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Vol.  XXII.  NOVEMBER,  1892.  No.  11. 

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There  are  a  few  changes  to  be  mentioned  in  the  topics  for  our  Calendar 
for  November,  as  follows  :  Miss  McLennan's  name  in  Japan  shpuld  be  writ- 
ten Mrs.  Schuyler  S.  White, — a  change  of  name,  merely,  not  of  work  or  of 
station.  Miss  Colby  arrived  in  Japan,  and  is  now  stationed  at  Osaka,  in 
charge  of  the  girls'  school  there, — Miss  Daugliaday  having  gone  to  Tottori, 
for  the  relief  found  in  a  change  of  work.  Miss  Wilkinson  has  been  obliged 
to  return  to  this  country,  on  account  of  failing  health.  Mrs.  Garland  is  now 
with  her  husband  on  board  the  Morning  Star,  visiting  the  different  mission 
stations.  Mrs.  Rand  and  Aliss  Foss,  as  will  be  seen  by  the  item  given  be- 
low, are  established  temporarily  on  the  island  of  Mokil. 

It  is  gratifying  to  report  that  tlie  contributions  for  the  Board  for  the  month 
ending  September  i8th  were  $700  in  advance  of  those  in  the  corresponding 
month  in  1891.  It  will  require  a  monthly  increase  in  geometrical  ratio  till 
the  end  of  the  year  to  bring  up  the  receipts  to  last  year's  standard.  With  a 
constituency  like  ours  this  is  by  no  means  impossible.  Let  us  strive  for  it. 
A  decided  increase  in  legacies  will  go  far  toward  meeting  the  demand  for 
buildings,  but  the  general  work  needs  the  special  effort  of  every  member  of 
every  auxiliary. 

The  annual  report  of  the  mission  to  Spain  gives  the  following  statement  as  to 
education  in  Spain  : — 

In  the  early  part  of  this  year  the  first  volume  of  the  census  of  Spain,  taken 
in  the  year  1887,  was  published.    Though  so  late  in  reaching  the  public, 


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the  items  are  of  interest ;  and  some  of  those  respecting  the  population  reveal 
some  of  the  dark  shades  of  the  problem  that  lovers  of  the  country  are  trying 
to  solve. 

In  round  numbers  the  population  is  17,500,000,  not  counting  foreigners. 
There  are  some  350,000  more  women  than  men.  Of  the  entire  population 
only  a  little  over  5,000,000  can  read  and  write,  and  some  600,000  can  onlv 
read,  leaving  nearly  an  even  12,000,000  who  can  neither  read  nor  write. 

This  abject  ignorance  of  the  masses  looms  up  in  the  background  of  everv 
picture  that  can  be  drawn  of  the  political,  intellectual,  and  moral  condition 
of  the  country  ;  it  is  one  of  the  greatest  obstacles  to  the  spread  of  the  knowl- 
edge of  the  gospel  ;  and  in  equal  degree  is  an  ally  of  the  State  Church,  tiiat 
has  adopted  as  one  of  its  characteristic  maxims  that  well-known  one, 
"Ignorance  is  the  mother  of  devotion." 

A  Missionary  from  Mexico  writes  : — 

To-DAV  is  Corpus  Christi,  one  of  the  great  feast  days.  I  doubt  if  there  is 
one  in  a  hundred  who  thinks  an\  thing  about  the  day  except  that  it  is  tlie 
time  to  buy  fruit.  All  the  servants  and  children  are  given  extra  monev  to 
buy  their  fruit ;  and  the  streets  are  full  of  enormous  piles  of  watermelons, 
plums,  mangoes,  and  the  great  variety  of  Mexican  fruits.  "This  is  mv 
corpus"  one  will  say  to  another,  displaving  his  purchase.  All  the  feast 
days  are  marked  b}'  some  special  dainty,  sold  only  on  that  day  ;  and  the 
fasts  are  great  feasts  in  reality.  Good  Friday,  instead  of  being  a  day  of 
fasting  and  prax  er,  is  a  great  time  of  paseo,  when  all  the  new  dresses  must 
be  finished,  and  e\erybody  goes  out  in  the  streets.  Large  crowds  go  in  the 
early  morning  to  communion,  and  then  consider  their  duty  done.  Sunday 
is  always  observed  in  much  the  same  way,  with  an  early  mass  and  then 
unlimited  pleasure.  There  is  always  a  fine  band  concert  in  the  plaza,  and  I 
am  sorrv  to  sav  that  most  of  the  Americans  are  seen  in  the  gay  crowd. 

We  keep  up  English  service,  though  it  often  is  confined  to  the  missionary 
families ;  so  if  anybody  wants  a  cliurch-going  Sunday  he  may  have  it.  We 
realize  how  many  temptations  there  are  in  a  foreign  city,  and  try  to  do  a 
little  home,  as  well  as  foreign,  missionarv  work. 

FROM   THE   ISLAND  OF  MOKIL. 

We  make  the  following  extract  from  a  private  letter  from  Mrs.  Rand  : — 
For  a  month  after  we  got  here  we  lived,  or  rather  existed,  in  Charlie's 
house.  Tiie  house  was  so  small  we  could  not  get  in  it  all  our  things,  so  we 
let  some  things  remain  over  on  a  little  island  where  the  "Star"  landed  them. 
Our  cook- stove  we  had  on  the  porch,  and  that  was  where  we  did  our  cook- 
ing for  a  month.    As  soon  as  the  "Star"  left,  the  natives  went  to  work  to 


A   SKETCH   OF   THE   MISSION    WORK   IN   CHIII L  A II  I'A . 


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put  us  up  a  house.  We  had  some  lumber  which  Mr.  Rand  brought  down 
two  years  ago  to  repair  our  house  at  Ponape.  This,  with  some  that  Charlie 
let  us  have,  and  the  native  material,  made  us  quite  a  good,  comfortable  house. 
You  would  be  surprised  to  see  how  nice  and  cozy  we  look.  We  have  been 
in  the  new  house  little  more  than  two  weeks.  The  natives  made  all  the  doors 
of  it  of  boxes,  and  the  shutters  too.  We  had  two  glass  windows  whicli  were 
pretty  well  smashed  up  on  the  "Star"  ;  but  we  happened  to  have  some  panes 
of  glass,  so  we  thought  the  windows  could  be  made  all  right.  A  week  or 
two  ago  Mr.  Rand  sent  one  of  the  boys  over  to  the  little  island  wliere  our 
things  were,  to  get  the  panes  ;  on  his  way  home  the  canoe  upset,  and  the 
panes  all  went  to  the  bottom.  Out  of  the  two  windows  we  succeeded  in 
getting  one  good  one,  and  that  we  had  put  up  in  oiu"  bedroom.  I  guess  I 
must  have  thought  too  much  of  that  window  ;  it  did  look  nice,  and  the  only 
glass  window  in  the  house.  But  it  is  gone  now.  Saturday  the  men  were 
putting  up  some  native  mats  for  a  ceiling  in  the  room,  when  tiiey  let  fall. 
-Jiccidentally,  a  heavy  timber.  It  went  through  the  window  witli  a  crasii, 
breaking  panes,  sashes  and  all.  Sister  Ida  and  I  were  standing  in  front  of 
the  house  and  saw  the  timber  go  through  the  window.  We  looked  at  each 
other,  and  finally  Ida  said,  "You've  thought  too  much  of  tliat  window, 
Carrie."  So  it  is  with  many  things  that  we  value  ;  one  by  one  thev  are  being 
■destroyed.  Witli  three  moves,  a  fire,  a  hurricane,  and  want  of  proper  care 
while  on  the  "Star,"  if  we  have  not  yet  learned  how  to  take  joyiullv  the 
spoiling  of  our  goods,  it  isn't  because  we  have  not  had  lessons  enough. 


MEXICO. 

A  SKETCH  OF  THE  MISSION  WORK  IN  CHIHUAHUA. 

Iff'  I_  MRS.   GERTRUDE  C.  EATON. 

It  is  just  ten  years  since  tiie  Prudential  Committee  sent  Mr.  Eaton  on  a 
tour  of  exploration  to  this  city,  before  the  railroad  was  completed  to  this 
point ;  and  he,  like  St.  Paul,  felt  his  heart  faint  within  him  when  he  saw  the 
city  given  up  to  idolatry.  He  accepted  the  commission  to  undertake  a  new 
mission  of  the  A.  B.  C.  F.  M.  in  this  Northern  Mexico,  wliere  no  Protes- 
tant work  had  ever  been  done.  We  did  not  come  here  till  the  following  faU, 
in  November,  when  our  j^recious  baby  Harry  was  a  little  over  two  months 
(he  was  five  weeks  old  wlien  I  left  Andover  ;  nine  when  we  started  on  the 
long  journey) .  Although  we  had  not  crossed  the  ocean,  we  realized  that  we 
were  in  a  foreign,  and  a  very  inhospitable  land.  One  little  boy  in  the  United 
States  asked  if  there  were  cannibals  in  Mexico.  In  the  literal  sense  there 
are  not,  but  in  truth  they  would  gladly  have  annihilated  us  had  it  been  in 


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their  power.  As  It  was,  they  tried  their  best  to  discourage  us,  by  refusing- 
to  rent  us  a  house  or  to  work  for  us,  or  even  sometimes  to  sell  us  necessary 
supplies.  I  think  I  can  truly  say  that  "my  tears  were  my  meat"  those  first 
months  ;  and  yet,  so  conscious 
were  we  of  the  Lord's  guiding 
presence  that  we  never  doubted 
that  we  had  done  well  to  come, 
nor  regretted  the  step.  At  first 
there  was  little  we  could  do  be- 
yond accustoming  ourselves  to 
the  strange  ways  of  living  and 
studying  the  language.  We  ran 
across  a  snag  in  this,  too,  for  no 
one  was  found  willing  to  teach 
us,  as  the  people  did  not  want 
Mr.  Eaton  to  learn  to  preach 
this  "new  religion."  The  pres- 
ence of  my  sister  in  the  home 
was  of  real  service  in  giving  us 
an  entrance,  as  her  English 
classes  brought  some  of  the 
liberal  young  men  to  the  house 
and  gave  us  an  acquaintance, 
though  the  women  were  usually 
afraid  of  us!  Meantime  we 
started  services  in  English  for 
the  many  resident  Americans, 
and  by  the  spring  of  the  year 
were  holding  song  services  in 
Spanish,  when  my  husband 
read  prayers  from  the  Episcopal 
prayer  book  and  a  sermon  or  an 
appropriate  tract.  We  were 
never  sure  of  a  congregation. 

Sometimes  we  would  have  a  a  Mexican  woman. 

few,  and  at  others  hardly  any  one  would  venture  in,  though  some  always 
listened  at  the  doors  and  windovv's.  We  stayed  ourselves  upon  the  promises, 
especially  this  :  "Trust  in  the  Lord  and  do  good  ;  so  shalt  thou  dwell  in  the 
land,  and  verily  thou  shalt  be  fed."  One  of  the  first  things  we  did  was  to 
display  tlie  Bibles  and  Scripture  texts  in  the  front  window  of  the  house,  (^ne 


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large  Bible  was  always  open,  so  tliat  passers-by  could  read.  One  morning- 
we  found  the  glass  had  been  broken  and  the  pages  torn  with  a  poker,  or  some- 
thing of  the  sort.  The  iron  bars  had  protected  the  books  from  being  stolen. 
Great  notices  were  posted  up  on  the  cathedral  doors  menacing  us  with  the 
wrath  of  the  Church,  and  excommunicating  all  who  should  in  any  way  serve 
or  assist  us.  The  animus  of  the  people  was  all  against  us  ;  and  when,  before 
the  year  closed,  our  dear  baby  failed  in  health,  sinking  daily  for  months,  and 
Mr.  Eaton,  being  all  run  down  while  trying  to  carry  on  the  work  of  preaching 
in  English  and  Spanish,  grew  daily  weaker,  and  we  were  obliged  to  seek  the 
cool  climate  of  Wisconsin  for  a  season,  it  looked  as  if  even  the  Lord  had  for- 
saken us,  and  we  had,  indeed,  made  a  mistake  in  coming.  However,  we  felt 
that  we  must  return,  and  after  having  buried  the  little  one  and  nearly  lost  Mr. 
Eaton,  we  set  our  faces  Mexico-ward,  though  it  cost  us  far  more  than  tlie  first 
time.  Our  reward  was  awaiting  us,  however,  for  we  found  that  the  Bibles 
were  doing  their  work,  and  the  first  converts,  Felipe  and  Xutonia,  without 
word  of  ours  or  explanations  of  any  kind,  were  waiting  to  be  bajitized,  having 
read  their  way  clearly  in  the  wonderful  Word.  That  second  year  saw  more 
progress.  The  woman's  meeting  was  started  in  the  house  of  the  Orozcos  ; 
women  who  received  us  politely,  though  not  joyfully  at  first.  With  the  babv 
organ  and  Ryle's  Commentaries  to  read  from  I  began  the  work  which  from 
that  day  to  this  has  never  ceased,  and  our  Tuesday  meetings  for  women  are 
found  now  wherever  there  is  a  company  of  believers.  Air.  Eaton,  his  own 
colporteur,  sold  hundreds  of  Bibles  in  different  parts  of  the  State,  visiting 
Cosiliuiriachic,  Parral,  Jemenez,  Paso  del  Xorte,  and  other  places,  in  nearly 
all  of  which  we  now  have  congregations — the  first  seed  sowing  having  been 
followed  by  other  consecrated  workers — and  in  many,  churches.  On  some 
of  these  trips  I  accompanied  him  the  following  year,  and  we  walked  the 
streets  and  sang  like  minstrels  whenever  any  would  listen  to  us,  or  like  ped- 
dlers we  went  from  house  to  house  with  Bibles  and  Testaments.  Those 
were  days  that  tried  men's  (and  women's)  souls. 

Meantime  in  the  city  a  little  congregation  was  slowly  growing.  A  Sun- 
day school,  with  some  bright  young  faces  with  the  elders,  was  gathering, 
and  believers  were  being  received  at  every  communion.  Felipe  and  Nuto- 
nia  were  indefatigable  in  their  work,  and  having  brought  many  into  this 
church,  they  went  to  Paso  del  Norte,  and  they  were  the  first  workers  in  tl:e 
church  that  now  exists  there.  Had  I  time  to  go  into  particulars,  I  should 
like  to  tell  of  the  trials  encountered  in  every  place  where  work  was  first 
begun,  but  also  how  the  truth  has  triumphed  over  every  obstacle  at  last. 

In  about  the  fourth  year  a  little  school  work  was  begun,  under  the  lead  of 
the  best  of  our  young  women,  though  she  was  very  incapable  of  teaching-. 


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In  a  little  room,  with  a  few  rude  benches  and  a  dozen  or  two  scholars,  the 
Colegio  Chihuahuensez  began.  Afterward  Miss  Ferris  came,  and  the 
school  was  put  upon  a  firmer  basis  in  one  of  the  rooms  of  the  property  of 
the  Board,  wiiich  was  secured  in  18S5,  and  occupied  in  1S86  by  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Wright,  Mr.  Wright  giving  efficient  direction  to  the  school  while  here. 

Miss  Keyes  followed  Miss  Ferris;  and  while  she  was  here  the  boarding 
department  was  startetl,  we  leaving  a  cool  house  on  the  hill  to  move  into 
this  house  so  that  I  might  temporarily  take  charge.  After  a  year  and  a  half 
I  resigned  my  charge  to  Miss  Dunning,  who  has  ever  since  been  matron, — 
Miss  Prescott,  of  Parral,  having  taken  charge  of  the  school  for  two  years. 
During  that  time  four  girls  have  gone  out  from  this  school  to  teach  in  the 
country  schools,  where  they  have  schools  numbering  from  twenty  to  forty- 
five  pupils  ;  and  where  they  are  priestesses,  leading  the  public  meetings  as 
well  as  the  women's  meetings  and  the  Christian  Endeavor  Societies.  Our 
boys  are  at  Juarez  in  the  training  school  established  last  year,  and  will  before 
very  long  be  ready  to  pi'each.    One  was  licensed  for  two  years  at  Conference. 

Two  years  ago  I  had  the  pleasure  of  translating  a  constitution  for  a  Chris- 
tian Endeavor  Society  in  this  church.  It  was  the  banner  society  of  a  move- 
ment that  is  spreading.  It  is  my  jileasure  also  to  edit  the  Christian  Endeavor 
column  in  our  paper,  El  Testigo.  Wherever  our  young  people  go  they 
start  these  societies,  in  which  they  are  exceedingly  interested. 

Now,  shall  we  agree  not  to  "  lay  again  the  foimdations,"  but  to  press  for- 
ward ?  In  this  briefest  of  sketches  I  cannot  do  more  than  indicate  some  of 
the  work  attempted  and  begun.  We  are  now  entering  on  a  new  decade, 
and  we  hope  for  a  himdredfold  more  results  than  in  tlie  past.  Last  evening 
we  had  the  first  of  a  series  of  evangelistic  services,  to  be  held  eacli  week 
with  the  aid  of  the  sciopticon.  Our  large  new  schoolroom  was  literally 
packed,  and  many  stood  outside  who  could  not  get  in.  We  have  never  seen 
so  many  at  a  meeting,  and  the  most  reverent  attention  was  paid  tliroughout 
all  the  sei^vice  of  song,  Scripture  and  prayer,  and  illustrated  sermon  on  the 
closing  scenes  of  the  life  of  the  Lord. 


THE  PRESENT  ATTITUDE  OF  PROTESTANTS  TOWARD 
THE  CHURCH  OF  ROME. 

BY  MRS.   SARA  B.  ROWLAND. 

To  the  missionary  in  papal  lands,  the  discussions  of  the  present  time  in 
regard  to  the  future  of  the  Church  of  Rome  have  a  vital  interest.  As  he 
hears  the  jeers  of  the  crowd  about  his  windows,  and  feels  the  jar  of  stones 
upon  his  door,  he  may  be  pardoned  if  he  does  not  hold  as  cheering  views  as 
many  in  regard  to  its  rapid  growth  in  spirituality. 


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There  is  nothing  like  living  down  in  the  heart  of  Romanism  to  dissipate 
the  glamour  thrown  around  the  Holy  Mother  Church,  which  unconsciously 
blinds  the  eyes  of  many  a  good  Protestant.  The  learned  student  sits  calmly 
in  his  study  and  pores  over  the  lives  of  the  Church  Fathers.  He  marvels  at 
the  sacrifices  of  the  early  Jesuit  missionaries;  he  dips  into  the  subtle  theology 
that  seeks  to  defend  itself  against  the  charge  of  degrading  idolatry  by  fine 
distinctions  of  doultia  for  the  saints  and  angels,  n-sfidou/.sia  for  the  Virgin, 
and  /.arpsia  directed  to  God  alone  ;  he  hears  of  a  priest  or  two  who  is  willing 
to  see  the  Douay  (Bible)  circulated,  and  another  who  advocates  temperance  ; 
and  he  straightway  waites  a  most  edifying  article  upon  the  reforming  and 
purifying  influences  at  work  in  the  bosom  of  the  Church. 

The  elect  church  member  reads,  and  rejoices  that  he  need  not  give  his 
annual  dollar  for  the  support  of  missions  in  Papal  Lands,  and  cheerfully  hands 
it  over  to  the  priest  resident  in  his  own  town,  who  is  collecting  to  erect  a 
nunnery  or  a  church. 

If  you  try  to  rouse  an  interest  in  the  mission  work  in  Papal  Lands,  you 
will  find  that  it  is  not  a  popular  subject.  Many  do  not  consider  Italy,  Spain, 
and  Mexico  as  legitimate  fields  for  missionary  labor.  "  The  people  have  a 
knowledge  of  God  and  Jesus  Christ,"  they  say.  "  Let  us  send  the  gospel  to 
the  real  heathen  in  Central  Africa,  or  the  Isles  of  the  sea."  The  raison  d'etre 
of  such  missions  is  always  to  be  newly  demonstrated  ;  and  the  discontented 
murmur,  "  Why  this  waste?" 

At  the  root  of  this  indiflerence  on  the  part  of  many  is  a  real  ignorance  in 
regard  to  the  teaching  and  tendency  of  the  Church  of  Rome.  Seeing  onlv 
the  highest  and  most  enlightened  form  in  the  United  States,  they  do  not 
understand  that  a  church  noted  for  its  skill  in  adapting  itself  to  circumstances, 
has  assumed,  where  it  must,  the  most  tolerant  and  liberal  role  possible. 

Articles  like  one  recently  published  in  regard  to  increased  intellectual 
activity  among  Roman  Catholics,  will  be  regarded  by  many  as  an  encoura- 
ging "  sign  of  the  times,"  in  spite  of  the  fiict,  distinctly  stated,  that  the  special 
object  of  study  in  their  new  "  summer  school  "  will  be  their  own  writers  ;  a 
circumstance  which,  while  perfectly  natural  and  commendable  from  their 
standpoint,  fails  to  give  any  special  "encouragement"  to  Protestants.  It 
ought  to  be  proved  that  mere  secular  education  will  do  little  toward  the 
actual  conversion  of  the  Roman  Catholic.  Let  those  who  are  so  sanguine 
about  the  matter  examine  the  statistics. 

How  many  conversions  from  Romanism  in  the  United  States  were  there 
last  year How  many  members  of  the  secular  schools  became  so  enlightened 
as  to  join  a  Protestant  Sunday  school.'  How  many  Catholic  servants  in 
Protestant  families  became  converted.''  Why  are  the  results  of  living  in  a 
Christian  land  so  small.-'    It  is  because  so  little  direct  personal  work  is  done. 


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How  many  church  members  have  spoken  plainly  to  their  Catholic  neigh- 
bors upon  the  subject?  How  many  ministers  have  preached,  we  will  not  say 
controversial,  but  sermons  particularly  to  interest  and  help  the  Roman  Catholic  ? 
Examination  will  prove  that  in  the  majority  of  cases  a  severe  letting  alone 
is  all  that  is  done  ;  and  to  the  missionaries  in  foreign  lands,  with  strange 
tongues  to  master,  with  race  prejudices,  and  all  the  mighty  odds  against 
them,  is  left  the  task  of  battling  against  the  "  principalities  and  powers"  of 
Rome. 

Are  we  "nan-ow"  when  we  state  the  case  so  strongly.^  O  that  we  could 
speak  In  words  so  burning  with  the  fire  of  the  holy  truth,  that  they  would 
scorch  deep  into  the  hearts  of  careless  and  indifferent  Christians,  and  arouse 
them  to  a  sense  of  their  responsibility  in  this  matter ! 

