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LIFE  AND  LIGH 

FO» 

WOMAN. 

PUBLISHED  BY  THK 

WOMAN'S  BOARDS  OF  MISSIONS. 


1902,  Vol.  XXXII. 


MAY  25  1955 


BOSTON  : 
P'rank  VVo(5d,  Printer. 
1902. 


INOHX    TO    VOIvUIVtK  XXXII. 


WOMAN'S  BOARD  OF  MISSIONS. 


Africa,  Extracts  from  Letters,  from  Mrs.  Mary 
K.  Edwards,  313,  553;  from  Miss  Gilson,  21S, 
457;  from  Miss  Margaret  Melville,  552;  from 
Miss  Price,  555;  from  Miss  Sarah  Stimpson,  553 ; 
Inanda  Seminary,  56;  Kindergartens  in  W.  C. 
Africa, 111. 

Austria,  Evangelization  among  Women  of  Bo- 
hemia, 297;  lr*rotestantism  in  Bohemia,  248; 
Young  People  of  Bohemia,  306. 

Ceylon,  Bible  Women  in  Ceylon  and  India,  202; 
Progress  in  Ceylon,  349. 

China,  An  Alabaster  Box,  540 ;  Extract  from  Annual 
Report  of  Tientsin  Station,  5i5;  Extracts  from 
Letters,  from  Miss  Andrews,  165, 459;  from  Miss 
Jean  Brown, 40S;  from  Miss  Abbie  G.  Chapin,  76; 
from  Miss  Cheney,  167 ;  from  Miss  Garretson,  361 ; 
from  Miss  Hartwell,  460;  from  Miss  Hannah 
Woodhull,  266;  Interesting  Occasion,  300;  Mrs. 
Diong  Cing-Hiong,  208;  New  Social  Life  at 
Peking,45i ;  Pagoda  Anchorage  Training  School, 
492;  Pagoda  Bells,  Medical  Work  in  Foochow, 
21,  70;  Woman's  Work,  303;  Woman's  Work  at 
Pao-ting-fu,  401. 

Editorial  Paragraphs,  2,  49,  97,  148,  194,  242, 
290,  338,  3S6,  434»  4S2,  530. 

Helps  for  Leaders,  Definite  Work  for  Children, 
502;  Enlisting  the  Sunday  schools,  74;  How  to 
use  Via  Ckristi,  25;  How  We  Did  It  Last  Year, 
263;  Knowing^  a  Missionary,  216;  Lux  Chrisii, 
457;  Redeeming  Our  Covenant  Pledge,  310,359, 
407;  Study  of  Via  Ckristi,  116;  The  College 
Girl,  550. 

Illustrations,  Age  of  the  Reformation,  3S5;  Al- 
fonso XIII,  2S9;  Anandibai  and  her  Friends, 
43S;  Armado,  262;  Bible  Woman  in  Jafiha,  207 ; 
Bible  Woman  with  Low-caste  Hearers.  203; 
Bringing  a  Tablet  to  the  Hospital,  72;  Catherine 
of  Siena,  193;  Children  Who  Give  a  Handful  of 
Rice,  440;  Christian  Workers  in  Ahmednagar, 
537;  Christian  Zulu  and  Wife,  57;  Christian 
Zulu  Home,  59;  Constant  Attendants  at  Kinder- 
garten, 113;  Crossing  the  Ferry,  397;  Devotees 
Carrying  Kawadies,  350;  Egyptian  Obelisk  and 
Stone  Pyramid,  7;  Fatima  Hanum,  15S;  Forum 
Column,  I ;  Four  New  Students,  Foochow  Hos- 
pital, 23;  Gorge  in  Rito  Mountains,  154;  Gradu- 
ates of  International  Institute,  296;  Graduating 
Class,  Smyrna,  49;  Group  of  Ainos,40o;  Group 
of  Christian  Women,  Eastern  Turkey,  405 ;  Group 
of  Hospital  Patients,  25;  Heathen  Wedding  in 
Indiaj  205;  Hindu  Fakeer,  354;  Huss,  John,  249; 
If  It  IS  not  Paid,  241 ;  In  Buhia,  443;  In  Monas- 
tir,445;  Japanese  Home,  399;  Jeuf  Schools,  Ah- 
mednagar, no;  Kindergarten  Class,  Monastir, 
446;  Kitchen  Work  in  Madura  School,  63;  Kos- 
tinetz,  on  the  Way  to  Samokov,  444;  Land  Walls 
of  Constantinople,  5;  Luis  Mena,  261;  Martyrs' 
Memorial  Arch,  4S5;  Mahar  Wadi  School,  loS; 
Members  of  Junior  C.  E.,  Pradejon,  Spain,  254; 
Miss  Cole,  Miss  Matthews,  and  Native  Teach- 
ers, 163;  ^liss  Hartwell  and  Bible  Women,  211 ; 
Miss  Stone  and  Bible  Women,  152;  Monastery 
in  Bulgaria,  154;  Monastir,  160;  Monastir  Girls* 
School,  161;  New  Premises  in  Madrid,  294; 
Nomdayi,  Teacher  in  Ireland  Home,5S;  Object 
of  Hindu  Charity,  433;  Orphans  at  Sholapur, 
106;  Pastor's  Daughter,  Madura  School,  62;  Plan 
of  Chinese  Pastor's  House,  209;  Portraits,  Jud- 
son,  Mrs.  Ann  H.,  ^Si,  Mary  Chellayapillai,  338, 
Mason,  Mrs.  Caroline  A.,  507;  Promising  Kin- 
dergarten Pupil,  115;  Pupil  in  International  In- 
stitute, 305;  Raw  Material,  112;  Resurrection 
Message,  145;  School  Well,  65;  Social  Occasion 
in  Foochow,  301 ;  St.  Bernard  and  Madonna,  97; 


Street  Scene  in  Samokov,  156;  Tauste,  Spain, 
256;  Temple  Dancing  Girls,  352;  Three  Pastors' 
Wives,  in  Pagoda  Anchorage,  493;  Vardar 
River,  Macedonia,  447;  Woman's  Annual  Meet- 
ing, Foochow,  495. 

India,  Bible  Women  in  Ceylon  and  India,  202; 
Celebration  of  Mrs.  Bissell's  Jubilee,  17-  Extracts 
from  letters,  from  Mrs.  Bissell,  167;  from  Miss 
Chandler,  360;  from  Miss  Fowler,  77;  from  Miss 
Hartt,  166;  from  Mrs.C.  E.  Hume,  28,  311 ;  from 
Dr.  Karmarkar,  118;  from  Miss  Bessie  Noyes, 
459;  Giving  in  India,  437;  Girls'  Boarding 
School  at  Ahmednagar,  536;  Hindu  girls' schools, 
197;  Laying  the  corner-stone  of  Capron  Hall, 
291 ;  Madura  Girls'  Normal  and  High  School, 
61 ;  Missionary  Homes,  292;  Site  for  new  Hospi- 
tal, 198;  The  Hindu  Triad:  Brahma,  Vishnu 
and  Siva,  533;  To  what  Purpose  is  this  Waste? 
353;  Village  Schools  in  the  Marathi  Mission,  105. 

In  Memoriam,  Miss  Abbie  B.  Child,  529;  Mrs. 
Clara  Hamlin  Lee,  217;  Mrs.  M.  W.  Warren, 
128. 

Japan,  Extracts  from  letters,  from  Miss  Adams, 
265;  from  Miss  Colby,  315;  from  Miss  Daugha- 
day,  27;  from  Miss  Fanny  E.  Griswold,  556; 
from  Miss  Gulick,  504;  from  Miss  Talcott,  118; 
Letterfrom  Mrs.  Pettee,  346;  The  Plum  Blossom 
Girls'  School,  Osaka,  544;  Transformed  Life,  257; 
Twentieth  Century  Forward  Movement,  343; 
Vacation  Work,  396. 

Junior  Work,  An  Afternoon  among  Village 
Homes  in  Turkey,  403 ;  Christian  Endeavor  Work 
in  Spain,  259;  Helps  for  Leaders,  26,  74,  116,  216, 
263,  310,  359,457, 503,  550;  Ideal  relations  between 
Senior  ana  Junior  Organizations,  168;  Kinder- 
gartens in  West  Central  Africa,  111;  Pagoda 
Bells,  Medical  Work  in  Foochow,  21, 70;  Spanish 
Girl,  30A;  Sunday  in  Samokov,  355;  Through 
the  Crack  of  a  Door,  546;  Tushoon  of  Hoghi,  215; 
Unknown  Heroines,  499;  The  Woman  who  gave 
Herself,  453;  Young  People  of  Bohemia,  306. 

Micronesia,  Extract  from  letters,  from  Miss  Wil- 
son,  361 ;  Letter  from  Native  Woman,  410;  Nu- 
kuaro  Woman,  448. 

Miscellaneous,  Conversion  of  our  Anglo-Saxon 
Ancestors,  52;  Fourteenth  Century  Peacemaker, 
199;  Glimpses  of  Christian  Women  in  the  Mid- 
dle Ages,  100;  Kaulbach's  Era  of  the  Reforma- 
tion, 390;  Our  Bible  and  Theirs,  120;  Protestant- 
ism in  Bohemia,  24S;  Miss  Stone  in  Boston,  245; 
Two  Pioneer  Women,  486. 

Our  Work  at  Home,  All  His  Benefits,  461; 
Annual  Meeting,  417,  466,  557;  Convention  of 
Student  Volunteer  Movement,  1^3;  From  our 
Branches,  29;  Great  and  Present  Need,  386;  How 
to  Study  Lux  Ckristi,  506;  Laying  Aside 
Weights,  222;  Loyalty  to  Branch  and  Board  and 
to  Pledges,  258;  On  Life  Membership,  412;  Our 
Bible  and  Theirs,  120;  Our  Book  Table  and 
Sidelights,  33,  80,  126,  175,  225,  271,  319,  366,  416, 
464.513,5^^2;  Receipts,  35,  S3,  130,  178,  227,  274, 
321,359,419,467,515,565;  Shall  Single  Ladies 
Work  in  Dangerous  Places,  78:  Some  Books 
for  Summer  Reading,  318;  Unitea  Study  of  Mis- 
sions, 363 ;  What  shall  we  read  this  Summer.''  317. 

Poetry,  Christ's  Laborers,  2;  For  My  Sake  and 
the  Gospel's,  Go,  3S5;  On  Mrs.  Judson,  481;  The 
Resurrection  Message,  145. 

Spain,  After  Thirty  Years,  295;  Christian  Endeavor 
Work,  259;  Extracts  from  Letters,  from  Mrs. 
Gulick,  503;  from  Miss  Page,  264;  Fruits  of 
Seed-sowing,  261;  Spanish  Girl,  304;  Visit  to 
Graduates,  252. 

Topics  for  Auxiliaries,  Bernard  of  Clairvaux 


INDEX. 


to  Luther, 226;  Book  Reviews,  320;  Chailemagne 
to  Bernard,  130;  Constantine  to  Charlemagne, 
82;  Current  Events,  369;  First  Lesson  in  Lux 
C/trt'st  1,^64;  Halle  Missionaries  to  Careyand  Jud- 
son,  514;  Luther  to  the  Halle  Missionaries,  418; 
Our  Present  Work  in  Spain  and  Austria,  27^; 
Thank-offering  Meeting,  467;  AVork  in  Bulgaria 
and  Macedonia,  177;  Work  of  the  Board  in  Con- 
stantinople, 34. 
Turkey,  Afternoon  Among  Village  Homes,  403; 
Alumnae  Association  of  A.  C.  G.  C,  12;  Amer- 
ican College  for  Girls,  10;  Bible  Women's  Work 
in  European  Turkey,  155;  Boarding  School  at 
Erzroom,  497;  Efforts  for  Miss  Stone's  Release, 


151 ;  Extracts  from  Letters,  from  Mrs.  Bond,  411 ; 
from  Miss  Burrage,  221;  from  Miss  Bush,  362; 
from  Miss  M.  L.  Daniels,  220,  265;  from  Miss 
Foreman,  75;  from  Miss  Gordon,  117;  from  Miss 
Huntington,  iiq;  from  Miss  Loughridge,  503; 
from  Mrs.  Marden,  217;  from  Miss  Isabel  Trow- 
bridge, 315;  Final  Account  of  Miss  Stone's  Re- 
lease, 213;  Letters  from  Miss  Stone,  146,  212; 
Old  Constantinople,  6;  School  for  Girls,  Mon- 
astir,  i6g;  Smyrna  Girls'  School,  65;  Sunday  in 
Samokov,  354;  Touring  in  the  Land  of  the  Apos- 
tles, 392;  Tushoon  of  Hoghi,  215;  Unknown 
Heroines,  499;  What  to  See  in  Europe,  442;  Year 
in  Gedik  Pasha,  16. 


BOARD  OF  THE  PACIFIC. 


Africa,  Glimpses  of  Work  in  Amanzimtote,  325. 
China,  Ing-hok,  229. 

Home  Department,  Annual  Meeting,  517;  An- 
nual Report,  569,  571 ;  Home  Secretary's  Report, 
37    Quarterly  Meeting,  231. 

Illustration,  Portrait  of  Madame  Tsilka,  279. 

In  Memoriam,  Mrs.  S.  S.  Smith,  136. 

Japan,  Faces  of  Christian  Japanese  Women,  32S; 
Work  in  Matsuyama,  572. 


Micronesia,  Letters  from  Miss  Wilson,  85,  133 
469. 

Miscellaneous,  The  Profit  of  Giving,  328;  Tem- 
ple Keeper's  Foul  Deed,  2S0;  What  Would  You 
Think  ?  424. 

Turkey,  Letters  from  Mrs.  Baldwin,  373,  431; 
Smyrna,  iSi ;  Story  of  Madame  Tsilka,  277. 


BOARD  OF  THE  INTERIOR. 


Africa,  Extract  from  Letter  of  Mrs.  McCord,  431 ; 
Fifteen  Days  in  a  Tepoia,  1S7;  I^etter  from  Mrs. 
W'ebster,  47 ;  Report  of  Amanzimtote  Seminarj',46 

Ceylon,  Letter  from  Mrs.  C.  P.  Brown,  377. 

China,  Extract  from  Letter  of  Miss  Josephine 
Walker,  479;  Extract  from  Report  of  Work 
Among  Tung-cho  Christians,  91 ;  Letters,  from 
Miss  F.  K.  Bement,  380;  from  Miss  Jean  H. 
Brown,  37S;  from  Miss  E.  S.  Hartwell,95;  from 
Dr.  Emily  D.Smith,  2S;,  430;  from  Miss  Grace 
Wyckoff,  C22;  The  Light  Shineth  in  Darkness, 
1S9;  Loyalty  of  Chinese  Christians,  144;  Pagoda 
Anchorage  Station  Classes,  475 ;  .  Report  of 
Woman's  Work,  Tientsin  Station,  473;  Woman's 
Work  in  Peking,  526. 

Home  Department,  Annual  Meeting,  577. 

India,  Letters  from  Mrs.  Dean,  2S3;  from  Miss 
Millard,  3U  ;  Lucy  Perry  Noble  Training  School, 
^2;  Sacred.  Stable,  288;  School  for  Blind  Children 
in  Bombay,  191;  A  Translation^  574;  The  Opin- 
ion of  the  Native  Preacher  on  Work  in  Melur 
Station,  India,  576.  • 

In  Memoriam,  Mrs.  John  L.  Davies,  576. 

Items,  45, 90, 96,  240. 


Japan,  Niigata  Notes,  139;  Summary  of  Dr.  Tor- 

rey's  Labors,  2S4. 
Micronesia,  Bits  from  a  Schoolgirl's  Letter,  282; 

Extract  from  Mrs.  Gray's  Journal,  429;  Letter 

from  Mrs.  Channon,  142;  Miss  Palmer's  Journal, 

3S1. 

Miscellaneous,  Notes  hy  the  Way,  335;  Rich, 
93;  Unity  Among  Missionary  Societies,  186; 
*'  Where  Two  or  Three  are  Gathered  Together," 
523. 

Mexico,  Extract  from  Letter  from  Miss  Prescott, 

190;  Letter  from  Miss  Hammond,  42^. 
Poetry,  Christmas   Eve,  573;    Hindrance,  329; 

Hymn  of  Praise,  521 ;  Jesus  Risen,  185;  The  Old 

Year's  Blessing,  41, 
Receipts,  48,  96,  144,  192,  240,  288,  336,  3S4,  433,  480, 

528,  580. 

Turkey,  Extracts  from  Letters,  from  Miss  Blakely, 
2S1 ;  from  Miss  Shattuck,  137;  from  Miss  Marj' 
Webb,  335;  Letters,  from  Miss  Fenenga,  426"; 
from  Miss  Haskell,  89;  from  Miss  Spencer,  379; 
from  Miss  Welpton,  332;  Mission  ana  Protestant 
Community  in  Marash,  237;  Progress  of  Women, 
233;  Smyrna  Girls'  School,  238. 


LADY  MISSIONARIES 

Abbott,  Miss  Anstice,  98,  265,  347. 
Adams,  Miss' Alice  P.,  283. 
Andrews,  Miss  Mary  E.,  165,  292,  459. 

Baird,  Miss  Agnes  M.,  357. 
Baird,  Mrs.  Ellen  R.,  357. 
Baldwin,  Mrs.  M.  J  .,  373,  421. 
Ballantine,  Mrs.  Josephine  L.,  105,  437. 
Barbour,  Miss  Catharine  H.,  31,  416. 
Barker,  Miss  Annie  M.,  3S6. 
Bartlett,  Miss  Cornelia  S.,  182,  23S. 
Bates,  Miss  Eula  G.,  379. 
Bement,  Miss  Frances  K.,  380. 
Bissell,  Miss  Emily  R.,  166,  194,  536. 
Bissell,  Miss  Julia,  M.D.,98,  148,  194,  19S. 
Bissell,  Mrs.  Mary  E.,  17,  167. 
Blakely,  Miss  Ellen  M.,  117,  2S1. 
Bond,  Mrs.  Fannie  G.,  411,  446. 
Brewer,  Miss  Mary  E.,  386. 
Brown,  Miss  Clara  L.,  3,  51,  335. 


lONED  IN  VOLUME  XXXH. 

Brown,  Mrs.  Clara  P.,  349,  377. 
Brown,  Miss  Jean  H.,  300,  37S,  408. 
Bruce,  Miss  Harriet  L.,  3,  340. 
Bunker,  Mrs.  Isabel  H.,  243. 
Burrage,  Miss  Fannie  E.,  221. 
Bush,  Miss  Caroline  E.,  215,  362,  392. 
Bushee,  Miss  Alice  H.,  261,  304,  4S3. 

Case,  Miss  Lucy  Ella,  544. 

Calder,  Miss  Matilda  S.,  117,  282,  340. 

Chambers,  Miss  Etfie  M.,  335. 

Chandler,  Miss  Helen  E.,  360. 

Channell,  Miss  Mary  A.,  98. 

Channon,  Mrs.  Mary  L.,  142 

Chapin,  Miss  Abbie'G.,  76. 

Chapin,  Miss  Jane  E.,  gi. 

Cheney,  Miss  Nellie  M.,  167. 

Chittenden,  Miss  Caroline  E.,  20S,  26S,  285,  430. 

Clark,  Miss  Elizabeth  C,  387. 

Clark,  Miss  Hattie,  46. 

Clark,  Mrs.  Ruth  E.,  297. 


INDEX. 


LADY  MISSIONARIES  (Continued). 


Closson,  Miss  Sarah  A.,  3S6,  503. 

Coffing,  Mrs.  Josephine  L.,  379. 

Colby,  Miss  Abbie  M.,  315. 

Cole,  Miss  Harriet  L.,  150,  163,  221,  3S6,  446. 

Cooper,  Mrs.  Harriet  Bruce,  353. 

Cull,  Miss  Phoebe  L.,  3. 

Currie,  Mrs.  Amy  J.,  47. 

Daniels,  Miss  Mary  L.,  220,  265. 
Ddughaday,  Miss  Adelaide,  27,  343,  389. 
De  Forest,  Mrs.  E.  S.,  396. 
Dewey,  Mrs.  S.  S.,  426. 
Dodd,  Miss  Isabella  F.,  3S6. 
Dorward,  Mrs.  Florence  A.,  325. 
Dunning,  Miss  Mary  B.,  190. 
Dwight,  Miss  Adelaide  S.,  98,  434. 

Edwards,  Mrs.  Mary  K.,  313,  553. 
Evans,  Miss  Jane  G.,  91. 

Fay,  Mrs.  Annie  M.,  iii. 

Fay,  Miss  Louise  B.,  1S7. 

Fenenga,  Miss  Agnes,  426. 

Fensham,  Miss  Florence  A.,  12,  175,  336,  3S6. 

Foreman,  Miss  Lucile,  75,  3S6. 

Foss,  Miss  Ida  C,  143,  386. 

Fowler,  Miss  Esther  B.,  77. 

Garretson,  Miss  Elsie  M.,  361. 
Gilson,  Miss  H.Juliette,  218,  434,  457. 
Gleason,  Miss  Alice,  2. 
Gordon,  Mrs.  Agnes  D.,  117. 
Gordon,  Miss  Annie  L.,  51,  117,  2S2,  334. 
Gordon,  Miss  Jean  H.,51. 
Graf,  Miss  Johanna,  342. 
Gray,  Mrs.  Leta  D.,  3S2,  429. 
Griswold,  Miss  Frances  E.,  556. 
Gulick,  Mrs.  Alice  Gordon,  295,  503. 
Gulick,  Miss  Julia  A.  E.,  347,  504. 

Halsey,  Miss  Charlotte  P.,  333. 

Hamilton,  Dr.  Caroline  F.,  409. 

Hammond,  Miss  Mary  L.,  425. 

Harding,  Miss  Mary  B.,  3SS. 

Hartt,  Miss  Florence  E.,  30,  14S,  166,  242. 

Hartwell,  Miss  Emily  S.,  95,  460,  475,  493,  543. 

Haskell,  Mrs.  Marga'retB.,  151,213,  357. 

Haskell,  Miss  Mary  M.,  89,  355. 

Hinman,  Mrs.  K.  F.,  300,  40S,  479. 

Holbrook,  Mary  A.,  M.D.,  243. 

