-sch., 5.50; Lawrence sab.-sch., 8.89;
Stockton sab.-sch., 5; Trenton 5th sab.-sch., 8.16. Newton
—Asbury sab.-sch., 12.79; Bethany sab.-sch., 6.13; Blairs-
town, 10.83; Branchtown (sab.-sch., 5), 8.15; Marksboro
(sab.-scb., 4), 6; Oxford 2d sab.-sch., 4.33; Phillipsburgh
1st, 6 ; — Westminster, 7. West Jersey— Atco sab.-sch., 3.25 ;
Atlantic City 1st, 24; — German sab.-sch., 2.75; Bunker
Hill sab.-sch., 5.46 ; Camden 2d, 6.29 ; — Calvary, 30 ; Cape
May sab.-sch, 7.20; Fairton sab.-sch., 6; Hammonton
sab.-scb., 14.38; Salem (sab.-sch, 5.80), 32.42; Tuckahoe
sab.-sch., 2 ; Williamstown sab.-sch., 8.89 ; Woodbury, 23.26.
996 34
New Mexico. — Arizona— Flagstaff eh. and sab.-sch.,
10.25. Bio Grande — Albuquerque 1st, 10; Socorro Span-
ish ch. and sab.-sch., 5. Santa Ft— Flora Vista, 1.20; Ria
Pueblo sab.-sch., 1.25 ; Taos El Prado sab.-sch., 3. 30 70
New York.— A Ibany— Albany 6th sab.-sch., 32.35 ; Ball-
6ton Spa (sab.-sch., 7), 11.25 ; Batchellerville sab.-sch., 5.50 ;
Carlisle, 3.25 ; Corinth sab.-sch., 10.43 ; Emmanuel sab -sch.,
7.94; Jermain Memorial sab.-sch., 17; Johnstown sab.-sch.,
30.74; New Scotland sab.-sch., 20 ; Princetown sab.-sch., 25 ;
Stephentown, 7 ; West Galway sab.-sch., 5. Binghamton
— Bainbridge, 7.59 ; Binghamton 1st sab.-sch., 49.02 ; East
Maine, 3.43; Masonville, 10.51; Owego sab.-sch., 11.46;
Preble, 1.80. Boston— Barre sab.-scb., 9 ; Bedford sab.-sch.,
6.82; Boston Scotch sab.-sch., 10; Houlton sab.-sch., 6;
Newburyport 1st (sab.-sch., 10), 12.50; Newport Broadway
sab.-sch., 10; — Grace Chapel sab.-sch., 5; Quincy, 7.66;
South Ryegate sab.-sch., 13.62; Thornton's Ferry, 3.52;
Worcester, 6.40. Brooklyn— Brooklyn Ainslie Street sab.-
sch., 30; — Bedford sab.-sch., 5 ; — Franklin Avenue sab.-
sch., 6.50; — Grace sab.-sch., 10; — Memorial 24th Street
Branch sab.-sch., 19.66; — Siloam sab.-sch., 3. Buffalo—
Akron (sab.-sch., 1.25), 2.75; Buffalo Bethlehem (sab.-sch.,
5.36), 6.86; — Covenant (sab.-sch., 5), 10.75; Buffalo
Walden Avenue sab.-sch., 5; —Westminster, 16.39; Rip-
ley, 5 ; Sherman, 7 ; Tonawanda sab.-sch., 11.14. Cayuga—
Auburn Central sab.-sch., 30; Aurora, 9.04 ; Genoa 2d sab.-
sch., 9.42- Ithaca sab.-sch., 18.26; Sennett sab -sch., 9.50;
Union Springs sab.-sch., 14.25. Champlain— Beekmantown, b;
Burke sab. sch., 3.30 ; Keeseville sab.-sch., 7.07; Peiistrome
sab.-sch., 14 ; Peru sab.-sch., 3.65. Chemung— Dundee sab.-
sch., 9.50 ; Elmira North sab.-sch., 16.97 ; Hector sab.-sch., 7;
Mecklenburg sab.-sch., 16; Monterey sab.-sch., 2.50. Columbia
— Ancram Lead Mines (sab.-sch., 7), 9. Genesee— Castile
(sab.-sch., 5), 6.46; Perry sab.-sch., 14. Geneva — Seneca
sab.-sch., 11.60; — Halls Corners sab -sch., 5.75; Torrey
sab.-sch, 2.60; Trumansburg sab.-sch, 30. Hudson— Cir-
cleville sab.-sch., 10.41 ; Florida, 10 : Goshen, 28.09 ; Hamp-
tonburg, 1 ; Haverstraw 1st (sab.-sch., 21.09), 26.75; Hope-
well, 7.36; Monticello sab.-sch., 11.52; Ramapo, 43.46;
Ridgebury sab.-s-ch., 5; South Centreville sab.-sch., 3.50;
Stoney Point sab.-sch., 32.50; Washingtonville 1st sab.-sch.,
22; West Town, 2. Long Island— Cutchogue sab.-sch., 10;
East Hampton Freetown Mission, 1.45 ; Mattituck sab.-sch.,
19.61; Port Jefferson sab.-sch., 5.86 ; Sag Harbor sab.-sch.,
21.66; Southhold sab.-sch., 8.25; Yaphank sab.-sch., 6.26.
Lyons— Ontario sab -sch., 2.32; Wolcott 1st, 6.30. Nassau—
Far Rockaway (sab.-sch., lS.SO), 32; Islip sab.-sch., 8;
Northport, 10.68. New York— New York 1st Union sab.-
sch., 21.51; — 13th Street sab.-sch., 51.81; — Alexander
Chapel, 32.50; —Allen Street sab.-tch., 15.10 ; — Bethany
sab. sch., 25; — Knox sab.-sch., 5; — Morrisania 1st sab"-
sch., 12.84; — Mount Washington sab.-sch., 6.58; —
Throggs Neck sab.-sch., 16; — Woodstock, 5. Niagara—
Lyndonville sab.-sch., 9.39; Medina (sab.-sch., 6.47), 18.47.
North River-Cold Spring sab.-sch., 10.25; Highland Falls,
12 41; Little Britain. 9; Lloyd, 11.63; New Hamburg, 7;
Poughkeepsie sab.-tch., 45.30; Rondout sab.-sch., 12.67.
Otsego— Cherry Valley, 10; Laurens sab.-sch., 5 ; Oneonta,
20.39; Otego sab.-sch., 9; Richfield Springs, 10.26; Stam-
ford sab.-sch., 19 ; Unadilla (sab.-sch., 7.14), 9.63. Roches-
ter—Avon East sab.-sch., 8.65; Brighton sab.-sch., 35.48;
Caledonia sab.-sch., 11.53; Ossian, 5.88; Parma Centre
sab.-sch.. 4; Rochester Calvary, 9.84; — Mount Hor sab.-
sch., 7.5S ; — Westminster sab.-sch., 7.12. St. Lawrence —
Adams. 6.22 ; Brownville, 8 ; Canton sab.-sch., 10; Canhage
sab.-sch., 21.25; De Kalb Junction sab.-sch., 4; Dexter
(sab.-sch., 6), 10; Hammond ch. and sab.-sch., 18; Ox Bow
sab.-sch., 7.53; Potsdam sab.-sch., 35; Sackett's Harbor,
18 cts.; Stark, 1.67 ; Theresa sab.-sch., 5. Steuben— Angelica
sab.-sch., 1.69 ; Belmont sab.-sch., 10 ; Cohocton sab.->ch.,
6.20; Corning (sab.-sch., 20.90), 35.90; Pultney sab.-sch.,
9.13; Woodhull, 1.50. Syracuse — Amboy sab.-sch., 7.2u ;
Baldwinsville, 10.20 ; Canastota sab.-sch., 43.47 ; Last Syra-
cuse ch. and sab.-sch., 17.92 ; Manlius Trinity sab.-.-ch., 5 ;
Oneida Lake sab.-sch., 3.50; Onondaga sab.-sch., 3.40;
Oswego Mission sab.-sch., 2.32 ; Pompey sab.-sch., 4 : Syra-
cuse West End Mission, 4.40. Troy— Caldwell sab.-.-ch.,
362
SABBATH-SCHOOL WORK.
[October,
2; Hoosick Falls, 12 56; Malta sab.-sch., 5.56; Melrose
sab.-sch., 6.01 ; Middle Granville sab.-sch., 4; North Gran-
ville, 7; Pittstown sab.-sch., 2.10; Salem (sab.-sch. 5.83),
8.18 ; Troy Liberty Street sab.-sch.. 4.12. Utica— Boonville
sab.-sch., 7.48; Dolgeville. 6.61; Kirkland (sab.-sch., 5),
10; Lowville (sab.-sch., 6.14), 10.76; Old Forge sab.-sch.,
10; Oriskanv Waterbury Memorial sab.-sch., 8; Utica
Memorial sab.-sch., 18; Verona sab.-sch., 6; Waterville
(sab.-sch., 16.40), 17.53; Westernville sab.-sch., 3.35;
White Lake sab.-sch., 5. Westchester— Croton Falls sab.-
sch., 8; Gilead sab.-sch., 1; Hastiugs 1st sab.-sch., 3.34;
Holyoke sab.-sch., 5.89 ; Mahopac Falls ch. and sab.-sch., 8 ;
New Haven 1st, 5 ; New Rochelle 1st sab.-sch., 29 ; — 2d,
11.83 ; South East Centre, 5 ; South Salem, 23.55 ; Stamford
1st sab.-sch., 30; Yonkers 1st, 27.31 ; — Dayspring, 6.84; —
Westminster, 45.92. 2233 25
Nokth Dakota. — Bismarck— Bismarck sab.-sch., 5.55.
Fargo— Buffalo, 9 ; Elm River sab.-sch., 6 ; Galesburg sab.-
sch., 8.87 ; La Moure, 7.80 ; Lisbon sab.-sch., 7.64 ; Mapleton
6ab.-sch., 6.10; Sanborn ch. and sab.-sch., 5.85. Minne-
wau kon— Burlington sab.-sch., 2 ; Minot sab.-sch., 3.50 ;
Omemee sab.-sch., 5 ; Webster Chapel sab.-sch., 2.83. Pem-
bina— Arvilla, 3.40; Gilby sab.-sch., 10 ; Larimore sab.-6ch.,
4.90; Pembina sab.-sch., 9 ; Ramsey's Grove ch. and sab.-
sch., 6.43 ; Tyner sab.-sch., 15.25. 119 12
Ohio.— Athens— Bristol sab.-sch., 2 ; Cutler sab.-sch., 2.60 ;
Gallipolis sab.-sch., 3 17; Pomeroy, 7.47. Bellefontaine—
Crestline sab.-sch., 13.50; Galion sab.-sch., 13.85; Kenton
sab.-sch., 12.03. Chillicothe — Bourneville, 1.45; Pisgah
sab.-sch., 5. 25 ; Salem ch. and sab.-sch., 8.13. Cincinnati —
Batavia sab.-sch., 5.60; Cincinnati 2d, 43.24; — 5th sab.-
sch., 7.33; — Poplar Street (sab -sch., 22.30), 24.30; Delhi,
8.71 ; Glendale, 2.99 ; — Oak Hill sab.-sch., 6.51 ; Monroe
sab.-sch., 3.15 ; Westwood, 5.73. Cleveland — Cleveland
Beckwith, 13.50 ; — Case Avenue sab.-sch., 14.96 ; — Euclid
Avenue sab.-sch., 27.06; Kingsville sab.-sch., 2.35; Solon,
12.53. Columbus — Amanda sab.-sch. , 5; Columbus 1st sab.-
sch., 9.75; —St. Clair Avenue sab. -sch., 13.56; Groveport sab.-
sch., 5; Li thopolia sab.-sch., 5 ; Westerville sab.-sch., 5.69;
Worthington sab.-sch., 5.64. Bay ton — Bethel (sab.-sch.,
2.10), 3.43; Camden sab.-sch., 5.74: Dayton Memorial
sab.-sch., 15 ; Eaton sab.-sch., 3; Franklin sab.-sch., 10.66 ;
Gettysburg sab.-sch., 6: Greenville, 11; Hamilton West-
minster. 8; New Carlisle, 5; Oxford sab.-sch., 20; South
Charleston, 1 ; Springfield 1st, 39 ; — 2d sab.-sch., 11 ; West
Carrolton sab.-sch., 5. Huron— Bloomville sab.-sch., 10;
Melmore sab.-sch., 3. Lima— Yenedocia, 6.17. Mahoning—
Canfield sab.-sch., 9; Canton, 35; Niles sab.-sch., 23.45;
Petersburg sab.-sch., 9.67; Poland ch. and sab.-sch., 15;
Rogers Westminster ch. and sab.-sch., 3. Marion— Brown
sab.-sch., 7 ; Chesterville sab.-sch., 10 ; Delaware sab.-sch.,
50; Delhi (sab.-sch., 14.53), 20.03; Iberia sab.-sch., 7.97;
La Rue, 2.83; Liberty (sab.-ach., 4), 5; Marion (sab.-sch.,
19.63), 38.15 ; Mount Gilead (sab.-sch., 6), 9.70 ; Providence
sab.-sch., 1.67; Radnor and Thompson sab.-sch., 7.82;
Trenton sab.-sch., 10. Maumee— Bradner sab.-sch , 2 ;
Montpelier sab.-sch., 5 ; Paulding, 10.60 ; Perrysburgh 1st
sab.-sch., 6.42 ; Scott, 1 ; Toledo 1st sab.-sch., 11.88 ; — 3d
sab.-sch., 10; — Auburndale, 2.25; Weston sab.-sch., 5.37.
Portsmouth — Johnston Sheridan Mission, 1 ; Manchester
sab.-sch, 5. St. Clairsville — Bannock sab.-sch., 6 ; Bellaire
st sab.-sch., 13.28 ; Bethel sab.-sch., 7; Coal Brook sab.-sch.,
10; Kirkwood (sab.-sch., 10.64), 20.64 ; Lore City sab.-sch.,
3.92; Morristown sab.-sch., 1.92; New Athens (sab.-sch.,
3), 9; Powhatan sab.-sch., 3.40; Rock Hill sab.-sch., 11.
Steubenville— Amsterdam sab.-sch., 17.30; Bethel sab.-sch.,
12; Deersville sab.-sch., 7; Dennison (sab.-sch., 7.61),
10.61 ; Feed Spring sab.-sch., 7 ; Hopedale sab.-sch., 5.40 ;
Lima, 9; Long's Run (sab.-sch., 15.20), 19.40; Monroeville
sab.-sch., 4.14; New Hagerstown sab.-sch., 4.35; New Phila-
delphia sab.-sch., 11 ; Scio sab.-sch., 6 36 ; Smithfield, 10 ;
Steubenville 2d Mission Chapel sab.-sch., 15; Waynesburg
sab.-sch., 4.33; Wellsville sab.-sch., 6. Woosler— Freder-
icksburg sab.-sch., 26; Nashville (sab.-sch., 5.61), 9.61;
Perrysville sab.-sch., 3.05 ; Savannah sab.-sch., 20 ; Wooster
Westminster (sab.-sch., 12), IS. Zanesville — Madison, 5;
Mt. Zion, 12 ; Newark 2d sab.-sch., 15.80 ; Utica sab.-sch.,
5.50 ; Zanesville 1st (sab.-sch., 16), 29 70 1160 57
Oregon.— East Oreqon— Monkland sab.-sch , 6.35 ; Union
(sab.-sch., 8.64), 9 3*8. Portland— Bay City sab.-sch., 1;
Bethel (sab.-sch., 1.50), 2.50; Mount Tabor sab.-sch., 5.50;
Portland 1st sab.-sch., 28.41; —1st Arbor Lodge Mission,
4.20 ; — St. John's sab.-sch., 1.20 ; — Westminster sab.-sch.,
12.04; Smith Memorial, 5; Springwater (sab.-sch., 3.25),
4.25 ; Tillanook City, 1. Southern Oregon— Ashland Branch
sab.-sch., 1.20; Grant's Pass Bethany, 5.25; Myrtle Point
jab.-sch., 6. Willamette — Alder Creek sab.-sch., 1.75;
Mehama sab.-sch., 1 ; Yaquinna Bay sab.-sch., 2. 98 03
Pennsylvania.— Allegheny— Beaver sab.-sch., 20 ; Castle
Shannon sab.-sch., 4 ; Clifton (sab.-sch., 8.37), 12.71 ; Evans
City, 7.64 ; Freedom, 5 ; Glenshaw (sab.-sch., 19.01), 24.76 ;
Leetsdale, 52.51. Blairsville— Conemaugh (sab.-sch., 4.45),
9.45; Cresson sab.-&ch., 9; Greensburg 1st, 32.95; Harrison
City sab.-sch., 9.48 ; Irwin sab.-sch., 17 ; Jeanette sab.-sch.,
30.42 ; Johnstown Laurel Avenue (sab.-sch., 17), 27 ; Manor
sab.-sch., 7; Murrysville, 31.36 ; New Alexandria (sab.-sch.,
15.23), 64.08; New Florence, 8.10; Parnassus, 27 ; Salem sab.-
sch., 4.20 ; Vandergrift sab -sch., 10.55. Butler— Amity, 8.25;
Centreville sab.-sch., 3.75; Concord sab.-sch., 13.75 ; Great
Belt sab-sch., 3.77; Grove City (sab.-sch., 43.25), 47.29;
Harlansburg (sab.-sch., 11), 14; Harrisville (sab.-sch., 9),
11; Jefferson Centre sab.-sch., 3 39 ; Mount Nebo sab.-sch. ,
22 ; New Salem, 16.10 ; Parkes Landing sab.-sch , 10 ; Plain
Grove sab.-sch., 6; Portersville, 101.40; Scrub Grass, 7;
Summit sab.-sch., 10.44; Westminster sab.-sch., 9.21;
Zelienople sab.-sch., 15. Carlisle — Centre sab.-sch., 7;
Dauphin, 1; Dickinson sab.-sch., 17.72; Duncannon (sab.-
sch., 9.51), 20 ; Gettysburg (sab.-sch., 33 45), 39.60; Great
Conewago sab.-sch., 6.30; Harrisburg Calvary Chapel sab.-
sch., 18.06; Shermansdale, 3.14; Shippensburg sab.-sch.,
19.40; Upper Path Valley ( sab.-sch., 19 75), 23.75; War-
fordsburg sab.-sch., 2.66 ; Waynesboro (sab.-sch., 15.37),
24.19. Chester— A von dale sab.-sch., 8; Bryn Mawr (sab.-
sch., 60), 124.55; Chester 1st sab.-sch., 20; Coatesville,
25.22; Darby Borough, 9 45; Devon sab.-sch., 18.27; East
Downingtown (sab.-sch., 8.59), 12.96 ; Forks of Brandy wine,
20; Glenolden (sab.-sch., 9.10), 14.70; Honey Brook (sab.-
sch., 8), 17; Lansdowne 1st, 13.95; Lincoln University
sab.-sch., 4.66 ; Media, 19.76; Middletown (sab.-sch., 10.08),
15.18; Nottingham sab.-sch., 16.14; Oxford 1st sab.-sch.,
45.56; Phcenixville (sab.-sch., 22.10). 27.41; Trinity sab.-
sch., 12; Unionville sab.-sch., 8; Wayne sab.-sch., 3.64;
West Grove, 3.25. Clarion — Academia sab.-sch., 9.33 ;
Adrian sab.-sch., 17.45; Big Run sab.-sch., 6; Brookville
sab.-sch., 40.90 ; Callensburg sab.-sch., 3.40 ; Concord sab.-
sch., 5.53; Cool Spring sab.-sch., 3; East Brady sab.-sch.,
11.50 ; Greenville sab.-sch., 7.42 ; Johnsonburg sab.-sch., 3 ;
Leatherwood, 7.44; Marionville 6ab.-sch., 23.88; New
Bethlehem sab.-sch., 29.09; Reynoldsville isab.-sch., 27;
Rockland Freedom sab.-sch., 5.40 ; Scotch Hill sab.-sch.,
5; Sugar Hill sab.-sch., 26.09; Tionesta sab.-sch., 15; Wil-
cox sab.-sch., 10. Brie— Fairfield, 10.57 ; Franklin sab.-sch.,
50 ; Harmonsburg, 2 ; Irvineton sab.-sch., 5.65 ; Kerr's
Hill, 10.10 ; Meadville 1st sab.-sch., 39.48; — Central sab.-
sch., 23.85 ; Miles Grove sab.-sch., 6 ; Mount Pleasant, 3 ;
North Warren sab.-sch., 5; Sunville sab.-sch., 7.25; Utica
sab.-sch., 12.94. Huntingdon— Alexandria sab.-sch., 5.65;
Allensville sab.-sch., 6.80; Bald Eagle Unionville sab.-sch.,
4.75 ; Belleville sab.-sch., 12.20; Beulah (sab.-sch., 4.45),
6.05; Birmingham Warrior's Mark sab.-sch., 8.15; Coal-
port sab.-sch , 5; Houtzdale sab.-sch., 11.10; Irvona sab.-
sch., 10 ; Mifflintown Westminster, 12.29 ; Milesburg sab.-
sch., 7.37; Mount Union sab.-sch., 28.22 ; Newton Hamilton
sab.-sch., 5 ; Osceola sab.-sch., 10; Sinking Valley sab.-sch.,
25.22; Spring Mills, 6; Tyrone sab.-sch., 34; Winburn
sab.-sch., 6.10. Kittanning—Bl&ck. Lick, 1.50; Clarksburg
(sab.-sch., 12.78), 15.78; Freeport sab.-sch., 27.50 ; Jackson-
ville, 12; Saltsburg sab.-sch., 25 89; Slate Lick sab.-sch.,
7.51 ; Washington sab.-sch., 9.06 ; Whitesburg sab.-sch.,
9.07. Lackawanna— Ararat sab.-sch., 7.40 ; Brooklyn (sab.-
sch., 5), 7; Canton sab.-sch., 23; Dickson City sab.-sch.,
8.55; Duryea, 5.40; Greenwood sab.-sch., 1; Kingston ch.
and sab.-sch., 35.16; Lime Hill sab.-sch., 3.75; Montrose
sab.-sch., 23.03 ; Mountain Top sab.-sch., 3.15; Scranton 1st
Juvenile Mission Soc, 35.07 ; — Green Ridge Avenue,
26.25 ; Ulster Village sab.-sch., 2.35 ; Uniondale, 5.48 ; War-
ren sab -sch., 4 ; Wilkes Barre Westminster, 36.46 ; Wyalus-
ing 1st sab.-sch., 5. Lehigh— Allentown sab.-sch., 50 ;
Mauch Chunk (sab.-sch., 25), 33.08; Pen Argyle sab.-sch.,
4.75 ; Pottsville 2d sab -sch., 36.20 ; South Easton, 22 ; Upper
Lehigh sab.-sch., 18.70. Northumberland — Hartleton ch.
and sab.-sch., 4; Linden (sab.-sch., 9), 11; Lycoming
Centre sab.-sch., 13.50; Mahoning sab-sch., 93.44; Mont-
gomery sab.-sch., 3.81; Mooresburg sab.-sch., 6; New
Berlin, 5; Northumberland sab.-sch., 8.55; Raven Creek
sab.-sch., 2.50; Williamsport 3d, 12.99. Parkersburg —
Elizabeth sab.-sch., 5.75 ; Hughes River sab.-sch., 17. Phila-
delphia—Philadelphia 4th sab.-sch., 29.15 ; —9th sab.-sch.,
104.43 ; — Gaston sab.-sch., 14.05 ; — Hollond sab.-sch. J. E.
Soc, 5 ; — Patterson Memorial sab.-sch., 25 ; — Peace Ger.,
4; — Richmond sab.-sch., 10; — Tabernacle, 27.42; —
Tabor, 57; — Temple sab.-sch., 35.35; —West Hope sab.-
sch., 5.75; — Westminster, 10.40; — Woodland, 58.50.
Philadelphia North— Ashbourne (sab.-sch., 43), 51 ; Brides-
burg sab.-sch., 12.30; Frankford (sab.-sch., 70), 88.48;
Germantown 1st sab.-sch., 60.32 ; — Somerville sab.-sch., 10 ;
— West Side sab.-sch. ,20.93; Lower Merion sab.-sch., 7; Lower
Providence, 15; Mount Airy (sab.-sch., 23.55), 36.40; Newtown
Edgewood sab.-sch., 11.40 ; Norristown 1st ch. and sab.-sch ,
37.52 ; Oak Lane sab.-sch. ,10.85 ; Overbrook, 36.15; Penn Val-
ley (sab.-sch., 3.12), 5.12; Springfield, 16.70 ; Summit, 6.25 ;
Wissahickon sab.-sch., 76.85 ; Wissinoming sab.-sch., 5.
Pittsburg— Cannonsburg 1st, 6.10 ; Chartiers sab.-6ch., 12.17;
Courtney and Coal Bluff sab.-sch., 3.25 ; Ingram sab.-sch. t
19.28; Lebanon (sab.-sch., 15), 20; McKee's Rocks, 15;
Oakmont 1st sab.-sch., 28.15; Pittsburg 1st, 194.81 ; — 3d,
1898.]
SABBATH-SCHOOL WORK.
363
11.11; — BoquetSt. sab.-sch., 30.01 ; — East End sab. -sch.,
14.21; — East Liberty (sab. -sch., 12.74), 17.50; — Hazle-
wood, 16.98; — Mt. Olive sab.-sch., 11.09; — South Side,
32.58 ; — South Side Arlington Mission, 6 ; — West End
sab.-sch., 22.78. Bedstone — Bethel sab -sch., 8.28 ; Laurel
Hill Stoneroad Chapel sab.-sch., 13 ; Little Redstone sab.-
sch., 25.39 ; McClellandtown Church Hill sab.-sch., 3 ; New
Providence sab.-sch., 11.75; Pleasant Unity sab.-sch., 7.40 ;
Scottdale (sab.-sch., 60), 70. Shenango— Clarksville (C. E.,
10; sab.-sch., 19), 30.40; Leesburg, 18.65; Little Beaver,
2.80; New Brighton ch. and sab.-sch., 28.16 ; New Castle 1st
(sab.-sch., 22.13), 44.27; — Central, 11.86; Rich Hill sab.-
sch., 6 ; Slippery Rock sab.-sch, 7.50 ; Transfer sab.-sch.,
5.20; Westfield sab.-sch., 20. Washington — Cameron sab.-
sch., 15; Claysville, 10.23; Cross Roads, 5.20; East Buffalo,
10.15; Forks of Wheeling sab.-sch., 28; Mount Prospect,
41.30 ; Three Springs sab.-sch., 5 ; Washington 3d (sab.-sch.,
21.38), 26.54; West Union sab.-sch., 4.73; Wheeling 3d
sab.-sch., 15. Wellsboro — Coudersport (sab.-sch., 12.55),
17. Westminster— Centre, 31.20 ; Little Britain (sab.-sch.,
25), 30; Wrightsdale Mission, 5; Mount Nebo sab.-sch.,
7.55 ; Slateville sab.-sch., 19.16 ; Stewartstown sab.-sch., 9.
4611 94
South Dakota. — Aberdeen — Aberdeen, 10; Raymond
sab.-sch., 2.50 ; Uniontown sab.-sch., 3.50. Black Bills—
Carmel, 2 ; Deep Creek sab.-sch., 6.25 ; Lead 1st sab.-sch.. 2;
Minnesela, 1 ; Oak Creek sab.-sch., 1 ; Rapid City sab.-sch.,
5.26 ; Spearfish Valley sab.-sch., 4.75; Vale, 1. Central Dakota
—Alpena sab. -sch., 1.10; Bethel sab.-sch., 4.20 ; Endeavor sab.-
sch., 3.83 ; Hitchcock sab.-sch., 5; Huron (sab.-sch., 22.72),
33.57; Miller sab.-sch., 7; Rose Hill sab.-sch., 5. Southern
Dakota— Ebenezer, 2 ; Parkston, 5.79 ; Union Centre, 5. Ill 75
Tennessee.— Holston— Beech sab.-sch., 1 ; College Hill
sab.-sch., 6.36; St. Marks sab.-sch., 2; Washington College
Oak Ridge sab.-sch., 2.50. Kingston — Grassy Cove sab.-sch.,
3; New Decatur Westminster, 12. Union— Fort Sanders
sab.-sch., 5.05; Hebron, 1 ; Knoxville 2d, 45.55; Knoxville
Belle Avenue (sab.-sch., 6), 9 ; New Market sab.-sch., 11.85 ;
New Prospect (sab.-sch., 5), 6; New Providence sab.-sch.,
7), 12; Spring Place, 1.35; Washington sab.-sch., 3.05.
121 71
Texas. — Austin— Paint Rock, 3. North Texas— Adora
sab -sch., 7.35 ; Denison sab.-sch., 8.50; Jacksboro sab -sch.,
19.03. Trinity— Dallas Bethany sab.-sch., 2. 39 88
Utah. — Boise— Boise City 2d sab.-sch., 10; — Bethany,
4.60 ; Five Mile sab.-sch., 1.25. Kendall— Idaho Falls sab.-
sch., 5.75 ; Lago sab.-sch., 2.20 ; Soda Springs ch. and sab.-
sch., 5.50. Utah— Kaysville Haines Memorial, 1 ; Salt Lake
City 1st sab.-sch., 34.23; —3d sab.-sch., 4.60; —Northwest
Mission, 65 cts. 69 78
Washington.— Olympia— Buckley sab.-sch., 6.36 ; Ilwaco,
5.55 ; Olympia, 9 ; Stella, 2 ; Tacoma Calvary sab.-sch., 8.
Puget Sound — Anacortes Westminster ch. and sab.-sch.,
7.80 ; Everson sab.-sch., 5 ; Renton sab.-sch., 3 ; Seattle 1st
sab.-sch., 20; Sumner sab.-sch., 9.79; White River sab.-
sch., 4.50. Spokane— Spokane Bethel sab.-sch., 1; — Cen-
tenary sab.-sch., 7.32; Waterville sab.-sch., 5. Walla
Walla— Kamiah 2d, 10 ; Moscow (sab.-sch., 6.30), 11.20.
115 52
Wisconsin.— Chippewa— Bayfield (sab.-sch., 5.80), 7.80;
Chippewa Falls sab.-sch., 17.30; Eau Claire 2d sab.-sch.,
3.46 ; Oak Orchard sab.-sch., 2 ; South Superior sab.-sch., 5 ;
West Superior sab.-sch., 15. La Crosse— Bangor sab.-sch..
2.68; Galesville sab.-sch., 5.70; Greenwood sab.-sch., 1;
— Ritgur Mission, 2.68 ; Shortville sab.-sch., 1.10. Madison
— Baraboo sab.-sch., 8.77; — Hoege Mission, 1; Janesville
sab.-sch., 25.48; Nora, 3 ; Okee sab.-sch., 2.50 ; Portage 1st
sab.-sch., 6.75 ; Reedsburg sab.-sch., 17.83 ; Richland Centre
(sab.-sch., 5), 13.05 ; Verona (sab.-sch., 4), 7. Milwaukee—
Beaver Dam Assembly sab.-sch., 8 ; Manitowoc 1st sab.-sch.,
5.55; Milwaukee Grace sab.-sch., 14.70; — Immanuel, 2.43.
Winnebago— Ball Prairie sab.-sch., 2 ; Marinette Pioneer
sab.-sch., 67.91 ; Omro sab.-sch., 5 ; Oshkosh 1st ch. and sab.-
sch., 36.58; — Algona Mission, 2.50; Wausau sab.-sch., 5;
Winneconne (sab.-sch., 1.40), 3.06; Winchester sab -sch.,
3.29. 305 12
MISCELLANEOUS.
Dallas sab.-sch., 2; Highs sab.-sch., S. C, 1.30;
Brunswick sab.-sch., Neb., 3.05; collection per
Jos. Brown, Wis., 1.10: Buxton sab.-sch., Ore.,
1.57 ; Ben Smith sab.-sch., Iowa, 50 cts.; Sisseton
sab.-sch., S.D., 1; Good Samaritan sab.-sch. ,S.D.,
50 cts.; Mission sab.-sch., Willmar, Minn., 60
cts., Port Wing sab.-sch., Wis., 68 cts.: Beech
Grove sab.-sch., Ind., 55 cts.; Webster sab.-sch.,
Kans., 1 ; Samaria sab.-sch., Idaho, 2.50; collec-
tion per R. H. Rogers, W. Va., 13; collection
per W. A. Yancey, 55 cts. ; collection per Jos.
Brown, 3.90; Deep Creek sab.-sch., S. D., 5;
collection per W. J. Hughes, 1.35 ; collection per
W. B. Chamberlin, 7.70 ; collection per E. L.
Renick, 9.95 ; Belmont sab.-sch., W. Va., 26 cts.;
collection per Jno. Redpath, 10 cts. ; collection
per F. G. Westphal, 1.29 ; collection per G. V.
Albertson, 1.25; Kelsey sab.-sch., Minn., 50
cts.; Buckeye sab.-sch., Wis., 5.10; collection
per Chas. Shepherd, 1 ; Sunfield sab.-sch., Mich.,
3; collection per M. S. Riddle, 8.65; Centerville
sab.-sch., Utah, 3.30 ; Placerville sab.-sch.,
Utah, 4.60 ; Foxhome sab.-sch. , Minn., 1 ; Woods
sab.-sch., Neb., 45 cts.; collection perRobt. Fer-
guson, Neb., 2.50; Grove sab.-sch., Neb., 1.75 ;
collection per G. T. Dillard, 4.86 ; Cowan's
Ford sab.-sch., N. C, 1.25; Myrtle sab.-sch.,
Neb., 60 cts.; Nimrod sab.-sch., N. C, 50 cts.;
Salem sab.-sch., Ark., 18 cts.; collection per C.
B. Harvey, 57 cts.; collection per A. O. Loosley,
8104 20
INDIVIDUAL.
"Valley Cottage," N. Y., 1; Mrs. Lanier, 100;
Mrs. M. Wales, 3 ; J. E. Witherspoon, S ; Cash, 1;
Miss Juliette Robinson, 5 ; William Pickersgill,
35 ; " C. Penna,," 1 ; Rev. S. H. Stevenson, 1 ;
" C. Penna.," 1 151 00
Contributions from churches 84,381 68
Contributions from Sabbath-schools 10,851 79
Contributions from individuals 151 00
Contributions during July, 1898 $15,384 47
Contributions previously acknowledged 34,252 90
Total since April 1, 1898 $49,637 37
C. T. McMullin, Treasurer,
Witherspoon Building, Philada., Pa,
RECEIPTS FOR SABBATH-SCHOOL WORK, AUGUST, 1898.
Atlantic. — Atlantic — St. James sab.-sch., 6.25. Fairfield
*r-Catawba Junction sab.-sch., 90 cts. ; Macedonia sab.-sch.,
2; Mt. Tabor sab.-sch., 5; New Haven sab.-sch., 4.70.
Knox— Aliens Memorial, 1 ; Ebenezer 1st sab.-sch., 2 ; Macon
Washington Avenue sab.-sch., 6.85. McClelland— Mattoon
sab.-sch., 3. 31 70
Baltimore. — Baltimore — Baltimore Central sab.-sch.,
13.93 ; Deer Creek Harmony, 4.64 ; Ellicott City, 4.55 ;
Franklinville (sab.-sch., 4), 10; Taneytown, 22.55. New
Castle— Smyrna sab.-sch., 4.03 ; Wilmington Olivet sab.-sch.,
4.55. Washington City— Manassas, 4.65 ; Washington City
North sab.-sch., 10. 78 90
California. — Benicia— Napa (sab.-sch., 17.11), 33.12;
Point Arena sab.-sch., 10. Los Angeles— Grange (sab.-sch.,
4.98), 11.70 ; Redlands sab.-sch., 12.16 ; Santa Ana sab.-sch ,
8.37. Oakland— Oakland Union Street, 4. San Francisco —
San Francisco Franklin Street sab.-sch.. 7.17 ; — Holly
Park sab. -sch., 3.35. 89 87
Catawba..— Cape Fear—Basj Bee sab.-sch., 3; Williams
Chapel sab -sch., 3. Catawba— Hamilton, 5.10; Miranda
sab.-sch., 5.32; Poplar Tent sab.-sch., 3.14. Southern Vir-
ginia—Chatham sab.-sch., 1.50; Oak Grove sab.-sch., 1.71.
Yadkin— Faith Chapel, 6.25 ; Freedom East sab.-sch., 4; Mt.
Tabor sab.-sch., 2.40. 35 42
Colorado.— Boulder— Fort Collins sab.-sch., 17.86. Denver
—Golden, 21.53. Pueblo— Elkton Union sab.-sch., 5.20.
44 59
Illinois. — Alton— Alton sab.-sch., 20.95; Chester, 2;
Ebenezer sab.-sch., 4; Elm Point sab.-sch., 1.75. Bloom-
ington — Bloomington 1st (sab.-sch., 3), 12; Downs sab.-
sch., 2.33: Mount Carmel sab.-sch., 3.55; Paxton (sab.-
sch., 23.69), 32.62. Cairo — Saline Mines, 3. Chicago —
Chicago Normal Park sab.-sch., 15.60; — Woodlawn
Park sab.-sch., 18.82; Evanston 1st, 18.10; Harvey
sab.-sch., 3.35. Freeport— Marengo, 12.13; Rock Run sab.-
sch.^. Mattoon— Bethany sab.-sch., 1 17; Taylorville sab.-
sch., 4.15; Tower Hill, 3. Ottawa— Morris sab.-sch., 10.
Peoria — Galesburg sab.-sch., 25.22 ; Ipava sab.-sch., 12.30 ;
Knoxville, 19.26; Victor sab.-sch., 1.75. Rock River— Arling-
ton sab.-sch., 4 55 ; Garden Plain, 3.70 ; Hamlet ch. and
sab.-sch., 9. Schuyler— Fountain Green sab.-sch., 1 ; Kirk-
wood, 6. Springfield — Farmingdale, 1.38 ; Macon, 4.31 ;
Sweet Water sab.-sch., 1.03. 267 02
Indiana.— Crawfordsville— Bethlehem sab.-sch., 4 ; Dayton
sab.-sch., 20.30; Greetingsville, 3.66; Lafayette 1st, 8.69;
Rockfield sab.-sch., 5. Fort Wayne— -Kendallville sab.-sch.,
3. Indianapolis— Bainbridge Catechism Class, 2 ; New Pis-
gah, 5. Logansport — Concord sab.-sch., 3.74; Hebron sab.-
364
SABBATH-SCHOOL WORK.
[October,
sch., 6.78; Logansport Broadway, 1 ; Tassinong sab.-sch.,
8.10. Muncie— Hopewell sab. -sch., 5.15 ; Jonesborosab.-sch.,
3; Muncie sab. -sch., 19.62; Union City sab. -sch., 4. New
Albany— Madison 2d, 4; New Albany 2d, 12.70; Seymour
sab. sch., 10. White Water— Dunlapsville sab. -sch., 4.
133 74
Indian Territory.— Cimarron— Beaver, 1.50. Oklahoma
— Stroud sab.-sch., 6.35. Sequoyah— Elm Spring sab. -sch., 5;
Tahlequah sab. -sch. ,12 60. 25 45
Iowa.— Des 3Ioines—~LeRoy sab. -sch., 2 ; Newton, 2.70 ;
Oskaloosa sab. -sch., 10.05. Fort Dodge— Anderson sab -sch.,
13.11; Dedham sab.-sch., 4; Estherville (sab.-sch., 10), 15;
Grand Junction sab.-sch., 6.24 ; Rockwell City, 9. Iowa—
Burlington 1st. 2.01 ; Keokuk Westminster, 7.79 ; Morning
Sun sab -sch., 27.80 ; Oakland sab.-sch.. 5.75. Iowa City—
Union cb. and sab.-sch., 19.32. Waterloo— Albion sab.-sch.,
4cts.; State Centre sab.-sch., 4.46; West Friesland German,
2. 131 28
Kansas. — Emporia— Bethel sab.-sch , 4.78 ; Newton, 2.
Lamed— Halstead sab.-sch., 6.45; Ness City sab.-sch., 4;
Sterling, 5 65. Neosho— Carlyle sab -sch , 4. Solomon — Mil-
ton vale sab.-sch., 6.95. Topeka — Bethel, 3 : Junction City,
16.50; Kansas City Grand View Park sab.-sch., 10.16; —
Western Highlands (sab.-sch , 6.23). 9.28. 72 77
Kentucky.— Ebenezer— Covington 1st sab.-sch., 26.05; —
Austenburg Mission sab.-sch., 3.84; Dayton, 13.12. 43 01
Michigan.— Detroit— Detroit Calvary sab.-sch., 19; —
Fort Street sab.-sch., 100; Milford United P. and Cong,
sab.-sch., 10 ; Mount Clemens sab. sch., 9 ; Norris sab.-sch.,
1.35. Flint— Akron, 4; Colfax sab.-sch., 21.35; Columbia,
5 ; Flint sab -sch., 17.44. Grand Rapids— Nuir sab.-sch.. 5.
Kalamazoo— Benton Harbor sab.-sch., 1.50. Lake Superior —
Calumet sab.-sch , 10 ; Ford River sab -sch., 5; Iron River
sab.-sch., 1.56. Monroe — Monroe sab.-sch.. 11; Palmyra
sab.-sch, 19. Petoskey— Lake City Merril sab.-sch., 1.50;
Yuba Union sab.-sch., 2.40. Saginaw — Lafayette 2d sab.-sch.,
3.50. 247 60
Minnesota.— Duluth— Ely, 5. Mankato— Ashford, 1.50 ;
Jackson sab.-sch., 15 ; Madelia, 4.89. Red River— Crookston,
4.90; Hallock sab-sch., 8.10. St. CVoud— Greenleaf sab.-sch.,
34 cts. ; Harrison, 58 cts.: Louiston sab.-sch., 68 cts.; River-
side sab.-sch., 2; Spring Grove sab.-sch.. 1 ; St. Cloud sab.-
sch., 10.38; Melrose sab.-sch., 1.05. St. Paul — Forest sab.-
sch., 2.30; Knox ch. and sab.-sch., 3.20; Shakopee sab.-
sch. ,9.33; St. Paul Goodrich Avenue sab.-sch., 10; — West-
minster, 1.65 ; White Bear (sab.-sch., 6.47), 7.47. 89 37
Missouri. — Kansas City — Independence sab.-sch., 10.
Ozark— Joplin sab.-sch., 8 93. Palmyra — Kirksville, 4;
Moberly (sab.-sch.. 6), 9; Pleasant Ridge, 1.02. Platte—
Mound City sab.-sch., 9.51; New Point, 14.25; St. Joseph
3d Street, 2.38 St. Louis— Cornwall sab.-ech., 1.50; St.
Louis Cote Briiliante sab.-sch , 8.40 ; McCausland Ave. sab.-
sch., 6.71; —West, 13.16. White River— Camden 2d sab -
sch., 6.45. 95 31
Montana. — Butte — Dillon sab.-sch , 6.55 ; Hamilton
West. 2. 8 55
Nebraska.— Box BvJte— Emmanuel sab.-sch., 1.50. Hast-
ings—Hastings 1st sab.-sch., 23.72 ; Orleans, 3. Karney —
Denison sab.-sch., 2.45; Lexington sab.-sch., 4.86; Pleasant
Hill sab.-sch., 1.75. Niobrara — Sunny Ridge ch. and sab.-
sch., 4.10; Winnebago Indian cb. and sab.-sch., 7.40.
Omaha— Omaha Castellar Street, 8.13 ; Omaha Agencv Beth-
lehem, 1 ; — Bethany sab.-sch., 1.05 ; — Blackbird Hills, 85
cts.; —Blackbird Hills sab.-sch. and Gov't boarding-sch.,
1.11. 60 92
New Jersey. — Elizabeth— Perth Amboy, 10.25. Jtrsey
City— Jersey City 2d, 10 ; Paterson 1st sab.-sch., 25. Mon-
mouth— Beverly C. E. Soc , 2. Morris and Orange — Boontou,
24.12; Rockawav sab -sch., 6.91. Newark— Newark 3d sab.-
sch., 21.15; — Forest Hill sab-sch., 10.30; — House of
Hope sab sch., 5. New Brunswick — Dutch Neck, 20;
French town sab.-sch., 19.25; Pennington, 8; Trenton 1st
sab.-sch., 5.50. Newton — La Fayette, 4; Phillipsburgh
Westminster sab.-sch., 4.75. West Jersey— Atlantic City
German, 6; Gloucester City sab.-sch., 6; West Cape May
sab.-sch., 5.74. 193 97
New York.— Albany— Galway, 3; Jermain Memorial,
2.53; West Galway, 4. Binghamton — Binghamton Im-
manuel sab.-sch., 5.72 ; — West, 43.60: Gulf Summit sab.-
sch., 5.63; Nichols, 10. Boston— Boston 1st sab.-sch, 75;
Lawrence German sab. sch., 10.25. Brooklyn — Brooklvn
Throop Avenue. 30. Buffalo — Buffalo North sab.-sch.,
36.12; Orchard Park sab.-sch., 14. Cayuga— Cayuga sab.-
sch., 2 ; Poit Byron, 3. Genesee — Warsaw, 10. Geneva—
Canoga, 2 ; Geneva 1st sab.-sch., 36.85; — North sab.-sch.,
37.86; Penn Yan, 44.11; PheJps, 6; Seneca Falls, 41.70.
Hudson— Congers 1st sab.-sch., 10 ; Good Will, 1.86 ; Middle-
town 2d sab.-sch., 18.41 ; Milford, 15. Nassau— Huntington
2d sab.-sch., 10; Newtown, 20. New York— New York Cen-
tral, 38.24: — Sea and Land, 7.69; — West End, 33.57.
Niagara — Niagara Falls Pierce Avenue sab.-sch., 7.75.
North River— Corn wall-on Hudson, 23; Hughsonville (sab.-
sch., 10), 15. Ctoesro -Margaretville sab.-sch., 6.58. Roches-
ter— Chili sab.-sch., 2 26; Gates. 4; Lakeville sab-sch.,
4.30; Rochester 3d sab.-sch., 57.33; Sparta 1st, 18.67;
— 2d, 11.50. Syracuse — Oswego Grace, 24.75; Syracuse
Park sab.-sch , 26 89. Troy— Cambridge, 3.07; Troy Oak-
wood Avenue sab.-sch., 14. Utica — Augusta sab.-sch.,
2.72 ; New Hartford (sab.-sch., 7.88), 13.33; Walcott Memo-
rial sib.-sch.. 23.62. Westchester— Greenwich 1st sab.-sch.,
6.14; Mt, Vernon 1st sab.-sch., 30; New Haven 1st sab.-sch.,
5; Patterson sab.-sch., 20; Peekskill 1st (sab. sch., 75),
95 89 993 9 1
Ohio. — B"lhfontaine — West Liberty sab.-sch., 21.03.
Chillicothe— Bain bridge fab. -sch., 6.75. Cincinnati— Cincin-
nati 1st sab.-sch., 10; — 2d sab.-sch.. 11.27; Wyoming
(sab -sch., 18.78), 37.15. Cleveland— Orwell, 5.50. Columbus
—Columbus Olivet. 11.50; — Westminster sab.-sch., 31.56.
Dayton— Dayton Riverdalesab -sch.. 16.91. Huron— Chicago,
5; Milan, 2. Lima—B] an chard sab.-sch, 19; Rushmore
sab.-sch., 1. Mahoning — Concord, 2 28 ; Ellsworth sab.-sch.,
16.90; Salem sab.-sch., 30.03. Maumee— Holgate sab.-sch.,
2.40; Tontogony sab.-sch., 10; West Unity (sab.-sch., 3.35),
8.50. Portsmouth— Georgetown sab.-sch., 7; Mount Leigh,
3.40; Portsmouth 1st (sab.-sch., 10), 19.32. St. Clairs-
ville— Buchanan sab.-sch., 2. Steubenville — Annapolis, 3 ;
Island Creek (sab.-sch., 1), 6.55. Wooster— Doylestown, 2;
Lexington sab.-sch., 7.73; Marshallville, 1: West Salem
sab.-sch., 8.50 ; Wooster 1st (sab.-sch , 22), 50.29. Zanesville
—Dresden sab.-sch.. 5.34; Mt. Vernon, 34 46; Roseville
sab.-sch., 6 ; Zanesville Putnam, 7.06. 412 43
Oregon.— Portland— Bridal Veil sab.-sch., 5.71. Southern
Oregon— Bandon, 2. 7 71
Pennsylvania.— Allegheny— Moon Run sab.-sch., 2.78;
Sampson's Mills sab.-sch., 2.25. Blairsville — Barnes-
boro sab.-sch., 3.31; Fairfield, 27.29 ; Johnstown. 45.92;
— 21, 10; Plum Creek, 7. Butlei — North Butler ch. and
sab.-sch., 18 ; Plains, 3. Carlisle — Big Spring (sab.-
sch., 12.50), 19.67; Carlisle 1st sab.-sch., 8.07; Chambers-
burg Central (sab.-sch., 12.38), 21 ; — Falling Springs sab.-
sch., 13.13; Millerstown. 10 24; Monaghan, 3.25; Upper;
2.60. Chester— Darby Borough sab.-sch., 38; Malvern sab.-
sch., 5.53; Penningtonville ch. and sab.-sch., 12; Unionville,
6. Clarion— Licking sab.-sch., 12; New Rehoboth sab.-
sch., 3.45 ; Oil City 2d sab.-sch , 49 04 ; Sligo, 10. Erie
—Atlantic sab.-sch.. 18; Bradford (sab.-sch., ?7.51), 62.81;
Concord, 2 ; Milledgeville sab.-sch , 3 ; Pleasantville
7. Huntingdon — East Kishacoquillas sab.-sch., 12.17 ;
Houtzdale, 1.20; Orbisonia ch. and sab-sch.. 4; Port
Matilda, 5.60 : Williams Grove, 2. Kittanning— East Union,
1.50: Slate Lick, 6 58; Srader's Grove, 15; West Lebanon
sab.-sch., 12 21. Lackawanna— Scranton Sumner Avenue
sab -sch., 3.86 ; — Washburn Street sab.-sch., 76.13 : Taylor,
5.31 ; Wilkes Barre Memorial sab.-sch., 90.80 ; — Westmin-
ster Douglas Mission sab.-sch., 10. Lehigh— Ferndale sab.-
sch., 3; Hazleton sab.-sch., 50: Seitzville sab-sch., 4.75;
Shawnee, 2 : Tamaqua sab -sch., 9.55. Northumberland—
Berwick sab.-sch, 11.10; Sunbury, 35. Philadelphia —
Philadelphia Cnhocksink Second Street Mission, 11.50; —
Evangel sab.-sch , I ; — Tioga, 14 Philadelphia North—
Olney Mission sab-sch, -1 : Roxborough sab.-sch., 20.
Pittsburg— Edgewond sab.-sch., 22.12; Long Island, 10 88;
Mount Olivet, 3 ; Pittsburg Shady Side, 246.54. Redstone—
Pleasant Unity, 4.50; Uniontown 1st sab.-sch, 50 09; —
Central, 3.51. Wash ington— Mount Pleasant sab.-fch., 9;
Pigeon Creek sab.-sch., 3. Wellshoro— Elkland sab.-sch.,
24 44 ; Galetown ch. and sab.-sch., 3.87. Westminster-
Centre, 17.77. 1234 32
South Dakota.— Southern Dakota— Alexandria, 2. <5.
2 75
Tennessee.— Holston—Bethesda (sab.-sch , 3.31), 4.31.
4 31
Utah —Kendall— Montpelier Calvary, 13. Utah— Logan
Brick sab.-sch., 3 ; Richfield, 3. 19 00
Washington.— Ol ympi a --Tacoma Tracy sab-sch., 6.15.
Paget Sound— Bellingham Bay sab.-sch., 12.90; Deming
sab.-sch., 3.50. Spokane — Spokane 1st sab -3ch., 29.05.
Walla Walla— Denver sab.-sch., 6. 57 60
Wisconsin. -Madison— Rocky Run sab.-sch., 1.25. Mil-
waukee—Beaver Dam 1st sab. sch., 10.13; Milwaukee Im-
manuel sab.-sch., 10 ; Racine 1st C. E. Society, 100. 121 38
MISCELLANEOUS.
Tin Cup sab.-sch., Colo., 50 cts.; Piney Fork sab.-
sch., Va.. 70 cts.; Hewittsville sab.-sch., Wis.,
3; Mission sab.-sch., Lincoln. Kans , 3.15; St.
Elmo sab.-sch., Mo., 1.50; Floresta sab.-sch.,
Colo., 40 cts.; Wyocena sab-sch., Wis., 2.25;
collection per William Davis. Ok la., 3 25 ; Leak-
ville sab.-sch., N. C, 2.25 ; collection per William
Graham, S. D., 2 ; Horr sab.-sch., Mont., 35
cts.; Stuart sab -sch., Mont., 1 ; Hamilton sab.-
sch , Mont., 10.25 ; collection per R. H. Rogers,
W. Va., 10; Edgemont sab.-sch., S. D., 3.60;
1898.] SABBATH -SCHOOL WORK — COLLEGES AND ACADEMIES — CHUECH ERECTION. 365
collection per W. J. Hughes, Ore., 2M; collec-
tion per W. B. Williams, 15 cts ; collection per
Robert Ferguson, 3.76 ; collection per W. D.
Reaugh, 1.60; collection per E. L. Renick, 4;
collection per L. G. Westphal, 1.46 ; collection
per J. V. N. Hartness. 81 cts.; collection per
M. A. Stone, 80 cts : collection per J. M. Bain,
1.10 ; collection per L. J. Allen, 1.20 ; collection
per William Davis, 1.15; collection per C. R. Law-
son, 1.02; collection per Charles Shepherd, 3 ;
collection per D. A. Jewell, 3 ; Huntingdon Val-
ley sab-sch., Cal., 1.40; Palisades sab.-sch.,
Cal., 1.25 ; Eureka eab.-sch., Cal., 4.50; Tuscarora
sab.-sch., Cal.. 1.25; Sweetwater. Ills., 1 cts., collec-
tion per W. H. Long, 1.34; Union sab.-sch., Ind.,
3.50 €85 73
INDIVIDUAL.
William Baird, 5 ; Anonymous, 17 cts.; Samuel W.
Brown, 300; W. M. Fiudley, 5 ; W. H. Ensign,
1 ; George Brown, 1.50 $312 67
Contributions from Churches 81,632 38
Contributions from Sabbath-schools 2,956 26
Contributions from individuals 312 67
Contributions during August, 1898 S4.901 31
Previously acknowledged 49,637 37
Total since April 1, 1898 $54,538 68
C. T. McMullin, Treasurer,
Witherspoon Building, 1319 Walnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.
RECEIPTS FOR THE BOARD OF AID FOR COLLEGES AND ACADEMIES, AUGUST, 1898.
Baltimore.— Baltimore— Frost burgh, 3 ; Havre de Grace, Alice Brookman, 1, W. C. Patterson, 5, W. A.
10. New Castle— Lower Brandy wine, 4. 17 00 Henry, 2, Robert Hartwell, 1, Balfour Vance,
California.— Oakland — Alameda, 5. Santa Barbara — 1, Dr. A. L. Macleish, Los Ange!es, Cal., 3;
Fillmore, 10; Santa Paula, 8.60. 23 60 Wm. Alexander, Santa Barbara, Cal.. 5; Rev.
Illinois. — Bloomington — Gilman, 2. Chicago — Chicago A. M. Merwin, Pasadena, Cal., 5 ; Mrs. Jane M.
4th, 200; Lake Forest, 165. Ottawa— Waltham, 6. Peoria— Shields, 2, Sanford Wing, Los Angeles, Cal., 50
Elmwood, 4.30. Rock River — Hamlet, 6; Perryton, 2.85. cts.; Mrs. Nettie F. McCormick, Chicago, 150;
Xehuyler— Kirkwood, 6; Prairie City, 4. Springfield— Far- J. E. dimming, Dows, la., 5; T. L. Riggs,
niiDgdale, 2.76. 398 91 Pierre, S. D., 500 ; Mrs. Nettie F. McCormick,
Indiana.— Crawford srille— Dayton, 18. 18 00 Chicago, 300; " C. Penna.," 6; Rev. S. H. Stev-
Iowa.— Dubuque — Dubuque 3d, 1 ; Volga, 3. Iowa— Keo- enson, Madison, Ind., 1 ; Mrs. Caleb S. Green,
kuk Westminster 1st, 13.56. 17 56 Trenton, N. J., 100; Rev. J. A. Frey, Rahway,
Minnesota.— St. Paul— St. Paul Goodrich Avenue, 2. 2 00 N. J., 5; William M. Findley, M.D., Altoona,
Missouri.— OzarA— J opl in 1st, 2.81. St. Louis -Rolla, 5. Pa., 5 $1,251 00
7 81
New Jersey. -Monmouth- Beverly C. E !., 2. New property fund.
Brunswick— Dayton, 5.08 ; Trenton 1st, 35. Newton— Har-
mony, 3.53 ; Oxford 2d sab.-sch., 5.39. 51 00 Rev. Smith Ordwav, Sodus, N. Y.,7.93; Mr. and
New York.— Buffalo -Buffalo North, 28.91. Champlain— Mrs. D. O. Wickham, Pniladelphia, 500 507 93
Chazy, 10 58 ; Plattsburg 1st, 10. Geneva— Dresden, 4.60.
Hudson— West Town, 2. Long Island— Middletown, 10.70. interest.
Lyons— Newark, 9.30. Nassau— Green Lawn, 2 ; Hemstead „•.... <* „ nn
Chiist Church, 10. New Forfr-New York Central, 21.93. Bank earnings on deposits $o3 80
St. Lawrence— S&ckett'a Harbor, 18 cts. Troy— Troy Jer- Transmissions 2 00
main Memorial, 2.52. Westchester— Holyoke 1st, 2; New _ . . . . „„„„ „„ _„„ „_
Rochelle 2d, 3.22 ; White Plains, 42.80. 160 74 Total receipts August, 1898 $2,732 35
North Dakota.— Minnew-aukon-Rolla, 3. 3 00 Previously acknowledged 15,875 20
Ohio.— Athens— New England, 1.28. 1 28 _, x , ... ., .„ ._ TTZI —
Oregon.— East Oregon— Union, 74 cts. 74 Total receipts since April 16, 1898 $18,607 55
Pennsylvania. — Butler— Cnionville, 6. Chester— Avon- _T _ __ _ . .„„ j • T ,
dale, 2.90; Media, 20.69; Oxford 2d, 54 cts.; West Chester >ote.— Property Fund item of $150.20 reported in July
Westminster, 16. Clarion— East Hickory Endeavor, 4.2*. receipts is hereinunder scheduled :
Erie-GreenyiWe, 20.40 ; North Clarendon 3.50. Lacka- Friends in following churches : Liverpool, O., 1st,
tfanno-Susquehanna^ / 50. A orthumberla ^-Jersey Shore, 12 20 Wellsville, O., 7 50; Toronto. O., 15.25 ;
*2ort Fh'l??ilPhia T Phl,Ta(^lphia *cots 4 87 ; \\ est Hope, Barnesville, O., 14 : Cadiz, O., 5 : Steubenville,
?*80- M'toW-^oW ^land, 9,8 : Pittsburg Tabernacle, 0 lst 17 . Springfield, O., 3d, 3.75 : Springfield
16. Redstone- Uniontown Central, 1.22. Westminster- o. 2d. 9 ; Dayton, O., 1st, 11.50 ; Piqua,0. 6.75
Centre (sab.-sch., 6.41) 25 167 48 Middletown, O., 1st, 32 Hamilton, O., West-
South DAKOT^.-^omf^-Aberdeen, 13. Central Da- minster, 13 50; Cincinnati lst, 7; Portsmouth,
ta-Artesian ,; Endeavor, 7; Forestburg, 7; Rose Hill 0 lst fa Portsmouth, O., 2d, 11.50; Bellefon-
8.o0; A\oonsocket(addl.),6. 48 50 tame, O., 8 ; Kenton, O., 5 ; Lima, O., lst, 15.50;
„,., .,, .u ju^ • Bucyrus, O., lst. 14; Mansfield, O., lst, 11 : Ma*-
Total received from churches and church organiza- silo> 0 15' Friends in the following places :
tlons »91' 62 Ironton, O., 1; Greenfield, O., 7: Urbana, O,
personal 10; Bellefontaine.O., 7; Sidney, O., 6.50; Find-
. . „ ^^ T * . * . _ . 1AA lev, O., 7; Bowling Green, O.. 13.50 ; Ada, O.,
KeJ- 4' A^ DlnsnJore> D-D., Los Angeles. Cal. 100; lmft Crestline, ()., 6 ; Mansfield, O., 2450 ; Can-
& 5* £enc' fe.aDoa £aul*h fao' ^ FS VTane ton- O., 4 : Alliance, O., 3.50. Miss E. A. Cum-
McMartin, Santa Barbara Cal 2 ; V .E. Mc\ ey, mings 'Bell Air 0 10 . Mi8s Bell Eaber Day.
10, J. H Braly, 5 W M. Holland, LLC. ton O.. 3d church, 10 ; J. A. Smith, Struthers,
?**lJ'J'JeFi?' 2-^'.C- w £ta£b\50 cfsV 0,50; Cadiz, O., church, 10; Steubenville, O.
£r- W-T. McArthur, 50 cts , U . F Sanborn 1 , 3d church 4 .' Kenton, O., church, 16
Dr. L. D. Swartwnut, 1, W. Chambers, 1, W.B. „ ' ^. _
Mayes, 1, F. H. Messmore, 5, Maj. J. B. Irvine, E- c- Ray« Treasurer,
2, Lyman Stewart, 10, Mrs. George Irvine, 5, 30 Montauk Block, Chicago, 111.
RECEIPTS FOR THE BOARD OF CHURCH ERECTION, AUGUST, 1898.
ft In accordance with terms of mortgage.
Baltimore. — Baltimore — Baltimore Park, 7.59 ; Deer
Creek Harmony, 8.64 ; Fallston, 1 ; Franklinville, 1. New
Cattle— Lower Brandywine, 3 ; New Castle lst, 2.72. 23 95
California.— Los Angeles— Los Angeles Central, 16.65.
Oakland— Newark, 3.85 ; North Tern e seal, 6. Sacramento—
Sacramento 14th Street. 5.60. 32 10
Catawba.— Catawba— Calvary, 1. 1 00
Colorado.— Denver— Brighton, 1 ; Central City, 2.70 ;
Vernon, 1.22 : Wray, 4. Pueblo— Monte Vista (incl. sab.-
sch., 4.31), 19.01 ; Pueblo lst, 14.22. 42 15
Illinois.— Alton— Brighton, 1 ; Chester, 4; Moro, 3.19;
Sugar Creek, 1 ; Trenton, 1. Bloomington— Normal, 1.60 ;
Philo, 9; Wenona, 5. Cairo — Bridgeport, 2; Carmi, 22;
Ceutralia (incl. sab.-sch., 2.66), 5: Harrisburg lst, 6; Pis-
gah, 4 ; Shawneetown, 6.27 ; Wabash, 3. Chicago— ^May-
wood, 3 ; New Hope, 4; Waukegan, 7. Freeport— Middle
Creek, 12.52. Mattoon— Grandview, 2 ; Tower Hill, 3. Ottawa
—Paw Paw, 5.25. Peoria— Elmira, 15.88 ; Knoxville, 21.66;
Peoria lst, 13.31. Rock River— Arlington, 7; Milan, 5.50;
Pleasant Ridge, 2.40. Schuyler— Kirkwood, 6 ; Prairie City,
4 ; Quincy lst, 12. Springfield— Farmington, 3.68. 202 26
Indiana.— Crawfordsville — Bethel, 6; Dover, 1: Eugene
Cayuga, 1. Indianapolis — Greenwood, 2.45 ; Whiteland
Bethany, 4. Logansport — Logansport Broadway, 1. New
366
CHURCH ERECTION.
[October,
Albany— Madison 2d, 4; Walnut Ridge, 32 cts. White
Water— Lewisville, 85 cts. 20 62
Indian Territory.— Cimarron— Purcell, 7. Oklahoma—
ffShawnee, 6.18. 13 18
Iowa.— Cedar Rapids— Cedar Rapids 2d, 12. Coming-
Red Oak, 6.50. Council Bluffs— Hardin Township, 5. Des
Moines— Dallas Centre, 9.90 ; Derby, 2 ; Dexter, 11 ; Grimes,
4 ; Lucas, 2.20. Ihibuque — Lansing German, 4. Fort Dodge
— Pomeroy 1st, 2.30 ; Rockwell City, 8. Iowa — Bentonsport,
2.01 ; Keokuk Westminster, 7.79 ; Mediapolis, 5.50 ; West
Point, 4.65. Iowa City— Sigourney, 2.07. Waterloo— ff Greene,
200 ; Waterloo, 12.40 ; West Friesland German, 6. 307 32
Kansas.— Emporia— Florence, 8.16 ; Newton, 11. Lam-
ed—Arlington, 2.75; Halstead, 3; Parks, 1. Neosho— Neo-
desha, 1.60; Thayer, 3.70. Solomon— Cawker City, 3.47;
Miltonvale, 3; Minneapolis 1st, 3.72. Topeka — Junction
City 1st (incl. sab.-sch., 1), 11.20; ffKansas City Grand
View Park, 17 ; — Western Highlands, 6.78 ; Manhattan, 6 ;
Mulberry Creek, 5 ; Rossville, 2 ; Spring Hill, 3.50 ; Stanley,
4. 96 88
Kentucky.— Ebenezer— Frankfort, 18. 18 00
Michigan. — Detroit— Detroit 2d Avenue sab.-sch., 5.70 ; —
Immanuel, 2.50; Pontiac, 24.13. Flint — Crosswell, 5; La-
peer 1st, 2.15. Lansing— Marshall 1st, 7. Monroe — Bliss-
field, 3. 49 48
Minnesota.— 2>wfo^— Duluth 2d, 3. Ma nkato— Lake Crys-
tal, 2. Minneapolis— Minneapolis Bethlehem, 4 ; Oak Grove,
3.75. St. Paul— White Bear Lake, 1. 13 75
Missouri.— Kansas City— Sedalia Central (sab.-sch., 4),
13. Palmyra— Macon, 2.71 ; Moberly, 3. Platte— Oregon ,
6.61 ; St. Joseph 3d Street, 1.70. St. Louis— St. Louis Curby
Memorial, 7.88. 34 90
Nebraska. — Hastings— Edgar, 7.75; Ong, 2.78. Kearney
—Genoa, 10 cts.; North Platte, 6.76. Nebraska Oily— Au-
burn 1st, 4.56 ; Tamora, 65 cts. 22 60
New Jersey.— Elizabeth— Cranford, 10 ; Elizabeth Grey-
stone, 14.16 ; Metuchen, 13. Jersey City — Jersey City West-
minster, 15.15. Monmouth— Beverly C. E., 2. Morris and
Orange — East Orange Arlington Avenue, 35.23 ; Mt. Olive,
7. Neivark— Montclair Grace, 5.50. New Brunswick — Ew-
ing, 27.15 ; Flemington, 46.15; Titusville, 6.07 ; Trenton 1st,
14.56. Newton— LaFayette, 2.16 ; Marksboro, 6. West Jersey
—Atlantic City German, 3. 207 13
New Mexico.— Santa Ff—El Rito, 3.50. 3 50
New York.— Albany— Jermain Memorial, 2.53 ; Rockwell
Falls, 1.50. Binghamlon— Binghamton West, 8. Brooklyn
— Brooklyn Duryea, 25. Cayuga — Auburn 2d, 4. Chemung
—Big Flats, 3. Columbia — Hunter, 4.68 ; Windham, 15.
Geneva— Dresden, 2.64 ; Penn Yan, 17.79 ; Phelps, 13. Hud-
son—Good Will, 1.86; Montgomery, 24.50; Stony Point,
18.13. Lyons — Rose, 5.34. Nassau — Hempstead Christ
Church, 10; Jamaica, 10.06; Newtown 1st, 15. New York —
New York Morningside, 10. Niagara — Lyndonville, 5 ;
Youngstown, 3. North River — Newburg 1st, 14.31 ; Pine
Plains, 5; Westminster, 2.50. Otsego— ffStamford, 80. Ro-
chester—Brockport, 7.62 ; Lima, 9.90 ; Victor, 7.72. St. Law-
rence—Sackett' s Harbor, 3.81. Steuben— Cohocton, 1. Syra-
cuse— Baldwinsville, 5.80. Troy— Cambridge, 3.07 ; Troy Oak-
wood Avenue, 1.10 ; — Woodside, 20.65. Westchester— Bed-
ford, 2.08 ; Gilead, 7.70 ; Huguenot Memorial, 7. 379 29
North Dakota. — Fargo— Sanborn, 1. 1 00
Ohio.— Athens— Ames ville, 2.67; Beech Grove, 2.57 ; War-
ren, 1.54. Bellefontaine— Crestline sab.-sch., 1.25. Chilli-
colhe— Concord, 2. Cincinnati — Cincinnati Clifton, 7.90.
Cleveland — Cleveland Bolton Avenue, 4; East Cleveland,
7.21. Columbus— London, 3. Dayton— Bethel, 2.24 ■ South
Charleston, 11.65; Xenia, 11.01. Lima— Blanchard, 9.50;
McComb, 2. Mahoning — Ellsworth, 11 ; Massillon, 16.02.
Marion — Brown, 2 ; Chesterville, 3.60 ; Liberty, 1. St.
Clairsville— Buffalo, 7.20; Rock Hill, 4.55; Short Creek, 5.
Steubenville— Bakersville, 2.10 ; East Liverpool 2d, 9.01 ;
Irondale, 5; Long's Run, 6.13 ; Newcomerstown, 2. Wooster
— Doylestown, 2 ; Savannah, 9.88; Wooster 1st (incl. sab.-
sch., 5.25), 39.77. Zanesville—lit. Zion, 4.40; Newark 1st,
2.67 ; Oakfield, 1 ; Zanesville Putnam, 5.90. 208 77
Oregon.— Portland— Sell wood, 1. Willamette— Spring Val-
ley, 2. 3 00
Pennsylvania.— Allegheny— Allegheny 2d, 5 ; — Central,
7.01 ; Beaver, 4.40; Bellevue, 7.87; Highland, 7.90 ; New Sa-
lem, 3 ; Pine Creek 1st, 3.75; —2d, 4. Blairsville— Beulah,
12; Cross Roads, 4.17 ; Kerr, 2 ; Ligonier, 2.30; New Alex-
andria (sab.-sch., 8.04), 39.27; New Salem, 7.80; Parnassus,
15.40 ; Pine Run, 7 ; Unity, 13.50 ; Wilmerding, 5. Butler-
Concord, 8 ; Harrisville, 3 ; Mt. Nebo, 5 ; New Hope, 2 ;
Prospect, 5.50 ; Plains, 3. Carlisle— Carlisle 1st, 21.70 ; New-
port, 13 ; Robert Kennedy Memorial, 3 ; Silver Spring, 4.
Chester— Avondale, 3 84 ; Kennett Square, 5 ; Middletown, 8;
Oxford 2d, 55 cts.; Toughkenamon, 2.23 ; Wayne, 29 ; West
Grove, 2.85. Clarion— Brockwayville, 17 ; Peafield, 5. Erie
—Cambridge, 10 ; Concord, 3.50 ; Conneaut Lake, 2.25 ; Cool
Spring, 2.91; Fredonia, 4.10; Hadley, 2; Harmonsburg, 2 ;
Pleasantville, 14; Springfield, 2.57. Huntingdon — Alexan-
dria, 11.25 ; Birmingham Warriors Mark Chapel, 7.44 ;
Houtzdale, 1.20; Huntingdon, 21.56; Milesburg, 6.06 ; Mo-
shannon and Snow Shoe, 2.61 ; Osceola Mills, 6 ; Pine Grove
Mills, 3 ; Sinking Valley, 9.05 ; State College, 4.83 ; Williams-
burg, 17.10. Kitlanning— Apollo, 8 ; Leechburg, 12. Lacka-
wanna—Carbondale 1st, 45.13 ; Mountain Top, 1.46 ; Tunk-
hannock, 11.77. Lehigh— Easton College Hill, 1.10 ; — Brain-
erd Union, 28.14; Middle Smithfield, 7.42. Northumberland
—Buffalo, 2; Chillisquaque, 2.60; Mooresburg, 4.08; Wash-
ington, 16. Philadelphia North— Bristol, 4.16; Overbrook,
70.89 ; Pottstown, 7.89 ; Reading 1st, 22.56. Pittsburg— Can-
nonsburg 1st, 5.47 ; Castle Shannon, 2.80 ; Charleroi, 5;
Crafton, 5.03 ; Forest Grove LA. Soc, 2 ; McKee's Rocks, 3;
Mansfield, 13.24; Oakdale, 14.75; Pittsburg 4th, 44.21; —
6th, 3 ; — Herron Avenue, 2.96 ; — Shady Side, 39.16 ; Rac-
coon (sab.-sch., 7.32), 59.22; Sheridanville, 4; Swissvale,
25.73. Redstone— Jefferson, 2; Laurel Hill, 17.28 ; New
Providence, 17; Pleasant Unity, 2.50; Uniontown Central,
2.75. Shenango — Hermon, 3 ; Hopewell, 9.17 ; Princeton, 3 ;
Transfer, 1.23 ; Unity, 5. Washington — East Buffalo, 20.54 ;
Wellsburg, 14.64. Westminster— Centre (sab.-sch., 7.20), 25 ;
York 1st, 94.52 ; — Faith, 2. 1120 87
South Dakota.— Central Dakota— Bancroft, 2.38 ; Huron,
5 ; Manchester, 1.95. Southern Dakota— German town , 5.
14 33
Tennessee.— Union— Hebron, 2. 2 00
Utah.— Boise— Boise City 1st, 11. Uta h— Richfield, 2.
13 00
Washington. — Olympia — Tacoma Calvary, 2. Spokane —
Davenport, 10 ; Larene, 6. 18 00
Wisconsin.— Madison — Baraboo, 8; Brodhead, 3. Mil-
waukee— Milwaukee Immanuel, 39.11 ; Stone Bank, 1.35.
51 46
Contributions from churches and Sabbath -schools. $2,900 54
OTHER CONTRIBUTIONS.
"A Friend," 300; "Miss E. M. E.," Albany,
N. Y., 10 ; William M. Findlay, Altoona, Pa., 5. 315 00
83,215 54
MISCELLANEOUS.
Premiums of insurance, 604.50 ; Permanent Fund
interest, 87.50 ; Sales of church proper tv, 1013.50 ;
Partial losses, 10 ; Plans, 5.10; Legal expenses^O. 1730 60
SPECIAL DONATIONS.
Illinois — Peoria — Galesburg sab.-sch., 23.26
New York— mica— Turin, 3.93
27 19
84,973 33
Church collections and other contributions, April
11-August 31, 1898 $14,814 18
Church collections and other contributions, April
11-August 31,1897 14,828 47
LOAN FOND.
Interest 8555 52
Payments on mortgages 1,230 25
-81,785 77
MANSE FUND.
Installments on loans 8744 48
Interest 6 79
8751 27
MISCELLANEOUS.
Premiums of insurance. 27 00
CONTRIBUTIONS.
"AFriend" 200 00
8978 27
If acknowledgment of any remittance is not found in
these reports, or if they are inaccurate in any item, prompt
advice should be sent to the Secretary of the Board, giving
the number of the receipt held, or, in the absence of a receipt,
the date, amount and form of remittance.
Adam Campbell, Treasurer,
156 Fifth Avenue, New York City.
1898.]
MINISTERIAL RELIEF — FREEDMEN.
367
RECEIPTS FOR THE BOARD OF MINISTERIAL RELIEF, AUGUST, 1898.
Baltimore.— Baltimore— Ashland, 2 ; Havre de Grace, 10.
New Castle— Smyrna, 4. Washington City— Washington City
Eckington,2. 18 00
Catawba.— radMn.— Mooresville 2d, 1. 1 00
Colorado. — Denver — Golden, 16. Pueblo — Colorado
Springs 2d, 5 ; Pueblo Fountain (sab.-sch., 2), 4.50. 25 50
Illinois.— Bloomington — Minonk, 2.98. Cairo — Saline
Mines, 3. Chicago— Chicago Bethany sab.-sch., 2 ; — Hyde
Park, 50.26. Mattoon— Marshall, 1. Peoria — Yates City,
.3.48. Rock River— Peniel, 6.70. Schuyler — Kirk wood, 6.
Springfield— Farmington, 4.14; Jacksonville Westminster,
37.40. 116 96
Indiana. — Crawford sville— Lexington, 20. Fort Wayne —
La Grange, 7.48. Logansport — Union, 3.07. Muncie — Hart-
ford City, 10 ; Marion 1st, 13. 53 55
Iowa. —Dubuque— Dubuque 1st, 11.60. Fort Dodge— Spirit
Lake, 5.75. Iowa City— Marengo, 2.21. Waterloo— J anes-
ville, 2.20; Tama, 1.14; Toledo, 3.76; West Friesland Ger-
man, 7. 33 66
Kansas.— Emporia — Maxon, 4; Quenemo, 3.18. High-
land—Holton, 21. Lamed — Hutchinson, 14.58. Topeka—
Topeka 1st, 35.17. 77 93
Michigan.— Monroe— Palmyra, 5. 5 00
Minnesota.—^ Paul— St. Paul Goodrich Avenue, 2. 2 00
Missouri.— Platte— New Point, 2. 2 00
Nebraska.— Hastings — Hansen, 3 ; Lebanon, 1.40; Wil-
sonville, 2.10. Kearney— Kearney 1st, 2.15. 8 65
New Jersey. — Elizabeth— Metuchen 1st, 16 ; Rahway 1st,
20. Monmouth— Barnegat, 4 ; Beverly C. E. Soc, 2. Morris
and Orange— Cnatham, 89.86 ; New Providence, 10 ; Orange
Central, 10. Newark— Bloomfield 1st, 60 ; — Westminster
addl., 1.50. New Brunswick— Titusville 1st, 6.08. 219 44
New York.— Albany— Charlton addl , 1; Princetown, 7.63;
West Troy Jermain Meml., 2.52. Buffalo— Buffalo West-
minster, 43.69. Geneva— Ovid, 13.95. Hudson — Greenbush,
13.22 ; Monticello, 30. Lyons— Newark sab.-sch., 22.42. New
York— New York 4th Avenue Hope Chapel sab.-sch., 25 ; —
Morningside, 20. Niagara— Lewiston, 5. North River-
Little Britain, 9.25. St. Lawrence— Heuvelton, 2 ; Water-
town 1st, 63.34. Utica— Walcott Memorial, 19.44. Westches-
ter—Mt. Vernon 1st sab.-sch., 19 ; Patterson, 8. 305 46
North Dakota. — Fargo— Jamestown 1st, 7.12. 7 12
Ohio. —Chillicothe — Pisgah, 4. Cincinnati — Wyoming,
82.56. Cleveland— Cleveland Bolton Avenue, 6 ; — Boule-
vard, 2.03. Marion— Kingston, 2. St. Clairsville— 'Bannock,
5. Wooster— Belleville, 2.60 ; Clear Fork, 1 ; Orrville, 1.38.
106 57
Oregon.— Portland— Portland 1st, 84.52. 84 52
Pennsylvania. — Allegheny — Bakerstown, 10. Butler-
Buffalo, 2; Grove City, 4.04; Plain Grove, 6.50. Carlisle—
Newport, 13. Chester— Glen Riddle, 50 cts. Erie— Irvine-
ton, 5. Huntingdon— Bradford, 1.64; Pine Grove, 86 cts.
Kittanning— Slate Lick, 13.78 ; Tunnelton, 2.80. Lacka-
wanna—Langcliffe, 16.33. Philadelphia— Philadelphia Betha-
ny sab.-sch., 13.54; — Hebron Memorial, 14.65 ;— Tioga,
18 ; — Chambers Wylie Memorial, 16.98. Philadelphia North
— Conshohocken, 5 r Thompson Memorial, 7. Pittsburg —
Castle Shannon, 4.20; Mt. Pisgah, 11. Redstone— Mt. Pleas-
ant Reunion, 5.52; Round Hill, 9.07. Shenango— Westfield,
33. Westminster— Chanceford, 9 ; Little Britain, 7. 230 41
South Dakota. — Southern Dakota— Parkston, 2.88 ; Union
Centre, 3.27. 6 15
Tennessee. — Holslon— Salem, 3. Union — Eusebia, 1;
Knoxville Spring Place, 2.50 ; Rockford, 2. 8 50
From churches and Sabbath-schools $1,312 42
individuals.
Mrs. J. M. Roberts, Anaheim, Cal., 1 ; Flora J.
Nixon, Kirkwood, Mo., 5 ; Rev. J. Hatch Dilley,
Ore., 2 ; Rev. Joseph Stevens, D.D., Jersey
Shore, Pa., 5; Anna B. Warner, West Point,
N. Y., 15 ; H. J. Baird Huey, Philadelphia, 1 ;
" Indian Territory," 3 ; Rev. G. M. Miller,
Bryan, O., 2; Mary E. Sill, Geneva, N. Y.,3;
"Friend in Cleveland, O.," 79; Dr. Wm. M.
Findlay, Altoona, Pa., 10 125 00
interest.
Interest from investments 2,911 19
" from Hanna McKee Fund 75 00
$4,423 61
Unrestricted legacy, Estate E. H. Howell 250 00
Total receipts in August, 1898 $4,673 61
Total for current fund (not including unrestricted
legacies) since April 1, 1898 $42,505 03
Total for same period last year 42,172 65
William W. Heberton, Treasurer,
Room 507, Witherspoon Building, Philadelphia, Pa.
RECEIPTS FOR THE BOARD FOR FREEDMEN, JUNE, 1898.
Atlantic— Fairfield— Carmel, 1.50. Knox— Ebenezer 2d,
4 ; Antioch, 2. 7 50
Baltimore.— New Castle— Bridgeville 1st (C. E., 1), 5.
Washington City— Washington City Covenant (sab.-sch.,
6.03), 76.36. 81 36
California.— Los Angeles— Pomona 1st, 9.25; Riverside
Calvary, 22.05. Oakland— West Berkeley, 1. Santa Barbara
—Santa Paula, 21. 53 30
Catawba.— Cape Fear— Bethany, 2. Southern Virginia—
Mt. Calvary, 1. Yadkin— Mooresville 2d, 1. 4 00
Colorado.— Boulder— Fort Morgan 1st, 74 cts. Pueblo—
Canon City 1st (sab.-sch., 4), 11. 11 74
Illinois.— A lion— Upper Alton sab.-sch., 3. Chicago —
Chicago Ridgway Avenue, 4. Rock River— Buffalo Prairie,
1.80. Schuyler— Camp Point (sab.-sch., 9), 10. Springfield
—Springfield 1st, 12. 30 80
Indiana. — Crawfordsville — Rockville Memorial, 1.98.
Indianapolis— Howesville, 1 ; Indianapolis Tabernacle, 18.
Vincennes— Sullivan, 5. White Water— Mount Carmel, 1.
26 98
Indian Territory.— Tuscaloosa— Beaver Dam, 1 ; Sandy
Branch, 50 cts. 1 50
Iowa.— Cedar Rapids— Cedar Rapids 1st, 15.23 ; — 2d,
23.26. Corning— Shenandoah, 6.05. Dubuque— Farley, 3.25 ;
Independence 1st, 15.30 ; Jessup, 6.63; Manchester 1st, 5.10.
Fort Dodge— Boone 1st, 9 ; Coon Rapids, 4.48 ; Fonda, 5 ;
Fort Dodge, 30.11; Grand Junction, 5; Jefferson, 8.57;
Rockwell City, 10. Iowa— Burlington 1st, 2.40. Sioux City
—Union Township, 1.42. Waterloo— Ackley, 16 ; Aplington,
15; Cedar Falls, 11.73; Rock Creek German sab.-sch., 3 ;
State Centre, 9. 15 ; Toledo Missionary Society, 4.93 ; Water-
loo, 15. 225 61
Kansas.— iSoJomon— Herrington, 3. 3 00
Michigan.— Detroit— Dearborn, 65 cts.; Detroit 1st, 148.47;
Detroit Central sab.-sch., 6.73; Pontiac Inter. C. E., 11.50.
167 35
Minnesota.— Duluth—Vuluth 1st, 12.02. St. Paul — St.
Paul Dayton Avenue, 24. 36 02
Nebraska. — Nebraska City— Palmyra, 15.10. Niobrara —
Ponca 1st, 3. 18 10
New Jersey.— .EVi'za&e^— Roselle, 4.94; Springfield, 12.
Monmouth— Beverly C. E., 10. Morris and Orange— Madison
1st, 5.99 ; Orange Central, 200 ; South Orange Trinity, 60 ; St.
Cloud, 5.27 ; Summit Central, 104.69. Newark— Arlington
1st sab.-sch., 6.67; Newark 2d, 18.75; — 5th Avenue sab.-
sch., 20 ; — Park, 4.90. New Brunswick — Trenton Bethany,
10. Newton— Mansfield 2d, 1; Phillipsburgh 1st, 5. West
Jersey— Vineland 1st ch. and sab.-sch., 5. 474 21
New York.— Albany— Albany State Street, 20.59 ; Johns-
town, 22. Binghamton— Lordville, 2. Boston— Springfield
1st, 1. Buffalo— Buffalo Bethlehem, 5. Cayuga— Ithaca 1st,
61.22. Champlain— Plattsburg 1st, 46.07. Hudson— Florida,
2.40 ; West Town, 1. New York— New York East Harlem,
1 ; — Harlem, 86.76 ; — Morningside, 5 ; — Phillips, 32.76.
Niagara — Knowlesville, 6. North River— Cornwall-on-Hud-
son, 11.06 ; Poughkeepsie, 5.94. St. Lawrence — Canton,
19.07. Syracuse— Fayetteville sab.-sch., 5. Troy — Water-
ford 1st, 48.48. Utica — Utica 1st sab.-sch., 8; — Bethany
(sab.-sch., 5.80), 10.20. 400 55
Ohio.— Athens— New England, 1. Chillicothe— Washing-
ton, 4 75 ; White Oak, 4. Cincinnati— Wyoming, 69.25.
Cleveland— Akron 1st ch. and sab.-sch., 4; Ashtabula 1st
C. E., 25; Cleveland 1st, 200; Willoughby, 10. Steubenville
—Bethlehem, 4 ; Yellow Creek, 10. 332 00
Oregon.— East Oregon— Union, 38 cts. Southern Oregon—
Ashland sab.-sch., 8. 8 38
Pennsylvania.— Allegheny— Allegheny 2d, 7 ; Glenfield,
9.47. Butler- Mount Nebo, 12.30; Plain Grove, 13.50;
Prospect, 10.13. Carlisle — Cham bersburg Falling Spring
sab.-sch., 11.24. Chester— Ashmun sab.-sch., 10 ; Chester 1st,.
5; Wayne sab.-sch., 3.64. Clarion— Beech Woods, 32 cts.
Huntingdon— Middle Tuscarora, 1 ; Tyrone 1st sab.-sch., 8.
368
FREEDMEN.
[October, 1898.
Kittanning — Cherry Tree, 21 cts. Lackawanna — Canton, 8 ;
Peckville, 2. Lehigh— Bethlehem 1st, 3.44. Parkersburg—
Hughes River, 3. Philadelph ia— Philadelphia 2d, 149.29;
— Arch Street, 364.18 ; — Cohocksink sab.-sch., 6.65 ; —
Gaston, 28.57 ; — McDowell Memorial, 15 ; — Northminster,
106.54 ; — South Broad Street, 2.56. Philadelphia North—
Langhorne, 10. Pittsburg — Pittsburg Bellefield, 50 ; —
Shady Side (sab.-sch., 28.13), 55 60. Washington— Lower
Ten Miles, 3. 899 64
South Dakota.— Southern Dakota— Alexandria, 5. 5 00
Tennessee. — Kingston— Chattanooga Park Place, 2.75.
Union— New Salem, 1. 3 75
Wisconsin.— Milwaukee— Milwaukee Immanuel (sab.-sch.,
25), 31.07. 31 07
Receipts from churches during June, 1898 82821 86
miscellaneous.
Rev. R. G. Keyes, Watertown, N. Y., 10 ; Mr. W.
J. Fife, Boyce Station, Pa., 3.60 ; Rev. and Mrs.
E. K. Mechlin, Dalton, O., 5; J. W. Sanders,
Schenectady, N. Y., 5 ; Mrs. Sarah S. Davidson,
Chicago, 111., 5 ; Interest from Invested Funds,
87; Martin G. Post, Bayhead, Fla.,2; W. A.
Hope, Flat Rock, 111 , 4; " M. C. D., Westmin-
ster church, Baltimore," 5; Rev. Thomas W.
Bowen, Lafayette, N. J., 5; Estate of Mrs.
Elizabeth Sterling Gamble, Jersey Shore, Pa.,
600 ; " C. Penna.," 8 ; P. P. Bissett, St. Thomas,
N. D., 5 ; Rev. James S. Kemper, D.D., Dayton,
O., 10; M. E. T. Jacke, Roann, Ind., 10 ; Mis-
sionary Congress Iowa Synod, 27.20 ; " F. E.,"
Germantown, Pa., 4; Rev. Joseph Piatt, Daven-
port, la., 25 ; collection at Lantern Slide Lecture
at General Assembly, 60.78 ; E. R. Miller, Rich-
land, Mich.. 1; "Friends," Bismarck, N. D.,
1.50 ; " Valley Cottage," 1 ; C. C. M., 25 ; M. M.
M. Woodlawn,Pa.,23 8933 08
Woman's Board 1,761 18
Total receipts during June, 1893 85,516 12
Total receipts during June, 1897 3,432 87
Total receipts to July 1, 1898 13,302 27
Total receipts to July 1, 1897 9,831 62
John J. Beacom, Treasurer,
516 Market Street, Pittsburg, Pa.
RECEIPTS FOR THE BOARD FOR FREEDMEN, JULY, 1898.
Atlantic— Fairfield— Blue Branch, 1 ; Mt. Moriah, 50
cts. Knox— Augusta Christ, 7. 8 50
Baltimore. — New Castle — Smyrna, 4 ; Wilmington Cen-
tral, 32.41 ; Zion, 5. Washington City— Washington City
Gunton Temple Memorial, 25.88. 67 29
California.— Los Angeles— Fernando, 5.50. 5 50
Catawba.— Southern Virginia— Great Creek, 1 ; Hope, 1.
2 00
Colorado. — Pueblo — Rocky Ford, 5. 5 00
Illinois. — Alton— Alton 1st, 10. Bloomington— Fairbury,
10. Chicago — Chicago 1st, 34.52; Joliet 1st, 11.75; Lake
Forest, 2^5. Freeport— Belvidere 1st sab.-sch., 15. Spring-
field—Petersburg 1st, 1.45 ; Springfield 2d, 4.27. 351 99
Indiana. — Indianapolis— Bloomington Walnut Street,
6.95. 6 95
Iowa. — Dubuque — Dubuque 2d, 14. Fort Dodge — Pocahon-
tas sab.-sch., 1. Iowa— Mount Zion, 3.50. 18 50
Kansas. — Solomon— Concordia, 10. 10 00
Michigan.— Monroe— Reading 1st, 4. 4 00
Minnesota.— Mankato—K&sota, 6. 6 00
Missouri.— Kansas C7ty— Appleton City 1st, 2.30; Sunny
Side, 1. Ozark— Carthage 1st sab.-sch., 3.43; Joplin, 2.81.
St. Louis— St. Louis 1st sab.-sch., 5.90. 15 44
Montana. — Helena— Helena 1st (sab.-sch., 3.17), 29.97.
29 97
New Jersey.— Elizabeth— Elizabeth 2d, 42.25; — West-
minster, 42.64; Rahway 1st, 19 50. Morris and Orange —
Parsippany, 9.85. Newark — Lyon's Farms 1st, 22.09. New
Brunswick — Dayton, 5.07. Newton — Marksboro, 6 ; Phillips-
burgh 1st, 1. West Jersey— Haddonfield Jr. C. E., 10.
158 40
New Mexico. — Rio Grande— Albuquerque 1st, 3. 3 00
New York. — Brooklyn— Brooklyn Arlington Avenue
eab.-sch. , 15; West New Brighton Calvary, 13.56. Buffalo —
Buffalo Westminster, 16.39 ; Hamburg Lake Street, 2.
Cayuga— Auburn Calvary, 5.12 ; Aurora, 9.04. Champlain —
Cnazy, 8.22. Columbia — Catskill, 75.92. Hudson — West
Town, 2. Long Island — Southampton 1st, 50.77. Nassau —
Huntingdon 2d, 9.67. New York— New York Tremont, 2 ;
— Woodstock Y. P. S., 5. St. Lawrence— Sackett's Harbor,
18 cts. Syracuse— Syracuse Memorial, 11. Ulica— Waterville,
1.88. Westchester— New Rochelle 1st, 32.12. 259 87
Ohio.— Athens— Veto, 8. Cleveland— Cleveland South, 10.
Portsmouth —Johnston Sheridan Mission, 1. Sleubenville—
Steubenville 1st, 13.50. 32 50
Oregon.— East Oregon— Union, 74 cts. Southern Oregon —
Grant's Pass Bethany, 30. 30 74
Pennsylvania. — Blairsville— Conemaugh, 10.85 ; New
Florence, 9.45. Butler — Butler, 4.04. Carlisle — Burnt
Cabins, 2 ; Lower Path Valley, 7. Clarion— Tionesta, 12.
Huntingdon— Orbisonia, 3 ; Shirleysburg, 3; Sherman's Val-
ley, 2. Kittanning — Clarksburg, 5. Parkersburg — Dubree, 1.
Philadelphia North— Conshohocken, 4. Pittsburg— Pittsburg
East Liberty (sab.-sch., 63.67), 101.71. Shenango— Neshan-
nock, 9. 174 05
South Dakota.— Southern Dakota— Ebenezer German, 4 ;
Parker sab.-sch., 2.52. 6 52
Washington.— Puget Sound— Seattle 2d, 5. 5 00
Wisconsin. — Milwaukee — Milwaukee Immanuel, 4.06.
Winnebago— Omro, 2.75. 6 81
Reeeipts from churches during July, 1898 .
81203 03
MISCELLANEOUS.
Interest from Phineas M. Barber Fund, 600 ; Estate
of Mrs. Margaret L. Dinsmore, Cross Creek
Village, Pa., 100; Mrs. Henry Winthrop, New
York, 1000; Miss Irene Cowan, Pittsburg, Pa.,
3 ; Mr. J. B. Davidson, Newville, Pa., 20; James
W. Smith, Doniphan, Neb., 10; Estate of Mrs.
Mary L. Millar, Malone, N. Y., 74.38; Sale
of real estate, Gainesville, Fla., 450 ; Charles
C. Rain, Augusta, Ga , 1 ; "C. Penna.," 16 ; Rev.
S. H. Stevenson, Madison, Ind., 2 ; Interest
from Invested Funds, 1050 3,326 38
Woman's Board 3,178 30
Total receipts during July, 1898 87,712 71
Total receipts during July, 1897 6,716 65
Total receipts to August 1, 1898 21,014 98
Total receipts to August 1, 1897 16,548 27
John J. Beacom, Treasurer,
516 Market Street, Pittsburg, Pa.
Office^ and Ageqcieg of the Ijenerol A^emMiJ.
CLERKS;
Stated (Jerk and Treasurer— Rev. William H. Roberts, D.D.,
LL.D. All correspondence on the general business of
the Assembly should be addressed to the Stated Clerk,
No. 1319 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa.
Permanent Clerk— Rev. William E. Moore, D.D., LL.D.,
Columbus, Ohio.
TRUSTEES.
President— George Junkin, Esq., LL.D.
Treasurer— Frank K. Hippie, 1340 Chestnut Street.
Recording Secretary— J acob Wilson.
Office— Witherspoon Building, No: 1319 Walnut Street
Philadelphia, Pa.
BOARDS,
1. Home Missions, Sustentation.
Secretary— Rev . Charles L. Thompson, D.D.
Treasurer — Mr. Harvey C. Olin.
Superintendent of Schools— Rev. George F. McAfee.
Secretary of Young People' 8 Department— Miss M. Katharine Jones.
Office— Presbyterian Building, No. 156 Fifth Avenue, New York, N. Y. Address all mail, Box 15G
Madison Square Branch.
Letters relating to missionary appointments and other operations of the Board, and applications for aid
from churches, should be addressed to the Secretary.
Letters relating to the financial affairs of the Board, or those containing remittances of money, should be
addresspd to the Treasurer.
Applications of teachers and letters relating to the School Department should be addressed to the Superin-
tendent of Schools.
Correspondence of Young People's Societies and matters relating thereto should be addressed to the Secre-
tary of the Young People's Department.
2. Foreign Missions.
Corresponding Secretaries— Rev. Frank F. Ellinwood, D.D., LL.D. ; Rev. John Gillespie, D.D. ; Mr. Robert E. Speer
and Rev. Arthur J. Brown, D.D.
Treasurer— Charles W. Hand.
Secretary Emeritus— Rev . John C. Lowrie, D.D.
Field Secretary— Rev. Thomas Marshall, D.D., 48 McCormick Block, Chicago, 111.
Office— Presbyterian Building, No. 156 Fifth Avenue, New York, N. Y.
Letters relating to the missions or other operations of the Board should be addressed to the Secretaries.
Letters relating to the pecuniary affairs of the Board, or containing remittance*" ~€ money, should be sent
to Charles W. Hand, Treasurer.
Certificates of honorary membership are given on receipt of $30, and of honorary directorship on receipt
of 8100.
Persons sending packages for shipment to missionaries should state the contents and value. There are no>
fepecified days for shipping goods. Send packages to the Presbyterian Building as soon as they are ready. Ad-
dress the Treasurer of the Board of Foreign Missions.
The postage on letters to all our mission stations, except those in Mexico, is 5 cents for each half ounce or
fraction thereof. Mexico, 2 cents for each half ounce.
3. Education.
Corresponding Secretary— Rev. Edward B. Hodge, D.D. Treasurer— Jacob Wilson.
Office— Witherspoon Building, No. 1319 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa.
4. Publication and Sabbath=school Work.
Secretary—Rev. Elijah R. Craven, D.D., LL.D.
Superintendent of Sabbath-school and Missionary Work— Rev. James A. Worden, D.D.
Editorial Superintendent— Rev. J. R. Miller, D.D. Business Superintendent— John H. Scribner.
Manufacturer— Henry F. Scheetz.* Treasurer— Rev. C. T. McMullin.
Office— Witherspoon Building, No. 1319 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa.
Letters relative to the general interests of the Board, also all manuscripts offered for publication and com-
munications relative thereto, excepting those for Sabbath-school Library books and the periodicals, should be
addressed to the Rev. E. R. Craven, D.D., Secretary.
Presbyterial Sabbath-school reports, letters relating to Sabbath-school and Missionary work, to grants of
the Board's publications, to the appointment of Sabbath-school missionaries, and all communications of mis-
sionaries, to the Superintendent of Sabbath-school and Missionary Work.
All manuscripts for Sabbath-school books, the Westminster Teacher and the other periodicals, and all
letters concerning the same, to the Editorial Superintendent.
Business correspondence and orders for books and periodicals, except from Sabbath-school missionaries, to-
John H. Scribner, Business Superintendent.
Remittances of money and contributions, to the Rev. C. T. McMullin, Treasurer.
5. Church Erection.
Corresponding Secretary—Rev. Erskine N. White, D.D. Treasurer— Adam CampbelL
Office— Presbyterian Building, No. 156 Fifth; ivenue, New York, N. Y.
6. Ministerial Relief,
Corresponding Secretary— Rev . Benjamin L. Agnew, D.D.
Treasurer and Recording Secretary— Rev. William W. Heberton.
Office— Wltherspoon Building, No. 1319 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa-
7. Freed men.
Corresponding Secretary— -Rev ■. Edward P. Cowan, DJ>.
Recording Secretary— Rev. Samuel J. Fisher, D.D.
Treasurer— Rev. John J. Beacom, D.D.
Office-516 Market Street, Pittsburgh, Pa.
8. Aid for Colleges and Academies.
Secretary— Rev. E. C. Ray, D.D.
Treasurer— E. C. Ray.
Office— Room 30, Montauk Block, No. 115 Monroe Street, CMcago, QL
COMMITTEES, ETC.
Committee on Systematic Beneficence.
Chairman— Rev. W. H. Hubbard, Auburn, N. Y.
Secretary— Kiliaen Van Rensselaer, 56 Wall Street, New York, N. Y.
Committee on Temperance.
Chairman— Rev. John J. Beacom, D.D., 516 Market Street, Pittsburgh, Fa.
Corresponding Secretary—Rev. John F. Hill, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Recording Secretary— George Irwin (P. O. Box 14), Allegheny, Pa.
Treasurer— Rev. James Allison, D.D., Pittsburgh, Pa.
Presbyterian Historical Society.
President— Rev. Henry C. McCook, D.D., Sc.D.
Librarian— Rev. W. L. Ledwith, D.D., 1531 Tioga Street, Philadelphia, Pa.
Corresponding Secretary— Rev . Samuel T. Lowrie, D.D., 1827 Pine Street, Philadelphia, Pa
Recording Secretary—Rev. James Price, 107 E. Lehigh Avenue, Philadelphia, Pa.
Treasurer— DeB. K. Ludwig, Ph.D., 3739 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa.
Treasurers of Synodical Home Missions and Sustentation.
New Jersey— Hon. William M. Lanning, Trenton, N. J.
New York— Mr. A. P. Stevens, National Savings Banic Building, Albany, N. Y.
Pennsylvania— Frank K. Hippie, 1340 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa.
Baltimore— D. C. Ammidon, 31 South Frederick Street, Baltimore, Md.
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In the preparation of Wills care should be taken to insert the Corporate Name, as known and recognized In the
Courts of Law . Bequests or Devises for the
General Assembly should be made to " The Trustees of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in th*
United States of America."
Board of Home Missions— to " The Board of Home Missions of the Presbvterian Church in the United States of
America, incorporated April 19, 1872, by Act of the Legislature of the State of New York."
Board of Foreign Missions— to " The Board of Foreign Missions of the Presbyterian Church In the United States
of America."
Board of Church Erection— to " The Board of the Church Erection Fund of the General Assembly of the Presbyte-
rian Church in the United States of America, incorporated March 27, 1871, by the Legislature of the State of New York."
Board of Publication and Sabbath-school Work— to "The Trustees of the Presbyterian Board of Publication
and Sabbath-school Work."
Board of Education— to " The Board of Education of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America."
Board of Relief— to " The Presbyterian Board of Relief for Disabled Ministers and the Widows and Orphans of
Deceased Ministers."
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£>f America."
Board of Aid for Colleges— to " The Presbyterian Board of Aid for CoJJbeges and Academies."
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THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY'S COMMITTEE,
Witherspoon Building, Philadelphia, Pa.
JOHN S. MACINTOSH, D.D., Chairman,
Charles A. Dickey, D.D., John H. Dey, Esq., Secretary, Charles L. Thompson, D.D.
Warner Van Norden, Esq., Stealy B. Rossiter, D.D., Frank F. Ellin wood, D.D.,
Hon. Robert N. Willson, Henry T. McEwen, D.D., William C. Roberts, D.D.
Stephen W. Dana, D.D.,
EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENTS.
Charles L. Thompson, D.D.,
F. F. Ellinwood, D.D., LL.D ,
Edward B. Hodge, D.D.,
Elijah R. Craven, D.D., LL.D.,
Erskine N. White, D.D.,
Benj. L. Agnew, D.D.,
Edward P. Cowan, D.D.,
E. C. Ray, D.D.
[Each of these Editorial Correspondents is appointed by the Board of which he is a Secretary, and is responsible
for what is found in the pages representing the work of that Board. See list of Officers and Agencies of the General
Assembly on the last two pages of each number.]
Contents.
Current Events and the Kingdom, . . . 373
Editorial Notes, 375
Babism in Persia, Benjamin Lobar ee, D.D., . 378
The Evolution of a Presbytery, Rev. W. 8.
Nelson, D.D., . . . . . .381
FOREIGN MISSIONS.— Notes (three illus-
trations), 385
John G. Kerr, M.D., LL D. (full page illus-
tration), 388
The Late Dr. John Hall, 391
A Missionary View of the War, . . . 392
The Diplomatic Situation from a Missionary
Standpoint, F. F Ellinwood, B.D., . . 393
Nobody Like the Pastor, 397
Sailing of Missionaries, 398
Concert of Prayer— Topic for November—
The Civilizing Influence of Foreign Mis-
sions, 399
Letters— Korea, Mrs. Baird ; Syria, H. H.
Jessup, B.D.,
COLLEGES AND ACADEMIES. — Lewis
Academy (five illustrations), . . . 405
MINISTERIAL RELIEF.— The Enchanted
Cave, 408
CHURCH ERECTION. - Typical Cases-
Architectural Plans— The Work Appreci-
ated—Organ Wanted, 410
FREEDMEN. — Ingleside Seminary — The
Products of Our Work (one illustration), 412
EDUCATION. — Seminary Libraries (one
illustration)— Learning the Catechism, . 414
PUBLICATION AND SABBATH-SCHOOL
WORK.- Progress of the Work (two il-
lustrations)— Presbyterial Sabbath-sohool
Associations— Aggressive Work in the
South (portrait of Dr. Dillard)— Distribu-
tion of Clothing, 4i7
HOME MISSIONS.— Tribute to the Memory
of Dr. John Hall (with portrait), . . 421
Notes (two illustrations), 422
Prospecting on the Yukon, Rev S. Hall
Young, 424
Among the Eskimos, Rev. H R. Marsh, M.D , 426
Concert of Prayer — Topic for November,
Romanists and Mexicans in the United
States, 427
Roman Power in America (two illustrations), 427
Roman Catholic Revelings, .... 428
By Every Means Win Some, . . . .429
Letters, 430
Appointments, 433
YOUNG PEOPLE'S CHRISTIAN ENDEA-
VOR. — Notes — Building a Church in
Africa, Mrs. Margaret B. Walter— Mor-
mon Young People's Societies, Wm. M.
Paden, B B.— That Porcupine Story-
Young People and Missions— An Indian
Uprising— History of the Presbyterian
Church in the U. S. A. : The Period of
Isolated Congregations, Wm. H. Roberts,
B B., LL.D.— Dealing with the Indiffer-
ent, Rev. H. B. MacCauley— Christian
Training Course Programs— Presbyterian
Endeavorers— Questions for the Mission-
ary Meeting— With the Magazines— Worth
Reading— Book Notices, . . . 435.455
Receipts, 455-463
Officers and Agencies, 4g4
THE CHURCH
AT HOME AND ABROAD*
NOVEMBER, 1898
CURRENT EVENTS AND THE KINGDOM.
The Chief Theatre of Events.— Wil-
liam H. Seward's prophecy, fifty years ago,
that the Pacific Ocean, its shores, its islands,
and the vast regions beyond, will become
the chief theatre of events, has been ful-
filled. In another part of this magazine
the recent stirring events are traced by
which increased prestige has come to the
nation — a prestige that must inure to the
interest of foreign missions. And it is
shown that in the coming years our mis-
sionary influence will more and more lie
westward from our Pacific coast, between
which and the shores that extend from
Siberia to Siam, the great moral conquest
of the world must be waged.
Of Heroic Stock and Temper. — Sena-
tor Hoar, of Massachusetts, recently de-
clared in the United States Senate that
wherever, either in a foreign land or within
our own borders on the frontier, there has
been a contest for civilization and Christi-
anity and peace, American missionaries
have been in the front ranks. There is not
a story of true heroism or true glory in
human annals, he said, which can surpass
the story of missionaries, in this or in
foreign lands, whom America has sent forth
as the servants of civilization and piety.
They have sacrificed ambition, family ties,
hope, health and wealth. No danger that
stood in their way, no obloquy, deterred
them. In this day of our pride and exul-
tation at the deeds of our young heroes in
Manila and in Cuba, let us not forget that
the American missionary in the paths of
peace belongs to the same heroic stock and
is an example of the same heroic temper.
The German Emperor in Palestine.
— Dr. H. H. Jessup writes: " Great prep-
arations are being made for the visit of the
Emperor William of Germany. He is to
dedicate the new German Protestant
Church in Jerusalem on October 31, the
anniversary of the Reformation — Luther's
nailing the ninety-five theses on the Witten-
berg church door; and we shall boom the
Protestant features of the dedication by
publishing the ninety -five theses in Arabic
with Luther's portrait, etc. The Turks and
Moslems have such affection for the emperor,
that they will let us print all, we want to
about his visit.
