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The  Missionary  Survey 

Wadb  C.  Smith,  Editor 

Published  monthly  by  the  Presbyterian  Committee  of  Publication,  6-8  North  Sixth  Street.  Richmond.  Virginia.  Single 
subscriptions,  75  cents  a  year;  in  clubs  of  five  or  more.  50  cents.  Entered  as  second  class  matter  at  Rich- 
mond. Virginia,  under  the  Act  of  March  :J.  1877. 

Acceptance  for  mailing  at  special  Tf.te  of  postage  provided  for  in  Section  1103.  Act  of  October  3.11917,  authorized  on  July 
5,  1918. 

VOL.  IX  JUNE,  1919  No.  G 

HOME  MISSIONS: 

The  Mission  of  the  Mission  School   323 

Whiling  Away  a  Week  at  Tex.-Mex.    ^.  Brooks  McLane   324 

Home  Mission   ."Schools    326 

Difficulties  Analyzed.    Rev.  J.  F.  Menius    >i^7 

Satan's   Strongholds.     Rev.   J.   E.   Jeter   32  7 

About  Face  in  the  Mountains.    Rev.  E.  V.  Tadlock  

Progress  of  Mountain  Work  in  Pike  Countv,  Ky.   Mrs.  Mary  Boggs  Erickson.  330 

The  Year  at  Highland.   Mrs.  Rose  Martin  Wells   331 

A  New  Member  of  Our  Family  Mission  Schools.   Mr.  T.  J.  Morton,  Principal..  332 

News  From  Ebenezer  Mission.    Mr.  Charles  McGaha   333 

Does  It  Pay?    Mrs.  J.  P.  Gibbon   334 

Has  It  Paid?    Rev.  R.  D.  Roulhac    335 

Our  Spice  Box    336 

Home  Mission  Topics   33(i 

Senior  Home  Mission  Program  for  June,  1919.    Miss  Eleanora  A.  Berry   337 

THE  JUNIORS: 

My  Missionary  Garden   '.   338 

"As  Thou  Hast."    Dora  M.  Fish   33S 

The  Need  of  Beechwood  in  Its  Glory.    lona  Farnsworth   339 

Junior  Home  Mission  Program  for  June,  1919.   Miss  Eleanora  A.  Berry   340 

Winifred's  Experience    341 

Junior  Foreign  Mission  Program  for  June,  1919.   Miss  Margaret  McNeilly   346 

Foreign  Mission  Topics    346 

FOREIGN  MISSIONS: 

The  Situation  in  Korea    347 

Death  of  Rev.  Paul  S.  Crane  and  Mrs.  Eugene  Bell   347 

Educational  and  Industrial  Missions    348 

Personalia    348 

A  Call  to  Prayer    349 

Isaiah  52:9,  10    349 

Impressions  of  Mission  Work  in  China.    Egbert  W   Smith   350 

That  They  Might  Be  One.    Rev.  Thos.  E.  Reeve   352 

Army  Y.  M.  C.  A.  Work  in  Siberia.    Rev.  L.  C.  M.  Smythe   353 

Letter  From  Tsing-Kiang-Pu.    Miss  Sallle  M.  Lacy   355 

Medical  Work  at  Nanking.    Dr.  Allen  C.  Hutcheson   356 

The  Story  of  a  Brazilian  Coffee  Pounder   357 

Have  Conditions  Improved  in  Mexico?    Alice  J.  McClelland   358 

Missions:  The  Mobilizing  of  the  Church  Militant.  Rockwell  Harmon  Potter,  D.  D.  360 

Missionary  Bible  Studies.    Rev.  Samuel  M.  Zwemer,  D.  D   361 

Hidden   Treasure    3B:i 

Senior  Foreign  Mission  Program  for  June,  1919.    Miss  Margaret  McNeilly....  362 

Comparative  Statement   .  .    362 

THE  WOMAN'S  AUXILIARY: 

Are  You  Going  to  the  Woman's  Convention.  -Atlanta,  Ga.,  June  10-11-12   363 

Texas  the  Beautiful    363 

Prayer  As  a  Missionary  Method.    Mrs.  E.  C.  Cronk     364 

The  Excitement  of  Being  a  Treasurer   366 

Summer  Conference  of  Our  Church,  1919   367 

When?   367 

Just  Among  Ourselves    368 

Ammunition   370 

CHRISTIAN  EDUCATION  AND  MINISTERIAL  RELIEF: 

A   Year's  Work   of  Christian   Education   and   Ministerial    Relief.    Henry  H. 

Sweets.  Secretary    371 

A  Jewish  Overture  to  Christian  Ministers.   Henry  H.  Sweets,  Secretary   373 

A  Fitting  Memorial.    Henry  H.  Sweets,  Secretary   374 

Second  Announcement — A  Jewish  Overture  to  Christian  Clergymen   374 


PUBLICATION  AND  SABBATH  SCHOOL  EXTENSION: 
Extracts  From  Fifty-eighth  Annual  Report   


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The  Missionary  Survey  Campaign  for  50,000 

Subscribers 


GOAL:    A  Survey  in  Every  Home 

Water,  water  everywhere;  but  not  a  drop  to  drink: 

Yet  information  was  right  there;  she  didn't  stop  to  think. 

A  lady  came  into  the  Survey's  office  on  the  first  day  of  May.  She  was  laboring 
under  much  perturbation.  She  was  a  cultured  lady  and  faultlessly  attired.  Her 
trouble  was  stated  pretty  much  in  the  manner  one  employs  arriving  at  the  station 
a  minute  before  train  leaving  time,  with  ticket  to  purchase  and  trunk  to  check. 
She  wanted  information — a  lot  of  it — and  in  a  hurry.  In  an  unguarded  moment, 
weeks  ago,  she  had  consented  to  make  the  leading  talk  at  the  May  meeting  of  the 
Missionary  Society;  it  had  suddenly  dawned  upon  her  the  meeting  was  to  be  "next 
Tuesday"  and  she  had  as  yet  made  no  preparation.  Moreover,  she  was  utterly  at 
a  loss  to  know  how  to  go  about  it.  The  subject  was  "Foreign  Missions — A  General 
View  of  the  Field."  How  could  she  get  a  "general  view  of  the  field?"  She  had  no 
data.  She  understood  we  had  a  file  of  exchanges,  magazines  from  many  denomi- 
nations. Would  we  lend  her  some  of  them,  that  she  might  burrow  through  them 
hurriedly  and  cull  such  items  as  would  make  up  an  acceptable  report?  Better  still, 
could  we  not  help  her  by  pointing  out,  or  giving  some  guide  by  which  she  might 
light  upon  just  what  she  wanted,  without  having  to  read  much  irrevelant  material? 
In  any  event,  something^  And  right  awav,  for  time  was  short,  and  growing  shorter 
rapidly!    "Help!  Help!  Help!" 

The  editor  waited  until  the  whole  painful  situation  had  been  stated,  then  asked: 
"Do  you  get  the  Missionary  Survey?"  "Oh,  yes!"  she  said,  "but  I  can  find  only 
a  few  back  numbers,  and  they  seem  to  contain  special  articles  from  the  stations  here 
and  there,  but  no  orderly  arrangement  of  the  subject  given  me  to  handle  next 
Tuesday."  "How  about  the  May  number?"  asked  the  editor.  "Have  you  looked 
carefully  in  that  to  see  what  help  it  might  afford  you  in  this  particular  need?  Have 
you  received  the  May  Survey?"  "Yes,"  she  said,  reflectively,  "it  came  a  day  or 
two  ago,  but  I  only  glanced  through  it — perhaps  not  carefully."  The  editor  picked 
up  a  copy  of  the  May  Survey  lying  on  the  desk  and  opened  it  at  the  very  front. 
There,  under  the  departmental  heading,  Foreign  Missions,  was  Dr.  Chester's  an- 
nual "General  Review,"  an  advance  extract  from  his  report  to  be  submitted  to  the 
General  Assembly  at  New  Orleans.  The  sub-heads  showed:  Africa,  Brazil,  Cuba, 
Mexico,  China,  Japan,  Korea.  Under  each  was  an  admirably  clear,  down-to-date 
summing  up  of  the  situation  in  each  mission,  in  tabloid  form,  a  boon  to  anybody 
who  might  have  to  report  on  a  "General  View  of  the  Field,"  containing  many  facts 
briefly  stated  which  have  not  been  previously  so  definitely  declared — interesting 
facts — absorbingly  interesting  to  anybody  who  is  deeph'  concerned  about  that  great 
work  being  done  by  our  Church  in  foreign  lands. 

"Oh!"  said  the  lady;  "Oh!  yes,  I  see.    Thank  you  ever  so  much;" 

Water,  sparkling,  cool  and  clear — purling  brook: 
.Searcher,  thirsty,  standing  near — didn't  look! 

.  THE  HONOR  ROLL 

The  churches  subscribing  to  the  Missionary  Survey  to  the  extent  of  an  average  of  one  magazine 
to  every  five  members,  and  thereby  achieving  the  distinction  of  a  place  on  Jack's  Honor  Roll,  since 
last  report  are  as  follows:  POULAX,  GA.;  ELM  CORNER  AND  TROY  (both  at  Wilmore,  Ky.); 
KEENE,  KY.;  ALBEMARLE,  N.  C;  DALLAS,  N.  C;  CORDELL,  OKLA.;  GOOD  HOPE  (Iva, 
S.  C);  GRANDVIEW,  TEXAS.,  FAIRMOUNT  (Richmond.  Va.). 


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Rev.  S.  L.  Morris,  D.  D.,  Editor,  Miss  Eleanor.\  A.  Berry,  Literary  Editor 

Hurt  Building,  Atlanta,  Ga. 


THE  MISSION  OF  THE  MISSION  SCHOOL. 


THE  influence  of  the  Presbyterian 
Church  is  'out  of  all  proportion  to  its 
membership.  Counting  the  Reformed 
and  Presbyterian  as  one  denomination,  it 
ranks  third  in  numbers  among  the  denomi- 
nations of  the  United  States.  It  is,  how- 
ever, easily  first  in  influence,  leadership, 
liberality,  missionary  spirit  and  in  stand- 
ards of  Christian  living.  This  can  be  truth- 
fully said  without  the  slightest  thought  of 
boasting. 

TTie  explanation  might  possibly  be  laid 
to  its  fidelity  to  the  Scriptures.  Glasgow, 
the  second  city  in  the  British  empire  and 
perhaps  the  most  thoroughly  Presbyterian 
of  any  great  city  in  the  world,  has  as  its 
motto:  "Let  Glasgow  flourish  by  the  preach- 
ing of  the  word."  This  is  pre-eminently 
significant  of  the  spirit  of  Presbyterianism, 
and  possibly  has  made  Glasgow  great  finan- 
cially, intellectually  and  spiritually. 

Another  possible  explanation  of  the  influ- 
ence of  Presbyterianism  is  its  trained  lead- 
ership, due  largely  to  its  educational  pro- 
clivities. Leyden  in  Holland — next  to  Scot- 
land the  most  Presbyterian  country  in  the 
world — by  reason  of  its  loyalty  and  sacri- 
fices in  the  struggle  for  liberty,  was  asked 
by  the  king  to  name  any  benefit  of  its  own 
choosing  to  be  conferred  as  the  reward  of 
its  heroic  services.  Like  the  choice  of  Solo- 
mon for  wisdom,  Leyden  asked  for  a  great 
University —  which  brought  wealth,  power 
and  influence. 

The  Presbyterian  Church  once  held  the 
leadership  in  the  domain  of  education  in 
the  United  States,  which  primacy,  however, 
it  long  since  lost  so  far  as  the  comparative 
number  of  institutions  is  concerned.  Coin- 
cident with  its  declining  educational  inter- 
ests it  fell  behind  the  procession  in  denomi- 
national growth.  It  is  more  than  a  coinci- 
.dence  that  since  the  beginning  of  the  twen- 
tieth century  its  educational  spirit  has  re- 


vived; and  since  that  time  it  has  steadily 
been  gaining  and  is  now  leading  the  de- 
nominations in  the  growth,  as  Dr.  Victor  I. 
Masters,  of  the  Southern  Baptist  Board, 
demonstrated  recently  by  actual  statistics. 

Christian  education  and  Presbyterianism 
go  hand  in  hand.  Moral:  The  "In  hoc  signo 
vinces"  for  the  Presbyterian  Church,  ttiere- 
fore,  is  the  school. 

The  Executive  Committee  of  Christian 
Education  under  Secretary  Sweets  in  con- 
ducting a  campaign  for  our  denominational 
colleges  has  one  aim,  and  the  Executive 
Committee  of  Home  Missions  in  its  mission 
school  system  has  another,  but  they  have 
a  common  purpose — Christian  education,  not 
an  end  in  itself,  but  a  means  to  an  end,  the 
Christianizing  of  America. 

The  chain  of  mission  schools  established 
and  conducted  in  the  Appalachian  mountains 
by  the  Executive  Committee  of  Home  Mis- 
sions is  the  most  practical  and  effective 
method  of  reaching  with  the  gospel  the  iso- 
lated masses  stranded  among  the  moun- 
tains. Highland  School,  Beechwood  Semi- 
nary and  Stuart  Robinson  in  Kentucky, 
Banner  Elk  in  North  Carolina,  Grundy  in 
Virginia,  and  Nacoochee  in  Georgia  have 
planted  Presbyterianism  in  virgin  soil, 
where  it  is  flourishing  and  yielding  rich 
and  abundant  harvests.  This  may  long  con- 
tinue to  be  purely  benevolent  work  from  a 
financial  standpoint,  but  it  is  more  than 
balancing  the  account  by  giving  the  Church 
valuable  recruits  for  its  depleted  minis- 
terial  ranks,  which  far  transcends  any 
money  value.  The  Church  with  all  its 
wealth  could  not  purchase  such  assets  as 
Jonathan  Day,  the  boy  Dr.  Guerrant  found 
sitting  on  a  log  in  Kentucky  and  today  one 
of  the  great  preachers  of  New  York  City; 
and  yet  our  mission  schools  are  gratuitously 
yielding  them  as  gems  that  reward  the  quest 
of  the  prospector. 


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The  Missionary  Survey. 


[June,  1919 


Now  comes  the  gist  of  this  whole  assay. 
These  successful  mission  plants  are  inade- 
quate. They  are  overcrowded  and  over- 
worked. They  must  be  multiplied,  enlarged 
and  equipped.    Their  successful  work  must 


be  duplicated  in  hundreds  of  other  needy 
and  promising  fields  of  adventure.  Give  us 
the  means,  and  the  mountains  will  be  ours 
for  Christ. 


WHILING  AWAY  A  WEEK  AT  TEX.-MEX. 

S.  Brooks  McLane. 


TIME:  Sunday  morning.  Place:  Texas- 
Mexican  Industrial  Institute.  The 
class  of  larger  boys  is  being  taught 
the  Sunday-school  lesson.  Dr.  Skinner  quiet- 
ly  signals  me  to  the  door.  "Mc,  will  you 
drive  the  car  to  town  this  morning?  The 
ladies  and  their  visitor  want  to  go  to  church, 
and  there  are  some  matters  here  which  de- 
mand my  attention."  The  class  time  is  over 
and  I  ask  the  boys  to  excuse  me  from  the 
closing  exercises.  Enjoy  a  good  service  in 
Kingsville.  Dinner  and  then  a  sermon  must 
be  prepared  for  the  Mexican  boys  that  night, 
as  there  has  been  no  time  for  preparation 
during  the  week. 

Monday,  6  A.  M. — The  rising  bell  rings. 
At  breakfast  Dr.  Skinner  says:  "Mc,  I'll 
have  to  ask  you  to  make  a  trip  to  town 
early  this  morning  for  some  cattle  dip,  as 
a  neighbor  is  bringing  over  140  head  today." 
And  then  to  begin  the  week  I  find  that 
Henry  Ford  has  a  "flat  foot!"  With  a  boy's 
help,  the  tire  is  off,  the  tube  mended,  re- 
placed, and  I  am  off,  with  the  cream  for  the 
creamery.  Before  the  morning  is  half  gone 
I  am  back  with  the  dip,  four  sacks  of  flour, 
two  sacks  of  meal,  five  gallons  of  lubri- 
cating oil,  and  as  much  groceries  as  I  can 
find  room  for  in  the  Ford.  There's  time 
enough  left  to  put  in  two  axe  handles  and 
sharpen  a  hoe.  After  dinner  a  boy  and  1 
build  a  small  porch  out  of  lumber  salvaged 
from  the  wreck  of  the  silo  two  years  ago. 
This  is  an  addition  to  the  dining-room, 
which,  by  the  way,  has  "evoluted"  from  a 
mule  barn  through  the  school-room  stage 
to  its  present  position  of  dining-room — with 
a  sure  enough  ceiling,  thank  you.  Yes,  the 
lumber  was  bought  with  the  pittances  which 
the  boys  paid  for  the  second-hand  clothes 
friends  sent,  and  was  put  in  by  Dr.  Skinner 
and  the  boys.  Above  the  porch  there  is  a 
small  latticed  frame,  and  Mrs.  Skinner  is 
ready  to  plant  the  vines.  At  6  P.  M.  Dr. 
Skinner  comes  from  the  field  in  time  to  help 
put  the  frame  in  place  before  he  drives  the 
wagon  to  the  home  of  a  neighbor  Mexican, 
to  borrow  a  planter.  Study  hall  after  sup- 
per keeps  me  busy  for  a  while,  assigning 
lessons  and  giving  assistance.  The  prepara- 
tion must  be  made  for  the  school  work  of 
the  week,  which  begins  next  morning. 
Tuesday  morning.— Outlines  for  the  Bible 


study  course  must  be  prepared  before  school 
begins  at  8:15.  After  chapel,  consisting  of 
roll  call,  a  hymn  in  Spanish,  a  Scripture 
reading  in  English  by  a  student,  Spanish 
memory  verse  in  concert,  arid  an  English 
prayer  by  the  teacher,  there  comes  a  spell- 
ing class.  The  boys  are  learning  to  spell 
the  names  of  the  tools,  implements  and 
other  things  they  use  each  day.  A  Sears, 
Roebuck  &  Co.  catalogue  makes  a  good  text- 
book, for  it  shows  pictures  along  with  the 
names,  and  saves  the  teacher  the  embar- 
rassment of  trying  to  give  the  Spanish 
equivalent  in  order  that  the  boys  may  un- 
derstand what  he  means  when  he  says, 
"Bring  the  pitchfork." 

Next  is  an  arithmetic  class  of  older  boys 
who  are  beginning  proportion  with  such 
problems  as:  If  it  takes  6  buckets  of  mo- 
lasses to  feed  20  Tex.-Mex.  boys  for  9  days, 
how  many  buckets  will  it  take  to  feed  25 
boys  for  a  school  year  of  254  days?  When 
this  mystery  has  been  solved,  we  go  to  the 
windmill  to  learn  how  its  height  ma\  be 
measured  by  measuring  the  shadow,  some- 
thing the  boys  had  never  heard  before.  The 
morning  passes — seven  classes  with  the  sub- 
jects varying  from  3x2  =  6  to  algebra,  and 
from  spelling  "hoe"  to  studying  Hamlet, 
with  a  Bible  class  thrown  in.  Dinner  at 
12  and  work  in  the  field  and  garden  starts 
at  1.  Dr.  Skinner  is  running  the  tractor 
and  two  of  the  largest  boys  have  the  teams 
planting  the  field  crops.  So  I  take  charge 
of  the  other  boys  who  are  not  on  the  milk- 
ing or  dish-washing  crews.  The  potatoes 
need  hoeing  and  the  beans  are  to  plant. 
The  peas  must  be  watered  and  the  old  let- 
tuce pulled  for  the  pigs  before  the  other 
vegetables  come  up  between  the  rows.  There 
is  no  time  for  meditation  for  the  next  four 
hours  while  I  teach  the  boys  the  right 
way  to  do  these  jobs  and  then  see  that  they 
do  them  the  right  way — and  k^ep  their  big 
feet  off  the  young  plants. 

The  ringing  of  the  bell  at  5  P.  M.  Is  a 
welcome  signal  for  the  boys'  work  to  end, 
but  not  the  teacher's,  for  there  are  some 
odd  jobs  of  mending  which  must  be  done. 
After  supper  lessons  are  assigned  at  study 
hall,  a  boy  needs  help  with  an  arithmetic 
pi-oblem,  and  there  are  a  lot  of  papers  to 
grade.    Then  preparation  must  be  made  for 


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the  next  day's  lessons,  original  problems 
made  which  come  within  the  range  of  the 
boys'  every-day  experiences  on  the  farm,  and 
mother  must  have  a  letter  before  she  be- 
comes anxious.  "Mrs.  Skinner,  please  save 
the  newspaper  for  me;  I  may  get  time  to 
read  it  tomorrow.  Good-night." 

And  so  seven  days  slip  by  and  the  week 
is  gone,  with  the  other  days  very  much  like 
these.  During  the  week  thirty-five  classes, 
including  the  five  Bible  classes,  have  been 
taught,  several  trips  have  been  made  to 
Kingsville  for  supplies,  a  visiting  mission- 
ary and  his  family,  stopping  for  a  brief 
visit  on  their  return  to  Mexico,  have  been 
met  at  the  train,  and  three  hours  have  been 
spent  under  the  Ford  doing  repair  work, 
which  would  have  cost  several  dollars  at 
the  garage.  Three  quarrels  have  been  set- 
tled and  one  fight  stopped  by  my  encour- 
aging it,  thereby  making  the  participants 
lose  all  interest.  I  said  the  week  was  gone 
— no,  it  is  only  Saturday  noon,  and  the 
boys  have  the  afternoon  free,  all  except  two, 
who  are  faithfully  helping  Dr.  Skinner  to 
plant  the  crop.  It's  a  good  opportunity  to 
"catch  up"  with  some  odd  jobs.  A  new  re- 
cruit in  the  school  arrived  three  days  ago 
and  has  been  sleeping  on  the  cot  with  an- 
other boy,  as  there  was  none  for  him.  There 
are  four  or  five  old  cots  without  legs  stored 
in  a  room  of  the  dormitory.  Most  of  the 
woven  wire  covering  is  rusted  out  of  them, 
but  we  can  find  out  which  is  the  best  one, 
or  rather  the  least-wrecked  one  after  iheir 
seven  years  of  boys'  hard  knocks  and  gulf 
coast  climate.  Some  old  scraps  of  lumber 
make  legs  and  old  bolts  fasten  them  on. 
Another  boy  tells  me  that  he  has  had  his 
cot  propped  up  on  a  box,  but  the  wire  is  so 
worn  out  that  he  is  about  to  slip  through 
one  of  the  holes.  We  find  one  that  is  a 
little  better  than  his  and  put  legs  on  it. 
So  two  boys  are  made  happy.  (I'll  say 
nothing  about  the  animalitos  which  we  dis- 
turbed by  the  procedure,  as  all  the  initiated 
will  know  without  any  mention.) 

That  lock  on  the  scuool  door  has  been 
broken  for  a  long  time,  and  some  of  those 
benches  and  desks  which  the  boys  made  lor 
the  school  at  its  opening  nearly  seven  years 
ago  are  getting  shaky.  A  piece  of  an  old 
curtain  hanger  made  the  missing  part  ot 
the  lock  and  a  little  oil  finished  that  job. 
A  hammer  and  a  few  nails  got  the  desks 
in  as  good  shape  as  is  possible,  considering 
that  they  were  boy-made  and  are  now  vet- 
erans. A  little  more  work  and  the  teach- 
er's table  in  the  school-room  was  saved  from 
coming  to  pieces.  "Now  I'll  go  write  that 
article  for  The  Missionary  Survey,"  l 
thought.  But  then  I  remembered  that  Mrs. 
Skinner  had  asked  for  a  lock  at  her  home 
to  be  mended.  And  that  only  reminded  me 
that  Dr.  Skinner  had  pointed  out  the  wear- 
and-tear  which   some   metal   strips  would 


Tex.-Mex."  boys.  The  tallest  is  a  minis- 
terial candidate,  the  one  at  the  right  is 
the  most  advanced  pupil,  a  true  "scholar" 
and  a  gentleman. 


save  the  bed  of  a  little  push-cart  used  for 
all  kinds  of  handy  jobs  on  the  place.  The 
strips  on  those  old  worn-out  cots  are  the 
very  thing,  and  a  chisel,  a  punch,  a  ham- 
mer, and  some  nails  quickly  do  the  work. 
AMiat's  that  I  hear?  The  supper  bell  al- 
ready? 

When  I  went  to  Kingsville  the  other  day 
I  said  to  a  merchant  friend,  "Dr.  Skinner 
told  me  to  get  two  'human  accelerators.'  " 
"What?"  he  said.  I  explained  that  we  were 
in  dire  need  of  some  appliance  which  would 
enable  two  of  us  to  do  the  work  of  four 
men.  He  had  no  such  tools.  You  may  not 
have  them  either,  although  the  friends  who 
have  provided  the  Ford  and  trailer,  the 
tractor  and  the  electric  light  plant  have  in 
effect  provided  accelerators  for  our  work. 
Now  we  are  hoping  that  some  other  friends 
will  provide  a  greatly-needed  accelerator  in 
the  shape  of  lumber  with  which  we  can 
build  a  shed  for  a  shop,  which  will  soon 
pay  for  itself  in  the  time  and  expense  it 
will  save  in  the  work.  We  do  not  want 
anything  fine  or  elaborate,  just  a  place  in 
which  we  can  put  a  work  bench,  an  anvil 
and  vise,  some  tools,  and  a  blacksmith's 
furnace.  The  present  arrangement  of  hav- 
ing the  work  bench,  old  plow  parts  and 
pieces  of  harness  in  the  house  I  occupy 
gives  it  "a  nice  mannish  smell,"  as  William 
Green  Hill  remarked  about  the  major's  fur- 
niture. It  is  very  convenient  to  step  right 
out  of  my  room  and  get  a  wrench,  a  plow 
point  or  a  clevis.  But  we  need  these  things 
near  the  barn  oftener  ti-an  I  need  them  in 
my  room.  The  present  arrangement  is  not 
very  efficient.  The  material  for  a  small 
shop  could  be  bought  for  approximately 
$175,  and  we  could  do  the  work.  Who  wants 
to  furnish  this  much-needed  accelerator? 
TTien  we  would  like  to  get  in  touch  with 
some  retired  farmer  who  had  a  small  shop 


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outfit  on  his  farm,  or  some  mechanic  who 
now  needs  a  larger  outfit  and  will  pass  his 
old  one  on  to  us.  Here's  a  chance  tor  some 
definite  part  in  helping  these  Mexican  boys 
to  learn  to  help  themselves.  Our  plan  is 
always  to  have  a  boy  help  us  do  every  pos- 
sible task,  even  though  he  may  be  in  our 


way,  so  that  he  may  learn  to  do  by  doing. 

