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Life  and  Light 


Vol.  L  June,  1920  No.  6 

The  Bible  and  Missions 

The  New  Text  Book  of  the  Central  Committee 

To  the  Roman  Catholic  the  voice  of  the  Church  is  the  supreme 
authority.  We  Protestants  claim  that  the  Bible  is  our  rule  for 
faith  and  practice.  Is  it?  Has  it  really  been  our  guide  through 
all  the  four  hundred  years  since  Martin  Luther  proclaimed  the 
liberating  truth  ''the  just  shall  live  by  faith"?  Then  why  are 
Roman  Catholic  Missions  supported  so  much  more  generously 
than  ours?  Why  are  so  many,  many  millions  still  in  darkness?  Is 
it  not  because  we  have  not  found  in  our  Bible  the  missionary 
motive  and  impulse  that  shines  clear  on  every  page?  It  is  still  a 
true  word,  that  of  Pastor  Robinson  to  the  departing  Pilgrims, 
that  ''much  more  truth  will  shine  forth  from  God's  word."  It 
is  quite  time  that  we  study  the  message  of  Scripture  in  the  light  of 
the  world's  great  need,  and  The  Bible  and  Missions  speaks  its  call 
with  strong  emphasis.  No  Christian  woman  who  reads  it  can- 
didly, thoughtfully,  can  satisfy  her  conscience  till  she  has  done  her 
utmost  to  put  the  gospel  within  the  reach  of  every  child  of  man. 

Mrs.  Montgomery  has  wrought  out  her  subject  with  such  skill 
and  charm  and  wide  research  that  one  reads  on  and  on,  eager  to 
go  through  it  at  a  sitting,  as  one  does  some  new  story. 

In  a  brief  resume,  the  text-book  points  out  the  characteristics 
that  make  the  Bible  a  book  of  all  humanity.  Because  our  God  is 
the  Father  of  all  men,  his  tender  word  of  love,  of  rebuke,  of  guid- 
ance, of  hope,  must  come  to  his  every  child.  Reading  these  pages, 
thinking  of  the  state  of  the  world  today,  of  the  countless  multi- 
tudes who  have  gone  this  brief,  sad  earthly  journey  and  never 
heard  the  voice  of  the  Father,  we  are  filled  with  a  great  remorse 
for  ourselves  and  for  our  ancestors  that  we  have  so  failed  to 
know  and  to  do  our  duty. 


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Part  I  of  our  book  sets  clearly  forth  the  strong  missionary  pur- 
pose that  fills  the  Bible.  From  .the  Garden  of  Eden  to  the  vision 
of  the  seer  on  Patmos,  in  all  the  training  of  men  and  of  nations, 
we  find  a  revelation,  ever  growing  clearer,  of  God  the  Father, 
righteous  and  loving. 

The  Old  Testament  is  composed  mainly  of  history,  poetry  and 
prophecy,  and  in  each  of  these  the  missionary  motive  is  plain, 
sometimes  prominent.  Indeed,  as  soon  as  men  realize  that  Jeho- 
vah is  not  a  mere  tribal  god,  one  among  many  equals,  but  the  God 
of  the  whole  earth,  then  they  must  feel  laid  upon  them  the  duty 
to  make  Him  known  to  all  nations.  Abundant  quotations  and  ref- 
erences show  us  that  the  glorious  vision  of  humanity  elevated, 
purified,  worshiping  the  one  God,  shone  in  the  heart  of  psalmists 
and  prophets,  though  few  of  their  fellows  understood  their 
message. 

The  New  Testament  teaches  missions  by  both  precept  and  ex- 
ample. Our  Master,  the  great  Exemplar  for  us  all,  spent  his  life 
in  teaching,  preaching,  healing — just  the  work  of  our  missionaries 
today.  He  sent  out  missionaries,  first  twelve,  then  seventy,  to 
extend  and  continue  his  work,  and  one  of  his  latest  recorded  words 
is  the  enkindling  assurance,  ''as  the  Father  has  sent  me,  so  send  I 
you."  The  second  part  of  the  Book  of  Acts  is  really  a  sketchy 
biography  of  the  great  missionary  Paul,  and  a  great  part  of  the 
remainder  of  the  New  Testament  was  called  out  by  his  instruc- 
tions to  his  converts.  It  is  plain  that  whoever  believes  the  teach- 
ing of  Christ  and  prays  "Thy  Kingdom  come,"  must  give  time 
and  strength  to  making  it  come,  that  is,  he  must  be,  directly  or  by 
proxy,  a  missionary. 

Chapter  III  shows  these  ancient  books,  written  in  Hebrew  and 
Greek,  languages  now  known  to  only  a  small  fraction  of  mankind, 
set  over  into  many  forms  of  modern  human  speech.  The  story  of 
the  way  our  Bible  has  come  to  us,  of  the  hairbreadth  escapes  it  has 
experienced,  of  its  many  adventures,  happy  and  sad,  is  full  of  in- 
terest to  every  lover  of  literature,  simply  as  such.  The  patience, 
the  ingenuity,  the  self-sacrifice,  and  the  heroism  of  many  of  the 
translators,  move  one  to  amazement  and  admiration.    The  diffi- 


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pulty  of  putting  the  loftiest  and  purest  thought  into  words  com- 
prehensible by  superstitions  and  childish  minds,  used  to  dealing 
only  with  simple  and  material  things,  would  have  proved  insuper- 
able without  a  help  and  guidance  often  manifestly  divine.  The 
power  of  this  word  of  God,  to  quicken  the  mind,  to  clarify  the 
vision,  to  transform  the  life,  is  a  convincing  proof  that  this  ''pro- 
phecy came  not  by  the  will  of  man,  but  men  spake  from  God,  being 
moved  by  the  Holy  Spirit." 

The  story  of  Bible  societies  shows  the  divine  guidance  touching 
the  hearts  of  many  men,  leading  them  to  do  together  that  which  no 
one  could  do  alone.  The  wise  policy  of  selling,  not  giving,  the 
Bibles  to  all  who  can  pay  increases  their  influence  without  lessen- 
ing the  circulation.  In  reading  of  the  heroism  of  the  colporters, 
''Christ's  vagabonds,"  one  is  proud  of  the  humanity  that  can  pro- 
duce such  men.  Indeed,  we  see  that  the  Bible  Societies,  in  send- 
ing out  millions  of  copies,  are  to  the  missionaries  as  one  hand  is  to 
the  other — neither  can  do  its  work  efficiently  alone.  In  support- 
ing both  with  prayer  and  gifts  we  are  helping  to  spread  that  "word 
which  is  as  a  fire,  as  a  hammer  to  break  the  rock  in  pieces."  Now 
that  the  League  of  Nations  is  a  fact,  though  sadly  incomplete,  the 
spread  of  this  one  book  and  its  spirit  is  the  one  thing  needed  to 
make  it  a  triumphant  reality. 

To  any  candid  mind,  the  great  difference  between  the  nations 
that  have  the  Bible  and  those  without  it,  proves  beyond  a  doubt 
that  this  book  had  a  unique  power  to  stimulate  and  to  elevate  all 
who  submit  to  its  influence.  One  might  go  further  and  note  the 
contrast  between  papal  lands  like  Spain  and  Mexico  and  their 
more  advanced  Bible-reading  neighbors  and  see  again  that  the  en- 
trance of  His  word  giveth  light.  We  owe  the  laws  which  are  the 
stable  foundation  of  our  society  to  the  legislation,  God-given, 
which  goes  to  the  root  of  the  matter.  We  must  tremble  for  our 
own  dear  country  as  we  read  the  doom  threatened  to  those  of 
old  who  forsook  God  and  forgot  his  commandments,  and  then 
see  how  history  fulfilled  the  terrible  prophecy. 

All  medieval  art  was  shaped  by  Bible  reading,  and  in  churches 
rich  with  painting  and  mosaics  we  see  the  only  Bible  those  un- 


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lettered  folk  could  understand.  Our  music,  too,  is  wholly  the 
child  of  melody  and  harmony  needed  for  praise. 

One  feels  in  all  the  chapters  the  limitations  of  Mrs.  Mont- 
gomery's space,  perhaps  most  of  all  in  the  last.  She  has  chosen 
wisely,  but  her  subject  is  boundless,  for  while  we  are  studying  the 
literature  already  in  hand,  pen  and  press  are  sending  out  new  and 
noteworthy  material,  and  we  can  never  overtake. 

The  book  is  rich  in  suggestion  and  impulse,  and  all  who  study  it 
will  find  new  weapons  for  their  armory  and  a  new  zeal  in  their 
souls  as  they  try  to  overcome  the  forces  of  evil  and  to  help  make 
the  Kingdom  come.  h.  f.  l. 


Editorials 

Miss  Jean  Dickinson,  under  appointment  to  the  North  China 
Mission,  received  her  commission  at  an  evening  service  held  at  the 

Church  of  the  Pilgrims,  Brooklyn,  New  York,  on 
A  Commission  Sunday,  May  2.  A  large  congregation  was  pres- 
Service.  ent,  including  many  young  people  from  all  over 

the  Brooklyn  District  and  representatives  of 
other  churches,  as  well  as  friends  and  classmates  of  Miss  Dickin- 
son's. Secretary  C.  H.  Patton  of  the  American  Board  presented 
the  Commission  and  made  the  address  of  the  evening.  The  "Wel- 
come to  the  Field"  was  given  by  Mrs.  R.  E.  Hume.  Mrs.  Warner 
James,  President  of  the  Brooklyn  District  of  New  York  State 
Branch,  brought  Greetings  from  the  Woman's  Board,  and  in  re- 
sponse Miss  Dickinson  spoke  briefly  of  her  earnest  desire  to  give 
her  life  to  China.  The  Prayer  of  Consecration  was  offered  by  her 
former  pastor,  Rev.  Dr.  Melish,  while  her  present  pastor.  Rev. 
Richard  Roberts,  presided  over  the.  evening  service.  Miss  Dickin- 
son is  to  be  on  the  staf¥  of  the  Yen  Ching  Union  University,  Pe- 
king, and  will  be  supported  by  the  young  people  of  Brooklyn.  She 
expects  to  go  to  China  this  summer. 

The  following  editorial  by  the  Rev.  Charles  Ernest  White, 
associated  with  Dr.  Patton  in  the  direction  of  the  Congregational 
World  Movement  in  Eastern  New  England,  gives  the  outlook  as 
viewed  from  the  Boston  office. 


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The  exact  date  of  the  Congregational  World  Movement  Cam- 
paign for  $3,000,000  is  passed.  The  money  involved  undoubtedly 
will  be  forthcoming  and  be  spent.  But  there  are 
The  results  which  never  will  end.    The  reflex  of  in- 

Afterglow.  spiration  and  mutual  stimulus  to  our  churches  no 

man  can  measure. 

A  new  interest  in  the  intimate  problems  of  the  Boards,  a  deeper 
realization  of  the  individual's  part  in  the  task,  a  vast  amount  of 
gripping,  "clOse-up"  information  regarding  work  at  home  and 
abroad,  a  readiness  to  *'go  a  little  deeper"  than  our  people  ever 
went  before — these  facts  are  permanent. 

To  accomplish  these  results  the  Movement  has  enlisted  the  ser- 
vices of  a  larger  force  of  workers  than  were  ever  put  on  any 
simultaneous  task  for  our  churches.  Upwards  of  200  pastors  have 
served  as  ambassadors  of  the  Movement.  They  have  been  released 
for  this  service  between  Sundays.  Out  of  their  experiences,  their 
sympathies,  their  familiarity  with  local  problems,  these  men  have 
gone  out  to  the  churches  and  pastors  and  given  a  friendly  hand  in 
putting  over  the  Campaign.  They  have  been  even  greater  bless- 
ings to  pastorless  churches,  with  the  brotherly  approach  of  these 
messengers  of  the  Movement,  which  in  many  cases  will  result  in 
new  life.  In  addition,  a  great  number  of  Four  Minute-Men  have 
carried  the  message  to  the  regular  services  of  the  Sunday  school 
and  to  Endeavor  Societies  and  other  groups.  It  has  been  a  doubly 
blessed  service  that  these  men  have  rendered,  enriching  those  who 
gave  it  and  those  who  received  these  benefits. 

But  we  must  go  further  than  this  to  find  the  entire  answer  to  this 
proposition.  Someone  was  gifted  with  rare  wisdom.  He  real- 
ized that  a  Movement  as  great  as  this  needed — it  needed  the  help 
of  "those  women,"  and  sixty  of  them  were  marshalled  into  line  by 
Miss  Kyle  in  the  Eastern  New  England  District  alone.  No  com- 
pilation of  the  total  number  of  women  cooperating  in  the  country 
is  available  at  present. 

Carefully  trained,  with  a  great  "story,"  most  clearly  and  effec- 
tively told,  they  went  out  among  the  women  and  their  societies  in 
our  churches.    In  many  cases  they  presented  the  matter  to  churches 


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as  a  whole  and  (let  Gath  know  it)  they  often  outshone  their 
brothers.  I  doubt  if  many  churches  that  went  up  to,  or  over,  the 
top  could  have  done  so  without  the  splendid  spirit  and  spurring  of 
these  Field  Women. 

Incidentally,  one  of  the  interesting  by-matters  of  the  campaign 
has  been  the  number  of  occasions  when  churches  that  have  lagged, 
or  declined  to  share  in  the  Movement,  were  shamed  into  it  by  the 
persistence  of  the  women  members.  They  gave  their  pastors  and 
the  official  force  no  peace  with  the  reiterated  and  reiterated,  "Is 
not  our  church  going  to  do  its  part  ?" 

At  this  writing  it  is  impossible  to  state  the  full  financial  returns 
from  the  states.  The  tide  has  swept  from  the  West  to  the  East. 
Northern  California,  Southern  California,  Oregon,  Idaho,  Mon- 
tana, Oklahoma,  Kansas,  Missouri,  Wisconsin,  New  Jersey  and 
Rhode  Island  early  went  "over  the  top."  We  are  confident  that 
there  were  many  others,  but  the  churches  reported  slowly.  There 
is  every  confidence  for  believing  that  the  great  goal  will  be  reached. 
If  it  is,  this  Movement  will  not  alone  assure  the  salvation  of  the 
Boards,  it  will  prove  to  be  the  salvation  of  the  churches.  Again  the 
old  truth  is  being  established  that,  "He  that  gives  lives."  Our 
churches  are  in  for  the  greatest  blessing  in  their  history  in  pro- 
portion to  the  liberality  of  their  gifts. 

On  the  morning  of  May  10  came  the  news  of  the  glad  release 
of  Mr.  F.  H.  Wiggin,  Treasurer  of  the  American  Board  for 

twenty-four  years  (1896-1920). 
Frank  H.  In  failing  health  for  months  and  often  a  great 

Wiggin.  sufferer,  Mr.  Wiggin  with  characteristic  fidelity 

and  self-denial  had  borne  the  heavy  responsi- 
bilities of  his  office  until  a  few  weeks  ago.  "His  work  shall  praise 
him  in  the  gates,"  for  he  has  been  known  the  world  around  as 
a  faithful  steward  of  a  great  and  honorable  trust.  The  sympathy 
of  many  friends  is  surrounding  Mrs.  Wiggin  and  their  daughter 
Faith  in  this  time  of  sorrow. 

A  fuller  notice  of  Mr.  Wiggin's  service  will  be  found  in  the 
Missionary  Herald. 


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The  Woman's  Board  is  rich  in  its  friends.  Its  greatest  asset 
is  the  long  roll  of  women  who  love  it  not  as  an  organization  but 

for  the  work  for  which  it  stands.  One  such 
A  Faithful  friend  has  been  called  recently  to  the  higher  life. 

Steward.  Unostentatious  in  all  that  she  did,  she  was  little 

known  save  by  her  inner  circle.  Limited  in 
means,  she  abounded  in  love  for  the  Kingdom  and  in  desire  to 
help  to  her  utmost  in  extension.  Well  do  we  remember  her  first 
letter  to  us.  She  wrote  that  she  had  feared  she  would  be  unable 
to  give  toward  the  extra  need  for  which  the  Board  was  appealing, 
but  a  check  had  unexpectdly  come  to  her  and  she  was  forwarding 
it  to  us.  Other  checks  have  followed  from  time  to  time,  small 
in  amounts  but  large  because  of  the  accompanying  prayers  and 
devotion.  Xow  that  some  of  the  secrets  of  her  life  may  be  made 
known  we  are  learning  what  a  conscientious  steward  she  was. 
Long  ago  she  determined  to  give  a  tenth  of  her  income  to  the 
Lord.  Many  a  time  it  was  not  easy,  sometimes  it  was  impossible 
because  of  imperative  expenses,  to  put  aside  the  amount  at  the 
moment.  In  such  a  case  she  would  write  in  her  account,  'T  owe 
the  Lord  $5.00,"  or  whatever  the  amount  might  be.  And  the 
debt  was  always  paid,  ^^'e  believe  that  there  are  many  such 
faithful  stewards  among  our  constituency. 


THE  FINANCIAL  STATEMENT  OF  THE  WOMAN'S  BOARD 

Receipts  Av.\ilable  for  Regular  Work,  April  1 — 30,  1920 


From 
Branches 

From 
Other  Sources 

From  Legacies 
and  Reserve 
Legacy  Fund 

Income  from 
Investments 
and  Deposits 

• 

TOTAL 

1919  ... 

$26,857.04 

$908.55 

$115.00 

$1,051.90 

$28,932.49 

1920.... 