" Cook has engaged 1500 mules and
horses and 150 tents for the emperor and
suite. The emperor is to bring sixty men
singers and sixty instrumental performers,
eighteen grenadiers seven feet high, a vast
crowd of Lutheran clergy, princes, nobles,
etc., etc. It will be the greatest spectacle
of modern history for Palestine. Roads
and bridges are being repaired ; hotels and
trains refitted, etc., etc. May it all be over-
ruled for the good of Christ's cause."
Foreign Missions and National
Policy. — The Presbyterian Review points
out that Protestant missions, though under-
taken solely for the sake of spiritual results,
have exercised considerable influence on the
foreign policy of the nations which they
represented. The constituent members of
any Church take a great interest in the
political fortunes of that country where its
missionaries are laboring. They are unwill-
ing to consent to changes that might endan-
ger mission work, and will bring their
influence to bear on their government to
prevent interference with that work. For-
eign missions help to determine the whole
spirit of a nation's attitude toward the
world. The fact that the American
churches had so long taken an active inter-
est in the spiritual welfare of other nations
has prepared the way for the United States
373
374
CURRENT EVENTS AND THE KINGDOM.
[November,
to assume its place among the nations of
the world. Foreign missions, no longer the
enthusiasm of the few, but the settled con-
viction of the many, are likely to exert a
stronger influence on national policy in the
future than in the past, since they have
made good their claim to be among the
vital forces in the advancement of civiliza-
tion. An article on this subject on another
page of this magazine will be read with
interest.
The Steps of Divine Providence. —
Nowhere has the march of events within
this annus mirabilis been more rapid or
accompanied with more striking results
than in the islands of the Pacific, says Dr.
Judson Smith. Within nine short weeks
the American flag was raised over Hawaii,
the Ladrones, the Philippines, and a path-
way blazed through the Pacific from
America close to the borders of China.
Over this viewless highway not only tbe
commerce of the nation may pass unchal-
lenged and free, but the swift messengers of
salvation also, the hosts of them that
preach glad tidings and build the everlasting
kingdom of our God. No man can fore-
cast the future or measure the full purpose
of the Almighty. It is not presumption to
mark the steps of divine Providence in open-
ing new lands and people to the influences
of Christian nations, and in facilitating the
access of the gospel to the great popula-
tions of the globe. Viewed in this light,
the events just referred to take their place
with the invention of the mariner's com-
pass, navigation by steam, the discovery of
America, just as Protestantism was setting
out on its glorious career in modern Europe ;
or with the unveiling of Africa when the
spirit of modern missions was at a flood
tide. Our missionary work in Hawaii,
long the brightest in our annals, acquires a
new and deeper significance. It is to bear,
in the plans of God, not simply on the few
thousands of natives there, but on the
Christi anization of all the islands of the
great ocean beyond, on the winning at last
of China's millions to our God.
COMPARATIVE SUMMARY OF
the Synods and the General Assembly, compiled from the table prepared by the Bureau for the Promotion of Systematic
Church-Finance, Beneficence and Records, Frederick A. Walter, Secretary, address 1319 Walnut street, Philadelphia, Pa.,
showing the relative order of the Synods and the General Assembly, (a) according to membership ; (6) the average offering
per member for all church and beneficent purposes ; (c) the per cent, of total church offerings devoted to beneficence, and
(d) the average offering per member for beneficence.
Membership of the Synods and
the General Assembly.
Grand Total of the Gen-
eral Assembly . . . 975,877
The Synods:
1 Pennsylvania . . . 211,498
2 New York 178,630
3 Ohio 97,748
4 New Jersey 69,219
5 Illinois 67,202
6 Iowa 41,696
7 Indiana 41,368
8 Michigan . . . . 30,828
9 Kansas 25,763
10 Baltimore 24,987
11 California 22,640
12 Missouri 21,527
13 Minnesota 19,551
14 Nebraska 17,228
15 Wisconsin 15,062
16 Atlantic 10,393
17 Colorado 10,014
18 Catawba 8,464
19 Kentucky 8,054
20 Washington .... 7.163
21 Tennessee ..... 6,454
22 Oregon 6,329
23 South Dakota . . . 5,464
24 China. Northern* . 5,404
25 Dakota, North . . . 3,772
26 China, Cent and So* 3,423
27 Indian Territory . . 3,376
28 India* 3,225
29 Texas 2,958
30 New Mexico .... 2,356
31 Montana 2,191
32 Utah 1,889
Average Offering per Member
for all Church and Beneficent
Purposes.
1 Montana 818.75
2 New Jersey 18.52
3 New York . . . . 17.00
4 California 16.42
5 Baltimore 16.15
6 Minnesota 16.04
7 Pennsylvania .... 15.37
8 Illinois 14.86
9 Missouri 13.97
Average of the General
Assembly 13.84
10 Kentucky . .
11 Wisconsin
12 Colorado
13 Oregon
14 Texas
15 Dakota, North ! ." .'
16 Utah
17 Michigan
18 Ohio
19 Indiana
20 Iowa
21 Washington
22 Nebraska ....
23 Dakota, South. . . .
24 Kansas
25 New Mexico ....
26 Tennessee
27 Indian Territory . .
28 Atlantic ...
29 Catawba
30 India*
31 China, Northern* . .
32 China, Cent, and So*
13.61
12.90
12.85
12.37
12.24
11.62
11.42
11.37
10.57
10.53
10.06
9.21
9.16
8.84
8.72
7.61
6.46
6.17
2.68
2.02
.26
Per cent, of the Total Offerings . „-_. ., »
of the Churches Devoted Ex- Average Offering per Member
clusively to Beneficence. Jor Beneficence.
1 New Jersey $4.73
2 New York 3.47
3 Baltimore 3.41
4 Pennsylvania .... 3.07
5 Illinois 2.74
6 California 2.65
1 New Jersey. ...... 26 4
2 Baltimore 21 £
3 New York 20 f
4 Pennsylvania 20 ft
Percentage of the General
Assembly 19 f
5 Illinois 18 £
6 Oregon 17 f
7 Michigan 17 $>
8 Ohio 17 i
9 California 16 f
10 Kentucky 16
11 Texas 15 $
12 Dakota, South 15 f
13 Indiana 14 f
14 Minnesota 14 f
15 Tennessee 14 f
16 Missouri 14 ^
17 Indian Territory 13 f
18 Iowa 12 f
19 Nebraska 12 ^
20 Utah 12 <l
21 Kansas 11 <■'<
22 Colorado 11 $
23 New Mexico 11
24 Catawba 11 i
25 Wisconsin 10 f
26 Atlantic 9 f
27 Washington 8 ft
28 Montana 7 ^
29 Dakota, North . . . 5 f
30 China, Northern* . . . 87 +
31 China, Cent, and So* . 5 f
32 India* ... ..If
Average of the General
Assembly 2.59
7 Minnesota 2.31
8 Kentucky 2.17
9 Oregon 2.04
10 Missouri 1.99
11 Michigan 1.89
12 Indiana 1.83
13 Ohio 1.80
14 Texas 1.75
15 Colorado 1.45
16 Utah 1.41
17 Wisconsin 1.35
18 Dakota, South .... 1.35
19 Iowa 1.32
20 Montana 1.32
21 Nebraska 1.07
22 Kansas 1.00
23 Tennessee 90
24 New Mexico 86
25 Indian Territory ... .85
26 Washington 74
27 Dakota, North ... .62
28 China, Northern* . . .24
29 Atlantic 23
30 Catawba 21
31 China, Cent, and So.*. .03
32 India*
*N. B.— The Synods of China, Central and Southern ; China, Northern, and of India, are Foreign Missionary Synods and
are not self-supporting.
1898.]
EDITORIAL NOIES.
EDITORIAL NOTES.
375
Missionary Progress.
That the tide of nissionary zeal is rising
is attested by the fact that during the last
eight years 809 names have been added to
the roll of missionaries sent out by the
Church Missionary Society. Of these, 119
were added during the year ending May
31, 1898.
Without a Passport in Japan.
The Japan Evangelist gives an amusing
illustratioQ of how the dignity of the law
wa3 preserved. A gentleman traveling in
the interior of Japan came to a place where
he wished to lodge for the night ; but he
had forgotten his passport. The law does
not allow any hotel outside of treaty limits
to lodge a foreigner without a passport.
Here was a question for the landlord and
the traveler to decide. At last the landlord
said the foreign guest might remain, if he
would sit up all the night.
The Duty of the Clergy.
The Bishop of London recently informed
his clergy that they were bound to instruct
their people about missions, not as an out-
side matter, but as an integral element in
religious life; and that they needed first to
instruct themselves. He then suggested
four subjects of study: (1) The New Testa-
ment, definitely and deliberately, as a mis-
sionary handbook; (2) early post- apostolic
missions; (3) the missions of the Dark
Ages which brought northern Europe to a
profession of Christianity; (4) modern
missions.
A Professorship of Missions.
The professor of New Testament Greek
in Columbia Theological Seminary announces
a regular course in missions during the
coming session. The work is to be carried
on through lecture and syllabus, the use of
text-books, and an extended course of par-
allel reading on the part of the students.
The Missionary, announcing this plan, sug-
gests a professorship of missions for a circuit
of seminaries. It hopes some friend of
missions will endow a chair, stipulating that
the incumbent should divide the eight months
of the scholastic year equally between the
four Southern Presbyterian seminaries east
of the Mississippi — Union, Columbia,
Clarksville and Louisville. " The field is
now so vast, its questions of such transcen-
dant importance, and its literature so exten-
sive and new, it is exceedingly important
that the teacher who instructs the rising
ministry in its duties and claims should be
free to bring to it all his powers."
The Methodists of Canada.
The Methodist Church in Canada, repre-
senting nearly one-fifth of the population of
the Dominion, numbers 2000 ministers and
more than 280,000 members. At the
quadrennial conference held in Toronto
during September, the president, Dr. Car-
man, commenting on the fact that the
increase in church membership has been
smaller during the past four years than
during any similar period since 1883, made
an earnest plea for a revival of evangelism
and spirituality in pulpit and pew.
Why the Call is Unheeded.
Speaking editorially of Ihe appeals for
men that come from Africa, Persia and
China, the Church Missionary Intelligencer
says: The needs of God's great harvest field
can only be unheeded from one of three
causes — either they are unknown or not
understood; or, being known, the Church
has not sufficient consecration of heart to
obey the call: or the Church is already
doing all that it can. The last alternative
may be dismissed at once as obviously incor-
rect. We are left with the other two to
choose from, if indeed we ought not sorrow-
fully to acknowledge both to be true. To
modify an ancient prayer, we need to pray,
" Lord, open thou the Church of England's
eyes;" " Lord, fill with thy Spirit the
Church of England's heart."
A Quarter Century with the Sioux.
A writer in The Outlook tells of the
twenty-five years of service which Bishop
William Hobart Hare has given for the
evangelization of the Sioux. Among the
warlike Sioux he has come and gone with
the gentleness of Ansel m among the Saxons.
By degrees the savagery has softened,
giving way to a dawning civilization.
Tepees have changed to houses, medicine -
lodges to chapels, and in many other ways
the red man has been slowly lifted toward
the plane of the white. As this lifting has
gone on under his watchful care, the bishop
376
EDITOBIAL NOTES.
[November,
has doubtless found his reward. He has
seen reared in the Indian wilderness forty-
eight neat churches and chapels, thirty- four
small but comfortable mission residences,
and four large boarding schools. Seventy
congregations have been gathered, and out
of them his clergy, twelve of whom are
Indians, have presented nearly five thou-
sand for confirmation.
A Christian College in China.
The Anglo-Chinese College at Foochow,
writes Dr. S. L. Baldwin, is the largest
Christian college in China. When it was
founded in 1881 Mr. Tiong Ahok, a native
who had not yet made profession of Chris-
tianity, gave $10,000 toward the purchase
of a suitable property. It is distinctively a
Christian College, and all who send their
sons know that its object is not merely to
promote education, but to build up Chris-
tianity in China and promote Christian
character among its students. It is essen-
tially a self-supporting institution. The
present year opened with 260 students.
The Moravian Deficit.
In its attempt to account for the serious
deficiency of £12,653, which cripples the
foreign missionary work of the Moravian
Church, Periodical Accounts states that it is
not due to an increase of expenditure, but
to a decrease of receipts, and mentions the
wrong impression created in the minds of
many by the large legacy left last year by
the late Mr. J. T. Morton , of London. Mr.
Morton did bequeath a large sum to the
Church of the United Brethren, a consider-
able proportion of which was to be devoted
to foreign mission work, but not one penny
of this latter sum was to be used for the
ordinary current expenses of already exist-
ing missions. The whole was to be spent
" in forming new outstations and paying
additional workers in such outstations."
Moreover, none of the money has yet been
paid, nor is it known when the first install-
ment will be received.
Influential Forces in American Life.
There is a force in American life, says
the London Spectator, whose persistence
and whose unquestioned sway does honor to
the American people. We refer to the force
of education. Mr. Bryce once said with
truth that the most respected and influential
men in America were the college presidents.
The great mass of American people not only
know who is at the head of Harvard or
Columbia, they honor him as they honor no
other man save the President of the repub-
lic. As with the university, so with the
common school ; it is a great and powerful
institution, far greater than in England.
If you want to find any genuine aristocracy
in New England, in Ohio, in Minnesota,
you find it in the collegiate class, in the
teachers and officers of the universities and
colleges. This is a good omen for the
future. Closely joined with this class is the
religious class, which wields an immense
influence. The utterances of leading
preachers, reproduced by the newspapers,
are read by millions. To be connected with
a church is a sign of social distinction
which even politicians value. Puritanism
is one of the supreme forces of American
life. The schoolmaster and the preacher
are the two factors held in highest esteem,
and will always be found topmost in
America's social fabric, the real, unacknowl-
edged aristocracy of American life. So long
as this remains true, the vessel of American
democracy may be beaten about by the fierce
tempests which must, come, but she will not
go under.
Methodist Missions, Home and Foreign.
The Indian Witness believes that the
Methodist Episcopal Church is not prose-
cuting its great missionary enterprises in
non-Christian lands up to the measure of its
capacity. " The important question of the
hour is, How shall the vast resources of
this giant organization be developed and its
mighty pent-up forces be liberated, so as to
enable it more satisfactorily to overtake the
work which God is providentially calling
it to do in the non-Christian world ?" The
first thing to be done, says the Witness, is
to separate the home and foreign depart-
ments of the Missionary Society. Were it
possible to reorganize the Society, so that
under the heading "Foreign Missions"
none but missions in non-Christian lands
should be included, and then go to the
Church with an unencumbered appeal, for
the unevangelized pagan and heathen
millions, the Methodist Episcopal Church
would rise to a height of self-sacrificing
effort in behalf of a perishing world to
which it has never yet attained.
The comparison instituted between the
1898.]
EDITORIAL NOTES.
377
Methodist Episcopal Society and the Church
Missionary Society is valueless in several
respects. Of the $1,300,000 appropriated
by the latter for the year ending March 31,
1898, not a penny was expended in home
mission work or for missions of any kind
to Christian lands. On the other hand, of
$1,019,000 appropriated by the Methodist
Episcopal Society for the year 1898,
$557,480 was assigned to foreign missions,
and $442,430 missions in the United
States. And of the $557,480 appropriated
for foreign missions, $134,236 goes to Euro-
pean countries and $119,263 to South
America and Mexico, that is, $253,499 to
nominally Christian countries; leaviDg only
$323,981, or less than one- third of the
whole amount appropriated by the Society,
for work in non-Christian or heathen lands.
The Witness holds that it is impossible for
the authorities to arouse the Church to a
glowing enthusiasm in behalf of foreign
missions while this arrangement prevails.
Beneficence of the Congregational Churches.
During the past nine years Congrega-
tionalists gave twenty and one-half cents
less per member annually for the work of
the American Board than thev did in the
ten years from 1869 to 1878". Had the
average given by each member in that
decade been given this year, the aggregate
receipts for the year would have been $181 ,-
939 more than the estimated expenditures
of the year. Thi3 would have paid the debt
remaining from last year and left $136,809
for keeping up the work, thus preventing
the reductions that cripple the missions.
The Rev. John R. Thurston, who is respon-
sible for the above figures, points out in the
Congregationalist that while the average
contribution per member has decreased so
much, the field of the work in new missions
established has been much enlarged. One
condition of the Otis legacy in 1879 was that
a portion of it should be spent in enlarging
the mission field. The support for a series
of years of the six new missions then estab-
lished was thus provided for in the expecta-
tion that the contributions of the churches
would have so increased that they would be
ready to take up the work so begun for
them. The hope has not been realized, for
during the ten years after the legacy came
the average annual contribution of each
member fell 17.5 per cent, from what it
had been the previous ten years. There
seemed to be a feeling that because a large
portion of the legacy could be used for cur-
rent expenditures, therefore there was
justification in giving less to the work of the
Board and more for other forms of Chris-
tian work ; for during these ten years — 1879
to 1888 — the average annual total benevo-
lent contribution per member increased
16.4 per cent. More was given per mem-
ber for all purposes, but less for the work of
the Board. Mr. Thurston believes that the
former rate of giving for foreign missionary
work can be restored, and should be greatly
increased. To this end, he says, every
person coming into the Christian life should
be plainly and continually taught that
to-day foreign missionary work is a large
and essential part of Christian service.
Six Practical Suggestions.
Dr. A. H. Bradford gives in the
Advance these practical suggestions, the
result of thought as well as observation in
mission lands: (1) Christian people who
make the tour of the world should be induced
to get in touch with Christian missionaries,
study on the ground what they are doing,
and when they return home make it their
duty to give accurate information to the
public. (2) In civilized non-Christian lands
the greater part of the preaching, teaching
and publishing should be done by natives,
and the effort of the missions should be to
train up, as fast as possible, Christian
teachers and evangelists who shall take
charge of the work. (3) More attention
should be given to occasional lectures. The
makers of public sentiment in non-Christian
nations are well informed concerning those
who attempt to teach them, and have great
respect for men of world-wide fame as Chris-
tian scholars and teachers. There should be
cooperation among missionary Boards for
sending men peculiarly adapted by character
and culture to reinforce the missionaries and
to present to native preachers and evan-
gelists in their larger aspects the truths of
the Christian religion. (4) Essential to
the growth of a missionary sentiment at
home is a clearer appreciation of the essen-
tial nature of the ethnic faiths and the
differences between them and our own faith.
When those living in Christian lands are
made clearly to see that there is something
in Christianity which no other faith pos-
378
THE BABI8M OF PERSIA.
[November,
sesses, and which the whole human race
needs, they will respond to the appeal.
(5) It is the duty of those who believe in
Christ to present a more united front to the
world and clasp hands in a common fellow-
ship. That the missionary outlook wa3
never more encouraging is largely because
the missionaries at the front realize that
they mu3t sink differences and exalt unity.
(6) We should not waste time in longing
for the good old days when we imagine that
there was a more consecrated spirit in the
Church than now. There never was greater
consecration than now. The amount given
for missionary purposes in one form and
another is far larger than ever before. The
number of young men and women offering
themselves for the missionary service is out
of all proportion to what it ever was in
the past. There are as heroic souls on
the foreign field and on the home field
as Judson and Carey, as Lindley and
Mackay, as Henry Martyn and David Liv-
ingstone.
THE BABrSM OF PERSIA.
REV. BENJAMIN LABARREE, D.D.
Among the some half-dozen new religions
to which the seething thought of the nine-
teenth century has given birth, no one of
them has put forward more pretentious
claims for recognition than Babism in
Persia. In fact, whether among the new or
the old, it pushes its warrant as a religion of
the latest and highest authority to the very
front. It contends that no religion is
final, and in no age is the world left without
some intermediary to reveal the will of God
to man. It claims that its prophets, the
Bab and Beha, are the most recent of such
intermediaries, themselves veritable incar-
nations of deity, and that their message is of
paramount importance to men of the present
age ; that through them God has come into
closer communication with the race to-day
than was possible through the older faiths.
It holds that its teachings are calculated to
eradicate many existing social and political
evils, to uplift mankind, especially woman-
kind, and to bring about a reign of univer-
sal brotherhood among the peoples of the
world. It points to its already wide exten-
sion, in the face of almost unparalleled
bloody persecution, as a confirmation of its
high claims, and to the steadfastness of its
many martyr adherents as proving its
adaptations to the felt wants of the human
soul. It prophesies that the empires of the
future will be of the Babi faith.
This new religion was first announced by
a gentle youth, named Mirza Ali Moham-
med, who was born at Shiraz in 1820. In
his early youth he visited the sacred seats of
Persian theological instruction at Kerbela,
near Bagdad, where he studied with the
learned expounders of the Shiah school.
Returning to Shiraz in 1844, he put for-
ward his claim as successor to his deceased
master in theology, and later as the Bab, or
door to the true knowledge of God, and
later still as the Mahdi. Believers in his
claim increased rapidly, and grew reck-
lessly aggressive in promulgating the new
faith, resulting in insurrections in different
parts of the country. The Government
early seized and imprisoned the Bab, and
finally, alarmed at the spread of the new
creed with its religious and social heresies,
it put him to death on July 15, 1850.
He met his fate calmly, abating none of
his claims as a " manifestation " of God's
will, to the very last. He had a singularly
winsome personality, his purity of life and
gentle manners, his moral earnestness and
transparent sincerity deeply impressing even
his enemies, and converting some of his
guards and escort to faith in hi3 doctrines.
He left behind him numerous writings, of
which the Beyda is the most important, a
volume of some size, devoted to the exposi-
tion of his peculiar dogmas.
It was some time after the Bab's death
that the insurrectionary movements of his
followers, sustained with great energy and
sacrifice of life, were put down. The
defeated Babis were subjected to most bar-
barous treatment. For this and the death
of their prophet, the leaders of the sect
sought revenge on the Government by
attempts on the life of Nasr-i-Din Shah,
which brought upon the Babis everywhere,
guilty and innocent alike, punishments most
inhuman. They finally settled down to a
more hopeful and a more successful cam-
paign of secret dissemination of their doc-
trines. Within a few years following, a
prominent disciple of the Bab, Mirza
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379
Hussein Ali, who had taken refuge in
Turkish territory, came to assume the lead-
ership of the sect. From his exile home
at Acre, on the Mediterranean coast, he
carried on a quiet but effective propaganda,
filling Persia with his epistles circulated
through secret agents. He gradually ad-
vanced claims for himself higher even than
the Bab's position, as the one of whom the
Bab had so frequently made prediction in the
phrase, " He whom God shall manifest."
He took the title of Beha Ullah, i. e., " The
Glory of God." Beha died in 1892, and
was succeeded by one of his sons, since
which nothing of importance has emerged
in the progress of the religion. It is often
spoken of now as Behaism, and with much
reason, for the teachings of Beha have
essentially modified the tenets of the faith as
they came from the Bab himself in numer-
ous particulars.
The ardor with which the pretensions of
this young enthusiast were conceded by men
of sane mind, even among the Mohamme-
dan mullahs; the rapid extension of this
religious reform, for such it practically is,
and the enthusiasm with which great num-
bers have laid down their lives in its sup-
port, reveal in strong light the unsettled
conditions of religious thought in Persia.
The continued diffusion of the proscribed
creed in secret, and the fact that quite
recently believers in it have surrendered
their lives rather than their faith, go to
show that those conditions of religious un-
rest still exist.
Shiah Islam is a very different system
from the orthodox Islam of the Sftnnis.
Schismatic in origin and character, it is
favorable to schismatic thought. Many of
the tendencies of the original Magian faith
seem to have survived among the Persians
in their conversion to Mohammedanism.
They are distinctly traceable in the secret
sects of the Ali Illahees and Dauvodees
(essentially one), who, numbering a half
million of souls or so, are widely scattered
throughout Persia, in public confessing to
Islam, but known as dissidents of almost
pagan belief like the Nusairis of Syria.
Then Sufiism and its esoteric teachings of
pantheism, with which is saturated the
poetry of Hafiz and Saadi and other popu-
lar authors, have honeycombed the orthodox
belief with practical skepticism on the one
hand, and on the other have engendered a
mysticism which seeks to attain to absorption
into the divine unity, expressed in such
lines as these:
" There was a door to which I found no key ;
There was a veil beyond which I could not see ;
Some little talk of Me and Thee
There seemed — and then no more of Thee and
Me."
The Persian devotion to the doctrine of
the Imam ate, which leads them to expect
with intense eagerness the return of tbeir
now hidden Imam, El Mahdi, as introduc-
ing an era of millennial blessing, has been
probably the most fertile source of religious
unrest, and has given pretenders an atmos-
phere favorable to their claims. Especially
devoted to the veneration of the Imams is
the sect of the Shaikhis. It was from
their able theologians that the Bab received
his bias of religious thought. They
thought that the Imams were incarnate
attributes of God. It is easy to imagine
how out of his mystical strivings for attain-
ment to the divine unity and his metaphys-
ical speculations on the Imamate the devout
young student came to conceive of himself
as one with the divine Spirit, a true incar-
nation of God.
But the question arises in the minds of
all candid students of this remarkable
history, What is the upshot of this new
creed ? What has it added to the religious
thought of the world ? Or what fresh
emphasis does it lay on any old truths
which will be of benefit to the race ?
In answer, Babi leaders would dwell
undoubtedly on the central dogma of their
religion, the necessity of a visible spiritual
guide to men, an intermediary between God
and man always present in the Church.
Without such an appointed medium, say
they, we cannot know God's present will,
nor approach to him in acceptable worship.
To supply such a need God has at different
times become incarnate and dwelt among
men. Abraham, Moses, Jesus, Moham-
med, were such incarnations of the " Primal
Will." Bab and Beha are later manifes-
tations of the same. These are all identi-
cal in essence, but differ in circumstance.
The teacher is always one and the same.
The revelation of the later " manifesta-
tion" may be fuller than any of those
which came before, but not contradictory of
them. Each gives some foregleam of
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another to follow. The pure in heart and
unprejudiced will not fail to recognize the
' 1 manifestation of God ' ' when it appears.
They quote from the ancient poem of the
Masuair :
" One needs an eye which is king recognizing,
To recognize the king under every disguise."
My Babi friends used to urge that the
Roman Catholic dogma of an infallible
Pope was nearer the true teaching than the
Protestant belief. But only the Persian
mind, steeped in mysticism, will find much
satisfaction in this doctrine of an interme-
diary between God and man with no more
luminous proofs of his divine character than
were furnished either by the Bab or Beha
Ullah.
In regard to God himself, Babism brings
no fresh light. It but repeals the teach-
ings of Islam. In no sense can it be said
to be superior to Islam here, unless it be in
its larger emphasis upon the milder attri-
butes of God, the " attributes of grace " in
distinction from the ' ' attributes of wrath. ' '
As compared with Christianity, Babism
falls far below it in the importance of its
teachings respecting the divine nature and
character. It has nothing at all equivalent
to the Christian doctrine of the Fatherhood
of God. The nearest approach to such an
idea is perhaps in the presentation of Beha
Ullah as the incarnation of the Father. But
this seems to have been put forth rather to
characterize his " manifestation " as a
degree higher than that of Jesus or the
Bab, than to make possible for believers a
sense of their filial relations with God.
The great themes of sin and salvation
receive but scant consideration in the
writings of the Bab or Beha. Their heri-
tage of Moslem ideas alone would have led
us to expect fuller treatment. Judged by
their own test, the new " manifestation "
wholly fails here; it brings no " fuller, more
complete light." Morality rather than
holiness occupies the thoughts of these
so-called prophets. Beha writes in this
general way, "As for those who commit
sin and cling to the world they are not
assuredly of Beha." But nowhere is there
any definition of sin, nowhere any clear
distinction between good and evil. In
another case Beha writes: " Well is it with
him who is adorned with the decoration of
manners and morals. Verily he is of those
who help their Lord with clear conspicuous
action." But any code of morals com-
pared with what Christianity furnishes, or
even what we find in Mohammedanism,
does not appear. Perhaps the following
extract from a letter of Beha gives the best
summary of the moral ideas of the sect.
" O Saints of God! At the end of our
discourse we enjoin on you again chastity,
faithfulness, godliness, siocerity and purity.
Lay aside the evil and adopt the good.
This is that whereunto ye are commanded
in the Book of God the Knowing and the
Wise."
Mr. E. G. Brown, of Cambridge, Eng-
land, who spent a year among the Persians
in very intimate relations with the Babis,
writes of them: " They seemed to have no
conception of absolute good or absolute
truth ; to them good was merely what God
chose to ordain, and truth what he chose to
reveal. ' '
A Babi historian sums up the teachings
of Beha in the following paragraph: "So
Beha Ullah made the utmost efforts to
educate his people and incite them to moral-
ity, the acquisition of the sciences and arts
of all countries, kindly dealing with all
the nations of the earth, desire for the
welfare of all peoples, sociability, concord,
obedience, submissiveness, instruction of
children, production of what is needful for
the human race, and inauguration of true
happiness for mankind." Elsewhere there
is inculcated the elevation of women, gen-
tleness with children, brotherly love, freedom
from bigotry, friendliness even to Christians.
Here is certainly a program of genuine
reform upon Mohammedan lines of con-
duct. But it is noticeable that these exhor-
tations to morality of life are not enforced
by any solemn sanctions. No constraining
principles are urged save that God through
his " manifestation " has thus commanded.
Whether there is a future life or not is left
in doubt. It is inculcated that " good men
after death are to enter beauliful gardens
with all possible delights," and the wicked
into " the torments of consuming fire."
But apparently for "paradise" is meant
the joy of belief in " annihilation in God,"
and for " hell " unbelief and the state of
imperfection which it imposes. There
seems to be a revolting against the sensual
teachings of Mohammedanism respecting
the future life, or rather a supreme sense of
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381
tbe attainment of humanity to loftier con-
ceptions of divine things. In the Beyan
Gccur the following sentences: " So wor-
ship God that if the recompense of thy
worship be the fire, no alteration in thy
worship would be produced. If you wor-
ship from fear that is unworthy of the
threshold of the holiness of God, nor will
you be accounted a believer; so also, if
your gaze is on paradise, and if you worship
in hope of that, for then you have made
God's creation a partner with him."
Could we believe that the Babis, or
Bebais, as we might better call them, would
hold fast to their great leader's principles
of kindness and liberal dealing among the
peoples of different religions, and of social
reform, in case they should ever come to
power, it would be a bright day for Persia
to have them get the reins of government
into their hands. But unfortunately we
see nothing in their teachings that strikes
deeply into the foundations of moral con-
duct. There is no regenerative principle in
Babism. And without moral regeneration
there is little hope that the Persian will
ever be essentially different as a Babi from
what he is as a Shiah.
At present the Babis manifest much
friendliness to Christians. They certainly
have more affinities of belief with them
than with their old faith. But this very
nearer relation intoxicates them with Ihe
idea that they have something newer and
better than the Christian. Free as they
are for religious conversation with the
Christian preacher, ready as they are to
examine the New Testament, they seem
unmoved by the most impressive of Chris-
tian truths except it be they sink deeper in
the delusion that they are all embraced in
their own system. Time alone can determine
what their real influence is to be on Persia as
to the final triumph of \he kingdom of God.
EVOLUTION OF A PRESBYTERY.
REV. W. 8. NELSON, D.D.
The present year marks a completed half-
century of missionary effort in the north of
Syria. In the years 1848 and 1849
arrangements were perfected for the resi-
dence of two American missionaries in the
city of Tripoli. For twenty- five years
before that date, work had been carried
forward in Beirut, Mount Lebanon and
Sidon, and now it seemed to the mission
that the time had arrived for an extension
of their work to the northward. Messrs.
Wilson and Foote were set apart for this
new station and took up their residence at
the harbor of Tripoli. A second station
was occupied for a short time as missionary
residence in the city of Hums, about
seventy miles inland, but was subsequently
discontinued and Tripoli has remained the
only missionary residence north of Beirut.
For several years after 1860, when the
Druze massacre made the whole country
restless, the occupation of Tripoli was
irregular, and at times it was only visited
by missionaries from Sidon or Beirut.
Practically, however, the present year
closes a half- century of continuous mis-
sionary labor in the region tributary to
Tripoli and with that city as a base of
action.
SMALL BEGINNINGS.
The beginnings were small and similar in
character to such beginnings in other parts
of the world. Every effort was made to
win tbe friendship of neighbors. Some
young men were gathered about the mission-
aries to learn English. A small school was
started for boys, and services were held on
the Sabbath at which all were welcome.
Influence and acquaintance were extended
as rapidly as possible into the outlying
country and tours of exploration were
undertaken for this purpose. Mr. Wilson
was especially diligent in this line of labor,
and stories are still current in the country
associated with his name. There is an old
man of more than eighty years at Beirut,
who delights to tell his recollections as a
young man. He says that Mr. Wilson used
to come with his tent and pitch it near the
town. The leaders of thought in the town
made every effort to keep people away from
the dangerous stranger. The priests espe-
cially used all their influence to frighten
their people and to convince them of tbe
danger of any kind of intercourse with
those who adhere to Protestantism. This
young man and some others, however,
were not to be deterred. Their curiosity
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had been excited and they proposed to
satisfy it. Secretly they went by night to
the tent, in order to ask questions of the
missionary and to hear how he would meet
the objections of the priests. The young
men were fully satisfied in their own minds
and conferred together, after Mr. Wilson
had gone, about the possibility of becoming
Protestants. They were timid, as they
knew the bigotry and pride of the families
to which they belonged. Some time passed
before any fruit appeared, and Mr. Wilson
left Syria, saying sadly that, so far as he
knew, no one had become a Christian
through his agency. To-day the old man
of whom I speak is a veritable patriarch in
the Jittle Protestant church of Beirut, and
one of his companions, a much younger
man, is one of the most useful Syrian
preachers in the country.
FRUIT IN ITS SEASON.
The seed so faithfully scattered came to
fruitage in due time. A few years ago I
spent a fortnight in the town of Beirut for
needed rest. We had a small traveling
organ with us, and this old man was as
delighted as a child at the music of this little
instrument. He told in great glee lhat he
had once in his life heard an organ on a
memorable occasion when he visited the
home of a missionary at Tripoli.
SUMMERING IN THE MOUNTAIN.
In the summer of 1849 the missionaries
engaged houses for their families to occupy
during the hot season in the village of
Ehden, nearly 5000 feet above sea level.
It is a beautiful location and a prosperous
town, but in the heart of the Maronite
region, where priestly bigotry is at its
highest. The families took possession of
their temporary homes amid ominous mut-
terings and half- suppressed threats of
violence. After nightfall an attack was
made, the roof was broken open above
their heads, and the families were compelled
to flee down the mountain in search of a
safe retreat. Serious illness followed.
The case was taken up by the American
consul, and at last judgment was obtained
and a large indemnity paid by the village.
We have now many warm friends in this
very town, and have passed a number of
pleasant summers in the vicinity. On one
occasion, when the priests of a neighboring
village threatened violence and proposed to
destroy the house over our heads, some of
the more thoughtful people reminded them
of the old experience, and the priests
found it impossible to effect their purpose.
Only last summer strenuous efforts were
made to expel my associates from a village
in this valley, but without success. Fifty
years have brought some advance, but
bigotry is not yet dead.
SECOND STEP IN ADVANCE.
A second step in advance was made by
those early missionaries, when they secured
the faithful allegiance and support of
Syrian youth who were fitted to become
leaders of their people in religious things.
Through all the years this has represented
and still represents the most important and
delicate branch of our work. The careful
selection of the candidate, the judicious
cultivation of his intellectual and spiritual
gifts, the direction of his aspirations, all
demand the best efforts of the ablest men
in the mission.
One of our most interesting Syrian
preachers to-day is Habub Yazzi, of the
village of Mahardeh. His father was a
man of some consequence in the town, and
exceedingly bigoted in his adherence 1o
the old Church. The young man Habub
had learned something of Protestantism,
and was eager for more, and especially
desirous to know something of the Bible,
but did not dare arouse his father's anger
by any open inquiry. On one occasion he
heard that a colporteur was in the town
and stopping at the public- room of the
chief. He slipped quietly from his work at
the loom and went secretly to the place of
rendezvous, and was relieved and amazed
to find his father among those who had
gathered to hear what this stranger might
have to say. Still he did not care to
attract his father's attention, and so took
an obscure seat where he might hear all
that passed. He was not alone in his in-
terest, and it was not long before it became
known that he and his brother Yusef were
Protestants at heart. Habub was not the
oldest of his father's numerous sons, but he
was recognized as leader because of his
superior ability, and was his father's special
pride. Persecution became severe. His
father turned him out of the house more
than once, but as often learned his own
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dependence on his son and brought him
back. On one such occasion they induced
Habub' s wife to leave her husband and let
him go out alone. He manifested no con-
cern at this new method of attack, though
in reality his courage was nearly exhausted.
After a few days, however, his wife stole
secretly to his room, and sought a recon-
ciliation. Seeing his opportunity he
shrewdly feigned indifference, and secured
from her new pledges of faithful compliance.
She has never failed in her loyal support,
and has been for many years a consistent
member of the church.
On one occasion Habub wished to build
a house in order to be more independent of
his father, with whom he had formerly
lived. It was feared that the house was
but a pretense and the real purpose was to
erect a church. Every annoyance was
contrived to hinder the work. When the
walls were several feet high, a mob rushed
upon the workmen, destroyed their work
and carried away the stones. A second
time the same thing occurred, but finally
the building was practically finished, when
threats were freely uttered that every stone
should be carried away at the approaching
Easter festivities. Habub knew that
appeal to the local government would be
idle and so resorted to artifice. He was
known and beloved among the wandering
Arabs of the vicinity, to whom he sent an
invitation to visit him on the day when
trouble was expected. When his enemies
came past the house in the progress of their
Easter marching, they saw a group of
swarthy Arabs seated about, their Bpears
and guns in full sight. It is needless to
say that no attack was made. From that
day, Habub has lived in this house, and
public worship has been celebrated in its
chief room every Sabbath. On another
occasion when local wrath was aroused a
mob gathered against the Protestants and
violently expelled them from the town,
when they were compelled to take refuge in
a neighboring village of Moslems. Habub
made a journey of six days to Damascus,
and finally succeeded in securing such orders
to the local officials as assured the Protes-
tants the enjoyment of their personal
rights. To-day the church has gained in
numbers and influence, Habub is their
minister, and has the thorough respect of
every one in the vicinity. He is not only
a loved and valued minister to the Pro-
testant church, but a trusted counselor and
recognized leader in all the affairs of the
community.
Some years ago at the school in Hums a
large boy came in to recite special lessons.
His hands were "discolored, showing that he
had been working at the dye vat. The
teacher explained that he was obliged to
work and help in the support of his family,
but was full of a desire for study, and made
this arrangement to gain some education.
He went on steadily for several years in
this way, until at length his father was per-
suaded to allow the lad to go away from
home to boarding-school. There he won
commendation for fidelity and zeal during
two years of study, when he returned to
Hums as teacher. Equal fidelity marked
his work in the new sphere, and after a few
years of experience he was enrolled in a
class of candidates for theological instruc-
tion. Again he was noticeable among his
comrades and graduated with every promise
of a successful career. He is to-day in
charge of our church at Minyara, with a
membership of over one hundred and forty,
and has led them to such systematic plans
of giving that they no longer find any
difficulty in fulfilling their pledges, but
have a surplus in their treasury.
THIRD bTEP.
The third step in the development of the
field was the organization of separate
churches by election of officers and instal-
lation of local preachers. This was a slow
and gradual process, and attended in many
cases by bitter family and personal persecu-
tion. The greatest success was usually
found among the poorer people and in
villages where worldly pride was compara-
tively wanting. One day I was assisting
Mr. Ford, of Sidon, in holding special
evangelistic services in the village of Beinu,
which is dominated by a haughty and
thoroughly worldly family. A simple earn-
est Protestant from Amar, a village of far
different type, came to see me on business,
and asked how the meetings were succeed-
ing. I told him what I could, and he
responded that it was not of much use to
try to gain attention for the gospel where
there was so much worldliness as existed at
Beinu. It is still the "common people"
who hear him gladly.
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FOURTH STEP.
The fourth step was the gathering of the
local churches into a presbytery, and this
was not effected until "1890. We sent a
communication to each of the eight organ-
ized churches in the Tripoli field, summon-
ing the preacher of each and a lay repre-
sentative to assemble at the village of
Amar in September, 1890. At the time
appointed all the delegates were present,
some eager, some doubtful, and all anxious
to know whereunto this thing would grow.
There was not a single ordained Syrian in the
number, and so the organization had to be
modified to meet the conditions of the case.
A seat and vote were accorded to every
accredited licentiate in charge of an organ-
ized church on the same basis as though
ordained. Arrangements had been made
for presentation of practical subjects by
various members, and one of their own
number was chosen moderator and another
clerk. The missionaries had to guide the
proceedings, as the Syrian members were
practically without experience in all par-
liamentary proceedings. The mission had
decided upon this course for the gradual
development of self-reliance by experience.
It was the purpose to have three successive
preliminary meetings in as many years,
and then to commit to the presbytery the
responsibility for appointment of preachers
and teachers within their bounds, and the
distribution of the mission funds appropri-
ated for that work. Timidity gradually
gave place to confidence, anxiety to interest
and a manly spirit of courage and self-reli-
ance have given us great cheer and encour-
agement for the future. Some of the pro-
ceedings would call up a smile on the face of
experienced parliamentary leaders, and yet I
am not ashamed of my Syrian brethren in
this respect, nor would their proceedings
compare unfavorably with some older and
more experienced bodies.
The appearance of cholera in the fall of
1891 necessitated the postponement of the
second meeting until spring, but since then
there has been no interruption in the annual
recurrence of the meetings. At the fourth
meeting the new responsibility was placed
upon the presbytery, and we have never
seen any reason to regret the step. On the
first occasion we were not surprised to see a
disposition among the leaders to grab for an
undue share of the funds placed subject to
their vote, and this spirit of avarice has not
been absent always since, but they are
better able to check each other than the
missionaries would be able to check them.
A MANLY PRE8BITERY.
The last meeting of Tripoli Presbytery
marks a decided advance in the growth of
that body in manliness and efficiency. The
reduction of our available funds from
America made it evident that we could give
to presbytery only half as much as hereto-
fore. This amount would not provide for
the salaries of the preachers alone, to say
nothing of the expense of schools. What
should be done ? Evidently the emergency
could be met in various ways. 1. The
schools could be closed. 2. All salaries
could be reduced; or 3. The churches
could increase their contributions. The
missionaries looked forward to the meeting
with no little anxiety. The time arrived
and the members were on hand, and to the
surprise and delight of all, the spirit of
presbytery proved all that could be asked.
They decided first of all that no school
should be closed. In two places, where two
separate schools had been maintained, the
two were united into one. The pupils were
required to pay a tuition fee. In some
cases the preachers, while accepting a lower
salary than before, most cheerfully agreed to
assume added duties and themselves teach
the schools. Various individual church
members came forward with offers to sup-
port certain schools and all the churches
largely increased the amounts they were to
pay toward self-support. The problems
were solved, and the Christian character of
the preachers was manifestly growing while
the churches were in a more promising
spiritual condition than for many years.
THE GOAL AIMED AT.
Such is our Tripoli Presbytery to-day.
Much progress is still needed in self-gov-
ernment and self-support before it will be
ready to take its place with others in the
formation of an independent self-governing
and self-propagating Syrian Presbyterian
church. May God hasten the day when
the missionaries may safely hand over to
Syrian pastors and elders all the care of the
churches, and so be free to look outward
into those other neglected regions beyond.
FOREIGN MISSIONS.
NOTES.
Do not fail to emphasize the imminent
danger that the very fact that the Board is
out of debt may lead to a lessening effort
for Foreign Missions. Already we could
give painful illustrations in both churches
and individuals. If this policy is to be pur-
sued, the present year will close with a crush-
ing debt. The Interior pointedly says :
" It is to be hoped that the combination
of retrenchment, economy and hard work
upon the part of the Board's officers, the
missionaries, the churches and the women,
which have resulted in wiping out the rlebt
of last year, carrying forward the work,
and ending up with a small balance on the
right side of the ledger — that this will not
be made an apologv for less liberality to
that cause in the future. There is a liability
to reverse our Lord's law. The man who
showed up five talents at the end of the
term was intrusted with five cities. That
was because he showed capacity as well as
fidelity. The good management of the
Foreign Board entitles it to an increase of
confidence and an extension of its trust.
The Church should say to the Board, ' Well
done, good and faithful servant — now go
ahead and we will back you.' It is a great
deal more agreeable to pay for live horses
than for the other kind. The live horse
has future and progress in him. He goes,
and going is what we all like when we are
trying to get there. We congratulate the
Church that there are no loose wheels on
the chariots of Israel as they go up against
the Assyrian and the rest of the Gentiles."
Our Missionaries in Hainan.
The rumors which came by telegraphic
dispatches in the latter part of August
concerning riots in Hainan are verified by
letters received from our missionaries at
Nodoa, Messrs. McClintock and Leverett.
The uprising was not, however, influenced
by hostility to our missionaries or their
work, nor was opposition to the government
a leading motive. The Triad Society, so-
called, which has representatives in different
parts of Hainan, and which is a sort of
cave of Adullum for restless and chronic
agitators, drew into alliance with itself, first,
a certain band of mountain robbers, and
later, a small piratical band from the sea-
coast, and began to loot and burn the
villages in the region of Nodoa, which is
ninety miles from the coast. When the
number grew to about 200 men, all eager for
plunder, and desperate as to means and
methods, the outbreak seemed so formidable
that many villagers and even officials joined
the mob in self-defense, that alternative
being preferred to the chance of being
robbed and possibly killed, while their wives
and children were taken captive.
The Tao-tai or mayor of Nodoa, having
collected a small military force, was able to
hold the mob at bay until the missionaries
found a place of greater safety. On
August 11, accordingly, Mrs. McClintock
and her infant were sent under a strong
guard to Hoihow. On the next day, the
12th, the children in the school were sent
to their homes for fear of being made
captives, and on the 13th, Mr. McClintock
and Mr. Leverett, having closed up the
house as securely as possible, also took
their departure. All the missionaries reached
Hoihow in safety, Dr. and Mrs. Vander-
burgh having been already there when the
disturbance began. Dr. Vanderburgh,
however, had started on his return to Nodoa,
not having learned of the riot, but was
overtaken by Mr. Newton, who rode all
night in order to inform him of the dangers
which would confront him at Nodoa. By
last accounts the uprising was growing to
larger and larger proportions, and it seemed
doubtful whether the governmental and
military forces in Hainan would be able to
suppress it. Even some of the native
Christians felt compelled to join the Triad
Society to save themselves from plunder and
probable death. Some of the leaders of the
movement assured the missionaries that they
cherished no hostile feeling toward them,
and even invited them to join the society,
suggesting meanwhile that the mission prem-
ises would make a good fortress for rebel
headquarters. Whether French influence
was concerned in this uprising has been a
query, but there is not substantial evidence
to warrant Ihe conclusion. The hopeful
fact in the case is that small insurrections
385
386
NOTES.
[November,
1898.]
H0TE3.
387
have often been put down and peace
restored elsewhere.
For example, two or three years ago
robber bands from the mountains around
Yeung Kong in the Canton province com-
mitted great and widespread depredations,
until the authorities were aroused to such a
point that the whole robber force, about
1000 in number, was destroyed, and peace
and security have since prevailed. If
present indications are prophetic of the
history of China in the near future, many
disorders and insurrections on a smaller or
our missionaries must for some months to
come suffer serious embarrassment in all
departments.
The Dawn of Hawaii.
Last month we published an article en-
titled " The Dawn of Hawaii." We
believe, in the words of John Robinson,
that " more light is yet to break " upon that
beautiful island group. The breaking
light in the picture on the opposite page is a
symbol of hope and an inspiration to
prayer. One or two historic errors appeared
From
Street Scene in Honolulu.
Hawaii, Our New Possessions," Funk and W agnails Co., Publishers, New York.
larger scale must be expected. Telegraphic
dispatches which are being received at the
date of this writing state that the emperor
has been deposed, and has since died — per-
haps by poison. A revolutionary movement
has taken place in Peking, and inasmuch as
the European powers are in array against each
other in the scramble for territorial conces-
sions, it seems probable that the Chinese
empire is in danger of dissolution. What-
ever may be the extent of the difficulties in
Hainan, it is very evident that the work of
in the article— for example, the name of
Gardner Spring instead of Samuel Spring,
the father. But the great thing is the
future history which is fast advancing like
the foaming surf upon the Hilo shore.
Rich Harvests.
In several of the mission fields and stations
of southern China and Korea it has truly
been a year of blessed harvests. Rev.
Andrew Beattie, now at home on furlough,
gives a cheering report of the work in
Yeung Kong and the surrounding districts,
388
JOHN G. KERR, M.D., LL.D.
[November,
Dr. Bennett and Fang Boys.
where Mr. Marshall has been permitted to
baptize in five months about sixty adults,
making seventy-five adults in the course of
the year.
Rev. Dr. Henry in the first six months
after his return to China baptized over one
hundred converts, and Rev. A. A. Fulton,
whose whole time is given to itinerant evan-
gelistic work, returned July 5 from a tour
during which he baptized fifty-nine persons;
and his reports indicate that although his
missionary year, as he reckons it, has not yet
closed, he has been permitted to baptize over
two hundred adults. He also gives most
cheering accounts of the efforts of the people
to build their own churches. He names
one instance in which the entire expense
was borne by the native Christians them-
selves.
In Korea the wonderful successes which
have been reported in the last year or two,
especially in the Pyeng Yang district, and
in the adjacent field, worked under the
supervision of Dr. Underwood and Mr.
Miller, still continues, and nearly every
letter relates cheering success along this
line. In midsummer a report came that
Messrs. Moffett and Lee, of Pyeng Yang,
had received a thousand catechumens and
had baptized three hundred new church
members in the Kwang Hai province.
Rev. C. B. Newton, D.D., under date
of August 1, writes of a most interesting
work among the Mohammedans, a class of
whom it has been repeatedly said that they
never in any instance embrace Ihe Christian
faith. Four of these — two men and
two women — have requested Dr.
Newton to baptize them.
Speaking of the native villagers
in his mission district, Dr. Newton
says : " Altogether since the end
of November, the date of last year's
report, I have baptized eighty of
these people, including women and
children, in thirteen villages.' '
We remember no year thus far
which has brought greater encour-
agement as a reward of Christian
labor than the year 1898.
The following is one of many
evidences that other missions in
China are also reaping abundant
harvests :
Rev. D. W. Nichols, of the
Methodist Mission at Kiukiang,
China, writes: " Thus far 640 have been
received on probation and 121 adults and
twelve infants baptized since the annual
meeting." Rev. E. S. Little also writes:
" Last montL at Hwang Mei and Kung
Lung, I baptized forty-five persons. Over
150 have been received on probation this
quarter, and hundreds more are applying.
New places open everywhere."
JOHN G. KERR, M.D., LL.D.
The accompanying full -page picture pres-
ents a faithful and characteristic likeness of
our veteran medical missionary of Canton,
Dr. John G. Kerr. Very appropriately
he sits amid the environments of bis much-
loved work, in the hospital of the Canton
Medical Society.
Dr. Kerr was appointed to the Canton
Mission, March 14, 1853. In 1876 he
returned to this country for a time, and
spent several months in connection with the
work among the Chinese on the Pacific
coast, returning to Canton in November,
1878. Dr. Kerr has been thrice married,
his present wife having before her marriage,
occupied a place for several years in the
Girls' School of Canton. The doctor has
been a most skillful surgeon as well as a
general practitioner, and has always accom-
panied his work with Christian effort for
the souls of men. While acting as a mis-
sionary of the Presbyterian Board, he has
for very many years been a director of the
Canton Medical Missionary Society's Hospi-
1898.]
JOHN G. KERR, M.D., IX. D.
389
Dr. John G. Kerr
390
JOHN G. KERR, M.D., LL.D.
[November,
tal, whose total of medical and surgical
work has probably not been surpassed by
any similar missionary institution in the
world. He has found an able and mosD
efficient successor in Dr. J. M. Swan.
The writer on arriving in Canton, in
November, 1874, on a visit to our Presby-
terian Missions, proceeded at once to the
house of Dr. Kerr, who invited him to
witness two operations in lithotomy which
he was about to perform. It was stated at
that time that he had performed a larger
number of operations of that kind than any
other living surgeon in the world. At this
same time, Dr. Kerr, in addition to his
hospital work, was preaching in Cantonese,
as a lay preacher, on Sabbath mornings.
Perhaps no man in Canton has been more
highly respected than Dr. Kerr by both
natives and foreigners.
During the past summer a notable cele-
bration occurred, of which the following
account is given by a Canton correspondent
of the China Mail of August 4, 1898 :
" On Saturday afternoon the Chinese
celebrated Dr. Kerr's golden jubilee as a
medical practitioner, because for forty-four
years of the half- century since he obtained
his diploma he has been a most devoted
medical missionary in and around Canton.
The commodious hospital chapel at Kuk
Fau was crowded to overflowing at twelve
o'clock, and the happiness depicted on the
faces of all present showed that the Chinese
had thoroughly entered into the spirit of
the festive occasion, and had come to do
honor to the veteran missionary, whom they
hold in highest esteem.
" The presents were displayed amidst
plants and flowers, so as to make a really
effective exhibition of native embroidery,
in all imaginable colors. Probably the
rostrum was never so gorgeously decorated
before, and may not be again for many
years. The gifts included a large, hand-
some four-folding black wood screen by his
students, past and present; a scroll from the
Sz Ui magistrate, whose son is now study-
ing medicine at the hospital ; a scroll from
heathen friends in Canton, and from Chris-
tian Chinese two banners resplendent
with mirroriettes.
" Eulogies and good wishes were worked
by dexterous fingers on all the gifts, and in
several instances the sentiment was ex-
pressed both in English and Chinese. It
would occupy too much space to give an
extract of the speeches made by Mr. Yeung
of the London Mission, and Dr. So, who
was Dr. Kerr's assistant thirty years ago;
but their emphatic testimony to the value of
his services may be briefly summarized as
follows :
" 1. That Dr. Kerr during all these long
years has been an indefatigable worker.
From early morn till late at night, and
often through the midnight watches, his
labors in the blessed art have been unre-
mitting, and no race of people can more
readily appreciate such a trait of character
than the industrious Chinese.
" 2. That the beneficial results of his
work have been far-reaching. In addition
to the ordinary duties devolving upon him
as a medical missionary, he has translated
text-books in medicine, and trained and
sent forth a band of over 100 men as quali-
fied doctors.
" Moreover, some years since, by a spe-
cial effort, he got the native Oi Yuk Hospi-
tal to include vaccination in their thera-
peutics, and now it is becoming common
among the people. And just recently Dr.
Kerr has built a refuge for the insane on
the Fa Ti side of the river, there being up
to that time no home for this much-to-be-
pitied class.
" 3. That he has never suffered his
professional work to in any way absorb his
attention to the exclusion of his duties as a
missionary. Healing and teaching, work-
ing and praying, have gone hand in hand,
and the result is that the hospital has been a
wonderful success.
" Dr. Kerr, before presenting certificates
to students of his own and Dr. Mary Ful-
ton's class who have completed their course,
told his auditors in a few words what joy it
gave him to see them there, and to accept
their gifts. He felt that he had but done
his duty, and he thanked God for his good-
ness in permitting him to carry on this
work in their midst for so many years.
After the singing of a hymn, Mr. Lau, the
Wesleyan native minister, pronounced the
benediction, and thus a very hearty and
memorable meeting was brought to a
close."
1898.]
THE LATE DR. JOHN HALL.
391
THE LATE DR. JOHN HALL.
In the death of Rev. John Hall, D.D.,
LL.D., of the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian
Church, in New York, the Board of For-
eign Missions, as well as those of Home Mis-
sions and Church Erection, has Io3t a firm
friend and earnest advocate. Though not
a member of the Board, he was always in
sympathy with the progress of the gospel
near or far. In the city of New York his
interest was by no means confined to his own
congregation, large as it was, and seemingly
involving more of responsibility than any
one man could bear. Beyond the super-
vision of the missions connected with his
church, he was active from first to last in
Presbyterian Church extension in this city,
and was called upon almost constantly to
plead the cause of various miscellaneous
local charities. Moreover, he was a sort of
ambassador at large, whose influence
extended throughout the land, from ocean to
ocean. He delivered addresses before
churches and other Christian assemblages,
not only in his own, but in other denomina-
tions ; and across the Atlantic, where during
bis vacations he always preached more or
less, and where he was pretty sure to be
found in all the great convocations of the
Presbyterian Alliance and other similar
movements, his voice was heard, and his
advocacy was given with the peculiar
emphasis which his great power and influ-
ence wielded. The American churches
have perhaps never known an instance in
which the affluence of nature and grace
was more generously illustrated — in which
great endowments, physical, intellectual and
moral, were more munificently bestowed or
more happily blended than in this great
preacher and strong exemplar. There is
great power in a royal physique, especially
if it have nerve force and a fire of enthu-
siasm ; a voice that is powerful and clear,
yet without harshness, well pitched and well
modulated, is in itself a great and blessed
gift; and a strong constitution which can
endure the strain of constant work, fatiguing
journeys and the excitements of great gath-
erings without injury, is an additional
qualification for the highest success.
A greater endowment still is a strong,
clear intellect, and that perfection of judg-
ment and discrimination which the world
recognizes as common sense. Greatest of
all is that downrightness of conviction, that
moral earnestness which cannot be con-
cealed, but which, like the sunlight, pours
itself in flood tide over a great congrega-
tion, impressing the old and the young, the
wise and the simple.
Dr. Hall never claimed brilliancy or
transcendent scholarship, but what the
world accredited to him with one accord was
power, remarkable power. The writer well
remembers his first appearance before a
great assembly in this country. In May,
1867, after landing in New York as a
delegate from the Presbyterian Church of
Ireland to the two General Assemblies of
the Presbyterian Church, and after having
delivered a midweek lecture in the Fifth
Avenue Church, he proceeded to Rochester,
where the New School Assembly was in
session. I well remember that occasion.
Dr. Denby was also present as a delegate
from the Welsh Churches. As he was a
man somewhat advanced in years, his ad-
dress was accorded the first place. He
seemed to have exhausted nearly every topic
usually touched upon in interdenomina-
tional congratulaiions, and many in the
audience felt no little sympathy for Ihe
young man who sat beside him on the plat-
form awaiting his turn, lest he should find
that his speech had already been made. I
recall the fact that, in looking at this young
stranger of gigantic stature and rather awk-
ward appearance, his sloping shoulders
and general shape and expression of face
reminded me strikingly of the portraits of
Robert Burns. As the time for his speech
arrived he arose to a height which his sitting
posture had not promised, and began with-
out waste of time in apologies or circumlo-
cution. Ere half a dozen sentences had
passed his lips he had the great audience
entirely in his power. His voice was calm
and smooth, of deep register, ringing and
yet sympathetic. A peculiar fire flashed
from his eyes, and profound conviction mani-
fested itself in gestures which were forcible
and not ungraceful. Higher and higher
rose the enthusiasm of the audience. Hav-
ing sat in a position where I could observe
the faces of his listeners, I am prepared to
say that I never saw an audience appar-
ently more deeply moved than was that
General Assembly. His main line of
thought was original, fresh and deeply
interesting, and yet there was no appear-
392
A MISSIONARY VIEW OF THE WAR.
[November,
ance of his having prepared an oratorical
speech. He dealt with the interests of
church life and progress in the world with
great fervor and yet without ostentation.
That address struck the keynote of his
career in America. Doubtless something
equally effective was given a day or two
later before the Old School General Assem-
bly meeting in Cincinnati. Dr. Hall's
reputation was made. No one who had
heard him was at all surprised at his call to
the most important Presbyterian church in
the land. Many things can be mentioned
as the ouicome of Dr. Hall's work and
influence in this country, but it was perhaps
the most important of all that he did so
much to raise the common ideal of a
Christian minister. E.
A MISSIONARY VIEW OF THE
WAR.
Upon an invitation of the Board of
Foreign Missions, a conference was held in
the Presbyterian Mission Rooms, July 13,
by the representatives of different Mission-
ary Boards and Societies, to consider the
duty of carrying a pure gospel into the
territories newly acquired in the late war
with Spain. As a matter of missionary
comity, and by general agreement, the
different fields were assigned or suggested
to the various Boards respectively. In this
arrangement, the Philippine Islands, in
which it was assumed that our government
would hold possessions of greater or less
extent, were recommended to the Presby-
terian, Baptist and Methodist Churches,
North. Since that conference was held a
few individuals have offered generous and
special gifts for the support of missionaries
in the new dependencies, and we have
reason to believe that others will feel
moved to share in the same work. The
Board fully sympathizes with the feeling
that Providence has laid upon the Ameri-
can Churches new responsibilities which
cannot well be disregarded, and yet it sees
no way of meeting the new call except by
the gift of special funds for this purpose —
funds which shall not trench upon regular
contributions for the existing work.
Our noble Korean Mission was first taken
up in response to an individual offer of
$7000 for that specific purpose. Some
such inspiration is needed now. The posi-
tive offer of funds is the strongest argu-
ment for a prompt advance; and to
show its readiness to open the way for those
who feel prompted to enlist in this new and
additional effort the Board has decided to
encourage the contribution of special funds
for the establishment of a Mission in the
Philippines. At a regular meeting held in
the Mission Rooms on October 3, the
following resolution was passed:
" Resolved, That in view of the indica-
tions of the divine Providence in opening
fields for missionary effort in the new pos-
sessions recently acquired by the United
States, and the generous offers of special
contributions which are made, that the
executive officers be authorized to respond
favorably to those who make special offers,
and to open the way for others who also
may contribute therefor, with the under-
standing that preferably the work should be
undertaken in the Philippine Islands, of
which there is every indication that they
will ere long be open, to a greater or less
extent, or in case we acquire none of these
in some other territories acquired. It is to
be understood, however, that this should be
limited for the present and for the near
future to such special funds as may be con-
tributed therefor.' '
It is understood, of course, that no mis-
sionary will be actually sent out until the
final terms of peace shall have been con-
cluded. If no part of the archipelago is
retained, some other of the new fields may
be entered. But that no territory in the
Philippines, not even a coaling-station, will
be held is scarcely to be admitted to the
category of possibilities. The way i3 open
for subscriptions with the understanding
that they do not diminish the donor's regu-
lar gifts for the Boards.
The offers thus far made are for at least
$1000 each, but smaller gifts will also be
welcomed.
No clearer obligations were ever laid upon
a Christian people than those now resting
upon the Christians of America with refer-
ence to the Philippines.
The signal victories of our navy and
army at Manila have laid at our feet, so
to speak, several millions of people more
degraded and hitherto more oppressed than
those of the West Indies. What little
Christianity has been given them they have
spurned as a grinding system of oppression.
396
THE DIPLOMATIC SITUATION FROM A MISSIONARY STANDPOINT. [November,
poured upon the cold and heartless policy of
the Great Powers across the waters which
held each other in a deadlock of inaction.
The outrage seemed aggravated still further
when these same Powers virtually abetted
the Turk in his war upon helpless Greeks.
Comparing these things with the more practi-
cal sympathy which at earlier periods had
been shown for the oppressed of Turkey
and the slaughtered Greeks of Scio and
Missilonghi, it seemed as if the shadow on
the dial was turning back, and the Christian
world was receding toward the spirit of the
dark ages. Humanity was apparently subor-
dinated to political interests, as if common
ethics had disappeared from the policy of
governments. Along the same line France
had inflicted unspeakable outrages upon
weaker governments in Madagascar and in
Siam. Kussia, with the menace of brute
force, had driven Japan from Port Arthur
and occupied the position herself, as a lion
would rob a jackal of its prey, and the
"mailed fist" of Germany bad with inde-
cent haste wrested half a province from
China upon Ihe smallest possible pietext.
" Might makes right " was becoming prac-
tically the molto of Christendom."
But in answer to the universal condemna-
tion expressed in America by pulpit and
press, came back the retort, " How about
Cuba, ninety miles only from your boasted
land of freedom ? You are not hampered
by any inlernational complications."
We were shut up to the plain logic of all
that we had said. We stood self-convicted
before mankind. For the emancipation of
humanity, we were, like Israel, driven into
the sea by forces which we could not con-
trol. We can understand it now. This
nation was placed in the vanguard of a new
and holier crusade for the twentieth century.
As Victor Hugo would have expressed it,
the eternal fitness of things had issued its
decree against the old selfish policies, and
had inagurated anew code of national moral-
ity. It was shown that no more can a
Christian nation live unto itself or die
unto itself than a Christian man. Humanity
is one.
I am not advocating the extension of
territory by the United States. The Govern-
ment will decide all such questions, and at
the present moment a Great Peace Commis-
sion is deliberating upon the final terms of
settlement. But inasmuch as extensive new
territories have actually come into the
hands of the United States, and in view of
the possibility, perhaps probability, that
greater or less acquisitions may be added in
the far East, it seems proper that Christians
should recognize the hand of God in what
has so strangely transcended all expecta-
tions. Especially does it become us to ask
what are the duties which the interests of
Christ's advancing kingdom now lay upon
us ? Mr. Bryce, whose published works
have shown so wide and clear a knowledge
of our institutions, has said that very evi-
dently America is destined now to take a
larger place and exert a larger influence in
the affairs of mankind, and no longer to be
shut up within her own bouudaries and to
her own local interests. It is significant
that this belief, very grateful to all English-
men and very distasteful to all lovers of
absolutism, has become general among
thinking men.
There are some special reasons why the
missionary influence of Americans will
be greatly increased by the wonderful
changes which have been wrought in our
national prestige. It cannot be denied that
politically and diplomatically the American
government has heretofore exerted but
slight influence on many of the great and
difficult questions which have stirred the
Eastern Hemisphere. In repeated instances
an American minister at the Sublime Porte
has been politely snubbed or ignored, when
the demands of a first-class European power
would have been promptly met. In China
an American consul has often been baffled
by official indifference or harassing delays,
when a French or Kussian or British
consul would have gained his ground
at once. The United States has been
scarcely recognized as a naval power.
We would not advocate the use of gun-
boats in the propagation of missionary
enterprise anywhere in the world ; it
is enough that our government should
defend all citizens, missionaries or otherwise,
as citizens, and that on its own impulse.
But a strong national prestige will render
actual hostilities unnecessary, and there can
be no doubt that the respect won for the
United States as a formidable power and a
swift defender of the right will greatly
inure to the interest of foreign missions.
A friend in Syria says in a recent letter:
" How this late war has raised America
1898.]
THE DIPLOMATIC SITUATION FROM A MISSIONARY STANDPOINT.
395
But the most striking element in this
three-months' history is the way in which
Providence seems to hold us to the logical
conclusions of our own professed aim and
intent. We had proclaimed to the world
that we were moved by broad considerations
of humanity. Cuba was merely a speciali-
zation of the principle, and it was the great
principle, and not the mere geographical
situation of an island, that was supreme.
We had only thought of Cuba, but it looks
very much as if God had thought of some-
thing more. Humanity is not a matter of
geography. Our enemy was guilty of other
oppressions in the Eastern Hemisphere as
well as in the Western, and, as divine order-
ing would have it, we had made our con-
quest in the East before Cuba was even
touched ; and by common consent there was
greater need of deliverance in the Philip-
pines than in the Antilles. What was it
then that we had been fighting for ? Was
it really for the uplifting of humanity wher-
ever oppressed, or was it for some narrower
and more selfish consideration growing out
of mere vicinage and the embarrassment of
having a disagreeable neighbor ?
Judging from the standpoint of Foreign
Missions, we must refuse to consider the
question of near or far, and we must repu-
diate the argument of those, some of them
the best of men, who claim that because our
Government had only mentioned Cuba, that,
therefore, it is pledged to carry its conquest
no farther.
Some of the arguments which have been
used of late in dealing with the question of
our relations to our Spanish conquests would
lie equally against the whole work of Foreign
Missions. The claim that " we set out to
free the Cubans who are near our shores and
with whom we have to do commercially,
and that we have no right to interfere with
the outlying barbarous races in the Eastern
seas," is only a varied application of the
trite dictum, ■■ We have the heathen at our
door, and our only duty is to them."
Another argument often presented of late
is that these ignorant tropical peoples,
whether in the East or in the West, are not
worth the outlay. Touching contrasts have
been drawn between the value of " one
American soldier" sacrificed in battle, and
hundreds of " shiftless Cubans." This kind
of reasoning is also familiar to those who
are engaged in Missions. Eloquent ridicule
has been poured upon the ' ' attempt to con-
vert men who have no souls." Missionary
effort in behalf of the " bestial Hottentot,"
the " missing link," the "buck Indian,"
the M heathen Chinee," has been subjected
to jeers and bitter contempt. But can we
forget that the heathen are loved, not for
what they are, but for what grace can make
of them ? Can we forget that God's love
even for his Church is based not so much
upon a present estimate, as upon that glori-
ous perspective in which a thousand years
are as one day ? The thousands of mis-
sionaries who, from the time of Paul and
Titus in the Island of Crete, down to the
devoted missionary who has consecrated his
life to the Dwarfs of West Africa, rise up
as witnesses and put to shame the argument
that the United States have been squander-,
ing their resources for worthless people. If
we are right in believing that this has been
a providential war, — that the hand of God
has been in the marvelous victories which
have been gained with such celerity and
with comparatively so little expenditure, we
may conclude that it was in effect a mission-
ary war, for Missions are simply the current
work of God's providence for the redemp-
tion of the world. We have fought not
merely for the Cubans of to-day or the
Filipinos of to-day, but for the coming
generations in these tropical island gioups.
We have lifted the arm of justice not
merely against the recent atrocities of Gen.
Weyler, but against the tyranny of four
centuries. The real question has been
whether Cuba shall remain for four centuries
more as in the past, or shall take her place
among the enlightened and prosperous na-
tions of the earth, and whether the papal
hierarchy under the flag of an effete nation
shall long continue to oppress the Philippines
as in the past, or whether the standard of
liberty, good government and Christian
regeneration shall be raised.
There was still another significant provi-
dential force which urged upon the United
States the crusade which it has undertaken
with so great success. Three years ago the
Christian world witnessed atrocities among
the Armenians which were a disgrace to the
century in which we live, while Christian
nations looked upon the slaughter with
folded arms. In this country there was a
universal outburst of indignation, and from
the pulpit and the press, condemnation was
1898.]
THE DIPLOMATIC SlfUATION FROM A MISSION AEY STANDPOINT.
393
A bigoted hierarchy has been their severest
taskmaster.
Moreover, we have rendered further
Spanish supremacy impossible. The rebel-
lion of the people is widespread and suc-
cessful. Even the archbishop of Manila
has expressed his despair of further con-
trol by Spain. If the United States are to
govern any part of the islands, it must be
a government not merely military, diplo-
matic and commercial. It must represent
all of the best that we have to give. It
must be based on pure religion and true
humanity. There must be established there
a type of Christianity which is not another
name for hierarchical rapacity. Who will
subscribe for the movement ?
It is felt in all missionary circles that the
American churches may derive great encour-
agement from the increased prestige gained
by the recent stirring events. Ever since
Paul appealed so effectively to his Roman
citizenship the principle has held true that
the cause of truth as well as that of tyranny
and unrighteousness may derive immense
advantage from the defenses of a strong
government. In the coming years our
missionary influence will more and more lie
westward from our Pacific coast. Between
that coast and the shores that extend from
Siberia to Siam on the west the great moral
conquest of the world must be waged. We
stand directly on one side of this vast
arena while the benighted peoples of Asia
are on the other. So we are brought to the
front of Christendom over against the front
of Asiatic heathendom. God has now
marvelously opened the way. Let not a
mistaken judgment or a political prejudice
or a fear of national expenditure close it
against us.
THE DIPLOMATIC SITUATION
FROM A MISSIONARY STAND-
POINT.
F. F. ELLINWOOD, D. D.
The great body of American people, save
the soldiers who have fought so bravely,
Sumcree Temple, Benares, India
394
THE DIPLOMATIC SITUATION FROM A MISSIONARY STANDPOINT. [November,
have scarcely felt the shock of the hundred
days' war with Spain. Our shores have
not been invaded by hostile armies, there
has been no perceptible interference with
the general prosperity of the country, and
yet seldom have issues so momentous been
decided.
AVhen the conflict first seemed impending,
Christian men generally deprecated it, the
better clas3 of citizens despised the reckless
and mendacious incendiarism of the ''yellow
journals," and in every pulpit and every
prayer circle supplications were offered that
peace with justice and honor might be main-
tained. Our noble President did all in his
power to avert the calamities of war. Any
European government would have followed
the cold-blooded murder of the 256 officers
and men of the " Maine " with swift ven-
geance, but President McKinley and our
citizens generally manifested a patient and
dignified reserve till the facts could, if pos-
sible, be ascertained. Even the effrontery
of the false report of the Spanish investiga-
tion was waived as a matter of secondary
consideration, while the one question of
putting an end to a tyranny of four cen-
turies and emancipating a crushed and
struggling people came to the front. Had
Spain heeded the demand for the release of
Cuba there would have been no war, the
destruction of the ''Maine" would have
remained unavenged, and Spain would have
lost no further territory in either hemi-
sphere. Just there was the pivotal question
of the war. All attempts to show that it
was undertaken as a political measu*„, in
the interest of business speculation, or for
territorial expansion, or to gratify the ambi-
tion of military aspirants, or to increase the
prestige of our navy, are as futile as they
are sinister. When the die was cast by
Spain's refusal, our people rallied with rare
unanimity, though with the understanding
that they had nothing to gain — that they
all would be more heavily taxed, that thou-
sands must endure the hardships of war,
and many must sacrifice their lives.
Mohammedan nations are lured to battle
by the prospect of booty and female slaves,
if their lives are spared, or the delights of a
sensual paradise if they die. The Spanish
conquerors who four centuries ago overran
Cuba, and nearly all the Western Hem-
isphere, were inspired by a hope of bound-
less gold and silver. The rank and file of Con-
tinental European armies enter upon wars of
invasion only as a part of enforced military
service. But I doubt whether any people
ever entered upon a foreign war with so
little prospect of self-aggrandizement as
was presented by this war with Spain. The
keynote of the President's message to Con-
gress and his declaration of war was that of
philanthropy. Both were of the nature of
an appeal for humanity, and such was the
appeal that was so generously responded to.
Thoughtful people soon came to feel that
over and above, or rather perhaps under-
lying the action of President and Congress,
there were great providential designs far
transcending the forecast of the Government
and the public press. From the start, every-
thing assumed grander proportions than had
been expected. The Government had no
plans for Porto Rico, Manila and the
Ladrones had scarcely been thought of by
the people at large, and it may be doubted
whether the Cabinet had any thought of
national aggrandizement; but the one decisive
victory in Manila harbor on May 1 not
merelv destroyed Spain's Pacific fleet, but
left the Philippine Archipelago a helpless
dependency on our hands. In the destruc-
tion of her fleet we had rendered it impos-
sible for Spain to govern the islands, and,
according to the laws of war, no other
power had any right to interfere. It was
evident that the withdrawal of our fleet
would leave the Philippines in a worse con-
dition than before, exposed to intestine
strife, only to be followed by the reckless
scramble and perhaps bloody conflict of the
European powers.
A still further question had been precipi-
tated by our carrying the war into the
Pacific. Hawaii, which we had been com-
pelled to use as a sort of half-way station in
the transportation of troops, was placed in
the sharp dilemma of either shutting her
ports against our war vessels or exposing
herself as an outlaw against the interna-
tional principle of neutrality. The respon-
sibility of this awkward situation was wholly
ours. We had placed ourselves in check,
so to speak, and the only way of escape
was by annexation. The same Providence
which has been working and planning for
Hawaii through three-quarters of a century
now again interposed, as I believe, and
settled the annexation question in a way
least expected.
1898.]
THERE 18 NOBODY LIKE THE PASTOR.
397
among the nations ! Even the Turks and
Syrian Moslems thank Allah for giving
us the victory over their old foes of Anda-
lusia.
" I do not believe in booming missions with
gunboats, but since the United States has
already demanded indemnity for the loss of
property they cannot back down. A simple
intimation that Sampson's fleet was coaling
up for Smyrna would cause that indemnity
to be paid in twenty-four hours, and the fleet
could stay at home."
There is another thing which is worth
considering from a missionary point of view,
and that is the limitations that may be put
upon the access of American missionaries to
the depressed races of the world. All or
nearly all the outlying realms of heathen-
dom will soon be brought under the various
flags of the civilized nations. Looking far
ahead, what will be the probable effect of all
this upon American Missions? Could we
be assured that the Philippines and Hainan,
Cambodia and the Shan States, Korea and
Mongolia, and the dismembered provinces
of China, would be held under British pro-
tectorates, we should have no concern, but if
Russia or France should possess the Philip-
pines they would be quite as inaccessible as
they have been under Spain. The policy
of Russia in excluding missionary operations
from her territory is well known. The
Presbyterian Board has virtually been driven
from the Ogowe because it is claimed as
French territory. In the German posses-
sions there is more liberty, but still more or
less of restriction. The diplomatic question
now being decided is, Shall the Philippine
Archipelago ever be opened to American or
British Protestant Missions ? The twen-
tieth century will wish to know.
THERE IS NOBODY LIKE THE
PASTOR.
The conditions of the missionary work
have greatly changed since the early days.
The faith and consecration of a few mis-
sionary heroes were then all -important as
pioneers and exemplars, but now hundreds
and thousands of laborers must be sent if
we would keep pace with the growing de-
mands of the work. At home also it was
supposed to be necessary to commission a
few special agents or canvassers to collect
the gifts of the churches for the advance-
ment of the kingdom, but now the kingdom
is seen to be too large for such methods.
Secretaries of the right stamp are hard to
find, and when found their time and
strength are overtaxed by the present
volume of administrative correspondence.
The churches cannot afford to employ an
adequate force of collectors; and even if
they could, a missionary spirit in the con-
gregations cannot be developed from without.
In one emphatic word, the pastor must be
the missionary advocate, and every church
must be a missionary society, with its own
leader. It is not a sheepfold with a flock
to be simply fed ; it is a regiment of Chris-
tian soldiery enlisted for conquest, and the
world, near aud far, is its field. In this
last decade of the nineteenth century the
work of foreign missions has just reached
this point. Just here is pivoted the question
whether '- to advance as the opening
fields demand, or whether it shall sink into
confessed inadequacy to accomplish what it
has so conspicuously undertaken.
All this was in connection with the pas-
toral life of the late Dr. Arthur Mitchell.
The emphasis of his life and labors centred
around this question. After becoming a
secretary of a missionary Board he was
unexcelled in his earnest and eloquent pleas
before the churches, but he felt more and
more the inadequacy of such official appeals.
What could one man do toward reaching
seven thousand churches personally ? And
when in synods and assemblies he urged
upon ministers and elders the responsible work
which they alone could do, he knew from
an experience of which his auditors were
well aware that what he urged was not
impracticable. He knew that any pastor
whose own soul is enkindled with zeal for
the evangelization of a lost world can en-
lighten the ignorance and overcome the
apathy of any congregation, however
ignorant or indifferent. Not necessarily can
all accomplish the same degree of success
that he realized, for not all are possessed of
his superior and well-balanced gifts. But
much is attainable by all who are willing to
try. Dr. Mitchell's preaching at all times
was characterized by great plainness and
fidelity; sometimes it was too plain and
searching for the worldly-minded to approve,
yet all cherished toward him such profound
respect for his sincere earnestness and his
manifest love for his people that none refused
j
398
SAILING OF MISSIONARIES.
[November,
to listen. His ideas of the cause of foreign
missions were a surprise to many; the
measure of duty which he laid on every
man's conscience with respect to the far-off
heathen seemed preposterous at first to not
a few. There are in every community what
are called " hard-headed business men,"
who are too wise to invest their money in
" castles in Spain," much less in Africa or
the islands of the sea. By way of pretext,
they " believe in doing the missionary work
that is nearer home, ' ' while in reality they
do nothing of the sort. But when a pastor
like Dr. Mitchell really girds up his loins
for the task of convincing such a class of
hearers, when he marshals great masses of
facts, appeals to the Bible — Christ's own
words; appeals to history — the history of
our own once-heathen ancestors ; shows that
all the best civilization is the result of mis-
sions ; points out the stations which already
dot the seacoasts of the world; arrays the
Christian denominations now engaged with
one mind and heart in a common cause, and
shows how many of every kindred and tribe
and tongue have responded to the messages of
the gospel — when he does this not once a
year, and perfunctorily, but often, and with
ail the fervor of his own heart, something
very positive must follow. Reluctant hear-
ers will either become convinced, and will
recast their personal notions of duty, or
they will find a place where conscience may
slumber more peacefully. And a church
under such leadership will either become a
missionary church, or it will find a different
pastor. Almost invariably the better
alternative is chosen.
Waterworks for the native city of Shanghai have
been constructed by Mr. A. C. Christensen, a New
York engineer, who says that for the first time in
their lives the Chinese begin to see that there is an
easier way of getting water than dipping it up out
of a muddy river and peddling it about the city in
pails. In the new system, water is taken from the
river three miles above the city and allowed to
settle in a reservoir ; after which it is passed
through immense filters, whence it goes into tanks
and is then pumped about the city in pipes. The
inauguration of this enterprise, says Mr. Christensen,
means much more than a good water supply for one
of the teeming cities of the East ; it is the advent
of American enterprise in an almost boundless field,
and we are already securing contracts for the roll-
ing stock of the new railroads. — The Independent.
SAILING OF MISSIONARIES FROM MAY 1 TO OCTO-
BER 1, 1898.
May 9. Rev. and Mrs. James S. Gale, Korea. Returning.
" Mrs. H. G. Underwood, Korea.
10. Rev. and Mrs. C. E. Eckels, Siam. "
June 6. Rev. and Mrs. William Wallace, Mexico. "
8. Rev. and Mrs. W. B. Boomer, Chile. "
" Rev. and Mrs. W. F. Gates, Guatemala. "
" Rev. and Mrs. W. E. Finley, Brazil. "
" Miss Elizabeth R. Williamson, " '•
" Rev. and Mrs. James B. Rod gers, " "
18. Rev. and Mrs. W. S. Nelson, Syria. "
" Rev. and Mrs. W. O. Elterich, Shantung. "
30 Rev. and Mrs. Robert F. Fitch,Central China, New.
July 7. Rev. and Mrs. D. L. Gifford, Korea. Returning.
23. Rev. and Mrs. Charles J. Boppell, Africa. New.
" Miss Addie Halle, Africa. "
Aug. 1. Rev. and Mrs. Thomas C. Winn, Japan. Returning.
13. Rev. and Mrs. John G. Dunlop, " New.
" Miss Bertha Finley, Korea.
" Miss Emma Elva Fleming, M.D., Shantung. "
" Rev. and Mrs. Charles A. Killie, " Returning.
" Rev. and Mrs. J. A. Silsby, Central China. "
" Miss Mary W. Niles, M.D., Canton. "
20. Dr. and Mrs. Albert Lippert, Africa. New.
" Dr. W. S. Lehman, Africa, "
" Mr. and Mrs. Matthew H. Kerr, Africa. Returning.
22. Rev. and Mrs. W. B. Hamilton, Shantung. "
" Mrs. John Murray, Shantung. "
" Miss Anna R. Morton, Central China. "
" Miss Mary Lattim ore, " '«
" Rev. Jonathan Wilson, Laos. "
" Miss Margaret Wilson, " "
" Mrs. J. M. McCauley, Japan. "
Sept. 3. Rev. and Mrs. J. C. R. Ewing, India. "
" Miss Jessie Dunlap, India. "
" Miss Elma Donaldson, " "
" Mr. D. J. Fleming, " New.
" Miss Mary E. Cogdal, Central China. Returning.
" Rev. R. H. Milligan, Africa. Reappointed.
10. Miss Hester McGaughey, India. New.
12. Rev. D. B. S. Morris, Central China. "
" Rev. Edwin C. Lobenstine, " "
" Rev. and Mrs. Rees F. Edwards, Canton. "
17. Rev. and Mrs. Wilbur M. Campbell, Hainan. "
" Rev. and Mrs. J. C. Garritt, Central China.
Returning.
" Dr. and Mrs. John Inglis, Peking. New.
" Miss Ida R. Luther, Japan. "
" Miss Grace Curtis Glenn, Japan. "
" Rev. and Mrs. S. Martin Jordan, Persia. "
" Dr. Benjamin Labaree, Oroomiah. Reappointed.
" Rev. and Mrs. H. V. Noyes, Canton. Returning.
" Rev. and Mrs. J. H. Orbison, India.
" Dr. and Mrs. W. J. Swart, Siam.
24. Rev. and Mrs. J. J. Lucas, India.
" Mrs. J. M. Alexander, India.
" Miss Jane W. Tracy, India.
" Miss Alice B. Jones, " "
" Miss Florence Evelyn Smith, U. S. Colombia.
Returning.
" Rev. Walter Scott Lee and Mrs. Lee, U. S.
Colombia. New.
Returning to field 55
Newly appointed 33
New.
Returning.
New.
L898.]
CIVILIZING INFLIENCK OF FOKKI'.N MIHHIONB.
Concert ol Prayer
For Church Work Abroad.
Nbiembm, Ciyilizibg Immimk 01 Pobi
m nuoan.
(<i) KU'vutiou of nior;ils.
(b) Quickening <>r Intellect.
I iii|iri>vt'ini'iu hi .soi 1. 1 1 OOftOOU end domestic life.
(./) Bfleot on politioe] oonditlene,
CIVILIZING INFLUENCE OF
FOREIGN MISSIONS.
In speaking of the civilizing iufluence of
Christian missions it would be but a narrow
view to assume any special difference be-
tween the influence of Missions and that of
Christianity in general. Missions are
simply Christianity mobilized. The moral
influence, the quickening power, is in Chris-
tian faith, whether it be developed at home
or abroad, at the fireside or in the distant
mission field. It is the work of Missions
simply to extend this heavenly gift to all
men.
If the Christian faith exercises a civil izihg
influence at home, gives purity and quick-
ening to social customs, to civic and politi-
cal life, to national industries and commerce
and legislation, it will do the same in any
and every other land to which it is borne.
And it is the work of Missions to bear it.
W hat is good for us is good for all mankind.
In its spirit the true work of Missions
embraces every agency and influence by
which Christian institutions are extended.
The colonization of New England and
other portions of our Atlantic States by those
who sought for the right and free exercise
of religious freedom was virtually a
missionary movement. It bore the Protes-
tant faith into a new continent where it
might establish another radiating centre
and source of influence for regions still
beyond. The early Spanish conquests in
America also bore aloft the banners of
religion and claimed it as a supreme aim,
but unfortunately, ambition, love of con-
quest, and unscrupulous greed and rapacity,
proved the dominant influences, and now,
after centuries, the real work of Christian
Missions still remains to be done. Yet the
truth remains that real missionary influence
is not wholly confined to those who go
forth under special commissions from mis-
sionary Boards and Societies to found
institution.- m other hinds. Tin- Bill
Christian element found, for example, in
the Britiifa oommnnitiei of [ndia or Booth
Africa, struggling generally sgainri 1 1 1 « - evil
example oi tin- much more Dumeroui con-
stituency <>f their fellow-countrymen, who
disgrace the Christian name, bum! be
considered as ■ missionary in effect 1
planting of Christian institutions on our
Pacific coast was not wholly tin- work of
missionaries commissioned as such. Chris-
tian emigrants cooperating in the establish-
ment of schools, churches and all Christian
and eleemosynary movements are entitled
to share Ihe credit oi* what has been accom-
plished and are in the broadest sense mission-
aries also.
The same is eminently true of Hawaii,
where many of the leading Christian citizens
are the children of missionaries, and where
in many ways their influence perpetuates
that of their parents. It would be only a
trite argument were we to attempt to show
that the civilization of Hawaii had its origin
in the work of the early missionaries. This
is now generally conceded. They found the
islands plunged deep in moral degradation,
and there most conspicuously missionary
effort was brought into greater distinctness
by the demoralizing influence of ungodly
men from their own and other Christian
lands.
The influence of Christianity upon the
lowest forms of paganism and savagery has
been amply illustrated in many a land.
For example, in Africa, where its interpo-
sition has saved the lives of doomed victims
condemned for an imaginary witchcraft, or
prevented the burial of the living wives of
a deceased chieftain or arrested the cruel
raids of slave-stealing Arabs, and both
in Africa and the South Sea Islands, where
it has confronted the horrors of cannibalism.
Not many years ago the Christian world
was startled by the strange procedure of
Thokambo, the venerable chieftain of Fiji,
who voluntarily requested the Queen of
England to assume the sceptre of his island
kingdom, because he felt that the stronger
authority of British power could secure
the protection and welfare of his kingdom
more effectively than was possible to him.
This man had been a notorious cannibal,
literally hundreds, not of prisoners alone,
but of perfectly innocent victims, princi-
pally women, had been sacrificed for his
400
CITILIZING INFLUENCE OF FOREIGN MISSIONS.
[November,
cannibal feasts. But he had become
enlightened, intellectually, morally and
spiritually, by the teachings of the Wes-
leyan missionaries. He had come out of
the darkness of heathenism into the open
light of the truth as it is in Jesus, and but
for this, this unique stroke of civilization in
invoking for the protection of his islands a
stronger government and a higher degree
of peace and prosperity would never have
been witnessed.
The leaven of Missions has been equally
effective in semi-civilized India in its oppo-
sition to infanticide and the horrors of the
suttee. Missionaries had plead with the
British authorities for a quarter of a cen-
tury before the laws forbidding infanticide
and widow-burning were finally promul-
gated. Broad-minded statesmen in India
have again and again advanced the opinion
that the British government would never
have gained control of the country but for
the intermediary influence of missionaries in
softening the asperities of civil and military
administration on the one hand, and win-
ning the confidence and forbearance of the
people on the other. And the new viceroy,
Baron Curzon, is credited with the ex-
pressed belief that if England continues to
hold India it will be due to the influence of
Christianity.
In tracing the influences which have
wrought so marvelous a transformation in
Japan within the last forty to fifty years,
we would not claim that all has been ac-
complished directly by missionaries or the
specific promulgation of Christian truth by
missionaries and native preachers, but we
may insist that it was still missionary influ-
ence, if not at first, at least at second hand.
The leaven of Western Christianity in one
form or another has accomplished these
results, and Western Christianity itself is a
result of missionary enterprise farther back.
When Com. Perry on that memorable Sab-
bath morning anchored his flagship in what
is now known as Mississippi Bay, and sum-
moned his naval chaplain to conduct Chris-
tian worship on his ship, all in sight of the
gathered warriors of Japan along the shore,
he undoubtedly taught a most impressive
lesson, but no such lesson would have been
taught, and no such commodore of the navy
would have been found but for the mission-
ary influence which first of all transformed
America, and made such a representation of
our national life possible. The same is
true of the teachers who were employed in
the government schools of Japan, and of
the Christian influence exerted upon the
minds of Japanese students and young
Japanese girls who were brought to this
country for education. The whole specta-
cle of our Christian civilization , which the
keen intellects of Japan studied so atten-
tively and profoundly, contributed to the
same result. True, the national pride of,
Japan has at different times revolted against
the idea of receiving a foreign religion to
the total discredit of her own national faiths ;
it has tried to secure Christian civilization
without Christianity — the trunk, branches
and fruit of the tree without its roots ; but
it has been found and will more and more
be found that this cannot be done. Even
disinterested observers, those in no way
subsidized by an adherence to the Christian
faith, but judging on mere statesmanlike
principles, have declared that the vitalizing
element in all the highest grades of ad-
vancement in Japan has been the Christian
faith. It has been the leaven of Christian
ethics that has clothed the nakedness of a
people who seemed sadly insensible to
shame ; it is Christianity and not any form
of diplomatic pressure or commercial inter-
est that has done away with the cruel
enactments against religious liberty; it is
the example of Christian institutions in
other lands that has instituted the various
reforms and altruistic movements, for
humanity.
It would be too much to assume that all
the higher ethics that are now honored in
different parts of the earth are the outcome
of Christian teaching. There has been a
great deal of gratuitous and ill-founded
assertion put forth by Christian teachers on
this subject. Lofty ethics have been taught
by non-Christian leaders, and that in all the
more advanced nations of the earth, and
from the periods antedating the Christian
faith. But what may be claimed is that
Christianity has brought higher ethics into
practical application to the life of the
masses. Ethics, monopolized by a Buddh-
ist priesthood cooped up in monasteries
and making the religious life something
apart from society, failed utterly. The
system was isolated from God on one hand,
for it denied the existence of a God, and
from the masses of the people on the other.
1898.]
civilizing mUVWSti m OF formkin mihhionh.
101
It was suspended, so to speak, between
heaven and earth, and touching neither.
Meanwhile the world still nn regenerated
lay in the torpor of spiritual death.
The higher ethics of the Stoic philoso-
phers at Rome like Seneca and Marcus
Aurelius also failed to reach the people and
thus mould society. Lecky, alter having
in glowing pages described the brutality of
the Roman populace and even of many of
tbe most distinguished men, says: %i The
sketch I have now drawn will, I think, be
sufficient to display the broad chasm that
existed between the Koman moralists and
the Koman people. On the one hand, we
find a system of ethics of which, when we con-
sider the range and beauty of its precepts,
the sublimity of the motives to which it
appealed, and its perfect freedom from
superstitious elements, it is not too much to
say that though it may have been equaled,
it has never been surpassed. On the other
hand, we find a society almost absolutely
destitute of moralizing institutions, occupa-
tions or beliefs, existing under an economical
and political system which inevitably led to
general depravity, and passionately ad-
dicted to the most brutalizing amusements.
.... The later Romans had attained a
very high and spiritual conception of duty,
but the philosopher with his group of dis-
ciples, or the writer with his few readers,
had scarcely any point of contact with the
people." Just at this point is illustrated
the power of the gospel of Christ, and the
need which that alone can supply. It is a
gospel of sympathy that adapts itself to all
classes. It proceeds from theory to prac-
tice; it demands from its teachers exemplifi-
cation; it welcomes all men to its disciple-
ship, and to a share in its work and in its
triumphs.
There is something melancholy in con-
templating the helpless despondency of
Marcus Aurelius, whose clear intellect and
sensitive conscience clouded by ignorance
of God made him virtually a pessimist.
The one great lack which prevented him
from a crusade of benevolence to mankind
was that he knew not God. He lacked the
inspiration of divine love in Christ, the
leadership of him who with promises of
divine power gave the Great Commission.
He sanctioned and authorized, though
reluctantly, cruel persecutions against the
followers of that only name under heaven
given among D60 whereby tin- world may
be saved.
It is equally melancholy to contemplate
the sublime moral utterance of St-neea,
and yet see how utterly sterile and unfruit-
ful all those precepts were even in the
regulation of his own life— a lite marred
with some of the very blackest scandals that
ever disgraced a great intellect.
In many respects we admire the influence
of the Stoic philosophy as exerted in the
Roman empire, especially in politics and
jurisprudence, but what made that also sterile
and fruitless of the highest good and inca-
pable of purifying the rottenness of a
declining empire was that it knew not God,
and was ignorant of that practical and
aggressive type of love to men which bears
the terse and pregnant name of " Christ-
likeness."
Christianity, then, is ethics universally
applied, and "Missions" is the formula
which represents that application. " To all
men everywhere, of whatever name, or
kindred, or tongue," is the motto, and
there is no loftier or juster standard from
which to estimate the work of Missions than
this, namely, that it bears forth this new
ark of the covenant to the ends of the earth
with all its attending influences for good to
men. It is the movement of a grand army,
no longer in camps of waiting, but on the
march with banners unfurled, under vows
more sacred than those of the old crusaders,
and with a faith which anticipates confi-
dently and confidently expects the gathering
of the nations unto him whose right it is to
reign. A non-missionary Church is simply
a recruiting station which does not recruit.
In the recent war with Spain we have
seen many encampments of soldiers not
called to actual service, regiments going
through with the daily drill, keeping up
military authority and all the etiquette and
proprieties of soldiering, but with no aggres-
sive service, no conquest. They have in
this stagnant life of routine and restless
discontent suffered a worse mortality than
any to be feared from the enemy's guns.
It is by no fanciful and far-fetched
analogy that we are reminded of the differ-
ence between a Christian Church, confined
in its own heritage, and consumed by its
own selfish inaction, instead of that aggres-
sive campaigning which, according to its
divine Master's behest, is the proper end
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and aim of a Church. There are those
who urge with great force that the self-
civilization of a nation is rendered greater
by the active civilizing of other races
beyond its own shores. As one example
among many, the fibre and brawn of the
British nation have undoubtedly been
greatly strengthened by the civil and mili-
tary service of its young manhood in distant
colonies, at the same time that it has been
enriched in its commerce and manifold
industries at home. However this may be,
the theory is certainly true as applied to the
Christian Church, viz., that watering it is
always watered, civilizing it is itself more
truly civilized, Christianizing it will be
more truly and thoroughly Christian.
Letters.
FROM MRS. BAIRD.
Pyeng Yang, Korea, May 6, 1898.
I have only a few hasty moments for letter writ-
ing, but I want to tell you while it is fresh in my
mind about our training class for country women,
which has just come to a close. Nothing of the
kind for women had ever been attempted before,
and we began it with a heart for any fate, not
knowing how few or many might come, or who,
or what discouragements we might meet with.
But we had nothing but cause for rejoicing from
the very start. The women of the church here in
Pyeng Yang responded royally to the proposition
that they should receive the country women as
their guests and entertain them during the ten days
of the class, and in a very short time sufficient was
pledged to entertain twenty women. I wish you
could have been at that meeting and heard the tes-
timonies of the women as they made their pledges.
One drew a graphic picture of Christ's sufferings
for us, and said it would be a pity if we couldn't
deny ourselves to the extent of a little money in
order to tell others more about him. One who has
been redeemed from a long life of wickedness said
here was a chance to do something pleasing to God
and make ourselves even more precious to him, and
she sat down with the tears streaming down her poor,
sin-scarred face. Another called everybody' s atten-
tion to the fact that this wasn't something to be giv-
ing a few cents to, but they must all give in generous
sums that they needn't be ashamed of. Everybody
had something to contribute and some word of
thankfulness and praise to utter at the same time.
1, knowing how poor many of them were, had to
wink hard to keep the teats back, and am not sure
I succeeded. After that meeting our only anxiety
was that the country ^oinen would not respond to
the invitation, for besides being the first thing of
the kind it is a very busy time of year for them,
but they came in to the number of twenty- four,
which was far beyond our expectations. They
came from all distances round about. Two of
them walked 150 miles to get here. They came
trudging in toward evening on Saturday, looking
weather-beaten and weary, but they had not a word
of complaint about the long tiresome way. As one
feeble, trembling old body, who had also walked a
long way, said, " I am very tired, but so glad to get
here that I do not feel it."
I don't think I ever enjoyed any ten days more
than those we spent with this class. We were kept
flying busy, both Mrs. Lee and I, for her little baby
was barely six weeks old, and my help in the kitchen
was a green woman who literally didn't know
beans, American beans, anyway, when the bag was
open. Mr. Baird had the women every morning
for prayers and a lesson in Luke. Mrs. Lee took
them at half past ten for a lesson in Mark, and I
had them at three in the afternoon for a lesson in
the Old Testament, beside two half hours a day
for singing. Most of these women had had only a
passing contact with missionaries, and their knowl-
edge of the spiritual teachings of the Scriptures, as
well as the narrative, was a constant surprise.
We are planning a class of this sort for December
of each year.
Our little station is suffering its usual semi-
annual decimation. Messrs. Whittemore and
Baird are both out on preaching tours ; Miss Best
left yesterday for her first experience alone with
Koreans, and Messrs. Moffett and Lee start this
morning for their second expedition into Whang
Hai Do. I suppose they have written you of the
wonderful ingathering that was granted them
on their last trip a week or two ago — over 170
church members received, and I don't know how
many catechumens.
FROM DR. JESSUP.
Abeih, Mt. Lebanon, Syeia, August 22, 1898.
Beautiful for situation is the Lebanon village of
Brummana. About six miles from Beirut as the
crow flies, but lifted to an elevation of 2500 feet
above the sea, on a sharp ridge of red sandstone
rock, fringed and carpeted with dark soft green
groves of the stone pine, and commanding a double
landscape view, on the east into the deep gorges
and lofty summits of upper Lebanon, and on the
west down upon the plain and city of Beirut which
seem at your feet, it is an ideal site for a village,
1898.]
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a model home for the mission hospital and schools
of our beloved co-laborers, the English Society of
Friends. Here is a boys' boarding school, a girls'
boarding school, a hospital and dispensary, the dwell-
ings of the physician, Dr. Manassah, and the Indus-
trial School director, Mr. Harley Clark, the plain
Friends' meeting house, the spacious hotel of Mr.
Saalmuller and the residence of Baufils, the famous
photographer of the Holy Land, and Herr Herr,
the German merchant.
About twenty-five years ago, Mr. Theophilus
Waldemeier, who had been a prisoner of King
Theodore of Abyssinia, called on Dr. W. M. Thom-
son in Beirut to ask his advice as to the best site
for starting a Friends mission in Lebanon. Dr.
Thomson's window opened eastward toward
Lebanon. Pointing toward the mountain range he
said to Mr. Waldemeier, " Do you see that big oak
tree on the ridge yonder ? That is Brummana,
where thirty years ago Maronite priests burned
Bibles and drove out the missionaries. There is
no mission work there now. Go up and see how
you like it."
Mr. Waldemeier' s Swiss love of mountain
scenery led him to establish his mission there
A sandy ridge with some score of huge pine trees
on it, just southwest of the old village, was bought
and work begun. Pine seed was planted over
many acres of barren sand, and now that mountain
side and ridge, with the buildings and shade trees
and sweet-scented pines, is like an earthly paradise.
Would that all travelers to the Holy Land would
visit Brummana — they would never wonder why
this mountain was called " goodly" Lebanon.
On Tuesday, August 9, these premises were taken
possession of by a large assembly of Christian mis-
sionaries, preachers, teachers and physicians, met
by invitation from all parts of Syria, Palestine,
Egypt and Asia Minor, to hold a six days' mission-
ary conference. One hundred and ninety-six en-
tered their names on the roll. Of these seventy- six
were British, fifty seven Americans, eight Germans,
four Danes, twenty-three Syrians and eighteen not
designated. An executive committee in Beirut had
been at work for six months making the necessary
arrangements by extended correspondence.
The month of August was selected as being the
time of vacation in the schools and seminaries, and
Mt. Lebanon as having an equable climate dur-
ing the summer, and Brummana as affording in
its hotels and the hospitable institutions of the
Friends abundant facilities for entertaining so large
a number of guests.
The 196 delegates represented eleven Protestant
denominations, viz. :
The Church of England, Established Church of
Scotland, Free Church of Scotland, American Pres-
byterian, Irish Presbyterian, Keformed Presbyte-
rian, Congregational, Lutheran, Friends, Metho-
dist and Baptist.
They also represented twenty-four societies, com-
mittees and institutions, viz. : The Church Mis-
sionary Society, American Presbyterian Board,
London Jews Society, A. B. C. F. M., Society for
Promoting Female Education in the East, Lebanon
Schools Committee (of Scotland), British Syrian
School and Bible Mission, Friends For. Miss.
Assoc., Syrian Protestant College, St. George's
Moslem Schools (Miss Taylor), North African
Mission, Christian Union Mission, Church of Eng-
land Woman's Miss. Sec, Danish Independent
Mission, Irish Presbyterian Mission, Robert Col-
lege, English Hospital Jaffa-German Lutheran,
Kaiserswerth Deaconesses, St. John's Hospital,
Beirut, Egypt Mission Band, Miss Procter's Schools,
Reformed Presbyterian, Lebanon Hospital for the
Insane.
Thirty papers were read and twenty-five ad-
dresses given, besides the remarks, ofien of great
interest, offered by members of the conference in
the regular sessions and the devotional exercises.
The interest increased from day to day and the
whole exercises were marked by spiritual fervor,
Christian unity of purpose and sympathy, and a
longing for a mighty baptism of the Holy Spirit.
The papers will all be printed in pamphlet form
and many of them will be of permanent value.
Space will not permit me to quote from them, but I
will give a list of the writers and their subjects.
After introductory addresses by Rev. Dr. Ford
and Rev. Dr. W. M. Eddy, papers were read on :
1. Missionary Beginnings in the East By Rev. Wm. Bird,
now in his seventy-fifth year.
2. The aim of Christian Missions in the Levant. Rev. H.
H. Jessup, D.D.
3. The Motive of Christian Missions in the Levant. Rev.
J. R. L. Hall, Jerusalem.
4. The Value of Bible and Tract Distribution. Rev. George
M. Mackie, Beirut.
5. The Holy Spirit the Essential Need for the Christian
Life and for Christian Missions. Rev. George M.
Mackie and Miss Shattuck, of Oorfa.
6. Personal Consecration. Rev. J. G. Phillips, Damascus.
7. Diversity in the Operations of the Holy Spirit. Rev. F.
W. March, Tripoli.
8. Christ the Great Teacher. Rev. S. Jessup, D.D., Sidon.
9. The Intellectual Standard and Religious Influence of the
Elementary Schools. Rev. F. E. Hoskins, Zahleh, and
Miss C. Thompson, B. S. M., Beirut.
10. What Should Be Expected from the Schools of Higher
Education with Reference to the Christian Life of the
Country. Rev. D. Bliss, D.D. , S. P. College, and Frank
E. Ellis, Esq. , Preparandi School, Jerusalem.
11. The Deepening of the Spiritual Life : The Fact, and How
Attained. Rev. H. Sykes, Nazareth, and Mrs. H. H.
Jessup, Beirut.
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12. Tokens of God's Influence in the Schools. Miss Char-
lotte Brown, Sidon.
13. Evangelistic Work among the Oriental Churches. Rev.
Donald Wilson, Es Salt.
14. Evangelistic Work among the Oriental Churches. Rev.
W. K. Eddy, Sidon.
15. Evangelistic Work among the Moslems. Rev. C. T.
Wilson, Jerusalem.
16. Evangelistic Work among the Moslems. Miss Jessie
Taylor, Beirut,
17. Evangelistic Work among the Jews. Rev. A. H. Kelk,
Jerusalem.
18. Evangelistic Work among the Jews. Rev. J. Soutar,
Safed.
19. Evangelistic Work among the Druzes. Rev. W. Bird,
Abeih.
20-21. How Can the Syrian Evangelical Churches be Made
More Spiritually Efficient, and the Youth be Best
Trained for Active Service? Rev. H. Sykes, Nazareth,
and Rev. J. S. Crawford, Damascus.
22. The Promotion of the Missionary Spirit in the Eastern
Evangelical Churches. Rev. Khalil Jemal, Nazareth,
and Mr. Tanios Saad, Shwifat.
23. Remembrance of Fellow-workers and Prayer for the
Progress of Missions in All Lands. Rev. S. Gould,
M.D., Nabulus.
24. Service of Medical Missions in Advancing the Religion
of Christ. Rev. George E. Post, M.D., Beirut.
25. Service of Medical Missions in Advancing the Religion
of Christ. Mary Pierson Eddy, M.D., Beirut and
Itinerant
26. Service of Medical Missions in Advancing the Religion
of Christ. Dr. Beshara Manassah, Brummana.
27. Technical and Industrial Missions. Rev. George E.
Ford, D.D., Sidon.
28. Technical and Industrial Missions. Harley Clarke, Esq. ,
Brummana.
29. Woman's Work for Woman. Miss Werner, Beirut
30. Woman's Work for Woman. Miss Nicholson Abond,
Palestine.
31. In the Unity of the Spirit. Mutual Sympathy and Co-
operation. Rev. William Jessup, Zahleb.
32. Work for Orphans and Widows. Miss C. Shattuck, Oorfa.
33. Personal Experience in Missionary Work. Miss Procter,
Shwifat.
34. Experience in the Brummana Work. Theophilus Walde-
meier, Osfunigeh.
On Sunday, August 14, five sermons were
preached, three in English by Rev. J. G. B.
Hollins, Cairo ; Rev. G. M. Mackie, Beirut ;
Prof. William Ives Curtiss, Chicago, and one in
Arabic, by Rev. H. H. Jessup, Beirut. The closing
testimony meeting was led at evening by Rev. W.
S. Nelson, of Tripoli, and increased in interest and
power to the end.
The conference was a great success.
1. It was the first general conference of Protest-
ant missionaries in Western Asia. An important
meeting of the N. P. Mission in Cairo on the same
day prevented our Egyptian brethren from attend-
ing, but with this exception nearly all the societies
laboring in the Levant were represented.
2. It was not an ecclesiastical nor a business
meeting. No votes were taken or called for on
points of mission policy, but there was free inter-
change of thought on the most of the subjects pre-
sented. The only defect was the multiplicity of
subjects and the consequent want of time for free
discussion.
3. The spiritual element was predominant. The
devotional meetings at 6.30 A.M. and 6 P.M. were
fully attended and full of animation and spiritual
power. The singing was led by a choir of English
and American young men and women and joined
in by the whole audience, using the sacred songs
and solos.