Holt,  Miss  Sophie  S.,  375,  422. 

Hoppin,  Miss  Jessie  R.,  134. 

Howland,  Mrs.  Sarah,  483. 

Hoyt,  Miss  Olive  S.,  98,  482. 

Hubbard,  Miss  Emma  R.,  386. 

Hubbard,  Mrs.  Nellie  L.,  242,  290. 

Hume,  Mrs.  C.  E.,  28,  311. 

Huntington,  Miss  Theresa  L.,  119. 

Ireland,  Mrs.  OrianaR.,  148. 

Jones,  Mrs.  Sarah  A.,  341. 

Karmarkar,  Mrs.  Gurubai,  M.D.,  118. 
Knapp,  Miss  Grace  H.,  386. 


Lee,  Mrs.  Clara  H.,  2S2. 
Logan,  Mrs.  Alice  P.,  232. 
Lord,  Miss  Agnes  M.,  497. 
Loughridge,  Miss  Stella  N.,  333,  503. 


MacCallum,  Mrs.  Henrietta  M.,  333. 
Maltbie,  Miss  Esther  T.,  357. 
Marden,  Mrs.  Etta  D.,  16,  386. 
Marsh,  Mrs.  Ursula  C,  155. 
Matthews,  Miss  Mary  L.,  150,  160,  446. 


McCallum,  Miss  Etnilv,  239,  333. 
McCord,  Mrs.  M.  M.,;3i. 
Melville,  Miss  Helen  J.,  47. 
Melville,  Miss  M.  W.,  232,  552. 
Millard,  Miss  Anna  L.,  loi,  284,  331. 
Mills,  Miss  Minnie  B.,  182,  23S. 
Miner,  Miss  Luella,  91. 
Moulton,  Miss  Mary  E.,5i. 

Newton,  Miss  Ella  J.,  2S7,  540. 
Noyes,  Miss  Bessie  B.,  459. 
Noyes,  Miss  Mary  T.,  3,  61. 

Olin,  Miss  Jenny,  470. 
Osborne,  Miss  Harriet  L.,  2,  430. 
Ostrander,  Mrs.  Mary  L.,  357. 

Page,  Miss  Mary  L.,  252,  264. 

Palmer,  Miss  Annette  A.,  3S1. 

Parker,  Harriet  E.,  M.D.,  98,  434,  436,  48^. 

Patterson,  Miss  Frances  B.,  473,  474. 

Peet,  Mrs.  Caroline  K.,  300. 

Perkins,  Mrs.  Estella  L.,  244. 

Perkins,  Miss  Mary,  519. 

Pettee,  Mrs.  Belle  W.,  346. 

Phelps,  Miss  Fidelia,  3,  243. 

Piatt,  Miss  Claribel,  182. 

Piatt,  Miss  Miriam  v.,  119. 

Pohl,  Miss  Use  C,  3,  66,  175,  182,  194. 

Porter,  Mrs  .  Lizzie  L.,  306. 

Porter,  Miss  Mary  H.,  473. 

Pratt,  Miss  Clarissa  H.,  403. 

Prescott,  Miss  Nellie  O.,  190. 

Price,  Miss  M.  E.,  555. 

Price,  Mrs.  Sarah  J.,  232. 

Prime,  Miss  Ida  W.,  386. 

Redick,  Miss  Emma,  48. 
Reed,  Miss  Bertha  P.,  340,  48a. 
Riggs,  Miss  Mary,  434. 
Riggs,  Miss  Susan  D.,  386. 
Root,  Miss  Helen  I.,  29,  349. 
Russell,  Miss  Nellie  N.,  401,  528. 

Searle,  Miss  Susan  A.,  343. 

Seymour,  Miss  Harriet,  119,  395. 

Shattuck,  Miss  Corinna,  137. 

Sheffield,  Mrs.  Eleanor  W.,  91. 

Sibley,  Mrs.  Minnie  C,  51. 

Smith,  Emily  D.,  M.D.,  230,  285. 

Smith,  Mrs  .'Emma  D.,  475. 

Smith,  Mrs.  Grace  W.,  230,  2S5. 

Spencer,  Miss  Charlotte  D.,  379. 

Stanley,  Mrs.  Ursula,  473. 

Stimpson,  Miss  Sarah,  48,  553. 

Stone,  Miss  Ellen  M.,  100,  146,  151,  156,  162, 

212,  245,  277,  290,  443. 
Swartz,  Miss  E.  Pauline,  139. 
Swift,  Miss  Eva  M.,  340. 

Talcott,  Miss  Eliza,  3,  ii8,  3S2. 
Tewksburv,  Mrs.  Grace  H.,  91. 
Trowbridge,  Miss  Isabel,  315,  332. 

Wainwright,  Miss  Mary  E.,  347. 
Walker,  Miss  J  osenhine  C,  439. 
Webb,  Miss  Anna  F.,  98,  259. 
Webb,  Miss  Mary  G.,  334. 
Webster,  Mrs  .  ^larion  M.,  47. 
Welpton,  Miss  Cora  May,2S2,  332. 
Wilder,  Mrs  .Gertrude  W.,  473,  528. 
Wilson,  Miss  Louise  E.,  85,  133,  361,  469. 
Worthlev,  Miss  Evelyn  M.,  2,  430. 
WoodhuU,  Miss  Hannah  C,  266,  300,  496, 
Woodhull,  Kate  C,  M.D.,  21,  70,  300,  37S,  40S. 
Wyckoff,  Miss  Gertrude,  473,  474. 
Wyckoft,  Miss  Grace,  92,  473,  522. 

Young,  Annie,  M.D.,  349. 


%itc  anb  Xigbt  for  TKHoman. 

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THE  FORUM  COLUMN. 


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\_January, 


CHRIST'S  LABORERS. 

BY  MRS.  MERRILL   E.  GATES. 

Ye  faithful  ones  !  O  not  alone 
Ye  toil  in  far,  unfriendly  lands, 
But  'companied  bj  valiant  bands 

Of  shining  spirits  from  God's  throne. 

A  great,  a  glorious  company — 
Hosts  of  the  Spirit-led  on  earth, 
Heirs  of  the  new  immortal  birth — 

Are  fellow-workers  where  ye  be ! 

All  praying  souls,  whose  ardent  view 
Sees  Christ's  fair  fabric  rise  secure, 
'Mid  fierce  time-tumults,  heavenly  pure, 

Upbuild  those  wondrous  walls  with  you. 

Angels,  who  downward  bending  hear 
The  sin-bruised  soul's  repentant  voice, 
And  in  the  blessed  sound  rejoice. 

How  closely  do  they  gather  near! 

And  Christ  the  Lord,  the  crucified. 
For  whose  dear  sake  alone  ye  go, 
Who  loves  us  as  we  cannot  know. 

How  is  he  at  your  very  side  ! 

God,  saints  and  angels!    Surely  ye, 
Since  all  to  God  ye  freely  give. 
Befriended  are  as  none  that  live, 

And  heartened  by  high  ministry ! 

Washington,  D.  C. 


Contributions  With  much  regret  we  must  report  a  falling  off  in  our 
FOR  THE  Month,  contributions  of  $434.74  in  the  first  month  of  our  new 
financial  year  as  compared  with  the  same  month  in  1900.  We  recognize 
the  fact  that  the  ingathering  at  the  close  of  the  year  is  apt  to  react  in  the 
first  month  of  the  new  year  ;  but  the  same  conditions  existed  a  year  ago,  and 
it  is  a  disappointment  to  be  obliged  to  begin  the  year  in  the  minor  key.  We 
realize,  however,  that  contributions  must  fluctuate  from  month  to  month, 
and  since  eleven  months  remain  to  redeem  the  loss,  we  will  not  lose  heart 
over  it.  May  it  the  rather  spur  us  on  to  more  "  determined  effort"  in  the 
new  year. 

Missionary  Three  new  missionaries  have  started  for  their  respective 
Personals,  fields  of  labor  the  past  month, — Miss  Harriet  L.  Osborne  and 
Miss  Evelyn  M.  Worthley  for  Foochow,  China,  and  Miss  Alice  Gleason  for 


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EDITORIAL  PARAGRAPHS. 


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Guadalajara,  Mexico.  It  is  pleasant  to  think  of  the  warm  welcome  they 
will  receive  in  the  places  to  which  they  go,  and  the  fresh  life  and  courage 
they  will  carry  to  the  overworked  missionaries.  Of  the  young  ladies  in 
this  country,  Miss  Phelps,  of  Inanda,  has  gone  to  friends  in  the  West ;  Miss 
Pohl,  of  Smyrna,  plans  to  take  up  some  studies  in  Hartford  Theological 
Seminary  ;  Miss  Bruce,  of  Satara,  India,  is  to  remain  in  the  East ;  and  Miss 
Mary  Xoyes,  of  Madura,  is  with  friends  in  Cincinnati.  Letters  have  been 
received  from  !Miss  Clara  L.  Brown  at  Honolulu,  on  her  way  home  for  a  well- 
earned  furlough.  Miss  Talcott  has  proved  herself  so  indispensable  to  the  work 
in  the  Sandwich  Islands  that  she  has  been  persuaded  to  remain  there  till  the 
arrival  of  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Doremus  Scudder,  who  are  soon  to  take  up  the 
work.  Miss  Cull,  of  Marsovan,  who  has  a  furlough  this  year,  is  established 
in  Cambridge,  England,  where  she  is  to  take  up  special  studies. 

Via  Christi.  This  little  text-book  for  our  united  study  for  1902  is  rapidly 
making  its  way  among  many  of  the  women's  societies  in  the  United  States 
and  Canada.  The  first  two  editions  were  soon  exhausted,  and  it  has  been 
received  with  universal  favor.  The  publishers  are  to  issue  a  holiday  illus- 
trated edition,  which  many  of  our  readers  will  wish  to  purchase.  To  be 
obtained  from  Macmillan  Company,  66  Fifth  Avenue,  New  York  City. 
Price,  60  cents. 

Miss  Stone.  It  is  with  great  regret  that  we  are  again  compelled  to  say  that 
there  is  no  word  as  yet  of  Miss  Stone's  release.  The  fact  that  both  Turkey 
and  Bulgaria  are  eager  to  disclaim  all  responsibility  greatly  hampers  negotia- 
tions. In  justice  to  Miss  Stone  and  to  the  missionary  force,  it  should  be  said 
that  there  was  no  "  recklessness,"  as  has  been  implied  in  some  statements,  on 
Miss  Stone's  part,  in  being  found  in  the  place  where  she  was  captured.  The 
road  was  considered  safe,  and  she  was  traveling  with  a  party  of  teachers  and 
pastors.  The  good  news  of  her  release  may  come  at  any  moment.  Efforts 
to  this  end  have  not  been  in  the  least  relaxed. 

Union  Meeting.  An  interdenominational  meeting  was  held  Tuesday  after- 
noon, December  loth,  in  the  chapel  of  the  Old  South  Church,  Boston.  Presi- 
dent Caroline  Hazard,  of  Wellesley  College,  presided,  and  there  was  a  good 
representation  of  ladies  from  the  Baptist,  Methodist,  Episcopal  and  other 
Boards,  as  well  as  from  our  own  Board.  After  a  brief  devotional  service, 
Miss  Susie  Sorabji,  of  Poona,  India,  the  daughter  of  a  prominent  Parsee 
family,  to  whom  many  of  our  own  constituency  listened  with  great  interest 
at  our  annual  meeting,  gave  an  address,  which  was  a  wonderful  presentation 
of  facts  from  various  reports  and  authoritative  statements  from  prominent 


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men,  in  regard  to  the  condition  of  India's  women.  At  the  close  a  generous 
offering  was  made  for  the  school  in  Poena,  which  is  the  special  work  which 
Miss  Sorabji  represents. 

A  New  Magazine.  A  new  visitor  has  appeared  among  our  exchanges, 
called  The  Indiaji  Ladles*  Magazine.  It  is  published  in  Madras,  and 
edited  by  a  native  lady,  Mrs.  S.  Satthianadhan.  It  is  printed  in  English,  and 
its  appearance  is  all  that  can  be  desired  in  a  modern  magazine.  It  is  in- 
tended for  circulation  among  two  classes  of  women  in  India — the  growing 
number  of  native  ladies  who  have  received  a  liberal  English  education,  and 
with  whom  the  future  of  Indian  womanhood  largely  rests  ;  and  the  many 
European  ladies  who  are  spending  tlieir  lives  for  the  emancipation  of  tlieir 
Indian  sisters.  It  is  hoped  that  it  will  serve  as  a  bond  of  union  for  the  edu- 
cated Indian  ladies  with  each  other  and  with  the  Europeans,  and  the  manifold 
activities  by  which  the  cause  of  Indian  women  is  being  furthered.  The 
number  before  us  contains  articles  on  "  Social  Intercourse  between  Euro- 
pean and  Indian  Ladies,"  "The  Vedic  Wife,"  giving  some  of  the  Indian 
ideals  of  womanhood  in  the  ancient  literature  of  the  country,  and  some  pretty 
Hindu  stories.  Social  reforms  are  made  prominent  in  an  article  on  Pun- 
dita  Ramabai  and  her  work  ;  and  practical  help  for  Indian  wives  and 
mothers  is  given  in  the  cookery  column,  where  there  are  recipes  for  sucii 
dislies  as  "  cocoanut  chutney"  and  "  brinjal  curry."  We  think  the  peri- 
odical promises  much  of  interest  to  the  friends  of  India  in  this  country,  and 
we  wish  it  might  have  a  large  circulation  here.  The  subscription  price  is 
$1.50  a  year,  which  should  be  sent  to  Indian  Ladies'  Magazifie^  Roya- 
pettah,  Madras. 

Among  Our  "The  touch  of  nature  which  makes  the  whole  world 

Methodist  Friends,  kin  "  is  shown  in  the  following  recently  received  com- 
munication : — 

"  The  following  resolution  was  adopted'  by  the  General  Executive  Com- 
mittee of  the  Woman's  Foreign  Missionary  Society,  Methodist  Episcopal 
Church,  at  its  recent  session  in  Philadelphia,  October  30th  to  November  6th, 
1 901.  Mrs.  J.  T.  Gracey,  Secretary. 

''''Resolved^  That  our  sincere  sympathy  is  hereby  extended  to  the  perplexed 
and  afflicted  great  American  Board  on  account  of  the  cruel  capture  and 
detention  of  their  devoted  missionary.  Miss  Ellen  M.  Stone,  by  the  brigands 
of  Bulgaria,  and  will  devouth*  and  constantly  pray  for  her  speedy  release." 

Many  thanks  to  our  Methodist  friends.  We  most  heartily  appreciate  their 
sympathy.  May  their  prayers  and  ours  soon  be  answered  in  the  release  of 
our  beloved  captives ! 


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TURKEY. 

OLD  CONSTANTINOPLE. 

BY  REV.   HENRY  O.   DWIGHT,  LL.D. 

One  of  the  striking  qualities  of  Constantinople  is  its  great  age.  In  year 
B.  C.  658,  when  graceless  Manasseh  sat  on  the  throne  of  Judah,  Byzantium 
began  to  rear  its  walls  upon  the  crest  and  northward  slopes  of  the  hill  at  the 
mouth  to  the  Golden  Horn.  Our  ancient  histories  are  largely  occupied  with 
the  tale  of  the  grinding  to  pieces  of  the  great  empires  of  the  East.  Babyloa 
breaks  the  power  of  Egypt ;  Persia  destroys  Babylon  ;  Greece  cripples  and 
Macedon  overthrows  Persia,  and  Rome  gathers  up  the  fragments  for  a 
purpose  which  it  hardly  recognized  as  we  can.  A  measure  of  the  age  of  the 
first  city  at  Constantinople  is  the  fact  that  the  chief  phases  of  all  these  strug- 
gles and  upheavals  and  falls  among  the  empires  were  contemporary  market 
gossip  in  Byzantium.  Even  then  it  was  cosmopolitan  in  population,  and 
lived  for  gain  from  the  needs  of  the  nations.  Changing  its  allegiance  from 
time  to  time,  through  shrewd  prevision  or  unwelcome  force,  it  became  a 
strategic  point  of  value,  now  to  Persian,  now  to  Greek  or  Macedonian,, 
now  to  Roinan.  Through  all  these  changes,  with  some  mishaps,  it  managed 
to  guard  well  its  existence,  and  to  thrive  and  grow. 

At  length  there  came  a  time  when  the  Roman  empire  was  divided  against 
itself.  By  this  time  believers  in  Jesus  Christ  had  filled  the  Roman  world 
with  his  message  of  a  new  way  of  life.  There  is  inspiration  in  the  history 
of  this  early  spread  of  the  gospel  under  the  protection  of  the  "peace  of 
Rome."  There  was  no  organization  to  carry  on  missions.  But  up  to  the 
seventh  century,  when  the  rise  of  the  sword  of  Islam  ended  missions  in  the 
Eastern  church,  we  everywhere  find  individuals  doing  great  things  on  their 
own  responsibility.  In  the  conquest  of  the  Roman  world  by  Christianity  we 
have  example  of  the  tremendous  power  of  the  individual  Christian  when 
moved  by  a  simple,  loving  heart. 

Constantine  learned  of  Christianity  in  what  is  now  France,  from  the 
spiritual  descendants  of  the  church  at  Smyrna.  What  he  learned  made  him 
deem  it  wise,  perhaps  from  reasons  of  state  alone,  to  champion  the  new 
*'way"  when  he  moved  against  Licinius  at  Byzantium.  With  the  cross  for 
his  standard,  he  whirled  across  Europe,  drove  Licinius  back  on  Byzantium,, 
and,  after  a  pause  to  catch  breath,  he  moved  on  the  city  and  defeated  him  in 
a  last  terrible  battle  on  the  other  side  of  the  Bosphorus,  not  five  miles  from 
the  point  now  occupied  at  Scutari  by  the  American  College  for  Girls.  After 
once  seeing  the  place  on  which  Licinius  had  relied  to  be  his  stronghold,  he 
quicklv  resolved  to  make  it  his  capital. 


ig02.']  OLD  CONSTANTINOPLE.  7 

Constantine  changed  the  name  of  Byzantium  to  New  Rome.  He  repah'ed 
its  finest  buildings,  and  embelHshed  its  streets  and  its  public  places.  Then 
he  added  to  the  ancient  city  a  space  of  open  country  five  times  as  large  as  its 


EGYPTFAX  OBELISK  AXD  STONE  PYRAISIID. 

former  area,  making  the  whole  secure  by  a  great  wall  that  extended  from  the 
sea  to  the  Golden  Horn.  Among  his  measures  intended  to  allure  inhabit- 
ants to  the  city,  he  diverted  to  Constantinople  the  wheat  tribute  of  Egypt, 
so  that  the  government  grain  ships  from  Alexandria  no  longer  went,  as  in 


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\^  January^ 


Paul's  time,  up  the  Italian  coast  to  Puteoli,  but  made  their  way  to  a  little 
harbor  on  the  Marmora  shore  of  Constantinople,  where  they  discharged  their 
cargoes  near  the  foot  of  the  hill  on  which  now  stands  the  Gedik  Pasha  Mis- 
sion House.  But  it  was  not  long  needful  to  use  inducements  to  draw  people 
to  that  magnificent  site.  Before  a  century  had  passed  by,  the  city  was  so 
packed  with  people  that  a  further  tract  of  open  land,  about  as  large  as  Con- 
stantine's  addition,  had  to  be  added  to  Constantinople,  and  inclosed  by  a  new 
set  of  walls.  These  walls  of  the  fifth  century  form  the  city  limits  on  the 
west  to  this  day.  After  a  thousand  years  of  existence,  Byzantium  had  ceased 
to  be  an  outpost  and  had  become  the  seat  of  power.  The  astonishing  way 
in  which  the  growth  of  the  city  justified  the  estimate  placed  upon  the  im- 
portance of  its  position  by  Constantine,  emphasizes  the  rare  powers  of  the 
founder  of  the  first  Christian  empire. 

This  change  in  rank  came  to  the  city  almost  i,6oo  years  ago.  One  natu- 
rally looks  eagerly  for  traces  of  the  work  of  the  great  emperor.  Within  the 
limits  of  old  Bj'zantium,  on  the  site  of  the  Hippodrome,  stands  an  Egyptian 
obelisk,  which  Constantine  probably  caused  to  be  brought  to  Constantinople, 
although  it  was  not  set  up  in  its  place  until  a  century  or  more  after  his  death. 
It  is  one  of  those  "pillars  of  the  House  of  the  Sun"  mentioned  by  Jeremiah 
when  he  was  trying  to  convince  the  Jews  that  Egypt  could  not  save  them 
from  Babylon.  Upon  its  rosy,  sculptured  sides  Joseph  must  often  have 
looked  when,  as  prime  minister  of  Egypt,  he  married  the  daughter  of  the 
priest  of  that  "  House  of  the  Sun  "  at  On. 

Near  the  obelisk  still  stands  the  pillar  of  the  Twining  Serpents,  which  Con- 
stantine brought  to  the  Hippodrome  from  Greece.  Moulded  from  the  armor 
of  the  Persian  soldiers,  who  had  crossed  half  a  continent  to  meet  their  fruit- 
less doom  at  Platea,  during  eight  hundred  years  the  pillar  of  the  Twining 
Serpents  served  the  temple  of  Apollo  at  Delphi.  For  more  than  fifteen 
hundred  years  it  has  stood  where  Constantine  put  it,  upon  the  Hippodrome 
of  Byzantium.  As  Professor  Van  Millingen  has  remarked,*  that  pillar 
stands  for  the  triumph  of  civilization  over  barbarism.  It  is  made  of  the 
very  substance  of  the  instrument  hurled  by  Persia  to  destroy  the  awakened 
soul  of  Greece.  Constantine  moved  it  to  its  new  j^lace  as  a  token  of  a  further 
triumphant  advance  of  civilization.  It  is  therefore  worthy  of  note  that  the 
first  act  of  the  conquering  Turk  on  taking  the  city,  in  1453,  was  to  smite 
and  break  that  column,  in  wanton  contempt  of  whatever  it  stood  for.  He 
would  have  assailed  it  only  the  more  eagerly  had  he  understood  its  history 
and  its  portent. 