Let  us  look  beyond  our  own  land  into  that  lovel}'  neighboring  country 
where  unfettered  Romanism  has  borne  its  bitter  fruit  for  so  many  years. 
You  wonder  why  we  need  to  preach  to  Mexicans  when  they  already  "know 
about  God."  Walk  by  the  beautiful  Cathedral  of  Guadalajara  and  hear  the 
sweet  strains  of  the  mass  of  San  Gregorio,  which,  for  the  payment  of  one 
hundred  dollars,  will  pass  the  soul  of  the  departed  straight  to  the  celestial 
regions  ;  follow  the  crowd  to  the  Cemetery  of  Belen  on  All  Soul's  Day,  and 
watch  that  second-rate  priest  mumbling  his  twenty-five  or  twelve-cent 
prayers  over  the  grave  of  some  poor  soul ;  watch  the  mass  of  people  kneeling 
in  that  little  pueblo  where  the  virgin  of  Zapopan,  a  rude  wooden  image 
about  a  foot  and  a  half  high,  has  been  carried  with  as  truly  heathenish 
demonstration  of  dancing  and  drunkenness,  as  one  would  see  before  some 
Buddhist  temple. 

Pass  by  the  houses  of  "spiritual  retirement"  and  hear  the  shrieks  of  the 
devotees  as  they  lash  themselves  with  the  iron  diciplinas,  or  press  the  spikes 
of  their  cilicias  further  into  the  quivering  flesh,  while  the  fumes  of  an  ex- 
tremely material  sulphur  make  the  place  like  a  true  type  of  the  infernal 
regions.  Go  to  that  baby's  funeral,  and  see  the  crowd  dancing  and  drinking 
while  the  heartbroken  mother  tries  to  stifle  her  sobs  and  join  in  the  mirth, 
until  the  little  form  is  carried  away,  when  she  falls  into  a  frenzy  of  shrieking. 
Hear  the  rockets  whizzing  in  honor  of  the  Immaculate  Heart  of  Mary  ;  see 
the  grand  dinners  and  the  paseo  on  Good  Friday  ;  and  the  clang  of  the  bells 
and  the  burning  of  hundreds  of  Judases  when  the  "glory  comes  in"  on  Holy 
Saturday  ;  hear  the  people  gayly  asking  one  another  on  Corpus  Christi, 
"What  is  your  Corpus?  Mine  is  a  big  watermelon  !  "  Or  on  All  Saints' 
Day,  see  the  children  with  their  bonbon  boxes  in  the  form  of  coffins,  with  a 
candy  doll  in  its  white  shroud  within,  while  others  have  their  arms  full  of 
hideous  toys,  grinning  skulls,  skeletons  in  every  conceivable  form, — everything 


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LIFE  AND  LIGHT. 


that  will  make  a  ghastly  mockery  of  death.  See  the  thronged  market  on  Sun- 
day morning;  liear  the  wild  screaming  as  the  consite  for  the  afternoon  bull 
fight  passes  by  our  chapel  windows, — and,  in  the  face  of  it  all,  can  any  one 
say  the  gospel  is  not  needed  ! 

Can  you  imagine  any  Feejee  Islander  doing  anything  more  ridiculous  than 
the  following :  A  certain  priest  died,  and  was  laid  out  in  state,  with  a  linseed 
poultice,  used  during  his  sickness,  still  remaining  upon  his  highly  respectable 
pei-son.  After  a  while  an  observer  chanced  to  note  that  certain  of  the  faith- 
ful had  stolen  the  poultice  and  were  piously  eating  it  up,  doultless  in  the 
hope  of  receiving  a  plenary  indulgence  for  so  meritorious  an  act ! 

Another  characteristic  incident  was  told  us  by  an  educated  lawyer  of  this 
city,  in  the  presence  of  his  pretty  little  wife,  who  laughed  heartily  at  the 
story,  but  whom  I  have  often  since  met  on  her  way  to  mass.  A  priest 
whose  bad  luck  at  the  gaming  table  had  caused  him  to  lose  two  hundred 
dollars,  cast  about  in  his  mind  to  find  some  way  of  retrieving  his  losses. 
Having,  according  to  the  custom  of  most  of  the  holy  fathers,  a  large  circle 
of  admiring  female  acquaintances,  he  called  upon  fifty  of  the  most  credulous, 
to  whom  he  represented  that,  in  a  special  revelation,  he  had  learned  that  the 
soul  of  a  husband,  wife,  or  child  was  in  purgatory  crying  for  release,  and  he 
would  be  happy  to  secure  their  speedy  pardon  at  four  dollars  each.  Of 
course  they  were  only  too  happy  to  complete  the  arrangement,  so  he  soon 
paid  his  debts  and  the  mourners  were  comforted. 

The  priests  resident  in  United  States  may  be  too  shrewd  to  say  much  about 
modern  miracles  ;  but  the  Bishop  of  Samaulipas,  who  made  the  statement 
that  it  was  not  absolutely  necessary  to  believe  in  the  apparition  of  the  Virgin 
of  Guadalupe,  was  promptly  rebuked  by  the  Inquisition,  and  his  retraction 
has  been  published  far  and  Avide  in  the  Mexican  papers. 

These  are  but  typical  instances.  Any  Protestant  missionary  who  has 
gotten  into  intimate  personal  relations  with  the  people,  could  match  these  with 
hundreds  of  examples  to  illustrate  the  power  of  the  priesthood,  and  the  ex- 
treme degradation  and  fanaticism  of  the  people.  The  enlightened  and  pros- 
perous Church  of  the  home  land  will  be  culpably  careless  if  she  allows  these 
plain  and  unvarnished  facts  to  be,  without  doing  all  in  her  power  to  enlighten 
the  eyes  of  those  who  sit  in  darkness. 

And  now  will  some  ask,  "What  can  be  done  for  them?  Are  there  any 
results  to  show  for  the  money  and  the  labor 

Yes,  there  are,  even  in  the  face  of  fearful  odds.  Great  numerical  results 
may  not  yet  have  been  reached  by  those  who  work  conscientiously  to  build 
up  a  true  Christian  character  in  the  converts  ;  and  no  one  denies  the  many 
discouragements. 


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But,  as  during  the  past  week  we  have  attended  four  Christian  burials  ;  as 
Ave  have  stood  by  the  bedside  of  the  dying,  and  have  with  him  partaken  of 
the  Lord's  Supper,  and  had  our  own  faith  strengthened  by  his  cheerful  will- 
ingness to  depart  and  be  with  Christ,  because  it  is  "  far  better"  ;  as  we  have 
stood  in  a  desolate  room  by  the  side  of  a  lifeless  baby,  and  sung,  with  the 
,  young  mother,  to  the  very  last  notes  of  a  triumphant  hymn,  and  have  seen 
her  weep  out  her  heart  in  friendly  arms  instead  of  giving  those  wild  shrieks 
of  despair  ;  as  we  have  seen  the  progress  of  many  of  the  scholars  in  Chris- 
tian life  as  well  as  in  their  studies,  and  have  felt  their  loving  arms  about  our 
necks  as  they  came  to  say  "good-bye"  for  the  vacation;  as  we  have  seen 
them  freely  denying  themselves  half  of  their  plain  suppers  to  help  on  the  new 
church  ;  as  we  see  the  fair  walls  of  that  long-desired  building  stand  up  be- 
fore our  happy  eyes ;  as  we  see  a  father  from  a  distant  village  come  to  em- 
brace his  pastor  before  he  sees  his  daughter,  because  his  heart  has  been 
^'yearning"  for  him  so  long,  and  watch  him  as  he  drinks  in  every  word  of 
instruction  ;  as  we  meet  smiling  faces  and  pleasant  words  in  those  who  were 
formerly  our  enemies, — we  can  say  from  the  heart,  "  There  is  progress." 

Then  let  the  Christians  at  home  "rouse  themselves"  to  face  the  evil  of 
Romanism,  and  help  put  it  down.  Not  in  any  spirit  of  mere  controversy, 
but  after  the  example  of  our  loved  Master,  whose  uncompromising  firmness  was 
mingled  with  the  divinest  love  and  pity. 

God  grant  that  the  coming  year  may  show  a  hundredfold  increase  in  inter- 
est, in  prayers,  in  labor,  for  the  mission  work  in  Papal  Lands. 


SPAIN. 

THE  BOARDING  SCHOOL  AT  SAN  SEBASTIAN. 

BY  MRS.   ALICE   GORDON  GULICK. 

About  twelve  years  ago,  when  we  were  stationed  at  Santander,  I  called 
■one  day  upon  a  member  of  the  church.  A  young  girl,  who  was  using  her 
friend's  sewing  machine,  attracted  my  attention,  and  I  endeavored  to  say 
something  that  miglit  influence  her,  though  she  did  not  appear  to  notice  our 
conversation.  To  my  great  surprise  she  came  to  the  chapel  on  the  following 
Sunday,  but  disappeared  as  soon  as  the  service  was  concluded.  For  two 
weeks  I  did  not  speak  to  her  ;  but  as  she  came  again  and  again  I  ventured  to 
go  to  her,  and  found  that  she  was  ready  to  talk  with  me.  Her  heart  had 
been  touched  by  the  truth,  and  she  told  me  she  had  a  great  longing  for  an 
education.    We  then  and  there  made  the  compact  that  she  should  sew  an 


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LIFE   AND  LIGHT. 


hour  a  day  for  me  in  return  for  lessons  which  I  should  give  her.  Thus- 
began  the  school  which  to-day  has  a  marked  influence  in  Spain.  That  girl 
is  now  the  wife  of  one  of  the  young  men  of  the  Santander  church  who 
.studied  in  Zaragoza,  and  they  are  efficient  missionaries  in  Pau,  France. 

As  the  years  passed  one  and  another  begged  to  enter  the  classes,  and  the 
rooms  have  always  been  filled,  though  no  prospectus  has  ever  been  printed. 
The  girls  have  come  from  evangelical  families,  with  but  few  exceptions,  and 
many  are  the  daughters  of  pastors  or  teachers  scattered  through  Spain. 
Eighteen  English  children  have  been  sent  here,  as  there  is  no  other  place  in 


Spain  in  which  they  can  be  educated.  During  the  twelve  years  that  have- 
passed  since  we  took  the  first  girl  into  our  family,  one  hundred  and  thirteen 
have  entered  the  school  as  boarding  pupils,  classified  according  to  nationality 
as  follows:  Spanish,  90;  English,  18;  American,  4  ;  German,  i  ;  total,  113. 
Of  this  number  ninety-eight  were  girls  and  fifteen  boys.  Most  of  the  boys 
have  completed  the  preparatory  studies,  and  have  then  entered  government 
high  schools,  either  in  Spain  or  England,  as  it  has  not  seemed  wise  to  keep 
them  here  after  twelve  years  of  age.  Two  entered  the  theological  school  of 
Rev.  Wm.  Moore,  D.D.,  in  Southern  Spain.  He  kindly  wrote  us  that  they 
passed  better  examinations  than  any  who  had  ever  entered  the  school.  One 


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Tias  been  a  teacher  in  the  boys'  school  in  Zaragoza.  Three  are  at  present  in 
the  boarding  school,  and  two  others  are  expected  in  the  autnmn. 

Twenty-four  Spanish  girls  have  graduated,  twenty-one  of  whom  have 
taught  in  the  evangelical  schools  of  Spain  and  France.  Five  have  married 
preachers  or  teachers.  Others  not  graduates  have  taught,  bringing  the  num- 
ber up  to  twenty-nine  of  those  who  have  been  employed  in  mission  work 
who  have  studied  here. 

The  influence  of  the  school  has  thus  been  felt  all  over  Spain,  as  may  be 
seen  from  the  following  table  showing  the  different  points  in  which  they 
have  been  employed  :  San  Sebastian,  3  ;  Bilbao,  i  ;  Santander,  2  ;  Gijon,  i  ; 
Marin,  2;  Pradejon,  i  ;  Salamanca  (Province) ,  i  ;  Madrid,  6;  Zaragoza,  3  ; 
Figueras,  2  ;  Reus,  i  ;  Rio  Tinto,  3  ;  Huelva,  i  ;  Jerez,  i  ;  Pan  (France),  i. 

During  the  year  1891-92  the  number  matriculated  in  the  different  depart- 
•ments  was  as  follows :  pupils  in  boarding  school,  41  ;  in  day  school,  boys, 
65,  girls,  44;  in  evening  class,  men,  S,  women,  10;  total,  168.  The  day 
and  evening  classes  serve  for  the  normal  training  of  those  who  expect  to  be 
teachers.  The  school  now  has  a  graded  system  of  instruction  for  children 
from  the  kindergarten  department,  which  is  to  be  more  fully  developed  this 
year  under  the  generous  care  of  Miss  Mattie  Williams,  of  Connecticut,  to 
the  class  which  is  expected  to  take  the  degree  of  Bachelor  of  Arts  from  the 
State  Institute  in  1893.  Fifteen  have  already  passed  examinations  in  the 
Institute,  which  have  been  commended  by  the  professors  and  the  daily 
press.  The  large  pi-oportion  of  high  marks  has  surprised  every  one,  and 
especially  those  to  whom  it  is  a  novelty  that  girls  in  a  "women's  school" 
should  think  of  studying  Latin  and  mathematics,  to  say  nothing  of  the 
natural  sciences. 

The  children  enter  the  school  imperfectly  prepared  for  a  life  of  study  and 
•discipline.  They  must  be  taught  how  to  study.  Obedience  is  foreign  to 
their  ideas.  Children  usually  have  their  own  way  in  a  Spanish  home,  the 
parents  considering  it  a  proof  of  love  to  yield  to  caprice  or  demand.  There 
have  been  many  other  difficulties  arising  from  within,  or  imported  from 
without,  which  have  sometimes  been  well-nigh  discouraging  in  the  develop- 
ment of  the  school.  But  every  year  has  seemed  to  mark  progress;  and 
looking  back  over  the  decade  that  has  passed  since  the  school  was  formally 
established  in  San  Sebastian,  we  are  able  to  say  that  the  Lord  has  helped  us. 
Parents  are  beginning  to  realize  the  need  of  helping  toward  the  support  of 
their  children,  however  poor  they  may  be,  and  are  doing  better  in  this  re- 
spect than  ever  before,  though  there  is  still  a  remnant  of  those  who  supposed 
that  when  they  became  evangelical  Christians  they  were  to  receive  the  gospel 
literally  "without  money  and  without  price." 


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LIFE  AND  LIGHT. 


The  Christian  life  of  those  who  liave  been  members  of  the  school  some 
time  is  above  reproach.  All  the  older  girls  are  members  of  the  church. 
The  Societies  of  Christian  Endeavor  and  King's  Daughters,  with  various 
sub-divisions,  have  been  well  sustained,  and  in  the  hcavenlv  record  niav  be 
found  many  acts  of  self-sacrifice  worthy  of  that  place. 

The  future  lies  before  us.  Good  work  will  doubtless  be  done  in  the  house 
already  filled  to  its  utmost  capacity,  and  we  are  planning  with  renewed  hope 
and  courage,  and  with  the  help  of  the  new  missionaries.  Miss  Page  and  Miss 
Bush^e,  for  a  happy,  busy  year.  But  we  cannot  work  up  to  the  possibilities 
plainly  to  be  seen  under  the  present  conditions.  Xo  call  can  go  out  for  inore 
pupils.  The  building  at  present  occupied  by  the  schools  and  chapel  does 
not  meet  the  present  need  of  the  school,  and  could  not  unless  we  should  pur- 
chase and  remodel  it.  The  dormitories  are  not  what  they  should  be.  The 
dining  room  is  so  overcrowded  that  good  manners  are  necessarih^  at  a  dis- 
count. The  class  rooms  are  not  suitably  furnished,  though  it  is  true  that  the 
/heumatically  twisted  blackboards  have  seen  "  advanced  "  problems  upon  their 
battered  surfaces.  Imperfect  sanitary  arrangements,  no  room  for  a  librarv, 
no  laundry,  and  no  place  for  recreation,  must  all  be  added  to  the  list  of 
defects;  and  yet,  as  we  are  in  Spain,  every  window  of  the  house  has  a  fine 
iron  balcony  ! 

The  imderlying  thought  in  seeking  something  better  for  the  school  is  that 
of  permanency.  The  Christian  education  of  children  and  young  people  is 
the  principal  factor  in  the  work  of  the  evangelization  of  Spain  from  which 
we  may  expect  permanent  results.  The  graduates  of  this  school  have  given 
not  less  than  one  hundred  and  ten  years  of  service  to  this  end.  The  children 
who  have  been  under  daily  instruction  in  Bible  truth  and  a  pure  Christian 
doctrine,  cannot  grow  up  as  superstitious  or  bigoted  as  they  would  otherwise 
have  been.  The  way  to  the  home  is  often  opened  before  the  teacher  by  the 
little  child,  who  thus  becomes  a  missionary  to  the  parents  who  have  not 
cared  for  any  of  these  things.  It  must  be  remembered  that  more  than  half 
the  children  in  the  day  schools  are  from  so-called  Roman  Catholic  families. 

The  next  department  to  be  developed  in  the  school  is  a  class  for  the  train- 
ing of  Bible  women,  who,  hand  in  hand  with  the  teaclier,  we  hope  will  win 
many  a  home  for  Christ. 

There  is  religious  sentiment  in  Spain  more  truly  than  in  France  to-day, 
but  men  are  breaking  awav  from  the  authority  of  the  chinch,  and  proclaim- 
ing themselves  unbelievers  in  a  positive  religion.  Is  it  not  because  they  have 
never  known  Jesus  Christ  and  him  crucified.!*  To-day  is  the  time  to  put  the 
gospel  into  the  hands  of  the  people.  How  shall  they  know  the  truth  if  they 
do  not  hear  it,  and  how  shall  they  hear  without  a  preacher.^    May  God  in 


WORK   IN  AUSTRIA. 


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his  own  good  time  raise  up  those  who  sliall  be  wiUing  to  come  to  a  land 
where  missionary  work  means  trial,  and  isolation,  and  social  ostracism,  and 
opposition,  and  joy  for  His  sake  who  is  not  willing  that  any  of  these  little 
ones  should  perish,  but  that  all  should  have  eternal  life. 

San  Sebastian,  Sept.  9,  1892. 


AUSTRIA. 
WORK  IN  AUSTRIA. 

Of  the  present  work  in  Austria,  Mrs.  Clark  writes  : — 

Thu.s  far  the  year  1892  has  been  most  signally  blessed  by  the  Great  Head 
of  the  Church.  Since  New  Year's  Day  fifty  Romanists  have  been  received 
to  four  of  our  churches.  One  of  these  is  a  poor  market  woman  living  in 
Pilsen.  For  years  she  was  a  benighted«instrument  in  the  hands  of  the  priests. 
Whoever  failed  to  be  present  at  the  annual  pilgrimage  to  the  so-called  Holy 
Mountain  of  Bohemia,  this  poor  woman  was  not  one  of  the  number.  When 
the  priests  heard  that  tiiis  woman  was  an  earnest  Bible  Christian,  worship- 
ing God  with  our  little  Hock  in  Pilsen,  they  were  intensely  surprised  and  en- 
raged ;  in  fact,  would  not  believe  it  imtil  they  had  heard  it  from  her  own 
lips.  God's  blessing  on  woman's  work  is  making  this  once  superstitious  soul 
a  genuine  light  for  gospel  truth. 

Near  Pilsen  we  have  an  outstation  called  Rokycan.  The  first  soul  from 
that  place  to  join  that  little  band  is  an  intelligent  woman  wiio  has  been  seek- 
ing for  fifteen  years  what  she  has  now  found, — gospel  truth  and  peace. 
Woman's  influence  brought  her  to  our  meetings,  and  now  she  rejoices,  and 
we  rejoice  with  her.  Some  one  from  Pilsen  visits  this  place  twice  a  month. 
At  other  times  the  meeting  is  led  by  a  married  sister  of  oiu^  church  wlio  has 
more  coiu'age  than  her  husband  ;  she  reads  some  of  Mr.  Clark's  (Bohemian) 
sermons. 

Among  the  five  to  l)c  received  to  the  Prague  church  next  Sunday  is  an 
interesting  and  fairly  cultivated  young  lady,  who  will  in  time  be  tiie  wife 
of  one  of  our  helpers.  Until  within  a  year  she  has  been  worldly  enough, 
but  now  she  is  full\'  in  earnest  foi"  Christ  and  the  gospel.  My  husband  says 
tliat  her  examination  for  admission  to  the  church  was  the  most  satisfactory 
that  he  has  heard  for  man}'  a  month.  In  God's  great  mercy  a  poor  servant 
girl,  a  member  of  our  church,  was  instrumental  in  her  conversion.  It  is 
very  interesting  to  see  how  God  leads  different  souls  to  a  knowledge  of  his 
light. 


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LIFE  AND  MGHT. 


The  circumstances  of  the  country  in  which  we  live  forbid  our  having  at 
present  just  the  same  forsn  of  Christian  Endeavor  work  for  young  people 
that  you  have  in  America.  One  difficulty,  and  perhaps  the  chief  one,  is  that 
young  people  are  not  allowed  to  meet  together  as  they  do  in  America  ;  but 
on  the  one  hand  we  have  a  flourishing  Y.  M.  C.  A.  work,  and  on  the  other 
hand,  social  circles  of  girls  and  young  women.  One  such  meets  at  our 
house  every  fortnight.  The  first  young  lady  who  left  the  Catholic  Church 
to  join  our  mission  work  is  now  a  faithful  Bible  reader.  Iler  knowledge  of 
God's  Word  is  simply  wonderful.  In  the  Bohemian  language  there  is  no 
concordance,  and  yet  this  Bohemian  lady  will  turn  readily  to  almost  any  text 
or  passage  you  may  wish  for.  vShe  has  great  tact  in  talking  with  people 
about  their  personal  salvation,  and  has  led  not  a  few  to  believe  in  the  sinner's 
best  Friend. 

In  our  Rescue  Home  for  Girls,  she  usually  conducts  two  meetings  each 
week.  Some  of  these  girls,  rescued  from  deepest  degradation,  are  now  re- 
joicing in  a  living  faith  in  Christ.  There  have  been  alread}'  over  fifty  such 
girls  in  our  Home,  and  (can  you  believe  it.'')  hardly  one  of  these  fifty  had  any 
idea  as  to  what  God's  Word  was,  having  never  even  seen  a  Bible  ;  really  just 
as  much  of  heathen  as  people  in  Japan  or  China. 