And  here  it  is  Saturday  night.  Will  you 
pray  for  God's  blessing  upon  the  Sur.day 
school  and  church  services  for  tomorrow? 

Tex.-Mex.  Institute,  Kingsville,  Teras, 
March  22,  19] 9. 


HOME  MISSION  SCHOOLS. 

Equipjie.nt  Needs  Which  Must  Be  Supplied  Immediately. 

1.  New  school  building,  Beechwood  Seminary,  Heidelberg,  Ky   $  1U,UUU 

2.  New  school  building,  Highland  School,  Guerrant,  Ky   15,UU0 

3.  New  orphanage  building,  Highland  School,  Geurrant,  Ky   10,000 

4.  New  dormitory,  Stuart  Robinson  School,  Blackey,  Ky   10,000 

5.  Hospital,  Stuart  Robinson  School,  Blackey,  Ky   10,000 

6.  School  building.  Canyon  Falls,  Kentucky    5,000 

7.  Dormitory  and  chapel,  Oklahoma  Presbyterian  College   60,000 

Total   $120,000 


These  schools  have  outgrown  their  ca- 
pacity. 

They  are  now  overcrowded. 

Many  new  scholars  are  waiting  for  en- 
trance till  these  buildings  are  supplied. 

The  Executive  Committee  has  not  suf- 
ficient funds  to  supply  in  full  these  needs. 

It  will  duplicate  every  dollar  which  the 
principals  of  these  schools  or  the  friends 
of  Christian  and  Missionary  Education  will 
raise  for  the  purpose. 

Correspond  with: 
Rev.  E.  V.  Tadlock,  Blackey,  Ky. 
Rev.  W.  B.  Guerrant,  Guerrant,  Ky. 
Rev.  A.  L.  McDuffie,  Heidelberg,  Ky. 
Rev.  J.  W.  Tyler,  Winchester,  Ky. 


Prof.  W.  B.  Morrison,  Durant,  Okla. 
Rev.  S.  L.  Morris,  Atlanta,  Ga. 

The  Best  Paying  Investment. 

Armour,  being  asked  what  he  considered 
his  best  paying  investment,  answered,  "Ar- 
mour Institute." 

The  British  Parliament  appointed  a  com- 
mission to  advise  philanthropists  as  to  the 
best  investment  of  means,  which  reports, 
recommending  "Educational  Institutions." 

Judson,  the  great  missionary  to  India, 
said  on  one  occasion  that  if  he  had  a  mil- 
lion dollars  to  invest  for  the  kingdom  ol 
Christ  he  would  erect  a  great  Christian  Ed- 
ucational Institution. 


HE  HAS  RETURNED. 

We  know  that  our  readers 
will  be  glad  to  learn  that  Louis 
Gooding  "came  back,"  and  he 
and  his  war  bride  are  going 
to  live  on  his  land  allotment 
and  build  up  a  Christian  home. 

(See  picture  on  page  334.) 


Teacher  and  jjupils  at  Stuart  Robinson. 


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DIFFICULTIES  ANALYZED. 

Rev.  J.  F.  Memus. 


"Therefore,  my  beloved  brethren,  be  ye 
."itedfast.  unmoveable,  always  abounding  in 
the  work  of  the  Lord,  forasmuch  as  ye 
knoic  that  your  labor  is  not  in  vaiti  in  the 
Lord." 

THIS  verse  seems  to  have  been  jpe.^iilly 
written  to  strengthen  and  encourage 
the  hearts  of  mountain  workers. 
Every  work  has  its  difficulties,  but  to  the 
mountain  workers,  surrounded  as  thoy  are 
by  handicaps,  the  difficulties  are  sometimes 
staggering. 

Education  is  so  limited  that  you  hardly 
know  whether  to  use  the  Graded  Su:iday 
School  Literature  or  the  Blueback  Speller 
in  Sunday  school.  Morals  are  low  and  olten 
lacking.  Christianity  consists  ji  icxt.s,  dis- 
associated from  all  other  Scripture,  result- 
ing in  errors  such  as  Primitives,  Holiness 
and  Russelism.  Nowhere  will  you  realize 
better  the  great  correlation  of  sociology, 
education,  Christianity  and  general  civiliza- 
tion. To  have  one  you  must  have  all.  And 
to  gain  any  of  these  you  must  loster  all  ot 
them! 

But  why,  since  the  counties  are  making 
strenuous  efforts  to  better  education,  and 
the  boys  and  girls  are  unusually  bright,  is 
education  so  far  behind  here?  I  can  cer- 
tainly answer  that  question  as  to  this  sec- 
tion. Our  best  teachers  do  not  come  to 
these  mountain  cove  schools.  I  am  not 
speaking  now  of  the  mission  teachers — they 
are  the  best,  but  are  usually  independent 
of  the  county;  nor  do  I  wish  to  speak  dis- 
paragingly of  some  of  our  county  teachers. 
But  you  know  that  most  teachers  like  the 
big  salaries,  the  conveniences  of  the  towrs, 
and  good  roads.  They  do  not  care  to  go 
far  from  the  railroad  into  a  strange  •  om- 
munity,  and  board  in  a  house  with  little 
ventilation  and  light,  au's  where  the  whole 
family  sits  around  one  fireplace.    Often,  too. 


politics  interfere.  Consequently  a  boy  or 
girl  from  that  settlement  is  given  the  school 
and  "keeps  school"  the  required  four 
months. 

Secondly,  why  are  we  so  slow  to  improve 
the  morals  of  the  community?  Because  we 
can't  get  hold  of  the  boys  and  girls.  Such 
superstitious  ideas  reign  that  any  amuse- 
ment, especially  if  it  has  a  violin  or  banjo 
associated  with  it,  is  born  of  Satan,  and 
the  children  can't  come  to  the  social.  With 
little  in  the  home  to  brighten  and  cheer  the 
young  people,  no  wonder  they  soon  leave 
home  and  sometimes  go  wrong.  Then  there 
is  not  the  "neighborhood  sentiment"  agiiinst 
immorality  that  there  was  where  you  grew 
up.  There  is  less  to  restrain,  and  with  the 
usual  temptations  and  the  numerous  exam 
pies  before  their  eyes,  it  is  little  wonder 
that  they  "follow  in  their  train."  Reader, 
stop  and  thank  God  for  the  "atmosphere" 
of  the  home  and  the  community  where  you 
were  born. 

What  is  the  outlook  for  the  church?  It 
is  as  good  as  any  place  where  transfoVmed 
lives  go  to  make  it  up.  It  will  not  sud- 
denly appear,  nor  rapidly  grow  here.  It 
should  not.  It  will  be  born  in  the  mission 
schools  and  be  fed  by  their  students. 

But  another  discouraging  phase:  When 
the  best  bright  boys  and  girls  grow  up  here 
and  promise  so  much  to  us,  the  towns  and 
cities  say.  "they  are  too  big  for  you,  we 
need  them,"  and  away  they  go  to  fill  the 
schools  and  pulpits  of  your  towns,  to  your 
richness  but  to  our  poverty,  for  we  must 
begin  again  to  beat  the  bare  rocks  for  more 
nuggets. 

I  know  there  are  bright  phases  in  the 
mountain  work  and  happy  days  for  the 
workers,  but  I  wish  to  commend  for  the 
dull,  monotonous  days  1  Cor.  15:58  with  its 
context. 

Crestmont.  X.  C. 


SATAN'S  STRONGHOLDS. 

Rev.  J.  E".  Jeter. 


MOUNTAINS  seem  naturally  associated 
with  things  of  strength,  and  are  used 
in  figures  of  speech  to  represent  some- 
thing immovable.  In  time  of  peace  we 
speak  of  their  solemnity,  their  beauty  and 
.majesty;  in  time  of  war  a^  a  place  of  refuge 
or  a  stronghold  to  be  taken. 

It  may  seem  strange  to  say  that  in  the 


spiritual  warfare,  as  well  as  carnal,  the 
hardest  battles  are  being  fought  in  tTTe 
mountains.  But  I  believe  it  to  be  true,  for 
surely  you  will  find  no  place  in  all  the  land 
where  Satan  is  more  strongly  fortified  in 
the  human  heart  than  among  our  mountain 
people. 

First,  there  is  ignorance.    This  may  be 


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One  of  our  long  range  guns  bting  planted 
in  Arkansas,  situated  near  the  corner  of 
four  counties,  and  having  a  range  of  about 
2,000  miles. 


considered  one  of  Satan's  main  lines  of  de- 
fense; and  before  you  can  ever  reach  it 
there  is  the  thorny  hedge  of  prejudice.  How 
carefully,  while  we  were  gaining  strength 
for  the  attack,  has  Satan  laid  his  plan  of 
defense.  Through  generations  he  has  been 
sowing  the  seeds  of  prejudice  in  the  rich 
soil  of  ignorance,  until  he  has  grown  an 
Impenetrable  hedge  through  which  no  light 
can  penetrate,  except  from  above. 

You  come  into  their  midst.  You  are 
among  them,  but  not  of  them.  You  have 
Bibles  and  tracts,  but  only  a  few  of  them 
read.  You  organize  a  Sunday  school  and 
you  are  it.  You  lead,  you  sing,  you  pray 
and  preach.  You  make  a  search  for  lead- 
ers, and  find  there  are  several  preachers, 
perhaps,  in  a  radius  of  a  few  miles,  but 
you  almost  despair  when  they  flee  from 
your  literature  as  they  would  a  poisonous 
reptile.  You  invite  them  to  use  the  Bible 
and  they  refuse  to  have  anything  to  do 
with  the  Old  Testament.  You  try  them  with 
the  New,  and  find  they  can  scarcely  read, 
yet  are  very  positive  on  all  its  teachings. 
How!  oh  how!  you  wonder,  are  you  ever 
to  penetrate  the  first  line  of  defense? 

But  there  is  no  give  up.  You  have  car- 
ried the  banner  of  righteousness  and  planted 
it  in  your  own  home  in  the  midst  of  the 
enemy's  country.    You  are  fighting  a  war  of 


conquest  and  there  must  be  no  retreat.  You 
charge  them  collectively  and  individually, 
wielding  the  sword  of  the  spirit,  and  pray- 
ing for  power  from  on  high.  You  find  the 
enemy's  resources  are  suflBcient  to  stand  a 
long  siege,  and  you  can  ever  feel  his  fiery 
darts  falling  about  you. 

"He  preaches  for  money."  And  all  the 
ghosts  of  eleven  generations  rise  and  point 
their  fingers  at  you  as  an  imposter.  You 
feel  you  are  hard  hit.  "He  don't  baptize, 
he  just  sprinkles."  "He  poured  water  on 
a  baby's  head."  And  you  have  to  be  as 
wise  as  a  serpent  and  harmless  as  a  dove 
to  keep  from  being  run  out  of  the  country. 

But,  like  all  warfare,  much  depends  on 
the  range  gun,  so  you  finally  back  off  and 
begin  to  fire  at  long  range.  Your  aim  is 
true  and  you  begin  to  riddle  the  enemy's 
defense.  Ignorance  and  prejudice  break 
away,  and  you  are  able  to  plant  the  seed 
of  faith,  mercy  and  love.  "But  what  is  the 
gun?"  you  ask.  Haven't  you  heard  them 
booming  in  the  mountains  of  Kentucky,  Vir- 
ginia and  Tennessee?  Haven't  you  seen  a 
dark  cloud  of  ignorance  and  superstition 
rolling  back  from  the  mountain  peaks  of 
North  Carolina  and  the  rough  mountain 
trails  made  smooth  for  travel?  What  are 
the  big  guns  that  God  is  using  to  shell  the 
mountain  strongholds  and  break  down  Sa- 
tan's breastworks  of  ignorance  and  preju- 
dice? Why!  those  guns  are  our  moun- 
tain schools.  For  as  we  use  our  great  guns 
to  fire  death  and  destruction  into  the  ene- 
my's ranks,  so  does  God  use  our  schools  to 
fire  truth  and  light  into  hearts  long  dead  in 
sin.  The  gun  is  only  the  instrument,  so 
are  our  schools.  But  before  them,  when 
they  teach  daily  the  glorious  gospel,  all 
darkness  must  recede.  I  say  long  range, 
because  you  fire  at  the  errors  of  future 
generations.  Through  the  child  in  school 
you  send  a  ray  of  sunshine  back  to  its 
home,  and  you  know  the  next  generation 
will  not  be  fortified  against  you. 

So  let  us  fight  on.  What  matter  the  cost? 
What  do  we  care  if  it  takes  millions  or 
billions,  a  human  soul  is  cheap  at  any  price. 
Since  God  did  not  withhold  His  only  Son, 
how  insignificant  would  all  we  possess  be 
compared  to  the  price  he  paid. 

Comhs,  Arlc. 


ABOUT  FACE  IN  THE  MOUNTAINS. 

Rev.  E.  V.  Tadlock. 


HIT  ain't  no  use  to  study  the  Bible.  It' 
the   Lord   wants   you   to   know  the 
Bible,  hit'll  come  to  you." 
TTiis  was  the  protest  of  an  eighth  grade 
student  against  Bible  study  in  the  course. 

"How  do  the  old  Baptist  preachers  learn 
the  Bible?    They  are  ignorant  men,  and 


can't  hardly  read.  The  Lord  teaches  it  to 
them."  Manifestly  time  spent  in  Bible 
study  is  a  waste  and  presumption  upon  the 
exclusive  prerogative  of  God  himself. 

Less  than  twelve  months  later  this  youth 
stood  in  the  presence  of  a  large  congrega- 
tion and  confessed  his  conviction  of  'sin, 


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and  his  lost  estate,  and  his  reliance  in  the 
atonins  blood  of  Christ  for  salvation. 

*  *  « 

"I'd  rather  give  my  boy  a  bottle  of  whis- 
key than  send  him  to  that  Sunday  school. 
This  was  the  avowal  of  an  old  regular  Bap- 
tist preacher  two  years  ago.  He  was  sin- 
cere. Such  is  the  power  of  prejudice.  To- 
day his  children  are  in  "that  Sunday 
school."  If  two  years  have  accomplished  so 
much,  what  may  not  two  more  years  do? 

*  *  * 

"I  lost  Joe's  mother  of  the  'flues'  two 
months  ago.  I  can't  have  no  peace  of  mind 
about  him.  All  day,  while  I  am  in  the 
mines  at  work,  I  am  wondering  who  he  is 
with  and  what  he  is  doing.  They  tell  me 
that  you  are  mighty  strict  with  boys  here. 
I  want  to  put  him  in  the  school,  so  that 
I  won't  be  a  worrying  about  him." 

The  speaker  was  a  great,  rough  miner. 
But  he  had  a  frank  way  about  him,  and  it 
was  evident  he  wore  the  boy  next  his  heart. 

"After  his  ma  died,  we  went  to  board. 
We  found  that  we  didn't  know  how  to  do  ■ 
like  other  folks,  and    it    made    us  both 
ashamed.    I  want  you  to  take  Joe  and  teach 


him  manners,  so  that  he  will  know  how  to 
act  and  not  be  ashamed." 

In  physique  Joe  was  a  small  edition  of 
his  father,  with  the  same  open  countenance 
and  frank  way  of  saying  things,  and  a 
smile  that  is  simply  irresistible — the  most 
natural  and  unspoiled  boy  in  captivity. 

But  Joe's  experiences  were  painfully  lim- 
ited. "'W'hat  was  a  bath?"  "No,  he  had 
never  took  one  of  them."  His  ablutions  had 
been  confined  to  "a  little  washing  around 
the  neck  and  ears."  Needless  to  say  he  was 
provided  with  a  tub  of  hot  water  and  all 
prerequisites.  The  result  was  altogether 
satisfactory  and  satisfying.  "I  feel  fine," 
he  ingeniously  announced,  as  he  emerged 
with  shining  face  and  clean  apparel.  "Feel 
like  I  could  fly.  I'm  a-goin'  to  take  one 
every  week." 

Recently  the  father  wrote  that  the  mines 
had  closed  down  and  that  he  would  have  to 
take  Joe  home.  "Let  the  taking  of  Joe  out 
of  school  be  your  last  thought,"  wrote  the 
principal.  "If  you  can't  pay,  it's  all  right. 
We  are  going  to  keep  Joe  and  help  you  to 
make  a  man  out  of  him." 

That  is  the  spirit  in  which  your  mountain 


The  home  of  the  old  preacher  who  would  rather  trust  his  boy  with  a 

bottle    of  whiskey  than  send  him  to   school,   and   his  family. 


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schools  are  run.  Every  need  is  met.  We 
tak(  care  of  the  children.  God  will  take 
care  of  us.  Joe's  teacher  and  another  mem- 
ber of  the  corps  have  asked  to  be  allowed 
to  pay  Joe's  way.  There  could  be  no  nobler 
and  more  unselfish  exhibition  of  faith  and 
devotion  than  the  spectacle  of  meagrely 
salaried  mission  workers  tithing  and  more 
than  tithing  their  income  for  the  support 
of  Christ's  work.  Is  it  not  a  wonderful 
thing  that  the  local  church  with  all  the 
pressing  needs  of  this  work  should  give 
three  dollars  to  the  beneficence  of  the 
Church  to  one  dollar  for  itself?  Is  it  any 
wonder  that  God  is  signally  blessing  the 
work  ? 

*    *  * 

There  is  a  little  girl  of  thirteen  years 
in  the  school  whose  story  the  principal  has 
already  written.  She  has  a  perfectly  won- 
derful way  of  always  saying  the  happy 
thing.  Her  ready  wit  and  winning  smile 
make  her  an  unconscious  diplomat.  Re- 
cently she  said  to  the  principal's  wife,  "1 
have  adopted  you  and  Mr.  Tadlock." 

"Sure,  I  am  going  to  live  with  you  always 
and  you  are  going  to  be  my  father  and 
mother." 

"You  are  my  Aunt  Emma  now,"  she  said 
to  the  sister  of  the  principal's  wife;  "1 
have  alopted  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Tadlock." 

It  has  never  entered   the   heart  of  the 


principal  and  his  wife  to  question  the  real- 
ity of  the  new  obligation  or  the  way  in 
which  it  links  the  destiny  of  this  child  to 
theirs 

*    *  * 

Thus  the  current  of  life  and  service  in  a 
mountain  mission  field  rolls  on.  Each  day 
duties  are  discharged,  obligations  are  as- 
sumed, burdens  carried,  visions  dreamed, 
emergencies  met,  problems  wrestled  with, 
purposes  achieved  or  defeated,  bitter  dis- 
appointitients  submitted  to,  while  through 
it  all  sings  the  sweet  consciousness  that  it 
is  Chiist's  work:  that  he  looks  on,  solici- 
tous for  its  progress,  elated  by  its  successes, 
sympathetic  in  its  reverses. 

And  days  there  are  of  blessings  poured 
out  until  there  is  not  room  to  receive  them, 
as  when  two  students  give  themselves  to 
the  gospel  ministry  and  are  received  under 
the  care  of  Presbytery,  or  when  as  a  result 
of  a  week's  meeting  souls  that  represent 
months  of  prayer  and  tuition  are  garnered, 
or  when  some  sadly  needed  building  or 
equipment  is  realized  and  the  work  relieved 
of  physical  limitations  takes  a  long  step 
forward,  or  when  one  has  time  to  survey 
the  years  of  toil  and  mark  progress  beyond 
anything  asked  or  hoped  for,  and  accepts 
the  things  accomplished  as  an  earnest  of 
the  greater  things  the  future  holds  in  store. 

Blackey,  Ey. 


PROGRESS  OF  MOUNTAIN  WORK  IN  PIKE  COUNTY,  KENTUCKY. 

Mrs.  M.\ry  Boggs  Ebickson. 


WITHIN  the  last  fifteen  years  a  won- 
derful change  has  taken  place  in 
this  section  through  the  influence  ot 
Christian  education.  The  growth  of  the 
work  has  been  slow  but  sure,  and  soon 
greater  opportunities  for  work  will  be  ours, 
as  our  field  at  Phelps  is  to  be  the  center 
of  a  large  mining  district. 

Owing  to  the  development  of  the  work,  a 
principal  has  been  secured  to  devote  his 
entire  time  to  the  school  duties  of  Matthew 
T.  Scott,  Jr.,  Academy  and  Industrial 
School.  His  wife  is  matron.  We  are  fortu- 
nate in  securing  Mr.  and  Mrs.  A.  M.  Setzer 
for  these  responsible  positions.  They  have 
been  with  us  since  last  July. 

Relief  from  schooi-room  duties  enables 
Ml-.  Erickson  to  carry  on  the  religious  phase 
of  the  work.  Besides  the  organized  churches 
at  Phelps  and  at  Argo.  he  has  regular  ap-- 
pointments  at  the  Lower  Elk  and  Majestic 
Missions,  lumbei-  and  mininig  camps,  re- 
spectively. Much  of  Mr.  Erickson's  time  is 
taken  up  in  visiting  the  homes  in  these 
different   fields,    distantly    separated.  The 


faithful  mules,  missionary  Bob  and  George, 
carry  him  over  the  rough  roads. 

As  a  memorial  to  their  mother,  Mr.  E.  t\. 
Gartrell  and  his  three  sisters,  of  Ashland, 
Ky.,  erected  last  summer  a  beautiful  bunga- 
low. "The  Eliza  J.  Gartrell  Cottage."  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Walter  W.  Charles,  of  Phelps,  have 
donated  a  beautiful  fence  around  the  cot- 
tage. 

The  farm  and  orchard  are  in  splendid 
condition.  This  year  we  should  realize  some 
fruit  from  our  large  apple  orchard. 

Miss  Ada  L.  Harford  occupies  the  mission 
home  at  Argo,  on  Knox  Creek,  and  is  doing 
a  good  work  there. 

A  few  years  ago  our  people  here  gave 
but  a  few  paltry  dollars  to  the  benevolences 
of  the  Church.  In  our  campaign  for  benevo- 
lences for  the  coming  year  our  church  at 
Phelps  has  pledged  about  $240.00.  T'his  is 
an  indication  of  their  realization  of  tiie 
privilege  of  giving. 

Our  Academy  service  flag  displays  twenty- 
three  stars.  One  of  our  boys,  a  machine 
gunner,  was  cited  by  his  French  oflBcer  for 


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Buildings  at  Matthew  T.  .Scott.  Jr..  Academ.v. 


bravery.  Our  mountain  people  came  to  the 
help  of  their  country  in  her  time  of  need. 

By  the  aid  of  friends  in  the  way  of  schol- 
arships and  personal  gifts,  and  by  the  bless- 


ing of  God,  a  great  work  has  been  and  a 
greater  will  be  accomplished  in  this  and 
surrounding  fields. 
Phelps.  Ku. 


THE  YEAR  AT  HIGHLAND. 


Mrs.  Rose  M.\rtix  Weli  s. 


THE  school  year  which  has  just  closed 
at  Highland  has  been  with  this  insti- 
tution, as  with  most  others,  a  very 
unusual  one.  Eveiy  previous  year  there 
had  been  a  large  attendance  of  boys  in 
their  later  'teens.  But  when  school  opened 
many  former  Highland  boys  were  in  train- 
ing camps,  somewhere  in  France — during 
the  first  week  of  the  session  one  was  laid 
amid  the  flowers  in  Flanders  fields.  'I'he 
few  young  men  who  were  able  to  assume 
their  school  duties  were  more  interested  in 
filling  out  questionnaires  than  in  translat- 
ing Latin,  and  were  so  torn  between  duty 
and  patriotism  that  it  was  extremely  dilTi- 
cult  for  them  to  apply  themselves  to  inten- 
sive stud\.  Notwithstanding,  the}-  did  re- 
markably well. 

But  if  there  was  a  falling  off  in  the  at- 
tending of  boys  this  was  not  true  as  regards 
girls.  Fathers  were  making  better  wages 
and  were  also  awakening  to  the  necessity 
of  educating  their  daughters.  On  the  open- 
■  ing  day  we  had  to  send  back  several  girls 


who  came,  without  having  previously  noti- 
fied us,  in  the  hope  of  finding  room.  And 
from  that  day  till  this  our  dormitories  have 
been  crowded,  and  throughout  the  whole 
term  we  have  had  to  turn  down  applicants 
for  lack  of  room. 

The  school  proceeded  very  happily  for 
three  months.  Then  one  beautiful  day  in 
October,  when  the  high  school  students  were 
engrossed  in  their  examinations  and  every- 
body was  very  happy,  there  came  a  tele- 
gram fiom  the  State  Board  of  Health  closing 
all  schools  indefinitely  on  account  of  in- 
fluenza. There  was  not  a  single  one  who 
was  not  in  the  best  of  health,  nor  a  soul 
in  the  community  who  was  not  perfectly 
well.  No  one  wanted  to  go  home,  and  many 
of  the  girls  wept.  They  went  to  their  homes, 
some  three  or  four,  some  almost  a  hundred 
miles  distant,  leaving  everything  in  their 
rooms  ready  for  the  instant  resumption  of 
their  studies.  Even  their  clothes  were  left 
hanging  on  the  hooks,  most  of  them  left 
with   no  apparel   except   what   they  were 


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wearing.  As  the  weary  weeks  passed,  some 
from  sheer  necessity  had  to  return  for 
clothing.  Week  after  week  passed  by,  and 
with  the  exception  of  four  little  boys,  the 
scourge  entirely  passed  by  the  Highland 
dormitories,  although  most  of  the  communi- 
ty were  stricken.  The  teachers  remained, 
caring  for  the  orphans  who  now  have  their 
homes  with  us,  and  rendering  assistance  in 
the  community. 