4. The spirit of brotherly union and harmony
was inexpressibly delightful. Party names were
unknown and ignored. We were all one in Christ
and all felt that our great object, in this land of war-
ring sects, is to exalt Christ and Christ alone.
5. Much was said about the spiritual life, the
work of the Spirit, definite reception of the Spirit
and the Spirit-controlled life, and many felt that
they had received a new unction from on high.
6. It was agreed that, if the Lord will, another
conference of Christian workers be held here in
1901, thus giving it a triennial character.
7. Deep interest was awakened by the presence
of Miss Shattuck, the noble Christian woman who
stood alone at her post in Oorfa when 8000 Chris-
tians were massacred. She has returned to her
home cheered by the prayers and sympathies of
every one of this company of brethren and sisters,
and accompanied by Mrs. Shaw, who has had long
experience as a teacher in the United States and
has been visiting her daughter, Mrs. Doolittle, in
Deirel Kouer, Mt. Lebanon.
It was my privilege to see them on board the
Egyptian steamer, August 19, for Alexandretta en
route for Oorfa. Miss Shattuck read to me an in-
teresting letter just received from Rev. Mr.
Saunders, describing a communion season at Kessab,
southwest of Antioch, where, as the result of a great
work of grace, 107 members were received to the
communion of the church and eighty-five infants
were baptized — this is only one of many signs
of spiritual awakening in various parts of the
empire. Yours sincerely,
Henry H. Jessup.
COLLEGES AND ACADEMIES.
LEWIS ACADEMY.
This institution, at Wichita, Kans.,
began its thirteenth scholastic year on Sep-
tember 6, 1898.
In any age preceding the marvelous
present, and in any land except the won-
derful West, its growth and development
would have seemed almost incredible.
As a slender twig planted in the prairie
soil beside a perennial stream shoots up-
ward and outward until, after a dozen
years, its branches reach out with ample
shelter, so this school from a small begin-
ning has developed rapidly into an institu-
tion of almost national repute. Its attend-
ance has steadily increased until the enroll-
ment for the past year reached 272. It has
graduated in twelve years 133 pupils. Of
its graduates many are now filling promi-
nent and honorable positions in the pulpit,
the classroom, in
law, medicine, edi-
torial and other pro-
fessional lines. In
many of our best col-
leges throughout the
country its graduates
have made a record
for Lewis Academy
intellectually, and
spiritually, in stir-
ring up their fellow-
pupils to religious
activity, unsurpassed
by those of any pre-
paratory school in
the land. During
the past year three
of its graduates car-
ried off first honor as
graduates of as many
of our best-known
Eastern colleges,
while many others
have taken valua-
ble prizes in other
higher institutions of
learning during the
past and preceding
years. Of its present
and past pupils, thirty- six have either
entered upon or are preparing for ministerial
or missionary labor. It is believed that of
those who have attended the academy for a
period of one year or more, fully seventy-
five per cent, have left its walls devoted
Christians.
Such is the record of an institution whose
founding was directly inspired by the action
of the General Assembly in creating Ihe
Board of Aid for Colleges and Academies.
It stands as a monument to the wisdom of
that action. When the late Dr. J. D.
Hewilt and his coadjutors in 1884 deter-
mined to establish this academy, it was with
the firm reliance that, after exhausting
every reasonable resource among the local
friends and supporters of the institution,
the Board of Aid would supplement their
efforts with such financial assistance as
might be necessary. This the Board has
Lewis Academy, Wichita, Kansas.
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406
LEWIS ACADEMY.
[November,
The Late Dr. J. D. Hewitt.
done most liberally. With the annual
appropriations made by the Board the
academy has been able each year lo present
a balance sheet clean and clear of every
item of expense.
But all along its history there has been,
in contrast with the sunny side above pre-
sented, a reverse picture, dark and threat-
ening. In acquiring its handsome grounds,
located in the heart of the city, and in
erecting and equipping its splendid building
— a property once valued
at $100,000, but which,
while it would now bring
far less than that figure if
put upon the market, is
yet just as valuable for the
purpose of the school as it
ever was — the academy
found il self in debt $34,-
000. Through the gener-
ous action of the Board of
Aid and of local friends
this indebtedness has, in
ten years, been reduced
to a point where $10,000
will wipe it out complete-
ly, lis local friends are
loyal but poor. The de-
mands upon the Christian
people of this part of the
country are numerous and pressing.
Churches, missions, hospitals, Y. M. C. A.,
and temperance work, and a thousand other
things appeal constantly to the charitable
and progressive people of the growing West
with an eloquence that is irresistible.
The academy has taken a stride forward
this year in raising its course of study one
year so as to meet the requirements of those
Easlern colleges which have recently ad-
vanced their entrance qualifications one full
year's work. Its graduates may now enter
the Freshman year of these colleges, or the
Sophomore year of any others. This in-
volves increased annual expense, but the
academy will still be able, with the usual
allowance from the Board of Aid, to
balance all accounts at the year's end.
The time has come, however, when, in
order to fulfill its manifest destiny, this
school should be freed from debt and
endowed. It should no longer be com-
pelled to exist as a pensioner upon the
charity of the Board. It should have a
dormitory to accommodate the students who
are flocking here from country districts and
other States. It should have the endow-
ment of professorships and scholarships for
bright but indigent students, burning with
ambition to qualify themselves to make the
world better. Already the school furnishes
free tuition for those pupils preparing for
the ministry who are under care of presby-
tery, and reduced rates fur ministers' chil-
dren. But in this section there are hun-
dreds of poor but worthy young people —
A portion of the Pupils and Faculty, Lewis Acaden^, 1898.
1898.]
LEWIS ACADEMY.
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Naylor, Ph.D., Principal
poor in purse but richly endowed with a
brilliant minds — who would gladly avail
themselves of this school if scholarship
could be awarded upon a basis of merit;
and all these uncut diamonds could be
polished for the Master's crown.
The academy has by its splendid record
earned the right to be favorably considered
by those stewards of God's bounty who are
looking for an investment that will yield a
rich dividend throughout the cycles of
eternity.
The denomination of Friends have just
established a university at Wichita with
$200,000 endowment. The Congregationa-
lists have here a college which has already
received pledges of $150,000, conditioned
upon raising $50,000 more. Shall this
lusty and most hopeful child of our own
Church, first in the field, and still working
in a field unoccupied by others — that of a
first-class Christian academy — be allowed to
languish in the shadow of these two nobly en-
dowed colleges of our brotner denominations ?
Lewis Academy does not aspire to be a
college — certainly not a second or third-rate
college. Its founders were enthusiastic in
the belief that first-class Christian acad-
emies are far more in demand in this
Western country than low-grade and sickly
institutions glorying in the self-styled titles
of " colleges " and " universities."
Its Board of Trustees are among the most
conservative and level -headed business men
of the community. No commercial enter-
prise in Wichita is managed with more
careful attention to details, or with more
wisdom, judgment and tact.
With such a Board of managing officers,
such a record of scholarship and Christian dis-
cipline behind it, such bright promise for the
future, Lewis Academy seems to offer the
most inviting conditions for endowment that
can possibly be presented. The donor, after
whom the academy is named, will gladly
consent to a change of its name that shall
perpetuate the memory of any generous friend
who will now come liberally to its support.
The power of personality to create the best per-
sonality is what Browning is forever trying to tell
us. It is the truth which lies at the basis of Sir
Richard Steele's remark made in respect to Lady
Elizabeth Hastings, "to love her was a liberal
education." That intimacy of companionship
which love represents gave to life breadth and
c depth and height, so broad and high and deep
was her own nature. — Dr. C. F. Thwing, in Tlie
Best Life.
Col. Hiram M. Lewis,
President of the Board of Trustees.
MINISTERIAL RELIEF.
THE ENCHANTED CAVE.
In the ballads of Sir Walter Scott there
is the legend of the Enchanted Cave and
the Sleeping Knights. It is said that once
a Scotch patriot in his wanderings came
across this mysterious cave and he was won-
derfully surprised to find that all around
the entrance to this place of strange en-
chantment there lay, full-armed, a large
body of stalwart knights sound asleep, with
their horses tethered without and as fast
asleep as the warriors themselves, and the
Scottish patriot could neither waken up men
nor horses; but when he entered the cave
he saw a trumpet and a sword hanging upon
the wall with written instructions that if
any one needed aid from these stalwart
sleeping knights he must seize the sword
and then blow the trumpet in reveille.
Needing just such help as he saw lying
all around him in a dead sleep, the Scottish
patriot eagerly grasped the trumpet and
suddenly blew a long, loud blast, and,
presto! all at once there sprang to his side
the whole company of sleeping knights,
wide awake and all alert for any duty and
any danger, and they demanded of him
what service they could render.
The patriot then related to them the
great danger in which his native land,
which he dearly loved, was then standing,
and he asked the goodly knights for their
assistance. They stood ready and able to
grant him the very assistance his imperiled
country needed, but with one upbraiding
voice they all exclaimed, " Well, but why
have you not taken down the sword ? We
want you to lead. The writing says that
he who minds the horn must also seize the
brand.' '
Disgusted and disgruntled with the want
of courage of the professed patriot because
he did not take the sword and show a high
sense of chivalrous honor and bravery and
perform the duty of a soldier and a leader
in time of need, they plunged him down
over a great cliff, and again laid themselves
down to sleep.
This is a legend, and therein is a parable.
408
The sleeping knights are the members of
the Church who have gone into the en-
chanted cave of worldly ease, and have
fallen fast asleep, and all the means at
their command for doing the Lord's work
are lying as still and useless as the tethered
and sleeping horses of the stalwart knights.
The members of our churches, like the
sleeping knights, are full -armed, and strong
in resources, and large in numbers and
ready for any noble, generous, magnan-
imous work to which the leaders of the
sacramental host may choose to summon
them by the blast of the gospel trumpet,
but the leaders themselves must obey the
writing on the wall and take the sword —
the sword of the Spirit which is the word of
God, and lead the awakened knights boldly
forward in every great and self-sacrificing
work for the good of suffering humanity
and the glory of the God of our salvation.
Ordinary voices could not waken the
sleeping knights in the enchanted cave, and
ordinary voices will not arouse the sleeping
members of our churches who have been
lured, perhaps, by siren songs into the over-
powering atmosphere of the enchanted cave
of worldly ease. Our leaders must gird on
the sword of the Spirit, which is the word
of the living God, and courageously stand
before the stalwart sleeping knighis and
blow a long, loud blast on the trumpet of
the Lord, and then they will awake from
their slumber and enchantment and stand
full-armed, and strong, and ready for any
self-denial, and any duty to which they are
convinced the Lord, their God and Saviour,
has really called them. Arouse their
thought, awaken their conscience, stir their
souls, call forth Iheir faith, show them their
hope, and they will perform any work to
which they see they are called by the word
and providence of God. Let the trumpet
sound out its loud and long reveille, as the
leaders stand girded for the conflict them-
selves, and the aroused, awakened forces of
the Church, by the inspiriting and invigor-
ating influences of the Spirit of the Lord,
can and will unitedly spring to the help of
the needy and drive all want and suffering
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THE ENCHANTED CAVE.
409
from the homes of God's suffering saints
and push forward with gigantic power
the conquest of the whole wide world
for the enthroned Lord of life and immor-
tality.
Brethren in the ministry, the hallowed
cause of the Board of Relief is emphati-
cally our cause. Many of our brethren
and many of the families of our departed
comrades stand this day most sorely in need
of help — help which you can in God's
great name command by the mere sounding
of the trumpet hanging on the wall ! Will
you blow that trumpet and awake the full-
armed, stalwart knights that are sleeping in
the enchanted cave of worldly ease ? There
is suffering, unspeakable suffering, abroad
in the land. The noble knights of the
army of the Lord have not realized the
facts. They have not been made acquainted
by their leaders of the real condition of
things and with all their means and power
to grant relief, they have been permitted
to go to sleep. They are not dead! They
are not indifferent when awake. But they
are not fully informed of the need of help
which they so abundantly possess and when
aroused are so heartily willing to afford.
Brethren in the ministry, if we all play the
chivalrous part of the true soldier and
arouse our glorious army and show our
valiant soldiers the duty that is expected at
their hands, they will come to the relief of
our old and honored comrades and the splen-
did women who have so faithfully stood by
their side and cheered and comforted them
in their self-denying labors. With a high
sense of honor and justice let us seize the
sword — it is God's word! — and let us sound
the call to duty all along the line of the
host of God's elect, and there will be no
failure in duty, there will be no suffering
left unrelieved, there will be left no bur-
dened hearts feeling that they are neglected
by a sleeping Church, after all the noble
service they have rendered to our beloved
Zion. " He who minds the horn must also
seize the brand."
If all who neglect to take the sword and
sound the call to duty should, by the
aroused knights, be hurled over some awful
cliff, what a break there would be in the
ranks of the leaders when over 3000
churches do nothing each year for the relief
of their needy brethren and the dependent
households of those who sacrificed their
very life for the upbuilding of our great
and glorious Church!
We cannot preserve our honor before God
and humanity as leaders of the host if we
sit down in serene indifference to the wants
and woes of our fellow-soldiers. The worn-
out soldiers in the grand army of the Lord
have a right io expect that those of us who
are still in active service will make some
reasonable provision for them to meet the
cravings of hunger and to enable them to
ward off the chilling blasts of winter, and
the aroused Church will always stand ready
to respond to every reasonable call for aid.
Brethren, this cause of Ministerial Relief
is preeminently and emphatically " our
cause," and we have no right to expect
that the noble knights of our great Presby-
terian hosts, who may forsooth be sleeping
around the enchanted cave, and waiting the
trumpet call to duty once a year, will awake
and come to our relief if we do not play a
chivalrous part, and with dauntless courage
and with a high sense of honor toward our
suffering brethren, seize the sword of the
word of God and blow the bugle blast that
will waken up the sleeping knights who are
a mighty and willing host to follow a coura-
geous leader and give relief wherever and
whenever needed.
Brethren in the pastorate, you cannot
plead for yourselves in presenting this sacred
cause, for you cannot receive a dollar of the
money of the Board while you are able to
work, but are you doing your duty to your
brethren who are in straits, in want, and in
physical suffering, and mental anguish, if
you do not boldly arouse God's people to a
consciousness of duty to his suffering saints ?
Your people constitute the bravest and the
best of all God's sacramental host, and
when aroused, like the sleeping knights
around the enchanted cave, will stand ready
to do any duty which the known necessities
of God's suffering saints demand.
We need not be afraid to ask God's peo-
ple for God's money for God's suffering
saints. They love to give when they know
the reality of suffering which is abroad in
the Church. Tell them the true state of
the case. Show them that some of the best
men the Church has ever heard preach,
that some of the most useful home mission-
aries who have ever led self-sacrificing lives
for Christ, that some of the best mission-
aries who have ever gone to the foreign
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TYPICAL CASES.
[November,
field, that some of the choicest women who
ever held commissions to work at home or
abroad, are on the roll of annuitants of the
Board of Relief, and that the money the
churches contribute will be carefully, con-
scientiously and fairly distributed among all
these needy and deserving men and women,
and they will respond to your call with glad
hearts and thank you for giving them a
golden opportunity to minister to the neces-
sities of worthy servants of Christ and use
their money for the glory of God.
CHURCH ERECTION.
TYPICAL CASES.
The following cases from among the appli-
cations awaiting the action of the Board
may be considered as typical, and may
serve to give our readers an idea of the
nature of the fields to which the money
they contribute is given.
Calumet, Oklahoma Territory.
This is a little town that has sprung up
within a few months upon the recent exten-
sion of the Chocktaw Railroad.
The church was organized last June with
a membership of eight. There is no church
building in town and no other organization
excepting a small Roman Catholic church.
There is now an average congregation of
fifty, ministered to by the Rev. John
McMillan, of Geary. The lot upon which
the church is to stand was given it and the
people are erecting a little building to cost
$600. Toward this the people have sub-
scribed already $300, and they ask the
Board for $300.
Lankershim, California.
This little church is in southern Cali-
fornia and, although organized four years
ago, has not as yet been able to build a house
of worship. The only other church is a
small Methodist organization. The minis-
ter in charge (living at Burbank) writes:
11 This place can be grouped with Burbank
and receive preaching every Sunday after-
noon. The minister at Burbank is willing
and ready to take it up as soon as a place
of worship can be had. The people lost
nearly all their hay and fruit crop this year
by reason of drought and frost, and are
doing remarkably well, all things consid-
ered." The little building is to cost $650,
and the people have subscribed $400. They
ask the Board for S250. The chairman
of the presbytery's committee writes:
" The year has been a very hard one on
the people, and while they can and cheer-
fully do give time and labor, very few have
money nor have they much to sell to get it
with. It hasn't always been so. It won't
always be so."
Johnston, North Dakota.
Organized last January. Average church
attendance, 75; membership, 22; in the
Sunday-school, 50. Building to cost
$1700, and lot (paid for) $90. Subscrip-
tion of $976 and more expected. They ask
of Board, $566. " This is a very prosper-
ous section of the country, always yielding
a good harvest. Also it is the stronghold
of Presbyterianism and will no doubt go
on prospering as soon as we have a suitable
house of worship."
Pine Creek, Colorado.
Organized last March. Membership, 37 ;
average attendance, 100; in the Sunday-
school, 105.
This field is twenty -one mile3 from any
Presbyterian church, and there is no other
church or place of worship in this young
town of 500 people. There is a subscrip-
tion of $1242 toward a $2100 building,
and a lot worth $300 has been given.
The pastor was lately a lawyer in
Durango, Colo., doing missionary work
under the direction of his pastor. The
results were so marked that the presbytery
licensed him to preach. He went into the
valley of the Pine River, a place supposed
to be very difficult and almost without
any religious advantages. The church
organized there is the fruit of his labors,
and the " Presbytery is thankful to our
Maker for the good tidings coming from so
far away." Dr. Kirkwood, synodical
superintendent, writing from this field, says:
"lam astonished at what this people are
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ARCHITECTURAL PLANS — THE WORK APPRECIATED.
411
doing and have done. The church is beau-
tiful and complete and of good plan. I
am fully persuaded that the outlay is well
worth all that has been stated or estimated.
I hope you will be able to get for this people
the amount asked."
Jupiter, North Carolina.
This is a work among the mountain
whites not far from Asheville, and near the
Tennessee border. Dr. Duncan, synodical
superintendent of Tennessee, writes : ' ' For
some years our Woman's Board of Missions
has been assisting in operating a school
among the mountain people of Jupiter and
the little church is the direct outgrowth of
the school. The people are poor, and the
amount raised on the ground is compara-
tively small. I know the circumstances
and financial condition of the members and
am certain they have done well. There is
a good prospect of growth. Here is a new
work among a people who have heretofore
known little about our Church. This is an
important outpost. Jupiter is the geograph-
ical centre of a most interesting mountain
region which I wish you could see."
The membership of the church is twenty,
with an average attendance of ninety.
There are thirty- five in the Sunday-school .
The title to the lot is in the Board of
Home Missions, and the building is to cost
$2200, to be used both for a place of wor-
ship and a school. The Woman's Board
has contributed $500 toward the edifice,
and the people ask the Board for $700.
ARCHITECTURAL PLANS.
The Board has for many years furnished
when requested sketches of church build-
ings and manses, and in many instances
provided also, at a verv moderate price,
the working drawings and specifications used
in building. Requests for such aid and
advice are so frequent that the officers are
persuaded that this department of their
work, which it believes important, has been
very widely appreciated.
In connection with this branch of its
work the Board has during the last fifteen
years printed several pamphlets containing
designs furnished by experienced architects
and representing buildings costing from $800
upwards.
It has now inaugurated a new method of
supplying designs which it believes will
prove still more effective. Its last pam-
phlet edition being exhausted, instead of
issuing a new edition, it has prepared designs
to be printed upon separate sheets, so that a
selection from the stock can be made to
meet the requirements of each particular
case.
Thus instead of sending to each applicant
the same book containing perhaps fifty
designs ranging from $800 to $20,000,
only a few of which can prove adapted to
the work in question, it can now send a
half-dozen separate sheets all representing a
building of about the size and expense
desired.
It would therefore request that when
application is made for such plans, it be
specified what is expected to be the size,
cost, seating capacity and material of the
proposed building.
It may be added that while the Board
has sketches of buildings of quite expensive
character and which may serve a good pur-
pose in giving suggestions, it yet strongly
advises that in all cases where a building
is to cost more than $5000, a competent-
architect be selected and the work entrusted
to his hands.
In this way a building is secured that
meets the special needs of the congregation
in question, and in the end, in the case of
such buildings, there will be usually a
saving in other respects that will counter-
balance the fees of the architect.
For this reason the Board cannot in the
case of more expensive buildings, although
it sends the designs, supply the working
drawings and specifications, but will refer
the church to the architect who made the
sketch.
THE WORK APPRECIATED.
Letters containing sentences like the
following are constantly coming to the office,
and indicate clearly the benefit of the work
accomplished by the Church through the
Board :
" Received your remittance. Enclosed
please find receipt for the same. Permit
me to express the gratitude of trustees and
people for the grant received, with the hope
that it will do much toward helping in the
advancement of the Master's kingdom in
this place."
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INGLESIDE SEMINARY— THE PRODUCTS OF OUR WORK. [November,
' ' I send the receipt for the two hundred
and fifty dollars that was gratefully received
and without which we would not have been
able to build us a church -house such as
would have been suitable. Manv thanks
to the Board."
" With joyful hearts we dedicated our
beautiful little church last Sabbath. The
church is nicely furnished with bell and
organ. The people cooperated beautifully
in the building and furnishing and all funds
were raised previous to dedication. The
gift of the Board was mentioned with deep
gratitude."
ORGAN WANTED.
The Rev. L. E. Jesseph. of Harrington,
Wash. , makes the following appeal :
" Could you assist us by way of getting
some kind-hearted Christian, or some
church in the East, to donate us a new
organ for our new church ? We hope to
have church done in about sixty days."
FREEDMEN
INGLESIDE SEMINARY.
Ingleside Seminary, at Burkeville, Va.,
is situated at the junction of the N. & W.
and Southern Railways, two of the most
important railway systems of the Southeast.
About a mile from the depot, upon a hill
commanding a fine view of the surround-
ing country, and affording excellent drain-
age, near an abundant supply of excellent
water, in the midst of a campus containing
about twenty-two acres of field and grove,
the Board of Missions for Freedmen
erected s substantial four-story brick
building at a cost of about $20,000. This
building, minus the left wing, which could
not be completed for lack of funds, was
finished in July, 1892, and here in Octo-
ber, of that year, were gathered about one
hundred girls, and the real work of the
seminary was begun.
Many of these girls, coming from our
parochial schools, where they had been
carefully trained, and from earnest Chris-
tian homes, established at once a moral
tone that has been helpful to the institution
ever since.
Many of the girls were professing Chris-
tians when they came, and others, one after
another, without excitement, have given
their hearts to the Saviour, and dedicated
their lives to his service, so that when the
school closed the first year there were only
seven girls who bad not made a profession
of religion, and all of these were earnestly
inquiring the way.
In some subsequent years it has happened
that there was not a single girl in the insti-
tution that was not a professing Christian.
Of the twenty -five graduates of the class of
'96, twenty at least are known to be teach-
ing in parochial and public schools in
Virginia and Delaware.
The picture represents a graduating class
of sixteen. Of this class the president of
the school, Rev. G. C. Campbell, wrote:
"As such classes as this, year after year,
leave Ingleside and other schools of like
character, what a mighty power for good
they become! Their elevating influences
are felt in home, church and society. Oh,
that we might reach and help more of
these earnest but ignorant girls, many of
whom see and desire the light and help
received by our students, but are financially
unable to secure it for themselves."
THE PRODUCTS OF OUR WORK.
The farmer at the end of the year shows
a well-filled garner as the product of his
toil. The miller looks with pleasure upon
the pile of sacks of flour that are the result
of his grinding. The baker counts his
loaves, to assure himself that his efforts have
produced the results that were desired and
intended. No one likes to labor in vain or
spend his strength for naught.
The work of the professors and teachers
laboring in schools of the Freedmen under
the care of the Board is intended to culti-
vate the minds and hearts and develop the
characters of the pupils under their care.
The education of young women of the
race, who are to be the home-makers and
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THE PRODUCTS OF OUR WORK.
413
A Graduating Class at Ingleside Seminary, Burke ville, Va.
the mothers of the succeeding generation, is
regarded by all who have given any thought
to the work of evangelizing the Negro as
one of the most important if not the most
important part. The Freedmen's Board
has under its care five large institutions,
devoted exclusively to the educating and
training of young women, who board in the
institutions, and are continually under the
watch and care of the cultivated Christian
teachers who are devoting their time and
their energies to this most commendable
Christian missionary service.
After these young girls and women have
spent from four to six years under the
refining and elevating influences of these
Christian homes, they go out into the world
and back to their race fitted to exercise in
the communities in which Iheir lots are cast
influences for good which God alone can
measure.
Each of the five female seminaries, Scotia
at Concord, N. C, Barber Memorial at
Anniston, Ala., Mary Holmes at West
Point, Miss., Mary Allen ac Crockett,
Tex., and Ingleside at Burkeville, Va., are
preparing and sending forth these messen-
gers of good for the uplifting and redemp-
tion of their race.
The photograph of a group of sixteen
young women, which accompanies this arti-
cle, affords a good example of the annual
product and output of these institutions that
are supported through missionary zeal and
Christian benevolence.
The class as seen in the picture is gath-
ered under the trees in the yard of the
Ingleside Seminary at Burkeville, Va. The
girls are arrayed in their graduation
dresses, each made by its own wearer.
The girls in the institution are required to
dress uniformly. The regulation dress of
the school is simple and inexpensive. The
plan has for its object the repression of
extravagance and the exclusion of the
gaudy. It also eliminates rivalry and
leaves little room for vanitv.
Writing in the Lutheran Observer of Indepen-
dence Day— July 26— in Liberia, Dr. Pohlman
speaks of the little republic as the place " where
God is working out the problem of the Negro race,
by granting to it all the rights, privileges, oppor-
tunities, that he grants to any race of the earth's
inhabitants who desire to forge ahead in the scale
of civilization, culture and Christianity. For here
are churches, schools, legislative halls and all the
machinery that goes toward higher development."
EDUCATION.
SEMINARY LIBRARIES.
We are glad to call attention to the gen-
erous gifts of friends of education by which
our theological seminaries are becoming
admirably supplied with facilities for study
and investigation. It may be that new
gifts may thus be secured for those of our
institutions which at present are not well
provided for. We give this month a pic-
ture of the Virginia Library recently built
and presented to McCormick Seminary by
Mrs. Nettie F. McCormick. The style is
exceedingly beautiful and appropriate for
such an edifice. It is a modern building
erected upon the most approved principles,
and is intended to furnish facilities for
special work in the various departments of
theological study. It contains about 20,000
volumes, including the valuable collection
of works on Old Testament Criticism and
Exegesis bequeathed to the seminary by
the late Prof. Bissell. The putting up of
this building offers encouragement to friends
of learning to do something for the Library
Fund of the seminary, which amounts to
barely $274-2, and is in extreme need of
large additions promptly made.
At Auburn the beautiful Dodge-Morgan
Library building furnishes accommodation
for the collection of 25,000 books and
about 7500 pamphlets which are at the
disposal of the students. A photographic
reproduction of the Codex Bezae is among
the recent additions. The Reference
Library in Morgan Hall contains the
Dayton Memorial Library, which affords
excellent facilities in the prosecution of
literary work.
At Lane, Smith Library Hall stands
on the north side of the campus with well-
lighted alcoves containing more than 18,000
volumes. Among the treasures is the
original MS. of the famous Auburn Declar-
ation. Here, too, may be seen the MS.
lectures of Profs. Lyman Beecher, Henry
Smith and D. Howe Allen.
We gave recently a picture of the new
and most attractive Vail Memorial Library
at Lincoln University. The friends of the
Negro, and those who appreciate the
importance of providing for him the oppor-
414
tunity of advanced education, may now feel
. that they can make valuable gifts of books
with the assurance, hitherto wanting, that
they will be put where danger of loss bv
fire is practically removed. A most
acceptable gift would be money to constitute
a fund for the regular increase of the
library. The stack room, as at present
arranged, has a capacity for 30,000
volumes.
We gave in a previous number an
excellent picture of the library of the
Western Seminary, which is a fireproof
building with more than 27,000 volumes on
its shelves. It contains the libraries of the
late Profs. Halsey and Wilson, together
with recent additions of valuable material
for historical and exegetical study. We
take occasion to call attention to the need of
pecuniary provision for the support of a com-
petent librarian who may give his whole
time to the care of the books and to the
training of the students in the use of them.
The commodious library at Princeton was
built for the seminary by the late James
Lenox, LL.D. , of New York. It contains
59,000 bound volumes, including the libra-
ries of Drs. Ashbel Green, John M. Krebs,
John Breckenridge (corresponding secretary
of the Board of Education from 1831-36),
J. Addison Alexander, and others. There
is also a very remarkable collection of
works on the Baptist controversy, em brac-
ing over 2000 volumes and 3000 pamphlets,
the gift of Mr. Samuel Agnew, of Phila-
delphia.
The pamphlets in the library amount to
24,600, and include the large and unique
collection presented by the late Rev. Dr.
Sprague. It is a happy circumstance that
friends of Princeton, such as the late
Messrs. R. L. and A. Stuart, Mrs. R. L.
Kennedy, and the executors of the estate of
John C. Green, Esq., have provided funds,
amounting in all to 838,000, the annual
proceeds of which secure the maintenance
and increase of the library.
The San Francisco Seminary has a library
of over 18,000 volumes in Scott Library
Hall. This building is admirably lighted,
and presents with its dome and tower an
imposing appearance.
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LEARNING THE CATECHISM.
[November.
The library of Danville Seminary con-
tains carefully selected and valuable works,
but ihere is absolutely no endowment for
the general library, and some hundreds of
dollars are required at once for the purpose
of classifying and indexing the books
according to modern methods. Let some
friend of Danville send a check for $500y
and thus enable those in charge to make the
library for practical purposes more than
doubly valuable.
The seminary at Omaha has a library of
about 2000 volumes, having received valu-
able additions recently. This young insti-
tution may well claim help in its efforts to
greatly increase the facilities which it offers
to its students. Money to buy new books is
perhaps the matter of most urgent need.
Biddle University has a library of about
8500 volumes of commentaries and relig-
ious and secular literal ure.
The German Theological School of
Newark has over 4000 volumes, quite a num-
ber of which came from the library of our
late secretary, the Kev. D. W. Poor,
D.D., while the German School of the
Northwest has a library of perhaps 3000
books, with many pamphlets, the foundation
having been laid in the library which Prof.
Van Vliet left to the institution. Modern
ivorks are urgently required.
LEARNING THE CATECHISM.
One of the questions which must be an-
swered wilh regard 1o every candidate for a
scholarship concerns his acquaintance with
the Shorter Catechism. This is in accord-
ance with a number of deliverances of the
General Assembly. Thus in 1868 it was
resolved by Ihe General Assembly (O. S.)
" that Ihe presbyteries be required to see that
the candidates for licensure be well versed
in the Catechism, and well furnished with
Scripture texts." In 1877 the proposition
that all candidates coming under the care
of the Board should be required by their
presbyteries to qualify themselves for accept-
ance by committing to memory the whole
of the Catechism was commended as wise,
and referred to the presbyteries as a useful
hint in conducting the examination of can-
didates.
In 1880 it was " recommended that the
directors of the theological seminaries under
the care of the Assembly be requested to
see to it that all candidates for the Presby-
terian ministry under their instruction be
prepared for an annual examination in the
Westminster Shorter Catechism." This
action was reiterated the next year. In-
deed, the General Assembly has repeatedly
required that not only candidates, but all
children of the Church, should be trained
from early years in the knowledge of the
Catechism.
The Board has accordingly felt it to be
its duty to keep a careful watch over this
matter ; and, if there is any deficiency when
the candidate is first accepted, it is expected
that it will be remedied before the time comes
for the renewal of the scholarship.
We venture to quote a portion of a letter
from one of the candidates to illustrate the
fidelity displayed in this matter: " I assure
you that I have committed it and took an
examination on it last year in this seminary.
We love the dear old Catechism, and will
impart its doctrines as long as we breathe
the breath of life."
WHY IS IT REQUIRED?
The money distributed by the Board is a
sacred trust, as is also that which con-
stitutes the endowments and the scholarships
of the several theological seminaries. It
has been given by men and women who love
the doctrine, government and worship of
the Presbyterian Church for the express
purpose of training up a ministry who can
be depended upon to teach with clearness
and force to succeeding generations the
doctrines which were the spring and source
of the religious life of themselves and their
fathers. It is admitted on all hands that
these doctrines are set forth in a most admir-
able manner in the Shorter Catechism.
The man who has committed its answers to
memory has already become well acquainted
with systematic theology, and that in a
most attractive form, clear, concise, well-
ordered, full, distinct, without evasions, yet,
at the same time, neither technical nor
polemical; rather moderate, irenical,
catholic.
The nations of the earth are insisting
that their soldiers must be equipped with
the very best weapons. Our Church has
from the beginning insisted that her minis-
ters should go forth to their great conflict
armed with the best furniture that can be
imparted. Her experience has been a most
1898.]
PROGRESS OF THE WORK.
417
valuable one. She has found that the men
who have been bred on the Shorter Cate-
chism constitute a class which can be
depended upon for emergencies. One of
David's heroes fought so long and vigor-
ously with his sword that at the end of the
conflict it was found to be cleaving to his
hand. It had by use become like a mem-
ber of his body inseparable from himself.
The form of sound words, learned early
and used well, becomes part of a man's
nature, moulds his character, directs his
thoughts, influences the current of his life,
makes him ever conscious of responsibility
to God, elevates his character, makes him
superior to misfortune, strong in the con-
sciousness of the favor and cooperation of
the Most High, and ever happy in the
enjoyment derived from fellowship with
him. No higher type of man is to be
found in this world than he who knows
and directs his life by the truth, which is
the beginning, end, and summing up of
the Shorter Catechism, that " man's chief
end is to glorify God and to enjoy him
forever."
PROMPT SETTLEMENT OF GRADUATES.
The president of Auburn calls our atten-
tion to certain facts as " interesting in con-
nection with the present criticism that we
have too many ministers." A few months
after the graduation of the largest class
which up to that time had been sent forth
from the seminary he could say: "Every
available man in our last class is now at
work in church or mission service. ' '
IMPORTANT NOTICE.
We have at present, it seems to us, an
unusual number of most interesting cases
of particularly promising young men who
have worked hard to secure as far as pos-
sible the means for their education, and are
just the men who ought to be aided. We are
anxious to enter into correspondence with
those who appreciate the privilege of help-
ing a young man of promise into the min-
istry. When they learn from us the essen-
tial facts in the cases referred to they will
probably not be willing to let them suffer
for the lack of means. Let us hear from
you promptly that we may send information.
PUBLICATION AND SABBATH-SCHOOL WORK.
PROGRESS OF THE WORK.
Judging from the number of Sabbath-
schools applying to the Sabbath -school and
Missionary Department for programs, the
observance of Rallying Day among our
people is steadily on the increase. This
year over 1700 schools used the programs, as
against 1309 last year and 739 the year
before. How many schools observed
Rallying Day without using the official
programs we cannot say. The correspond-
ence, however, between the schools and
the Department shows a growing interest in
the subject, and also seems to do away with
the idea that Rallying Day is only suitable
for city schools. The fact that both city
and country schools apply in large numbers
for the programs indicates that certain con-
ditions which make the day useful prevail
to a greater or less extent in rural as well as
in urban districts.
The Department has reason to believe that
the Twentieth -century Movement for bring-
ing in half a million of scholars into the
Sabbath-schools of our Church by the
beginning of the new century received a
marked impulse on Rallying Day. It has
taken the place in many schools of what
was formerly known as the United October
Movement, and has been taken up in many
more where the other Movement was practi-
cally ignored. But the responses from the
Sabbath -schools, though coming in daily,
fall short as yet of what they ought to be in
number. The fact lhat more than two
years are yet wanting to the completion of
the nineteenth century probably makes
many schools delay giving formal acceptance
to the Movement ; but delays are dangerous,
and the good work contemplated should be
begun at once in every school in the land.
There is one point of the utmost impor-
tance in this enterprise, namely, the reten-
tion of present scholars in our Sabbath-
schools. The statistical reports from
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PRE8BYTERIAL 8ABBATH-8CHOOL ASSOCIATIONS.
[November,
schools, though showing a net gain, also
reveal a terrible loss last year through
scholars leaving. The proportion was
more than two leaving to every three new
scholars gained. The figures are : new
scholars, not counting Home Department,
&5,429; net increase, 20,512; difference,
showing number struck off the roll, 64,917.
Two steps backward to every three steps
forward ! Here is a great opportunity for
teachers, namely, to follow up absentees
before they are lost to the school. There
is always a period of wavering during which
the personal influence of the teacher may
bring back the wanderer. Let every 1 eacher
and every superintendent keep an eye upon
the roll every week and diligently look up
the absentees.
The fidelity of our Sabbath- school super-
intendents, officers and teachers to the
great trust committed to them by God is
the great hope of the Twentieth-century
Movement. Xow let the people of our
churches besiege the throne of grace that
the Spirit may be poured out in abundant
measure, and that our people may respond
as one man to the glorious appeal of the
new century on behalf of the Sabbath-
school !
Sabbath-school Building, Potawatomie, Okla.
PRESBYTER1AL SABBATH-SCHOOL
ASSOCIATIONS.
The twenty-fifth annual report of the
Sabbath-school Association of the Presby-
tery of Cincinnati has been issued. The
work of the Association for the past year
has been carried on along two special lines
— increasing the membership of the schools
and bringing more of the scholars into the
Church. Out of the sixty-six Sabbath-
schools in the presbytery, forty-three report
additions to the membership, but twenty-
three report no additions; 305 scholars
united during the year with the Church.
Among the plans of work are meetings
between members of the Executive Com-
mittee of the Association and the different
Sabbath-schools for consultation and stimu-
lus. These meetings, whenever held, have
invariably proved interesting and profitable
in a marked degree. The Executive Com-
mittee meet monthly except during the
summer vacation. One or more Sabbath-
school institutes are held every year. Meet-
ings are also held in different localities on
what is termed the Round Table plan.
These meetings are called by one of the
Sab bath -schools and are attended by teach-
ers and officers from the
other schools in the presby-
tery, special topics being
discussed in an informal
way, and usually light re-
freshments being served at
some time during the even-
ing. The idea is a taking
one, and the meetings are
always socially delightful and
intellectually helpful. Re-
ceptions are from time to
time tendered to the Execu-
tive Committee of the Asso-
ciation by one or other of the
churches of the presbytery,
and on such occasions the
church acting as host in-
variably feels itself greatly
strengthened and encour-
aged along the lines of Sab-
bath-school work. The year
winds up with a business
meeting and a public anni-
versary.
The example of Cincin-
nati and of some other
1898.]
AGGRESSIVE WORK IN THE SOUTH.
419
presbyteries in this partic-
ular is worthy of study
and imitation by every
presbytery in the Church.
No presbytery should be
without ils Sabbath- school
Association. It is not
enough to point to State,
county and town undenom-
inational Associations, for
these cannot supply the
place of the presbyterial
Association. The Sabbath-
school is so vitally related
to the Church, and has so
many important interests
in common with the
Church, that it seems only
reasonable to expect that
it should work along the
same ecclesiastical lines.
It is an excellent plan for
the Association to hold
its annual business meet-
ings, as this one of Cincinnati does, during
the meetings of presbytery, so as to be in
touch with that body and report to it its
proceedings for approval.
AGGRESSIVE WORK IN THE
SOUTH.
The editor of The Earnest Worker of
Richmond, Va., gives in his publication for
October, 1898, some facts and figures rela-
tive to the work of this Department among
the colored people of the South, and makes
them the basis for some practical questions.
He asks :
What, during these years, might not the South-
ern Presbyterian Church have done along this line
of Sunday-school work among both whites and
negroes, if its zeal had been thoroughly aroused and
intelligently guided ? Is it not far better to organ-
ize and equip a good Sunday-school than to start a
feeble little church, which for years must have no
pastor, no efficient session, no efficient board of
deacons, no regular Sunday service? Is not a Sun-
day-school service regularly maintained, at which a
carefully selected portion of God's word is presented
and enforced by ten or a dozen faithful Christians,
even though they be not " experts," likely to be
more efficient in building up materials for a good
church organization, than "preaching" once a
month by young men fresh from college or
Harmony Presbyterian Church, Kansas.
An outgrowth of Presbyterian Sabbath-school Missions.
seminary ? Is " preaching " by candidates for the
ministry any more of divine appointment than
" teaching" by any one who knows the truth?
These questions are all worthy of serious
attention, especially in the light of the fact
that the planting of a Sabbath -school leads
in many cases to the development of a
healthy church organization, and that
Sabbath-schools are thus the forerunners of
the church, preparing the way and edu-
cating the people up to a standard of Chris-
tian intelligence, without which a church
organization if attempted is very likely to
prove a failure.
The work in the South among the colored
people by this Department, in spite of all
drawbacks, has been very successful, and
has features of special interest. Let our
colored missionary brethren speak for
themselves.
NORTH CAROLINA.
Mr. L. P. Berry labors in Yadkin Pres-
bytery, which covers a large and central
section of North Carolina. He writes
under date of June 30, 1898 :
Notwithstanding the hot weather the schools are
largely attended and the lessons are being studied
with interest and profit. The Shorter Catechism
is being more faithfully studied than ever before.
I find a large number of the children studying for
420
DISTRIBUTION OF CLOTHING.
[November,
the prize Bible. The people are enthusiastic over
the twentieth-century movement. One of our
schools has lately developed into a Presbyterian
Church with seventeen members. This gives us
three churches in the city of Charlotte, two of them
having grown from our Sabbath-schools. I am
also pleased to report that our Southern brethren
are beginning to take more interest in us. I found
the school at Davidson, N. C. , weak and in need
of competent teachers. I spoke to the pastor of the
Presbyterian Church (Kev. A. T. Graham) and he
said he had members in his congregation willing to
teach if our people would accept their services.
The people gladly accepted, and the result was that
two ladies and two gentlemen came from his church
to teach in our school and are doing excellent work.
Presbyterians are getting closer together, the church
is daily growing and precious souls are being saved.
GENERAL VIEW.
Rev. G. T. Dillard, D.D., our sy nodical
missionary, writes:
The Sabbath-school missionaries in these South-
ern States are making their mark. Through them
we are occupying a portion as to Church extension
which no other arm of the Church supplies.
Several interesting Sabbath-school conventions
have been conducted during the past summer. One
of these was held at Huntersville, N. C. , and was,
in the opinion of everybody, the best convention of
its kind ever held in the State. Splendid, soul-
stirring addresses and papers were presented, to the
delight and edification of all present. Twenty
Sabbath-schools have been organized and seven re-
organized in my territory during the past three
months, and 797 scholars and eighty-four teachers
have been enrolled.
With these testimonies before the Church,
may it not be expected that many devout
and earnest Christians will contribute of
their worldly substance to the work of plant-
ing Sabbath- schools among the colored
people ?
DISTRIBUTION OF CLOTHING.
With the advent of winter our Sabbath-
school missionaries find themselves continu-
ally facing the problem, how to help the
deserving and destitute. Our readers are
reminded that the Sabbath- school and Mis-
sionary department will gladly correspond
with Women's Societies and generous indi-
viduals who feel impelled to send aid to
suffering people and especially to children
in the way of boxes or barrels of partly
used clothing, shoes and other necessaries.
A line addressed to the Rev. Dr. Worden,
Witherspoon Building, Philadelphia, will
procure information as to the name and
address of some one of our missionaries who
will gladly receive such packages and dis-
tribute their contents where he knows they
will be particularly useful. Correspond-
ents will of course feel free to mention any
particular State to which they give the
preference.
Mr. Enright from Grainger, Knox and Sevier
counties in Eastern Tennessee, writes: "The
schools here visited are prospering finely. The
one at Mullen's has had protracted meetings,
with fifteen conversions. At Shunen there were
twenty- two professions and fifteen united with
the church."
G. T. Dillard, D.D.
Mr. Perry, from the Black Hills district, writes :
1 ' Organized at Rude schoolhouse a Presbyterian
church of eleven members, called the Spearfish
Valley Presbyterian Church. The membership
will grow from the date of organization. We
will build a church this year. The people are
in earnest."
HOME MISSIONS.
TRIBUTE TO THE MEMORY OF
DR. JOHN HALL BY THE
BOARD OF HOME MISSIONS.
The Board of Home Missions desires to
place upon its records an expression of its
profound sorrow at the death of its late
president, the Rev. John Hall, D.D.,
LL.D., and its sincere and grateful recog-
nition of his eminent character and services.
Dr. Hall became a member of the Board
at its incorporation in 1870, and his name
appears in the char-
ter. Most of his as-
sociates have already-
passed away ; among
them the secretaries
at that time, Dr.
Henry Kendall and
Dr. Cyrus Dickson.
For the past seven-
teen years Dr. Hall
has been annually
elected to preside at
the sessions of the
Board and to watch
over its interests.
Unless prevented by
sickness or absence
from home, he rarely
failed to be in his
place at the appoint-
ed hour. His com-
manding figure, ge-
nial countenance,
dignified bearing,
unfailing courtesy
and strict attention to the business in hand,
always inspired respect and confidence.
In presenting his personal views he was
most considerate of the opinions of others,
and yet conscientious and tenacious in
maintaining what he felt to be vital. He
loved harmony and was intent to secure
decisions that would be conciliatory as well
as effective.
He was not only in close sympathy with
the principles and methods upon which the
work of the Board is conducted, but he
held its past history in special honor, and
had a large conception of its place in the
John Hall, D.D., LL.D.
Church and in the future welfare of the
country.
He was eloquent in advocating its claims
in his own pulpit and among Presbyterian
congregations throughout the land. He
attended almost every General Assembly,
either as delegate or president, and, from
time to time, visited synods and presby-
teries. At them all his voice was heard,
pleading for the support and extension of
Home Missions. He traveled widely and
was often in sections occupied by our mis-
sionaries. He knew
many of them per-
sonally and loved
them all.
His heart was
touched by their he-
roic sacrifices and la-
bors, and he believed
they had an unques-
tioned and supreme
right to expect in-
creasing and liberal
encouragement from
their own Church.
The recent tempo-
rary decrease in con-
tributions and con-
sequent inability of
the Board to occupy
fields inexpressibly
in need of the preach-
ing and power of the
gospel rested upon
him as a heavy bur-
den. He looked for-
ward eagerly to the time when such re-
strictions should be removed and the cause
so dear to him and essential, in his esti-
mation, to the progress of Christianity in
this and other lands, should be amply fur-
nished with the means to discharge its high
obligations.
Dr. Hall was born in County Armagh,
Ireland, July 3, 1829, and he frequently
sought relief from his untiring activities
by revisiting his native land. It was in
the midst of his family and friends there,
and while at Bangor, near Belfast, on
September 17, he received the final and
421
422
NOTES.
[November,
welcome summons. His mortal remains,
however, do not remain in the land of his
birth, but in the land of his adoption,
where he labored, with such rare fidelity
and acceptance, for more than thirty years.
Dr. Hall was a true pastor, a devoted
friend, and a staunch patriot.
His wise counsels, his broad sympathies,
his conservative leanings, his honesty of
purpose, and his extraordinary capacity for
varied work will be missed in many circles,
but nowhere more than at the meetings of
this Board.
The cordial greeting he gave each mem-
ber, the sincerity and faithfulness of every
word and act, his zealous cooperation in
every plan, his abounding faith and mani-
fest loyalty toward every interest of the
Presbyterian Church, will long be cherished
among us as a sacred memory.
At the same time we share in the sor-
row of other Boards and societies and as
well in the common loss to the Church at
large.
We mourn with the people who have
been deprived of a beloved and honored
pastor, who found his joy in giving them the
best energies of his life ; and we offer our
respectful and tender sympathy to the
family so sorely bereaved.
As a mark of respect the Board directs
that this minute be engrossed upon its per-
manent records, and a copy sent to the
officers of the Fifth Avenue Church and to
the afflicted family.
[Signed] D. Stuart Dodge,
James M. Ludlow,
H. Edwards Rowland,
George R. Lockwood,
Committee.
NOTES.
The New Hormon President.
Mormonism has a new head in the person
of Lorenzo Snow, who has recently been
elected to the presidency. We present
herewith a picture of President Snow, five
of his wives and some of his children.
To Wipe Out the Debt.
We are about to inaugurate a careful and
well-considered plan for the entire wiping
out of our debt. We are going to come
before the Church once more. We will
put emphasis, first, on the absolute necessity
of bringing our Home Mission work to the
front. This work has suffered sadly during
the years of our debt. The time has come
when we must advance, but we cannot
advance until we are relieved from the bur-
den which has been upon us for years.
And second, we will emphasize the purpose
of the Board to avoid debt in the future.
We are going to ask every church to take
its proportionate share in the special offer-
ing for the extinction of the debt. This
m
Lorenzo Snow and Family.
1898.]
NOTES.
423
Presbyterian^Buildings, Santa Fe, Mew Mexico.
however must not be permitted to trench on
the regular gifts of churches and societies.
It will not help us if, while paying the old
debt, we accumulate a new one. The cur-
rent receipts must be kept to the full. In
addition we ask every church, Sunday-
school, society, every individual, to do some-
thing, however small, to relieve us entirely
of that which so long has hampered our
Home Mission work. The debt reported
to the last General Assembly was §167,-
839.03. It has been reduced by about
$40,000 since then. By the blessing of
God we trust to go to the next Assembly
with the debt entirely gone.
Will not every pastor help in this effort ?
Will not every church count it an honor to
have some share in it? The work thus
distributed will be easily done and Home
Missions be once more free to do that where-
unto God's providence appoints it.
Presbyterian Missions in Santa Fe.
The mission at Santa Fe was first opened
by Rev. W. G. Kephart, in 1850, and for
a number of years was not very flourishing.
The Baptist Mission, which was started in
1849, was finally combined with the Pres-
byterian in November, 1867, at which time
Rev. D. F. McFarland took charge.
A day-school was opened, with Miss Gaston
(afterwards Mrs. John Menaul) as the
teacher. The buildings were of adobe,
very poor and with leaky roofs. The per-
secutions of teachers, ^missionaries T and
schools by the Romish "priests] were" con-
tinued through a number of years. Never-
theless the work continued to grow. The
old church building was torn down and a
fine new one erected. The new school
building was erected in 1890. These im-
provements gave assurance of permanency,
and since that time the onward movement
has been limited only by the amount of
money necessary to prosecute the work.
Santa Fe was the beginning of our mis-
sions in New Mexico, and may be called the
mother of all the others.
Rev. W. Hays Moore, of Santa Fe,
writes : ' ' The church here is doing as well
as can be expected. We are few and poor
in the midst of flagrant iniquity. Gam-
bling, drinking, immorality are common
sins, and against these we have as yet
little power. The Sabbath is desecrated
with open saloons and open gambling
halls, and the staunch Protestant population
is but about one-tenth of the whole, and
must accomplish the purposes by degrees.
My people are awakening."
Rev. S. Hall Young in Alaska.
In the last number of this magazine we
said that the church at Dawson City had
been exchanged for the work which our
Canadian friends had been carrying on at
Skagway on our side of the line. It was
also stated that the Rev. S. Hall Young
had been appointed special missionary to
424
PROSPECTING ON THE YUKON.
[November,
the Yukon, with instructions to carefully
survey the ground, select points of vantage
and hold them as he could until such time as
reinforcements could be sent in. Our
letters and instructions failed to reach Mr.
Young for reasons which he explains.
Providentially, however, he was led to
do precisely the thing we had desired him
to do, namely, go down the Yukon and take
possession of advantageous points in the
interests of future work by our Church.
Having done this prospecting work, which
will be of great importance for the future,
and unable to hear from us at Dawson City,
he came out for instructions. He has been
directed to go to Skagway, develop that
work as he may be able during the winter,
with the expectation that in the early spring
he will be able to occupy the points selected
on the Yukon. At that time we hope to
have some reinforcements that we may seDd
in with him.
We call special attention to the very
interesting letter from him which explains
his work and its prospects.
A Great Han and a Prince Has Fallen.
The passing from us of the personality of
John Hall leaves many a vacancy. It will
be hard to fill his place in Church, com-
munity or in benevolent agencies. Chief
among the latter is the Board of Home
Missions. A charter member of this
Board, and for seventeen years its president,
his loss will be long and keenly felt. A
tower of strength in the councils of the
Board and before the Church, who can
take his place ?
Let there be much prayer on the part of
all the Church that his mantle may fall on
his successor.
The action of the Board of Home Mis-
sions printed in these pages expresses as well
as words can express our appreciation of the
great life, so grandly lived, our personal
grief as members and officers of the Board
and our sympathy with the Church at large
bereaved in his going home, yet so enriched
by his long and noble service. We echo
the closing words of Dr. RadclifiVs admir-
able address at the funeral: " Bury him
among the kings. ' '
Said an Indian: "We have not known of
God long, but we love him more than any other
people."
PROSPECTING ON THE YUKON.
REV. 8. HALL YOUNG.
Dr. Grant, of the Canadian Church,
arrived at Dawson, and we came to the
agreement that the church should be handed
over to the Canadian Board, and I asked
to be sent to some point in Alaska, and to
have leave to organize the work in the best
mining towns on the Yukon, and that men
should be sent to them. I requested an
immediate reply in order that I might know
before the expiration of my year, August 8,
where I was to spend the winter and what
my work was to be. But no word has
come. We had received no mail for nearly
two months prior to my leaving Dawson.
This was due to the mistake the government
made of sending the mail via St. Michaels.
The boats have had difficulty in steaming
up the Yukon, and ingress by that route
must always be very slow and uncertain.
The steamers on the river up from Dawson
to Bennett have made regulars and speedy
trips and the mail should have been sent
by that route. When I left Dawson we
had no assurance that the mail would arrive
before the closing of the river.
I remained co-pastor with Dr. Grant,
having the most of the pastoral work to do,
until the expiration of my year, when I
formally turned the church over to him
and Mr. Dickey, who arrived in July.
But in the meantime I went down the
Yukon as far as Rampart City (Minook),
700 miles below Dawson. I was absent from
Dawson two weeks. I investigated the
towns on the way and found the condition of
the American towns very promising for
missionary work. It would be a great
thing for the miners and for our Church if
Eagle City, Circle City and Rampart City
could be entered this fall.
Eagle City is 100 miles below Dawson,
and is twelve miles from the division line
on the American side. It is at- the mouth
of Mission creek, just above the mouth of
the creek. American creek flows into it.
There have been some rich strikes made on
American creek, and that country promises
a rich yield.
Eagle City is fifty miles below Forty
Mile, where there have been great discov-
eries lately. The discoveries and all the
mines are in Alaska, while the mouth of
the creek is in Canada.
1898.]
PROSPECTING ON THE YUKON.
425
Seventy Mile creek, at the mouth of
which is Star City, is forty miles below
Eagle City, and promises well. Thus Eagle
City is the first town across the line on the
Yukon, and occupies a very commanding
position, as both the Tanana and Birch
creeks are to be reached from the head
waters of American creek, and the gold
fields already mentioned are to be reached
by the Yukon. I believe Eagle City will
be equal to Dawson inside of two years.
There were 150 tents and eighteen cabins
there when I visited the town, and people
were arriving every day. There are thou-
sands of people leaving Dawson and going
down to Alaska, " God's Country," and
Eagle will be a busy thriving town this
winter. The boat made but a short stop
there, but I secured the title to four good
lots, two on each of the two town sites, and
secured the use of a large warehouse to
hold meetings in. The lots will remain our
property, as I have deeds for them, but I
presume the warehouse will be wanted next
summer for the storage of goods. There
is no church or service at Eagle City.
One hundred and twenty miles below
Eagle City is Circle City, a comparatively
old town, and the largest purely log-cabin
town in the north. Its glory departed
when the Klondike was struck, but is
returning by the influx of Americans
fleeing from oppressive Canadian mining
laws, and by the development of new dig-
gings on Birch creek. A multitude of
empty cabins invite occupancy. There were
some 200 people there when I visited the
town, and a winter population ot 2000 to
3000 was confidently predicted. The only
preaching there is by the Episcopal minis-
ter, Mr. Provost, and there is abundant
room for one or more non -ritualistic
churches.
Fort Yukon, within the Arctic Circle,
near the mouth of the Porcupine, has an
Episcopal mission and a very small popula-
tion, mostly Indians. There are no mines
tributary to it.
Rampart City is the most promising town
on the Yukon below Dawson. The Minook
country is rich. Five claims only were
worked on the creek last winter, and these
were not begun until January and February.
But $150,000 was the " clean up," and
only a very small portion of the claims
were worked. There were from 300 to
400 people there when I visited the town,
and 5000 was the lowest estimate of the
population during the coming winter. It
is enough to make a Christian weep to
think of the possibility of that population
being without any religious preaching or
teachiug this winter.
Bishop Rowe of the Episcopal Church
had been at Rampart some six weeks before
my arrival, and had held service and had
raised money and secured lots for church
and hospital buildings. So I " followed
suit." I got there Friday and left about-
midnight Sunday night. I got acquainted
with all the people I could, selected a fine
site for a Presbyterian church, preached on a
log pile on Sunday to about 100 eager
people, had three hymn books with me, and
found four more in the camp, got a cor-
netist to lead us and had a " blessed time."
I raised the $120 required to pay for the
church lot and have the deed in my pocket.
I have seldom met a people so ready and
anxious for the gospel.
I went no further down the Yukon, but
the new mining towns of Tanana and Arctic
City, .the latter being at the head of navi-
gation up the Kuyakuk in the new and rich
gold fields there, demand attention from
the Church. God grant that the Presby-
terian Church, the pioneer light-bearer of
Alaska, may awake to the importance of
this work and may follow these miners with
the Bible.
The Presbyterian Church of Dawson was
up and occupied before I left. I personally
raised $1500 of the money required, nearly
all of the amount which was raised on the
field. Had it not been for the crushing
weight of the Royalty Tax I could just as
easily have raised $10,000. Dr. Grant has
had to use funds granted him by the Mis-
sion Board to finish the church. It is a
substantial structure, 50 x 25 feet, built of
logs squared in the sawmill, moss-chinked,
warm and substantial. Its total cost will
not be less than $5000.
It was a severe wrench to break loose
from my beloved people at Dawson, but it
was the only thing to do, and the Canadian
ministers are good, strong, wise men. The
Canadian Methodist Church has a church
established and building going up, and the
Scandinavian Methodists and Salvation
Army are also building. The Good Samar-
itan Hospital, in which I have been much
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[November,
interested, has two buildings up and full of
fever patients There were over 250 cases
of typhoid fever in Dawson when I left,
and the epidemic was spreading. The
tremendous army of gold-seekers, twenty
times more than will nod fortunes, was
surging aimlessly about the streets, or
striking out for Alaska or for home.
I left Dawson August 25, got to Bennett
in just a week, walked over the White
Pass in a driving rain, and rode into Ska-
gway on the new railroad which has com-
pleted eight miles of its track. That
seemed the most wonderful thing I had seen
in Alaska. Twenty years ago I came to
Alaska, and eighteen years ago this fall I
camped on the site of Skagway, long before
even Forty Mile was discovered or the Pass
traversed by anybody but Indians. That
was when I selected the site of Haines
Mission.
I reached Skagway, Saturday, September
3, and was filled with amazement at the
change in that place in a year. Last year
it was a confused camp among trees. Now
it is the most orderly, best built, and largest
town in Alaska. It is undoubtedly the
coming city of the north. It is the natural
gateway into the whole Yukon region. The
railroad will be completed by spring and
then nine-tenths of the goods and passengers
for the Klondike region and all the Yukon
district as far as Circle City will pass
through Skagway and down the river.
Long after Dawson is deserted, Skagway
will be growing. Major Walsh, the retiring
Yukon commissioner, said thai, he believed
Skagway .would outstrip Vancouver and
Victoria, and would rival Seattle.
Whether his prophecy shall be fulfilled or
not, there is undoubtedly a great future for
Skagway.
AMONG THE ESKIMOS,
REV. H. B. MA.R3H, M.D., POINT BARROW,
ALASKA.
One Sunday the attendance at church
was 233, and though I have not kept count
all the time, I think the average attend-
ance has been at lea?t 100 for the Sunday
meetings. The prayer meetings have had
a very good atteadance, ofcen as large as
the Sunday service, and not all women,
either, as U so often the case in the States.
I have had almost more to do than I was
able all winter, and feel that nothing has
been done as well as it ought to have been
done, and do so hope that a teacher will be
sent up to help me out. I have not been
able to visit in the igloos as is really neces-
sary, for there are quite a number of blind
people and others who are not able to come
to me and to whom I must go if they are
ever to hear the story of Jesus.
The schoolroom is positively too small
for the church meetings; the people stand
up, sit on desks, on the seats and on the
floor, and often some cannot get in at all.
This summer I am going to fix the store-
house, if Mr. Stevenson does not come with
lumber, so as to use it for a church. I did
think of building a log-church, but this
plan will be the easiest of any I can think of.
The trader and whaler trades nothing
unless he can make at least 350 per cent.
That is the statement of the trader him-
self. He allows the natives 37 cents a
pound for bone, while the cheapest sailor
on a ship is paid at the rate of 81.50 per
pound, even if whalebone is quoted at 83.50
to 84, as it was last winter. Thirty-seven
whales were caught here this spring. If I
had one whale caught in the village I could
feed the whole village for a year.
Several services were held in a snow
house. The schoolroom I gave up to
twenty-six wrecked men for quarters ; so
had no place to hold services. Almost at
once the whole village went on the ice
whaling, and as soon as that was over went
inland or spread out on the coast. There
are now only three tents in the village, and
our people are strung out for over 200 miles
along the coast.
The Board of Home Missions of the Church of
Christ in Japan consists of twenty members, one-
half of whom are elecied at each regular meeting of
the synod. Care is always taken in the elections
to secure a thoroughly representative body of men,
so that every presbytery is represented in the
Board. The total sum expended last year was yen
2892. Of the sixty-eight churches, forty-eight
contributed to home missions, the twenty not con-
tributing being dependent upon the missions. Re-
porting this work, the Rev. T. T. Alexander
writes : "It is to such institutions as this Board,
now small in their beginnings, that we must look
for a large share in the ultimate evangelization of
Japan."
1898.]
ROMAN POWER IN AMERICA.
427
Concert of Prayer
For Church Work at Home.
November. — Kom agists and Mexicans in the
United States.
(a) Romanism and Citizenship.
(6) Roman Power in America.
(c) Influence of mission work in the development of
the Southwest.
ROMAN POWER IN AMERICA.
The power of the Church of Rome is the
greatest the world has ever known, or
probably ever will know. It is her boast
that nations come and go, but Rome abides.
And this is true. Though the temporal
power of the Pope is a thing of the past, yet
its los3 scarcely if at all impairs the great-
ness of her power. In our own day, by the
doctrine of the infallibility of the Pope,
that potentate ha3 added greatly to the
prestige and power of his Church. It is
thus inexcusible folly to comfort ourselves
with the notion that the progress of civili-
zation tends to lessen and dissipate this
mighty force. It is the masterpiece of
human invention. Perfect organization
and inflexible discipline maintain highest
efficiency. The penalty of disobedience
and even inefficiency is the severest that can
be imposed. It is spiritual, dooming the
impenitent to eternal torment. Even
repentance is not made easy, for forgiveness
is granted only when penance is performed.
Wherever her power is not restricted by a
just and free government, then to spiritual
penalties are added temporal losses often
the most severe.
Where Protestantism is dominant the
Church of Rome appears to best advan-
tage. So much is this the case that many
think that the Roman Catholicism with
which we are familiar is its normal type.
They judge of its policy and power every-
where by what we see of these about us.
Such are ignorant of history, are not
familiar with present-day facts in Catholic
countries, and do not know the condition of
things in many parts of our own country.
In ihe Mexican and Spanish-speaking
peoples of our country we have a condition
of things which calls for our earnest and
constant attention. These people are igno-
rant, superstitious, blindly obedient to their
spiritual advisers, intolerant of Ihe Bible,
Church and public school, and un-American
in speech, habit and spirit. Now we have
added Porto Rico to our country, probably
also the Pnilippines, and have a responsible
interest in Cuba. The power of Rome has
been absolute in these islands. The prob-
lem becomes more difficult, duty greater,
call more urgent and the work, instead of
growing less, grows larger.
How is this gigantic and growing power
in our country to be vanquished ? Public
Typical Street Jo a Town in New Mexico.
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schools, say some. By all means: but the
fact is that these Roman Catholic com-
munities have no sympathy with public
schools. Church schools, and these only
to a very limited extent, are allowed.
Whence is to come the influence which is to
persuade and enable a Catholic population
to establish and maintain public schools ?
The answer has not been given. A repub-
lican government, say others. But the
truth is that Rome not only can survive
under a republican form of government,
but flourish. With consummate skill she
adapts herself to the situation and is able
by an unsurpassed astuteness to so ally
herself with the powers that be as to greatly
advance her interests. Does not every
large city in our country furnish evidence
enough of this ?
The true and all-sufficient answer is the
gospel, and that is what our Church is doing
through its Board of Home Missions. But,
alas, there is room for but little rejoicing
over this for the reason that we are doing
so little. There is great difficulty in the
way of the preacher of the gospel getting
access to the people. The power of the
priest in many cases bars the way. Yet we
have made a beginning. Our Church has
among the distinctively Roman Catholic
peoples of the far West and Southwest
thirty-four churches with a considerable
number of stations, ministered to by fifteen
missionaries and twenty-four helpers. The
helpers are men who have received a partial
preparation for Christian work, but are not
yet fitted for the ministry. They visit from
house to house, hold little meetings on
week days and Sundays and prepare the way
for the coming of the minister.
They are paid by the day, receiving $1.25
or SI. 50. They work for a time, and
then go back to school in order the better
to fit themselves for the work. Does not
this meagre showing start the question,
" But what are these among so many ?"
They cover a vast territory and minister to
a few hundreds out of the hundreds of
thousands of Romanists who need to receive
a pure gospel.
The school work of the Woman's Board
is briefly stated as numbering twenty- four
schools, forty- five teachers and 1505 pupils,
with twenty-three Sabbath-schools and 1131
scholars. It is to be remembered that these
schools give a Christian education according
to the Presbyterian belief, and thus the
school naturally and rapidly prepares the
way for a church. This is its justification
and so the warrant for abundant encourage-
ment.
Seeing that the power of Rome is so
great, so vast, so deeply entrenched, it
would seem as if we could not claim to be
very much in earnest in the attempt to
overthrow it by the only means confessedly
equal to the task because ordained by God.
We rejoice in the little we are doing, and
in what other Christian people are doing,
but would urge upon the heart and con-
science of our Presbyterian people the duty
of coming up to the help of the Lord, to
the help of the Lord against the mighty.
ROMAN CATHOLIC REVELINGS—
GOOD WORK AMONG THE
MARICOPA INDIANS.
REV. D. M. WYNKOOP, PHCENIX, ARIZ.
The Roman Catholic Church is putting
forth every effort to gain a large following
in this field. On St. John's Day they
had a big feast, for which it was reported
eight cattle should be killed, but only four
were needed. Riders were sent to every
village on the reservation to spread the news
among the saint's people; also Papagoes
and Mexicans were invited to the feast.
The Roman Catholic priest from PhoeDix
was out to the feast.
I did not attend the feast, and so can tell
only what I saw from my home and from
the highway. For three days and nights it
was something awful to call by the name of
religion. For three days the quietude of
the village was disturbed; three nights were
made hideous with fireworks, dancing and
wild drunken reveling. Some of the saint's
people tried to intimidate us by firing their
guns off when passing our house and church ;
but we were not molested, nor do I think
any of our people were disturbed in any
way. The government police did their
duty faithfully, for which I am thankful.
There are two things that seem to be
against our rapid advancement with the
Maricopa work. There are tribal factions.
I cannot find out what it is about, but I
think it is of years' standing; only one
tribe will come to church at the same time,
and each tribe wishes its own interpreter.
1898.]
BRANDS FROM SATAN'S SEAT — BY EVERY MEANS WIN SOME.
429
Mexican House.
We have no bell with which to call the
people together, and I am always late in
returning home to church. The Maricopa
village is about ten miles from Gila Cross-
ing. I now drive one horse, but as soon as
I can I want to get a good driving team.
We have no house in which to worship, and
now meet under a shade (? shed) ; but this
fall and winter I fear it will be too cold for
outdoor meetings ; but notwithstanding these
drawbacks some have professed faith in
Christ and others have joined our church at
this place.
About six weeks ago Bro. Cook, of Saca-
ton, came down to assist me in my com-
munion services, at which time we baptized
thirty-six; twenty -four adults and twelve
children. We received twenty -four into
the church on profession of faith. I think
this number makes 144 that have been
converted and received into the church
since I am on this work. I think the
Indian Christian is as faithful to his Master
as his white brother is. God has blessed
our labors on this field in a wonderful
degree, for which we give him the praise.
BRANDS FROM SATAN'S SEAT.
REV. THOMAS MAGILL, VIRGINIA CITY, NEV.
Virginia City has a very wide reputation of
being a hard place. It has been in the
boom days the paradise or the hell of
gamblers and the seat of Satan. Vice in
all its forms flourished. Much of the seed-
sowing of years of vice is now bearing a fruit-
ful harvest in the dissipated lives of many of
the younger people. It (Virginia City) was
for many years without a Sabbath, mining
and business of every kind being carried on
through the seven days of the week alike.
In these later years, since mining has waned
and population diminished, Sunday has be-
come a rest-day, though still a day of
pleasure. As matters now appear, there is
more hope for the progress of the Master's
kingdom than there was in the former days.
Three were added to the church on con-
fession of faith during the quarter. Four
more are to be added next Lord's day.
Two Of these are boys sixteen and twelve
years of age who have been Roman Catho-
lics, but converted to the true faith of
Christ. Their father is a bigoted Romanist,
and now absent in Montana, but their mother
is a Presbyterian nominally. I had the
great pleasure of administering baptism to
both these boys at their mother's request in
the home.
BY EVERY MEANS WIN SOME.
REV. MA.THIAS MATTHIESON, SOCORRO, N. M.
I received into the church on confession
of faith seven members and baptized one
infant. I have written several letters to
churches setting forth Home Mission work
in New Mexico; also written various articles
to El Anciano in Spanish, urging the uncon-
verted to come to Jesus as the only Saviour
of the soul, and also written letters
wherever necessary to my helpers, directing
Ihem in their work, elc.
One great hindrance in the work during
the last quarter has been the epidemic of
smallpox which has been raging in many
places in New Mexico and still is. And
although Socorro has escaped it so far, yet
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[November,
in the neighboring villages it has done much
harm. The authorities would not allow us
to visit the plague-stricken districts.
One of our members in Socorro who re-
cently joined the church lost a little child by
death ; his wife and mother-in-law, yet strong
Romanists, would not allow the corpse to be
buried in the Protestant burying-ground.
The father felt like doing it anyway, and
came to me for advice. I advised him to
Jet the Romanists have the body, they could
not harm it, and he knew that Jesus had
1 he soul safe in his bosom. I made a coffin
for it, and this little act seemed to soften the
wife to the extent that she now allows her two
other children "to come to ourSundav-school.
Letters.
SA.BBA.TH DESECRATION AND ATTEND-
ANT EVILS.
Rev. H. Elwell, Castlerock, Wash.: — There
are many oppositions and hindrances I find in the
new Northwest that differ in degree if not in char-
acter from the same class of oppositions found in
the Eastern and more settled portions of our country.
Intemperance and gambling are more prevalent
and open. The violation of the Sabbath is a com-
mon thing. Business houses, saloons, etc., stand
wide open on Sabbath the same as week days. We
get very much discouraged sometimes and feel as
though our work here was almost a failure, but
when we consider that the only hope for the eleva-
tion and salvation of this Northwest country is
through the feeble light reflected through our lit-
tle churches and their ministry we take courage
and resolve to stand by our guns if we can do no
more at present than to hold the ground against
the enemy.
One special result of my work and ministry in
this part of God's heritage has been to emphasize
and work for a closer union of all the religious
forces of the country. We are thankful that we
can report progress on that line.
INDIAN TERRITORY.
Rev. E. Hamilton, Chickasha /—Since my last
report we have received into the church six — four
by confession and two by letter, and there are in-
dications of more taking up the banner of the
Lord under direction of Presbyterianism.
At Rush Springs the work is at a standstill ow-
ing to the condition of the town. I think it would
not be extravagant to say that twenty-five per
cent, of the population changes every month and
the prospects for its growth are very slow.
At Marlow we shall be able to organize in the
near future. The passage of the Curtis Bill and
the new change in our anomalous conditions will
soon decide which are the towns that will continue
to live and which to die. It has been for this rea-
son that I have hesitated to organize any more
churches south of Chickasha, and for the further
reason that I have about as much as I can attend to
at Chickasha and any further extension of my field
would cause a neglect of the work for which I have
been especially appointed by the Board.
WISCONSIN.
Rev. James W. Robb, Packwaukee :— In re-
viewing the work of the past three months we
have great reason to be encouraged. I was in-
stalled pastor over the churches of Packwaukee
and Buffalo, July 12, 1898. We received three
new members into the Packwaukee church, making
thirty-two members received during the year. Our
collection for the Board's debt was $16.70, making
in all during the year $45.
MISSOURI.
Rev. L. M. Beldin, Kansas City : — We re-
ceived eleven persons at our April communion, six
by letter and five by profession ; five new families.
At our July communion we received four by pro-
fession ; one man and wife and two young ladies.
KANSAS.
Rev. B. Hoffmann, Claflin : — We have taken
into the Salem German church fellowship seven of
our grown boys and girls on public confession of
faith on strict public examination of the Shorter
Catechism with great and solemn impression, and
they vowed with emotion to serve the Lord their
lifetime. The Lord give these young'souls strength
divine.
NEBRASKA.
Rev. Wm. A. Galt, Omaha Agency : — One of
my stations is the government boarding-school
where I go every Tuesday evening, and where
about sixty-five pupils and ten employed are al-
ways present. The other station is a schoolhouse
about six miles from the agency church.
During the quarter I married a couple who
had been known as man and wife for fifteen years,
1898.]
LETTERS.
431
but to get the full benefit of a U. S. army pension
were married according to law. We have had two
funerals.
An Indian young man came to me with a dollar
and asked if I would keep it for him, and insisted
I should not pay it to anybody. A little later he
came with ten dollars, and still later with seven
dollars and a half. He left it about a month.
One family when they received permission to go
to the Ponca Keservation on a visit came and stored
away two trunks. Thus we are gaining their con-
fidence, and hope they will soon accept the Saviour
we preach to them.
stupor. The girls with tears in their eyes told of
their condition. These besotted parents are this
way most of the time and these children are com-
pelled to be with them. Not only are they neg-
lected, but almost stifled with their immorality.
OKLAHOMA.
Rev. S. E. Henry, Normori : — I have closed
the second quarter of my five years' work at this
place, and with it also ended my work there. When
I began serving the church there was a membership
of twenty-five, a Sunday-school of thirty-five, and
a congregation of very small numbers. Now there
is a membership of eighty-eight, a Sabbath-school of
one hundred and sixty- five and a congregation that
comfortably fills the house. The growth has not
been rapid, but it has been gradual and steady. We
received members into the church at every com-
munion save one, and that came in the midst of a
severe attack of fever which confined me to my bed
for more than a month, and kept me out of active
work for fully two months. During the last quarter
seven were received, five by letter and two on con-
fession of faith.
NEW MEMBERS, CHRISTIAN MARRIAGE,
BESOTTED PARENTS.
Rev. L. F. Jones, Juneau, Alaska, writes : —
DuriDg this quarter nine were received into the
church on profession of their faith, four infants were
baptized, three Klinget marriages were performed
and two funerals conducted. Those received on
profession of their faith were all adults but one,
who was a youth of about sixteen summers and who
was the last of our home children to be dismissed
when we closed. He was baptized and received
into membership in company with his old grand-
father last Sabbath. There is no doubt but this
boy who received his religious impressions whilst
at the home led his old grandfather to the Saviour.
They, with three others, were received yesterday.
Two of the number were bride and groom, having
been married by me only the day before.
Two Sabbaths ago two of our charming little
girls, aged nine and twelve, were at church and
Sabbath-school dressed as neatly as could be and
both their father and mother at home in a drunken
AMONG THE NEW YORK INDIANS.
Rev. M. F. Trippe, Salamanca, N. Y., writes :
— On these Indian Reservations midsummer heat
and toil tend to check religious enthusiasm.
It may seem to be a mistake, nevertheless it is a fact
that some of our Indians go to excess in work as
they go to excess in their sports. They are some-
what like children in the use of their time and
strength. They make "long days " either at mow-
ing grass or playing ball. This oftentimes unfits
them for religious work. It lessens their interest
in the midweek services and the meetings of the
Sabbath day ; God's day becomes a day for physi-
cal rest or for amusement. Yet we are able to re-
port progress and encouragement. At Tuscarora
six persons have been received into fellowship. In
July the meetings were delightful. The Holy
Spirit was there in power and seldom indeed have
we experienced so deeply the presence of the Lord
Christ. At all the churches and stations we have
met large congregations and a good degree of in-
terest has been manifested. At Cornplanter the
people, without the aid of the whites, have organ-
ized a Sunday-school and the Orville society has
kept alive their prayer service. Jemisontown,
sorely tempted by the saloons of Salamanca, has its
ups and downs, and it seems a question sometimes
whether it will be life or death for the flock of God.
Since last April there has been an increase in drink-
ing. The laws of the State and of the United
States are shamelessly violated in selling liquor to
Indians. In spite of the law-breaking spirit God
has not been left without a faithful witness there,
and the few who " keep themselves unspotted " are
very faithful.
A NEW AND NEEDY FIELD AMONG THE
CREEK INDIANS.
Rev. Harry C. Williams, Nowata, I. T.,
writes : — The field was certainly a discouraging one
when I came here and I knew that such was the
case when I refused two city calls to take up the work
here. All the Christian workers here are agreed
that they never saw such an indifferent class of
people so far as spiritual things are concerned.
The sanctity of the Sabbath is almost entirely dis-
regarded, a very low estimate is placed on human
life and shocking impurities in family life go unre-
432
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[November,
buked. Into such a place I felt called to come,
and I rejoice that I did come.
My work has been divided up as follows : First
and second Sabbath at Nowata ; third at Flanigans '
schoolhouse, some ten miles distant, and fourth at
Talala, some fifteen miles wagon road and twelve
by rail, and fifth at Flanigans. So far as attend-
ance on services is concerned, in Nowata par-
ticularly, we have a great deal to be thankful for.
Where it has hitherto been almost impossible to
get out a fair morning congregation, now we seldom
have less than 100 out and the night congregations
nearly always exceed 150 in number. The attend-
ance at the services has steadily grown until now
it is the subject of quite a little comment out in
town.
I have been carrying on a midweek meeting at
Talala every Thursday night ; not having a horse
I have been compelled on four occasions to walk to
my appointments at Talala, fifteen miles distant,
occasions when I could borrow neither horse nor
wheel.
AMONG THE CHEROKEE INDIANS.
Rev. F. L Schatjb, Silvan Springs, Ark., writes :
— Neighborhoods destitute of religious educational
privileges keep calling for services, but with all of
my regular work I seldom have an opportunity to
preach at such points even for one Sabbath. How-
ever, early in June I made arrangements for ser-
vices every other Wednesday evening at a small
railroad station where they had neither Sunday-
school nor preaching. After preaching a few times
the people asked for a Sunday-school and a day-
school. For several years they had been without
both. A young lady just out of Park College was
visiting in our city and consented to give her
summer for mission work in this community. A
day-school was established as well as a large Sun-
day-school. It was a glorious summer's work.
The need of Cherokee Scriptures for general dis-
tribution has been my "cry" ever since I came
into the work. " The way out " has been the sub-
ject upon our mind by day and by night. At last
the way is opening and by God's help we are going
to get "out." After some correspondence with
the American Bible Society they donated nearly a
ton of Cherokee Scriptures to our work. These,
with the exception of several hundred copies, were
unbound and of no use until they were. There was
no appropriation by any of the Boards for this
work. The freight bill alone was $34, so the way
seemed blocked once more. However, God was
not willing that the Cherokees should longer go
without his word, and a simple statement of the case
brought in sufficient money to meet the freight bill.
Then the problem of binding was before us and in
fact is before us now. I have partly solved it by
establishing a "book-bindery" in one corner of my
study. (The "printing office and bindery" now
take up two-thirds of the floor space.) My first
"job" is the Gospel of John ; it is attractive and
will be appreciated.
AMONG THE NEZ PERCE INDIANS.
Rev. A. M. McClain, Spaulding, Ida., writes :—
I have in the main followed the instructions of
presbytery and devoted myself to the study of the
language. I have acquired quite a vocabulary and
am able to construct simple sentences. With
neither grammar, dictionary, nor teacher, and I
might add literature, it is slow and unsatisfactory
work, especially in the beginning.
I have preached three times through an inter-
preter to the Lapwai Church. The annual Fourth
of July camp meetings at Lapwai gave me a good
opportunity to meet and study the Indians. I
bought a tent, took my family and camped among
them on the ground. In that way I was enabled
to attend all the services besides being with them
between times. The meetings were well attended
and good interest was manifest. Three meetings
were held daily. These continued eight days, dur-
ing which time there were eight who professed
conversion. It was a grand sight to see one of
those long-haired fellows, wearing blanket and
breech cloth, take his stand in the open space
in front of the platform and in the presence of a
large congregation make a confession of his sins.
I might say also that we have organized a Sab-
bath-school among the white children here which
is now being looked after by my wife. Since the
first of May I have been preaching to the whites
Sunday evenings as a missionary effort "on the
side." The railroad is just being completed
through here to Lewiston and this is destined to be-
come quite a thriving town. There are now about
200 people here and more are coming every day.
It is estimated that there will be over a million
bushels of wheat marketed here this autumn and the
acreage next year tributary to the town will be
much greater than this.
AMONG THE SOLDIERS.
Rev. Thomas Campbell, Knoxville, Tcnn.,
writes as follows : — The Lincoln Park Church is
both small and weak, but just now there is an
added interest to our work ; for of the division of
soldiers lately transferred from Chickamauga to
this place, two regiments are encamped within a
1898.]
LETTERS — APPOINTMENTS.
433
few hundred yards of our church. Yesterday we
had sixty-five of these men in our Sunday-school,
while about a hundred attended our church ser-
vices, making us the largest congregation we have
had since the organization of the church nearly
two and a half years ago. This week I hope to
visit some of these men in the camp and help to
supply their Y. M. C. A. tent with good literature.
ANOTHER MORMON BROUGHT INTO
THE KINGDOM.
Rev. Philip Bohback, Hyrum, Utah, writes :—
I have preached twelve Scandinavian sermons Sab-
bath mornings and ten English sermons Sabbath
evenings at Hyrum. Also three Scandinavian ser-
mons at Millville, once a month, Sabbath after-
noons.
Two months ago we took into our family two lit-
tle motherless girls to save them from the Mormon
influence. We sent them to our mission school for
their father who is in Idaho. And we are glad to
report that we have sent a boy to the Collegiate
Institute at Salt Lake City whom we had taken
from another family and kept in school here for
five years till there was nothing more to teach
him. One term his general average grade was 99.
Among boys I have never met his equal for power
in studies and his ability to grasp things. He is fif-
teen years of age and a good Christian. Pray for
him and us! He entered at Salt Lake through
the kindness of Prof. Caskey and the Woman's
Board, who tendered him a scholarship.
ADDED MEMBERS.
Rev. V. Hlavaty, Cedar Rapids, la., writes: —
In April and May twenty-two persons confessed
their faith in Christ and joined the church. Dur-
ing all this time I have held meetings once every
month at Walker, Iowa, where I preached the
word of God to our nationality.
Until the second quarter we have had two Sun-
day-schools, one held at our church and the other
two miles distant, the two Sunday-schools to-
gether having 250 members. The latter Sunday
school was held in a public school building ; a
last we were forbidden holding it there any more,
for reasons of their own, and so after we get a suita-
ble place we shall begin again.
APPOINTMENTS.
H. W. Chapman, Hawthorne and station, Fla.
E. E. Giffen, La Salle, 1st, Colo-
H. H. McQuilkin, Valmont, "
J. Dyer, Mountain Fork, Indian, Oka Achuckma, Nani
Chito and Kulli Chito,
J. A. B. Oglevee, Perry, 1st,
E. L. Combs, Pine Creek and Unity,
R C. Rowley, Brooks and Nodaway,
J. B. Cameron, Mt. Pleasant,
J. P. Linn, Early, 1st,
E. J. Nugent, La Cygne,
J. I. Hughes, Fredonia and New Albany, 1st,
J. C. Morgan, Hoxie and Grainfield,
W. M. Howell, Baldwin, Black Jack and Media,
D. S. Honsaker, Adrian and Pleasant Ridge,
W. C. Clemens, Harlan,
J. Marhoff, Hamilton,
S. L Clark, Pickford, Sterlingville and stations,
W. L. Baker, Blissfield, 1st,
A. Schaffer, Alcona, Black River and Caledonia,
P. S. Davies, Ph.D., Russell and Island Lake,
A. G. C. Brown, Kinbrse, 1st, and Brewster,
J. Dobias, Tabor, Bohemian, and Thief River Falls,
A. C. Tychsen, St. Paul, Dano-Norwegian,
R. K. Ross, Utica, Union and Lewiston,
G. Pringle, Chester, Pleasant Valley and Genoa,
J. F. Mueller, St. Louis, 2d, German,
W. S. Knight, D.D., St. Louis, Clifton Heights,
C. E. Rice, Crow Butte, Emanuel and Union,
R. L. Barr, Belmont, Marsland and Willow Creek,
J. Brown, Giltner and Seaton,
G. Scarr, Barneston, 1st,
C. H. Fleming, Silver Creek, Divide Centre and Dec a
tur,
W. R Adams, Osceola, 1st,
I. T.
O. T.
Iowa.
Kans.
Ky.
Mich.
Minn.
Mo.
Neb.
W. Nicholl, Papillion, Anderson Grove, La Platte and
stations, Neb.
J. M. Shield, M.D., Jemes and stations, N. M.
F. Carruthers, Taunton, 1st,
A. Durrie, Bismarck, 1st,
G. H. Bucher, Wheatland, 1st, and station,
D. Mclntyre, Rolla, 1st,
T. E. Douglas, Harvey, 1st,
W. 0. Forbes, Portland, Forbes,
A. A. Hurd, Hillsdale, Mt. Olivet and Fulton,
J. E. Blair, Oakland, 1st, and Yoncalla,
W. Clyde, Phoenix,
L. J. Earhart, Pleasant Grove, Octorara and Marion,
T. McGregor, Sisseton, 1st, and stations,
L. L. Smythe, Leola, Oneota and stations,
J. Lynd, Mayasan,
A. Coe, Wood Lake, Indian, and Raven Hill,
I. Renville, Long Hollow, Indian,
C. S. Vincent, Tyndall, 1st,
J. Moore, D.D., Tusculum, Mt. Bethel,
S. A. Coile, Knoxville, Fort Sanders and station,
J. M. Alexander, Eusebia and Rockford,
P. M. Ellefsen, Lago, 1st, and Gentile Valley,
H. H. McCreery, Mt. Pleasant, 1st,
O. S. Wilson, Mendon and Wellsville,
W. M. Carle, Hoonah,
F. J. Edmunds, Ballard,
C. E. Cornwell, Kent, 1st, "
G. F. Whitworth, Renton, "
W. Davies, Seattle, Welsh, "
T. T. Edmunds, Quilcene, "
W. C. Gunn, Spokane, Bethel, "
R J. Creswell, Neillsville, Shortville, Oxford and sta-
tions, Wis
P. J. Leenhouts, New Amsterdam, Holland, and station, "
D. J. Williams, Deerfield, 1st, and Nora, "
R. L. Adams, Omro, 1st, "
N. D.
Oreg.
S. D.
Tenn
Ida.
Utah.
Alaska,
Wash.
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GOLDEN TEMPLE, UMRITZAR, INDIA.
[November,
Young People's Christian Endeavor.
Mr. Ballington Booth is authority for the state-
ment that on Manhattan Island there are 500,000
young men who do not enter a church.
*
Said an Indian pupil in one of the government
schools : "It is not what is done for us, but what
we do for others, that develops."
*•*
Greater cleanliness and the greater cheerfulness
of the inhabitants is what distinguishes a Christian
village in India from one that is non-Christian,
says Sir Charles Turner.
***
Silk book-marks, made by Japanese women, were
sold in the United States, and with the proceeds a
house of worship was erected at Nishio. The
building has been dedicated by Bishop Joyce.
***
A Christian Endeavor society at Penasco, New
Mexico, mentioned in Over Sea and Land, is com-
posed of a grandmother aged seventy, a son-in-law
and daughter, both converts from Romanism, and
seven grandchildren.
***
A venerable old chief, one of the earliest converts
of the London Missionary Society in Samoa, lately
died, and before he passed away handed the native
pastor two valuable Samoan mats worth about $100,
as his contribution toward the building of a new
church.
At the sixth annual convention of the young
people's societies of the Presbytery of Cleveland,
held September 8, addresses were made on " What
Presbyterians Believe as to Doctrine," " What
Presbyterians believe as to Life," and "The
Future of Presbyterianism as Determined by the
Past."
***
Twelve pupils at Lovedale, South Africa, who
have just completed the course of study, were
rescued several years ago from an Arab slave ship
which was captured when attempting to transport
some slaves from the Galla couatry to the coast of
Asia. They have been trained as teachers or
artisans.
***
The twentieth century demands of our youth a
more thorough knowledge of and devoted loyalty
to principle and duty, broader catholicity of spirit,
a more general and aggressive spirit of evangelism,
enthusiasm which is the driving force of character,
better methods of work. — Rev. J. S. Martin, in
Olive Trees.
***
" Captains of Ten " is the name of a boys' club
reported in Life and Light. Each boy is a captain
and his ten fingers are his company of soldiers to be
trained to obey his commands. The object, as
stated in the constitution, is ' ' to promote a spirit
of loyalty to Christ among the boys, and to learn
about and work for Christ's kingdom."
One missionary writes from India in Woman' s Mis-
sionary Friend: " I hope the home workers will re-
joice that the work here is growing so rapidly that
the mission home, schoolhouse and dormitory are
all too small. I remember as a child how we
were always outgrowing our clothes, and with my
dear mother's large family it was no small trial to
keep us all clad, but the greater trial would have
been if we had not grown at all. "
*
The London Christian suggests that the boys and
girls of England and Scotland assume the responsi-
bility of raising an amount of money requisite to
start and maintain a mission within reasonable dis-
tance of Livingstone's grave in Central Africa, to
perpetuate the memory of the great missionary
explorer. The only monument that marks his
grave is the baobab tree, on which his "boys " cut
his name and the date of his death many years ago.
"Have you no good news for us?" said the
people of Kikuyu to Bishop Tucker as he passed
through their country on his way to Uganda.
Kikuyu is a populous table-land, 6000 feet above
the sea level. The people, who seemed to realize
their need of the gospel, said : " Have you no good
news for us? Is your message only for the
Waganda?"
***
For the use of a woman's missionary society in
Pao ting-fu, empty condensed milk tins were pro-
vided with covers by a tin worker, and Chinese
fingers deftly covered them with the festive red paper.
Then on the top of the can was written the text,
" What shall I render unto the Lord for all his
benefits? " while below was the answer :
" Take my silver and my gold,
Not a mite would I withhold."
Miss Mary S. Morrill, who describes this in Life
435
436
YOUNG PEOPLE'S CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR.
[November,
and Light, adds that six months later the little
band of women came together to open the cans ;
and they had to be called down when they recounted
their reasons for thankfulness, each one had so
many that one or two would have taken all the
time.
**#
The Rev. Daniel L. Gifford, for eight years a
Presbyterian missionary in Japan, has prepared a
volume, made up of pictures of life in Korea,
which will be eagerly read by young people,
and will find its way into many a missionary
library. It is called " Every-day Life in Korea,"
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From " Everyday Life in Kore?." Copyright, 1898, by F. H. Revell & Co.
and, while full of information about the people of
the hermit nation, traces carefully the development
of missionary work. By kind permission of the
publishers, one of the illustrations from the book
appears on this page.
Writing of the danger of allowing the missionary
society to degenerate into a literary club, the Ad-
vance says : ' ' There is no reason for entering any
but missionary fields in pursuit of subjects suitable
for a missionary meeting, home or foreign. Nor
need the subjects be devoid of interest. The tri-
umphs of the gospel, whether in our own or foreign
lands, ought to possess as much
interest now as in apostolic
days, and the experiences of
our missionaries read like ad-
ditional chapters of the Book
of Acts. For Christians to
avow that they have no time
for the missionary meeting and
find no interest in it when they
have time for everything else,
ought at least to lead them to
examine anew the foundations
of their faith, and see whether
this life or the next has the
stronger claims upon us, and
whether the more important
things are not given a second-
ary place or thrust out alto-
gether. The Christian woman
will on no account let the mis-
sionary meeting be crowded out
by any literary club unless she
thinks literature more import-
ant than Christianity, and then
she may well question whether
she be indeed Christian."
Bishop Hoare of Hong Kong
writes in the Spirit of Missions
of a church that was ' ' born in
the waiting-room of a Ningpo
hospital." The hospital itself
was started by a man of medi-
cal skill and training who had
gone to Ningpo to earn a living
by working among the Euro-
peans there, but who felt called
of God to offer his skill and
time to the mission. An opium
smoker who had come 140
miles to be cured of the habit,
while waiting for his turn,
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YOUNG PEOPLE'S CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR.
437
heard one of the native preachers
tell the story of Christ. Stand-
ing up in the midst of the crowd
he exclaimed, " Why that is ex-
actly what I want." The man
was afterwards baptized, and
asked for an evangelist to be
sent to his home in the city of
Taichow. One was sent, and
now there is a church of seven
hundred members with two na-
tive pastors.
***
An important kindergarten
work for the benefit of the young
among the foreign population of
Chicago is carried on by the
Woman's Presbyterial Society for
Home Missions. The gifts of the
Christian Endeavor societies for
this purpose have largely in-
creased during the past year, and
it is expected that soon the work
will be chiefly sustained by the young people
The Rev. George McAfee, after a visit to Alaska,
spoke of how native Christians have stood the test
of the temptations brought them by the gold
seekers. ' ' It has been a lesson of deep significance
and a testimony to the power of the Word of God,
to see the Alaskan ' packer > lay down his burden
on Saturday evening and refuse to touch it again
until Monday."
BUDDHIST MONKS.
From ''''Korean Sketches."
Copyright, 1898, by Fleming H. Reveli.
At a garden party on the occasion of a union
meeting of the women's and young ladies' societies
of a certain church, mimeographed copies of a list
of mission stations were distributed, giving all an
opportunity of refreshing their memories in antici-
pation of a ■ 'spell-down." Then, at a tap of the
bell, the papers were withdrawn, sides were chosen
and two lines of battle arranged. After a skirmish
among queer-lettered, many-syllabled words, one
after another succumbed, until only one was left.
This exercise is reported in Woman'* Missionary
Friend.
Said a blind Chinese woman who had memorized
the gospel of John and other portions of Scripture :
1 ' It is such a comfort to me when I sit alone in my
darkness to say over his words." Some one re-
marked : " What a pity it is that Mrs. Shen cannot
see," and the old lady quickly replied with a smile :
11 If I could see I might not have the leisure nor
the inclination to learn of these things. It is well
as it is."
***
Mr. W. T. Stead relates that Mr. Gladstone was
greatly cheered during his last days by the tidings
that his granddaughter, a bright girl of twenty,
had decided to dedicate herself to the work of a
Christian missionary. He was thrilled with the
thought that she had chosen so noble a work, and
reverted to it again and again with complacent,
triumphant joy.
Mrs. Brewer, of Sivas, Turkey, tells of an Arme
nian woman who, burning with a desire to do some-
thing for her Lord, and not satisfied with what she
had on hand to give, collected her goods and sold
one- tenth. But this was not enough, another tenth
was sold to help send the gospel everywhere. Her
husband stole this small sum, and to replace it she
found a piece of cloth which she disposed of and a
silver box, the gift of her mother, the whole
amounting to five dollars. The gift was one-fifth,
not of her income, but of her entire possessions.
One of the obstacles to successful Christian work
among the'women of Japan is the worship of the
spirits of the dead or Hotoke. Writing of this in
the Japan Evangelist, Miss Annie S. Buzzell tells
as that the most prominent thing in a Japanese
home is the god-shelf, and below or beside it the
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[November,
shrine of the ancestral tablets. The god-shelf
contains the gods which show the special bent of
the family. The gods of wealth and good luck are
usually there. Then there may be the patron god
of the merchant, scholar, scribe or whatever pro-
fession is carried on by the head of the family or
aspired to by the rising generation. As Christ is
taught in the home, it becomes an easy matter to
remove the contents of the god-shelf, but not
so with the hotoke. The mother and grandmother
and daughters listen with deep interest to the
words of Jesus, and say, " We have given up our
SOME OF THE INHABITANTS.
idols. We worship the true God now," and sure
enough the god-shelf is empty. But the shrine
and tablets are still there, and if it chance to be
the anniversary of the death of an ancestor there
will be fresh offerings and tiny lamps burning
before them. "Oh, that is only hotoke sama"
they say, and then explain that the light and
food are placed there that the ancestor might
know that he is remembered. They cannot give
an intelligent reason for this worship, but merely
say, "It is a Japanese custom. We have been
taught to do it, and if we neglect it we will be
thought unfilial." When the
women have something specially
good to eat, or a pretty new
garment, they go before the
shrine with it and show it to the
wooden tablets. They do not
think that the souls of the de-
parted ones are there, but that
from the spirit-land they' look and
see whether their descendants are
showing proper respect to their
memory, and gratitude for what
has been done by them for pos-
terity.
A child that had been sick for
a long time and pronounced incu-
rable by Chinese physicians, was
brought to the hospital in Kinki-
ang. When he had recovered,
the parents, to show their grati-
tude, presented to the ladies in
charge of the hospital a "merit
board." This consisted of a
blackboard with four big, carved
and gilded characters in the cen-
tre. Covered with a red cloth it
was carried by four men into the
guest hall and placed on the cen-
tre of the table. The characters
complimented the physicians by
comparison with two noted wo-
men of ancient times who were
great scholars.
THE
From "Korean Sketches.
HOPE OF THE NATION.
' Copyright, 1898, by Fleming H. Revell Company.
A revolution of sentiment in
reference] to the place of young
people in the Church's work'has
occurred in recent years, says a
writer in Olive Trees. The Church
has awakened to fa realization
of the fact that our Lord has
assigned a significant work'to the
1898.]
BUILDING A CHURCH IN AFRICA.
439
young people in advancing his kingdom. The
numerous organizations of the youth for re-
ligious ends are certainly a criterion for judg-
ing their spiritual activity. It is putting the
figures low enough to say (duplicates not counted)
that eight to ten millions of young people are
engaged more or less in religious work. But while
there is much to encourage, there is cause of
anxiety in reference to the young men of our land.
According to the investigations of the National
Committee of the Young Men's Christian Associa-
tion, only five per cent, of our young men are
church members. Only fifteen per cent, are regu-
lar attenders upon church services. Seventy- five
per cent, never attend church at all. Of the five
per cent, who are church members three per cent,
are said to be careless and indifferent in regard to
bearing the burdens incident to church work.
From the same authority we learn that young men
are the ones who frequent the saloon, the pool
room, the theatre and the ballroom. Seventy per
cent, of the convicts in our state prisons are young
men. In view of these facts the Church cannot
but recognize a low state of spiritual life among
young men. Answering the question, how can we
cultivate and deepen the spiritual life of our youth ?
this writer says: (1) Make the home a centre of
religious influence ; (2) Make the Sabbath- school
a distinctly saving institution ; (3) Organize
junior societies that shall serve as a connecting
link between the Sabbath -school and the senior
society ; (4) Encourage personal, devotional
study of the Bible ;
Christ.
(5) Ever draw nearer to
BUILDING A CHURCH IN AFRICA.
MRS. MARGARET D. WALTER.
Only one girl and two boys, two hundred
miles from their mountain home, sitting at a
table in the large open room which serves as din-
ing-room, playroom, schoolroom and church, but
at this time for morning lessons.
Remembering that it is just one year since they
came to the low country, the question is put to
them, " My children, how many moons have
passed since you left your country ? " Counting
on their fingers, they answer, "Twelve moons."
4 'Are you glad because you are here, and have
you anything to give thanks for?" "Yes;
truly we are happy, and we have much, many
things, to give thanks for." " Will you write on
your slates some of the things ? "
While waiting for their answers, my own
thoughts are busy, wondering what and how
these dear ones will write, thev have so little of
Kapela and Cipenye.
this world's goods, and have only been taking les-
sons less than one year. How much can they com-
prehend of my poor teaching. But the slates are
here, and, looking from their happy faces, I read,
' ( food, clothes, money, love, friends, health, for
being taught, and much, much for the love of
Jesus Christ." "To show that you have love
and thanks in your heart for Jesus Christ, would
you not like to give him back some of your
money?" "Yes; but how?" Recalling the
lesson on giving the tenth, first one object then
another was presented to them 'or their gifts, but
neither accepted. The need of a church in their
mountain home was set before them, when with
one accord they said, ' ' We will give for a church
in Bailundo."
Our custom was to meet every Sunday at 3 P.M.
for Bible study, but on the first Sunday of every
month they were to bring the contents of the
boxes that had been given them for their daily
contribution of half a cent. Their rations being
five cents per day, they thus gave a fifth of their
daily allowance. This they continued for some
time, only to double the amount as time went on.
Several times the boys brought over thirty-five
cents each. When they brought this amount it
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[November,
meant the giving np of one meal per day. When
reasoning with them that they conld not keep
strong and well on one meal, one of the lads with
snch a happy look in his eyes said, " Ondona, the
love of God is good and great." Thns the first
chnrch in their native home was begnn by the faith
of these dear young Christians, and when, on re-
turning at the end of four years to their mountain
home, the work was taken up by the resident mis-
sionary and other native Christians, carried on
and completed, there was great rejoicing.-
Who would despise the day of small things, and
does it not bold true, no matter of what nation-
ality, that where the heart realizes and is filled
with the love of Jesus, it is ready to give back
time, strength and
money lovingly and
freely ?
Last winter, when the refugees were coming by each
steamer, many of them in abject poverty, without
food, warm clothes or money, the girls would pray
most earnestly for the sufferers, and then hurry
round to seek help from those who were in better
circumstances. Many were thus saved from starva-
tion. At another time one of the girls was very ill.
Everything possible was done for the child, seem-
ingly without success, as she continued to grow
worse, until all agreed that it was impossible for
her to live. But daily, almost hourly, the rest *of
the girls gathered together and prayed earnestly
for their little friend, and God honored their faith
by her sudden recovery. The father said : ' ' We
could do nothing more for my child. God alone
HELP
FOR CUBANS.
Mrs. Julia M. Ter-
hune writes in the Sun-
day School Times of the
home school for Span-
ish-speaking girls which
has been maintained for
several years. Most of
the twenty-two now in
the home are children
of Cuban refugees, of
ages from four to eigh-
teen. They are most
tenderly cared for and
taught by two Christian
women who are giving
their lives to this work.
The children bring with
them all the faults and
failings peculiar to neg-
lected childhood ; but
the religious atmos-
phere, the gentle firm-
ness, and the faithful
teaching of the Bible
soon result in changed
lives and habits. All
the older girls are earn-
est Christians and zeal-
ous missionaries among
their own people. The
children have most im-
plicit confidence in
God's readiness to hear
and answer prayer.
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MORMON TOUSG PIOPLE'd SOCIETIES.
441
saved her life in answer to the prayers of these
girls. I never heard before of such a religion, and
I want it. Oh ! teach me." He speedily gave
himself to Christ, united with the church, and is
living a consistent life, working earnestly for the
salvation of his friends.
This work has given to many young Christians
an opportunity for active effort. One young girl
had long been anxious to teach music gratuitously
to some one who had not the advantages which had
been given her. She offered to give music les-
sons to one of these Cuban girls, and speedily be-
came so much interested in them all that she took
another pupil, and another, until she had five.
Other young ladies have one or more pupils also ;
another teaches physical culture. A mission band
made an entire outfit for one orphan girl. Another
band took charge of the clothes of two little girls.
A circle comes each week to teach sewiDg and
plain dress making, closing the lesson with a short
prayer service.
Recently a youDg Cuban sat in an adjoining
room and quietly watched all that was done.
Afterwards he questioned as to who these girls
were, why they came, etc. Then he said: "I
will never take my family back to Cuba until my
children are educated. I want to see my girls
grow up such useful, earnest women as these are.
I never saw anything like this before." In con-
nection with the school, religious services are held
several times each week, and, through the active
work and cordial invitations of the missionaries
and the children, many lonely heartsick Cubans
attend. Some have here found Christ, and re-
joice in a religion of love of which they had never
before heard.
MORMON YOUNG PEOPLE'S SOCIETIES.
WILLIAM M. PADEN, D.D.
The Mormons have two organizations which
work among the young people — the Young Men's
Mutual Improvement Association and the Young
Ladies' Mutual Improvement Association. So in
Utah, besides having the Y. M. C. A., the W. C.
T. U. and the Y. P. S. C. E., we have the Y. M.
M. I. A. and the Y. L. M. I. A.
The Y. M. M. I. A. movement was inaugurated
in 1873. During the first years of its history it
was simply a Mormon phase of the old-fashioned
country literary society. Brigham Young saw in
these societies a field for church work and took
them under the immediate direction of the priest-
hood. As he did so, he said : "Let the keynote
of your work be the establishment in the youth of
individual testimony of the truth and magnitude
William M. Paden, D.D.
of the great Latter Day work and cultiva-
ting a knowledge and an application of the eternal
principles of the great science of life." The social
and literary character of the associations was not
destroyed; on the contrary, the Church "recom-
mends the associations to assume wherever agree-
able to the local authorities the management of en-
tertainments, the giving of concerts, dancing parties,
etc." But the more serious aim of the societies
was to be "acquiring individual testimony of the
divinity of Joseph Smith ' ' and the consideration of
6uch topics as " Why we have gathered from the
nations to these valleys," " The works and hard-
ships of our fathers," and " The privileges we en-
joy by reason of the faithful sacrificing heroic acts
of our fathers."
During the past three or four years the associa-
tions have pursued courses of study in theology,
history, natural science and civil government, and
are in some places more like Chautauqua Circles
than literary or C. E. societies. Manuals are pre-
pared by the Church for the direction of the
societies in their work. I copy characteristic di-
rections :
"Sessions of the class should be opened and
closed with prayer. ' ' For home reading, ' ' have the
four standard works, the Bible, the Book of Mor-
mon, Doctrine and Covenants, and the Pearl of
Great Price, at least." "With regard to recrea-
tion .... consider earnestly, manfully and in a
business-like manner the providing for and regula-
442
THAT PORCUPINE STORY.
[November,
ting of these other and abused divisions of the great
M. I. work, particularly the ballroom, the drama
and excursions. The ballroom should be restored
to the original school of etiquette and refine-
ment."
In the course of theology are such questions as,
11 How does the Pearl of Great Price establish the
authenticity of the Old Testament ? " " Prove the
authenticity of the Old Testament by the Book of
Mormon.' ' " Prove the existence of God by reve-
lations made to Adam,
.... John
the Baptist, the apostles, Joseph Smith, Sydney
Kigdon and Oliver Cowdry . " "Give proofs of the
restoration of the fullness of the gospel through the
prophet Joseph Smith."
The manual gives about equal place to the study
of the Old Testament, Book of Mormon, New
Testament and "The Dispensation of the Fullness
of Times," inaugurated by Joseph the Prophet ;
and special attention is given to the biography of
Nephi and General Moroni, as given in the Book
of Mormon. Characteristic of the topics discussed
during the study of the present dispensation are,
" Show that hireling politicians and preachers pre-
tending to be followers of the Saviour were leaders
of the mobs who robbed, plundered, murdered and
drove loyal American citizens from their homes in
De Witt, Mo., in 1838." " Contrast the first
settlers of Utah with the first settlers of America."
" On the revelation on the eternity of the marriage
covenant, including plural marriage." Bead
" Why we practice plural marriage."
That this last question is not now settled beyond
question is evident from an article in the Improve-
ment Era for May of this year, where the editor, B.
H. Roberts, our Democratic nominee for Congress
sums up an argument in defense of the righteousness
of polygamy in these words : ' ' Therefore, I conclude
that since God did approve of the plural marriage
customs of the ancient patriarchs, prophets and
kings of Israel, it is not at all to be wondered at
that in the fullness of times, in which he has prom-
ised a restitution of all things, that God should
again establish that system of marriage. And the
fact of God's approval of plural marriage in ancient
times is a complete defense of the righteousness of
the marriage system introduced by revelation
through Joseph Smith."