And  now  let  me  tell  you  about  one  of  these  very  girls.  vShe  left  her  home 
in  the  country,  thinking  that  in  a  large  city  like  Prague  she  could  find  a 
happy  existence.  She  finally  yielded  to  one  temptation  after  another,  and 
reached  such  a  point  that  even  her  jaarents  said  she  should  never  again  darken 
their  doors.  In  this  sad  state  the  poor  girl  was  won  for  our  Rescue  Home. 
Here,  for  the  first  time  in  her  life,  she  came  in  direct  contact  with  God's 
Word.  Divine  truth,  blessed  of  the  Heavenly  Spirit,  opened  her  eyes  to  see  her 
ruined  condition,  and  to  cry  out  in  deep  penitence  for  God's  mercy.  After 
spending  some  months  in  the  Rescue  Home  she  was  restored  to  her  parents, 
who  soon  pronounced  her  the  best  child  of  their  family.  Re-entering  the 
home  she  had  forsaken,  she  took  with  her  the  Bible,  which  was  a  new  book 
to  all  in  the  house.  This  girl's  clianged  life  and  the  Divine  blessing  upon 
the  sacred  Word,  have  apparentlv  brought  the  whole  family  into  Christ's 
kingdom. 

The  last  twelve  months  have  been  the  best  we  have  seen  in  this  very  diffi- 
cult and  most  needy  work.  I  trust  you  will  not  fail  to  remember  very  spec- 
ially in  your  prayers  the  work  carried  on  in  this  benighted  land. 


— ^[0  give  li^ht/.  to  t/bem  t/bat.sit}  in  darKi7ess  ^^-'-n- 

ONE  OF  THE  SAINTS. 

Teresa  Oaxaca  de  Sepui.veda. 

Born  May  19,  1838. 
Died  Aug.  16,  1892. 


Her  name  is  not  to  be  found  in  the  calendar  of  the  saints,  nor  was  there 
that  in  her  appearance  that  would  suggest  the  spirituelle  attenuation  of  the 
orthodox  saint.  But  her  name  is  written  in  the  Lamb's  Book  of  Life,  and 
the  cumbrous  body  that  was  for  so  many  years  a  weariness,  and  source  of 
the  keenest  suffering,  has  been  put  off,  and  she  is  clothed  with  the  immortality 
that  is  light,  and  grace,  and  joy  forevermore. 

Only  five  years  ago  did  she  come  into  the  fullness  of  the  light,  but  there 
are  few,  indeed,  who  have  grown  more  rapidly,  and  borne  so  much  fruit  for 
the  glory  of  her  Lord,  as  she.  About  eight  years  ago  an  humble  shoemaker, 
who  could  neither  read  nor  write,  accepted  Jesus  Christ  as  his  Saviour,  and 
his  Word  as  the  guide  of  his  life.  Through  the  hearing  of  that  Word  he 
saw  that  it  was  not  God's  will  that  lie  should  work  on  Sunday.  He  was  but 
the  lowly  employee  of  the  master  shoemaker,  Casildo  Sepulveda,  who  cast 
him  off  when  he  persevered  in  what  his  newly  awakened  conscience  assured 
him  to  be  right.  After  three  weeks  without  work  the  master  sent  for  him, 
and  they  arranged  the  matter,  our  shoemaker  agreeing  to  work  from  three 
o'clock  Saturday  morning  till  late  at  night, 'in  order  not  to  work  on  Sunday. 
At  that  time  Casildo  Sapulveda  was  an  hombre  perdtdo,  a  drunkard,  and 
plunged  in  all  kinds  of  vices.    His  wife  was  loving  and  kind,  but  a  devoted 

C109) 


510 


LIFE  AND  LIGHT. 


Romanist.  The  steady  faithfulness  of  his  employee  had  its  effect,  and  within 
a  year  Casildo  Sepulveda,  the  gray-haired  drunkard,  bought  a  Bible.  He 
was  impressed  with  it,  and  one  Sunday  told  his  wife  he  did  not  want  her  to  go 
to  mass,  that  he  was  expecting  some  friends,  and  needed  the  house  in  order. 
That  evening,  by  invitation,  my  husband  and  myself,  with  some-of  the  con- 
gregation, held  a  meeting  at  their  house,  not  knowing,  however,  any  of  the 
circumstances.  From  that  moment,  without  having  seen  the  Bible  or  heard 
anv  explanations,  our  dear  sister  gave  her  heart  to  Jesus  (whom,  in  a  blind 
way,  she  had  tried  to  serve  before),  and  never  flinched  in  the  face  of  ridi- 
cule, nor  of  persecution,  nor  of  alienation  from  her  onlv  daughter. 

With  what  joy  did  she  see  her  husband,  for  whom  she  had  paid  so  many 
vows  to  the  Virgin  Mary  in  vain,  abandon  his  evil  ways,  and  enter  as  a  child 
into  the  kingdom  !  We,  who  have  known  him  only  as  the  earnest,  sober, 
Sunday-keeping  brother  in  Christ,  find  it  hard  to  believe  that  he  ever  was 
the  dissipated  man  they  say  he  was.  And  the  man  was  over  sixtv  vears  old 
on  whom  this  miracle  of  healing  was  showed  I 

Teresa  was  from  the  first  an  enthusiast  for  the  Christian  hvmns,  although 
with  difficulty  did  she  learn  the  tunes.  So  great  was  her  perseverance,  how- 
ever, that  in  a  very  short  time  she  knew  more  than  fortv  of  them  bv  heart, — a 
number  that  must  have  been  greatly  increased  before  her  death.  In  her  last 
da\  s,  when  her  strength  was  almost  gone,  her  joy  was  still  to  sing  the  praises 
of  her  King. 

A  beautifid  custom  had  these  "children"  in  tiie  Lord,  which  was  to  sing 
a  hymn  of  praise  and  consecration  together  at  the  first  streak  of  dawn,  before 
they  had  risen  from  their  bed.  When  on  one  occasion  Teresa  spent  the 
W^eek  of  Praver  at  our  house,  so  as  to  be  able  to  attend  all  the  meetings,  not 
a  morning  passed  that  we  did  not  hear  her  voice  long  before  time  for  rising 
hymning  words  of  praise  to  God.  On  one  of  these  mornings  Casildo,  who 
seemed  lost  without  his  dear  companion,  wakened  in  the  night,  and  being 
deceived  by  the  moon,  thought  it  was  morning.  So  he  sang  the  hvmn 
alone,  dressed,  and  came  into  tiie  city,  but  to  his  astonishment  found  that  by 
the  parish  clock  it  was  only  one  o'clock.  He  sat  down  in  the  plaza,  and 
waited  with  a  lover's  impatience  till  morning,  when  he  could  see  his  wife. 

About  the  time  that  the  station  at  Cosihuiriachic  was  opened  by  Air. 
Wright,  business  took  Casildo  to  that  town,  where  he  and  his  devoted  wife 
were  a  tower  of  strength  to  the  missionaries.  In  spite  of  her  increasing  in- 
firmities and  great  weight,  she  was  constantly  going  about  among  the  peo- 
ple, Bible  in  hand,  reading  and  exhorting  all  to  accept  the  Saviour  who  was 
so  much  to  her.  She  had  the  great  joy  of  knowing  before  her  death  that 
numbers  there  had  come  to  the  light  through  her  instrumentality. 


ONE  OF   THE  SAFNTS. 


511 


TERESA  AND  HER  HUSBAND. 


512 


LIFE  AND  LIGHT. 


She  was  rich, — rich  in  faith  and  in  fortitude.  We  are  the  poorer  for  her 
going ;  but  we  rejoice  as  we  think  of  lier  cahn  facing  of  death  for  months,, 
and  of  the  triumph  of  her  faith  to  the  end.  Said  one  to  her  in  those  last 
days,  "  Tell  me  about  your  Saviour."  "He  is  here  with  me,"  came  the  tri- 
umphant response.  "  Do  not  mourn  for  me  ;  adorn  the  room  with  flowers, 
and  sing  the  Christian  hymns." 

It  was  done  as  she  desired  ;  and  in  the  room  where  she  had  so  long 
suffered,  we  gathered,  a  little  company  of  Christian  brethren,  to  remember 
her  who  "being  dead,  yet  speaketh,"  and  to  rejoice  that  she  had  "persevered 
unto  the  end."  Gertrude  C.  Eaton. 


THE  GOSPEL  IN  SPAIN. 

BY  THE  REV.   WM.   H.  GULICK. 

By  request  we  reprint  the  following  incident,  which  appeared  a  year  ago  in  the 
Independent: — 

The  following  incident  lately  occurred  in  a  town  in  the  very  center  of  old 
Castile,  w  here  the  American  Board  sustains  an  evangelist.  It  illustrates  how 
Providence  sometimes  uses  a  seemingly  trivial  event  for  accomplishing  im- 
portant ends.  I  translate  the  story  almost  literally  from  the  letter  in  which 
the  evangelist  recounts  it  to  me.  It  is  as  follows  :  The  postman — a  new 
man  on  this  route — who  brought  me  the  monthly  packet  of  the  Amigo  de  la 
Infa7tcia^  demanded  payment  for  its  delivery,  which  I  refused  to  give  him, 
as  the  law  requires  payment  to  the  postman  only  on  letters.  The  next  month 
my  package  of  Amigos  did  not  come.  I  presumed  that  the  postman  with- 
held it  because  I  had  refused  to  pay  for  the  parcel  of  the  previous  month, 
but  I  could  not  prove  anything  against  him.  The  following  month  I  volun- 
tarily offered  to  pay  for  each  package  what  I  would  for  a  letter.  After  this 
I  had  no  further  trouble. 

Some  weeks  later  a  young  man,  organist  in  one  of  the  churches  in  this 
town,  attended  our  evening  meeting  for  a  number  of  times  in  succession. 
We  were  not  a  little  surprised  at  his  presence,  as  he  was  not  only  organist  in 
a  Catholic  church,  but  is  the  son  of  the  sexton  (sacristan)  of  another  church. 
One  evening  we  asked  him  how  he  came  to  be  so  interested  in  the  gospel. 
His  reply  was  as  follows  : — 

"You  know  that  some  months  ago  I  was  giving  lessons  in  music  to  the 
daughter  of  the  Senora  de  Gonzalez."  (This  is  not  the  real  name  of  the 
lady,  which  is  withheld  for  obvious  reasons.)  "It  is  not  necessary  that  I 
should  say  anything  about  myself  in  this  respect,  as  the  facts  are  known  to 
you  all.  I  was  giving  the  lesson  one  day  to  the  young  lady  when  her  mother 
came  into  the  room  bringing  a  package  of  the  Amigo  de  la  Infaticia^  which 
she  handed  to  me,  saying  : — 


THE  GOSPEL  IN  SPAIN. 


513 


"  'Just  look  at  these  papers,  Don  Vicente  ;  they  have  excellent  reading  mat- 
ter, and,  besides,  a  piece  of  music  to  sing.' 
"  '  But  who  gave  these  papers  to  you  ?' 
"  'My  son  found  them  in  the  yard.' 

"We  read  them, — or  one  of  them,  as  they  were  all  alike, — and  then  we 
began  to  practice  the  hymn, — 

'  Yo  voy  viajaudo,  si,  Al  ctelo  voy.' 
('  I'm  but  a  stranger  here,  heaven  is  my  home.') 

"If  the  reading  matter  pleased  us  much,  the  hymn  enchanted  us. 

"The  next  day  when  I  went  to  the  house  to  give  the  daughter  her  music 
lesson,  she  did  not  wish  to  do  anything  else  than  to  practice  and  to  sing  that 
hymn.    The  mother  said  to  me  : — 

"'Do  you  know,  Don  Vicente,  it  is  curious  that  anybody  should  have 
thrown  that  package  of  papers  into  our  yard.' 

"I  replied:  'I  think  it  must  have  been  some  pious  person,  who  said  to 
himself,  "  Those  ladies  are  very  devout,  and  they  will  like  to  read  these 
papers." ' 

"  '  So  I  think,'  the  lady  said,  and  we  went  on  with  our  singing. 

"A  few  days  passed,  when  the  people  in  the  neighborhood  began  to  say, 
'In  the  house  of  Senora  de  Gonzalez  they  are  singing  as  the  Protestants  do.' 
The  good  ladies  hearing  of  these  murmurings  told  me  of  it. 

"  '  Is  that  a  Protestant  paper  .'^'  said  I. 

"  '  Don't  be  foolish,  man,'  they  replied  ;  '  how  can  the  Protestants  have  so 
good  a  paper?'    To  which  I  answered,  'We  will  soon  know.' 

"  It  was  then  that  I  determined  to  come  to  your  meetings  ;  not  onl}'  to  learn 
whether  that  paper  was  Protestant  or  not,  but  because  the  wish  had  been 
awakened  to  know  more  about  your  doctrine.  I  came,  and  one  of  my  first 
questions,  as  you  will  remember,  was  if  you  had  any  periodicals  ;  whereupon 
you  showed  me  £1  Cristiano  and  El  Ainigo  de  la  Infaiicia.  With  that 
all  doubt  vanished.  The  paper  was  Protestant,  and  it  was  none  the  less  a 
good  paper.  Besides  this,  what  I  heard  in  yoiu'  meetings  impressed  me 
much,  and  I  decided  to  tell  what  I  had  learned  about  you  to  the  Senora  de 
Gonzalez. 

"It  was  with  great  difficulty  that  I  could  make  her  believe  the  truth  of  the 
matter  ;  for  she  insisted  that  it  was  well  known  that  the  teachings  of  the 
Protestants  were  pernicious,  and  that  they  had  very  bad  doctrines.  I  replied 
that  it  was  not  as  she  and  I  had  thought, — that  I  knew  now  that  the  Protes- 
tants did  believe  in  Jesus  Christ  as  the  Holy  Scriptures  tell  of  him.  The 
result  is  that  to  this  day  the  Senora  de  Gonzalez  carefully  keeps  a  copy  of 
that  paper,  and  if  she  does  not  ask  for  more  numbers,  it  is  from  fear  of  what 


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LIKE   AND   LIGH  F. 


the  family  might"  say  ;  but  respecting  the  Pi  otestants,  she  has  a  very  difTerent 
opinion  than  formerly." 

Here  the  yoimg  man's  narrative  ceases. 

Now,  how  did  the  package  of  papers  come  to  be  found  in  this  good  lady's 
yard.-"  It  is  easily  explained.  When  I  declined  to  pay  the  postman  the  fee 
that  he  unjustly  asked,  he  said  to  himself,  "If  he  will  not  pay  me  for  deliver- 
ing the  papers,  I  will  not  take  them  to  him  ; "  and  the  next  month  he  threw 
the  package — by  chance,  as  we  say — into  the  yard  of  the  Seiiora  de  Gonzalez. 

If  this  lady  did  not  dare  to  declare  her  sentiments  openly,  not  so  the  young 
man.  He  even  went  so  far  as  to  teach  some  of  our  Christian  hymns  to  the 
young  women  members  of  the  Catholic  society  of  "The  Sisters  of  Mary," 
and  which  they  sang  in  the  church,  accompanied  by  the  organ.  When  the 
priest  found  it  out  he  turned  him  out  of  office,  and  the  young  organist  had  to 
go  to  another  town  in  search  of  employment.  And  there  the  Lord  has 
blessed  him.  He  soon  found  congenial  work  and  a  good  wife,  and  he  and 
she  together  are  constant  and  regular  readers  of  the  Scriptures. 

San  Sebastian,  Spain. 


FOR  CHILDREN'S  MEETINGS. 

MISSION   WORK   IN  PAPAL  LANDS. 

What  countries  are  called  Papal  Lands.'' 

Why  send  missionaries  to  these  countries  ? 

In  what  Papal  Lands  has  the  W.  B.  M.  missionaries.'' 

I.  SPAIN. 

The  first  missionaries  sent  to  Spain  by  the  American  Board  were  Rev. 
Luther  H.  Gulick,  M.D.  and  Rev.  W.  H.  Gulick  and  their  wives.  They 
sailed  Dec.  19,  1871.  In  July,  1873,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Thos.  Gulick  were 
added  to  the  force.  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Gulick  having  been  transferred  to  Italy. 
Tlie  stations  occupied  were  Barcelona,  Zaragoza,  and  Santander.  The 
present  work  of  the  W.  B.  M.  in  Spain  consists  of  a  Bible  reader,  four  vil- 
lage schools,  and  a  boarding  school  at  San  Sebastian,  under  the  care  of  Mrs. 
Win.  Gulick.  This  was  established  at  Santander,  but  has  since  been  re- 
moved. One  hundred  and  thirteen  pupils  have  been  connected  with  this 
school  since  it  was  opened.    It  has  a  kindergarten  department. 

Miss  Catherine  Barbour  and  Miss  Anna  Webb  have  been  associated  with 
Mrs.  Gulick  ;  and  Miss  M.  L.  Page,  formerly  of  Smyrna,  Turkey,  and  Miss 
A.  M.  Bushee  have  very  recently  left  this  country  to  assist  in  this  work.  Of 
the  training  in  Bible  knowledge  given  the  children  in  this  school.  Miss  Bar- 
bour writes:  "Even  the  very  little  ones  can  repeat  the  list  of  the  books  of 


FOR  CHILDREN  S  MEETINGS. 


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the  Bible  from  beginning  to  end,  or  beginning  at  any  point  indicated,  with- 
out hesitation  or  mistake,  and  many  know  the  Commandments  equally  well." 

II.  AUSTRIA. 

The  first  missionaries  to  Austria  were  Rev.  and  Mrs.  H.  A.  Schauffler, 
who  sailed  from  New  York,  May  i8,  1873.  They  were  followed  in  Octo- 
ber of  the  same  year  by  Rev.  Edwin  A.  Adams  and  Rev.  A.  W.  Clark, 
with  their  wives  ;  and  in  September  of  1873,  Rev.  and  Mrs.  E.  C.  Bissell 
joined  them.  They  first  went  to  Prague,  and  were  welcomed  by  Pastor 
Schubert,  who  had  established  a  boai'ding  school  for  young  women  at  Krab- 
schitz,  fifty  miles  north  of  Prague.  He  rendered  valuable  assistance  to  tliese 
missionaries  until  his  death,  in  1884.  His  work,  aided  by  the  American 
Board,  has  since  been  carried  on  by  its  missionaries  and  funds. 

They  labored  at  Prague,  Innsbruck,  Briinn,  and  Gratz  for  a  longer  or 
shorter  time.  The  work  opened  so  slowly  that  Dr.  Bissell  i^eturned  to 
America  in  187S.  In  1S81  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Schauffler  were  obliged  to  leave 
Austria,  on  account  of  the  ill  health  of  Mrs.  Schauffler.  The  death  of  Mrs. 
Clark  occurred,  also,  in  1881,  and  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Adams  returned  to  the 
United  States  in  June,  1882.  Mr.  Clark  was  married  to  Miss  Ruth  Pirie  in 
1884,  and,  with  the  aid  of  native  helpers,  is  now  conducting  a  prosperous  work. 
Owing  to  the  strict  laws  of  the  Catholic  Church  the  children  cannot  be  reached 
■directly,  but  through  the  parents  are  being  prepared  for  Christian  lives. 

III.  MEXICO. 

Mexico  has  about  the  same  area  as  that  of  the  United  States  east  of  the 
Mississippi  River.  The  people  are  of  Indian,  Spanish,  and  Caucasian  descent. 
The  religion  of  Mexico  is  nominally  the  Roman  Catholic.  Superstition, 
idolatry,  and  ignorance  characterize  the  condition  of  the  people.  They  are 
taught  to  worship  images,  but  know  nothing  of  Him  who  is  a  vSpirit,  and 
must  be  worshiped  in  spirit  and  in  truth. 

Missionary  work  was  carried  on  by  the  American  Board  in  Mexico,  at 
Monterey,  from  1873  to  1877.  In  1882  the  Northern  Mexico  Mission  was 
established  in  Chihuahua,  and  already  in  1872  the  work  of  the  Western 
Mexico  Mission  had  begun  at  Guadalajara.  Churches  and  schools  have  been 
•established,  and  many  are  now  gladly  learning  of  Christ,  and  the  joy  of  be- 
coming his  dear  children. 

Much  useful  information  upon  this  country  may  be  gained  for  the  children 
from  the  handbook  of  "  Questions  and  Answers  for  Mission  Circles  and 
Bands  (Mexico)."  A  pretty  story  of  a  Mexican  girl  may  be  found  in  Life 
.AND  Light  for  May,  1890.  See  also  "What  One  Hero  Did,"  in  Mission 
Studies  for  February,  1871.  Interesting  articles  on  Spain,  Austria,  and 
Mexico  are  included  among  the  "  Mission  Stories  of  Many  Lands." 


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#u;r  Wiaxh  at  Pome. 

Bible  Reading. 


GOD'S  EVERLASTING  FAITHFULNESS. 
Throughout  all  ages  the  heart-cry  of  believers  has  been,  "Lord,  increase 
our  faith."  And  what  is  our  faith  but  our  confidence  in  God's  faithfulness.-' 
This  prayer  is  simply  asking  that  we  may  live  and  rest  in  the  assurance  of 
God's  unalterable  fidelity  to  his  purposes  of  love  and  his  promises  of  help  to 
his  dependent  children.  Therefore,  while  we  pray  we  must  do  the  "works 
meet"  for  increasing  faith, — that  is,  for  increasing  our  knowledge  of  God. 
How  useless  have  we  found  the  effort  to  add  to  our  faith  by  main  strength  of 
will !  How  foolish  the  attempt  since  we  need  only  to  consider  the  grounds 
of  faith  in  God  to  see  the  infinite  reasonableness  of  expecting  every  good 
thing  from  him. 

There  is  no  shorter  way  to  faith  than  that  of  Job's  day.  "Acquaint  thy- 
self with  God  ;"  that  brings  in  "the  unutterable  hopefulness  of  peace," — that 
rest  in  God's  faithfulness  which  is,  for  the  Christian,  the  certain  accompani- 
ment of  the  knowledge  of  him.  Can  fears  appall  the  heart  which  knows 
that  Love  sits  upon  the  throne  of  the  worlds?  Will  hard  questions  perplex 
one  who  holds  this  key  to  the  universe.''  Will  difficulties  daunt  him?  Will 
the  vastness  of  her  task  discourage  "the  Church  militant  as  she  presses  right 
onward  into  the  Church  triumphant,"  fighting  her  way  under  the  lead  of  her 
great  Captain  to  the  conquest  of  the  world  for  him?  What  are  the  millions 
of  his  foes  and  ours  since  he  abideth  faithful?  His  wonderful  name  is 
Faithful  and  True.    Isa.  ix.  6;  Rev.  xix.  ii. 

All  hail  to  that  coming  day  of  God's  power  for  which  creation  waits, 
when  he  shall  conquer  all  his  enemies  by  converting  them  into  liis  friends ! 
Thy  people  also  shall  be  all  righteous.  This  is  the  purpose  that  is  pur- 
posed upon  the  whole  earth,  and  this  is  the  hand  that  is  stretched  out  upon  all 
the  nations.  Is.  Ix.  21  ;  xiv.  26.  He  shall  establish  his  faithfulness  in  the  very 
heavens.  The  Strength  of  Israel  will  not  lie  nor  repent.  He  is  faithful  that 
promised  ;  He  keepeth  truth  forever.  His  counsels  of  old  are  faithfulness 
and  truth,  and  they  reach  unto  all  generations.  Ps.  Ixxxix.  2  ;  i  Sam.  xv. 
29  ;  Heb.  x.  23  ;  Ps.  cxlvi.  6  ;  Is.  xxv.  i  ;  Ps.  cxix.  90. 