22,490.02 

122.00 

299.23 

1,134.34 

24,045.59 

Gain  .... 

$184.23 

$8a.44 

^,367.02 

S786.55 

$4,886.90 

October  18,  1919— April  30,  1920 

1919... 

581,624.38 

$4,244.15 

$13,043.21 

$4,897.11 

$103,808.85 

1920... 

96,831.28 

5,260.87 

17,523.23 

5,024.06 

124,639.44 

Gain  .... 

$15,206.90 

$1,016.72 

$4,480.02 

$126.95 

$20,830.59 

Loss  .... 

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"Old  Girls'"  Day  at  Uduvil 

By  Lucy  K.  Clarke 

ON  Wednesday  afternoon,  February  4,  the  ''old  girls"  of 
Uduvil  gathered  to  the  number  of  three  hundred,  to 
form  an  Old  Girls'  Association.  They  met  in  the  Tamil 
School  Hall.  We  wanted  to  make  it  an  all  day  affair,  but  because 
of  the  rice  shortage  we  could  not  entertain  so  many  in  addition 
to  our  usual  number.  So  the  ''old  girls"  were  invited  to  come  at 
three  o'clock. 

Miss  Bookwalter  opened  the  meeting  stating  that  the  school, 
being  now  ninety-five  years  old,  should  have  an  Old  Girls'  Asso- 
ciation, and  thus  link  up  the  "old  girls"  with  the  present  school. 

Miss  Rowland,  so  long  principal  of  the  school  was  chosen 
president.   All  the  other  officers  elected  were  Tamil  women. 

A  committee  was  appointed  to  draw  up  rules.    A  second  com- 


Some  of  the  carts  in  which  they  came 


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mittee,  made  up  of  a  graduate  from  each  village,  was  appointed 
to  help  the  secretary  make  an  accurate  list  of  the  "old  girls."  It 
was  decided  to  call  the  organization  the  Uduvil  Old  Girls'  Asso- 
ciation. The  membership  fee  was  fixed  at  fifty  cents,  and  the 
annual  meeting  will  be  held  on  the  first  Wednesday  in  February. 

Miss  Hastings,  speaking  of  the  coming  centenary  of  the  school 
in  1925,  told  of  the  needs  of  the  school  which  should  be  met  before 
that  time.  These  needs  include  buildings  and  equipment,  and 
every  one  was  asked  to  help.  Mrs.  S.  P.  Lawton,  speaking  for 
the  "old  girls,"  said  that  all  should  think  of  the  good  the  school 
has  done  for  the  women  of  Jaffna  during  these  ninety-five  years, 
and  should  take  an  interest  in  its  welfare  and  do  all  they  can  for 
it  now. 

An  address  of  welcome  and  thanks  for  all  the  Woman's  Board 
of  Missions  of  Boston  has  done  for  Uduvil  was  read  to  Miss 
Calder,  Secretary  of  the  Board.  Miss  Calder  in  reply  spoke  of 
the  purpose  of  such  an  organization,  giving  as  an  example  the 
help  the  Alumnae  Association  of  Mount  Holyoke  had  been  in 
building  up  that  college. 


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One  of  the 
most  inter- 
esting fea- 
tures of  the 
meetingwas 
a  roll  call 
of  the  "old 
girls ' '  who 
had  been 
members  of 
the  school 
in  Miss  Ag- 
new's  time. 
There  were 
twenty -five 
of  them 
present  — 


The  three  oldest  graduates.  The  one  at  the 
right  is  Mrs.  Cotton  Mather,  who  was  in  school 
in  1845 


g:  r  a  y  , 
wrinkled , 
and  worn, 
but  their 
faces  beam- 
ed with  the 
joy  of  being 
back  in  their 
Alma  Mater 
once  more. 
Telegrams 
were  read 
from  those 
who  were 
unable  to  be 
present.  It 
was  agreed 


Coming  out  after  the  exercises 


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Some  of  the  younger  "  Old  Girls  " 


that  on  each  Friday  the 
' '  old  g-irls  ' '  and  the 
school  girls  should  pray 
for  each  other. 

At  the  close,  a  fare- 
well was  said  to  Miss 
Hasting-s,  who  was  about 
to  leave  for  a  year's 
furloug-h  in  America. 
Expressions  of  appreci- 
ation for  the  fine  work 
she  had  done  for  Uduvil, 
her  love  and  tireless 
energ-y  for  the  girls  were 
given. 

After  the  meeting  tea 
was  served  out  under 
the  trees  in  the  com- 
pound, where  a  little 
later  the  present  day 
school  girls  gave  a  pro- 
gram of  drills  and  songs 
and  recitations.  Alto- 
gether, it  was  a  memo- 
rable day,  a  never-to- 
be-forgotten  day,  for  the 

old  girls, ' '  the  ' '  new 


girls  "  and  the  '  other  girls,"  who  were  so  fortunate  as  to  be 
at  Uduvil  for  the  occasion. 


After  a  brief  visit  in  Bai-celona,  Spain,  at  the  Colegio  Inter- 
nacional,  and  a  few  days  in  England,  Miss  Calder  sailed  May  1 
for  New  York  and  reached  home  May  10.  She  received  an  en- 
thusiastic welcome  at  the  Rooms,  being  greeted  by  her  co-workers 
with  songs,  speeches  and  garlands. — The  Editor. 


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[June 


By  the  Shores  of  the  Golden  Horn 
Historic  Days  and  Other  Days 
By  Rebecca  J.  McNaughton 

IT  is  wonderfully  interesting  to  be  in  Constantinople  at 
the  present  time.  On  March  16,  when  we  looked  out 
of  the  window  in  the  morning,  we  saw,  almost  up 
against  the  great  bridge  which  crosses  the  Golden  Horn,  one  of  the 
great  British  battle  ships,  with  her  guns  pointing  directly  at  the 
city.  We  had  no  idea  of  what  it  meant,  but  as  the  day  wore  on 
many  regiments  of  British  soldiers  passed  by  and  we  saw  a  num- 
ber of  the  Indian  troops  guarding  the  telephone  building  which 
is  near  us. 

Later  we  heard  that  the  War  OfBce,  Post  Office,  and  other  public 
buildings  had  been  taken  over  by  the  English  and  that 
the  city  was  under  martial  law.  All  this,  with  the  arrest  of  a 
number  of  prominent  Turks,  was  accomplished  so  quietly  and  su- 
perbly that  before  anyone  could  grasp  the  situation  the  occupation 
of  the  city  by  the  English  was  an  accomplished  fact.  Of  course, 
there  was  more  or  less  excitement  during  the  day,  but  by  night  all 
was  quiet  again  and  has  been  since.  No  one  is  allowed  to  leave 
or  enter  the  city  without  special  permission. 

Our  activities  go  on  as  usual.  Wednesday,  March  24,  was 
Charter  Day  at  Constantinople  College.  The  addresses  were  given 
by  Dr.  Patrick  and  Dr.  Wallace  on  the  subjects  of  reconstruction 
in  education  and  religion.  Major  Davis  of  the  Red  Cross  gave  a 
fine  address,  and  Miss  Ethel  Thomson,  on  the  part  of  the 
alumnae,  spoke  of  what  part  they  should  play  in  the  future  which 
is  opening  up  here.  The  reception  held  at  the  conclusion  of  the 
exercises  was  most  enjoyable. 

On  Thursday,  March  25,  representatives  of  all  bodies  engaged 
in  religious  work  in  this  city  met  at  the  Y.  W.  C.  A.  at  one  of  the 
regular  monthly  workers'  meetings.  The  Y.  M.  C.  A.  and 
Y.  W.  C.  A.  were  represented,  the  colleges  and  Relief  Committees, 
English  workers  and  missionaries,  also  army  chaplains.  A  goodly 
number  gathered  together.    After  a  social  hour  and  devotional 


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service,  led  by  Prof.  Huntington  of  Robert  College,  an  address 
was  given  by  Mr.  Davis,  who  is  the  Secretary  for  Y.  M.  C.  A. 
work  for  the  Near  East. 

One  afternoon  I  had  a  little  experience  of  my  own  about  which 
I  have  thought  a  good  deal.  It  was  a  glorious  day  of  sunshine  after 
many  cold  and  rainy  days  and  I  started  out  to  make  some  calls. 
Not  finding  people  at  home,  I  went  on  to  visit  one  of  the  great 
mosques  which  are  so  wonderful  and  impressive.  I  was  allowed 
to  enter  and  wander  at  will  through  the  spacious  structure  and 
examin'e  the  beautiful  tiles,  the  enormous  pillars,  the  rich  adorn- 
ments on  the  walls,  and  wonder  at  the  vast  interior  of  the  building. 

There  were  few  persons  in  the  mosque — two  rough  villagers  and 
a  soldier,  gazing  in  wonder  at  the  lofty  pile.  As  I  was  passing  out 
I  saw  at  the  entrance  a  Turkish  woman  at  her  prayers,  rising  and 
bending  and  kneeling — not  in  the  mosque  itself,  not  on  one  of  the 
gorgeous  rugs,  not  where  the  rich  colors  of  the  mosaics  gave  a 
subdued  tone  to  the  interior,  but  just  inside  the  door.  Before  a 
slab  of  cold,  white  marble,  she  turned  her  face  toward  Mecca  and 
prayed.  She  would  not  be  allowed  to  enter  the  mosque  itself  to 
pray.    This  incident  made  a  deep  impression  on  me. 

I  went  out  into  the  sunlight  down  to  the  public  gardens.  They 
were  once  the  closed  palace  grounds  of  early  sultans.  Before  they 
came  the  Greek  Emperor  had  court  in  splendid  state  behind  these 
high  walls  and  towers.  The  gardens  were  crowded  with  young 
Turkish  men  and  with  young  women,  who  now  walk  freely,  the 
veil  thrown  back  from  the  face.  Sometimes  a  little  family  group 
was  to  be  seen,  although  most  of  the  women  were  by  themselves. 
Everyone  seemed  happy,  as  on  a  Sunday  afternoon  in  the  parks 
in  America.  I  was  able  to  walk  through  this  crowd  unmolested 
and  apparently  unobserved. 

I  came  home  through  the  old  Hippodrome  and  looked  at  the 
gorgeous  fountain  presented  by  the  Kaiser  years  ago  when  he  made 
his  memorable  visit  to  this  city.  Then  I  thought  of  the 
big  British  gunboats  "down  in  the  harbor  and  the  city  going  on  its 
usual  way  under  their  protection,  and  a  great  feeling  of  assur- 
ance came  over  me.  Surely  Right  will  in  the  end  pr.evail,  and  it  is 
safe  to  trust  the  Lord. 


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Joy  at  Imadegawa  Kindergarten 

By  Florence  H.  Learned 

Because  of  an  advance  in  tuition  fees  from  one  yen  to  yen  1.50  and 
to  a  small  added  appropriation,  Mrs.  Learned  has  been  able  to  in- 
crease the  salaries  of  her  kindergarten  teachers  to  27  and  30  yen  a 
month,  but  even  that  is  not  adequate.  She  says:  "The  best  we  can  do 
is  little  compared  with  what  the  Government  primary  school 
teachers  receive.  Even  an  ordinary  servant  girl  now  commonly  is 
paid  25  yen  a  month." 

gS  to  our  kindergarten — it  is  a  joy!  Monthly  accounts 
and  the  ever  recurring  calculating  look-ahead  makes 
head  and  heart  ache,  but  there  is  balm  in  the  kinder- 
garten. The  spacious  rooms,  the  sunshine  and  fresh  air  make  it 
such  a  cheerful  place — such  a  wholesome  place  indoors  and  out. 
The  children  and  teachers  love  it.  The  teachers  are  so  nice,  the 
children  so  dear,  the  atmosphere  so  Christian.  I  count  myself 
fortunate  to  have  charge  of  such  a  work ;  "the  lines  have  fallen 
to  me  in  pleasant  places."  The  biggest  part  of  the  *'joy"  is  being 
with  the  children,  seeing  and  feeling  them  grow.  And  how  they 
do  grow  in  body,  mind  and  heart. 

Too  many  of  them  come  with  "something  the  matter"  physi- 
cally. They  grow  rosy-cheeked  and  robust.  Their  little  heads  be- 
come filled  with  wholesome  knowledge  and  their  hearts  with 
spiritual  wisdom.  Doesn't  this  sound  grown-up  for  children !  The 
telling  of  it  may,  but  the  fact  is  very  simple  and  natural — the  mir- 
acle of  growing.  The  Heavenly  Father  they  come  to  know  as  their 
own.  Jesus  is  their  Hero  and  intimate  Friend.  "This  is  my  Heav- 
enly Father's  World"  is  their  outlook  as  .they  leave  us.  Would  that 
their  years  in  the  succeeding  school  might  be  as  bright,  happy  and 
helpful  as  in  their  kindergarten  period. 

Little  Blue-Cloud  King — a  Formosa  child — began  to  come  to 
kindergarten  in  January.  The  reason  for  her  being  here  is  to 
have  her  grow  up  a  Japanese,  and  it  has  fallen  to  us  to  help  her. 
She  doesn't  know  much  of  the  Japanese  language  yet,  but  she  is 
unusually  bright,  wide-awake  and  friendly.  So  far  as  in  us  lies 
we  shall  certainly  make  her  a  Christian  Japanese. 

The  Sunday  school  is  another  source  of  "joy."    More  children 


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A  Sunday  School  Group 


come  from  the  kindergarten  than  formerly.  The  oldest  class  is  a 
fine  one  of  boys  and  girls,  from  twelve  to  fourteen  years  old.  It  is 
doing  some  interesting  work  in  map-making — each  child  making  its 
own  map  of  Palestine,  filling  in  the  outline  Sunday  by  Sunday  as 
the  lesson  story  proceeds  in  "Following  Jesus,"  the  grand  topic 
for  the  year.  The  younger  classes  cover  the  same  ground  with 
blackboard  and  pictures  to  illustrate  what  the  teachers  give  them. 
W'e  have  made  our  own  song  book,  mimeographing  and  binding 
in  suitable  form  our  favorite  songs.  Just  now  "Fairest,  Lord 
Jesus"  and  "Anywhere  with  Jesus"  we  sing  every  Sunday. 

Last  fall  we  kindergarten  teachers  began  monthly  meetings  for 
the  maids  who  escort  the  children  to  and  from  kindergarten.  Such 
girls  are  drudges  in  the  families  who  employ  them,  having  no 
chance  for  betterment.  A  statement  was  sent  to  each  family,  and 
an  invitation  to  the  mistress  to  cooperate  with  us  in  giving  the 
maids  a  profitable  few  hours  one  afternoon  a  month.  It  has  not 
been  so  much  of  a  success  in  numbers  as  we  desire,  but  is  evi- 
dently greatly  appreciated  by  those  who  can  come.  We  shall  perse- 
vere and  do  our  best,  for  this  kind  of  work  appeals  to  us. 


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Toots  from  Tottori 

By  Estelle  L.  Coe 

This  article  was  written  in  an  intimate  way  for  the  Mission  paper. 
But  it  comes  from  a  Station  from  which  we  so  seldom  hear,  and  con- 
tains so  much  of  interest,  that  it  seemed  as  if  it  should  have  a  wider  read- 
ing, and  we  are  glad  to  reprint  it  from  the  Mission  A'czvs  for  the  readers 
of  Life  and  Light. — Editor. 

EIRST  blast — The  reverend  father  of  our  missionary 
body  came  home  in  the  wee  small  hours  of  the  Sabbath 
morning  all  covered  with  mud  and  unable  to  walk  very 
steadily.  Such  a  state  of  affairs  needed  careful  investigation,  and 
we  found  he  had  fallen  into  the  ditch  in  a  neighboring  village  and 
his  companions  had  even  deemed  it  necessary  to  turn  the  town 
pump  on  him  before  they  would  escort  him  home. 

But  all  this  w^as  caused  by  the  simple  zeal  of  the  Tottori 
Y.  M.  C.  A.,  which  decided  to  take  Mohammed  to  the  mountain, 
if  the  mountain  refused  to  come  to  Mohammed,  and  had  decreed 
to  hold  their  New  Year  social  at  the  old  Chinese  New  Year  time, 
off  in  a  little  seaside  hamlet,  where  a  few  struggling  Christians 
were  trying  to  hold  the  fort.  They  had  not  counted  on  the  dark- 
ness of  country  streets  and  the  necessity  of  rescuing  the  chief 
speaker  from  the  depths  of  Japanese  gutters,  but  this  could  not 
dampen  their  spirits. 

About  forty  people  gathered  at  the  mountain-side  hotel  at  the 
seaside,  where  hot-springs  are  plentiful,  and  a  plunge  in  the  steam- 
ing bath  is  always  the  first  thing  on  the  program.  Yotmg  folks 
and  old  folks  and  everybody  came.  Young  folks  and  old  folks  and 
everybody  bathed. 

After  the  cleansing  of  the  outside  of  the  platter  they  came  to- 
gether around  the  friendly  hibachi  for  a  cleansing  within.  Surely 
not  one  but  what  felt  purified  after  the  few  earnest  w^ords  of  the 
pastor,  and  the  sincere  prayers.  Then  came  social  frivolities,  when 
everyone  lost  the  stiffness  of  Japanese  etiquette.  Next  came  a  sup- 
per, and  then  the  hotel  was  abandoned  for  the  kogisho  and  a  gen- 
eral evangelistic  service  for  the  entire  town. 