Not  until  December  30th  were  we  able 
to  open  school  again.  The  first  day  found 
us  with  overflov/ing  dormitories  and  a  larg'S 
attendance  of  day  pupils.  That  day  also 
marked  the  coming  of  the  dreaded 
scourge  to  us,  for  that  very  even- 
ing two  boys  had  to  go  to  the  hospital. 
One  after  another  was  stricken  until  we 
had  thirty  cases  among  the  boarding  stu- 
dents. We  were  greatly  blessed,  however. 
All  recovered  and  for  a  few  weeks  devoted 
themselves  assiduously  to  study.  Tlien  one 
of  the  girls  broke  out  with  measles.  Within 
fourteen  days  every  student  in  the  school 
who  was  not  immune  had  measles.  We 
filled  the  hospital,  and  when  that  would 
hold  no  more  we  arranged  places  in  the 
dormitories. 

Bravely  those  who  were  able  to  be  up 
went  to  work  to  care  for  the  sick.  Not 
only  did  they  do  this  so  well  that  they  re- 
ceived the  highest  praise  from  the  physi- 
cians, but  they  prepared  all  their  lessons 
and  did  their  own  and  the  patient's  work. 
This  is  an  industrial  school  and  all  stu- 
dents have  their  specific  duties.  Many  ot 
the  children  were  very  ill  during  this  last 
epidemic,  much  more  so  than  with  influ- 
enza. Some  were  delirious  for  hours  at  a 
time,  some  developed   bronchial  complica- 


tions. But  at  this  writing,  late  in  March, 
most  are  well  and  all  are  convalescent. 

School  close  is  just  a  month  away,  for, 
owing  to  the  farm  work,  we  dare  not  pro- 
long the  session  beyond  the  middle  of  April. 
Though  the  term  has  been  short  by  two 
months,  and  so  many  have  been  sick,  at 
least  a  part  of  the  time  we  have  been  in 
session  the  scheduled  amount  of  work  in 
each  high  school  year  has  been  covered. 
Not  only  that,  but  the  commencement  pro- 
gram is  well  in  hand.  Part  of  this  pro- 
gram will  be  a  music  recital  of  the  highest 
grade. 

There  are  three  graduates  this  year,  two 
boys  and  a  girl,  all  of  whom  are  unusually 
fine  young  folk.  The  two  boys  hope  to 
enter  college  this  fall  to  prepare  for  pro- 
fessional careers.  One,  if  not  both,  will,  I 
hope,  finally  enter  the  ministry.  The  girl 
goes  to  take  a  professional  course  in  a 
normal  school,  preparatory  to  teaching. 

The  greatest  achievement  of  the  year  has 
beea  the  building  of  our  beautiful  new 
church.  This  was  very  largely  done  through 
the  labors  of  our  pastor,  Rev.  W.  B.  Guer- 
rant.  It  is  constructed  in  bungalow  style 
and  has  a  seating  capacity  in  the  main  audi- 
torium of  225.  There  is  a  Sunday-school 
room,  divided  into  nice  class  rooms  with 
movable  partitions,  with  an  added  capacity 
of  100.  The  dedication  is  set  for/  the  first 
Sunday  in  April. 

There  are  nice  pews  and  pulpit  furniture 
and  a  very  good  small  pipe  organ,  About 
the  only  thing  we  lack  is  a  baptismal  font 
This  would  perhaps  add  more  of  reverence 
and  sanctity  to  the  sacrament. 

Guerrant,  Ky. 


A  NEW  MEMBER  OF  OUR  FAMILY  MISSION  SCHOOLS. 

Me.  T.  J.  MoETON,  Principal. 


BLUE  RIDGE  ACADEMY  came  into  the 
possession  of  Rev.  B.  ¥.  Bedinger.  by 
purchase  from  the  Quakers  about  a 
year  ago.  He  soon  turned  it  over  to  the 
Home  Mission  Committee,  and  the  first  ses- 
sion under  Presbyterian  control  is  drawing 
to  a  close. 

As  the  name  indicates,  the  school  is  lo- 
cated in  the  Blue  Ridge  Mountains  of  Vir- 
ginia, five  miles  from  the  North  Carolina 
line,  at  Patrick  county.  The  historical  asso- 
ciations are  interesting,  as  the  county  is 
named  for  Patrick  Henry,  and  the  county 
seat,  Stuart,  is  named  for  J.  E.  B.  Stuart, 
whose  home  and  first  burial  place  were  in 
the  county. 


Due  to  the  disorganization  caused  by  the 
great  world  upheavals  of  war  and  influenza, 
this  session  has  not  been  a  fair  sample  of 
the  work  which  can  and  will  be  done  here. 
The  location  is  very  excellent,  and  the  Pres- 
byterian work  will  be  greatly  aided  by  the 
establishment  of  this  school.  A  church  has 
been  organized  in  the  school  building,  with 
eight  charter  members,  and  now  there  are 
seventeen. 

The  school  property  consists  of  a  dormi- 
tory for  the  girls  and  another  for  the  boys, 
a  house  for  a  tenant  to  work  the  farm  of 
twenty-eight  acres,  a  commodious  school 
building,  and  a  nice  orchard  of  considerable 
size. 


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There  is  cause  for  encouragement  in  the 
work.  Progress  has  been  made  and  will 
be  made.  Rev.  B.  F.  Bedinger,  Evangelist 
and  Sunday-School  Superintendent  for  Roa- 
noke Presbytery,  has  been  authorized  to 
raise  five  thousand  dollars  for  the  work. 
If  some  church  or  society  would  adopt  this 
school,  it  would  prove  a  blessing  to  all 
concerned.  This  is  the  plan  followed  in 
regard  to  another  Presbyterian  school  in 
this  county.  Central  Academy,  whose  bene- 
factor is  Danville  First  Church. 

We  need  and  ask  for  the  interest,  encour- 
agement, money  and  prayers  of  God's 
people. 

Ararat,  'Va. 


Girls'   uoruiitory  at  Blue  Ridge  Academy. 


NEWS  FROM  EBENEZER  MISSION. 


Me.  Chables  McGaha. 


jspe- 
'in- 


THIS  has  been  a  strenuous  winter, 
cially   during  the   epidemic  of 
fluenza";  however,  it  brought  special 
ministry.    We  are  thankful  for  the  beau- 
tiful spring  weather,  bringing  new  life  and 
hope  and  new  interest. 

Our  school  term  was  much  interrupted 
by  sickness,  but  on  reopening  the  children 
seem  to  make  up  for  all  lost  time  by  good 
attendance  and  hard  study.  One  little  moth- 
erless girl,  age  twelve  years,  walks  over  a 
very  rough  steep  mountain  more  than  two 
and  one-half  miles  daily  alone.  This  is  the 
first  time  she  has  ever  attended  school,  .^.le 
is  doing  splendid  work  and  is  now  in  the 
second  grade 

We  have  four  other  pupils,  fatherless 
children,  who  travel  equally  as  far.  These 
are  only  a  few  out  of  many.  How  many 
living  in  town  would  walk  as  far.  "tote" 
a  tin  bucket  filled  with  cold  corn-bread  and 
a  bottle  of  "sour  milk"  for  dinner,  and  be 
as  happy  as  these  children,  striving  so  hard 
for  an  education?  Surely  the  opportumtits 
are  much  appreciated  here  in  the  moun- 
tains. 

Many  cannot  attend  school  or  Sunday 
school  for  the  lack  of  proper  clothing.  Here 
we  see  a  constant  need  for  the  donations 
of  clothing. 

We  have  a  good  Sunday  school  with  an 
increasmg  interest.  About  forty  have 
earned  Bibles  or  Testaments  for  learning 
Scripture  and  reading  Gospels. 

Within  the  past  few  months  much  repair- 
ing has  been  done  on  our  buildings,  due  to 
the  kindness  and  generosity  of  a  church  in 
Louisiana.  This,  however,  is  an  answer  to 
prayer.  We  have  a  fine  new  chimney  in 
the  living  room,  where  the  young  people 
usually  come  to  spend  the  evenings  Two 
more  rooms  have  been  completed  in  the 


home  and  many  other  improvements  and 
necessities. 

We  need  furniture  for  the  two  extra 
rooms  to  accommodate  those  who  wish  to 
board  in  the  home  for  the  next  school  term. 


An  old  picture  of  the  workers'  home  at 
Ebenezer. 


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We  are  hoping  to  do  a  larger  and  better  who  loves  the  people  of  the  hills,  and  wants 

work  f.nd  be  able  to  have  another  much  them  for  His  own. 

needed  teacher  and  helper  that  the  work  Del  Rio.  Tean. 

might  continue  to  grow  and  prosper  for  Him   \ 


DOES  IT  PAY? 

Mrs.  J.  P.  GiBRON 


TWENTY-TWO  years  ago  there  came 
into  the  home  and  hearts  of  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  H.  L.  Gooding,  of  Good  Land, 
Oklahoma,  three  little  orphaned  grandchil- 
dren, two  bo\s  and  a  timid  little  girl.  They 
had  lost  their  mother,  a  gentle,  kind  Indian 
woman,  and  their  tender  little  hearts 
vearned  for  the  mother  love,  the  mother 
care  and  training  that  had  been  theirs  so 
long.  The  family  in  the  Gooding  home 
was  not  a   small   one.   neither  were  they 


A   soldier   of   his  country. 
(See  page  326.) 


blessed  with  many  of  the  luxuries  of  life; 
still  the  little  orphans  found  a  good  home, 
filled  with  the  necessities  and  many  of  the 
comforts  of  life — found  a  welcome  in  all 
hearts,  found  training  that  made  them  use- 
ful men  and  women,  and  above  all,  they 
found  Christian  influences  in  the  home, 
found  Christian  training  in  the  Sabbath 
school  and  day  school  which  their  grand- 
parents were,  with  their  means,  so  liberally 
helping  to  found  and  support. 

The  boys  grew  to  manhood  in  the  school 
here.  They  then  went  into  the  Academies 
for  the  Choctaws.  The  older  one,  whose 
letter  I  am  sending,  afterwards  went  to  the 
Oklahoma  A.  and  M.  College,  and  was  one 
of  our  first  boys  to  volunteer.  The  little 
girl  grew  up  here,  spent  si.\  years  at  Texas 
Presbyterian  College,  graduated  from  that 
school,  taught  here,  and  is  now  in  the  Red 
Cross  work  in  France.  -The  younger  boy, 
who  is  living  on  his  farm,  attended  this 
school,  and  afterwards  attended  Wentworth 
Military  Academy,  Lexington,  Missouri.  The 
letter  from  the  one  who  is  now  in  France 
win  tell  its  own  story,  whether  or  not  it 
pays  to  give  Indian  boys  and  girls  Chris- 
tian, industrial  training: 

"Camp  Dix,  N.  J.,  August.  1918. 
"Dear  Grandparents' 

"Have  just  received  a  letter  from  my  girl 
wife  telling  me  of  the  nice  visit  she  had 
with  you,  how  nice  you  were  to  her,  how 
good  you  were  to  her  while  she  was  there. 
I  knew,  of  course,  you  would  be  good  to  her, 
would  make  her  feel  as  one  of  the  family, 
and  it  makes  me  so  glad  to  know  she  feels 
that  way.  too. 

"I  know  I  should  write  you  oftener  than 
I  have,  but  have  so  many  letters  to  write 
and  am  kept  busy  these  days.  Am  feeling 
fine,  have  not  taken  a  dose  of  medicine  since 
coming  into  the  army  over  a  year  ago,  and 
have  gained  quite  a  bit  in  this  branch  of 
the  service  during  the  last  year.  Wish  you 
r-ould  see  our  work,  the  Signal  Corps,  it  is 
such  an  interesting  branch  of  our  war  work. 

"It  is  my  hope  that  jou  will  live  to  see  us 
end  this  war.  We  all  want  to  come  back 
home  and  tell  the  home  folks  all  about  it. 
It  may  be  my  lot  to  fall,  but  if  such  is  to 
be  my  fate  I'll  know  I  tried  to  'do  my  bit.' 
Of  course,  we  are  not  wanting  to  die,  but 
we  can't  all  come  back.    Still  we  feel  that 


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we  are  coming  back  to  our  homes  some  day 
when  it  is  all  over.  Grandma,  the  Testa- 
ment you  gave  me  will  go  to  France  with 
me.  and  if  I  should  not  bring  it  back,  hope 
some  other  soldier  will  get  it  and  bring  it 
back  to  you.  Tell  the  Missionary  Society 
of  Good  Land  Church  how  much  1  enjoyed 
the  lovely  box  of  good  things  they  sent  me, 
so  much  that  was  good  to  eat.  and  it  was 
good  of  them  to  remember  the  Good  Land 
boys  that  way,  and  send  them  such  good 
boxes  to  the  different  camps.  Tell  them  we 
Good  Land  boys  are  doing  our  best;  that 
we  intend  to  help  bring  our  Stars  and 
Stripes  home  in  victory,  when  our  dear 
United  States  will  have  shown  to  the  world 
that  it  helped  win  the  war  that  will  give 
to  the  world  liberty,  justice  and  freedom. 


To  my  mind  the  good  women  are  doing 
their  share  and  they  should  feel  that  they, 
too.  have  a  share  when  victory  comes. 

"Do  not  think  you  two  have  been  for- 
gotten, even  though  your  letters  have  not 
gone  to  you  as  often  as  they  should.  You 
reared  us  to  manhood  and  womanhood,  did 
all  you  could  to  make  us  useful,  and  we 
cannot  forget  all  you  did  for  us.  I  often 
think  I've  not  done  all  my  duty  to  you, 
have  failed  to  show  the  affection  that  1 
feel,  but  hope  to  do  better  in  the  future. 
I  will  give  you  my  address  so  you  can  write 
me  when  I  get  safely  over  'somewhere  in 
France." 

"With  love  and  good-b.\  e  to  all,  I  am, 
"Affectionately, 

"Lovus  Gooding." 


HAS  IT  PAID? 


Rev.  R.  D.  Roulhac. 


OCTOBER,   1906,   our   Parochial  School 
was  started.     At  that  time   we  had 
only  twelve  members  in  church  and 
fifteen  in  Sabbath  school. 

Since  that  time  more  than  one  hundred 
and  twenty-five  of  the  number  who  at- 
tended our  day  school  have  professed  faith 
in  Christ.  Eighty  united  with  our  church, 
the  others  went  to  the  churches  of  which 
their  parents  were  members.  Our  church 
has  raised  more  than  $3,400.00  for  all 
causes.  Our  Sabbath  school  has  an  enroll- 
ment of  ninety.  The  record  shows  that  for 
the  past  few  Sabbaths  we  have  had  seventy- 
five  present  each  Sabbath. 

Numbers  of  children  have  been  helped  by 
this  school,  many  of  whom  are  working,  sup- 


porting themselves  and  families.  Eight  re- 
cited the  Child's  Catechism  at  one  sitting. 
Others  have  memorized  Psalms  and  songs, 
and  three  of  the  young  men  served  our  coun- 
try in  the  war  just  closed.  The  eiicouraging 
feature  of  our  school  is  that  it  is  a  feeder 
for  the  Sabbath  school  and  church. 

September  23,  1918,  began  the  thirteenth 
annual  session.  During  this  time  we  have 
enrolled  ninety,  most  of  whom  are  from 
very  humble  homes.  These  children  are 
bright,  eager  to  learn  and  are  capable  of 
being  developed.  Notwithstanding  that  we 
were  closed  for  a  month  during  the  in- 
fluenza epidemic,  they  have  made  wonder- 
ful progress  in  their  studies.  We  have  not 
been  able  to  teach  our  industrial  work  as 


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[June,  1919 


desired  for  lack  of  funds  to  get  the  neces- 
sarj'  things  to  work  with.  The  assistant 
teacher  is  very  well  prepared  along  all  lines 
and  is  serving  for  less  than  half  salary. 

They  are  learning  the  Bible,  Catechisms, 
also  songs,  along  with  their  text-books.  They 
can  recite  many  of  the  Psalms,  the  books 
of  the  Bible,  and  some  have  recited  one 
hundred  questions  of  the  Child's  Catechism. 
These  are  trying  to  complete  it  by  the 
closing  of  the  school  in  May.  The  Ladies' 
Society  of  the  First  Presbyterian  Church 
here,  which  is  so  interested  in  the  school, 
has  promised  a  special  reward  to  all  who 
recite  it  by  that  time.  Nine-tenths  of  these 
children  attend  our  Sabbath  school,  and  at 
3  P.  M.  all  assemble  to  be  instructed  in  the 
Bible.  The  church  year  will  close  within 
three  days,  and  we  hope  to  make  a  better 


report  than  ever  financially.  The  school 
helped  wonderfully  in  the  three  million  dol- 
lar drive. 

We  have  had  service  each  day  this  week 
at  11  o'clock.  It  would  have  done  any  Chris- 
tian good  to  have  been  in  these  meetings 
and  heard  these  children  sing  and  pray.  In 
these  meetings  the  writer  tried  to  teach 
them  the  true  principles  in  religion. 

Our  need.— We  need  fifty  dollars  at  once 
to  return  some  money  the  writer  was  com- 
pelled to  borrow  last  fall  for  the  school  and 
to  pay  other  bills.  For  the  next  term,  which 
will  begin  September  22,  1919,  we  need  four 
hundred  dollars  to  pay  for  teaching,  and 
two  good  sewing  machines. 

Has  it  paid?  Or  is  it  paying?  If  so, 
should  we  not  expect  greater  resuVts? 

Selma,  Alabama. 


OUR  SPICE  BOX. 


Some  schools  Of  thought  now  discount 
"Evolution"  as  a  scientific  fact,  but  Tex.- 
Mex.  has  a  very  substantial  demonstration 
of  its  truth  in  at  least  one  instance.  What 
Is  it? 

We  are  not  conceited  at  all,  but  we  know 
it  is  first  in  influence,  leadership,  liberality, 
missionary  spirit  and  standards  of  Chris- 
tian living- — a  large  order.    What  is  "it"? 

Would  you  rather  trust  a  child  to  Sunday 
school  or  a  bottle  of  whiskey?  Who  did  not 
agree  with  you. 

Our  city  high  school  girls  greatly  re- 
gretted the  cause  for  closing  schools,  but 
didn't  weep  because  the  schools  were  closed. 
Who  did? 

To  gain  any  one  of  them  you  must  foster 
all.  What  are  the  four  things  needed  in  the 
mountains? 

Truly  a  beautiful  memorial.    Does  any  one 


know  a  better  way  to  honor  a  loved  parent 
than  to   ? 

Big  Berthas  in  Missions?  Yes,  where  and 
what  are  they? 

The  little  girl  adopted  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Tad- 
lock.  Which  school  would  like  to  adopt  a 
parent  church,  if  it  is  correctly  quoted  by 
its  principal? 

No  one  would  ever  ask  any  of  our  mis- 
sionaries if  they  believed  in  answered  prayer 
if  they  read  The  Missionary  Survey.  At 
what  school  did  a  church  hundreds  of  miles 
away  furnish  much  needed  repairs  in  answer 
to  prayer? 

An  Indian  girl  in  Red  Cross  work?  Yes. 
In  what  one  of  our  schools  did  she  get  her 
earlv  training? 

Eighty  from  the  schools  united  with  the 
church.    Where  is  this  "missionary"  school? 


HOME  MISSION  TOPICS. 


JANUARY — The  Assembly's  Home  Missions;  Christian  Education  and 
Ministerial  Relief. 

FEBRUARY — Synodical  and  Presbyterial  Home  Missions. 

MARCH — Sabbath  School  Extension;  Mexicans  in  the  United  States. 

APRILr— Christian  Education  and  Ministerial  Relief;  Colored  Evangeli- 
zation. 

MAY — Foreign-Speaking  People  in  the  United  States. 
JUNE — Mission  Schools. 
JULY — The  Indians. 

AUGUST — Christian  Education  and  Ministerial  Relief. 
SEPTEMBER — City  Missions;  Evangelism. 
OCTOBER — Sabbath  School  Extension;  the  Great  West. 
NOVEMBER — Mountaineers;  Home  Mission  Week. 

DECEMBER — Christian  Education  and  Ministerial  Relief;  Woman's 
Work. 


"lUsions  '  The  Missionary  Survey.  337 


SENIOR  HOME  MISSION  PROGRAM  FOR  JUNE,  1919. 


Prepared  by  Miss  Eleanora  A.  Hei'ry. 


A  Summer  Conference  of  Mission  School  Workers. 
1.  llyiim — Labor  On. 

'1.  Prayer — For  (lod's  blessing  upon  tlie  work  of  tlie  schools,  ui)()n  tiie 
pupils,  and  ujton  tiie  workers,  tliat  they  may  he  wisei.\'  ^iiuided  and 
enabled  to  cari-y  on  the  work  most  effieiently. 
Scripture  Reading — Prov.  4:l-li). 

4.  The  Place  of  the  School  in  the  Denominaliou  Rev.  S.  Fj.  .Morris 

").  The  Wonderful  0|)poi'tunities  for  Service  at  Tex.-Mex., 

S.  Brooks  McLane 

G.  Discussion  of  Difficulties  in  Ihe  ^Mountains, 

Rev.  J.  F.  Menius,  Rev.  J.  R.  Jeter 

7.  fnfoi-mal  Re})Oi'ts  from  Highland,  Stuart   Robinson,  Ebenezer,  Blue 

Ridge  Academy,  Matthew  T.  Scott  Academy,  and  Heidelberg. 

8.  The  work  of  the  Indian  Schools,  as  seen  , by  results.  .Mrs.  J.  P.  Gibbons 

9.  A  Report  from  one  of  our  Parochial  Schools  Rev.  R.  D.  Roulhac 

10.  Prayer — That  the  much  needed  equipment  ma.v  be  secured  this  summer, 

and  that  tlie  schools  may  continue  to  be  Christian  and  Missionary  in 
spirit  and  in  work  done. 

11.  Hymn — A  Witness  for  Jesns. 


NOTES: 

Have -a  Pi  esidiug  Officer  instead  of  a  leader.  I'arry  out  the  program  as  though 
it  were  a  real  Conference.  '  Let  each  one  speak  in  the  person  of  the  worker,  giving 
a  digest  oi-  synopsis  of  the  article.  Have  a  poster  on  the  wall,  showing  the  needs 
for  equipment,  or  have  them  on  the  blackboard,  and  let  each  speaker  call  attention 
to  the  need  at  his  particular  school. 

Let  Mr.  McLane's  speech  be  in  the  nature  of  an  explanation  why  he  did  not 
prepare  the  paper  on  the  subject*  given  him. 

Instead  of  a  report  from  Heidelberg,  have  some  one  explain  that  Mr.  McUuffie 
couldn't  come,  but  sent  this  letter  or  essa.v  by  one  of  the  girls — see  Junior  De- 
partment. 

Try  to  keep  the  spirit  of  the  Conference.  Let  the  one  who  presides  introduce 
each  speaker  with  a  brief  word  of  explanation  as  to  who  he  is  and  what  he  does. 
Call  on  some  one  not  otherwise  on  the  program,  Mr.  Wells,  Mr.  W.  B.  Guerrant 
or  Mr.  Roy  Smith,  for  the  prayers. 

The  hymns  are  from  Life  and  Service  Hymns,  Nos.  28  and  1. 


MY  MISSIONARY  GARDEN. 


I've  dropped  my  seeds 

In  faith  and  prayer. 
And  now  the  weeds 

I'll  guard  with  care. 
To  plant  and  watch, 

To  hoe  and  rake — 
All  this  I'll  do 

"For  Jesus'  sake." 


God  sends  the  rain 

And  sunshine  bright; 
He  keeps  my  seed 

By  day  and  night. 
This  is  my  share, 

To  hoe  and  rake, 
And  do  it  all 

"For  Jesus'  sake." 


The  earth  is  kind 

And  warms  the  seed: 
It  makes  its  life 

For  others'  need. 
This  all  my  part — 

To  do  my  best 
"For  Jesus'  sake," 

And  leave  the  rest! 


"AS  THOU  HAST." 


Tni.e  Sketches  From  the  Field 


Dora  M.  Fish. 


MOLLIE  LEE  leaned  against  the  "split 
rail"  fence  with  her  sturdy  little  back 
toward  the  road.  Her  pink  sunbon- 
net  concealed  a  thoughtful  round  face  rest- 
ing upon  two  brown  hands  folded  on  top 
of  the  heavy  hoe  which  had  done  good  sei- 
vice  that  summer  day,  for  Mollie  Lee  was  a 
little  mountain  girl  whose  twelve  years  had 
been  spent  in  a  secluded  cove.  Close  to  her 
bare  feet  a  neat  pile  of  rocks  displayed  he"- 
share  in  the  work  of  the  day. 

In  the  early  hours  of  the  beautiful  sum 
mer  morning  "Maw"  had  announced  to  her 
"passel  o'  young  uns,"  as  she  pleasant!  v 
spoke  of  her  boys  and  girls,  that  a  certain 
piece  of  land  on  the  rough  mountain  side 
must  be  "cleared  fer  plantin',"  and  the 
noon-day  sun  revealed  a  patch  of  earth  free 
'of  stumps  and  the  hundreds  of  small  rocks 
which  impede  the  way  of  the  ploughshare. 

"Maw's"  cabin  home  in  the  quiet  little 
cove  in  the  Cumberland  Mountains  was  al- 
ways open  to  strangers,  who  invariably  lis- 


tened to  the  story  of  how  "Paw"  went  to 
the  Philippines  and  died  "in  the  war," 
leaving  the  support  of  the  household  to  his 
tired,  already,  overburdened  wife. 

Mollie  Lee  had  always  worked  in  the 
field  from  the  time  she  was  able  to  lift  a 
few  small  stones  from  the  ground,  and 
"clearin'  "  was  a  matter-of-fact  duty  to  her. 
But  today  the  pile  of  rocks  at  her  feet  did 
not  increase  as  rapidly  as  usual.  Mollie 
Lee  was  thinking. 

Ever  since  the  mission  teacher  had  come 
to  the  cove  two  years  ago  the  little  girl 
had  been  a  constant  attendant  at  the  school, 
rising  early  on  the  cold  winter  mornings 
that  she  might  perform  her  meager  tasks 
before  the  bell  should  send  forth  its  call  to 
"Come."  Many  wonderful  things  had  the 
teacher  brought  to  the  boys  and  girls  ot 
Pine  Tree  Cove,  and  what  pleasure  it  was  to 
go  to  the  little  white  schoolhouse,  where 
day  after  day  lessons  were  taught  which 
were  hitherto  unknown  in  that  region! 