God  is  faithful,  said  St.  Paul ;  even  if  we  believe  not,  he  abideth  faithful. 
As  he  now  calls  us  to  his  work,  let  us  commit  the  keeping  of  oiu-  souls  to 
him  in  welldoing,  as  unto  a  faithful  Creator.    The  sense  of  our  sins  need  not 


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hinder  us  ;  he  is  faithful  and  just  to  forgive  us  our  sins.  If  we  are  grieving 
over  our  beloved  fellow-workers  who  have  fallen  at  their  post,  or  over  re- 
verses and  delays  at  the  front,  it  is  in  faithfulness  that  we  are  afflicted.  Let 
us  hold  fast  the  faithful  word,  for  he  hath  said.  My  loving-kindness  will  I 
not  titterlv  take  from  thee,  nor  suffer  my  faithfulness  to  fail.  All  flesh  shall 
see  the  salvation  of  God.  i  Pet.  iv.  19;  r  John  i.  9;  Ps.  cxix.  75;  Titus 
i.  9;  Ps.  Ixxxix.  33,  34;  Luke  iii.  6. 

THE  WHY  AND  HOW  OF  BOYS'  MISSION  BANDS. 

BY  ALICE  A.  CHOWN. 

Girls'  mission  bands  are  an  established  fact.  But  are  not  the  boys  being  over- 
looked in  many  of  our  churches  ?  Our  bright,  merry  boys  have  more  leisure 
time  and  more  temptations  than  their  sisters.  Instead  of  continually  saying 
"  Don't  "  to  them,  would  it  not  be  well  to  say  "  Do  "  occasionally.''  Interest 
them  in  the  boys  who  have  a  wall  of  superstition  and  ignorance  built  up 
between  them  and  the  Sun  of  Righteousness.  If  they  try  to  send  them 
the  gospel,  they  will  be  desirous  of  being  consistent ;  not  wish  others  to 
accept  what  they  refuse.  Working  for  others  will  be  the  best  antidote  to 
indifference  to  personal  Christianity.  When  a  boy  first  gives  his  heart  to 
Christ,  he  longs  for  some  definite  work  to  do  for  Christ?  We  answer  this 
longing  by  telling  him  to  do  all  his  work  for  Christ.  But  to  his  sister  we 
give  work  to  be  done  for  the  poor,  the  sick,  and  the  heathen,  "  In  His 
Name."  Why  not  do  the  same  for  the  boys.''  Organize  them  into  mission 
bands.  Give  them  a  definite  object  for  their  self-denials  and  their  pravers. 
Teach  them  to  study  about  "  the  lands  that  sit  in  darkness,"  that  they  may 
know  how  to  pray  for  them. 

How  may  this  be  done.''  Let  one  who  loves  God  and  loves  boys  gather' 
the  boys  around  him.  If  they  are  young  form  them  into  a  company  of  the 
Missionary  Army,  or  give  the  band  some  such  name  as  the  Mission  cadets 
or  Mission  Guard.  Let  all  the  officers  have  military  names.  Let  the  presi- 
dent be  a  captain,  the  vice  president  a  lieutenant,  and  so  on.  Divide  your 
band,  if  large,  into  divisions,  with  an  ensign  over  each  division,  the  ensign 
to  be  responsible  for  attendance  and  order.  Let  each  division  be  responsible 
for  a  programme  in  turn.  Encourage  your  boys  to  make  motions  and  dis- 
cuss business.  Always  give  them  a  five  minutes'  talk  on  missions,  illustra- 
ting with  charts,  maps,  blackboard,  photographs,  or  curiosities.  Keep  be- 
fore the  band  the  thought  that  Christ  is  our  commander,  and  our  foes  are 
twofold, — our  own  faults  and  the  forces  of  heathendom. 

If  your  boys  have  lost  their  military  ardor,  and  no  longer  dream  of  being 
soldiers,  have  a  Missionary  Parliament,  giving  each  boy  a  country  to  repre- 


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sent.  Let  them  have  debates  on  such  a  subject  as  "  Systematic  giving  is  the 
best  way  in  which  to  raise  money  for  Christian  work  ;"  or,  "  Foreign  mis- 
sions are  a  benefit  to  the  commerce  of  our  country  ;  "  or,  "We  owe  a  debt 
to  our  Indians  which  we  can  only  repay  by  giving  them  the  gospel ;  "  or, 
"  Our  duty  to  foreign  missions  is  equal  to  our  duty  to  home  missions." 
Let  them  discuss  such  questions  as  the  opium  traffic  ;  the  Government's  duty 
to  the  Indians;  the  slave  trade  in  Africa,  and  Christian  nations'  attitude 
toward  it;  what  constitutes  a  call  to  be  a  foreign  missionary.  Emphasize 
the  spiritual  side  of  missions, — that  the  power  is  of  God  ;  study  with  them 
God's  promises  and  commands  regarding  it. 

A  pleasant  and  profitable  way  of  varying  the  programme  is  to  have  a  mis- 
sion match.  Select  a  country,  divide  the  band  into  two  sides,  and  let  the 
sides  question  each  other  after  the  manner  of  an  old-fashioned  spelling  match. 
After  the  questions  relating  to  population,  religion,  products,  etc.,  have  been 
exhausted,  facts  might  be  called  for.  In  a  band  of  young  boys  it  would  be 
well  for  one  person  to  give  the  questions. 

A  bonfire  is  always  the  delight  of  a  boy's  heart,  and  a  missionary  bonfire,, 
to  which  every  boy  who  comes  must  bring  a  real  missionary  stor}^, — no  make- 
believes, — is  a  splendid  way  to  interest  boys.  In  winter  time,  when  a  bonfire 
is  impossible,  a  large,  old-fashioned  hearth  piled  with  logs,  or,  failing  that,  a 
grate  fire  burning  brightly,  around  which  the  boys  can  group  themselves  on 
the  floor  and  tell  about  their  favorite  missionary  heroes,  is  a  charming  way 
to  entertain  boys  when  you  give  them  a  social  evening.  The  lamps  should 
not  be  lit,  for  boys  as  well  as  girls  talk  best  in  half  darkness  ;  and  through 
the  fitful  gleams  of  the  fire  you  will  be  able  to  find  the  way  to  many  a  boy's 
heart.  The  invitations  shoidd  be  given  to  a  "missionary  fireside."  The  old 
.  game,  "I  have  loaded  my  ship  with  articles  from,  say,  China,"  when  each 
One  in  turn  must  give  an  article  from  that  land  ;  the  one  failing  to  do  so  takes 
a  place  at  the  foot.  When  everyone  fails  to  mention  an  article  another 
country  is  chosen  ;  and  so  the  game  goes  on. 

A  great  many  of  our  parlor  games  can,  with  a  little  ingenuity,  be  twisted 
into  missionary  games.  Occasionally  a  meeting  might  be  held  at  which  the 
boys  could  made  scrapbooks,  whittle  bats,  boats,  tops,  or  kites,  net  ham- 
mocks, or  employ  their  hands  in  whatever  way  they  could.  If  their  work 
admitted  of  it,  a  missionary  story  might  be  read  aloud.  Until  the  interest 
grows  strong,  it  is  well  to  have  a  story  form  part  of  the  exercises  of  every 
meeting.  One  more  suggestion, — throw  as  much  responsibility  as  possible 
on  the  boys.  Let  the  leader  be  the  head,  the  boys  the  feet.  Make  as  many 
offices  for  the  boys  as  possible.  Have  one  or  two  vice  presidents,  corre- 
sponding and  recording  secretaries,  treasurer,  auditor,  organist,  one  to  gather 


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Sunday-school  papers  and  distribute  to  destitute  missions^  and  a  librarian  ; 
for  if  you  have  no  books,  you  will  have  magazines  and  scrapbooks.  You 
might  offer  small  prizes  for  scrap  books  on  missions.  No  boys'  meeting 
would  be  complete  without  a  newspaper,  with  one  or  more  editors.  What- 
ever plans  you  adopt,  pray  about  them.  While  watching  for  results  in  the 
daily  life  of  the  boys,  be  content  to  wait  till  they  have  grown  to  manhood 
for  the  full  fruit.  Be  sure  that  in  due  season  ye  shall  reap,  if  ye  faint  not. 
— Selected. 


LEAVES  FROM  OUR  BRANCHES. 

Since  its  last  report  to  Life  and  Light,  Worcester  County  Branch  has 
held  two  quarterly  meetings.  That  in  the  month  of  June,  with  the  "  church 
upon  the  hill,"  in  the  delightfully  quiet  town  of  Shrewsbury,  the  perfect 
June  day,  the  beauty  of  the  landscape,  and  the  unbounded  hospitality  of  the 
ladies  of  the  church,  insured  outward  success;  while  the  stimulating  address 
of  Miss  White,  recently  of  Japan,  and  the  strong  missionary  spirit  which 
pervaded  all  the  other  exercises,  gave  the  deep  spiritual  tone  which  is  always 
the  harbinger  of  growth  and  fruit. 

The  September  meeting  was  held  with  the  church  in  Whitinsville,  the 
cordiality  of  whose  invitation  and  hospitality  were  in  full  accord  with  the 
"riches  of  its  liberality,"  so  well  known  to  all  missionary  workers. 

Miss  Crosb)',  of  Micronesia,  interested  old  and  young  by  the  story  of  the 
work  upon  the  Islands  of  the  Sea,  inspiring  some  youthful  hearts,  as  we  may 
hope,  with  higher  purposes  in  life  than  personal  gain  and  selfish  ease. 

Miss  Florence  White,  who  is  one  of  our  "own"  missionaries,  spoke 
briefly  of  the  anticipated  work  awaiting  her  in  her  new  field  of  labor  in 
Mexico,  where  she  is  to  be  associated  with  Miss  Haskins  at  Guadalajara. 
We  rejoice  that,  after  long  suffering  and  waiting,  Miss  White's  health  is 
fully  restored,  and  she  goes  hopefully  to  a  clime  which  promises  to  deal  more 
kindly  with  her  than  did  that  of  Japan.  Valuable  papers  furnished  by  home 
talent,  read  at  each  of  these  meetings,  will  be  made  to  do  good  service  among 
our  auxiliaries. 

As  to  the  condition  of  the  Branch,  we  wish,  as  did  the  secretarv  of  one  of 
the  auxiliaries,  that  we  could  "  report  something  thrilling  ;"  but  we  find  the 
usual  light  and  shade,  which  may  be  best  presented  by  allowing  a  few 
auxiliaries  to  speak  for  themselves,  and  first  the  secretary  above  quoted. 
"  Our  little  auxiliary  is  still  small,  but  not  feeble.  We  pray  and  work  for 
improvement  every  way,  in  interest,  in  consecration,  and  in  numbers;  then 
the  contributions  will  be  sure  to  follow.  The  best  we  can  say  is,  we  are  not 
discouraged,  but  full  of  hope  of  future  usefulness."    Another:  "We  are 


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looking  forward  to  our  thank-offering  meeting,  which  has  become  the  most 
blessed  of  all  our  meetings."  Losses  by  death  and  removal  have  lessened 
the  contributions  in  several  auxiliaries,  but  we  trust  our  loss  may  in  many 
cases  prove  to  be  gain  to  other  organizations.  One  auxiliarv  finds  "in- 
creased interest  from  having  a  different  leader  at  each  meeting,  this  giving 
variety,  and  developing  a  greater  sense  of  responsibility."  Some  find  that  a 
"  missionary  tea  "  results  in  increase  of  numbers  and  interest.  One  Secre- 
tary writes:  "  We  are  looking  forwai-d  to  our  thank-offering  meeting  antici- 
pating glorious  results,  which  only  those  who  enter  thoroughly  into  the  spirit' 
of  such  meetings  can  fully  understand.  I,  for  one,  think  the  height  of 
spiritual  enjoyment  is  reached  in  a  thank-offering  meeting."  Still  others  can 
say,  "Though  few  in  numbers  we  are  not  discouraged,  for  the  Lord  cares 
for  his  own  work." 

We  fear  many  Branches  besides  our  own  are  obliged  to  take  up  the  "  sad 
refrain  "  of  another  secretary  who  says  :  "It  is  very  hard  to  induce  many  who 
should  be  interested  in  this  good  work  to  join  us.  The  heart  is  not  enlarged 
enough,  nor  the  love  for  the  Master  deep  enough,  to  take  in  the  whole  world 
in  the  consecration  of  their  hearts  to  his  service." 

One  Mission  Circle  has  adopted  methods  which  may  prove  successful  in 
other  kindred  organizations.  The  meetings  are  held  semimonthly.  The 
usual  devotional  exercises,  of  reading  the  Scriptures  and  prayer,  are  followed 
through  the  first  half  hour  by  the  study  of  a  given  country,  by  the  aid  of 
map,  stories  and  pictures,  closing  with  the  penny  collection.  The  next  half 
hour  is  spent  in  sewing,  making  comfortables,  scrapbooks,  etc.  Then,  each 
child  having  brought  a  basket  of  lunch,  the  table  is  spread  for  supper,  after 
which  a  half  hour  is  given  to  games  ;  then  home.  There  would  seem  in 
this  to  be  variety  enough  to  insure  continued  interest. 

The  hearts  of  the  constituency  of  the  Branch  have  gone  out  in  loving, 
prayerful  sympathy  to  our  dear  president  and  her  stricken  household  in 
their  crushing  sorrow,  while  we  praise  the  "God  of  all  comfort,"  who  has 
so  signally  verified  his  promise,  and  walked  with  them  through  the  "deep 
waters."  Truly  this  is  the  grief  of  which  Mrs.  Sangster  so  sweetly  says,  "It 
wears  the  purple  of  royalty,  and  needs  not  to  don  sackcloth  and  ashes  ;  it  is 
itself  an  endowment,  making  by  and  by  the  desert  places  of  the  home  it  has 
glorified  to  blossom  as  the  rose." 

Essex  South  Brajich. — We  hope  other  auxiliaries  feel  as  happy  to-night 
(September  21st)  as  our  Peabody,  Mass.,  Auxiliary  does,  over  its  successful 
thank-offering  meeting  held  this  afternoon.  A  large  audience  was  present  in 
our  vestry,  and  an  interesting  programme  was  carried  out,  arranged  by  our  faith- 
ful president,  Mrs.  Harriet  Rhoades,  and  our  untiring  secretary,  Mrs.  Eliza 


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Newman.  Prayer  was  offered  by  Mrs.  Hannah  Osborne,  of  Salem,  vice 
president  of  Essex  South  Branch.  Eight  young  hidies  of  the  parish  furnished 
excellent  music  and  singing.  The  annual  thank  offerings  were  received  in 
envelopes,  many  of  them  containing  texts  of  Scripture,  or  other  selections 
expressive  of  gratitude,  which  were  read  by  the  secretary.  The  gratifying 
sum  of  seventy-five  dollars  was  announced  as  having  been  received  in  the 
envelopes.  "Praise  God"  was  then  sung.  Mrs.  Henry  Perkins  then  gave  a 
most  interesting  account  of  her  missionary  work  in  China.  Mrs.  Barbrage, 
a  native  of  Beirut,  Syria,  was  also  present,  and  spoke  with  interest.  Rev. 
G.  A.  Hall,  pastor  of  the  church,  expressed  his  pleasure  at  seeing  so  large  a 
number  present.  A  social  hour  followed,  in  which  light  refreshments  were 
served  ;  and  best  of  all,  many  new  members  were  obtained  to  our  auxiliary. 

M.  J.  F. 


TOPICS  FOR  AUXILIARY  MEETINGS. 

Afovember. — The  Gospel  for  Japanese  Women.  See  Life  and  Light 
for  October. 

December . — Mission  Work  in  Papal  Lands. 


MISSION  WORK  IN  PAPAL  LANDS. 

topic  for  DECEMBER. 

1.  Romanism  as  it  exists  in  Spain,  Austria,  and  Mexico. 

2.  The  necessity  and  results  of  mission  work. 

3.  Missionary  educational  institutions  for  girls. 

Information  as  to  the  first  topic  may  be  found  in  an  encyclopedia.  A  good 
book,  probably  to  be  found  in  man)'  public  libraries,  is  "Romanism  As  It  Is," 
by  Rev.  S.  W.  Barnum.  Chapter  tvventv-seven,  on  the  relation  of  the  sys- 
tem to  general  intelligence  and  prosperity,  and  twenty-eight,  on  its  political 
and  social  power,  would  be  helpful.  A  sketch  of  the  Austrian  Mission  in 
Life  and  Light  for  May,  1889,  and  leaflets  on  Mexico  (three  and  five  cents 
each)  may  be  obtained  from  the  Board  Rooms.  There  are  also  interesting 
articles  on  Mexico  and  its  history  in  Gospel  in  All  Lands  for  March,  1892 
(Hunt  &  Eaton,  1=50  Fifth  Avenue,  New  York  City,  price  ten  cents).  For 
necessity  and  results  of  mission  work,  see  articles  "Giant  in  Spain"  and 
"Mariolatry  in  Spain"  in  Life  and  Light  for  March  and  July,  1878;  also, 
Life  and  Light  for  February,  1879,  for  July,  1889  (Austria),  May,  1892, 
December,  1888  (Mexico).  For  missionary  educational  institutions,  see 
Life  and  Light  for  August,  1889. 


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TOPICS  FOR  AUXILIARY  MEETINGS,  1893-94. 
Since  the  working  year  of  most  of  our  auxiliaries  commences  in  Septem- 
ber and  ends  in  June,  it  has  seemed  best  to  prejiare  a  list  of  topics  that  shall 
extend  to  June,  1894. 

1893. 

January. — A  Century  of  Missionary  Effort. 

Febi-uary . — The  Woman's  Board  in  its  Home  Department  of  Work. 
How  to  promote  its  highest  efficiency. 

March. — The  Power  of  the  Holy  Spirit  in  Mission  Work. 

April. — The  Schools  of  the  Board  in  Africa. 

May. — The  Evangelistic  Work  of  the  Board  in  Foreign  Fields. 

June. — Schools  of  the  Board  in  Western  Turkey. 

July. — Schools  of  the  Board  in  Central  and  Eastern  Turkey. 

August. — Incidents  of  Mission  Work  and  Lessons  to  be  drawn  from  them.- 

September. — Schools  of  the  Board  in  India  and  Ceylon. 

October. — The  Medical  Work  of  the  Board. 

November . — Thank-offering  Meeting. 

December . — Christmas  Observances  in  the  Foreign  Field. 

1894. 

January. — New  Openings  for  Missionary  Work. 
February . — Schools  of  the  Board  in  China  and  Japan. 
March. — Young  Ladies'  Work  at  Home  and  Abroad. 
April. — Easter  Service.     The  Resurrection  of  Christ  a  Pledge  of  the- 
Salvation  of  the  World. 

May. — Schools  of  the  Board  in  Micronesia  and  Papal  Lands. 
June. — Temperance  Work  in  Missjon  Lands. 


ANNUAL  MEETING. 
The  Twenty-fifth  Annual  Meeting  of  the  Woman's  Board  of  Missions 
will  be  held  in  Boston,  on  Wednesday  and  Thursday,  January  11  and  12, 
1893  ;  meeting  for  delegates  on  Tuesdav,  Januarv  loth.  The  subject  of  the 
meeting  will  be  "The  Woman's  Board:  its  Past,  Present,  and  Future." 
There  will  be  historical  papei's,  including  reminiscences  and  memorials, 
missionary  addresses,  and  other  interesting  exercises. 


Now  is  a  fine  time  to  be  collecting  and  sending  in  subscriptions  for  next 
year.  We  hope  for  prompt  renewals  and  many  new  names.  The  Novem- 
ber and  December  numbers  will  be  sent  free  to  all  new  subscribers  whose 
names  are  sent  us  by  December  ist. 


RECEIPTS. 


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WOMAN'S   BOARD   OF  MISSIONS, 

Receipts  from  August  18  to  Seiytember  19,  1892. 
Miss  Ellen  Carruth,  Treasurer. 


MAINE. 

Castme.— Desert  Paliu  Soc'y,  15  00 

Seai  spoi  t.—\.  I'.  S.  C.  E.,  lU  00 

Maine  JJ ranch.— Mia.  W.  S.  Dana,  Treas. 

Wari  eii,  Aux.,  5  00 


Total, 


30  00 


NEW  HAMPSUIRE. 

Meredith.— A  Friend,  20  22 

New  Hampshire  Branch.— Miss  A.  E.  Mc- 
Intire,  Treas.  Amherst,  Aux.,  19.60; 
Atkinson,  Aux.,  15,  Flowers  of  Hope,  L. 
M.,  .Marion  Emerson  Wason,  25;  Harring- 
ton, .4.UX.,  21;  Brentwood,  Aux.,  5;  liris- 
tol,  Aux.,  15;  Chester,  Aux.,  20,  Christ- 
mas Roses,  4,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  3;  Clare- 
mont,  Aux.,  22.25;  Concord,  Aux.,  Self- 
denial,  61.12,  Mrs.  Henry  McFarland, 
const,  self  L.  M.,  25;  Cornish,  Aux.,  6; 
Exeter,  Aux.,  5;  East  Derry,  First  Ch., 
Aux.,  13;  Dover,  First  Cong.  Ch.,  Aux., 
78;  Durham,  Aux.,  17;  Francestown, 
Aux.,  10;  Franklin,  Aux.,  20;  Gilraan- 
ton,  Aux.,  6;  Great  Falls,  Aux.,  62; 
Greenfield,  Aux.,  10;  Greenville,  Aux., 
•  4;  Hampstead,  Aux.,  14;  Hanover,  Aux., 
21,  Y.  P.  .S.  C.  E.,  6,  Wide  Awakes,  25; 
Hillsboro  Bridge,  Aux.,  20;  HoUis,  Aux., 
35;  Hopkinton,  Aux.,  7;  Hudson,  Aux., 
18;  Jatfrey,  Aux.,  const.  L.  M.  Mrs. 
Sarah  H.  Gibbs,  25;  Kensington,  Aux., 
8.75;  Keene,  First  Ch.,  Aux.,  const.  L. 
M's  Mrs.  H.  15.  Eastman,  Mrs.  J.  AI. 
Merrill,  50;  Kingston,  .\ux.,  9.29;  Lan- 
caster, Aux.,  15,  Self-denial,  7 ;  Lebanon, 
Aux.,  40.95;  Lisbon,  Aux.,  15;  Littleton, 
Aux.,  12;  Manchester,  First  Cong.  Ch,, 
Aux.,  50,  Wallace  Circle,  10,  Y.  L.  Soc'y 
21.50,  Franklin  St.  Ch.,  Aux.,  110,  Ear- 
nest Workers,  10;  Marlboro,  Aux.,  18.90; 
Mason,  Aux.  8.25;  Meriden,  Aux.,  10; 
Merrimack,  Aux.,  20;  Milford,  Aux.,  15; 
Mt.  Vernon,  Aux.,  L.  M.  Miss  Mariette 

A.  Lanison,  27;  New  Boston,  Aux.,  19.25, 
Miss  Lottie  R.  Adams,  p.  c.  self  L.  M., 
15;  New  Ipswich,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,5;  North 
Hampton,  Aux.,  34;  Peterboro,  Aux., 40; 
Plymouth,  M.  C,  20.75;  Portsmouth, 
Aux.,  85.50;  Rindge,  Aux.,  L.  M.,  Mrs. 
J.  P.  Richardson,  25.27;  Seabrook  and 
Hampton  Falls,  Aux.,  19.68;  South  New- 
market, Aux.,  17,  Y.  P.  Aux.,  10;  Strath- 
am,  Aux.,  L.  M.  Miss  Mary  C.  Young, 35; 
East  Sullivan,  Friends.  2;  Tamvvorth, 
Aux.,  5 ;  Tilton,  Aux.,  4.27.  <"urtice  M.  C, 
21;  Wakefield,  Friends,  4.20;  Webster, 
Aux.,  18.74;  West  Concord.  Aux.,  17,  M. 