In  laying  out  the  new  city,  Constantine  fixed  a  point  on  the  top  of  tlie 
second  hill,  just  outside  of  the  great  western  gate  of  the  old  city,  to  be  in  a 
*Byzantine  Consfatttz'nople,  p.  267. 


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special  sense  the  center  of  public  municipal  life  for  Constantinople — the  oval 
Forum  called  by  his  name.  In  the  center  of  the  Forum  he  set  up  a  lofty 
column,  made  of  the  superb  porphyry  chosen  by  the  emperors  of  the  East  as 
the  stone  peculiar  to  royal  abodes  and  royal  tombs.  When  he  set  up  the 
column,  it  is  said  that  the  emperor  solemnly  dedicated  to  Christ  the  city 
which  it  overlooks,  and,  while  the  empire  lasted,  each  New  Year's  Day  a 
solemn  ceremony  of  dedicating  the  city  anew  to  Jesus  Christ  was  held  at  the 
foot  of  this  column,  with  imperial  pomp  and  pageantry.  Tradition  says 
that  in  the  foundations  of  the  column  lie  buried  the  Palladium  of  Rome,  a 
portion  of  the  cross  of  Calvary,  and  a  magnificent  copy  of  the  New  Testa- 
ment. x\ll  traces  of  the  inclosure  of  the  Forum  have  disappeared.  But  the 
great  column  stands  there  yet,  its  base  buried  in  the  accumulated  dust  of  the 
centuries,  and  its  surface  cracked  and  seamed  and  blackened  by  the  flames 
of  countless  conflagrations,  and  its  substance  held  together  by  many  metal 
hoops.  Its  broken  head  towers  some  seventy  feet  above  the  careless  throngs 
in  the  great  street,  who  have  forgotten  how  often,  at  the  foot  of  "the  burnt 
column,"  this  city  has  been  reconsecrated  to  Jesus  Christ,  the  King  of  kings. 

Constantinople  rapidly  became  a  city  of  churches  after  Constantine  set  an 
example  in  church  building.  Out  of  a  hundred  or  more  which  are  known 
to  have  existed  before  the  Turkish  conquest,  one  or  two  only  are  still  in  the 
hands  of  the  Greek  church.  Some  twenty-five  others  of  these  ancient 
churches  are  still  to  be  seen  by  him  who  looks  for  them.  They  are  Turkish 
mosques.  St.  Sophia,  the  cathedral  founded  by  Constantine,  St.  Irene,  also 
founded  by  Constantine,  and  used  as  an  armory  by  the  Turks  for  four  hun- 
dred and  fifty  years,  and  the  monastery  of  the  meadows,  or  the  so-called 
"  Mosaic  Mosque,"  which  dates  from  the  fifth  century,  are  examples  of  these 
churches  known  to  all  travelers.  Fragments  and  ruins  of  others  of  the  old 
churches  have  been  built  into  walls  by  those  who  care  for  none  of  these  things, 
or  spring  to  light  when  excavations  are  made  for  new  buildings.  Some  of 
these  old  relics  speak  to-day  with  words  that  thrill  when  encountered  in 
unexpected  places.  Over  the  main  door  of  the  mosque  of  St.  Sophia  is  a 
brass  tablet,  which  the  Turks  have  seen  no  reason  to  remove.  Carved  on  it 
is  a  dove,  hovering  in  the  midst  of  rays  over  an  open  book.  On  the  page 
are  Greek  words  that  read  :  "I  am  the  door.  By  me  if  any  man  enter  in,  he 
shall  be  saved,  and  shall  go  in  and  out  and  find  pasture."  East  of  the  ter- 
races which  supported  the  Acropolis  of  old  Byzantium,  the  Turks  have  built 
into  the  sea  wall  of  the  citv  two  long  marble  slabs  bearing  a  Greek  inscrip- 
tion. One  of  these  pure  white  stones  is  upside  down,  and  the  two  are 
separated  by  twenty  or  thirty  feet.  But,  taken  together,  they  still  speak  for 
a  cliurch  of  the  misty  past:  "Open  to  me  the  gates  of  righteousness;  I 
will  enter  into  them,  and  I  will  give  thanks  unto  the  Lord." 


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\_Januaryy 


Such  mute  appeals  to  the  Christian  heart  are  the  words  of  the  kingdom  of 
Jesus  Christ,  and  they  give  all  children  of  the  kingdom  a  part  in  the  interests 
of  the  place  where  they  once  ruled.  Let  us  hope  and  pray — and  work — that 
as  a  result  of  our  missions  in  that  storied  city  the  old  churches  may  awake 
anew  to  that  glorious  service  for  Jesus,  the  honor  of  which  is  their  birth- 
right, and  to  the  pains  of  which  they  are  called  by  the  very  stones  of  the 
walls. 


THE  AMERICAN  COLLEGE  FOR  GIRLS  IN 
CONSTANTINOPLE. 

EXTRACTS  FROM  THE  PRESIDENT'S  REPORT  FOR  THE  YEAR. 

The  number  of  students  enrolled  was  one  hundred  and  fifty-six.  The 
number  of  resident  students  was  seventy-five.  The  class  that  was  graduated 
at  the  end  of  the  year  consisted  of  seven  members  :  two  Bulgarians,  two 
Armenians,  one  Turk,  one  Hungarian  and  one  English  girl.  Of  these,  one 
will  enter  the  University  of  Berne  to  study  medicine,  two  will  return  to  the 
college  for  graduate  work,  two  will  study  further  in  England  and  America, 
and  one  has  gone  to  a  school  in  the  interior  as  a  teacher. 

The  following  table  will  indicate  the  enrollment  of  the  students  by  nation- 
ality : — 

Armenians,  S3  ;  Bulgarians,  20;  Greeks,  21;  English,  10;  Israelites,  9  ; 
Turks,  12  ;  Germans,  2 ;  Italians,  i  ;  Hungarians,  4 ;  American,  i  ;  Austrian, 
I  ;  French,  i  ;  Persian,  i. 

The  following  shows  the  distribution  of  the  students  by  residence  : — 

Turkey  :  Aleppo,  i  ;  Aidin,  i  ;  Nicomedia,  2  ;  Trebizond,  5  ;  Constan- 
tinople, 118;  Mecca,  2;  Salonica,  1;  Adrianople,  i;  Sivas,  i.  Bulgaria, 
15  ;  Persia,  i  ;  Russia,  6  ;  England,  i  ;  Greece,  i. 

The  work  in  the  several  academic  departments  of  the  college  has  been 
carried  on  successfully  during  the  year.  The  absence  of  the  dean.  Miss 
Fensham,  was  greatly  felt  in  the  teaching  force  ;  but  with  that  exception  all 
the  required  work  outlined  in  the  Calendar  was  given,  the  departments  were 
well  conducted,  and  the  advance  in  scholarship  was  satisfactory.  The  higher 
elective  work — history  of  philosophy,  biology,  French  and  English  history, 
history  of  art,  chemistry  and  English  literature — was  especially  prominent 
during  the  year.  There  will  be  classes  prepared  to  do  advanced  work  in 
some  of  these  subjects  another  year. 

At  the  end  of  the  year  a  further  separation  was  planned  of  the  collegiate 
and  preparatory  departments.  The  reorganization  tends  toward  the  estab- 
lishment of  a  fully  equipped  high  school,  and  has  already  extended  to  a 


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practical  separation  of  the  preparatory  school  in  its  teaching  force  and  class 
arrangements.  Boys  are  also  tauglit  there,  especially  in  the  lower  classes, 
and  quite  a  number  of  children  from  the  ruling  nation  of  the  land  take 
advantage  of  tlie  opportunities  thus  offered.  Miss  Dunn,  who  is  in  charge 
of  this  school,  is  especially  fitted  to  draw  in  such  students,  through  her  inti- 
mate knowledge  of  the  country  and  its  needs. 

The  two  literary  societies  of  the  college  carried  on  their  work  as  usual ; 
Miss  Seager  was  the  president  of  the  P.  B.  T.  U.  and  Miss  Edib  was  pres- 
ident of  the  Theta  Alpha.  Both  these  societies  are  developing  as  perma- 
nent, independent  elements  of  our  college  life.  A  Century  Club  was  formed 
in  the  autumn,  which  meets  on  Friday  evenings  throughout  the  year,  to 
read  and  discuss  current  events.  Such  subjects  as  the  Transvaal  war, 
China  and  the  Powers,  and  the  United  States  in  Cuba  and  in  the  Philippines 
were  brought  up  to  date,  current  news  was  discussed,  and  the  forms  of 
government  of  the  leading  countries  in  Europe  and  of  the  United  States 
were  studied.  Two  of  the  teachers  kindly  gave  talks  on  the  Spanish- 
American  war  and  Egypt  under  the  Khedives.  In  the  spring  a  formal 
debate  was  held  on  the  Transvaal  war,  to  which  the  teachers  and  college 
students  were  invited. 

Religious  services  have  been  maintained  as  usual  in  the  college  through- 
out the  year.  The  Bible  classes  met  with  enthusiasm,  and  the  Christian 
Association  made  good  progress  in  its  work,  under  the  efficient  presidency 
of  Miss  Dayan.  The  Sunday  evening  services  were  carried  on  by  the 
Christian  Association  throughout  the  year,  and  were  often  conducted  by 
one  of  its  members.  The  students'  voluntary  pra3'er  meeting,  held  on  Sat- 
urday afternoon,  was  usually  well  attended.  It  was  through  personal  effort, 
however,  that  the  most  notable  results  of  influence  on  the  character  of  the 
students  were  attained.  There  was  great  improvement  during  the  year  in 
habits  of  self-control  and  standards  of  uprightness,  and,  in  general,  in  those 
qualities  which  it  is  the  purpose  of  the  college  to  develop.  The  money 
raised  for  benevolent  purposes  amounted  to  $79.30.  Divine  service  was 
conducted  in  the  chapel  every  Sunday  morning,  usually  by  members  of  the 
Advisory  Board  or  other  friends  of  the  college. 

The  prizes  which  have  been  given  for  several  years  past  for  the  best  work 
done  in  essay  writing  in  English,  by  Miss  Mary  Augusta  Mason,  were 
offered  again  this  year.  The  first  prize,  consisting  of  a  handsome  edition 
of  Shakespeare,  was  gained  by  Winifred  Baker,  the  second  by  Coralie  Dim- 
itoff',  the  third  by  Martha  Zieda.  The  subjects  written  on  were  Edgar  Poe, 
Abraham  Lincoln  and  Longfellow. 

The  baccalaureate  service  was  held  on  Sunday,  June  i6th.    The  gradu- 


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atin^  class  invited  Dr.  Washburn,  the  President  of  Robert  College,  to 
preach  the  sermon.  On  Wednesday,  June  19th,  the  exercises  of  com- 
mencement day  took  place.  The  commencement  address  was  given  by  Dr. 
Jerome  H.  Raymond,  Associate  Professor  of  Sociology  in  the  University  of 
Chicago,  on  the  subject  "  William  Morris  as  an  Idealist."  The  Hon.  John 
G.  Leishman,  ISlinister  Plenipotentiary  U.  S.  A.,  was  present  on  the  occa- 
sion, and  other  official,  diplomatic  and  religious  representatives.  The 
occasion  was  especially  marked  by  the  fact  that  one  member  of  the  gradu- 
ating class  was  a  Mohammedan  girl,  the  first  in  the  empire  to  receive  the 
degree  of  Bachelor  of  Arts.  Halide  Edib  is  already  recognized  by  her 
nation  as  a  writer,  as  she  has  for  some  time  written  constantly  for  the 
Turkish  press  of  the  city. 


THE  ALUMN.^  ASSOCIATION  OF  THE  AMERICAN 
COLLEGE  AT  CONSTANTINOPLE. 

BY  MISS  FLORENCE  A.  FENSHAM. 

The  test  of  an  educational  institution  is  found  in  the  men  or  women  it  fits 
for  the  practical  duties  of  life.  The  spirit  of  the  day  demands  that  the  in- 
telligence, judgment  and  discrimination  which  a  thorough  college  education 
is  assumed  to  develop  be  directed  toward  some  practical  need  of  society. 
This  is  true  everywhere,  but  especially  is  it  so  in  and  about  Constantinople, 
where  society  is  passing  through  a  period  of  rapid  transformation,  and  a 
mingling  of  Eastern  and  Western  culture  must  for  a  time  produce  something 
like  chaos.  European  ideas  are  apparent  everywhere  in  the  Levant, — wine 
drinking  among  the  Turks,  the  more  innocent  English  afternoon  tea,  Euro- 
pean dances  for  social  gatherings.  The  picturesque  costumes  of  the  Orient 
are  fast  disappearing,  until,  among  the  upper  classes  of  the  present  genera- 
tion, the  Turkish  fez  is  the  only  survival  of  Eastern  dress.  Houses  are  fur- 
nished in  European  fashion,  even  where  the  use  of  each  article  of  furnishing 
is  not  clearly  seen.  As  is  always  the  case  in  such  changes,  the  East  is  ab- 
sorbing that  which  is  pernicious  first,  and  in  many  cases  is  exchanging  the 
bread  of  a  good  old  social. custom  for  the  stone  of  a  European  vice. 

In  such  a  state  of  society  the  kind  of  young  women  which  the  American 
College  is  sending  into  the  homes  of  Turkey  is  of  great  importance,  for 
these  women  are  to  be  reformers,  in  the  noblest  sense.  Thev  must  under- 
stand their  respective  circles  of  society,  and  carefully  discriminate  between 
the  foreign  influence  which  makes  for  tlie  good  of  societv,  and  that  which 
will  do  it  harm.  A  controlled,  intelligent  judgment  is  of  prime  importance 
in  this  work.    But  more  than  this,  a  deep  religious  devotion,  the  simple 


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love  of  Christ,  appreciation  of  his  teaching  and  devotion  to  his  cause,  will 
give  unerring  directions  to  a  purpose  which  might  be  lost  among  the  prob- 
lems of  a  society  just  emerging  Irom  mediaeval  mists. 

To  learn,  then,  what  the  American  College  is  doing  for  the  women  of 
the  East,  we  must  take  a  glance  at  the  Alumnse  Association,  which  was 
formed  in  1S91  by  Miss  Caroline  Borden,  while  visiting  the  college  in 
Constantinople.  The  society  numbers  at  present  one  hundred  and  fifty 
members,  embracing  some  fifteen  nationalities,  and  its  representatives  are 
to  be  found  in  almost  every  country  of  Europe  and  in  many  States  of 
America.  As  a  society  the  association  has  been  full  of  energy.  Not  a  year 
has  passed  that  it  has  not  raised  money  for  some  need  ot  the  college.  Its 
resources  are  limited,  but  its  devotion  to  the  college  sincere.  In  the  college 
library  are  works,  the  gift  of  the  association  ;  the  walls  of  one  of  the  corridors 
are  lined  with  photographs  of  classic  works  of  art,  put  in  permanent  form 
under  glass  by  the  alumnie  ;  the  chemical  laboratory  has  here  and  there  an 
added  1)it  of  equipment.  Five  years  ago  the  members  of  the  society  gave  a 
concert  in  the  Pera,  and  raised  $700  as  a  nest  egg  for  a  college  endowment. 
Tw^o  months  ago  they  purchased  two  houses  in  Scutari,  adjoining  the  college 
property,  by  funds  which  they  had  collected,  and  furnished  and  equipped 
tliese  for  the  use  of  the  college.  Tliey  are  now  at  work  trying  to  raise 
money  for  a  third,  which  is  seriously  needed. 

A  chapter  of  the  AlumniE  Association  has  been  recently  formed  in  New 
York,  with  a  membership  of  nearly  twenty,  most  of  whom  live  in  and  near 
New  York.  The  president  is  Mrs.  M.  Chamalian  ;  the  vice  president.  Miss 
Rosa  Constantian  ;  and  the  secretary-treasurer,  Mrs.  Bedros  Kazanjian. 
This  chapter  aims  to  strengthen  the  association  in  Turkey  by  arousing  in- 
terest in  the  college  in  this  country,  also  to  keep  up  warm  interest  in  the 
college  by  occasional  social  gatherings.  There  is  also  an  associate  mem- 
bership in  this  country  of  between  twenty-five  and  thirty,  composed  of  those 
who  have  been  students  in  the  college,  but  who  did  not  complete  the  course. 
Monev  has  also  been  raised  to  provide  a  scholarship  in  the  college. 

So  much  for  the  society  as  an  organized  whole.  A  glance  at  its  indi- 
vidual members  is  no  less  suggestive.  One  half  of  the  members  have  been, 
or  are  at  present,  teachers  in  the  schools  of  Turkey,  Bulgaria,  Greece.  One 
is  in  Oorfa,  a  strong  and  eflicient  assistant  to  Miss  Shattuck  in  her  work. 
They  may  be  met  in  Marash,  Aintab,  Marsovan,  Erzroom,  Mardin,  Adaba- 
zar,  in  PhilippopoHs,  in  Athens,  in  Russia,  in  Egypt,  in  Italy,  England, 
France,  Switzerland,  Denmark.  One  brilliant  Armenian  girl  took  a  nurse's 
training  in  a  London  hospital,  came  back  to  her  own  country  to  work,  and 
has  achieved  unusual  success  as  a  trained  nurse  in  the  harems  of  the  nobility 


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in  Constantinople  and  Cairo.  An  Albanian,  the  only  one  of  that  nation- 
ality who  has  ever  been  in  the  college,  started  the  first  girls'  school  ever 
formed  among  her  people,  and  has  been  very  successful  as  a  pioneer.  In 
Batoum,  Russia,  another  has  made  a  large  place  for  herself  in  her  work  as 
private  teacher.  A  fine  Greek  girl  started  her  work  in  Athens  with  a 
determination  to  use  her  opportunities  as  teacher  of  the  young  for  Christ. 
Within  a  few  months  her  services  were  in  such  demand  that  she  could  not 
meet  the  calls,  and  this  in  view  of  the  fact  that  it  was  recognized  that  she 
had  a  carefully  defined  motive  of  training  her  pupils  from  the  standpoint  of 
Christian  teaching.  These  people  may  struggle  over  the  introduction  of  a 
modern  version  of  their  Bible,  but  there  are  not  many  parents  anywhere 
who  will  not  rejoice  to  have  their  children  taught  to  be  unselfish  and  loving 
and  self-controlled. 

One  graduate  student  is  at  present  studying  medicine  in  Chicago  in  the 
College  of  Physicians  and  Surgeons.  When  her  course  is  finished  she  does 
not  intend  to  remain  in  America,  but  is  full  of  earnest  purpose  to  go  back  to 
Turkey  and  work  among  the  women  of  her  people  in  the  relief  of  suffering. 

In  Adrianople  a  delicately  reared  Armenian  girl  after  leaving  college 
assumed  control  of  her  father's  silk  factorv,  interesting  herself  especially  in 
the  women  employees,  and  making  a  study  of  their  respective  conditions, 
the  wage  question,  etc.  Another  has  done  fine  executive  work  as  head  of 
the  Armenian  Relief  Fund  in  Varna,  which  is  under  a  committee  in  Great 
Britain.  Some  have  learned  typewriting  and  have  done  good  work  in  this 
line,  but  the  demand  for  such  work  is  confined  mostly  to  the  American 
institutions.  One  Armenian  graduate  was  a  valued  assistant  in  an  industrial 
work  in  Scutari,  and  is  at  present  studying  nursing  in  a  hospital  in  America. 
Another  is  making  her  preparation  for  work  of  the  same  kind.  One  can- 
not forget  the  noble  woman,  one  of  the  earliest  graduates  of  the  Constanti- 
nople Home,  who  is  matron  of  an  Orphanage  in  Brousa,  with  a  yearly 
stipend  of  ninety  dollars.  All  these  years  she  has  cherished  a  warm  love 
for  her  Alma  Mater.  At  the  first  sound  of  the  call  for  help  for  the  college 
came  a  gift  of  five  dollars  from  her.  One  can  almost  hear  the  Saviour's  rich 
benediction  on  this  spirit,  "  She  hath  cast  in  more  than  they  all."  The 
only  Danish  graduate  has  made  an  honored  record  for  herself  in  Copen- 
hagen, where  she  has  passed  her  examinations  as  a  professional  translator 
in  English,  French,  German,  Danish  and  Italian.  Oriental  people  have 
unusual  talent  in  writing  and  speaking,  and  one  of  the  most  useful  fields 
open  to  these  young  women  is  in  literary  work.  As  we  glance  over  the 
last  report  of  the  President  there  are  the  names  of  ten  graduates  who  have 
done  creditable  work  in  this  direction.    A  Mohammedan  graduate  has 


igo2.'] 


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translated  a  book  on  "  Home  Influence"  into  Turkish.  One  can  read  her 
motive  clearly  from  the  preface,  in  which  she  addresses  herself  to  the 
mothers  of  Turkey,  appealing  to  their  sense  of  responsibility  as  mothers  for 
the  character  of  the  home  life  and  the  training  of  their  children.  A  thousand 
copies  of  this  work  were  sent  into  the  interior  of  the  country,  and  the  young 
woman,  received  a  special  decoration  from  his  Majesty  Sultan  Hamid,  in 
recognition  of  her  work.  The  most  recent  recognition  of  the  college  has 
been  tendered  a  German  graduate,  who  was  received  in  the  University  of 
Berne  without  examination  and  with  warm  commendation  of  her  graduating 
thesis. 