In 1897 there were 491 of these Mutual Improve-
ment Associations, with a membership of 16,546,
and 654 members on missions. The work of the
Y. L. M. I. A. is much the same, the chief differ-
ence being in the easier character of the course and
the special attention given to physiology, physical
culture and home management.
THAT PORCUPINE STORY.
The Rev. J. S. Thomas, M.D., of Praa, Laos, in
a letter which appeared in our September issue,
page 215, having mentioned the porcupine, adds :
1 'A true and remarkable story is told of this little
animal, which I will here record for the children.
The little fellow is fond of bananas, but they
grow so high that he cannot hope to reach them.
So while he sits at the base of the banana tree,
longingly looking up at them, he with unerring
aim deliberately shoots his quills at the banana
stem till he cuts it, and the bunch drops at his
feet, when he and his family at once enjoy a good
meal."
Readers of The Church at Home and
Abroad who have not found it easy to accept the
story as sober fact, will read with interest the
following communications. The first is from the
Rev. George MaclosMe, LL.D., Professor of Biol-
ogy in Princeton University, and the second from
the Rev. W. A. Briggs, M.D., of our Laos Mis-
sion, now in this country.
" As I am a careful reader of The Church at
Home and Abroad," writes Dr. Macloskie, "I
had observed the story about the porcupine be-
fore your letter called my attention to it, and I
was surprised to see it apparently endorsed by its
writer. To a scientific man the story seems in-
credible, or nearly so.
4 ' In the Standard Natural History (a part written
by Prof. Elliot Coues, an excellent authority) I
find the following reference to one part of the
subject : ' The spines are loosely inserted in the
skin, so loosely that they readily become de-
tached ; they may even be shaken loose by ener-
getic muscular action, and those which are barbed
stick readily in any object they penetrate. Here
is the grain of truth in the traditional chaff that
the porcupine shoots its quills as it stands on the
defensive, or lets fly Parthian arrows as it retreats
from its pursuers.'
11 1 have no doubt but the porcupine sometimes
transfixes bananas with his spines, and that the
fruits may be found thus pierced, themselves and
the spines equally detached from their original
owners ; but that he can shoot the spines through
the air would require for its acceptance clearer
proof than is given and stronger scientific faith
than I can lay claim to."
Dr. Briggs writes : " As to the questions you
ask regarding the story related by Dr. Thomas, I
am unable to state whether such a clever (?) ani-
mal exists or not. The ordinary porcupine is
found in Laos woods, and he is as clever as he
is in this country. The natives have wonder-
1898.]
AN INDIAN UPRISING — YOUNG PEOPLE AND MISSIONS.
443
fnl stories to tell of most animals. A'remarkable
one — whether true or not, I cannot say — is con-
cerning a fish which comes out of the water, lies
on a stone in the sunshine, allows the ants to
cover him, flops back into the water and gobbles
the ants np. There are other interesting state-
ments made concerning this same variety of fish.
There is some foundation for the story, as the
fish can live for days out of the water, and there
seems to be a good deal of certainty that they can
move themselves short distances over land.
" The porcupine story is rather trying to one's
credulity. I should say, though, it, too, may
have some foundation in actual fact. Laos hu-
morists have been known to overstep the bounds of
actual truth. Were I to apply the principles of
higher criticism, I would say there is a decided
flavor of the Laos humorist in both the porcupine
and the fish stories."
AN INDIAN UPKISING.
A writer in the American Missionary says that
though most of the soldiers have been withdrawn
from the frontier posts there need be no fear that the
Sioux will seize upon the opportunity to avenge
fancied wrongs. Too many of them have become
followers of the Prince of Peace. Years of school
training have given us a new type of young men
and women, who have more of home love and
who are beginning to think for themselves. There
is an uprising of the Indians which is being too
slowly recognized. They are slowly but surely
rising above superstition, ignorance and indolence.
Religion has given the life a new centre and in-
finite breadth. Progress in educational work has
been marked. One of the greatest evidences of
progress is that so many Indian parents uncom-
plainly— some eagerly— part with their children
that they may be cared for and instructed in the
boarding school for ten months of every year.
YOUNG PEOPLE AND MISSIONS.
The effect of work for foreign missions upon the
young people is to increase all the graces that go to
build up a strong, symmetrical character. This is
the testimony of a writer in Lije and Light, a sum-
mary of whose article follows : There is no better
antidote to selfishness than to interest boys and
girls in the lives of children born in the darkness of
heathen homes. The gifts from those who are
thus interested mean lessons in self-denial, self-
control and thoughtfulness for others. Young peo-
ple who come into touch with devoted missionaries
realize their reliance on the power of the Holy
Spirit and grow to see how large a part of the help
they have to offer them here at home lies in earn-
est, consecrated prayers. Thus the spiritual life is
quickened, deepened, and faith in prayer in-
creased.
Beholding the transformation wrought on the
bodies and souls of those under missionary training,
young people come to a fuller sense of the power of
the gospel. Their hearts overflow with thankful-
ness for their birthright of Christian ancestry and
homes, and the grace of cheerful contentment is
added to their lives. In working to send the good
tidings to some far-away boy or girl they hare
brought the message of salvation to their own
souls.
What missions can do for the young people as an
educational force cannot be estimated. The study
of missions brings them into touch with the history,
literature, manners and customs of the oldest em-
pires of the earth. It introduces them to peoples
who have played a most important part in the
world's evolution. It puts meaning into the mes-
sages, civil and political, that to day flash across
the wires to our coasts from China, Japan, Turkey
and Spain. In an age when the uttermost ends of
the earth are brought into easy access by means of
electricity and steam, no one who values education
can afford to be ignorant of our so-called mission
lands. To be informed is to be interested.
Frequent testimonies of keen pleasure and
enthusiasm in the work come from those who
have learned the truth of George Eliot's words,
"We can only have true happiness by having
wide thoughts and much feeling for the rest of
the world." In view of what the work can
do for our young people in developing character,
cultivating Christian graces, broadening the hori-
zon, widening education, it seems passing strange
that the question "Do you think it worth while
to organize young people's missionary societies ?"
can take root or find utterance.
There are now 20,000 Indians in school, out-
side the five civilized tribes. Thirty-five years
ago there was hardly one.
A single illustration of the teaching in the
Chinese classics will say volumes for the condition
of women where the leaven of Christianity has not
been felt. Mencius is conversing with his pupil,
who asks, " If a woman should fall into the water
and the only way of rescuing her was to extend the
hand, should he attempt to save her or let her
perish?" "Better let her drown," returned the
philosopher, "than to contaminate your hand by
her touch."
444
PHE?BYTERIAN ENDEAVORED.
[November,
PRESBYTERIAN ENDEAVORERS.
Sacaton, Ariz.
Were the Rev. Charles Cook, missionary to
the Pima Indians, on the foreign field, says a writer
in the Occident, his fame would be heralded to the
world as one of the missionary heroes of the nine-
teenth century. Nearly a quarter of a century
ago, without money, friends or mission Board to
rely upon, he traveled across the continent, be-
lieving he was called of God to preach the gospel
to the Indians of Arizona. He established an in-
dependent mission, which was afterwards taken
over by the Presbyterian Church. After many
years of labor with small harvests, Mr. Cook is
now enjoying a Pentecost. Every year now wit-
nesses more than a hundred converts from heath-
enism baptized into the Church of Christ. Un-
known to fame, but well known to heaven, dear
old "Father Cook" is carrying on what is per-
haps the greatest mission work in America.
Tucson, Ariz.
On a very warm Sunday, when the glaring sun
beat down upon the treeless roads in a way that
would have discouraged most church-goers, a num-
ber of the girls expressed an earnest desire to go to
church, although a service had been held at 9.30
at the school. So the teacher, who reports in the
Home Mission Monthly, set out with eighteen or
twenty of those best able to comprehend the service.
After a long, hot walk they learned that the church
was closed, as there was to be a union service at the
Methodist. To their great disappointment there
was no room for them in that church, as it was al-
ready full. On the way homeward they took pos-
session of the porch of an empty house, and there
had a very helpful service, at which the girls sang
many of the sweet hymns they love, and repeated
passage after passage from the Bible.
Santa Cruz, Cal.
The work of the Westminster League, which
has just finished the first year of its existence, is
thus reported in the Occident : It has devoted one
Sabbath evening to each chapter in Dr. Rice's
"Sixty six Sacred Books," one Sabbath evening
to each chapter in Ogilvie's "The Presbyterian
Churches ; " has read the entire Bible chronologi-
cally in nine sections, devoting one evening to
each ; has spent the last Sabbath of each month
studying the lives and fields of famous mission-
aries. The Boards of our Church had each an
evening. The circular containing the "anniver-
sary addresses" at last synod was thoroughly
studied with great enthusiasm. " Why am I a
Presbyterian? " and " How to Study the Bible,"
occupied two evenings. The League numbers
over thirty members. All the meetings are led
by our pastor, whose love for the work was an in-
spiration to all. We thoroughly believe in the
saying, " He serves Christ the best who serves his
own church the best." But how can we serve our
own church intelligently and loyally unless we
know it— its doctrine, its polity, its worship, its
history ? And how can we know all this unless we
are taught ? We believe the Westminster League
has come to further the kingdom of God by in-
structing the coming generation in the grand and
inspiring history of our beloved Church.
Napa, Cal.
After adopting the Presbyterian Hymnal, a Pres-
byterian choral class was organized under the di-
rection of a good leader. The class meets in the
lecture-room on Monday evening to practice the
hymns for the following Sunday. Any one, not
a member of another church, may join by promis-
ing to attend the church services and assist in the
singing on Sunday evenings. As a result, says
the report in the Occident, the evening services are
well attended, the members of the choral class oc-
cupying the front pews, and we have learned
what a grand book the Presbyterian Hymnal is.
Bogota, Colombia.
Mrs. Miles in a recent letter reports having or-
ganized a Christian Endeavor society which has
an average attendance of forty, eighteen of whom
are ready to lead in prayer at the devotional meet-
ings.
Trinidad, Colo.
The enterprising Christian Endeavor society in
this church holds its weekly devotional meeting
each Sabbath evening just before the preaching
service. The members, who are prompt in taking
part in this meeting, are assisted by the pastor and
some of the older members of the church. The so-
ciety makes an annual contribution of fifteen dol-
lars to missions, one-half of which is sent to Mr.
Lamb of Indian Territory, and one -half to Mr.
and Mrs. Wallace in Mexico. — B. K.
Petersburg, III.
To reanimate the midweek meeting, to be rid of
the weariness of time worn methods and to avoid
the multiplication of meetings, the congregation
adopted by vote the following schedule :
First week, niistionary concert.
Second week, normal institute.
Third week, history class.
Fourth week, missionary class.
(Fifth week), song service.
The normal institute is a new plan for better
1898.]
PRESBYTERIAN ESDEAV0RER8.
445
teachers' meetings, combining the didactic and de-
votional, and linking church and Sabbath school
more intimately together in the thought of the
people. The history class provides a study of
general denominational and doctrinal history.
The missionary class is an open meeting, bringing
before all present the results of private class in-
struction as to missionary work and workers.
The pastor, who reports in the Herald and Pres-
byter, believes the plan, honestly tried and heart-
ily supported, will reduce the number of weekly
meetings, secure unity of effort, increase the in-
terest, combine church forces and be a greater
teaching power in the weekly meeting.
Chicago, 111.
Lake View. — The ycung ladies of this church gave
their services freely during the summer in the va-
cation schools where children receive instruction
in basket weaving and tile making. The congre-
gation made an offering of $500 as an outing fund
for the children of the poor in the settlement work.
Pierceton, Ind.
A barrel of good literature was recently sent by
the young people of this church to the prison at
Michigan City.
Dubuque, la.
First. — The class for Bible study which has been
maintained for many years meets each Thursday
evening, and forms a profitable feature of church
work. The text-book used for this season's course
is Muirhead's "The Times of Christ." An analy-
sis of the first chapter in the form of thirty eight
questions appears in the Dubuque Presbyterian.
Volga, la.
Two mothers, one with a large family, attend
the Scotland Christian Endeavor meeting on Fri-
day evening. Reporting this in the Dubuque Pres-
byterian, Pastor McCuskey says : ' ' For a mother to
leave a farm home, with the work she generally
has to do in the evening, and not return until ten
o'clock at night, shows no little interest."
Beloit, Kans.
A helpful and instructive service in the interest
of missions is conducted once each month by the
missionary committee of the Christian Endeavor
Society.
New York, N. Y.
Covenant. — The pastor writes in the Church Econ-
omist of the Christmas celebration : The members
of our school never come expecting to receive, but
always to give, and the offerings are always in
money. By spiritualizing the day and making
much of the central idea that it was on this day
that God sent his Son to us, and therefore we
should all use it as a day upon which to deny our-
selves for others, we not only do not have to resort
to the Santa Claus idea to make the day bright,
but succeed in planting seed which will bear fruit
throughout the lives of the children.
First Union. — The invitation card used in neigh-
borhood visitation and in welcoming strangers to
the church is reproduced in the Church Economist.
On the front side of the card printed in two colors,
the location of the church, the name and address
of the pastor and the calendar are given, together
with this appeal :
To all who are strangers and have no ohurch home, who
would enjoy a helpful hour of worship on Sunday and at
midweek, who are weary and would find rest, who are not
satisfied and would live a higher life, who are willing to
help us in ht raiding the coming of the King and in applying
the truths of the gospel to tha problems of life, our church
extends a cordial welcome.
On the reverse of the card is a half-tone illus-
tration of our Lord knocking at the door, and un-
derneath the words of Rev. 3 : 20.
Williamson, N. Y.
Almost every member of the Endeavor society
pledges ten cents a month for missions. The col-
lection, which is taken at the regular meeting on
the first Sunday of each month, amounts to about
thirty dollars for the year. Ten dollars is paid
each year through the Board of Foreign Missions
toward the support of Dr. Ira Harris, of Syria.
We receive his letters and take a personal interest
in his work. To the Home Board we pay ten dol-
lars, and use the remainder for special missionary
or benevolent work. The society will use the
Christian Training Course in a modified form.
— H. B. M.
Yonkers, N. Y.
Westminster. — A revival in the Sabbath afternoon
Christian Endeavor meeting is reported in West'
minster Tidings. A new method of seating and a
changed order of exercises have been adopted, and
every one is devising some new interest in the
spiritual progress. The society supports in part
Dr. Thwing, of Fort Wrangel, Alaska.
The Junior society meets every Saturday after-
noon for one hour, twenty minutes of which is de-
voted to a study of Dr. Geo. B. Stewart's Lessons on
the Life of Jesus, conducted by the pastor. Sprightly
music, object teaching and a varied program make
every meeting a live one.
St. Paul, Minn.
Central. — In the interest of the uncared-for chil-
dren, Mr. B. H. Scriber, superintendent of the Sun-
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HISTORY OF THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN THE U. S. A. [November,
day-school, is making a thorough canvass of that
portion of the city adjacent to Central Church.
Philadelphia, Pa.
Bethany. — Out of and around Bethany Sunday-
school has grown, not simply the church, but a
social [and industrial cooperative system which
reaches several thousand families. It includes
reading clubs, music clubs, clubs for the purchase
of coal, an incorporated^savings bank with depos-
its of two hundred and ninety thousand dollars
invested under State laws and State supervision ;
a dispensary, the House of Deaconesses, who look
after'young women in distress or in need of em-
ployment ; a college, in which, at night, lan-
guages, music, shorthand, bookkeeping, dressmak-
ing^ and millinery^are taught to several hundred
students for a nominal fee ; a House of Kest at the
seashore for girls, and a uniformed military bri-
gade of stalwart boys. Twelve thousand persons
have attended all the various services of the
church, the Sunday-school and the Bible Union
on a single Sunday. The[enrollment of the school
is" past fifty- two' hundred. — William Perrine in
Ladies' Home Journal.
Oroomiah, Persia.
Miss Medbury reports that the women are
formed into a Shaihe society, which pledges its
members to give half a shaihe (half cent) a week.
As a result fifty-five dollars were given by this so-
ciety in one year.
Trappe City, Wis.
The pastor writes : When the Shorter Cate-
chisms were distributed early in the year I was
surprised to learn that a certain woman who lives
in an humble log-house with only one room down-
stairs was the first to wish to recite. She has a
family of nine children, the eldest a daughter of
seventeen years. The recitation was attended
with some difficulties, since she had a baby in her
arms, and two or three little children running
about the room distracted attention from the work
in hand. She recited to my complete satisfaction.
Then the daughter asked to be heard, and she not
only won the Bible but responded to a question by
saying that she had a few weeks before accepted
Christ as a personal Saviour in that very room
under the preaching of the gospel.
HISTORY OF THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN THE U. S.
WM. H. EOBEETS, D.D., LL.D.
[For the Christian Training Course, Historical Department.
A.
I. The Period of Isolated Congregations.
The Presbyterian Church in the American col-
onies, owing to the force of circumstances, was at
first not'an organized denomination, but was com-
posed of isolated congregations. This state of
affairs continued for fullykthree-quarters of a cen-
tury, terminating with the beginning of the
eighteenth century and the growth of the colonies
in'population. Further, there were three kinds
of Presbyterians among the British immigrants,
one being from England iand Wales, another from
Scotland, and a third from the north of Ireland.
The'Jirst, less ^denominational than either of the
others, was earliest in the colonies, and repre-
sented the]Turitan influences which culminated
in^the temporary ascendancy'of Presbyterianism
in England, from 1645-52. The second stood for
the Established Church of Scotland, with its per-
manent influence in favor of civil liberty and the
independence of the Church~from control by the
State. And the third, the latest in the order of
time, was the strictest and the most aggressive in
the maintenance of Presbyterian principles. In
addition to these elements there were in the
colonies during the seventeenth century a few
Presbyterian churches of French origin. Many
See Program No. 3, November, 1898, page 451.]
Dutch Reformed churches were also to be found in
New York and New Jersey, but these, though
friendly, did not enter into any organic relation
with the Presbyterian congregations.
For purposes of convenience it is best to consider
the Presbyterian settlements geographically.
Virginia. — The earliest colonists with Presby-
terian tendencies appear to have settled in Vir-
ginia. The stream of Puritan emigration set in
motion from England by Episcopal tyranny first
touched the shores of this colony. In 1614, the
Rev. Alexander Whitaker, a son of the famous
English Puritan and Presbyterian divine, the
Rev. William Whitaker, D.D., of Cambridge Uni-
versity, England, was pastor of a church at Ber-
muda Hundred, and the affairs of the church were
consulted on "by the minister and four of the most
religious men." This Puritan element was in-
creased largely until the year 1642, when the royal
governor, Sir William Berkeley, commenced a
systematic and vigorous persecution of the dis-
senters from the Church of England, which re-
sulted in the disbandment of their churches, and
the removal, in 1649, of a considerable portion of
them to Maryland. Some, however, appear to
have remained in Virginia, and to have been
1898.]
HISTORY OF THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN THE U. 8. A.
447
maintained by a small immigration. In an ac-
count of Virginia, written not later than 1691,
mention is made of a congregation of Presbyte-
rians, and a church on the Elizabeth river had in
1692 as its minister the Rev. Josias Mackie, to
whom the Presbytery of Laggan, Ireland, wrote a
letter in that year.
New England. — Presbyterianism also came to the
American Continent with the New England col-
onists. John Robinson, the pastor of the Ply-
month colonists, while in Holland, has left on
record the following declaration of their Church
principles : "Touching the ecclesiastical ministry
— namely, of pastors for teaching, elders for rul-
ing, deacons for distributing the church's contri-
butions— we do wholly, in all points, agree with
the French Reformed churches. ' ' A considerable
number of the colonists at Salem, Mass., were also
inclined to the Presbyterian form of government.
In 1630, the Rev. Richard Denton, a graduate of
Cambridge University, England, and a Presbyte-
rian, settled in Massachusetts with a part of the
church which he had previously served for several
years at Coley Chapel, Halifax, Yorkshire. In
1637 the Rev. Francis Doughty, settled in Taun-
ton, Mass., but holding and teaching the prevalent
Presbyterian view on the right to baptism of in-
fants of baptized persons, he was driven out of
New England by the civil authorities. Early Con-
gregationalism was as intolerant of opposing opin-
ions as was Episcopacy, and Presbyterians equally
with Quakers and Baptists were in New England
the subjects of persecution. The colonists who
had Presbyterian views found it advantageous to
settle in Connecticut, and gradually passed thence
to Long Island and northern New Jersey. For
instance, the Rev. Richard Denton, above referred
to, after a sojourn in Connecticut, settled at
Hempstead, Long Island. Many of the churches
in Connecticut, further, were to a large extent
Presbyterian, and some of them bore that name
for years, though never in connection with
either the General Synod or the General As-
sembly. As late as the close of the eighteenth
century the Hartford North Association made the
following declaration : ' ' This association gives in-
formation to all whom it may concern that the
constitution of the churches in the State of Connec-
ticut, founded on the common usages and the con-
fession of Faith, Heads of Agreement and Articles
of Church Discipline adopted at the earliest period
of the settlement of the State, is not Congrega-
tional, but contains the essentials of the govern-
ment of the Church of Scotland or the Presbyte-
rian Church in America." In Massachusetts
there was also a considerable Presbyterian ele-
ment, ^led by such' ministers as] John Eliot, "the
apostle to the Indians ; Peter Hobart, of Hing-
ham, and Thomas Parker, of Newbury. A num-
ber of the churches also were governed by the con-
gregational presbytery or church session, but this
judicatory gradually passed out of use in the
region. The presbytery as known to Pres-
byterian government, however, was never ac-
cepted by the colonists. Synods, such as those
of Cambridge and Say brook, were held, but solely
for consultation and advice, or for the settlement of
controversies, and were without authority. The
nearest approach to the presbytery was the estab-
lishment in 1705, at Boston, Mass., of a ministe-
rial meeting which assented to the "Heads of
Agreement " adopted in 1691 at London, England,
and bearing the title of "Heads of Agreement
assented to by the united ministers in and about
London, formerly called Presbyterian and Congre-
gational." The decided majority of the Christians of
New England were Congregationalists, and believ-
ing, as this majority did, in the Church-State, both
legal and moral agencies were brought to bear
against other Christian bodies. Massachusetts,
especially, for more than a century after its settle-
ment was the home of a narrow and intolerant
ecclesiasticism.
New York. — The first church composed of Eng-
lish Presbyterians, established within the territory
of the present State of New York, appears to
have been that at Hempstead, L. I., where the
Rev. Richard Denton, already referred to, was
pastor from 1644 to 1659. Mr. Denton was
definitely recognized as a Presbyterian by the Re-
formed Dutch Classis of New Amsterdam. That
his church was composed in part of Independents
or Congregationalists cannot change the fact that
the majority of the members were English Presby-
terians. Denton returned to England in 1659, but
it is stated that his sons, Nathaniel and Daniel,
remained in the colonies, and founded in 1656 the
Presbyterian Church at Jamaica, L. I. The old-
est church on Long Island, however, now under
the care of the General Assembly, is that at South-
old, established in 1640, and of which the Rev.
John Youngs was the first pastor. It was founded
by a colony from New Haven, Conn., and came
into relation to organized Presbyterianism during
the early years of the eighteenth century. The
first English Presbyterian minister who preached
in the city of New York was the Rev. Francis
Doughty, who in 1643 held services in the Re-
formed Dutch Church (founded in 1628), located
within the fort, a place now occupied by the build-
ng called Castle Garden. Mr. Doughty remained
in ;New York but a brief period, removing to
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HISTORY OF THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN THE U. 8. A. [November,
Flushing about 1650, and about 1658 to Maryland,
where his brother-in-law, William Stone, was
deputy governor. After his departure, English
services, when held, were conducted in the city
until 1652, by the Eev. Richard Denton. From
the year just named until 1717, the date of the
organization of the First Presbyterian Church of
New York City, English Presbyterians were made
welcome in the Dutch Reformed churches, which
were of like faith and order, though of different
speech and upheld firmly religious liberty.
New Jersey. — The founders of the earliest Presby-
terian churches in New Jersey were from Connecti-
cut and Long Island. With the English conquest
of New York in 1664, the way was open for free
access to the region to the south of the city, and
many immigrants promptly took advantage of
their opportunities. They founded the congrega-
tions now known as Presbyterian churches in the
following places : Newark, 1667 ; Elizabeth, 1668 ;
Woodbridge, 1680; and Fairfield, 1680. The
members of these churches were in part Congre-
gational, but the majority of them were of Presby-
terian affiliations, and the congregations came
early in the eighteenth century into official re-
lation to the General Presbytery. From the year
1680 on, Presbyterians from Scotland and Ireland
began to settle in this colony in considerable num-
bers. Many of them were Covenanters who had
been sentenced to deportation on account of their
loyalty to the word of God, and some of them
were sold as servants for a term of years. The
church at Freehold, founded in 1692, was estab-
lished by Scotch immigrants, and it was in it that
the General Presbytery held its first recorded meet-
ing. In the whole region the Presbyterian Church,
materially aided by the Dutch Reformed element
of the population, was early and greatly prospered.
Pennsylvania. — This colony was not settled by
the English until 1681, and the original immigrants
were chiefly Quakers. Among them, however,
were a number of English, Welsh and Irish Cal-
vinists. The earliest Presbyterian congregation in
the colony met in the city of Philadelphia, in
1695, in the Barbadoes Co. warehouse. In 1698,
the Rev. Jedediah Andrews, a native of Massachu-
setts, and a graduate of Harvard College, began
evangelistic labors in the city, and in 1701 was or-
dained and installed pastor of what is now the
First Church. An Episcopalian, writing in 1702
to a friend in England, commenting on the pros-
pects of Presbyterianism in Philadelphia and the
surrounding region, wrote, "They have here a
Presbyterian meeting and minister, one called
Andrews, but they are not like to increase here."
Presbyterians, not long afterward, however, began
to enter the province of Pennsylvania in large
numbers, and Philadelphia became by the middle
of the eighteenth century the most important
centre in the colonies, of their church life and
work.
North and South Carolina. — Presbyterian immi-
grants early pushed their way into the territory
south of Virginia. Some of these appear to have
entered North Carolina as early as 1650, driven
there by persecution in the older colony. Presby-
terians and Independents settled jointly in South
Carolina as early as 1670, and from that year to
1700 their number was increased by immigrants
from Old and New England and from Scotland.
The most prominent ministers among them were
the Rev. Joseph Lord, from Massachusetts, and
the Rev. Archibald Stobo, a Scotchman, who
settled in Charleston in the year 1700. The latter
clergyman was a member of the ill-fated Scotch
colony established on the Isthmus of Darien
(Panama), in 1698-9, and which, owing to French
and Spanish opposition, continued in existence
about one year. This colony had connected with it
the first British presbytery established on the
American Continent, that of Caledonia. A presby-
tery in connection with the Kirk of Scotland was
established in South Carolina about 1720, but did
not come into connection with the General As-
sembly until 1811.
Huguenot Churches. — Churches of French Protes-
tants— commonly called Huguenot churches — dis-
tinctively Presbyterian both in faith and polity,
were established in the colonies at an early date
and at several points — at New York in 1683,
on Staten Island in 1685, at Charleston, S. C.
in 1686, at Boston in 1687, at New Rochelle,
N. Y., in 1688. These churches originated in the
expulsion of the Protestants from France, in conse-
quence of the revocation in 1685 of the edict of
toleration known as the Edict of Nantes. The
Huguenot churches, with one exception, have
ceased to exist, but the Presbyterian and Reformed
Churches in the U. S. A. owe not a little of their
high character and their unwavering fidelity to
truth, to the descendants of those devoted sons of
France, who preferred death or exile to disloyalty
to Christ.
Maryland and Delaware. — The first Presbyterians
in these two colonies appear to have been Virginia
Puritans, who, driven out from that colony by
persecution, located in 1649 at the mouth of the
Severn river, on the site of the present city of
Annapolis, and called the place Providence. Sev-
eral attempts to dispossess them were made by the
agents of Lord Baltimore, the proprietor of the
province, but under leaders named Durand and
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HI8T0RY OF THE PRE8BYrERIAN CHURCH IN THE U. 8. A.
449
Bennett — who it is asserted were ruling elders —
they conducted an armed and successful resistance,
and for a time controlled the colony. Their num-
bers were increased by immigrants from Fifeshire,
Scotland, who had been brought over by Captain
Ninian Beale. In the adjoining colony of Dela-
ware, the oldest Presbyterian church is that at
New Castle, which was originally a Keformed
Dutch church, founded in 1658. The Rev. John
Wilson, who seems to have been a grandson of the
Rev. John Wilson, who at one time was the pastor
of the First Church of Boston, became the minister
in 1698, the same year in which the Rev. Jedediah
Andrews settled in Philadelphia. Prior to the
arrival of Wilson, the Rev. Samuel Davis had
been preaching at Lewes, Del., beginning at the
latest as early as 1692. English, Scotch, Dutch
and Irish colonists holding Presbyterian views were
undoubtedly settled in both Maryland and Dela-
ware about the middle of the 17th century. Pres-
byterian ministers — among whom were the Rev.
Francis Doughty (1658) and the Rev. Matthew
Hill (1657) — preached in their midst. William
Stone, deputy governor of Maryland, was a
brother-in-law of Doughty, and Hill, writing to
Richard Baxter in 1669, said, " We have many of
the Reformed religion who have a long while lived
as sheep without a shepherd, though last year
brought in a young man from Ireland who hath
already had good success in his work. We have
room for more ministers." It was in Maryland
also that the Rev. William Traill, Moderator of
the Presbytery of Laggan, Ireland, found tempo-
rary refuge in 1682, after his imprisonment in his
native land, and there the Rev. Francis Makemie,
of the same presbytery, a year later began his
fruitful missionary labors. Further, of the seven
ministers constituting the first presbytery, five were
from Maryland and Delaware and one from Vir-
ginia. These facts all point to the presence of a con-
siderable Presbyterian population in these two col-
onies which had been gathering in them for at least
a generation, and offered an inviting field for work
in connection with the organization of the Church.
Francis Makemie. — The arrival in the colonies
of the Rev. Francis Makemie, a native of Rath-
melton, Ireland, who came to Maryland in 1683, on
the invitation of Colonel William Stevens, a mem-
ber of the council of the colony, marked a new
era in the development of American Presbyterian-
ism. His labors at first were purely missionary,
and he personally organized churches at Snow Hill
and Rehoboth, Md., during the first year of
his work. He found himself compelled, by the
poverty of the colonists, to engage to some extent in
mercantile pursuits, in connection with which he
traveled to various parts of the country, and which
also furnished him means of support. Within a
few years after his arrival, further, a stream of
immigration set in from Scotland and the north of
Ireland, which largely swelled the Presbyterian
population in the middle and southern colonies.
This increase in numbers, joined with greater
facilities for intercommunication, made it both de-
sirable and possible, to give colonial Presbyterian-
ism an organized form. In the movement to this
end, Mr. Makemie was the master spirit. He
filled, in fact, the office of an apostle. His
journeys extended from South Carolina to Massa-
chusetts, and he sought assistance for his church
work both in Great Britain and New England.
Indefatigable in labor, he suffered much persecu-
tion, and was even imprisoned for his earnest advo-
cacy of the cause he had so heartily espoused. In
the year 1707, he was tried by the Episcopal gover-
nor of New York, Lord Cornbury, for the alleged
crime of preaching the gospel to the English dis-
senters of New York City, and was shut up in pri-
son for two months. Filled, however, with the
spirit of loyalty to the cause of civil and religious
liberty, Makemie persisted in his work, despite all
opposition, until at last he succeeded in securing
the organization of the first presbytery. He did
not, however, live long after that memorable event,
dying in the year 1708, at his home in Virginia.
His memory will ever be kept green in his adopted
country by the great Church to which he first gave
organic form.
Instead of the December topic announced in Outline D (Church at Home and Abroad, Sep-
tember, 1898, page 256), the historial study in the Christian Training Course for December will be
" The Old Scots Church of Freehold, X. J." The required reading is an article to appear in the
December issue of this magazine.
It is hoped that the forthcoming history of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of
America, by Dr. William H. Roberts, will be issued in time for the January topic.
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DEALING WITH THE INDIFFERENT.
DEALING WITH THE INDIFFERENT.
REV. HUGH B. MACCADXEY.
[November,
E7~ [For the Christian Training Course, Biblical Department,
As announced in the October Church at
Home and Abroad, it has been decided to fur-
nish for the Christian Training Course a series of
articles on " How to Bring Men to Christ,'' in-
stead of using Mr. Torrey's book on that sub-
ject. Reference will no doubt be often made
to that book, which has many good things in it.
These articles must be brief, owing to onr lim-
ited space, and cannot, of course, be more than
snggestive.
Persons are indifferent or careless toward a per-
son or thing because they are ignorant of their re-
lations to that person or thing, or because they
have lost feeling in that connection. A man who
does not know he is sick does not send for a phy-
sician, and a man who does not know how grave
was his disease does not appreciate his physician's
services. The same is true of souls.
First, then, we must try to show them their
need of a Saviour. One good verse to begin with
is Rom. 3 : 23, " All have sinned and come
short of the glory of God." The context here
should also be used, and attention should be fixed
upon the single point of individual sin as a short-
coming Solomon in his dedicatory prayer says :
11 For there is no man that sinneth not." 1 Kgs.
8 : 46. See also Ecc. 7 : 20, " There is not a just
man upon earth, that doeth good and sinneth not. "
Another and perhaps the very best is 1 John 1 :
8-10, 2 : 1, 2. These verses should be pressed
home. Begin with verse 8, "If we say that we
have no sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is
not in us." Explain that. Fellow-sinner, you
are self-deceived ; that's the reason you are indif-
ferent. Not only so, but look at verse 10, "Ifwe
say that we have not sinned, we make him a
liar, and his word is not in us." How so?
Plain enough. God's word above quoted says we
have sinned. You say you have not. Then you
make him out to be a liar. You contradict God.
Press that home with emphasis. This is the first
step, " to feel our need of him." Then the second
is confession. See verse 9, "If we confess our
sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our
sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness."
Every word is weighty. Confess ? Yes ; to God
and perhaps to man. Faithful ? because he has
promised. Just ? because its punishment is once
met on the Saviour. To forgive? To cleanse?
See Program No. 3, November, 1898, page 451.]
Treat them the same. Then pass on to the next
step and show the method of this pardon in 1
John 2:2," He is the propitiation, that is aton-
ing sacrifice, for our sins ; and not for ours
only, but also for the sins of the whole world."
Another good verse is Isaiah 53 : 6, u All we,
like sheep, have gone astray ; we have turned
every one to his own way, and the Lord hath laid
on him the iniquity of us all."
Second. In connection with the above, texts
should be used, if they should be found neces-
sary, bearing on the wrath of God toward sin, or
what is another way of putting it, sin's conse-
quences. See Torrey, pp. 23-26. Use Isa. 57 :
21, "There is no peace, saith my God, to the
wicked ; " also Gal. 3 : 10, "As many as are of
the works of the law are under the curse, for it is
written, Cursed is every one that continueth not
in all things which are written in the book of the
law to do them." Go on and read verses 11, 12,
13. See, also, Rom. 6 : 23, " The wages of sin is
death, but the gift of God is eternal life, through
Jesus Christ our Lord ; " John 3 : 36, "He that
believeth on the Son hath everlasting life ; and he
that believeth not the Son shall not see life ; but
the wrath of God abideth on him." Stronger
texts are Rev. 20 : 15 ; 2 Thess. 1 : 7-9, to be
used in tears.
Third. On the other hand, but not contrary,
the indifferent should be shown what Jesus has
done for their salvation. See Torrey, pp. 26, 27.
Most beautiful is Isa. 53 : 5, 6, " He was wounded
for our transgressions," etc.; John 3 : 16, "God
so loved," etc.; 1 Pet. 2 : 24, 25, "Who his own
self bare our sins," etc. Many other precious
texts may be found by the earnest worker under
this head and under the others, for we have sug-
gested but a few.
In closing, we echo Mr. Torrey's words :
"Oftentimes you will meet one who is not wil-
ling to sit down and let you deal with him in
this deliberate way. In that case the only thing
to do is to look up to God for guidance and power,
and give some pointed verse in great earnestness,
such for example as Heb. 10 : 28, 29 ; Rom. 6 :
23 ; John 3 : 36 ; Isa. 57 : 21, and leave it for the
Spirit of God to carry the truth home to his heart.
A passing shot of this kind has often resulted in
the salvation of a soul."
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CHRISTIAN TKAJNING COURSE PROGRAMS.
451
CHRISTIAN TRAINING COURSE PROGRAMS.
Outline D. Program No. 3, November, 1898.
I Biblical— 30 minutes.
1. Hymn. Biblical Leader in charge.
2. Prayer.
3. Biblical Study. Studies in Evangelism. Study II
—Dealing with the Indifieren t.
Required reading. See The Church at Home And
Abroad, November, 1898, p. 440, . . . article by Rev. Hugh
B. MacCauley. This program follows the paragraphs.
1. We must try to show them their need of a Saviour.
See Rom. 3 : 23 ; 1 Kings, 8 : 45 ; Ecc. 7 : 20 ; 1 John 1 : 8-
10, 2 : 1, 2 ; Isa. 53 : 6.
2. If necessary the wrath of God toward sin should be
plainly told.
See Isa. 57 : 21 ; Gal. 3 : 10, etc.; Rom. 6 : 23 ; John 3 : 36 ;
Rev. 20 : 15 ; 2 Thes. 1 : 7-9.
3. Always there should be portrayed the love and sacrifice
of Jesus.
See Isa 53 : 5, 6 ; John 3 : 16 ; 1 Pet. 2 : 24, 25.
4. If these fail, what then ?
4. Prayer. Have prayer for guidance for souls, etc.
II Historical— 30 minutes.
5. Hymn. Historical Leader in charge.
6. Historical Study, American Presbyterianism.
Study III — The Period of Isolated Congregations.
Required Reading. See The Church at Home and
Abroad, November, 1898, pp. 446-449 ; article by Rev. Wm.
Henry Roberts, D.D. The items of the program follow the
paragraphs of the article.
1. The Long Period of Isolated Congregations.
The reason. The three principal kinds of Presbyterians,
and what they stood for. The Presbyterian settlements.
2. Virginia.
Started from England. Rev. Alexander Whitaker in
1614. Berkeley's persecution in 1642. Rev. Josias Mackie
in 1692.
3. New England.
John Robinson's declaration. See Salem, Mass. Rev.
Richard Denton and Rev. Francis Doughty. The Hartford
North Association's testimony to Presbyterianism. John
Eliot and others in Massachusetts. The nearest approach to
the higher judicatories.
k. New York.
The first church, at Hempstead, L. I., with Rev. Richard
Denton as pastor. Southold, 1640. Jamaica, 1656. Rev.
Francis Doughty, the first English Presbyterian minister
preaching in New York.
5. New Jersey.
The way opened. The early churches ; Newark, 1667 ;
Elizabeth, 1668, etc. The large increase in the 1680's, and
the reason. Freehold in 1692.
6. Pennsylvania.
The Quakers in 1681. The earliest Presbyterian church
In 1695. The scholarly Rev. Jedediah Andrews. A curious
Episcopalian opinion.
7. North and South Carolina.
As early as 1650. Increased from Old and New England,
and Scotland, about 1700. Two Presbyteries with strange
history.
S. Huguenot Churches.
At an early date and at several places, New York, 1683,
etc. Their terrible persecutions and unwavering fidelity.
9. Maryland and Delaware.
The persecuted Virginians in 1649 coming in and settling
at Providence, now Annapolis. Successful resistance^against
Lord Baltimore- The work of Doughty and Hill. The re-
markable letter of William Stone to Richard Baxter in 1669.
The strength of these two colonies.
10. Francis Makemie.
The Apostle ot the early colonies, and the organizer of the
first presbytery. From Ireland. In Maryland, 1683. His
great missionary labors. His sufferings under persecution.
His death, 1708, in Virginia. Long may his memory be
kept green.
These thrilling facts show how rich in historic interest
is the story of American Presbyterianism. See also the
story of the "Old Scots" Church at Freehold in our next
study. Can it be possible that we shall leave our young peo ■
pie ignorant of these glorious deeds of the early days ?
7. Prayer.
8. Hymn.
Outline D. Program No. 4, November, 1898.
I. Doctrinal — 15 minutes.
1. Hymn. The Pastor in charge.
2. Prayer.
3. Doctrinal Study. The Shorter Catechism.
Ques. 100. What doth the preface to the Lord's Prayer
teach us? Answer in unison. Proof? JLuke 11 : 13 ; Rom.
8 : 15 ; Eph. 6 : 18.
Ques. 101. What do we pray for, in the first petition ?
Let one answer. Proof? Psa/67 : 1-3 ; Rom. 11 : 36.
Ques. 102. What^do we pray /or in the second petition ?
Let one answer. Proof? Psa. 51 : 18 ; 2 Thes. 3:1; Rom.
10 : 1.
Ques. 103. What do we pray for in the third petition ?
Let one answer. Proof? Psa. 119 : 34-36 ; Psa. 103 : 20,
22.
II. Missionary— h5 minutes.
4. Hymn. Missionary Leader in charge.
5. Missionary Study. Missionary Expansion. Study
III — Early Colonial Missions.
Required reading. Graham's Missionary Expansion of the
Reformed Churches, chapter iv.
1. The Dutch Colonies. Each colony became an ecclesias-
tical district. Work of Hugo Grotius and Antonius Wal-
laeus. Results in Ceylon. Results in the Dutch East In-
dian Islands. Candidus and Junius in Formosa. The
Tartar pirate Koxinga. The attempt in India, pp. 35-38.
2. The British Colonies in America. Martin Frobisher and
his chaplain, " Maister Wolfall " (1570). Thomas Heriot, the
first English missionary to America. Baptism of Manteo,
the first convert. First recorded missionary donation, by
Raleigh. Charter and seal of Massachusetts. First Protes-
tant Missionary society. Milton's missionary invocation.
The pioneer missionary woman. The Hon. Robert Boyle.
Arrival of the Mayflower. John Eliot, " apostle of the In-
dians." The Mayhew family. William Penn. John Ser-
geant. Jonathan Edwards. David Brainard. Society for
the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts. The Slave
Trade. Work of John Wesley, pp. 38-50.
3. British Colonies in India. Charter of East India Com-
pany, 1600 ; the religious element in its conception . The
Charter of William III. Dean Prideaux. Influence of East
India Company, pp. 50, 51.
4. The Danish Colonies with German cooperation. Fred-
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QUESTIONS — GLEANINGS.
[November,
erick IV and his chaplain, Lutkens. Two seventeenth cen-
tury pioneers, Peter Heyling and Baron Von Welz. Pro-
fessor Francke of Halle and his pupils, Ziegenbalg, Pliit-
schau and Schwartz. Results of the Danish-Halle Mission.
The Danes iu Greenland, pp. 52-61.
Study IV — Civilizing Influence of Foreign Missions.
Required reading. The Church at Home and Abroad.
November, 1898, pp. 399-402.
Let the leader appoint one in advance to present a sum-
mary of this article.
Study IV (alternate)— The Board of Education.
Required reading. The Church at Home and Abroad,
October, 1898, pp. 285-292 and 345, 346.
Make a reproduction of the seal on a chart large enough to
be seen any part of the room. Explain its heraldic signifi-
cance (p. 344). Assign to different persons the origin, his-
tary and work of this Board. If more material is needed
correspond with Dr. Hodge.
6. Prayer.
7. Hymn.
QUESTIONS FOR THE NOVEMBER MISSIONARY MEETING.
[Answers may be found in the preceding pages.]
WORK AT HOME.
1. The Presbyterian Church is doing what work among the
distinctively Roman Catholic peoples of the far West and
Southwest? Page 428.
2. What school work is carried on in this territory by the
Woman's Board ? Page 428.
3. How did our missions in Santa Fe originate? Page
423.
4. Gather facts and incidents to illustrate the need of such
home missionary effort Pages 428, 429.
5. What testimony is borne to the value of " Father
Cook's " work ? Page 444.
6. How is the devotional spirit of the girls in the school at
Tucson illustrated ? Page 444.
7. What work is undertaken in Brooklyn, N. Y., for the
children of Cuban refugees ? Page 440.
8. Describe the work of Mormon young people's societies.
Page 441.
9. What is the outlook for Presbyterian missions on the
Yukon? Page 424.
10. What are the encouraging features of the work of Dr.
Marsh at Point Barrow ? Page 426.
11. How have native Christians in Alaska stood the test of
temptation ? Page 437.
12. Give an account of the history, work and prospects of
Lewis Academy. Pages 405-407.
13. What are the library facilities of our theological
seminaries ? Page 415.
14. niustrate from typical applications the need of aid in
the erection of churches. Page 410.
15. What are some of the results of the educational work
undertaken by the Freedmen's Board ? Page 412.
16. Give some illustrations of the progress of Sabbath-
school missionary work. Pages 417-420.
WORK ABROAD.
17. What tribute does Senator Hoar pay to American mis-
missionaries? Page 373.
18. How has William H. Seward's prophecy been fulfilled?
Page 373.
19. Does the work of foreign missions influence national
policy ? Page 373.
20. What action has been taken by our Board of Foreign
Missions relative to the Philippine Islands ? Page 392.
21. Is the missionary influence of Americans likely to be
increased by the changes wrought in our national prestige ?
Page 396.
22. The civilization of Hawaii had what origin? Page
399.
23. What has been the influence of Christianity upon the
lowest forms of paganism and savagery ? Page 399.
24. What influences led Thokambo to request the Queen of
England to assume the sovereignty of Fi j i ? Page 399.
25. How has the leaven of missions influenced India?
Page 400.
26. Missionary influence has had what part in the trans-
formation of Japan ? Page 400.
27. What is the outlook for our missionaries in Hainan ?
Page 385.
28. How do Chinese in Canton testify to the value of the
services of Dr. John G. Kerr? Page 390.
29. Repeat the story of a church born in the waiting-room
of a Ningpo hospital. Page 436.
30. What is one obstacle to successful Christian work
among the women of Japan ? Page 437.
31. How was a church built by young people in Africa?
Page 439.
32. Repeat the story of the rise of Babism in Persia. Page
378.
33. How does Babism compare with Christianity ? Pages
380, 381.
34. How did the Friends' Mission in Brummana, Syria,
originate ? Page 403.
35. Tell the story of seed-sowing in Syria by Mr. Wilson,
and its result. Pages 381, 382.
36. Name the four steps in the evolution of the Presbytery
of Tripoli. Pages 3S1-384.
37. What were some of the early experiences of the Syrian
preacher, Habub Yazzi ? Page 382.
38. What is the goal aimed at by that Presbytery ? Page
384.
GLEANINGS AT HOME AND ABROAD.
— The social elevation of those whom it is defile-
ment for caste Hindus to touch is something done
by Christian missionaries for which the people of
India have to be thankful, says a Hindu newspaper,
adding: "If it is possible for any religion as a
religion to make the whole world kin, it seems to
us that this universal kinship can be realized by
Christianity." And another Hindu journal says :
' ' Of the lower castes of Hindu society and of the
outcaste population the Christian missionary seems
to be the only and the most willing and competent
protector and regenerator. That this should be so
reflects no credit on Hindu society ; yet it is a fact,
and no reasonable Hindu can ignore the great
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GLEANINGS — WITH THE MAGAZINES.
453
work that these ministers of a foreign religion did
in elevating a large class of people who are sup-
posed to be attached to our social system, but whom
the leading classes of our society have done their
best to degrade and sink."
— A newly-arrived missionary writing of his
first impressions says the rigid economy of the
Chinese attracted his attention. In the matter of
fuel nothing is wasted. Every weed, cotton stalk,
and spire of grass is utilized. To throw away a
handful of chicken feathers would be wastefulness
unpardonable in a Shanghai Chinaman. They are
also industrious. "All at it all the time" is cer-
tainly applicable to Chinese laborers. From early
morn till late at night their ceaseless tread reminds
the foreigner that he is in the midst of an indus-
trious people. They seem to endure protracted
labor better than a Westerner, owing, perhaps, to
the apparent absence of nerves in the Chinese
anatomy. Worry, more than work, kills the
Anglo-Saxon ; but the inhabitant of the Celestial
Empire seems free from anxiety, and appears
happy in the midst of his severest labor.
— After the opening of new buildings of the
Tinnevelly Church Mission College, a number of
former students, nearly all graduates of Madras
University, but none of them baptized Christians,
presented an address of thanks to the Church Mis-
sionary Society, expressing grateful appreciation of
the good conferred upon the people of that district
by the college, which has expanded the minds and
elevated the morals of numerous young men. The
signers of the address, says the Intelligencer, are
men occupying honorable spheres in Indian society
— men who, whether they openly confess Christian-
ity or not, can never be ignorant idolaters again,
but have received the impress of Christian teaching
and Christian morality, and are leavening Indian
opinion in the direction of Christ. Many of
them indeed are Christian in nearly everything
but name. Our educational missionaries make it
plain that they aim at and desire nothing short of
the conversion of the lads under their charge ; but
their work is not in vain even if we contemplate
only the numbers being raised up who will make
the confession of Christ easier for those who come
after them.
— The Christian religion will some time make the
Chinese one of the greatest people on the earth.
This is the belief of Kev. O. E. Goddard, who adds :
Faith in Christ is the panacea for all their mortal
ills. They have never had human sacrifices in
their religious ceremonies, nor have they deified
vice as other heathen nations have done. If their
industry and economy could be sanctified by divine
grace, and the hope of eternal life made to throb
within their breasts, Christendom could point with
pride to the grandest achievement in human history.
— In India 1785 new Sunday-schools were or-
ganized last year, with 66,000 new scholars. A
good record for a single year.
WITH THE MAGAZINES.
In his article in Cosmopolis for September on
" My Indian Friends," the Right Hon. F. Max
Muller says of Ramabai : ' l Though we may trust
her that she never made an attempt at proselytiz-
ing among the little widows committed to her care,
yet how could it be otherwise than that those to
whom the world had been so unkind, and Ramabai
so kind, should wish to be what their friend was,
Christian. Her goodness was the real proselytizing
power that could not be hidden ; but she lost, of
course, the support of her native friends, and has
even now to fight her battles alone, in order to
secure the pecuniary assistance necessary for the
support of her little army of child-widows. She
is indeed a noble and unselfish woman, and deserves
every help which those who sympathize with her
objects can afford to give her.
Religious indifference is the main obstacle that
prevents the progress of Christianity in Japan.
The Japanese does not understand what it means
to develop fully one's own individuality and pecu-
liarity, but at all stages he is hemmed in by customs
and ceremonies and social limitations. As soon as
he breaks through this confinement, he, as a rule,
also loses his moral hold and wanders back and
forth without fixed principles or settled conduct.
He naturally feels no attraction toward Christianity,
chiefly because it demands religious convictions and
settled beliefs, the whole and undivided allegiance
of its adherents. This is the opinion of Dr.
Schiller in Christliche Welt, as translated for the
Literary Digest. He continues : The assertion
that the Japanese, in comparison with the peoples
of the Occident, lack the religious sense, is a grave
exaggeration. But the hunger and thirst for the
living God, the earnest seeking of the soul for that
rest found only in communion with God, are not
pronounced characteristics of the Japanese, simply
because the full development of his individuality
454
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[November,
under existing circumstances is not possible. And
in the same way the individual consciousness of sin
is an insignificant factor in the Japanese make-up.
This is one of the results of the reigning religions.
Confucianism knows nothing of sin and rather ad-
vocates self-righteousness than the confession of sin ;
Shintoism knows nothing of moral growth, but
only purification ceremonies ; and Buddhism pro-
duces a stupid resignation and a weak submission
to fate, but does not whet the conscience. Only
when the Japanese shows the evidences of an
earnestness born from contrition will it be possible
for a reformation to be effected and Christianity
made a power for national regeneration.
The missionaries from America, who began their
work of reform and rescue in Hawaii in 1820,
were men of extraordinary natural resources as well
as of devoted faith. They were not only philanthro-
pists, but men of the highest political as well as re-
ligious ideals ; but they gave themselves with a
wisdom absolutely practical to the best use of the
material at hand. They fully appreciated the
strength and sagacity of the native rulers, and
sought the gradual upbuilding of civilized govern-
ment under them rather than any assumption of
ruling power to themselves, or any revolution to-
ward new forms more nominally free. Their mod-
eration and wisdom gained them almost unlimited
influence with the native rulers, and they used this
in forwarding general education and preaching
sound morality and true religion. They taught
the English language to those who would need it
in contact with foreign trades ; they reduced the
soft musical speech of the natives to writing and
grammar and translated into it the Bible and
books of elementary instruction ; they established
common schools through the islands, and they se-
cured from the king just and wise laws and their
fair and efficient administration. — The Treasury,
October, 1898.
WORTH READING.
Chinese Musical Instruments, by Laura B. Starr. Mutic,
September, 1898.
Through Tibet to China, by Capt. M. S. Wellby. The
Geographical Journal, September, 1898.
African Books of 1897-98. The Geographical Journal, Sep-
tember, 1898.
The Mohammedan World of To-day, by Rey. S. M.
Zwemer, Missionary Review, October, 1898.
Hawaii : Our New Territory. The Treasury, October, 1898.
A Quarter-Century with the Sioux, by Herbert Sherman
Houston. The Outlook, October 1, 1898.
Cuba, by Prof. Robert T. Hill, reproduced from the
National Geographic Magazine in The Review of Missions,
October, 1898.
The Marvelous Work of the Moravians, by Belle M.
Brain. Christian Endeavor World, September 29, 1898.
On the Roof of the World. Notes from my Journey
through Asia, by Sven Hedin. Harper's Magazine, October,
1898.
Glimpses of Indian Life at the Omaha Exposition. Revievi
of Reviews, October, 1898.
Orissa : The Holy Land of India, by Rev. J. M. Mac-
Donald. Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly, October, 1898.
RECEIPTS.
Synod in small capitals ; Presbyteries in italics ; Churches in Roman.
It is of great importance to the treasurers of all the Boards that when money is sent to them, the
name of the church from whence it comes, and of the presbytery to which the church belongs, should be
distinctly written, and that the person sending should sign his or her name distinctly, with proper title,
e.g.y Pastor, Treasurer, Miss or Mrs., as the case may be. Careful attention to this will save much trouble
and perhaps prevent serious mistakes.
THE BOARD OF HOME MISSIONS.
COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF RECEIPTS FOR MONTHS OF SEPTEMBER, 1897 AND
*CHUBCHKS. r?W°M^'?,
Bd. of H. M.
Legacies.
Individuals, Etc.
TOTAI*
1898— For Current Work . . .
" " Debt
$4,918 31 813,479 72
1,168 28
83,952 35
81,572 60
61 00
823,922 98
1,229 28
1898— Total September
1897 — '• "
6,086 59
5,373 73
13,479 72
10,316 15
3,952 35
8,719 74
1,633 60
683 27
25,152 26
25,092 89
712 86 3,163 57
4.767 39
950 33
59 37
1898.] HOME MISSIONS. 455
Comparative Statement of Receipts foe Six Months Ending Sept. 30, 1897 and 1898.
*Churchks.
♦Woman's
Bd. of H. M.
Legacies.
LNDrVIDUALS,ETC.
Total.
1898— For Current Work
" " Debt
$45,680 22
33,869 22
$70,156 02
$34,532 76
$23,464 53
9,644 42
$173,833 53
43,513 64
1898 — Total, 6 mos
79,549 44
51,692 98
70,156 02
64,218 31
34,532 76
43,537 28
33,108 95
18,317 82
217,347 17
177,766 39
1897— " "
Gain
27,856 46
5,937 71
9,004 52
14,791 13
39,580 78
Harvey C. Olin, Treasurer,
Madison Square Branch P. O., Box 156, New York, N. Y.
*Under these headings are included the gifts of Sabbath-schools and Young People's Societies.
RECEIPTS FOR THE BOARD OF HOME MISSIONS, SEPTEMBER, 1898.
Note. — All items marked * have been contributed as a " Patriotic Offering for Debt."
Atlantic— A tlantic— Hopewell W. M.S., 1.50. 1 50
Baltimore. — Baltimore— Baltimore Light Street, 15 ;
Frostburgh, 4 ; Hagerstown (a lady, 2), 21.61. New Castle —
Blackwater, 4; Frankford, 1.06; Ocean View (C. E., 1.12),
4.28 ; Perry ville, 2.50 ; Rehoboth Md., 9 ; West Nottingham,
50 ; Wilmington Central C. E. , 5. Washington City— Wash-
ington City 1st,* 10. 126 45
California.— Los Angeles— Azusa,* 25. Oakland— Oak-
land Golden Gate, 3.75. Sacramento — Roseville, 5. San
Jost— Pleasant Valley, 5 ; Shandon, 7. 45 75
Catawba.— Southern Virginia— Roanoke Fifth Avenue 2.
2 00
Colorado.— Denver— Denver 1st German, 5. Pueblo —
Rocky Ford,* 2.41. 7 41
Illinois.— Bloomington— Rankin Sr. C. E., 2 ; Rossville
C. E., 1.30. Cairo— Bridgeport W. M. S.,* 15 ; Cobden C. E.,*
5. Schuyler— Monmouth,* 21.90. Springfield — Presbytery of
Springfield, 100. 145 20
Indiana. — Woman's Synodical Society,* 94. Crawfords-
ville— Delphi 1st,* 500. 594 00
Indian Territory.— CAoctau;— Kalli-Cheto,* 3.05; Moun-
tain Fork,* 2.30; MountZion,*6; Nanih-Chito,* 3.95 ; Oka
Achukma,* 3. Cimarron — Purcell, 5 ; Westminster,* 3.
Oklahoma— Bethesda,* 1 ; Chandler, 1.30 ; Clifton, 2.20 ;
Ponca City, 12.70. 43 50
Iowa.— Cedar Rapids— Atkins C. E., 1 ; Cedar Rapids
Bohemian C. E., 2.50 ; — Central Park, 4.12 ; Marion C. E.,
6.25 ; Scotch Grove C. E., 50 cts. Council Bluffs— Guthrie
Centre C. E., 7. Des Moines— Chariton English (*5.65),
11.30; Derby (sab. -sch., 1.27), 2.55. Dubuque— Cono Centre,
3.50 ; Dubuque 1st Jr. C. E., 63 cts.; Hazleton C. E., 3 ; Hop-
kinton C. E., 1.15 ; Independence 1st C. E., 2.75 ; Manches-
ter Jr. C. E., 39 cts.; Otterville C. E., 2.26; Rowley, 5;
Walker, 3.57; Zion C. E., 2.87. Fort Dodge- Depew, 2.24;
Gilmore City, 4. Iowa— Morning Sun,* 63.23 ; Mount Zion,
6.23. Iowa City— Blue Grass (sab. -sch., 2.70), 5.40 ; Daven-
port 2d sab. -sch., 10.87. Sioux City— Mt. Pleasant, 23.18;
Storm Lake, 9.45. 184 94
Kansas.— Emporia— Arkansas City,* 17 ; Elmendaro, 4.60.
Lamed— Coldwater, 2.93; Larned Jr. C. E., 1 ; Liberal, 5 ;
Ness City, 5. Osborne— Hays City, 5 ; Hill City, 3 ; Lone
Star, 3.50 ; Wakeeny, 12.50. Topeka— Black Jack, 7.15.
66 68
Michigan.— Detroit— Detroit Bethany C. E., 2.50 ; — For-
est Avenue (sab. -sch., 8.30), 33 ; — Jefferson Avenue C. E.,
10; Pontiac Y. W.M Soc.,* 20. Grand Rapids— Grand Rapids*'
Immanuel (C. E.,3; Jr. C. E.,2.50), 7.50 ; Montague C. E. , 50
cts. Kalamazoo — Edwardsburg, 6. Linsing — Lansing
Franklin Street sab. -sch.,* 2.42; Sebewa, 2.50; Sunfield,*
3.50. Monroe— Blissfield, 16 ; Monroe, 1. 104 92
Minnesota. — Duluth — Sandstone, 1.75. Mankato —
Ebenezer, 10; Heron Lake, 7.18. Minneapolis— Oak Grove
C. E.,* 5. Red River— Warren sab. -sch., 1.44. St. Cloud—
Kerkhoven, 2.50. St. Paul— Rush City, 8. Winona— Rich-
land Prairie, 4.50. 40 37
Missouri.— Kansas Ctfy— Deepwater, 5. Palmyra— Bethel,
4.50; Centre, 4.50. Platte— Grant City, 2.69; Stanberry,
5.25 ; Tarkio,* 46. St. Louis— Bethel German, 10 ; St. Louis
Cote Brilliante C. E., 1.37 ; — Leonard Avenue,* 2.25; —
Walnut Park, 3. 84 56
Montana. — Butte — Anaconda sab. -sch., 30.85. Great
Falls— Kalispell,* 17.50. 48 35
Nebraska. — Box Butte — Rushville,* 7.50. Hastings —
Campbell German Mission Feast, 10; Edgar sab. -sch., 4.85.
Nebraska City— Blue Springs, 4.15 ; Hopewell, 2.45; Lincoln
3d (sab. -sch., 1.15), 5.65. Niobrara— Norfolk 1st, 3. Omaha
—Omaha 1st, 65.09 ; — Ambler Place, 3 ; — Bedford Place,
2 ; Osceola, 10. 117 69
New Jersey. — Elizabeth— Basking Ridge (sab. -sch., 40),
102.07; Elizabeth Madison Avenue sab.-sch., 10. Jersey
City— Paterson Redeemer, 56.09; — Westminster, 4; Tenafly,
10.38. Monmouth— Manalapan, 8.51. Morris and Orange —
Madison, 39.51 ; Mendham 2d, 13.19 ; Morristown South
Street sab.-sch. Miss. Ass'n., 87.50; Orange Central, 250.
Newark— Caldwell, 112.78. New Brunswick — Lambertville
(*26), 46; Lawrence, 32. West Jersey— Camden German
sab.-sch., 2 ; Cedarville 1st, 7.36; Salem (sab.-sch.,* 1.10),
17.99. 799 38
New Mexico.— Santa Ft— Aztec* (sab.-sch., 3.70), 6.60;
Farmington,* 2.25 ; Flora Vista,* 1.75 ; Lumberton, 2 ; Santa
Fe" 1st* (C. E., 3 ; sab.-sch., 1.57), 23.72 ; — Spanish,* 2.
38 32
New York.— Albany— Albany State Street, 101.44 ; Jeffer-
son (sab.-sch.,* 91 cts.; ch,*9.89), 13.80. Binghamton—B'wg-
hamton 1st, 256.70. Boston— Barre, 5 ; Lowell,* 44.50 ; New-
buryport 1st, 26.70. Brooklyn— Brooklyn 2d (sab.-sch., Miss.
Soc, 39.17; Mrs. A. I. Bulkley, 22.50), 61.67 ; — Lafayette
Avenue, 10. Cayuga— Ithaca, 279.91. Chemung — Elmira
Franklin Street, 5 ; Rock Stream, 5. Columbia— Hunter,
20.86. Genesee— Attica C. E., 10; Batavia,* 29.54. Geneva
— Canandaigua, 31.72 ; Geneva 1st, 25.98. Hudson— Chester
sab.-sch., 2; Goodwill, 5.89; Middletown 2d, 70.20 ; Mon-
roe, 100 ; Nyack (C. E.,* 10 ; Jr. C. E., 7), 17 ; Palisades, 25 ;
Riderebury C. E., 5; Unionville, 19.76. Long Island— Matti-
tuck (*6, sab.-sch.,* 2), 12. Lyons— W olcott 1st, 3.19. Nas-
sau— Far Rockaway, 75; Newtown Mission Band,* 14. New
York— New York 1st sab.-sch., 29.69 ; — 4th Avenue C. E.,
20 ; — 5th Avenue Mrs. John Auchincloss, 20 ; — Hope
Chapel C. E., 3.55; — Lenox, 13. Niagara — Lockport 1st,
55.09. North River — Marlborough, 124.76; Newburg 1st
C. E., 10; Poughkeepsie sab.-sch., 20; Smithfield, 35.45.
Otsego— Cherry Valley, 51.97 ; Oneonta sab.-sch., 50. Roches-
ter—Pitts ford, 21. St. Lawrence— Ox Bow C. E., 5; Wad-
dington Scotch, 12.92. Syracuse— Syracuse 1st C. E., 20.
Troy— Brunswick, 8.14; Lansingburg Olivet C. E., 4.30;
Waterford, 13.39. Utica— Forestport, 7 ; Utica 1st, 33.19 ;
White Lake, 3. Westchester— Darien, 40 ; Mahopac Falls,
39.75 ; Peekskill 2d Jr. C.E., 5 ; South Salem sab.-sch., 25.
1948 06
North Dakota.— ifarc/o— Casselton, 2 ; Courtenay, 3.81 ;
Galesburg Harvest Home Thanksgiving Service, 2.91; Milnor,
1.50; Monango and Whitestone, 2.50; Oakes, 1.81. Pem-
bina— Cummings Mission Sta. (sab.-sch., 3.40), 6; St.
Thomas, 6 ; Walhalla, 9.57. 36 10
Ohio.— Cleveland— Cleveland 2d, 40. Columbus— Columbus
2d Ladies' Auxiliary,* 5. Dayton— Greenville, 41. Mahon-
ing— Clarkson, 11; Rogers Westminster, 5; Youngstown,
37.53. Wooster— Orrville, 1.46 ; Plymouth C.E., 3. 143 99
Oregon.— East Oregon— Union, 2.86. Portland— Portland
4th, 13.56 ; — St. John's C.E., 5 ; Tillamook, 7.16. Southern
Oregon— Bandon, 4.15; Medford, 8.50. Willamette— Octo-
rara,* 2 ; Pleasant Grove, 7. 50 23
Pennsylvania. — Allegheny— -New Salem,* 4.25. Blairsville
— Wilmerding C. E., 5. Butler— Harrisville, 10 ; Scrub Grass
456
HOME MISSIONS — FOREIGN MISSIONS.
[November,
sab.-sch., 14.63 ; Westminster " Friend of Missions," 10. Car-
lisle—Centre, 14 ; Harrisburg Betbany C. E., 5 ; Middletown
C.E., 5. Chester— Fagg's Manor (sab.-scb. , 40), 77; Marple (*1),
15 09 ; New London, 50 ; Ridley Park H. M. S.,* 3 ; Wayne,
42.75. Clarion— Beech Woods, 77.97. Erie— Erie 1st, 80;
Mount Pleasant,* 4 ; Nortb Clarendon Jr. C. E., 10. Hunt-
ingdon—Lewi&town, 136.38. Kittanning— Bethel sab. -sch.,
15 ; Homer, 7 ; Saltsburg, 75 ; West Glade Run, 16. Lacka-
wanna—Honesdale sab. -sch., 22.74 ; Scott, 14 ; Shickshinny,
5.80 ; Silver Lake, 6. Lehigh— Easton College Hill C. E., 10;
Middle Smithfield, 13.88; Pottsville 1st sab.-sch.,* 8.92;
South Easton (sab.-sch., 2; Sr. C. E, 1 ; Jr. C. E, 1), 10.
Northumberland— Jersey Shore, 65 ; Williamsport Covenant,
20.37. Parkersburg— Terra Alta, 10. Philadelphia — Phila-
delphia Cohocksink sab.-sch., 7.95 ; — Green Hill C. E., 10 ;
— Northminster sab.-sch., 16.46; — Trinity C. E., 2.50.
Philadelphia North— Chestnut Hill 1st C. E., 6.40; Morris-
ville, 8. Pittsburg— Pittsburg East Liberty (sab.-sch., 41.79),
185.29; —Shady Side (sab.-sch., 23.60). 79.56. Shenango—
Little Beaver, 4.16 ; Moravia, 3 ; Wampum, 3.90. Washing-
ton—LTpper Buffalo, 6.03. Westminster— Marietta,* 8 ; Slate-
ville,* 25.04. 1220 07
South Dakota.— Aberdeen— Bradley, 1.40. Central Dakota
— Alpena,* 3; Artesian, 7.10 ; Flandreau 2d Unity Branch,
3 ; Rose Hill,* 3. Dakota— Porcupine, 2. Southern Dakota-
Olive, 2. 22 10
Tennessee. — Holston — Kingsport, 5. Union — Fort
Sanders, 3 ; New Market, 3.47 ; Washington,* 10. 21 47
Texas. — Austin— El Paso sab.-sch., 2.85; Fort Davis,
41.80 ; Galveston 4th (*4.40), 14.70. Trinity— Dallas Exposi-
tion Park, 6.50. 65 85
Utah.— Utah— Salt Lake City Westminster, 6.30. 6 30
Washington. — Olympia— South Bend, 15.40. Paget Sound
—Mount Pisgah, 1.50. Spokane— Culley Memorial, 2.25;
Harrington, 1.60; Kettle Falls, 1.75; Meyers Falls, 1.40;
Spokane Centenary a few members,* 3. Walla Walla—
Grangerville, 2.25; Meadow Creek, 5. 34 15
Wisconsin. — Madison— Highland German, 2; Pleasant
Hill, 5 ; Pulaski German, 12. Milwaukee— Milwaukee Im-
manuel, 57 ; Waukesha, 1. Winnebago— Wausaukee,* 10.25.
87 25
Total received from churches 86,086 59
Woman's Board of Home Missions 13,479 72
LEGACIES.
111., add'l, 33.33 ; Rev. Francis V. War-
ren, late ol North East, Pa., 107.50;
Harriet Cavett, late of Irwin, Pa., 950 ;
Susan L. McBeth, late of Lapwai,
Idaho, add'l, 500 $5,674 58
Less legal expenses 1,722 23
$3,952 35
INDIVIDUALS, ETC.
Mrs. C. B. Moore, Arlington, N. J., 5; Pres. Re-
lief Ass'n of Nebraska, 43.10 ; Rev. T. L. Sexton,
D.D., Seward, Neb., 15; "A Friend" in West
Virginia, 1000 ; C. W. Loomis, Binghamton,
N. Y, 30; Mrs. Mary B. Gillespie, Gallatin,
Mo., 10 ; Mrs. E. L. Henry, Crags Moor, N. Y.,
1; A. Craig, Hopkinton, la., 5; Rev. A. T.
Bell, Home, Pa., 10 ; Mrs. A. T. Bell, Home, Pa.,
10 ; MissS. Emma Bell, Home, Pa., 10; Raymond
H Hughes, Alto^na, Pa., 4; Rev. R. Arthur,
Logan, Kans., 8; Rev. J. S. Pomeroy, Fairview,
W. Va.,* 1 ; " A Friend," 5 ; Isabella A. Griffin,
Chieng Mai, Laos, 10 ; L. O'Neil, Rockford,
Wash., 2.50; Mrs. J. C. Keithley, Shackford,
Mo.,* 2; A Presbyterian,* 1; B. Fernandez,
Colo.,* 1; Donald and Harold MacLachlan, Bing-
hamton, N. Y.,* 1 ; Rev. W. J. Erdman. Ger-
mantown, Pa., 10 ; T. Williamson, Ferry, Mich.,
24; "M. E P.," Brooklyn, N.Y.,1; "J. A. W.,"
100; C. B. Gardner, Trustee, 50; " C. Penna.,"
14 ; " E. A. and W. McN.," 5 ; Mrs. H. C. Olin,
East Orange, N. J.,* 5 ; Interest on Lyon Fund,
250 1,633 60
Total received for Home Missions, September, 1898.525,152 26
" during same period last year 25,092 89
" since April 1,1898 217,347 17
" during same period last year 177,766 39
Legacy of Mira L. Mount, late of Bor-
dentown, N. J., 4; David S. Ingalls,
late of Springville, N. Y., 4079.75;
Samuel F. Hinkley, late of Chicago,
SPECIAL DONATIONS, AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER, 1898.
Ladies at Northfield, Mass., 11.75; Lockport 1st
sab.-sch., 50; From a friend in Philadelphia,
150; C. J. Bowen, Delphi, Ind., 150; through
Woman's Board, 2.76; Lehigh Pby., Bethlehem
1st C. E., 18 ; Lehigh Pby., So. Bethlehem 1st C.
E., 3 $385 51
H. C. Olin, Treasurer,
156 Fifth Avenue, New York.
Madison Square Branch P.O. Box 156.
RECEIPTS FOR THE BOARD OF FOREIGN MISSIONS, SEPTEMBER, 1898.
Baltimore. — Baltimore — Baltimore Light Street, 20;
Higbland, 5. Washington City— Washington City Ecking-
ton, 9.20.
California. — Los Angeles— Los Angeles Immanuel, 35,
sab.-sch., 8.50. Oakland— West Berkeley sab.-sch., 2.50, Y.
P. S., 5. S'la-ametito— Elk Grove, 3; Gridley, 2.30. San
Francisco— San Francisco Westminster sab.-sch., 13.43.
Stockton— Stockton sab.-sch., 7.90.
Colorado. — Pueblo— Colorado Springs 1st sab.-sch. , 18.67.
Illinois.— .4 /ton — Alton sab.-sch., 10. Bloomington—
Clinton Y. P. S., 100; Danville 1st, 150 ; Paxton, 15 ; Selma,
13. Waynesville Y. P. S., 30. Cairo — Richland, 2.50.
Chicago— Chicago 3d, 308.19; — Covenant 47; — Hyde
Pa,rk sab.-sch., 6.25 ; Evanston 1st, 199 ; Oak Park sab.-sch.,
13. Freeport— Foreston Grove Grove sab.-sch., 5.25. Peoria
— Delavau sab.-sch., 5; Peoria 1st sab.-sch., 12.50. Rock
River— Garden Plain Y. P. S., 11.50 ; Hamlet Y. P. S., 7.50 ;
Newton Y. P S., 11 : Rock Island Central Y. P. S., 10 ; Ster-
ling Y. P. S., 37.50 ; Woodhull Y. P. S., 5. Schuyler— Augusta
sab.-sch., 7; Lee, 5; Monmouth, 44.92; Perry, 5. Spring-
field— Divernon, 7.25.
Indiana.— Crawfordsville — Delphi, 500, sab.-sch., 17.80;
Lexington, 15. Fort Wayne— Huntington, 50 ; Kendallville
sab.-sch., 2. Indianapolis— Franklin, 90; Southport sab.-
sch., 3. Logansport— Centre, 2.20. Muncie— Westfield, 7.10.
Indian Territory.— Oklahoma— Chandler, 2.
Iowa. — Corning— Mount Ayr, 17.40. Des Moines— Aller-
ton. 2.50. Iowa— Burlington 1st, 11.05 ; Keokuk Westmin-
ster, 42.85. Iowa City— Bethel, 1. Sioux City— Larrabee,
4.71; Sioux City 3d sab.-sch., 1.30. Waterloo— Grundy
Centre, 20.
Kansas.— Emporia— Bethel sab.-sch., 10; Wichita 1st Y.
P.iS., 25. Neosho — Cherry vale, 5; Louisburg, 4; Miami,
2.30; Parson', 4.50, sab.-sch., 3.97. Topeka— Lawrence, 65.
Kentucky.— Transylvania— Columbia, 7.72.
Michigan.— Detroit — Detroit Forest Avenue, 2.80; —
Trumbull Avenue Y. P. S., 100. Flint— Bloomtield, 2.59;
Gore, 31 cts.; Port Hope, 4.10. Grand Rapids — Grand
Rapids 1st sab.-sch., 5.87. Petoskey— Boyne Falls, 6.46.
Minnesota.— Duluth— Glen Avon sab.-sch., 2.20; Tower
St. James, 7.50. Mankato — Ebenezer, 6.40 ; Enterprise, 1.30;
Kimball sab.-sch., 5.25; Marshall sab.-sch., 85 cts. Minne-
apolis—Minneapolis Westminster, 142.78. St. Paul—Y&rm-
ington, 2 ; Vermillion, 2. Winona— Washington sab.-sch., 5.
Missouri.— Ozark— Fordland, 3; White Oak, 10. Pal-
myra—Shelbyville, 3.70. St. Louis— Emmanuel German, 9.
Nebraska. — Hastings — Campbell German, 7 ; Hastings
German, 3, sab.-sch., 1. Nebraska City— Blue Spring, 7.09.
Omaha— Marietta, 10; Monroe, 6; Oconee, 54 cts.; Omaha
Westminster, 5.18 ; Silver Creek, 62 cts.
New Jersey. — Elizabeth — Cranford, 34.73 ; Elizabeth
Madison Avenue sab.-sch., 10; Roselle, 500; Springfield,
12. Jersey City — Englewood, 82.15; Jersey City Scotch,
4.51 ; West Hoboken, 11.50. Monmouth— Perrineville, 7.
Morris and Orange— Chatham, 126 ; Morristown South Street
sab.-sch., 112.50 ; New Vernon, 30.91 ; Orange Central, 300;
Summit Central, 21. Newark— Newark Central sab.-sch.,
27.36. New Brunswick— Lambertville, 57. Newton— Want-
age 1st, 10. West Jersey— Atlantic City 1st, 67.
New Mexico.— Santa Fe— Elite, 4.
New York.— Albany— Princetown, 14.04; Stephentown,
12.50. Binghamton— Binghamton— 1st, 323.63. Brooklyn-
Brooklyn East Williamsburg German, 10 ; — South 3d Street,
12.50 ; — Throop Avenue, 20. Champlain— Belmont, 3.81 ;
Burke, 5.69. Columbia — Centreville 10 ; Ebenezer, 2.28 ;
Hunter, 24 10. Genesee— Warsaw, 36. Geneva— Canandaigua,
17.84 ; Seneca Falls, 71.17. Hudson— Chester sab -sch., 2 ;
Good Will, 10.23 ; Hopewell sab.-sch., 14.10; Unionville, 37.
Long Island— Bridgehampton, 33.35 ; Mattituck, 6 ; Water
Mill Chapel, 14.22. Lyons— Sodus, 4.25; Wolcott 2d, 5.60.
Nassau— Green Lawn Y. P. S.. 7 ; Flip, 35.25 ; Rockaway, 75.
New York— New York 1st sab.-sch., 32.67; — Lenox, 13.83.
North River— Xewburg Calvary, 7.05 ; Pleasant Valley, 15,
sab.-sch., 10 ; Poughkeepsie sab.-sch., 40. Otsego— Gilberts-
1898.]
FOREIGN MISSIONS — EDUCATION.
457
ville, 20 ; New Berlin, 10.80 ; Stamford, 58. Rochester—
Ossian, 5; Rochester Westminster sab.-sch., 30. St. Law-
rence — Rossie, 1.64; Stark, 1.79. Steuben— Atlanta, 6.50.
Tray— Glens Falls sab -sch., 50 ; Troy WooaSide, 10. Utica
— Lowville, 5 ; Walcott Memorial, 45. Westchester— New
Rochelle 2d, 56.67; Rye, 90.85; South Salem, 5; Yonkers
Westminster sab.-sch., 12.
Ohio.— Cincinnati— Westwood German, 6. Cleveland—
Cleveland Euclid Avenue sab.-sch, 7 56; Independence,
8.50. Columbus— Columbus Broad Street, 24.21. Dayton—
Clifton Y. P. S., 2.50 ; Dayton 4th Y. P. S., 11 ; — Memorial
Y. P. S., 5.30: — Park Y. P. S., 12.50; Fletcher Y. P. S.,
5 ; Hamilton Westminster Y. P. S., 15 ; New Paris Y. P. S.,
4.02 ; Springfield 3d Y. P. S., 5. Lima— Blauchard, 50.
Mahon ///#— Youngstown, 26. Marion— Iberia, 7.01. Mau-
mee— Toledo 1st, 10. Portsmouth— Portsmouth 1st German,
10; Russellville, 8; Sardinia, 9. Steubenville — Bethesda
Y. P. S., 10 ; Dell Roy Y. P. S.. 3.95 ; East Springfield sab.-
sch., 2.15 ; Wellsville Y. P. S.,35. Wooster— Marshallville, 1.
Oregon.— Portland— Astoria, 11.68.
Pennsylvania.— Allegheny— Brighton Roads, 10.70; Bull
Creek, 16. Blairsville— Unity, 10.70. Butler— Sew Hope
sab.-sch., 12 ; New Salem, 8 ; Summit, 4.20. Carlisle— Lan-
disburg, 2.32 ; Lebanon Christ, 20. sab.-sch., 8.82; Paxton,
21 ; Shippensburg sab.-sch., 20; Wayne-boro, 20.21. Ches-
ter— Fagg's Manor sab.-sch., 50. Oxford 2d, 52 cts. Clarion
— Johnsonburg, li.07; Mill Creek, 3.50; Mount Tabor, 4.50 ;
Wilcox, 20.40. Erie— Erie 1st, 60. Huntingdon— Houtz-
dale, 6.60; Milroy, 15.56. Kitlanning — Saltsburg, 75;
Worthington, 28 Lackawanna— Kingston sab.-sch., 9.57;
Mountain Top, 10; Scranton 1st sab.-sch., 250. Lehigh —
Pottsville 1st sab.-sch., 12.81 ; Summit Hill, 30. Parkersburg
— Mannington, 5.35. Philadelphia— Philadelphia 3d. 36.26 ;
— Cohocksink sab.-sch., 4.70; — Njrthminster sab -sch.,
16.46. Philadelphia North— Neshaminy of Warwick, 27.66.
Pittsburg — McKee's Rocks, 15 ; Pittsburg East Liberty,
179.38, sab.-sch., 62.68; — Shady Side, 117.46; Raccoon,
91.66, sab.-sch., 3.44. She nan go— Sharpsville, 3.35; West-
field sab.-sch., 25. Washington— Columbia sab.-sch., 25;
West Union, 100.
South Dakota.— Central Dakota — Flandreau 2d sab.-sch.,
2.30. Southern Dakota— Germantown, 6.
Tennessee.— 7/oWcm— College Hill, 7.36.
Texas.— Austin — San Antonia Madison Square, 5.25.
North Texas— Denison sab.-sch., 4.30; Jacksboro sab.-sch.,
1.30. Trinity— Glen Rose, 1.
Utah. — Utah — Springville sab.-sch., 2.50.
Wisconsin.— Madison— Beloit 1st, 25. Milwaukee— Mil-
waukee Immanuel, 60.69. Winnebago— Sheridan, 3.
women's boards.
Women's Presbyterian Board of Mis-
sions of the Northwest 55,846 00
Women's Presbyterian Board of Mis-
sions of the Southwest 500 00
Woman's Occidental Board 8 00
Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of
the Presbyterian Church .... 2,678 61
Women's Board of Foreign Missions of
the Presbyterian Church 1,000 00
§10,032 61
miscellaneous.
"S.," 5 ; Charles Bird. U.S.A., support Mr. Chun,
6 ; A. T. Huber, 13.50 ; J. Stevens, 5 ; Y.M.C. A.
College of Physicians and Surgeons, 43.70;
Missionary Association, Wooster University,
26.63 ; "A frieod in West Virginia," 1000 ; Mr.
and Mrs. H. E. Bailey, 10; Mrs. C. B. Moore, 5 ;
Samuel Brown, 1 ; A Craig, 5 ; " A friend," sup-
port Dr. Johnson and Mr. Fraser, 83.33 ; J. F.
Eastmond,35; C. K. Powell, work under Hun-
ter Corbett, 2.50 ; W. E. Hunt, 10 ; M. P. Gray,
1 ; Alice M. Kerr, for Miss Finley's travel to
Korea, 250 ; Miss Mary Fletcher, 50 ; "V.," 5 ;
L. M. Pashall, 8 ; Charles H. Booth, 25 ; Etta M.
Collins, 5 ; " A friend," 1 ; Miss S. C. Camp-
bell, travel expenses of Miss Tracy, 25 ; E. K.
Hill and Mr. Switzer, support Du Ping Shing,
15; " Bronx," 7.50 ; " Three C's," 2 ; W. J. Erd-
man, 10 ; Laura T. Robinson, 3 ; V. F. Penrose,
for Medical Missions, 1 ; W. and F. Woodside,
30; J. G. Anderson, 5; T. Powell Bixton, for
work in Northern Korea, 25 ; A. E. Leavitt, 40 ;
"M. E. P.," 1; W. Graydon, 5; Mrs. J. C
Bracken, 5; "J. A. W.," 100; Society of
Earnest Workers for China, 500 ; John S. Merri-
man, 1 ; Rev. H. Loomis, 10; "A Right Hand,"
3 ; Mary E. Greene, 100 ; Mrs. Roberts, 25 ; E.
Wachter, 1.50. 82,511 66
SUMMARY.
Total received during the month of September,
1838 819,706 35
Total received from May 1, 1898, to Sept. 30, 1898. 123,474 05
Total received from May 1, 1897, to Sept. 30, 1897 . 139,956 40
Chas. W. Hand, Treasurer,
156 Fifth Ave., New York.
RECEIPTS FOR THE BOARD OF EDUCATION, SEPTEMBER, 1898.
Baltimore.— Baltimore— Baltimore Light Street. 5 ; Bar-
ton, 1 ; Highland, 4. New Castle— Elkton, 40; Port De-
posit, 7.08 ; Rehoboth Md., 1 ; Smyrna, 3.
California.— Los Angeles— Inglewood, 1.50. Sacramento
— Colusa, 6.80 ; Sacramento Westminster, 6.61. San Fran-
cisco— San Francisco Westminster, 6.65. Santa Barbara —
Hueneme, 10.
Colorado. — Boulder— Cheyenne, 4.40. Denver— Denver
South Broadway, 1.
Illinois.— Bloomington— Normal, 7.53; Wellington, 5.72.
Chicago— Austin, 6 45 ; Chicago 4th, 273.25 ; —7th, 1.10 ; —
Woodlawn Park, 18. Fi-eeport—Foreston Grove, 22. Mat-
toon — Ashmore, 4 ; Shelbyville, 10. Bock River — Spring
Valley, 2.74. Schuyler — Ebenezer, 5.20 ; Lee, 5 ; Monmouth,
8.17.
Indiana.— Crawford sville— Rock ville Memorial, 1.63. New
Albany— Orleans, 5 ; Paoli, 4.50 ; Salem, 8.80.
Iowa.— Des Moines— Osceola. 3. Dubuque — Dubuque 1st,
5.50. Iowa 07//— Fairview, 2 ; Williamsburg, 2.50. Waterloo
— Dows, 1.75.
Kansas.— Topeka —Sharon, 2.25.
Kentucky.— Ebenezer— Paris 1st, 5.
Michigan. — Detroit— Detroit Forest Avenue, 4.24. Petos-
key— Boyne Falls, 1 ; Elmira, 1 ; Parker, 25 cts.
Minnesota.— Mankato— Ebenezer, 8 ; Kasota, 3.13 ; Lake-
field, 2.75. Minneapolis— Maple Plain, 3.79; Minneapolis
Westminster, 46.43. Red Hirer— Fergus Falls, 5.01.
Missouri.— Kansas City— Sedalia Central sab.-sch., 2.25.
Palmyra — Glasgow, 5. Pla tie— Parkville sab.-sch., 1.79.
St. Louis— Bethel German, 10.
Montana.— Helena— Helena 1st f sab.-sch., 2.67), 16.46.
Nebraska. — Kearney — Wilson Memorial, 2. Omaha —
Waterloo, 2.
New Jersey. — Elizabeth— Elizabeth 2d, 43.50. Jersey
Oity— Englewood, 40.19; Passaic, 19.81. Monmouth— Allen-
town, 16. Morris and Orange — Madison, 7.65; Morristown
South Street, 45.37; New Providence, 9. Newark— Bloom-
field Westminster, 26.56; Newark 3d. 69.05; — Calvary,
2.62; — Park, 9.36. flStr Brunswick — Frenchtown, 5. New-
ion— Blairstown (-ab -sch., 9.46), 76.40.
New York. — Albany— Albanv State Street, 19.63 ; —
West End (Y.P.S.C.E., 1). 13: Esperance, 4.11. Bingham-
lon— Binghamton 1st, 76.90 ; Waverly, 12.50. Buffalo— Alle-
gany, 3; Portville, 20. Cayuga— Ithaca, 44.79. Geneva— Bel-
lona, 5 ; Canandaigua, 6.95 ; Seneca Castle, 3. Hudson —
Good Will, 1.14 ; Middletown 2d, 18.51 ; Monroe, 10 ; Union-
ville, 15. Long Island— Setauket, 10. Lyons— Sodus, 3 77.
New York— New York 4th Avenue, 34 ; — Hope Chapel, 25 ;
— Lenox, 2.52. Niagara— Youngs town, 3. North River—
Hughsonville (sab.-sch., 2), 9; Little Britain, 7. Otsego—
Cherry Valley, 16.35; Oneonta, 17.72. St. Lawrence— Heu-
velton, 1. Steuben — Almond, 4 Syracuse — Amboy, 2.
Troy — Argvle, 3 ; Glens Falls, 114.50; Salem, 4.23 ; Water-
ford, 6.70. Utica— Glendale, 2.38 ; Lyons Falls Forest, 11.22 ;
Martinsburg, 3.06 ; Walcott Memorial, 21.36. Westchester—
Darien, 20 ; Thompson ville, 11.02.
North Dakota.— Pem6/»a— Elkmont, 1.49 ; Inkster, 1.84.
Ohio. — Bellefontaine— Bellefontaine, 1.85. Chillicothe —
Bainbridge, 6.60; Pisgah, 7. Cincinnati— Mason and Pis-
gah, 2; Norwood, 6. Columbus— Columbus Broad Street,
14.46; Dublin, 2 16; Worthington, 3. Dayton— Springfield
2d, 33.94. Mahoning — Youngstown Westminster, 9.64.
Marion — Delaware, 25. Maumee— Edgerton, 2. St. Clairs-
ville— Buffalo, 8.78; Pleasant Valley, 2. Zanesvillc— Fair-
mount, 2.50 ; New Concord, 5 ; Norwich, 4.
Ouegon. — Eist Oregon — Union, 55 cts. Portland— Astoria,
2.12. Willamette— Lebanon, 5.
Pennsylvania.— A Uegheny—B&keTsto-wn, 15; Sewickly,
45.70. Blairsville— Johnstown, 60.17. Butler— Westminster,
5. Carlisle — Upper Path Valley, 1. Chester — Clifton
Heights, 11.02 ; Honey Brook, 11 ; Oxford 2d, 65 cts. Erie—
Irvineton, 4. Huntingdon— Fruit Hill, 4; Mount Union,
11; Spruce Creek, 15. Lackawanna— Wilkes Barre Grant
Street, 2.50 ; Wysox, 1.50. Leh igh— Upper Mount Bethel, 2.
Northumberland— Northumberland (sab.->ch., 10.32), 47.62.
Philadelph >a— Philadelphia Bethany, 25; — Mariners', 3;
— olivet, 16.01 : —Patterson Memorial, 9 ; — Trinity, 7 ; —
Woodland, 75.35. Philadelphia North— Holmesburg, 10.10.
Pitfsbura— Bethany sab.-sch , 3.7S ; Pittsburg East Liberty
(sab.-sch ,12 54), 48.41; — Hazlewood, 20.75 ; — Mt. Wash-
458
EDUCATION — SABBArH-SCHOOL WORK.
[November,
ingtoD, 3; — Shady Side (sab.-sch., 14.75) 52.09; —South
Side, 2.20. Redstone— Dunbar (sab.-sch., 2.50), 16; Long
Bun, 4.20; Mount Pleasant Reunion, 5; Mount Vernon, 2.
Shenango— Little Beaver, 2.93 ; Westfield, 20.
Tennessee.— Holslon— Salem, 3. Union — Knoxville 2d,
43.40 ; Spring Place, 2.
Texas.— Trinity— Dallas 2d (sab.-sch., 5.51), 7.50.
Washington. — Walla Walla— Meadow Creek, 5.
Wisconsin.— Madison — Highland German, 2.40 ; Pulaski
German, 12. Mihcaukee— Milwaukee Immanuel, 9.20. Win-
nebago— Appleton Memorial, 11.
Receipts from churches in September, 1898 52,321 08
" Sabbath-schools and Y. P. Societies.. 65 57
miscellaneous.
Rev. L. M. Stevens and wife, Sorrento, Fla., 10 ;
Mrs. Amzi Wilson, 5 ; "S. N. X.," 700; Mrs.
H. D. Sterling, Madison, Wis., 2; "C. Penna.,"
2; C. A Greene, M.D, 20 $739 00
INCOMB FROM INVESTMENTS.
165; 360; 500 ; 760 ; 54.45 ; 38.75 ; 124.50 2,002 70
Total receipts in September, 1898 $5,270 85
Total receipts from April 16,1898 16,639 64
F. C. Enyard, 42.
REFUNDED.
5; 95
142 50
Jacob Wilson, Treasurer,
512 Witherspoon Building, Philadelphia.
RECEIPTS FOR SABBATH-SCHOOL WORK, SEPTEMBER, 1898.
Atlantic. — A tlan tic— Hopewell sab.-sch., 3.70 ; St.Michael
sab.-sch., 1. i^cur/ieta— Rockfield sab.-sch., 1. Knox— More-
land sab.-sch., 50 cts. 6 20
Baltimore.— Baltimore— Baltimore Aisquith Street sab.-
sch., 6 ; — Broadway sab.-sch., 11.26; —Central, 10.87; —
Light Street, 5 ; Madison Street sab.-sch., 3 ; Barton (sab.-
sch., 2.50), 3.50 ; Frederick City sab.-sch., 9.50. New Castle
— Makemie Memorial sab.-sch., 2.97; Port Deposit, 3.12;
Port Penn sab.-sch., 2.13 ; St, George's sab.-sch., 1 ; Wicom-
ico sab.-sch., 10.58 ; Wilmington West sab.-sch., 45. Wash-
ington City— Balston sab.-sch., 3; Boyd's sab.-sch., 3.80;
Hermon sab.-sch, 2; Washington City Eastern sab.-sch.,
35.26. 157 99
California. — Los Angeles — Azusa, 7.85; Los Angeles
Immanuel sab.-sch., 9.95. Oakland — Alvarado sab.-sch.,
7.25; Elmhurst, 4.60; Oakland Centennial sab.-sch., 8.
San Francisco— San Francisco Westminster, 7.85. San Jose—
Hollister sab.-sch., 88 cts.; Salinas Central Avenue sab.-sch.,
2 ; San Josi§ 1st sab.-sch., 14. Santa Barbara— Santa Paula
sab.-sch., 5.25 ; Ventura, 4.90. 72 53
Catawba.— Southt ra Virgini a— Danville Holbrook Street
sab.-sch., 9 ; Ogden's Chapel sab.-sch., 1 ; Roanoke 5th Ave-
nue, 2 ; Russell Grove sab.-sch., 5.78; Trinity sab.-sch., 1 ;
Whitnel sab. sch., 1.64. Yadkin— Eagle Spring sab.-sch.,
4.20 ; Lloyd sab.-sch., 3 ; Mebane sab.-sch., 1.50. 29 12
Colorado. — Denver — Denver Columbian sab.-sch., 1;
Idaho Springs sab.-sch., 6.70. Pueblo— Antonito sab.-sch.,
2.60; Colorado Springs Spruce Street sab.-sch., 3.60; Del
Norte sab.-sch., 5.20 ; Pueblo 1st sab.-sch., 5.44 ; — Fountain
sab.-sch , 3.24. 27 78
Illinois.— /itam— Carlyle, 2. Bloomington— Danville 2d
sab.-sch., 1.50; El Paso, 4.80; Hoopeston sab.-sch., 14.80;
Paxton sab.-sch., 18.19 ; Piper City sab.-sch., 25.26 ; Towanda
sab.-sch., 1.65. Cairo — Equality sab.-sch., 3.70 ; Murphys-
boro sab.-sch., 17.15. Chicago — Austin, 7.05; Braidwood
sab.-sch., 7.05; Chicago 4th, 212 ; —Calvary sab.-sch., 4.80 ;
— Englewood, 25 82; Gardner sab.-sch., 4.59; Riverside
sab.-sch., 4.79; South Chicago sab.-sch., 3.27. Freeport—
Savanna sab.-sch., 4.80 ; Woodstock sab.-sch., 5. Mattoon—
Neoga, 7.50. Ottawa— Elgin House of Hope sab.-sch., 3.24.
Peoria— Peoria Arcadia Avenue, 2.20. Rock River— Aledo
sab.-sch., 10 ; Ashton sab.-sch., 4.50. Schuyler— Good Hope
sab.-sch., 2.83 ; Kirkwood sab.-sch., 8.70 ; Lee, 5 ; Monmouth,
8.16; Warsaw sab.-sch., 2.80. Springfield — Greenview sab.-
sch., 9.24; Jacksonville 2d Portuguese sab.-sch., 40.60;
Springfield 2d sab.-sch., 9 ; — College Street sab.-sch., 1.90.
483 89
Indiana.— Crawfordsville— Bethlehem sab.-sch., 1 ; Beulah,
2; Dana sab.-sch.. 3; Delphi, 11.26; Fowler sab.-sch., 10;
Newtown (sab.-sch., 5), 10 ; Pleasant Hill sab.-sch., 3 ; Rock-
ville Memorial, 1.63; Rossville sab.-sch., 3. Fort Wayne—
Decatur sab.-sch., 3.S9. Indianapolis — Columbus sab.-sch.,
12.74; Indianapolis 1st sab.-sch., 12.22; — Memorial sab.-
sch., 30.69. Logamsport— Brookston sab.-sch., 9 ; Chalmers,
5.50: Goodland sab.-sch., 3.55; Monticello sab.-sch ,• 5.90.
Muncie — Hartford City sab.-sch., 6; Union City sab.-sch.,
2.50. New Albany— Salem sab.-sch , 2.75. Vhicennes— Mount
Vernon sab.-sch., 3.80. White Water— Concord sab.-sch.,
1.10; Connersville 1st sab.-sch , 3.25; Richmond 1st sab.-
sch., 2.68. 150 46
Iowa.— Cedar Rapids— Cedar Rapids 1st (Endeavor Mis.),
2.41. Coming— Emerson sab.-sch., 4.40 ; PJatte Centre sab.-
sch., 1.73; Red Oak sab.-sch., 20; Shenandoah sab.-sch.,
21.50. Council Bluffs— Carson sab. sch., 3; Woodbine, 2. 16.
Des Moines — Allerton, 70 cts.; Corydon, 3.70; Des Moines
Highland Park sab.-sch., 7.50 ; — Westminster sab.-sch , 3 ;
Russell sab -sch., 4.25. Dubuque — Dubuque 1st sab.-sch.,
6.19; Hopkinton sab.-sch., 9.73; Winthrop sab.-sch, 5.25.
Fort Dodge— Armstrong sab -sch., 7.50; Bethel sab.-sch.,
19.07; Glidden sab.-sch.. 11.16; Luverne sab.-sch., 4.65;
Rolfe, 5. Iowa— Kirkville sab.-sch., 3.41 ; Martinsburg sab.-
sch., 2.60 ; Price's Creek sab.-sch., 2.21. Iowa City— Marengo,
8.63; Sugar Creek, 3 ; Wilton, 20. Sioux City— Hawarden,
6.07; Meriden sab.-sch., 5; Sioux City 2d sab.-sch., 4.50.
TJ'ater/oo— Whooperville sab.-sch., 1.07. 199 39
Kansas. — Emporia— El Paso, 2 ; Florence, 3.98. Highland
—Barnes, 2; Blue Rapids, 15 ; Irving, 5.20. Lamed— Burr-
ton sab.-sch., 2.72; Dodge City (sab.-sch., 8.50), 16.50.
Neosho — Fort Scott 2d sab.-sch., 1 ; Independence sab.-sch.,
5; Oswego sab. -sch., 8 ; Princeton sab.-sch., 9.50; Scammon
sab.-sch., 3.69 ; Yates Centre sab.-sch., 5. Osborne— Calvert
sab.-sch., 2; Osborne sab.-sch., 6. Solom on— Cawker City,
3.27 ; Delphos sab.-sch., 2.50; Mankato sab.-sch., 2. Topeka
—Clay Centre sab.-sch., 18.63; Lawrence sab.-sch., 10;
Spring Hill sab.-sch., 3. 126 99
Kentucky. — Ebenezer— Paris 1st, 10. 10 00
Michigan.— Detroit— Brighton sab.-sch., 2.11 ; Dearborn
sab.-sch., 1 ; Detroit Forest Avenue, 5.04; — Jefferson Ave-
nue sab.-sch., 12.45; — Westminster sab.-sch., 14.37;
Springfield sab.-sch., 85 cts. Flint — Brookfield sab.-sch.,
1.25; Corunna, 6; Lapeer sab.-sch., 6.64. Grand Rapids —
Grand Rapids Immanuel (sab.-sch., 2). 4 ; Ionia sab.-sch.,
7.84. Kalamazoo— Edwardsburg sab.-sch., 6.15 ; Plainwell
sab.-sch., 3. Lansing — Concord sab.-sch., 1.80; Homer
sab.-sch., 11.38; Mason, 9; Windsor, 6.70. Monroe— Cali-
fornia sab.-sch., 3 ; Reading sab.-sch., 7.60. Petoskey —
Mackinaw City sab.-sch., 1.50. Saginaw — Ithaca sab.-sch.,
11.16. 122 84
Minnesota.— Mankato— Balaton sab.-sch., 3.51 ; Cotton-
wood sab.-sch., 7.74; Island Lake sab.-6ch., 1.19 ; Lakefield
sab.-sch., 1.90; St. James sab.-sch., 6.60. Minneapolis—
Minneapolis Westminster, 24.29; Rockford sab.-sch., 2.25.
Red River— Evansviile, 1.50: Tabor Bohemian sab.-sch., 4.
St. Cloud— Diamond Lake sab.-sch., 2.76 ; Kerkhoven sab.-
sch., 4.25 ; Wilmar sab. sch., 7.10. St. Paul— St. Croix Falls
sab.-sch., 3.52, St. Paul fath sab.-sch., 3.12; —Park sab.-
sch., 10. Winona— Rochester, 8.77. 92 50
Missouri. — Kansas City — Raymore ch. and sab.-sch.,
16.83. Ozark — Neosho sab.-sch., 4. Pa Imyra — Pleasant
Prairie sab.-sch., 2. Platte— Parkville, 1.79; St Joseph
Westminster sab.-sch., 7; Tarkio (sab.-sch., 9), 11; Tina
sab.-sch., 3.98. St. Louis— Bethel German, 5; Rock Hill
sab.-sch., 5.50. White River — Camden 2d sab.-sch., 2.15;
Hopewell sab.-sch., 2 50. 61 75
Montana.— Butte— Missoula sab.-sch., 8. Helena— Boulder
sab.-sch., 3.60; Helena 1st (sab.-sch., 2 95), 15.86. 27 46
Nebraska.— Kearney— Cozad, 5.50 ; Lexington C. E. Soc,
6. Nebraska C7ty— Tecuniseh sab.-sch., 5.80 ; York sab.-sch.,
22.70. Omaha— North Omaha sab.-sch., 60 cts.; Omaha
Knox sab.-sch., 7.15; — Westminster sab.-sch., 8.93; Schuy-
ler sab.-sch., 2.15 ; Tekamah sab.-sch., 5 ; Waterloo sab.-sch.,
4.95. 68 78
New Jersey.— Elizabeth— Flainfteld Hope Chapel sab.-
scb., 6.89 ; Pluckamin sab.-sch., 6.76 ; Rahway 1st sab.-sch.,
6.87; Westfield sab.-sch., 50; Woodbridge sab.-sch., 2.50.
Jersey City— Hackensack sab.-sch., 17.48 ; Hoboken sab.-sch.,
12.85 ; — Bethesda sab.-sch., 14 ; Rutherford sab.-sch., 28.91.
Monmouth — Cranbury 1st sab.-sch., 6.63 ; Freehold sab.-sch.,
6.33; Hope sab.-sch., 2; Manalapan, 3.89; Manchester, 3;
Moorestown sab.-sch., 7.51; Plattsburgh sab.-sch., 9.50;
Red Bank sab.-sch., 5.17; Spring Lake sab.-sch. (Children's
Service), 12.45. Morris and Orange— Bartley sab.-sch., 5;
Chester sab.-sch., 5.60; Dover Chrystal Street Chapel, 2.30 ;
Madison, 7.65; New Vernon sab.-sch., 59 cts.; Orange Cen-
tral sab.-sch., 46. Newark— Newark Calvary, 2.63 ; — Central
sab.-sch., 15; — Park, 4.68. New Brunswick — Lawrence
sab.-sch., 1.40 ; Trenton 1st, 37.11 ; — 2d sab.-sch., 21.56 ; —
5th sab.-sch., 3.65. Newton — Bloomsbury, 8 ; Hackettstown
sab.-sch., 6.05; Newton sab.-sch., 28.37; Phillipsburgh 1st
sab.-sch., 8 ; Stanhope (sab.-sch , 1 07), 4 ; Stillwater, 11 94.
West Jersey— Camden Grace sab.-sch., 9.14; Deerfield sab.-
1898]
SABBATH-SCHOOL WOBK.
459
sch., 8 50 ; Haminonton sab.-sch., 7.44 ; Magnolia sab -sch.,
56 cts.; Whig Lane sab.-sch., 2. 449 91
New Mexico. — Bio Grande — Las Cruces 1st sab.-sch.,
3 30. Santa Fl— Raton 1st sab.-sch., 6.50. 9 80
New York.— Albany— Albanv State Street, 19.63 ; — West
End C. E. Soc, 1.02 ; Corinth sab.-sch., 3.85 ; Jefferson, 2.19.
Binghamton— Binghamton 1st (sab.-sch., 34.77), 78.72 ; Cov-
entry 2d sab.-sch., 12. Boston— East Boston, 48.34; Quincy
sab -sch., 13 75. Brooklyn — Woodhaven French Evangelical
sab.-sch., 1.50. Buffalo— Portville, 15. Cayuga— Auburn 2d
sab.-sch., 1.29 ; —Calvary sab.-sch., 12 ; Fair Haven sab.-sch.,
1.65; Ithaca, 16.79 ; Meridian, 6.81. Champlain—E&st Consta-
ble sab.-sch., 6 ; Malone sab.-scb , 16.05. Chemung— Dundee
sab.-sch., 4.41 ; Newfield sab.-sch., 95 cts.; Pine Grove sab.-
sch., 80 cts.; Spencer sab.-sch., 1.30. Columbia— Centreville
sab.-sch., 1.25. Genesee— Pike, 2. Genmz— Canandaigua sab.-
sch., 6.04 ; Ovid sab -sch., 8.83 ; Phelps sab.-sch., 11. Hudson
— Good Will, 1.14 ; Haverstraw Central sab.-sch., 3.44 ; Mon-
roe, 25 ; Port Jervis, 13 96; Ramapo Brook Chapel sab.-sch.,
1; Unionville, 17. Long Island— Cutehogne, 6.7i ; Franklin-
ville sab.-sch., 8; Mattituck. 5. Lyons— Galen sab.-sch.,
8.76. New York — New York Kingsbriclge sab.-sch., 12.48 ; —
Lenox, 2.52 ; —Phillips sab.-sch., 31.30; --Rutgers River-
side sab.-sch., 3.34; — Tremont, 19.28. Niagara— Carlton
sab.-sch., 3 50; Holley ch. and sab.-sch., 20; Lockport 1st,
33.83; Middleport sab.-sch., 1.25. North Biver— Freedom
Plains, 6; Poughkeepsie sab.-sch., 30.25. Otsego— Guilford
Centre sab.-sch., 4 ; Hobart sab.-ch., 7.50 ; Middlefield,2 56 ;
Milford sab.->rh., 4.25; New Berlin sab.-sch., 4.50 Boches-
ter— Lima, 10.50 ; Ogden sab.-sch., 14; Sparta 1st, 21.86. St.