B.  ,  8;    Wilton,  Aux.,  56.12;  Wolfboro, 
Aux.,  15.10,  Newell  Circle,  5,  1,579  49 


Total, 


1,599  71 


LEOACY. 

Greenfield.  N.  //.— Italance  of  Legacy  of 
Mrs.  Sarah  Holt,  56  86 

VERMONT. 

Pittsford.—Mrs.  H.  G.  Peabody,  40  00 

St.  Johnsbury.—A  Friend,  1  50 

Vermont  /Iranch.  — Mrs.  T.  M.  Howard, 
Treas.  Alburgli,  Aux.,  12.75;  Hakers- 
field,  Aux.,  10;  Barre,  Aux.,  11.73;  Bar- 
ton, Aux.,  32.77;  Barton  Landing,  Chil- 
dren's M.  S.,  6.60;  Barton  Landing  and 


Brownington,  p.  c.  L.  M's  Mrs.  O.  H. 
Austin,  Mrs.  J.  A.  Wright,  44;  Bellows 
Falls,  L.  M.  Mrs.  E.  W.  Ricker,  42.5U,  Jr. 
Aux.,  10;  Bennington,  Aux.,  25,  First 
Ch.,  Aux.,  L.  M's  Mrs.  Mary  Weeks,  iMrs. 
Norman  Oviatt,  07.79;  No.  Bennington, 
Aux.,  13;  East  Bei  kslure,  Aux.,  12 ;  Bran- 
don, Aux.,  16;  Brudlord,  Aux.,  12;  West 
Brattleboro,  Aux.,  4;  Brookfield,  First 
Ch.,  p.  c.  L.  iM.  Mrs.  Sylvia  Town,  22, 
Second  Ch.,  Mrs.  Cynthia  Kibbee,  L.  M., 
25;  East  Burke,  Aux.,  2.50;  Burlington, 
Aux.,  of  wh.  20  a  Thank  Off.,  105;  Cabot, 
Aux.,  p.  c.  L.  .M.  iMrs.  S.  E.  Farrington, 
18.65;  Cainbridgpport,  Aux.,  7;  Castle- 
ton,  Aux.,  15;  West  Charleston,  Aux., 
17.65,  Jun.  C.  E.  .Soc'y,  1.68;  Charlotte, 
Aux.,  11;  East  Clarendon,  Aux.,  5.53; 
North  Craftsbury,  Aux.,  L.  M.  iMis.  Car- 
rie Moodie,  25,  Children,  1.50;  Colches- 
ter, Aux.,  7.85;  Cornwall,  Aux.,  26.50; 
Danville,  Aux.,  21,  Miss'y  Club,  7.10;  Der- 
by, Aux., 5;  Dummerston,  Aux.,21  ;Enos- 
burgh,  Aux  ,  31.55,  M.  C,  4.28;  Essex, 
Aux.,  14;  Fairlee,  Aux.,  6.50;  Georgia, 
Aux.,  10;  W.  Glover,  Aux.,  15.75;  Greens- 
boro, Aux.  20.35;  Guildhall,  Aux.,  12.60, 
Mrs.  C.  Webb's  S.  S.  CI.,  5.65;  E.  Hard- 
wick,  Aux.,  25;  Hartford,  Aux.,  40.25, 
Extra-Cent-a-Day  Band,  15;  Highgate, 
King's  Daughters,  1.75;  Jeiiclio  Centre, 
Aux.,  of  wh.  50  by  Miss  Julia  Graves, 
const.  L.  M's  Miss  Katharine  L.  Graves, 
Miss  Emily  C.  Graves,  64.50;  Johnson, 
Aux.,  L.  M.  Mrs.  Mabel  D.  Walbridge, 
26;  Lyndon,  Aux.,  i>.  c.  L.  M's  Mrs.  P. 
B.  Fisk,  Mrs.  Samuel  Russell,  40,  Buds 
of  I'romise,  10,  Y.  P.  Soc'y  15;  Lyndon- 
ville,  Aux.,  34,  Busy  Bees,  16,  L.  M's 
Mrs  John  Flower,  Mrs.  CO.  Severance; 
Ludlow,  Aux.,  26,  M.  C,  2.60;  Jlanches- 
ter,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  5,  Aux.,  50;  Mclndoes 
Falls,  Aux.,  17.40;  Middletown  Springs, 
Aux.,  const.  L.  M.  Mrs.  Nelle  Clute 
Bailey,  25;  Milton,  L.  M.,  IMiss  Belle  C. 
Doherty,  27;  Montpelier,  Bethanv  Aux., 
const.  L.  M's  Mrs.  A.  C.  Vail,  Jlrs.  J.  V. 
Babcock,  57.25;  Newbury,  Aux.,  L.  M's 
Mrs.  J.  L.  Newell,  Mrs.  George  Swazey, 
68.33;  Newport,.\ux.,p.  c.  L.  M.  Mrs.  E.A. 
Stewart,  18;  Northfield,  Aux.,  MissSai  ah 
Clough,  35;  Norwich,  Aux.,  32,  Y.  L.,  5; 
Orange,  Mrs.  T.  O.  Spear,  1  ;  Orwell, 
Aux.,  05.75;  Pittsford,  Aux.,  L.  .M's  Miss 
Bertha  W.  Shaw,  iMisscs  Eleanor  L.  and 
May  E.  Mauley,  93,  Y.  L.  Soc'y,  25,  King's 
Daughters,  5;  Post  Mills,  Aux.,  17.5",  Y. 
L.,  5.25;  East  Poultney,  Aux.,  7;  Ran- 
dolpli,  Aux.,  L.  M.  Mrs.  Julia  A.  Stone, 
32,  S.  S.,  10;  Richmond,  Aux.,  30,  Coral 
AVorkers,  7;  Rochester,  Aux.,  17.50;  Roy- 
alton,  Aux.,  14.56;  Rutland,  Aux.,  90; 
West  Rutland,  Aux.,  11;  Rupert,  Aux., 
15,  iM.  H.,  5;  Salisbury,  Aux.,  12.86;  Sax- 
ton's  River,  .Merry "  Rills,  1;  Sharon, 
Aux.,  12.50;  Sliorch.ini,  Aux.,  31.50; 
South  Hero,  Aux.  14;  Springfield,  Aux., 
of  wh.  24  Thank  Off.,  92;  St.  Albans, 
Aux.,  81;  East  St.  .lolinsbury,  Aux.,  7; 
St.  Johnsbury,  North  Ch.,  25,  by  A 
Frienil.  L.  .M.,  Mrs.  John  Ross,  25,  by 
Mrs.  Hor.ace  Fairbanks,  L.  M.  .Miss  Eliza 
Swan,  175,  Y.  L.,  15.10,  South  Ch.,  Aux., 


524 


LIFE  AND  LIGHT. 


20,  Y.  L.  50,  Little  Helpers,  25.60;  Straf- 
ford, Aux.,  12;  Stowe,  Aux.,  L.  M's  Mrs. 
S.  F.  Drew,  .Mrs.  M.  J.  Gibson,  55 ;  Swan- 
ton,  Aux  ,  14. 25,  Whatsoever  AI.  C,  i.tiO; 
Nortli  I'rov,  Aux.,  5.50;  Underliill,  Aux., 
19.G0;  Vei"f;enues,  Aux.,  35,  S.  S.,  34; 
Waterbury,  Aux.,  Mrs.  Panielia  Watts, 
L.  AI.,  .{0.92;  Lower  Walerford,  Aux., 
8.50;  Waterville,  Aux.,  4;  Wells  River, 
Aux.,  12.75;  Westminstei',  Aux.,  26;  Wil- 
liamstown,  .\nx.,  3  25;  Willistou,  Aux., 
16;  Wilnun;;tou,  Aux.,  14.75;  Windliani, 
Aux.,  23;  Wiiidsor,  Aux.,  26.50;  Wood- 
stock, Aux.,  37.U,  TliauU  Off.,  L.  M's 
Mrs.  ICthel  L.  Ely,  Mis.  Lillian  .M.  Dana, 
.Miss  Uva  Seaver,  75.58,  Wide  Awakes,  5; 
St.  Joliusbury,  So.  Ch.,  Aux.,  39,  2,897  18 


'I'otal, 


2,938  68 


M.\SSACH11SETTS. 

Andover  and  Wobani  /im/ic/t.  — Mrs.  C.  E. 
Swett,  Treas.  .Melrose  Hinlilands,  Aux., 
23;  Lexington,  Aux.  53 ;  Medtord,  Aux., 
96,  172  00 

Barnstable  Branch.— Misis  A.  Snow, Treas. 
Orleans,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  6  00 

Berkshire  Branch.— Mi  H.  C.  E.  West, Treas. 
Dalton,  Sr.  Aux.,  1.50,  Y.  L.  Aux.,  23; 
Housatonic,Aux.,  12.73,  Herkshire  Work- 
ers, 33;  Hinsdale,  Aux.,  15.51,  Thank  Off., 
30.15;  Lee,  Anx.,  412;  Lenox,  Golden 
Rule  M.  H.,5;  Sheffield,  Aux.,  3;  I'itts- 
lield.  First  Ch.,  Aux.,  5,  689  39 

Beverly.  — X  Friend,  Self-denial,  33 

Essex  South  Branch. —yiiss  S.  W.  Clark, 
Treas.  Beverly,  Dane  St.  Ch.,  Aux.,  A 
Friend,  Self-denial,  50;  Salem,  So.  Ch., 
Aux.,  Self-denial,  5,  55  00 

Franklin  Co.  Branch. — Miss  L.  A.  Spar- 
hawk,  Treas.  Aslifield,  Aux.,  40 ;  Green- 
field, Aux.,  10.60;  Northfield,  Aux.,  28.75; 
Shelburne,  Aux.,  11.50,  90  85 

Hampshire  Co.  Branch.— Miss  I.  G.  Clarke, 
Treas.  Westhamiiton,  Aux.,  8.40,  Self- 
denial,  L.  M.,  .Mrs.  A.  C.  Townsend,  100, 
Lanman  Band,  30,  130  00 

Lowell.— A  Friend,  5  00 

Middlesex  Branch.  —Mrs.  E.  H.  Biselow, 
Treas.  South  Framingham,  Grace  Ch., 
Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  40  00 

North  Middlesex    Branch.— Mvs.  A.  R. 

"Wheeler,  Treas.     Concord,  Aux.,  36  50 

Norfolk  and  Pilgrim  Branch.— Mrs.  AVil- 
son  Tirrell,  Treas.  Weymouth  Heights, 
Mrs.  E.  T.  Capen,  1,  Mrs.  H.  Newell,  .50 
cts. ;  South  Weymouth,  Aux.,  92.38  .  93  88 

Old  Colony  Branch.  —.Miss  F.  J.  Runnels, 
Treas.    A  Friend,  100  00 

Springjield  Branch.  —Miss  H.  T.  Bucking- 
ham, Treas.  Springfield,  First  Ch., 
Aux.,  49  50;  Holyoke,  Second  Ch.,  Kozen 
Soc'v,  10,  59  50 

Suffolk  Branch.  —  Miss  M.  B.  Child, 
Treas.  Arlin'j,ton,  Ladies'  Soc'y,  9.19; 
Boston,  E.,  20,  Mrs.  M.  E.  C.  Hayes,  25, 
Thank  Off.,  K.,  5;  Cambridge,  Mrs.  M. 
E.  Brown,  5;  Dorchester,  E.  C,  50,  Sec- 
ond Ch.,  Y.  L.  M.  C,  31;  Hyde  Park, 
Aux.,  18.84;  Newton  Centre,  Aux.,  102.31  ; 
Roxbury,  Eliot  Ch.,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  20, 
Iinmanuel  Ch.,  Helping  Hands,  25;  Som- 
erville,  Prospect  Hill  Ch.,  Prim.  CI.,  5, 
Day  St.  Ch.,  Anx.,  .50,  366  34 

Upton.— Con'^.  Ch.,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  20  00 

Windsor.— .\  Friend,  40 

Worcester  Co.  Branch. -TAxs.  C.  S.  New- 
ton, Treas.  Noi  thbridge,  Aux.,  Self- 
denial,  2.25;  ^Vorcester,  Old  South  Ch., 


Aux.,  40;  Whitinsville,  Aux.,  12.50:  Mill- 
bury,  First  Ch.,  Aux.,  Self-denial,  5; 
Uptou,  Aux.,  43.40,  103  15 


Total,  1,968  34 
Elizabeth 


LEGACV. 

Brookline.—hega.cy    of  .Mrs 
Pierce, 

RHODE  ISLAND. 

Carolina.— yiis.  Ellison  Tiiikham, 

Providence. — .Mary  S.  Taft, 

Ithode  Island  Branch.— >l\ss  A.  T.  White, 
I'leas.  Providence,  Central  Ch.,  Pri- 
mary CI.,  10,  Union  Ch.,  Aux.,  425,  Pil- 
grim F.  .M.  C,  10.26;  Saylesville,  Mis- 
sion Helpers,  16, 


46  23 


10  00 
10  00 


461  26 


Total,         481  26 

CONNECTICUT. 

Eastern  Conn.  Bratwh.— Miss  M.  I.  Lock- 
wood,  Treas.  Norwich,  Park  Ch.,  C.  E. 
Mission  Circle,  35;  Griswold,  Aux.,  1; 
Taftvilie,  Aux.,  15;  New  London,  First 
Ch.,  Aux.,  88.75,  139  75 

Hartford  Branch.— Mrs.  G.  R.  Shepherd, 
Treas.  East  Granby,  Aux.,  1 ;  Hartford, 
Warburton  S.  S.,  Prim.  Dept.,  Birthday 
Off.,  5,  Centre  Ch.,  Aux.,  7,  Fourth  Ch., 
Aux.,  5;  Plain ville.  Coral  Workers,  20; 
Soiners,  Earnest  Workers,  7;  Suffield, 
Aux., 50 cts. ;  Wethersfield,  Aux.,  173.37,  218*7 

West  Hartford.— A.n  Unknown  Friend,  35, 
A  Friend,  25, 


Total, 

NEW  YORK. 

Morrisville.—A  Friend, 

PlattsbHrnrh.-Mrs.  P.  D.  Moore, 

;S'trt<;orM.— .Miss  .Abigail  Peck, 

New  York  Branch.— Miss  C.  A.  Holmes, 
Treas.  Hinghamton,  Aux.,  25,  Faith- 
ful Workers,  3.25;  Poughkeepsie,  Aux., 
10;  Richville,  .Mission  Club,  5;  Schenec- 
tady, Aux.,  45, 


Total, 


A  Friend, 


NEW  JERSEV. 


Total, 


PHILADELPHIA  BRANCH. 

Miss  E.  Flavell,  Treas.  D.  C,  Washing- 
ton, Aux.,  71.03:  N.  J.,  Hound  Brook, 
Aux.,  25 ;  Orange  Valley,  Aux.,  55;  West- 
field,  Y.  L.,  39;  Pa.,  Phila.,  Aux.,  5.75, 
Snovvllakes,  5,  Star  of  Bethlehem  Band, 
4.27, 


60  00 

418  62 

1  00 
10  00 
5  00 


88  25 


3  00 


205  05 


Total,  205  05 

FLORIDA. 

/nteriacAen.— Woman's  Home  Missionary 
Union,  10  00 


Total, 

TURKEY. 

A  Friend, 

Harpoot. —  Miss'y  Societies  Euphrates  Col- 
lege, 

Women  of  Midyat. 


10  00 
15  26 


Total, 


Gener.al  Funds, 
Variety  Account, 
Legacies, 


Total, 


29  Ofl 

2  50 

46  76 

7,817  67 
35  08 
103  09 

S7,955  84 


Miss  Habeiet  W.  May,  Ass't  Treas. 


OUR  "CALIFORNIA  HOME." 

We  take  great  pleasure  in  presenting  to  you  a  picture  of  our  "California 
Home,"  or,  as  we  sometimes  call  it,  "  Miss  Gunnison's  Home,"  or  the  "  Mat- 
suyama  Home."  In  these  three  names  you  have  the  history  of  this  pleasant- 
looking  building  in  which  we  have  such  a  delightful  and  abiding  interest. 
It  is  "California,"  as  it  was  built  mainly  by  the  legacies  of  $i,ooo  each  from 


two  of  our  departed  sisters,  Mrs.  Richards  and  Mrs.  Morse,  of  Oakland. 
Mrs.  Riciiards  was  at  the  time  of  her  death  one  of  the  officers  of  this  our 
Board  of  the  Pacific,  and  a  most  loving  friend  of  all  our  missionaries  and 
their  work.  It  is  "  Miss  Gunnison's  Home  "  in  that  it  was  built  for  her  use, 
and  that  of  any  sister  missionaries  who  may  be  associated  with  her  from 
time  to  time. 

Do  we  wish  for  these  dear  sisters  anvthing  less  than  a  clean,  sunny,  airy 
home,  to  which  they  may  retire  after  the  abundant,  we  were  going  to  say 

(525) 


526 


LIFE  AND  LIGHT. 


wearisome,  labors  of  the  day  ;  but  as  our  missionaries  seldom  in  their  letters 
use  that  word  we  will  not.  Miss  Gunnison,  as  many  of  you  know,  is  a 
native-born  Californian,  and  very  much  beloved  in  Bethany  Church,  of 
wliich  she  was  a  member,  and  by  the  ladies  of  our  Board.  She  has  been 
seven  years  in  Japan  in  continuous  work  for  the  dear  girls  of  the  "sunrise 
land."  She  writes  of  this  new  home  :  "Miss  Judson  and  I  are  enjoying  our 
new  home  very  much.  My  bedroom  has  the  sunshine  all  day."  (What  a 
blessed  thing  that  the  sunshine  gladdens  alike  both  Christian  and  heathen 
lands.)  "  Such  a  contrast,"  she  says,  "  to  the  old  one.  Our  blessings  are 
manifold;  but  still  we  are  longing  for  more;  not  material,  but  spiritual 
blessings.     Dear  friends,  let  us  have  your  earnest  prayers." 

And  it  is  the  "Matsuyama  Home"  as  it  is  situated  in  the  city  of  that  name, 
where,  as  Miss  G.  says,  "  We  are  face  to  face  with  the  enemies,  not  onlv  of 
woman's  education,  but  also  of  Christianity."  "  One  of  the  leaders  in  educa- 
tional circles  here  has  set  himself  to  destroy  our  school,  if  j^ossible,  and  with 
this  end  in  view  he  has  started  another  school  for  girls  quite  near  us  ;  and 
among  his  pupils  are  girls  who  would  come  to  us  had  he  not  prejudiced  them 
against  Christianity  when  they  were  in  the  school  of  which  he  is  principal." 
It  was  in  1889  that  Miss  Gunnison  first  became  interested  in  the  struggling 
little  school  at  Matsuyama.  Although  she  had  resumed  her  work  as  teacher 
in  the  Kobe  school  for  a  while,  yet  she  could  not  forget  the  needs  of  Mat- 
suyama. Finally  in  1890,  accompanied  only  by  a  voung  Japanese  girl,  she 
took  up  her  residence  there.  She  was  most  warmly  welcomed  by  the  natives, 
who  brought  her  presents  of  rice  and  fish,  and  in  various  ways  tried  to  make 
her  feel  at  home.  But  their  utmost  gratitude  could  not  provide  a  suitable 
house  for  her  to  live  in  ;  the  best  one  to  be  found  was  dark  and  daiup,  full  of 
discomforts  and  inconveniences. 

And  so  the  way  has  opened  by  which  we  have  been  enabled  to  j^rovide 
for  the  dear  missionaries  who  now  occupy  it,  and  for  any  who  may  be  con- 
nected with  it  in  the  future, — this  pleasant  home. 

We  have  looked  to  our  auxiliaries  for  the  last  five  hundred  dollars.  Most 
of  this  has  come  in  ;  there  still  remains  a  small  sum  to  be  raised. 

Our  investment  in  this  Home  will  give  us  perpetual  interest  in  the  work 
in  Matsuyama.  Eleven  Christian  girls  are  the  result  thus  far  of  this  work. 
These  eleven  will  mean  in  the  future  eleven  Christian  homes  (for  all  girls 
must  marry  in  Japan).  It  will  mean  eleven  Christian  mothers,  who  will 
train  their  little  ones  in  the  knowledge  of  the  true  God,  and  Jesus  Christ 
whom  he  has  sent.  And  these  Christian  homes  and  these  Christian  mothers 
qre  the  salvation  of  any  people,  of  whatever  color  or  whatever  tongue.  And 
this  bright,  cheerful  Home  will  be  a  place  whither  the  poor  and  sorrowful 


OUR  "CALIFOnNIA  HOME." 


527 


will  come  foi  comfort  and  consolation  through  the  blessed  gospel  of  our 
Saviour  and  tiieirs.  We  are  glad  for  the  reflex  influence  upon  ourselves  that 
we  have  money  in  these  centers  of  light,  and  love,  and  blessing. 