In  this  record  of  the  different  lines  of  service  which  have  been  pursued 
by  the  graduates  of  the  college  nothing  has  as  yet  been  said  of  those  w-ho 
marry  and,  in  the  quiet  of  a  home  life  or  in  some  social  group,  are  forces 
for  uplifting  society.  In  the  present  day,  when  so  many  women  are  enter- 
ing upon  callings  hitherto  restricted  to  men,  there  is  a  tendency  to  overlook 
the  importance  of  a  woman's  influence  in  the  home.  Yet  this  tendency  is 
rapidly  being  counteracted  by  the  increasing  attention  given  to  sociological 
study,  and  to  this  science  the  home  always  be  the  unit  of  society.  The 
alumnae,  therefore,  who  are  living  out  their  lives  in  quiet  and  seclusion 
under  the  influence  of  a  new  consciousness  of  Christian  motherhood  are 
doing  no  less,  perhaps  more,  for  the  land  than  can  be  done  in  any  other 
way.  High  ideals  of  the  woman  as  home-maker,  as  wife,  as  mother,  as 
neighbor,  as  a  member  of  society,  cannot  fail  to  be  a  regenerating  force. 
The  children  who  come  up  under  that  mother's  hand  have  a  far  better 
chance  of  growing  into  strong  manhood  and  womanhood  than  those  of  their 
less  fortunate  neighbors.  Perhaps  now^iere  is  the  difficulty  of  sustaining  life 
on  a  high  plane  greater  than  in  the  home,  where,  in  the  narrow  circle, 
tradition  lays  its  heaviest  burdens  on  unwilling  shoulders.  Yet  in  inverse 
proportion  to  the  difficulties  is  the  power  which  this  influence  exerts.  Just 
here  the  most  careful  discrimination  and  judgment  are  called  for.  Many  of 
the  customs  of  the  Orient,  a  natural  outgrowth  of  the  national  life,  are  good. 
Many  a  lesson  has  the  West  to  learn  from  the  East  in  the  importance  of 
sound  health,  of  attention  to  hospitality  and  gracious  manner.  No  college 
graduate  honors  her  education  who  does  not  discern  the  good  and  hold  to 
it,  while  she  is  all  the  time  quietly  and  steadily  aiming  to  make  better  that 
which  is  injurious.  But  time  would  fail  to  tell  of  all  those  who  are  using 
their  native  power  of  mind  and  heart  for  some  practical  benefit  to  society. 
This  is,  to  the  graduates  of  the  college,  the  highest  expression  of  devotion 
to  Christ. 


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THE  YEAR  IN  GEDIK  PASHA,  CONSTANTINOPLE. 

BY  MRS.   ETTA  D.  MARDEN. 

The  work  in  Gedik  Pasha  for  1900  closed  June  29th.  From  the  school 
four  pupils,  having  completed  the  course  of  study,  were  given  certificates. 
One  of  these  pupils  entered  the  sub-freshman  class  of  Robert  College,  one 
entered  the  same  class  in  the  Girls'  College,  and  one  remains  with  us  as 
pupil  teacher. 

The  opening  of  the  work  in  the  autumn  was  delayed  a  week.  The  cele- 
bration of  the  Accession  Day  of  His  Majesty  prohibited  traveling,  and  thus 
the  teachers  were  hindered  from  returning  to  the  city. 

The  first  Sunday  there  was  a  good  attendance  at  the  Sunday  school,  both 
of  children  and  adults.  The  numbers  increased  throughout  the  year,  and, 
although  the  attendance  is  less  than  in  some  previous  years,  the  work  done 
is  more  satisfactory  and  the  pupils  of  a  better  class.  The  study  in  the  Life 
of  Christ  has  been  peculiarly  rich,  and  both  pupiis  and  teachers  enjoyed  the 
lessons  to  an  unusual  degree.  Both  the  general  prayer  meeting  and  the 
women's  meeting  are  well  attended.  Toward  the  latter  part  of  the  year 
an  unusual  number  of  young  men  came  into  meeting,  and  this  led  us  to 
continue  the  service  beyond  the  usual  date  of  closing.  In  the  women's 
meetings  a  growth  is  observed  in  the  readiness  of  the  women  to  lead  the 
meeting,  and  to  take  part  in  prayer.  These  two  meetings  are  conducted  in 
Turkish  and  Armenian,  the  two  languages  always  being  used  in  the  same 
meeting.    The  Greek  meetings  are  held  in  other  places. 

From  the  women's  class  several  women  have  become  sufficiently  pro- 
ficient to  read  the  Bible  by  themselves.  Others  are  still  struggling  with  the 
mysteries  of  A,  B,  C  in  their  ever-changing  and  never-ending  combinations. 
A  limited  number  of  women  from  the  city  and  from  Hasskeuy  have  been 
given  w^ork  as  a  means  to  earn  daily  bread,  and  about  a  thousand  dollars' 
worth  of  work  has  been  disposed  of*  for  them. 

The  coftee  house  still  holds  its  place  in  Koum-Kapou.  During  the  day 
from  fifty  to  eighty  men  come  in  to  talk,  read  and  study.  It  is  a  quiet  place, 
where  students  may  sit,  undisturbed  by  noise  and  brawls.  The  Greek 
evangelist,  Mr.  Demetrakopoulos,  is  present  nearly  every  evening,  reading 
and  talking  with  the  men.  He  also  conducts  a  prayer  meeting  there 
Tuesday  evening. 

In  the  day  school  nearly  two  hundred  pupils  have  been  enrolled,  the 
average  attendance  being  one  hundred  and  fifty-one.  The  work  done  can  be 
commended  for  the  earnest  and  faithful  service  on  the  part  of  the  teachers. 
The  course  of  study  is  continually  improving,  and  the  better  facilities  for 


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learning  English  attract  many  pupils.  The  Christian  Endeavor  Societies, 
Greek  and  Armenian,  hold  weekly  meetings.  They  have  frequent  mission- 
ary meetings,  and  the  earnestness  of  the  members  of  the  societies  is  practi- 
cally evinced  in  the  support  of  a  baby  girl  in  a  Rescue  Home  in  Foochow, 
China.  From  the  Sunday  school,  contributions  have  been  sent  to  China, 
and  to  the  Armenian  and  Greek  hospitals  in  this  city.  From  the  women's 
meetings  have  come  gifts  for  the  poor. 

A  report  can  only  give  a  hint  of  work,  especially  when  space  is  limited, 
but  such  is  an  outline  of  the  year's  history.  We  can  only  trust  that  He 
whose  wisdom  excels  ours,  and  whose  is  the  work,  will  fill  in  the  blanks, 
correct  the  mistakes,  and  reward  the  honest  efforts. 


INDIA. 

CELEBRATION  OF  MRS.  BISSELL'S  JUBILEE. 

(Translated  from  a  Marathi  paper  by  Mrs.  H.  J.  Bruce.) 
THE  JUBILEE  WEEK. 

At  Ahmednagar  last  month,  from  the  thirteenth  day  throughout  the  week 
following,  there  were  very  joyful  and  profitable  times.  Joy  was  written  on 
the  faces  of  all  the  Christians,  both  young  and  old.  They  were  all  occu- 
pied with  one  subject.  Inasmuch  as  the  Lord  has  allowed  our  respected 
Mrs.  Bissell  to  complete  fifty  years  of  service,  how  shall  we  express  our  joy.'' 
How  show  our  gratitude  to  God,  and  what  lessons  shall  we  learn  from  this 
occasion  ?  It  was  in  solving  these  questions  that  the  people  were  occupied  ; 
and  truly,  by  the  Lord's  favor,  the  opportunities  granted  in  connection  with 
this  jubilee  have  resulted  in  profit.  Those  who  witnessed  these  events,  on 
reading  this  account  will  be  obliged  to  say  what  the  Qiieen  of  Sheba  said 
when  she  saw  the  glory  of  Solomon.  Nevertheless,  it  is  desirable  that  those 
who  did  not  have  the  opportunity  to  witness  these  demonstrations  should 
have  some  little  idea  of  them. 

The  celebration  of  Mrs.  Bissell's  jubilee  commenced  on  the  evening  of  the 
twenty-third  of  August.  Here  and  there  were  those  who  were  very  busy  in 
writing  addresses  in  her  honor  and  in  getting  them  printed.  Others  were 
occupied  in  consideration  of  how  the  arrangements  for  this  celebration  should 
be  carried  out.  .Some  were  making  preparation  for  concerts  and  some  for 
speeches.  On  Friday  evening,  in  the  large  church,  there  was  a  meeting  for 
prayer  and  thanksgiving  that  the  Lord  had  kept  Mrs.  Bissell  so  long  in  Hin- 
dustan. The  lessons  to  be  learned  from  her  life  were  also  considered.  The 
occasion  was  a  solemn  one,  but  for  want  of  space  we  cannot  give  an  abstract 
of  all  the  addresses. 


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On  Saturday  evening  the  theological  students  held  another  meeting  for 
prayer.  After  rendering  thanksgiving  in  reference  to  Mrs.  Bissell,  the  prin- 
cipal object  was  to  learn  what  lessons  we  may  from  her  life.  On  account  of 
differences  in  circumstances,  experience  and  temperament,  we  cannot  in  all 
respects  copy  another  Christian  disciple,  and  it  would  not  be  best  if  we  could  ; 
but  we  may  profitably  consider  what  the  Lord  has  done  for  such  an  one ; 
what,  on  certain  occasions,  that  disciple  has  done,  and  how  he  has  become 
increasingly  useful.    By  so  doing  we  may  learn  better  what  is  our  duty. 

There  is  one  thing  we  may  learn  from  Mrs.  Bissell's  life.  It  is,  tliat  al- 
though it  belongs  to  the  Lord  to  determine  the  length  of  our  service,  yet  we 
often,  by  some  mistake,  cut  short  this  term  of  service.  By  not  attending 
properly  to  the  wants  of  the  body  we  waste  our  strength,  and  the  health 
becomes  impaired.  Then,  of  course,  our  term  of  service  is  shortened. 
Our  allotted  time  is  lessened  by  excessive  care,  by  eating  and  drinking  or  by 
working  irregularly,  and  in  other  such  ways. 

Whatever  effort  for  God  is  undertaken  should  be  continued  constantly, 
without  interruption,  as  long  as  the  Lord  supplies  the  strengtli,  and  thus 
more  good  will  be  accomplished. 

It  is  very  important  that  in  all  our  works  we  estimate  the  value  of  every- 
thing in  the  scales  of  eternity.  Unless  we  weigh  all  our  actions  in  this  man- 
ner, we  shall  not  understand  how  much  importance  to  attach  to  each,  or 
whether  we  should  spend  more  or  less  time  on  this  or  that.  Such  was  the 
rule  of  Paul.  This  is  very  important  to  mission  agents  in  regard  to  their 
time.  How  can  the  theological  students  store  up  these  instructions  for  the 
time  to  come  when  they  shall  have  entered  upon  their  pastoral  duties?  Sucli 
questions  were  considered  at  that  tiine. 

Then,  on  Sunday  evening.  Rev.  Dr.  Hume  conducted  the  meeting  in  the 
large  chapel,  and  referred  to  Mrs.  Bissell.  His  object  was  to  show  that  all 
those  virtues  and  works  which  we  admire  are  of  the  Lord,  and,  therefore, 
his  name  should  be  praised.  Then,  in  the  evening,  in  the  Church  of  the 
Lamb,  there  was  a  kirttan,  setting  forth  the  acts  of  Madam  Sahib's  life. 

On  Monday,  with  the  first  appearance  of  the  glorious  face  of  the  sun, 
some  tongas  (conveyances)  set  out  from  Nagar  in  a  northerly  direction,  and 
after  reaching  the  town  of  Jeur  they  camfe  to  a  halt,  because  there  was  to  be 
in  that  place  something  worth  seeing.  In  the  Jeur  district.  Madam  Sahib 
has  labored  many  years.  After  Dr.  Bissell's  death,  Mrs.  Bissell  worked 
that  district  with  much  pains,  and  the  Lord  has  given  to  her  "labors  a  good 
degree  of  fruit.  In  and  about  Jeur  there  is  a  good-sized  Christian  commu- 
nity, and  it  was  Madam  Sahib's  great  wish  that  a  house  of  worship  should  be 
built  for  them  ;  but,  on  account  of  the  want  of  means,  that  work  had  been 


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delayed.  In  some  way  or  other  (who  knows  how?)  Mrs.  Bissell's  wish 
became  known  to  some  of  the  people,  and  they  arranged  that  at  the  time  of 
her  jubilee  something  should  be  done  toward  this  building.  Subscription 
papers  were  passed  all  around,  when  some  of  the  people  gave  cash,  some 
promised  to  pay,  and  some  divided  up  the  house  into  parts.  One  said,  ''I 
will  give  the  cost  of  the  large  door."  Another  promised  to  give  the  price  of 
a  certain  window.  Others  promised  to  supply  certain  articles  of  furniture. 
Thus  about  three  hundred  rupees  were  raised,  and  one  man  became  re- 
sponsible for  designing  and  superintending  the  building.  Therefore,  on 
Monday,  the  26th,  Madam  Sahib  went  to  Jeur  to  dig  the  foundation  of  the 
building. 

A  good  many  people  from  the  neighboring  villages  had  gathered  together. 
After  devotional  exercises,  consisting  of  prayer  and  addresses.  Madam  Sahib 
took  the  spade  in  her  hands.  Those  hands,  which  had  done  the  Lord's  serv- 
ice for  three  quarters  of  a  century,  were  trembling, — perhaps  because  they 
were  tired  after  doing  so  much  work,  or  because  of  the  emotion  aroused  on 
the  completion  of  her  wish  in  regard  to  this  building.  She  struck  with  the 
spade,  and  thus  made  a  beginning  of  the  house  of  the  Lord.  Truly  this  was 
an  occasion  worth  seeing. 

Tuesday  was  the  principal  day  of  the  jubilee.  On  that  day  there  was  a 
great  display  of  flags,  etc.,  in  front  of  the  chapel.  While  going  along  the 
street  one  might  think  he  was  walking  in  a  garden.  At  half  past  nine  o'clock 
Mrs.  Bissell  was  conducted  into  the  chapel.  As  soon  as  Mrs.  Bissell's  feet 
touched  the  doorway  all  the  people  stood  up  to  do  her  honor,  and  they 
began  to  sing,  *'We  are  very  joyful,"  a  hymn  composed  by  Mrs.  Deborah 
Keskar.  After  Mrs.  Bissell  and  her  children  were  seated.  Rev.  Lawalyaram 
Salvi  conducted  devotions,  and  in  behalf  of  the  Nagar  church  a  written 
address  was  presented,  which  was  printed  in  gilt  letters.  Then  another 
address  was  given  in  behalf  of  the  Kolgaw  church.  A  third  address  was 
given  by  the  Christian  women  whom  Mrs.  Bissell  had  taught  and  prepared 
to  be  Bible  women.  Another  was  read  in  behalf  of  the  churches  in  the  Jeur 
district.  Still  another  was  read  in  behalf  of  the  Union,  and  these  all  were 
well  written.  Afterwards  garlands  of  flowers  were  received  from  different 
places,  and  hung  about  Mrs.  Bissell's  neck.  They  were  designed  in 
number  to  correspond  nearly  to  the  years  of  her  service.  Mrs.  Bissell 
returned  from  Jeur  to  Nagar,  where  she  was  drawn  to  the  dispensary.  A 
gfreat  many  people  in  Nagar  know  about  Mrs.  Bissell's  medicated  globules. 
Her  daughter  has  increased  the  work  begun  in  the  line  of  medicine,  and  has 
built  a  dispensarv.  The  people  at  this  place  had  taken  advantage  of  this 
opportunity,  and  a  good  many  native  ladies,  Hindu,  Parsee  and  Christians, 


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had  come  together.  Then  one  of  these  ladies  read  an  address,  and  there 
were  some  speeches.  One  said  that  there  were  more  patients  every  day  in 
the  dispensary  than  there  were  gathered  together  on  that  occasion.  This 
indicates  that  the  people  are  making  good  use  of  this  hospital.  Besides^ 
there  is  also  a  collection  of  people  around  Mrs.  Bissell's  door. 

Madam  Sahib  was  covered  with  garlands.  It  was  as  when  the  sun  is 
covered  with  its  own  glory  ;  so  in  whatever  place  there  were  those  who  had 
received  help  from  Mrs.  Bissell,  they  covered  her  with  their  grateful  gar- 
lands. Then  Dr.  Ballantine  made  a  spicy  address,  which  it  is  not  ijecessary 
to  write,  and  could  not  be  written. 

In  the  afternoon  the  Christian  Endeavor  Society  had  a  social  gathering, 
near  Mr.  Haig's  school,  in  the  spacious  grounds.  At  that  time  a  great 
many  young  people  made  a  display  of  different  kinds  of  gymnastic  exercises. 
These  games  were  continued  till  sunset.  The  Mission  High  School  students 
also  showed  great  skill  in  these  matters.  After  seeing  these  exercises  the 
people  went  out,  and  within  one  hour  again  assembled  in  tlie  large  church, 
where  a  sacred  concert  was  conducted  with  musical  instruments.  The  sub- 
ject was  Christian  Service.  It  is  useless  to  remark  what  a  crowd  there  is  at 
a  kirttan.    In  this  way  Tuesday  was  filled  with  the  joy  of  jubilee. 

On  the  second  day  the  missionaries  held  a  banquet  in  Mrs.  Bissell's 
honor.  On  Friday  the  members  of  the  theological  class  gave  a  pansupari 
— distribution  of  the  betel  nut,  folded  in  an  aromatic  leaf — equivalent  to 
afternoon  tea — for  Madam  Sahib. 

On  Saturday  evening  Mr.  Anandrow  Savgll  gave  a  tea,  when  there  was 
a  gathering  of  Hindus,  Parsees,  Mussulmans  and  Christians.  A  description 
of  that  occasion  will  come  naturally  In  a  description  of  the  rug  which  was 
presented  to  Mrs.  Bissell  at  that  time.  This  rug  was  very  beautifully  woven, 
and  in  the  center  was  an  embroidered  bulbul's  nest.  Near  to  this  nest,  on 
a  dry  branch,  a  bird  was  sitting,  singing.  This  picture  was  suggestive  of  the 
noted  singing  book  of  Mrs.  Bissell's,  called  Bulbul  in  the  dry  country  of 
Hindustan.  On  the  under  side  of  the  rug  were  the  words,  "  Presented  by 
the  children  of  Salubai."  Salubai  has  died,  but  her  children  remain,  and 
help  to  keep  up  the  relationship  between  her  and  Mrs.  Bissell. 

This  was  the  last  event  In  the  celebration  of  the  jubilee  week,  but  there 
will  not  be  an  end  of  the  jubilee.  The  Lord's  servants  who  do  God  service 
shall  shine  like  the  diamond  more  and  more.  The  more  the  diamond  is 
polished,  the  more  lustrous  it  becomes.  The  more  w^orn  is  the  Lord's  serv- 
ant in  his  work,  the  more  is  his  value  increased.  Whoever  can  estimate 
the  advanced  worth  of  this  the  Lord's  diamond,  by  the  friction  of  fifty 
years,  will  acquire  much  benefit  from  this  jubilee  celebration. 

Dnanodaga. 


PAGODA  BELLS.  OR  MEDICAL  WORK  IN  FOOCHOW. 

BY  DR.   KATE   C.  WOODHULL. 

Peace  Street  Hospital  for  Women  and  Children  is  near  the  White 
Pagoda,  which  looks  down  on  us  like  a  giant  sentinel.  This  pagoda  is  said 
to  be  over  900  years  old,  has  seven  stories  and  is  over  300  feet  high.  For 
many  years  it  had  been  in  a  dilaj^idated  condition,  the  plaster  on  the  outside 
crumbling,  the  idols  much  defaced,  and  the  stairs  inside  all  broken,  so  there 
was  no  safe  way  to  ascend,  to  get  the  fine  view. 

A  few  years  ago  some  zealous  Buddhist  priests  collected  money  to  repair 
it.  Among  other  repairs,  the  bells  on  the  corners  of  the  turrets,  absent  for 
many  years,  were  replaced.  When  the  wind  blows  hard  these  bells  all  join 
their  voices  in  a  melodious  chime.  In  the  fierce  gusts  of  a  typhoon  they  have 
a  shrill,  weird  sound.  Sometimes  a  breeze  strikes  only  one  side  of  the  pagoda, 
and  the  bells  tinkle  softly,  making  a  very  sweet  chime. 

Oh,  Christian  churches !  Where  are  your  heralds  to  proclaim  on  the 
mountain  tops  of  China  that  Christ  is  The  Way,  the  Truth,  and  the  Life"? 
Where  are  your  messengers  to  go  through  these  villages  and  hamlets  and 
tell  of  Him  who  said,  *'I  am  the  Light  of  the  world,"  "  He  that  followetli 
shall  not  walk  in  darkness  "  ? 

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Sometimes  when  we  listen  to  the  pagoda  bells  they  seem  to  us  like  voices 
bringing  messages  from  far  away.  One  day  the  voice  sounded  like  a  familiar 
anthem  and  it  ran  thus,  How  beautiful  upon  the  mountains  are  the  feet  of 
him  that  bringeth  glad  tidings,  that  publisheth  peace,  that  bringeth  good  tid- 
ings of  good,  that  publisheth  salvation."  "  How  shall  they  believe  in  him  of 
whom  they  have  not  heard?  And  how  shall  they  hear  without  a  preacher? 
And  how  shall  they  preach  except  they  be  sent?"  And  the  sweet  chime 
added,  "  And  how  shall  they  send  except  they  hear?" 

And  so,  dear  friends,  we  send  out  this  record  of  two  years'  work  for 
women  and  children,  that  you  may  know  a  little  of  what  we  are  doing,  and 
so  be  stimulated  in  your  work  and  prayers  for  this  dark  land  of  China. 

GRADUATION  OF  MEDICAL  CLASS. 

One  of  the  important  events  of  1899  ^^^^  graduation  of  our  class  of  four 
medical  students,  after  six  years  of  training. 

One  of  the  graduates  remained  in  the  Hospital  as  assistant.  Two  are 
engaged  in  private  practice  in  the  villages  where  they  live  with  their  hus- 
bands. One  has  charge  of  the  dispensary  in  Ing  Hok.  All  four  are  making 
good  use  of  their  medical  knowledge  and  bid  fair  to  be  increasingly  useful. 

We  have  a  new  class  of  four  students.  These,  with  the  assistant,  the 
hospital  evangelist  and  hospital  nurse,  make  a  good  native  working  force 
for  the  medical  work. 

INCREDULOUS  PATIENTS. 