Zairrence— Heuvelton sab.-sch., 1.80 ; Morristown sab.-sch.,
11.95. Steubtu — Cuba sab.-sch.. 8.40. Syracuse — Amboy
sab.-sch , 2.52 ; Baldwinsville sab.-sch., 10 ; Jamesville sab.-
sch., 1.30; La Fayette sab.-sch., 5; Mexico. 18.75; Onon-
daga Valley sab -sch., 4.27 ; Oswego 1st sab.-sch., 5.25 ; Syra-
cuse 1st sab.— ch., 30 41 ; — Memorial, 5. Troy — Argyle, 2 ;
Glens Falls sab.-sch., 100; Green Island sab.-sch., 15.32;
Melrose sab.-sch., 1; Pittstown, 1; Schaghticoke, 18 ; Troy
Memorial, 5.25; Waterford, 3.35; Whitehall, 6.90. Utica—
Clinton, 6 ; Martinsburg sab.-sch., 2.30 ; Oneida (Mission
sab.-sch.), 1 : Utica 1st, 22.59 ; Vernon Centre sab.-sch.,
3.91 ; Whitesboro, 8.58. Westchpster— Hartford sab.-sch.,
6.75 ; Peekskill 2d, 25.16 ; Scarborough sab.-sch , 10 ; Thomp-
sonville sab.-sch., 5 ; Yonkers 1st sab.-sch., 16.50. 981 39
North Dakota. — Minneivaukon — Bottineau sab.-sch.,
6.75. Pembina— Forest River sab.-sch., 3.75; Neche, 5.75;
Park River, 3.35. 19 60
Ohio. — Athens— Amesville sab.-sch., 91 cts.; Warren sab.-
sch., 7.25. Bellefontaine— Bellefontaine, 1.86; Urbana sab.-
sch., 24.73. Chillicothe— McArthur, 1.24; Washington sab.-
sch., 7.75. Cincinnati — Avondale sab.-sch., 42.57 ; Batavia
sab -sch , 2.50; Bethel (sab.-sch., 2.48), 4.98; Cincinnati 7th
sab.-sch., 50 ; — Mount Auburn sab.-sch., 15 ; — Park Place
Chapel sab.-sch , 2.05; Elmwood Place, 3; Harrison sab.-
sch., 3 ; Hartwell sab.-fch., 6; Ludlow Grove sab.-sch., 2;
Mason and Pisgah, 2; Milford sab. sch., 1.85; Wyoming
sab.-sch., 5. Clereland — Ashtabula sab.-sch., 8.49 ; Cleveland
Bethany sab.-sch., 19.61 ; Wildermere sab.-sch., 7.33. Col-
umbus— Bethel, 3.84 : Bremen 16.86 ; Columbus Broad Street,
11.91; Lithopolis sab.-sch., 2 ; Rush Creek, 6.20. Dayton—
Clifton sab.-sch., 9.16; New Carlisle sab.-sch., 5.25 ; Spring-
field 2d, 25.18 ; Troy sab.-sch., 30.31. Huron— Fremont sab.-
sch., 6.46. Lima— Ada sab.-sch.. 4 ; Van Wert sab.-sch., 12.65.
Mahoning— Columbiana sab.-sch., 1 ; Ellsworth sab.-sch., 4;
Youngstown, 30.83. Marion— Liberty sab.-sch., 2 ; Milford
Centre sab.-sch., 1.10; Salem sab.-sch., 1.50. Maumee— Ant-
werp sab.-sch., 2.40 ; Defiance 1st sab.-sch., 12.49 ; De Verna
sab.-sch., 2.70; Grand Rapids sab.-sch., 5; Montpelier sab.-
sch., 2 ; Toledo Collingwood Avenue sab.-sch., 33.36 ; Weston,
550. Portsmouth— Jackson sab.-sch., 26.93 ; Portsmouth 2d
6ab.-sch., 7.75. St. Clairsville— Cadiz sab.-sch., 11.02. Steuben-
ville— Corinth, 10; East Springfield (sab.-sch., 1.10), 4;
Salineville sab.-sch., 2.90 ; Scio sab.-sch., 6 ; West Lafayette,
1.73. Wooster— Belleville sab.-sch., 4.10 : Mansfield sab. sch.,
40.87; Wooster 1st sab.-sch., 10 50. Zanesvillf—Tsew Con-
cord, 5; Norwich, 5; Pataskala, 10.77 ; Zanesville 1st sab.-
f ch., 15.40 ; — 2d sab.-sch., 8 ; — Putnam sab.-sch., 7.78.
634 57
Oregon.— Bast Oregon— Union, 55 cts. Portland— Astoria,
2.12 ; Portland 4th, 27.13 ; — Calvary, 14. 43 80
Pennsylvania. — Allegheny — Aspinwall sab.-sch., 3.52;
Glasgow sab.-sch., 3.13 ; Glenshaw sab.-sch., 4.38 ; Hoboken
sab.-sch., 5; Sewickley, 23.46. Blairsville—Conem&ugh sab.-
sch., 4.58 ; Cresson sab.-sch., 6 ; Ebensburg sab.-sch., 3 ; New
Florence sab -sch., 9.49; Pleasant Grove sab.->ch., 2 ; Plum
Creek sab.-sch., 5. Butler— Martinsburg, 8.10 ; North Lib-
erty, 3 ; Summit, 4.40 ; Zelienople sab.-sch., 2.75. Carlisle—
Burnt Cabins sab.-sch, 1.60; Carlisle 2d, 20.13 ; Chambers-
burg Hope Chapel sab.-sch., 80 cts ; Lebanon 4th Street sab -
sch., 5.20; Lower Path Valley sab.-sch., 5.40; Middletown,
15; Waynesboro sab.-sch., 2.75. Chester— Calvary sab.-sch.,
2.50; Clifton Heights sab.-sch., 21.18; Dilworthtown sab.-
sch., 6 ; Fagg's Manor, 16 ; Great Valley, 4; Media sab.-sch.,
15.31 ; New London sab.-sch., 32. Clarion— Tionesta sab.-
sch., 7.30. Erie— Erie 1st sab.-sch., 10 ; Harbor Creek sab.-
sch., 9; North Clarendon sab.-sch., 4.78. Huntingdon —
Altoona 1st sab.-sch., 25.78 ; — Broad Avenue sab.-sch., 6 ;
Clearfield, 4.05; McCulloch's Mills sab.-ch., 3.50; Madera
sab.-sch., 5 ; Mifflintown Westminster sab.-sch., 3.73 ; Osce-
ola sab.-sch., 8.50 ; Shade Gap sab.-sch., 10; Spruce Creek
sab.-sch., 5.75. Kittanning— Bethel sab.-sch., 3.63 ; Homer,
5 ; Indiana sab.-sch., 100; Union sab.-sch., 6. Lackawanna
—Athens sab.-sch., 2.43; Bennett sab.-sch., 4.25; Bernice
sab.-sch., 3.41 ; Elmhurst, 1 ; Mountain Top sab.-sch., 1 ;
Nanticoke sab.-sch., 7.90; Plains sab.-sch., 5; Sayre sab.-
sch., 2.27; Susquehanna sab.-sch., 19; Towanda sab.-sch.,
1.46; Wilkes Barre Memorial sab.-sch., 16.95. Lehigh —
Bangor sab.-sch., 2.80 ; Easton College Hill sab.-sch., 4.14 ;
Pen Argyle sab.-sch., 5.20; Pottsville 1st, 41.95. Northum-
berland— Milton sab.-sch., 11.31. Parkersbvrg — French
Creek, 7; Mannington, 12. Philadelphia— Philadelphia 3d
(Old Pine Street sab.-sch., 6.94), 17.86 ; — Evangel sab.-sch.,
17 ; — Memorial sab.-sch., 9.59 ; — Olivet, 39.93 ; — Patter-
son Memorial, 7 ; — Princeton sab.-sch., 25 ; — South West-
ern, 12.10; —Trinity sab.-sch., 17. Philadelphia North— T>iss-
ton Memorial sab.-sch., 10.46; Doylestown sab.-sch., 5.28;
Fox Chase Memorial sab.-sch., 16.30 ; Germantown 2d sab.-
sch., 28.63 ; — Market Square, 42.15 ; — Redeemer sab.-sch.,
6.39; Hermon (Henry Mem. Chapel), 5.32; Jenkintown
Grace sab.-sch., 1.39; Neshaminy of Warwick, 16.50; New-
town, 21 ; Oak Lane sab.-sch., 12; Port Kennedy sab.-sch.,
2; Reading 1st sab.-sch., 57.85; — Washington Street sab.-
sch., 2.55. Pittsburg— Finleyville, 1.40; Monongahela City
sab.-sch., 4 ; Mount Pisgah sab.-sch., 5 ; Pittsburg East Lib-
erty (sab.-sch., 8.35), 22.70 ; — Homewood Avenue sab.-sch.,
26; — McCandless Avenue sab.-sch., 5; Sheridanville sab.-sch.,
4.14. Bedstone— Dunbar Memorial Chapel sab.-sch., 1.75 ;
Long Run, 9.85; Mount Moriah 1 ; Rehoboth, 11.26; Scott-
dale sab.-sch., 27. Shenanpo — Centre sab.-sch., 4; New Cas-
tle Central sab.-sch., 4; Rich Hill, 2 ; Sharon sab.-sch., 65 ;
Wampum sab.-sch., 4.13. Washington— Unity, 3 ; Wellsburg,
17.73. Wellsboro— Mount Jewett, 3 ; Wellsboro sab.-sch., 2.16.
Westminster — Columbia sab.-sch., 30.10 ; Lancaster Memorial
sab.-sch., 8.41 ; York 1st sab.-sch., 58.82. 1297 52
South Dakota. — Central Dakota — Blunt sab.-sch., 4;
Brookings sab.-sch., 50. Dakota— Good Will sab.-sch., 12.80 ;
Pine Ridge sab.-sch., 7; Porcupine, 1. Southern Dakota —
Hope Chapel sab.-sch., 2.36 ; Scotland sab.-sch., 15. 92 16
Tennessee.— Kingston— Enslej sab.-sch., 6 ; Lancing sab.-
sch., 1.50 ; Thomas 1st sab.-sch., 10.50. Union — New Market,
4.48. 22 48
Texas.— Trinity— Glen Rose, 2.10. 2 10
Utah. — Boise— Caldwell sab.-sch., 8.18; Payette sab.-sch. ,
30 cts. Utah— Brigham sab.-sch., 2; Evanston Union sab.-
sch., 3. 13 48
Washington. — Olympia — Tacoma Immanuel sab.-sch.,
1.50. Puget Sound— Seattle Westminster, 23.13 ; Snohomish
sab.-sch., 13.39. Walla Walla— Lewiston sab.-sch., 7; Pres-
cott sab.-sch., 2. 47 02
Wisconsin. -La Crosse— Hixton sab.-sch., 7.45. Madison
— Belleville sab.-sch., 1.25; Fancy Creek, 2. Milwaukee —
Milwaukee Grace sab.-sch., 10 ; — Immanuel, 5.54. Winne-
bago—Harper Memorial sab.-sch., 50 cts.; Marshfield sab.-
sch., 12.76 ; Merrill 1st sab.-sch., 3.65. 43 15
miscellaneous.
Ashland sab.-sch., Mo., 1.50 ; collection per R. H.
Rogers, 1.50; collection per Thomas Scotton, 65
cts.; collection per W. J. Hughes, 2.99 ; collection
per W. D. Reaugh, £0 cts.; collection per E. L.
Renick, 1.25; collection per J. Redpath, 1.55;
collection per C. R. Lawson, 1.14 ; collection per
W. L. Hood, 40 cts.; collection per Charles Shep-
herd, 1 ; collection per D. A. Jewell, 2.10; col-
lection per M. S. Riddle, 5.55 ; collection per J.
H. Barton, 10.40; Chicosa sab.-sch., Colo.; 1;
Boone sab.-sch., Colo., 1.50; collection per C. A.
Mack, 1.05 ; collection per Thomas Scotton, 65
cts.; Daggett Brook sab.-sch., Minn., 16 cts.; Ad-
vance sab.-sch., Mich., 55 cts.; Hartville sab.-
sch., Wyo., 53 cts.; sab.-sch. Institute, Coulliard-
ville, Wis., 5.17; Cove sab.-sch., Minn., 1.06;
Marion German sab.-sch., S.D., 2 ; Monroe sab -
sch., Utah, 20 cts.; Beeebmans Corner sab.-sch ,
N.Y., 1: East Little Rock sab.-sch., Ark., 75
cts.; Glidewell sab -sch., Mo , 2.68 ; Drewersburg
sab.-sch , Ind., 5; Bishopville sab.-sch., S. C,
50 cts.; Hoage sab.-sch., Wis., 2; Mission sab.-
sch., Wichita, Kans., 38 cts.; Crystal Lake sab.-
sch., Wis.. 2.37 : sab.-sch., Institute, Westfield,
Wis., 4; Mission sab.-sch., Statesville, N.C., 1.75 ;
Shearer sab.-sch., Neb., 1 ; collection per J. B.
Currens, 2.62; collection per W. H. Long, 2 04;
Sunshine sab.-sch., Cal., 50 cts. ; Manceland sab.-
sch., Mich., 1.75; Mission sab.-sch., Charlotte,
460
COLLEGES AND ACADEMIES — CHURCH ERECTION.
[November,
N.C., 50 eta; Dry Fork sab.-sch., N.C., 3.25;
Roseniont sab.-sch., Ohio, 2 ; Mt. Calvary Miss.,
" Phila., 3.76 ; Walnut sab.-sch., Iowa, 2.70 ; Rose-
dale sab.-sch., N.J., 3.66; Franklinville sab.-
sch., Pa., 3.43 ; Kelley sab.-sch., Wis, 2.50 ; Rost
sab.-sch., Minn., 3.70; Linkville sab.-sch., Mich.,
3; Lincoln sab.-sch., Minn., 48 cts. ; Lone Tree
sab.-sch., Minn., 1.18; McCoy sab.-sch., Minn.,
1.01; Lewiston sab.-sch., Minn., 92 cts.; White-
field sab.-sch., Minn., 1.66; Mission sab.-sch.,
Crawford, Neb., 60 cts §107
INDIVIDUAL.
Mrs. Caleb S. Green, Trenton, N.J., 110 ; Rev. J.
E. Tinker, 55 cts.; C. Penna., 1; Cordelia A.
Greene, 20 $131 55
Contributions from churches $1,604 41
Contributions from Sabbath-schools 3,797 74
Contributions from individuals 131 55
Contributions during September, 1898 $5,533 70
Previously acknowledged 54,538 68
Total since April 1, 1898 $60,072 38
C. T. McMullin, Treasurer,
Witherspoon Building, 1319 Walnut St, Philadelphia, Pa.
RECEIPTS FOR THE BOARD OF AID FOR COLLEGES AND ACADEMIES, SEPTEMBER, 1898.
Baltimore.— Baltimore— Barton, 1 ; Chestnut Grove, 7 ;
Highland, 1. Washington City— Vienna, 90 cts. 9 90
Colorado. — Pueblo— Pueblo Fountain ch. and sab.-sch., 2.
2 00
Illinois.— Chicago— Austin, 12.35 ; Chicago 4th, 5 ; —Lake-
view, 20; — Edgewater, 1.47; Evanston 1st, 45 21; Gard-
ner, 7.28. Peon'a— Galesburg, 16 ; Yates City, 2.85. Schuy-
ler—Lee, 5 ; Monmouth, 8.17 ; Rushviile, 3. 126 33
Indiana. — New A Ibany— Madison 1st, 18. 18 00
Iowa.— Council Bluffs— Woodbine, 3 90. Des Moines —
Allerton, 1. Iowa— Burlington 1st, 2.01. Sioux City— Vail,
2. Waterloo— Janesville, 1.56. 10 47
Michigan.— Detro it— Detroit Forest Avenue, 2. 2 00
Minnesota.— J/a7i&afo— Mankato 1st Ladies' Aid Society,
10 ; Worthington Westminster, 4.88. Minneapolis — Min-
neapolis 1st, 14.87; Waverly Union ch. and sab.-sch., 4.15.
St. Cloud— St. Cloud Ladies' Aid Society, 10. Winona— Oak-
land, 2 32. 46 22
M [SSOUR I.— Kansas City— Raymore, 5 29. Platte — Park-
ville sab.-sch., 1.79. St. Louis— Bethel German, 5. 12 08
New Jersey.— Jersey City— Paterson Redeemer, 44.35.
Monmouth— Oceanic, 5. Morris and Orange— Orange Cen-
tral, 200; Summit Central, 59.49. New Brunswick— Bound
Brook, 13 ; Frenchtown, 4.33 ; Trenton 1st, 7.90. Newton—
Phillipsburgh Westminster, 6. 340 07
New York.— Albany— Albany West End C. E , 1; West
Galway, 3. Binghamton— Binghamton 1st, 76.90. Cayuga —
Ithaca 1st, 16 80. Chemung— Big Flats, 3. Genesee— Batavia,
16.42. Geneva— Canandaigua, 6.38. Hudson— Chester sab.-
sch., 2 ; Good Will, 1.86. Lyons— Sodus, 3.77. North River
—Little Britain, 5. Westchester— Peekskill 1st, 25.93.
162 06
Ohio.— Columbus— Columbus Broad Street, 10.94. Lima —
Convoy, 2.61. Portsmouth— Portsmouth 1st German, 5.
18 55
Oregon.— Portland— Astoria 1st, 2.12. 2 12
Pennsylvania. — Butler — Scrub Grass, 9. Brie— Fre-
donia, 3.50; Trvineton, 3. Huntingdon— Houtzdale, 1.20.
Lackawanna— Franklin, 1.68; Great Bend, 3; Tunkhan-
nock, 9.30. Lehigh— Upper Mount Bethel, 2. Northumber-
land—Willi amsport 3d, 8.88. Philadelphia — Philadelphia
North Tenth Street, 10.17; — Tabernacle, 22.29. Pittsburg
— Oakmont 1st, 10 ; Pittsburg East Liberty (sab.-sch., 12.54),
48.41; — Shady Side, 19.57. Shenango— Centre, 6; Lees-
burg, 5.11. 163 11
South Dakota.— Central Dakota — Blunt, 3.80 ; Huron
add'l, 8.25. 12 05
Texas.— Trinity— Dallas 2d, 2.23. 2 23
Wisconsin.— Madison— Richland Centre, 10. Milwaukee
—Milwaukee Bethany, 1.20 ; — Immanuel, 11. 22 20
Total received from churches and church organiza-
tions $949 39
PERSONAL.
Citizens of Pierre, S. D., 500 ; contribution for
Brookfield College on account, 500 ; collections
through Rev. C. B. Augur, 507.25 ; H. D. Brown,
50, C. B. Kellor, 25. A. C. Wedge, 20, B. F.
Sulzer, Albert Lea, Minn., 10; T. H. Titus, 5;
B. C. Sanborn, 100 ; Everett Jones, 10 ; Rev. E.
H. Curtis, D.D., Chicago, 5 r 1,732 25
property fund.
Property Fund Appropriation of 1892-93 returned
by Pierre University, 45; William Rankin,
Newark, N. J., 200 245 00
LEGACIES.
Income Anna J. Sommerville Estate •,. 760 00
INTEREST.
Bank earnings on deposits 50 72
Total receipts September, 1898 $3,737 36
Previously acknowledged 18,607 55
Total receipts since April 16, 1898 $22,344 91
K C. Ray, Treasurer,
30 Montauk Block, Chicago, 111.
RECEIPTS FOR THE BOARD OF CHURCH ERECTION, SEPTEMBER, 1898.
ft In accordance with terms of mortgage.
Atlantic— Fairfield— Calvary, 1. 1 00
Baltimore. — Baltimore — Baltimore Broadway, 2 ; —
Light Street, 5 ; Barton, 1 ; Emmittsburg, 10.25 ; Lonacon-
ing, 7; Piney Creek, 7.45; Tanevtown, 23. New Castle—
Elkton, 35; Pitt's Creek, 7; Rehoboth (Md.), 1; Smyrna,
3 ; Wilmington Central, 26.17. Washington City— Clihon,
3; Manassas, 4.30; Takoma Park, 6.07; Vienna, 1.55;
Washington City Western, 12. 154 79
California. — Los Angeles — Coronado Graham Memorial,
5 ; Inglewood, 3.50 ; Rivera, 4.65. Oakland — Oakland 1st,
50; — Brooklyn (sab.-sch., 4), 22.90; Valona sab.-sch., 5.
Sacramento— Elk Grove, 2.50. Santa Barbara — Hueneme,
10 ; Ventura, 4.55. 103 10
Colorado.— Boulder— Cheyenne, 1.70. Gunnison— Gun-
nison Tabernacle, 8. Pueblo— Colorado Springs 2d, 5.
14 70
Illinois.— Bloomington— El Paso, 6.75. Chicago — Austin,
6.15 ; Chicago 4th, 148.67 ; — Covenant, 41.58 ; — Edge-
water, 1.46 ; Evanston 1st, 45.21 ; Highland Park, 42 20 ;
Manteno, 38 ; Peotone, 19.81. Freeport — Galena 1st, 20;
Rockford 1st, 13.63. Maltoon— Shelby ville, 12. Ottawa —
Waltham, 5. Peoria— Peoria Arcadia Avenue, 2.55 ; Prince-
ville, 10.16. Schuyler— ffBethel, 100; Lee, 5; Monmouth,
8.17. 526 34
Indiana.— Crawfordsville— Newtown, 8.37; Rock Creek,
2; Rockfield, 3; Rockville Memorial, 1.63. Fort Wayne-
Elkhart, 9 ; Lima, 1. Indianapolis— Franklin, 8.48 ; Hope-
well, 2.16. Logansport — Union, 2.13. Muncie — Marion,
6.22. New Albany— Pleasant Township, 2. 45 94
Indian Territory. — Cimarron— Beaver, 2. Kiamichi—
Mt. Gilead, 95 cts. Oklahoma— ffShawnee, 10. 12 95
Iowa.— Cedar Rapids— Bethel, 3.70 ; Vinton, 24. Corning
—Emerson, 1. Council Bluffs — Atlantic, 6.25; Council
Bluffs 1st, 13. Des Moines— Garden Grove, 5.50 ; Leon, 2.50 ;
Panora, 4. Dubuque— Pine Creek, 6; Zion, 4; Unity, 5.
Fort Dodge— Estherville, 5; Glidden, 11.45; Livermore,
3.42; Luverne, 2.11. Sioux City— Hartley, 2.55; Highland,
1.25; Ida Grove, 6; Odebolt, 5.53; Sanborn, 4.11; Sioux
City 3d, 5 ; Storm Lake Lakeside, 8.60. Waterloo— Ackley,
18 ; Dows, 1.60 ; Marshalltown, 9.50 ; Morrison, 4.15; Tama,
1.70; Toledo, 3.01. 170 43
Kansas. — Emporia — Clements, 5.38; Maxson, 3.42;
Wichita Oak Street, 3. Highland— Holton, 15.20. Lamed—
Harper, 3.58. Neosho— New Albany, 1.60. Solomon— Man-
kato, 5 ; Salina, 10. 47 18
Michigan. — Detroit— Detroit Central, 4.15; — Forest
Avenue, 4.24. Flint— Fremont, 8. Lansing— Mason, 10. Mon-
roe— Blisstield, 1 ; ffReading, 33.24. Saginaw— West Bay
City Westminster, 13. 73 63
Minnesota.— Duluth—Duluth 1st, 4.55; ft Virginia Cleve-
land Avenue, 10. Mankato— Balaton, 2.15 ; Ebenezer, 1.79.
Minneapolis— frEden Prairie, 80 ; Minneapolis Highland
1898.]
CHURCH ERECTION — MINISTERrAL RELIEF.
461
Park, 5.88 ; — Oliver, 4.50. St. Paul— Rush City, 2.16 ; St.
Paul 9th, 4.56. 115 59
Missouri.— Kansas City— Holden, 4.15; Ray more, 9.42 ;
Sunny Side, 1.10. Ozark— Carthage, 7.35 ; Ebenezer, 3.32 ;
Fordland, 3.08 ; Springfield 2d, 5. Palmyra— Glasgow, 4.65.
Platte— Lathrop, 6.97 ; Parkville sab.-sch., 1.79. St. Louis—
Bethel German, 5. 51 83
Nebraska. — Kearney — Fullerton, 6.50. Omaha— Craig,
3.51; Omaha Bedford Place, 2.25; —Clifton Hill, 7.27; —
Knox (sab.-sch., 1.30), 12 ; Omaha Agency Bethlehem, 1;
— Blackbird Hills, 1.80; Plymouth, 1.06; Silver Creek, 2;
Waterloo, 2 ; Webster, 1.55. 40 94
New Jersey. — Elizabeth— Perth Amboy, 10.50. Jersey
Oity— Passaic, 27.16. Monmouth— Calvary, 16.15; Freehold,
19.16; Manalapan, 6.64; Moorestown, 15. Morris and
Orange— Fast Orange 1st, 120.01 ; Madison, 7.65; Rockaway,
25.95. Neivark— Caldwell, 15.71. New Brunswick— Penning-
ton, 16.27; Trenton 3d, 18.33. Newton— Phillipsburgh West-
minster, 7 ; Stanhope, 6 ; Stillwater, 1.03. West Jersey—
Blackwood, 20 ; Salem, 22.79. 355 35
New York.— A Ibany— Albany State Street, 19.63; —
West End (Y. P. S. C. E., 1), 13 ; Charlton, 15.58 ; Esper-
ance, 4.47 ; Jefferson, 3.53 ; Schenectady East Avenue, 7.68.
Binghamton— Binghamton 1st, 76.90. Boston— Newbury port
1st, 3.42. Brooklyn— West New Brighton Calvary, 7.67.
Cayuga— Ithaca, 27.99. Chemung— Burdett, 1.76. Genesee —
Batavia, 25.95; Pike, 2.20. Hudson— Chester sab.-sch., 2;
Good Will, 1.14; Greenbush, 7.53; Middletown 2d, 16.11;
Ridgebury, 5.85; Unionville, 11. Lyons — Marion, 9.38.
Nassau— Glen Cove, 2. New York— New York Lenox sab.-
sch , 2.51. Niagara — Middleport, 5. North River — New
Hamburg, 10 ; Pleasant Plains, 5.97. Otsego— ffEast Mere-
dith, 100; Unadilla, 2.02. Rochester— Fowler ville, 3. Si.
Lawrence — Waddington Scotch, 26.02. Syracuse— Mexico,
17.55 ; Oswego Grace, 18.52 ; Syracuse Memorial, 4. Troy-
Troy Mt. Ida Memorial, 4.95 ; Waterford, 6.70. Uiica—
Kirkland, 5; Utica 1st, 30.95. Westchester— New Rochelle
2d. 9.49 ; Rye, 34.81 ; South Salem, 9. . 560 28
Ohio. — Athens — Bristol, 3.64. Belief ontaine— Bellefon-
taine, 1.86; Urbana sab.-sch., 4.28. Chillicothe— Marshall,
1.85. Cincinnati — Cincinnati 3d, 8.50 ; — 4th, 2.23 ; Hart-
well, 5 ; Pleasant Ridge, 13 ; Springdale, 8. Columbus —
Bethel, 1.36; Bremen, 2.08; Central College, 1.60; Rush
Creek, 3.39. Dayton— Dayton 1st, 54.80; Middletown 1st,
6.28; Springfield 1st, 23. Huron— Norwalk, 5.67. Maumee
— Kunkle, 3. Steubenville— Bethel, 8 ; Madison, 5 ; West
Lafayette, 1.13. Woosler— Fredericksburg, 5.80; Nashville,
2. Zanesmlle— Fredericktown, 4 ; Madison, 8.70 ; New Con-
cord, 4 ; Zanesville 1st, 14.48. 202 65
Oregon.— East Oregon— Union, 55 cts. Portland — Portland
Calvary, 17. 17 55
Pennsylvania.— Allegheny— Allegheny 1st (Bible School,
25.71), 52.45; Glasgow, 1; Industry, 2; Sewickly, 41.75;
Vanport, 3. Blairsville— Conemaugh, 10 ; ffNew Florence,
25 ; Poke Run, 30. Butler— Summit, 3 ; Unionville, 5.50.
Carlisle — Carlisle 2d, 35.37; Chambersburg Central, 8;
Monaghan, 4.50 ; Upper Path Valley, 5. Chester — Chiches-
ter Memorial, 2; Downingtown Central (sab.-sch., 6.25),
14.33 ; Glenolden, 3.50 ; Glen Riddle, 2.10 ; Great Valley, 4 ;
Marple, 2; Oxford 1st, 36.66. Clarion— Academia, 2.17;
Falls Creek, 3. Erie— East Greene, 1.05 ; North Warren,
1.25. Huntingdon — Hollidaysburg, 22.92 ; Mount Union
sab. sch., 5.40 ; Tyrone, 26.50. Kittanning— Freeport, 10.55 ;
Homer, 4 ; Avonmore, 2 50. Lackawanna— Brooklyn, 3 ;
Kingston, 5.35. Lehigh— Pottsville 1st, 37.90. Northumber-
land— Williamsport Covenant, 13.20. Philadelphia— Phila-
delphia Arch Street, 171.18 ; — West Hope, 6.50. Philadel-
phia North— Bridgeport, 5 ; Carversville, 2 ; Neshaminy of
Warwick, 13. Pittsburg— Finley ville, 1.40; McDonald 1st,
23.08; Pittsburg 3d (sab.-sch., 6), 366.35; — East Liberty
(sab.-sch., 12.54), 48.41 ; — South Side (sab.-sch., 11.80),
41.68. Redstone — Dunlap's Creek, 5.25; Mount Moriah,
4.11. Shenango— Mahoningtown, 8; Moravia, 2.05; New
Brighton, 32.01 ; New Castle Central, 12.36 ; North Sewickly,
1; Wampum (C. E., 1), 3.70. Washington— Cove, 1.25;
Forks of Wheeling, 26. Wellsboro— Mount Jewett, 2. West-
minster— Cedar Grove, 5 ; Middle Octorara, 7 ; New Har-
mony, 10. 1228 28
South Dakota. — Dakota— Porcupine, 1. 1 00
Tennessee. — Kingston— Rock wood, 2.25. Union — Eusebia,
1 ; New Market, 4.30 ; Rockford, 2 ; Shannoniale, 13.
22 55
Utah.— t/'taTi— Hyrum Emmanuel, 3. 3 00
Washington.— Otymjota— ffTacoma Westminster, 13.04.
Puget Sound— ff Everett, 53.80. Spokane— Spokane Centenary,
5. 71 84
Wisconsin. — Madison — Kilbourne, 7.43. Milwaukee-
Cedar Grove, 22 ; Milwaukee Immanuel, 14.71 ; Somers, 10.
Winnebago— Oshkosh 1st, 13.33. 67 47
Contributions from churches and Sabbath-schools. $3,893 39
OTHER CONTRIBUTIONS.
" C. Penna.," 4 ; " Cash," Ft. Monroe, Va., 20.... 24 00
$3,917 39
MISCELLANEOUS.
Premiums of insurance, 452.19 ; Interest on invest-
ments, 824; Sales of church property, 513.10;
Partial losses, 103.13; Total losses, 500 ; Plans,
20; Stuart Fund interest, 50 2462 42
_$6A379^81
Church collections and other contributions, April
11-September 30, 1898 $18,731 57
Church collections and other contributions, April
11-September 30, 1897 17,871 81
LOAN FOND.
Interest $1,211 45
Payments on mortgages 650 00
$1,861 45
MANSE FUND.
Installments on loans $1,341 47
Interest 223 58
$1,565 05
MISCELLANEOUS.
Premiums of insurance. 25 33
$1,590 38
If acknowledgment of any remittance is not found in
these reports, or if they are inaccurate in any item, prompt
advice should be sent to the Secretary of the Board, giving
the number of the receipt held, or, in the absence of a receipt,
the date, amount and form of remittance.
Adam Campbell, Treasurer,
156 Fifth Avenue, New York City.
RECEIPTS FOR THE BOARD OF MINISTERIAL RELIEF, SEPTEMBER, 1898.
Baltimore.— Baltimore— Baltimore Covenant, 5 ; — Light
Street, 5 : Barton, 1 ; Highland, 2 ; Piney Creek, 8 70. New
Castle— Elkton, 52; Head of Christiana, 5; Newark, 13.70;
New Castle 1st (sab.-sch., 2.56), 233. 46 : Pencader, 6 ; Port
Deposit, 16 ; Port Penn, 4 ; Rehoboth (Md.), 6 ; Wilmington
East Lake, 1. Washington City -Falls Church, 9.62. 368 48
California.— Los Angeles— Banning, 2 ; Beaumont (sab.-
sch., 1.30), 3. Oakland -Fruitvale, 5.50. Sacramento— Elk
Grove, 2 ; Fall River Mills, 2.20. San Francisco— San Fran-
cisco 1st sab.-sch., 23.07 ; — Westminster, 13.90. 51 67
Catawba.— Cape Ft ar— Sloan's Chapel, 1. 1 00
Colorado.— Denver— Denver 1st German, 5; Littleton,
3.25. Gunnison— Gunnison Tabernacle (sab.-sch., 1.50), 10.
Pueblo— Pueblo 1st, 6.94. 25 19
Illinois.— A Hon— Brighton, 1 ; Salem German, 5. Bloom-
ington— Clarence, 5 ; Minonk 1st, 2.85 ; Waynesville, 3 ; We-
nona, 5. Cairo— Cobden, 10.77; Harrisburg 1st, 7; Mount
Vernon, 3; Shawneetown, 12.15. Chicago— Austin 1st, 11 ;
Cabery, 5 ; Chicago 2d, 154 22 ; — 4th, 100 ; — 48th Avenue,
2.08; — Edgewater, 5.11; Evanston 1st, 45.21; Waukegan
1st, 15.53. Freeport— Galena 1st, 25 ; Hanover, 5 ; Rockford
1st, 18.24; Willow Creek, 19; Winnebago, 10. Mattoon—
Areola, 3; Bethel, 2; Shelbyville 1st, 15; Toledo, 5.35.
Ottawa— Oswego, 2.10; Waterman 1st, 5. Peoria— Elmira,
19.46; Prospect, 6; Washington, 7. Rock River— Aledo»
20.60 ; Ashton, 5.75 ; Woodhull, 6.40. Schuyler— Baylis, 4 ;
Lee, 5 ; Monmouth, 8 17. 584 99
Indiana. — Crawfordsville — Bethany, 18.25 : Rockville
Memorial, 1.63 ; Waveland, 17. Indianapolis— Indianapolis
Memorial, 16.48. Logansport — Crown Point, 7.75 ; Logans-
port Broadway, 2. New Albany— Pleasant Township, 2;
Walnut Ridge, 53 cts. 65 64
Indian Territory.— Cimarron— Enid 1st, 11.35; Purcell,
14. Sequoyah— Muscogee, 6. 31 35
Iowa.— 'Cedar Rap i ds— An amosa, 3; Cedar Rapids lst.47.07;
— Central Park, 1.75; Mechanicsville, 15. Council Bluffs—
Council Bluffs 1st, 10 ; Hardin Township, 3. Des Moines— Al-
bia 1st, 7.80 ; Derby, 2. Dubuque— Wilson's Grove, 2.30 ; Zion,
4.08. Fort Dodge— Dan a,2 41 ; Grand Junction, 7.18 ; Paton, 2.
Iowa— Burlington 1st, 2.01 ; Keokuk 1st Westminster, 32.05;
Martinsburg, 9.42 ; Milton, 6.39 ; West Point, 6.50. Iowa City
—Brooklyn, 14.05; Davenport 1st, 47.25; Oxford. 5.25;
Scott, 4; Sigourney, 2.73; Union, 6.60. Sioux City— Odebolt,
11. Waterloo -Greene, 8.40. 263 24
Kansas.— Emporia— Florence, 2.65 ; White City, 4. High-
land—Horton, 10. Earned— Arlington, 3.39 ; Dodge City, 6 ;
Lakin, 5. Neosho— Humboldt, 4.02; Oswego, 10; Parsons
1st, 11.89; Pittsburg 1st, 3.68. Solomon— Clyde, 7.39; Man-
462
MINISTERIAL RELIEF.
[November, 1898,
kato, 5; Minneapolis 1st, 4 05 ; Webber, 1. Topeka— Auburn ,
•5 ; Sharon, 2. 85 07
Kentucky.— Ebemzer— Frankfort 1st, 22.50 ; Paris 1st, 5.
27 50
Michigan.— Detroit— Detroit 1st, 128.27 ; — 2d Avenue,
4.11 ; — Central, 4.15 ; — Forest Avenue, 4.24 ; — Immanuel,
S.85; White Lake 1st, 12.77; Ypsilanti 1st, 19.96. Kala-
mazoo—Decatur, 6 ; Richland, 7. Monroe— Monroe, 5.86 ;
Raisin 1st, 2 ; Reading 1st, 4.25. Peioskey— Mackinaw City,
2. 209 46
Minnesota.— Duluth— Lake Side, 11.70. Manka to— Eben-
«zer, 8; Le Seuer, 5.06; Redwood Falls 1st. 6 ; Windom, 5.
Minneapolis —Minneapolis Highland Park, 12.72. St Paul—
Rush City, 2 ; St. Paul 9th, 7. 57 48
Missouri.— Kansas City— Sedalia Central (sab.-sch., 2.90),
21.85. Ozark— Neosho (sab.-sch., 2), 10. Palmyra— Macon,
4.26; Moberly 3. Platte— Parkville (sab.-soh., 1.79), 17.61.
JSt. Louis— Bethel German, 10. 66 72
Montana.— Great Falls— Kalispell 1st, 3. 3 00
Nebraska. — Hastings — Campbell German, 3; Minden,
7.50. Omaha— Omaha 2d, 10.60; —Knox (sab.-sch., 2.70),
16. 37 10
New Jersey.— Jersey City — Jersey City Westminster,
26.34 ; Passaic 1st, 22.05. Monmouth— Moorestown 1st, 21 ;
Oceanic 1st, 15 ; Plattsburg, 6. Morris and Orange— Madison
1st, 7.65 ; New V. rnon, 10.90 ; Parsippany, 12.48. Newark
—Newark Park, 14.04. New Brunswick— Amwell 2d, 4 ; Hol-
land, 13.65 ; Milford, 36.72 ; Princeton 2d, 10.50. Newton—
Blairstown (sab.-sch., 5.55), 100; Newton, 150; Oxford 1st,
5.70 ; Phillipsburgh Westminster, 10 ; Stillwater, 4.54. West
Jersey— Blackwood, 20; Bridgeton 2d, 30.04 ; Greenwich, 14.
534 61
New York.— Albany— Albany State Street, 19.63 ; — West
End (C. E. Soc, 1), 13; Jefferson 1st, 6; Schenectady East
Avenue, 23.20. Binghamton — Binghamton 1st, 65.91; —
North, 5.08 ; — Ross Memorial, 5 ; — West 13 ; Coventry 2d,
5.45. Boston— Quincy 1st, 6.68. Brooklyn — Brooklyn Mem-
orial, 54. Cayuga— Ithaca 1st, 79.38. Chemung— Big Flats,
10 ; Breesport, 4. Columbia— Windham, 16. Genesee— Castile
1st, 4.18; Wyoming, 5.96. Geneva— Bellona, 12 ; Canandai-
gua 1st, 6.13 ; Canoga, 3.60 ; Dresden, 3.38 ; Manchester, 14 ;
Romulus, 21.16. Hudson— Chester sab.-sch., 2; Good Will,
3; Hainptonburg, 8; Middletown 2d, 9.19; Monroe, 50;
Stony Point, 20 ; Unionville, 9. Long Island— Bridgehamp-
ton, 33.72 ; Remsenburg, 68. Lyons— Williamson, 4.87. Nas-
sau— Glen Cove, 3; Huntington 1st (100 from a member),
164.57 ; Jamaica 1st, 26.50. New York— New York Lenox,
2.52. Niagara -Lockport 1st, 27.20. North River— Highland
Falls, 7.32; Marlborough, 33.64; Pleasant Plains, 4.21;
Smithfield, 12. Otsego— Margaretville, 8.71; Unadilla 1st,
4.35. Rochester — Fowlerville, 2. St. Lawrence— Morristown
1st, 6 ; Rossie 1st, 3.42. Steuben— Howard, 8 ; Jasper, 2.
Syracuse— Onondaga Valley, 4.50 ; Syracuse East Genesee,
3.11. Troy— Melrose, 7 ; Pittstown, 1.50 ; Troy Woodsida,
64.57; Waterford 1st, 54.05. Utica— Holland Patent, 20;
South Trenton. 3 ; Utica 1st, 22.52 ; West Camden, 2.44 ;
Westernville, 14 ; Williamstown, 88 cts. Westchester — Bridge-
port 1st, 40 ; Kaionah, 51.89 : Peekskill 1st, 41.11 ; — 2d, 15 ;
White Plains, 54 ; Yonkers Westminster, 17.26 ; Yorktown,
23. 1362 79
Ohio.— Athens— Amesville, 3 ; Warren. 2.35. Be/lefontaine
— Bellefontaine. 1.8-5 ; Bucyrus, 11; Urbana 1st sab.-sch.,
3.60. Cincinnati— Cincinnati North, 3 ; — Walnut Hills,
45.60 ; Pleasant Ridge, 12.05 ; Springdale, 17. Cleveland —
Cleveland 2d, 10. Columbus— Columbus 2d, 20.92 ; — Broad
Street, 11.92; Groveport, 4; Plain City, 4. Dayton— Blue
Ball, 4 ; New Carlisle, 6 ; Oxford, 6.40 ; South Charleston,
12.63. Lima— Findlay 1st, 38 ; Lima Market Street, 21.
Mahoning — Clarkson, 6 ; Poland, 3.55 ; Rogers Westminster,
2. Marion— Jerome, 2 ; Liberty, 1 ; Porter, 2 ; Trenton, 3.
Maum.ee— Defiance 1st, 8.60; Edgerton, 4; Haskins, 1.53;
Waterville, 3.47 ; West Bethesda, 12. Portsmouth— Red Oak,
3. St. Clairsvil/e — Rock Hill, 3.40. Steubenvi/le— Beech
Spring, 7; Bergholz, 3; Bethlehem (Malvern), 7.10; East
Liverpool 2d, 8 40 ; Irondale, 10 ; Island Creek (sab.-sch., 95
cts.), 6.55; New Hagerstown, 2.65; Pleasant Hill, 3.25;
Unionport, 1. Wooster— Loudonville, 1 ; Plymouth, 8.03 ;
Savannah, 7.96. Zanesville — West Carlisle, 2.60 ; Zanesville
1st, 14.27. 376 69
Oregon. — East Oregon— Union, 55 cts. Portland— Astoria
1st, 2.12; Mount Tabor, 4.65; Sellwood, 1.75. Willamette—
Lebanon 1st, 8.50 ; Octorara, 1.50. 19 07
Pennsylvania. — Allegheny— Allegheny 1st, 28.33 ; — 2d,
6 ; — Providence, 10 ; Bellevue, 15.22 ; Bull Creek, 6.60 ;
Clifton, 6.89; Haysville (sab.-sch., 1.10), 2.65; Hoboken,
8.33 ; Industry, 2 ; Pine Creek 2d, 3 ; Sewickly, 44.60. Blairs-
ville — Cross Roads, 4.38 ; Greensburg Westminster, 15 ; Kerr,
3; Ligonier, 8.10; Livermore, 3.80; New Alexandria (sab.-
sch., 9.20), 36.95; New Kensington 1st, 3; Pine Run, 10;
Plum Creek (sab.-sch., 1.28 ; C.E., 1.22), 17 ; Union, 2 ; Wil-
merding, 5.50. Butler— Mount Nebo, 5.50 ; Plains, 3 ; Pros-
pect, 5 ; Summit, 3.50 ; Westminster, 2. Carlisle— Lebanon
Christ, 134.47 ; Mercersburg, 14.98 ; Petersburg, 3.12 ; Silver
Spring, 10. Chester— A vondale, 3.34 ; Bethany, 5 ; Chichester
Mtmorial, 2 ; Dilworthtown, 2 ; Glenolden, 3.85 ; Honey
Brook, 14; Marple, 6.51; Nottingham (C.E., 65 cts.), 3.60;
Oxford 2d, 70 cts. Clarion— Beech Woods, 26.08 ; Brockway-
ville, 12.25; Edenburg, 15.82; Hazen, 2; Penfield, 5; Rey-
noldsville, 13.70; Richardsville, 2 50; Scotch Hill, 2 ; Sugar
Hill, 5. Erie— Conneaut Lake, 3.10 ; Cool Spring, 3.52 ; East
Greene, 3.50 ; Erie 1st, 10 ; — Chestnut Street, 10.80 : Fredo-
nia, 8 ; Georgetown, 2 ; Harmonsburg, 1 ; Kerr's Hill (sab.-
sch., 70 cts.), 5.66; Meadville 1st, 10; Mount Pleasant, 4;
North Warren, 2; Oil City 1st, 21.74; Springfield, 2.10.
Huntingdon — Alexandria, 16.70; Altoona 3d, 6.27 ; Birming-
ham (W. Mark), 19.40; Clearfield, 20; Houtzdale, 1.20;
Lower Spruce Creek, 8 ; Spruce Creek, 35 ; Williamsburg,
16.28. Kittanning — Apollo 1st, 9 ; Avonmore, 1.50 ; Black
Lick, 3 ; Indiana, 35 ; Leechburg, 20. Lackawanna— Car-
bondale 1st, 84.87 ; Forty-fort, 12.50 ; Great Bend, 9 ; Moun-
tain Top, 1 ; Troy, 10.50. Lehigh— Catasauqua Bridge Street,
9 ; Easton College Hill, 1.10 ; Port Carbon, 17 ; South Beth-
lehem, 35. Northumberland— Beech Creefe, 3 ; Buffalo (Cross
Roads), 2 ; Chillisquaque, 2.92 ; Lycoming, 11.93 ; — Centre
(sab.-sch., 1.69), 9.69; Mooresburg, 2.39; Washington, 16;
Watsontown 1st, 6. Parkersburg— French Creek, 10 ; Leb-
anon, 2 ; Parkersburg 1st, 25. Philadelphia — Philadelphia
Olivet, 51.12 ; — Patterson Memorial, 11. Philadelphia
North— Carversville, 4 ; Doylestown, 21.41 ; Germantown 1st
sab.-sch., 79.90; Lower Merion (sab.-sch., 2.09), 10; Lower
Providence, 13. Pittsburg— Cannonsburg 1st, 4.71 ; Charle-
roi, 8; Edgewood, 7.66; Forest Grove Ladies' Assoc, 3;
Idlewood Hawthorne Avenue, 6 ; McKee's Rocks, 5 ; Mans-
field 1st, 21.55 ; Montours, 5.88 ; Pittsburg 4th, 59.83 ; — 6th,
47.07 ; — East Liberty (sab.-sch., 16.71), 59.76 ; — Greenfield,
18 ; — Homewood Avenue, 8 ; — Mt. Washington, 3 ; —
Shady Side (sab.-sch., 11.80), 80.22; Sharon, 18.28; Sheri-
danville, 4.02; Valley, 5. Redstone— Jefferson, 2; Mount
Moriah. 4.11 ; New Providence, 22. Shenango— Hermon, 5.50 ;
Mount Pleasant, 10 ; New Castle 1st, 53.20 ; North Sewickly,
3.43 ; Princeton, 3 ; Transfer, 1.80. Washington— Unity, 3.
Wellsboro— Mount Jewett, 2. Westminster— Cedar Grove, 5 ;
Centre (sab.-sch., 8.16), 26 ; Strasburgh, 4.50 ; Wrightsville,
8. 1812 89
South Dakota. — Central Dakota— Brookings, 9. Dakota—
Porcupine, 1. Southern Dakota— Bridgewater, 4 ; Canistota,
4 ; Scotland, 9.40 ; Turner Co. 1st German, 5. 32 40
Tennessee.— Union— Hopewell, 3 ; New Market, 8.69.
11 69
Texas.— Trinity— Dallas 2d, 1.99; Matthews Memorial, 22.
23 99
Utah.— Kendall— Soda Springs, 2.25. 2 25
Washington.— Olympia— South Bend, 4 ; Tacoma Calvary,
2.50 ; — Immanuel, 5.25. Paget Sound— Friday Harbor, 3.
Spokane— Coeur d'Alene, 2.75 ; Davenport, 12 ; Larene, 6.
35 50
Wisconsin. — Chippewa— Hudson, 13.05. Madison— Bara-
boo 1st, 10.25 ; Beloit German, 5 ; Pulaski German, 4.60.
Milwaukee— Milwaukee Bethany, 5; —Holland (sab.-sch.,
1),7; —Immanuel, 89.24; Waukesha, 19.30. Winnebago—
Neenah 1st, 18.16 ; Rural, 11. 182 60
From churches and Sabbath-schools $6,272 97
individuals.
Rev. L. M. Stevens and wife, Sorrento, Fla., 10 ;
Mrs. William S. Opdyke, Alpine, N. J., 25; Rev.
R. Arthur, Logan, Kans., 4 ; Hartshorne, I. T.,
3.25; Keeseville, N. Y., 2; Mrs. A. H. Kellogg,
Barrington, 111., 5; Rev. B. L. Agnew, D.D.,
Philadelphia, 20; Rev. David M. James, D.D.,
Easton, Pa., 5 ; Rev. A. M. Lowry, Watsontown,
Pa., 20; Rev. W. J. Erdman, D.D., German-
town, Pa , 10 ; Rev. E. Wachter, Siam, 2.50 ; Rev.
Samuel Ward, Emporia, Kans., 5; "From a
Friend," 400: J. A. Walter, Oil City, Pa., 10;
C. Crothers, Kansas City, Kans., 6 ; "C. Penna.,"
6 ; Cordelia A. Greene, Castile, N. Y., 20 ; Mrs.
Anna W. Ludlow, Hartshorne, I. T., 3.20; Rev.
Julian Hatch, Dilley, Ore. (tithe), 13 569 95
interest.
Interest from invested funds 4,152 45
" from R. Sherman Fund 760 00
$11,755 37
Unrestricted legacies 699 00
Total receipts in September, 1898 $12,454 37
Total for current fund (not including unrestricted
legacies) since April 1, 1898 $54,260 40
Total for same period last year 54,280 79
William W. Heberton, Treasurer,
Room 507, Witherspoon Building, Philadelphia, Pa.
Officer? and Ageijcieg of the (jeneitol A^embliJ.
CLERKS;
Stated Clerk and Treasurer— 'Rev. William H. Roberts, D.D.,
LL.D. All correspondence on the general business of
the Assembly should be addressed to the Stated Clerk,
No. 1319 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa.
Permanent Clerk— Rev. William E. Moore, D.D., LL.D.,
Columbus, Ohio.
TRUSTEES.
President— George Junkin, Esq., LL.D.
Treasurer— Frank K. Hippie, 1340 Chestnut Street
Recording Secretary — Jacob Wilson.
Office— Witherspoon Building, No. 1319 Walnut Street
Philadelphia, Pa.
3.
BOARDS,
I. Home Missions, Sustentation.
Address all mail. Box 150
Secretary— "Rev. Charles L. Thompson, D.D.
Treasurer— Mr. Harvey C. Olin.
Superintendent of Schools— Rev. Georee F. McAfee.
Secretary of Young People's Department— Miss M. Katharine Jones.
Office— Presbyterian Building, No. 156 Fifth Avenue, New York, N. Y.
Madison Square Branch.
Letters relating to missionary appointments and other operations of the Board, and applications for aid
from churches, should be addressed to the Secretary.
Letters relating to the financial affairs of the Board, or those containing remittances of money, should be
addressed to the Treasurer.
Applications of teachers and letters relating to the School Department should be addressed to the Superin-
tendent of Schools.
Correspondence of Young People's Societies and matters relating thereto should be addressed to the Secre-
tary of the Young People's Department.
Foreign Missions.
Corresponding Secretaries— Rev. Frank F. Ellinwood, D.D., LL.D. ; Rev. John Gillespie, D.D. ; Mr. Robert E. Speer
and Rev. Arthur J. Brown, D.D.
Treasurer— Charles W. Hand.
Secretary Emeritus— Rev. John C. Lowrie, D.D.
Field Secretary— Rev. Thomas Marshall, D.D., 48 McCormick Block, Chicago, 111.
Office— Presbyterian Building, No. 156 Fifth Avenue, New York, N. Y.
Letters relating to the missions or other operations of the Board should be addressed to the Secretaries.
Letters relating to the pecuniary affairs of the Board, or containing remittance*" if money, should be sent
to Charles W. Hand, Treasurer.
Certificates of honorary membership are given on receipt of $30, and of honorary directorship on receipt
of 8100.
Persons sending packages for shipment to missionaries should state the contents and value. There are no
fepecified days for shipping goods. Send packages to the Presbyterian Building as soon as they are ready. Ad-
dress the Treasurer of the Board of Foreign Missions.
The postage on letters to all our mission stations, except those in Mexico, is 5 cents for each half ounce at
fraction thereof. Mexico, 2 cents for each half ounce.
Education.
Corresponding Secretary— Rev. Edward B. Hodge, D.D. Treasurer— Jacob Wilson.
Office— Witherspoon Building, No. 1319 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa.
Publication and Sabbath=school Work.
Secretary— Rev. Elijah R. Craven, D.D., LL.D.
Superintendent of Sabbath-school and Missionary Work— Rev. James A. Worden, D.D.
Editorial Superintendent— Rev. J. R. Miller, D.D. Business Superintendent— John H. Scribner.
Manufacturer— Henry F. Scheetz. Treasurer— Rev. C. T. McMullin.
Office— Witherspoon Building, No. 1319 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa.
Letters relative to the general interests of the Board, also all manuscripts offered for publication and com.
munications relative thereto, excepting those for Sabbath-school Library books and the periodicals, should be
addressed to the Rev. E. R. Craven, D.D., Secretary.
Presbyterial Sabbath-school reports, letters relating to Sabbath-school and Missionary work, to grants of
the Board's publications, to the appointment of Sabbath-school missionaries, and all communications of mis-
sionaries, to the Superintendent of Sabbath- school and Missionary Work.
All manuscripts for Sabbath-school books, the Westminster Teacher and the other periodicals, and all
letters concerning the same, to the Editorial Superintendent.
Business correspondence and orders for books and periodicals, except from Sabbath-school missionaries, to
John H. Scribner, Business Superintendent.
Remittances of money and contributions, to the Rev. C. T. McMullin, Treasurer.
Church Erection.
Corresponding Secretary—Rev. Erskine N. White, D.D. Treasurer— Adam Campbell.
Office— Presbyterian Building, No. 156 Fifth, Avenue, New York, N Y,
0. Ministerial Relief,
Corresponding Secretary— Rev. Benjamin L. Agnew, D.D.
Treasurer and Recording Secretary— Rev. William W. Heberton.
Office— Witherspoon Building, No. 1319 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa-
7. Freed men.
Corresponding Secretary— Rev. Edward P. Cowan, D.D.
Recording Secretary— Rev. Samuel J. Fisher, D.D.
Treasurer— Rev. John J. Beacom, D.D.
Office-516 Market Street, Pittsburgh, Pa.
8. Aid for Colleges and Academies.
Secretary— Rev. E. C. Ray, D.D.
Treasurer— B. C. Ray.
Office— Room 30, Montauk Block, No. 115 Monroe 8treet, Chicago, UL
COMMITTEES, ETC.
Committee on Systematic Beneficence.
Chairman—Rev. W. H. Hubbard, Auburn, N. Y.
Secretary— Kiliaen Van Rensselaer, 56 Wall Street, New York, N. Y.
Committee on Temperance.
Chairman— Rev. John J. Beacom, D.D., 516 Market Street, Pittsburgh, Pfc.
Corresponding Secretary—Rev. John F. Hill, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Recording Secretary— -George Irwin (P. O. Box 14), Allegheny, Pa.
Treasurer— Rev. James Allison, D.D., Pittsburgh, Pa.
Presbyterian Historical Society.
President— Rev. Henry C. McCook, D.D./Sc.D.
Librarian— Rev. W. L. Ledwith, D.D., 1531 Tioga Street, Philadelphia, Pa.
Corresponding Secretary—Rev. Samuel T. Lowrie, D.D., 1827 Pine Street, Philadelphia, Pa.
Recording Secretary—Rev. James Price, 107 E. Lehigh Avenue, Philadelphia, Pa.
Treasurer— DeB. K. Ludwig, Ph.D., 3739 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa.
Treasurers of Synodical Home Missions and Sustentation.
New Jersey— Hon. William M. Lanning, Trenton, N. J.
New York— Mr. A. P. Stevens, National Savings BanK Building, Albany, N. Y.
Pennsylvania— Frank K. Hippie, 1340 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa.-.
Baltimore— D. C. Ammidon, 31 South Frederick Street, Baltimore, Md.
BEQUESTS OR DEVISES.
In the preparation of Wills care should be taken to insert the Corporate Name, as known and recognized in the
Courts of Law . Bequests or Devises for the
General Assembly should be made to " The Trustees of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in tb»
United States of America."
Board of Home Missions— to " The Board of Home Missions of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of
America, incorporated April 19, 1872, by Act of the Legislature of the State of New York."
Board of Foreign Missions— to "The Board of Foreign Missions of the Presbyterian Church In the United States
of America."
Board of Church Erection— to " The Board of the Church Erection Fund of the General Assembly of the Presbyte-
rian Church in the United States of America, incorporated March 27, 1871, by the Legislature of the State of New York."
Board of Publication and Sabbath-school Work— to "The Trustees of the Presbyterian Board of Publication
and Sabbath-school Work."
Board of Education— to " The Board of Education of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America."
Board of Relief— to " The Presbyterian Board of Relief for Disabled Ministers and the Widows and Orphans of
Deceased Ministers."
Board of Freedmen— to " The Board of Missions for Freedmen of the Presbyterian Church in the United States
Of America."
Board of Aid for CoUeges— to " The Presbyterian Board of Aid for CoJAeges and Academies."
N.B.— Real Estate devised by will should be carefully described.
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Witherspoon Building, Philadelphia, Pa.
JOHN S. MACINTOSH, D.D., Chairman,
Charles A. Dickey, D.D., John H. Dey, Esq., Secretary, Charles L. Thompson, D.D.
Warner Van Norden, Esq., Stealy B. Kossiter, D.D., Frank F. Ellinwood, D.D.,
Hon. Robert N. Willson, Henry T. McEwen, D.D., William C. Roberts, D.D.
Stephen W. Dana, D.D.,
EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENTS.
Charles L. Thompson, D.D.,
F. F. Ellinwood, D.D., LL.D.,
Edward B. Hodge, D.D.,
Elijah R. Craven, D.D., LL.D.
Erskine N. White, D.D.,
Benj. L. Agnew, D.D.,
Edward P. Cowan, D.D.,
E. C. Ray, D.D.
[Each of these Editorial Correspondents is appointed by the Board of which he is a Secretary, and is responsible
for what is found in the pages representing the work of that Board. See list of Officers and Agencies of the General
Assembly on the last two pages of each number.]
Contents.
Current Events and the Kingdom, . . . 467
Editorial Notes, 468
The Board of the Church Erection Fund
(eighteen illustratious), Erskine N. White,
D.D., 471
Two Native Evangelists, 481
FOREIGN MISSIONS.-Notes, . . .483
Types of Non- Christian Nations (seven illus-
trations), 483-489
Death of Rev. Samuel W. Duncan, . . .487
Resume of Facts About the Philippines (with
map), 489
The New Greek Catholic " Patriarch of Anti-
och and all the East," Rev. F. E. Hoskins, 493
Letters— Korea, Mrs. Margaret Best; China,
Rev. V. F. Partch, 496
Concert of Prayer — Topic for December 497
Relations of the Home Church to Foreign Mis-
sions, 497
EDUCATION.— An Appeal (illustrations of
Virginia University), 501
Y. M. C. A. Building, Mary ville College (illus-
tration), 504
FREEDMEN.— Oak Hill School, Indian Ter-
ritory 505
COLLEGES AND ACADEMIES. — Alma
College, President A. F. Bruske, D.D., . 507
PUBLICATION AND SABBATH-SCHOOL
WORK.- Sabbath-school Work and the
Synods— A Missionary in Oklahoma, Rex.
Theodore Bracken (two illustrations), . 509
MINISTERIAL RELIEF. — A Cyclone
Cave, 513
HOME MISSIONS. — Notes (one illustra-
tion), 515
Additions to the Church— Synod of Nebraska, 516
Christian Indians, 517
The Synodical Problem, 518
Concert of Prayer — Topic for December, 519
The Mountaineers (two illustrations), . . 519
Progress in Debt Paying, 520
Letters, 522
Appointments, 528
YOUNG PEOPLE'S CHRISTIAN ENDEA-
VOR. — Notes —Questions for the De-
cember Meeting — Christian Training
Course Programs — The "Old Scots"
Church of Freehold—Book Notices-
Worth Reading, 529-536
Receipts, . 536-547
Officers and Agencies 548,550
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VOLUME I, NUMBER 1, WILL BEAR THE DATE
January, 1899.
IN 1886 the General Assembly established The Church at Home and Abroad,
and in 1894 The Assembly Herald. Both of these magazines will be dis-
continued on December 31, 1898, in accordance with the following resolu-
tions adopted by the Assembly at Winona Lake, May 25, 1898:
Resolved 2. That " The Church at Home and Abroad" and " The Assem-
bly Herald," as at present conducted, be discontinued on January 1, 1899.
Resolved j. That in their place the General Assembly do authorize and
provide for the publication of a single monthly magazine representing the inter-
ests of all the Boards, under the name of " The Assembly Herald," the publi-
cation to begin with January I, 1899.
Certns of Subscription*
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foreign missionaries and executive officers of the Boards, as directed by the Assem-
bly. To all others the price will be fifty cents a year, payable strictly in advance.
TO PASTORS : In view of your being on this large free list from which no
income can be derived, will you not please forward to the Committee the names
and addresses of those in your congregation who desire to keep posted on the
work of the Presbyterian Church ?
Or, if you are willing to aid us by securing and remitting their subscrip-
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of the magazine.
Geo. Wm. Knox, D.D., Chairman, *]
Maitland Alexander, D.D., Committee
Henry L. Smith, I ^pointed by
T ,r General
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Henry W. Jessop, Treasurer,
THE CHURCH
AT HOME AND ABROAD,
DECEMBER, 1898.
CURRENT EVENTS AND THE KINGDOM.
The Better America.— Conscious of
divine guidance and a divine mission,
thoughtful Americans have gained by the
trend of events a new sense of the moral
sublimity of our national life, writes Dr.
John H. Barrows in the Interior. The
sense of our national mission has energized
our chief statesmen and reformers. It has
been back of the home-missionary move-
ment which has made the West strong in
the varied forces of Christian civilization.
It has built our Christian colleges and made
them vital centres of spiritual influence and
regenerators of national life. This percep-
tion of our nobler destiny kas entered into
reform movements. The American reformer
deems himself a divinely appointed agent
to work righteousness, to broaden the
bounds of justice, to strengthen the forces
of temperance, purity, humanity and truth.
But if we are to realize our destiny, two
things are of the most urgent necessity:
governmental purity and efficiency at home,
and the effort to carry into other lands those
truths and forces which have made what is
purest and noblest in America. With the
dawn of the twentieth century we should
feel that a true Americanism is gaining
ground everywhere. An appropriate
watchword for that century is this: Let
Greater be also Better America.
Alliance of the Reformed Churches.
— The Executive Commission of the " Alli-
ance of the Reformed Churches throughout
the World holding the Presbyterian System"
met on October 27, in the Lucas Avenue
Cumberland Presbyterian Church, St.
Louis, Mo. Nine of the eleven denomina-
tions in the American Branch of the Alli-
ance were represented at the meeting. At
the morning session current business was
considered. At the afternoon session an
interesting conference was held upon the
condition of the Home Mission work of the
Presbyterian and Reformed Churches in the
United States and Canada. Appropriate
"minutes" were also adopted with refer-
ence to the death of the Rev. William
Cochrane, D.D., of Brantford, Canada,
and of Rev. John Hall, D.D., LL.D., of
New York, both of whom were members of
the Alliance from its beginning in 1873.
In the evening the Commission were present
at a dinner tendered by the Presbyterians
of St. Louis and held at the Southern
Hotel. The presiding officer was Hon.
George H. Shields, a distinguished elder of
the Presbyterian Church in the U. S. A.,
and addresses were delivered by the Rev.
Prin. Caven for the Presbyterian Church
in Canada; Rev. Dr. Prugh for the Ger-
man Reformed Church; Rev. Dr. W. H.
Roberts for the Alliance; Rev. Dr. Kerr
for the Presbyterian Church South; Pres.
A. E. Turner for the Cumberland Presby-
terian Church, and the Rev. Prof. Mac-
Naugher for the United Presbyterian
Church. The meeting, as a whole, devel-
oped yet further the fraternal feeling exist-
ing between the Churches of the Alliance,
which are substantially of a common faith
and all possessed of the same Church gov-
ernment. The next meeting is to be held
in the First Presbyterian Church, Rich-
mond, Ya., and will be in part concerned
with the preparations for the Seventh Gen-
eral Council of the Presbyterian Alliance,
to be held at Washington, D. C, September
27 to October 6, 1899. The American Secre-
tary of the Alliance is Rev. Dr. W. H. Rob-
erts, 1319 Walnut street, Philadelphia, Pa.
467
468
CURRENT EVENTS ANT) THE KINGDOM — EDITORIAL NOTES. [December,
A Missionary Revenue Stamp. —
The fact that the people are paying, uncom-
plainingly, the cost of the war with Spain
by means of the little revenue stamp, sug-
gested the idea of a missionary revenue stamp.
The American Banknote Company pre-
pared, on request, an appropriate design,
and the stamps are sold at one cent each.
The thought is that those who choose to
impose this tax upon themselves shall place
a stamp on each letter or parcel sent out
from their homes. The proceeds go into the
treasury of the Missionary Alliance, in the
weekly organ of which the stamp is described.
EDITORIAL NOTES.
Death of Mrs. B. C. Henry.
The death of Mrs. B.C. Henry, of Canton,
China, occurred at San Gabriel, Cal., No-
vember 17. Accompanied by Dr. Henry
and their daughter Julia, she arrived in this
country last June in search of health.
Mrs. Henry's missionary life began in
1873, when she and her husband went to
China. Her gentle disposition and lovely
Christian character endeared her to a large
circle of friends and gave effectiveness to her
quiet influence over native women in China.
The Worth of Christianity.
A faithful Chinese helper in a California
town, who preached to his people on the
streets and in the mission, and visited and
worked with them in their homes, put back
into the missionary treasury all of his salary
that he did not actually use for living ex-
penses. Talking one day of the liberality of
the newly converted Chinese, he said : "All
same as poor boy and rich boy. Rich boy
have so much money all his life that he does
not know the worth of a dollar; while the
poor boy has had to work so hard for the
money he did get, he knows what a dollar
is worth. So you Americans have had so
much Christianity all your life, you do not
know what it is worth; while we poor
Chinese have so little Christianity we know
what it is worth, and want all the rest of
our people to have it."
Presbyterian Comity.
The Rev. J. S. Crawford, of the Irish
Presbyterian Church, whose report of mission
work in Syria appears in Olive Trees, grate-
fully acknowledges the Christian courtesy of
the American Presbyterian Mission in Trip-
oli. He visited Tripoli in October of last year
to ask permission to call one of the native
preachers to the Damascus congregation.
The American brethren, he says, generously
permitted him to take to Damascus one of
their best men. A man of deep spiritual
life, he is greatly liked by the people, and
possesses a singular talent for his work. In
a Christian country he would probably
attain a national reputation as a preacher.
Statistical Tables.
The comparative eummary on the follow-
ing page is one of a series of tables prepared
for The Church at Home and Abroad by
the Rev. Frederick A. Walter. The first
and second may be found in our October
issue, p. 281 ; the third in November, p.
374. Careful students of the aggressive
work of our Church are sure to find them of
great value.
Friendly Moslems in Oroomiah.
Of the work of the Presbyterian Hospial
in Oroomiah, Dr. J. P. Cochran writes in the
Observer that more than the usual number
of Moslems have been treated during the
year, and most of them have gone away
grateful and under a deep impression of
the spirit of religion which impels its fol-
lowers to provide such means for the
welfare of all nationalities. Among the
outside patienU have been leading people of
the place, governors, chief Moslem ecclesi-
astics, and many Khans. One of the
latter class, high in rank, a lifelong friend
of the missionaries, was one of a small
class of Khans who took a few lessons in
English with Dr. Austin Wright. The
members of that class, without exception,
largely as a result of that intimacy forty-
five years ago, have been courteous, kind
and helpful to the mission. One of them
gives twenty horse-loads of wheat to the
hospital annually.
End of The Church at Home and Abroad.
With this number The Church at
Home and Abroad, after a career of
twelve years, will cease to exist. The General
Assembly last May ordered the discontinu-
ance of this magazine and the present
Assembly Herald, and authorized in their
place the publication of a single monthly
magazine, beginning January, 1899, repre-
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EDITORIAL NOTE3.
[December,
seating the interests of the Church that are
committed to the eight Boards. It is
believed that our readers will find in the
new magazine an attractive setting forth of
the aggressive work of the Presbyterian
Church at home and abroad. Its pages will
also contain a survey of the chief events in
the Church universal and in the world as
bearing upon the work of the Church. Al-
though this sixty- four-page monthly is to
be published at the low subscription rate of
fifty cents, it is possible for the Presby-
terian Church, with its communicant roll of
975,000, to make the enterprise a financial
success.
Presbyterian Historical Monument.
The committee having charge of the Pres-
byterian Historical Monument, to be
erected in Monmouth county, reported to
the Synod of New Jersey in October, that
over two-thirds of the required sum
($1500) had been collected and deposited
on interest. Whereupon the committee was
authorized to proceed with the work. An
agreement has been made with J. & R.
Lamb to work out the granite in Scotland
and Ireland during the winter, so that the
monument may be erected early in the en-
suing summer.
It is proposed to add to the historic seals
already mentioned on p. 290 of this maga-
zine for April, 1898, the seal of the Southern
Presbyterian Church and the seal of the
Cumberland Presbyterian Church.
There may have been an earlier meeting
of a presbytery than the one which met at
the Old Scots Meeting House of Freehold.
There may have been an earlier ordination
of a Presbyterian minister than that of
John Boyd in 1706. No man knows what
was recorded on the lost first and second
pages of the official records. This Presby-
terian Historical Monument rests its claim
for existence and for recognition upon the
fact that the earliest existing authentic
records of the Presbyterian Church begin
with the imperfect minutes of that meeting
of presbytery and the account of the ordina-
tion of John Boyd at that time by Makemie
and Andrews and Hampton.
Missions to Moslems.
There was a thousandfold more en-
thusiasm in the dark ages to wrest an
empty sepulchre from the Saracens, writes
the Rev. S. M. Zwemer, than there is
in our day to bring them the knowledge
of a living Saviour. There is no Peter
the Hermit and no one girds for a new
crusade. We are playing at missions
as far as Mohammedanism is concerned.
For there are more mosques in Jerusalem
than there are missionaries in all Arabia,
and more millions of Moslems in China
than the number of missionary societies that
work for Moslems in the whole world.
Where Christ was born Mohammed's name
is called from minarets five times daily, but
where Mohammed was born no Christian
dares to enter.
Financial Outlook of the Foreign Board.
Ir has been said that it is unwise for
a Board to report itself free from debt,
for thereby the sentiment will prevail that
it is not in urgent need of funds. Whether
this be true or not, it has become evident
that the Board of Foreign Missions, which
reported its debt paid last spring, is in
imminent peril of accumulating another
debt. The balance sheet of this Board, of
November 1, indicates already a substantial
start in this direction, amounting to over
$50,000. A considerable portion of this
amount is due to the serious falling off of
contributions, which from May 1 to Novem-
ber 20 amounts to $35,627.43. The only
source showing an increase over contribu-
tions of la3t year is in the Sabbath- schools ;
the churches, Women's Boards, Young
People's societies, miscellaneous donations
and legacies showing a decrease. The
largest falling oft is in legacies. Should
the Board find itself burdened with a debt
at the end of its fiscal year, it could not be
considered short of a calamity, for the debt
of former years was only wiped out by the
enforcement of rigid economy, the cutting
off of valuable work, together with the
cooperation of the missionaries upon the
field whose gifts indicated self-sacrifice and
marvelous devotion.
There is still time for the Church to
awaken to the danger that confronts its
Board of Foreign Missions, and to so in-
crease the contributions during the remain-
der of the year that there shall be no deficit.
To this end every individual member of our
great Church should realize the sense of
personal responsibility, and use every effort
to stimulate afresh a general enthusiasm for
the work.
CHURCH ERECTION.
A Colonial Church— Built 1703.
In which Washington was married.
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So intimate has been the relationship in
every age between the spiritual well-being
of the Church and a sacred edifice in which
it may worship, that we can scarcely find
an instance of higher life being long con-
served when there was no church home
inviting to stated worship. We read of
the gathering in the upper room upon the
eve of the Pentecost, and of the many who
were come together praying in the house
of Mary, the mother of John, when Peter,
miraculously liberated, knocked at the
door. A few years later, in times of per-
secution, the catacombs, the abodes of the
dead, afforded a place of worship. During
these early centuries Christians did not
openly possess church buildings, but were
accustomed to meet together in houses lent
for the purpose by believers.
After the edict of Constantine, proclaim-
ing freedom of worship, these houses of
prayer were recognized as churches, retain-
ing the names of the pious owners by whom
they had been founded, and in some in-
stances, according to Gregorovius, the
Roman historian, they are still known by
such names.
As the Church spread into new countries,
the missionaries of the cross in every age
made it their first care to provide a gather-
ing place for the flock, as an external sym-
bol of the presence of the Church of God.
Thus upon the continent of Europe and
in England, the oldest and most notable
buildings standing to-day are the houses of
worship. Many of these edifices in Eng-
land date back to the twelfth century, and,
from the picturesque village church to such
piles as the beautiful Salisbury Cathedral,
attract, first of all, the eye of the traveler.
OUR OWN LAND.
A like spirit has been manifested in our
own land. In every young colony estab-
lished upon the coasts of this Western
Early English Parish Church.
472
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[December,
Salisbury Cathedral, A. D. 1220.
world, whether Puritan in New England,
Dutch in New York, Cavalier in Virginia
or Huguenot in South Carolina, among the
very first buildings erected were the houses
dedicated to the worship of God.
These early buildiDgs were generally
plain in the extreme, but io some instances,
and especially in the more Southern colo-
nies, were built of massive stone, and in
their churchly form recall the memory of
the edifices left in England. Such is the
ancient church in Smithfield, Va., dating
back to 1632.
The churches, or rather the (* meeting-
houses," of New England were generally
built of wood and were as severe and simple
in construction as possible. The New Eng-
land meeting-house was generally a square
wooden box, but it showed excellent taste
in the detail of its simple ornamentation.
It is the theory of some thoughtful archi-
tects that among the early colonial immi-
grants were men considerably above the
ability of ordinary carpenters. It is
believed that the excellent taste and judg-
ment of these men among the colonists
made themselves felt in the character of the
ornamentation in what we call colonial
architecture. They had no originality in
the general design of buildings, because
their experience had never included that,
but they knew how to carry out to perfection
details of the ensemble.
Some of these earlier buildings, such as
that at Hingham, Mass., and Easthampton,
L. I., still stand, and are in constant use.
AID IN BUILDING.
As we recall these early days we note
another most significant fact, one that sug-
gests at how early a date the principle that
underlies the maintenance of our Church
work to-day was cordially accepted and
generally put in practice.
Even in those remote colonial days, as it
was a struggle to secure in the new land
the bare means for physical existence, so
there was an interdependence of the new
and the old. And as in other things, so in
this significant matter of Church extension.
It was clearly understood and willingly
acknowledged that if the Church of Christ
was to be established and sustained upon
this Western Continent, it must be fostered
by the sympathy, love and material strength
of the Church of the mother country from
which it sprang.
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■{ ■:■■ l>- «*C£&*2Sgk$
Smithfield, Va., A. D. 1632.
Courtesy of Scr (brier's Magazine.
1893.]
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473
From the first, societies in EDgland,
Holland and elsewhere, sent missionary
preachers of the gospel to the young colo-
nies, and also in such measure as was possi-
ble aided in their support. Bibles and
prayer books were sent out as gifts from the
mother to the child;
and not the least no-
ticeable among such <
gifts and fostering acts
was the aid given in ^
the erection of houses \ v4',
of worship and in
providing for their
equipment. There
are churches existing
to-day that still show
with grateful pride the
chalices aDd the pa-
tens of solid silver fur
the communion ser-
vice presented by good
Queen Anne, or the
bells sent over from
sister congregations.
The history of every denomination con-
tains references to the appeals in aid of
church building sent from this land to Chris-
tian brethren of the old world.
FIRST CHURCH OF NEW YORK.
A most interesting illustration of thi3 is
found in the history of the old First Church
of New York, the mother Presbyterian
church of that city, and one from which, in
amounts exceeding probably those of any
other church in our body, money has been
freely poured out for missionary work
throughout the world.
The New York colony was, as we all
know, originally Dutch, and when the
English obtained control, the Church of
England, Episcopal in form, was. for many
years, the only one tolerated by the civil
authorities.
The First Presbyterian Church was for-
mally organized in 1717. Representatives
were sent to Scotland, the home of Presby-
terianism, to plead the cause of the young
church.
The Rev. James Anderson, the first min-
ister, in a series of interesting letters written
in 1717 to Principal Sterling, of Glasgow,
describes his new pastorate, and urges its
claim for immediate assistance. " This
place," he writes, " the city of New York,
Hingham, Mass., A. D. 1681.
Courtesy of Scribner's Magazine.
where I now am, is a place of considerable
amount and very populous, consisting, as I
am informed, of about three thousand
families or housewives. 'Tis a place of as
great trade and business, if not more, as
any place in North America. In it are
two ministers of the
established Church of
England, two Dutch
ministers, one French
minister, a Lutheran
minister, an Anabap-
tist, also a Quaker
meeting. The people
here who are favorers
of our Church persua-
sion, as I have told
you, are yet but few
and none of the rich-
est, yet for all I am
not without hopes that
with God's blessing
they shall in a little
time increase. The
chief thing in all ap-
pearance now wanting, with God's bless-
ing and concurrence, is a good large con-
venient house — a church to congregate
in." He concludes by saying : " I
believe by this time you smell my drift.
I don't know how to begin to beg any more
at your door, lest I should be reckoned
East Hampton, Long Island, A. D. 1731.
Courtesy of Scribner's Magazine.
474
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[December,
{to use our own Scotch word) missleard.
But if any of your substantial merchants
or some other synod could be prevailed
upon to contribute toward the building of
a Scots church, ah, how acceptable it would
be to us! How serviceable it would be to
religion and our interest in this place !"*
To this plea there was sufficient response
to insure the success of the new enterprise,
and the stream of blessing thus inaugurated
has flowed every since in fuller, richer
streams to the present day.
RELATION OF CHURCH ERECTION TO
CHCRCa EXTENSION.
Such has always been the relation of
<3hurch Erection to Church Extension, and
the central thought underlying such prog-
ress has been the privilege and the duty of
the older, stronger churches to give of their
abundance to the infant organizations —
established in the outposts of advancing
population and civilization, but it is natural
and certain that in every age the manner
of helping shall be in accordance with the
methods and customs of the day.
THE NEED OF A BOARD.
Thus in a century like ours, character-
ized by its genius for organization and its
development of systematic schemes both in
material enterprises and in benevolent work,
it is manifest that the methods of church
extension and the channels through which
necessary help should be conveyed from the
strong to the weak would be moulded in the
same form. This century, far more than any
other, has witnessed the formation of societies
for all kinds of philanthropic and benevo-
lent work, and in all the larger Churches
aggressive work has been brought under
the care of organized agencies or Boards.
How greatly such organizations have fos-
tered the work is plainly evident. The
Society or Board is in effect a centre of cen-
tripetal and centrifugal force. It gathers
to itself the material which the interest, the
consecration and self-sacrifice of the
stronger churches is willing to contribute
and distributes it again through the channels
it has provided to the infant congregations
that, left to themselves, would struggle,
often hopelessly, for bare existence. The
central office of such a Board may be
Xeiv York Observer, October 18, 1894.
likened to the central office of a great tele-
phone system, where communication can be
instantly established between the strong and
the weak, and the unity of their common
work maintained and illustrated.
Such constituted agencies in the interest
of church extension are now established in
all the leading denominations, both in Great
Britain and in our own land. They are
deemed to be a necessary adjunct to the
supreme duty of evangelizing the new or
neglected fields which the providence of
God is constantly opening to the gospel.
First Church, Xew York, A. D. 1719.
It is now perfectly understood that no
ground is truly won until the missionary has
become the pastor, the audience the church,
and that this can be assured only when the
appropriate, significant and permanent
church home is secured. Thus the work
of Church Erection and the agency for its
accomplishment stand side by side with that
of sending out the missionary and provid-
ing for his support, and as a consequence
Boards or Societies for Church Erection
exist to-day in the Church of England and
among the Presbyterians, the Congrega-
1898.]
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475
Samuel J. Nichols, D.D.,
President 1865-1870.
tionalists, the Wesleyan Methodists and the
Baptists upon the other side of the ocean,
and in every corresponding denomination in
our own land.
We have not space, nor is it necessary
for us to speak of the extended work carried
on by these many agencies. It is enough
to say that it is largely through their instru-
mentality that the Church of Christ is
making that magnificent and assured prog-
ress in our land which fills our hearts
with joy to-day. Who can doubt such
progress in view of the telling fact that in
this land there are completed and dedi-
cated to the worship of God from fifteen
to twenty new church edifices every day
in the week, throughout every week in
the year ?
The Mel hodist Church, for example, has
a loan fund for this purpose of nearly a
million of dollars, and an aggregate of
annual contributions of nearly two hundred
thousand, and with pardonable, and I
trust sanctified pride, proclaims that she
completes in this land and dedicates to the
service of God three new church edifices
every day in the year.
ORGANIZATION OF THE BOARD.
In this country our own Presbyterian
Church was Ihe first to establish a perma-
nent agency for Church Erection, but even
in its case its Board of Domestic Missions
had been established more than forty years
before decisive steps were taken to insure by
systematic action the permanency of its
work.
In 1843 the General Assembly of the
Old School branch of our Church appointed
a committee, of which Dr. Eliphalet Nott,
president of Union College, was chairman,
to consider the " great subject " of church
extension, and upon its report a special
committee was appointed to report to the
next Assembly. In 1844 this committee
reported, showing the vital necessity to the
permanency of churches of suitable houses
of worship, and proposing a plan for sys-
tematic aid.
The work was for eleven years under the
charge of a committee of the Board of
Domestic Missions. Then for five years,
from 1855 to 1860, in care of an indepen-
dent committee which, in the latter year,
was made into a Board in name as well as
in fact. The successive presidents of this
Board (Old School) were Rev. John F.
Henry R. Wilson, D.D.,
Secretary 1869-1886.
476
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[December,
Cowan, Rev. W. H. Parks, Rev. J. F.
Brooks, Rev. S. A. Mutchmore and Rev.
S. J. Niccolls and the corresponding secre-
tary was Kev. H. J. Coe until U69, when
he was succeeded by the Rev. Henry R.
Wilson.
SamujL-1 T. Spear, D.D.,
President [N. S.] 1854-1857.
Beginning in 1850, the same work was
in progress in the New School branch of the
Church, and steps were taken for the col-
lection of a Permanent Fund of $100,000,
and for securing a charter from the Legisla-
ture of New York. Of this Board of the
New School branch, the Rev. Samuel T.
Spear was president until 1867, when he
was succeeded by the Rev. Joseph Few-
smith. The Rev. James W. McLean was
corresponding secretary for several years.
Afterward the Rev. Frank F. Ellinwood,
better known as the present distinguished
senior secretary of the Board of Foreign
Missions, filled the office with marked suc-
cess from 1867 to 1870.
The work thus established upon a firm
basis in both branches of the Church was
carried on without interruption until the two
agencies were united at the time of the
happy reunion of the Presbyterian Church.
THE REUNION.
At the reunion in 1870 the two Boards
were consolidated under the charter held by
the trustees of the Church Erection Fund
of the New School branch, and under the
name henceforth of " The Board of the
Church Erection Fund of the General As-
sembly of the Presbyterian Church in the
United States of America."
The committee of the Assembly, in re-
commending action, summed up the work
of the past as follows: " Our now happily
united Church has therefore since 1855
raised through its organized agencies over
$815,000 for church erection, aided more
than 1520 churches that will probably
accommodate 360,000 worshipers, and
secured church property worth over
$5,000,000. This is," they add, " in view
of all the facts, a cheering record, and far
surpasses the organized church erection work
of any sister Church in the land."
Frank F. Ellinwood, D.D.,
Secretary [N. S.] 1867-1870..
LATER HISTORY.
Since the reunion the work has gone
steadily forward. Its presidents have been
successively Dr. Joseph Fewsmith, of
Newark, who died in 1888. Dr. Samuel
1898.]
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477
sionary fields. These appropriations may
be either actual grants, secured by mort-
gages which draw no interest, and which
become due only upon the abandonment of
the work; or they may be loans without
interest to be returned in specified annual
contributions from the church. This latter
plan, which was wisely suggested by the
Assembly of 1893, has proved valuable,
and is accepted by quite a percentage of the
churches.
To this fund go all contributions from
churches and individuals not otherwise
designated; the interest from all invest-
ments, excepting the Manse Fund; the
repayments made from time to time by
churches of grants received in their early
days ; the amounts recovered from the sale
of abandoned church property; all ordi-
nary legacies, and such miscellaneous
receipts as may come in from other sources.
The General Assembly in its rules has
provided that all applications for aid shall
be examined and endorsed by the presbytery
to which the church belongs, or by its
L_
Rev. Joseph Fewsmith,
President 1867-1888.
D. Alexander, who died in 1894, and Dr.
David Magie, of Paterson, N. J., the pres-
ent incumbent.
Dr. Henry R. Wilson held the office of
corresponding secretary until his death, in
1886, when he was succeeded by the present
secretary. The office of treasurer has been
held since 1885 by Mr. Adam Campbell,
the present incumbent.
DEPARTMENTS OF WORK.
Since the original inception of the Board,
its work has not only, as was to be expected,
largely increased in extent, but it has also
been, from time to time, widened in its
sphere, so that now it embraces three distinct
departments, viz. : The General Fund, the
Loan Fund, and the Manse Fund.
I. THE GENERAL FUND.
From this department, which is the oldest
and covers the original work for which the
Board was instituted, appropriations are
made to our feebler churches, and especially
to such as are newly organized upon mis-
Samuel D. Alexander, D.D.
President 1888-1894.
478
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[December,
standing committee, and that no grant shall
exceed one-third of the value of the prop-
erty, nor ordinarily the sum of 81 000. It
is also provided that no money shall be paid
until the Board is certified that such pay-
ment will leave the church without debt,
nor until the Board has secured upon the
property a nrst mortgage to the amount of
the grant, and an insurance policy covering
the mortgage interest of the Board.
II. THE MANSE FUND.
The Manse Fund was inaugurated in
1886, in response to the suggestion of
several consecrated
women, who realized
the need of homes
for the families of
our missionary pas-
tors. The first en-
dowment of 825,000
was by Mrs. Robert
H. Stuart, and after
her death it was still
further increased by
the legacy from her
estate.
As a manse is pro-
ductive property,
saving either to the
pastor or the church
the expense of rent,
this fund is distrib-
uted in loans with-
out interest, to be
repaid in annual in-
stallments. In rare
instances small
gran Is are made.
The same conditions
in regard to debt,
mortgage and insur-
ance as in the case of the General Fund are
required. Since its inception such loans and
grants have been made to 494 churches, to
an aggregate sum of nearly 8175,000.
Thus the fund, which has only lately
reached its present total of 886,000, has
been several times paid out and returned,
again to be distributed, as a continual bless-
ing to the families of our ministers whose
lives are consecrated to the missionary work.
David Mag
President of
m.
THE LOAN FUND.
This Fund was authorized by the Assem-
bly of 1891, and, although small at first,
has been since so increased by special lega-
cies that its principal sum is now such that
if it were all loaned out the return of the
annual installments would permit annual
loans to the extent of about 840,000.
These loans are made to churches that are
deemed strong enough to build edifices from
their own resources, but which find it neces-
sary to extend the period of payment over a
term of from five to ten years. As the money
thus loaned is taken from trust funds held
for investment, that the interest from them
may be used in the general work of the
Board, loans can only be made upon a
business basis and
upon such security
as would be required
by other financial in-
stitutions. The ben-
efit to the churches
is principally from
the rate of interest
(low as compared
with what is usually
required in Western
States) , from the
permission given to
make at any time
payments on the
principal, and from
the allowance at the
final payment, if re-
turns have been
prompt, of a rebate
of one-half of the
accrued interest.
ARCHITECTURAL
DESISTS.
ee, D.D., Another interest-
the Board. ing department in
the work of the
Board is the securing from good archi-
tects appropiiate designs for church build-
ings. That this provision is appreciated
and serves an excellent purpose is evident
from the fact that every week several requests
for designs and suggestions as to buildings
reach the office. Indeed, such applications
have come not only from all of our own
States, but from Scotland, England, the
continent of Europe, and South America.
PERMANENT INTERESTS.
It is evident that as the work of the
Board has grown older and more extended,
1898.]
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479
its scope has necessarily become much wider
than the simple receipt of contributions and
the redistributing of the same among the
churches needing help. Not only have
funds from legacies and other sources been
placed in its hands, which it must carefully
invest and preserve for the benefit of the
Church at large, but its plan of work, in-
volving the securing of mortgages and the
consequent corresponding insurance, in-
creases each year the large reversionary
interests which it conserves for the Church
at large. The care of these various funds,
of its insurance obligations and of the
reversionary interests, involves a large
proportion of the time and services of the
officers of the Board.
These different interests were reported to
the last Assembly, as follows :
First : Capital in all Funds :
Permanent Fund — In-
vested for rev-
enue $151,000 00
Trust Funds — Held
subject to life in-
terest of donors . 46,500 00
Reynolds' Fund— Still
in hands of ad-
ministrator 100,000 00
Loan Fund — Interest
bearing loans to
churches 245,000 00
Brought forward, $542,500 00
Manse Fund — Small
non -interest- bear -
on
87,500 00
ing loans
manses ....
8630 000 00-
Second : Reversionary interest in
church and manse properties
lar liens $2,033,000 00
under grant, mortgages or simi-
Insurance in connection with
church and manse mortgages
of all funds, say 3800 policies,
aggregating $2,076,000 00-
A HALF-CENTURA'S RESULTS.
Looking now at the work as a whole,
since its inauguration in 1844, we find the
following results, which were given in detail
in a table of States and years printed in the
October number of this magazine:
The total number of appropriations to
the close of the last fiscal year was 7675,
and of churches aided, 6305; Ihe total
amount appropriated, S3, 814,139; the
actual payments, $3,495,471, and the esti-
mated value of property secured, $14,119,-
I
Carried forward, $542,500 00
First Church Aided by the Board,
Bristol, Pa., 1841.
480
THE BOARD OF THE CHURCH ERECTION FOND.
[December,
338. The number of appropriations
exceeds that of the churches aided, as many
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have received more than one grant, and
also exceeds that of the payments, as about
six per cent, of the grants remain uncalled
for. ' As the country has grown, this aid
has ' been extended over a constantly grow-
ing area, including at the present time fifty
States and Territories. ~C-
^Thus during the fifty- four years since its
inauguration, this work has reached every
State and Territory over which our Church
extends. It has aided in the East to
strengthen the things that remain and in
the West to drive the stakes that mark the
advance of the Christian pioneer. It has
responded to the appeal of the freedman
upon the Atlantic coast, and of the Indian
upon the great central plains. It has
fostered the work in our great centres of
commercial and political life, and it has
shared in the erection of chapels that in
Utah and New Mexico have prepared the
way for churches. It has helped furnish
spiritual homes to Presbyterians coming to
us from beyond the seas, and it has enabled
our own children, in their emigration, to
carry with them the House of God. It is
not too much to say that of the thousands
of congregations that, within fifty years,
God has permitted our Church to organize,
one-half would have failed for want of the
comfort and the grace of spiritual homes in
which to gather had not the Church, in
its wisdom, inaugurated and sustained the
work of the Board of Church Erection.
The above article was prepared, at the suggestion
of the editor, by the Rev. Dr. "White, Secretary of
the Board of the Church Erection Fund, as one of
the required readings of the Christian Training
Course for the month of January, 1899. It is
published one month in advance in order that
sufficient time may be given for the thorough
study of this agency of our Church. In the
first issue of the new Assembly Herald, further sug-
gestions will be presented, together with portraits
of the Secretary and the Treasurer of the Board.
Attention is called to similar articles prepared
for this department of the Christian Training
Course, which appeared in The Chuech at
Home and Abroad for September and October.
Many testimonies to their usefulness have reached
the editorial office. It is hoped that many of
our young people will, through this series of arti-
cles, become better acquainted with the working of
the eight Boards of the Presbyterian Church.
1898.]
TWO NATIVE EVANGELISTS.
481
TWO NATIVE EVANGELISTS.
The first of the following sketches is contrib-
uted by the Kev. J. E. Shoemaker, of Ningpo,
China, and the second by the Rev. S. F. Moore, of
Seoul, Korea.
DZING.
The first generation of workers in Ningpo
station are one by one laying aside their
armor and entering into a well-earned
reward. A few weeks since, another of
our helpers reached the quiet, peaceful
close of a useful life, at the ripe old age
of seventy-one. Dzing Kying-cong first
heard the gospel in 1859 from Zia Ying-
tong, who was the first evangelist sent to
the Yu-yiao region, forty miles northwest
from Ningpo, and was afterwards the first
Chinese ordained to the gospel ministry in
connection with our Church.
Dzing became an inquirer in company
with several of his friends, but the difficul-
ties to be faced in accepting the " foreign
religion " soon discouraged his companions
and he was left to plod on alone.
After two years of earnest seeking the
way of life, despite manifold hindrances,
he was considered ready for admission to
the church and received baptism at the
hands of Rev. H. V. Rankin.
Within a few months two others had been
led to accept the gospel through his efforts,
which were most earnest, even reaching to
the repulsive prison of his native city,
where he went and exhorted the miserable
convicts to repent and believe in Jesus.
When the Tai-ping rebellion swept over
this portion of China, Dzing moved his
family for safety to a secluded village, and
there in his own hired house worked hard at
his carpentering for six days of the week
and preached to his fellow- villagers on the
seventh. After two years of faithful wit-
nessing, six converts were received into the
church as the first-fruits of this sowing.
When, in 1865, the church was organized
in Yu-yiao, Dzing Kying-cong was or-
dained as its first elder, which office he filled
through the remaining thirty-three years
of his life.
Four years later, at the request of pres-
bytery, he gave up his trade in order to
devote his whole time to preaching as a
pioneer evangelist.
He was first sent to the village of Tsin-
ong, where a band of believere was gradu-
ally collected. When a church was organ-
ized there in 1874 there were forty-two
members ready to go on its roll, nearly all,
if not all, the result of Dzing' s five-years'
preaching at that point. He was then sent
further on into new territory, to the village
of Sing-saen, where the rest of his life was
spent.
Sing-saen is a small walled town near the
coast at the entrance of Hangchow bay.
At that time there was not a Christian
living in or anywhere near it and for three
years he labored without a single convert.
But he was not discouraged, for he knew
what it meant for one to forsake the religion
of his ancestors in the face of all manner
of opposition, and he also knew the power
of the gospel to overcome every obstacle,
so he kept on faithfully, and at last the
fruits began to be gathered in slowly. In
six years he had a little flock of ten or
more gathered about him.
When his oldest son opened a medicine
shop in a village some six or seven miles
distant, Elder Dzing made that a new
preaching place, and through the efforts of
father and son a little band of believers was
brought together there. Among them was
one who afterwards became an elder and is
still doing most effectual evangelistic work
in connection with his duties as a colporteur
of the American Bible Society. There are
now over fifty converts from the Sing-saen
work, and the number is steadily increasing.
At the last communion held there just two
weeks before Elder Dzing' s death, there
were seventeen candidates for baptism, ten of
whom were received. Thus, after long
years of faithful, persistent seed- sowing, it
would seem that a time of more abundant
reaping is at hand. But one soweth and
another reapeth. Dzing has finished his
work and received the Master's " Well
done, thou good and faithful servant; enter
thou into the joy of thy Lord."
There was nothing remarkable or preten-
tious about this quiet worker, and we who
only knew his old age saw no evidence of a
great man in his manner or bearing, but
viewed in the light of its results his was
truly a successful life.
The one hundred or more converts whom
he led to Christ were in no sense from the
sowing of other laborers, for he gathered
where the gospel bad never before been
preached.
482
TWO NATIVE EVANGELISTS.
[December,
The fruit of his service was truly a hun-
dredfold in his own lifetime; and who can
tell what is yet to follow ?
Let the whole Church pray earnestly
that the Lord of the harvest will send forth
many such laborers into his ripened fields.
KIM.
The theological class had finished their
month's study with the missionaries, and
were starting for their homes in the country
that morning.
The half-dozen farmers from Pai Chun
district are bowing now in a last prayer in
the missionaries* study. The leader's voice
breaks as he prays for " our dear Brother
Sung Po Kim, who is sick." Several
others sob, and it is evident that this sick
brother has a warm place in their hearts.
Six weeks later, as the missionary visits
the country stations whence these brethren
came, the question, " How is Brother
Kim V is one of the first asked after the
usual salutations are over. When the
missionary replies that he has gone home to
heaven, some weep, saying they had hoped
to see him again here. The death of Kim
Sung Po, to put the given name last in
regular Korean order, deserves more than a
passing remark. He was one who glorified
the Father by bringing forth much fruit,
and his fruit remains. The fifteenth of St.
John was one of his favorite chapters, often
quoted when speaking to his Korean breth-
ren. It was only five years from the day
he got the small book at a street chapel
meeting which was blessed of God to his
conversion to the day when all that was
mortal of him was borne by the Korean
brethren to the grave, there to rest until he
shall rise as one of the brighter stars that
differ from the lesser stars in glory. Al-
though the service he gave his new Master
was short, it was whole-hearted. His con-
version was remarkable in that it was a
result of the printed page. By trade a
powder-maker, addicted to gambling,
drunkenness, fighting, and, as he often
testified in relating his experience at street
meetings, to every form of vice, through
reading a tract he was led to pray. Al-
though he prayed the Lord's prayer to
" The honorable heavens," thinking that
to be the meaning of the term used for
God, his prayer was answered, and for
flj?ou| a ve&r, though he con^rrei %q% with
flesh and blood, he left off his wickedness,
paid his gambling debts, and used his wages
to support his wife and mother, who had
hitherto supported him by taking in wash-
ing and sewing, while he spent his entire
income upon vice. He could not bring
himself to go to the foreigners' house for
another book for fear th^y might give him the
" medicine " which many Koreans believed
to be the secret of men becoming " crazy,"
as any one is considered to be who does not
sacrifice to ancestors. But by and by Kim
plucked up courage to go for another book,
and so met the native preacher, " Saw."
From that time he was a church-goer, and
soon began to speak to others. He made
rapid progress, and three years ago was
chosen by his Korean brethren as their
representative — one-half of his salary being
provided by them.
The results of his three-years' service as
a colporteur, besides a wide seed sowing,
whose fruitage will only be known when all
the sheaves are gathered into the eternal
garner, remain in the shape of a cluster of
native churches in the before-mentioned
district of Pai Chun. At Kurentari, a farm-
ing village, the work first began with the
conversion of Yi To Sa, a profligate Yang
Ban, upon whom Mr. Kim's mantle seems
to have fallen. Through the labors of this
Mr. Yi, together with Kim, the Kurentari
church was gathered, and from this centre
the work has spread to seven other points
where believers now gather for worship on
the Lord's Day. In four of these places
are native-built houses of worship. Mr.
Kim spent months among these little con-
gregations, speaking wil h intense earnestness
to audiences or to single individuals, and
his influence will be felt for years to come.
Although his wife and mother were for a
long time opposers of the gospel, his heart
was rejoiced some two years ago by their
conversion, and they are now earnest in
working for others.
On his death -bed the older brother, who
up to that time had been obdurate, glad-
dened Mr. Kim's last hours by accepting
the Saviour. Kim died of consumption and
suffered a good deal toward the last, but
was uniformly cheerful and patient. Such
men are given in answer to some one's pray-
ers, and thev are sorely needed by the Korean
Church. Who will undertake to provide
them by earnest importunate prayer ?
FOREIGN MISSIONS.
NOTES.
Types of Non-Christian Peoples.
The series of pictures on this and the fol-
lowing pages represent types of non-Chris-
tian nations.
Worse than the Heathen.
Mr. McCleary, of the Gaboon Mission,
writing of his return to his station (Elat)
from an itinerating tour, says: " The road
now is good, excellent, compared with the
common Bulu path of six months ago.
For the first three
days the way was
through the uniu hab-
ited forest, but after
the towns were reached
I gathered the people
together and had a lit-
tle service. Among
the Bulu people we felt
quite at home. One
rainy evening I held a
meeting in the street
of a small town. I
sat under the eaves
and the people stood
out in the rain, so
eager were they to hear
what I had to tell
them. This is not the
same place that it was
a year ago. The peo-
ple are different.
Guns, spears and
knives have given way
to walking sticks and
clothing. One thing
which causes us alarm
is the great amount of rum coming in
with the traders. Then the example of
the white traders is extremely bad. They
are even worse than the Bulus themselves.
We cannot stand with them in what they
do, and it is hard to know just how to
receive them. If we treat them as friends,
what will the people say ? The only thing
which helps me to decide is the hope that
possibly we can be helpful to them in
restraining them in their sins, and in
makiug them think about their soujsj which
they are selling so cheaply,"
Arab Sheik.
St. Paul and Manila.
W. E. Curtis, writing to the Chicago
Record, says: " I notice most of the Sena-
tors refer to the archipelago that was the
scene of Admiral Dewey's recent exploit as
' The Philippians,' and when I asked one
of them if the well-known epistle of St.
Paul the apostle was addressed to the in-
habitants of those islands he looked at me
with an interrogation point on his face, and
remarked, * Blamed if I know.' "
The Great Korean Har-
vestfield.
The tidings from
the Moukden Circuit
continue to be of
deepest interest.
Every new communi-
cation seems to con-
firm the widespread
and deep character of
the trend toward
Christianity. Dr. Ross
gives a striking sum-
mary of the results of
his visit to the borders.
He says : f ' On a jour-
ney extending over a
month, and just com-
pleted, I baptized in
all 122 Chinese and
ninety -five Koreans.
The Koreans are bare-
ly a quarter of the
applicants in the three
centres visited. Far-
ther south there are
settlements of Kor-
eans numbering a thousand families, whose
members are said for years to have been be-
lievers. These are still unvisited. Several
thousands of others still farther removed,
which still persist in looking to Moukden as
their spiritual headquarters, are hopelessly
beyond reach. The whole country east of
Moukden is fermenting spiritually. The num-
ber of inquirers and earnest learners is be-
yond computation. Of at least a million peo-
ple east of this city, a third are more or less
earnestly studying Christian truth. — Mis-
riowry Record for July,
483
484
NOTES.
[December,
A Timely Action of a Western Synod.
"*"An extract from the report of the Com-
mittee on Foreign Missions of the Synod
of Oregon, speaking of the annual report
of the Board of Foreign Missions, reads :
" It is exceedingly full and wonderfully
interesting, and we can only recommend,
as did the General Assembly's Com-
mittee, that it be taken up in every
church and read to our congregations at
prayer meetings or at some other service.
We believe that such a course would greatly
increase the liberality
of our people and
their spiritual life as
well. We are satis-
fied that one reason
why greater liberality
is not manifested on
the part of our people
toward foreign mis-
sions is because of
their imperfect knowl -
edge of what the
Church is doing. Such
a course we believe
would also be very in-
structive to our young
people.
"The exhausted
treasury of the Board
must be replenished,
its contracted work
enlarged, the old mis-
sionaries who have
long labored alone in
many of the fields,
must be reinforced.
The men and women
are ready to go if the
Church will send
them, and God has
given the Church
abundant means to
sustain all who are willing to go."
The report closes with the following recom-
mendations :
" Resolved, 1. That we reiterate the
recommendations of several Assemblies,
asking our people to make two offer-
ings for the work of this Board during the
year.
" 2. That in our Sabbath- schools we will
seek to develop a greater interest in foreign
missions, and as a means special instruction
be given from time to time of what our
Persian Dervish.
Church is~doing in foreign lands, and the
responsibility of the children to aid in this
work, especially one Sabbath at Christ-
mas time be observed as a missionary Sab-
bath with appropriate exercises and gifts
for the Lord's work in foreign lands.
" 3. That all our pastors and churches,
however small, be urged and entreated as a
duty they owe to this cause and a privilege
as well, to increase their contributions by at
least twenty per cent, over last year's
gifts."
Dr. W. A. P. Martin.
The published
statement that a uni-
versity had been or-
dered in Peking as
one of the measures
of progress and re-
form, with Dr. W. A.
P. Martin as joint and
coordinate president
with a Chinese gen-
tleman, is significant.
There is some danger
that the scheme may
fail through the op-
position made by con-
servatives to all the
changes proposed by
the emperor, though
there is some guaran-
tee in the fact that Li
Hung Chang repre-
sents a compromise
position between the
spirit of progress and
conservatism of the
reactionary period.
Another thing
which bears a hopeful
look is that Dr. Mar-
tin as president of the
Hani in College has for many years occupied
a somewhat confidential relation to the
officials. No man probably has been more
trusted, and none seems so well calculated
to unite the conflicting parties in China.
It is an assuring element in the case that
the Chinese government has in this instance
been willing to really give something for
the support of the enterprise and not sim-
ply to permit its existence.
Dr. Martin's " A^Cycle of Cathay" is
full of valuable information.
1 9 8.]
NOTES.
485^
"Unless they be sent."
The appearance in the Synod of New
Jersey of sixteen theological students from
Princeton who are ready to go as mission-
aries to the foreign field made a profound
impression on that one synod. Doubtless
every minister and elder who was present
went home with a heavier sense of respon-
sibility than he had ever had before. But
why not exercise one's imagination a little
and fancy that same company enlarged to
fifty or a hundred, and confronting all the
synods of the Presbyterian Church, and
saying with mute eloquence: " Here are
we, send us" — and we might go further
in our imaginings and suppose the Spirit
of inspiration to interpret the spectacle by
asking, as he has already asked, and always
asks: " How shall they preach
unless they be sent 7"
Missionary Day.
The Presbytery of Peoria,
at its last stated meeting, rec-
ommended, (a) That a dili-
gent effort be made to secure
contributions for foreign mis-
sions, from every church, Sab-
bath-school and Young Peo-
ple's society. (b) That in
accordance with the Assembly's
recommendation, Sunday, De-
cember 25, be observed as a
missionary day, with special
foreign missionary exercises
and gifts for the cause.
Will not all the churches in
every other presbytery borrow
this recommendation ? The borrowing will
not hurt Peoria.
riissionary Advance.
A missionary of the Church of Scotland,
writing home from Africa, says: " We must
get outside. We must break away from
this semi-civilized life that we are sur-
rounded by here, and get face to face with
heathenism such as we found it in our early
mission days. Unless this step be taken,
and at once, we shall have to lament a
serious falling away in the spiritual and
moral life of our Christian people. The
one way of salvation for us all is through
the sacrifice and self-denial that such an
advance will demand from us."
Progress in Si am.
From bi-monthly mission letter written
by Mrs. Mary S. Dunlap, July, 1898, we
extract the following:
" Mr. Eakin reports that this month the
attendance at the Christian High School
has passed the 100 mark, and more pupils
are expected soon. The school life is en-
livened and made more interesting and
attractive by a brass band, composed of
native teachers and students.
11 The first set of instruments for this
band, costing $250, was presented to the
school by Mr. D. B. Sickels, of New
York, formerly U. S. Consul in Bangkok,
for whom the band is named. Other in-
struments have been added since, each one
representing a gift from some friend ofthe
Women of India, Grinding Meal.
school in this city. For the training of
the band the school is indebted to Dr. P.
T. Carrington, who has been untiring in
his devotion to this work, and has given
his services free of charge. Under his
instruction, the boys have made good prog-
ress and are now able to play a number of
selections quite satisfactorily. In the cool
of the evening, after the day's work is done,
it is pleasant to hear the notes of the flute
or the cornet.
" Mrs. Dunlap conducts the music for
the services, entertains numerous visitors
and enjoys instructing many women in the
way of life.
" We are also carrying on medical mis-
sion work. During the time of prepara-
tion for the visit of the king of Siam, a
486
NOTES.
[December,
large number of men were engaged on
public works. The chief commissioner
requested us to take charge of the sick
among them. We prepared a temporary
hospital, in which we cared for many
patients. During the months of June and
July we have treated 941 hospital and dis-
pensary patients and have visited sick in
many homes. The disciples have com-
pleted their chapel by adding to it a com-
fortable room used as dispensary and session
room.
Iu Woman, Lien Chow, China.
" The 4th of July Dr. Dunlap had the
privilege of an audience with the king of
Siam, who was then visiting the province.
He made many inquiries not only concern-
ing the work in Nakawn, but the mission
work in general throughout his kingdom.
His Majesty said: ' I am glad you are
here working for the good of my people and
I wish you success.' Another time, dur-
ing an entertainment in honor of the king,
His Majesty sent a messenger to tell Mrs.
Dunlap that he wished to speak with her.
Of her he also made kindly inquiry, mani-
festing an interest in the work as well as
the workers.
" Fourth of July congratulations were
also extended by three princes, the king's
sons and the commander of the king's body
guard. These also expressed the hope that
America might be victorious in the present
struggle.