Juniors 


The  Missionary  Survey. 


But  best  of  all,  Mollie  Lee  loved  to  at- 
tend the  meetings  of  the  Mission  Band.  Was 
it  possible  that  there  were  other  children 
on  the  prairies,  in  the  great  cities,  and  in 
lands  many  miles  away,  who  needed  just 
the  help  she  had  received  in  the  Mission 
School?  Her  little  world  was  closed  in  by 
the  "everlasting  hills"  until  the  teacher  had 
come,  and  now  she  longed  to  give,  that  lit- 
tle children  of  whom  she  had  learned  might 
have  a  dear  teacher  such  as  she  had.  Money 
in  her  home  consisted  of  the  few  dollars 
which  Jack  and  Tom  were  able  to  earn  oc- 
casionally, but  "nary  a  penny"  did  little 
Mollie  Lee  have  of  her  own. 

And  this  was  the  cause  of  her  serious 
attitude  that  summer  day.  Suddenly  her 
face  brightened;  she  repeated  softly  to  her- 
self, "I  kin  do  that;  oh,  I  kin  do  that!" 
Happy  thought!  Had  not  "Uncle  Bill" 
promised  to  allow  her  to  accompany  him 
to  town  next  Saturday,  and  to  give  her  ten 
cents  which  she  might  spend  just  as  she 
pleased?  She  had  thought  that  she  might 
buy  a  pink  ribbon — Mollie  Lee  did  so  love 
pink  ribbons — or  some  candy,  or  possibly  a 
sugar  cake;  but  teacher  had  said  that 
nickels  and  dimes  were  needed  to  help  send 
the  gospel  to  children  in  distant  places. 

It  was  a  very  solemn  little  girl  who  ap- 
peared next  Sabbath  at  the  Sunday  school, 
a  little  girl  with  bare  feet,  an  old  but  clean 
calico  dress,  and  a  pink  sunbonnet  on  her 
head.  Extending  her  hand,  in  which  lay  the 
treasured  dime,  she  said:  "Take  it,  teacher; 
it's  fer  you  all  to  send  some  one  to  tell  the 
little  boys  and  girls  of  that  furrin  land 
about  Jesus!"  (To  the  mountaineers  all  peo- 


Two  little  •■.Mollie  Lee.s."  and  Tom.     Some  ol 
oiii-   opportunities   in   the  mountains. 


pie  outside  the  mountains  are  "furriners.") 
Dear  little  Mollie  Lee!  Tears  sprang  to 
the  teacher's  eyes.  Out  of  our  abundance 
have  we  given  in  the  same  spirit  to  him? — 
Selected. 


THE  NEED  OF  BEECHWOOD  IN  ITS  GLORY. 

i^Vritten  from  the  heart  of  a  little  girl  wh'i    lores  it  and  ivliat  it  has  brought  to  her.) 

lo.N'A  FaRNSWORTH. 


BEECHWOOD  is  situated  on  a  hill,  sur- 
rounded by  beautiful  tall  beech  trees. 
In  summer  the  green  leaves  droop  over 
its  top  and  make  a  splendid  shade.  The 
cool  wind  blows  soft  and  low  around  it,  so 
you  can  sit  on  its  porch  and  sleep,  like  you 
were  in  your  own  room. 

On  Sunday  we  are  all  up,  every  one  sing- 
ing and  whistling,  and  are  happy.  We  have 
Junior  Christian  Endeavor  at  1:30,  and  we 
have  about  eighteen  regular  members,  and 
about  twenty-five  in  all.  Every  child  takes 
part,  it  is  just  like  a  little  young  Christian 
Endeavor. 

Then  we  have  Sunday  school  at  2:15  in 
the  afternoon.  The  house  is  usually  filled 
with  people,  every  one  bright  and  happy. 
At  6:15  we  have  Christian  Endeavor,  and 
it  is  the  same,  every  one  takes  part  and 
works  hard. 


It  is  all  so  interesting  I  can  hardly  tell 
all  its  glory.  But  one  thing  we  need  is  a 
new  dormitory. 

Before  this  school  was  built  in  Heidelberg 
it  was  nothing  but  a  little  station.  Now  it 
has  grown  to  be  a  little  town,  nice  and 
pleasant  to  live  in.  I  heard  lots  of  families 
say  they  would  never  have  moved  here  ii 
it  had  not  been  for  this  school,  and  I  guess 
others  have  thought  the  same,  so  that  is 
why  it  is  growing.  Since  that  I  have  heard 
many  say  that  they  wouldn't  live  here  a 
day  longer  if  it  wasn't  for  the  school.  They 
honor  it  by  calling  it  "the  college." 

How  has  Beechwood  Seminary  done  these 
things?  First,  they  have  had  brave,  noble, 
honest,  'beautiful  and  patient  teachers  from 
the  first  until  now.  They  began  with  a  few 
pupils;  that  few  liked  it  better  every  day 
and  told  others  about  it;  then  more  came. 


The  Missionary  -Slrvev. 


[June,  HH'J 


So  it  grew  every  \ear  more  and  more. 
Every  year  there  have  been  three  large 
rooms  fu  1  until  this  year,  and  now  we  have 
five,  and  classes  have  to  go  out  all  through 
the  day  to  recite.  But  every  one  is  happy 
and  works  hard. 

A  sweet  teacher  whom  everyone  loved 
took  charge  ot  Junior  Endeavor,  so  the 
smaller  children  would  be  interested  and 
happy.  So  they  were,  and  have  workeu 
hard  ever  since. 

I  have  only  been  in  Heidelberg  three 
years,  but  1  have  heard  of  the  sch:ol  ever 
since  it  was  built.  1  had  only  been  here 
a  short  time  when  I  was  asked  to  come  to 
Sunday  school.  I  first  thought  I  wouldn  I 
come,  but  then  I  decided  I  would  iind  see 
for  myself,  and  the  second  Sunday  I  came. 
^Everything  went  on  so  nicely  I  thought  i 
would  like  to  come  again.  So  I  haven't 
missed  but  very  little  since  then.  But  if  I 
liad  stayed  away  I  would  have  missed  a  lot, 
and  a  big  lot,  too. 

Soon  I  w?s  asked  to  come  a  little  sooner, 
to  Junior  Endeavor.  About  the  second  Sun- 
day they  nsked  me  to  read  a  little  clipping. 
1  tried,  and  my  knees  sh'^ok,  I  could  hardly 
stand,  but  T  tried  again  and  read  it.  Afte  • 
that  it  was  not  half  so  hard  to  do,  and 
now  I  don't  mind  it  one  bit.  I  can  read  in" 
("hristian  Endeavor  as  well  as  Junior  En- 
deavor, and  don't  mind  it  any  more  than 
talking  to  some  one.  But  before  I  came 
here  I  never  knew  what  it  was  to  stand  up 
and  read  before  any  one.  I  was  never  askeii 
to,  even,  and  I  expect  never  would  have 
been,  and  would  have  never  done  it  il  i 
hadn't  come.  Because  no  one,  you  know, 
is  going  to  get  up  and  do  things  without 
someone  pulls  them  up.  and  Beechwood  has 
pulled  a  lot  up.  too,  because  I  have  heard 
them  say  just  what  T  have. 

I  am  not  able  to  do  very  much  yet,  but 


if  I  stick  to  Beechwood  and  have  the  help 
of  helpful  teachers,  which  I  am  getting  now, 
I  feel  as  if  some  day  I  can  do  something, 
if  I  try,  but,  of  course,  I  am  going  to  do 
that. 

There  wasn't  a  Sunday  school,  or  hardly 
a  church,  in  Heidelberg  before  this  school 
was  built.  Now  we  have  a  grand  one  ol 
each.  I  haven't  told  half  the  things  it  has 
done  for  Heidelberg  and  other  places,  but 
they  are  so  many  1  can't  remember  them. 

And  all  is  done  with  peace  and  g;ory, 
but  we  do  need  a  new  dormitory. 

It  is  really  harder  for  the  boys  than  it  is 
for  us,  because  they  haven't  any  dormitory 
They  stay  across  the  branch  in  a  dwelling 
house  for  their  dormitory.  "When  it  rains 
and  gets  the  branch  up,  they  have  to  come 
through  the  rain,  and  sometimes  get  then 
feet  wet.  Then  they  take  cold.  That  is  the 
trouble  they  have  coming  to  eat  and  build 
fires.  But  most  of  them  are  Scouts  and  arc 
brave. 

This  year  and  two  others  we  have  ha;l 
tile  beloved  Mr.  and  Mrs.  McDiifhe,  who 
have  done  wonderful  work  here.  And  we 
have  six  other  beautiful  lady  teacher-,  who 
are  doing  such  great  work. 

Besides  the  other  work  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Mu- 
DufRe  have  done,  they  have  organized  the 
bo.\'  and  girl  scouts,  which  was  never 
thought  of  before  they  came.  But  it  is 
going  to  be  a  great  help  to  this  place  and 
others  soon. 

All  this  happened  in  its  peace  and  glory, 
but  we  really  need  a  new  dormitory. 
Heidelberg,  Ey. 

(Wc  predict  that  if  lona  studies  hard 
and  tries,  as  she  sai/s  she  is  going  to.  and 
doesn't  lose  her  originality,  she  tvill  some 
daij  become  a  famous  writer. — Editor.) 


JUNIOR  HOME  MISSION  PROGRAM  FOR  JUNE,  1919. 


Prepared  by  Miss  Eleanora  A.  Berry. 
VISITING  OUR  SCHOOLS. 


1.  Hymn-^Briiig   Tliem  In. 

:'.  Prayer — That  wo  may  be  able  to  provide 
.s-hooKs  for  ail  the  neetl.\-  cliildi-<ii.  where 
I  hey  ma.v  learn  how  to  grow  up  Rood  Chri.s- 
tians  and  the  kind  of  .'\merican.s  we  shall 
all  be  proud  of. 

Why  Children  Go  to  School,   Prov.  2:1-12. 

Our  Dit»reiit   KiiidN  of  Soliools. 

^.  Schools  for  Foreigner.s — .\  Week  at  Tex.- 
Mex. 

School   for  Indians — An   Indian   Famih-  at 
Goodland. 

fi.  Schools   for  Negroes — The    Year  at  Selma 
Parochial  School. 


7.  Schools  in  the  Mountain.^ — A  letter  from 
a,  little  mountain  girl.  Some  of  the 
children  we  meet  at  Stuart  Robinson. 

S.  Hymn — This  I'll  Do. 

9.  Prayer^ — That  all  the  children  who  are  in 
our  schools   now   may  be   brought  to 
Christ,    and    may    go    out    to  become 
workers   for   him   and   leaders  among 
their  people. 
Notes:  The  Hymns  are  Nos.  18V  and  165  in 
T.IFE  .AND  SERVICE  HYMNS.     "Uncle  Sam's 
Foundlings,"  5c.,  is.  an  interesting-  little  dia- 
logue on  the  need  of  Mission  Schools  in  a 
land  of  public  schools.     Send  to  Literature 
Department,  1522  Hurt  Building,  for  It. 


The 

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The  Missionary  Sukvky. 


341 


WINIFRED'S  EXPERItNCE. 


DEAR  FRIENDS: 
Little  Winifred,  ten  months  old, 
says  she  would  like  to  tell  you  about 
a  wonderful  experience!  Now,  how  many 
blue-eyed  white  babies,  she  says,  can  boast 
a  hundred  mile  or  more  hammock  trip  in 
the  heart  of  Africa?  How  many  wee  Ameri- 
cans are  this  minute  sitting  on  camp  cots 
in  little  red  clay  huts  wrinkling  their  noses 
and  sniffing  and  grinning  at  naked  black 
Babindi  boys  who  had  never  seen  a  white 
baby  before?  Of  course,  there  are  others — 
Elizabeth  McKee,  our  champion  pioneer 
baby,  and  the  infant  Swedish  American, 
Slxten  Edhegard,  and  many  others  we  don't 
know;  but,  so  far  as  one  can  tell,  Winifred 
is  the  first  "English-speaking"  circus  on 
this  "path."  Indeed,  circuses  that  boast  ele- 
phants, monkeys,  lions  and  leopards  are 
nothing  compared  with  her.  Such  common 
things  as  elephants  have  been  along  the 
trail  many  times.  Only  yesterday  morning 
one  hammock  man  was  heard  telling  an- 
other an  elephant  had  trampled  down  the 
grass  along  the  way,  and  indeed  there  were 
the  footprints.  It  is  often  so — but  a  white 
baby,  never! 

But  to  begin  at  the  beginning!  The  Mis- 
sion ordered  Winifred's  parents  to  help  es- 
tablish a  new  station  at  Bibangu  in  the 
heart  of  our  Baluba  people,  a  site  which  six 


or  eight  months  ago  had  been  selected  by 
Rev.  George  T.  McKee  with  the  help  ot 
Mr.  Edhegard.  The  story  ot  their  being 
criven  from  a  former  location  and  of  them 
and  their  babies  living  in  mosquito  infested 
grass  huts  among  strange  people  (indeed,  it 
is  said  one  chief  sent  them  eggs  and  chick- 
ens over  which  he  had  made  "medicine"  to 
kill  them)  is  a  more  interesting  story  than 
little  Winifred  has  to  tell.  Btit  Winifred 
is  too  young  and  unconcerned  about  others' 
experiences,  and  therefore  has  only  her  own 
to  tell  about. 

Four  o'clock  on  a  Monday  afternoon  her 
father  and  mother  went  over  the  three 
empty  rooms  of  their  first  little  home  in 
Africa — the  little  home  they  had  looked 
forward  to  during  five  years  of  preparation 
together  in  America,  the  little  home  where 
they  had  done  their  first  bit  of  Mission 
work,  the  little  home  where  the  native  chil- 
dren had  crowded  day  after  day  and  had 
been  scolded  and  loved,  refused  and  tiTl- 
mored,  the  little  home  where  Winifred  had 
been  born  in  the  midst  of  a  tropical  storm. 
And  there  were  tears  in  their  eyes  as  they 
knelt  in  the  empty  little  whitewashed  bed- 
room, and  thanked  God  foi  the  joy  in  that 
home  and  begged  forgiveness  for  the  tail- 
ures  there,  and  nsked  guidance  for  the  life 


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that  they  were  going  out  to,  and  especially 
for  piotection  foi-  the  baby  girlie  on 
path.  The  tears  came  up  a  bit  more  when 
they  went  out  on  the  back  porch  crowaed 
with  black  women  and  children,  among 
them  their  faithiul,  pock-marked  water-wo- 
man, Biabola,  who  had  so  otten  run  into 
the  house  to  talk  to  Winilred  or  to  squat 
near  her  mother'  to  tell  of  former  life  at 
Luebo,  or  to  sing  Baluba  lullabies  similar 
to  this: 

"Long  ago,  long  ago. 
1  made  my  child  to  sleep  there; 
His  mother  went  into  the  valley 
To  pick  up  little  crabs." 

And  there  was  fat,  lazy,  laughing  Sudila, 
who  had  been  saved  from  an  unhappy  slE.ve 
marriage;  glossy,  amber-skinned  little  iwi- 
senga  in  her  yellow  "lubanda,"  bracelets  ainl 
anklets,  and  Yanetta,  the  pastor's  wife,  with 
her  mild,  tired  eyes  above  their  heavy  cir- 
cles. And  there  were  the  children — Baken- 
kcna,  Eseter.  Cibuabua,  and  bright  little  Mj- 
longi  tilting  her  shy  little  face  up  to  Wini- 
fred's. Of  course,  there  were  tears  in  the 
eyes  of  her  jiaients.  and  I  believe  a  harder 
twist  at  the  hearts  than,  when  an  hour 
later,  after  a  cup  of  tea  and  a  hot  roll  (a 
rare  treat  these  wheatless  days)  on  the 
Bedinger's  beautiful  porch  overlooking  ihe 
river,  they  told  their  white  co-workers  good- 
bye, and  got  into  a  rough  native  canoe,  and 
went  across  the  Sankuru  river  to  spend  the 
first  night  or  the  journey  in  a  village  almost 
in  sight  of  the  Mission  station.  On  the  way 
at  last  with  only  a  simple  baby  Interest  and 
joy  in  moving  objects  and  the  rhythmic  trot 
of  the  hammock  men,  and  only  loving  con- 
tentment at  being  allowed  to  lie  in  mother's 
hammock  instead  of  in  her  own  screened 
"nkudi"  basket  with  its  sunproof  canopy— 
the  "ark"  mother  called  it — built  just  for 
baby,  hammock  by  day  and  bed  by  night! 
It  was  the  joy  and  comfort  of  her  parents 
hearts,  a  protection  from  natives,  mosqui- 
toes, sun,  and  scratching  branches  and 
coarse  grasses  of  the  narrow  path!  With 
only  a  simple  trust  in  mother's  power,  no 
other  thought,  little  Misenga,  as  the  na- 
tives call  her.  swung  at  sunset  in  to  Ikoka, 
the  first  resting  place  of  the  wonderful  trip. 

Five  days  later,  sitting  here  on  a  camp 
cot  in  a  tiny  red  mud  hut,  laughing  at  na- 
tive boys,  all  the  cleanness  and  freshness, 
but  not  all  the  joy  and  interest  gone — that 
first  night  is  forgotten,  and  even  to  father 
and  mother  it  swims  in  a  tired  haze  of  a 
memory.  Misenga  has  had  some  trying  hours 
and  happy  hours  since  then.  "Daddy," 
rather  experienced  for  a  new  missionary, 
says  that  first  day's  (Tuesday)  trip  was  a 
"tough  proposition"  for  even  a  man.    It  is 


the  dry  season,  and  all  that  day  mother 
and  father  pulled  up  shadeless.  sandy  hills, 
or  slid  down  sandy,  shadeless  hills,  too 
steep  for  mother's  eight  hammock  men  to 
be  of  much  assistance.  T'here  was  nothing 
to  do  but  to  trudge  along  from  the  cool 
black  hours  of  the  early  morning,  with  only 
a  lantern  to  show  the  narrow  trail,  until 
the  glaring  hours  of  1  and  2  and  almost  3 
in  the  hot  tropical  afternoon,  for  there  are 
no  villages  with  rest-houses  between  Ikoka 
and  Dinanga.  Of  course.  Winifred  got  tired 
and  hot  and  red-faced  and  dry-lipped,  and 
mother  was  sure  she  had  a  sun  fever.  The 
last  two  or  three  hills  were  the  worst — 
steep,  rough,  washed-out  gullies  with  hot 
sand  up  to  mother's  shoe-tops.  Baby  wailed 
and  wriggled  up  and  down  in  mother's  hot 
hammock,  with  father,  dirty  and  wet  with 
perspiration,  crouching  along  beside  her  to 
hold  her  In — a  mad,  uncomfort,able,  squirm- 
ing bit  of  humanity! 

But  the  second  day  was  different.  Tru*>, 
it  was  long  and  hard,  starting  at  3:30  in 
the  morning,  when  "Winifred  was  given  her 
goat's  m.ilk  by  lantern  light  (for,  like  Abra- 
ham of  old,  she  was  traveling  with,  not 
oiilv  family  and  household  stuff,  but  also 
with  cattle  (consisting  of  five  goats)  anl 
servants — several  native  boys  who  were 
eager  to  cast  their  lots  with  hers).  She 
went  back  to  sleep  in  her  hammock  bed  in 
the  midst  of  all  the  turmoil  in  that  big, 
windowless  house — red  dirt  below,  red  dirt 
on  four  sides,  except  for  one  narrow  door 
and  coarse  grass  above,  and  in  the  midst 
hubbub.  Boy  Nkuadi  (meaning  wild  quail) 
rolling  up  mosquito  nets  and  camp  cots,  boy 
Dibaya  (meaning  board)  frying  eggs  and 
boiling  coffee;  little  boy  Mukeba  (meaning 
searcher)  setting  the  folding  table  with  en- 
amel dishes,  and  mother  and  father  tossing 
clothes  in  road  trunks  and  snatching  a  har- 
ried breakfast,  while  hammock  men  an.l 
box  men  buzzed  on  the  veranda  outside. 
Then  out  into  the  sleeping  village  and  the 
open  country  In  the  dark  they  all  swuTig, 
and  just  at  daybreak  plunged  down  into  a 
cold,  wet,  invisible,  fog-shrouded  forest. 
From  the  hill  above,  where  day  was  break- 
ing, they  looked  down  upon  it;  billows  of 
rolling  white  mist  clouds — nothing  else  till 
they  plunged  down  into  its  cold,  wet  depths. 
After  that  th-^y  caught  slimpses  of  tre.s 
gliding  past  the  trail  like  ghosts.  Later  the 
day  came  even  into  the  forest,  a  cool,  shady, 
beautiful  day  sifting  through  the  crowns  of 
branches  far,  far  above — a  hundred  feet  or 
more.  That  African  forest  was  a  strange 
surprise.  The  trees  were  thick,  it  is  true, 
but  most  of  them  thin,  tall,  bare  trunks, 
trying  to  outclimb  each  other  to  the  sun. 


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Yes,  there  were 
vines  also,  but  bare, 
brown,  snake  -  like 
things  almost  as 
big  around  as  some 
of  the  trunks  they 
were  squeezing  to 
death.  And  there 
were  branches — but 
so  far  above  that 
one  forgot  them  ex- 
cept for  the  thick 
shade.  Still,  here 
was  not  that  damp, 
dangerous,  green 
luxuriance  one  ex- 
pects in  the  tropics. 
Of  course,  it  is  the 
dry  season,  and,  of 
course,  in  spite  0/ 
the  lack  of  rains 
the  party  got  a  sug- 
gestion of  this 
deadly  fertility  in 
the     deep  ravines 


with  their  beautiful  streams.  It  was  in  such 
places  they  took  their  thermos  lunch  set 
(what  would  they  have  done  without  this 
gift  from  a  North  Carolina  friend! )  and 
sat  down  to  give  Winifred  her  milk  and  to 
eat  a  bit  of  chicken  (the  gift  of  the  chief 
of  Cimuanga),  while  the  hammock  men 
bathed  in  the  brooks.  And  once  they  came 
across  a  small  stretch  of  true  tropical  abun- 
dance— but,  oh,  such  a  dainty  luxuriance  as 
if  a  shimmering,  green  veil  thick  with  sil' 
very  dots  and  threads  of  sunbeams  had  botu 
thrown  over  the  forests,  then  damp  and  cool 
and  spicy  and  fragrant.  But.  indeed,  all 
the  forest  was  delightful,  and  the  next  daj 
after  leaving  Kasonga  Bakuahia  they  were 
glad  to  find  a  bit  more  of  it  in  the  trail. 

The  fourth  night  was  spent  in  the  village 
of  Citenge,  in  a  small  state  road-house  on 
the  edge  of  a  large  hill  overlooking  a  great 
valley.  They  were  now  pretty  well  away 
from  Lusambo  (a  state  post  where  there 
are  white  folks),  and  its  influence  on  the 
natives,  so  Winifred  and  her  mother  were 
"quite"  exciting  guests.  Both  doors  of  the 
small  room  were  crowded  with  a  laughing, 
pushing,  begging  crowd,  filling  the  room 
with  shadows  and  the  odor  of  black  bodies. 
Every  time  Winifred's  mother  would  try 
to  rest  in  one  of  the  rickety  chairs  the  Mis- 
sion evangelist  had  provided,  she  was 
begged  by  the  crowd  to  stand  that  they 
might  see  the  baby  better.  How  they  seemea 
to  love  that  little  baby,  and  how  they 
laughed  at  every  smile,  and  how  tuey 
begged  to  hold  her  just  a  minute!  Indeed, 
it  was  impossible  to  rest  till  Winifred's 
father  asked  them  to  go  away  a  bit  and  to 
return  in  the  cool  of  the  evening.  Thej 
obeyed  like  simple  children,  but  came  run 
ning  back  pellmell  when  mother  and  baby 


Elizabeth  McKee  and  Winifred  Kellersberger :   Airs.  Keller.sbergei- 

with  ttiem. 

tried  to  go  for  a  short  walk  in  the  late 
afternoon.  But  walking  was  impossible,  and 
both  were  driven  again  into  the  protection 
of  the  little  house,  there  to  spend  the  time 
until  supper  was  ready  walking  from  door 
to  door  on  exhibition.  But  strange  to  saji 
a  native  crowd  never  lingers  at  meal  time- 
hardly  a  curious  boy  stays  near.  It  is  un- 
tailing  Congo  courtesy.  Even  the  scraps  ol 
food  given  house  boys  are  eaten  in  se- 
clusion. 

And  now,  after  a  short  morning's  trin 
from  Citenge  to  Bena  Limbo,  Winifred  and 
her  party  are  comfortably  settled  for  the 
afternoon  and  night  in  the  clean,  new  hoaie 
of  one  of  the  evangelists,  just  on  the  edge 
of  a  great  village  ruled  by  four  chiefs.  Oily 
one  event  marked  the  journey  today.  I'lie 
village  of  Baxili  Me  is  in  a  huff  because 
their  chief,  whom  "Bula  Matadl"  had  Im- 
prisoned for  growing  Indian  hemp,  had  died 
in  jail  a  few  days  ago.  Hemp  smoking  is  a 
leading  vice  of  the  natives,  and  therefoic 
its  production  is  prohibited  by  state  law. 
Before  leaving  Lusambo  we  heard  rumo.  J 
that  the  men  of  Baxili  Me  would  seize  the 
boxes  of  the  next  white  man  to  enter  the  vil- 
lage. There  was  also  a  vague  report  that 
they  might  kill  a  white  man;  and,  indeed, 
as  we  entered  the  town  the  men  were  sit- 
ting in  council  at  their  assembly  shed. 
Whether  the  gathering  of  the  people  had 
anything  to  do  with  our  coming  we  don't 
know,  but  in  reality  there  was  little  or  Jio 
danger,  and  the  people  were  unusually  quiet. 
Still,  whether  planned  or  not  by  our  large 
caravan,  we  went  through  in  our  greatest 
triumph  and  glory — our  three  hammocks  an 
abreast  and  all  our  men  prancing  and  chant- 
ing the  btautiful,  lyihmetic  hammock  song, 
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lioij"  of  the  Kellersbergers  at 
LusamDo. 