At  this  meeting  there  were  eight  speakers,  most  of  whom  were 
the  members  of  the  Y.  M.  C.  A.,  mere  middle  school  boys,  but 


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the  way  they  carried  off  their  responsibility,  and  the  simple  earnest- 
ness of  such  messages  as  "The  Need  of  Christianity,"  "Accepting 
Christ  in  Youth,"  "The  Fountain  of  the  Spirit,"  "Christianity  and 
Morality,"  went  home  to  the  hearts  of  the  country  folk  with  an 
impressive  directness  that  a  famous  speaker  could  never  have  at- 
tained. As  we  listened  we  could  not  help  but  think  that  from 
such  ranks  as  this  would  come  the  pastors  of  tomorrow. 

This  little  Y.  M.  C.  A.  would  blow  another  blast,  and  tell  you  to 
rejoice  with  them  over  the  Association  that  has  risen  from  the 
ashes  of  a  worn  out  old  library  and  a  few  dust-covered  secretary 
books.  One  young  man  was  at  the  annual  church  meeting,  and 
listened  to  the  sleepy  deacons  drone  out  the  fact  that  last  year 
the  church  had  fallen  behind  its  budget  some  three  hundred  yen,  so 
they  would  have  to  give  up  one  place  where  they  had  been  holding 
a  Sunday  school  and  mid-week  preaching  services,  because  that 
took  the  vast  sum  of  nearly  five  yen  a  month. 

The  fact  that  there  were  some  eighty  young  people  touched  by 
this  work,  and  many  were  about  ready  for  definite  declaration  of 
their  Christian  faith,  did  not  enter  into  consideration.  It  was  an 
expense  that  could  not  be  carried.  But  the  young  man  stood  it 
as  long  as  he  could,  and  then  said,  "Will  you  leave  that  matter  to 
me  for  a  week  ?"  The  sceptical  deacons  did  not  feel  much  inclined 
to  do  so,  but  were  silenced  by  some  sort  of  atmospheric  pressure, 
and  the  next  Sunday  it  was  announced  that  the  rent  had  been  paid 
up  for  the  unfinished  part  of  that  year  and  the  first  month  of  the 
next.  He  had  written  to  all  the  young  men  who  had  gone  out 
from  that  church,  asking  for  pledges  for  the  support  of  this 
kogisho  for  a  year. 

This  was  only  the  beginning.  Soon  a  little  group  of  five  Chris- 
tian boys  were  meeting  every  afternoon,  after  school,  to  pray  for 
a  spiritual  awakening  in  the  church.  It  was  entirely  spontaneous, 
no  pastor  nor  older  person  kept  the  spark  glowing,  nobody  else 
knew  about  it  for  some  time.  But  the  group  was  growing.  Non- 
Christian  boys  heard  something  about  it,  and  came  to  ask  if  they 
might  learn  about  prayer.  The  little  four-mat  room,  in  a  poor 
home,  was  too  small  to  hold  them  all,  so  they  transferred  to  the 
church  and  decided  to  hold  a  week  of  morning  prayer-meetings,  to 


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which  any  one  might  come.  Before  the  clock  struck  six,  from  all 
over  the  city,  down  through  the  dark,  snowy  streets,  these  specially 
impelled  youths  came  running,  and  when  the  clock  finished  its  last 
stroke  they  were  all  ready  for  a  baptism  of  the  Spirit.  They  have 
proved  to  the  church,  without  a  doubt,  the  truth  of  the  promise, 
'*Ask  and  ye  shall  receive."  At  the  end  of  the  week  the  original 
number  had  doubled,  five  were  asking  for  baptism,  and  now  the 
Y.  M.  C.  A.  takes  the  responsibility,  not  only  of  financing  the 
kogisho,  but  of  supplying  both  speakers  and  audience  for  the 
meetings. 

In  the  school,  teachers  are  being  plied  with  questions  about 
Christianity,  and  asked  if  they  will  not  teach  something  about  the 
Bible.  Unable  to  stem  the  tide,  one  teacher  has  asked  for  special 
instruction  in  hymn  singing,  for  he  does  not  want  to  be  left  behind 
in  the  estimation  of  his  students.  On  the  playgroud  there  are  hot 
discussions  as  to  whether  Christian  ideals  do  not  tend  to  create 
opposition  to  the  imperial  regime.  Nicodemuses  slip  in  the  back 
gate,  or  stop  after  a  "mere"  social  call.  One  boy  came  with  an 
urgent  request  that  we  should  talk  with  his  mother.  Several  others 
brought  their  sisters.  Certainly  we  have  a  right  to  glory  in  this 
trumpet  blast. 

And  then  we  would  let  the  girls'  club  toot  a  little  and  glory  with 
them  in  the  beautiful  simplicity  of  their  Thursday  afternoon  meet- 
ings where  they  have  learned  to  take  the  full  responsibility  of  the 
leader  and  a  program  that  includes  a  real  school  in  embryo.  When 
the  guardian  of  the  Girls'  High  School  dormitory  found  the  sacred 
precincts  of  her  domain  invaded  by  strains  of  hymns  from  the 
nearby  church  she  hustled  the  girls  into  another  room  at  the  oppo- 
site side  of  the  building,  and  farther  away  from  contamination. 
Then  hymn  books  appeared  right  in  the  dormitory  itself,  and  the 
girls  took  great  delight  in  practising  the  songs  they  learned  Thurs- 
day afternoon  and  retelling  the  Bible  lesson,  while  across  the  way, 
on  Sunday  morning,  their  more  favored  sisters,  who  could  go  to 
church,  raised  their  voices,  and  sang  with  all  the  gusto  of  their 
maidenly  lungs,  in  the  hope  that  no  room  in  the  dormitory,  or  in 
Tottori  itself,  could  escape  the  sounds.  Surely  we  would  let  them 
have  all  the  trumpets  they  want. 


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India  Pen  Pictures 

By  Helen  B.  Calder 

This  letter  was  written  by  Miss  Calder  to  some  of  her  friends  at 
the  Woman's  Board  Rooms,  and  not  for  publication,  but  we  are  sure  her 
many  friends  outside  the  Rooms  will  enjoy  the  privilege  of  sharing  it 
with  the  smaller  circle. — Editor. 

INDIA  is  the  greatest  place  for  changing  cars  in  the 
middle  of  the  night.  The  famous  Southern  Cross  at 
this  time  of  the  year  doesn't  rise  until  2.00  a.  m.,  but  I 
have  already  had  seven  fine  views  of  it  while  walking  up  and 
down  station  platforms  or  motoring  in  the  "wee  sma'  hours."  En 
route  from  Rahuri  to  Satara,  because  I  wished  to  get  a  glimpse  of 
Ramabai's  work.  I  spent  two  nights  traveling.  Friday  I  slept  on  a 
bench  in  a  junction  station  for  three  or  four  hours;  Saturday  I 
waited  in  the  Satara  Railroad  station  from  one  o'clock  until 
4.15  a.  m.  until  the  motor  got  ready  to  start.  Then  we  had  a 
puncture  after  we  had  gone  four  miles  and  had  to  wait  by  the 
roadside  until  a  motor  which  passed  us  came  on  to  Satara,  dis- 
charged its  load  and  returned  to  us. 

I  have  been,  on  the  whole,  pleasantly  disappointed  at  Indian 
weather  in  March.  Ahmednagar,  Satara,  and  Wai  are  delight- 
fully cool  at  night,  and  not  unbearable  by  day,  since  the  heat  is 
not  moist.  I  am  promised  more  of  what  I  expected  when  I  reach 
Bombay.  Certainly  our  Marathi  missionaries,  except  those  in 
Bombay,  have  a  much  more  comfortable  time  of  it  than  those  in 
Madura  and  Ceylon. 

When  I  began  this  letter  I  was  entertaining  two  of  the  most 
charming  callers,  Jaivanthi  and  Anti,  ages  five  and  four,  sexes,  boy 
and  girl,  two  of  the  five  babies  whom  Miss  Nugent  has  living  on 
her  veranda.  They  are  the  first  Oriental  children  who  have 
talked  to  me  as  if  they  took  me  for  granted.  They  jabbered  away 
to  me  while  I  was  writing,  and  I  presume  they  thought  me  very 
stupid  not  to  reply.  They  are  so  much  with  Miss  Nugent  that  they 
are  used  to  white  folks.  Anti's  mother  died  of  influenza  over  a 
year  ago,  and  her  father,  a  man  of  high  caste,  brought  her  to  Miss 
Nugent  and  told  her  that  he  would  never  come  to  see  her.  He 


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had  no  one  to  take  care  of  her,  and  he  loved  her  too  much  to 
leave  her  to  die.  but  he  knew  that  he  could  never  take  her  back 
again  because  her  caste  would  be  broken.  Jaivanthi's  parents  are 
both  dead. 

They  came  in  again  as  I  was  writing  the  last  paragraph,  each 
with  a  biscuit.  I  took  them  both  on  my  lap  and  was  offered  a  bite 
from  each  biscuit.  Then  Jaivanthi  asked  me  for  something,  and 
looked  quite  troubled  that  I  made  no  move  to  grant  his  request. 
Instinct  suggested  that  biscuit  and  water  go  together,  so  I  pointed 
to  my  water  jar.  His  face  lighted  up,  and  he  drank  very  thirstily 
and  was  satisfied.  When  I  got  them  back  on  my  lap  Anti  began 
to  jabber,  and  I  said,  "I  don't  understand  a  word  you  are  saying." 
She  laughed  merrily  as  if  she  thought  it  a  good  joke.  Then  one  of 
the  teachers  came  to  take  them  away. 

I  went  with  Mrs.  Ballantine,  a  Bible  woman,  and  four  Indian 
teachers  to  two  centers  where  Brahmin  women  live.  They  do  not 
welcome  us  to  their  homes,  but  enjoy  the  visits  on  their  veranda. 
The  result  is  a  regular  Salvation  Army  meeting  and  crowd,  for  no 
passer-by  in  India  is  ever  in  a  rush,  so  he  sits  down  and  swells  the 
ranks.  At  the  second  place  a  row  of  twelve  boys  sat  down  cross- 
legged  right  at  our  feet,  and  I,  being  unable  to  join  in  the  singing 
and  preaching,  began  to  talk  with  smiles.  My  first  sermon  was 
preached  with  good  effect  to  a  dirty  little  chap  whose  tiny  baby 
sister  was  fast  asleep  in  his  lap.  Her  mouth  was  open  and  the 
flies  were  going  in  and  out  as  well  as  in  her  eyes.  I  smiled  at 
him,  and  by  signs  indicated  that  he  should  wave  the  flies  away, 
with  the  result  that  he  kept  his  hand  going  back  and  forth  over 
her  face  all  the  rest  of  the  time.  Several  of  the  boys  smiled  back 
at  me,  and  two  or  three  accompanied  us  home. 

Sometimes  it  seems  as  if  I  would  explode  in  my  longing  to 
speak  directly  to  these  people-  and  know  what  they  are  saying.  I 
feel  this  especially  with  girls  of  high  school  and  college  age.  We 
called  at  a  high  caste  Hindu  home  in  Ahmednagar,  where  there 
were  two  charming  new  daughters-in-law,  who  kept  peeking  at 
us  from  behind  their  saris.  They  salaamed  very  low  to  us,  but 
they  could  not  take  part  in  the  conversation. 


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There  are  so  many  contrasts  in  this  land  where  East  and  \\'est 
are  mixing.  Here  is  one :  At  the  reception  given  for  all  the 
W.  B.  M.  and  W.  B.  M.  I.  workers  in  Ahmednagar,  Frances 
Woods  sang  some  American  songs  with  the  ukalele  for  accompani- 
ment. At  her  feet  was  a  group  of  the  vernacular  school  girls, 
mostly  from  the  lowest  caste  with  so  little  of  background.  In  front 
of  her  was  a  group  of  the  teachers,  among  them  several  men,  all 
of  whom  understood  English.  Frances  sang  one  of  our  silly  Hol- 
yoke  jingles  with  the  following  words: 

"B-R-A-I-X 
The  old  school  taught  us  was  made  for  man 
But  Holyoke  knows  what  every  woman  knows 
That  woman  is  the  equal  of  man !" 

And  the  men  led  the  applause  ': 

I  wish  you  could  have  gone  with  me  to  see  the  robber  settle- 
ment at  Sholapur.  Mrs.  Smith  claims  that  robbers  are  much  more 
promising  material  than  beggars.  The  Mahars,  one  of  the  lowest 
class,  are  beggars  by  trade;  and  Mrs.  Smith  maintains  that  they 
carry  the  marks  of  their  calling  over  into  Christianity.  She 
brought  one  of  the  babes  from  her  day  nursery  to  me,  and  as  she 
put  the  bright  little  infant  into  my  arms  she  said,  "He  is  no  low- 
down  beggar,  he's  a  robber!"  I  replied,  "He's  a  cute  little  beggar 
all  the  same!" 

Wd\,  to  return  to  Sholapur  robbers — about  two  thousand  of 
them  live  in  the  settlement  I  visited,  and  they  are  a  fascinating 
study.  Picture  thirty  kindergarten  tots,  mostly  in  birthday 
clothes  and  a  string  around  the  waist,  going  through  a  ring  drill  or 
any  of  the  cunning  kindergarten  exercises.  I  didn't  know  whether 
to  laugh  or  to  cry. 

Then  see  these  ten  girls  with  a  towel  around  their  waist  splash- 
ing in  the  big  swimming  pool  for  their  semi-weekly  bath.  Hold 
your  breath  as  you  watch  boys  eleven  or  twelve  diving  thirty  feet 
into  a  deep  well,  climbing  up  the  long  stone  steps  and  then  doing  it 
again.  They  stoop  to  make  a  sign  to  the  gods  before  taking  that 
terrible  leap.  It  is  a  fine  way  to  work  of?  robber  energy.  Our 
missionaries  have  entire  charge  of  the  robbers,  and  the  only  ex- 


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pense  is  for  the  evangelistic  work.  All  other  bills  are  paid  by  the 
government.  Bible  women  go  in  twos  and  threes  to  different 
parts  of  the  settlement  to  hold  meetings  for  the  women  and  all 
the  school  children  come  to  Sunday  school  also. 

There  are  many  gipsy  tribes  in  India,  not  necessarily  robbers  by 
caste,  whatever  they  may  be  by  conduct.  We  encountered  one  such 
group  while  visiting  a  village  school  near  Ahmednaga'r.  They 
sleep  right  out  under  the  stars,  this  particular  group,  with  not  even 
a  mat  covering.  But  they  have  a  tiny  mat  for  their  tribal  goddess, 
Laximiai,  or  goddess  mother.  It  was  about  two  feet  high,  with 
a  flag  pole  effect  in  front  adorned  with  a  peacock  feather.  Our 
Indian  escort  asked  if  they  could  open  up  the  shrine,  and  they  re- 
plied, ''No,  for  we  haven't  bathed  yet."  But  they  were  much  in- 
terested in  us,  and  finally  one  woman,  bolder  than  the  rest,  stooped 
over,  made  some  sign  to  the  goddess,  quickly  raised  the  flap  and 
jumped  back.  The  goddess  was  encased  in  a  small  red  stone  in 
the  center  back.  In  front  was  a  tiny  bell,  a  dish  in  which  to  burn 
oil,  and  some  simple  offerings.  They  do  not  believe  in  living  in 
ceiled  houses  while  the  idol's  house  lies  waste. 

There  is  an  interesting  new  convert  at  present  sleeping  in  Miss 
Picken's  study  who  united  with  the  church  last  December,  and  has 
been  persecuted  since.  He  comes  of  a  wealthy  high  caste  family, 
and  his  friends  (?)  attacked  him  one  day  in  the  bazaar  and  tried 
to  carry  him  off.  He  reached  Miss  Nugent  quite  frightened  and 
somewhat  torn  and  bruised.  He  is  twenty-one  years  old,  with 
very  little  education.  He  had  to  leave  his  wife  to  become  a  Chris- 
tian. What  should  be  done  next?  This  is  one  of  the  interesting 
problems  of  the  missionary.  He  is  full  of  fervor  in  his  new  re- 
ligion, and  yesterday  asked  permission  to  testify  in  church.  So 
after  the  sermon  the  pastor  called  on  him,  and  he  sang  a  Marathi 
kirtan  on  the  theme,  "Christ  is  my  only  Saviour."  He  has  a  very 
real  consciousness  of  the  presence  and  friendship  of  Christ. 


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Rev.  Giles  Gorton  Brown 

By  T.  B.  Scott,  M.  D. 

On  March  12,  Rev.  Giles  G.  Brown,  one  of  the  older  mission- 
aries of  the  Ceylon  ^Mission,  passed  away,  after  a  brief  illness. 

Mr.  Brown  joined  the  Ceylon  ^lission  in  the  latter  part  of  1899, 
and  during  these  succeeding  twenty  years  has  been  home  twice  on 
furlough.  He  was  the  son  of  a  Canadian  Congregational  minister, 
and  in  his  early  years  became  familiar  with  the  method  and  spirit 
of  a  true  pastor.  His  early  education  was  of  a  varied  but  extremely 
practical  character,  leading  him  into  service  that  was  of  inestimable 
value  to  him  as  a  missionary.  With  his  fund  of  good  stories,  and 
jolly  songs,  he  was  the  life  of  the  small  mission  circle,  and  brought 
cheer  and  relaxation  to  the  overworked  older  missionaries.  Into 
those  early  years  he  brought  the  happy  faculty  of  arguing  in  such 
a  good-natured,  happy  way  that  those  who  might  differ  with  him 
could  not  resent  his  point  of  view.  This,  with  his  enthusiasm,  was 
of  incalculable  value  . 