The  physicians'  joy  when  able  to  give  relief  and  cure  their  patients  is  as 
great  on  mission  fields  as  in  the  home  lands.  We  often  think  of  what  John 
Brown,  a  famous  Scotch  physician,  said  in  a  popular  lecture:  "  When  you 
are  better  don't  forget  to  tell  your  doctor  so.  It  is  the  mantle  that  he  wraps 
about  him,  to  comfort  himself  withal."  But  we  here  often  have  the  sorrow 
of  having  to  say,  It  is  too  late,  we  cannot  heal  you."  The  Chinese  are  so 
unwilling  to  believe  this,  it  makes  it  harder  still.  A  woman  came  one  day 
who  was  blind  in  one  eye  and  the  other  inflamed.  She  was  much  excited 
and  very  eager  to  know  if  we  could  heal  her.  We  said,  "  It  is  a  great  pity  ; 
you  have  waited  too  long  before  coming  and  the  blind  eye  cannot  be  healed, 
but  you  can  come  into  the  Hospital  and  we  will  heal  the  other  eye."  In  a 
loud  voice  she  said,  They  told  me  you  were  very  skillful  and  could  heal 
blind  eyes."  We  explained  to  her  that  some  blind  eyes  could  be  healed,  but 
hers  was  not  the  kind  that  could  be  healed.  She  turned  to  another  patient 
and  said,  "They  told  me  she  could  heal  blind  eyes,"  in  a  tone  that  said  very 
plainly,  She  could  if  she  would."  People  here  believe  quite  generally  that 
yve  save  our  best  skill  for  a  few  of  our  favorites. 


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\jfanuary^ 


AN  INTERESTING  LITTLE  PATIENT. 

Early  one  beautiful  June  morning,  men  came  bringing  into  the  Hospital 
court  a  little  crib  covered  with  green  mosquito  netting,  and  looking  very 
neat  and  attractive.  Everything  about  it  showed  that  it  belonged  to  a  well- 
to-do  family.  The  occupant  was  a  feeble  child  very  sick  with  pneumonia, 
and  they  had  brought  it  through  the  street  in  this  way  that  it  might  come  as 
comfortably  as  possible.  The  uncle  of  the  child  came  witli  it.  He  said  his 
sister  had  come  from  a  long  distance  that  she  might  bring  the  child  to  the 
Hospital  to  be  healed.  Soon  the  grandmother  and  an  older  sister  of  the 
baby  came  to  take  care  of  it.  The  sister  was  a  very  pleasant  little  lady,  and 
it  was  very  interesting  to  see  how  tenderly  she  cared  for  the  little  one.  The 
mother  was  in  delicate  health,  but  she  spent  a  part  of  each  day  at  the 
Hospital,  going  to  her  brother's  at  night. 

Different  members  of  the  family  came  from  time  to  time,  and  one  day  the 
little  child's  uncle  came  into  the  ward  bringing  his  feeble  old  mother  on  his 
back  and  laid  her  on  the  bed.  She  said  she  wanted  to  come  once  and  see 
their  baby  in  the  foreign  Hospital.  She  rode  in  her  sedan  chair  to  the  Hos- 
pital door,  but  was  not  strong  enough  to  walk  up  the  steps  on  her  little  feet. 

Every  day  they  would  bring  something  new,  hoping  to  add  to  the  comfort 
of  the  little  sufferer,  as  the  weather  was  very  warm.  So  eagerly  did  they 
co-operate  with  us  in  our  fight  with  disease,  that  it  was  quite  an  inspiration. 

We  had  the  satisfaction  of  seeing  the  child  relieved  of  the  acute  disease 
from  which  it  was  suffering,  but  the  chronic  disease  with  which  it  had 
struggled  from  birth  proved  a  more  formidable  foe. 

They  remained  in  the  Hospital  until  we  liad  to  leave  for  the  mountain. 
They  seemed  very  grateful  for  what  we  were  able  to  do  for  them  and  listened 
attentively  to  the  gospel  teaching. 

One  day  a  patient  from  the  country  was  brought  in  on  a  litter.  Several 
members  of  the  family  came  with  her.  They  were  all  very  mucli  excited, 
and  tried  to  explain  to  us  how  very  ill  she  was;  that  only  cold  medicine 
agreed  with  her ;  that  if  she  ate  hot  medicine  it  made  her  much  worse. 
Would  the  doctor  teacher  be  very  careful  to  give  her  cold  medicine ;  if  she 
should  eat  hot  medicine  they  feared  she  could  not  get  well.  We  assured 
them  they  need  have  no  fear,  for  Western  medicine  was  not  divided  into  hot 
and  cold,  and  we  would  be  very  careful  to  give  just  the  right  medicine  that 
her  disease  required.  They  all  looked  very  incredulous  and  anxious  as  we 
proceeded  to  examine  the  patient, 


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[^January^ 


OBSTETRICAL  WORK. 

During  the  years  1899  and  1900,  of  which  this  report  is  a  record,  the 
obstetrical  work  has  been  mucii  the  same  as  in  former  years.  With  a  few 
exceptions  we  have  been  called  only  to  cases  requiring  surgical  interference. 
One  of  these  exceptions  was  in  an  officer's  family.  They  called  us  in  time, 
and  the  labor  proved  a  natural  one.  Afterwards  they  called  us  several 
times  for  slight  ailments  of  the  little  one,  which  were  promptly  relieved. 

This  family  showed  their  gratitude  by  the  presentation  of  a  tablet.  It  was 
a  case  where  kind  Nature  did  the  work,  and  the  physician  got  the  praise. 

(To  be  continued.) 


HELPS  FOR  LEADERS. 
HOW  TO  USE  "VIA  CHRISTI." 
BY  MRS.  C.  M.  LAMSON. 

Lesson  I. 

First,  go  over  our  text-book.  Via  Christie  especially  the  topics  and  lists 
at  the  end  of  the  chapters,  till  you  are  overwhelmed  with  a  sense  of  the 
riches  brought  to  your  hand.  Perhaps,  also,  there  will  be  a  feeling  that 
you  are  inadequate  to  so  great  a  task.  Doubtless  you  are  an  intelligent, 
well-informed  woman  ;  yet  few,  even  of  such,  would  care  to  take  an  exam- 
ination off-hand  on  all  these  subjects.  Then,  your  own  mind  being  in  a 
proper  frame  of  humility  and  hunger,  persuade  every  one  of  your  society 
that  you  possibly  can  to  buy  tlie  book  and  to  go  through  the  same  process. 
Outside  the  Bible  Society's  publication,  I  know  no  book  so  meaty,  so  good 
to  have  at  hand,  for  thirty  cents. 

If  you  are  within  reach  of  a  large  library,  have  a  consultation  with  the 
librarian,  showing  her  the  course  of  study  you  hope  to  follow.  She  will  be 
eager  to  help,  and,  doubtless,  will  reserve  for  the  use  of  your  club  what 
volumes  she  may  have  of  the  rich  bibliography  given  at  the  end  of  Via 
Christi.  Very  likely  she  will  put  them  on  some  table  where  they  are 
instantly  accessible  for  reference.  If  you  have  no  public  library,  consult 
your  pastor, — consult  him,  anyway, — and  he  may  have  books  that  he  can 
spare  for  a  little  while,  glad  to  know  that  they  are  of  use.  And  borrow  of 
every  one  that  you  can.  Many  a  useful  book  is  standing  idle  on  library 
shelves  that  would  gladly  be  loaned  to  help  any  good  work. 

In  planning  your  programme,  though  you  will  feel  crowded,  be  sure  to 
give  time  for  the  Word  and  for  prayer.  The  portion  of  Scripture  may  be 
brief  if  you  choose,  just  a  few  verses,  showing,  perhaps,  that  we,  too,  have 


igo2.'\ 


EXTRACTS  FROM  RECENT  LETTERS. 


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been  brought  out  of  darkness  into  His  marvelous  light,  as  the  heathen  must 
be,  but  never  hurried.  We  might  w^ell  join  in  singing  the  hymn  given  on 
page  26,  the  earliest  known  Christian  hymn,  which  fits  the  tune,  "  My 
Faith  Looks  Up  to  Thee."  Join,  also,  in  reading  together,  truly  praying, 
one  or  more  of  those  devout  prayers.  Five  minutes  would  be  well  spent  in 
swift  question  and  answer  on  the  text -book  matter, — a  sort  of  quiz  class. 
This  should  leave  half  an  hour  or  more  for  specially  prepared  topics.  You 
cannot  take  all  the  twelve,  but  you  must  consider  the  first, — that  awful 
picture  of  the  state  of  the  world  when  our  Saviour  came  ;  and  you  cannot 
pass  over  the  story  of  those  women  martyrs,  and  the  pathos  of  the  Cata- 
combs ;  nor  can  you  spare  the  thrill  of  courage  and  resolve  that  the  story 
of  the  persecutions  always  brings.  Some  musical  girl  will  be  glad  to  tell 
how  music  has  been  the  handmaid  of  the  gospel,  being  itself  transformed 
and  ennobled  thereby.  Some  one,  too,  who  revels  in  language  study  will 
like  to  investigate  for  you  the  early  translations  of  the  Scriptures,  and  so  on. 
Discourage  written  papers.  We  all  like  better  to  be  talked  to  than  to  be 
read  to.  Still,  each  must  work  in  her  own  way.  Probably  you  will  feel,  as 
does  our  little  club,  that  we  need  a  whole  afternoon  each  week  in  the  month. 


EXTRACTS  FROM  RECENT  LETTERS. 

FROM    MISS    ADELAIDE    DAUGHADAY,     SAPPORO,     HOKKAIDO,  JAPAN. 

No  doubt  you  have  already  read  of  the  great  revival  there  has  been  in 
Japan,  and  to  a  certain  extent  still  in  progress.  It  is  indeed  a  time  of  refresh- 
ment from  the  presence  of  the  Lord.  That  which  has  long  been  prayed 
and  worked  for  has  come,  and  sower  and  reaper  are  rejoicing  together  over 
the  bountiful  harvest.  During  the  dark  days  of  nearly  a  decade  ago,  when 
the  faith  of  many  waxed  cold,  and  some  of  the  most  gifted,  trusted  leaders 
went  astra}',  earnest  souls  began  to  pray,  "  O  Lord,  strengthen  the  things 
that  remain  and  are  ready  to  die  ;  "  and  now  a  flood  of  spiritual  life  is  sweep- 
ing over  the  parched  ground,  and  the  barren  places  are  blossoming  into 
new  life  and  beauty. 

The  close  of  the  nineteenth  century  was  a  time  of  earnest  w^aiting  upon 
God,  and  the  churches  seemed  to  enter  upon  the  new  century  with  a  more 
prayerful  spirit  and  a  deeper  sense  of  responsibility  than  they  had  ever 
shown  before.  A  Japanese  pastor  recently  said  in  his  sermon  :  Do  you  ask 
the  cause  of  this  revival  ?  I  answer,  '  Prayer,  prayer.' "  There  seems  to  have 
been  almost  entire  freedom  from  excitement  and  sensational  methods,  if  we 
except  the  long  procession  of  Christians  that  walked  the  streets  for  an  hour 


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\^January^ 


before  the  evening  meetings,  singing  hymns  and  distributing  printed  notices 
of  the  daily  services.  But  even  this  was  done  so  seriously  and  reverently 
that  the  word  "  sensational"  can  scarcely  apply  to  it.  In  a  country  where 
noisy  Buddhist  processions  fire  so  common  it  seems  quite  appropriate  that 
Christians  of  all  ranks  should  bear  testimony  in  this  public  but  orderly  way. 
One  day  in  Tokyo  in  July  last  I  unexpectedly  got  into  one  of  the  former. 
It  was  at  the  time  of  a  heathen  festival,  and  throngs  of  half-intoxicated  men, 
and  here  and  there  women,  also,  were  drawing  idol  cars  through  the  streets, 
all  yelling  wildly.  Even  little  children,  in  imitation  of  tlieir  elders,  were 
pulling  empty  sake  tubs  by  ropes,  and  bringing  up  the  rear  of  the  noisy 
crowd.  I  was  riding,  and  my  jinrikisha  man  wheeled  aside  well  out  of 
the  throng  to  let  it  go  by.  When  all  had  passed  it  seemed  as  if  a  sweet 
silence  settled  down  upon  the  streets  that  had  been  the  scene  of  tumultuous 
excitement.  A  few  minutes  later  from  another  side  came  a  long  procession 
of  men  and  boys,  headed  by  a  missionary  gentleman,  walking  two  by  two, 
singing  in  a  quiet,  reverent  manner  a  gospel  hymn.  Their  gentlemanly 
bearing  was  in  such  sharp  contrast  to  that  of  the  Buddhist  believers  that  it 
seemed  to  me  all  the  people  along  that  great  thoroughfare  must  have  been 
impressed  by  it  as  well  as  myself. 

There  are  now  in  our  churches  many  hundreds  of  new  Christians  and 
thousands  of  inquirers.  Of  course  a  great  amount  of  personal  instruction  is 
needed  for  these  "  babes  in  Christ."  It  is  with  feelings  of  solemn  thankfulness 
that  we  take  up  this  additional  work. 

FROM  MRS.  CHARLOTTE   E.  HUME,  BOMBAY. 

Our  school  was  increased  last  year  by  the  addition  of  another  three 
hundred  and  more  famine  children.  One  dark  day  as  many  as  fifty-five 
boys  and  about  twenty  girls  were  brought  to  me  at  once  from  two  of  the 
famine  camps.  You  have  heard  how  a  wealthy  Parsee  gentleman  has 
loaned  us  free  of  rent  a  very  large  house,  where  over  three  hundred  boys  and 
young  men  have  their  home.  Nearly  forty  of  these  boys  now  go  regularly 
to  the  '*Reay"  Art  Work  shops,  where  they  are  being  taught  stone-cutting 
as  masons,  stone  carving,  wood  carving,  mural  decorations,  designing  and 
cutting  of  stencils,  and  pottery.  All  are  taught  to  draw,  as  an  essential  to 
these  trades.  In  the  evening  one  of  our  older  boys  holds  a  night  school  for 
them,  that  they  may  have  Bible  study  and  continue  to  learn  to  read  and  to 
write.  On  their  own  premises  the  boys  clean  cocoanut  fiber,  are  taught 
gardening  (vegetable),  poultry  raising  and  carpentry  out  of  school  hours. 
The  carpenters  work  and  study  one  half  day  each.  All  these  must  be  sup- 
ported.   Last  year,  through  the  Congregationalist  Famine  Fund  and  th^ 


ig02.']  FROM  OUR  BRANCHES.  .  '  2d 

American  Indian  Relief  Committee,  we  were  enabled  to  feed  and  clothe 
these  boys  and  the  over  two  hundred  famine  girls.  Our  school  now  num- 
bers quite  six  hundred  and  twenty-six  boarders.  But  those  funds  have  all 
ceased.  Until  the  children  have  learned  their  trades  they  must  be  supported. 
Even  now  there  are  in  Western  India  alone  six  hundred  thousand  on  famine 
relief  works.  Prices  continue  very  high,  and  in  Gujerab  anotiier  famine  is 
impending.  In  Northern  India  and  the  Central  Provinces,  where  the  crops 
seemed  to  promise  fair,  locusts  have  laid  them  nearly  bare.  We  are  having 
good  rains.    To-day  there  is  a  fearful  storm. 

The  religious  condition  of  our  school  was  never  more  earnest.  Over  fifty 
were  received  into  the  church  last  year.  Some  of  my  new  famine  girls  have 
developed  lovely  consecrated  characters.  Our  gold  and  silver  industry, 
added  to  all  kinds  of  needlework,  prospers. 

FROM 'MISS  HELEN  I.  ROOT,  OODOOVILLE,  CEYLON. 

We  have  had  a  most  enjoyable  time  during  the  visit  of  Mr.  Hatch,  the 
Christian  Endeavor  Secretary.  Mrs.  Brown  arranged  a  fine  rally — the  very 
first  Christian  Endeavor  Convention  in  North  Ceylon.  It  was  held  at 
Atchuvaly,  and  about  thirty  of  the  Udupitty  girls,  with  fifty  from  Udu- 
ville,  and  some  from  Manepy  and  Nunavil,  made  an  enthusiastic  company. 
The  occasion  was  the  organization  of  a  new  society  of  eight  Christian  girls 
in  Atchuvaly,  and  the  whole  event  was  most  cheering.  It  was  specially 
pleasant  to  see  the  girls  themselves  take  such  an  active  part  in  the  exercises, 
leading  the  meetings  and  taking  part  with  great  enjoyment.  On  the  last 
morning  of  Mr.  Hatch's  stay  we  had  at  Oodooville  what  we  called  a  local 
convention.  All  the  young  people's  Christian  organizations  were  invited, 
and  all  together  their  delegations,  with  our  girls  and  the  few  older  Christians 
who  came,  made  an  inspiring  audience  of  more  than  five  hundred.  Secre- 
tary Hatch  gave  one  of  the  best  of  his  finely  simple  addresses,  and  it  seemed 
as  if  everybody  must  have  been  greatly  helped. 


#w;r  Wioxh  at  Momt 


FROM  OUR  BRANCHES. 

The  home  work  of  the  Board  and  the  work  of  the  Branches  are  identical., 
and  we  are  glad  to  lay  before  our  readers  very  briefly  the  condition  and 
special  features  of  these  organizations,  and  suggestive  hints  taken  from  the 
reports  given  at  the  annual  meeting  of  the  Board  in  Pittsfield. 


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LIFE  AND  LIGHT. 


\_January^ 


The  Philadelphia  Branch  has  contuiued  with  success  the  plan  inaugu- 
rated last  year  of  sending  to  each  auilixary  printed  cards  containing  the  list  of 
the  pledged  work  of  the  Branch.  With  these  was  the  statement,  Your  con- 
tribution last  year  amounted  to  so  much  ;  and  the  question,  For  the  coming 
year  can  you  not  make  it  so  much?  naming  a  reasonable  advance.  In  most 
instances  great  effort  was  made  to  reach  the  sum  mentioned.  One  new  aux- 
iliary has  been  formed,  a  missionary  loan  library  has  been  started,  and  the 
auxiliaries  are  taking  up  the  topics  recommended  for  the  united  study  of 
missions.  A  loan  exhibition  of  missionary  curiosities  was  a  feature  of  a 
Branch  meeting. 

In  New  Haven  Branch  the  "  determined  effort "  to  establish  an  organization 
in  every  church  in  its  territory  has  resulted  in  the  formation  of  eleven  new 
auxiliaries  and  fifteen  mission  circles.  An  important  item  has  been  the 
preparation  by  Miss  E.  M.  Prichard,  vice  president,  of  an  index  of  all  the 
numbers  of  Life  and  Light  from  the  beginning.  The  articles  are  so  classi- 
fied and  arranged  that  any  item  of  information  desired  may  be  found  at  a 
glance. 

The  officers  of  Vermont  Branch  have  made  a  vigorous  and  successful 
effort  to  reach  every  auxiliary  in  the  State,  and  to  learn  its  condition.  Many 
interesting  items  have  come  to  their  notice.  For  instance,  the  case  of  a  little 
village  fourteen  miles  from  the  railroad,  in  which  there  are  two  women 
especially  interested  in  foreign  missions.  One  lives  six  miles  from  Ghurch, 
and  the  other  two  miles  in  the  opposite  direction.  The  latter,  though  an 
invalid,  manages  to  hold  an  occasional  meeting,  and  always  reads  the  mis- 
sionary letters  and  prays  for  the  work.  Many  tributes  of  gratitude  and  love 
have  been  paid  to  their  beloved  honorary  president.  In  her  own  words  in 
memory  of  the  founder  of  the  Branch  :  "  We  are  richer  and  stronger  to-day 
because  we  had  her  ;  we  are  poorer  to-day  because  we  have  her  not ;  we 
walk  in  the  light  of  sainted  souls,  and  it  were  well  for  us  to  keep  Founder's 
Day  as  one  by  one  these  godly  pioneers  go  out  from  us  to  higher  service." 

Rhode  Island  Branch  reports'*  quickened  interest  and  greater  zeal."  The 
secretary  for  literature  has  established  a  small  circulating  library  of  new 
books,  which  she  sends  to  auxiliaries  in  rotation.  Several  auxiliaries  are  ac- 
cumulating libraries  of  their  own,  and  the  Branch  has  placed  a  complete  file 
of  the  Missionary  Herald  and  Life  and  Light  in  the  Providence  Public 
Library.  Four  new  junior  auxiliaries,  one  mission  circle  and  five  cradle 
rolls  have  been  organized  the  past  year.  A  few  months  ago  an  appeal 
was  sent  to  all  Sunday  schools  which  offered  definite  work  to  the  primary 
and  intermediate  departments,  promising  information  concerning  it.  Sev- 
enteen schools,  nearly  half  the  number  in  the  State,  have  pledged  contribu- 
tions. 

Western  Maine  Branch  has  a  hopeful  outlook,  and  is  steadfastly  holding 
to  the  things  that  are,  reporting  no  new  organizations  the  past  year.  The 
adoption  of  a  new  missionary.  Miss  Florence  Hartt,  now  laboring  in  the 
heart  of  the  famine  district  in  Ahmednagar,  India,  has  brought  much  interest 
to  the  Branch. 

Four  senior  auxiliaries  and  three  junior  societies  have  been  added  to 
Eastern  Maine  Branch  the  past  year,  and  the  officers  are  hopeful  for  the 


igo2.'] 


FROM  OUR  BRANCHES. 


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coming  year.  The  division  of  the  State  into  two  Branches  is  having  benefi- 
cial results. 

The  number  of  organizations  in  JVew  Hampshire  Branch  remains  the 
same  as  last  year,  but  some  of  the  auxiliaries  have  materially  increased  in 
membership.  A  large  legacy  from  one  of  its  members  has  proved  a  very- 
great  blessing  to  the  Board. 

Springfield  Branch  has  suffered  loss  the  last  year  in  the  death  of  seven- 
teen of  its  prominent  members,  including  its  first  president  and  first  vice 
president.  The  death  of  one  of  its  most  active  vice  presidents,  Mrs.  L.  R. 
Norton,  has  brought  great  grief  to  the  other  officers.  One  new^  auxiliary 
and  one  new  mission  circle  have  been  added,  and  the  number  of  contributing 
Christian  Endeavor  Societies  has  more  than  doubled.  A  new  plan  has  been 
tried, — that  of  dividing  all  the  churches  in  the  territory  of  the  Branch, 
whether  they  have  auxiliaries  or  not,  into  groups  of  three  or  four,  who  should 
hold  one  meeting  together  during  the  year.  Of  thirteen  such  groups,  eleven 
have  held  meetings,  and  the  other  two  hope  to  do  so.  The  attendance 
varied  ;  but  rain  or  shine,  many  or  few,  the  goodly  fellowship  of  the  work 
was  apparent,  and  the  solidarity  of  the  Branch  was  strengthened. 