We  have  $2,000  in  the  Kobe  Home,  which  has  bound  us  to  that 
*'  saints'  rest "  by  a  very  tender  tie.  In  the  Broosa  school  building,  which 
is  a  "home"  too,  we  have  $5,000.  So  Broosa  became  with  us,  for  many 
years,  a  household  word.  How  we  prayed  and  labored  for  that  $5,000, 
considered  by  many  at  tlie  time  as  almost  a  presumptuous  undertaking  ! 
But  it  was  completed  at  last ;  and  in  the  photographs  of  that  pleasant  school 
building  may  be  seen  the  dear  old  flag,  the  stars  and  stripes, — not  to  be  used 
in  disloyalty  to  the  land  which  is  native  to  these  girls,  but  as  showing  the  tie 
which  binds  them  to  this.  That  beautiful  flag  was  made  in  Oakland,  in  the 
Plymouth  Avenue  Church,  and  much  love  and  inany  prayers  went  with  it. 
And  so  we  rejoice  that  these  sums  of  money,  thus  invested,  will  for  succeed- 
ing generations  furnish  fountains  of  "  living  water,  springing  up  into  ever- 
lasting life,"  to  many  and  many  a  soul. 

It  should  be  added  in  regard  to  the  work  in  Matsuyama,  that,  through  the 
private  gifts  of  Mr.  A.  R.  Gunnison  (Miss  Gunnison's  father)  and  other 
home  friends,  also  the  eftbrts  of  the  Japanese,  a  much-needed  school  building 
has  likewise  been  erected  for  Miss  Gunnison's  use.  It  now  seems  as  if  the 
mission  station  at  Matsuyama  was  well  equipped  for  the  Master's  use.  Let 
us  never  cease  to  pray  that  the  baptism  of  the  Holy  Spirit  may  rest  upon  it, 
and  render  eflicacious  the  work  of  our  young  sisters  among  these  girls. 
Although  but  eleven  at  this  date  have  been  hopefully  converted,  yet  the 
school  numbers  twenty-seven.  It  began  with  fifty-five,  but  on  account  of 
the  opposition  shown  by  the  Japanese  it  was  reduced  to  its  present  number. 

And  other  stations  and  other  missions  are  reaching  out  for  similar  "homes" 
and  school  buildings.  We  would  like  to  help  Mrs.  Gulick  with  her  building 
for  the  school  in  San  Sebastian,  in  which  we  invest  $500  each  3'ear.  We 
would  like  to  place  ample  means  in  the  hands  of  Mr.  and  Mi's.  Perkins  and 
of  our  dear  Mary  for  a  like  extension  of  tlieir  work.  We  would  like  to  help 
build  the  new  little  vessel,  the  "Hiram  Bingham,"  for  the  Gilbert  Islands, 
that  our  missionaries  may  communicate  with  each  other  oftener  than  once  a 
year,  or  once  in  six  months  ;  and  we  would  like  to  put  some  money  into  our 
beloved  Dr.  Root's  new  dispensary,  so  much  needed  in  the  Madura  Mission. 
With  the  blessed  awakening  and  religious  quickening  which  has  come  to 
California  through  the  eftbrts  of  Rev.  B.  Fay  Mills,  may  we  not  look  for 
greater  consecration  of  the  wealth  of  California  from  those  who  have  learned 
anew  the  meaning  of  "  Thy  kingdom  come,"  and  have  experienced  the  joy 
of  seeing  its  progress  in  this  sin-stricken  world  of  ours  ? 


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LIFE  AND  LIGHT. 


Mrs.  Andrews,  of  Mardin,  Turkey,  writes  of  the  work  of  a  Bible  woman  in  Mid- 
ya.t,  as  a  great  blessing  to  the  community.    Of  her  class  of  women  she  says  : — 

The  attendance  varies  from  thirty  to  fifty,  according  to  weather,  number 
of  weddings,  and  other  attractions  outside,  or  ability  to  escape  sharp  eves  of 
mothers-in-law,  who  are  opposed  to  such  "  nonsense."  They  sav  nonsense 
when  they  are  good-natured,  and  heresy  when  they  are  cross.  A  large 
number  are  really  Protestants,  and  each  one  makes  it  a  point  to  bring  some 
one  with  her  if  possible.  On  many  accounts  I  consider  this  class  one  of  the 
most  helpful  features  of  our  work  ;  second  only,  certainly,  to  the  daily  efforts 
of  the  Bible  woman  from  house  to  house.  Our  Bible  woman's  ready  tact  in 
meeting  opposition  enables  her  to  go  almost  anywhere  ;  and  while  she  is 
apparently  listening  to  violent  vituperation  from  some  old  woman,  she  is 
preparing  a  quiet  reply,  full  of  truth,  to  meet  the  wants  of  silent  listeners  in 
corners  who  dare  not  open  their  mouths,  yet  take  in  greedily  all  she  says. 
Some  who  cannot  listen  in  their  homes,  she  watches  for  as  they  come  out  to 
the  well  to  draw  water.  She  lives  in  a  part  of  our  house  just  outside  the 
village,  and  brings  them  in  for  a  few  minutes'  earnest  talk  based  on  some  text 
in  her  open  Bible.  The  number  of  almost  persuaded  here  is  very  large  ;  but 
the  world,  mothers-in-law,  priests  and  old  church  rites,  hinder  their  coming 
out  openly.    Yet  so  much  tearful  sowing  must  sometime  bring  joyfiil  reaping. 

A  WONDERFUL  DIARY. 

A  WEALTHY  farmer  in  Japan,  named  Hozaka,  is  continuing  a  diarv  which 
has  been  handed  down  to  him  by  his  ancestors  for  three  hundred  years. 
The  man  who  commenced  it  was  living  at  the  time  when  the  great  Lakeda 
family,  renowned  as  lords  of  the  province  and  as  chieftains,  met  with  their 
downfall  three  centuries  ago.  This  diary  is  kept  in  eight  oblong  boxes  more 
than  two  feet  wide  and  high,  which  are  called  nagamochi^  and  are  used  in 
storing  bedding.  In  it  not  only  have  the  writers  noted  all  the  family  events 
and  their  own  reflections  on  them,  but  all  the  changes  of  the  weather.  Xow, 
the  Japanese,  like  all  the  rest  of  mankind,  love  to  boast  of  their  long  line  of 
ancestrv,  and  do  not  find  it  an  easy  task  to  unravel  all  the  branches  of  a 
family  after  many  intermarriages  through  generations,  and  which  had  the 
best  right  to  be  called  the  head.  Just  such  a  difficulty  arose  lately,  and  two 
families  who  were  closely  related  declared  that  each  had  the  right  to  be  first. 
At  last  they  thought  of  this  wonderful  diarv,  and  went  to  the  owner  to  settle 
the  dispute.  After  a  great  search  through  the  hundreds  of  volumes  they 
found  a  long  account  of  a  dinner  which  was  given  to  a  relation, >\'ho  was  the 
founder  of  a  branch  familv.  There  everv  dish  which  was  ser\-ed  was 
written  out  most  carefully,  and  manv  little  circumstances  were  noted,  which 
decided  at  once  the  very  point  over  which  thev  were  quarreling.  How 
many  of  us  would  consider  such  a  familv  possession  a  priceless  treasure,  and 
how  would  we  love  to  pore  over  the  pages  of  a  diarv  which  could  tell  of 
what  our  ancestors  did  through  one  hundred  and  ten  thousand  days ! 


JAPAN. 

NOTES  FROM  THE  ANNUAL  MISSION  MEETING. 

BY   MISS   ANNIE   L.  HOWE. 

We  had  our  annual  sermon  in  our  foreign  church  on  the  concession  ;  in 
the  afternoon  the  annual  meeting  of  the  Christian  Endeavor  Society  was 
held  in  the  chapel  here  at  the  school,  the  same  room  where  all  the  sessions 
of  the  mission  meeting  have  been  held.  The  mission  children  are  a  very  sweet, 
intelligent  lot,  and  they  never  seemed  so  lovable  as  on  that  afternoon.  When 
the  treasurer's  report  was  read  I  was  astonished  to  hear  the  sum  of  twenty 
en  from  them  read  off  as  appropriated  to  the  purchase  of  books  for  the  train- 
ing class  library.  I  was  delighted,  not  only  because  I  want  books  for  that 
library,  but  because  I  did  think  it  very  sweet  for  the  missionary  children  to 
do  that  for  me. 

Monday,  in  the  afternoon  at  four  o'clock,  I  had  the  closing  exercises  for 
the  training  class.  The  rooms  were  very  pretty ;  Cousin  Andie's  new 
room  making  our  establishment  seem  very  spacious.  The  girls  did  very 
well  ;  my  head  teacher  doing  herself  and  myself  credit  with  her  English 
essay,  and  her  selection  from  Beethoven  for  the  organ. 

Tuesday  evening  I  had  an  impromptu  /nusicale,  which  seemed  to  give 
pleasure  to  every  one.  At  half  past  five  in  the  afternoon  Mr.  Severance 
and  Miss  Gill  were  married  on  the  lawn  at  the  girls'  school  ;  such  a  j^retty 
wedding  !    We  assembled  on  the  lawn,  and  waited  for  the  bride  and  groom. 

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LIFE  AND  LIGHT. 


Before  they  came  we  heard  singing,  and  all  the  mission  childi-en,  walking 
two  and  two,  came  down  the  cliapel  steps,  singing  as  they  passed  on  to  the 
spot  where  the  consul  and  Rev.  O.  H.  Gulick  stood  ;  here  they  separated,  and 
the  bride  and  groom  walked  between  the  rows  of  sweet  faces  to  the  spot 
where  the  ceremony  was  to  be  performed.  Miss  Gill  was  lovely,  and  the 
whole  group  a  picture  !  The  late  afternoon  liglit,  the  beautiful  pines,  the 
children,  and  that  sweet,  simple  bride, — we  all  went  into  ecstacies  over  it  all. 
Miss  Gill  wore  a  plain  white  dress,  which  she  had  worn  for  three  years,  be- 
cause her  mother  made  it  and  she  didn't  like  to  wear  anything  else  ;  but  if 
she  had  had  the  most  elegant  dress  procurable  slie  couldn't  have  looked  anv 
sweeter. 


MICRONESIA. 
THE  POWER  OF  PRAYER. 

BY  MISS  IIOPPIX,   OF  KUSAIE. 

I  DO  not  know  what  I  should  do  if  I  could  not  pray  with  my  children  and 
for  them.  My  little  Tlkoro,  of  whom  I  have  been  telling  you,  is  the  voung- 
est  one  of  my  children.  She  is  good-hearted,  but  headstrong  and  impulsive, 
always  getting  herself  into  trouble.  She  has  a  violent  temper,  too,  and  often 
it  has  run  away  with  her.  She  is  very  honest,  and  tells  of  her  own  wrong- 
doing more  often  than  of  anybody  else's.  But  if  the  girls  accuse  her  of  anv- 
thing  she  has  not  done  her  rage  is  unbounded,  and  finds  expression  in  a  very 
visible  form.  Sometimes  she  has  these  spells  when  she  is  trulv  at  fault.  At 
such  times  no  amount  of  talking,  or  anything  else,  can  soothe  or  quiet  her. 
But  I  discovered  the  ke\'  to  her  heart  to  be  pra\er.  No  matter  how  fiercely 
the  tempest  rages  within  her,  if  I  kneel  beside  lier  and  pray,  perhaps  with  no 
W'Ord  to  her  at  all,  she  becomes  very  quiet  and  subdued  in  a  moment ;  the 
little  head  hides  itself  in  my  lap,  and  she  says  through  her  tears,  "O 
mother,  forgive  me."  Then  I  usually  talk  a  minute  with  her  and  ask  her  to 
pray.  By  this  time  the  clouds  ai'e  all  rolled  back,  and  the  little  face  is 
covered  with  sunshine.  It  is  not  true  of  this  little  one  only,  but  I  find  that  it 
is  equally  true  with  the  other  girls,  though  they  do  not  always  yield  their 
hearts  to  its  influence  so  quickly  as  does  Tikoro.  But  it  has  won  every  time. 
I  presume  there  is  a  great  deal  in  my  being  in  a  frame  of  mind  to  pray  with 
them  myself.  , 

The  Friday  prayer  meeting  with  the  girls  is  a  great  blessing  and  help  to 
them  and  me.  Qiiite  often  the  Banaba  women  come  in  to  it,  and  we  have 
.some  very  blessed  meetings.    I  wish  you  could  hear  them  pray.    You  might 


WORK  IN  PAO-TING-FU. 


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not  itnderstand  what  they  said,  but  the  expression  of  their  pleading  voices  is 
an  inspiration.  I  don't  know  of  anytliing  that  has  helped  me  more  during 
my  short  stay  here  than  this  meeting.  I  gain  new  courage  myself  from  it. 
I  find  if  the  week  has  been  a  trying  one  and  things  have  not  gone  as  they 
should,  that  we  reach  the  root  of  tiie  matter  by  praying  about  it  in  our  meet- 
inof,  when  I  migfht  work  weeks  and  weeks  and  still  matters  be  no  better.  It 
often  will  happen  that  if  one  girl  has  broken  a  rule,  twenty-five  out  of  the 
other  twenty-six  have  done  tiie  same.  Often  I  know  how  things  have  gone, 
and  simply  ask  the  girls  to  pray  about  it.  By  the  time  that  they  are  given  a 
chance  to  speak  some  subtile  power  has  softened  their  hearts,  and,  truly  sorry, 
tliey  confess  their  sin,  often  with  tears.  I  never  should  have  the  heart  to  live 
and  work  among  them  if  it  were  not  for  the  help  which  comes  through  the 
privilege  of  prayer. 


LETTER  FROM  MISS  LITTLE,  OF  KUSAIE. 
We  feel  that  Niebar  was  given  back  to  us  in  answer  to  our  prayers  when 
so  sick  ;  and  Meri  was  left  at  home  sick  a  year  ago,  fearing  she  would  not 
live  long,  especially  with  us,  if  she  were  kept.  She  is  well  now,  and  happy 
in  her  work,  helping  the  girls  in  the  islands.  She  is  probably  doing  more 
good  than  she  could  gain  at  present  witli  us,  as  she  is  helping  others.  From 
wliat  I  hear  about  her  she  seems  very  happy  in  her  work.  This  year  she  is 
to  live  in  a  house  near  a  teacher,  aiid  to  have  some  girls  live  with  her. 
Some  one  told  me  they  thought  it  was  to  be  a  kind  of  nursery  for  our  school. 


CHINA. 
WORK  IN  PAO-TING-FU. 
The  capital  of  the  province  of  Chih  li  is  reached  from  Tientsin  by  a 
boat  journey  of  four  days.  The  city  has  passed  through  vicissitudes,  tlie 
entire  population  being  killed  by  Li  Cheng,  the  famous  robber  chief,  over 
two  hundred  years  ago.  The  walls  having  resisted  his  first  attack,  he  re- 
turned after  the  conquest  of  Peking,  and  in  his  wrath  destroyed  not  only  the 
walls  and  the  buildings,  but  all  the  inhabitants.  The  Emperor  Hsun  Chih 
seeing  the  depopulated  condition  of  the  city  and  region,  caused  a  large  ninn- 
ber  of  families  from  the  province  of  Sham  Si  to  be  removed  and  settled 
there.  The  present  citv  is  therefore  not  more  than  two  hundred  and  fortv 
years  old,  and  contains  a  population  of  over  one  hundred  and  fifty  thousand 
Chinese,  with  a  few  Manchus  and  Mahometans. 


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LIFE  AND  LIGHT. 


The  work  of  our  mission  for  the  people  of  Pao-ting-fu  began  in  1873,  and 
its  growth  has  been  steady.  Last  year  there  were  reasons  for  encourage- 
ment ;  but  this  year  for  a  double  measure  of  thankfulness.  On  every  side 
we  feel  and  see  the  stir  of  the  leaven.  Increased  interest  among  the  Chris- 
tian women  in  study  is  noted,  outsiders  attend  our  meetings  more  largely, 
and  there  arc  new  homes  open  to  visits. 

The  work  in  the  disjicnsary  waiting  room  has  been  characterized  by  more 
interest  on  the  part  of  the  listeners,  who  have  often  made  expressive  com- 
ments, or  asked  pointed  questions  ;  a  contrast  to  their  former  apathy. 

SUNDAY  SERVICES. 

In  the  suburb,  from  thirty  to  forty  women  have  met  with  us.  The  dav  is 
a  busy  one.  By  nine  o'clock  some  have  come  to  talk  with  the  missionary. 
At  ten  o'clock  a  prayer  meeting  with  the  schoolgirls  is  held.  At  eleven 
follows  church  service;  at  12.30  outside  women  are  met  and  instructed; 
then  comes  a  meeting  with  the  schoolboys,  and  later,  a  study  hour  with  the 
women.  At  3  p.  M.  comes  Sabbath  school,  an  important  feature  of  which  is 
the  Bible  class  for  women.  At  6.30  another  meeting  is  held  with  the 
schoolgirls.  This  is  in  their  own  hands,  and  helps  to  develop  independent 
thought.  Then  the  good-night  hymn,  and  quiet  settles  down  on  the 
compound. 

Women's  mid-week  prayer  meetings.  Three  of  these  are  held.  In  the 
suburb  meeting  prepared  topics  are  used  with  happy  results.  One  of  these 
meetings  is  in  the  city,  and  the  remaining  one  is  led  by  Miss  Morrill  in  the 
house  of  a  native,  also  in  the  suburb.  The  woman  with  whom  we  meet 
says,  "  A  year  or  two  ago  I  was  a  little  ashamed  to  tell  any  one  I  was  going 
to  the  morning  service  at  the  Jesus  Chapel,  but  now  I  want  to  bring  them 
with  me." 

MISSIONARY  SOCIETY. 

Mention  should  be  made  of  the  missionary  society,  which  has  held  regular 
meetings,  and  contributed  $8.00  United  States  gold.  Hearing  of  the  suffer- 
ings of  Miss  Fletcher's  girls  in  Micronesia,  they  voted  their  money  to  that 
field. 

UNBINDING  OF  FEET. 

Pastor  Meng  brought  back  such  a  report  of  the  papers  and  resolutions 
against  foot-binding  read  and  carried  at  the  annual  meeting  at  Tientsin,  that 
one  mother's  heart  was  moved.  She  said,  "  I  will  not  wait  another  day,"  so 
"  Mei  "  borrowed  stockings  and  shoes  till  her  own  were  ready.  Of  our 
schoolgirls  seven  have  natural  feet,  and  this  in  a  district  where  foot-binding 
is  universal.    The  last  half  of  the  year  the  schoolgirls  have  been  given  cloth 


WORK  IN  PAO-TING-FU. 


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for  hose,  and  taught  to  make  them.  Their  mothers  approve,  seeing  in  their 
growing  skill  relief  for  themselves  from  the  unending  manufacture  of  sons' 
and  husbands'  hose. 

DISPENSARY. 

In  the  dispensary  from  fifteen  to  thirty  women  have  been  taught  daily. 
One  woman  taught  by  a  patient  cured  of  blindness,  said,  "All  these  years  I 
didn't  know,  but  I  stopped  worshiping  idols  as  soon  as  I  heard  it  was 
wrong."  The  value  of  this  scattered  teaching  cannot  be  computed  In 
statistics.  Miss  Morrill  goes  to  the  dispensary  two  days  In  a  week.  The 
Bible  woman  goes  the  other  four.  Invitations  from  city  patients  should  be 
followed  up  more  closely,  but  this  is  not  possible  with  our  small  force  of 
workers.  The  list  of  probationers  shows  that  more  women  are  attracted 
through  the  dispensary  than  in  any  other  way. 

girls'  school. 

Eleven  boarders  and  four  day  scholars  constitute  our  school  ;  all  are 
young.  They  enjoy  the  advantage  of  having  a  Christian  woman  for  their 
Chinese  teacher.  The  older  ones  have  studied  Old  Testament  History, 
Arithmetic,  Geography,  Psalms,  and  some  of  the  smaller  Chinese  books. 
Mrs.  Merritt  has  taught  singing,  having  the  charge  of  the  school  for  the  first 
months  of  the  year,  after  which  Miss  Morrill  resumed  it.  The  first  public 
examination  of  the  school  was  held  at  the  Chinese  New  Year.  The  scholars 
were  timid  but  acquitted  themselves  well,  and  begged  for  another  next  year. 
One  of  the  girls,  a  young  bride,  died  of  malignant  scarlet  fever  after  a  short 
illness.  She  was  singularly  indifferent  to  all  appeals.  With  much  sadness 
we  turned  back  to  work  for  the  living  who  still  have  hope. 

BIBLE  WOMEN. 

Two  women,  Mrs.  Chang  and  Mrs.  Kas,  are  our  helpers.  The  former  has 
been  sent  to  courts  where  foreigners  would  not  be  received.  The  first  part 
of  the  year  Mrs.  Kas  was  in  Wang  Tu  with  her  husband.  Her  residence 
there  was  useful,  and  the  people  became  attached  to  her.  She  secured  a 
number  of  nice  children  for  the  school  in  Pao-ting-fu,  preparing  them  in 
elementary  books.  On  the  Sabbath  she  had  a  class  of  women,  and  often 
had  callers  on  week  days.  The  rest  of  the  year  she  was  in  Pao-ting-fu. 
She  has  preached  in  the  dispensary,  and  taught  patients  In  the  hospital  four 
days  in  the  week  ;  hence  the  number  of  probationers  from  this  class.  Three 
■days  out  of  the  seven  she  does  house-to-house  work,  visiting  five  families  a 
week. 


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LIFE  AND  LIGHT. 


UNPAID  BIBLE  WOMEN. 

The  wife  of  helper  Meng  Chang  So,  at  Wang  Tu,  taught  six  children 
regularly.  It  would  gladden  the  heart  of  a  Junior  Christian  Endeavor 
Society  leader  to  hear  them  lead  in  prayer  at  the  close  of  school.  Tliese 
pupils  are  examined  by  the  husband  of  their  teacher  ;  a  happy  instance,  show- 
ing the  respect  a  Christian  Chinese  may  feel  for  his  wife's  work. 

TOURS. 