'  Here  we  go  with  our  chief." 

Or,  "Here  we  go  with  the  people  of  the 
Foreign  Mission." 

Or,  -'Here  we  go  with  Mama  Munanga." 

Or,  "Here  are  the  hammocks  of  the  mis- 
sion people." 

But  the  triumph  of  triumphs  was  "Ngan- 
ga  Buka"  (Dr.  Kellersberger,  meaning  witch 
doctor)  spinning  through  the  wide  street 
on  his  new  red  bicycle  (the  gift  of  a  Vir- 
ginia church).  The  people  could  not  with- 
.siand  the  excitement  and  turned  out  in  a 
body  to  see  the  wonder. 

Of  all  the  strange,  interesting  trips — Wini- 
fi-ed  and  her  mother's  very  first,  and  there- 
fore so  wonderful — no  part  is  so  interesting 
as  the  stay  in  this  village!  It  is  not  their 
happiest  day.  but  it  is  their  most  interest- 
ing aiid  exciting.  Baby's  mother  is  a  cow- 
ard and  afraid — shame,  shame  upon  one  who 
has  the  promise.  "Lo,  I  am  with  you  al- 
ways!" Yesterday  Winifred  and  her  cara- 
van left  the  friendly  village  of  Biselele.  in 
a  very  nest  of  our  evangelists.  It  was  the 
end  of  the  old  work,  and  leaving  it  she  was 
plunged  into  unknown  territory  with  its 
many  problems.  A  hard  day  bad  lain  ahead 
— an  eleven-hour  trip,  because  babies  must 
go  slowly.  At  1  o'clock  the  party  reached 
the  village  of  Kabeya.  where  they  had 
Ijlanned  to  rest  till  the  cool  of  the  day,  but 
found  the  state  house  occupied  by  a  Roman 
Ciitholic  priest.  The  chief  was  away,  and 
there  was  no  ;)lace  to  rest,  so  they  came  on 
to  the  village  of  the  big  chief  Nkaxama 
(meaning  leopard),  wheie  they  were  to  stay 
till  Monday.  It  is  a  very  large  village  ruled 
Ly  a  great,  fat  despot.  As  he  told  us:  "i 
I  accept  the  palaver  of  God,  all  my  people 
will."  His  father  had  been  an  even  greater 
tyrant,  but  two  years  ago  was  imprisoned 
Ly  the  state  for  killing  fifty  of  his  people. 
The  state  test  house  is  a  queer  affair,  built 
by  the  chief  at  the  instruction  of  the  Bel- 


gian goveinment.  It  is  a  single  room,  about 
fifteen  by  twenty  feet,  ct  ted  mud,  splotched 
here  and  there  with  the  print  of  nands 
dipped  ill  whitewash,  and  with  an  arched 
roof  of  grass  and  sticks — no  windows  and 
only  one  narrow  door  opening  into  a  sort 
of  closed-in  porch  with  a  large  opening  some 
ten  feet  or  so.  Here  is  where  the  three  eat 
and  "somba"  (an  expressixe  native  word, 
meaning  to  sit  and  rest  and  talk  together). 
It  is  hard  to  make  oneself  live  in  a  room 
where  the  sun  has  never  entered;  they 
would  even  sleep  on  the  porch,  only  they 
are  too  great  a  circus  as  it  is,  and  have 
had  to  rope  off  a  space  several  feet  wide  to 
hold  off  the  crowd  so  that  they  might  have 
a  bit  of  fresh  air  and  light.  The  chief, 
dressed  in  a  dirty  white  "lubanda"  (a  sort 
of  loin  cloth),  a  coat  and  a  hat.  came  to 
shake  hands  and  to  sit  with  them  a  while. 
He  seemed  pompous  and  friendly,  and  when 
they  asked  him  to  provide  food  for  the  men 
he  waved  his  hand  to  the  crowd  and  ordered 
a  goat  and  a  basket  of  sweet  potatoes  at 
once,  and  also  some  wood  and  water.  He 
has  a  hernia  and  Dr.  Kellersberger  offered 
to  operate.  Of  course,  he  was  very  skeptical 
and  said  he  would  see  others  cut  first. 
Whether  he  became  afraid  Winifred's  father 
planned  evil  against  him,  or  whether  he 
.got  to  drinking  in  the  evening  (as  our  men 
thought),  or  whether  there'  were  other  influ- 
ences of  which  we  can't  write  now, 
he  became  more  unfriend'y  and  hint- 
ed loudly  for  gifts,  although  it  is  cus- 
tomary to  pay  only  at  the  end  of  the  stay. 
At  night,  when  the  native  bread  should 
have  come  in  abundance — twenty-five  large 
Ibowls  in  all — two  small  gourds  full  were 
sent  with  the  message  that  this  was  all  he 
couid  find.  This  in  native  custom  was  an 
open  insult,  and  there  was  nothing  t6  do 
but  to  send  it  boldly  back,  with  the  message 
that  it  would  not  be  accepted,  and  to  give 
each  man  his  bit  of  salt  and  to  send  him 
out  to  buy  for  himself,  and  then  to  go  to 
bed  and  to  sleep,  for  baby  caring  only  that 
she  has  had  her  canned  milk  supper  (the 
weary  goats  had  long  ago  dropped  behind), 
and  is  comfortable;  to  bed  and  to  sleep, 
for  foolish  mother  claiming  the  promise,  "i 
will  both  lay  me  down  and  sleep,  for  thou 
only  makcst  me  to  dwell  in  safety";  to  bed 
and  to  sleep  for  father,  with  a  prayer  in  his 
heart  for  wisdom  so  that  none  of  his  actions 
may  hinder  mission  work  being  opened  in 
this  village. 

This  morning  before  we  were  dressed  the 
chief  was  at  the  door,  and  Winifred's  father 
met  him  solemnly  and  told  him  he  had 
acted  foolishly  the  night  before,  and  then 
maybe  unwisely,  maybe  prompted  by  Him 
of  whom  guidance  had  beeen  asked,  he  de- 
liberately set  out  to  show  the  wicked,  grasp- 
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as  he  thought,  lie  had  thrown  out  a  chal- 
lenge similar  to  this,  "You  have  claimed 
strange  things,  such  as  being  able  to  cut 
out  my  sickness;  I  don't  believe  it,  show  me 
a  sign.''  And  he  might  have  seemed  even 
a  little  bit  threatening  in  such  questions  as, 
"Is  the  state  upholding  you?"  or  "Have  }ou 
a  gun?"  To  which  Dr.  Kellersberger  an- 
swered, "No,  why  should  I  have  a  gun,  J 
am  not  afraid."  The  Lord  Jesus  had  said 
signs  should  follow  them  that  believe,  and 
the  aim  of  the  little  party  was  for  His 
glory  to  win  this  chief  that  he  might  let 
work  be  opened  in  his  village.  They  showed 
him  the  field  glasses — simple  to  us,  but  a 
marvel  to  him.  They  took  his  picture  and 
did  other  little  things  to  surprise,  but  won- 
der of  wonders,  when  dark  came  they  un- 
e.xpectedly  turned  on  the  flashlight.  "Oh,  ' 
murmured  one  overawed  native  (if  we 
heard  correctly),  "I  do  not  believe  a  child 
of  the  devil  can  have  such  a  light!"  How- 
ever, it  might  have  been,  before  the  day 
was  over  he  seemed  subdued  and  friendly, 
and  in  time  promised  to  let  an  evangelist 
begin  work  in  his  village. 


Village  of  Bibangu. 
Days  later — Bibangu!  Beautiful,  beauti- 
ful Bibangul  How  they  love  it  with  its 
vast  crescent  valley  swung  below  on  three 
sides;  and  with  its  miles  and  miles  of  roll- 
ing, dented  ("dimpled."  Mrs.  McKee  says) 
hills,  tall,  lovely  palm  groves,  shining  strips 
of  river  (ten  counted  todny),  long  lines  of 
green  woods,  stretches  of  red,  treeless  plains 
and  scores  of  white  spirals  of  smoke  from 
villages  too  far  away  to  be  seen!  Miles 
and  miles  and  miles  and  over  it  all  every 
evening  right  opposite  Winifred's  wired-in 
porch  a  glorious  red  setting  sun  and  a  bril- 
liant tropical  sky.  And  from  that  little 
porch  Winifred's  parents  look  back  to  and 
even  beyond  Nkaxama's  village,  now  in- 
visible miles  away,  and  remember  that  last 
day's  weary  ride.  First,  there  was  the  hours' 
march  in  the  cold,  black  night  through  the 
long  village  road.  Now  and  then  the  lan- 
tern flashing  on  a  silent  villager  standing 
bv  his  tiny  round  "splotch"  of  a  grass  house, 
his  single  rag  of  native  grass  cloth  flopping 
in  the  cold  breeze.  Then  out  they  went  into 
the  vast,  black,  unseen,  grassy  plain,  into  a 
trail,  narrow  and  rough  with  grass — a  wall 
of  grass  higher  than  one's  head!  TTiey  were 
trailing  through  the  buffalo  and  antelope's 
home,  and  even  an  occasional  leopard  might 
appear  (indeed,  in  these  last  two  weeks  two 
buffalo  have  been  killed  at  Bibangu  and 
several  antelopes,  one  of  which  ran  along 
my  yard  fence,  have  been  seen,  and  we 
have  been  visited  by  a  leopard,  who,  it 
seems,  has  made  away  with  about  ten  of 
our  goats).  Poor,  cowardly  mother  shiv- 
ered under  her  red  sweater  and  raincoat, 


and  wondered  why  that  long  line  of  men 
with  their  two  lanterns  were  so  silent.  They 
say  these  early  morning  hours  are  the  wild 
beasts'  roaming  hours,  and  some  say  that 
noise  will  scare  them  away.  Tliere  was 
one  other  member  of  the  party  who  was 
evidently  of  mother's  mind.  It  was  little 
boy  Mukeba — usually  shy  and  quiet.  He 
tried  so  hard  to  be  noisy,  and  failed  so 
comically.  In  the  midst  of  her  "shivery 
excitement  of  feeling  like  one  in  a  story, 
and  of  saying  over  and  over  to  herself  this 
would  be  "lovely"  when  they  were  safely 
through  it,  mother  had  to  chuckle  to  her- 
fjClf  over  her  little  companion  in  tear.  Father 
joked  indifferently  with  the  men,  and  baby 
slept  on  quietly  in  her  hammock,  except 
once  when  she  laughed  out  in  her  dreams. 

And  finally  mother  thought — yes,  she  was 
sure — it  was  a  little  lighter  to  the  left! 
Th:!j"  wore  out  in  the  open  country  r.ow,  and 
swinging  in  her  hammock  mother  hummed 
to  the  trot  of  her  hammock  men: 

■  The — morn-ing— light — is — breaking, 
The — darkness — dis-ap-pears." 

And  there  went  up  a  prayer  that  this  trip 
might  mean  the  fulfilment  of  that  hymn  to 
these  dark-hearted  people  to  whom  they 
were  going.  A  prayer  and  then  a  clutch  of 
fear!  Was  that  dark  group  a  herd  of  buf- 
falo? Even  father  paused  to  question  the 
men,  but  no.  it  was  only  a  clump  of  trees 
in  the  bare  grass-plain  still  veiled  in  gray. 
Then  there  came  the  blue  and  pink  forward 
lights  of  the  sun,  and  the  morning  star 
above  the  smooth  outline  of  the  layers  of 
platted  hills.  And  once  there  was  a  white 
spiral  of  smoke  of  an  invisible  village  on 
the  horizon.  And  once  there  was  a  shining 
strip  of  the  Bushimai  river,  at  which  they 
arrived  about  fifteen  minutes  later.  There 
they  hired  the  roughly,  hollowed-out,  old 
tree  of  the  white-haired  boatman,  and 
scraped  across  the  mud,  while  the  long 
black  caravan  of  men.  sometimes  up  to  then 
waists  in  water,  waded  through,  shouting  or- 
ders to  each  other,  "Put  your  box  on  your 
head!"  "Mind  the  chickens!"  "Don  t 
di'own  them!" 

And  then — -but  Winifred  and  her  mother 
don't  remember!.  It  was  just  hours  and 
hours  of  tired  going  over  grass  plains  or 
through  noisy  villages,  where  the  natives 
ran  out  of  their  haystack  houses  (for  houses 
here  are  small  round  heaps  of  long  grass 
with  a  hole  in  one  side),  and  choked  them 
with  dust,  and  tired  them  with  shouts  in 
their  excitement  over  the  white  baby.  Old 
women  carrying  babies  on  their  naked  hips 
ran  beside  the  hammocks  as  lithely  and  as 
gracefully  as  antelopes,  and  once  six  or 
eight  beautifully  formed  women  ran  in  front 


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of  the  hammock  for  a  long  distance,  tor- 
menting and  amusing  the  carriers. 

But  baby  was  cross  and  just  would  stay 
in  ihe  hammock  with  mother,  and  mother 
was  tired  and  hot  and  wished  the  folks  out 
of  sight.  And  then  when  the  last  hill  be- 
tween vhem  and  Bibangu  was  almost  reached 
the  natives  had  to  make  the  hot  afternoon 
hotter  by  burning  the  tall  grass  in  a  great 
circle  miles  wide,  hunting  game.  Right 
across  the  trail  it  lay — a  hot  wall  of  fire. 
And  it  was  rather  a  fretful  couple  of  mis- 
sionaries who  got  out  of  their  hammocks  in 
the  shadeless  plain  and  waited  until  a  gate- 
way had  been  beaten  through.  Then  there 
came  the  last  long  hill  with  Bibangu's  palm 


grove  crowning  it;  then  a  stream  of  natives 
running  down  its  sides  shouting  welcome; 
and  then  a  hearty  call  of  greeting  from  the 
two  white  men  above,  and  at  last  a  cordial 
welcome  and  a  glass  of  grane  juice  in  a 
clean,  shaded,  little  whitewashed  I'oom,  and 
Winifred  was  home  I  God  grant  that  it 
may  not  be  the  home  of  a  lost  baby  mem- 
ory, but  some  day  the  home  that  she  will 
return  to  in  sweet,  strong.  Christian  wo- 
manhood, that  she  mignt  teach  little  Cidibi 
and  Ivlusau  and  Swaledi,  and  the  other  blatl; 
"tots"  who  are  growing  up  about  her  on 
all  sides,  the  way  to  the  one  true  home.  And 
who  will  be  telling  these  other  generations 
till  she  comes?    Can't  you  help? 


JUNIOR  FOREIGN  MISSION  PROGRAM  FOR  JUNE,  1919. 


Song — Bring  Them  In. 
Prayer — Lord's  Prayer  in  concert. 
Scripture  reading- — John  21:16. 
Praver  for   the   lost   lambs   of   the  mission 

fields. 
Minutes. 

Roll  Call — Answer  with  ai;  item  of  mission- 
ary interest. 
Pi'siness. 
Collection  Song. 


.Arranged   hy  Miss  Margaret  McNeilly. 
Topic — Feed  My  Lambs. 

Offering. 


Recitation — Little    Boy    Blue    and    Little  Bo 
Peep. 

Reports  from  our  Mission  Schools. 

Story — Winifred's  Experience. 

Song — That  Sweet  Story  of  Old. 

Prayer,  closing  with  the  Mizpah  BeneOiclion. 


Little  Boy  Blue,  come  blow  your  horn. 
To   waken   the  world  at   the   break   of  tlie 
dawn ; 

Off  on  the  hills  there  are  many  sheep, 
Tn  darkness  and  danger  fallen  asleep. 
The  light  is  for  them,  as  well  as  for  you. 
So  hasten  and  waken  them.  Little  Boy  Blue. 
I.,ittle  Bo  Peep,  sue  lost  her  sheep. 


And  didn't  know  where  to  find  'em. 
Like  little  Boy  Blue,  she  was  asleep; 

That's  why  she  didn't  mind  'em. 
But  now  Bo  Peep  is  wide-awake. 

For  lost  lambs  she  is  seeking. 
Will  you  help,  too,  for  Jesus'  sake' 

It  is  to  you  I'm  speaking! 
Song — Selected. 


SUGGESTIONS. 


Have  the  children  learu  the  Scripture  r.;ad- 
ing  and  repeat  In  conCv.i  t. 

Get  the  reports  of  the  mission  scliocls 
from  the  Annual  Report  of  Foreign  Mis- 
sions. If  you  haven't  a  copy,  write  the  Edu- 
cational Department  of  the  Foreign  Misiiois 
Committee  and  get  one. 


The  story  "Winifred's  Experience"  may  be 
given  by  several  children.  Let  the  leader 
divide  the  story 'into  days,  and  give  a  day  to 
eac'.i  of  several  children,  and  have  them  tell 
it  as  though   it  was  their  own  experience. 

Make  special  prayer  for  this  young  mis- 
sion station. 


FOREIGN  MISSION  TOPICS. 


JANUARY — Mid-China. 
FEBRUARY — North  China. 
MARCH — Mexico. 
APRIL — Africa. 

MAY — General  View  of  the  Field. 


JULY — Signs  of  the  Times. 
AUGUST — Medical  Missions. 
SEPTEMBER — Japan. 
OCTOBER — Chosen. 
NOVEMBER — Brazil. 


JITNE — Industrial  and  Educational  Missions.      DECEMBER — Cuba. 


Rev.  S.  H.  Chester,  D.  D.,  Editor,  Box  158,  Nashville,  Teito. 


THE  SITUATION  IN  KOREA. 


WE  are  not  prepared  at  this  time  to 
malie  any  statement  in  regard  to  the 
situation  in  Korea.  There  has  net 
been  time  to  receive  letters  from  the  held 
since  the  disturbances  that  have  been  men- 
tioned in  the  press  dispatches  occurred.  So 
lar  as  we  are  able  to  gatlier  from  these  dis- 
patches, the  situation  Is  more  acute  in 
Northein  Korea  than  in  the  territory  occu- 
pied by  our  Mission.  The  Committee  of 
Reference  and  Counsel  of  the  Annual  Con- 
ference of  Mission  Boai'ds  is  the  proper 
agency  for  dealing  with  the  goveinment  in 
behalf  of  the  Boards  whenever  it  may  be- 
come necessary  to  appeal  for  government 
protection   for  our  missionaries  and  their 


work,  and  this  committee  is  now  in  com- 
munication with  tlie  State  Department. 

We  earnestlx  hope  that  the  Japanese  Gov- 
ernment, which  is  very  sensitive  to  tiie 
world's  opinion  and  jealous  of  its  own  good 
name,  will  speedily  discover  which  way  the 
public  opinicn  of  the  world  is  drifting  in 
regard  to  their  method  of  making  the  people 
of  Korea  loyal  citizens  of  the  Jajjanese  Em- 
pire. They  will  find  sooner  or  later  that 
the  world  has  passed  the  evolutionary  stage 
at  which  German  methods  of  dealing  with 
colonial  dependencies  and  with  weak  na- 
tions which  stand  in  the  way  of  their  im- 
lierialistic  plans  will  be  looked  upon  witli 
tolerance,  much  less  with  approval. 


DEATH  OF  REV.  PAUL  S.  CRANE  AND  MRS.  EUGENE  BELL. 


THE  following  account  of  the  distress- 
ing accident  in  which  Rev.  Paul  S. 
Crane  and  Mrs.  Eugene  Bell,  of  our 
Korean  Mission,  lost  their  lives  comes  to  us 
in  a  letter  from  Dr.  R.  M.  Wilson,  dated 
March  31st.    Dr.  Wilson  writes: 

"Mrs.  Bell  and  Mr.  Crane  were  in  Seoul, 
and  as  they  could  not  get  a  flat  car,  decided 
to  come  about  half  way  home  in  an  auto- 
mobile and  then  get  a  car  to  bring  the  auto- 
mobile home.  About  thirty-three  miles  from 
Seoul  they  had  just  passed  the  train  and 
saw  it  stop  at  a  station.  To  the  left  was  a 
cut  and  a  hill,  and  not  seeing  or  hearing  a 
train  in  that  direction  they  were  just  cross- 
ing when  suddenly  the  north-bound  train 
dashed  into  them,  striking  Mr.  Crane  and 
Mrs.  Bell,  who  were  on  the  back  seat,  ana 
killing  both  of  them  instantly.  Mr.  Bell 
and  Mr.  Knox  were  on  the  front  seat.  Mr. 
Bell  was  only  slightly  bruised,  but  Mr.  Knox 
received  an  injury  to  his  eye  which  will 
probably  cause  the  loss  of  it.  He  is  now 
in  the  hospital  at  S'eoul. 
"Mrs.  Knox,  Mrs.  Crane,  Mr.  and  Mrs. 


Nisbet  and  1  went  to  Seoul  the  next  morn- 
ing and  brought  the  bodies  back  to  Kwang- 
ju,  where  they  were  buried  on  the  hill  be- 
side Dr.  Owen." 

Mrs.  Bell  before  her  marriage  was  Miss 
Margaret  Bull^  of  Norfolk,  Va.,  sister  ot 
Rev.  W.  F.  Bull,  of  Mokpo  Station,  and  or 
the  late  Rev.  G.  W.  Bull,  formerly  pastor 
of  the  Moore  Memorial  Church,  Nashville, 
Tenn.  She  was  a  woman  of  unusual  gifts 
in  many  ways,  and  from  the  date  of  her  ar- 
rival on  the  field  in  the  year  19u4  to  the 
day  of  her  death  was  a  faithful  and  de- 
moted missionary  of  the  cross  in  Korea. 

Mr.  Crane  was  the  son-in-law  of  Mr.  C. 
A.  Rowland;  of  Athens,  Ga.  He  went  to  the 
field  in  August,  1916,  and  was  stationed  at 
Mokpo.  He  had  been  on  the  field  just  long 
enough  to  acquire  the  language  and  to  be- 
gin taking  an  active  part  in  the  evangelistic 
work  of  the  station. 

The  deep  and  heartfelt  sympathy  of  our 
whole  Church  will  go  out  to  the  family  and 
friends  of  the  deceased  missionaries,  and 
the  Executive  Committee  of  Foreign  Mio- 


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sions  shares  with  the  Korean  Mission  what  A  cablegram  dated  Ajiril  2(1  stated  that 
we  know  will  be  their  feeling  of  the  great  Mr.  Bell  and  Mrs.  Crane  were  both  expect- 
and  irreparable  loss  to  our  work.  mg  to  return  home  at  once. 


EDUCATIONAL  AND  INDUSTRIAL  MISSIONS. 


EDUCATIONAL  MISSIONS  are  looming 
large  in  the  plans  of  the  Mission 
Boards  at  the  present  time.  This  is 
especially  true  in  regard  to  plans  for  Latin 
America  under  the  leadership  of  the  Com- 
mittee on  Co-operation  for  that  field.  At 
the  recent  conference  held  in  Mexico  City, 
for  instance,  the  committee  of  that  Confer- 
ence on  Education  brought  in  a  report  rec- 
ommending the  establishment  of  a  Chris- 
tian university  with  a  capital  of  $5,000,000 
for  its  equipment  and  endowment.  This  is 
certainly  an  ambitious  proposal,  but  it  is 
not  su  unreasonable  as  might  appear  at 
first  sight  when  we  learn  that  that  there 
ai»e  a  number  of  philanthropic  capitalists 
in  this  country  who  have  conceived  the  de- 
sign of  trying  to  do  for  Mexico  the  one 
thing  that  must  lie  at  the  foundation  of 
a;iy  real  solution  of  the  Mexican  pioblem, 
and  that  is  giving  Mexico  a  system  of  Chris- 
tian education.  They  are  prepared  to  make 
large  investments  in  that  enterprise  so  soon 
as  conditions  are  brought  about  under 
which  it  can  be  safely  done. 

It  is  also  proposed  to  establish  a  Union 
Theological  Seminary,  which  is  to  cost  about 
$300,000  for  buildings  and  equipment,  and 
which  will  need  another  $300,000  for  its 
endowment.  These  amounts  are  to  be  rec- 
ommended for  inclusion  in  the  united  bud- 
get of  the  Inter-Church  World  Movement, 


and  will  not  seem  unreasonable  to  those 
who  have  faith  in  that  movement. 

A  Union  Theological  Seminary  in  Brazil 
is  also  under  consideration,  and  what  may 
be  called  a  Theological  University  to  be  lo- 
cated at  Montevideo,  the  cost  of  which  is- 
estimated  at  several  hundred  thousand  dol 
lars.  Other  co-operative  Christian  schools 
and  colleges  are  being  planned  for.  the  com- 
bined cost  of  which,  if  carried  out  accord- 
ing to  program,  will  be  several  million 
dollars. 

The  plans  for  Mexico  also  call  for  the 
establishment  of  eight  large  and  well- 
equipped  agricultural  schools,  as  feeders  to 
which  each  denomination  working  in  Mex- 
ico is  asked  to  establish  in  its  assigned  ter- 
ritory one  or  more  agricultural  and  me- 
chanical high  schools  in  which  vocational 
training  shall  be  emphasized. 

The  hope  of  those  who  are  making  these 
plans  is  that  the  American  Church  will  not 
lail  to  learn  the  lesson  taught  by  the  Ameri- 
can nation  as  to  tho  ease  with  which  great 
enterprises  may  be  financed  when  once  the 
hearts  of  the  people  are  enlisted  in  their 
behalf. 

Our  hope  and  also  our  belief  is  that  when' 
the  equitable  share  that  falls  to  our  Church 
of  the  funds  that  are  needed  for  the  carry- 
ing out  of  these  great  enterprises  is  made 
known  she  will  not  be  found  wanting. 


PERSONALIA. 


THE  friends  of  Rev.  and  Mrs.  A.  A.  Tal- 
bot will  deeply  sympathize  with  them 
in  the  loss  of  their  little  daughter, 
Margaret,  who  died  of  scarlet  fever.  In 
writing  us  of  this  sad  occurrence  Dr.  Pat- 
teison  did  not  give  the  date  of  her  death. 
Oui-  prayer  is  that  they  may  experience 
in  the  fullest  measure  the  truth  of  our  Sa 
viour's  words.  "Blessed  are  they  thai  mourn, 
for  they  shall  be  comforted." 