Hartford  Branch  reports  increasing  interest  in  missions  in  young 
people's  societies, — one  new  junior  auxiliary  and  two  cradle  rolls  having  been 
organized.  Strong  impulse  and  stimulus  were  received  from  the  meeting  of 
the  American  Board  in  Hartford  In  October.  The  Branch  mourns  the 
loss  of  a  beloved  missionary.  Miss  Catherine  H.  Barbour,  who  in  Septem- 
ber "entered  through  the  gates  into  the  city,  where  *His  servants  do  him 
service.' " 

Although  no  new  auxiliaries  are  reported  in  Eastern  Connecticut 
Branchy  there  has  been  an  increase  in  missionary  interest,  shown  in  the 
formation  of  study  classes,  and  in  special  efforts  among  children.  In  ad- 
dition to  the  circulation  of  missionary  letters,  a  Branch  bulletin,  containing 
short  items  of  general  interest,  has  been  sent  frequently  to  each  auxiliary. 

New  Tork  State  Branch  has  passed  its  twenty-fifth  milestone  during  the 
year,  and  the  event  was  celebrated  by  a  most  interesting  programme  at  the 
annual  meeting,  and  an  offering  of  $905.87.  An  effort  is  to  be  made  to 
secure  the  co-operation  of  the  pastors  of  a  large  number  of  the  churches  in 
which  there  is  no  Branch  organization.  Seven  hundred  and  thirty  copies  of 
Life  and  Light  are  taken,  and  the  home  secretary  has  written  a  personal 
letter,  accompanied  by  a  sample  copy,  to  all  auxiliaries  where  none  were 
taken. 

''Chips"  from  Worcester  County  Branch  gave  interesting  items  from 
auxiliary  reports.  ''An  effort  of  years"  has  at  last  resulted  in  the  formation 
of  a  new  auxiliary.  "All  newcomers  in  our  church  are  called  upon,  and 
invited  to  become  members  of  our  missionary  society."  "  In  a  manufacturing 
village  a  lady  invites  personally  every  Protestant  to  two  meetings  in  the 
year  held  at  her  house."  "In  one  small  church  thirty-eight  women  of  vary- 
ing ages  have  agreed  to  give  talks  or  papers  at  the  missionary  meetings." 
"A  minister's  wife  has  the  school-children  come  to  her  house  every  Tues- 
day at  noon  for  a  short  missionary  meeting  between  the  school  sessions." 

Franklin  County  Branch  has  completed  twenty-five  years  of  work,  and 


3^ 


LIFE  ANt)  LIGHT. 


\_January^ 


celebrated  the  event  by  a  most  interesting  programme  and  a  silver  offering. 
The  total  amount  sent  to  the  Board  for  the  year  is  the  largest  ever  raised  by 
the  Branch.  "Last  year  we  reported  that  we  had  '  done  what  we  could,' 
but  evidently  we  were  mistaken.  We  have  found  that  we  could  do  better, 
even  though  our  constituency  is  in  no  wise  changed,  and  we  are  unable  to 
report  any  new  organizations." 

Hampshire  County  Branch  reports  no  new  auxiliaries,  because  already 
there  is  some  foreign  work  in  every  village.  Even  in  the  struggling  home 
missionary  churches  there  is  a  pathetic  effort  to  send  a  few  dollars  every 
year, — pathetic  because  of  the  sacrifice  it  means.  Some  of  these  societies 
are  among  those  most  eager  to  take  up  the  united  mission  study.  Work 
*    among  young  people  is  most  encouraging  in  this  Branch. 

In  Norfolk  a7id  Pilgrim  Branch  the  year  has  been  most  successful.  The 
contributions  have  been  larger  than  for  the  seven  years  past,  and  the  largest 
in  any  year  except  two  in  the  history  of  the  Branch.  There  has  also  been  a 
gain  of  one  auxiliary  and  two  mission  circles.  "  We  cannot  but  feel  tliat  our 
life  as  a  Branch  is  very  interesting  ;  that  we  are  doing  good  work,  and 
expect  to  do  better,  and  that  the  future  has  golden  possibilities  for  us. 

Andover  and  Wobiirn  Branch  has  gained  one  new  auxiliary,  two  cradle 
rolls,  and  one  hundred  dollars  in  receipts,  and  has  doubled  the  number  of 
contributing  Christian  Endeavor  Societies  and  the  number  of  auxiliaries 
taking  Life  and  Light. 

Berkshire  Branch  has  met  all  its  pledges,  given  its  quota  to  the  general 
fund  of  the  Board,  and  is  the  richer  by  one  cradle  roll.  Through  the  gener- 
osity of  one  of  its  former  officers,  the  support  of  a  new  missionary  has  been 
assumed.  This  Branch  mourns  the  loss  of  its  honorary  president,  Mrs.  E. 
J.  Giddings.  "To  have  had  Mrs.  Giddings  as  active  president  for  eleven 
years,  and  as  devoted  friend  and  counselor  for  six  years  more  ;  to  have  felt 
her  religious  fervor,  her  unflagging  zeal  and  personal  charm  ;  and  now  to 
have  ownership  in  her  as  one  of  our  heavenly  treasures, — what  greater 
honor,  what  greater  loss,  has  ever  come  to  the  Berkshire  Branch." 

The  special  features  in  Middlesex  Branch  are  a  greater  desire  for  informa- 
tion, interesting  study  classes,  and  a  large  circulation  of  Life  and  Light. 
"There  has  been  an  ever-deepening  interest,  and  a  conviction  that  every 
Christian  must  love  and  work  for  missions  if  she  believes  God's  promises." 

The  junior  work  in  Essex  South  Branch  has  never  been  more  promising 
than  now.  A  new  junior  auxiliary,  a  mission  circle  and  two  cradle  rolls 
have  been  formed  the  past  year.  The  friendly  relations  between  neighbor- 
ing auxiliaries,  the  strong  helping  the  weak  ones,  and  the  intelligent  and 
careful  preparation  for  monthly  meetings,  and  increased  study,  are  the 
noticeable  features  of  the  year. 

Suffolk  Branch  reports  a  successful  vear  in  its  auxiliaries,  with  increased 
membership  and  contributions. 

In  Essex  North  Branch  the  special  advance  has  been  in  junior  work, — 
a  larger  increase  in  membership  and  contributions  in  junior  auxiliaries  and 
mission  circles. 

In  Old  Colo7iy  Bra^tch  tliere  has  been  a  "decided  revival  of  interest" 
among  young  people,  with  two  new  mission  circles  formed.    This  Branch 


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rejoices  in  the  presence  in  its  meetings  of  its  own  missionary,  Miss  Harriet 
L.  Cole,  of  Monastir,  now  at  home  on  furlough. 

North  Middlesex  Branch  is  alive  and  holding  its  own,  in  spite  of  fluctu- 
ations occasioned  by  death,  illness,  loss  of  pastors,  and  change  of  residence 
among  prominent  workers.  The  growing  interest  and  warmth  of  feeling 
in  auxiliaries  is  made  evident  in  the  many  ways  in  which  they  enlarge  and 
brighten  their  work. 


OUR  BOOK  TABLE. 

A  Memoir  of  Edward  Steer e^  D.D.^  LL.D.^  Third  Missionary 
Bishop  in  Central  Africa,  By  Rev.  R.  M.  Heanley,  M.A.  Published 
by  George  Bell  &  Sons,  London.    Pp.  446. 

Bishop  Steere  was  the  third  representative  of  the  Universities'  Mission  to 
Central  Africa.  Cambridge  sent  the  first,  Oxford  the  second,  and  the 
University  of  London  the  subject  of  this  memoir.  There  is  a  passage  in  a 
sermon  of  Bishop  Steere's  which  his  associates  testify  as  the  rule  of  his  own 
life  :  For  the  body,  seek  health  and  strength,  rather  than  ease  or  pleasure. 
For  the  mind,  try  after  sound  knowledge  ;  cultivate  the  memory  ;  keep  open 
the  eyes  and  ears  for  better  information  ;  be  patient  and  persevering  in  all 
your  pursuits.  Guard  your  character  in  your  own  eyes  rather  than  in  other 
men's.  Be  sincerely  good,  and  never  try  to  seem  better  than  you  are,  or 
seem  to  consent  to  what  you  cannot  really  approve." 

In  the  appendix  are  letters  of  Bishop  Steere's  on  such  subjects  as  Mar- 
riages among  Natives  in  the  Mission,"  "Marriages  of  Native  Christians 
with  Heathen  Women,"  "  A  Pastoral  on  Polygamy,"  and  other  vexed  ques- 
tions, which  reveal  so  much  practical  and  sanctified  common  sense  that 
they  might  well  be  studied  by  young  missionaries  who  are  perplexed  by 
these  problems. 

Missionary  Readings  for  Missionary  Programmes.  Compiled  and 
arranged  by  Belle  M.  Brain.  Published  by 'Fleming  H.  Revell  Co.  Price, 
60  cents. 

The  compiler's  Foreword  "  gives  the  raison  d'etre  of  this  little  volume  : 
"  The  twenty-five  readings  herewith  given  cover  a  wide  range  of  topics,  in- 
cluding tragedy  and  comedy,  pathos  and  humor.  Not  all  of  them  are  suitable 
for  use  on  the  Lord's  day  ;  some  are  only  appropriate  for  the  social  mission- 
ary hour.  All,  however,  have  their  mission,  being  profitable  for  inspiration, 
instruction,  or  entertainment." 

The  Redemption  of  Africa:  A  Story  of  Civilizatio7i.  By  Frederic 
Perry  Noble,  Secretary  of  the  Chicago  Congress  on  Africa,  1893.  In  two 
volumes.    Published  by  Fleming  H.  Revell  Co.    Pp.  856. 

The  author  of  this  stately  and  scholarly  work  is  the  son  of  Rev.  F.  A. 
Noble,  D.D.,  of  Chicago,  and  Lucy  Perry  Noble,  both  of.  them  profoundly 
interested  in  missions.  The  book  is  dedicated,  "  To  my  father,  in  thankful- 
ness for  a  friendship  enriching  life  beyond  measure,  and  in  reverence  for  the 
fatherhood  that  has  been  a  human  interpreter  of  Divine  Fatherhood."  This 
book  will  be  tlie  authoritative  classic  on  Africa  for  many  years.  It  is  en- 
riched with  bibliography,  illustrations,  maps,  statistical  tables  and  a  copious 


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index.  The  gifted  author  has  the  painstaking  spirit  of  an  investigator,  and 
also  the  literary  skill  of  one  v^ho  has  read  w^idely  in  many  fields.  His  apt 
mottoes  show  this.  Even  the  prefatory  note  begins  with  Emerson's  criticism, 
''Our  books  are  false  by  being  fragmentary;"  and  Milton's  ''Mouse-hunt 
and  Ferret  of  an  Index  "  prefixes  that  part  of  the  book.  The  beginning 
of  each  chapter  is  thus  illumined,  and  one  also  feels  grateful  for  the  prefac- 
ing of  the  chapters  with  the  strategic  points  to  be  found  therein.  By  way 
of'^apology  for  the  size  of  this  work,  the  author  says  :  "  Cyclopedic  informa- 
tion about  African  Missions  is  only  less  indispensable  than  a  statesman's 
year-book.  Africa  is  the  most  interesting  of  continents.  It  is  equivalent 
to  six  continents.  It  is  a  world  in  itself."  Mr.  Noble  skips  nothing.  He 
treats  of  Roman  Catholic  Missions  as  well  as  those  of  the  various  evan- 
gelical denominations.  And  he  begins  with  Abraham,  the  first  book 
stretching  from  B.  C.  2080  to  A.  D.  1520. 

An  entire  chapter  is  given  to  "  Women's  Work  for  African  Women," 
and  Mr.  Noble  writes  like  one  who  has  been  familiar  with  this  form  of 
work  from  his  childhood.  He  utters  this  daring  propliecy  :  "  Female  agency 
is  now  so  independent,  so  large,  so  vital  a  factor  in  Christianizing  and  civil- 
izing African  peoples,  that  were  women's  work  to  cease  to-day,  missions 
would  end  to-morrow."  o.  h.  c. 


SIDELIGHTS  FROM  PERIODICALS. 

The  study  of  the  Island  World  has  taken  on  new  interest  and  importance 
of  late.  In  the  December  Forum  Joseph  Sohn  gives  a  valuable  sketch  of 
the  history  of  Islands  as  they  have  come  into  prominence  at  different  epochs; 
title,  "  The  Empire  of  Islands." 

In  the  same,  Gilbert  Reid  discusses  "  The  Ethics  of  the  Last  China  War,** 
following  a  former  expression  of  his  thought  upon  looting  in  China. 

The  Review  of  Reviews^  December,  gives  a  character  sketch  of  Li  Hung 
Chang  by  Courtenay  H.  Fenn ;  and  Alfred  Stead  describes  Railroad  Build-? 
ing  in  Asia. 


TOPICS  FOR  AUXILIARY  MEETINGS. 

TOPIC  FOR  FEBRUARY. 

The  Work  of  the  Board  in  Constantinople.  The  Historic  City;  Evangelistic  Work 
at  Gedik  Pasha;  The  American  College  for  Girls. 

A  leaflet  prepared  by  Rev.  Judson  Smith,  D.D.,  on  "The  Place  of  Constantinople 
in  Religious  History,"  can  be  obtained  of  Miss  Hartshorn. 

The  Historic  City  is  well  described  in  "  Lamedi  History  for  Ready  Reference," 
Vol.  I,  in  Johnson's  Encyclopedia,  and  in  the  article  by  Rev.  H.  O.  Dwight  on  another 
page. 

Professor  Grosvenor's  book  on  "Constantinople"  is  finely  illustrated,  and  gives  a 
graphic  description  of  the  antiquities  and  the  present  condition.  We  would  also  recom- 
mend "  Byzantine  Constantinople,"  by  Prof.  A.  Van  Milligan,  of  Robert  College, 
and  "  Constantinople,  the  City  of  the  Sultans,"  by  Clara  Erskine  Clement. 

Dr.  Dwight's  new  book  on  "  Constantinople  "'can  be  obtained  from  the  Woman's 
Board  Missionary  Library. 

The  work  at  Gedik  Pasha  is  given  in  the  December  number  of  1898  of  Life  and 
Light;  also  the  Life  and  Light  of  November,  1884;  October,  1887;  May,  1889,  and 
December,  1897. 


RECEIPTS. 


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The  last  Report  of  the  Woman's  Board  contains  the  latest  account  of  the  work  of  th^ 
American  College  for  Girls. 

Illustrated  articles  will  be  found  in  the  July  (1901)  number  of  Life  and  Light,  bv 
the  dean  of  the  college,  Miss  Fensham,  on  "  Self-Government"  and  on  "The  Re'lio-- 
ious  Work  of  the  American  College."  .  ^ 

Ladies  who  are  fortunate  enough  to  own  files  of  the  Life  and  Light  will  find 
articles  on  the  college  in  the  following  numbers:  that  of  October,  1876;  October, 
1887;  May,  June  and  December,  1890;  October,  1893;  November,  1894;  January,  1898! 

An  illustrated  article  will  be  found  on  "The  American  College  for  Girls  "in  the 
JVe-cV  England  Magazine  for  March,  1898. 

North  American  Revieiv  for  September,  1896,  has  an  article  by  Dr.  Hamlin. 

"  Christian  Forces  in  the  Turkish  Empire,"  in  Missionary  Reviexv  of  the  World  for 
November,  1901,  contains  helpful  paragraphs  on  pages  840-844. 

An  illustrated  article  of  great  interest  on  Constantinople,  by  Peter  MacQueen,  will 
be  found  in  the  Cosmopolitan  for  June,  1897. 

The  Monthly  Leaflet,  prepared  especially  to  supplement  the  studies,  can  always  be 
relied  upon  to  furnish  real  assistance.  When  sending  to  the  rooms  for  leaflets  the 
thoughtful  inclosure  of  stamps  for  postage  will  be  appreciated.  m.  j.  b. 


WOMAN'S   BOARD   OF  MISSIONS 

Receipts  from  October  18,  1901,  to  November  18,  1901. 
Miss  Sarah  Louise  Day,  Treasurer. 


MAINE. 

Ccwiine.— Desert  Palm  Society,  35  00 

Western  Maine  Branch.— Mrs.  C.  C.  Chap- 
man, Treas.  Augusta,  Aux.,  50;  Hethel, 
Aux.,  10;  Biddeford,  Second  Cong  Ch., 
Aux.,  11;  Hallowell,  Aux.,  25;  Portland, 
Seamen's  Bethel  Ch.,  S.  S.  and  friends, 
23,  State  St  Ch.,  Aux.,  12.06,  Williston 
Ch.,  Aux..  Th.  Off.,  19.85.  Less  ex- 
penses, 5.12,  145  79 

Total,        180  79 

NEW  HAMPSHIRE. 

^ed/or<?.— Presbyterian  Ch.,  Friends,  3  00 

New  Hampshire  Branch.— Mrs.  Allen  L. 
French,  Treas.  Claremont,  C.  E.  Soc, 
10;  Exeter,  Aux.,  41;  Hampstead,  Aux., 
12;  Henniker,  C.  E.  Soc,  25;  Ports- 
mouth, Aux.,  17;  Rindge,  Aux.,  3; 
Stewartstown,  Miss  Sarah  Converse,  8,    116  00 

Total,        119  00 

VERMONT. 

Vermont  Branch.— Mrs.  T.  M.  Howard, 
Treas.  Burlington,  First  Ch..  Aux.,  15; 
Newport,  Cradle  Roll,  11.75;  South  Hero, 
9;  St.  Albans,  26;  St.  Johnsbury.  North 
Ch.,  45  38,  S.  S.,  6.61,  South  Ch.,  80.25, 
Search  Light  Club.  1.25;  Stowe,5;  Wells, 
River,  C.  E.  Soc,  25.10,  225  34 

Total,        225  34 

MASSACHUSETTS. 

Offerings  at  Annual  Meeting  atPittsfield,  146  23 
Miss  Fidelia  Phelps,  10  00 

-(4ndover.— Seminary  Ch..  Aux.,  10  00 

Andover  and  Wobum  Branch.— Mrs.  G. 
W,  Dinsmore.  Treas.  Andover,  Free 
Ch.,  Aux..  25.57,  Sunbeam  M.  C..5;  Low- 
ell, First  Cong.  Ch.,  C.  E.  Soc,  10;  Med- 
ford,  Mystic  Ch..  Aux.,  Th,  Off.  at  25th 
Anniv.,  50;  Melrose,  Aux.,  53;  Stone- 
ham,  Aux.  (with  prev.  contri.  const.  L. 
M's  Mrs.  Nell  J.  Dumm,  Mrs.  Yaquohi 
Adzigian);  Wakefield,  Aux.,  50;  Win- 
chester, Mission  Union,  70,  263  57 


Berkshire  Branch.— Mrs.  Chas.  E.  West, 
Treas.  Dalton,  Home  Dept.,  S.  S.,  20; 
Hinsdale,  Aux.,  22.50;  Housatonic,  Cra- 
dle Roll,  25  cts. ;  Lebanon,  A  Friend,  50 
cts.;  Stockbridge.  Aux.,  5.05;  Pittstield, 
South  Ch.,  Aux.,  31.26;  Williamstown, 
Aux.,  184;  Windsor.  Mrs.  Frank  Leslie, 
1 ;  Two  Friends  in  Berkshire,  250,  514  56 

Essex  South  Brayich.  —  Miss  Nannie  L. 
Odell,  Treas.  Beverlv.  Washington  St. 
Ch.,  Aux.,  58,  Y.  L.,  28;  Danvers,  First 
Ch.,  Aux.,  1,  Maple  St.  Ch.,  Aux.,  80; 
Gloucester,  Aux.,  51 ;  Ipswich,  South 
Ch,,  Members  and  Friends,  21.50;  Lynn, 
Central  Ch.,  Aux.,  24,  Chestnut  St.  Ch,, 
Mrs.  C.  H.  Welch,  2,  First  Ch.,  Aux,,  25, 
North  Ch.,  Aux.,  25;  Marblehead,  Aux., 
14;  Middleton,  Aux.,  13;  North  Beverly, 
Jr.  C.  E,  Soc,  5;  Peabody,  South  Ch., 
Aux.,  8,  Prim.  Dept.,  S.  S.,  2,50;  Salem, 
Crombie  St.  Ch.,  Aux.,  45.51,  Tabernacle 
Ch.,  Aux.,  126.90.  South  Ch.,  Aux,,  374; 
Swampscott,  Aux.  (with  prev.  contri. 
const.  L.  M's  Mrs.  Mary  Harris.  Mrs.  M. 
E.  Newhain.  7;  St.  Bernard,  Soc.  of  C, 
E.,  3;  Topsfield,  Aux,,  30,  944  41 

Franklin  Co.  Branch.— Miss  Lucy  A.  Spar- 
hawk,  Treas.  Conway.  Aux.,  5,25; 
Greenfield.  Aux.,  7.38;  South  Deerfield, 
Aux.,  9;  Shelburne  Falls,  Prim.  Dept., 
S,  S  ,3,  24  63 

Hampshire  Co.  Branch.— Miss  HaiTiet  J. 
Kneeland,  Treas,  Belchertown,  Aux., 
38.10;  Easthampton,  Aux,  (with  prev. 
contri.  const.  L.  M's  Mrs.  R,  F,  Russell, 
Mrs.  C,  H.  Hamlin),  Emily  M.  C„  10; 
Northampton.  Edwards  Ch,,  Aux,,  Miss 
Winchell,  4;  Southampton,  Aux,,  Mrs. 
Rachel  Parsons,  5;  Worthington,  Aux,, 
5.50,  62  60 

Middlesex  Branch.— Mrs.  E.  H,  Bigelow, 
Treas,  Ashland,  C,  E,  Soc,  10;  Hollis- 
ton,  Aux,,  14.51 ;  Natick,  Aux,,  8;  South- 
boro.  Aux..  14,  46  51 

Norfolk  and  Pilgrim  Branch.— Miss  Sarah 
B.  Tirrell,  Treas,   Brockton,  Porter  Ch,, 