In  the  line  of  touring  we  find  ourselves  most  restricted.  Unless  aid  can 
come  soon  we  could  almost  wish  the  home  sisters  would  cease  to  pray 
"  Open  the  doors."  It  is  impossible  to  be  in  two  places  at  once.  We  go  as 
often  as  we  can,  always  bearing  on  our  hearts  the  burden  of  home  work  left 
undone.  Every  Monday  Miss  Morrill  had  gone  to  Lin  Ko  Chuang,  eight  li 
av/ay.  Here  a  prayer  meeting  is  held,  and  women  and  children  are  taught. 
Miss  Miner  visited  Pao-ting-fu  for  a  month  after  mission  meeting,  and  went 
on  a  tour  to  Wang  Tu  with  Miss  Morrill,  visiting  also  villages  near.  There 
are  inquirers  and  church  members  in  five  villages  near  this  center.  Three 
tours  were  made  here  later  by  the  Bible  woman  and  Miss  Morrill,  twelve 
families  being  visited.  The  capacity  of  these  women  who  were  so  recently 
in  darkness  for  receiving  advanced  truths  is  remarkable.  They  call  for  more 
frequent  visits  ;  and  Helper  Meng,  who  knows  full  well  how  often  the  Chinese 
are  insincere,  says,  "  They  truly  want  you."  Three  tours  have  been  made 
to  Chuinig  Leang  Cheng  by  Miss  Morrill  and  old  Mrs.  Chang,  also  one  by 
Mrs.  Tu.  The  chapel  is  used  as  headquarters,  and  surrounding  villages  are 
visited.  The  work  here  is  made  up  of  holding  prayer  meetings,  reviewing 
the  lessons  of  those  who  have  studied  with  us,  and  efforts  to  strengthen  the 
faith  of  these  simple  women  as  they  sit  in  solitary  places.  The  last  tour  of 
the  year  was  made  by  Miss  Morrill,  accompanied  by  a  helper,  medical  as- 
sistant, and  two  women.  The  Chinese  were  impressed  by  our  numbers,  and 
felt  it  was  no  small  affair  that  brought  us  from  home  at  the  holiday  season. 
Mrs.  Pigatt,  an  English  missionary  stopping  for  the  winter  at  Pao-ting-fu, 
kindlv  lent  us  her  magic  lantern  for  the  trip,  and  we  found  it  invaluable. 
Taught  by  a  double  appeal,  teaching  both  eye  and  ear,  some  lessons  we 
know  will  not  be  forgotten. 

At  Hsii  Chao,  the  home  of  Miss  Morrill's  cook,  we  spent  three  busy  days. 
Before  breakfast  visitors  came, — not  mere  curious  gazers,  but  eager  hearers. 
Miss  Morrill  and  Mrs.  Chang  talked  till  lips  and  throats  were  so  dry  they 
could  not  speak.  The  women  said,  "  O,  rest  a  little  and  drink  some  tea; 
we  will  wait  for  you."  Evenings,  after  the  pictures  had  been  shown  and  the 
men  scattered,  the  women  gathered  in  one  room  for  prayer  and  teaching. 


A  WOIID   FROM   MISS  CHAPIN  ABOUT  SCHOLARSHIPS. 


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The  mother  said,  "We  have  never  had  a  woman  come  to  us  before;  this 
time  you  have  come  just  for  us." 

We  have  aimed  during  the  year  simply  to  keep  all  the  lines  of  woman's 
work  open,  so  that  when  reinforcements  come  we  may  not  lose  time  in  de- 
veloping anv  of  these  lines  from  the  beginning.  We  would  gladly  put  Bible 
women  in  the  outstations,  where  they  are  sorely  needed,  could  we  go  often 
to  them.  One  lady's  time  might  be  fully  occupied  with  the  training  of  Bible 
women  and  village  work.  Sixteen  villages  have  been  visited  during  the  year. 
Another  lady  missionary  is  imperatively  needed  at  once  for  the  school 
and  general  work.  We  look  upon  these  openings  with  the  deepest  thankful- 
ness.   The  power  is  not  of  us.    Surely  the  Lord  is  mindful  of  his  own. 


LIN  CHING. 

Situated  on  the  Grand  Canal,  Lin  Ching  was  the  scene  of  the  destruc- 
tion of  ten  thousand  of  the  imperial  grain  junks  at  the  time  of  the  Tai  Ping 
rebellion.  The  inhabitants  were  shut  up  within  the  walls,  and  many  thou- 
sands slaughtered  without  mercy,  their  houses  being  destroyed.  The  city 
has  never  been  rebuilt,  and  its  ruined  homes,  within  tlie  silent  walls,  form  a 
contrast  to  the  busy  and  extensive  suburbs  which  now  constitute  the  city  of 
Lin  Ching.    This  station,  the  youngest  of  our  mission,  was  opened  in  1888. 

During  the  past  year  Mrs.  Perkins,  in  addition  to  some  medical  work, 
found  time  to  give  some  instruction  to  the  women  at  the  hospital,  besides 
helping  teach  a  class  of  women,  mostly  employed  about  the  compound,  who 
have  studied  one  of  the  Gospels.  .  .  .  The  large  proportion  of  Moham- 
medans in  this  place  adds  to  the  difficulty  of  the  work.  The  mixture  of 
truth  and  error  in  their  faith  makes  it  hard  to  combat.  After  explaining  the 
Jesus  religion  to  them,  Mohammedans  are  apt  to  say  :  "  It  is  all  one  doc- 
trine ;  we  also  worship  the  one  God."  In  prayers  for  Lin  Ching,  let  us 
remember  this  class  of  hearers,  and  ask  that  their  hardness  of  heart  may  not 
hinder  others  from  accepting  Christianity. 


A  WORD  FROM  MISS  CHAPIN  ABOUT  SCHOLARSHIPS. 

Peking,  China,  June  17,  1892. 
My  dear  Mrs.  Leake  :  Your  postal  of  April  25th  came  to  me  by  our 
last  mail.  I  will  send  a  letter  to  Mrs.  W.  acknowledging  the  $40  for  a 
scholarship  in  our  school,  and  I  will  tell  her  something  about  the  girls  in 
general  ;  but  whether  we  shall  think  it  best  to  select  one  girl  in  particular  for 
them  to  consider  as  their  own,  I  think  very  doubtful. 


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LIFE  AND  LIGHT. 


We  have  just  passed  through  an  experience  which  confirms  us  in  our  for- 
mer decision  that  it  is  not  wise  to  assign  certain  girls  to  certain  societies  or 
individuals,  to  be  supported.  If  tlie  word  from  Mrs.  W.  had  come  a  few 
weeks  ago,  I  should  have  been  tempted  to  mention  a  particular  little  girl  to 
her,  for  two  reasons.  One  was  that  I  think  she  would  have  been  specially 
interested  in  her  ;  and  another  was  that  she  was  one  of  the  very  few  who 
were  wholly  dependent  upon  us  for  support,  and  the  forty  dollars  .would  have 
been  more  than  ample  for  her  clothing,  as  well  as  other  expenses.  But  if 
she  had  been  so  designated  to  them,  the  only  use  that  could  have  been  made 
of  their  money  for  her  would  have  been  to  bear  the  expenses  of  her  funeral. 
A  little  over  a  week  ago  she  died  very  suddenly  one  morning,  scarcely  having 
been  ill  at  all.  Vv'c  could  hardly  believe  that  she  was  really  dead,  but  we 
sent  for  the  doctor,  and  he  confirmed  the  sad  fact.  She  came  from  an  ex- 
tremely poor  family,  and  I  believe  her  father  had  been  an  opium  smoker. 
She  had  suflered  great  hardships  in  her  childhood,  and  we  always  knew  that 
she  had  very  little  strength  of  constitution,  though  w'e  had  seen  no  evidence 
of  her  having  heart  disease  or  any  other  chronic  trouble.  The  doctor  said 
she  must  have  had  weakness  of  the  heart,  but  of  course  he  could  not  tell 
definitely. 

From  the  Chinese  ideas  about  our  using  the  eyes  of  children,  we  feared 
the  friends  might  make  trouble  for  us,  but  they  said  nothing  disagreeable. 
Oft  the  contrar}',  they  thanked  us  for  all  we  had  done  for  the  child.  The 
Chinese  think  a  great  deal  of  a  decent  burial,  and  ^ve  undoubtedly  buried 
her  in  a  much  more  respectable  way  than  the  family  could  have  done  in  their 
abject  poverty,  though  the  whole  expense,  as  we  buried  her,  was  somewhat 
less  than  ten  dollars. 

She  was  a  very  sweet  child,  and  we  wei'e  much  attached  to  her.  She 
almost  never  gave  occasion  for  us  to  administer  reproof  to  her,  and  we  used 
to  call  her  our  "little  saint."  She  had  been  a  member  of  the  church  for  about 
a  year,  and  it  is  a  great  comfort  to  us  to  feel  that  she  is  forever  safe  from  all 
the  sins  and  sorrows  of  earth.  It  is  strange  that  we  should  have  had  two 
such  sudden  deaths  among  our  schoolgirls  within  a  few  months  of  each  other. 

It  was  a  great  comfort  to  me  that  Miss  Haven  was  with  me  at  this  time  to 
share  the  burden  and  the  sorrow.  The  thought  that  Miss  Haven  is  with  me 
again  comes  to  me  each  morning  as  almost  my  first  waking  thought,  and  each 
time  with  a  new  sense  of  thankfulness.  You  saw  her  enough  when  she  was 
at  home  to  be  able  to  appreciate  my  feeling. 

We  are  getting  on  very  well  with  the  building  and  repairs,  and  hope  to 
have  everything  in  good  shape  before  the  heavy  summer  rains  come  on. 

Lovingly  yours,  J.  E.  Chapin. 


RECORDS  OF  THE   GLORY  KINDERGARTEN  EXAMINATIONS. 


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RECORDS  OF  THE  GLORY  KINDERGARTEN  EXAMINATIONS. 

The  editor  trusts  she  may  be  pardoned  for  copying  part  of  a  private  letter  from  Miss 
Howe,  of  Japan.  It  surely  will  secure  sympathy  for  her  from  our  young  ladies,  and 
will,  we  hope,  give  them  new  motive  to  pass  good  examinations  here,  that  they  may 
be  prepared  for  those  dreaded  ordeals  when  they,  too,  shall  be  young  missionaries. 

I  HAD  my  examinations  on  Monday.  The  first  was  at  eleven  in  the  morn- 
ing, on  a  book  of  stories.  I  expected  to  be  asked  to  read  and  translate  any 
page  given  me,  and  to  answer  any  grammatical  questions  asked.  What  was 
my  horror  when  Dr.  De  Forest  shut  up  his  book  and  demanded  the  whole 
story,  of  which  I  had  only  been  asked  to  read  two  pages,  in  Japanese.  I 
almost  collapsed  ;  but  when  Mr.  Noyes  gave  me  a  hint  as  to  what  the  story 
was  about,  I  went  on,  and  I  have  been  told  that  I  passed,  for  which  I  am 
grateful.  The  next  trial  at  the  tree  of  knowledge  was  at  three  in  the  after- 
noon, an  oral  and  written  examination  on  a  large  grammar,  which  I  began 
in  March.  I  had  lost  more  than  three  weeks  of  that  time  on  my  study,  and 
I  had  to  learn  pages  and  pages  of  sentences  to  repeat  from  memor}',  besides 
preparing  the  theoretical  part.  But  I  studied  for  it,  and  I  prayed  for  it,  be- 
cause if  I  failed,  then  I  must  go  over  the  work  again,  and  lose  time,  which  I 
might  give  next  year  to  some  other  book.  I  studied  up  to  the  last  moment, 
ant!  went  into  the  examination  not  quite  scared  out  of  my  wits.  I  have  not 
yet  received  my  papers,  but  Mrs.  Dr.  Greene  (Dr.  Greene  examined  us) 
told  me  her  husband  said  I  was  getting  on  well  in  the  language,  so  I  am  not 
much  in  doubt  as  to  the  result,  and  I  am  thankful. 

THE   NEW  KINDERGARTEN  ROOM. 

The  room  for  the  children,  which  was  built  with  cousin  A.'s  money,  is 
now  finished,  matted,  curtained,  and  the  cliildren  have  been  moved  in.  The 
room  which  the  children  vacated  is  now  known  as  "  the  library,"  and  the 
training-class  girls  have  glided  into  a  use  of  its  daily  delights  as  readily  and 
easily  as  a  duck  glides  into  water  at  the  first  sight  of  it.  The  bookcase,  with 
our  one  himdred  and  more  new  volumes,  is  in  its  place  ;  a  large  study  table 
in  the  center  of  the  room  holds  a  daily  paper  (the  Japanese  Congregational 
sheet),  and  two  monthly  magazines.  We  have  ten  new  chairs,  and  these 
make  the  furnishings  for  our  new  room,  which  is  such  a  comfort. 

The  ev^ening  before  we  put  the  children  into  the  new  room  we  dedicated 
it.  Mr.  Homma,  Mr.  Yokota,  some  of  the  church  women,  and  the  teachers 
and  students  of  the  training  class  met  in  the  n6w  room  and  had  a  "  thank 
meeting,"  as  the  Japanese  call  it.    It  was  good  to  have  It  thus  dedicated. 


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LIFE  AND  LIGHT. 


You  know  I  have  always  hoped  that  some  time  I  might  have  graduates  of 
Kobe  College  in  my  training  class.  Now  one  has  signified  her  desire  to  take 
the  course.  We  have  heard  also  of  two  other  good  English  scholars  who 
wish  to  enter.  In  view  of  this,  after  much  thouglit  and  many  consultations, 
it  was  decided  to  open  this  higher  class  ;  not  at  all  witli  the  idea  of  abolishing 
the  present  class,  but  to  have  the  two  in  training  at  the  same  time.  It  will 
make  my  work  heavier,  and  will  need  more  money  from  America  for 
teachers  ;  but  just  such  a  class  has  been  my  earnest  desire  from  the  first ;  and 
now,  since  girls  qualified  to  take  the  higher  training  have  applied,  I  do  not 
like  to  put  the  opportunity  aside,  and  I  hope  I  have  been  led  to  decide  wisely. 

At  last !  My  singing  book  is  out !  I  shall  send  the  only  copy  I  have  in 
my  hands  to  Mrs.  Blatchford  by  this  mail.  I  send  it  to  her  because  as  I 
began  my  kindergarten  career  in  her  home,  I  am  glad  to  pay  her  the  little- 
compliment  of  sending  to  her  my  first  endeavor  as  a  composer  of  songs. 


i0im  ^^partmmt. 


Studies   in  XIissions. 


Plan  of  Lessons  for  iS^z. 
November . — Condition  of  Heathen  Women. 
December . — Review  of  the  Year. 


THE  CONDITION  OF  HEATHEN  WOMEN. 

BY  MRS.  G.  B.  WILLCOX. 

Note  first,  by  way  of  contrast,  the  happy  condition  of  women  in  Christian 
lands. 

Infancy  and  Childhood  of  Heathen  Women. — Infanticide  ;  child  mar- 
riage ;  life  of  degradation  for  the  unmarried. 

Their  Married  Life. — Enslaved  condition  :  power  of  life  and  death  ia 
the  hands  of  the  husband  ;  power  of  mothers-in-law. 

Widowhood. — Neglect ;  abuse  ;  fasts  ;  suttee. 

The  Conditioft  of  Heathen  Women  in  Sickness. 

Darkness  of  ^lind. 


SELF-DENIAL. 


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spiritual  Darkness  and  Need. — Their  limitations  ;  their  sense  of  sin. 
Their  Injiitence  if  Converted. 

Helps. — See  lesson  in  November  JSIission  Studies.  For  condition  of 
women  in  the  Islands,  read  "  Life  of  Rev.  J.  G.  Paton."  For  Africa, 
Mackay,  of  Uganda,  gives  some  striking  pictures.  For  India,  see  the 
"  Orient  and  Its  People."  For  China,  the  last  named,  also  Mrs.  Bryson's 
"  Home  Life  in  China,"  and  articles  by  Miss  Guiness  in  the  Regio?is  BcyoJid. 
For  Turkey,  "Women  in  Turkey,"  a  leaflet  publisiied  by  the  W.  B.  M.  I. 
"Mohammedan  Women,"  Nineteenth  Century.,  June,  1S91.  Abundant 
incidents  illustrative  of  tlie  above  topics  may  also  be  found  in  the  back 
numbers  of  Alission  Studies  and  the  Life  and  Light. 


SELF-DENIAL. 

Extract  from  a  letter  to  a  friend  from  Miss  Lilia  S.  Cathcart,  now  at  All  Healing,  N.  C. 

Do  you  know,  I  wondered  a  good  many  times  "Self-denial  Week"  what 
you  were  saving  money  on,  for  I  was  sure  you  would  be  among  the  list.  I 
could  not  save  on  a  single  thing.  There  are  weeks  and  even  months  at  a 
time,  when  I  am  in  school,  that  I  do  not  spend  a  cent  for  myself.  If  I  short- 
ened up  on  food  that  would  do  no  good,  as  I  have  so  much  and  board. 
About  the  only  self-denial  money  I  can  get  from  time  to  time  is  on  railroads, 
to  go  without  a  sleeper,  and  sometimes  to  take  a  lunch  when  I  want  a  hot 
meal.  I  have  seen  the  time  when  that  was  real  self-denial.  When  in  the 
city  I  can  often  save  car  fare. 

I  have  been  greatly  interested  in  the  diflerent  wa3  s  I  have  heard  of  this 
summer.  I  think  it  would  be  nice  to  know  just  how  much  was  saved  in  all 
that  special  week.  After  all,  I  expect  the  extra  interest  and  prayers  would 
avail  even  more  than  the  money.  ...  I  wonder  if  you  have  heard  that 
my  mother  was  called  home  to  be  with  the  dear  Lord  last  spring.  It  came 
with  one  swift  stroke, — never  a  word  of  farewell,  and  never  a  pain.  We  miss 
her  love,  and  most  of  all  her  jDrayers  for  our  work,  but  rejoice  for  her,  and 
would  not  call  her  back  to  meet  life's  struggles.  Heaven  seems  mucii  nearer 
with  her  there.  It  makes  the  old  love  for  foreign  missions  assert  itself  all 
the  more,  and  yet  I  know  I  must  not  leave  an  invalid  aunt  and  sister  who 
need  my  help  just  now.  I  love  my  present  work,  and  God  has  wonderfully 
blessed  us.  You  will  find  an  article  in  tiie  August  number  of  the  American 
Missionary  about  our  school  at  All  Healing,  N.  C,  that  you  will  rejoice  in. 

...  I  must  not  write  more.  Sometimes  I  feel  real  longing  to  visit  W.  B. 
M.  I.  friends  ;  it  is  a  feeling  as  near  akin  to  homesickness  as  I  can  tell.  I 
just  love  you  all.  .  .  . 


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LIFE   AND  LIGHT. 


OUR  THANK-OFFERING  MEETING. 

BY   C.  G.  S. 

We  were  desirous  of  making  our  tiiank-offering  meeting  a  success  in  every 
way  this  year  ;  so,  thinking  numbers  to  be  one  of  the  things  to  be  first  con- 
sidered, the  executive  committee  wrote  a  postal  card  to  every  ladv  in  the 
church  and  congregation,  asking  her  to  be  present  and  giving  the  programme 
for  the  meeting. 

The  day  was  beautiful  ;  the  room  was  pleasantly  arranged  ;  flowers  were  on 
the  table,  and  singing  books  and  Testaments  in  each  chair,  so  that  all  could 
join  in  the  singing  and  reading  of  Scripture.  We  were  rewarded  with  a 
roomful  of  ladies.  We  make  it  a  point  in  our  society  to  have  as  good  music 
as  i^ossible  in  all  our  meetings  ;  we  believe  if  music  is  a  benefit  in  regular 
Sunday  service,  it  is  also  a  benefit  in  missionary  meetings.  The  pianist  is 
chosen  with  as  much  care  as  any  of  the  officers,  and  is  as  regularly  in  her 
place.  Our  hymns  were  on  praise  and  thanksgiving,  the  music  bright  and 
not  too  difficult  for  general  singing,  yet  not  hackneyed.  We  use  "Laudes 
Domini." 

We  opened  with  singing  and  reading  of  Scripture,  followed  by  a  prayer 
by  one  of  our  much-loved  members,  which  brought  us  near  the  mercy  seat, 
and  made  us  feel  that  the  Holy  Spirit  was  present  with  us.  After  a  sincere 
and  earnest  paper  on  "The  Meaning  of  Thank  Offerings, "  showing  that  the 
giving  of  tithes  did  not  satisfv  the  thankful  heart,  nor  pay  the  debt  of  grati- 
tude which  we  owe  to  our  Creator  and  Saviour,  we  had  the  roll  call. 

On  the  postal  cards  we  had  stated  that  the  responses  to  the  roll  call  would 
be  thankful  sentiments  ;  so  every  lady  had  come  prepared  with  a  response, 
and  as  her  name  was  called  gave  us  a  helpful  and  encouraging  thought,  or 
asked  for  the  singing  of  some  verse  which  represented  her  idea,  the  faces 
often  expressing  much  more  than  the  words  spoken.  The  replies  were  all  so 
earnest  and  sincere  that  one  felt  convinced  the}-  came  from  hearts  in  which 
the  Holv  Spirit  had  his  abiding  place.  It  was  a  foretaste  of  that  unity  and 
brotherlv  love  which  we  shall  find  in  the  "life  more  abundant." 

A  paper  on  "Reasons  for  Thanksgiving"  came  very  aptly  at  this  time  ;  it 
was  carefully  written  and  well  read  ;  it  showed  there  were  abundant  reasons 
for  gratitude  to  our  Heavenly  Father  for  blessings  far  beyond  our  deserts. 
The  offerings  were  now  taken,  and  we  had  still  another  cause  for  thankfull 
ness  when  we  found  sixty-five  dollars  had  been  given.  This  amount  wil- 
probably  be  increased,  as  some  were  not  present  who  will  send  in  their 
thank  offerings  later.  After  repeating  the  Lord's  Prayer  in  unison,  we  went 
home  thanking  God  that  he  had  given  us  a  part  in  the  world's  conversion. 


A  HEATHEN  WOMAN's  PRAYER. 


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and  feeling  that  the  only  drawback  on  our  otherwise  delightful  afternoon  had 
been  the  enforced  absence,  on  account  of  temporary  illness,  of  our  president, 
who  takes  such  an  earnest  interest  in  all  missionary  and  Christian  work. 
Second  Congregational  Church,  Rockford,  111. 


THE  OBSERVER. 

The  Observer  saw  a  letter  from  a  missionary  lately  in  which  were  the 
following  significant  words  :  "Boston  has  said  you  must  make  your  estimates 
within  a  certain  sum  ;  we  want  more.  '  NufF  said  ;'  somebody  will  be  hurt." 
And  the  thought  came.  How  many  will  be  hurt.'^  Fir'st :  Boston,  meaning 
the  Prudential  Committee,  because  they  cannot  meet  the  needs  of  their 
missionaries.  Second  :  The  missionaries  who  have  made  their  plans  for 
continued  work,  or  enlargement.  Third  :  The  poor  people  on  foreign  fields 
who  have  been  waiting  for  a  teacher  or  a  Sunday  service,  and  the  children 
to  whom  a  school  like  the  one  in  the  next  village  is  their  constant  desire  and 
longing.  And  the  saddest  part  of  it  all  is,  some  will  be  hurt  who  will  not 
feel  it ;  some  to  whom  the  Bread  of  Life  might  be  carried  but  for  this  retrench- 
ment. Perhaps  they  have  lost  their  one  chance,  and  never  in  their  lives  will 
hear  the  name  of  Jesus.  Why  is  there  not  money  enough  in  the  hands  of  the 
Board  to  heal  these  many  hurts  ?  The  Observer  has  heard  of  people  who 
were  hurt  because  they  were  so  often  asked  to  give  for  missions.  Which  is 
the  deepest  hurt.?    To  which  will  you,  dear  reader,  seek  to  apply  healing.? 