He  was  instrumental  in  re-organizing  the  society  of  missionaries 
and  native  pastors,  and  in  the  formation  of  the  Jaffna  Council,  in 
which  the  native  church  had  an  increasing  part.  This  Council  has 
today  a  very  large  and  influential  place  in  the  Christian  commun- 
ity. In  connection  with  this  he  introduced  a  new  Order  of  Service 
which  has  given  variety  and  beauty  and  strength  to  the  service  of 
worship.  Receiving  a  suggestion  that  a  Centennial  Fund  would  be 
a  worthy  conclusion  of  one  hundred  years  of  mission  work,  he  en- 
tered with  his  usual  thoroughness  and  enthusiasm  upon  the  forma- 
tion of  a  plan  which,  carried  throufi^h  for  ten  years,  came  to  a  most 
successful  issue. 

In  methods  of  mission  work  he  was  impressed  with  the  value  of 
educational  work  as  a  factor  in  evangelization.  He  gave  great  at- 
tention to  the  place  the  village  school  held  in  the  outlying  com- 
munities, and  improved  many  buildings  and  strengthened  the  teach- 
ing force.  For  the  higher  educational  institutions,  for  both  boys 
and  girls  he  had  a  great  admiration,  and  he  lent  himself  untiringly 
to  their  betterment.   Here  again  he  had  a  large  vision  of  the  greater 


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things  to  be  accomplished  by  a  union  of  the  leading  higher  educa- 
tional institutions  of  the  various  missions.  During  several  years, 
as  Principal  of  Jaffna  College,  he  gave  of  his  strength  and 
thought  to  this  effort. 

During  the  later  years,  he  has  labored  unceasingly  in  a  plan  for 
putting  new  life  and  vigor  into  the  methods  of  evangelization 
among  the  churches.  This  led  him  into  most  intimate  relations 
with  each  of  the  churches  where  he  became  practically  a  '*bishop  of 
souls."  Not  only  in  the  church  as  a  whole,  but  into  every  family  of 
each  church  he  entered  with  sympathetic  enquiries  and  suggestions 
as  to  the  spiritual  life,  and  so  strongly  and  so  tactfully  he  impressed 
himself  upon  them  that  the  work  was  of  great  promise,  and  the 
outlook  for  a  great  forward  movement  was  very  bright.  It  was 
while  engaged  on  one  of  these  tours  in  one  of  the  churches  that 
he  contracted  the  fever  which  resulted  in  his  death. 

Ilie  funeral  service  was  very  largely  attended  by  the  Tamil 
people  of  every  part  of  the  community,  and  from  all  the  missions. 
Opportunity  was  given  for  expression  of  appreciation  of  his  life 
and  work.  The  essential  facts  stood  out  in  all  the  addresses  that 
service  and  sacrifice  had  been  the  life  of  Mr.  Brown,  w^ith  a  heart 
which  went  out  to  all,  in  all  its  greatness,  and  a  mind  which  knew 
no  narrowness  and  was  large  in  its  understanding. 

And  from  Miss  Bookwalter  we  learn  that  "he  was  buried  in  the 
cemetery  across  from  our  Uduvil  Compound,  in  the  same  row  with 
Miss  Agnew  and  Father  and  Mother  Rowland.  At  the  last  we 
missionaries  threw  roses  into  the  grave — the  last  thing  we  could  do. 
The  following  Sunday  evening,  before  the  church  services,  the  girls 
from  our  school  asked  to  go  to  his  grave  and  sing.  It  was  a  pretty 
sight  as  they  all  filed  over  and  circled  around  the  grave,  putting 
flowers  on  it.  Then  they  sang  as  they  stood  around — songs  which 
they  love  to  sing  of  the  home  over  there." 


Board  of  the  Pacific 

President.  Miss  Henrietta  F.  Brewer,  770  Kingston  Ave.,  Oakland 
Editor,  Mrs.  E.  R.  Wagneb.  355  Reed  St.,  San  Jose 
Home  Secretary,  Mrs.  C.  A.  Kofoid,  2616  Etna  St.,  Berkeley 


Editorial 

Travel  on  the  high  seas  is  popular  this  season  in  missionary 
circles,  if  not  as  pacific  as  the  name  of  the  ocean  over  which  the 
travellers  make  their  way.  However,  California 
of  the  Golden  abloom  with  spring  beauty  to  greet  them,  and 

Q^^g  the  trials  of  delay  and  crowded  conditions  are 

soon  forgotten.  Among  those  who  have  recently 
come  is  Mrs.  Alice  Browne  Frame  and  her  little  daughter  Rosa- 
mond, arriving  April  12 ;  Mrs.  Grace  H.  Tewksbury  and  her 
daughter  Roberta  from  Shanghai ;  and  Rev.  and  Mrs.  Charles 
Storrs  with  their  children,  aged  two  and  a  half  and  four  months 
respectively,  from  Shaowu,  China. 

Those  departing  for  the  Orient  were  Dr.  Harada,  former  presi- 
dent of  the  Doshisha ;  Dr.  Lewis  Hodous,  now  of  Hartford,  Conn. ; 
and  Mrs.  Helen  G.  Rowland,  bound  for  Sapporo,  Japan. 


Appealing  Problems 

A  Letter  from  the  Finance  Committee  to  the  Churches 

The  Woman's  Board  of  Missions  for  the  Pacific  desires  to  ex- 
press its  conviction  of  the  urgent  need  of  the  Congregational  World 
Movement  Emergency  Fund. 

These  same  appalling  problems  face  every  Congregational  bene- 
volent organization. 

To  make  good  the  value  of  the  dollar 

To  preserve  and  continue  work  already  founded 

To  meet  new  serious  emergencies 

If  the  entire  Three  Million  Dollar  Emergency  Fund  is  secured, 
the  Woman's  Board  of  Missions  for  the  Pacific  will  receive 


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$18,000.    This  $18,000  will  mean  aid  and  relief  in  all  the  stations 

of  our  own  work,  as  follows : 

To  pay  a  living  wage  to  our  missionaries,  native  teachers 
and  evangelists  in  the  Doshisha  Go  Jakko,  where  young 
Japanese  women  receive  education  and  Christian  train- 
ing to  fit  them  for  work  in  the  schools  and  Sunday 

Japan       schools  and  in  the  establishrnent  of  their  own  Christian 
homes. 

To  support  the  Kindergarten  and  Bible  women  in  Tottori. 
Expense  of  living  has  more  than  doubled.     Our  native 
Christian  workers  are  receiving  less  than  coolie  wages. 

To  make  possible  the  reopening  to  women  patients  of  our 
beautiful  hospital  at  Lintsing,  through  the  services  of  a 
woman  physician,  and  to  furnish  an  equipment  as  ade- 
quate as  the  building.  To  meet  the  demand  for  trained 
China  native  kindergartners  in  Foochow  and  insure  the  future 
of  the  children  of  China. 

The  cost  of  the  work  in  China  now  means  more  than  two 
dollars  for  every  one  we  sent  before. 

To  meet  greatly  increased  exchange  and  the  High  Cost  of 
Living  in  our  contributions  to  the  support  of  important 
schools  at  Dindigul  and  Aruppukottai.  To  make  avail- 
India  ^^^^  wonderful  maternity  hospital  at  Wai,  now 
useless  for  lack  of  equipment  and  a  trained  nurse. 

An  opportunity  to  work  miracles  in  the  very  stronghold  of 
high  caste  Hindu  fanaticism. 

To  meet  the  reconstruction  and  the  new  needs  of  ravaged 
Turkey  through  our  school  at  Brousa.  Armenian 
orphans  returned  from  exile,  Jews,  Greeke,  Turks,  are 
Turkey  crowding  to  our  doors  for  care  and  training,  and  we 
have  been  forced  to  open  a  Boys'  Department. 

The  call  is  for  everything  in  the  way  of  food,  clothing,  fur- 
nishings, equipment,  adequate  accommodations. 


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Seven  Pacific  Coast  young  women  are  facing  these  emer- 
gencies on  these  different  fields :  Mary  Florence  Denton, 
A  Special  Madeline    Waterhouse    and    Frances    Clapp,  at  the 
Added      Doshisha,  Japan;  Bertha  Harding  Allen,  in  Foochow ; 
Interest   Nina  Rice,  Edith  Parsons  and  Florence  Billings,  in 
Turkey;  and  added  to  these  in  November  will  be  Dr. 
Alma  Cooke  for  the  hospital  at  Lintsing,  China. 


The  Grey  Bird  of  Marash 

It  is  most  brilliant  moonlight.  To  think  that  the  same  wonder- 
ful moon  looks  down  upon  one  part  of  the  world  in  such  dire 
suffering  and  distress,  and  then  down  upon  the  other  side  of 
the  world  with  such  joy  and  peace  prevailing,  and  never  once 
gives  any  sign  of  our  agonizing  experience  and  our  need  of  help ! 

For  three  weeks  we  have  been  in  a  dreadful  siege.  Bullets 
have  fallen  like  rain.  Our  compound  is  in  the  north  of  the  city 
upon  a  hill  that  commands  the  whole  terrible  scene.  Old  Glory 
flies  bravely  overhead,  and  the  French  tri-color  next  door,  but 
they  seem  as  powerless  to  help  as  yonder  silvery  moon.  Thou- 
sands of  Christian  Armenians  are  being  hunted  to  death  like  timid 
conies  before  the  cruel  hunters. 

We  are  no  longer  of  a  normal  mind ;  how  could  we  be  with  the 
unbelievable  tales  hourly  poured  into  our  ears,  with  the  endless 
panorama  of  tragedy  enacted  before  our  very  eyes,  with  the 
bullets  crashing  through  our  own  windows,  with  the  Angel  of 
Death  snatching  the  members  of  our  own  household,  with  the 
dense  smoke  rising  as  a  curtain  of  horror  to  bewilder  us  and  make 
it  impossible  to  know  whether  the  young  girls  have  been  stolen 
or  killed.  We  can  count  as  many  as  eight  distinct  fires  and  know 
that  they  mean  not  buildings  but  whole  quarters  of  the  city. 

A  great  commotion  and  rapid  firing;  we  all  rush  out  to  what 
we  feel  is  certain  death.  In  the  street  every  one  is  gazing  heaven- 
ward, for  soaring  high  above  us  is  what  we  have  been  hourly 


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expecting  and  praying  for — a  beautiful,  graceful  aeroplane !  We 
know  now  our  prayers  are  answered  and  help  is  at  hand.  It  is  the 
first  sign  from  the  outside  world  for  eighteen  days  of  unspeakable 
horror.  The  effect  can  scarcely  be  imagined — the  firing  ceases, 
a  silence  that  for  us  is  full  of  hope  settles  upon  the  besieged  city, 
the  whole  attitude  of  the  attacking  forces  changes,  and  we  know 
it  is  a  question  of  but  a  few  hours  before  long  lines  of  troops 
will  file  OA^er  the  approach  to  ]Marash. 

"The  Angel  of  His  Presence  saved  them." 


Stopping  to  Take  Account 

By  Bertha  H.  Allen 

OUR  term's  work  is  over,  the  report  has  been  read  before 
the  Board  of  Managers,  the  six  fine  graduates  are  pre- 
paring to  open  their  kindergartens  or  to  continue  ex- 
isting ones,  and  now  in  a  few  days  we  will  begin  a  new  year  and 
receive  a  new  class  of  juniors.  I  can  hardly  wait  to  know  the 
new  girls  and  to  see  what  kind  of  a  family  we  are  to  have.  Nine 
girls  have  already  passed  the  entrance  examinations,  and  two 
more  are  to  take  them  this  week.  All  of  these  will  not  enter,  but 
it  looks  as  though  we  might  have  three  or  four  Anglican  girls, 
three  Methodist  and  two  from  our  Ponasang  School.  These,  with 
our  two  seniors,  both  Methodists,  and  our  just  graduated  Angli- 
can teacher,  will  make  a  fine  family. 

We  are  allowed  only  two  big  rooms  and  one  small  one  this 
year,  as  dormitory,  because  the  Anglo-Chinese  Girls'  School  is 
starting  again,  and  Miss  FaithfuU  Davies  may  need  all  the  other 
rooms.  As  it  happens,  these  three  rooms  will  be  just  about  what 
we  shall  need.  \\'e  have  been  cut  down  to  one  class-room,  be- 
sides the  annex  to  the  kindergarten  room,  where  it  is  impossible 
to  teach  a  class  when  the  kindergarten  is  in  session.  But  I  think 
we  can  fix  up  a  part  of  the  girls'  dining-room  for  hand  work  and 
organ  practice.    It  will  be  very  interesting  to  see  how  many  girls 


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the  Anglican  School  will  have.  It  draws  from  the  wealthy  class, 
and  most  of  the  pupils  will  be  day  pupils,  ^liss  Davies  is  en- 
abled to  start  the  school  because  a  friend  of  hers  is  coming  out  to 
help  her,  arriving  next  week.  So  our  family  will  be  four,  Miss 
Lacy  and  myself  upholding  the  Stars  and  Stripes.  We  are  so 
glad  for  Miss  Davies,  as  she  has  been  very  patient  with  us  two 
American  girls,  and  deserves  to  have  a  British  friend  to  uphold 
her  side ! 

If  their  school  grows  as  they  hope,  we  may  suddenly  find  our- 
selves without  a  roof.  How  are  the  building  funds  progressing? 
We  know  how  many  calls  there  have  been  and  what  a  monster 
exchange  has  become,  so  please  do  not  think  we  are  impatient.  I 
am  only  asking  for  information ;  as  the  Board  expects  me  to  know 
all  about  it,  and  I  have  never  heard  whether  anything  has  been 
given  toward  the  central  building  or  not. 

Before  our  six  girls  graduated,  we  took  them  to  our  property.  It 
was  a  special  treat,  as  we  had  promised  them  they  should  see  it 
before  they  separated,  so  that  in  future  years,  when  they  come 
back  to  us,  they  may  feel  at  home.  We  had  not  told  them  what 
the  site  was  like,  so  when  we  led  them  in  through  the  tiny  door 
and  the  rickety  Chinese  house,  they  gazed  in  surprise.  "Yes,''  we 
said,  ''this  is  a  part  of  it."  Through  a  second  tiny  door,  a  larger 
section  came  into  view,  and  the  girls  gazed  at  the  ruined  walls  and 
large  space,  breathed  a  little  easier,  and  said,  "Oh,  the  school  can 
be  built  here,  can't  it?  We  thought  the  other  place  was  rather 
small."  On  we  led  them  through  another  door,  when  they  opened 
their  eyes  wider,  "Does  this  belong  to  us,  too?"  they  asked,  as 
they  saw  the  great  stone  lined  pond  with  its  little  island,  and  then 
the  wonderful  rockery  at  one  end  caught  the  eye.  They  couldn't 
believe  that  beautiful  stony  grotto  with  its  summer  houses,  fruit 
tree  blossoms  and  arches  "belonged"  too.  You  should  have  seen 
their  delighted  scamper  when  we  said  they  could  go  up  and  could 
even  pick  a  few  blossoms!  From  the  top  of  this  we  pointed  to 
another  great  walled  space  beyond,  telling  them  that  was  the 
proposed  site  for  the  buildings,  and  a  large  playground. 

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afternoon  surpassed  all  our  expectations  in  their  wonder  and  de- 
light. They  even  wished  they  could  wait  and  enter  the  U.  K.  T.  S. 
a  few  years  later,  and  do  the  work  all  over  again !  They  declared 
we  never  could  find  a  dinner  bell  large  enough  to  reach  all  the 
crannies  of  the  grounds !  We  carefully  told  them  it  was  only 
leased,  so  that  they  would  not  think  we  had  really  bought  it  yet. 

Miss  Lambert  goes  home  on  furlough  in  a  few  weeks,  and  Mrs. 
Conlin  has  already  gone.  We  have  given  them  decided  instruc- 
tions that  they  must  find  a  kindergarten  teacher  to  send  out.  We 
are  afraid  if  they  do  not  send  one  soon  Miss  Lacy  and  I  will 
have  to  close  school  and  take  our  furloughs  at  the  same  time. 

What  a  glorious  time  I  have  had  with  my  wonderful  Christmas 
box  from  the  Southern  California  Sunday  schools!  And  it  isn't 
over  yet.  I  can  hardly  wait  to  see  our  graduates'  faces  when  I 
distribute  the  spools,  milk  bottle  tops,  colored  crayons  and  pic- 
tures and  old  cardboard  photo  mounts  among  their  kindergartens ! 

Our  American  Board  graduate,  the  Diongloh  pastor's  daughter, 
stood  at  the  head  of  the  six  girls.  She  is  not  brilliant,  just  con- 
scientious and  faithful  and  lovely  with  the  children.  We  are 
asking  her  to  reopen  the  kindergarten  across  the  street  from  the 
Ponasang  Girls'  School,  where  it  is  greatly  needed.  When  this  is 
open  we  shall  have  four  American  Board  kindergartens  here  in 
Foochow.  She  may  also  be  able  to  help  a  little  by  teaching  in 
the  Normal  Department  of  the  College.  Three  other  churches 
have  been  urging  me  to  start  kindergartens  in  their  churches,  but 
I  have  had  to  say,  "No  money,  and  no  teachers  are  ready  yet." 

Our  girls  who  go  out  have  had  one  term  of  work  in  the  Lower 
Primary,  so  we  hope  they  can  help  half  a  day  in  the  Lower  Prim- 
ary in  some  places  and  so  piece  out  their  $7.00  or  $9.00  a  month 
salary. 