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Y.  L.  Aux.,  18;  Randolph,  Aux.,  25.50; 
Soutli  Weymouth,  Aux.,  117,  160  50 

A'o.  Middlesex  lira yich.— Mrs.  Lydia  R. 
Hudson,  Treas.    South  Acton,  Aux.,         10  00 

Old  Colony  Branch,— Miss  Fiances  J. 
Runnels,  Tieas.  Attleboro,  Aux.  (with 
prev.  coutii.  const.  L.  M's  iMis.  E.  A. 
Cummings,  .Miss  Sarah  F.  Drown,  Mrs. 
Harriet  S.  Rowe,  Mrs.  Mary  H.  Ester- 
brooks,  ^liss  Leonora  P.  Reers,  Miss 
Calista  C.  Thacher,  Miss  Lucy  Carpen- 
ter Sweet,  Mrs.  Sarah  J.  Remington, 
Miss  Elizabeth  C.  Blanding,  M;-s.  Charles 
A.  Bushee,  Mrs.  M.  A.  Messerlian,  Mrs. 
Wilson  S.  Fritch,  Mrs.  Harriet  J. 
Thacher,  Mrs.  Bertha  S.  Richardson, 
Mrs.  Mary  E.  Lawrence,  Miss  Lydia  B. 
Babcock,  Miss  Elizabeth  C.  Bushee, 
Mrs.  Lydia  S.  TifEany,  Miss  Susan  B. 
Thacher), 

Springfield  Branch.— Mrs.  Mary  H.  Mit- 
chell, Treas.  Agawam,  Aux.,  L13; 
Chicopee,  First  Ch.,  Jr.  C.  E.  Soc,  2.63; 
Palmer,  Second  Ch.,  Aux.,  50;  Spring- 
field, Memorial  Ch.,  Aux.  (with  prev. 
contri.  const.  L.  M's  Miss  Isabel  B.  Eus- 
tis,  Miss  Florence  Eustis,  Miss  Carrie  E. 
Spencer,  Miss  Eugenie  Dawes,  Mrs. 
Ellen  E  Cole,  Mrs.  Frederic  P.  Trask),  53  76 
Suffolk  Branch.— Miss  Myra  B.  Child, 
Treas.  In  memoriara  M.  T,  L.,50;  Au- 
burndale.  Prim.  Dept.,  S.  S.,  3;  Boston, 
Park  St.  Ch.,  Anx.,  21 ;  Brookline,  Har- 
vard Ch.,  Abby  M.  Colby  M.  B.,  7;  Cam- 
bridge, Marion  Gray,  1.81,  Wood  Mem. 
Ch.,  Cradle  Roll,  5.21,  Prim.  Dept.,  S.  S., 
1.53,  Clarendon  Hills  Cong.  Ch.,  L.  A. 
Soc,  4;  Dedham,  Aux.,  15175:  Dor- 
chester, Central  Ch,,  Jr.  C.  E.  Soc,  5, 
Second  Ch.,  Aux.,  46.35:  Mansfield, 
Aux.,  10;  Newton  Centre,  First  Ch.,  L. 
Ben.  Soc,  65.46,  Maria  B.  Furber  Miss. 
Soc,  10;  Newton  Highlands,  Aux.,  20.38; 
Roxbury,  Walnut  Ave.  Ch.,  Aux.,  35,  Y. 
L.  F.  M.  Soc,  Thanksgiving  Off., 85  cts. ; 
Somerville,  Broadway  Cone.  Ch.,  Y.  L. 
M.  Soc  (to  const.  L.  M.  Edith  Dorothea 
Hill),  25,  Winter  Hill  Cong.  Ch.,  Y.  L. 
M.  Soc,  5;  Walpole,  Aux.,  37;  Water- 
town,  Phillips  Ch.,  Aux.,  26.38.  531  72 
Worcester  Co.  Branch.— Mrs.  Martha  D. 
Tucker,  Treas.  Lancaster.  Y.  L.  Aux., 
5;  Westminster,  Anx.,  50;  Whitinsville, 
E.  C.  D.  Band,  17.05;  Worcester,  Pied- 
mont Ch.,  Anx.  (with  prev.  eontri.  const. 
L.  M's  Mrs.  Willard  Scott,  Mrs.  Thomas 
Hamilton,  Mrs.  Edward  Hall,  Mrs.  Sam- 
uel Thayer,  Mrs.  John  W.  Gould,  Mrs. 
H.  C.  Bruce,  Mrs.  Charles  T.  Haynes, 
Mrs.  Grosvenor,  Mrs.  William  Wood- 
ward, Miss  Cora  L.  Greene,  Mrs.  C.  F. 
Carroll,  Mrs,  Justin  A.  Ware,  Mrs. 
George  D.  Boyden,  Miss  Caroline  Cald- 


well, Miss  Florence  M.  Merritt),  72  05 

Total,  2,850  54 

CONNECTICUT. 

Hartford.— A  Friend,  20 

Hartford.— A  Friend,  10  00 


Hartford  Branch.— Mrs.  M.  Bradford 
Scott,  Treas.  Hartford,  Miss  Alice  F. 
Stillson.  A  Th.  Off.,  5.  Farmington  Ave. 
Ch.,  C.  E.  Soc,  9.50,  Fourth  Ch.,  Aux., 
1.79;  Glenwood,  Jr.  C.  E.  Soc,  1;  Kens- 
ington, Aux.,  24.88;  Rockville,  Aux. 


(with  prev.  contri.  const.  L.  M.  Mrs.  H. 
K.  Maxwell),  C.  E.  Soc,  10;  Simsbury, 
Open  Hearts  M.  B.,  20;  South  Glaston- 
bury, Aux.,  10;  West  Hartford,  Aux., 
57.92,  140  09 

New  Haven  Branch.— Miss  Julia  Twining, 
Treas.  Beacon  Falls,  United  Ch.,  C.  E. 
Soc,  5;  Bethany,  Aux.,  5;  Bethlehem, 
Aux.,  16.25;  Bridgeport,  First  Ch.,  Aux., 
36.75;  Colebrook,  Aux.,30;  Darien.Aux., 
60;  Deep  River,  Aux.,  10;  Greenwich, 
Aux.,  20.19;  Kent,  S.  S.,  10;  Middlefield, 
C.  E.  Soc,  5.29;  Middletown,  First  Ch., 
Aux.,  48.91;  Milford,  Plymouth  Ch., 
Aux.,  25;  New  Milford,  Anx.,  97;  North- 
ford,  Aux.,  30.78;  Saybrook,  Aux.,  42.21 ; 
West  Cornwall,  Jr.  C.  E.  Soc,  1 ;  Wash- 
ington, Cradle  Roll  (with  prev.  contri. 
const.  L.  M's  Alice  Pratt  Carter,  Eric 
Winthrop    Rossiter,    Marie  Church, 


Franklin  Feun,  Helen  J.  Carter),  443  38 

Total ,  593  67 

NEW  YORK. 

New  York  City.— Friemls,  75  CO 

East  Bloomfleld.— Mrs.  E.  S.  Goodwin,  3  00 


New  York  State  Branch.— Mrs.  F.  M. 
Turner,  Treas.  Binghamton,  Aux.,  10; 
Brooklyn,  Flatbush,  Cradle  Roll,  4.08, 
Park  Ch.,  Aux.,  5,  Jr.  C.  E.  Soc,  2,  Lewis 
Ave.  Ch.,  Earnest  Workers,  35,  Tomp- 
kins Ave.  Ch.,  Aux.,  200,  Mrs.  T.  R.  D., 
250;  Buffalo,  First  Ch.,  Aux.,  40;  Canan- 
daigua,  Anx.,  100;  Java,  C.  E.  Soc,  1.54; 
Oswego,  Aux.,  35;  Poughkeepsie,  C.  E. 
Soc,  25;  Saratoga  Springs,  Aux.,  10; 
Wellsville,  Aux.,  1  05.  Less  expenses, 
128.02,  590  65 

Total,    •     668  65 

PHILADELPHIA  BRANCH. 

Philadelphia  Branch.— Miss  Emma  Fla- 
vell,  Treas.  D.  C,  Washington,  First 
Ch.,  Prim.  Dept.  and  Cradle  Roll,  6.48, 
Jr.  C.  E.  Soc,  4;  N.  J.,  East  Orange, 
First  Ch.,  Cradle  Roll,  32.33,  Trinity  Ch., 
Aux.,  15;  Glen  Ridge,  Aux.,  185;  Mont- 
clair,  Aux.,  235.90,  Y.  W.  M.  Soc,  3; 
Newark,  Belleville  Ave.  Ch.,  Aux.,  55; 
Orange  Vallev,  Aux.,  7.30,  Y.  L.  M.  B., 
7.30,  Jr.  C.  E.  'Soc.  and  Cradle  Roll,  10; 
Paterson,  Prim.  Dept.,  S.  S.,  1.16;  Plain- 
field,  Aux.,  10;  Westfield,  Aux.,  126.50; 
Pa.,  Germantown,  Jr.  Neesima  Guild, 
10;  Philadelphia,  Aux.,  15;  Va.,  Hern- 
don,  Jr.  C.  E.  Soc,  1.12.   Less  expenses, 


49,  676  09 

Total,  676  09 

MARYLAND. 

Baltimore.— A  Friend,  40 

Total,  40 

TURKEY. 

^inte&.— Pupils  in  Girls'School  and  Others,    8  80 

Total,  8  80 

General  Funds,  4,864  18 

Gifts  for  Special  Objects,  459  10 

Variety  Account,  290  55 

Legacies,  520  00 


Total,    §6,133  83 


President. 
Mrs.  a.  p.  PECK, 
Oakland,  Cal. 
Treasurer. 
Mrs.  S.  M.  DODGE, 
1275  Sixth  Ave.,  Oakland,  Cal. 


Home  Secretaries, 
Mrs.  C.  B.  BRADLEY, 
2639  Durant  Avenue,  Berkeley,  Cal. 

Mrs.  W.  J,  WILCOX, 
576  East  14th  Street,  Oakland,  Cal. 


Treasurer  Young'  Ladies*  Branch. 
Miss  GRACE  GOODHUE,  1722  Geary  Street,  San  Francisco,  Cal. 


HOME  SECRETARY'S  REPORT  W.  B.  M.  P.— 1900-1901. 
(Read  at  the  Annual  Meeting.) 

In  response  to  the  sixty-eight  letters  sent  out  last  month  to  the  auxiliaries 
asking  for  items  of  interest  for  this  report,  forty  answers  have  been  received, 
sixty  per  cent  nearly  complying  with  the  request. 

Berkeley,  First. — Regular  meetings,  most  of  them  in  the  homes  of  mem- 
bers,, with  an  increase  of  attendance  and  interest  in  the  cause  of  missions. 

Berkeley,  Second. — A  new  auxiliary  organized  May  17,  1901,  with 
twenty  members.    Meetings  held  on  alternate  months  Wednesday  evenings. 

Black  Diamond. — We  regret  very  much  that  we  shall  not  be  able  to  have 
a  delegate  at  the  annual  meeting.  We  do  have  some  good  missionary 
meetings  occasionally.  Our  work  is  all  carried  on  by  the  church  proper 
and  the  Christian  Endeavor  Society.  When  the  missionary  topic  in  the 
Endeavor  Society  comes  we  try  to  make  the  most  of  it,  and  generally  have 
an  interesting  time  and  an  offering,  too.  We  have  secured  some  suitable 
boxes  for  gathering  in  the  Lord's  money,  and  hope  to  increase  the  interest 
along  these  lines  next  year. 

Campbell. — Our  meetings  have  been  sustained  during  the  year  with  a 
good  degree  of  interest ;  and  in  spite  of  hard  times,  caused  by  failure  to  see 
our  fruit,  we  have  met  our  pledge  to  the  Board. 

Fruitvale. — A  new  plan  has  been  adopted,  by  which  every  member  of  the 
church  is  supposed  to  give  a  certain  amount  monthly  toward  missionary 
work. 

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[January^ 


Grass  Valley. — This  is  certainly  an  off  year  for  our  town  in  missionary 
matters.  Reasons  given  for  the  same:  (i)  Mining  season  has  never  been 
so  dull  as  at  present,  and  many  are  out  of  vJorV,  (2)  New  theater  attracts 
some,  even  church  members.  We  hope  next  year  to  regain  our  usual 
standard  of  giving  to  the  W.  B.  M.  P. 

Lincoln. — The  pastor,  F.  M.  Washburn,  writes :  We  have  no  auxiliary. 
I  do  not  know  whether  we  ever  had  one.  We  are  trying  to  educate  the 
people  here  missionarywise.  We  hope  you  will  have  a  good  meeting,  and 
that  the  next  year  will  be  full  of  much  larger  things  than  the  past  one." 

Little  Shasta. — Inclosing  a  check  for  $12.50,  says  :  I  am  sorry  to  have 
so  little  to  send.  I  send  love  and  greetings  to  the  Board,  and  wish  I  could 
meet  with  you." 

Mill  Valley. — We  wish  very  much  our  offering  were  more,  and  hope  as 
time  goes  on  to  increase  the  amount.  This  little  society  is  the  outcome  of 
a  visit  from  Mrs.  Peck.  On  a  terribly  rainy  day  last  winter  she  kept  her 
appointment  to  visit  this  church  and  speak  to  the  ladies  on  missions.  It 
was  so  stormy  that  it  was  thought  impossible  to  hold  the  meeting.  So 
brave  little  Mrs.  Peck  came  home  again  ;  but  not  disheartened.  x\nother 
day  was  set,  and  bright  skies  favored  the  missionary  enterprise  ;  so  this  new 
auxiliary  sprang  into  existence. 

Mills  College. — Ours  is  the  first  missionary  band  formed  on  the  coast.  It 
was  connected  with  the  Union  Board  of  New  York.  Our  Tolman  Band 
last  yeax  contributed  $400  to  home  and  foreign  missions.  We  aid  a  mission 
church  near  us,  support  a  Bible  reader  in  Ceylon,  educate  a  young  man  in 
Batticotta  College,  contribute  regularly  to  Ramabai,  of  India,  the  Occidental 
and  Pacific  Boards,  besides  many  voluntary  contributions  that  appeal  to  us. 
May  there  be  a  spirit  of  prayer  and  consecration  in  the  meeting,  and  may 
the  year  be  one  of  spiritual  and  temporal  prosperity ! 

Oroville. — We  have  no  auxiliary,  and  I  miss  it  so  much,  as  I  have  belonged 
to  one  for  many  years.  The  time  does  not  seem  ripe  yet  to  organize  one. 
However,  the  church  is  interested  in  missions  to  some  extent.  We  are 
trying  to  more  and  more  cultivate  the  missionary  spirit.    Pray  for  us. 

Oakland,  First. — Meetings  have  been  held  regularly,  with  increased 
average  attendance,  the  average  this  year  being  thirty-eight.  The  interest 
has  been  well  maintained  throughout  the  year. 

Oakland,  Second. — Our  society  is  growing  in  numbers  and  interest.  The 
first  six  months  we  work  for  the  Missionary  Union  ;  the  second  half  of  the 
year  we  work  for  the  W.  B.  M.  P. 

Plymouth  Avenue. — It  is  only  fair  to  say  w^e  are  very  few  in  numbers, 
but  some  of  us  were  members  of  the  first  auxiliary  organized  in  the  First 


HOME  secretary's  REPORT. 


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Church,  Oakland,  and  of  the  Plymouth  Avenue.  We  look  forward  to  the 
annual  meeting  as  to  a  feast  of  good  things. 

Oakland,  Fourth. — Officers  are  the  same  as  for  the  Ladies'  Aid.  We 
hold  our  missionary  meetings  quarterly,  in  connection  with  a  missionary  tea. 
We  also  have  our  Board  openings  each  year. 

Market  Street. — We  hold  our  meetings  the  second  Wednesday  evening  of 
each  month,  alternately  home  and  foreign.  Being  without  a  pastor  for  so 
long  has  made  a  difference  in  all  the  church  activities. 

Pilgrim. — We  have  held  regular  meetings  the  last  Tuesday  of  each  month, 
vacation  excepted.  We  have  gained  some  new  members,  for  which  we  are 
thankful.  We  enjoy  our  meetings,  but  long  to  share  them  with  more  of  our 
people.  We  are  doing  something  to  arouse  interest  by  twice  a  year  having 
an  interesting  programme  at  our  Board  openings,  and  so  draw  in  many  who 
would  not  think  of  attending  a  regular  missionary  meeting. 

Pacific  Grove. — Regular  meetings,  but  no  delegate. 

Redwood. — Sends  greetings  and  a  delegate. 

Rio  Vista. — We  think  we  will  be  able  to  raise  the  amount  asked  of  us. 

Stockton. — Number  of  members,  23  ;  average  attendance,  15  ;  number  of 
meetings,  10.  Subject  for  study  taken  monthly  from  Life  and  Light. 
Prayer  meetings  for  foreign  missions  every  month. 

Sonoma. — A  big  star  after  this  name — the  home  of  Miss  Wilson,  of 
Micronesia.  This  society  has  held  its  regular  meetings  every  month  during 
the  year.  Attendance  has  been  good,  and  a  w^arm  and  helpful  interest  has 
been  manifested.  Pleasant,  instructive  papers  have  been  prepared  and  read 
by  the  members.  .  The  membership  consists  of  nineteen  ladies  and  five 
gentlemen.  The  sum  contributed  this  year  by  our  society  is  nearly  double 
the  amount  sent  to  the  Board  last  year,  which  fact  gives  a  feeling  of  new 
courage  to  our  little  company. 

Saratoga. — Our  society  has  held  its  regular  meetings  through  the  year ; 
they  have  been  well  attended.  There  is  always  an  interest  and  enthusiasm 
in  the  subject  of  missions  here  in  our  church,  which  is  pleasant. 

Sunol. — Sends  greetings  in  the  form  of  a  gold  piece. 

San  Juan. — We  send  a  small  offering,  but  the  church  is  small. 

San  Francisco,  First. — We  have  had  a  quiet  year.  Have  held  our  regular 
meetings,  with  rather  better  attendance  than  usual. 

Plymouth. — We  are  now  trying  to  get  the  younger  ladies  of  the  church 
interested  in  our  missionary  work,  and  we  think  we  have  made  a  beginning 
in  that  direction. 

Park  Church. — We  have  no  auxiliary  to  the  Woman's  Board,  but  hope 
we  may  have  in  the  near  future. 


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\^  January, 


San  Rafael. — The  offering  is  even  less  than  usual.  That  we  are  later  in 
sending  it  in  is  due  to  the  fact  that  those  who  usually  see  to  it  have  been  so 
occupied  at  home.  You  will  not  think  our  interest  in  missions  lessened  by 
all  this.  It  has  been  quickened  ;  and  though  financially  we  help  but  little, 
I  think  we  may  hope  much  from  the  increased  interest  all  through  the  church 
in  missions.    The  young  people  have  a  stated  time  for  missionary  topics. 

San  Jose. — We  have  enjoyed  our  studies  of  foreign  fields  very  much. 
We  have  introduced  a  "  current  news  department,"  to  be  given  in  three- 
minute  reports  at  each  of  our  meetings.  Beside  this  we  spend  one  evening 
with  each  foreign  field.  We  have  found  it  desirable  (on  account  of  the 
exodus  from  town  in  the  summer)  to  change  the  time  of  our  annual  collec- 
tion for  foreign  missions,  which  will  drop  us  out  of  this  year's  report ;  but 
we  hope  our  delegates  will  bring  us  the  enthusiasm  and  inspiration  which 
they  receive. 

Thus  endeth  the  reading  of  the  quotations  from  letters  received.  They 
are  in  the  most  part  gratifying.  The  reports  have  been  so  interesting  that 
it  has  been  hard  to  cull  from  them.  Never  have  the  secretaries  responded 
so  promptly,  and  the  Home  Secretary  thanks  them  one  and  all.  But  we 
cannot  measure  what  has  been  accomplished  by  this  report.  Much  sowing 
has  been  going  on  that  will  never  appear  in  black  and  white.  One  case 
illustrative  of  this  came  to  my  knowledge  the  other  day.  In  a  little  country 
church,  which  makes  no  public  offering  to  us  to-day,  a  lady  and  her  son 
have  been  quietly  supporting  a  young  Japanese  Bible  reader.  This  seed- 
sowing  has  been  going  on  for  years.  Who  can  estimate  the  good  that  is 
being  accomplished  by  this  faithful  worker  in  Japan,  and  the  equally  faithful 
mother  and  son  in  California  who  stand  back  of  him? 

We  report  three  new  auxiliaries, — Mill  Valley,  Park  Church,  Berkeley, 
and  Second  Church,  Oakland. 

Mrs.  W.  J.  Wilcox,  Home  Secy, 


President. 
Mrs.  MOSES  SMITH, 
115  S.  Leavitt  Street,  Chicago,  111. 

Recording  Secretary. 
Miss  M.  D.  WINGATE, 
Room  603,  59  Dearborn  Street,  Chicago,  111. 


Treasurer. 
Mrs.  S.  E.  HURLBUT, 
1454  Asbury  Avenue,  Evanston,  111. 

Assistant  Treasurer. 
Mrs.  E.  M.  WILLIAMS, 
85  Rush  Street,  Chicago,  111. 


Editor  of  "  Mission  Studies.** 
Miss  SARAH  POLLOCK,  Room  603,  59  Dearborn  Street,  Chicago,  111. 


Chairman  of  Committee  on     Life  and  Light.** 
Mrs.  G.  F.  S.  SAVAGE,  62S  Washington  B'd,  Chicago,  111. 


THE  OLD  YEAR'S  BLESSING. 

I  am  fading  from  yon,  but  one  draweth  near, 
Called  the  Angel  Guardian  of  the  coming  3'ear. 

If  mj  gifts  and  graces  coldly  you  forget. 

Let  the  New  Year's  angel  bless  and  crown  them  yet. 

For  we  work  together;  he  and  I  are  one; 
Let  him  end  and  perfect  all  I  leave  undone. 

I  brought  good  desires,  though  as  yet  but  seeds; 
J-et  the  New  Year  make  them  blossom  into  deeds. 

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\_Januaryy 


I  brought  joj  to  brighten  many  happj  days  p 
Let  the  New  Year's  angel  turn  it  into  praise. 