11 Last-mentioned, but we know not least
enjoyed by our ^friends in Nakawn, was
the receipt of a large home mail. We
decorated with the red, white snd blue,
hoisted the Stars and Stripes, and praved
for our beloved country.
" A3 an American colony we have received
our country's new representative, Mr.
Hamilton King. As amission we feel truly
blest in the help and sympathy of Mr. and
Mrs. King. Notwithstanding their various
duties and obligations, they are always with
us at the Wednesday afternoon prayer
meeting."
After the above was in type, letters came
from Dr. and Mrs. Dunlap, and we will
add some report of their work. They
expect to remain in Nakawn another month
at least, and would stay longer if it were
not for the annual meetings and some urgent
literary work to be done here. They find
it hard to resist the earnest appeals of the
disciples to remain with them. Dr. Dun-
lap says: " The more I see of this field the
more thoroughly am I convinced of the
impracticability of trying to work it from
Bangkok. The field is a vast one. The
needs are most urgent and the doors are
wide open. The growing church here
needs constant pastoral care. How long
must we wait the founding of this sta-
tion?"
The chief commissioner of this district —
a progressive and capable man — shows an
interest in the mission work now being car-
1898.]
DEATH OF THE REV. SAMUEL W. DUNCAN.
487
ried on. Dr. Dunlap is encouraged by the
signs of progress in the district.
First, he mentions the strict prohibition
of gambling of every sort. It is said that
there is not a single gambling house in the
ten provinces of the district. The com-
missioner is so satisfied with the results
financially and otherwise that he pro-
nounces the prohibition a success, and it is
not long since Dr. Dunlap in an interview
with Prince Danirong, Minister of the
Interior, was assured by His Royal High-
ness that it is the purpose of the govern-
ment to suppress gambling throughout the
kingdom. To those who know the sad
havoc which this evil has wrought in the
land, such assurance as this will be received
with rejoicing.
Second, under the Lead of
reform, Dr. Dunlap mentions
reformation in the prisons.
Some years ago, on his return
to Bangkok after a visit to
this province, Dr. Dunlap was
asked by the Minister of the
Interior, "What did you see
in Nakawn ?" The reply was:
" I saw the lower regions."
The prince said: " What do
you mean ?" Dr. Dunlap
said: " I mean the prisons."
He had been through them,
and made heartsick by the
reeking filth, the instruments
of torture, the heavy chains,
and the prisoners suffering
from loathsome diseases and
from starvation. Now the old
prisons have been torn down, new ones
erected, many of the instruments of torture
cast away and some sanitary regulations
enforced.
PROGRESS OF CHRISTIANITY
IN INDIA.
The Abbe Dubois, a French priest, who
went to India in 1792, was so impressed
with the impenetrability of the caste system,
that on his return to France he expressed
his despair of the human possibility of the
conversion of the natives of India to Chris-
tianity. Reviewing the new translation of
the Abbess book, in which the translator
claims that the facts justify that gloomy
forecast, the London Spectator dissents from
the conclusion and adds: ''Slow as the
progress of Christianity has been throughout
this century, we are convinced that the man
who wrote so despairingly of its future in
1823 would be surprised with its results to-
day. Against obstacles which are far
greater than they were in the Roman Em-
pire, because more deeply rooted in the life
of the common people, the rate of the Chris-
tian increase has been greater in India this
century than during the first centuries of
the Church."
DEATH OF THE REV. SAMUEL
W. DUNCAN,
OF THE AMERICAN BAPTIST MISSIONARY UNION.
The loss of Dr. Duncan, who died of
heart failure, at his home in Brookline,
October 30, is great, not merely to the mis-
Mexico, Man and Boy.
sionary work of the Baptist Churches, but
to the great cause of Foreign Missions
throughout the world. There is something
pathetic in the disappointment and sorrow
attendant upon the arrest of his tour among
the Baptist Missions of the East.
Dr. Duncan left New York, August 27,
for an extended inspection of all Baptist
Missions and other missions engaged in the
common work. Accompanied by his wife
and daughter, he proceeded as far as Port
Said, where he was compelled by illness to
turn back. He arrived in this city on
Saturday morning, and was at once taken
ta his home, where he died on the next day,
October 30. He was but sixty years of
age, and had been supposed to be still in his
usual health. Among the executive
488
1>EATH OF THE REV. SAMUEL W. DtJNCAN.
[December,
officers of all our American Protestant
Missionary Boards and Societies he was
universally esteemed for bis genial and
highly Christian character, and also for his
sound judgment and practical wisdom in the
administration of missions. Hundreds of
missionaries of the Baptist Union were
awaiting his visit with deep interest, and
will be grievously disappointed. The attack
of a fatal disease under such trying circum-
stances, and the journey home so shadowed
by sadness for himself and for his wife and
daughter, constitute a pathetic appeal to
the sympathies of thousands of friends, but
those who knew Dr. Duncan will have no
doubt that the same cheerful spirit which
always seemed to dominate his life sus-
tained him even to the end.
At a meeting of the Board of Foreign
Missions, held October 7, the following
action was taken :
" The Board, having learned of the dealh
of the Rev. Samuel W, Duncan, D.D.,
foreign secretary of the American Baptist
Missionary Union, took action expressive
of its sympathy with the society and the
Church, which have met so great a loss.
" Resolved, That the Board place on
record an expression of its sympathy with
the American Baptist Missionary Union in
Ihe great loss which it has suffered in the
death of its able and beloved secretary,
and in tbe sad disappointment of far-reach-
ing plans which had been made in connection
with his expected visit to the Baptist Mis-
sions in the East.
il Resolved That the Board recognizes in
the death of Dr. Duncan a serious loss in
the spirit of unity and cooperation which
has characterized his intercourse with the
official representatives of other Missionary
Boards, and therefore a loss to the whole
cause of Protestant missions in the world.
It can only hope and pray that the mantle
of the deceased may fall upon others who
will enjoy an equal confidence and esteem
on the part of all who love the common
work of the world's evangelization.
" Resolved, That copies of this action be
transmitted to the Baptist Union in Bos-
ton, and also to the wife and family of the
deceased, for whom we would express a
heartfelt sympathy."
Bule Men and Women, West Africa.
1898.]
FACTS ABOUT THE PHILIPPINES.
489
Indian Women, Southern Chili.
RESUME OF FACTS ABOUT THE
PHILIPPINES.
THE COUNTRY.
The islands were discovered by Magellan
in the year 1520, and have been under the
Spanish flag from that time to the present.
They were formally occupied as Spanish
territory in 1565.
The Philippine archipelago is one of the
richest countries in natural resources in the
world. Almost every kind of tropical fruit
is produced; the forests are full of valuable
timber; the mountain ranges are fruitful in
mining products, such as gold, silver, iron,
coal and copper. The islands are situated
most favorably for the commerce of the
Pacific Ocean.
The entire group extends from the fifth
to the twentieth degree of north latitude,
lies southeast from Hainan, and contains
over 114,000 square miles. The climate,
though hot, is tempered by ocean breezes.
The country is divided into forty-six
provinces, ruled by governors or alcaldas.
Four hundred islands are more or less
inhabited. Besides these there are six hun-
dred uninhabited islands and reefs. The
northern portions of the group are exposed
to fearful typhoons.
The distance of the Philippines from our
Hawaiian possessions is about 6165 miles,
making something over 8000 from San
Francisco. The Ladrones constitute an
important way station for coaling, etc.
There are numerous small rivers in the
Philippines, as might be expected in a
tropical climate, which brings heavy rains.
The annual rainfall in some districts ex-
ceeds a hundred inches.
The commerce of the Philippines for the
year 1896-97 was calculated at 810,000,-
000 imports and $20,000,000 in exports.
The average of trade is supposed to be still
greater. In 1897 the amount of Philippine
products brought into the United States was
490
FACTS ABOUT THE PHILIPPINES.
[December,
valued at nearly §4,500,000, of which
$4,000,000 consisted of Manila hemp and
cane sugar. The exports of the same year
from the United States to Manila were
something legs than §100,000, and consisted
chiefly of petrcleum.
There is but one railway in the islands,
and this runs from Manila to Dagupin, a
distance of 123 miles.
THE POPULATION.
The population of the Philippines is
estimated at from 7,500,000 to 10,000,000.
The great majority are varying types of
the Malayan race, and are estimated at
about 6,000,000. In the mountains of
the interior are five or six hundred thousand
people of a Negroid type, having dark
skin and woolly hair. They are also quite
diminutive in size and represent the lowest
grade of uncivilized races. They seem to
know almost nothing of agriculture, wear
little clothing, and, like the beasts of the
forest, subsist on the spontaneous produc-
tions of nature.
Besides these there is a Chinese popula-
tion variously estimated at between fifty and
seventy thousand. The higher industries
of the country have passed largely into their
hands, as is the fact also in the Malayan
Peninsula, and many other tropical coun-
tries in the East. No other semi- civilized
race can stand in competition with the
Chinese.
The Spanish population, exclusive of the
priesthood and the army, is small. There
is a sprinkling of German, English and
other European nations, besides a contingent
of Americans, not including the army and
navy. In some of the islands the Malayan
population live in a very primitive state.
In other parts, where they have come more
into contact with European influence, they
show, if not a high degree of advancement,
at least an intelligent and enterprising spirit.
Gen. Francis V. Greene, who has returned
from Manila to Washington, reports that he
found the inhabitants of Luzon, " though
barely clothed at all, yet very far from
savages ;" that men who wear only breech-
cloths can read and write, and that all the
natives are intelligent and remarkable
for good personal habits. He represents
them as " a superior and intelligent race,
much like the Japanese, and anxious to
enjoy the benefits of higher civilization.
The Malayan population, as a rule, show a
disposition to be industrious beyond the
average of tropical races. The little plan-
tations are fairly well cultivated, and this,
with the productiveness of the soil and
climate, enables them to gain a comfortable
subsistence. There is reason to believe that
under good government, with protection of
property and reasonable taxation, the Phil-
ippines may become a prosperous and profit-
able country." At present the rapacity of
both the Spanish government and the
Roman Catholic priesthood is such as to
discourage all enterprise, dishearten the
people, and drive them as they have been
driven to desperate rebellion.
There are in all forty dialects, fifteen in
the single island of Luzon. Nearly all of
these are reduceable to the common Malayan
tongue. In the Suloo islands, a small group
lying between the Philippines and Celibees,
the population is mostly Mohammedan, but
the Malayans of the Philippine Islands have
to a remarkable degree resisted the inroads of
Islam. The great majority, said to number
more tnan 6,000,000, are nominally Roman
Catholic. The Negritoes and Chinese are
estimated at something over 600,000.
The pure Chinese in the Philippines are
credited with an actual registration of
49,696, while the number of supposed eva-
sions and concealments would register
24,«48. In Mindanao and many other
islands, there are tribes who have remained
unconquered from the first. Their own
ability as warriors has been aided by swamp,
jungle and mountain fastnesses. Modern
methods of warfare have been useless
against them, and they have almost invari-
ably triumphed. It has been said that the
same is true of the savage inhabitants of
Formosa, with whom Japan is now con-
tending.
EDUCATION AND RELIGION.
The accounts given by Prof. Carpenter,
of Michigan University, and many others,
reveal a wretched condition of ecclesiastical
tyranny seldom equaled at the present day
or in the history of the past. While the
Spanish government in the Philippines has
made provision to some small extent for
common schools, even this has been repressed
by the Roman Catholic friars, who seem to
regard all education not controlled by them
as harmful. The education of the people
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has, therefore, been lim-
ited to the narrow sec-
tarian superstitions
taught by the priest-
hood. The doctrine
that ignorance is the
mother of devotion has
been fully applied and
illustrated through all
the centuries of occupa-
tion by the Spanish
Catholic Church. This
is represented by the
friars who in many cases
have not hesitated to
claim superior authority
over that of the gov-
ernor-general and other
official representatives
of the Spanish Cortes. "
The Pope of Rome is
represented by an arch-
bishop, three bishops,
and about 500 parish
priests. These are sup-
ported by a small poll
tax levied on all Chris-
tians and the revenues
of large Church estates.
It is said that the Span-
ish priesthood of the
archipelago have been
accustomed to transport
large revenues to the
Church in Spain.
THE ROMAN CATHOLIC
ATTITUDE.
There is reason to be-
lieve that the Romish
hierarchy does not se-
riously object to an
American occupation.
In an interview with
a correspondent of the
Associated Press in
September last, Arch-
bishop Dozal, of Ma-
nila, said, "I earnestly
hope the islands will
not remain Spanish, be-
cause the rebels are
now so strong that such
a course would inevit-
ably cause appalling
bloodshed. The recon-
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[December,
quest of the natives is impossible until after
years of the most cruel warfare."
At the same time the archbishop expressed
the hope that the islands would not become
absolutely independent, because it was cer-
tain that dissensions would occur which
would result in incessant strife and a lapse
into barbarism and the natural indolence of
the tropical race. The only hope, he
declared, was that a strong Western power
would intervene now, because the people are
intoxicated, vainglorious and restless. He
said it was undeniable that the religious
orders must go, because the whole people
are determined to abolish them. He laid
the chief blame upon the Dominicans,
Augustines and Franciscan Recoletans, the
richest orders, and next upon the Benedic-
tines and Capuchins, who are of less
importance. The Jesuits, he said, are com-
paratively blameless. He added that the
rival orders quarrel among themselves,
intrigue, act unworthily and slander their
opponents, thus increasing the general
disfavor. The provinciales, who are
approximately equivalent to archdeacons,
are mainly responsible. The total number
of Spanish priests in the Philippines before
the war was about one thousand, but lately
every departing steamer has taken fifty or a
hundred of them away, and now barely five
hundred remain.
None will learn more assiduously the
practical lessons taught by the late war with
Spain than the Roman Catholic hierarchy.
If any one supposes that the Roman Catho-
lic Church is to retire with the Spanish flag
from our newly acquired possessions in the
East or in the West, or that its diligence is
to be abated in any respect in gaining, if
possible, even more complete control of all
the islands, he labors under a great mistake.
Men like Bishop Ireland are not asleep, and
the favorable view which they have enter-
tained concerning the occupation of the new
territories by the United States would
probably find its explanation in the deeper,
broader plans which they are laying for
work in the islands which Spain has lost in
the East and the West. For one thing,
there will undoubtedly be great reforms.
The friars of the Philippines will have to
change their gait or step aside, and with an
active propagandism of Protestant Churches,
moving side by side with the forces of the
Catholic Church in Cuba and Porto Rico,
there will be a waking up of all the dormant
energies of 'the priesthood.
No one can doubt that the Roman Catho-
lic Church, having gained the ascendency
in the governmental patronage and support
for its schools among the American Indians,
will expect to get concessions equally favor-
able for the prosecution of its strictly secta-
rian educational work in the West Indies
and in the Philippines also ; and if we may
judge from a speech of Bishop Ireland,
delivered at a peace jubilee in Chicago,
October 18, we may safely infer that he
desires the retention of the Philippines. No
man has expressed more advanced views
than he, however guarded his language, in
regard to the extension of the influence of
the United States in the uplifting of
humanity all over the world. He evidently
has no sympathy with the notion that our
influence a3 a nation should be confined to
our own territory lying between the Atlan-
tic and the Pacific.
In this address Archbishop Ireland said
in part: " America is too great to be
isolated from the world around her. She
is a world-power to whom no world interest
is alien, whose voice reaches afar, whose
spirit travels across seas and mountain
ranges to most distant continents and islands
— and with America goes far and wide what
America in her grandest ideal represents,
democracy and liberty, a government of the
people, by the people, for the people. This
is Americanism more than American terri-
tory, or American shipping, or American
soldiery. Where this grandest ideal of
American life is not held supreme, America
has not reached; where this ideal is
supreme, America reigns.' '
To the democracy and liberty which the
archbishop suggests as the essence of Ameri-
canism, we would add pure religion and
humanity.
THE SO-CALLED PHILIPPINE REPUBLIC.
This was proclaimed in October, 1896,
and its first president was Andreas Boni-
facio. At his death nearly two years ago
Aguinaldo was elected president and com-
mander-in-chief. A new captain-general,
Primo de Rivera, having arrived from
Spain, tried to end the rebellion by con-
cessions. The result was a compact agreed
upon in December, 1897, promising
reforms. The points conceded on the part
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493
of the Spanish government were (1) The
abandonment or the disbanding of the
religious orders; (2) the Philippine repre-
sentation in the Cortes; (3) the same admin-
istration of justice for the natives as for
the Spaniards; (4) unity of laws between
the Philippines and Spain; (5) a conces-
sion to the natives of a share in the chief
offices of the Philippine civil administra-
tion; (6) the rearrangement of the prop-
erty of the friars and of the taxes in favor
of the natives; (7) recognition of indi-
vidual rights of the natives, with liberty of
public meeting and the general amnesty.
On the other hand, Aguinaldo and other
leaders promised that if Rivera carried out
the compact they would expatriate them-
selves for three years and foment no move-
ment against Spanish authority for three
years.
The insurgents contend that the captain -
general never proclaimed a general amnesty,
denied the existence of the pact, and shot
several rebel leaders who returned to
Manila on the strength of it.
After Admiral Dewey's victory the pres-
ent captain-general approached Aguinaldo
and promised that if he and his associate
leaders would make common cause against
the Americans he would carry out the
reforms stated in the pact. His overtures
were rejected.
Another grievance against the Spanish
authorities is the persecution of the Freema-
sons by the friars, 3000 of the order having
been lodged in jails, and in some cases
loaded with irons.
THE NEW GREEK CATHOLIC " PA-
TRIARCH OF ANTIOCH AND
ALL THE EAST."
REV. F. E. HOSKINS.
The election of the new Greek Catholic
patriarch in Syria, which took place a few
months since, was attended by circumstances
of peculiar interest to all who watch for
signs of a reformation inside the Oriental
churches. The contest was a triangular
one, in which the Papacy at Rome, the
Turkish government and the common people
played the principal parts, while certain
high personages who once controlled things
ecclesiastical were reduced to the role of
pawns. According to precedent and rule
the college of twelve bishops should have
met within twenty -four hours after the
death of the former patriarch and have
elected a new one. This meeting was
delayed by the first move of the papacy.
The papal nuncio in Beirut claimed that
when the bishops assembled he must sit as
president of the college. This was a
decided innovation, and raised a storm of
opposition from almost every quarter.
Moreover, the papal candidate for the
patriarchate was well known and had only a
minority of the twel ve electoral votes. The
papal nuncio would have added one vote,
and have exerted great influence in favor of
the papal candidate. The contest over this
innovation waxed so fierce, that some of the
combatants brought the matter to the notice
of the Turkish government officials, who
after conference referred the matter to Con-
stantinople. Word came back directing the
bishops to meet and select a patriarch with-
out any reference to Rome or influences from
that quarter. This advice, while sound
enough, was not acceptable to any one.
Both sides rejected it; the papal minority
for very obvious reasons and the majority
because they knew well that their candidate
was not persona grata to the Turkish gov-'
ernment. The people opposed en masse on
the ground that the government had neither
right nor title in any form in the whole
matter, and because it would have been a
dangerous precedent for even the majority
to lean on the government or give it a voice
in the supposed spiritual side of this matter.
After a month of some controversy, inter-
mingled with threats to split the sect and
have a second patriarch in Egypt, the matter
was compromised by allowing the nuncio to
be present, but without any voice in the
election. A majority of the bishops could
have been secured to allow the nuncio a
place, but the people proclaimed too loudly
against it.
When at length the college met, February
10, the excitement was intense. During
the month of delay the people had shown
their preference for the bishop of Banias,
one Butrus Jerajeiry, and had given notice
in unequivocal language to a majority of
the bishops that if they failed to vote for the
bishop of Banias they need not return to
their bishoprics.
There were only two candidates — the
papal one, who is bishop of Aleppo and
494 NEW GREEK CATHOLIC " PATRIARCH OP ANTIOCH AND ALL THE EAST." [December,
acting patriarch during the interim, and
the bishop of Banias. The people of
Aleppo added an element of confusion by
claiming, for some unknown reasons, that
the succession belonged rightly to the bish-
opric of Aleppo. The nuncio worked along
this line. The whole Jesuit fraternity
joined partly out of peculiar antagonism to
the other candidate and partly in favor of
sustaining papal control. The people again
met this point by loud and angry denuncia-
tion, declaring that no such priority be-
longed to Aleppo, and that if it did, the
time had come when they were to have a
voice in such matters, and a right to a
spiritual head who really represented them.
Prominent Greek Catholics from all parts
of the empire gathered in Beirut and fairly
besieged the convent where the college sat.
The opposition of Egypt reached open
threats of splitting the sect and withdraw-
ing all financial aid. And each of the
warring elements put forth every effort to
further its own ends.
The twelve bishops, instead of fasting
one day and night, and then electing a
patriarch, found themselves in a state of
bewilderment. Day after day dragged on
without any result, while the suspense out-
side became unbearable. To break with
Rome, the source of so much prestige in
centuries past and the source of so much
pecuniary aid at present, was not easy. To
break with the Jesuits, the almoners of the
Pope's bounty for so long and still so pow-
erful in papal councils, was not easy. To
choose a patriarch known to have the enmity
of the Turkish government was not easy.
And yet papal nuncio, Jesuits and govern-
ment were all opposed to the man who was
demanded by the people, and who was
known to have seven votes before the college
assembled. While the bishops prolonged
their fasting, or discussions, or efforts 10
effect a compromise, the world outside made
itself heard in no uncertain souDds. When
at length the votes were cast and the choice
fell upon the bishop of Banias, the effect
was curious. The papal nuncio was evi-
dently discomfited, the Jesuits sullen and
silent, the bishops in fear and the people
went wild in their expressions of joy and
satisfaction. The government had still one
card to play, and has apparently put that
card into its pocket and blocked the game.
Jo complete the election and investiture
there is needed the official confirmation from
Constantinople before the new patriarch can
receive official recognition from government
officials and enter upon the emoluments and
discharge the civil functions of the patri-
archate. Had all things gone well the
result of the election would have been sent
to Constantinople, and a few hours later
would ha\>e come the confirmation and the
new patriarch would have gone down from
the little monastery to Beirut, where he
would have received the acclamations of the
people with all the pomp of things eccle-
siastical and military. But until he receives
the confirmation from Constantinople, the
local government at Beirut and Damascus
cannot accord to him the honors granted to
a patriarch. The new patriarch remained
an unwilling prisoner in the insignificant
little monastery of Serba for nearly a month
and no confirmation came. At length he
came to Beirut, was met by the people,
ignored by the government, and has traveled
on to Damascus, experiencing the keenness
of the humiliation at every stage of the jour-
ney. So we have the curious spectacle of a
new patriarch elected against the desire of
the papal nuncio, against the fierce opposi-
tion of the Jesuits, against the claims of the
bishopric of Aleppo, without the heartiest
concord among the bishops, and certainly
without the favor of the Turkish govern-
ment. He is peculiarly the patriarch of the
common people, and the outcome will be
watched with interest.
The new patriarch, Butrus Jerajeiry, is a
man fifty-seven years of age, the youngest
of all the bishops. He was born in Zahleh
on Mount Lebanon, and has had a curiously
checkered career. Made priest in 1862, he
became shortly after the traveling com-
panion of the famous Jesuit, William
Gifford Palgrave, with whom he made a
dangerous journey through central and
eastern Arabia. Palgrave afterwards broke
with the Jesuit order and in his published
writings attacked the order with fierceness.
The narrative of the journey published was
also very offensive to the Turkish govern-
ment, which held the Jesuits responsible.
In the recent controversy , the Jesuits, oppos-
ing the now bishop Butrus, once the com-
panion of the ex- Jesuit Palgrave, attempted
two things — to clear their own skirts before
the government by attributing objectionable
passages in P^gra.ve'8 book to his com*
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495
panion and to increase, if possible, the
opposition of the government to this most
popular candidate for the patriarchate.
Thus far they have failed in both objects.
After the journey to Arabia, the priest
Butrus entered a Jesuit college, and after-
wards served the Greek Catholic sect as
instructor in various institutions until 1871,
when he was back in Zahleh, his native town,
as a priest and helper in the educational
work just then being taken up by the bishop
of Zahleh. Here occurred another event
which changed his whole life and led indi-
rectly to the position he now occupies.
Connected with the American Presbyte-
rian Mission in Zahleh was a small book-
store, the keeper of which was accustomed
to do much local preaching in the market.
Those early days of mission work were
marked by many an argument which ended
in blows. Such an altercation took place
one day in 1874, between the priest Butrus
and the bookstore keeper, and before the
argument was over Butrus had condescended
to fall upon the man and give him a beat-
ing. Rustem Pasha, a just and enlightened
ruler, was then governor-general of Leba-
non, and when at length the matter came
before him be ended it by banishing both
the bookstore keeper and the priest Butrus
from the town. The former lived for years
just over the border, but the priest Butrus
left the country and spent four years in
France and Italy, studying and journeying.
He interviewed the Pope and other high
personages and represented the growing
power and influence of Protestant institu-
tions and schools, and as a result secured
much financial aid and came back to Zahleh
in 1878 and completely reorganized the
schools in the town and surrounding vil-
lages. For a period of five years he was
exceedingly active and energetic in all
educational matters, and in everything that
could preserve the Greek Catholic sects
from the influence of Protestantism.
In 1885 he was made bishop of Banias —
Cse3area Philippi — a ruined, neglected
bishopric of the ancient Christian Church.
After three years' searching of old records
and planning, he again journeyed (1888)
to France and Italy, again interviewing the
Pope and pleading the cause of the poor
Christians dwelling at the base of Mount
Hermon. His plea was an interesting one
and aroused great interest in certain circles.
The famous verse, Matt. 16:18, " Thou art
Peter and upon this rock I will build my
church," was spoken in the vicinity of
Banias — Csesarea Philippi. The present
town is wholly Moslem, the ancient Chris-
tian churches in ruins and the whole Chris-
tian community in those parts desperately
poor. His addresses had for their keynote
this thought, ' ' How can Rome in her great-
ness suffer that ancient bishopric to lie in
ruins — the spot where our Lord uttered the
' Rock ' verse — and I come a second
' Peter (= Butrus) to rebuild the Church in
that Holy Land." He again returned to
Syria with much financial aid and attempted
to rebuild the churches in Banias, but the
people opposed him, and ultimately he
made Jedideh, at the town some fifteen
miles away, the seat of the bishopric,
where he built a fine church costing not less
than $25,000. Schools also received his
care, and at one time he had about pur-
chased the mound, Tell el Kady — the
ancient Dan — as a site for an industrial
and agricultural school. But Moslem influ-
ences again foiled him, and he proceeded to
build a large school near Jedideh, the seat of
the bishopric. For a period of ten years
he has labored in the region of Banias,
rebuilding churches, gathering the scattered
flock, opening schools and exerting himself
in every way to reclaim the fallen fortunes
of the Greek Catholic sect. Espousing the
cause of the oppressed has brought him into
contact with the more bigoted sections of
the Metawalis, and during the late Dr uze
trouble east of Hermon he came into promi-
nence as the champion of oppressed Chris-
tians. It is possible that certain reports at
that time may also have added to the sus-
picions alreadv entertained against him by
government officials.
His official title is " Patriarch of Antioch
and all the East," so that his jurisdiction
extends from Bulgaria to Persia, and from
Russia to the Soudan. If the government
persists in its refusal to recognize him it will
grow into a larger question. Persistent and
energetic as the new patriarch is, and zeal-
ous in everything that will help build up
the Greek Catholic sect in the Orient, he
at the same time carries in his head more
modern and enlightened ideas than perhaps
the combined bishops who serve under him.
If he continues to espouse education he will
surely find that of necessity many things
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LETTERS.
[December,
must be changed in the constitution and
management of this aggressive Oriental
sect, and since these changes are along
reformation lines, earnest Christians can
rejoice.
Letters,
FKOM MISS MARGARET BEST.
The last Sabbath in August was communion
Sabbath in the Pyeng Yang Church. Heretofore,
since they have had two buildings, the one for
men and the other for women, the communion ser-
vices as well as all other services have been held
at both places, but this time men and women met
together, separated only by a thin curtain. Forty
were received into the church, seventeen men and
twenty-three women. Several members of country
churches were present. These, with the regular
attendants and the missionaries, sorely tested the
capacity of the men's church, the largest building
we have, making us look forward to the day when
we shall have a building large enough to accommo-
date the two congregations. After we had been
dismissed, a woman with beaming face came up to
me and said : " My husband and my son received
baptism to-day ; I can't tell how glad I am."
Among the women a mother and daughter, side by
side, for the first time partook of the Lord's Sup-
per together, the husband of the daughter on the
other side of the curtain having been admitted to
the church before. Several weeks ago at a Sun-
day service, an old grandmother, bent and white-
haired, and her granddaughter, a young girl, were
received as catechumens. Ask the people of happy
Christian homes in America to remember espe-
cially the Christian homes of Korea. Mrs. Bishop
in her book says that " the Korean has a house, but
no home," and it is true ; but it is not going to re-
main true long in families where father, mother
and children become Christians.
In Korea it is to missionaries that we are as-
suredly indebted for almost all we know about the
country, writes Sir Walter C. Hillier, in his
Preface to "Korea and her Neighbors." It
is they who have awakened in the people the
desire for material progress and enlightenment
that has now happily taken root, and it is to
them that we may confidently look for assistance in
its farther development. Another point often lost
sight of is their utility as explorers and pioneers of
commerce. They are always ready to place the
stores of their local knowledge at the disposal of
INFLUENCE OF A DREAM.
The Rev. V. F. Partch gives the following in-
teresting account of a conversion at Chinanfu,
China: "A man whom I had never met before
came up for examination. He was about sixty
years old, and had spent a great part of his life in
allegiance to one of the numerous minor reli-
gious sects. I examined him in the Catechism,
which he repeated from beginning to end without
a break. I required him to explain the meaning of
the doctrines, which he did very satisfactorily. Al-
together his examination was a rarely good one.
I asked him questions regarding the beginning of
his religions interest. He said it arose from a
dream he had about two months ago. In his dream
he was a boy again. He saw his father trying to
draw water at a rickety well, and expostulated
with him in vain. His father fell in and was
drowned. This was a beginning of misfortunes.
Then came a flood of the Yellow river ; it rose
little by little till their mud hut was in ruins. The
family became separated in the flight that followed,
and he came to a place where the water was deep
and wide, sweeping across the field. To go back
was death. He cried out to a man on the other
side, asking which way he should go. The man
answered, ' Go northwest.' He followed the
direction and plunged into the river, and, sure
enough, a narrow raised path led him safely
through. Here he awoke, and casting about in
his mind what the dream meant, he asked himself
what there could be northwest of him that was of
any importance. He thought of a little village
about five miles distant, where he had heard that
the new ' Jesus Doctrine ' was preached. He
laughed at the idea that this was of any import-
ance, but still the thought remained, and he deter-
mined to go up and see for himself. On his arri-
val, one of our good members met him and in-
structed him. He was deeply interested, and be-
came convinced that there was nothing more true
than the ' Doctrine of Jesus.' He firmly believed
God had led him by that dream to the truth."
any one who applies to them for information, and
to lend him cheerful assistance in the pursuit
of his objects. I venture to think that much val-
uable information as to channels for the develop-
ment of trade could be obtained by Chambers of
Commerce if they were to address specific inquiries
to missionaries in remote regions. Manufacturers
are more indebted to missionaries than perhaps they
realize for the introduction of their goods and
wares, and the creation of a demand for them in
places to which such would never have found their
way,
1898.]
RELATIONS OF THE HOME CHURCH TO FOREIGN MISSIONS.
497
Concert of Prayer
For Church Work Abroad.
December — Kelations of the Home Church to
Foreign Missions.
(a) The Church itself a missionary society.
(6) Personal responsibility of every member for the
world's evangelization.
(c) Responsibility of pastors for culture of missionary
interest.
(d) Special study of missions in theological semina-
ries.
(e) Systematic giving.
(/) The present call of the Holy Spirit to the home
church.
RELATIONS OF THE HOME
CHURCH TO FOREIGN MISSIONS.
The relations of Foreign Missions to the
home Church involve reciprocal advan-
tages. The home Church holds a parental
relation to the native churches which are
the results of its missionary effort. It is
to be regretted that the fellowship of the
churches in this country with those which
are in a sense their offspring, scattered in
many lands, is not more intimate. If every
American church member could visit the
native congregations of every nation, color
and language, and sing with them the songs
of salvation and enter into their inmost
spirit and life, there would be no longer
need of exhortations to give and to pray
for the peace and prosperity of Zion the
world over. It would be felt that the men
of all countries were one in Christ, having
one Lord, one faith and one baptism.
Whether it would be equally profitable for
the native Christians of India or Africa to
visit America and look upon the home
churches in all their luxury and extrava-
gant expenditure, is a more serious question.
We have waited too long, waited till our
civilization was too far advanced beyond
that of the outlying nations which we are
aiming to evangelize and win to Christ.
We are handicapped in the very blessings
which God in his munificence has bestowed
upon us and the land in which we dwell.
With respect to the duty of the home
churches to those in heathen lands which
are struggling not only against poverty and
universal ignorance, but also against un-
compromising intolerance and persecution,
it is so great and pressing that it should
never be forgotten. It should be recog-
nized as a constant and pressing responsi-
bility. There should be all the solicitude
and prayerful sympathy of a parent toward
a child. There should be an avoidance of
every vestige of that proud and flippant
spirit which takes pleasure in despising the
depressed races and ignoring the brother-
hood which Christ came to establish between
men and men. It would be well if every
church would enlarge the boundaries of its
parish, at least in sympathy and interest if
not territorially, so as to regard some out-
lying district and distant community as an
extension of its fold ; and it would be well
if every pastor should have some co- pastor
laboring in the ends of the earth. This
does not mean that there should be in every
case a separate and independent support of
a mission church, but it does mean that the
missionary spirit should take a definite
shape somewhere, though the particular
focus of its interest should change from time
to time, until it should become as broad as
the world for which Christ died.
While these duties of the home Church to
the little offshoots which have sprung from its
missionary effort are recognized, there are
also great and rich reciprocal blessings which
the home Church receives. We refer not
to those reflex benefits which come to our
commerce or to the advancement of ethnol-
ogy or other sciences, but to those which are
of a directly spiritual kind. Of these we
notice
First: A glance through the history of
the centuries renders it very obvious that the
best elements in that history are found in
the missionary movements of the Church,
not in the so-called holy wars, nor in dis-
putes about doctrines which sometimes have
been bitter and fruitless, certainly not in
the persecuting zeal which has left so many
foul blots upon the name of Christ, but in
the heroic campaigns of apostles, who,
though knowing that bonds and imprison-
ment and martyr's deaths awaited them,
bore the gospel into the high places and
into the dark places of the heathen world.
This lofty and inspiring history of Christian
effort was sustained by individuals here and
there through the middle ages, by Patrick,
by Alcuin and Columba. Amid all that
is dark in mediaeval history these annals con-
stitute the bright and sunny rifts in the
cloud; they savor of the gospel spirit;
they redeem our Christian history from
untold scandal.
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Second: Referring to the missionary-
movement of our closing century, it has
done much to overcome the narrow and
selfish subjectivity which Christianity had
assumed two generations ago. By a reaction
from the extemalism of a corrupt papacy,
Protestantism had verged to the opposite
extreme of a self-centred pietism, to the
writing of diaries, and to anxious and reit-
erated questionings about personal frames of
mind and the chances of realizing a selfish
heaven. Under such an influence many
pastors found their churches in a spiritual
decline; it was impossible to comfort their
desponding flocks. But when the modern
missionary movement sounded a trumpet
call, and drew their attention from this
pious introspection to the wants of a perish-
ing world, a new era dawned upon their
own spiritual estate.
It would be easy to multiply illustrations
of the way in which the world conquest for
Christ has brought with it every other
blessing in revolutionizing Christian expe-
rience. It has widened the horizon of
Christian knowledge and sympathy.
Bishop Heber's missionary hymn, as eung in
the families and the worshiping assemblies of
Christendom, has of itself opened the way
to a broader fellowship. It has been in
itself an advanced geographical education
to the young.
All our home charities well-nigh are
born of the missionary movement. The
late Dr. Mullens, in his " London and
Calcutta," shows conclusively that the
various charitable organizations in London
have sprung from the foreign missionary
movement. And there has been a similar
development on our own shores. At the
beginning of our century New England had
lapsed into Unitarianism and indifference,
but at the close of the first decade the
foreign missionary spirit appeared in the
colleges and the churches. This brought
revivals, which culminated about 1830, and
out of the revivals sprang a home mission-
ary movement which has swept from ocean
to ocean.
The grand work of women in the cause
of missions began with the foreign field,
having drawn its inspiration from the cry of
enthralled women in heathen lands. Now
its refluent tide blesses our own land through
many a broad channel.
Third : The missionary work has afforded
salutary corrections to certain confident
theories of scientific men which were de-
grading to the human race. It has elevated
the general conception of humanity.
Various authors, like Sir John Lubbock,
anxious to close up the evolutionary gap
between men and brutes, not only strove to
raise the brute by assigning to him reason,
if not a soul, but also degraded man,
dragging him as much too low as the brute
had been raised too high. These authors
pointed out race after race now inhabiting
the globe, who had no conception of God
whatever, and nothing that could be called
religion. This "science" had been gath-
ered together from the shreds of testimony
given by tourists or coffee planters or adven-
turers who had no real opportunity to study
the religious condition of savages, and who
did not even know their languages. Now
the testimony of missionaries, dwelling for
years in the midst of many nations and
tribes, and giving special attention to their
religious condition, have not only asserted
but have proved, to the satisfaction of all
really scientific men, that there is no race
whom there has been any fair opportunity
to study, that has not some form of relig-
ious worship. And this testimony has been
of great practical avail to the races con-
cerned by securing them a more humane
treatment. The Dutch Boors of South
Africa reconciled their consciences to their
untold cruelties toward the Hottentots by
regarding them as scarcely more than dogs
till the missionaries taught them better.
The ranchmen of Australia shot down the
interior tribes, whose lands they had taken
from them, as they would have shot apes or
wolves, upon the plea that they had no
souls and really were not human. But Dr.
John G. Paton, who for the last few years
resided in Australia, resolved to expose the
bearing of such theories and the atrocities
which sprang from them. He visited the
interior tribes, secured their confidence,
solved the mystery of their shy and esoteric
faith, and found that they had a positive
religious belief and observances. He
encouraged the missionaries laboring among
them, and on his return to Melbourne
secured a large meeting, at which the Gov-
ernor-general presided. There he stated
his facts; and he read to his audience a
letter from a converted woman of the same
aborigines, which would have done credit to
1898.]
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the intelligent piety of Christian women
anywhere. With the blessing of God he
revolutionized the false sentiment which an
inhuman and misleading scientific specula-
tion had created.
Fourth: This leads naturally to the
cogDate fact that Christian missions have
shown the feasibility and reality of that
only brotherhood of men which is in Christ.
No ethnic system of the present, and none
known in history, has ever taken Ihe high
si and which the gospel holds in the estimate
of man, or has ever presented anything
like a brotherhood worthy of the name.
The apostles found even in the teachings of
the greatest philosophers of Greece— the
noble Plato and Aristotle — theories as to
the inferiority and subordination of the sub-
ject races which would shock the moral sense
of the world to-day. True, we hear no
end of easy-going talk about " brother-
hood s" by men whose charity toward
inferior races is simply a name for indiffer-
ence. The theorizers who are loudest in
this gospel of laissez faire are utter stran-
gers to missionary effort, or any kind of
effort for the degraded and suffering races
of mankind. They welcome all religions
only because they care for none, and the
universal religion for which they eloquently
plead is a dead level in which all that is
distinctive or vital and ennobling is elimi-
nated or ignored. The fundamental phil-
osophy of such is, " Let the world alone;
it will care for itself and we will care for
ourselves."
Strangely enough, we hear constant
criticisms which imply that the Christian
Church is soured by a misanthropic exclu-
siveness; that its spirit is anything but a
spirit of love; and that the true love for
the human race is to be found in the popu-
lar literatures and on the agnostic plat-
forms. But what better measure of love
is there than that which is shown in self-
sacrifice for the good of men ? Who are
they who do most for the poor, the igno-
rant and the lost in our own great cities ?
And who are they that have for a century
been seeking out the degraded and distressed
in all latitudes and longitudes of the
world, counting not their own lives dear
unto them, but leaving their graves as
landmarks of progress on the headlands of
all the continents and Ihe islands of the sea ?
Who are these real apostles of helpful love
but representatives of the Christian
Church ?
Fifth: The work of missions has accom-
plished much in the corroboration of Chris-
tian doctrine. It has verified the teachings
of the Scriptures that sin reigns everywhere
in the world, and yet that God hath not
left himself without witness in the universal
voice of conscience. It has discovered
everywhere in the sacred books of the world
common traditions of the creation, the fall
of man, and the universal flood; of the
conflict with evil, of the promises and
expectations of a Messiah ; of a prevalent
conception of Trinity and of incarnations;
of a common hope that after all struggles
are over, the world shall be reclaimed. ^
The study of the sacred books of all
man-made religions has by contrast exalted
the supreme excellence and glory of the
Bible. It was the fashion twenty years ago
for a certain class of writers — apologists
for Oriental systems as against Christianity
— to furnish the world with expurgations or
selected portions of the " Bibles" of the
East, with the implication that all Bibles
were much alike. But such missionaries as
the late Dr. Wilson, of Bombay, and Rev.
Dr. Martyn Clark, of Umritsur, have
dispelled this fallacy by exposing the cor-
ruptions of Puranic and even of Vedic
literature.
Contrasted with these, and with the
lascivious character of some of Moham-
med's suras in the Koran, the Bible,
though written in ages of corruption, stands
without one immoral blot. Neither in the
Old Testament nor in the New is there the
slightest prurient allusion or tendency.
And there is a more vital contrast. While
other systems may sometimes surprise us
by their lofty ethics, they offer no divine
salvation.
Sixth and lastly: Perhaps the greatest
service that missionary enterprise has ren-
dered to the doctrinal life of the Church is
found in its complete demonstration of the
transforming power of the Holy Spirit,
through the preaching of the gospel.
There are various theories of evolution
abroad, which aim to show that types and
characters of races are virtually fixed; that
the idea of any sudden transformation of
character is absurd, since the moral condi-
tions are really embodied in certain charac-
teristic formations of the brain or nerve
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tissues; that these are stamped by heredity;
that changes are produced in the brain pulp
only by an extremely slow process.
It would be admitted that changes may
occur by natural selection in the long course
of differentiated experience of generation,
and especially if climatic influence and
general environment were favorable. StiJl,
for a long time the Fijian must remain what
he has been, and probably the very shape
of his brain is so stiffened into certain
moulds that fifty generations hence some
future Huxley could accurately describe his
character from the skull.
It is almost impossible to estimate the
illusion and the mischief which such
theories as these have insidiously wrought
in many minds, or the self-confident dog-
matism with which such doctrines are put
forth in many an inslitution and in many a
book.
But when we call missionaries like Dr.
Paton or Dr. Lawes upon the stand, and
ask them whether it is possible for the gospel
of peace to transform the lowest grades of
cannibals — men whose every instinct seems
besotted below the grade of the brute (which
never devours its kind nor sinks into unnat-
ural vice) — whether it is possible to trans-
form such people, and to do it within a
generation — nay, within a decade, or even
in a day, they will tell us that changes
which evolution could not produce in whole
cycles have been wrought not only in indi-
viduals, but in hundreds and thousands of
savages — nay, whole islands; and their
statements are corroborated not only by
other missionaries, but by civilians like Sir
Arthur Gordon, governor of Fiji, who
declares that five-sixths of the Fijians ob-
serve family worship. Miss Gordon Cum-
ming, author of " At Home in Fiji," makes
similar statements. Missionaries in Samoa
prove conclusively that in Christian be-
nevolence the native churches of the Lon-
don Missionary Society bear the palm of all
Christendom ; and that instead of the savage
hate, which existed but a generation ago,
there is now a missionary spirit among the
realm Christians which has led them more
than once to go forward by the half -score
to fill the places of those who had been slain
in cannibal islands like New Guinea.
I might give examples further back,
referring to many an instance of such
transformations among our own barbarian
ancestors, but the objector might say, "All
that is dim history." I might state cases of
remarkable conversion of individuals here
in our own land from the ways of vice to
the power and blessedness of a Christian
hope and a Christian life. But this would
be said to be only the result of long-con-
tinued instruction, or of Christian heredity.
But where is the heredity in Fiji, or Samoa,
or the New Hebrides ? And by what
gradual influence from Christian lands had
those savages been moved ?
If nothing else had been accomplished in
the work of foreign missions, the Church
might feel repaid a thousand times over by
these demonstrations of the power of the
gospel, and especially in this age when
every truth in her creed is challenged. It
would be well if, realizing all this, she could
see and fully realize that in her warfare with
error in all her future history, the missionary
work may be expected to accomplish more
for her than all forensic discussions — that
the questions of her power or her weak-
ness, her life or death, are to be determined
by her obedience to the Great Commission.
Prof. W. Douglas Mackenzie says in his " Chris-
tianity and the Progress of Man " : " It is in
the work of foreign missions that the Church has
done most to prove its social influence ; for Chris-
tianity is now at work practically in every land.
Amongst the rude savages and under the shadow of
hoary institutions it is seeking to establish itself,
and its success has been so remarkable, its religious
and social influences so undeniable, that every
thoughtful man who had rejected its claims is
bound in the mere name of his intellectual integrity
to pause and face the facts afresh."
A number of Brahmans brought to the Mahara-
jah of Mysore a petition in which they protested
against the following customs and practices which
are destructive of caste and from which they begged
the Maharajah to guard his province : (1)
Criminals in jail are compelled to drink from the
same water supply as that used by Mussulmans and
Pariahs. (2) Brahmans are often compelled to take
medicines prepared by doctors of Pariah origin.
(3) In educational work caste rules are not ob-
served, and girls are allowed to be educated.
Female education will be the death-blow of the caste
system. (4) In the systems of water supply no
provision is made for separate fountains from which
the Brahmans alone could draw.
EDUCATION
AN APPEAL.
It is certain that there are many men
and women among our readers who would
not willingly leave in need and distress
the score or more of young men who have
been recommended to the Board of Educa-
tion for scholarships beyond the number
which it feels warranted in accepting in
view of its estimated income for the year.
These men are the Church's own children,
who have offered themselves for the
Church's service. They agree to undertake
the long and expensive preparation which
she exacts of them. They will work with
their own hands for their own support dur-
ing their vacations; but with their best
efforts they need some assistance. Not a
few of them are already overtaxed and are
in serious danger of being crippled in body,
if not in mind, before their education is
completed. Let our friends bear in mind
that the candidates under the care of the
Board are the men who not only are the
Church's own children, but also are pursuing
their studies under the supervision of the
Church, keeping up to her high standard,
taking the full college and seminary course
in approved institutions. We beg them
also to remember that they have gone
to college or to the theological seminary this
fall depending upon our scholarships in
view of the fact
that they had been
examined and ac-
cepted by their
presbyteries and
accepted and rec-
ommended to the
Board. They are
in danger of very
serious embar-
rassment if we
cannot help them.
Some may be com-
pelled to return
• home to avoid in-
curring further
expense for board
and lodging. We
wish to provide
a scholarship of
at least $75 for each of these well-
accredited men. We beg for a prompt
response. The total number of new men
enrolled this year is not large ; but larger
than the Board can provide for. Let our
friends send word at the earliest moment to
let us know whether they can provide one
or more of these scholarships. We do not
see how they can make a better investment of
their money.
WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY.
We are glad to give our readers views of
several of the buildings of the University
of West Virginia. We spent, a Sabbath
recently with the faithful pastor of the
Presbyterian Church of Morgantown, where
the university has its sear. Mr. Buchanan
is deeply interested in the spiritual welfare
of the students, and is diligent in seeking
out those who are of Presbyterian affilia-
tions and keeping them under the influence
of the Church of their fathers. The town
dates from about the year 1785; but the
university from 1867, when it was estab-
lished as the West Virginia Agricultural
College, and in the following year took the
name which it bears at present. It has
seven large buildings, forty-two professors
and instructors, and about 780 students.
Of these about one ^hundred are reckoned
as Presbyterians in their 'sympathies. We
Agricultural Experiment Staiion.
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[December,
think lhat our own Presbyterian colleges are
more suitable places for the education of
our young men, but, as many Presbyterians
do, for one cause or another, attend State
universities, we regard it as an imperative
duty to make all possible provision for the
spiritual care of those in attendance. We
rejoice in very evidence that the Synod ot
Pennsylvania is lending the weight of its
name and influence in behalf of the efforts
University of West Virginia.
which are put forth to make the wisest
provision that can be devised. The prob-
lem has its difficulties, and they are by no
means inconsiderable. One of the encour-
aging features is the presence in this, as
in other State universities, of not a few
earnest Christians among the professors.
Their influence is felt powerfully for good.
We shall watch with some solicitude the
effect of the policy, inaugurated at the
opening of the present session, of making
attendance at morning prayers on the part
of the students and professors voluntary.
This policy was but one week old on the
occasion of our recent visit. It is but fair
to say that the attendance was of a highly
encouraging character. President Ray-
mond, who shares with President Jenkins, of
Parsons College, la., the honor of being
youngest among college presidents, evidently
believes in the policy which he has inaug-
urated and intends that it shall prove suc-
cessful. It is of the utmost importance that
Christians throughout our land of all
denominations should watch and pray that
our State universities, which are growing to
be most powerful factors in our national
life, may be kept under the influence of
true religion. We cannot predict anything
but national disaster if education, particu-
larly in its higher forms, prove an instru-
ment in the hands of godlessness.
OUR THEOLOGICAL SEMINARIES.
Our recent visits to Lane, Danville and
McCormick Seminaries
afforded us much grati-
fication. The attend-
ance at McCormick is
unusually large this
year. About one hun-
dred of its students are
under the care of the
Board of Education.
We had the pleasure
of meeting them in a
body and having an
earnest talk of half an
hour with them on
some of the practical
subjects which concern
the life of a theological
student. Few audi-
ences excite more in-
terest than those made
up of the men who are
to be the Church's agents in the near future
for the prosecution of her great work of
evangelizing the world. The earnest and
undivided attention which they give to the
speaker indicate the serious view which they
take of their position. According to our
custom we gave individual interviews to as
many candidates as possible under the cir-
cumstances.
At Lane, Prof. Smith, chairman of the
faculty, very kindly gathered all the stu-
dents in the chapel after the morning
recitations to hear what we might have to
say for the encouragement and stimulation of
the candidates, and the afternoon was spent
in many interviews. We regard it as a
great privilege to come into this personal and
individual relationship to the men under our
care. At Danville we saw the students of
Centre College gathered in the chapel in the
morning, full of zeal for their new presi-
dent, Dr. William C. Roberts. In the
adjacent seminary building, we met our can-
didates. In all of these institutions the
ability and zeal displayed by the professors
1898.]
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503
is worthy of high praise. Candidates for
the ministry do not need to go abroad to
get the best instruction in preparation for
their work. The privileges and opportu-
nities afforded at home have constantly
increased, and indeed to that degree that the
old course of three years seems hardly
sufficient for the amount of work which
thorough attention to the various subjects
seems to demand.
MACALESTER COLLEGE.
We were particularly interested in our
visit to Macalester College, partly because
of our knowledge of the good work which
it has accomplished, and partly because of
the severe financial struggle which it has for
years had to endure. It was most gratify-
ing to learn that its prospects were brighten-
ing, and that immediate peril had been
averted. We very earnestly bespeak for
this institution the warmest interest and
assistance of all lovers of the higher educa-
tion as it is here given under the best Chris-
tian influence. The college is not great in
numbers, and yet during our brief visit we
gave individual interviews to at least twenty-
three candidates for the ministry. We
could mention some other colleges with eight
or ten times as many students in attendance
where the number of candidates for the
ministry might not equal those at Macal-
ester.
INDIA THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY.
Some friend is kind enough to send us the
Quarterly Bulletin of the " India Theologi-
cal Seminary." This is at Bareilly, N.
W. P. India. It is conducted under the
auspices of the M. E. Church, but seems to
be animated by a spirit of generous fellow-
ship with other denominations of Christians.
Dr. Hoskins, one of the oldest and most
successful of the missionaries in India,
writes, " It makes very little difference in
the long run whether the workers march to
the Methodist or the Presbyterian music. It
is all for the glory of our Lord. ' ' The motto
at the head of the Quarterly reads: " The
raising up of a native ministry is of
supreme importance in the evangelization of
India. *' The question which more or less
perplexes us in this country has troubled the
workers in heathen lands. It is better to
restrict the number of candidates taken
under training at the school in view of the
financial stringency which has debarred the
Church from taking up new work? This
is the view which prevailed with the author-
ities of the school at Bareilly. It is the
view which the Board of Education in our
own Church has felt compelled to take, so
that the number of candidates accepted has
steadily fallen from 1037 several years ago
to 814 last year. Dr. Hoskins puts in an
earnest plea against this view of the case,
contending that the school should go on
educating the best men that can be gotten
who seem to be called to the ministry. It is
certainly a serious responsibility which the
Church assumes when she refuses to encour-
age and assist any who give satisfactory
evidence of being called to God. We may
be sure that he will never make a mistake
by calling too many men into his service.
At the same time it is to be remembered
that no more delicate and difficult task can
well fall to our lot than to form a judgment
in such a matter. We must be prepared to
find that we have made more than one
mistake. Hence the importance of the
constant watch which is exercised by the
Board over those committed to its care.
Defects as to piety and zeal may soon make
the case very plain after a few months of
trial. The test of scholarship has to be
applied with the utmost caution. Many
slow, plodding students have in the end
proved most useful and acceptable ministers.
Not a few brilliant scholars and polished
gentlemen have failed to give good evidence
of a divine call. It is plain that God
calls many a time men whom we should
never consider suitable for so great and
honorable a post as that of a minister of
Christ. He delights to choose ' ' the weak
things of the world to confound the things
which are mighty ; and base things of the
world, and things which are despised, hath
God chosen, yea, and things which are not,
to bring to nought things that are.'*
THE KIND OF MEN UNDER OUR CARE.
It would be too much to expect that in
the course of any year no one of our hun-
dreds of candidates would disappoint or
grieve us by indiscreet or even positively
sinful conduct. Human nature is weak
and liable to fall before strong temptations,
often most cunningly contrived. It is one
of our happy privileges to help to his feet a
brother who has met with a fall when he
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[December,
appears to be sincerely penitent. On the
other hand, as is sometimes the case, it may
appear that the candidate should be arrested
in his course, and his presbytery informed
of the unsatisfactory character of their
candidate. The Board is prompt to do its
full duty in such cases. This scrupulous
carefulness ought to induce contributors to
help candidates through the agency of the
Board rather than in the independent man-
ner sometimes adopted.
All reports are not equally good, but, in
looking over some recently received, we
find in one institution, in which we had
thirty candidates, that all were marked, as
of course they should be, " high " in Chris-
tian character. Only one in the whole list
did not rise above " medium " in scholar-
ship, and fifteen are marked " high."
The marks for " rhetorical ability" are
almost equally good. In a college where we
have twenty-one candidates we find seven-
teen " high," or above medium in scholar-
ship, and only two as low as " medium" in
" rhetorical ability."
It ought not to be wondered at that the
men who have received their education
under the watch and care of the Board rise
frequently to fill the most responsible sta-
tions in the Church.
Y. M. C. A. AND GYMNASIUM
BUILDING, MARYVILLE COL-
LEGE.. TENN.
It will certainly be a pleasure to our
readers to see the picture of the Y. M.
C. A. building which we exhibit in this
number. The building was opened for
partial use in January, 1898 ; but the
interior was not finished at that time,
nor was there any apparatus ready. There
is still needed the sum of $5000 to
Y. M. C. A. Building, Maryville College.
1898.]
OAK HILL SCHOOL, INDIAN TERRITORY.
505
complete and equip the building. It has
been erected under very interesting circum-
stances. A young Japanese student, Mr.
Kin Takahashi, conceived the idea, and
did much for the raising of the necessary
money, and much also to kindle the enthu-
siasm of the students in the plan. He
induced students, professors, alumni and
other friends to make subscriptions, and
quite a number of these subscriptions were
made by studeDts too poor to pay money.
This latter class of subscribers were enabled
to meet their obligations by making and
burning on the college campus 300,000
bricks to be used in the construction of the
edifice. Those who contribute money for
the completion of the work will be adding
to the facilities of a college which in forty-
two years put one hundred and fifty men
into the ministry. In the days since the
Civil War nearly seventy of the alumni
have entered the ministry, and the college
has been represented in the foreign field
in Japan, China, Korea, India, Persia,
Syria, Africa and Mexico. Nine candi-
dates for the ministry under the care of the
Board of Education fire at present study-
ing at Maryville College.
FREEDMEN.
OAK HILL SCHOOL, INDIAN TER-
RITORY.
The setting of the Oak Hill School for col-
ored boys and girls is unique. In a sense, it
is not in the United States, being on territory
belonging to the Choctaw Nation, declared
by treaty and by decision of U. S. Supreme
Court, over fifty years ago, to be a " de-
pendent sovereignty."
This Oak Hill School is for the benefit of
the former slaves and children of the slaves
of the Choctaw Indians.
Only Choctaws and their former slaves,
and white men who marry Choctaw women,
called " squaw-men," can own land here.
The school is on land formerly occupied
by a Choctaw Indian chief, De Flore ; then
by another Indian family named Wilson;
then by a colored family named Clark — a
former slave. Mr. Clark turned the place
over to our Freedmen's Board, on condi-
tion we give three of his children an educa-
tion.
The amount of land at the disposal of
the school is just equal to the amount the
school may find it an advantage to culti-
vate. At present forty acres are under
cultivation.
Every citizen of the nation, be he red,
black or white, can have all the land he is
willing to fence and plow. As a conse-
quence he does not usually want much.
This is human nature. We value most the
things we have to work the hardest for.
On Ihe Oak Hill place a little burying"
ground contains the remains of members of
the De Flore and Wilson families. It also
contains a grave covered with a pile of rude
masonry, said to contain the bones of a
former chief with whom were buried his
horse, saddle and gun, that he might be
fully equipped when he entered the happy
hunting grounds.
Three locust trees stand in the garden
with a circle of stones at their base. The
trees are in the way, but no one wants to
cut them down. There came this way
some years ago a company of <k Arkansas
travelers." They had with them the body
of a little child that had died as they trav-
eled. They camped over night, buried the
little child in the garden, and the next
morning moved on. The little grave of the
little unknown child of the nameless movers
is sacred. No one feels like touching the
three trees that " crown the closing scene."
Oak Hill School had first a farmhouse,
the original De Flore home. Then a
school house was added, to be used both for
church and school. After this came the
Home Building — to accommodate about
thirty-five boarders, besides the superin-
tending family and teachers.
A few years ago another building was
added, designed especially for boys, capable
of accommodating twenty- five boys. These
buildings just named, along with a rude
laundry and the necessary stables for the
horses and cows, constitute the cluster
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CLAIMS OF THE WORK.
[December,
grouped under the name of ft Oak Hill
School."
The school is twenty -eight miles from the
nearest railroad station, which is Goodland,
on the "Frisco" R. R. It is in the
southeast corner of the Territory, five miles
from the Red river on the south, which is
the Texas line, and sixty miles from the
Arkansas line on the east.
The pupils can only reach the school by
driving or riding across the country,
some of them driving sixty miles. The
most of the pupils are boarders, the major-
ity being girls. The boys work on the
farm. The girls do housework.
The educational standard of the inhabi-
tants is not high. Indeed it is unusually
low. The school is planted in a dark place,
and if schools are ever needed anywhere
this school is needed here.
■ Rev. E. G. Haymaker is the principal of
the school, and Mrs. McBride, the wife of
the former principal, presides over the
household as matron. Two other teachers
are maintained by the Board of Missions
for Freedmen, and the other workers and
employees are provided for out of the run-
ning expenses of the school, which are
supplied from tuition and scholarships. Mr.
Haymaker also acts as minister to the
colored church.
The buildings are all frame, and are very
plainly finished. The rooms are poorly
furnished. No money has been wasted in
ornamentation or luxuries. Six months is
now the length of the school term. It
ought to be eight, but the Board has been
compelled to economize with this school as
well as with many others, by reducing the
term from eight months to six.
The missionary workers who come to this
field isolate themselves for the winter from
all the rest of the world.
A missionary in another part of the
Territory said: " I prayed the Lord to
send me to some field to which others would
be unwilling to go, and in sending me here
I think he has taken me at my word."
This field is true missionary ground; the
teachers are true missionaries : the school is
undoubtedly doing missionary work. It is
sowing broadcast the seed of gospel truth.
There will be a harvest. How great that
harvest will be, eternity alone can tell. It
is ours to labor on in faith. The results are
with God.
Let Oak Hill School, Indian Territory,
have a place in your prayers and a share
in your offerings.
THE CLAIMS OF THE WORK.
REV. F. J. SAUBER, D.D. , EMPORIA, KANS.
Surely no work makes larger demands
upon our patriotism, upon our love to
Christ, upon our manhood, than this.
These black brothers in the centuries of
their bondage greatly enriched us, and we
have not yet repaid and never will the
great debt we owe them for the material
blessings which their sweat and blood have
given to us, be paid.
Nor have we yet, as citizens, repaid a
tithe of the sacrifice and devotion and
blood which they so freely gave in behalf of
the nation in the late Civil War. And
during the recent Spanish war none fought
more bravely, none did more heroic service,
than the black boys in blue at Santiago
de Cuba. In that awful hour, in that
terrific batlle, it was their brave throats
that started that old national song, " The
Star-spangled Banner."
And they are very susceptible to the
influence of the gospel of the Lord Jesus
Christ. They make excellent preachers
and workers among their own race, and,
properly educated and trained, could do
great and glorious work among their heathen
brethren in Africa. Here is a field that
ought to call forth the greatest zeal, the
burning love and the heroic self-sacrifice of
the most earnest advocate of the work of
Foreign Missions.
The honor of the Christ, manliness and
gratitude, and the good of our beloved
land, demand of us much thoughtful, pray-
erful study of this question, and a conse-
quent greater giving of ourselves and prop-
erty to this cause so near the Master' s heart.
To illustrate the comparative need of medical
missions in China, the Inland Mission publishes
a black chart containing 4000 white spots, to rep-
resent the number of qualified and registered med-
ical men to every 2,500,000 of the population of
the British Isles. In order to represent the pro-
portion in China we should have to blacken all
the spots except one. As one is to 4000, so is the
supply of surgical and medical skill in China to
the supply in Great Britain.
COLLEGES AND ACADEMIES.
ALMA COLLEGE.
PRESIDENT A. F. BRUSKE, D.D.
The accompanying picture of the college
Diiildings is from photographs. It is cor-
rect except as to location ; they are differ-
ently arranged on the campus, and the
boiler house which furnishes steam for them
all is not given. This is all that needs to
be said about buildings, for they are of
least importance in an institution of higher
learning. Passing from these I will con-
sider three essentials:
1. A competent faculty of instructors.
2. A well-selected library.
3. A sufficient apparatus for the illustra-
tion of the sciences.
1. Our faculty is composed of ten profes-
sors and eleven instructors and assistants.
This being a church school, teachers must,
before everything else, be evangelical Chris-
tians, so that there shall be no uncertainty
as to the trend of instruction in the direc-
tion of morals and Christianity. They are
also chosen in view of their acquirement a?
specialists, and of their experience and
success as teachers elsewhere. It is a suffi-
cient testimony to the influence of this
faculty to say that during the eleven years
of the life of the college there has never
been reported to us a case of drunkenness
among the students, and during last year
not one case of the use of tobacco.
2. Library. — Beginning ten years ago
with a Webster's Dictionary, the gift of J.
Ambrose Wight, D.D., of sainted memory,
and a copy of the " Encyclopaedia Bri-
tannica," from Dr. H. M. Cooper, the
library has become a magnificent collection
of about 30,000 volumes and pamphlets,
representing very department of literature,
especially rich in works of reference, in his-
tory, biography, belles-lettres, science and
bibliography. We often hear it called
" the best college library in Michigan."
Upon the tables of the reading-room are the
best periodicals of current literature. This
wealth of knowledge is accessible to student
and visitor live days in the week, from 9
A.M. to 5 P.M.
3. Apparatus. — Recent education de-
pends more and more upon object lessons.
508
ALMA COLLEGE.
[December,
Biology and botany are studied through the
microscope; geology in the museum and on
the mountains ; astronomy from the obser-
vatory; light, heat and electricity in the
physical laboratory, and the class in chem-
istry reminds one of the description of the
study in Faust, minus the darkness, the
cobwebs and the dust. Even the classics
must have maps, charts and diagrams ; the
Roman soldier described by St. Paul in
Ephesians 6 is pictured on the walls of the
Latin room in Alma College. In these
respects our friends have enabled us to make
good beginnings, but the enlargement
needed is great.
The college is appreciated. This is
manifest in two facts : by increase in gifts
of individuals and churches and in stu-
dents. Givers are increasing year by year,
and the amount of their combined gifts is
enlarging. Through the wisdom and gener-
osity of our treasurer, Mr. A. W. Wright,
the college did not lose a penny of interest
on its endowment during the years of finan-
cial chaos through which the nation has just
As to our growth in the attendance of
students, I may quote the figures of a table
published in the " Historv of Alma Col-
lege:" Atlendance between 1887-88, 95
students; 1888-89, 127 students; 1889-90,
224 students; 1890-91, 218 students;
1891-92, 172 students; 1892-93, 151
students; 1893-94, 191 students; 1894-95,
268 students; 1895-96. 287 students.
The decline between 1891-94 is perhaps
explained by the establishment of rival
institutions in Mt. Pleasant and St. Louis.
The increase in the number of those study-
ing iu preparation for the ministry is most
remarkable. It may be indicated as fol-
lows: In 1890 there were nine; in 1892,
thirteen; in 1893, seventeen; in 1894,
twenty-seven; in 1895, thirty.
Perhap3 the question most frequently
asked me is: " What are the advantages of
a young lady with you ?" Let me answer
somewhat at length. The ladies' dormi-
tory, which accommodates forty persons,
was last year completely filled by the
students from abroad. Here the students
are cared for by the lady principal who
knows where they are every hour of the
day and night. The building is heated by
steam and provided with a large dining -ball,
so that the inmates need not leave it except
for recitation purposes. When the hour to
meet classes arrives the young lady goes to
the main building about thirty feet away
from the dormitory. If she takes a music
lesson she goes the same distance. If she
goes to the gymnasium for her regular
physical training she has to travel about
thirty feet further and go up a pair of stairs.
If she wishes to consult the library she goes
fifty feet further. In all this she is under
the care of the faculty, and especially of
the lady principal and her assistant. Should
the young lady be taken ill, the fact is at
once brought to the attention of the matron,
by whom she is cared for with all possible
tenderness and solicitude. It is very seldom,
however, that any of our students are sick.
No case of serious illness has occurred here in
seven years ; and I am inclined to think that
the favorable record goes back to the begin-
ning of the college. Not only is the location
most pleasant and healthful, but the recrea-
tionj the gymnasium work, all tend to
strengthen the physical life. Not the ' ' pale
cast of thought ' ' is upon our students.
It is rather the " rugged cast of thought."
Ladies and gentlemen are permitted to
mingle socially at meals, in classes and on
Friday evenings. Teachers are always
present. Girls are never embarrassed here
by being regarded as a part of the " an-
nex," or being called " co-eds," as they
are at some institutions. They have their
literary societies, their Y. W. C. A. , which
gives them every opportunity for self -cul-
ture. All courses of instruction are open to
them, collegiate, academic, music, art, com-
mercial, and they have almost a monopoly
of the kindergarten training course. These
are some of the privileges of a girl at Alma.
PUBLICATION AND SABBATH-SCHOOL WORK.
SABBATH-SCHOOL WORK AND
THE SYNODS.
The various phases of the Sabbath-school
question received a marked share of atten-
tion during the recent fall meetings of our
synods. At the Ohio Synod a Sabbath-
school convention was held under the
auspices of the Synodical Sabbath-school
Association, and was presided over by Mr.
W. D. Eudaly, of Cincinnati, an untiring
and enthusiastic friend of Sabbath -school
work. The papers and addresses at this con-
vention were of signal merit, and by special
resolution were recommended for publication
in pamphlet form. They include, among
others, a paper on " The Twentieth-century
Movement: What, Why and Where," by
the Rev. Charles Herron, of Troy ; " The
Commission of Power as Applied to the
Twentieth-century Movement," by the
Rev. John A. Ewald, of London, O. ;
another by Rev. W. E. Thomas, of Marion,
O., on " The Teacher as an Evangelistic
Force in the Sabbath - school ;" another
on " The Home Department as an Evangel-
istic Element, ' ' by the Rev. W. B. Irwin,
of Steubenville: another by the Rev. C.
R. Compton, of Fredericksburg, on " The
Missionary Spirit as an evangelistic power
in the Sabbath - school ;" another by Mr.
John S. Weaver, on " The Superintendent
and Officers as Evangelists in the Twentieth-
century Movement ;' ' and one by the Rev.
James A. Gordon, of Van Wert, O., on
1 ' How Can the Forces of the Societies and
Departments of the Church be so Central-
ized as to Produce the Best Results for the
Twentieth-century Movement. ' '
The proceedings at this convention
undoubtedly gave a marked impulse to the
Movement throughout the State of Ohio,
and the pamphlet will have a similar effect
wherever it is circulated, which it is hoped
will be throughout our Church.
The Synod of Minnesota adopted an
admirable report by our energetic synodical
missionary, Mr. R. F. Sulzer, stating,
among other things, that the results of
Presbyterian mission work in the State show
more schools organized and reorganized this
year than last, aggregating seventy-four
organized, thirty -six reorganized, twenty
new preaching places established, seven
churches developed from the work, ten
home departments and nine Christian
Endeavor societies. Twelve institutes were
held at different points during the year, and
the Twentieth-century Movement has been
adopted by many of Ihe Sabbath -schools.
The Sabbath -school Committee of the
Synod of Wisconsin has decided upon
sending out quarterly letters to the superin-
tendents and teachers in the form of a neat,
eight-page paper entitled The Sabbath-
school Record. A copy of the first number
is before us, containing many brief, bright
and readable articles, and much general
information concerning Sabbath -schools in
the State. Referring to a meeting of
Milwaukee Presbytery recently held, it says:
il Sabbath -school work was on the top,
judging by the time spent in its considera-
tion and the resolutions passed. A com-
mittee of four ladies was appointed to pilot
this branch of our Church work. This is,
we think, a step in Ihe right direction."
Concerning woman's interest in the
development and extension of Sabbath-
schools, it is gratifying to see that some of
our presbyteries are adopting the plan of
appointing presbyterial committees of
women to cooperate with the regular Sab-
bath-school Committee in advancing the
Twentieth-century Movement. Philadel-
phia, Philadelphia North, Milwaukee and
Syracuse are among the number, setting an
example in this respect which may be fol-
lowed by other presbyteries with a certainty
of good results.
The superintendent of this department
has visited this fall the Synods of Wiscon-
sin, Baltimore and Pennsylvania, in the
interest of our work. He was greatly
strengthened by the manifestation of a pro-
found realization of the vital importance of
the work of training the youth of our coun-
try in the Word of God, and especially of
an interest in the great movement for the
ingathering of the neglected.
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510
A SABBATH-SCHOOL MISSIONARY TOUR IN OKLAHOMA.
[December,
First Presbyterian Church, Stroud, Okla.
Tent service at organization of Sabbath-school, April 3, 1898.
A SABBATH-SCHOOL MISSIONARY
TOUR IN OKLAHOMA.
REV. THEODORE BRACKEN,
Sabbath- school Synodical Missionary.
Saturday, September 24, by previous
appointment, Mr. William Davis, our mis-
sionary for the Presbytery of Oklahoma,
met me at Shawnee that we might
make a trip along the line of the extension
of the St. Louis & San Francisco R. R.,
now being built from Sepulpa, I. T., to
Oklahoma City. The journey for the day,
as Mr. Davis had planned it, was to drive
to Stroud, forty-five miles distant. When
the train arrived at Shawnee about 9.30
A.M., Mr. Davis was ready, and by 10
A.M. we were on the road. The day
passed without special incident, except
that we were made to realize what " a dry
and thirsty land " is. When the time came
for lunch we could get no water for the
team. After repeated inquiries we were
directed to " Oklamoma Spring," where we
were assured there was an abundance of
water. In due time the spring wa3 found,
but the water was so rank and foul that we
felt like apologizing to the horses for asking
them to drink it.
'" After a wearisome journey we drove into
Stroud about 9e30 P.M. After seeing that
the faithful team was well cared for, we
sought supper for ourselves. We were
shown to a " first-class, short-order house,"
the only place to get supper at that time of
night. After studying the bill of fare we
concluded that an oyster stew would best
satisfy our hunger. In due time the stew
came on the table. We ate in silence, but
we afterward had an animated discussion
as to what the stew was really made of, Mr.
Davis affirming that among other things
there were some oysters in it, and I deny-
ing the proposition.
Stroud is a booming town of perhaps a
thousand people. The present town is but
a few months old. There was formerly a
town of the same name in another location.
Families are crowded into every possible
niche and corner. Almost every kind of
business is represented, and of course the
saloon flourishes — seven saloons in full
blast — and a petition was being circulated
to obtain license far the eighth.
The churches all dwell in tabernacles.
The Presbyterian church had its origin in
a visit of the Rev. F. W. Hawley, synodi-
cal superintendent of home missions, who
gathered a few people into a preliminary
organization and secured a lot for a church
building, February 20, 1898.
April 2, 1898," Sabbath-school mission-
1898.]
A SABBATH-SCHOOL MISSIONARY TOUR IN OKLAHOMA.
511
ary William Davis and the Rev. D. I.
Jones visited the town, and secured a tent
in which to hold services. On Sabbath,
April 3, Mr. Jones preached in this tent,
and after the sermon Mr. Davis organized a
Sabbath-schooJ. This is said to have been
the first public religious service held in the
town. July 17, the Rev. F. W. Hawley
completed the organization of the church
with eighteen members and two elders.
The Rev. N. 8. Fiscus, of tbe Western
Theological Seminary, supplied the church
during the summer with great acceptance.
It was arranged that I should preach and
administer the sacraments for him. Ser-
vices continued to be held in the tent during
the fall, until the completion of the new
church. Perhaps a description of this tent
would be interesting. It is sixteen feet wide
and thirty-five feet long. The floor is the
earth, except a platform about eight feet
wide across one end. On account of the
crowded condition of the town, Mr. Fiscus
was forced to use this platform as his bed-
room and study. In one corner was his
wardrobe and library, separated from the
rest of the tent by a curtain. On the
opposite end of the platform is the organ.
The pulpit is a dry-goods box with some
books piled on it and covered with a piece of
cloth. The seats are of the most primitive
character, rough boards nailed to some
supports, but without backs. In this primi-
tive place of worship there was an attend-
ance of about fifty at Sabbath-school and
perhaps sixty or seventy at each preaching
service. The audience was made up of
people as intelligent as you will find any-
where, and they certainly gave good atten-
tion to the things spoken. Four were added
to the church at the morning service. One
elder could not be present on account of the
sickness of his little child, and in the after-
noon the message came that the child had
died while we were holding the morning
service.
Monday morning we met with the trus-
tees and assisted them in framing articles of
incorporation, so that they could acquire
title to their church property.
Monday afternoon we drove sixteen miles
to Chandler. This is the town which was
wrecked by a tornado March 31, 1897.
We visited the place a short time after the
storm and found it little more than a heap
of ruins. Now almost every vestige of the
ruin has been removed, and there is a bust-
ling county-seat town of about a thousand
people. Buildings are nearly all new and
substantial. There are three church build-
ings, one being Roman Catholic, and just
twice as many saloons.
Liberty Schoolhouse, Jones City, Okla.
At the organization of a Presbyterian Church, April 24, 1898.
512
A GOOD BEGINNING — OIL FIELDS IN WEST VIRGINIA.
[December,
Wednesday, a drive of twenty -three miles
brought us to Luther, another new railroad
town. Mr. Davis organized a school here
about three months ago, and an appoint-
ment had beeD sent for preaching, but the
only hall in the town was engaged for a
show. The town was crowded with people,
and "there was no room in the inn," so we
were obliged to camp out, but as Mr.
Davis always carries a cot in his wagon,
and I succeeded in borrowing another, we
slept very comfortably. Our only discom-
fort was the noise which came from the
saloon.
Wednesday we drove to Jones City. In
this neighborhood we have two schools,
both organized by Mr. Davis. When the
railroad was surveyed, the town was laid
out between these schools, so that our people
were all ready for a church, and the organi-
zation was effected at once and lots se-
cured for a church building. This is the
only church in the town or immediate com-
munity. In the evening we had a delight-
ful preaching service, after which we drove
to Oklahoma City, twenty-five miles, to
catch a train at 4.20 A.M. About 2 A.M.
we saw three men approaching on horse-
back. When they came near we discovered
them to be three colored men armed with
Winchesters. For a moment visions of a
hold-up floated before our eyes, and our
" hearts came into our mouths,' * but the
men proved to be peaceable, and passed us
without a word. The early morning
brought us to Oklahoma City, where a two-
hours' wait in a dismal station house without
fire was at last terminated by the arrival of
our train.
A GOOD BEGINNING.
Mr. S. McComb, our missionary in the
Presbytery of Milwaukee, wrote us in Au-
gust as follows:
* ' Find enclosed the reports for two Sabbath-
schools organized by me during the past two weeks.
"Williamsburg is a thickly populated district, about
three blocks outside the city limits, north of Mil-
waukee. For a circle of two and one-half miles
there i» neither church, mission nor Sabbath -school.
I called on more than one hundred families in the
neighborhood and then secured a hall, formerly
used as a dance hall, and when the hour arrived
there were forty assembled between the ages of six
and fifteen — the best conducted children I have ever
seen in a Sabbath-school, and only for a merry-go-
round that was close by we would have had double
that number. I believe we can gather in the chil-
dren here one hundred strong, but we can seem-
ingly get no teachers in the locality. We will have
to bring them from North Milwaukee, about two
miles distant."
OIL FIELDS OF WEST VIRGINIA.
The frontispiece of the September number
of this magazine was a beautiful landscape
showing the town of Smithfield, nestling
among the hills in West Virginia. Dr.
Humble, our synodical Sabbath-school
missionary in that region, sends us some
facts which throw light on our work there
and in contiguous districts.
Smithfield is an " oil town" on Fishing creek,
Wetzel county, W. Va. When Mr. Hunter first
visited it, eighteen months ago, wickedness reigned
and was unblushing, and although some faithful
Christians were here they were without leadership,
and no religious services were held in the place.
Houses and tents were at a premium, but Mr. H.
found a storeroom under construction which he
secured as a place to preach and organize a Sunday-
school. That could not be held and a church
building was suggested. Presently the money for
it was subscribed and speedily the edifice seen on
the hillside in the picture was completed. Here
thirteen denominations united in the worship of
God and the study of his word under our Presbyte-
rian Sabbath school missionary. But Sabbath-
school missionaries must keep moving and a settled
minister was sought and the money pledged for his
nington and New Martinsville, fifteen miles from
the former and twenty five miles from the latter,
support. Rev. R. H. Rundall, of Hammonton,
N. J., heard the call and has now the work in hand.
As Smithfield is on the line of the new railroad, its
permanency is assured, and the pastor hopes to have
a Presbyterian Church organized there soon. Other
points near it are being occupied.
So if, instead of this one Sabbath- school mission-
ary for all the wide and populace oil field in West
Virginia, we had three or four, we would save many
young men, many families and communities from
demoralization. For oil fields are notorious for
the freedom with which men indulge in the worst
forms of vice. The young man who works in the
oil fields needs extra firm principles to resist
temptation and should have the encouragement of
a missionary or minister,
MINISTERIAL RELIEF.
A CYCLONE CAVE.
When traveling through the West
recently we were greatly interested in hear-
ing the people describe their cyclone caves.
On the long stretches of prairies the people
are accustomed to storms, which they com-
monly call cyclones. They can often see
the storm gathering in the distance, and
hear the roaring of the wind some minutes
before the storm arrives. If they appre-
hend danger, they frequently have time to
fly to a safe place of retreat. This has led
to the construction of what is familiarly
called " cyclone caves" as places of protec-
tion from the violence of the storm.
They have a great variety of ways of
constructing these places of safety. Some-
times they simply make a little room in the
cellar, or a cave under ground opening into
the cellar. Sometimes these caves are con-
structed of wood, sometimes with solid
stone walls. One, which we heard de-
scribed, was made a little distance from the
house by digging a square hole large enough
to receive the family. Then four heavy
posts were placed in the corners and at the
bottom they were anchored by strong cross-
bars. Then heavy timbers were placed on
top of the four upright posts and securely
fastened to them with iron clamps. Planks
were then laid over the top and securely
nailed to the cross beams, and these were
covered with earth raised above the ordi-
nary level of the ground so as to turn off
the water that might otherwise find its way
into the cave.
At one side there are steps leading down
into the cave, and a sloping door is made to
close the entrance to the steps, and another
door is placed at the foot of the steps leading
into the cave.
When a storm is seen approaching and the
lives of the family are imperiled, they all
hastily flee to the cave, and close the doors
and securely fasten them, and then the
storm may rage and do its worst and all
within are safe; and, oh, how glad, how
very glad they are when the danger comes
and they are compelled to forsake their
homes, that they have a cyclone cave at
hand to which they can fly and feel secure
and safe until the storm is overpast.
I could not help but think that in some
respects our Board of Relief resembled a
cyclone cave.
Our Church has seen the awful storms of
adversity sweeping across the land, and the
very lives of many aged and honored minis-
ter's families greatly imperiled, and thought-
ful men have prepared a place of safe
retreat for those in danger and dktress,
which has saved the lives of hundreds and
thousands who would have perished but for
this humane provision.
A cyclone cave is not a desirable place
for a permanent home, but, oh, what a
relief it is to those who have no other place
of safe retreat ! So, too, it may not be, in
all respects, a pleasant thing to do for a
minister's family to fly to the Board of
Relief, and to depend upon it as a means of
saving life, if it were possible for them to
live in comfort and safety in their dear old
home ; but when the storm of adversity is
seen to be approaching and there is no other
refuge, oh, what a comfort it is to thousands
to know that there is at hand a cyclone cave
to which they can fly, where, at least, their
lives can be preserved until the time shall
come when they move into our Father's
house on which storms never beat ! Thank
God, there is a home, a sweet safe home in
heaven, where the table is never bare, the
house is never cold, the body is never sick,
the heart is never sad, and the bright and
beautiful robes of the children of God
never wax old!
THE CONDITION OF THE CAVE.
The cave should be large enough, and
strong enough, and furnished well enough
to preserve the lives of all who enter, and
drive from their hearts all corroding care
and depressing fear. Those within the
cave should have all reasonable and neces-
sary comforts during the time they are to
remain there and while the storm is passing
by.
So, too, the Board of Relief should be
made strong enough to shelter all who need
and deserve its protection and care. It is
deeply rooted in the affections of God's
people all through the Church, and it can
never be destroyed, but it does not possess
the means to make those comfortable who
514
FAMILY FINANCIERING.
[December,
are driven from their homes by the dread-
ful storms of adversity which are ever sweep-
ing over the land.
Last year the churches and generous
individuals increased the contributions of
the previous year by several thousands of
dollars, and that increase continued until
the first of October of this year. Since
then there has been a serious falling off in
our receipts, and at the same time an
alarming increase in applications for aid.
Alarming, because if the contributions do
not come in much more generously than
they have been coming in during October
and November, the Board will be compelled
to report a large indebtedness to the next
Assembly; and then, what? Why, then
the Board will be compelled to scale down
our already pitifully small annuities to meet
the probable income of the coming fiscal
year t May the merciful God save us from
the cruelty of such a cut!
Two causes for the decline in contribu-
tions may explain the situation. Last year
the secretary sent a letter to every church
that had not contributed to the Board up to
the first of October, and asked that, in
view of the Board being compelled to with-
hold one-fourth of its appropriations from
its annuitants, every church should make a
special effort to secure a generous contribu-
tion to the Board. That appeal wa3
responded to in magnanimous style, and our
October receipts were the largest they had
been for several years, and the contributions
continued to rise above the corresponding
months of the preceding fiscal year, until,
on the 31st of March, we had a little more
than enough, with some unrestricted
legacies, to pay all appropriations in full,
and we were permitted, to the joy of all
hearts, to go to the General Assembly free
of debt.
An examination of our records shows,
however, that the churches which have
contributed thus far this year are keeping
up their increased contributions of last year,
and some of them have very largely ex-
ceeded their best contributions of former
years. This is exceedingly encouraging,
but the fact still remains that with fewer
churches contributing in October and
November, our receipts have been smaller
than in the corresponding months of last
year. If as many churches contribute this
year as did last year, the prospect is that
our receipts will be larger than they were
last year, as indeed they must be to meet
the demands upon the Board.
Another cause for the decline in our
receipts is the fact that some of the other
Boards are making a vigorous effort to free
themselves of debt, and the attention of the
Church at large has been particularly called
to those Boards, and the Board of Relief
has suffered in consequence. By all means,
and with all earnestness, we say, " These
ought ye to have done, and not to leave the
other undone." Get these debts out of
the way as speedily as possible, but is it
generous, is it magnanimous, is it honorable
to neglect the war-worn veterans of the
cross, the grand old guard of the army of
our King ?
FAMILY FINANCIERING.
" They tell me you work for a dollar a day ;
How is it you clothe your six boys on such pay ? ' y
11 1 know you will think it conceited and queer,
But I do it because I' m a good financier.
" There's Pete, John, Jim and Joe, and William
and Ned,
A half dozen boys to be clothed up and fed.
1 1 And I buy for them all good plain victuals to
eat,
And clothing — I only buy clothing for Pete.
" When Pete's clothes are too small for him to go
on,
My wife makes ' em over and gives ' em to John.
"When for John, who is ten, they have grown
out of date,
She just makes 'em over fcr Jim, who is eight.
" When for Jim they become too ragged to fix,
She just makes 'em over for Joe, who is six.
" And when little Joseph can wear 'em no more,
She just makes 'em over for Bill, who is four.
"And when for young Bill they no longer will
do,
She just makes 'em over for Ned, who is two.
11 So, you see, if I get enough clothing for Pete,
The family is furnished with clothing complete."
" But when Ned got through with the clothing,
and when
He has thrown it aside, what do you with it
then?"
"Why, once more we go around the circle com-
plete,
And begin to use it for patches for Pete."
— Exchange-
HOME MISSIONS.
NOTES.
Typical Kansas Home Mission Church.
On this page is a picture of the church
at Pleasant Dale, Kans., taken as the
people were being dismissed after the dedi-
cation services, August 15, 1898. The
house is paid for in full and the pastor,
Rev. H. C. Bradbury, and his people, are
rejoiciDg over their new house of worship.
Other Illustrations.
We present a new view of the Home
Industrial School, at Asheville, N. C, and
also a picture of a typical mountaineer's
home iD that region. It is from such
homes that the girls come to the " Home
Industrial," and the boys to the "Farm
School." The good done by these and
other kindred institutions can never be
known in this life.
Notable Work by a Noble Missionary.
Rev. C. H. Cook, the Board's missionary
among the Pima and other Indians of
southern Arizona, has done a wonderful
work since he has been among them. He
has over 600 members, with expectations of
increasing that number to a thousand ere
long. His work shows what can be done
with the Indians when the work is under-
taken and carried on in the spirit of the Mas-
ter. He has no special methods, no special
qualifications, except a deep and true love for
their souls, and an honesty of effort
that has made itself manifest to these
people in his daily walk with them
for many years. He has had
many difficulties to meet from bad
men — politicians, Mormons and
Romanists — but he simply would
not give up his God-given work,
and he has triumphed. May he
be spared to see his work even
more firmly established, and a
suitable helper installed who shall
take up the work when he is com-
pelled to lay it down. He deserves
to rank among the first mission-
aries of the times.
An Organ Needed.
Rev. W. W. Carmine, 524 North Jud-
son street, Fort Scott, Kans.. wants a good
organ which he promises to make good use
of in his church work. Any person having
one that they are willing to donate to this
cause can communicate directly with him.
We have been pleased with the responses
that have been made by our friends to the
various needs of this nature which have
been from time to time presented in this
magazine. We trust that Mr. Carmine will
get his organ.
John Huss.
The Bohemian Presbyterians of this
country are not unmindful of the great
work of their immortal countryman, John
Huss. Rev. V. Hlavaty, of Cedar Rapids,
la., writes:
" We celebrated in our church, the
Sabbath -school and Christian Endeavor
uniting, the burning of John Huss. The
house was full. People who never enter a
church, and are indifferent to religion,
came. We took up a collection of $$.50
for the benefit of the " Huss Home" in
Prague, Bohemia, which our brethren in
that land are making an effort to build by
1915, the 500th anniversary of his death.
It is to be a centre of evangelical life in
that land which was once permeated by the
teachings of that great reformer, but which
is now about ninety-six per cent. Roman
ibf^mm
&>«**
A Frontier Church.
516
ADDITIONS TO THE CHURCH — SYNOD OF NEBRASKA,
[December,
Catholic.' ' We have not the least doubt
that the Home will be built, and that
American Bohemians will give their share
of the money.
ADDITIONS TO THE CHURCH.
Harriman, Tenn., Rev. J. P. McPhie:
" Seven persons united with the church, most
of them heads of families."
xMilan, Mo., Rev. W. E. Knight: " At
Milan, four persons have been received into
the church, and at Sullivan eight persons
were received."
Ash Grove, Mo., Rev. C. Memmott:
"At Ash Grove, I have taken in three new
members, which has added much to our
working force, and during the present
quarter I have added four new members to
my church at Fordland. I am preparing
for a vigorous campaign in both churches."
Pope Valley, Cal., Rev. W. P. Freid-
rich : " I have just concluded a year's labor
in this field with blessed results. We have
received about forty accessions on profession
of faith."
Pine River, Colo., Rev. L. R. Smith:
" Seventeen on profession of their faith
have been received into the membership of
this church. A church has been organized
on the Florida, with twenty-four members.
A new church edifice, costing $2400, is about
completed at Pine River, and Florida hopes
to have one ready for dedication in the
spring."
Wolsey, S. Dak., Rev. Edwin Brown:
" Six persons were added to the church."
Payson, Utah, Rev. T. P. Howard:
' ' Gently as falls the dew came the benign
Spirit of God into our midst. Seldom
have I seen so gracious an outpouring of the
Holy Spirit. Ten were added to the
church. ' '
Dallas, Tex., Rev. J. G. Smith: "Re-
ceived eleven into church membership.
Bethany Church is in better shape to do
good work than ever before." ^
Las Vegas, N. M., Rev. S. W. Curtis:
'• We have received five new members on
profession of their faith, one at Monto30,
one at La Luz and three at Trementina."
Union, Mo., Rev. W. M. Maxton:
" Seven persons have been added on profes-
sion. Great things have been done, but
the power of the saloon and unbelief are
mighty against us."
Stiles, Wis., Rev. K. Knudsen: " We
have received into the Little River Church
nine members; into the Coullardville
Church, eight members; into the Stiles
Church, thirteen members, and into the
Oak Orchard Church, twenty-one members
— fifty- one in all."
SYNOD OF NEBRASKA.
The Synod of Nebraska, at its sessions
held in Hastings, October 11-14, 1898,
adopted the following recommendations of
its Committee on Home Missions :
" 1. That the Home Missionary Com-
mittee devote more of their time to increas-
ing the contributions to the Board of Home
Missions.
" 2. That a^ special effort be made to
obtain at least one offering 'from every
church in the synod the coming year.
" 3. That the pastors and stated supplies
be instructed to call the attention of their
churches to the large amount this synod is
receiving each year, and in some systematic
way endeavor to increase their contributions
to the cause.
" 4. That the Prebyterial Committees be
instructed to put forth greater efforts to
bring our churches to self-support; that
they use great care in the organization of
churches, especially when there are other
evangelical organizations.
" 5. That every presbytery put forth a
special effort to raise the special amount
required by the Board for its indebtedness
and that for this purpose each church that
has not taken a special offering be requested
to do so, and we suggest that this offering
be made a patriotic offering for the great
work and shall be taken in connection with
our national thanksgiving season. In no
case is this offering to interfere with the
regular annual contribution to the Board.
" 6. We further recommend that synod
express its sympathy to the Board in the
loss it has sustained by the death of its
late president, Rev. John Hall, D.D., and
that we express our approval of its execu-
tive management, and that we will assist
them in their difficult task both by our
prayers and offerings.
(Signed) " John T. Baird,
"Stated Clerk."
1898.]
SABBATH DESECRATION — CHRISTIAN INDIANS.
517
SABBATH DESECRATION.
Whether this evil is growing more general
and more flagrant than ever or not, we do
not know, bat we notice with sorrow that
it is the sin of which our missionaries write
the oftenest and with the most discouraged
tone. It is not only the worldly people who
break the Sabbath, but many church mem-
bers use it as a day of recreation, amusement
and visitation, and because it is one of the
best days for business, their stores are kept
open along with those of the worldling, and
with the saloons. Some even of the de-
nominational churches and of their minis-
ters not only permit this, but openly advo-
cate it. By reading the extracts from the
letters of our missionaries it will be seen
that this evil is very general in some parts
of the West. We are glad, however, to
testify that our Presbyterian missionaries
and churches are a constant protest both in
word and deed against this sin. We quote
from one letter from Washington as follows :
"The Sabbath day becomes a gala holiday, the
majority of business places are kept open and spe-
cial attractions are arranged and advertised to draw
the Indians and profligate whites from the hop-
fields on that day. For the time, the church is al-
most lost to view in this seething, surging mass.
Money is the god that is adored, and it is here by
the hundred thousands, but it is not consecrated to
the Lord.
" We are doing all that we can by the grace of
our Lord Jesus Christ to bring order out of confu-
sion, continually sowing the seed in our daily ser-
vice, and we are not discouraged, for he is faithful
to all his promises."
CHRISTIAN INDIANS.
We fear that there are still many persons
who believe that the only good Indians are
dead ones. We apprehend also that there
are even some Christians who have doubts a3
to whether there are any good Indians, and
who believe that a converted and Christian
Indian is not a possibility. To such persons
we commend the following extracts from
letters of two of our missionaries who are
laboring among them. We might multiply
such testimony very greatly, but trust that
these will suffice to convince the most
skeptical, and greatly encourage those who
believe in the power of the gospel to save
even unto the uttermost. Rev. W. E.
Lukens, Laguna, N. M., writes:
"The Master's blessing has been with us in rich
measure. The Indians have proved very respon-
sive to the appeals of the gospel. I have now es-
tablished four preaching points. The interest
manifested is shown by the fact that many of the
Indians follow me from place to place, often at-
tending three services each Sabbath. I have re-
ceived into the church during the past six months
eighteen souls, most of them during this quarter.
When an Indian is converted and joins the church,
we expect him to be steadfast. They are slow in
deciding, but unwavering when they do decide. I
had always supposed the Indians to be unemo-
tional, but I have never held service where more
heartfelt devotion seemed to be manifested, many
of them weeping during the service."
Rev. M. F. Trippe, Salamanca, N. Y.,
writes :
" During the summer and fall months services
have been held on every Sabbath in all the stations
and substations in this mission. As one of our
native preachers remarked when told by the mis-
sionary to take a vacation during the month of Au-
gust, ' The devil never takes a vacation and I will
not.'
" I rejoice that our native helpers are determined
to push the work even through the difficulties and
discouragements of the summer months. In Sep-
tember, a very large gathering of temperance In-
dians was held on the Tonawanda Reservation.
Nearly four hundred delegates were in attendance
from the Tonawanda, Cattaraugus, Allegheny,
Cornplanter and Onondaga reservations. It seems
as though for the last six months that more liquor
has been sold the Indians than usual. Here in
Salamanca, saloonkeepers defy the law, both State
and national, and openly sell liquor over the bar
to the Indians. Officers of the law promise to put
a stop to their shameless violation of law and or-
der, but I fear that little will be accomplished.
" We certainly need more gospel here, but that
blessed gospel cannot triumph unless we have more
law. A little wholesome compulsion would work
a miracle of grace on these Indian reservations.
We ' watch and fight and pray,' but what we sorely
need is more law and law righteously enforced.' '
Rev. Benjamin J. Woods (a Cherokee
Indian), Lenox, I. T., writes:
"I rejoice in preaching the gospel of Jesus
Christ to my own native people. I have three
churches and they are very attentive in hearing
the good news of salvation and they keep the Sab-
bath."
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THE SYNODICAL PROBLEM.
[December,
THE SYNODICAL PROBLEM.
In the report of the Board of Home Mis-
sions 1o the General Assembly of 1883, it
was said that cl the West is opening up so
rapidly and the demands made by its desti-
tute fields on our treasury are so great, that
it would be well for the large and wealthy
synods to undertake the support of their
own weak churches by special contribu-
tions." Out of this grew the various
attempts on the part of the stronger synods
to provide for and carry on their own home
mission work. No two plans were exactly
alike. The problem in each synod had its
peculiarities, and so these had to be taken
into account. It was not necessary, nor
was it specially desirable, that all synods
should have the same plan, and so no
attempt has been made to make them alike.
There are now eight synods which supervise
and control the work of home missions
within their own bounds. These are Balti-
more, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, New
Jersey, New York, Ohio and Pennsyl-
vania. Of these, Baltimore, Kentucky and
Pennsylvania are aided by special contribu-
tions from the Home Board.
There exist9 the most cordial relation
between the Board and the self-supporting
synods, and they mutually cooperate in
every way possible. This is as it should
be, for the work is one. And yet, right
here, emerges a problem which is as far-
reaching in its importance and results as it
is difficult to solve. What should be the
working relation between the Board and the
synods, and of both to the General Assem-
blyf
It is easy to see that if the synods were
to become so separate and apart as to have
little interest in each other's work, and but
small responsibility for the great work out-
side of their own bounds, then a serious loss
would befall the Church. The dangers are
real and perhaps grave. The local work
of the presbytery or synod may so tax the
offerings and engage the thought of the
churches that there shall be little considera-
tion for the country at large. The princi-
ple, and even the practice, of simply
caring for ourselves is fraught with harm.
Every church and each member should
have a real and deepening interest not only
in the local work, but also in the work of
the whole Church at home and abroad. If
the interest be mainly directed to mission
work at home, there will be no certainty
that the greatness and relative importance
of the work in other parts of the country
will receive attention.
In any solution of this problem the fol-
lowing points are to be remembered:
1. The principle of self -administration.
While no presbytery or synod can possess
the knowledge of the needs and prospects
of the whole field, as it is assumed the Board
possesses, yet there can scarcely be two
opinions but that the amount to be spent
upon a given field being decided upon, the
presbytery can use the money more economi-
cally and more effectively than the Board
can do. The Board is hundreds, perhaps
thousands, of miles away from the place
where the work is to be done. The presby-
tery or the field charged with the responsi-
bility of administering the funds can do it
better than any other organization.
2. Full recognition and supervision by
the General Assembly. As it is now, the
General Assembly is informed of only part
of the Home Mission work which is being
done by the churches. There ought to be
some way devised by which the whole work
should come under the review of the Assem-
bly. By this is not meant that the Assem-
bly should necessarily curtail or order the
increase of the amount spent by self-sup-
porting synods upon their work, but these
synods should report the extent, nature
and results of their work to the Assembly.
3. The unity of the whole work. It is
manifestly of great importance that the
unity of the Church should be constantly
maintained in every department of church
life and activity. The Presbyterian Church
is not a bundle of fragments tied together
by an ecclesiastical string, but is a living
organism. When mission work is begun,
and churches organized, it is not merely
the local or presbyterial or even synodical
help which is given and tie which is
formed. The whole Presbyterian Church
is in and with and back of every mission
church. However small and weak it may be,
it is a living part of the great Church. The
Church as a whole has a real and substantial
interest in it. In times of difficulty and
trial and need, it has a right to appeal to
the whole Church for sympathy and sup-
port. So. on the other hand, every church
is to be taught and trained that it has a
1898.]
THE M0UNTATNEER9.
519
responsibility for every good word and
work in which the whole Church is engaged.
It should not only look after its own needs,
but even out of its deep poverty it should
do what it can for the work of the whole
Church.
This, then, in brief, is the problem which
is related to home missions. It can and
will be solved. It will require time and
study. Constant care must be taken so
that neither the rights of presbyteries and
synods be impaired nor they be hindered in
carrying on their local work in the way best
suited to their situation.
Concert of Prayer
For Church Work at Home.
December. — The Older States and Mountain-
eers.
(a) Influence of Environment,
(ft) Neglected Neighbor*,
(c) Characteristics.
THE MOUNTAINEERS.
The people to whom this name is spe-
cially given are those living in the mountain
regions of West Virginia, Kentucky, Ten-
nessee and North Carolina, covering an area
of about 500 by 250 miles. The condi-
tions of society in the South previous to the
Civil War produced gradually the peculiar
conditions now found in that region among
a people numbering about two millions.
They are largely descendants of early emi-
grant s from Scotland and the north of Ire-
land, who, by tradition, loved the moun-
tains and their wild and rough fastnesses.
Belonging largely to the working classes,
they found little or no employment among
the rich planters of the South, whose slaves
performed all the necessary work upon the
plantations, and being too poor to be
received into social circles, and too proud to
associate with the Negroes, they settled
upon little tracts of land in the valleys and
the coves of the mountains, built for them-
selves little huts and lived in the most
primitive manner. Being without schools,
teachers, churches or ministers, they natu-
rally degenerated until in time they became
not only externally destitute, but ignorant
and lawless. Their wants being few were
easily supplied; their unrestrained animal
appetites developed a passion for strong
drink and drove them into the manufacture
of it. This being against the law, it
brought them into conflict with the civil
authorities, and many an illicit distillery
became the scene of drunken riot and
battle. Generations of this kind of life
produced their natural result.
Little was known of these mountain kins-
folk of ours until after the Civil War.
Then they were found in their extreme
destitution still retaining many of the
proud traits of their ancestors. They sub-
sisted mostly by cultivating their small
farms, the soil of which was too poor to
furnish incentive to work, and by hunting.
Being out of the lines of travel and civiliza-
tion they had little encouragement to rise
in the world. Being by nature and inheri-
tance lovers of freedom, they were constitu-
tionally opposed to slavery and oppression,
and fought nobly for their country in the
Revolutionary War, and also in the late
Civil War, when they gave many men to
the support of the Union cause and ren-
dered most valuable service. For a number
of years after the war, nothing was done
to relieve their necessities or give to them
schools or churches. The war had left the
Southern States too poor to do anything
effective in the way of public schools; even
the rarely favored sections being provided
with schools for only a few weeks in each
year. Their teachers were so poorly paid
that none of experience or ability could be
had, and consequently little was accom-
plished. When the railroads penetrated
these mountain regions and tourists began
to learn the conditions of these people, the
facts were published and appeals made for
help. The first effort to open a school by
our Church was made near Concord, N. C.
Its success opened the way for others.
The desire of the people for an education
for themselves and their children was most
marked. By the generosity of some
wealthy persons and the gift of many thou-
sands of Presbyterian women, the work has
gone forward until there are now thirty-two
schools and 2752 pupils, 571 of whom are
in boarding schools, where they are taught
many of the common industries to help
them in their future life. Hundreds of
eager children and youth have been unable
to gain admittance to these schools for lack
of room, and of money for necessary en-
largement. It would be most interesting to
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THE MOUNTAINEERS — PROGRESS IN DEBT PAYING.
[December,
note in detail the growth of each of these
schools, and to tell the stories of many of
the pupils whose lives have been revolu-
tionized in them, but our limited space will
not permit us to do this.
At the same time, these schools have been
developing churches, and ministers of the
gospel have multiplied and the demand for
the pure gospel has steadily increased.
These few churches and ministers scattered
through this region are far apart and
absolutely inadequate to the great need.
Many touching accounts come to us of the
destitution of gospel privileges and of the
hunger of the people for them, and also
constant appeals for new schools and
churches and ministers.
Here are a people — our own kith and kin
— with a splendid ancestry upon whom an
honest effort produces rapid and marked good
results, waiting for the gospel, hungering
for an education. Why do we not hasten
to give them the help they need ? No new
language is to be learned. No long dis-
tances to be traversed. No great sums to
be spent. No costly church or school
equipment needed. No large salaries
required. Only the simple truths, simply
told by loving lips from loving hearts.
There are those who stand ready to go
and do the work as soon as money is pro-
vided.
PROGRESS IN DEBT PAYING.
The Board of Home Missions is much
encouraged in its effort to raise the entire
amount of its debt before the 31st of
March, 1899, which is the end of the fiscal
year of the Board. The sum of $44,-
710.47 has already been paid into the
treasury of the Board for this specific pur-
pose. The payments of the Board for all
purposes have been within the amount
appropriated for the work of the current
year which was fixed at $700,000. But
by no means least encouraging are the
earnest resolutions by churches, presbyteries
and synods. These have increased our
confidence in ultimate success. Two things
quickly persuade pastors to undertake the
removal of this burden. One is the purpose
of the Home Board to avoid a large debt
in the future so that this debt-raising is a
finality. The other is, as soon as the debt
is paid, then the Board can take up some of
Asheville Home School.
1898.]
PROGRESS IN DEBT PAYING.
521
A Mountain Home.
the new and important work which is being
pressed upon it, but which it must decline
to do so long as the debt remains.
The following resolution was adopted by
the Presbytery of Cincinnati :
" The Presbytery of Cincinnati having received
an urgent request from the Board of Home Mis-
sions to assist in the payment of the indebtedness of
the Board :
"Resolved, That presbytery urges all its min-
isters and church members to unite in a special
effort to raise the proper proportion of this presby-
tery, to pay said indebtedness ; and recommends
that all our churches contribute not less than
twenty-five cents per member for this purpose.,,
The Synod of Indiana look the following
action :
"Resolved, That the Synod of Indiana express
its sympathy with the effort of the Board of Home
Missions in New York to raise the debt ; also we
would recommend to the presbyteries that they en-
courage the churches within their bounds to make
an offering for the debt of the Board after
the work in the several presbyteries and in
the synod has been provided for, said offerings
to be sent to the presbyterial treasurer, who
shall keep account of them as a ' Special Fund r
and shall transmit the same to the Board in New
York."
Rev. T. F. Sharpless, of Norfolk, Neb., writes:
1 • During the past three months I have received
into t he churches twenty-six person s. O ur church at
O' Neill has taken a start again and they are fixing
up their church building inside and out. On the
twenty-third of this month I visited a point in
Cedar county, and, getting one of the elders of a
neighboring church, we drove around among the
people who had expressed a desire to have a church
organized. We drove thirty miles that day and
visited twenty-one families. On the next day, the
Sabbath, we met at a schoolhouse and organized a
church of twenty -one members, eleven coming in on
profession and ten by letter. A hundred people
were present and $1000 was subscribed for a new
church building. At Elgin I organized a Sabbath-
school of seventy-five members and here they have
raised $1000 for a new church building."
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Letters,
AMONG THE WASHINGTON INDIANS.
Kev. J. M. Pamment writes : — This is a
month when the Indians leave their homes for the
mountains, salt water and the rivers. Combining
work and pleasure, they pick berries, fish and
hunt, camping as they go.
Some remain home to attend to the hay and
other crops. Services were continued in the
Puyallup and Nesqually churches, conducted by
the elders for three Sabbaths, while the writer
visited Indians on other reservations who are not
so highly favored as those to whom we regularly
preach. This effort consisted of house-to-house
visitation and individual dealing rather than
preaching, although there was no Sabbath when I
did not preach once.
Taking my horse and buggy and a tent, blank-
ets, etc., the district known as Mud Bay and Oys-
ter Bay, situated on Budd's Inlet and Eld Inlet,
was visited. The distance from Tacoma is about
-fifty miles. Camping out is the best way to do
this work, as the Indian homes are remote from
towns and one is independent. Three cases may
be cited as illustrating this work.
One house visited, I found an old white man
and his Indian wife. Having some large Scrip-
tural charts, such as are used in Sabbath-schools, I
present them with one, explain the Scripture
subject, press upon them the gospel message and
leave with prayer, the chart being a silent wit-
ness and reminder of the visit. Thus the chart
preaches from the wall after I have left them.
Another house visited I found only a sick In-
dian woman, the rest absent. In her sickness she
readily listens to my words ; seems cheered by
words of Scripture and prayer. Being a large
house, two Scripture charts were left for the walls,
which I expect to see when next there, for pic-
tures are valued and sought after by all of the
Indians.