I  have  been  spending  the  vacation  out  here  at  Ponasang  and  get- 
ting a  splendid  rest.  There  are  the  nicest  people  here!  I  don't 
believe  any  one  has  better  friends  than  I  have,  nor  more  "homes" 
where  she  is  welcomed !  It  is  a  joy  to  have  the  St.  Clairs  in  the 
compound,  who  are  old  Pomona  friends,  and  Miss  Neely  in  the 
Y.  W.  C.  A.,  also  a  dear  Pomona  friend. 


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Miss  Quickenden  writes  from  Aruppukottai: 

On  behalf  of  nearly  400  little  Hindu  girls,  I  want  to  say  "Thank 
you"  to  all  who  sent  us  dolls.  The  dolls  did  not  all  arrive  in  time 
for  Christmas,  but  we  did  not  at  all  mind  waiting,  once  we  knew 
they  were  coming;  it  was  just  a  few  more  weeks  of  happy  antici- 
pation. The  last  package  arrived  about  the  middle  of  January,  so 
on  the  28th  we  had  the  Puliampatti  school  treat,  and  February  11 
the  treat  for  the  Aruppukottai  School.  As  we  feh  that  we 
could  not  manage  400. excited  little  girls  all  at  once,  we  gave  them 
their  treats  separately.  Besides,  we  expected  a  visit  from  Miss 
Calder,  and  we  felt  we  would  like  to  have  her  present.  About  210 
little  girls  came,  and,  after  singing  a  song  to  welcome  her  while  they 
sprinkled  her  plentifully  with  flowers,  each  class  did  some  exercise. 

The  first  exercise  was  a  dialogue  showing  the  influence  our 
schools  have  in  Hindu  homes  and  how  parents  are  won  through 
the  children's  testimony.  Then  came  some  of  the  Indian  games 
they  love.  After  this  the  roll  was  called,  when  each  girl  chose  her 
own  doll.  If  you  could  have  seen  their  faces  and  heard  their  happy 
chatter  as  they  showed  their  dollies  to  each  other  you  would  have 
been  amply  repaid  for  sending  them.  Not  more  than  forty  of  them, 
I  think,  had  ever  before  had  a  doll. 

Last  week  I  heard  that  the  people  of  one  caste  in  the  town 
wanted  to  send  another  100  girls  to  school !  I  am  sure  I  do  not 
know  where  we  shall  put  them,  but  after  March  31  we  will  have 
two  extra  rooms,  and  it  looks  as  though  they  will  be  filled  at  once. 
It  is  a  splendid  opportunity  of  reaching  more  parents  through  their 
children.  They  come  to  talk  with  the  teachers  and  to  see  what 
their  children  are  doing,  and  I  believe  I  may  safely  say  that  I  am 
rarely  at  the  school  when  one  or  more  of  the  parents  does  not 
come  in. 

No  doubt  you  are  wondering  when  something  will  be  settled 
about  the  land  we  are  trying  to  purchase.  It  seems  hopeless  at 
present,  for  we  cannot  get  hold  of  the  one  brother  (part  owner  of 
the  land),  and  though  the  others  are  willing  to  sell  we  dare  not 

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risk  it.  The  matter  is  now  in  the  hands  of  a  Christian  lawyer  who 
is  trying  to  trace  the  missing  man,  but  so  far  without  success.  It 
is  very  trying,  as  we  need  the  room  so  very  badly.  I  think  it  is 
better  to  keep  the  2000  rupees  promised  us  in  America — will  you? 
— until  we  can  get  possession,  as  exchange  is  so  bad  just  now. 

Miss  Alice  Adams  writes  joyfully  of  affairs  at  the  Loving-All  Insti- 
tute: 

Your  encouraging  letter  came  today,  and  it  has  removed  so  many 
anxieties  I  feel  ten  years  younger,  and  my  heart  is  full  of  thanks- 
giving. The  money  problem  causes  us  much  anxiety,  and  I  am  so 
glad  of  this  extra  $500  for  the  work  in  Hanabataki. 

Milk  has  gone  up  to  six  sen  a  cupful,  when  it  used  to  be  three. 
Eggs  are  nine  and  ten  sen  apiece,  when  they  used  to  be  three  or 
four.  Flour  is  twenty-two  sen  a  pound,  when  it  used  to  be  nine 
or  ten.  Rice  is  now  sixty  sen  for  a  certain  measure,  when  it  used 
to  be  nineteen  or  twenty.  Everything  has  risen  in  the  same  way. 
I  am  less  troubled  than  most  of  the  missionaries,  for  I  was  brought 
up  on  economical  lines.  Some  things  we  must  have,  and  this  in- 
crease makes  it  possible,  so  I  want  to  thank  you  from  a  happy 
heart. 

Salaries  are,  as  you  know,  a  big  problem.  I  shall  get  a  woman 
as  my  teacher,  who  can  do  part  Bible  work.  By  using  my  teacher's 
salary  for  teacher's  work,  and  evangelistic  money  for  her  Bible 
work,  I  can  give  her  thirty  yen  a  month,  and  we  shall  have  a  happy 
worker,  who  know^s  she  can  pay  for  her  food  and  clothes. 

I  had  heard  of  two  Christian  teachers,  man  and  wife,  who  were 
out  in  the  country,  and  asked  Mr.  Nagasaka,  pastor  of  the  Inde- 
pendent Church  here,  to  talk  with  them.  This  noon  I  came  home 
to  lunch  and  found  your  letter,  which  gave  me  great  courage  and 
hope.  I  never  ate  a  lunch  with  a  more  thankful  heart.  Before 
two  o'clock  a  man  called  who  proved  to  be  the  very  Christian 
teacher  from  the  country  of  whom  I  spoke.  He  had  come  to  make 
inquiries,  and  said  he  must  ask  about  the  salary,  as  beside  himself 
and  wife  there  were  three  children  and  his  mother.  Your  letter 
having  come,  Mr.  Ito  and  I  talked  it  over  and  offered  him  sixty 
yen  and  his  wife  thirty  yen.    He  seemed  a  nice  man,  and  agreed 


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to  come  to  us.  If  we  had  not  had  the  $500  we  could  never 
have  gotten  a  man  with  normal  training,  and  one  without  it  is 
not  able  to  do  good  work. 

A  year  ago  we  were  paying  only  sixty  to  three  teachers  to- 
gether, but  now  it  is  difficult  to  get  two  for  ninety  yen.  Even  with 
the  extra  $500  we  can't  secure  three  teachers,  and  as  there  are  too 
many  classes  in  the  six  grades  for  two  teachers  to  do  good  work, 
we  are  planning  when  the  school  year  ends  in  March,  to  send  out 
the  two  highest  grades  to  a  large  government  school  near.  This 
will  cost  not  more  than  five  yen  a  month,  while  a  teacher  for  them 
would  cost  at  least  thirty  yen  per  month.  This  will  leave  us  only 
four  grades,  and  I  think  two  teachers  can  do  this  amount  well.  If 
we  get  help  from  the  Interchurch  Movement,  we  can  again  take 
the  six  grades. 

Mrs.  Ito  is  a  kindergartner,  trained  in  Miss  Howe's  school,  and 
she  is  giving  our  day  nursery  children  some  kindergarten  work, 
which  is  a  great  help.  As  she  has  two  children  under  three  years 
of  age  herself,  she  can  not  do  full  work. 

Miss  Calder  can  tell  you  how  well  I  am  fixed  in  this  Japanese 
house,  which  has  floors  everywhere,  and  all  the  windows  are  glass. 
My  little  garden  plot  where  I  hang  my  washing  gives  me  quite  a 
good  many  vegetables,  and  has  a  few  fruit  trees.  I  am  very 
happy  here  and  having  a  house  I  can  entertain,  which  is  a  great 
help  to  my  work. 

Rev.  Kinzo  Tanaka,  our  first  graduate,  the  boy  I  brought  up, 
has  been  pastor  of  one  of  the  churches  in  Kyoto,  but  in  a  few  days 
will  leave  for  missionary  work  in  Ponape,  one  of  the  South  Pacific 
Islands  which  the  Japanese  received  after  the  war.  They  prom- 
ised to  continue  to  teach  Christianity,  and  the  government  is  send- 
ing four  pastors  and  their  wives  to  carry  on  this  work.  I  am 
proud  to  have  Kinzo  Tanaka  one  of  our  Settlement  boys,  and  his 
wife  one  of  our  workers,  glad  to  go.  God  indeed  has  been  good 
to  me.  The  government  is  following  the  plan  of  different  mis- 
sionary organizations,  giving  those  going  out  outfit  money,  boat 
ticket,  and  allowance  for  children,  etc.  Religion  and  the  State  are 
so  mixed  here  that  the  government  sends  them.    I  hope  they  may 


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do  such  a  grand  work  as  to  be  a  great  factor  in  helping  to  Chris- 
tianize Japan  and  give  the  nation  a  good  standing. 

Miss  Minnie  E.  Carter  writes  of  her  Inanda  girls: — 

Since  school  closed  I  have  received  several  letters  from  the 
girls,  two  of  them  being  from  former  students.  I  will  quote 
extracts  from  some  of  them  which  show  how  they  recognize  the 
help  which  they  get  here. 

''Nkosazane,  I  am  very  sorry  because  I  think  I  shall  never  go 
to  school  again,  mother  have  no  money  to  send  me  to  school 
again.  But  I  think  that  God  will  help  me.  Whether  I  may  be 
at  home  or  I  may  go  to  school  again,  I  shall  do  it  if  it  God's  will. 
Nkosazane,  I  remember  Inanda  very  much,  I  think  I  shall  never 
be  in  a  place  which  I  will  remember  as  Inanda.  I  remember  all 
the  morning  prayers  and  the  verses  you  were  giving  them  to  us." 

"I  thank  you  very  much  for  helping  me  in  my  spirit,  because  I 
know  and  I  am  quite  sure  that  if  God  should  come  and  take  his 
own  I  can  be  one  of  them." 

"Almost  every  day  I  am  thinking  of  you,  Nkosazane,  because 
you  were  helping  me  when  going  astray." 

These  next  two  quotations  are  from  former  students : 

"It  is  a  great  pleasure  to  me  to  follow  God's  will  for  I  always 
find  myself  happy  and  more  willing  to  do  His  biddings.  May 
God  grant  that  I  may  be  more  and  more  filled  with  His  spirit  and 
never  be  contented  with  what  I  am,  but  always  longing  to  go 
forward  and  be  more  holy  and  in  readiness  for  His  call."  This 
girl  has  been  teaching  one  year  and  has  hoped  to  go  back  to  the 
Normal  School  as  she  has  had  but  one  year  there,  but  she  told  me 
in  this  letter  that  she  felt  God  wanted  her  to  help  her  mother, 
who  is  a  widow  and  the  other  children  as  they  have  been  sick  and 
they  are  poor,  so  she  uncomplainingly  gives  up  her  cherished  plan. 

"During  this  last  school  year  (at  Amanzimtoti)  I  had  a  great 
blessing,  the  Lord  has  been  near  to  me  all  the  time.  There  is 
no  other  friend  to  whom  I  tell  all  my  need  but  only  Jesus  my 
Saviour.    I  remember  the  23rd  Psalm,  He  reigns  in  my  heart." 

It  has  been  a  great  delight  to  me  and  to  the  girls  to  go  out 
Sunday  afternoons  to  hold  meetings  in  the  heathen  homes. 


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One  Sunday  we  were  passing  a  house  from  which  came  the 
sound  of  clapping  and  singing,  and  the  girls  said,  "The  witch- 
doctors are  having  a  meeting."  There  was  a  young  man  in 
European  clothes  standing  outside  who  came  up  and  talked  with 
us,  disputing  with  the  girls  that  the  Bible  was  not  really  God's 
book,  but  only  the  white  people's  book. 

The  next  Sunday  there  was  such  a  hot  wind  blowing  that  I 
hesitated  about  going,  for  the  walk  is  long  and  we  go  directly 
after  Sunday  school  at  twelve,  eating  our  lunch  on  the  way  and 
getting  home  again  at  six.  But  I  thought  of  these  people  without 
instruction  and  unable  to  read  the  word  of  God,  and  we  went. 
We  found  the  people  of  this  place  sitting  under  the  roof  of  a 
house  nearby  of  which  the  walls  had  been  removed.  They 
brought  us  mats  on  which  to  sit,  but  it  was  on  a  side  hill  which 
had  been  ploughed  and  the  hot  wind  was  drying  it  up  and  covering 
us  with  dirt.  Sometimes  we  had  to  shut  our  mouths  and  stop 
talking,  the  dirt  came  so  fast.  Just  as  I  arose  and  we  were  turn- 
ing to  go,  a  young  girl  stood  up  and  said  that  she  loved  the  Lord. 
Then  we  felt  repaid  for  coming.  That  day  another  child,  standing 
with  her  right  hand  held  up  and  the  forefinger  pointing  upward, 
said,  'T  choose  the  Lord." 

Early  the  next  Sunday  morning  our  nurse  brought  these  two 
children  to  my  room,  saying  that  they  had  asked  for  the  one  who 
had  had  service  with  them.  We  had  a  nice  time  together  before 
breakfast  and  I  talked  to  them  about  Jesus  and  taught  them  to  say 
their  first  prayers. 

Last  Sunday  I  found  only  one  witch-doctor,  the  young  man  and 
two  big  girls,  though  afterwards  others  came.  I  am  afraid  my 
faith  has  not  been  great  enough,  as  I  was  surprised  when  one 
of  the  girls  said,  *T  choose  the  Lord."  The  witch-doctor  said 
that  she  was  the  girl's  mother  and  that  she  was  willing  for  her  to 
believe.  What  a  happy  child  she  was  when  she  had  put  on  her 
first  dress !  She  said  that  she  didn't  know  how  to  thank  me, 
but  she  just  beamed  and  said  that  she  would  come  to  church 
and  Sunday  school  every  Sunday  if  she  were  not  sick. 


Prayer 

^^^^^^^ 

Encircling 

at  Noontide 

the  Earth 

AROUND  THE  COUNCIL  TABLE  WITH  OUR  PRESIDENT 


Consecration  and  Coinsecration 

It  has  been  said  by  certain  religious  leaders  in  the  past  that  the 
next  great  revival  would  be  a  revival  in  the  giving  of  money  for 
missions.  During  the  past  few  months,  while  the  big  World 
Movements  have  been  getting  under  way,  one  and  another  have 
risen  to  say  that  they  are  only  big  schemes  for  raising  nloney,  or, 
that  they  are  forms  of  commercialism.  There  is  food  for  thought 
just  here.  What  is  the  meaning  of  the  Financial  Campaign,  which 
is  one  of  the  outward  expressions  of  the  World  Movement?  In 
order  to  decide  upon  a  fair  answer  to  this  question  there  are  two 
sides  to  consider.   Let  us  take  our  own  denomination. 

What  Does  the  Congregational  World  Movement  Ask  For 
In  Its  Financial  Campaign  and  Why? 
This  campaign,  which  has  now  come  to  a  close  for  the  present 
year,  has  been  an  attempt  to  put  clearly  and  definitely  before  the 
churches  the  needs  of  great  causes  supported  by  the  Congrega- 
tional body.  None  of  these  causes  are  commercial,  nor  political, 
nor  merely  social.  They  are  all  benevolent  in  their  spirit ;  they  all 
aim  to  do  good  to  the  bodies,  minds  and  hearts  of  man, — in  a 
word,  to  uplift  the  entire  man.  They  are  the  noblest  causes  on 
earth.  What  do  they  include?  To  make  the  most  general  list 
we  should  have  to  put  down  items  like  the  following: 

The  education  of  promising  boys  and  girls  who  are  to  be 

among  the  leaders  in  Christian  civilization. 
The  building  and  proper  support  of  churches  where  God  is 

worshipped  and  men  are  made  better. 
The  training  of  children  in  the  rules  of  moral  and  spiritual 
Hfe. 

Ministries  for  the  sick  in  body  and  mind. 
The  moral  uplift  of  communities. 

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Friendliness  toward  foreigners  and  outcasts. 
A\"'orld-wide  responsibility  to  give  a  knowledge  of  the  highest 
truths  ever  conceived  or  revealed  to  the  human  mind. 

Such  are  the  causes  in  general,  without  enumerating  details,  for 
which  our  great  World  Movement  is  asking  funds.  Looked  at 
from  any  angle  there  is  nothing  commercial  in  such  asking. 

The  largeness  of  the  Financial  Campaign  has  been  criticised. 
If  it  had  been  proportionately  small,  that,  too,  would  have  been 
criticised.  Many  would  have  risen  to  say  in  this  day  of  broad 
outlook  and  business  efficiency,  'Tity  it  is  that  the  Church  of 
Christ  can  not  rise  to  its  privilege  along  with  other  great  con- 
cerns!" Instead  of  remaining  in  the  corner  and  timidly  projecting 
a  scheme  on  a  small  scale  for  the  promotion  of  Christian 
civilization,  the  church  has  risen  to  the  top  of  its  watch  tower,  has 
looked  out  over  all  lands,  has  surveyed  them  carefully,  and  with 
calm  confidence  in  the  righteousness  of  its  position  has  announced 
to  the  churches  just  what  it  saw  from  its  commanding  position, 
and  asks,  "Will  you  measure  up  to  the  needs  which  we  show 
you  ?"  The  largeness  of  the  sums  asked  for  in  the  World  Move- 
ments indicates  an  important  feature  of  the  reformation  which  is 
now  on,  for  we  are  in  the  midst  of  a  reformation.  We  have 
lived  small ;  we  are  making  a  beginning  in  living  large — just  a 
beginning.  The  leaders  who  have  said  that  the  next  revival  would 
be  along  the  line  of  missionary  giving  must  take  heart  as  they 
see  at  least  the  outline  of  a  new  ideal  before  the  churches. 