Dr.  Patterson  iilso  mentioned  thu  serious 
illness  of  Henry  Martin  White,  son  of  Rev. 
and  Mrs.  Hugh  W,  White,  and  d  letter  frora 
Mrs.  White  stated  that  she  was  at  Soochow 
with  her  daughter,  Junia,  who  was  in  the 
hospital  at  that  place.  Mrs.  White  stated 
that  Henry  Martin  had  been  desperately  ill, 
but  they  hoped  that  he  had  passed  the 
crisis  at  the  time  of  her  writing  on  March 


13th.  Both  of  these  children  were  suffer- 
ing from  influenza. 

We  have  received  an  invitation  to  at- 
tend the  wedding  of  Miss  Anna  M.  Sykes, 
of  our  Kian-gyin  Station,  China,  to  Mr. 
James  H.  Byars,  a  member  of  the  iNorthern 
Presbyterian  Mission,  stationed  at  Changteh 
in  Hunan  Province.  The  wedding  was  sched- 
uled to  take  place  on  March  20th,  and  al- 
though we  have  not  received  official  noti- 
fication of  its  actual  occurrence  on  that 
date,  we  are  morally  certain  that  it  did 
occur.  While  we  regret  to  lose  Miss  tSykes 
from  membership  in  our  Mid-China  Mission, 
we  are  glad  that  she  does  not  leave  the 
Presbyterian  fold.  The  work  of  the  North- 
ern and  Southern  Churches  in  China  has 
always  been  of  the  most  sympathetic  char- 
acter, and  seems  to  be  coming  closer  to- 
gether and  more  sympathetic  all  the  time. 


^^"islils  The  Missionary  Survey.  .U9 


That  feature  of  the  situation  is  helped  along 
by  the  frequent  occurrenc  of  matrimonial 
events  between  members  of  the  two  Mis- 
sions.    We  congratulate  Mr.  Byars  on  se- 


curing as  his  bride  one  of  the  most  attrac- 
tive >oung  women  we  have  ever  sent  to 
China,  and  we  wish  for  them  a  long  ana 
happy  life  together. 


A  CALL  TO  PRAYER. 


1.  For  all  missionaries  and  native  Chris- 
tians in  Korea. 

2.  For  oui-  new  field  in  Mexico,  that  w( 
may  make  the  most  of  the  opportunity. 

'.i.  For  the  Piogressive  Program  of  tht 
Assembly. 


4.  For  the  Inter-Church  World  Movement 
.5.  For  special  guidance  for  the  Steward 

ship  Committee  in  choosing  a  secretary. 
6.  For  the  proposed  i)lan  of  uniting  the 

Foreign  Mission  woik  of  all  the  Presbyte 

lian  and  Refcimed  Churches. 


ISAIAH  52:  9,  10. 


IF  an  Old  Testament  prophet  had  been 
leporting  for  our  daily  press  the  occur- 
rences of  the  past  four  years  we  are 
confident  that  he  would  have  used  the  same 
forms  of  expression  that  the  Old  Testament 
prophets  did  use  in  describing  the  super- 
natural events  of  their  own  day.  It  is  pos- 
sible to  account  for  the  repoited  visions  ot 
Ihe  "angels  at  Mons,"  and  of  the  "White 
Comrade,"  and  the  voices  that  w.-re  heard 
at  critical  times  giving  cheer  and  direction 
to  the  Allied  soldiers,  as  "psychological  ph& 
nomena."  Sumo  of  these  were  ver.\  remark- 
able and  seemingly  well  attested,  and  may 
have  been  real  at  the  same  time  (.hat  they 
were  mental  impressions.  But  no  one  whc 
will  look  at  the  facts  with  an  open  mind 
can  fail  to  be  convinced  that  on  many  oc- 
casions the  hand  of  God  was  directly  inter- 
posed to  prevent  the  German  armies  from 
reaping  the  victory  which,  so  far  as  any 
human  power  to  prevent  it  was  concerned, 
was  easily  witliin  their  grasp.  At  the  first 
battle  of  the  Marne,  at  the  first  great  as- 
sault on  the  British  front,  and  on  the  occa- 
sion when  General  Gough's  fifth  army  gave 
way,  it  was  an  impression  made  in  Some 
way  on  the  minds  of  the  German  officers, 
and  not  any  effective  opposition  of  Allied 
troops,  that  caused  them  to  halt  until  tue 
open  doors  were  closed  again.  That  mental 
impression,  we  believe,  came  directly  from 
God,  und  it  is  a  true  description  ef  what 
occurred  on  these  occasions  to  say  itiat  "the 
Lord  made  bare  His  holy  arm  in  the  eyes 
of  all  the  nations." 

To  what  end  did  God  thus  interpose  in 
behalf  of  the  Allied  cause?  What  are  some 
of  the  results  of  the  Allied  victory  in  their 
bearing  on  the  progress  of  the  gospel  in  the 
world? 

One  lesult  of  it  has  been  the  opening  up 
of  a  vast  new  field  that  has  hitherto  been 
•practically  closed  to  evangelical  missionary 
effort. 


Across  the  continent  of  Europe,  fion.  the 
Baltic  to  the  Adriatic,  lies  a  tier  of  coun- 
tries known  as  ihe  "dead  lands  of  Euroye." 
Tney  are  Bohemia.  Poland,  parts  of  Austria- 
Hungary  and  the  South  Slav  States.  Their 
national  life  has  been  suppressed  b\  Her- 
many,  Russia  and  Austria,  but  the  eftoi  i 
to  extinguish  it  proved  a  faiTure.  They 
have  enjoyed  neither  political  nor  religious 
libeity,  and  it  has  been  impossible  to  con- 
duct evangelical  missionary  work  in  any  ol 
them  except  under  conditions  that  made  it 
almost  fruitless.  They  a;e  now  liberated 
and  are  coming  under  the  protection  ot 
friendly  powers,  who  are  ready  to  guaran- 
tee to  them  the  blessings  of  the  freedom 
which  they  themselves  enjoy. 

But  the  restoiatioii  to  these  people  ot 
civil  and  religious  liberty,  wrought,  as  we 
believe  it  to  have  been,  directly  by  the 
hand  of  God,  was  only  to  the  end  that  at 
last  the  true  gospel  might  be  preached  to 
them,  and  the  performance  of  this  task 
which  now  lies  before  us  as  an  opportunity 
is  also  our  inescapable  responsibility. 

The  question  of  the  hour  is.  What  will 
the  Chuich  do  with  this  responsibility?  To 
prevent  the  domination  of  the  world  by 
such  a  power  as  Germany  showed  herself 
to  be,  fathers  and  mothers  laid  their  sons 
on  the  altar,  and  the  sons  laid  themselves 
on  the  altar,  and  in  so  doing  learned,  as 
they  had  never  learned  before,  the  lesson 
and  the  joy  of  sacrifice.  When  the  Church 
ot  Cliiist  gives  itself  in  the  same  spirit  of 
Sacrificial  devotion  to  his  cause,  the  day 
will  speedily  come  when  it  may  be  said  in 
the  true  sl^iritual  sense,  "Jehovah  hatu 
made  bare  His  holy  arm  in  the  eyes  of  all 
the  nations,  and  (not  Palestine  and  the 
Balkan  States  only,  but)  all  the  ends  of  the 
earth  have  seen  the  salvation  of  God  " 

Again,  for  the  first  time  since  Apostolic 
days  it  is  now  possible  to  conduct  Jewish 
Missions  under  favorable  conditions.  Pales- 


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tine,  rescued  from  the  Tuiks  by  the  soldiers 
0^  Christian  nations  under  the  leadership 
of  that  humble  and  devout  Christian  man, 
General  Alleuby,  is  being  opefled  up  to  be 
the  national  home  of  all  the  Jews  who  wish 
to  return  to  it.  Tliere  are  many  who  will 
not  wish  to  return  of  those  who  have  en- 
joyed such  conditions  as  they  have  found 
in  this  country,  and  have  become  estab- 
lished in  prosperous  business  enterprises 
and  in  comfortable  homes.  But  there  are 
millions  who  will  be  glad  to  escape  sucli 
persecutions  as  they  hnvo  txnerienced  in 
Russia,  for  instance,  and  will  join  the  aeri 
cultural  colcnies  under  whose  intelligent 
husbandry  some  parts  of  Palestine  are  al- 
ready beginning  to  recover  their  ancie-nt 
prosperity.  Such  a  beneficeni  <  hange  as 
this  in  the  conditions  of  life  tf)  which  the 
Jews  of  Russia  and  Poland  hove  been  ac 
customed,  brought  about  by  Christian  agen- 
cies, must  appeal  to  their  sense  cf  eratitude 
ard  £-ive  evangelical  Christian  missionaries 


such  an  access  to  them  as  they  have  never 
had  before.  There  will  be  hope  under  these 
conditions  that  the  Jews  in  Palestine  at 
least  may  be  brought  through  Christian 
missions  to  "look  upon  him  whom  they  have 
pierced,"  and  that  so  looking  they  will  rec- 
ognize hira  as  their  long  rejected  Messiah. 
And  when  this  comes  to  pass  we  believe  the 
Scriptures  teach  us  to  expect  that  a  great 
woi-ld  revival  will  be  brought  about  through 
their  ministiy.  "If  the  casting  away  ot 
them  be  the  reconciling  of  the  world,  what 
shall  the  receiving  of  them  be  but  life  from 
the  dead-'  When  Jerusalem  has  been  thus 
spiritually  redeemed,  then  not  on  battle- 
fields and  through  material  forces,  but 
through  the  message  of  those  whose  feet  are 
beautiful  upon  the  mountains,  because  they 
publish  peace  and  bring  glad  tidings  ot 
good  things,  Jehovah  will  make  bare  His 
holy  arm  in  the  eyes  of  all  the  nations  and 
all  the  ends  of  the  earth  will  see  His  sal- 
vation. 


IMPRESSIONS  OF  MISSION  WORK  IN  CHINA. 

Egbert  W.  Smith. 

On  ^itearner  nearirig  Japan,  Febiunry    28,  1919. 


CANDOR  compels  me  to  confrss  that 
two  days  ago  for  the  flist  time  in  my 
life  I  was  seasick.  What  neither  the 
Atlantic  nor  the  Pacific  with  their  mights 
breadth  and  volume  could  accomplish  this 
little  three  days'  trip  of  waiir  between 
Shanghai  and  Kobe  did  and  did  thoroughly 
Never  again  will  I  smile  superior  upon  my 
suffering  fellow  passengers.  A  few  days 
ago  a  veteran  missionaiy  told  me  that  he 
believed  I  had  had  at  least  a  taste  of  about 
every  experience  of  travel  and  wayside  ad- 
venture to  which  missionaries  are  subject. 
1  rise  now  to  remark,  and  my  words  they 
are  plain,  that  seasickness  is  the  climax  of 
them  all. 

On  my  last  day  in  China  I  had  the  pleas- 
ure of  meeting  with  the  Joint  Conference 
('ommittee  of  our  two  Missions  and  of  rec- 
ommending to  them  a  cej-tain  forward  step 
in  organization,  requiring  joint  action, 
which,  in  my  judgment,  will  complete  antl 
pei  fect  our  present  missionary  organization 
in  China,  and  the  need  of  which  had  been 
steadily  gi  owing  upon  me  thiough  all  the 
thirteen  station  conferences  it  was  my  privi 
lege  to  hold  in  that  country.  My  recom- 
mendation after  full  discussion  was  en- 
doised  by  the  Joint  Committee  and  will 
come  before  the  two  Missions  at  their  an- 
nual meetings  for  tinal  action. 


In  reviewing  the  four  months  spent  in 
China  my  chief  and  deepest  impression  is 
that  of  the  stupendous  dilficulty  of  the  task 
that  confronts  our  missionaries  in  that  land. 
To  the  supei-ficial  observer  and  critic  of 
mission  work  the  progress  of  the  gospel  in 
China,  in  view  of  the  immense  and  long- 
tontinued  outlay  in  men  and  money,  seems 
amazingly  slow.  Compared  with  the  fruit- 
age of  missionary  effort  in  Africa  and  Korea 
it  is  slow.  But  to  one  who  really  under- 
stands the  situation,  the  wonder  is  not  the 
slowness,  but  the  fact  cf  any  progress  at 
all.  And  the  rentarkable  progress  that  has 
been  made  is  proof  to  him  that  the  gospel 
is  the  power  of  God  unto  salvation. 

The  vast  majority  of  Chinese  men  and 
women  grow  up  from  childhod  in  such  an 
unbelievably  complicated  and  steel-like  net- 
work of  laws,  customs  and  superstitions, 
religious,  domestic,  social,  financial,  that 
to  break  away  requires  an  effort  and  in- 
volves a  loss  that  most  people  in  America 
have  no  conception  of. 

The  worship  of  ancestors,  to  take  one  fea- 
ture of  the  situation,  is  grounded  in  the 
most  sacred  and  tender  instincts  of  the  hu- 
man heart.  To  cease  to  make  offerings  to 
them  leaves  them  to^suffer  and  pine  in  the 
spirit  world.  Such  conduct  on  the  part  of 
a  son  means  bitter  anguish  to  his  parents, 


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biings  cn  him  the  anathema  of  the  family 
and  the  clan,  and  makes  enemies  of  all  the 
spirits  of  his  ancestors,  who  in  Chinese  be- 
lief can  and  will  injure  him  in  his  person, 
his  family,  his  business. 

For  a  merchant  dependent  on  his  business 
to  become  a  Christian  and  close  his  store 
on  Sunday  means  certain  beggary  for  him- 
self and  his  family. 

Many  places  have  their  own  local  and 
peculiar  difficulties.  For  example,  at  two 
important  centres  in  care  of  one  of  our 
stations  there  has  been  no  progress  for 
some  time.  So  the  missionary  and  I  had  a 
long  conference  with  the  native  minister 
who  has  general  oversight  of  those  points,  a 
man  of  exceptional  standing  and  ability, 
from  whom  we  learned  that  the  arrest  of 
the  work  at  the  larger  of  the  two  points,  a 
city  of  50,000,  is  due  to  three  facts:  1.  The 
moneyed  class,  whose  annual  income  is  di- 
vided among  the  members  of  the  clan  on 
the  annual  ancestral  worship  day,  have 
p.greed  that  any  member  embracing  Chris- 
tianity is  to  be  cut  out  and  his  portion  di- 
vided among  the  otheis.  2.  The  large  clerk 
and  employee  class  are  not  permitteu  by 
their  employers  to  become  interested  in  the 
meetings,  for  the  employers  know  that  ac- 
ceptance of  Christianity  will  be  followed  by 
refusal  to  work  on  Sundays,  which  means 
dismissing  a  tra-'ned  employee  and  break- 
ing in  a  green  one.  3.  The  soldier  and 
police  class  have  been  forbidden  by  the 
higher  authorities  to  become  attendants  on 
pain  of  dismissal. 

The  cessation  of  growth  at  the  other  point, 
a  town  of  3,000.  where  formerly  there  had 
been  nightly  preaching  to  crowded  houses, 
and  where  now  it  is  hard  to  get  people  even 
to  attend  the  services,  we  found  to  be  due 
to  the  fact  that  three  women  in  one  family, 
shortly  afterwards  lost  by  death  one  after 
another  the  three  male  breadwinners  of  the 
family  and  were  reduced  to  poverty,  while 
a  faimer  who  had  begun  to  attend  the 
preaching  lost  his  only  son.  Tl/ese  circum- 
stances were  made  the  most  of  by  the  op- 
position, and  the  deaths  were  declared  by 
the  Buddhist  priests  to  have  been  caused 
by  Buddha's  anger.  The  result  was  that 
great  fear  fell  upon  all  and  of  the  rest 
durst  no  man  join  himself  unto  them. 

Another  impression  that  has  steadily 
deepened,  through  my  conferences  and  talks 
with  missionaries  from  Peking  to  Hang- 
chow,  is  the  groundlessness  of  the  reports 
brought  back  to  us  by  sanguine  evangelistic 
world-travelers  of  great  sections  or  classes 
of  the  Chinese  people  being  on  the  eve  of 
turning  to  Christianity.  I  have  yet  to  find 
a  place  where  there  are  signs  of  such  whole- 
sale transformation  or  a  resident  mission- 
ary who  greets  the  statement  with  anything 
but  a  smile,    promiscuous  audiences  can  be 


gathered  by  a  little  advertising  to  till  and 
overflow  any  auditorium.  They  will  listen 
attentatively  to  the  message  and  from  their 
native  desire  to  be  obliging  sign  cards  with- 
out number.  Much  good  is  no  doubt  accom- 
plished. But  the  £ollow-un  work  of  the 
resident  missionary  proves  how  narrow  is 
the  basis  for  the  large  hopes  and  prophecies 
often  uttered.  Much  smaller  meetings,  of 
carefully  selected  individuals,  preceded  and 
succeeded  by  earnest  personal  work,  have 
proved  far  more  permanently  fruitful.  My 
observation  is  that  students  of  both  mission 
and  government  schools  are  thoughtful  lis- 
teners to  a  serious  message,  but  for  the 
best  results  there  must  usually  be  continued 
loving  personal  Christian  contact  and  ef- 
fort. True  converts  are  not  machine-made 
nor  turned  out  in  wholesale  lots. 

I  deprecate  also  the  continual  use  of  the 
word  "crisis"  in  relation  to  missionary  work 
in  China.  It  is  misleading.  The  impres- 
sion it  produces  on  American  minds  is 
largely  a  false  one.  owing  to  the  almost 
unrealizable  difference  in  knowledge  and 
attitude  between  the  two  countries.  Not 
one  person  in  ten  in  China  can  read.  More- 
over, the  earthly-mindedness  induced  by 
centuries  of  Confucianism,  and  the  hard 
struggle  for  subsistence,  have  developed  in 
the  average  Chinese  an  individualism  that 
forms  a  striking  contrast  to  the  national 
spirit  of  the  Enelishman  or  American,  or 
the  passionate  loyalty  to  his  emperor  that 
marks  the  Japanese.  It  follows  that  gov- 
ernmental or  political  changes,  or  dangers 
or  disasters  that  would  stir  us  to  the  depths, 
are  either  unknown  to  the  average  Chinese, 
or  affect  him  in  what  w'ould  seem  to  us  an 
unbelievably  small  degree. 

It  is  true  that  certain  great  events  that 
come  to  his  knowledge  may  tend  to  dis- 
pose him  favorably  or  unfavorably  toward 
the  foreigner  and  his  institutions.  For  ex- 
ample, the  decisive  overthrow  of  the  anti- 
foreign  Boxer  movement  was  followed  by  a 
reaction  of  favor  toward  foreigners  that  fa- 
cilitated missionary  work.  The  present  ex- 
traordinary popularity  of  President  Wilson 
among  intelligent  Chinese  has  heightened 
the  already  high  esteem  in  which  Americans 
are  held,  and  to  that  extent  has  helped  the 
work  of  the  American  missionary. 

But  whether  China  remains  politically 
chaotic  and  divided,  or  achieves  a  unified 
stable  government,  or  falls  under  an  alien 
rule,  or  is  aided  by  an  allied  commission— 
whatever  be  the  course  of  her  public  af- 
fairs, it  will  affect  the  thought  a^d  attitude 
of  her  huge  population  of  one-fourth  the 
human  race  incomparably  less  than  West- 
erners would  suppose.  Throughout  it  China 
will  remain  the  world's  greatest  mission 
field,  wide  open  and  appealing,  with  all  her 
major  missionary  problems,  tasks  and  dif- 
ficulties substantially  unchanged. 


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Christians  in  the  home  land  whose  mis- 
sionary zeal  is  dependent  on  the  spasmodic 
stimuli  of  ever-recurring  crises  or  on  thrill- 
ing reports  of  wholesale  movements  toward 
Christianity,  should  seek  deeper  rootage  for 
their  faith  and  fervor,  'ilie  Church  at  home 
may  as  well  make  up  its  mind  that  what 
fies  before  it  in  China  is  not  a  decisive 
battle,  enlivened  with  spectacular  charges 
and  crowned  with  complete  and  speedy  vic- 
tory, but  a  long  and  arduous  campaign, 
whose  hero  will  not  be  the  visiting  official 
or  evangelist  or  student  or  book-writer,  but 
the  obscure  yet  undiscourageable  mission- 
ary, and  in  whose  final  success  our  children 
pnd  grandchildren  will  bear  their  part. 

Signs  of  that  coming  success  are  visible 
in  Christianity's  steadily  accelerating  rate 
of  progress.  The  1918  report  shows  new 
communicants  to  the  number  of  25,000 
added  to  the  previous  year,  the  largest  num- 
ber ever  reported,  of  which  our  own  Mis- 
sions contributed  852,  their  largest  addition 
nlso,  these  852  being  the  remainder  after 
protracted  testing  of  a  far  larger  number 
of  applicants.  The  example  I  gave  in  a 
former  letter  of  the  swift  acceleration  in 
the  growth  of  one  of  our  stations,  while 
too  good  to  be  typical  of  the  general  growth, 
is  yet  a  cheering  prophecy  of  what  we  may 
increasingly  expect.  At  the  end  of  its  first 
twelve  years  this  station  reported  90  com- 
municants; at  the  end  of  the  second  twelve, 
1,001. 

Other  cheering  facts,  more  really  signifi- 
cant than  figures,  abound.  For  example,  1 
found  that  every  onv?  of  cur  stations  had 
its  record,  however  brief,  of  native  saints 
and  heroes,  who  in  the  face  of  temptation 
and  opposition  had  Ltood  firm  and  in  whom 
the  gospel  had  borne  its  characteristic  fruit 
of  strong  and  holy  character. 

The  two  Christians,  one  the  lady  principal 
of  a  girls'  school,  the  other  a  famous  evan- 
gelist, who,  of  all  the  Chinese  believers  1 
have  met,  impressed  me  most  deeply  with 
the  rare  spiritual  beauty  of  their  faces  and 


characters,  I  was  acutely  interested  to  learn 
later  were  both  Christians  of  the  second 
generation.  In  them  I  saw  the  unspeakable 
enrichment  that  is  yet  to  come  to  the  church 
universal  through  the  sanctifying  work  (t. 
the  Spirit  upon  the  Chinese  race.  In  them 
I  saw  also  the  beginning  of  the  end  of  our 
missionary  enterprise  in  China.  For  this 
contingent  of  native  preachers  and  teach- 
ers, born  and  reared  in  native  Christian 
homes  and  perfect  masters  of  the  native 
life  and  language,  though  a  very  small  rein- 
forcement as  yet,  will  swiftly  multiply,  as 
the  American  troops  did  in  France,  and 
will  eventually  prove,  as  they  uid,  the  de- 
cisive factor  in  the  final  vic'iry. 

When  a  railroad  bridge  is  built  across 
the  Mississippi  the  most  tedious  and  diffi- 
cult part  of  the-  work  must  be  done  before 
any  results  appear  above  the  water.  Then 
the  progress  becomes  manifest.  Just  so  in 
China  a  long  and  arduous  foundation  work 
has  been  done.  The  structure  is  beginning 
now  to  rise  into  view.  Henceforth  the  pro- 
gress will  be  more  and  more  apparent.  The 
very  latest  figures  of  the  growth  of  one  of 
our  two  Missions  have  just  come  under  my 
eye  and  will  show,  when  published  in  our 
next  annual  report,  an  increase  of  36  per 
cent,  over  the  year  before.  Two  of  the 
leading  missionaries  of  our  other  Mission 
have  just  told  me  that  since  I  visited  their 
stations  five  weeks  ago  the  most  surprising 
and  delightful  developments  have  taken 
place  in  their  fields,  showing  in  the  native 
membership  such  a  spirit  of  progress  ahd 
aggressiveness  as  they  had  never  before 
seen. 

'  God  is  working  in  China.  He  is  preparing, 
I  believe,"  to  pour  out  His  Spirit  in  a  meas- 
ure unknown  heretofore  in  that  land.  Signs 
are  multiplying  that  He  is  about  to  give 
His  faithful  servants  a  new  confirmation 
of  His  promise,  "He  that  goeth  forth  wip- 
ing, bearing  precious  seed,  shall  doubtless 
come  again  with  rejoicing,  bringing  his 
sheaves  with  him." 


THAT  THEY  MIGHT  BE  ONE. 

Rev.  Tiios.  E.  Reeve. 


TO  have  witnessed  the  spirit  of  unity 
which  prevailed  throughout  the  Sev- 
enth General  Conference  of  Protestant 
Missions  in  Congo  one  would  quickly  havf 
realized  that  this  particular  petition  in  our 
lord's  prayer  recorded  in  the  seventeenth 
chapter  of  John  was  being  answered  in  a 
way  which  gives  great  joy  to  him  who 
prayed  thui.  pmyer.  At  this  most  import- 
ant conf^-yefkCP  there  wprp  present  seventy- 


two  missionaries  lepresonting  nine  of  the 
fourteen  different  Protestant  societies  at 
work  in  the  Congo  Beige.  Tha!t  five  socie- 
ties were  not  represented  was  not  due  to 
any  desire  on  their  part  not  to  co  operate, 
but  to  the  scarcity  of  workers  on  the  field 
at  present,  or  to  their  remote  location  from 
the  seat  of  the  conference,  which  was  held 
at  Luebo,  the  largest  and  oldest  station  ol 
the  American  Presbyterian  Congo  Mission. 


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Although  so  many  dil't'erent  societies  were 
represented,  yet  throughout  the  delibera- 
tions of  the  conference  such  a  genuine  spirit 
of  brotherhood  and  consideration  prevailed 
that  one  could  hardly  realize  that  it  was 
other  than  a  gathering  of  some  single  so- 
ciety. There  was  virtually  an  entire  ab- 
sence of  friction  ?nd  sectarianism,  but  good- 
wHi  and  loving  interest  were  everywhere 
in  evidence.  While  in  the  homelands  our 
leaders  are  praying  and  working  for  th 
bringing  toeether  of  all  the  Methodist 
bodies  into  one  great  Methodist  union,  all 
the  Baptists  into  another,  all  the  Presby- 
terians into  still  another,  and  so  on,  it  is 
a  most  significant  fact  and  a  thrilling  in- 
spiration that  in  the  far  outposts  of  Chris- 
tian Missions,  Presbyterians,  Methodists, 
Baptists,  Disciples,  Mennonites  and  other 
Protestant  Christians,  representing  seven 
different  naticnalities,  can  meet  together  as 
t  a  group  of  Christian  brethren  with  a  com- 
mon purpose  and  a  single  passion.  We 
worked  together,  prayed  together,  planned 
together,  counseled  together,  and  went  forth 


in  the  confidence  of  united  strength  to  still 
greater  conquests  for  our  common  Lord. 