A third visit during that trip stands out vividly
in my mind. At the house of an Indian named
Tom, I found himself, his wife, the wife's mother,
an adopted girl and an extremely old woman. Un-
der the shade of some trees we sat and talked con-
cerning God and his word to his children, for a
considerable time. At the close, I gave them a
Scriptural chart. Before leaving the wife took
my hands in hers and in the Chinook jargon
said : ' ' My heart is glad you came. It does us
good to hear the words you have spoken. We
thank you for speaking of our Father who is
above ; it makes our hearts sing."
About one hundred miles was traveled by road
on this trip. The weather was very hot and roads
dusty.
A second trip was made to the White River In-
dians, and those living near the Muckleshoot
Reservation, with similar purpose. More of these
were found away from home, as they do not farm
so much as some others.
Three weeks of the month were thus spent. Four
days were spent visiting a sick man and afterwards
burying the same person at Puyallup Reservation.
Four days I rested with my family by the
11 Sound," and the last Sabbath preached at the
Puyallup Church.
SIOUX INDIANS.
Rev. John Flute, Pine Ridge, S.D., writes : — I
am an Indian myself, and my home is several hun-
dred miles to the east of this, but I am here preach-
ing to the wild Indians of Pine Ridge Agency.
These Indians are most all heathen yet and don't
know what Jesus Christ has done for them ; but
a few are Christians. I preach at Wounded Knee
Station and I can see it is getting some lighter
than it was.
I have labored in the congregation of Wounded
Knee and I endeavored to do all I could. I was
not teaching them everything, but taught the peo-
ple only in the word of God. During the months,
May, June and July we received two new mem-
bers and two children were baptized. We have
had service every Sunday, and when possible I
have been going round to their houses to hold
meetings there also. All Sunday we have prayer
meetings On Saturday the women who are Pres-
byterian members meet for prayer and to be taught
sewing and to help our women's society in raising
money for missionary purposes. During the
months of June and July many of the people
were not at home ; some were hunting cattle,
others were off to play and dance. But as many
as trust in Jesus always remembered the Sabbath-
day. God helping them, in a little while they
will grow stronger.
FAMILY RELIGION.
Rev. J. K. MacGillivray, Be Tour, Mich.,
writes : — A new departure from which I expect
good results is "Family Sabbath," i. e., the first
Sabbath of each month, morning service, is the
time specially designated for baptism (and when
necessary the formal public confession of faith in
Christ and reception as members by the session and
congregation of intending communicants). The
children take a prominent part in the service,
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especially the singing, and the theme of the dis-
course, or sermon, or talk, is always in keeping ;
some subject connected with "home religion,"
parents, children, family worship, etc.
It seems to me that parents must be made to see
the importance and feel the prime responsibility
for the spiritual welfare of their children. Re-
vival methods are necessary for the great mass of
grown-up people, whose spiritual training has
been neglected in the home, but were never in-
tended as the divine method for the young people
of well- regulated families, not only suffered to
come, but trained and led to the Saviour by their
own parents. The family is to be regarded as the
unit of society and of the church. I believe the
subject to be of transcendent importance and in
need of almost "violent" emphasis throughout
the Church.
SCHOOL BOOKS NEEDED.
Rev. E. L. Walz, Jr., Riceville, N. G, writes :
— There have been eleven additions to the mem-
bership of the church since my coming. Our day-
school at Riceville had a successful four months'
session in the spring, and will soon reopen under
the same efficient teacher, Miss O. Henricks. The
great need of the day-school is text-books. By
going into our pocketbooks and those of our
friends we managed to purchase enough second-
hand books for last session, but are in need of
more now.
Children's day was observed, and over ten dollars
was given by the children of the places. The
money was largely the result of work done by the
little people, and it was a great joy to them that
they had so much to give.
annually $500. There is a large brothel reported
to employ thirty women. The Sabbath is shame-
fully desecrated by picnics, gun- club practices,
excursions, twice by balloon ascensions and by
labor of various kinds.
ORGAN AND HYMN BOOKS NEEDED.
Rev. W. C. Clemens, Harlan, la., writes: —
We need greatly a good organ for our chapel and
some hymn books. If you could find some good
friend who would furnish these for us we would
be very grateful and they would be a great help to
us. The kind of music has something to do with
our attendance at church.
SALOONS AND SABBATH DESECRATION.
Rev. T. V. Kelly, Ely, Minn., writes :— The
town is composed largely of a foreign population.
Almost the only industry is the mining of iron. A
small lumbering business is done at the mills not
far away.
There are fifteen licensed 'saloons, each paying
UNAMERICAN SABBATH.
Rev. John W. Hood, Evansville, Minn., writes:
— My people are very kind and prompt in their
payments, but are very worldly and careless in
spiritual things. The Sabbath is poorly observed
by many and openly desecrated by many others.
Driving, wheeling, hunting, fishing and "camp-
ing out ' ' are the leading Sabbath amusements.
The people say that they are shut in seven and
eight months in the year, and the short summers
are their only time for any outing, and that Sab-
bath is the only day that they can close business
without absolute loss.
THE FIELD WIDENS.
Rev. G. W. Bell, Eastonville, Colo., writes as
follows : — The fields put in my charge are Easton-
ville and Peylon, two small villages, with quite a
population about them. As the nearest churches
are ten miles south, ten west, and twelve north,
and two of them Presbyterian, I have all the field
I can care for, and as there is no church or preach-
ing east of this place and as another community,
Calham, has asked for preaching, presbytery has
requested me to supply them twice each month.
So I broaden my territory as I have opportunity.
There has been nearly every kind of preaching in
this community, but there is none now except by
our Church.
A MEXICAN CONVERT— A HAPPY
DEATH.
Rev. J. Y. Perea, Pajarito, N. M., writes : —
On one of my return trips I called at the home of
an old lady who had often asked me to read to her
the Holy Scriptures or something explanatory of
them, which I did joyfully and prayerfully, hoping
that the good Lord might open her mind and
heart and enlighten and heal her darkened soul.
As I approached the house, she came out, and,
although bent down with age, hastened to me be-
fore I could get down from my conveyance and
gave me a most affectionate embrace, saying,
" Llegue I Llegue !'' "Come in ! Come in !" This
is a remnant of an old Spanish custom in this Ter-
ritory. I lost very little time and soon took a
tract which I had selected and began reading to
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her and her daughter. I noticed that she listened
in almost breathless suspense. To my reading, I
added a short but earnest exhortation, asking her
to accept the Saviour. I told her it was a matter
between herself and her Saviour, and that neither
I nor all the priests in Christendom could do any-
thing for her soul, if her heart was not reconciled
to God in Christ. I told her to give her heart to
Jesus and for the moment to forget all the churches
of the world, and that the Lord would bring her
into the right church. She seemed reconciled
and told me that should she die, I should come to
sing hymns to her grave. " Will you call the
priest before you die?" I inquired. "I will,"
she said. "Then," I told her, " I could not, be-
cause it would be a great injury to your soul, as
you could not be a receptacle both of darkness and
light at the same time."
I had two more meetings with her after that on
my return from Los Lentes. She seemed more and
more reconciled to the gospel. She acknowledged
that there was none but the Lord Jesus whom she
could trust. When she died, her family and all
her Catholic friends could not prevail on her to
call the priest for confession. Her family and
friends say that they never witnessed such a peace-
ful death. She said that all she needed was the
Lord, that Jesus was with her, and that she cared
for nothing more. He had forgiven her and that
was enough.
OUK ONLY ARMENIAN CHURCH.
Rev. L. T. Burbank, Fresno, Cat., writes : —
Our colony is growing rapidly by the continual
coming of refugees from Armenia, who now have
a church home immediately on their arrival. But
we need a new church building. We send help to
the orphanages in Armenia, take care of the new
arrivals and help others to come and help those of
our friends who are not able to leave their ruined
homes in Armenia. High prices and expensive
living continue here on account of the lack of
rain, and the irrigating ditches were dry long ago.
A BAPTIZED MEMBER RECEIVED.
Rev. Ernest W. Symonds, St. Joseph, Mo.,
writes : — We have received nine members, five by
letter and four on profession of faith. Baptized
four — one adult, one child and two babes. I am
glad to report that one of the number received into
membership on profession was the first to be bap-
tized by me, and the first to receive that ordinance
in the church four years ago. By careful training
in our Sunday-school and Junior C. E. Society, as
soon as she was old enough to understand what it is
to publicly confess Jesus Christ, she did so.
Surely a testimony for baptizing children.
The work has been fruitful of good results this
year. We have received twenty new members
since last April 1. All our members are workers
and alive.
A FULL SABBATH DAY'S WORK.
Rev. W. T. Scott, Cleone, Ore., writes: —
Every alternate Sabbath I reach all three of
these points. Saturday I drive fourteen miles to
the first point. Sabbath morning I superintend
and sometimes teach in the Sabbath-school, and
then preach. In the afternoon at 3 P. M. I reach
a point in the mountains three and one-half miles
further out ; then starting home I preach at 8 P.M.
at another schoolhouse. At these points I have
had to lead the singing most of the time, so I am
somewhat weary when the day is done. I have to
drive home nearly always after the evening service,
which is ten miles. It is a weary trip for my
horse and for myself, especially after the winter
rains set in, which makes the road in some places,
through the heavy timbered region, almost im-
passable. I have one or two invitations to preach
at other neighboring and needy points, but cannot
possibly do so. The work at these schoolhouse
points is often very trying and discouraging, for it
is among settlements of open infidelity, spiritual-
ism, seventh-day adventists and other false relig-
ions ; still there are many noble but poor people in
these places, many of them on claims, struggling to
clear our homes in the wilderness. Nearly all
classes of people treat me kindly in their homes,
such as they have.
NOTABLE CONVERSION OF AN INFIDEL
AND HIS.FAMILY.
Rev. George A. McKinley, Zeno, Oreg.,
writes : — More than fifty years ago there settled in
this neighborhood a man who was very much
opposed to the Christian religion. Infidel books
and papers filled his library. All the religious
training his children received in the home was
what a godly mother could give them under these
most unfavorable conditions. A few years ago,
health gave way, owing to the infirmities of age
and a life of toil on a Western farm. During the
period of decline he was assiduously cared for by
a beloved daughter who had found the Saviour in
our church and Sabbath-school. The missionary
on the field at that time visited him frequently and
came to be welcome. He ceased to care for his
infidel books and papers. ODe of his former asso-
ciates in unbelief would come occasionally to urge
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him to stand firm for his free-thinking opinions,
until the friends had to tell him they preferred not
to have these matters talked over with their father,
as it worried him so. Several months before his
death, he asked his daughter if she had joined the
church. She said no, for fear that it might trouble
him when he was so ill, but that she felt she was a
Christian and wanted to unite with the church
sometime. He said he was glad to hear her say
so and wanted her to unite with the church right
away. He also told her that he had made a mis-
take, but that now he believed in Christ and that
if he could get strong enough by the next commu-
nion he wanted to join the church too.
This is a true incident and forcibly illustrates the
value of our home missionaries' work in the
West. The old gentleman died in peace, although
his wish to profess Christ was never gratified.
Several members of his family are now active
Christians, leading godly lives and raising families
to love the Bible and be an honor to God and his
Church.
CHOCTAW INDIANS— A TEAM OF HORSES
NEEDED
Rev. C. W. Bueks, Vandervoort, Ark. , writes :
— The past quarter has been very fruitful. Thirty-
five souls have been saved, twenty-five backsliders
restored to fellowship and fourteen new additions
to the church. Collection for the debt of Home
Board amounted to $26.39. I have preached
forty-nine times ; traveled over one hundred miles
through the mountains, looking for these people
for whom Jesus died, inviting them out to church.
The Choctaw ministers in my district are doing a
noble work. My greatest need now is a team of
my own. Owing to sickness in my family, I have
not been able to buy. One hundred dollars would
enable me to own a team. I have to travel over a
territory 100 x 150 miles, very mountainous.
AN IMPORTANT AND TIMELY PROTEST.
Rev. James A. McKay, Davis City, la., writes:
— I am obliged to enter a complaint or protest
against the sessions of some churches granting let-
ters of "good and regular" standing to members
who are unworthy and undeserving of such. Such
conduct ought to be promptly dealt with. I am
exceedingly grieved and vexed because of this im-
position. Our climate and the productiveness of
our soil hold out inducements to those in other
portions of our land, especially to those interested
in stcck-raising. From time to time members
come to us by letter who are a positive detriment
to the church and to the cause of Christianity in
general. They generally possess worldly means,
and think by them they can rule the church, irre-
spective of their morals. We have been troubled
with such, and I wish that by some means or other
the various church sessions could be warned not to
grant letters of good and regular standing to those
who are moving beyond their bounds unless they
are worthy of the same. Liars, drunkards and
mischief-makers in general have no business (as
such) within the pale of the church, and it is very
uncharitable to unload such characters upon unsus-
pecting parties.
A FOREIGN SABBATH TRANSPLANTED
TO AMERICA.
Rev. William Nicholl, Bellevue, Neb., writes :
— One chief obstacle to all our work here are open
business shops on the Lord's day, and the people
of the large, rich, strong church of foreigners
coming and doing their trading, drinking their
beer and going to church, all on Sabbath morn-
ings ; and still they think they are religious people.
WHO WILL BUILD THIS MANSE ?
Rev. D. Wallace MacMillan, Earlham, la.,
writes : — The people here seem to love their pas-
tor, and I know I love them. Our house of wor-
ship, seating comfortably 150, is generally full and
sometimes crowded.
The pastor is ready to get married and bring to
the field a very capable church worker, but we
have no manse, and there is not in our town a suit-
able house available. However, I believe the
Lord will provide some way in due time.
TEN ADDITIONS.
Rev. J. Q. Durfey, Norman, O.T., writes : —
Of our Sunday evening service we have made a
specialty. It has taken on the character of a song
service. We have two or three selections by the
choir and a great deal of singing by the congrega-
tion. The church has been crowded almost every
Sunday night.
At our communion service we received five new
members into the church. Next Sunday we shall
receive at least five more.
LAYING FOUNDATIONS— FRATERNAL
GREETINGS.
Rev. Alexander Litherland, Council Bluffs,
la., writes: — The past quarter has been one of
hopes and fears. We felt that we must build a
new church and still the obstacles were in the
way. After much consultation and prayerful con-
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sideration we concluded to undertake the matter
for the Lord, knowing full well that unless he
opened up the way in an exceptional manner all
would be of no avail.
At this writing we are laying the foundation. I
say we, for it is literally true. The missionary
assisted in making the excavation and is now help-
ing on the walls of the new building. As we can
take no summer's vacation, this work serves as a
change and saves some of the funds which are
already meagre for work to be done.
During the quarter six persons have united with
us in church fellowship.
FRATERNAL GREETING.
To the Pastor and People of the Second Presby-
terian Church — We, the rector, wardens, vestry
and people of the Grace Episcopal Church, desire
to congratulate you on the occasion of the break-
ing of ground and starting to build your church
structure. You have our hearty good wishes at
this time, and also our prayers for success in the
upbuilding of the kingdom of Christ in this com-
munity. Allow us to feel that we are all your
brethren in Jesus Christ.
Signed by Rev. R. L. Knox, Rector, and many
others.
RESPONSE.
To the Rector and People of the Grace Episco-
pal Church — Greeting in the name of the Lord
Jesus, whose we are and whom we serve.
Please read Philippians 1 : 2-6, as the expression
of our hearts to you all.
We thank you sincerely for your congratulations,
and hope that together we may be able to save
souls and establish righteousness in this part of the
city.
With all loyalty to the great Head of Church, we
subscribe ourselves as your co-workers in the Mas-
ter's vineyard.
Signed by Rev. Alexander Litherland, Pastor,
and others of the Second Presbyterian Church, of
Council Bluffs, la.
TEMPERANCE WORK AMONG MINERS.
Rev. D. J. George, What Cheer, la., writes : —
This is a mineral district, hence the major part of
the men are coal miners, rough and difficult to ap-
proach. Another difficulty is to make sober men
of them and there lies the whole problem. Such
people love the drink and the saloons control the
place. There are nine of such dens in the town,
and that is the reason why men have no love for
the church. This is a very difficult problem to
solve, to reach the people and break up the saloons.
I have called the attention of other ministers re-
garding the matter, and it has been decided to hold
special temperance meetings during the winter
months, and with God's blessing I hope that much
good may be done. Coal miners are hard people to
deal with, because they have no respect for a min-
ister and are always prepared to rebel against him
when they find that he shows his opposition to the
saloons. I hope with God's help to apply my in-
fluence against it during the coming months, in
stirring up the people and bringing them to a state
of realization. My first duty is to God, the church
and the home, and to stand firm against this mighty
king of intemperance. I hope by the end of my
next quarter to be enabled to give a good result
upon the line of temperance.
AN ANNIVERSARY.
Rev. George W. Martin, Manti :— Anniver-
sary Celebrated. — The twentieth anniversary of
the organization of the Manti Church was duly cele-
brated April 21 and continued through the 24thr
Revs. Wilson, of Nephi, and McCreery, of Mt.
Pleasant, assisting. The financial work of the field
showed a total of $350 raised during the past year.
Of that amount $130 went to the Boards, $100 to the
support of the minister and the remainder to ex-
penses and other benevolences. The showing was
better than we had dared to expect, seeing our cir-
cumstances in the early part of the year.
During the quarter I participated in four funeral
services, conducting two. One was that of Capt.
Hess, a veteran of the Civil War, the same who
ran up our school flag in 1892. His family belongs
to our church and Sunday-school ; the occasion was
improved to show the patriotic service rendered by
such men. The audience was a most responsive
one ; Company F, Utah National Guard, being in
attendance as a military escort, their first service
of this kind.
Our Volunteers. — A company of State militia was
organized here last fall. When the call for volun-
teers came this spring our town responded well ;
about fifteen were enrolled, but only s»ven were ac-
cepted from Manti and three from Sterling. Of
those three were our pupils in years past. The
boys are now encamped at San Francisco bound for
the Philippines. The patriotic spirit has devel-
oped rapidly in Utah the past weeks. The slur at
our Government interjected into a professedly pa-
triotic letter to Mormons by the "First Presidency"
of the Mormon Church did not avail to dampen the
commendable ardor of young Utah. The war with
Spain is doing great things for these parts of our
country in exalting the privilege of serving the cause
of humanity under the starry flag.
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Polytheism being taught. — For years polytheism
was kept in tbe background. It is being taught
publicly again. In Salt Lake City last week at a
State conference of the Mutual Improvement Asso-
ciations, the Deseret News reports Prof. G. H.
Brimhall as follows : ' ' Taking for his text John,
the first chapter and the first verse, Elder Brimhall
spoke of the gods counseling together concerning
the image and likeness of man — the oneness of the
gods was accomplished in this wise." But God's
truth is getting a hearing also.
GROWTH AND HOPE FOR THE
FUTURE.
Rev. D. D. Allen, North Yakima, Wash.,
writes as follows : — A settlement has been formed
a few miles above our Moxee church. The oldest
farm was platted only four years ago. They have
now a school district with an enumeration of fifty-
seven. There are perhaps nearly two hundred
people living there. There is a large fine body of
land there that produced nothing but sage brush
and cactus until four years ago. Being above the
main water ditch, artesian wells were bored, and
produced a supply of water sufficient to supply a
large scope of country. The soil has been found
very productive. I went out with Mr. Clark, the
oldest settler, to see his farm. He has an orchard
three years old that is beginning to bear. He has
fifty acres in alfalfa which he has mown twice
this season, producing, he estimated, 275 tons of
hay. He expects to get 125 tons for the third
crop, making 400 tons, or eight tons per acre.
He expects to get, according to previous yields,
nearly 2000 bushels of potatoes off forty acres.
Does it not pay to encourage home mission efforts
in such a country as this ? Most of these people
have come here quite poor, and have had quite a
struggle to get a start made. The great and all-
absorbing interest is money making. But while
the country is in its infancy, if the people are
helped to procure gospel privileges, we may be able
to hold this country for the Presbyterian Church,
and this fertile soil, if consecrated to the Lord's
work, will, after a few years, make large returns
into the treasury of the Lord.
A YOUNG MORMON SAVED.
Rev. N. E. Clemenson, Logan, Utah, writes as
follows : — I am sometimes asked, '* Do you ever
get any Mormons?" Of course we do; that is
what we are here for. The young man who came
into the church in July was a Mormon before the
Holy Spirit gave him a regenerate heart. He was
born and grew up a Mormon. All his people now
are Mormons. The influence that moulded his life
to the time when the truth grappled him was Mor-
mon. Yet he came out, as many others have done
in Utah the past twenty- five years, and is now an
earnest intelligent Cnristian man whose influence
is being felt for Christ and his cause. How we re-
joice in such victories ! They mean so much.
What may we not expect God to accomplish
through such a life in the next forty or fifty years
in this dark State ! One such is worth half a
dozen older persons. The Bible is his treasure —
his meditation day and night. The Shorter Cate-
chism is his creed. He has committed it to mem-
ory, for which the Board of Publication gave him a
Bible, which I had the privilege of presenting to
him in the presence of a house full of people.
The service of Christ is his joy and song. He is
active in Sunday-school, prayer meeting and all
departments of Christian work. When he came
into the church his mother sent me word that it
was with her "free and full consent," not because
she believed he was doing the right thing, but be-
cause Christianity had made a man of him ! That
is something.
DAKOTA INDIANS' DANGERS FROM
WHITE MEN'S VICES.
Rev. John P. Williamson, Greenwood, S. D.,
writes : — I have churches in some places holding
meetings for several days. There are both victories
and defeats in the church's war of conquest against
heathenism. The church is winning: many pre-
cious souls worth many times what is expended,
but the devil is also entrapping many who had pro-
fessed Christ. The devil's traps are the civilized
inventions, strong drink, gambling and dancing.
These enchantments are very alluring to the sen-
sual, time-serving Indian, and the last ten years
has witnessed a great increase in their demoralizing
effect upon the Sioux Indians. I understand the
cause of this increase to be the nearer contact of
these Indians with the whites addicted to these
vices. Ten years ago all the churches of Dakota
Presbytery except one were on reservations from
which whites were excluded from living. Now so
many of these reservations have been opened to
white settlers that the majority of our churches are
near white settlements and the members are in.
daily contact with the whites. If only these white
people were all Christians this contact might bring
great blessings, and only blessings, to the Indians ;
but so many are the vices of the whites who have
come to be neighbors to the Indians that more
vices than virtues seem to be imparted by the con-
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LETTERS — APPOINTMENTS.
[December,
tact. Yet we are encouraged in the Lord. Many
converts are holding out faithful. They are the
Lord's converts. Some fail. They are man's con-
verts. If the church is faithful God will not allow
the vices of civilization to destroy this people, but
Christianity will be established as the religion of
the Dakotas.
MOKMONS EVERYWHERE.
Rev. L. Harold Forde, Castlewood, S. D.,
writes : — Two Mormon missionaries made a trip
through this county during the summer, and
preached on the streets. They met with no success.
They cover up the fact of being Mormons until they
secure a night's lodging, then they leave their tracts
with a promise to return because so hospitably en-
tertained ! But their second reception here will be
"cold." They neither give nor ask, they say,
and of course do not refuse to take all they can get.
Report has it that south of here they got $600
from a man who was "hospitable" in his treat-
ment of them. I understand they met with en-
couragement at Watertown, and promised to re-
turn. I hear no more of them. If they return
this way I shall open on them. I have a ' ' Book
of Mormon," and our missionary, M. T. Lamb's
Golden Bible. Have you anything better or later
to show them up ? I suggest that we missionaries
be prepared for them, for I would not be surprised
it they returned near here. They will likely work
the State.
CHEERING.
Rev. M. C. Long, Topeka, Kans., writes: —
* ' This has been a very encouraging quarter in our
work. Average congregation of 400 ; twenty ad-
ditions ; a large increase in Sabbath- school and all
branches of the church in splendid working or-
der. Finances in a better shape than at any time
of the six years on the field."
APPOINTMENTS.
Cal.
H. A. Newell, Los Angeles, Bethany,
D. M. Stuart, National City, 1st, "
G. E. Keithley, Coronado, Graham Memorial, "
W. L. Johnston, Pacific Beach, Pt. Loma, La Jolla and
Del Mar, "
F. D. Seward, Banning and Beaumont, "
J. C. Fletcher, La Crescenta, "
W. S. Whiteside, Santa Maria, 1st, "
H. J. Furneaux, Pleasant Valley, 1st, Simi and Oxnard, "
W. Donald, Carpenteria, 1st, "
G. M. Darley, Ouray, 1st, Colo.
E. H. Montgomery, Glen wood Springs, 1st, "
C. A. Berger, Florence, 1st, "
R. Nairne, Antonito and Bowen, "
L. G. Battiest, Philadelphia and stations, I. T.
F. L. Schaub, work among Cherokee Full Bloods, "
J. J. Bagsley, Beaver and stations, O. T.
G. W. McKinney, Shellsburg, Iowa.
E. A. Enders, Essex and Bethany, "
A. E. Kiser, Hamburg, 1st, "
E. A. McDonald, Fremont, White Oak and station, "
A. Doremus, Dubuque, 3d, "
A. L. Berry, Livermore, 1st, "
R. Corbett, Gilmore City and Pocahontas, 1st,
L. C. McEwen, Charter Oak, 1st, "
L. Martin, Neuchatel, Kans.
J. C. Berger, Great Bend, "
G. D. Hyden, Dillon, Hope and Union, "
F. M. Stead, Brighton, Mich.
J. D. McDonald, Bayshore, Greenwood and Kegomic, "
S. P. Todd, Lafayette, 2d, and stations, "
G. L. Guichard, Grayling and Pinconning, 1st, "
J. W. Christianson, Alpha, Enterprise and station, Minn.
T. G. Sykes, Cloquet, 1st, "
J. S. McCornack, Howard Lake, 1st, Sylvan and
Winsted, "
H. H. Gane, Royalton, "
R. Home, Evan, 1st, "
J. S. Boyd, Alden, 1st, and station/ "
G. M. Caldwell, Madison, Grace and station, Mo.
C. J. A. Porter, Enterprise and Grantsvill, "
A. W. McGlothlan, Stanberry, 1st, "
C. P. Blaney, Martinsville and New Hampton, "
H. Gardner, St. Louis, Lee Avenue, "
A. I. Goodfriend, Butte, Immanuel, Mont.
O. P. Rider, Hamilton, 1st, Grantsdale and station, "
A. B. Jamieson, Stamford and stations, Neb.
J. R. Cooper, Oxford and Orleans, "
J. Schaedel, Hastings, 1st, German and station, "
A. M. Hendee, Hansen, 1st, "
L. W. Scudder, Shelton, 1st, "
L. E. Humphrey, Ashton and Farwell, "
D. B. McLaughlin, Alexandria, "
P. Bagnall, Paterson, St. Augustine, N. J.
J. L. Langton, Waltham,rlst, Mass.
S. B. Nelson, Woonsocket, 1st, R. I.
E. D. Gallagher, Casselton, 1st, N. D.
R. M. Hayes, La Grande, 1st, Oreg.
J. C. Templeton, Burns and Harney, 1st, "
J. M. Morrison, Moro, Monkland and stations, "
C. R. Shields, Union, "
W. Steele, Klickitat, 1st, Centreville, Canyon and
Bethel, Wash.
A. J. Adams, Cleveland, 1st, and Klickitat, 2d, "
D. M. Butt, Britton, 1st, and Amherst, S. D.
W. Graham, Carmel, Hay Creek, Minnesela, and Vale,
1st, "
B. E. P. Prugh, Rapid City, 1st, "
S. Hopkins, Mountain Head, Indian, "
D. S. Brown, Kimball, 1st, "
H. M. Boyd, Jupiter and Reems Creek, Tenn.
J. J. Loux, Elizabethton, "
J. C. Lord, Caledonia, New Salem and Shunem, "
F. A. McGaw, Hot Springs and station, • N. C.
F. Marston, Thomas, 1st, and Pratt City, Ala.
D. H. Dodson, Leonard, Tex.
G. Bailey, Salt Lake City, Westminster, Utah.
J. Wilson, Nephi, Huntington, "
W. A. Mackey, Bellingham Bay, 1st, Wash.
W. L. Breckinridge, Bayfield, Wis.
H. A. Winter, Madison, St. Paul, German, and Middle-
ton, "
J. Bren, Racine, Bohemian, "
C. Bremicker, Milwaukee, 1st and 2d German, "
F. T. Bastel, Melnik, Hope Bohemian Mission, "
B. Vis, Alto, Calvary Holland, "
Young People's Christian Endeavor.
Replying to many inquiries, we are glad to an-
nounce that provision will be made for the Chris-
tian Training Course in the pages of the new As-
sembly Herald.
***
The Index to Volume XXIV occupies so many
pages of this issue that it has been found necessary
to give much less space than usual to the young
people's department.
***
"Is heaven like this?" was the question
Elder John, a Nez Perce Indian, asked Miss Kate
C. Macbeth. He was sitting in church and felt the
presence of the Lord.
* *
At the recent Episcopal Convention, Bishop
Graves expressed the opinion that his Church had
made a serious error in not organizing the young
people for her work on the lines of the Epworth
Leagues and Christian Endeavor societies.
* ■*
*
Those who have found help and suggestion in
these pages, and regret the discontinuance of the
magazine with this issue, are invited to become
readers of the new Assembly Herald, to be published
at 156 Fifth avenue, New York, beginning in Jan-
uary, 1899.
* *
*
Replying to the statement sometimes made that
the Chinese are not artistic, Dr. Judson Smith says
that fifty young men in one of the mission schools
sang the Hallelujah Chorus as grandly as it could
be rendered by the young men of Amherst. He
adds : "A people must not be judged by what they
are under depressed conditions."
***
The Senior Circle of King's Daughters in the Fifth
Reformed Church, Philadelphia, has for its motto :
"They helped every one his neighbor ; and every
one said to his brother, Be of good courage." The
circle supports a Bible reader in India, helps the
poor and suffering at home, and recently, when
the house of worship was renovated, provided the
pulpit and altar chairs.
***
A missionary reports that the first lesson which
the children in the Christian day-schools in Pe-
king are taught is to give up the use of vile lan-
guage. In this service the older children help the
new-comers, and have been overheard saying,
"Don't say that, it doesn't make Jesus happy,"
and " You can't go to heaven if you say that, be-
cause it isn't in the heavenly language."
***
Nearly all the boarding pupils in Way College,
Adelaide, are active members of the Christian En-
deavor Society. Dr. Torr, the principal, believes
the society admirably adapted to the needs of a
school in which eleven different churches are repre-
sented. A penny collection each week goes to
some benevolent object, and the society maintains
a regular correspondence with old members.
# *
*
From the report on young people's societies, at
the annual meeting of the Synod of South Dakota,
it appeared that four of the presbyteries have
Christian Endeavor Unions, four societies pursue
special Bible study, and all show a growing inter-
est in missions. All were encouraged to master
the Christian Training Course recommended by
the General Assembly and published in The
Church at Home and Abroad.
An ignorant Chinese carpenter was converted.
Moved with an earnest desire to serve his new-found
Master, he learned to read the difficult Chinese
written language, and made such use of the knowl-
edge thus opened up to him in the word of God as
to become a blessing to more than one hundred
persons who might otherwise never have heard the
gospel. Such a life, writes Rev. Mr. Shoemaker,
who tells on page 481 the story of Elder Dzing,
should help to satisfy the modern demand for defi-
nite results.
The increasingly large number of Presbyterian
young people who find helpful stimulus and spirit-
ual uplift in the weekly visits of Forward will be
glad to know that Dr. J. R. Miller has gathered
into a volume the series of articles called "Young
People's Problems." The purpose is to speak
"the word that may give help, save from mistake,
and make the way plain and clear," and Dr. Mil-
ler modestly expresses the hope that those eager
to make life beautiful and rich will find a little
help in some of the pages. This is a book to build
up the Christian life. It will bring blessing to
those who read it. It is attractively issued by
Crowell & Company at 75 cents.
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YOUNG PEOPLE'S CHRISTIAN ENDE kVOR.
[Decern ber,
The method by which Hindus sometimes travel,
at the time of an annual festival, to a "holy"
shrine, is thus described : Taking a small stone
in his hand, the pilgrim stands in the attitude of
prayer with hands folded on his breast and mut-
ters words of prayer or praise. Then, lying full
length on the ground, he places the stones as far
forward as he can. Standing up by the stone, the
pilgrim repeats the same action. Thus, length by
length, he makes slow progress to the shrine. His
mother, wife, sister or daughter walks by the road-
side, carrying water for the thirsty devotee to
drink, and at night when he stops for rest cooks
his evening meal.
THE SYRIAN CHURCH IN INDIA.
The Syrian Church in southern India, which
can be traced back historically to the second century,
has to-day more than 300,000 souls within its pale.
One of their quaint old churches is seven hundred
years old. They possess, however, an emasculated
form of the faith and are characterized by the absence
of spiritual life. They long ago abandoned the
Hindu caste system, but have settled down into a
quasi-caste of their own, unconnected with any
other element in the community. Moreover, they
have lost all missionary outgoing spirit, and sit
apathetic and inactive while the masses around them
are Christless and steeped in heathenism. A Church
thus situated, without a mission, is the saddest
spectacle on earth. They are also very ignorant of
their own faith. A London missionary, some
years ago, examined a number of them, and found
that some did not know who Jesus Christ was.
There is now a leavening influence among them.
Three-quarters of a century ago the Church Mis-
sionary Society sent out four missionaries to cooper-
ate with the Syrian Church and to assist them in
giving an education to their people, and especially
to their priests. This alliance lasted for twenty-
five years, with great profit to the community. As
a result, a reform party, 100,000 strong, sprang up
in the Church, and finally, a few years ago, sepa-
rated from the conservatives and are now moving-
actively and hopefully toward Protestant Christian-
ity and education. Many of their young men are
now in college, and a general renaissance has over-
taken them. So long as this remains largely
under the wise direction of the evangelical mission-
aries of the Church of England, there is abundant
hope for a large and gloriou3 work among this in-
teresting people, and through them among the
heathen during the coming generation. — John P.
Jones, D D., in the Independent.
QUESTIONS FOR THE DECEMBER MISSIONARY MEETING.
[Answers may be found
WORK AT HOME.
1. What memorable 6cene is the beginning of organic
Presbyterian history in this country ? Page 534.
2. From what experiences in the old world did Presbyte-
rian emigrants come to East Jersey ? Pages 532, 533.
3. How was the First Presbyterian Church of New York
aided in the erection of its house of worship ? Page 473.
4. How many new church edifices in this country are
every day completed and dedicated to the worship of God ?
Page 475.
5. What has been accomplished since 1844 by the Board of
the Church Erection Fund? Page 479.
6. Explain the purpose of the General Fund, the Manse
Fund and the Loan Fund. Pages 477, 478.
7. Through what effort was the Y. M. C. A. building at
Mary ville College secured ? Page 505.
8. What three essentials of an institution of higher learning
are possessed by Alma College? Page 507.
9. What is there unique about the setting of the Oak Hill
School for colored boys and girls? Page 505
10. Illustrate, from incidents in a missionary tour, the
conditions of Sunday-school missionary work. Pages 510-
512.
11. What illustration is drawn from a cyclone cave?
Page 512.
12. How do missionaries testify to the power of the gospel
to save the Indians ? Page 517.
13. What points are to be remembered in the solution of
the " synodical problem ? " Page 518.
14. Who are the mountaineers ? Page 519.
in the preceding pages.]
15. Give an account of the efforts made in their behalf.
Page 519.
WORK ABROAD.
16. Repeat the story of the life and work of the Chinese
evangelist, Dzing. Page 481.
17. What did the Korean evangelist Kim accomplish dur-
ing his three years' service ? Page 482.
18. What contrast is drawn between white traders iD
western Africa and the natives ? Page 483.
19. How has the king of Siam shown his interest in the
work of Presbyterian missionaries? Page 486.
20. State the location, number and area of the Philippine
Islands. Page 489.
21. What races inhabit the Islands, and what dialects are
spoken ? Page 490.
22. What education have the inhabitants enjoyed? Pages
490,491.
23. The Roman Catholic attitude regarding the Philip-
pines is what? Pages 491, 492.
24. When was the so-called Philippine Republic pro-
claimed ? Page 492.
25. Tell something of the priest Butrus, afterwards bishop
of Baniah, and recently elected Greek Catholic Patriarch.
Pages 493-495.
26. How did a dream lead a Chinaman to the truth F Page
496.
27. Name six reciprocal blessings that have come to the
home Church as a result of its interest in missions. Pages
497-500.
1898.]
CHRISTIAN TRAINING COURSE PROGRAMS.
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CHRISTIAN TRAINING COURSE PROGRAMS.
Outline D. Program No. 5, December, 1898.
I. Biblical- SO minutes.
1. Hymn. Biblical Leader in charge.
2. Prayer.
3. Biblical Study. Studies in Evangelism. Study III
—Anxious to be Saved, but Ignorant.
Instead of reading, let this be treated by the pastor as a
short lecture or conference, following the texts below and
others thought of. See also Torrey, How to Bring Men to
Christ, pp. 29-35. This will not be more difficult than the
usual good prayer meeting address.
The texts are : Isa. 53 : 6 ; John 1:12; Isa. 55 : 7 ; Acts
16 : 31 ; John 3 : 16, 36 ; John 3 : 14 and Num. 21 : 8 ;
Rom. 1 : 16 ; 1 Cor. 15 : 1-4 ; Rom. 10 : 9, 10 ; Rom. 10 : 13,
and Ex. 12 : 7, 13, 23 : Luke 18 : 10-14 ; Gal. 3 : 10-13.
4. Prayer.
II. Historical— 30 minutes.
5. Hymn. Historical Leader in charge.
6. Historical Study, American Presbyterianism.
Study IV— The Old Scots Church of Freehold, N. J.
Required reading. See The Church at Home and
Abroad, December, 1898, pp. 532-535 ; an article (condensed)
from " The Old Scots Church of Freehold," by Prof. Henry
Goodwin Smith, D.D. The sections of the program follow
paragraphs of the article.
1. The Memorable Year of 1685.
The persecution in France. The sufferings in England
and Scotland. Margaret Wilson.
t. The Early Scotch Expeditions to East Jersey.
Ix>rd Campbell's party. The sad expedition of George
Scot. The earlier immigrants of 1682. Barclay of Ury's
parties. The Caledonia's voyage.
9. The Settlement in Freehold.
Matawan a New Aberdeen. Freehold. Bancroft's
opinion.
k. The " Old Scots" Church of Freehold.
The site. The date, 1692. The first authentic statement
in the early court record. The Rev. John Boyd's appear-
ance. The first pastor.
5. The First Presbytery Meeting
The first page of the minutes. The beginning of
American presbytery. The men present, Makemie, An-
drews, Hampton, Boyd. The ordination of John Boyd.
The last Sabbath day of 1706.
For the further study of this important period and re-
markable church, see the interesting and valuable History
of The " Old Scots'1 Church of Freehold in East Jersey,
by Prof. Henry Goodwin Smith, D.D. (pp. 60, postpaid 60c,
The Transcript Printing House, Freehold, N. J.)
7. Prayer.
8. Hyum.
Outline D. Program No. 6, December, 1898.
I. Doctrinal— 15 minutes.
1. Hymn. The Pastor in charge.
2. Prayer.
3. Doctrinal Study. The Shorter Catechism.
Ques. 104. What do we pray for in the fourth petition ?
Answer in unison. Proof? (t) Prov. 30 : 8, 9 ; 1 Tim. 6 : 6-
8; (u)Prov. 10: 22.
Ques. 105. What do we pray for in the fifth petition?
Let one answer. Proof? (w) Psa. 51:1,2,7; (x) Mark
11 : 25; Matt. 18: 35.
Ques. 106. What do we pray for in the sixth petition ?
Let one answer. Proof? (y) Matt. 26: 41 ; Psa. 19 : 13;
U) John 17 :15; 1 Cor. 10: 13.
Ques. 107. What doth the conclusion of the Lord's
Prayer teach us? Let one answer. Proof? (a) Dan. 9 :
18, 19 ; (b) Phil. 4 : 6 ; 1 Chr. 29 : 11-13 ; (c) 1 Cor. 14 : 16 ;
Rev. 22 : 20, 21.
This exercise may be profitably treated as a Bible reading
by the leader, or texts on slips marked with the letters, a, b,
c, as above, distributed in the meeting and called for when
wanted.
II. Missionary — U5 minutes.
4. Hymn. Missionary Leader in charge.
5. Missionary Study. Missionary Expansion. Study
V— A Missionary Church. The Great Missionary Uprising.
Required reading. Graham's Missionary Expansion of the
Reformed Churches, chapters v and vi.
Have brief essays read, one on the Moravians and one on
the life of William Carey. Then have a general discussion.
Study VI— Relation of the Home Church to Foreign Mis-
sions.
Required reading. The Church at Home and Abroad,
December, 1898, pp. 497-500.
Let six members state briefly the reciprocal blessings
which the home Church has received from foreign missions.
Study VII (alternate)— The Board of Foreign Missions.
Required reading. The Church at Home and Abroad,
March, 1897, pp. 173-192. Consult also the Report of the
Board for 1898, and the volume of Historical Sketches.
6. Prayer.
7. Hymn.
The Christian Training Course will be continued in the new Assembly Herald, the January issue of which is
expected to appear before December 25.
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THE "OLD SCOTS CHURCH OF FREEHOLD.
[December,
THE "OLD SCOTS" CHURCH OF FREEHOLD.
PROF. HENRY GOODWIN SMITH, D.D.
[For the Christian Training Course, Historical Department. See Program No. 5, December, 1898, page 531. Being ex-
tracts selected by the Rev. Hugh B. MacCauley from Prof. Smith's " History of The Old Scots Church."]
1. The Memorable Year of 1685.
At no time since the days of Calvin and of Knox
was the outlook for the Reformed faith darker in
Great Britain and France than in the year 1635.
In that year Louis XIV was persuaded to revoke
the Edict of Nantes, which for over eighty years
had been the shield of toleration for the Protest-
antism of France. Six hundred thousand Hugue-
nots sought exile, fleeing from the persecutions of
the "dragonnades," and enriched Holland, Eng-
land and America with the industry, character and
faith which a century later proved to be the sorest
needs of the land from which they had been so
ruthlessly expelled.
Early in the year, on the death of his brother
Charles, James II ascended the throne of Great
Britain, and, in defiance of the past opposition to
his succession on account of his Romanist views,
openly avowed himself a Catholic. The ritual of
the Roman Church was celebrated at Westminster
in Holy Week, the court soon assumed a papist
complexion, the capital silently acquiesced, but in
the West of England and in Scotland discontent
ripened in a few weeks into revolt. Had leaders
appeared with characters and reputations that
would have fairly represented the Protestant senti-
ment of the land, the revolution might well have
been anticipated, which three years later brought
William of Orange to the English throne. But
Duke Monmouth, the vain, luxurious, natural son
of Charles II, strove in vain to rally the pure,
stern piety of England and of Scotland to the blue
banner of his Protestant uprising in the West, and
died as a traitor to the King's person and the
11 King's religion," which gained a passing
strength by the failure of this so-called " Protestant
rebellion."
That summer of 1685 witnessed the "bloody cir-
cuit" in West England, when the ferocious Jef-
freys hung or exiled a thousand for participating
in Monmouth's cause. In Scotland, Claverhouse
raided the districts of Dumfries and Galloway,
making the abjuration of the Covenant the alterna-
tive to imprisonment or death. In the month of
May, Margaret Wilson and Margaret McLaughlan
were drowned in the tidewaters of Blednock, sing-
ing their psalms of praise until the waters sealed
their lips. Burnt Island prison and Dunnottar
Castle heard the piteous prayers of hundreds of
suffering Presbyterians, who refused to renounce
their allegiance to Christ as the Head of His
people.
2. The Early Scotch Expeditions to East Jersey.
Many of the clan of the Campbells were hung
or sentenced to be deported to the colonies. Hear-
ing the threats of the Council to exterminate the
clan, Lord Neil Campbell purchased a proprietory
right in the colony of East Jersey, and in the
autumn of the year fled to America, leading over
several scores of adherents of his brother's cause
and of the persecuted faith. He was received with
marks of distinction by the East Jersey proprietors
upon the field, and in the following year was
appointed Deputy Governor of the province. In
the quaint chirography of James Emott, of Amboy,
clerk of the province, is the list of Campbell's
emigrants of 1685, and among their number we
may find names of those who, a few years after,
reared the Church of their covenanted faith on
" Free Hill " in the county of Monmouth.
Toward the close of the year there arrived at
Perth Amboy the " Henry and Francis," a vessel
" of 350 tun and 20 great guns," the pest ship con-
taining the stricken remnant of the sad expedition
organized by George Scot, laird of Pitlochie. Few
pages of history are fuller of mingled misery,
horror and moral grandeur than the records of
these persecuted followers of Pitlochie. Sentenced
to death for attending conventicles and refusing
allegiance to the Papist James, they were lying in
the summer of 1685, tortured and mutilated, in the
prisons of Glasgow and Edinburgh, Stirling and
Leith. Pitlcchie, who had been fined enormous
sums and thrice imprisoned for his Presbyterian
principles, obtained for them a commutation of
sentence to banishment for life. Collecting from
the stifling dungeons this wretched crowd of men
and women, with ears cropped, and noses slit, and
cheeks branded, he embarked with them in Sep-
tember, only to lose his life upon the passage, his
wife and some seventy of his fellow-sufferers also
perishing from the pestilent ship-fever. On this
voyage of horrors, with the memory of persecution
and tyranny behind them, with the plague carry-
ing away three and four from their number daily,
with the hardships of the untried wilderness before
them, their indomitable spirits rose above all these
miseries that encompassed them and they sent back
to Scotland the protest against the injustice that
1898.]
THE ' ' OLD SCOTS CHURCH OF FREEHOLD.
533
banished them from their "own native and
covenanted land, by an UDjust sentence, for owning
truth, and holding by duty, and studying to keep
by their covenanted engagements and baptismal
vows, whereby they stand obliged to resist, and
testify against all that is contrary to the word of
God and their covenants."
Wodrow states that the emigrants found but
inhospitable treatment from "the people who
lived on the coast side," but received many acts of
kindness from the inhabitants of a town "a little
way up the country." This place of their first
sojourn was probably Woodbridge, where the suf-
ferers found a Puritan settlement of New Eng-
landers. Many of them came over to Monmouth
county, after litigation with John Johnstone,
Pitlochie's son-in-law, on whom the command of
the expedition devolved at the leader's death.
Although these two expeditions of 1685 were the
most notable of those days, they were not the first
or only organized parties of Scotch immigrants.
In the year 1682, the twenty-four proprietors, a
number of whom were Scotchmen, on coming into
possession of the soil of East Jersey, offered many
inducements to settle in the new colony. Among
those who came over in this first year of general
immigration, we find the names of William and
Margaret Bedford, born in the years 1642 and
1645, who lie buried in the "Old Scots" grave-
yard, near the present town of Freehold, under a
double stone. The years of their respective births
are the oldest recorded in the graveyard.
Barclay of Ury, the grand old Quaker Governor
of the colony, together with Lawrie and Drum-
mond, his Deputies on the field, with motives of
mingled compassion and business interest, organ-
ized many parties of harassed Scotch Quakers
and Covenanters, who on their arrival at Perth
Amboy, the port of the colony, soon found their
way to the broad plains of Middlesex and Mon-
mouth counties.
The famous emigrant ship, the " Caledonia," is
supposed to have made her first voyages at this
early period, and other well-known Covenanters,
such as Walter Ker, pillar of the Freehold Church
for half a century, are known to have come in the
year 1685.
3. The Settlement in Matawan and Freehold.
The Covenanters would naturally seek a locality
where they might form a community of their own
and might dwell together in fellowship. Some of
them settled near the present town of Matawan,
where before the year 1690 was a hamlet known as
New Aberdeen. The larger portion of them ad-
vanced somewhat farther into the interior and in
the large district known then as Freehold found
peace and plenteousness after their sufferings and
wanderings. Freehold obtained its first character
as a community from the Covenanter immigrants of
1682-1685.
1 ' This is the era at which East Jersey, till now
chiefly colonized from New England, became the
asylum of Scottish Presbyterians," says Bancroft
[ 4 'Colonial History, ' ' Chap, xvii] . " Is it strange, ' '
he continues, "that Scottish Presbyterians of
virtue, education and courage, blending a love of
popular liberty with religious enthusiasm, hurried
to East Jersey in such numbers as to give to the
rising commonwealth a character which a century
and a half has not effaced?'' "Thus the mixed
character of New Jersey springs from the different
sources of its people. Puritans, Covenanters and
Quakers met on her soil ; and their faith, institu-
tions and preferences, having life in the common
mind, survive the Stuarts."
4. The "Old Scots'' Church of Freehold.
Some six miles to the north of the present town
of Freehold, on a wooded eminence, overlooking
rolling, fertile fields, lies a neglected acre which
should be a cherished spot to all Presbyterians of
our land, and also to all interested in the begin-
nings of the colonial history. It is the site of the
"Old Scots" Church of Freehold, reared by the
exiles of 1685 for their worship of God after the
simple manner forbidden in their own ' ' native and
covenanted land." Close under its eaves were
laid the remains of its first minister, Rev. John
Boyd. Eight yards to the southwest lies the body
of Rev. John Tennent, who, like Rev. John Boyd,
died in his youth after two years of ministry with
the church.
Around this central site lie the rude stones of the
old Scotch pilgrims and their children, of Archi-
bald Craige, one of Lord Campbell's company ; of
John Henderson, son probably of him of the same
name who signed the protest on Pitlochie's ship ;
of Formans, of the generation following John Fore-
man of the "Henry and Francis," and others of
the names of Clark, Redford, Wall and Ward, be-
longing to the Covenanter generation; others still
of the names of Amy, Crawford, O'Harrah, Pease,
Patten, Van Dora and Freeiser, of the generation
of the sons and daughters born in the new world.
The generally accepted date for the erection of
the church building, or the organization of the
church society, is the year 1692. The only basis
apart from tradition appears to be a MS. letter
from Freehold by Rev. John Woodhull, D.D.,
dated April 23, 1792, which stated that "The
Church was formed about an hundred years ago,
THE UNITED PRESBYTERIAN MISSION LIBRARY
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534
THE "OLD SCOTS CHURCH OF FREEHOLD.
[December,
chiefly by persons from Scotland " [Hodge's "His-
tory,
56].
The first authentic statement concerning the
early history of the church is contained in the
early records of the courts of the county of Mon-
mouth.
This is the action taken by four representative
Presbyterians in the county who desired the " re-
cording" of their meeting house by the court. A
facsimile of this request, of the consequent action
of the court, and of the application of the Rev.
John Boyd for leave to "qualify" is given.
The record reads as follows : — " At a Court held
on Fourth Tuesday of December, 1705. John
Bowne, President.
"Richard Salter, Obadiah Bowne, Anthony
Woodward, George Allen, Jeremiah Stillwell, As-
sistants.
" At ye request of John Craig, Walter Ker, Wil-
liam Bennet, Patrick Imly, in behalf of themselves
and their breathren, ye protestant desenters of
freehold called Presbiterians, that their Publick
meeting house may be recorded. Ordered by this
Cort, that it be Recorded as followeth. The Meet-
ing House for religious worship, belonging to the
Protistant discenters, called ye Presbiterians of ye
Town of Freehold, in ye County of Monmouth, in
ye Province of New Jarsey, is scituate, built, lying
and being at and upon a piece of Rising grownd,
commonly known and called by the name of free
hill in sd Town.
"Mr. John Boyd, Minnister of the sd Presbi-
terians of freehold, did also Parsonally appear, and
did desire that he might be admitted to qualify
himself, as the law directs in that behalf.
"Ordered that further consideration thereof be
referred until the next Court of Quarter Sessions."
The appearance of the young minister, Rev.
John Boyd, at the court sessions was an act of pre-
caution to preserve the person of the preacher
from the outrages and tyranny of the Governor.
Cornbury's treatment of Morgan of Eastchester
[who was Boyd's successor at Freehold], of Hub-
bard of Jamaica, of Makemie and Hampton when
preaching at Newton, and even of Episcopalian
ministers in New Jersey who fell under his dis-
pleasure gave abundant warrant for taking every
step to ensure safety from the attacks of the man
who, Bancroft says, "joined the worst form of
arrogance to intellectual imbecility" ["Hist, of
U. S.," ii, p. 41].
In May, 1706, Mr. Boyd appearing again before
them, he was permitted to "qualify" by sub-
scribing to the provisions of three acts, made in the
reigns of Elizabeth, Charles IT, and William and
Mary, which contained an abjuration of Transub-
stantiation, an assent to the doctrine of the Trinity
as taught in the XXXIX Articles and the Oaths of
Allegiance and Supremacy, all being contained in
the Toleration Act of 1689, which freed dissenting
ministers from the obnoxious restrictions of the
Five Mile Act and Conventicle Act.
5. The First Presbyterian Meeting.
" De Regimine ecclesise." Concerning the gov-
ernment of the church — with these striking and
characteristic words, in the midst of a broken
sentence, the history of the Presbyterian Church in
America begins. This incomplete phrase ushers us
into the midst of an interesting scene. The place
is the "Old Scots" church of Freehold, or some
spot near it ; the day is Friday, December 27, 1706.
The revered Francis Makemie, "Father of the
American Presbyterian Church," is occupying
with appropriateness the Moderator's chair ; the
other ministers present are Jedediah Andrews, of
Philadelphia, and John Hampton, of Maryland,
and the Presbyterial action is the examination of
Rev. John Boyd, with a view to his ordination to
the gospel ministry and his connection with the
Freehold church.
A reproduction of the first part of the minutes
of this "Presbytery of Philadelphia" is given
herewith.
" 1706. De Regimine ecclesiae, which being heard was ap-
proved of and sustained. He gave in also his thesis to be
considered of against next sederunt.
" Sederunt 2d, lObris, 27.
11 Post preces sederunt, Mr. Francis McKemie, Moderator,
Messrs. Jedidiah Andrews and John Hampton, Ministers.
"Mr. John Boyd performed the other parts of his tryals,
viz., preached a popular sermon on John i. 12 ; defended his
thesis ; gave satisfaction as to his skill in the Languages,
and answered to extemporary questions ; all which were
approved of and sustained.
"Appointed his ordination to be on ye next Lord's day,
ye 29th inst., which was accordingly performed in the pub-
lick meeting house of this place, before a numerous assem-
bly ; and the next day he had ye Certificat of his ordina-
tion."
This memorable scene is the beginning of organic
Presbyterian history in the new world. This is
the first known Presbyterian meeting, and the first
known Presbyterian ordination. There may have
been presbytery meetings and ordinations prior to
this. There probably were ordinations before
this, and ordinations presuppose a presbytery to
ordain. Yet in tracing back to its sources the
wondrous course of the development of the church,
history stops at John Boyd and the " Old Scots "
meeting house of Freehold. Back of this point lie
the uncertainties of tradition or conjecture. On-
ward from this, all is clear, cogent and connected.
From the threshold of the little meeting house on
1898.]
BOOK NOTICES.
535
Free Hill began the tiny current of the stream,
which, as in the prophet's vision, has spread
through distant deserts, deepening in its progress,
watering thirsty places, and bringing its nourish-
ment to the trees of life.
Upon the following Sabbath, was performed the
solemn act of dedicating the life of the young
minister to the service of the Church of God.
Upon his brow in this symbolic ritual descended
the ordination touch of the old world ministry.
The new order of the American presbytery was
born that day. The difficult question of validity
of ordination which brought dissension into other
churches, such as the Dutch Presbyterian Church
of America, was solved in the act. John Boyd
heads the long list of presbyters in the ordination
roll of the American Presbyterian Churches.
By the actions on these two days, the Freehold
church became the first recognized Presbyterian
church in New Jersey. " In Jersey, the Church
in Freehold was the only one at first belonging to
the Presbytery " [Hodge, i, 75]. Abraham Pier-
son, who was at Newark in 1667 ; Jeremiah Peck,
at Elizabethtown in 1668 ; Benjamin Salsbury, at
Woodhridge in 1674, and Thomas Bridge, at
Cobanzy in 1692, all ministered to apparently In-
lependent congregations. The churches at Wood-
bridge and Cohanzy came into connection with the
presbytery two years later, in 1708 ; the churches
of Maidenhead and Hopewell followed in 1709.
On that last Sabbath day of the year 1706, the
Covenanters gathered with gladness, at the sound
of the conch shell, or the rolling drum, in their
house of religious assembly. One whose services
had been approved by over a year of trial, the man
of their choice and of their nation, was to be em-
powered to exei cise his full ministry, and to admin-
ister to them the precious sacraments of the Church
of Christ. For the first time in the lives of most
of them, the exiles of 1685 would now enjoy the
full privileges of the Church which they had loved
and suffered for ; privileges which they had been
denied by tyrannous intolerance in their native
land, and by the undeveloped character of their
church life in their new home.
The throngs that would assemble, drawn by deep
and prayerful interest in the events, or by the
curiosity excited by the wide reputation of Francis
Makemie, might not be contained within the nar-
row walls ; and some of those outside the building
would pass above the spot where less than two
years later rested the ashes of the young presbyter,
who this day was consecrating the ardor of his
youth to the service of the Church of Christ.
[See paragraph on page 470 relative to the Historical
Monument to be erected in Monmouth County.— Editor.]
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of thirty-nine brief papers on every-day topics, she
anticipates the spectacles for her friends, and shows
them some things they ought to see. The author's
delight in nature and trust in the tender care of
God are contagious. The humdrum routine of the
common, ordinary affairs of life receive sympathetic
treatment ; and the book is likely to awaken thought
and stimulate to better endeavor. [T. Y. Crowell
& Co., 75 cents.]
WORTH READING.
Hinduism and Christianity— A Contrast, by Rev. John P.
Jones. Bibliotheca Sacra, October, 1898.
Life in Honolulu, by Mabel Loomis Todd. Self-Culture,
October, 1898.
Nusqually Mythology: Studies of the Washington In-
dians, by James Wickersham. Overland Monthly, October,
The Bulawayo of To-day, by a resident. Gentleman1 '*
Magazine, October, 1898.
Spanish Missions in Arizona, Past and Present, by Henry
P. Aulick. Overland Monthly, October, 1898.
Colonial Lessons of Alaska, by David Starr Jordan. At-
lantic Monthly, November, 1898.
The Bible in Education, by John T. Prince. Educational
Review, November, 1898.
The Maroons of Jamaica, by Lady Blake. North American
Review, November, 1898.
Shall We Keep the Philippines ? by Hon. Charles Denby.
The Forum, November, 1898.
George Whitefield, the Apostle of the Great Awakening in
America, by Joseph Parker, D.D. Homiletic Review, No-
vember, 1898.
The Growth of the Hopi Ritual, by J. Walter Fewkes„
Journal of American Folk-Lore. July-September, 1898,
Rhymes of Korean Children, by E. B. Landis, M.D.
Journal of American Folk-Lore, July-September, 1898.
In the Country of Sitting Bull, by Rosa T. Shelton. The-
Outlook, November 5, 1898 .
The Romance of the Mission Field, VI, by Frederick
Burns. Wide World Magazine, November, 1898.
Queer Scenes in Sumatra, by J. Stafford Ransome. Wide
World Magazine, November, 1898.
RECEIPTS.
Synod in small capitals ; Presbyteries in italics ; Churches in Roman.
It is of great importance to the treasurers of all the Boards that when money is sent to them, the
name of the church from whence it comes, and of the presbytery to which the church belongs, should be
distinctly written, and that the person sending should sign his or her name distinctly, with proper title,
eg., Pastor, Treasurer, Miss or Mrs., as the case may be. Careful attention to this will save much trouble
and perhaps prevent serious mistakes.
the board of home missions.
Comparative Statement of Receipts for Months of October, 1897 and 1898.
♦Churches.
* Woman's
Bd. of H. M.
Legacies.
Individuals, Etc.
Total.
1898— For Current Work. . . .
" " Debt
$10,251 58
1,106 33
821,616 65
82,929 41
82,903 01
90 50
837,700 65
1,196 83
1 898 Total October
11,357 91
9,572 24
21,616 65
22,616 97
2,929 41
3,903 36
2,993 51
2,778 82
38,897 48
38,871 39
1897 — " "
1,785 67
1,000 32
973 95
214 69
26 09
Comparative Statement of Receipts for Seven Months Ending Oct. 31, 1897 and 1898.
♦Churches.
♦Woman's
Bd. of H. M.
Legacies.
L^DIVIDUALS.EtC.
Total.
1898— For Current Work
" " Debt
855,931 80
34,975 55
891,772 67
837,462 17
826,367 54
9,734 92
8211,534 18
44,710 47
90,907 35 91,772 67
61,265 22 86,835 28
i
37,462 17
47,440 64
36,102 46
21,096 64
256,244 65
216,637 78
1897 " "
Gain
29,642 13 4,937 39
9,978 47
15,005 82
39,606 87
Harvey C. Olin, Treasurer,
Madison Square Branch P. O., Box 156, New York, N. Y.
* Under these headings are included the gifts of Sabbath-schools and Young People's Societies.
1898.]
HOME MISSIONS.
53"
RECEIPTS FOR THE BOARD OF HOME MISSIONS, OCTOBER, 1898.
Note. — All items marked * have been contributed as a " Patriotic Offering for Debt."
Baltimore.— Baltimore — Annapolis C. E., 3.96; Balti-
more 1st, 200; —Brown Memorial (C. E., 14.50), 100.91;
Catonsville sab.-sch., 50; Havre de Grace C. E., 10; High-
land, 4. New Castle — Lower Brandywine, 10 ; Manokin, 12 ;
Wilmington Central C. E., 5. Washington City — Falls
Church W.M.S.,* 7.50 ; Washington City Metropolitan, 75.
478 37
California.— Los A ngeles— Banning, 3.80 ; Del Mar. 2 ;
San Gorgonia, 3.46. Oakland— Fruitvale, 2.50 ; Oakland 1st,
216; —Union Street, 3. Sacramento -Colusa, 5; Redding,
5. San Jost— Hollister, 10. Santa Barbara— El Montecito,
11.05. 261 81
Colorado.— .Bow Wer— Collins, 3 ; New Castle, 3 ; Saratoga,
5; Wolf Creek,* 6. Denver— Highland Park C. E., 2. Pueblo
— Canon City C. E., 25 ; Pueblo Mesa,* 3 ; Walsenburgh, 2d,
5. 52 00
Illinois. — Alton— Salem German, 5. Bloomington— Clin-
ton C. E.,* 22.60; Heyworth C. E, 4. Cairo— Metropolis,*
3.37. Chicago— Chicago 41st Street sab.-sch.,* 40; Presby-
tery of Chicago, 74.25. Peoria— Princeville sab.-sch., 20.40.
Schuyler— Salem German (*4), 5. 174 62
Indiana.— Crait/ordsinY/e— Crawfordsville 1st W. M. S.,*
2; Dayton W. M. S.,*2; Delphi W. M. S.,*2; Frankford
W. M. S.,* 2 ; Lafayette 1st W. M. S. ,* 2 ; — 2d W. M. S.,* 2 ;
Newtown W. M. S.,* 1 ; Oxford W. M. S.,* 2 ; Spring Grove
W.M.S.,* 1 ; Waveland* (C. E., 5; sab.-sch., 5), 10. 26 00
Indian Territory.— Choctaw — Bethel Mission, 1 ; Pine
Ridge, 1 ; San Bois, 1 ; Wister, 2. Cimarron— Puree! 1, 10.
Sequoyah— Claremore Mound, 5. 20 00
Iowa— Cedar Rapids— Ced&r Rapids 1st, 154.31 ; —Cen-
tral Park, 21.39 ; Delmar, 4; Mechanicsville sab.-sch., 10.
Corning— Creston, 7.50 ; Sidney,* 15 ; West Centre, 5. Coun-
cil Bluff's— Columbian, 8 ; Woodbine, 11.80. Des Moines—
Davis City, 4 ; Tremont, 10.13 ; Lineville, 7.60. Dubuque—
Frankville, 5. Fort Dodge— Boone C. E., 5; Emmanuel
German, 8; Fonda (C. E., 8: sab.-sch., 2), 20; Fort Dodge
Jr. C. E., 5 ; Jefferson C. E., 2.50 ; Lohrville, 7.05 ; Ramsey
German, 20; Wheatland German, 20. Iowa— Bloomfield
C. E., 74 cts.; Burlington 1st, 12.40; Fairfield, 38; Fort
Madison Union C. E., 5; Keokuk Westminster (C. E., 2.50),
33.16; Leando C. E., 1; Martinsburg C. E., 1.15; Middle-
town* (C. E., 1.50), 21.50 ; Montrose C. E., 1.50 ; New Lon-
don C. E., 50 cts.; Ottumwa 1st C. E, 3.75; Shuman C. E.,
50 cts.; Troy C. E., 50 cts.; Wapella C. E., 2.50. Iowa City
— Atalissa, 5; Cedar Valley, 1.50; Columbus Central (sab.-
sch., 5.62), 11.72; Unity, 5.46; Washington C. E., 2.50.
Sioux City— Denison C. E, 2; Ida Grove C. E., 5 ; Storm
Lake C. E, 3.50. Waterloo— Ackley (C.E., 2.50; Jr. C.E., 1),
3.50; Clarksville C. E., 1.50; Nevada C.E., 5; Tama C. E.,
50 cts.; Tranquility C. E, 5.60; Unity C.E., 1.21 ; Waterloo
(C.E., 12.88; sab.-sch. Rally Day, 7.05), 62.88. 590 35
Kansas.— Emporia — Brainerd, 2.50; Emporia Arundel
Avenue, 4.40; Waverly (*16. 40), 43.28 ; Wichita Oak Street,
10. Highland— Barnes, 4; Blue Rapids (*6), 24; Holton,
57; Irving, 2. Lamed— Valley Township, 16.40. Neosho —
Monmouth, 2.25; Parker, 3.25; Princeton, 5. Solomon—
Barnard, 5 ; Concordia (sab.-sch., 1.70). 66.51; Ellsworth, 8;
Lincoln Jr. C. E., 5. Topeka — Adrian, 1.25; Mulberry
Creek, 2.10 ; Pleasant Ridge, 3.75. 265 79
Kentucky. — Ebenezer— Greenup, 9.15. Louisvi lie— Louis-
ville Warren Memorial, 41.60. 50 75
Michigan. — Detroit— Dearborn, 6.15; Detroit Covenant
sab.-sch., 4.90 ; Springfield C. E., 2.75. Flint— Akron, 7;
Bad Axe,* 10.25 ; Columbia, 8 ; Deckerville, 6.75 ; Mundy,
6.35. Grand Rapids — Big Rapids Westminster sab.-sch., 5 ;
Grand Rapids 1st. sab. -scb., 8.62. Kalamazoo— Richland E.
R. Miller, 10 ; White Pigeon* (C.E , 1), 3. Lake Superior—
Detour,* 5.25 ; Manistique Redeemer, 13 30. Lnnsing—
Jackson,* 11; Sunfield, 3.50. Monroe — Hillsdale,* 12.10.
Saginaw— Hillman, 1.50. 125 44
Minnesota.— Duluth—Vuhith 2d,* 1.15 : Floodwood Sta.,
1 ; Hibbing, 2 ; Kelsey Sta., 1 ; Virginia Cleveland Avenue,
2; Torough Rev. S. A. Jamieson,* 102.50. Mankato Ka-
sota, 5.65; Russell, 2; Woodstock L. A. Soc, 2.50. Minne-
apolis—Minneapolis Swedish 1st, 3. Red River — Red Lake
Falls, 5. St. Cloud— Wilmar* (ch., 7.57; sab.-sch., 1.58, Jr.
C.E., 1; C. E., 55c). 10.70. St. Paul-Forest, 3.50; Maca-
lester, 5.25 ; St. Paul 1st, 5 ; — Dano-Norwegian, 7 ; — Day-
ton Avenue C.E, 6.25. Winona— Houston, 3. 1C8 50
Missouri.— Kansas City— Appleton City, 10 ; Malta Bend,
2 ; Salt Springs, 2.50. Ozark— Joplin, 14.53. St. Louis— Em-
manuel German, 10 ; Jonesboro, 6; Zoar, 10. 55 03
Montana.— Helena— Miles City, 32. 32 00
Nebraska.— Box Butte— Belmont,* 1.40 ; Marspland,* 1.60;
Willow Creek,* 2.75. Hastings— Bostwick, 5 ; Hanover Ger-
man, 35 ; Hastings German, 6 ; Lysinger, 2.50 ; Ruskin, 3 ;
Seaton, 3.50 ; Stamford, 7.82. Kearney — Litchfield (sab.-
sch., 1.71), 7.25; Wood River, 5. Nebraska City— Auburn,
4.84;Diller, 3.23; Goshen, 1.26; Nebraska City, 17.57;
Pawnee (Jr. C.E., 1.79), 61.46 ; Staplehurst, 21.50. Niobrara
—St. James Union sab.-sch., 3.50. Omaha— Lyons Jr. C.E.,
3.90 ; Omaha 1st German, 15. 213 0$
New Jersey.— Elizabeth— Basking Ridge C. E, 5 ; Clin-
ton, 75 ; Connecticut Farms C. E, 3 ; Elizabeth 3d C.E, 10 ;
— Madison Avenue, 10 ; — Westminster sab.-sch. Mission
Fund, 24.78 ; Roselle, 25.29. Jersey City— Garfield C.E., 4;
Kingsland Mission Chapel C. E., 5; Paterson 3d Jr. C. E.,
1 ; _ Westminster,* 16.64. Monmouth — Allentown, 50 ;
Beverly (sab.-sch., 5 ; ch.,* 51.25), 56.25; Bordentown sab.-
sch., 12.22; Columbus, 7; Cranhury 2d, 49.80; Tennent
C.E., 8. Morris and Orange— Madison eab.-sch. Missy. Soc,
100 ; Orange Central, 150 ; Pleasant Valley German, 10 ;
Succasunna, 5.46 ; Wyoming, 5.53. Newar k— Lyon's Farms,
62.24; Montclair 1st, 152.70; Newark 1st, 100; —2d, 100;
— 3d sab.-sch., 18.95; —1st German sab.-sch., 20; — Few-
emith Memorial, 10.88 ; — Park, 5.19 ; — Roseville sab.-sch.,
50. New Brunswick— Amwell 2d (Mt. Airy sab.-sch., 5), 13 ;
Bound Brook sab.-sch., 1.50; Dayton, 17.76. Newton— As-
bury, 50; Hackettstown, 50. West Jersey— Bridgeton 2d
sab.-sch., 70.06; Cedarville Osborn Memorial, 3; Haddon-
field Mon. Concert, 3.80. 1363 05
New Mexico. — Arizona — Clifton and Morenci,* 5.75;
Peoria,* 2.25; Sacaton 1st Prina (*6), 31 ; —2d frina,* 4.
Santa Ft— Aztec, 2 ; Embudo Spanish,* 7.75 ; Penasco Span-
ish,* 3.65 ; Raton 1st,* 56. 112 4ft
New York.— Committee on New York Synodical Mis-
sions, 1000. Albany— Albany 1st W. H. M Soc.,* 14.50 ; —
West End C. E., 4 ; Esperance (sab.-sch., 3), 20.45 ; Jermain,
Memorial, 27.78 ; Schenectady East Avenue sab.-sch., 3.78.
Binghamton — Cortland, 100 ; McGrawville, 5. Boston —
Houlton C. E, 5 ; Manchester Westminster (*2.80), 6 ; Rox-
buty sab.-sch., 3.69; Somerville,* 1.25 Brooklyn— Brook-
lyn Bay Ridge, 19.53; — Classon Avenue Jr. C. E., 90 cts.;
— Greene Avenue sab.-sch., 17.50; — Lafayette Avenue,.
1374.43 ; — Memorial, 162 ; — Throop Avenue, 57 : —
Westminster, 80. Buffalo— Buffalo Park, 34.72; Ripley, 10.
Champlain—Chazy, 22.48 ; Essex, 2.44. Chemung— Big Flats,.
15 ; Moreland, 3.75. Columbia— Hillsdale, 3 ; Oak Grove
Mission sab.-sch., 1.50. Genesee— Warsaw sab.-sch., 56.67.
Geneva— Canoga (sab.-sch., 1.50), 7.42; Trumansburg (sab.-
sch Rally Day, 7), 36.66; West Fayette C. E., 2. Hudson-
Congers 1st, 20.51 : Florida, 18.60; Haverstraw Central sab.-
sch.. 15.70; Milford, 15 ; Monticello, 24 ; Mongoup Valley,
12.60 ; Washingtonville 1st, 30 ; West Town, 20. Long Island
— Amagansett, 16.50 ; Belleport, 16 ; Bridgehamp on, 18.08 ;
Cutchogue, 15.38; Middletown, 16.40 ; South Haven, 17;.
Southhold C. E., 10. Lyons— Victory, 5; Wolcott 2d, 5.56.
Nassau— Astoria, 9.31; Jamaica, 66.20; Roslyn C. E., 5.46,
New York- New York 14th Street, 11.13 ; — Adams Memo-
rial C. E, 10 ; —Covenant C. E, 10 ; —Faith, 12; — Throggs
Neck C.E., 5. Niagara— Lockport 2d, 2.15 ; Niagara Falls 1st,
60; North Tonawanda North, 15. North River— Amenia, 24.20;
Freedom Plains (sab.-sch. C. Day, 5), 10; Highland Falls
(C. E., 3), 9.60; Marlborough C. E., 15; Milton C. E., 7.
Otsego— Gilbertsville, 17.12. Rochester— Mt. Morris, 31.70 ;
Rochester Westminster, 87. St. Lawrence — Potsdam, 20 ;
Sacketts Harbor, 7.75 ; Watertown 1st, 112.49. Steuben—
Hornellsville 1st, 60. Syracuse— Syracuse 1st C. E., 34.69 ;
— Park Central, 42.70. Troy -Salem sab.-sch., 6.81; Troy
Woodside A. H. A.,* 100. Utica— Glendale C.E., 2 ; Iliom
(sab.-sch., 5.73; ch., 5.73), 11.46; Knoxboro C.E., 1; Oris-
kany, 20.50 ; West Camden C. E., 5. Westchester— New Ro-
chelle 1st, 66.03. 4273 08
North Dakota. — Fargo— Kelso, 4. Pembina — Elkmont,
1.22; Elkwood, 2.20; Inkster, 1.43; Maida Sta., 60 cts.;
Tyner Sta., 60 cts. 10 05
Ohio.— Synod of Ohio for debt, 25.71. Cincinnati— Cin -
cinnati 7th sab.-sch.,* 10 ; —Westminster C. E, 5. Cleve-
land—Willoughby, 11.25. Dayton — Troy sab.-sch., 17.28.
Mahoning— Kinsman, 8; Middle Sandy C. E.,5; Youngs-
town, 36.04; —Westminster (*17.07), 41.46. Steubenville—
Bacon Ridge,* 3 ; Bethel C. E., 3 ; Carrollton, 13 ; East Liv-
erpool 2i, (C. E.,5 ; Jr. C. E., 4), 9 ; New Philadelphia,* 9 ;
Ridge sab. sch.,*2; Steubenville 2d,* 28.53; Unionport, 2 ;
Yellow Creek,* 11.50. Zanesville— Madison C.E., 5. 245 77
Oregon.— East Oregon— Lastine Sta., 2.50. Portland—
Astoria, 10 96; Bay City, 7.50 ; Portland Mizpah, 2.50; —
St. John's, 6.30. Willamette— Marion, 1.45; Mehama C.E.,1.
32 21
Pennsylvania. — Allegheny — Concord, 3 ; Fairmount,,
4.15; Glenshaw sab.-sch., 21.26; Leetsdale sab.-sch., 8.02;
Tarentum, 11.18. Blairsville— Johnstown Laurel Ave. (sab.-
sch., 10), 41 ; Latrobe, 49 ; Livermore, 4.11 ; New Florence,
8 25; Parnassus, 10.76. Butler— Amity, 10; Butler, 146.48 ;
Mt. N*bo, 23.75; New Hope, 8; North Washington,
19.60 ; Prospect, 21.20. Carlisle — Green Hill, 4; Lower
Marsh Creek, 22.70. Chester— Bryn Mawr,* 152.76 ; Great Val-
ley, 14 ; Media, 66.43. Clarion— Brookville, 27. Huntingdon
538
HOME MISSIONS — rOREIGN MISSIONS.
[December,
— Hontzdale, 3.10 ; Irvona sab. -sch., 4.50 ; Little Valley sab.-
sch., 8.57; Osceola, 18; Tyrone, 84.04; Williamsb'irg sab.-
sch.,* 8.74. Kittanning— Cherry Tree, 4.08 ; Crooked Creek,
10; East Union, 3. Lackawanna— Bernice sab. -sch., 5 80 ;
Hawley, 10; Peckville, 7.51 ; Plains (sab.-scb., 1 ; ch., *6.70,
2.84), 10.54 ; Tunkhannock, 28. Lehigh— Easton 1st, 100.
Northumberland— Buffalo C. E., 4; Muncy C. E., 7.50; Re-
novo 1st sab. -sch., 27 ; Williamsport 1st, 50 ; — Bethany, 3.
Parkersburg— Hughes River, 5. Philadelphia— Philadelphia
Gaston sab. -sch.. 22.10 ; — Holland C. E., 10 ; — Memorial
C.E. * 10; — Walnut Street sab.-sch., 43.79; —79th Street
and Brewster Avenue Mission, 3.27 ; " Patriotic Offering for
Debt," 4. Philadelphia North— Bridesburg, 20 ; Chestnut Hill
1st C. E., 2.90; Frankford, 35.85; Morrisville sab.-sch., 4.16;
New Hope, 4.94 ; Norristown 1st, 177.74 ; Overbrook, 274 ;
Thompson Memorial, 6. Pittsburg— Castle Shannon 1st, 5 23 ;
Hebron sab.-sch. (Free Will Offering), 5 ; Pittsburg 1st sab.-
sch., 72.94 ; — Point Breeze. 200. Redstone— Dunbar, 20 ; Dun-
lap's Creek, 9.67 ; Mt. Vernon, 4 ; Mt. Washington, 3 ;
Union town 1st, Mrs. Julia A. Brown field,* 50. Shenango —
Hopewell, 16.50; Unity, 20; Westtield sab.-sch., 25. Wash-
ington— Fairview, 14 ; Lower Ten Mile, 5 ; Mt. Prospect, 75 ;
Upper Buffalo, 36.40 ; Washington 3d, 41 ; West Alexander,
130; Wheeling 1st, 25. Wetts&oro— Wellsboro, 87.27. West-
minster—Wrightsville, 11.78. 2554 59
South Dakota.— Central Dakota— Forestburg, 10. South-
ern Dako ta— Alexandria, 8.64 ; Hope Chapel, 4.86. Turner
Co. 1st German, 50. 73 50
Tennessee.— Holston— Amity, 75 cts.; Timber Ridge, 75
cts. Union— Rockford, 10 ; Shiloh, 3. 14 50
Texas.— A uslin— Austin 1st Mrs. E. B. McLane, 3; Cibolo,
3 ; Dilley, 3 ; El Paso, 29.75 ; New Orleans Immanuel,* 3 ;
Pearsall, 14. North Texas— Jacksboro, 2.25. 58 00
Utah.— Kendall— St Anthony 1st Jr. C.E., 3 3 00
Washington.— Alaska — Ft. Wrangell 1st, 3.50 ; — 2d,
1.50. Olympia— Ridgefield, 8. Puget Sound — Snohomish
Union, 8.12. Spokane— Cceur d'Alene, 5.25. 26 37
Wisconsin.— Chippewa— Maiden Rock, 1.50 ; Oak Grove,*
3. La Crosse— Greenwood sab.-sch., 1 ; La Crosse North,*
8.53 ; Sechlerville, 6.30. Madison— Cambria C. E., 7.50 ;
Lodi (C.E.,* 6.12), 21.22; Madison St. Paul's German, 5.
Milwaukee — Alto Calvary, 6 ; Milwaukee German (sab.-
sch., 1), 3.10. Wwme&a^o— Weyauwega, 14.50. 77 65
Phis amount transferred from Individuals.
Woman's Board of Home Missions.
LEGACIES.
Legacy of J. L. Parent, dec'd, late of
Niles, Mich., 15.89; John W. Howe,
late of Rochester, N. Y., 50; Hon.
Wm. A. Wheeler, late of Malone, N.
Y., add'l, 98 ; Mary H. Gilson, late of
Leetonia, O., 300 ; Egbert Starr, dec'd,
late of New York, N.Y., 2000 ; David
Ingalls, late of Springville, N. Y., 431 ;
$11,357 91
100 00
SI 1,457 91
. 21,616 65
Mary E. Clapp, late of West Ran-
dolph. Vt., 14.68 ; Mary W. Dimond,
late of Brighton, 111. (balance), 81.85 ;
Jos. S. Brewster, late of Philadelphia,
Pa., 158.12? $3,149 54
Less legal expenses 220 13
$2,929 41
INDIVIDUALS, ETC.
Whitedale sab.-sch., Gulliver, Mich., 1.51 ; Rev.
A. M. Lowry, Watsontown, Pa., 40; " K.," 75;
"3 Cs.,"2; W. Graydon, 5; " C. Penna.," 14;
Presbyterian Relief Association of Nebraska,
29.55; Rev. R. G. Keyes, Watertown, N.Y., 5 ;
R. S. Egleston, Gaines, N.Y., 1; Mr. S. Yandes,
Indianapolis, Ind., 1000; Maclavia, Laura and
Cordelia Whitlock, Lumberton, N.M., 1 ; "A. C.
G.." 10; Rev. Peter J. Leenhouts, New Am-
sterdam, Wis.,* 5 ; Rev. Meade C. Williams, St.
Louis, Mo., 50; "A Friend," 1 ; A. G. McKa-
ney, LacoDia. Ind., 1 ; ''J. A. W.," 25 ; Miss A.
E. Schenck, Dayton, N.J ,* l.fiO ; Mrs. Laura C.
Hughes and sister, Russellville, N.Y., 10; Mrs.
G. S. Jonett, Washington, D.C., 10; T. Nash,
Chicago, 111., 12; Nathaniel Smith, N. Y.,* 1;
" C. B.," Pasadena, Cal., 15; G W. Loomis,
Binghamton, N. Y , 30 ; Mrs. F. W. de Hernan-
dfz, Lumberton, N. M., 1; Mary S. Rice, Colo-
rado Springs, Colo., 20; " O. L. K.,"15; Rev.
David M. James, Easton, Pa.,* 2 ; Mrs. Helen D.
Mills, Tunkhannock, Pa., 25 ; " M. A. R.," 100;
Wm. Aikman, Atlantic City, N.J., 5; Rev.Louis
F. Benson, Philadelphia, Pa., 25; "Cash," 10;
T. E. Laurie, Ja ksonville, 111., 26; Rev. J. A.
Pomeroy, Fairview, W. Va. * 1 ; B. F. Felt, Ga-
lena, III., 100; "A Friend,"* 20; Rev. W. V.
Te Winkel, White Pigeon, Mich.,* 2 ; "A
Friend,'* 2; Mary E. Sill, Geneva, N. Y., 5 ;
Rev. Wm. Miller, Des Moines, la.,* 100; Ray-
mond H. Hughes, Altoona, Pa., 4; Rev. and
Mrs. E. S. Toensmier, Coudersport, Pa.,* 2; In-
terest on John C. Green Fund, 40 ; Interest on
Permanent Fund (Trustees of the General As-
sembly, 490), 862.95 ; Interest on Charles R,
Otis Missionary Fund, 30 ; Interest on Cornelia
B. Strong Fund, 250 $2,993 51
Less amount transferred to churches .... 100 00
— — — — 2 893 51
Total received for Home Missions, October, 1898... $38*,897 48
" during same period last year 38,87139
" since April 1,1898 256,244 65
" during same period last year ....... 216,637 78
SPECIAL DONATION.
Through Woman's Board $129 17
H. C. Olin, Treasurer,
156 Fifth Avenue, New York.
Madison Square Branch P.O. Box 156.
RECEIPTS FOR THE BOARD OF FOREIGN MISSIONS, OCTOBER, 1898.
Atlantic. — Fairfield — Mt. Tabor, 1 ; Mt. Olivet, 1.
South Florida— Eu*ti* sab.-sch., 85 cts. 2 85
Baltimore. — Baltimore — Baltimore 1st, 800, sab.-sch.,
225 ; — Brown Memorial, 144.28. New Castle — Bucking-
ham. 34.75; Rehoboth (Md.), 8.62; West Nottingham, 54.
Washington City — Berwin Chapel sab.-sch., 20 ; Hyattsville
sab.-sch., 10; Takoma Park sab.-sch., 10; Washington
City Bethany sab.-sch., 19.70 ; — Eckington sab.-sch., 16.19;
— Metropolitan, 188.75 ; — New York Avenue sab.-sch., 61 :
— North sab.-sch.. 10. 1102 29
California. — Benicia— San Rafael, 26.20, sab.-sch., 2.15 ;
Vallejo, 21, sab.-sch., 5. Los Angeles— Los Angeles Im-
enanuel, 50, sab.-sch., 12.75. Oakland — North Teme^cal,
18.60. San Francisco— San Francisco Franklin Street sab.-
sch., 2.50 ; San Anselmo. 11 55, sab -sch., 6. 155 75
Illinois.— A Iton — Rockwood, 5. Bloomington— Heyworth,
32; Wellington. 10.16. Cairo — Bridgeport, 13. Chicago—
Austin, 15.47; Chicago Bethany, 3; — Lakeview, 100;
Peotone, 5 ; Riverside, 2.98. Mattoon — Tower, 10. Peoria
— El uira sab -sch., 22; Princeville sab.-sch., 18.20; Pros-
pect, 12. Rock River— Hamlet Y. P. 8., 7.50; Joy Y. P S.,
7; Milan Y. P. S., 8.35; Morrison sab.-scb., 416, Y. P S.,
18.75 ; Newton Y.P S., 4 ; Princeton sab.-sch., 10.76 ; Rock
Island Central Y. P. S., 10. Schuyler— Rushville, 22 87;
Salem German, 7. Springfield— Buffalo Hart, 4.45 ; Spring-
field 1st., 73.74, sab.-sch., 29.94; — 2d, 34.64 ; Williamsville
Union, 2.40. 495 37
Indiana. — CrawfordsviUe — Elizaville, 4 ; Hopewe 1, 12 ;
Kirklin, 5 ; Rockville Memorial, 8.95. Fort Wayne— Hun-
tington, 16.44. Indianapolis — Greenoastle sab.-sch., 3.50.
Logansport— Granger, 1 ; Pisgah, 3 ; Union, 3.51 ; West-
minster, 8. New Albany— New Albany 3d, 12.53 ; Orleans,
9.30 ; Paoli, 9.25. 96 48
Indian Territory.— Choctaw— Philadelphia, 2. Okla-
homa—Ponea City, 19. 21 00
Iowa.— Cedar Rapids— Cedar Rapids 2d, 22.65 ; Scotch
Grove sab.-sch., 6. Corning— Brooks, 1.80 ; Creston sab.-
sch., 2.10 : Nodaway, 1.75. Council Bluffs— Carson, 7 ; Ham-
lin sab.-sch., 1.75. Dubuque— Jesup, 12 ; McGregor, 3. Fori
Dodge— Emmanuel German, 13 ; Wheatland German, 40.
Iowa— Fairfield, 40. Sioux City— Cherokee, 17.27 ; Paullina
sab. sch., 3 ; Storm Lake, 3.13. Waterloo— Dysart, 5, sab.-
sch., 3. 182 45
Kansas. — Emporia— Burlingame sab.-sch., 15.30 ; Cotton-
wood Fails, 5 14; Waverly, 31.19; WihitaOak Street, 15.
Highland— Holton sab.-sch., 21.47. Neosho— Independence
sab -sch., 4.54. 92 64
Kentucky. — Louisville — Louisville Warren Memorial,
1.27. 1 27
Michigan. — Detroit — Birmingham, 5 ; Detroit Forest
Avenue, 23.31 ; — Scovell Memorial sab. sch., 24. Flint—
Brideehampton,2.5{ ; Deckerville, 1.61 ; Flushing sab.-sch.,
6; Marlette 2d, 2.72. Grand Rapids— Rig Rapids West-
mins er, 31. Ka la mazoo— Benton Harbor, 25. Lake Supe-
rior—Manistique Redeemer, 25. Monroe— Erie, 5.25, sab.-
sch., 1. 128 42
Minnesota.— Mankalo -Alpha, 3.20; Mankato 1st, 56.34.
Minneapolis— Minneapolis Oliver sab.-sch., 3.46. St. Paul —
St Paul Dayton Avenue sab.-sch., 8. Winona— Oakland,
2.60; Utica, 2.10. 75 7©
1898.]
FOREIGN MIS3IONP.
53<>
Missouri.— Platte— Craig, 10, sab -sch., 5. St. Louis-
Bethel German, 20 ; De Sota, 9.65 ; St. Louis Gla gow Ave-
nue sab. sch., 16.25. 60 90
Nebraska.— Box Butte — Crowbutte, 3 ; Emmanuel, 2 ;
Union Star, 5. Hastings — Hanover German, 8 ; Hansen, 4 ;
Hastings German, 7. Nebraska City— Plattsmouth sab.-sch ,
4. Niobrara — St. James sab. -sch., 3.50. Omaha — Craig,
14.17 ; Lyons, 15.77. 66 44
New Jkrsey. — Elizabeth— Connecticut Farms, 15 ; Cran-
ford, 56 90; Plainfield 1st, 219.06; Roselle, 283.33. Jersey
City — Newfoundland, 20; Passaic sab.-sch., 15. Monmouth
— Borden town sab.-sch., 12.22; Craubury 1st, 150; Free-
hold, 173.80; Manasquan, 35.59. Morris and Orange — Eat
Orange Brick sab.-sch., 15.98; Madison, 58.64; Mendham
1st, 47.92, sab.-sch., 5.25; New Vernon sab.-sch., 10.66;
Orange Central, 1000; —Hillside sab.-sch., 100; Succa-
sunna, 5.46; Summit Central, 60.65, sab.-sch., 100; Wyo-
ming, 2.60, sab.-sch., 1.78. Newark— Arlington sab.-sch.,
5.82 ; Montclair Trinity, 100 ; Newark 1st, 100 ; — 20, 87.50 ;
— Calvary sab.-sch., 30 ; — Park, 46.80. New Brunswick—
Bound Brook sab.-sch., 1.50. Newton— Branch viiie, 26;
North End Mission sab.-sch., 30. West Jersey— Bridgeton
21 sab.-sch., 70.07 ; Camden German, 2 ; Hammonton, 15.62.
2905 15
New York.— Albany— Albany 6th, 107.98; —West End,
31; Sand Lake, 7.10; West Galway, 3. Binghamton—Cort-
land, 100. Boston — Antrim, 21.60. Brooklyn — Brooklyn
Lafayette Avenue, 25.09 ; — Memorial, 162 ; — South 3d
Street, 25.52. Buffalo— Buffalo Park, 36.89 ; — Westminster,
69.15; East Aurora, 10; Portville sab.-sch., 15 ; Silver Creek,
7.31. Cayuga — Ithaca, 425.47. Champlain — E^sex, 1.97;
Port Henry, 34.66. Genesee — Wyoming sab.-sch., 7.25.
Geneva — Manchester, 55; Ovid, 58.42; West Fayette, 4.
Hudson— Good Will, 6.27; Middleton 2d, 70.26; Monroe,
50 ; Palisades, 80 05. Long Island— Bellport, 14 ; Bridge-
hampton, 32; South Haven, 20. Lyons — Victory, 3.57.
Nassnu — Babylon sab.-sch., 12; Newtown sab.-sch., 20;
Northport, 4.11. New York— New York Brick, 50; — Mor-
risania 1st, 9.38. Niagara — Lewiston, 5; North Tona-
wanda North, 15. North River— Amenia, 14.35 ; Cornwall
on Hudson, 10.84; Hiehland Falls, 8, sab.-sch., 4. Otsego—
Coooerstown, 62.76 ; Otego, 27.66. St. Lawrence —Wadding-
ton Scotch, 80 90 ; Watertown 1st, 126.30. Syracuse— Oswego
Grace, 45.32. Troy — Cambridge, 12; Melrose, 20; Pitts-
town, 9.55 ; Salem sab -sch., 3.48; TroyJermain Memorial,
29.57 ; — Park, 20 06 ; Waterford, 26.79. Utica— Ilion. 7.50,
sab.-sch., 7.50. Westchester — Darien. 40; New Rochelle 1st,
77.19 ; — 2d, 56.67 ; Yonkers Westminster sab.-sch., 33.75.
2324 24
North Dakota. — Pembina — Cavalier, 3.35 ; Tongue
River, 3.85. 7 20
Ohio.— Athens— Amesville, 5 ; Middleport, 14. Belief on-
(aine— Bellefontaine, 10.20; De Graff. 13 07; Spring Hills,
5.23. Cincinnati— Pleasant Ridee sab.-sch., 4.41. Cleveland
— Cleveland Calvary, 100. Columbus — Amanda, 7; Midway,
5.64. Dayton— Troy sab.-sch., 15.50. Huron — Bloomville,
4; Melmore, 5 ; Republic, 2. Mahoning — Nori h Jackson,
J3; Youngstown, 43.59. Steubenville — Deersfield Y. P. S.,
10; East Liverpool IstY.P. S., 4: Island Creek, 19.35. sab.-
sch., 1.65; Yellow Creek sab. sch., 13.48. Woosler— Dal ton
sab.-sch., 12.50; Hopewells ab.-sch., 12. 320 62
Oregon. — East Oregon— Union, 3.04. Portland— Portland
1st sab.-sch., 10; — St. John's, 6.30. Southern Oregon—
Marsh field, 7. 26 34
Pennsylvania.— Allegheny— Allegheny Central, 70.34;
Glenshaw sab.-sch., 21 26 ; Sewickley sab.-sch., 225. Blairs-
ville—liixermore, 7.70; McGiDnis, 6.16; Parnassus, 109.89.
Butler— Amity, 10; Grove City, 50; Middlesex. 42; New
Hope, 8; New Salem, 11; Plain Grove, 30 ; Unionville, 30.
Carlisle— Carlisle 2d sab.-sch., 25; Centre, 18; Harrisbr.rg
Covenant, 9 ; Lower Marsh Creek, 17.25. Chester— Bryn
Mawr, 607.50 ; Chichester Memorial, 4. Clarion— Academia,
"2.50. EHp— Hadley, 2. Huntingdon — Clearfield, 199.20 ;
Spring Mills, 6. Lackawanna — Bernice sab.-sch., 5.80 : Car-
bondale, 7.50, sab.-sch., 13.50; Langcliffe. 16.01; Wilkes-
Barre Grand Street sab.-sch., 68.37. Lehigh— Allen town,
41.74; Mauch Chunk sab.-sch., 40. Northumberland— Wil-
liamsDort 1st, 100 : — Covenant. 145.42. Parkersburg —
Hughes River, 5. Philadelphia— Philadelphia 10th, 362.50 ;
— Gaston sab.-sch., 22.13 ; — Walnut Street sab.-sch., 46.15 ;
— West Hope, 30 ; — 79th Street Mission, 3.47. Philadelphia
North — Bridesburg, 20; Frankford, 35 85:Hermon, 75;
Morrisville sab.-sch., 4.15. Pittsburg— Charleroi sab -sch.,
4.15; Idlewood Hawthorne Avenue, 7; Oakdale, 85.25;
Pittsburg 1st sab.-sch., 83.51; —Point Breeze, 200; —
Shady Side, 89.63, sab.-sch., 35.40. Redstone —Dun lap's
Greek, 12.77 ; Mt. Vernon, 3 : Mt. Washington, 3 : Reho-
fctoth, 35.51. Shenango— Centre, 18; Herm n, 14.50 ; Har-
linsburg, 7 ; Rich Hill sab.-sch., 9. Washington— Burgetts-
town 1st, 53.02 ; Cross Creek, 40.62 ; Fairview, 14 ; Lower
Ten Mile, 2 ; Upper Buffalo, 5.78 ; Wheeling 1st, 75. West-
minster—Chanceford, 17. 3369 50
South Dakota.— Dakota— Porcupine, 2. Southern Dakota
—Turner County 1st German, 45. 47 00
Tennessee.— £/m'orc— Eusebia, 10; Knoxville 2d, 3. 13 00
Texas.— Austin— Austin 1st, 5. 5 00
Washington.— Walla Walla— Kamiah 1st sab.-sch., 10.
10 00
Wisconsin.— Chippewa— Ellsworth, 3.33; Hager City, 3.75;
Hartland, 3.93. Madison— Beloit 1st, 18 ; Highland Ger-
man, 3; Pulaski German, 12, sab.-sch., 1.85; Richland Cen-
tre sab.-sch., 2.50. Milwaukee— Horicon, 10 ; Somers, 20.
77 36
MISCELLANEOUS.
Rev. A. M. Lowry, 40; Chas. Bird, U.S. A., 6;
Garrett Burns, 28 ; " C. Penna.," 22 ; E. A. and
W. McN., 5; A. P. Gray, 1; " Cooperstown,"
148 : A friend from Bloomfield, for salary W.P.
Chalfant, 150; G. P. Reeves, 20 ; Jno. G.Brooks,
5 ; David O. Irving, 100 ; Frank K. Hippie, 50 ;
" Cash," 50 : Rev. Meade C. Williams, D.D., 50;
Rev. and Mrs. J. A. Ainslie. 5 ; Rev. W. C.
Johnston, 10 ; Rev. T.W. Bowen, 25 ; Miss Alida
Beyer, support child in India and China. 4 ; C.
K. Powell, for work in China, 2.50 ; "A friend,"
support Messrs. Johnson and Fraser, 83.33; "J.
A. W.," 100; S. Yandes, 1000; "A Friend," 1 ;
W. E. Hunt, support Chatirie Lai. 5 ; "A. N. J.
Friend," 150 ; T. Nash, 12 ; Princeton Theo-
logical Seminary for W. S. Lee, 140 ; Jno. S.
Merriman, 1; Mrs. Helen D. Mills, 25; " C.
B., Pasadena," 15 ; G. C. Gearn, support Mr.
Massey, 12 ; "Alnha," work in North Laos, 10 ;
" A. M. C," Jefferson, N. Y., 25 ; A. Cooper,
5.52 ; F. T. Voris, 60 ; J. M. S ewart, 2 ; " J. T.
W. and M. W.," 8 ; A. N. J. Friend, 50; Mrs.
Mary S. Rice, 20; Rev. E. P. Robins ">n, 15: C.
W. Harris, for Mr. Hallork, 14 ; James Joy,
salary V. F. Partch, 150 ; Rev. and Mrs. J. W.
Miller, 10 ; W. J. Mackee, salary E. Baueiji,
13.50; " A Friend," salary C. J. Boppell, 500;
Emma Kellogg, 100; S. V. Wright, 5; Miss
Grace H. Dodge, salary of Jno. Wherry, D.D.,
150 ;"H. R. P. ,"4; Rev. Arthur H. Allen,
evangelistic work in Korea, 100: T.M. and Y. W.
C. A., Normal University, 24.80 ; Wm. Aikman,
10 ; The Campbell family, 2 ; E. Wachter, 1 ; R.
H. Milligan, 20 ; N. Tooker, for Hospital at
Tungchow, 310.28 ; Boys' Society, Oroomiah, 50
cts.; W. N. Jackson, 40 8,916 43
LEGACIES.
Estate of Mrs. A.R. Ewing $475 00
Pastor Jacob, Oroomiah 48 75
Estate of Mary W. Diamond 81 85
" Egbert Starr 2,000 00
" Mary H. Gibson 300 00
" Jos. Brewster 158 12
8,063 72
women's boards.
Woman's Occidental Board of Foreign
Missions . 1,194 37
Woman's Presbyterian Foreign Mission-
ary Society Northern New York . . 264 14
Woman's North Pacific Presbyterian
Board of Missions 362 31
Women's Presbyterian Board of Foreign
Missions of the Southwest 1000 00
Women's Presbyterian Board of Mis-
sions of the Northwest 4,305 00
Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of
the Presbyterian Church 1,835 02
Women's Board of Foreign Missions of
the Presbyterian Church 2,500 00
11,460 84
Total received during the month of October,
1838 $30,034 77
Total received from May 1, 1898, to Oct. 31, 1898.8153,508 82
Total received from May 1, 1897, to Oct. 31, 1897 . . 176,244 96
Chas, W. Hand, Treasurer,
156 Fifth Ave., New York.
540
EDUCATION.
[December,
RECEIPTS FOR THE BOARD OF EDUCATION, OCTOBER, 1898.
Baltimore.— Baltimore— Baltimore Aisquith Street, 6.31 ;
mmitteburg, 8.62. New Castle— New Castle (sab.-sch.,3.96),
130.61; Pencader, 5; Red Clay Creek, 6; Smyrna, 333;
Wilmington East Lake, 3. Washington City— Washington
City Gurley Memorial, 5.30 ; — Metropolitan, 30.
California.— Benicia—V&Uejo (sab.-sch., 2), 6. Los An-
geles—Santa Monica, 3. San Jvse— Santa Clara, 8.60. Santa
Barbara— Montecito, 5 ; Santa Paula, 5.
Catawba. — Southern Virginia — Ridgeway sab.-sch., 1.
Colorado. — Boulder — Berthoud, 2.64; Brush, 4; Val-
mont, 3 ; Wolf Creek, 1. Gunnison— Gunnison Tabernacle,
7. Pueblo— Pueblo 1st, 9.28 ; — Fountain, 4.99.
Illinois.— Alton— Chester, 2 ; East St. Louis, 1.79 ; Jer-
sey ville, 11.47. Bloomington— Rossville, 3. Cairo— Anna, 7;
Centralia (sab.-sch., 1.50), 5 ; Pisgah, 4 ; Shawneetown,
11.15. Ch ieago— Chicago Calvary, 2; Gardner, 8.51; Kan-
kakee, 15. Freeport— Bel vid ere, 10; Galena 1st, 20; Rock-
ford Westminster, 5.08 ; Winnebago, 13. Mattoon— Areola,
2.40; Bethel, 1.50. Ottawa— Oswego, 3.10; Paw Paw, 6.41.
Peoria— Elmira, 30; Peoria 2d, 17.25. Rock River— Rock
Island Broadway, 10.70 ; Sterling. 41.02 ; Viola, 3 , Wood-
hull, 4.50. Schuyler— Salem German, 6. Spriiigfield— Buffalo
Hart, 1.33; Jacksonville 2d Portuguese, 5.10; Springfield
2d, 3.75 ; Williamsville Union, 72 cts.
Indiana.— Crawfordsville — Bethany, 8 ; Romney, 6.02 ;
Waveland add'l, 10. Port Wayne— Huntington, 2.62. Lo-
gansport— Bethlehem, 6 ; Centre, 2.20 ; Concord, 3 ; Crown
Point, 6.10 ; La Porte, 23.81 ; Lucerne, 2. New Albany—
Hanover, 1.
Indian Territory. — Cimarron— Enid (sab.-sch., 55 cts.),
12.72; Kingfisher, 3.50. Oklahoma— New kirk, 4.50. Sequo-
yah—Muscogee, 7 ; Tulsa, 8.50.
Iowa.— Cedar Rapids— Atkins, 4.95 ; Big Grove, 1 ; Cedar
Rapids 2d, 21.56 ; Garrison, 10 ; New Hall, 1.55 ; Vinton, 14.
Corning —Corning, 6; Malvern, 6.03; Sidney, 9. Council
Bluffs— Atlantic, 4.72 ; Columbian, 3 ; Council Bluffs 1st,
10. Pes Moines— Allerton, 2.31 ; Colfax, 4 ; Dallas Centre,
10.55 ; Des Moines Central sab.-sch., 2.38 ; Earlham, 4.
Pubuque — McGregor German, 2. Port Podge— Dana, 1.31 ;
Emmanuel German, 4 ; Grand Junction, 2.98 ; Ramsey Ger-
man, 4; Wheatland German, 10. Iowa — Burlington 1st,
2.40; Fairfield, 7; Keokuk Westminster, 5.94; Wapella,
4.45. Iowa City— Atalissa, 1 ; Oxford, 3.50 ; Shimer, 2.50 ;
Sigourney, 1.90. Sioux City— Odebolt, 7.11 ; Sac City, 4.
Waterloo— Aekley, 17 ; Greene, 3.54 ; Tama, 1.45 ; Toledo,
2.62.
Kansas.— Emporia— White City, 3.50. Highland— Atchi-
son 1st, 6. Lamed— Arlington, 2.42. Neosho— New Albany,
1.82 ; Oswego, 6; Walnut, 1. Osborne — Long Island, 1;
Phillipsburg, 2. Solomon— Mankato, 6 ; Salina, 10. Topeka
— Auburn, 4.20; Kansas City 1st, 8; Lawrence, 8; Oska-
loosa, 4.
Kentucky.— Louisville— Louisville 4th Avenue, 61.52; —
Calvary, 7.50.
Michigan. — Petroit— Detroit Immanuel, 4.80 ; Northville,
9.23 ; Pontiac, 27.22. Kalamazoo— Schoolcraft, 4. Lansing
—Delhi, 3 ; Marshall, 10. Monroe— Monroe, 5.25. Petoskey
— East Jordan, 3. Saginaw — Midland, 3.
Minnesota. — Duluth— Duluth 1st, 13 20. 3Iankato — Man-
kato 1st, 6.25. Minneapolis — Minneapolis 5th, 2.35; — High-
land Park, 5. St. Pout— St. Paul 1st sab.-sch. , 7. Winona
— Hope, 1 ; Winona 1st, 6.
Missouri. — Kansas City— Kansas City 2d, 65.41. Ozark —
Carthage, 6.80 ; Joplin, 2.81. Platte— Avalon, 6.30 ; Cow-
gill, 2 ; Parkville (sab.-sch., 3.42), 7.68. St. Louis— St. Louis
Curby Memorial, 6.35.
Nebraska.— Hastings— Hastings German, 8. Kearney —
Clontibret, 2. Nebraska City— Palmyra, 2. Omaha— Fre-
mont, 12.45 ; Lyons, 8.15 ; Omaha Clifton Hill, 5.06 ; —
Lowe Avenue, 2.
New Jersey. — Elizabeth— Cranford, 10; Metuchen, 10;
Perth Amboy sab.-sch., 3.02; Plainfield Crescent Avenue,
114.06 ; Pluckamin (sab.-sch., 7.03), 12.43 ; Roselle, 4.90 ;
Springfield, 11. Jersey City — Jersey City 2d, 11 ; Passaic, 5.
Monmouth — Beverly sab.-sch , 7.50 ; Cream Ridge, 5.33 ;
Tom's River, 3. Morris and Orange— Chatham, 54.58 ; East
Orange Bethel, 20.49 ; New Vernon, 8.10; Parsippany, 8.59 ;
Summit Central, 91.74. Newark— Newark 2d, 12.50. New
Brunswick — Alexandria, 3; Dayton, 3.42; Flemington,
37.65; Holland, 6.56; Lambertville, 34; Milford, 27.12.
Newton— Hackettstown, 50; Oxford 1st, 5. West Jer&ey—
Blackwood, 20; Bridgeton 2d, 16.78 : Wenonah, 25.
New York. — Albany— J ermain Memorial, 5.38 ; Maria-
ville, 3 ; Princetown, 4.40. Binghamton — Binghamton Ross
Memorial, 4; — West, 15; Cortland, 40. Boston— East Bos-
ton, 13. Brooklyn— Brooklyn 1st, 41.01 : — Greene Avenue,
13.40;— South 3d Street, 26.55. Buffalo — Buffalo Park,
5.43 ; _ Westminster, 11.52. Columbia — Windham, 16.30.
Genesee— Castile, 4.53. Geneva— Dresden, 5 ; Seneca, 18.40.
Hudson — Chester, 10.87; Florida, 3.60; Goshen, 35.05;
Hamptonburg, 6 ; White Lake Bethel, 6. Long Island—
Setauket add'l, 2. Lyons— Newark Park, 4,50. Nassau-
Green Lawn, 2.20 ; Hempstead Christ Church, 5 ; Hunting-
ton 1st, 26.74. New Yoik— New York Central, 56.34 ; — Rut-
gers Riverside, 61.34 ; — West. 126.92. Niagara— Carlton,
2 ; Niagara Falls, 20 ; North Tonawanda North, 8. North
River— Amenia, 1.93; Milton. 4; Pleasant Valley, 4 ; Smith-
field, 11.51. Rochester— Brockport, 2.12; Fowlerville, 3. St.
Lawrence — Gouverneur, 14 37; Waddington 1st, 66.16.