Money  enough  in  the  country?  ^loney  enough  in  the  Congre- 
gational churches?  The  facts  have  been  put  before  us  through  the 
past  weeks  on  many  occasions  and  are  absolutely  convincing,  if, 
indeed,  we  needed  them,  ^^'e  all  have  an  innate  sense  that  we 
have  never  sounded  yet  the  depths  of  what  some  one  has  called 
'Vozwsecration."  That  is  we  have  never  yet  been  thoroughly 
satisfied  that  we  have  given  all  we  can  for  such  benevolent  causes 
as  those  we  have  listed  above  in  a  general  way,  and  have  kept  as 
little  as  we  can  get  along  with  for  ourselves.  It  is  a  difficult 
problem  in  proportion  to  solve.  We  are  finding  we  can  get  along 
without  some  things  we  used  to  consider  essential,  so  that  we 
are  not  quite  sure  but  that  tomorrow  we  may  get  along  with  still 


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less  than  we  have  today.  It  is  a  matter  for  heart-searching  and 
life-searching.  Revelations  are  coming  day  by  day  to  thoughtful 
minds.  What  do  we  care  most  about  anyway?  Do  we  want  to 
extend  these  noble  causes  throughout  the  world  ?  Will  that  be  the 
most  valuable  contribution  we  can  make  to  the  life  of  the  world, 
and  the  most  rewarding  to  ourselves?  Or  do  we  want  to  take 
the  sacred  money  which  comes  into  our  hands  and  fritter  it  away 
on  extras,  fringes,  delicacies,  toys — mere  trifles  as  compared  to 
the  actual  necessities  of  strong  living.  As  the  church  from  the 
watch  tower  sees  world  needs,  its  vision  is  matched  by  the  ability 
to  respond  of  the  people  running  hither  and  thither  through  the 
streets  of  the  world.   God  keeps  the  two  ends  pretty  even. 

The  other  questions  may  be  put  thus : 
Is  Money  a  Mean  Material  Thing  and  Ought  Finances  to 
BE  Reckoned  Material  ? 

It  is  at  times  as  much  of  a  spiritual  victory  to  give  according  to 
the  dictates  of  concience  as  to  overcome  a  defect  of  character. 
A  gold  or  silver  coin  seems  actually  to  be  made  up  of  both  spirit 
and  matter.  Wt  take  these  coins  closely  to  our  hearts.  They 
become  so  actually  a  part  of  our  daily  thinking,  our  planning,  our 
hoping,  our  fearing — we  live  with  these  coins  so  intimately  day 
and  night,  week  in,  and  week  out,  we  count  them  over,  we  love 
them.  Then  when  we  are  called  upon  to  give  them  it  is  really 
like  giving  a  part  of  our  own  spirit, — mind  and  heart  and  purpose. 
Our  money  is  ourselves.  It  speaks  volumes  about  us,  what  we  do 
with  it  as  well  as  how  we  get  it  and  how  much  we  love  it.  Then 
when  we  begin  to  recall  the  highest  expressions  of  thought  in  the 
Bible  about  gold  and  silver  we  realize  that  some  of  the  most 
spiritual  people  in  human  history  have  looked  upon  money  in 
just  this  way.  "The  silver  and  the  gold  are  Mine."  ''Bring  an 
offering  and  come  into  My  courts."  This  is  not  a  mean  thing 
which  God  owns  and  is  pleased  to  have  presented  to  Him  for  His 
use.  In  fact,  the  more  we  sit  down  to  contemplate  the  whole  sub- 
ject of  money,  its  possibilities,  its  power,  we  feel  more  and  more 
deeply  that  it  is  one  of  the  high-class  servants  of  God,  that  it  is 
entrusted  to  us  to  use  for  God  and  that  we  have  a  great  unfinished 
task  before  us  in  trying  to  rise  to  a  true  appreciation  of  the  trust. 


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A  marvelous  trust  is  this  in  the  hands  of  the  Congregational 
denomination,  a  spiritual  trust,  actually  solemn  and  beyond  the 
reproach  of  those  who  trifle  with  the  whole  subject  by  calling 
it  "commercial." 

As  these  big  Movements  have  progressed  through  the  past 
months  and  people  have  said  about  it,  ''There  is  the  spiritual  side 
and  also  the  financial,"  I  have  found  myself  rebelling  more  and 
more  against  the  distinction.  I  cannot  say,  "spiritual  and 
financial."  I  must  say,  "spiritual,  including  financial."  The 
prayer,  the  life  enlistment,  the  spirit,  the  stewardship — of  course 
they  are  prominent  elements  of  an  evangelistic  movement.  Yes, 
so  is  the  financial  campaign.  We  cannot  have  an  evangelistic 
movement  of  any  permanent  worth  that  is  not  financial,  and  the 
money  can  live  in  the  same  spiritual  house  with  the  prayer  and 
the  consecration.  M.  L.  d. 


Junior  Department 


Feast  Days  and  Festivals 

Never  before,  perhaps,  has  the  spring  been  so  crowded  with  cele- 
brations of  all  kinds,  and  celebrations  so  interesting  and  unique. 
Rallies,  birthday  parties,  centennials,  the  list  grows  longer  and 
longer.  Believing,  however,  that  two  or  three  of  these  may  prove 
to  be  suggestive  to  other  committees,  the  Young  People's  Depart- 
ment has  brought  together  a  few  write-ups,  partly  from  individual 
experience,  partly  from  letter  and  partly  from  newspaper  write- 
ups. 

For  children,  a  whole  series  of  rallies  marks  the  end  and  culmi- 
nation of  a  year's  work,  of  which  gatherings  the  May  Festival  at 
Boston  may  serve  as  a  sample,  though  on  a  somewhat  larger  scale. 
This  was  a  China  Festival  held  Alay  8  to  give  the  boys  and  girls  of 
America  a  chance  to  become  better  acquainted  with  their  Chinese 
friends  like  Mook.  Mr.  Newell  of  Foochow  and  the  little 
Newells  were  the  special  guests  and,  of  course,  spoke  of  boys  and 


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girls  they  had  known  in  China.  Mr.  Clarke  of  the  American  Board 
presided.  Eight  scenes  in  the  life  of  a  Chinese  boy  were  shown 
by  boys  and  girls  of  various  churches  around  Boston.  About  600 
children  were  present,  many  of  them  delegates  specially  appointed 
to  represent  their  own  mission  band,  Junior  Christian  Endeavor 
Society  or  Sunday  School  Departments,  and  they  all  wore  badges 
provided  for  the  program,  which  could  be  kept  as  souvenirs  of  the 
occasion.  We  know  of  six  rallies  of  this  sort  being  held  in  various 
parts  of  the  country.  Try  such  a  gathering  for  the  boys  and  girls 
of  your  community.  Plan  for  a  cooperative  effort  which  shall  in- 
clude all  denominations  or  one  which  shall  include  all  the  children 
of  all  the  churches  of  your  denomination.  If  you  cannot  do  better, 
have  a.  party  for  all  the  children  of  your  church,  whether  they  be- 
long to  your  society  or  not.  Sharing  counts.  Begin  to  plan  and 
arrange  now  for  one  next  year  if  you  cannot  get  one  in  this  month. 
The  more  publicity  you  can  get  and  the  greater  anticipation  the 
better. 

The  example  of  the  young  people  of  Worcester  County  is  a  good 
one  to  follow  when  it  comes  to  the  older  boys  and  girls.  To  quote 
from  a  Worcester  newspaper : 

"Christian  Endeavors  from  eighty  Congregational  churches  have 
been  called  to  the  Tercentenary  Celebration  of  the  landing  of  the 
Pilgrims  at  Plymouth.  The  observance  will  be  in  Pilgrim  Church, 
Saturday  night,  in  the  form  of  a  300th  birthday  party  in  honor  of 
^Father  and  Mother  Congregationalism,'  impersonated  by  two 
young  people  of  Pilgrim  Church. 

'Father  and  Mother  Congregationalism'  made  plans  to  meet  as 
many  of  their  children  as  lived  in  Worcester  County  several  weeks 
ago,  but  storms  and  blizzards  interfered,  and  the  party  was  post- 
poned. Now  the  couple,  who  count  the  years  of  their  lives  by  cen- 
ttiries,  have  decided  that  May  1  is  an  appropriate  date  for  a  birth- 
day party  and  have  issued  invitations  to  young  people  in  the  Con- 
gregational churches  in  Worcester  County  and  have  sent  personal 
letters  as  well  to  many,  which  read : 

''Dear  Congregational  Children :  Three  hundred  years  old  we 
are,  so  they  tell  us.  although  we  feel  huskier  each  day.  Anyway 


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we  are  young  enough  to  want  a  birthday  party.  We  would  like  all 
of  our  children  at  once,  but  we  are  like  the  old  woman  who  lived 
in  her  shoe  and  had  so  many  children  she  didn't  know  what  to  do. 
So  we  have  decided  to  divide  up,  and  we  are  asking  the  Worcester 
County  Endeavorers  of  our  Congregational  family  to  celebrate 
with  us  this  time.  Some  of  our  family  have  been  away  and  have 
seen  strange  sights.  Perhaps  they  will  tell  us  about  it.  We  hope  that 
there  will  be  one  of  you  children  present  for  each  of  our  300  years. 
To  show  what  an  up-to-date  couple  we  are,  we  know  all  about  the 
H.  C.  L.,  and  we  can't  give  a  birthday  party  in  the  good  old- 
fashioned  way.  You'll  have  to  pay  your  own  share,  which  will  be 
fifty  cents.  And,  besides  that,  it  will  be  quite  necessary  to  send 
word  to  Miss  Maud  F.  Steele  of  Pilgrim  Church,  who  is  Christian 
Endeavor  Secretary  of  the  Worcester  Branch,  and  who  is  chair- 
man of  the  arrangements  for  our  party,  just  how  many  of  you  to 
expect,  for  the  Pilgrim  Christian  Endeavor  Society  will  want  to 
provide  enough  supper  and  a  large  enough  birthday  cake  for  all 
of  you.  With  love  to  you  all.  Father  and  Mother  Congregational- 
ism." 

*'An  informal  get-together  is  planned  between  five  and  six 
o'clock,  the  "party"  at  six,  followed  by  toasts  given  by  Ruth  I. 
Seabury,  Young  People's  Secretary  of  the  W^oman's  Board ;  by 
Rev.  Alden  H.  Clark  of  the  American  Board,  and  by  Bhaskarau 
Hiwale,  a  native  Hindu.  There  will  also  be  a  play  under  the  di- 
rection of  Mrs.  E.  F.  Mann,  showing  some  of  the  things  the 
family  of  'Father  and  Mother  Congregationalism'  are  doing  in 
China.  There  will  be  a  birthday  cake  and  other  features  which 
are  being  kept  secret." 

And  it  was  a  success  !   Everybody  said  so. 

Have  you  made  the  most  of  the  Tercentenary  as  a  good  cele- 
bration? Have  you  taken  account  of  the  Centenary  of  Medical 
^Missions?  Did  you  ever  try  a  Mothers  and  Daughters  party,  a 
supper  or  reception  just  before  Mothers'  Day?  Couldn't  you 
get  up  a  May  party?  These  are  a  few  questions  for  your  con- 
sideration. Use  the  Feast  and  Festival  Days  of  the  year  for 
missions  as  well  as  other  things.    We  will  be  glad  to  help  you. 


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Christian  Endeavor  Topic  for  June,  1  920 

Christianizing  Education  in  China 

Scripture  Reading- :    Eph.  1:15-20;  II  Peter  1:2-8 
By  George  W.  Himan,  D.  D. 

The  old  education  in  China  consisted  in  memorizing  and  dis- 
cussing the  writings  of  Confucius  and  other  sacred  books  of 
the  Chinese.  With  a  new  contact  between  East  and  West,  a  new 
education  sprang  into  being.  The  new  education  was  to  be  a 
knowledge  of  ''Western  science,"  a  recipe  for  "making  China 
strong."  The  old  education  was  inadequate  to  prepare  the 
Chinese  for  competition  with  Western  nations,  but  it  had  given 
them  a  national  culture  and  moral  ideals.  The  schools  in  China 
for  the  study  of  "Western  science"  prided  themselves  on  being 
practical,  and  neglected  the  moral  and  cultural  values  of  the  old 
education. 

The  new  government  schools  were  much  inferior  to  the  Chris- 
tian mission  schools  in  the  quality  of  the  work  done,  in  discipline, 
and  in  the  character  of  their  graduates.  Teachers  from  America, 
England  and  European  countries  were  employed,  who  did  much 
to  supply  the  cultural  elements  in  education,  but  often  failed  to 
give  strong  moral  leadership.  Then,  too,  the  rules  of  the  school 
prevented  the  exercise  of  definite  religious  influence. 

Most  of  the  new  schools  could  secure  only  native  teachers, 
often  with  superficial  knowledge  of  the  subjects  they  professed 
to  teach.  These  teachers  received  large  salaries,  often  from  two 
or  three  schools  at  once.  They  sought,  not  to  help  and  train  the 
pupil,  but  to  exploit  the  fad  of  "Western  education"  for  their 
own  advantage. 

The  inadequacy  of  this  new  government  system  of  education 
was  soon  felt.  Many  students  have  returned  to  the  mission 
schools,  in  spite  of  strict  discipline,  Bible  classes,  church  attend- 
ance and  all.  The  government  began  to  prefer  graduates  of 
mission  schools  to  the  grafting  inefficient  teachers  of  earlier  days. 
Many  of  the  government  schools  were  closed  because  it  was 


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realized  that  something  besides  money  was  needed  to  make  a  suc- 
cessful school. 

During  all  this  time  the  missionary  schools  have  gone  on  giving 
a  Christian  education  to  young  men  and  women  and  demonstrating 
that  character  is  as  valuable  in  education  as  a  knowledge  of 
"Western  science."  The  influence  of  these  and  other  mission 
schools  has  been  increased  by  the  inter-school  gatherings  of 
various  kinds,  which  have  brought  large  numbers  of  government 
school  students  into  contact  with  those  of  the  mission  schools. 
The  government  teachers  and  students  are  asking  why  the  mission 
schools  could  attract  and  hold  pupils  when  the  students  of  gov- 
ernment schools  go  on  strikes,  cut  classes  and  neglect  their  work 
as  they  please. 

In  recent  years  the  slow  process  of  Christianizing  education  in 
China  has  been  greatly  stimulated  by  the  student  campaigns  of 
Sherwood  Eddy  and  Ding  Li  ^lei.  Their  meetings  have  taxed  the 
capacity  of  the  largest  buildings  in  China,  so  great  is  the  number 
of  students  anxious  to  know  the  deeper  foundations  of  a  nation's 
culture  and  prosperity.  Hundreds  of  Bible  classes  have  been 
started  in  government  schools  as  a  result  of  these  meetings,  and 
thousands  have  signed  cards  stating  that  they  are  willing  to  care- 
fully study  Christianity. 

The  influence  ot  Christian  graduates  of  mission  schools  and 
educated  Chinese  Christians  returning  to  their  country  from 
America  has  very  greatly  increased  in  the  last  few  years.  Fung 
Fou  Sec,  for  example,  educated  in  a  mission  school  of  the  A.  M.  A. 
and  the  best  of  American  colleges  has  been  one  of  the  leaders  in 
producing  the  text  books  for  the  new  schools  in  China.  Promi- 
nent members  of  the  Chinese  government  and  diplomatic  repre- 
sentatives have  been  educated  Christian  men,  and  their  influence 
helps  to  make  plain  that  to  save  China,  its  educated  young  men 
must  have  not  only  knowledge  but  characten 

References — Students  of  Asia,  Sherwood  Eddy,  Chap.  IV; 
New  Life  Currents  in  China,  Chap.  VI ;  The  Emergency  in 
China,  Hawks  Pott,  Chap.  V ;  Missionary  Review  of  the  World, 
February  1919. 


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Woman's  Board  of  Missions 

Mrs.  Frank  Gaylord  Cook,  Trexisurer 
Receipts  April  1-30,  1920 


Friend,  20;  Friends  thro',  Dr.  C. 