Not  only  was  this  spirit  of  unity  striking- 
ly manifested  by  the  brotherly  attitude  and 
conduct  which  permeated  the  conference, 
but  just  as  strongly  by  the  desire  for  and 
manner  of  co-operation  embodied  in  the 
program  mapped  out  for  advancement  along 
all  lines.  One  Mission's  problems  and  diffi- 
culties were  considered  as  the  problems  and 
difficulties  of  all,  whether  concerning  na- 
tive customs,  civil  codes,  reform  measures, 
religious  persecutions,  educational  methods 
(■r  evangelistic  activities,  and  the  injunction, 
"Bear  ye  one  another's  burdens,''  was  in- 
terpreted and  applied  literally.  In  every 
action  taken  on  all  the  great  questions 
which  came  before  the  conference  there  was 
that  which  said,  "We  are  determined  to 
stand  together,  and  together  to  overcome  in 
the  spirit  and  power  of  our  common  Lord 
and  Saviour  Jesus  Christ,  our  elder 
brother." 

Methodist  Epimopal  Congo  Mission,  Lu- 
be] u,  Congo  Beige. 


ARMY  Y.  M.  C.  A.  WORK  IN  SIBERIA. 

Rev.  L.  C.  M.  Smythe. 


DEAR  DR.  CHESTER: 
I  don't  know  whether  the  Execu- 
tive Committee  knows  that  it  has 
been  carrying  on  work  in  this  country  or 
not,  but  anyhow  it  has.  I  came  over  here 
from  Japan  last  October  with  the  permis- 
sion of  the  Mission  to  help  relieve  the  Y. 
M.  C.  A.  in  its  temporary  critical  need  till 
it  could  get  more  men  from  America.  A 
number  of  missionaries  from  China,  Korea 
and  Japan  have  come. 

I  have  been  spending  the  winter  "some- 
where in  Siberia"  and  enjoying  all  the  ad- 
vantages of  its  noted  climate.  We  are  just 
through  with  a  cold  spell  of  a  week  or  two, 
when  the  thermometer  would  register  at 
night  somewhere  between  45  and  60  degrees 
below  zero  Fahrenheit,  or  even  lower.  It 
is  cold  till  it  neither  rains  or  snows;  only 
'n  the  morning  we  have  a  '.-ery  heavy  frozen 
mist,  which  later  in  the  day  settles  on 
everything  like  snow.  But  the  fact  that  it 
is  so  dry  makes  the  cold  not  at  all  unen- 
durable. I  was  extremely  surprised  at  how 
little  I  felt  it.  But  then  to  keep  it  off  I 
have  been  wearing  three  layers  of  flannel 
or  woolen  under  my  heavy  coat  and  on  top 
of  that  a  heavy  padded  overcoat  with  a 
sheepskin  lining.  I  am  glad  to  say  that 
they  tell  me  the  worst  ef  the  cold  is  over. 

I  have  been  somewhat  disappointed  in  my 
.work,  because,  owing  to  circumstances  over 
which  nobody  had  any  control,  I  have  had  a 


chance  to  do  very  little.  I  came  here  largely 
with  the  idea  of  co-operating  with  the  Japa- 
nese work,  but  the  Japanese  Association 
was  unavoidably  delayed  and  is  just  getting 
its  work  going  here  now.  Then.  too.  I  have 
been  trying  to  co-operate  with  a  local  so- 
ciety for  the  relief  of  the  Russian  prison- 
ers who  are  beginning  to  return  home  in  a 
very  pitiable  condition.  Many  of  them  are 
in  rags  and  some  haven't  even  that  much, 
but  there  is  almost  nothing  in  this  section 
in  the  way  of  clothing  to  buy  and  give  them. 
I  have  been  trying  to  arrange  to  get  some 
things  sent  here  from  Vladivostock,  but 
have  not  yet  been  able  to  get  things  going. 

I  am  glad  to  say  that  the  Japanese  Y.  M. 
C.  A.  has  now  found  itself  able  to  do  work 
among  the  soldiers.  Two  secretaries  have 
come  here  within  the  past  ten  days  to  start 
work,  and  they  have  already  gotten  one 
club  in  operation.  I  was  there  two  days  ago 
to  visit  it.  It  is  located  in  a  hospital,  so 
that  it  will  give  a  good"  lounging  place  for 
the  recuperating  soldiers.  The  day  I  was 
there  there  were  about  thirty  or  more  men 
apparently  enjoying  themselves  very  much. 
At  one  side  there  is  a  pingpong  table  (which 
game  is  very  popular  in  Japan)  and  two 
men  were  hard  at  v/ork  there.  Then  there 
is  crokinole  and  also  "go,"  a  Japanese  game. 
\0n  one  side  there  was  a  shelf  with  a  se- 
lection of  "shakuhachi,"  or  Japanese  flutes, 
for  anyone  to  play  on  who  wanted  to  or 


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An  old  Russian  Church  used  over  a  hundred  years  ago  as  a  place  of  worship  Dy 
Siberian  exiles,  banished  because  of  their  liberal  ideas. 


could,  and  in  a  corner  was  a  graphoplione 
for  any  others  who  might  be  musically  in- 
clined. Japanese  magazines  were  also  to 
be  had,  and  the  walls  were  decorated  witn 
post  cards,  drawn  by  the  children  in  the 
elementary  schools  of  Japan  and  sent  to  the 
soldiers  here  in  Siberia.  I  had  dinner  with 
some  of  the  men,  and  after  several  montns 
of  Russian  food  found  the  Japanese  food 
tasted  mighty  good  again.  It  was  like  home 
to  have  a  pair  of  chopsticks  in  my  hand 
again.  After  dinner  I  was  shown  around 
the  hospital.  It  is  not  very  big  nor,  under 
the  circumstances,  can  it  be  superlatively 
equipped,  but  I  could  see  that  the  Japanese 
government  is  living  up  to  its  reputation 
of  taking  care  of  its  soldiers. 

But  the  thing  that  was  most  striking  to 
me  was  to  see  the  attendants  going  around 
with  red  crosses  on  their  arms  and  then  to 
think  that  the  entertainment  of  the  sol- 
diers was  being  taken  care  of  by  the  Young 
Men's  Christian  Association.  I  often  think 
Japan  is  being  influenced  by  Christianity 
far  more  than  she  herself  realizes. 

The  Japanese  Association  is  also  taking 
an  interest  in  the  work  for  Russian  pris- 
oners. One  secretary  has  just  arrived  from 
Vladivostock  to  look  over  the  situation  and 
to  confult  with  mc  and  the  local  people  who 
are  interested  as  to  how  they,  too,  may  be 
able  to  be  of  some  help. 

I  want  to  bear  witness  to  the  fine  char-, 
acter  of  the  men  who  are  coming  here  rep- 
resenting the  Association  from  Japan.  One 
of  them,  by  the  way,  is  one  of  the  evangel- 
ists of  our  own  Mission,  who,  like  myself, 
has  gotten  a  short  leave  and  come  over  here 
to  help  out.    But  they  all  stfem  to  be  real, 


earnest  Christian  men,  and  I  was  very  much 
pleased  the  other  day  when  an  American 
soldier  who  had  met  several  of  them  com- 
mented to  me  on  what  fine  fellows  they 
were.  Today  I  took  dinner  with  three  ot 
them,  one  older  man  and  two  younger  ones. 
They  were  all  full  of  their  work  and  its 
opportunities,  especially  as  to  how  the  As- 
sociation planned  to  begin  a  special  arm) 
work  in  Japan  commemorating  this  expe- 
dition into  Siberia.  But  the  thing  that 
pleased  me  most  was  when  the  youngest 
man  of  the  three,  a  graduate  of  the  bifr 
Methodist  school  in  Kobe,  who  has  just 
gone  to  live  in  the  hospital  I  mentioned 
above,  began  to  talk  about  the  fine  oppor- 
tunities he  had  already  found,  to  have  per- 
sonal conversations  with  the  officers  and 
soldiers  about  Christianity,  and  the  willing- 
ness of  the  men  to  listen.  First,  I  was  glad 
to  hear  of  the  willingness  to  hear  on  the 
part  of  the  soldiers,  but  more  than  that  1 
was  glad  to  hear  the  young  fellow  speak- 
ing so  interestedly  of  the  opportunities  he 
had  to  talk  with  them.  It  showed  that  he 
was  fully  alive  to  the  real  purpose  for  which 
he  had  come  over  here,  and  that  he  was 
finding  it  a  pleasure  to  do  personal  work 
for  his  Master.  I  believe  a  great  deal  of 
good  will  come  out  of  the  work  of  the  As- 
sociation here  among  the  troops. 

I  wish  I  had  some  good  pictures  to  send 
you.  I  enclose  you  a  very  poor  print  of  3 
little  old  church  here  which  is  very  inter- 
esting to  me.  About  a  hundred  years  ago 
there  was  a  liberal  movement  in  Russia  In 
which  some  of  the  best  people  of  the  coun- 
try took  part.  The  movement  was  squelched 
and  the  men  banished  to  Siberia.    Many  of 


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them  came  to  this  town  and  used  to  wor- 
ship in  this  little  church.  In  the  interior 
we  can  still  see  some  of  their  decorations. 
There  is  a  v(Ty  fina  oil  painting  of  Christ 
which  was  done  by  one  of  them. 

By  the  time  you  get  this  letter  I  shall 
perhaps  be  back  again  at  work  in  Japan, 
and  I  shall  certainly  be  glad  to  get  there. 
It  is  a  most  interesting  country  to  me,  and 


in  addition  I  believe  there  is  no  country 
where  our  work  counts  more  for  the  ad- 
vancement of  the  kingdom  of  God  than  it 
does  in  Japan.  TeU  anybody  that  who  may 
be  thinking  of  what  country  to  go  to  as  a 
missionary. 

Yours  sincerely, 

b.  C.  M.  SCYTHE. 


LETTER  FROM  TSING-KIANG  PU. 

Miss  Salmf,  P.t.  Lacy. 


CHINA  NEW  YEAR  is  upon  us  once 
more  its  social  duties  and  the  relax- 
ation of  the  regular  routine.  The  Mis- 
sion schools  conform  to  the  general  custom 
and  give  the  mid-winter  vacation  at  this 
time  instead  of  at  Christmas.  TTie  hospital 
work  with  us  is  also  practically  closed  tor 
two  weeks,  as  no  one  will  come  to  be  treated 
who  can  possibly  avoid  doing  so.  This  gives 
a  season  of  let-up  in  the  work  to  school 
teachers  and  hospital  workers.  For  the 
evangelists,  on  the  other  hand,  this  is  no 
longer  a  rest  time,  as  they  find  that  th  .- 
ieis>ire  of  the  holiday  season  can  be  utilized 
for  evangelistic  meetings  and  special  classes. 
Mr.  Graham  and  Mr.  Talbot  are  holding  a 
Bible  Conference  for  the  country  Ciiristians 
and  the  ladies  are  planning  to  have  special 
evangelistic  services  every  day  for  a  week 
for  the  women.  We  have  tried  this  plan 
for  several  years,  and  have  found  that  the 
women  will  come  out  in  great  numbers  at 
this  leisure  time.  We  are  praying  and 
hoping  that  these  meetings  may  reach  and 
influence  many  who  have  not  yet  heard  the 
gospel  message. 

The  week  before  New  Year  was  filled  with 
Chinese  social  engagements.  We  had  th>' 
commencement  exercises  of  the  girls'  school, 
when  four  of  our  girls  graduated — a  very 
creditable  affair  indeed — two  weddings  ol 
members  of  the  hospital  staff,  and  tour  oi 
five  feasts.  One  of  the  weddings — that  ol 
the  Chinese  trained  nurse  at  the  hospital — 
was  a  striking  object  lesson  of  the  value 
of  orphanage  work.  The  bridegroom  ana 
the  two  groomsmen  had  all  been  reared  in 
Tsing-Kiang-Pu  Christian  Herald  orphan- 
ages. The  bride  is  a  graduate  nurse  from 
the  Nanking  Nurses'  Training  School,  and  a 
very  capable  and  efficient  woman.  The  groom 
is  a  helper  in  our  Hsuchoufu  hospital,  and 
the  other  two  young  men  will  graduate  this 
year  from  our  High  School,  and  we  hope 
will  be  teachers  for  our  country  schools.  No 
one  who  looked  at  these  four  intelligent, 
educated  Christian  young  people,  fitted  for 
efficient  service  for  the  Church,  and  then 
at  some  of  the  uncouth,  poorly-dressed, 
•  grossly  ignorant  country  relatives,  repre- 
senting the  homes  from  which   they  had 


originally  come,  could  doubt  that  orphanage 
work  had  been  well  worth  while. 

(Jur  station  enjiyed  a  great  pleasure  and 
privilege  in  having  Dr.  Egbert  Smith  as  a 
guest  for  a  month.  Though  we  greatly  la- 
mented the  sickness  that  delayed  bis  itin- 
erary, he  gave  us  more  than  our  allotted 
share  of  his  time,  and  we  certainly  received 
a  great  uplift  and  inspiration  from  having 
him  share  our  every-day  station  life  for  so 
long  a  time;  his  conference  was  also  most 
helpful  and  stimulating.  We  are  hoping  as  a 
station  to  press  forward  with  renewed  zeal 
and  energy  to  try  to  carry  out  his  suggested 
plans,  hoping  soon  to  have  a  self-supporting 
central  church  with  its  own  native  pastor. 

We  are  looking  forward  eagerly  to  the 
return  of  Dr.  and  Mrs.  James  B.  'Woods  the 
latter  part  of  March.  These  faithful  pioneers 
in  this  field  hold  a  very  warm  place  in  the 
hearts  of  the  Chinese  community,  and  have 
been  sadly  missed  by  their  fellow  workers 
The  hospital  work  has  been  carried  on  very 
faithfully  and  efficiently  by  Dr.  Bell  in  Dr. 
Woods'  absence,  but  I  think  he  will  be  very 
willing  to  share  the  responsibilities  of  thi« 
largo  and  growing  work  and  to  have  leisure 
to  carry  out  some  plans  of  his  own  for  the 
advancement  and  upbuilding  of  the  insti- 
tution. 

TTie  Grahams,  after  living  for  thirty  years 
in  a  Chinese  house,  are  at  last  to  have  a 
new  and  comfortable  home — the  old  house 
having  been  condemned  as  unsafe.  There 
will  be  something  of  a  feeling  of  regret  in 
our  Mission  at  the  passing  of  this  historic 
old  landmark,  which  might  fitly  be  called 
"The  Cradle  of  the  North  Kiang-Pu  Mis- 
sion," as  so  many  of  our  missionaries  lived 
there  while  they  received  their  first  train- 
ing, and  such  numbers  in  after  years  as 
they  passed  up  and  down  the  canal  enjoyed 
the  beautiful  Christian  hospitality  of  its 
host  and  hostess.  May  the  new  home  he 
richly  blessed  and  long  enjoyed  by  these 
faithful  servants  of  the  Master. 

We  are  rejoiced  to  hear  of  the  great  tor- 
ward  movement  planned  by  the  Church 
along  the  line  of  Foj-eign  Missions. 

God  grant  that  our  nation  may  emerge 
from  this  fiery  ordeal'  with  purified  ideals 


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and  strengthened  faith.    Above  all  that  the     souls  may  not  be  forgotten  with  the  retu'-n 
lesson  of  prayer  that  has  been  learned  by     of  neace  and  prosperity, 
our  people  in  this  time  that  tried  men's  Tsing-Kiang-Pu. 


MEDICAL  WORK  AT  NANKING. 

Dr.  Allen  C.  Hutcheson. 


THE  University  Hospital  at  Nanking 
has  just  held  most  gratifying  open- 
ing exercises  of  our  new  dispensary 
building,  which  was  finished  the  first  of  the 
present  year.  Representatives  of  both  the 
<nvil  and  military  governors  and  other  prom- 
inent Chinese  from  the  various  departments 
of  the  city  life  were  present  and  delivered 
addresses  of  appreciation  of  the  work  the 
University  Hospital  is  trying  to  do  for  the 
great  city  of  Nanking.  One  of  the  speakers 
made  the  statement  that,  although  there 
were  several  small  hospitals  under  the  man- 
agement of  Japanese  and  western  trained 
Chinese  physicians  in  this  city  of  four  hun- 
dred thousand  people,  our  hospital  was 
really  the  only  one  that  could  be  said  to 
be  doing  work  worthy  of  the  name  of  hos- 
pital. 

Our  new  dispensary  is  a  splendid  build- 
ing and  is  without  much  question  one  of 
the  best  and  most  modern  dispensary  build- 
ings in  China  today,  and  we  hope  it  will 
greatly  aid  us  in  doing  work  of  high  cnar- 
acter  for  the  Chinese. 

Tlie  following  incident  in  our  hospital 
experience  of  the  last  week  illustrates  the 
hopelessness  and  callousness  of  heathenitm 
and  the  utter  poverty  of  great  masses  of 
the  Chinese  people.  A  fire  occurred  in  one 
of  the  districts  of  the  city  made  up  of  hun- 
dreds of  little  straw  huts,  and  hundreds  of 
these  wretched  little  hovels  were  burned 
down.  A  foreign  missionary  happened  to 
be  at  the  scene  of  fire  and  he  found  a  woman 
lying  unconscious  in  the  road,  apparently 
dreadfully  burned.  No  effort  being  made 
to  relieve  her  or  to  care  for  her  in  any  way, 
he  asked  if  someone  would  not  at  least  take 
her  into  a  house  or  send  her  to  a  hospital 
for  relief,  but  the  people  shrugged  their 
shoulders  and  said  they  would  not  take  any 
responsibility  for  her,  as  her  spirit  would 
be  on  their  body  if  she  should  die.  Finally 
a  little  boy,  who  said  he  was  her  son,  help.^d 
the  missionary  to  get  her  into  a  rick^na 
and  they  brought  the  woman  into  our  hos- 
pital, where,  though  frightfully  burned  over 
her  entire  head,  face  and  arms,  she  is  mak- 
ing some  progress  and  will  probably  even- 
tually recover. 

The  straw  huts  remind  me  of  a  patient 
some  months  ago,  who.  having  oeen  in  Ihe 
hospital  for  some  days  for  treatment  for 
her  broken   leg,   was  found   one  morning 


weeping,  and  on  being  asked  the  reason  for 
her  tears,  replied  that  her  husband,  taking 
advantage  of  her  absence  from  home  since 
her  accident,  had  sold  their  house  and  had 
taken  two-thirds  of  the  money  for  his  own 
use.  On  inquiring  what  sum  the  noiise 
had  brought,  she  replied  that  it  had  sold 
for  a  dollar  anc}  forty  cents  (Mexican 
money),  and,  though  it  was  only  a  straw 
hut,  yet  it  was  hers  and  the  only  house  she 
possessed. 

The  Nanking  station  has  just  been  le- 
freshed  and  stimulated  by  the  visit  of  Dr. 
Egbert  Smith  with  his  message  from  the 
homeland.  It  might  be  imagined  by  rome 
that,  because  we  have  our  great  and  press- 
ing and  eternal  problems  of  Mission  work 
way  out  here  in  the  East,  we  have  not  Loen 
responsive  to  every  sentiment  that  has  been 
expressed  by  our  great  American  people  and 
by  our  great  American  President  in  par- 
ticular during  the  late  war.  On  the  con- 
trary, the  high  moral  tone  which  the  wai' 
assumed  after  President  Wilson  began  to 
make  his  famous  declarations  on  the  rights 
of  all  men  and  all  nations  to  pursue  the 
ways  of  peace  and  democracy  unmolested 
by  more  powerful  neighbors  has  had  a  tre- 
mendous reflex  effect  on  China.  The  war 
took  on  a  different  meaning  to  the  Chinese 
during  the  last  year  of  its  conduct,  and 
they  have  been  influenced  in  no  small  way 
to  larger  thinking  by  the  declarations  and 
speeches  of  President  Wilson,  many  of 
which  have  been  translated  into  Chinese 
and  had  a  wide  circulation  throughout 
China. 

It  has  been  an  education  to  them  and  it 
has  helped  to  open  their  eyes  to  what  Chris- 
tianity in  a  great  nation  and  in  a  great 
national  leader  really  means  to  the  world 
at  large.  Therefore,  while  at  the  begin- 
ning of  the  war  there  was  a  tendency  in 
China  for  the  heathen  to  say,  "Well,  if  this 
is  the  fruitage  of  Christian  civilization,  we 
lon't  want  it  in  China,"  they  now  see  that 
the  first  was  the  fruits  of  man's  nature  run 
wild,  masking  under  Christianity,  and  that 
the  real  workings  of  Christianity  have  be- 
come manifested  in  the  stand  taken  by  the 
great  leaders  among  the  Allies  and  in  the 
splendid  work  of  the  Red  Cross  and  other 
kindred  institutions. 

In  other  words,  just  as  after  the  massa- 
cres of  the  Boxer  trouble  of  years  ago, 
when  scoffers  said  mission  work  in  China 


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was  a  failure,  the  thinking  men  saw  tliat  it 
not  only  had  not  failed,  but  would  rise  from 
the  ashes  with  renewed  vigor  and  power. 
So  this  terrible  war,  which  many  feared 
would  discredit  Christianity  in  the  eyes  oi 


heathenism  in  China,  has,  in  the  providence 
of  God,  worked  out,  we  believe,  to  His  even 
greater  glory  and  honor  in  China.  Men 
may  doubt  and  men  may  scoff,  but  God  s 
plans  move  on  forever. 


THE  STORY  OF  A  BRAZILIAN  COFFEE  POUNDER. 


(A  True  Story,  by  L.  D.  H.) 


MIGUEL  was  an  Indian  soldier,  a  pri- 
vate in  one  of  the  native  Brazilian 
regiments.  By  trade  he  was  a  barber 
and  made  a  very  comfortable  addition  to 
his  yearl>  laccme  by  the  practice  of  his 
trade  among  the  soldiers  of  his  regiment. 

While  stationed  in  San  Paulo  he  came 
under  the  influence  of  our  devoted  mission- 
aries. Dr.  and  Mrs.  Rockwell  Smith,  ana 
became  a  very  earnest  Christian. 

Brazilian  Christians  are  very  eager  to  tell 
the  good  news,  so  Miguel  began  to  tell  over 
and  over  to  the  soldiers  who  came  to  him 
lor  a  shave  or  hair  cut  the  beautiful  Bible 
stoiies  he  had  learned  at  the  Mission.  But 
Miguel  got  hin  %?lf  into  trouble  by  his  re- 
ligious zeal.  His  commanding  officers  had 
him  put  in  the  lock-up  for  his  stories;  not 
once  nor  twice  but  many  times.  So  he  learn- 
ed to  be  very  careful  how  he  talked  to  his 
clients.  As  he  went  about  the  intimate  sei- 
vice  for  them  he  would  bend  close  to  the 
ear  as  if  his  sight  were  pooi',  and  he  must 
see  closely  to  cut  well.  Then  quick  as 
thought  he  would  whisper  some  Scripture 
verse  or  some  truth  he  wanted  this  particu- 
lar man  to  have.  So  quietly  he  went  on 
preaching  the  word. 

One  day  he  came  to  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Smith, 
his  face  radiant.  "O  Mother  Smith,  our 
legiment  has  been  ordered  in  land  to  my 
native  town.  And  I  shall  see  my  mother." 
Then  with  beautiful  faith  he  added:  "And 
she  will  be  a  Christian,  too." 

So  Miguel  went  joyously  with  his  regi- 
ment. As  soon  as  possible  after  their  ar- 
rival at  the  new  post,  he  asked  permission 
to  go  to  see  his  mother.  She  wasn't  a 
mother  to  be  proud  of,  poor  soul,  she  was  a 
wicked  old  woman.  Perhaps  no  one  knew 
better  than  her  son  how  much  she  needed 
the  message  he  was  bringing  to  her.  She 
lived  somewhat  out  from  the  village  in  a 
miserable,  filthy  hovel,  making  her  scanty 
living  by  pounding  rice  and  coffee  for  the 
villagers,  and  carrying  small  jugs  of  water 
up  the  hill  to  sell. 

When  Miguel  slipped  his  New  Testament 
in  his  pocket  and  started  out  to  the  littk 
hovel  that  had  been  his  boyhood  home  it 
was  with  the  earnest  desire  to  make  his 
mother  a  better  woman,  and  with  a  child 
like  faith  that  he  would  succeed. 


Of  couise  she  was  delighted  to  see  her 
boy  again.  And  she  listened  eagerly  to  the 
beautiful  gospel  story.  Her  nearest  ap- 
proach to  a  prayer  had  been  to  "call  up 
spirits,"  so  Miguel  used  this  as  an  opening, 
telling  her  he  would  teach  her  to  call  up  a 
new  spirit.  Jesus.  Thus  he  taught  her  to 
pray.  Every  day  he  came  to  read  a  few 
verses  from  his  "little  black  book,"  as  she 
called  his  Testament,  and  to  explain  them 
to  her.  His  regiment  stayed  two  months, 
and  when  he  came  at  last  to  take  leave  ot 
hei-,  she  begged  for  the  Testament,  saying, 
"My  son.  the  little  black  book  is  mine." 
"But,  mother,  Miguel  remonstrated,  you 
can't  read;  what  good  will  you  get  from  it." 
"O,  yes,  1  must  have  the  little  black  book." 
"But,  mother,  I  have  no  other,  and  it  may 
be  long  belore  I  can  get  another."  Still 
the  old  woman  pleaded. 

"Oh,  leave  me  the  little  black  book."  And 
her  boy  did  not  find  it  in  his  heart  to 
refuse,  though  it  seemed  to  him  a  useless 
sacrifice  of  his  precious  only  copy  of  the 
Bible. 

The  old  woman  could  not  read,  as  her 
boy  re'minded  her,  but  she  was  by  no  means 
without  resources.  She  went  her  usual 
rounds  from  house  to  house  asking  for  cof- 
fee or  rice  to  pound.  As  often  as  work 
was  offered  her  she  would  bargain  for  it. 