Steuben — Hornells ville 1st, 10. Syracuse— Jamesville, 3.48 ;
Oneida Valley, 1 ; Wampsville, 1. Troy— Lansingburg 1st,
10 ; Troy 2d, 50.80 ; — Oakwood Avenue, 16.42 ; — Wood-
side, 20.66. Utica— Ilion 1st ch. and sab.-sch., 3 ; Utica Me-
morial, 29; West Camden, 3 01. Westchester— Bridgeport
1st, 40 ; Gilead, 9.50 ; Mahopac Falls, 20.75 ; Mt. Vernon 1st
sab.-sch., 29; New Rochelle 1st sab.-sch., 8.54; Peekskill
2d, 16.11 ; South East Centre, 10.75; Yonkers Westminster,
10.38; Yorktown, 13.
Ohio.— Athens— Pomeroy, 2.50; Stockport, 64 cts. Belle-
fontaine—Bucyrus, 6.10; De Graff, 2.44; Spring Hills, 97
cts.; Upper Sandusky, 1. Chillicothe —Concord, 6.53. Cin-
cinnati—Pleasant Ridge. 11.25 ; Silverton, 2.75 ; Somerset, 1;
Springdale, 11.37; Williamsburg, 4.50. Cleveland — East
Cleveland. 11.12. Columbus— London, 4.30 ; Westerville, 5.
Payton — Blue Ball, 4; New Carlisle, 4; South Charleston,
13.48; Troy sab.-sch., 3. Huron— Bloomville, 1; Melmore,
1 ; Republic, 1. Mahoning— Clarkson, 6 ; Poland, 9 ; Rogers
Westminster, 2. Marion— Liberty, 1 ; Mt. Gilead, 5.58 ;
Richwood, 6. Maumee — Pemberville, 7. Portsmouth — Man-
chester, 5; Portsmouth 1st 31.22; Red Oak, 3. St. Clairs-
ville— Rock Hill, 4.65; Wheeling Valley, 1.50. S'eubenville
— Irondale, 11 ; Newcomerstown, 2 ; Pleasant Hill, 2.25 ;
Wellsville, 13. Wooster— Lou don ville, 1.81 ; Plymouth, 6,
Zanesville — Clark, 5; Newark 1st, 8.
Oregon.— Portland-Mt. Tabor, 4 ; Portland 3d, 2.02 ;
Sellwood, 1 ; Smith Memorial, 1.
Pennsylvania.— Allegheny— Allegheny 2d, 5 ; Aspinwall,
5.P0 ; Avalon, 18 ; Clifton, 5 75 ; Pine Creek 1st, 4.50 ; — 2d,
3.50. Blairsville— Greensburg Westminster, 10; Kerr, 2;
Laird, 3 50 ; Plum Creek (sab.-sch., 1.87 ; Y. P. S.C. E., 1.13),
12 ; Unity, 12.25. Butler— Middlesex, 7.25 ; West Sunbury,
7. Carlisle— Bloomfield, 7.44 ; Carlisle 1st, 19.70 ; Dauphin,
2; Shermansdale,3.35; Shippensburg, 22. Chester— Bethany,
3 ; Coatesville, 44.73 ; Great Valley, 6 ; Kennett Square, 5;
Marple,4; Notthgham (Y.P.S.C.E., 45 cts.), 2.34; Tough-
kenamon, 2.04. Clarion— Hazen, 2.15; Penfield, 4; Rey-
noldsville, 11.25 ; Richardsville, 2.50; Scotch Hill, I ; Sligo,
3 ; Sugar Hill, 4 ; Tionesta, 6. Erie— Erie Chestnut Street,
10; —Park, 26; Franklin, 37 80; Georgetown, 2: Kerr's
Hill (sab.-sch., 33 cts.), 2.30; Milledgeville, 1.75; Mill Vil-
lage, 3; Mt. Pleasant, 3; North Clarendon, 4.17 ; North
Warren, 2.25; Oil City 1st, 15.16; Springfield, 2.80; Tide-
oute, 10 ; Warren, 63.28. Huntingdon— Altoona 3d, 6.13 ;
Houtzdale, 60 cts.; Lower Tuscarora, 6 50 ; McVeytown, 11;
Milroy, 4; Pine Grove, 3.13 ; Sinking Valley, 6.83. Kittan-
ning— Avonmore, 2; Cherry Tree, 79 cts.; Gilgal, 102;
Glen Campbell, 2; Indiana, 26; Slate Lick, 7.89. Lacka-
wanna— Carbondale, 58.09 ; Kingston, 23.50 ; Silver Lake, 6 ;
Wysox, 1.50. Lehigh— Easton Brainerd Union, 43.73 ; Ma-
hanoy City. 7.43 ; Middle Smithfield, 7.19 ; South Bethle-
hem, 17. Northumberland— Beech Creek, 2; Linden, 1.90;
Washington, 11; Williamsport 1st, 10; —Bethany, 2; —
Covenant, 10.34. Parkersburg— Dubree, 1 ; French Creek, 5;
Hughes River, 2 ; Lebanon, 5. Philadelphia— Philadelphia
9th, 44; —African 1st, 3; —Bethany sab.-sch., 23.80; —
Evangel (sab.-sch., 8), 18; —Memorial, 42.79 ; Northmins-
ter, 110.42 ; — 79th Street and Brewster Avenue Mission, 63
cts. Philadelphia North — Doylestown, 26.85 ; Frankford,
14.34; Germantown 1st sab.-sch., 15.20 ; — Market Square,
77.59; Lower Merion (sab.-sch., 1.62), 5. Pittsburg— Can-
nonsburg 1st, 7 80; Castle Shannon, 3.50; Fairview, 3;
Forest Grove (Ladies' Soc.),2; McKee's Rocks, 3; Mans-
field, 27.20; Montours, 5.21; Pittsburg 4th. 56.38; —6th,
23.45; — Lawrenceville, 15.13; Sheridanville, 4.42; Wil-
kinsburg. 50. Redstone— Fayette City, 4.60 ; Jefferson, 1 ;
Little Redstone, 10 07; Mt. Washington, 2; New Provi-
dence, 18. Shenango— Mahoning. 12 ; New Castle 1st, 28.89 ;
Rich Hill, 3 ; Transfer, 1.70. Washington — Burgettstown
1st. 12 01; Three Springs, 1 ; Upper Ten Mile, 5. Wellsboro
— AVellsboro, 16.89. Westminster— Cedar Grove, 5; Middle
Octorara, 5.25; Slateville, 13.92; York 1st, 87.
South Dakota. — Aberdeen — Castlewood, 4.49. Central
Pakola— Bethel, 2.64; Brookings, 9; Colman, 1.02; Went-
worth, 5. Southern Pakota— Sioux Falls, 3.59.
Tennessee.— Union — Hopewell, 2; Knoxville 2d, 2.75;
New Prospect, 2 ; South Knoxville, 2.35.
Texas.— Austin— San Antonio Madison Square, 15.
Utah.— Boise— Boise City 1st, 6.25. Kendall— Soda Springs,
1.50.
Washington.— Olympia — Olympia, 4.15 ; Tacoma Cal-
vary, 5; Spokane— Davenport, 12; Larene, 4.
1898.]
EDUCATION — SABBATH-SCHOOL WORK.
541
Wisconsin.— Madison — Baraboo,6. Milwaukee— Alto Cal-
vary, 5. Winnebago — Stevens Point, 13.51.
Receipts from churches in October, 1898 „ . . . . $4,628 39
Refunded
Sabbath-schools and C.E. Societies..
MISCELLANEOUS.
Cash, New Bedford, Pa., 50 cts.; Rev. H. McMinn,
Blueball, O., 1 ; C. B. Gardner, Trustee, Ripley,
N.Y., 50 ; " C. Penna.," 2 ; Rev. W. H. Robin-
son, 2; "G. L. K.," 10; Garret Burns, 5
135 30
250 00
70 50
INCOME ACCOUNT.
78; 17; 99.75 8194 7§
Total receipts in October, 1898 $5,278 94
Total receipts from April 16, 1898 21,918 58
Jacob Wilson, Treasurer,
512 Witherspoon Building, Philadelphia.
RECEIPTS FOR SABBATH-SCHOOL WORK, OCTOBER, 1898.
Atlantic. — Atlantic — Edisto sab-sch., 4.54; Zion sab.-
ech., 2. Bast Florida— Pal at k a 2d sab.-sch., 5.95. Fairfield—
Bethlehem 2d sab.-sch., 3.17; Cheraw 2d sab.-sch., 2 25;
Congruity sab -sch. ,2.94 ; Ebenezer sab.-sch., 1 ; Little River
sab.-sch., 1 ; Sumter 2d sab.-sch., 1.60. McClelland— Mount
Pisgah sab.-sch., 2.50. South Florida— Kissimmee sab.-sch.,
5. 31 95
Baltimore.— Baltimore— Ashland sab.-sch., 3.19 ; Balti-
more Knox sab.-sch., 2; — Ridgely Street sab.-sch., 3.75 ;
Bel Air sab.-sch., 62 cts ; Ellicott City sab-sch., 7.10 ; Falls-
ton sab.-sch., 8.10 ; Havre de Grace sab.-sch., 7. New Castle
— Buckingham sab.-sch., 16.09; Cool Spring sab.-sch., 6;
Lewes sab.-sch., 4 16 : Lower Brandywine sab.-sch., 8 ; Wil-
mington 1st sab.-sch., 9.61 ; — Central sab.-sch., 20. Wash-
ington City— Washington City Gunton Temple Memorial,
20.27 ; — Gurley Memorial sab.-sch., 5.79 ; — North sab.-
sch., 6. 127 68
California. — Benicia— Covelo sab-sch., 1.36 ; Santa Rosa
sab.-sch, 7 ; Seminary sab.-sch.. 5; Vallejo (sab.-sch., 10),
14. Los Angeles— Alhambra (sab.-sch., 4.45), 8 ; Beaumont
sab.-sch., 1.31 ; Los Angeles 2d sab.-sch., 5 ; — Bethany sab.-
sch., 2 ; Monrovia sab.-sch., 12.34 ; National City sab.-sch.,
5.20 ; Orange sab.-sch., 3.25 ; Riverside Arlingtou (sab.-sch.,
1.28), 7.73: San Bernardino sab.-sch., 6.50. Oakland— Oak-
land Brooklyn sab.-sch., 8 30; — Union Street sab.-sch.,
3.75; Walnut Creek sab-sch., 2. Sacramento— Davisville
sab.-sch., 15: Sacramento 14th Street sab.-sch., 5. San
Francisco— San Francisco Howard sab.-sch., 5 ; — Lebanon
sab.-sch., 3.65 ; — Westminster sab.-sch., 5.60. Santa Barbara
— Montecito ch. and sab.-sch., 7.02 ; Santa Barbara sab.-sch.,
9.04; Ventura sab.-sch., 7. Stockton— Columbia sab.-sch., 1.
151 05
Catawba. — Cape Fear— Haymount sab.-sch., 1. Southern
Virginia— Holmes Memorial sab.-sch., 1 ; Petersburg Central
(sab.-sch., 2). 3. Yadkin— Golden Crown sab.-sch., 1.25;
Mill Creek sab.-sch., 3.12. 9 37
Colorado. — Boulder — Erie sab.-sch., 5 ; Fort Collins, 4.79 ;
Slack sab. -sch., 3.92 ; Titnnath sab.-sch., 10. Denver— Central
City sab.-sch., 8 ; Denver York Street sab.-sch. , 7.85 ; George-
town sab.-sch., 3.65; Valverde St. Paul German sab.-sch.,
2.25. Gunnison — Gunnison Tabernacle (sab.-sch., 4), 6;
Salida sab.-sch., 3.09. Pueblo— Colorado Springs 2d, 4 ; La
Junta sab.-sch., 10 ; Rocky Ford sab.-sch., 2.10. 70 65
Illinois.— Alton — Betnel sab.-sch., 11.75; Butler sab.-sch.,
4.50; East St. Louis, 16.26; Yankeetown sab.-sch., 2.45.
Bloomington— Heyworth, 5; Minonk sab.-sch., 2.67; Ross-
ville sab. -sch.. 1.50 ; Wenona, 18. Cairo— Anna, 6 ; Mount
Carmel, 5. Chicago— Cabery sab.-sch., 11.45 ; Chicago 2d
sab.-sch., 13.16 ; — 30th Street sab.-sch., 11.35 ; — 48th Ave-
nue sab.-sch., 1.50; —Covenant, 38.68; — Edgewater sab.-
sch., 5 ; — Railroad Mission sab.-sch., 2.92 ; — Scotch West-
minster sab-sch., 4.62; Evanston South sab.-sch., 30.32;
Hinsdale sab.-sch., 1.40 ; Joliet 1st (sab.-sch., 9.98), 13.11 ;
Oak Park (Pioneer Mission), 2.67 ; Roseland sab.-sch., 7.67 ;
St. Anne sab.-sch., 2.20 ; Wilmington sab.-sch., 1 50. Free-
port— Belvidere sab.-sch., 10 ; Galena 1st sab.-sch., 5; Ma-
rengo 6ab.-sch., 6.12; Ridgefield sab.-sch., 3.09; Warren
sab.-sch., 3.55. Mattnon— Marshall sab. sch., 1.32; Neoga
sab.-sch.. 12; Shelbyville sab.-sch., 3; Vandalia sab.-sch.,
10.14. Ottawa— Lincoln sab.-sch., 1.70 ; Waltham sab.-sch.,
1.50. P«oria— Elmwood sab. -sch., 6.45; Peoria Westminster
sab.-sch., 10. Rock River— Dixon, 10.71; Keithsburg sab.-
scn.,3.70; Milan cab. -sch., 4.42 ; Pleasant Ridge sab.-sch.,
2.08; Princeton sab.-sch., 8.50; Sterling, 39.98. Schuyler—
Mount Sterling, 10 ; Salem German, 1. Springfield— Buffalo
Hart, 90 cts.; Decatur sab.-sch., 13.55; — College Street
Chapel, 2.50; Divernon sab.-sch., 1; Jacksonville United
Portuguese sab.-sch., 8.32; — Westminster sab.-sch., 20;
Lincoln sab.-sch., 2.16 ; New Berlin sab.-sch., 6 ; Springfield
2d, 3.25; Sweet Water sab.-sch., 4 ; Williamsville Union, 48
cts. 437 10
Indiana.— Crawfordsville— Attica sab.-sch., 1.50; Beulah
sab.-sch., 3.01 : Crawfordsville Memorial, 1 ; Ladoga sab.-
•sch., 3.64; Lafayette 1st sab.-sch., 7.0i; Lexington North
Branch sab.-sch., 3.55 ; Russellville sab.-sch., 75 cts.; Sugar
Creek sab.-sch , 2.34; Waveland sab.-sch., 2.80; Williams-
port, 1.50. Fort Wayne— Columbia City sab.-sch., 2.80; Elha-
nan sab.-sch., 1 ; Huntington (sab -sch., 11), 12.60. Indian-
apolis— Brazil sab.-sch., 6.64 ; Franklin sab.-sch., 2.20 ; Green-
castle sab.-sch., 3.48 ; Indianapolis 4th sab.-sch., 8.76 ; — 7th
sab.-sch., 10.75 ; — 12th sab.-sch., 4.50 ; — Grace sab.-sch., 65
cts.; — Olive Street sab.-sch., 2.81 ; Spencer sab.-sch., 1.
Logansport— Bethlehem, 7 ; Michigan City sab.-sch., 14.50;
Rochester sab.-sch., 3. Muncie — Albany sab-sch., 7.43;
Jonesboro sab.-sch., 2.60; Portland sab.-sch., 25.33. New
Albany — Brownstown sab.-sch., 2.12; Hebron sab.-sch., 1;
Pleasant Township sab.-sch., 1.50 ; Vevay sab.-sch., 50 cts.
Vmcennes — Evansville Walnut Street sab.-sch., 10 ; Farmers-
burg sab.-sch., 2.65 ; Oakland City sab.-sch., 7.80 ; Vincennes
sab.-sch., 1.20. White Water— Greensburg sab.-sch., 2.33;
Liberty sab.-sch., 5.25 ; Providence sab.-sch., 2.50. 181 00
Indian Territory.— Choctaw— Krehs sab.-sch., 7 ; Phila-
delphia, 1 ; Pine Ridge, 1. Cimarron— Jefferson sab.-sch.,
1.72. Oklahoma- Clifton sab.-sch., 1.65; Ponca City sab.-
sch., 3.60. Sequoyah— Tulsa sab.-sch., 4.25. 20 22
Iowa.— Cedar Rapids— Cedar Rapids Central Park sab.-
sch., 7.35; Scotch Grove sab.-sch., 5. Corning — Arlington
sab.-sch., 1; Bethany sab.-sch., 2; Morning Star sab.-sch.,
6. Council Bluff's— Neola sab.-sch.. 2; Walnut sab.-sch., 3.
Des Moines— Albia sab.-sch., 4: Allerton sab.-sch., 5; De3
Moines Central sab.-sch., 26.31 ; — East, 8.62; Dexter sab.-
sch., 7 ; Earlham (sab.-sch.. 1.80), 4.80; Leon sab.-sch., 1 ;
Winterset sab.-sch.. 6.69. Dubuque — Lime Spring sab.-sch.,
5 ; Littleton sab -sch., 1.20 ; McGregor, 3 ; Prairieburg sab.-
sch., 4. Fort Dodge— Boone Harmony sab.-sch., 2.40 ; Lake
Park sab.-sch., 2; Lohrville sab.-sch., 3 ; Rippey sab.-sch.,
77 cts. Iowa— Burlington 1st (sab.-sch., 16.57), 18.97; Fair-
field, 7 ; Keokuk Westminster, 15.77 ; Mount Pleasant 1st
sab.-sch., 10 88. Iowa City— Atalissa, 1 ; Davenport 1st, 3.08 ;
Fairview sab.-sch., 3.05 ; Washington sab.-sch., 9.13. Sioux
City— Early Hope sab.-sch., 2.30 ; Larrabee sab.-sch., 2.39
Manilla sab.-sch ,5; Sac City, 5; Sioux City 1st sab-sch.,
56.84; Storm Lake Lakeside sab.-sch., 10.45. Waterloo—
Aplington ch. and sab.-sch., 6 ; East Friesland German
sab.-sch., 9.06. 277 06
Kansas.— Emporia— Calvary sab.-sch., 1; Cedar Point
sab.-sch., 1.26; Conway Springs sab.-sch., 2.76; Oxford
sab.-sch., 75 cts.; Wichita 1st sab.-sch., 8.70; — Lincoln
Street sab.-sch., 1.81. Highland — Frankfort sab.-sch., 5;
Vermillion sab.-sch., 5.80. Lamed —Great Bend sab.-sch.,
2.11; Lyons sab.-sch., 9.85. Neosho — Chanute sab.-sch., 4.38 ;
Fort Scott 1st sab.-sch, 8.02; Humboldt sab-sch., 4.24;
Walnut, 2. Osborne— Long Island, 1 ; Phillipsburg, 2. Solo-
mon—Bennington sab.-sch., 3 50 ; College Hill sab.-sch., 3;
Harmony sab.-sch., 1 ; Miltonvale sab.-sch., 1.76 ; Minneap-
olis sab.-sch., 3.75 ; Salina sab.-sch., 4.48 ; Saltville sab.-sch.,
45 cts.; Scandia sab.-sch., 2.13. Topeka— Junction City
sab.-sch., 3.50 ; Topeka 1st sab.-sch., 9.36. 93 61
Kentucky.— Ebenezer— Frankfort sab.-sch.. 20.75 ; Mount
Sterling 1st sab.-sch., 9.95. Louisvi lie— Louisville 4th, 51.83.
82 53
Michigan.— Detroit— Ann Arbor sab.-sch., 29.86 ; Detroit
2d A.venue sab.-sch., 9.83 ; — Calvary sab.-sch., 16 ; — Mem-
orial sab.-sch., 7.50 ; Pontiac (sab-sch , 11.42), 27.78; South
Lyon sab.-sch., 9.20; Wyandotte sab.-sch., 16.05. Flint—
Bloomfield sab-sch, 1.60; Chandler sab-sch., 2; Lapeer
sab.-sch., 6.58: Mundy sab.-sch., 4; Port Hope sab.-sch.,
3.50; Port Huron Westminster sab.-sch., 2; Sand Beach
sab.-sch., 5. Grand Rapids— Evart sab.-sch., 1.85; Grand
Rapids Westminster sab.-sch., 32.51 ; Hesperia sab.-sch.,
5.48. Kalamazoo — Cassopolis sab.-sch., 5; Edwardsburg
sab.-sch., 1 13; Niles sab.-sch., 4.47; Richland sab.-sch.,
3.50. Like S'/nerior — Ishpeming sab.-sch., 26.10 ; Manistique
Redeemer sab -sch., 8.83 ; Marquette sab.-sch., 21.49 ; New-
berry sab.-sch., 1.25 ; Sault Ste. Marie sab.-sch., 21.48. Lan-
sing—Battle Creek sab.-sch., 3.88; Homer sab -sch., 2.39 ;
Jackson sab.-sch., 34. 12. Monroe — Hillsdale, 6 ; Petersburg
sab.-sch., 4; Tecumseh sab-sch., 13.69. Petoskey— Boyne
Falls sab.-sch., 1 ; East Jordan, 11; Elmira sab.-sch ,3.66;
Harbor Springs sab.-sch., 75 cts. Saginaw — Bay Citv 1st
sab.-sch., 10; Gladwin 2d sab.-sch., 1.25; Maple Ridge
sab.-sch., 1.75; Mungers sab.-sch., 2 ; Omer sab.-sch., 1.40;
Saginaw West Side Grace sab.-sch., 1.50. 372 39
Minnesota.— Duluth— Long Lake sab.-sch., 1 ; West
542
SABBATH -SCHOOL WORK.
[December,
Duluth Westminster sab. -sen., 3.62. Manka to— A mboy Bab.-
sch., 5.42 ; Beaver Creek sab.-scb., 4 ; Blue Earth City sab.-
8ch.,4.50, Currie eab.-8ch.,3; Holland, 2.75 ; Mankato 1st
(sab.-sch., 18.31), 27.82 ; — Hope Mission sab.-sch., 10 j Ster-
ling Centre sab.-ech , 91 cts.; Tracy sab.-sch., 3.87 ; Winne-
bago City sab.-sch., 14.42 ; Worthington Westminster sab.-
ech., 2 29. Minneapolis— Howard sab.-sch., 1; Minneapolis
5th sab.-sch., 5.80 ; — Elim sab.-sch., 1.06; — Oliver sab.-
sch., 21.26; — Westminster (Riverside Chapel), 9.39. Red
River — Alliance sab.-sch., 4; Argyle sab.-sch., 2.45; Deer-
horn sab.-sch., 2; Elbow Lake sab.-sch., 9; Fergus Falls
eab.-sch., 3.60. St. Cloud— Litchfield sab.-sch., 7 ; Spring
Grove sab.-sch., 1.50. St. Paul — Farmington ch. and sab.-
sch., 4 ; Forest sab.-sch., 1 ; Hastings sab.-sch., 5.50 ; Maca-
lester, 1.50 ; Vermillion, 2. Winona— Alden, 1 ; La Crescent
sab.-sch., 6.60; Rochester sab -sch., 4.58; Washington Bab.-
sch., 2.18 ; Winona 1st sab.-sch., 13. 193 02
Missouri.— Kansas City— Applet on City sab.-sch., 5.35;
Butler 6ab.-sch., 4.20; Eldorado Springs sab.-sch., 2.75;
Jefferson City sab.-sch., 9; Sedalia Broadway sab.-sch.,
23.20. Ozark— Joplin (sab.-sch., 2.75), 5.56; Ozark Prairie
sab.-sch., 1.10; Springfield Calvary sab.-sch., 11.20. Pal-
myra— La Grange sab.-sch., 1.90; Louisiana sab.-sch., 1.40.
Platte— Cowgill, 1 ; Craig sab.-sch., 3 ; Hodge sab.-sch., 2.83 ;
Parkville, 9.28; Union Bab.-sch., 1.50; Weston sab.-
sch., 3.27. St. Louis— St. Louis 2d sab.-sch., 14.70; —
Grace sab.-sch., 2 ; — Lafayette Park sab.-sch., 23.18 ; —
Mizpah sab.-sch., 5 ; — Memorial Tabernacle, 2 10 ; — North
Cabanne sab.-sch., 3.17 ; — Oak Hill sab.-sch., 1 ; — Olivet
sab.-sch., 3.24; — Washington and Compton Ave. sab.-sch.,
19.04. 159 97
Montana.— Butte — Phillipsburg sab.-sch.. 13.75. Great
Falls— Kalispell sab.-sch., 7.75 ; Libby sab.-sch., 2.24. 23 74
Nebraska.— Bastings— Aurora sab.-sch., 81 cts.; Bostwick
sab.-sch., 78 cts.; Giltner sab.-sch., 37 cts.; Hanover German
sab.-sch., 5; Hastings 1st C. E. S., 1; Republican City sab.-
sch., 2. Kearney— Ashton sab.-sch., 3; Broken Bow sab.-
sch., 1.15; Clontibret ch. and sab.-sch., 8; Gibbon sab -sch.,
3; Grand Island. 10 50; Shelton sab.-sch., 6.80. Nebraska
City— Hebron sab.-sch., 5.75; Lincoln 1st sab.-sch., 25;
Sterling sab.-sch., 1. Niobrara— Emerson sab.-i-ch., 3.15.
Omaha — Bancroft 6ab.-sch., 2.21; Columbus sab -sch, 2 ;
La Platte sab.-sch., 60 cts.; Omaha 1st sab.-sch., 20. 102 12
New Jersey. -.E7t*2a6e<A — Gran ford, 10; Elizabeth 1st,
50.78; —Westminster (sab.-sch. Miss. Soc, 28.55).. 36.30;
Peith Amboy sab.-sch., 4 ; Pluckamin, 5.40 ; Rahway Grand
Street Chapel. 5 ; Roselle, 4 89. Jersey City— Hoboken, 5.41 ;
Kingsland sab.-sch., 5; Lyndhurst sab.-sch, 9 ; Passaic
sab.-sch., 5. Monmouth — Beverly Grace Chapel, 3.57 ; Eng-
lishtown sab.-sch., 2 ; Tom's River, 3. Morris and Orange —
Dover sab. sch. Miss. Soc, 20 75; Madison sab.-sch. Miss.
Soc, 100; Orange Central, 100; Parsippany sab.-sch., 5;
Rockaway sab.-sch., 4 74 ; Schooley's Mountain sab -sch., 3 ;
Succasunna, 2 07 ; Summit Central sab.-sch., 7.66. Newark —
Bloomfield 1st sab.-sch., 5; Montclair 1st Bab.-sch., 70.75;
Newark 1st sab.-sch. Miss. Soc, 9.59; —2d, 12.50 ; —5th
Avenue sab.-sch., 5.89; — Central sab. sch., 11; —Italian
sab.-sch., 1.59 : — Park sab.-sch., 13.71 ; — Roseville, 31.60 ;
Verona 1st sab.-sch., 1.85. New Brunswick — Alexandria, 6 ;
Amwell 1st sab.-sch., 8.20; Bound Brook sab.-sch, 17.50 ;
Dayton, 3.42 ; Frenchtown sab.-sch., 1.96; New Brunswick
2d eab.-sch., 5.56; Trenton 1st sab.-sch., 7.35; —2d sab.-
sch., 2 ; — Chapel 1st, 12.60 ; — Prospect Street sab.-sch.,
18.12. Netclon— A sbury eab.-sch., 3.09; Branchville, 9;
Philiipsburgh 1st sab.-ech., 3 12 ; Sparta sab.-sch., 1.70 ;
Wantage 1st sab.-sch., 6. West Jersey — Billiugsport sab.-
sch , 3.40; Blackwood sab.-sch., 6; Bunker Hill sab.-sch.,
2.10 ; Camden Calvary sab.-sch., 2.22 ; Hammonton Da
Costa sab -sch., 1.40 ; Salem sab.-sch., 5.47 ; Wiiliamstown
eab.-sch., 4.76. 687 02
New York.— Albany — Amsterdam 2d, 44.66; Galway
sab.-sch., 5.75; Jermain Memorial (sab.-sch., 6), 11.38;
Menands Bethany sab.-sch., 11.30 ; Princetown sab.-sch., 5.
Binghamton — Binyhamton West sab.-sch., 15.03 ; Cortland,
20 ; Whitney's Point sab.-sch., 3.83. Boston — Brookline
sab.-sch., 5 ; Houlton sab.-sch , 5 ; Quincy sab.-sch., 2.21.
Brooklyn— Brooklyn 2d, 43.19 ; — Bedford sab.-sch., 5.70 ; —
Bethany sab.-sch. Miss. Soc, 13; — Central sab. -sch., 54.44 ;
— Franklin Avenue sab.-sch., 5.38 ; — Greene Avenue sab.-
sch., 18 ; — Hopkins Street eab.-sch., 5 ; — Memorial. 18 ; —
Olivet Chapel sab.-sch., 22.24 ; — Prospect Heights sab.-scb.,
5.79; — Westminster, 100; Stapleton 1st Edgewater sab -
sch., 10; Woodhaven 1st eab.-sch., 3.35. Buffalo — Akron
eab.-sch., 2.57 ; Alden sab.-sch., 10.50 ; Buffalo Calvary eab.-
sch., 20.43; — East eab.-sch., 5; —Lafayette Avenue sab.-
ech., 10.93 ; — Park, 1.09 ; — Walden Avenue sab.-sch., 6.10 ;
— Westminster, 11.53; Conewango sab. sch., 1; Orchard
Park sab.-sch., 5; Silver Creek sab -sch., 7; Tonawanda
sab.-sch., 4.52. Cayuga— Ithaca sab.-f ch., 11.30 ; Port Byron
sab.-sch., 3; Scipio sab -sch., 1.14. Churn plain— Essex sab.-
sch., 1.87 ; Port Henry sab.-sch., 11.50. Chemung— Breeeport
sab.-sch., 2.35 ; Sugar Hill sab.-sch., 1.30 ; Tyrone sab.-sch.,
71 cts.; Watkins sab.-sch., 3.02. Columbia— AusterliU eab.-
sch., 2.25 ; Catskill Christ's sab.-sch., 8.31. Genesee— North
Bergen sab.-sch., 2.50; Perry sab.-sch., 9. Geneva— Dresden
sab.-sch., 1.45: Geneva 1st (sab.-sch., 52.26), 63.57; Man-
chester sab.-sch., 15; Naples sab.-sch., 4.25 , Romulus sab.-
sch., 1.66; Union sab.-sch., 3.71. Hudson— Chester sab.-sch.,
1; Cochecton sab.-sch.. 26.25; Florida (sab.-sch., 1.30), 4.90 ;
Middletown 1st sab.-sch., 20.08 ; Milford sab.-sch., 5 ; Mont-
gomery ch. and sab.-sch., 10.45 ; Mongaup Valley sab.-sch.,
8.25; Nyack German sab. sch., 2.50 ; West Town, 2. Long
Island— Bellport, 10 ; Brookfield, 3 ; East Moriches sab.-sch.,
2.50 ; Middle Island sab.-*ch., 2.55 ; Setauket sab.-sch., 9.35 ;
South Haven, 18. Lyons— Newark Park, 6 50; Wolcott 2d
sab.-ech., 2.58. Nassau— Glen Wood sab.-sch., 2 ; Newtown,
4.12; Northport, 8.76. New York— New York 4th sab.-sch_
21.10; — 4th Avenue sab.-sch., 7.88; — Alexander Chapel
sab.-ech., 6.48 ; — Faith sab.-sch., 24 ; —Spring Street eab.-
sch., 8.05. Niagara— Lock port 2d Ward eab.-sch., 6.05 ;
Medina sab.-ech., 2.41 ; Youngstown sab.-sch., 7.50. North
River— Amenia, 8.12; Bethlehem sab.-sch., 7.35; Highland
Falls sab.-sch., 4; Marlborough sab.-sch., 4.18; Matteawan
eab.-sch., 5.64. Newtnrg Calvary eab.-sch., 8.72. Otsego—
East Guilford sab.-sch., 4.92 ; East Springfield sab.-sch., 1.70 ;
Margaretville eab.-sch., 1.60 ; Oneonta (sab.-sch., 8.29), 30.24.
Rochester— A\ on Central sab.-sch., 4.58 ; Charlotte sab.-sch.,
12.66; Mount Morris sab.-sch., 5; Rochester Westminster
(sab.-sch., 14.06). 64.06; Springwater sab.-sch., 2; Victor
sab.-sch., 8.50. St. Lawrence— Ox. Bow sab.-ech., 3 ; Water-
town 1st sab.-sch., 12 ; — Boone Street Mission, 1.67. Steuben
—Andover sab.-sch., 5 ; Cohocton sab.-sch., 4.44; Hornells-
ville 1st, 10. Syracuse— Cazenovia sab.-sch., 6.77 ; Hannibal
eab.-sch., 10; Syracuse Elmwood sab.-sch., 2.50 ; — West
End sab.-sch., 3.25. Troy— Salem sab.-sch., 12.36; Schaghti-
coke sab.-ech., 5. Utica— Forestpoit sab.-ech., 3.78 ; Augusta
sab.-sch., 7.15; Dion sab.-sch., 10; Rome, 11.03; Sauquoit
(sab.-sch., 2.31), 7.31 ; Waterville sab.-sch., 4. Westchester—
Brewster sab.-sch., 2.20 ; Greenwich 1st sab.-sch., 8.23 ; Kato-
nah (sab.-sch., 2.57), 25 ; New Haven 1st sab.-sch., 2.75 ; New
Rochelle 1st (sab.-sch., 22.50), 37.16 ; Peekskill 1st sab.-sch.,
25 ; Port Chester, 3.65; Springfield sab.-sch., 2.40; Yonkers
Dayspring sab.-sch., 10.47. 1309 46
North Dakota.— Fargo — Casselton 8ab.-sch.,5 ; Hillsboro
sab.-sch., 3.50. Minnewaukon- Peabody sab.-sch., 2 ; Rugby,
1.50. Pembina— Ardoch sab.-sch., 5.85; Cavalier sab.-sch.,
1.03; Crystal sab.-sch., 2.35; Drayton sab.-sch., 5.80; Elk-
wood, 75 cts.; Gilby sab.-sch., 10; Greenwood sab.-sch., 4.70 ;
Inkster sab.-sch., 1.73 ; Neche, 3. 47 21
Ohio.— Athens— Barlow, 7.05 ; Berea, 2.58 ; McConnells-
ville sab.-sch., 7; New Plymouth, 3.67; Stockport, 63 cts.;
Veto sab.-sch., 8.50. Bellefontaine—De Graff, 2.44; Spring
Hills, 97 cts. Chillicothe— Salem sab.-sch., 3.27 ; Washington
(East End Mission), 5.57. Cincinnati — Bond Hill sab.-sch.,
1; Cincinnati 3d sab.-sch., 10; — North sab.-sch., 8.16;
Goshen sab.-sch., 1; Lebanon sab.-sch., 5; Montgomery
sab.-sch., 3.70 ; New Richmond sab.-sch., 6 : Norwood sab.-
sch., 10.77 ; Somerset, 1 ; Springdale sab.-sch., 13.10. Cleve-
land— Cleveland 2d sab.-sch., 60 ; — Beck with sab.-sch.,
7.60 ; — Case Avenue sab.-sch., 7 40 ; — Euclid Avenue sab.-
sch., 7.12 ; — South sab.-sch., 3.86 ; East Cleveland sab.-sch.,
4.98 : Solon sab.-sch., 6.08. Columbus— Amanda sab.-sch., 2 ;
Columbus 5th Avenue sab.-sch., 3.37 ; — Broad Street sab.-
sch., 26.86; —St Clair Avenue (sab.-sch., 2.49), 3.65; —
West Broad Street sab.-sch., 4.85 ; Worthington sab.-sch., 5.
Dayton— Dayton 1st sab.-sch., 13.54; — Bethel Mission sab.-
sch., 2.78 ;— Memorial sab.-sch., 13.31 ; —Park sab.-sch., 3.50 ;.
Middletown Oakland sab.-sch., 2; New Jersey sab.-sch.,
3.89 ; Seven Mile sab. sch., 2.19 ; Somerville sab.-sch., 75 cts.;
Springfield 1st sab.-sch., 33.57 ; Washington sab.-scb., 2.11.
Huron— Chicago sab.-sch., 11 ; Clyde sab.-sch., 5. Lima—
Delphos sab.-sch., 7.50. Mahoning— Canfield sab.-sch., 2.08 ;.
Canton Calvary sab.-sch., 7.36; Coitsville, 3.40 ; Kinsman
sab.-sch., 49.60; Lowell, 4.30 ; Middle Sandy sab.-sch., 11.50 ;
Youngstown sab -sch., 10. Marion — Iberia sab.-sch., 1;
Marysville sab.-sch. , 10.42 ; Ostrander sab.-sch., 1.15 ; Pisgah,
1.50; York sab -sch., 3. Maumee— Delta sab.-sch., 6; Has-
kins sab.-sch., 3.17 ; Perry sburgh Walnut Street, 2 ; Toledo
1st sab. -sch, 4. 50; — Auburndale sab.-sch., 3.82. Portsmouth
— Rome sab.-sch., 1.25. St. Clairsville— Martin's Ferry sab.-
sch., 10.63 ; New Castle sab.-sch., 1 ; Wheeling Valley, 1.70.
Steubenville— Bergholz sab.-sch., 2.31; Bethel sab.-sch., 3;
Bethlehem sab.-sch., 2; Carrollton sab.-sch., 24; Hopedale
sab.-sch , 1.69 ; Monroeville (sab.-sch., 2.10) . 3.95 ; Oak Ridge,
6 ; Ridge, 3 ; Wellsville, 23. Wooster— Ashland sab.-sch., 3 ;
Canaan sab.-sch., 9.20 ; Perrysville sab.-sch., 50 cts. Zanes-
ville— Coshocton sab.-sch., 25; Jefferson sab.-sch., 1.93;
Unity sab.-sch., 4.40. 697 68
Oregon.— Fast Oregon— La Grande sab.-sch., 5. Portland
—Mount Tabor sab.-sch., 4.60 ; Portland Mizpah sab.-sch.,
5.88 ; — St. John's, 2.40. Southern Oregon— Grant's Pass
sab.-sch , 9.11 ; Medford sab.-sch., 5. Willamette— Eugene
sab.-sch., 5.25 ; Lebanon, 7 ; Salem sab.-sch., 5.55. 49 79
Pennsylvania.— Allegheny— Allegheny 1st, 50; Avalon
sab.-sch., 17 ; Clifton sab.-sch., 4.98 ; Freedom sab.-sch., 15 ;
Natrona sab.-sch., 3.61 ; Pine Creek 1st, 5.05. Blairsville—
1898.]
8ABB1TH-SCHO0L WORK.
543
Armagh sab.-sch., 5; Beulah sab.-sch., 22; Johnstown 2d
sab.-sch., 4.50; — Laurel Avenue sib.-sch., 6.76; New Alex-
andria sab.-sch., 13.87. Butler— Butler 2d, 9.65 ; Evans City
sab.-sch., 5.14; Middlesex, 7.75; Muddy Creek sab.-sch.,
4.70; Norta Liberty sab.-sch., 4; Unionville sab.-sch., 5.
Carlisle— Carlisle 2d sab.-sch., 14.75 ; — Biddle Mission, 6.60 ;
Chambersburg Falling Sprmg sab.-sch., 6.56; Harrisburg
Covenant sab.-sch., 5.25 ; — Olivet s\b.-sch., 7 ; Mechanics-
burg sab.-sch., 13.50; Newburgh sab.-sch., 2.10. Chester —
Christiana sab.-sch., 5.76; Clifton Heights sab.-sch., 3.72;
Coatesville sab.-sch., 10.08 ; Darby Borough, 5.79 ; Doe Run
sab.-sch ,5.19; Kennett Square sab.-sch., 5.35; Lansdowne
1st, 22.62 ; Media sab.-sch., 2.41 ; Oxford 1st sab -sch., 19.11 ;
Pennington ville sab.-sch., 6.43 ; Phceuixville, 7.85 ; Trinity
sab.-sch., 13; Wayne sab.-sch., 27.78. Clarion — Emlen-
ton sab.-sch., 9.36; Johnsonburg sab.-sch., 3; New Reho-
both sab.-sch, 6.45; Pisgah sab.-s.h., 16.08; Sugar Hill
sab.-sch., 7.20. Erie— Cool Spring sab.-sch., 1.50; Frank-
lin sab.-sch., 16.50 ; Georgetown sab.-sch., 1 ; Glenwood sab.-
sch., 2.80; Greenville, 8.22 ; Irvineton sab.-sch., 3 50 ; Miles-
grove sab.-sch., 2.90 ; Rocky Grove sab.-sch., 5.36 ; Titusville
sab.-sch., 12.08 ; Union sab.-sch., 7.14. Huntingdon— Altoona
3d sab -sch ,10.50; Duncansville sab.-sch., 6.50 ; Houtzdale
(sab.-sch., 5.56), 6.16; Huntingdon sab.-sch., 16.48; Kerr-
more sab.-sch., 3.73; McVeytown sab.-sch., 8; Mapleton
sab.-sch., 4 ; Petersburg sab.-sch., 10 ; Philipsburg sab.-sch.,
5.18 , Spring Creek, 4.48. Kittanning— Apollo sab.-sch., 19.84 :
Cherry Tree, 79 cts.; Gilgal, 90 cts.; Kittanning 1st, 20 ; Rural
Valley sab.-sch , 1 ; Saltsburg sab.-sch., 19.69; Worthington
sab -sch., 3. Lackawanna— Carbondale, 24.57 ; Greenwood
i sab.-sch., 2.17), 3 ; Hallstead sab.-sch , 3 ; Langcliffe, 8 28 ;
fehoopany sab.-sch., 1.50; Montrose sab.-sch., 21.92 ; Peck-
ville sab -sch., 2.12; Plymouth s b.-sch., 4.64; Prompton
sab.-sch., 1.25 ; Sayre sab.-sch., 5 92; Scranton Green Ridge
Avenue, 6 74 ; — Hickory Street sab.-sch., 15 ; Silver Lake
sab.-sch., 50 cts.; Taylor (sab.-sch., 3), 4.40 ; Towanda sab.-
sch,, 100; Ulster sab -sch , 1.62. Lehigh— Easton 1st sab.-
sch., 8.18; Middle Smithfield (Highland Grove Mission, 1),
4.92. Northumberland— Berwick, 2.75 ; Mifflin burg ch. and
sab.-sch., 8; New Columbia, 1.50; Williamsport 1st (sab.-
sch., 43.84), 48.84; —Bethany sab -sch., 8.62; —Covenant
sab.-sch , 11.67. Parkersburg— Buckhannon (sab.-sch., 7.45),
14. Philadelphia— Philadelphia 3d (Old Pine Street sab.-
sch.), 1.15; — 4th (sab.-sch., 11.45), 17.14; —Arch Street,
105.42; —Atonement, 7.87; —Calvary, 157.17; —Gaston
sab.-sch., 10.24; —Lombard Street Central sab.-sch., 5.50;
— McDowell Memorial, 13 ; — Mariners' sab.-sch , 5.75; —
Northminster sab.-sch., 36.54 ; — Oxford sab.-sch., 65.58 ; —
Patterson Memorial sab.-sch., 8.75 ; — Scots sab.-sch., 15; —
Tioga sab.-sch., 20.66 ; — West Hope sab.-sch., 8.83 ; — West-
minster sab.-sch., 32.62 ; — West Park sab -sch., 5. Philadel-
phia North— Ashbourne sab.-sch., 6; Bridesburg sab.-sch.,
9 72 ; Carmel sab.-sch., 7.40 ; Frankford, 14.34 ; Germantown
Market Square sab.-sch., 15; Hermon sab.-sch., 4.21 ; Lang-
horne sab.-sch., ll ; Leverington sab.-sch., 16.78 ; Morrisville
sab.-sch , 14 ; Mount Airy sab.-sch., 8.65 ; Overbrook sab.-sch.,
50; Port Kennedy sab.-sch., 2; Pottstown sab.-sch.. 8.62;
Roxborough sab.-sch., 5.50. Pittsburg— Cannon sburg 1st
sab.-sch.. 7.20; Courtenay and Coal Bluff sab.-sch., 5.55 ;
Fairriew sab.-sch., 4.86; Greenfield sab.-sch., 24 ; Idlewood
Hawthorne Avenue sab.-sch., 321 ; North Branch sab.-sch.,
2 ; Pittsburg 1st sab.-sch., 45.30 ; — Lawrenceville sab.-sch.,
25; —Morning Side sab -sch., 5.18: —Point Breeze sab.-6ch.,
100 ; Wilkinsburg, 50. Redstone— Brownsville sab.-sch., 9.49 ;
Dunbar (sab -sch., 6.25), 12 ; Fayette City, 4 35 ; Little Red-
stone, 9.63 ; Mount Moriah sab.-sch.. 1.15 ; Mount Washing-
ton, 2; New Providence sab.-sch., 5; West Newton sab.-
sch., 18.54. Shenanpo— Beaver Falls sab.-sch., 40.83; Lees-
burg, 5; Princeton sab.-sch., 11.18: Sharpsvjlle sab -sch., 9.
Washington— Upper Ten Mile, 5 ; Washington 2d sab -sch ,
10.50; —3d sab.-sch , 11.58; Wheeling 2d sab.-sch., 6; —
Vance Memorial sab -sch., 16.83. Wellsboro— Kane sab -
sch 4.25; Wellsboro. 16.89. Westminster— Chestnut Level,
22: York Westminster sab.-sch., 5. 2119 15
South Dakota. — Abe-de-n — Aberdeen sab.-sch., 5.76;
Castlewood sab.-sch., 3.02 ; Wilmot sab.-sch., 3.10. antral
Dakota— White sab.-sch., 5.62. 17 50
Tennessee.— Ilolston-St. Marks sab.-sch., 2.25. Kingston
—Chattanooga 2d sab.-sch , 14.22. Union— Knoxville 2d
(sab.-sch., 4 30), 8.18 ; Marysville 2d sab.-sch., 2 • New Pro-
vidence sab.-sch , 5.75. 32 40
Texas.— Austin — Houston Westminster sab.-sch , 5.29.
JSorth Texas— Denison sab.-sch., 7.58; St. Jo sab.-sch., 5
Trinity— Dallas Exposition Park sab -sch., 3.25. 21 12
Utah.— Boise— Boise City 1st sab -sch., 5. Kendall— St.
Anthony *ab.-sch., 1.80. Utah— Ephraim sab.-sch , 85 cts :
Hyrum Emmanuel sab -sch., 2.20; Manti eab -sch 2-
Springville sab -sch., 3.15. 15 06
Washington.— Alaska-Fort Wrangell 1st, 1 ; — 2d sab -
•ch., 1. Olympia— Carbonado 1st sab.-sch., 4.60; South
Bend sab.-sch., 3.40; Vancouver 1st Memorial sab.-sch.,
2.47. Paget Sound— Bethany sab.-sch., 2.33; Port Townsend
sab -sch., 2 ; Sedro (sab -sch., 5.20), 6.55. Spokane — Daven-
port sab -sch., 11.60; Rockford sab -sch., 119; Spokane
Bethel sab.-sch., 2.55. Walla Walla— Lewiston sab.-sch., 80
cts 39 49
Wisconsin. — Chippewa— Chippewa Falls sab.-sch., 11.27.
La Crosse— Bangor sab -sch., 1.64; La Crosse 1st sab.-sch.,
12; Shortville sab -sch., 50 cts. Madison— Lodi sab.-sch.,
17.50. Milwaukee— Milwaukee German sab -sch., 2; —Grace
(Union Endeavor cab. -sch.), 2; — Immanuel sab -sch., 10.
Winnebago— Marshfield, 2 ; Merrill 2d sab -sch., 3.05 ; Nee-
nah sab.-sch., 36.17; Stevens Point, 28.45; Weyauwega
sab.-sch., 5. 131 58
miscellaneous.
Collection per Thomas Bracken, 26 ; collection per
A. O. Loosley, 25 cts.; Glendale sab.-sch., S. C,
1.25 ; Coulters sab.-sch., Va., 1 ; collection per
William Davis, 51 cts.; Maron sab.-sch., Ind.,
1.38; Mission at 79th and Brewster Avenue,
Philadelphia, 4.63 ; Okabena sab.-sch., Minn.,
1.87 ; Gothenburg sab.-sch., Neb., 2.50 ; Sherlock
sab -sch., Wash., 1.80 ; Vaughan sab.-sch., Wash.,
50 cts.; collection per W. B. Williams, 35 cts.;
collection per Joseph Brown, 1.80; Keystone
Bible sab.-sch., Wash.. 1.10; Mt. Pleasant sab.-
sch , Del., 1.65 ; collection per W. H. Long, 1.24 ;
collection per G. F. Dillard, 84 cts. ; Jones Chapel
sab.-sch., Ky.,1.14: sab -sch. Institute, Sheldon,
Wis., 4.20; sab.-sch. Institute, Bender, Wis.,
3.15; Geetingsville sab.-sch., Ind., 1.34; Craig
sab.-sch., Mont., 73 cts.; Horr sab.-sch., Mont.,
7.10; Chestnut sab.-sch., Mont., 90 cts.; collection
per W. H. Schureman, 50 cts.; Elm Ridge sab.-
sch.. Minn., 1.05 ; collection per C. W. Higgins,
1.66'; collection per William Baird, 85 cts. • Mar-
shall Corner sab.-sch., N. J., 2.32 ; Ridge Spring
sab.-sch., S. C, 1.30; Riverside sab.-sch., Mich.,
91 cts.; collection per R. H. Rogers, 11 ; collec-
tion per George Perry, 5.95 ; collection per W.
J. Hughes, 3.35 ; collection per John Redpath,
1.95; collection per A. W. Griffith, 6.55; collec-
tion per W. A. Yancey, 1.10; collection per S.
A. Blair, 2 ; collection per C. R. Lawson, 1.01 ;
collection per C. Shepherd, 80 cts.; collection
per D. A. Jewell, 2.40 ; collection per H. M.
Henry, 75 cts.; Charleroix sab.-sch., Mich., 1.50 ;
Lawrence sab.-sch., Colo., 1 ; Carlin sab.-sch.,
Nev., 1.50; Mountain City sab.-sch., Nev., 4;
Deep Creek sab.-sch., Nev., 1.50; collection per
M. S. Riddle, 1 ; Mount Hope sab.-sch., Minn.,
2.72; Moorheadville sab.-sch., Pa., 1; Upper
Shonkin sab.-sch. , Mont. , 3. 12 ; Scovil, S. H. , Ills. ,
70 cts.; Johnstown sab.-sch., N. D., 1.35; Glen
Ha sab.-sch., N. D., 1.25 ; Penn sab.-sch , N. D..
1; Beverly sab.-sch., Neb., 2 43; collection per
Thomas Scotton, 6.87; Pitkin sab.-sch., Colo.,
2.04; Tennent Memorial sab -sch., Philadelphia,
1.55; Ohio City sab.-sch., Colo., 2.97; Estella
sab. -sch., Wis., 2; Burgaw sab.-sch., N.C., 1.25 ;
collection per J. B. Currens, 4.40; Grove Mis-
sion 6ab. -sch., Ind., 70 cts 158 53
individual.
Henry D. Moore, 1000 ; A C. G., 10 ; " Cash," New
Bedford, Pa., 50 cts.; Mrs. W. H. Lewis, 25 cts.;
A. Friend, 1; C. Penna., 1 ; Garret Burns, 5;
"Cash," 5 1022 75
Contributions from churches $1,901 95
Contributions from Sabbath-schools 5,657 44
Contributions from individuals 1,022 75
Total 88,582 14
Deduct: sab.-sch. of Grace church, Jenkintown,
Pa., acknowledged in September receipts, paid to
Business Department 1 39
Contributions during October, 1898 18,580 75
Previously acknowledged 60,072 38
Total since April 1, 1898 $68,653 13
C. T. McMuLLTN, Treasurer,
Witherspoon Building, 1319 Walnut St, Philadelphia, Pa.
-544
COLLEGES AND ACADEMIES— CHUKCH ERECTION.
[December,
RECEIPTS FOR THE BOARD OF AID FOR COLLEGES AND ACADEMIES, OCTOBER, 1898.
Baltimore.— Baltimore— Baltimore Light Street, 5 ; — St
Helena, 1. New Castle— Elklou, 25; Pencader, 4: Beho-
•both (Md.), 1. Washington City— Lewinsville, 1.20: Vienna
5.13 (add'l) ; Washington City Metropolitan, SO. 72 33
► California. — Benicia — Vallt-jo (sab.-sch., 2), 6. Los
Angeles— Santa Monica, 5. San Jose— Santa Clara, 8 60.
Stockton— Fresno, 8.45. 28 05
Illinois.— Chicago— Chicago Bethany, 1 ; Joliet 1st, 5.80
Buck Biver— Newton, 5.90. Schuyler— Salem German, 1
Springfield— Buffalo Hart, 1.33 ; Springfield 2d, 4.33 ; Wil-
JiamsTille Union, 72 cts. 20 08
Indiana.— Cranfor dsvil I e— Rocky i\\e Memorial, 1.63. Fort
Wayne— Huntington, 3.15. Logansport— LaPorte, 33.07.
37 85
Indian Territory.— Cimarron— Enid (sab.-sch., 55 cts )
12.72. 1272
Iowa.— Des Moines— Des Moines Central sab.-sch., 2.39.
Fort Dodce— Emmanuel German, 8 ; Fonda, 5 ; Paton, 3 ;
Wheatland German, 22 Iowa — Benton sport, 2.11 ; Keokuk
Westminster, 11.69. Sioux City— Sac City, 7. 61 19
Kansas— Emporia— Waverlj, 13.69. Highland — Hiawa-
Iha, 4. Neosho— Walnut, 1. 18 69
Michigan.— Detroit— Detroit Forest Avenue, 4.24. 4 24
Missouri.— ;&. Louis— Glasgow Avenue, 5. 5 00
Nebraska— Nebraska City— Adams, 2.55; Palmyra, 8.40.
Omaha— Waterloo, 3. 13 95
New Jersey.— Elizabeth— Qranforo\, 10 ; Elizabeth 1st,
64.72; — 2d, 56 ; — 3d, 20; Metuchen,7.13 ; Pluckamin, 5.40
Jersey City— Jersey City 1st, 71.98 ; — 2d, 11 ; Passaic sab.-
sch., 5. Monmouth— Calvary, 12.46 ; Cranbury 1st, 30 ; Eng-
Zishtown, 5 ; Tom's River, 2. Morris and Orange— Madison,
7.64. Newark— Newark 2d, 12.50 ; — Park, 9.36 330 19
New York.— Albany— Albany State Street, 19.63 ; Balls-
ton Centre, 4.65. Binghamlon— Cortland, 20. Brooklyn—
Brooklyn Memorial, 36. Buffalo — Buffalo Park, 3.25; —
Westminster, 7.68. Genesee— Leroy, 12. Geneva— Geneva 1st,
8.99. Hudson— Good Will, 1.14 ; Ridgebury, 50 cts.; Union-
ville, 5. New York— New York Lenox, 2.51 ; — University
Place, 64.09. Niagara— North Tonawanda North, 8. Bo-
chester— Dansville, 1. St. Lawrence— Heuvelton, 1. Steuben
—Painted Post, 3.40. Troy— Lansingburg 1st, 18 28 ; Salem,
6.30 ; Troy 2d Street, 28.23 ; Wa erford, 6.70. Utica— Ilion,
3; Williamstown,1.32. Westchester— New Rochelle, 8.54.
271 21
Ohio. — Cincinnati — Wyoming, 80.98. Dayton — Spring-
field 2d, 9.84. Huron— Bloomville, 50 cts.; Melmore, 50 cts. ;
Republic, 50 cts. Maumee— Pemberville, 7.60. 49 92
Oregon.— East Oregon— Union, 55 cts. 55
Pennsylvania.— A llegheny — Bakerstown, 5. Butler —
Middlesex, 7. Carlisle — Dauphin, 1.25 ; Harrisburg Pine
Street, 135.58. Erie— Cambridge, 7; Girard, 6.69; —Miles
Grove Branch, 85 c's.; Kerr's Hill (sab.-sch., 34 cts.), 2.31.
Huntingdon— Bellefonte, 50 ; McVeytown, 3. Northumber-
land—W llliamsport 1st, 5. Parkersburg- Hughes River, 2.
Philadelphia — Philadelphia Hebron Memorial, 14.56; —
Tabernacle, 28 97 ; — 79th and Brewster Avenue Mission,
63 cts. Philadelphia North— Carversville, 2; Germantown
Wakefield, 20.24 ; Morrisville, 7. Pittsburg— Pittsburg 3d,
500 ; — Mt. Washington, 2.25 ; —Shady Side (sab.-sch, 5.90),
20.83; Wilkinsburg, 50. Bedstone — Mt. Washington, 2.
Washington— Upper Ten Mile, 5. Westminster— Chestnut
Level, 5 ; New Harmony, 8.76. 892 92
South Dakota.— Dakota— Porcupine, 1. 1 00
Tennessee.— Crnon— Knoxville 2d, 39.38. 39 38
Washington. — Puget Sound — Anacortes Westminster,
5.10. 5 10
Total received from churches and church organiza-
tions $i>864 37
PERSONAL.
J. H. Converse, Philadelphia, Pa., 100 ; William
Rankin, Newark, N.J., 51.50 ; Wm. Crawford,
Omaha, Neb., 5; " C. Penna.," 3; Rev. A. J.
Montgomery, Oregon City, Oreg., 2.50 ; Miss
Clara Gard, Albany, Oreg., 10; S. Edith Hadley,
5, J. H. Bryant, 1, J. D. Radford, 5, Mrs. H. C.
Worland, 1, J. W. Proctor, 2 50, Rev. Carlos
Bransby, Los Angeles, Cal., 5.17; Benj. Doug-
lass, Santa Barbara, Cal., 10 ; Norman W. Dodge,
New York, 100; Prof. W. H. Landon, San
Rafael, Cal.. 5 ; Rev. R. E. Flickinger, Fonda,
la., 10 ; Garret Burns, 5 ; Mrs. Nettie F.McCor-
mick, Chicago, 1000 1,321 67
PROPERTY FUND.
T. K. Andrews, Wellsville, O 5 00
interest.
Bank earnings on deposits 44 91
Transmissions 1 50
Total receipts October, 1898 53,237 45
Previously acknowledged 22,344 91
Total receipts since April 16, 1898 825,582 36
E. C. Ray, Treasurer,
30 Montauk Block, Chicago, 111.
RECEIPTS FOR THE BOARD OF CHURCH ERECTION, OCTOBER, 1898.
ttln accordance with terms of mortgage.
Atlantic— Fairfield— hit. Tabor, 2 ; Macedonia 1st, 1.
3 00
Baltimore.— Baltimore— Baltimore Aisquith Street, 2.67 ;
.Ellicott City, 2.83 ; Highland, 2 ; St. Helena, 1. New Castle
—St. George's, 3.20. Washington City— Kensington Warner
Memorial, 25 ; Vienna, 50 cts.; Washington City North, 5.
42 20
California.— Los A ngeles— Lakeside, 2 ; Pasadena 1st, 16.
Oakland— Elmhurst, 2.75; Fruitvale, 3. San Jose— San J os6
1st, 25.50. Santa Barbara— Santa Paula, 7. 56 25
Catawba.— Ca tawba—Betbpage, 1 ; Bellefonte, 1. 2 00
Colorado.— Boulder— La Salle, 8 ; Wolf Creek, 1. Pueblo
— Del Norte, 55 cts. 9 55
Illinois.— A Hon— Blair, 3 ; East St. Louis, 1.79 ; Steelville,
2.30. Bloomington — Chenoa, 15 ; Gilman, 6. Cairo— Gol-
conda, 3.60. Chicago — Chicago Hyde Park, 41.55 ; — Lake-
view, 25 ; Joliet 1st, 7.90. Mattoon— Oakland, 6. Bock Biver—
Beulah. 4: Coal Valley, 3; Geneseo. 3.08; Sterling, 37.59.
Schuyler— Bushnell, 7.78; Carthage, 4.26 ; Salem German, 4.
Springfield— Buffalo Hart, 1.33 ; Springfield 1st, 13.08 ; — 2d,
4.33 ; Williamsville, 1.72. 195 31
Indiana. — Crawfordsville — Elizaville, 3 ; Hopewell, 4 ;
Kirklin, 3; West Lebanon, 2. Fort Wayne— tfColumbia
City, 80; Fort Wayne 1st, 29.52; Huntington, 4 22; La
Grange, 5. Logansport — La Porte, 25.20. Muncie — Jones-
boro, 2.25. Vincennes— Rockport, 5. 163 19
Indian Territory. — Choctaw— Philadelphia, 1.70. Okla-
Aoroa— ffShawnee. 5. 6 70
Iowa.— Cedar Bapids—'Linn Grove, 6 ; Onslow, 5. Corning
— Villisca, 8. Council Bluffs— Columbian, 5 ; Guthrie Centre,
7.50. Des Moines— Des Moines Clifton Heights, 3 ; —East,
7.70; Newton, 6.62; Ridgedale, 3.40. Dubuque— Hazleton,
4; ffOtterville, 6.15. Fort Dodge— Emmanuel German, 4;
Ramsey German, 8 ; Wheatland German, 12. Jowa— Bur-
lington 1st, 2.40 ; Fairfield, 7 ; Keokuk Westminster, 5.94.
Iowa City — Atalissa, 2 ; Columbus Central, 2 ; Conroy Shi-
nier, 2.50 ; Marengo, 5.72. Sioux City— Ashton German, 14 ;
Sac City, 8 ; Zoar German, 5. Waterloo— East Friesland
German, 14.77. 155 70
Kansas.— Emporia— Bramerd, 2 ; Burlingame, 6.60; Eldo-
rado, 7 ; Waverly, 6.66. Highland— Hiawatha, 8.06. Solo-
mon— Cheever, 5; Glasco, 5.32- Lincoln, 4.50. Topeka—
ffKansas City Grand View Park, 13 ; Lawrence, 7 ; Lowe-
mont, 1.15; Riley, 4.63 ; Sedalia, 2.15. 73 07
Kentucky. — Louisvi lie — Louisville Warren Memorial,
46.43. 46 43
Michigan.— Detroit— Ann Arbor (sab.-sch., 5.69), 29.69.
Flint— Akron, 4 ; Bridgehampton, 1.15 ; Columbia, 6. Kala-
mazoo—Plainwell, 3.80. Monroe— Clayton, 4.51 ; Dover, 4.53.
53 68
Minnesota.— Duluth—Bara\\va, 2 ; Ely, 2.75. Mankato—
Mankato 1st, 16.32 ; Winnebago City, 5. Bed Biver— Alli-
ance, 2. St. Cloud— Spring Grove, 1.75. St. Paul — Farming-
ton, 2 ; St. Paul Goodrich Avenue, 4.15 ; Vermillion, 2.
Winona— Owatonna, 5.45 ; Winona 1st, 11. 54 42
Missouri. — Ozark— Carthage Westminster, 5.20 ; Joplin,
2.81 ; ttNeosho (sab.-sch., 3), 20; Seneca, 4. Palmyra— New
Providence, 4. Platte — Aval on, 4.60; Cowgill, 2 ; Craig,
2.50; Dawn, 2; New Point, 3.10; Parkville, 6.16. St. Louis
— Kirkwood, 30.30. 86 67
Montana.— Helena— Manhattan 2d Holland, 3. 3 00
Nebraska. — Hastings — Minden, 7; Stamford, 2.50. Ne-
braska City— Blue Springs, 4. Omaha— Omaha Lowe Avenue,
2.39. 15 89
New Jersey.— Elizabeth— Cranford, 10 ; Pluckamin, 5.40 ;
Roselle, 4.90; Woodbridge, 13. Jersey City — Passaic sab.-
sch., 5. Monmouth— Columbus, 2; Cranbury 1st, 30; Eng-
lishtown, 5. Morris and Orange— East Orange Bethel, 20.74 ;
1898.]
CHURCH ERECTION — MINISTERIAL RELIEF.
545
Madison, 100. Newark— Newark 2d, 12.50 ; — Park, 9.36.
New Brunswick— Alexandria, 4; Amwell 1st United, 3 ; Day-
ton, 3.42. Newton— Phillipsburgh 1st, 4. West Jersey— Hain-
monton, 10.24. 242 56
New Mexico.— Santa Fe— Aztec, 2. 2 00
New York.— Albany— Greenbush, 8.72; Jermain Memo-
rial, 5.38. Bing hamton— Cortland, 20 ; Nineveh, 11.15. Bos-
ton— Quincy, 7.81. Brooklyn — Brooklyn Arlington Avenue,
5 ; — Memorial, 48 ; Stapleton 1st Edgewater, 30.15. Buffalo
—Buffalo Covenant, 12 ; — Park, 4.34 ; Portville, 40. Cayuga
— Scipio, 1.72 ; Scipioville, 1.25. Champlalit— Beekmantown,
2. Genesee — North Bergen, 2. Hudson — Florida, 3.60;
Goshen, 14.68 ; West Town, 2. Long Island— Remsenburg,
25. Lyons — Newark Park, 14.55 ; Williamson, 4. Nassau —
Huntiugton 2d, 16.57. New York— New York 4th Avenue
(sab.-sch., 7.68), 64.68. Niagara— Lockport 2d, 1.25 ; North
Tonawanda North, 8. Otsego— Oneonta, 13.88. Steuben —
Hornellsville 1st, 10. Westchester— Darien, 21.64 ; New Ha-
ven 1st, 3.20 ; New Rochelle 1st, 16. 418 57
Ohio.— A thens— Beverly, 3.10 ; New Matamoras (sab.-sch.,
1), 5.17; Stockport, 64 cts. Bellefonlaine—De Graff, 2.44;
Spring Hills, 97 cts. Chillicothe— South Salem, 7. Cincinnati
—Cincinnati 1st, 5 ; Glendale, 17 ; Wyoming, 34.24. Cleve-
land—Cleveland Boulevard, 2.36. Dayton— Camden, 2.50 ;
Oxford, 17 ; Troy sab.-sch , 3. Huron— Huron, 4.25. Maho-
ning— Canton Calvary, 2.15; Kinsman, 3. Marion— Kings-
ton, 1 ; Marion, 6.98; Richwood, 4. Maumee— North Balti-
more, 5 ; Toledo 5th, 8.50. Si. C/cn'/sitt'/te— Farinington, 2.
Steubenville— Carrollton, 10 ; Dell Roy, 5.70 ; Minerva, 6.41 ;
New Harrisburg, 4; Wellsville, 12. Zanesville— Zanesville
Brighton, 3.75. 179 16
Orkgox.— Portland— Astoria, 2.14; St John's German, 3.
Willamette— ffBrownsville, 50. 55 14
Pennsylvania.— A llegheny—Asvin wall, 3.86 ; Fairmount,
2.28. Blairsvi lie— Johnstown 1st, 38.21 ; Johnstown Laurel
Avenue, 10 ; McGinnis. 9.42 ; New Florence, 11.55. But-
ler— Muddy Creek, 3.70. Carlisle— Harrisburg Covenant,
5.15. Chester— Dil worth town, 2. Clarion— East Brady, 6.42;
Emlenton, 10. Erie— Meadville 1st, 8 ; Sugar Creek Memo-
rial, 2.50. Huntingdon— Houtzdale, 60 cts.; Milroy, 4.49.
Kittanning— Cherry Tree, 79 cts.; Gilgal, 66 cts.; Indiana
sab.-sch., 20. Lackawanna — Herrick, 1 ; Moosic, 8.41 ; Scott,
4.60 ; Wilkes Barre Westminster, 10. Lehigh — Mahanoy
City, 11.67. Northumberland— Linden, 2 ; Mahoning (sab.-
sch., 11.37), 41.93; Mifrlinburg, 4; New Columbia, 2; Sun-
bury, 21 ; Washiogtonville, 2 ; Williamsport 1st, 10 ; — Beth-
any, 2; — Covenant sab. sch., 9.34. Parkersburg— Hughes
River, 2 ; Wyoma, 1. Philadelphia— Philadelphia Trinity,
10; — Westminster, 13 ; — 79th~Street and Brewster Avenue
Mission, 63 cts. Philadelphia North— Bridesburg, 5 ; Falls of
Schuylkill, 21 ; Frankford, 11.95 ; Germantown 1st, 191.92 ;
Langhorne, 11. Pittsburg— Bethany sab.-sch., 3.73; Can-
nonsburg Central, 9.25 ; Montours, 4 ; Pittsburg Lawrence-
ville, 12.70; — Mt. Washington, 3; Wilkinsburg, 70.32.
Redstone— Brownsville, 11 ; Mount Washington, 2 ; Round
Hill, 6 ; Scottdale (sab.-sch., 4.08), 20.18. Shenango— Mount
Pleasant, 5. Washington— Burgettstown 1st, 8.44 ; Claysville,
10.55 ; Fairview, 7 ; Lower Ten Mile, 2 ; Upper Buffalo, 8.64 ;
Upper Ten Mile, 5 ; Wheeling Vance Memorial, 6. Wells-
boro— Wellsboro, 1689. Westminster— Chestnut Level, 5.
753 78
South Dakota. — Aberdeen— Castlewood, 7. Southern Da-
kota—Parkston, 2.65; Turner 1st German, 3. 12 65
Tennessee.— Holston— College Hill, 3.20 ; Mount Bethel,
2.19. 5 39
Texas.— Austin— Austin 1st, 23.75. North Terns— Jacks-
boro, 4. 27 75
Utah.— Utah— Salt Lake City Westminster, 5.50. 5 50
Washington. — Paget Sound — Anacortes Westminster,
3.35; Ellensburgh, 7.50. 10 85
Wisconsin.— Madison— Eden Bohemian, 1 ; Muscoda Bo-
hemian, 1 ; Platteville German, 4 30. Winnebago— Omro, 3.
9 30
Contributions from churches and Sabbath -schools. $2,689 71
other contributions.
" C. Penna.," 4 ; " Cash," New Bedford, Pa., 50 cts. 4 50
82,694 21
miscellaneous.
Premiums of insurance, 423.28 ; Interest on invest-
ments, 1725 ; Sales of church property, 1520.30 ;
Barber Fund, 300 ; Partial losses, 95 4063 58
special donations.
Illinois — Chicago — Kankakee, 15.25. New
York — Boston — Boston 1st, 60. Columbia—
Greenville, 2.10. Utica— Glendale, 2; Ilion 1st
sab.-sch., 10 ; Martinburg, 2.03 ; Rome 1st, 19.63. Ill 01
86,868 80
Church collections and other contributions, April
ll-October31, 1898 $21,425 78
Church collections and other contributions, April
11-October 31, 1897 20,889 10
LOAN FUND.
Interest 82,395 73
Payments on mortgages 2,140 68
— ^— — 84,536 41
MANSE FUND.
Installments on loans 8865 49
Interest 139 47
$1,004 96
miscellaneous.
Premiums of insurance. 34 75
$1,039 71
If acknowledgment of any remittance is not found in
these reports, or if they are inaccurate in any item, prompt
advice should be sent to the Secretary of the Board, giving
the number of the receipt held, or, in the absence of a receipt,
the date, amount and form of remittance.
Adam Campbell, Treasurer,
156 Fifth Avenue, New York City.
RECEIPTS FOR THE BOARD OF MINISTERIAL RELIEF, OCTOBER, 1898.
Baltimore. — Baltimore — Baltimore Broadway, 5; —
Brown Memorial, 167.95; Emmittsburg, 9.75; Lonaconing,
10. New Castle— Port Penn, 2.20. Washington City— Takoma
Park, 4.13; Vienna, 2.40 ; Washington City 4th, 25.15; —
Eckington, 2.25 ; — Metropolitan, 60 : — Western, 32.
320 83
California.— Benicia— San Rafael (sab.-sch., 2.30), 3450 ;
Santa Rosa, 32 ; Valle.jo (sab.-sch., 2), 6. Los Angeles— Cor-
onado Graham Memorial, 8.50 ; Lakeside 1st, 3 ; Los Angeles
Central, 19 ; — Grand View, 3.60 ; Redlands, 5.70. Oakland
—Oakland Union Street, 6. Sacramento— Redding, 5 ; Sac-
ramento 14th Street, 5.75. Santa Barbara— Carpenteria 1st,
5.55; Santa Paula, 10. Stockton— Fresno 1st, 11.90. 156 50
Catawba.— Catau&a— Bellefonte, 1; Siloam, 1. . 2 00
Colorado.— Bonldrr— Cheyenne 1st, 4.05 ; Fort Collins, 8 ;
Wolf. 1. Denver— Denver York Street, 2.25. Pueblo— Pueblo
Westminster, 8.10. 23 40
Illinois.— A Hon— Chester 1st, 8; East St. Louis, 1.79;
Jersey ville, 16.82 ; Moro, 2.10; Steelville, 2.35 ; Sugar Creek,
1; Trenton, 1. Bloomington— Champaign 1st, 49.57. Cairo
— Carmi, 80; Centralia (sab.-sch., 3), 7. Chicago— Chicago
41st Street, 74.65 ; — Central Park, 20.09 ; — Covenant,
177.39 ; — Englewood 1st, 20.71 ; HigMand Park, 56.71 ; Joliet
1st, 1.75; Lake Forest, 300 ; Manteno, 45 ; Peotone 1st, 16.95.
Freepart— Rockford Westminster, 6.22 ; Woodstock, 7. Mat-
toon— Ashvaore, 4 ; Taylorville, 22.52 j Tuscola, 8.50. Peoria
—North Peoria, 3.18 ; Peoria lst,27.62. Bock River— Edging-
ton, 14 ; Franklin Grove, 4 ; Hamlet, 14; Milan, 8.12 ; Mor-
rison, 76.03 ; Norwood, 7.05 ; Perry ton, 5 ; Pleasant Ridge,
2. Schuyler— Bushnell, 9.68 ; Carthage, 7.75 ; Quincy 1st, 20 ;
Salem German, 5 ; Wythe, 8.64. Springfield— Buffalo Hart,
1.33 ; Jacksonville State Street, 89.55 ; Springfield 1st, 13.08 ;
— 2d, 3.75; Williamsville Union, 72 cts. 1251 62
Indiana. — Crawfordsville — El zaville, 3 ; Hopewell, 5;
Kirklin, 4 ; Rock Creek, 5.24 ; Rockfield, 6 ; Sugar Creek, 4.
Fort Wayne— Elkhart, 14 ; Fort Wayne 1st, 73.41 ; Hunting-
ton 1st, 4.60. Indianapolis— Greenwood, 1.10; Hopewell,
36.07; Indianapolis Memorial, 3; White Lick, 10. New
Albany — Hanover, 18. Vincennes — Rockport, 5. White
Water— Richmond 1st, 12.62. 205 04
Indian Territory.— Choctaw— Philadelphia, 1 ; San Bois,
1. Kiamichi—m. Gilead, 1.14. 3 14
Iowa.— Corning— Afton, 7 ; Red Oak 1st, 16.30 ; Shenan-
doah, 7.65; Wfcst Centre, 1.50. Council Bluffs— Columbian,
3. Des Moines— Dallas Centre, 20 ; Garden Grove, 9.51 ;
Leon, 3.40; LeRoy, 3 ; Newton, 7.38. Dubuque— Cascade 1st,
4; Hazleton. 5; Otterville, 6; Pine Creek, 7; Unity, 5.43 ;
Volga, 7. Fort Dodge— Emmanuel German, 3 ; Ramsey Ger-
man, 4 ; Wheatland German, 6. Iowa— Burlington 1st, 2 40 ;
Fairfield 1st, 7 ; Hedrick, 1 ; Ktokuk 1st Westminster, 5.94.
Iowa City— Atalissa, 2 ; Columbus Central, 2 ; Fairview, 4.20 ;
Shimer, 3.50 ; West Branch, 6 ; Williamsburg, 4. Sioux City
—Ida Grove, 6 ; Sac City, 6 ; Sioux City 3d, 5. Waterloo—
Marshalltown 1st, 50 ; Morrison, 3.25. 234 46
Kansas.— Emporia— Council Grove, 8.65 ; Eldorado 1st,
10 ; Lyndon 1st, 3.52 ; Wichita Oak Street, 5. Lamed— At.
546
MISI8TERIAL RELIEF.
[December,
lington, 1.07; Halsted 1st, 3; McPherson, 22.72. Neosho—
Chanute sab.-sch., 2.61; Neodesna, 3.08; Parker, 2.75;
Princeton, 2.45; Thayer, 4.37. Osborne— Long Island, 1;
Phillipsburg, 2. Topeka— Clinton, 5 ; Kansas City Western
Highlands, 10.10 ; Manhattan, 11 ; Riley, 3.24 ; Rossville, 2 ;
Sedalia, 1.79 ; Spring Hill, 3.55; Stanley, 4.55. 113 45
Kentucky.— Louisville— ~Loui&viile Calvary, 5 ; — "Warren
Memorial, 164.06. 169 06
Michigan.— Detroit— 1$orth\ille, 10 ; Pontiac 1st, 33.67 ;
Springfield, 5. Grand Rapids — Grand Rapids 1st, 14.10.
Kalamazoo— Schoolcraft, 3. Lansing — Lansing Franklin
Street sab.-sch., 8.78 ; Marshall, 11. Peloskey— East Jordan,
8. 88 55
Minnesota.— Manka to— Jackson, 5; Mankato 1st, 17.99.
Minneapolis— Minneapolis Bethlehem, 6.75 ; — Westminster,
62.46; Oak Grove, 4.90. St. Cloud— Litchfield, 12.90. St Paul
— Knox, 2 ; Warrendale, 1. Winona — Claremont, 5 ; Fre-
mont, 3 ; Owatonna 1st, 6.62 ; Rushford, 2.40. 130 02
Missouri.— Kansas City— Holden, 3.75; Osceola, 3. Ozark
—Carthage 1st, 13.15 ; — Westminster, 5.40 ; Ebenezer, 4.62 ;
Joplin 1st, 2.81. Platte— A valon, 4.60; Cowgill, 2; King
City, 5 ; Oregon, 6.60 ; St. Joseph 3d Street, 2.85. St. Louis—
Kirkwood 1st, 42.04; St. Louis Curby Memorial, 8.87; —
Lafayette Park, 33. 137 69
Montana.— Butte— Deer Lodge, 11.25. Helena— Manhat-
tan 2d Holland, 7. 18 25
Nebraska. — Hastings— Edgar, 16.65 ; Hanover German,
5 ; Nelson, 17 ; Ong, 4.20. Kearney— Clontibret, 2. Nebraska
City— Auburn, 2.55 ; Beatrice 1st, 17.75 ; Tamora, 1.30. Nio-
brara—Apple Creek, 1.04; Black Bird, 1.39; Oakdale, 1;
Scottville, 1.57. Omaha— Bellevue, 3.65; Fremont, 18.80;
Tekamah, 5.37. 99 27
New Jersey.— Elizabeth— Cranford, 20 ; Elizabeth West-
minster sab.-sch., 8.75; Pluckamin (sab.-sch., 6.93), 13.33;
Roselle, 4.89 : Springfield, 21 ; Woodbridge 1st, 9.26. Jersey
Oily— Passaic 1st sab.-sch., 5; Paterson East Side. 20; —
Redeemer, 57.40. Monmouth— Cranbury 1st, 40 ; Freehold
1st, 21 ; Manasquan 1st, 10.75. Morris and Orange— Boonton
1st, 30.87 ; East Orange 1st, 171.06 ; Orange German, 6 ; —
Hillside, 112.85 ; South Orange 1st Y. L. M. Soc., 30 ; Summit
Central, 4. Newar k— Newark 2d, 43.75 ; — Fewstnith Mem-
orial, 5.70 ; — South Park, 29.11. New Brunswick— Alexan-
dria 1st, 4; Dayton, 3.42; Lambertville, 15; Trenton 4th,
70 ; — Prospect Street sab.-sch., 7.54. Newton— La Fayette,
4.42. West Jersey— Cape May 1st, 20.72; Salem 1st, 46.84 ;
Synod of New Jersey (collection), 30. 866 66
New York.— Albany— Ballston Centre, 3.92 ; Sand Lake,
6. Binghamton — Cortland, 40. Boston— East Boston, 13.43.
Brooklyn— Brooklyn Bethany, 18.85 ; — Olivet, 2 ; — South
3d Street, 50 ; — Throop Avenue, 71. Buffalo— Buffalo Cove-
nant, 12 ; — Park, 9.76. Chemung— Burdett, 4.30. Columbia
— Catskill, 91.12 ; Hillsdale, 2.18 ; Hunter, 7. Genesee— Ba-
tavia 1st, 35.73. Geneva— Branchport, 1.50 ; Penn Yan, 40.05 ;
Phelps, 16 ; Romulus, 60 cts.; Seneca, 22.57; Seneca Castle,
8.90. Hudson— Florida, 3.60 ; Goshen, 35.86 ; Hopewell, 8.07 ;
Milford, 12 ; Washingtonville 1st, 10 ; West Town, 2. Long
Island— Middletown, 13.61 ; Setauket, 15.79. Nassau— Glen
Cove 1st, 5; Hempstead Christ Church, 5; HuntiDgton 2d,
13.56; Newtown 1st, 20. New York— New York 14th Street,
14.50 ; — North 67 ; — Throggs Neck C. E. Soc, 5. Niagara
— Holley, 20 ; Niagara Falls 1st, 40 ; North Tonawanda
North, 8; Wright's Corners, 7.65. North River— Amenia
South, 9.47 ; Milton, 5 ; New Hamburg, 20 ; Pine Plains, 6.
Rochester— Dansville, 1 ; Mount Morris, 12.50 ; Nunda, 1 ;
Victor, 9.28. St. Lawrence— Gouverneur 1st, 19.10; Wad-
dington Scotch, 14 ; Watertown 1st, 47.01. Steuben— Horn-
ellsville 1st, 20. Syracuse— Baldwinsville 1st, 7.55; James-
ville, 2.54 ; Mexico, 15.96 ; Oneida Valley, 1 ; Wampsville, 1.
Troy— Cambridge, 3.47. Utica— Ilion 1st and sab.-sch., 7 ;
Rome 1st, 24.60. Westchester— Bedford, 6 ; Gilead, 22.30 ;
Huguenot Memorial, 21 ; Mahopac Falls, 20.82 ; New Roch-
elle 1st, 26.75 ; South East, 5.30. 1093 20
North Dakota.— .Far^o— Casselton, 2.25 ; Sanborn, 3.20.
5 45
Ohio. —Athens— Beech Grove, 3 ; Bristol, 3.06 ; Stockport,
63 cts.; Warren, 1. Bellefonlaine—~De Graff, 2.44; Spring
Hills, 97 cts. Chillicothe— Hillsboro, 47.50 ; South Salem, 8.
Cincinnati— Avondale, 74 ; Cincinnati 3d, 6.50 ; Glendale 1st,
25; Lebanon, 22; Somerset, 1. Cleveland— Akron Central,
2.50 ; East Cleveland, 12. Columbus— Columbus Westminster,
5.90 ; Lancaster 1st, 8 ; Westerville, 4. Dayton— Bethel, 3.49 ;
Middletown let, 21.16 ; New Jersey, 4.05 ; Troy sab.-sch., 3.
Huron— Bloomville, 1 ; Melmore, 1 ; Norwalk 1st, 16.13 ;
Republic, 1; Tiffiu 1st, 14.50. Mahoning— Ellsworth, 10;
Massillon 2d, 37.87 ; Youngstown 1st, 33.04. Marion— Ches-
terville, 5. Maumee— Toledo 1st, 35.48 ; — 5th, 8 ; — Colling-
wood Avenue, 28.16 ; Weston, 7. Portsmouth— Manchester,
5. St. Clairsville—C&mbTide*, 12; Crab Apple, 6.90; Pleasant
Valley, 1.75 ; Wheeling Valley, 5. Steubenville— Bakersville,
2.75 ; East Liverpool 1st, 46.79 ; East Springfield, 3 ; Madison,
8 ; Minerva, 13.03 ; Newcomerstown, 3 ; Ridge, 3 ; Wells-
ville 1st, 10 ; — 2d, 6. Wooster— Ashland, 3.25. Zanesville—
Clark, 4.50 ; Madison, 9.45 ; Muskingum, 12. 612 80
Oregon.— Portland— Portland 3d, 2.27 ; Smith Memorial,
2. 4 27
Pennsylvania.— A llegheny— Beaver 1st, 5. Blairsville—
Fairfield, 2.70 ; New Salem, 5.60 ; Unity, 14. Butler— Amity,
5; Centreville 1st, 21 ; Martinsburg, 6.30; Middlesex, 6.10;
New Hope, 3. Carlisle— Dauphin 1st, 1.50 ; Millerstown,
4 75; Upper, 3.57. Chester— Bryn Mawr, 88.78; Chester 1st
sab.-sch., 15; Coatesville, 40; Great Valley, 4; Kennett
Square, 8; Wayne, 74; West Grove, 4.25. Clarion— Green-
ville, 8.8i; Marionville, 10 ; Sligo, 3.80; Tionesta, 16. Erie
—Bradford 1st (sab.-sch., 4.45), 43.12; Erie Park, 22.69;
Girard 1st (Miles Grove, 3.34), 16.34; Milledgeville, 2.50;
Mill Village, 3 ; Sugar Creek Memorial, 1.50 ; Tideoute, 10 ;
Titusville 1st, 75.47 ; Venango and Gravel Run, 3.43. Hunt-
ingdon—Bellefonte, 53; Houtzdale, 60 cts.; Logan's Valley.
13; Lower Tuscarora, 6.50; Milesburg, 13; Moshannon and
Snow Shoe, 3 ; Osceola, 15 ; Pine Grove Mills, 4.25 ; Sinking
Valley. 8.66 ; Spring Creek, 9.03. Kittanning— Cherry Tree,
79 cts.; Freeport, 13.85; Gilgal, 1.05; Kittanning 1st, 50;
West Glade Run, 6; Worthington, 7. Lackawanna— Elm-
hurst 1st, 1 ; Hawley, 8 ; Herrick, 3 ; Kingston, 26.40 ; Scran-
ton Green Ridge Avenue (sab.-sch., 15.32), 75.32 ; — Sumner
Avenue, 1 60. Lehigh— Allentown, 28.20 ; Easton Brainerd
Union, 160 ; Middle Smithfield, 11.69; Shenandoah, 5.61.
Northumberland— Buffalo (add'l), 4 ; Mahoning (sab.-sch.,
18.84), 56.18; Miffiinburg, 5; New Columbia, 2; Washing-
tonville, 2 ; Williamsport 1st, 50 ; — 3d, 58.97 ; — Covenant
sab.-sch., 10.43. Parkersburg— Hughes River, 2. Philadel-
phia—Philadelphia Covenant, 10 ; — Gaston, 33.20 ; — Mem-
orial, 51.04; — Oxford, 74.47 ; — 79th Street and Brewster
Mission, 63 cts.; — South Broad Street, 1.50 ; — Tabernacle.
119.70. Philadelphia North — Abington, 40.50; Bridgeport
1st, 5; Bristol, 9 05; Frankford, 14.34; Germantown West
Side, 95.10 ; Pottstown 1st, 15.26 ; Reading 1st, 41.33. Pitts-
burg—Caraopolis (sab.-sch., 3.38), 24; Finleyville, 2.52;
McDonald 1st, 25.38; Pittsburg South Side, 2.80; Raccoon
(sab.-sch., 4.80), 31.80; Wilkinsburg, 50. Redstone— Browns-
ville, 17 ; McKeesport 1st, 50 ; Mount Washington, 2. Shen-
ango— Clarksville, 2.90; Moravia, 1.70; New Brighton, 60;
New Castle Central, 19.09 ; Wampum (C. E., 1), 6.48. Wash-
ington—Rurgettstown 1st, 10.08; Forks of Wheeling, 22;
Lower Ten Mile, 2 ; Three Springs, 2 ; Vance Memorial, 6 ;
Wellsburg, 28.72; Wheeling 1st, 24.30. Wellsboro— Beecher
Island, 5 ; Wellsboro, 16.89. Westminster— Chestnut Level,
10 ; Middle Octorara, 6 ; York Faith, 2. 2187 14
South Dakota.— Black Hills— Sturgis, 3. 3 00
Tennessee— Holston — J jnesboro, 8; Mount Bethel, 6.
Union— Knoxville 2d, 16.57. 30 57
Texas.— Trinity— Albany W. M. Soc, 14. 14 00
Utah.— Boise— Boise City 1st, 8.45. Utah— Hyrum Em-
manuel, 2.05. 10 50
Washington. — Puget Sound — EUensburgh, 8. 8 00
Wisconsin.— Milwaukee— Beaver Dam Assembly, 7; Mil-
waukee Calvary, 50.75 ; — 1st German sab.-sch., 1. Winne-
bago—Radger l*t, 2.40; Oconto, 24.28; Omro, 4; O.hkosh
1st, 35; Sheridan, 2.55; Stevens Point, 5.47. 132 45
From churches and Sabbath-schools $7,921 82
individuals.
Mrs. Mary S. Rice, Colorado Springs, Colo., 60;
"A Presbyterian Friend," 25; "Cash," New
Bedford, Pa., 50 cts.; Rev. and Mrs. L F. Brick-
els, Auburndale, Wis., 2.50 ; C. D. Wyckoff, Penn
Yan,N.Y., 5; Mrs. W. M. Canby, Germantown,
Pa., 3 ; " Friend," Grant City, Mo., 3; Mrs. E.
B. McLane, San Antonio, Tex., 10; Mrs. G. S.
Jouett, Washington, D.C., 10 ; T. Nash, Chicago,
111., 4.50; Rev. John Wilson, Nephi, Utah, 10;
Rev. Louis F. Benson, Philadelphia, 20 ; C. W.
Douglass, Shanghai, China, 1 ; Miss Julia Hash-
ell, Cleveland, 0,5; George D. Dayton, Worth-
iDgton, Minn., 100; The Misses Smith, Asbury
Park, N. J., 5; Robert Dollar, San Rafael, Cal.,
10 ; Rev. L. J. Matthews, West Plains, Mo., 1 ;
Miss Mary Chamberlain, Brazil, 5 ; Rev. William
Aikman, D. D., Atlantic City, N.J., 10; Rev. R. L.
Adams, Indianola, Iowa, 5 ; Mrs. Mary A. Stout.
Petoskey, Mich., 3 ; Mrs. A. J. Newell, Central
City. Neb., 10 ; Mrs. J. Roberts, Brooklyn, N.Y.,
1 ; Mrs. Mary E. Welles, Omaha, Neb., 5; " C.
Penna.," 6 820 50
interest.
Interest from investments 1,472 25
" »« Trustees of the General Assembly . 2,680 00
" " Roger Sherman Fund 124 50
" " Latta Fund 41 67
812,560 24
Unrestricted legacies 750 00
813,310 24
1898.]
MINISTERIAL RELIEF — FREEDMEN.
547
permanent fund. Total for current fund (not including unrestricted
. _ legacies) si&ce April 1,1898 866,820 64
Refund * Total for same period last year 71.586 77
Total receipts in October, 1898 813,310 31 William W. Heberton, Treasurer,
- Room 507, Witherspoon Building, Philadelphia, Pa.
RECEIPTS FOR THE BOARD FOR FREEOMEN, AUGUST, 1898.
Baltimore.— New Castle — Rock, 1. Washington City— Kirkwood, 34.G3. Zanesville— Muskingum, 18 ; Oakfield, 1.
Washington City Assembly, 12. 13 00 80 38
Catawba.— Cape Fear— Wilson Calvary, 3. Southern Vir- Pennsylvania.— Blairsville— Fairfield, 35.53 ; Johnstown
ginia— Ogden's Chapel, 1. 4 00 1st, 84.32 ; Parnassus, 23.75 ; Johnstown Laurel Avenue, 10 ;
Illinois.— Bloomington— Chenoa C. E., 5. Cairo— Anna, — 2d, 24. Butler— Milbrook, 4. Carlisle— Paxton, 24. Ches-
10; Saline Mines, 2. Chicago— Chicago Lakeview 1st, 20; ier— Oxford 2d, 60 cts. Clarion— East Hickory Endeavor, 15.
— Woodlawn Park sab.-sch., 5 ; Evanston 1st, 45.21; Chi- Erie— Concord, 4 ; Pleasantville, 8. Huntingdon— Bellefonte,
cago Edgewater, 1.47. _FV«e/;or*— Belvidere 1st, 8 ; Hanover, 34 ; Houtzdale, 1.20 ; Osceola, 5. Ki itann i tig — Union, 2.
7 ; Marengo, 9. Schuyler — Kirkwood, 6 ; Macomb, 47. Lackawanna— Orwell 1st, 1. Parkersburg — Terra Alta, 6.
Springfield— Farmington, 2.30. 167 98 Philadelphia North— Norristown 1st, 31.81. Pittsburg— Idle-
Indian Territory.— Sequoyah— Eureka, 2. 2 00 wood Hawthorne Avenue, 7 ; Pittsburg Shady Side, 48.93.
Iowa.— Coming— Malvern, 11.55 ; Norwich, 1. Fort Dodge Washington— West Alexander, 59.33; Wheeling Vance Me-
— Rolfe 2d (C. E., 2.17), 5.83. Iowa— Burlington 1st, 2.01; morial ch. and sab.-sch., 7.42. Westminster— Little Britain,
Keokuk 1st Westminster, 7.80. Waterloo— West Friesland 5 ; Strasburgh, 3. 444 79
German, 6 ; Williams, 3. 37 19 Tennessee.— Kingston— Bethel, 3. Union— Spring Place,
Kansas.— Lamed— Liberal, 1. 1 00 2.25. 5 25
Kentucky.— Ebenezer— Covington 1st, 49.03. 49 03
Missouri.— Ozark— Conway sab.-sch., 1.25. 125 Receipts from churches during August, 1898 . . . $1,173 58
Nebraska.— Nebraska City— Humboldt, 3. 3 00
New Jersey.— Elizabeth— Plainfield 1st, 21. Monmouth— miscellaneous.
Barnegat, 4 ; Calvary, 31.10; Forked River, 3. Morris and Interest from invested funds, 156 ; Mary E. Sill,
Orange— East Orange 1st, 67.19 ; Mendham 1st, 13.75. 140 04 Geneva, N. Y., 5 ; Rev. and Mrs. W. F. Gates,
New York.— Albany— Jermain Memorial, 2.53. Brooklyn Guatemala, C.A., 10; Mrs. L. G. Chandler, Ells-
— Brooklyn Immanuel, 3. Buffalo — Buffalo North, 27.06. worth, Me , 120 291 00
Chemung— Big Flats, 3. Hudson — Chester sab.-sch., 2; Woman's Board 315 35
Good Will, 1.86. Nassau —Huntington 1st, 60.60. New
York— New YorK West End, 15.22. Niagara— Lew Jston, 5. Total receipts during August, 1898 $1,779 93
North River— Newburg Calvary, 6.40. Otsego— Oneonta, 21. Total receipts during August, 1897 2,217 39
Rochester— Geneseo Village, 45. Utica— Lyons Falls, 16.95 ; Total receipts since April 1, 1898 22,794 91
New Hartford, 10.05. Westchester— Holyoke 1st, 5 224 67 Total receipts from April 1 to Sept. 1, 1897. . . . 18,765 66
Ohio.— Cincinnati— Cincinnati Fairmount German, 2.50.
Cleveland— Cleveland Bolton Avenue, 4. Dayton — Green- Jons J. Be acom, Treasurer,
vllle 1st, 15. Portsmouth -Mt. Leigh, 5.25. St. Clairsville— 516 Market Street, Pittsburg, Pa.
RECEIPTS FOR THE BOARD FOR FREEDMEN, SEPTEMBER, 1898.
Atlantic— Fairfield— Pleasant Grove, 4 ; Hebron, 1.40; 3. Cincinnati— Cincinnati 4th, 2.50; Norwood, 12 ; West-
Calvary, 4. 9 40 wood German, 4. Columbus— Columbus Broad Street, 9.19.
Baltimore.— Baltimore— Baltimore Light Street, 5 ; Bar- Dayton— Bethel, 1.97 ; Dayton Memorial, 18. Huron— Fos-
ton, 1; Chestnut Grove, 4.75; Highland, 2. New Castle — toria sab.-sch., 5. Lima— Convoy, 3. 60 52
Rehoboth (Md.), 1; Wilmington Rodney Street, 6.31. Oregon.— East Oregon— Union, 55 cts. Portland— Asto-
Washington City— Vienna, 1.50. 2156 ria 1st, 2.12. Southern Oregon- Phoenix, 2. 4 67
California.— Oakland— \a\oua, sab.-sch., 4.30. San Jose— Pennsylvania.— A llegheny— Hay esville (sab.-sch., 1.19),
Monterey 1st, 3.20. Santa Barbara— Hueneme, 10. 17 50 1.69; Sewickley, 45.80 ; Tarentum, 7.36. Blairsville— New
Colorado.— Denver — Black Hawk, 3.90; Central City, Kensington 1st, 3. Butler— Concord, 11.45. Carlisle— Dun-
8.20; Denver South Broadway, 5. 17 10 cannon C. E., 5. Clarion— Clarion , 19.67; New Rehoboth,
Illinois. — Bloomington — Selma, 10. Cairo— Cobden 1st 4.00 ; West Millville, 2. Erie— Erie 1st, 15. Huntingdon—
C.E., 1; Harrisburg 1st, 4. Chicago— Austin 1st, 9.15; Hollidaysburg 1st, 23.75. Kittanning— Apollo (sab.-sch., 10),
Chicago 4th, 300; —Covenant, 72.62 ; Lake Forest sab.-sch., 44. Lackawanna — Franklin, 1.27. Lehigh— Shawnee, 4.25.
30. Freeport— Galena South, 48.95. Rock River— Peniel, 7. Parkersburg— Gnatty Creek, 2.55. Philadelphia— Philadel-
Schuyler— Ebenezer, 11.05 ; Monmouth, 8.17. 501 94 phia 3d, 15.76. Philadelphia North— Germ an town 1st sab.-
Indiana. — Crawfordsville — Rockville Memorial, 1.63; sch., 29.90. Pittsburg— Pittsburg East Liberty (sab.-sch.,
Romney, 5.15; Sugar Creek, 2.05. Fort Wayne— Hopewell, 41.79), 156.59; — Hazlewood, 14.29; —Shady Side (sab.-
2.35. New Albany— Madison 1st, 15. 26 18 sch., 14.75), 52.10. Reds/one— Industry, 4.28 ; Mt. Vernon,
Iowa.— Dubuque— Dubuque 1st, 5.50. Sioux Oily— Schal- 3; Round Hill, 5. Washington— Wheeling 1st, 18.01. 489 78
ler 1st, 3.15. Waterloo— Owasa, 2; Salem, 8; Tranquility, South Dakota.— Dakota— Porcupine, 1. Southern Dako-
7.45. 26 10 ta— Bridgewater, 3 ; Dell Rapids, 16 ; Scotland, 2.80 ; Turner
Kansas.— Solomon— Cuba Bohemian, 10. 10 00 County 1st German, 4. 26 80
Michigan.— Detroit— Detroit Forest Avenue, 7.04. Flint — Tennessee.— Union— Calvary, 4; Eusebia, 1; New Market,
Grindstone City, 2.15; Marlette 2d, 3.16 ; Morrice, 3.32 ; 5.20; Rockford, 2; Shannondale, 15; St. Luke's, 1. 28 20
Port Austin, 2.15. Lansing— Delhi, 2 ; Homer, 6.36. 26 18 Texas —Trinity— Dallas 2d, 1.99. 199
Minnesota.— Duluth— McN air Memorial, 2. Mankalo— Washington.— Puget Sound— Friday Harbor, 7.35. 7 35
Ebenezer, 4. Minneapolis— Minneapolis Westminster, 25.17. Wisconsin. — Madisori. —Fancy Creek, 4 ; Pleasant Hill, 3 ;
31 17 Pulaski German, 4. Milwaukee— Milwaukee Immanuel, 9.20.
Missouri —Kansas City— Sedalia Central sab.-sch., 3.60; 20 20
JT^S- Bethel^ermTn a5kVille 8ab-'Sch" L79 ; Tarki£ 'gj Receipts from churches during September, 1898 . . ~*2,096 02
Nebraska.— Nebraska City— Lincoln 3d, 5. Niobrara — miscellaneous.
LaZb,ErV L Wakefie,ld ;stA10- v?mlh?C-^ftel\°2k 2- r1 °° " C Penna.," 8 ; Mr. J. B. Woods, Sprouts, Ky.,
r% VwWnJrt"lSf6e{J~-E *}*n ' mS\ Jerf7 10; Presbyterial H. M. Soc, Huntingdon, Pa.
( Uy— Englewood, 40 19. Morris and Orange— Madison 1st, 15'42. Rey j g pomerov Fairview W Va 1-
7.64; Morristown 1st 72^20 ; Orange 1st 40; Rockaway, ^r.^mvi'ci^^M^S^Z^:^
?«h 5hWT9n an3"! a£fk;t JH6** Neu0l 7 Blair?°WD tate of Rev. Francis V. WarreS, Northeast, Pa.,
i ? «1n * ]' '' LaFayette' 2-68- ^eslJersey-balem 10750 . Estate of Mis8 Martha' j. McQuilkin!
,SNew° YoRK-^fcrny-Albany State Street, 19.63 ; -Wes't JSS^SSl^ti "Sich^ • ^etf 'canceled
End (C. E., 1.02), 13.02 ; Ballston Centre, 6.59. Binghamton J^ds ' 3 29 Mrs and" Mr G A SSifih
-Binghamton 1st, 43.95! Cayuga-lthaca 1st, 55.98 ; Meri- TaTla ''sr-;i A. Reaugh,
dian, 6. Genera-Canandaigua 1st, 7.24 ; Geneva North Woman's Board 9 v£ oi
(sab.-sch., 5.82), 64.32. Hulion-Good Will, 1.14; Union- « onian s Board . 2l57L28
ville, 7. New York— New York Lenox, 2.51. St. Lawrence Total receipts during September, 1898 85,068 51
—Potsdam, 6.25. Troy— Cohoes, 20 ; Troy Woodside, 15 ; Total receipts during September, 1897 5,522 41
Waterford 1st, 6.70. Utica— Clinton, 22. We stches ter- Da- Total receipts to Oct. 1, 1898 27,863 42
rien, 20 ; Yonkers 1st, 100; —Westminster, 6.22. 423 55 Total receipts to Oct. 1, 1897 24,288 07
North Dakota.— Fargo— Jamestown 1st, 7.67. 7 67 John J. Beacom, Treasurer,
Ohio.— Bellejonlaine— Bellefontaine 1st, 1.86 ; Huntsville, 516 Market Street, Pittsburg, Pa.
Office^ and Ajeijcieg of Ik general A??emHj.
CLERKS;
fitoted Oerfc and Treasurer— Rex. William H. Roberts, D.D.,
LL.D. All correspondence on the general business of
the Assembly should be addressed to the Stated Clerk.
No. 1319 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa.
Permanent Clerk—Rex. William £. Moore, D.D., LL D
Columbus, Ohio.
TRUSTEES.
President— George Junkin, Esq., LL.D.
Treasurer— Frank K. Hippie, 1340 Chestnut Street.
Recording Secretary— Jacob Wilson.
Office— Witherspoon Building, No. 1319 Walnut Street
Philadelphia, Pa.
BOARDS,
I. Home Missions, Sustentation.
Secretary— Rev. Charles L. Thompson, D.D.
Treasurer — Mr. Harvey C. Olin.
Superintendent of Schools— Rev. George F. McAfee.
Secretary of Young People's Depart7nent—~Miss M. Katharine Jones.
Office— Presbyterian Building, No. 156 Fifth Avenue, New York, N. Y. Address all mail, Box 156
Madison Square Branch.
Letters relating to missionary appointments and other operations of the Board, and applications for aid
from churches, should be addressed to the Secretary.
Letters relating to the financial affairs of the Board, or those containing remittances of money, should be
addresspd to the Treasurer.
Applications of teachers and letters relating to the School Department should be addressed to the Superin-
tendent of Schools.
Correspondence of Young People's Societies and matters relating thereto should be addressed to the Secre-
tary of the Young People's Department.
a. Foreign Missions.
Corresponding Secretaries— Rev. Frank F. Ellinwood, D.D., LL.D. ; Rev. John Gillespie, D.D. ; Mr. Robert E. Speer
and Rev. Arthur J. Brown, D.D.
Treasurer— Charles W. Hand.
Secretary Emeritus— Rex. John C. Lowrie, D.D.
Field Secretary— Rex. Thomas Marshall, D.D., 48 McCormick Block, Chicago, Til.
Office— Presbyterian Building, No. 156 Fifth Avenue, New York, N. Y.
Letters relating to the missions or other operations of the Board should be addressed to the Secretaries.
Letters relating to the pecuniary affairs of the Board, or containing remittance'" Tf money, should be sent
to Charles W. Hand, Treasurer.
Certificates of honorary membership are given on receipt of S30, and of honorary directorship on receipt
Of $100.
Persons sending packages for shipment to missionaries should state the cmtents and value. There are no
specified days for shipping goods. Send packages to the Presbyterian Building as soon as they are ready. Ad-
dress the Treasurer of the Board of Foreign Missions.
The postage on letters to all our mission stations, except those in Mexico, is 5 cents for each half ounce or
fraction thereof. Mexico, 2 cents for each half ounce.
3. Education.
Corresponding Secretary— Rex. Edward B. Hodge, D.D. Treasurer— Jacob Wilson.
Office— Witherspoon Building, No. 1319 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa.
4. Publication and Sabbath=schooI Work.
Secretary—Rex. Elijah R. Craven, D.D., LL.D.
Superintendent of Sabbath-school and Missionary Work— Rev. James A. Worden, D.D.
Editorial Superintendent— Rex. J. R. Miller, D.D. Business Superintendent— John H. Scribner.
Manufacturer— Henry F. Scheetz. Treasurer— Rev. C. T. McMullin.
Office— Witherspoon Building, No. 1319 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa.
Letters relative to the general interests of the Board, also all manuscripts offered for publication and com-
munications relative thereto, excepting those for Sabbath-school Library books and the periodicals, should be
addressed to the Rev. E. R. Craven, D.D.. Sen-nary.
Letters relating to Sabbath-school and Missionary work, to grants of the Board's publications, to the appoint-
ment of Sabbath-school missionaries, and all communications of missionaries, to the Superintendent of Sabbath-
school and Missionary Work.
All manuscripts for Sabbath-school books, the Westminster Teacher and the other periodicals, and all
letters concerning the same, to the Editorial Superintendent.
Business correspondence and orders for books and periodicals, except from Sabbath-school missionaries, to
John H. Scribner, Business Superintendent.
Remittances of money and contributions, to the Rev. C. T. McMcllik, Treasurer.
§. Church Erection.
Corresponding Secretary— Rex. Erskine N. Wrhite, D.D. Treasurer— Adam CampbelL
Ofjtcb— Presbyterian Building, No. 156 Fifth, ivenue, New York, N. Y.
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Treasurer and Recording Secretary— Rev. William W. Heberton.
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7. Freed men.
Corresponding Secretary— Rev. Edward P. Cowan, D J).
Recording Secretary— Rev. Samuel J. Fisher, D.D.
Treasurer— Rev. John J. Beacom, D.D.
Office-516 Market Street, Pittsburgh, Pa.
8. Aid for Colleges and Academies.
Secretary— Rev. E. C. Ray, D.D.
Treasurer— E. C. Ray.
Office— Room 30, Montauk Block, No. 115 Monroe Street, Chicago, ID.
COMMITTEES, ETC.
Committee on Systematic Beneficence.
Chairman— Rev. W. H. Hubbard, Auburn, N. Y.
Secretary— Kiliaen Van Rensselaer, 56 Wall Street, New York, N. Y.
Committee on Temperance.
Chairman— Rev. John J. Beacom, D.D., 516 Market Street, Pittsburgh, Bfc.
Corresponding Secretary— Rev. John F. Hill, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Recording Secretary— George Irwin (P. O. Box 14), ALlegheny, Pa.
Treasurer— Rev. James Allison, D.D., Pittsburgh, Pa.
Presbyterian Historical Society.
President— Rev. Henry C. McCook, D.D., Sc.D.
Librarian— Rev. W. L. Ledwith, D.D., 1531 Tioga Street, Philadelphia, Pa.
Corresponding Secretary— Rev . Samuel T. Lowrie, D.D., 1827 Pine Street. Philadelphia, Pa
Recording Secretary — Rev. James Price, 107 E. Lehigh Avenue, Philadelphia, Pa.
Treasurer— DeB. K. Ludwig, Ph.D., 3739 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa.
Treasurers of Synodical Home Missions and Sustentation.
New Jersey— Hon. William M. Lanning, Trenton, N. J.
New York— Mi. A. P. Stevens, National Savings BanK Building, Albany, N. Y.
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Baltimore— D. C. Ammidon, 31 South Frederick Street, Baltimore, Md.
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Board of Relief- -to " The Presbyterian Board of Relief for Disabled Ministers and the Widows and Or-
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