F.  Hamilton,  30,  50  00 


Eastern  Maine  Branch. — Mrs.  J. 
Gertrude  Denio,  Treas.,  347 
Hammond  St.,  Bangor.  Ban- 
gor, Forest  Ave.  Ch.,  Ladies' 
Aid  Soc,  5,  Hammond  St.  Ch., 
Women,  67.61;  Belfast,  Ch.. 
Women,  8;  Brownville,  Miss. 
Soc,  5;  Dexter,  Miss.  Soc,  8; 
Fort  Fairfield,  Ch.,  Women.  7, 
S.  S.,  4.34;  Foxcroft  and 
Dover,  Ch.,  Women,  12;  Gar- 
land, Ch.,  3;  Greenville,  Laura 
T.  Davison  Miss.  Soc,  38; 
Houlton,  W.  M.  S.,  25;  Island 
Falls,  Emerson  CI.,  7;  Patten, 
Ch.,  Women,  3;  Portage,  Ch., 
1;  Presque  Isle,  Ch.,  10;  Thom- 
aston,  Aux.,  4;  Wiscasset,  Mrs. 
J.  M.  Knight,  5,  212  95 

Western  Maine  Branch. — Mrs. 
George  F.  Gary,  Treas.,  396 
Congress  St.,  Portland.  Friend, 
10;  Bethel,  S.  S.,  15;  Bridgton, 
North,  Aux.,  18;  Cumberland 
Center,  Aux.,  25;  Fryeburg,  S. 
S.  CI.,  5;  Lewiston,  Pine  St. 
Ch.,  Aux.,  25;  Litchfield  Cor- 
ner, Aux.,  12;  Madison,  S.  S., 
Jr.  Dept.,  8;  Portland,  Second 
Parish  Ch.,  Aux.,  33.50,  S.  S., 
25,  Woodfords  Ch.,  Aux., 
50.22;  Westbrook,  Aux.,  23.75,  250  47 


Total,  463  42 

NEW  HAMPSHIRE 

New  Hampshire  Branch. — Mrs. 
Jennie  Stevens  Locke,  Treas., 
21  South  Spring  St.,  Concord. 
Concord,  West,  Jr.  and  Sr.  C. 
E.  Soc,  10;  Gorham,  Ch..  10; 
Hanover,  Ch.  of  Christ  in  Dart- 
mouth College,  38;  Hillsboro, 
Smith  Mem.  Ch..  Ladies'  Benev. 
Soc,  50;  Keene,  First  Ch.. 
54.25,  F.  M.  S.,  10;  Nashua, 
Miss.  Outlook  Soc,  (Th.  Off., 
70.95),  (25.  of  wh.  to  const.  L. 
M.  Mrs.  Lawrence  L.  Barber), 
75;  Pilgrim  Ch..  S.  S.,  (prev. 
contri.  to  const.  L.  M.  Miss  Liz- 
zie G.  Farley) ;  Newfields,  Ch., 
4;  Rye,  Ch.,  26;  Sanbornton, 
Ch.,  15.81,  Aux.,  10;  Tilton, 
Aux.,  3.50,  306  56 

Somersworth. — Guild.    Mrs.    Wil-  | 
Ham  M.   Ames,   10,   First  Ch., 
Amici  Club,  5,  15  00  I 


Total,  321  56 


VERMONT 

Vermont  Branch. — Mrs.  Walter 
O.  Lane,  Treas.,  55  Cliff  St., 
Burlington.  Int.  Newell 
Thompson  Fund,  22.50;  Al- 
bany, Ch.,  7;  Barre,  East,  Ch., 
2.10;  Charleston,  East,  S.  S., 
2.32;  Charleston,  West.  Aux., 
27.30;  Morrisville,  Ch.,  3.31; 
Pittsford,  Aux.,  Int.  Boardman 
Fund,  60;  Post  Mills,  Aux., 
4.25;  St.  Albans,  Jr.  S.  S.,  10; 
Wells  River,  Aux.,  10,  148  78 

MASSACHUSETTS 

Andover  and  JVobiirn  Branch. — 
Miss  Minnie  C.  Messenger, 
Treas.,  24  Ashland  St.,  Mel- 
rose Highlands.  Ballardvale, 
Mr.  Steven  T.  Byington,  3.22; 
Lawrence,  Trinity  Ch.  Aux., 
41.25;  Medford,  Mystic  Ch., 
29.51;  Medford,  West.  Woman's 
League,  190,  263  98 

Berkshire  Branch. — Miss  Mabel 
A.  Rice  Treas.,  118  Bradford 
St.,  Pittsfield.  Becket,  North 
Ch.,  5.84;  Williamstown,  Sec- 
ond Ch.,  1.95,  7  79 

Correction. — In  April  Life  and 
Light.  "Pittsfield,  First  Ch., 
Aux.,  925;"  should  read,  "Pitts- 
field, First  Ch.,  925," 

Brookline. — Mrs.  M.  Talbot  Lane,    20  00 

Essex  North  Branch. — Mrs.  Leon- 
ard H.  Noyes,  Treas.,  15  Col- 
umbus Ave.,  Haverhill.  Brad- 
ford, Ch.,  28.50;  Merrimac, 
Ladies'  Cir.,  38;  Newbury,  By- 
field  Ch.,  Helen  Noyes,  M.  B., 
10;  Newburyport,  Miss  Ella  W. 
Mace,  10.  Belleville,  Ch.,  26. 
Central  Ch.,  Aux.,  48.75,  161  25 

Essex  South  Branch. — Mrs.  Law- 
rence Perkins,  Jr.,  Treas.,  27 
Chase  St.,  Danvers.  Beverly, 
Dane  St.  Ch.,  Aux.,  (Lenten 
Off.),  21.52;  Danvers,  Maple 
St.  Ch.,  Tuesday  Club,  10;  Ips- 
wich, Union  Ch..  Aux.,  71; 
Lynn,  Central  Ch.,  Woman's 
Guild,  95,  North  Ch.,  Dau.  of 
Gov.,  10,  Prim,  and  Jr.  S.  S., 
5;  Marblehead,  Aux.,  37.25; 
Peabody,  South  Ch.,  Jr.  Q.  E. 
Soc,  (Lenten  Off.),  8.50;  Sa- 
lem, South  Ch.,  3.94,  Tabernacle 
Ch..  S.  S..  Prim.  Dept.,  11; 
West  Peabody,  Ch.,  13.65,  286  86 

Hampshire  County  Branch. — Miss 
Harriet  T.  Kneeland.  Treas., 
51    Harrison    Ave.,  Northamp- 


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ton.  Amherst,  Twentieth  Cen- 
tury Club,  70;  Granby,  Aux., 
(25.  of  \vh.  to  const.  L.  M. 
Mrs.  Charles  H.  Smith),  42.55; 
Sarah  Xash  Dickinson  M.  C, 
20,  Light  Bearers,  2;  Hatfield, 
Aux.,  100;  Williamsburg,  Aux., 
70,  304  55 

Maiden. — Fri-nd,  25  00 

Middlesex  Branch. — Mrs.  Walter 
S.  Fitch,  Treas.,  29  Chestnut 
Hill.  Greenfield.  Friend,  25; 
Framingham,  Grace  Ch.,  Aux., 
120;  Marlboro,  First  Ch.,  Aux., 
25;  Natick,  Aux.,  Add'l  Th. 
Off.,  6;  Wellesley,  F.  M.  S., 
146.19;  West  Medway,  Second 
Ch.,  Aux.,  5,  327  19 

Norfolk  and  Pilgrim  Branch. — 
Mrs.  Elijah  Ball,  Treas.,  136 
Marlboro  St.,  Wollaston.  Ab- 
ington,  First  Ch.,  Aux.,  33.17; 
Braintree,  Aux.,  16.50;  Brain- 
tree,  South,  Women's  Guild,  15; 
Brockton,  Aux..  210.  Lin- 
coln Ch..  Aux.,  5,  Waldo  Ch., 
Aux.,  48.60;  Campello,  Aux., 
57.33;  Carver.  North,  Contrib. 
Sec,  12;  Cohasset,  Aux.,  15; 
Easton,  Aux.,  4;  Hanson,  Aux., 
6;  Hingham,  Aux.,  (Len.  Off.) 
17;  Holbrook,  Aux.,  15,  S.  S., 
5;  Milton,  Life  Member,  5, 
Girls'  Friendly  Soc,  3.50;  Ply- 
mouth, Ch.  of  Pilgrimage,  Aux.. 

24,  S.  S.,  20;  Quincy,  Bethany 
Ch.,  33.82;  Randolph.  Aux., 
28.50.  Mem.  M.  C.  10,  S.  S., 
20;  Rockland,  Friend,  8.20,  Ch., 
15.94,  Aux.,  28.80;  Stoughton, 
Aux.,  28;  Wevmouth.  East, 
Aux.,  92.10;  Weymouth 
Heights,  Aux..  34.25;  Wey- 
mouth, South,  Old  South  Un- 
ion Ch.,  Aux.,  90;  Weymouth 
and  Braintree,  Aux.,  21;  Whit- 
man, Ch.,  33.05,  Aux..  15,  S. 
S.,    4.05;    Wollaston,    Dau.  of 

Ch.,  30,  1004  81 

North  Middlesex  Branch. — Mrs. 
Flora  M.  Kimball,  Treas.,  Lit- 
tleton. Concord.  Trinitarian 
Ch.,  Aux.,  35;  Fitchburg,  Roll- 
stone  Ch.,  Epsilon  Tau  Soc, 
20;  Westford,  Ch.,  W.   M.  S., 

25,  80  00 
Old  Colony  Branch. — Mrs.  How- 
ard Lothrop,  Treas.,  3320 
North  Main  St.,  Fall  River 
Edgartown,  Aux..  5.17;  Fall 
River,  W.  F.  M.  S.,  325;  Mat- 
tapoisett,  S.  S..  14;  Middlehoro. 
Sunshine  Miss.  Girls,  5;  Xew 
Bedford,  North  Ch..  Woman's 
Guild,  200,  Trinitarian  Ch., 
37.50.  C.  R.,  40;  Taunton,  Trin- 
itarian Ch.,  56.25;  Westport, 
Pacific  Union  Ch.,  6,                   688  92 

Springfield  Branch. — Mrs.  Mary 
H.      Mitchell,      Treas.,  1078 


Worthington  St.,  Springfield. 
Int.  Permanent  Fund,  49.50; 
Chicopee  Falls,  Second  Ch., 
19.09;  Holyoke,  Second  Ch., 
Women's  Guild,  10;  Ludlow 
Center,  Aux..  10;  Three  Rivers. 
Union  Ch.,  Aux.,  (to  const.  L. 
M.  Miss  Rena  L.  Nutting)  25; 
West  Springfield,  First  Ch., 
24,  137  59 

Suffolk  Branch. — Miss  Margaret 
D.  Adams,  Treas.,  1908  Beacon 
St.,  Brookline,  47.  Friend,  500; 
Auburndale,  Searchlight  Club, 
40;  Belmont,  Payson  Park  Ch., 
Ladies'  Aid  Soc,  (Len.  Off.) 
28,  Plymouth  Ch..  Ladies'  Aid 
Soc,  5;  Girls'  Helpful  Club,  4; 
Boston.  Mt.  Vernon  Ch.,  Aux., 
165,  Old  South  Ch.,  Aux.,  121, 
Miss  Sophie  G.  Moen,  200, 
Park  St.  Ch.,  Mrs.  Frederic 
Allen,  50,  Mrs.  John  Bliss  Mar- 
tin, 50,  Woman's  Club.  32, 
Union  Ch..  Aux.,  25;  Brookline, 
Harvard  Ch.,  Woman's  Guild, 
325.  Leyden  Ch.,  Aux.,  270; 
Cambridge,  Miss  L.  J.  Chamber- 
lain, 5,  Pilgrim  Ch.,  45,  Pros- 
pect St.  Ch.,  Woman's  Guild, 
World  Dept.,  195,  S.  S.,  10.22, 
C.  R.,  36.92;  Dorchester,  Sec- 
ond Ch.,  Aux.,  130.39,  Monday 
Miss.  Soc,  180;  Jamaica  Plain, 
Central  Ch.,  Aux.,  100;  Need- 
ham,  Evang'l  Ch.,  Woman's 
Club.  (25.  of  wh.  to  const.  L. 
M.  Mr'=.  WilKnr  Cole).  60, 
Maina  Sukha  M.  B.,  30;  Ne- 
nonset.  Ch..  Stone  Aux.,  9; 
Newton,  Eliot  Ch.,  Woman's 
Assoc.,  For.  Dept.,  385;  New- 
ton Highlands,  W.  F.  M.  S., 
35;  Norwood,  Ch.,  60;  Rox- 
bury,  Imm. -Walnut  Ave.  Ch., 
For.  Dept.,  (Add'l  Len.  Off.. 
12.50)  17.50;  Somerville,  Broad- 
way-Winter Hill  Ch.,  Aux.,  100; 
Waltham,  Aux.,  50;  Wellesley 
Hills,  First  Ch.,  75.  3339  03 

Worcester  County  Branch. — Miss 
Sara  T.  Southwick.  Treas.,  144 
Pleasant  St..  Worcester.  Bald- 
winville,  Mrs.  A.  A.  Bronds- 
don,  5  00 


Total,  6651  97 

LEGACY 

Fall  River.— ^Its.  Elizabeth  A. 
Remington,  by  Edward  B.  Rem- 
ington, Extr.,  add'l,  52  70 

RHODE  ISL.A.ND 

Rhode  Island  Brayich.  —  Miss 
Grace  P.  Chapin,  Treas.,  150 
Meeting  St.,  Providence.  Dar- 
lington, C.  E.  Soc,  25;  Paw- 
tucket,  Pawtucket  Ch.,  Woman's 
Guild,  Friend.  25;  Los  Angeles, 
Cal.,   Miss   Elizabeth  Brewster, 


294 


10;  Mt.  Berry,  Ga.,  Union  Ch., 

40.61,  100  61 

LEGACY 

Providence. — Mary  E.  Day,  by 
Edwin  B.  Day,  Henry  E.  Nick- 
erson,  Extrs..  500  00 

CONNECTICUT 

Bristol. — Mr.  Carlisle  F.  Barnes, 
625,  Mr.  Fuller  F.  Barnes,  125, 
Mr.  Harry  C  Barnes,  125,  Mr. 
J.  R.  Holley,  25,  Mr.  A.  W. 
Jepson,  2.50,  Mrs.  R.  S.  New- 
ell, 37.50.  Mr.  Morris  L.  Tif- 
fany, 25,  First  Ch.,  Mr.  Frank 
Bruen.  50,  1015  00 

Eastern  Connecticut  Branch. — 
Miss  Anna  C.  Learned,  Treas., 
255  Hempstead  St.,  New  Lon- 
don. Int.  Martha  P.  Harris 
Fund,  75;  Bozrah,  C.  E.  Soc, 
3;  Danielson,  Aux.,  45.84;  Day- 
ville,  Ch.,  25;  Lebanon,  Aux., 
(Easter  Off.,  7.70)  14.01,  Gosh- 
en, Aux.,  Easter  Off.,  20;  Mys- 
tic, Aux.,  Three  Friends,  8; 
New  London,  First  Ch.,  Aux., 
14,  C.  E.  Soc,  5,  Second  Ch., 
Aux.,  129.16;  Norwich,  First 
Ch.,  Lathrop  Mem.  Aux.,  (Eas- 
ter Off..  10),  (25  of  wh.  to 
const.  L.  M.,  Miss  Mary  Bache- 
lor) 86.01,  Jr.  C.  E.  Soc,  8, 
Park  Ch,  Aux.,  299;  Old  Lyme, 
Aux..  19;  Scotland,  Aux.,  Eas- 
ter Off.,  13;  Stonington,  Second 
Ch..  Aux..  Easter  Off.,  12; 
Windham,  Aux.,  18.14,  C.  E. 
Soc,  5,  S.  S.,  11.25;  Wood- 
stock, Aux.,  Easter  Off.,  50,        860  41 

Hartford. — Ellen  Harriet  Thorn- 
sen,  10  00 

Hartford  Bmnch. — Mrs.  Sidney 
W.  Clark,  Treas..  40  Willard 
St.,  Hartford.  Int.  Clara  E. 
Hillyer  Fund,  120;  Friend,  325; 
Mrs.  F.  R.  Cooley,  25,  Mrs. 
W.  J.  Hammersley,  5,  Mrs. 
Martin  Welles,  2.12;  Miss  Car- 
oline H.  Woodward,  in  mem.  of 
her  mother,  Mrs.  Adelaide  Wall 
Woodward,  400,  Gift  Stewards, 
Mrs.  S.  T.  Davison,  5.  Miss 
Fannie  J.  Kingsbury,  41,  Mrs. 
C.  P.  Botsford,  10;  Collins- 
ville,  Aux.,  13;  Hartford,  Asy- 
lum Hill  Ch.,  Aux.,  245,  Girls' 
Miss.  Club,  75,  Center  Ch., 
Aux.,  1300,  Fourth  Ch.,  S.  S., 
Prim.  Dept.,  5,  South  Ch.,  150, 
Windsor  Ave.,  Ch.,  Aux.,  86.50; 
Hockanum.  Ladies'  Aid  Soc, 
10;  New  Britain,  Y.  W.  F.  M. 
S.,  65;  Simsbury,  First  Ch.,  of 
Christ,  35.04;  Somers,  First 
Ch.,  Ladies'  Aid  Soc.  10,  C.  E. 
Soc,  10;  Suffield,  Ch.,  Friend, 
125.  3062  66 

Nem    Canaan. — Mrs.    Walter  C. 