A  HEATHEN  WOMAN'S  PRAYER. 

Harken  to  this  prayer  of  a  heathen  woman,  written  by  a  pupil  of  an  English  Mis- 
sionary (one  of  the  few  Indian  ladies  who  can  read  and  write)  ;  one  who  has  tasted  of 
the  bitter  sorrow  and  degradation  of  Hindu  widowhood  from  her  childhood  ;  one  who 
does  not  yet  know  the  true  Saviour  who  can  heal  her  woes,  but  who  cries  to  us  from 
her  distant  home,  with  a  very  bitter  cry,  to  come  to  her  relief. 

O  Lord,  hear  my  prayer  !  No  one  has  turned  an  eye  on  the  oppression 
that  we  poor  women  sutler,  though  with  weeping,  and  crying,  and  desire 
we  have  turned  to  all  sides  hoping  that  some  would  save  us.  No  one  has 
lifted  up  his  eyelids  to  look  upon  us,  or  inquire  into  our  case.  We  have 
searched  above  and  below,  but  Thou  art  the  only  one  who  wilt  hear  our 
complaint ;  thou  knowest  our  impotence,  our  degradation,  our  dishonor. 

O  Lord,  inquire  into  our  case.  For  ages  dark  ignorance  has  brooded  over 
our  minds  and  spirits  ;  like  a  cloud  of  dust  it  rises  and  wraps  us  roimd,  and 
we  are  like  prisoners  in  an  old  and  mouldering  house,  choked  and  buried  in 
the  dust  of  custom,  and  we  have  no  strength  to  go  out.    Bruised  and  beaten, 


542 


LIFE  AND  LIGHT. 


we  are  like  the  dry  husks  of  the  sugar  cane  when  the  sweet  juice  has  been 
extracted.  All-knowing  God,  hear  our  prayer,  forgive  our  sins,  and  give  us 
power  of  escape,  that  we  may  see  something  of  thy  world.  O  Father, 
when  shall  we  be  set  free  from  this  jail?  For  what  sin  have  we  been  born 
to  live  in  this  prison From  Thy  throne  of  judgment  justice  flows,  but  it  does 
not  reach  us  ;  in  this  our  lifelong  misery  only  /^justice  comes  near  us.  O 
Tiiou  hearer  of  prayer,  if  we  have  sinned  against  thee,  forgive  ;  but  we  are 
too  ignorant  to  know  what  sin  is.  Must  the  punishment  of  sin  fall  on  those 
who  are  too  ignorant  to  know  what  it  is.^  O  great  Lord,  our  name  is 
written  with  drunkards,  with  lunatics,  with  imbeciles,  with  the  very  animals  ; 
as  they  are  not  responsible,  we  are  not.  Criminals  confined  in  the  jails  for 
life  are  happier  than  we,  for  they  know  something  of  thy  world.  Thc\- 
were  not  born  in  prison,  but  we  have  not  for  one  day,  no,  not  even  in  our 
dreams,  seen  thy  world.  To  us  it  is  nothing  but  a  name  ;  and  not  having  seen 
the  world,  we  cannot  know  Thee,  its  maker.  Those  who  have  seen  Thy 
works  may  learn  to  understand  thee;  but  for  us,  who  are  shut  in,  it  is  not 
possible  to  learn  to  know  thee.  We  see  only  the  four  walls  of  the  house. 
Shall  we  call  them  the  world  or  India  ?  We  have  been  born  in  this  jail ;  we 
have  died  here,  and  are  dying. 

O  Father  of  the  world,  hast  thou  not  created  us.'  Or  has,  perchance, 
some  other  god  made  us.'  Dost  Thou  care  only  for  men .'  Hast  Thou  no 
thought  for  us  women  ?  Why  hast  Thou  created  us  male  and  female  ?  O 
Almight}',  hast  thou  not  power  to  make  us  other  than  we  are,  that  we  too 
might  have  some  share  in  the  comforts  of  this  life  ?  The  cr}-  of  the  oppressed 
is  heard  even  in  the  world.  Then  canst  Thou  look  upon  our  \^ictim  hosts 
and  shut  thy  doors  of  justice.'  O  God  Almighty  and  unapproachable,  think 
upon  thy  mercy,  which  is  like  a  vast  sea,  and  remember  us.  O  Lord  save  us, 
for  we  cannot  bear  our  hard  lot ;  many  of  us  have  killed  ourselves,  and  we 
are  still  killing  ourselves.  O  God  of  mere}',  our  prayer  to  thee  is  this,  that  the 
curse  may  be  removed  from  the  women  of  India.  Create  in  the  hearts  of  the 
men  some  sympath}",  that  our  lives  may  no  longer  be  passed  in  vain  longing; 
that,  saved  by  Thy  mercy,  we  may  taste  something  of  the  joys  of  life. 


WOMAN'S  BOARD  OF  THE  INTERIOR. 
Mks.  J.  B.  LEAKE,  Treasuker. 
Receipts  from  Adgust  18  to  September  18,  1892. 


ILLINOIS. 

HRA.vcn.— Mrs.  AV.  A.  Talcott,  of  Rock- 
ford,  Treas.  Aurora,  First  Cli.,  23.50; 
Canton,  25.45;  Cliehanse,  2..'58;  Cliica<;o, 
L.  L.  AV.,  22.50,  Bethany  Cli.,5,  Plvmouth, 
150.23,  Union  Park  Cli.,  Mrs.  R.,  17,  Mrs. 


A.  A.  B.,  const.  L.  M.  Cora  Banks  Pierce, 
25;  Hampton,  5;  Joy  Prairie,  36;  Lom- 
bard, 35.75;  i\Iendot.i,  Miss  A.  J.  1).,  5; 
.Melvin,  6.50;  Oak  Park,  110,  Miss  A.  M., 
5;  Pittsfiel<l,  17;  Princeton,  Covenant 
Box,  2;  Rantoul,  5;  Rockford,  Second 


RECEIPTS. 


543 


Ch.,  206.05:  Ridgelaiid,  Mrs.  A.  N.  H., 
2;  Sollitt,  Mrs.  E.  Jlarsli,  3;  Toulon,  83 
cts. ;  Udiiia,  3.50, 
Junior:  Chicago,  First  Cli.,  50,  Millard 
Ave.  Ch.,  25,  New  Ena.  Ch.,  32.37,  South 
Ch.,  25,  Union  Park  Ch.,  25,  Mabel  Rice, 
const.  L.  M.  Katherine  Kimball,  25; 
Galesburg,  First  Conj>'.  Ch.,  The  Fhiler- 
gians,  30, 

Juvenile:  Chicago,  Lake  View.  Ch.  of  tlie 

Redeemer,  5;  Melvin,  3.50;  I'laintield, 

Acorn  liand,  4;  Thawville,  7.35;  Wau- 

ponsie  Grove.  25.87, 
Su.NDAY  School;  IJartlett,  Trim.  (  I., 
€.E.:  Dundee,  10;  .Melvin,  4.50, 
Th.\nk  Offeuing:  Chebanse,  1G.05;  Ke- 

wanee,  31.15;   Loml)ard,  7.25;  INIelvni, 

11.59;  Oak  Park,  7. BO;  Rockfoid,  Second 

Ch.,  59.01 ;  Toulon,  20.93, 
Self-denial:  Garden  Prairie,  2;  Grifrgs- 

ville,  G.40;  Melvin,  1.55;  Providence,  3.50; 

Rockford,  Second  Cli.,  20.15, 
Foil  Kobe  Building  Fund  :  Chicago,  NevF 

ling.  Ch.,  Mrs.  N.  H.  li.. 
Thank  Offeui.vgs:  Chicago,  Sleeting  at 

Board  Rooms,  Sept.  9th, 


714  49 


212  37 


45  72 
4  50 
14  50 


153  58 


33  60 
25  00 


Total, 


1,533  02 


Branch. — .\Irs.  0.  E.  Rew,  Grinnell,  Treas. 
A.l(len,  1;  Algona,  4;  Hear  Grove,  G  .^O; 
ftellevue,  7.50;  (  liester  Center,  3.35; 
Creston,  Pilgrim  Ch.,  20;  Daveiiiiort,  10; 
Denmark,  2G;  Des  .Moines,  North  Park, 
37.50,  Plym.,  19.74;  Ea};le  Grove,  1.75; 
Genoa  Bluffs,  Ladies  ,aiid  Aux.,  5.50; 
Gilman,  20.50;  Hartwick,  anon.,  3;  In- 
dependence, 15;  Iowa  Falls,  15;  Lawler, 
5;  Marshalltowii,  50;  Mt.  IMeasaiit,  Auxs. 
of  Denmark  Asso.,  8.16;  Newbury,  Mrs. 
Morris,  1.50;  New  Hampton,  7.70;  New 
York,  12;  Old  Man's  Creek,  2.39 ;  Onawa, 
11.22;  Osage,  3..50;  Red  Oak,  30;  Ilice- 
ville,  4.22;  Sabula,  Mis.  II.  H.  "Wood,  4; 
Stu:irt,  10;  Waterloo,  31.65;  Waverly, 
11.50,  389.18 

JuNion:  Des  Moines,  Y.  L.  S.,  10;  Grin- 
nell, Y.  L.  S.,  30.58,  40  58 

Juvenile:  Cedar  Rapids,  5;  Central  City, 
2;  Cliester  Center,  2.50;  Eldora,20;  Grin- 
nell, Busy  Bees,  E.  Br.,  9.28,  S.  Br.,  7.14, 
W.  Br.,  9^80;  J.ackson,  5;  Maishalltown, 
13;  Mitchellville,  10.67;  Osage,  4.66;  Sa- 
bula, 40  cts.,  89  45 

C.  E. :  Harlan,  2;  Lawler,  9.30;  Le  Mars, 

13.87,  25  17 

SUND.\Y  SoHOOLS:    Decorah,  2.48;  Des 

Moines,  Plym.,  15.42;  Mt.  Pleasant,  4,        21  90 

Self-dbxial:  Bear  Grove,  G;  Davenport, 
2;  Ft.  Dodge,  7.85,  15  85 

Thank  Offering:  Cedar  Rapids,  19; 
Cherokee,  54;  Chester  Center,  19.17;  De- 
corah, S.  S.,  2.52;  Des  Moines,  Plym., 
120;  Grinnell,  Busy  Bees,  E.  Br.,  for 
Erzroom,  10;  Marshalllown,  4.40;  Mus- 
catine, 27.25,  256  34 

Special  for  Erzroom:  Ames,  Cheerful, 
Givers,  6.30;  Riceville,  Junior  C.  E.,  for 
WyckofE  sisters,  China,  1,  7  30 


Total, 


845  77 


MICHIGAN. 


Branch.— Mrs.  Robert  Campbell,  of  Ann 
Arbor,  Treas.  Ann  Arbor,  18.90;  Alpe- 
na, Miss  Julia  Farwell,  15;  Benton  Har- 
bor, L.  M.  U.,  10;  Breckeniidge,  3.62; 


Covert,  16;  Edmore,  Aid  Soc,  1.36;  Flint, 
5.94;  Giape,  of  wh.2isTh.  Off.,  5;  Gales- 
burg, of  wh.  12.36  is  Til.  Off.,  all  to  const. 
L.  M.  Mrs.  Henry  MarliolT,  25;  Higliland, 
5;  Jackson,  50;  Manistee,  56.15;  Sand- 
stone, 8.77;  Wlieatland,  11.25;  Whitta- 
ker.  Th.  Off.,  32.61,  Th.  Off.,  A  Friend, 
122.50,  392  35 

Junior:  Detroit,  Woodward  Ave.,  30.75; 

Maple  City,  C.  E.,  2,  32  75 

Juvenile:  Covert,  Band  of  Hope,  1; 
Greenville,  M.  B.,  1.16,  2  16 


Total, 


427  26 


MINNESOTA. 

Branch.— Mrs.  J.  F.  Jackson,  139  Univer- 
sity Ave.  E.,  St.  Paul,  Treas.  Benson, 
2  50;  Crookston,  10;  Detroit  City,  5 ;  Elk 
River,  15;  Excelsior,  to  const.  L.  M.  Mrs. 
A.  \V.  Latham,  29.67;  Hawley,2.0«;  Maii- 
kato,  4;  Medford.  2.70;  Minneapolis, 
First  Ch.,  Aux.,  18.64,  Lowry  Hill  Ch., 
to  const.  L.  .M.  ;Mi  s.  J.  li.  liushiiell,  33.55, 
Pilgrim  Vh.,  7,  Plymouth  Ch.,  of  wh. 
6..50  is  self-denial,  1,59.09;  .Monticello,  5; 
New  Ulm,  of  wh.  21.28  is  Th.  Off.,  23  38; 
Ow.itoiina,  12.24;  Payiiesville,  2;  Plain- 
view,  4  75;  Rochester,  37.20;  Spring  Val- 
ley, 10;  St.  Paul,  Park  Ch.,  40;  St.  An- 
thonv.  Park  Ch.,  25;  Waseca,  25.80;  West 
DuUith,  5;   Winona,   First  Ch.,  108.50,  588  10 

Junior:  Minneapolis,  First  Ch.,  31.38, 
Plymouth  Ch.,  8.44;  Winona,  First  Ch., 
56,  95  80 

Juvenile:  Villard,  AVilling  Workers,  3  00 

SuND.AY  Schools;  Benson,  2.17;  Clare- 
moiit,  A  Little  Boy,  1 ;  Minneapolis,  Sil- 
ver Lake,  2.16,  5  33 

C.  E. :  Clearwater,  2.09;  Minneapolis, 
Bethany  Ch.,  4.71;  Montevideo,  9.12; 
Springfield,  6..^0,  22  42 

Junior  C.  E.  :  Elk  River,  9  00 

KobeColleoe  Building  Fund:  St.  Paul, 
Atlantic  Ch.,  Friend,  5,  M.  M.  Yandes, 
15,  20  00 

Special:  St.  Paul,  M.  M.  Yandes,  for 
Bible  woman,  Turkey,  15;  Maine,  Pres. 
S.  S.,  lor  Ella  J.  Newton,  7;  Deer  Park, 
Wash.,  Friend,  5,  27  00 


Less  expenses. 
Total, 

MISSOURI. 

Branch.- Mrs.  J.  H.Drew,  3101  Washing- 
ton Ave.,  St.  Louis,  Treas.  Lebanon,  10; 
Kansas  City,  Dea.  Taylor,  1, 
Junior:  Kansas  City,  First  Ch., 
Juvenile:  Webster  Groves,  Steady  Work- 
ers, 

Thank  Offering:  Pierce  City, 


770  G5 
24  28 


746  37 


11  00 

7  85 


15  00 
3  00 


Less  expenses, 
Total, 


36  85 
11  50 


25  35 


Branch.— Mrs.  Geo.  H.  Elv,  of  Elyria, 
Treas.  Austinburg,  10,  V.  A.  H.,  3; 
Burton,  A  Friend,  10;  Huiitsburg,  13.36; 
fronton,  27;  Lindenville,  5 ;  Mnrblehead, 
10;  Marietta,  97.45;  Paddy's  Run,  22: 
Painesville,  36.50;  Randolph,  Mrs.  Mer- 


544 


LIFE  AND  LIGHT. 


jam,  5;  St.   Mary's,  5;  Sheffield,  15; 

Twinsburg,  30, 
Joxioit:  Cleveland,  Grace  Cli.,  Y  P 
Juvenile:  Beiea,  ,M.  B.,  5;  Lindenville, 

Buds  of  Promise,  7, 
Spxday  School:  Oberlin,  Vacation  Work 

of  -Miss  Andrews'  CI., 
C.  E. :  Hudson,  1.71;  Unionville,  1.50, 
Thaxk  Offering:  Freedom,  5;  Slarietta 

43.65, 


Total, 


WISCONSIlf. 


289  31 
1  00 


12  00 


50  75 
3  21 


48  65 


Less  expenses, 
Total, 

KOBTH  DAKOTA. 

Branch.— Mrs.  G.  L.  O'Xeale,  of  Buxton, 
Treas.  Cumiiigs,  5;  Caledonia,  6.70; 
Lisbon,  Pioneer  Home  .Miss.  Soc,  5- 
Mayville,  10;  Fargo,  First  Cli.,  23;  Bux- 
ton, 15, 

JcvExiLE:  Buxton,  Pearl  Gatherers, 


404  92 
7  34 


397  58 


Total, 

SOCTTH  DAKOTA. 

Branch.— Mrs.  C.  S.  Kingsburv,  of  Sioux 
Falls,  Treas.  Armour,  15;  Elk  Point 
8.35;  .Mitchell,  10.77;  Redfield,  13, 

Sun-day  School:  Howard,  Birthday  Box, 


64  70 
3  00 

67  70 


47  12 

2  17 


49  29 


Branch.— Sirs.  R.  Coburn,  of  Whitewater, 
Treas.  Arena,  First  Ch.,  8.50,  Third  Ch 
4;  Appleton,  57.56;  Brandon,  36;  Brod- 
head,  13.45;  Keloit,  First  Ch.,  50,  Second 
Ch.,  7;  Baraboo,  15.95;  Big  Spring,  2.72- 
Bloomington,  10;  Cooksville,  7.83;  Clin- 
ton, 34.96;  Clinton ville,  25;  Columbus, 
25.95;  Darlington,  10;  De  Pere,  5;  En- 
deavor, 28.72;  Evansville,  6.50;  Eau 
Claire,  20;  Elroy,  16.65;  Fond  Du  Lac, 
25.15;  Fox  Lake,  12;  Footville,  10:  Ful- 
ton, 17;  Fort  Atkinson,  13.50;  Grand 
Rapids  and  Centralia,  12.65;  Hartland, 
3.20;  Hammond,  10 ;  Janesville,  50;  Leeds 
Centre,  8.60 ;  La  Crosse,  19.07 ;  Lake  Gen- 
eva, 54;  .Milton,  32;  .Milwaukee,  Pilgrim 
Ch.,  10,  Hanover  St.  Ch.,  10;  .Menasha, 
17;  JIadison,  38.18;  Menominee,  31.77; 
New  Lisbon,  2;  Oconomowoc,  16.50;  Osh- 
kosh,  Zion  Ch.,  28.14;  Platteville,  13; 
Racine,  5;  Roberts,  2.50;  Rosendale,  10; 
Sun  Prairie,  6.24;  Stoughton,  10.34; 
South  -Milwaukee,  5.15;  Springvale,  1; 
Toinah,  1;  Viroqua,  25;  Waupiin,  66.50; 
"Waukesha,  12;  Wauwatosa,  29;  Wind- 
sor, 20;  West  Salem,  7.81;  Whitewater, 
30;  River  Falls,  31.50,  1,082 

Special:  Baraboo,  .Mis.  L.  B.  A  very,  1.50- 
Brodhead,  1.30:  Berlin,  Union  Ch'.,  6.71  ;' 
Delavan,  29.40;  Endeavor,  10;  East  Troy, 
Mrs.  JIarion  Hibbert,  3;  Eau  Claire,  20; 
Fort  Atkinson,  7;  Grand  Rapids  and 
Centralia,  5.57;  Oconomowoc,  1;  Rob- 
erts, 1;  Sharon,  1;  Whitewater,  Jlrs.  T. 
B.  Cook,  1;  Waukesha,  Mrs.  Mc Vicar, 
5;  Wauwatosa,  20.50, 

Junior:  Bristol  and  Paris,  King's  Sons 
and  Daughters,  17;  Bloomer,  C.  E.,  1.19: 
Brandon,  Y.  h..  8.90;  Beloit,  First  c*-., 
Y.  L.,  30;  Coliiir>'>":,  Z.  lO;  Green 
L.,  10;  Hartland,  C.  E.,  1.80; 
Janesville,  0.  E.,  8.41;  Loani  Band,  50; 


54 


113  98 


La  Crosse,  Y.  L.,  19;  Madison,  Y.  L.,  4- 
Platteville,  B.  B's,  10;  River  Falls,  17.22- 
Stoughton,  C.  E.,  3.81;  Sparta,  C.  E 
5.40;  Wyoming,  14.48;  Waukesha,  Cove- 
nanters, 15;  Whitewater,  C.  E.,  4.66         230  24 

For  Mabash  College:  Dunkirk,  S.  S., 
1.20;  La  Crosse,  Covenanters,  2.28,  3  4g 

Juvenile:  Arena,  First  Ch.,  Willing 
Workers,  1.50;  Brandon,  Coral  Workers 
8.80;  Beloit,  First  Ch.,  Armor  Bearers 
19.29;  Endeavor  S.  S.,  B.  D.  Box,  4  75 
Coral  Workers,  9;  Eau  Claire,  Cheerful 
Givers,  10;  Fox  Lake,  Coral  Builders, 
2.54,  M.  B.,  25;  Hartland,  M.  B.,  3;  Mad- 
ison P.  S.  S.,  10;  Milwaukee,  Pilgrim 
Ch.,  Pilgrim  Workers,  10,  Grand  Avenue 
Ch.,  .M.  B.,  10;  Oshkosh,  Zion  Ch.,  Will- 
ing Hands,  5;  Platteville,  Pearl  Gather- 
ers, 20;  Rosendale,  May  Flower  Band 
15;  River  Falls,  25.28;  Sparta,  M.  S 
Band,  6.25;  Whitewater,  S.  S.,  10,  no  66 

Legacy:  Baraboo,  .Mrs.  G.  Clarke,  50  00 

Thank  Offering:  Beloit,  Rev.  J.  Porter,  50  00 


700  90 
32  81 


Less  expenses. 

Total,  1,668  09 

georgla. 

Atlanta.— Ch.  of  the  Redeemer,  for  India,  25  00 

Total,  25  00 

connbcticut. 

A/eriden.- Mrs.  Isaac  Pierson  and  Chil- 
dren, 5  00 

Total,  5~00 
japan. 

JCo6e.— Girls'  Miss.  Soc.  of  College,  Miss 
M.  Sano,  Treas.,  12  00 

Total,  12  00 

MASSACHUSETTS. 

Neicton  Centre.— A.,  for  Miss  Little,  80  00 

Total,  80  00 

MICRONESIA. 

iTi/soie.— King's  Daughters,  14  00 

Total,  14  00 

N-EW  YORK. 

West  Sloomfield.—A  Friend,  Th.  Off.,  1  00 

1  00 

WASHINGTON. 

Tacoma.—C.  i«.  Teel,  M.  D.,  5  00 

Total,  5  00 

miscellaneous. 
Sale  of  leaflets,  24.70;  boxes,  5.27;  envel- 
opes, 3.02,  59 

Receipts  for  month.  5,935  42 

Previously  r.cliiiowledged,  47,491  40 

Total  since  October,  $53,426  82 

Miss  Jessie  C.  Fitch, 

Ass't  Treas.