If  I  gave  you  sickness,  if  I  brought  you  care, 
Let  him  make  one  patience  and  the  other  prayer. 

Where  I  brought  you  sorrow,  through  his  care  at  length, 
It  may  rise  triumphant  into  future  strength. 

If  I  brought  you  plenty,  all  wealth's  bounteous  charms, 
Shall  not  the  new  angel  turn  them  into  alms? 

I  gave  health  and  leisure,  skill  to  dream  and  plan; 
Let  him  make  them  nobler — work  for  God  and  man. 

If  I  broke  your  idols,  showed  you  they  were  dust, 
Let  him  turn  the  knowledge  into  heavenly  trust. 

If  I  brought  temptation,  let  sin  die  away 
Into  boundless  pity  for  all  hearts  that  stray. 

May  you  hold  this  angel  dearer  than  the  last, — 
So  I  bless  his  future,  while  he  crowns  my  past. 

— Adelaide  A.  Procter, 


THE  LUCY  PERRY  NOBLE  TRAINING  SCHOOL. 

The  Lucy  Perry  Noble  Training  School  for  Bible-women  in  Madura  is  one  of  the 
great  forces  for  good  in  the  missionary  work  of  that  city.  As  these  native  women 
reach  the  very  centers  of  such  home  life  as  India  knows,  these  reports,  written  by 
themselves,  will  be  read  with  great  interest.  They  are  from  but  a  few  of  those  trained 
in  the  school. 

I  AM  teaching  forty-four  women,  and  of  these  nine  are  reading  the  Bible. 
Manamal  was  one  day  reading  in  the  book  called  "  Angel's  Message," 
about  the  death  of  Christ.  Her  mother  said  :  ''What  do  you  want  to  read 
that  for?  There  are  plenty  of  our  books  that  tell  about  the  gods;  can't 
you  read  those  instead?"  "But,  mother,  does  it  say  in  those  that  there  is 
but  one  God,  who  died  for  sin  and  rose  again?"  ''Well,  do  your  own 
liking,"  said  her  mother.  The  girl's  courage  in  replying  was  encouraging 
to  me.  Whenever  I  go  she  asks  me  to  read  something  from  the  Bible,  and 
she  is  interested  in  her  Scripture  verses.  But  yet  she  is  studying  in  the  fear 
of  her  mother-in-law,  and  sometimes  asking  me  to  go,  she  also  will  rise  and 
go  away.  Pethi  is  reading  the  Bible.  I  went  there  ;  some  one  said,  "What 
book  is  that  you  are  reading?"  "  Not  I ;  some  one  else  was  reading  it,"  she 
said,  telling  a  lie.    Then  her  husband  came  and  said,  "  She  doesn't  like  to 


jgo2.'\ 


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read  your  books,  but  reads  these  stories.  Her  good  sense  will  be  spoiled  by 
reading  the  *'Fine  Pandiyans,"  but  \n your  book  she  may  get  some  good 
sense."    Thus  saying,  he  gave  her  a  scolding. 

Another  writes : — 

I  have  been  w^orking  among  the  silk-weaver  women  of  Madura  for  five 
years.  Wherever  they  may  be  living,  I  go  in  search  of  them  and  teach 
them.  Besides  those  on  my  list  who  have  dropped  off,  or  removed  to  other 
places,  or  have  died,  there  still  remained  at  the  beginning  of  the  year  fifty- 
two.  Of  these,  eleven  only  are  reading  the  Bible.  At  the  beginning  these 
women  didn't  know  what  sin  was  and  what  its  punishment  and  its  expiation. 
Krishnamal  for  three  days  before  her  death  uttered  no  words  save  "The 
teacher  has  come;  bring  the  book  and  let  me  read  !  I  shall  not  get  well, 
but  I  shall  go  away  to  God."  The  relatives  who  knew  her  state  and  came 
to  her  death-bed,  heard  the  words  that  came  forth  out  of  her  mouth  and 
acknowledged  that  she  was  God's  child,  and  that  her  knowledge  was  the 
result  of  her  studies,  and  allowed  her  to  die  in  peace.  There  are  many 
such  incidents  as  this.  When  I  see  the  change  that  takes  place  in  them,  1 
believe  there  is  fruit  in  our  work,  and  I  continue  to  labor  and  endeavor 
with  hope  in  the  Lord.  I  have  no  hindrances  in  teaching  these  women, 
and  I  have  much  comfort  and  joy  myself  in  doing  it. 

When  Veeralet-chumi  began  to  study  with  me  she  could  read  the  Testa- 
ment. When  I  went,  she  would  come  and  read  a  chapter  quickly,  and 
before  I  could  explain  it,  would  get  up  and  go  away.  I  waited  for  some 
days  considering  her  case.  One  day  it  came  about  that  I  spoke  to  her  con- 
cerning Christ's  second  coming.  As  she  was  listening  with  great  attention, 
much  moved,  a  woman  who  was  sitting  by  said,  ''Amma,  when  you  are 
speaking  our  mind  is  upon  him,  but  when  you  are  gone  it  is  all  changed. 
Can't  he  make  us  think  of  him  all  the  time.''"  Veeralet-chumi  suddenly 
burst  out :  That's  the  devil  that  you  worship  that  changes  your  mind  for 
your  destruction.  You  are  all  going  to  hell!"  From  that  day  she  begged 
me  to  pray  for  her,  and  she,  too,  every  day  read  the  Bible  and  prayed  in  pri- 
vate. As  I  observed  her  I  saw  her  Christian  life  was  growing.  At  night 
her  father  had  a  Brahmin  come  and  read  Hindu  books  a  long  time,  and 
she  would  wait  until  he  was  asleep,  and  then  pray.  Her  mother,  observing 
this,  beat  her  and  forbade  her  to  worship  the  Christian  God.  One  day  she 
was  alone  praying,  but  for  fear  her  mother  would  come  in,  she  prayed 
with  her  eyes  open.  She  felt  conscience  stricken  about  this,  and  asked 
forgiveness.  She  continued  to  pray  for  herself,  her  parents,  and  for  the 
man  she  was  to  marry,  that  they  might  be  converted,  and  that  hindrances 


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\_January^ 


might  be  removed.  When  she  wished  to  procure  a  Bible  her  mother  and 
father  forbade  her  to  read  either  that  or  the  Testament.  She  asked  me  to 
pray  that  her  father  might  consent  to  her  reading  the  Bible,  and  she  also 
prayed.  Soon  after  her  father  gave  her  the  money  to  buy  a  Bible.  Her 
parents  often  call  her  *'  Christian  donkey."  She  grieves  much  that  she  is 
not  baptized,  and  v^henever  she  falls  ill  she  says  to  me  :  I  am  not  baptized. 
If  I  should  die,  how^  will  it  be  with  me?" 

On  the  6th  of  this  June  she  was  married  to  a  man  living  in  Dindigal. 
When  I  last  saw  her  she  said  :  "  I  shall  not  forget  my  Saviour.  I  am  taking 
my  Bible  with  me,  and  you  must  not  forget  to  pray  for  me." 

Still  another  sajs  : — 

I  have  been  appointed  to  take  care  of  the  sick  in  the  Lucy  Perry  Noble 
Bible  School.  A  sick  ward  has  been  built.  I  get  medicines  for  immediate 
use  from  our  two  physicians  (Dr.  Parker  and  Dr.  Van  Allen),  and  keep 
them  on  hand.  If  any  one  falls  ill,  I  take  them  to  the  sick  ward  and  give 
them  such  medicines  as  I  have.  If  they  do  not  improve  I  let  the  doctor 
know,  and  I  will  take  the  medicines  she  gives  and  bring  and  give  it.  If 
there  is  serious  illness  I  stay  near  them  at  night  to  help.  When  there  is  no 
sickness  I  go  out  among  heathen  women  to  do  the  Lord's  work. 

Another : — 

In  various  places  fifty-seven  women  are  studying  with  me.  In  contrast 
to  their  former  devotion  to  idols,  many  people  now  listen  without  fear  and 
with  interest  when  we  speak  of  our  dear  Saviour.  Whenever  I  go  they  : 
receive  me  very  lovingly.  Most  will  acknowledge  that  they  do  as  their 
fathers  did  under  constraint ;  but  if  they  become  Christians  their  people 
will  cast  them  out  from  all  family  and  caste  relationships.  This  they  think  | 
of  as  exceeding  disgrace  in  the  eyes  of  all,  and  fear  the  bonds  of  caste. 
When  I  earnestly  tell  them  our  dear  Saviour  took  upon  himself  human 
nature,  and  died  and  suffered  and  rose  again,  it  was  for  them,  there  are 
some  who  reply:  "Alas!  Was  it  for  me?  This  suffering  for  me?"  and  so 
saying  will  shed  tears.  In  every  place  I  go  I  tell  of  his  sufferings,  and  the 
people  of  Madura  are  listening. 

Another : —  i 

Fifty  women  are  studying  with  me,  of  whom  fourteen  are  silk-weavers.  I 
Sixteen  years  ago  work  among  this  class  was  very  difficult.    They  looked 
with  disgust  upon  our  faces.    The  spot  where  we  stood  was  defiled,  and 
they  would  purify  it  with  cowdung.    The  very  people  who  used  to  say  to| 


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the  missionary  and  the  Bible  women,  "  Go,  donkey,"  now  have  a  desire  to 
study,  and  are  buying  the  book  written  by  our  missionary,  and  are  studying 
with  intelligence.  Some  poor  women,  whose  work  is  to  tread  mordant  for 
fixing  colors,  will  leave  their  work  in  their  anxiety  to  study.  In  general 
many  show  this  desire,  and  also  a  desire  to  know  the  way  to  God.  -A 
woman  named  Lut  Chimi  said:  ''When  you  come  and  tell  us  of  the 
excellencies  of  Christ  and  of  forgiveness  through  him,  our  old-time  darkness 
flees  away,  but  again  the  world  and  customs  of  our  caste  take  hold  of  us 
and  draw  us  back.  When  I  think  of  our  vain  and  useless  customs  they  are 
disgusting  to  me.  This  world  is  as  nothing,  and  I  will  think  of  the  Lord, 
and  praise  him." 

Another : — 

Forty  women  are  under  my  instruction,  with  fourteen  Bible  readers. 
The  others  are  learning  to  read.  They  receive  me  kindly  and  study  with 
interest.  Though  they  have  their  housework  and  other  occupations,  they 
realize  the  importance  of  this,  and  continue  their  study.  Some,  as  they 
have  opportunity,  converse  with  others  about  the  Scripture  verses  and 
stories  they  have  learned.  Among  these  Murugai  will  speak  to  others  who 
are  not  studying,  and  say  :  "If  you,  too,  were  studying  these  things,  it  were 
well.  What  is  taught  is  good  and  true."  She  does  not  forget,  but  tells 
what  she  has  learned  to  others.  Some  of  the  women,  afraid  of  the  abuse 
and  threats  of  others,  will  hide  what  they  know.  When  people  say.  What 
is  the  use  of  knowledge  to  a  woman?  some  will  make  excuses.  And  some 
are  swallowed  up  with  desires  of  this  world,  thougli  they  may  possess  some 
good  intentions. 


The  Christian  worker  holds  on  to  the  promise  of  God  in  Isaiah,  "Though 
your  sins  be  as  scarlet  they  shall  be  as  white  as  wool."  There  is  no  man  so 
low  that  the  gospel  of  Christ  cannot  reach  him  ;  there  is  no  people  gone  so 
far  astray,  no  slum  in  the  great  city,  which  the  grace  of  God  cannot  redeem  ; 
there  is  no  field  so  dry  and  barren  and  desolate  that  when  God  works  with 
us  it  may  not  become  the  kingdom  of  our  Lord  and  Saviour,  Jesus  Christ. 
—  W.  H.  P.  Faunce. 

Tell  me  to  love  an  unlovely  person,  or  one  I  have  never  seen, — some 
heathen  in  Africa  or  China, — and  I  cannot  do  it  unless  God  puts  the  love  for 
them  in  my  heart.  But  when  the  Holy  Ghost  sheds  abroad  the  love  of  God 
in  our  hearts,  we  shall  have  the  same  kind  of  love  that  Jesus  Christ  had. 
What  we  want  is  to  be  baptized  with  the  spirit  of  Calvary. — D.  L.  Moody. 


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LIFE  AND  LIGHT. 


\_January^ 


FROM  REPORT  OF  AMANZIMTOTE  SEMINARY. 

BY  G.   B.  COWLES. 
(Our  missionary,  Miss  Hattie  Clark,  is  associated  with  Mr.  Cowles.) 

FARMING. 

The  farming  operations  have  been  more  extensive  than  usual.  Special 
attention  has  been  given  to  fruit  and  shade  trees.  About  three  hundred 
grafted  trees,  including  oranges,  citrons  and  limes,  were  purchased  from  the 
Botanic  Gardens.  We  have  now  under  cultivation  1,500  fruit  trees,  cover- 
ing about  sixteen  acres  of  ground.  Gum  and  wattle  trees  have  been  planted 
for  future  fuel  needs.  In  addition,  bananas,  pineapples,  pumpkins,  mealies, 
and  sweet  potatoes  have  been  produced.  Abundance  of  rain  and  scarcity 
of  locusts  have  made  the  year  an  exceptionally  favorable  one.  The  boys 
feasted  on  green  mealies  for  a  number  of  weeks,  consuming  three  hundred 
ears  at  a  meal,  four  ears  being  the  allowance  for  one  boy  at  one  meal. 

RELIGION. 

The  two  terms  of  the  year  have  been  in  marked  contrast  religiously. 
During  the  first  term  there  was  little  response  to  the  presentation  of  the 
truth.  There  was  hardness  and  deadness.  The  second  was  quite  the 
opposite,  and  was  spiritually,  as  well  as  in  every  other  way,  one  of  the  most 
satisfactory  terms  we  have  had.  The  boys  were  earnest  in  prayer  and  in 
the  study  of  the  Word.  About  sixty  expressed  a  desire  to  choose  Christ. 
In  all  of  these  meetings,  Robert,  the  native  teacher,  was  a  leading  spirit. 
To  his  consistent  life,  his  anxiety  for  souls,  his  steady  zeal,  must  be  attributed 
in  large  measure  the  more  than  usual  earnestness  among  the  boys.  Friday, 
May  3d,  was  especially  observed  for  prayer  by  the  school.  The  regular 
session  was  shortened  and  the  industrial  work  suspended,  the  time  being 
given  to  all  for  prayer.  During  the  afternoon  the  boys  scattered  to  the  hill- 
top and  elsewhere  with  their  Bibles.  At  four  o'clock,  at  a  given  signal,  they 
arranged  to  meet  in  the  open  and  have  a  prayer  meeting.  This  was  followed 
by  a  meeting  at  night,  led  by  Mr.  Cowles.  The  day  seemed  to  have  been 
one  of  much  blessing  to  teachers  and  pupils. 

ALUMNI. 

In  July,  1900,  we  had,  as  far  as  I  know,  the  first  gathering  of  the  Aman- 
zimtote  Seminary  Alumni.  The  native  annual  meeting,  held  at  Adams, 
afforded  exceptional  opportunities  for  such  an  occasion.  Many  expressions 
of  appreciation  from  the  boys  have  been  received  for  this  occasion.  No 
formal  organization  has  been  attempted,  but  we  have  the  matter  under  con- 
sideration, and  will  take  such  steps  toward  it  as  seem  to  us  wise. 


LETTER  FROM  MRS.  WEBSTER. 


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teachers'  institute. 
For  some  time  I  have  had  in  mind  the  desirability  of  a  vacation  school 
for  teachers,  and  perhaps  others.  This  might  be  for  both  sexes,  and  be  held 
for  a  few  days  for  Bible  study  and  spiritual  uplift,  the  study  of  school  methods 
and  school  problems.  We  might  combine  the  Northfield  idea  with  the 
teachers'  institute  or  summer  school.  There  are  no  insurmountable  diffi- 
culties, I  think,  unless  it  be  the  lack  of  time  and  strength  to  plan  and  carry 
out  such  a  scheme  with  all  that  it  involves. 


LETTER  FROM  MRS.  WEBSTER. 

Kamundongo,  Bihe,  W.  C.  A.,  August  6,  1901. 
My  last  letter  was  written,  I  believe,  at  Sakanjimba,  where  I  stayed  over 
Sunday.  One  day's  journey  from  there  took  me  to  Ocilonda,  the  station  of 
the  English  Mission.  I  stayed  there  two  days  and  then  went  to  Chisamba. 
I  had  a  very  pleasant  visit  with  the  friends  at  Ocilonda.  There  are  three 
families  and  two  young  ladies  there  at  present.  They  have  a  good  location, 
and  there,  as  elsewhere,  the  work  is  going  forward  hopefully.  The  same 
day  I  left  Ocilonda  I  reached  Chisamba  late  in  the  afternoon.  It  was  just  at 
the  hour  for  their  weekly  prayer  meeting,  and  as  I  had  not  been  able  to  send 
definite  word  as  to  the  day  I  would  arrive,  I  found  the  houses  all  deserted.  I 
found  my  way  into  Mrs.  Currie's  house  by  a  back  door,  and  made  myself 
comfortable  until  prayer  meeting  was  out.  They  were  somewhat  surprised 
to  see  me,  for  though  they  had  been  expecting  me,  they  had  about  given  me 
up  ;  for  through  a  misunderstanding,  some  one  had  written  them  that  I  had 
changed  my  plans  and  was  not  going  to  Chisamba.  On  the  strength  of  that, 
Miss  Melville,  who  had  been  planning  to  visit  us  in  Bailundu  after  my  visit 
with  them,  had  called  her  carriers  and  was  ready  to  start  the  day  after  I 
reached  there.  I  spent  a  week  at  Chisamba,  and  had  such  a  nice  visit.  I  was 
pleased  to  meet  Mrs.  Bell  again.  They  formerly  belonged  to  the  Phil- 
African  League,  and  came  to  Benguella  on  the  same  steamer  with  Mr. 
Stover  and  me  four  years  ago.  I  enjoyed  seeing  and  talking  with  the  young 
people  of  Chisamba.  It  is  helpful  in  many  ways  to  visit  the  other  stations 
and  see  the  work.  While  there  I  visited  with  Mrs.  Currie  and  Mrs.  Bell, 
the  out-station  at  Ciyuka.  The  chief  is  a  Christian,  and  quite  a  number  of 
his  young  people,  both  men  and  women,  are  following  his  example.  He  is 
a  man  of  about  fifty  years,  I  should  judge,  and  a  man  of  some  standing.  He 
had  ten  wives,  and  has  put  them  all  away  but  one.  He  has  built  a  good 
schoolhouse,  and  they  have  morning  and  evening  prayers  and  services  regu- 
larly every  Sunday,  and  week-day  school  during  the  school  term.  The 


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LIFE  AND  LIGHT. 


\_January, 


whole  village  attend  all  religious  services.  If  a  few  more  such  men  would 
take  a  similar  stand,  it  would  be  a  great  blessing  to  the  work  everywhere. 

I  am  now  at  Kamundongo  spending  a  week  with  the  friends  here.  It 
goes  without  saying  that  I  am  having  a  pleasant  visit.  All  here  seem  very 
well.  The  work  here  is  certainly  making  rapid  strides.  Last  Sunday 
morning  the  church  was  full.  There  must  have  been  four  hundred  and  fifty 
present,  and  aside  from  those,  about  fifty  others  met  in  the  schoolhouse  at 
the  same  time.  Small-pox  is  quite  bad  around  here  now,  and  they  think  it  is 
wise  to  have  the  children  of  the  station,  with  their  mothers  and  all  who  have 
not  had  small-pox,  meet  by  themselves.  At  seven  different  points  schools 
have  been  started  at  the  request  of  the  head  men  of  the  village,  and  at  all  of 
these  places  many  are  professing  Christ  and  burning  their  fetiches.  Two 
days  ago  we  visited  the  nearest  school,  and  to-morrow  we  are  going  to  one 
of  the  farthest,  about  an  hour  and  a  half  distant.  It  is  good  to  see  this  gen- 
eral awakening,  and  we  pray  that  it  may  continue,  and  many  may  be  brought 
to  the  light. 

This  week  Friday  I  expect  to  start  for  Sakanjimba.  It  is  two  days'  jour- 
ney from  here.  I  shall  stay  there  ten  days,  and  be  at  home  again  before  the 
mail  leaves  the  last  of  the  month,  if  all  goes  well.  Mrs.  Stover  writes  that 
they  are  all  well,  though  Mr.  Stover  is  somewhat  under  the  weather.  She 
says  Katito  gets  around  on  crutches  now,  and  is  much  better.  She  writes 
also  of  the  death  of  one  of  our  little  kindergarten  girls  from  small-pox.  She 
was  a  bright,  sweet  little  girl,  about  four  years  old.  Miss  Stimpson  and 
Miss  Redick  are  coming  to  tea  and  spend  the  evening  at  Mrs.  Sanders,  and 
to-morrow  I  am  to  spend  the  evening  and  night  with  the  young  ladies. 


WOMAN'S  BOARD  OF  THE  INTERIOR. 
Mrs.  S.  E.  HURLBUT,  Treasurer. 
Receipts  from  October  10  to  October  18, 1901. 

Colorado   430  02 

Illinois   4,097  56 

Indiana   305  23 

Iowa   3,162  98 

  274  45 


Kansas  . 
Michigan 
Minnesota 
Missouri  . 
Nebraska 
Ohio  . 
Oklahoma 
North  Dakota 
South  Dakota 
Wisconsin 


1,156  09 
70  75 
360  21 
35  99 
104  28 
1  75 
11  05 
185  25 
573  38 


Maine 
Micronesia 


Receipts  for  the  month 
Previously  acknowledged 


Total  since  October,  1900 

CENTURY  FrrND. 

Received  October  10  to  October  18 
Already  reported  .... 


5  00 
25  00 


10,798  99 
59,790  14 

$70,589  13 

1,175  17 
3,131  77 

$4,306  94 


Total  since  October,  1900  . 
additional  donations  for  special  objects. 
Received  October  10  to  October  18     .  86  50 

Already  forwarded        .      .      .      .      1,130  34 

Total  since  October,  1900     .      .      .     $1,216  84 
Mrs.  E.  M.  Williams,  Ass't  Treas.