Wood,  75  00 


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New  Haven  Branch. — Miss  Edith 
Woolsey,  Treas.,  250  Church 
St.,  New  Haven.  Bradford, 
Every  Child  M.  C,  5,  Blue 
Birds  M.  C,  5;  Centerbrook. 
Aux.,  (with  prev.  contri.  to 
const.  L.  M.  Miss  Minerva  Nor- 
ris)  10;  Cromwell,  Aux.,  95; 
Earnest  Workers,  M.  C,  20; 
Deep  River,  Aux.,  20;  East 
Haddam,  Aux.,  Th.  Off.,  13; 
East  Haven,  Aux.,  103.95; 
Fairfield,  Aux.,  45;  Greenwich, 
Second  Ch.,  Aux.,  285.40;  Kent. 
Aux.,  4;  Meriden,  Center  Ch., 
Mrs.  Frederick  P.  Griswold, 
(50  of  wh.  to  const.  L.  M.'s 
Mrs.  Clayton  D.  Boothby,  Mrs. 
Helen  L.  Marshall)  100,  Aux., 
84.75,  First  Ch.,  Aux.,  4;  Mid- 
dlefield.  Aux.,  15;  Middletown, 
First  Ch.,  Aux.,  125,  C.  R.. 
8.56;  Mount  Carmel,  Miss. 
Guild,  11.26;  NauRatuck,  Aux., 
249.35;  New  Haven,  Center  Ch., 
Friend,  5,  Aux.,  2,  Ch.  of  the 
Redeemer,  Aux.,  395.75,  Sun- 
beams, 5;  Pilgrim  Ch.,  M.  C, 
50;  United  Ch..  P.  S.  A.  Class, 
Montgomery  Aux.,  12.70,  Aux., 
4;  New  Milford,  Aux.,  10.10, 
M.  C,  120;  Newtown,  Aux., 
(prev.  contri.  to  const.  L.  M. 
Hilda  Hull  Grisbrook) ;  North 
Haven,  Aux.,  54.75;  North 
Madison,  Aux.,  9.70;  North 
Stamford,  Aux.,  11;  Norwalk, 
Aux.,  27.70;  Plymouth,  Aux., 
10;  Portland,  Aux.,  36;  Ridge- 
field,  Aux.,  (25  of  wh.  to  const. 
L.  M.  Miss  Sarah  Northrop) 
46.50;  Roxbury,  Aux..  18.81; 
Saybrook,  Aux.,  35;  Seymour, 
Aux.,  10;  Shelton,  Aux.,  30; 
Sherman,  Aux.,  6.25;  Stamford, 
Aux.,  Friend,  9;  Thomaston, 
Aux.,  50,  Prim.  S.  S.,  12;  Tor- 
ringford,  C.  E.  Soc,  10;  Wal- 
lingford,  Aux.,  70;  Washington, 
Aux.,  27;  Waterbury,  First 
Ch.,  Aux.,  329,  Second  Ch., 
Aux..  235,  Dau.  of  Cov.  M.  C, 
75,  Third  Ch.,  Aux.,  15;  West- 
brook.  Aux.,  3;  Westport,  Aux., 
57.70;  Westville,  Aux.,  71; 
Whitneyville,  Aux.,  (25.  of  wh. 
to  const.  L.  M.  Mrs.  William 
Baxter),  88.50,  Y.  L.  M.  C,  6, 
Leonard  Club,  3.50,  Speed-a-way 
M.  C,  7;  Winsted,  First  Ch., 
Aux.,  19.75,  Second  Ch., 
103.41,  Aux.,  36.14;  Wood- 
bridge,  Delta  Alpha  M.  C,  5,    3337  53 


Total,  8360  60 

NEW  YORK 

New  York  State  Branch. — Mrs. 
Charles  E.  Graff.  Treas..  46 
South  Oxford  St.,  Brooklyn. 
Albany,  First  Ch.,  W.  F.  M.  S., 
155,  C.  E.  Soc,  8.50;  Antwerp, 


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Receipts 


295 


Aux.,  25;  Arcade,  Aux.,  11.50, 
C.  R.,  1 ;  Baiting  Hollow,  Aux., 
40,  C.  E.  Soc,  14.  Jr.  C.  E. 
See,  7.25;  Berkshire,  Woman's 
Union,  17;  Binghamton,  First 
Ch.,  Helpers'  Miss.  Soc.  100, 
East  Side  Ch..  Woman's  Miss. 
Union,  10,  Willing  Workers,  12, 
C.  E.  Soc,  5;  BriarclifT  Manor, 
Woman's  Soc,  56.75;  Brooklyn, 
Central  Ch..  W.  F.  M.  S.,  535, 
Jr.  Miss.  Soc,  42,  S.  S.,  70.13, 
Northfield  O.  J.  S.,  6,  Ch  of  the 
Pilgrims,  Woman's  Guild  of  Ser- 
vice, 75,  Clinton  Ave.  Ch., 
Woman's  League,  442.75,  S.  S., 
95,  Pilgrim  Daughters,  5,  Ch. 
of  the  Evangel,  Woman's  As- 
soc, 155,  Earnest  Workers'  M. 

B.  ,  15,  S.  S.,  15,  Flatbush  Ch.. 
S.  S.,  25.  Lewis  Ave.  Ch.,  Es- 
ther M.  C,  10.  Earnest  Work- 
ers' M.  B.,  7.50.  C.  R..  2.50. 
Ocean  Ave.  Ch.,  Woman's 
League,  47.50,  Y.  A.  Club, 
4.50,  Helping  Hand  Cir.,  2.50, 
Sunshine  Cir..  10,  C  R..  8.50, 
Park  Slope  Ch..  Miss.  Soc. 
27.53,  Parkville  Ch.,  Beta  Phil- 
athea  Class,  20,  Mizpah  Class, 
5,  S.  ,S.,  45,  Ladies'  Aid  Soc, 
35,  Light  Bearers,  5,  Budding 
M.  C.  10,  Plymouth  Ch., 
Woman's  Guild,  666.67.  Puri- 
tan Chapel.  W.  M.  S.,  35.  Begin- 
ners' M.  B.,  1.25,  C.  E.  Soc, 
25,  Do  Your  Bit  Cir.,  1.50, 
Livingstone  M.  B.,  7,  Faithful 
Givers,  3,  Helpers  of  Christ, 
5.  Inter.  C.  E.  Soc,  1.  Tr. 
Dept.  S.  S..  10,  Pollyanna  M. 

C,  4,  Ruth  Cir.,  4.  Soldiers  of 
the  Prince,  5.50,  Sunshine  Cir., 
7.  Victory  Boys,  2.35.  St. 
Mark's  Ch..  Ladies'  Aid  Soc, 
25.  St.  Paul's  Ch.,  Woman's 
League,  79,  Mrs.  Fred  M.  Gil- 
bert, 20,  Jr.  Guild  of  Missions, 
25,  Tompkins  Ave.  Ch.,  Wom- 
an's Union,  275;  Brooklyn 
Hills,  Pilgrim  Ch.,  W.  M.  S., 
25,  Buffalo,  First  Ch.,  Woman's 
Guild,  40,  Plymouth  Ch.,  Inas- 
much Cir.,  25;  Camden,  W.  M. 
S.,  25,  C.  E.  Soc,  5;  Candor, 
First  Ch.,  Ladies'  Miss.  Guild, 
50;  Chatterton  Hill,  Ladies'  Aid 
Soc,  45;  Churchville,  Union 
Ch.,  Aux..,  30,  Juniors,  3;  Cin- 
cinnatus,  W.  M.  S..  5.  S.  S.,  3; 
Corning.  First  Ch.,  F.  M.  S.,  16; 
Cortland.  First  Ch..  Gleaners'  M. 

B.  .  5;  Crown  Point,  W.  M.  S., 
9.50,  S.  S.,  10;  Danbv,  C.  E. 
Soc.  10;  Deanshoro,  W.  M.  S., 
12;  East  Bloomfield.  W.  F.  M. 
S.,  95;   Elbridge,  Woman's  M. 

C,  18.53:  Elizabethtown.  8.13; 
Elmira,  St.  Luke's  Ch.,  Ladies' 
L'nion.  10.  Susquehanna  As- 
soc., 3.60;  Fairport,  First  Ch., 
W.  F.  M.  S.,  34.75;  Flushing, 


First  Ch.,  Woman's  Soc, 
207.05,  Acorn  M.  C,  27,  C. 
R.,  2.50;  Forest  Hills,  Ch.  in 
the  Gardens,  Woman's  Guild, 
40;  Franklin,  Miss.  Soc,  46: 
Friendship,  Aux.,  15;  Fulton, 
W.  M.  S.,  (to  const.  L.  M. 
Mrs.  Charles  Olmstead)  25; 
Gloversville,  First  Ch.,  W.  M. 
S.,  169,  S.  S..  6.45,  Baker  CI.. 
10;  Greene,  First  Ch.,  Ladies' 
Aid  and  Miss.  Soc,  6;  Groton, 
W.  M.  S.,  17;  Hamilton, 
Second  Ch.,  Pilgrim  Daugh- 
ters, 4;  Homer,  W.  M.  S., 
175,  Dau.  of  Cov.,  25,  Jr. 
M.  B..  6,  C.  E.  Soc,  5,  C.  R., 
11;  Honeoye,  Ladies'  Miss. 
Soc,  11.50;  Howellsj  Ladies' 
Aid  Soc,  10;  Ithaca,  W.  M. 
S.,  75;  Jamesport,  Ladies'  Miss. 
Soc,  10;  Jamestown,  First  Ch., 
Woman's  Miss.  Union,  170; 
Lockport,  First  Free  Ch.,  50; 
Lysander,  W.  M.  S.,  5;  Ma- 
drid, Woman's  Soc,  50; 
Mannsville,  Miss.  Soc,  17.10; 
Massena,  10;  Middletown, 
North  St.  Ch.,  Inter.  C.  E. 
Soc,  2,  Tr.  C.  E.  Soc,  4,  Mrs. 
Orran  Allen's  CI.,  5;  Millville, 
W.  F.  M.  S.,  5;  Moravia,  W. 
M.  S.,  25,  Jr.  M.  B.,  10,  S.  S., 
5;  Morrisville,  Miss.  Soc,  18; 
Mount  Vernon,  Heights  Ch., 
Woman's  Miss.  Cir.,  12;  New- 
ark Valley,  Miss.  Soc,  26.75; 
Newburgh,  First  Ch.,  Mr. 
Frank  Decker.  5;  W.  M.  S., 
50;  New  Haven,  Mrs.  Dowd's 
CI.,  20;  New  Lebanon,  Ladies' 
Assoc,  10;  New  York,  Beth- 
any Ch.,  Soc  for  Woman's 
Work.  7.50.  Y.  W.  Miss.  Trav. 
Cir.,  6,  Sunshine  Soc,  5, 
Broadway  Tabernacle,  Soc  for 
Woman's  Work,  630,  Conquest 
Cir.,  30.  Boys  and  Girls'  Miss. 
Soc,  3,  Manhattan  Ch..  Wom- 
an's Guild.  175,  North  Ch., 
Ladies'  Aid  Soc,  20,  Pilgrim 
Ch.,  Woman's  Miss.  Assoc., 
12.50;  North  Bangor,  W.  F. 
M.  S.,  8,  S.  S.,  7;  Northfield, 
Aux.,  20;  Norwich.  First  Ch., 
W.  F.  M.  S..  34.  Loyal  Work- 
ers' Cir.,  5;  Norwood,  Miss. 
Soc,  35;  Ogdensburg,  Ch., 
47.85;  Qriskany  Falls,  Stone 
Ch.,  W.  H.  and  F.  M.  S..  10, 
Inter,  and  Jr.  C.  E.  Soc,  5; 
On^'ell,  W.  M.  S.,  5;  Osceola, 
5;  Oswego,  W.  M.  S.,  75;  Pat- 
chogue,  W.  M.  S.,  53,  C.  R., 
7.31;  Portland,  Ladies'  Cir., 
3.50.  Ladies'  Aid  Soc,  3.50; 
Port  Leyden,  Aux.,  25,  Inter. 
C.  E.  Soc.  3.45;  Poughkeep- 
sie.  First  Ch..  40;  Woman's 
Guild,  100;  Pulaski,  W.  M.  S., 
43.70,  S.  S.,  7;  Randolph, 
Miss.     Soc,     16;  Rensselaer, 


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Miss.  Soc,  25:  Rensselaer  Falls, 
Ladies'  Miss.  Soc,  16.23;  Rich- 
mond Hill,  S.  S.,  24.26;  River- 
head,    First   Ch.,    Mrs.  Nathan 

D.  Petty,  5,  Woman's  Miss. 
Union,  83,  S.  S.,  15.11,  C.  E. 
Soc,  5,  Sound  Ave.  Ch.,  Miss. 
Soc,  34.56;  Rochester,  South 
Ch.,  W.  M.  S.,  55,  S.  S.,  13, 
Whatsoever  Cir.,  20;  Rutland, 
W.  M.  S.,  15;  Sandy  Creek, 
W.  M.  S.,  12.50;  Saugerties, 
16.67;  Savannah,  W.  M.  S.,  5; 
Sayville,  Aux.,  25,  C.  R.,  4.50; 
Schenectady,  Pilgrim  C  h  .  , 
Aux.,  15,  C.  R.,  1.81;  Seneca 
Falls,  W.  M.  S.,  5;  Sherburne, 
W.  M.  S.,  60,  Children's  Club. 
5;  Sherrill.  W.  M.  S..  15;  Sid- 
ney, W.  M.  S.,  28,  Dau.  of 
Gov.,  15,  S.  S.,  10;  South  Hart- 
ford, S.  S.,  3.50;  Summer  Hill, 
W.  M.  S.,  10;  Syracuse,  Dan- 
forth  Ch..  Ladies'  Union,  25, 
S.  S.,  5.  Pilgrim  Daughters,  15, 
Goodwill  Ch.,  C.  R.,  5.70,  Pil- 
grim Ch.,  Tr.  C.  E.  Soc,  3,  C. 
R.,  3,  Plymouth  Ch.,  Pilgrim 
League,  20,  Woman's  Guild,  65, 
Philathea  Class,  5 ;  Ticonderoga, 
Ladies'  Miss.  Soc,  10,  O.  J. 
S.,  5;  Troy,  Armenian  Ch.,  C. 

E.  Soc,  2.50,  Y.  W.  Soc, 
2.50;  Utica,  Plymouth  Ch.,  5, 
Carey  M.  C,  5,  Theta  Beta 
Soc,  5.  C.  E.  Soc,  5.67;  Wal- 
ton, Mrs.  W.  E.  Henderson, 
5,  Mrs.  R.  Fitch,  3,  Mrs.  C. 
S.  Wyckoff,  10,  Miss.  Helpers, 
2;  Warsaw,  Earnest  Workers' 
M.  B.,  19;  Watertown,  Emman- 
uel Ch.,  Pastor's  Aid  Soc, 
15.76,  O.  J.  S.,  5.45,  Ever  Will- 
ing Workers,  10,  Inter.  C.  E. 
Soc,  3,  Pilgrim  Daughters,  7; 
Wellsville,  Aux.,  48.18;  West 
Bloomfield,  Aux.,  20;  West 
Groton,  W.  M.  S.,  20;  West- 
moreland, First  Ch^  Groves 
Mem.  Aux.,  30;  West  Win- 
field.  W.  M.  S.,  25;  Wood- 
haven,  First  Ch.,  James  Miss. 
Soc,  30,  Less  gift  of  South 
Ch..  Brooklyn,  rec'd  March, 
1920,  transferred  to  Congreqra- 
tional  World  Movement  Ac- 
count,  137.50.  7573  25 

Schenectndy. — Mr.  N.  R.  Birge       50  00 


Total,  7623  2; 


NEW    JERSEY  BR.\NCH 

New  Jersey  Branch.  —  Miss 
Martha  N.  Hooper,  Treas., 
1475  Columbia  Road,  Washing- 


ton, D.  C.  D.  C.  Washington, 
Lincoln  Temple,  Aux.,  25; 
Md.  Baltimore,  Associate  Ch., 
Aux.,  50;  iV.  /.  Chatham,  Aux., 
75;  East  Orange,  Trinity  Ch., 
S.  S.,  75;  Egg  Harbor,  Aux., 
17;  Jersey  City,  First  Ch.,  Jr. 
Miss.  Soc,  75;  Montclair,  First 
Ch.,  Aux.,  575;  Newark,  First 
Ch.,  Aux..  25;  Plainfield,  Aux., 
83.60;  River  Edge.  First  Ch., 
7.62;  Upper  Montclair,  Aux., 
100,  S.  S.,  50,  1158  22 

PENNSYLVANIA 

Pennsylvania  Branch.  —  Mrs. 
David  Howells,  Treas.,  Kane. 
Scranton,  Mrs.  William  Pritch- 
ard,  5  00 

Philadelphia.— The  College  Club,      50  00 


Total.    55  00 


SOUTHEAST  BRANCH 

Southeast  Branch. — Mrs.  C.  E 
Enlow,  Treas..  Winter  Park 
Fla.  Fla.  Avon  Park,  Aux. 
10;  Daytona,  C.  E.  Soc,  8 
Jacksonville,  Aux.,  35;  Mel 
bourne,  A\ix.,  36;  Mt.  Dora 
Aux..  5.77;  New  Smyrna,  Aux. 
10,  S.  S.,  5.95;  Pomona,  Pil 
grim  Ch.,  5.25;  St.  Petersburg 
Aux.,  60;  Tangerine,  Ch.,  3.75 


179  72 


C.'^LIFORNIA 

Long  Beach. — Friend.  2  00 

Pasadena.  —  Mr.     Theodore  C. 

Root,  250  00 


Total,  252  00 


Dondi. — Miss  Sarah  Stimpson,  by 

Frank  H.  Wiggin,  Extr.  1200  00 

Total  for  April 

Donations  22.612  02 

Buildings  2,280  00 

Specials  473  11 

Legacies  1,752  70 


Total,  27,117  83 

Total  from  Oct.  18,  1919  April  30,  1920 

Donations,  102.092  15 

Buildings  16,555  28 

Extra   Gifts  for   1920  2.358  00 

Specials  3.273  62 

Legacies  17.861  96 


Total,  142.141  01 


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