"I  will  pound  your  coffee  for  you  and 
you  shall  read  to  me  from  my  little  black 
book,"  or  "I  will  bring  so  much  water  from 
the  spring  for  you,  and  you  shall  read  so 
many  pages  from  my  little  black  book.  1 
want  no  money;  I  would  know  what  is  in 
my  book." 

One  of  the  old  lady's  accomplishments 
was  basket  weaving.  When  she  could  find 
no  more  customers  to  read  to  her,  she  would 
sto|)  the  school  children  on  their  way  from 
school  and  coax  them  with  pretty  baskets 
to  read  a  little  to  her.  And  often  by  thi 
side  of  the  road  under  a  spreading  tree 
quite  a  group  of  children  would  gather, 
first  one  and  then  another  reading,  and 
then  all  talking  of  what  they  read.  And  so 
the  seed  was  sown.  "Verily  my  word  shall 
not  return  unto  mo  void." 

Already  it  had  wrought  a  wonderful 
change  in  the  old  woman's  life.  She  had 
ceased  to  lie  and  steal  and  had  cleaned  up 


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her  house.  She  had  woven  a  smooth  mat 
and  scoured  clean  her  best  chair  to  place 
on  the  mat,  "That  is  for  the  preacher  who 
will  come,''  she  would  say.  There  were  so 
many  things  about  her  book  she  wanted  to 
know.  The  preacher  would  tell  her  all. 
"Calling  up  Jesus"  had  grown  to  be  a  daily 
habit.  Whatever  troubled  her  she  took  di- 
rectly to  him.  If  the  waiting  were  too 
weary — it  was  seven  long  years  before  her 
preacher  came — she  would  call  up  Jesus  and 
talk  it  all  over  with  hiiv  again,  and  come 
away  with  fresh  courage  and  faith. 

Finally  Dr.  Butler  came  to  this  very  vii 
lage  with  his  family  hoping  to  establish  a 
mission  there.  But  the  people  had  been 
aroused  by  the  priests  to  such  violent  op- 
position that  in  order  to  save  their  lives, 
the  soldiers  had  to  surround  the  house  in 
which  Dr.  Butler  and  his  family  had  taken 
refuge.  • 

The  rumor  soon  reached  our  old  woman 
that  a  preacher  of  the  new  relTgion  had 
tome.  Trembling  with  eagerness  she  hur 
ried  up  the  hill,  muttering  over  and  over, 
"They  have  come,  they  have  come  at  lastT 
When  she  reached  the  house  the  soldiers 
would  not  let  her  in. 

"Oh,  but  they  are  my  people.  I've  been 
waiting  for  them  so  long.  And  now  the) 
are  come.    I  must  go  to  them." 

And  when  the  soldiers  still  refused,  she 
went  away  heart-broken,  to  "call  up  Jesus' 
and  tell  him  of  her  bitter  disappointment 
All  these  long,  patient  years  of  waiting  and 
prayer  and  he  had  come.  Tliis  teacher  for 
whom  she  had  so  long  pleaded.  And  now 
she  was  denied  a  sight  of  him.  Not  even 
a  word  of  explanation.  And  oh,  there  were 
so  many  things  in  her  little  black  book  she 
could  not  understand. 


By  and  by  she  climbed  the  hill  again 
with  a  basket  of  eggs.  It  should  be  through 
no  fault  of  hers  if  she  failed  to  see  the 
missionary.    But  again  she  was  refused. 

"Then  take  in  the  eggs,"  she  said.  "Teli 
Iiim  they  come  from  one  of  his  own  people. 

Before  another  sun  Dr.  Butler  and  his 
family,  under  a  heavy  guard  of  soldiers, 
had  been  hustled  on  board  a  train  and  sent 
cut  of  reach  of  the  excited  people. 

Now  Dr.  Butler,  whom  the  members  of 
(he  Mission  tenderly  call  the  "Brazilian  St. 
Paul,"  is  by  no  means  a  quitter.  Further; 
more,  the  basket  of  eggs  and  the  accompany- 
ing message  had  revealed  the  presence  of  at 
least  one  Christian  believer.  And  so  Dr. 
Butler,  after  waiting  for  the  excitement  to 
subside,  quietly  went  back.  His  reception 
was  not  friendly,  and  day  after  day  as  he 
went  out  among  the  people  he  doubted  it 
he  would  return  alive.  But  he  stayed  on 
and  worked.  Our  old  woman  brought  her 
bundle  to  their  house.  "I  have  come  to 
stay,"  she  said.  "1  can  pound  your  coffee 
and  rice  and  carry  your  water." 

Many  a  time  as  she  came  into  the  house 
a  shower  of  stones  followed  her.  When  she 
was  warned  of  her  danger  and  cautioned 
not  to  show  herself  lest  she  be  killed,  a 
radiant  smile  lighted  up  her  face  and  she 
asked  eagerly,  "O  do  you  think  He  would 
count  me  worthy  to  die  for  Him?" 

Such  was  the  seed  time.  Now  what  of 
the  harvest?  Dr.  Butler's  church  in  this 
village  now  numbers  five  or  six  hundred 
people.  Verily,  "he  that  goeth  forth  and 
reapeth  bearing  precious  seed,  shall  doubt- 
less come  again  with  rejoicing  bringing 
his  sheaves  with  him." 


HAVE  CONDITIONS  IMPROVED  IN  MEXICO? 

Alice  J.  McClelland. 


AS  we  read  in  the  morning  paper  of  a 
particularly  horrible  bandit  attack  on 
a  passenger  train  my  companion 
asked,  "Do  you  think  that  Mexico  is  any 
better  off  than  when  Diaz  was  in  power? 
I  hesitated,  prospecting  around  in  my  mind 
for  something  witty  to  say,  and  then  an- 
swered, "That  is  not  a  fair  question.  Com- 
pnrisons  are  still  odious,  as  they  were  in 
Shakespeare's  day." 

The  time  before  the  revolution  and  the 
present  are  so  different  that  comparison  is 
impossible.  The  Diaz  government  was  im- 
possible and  could  stand  no  longer.  The 
liiesent  government  is  not  impassible,  aiid 
I  find  no  one  on  the  giound  who  can  think 
of  any  Mexican  who  would  do  better  than 
the  present  head  of  the  government.  Now 


that  we  are  able  to  contemplate  Russia  after 
the  collapse  of  an  absolute  despotism,  we 
see  how  much  worse  Mexico  might  be.  Men 
without  Christian  morals  cannot  be  ex- 
pected to  govern  unselfishly  for  the  good 
of  humanity.  But  we  may  compare  the  con- 
ditions under  which  missionaries  now  work 
with  those  before  the  revolution. 

When  the  firsi  missionaries  came  to  Mex- 
ico they  faced  physical  danger  at  every  turn 
rnd  expected  nothing  else.  The  country  was 
wild  and  fanatical.  The  missionary  took 
his  life  in  hi'^  hand  and  went  ahead  where 
duty  called  him,  regardless  of  peril.  But 
later  there  came  a  time  when  "Don  Poi- 
firio"  made  Mexico  a  playground  for  tour- 
ists and  one  could  travel  from  one  end  of 
the  country  to  the  other  as  safely  as  in  the 


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L'nited  States.  Fanaticism  broke  down  in 
a  large  measure  and  the  missionary  was 
safe  to  preach  or  to  teach  wherever  he 
chose. 

Then,  after  fifteen  years  or  so  of  security, 
missionary  history  reversed,  for  Mexico  re- 
verted to  type.  The  heathenism  which  had 
been  covered  up  with  a  gloss  of  civilization 
canie  to  the  surface  and  has  been  in  plain 
sight  ever  since.  From  being  a  paiadise 
for  tourists  it  has  come  to  be  a  country 
where  no  one  ever  travels  for  pleasure.  The 
missionary  travels  when  his  work  demaui  s 
it,  but  he  takes  his  life  in  his  hanu  every 
time  he  boards  a  train,  regardless  of  peril, 
as  did  his  first  predecessoi  s. 

Another  change,  due  to  ihese  same  dis- 
turbed conditions,  is  the  concentration  if 
the  work  in  the  cities  and  the  abandoning 
of  what  was  before  known  as  "field  work.  ' 
Our  "field"  men  formerly  kept  horses  ana 
some  kind  of  vehicles  to  travel  to  the 
ranches,  far  from  the  more  populated  cen- 
ters. In  these  days  of  bandits  a  horse  is 
anybody's  propeny  as  soon  as  it  gets  out- 
side the  city  limits.  A  foreigner,  especially 
an  American,  is  liable  to  be  kidnapped  and 
held  for  ransom  if  he  ventures  tar  from  the 
city.  Not  long  ago  when  a  missionary  nurse 
was  leaving  the  town  for  the  city  a  man 
tried  to  drag  her  off  the  platform  of  ttie 
Pullman  car  as  the  train  was  starting.  She 
managed  to  push  him  off  the  train. 

The  cost  of  living  has  made  another  dif- 
ference in  our  work.  In  days  gone  by  'iii 
missionary  in  Mexico  could  live  in  comfort 
on  a  salary  which  seemed  small  to  people 
at  home.  Now  living  is  higher  than  in  lUe 
States,  and  yet  very  few  salaries  have  beou 
increased.  Naturally  the  cost  of  all  the  mis- 
sion work  has  advanced  accordingly,  Ap- 
propriations for  schools,  which  were  ample 
before  the  change,  are  now  so  small  that 
the  schools  can  barely  exist  on  them,  and 
improvement  is  out  of  the  question.  The 
missionaries  are  burdened  with  the  scarcity 
of  funds,  almost  to  the  point  of  despair. 
The  principal  of  one  school  said  the  other 
day  \hat  she  thought  she  would  suggest  to 
the  mission  that  they  close  the  school  for 
one  year  and  ask  the  board  to  use  the  ap- 
propriation to  get  the  equipment  into  some- 
thing like  order.  This  shortness  of  funds 
exists  in  spite  of  the  fact  that  the  Mexicans 
themselves  pay  many  times  as  much  as  I'ley 
formerly  did  for  school  tuition  and  boaid. 
Antiquated  text-books  and  equipment  coi  - 
tinue  to  serve,  because  there  is  no  money 
to  buy  anything  new.  Food  and  household 
supplies  have  increased  from  one  hundred 
to  four  hundred  per  cent,  in  price.  Coffee 
is.  the  only  article  which  has  fallen  in  pric^-. 
A  bath  is  the  only  one  which  remains  the 

same,  but  soap  has  risen  300  per  cent. 


But  the  changes  are  not  all  for  the  worse. 
The  awakening  which  the  revolution  brought 
has  created  a  great  demand  tor  instruction, 
both  secular  and  religious.  Fanaticism  has 
practically  disappeared  and  everywr.ere 
there  is  a  welcome  for  the  Bible  and  Chris- 
tian literature.  Protestant  churches  are 
better  attended  than  ever  before  and  all  our 
schools  are  full.  In  the  schools  of  manv 
cities  there  is  getting  to  be  a  good  spriak- 
ling  of  Protestant  teachers  and  they  are 
making  their  influence  for  i  ighteousness 
felt.  Many  believe  we  are  on  the  evr  of  a 
great  spiritual  harvest. 

We  are  also  debtors  to  the  levolution  tor 
much  of  the  increase  of  co-operation  anioim 
the  diffeient  denominations  sustaining  mis 
sion  work  in  Mexico,  The  "Cincinnati  P'au  ' 
for  the  redistribution  of  the  territory  am«^ng 
the  different  missions  has  been  carried  out 
to  a  large  extent,  the  Union  Evangelical 
Seminary  for  the  training  of  minister,  is 
in  successful  operation,  and  further  i)i.".ns 
for  closer  co-operation  are  being  carried 
out. 

We  expect  financial  and  political  condi- 
tiors  to  improve  now  that  the  world  war  is 
over. 'but  we  do  not  squander  our  present 
opportunity  hoping  for  better  times.  We 
are  convinced  that  Protestant  Christianity 
is  Mexico's  only  hope,  and  that  we  must 
accept  the  present  conditions  until  Chris- 
tianity is  strong  enough  to  furnish  states- 
men. No  one  wishes  for  another  dictator- 
ship, even  for  the  sake  of  security.  Some 
progress  has  been  made  in  the  matter  of 
statesmen,  since  Sr.  Andres  Osuna  has  been 
made  governor  of  the  State  of  Tamaulipas. 
Prof.  Moises  Sainz,  at  the  head  of  the  gov- 
ernment high  school  in  Mexico  City,  is  an- 
othei-  Protestant  who  stands  on  his  own 
merits  and  commands  universal  respect. 

The  pacification  of  the  outlying  districts 
may  be  brought  about  by  evangelization.  We 
must  go  out  as  the  first  missionaries  did, 
with  our  lives  in  God's  keeping.  Perhaps 
missionaries  have  grown  timid  about  facing 
physical  danger,  and  boards  do  not  want  to 
invest  money  in  property  that  may  belong 
to  them  or  to"  the  Mexican  Government  or 
may  go  up  in  smoke  from  a  bandit's  match. 
More  risk  will  have  to  be  taken  in  the  mat- 
ter of  property,  and  if  missionaries  of  the 
John  G.  Paton  type  are  necessary  to  evan- 
gelize Mexico  we  may  secure  them  from  the 
brave  soldier  boys  who  come  back  from 
France.  At  any  rate,  in  some  way,  by  the 
power  of  God,  and  the  sacrificial  service  of 
missionaries,  Mexico  must  be  evangelized. — 
Missionary  Review  of  the  Worhl. 

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MISSIONS:  THE  MOBILIZING  OF  THE  CHURCH  MILITANT. 

RotKWKM.  Harmon  Pottkk,  D.  D. 
ENLISTING  THE  RANK  AND  FILE. 


-  I  ■»  HEY  tell  us  that  they  want  songs  for 
I  the  army.  They  want  song  leaders 
*  lor  the  army.  They  are  training  vol- 
unteers lor  this  service.  They  are  asking 
for  songs  fi-om  the  heart  of  the  nation.  This 
is  good.  An  army  that  can  keep  singing  is 
an  aimy  that  cannot  be  beaten.  An  army 
that  can  sing  with  full  voice  and  with  tones 
that  float  out  about  the  advancing  host  is  a 
victorious  army.  We  have  guLten  our  army; 
they  have  begun  to  sing;  they  have  a  few 
songs.  They  need  moie  s-ongs  and  they  need 
to  be  trained  to  sing  them. 

Now  the  case  is  otherwise  with  the 
church.  We  in  the  church  have  plenty  of 
feongs,  and  after  a  fashion  we  have  plenty 
of  singing.  The  question  with  us  is.  Can 
we  live  up  to  our  songs?  We  sing  "Onward 
Christian  Soldiers,"  and  "Like  a  Mighty 
Army,"  and  "Brightly  Gleams  Our  Ban- 
ner," and  "Put  on  the  Gospel  Armor,"  ana 
"Go  Forward,  Christian  Soldier,"  and  "Fling 
Out  the  Banner,"  and  "0  Zion,  Haste,"  and 
"Jesus  Shall  Reign,"  and  'Lead  On,  0  King 
Eternal."  We  are  strong  on  our  singing, 
but  when  it  comes  to  living  up  to  our  songs, 
and  working  up  to  our  songs  and  fighting 
up  to  our  songs,  we  are  not  conspicuous  for 
numbers,  for  leadership,  for  enthusiasm,  for 
patience  or  for  courage.  We  talk  about  the 
(hurch  militant  as  though  it  were  "terrible 
as  an  army  with  banners,"  and  we  sing 
about  the  church  triumphant  as  though  it 
were  as  restful  as  the  singing  angels  around 
the  great  white  throne.  But  an  unprejudiced 
observer  who  should  watch  our  life  and 
.=pivice  might  gain  the  impression  that  we 
had  gotten  things  mixed  and  were  seeking 
to  pass  through  the  experiences  of  the 
church  triumphant  here  and  to  leave  the 
experiences  of  the  church  militant  for  the 
hereafter.  I  fear  the  ordinary  church  ser- 
vice would  not  impress  such  an  observer 
with  its  likeness  to  a  military  training 
camp.  I  fear  he  would  look  upon  the  saints 
assembled  and  say  to  them,  "This  is  not  a 
fighting  army;  it's  a  resting  mob." 

Now  the  hymn  book  agrees  with  the  New 
Testament  in  summoning  the  church  to  a 
life  of  conflict.  We  have  a  conquest  to 
achieve.  The  pity  of  it  is  that  our  program 
has  ever  been  anything  else  than  a  conquest 
program.  We  have  foes  to  fight  "principali- 
ties," "powers,"  "world  rulers  of  this  dark- 
ness," "spiritual  hosts  of  wickedness."  We 
are  warned  that  they  are  in  "high  places." 
Wo  suspect  that  they  are  also  deeply  en- 
trenched. We  are  called  upon  to  adopt  noth- 


ing less  than  "unconditional  surrender"  as 
the  watchword  of  our  campaign. 

Now  our  fiist  necessity  is  the  necessity 
of  soldiers.  We  must  recruit  the  rank  and 
file.  We  must  enlist  the  men  and  the  wo- 
men, the  youths  and  the  maidens,  the  boys 
and  the  girls  into  the  fighting  hosts  of  the 
Church  of  Goa. 

We  must  offer  worthy  motives  to  sec 'ire 
these  enlistments.  Foremost  among  thjse 
is  the  motive  of  human  need.  As  the  heart 
of  America  responded  when  the  needs  of  op- 
l)ressed  nations  were  made  plain  and  clear, 
so  the  hearts  of  the  people  of  our  churches 
will  respond  if  only  we  can  make  plain  and 
clear  to  them  the  desperate  need  of  tne 
hearts  of  men  for  the  ministry  of  the  truth 
and  grace  of  God.  By  every  means  that  has 
been  used  and  found  effective,  by  every 
means  which  our  utmost  ingenuity  can  de- 
vise, we  must  make  known  to  our  possible 
recruits  the  desperate  needs  of  the  life  ot 
men  who  know  not  God's  truth  and  who 
feel  not  the  power  of  His  love.  We  must 
look  upon  missionary  literature  not  as  fo 
much  junk  for  the  waste  basket,  but  as  the 
material  of  our  propaganda.  Picture  and 
poster,  lantern  slide  and  sDoken  word,  nymu 
and  prayer — these  all  must  be  taxed  with 
the  questions.  Will  this  reveal  the  needs  of 
men?  Will  this  make  the  needs  vivid  and 
appealing,  so  that  recruits  will  answer  in 
the  presence  of  this  call,  "here  am  I,  seaJ 
me,"  as,  under  the  lifted  flag,  our  boys  hav? 
offered  themselves  when  they  heard  the  cry 
of  Belgium  and  Serbia  and  Armenia? 

We  must  use  the  motive  of  a  worthy  pur- 
pose. Our  army  in  France  is  fighting  to 
"make  the  world  a  decent  place  to  live  in. 
Are  we  not  clear  that  this  task  can  never  be 
accomplished  by  military  armies  alone,  that 
there  is  needed  the  moral  and  spiritual 
forces  of  the  Church  of  the  living  Gt)d  to 
proclaim  His  truth  and  His  love  in  such 
wise  that  these  shall  lay  hold  of  the  life  of 
the  peoples  to  order  them  in  obedience  to 
His  blessed  will?  Missions  is  not  the  es- 
tablishment of  churches,  it  is  not  the  plant- 
ing of  schools;  it  is  not  the  sending  of 
teachers;  it  is  not  the  healing  of  the  sick; 
it  is  not  the  ministry  of  comforts  to  little 
children  and  to  feeble  folk  and  to  aged  peo- 
ple. Missions  is  all  these  things,  but  it  is 
all  these  things  in  order  that  the  world 
may  be  made  a  blessed  place  to  live  in.  We 
need  to  lift  the  high  banner  of  a  worthy 
purpose  over  this  mighty  and  manifold  mis- 
sionary enterprise.    Every  gleaming  woi'd 


Fortign 
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of  Scripture,  from  the  radiance  of  the  .snr- 
den  on  its  first  page,  to  the  glory  of  tl^e 
city  on  its  last,  must  be  seen  to  illumine 
the  folds  of  the  banner  under  which  we  fight 
and  to  shine  upon  the  standards  which  we 
follow  and  must  continue  to  follow. 

We  must  use  the  motive  of  a  great  loyal- 
ty. The  hearts  of  our  people  are  conimittt.1 
to  Jesus.  The  revelation  of  God's  love  'n 
him  is  the  trust  and  the  hope  of  their  souls 
We  must  lead  them  to  see  that  it  is  he 
that  calls  them  to  give  themselves  to  ttiis 
service  and  this  sacrifice;  mat  it  is  he 
who  speaks  to  them  as  once  to  the  apostle 
that  loved  him  of  old,  saying,  "What  is 
that  to  thee?  Fellow  thou  me";  that  his 
is  the  spiritual  presence  that  in  lonely  pla':-p 
on  the  plains  or  hidden  deep  among  rhe 
mountains,  or  in  crowded  places  in  the  great 
cities,  asks  for  the  use  of  their  hands  that 
he  may  again  touch  human  hurt  with  his 
healing;  for  the  use  of  their  feet  that  he 
may  again  be  swift  in  the  errands  of  mer- 
cy; for  the  use  of  their  lips,  that  he  may 
aguin  speak  words  for  gracious  guidaa^e 


and  for  the  blessing  of  hope;  for  the  use 
of  their  gifts,  that  he  may  again  multiply 
tlieni  for  the  needs  oi"  the  multitude;  foi  the 
very  beating  of  their  hearts,  that  he  may 
again  fold  the  weary  and  sin-sick  peoples 
to  the  breast  of  his  great  compassion. 

Let  us  proclaim  these  worthy  motives  of 
our  great  adventure  with  God.  Let  us  be 
confident  in  their  power  to  win  the  needed 
response,  to  enlist  the  necessary  recruits, 
to  fill  up  the  number  of  the  elect  who  are 
chosen  not  for  privilege,  but  for  peril,  for 
hardship,  for  sacrifice.  So  let  us  summon 
the  Christians  of  the  churches  to  advance 
to  the  posts  where  the  banner  of  the  Church 
has  ever  been  lifted.  So  let  us  call  upon 
them  to  lift  the  level  of  their  life  and  ser- 
vice until  it  be  worthy  of  the  songs  they 
sing.  So  let  us,  with  our  brethren,  take 
again  the  high  vows  of  the  Christian  sol- 
dier, and  pray  God  that  we  may  be  num- 
bered with  those  who  "with  their  Leader 
have  conquered  in  the  fight." — The  Ameri- 
((in  Misstonari/. 


MISSIONARY  BIBLE  STUDIES. 

Rev.  S.^Mi  Ki.  M.  Zwemkr,  D.  D.,  Cairo,  Egypt. 
CHRISTIANITY  REVEALED  IN  THE  GREAT  COMMISSION. 


"And  Jesus  came  and  spake  unto  them, 
saying:  "All  power  is  given  unto  me  in 
heaven  and  in  earth.  Go  ye  therefore  and 
teach  all  nations,  baptizing  them  in  the 
name  of  the  Father,  and  of  the  Son,  and 
of  the  Holy  Ghost;  teaching  them  to  ob- 
serve all  things  whatsoever  1  have  com- 
manded you;  and.  lo,  I  am  xcith  you  alway. 
even  unto  the  end  of  the  world." — Matthew 
28:18-20. 

THE  four  gospels  give  the  last  command 
of  Christ  as  the  Magna  Charta,  the 
"marching    orders,"    divine  program 
and  authority  for  the  missionary  task. 
The  distinction : 

Matt.  28:18-20— Why  we  are  to  go— "All 

power  is  given  unto  me." 
Mark    16:15 — To    whom    to    go — "Every 
creature." 

Luke   24:47-49 — Order   of   going — "Begin- 
ning at  Jerusalem." 
John  20:21 — Spirit  of  messenger — "As  my 

Father  hath  sent  me." 
In  Matthew's  account  of  the  Apostolic 
Commission  to  the  pioneers  of  the  world- 
wide program — we  have  in  germ  the  whole 
character  of  Christianity.  It  is  to  dominate 
the  world  because: 

J.  It  is  final  and  absolute.    "All  authority 
hath  been  given  unto  me  in  heaven  and  on 
earth."    Jesus  Christ  is — The  Only  Saviour; 


The  Perfect  Saviour;  T'he  AU-Powerful  Sa- 
viour.   Son  of  Man- — Son  of  God. 

II.  It  is  vital  and  aggressive.  "Go  ye." 
They  went.  Apostles.  Mediaeval  Missions; 
Raymund  Lull;  Modern  Missions;  Wm. 
Carey,  etc. 

III.  It  is  universal.  "Into  all  the  world.  ' 
Twelve  men  on  a  mountain  in  Galilee. 

One  century  later — Jerusalem  to  Spain. 
Five  centuries  later — Conquered  Europe. 
Fourteen  centuries  later — Crossed  Atlan 
tic. 

Eighteen  centuries  later — Belted  globe. 
Nineteen    centuries    later — Occupied  all 
lands. 

Twenty  centuries  later — Christianizing 
all  nations. 

IV.  It  is  Trinitarian.  "Baptizing  into  the 
name  (One)  of  the  Father,  and  of  the  Son, 
and  of  the  Holy  Spirit"  (three  persons)  — 
So  it  has  been  interpreted  in  the  Gospels, 
Epistles,  Apocalypse  and  Church  Councils. 

V.  It  is  Ethical.  The  precepts  and  exam- 
ple of  Christ  give  the  highest  ideals,  high- 
est motives.  "Teaching  them  to  observe 
whatsoever  I  have  commanded  you.") 

VI.  It  is  Triumphant.  ("Lo,  1  am  with 
you  .  .  .")  All  the  non-Christian  religions 
mourn  the  absence  of  their  leaders  ana 
founders.  But  Christ  lives,  reigns  and  will 
return. — Missionary  Hevieic  of  the  World. 


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HIDDEN  TREASURE. 


1.  AVanted.  $r., 000, 000!   Where  and  for  what? 
There  are  some  "dead  lands"  in  Europe. 

What  are  they  and  why  "dead"? 
3.  The   first   12   years  of  missionary  effort 

broug'lit     no     converts,     the     next  12 

biought   1.001.  Where? 
A.  Fourteen    different    Protestant  societies, 

represf  n  tiiig    seven    nationalities,  met 

in  cor.fc  rence  r.??ently.    Where  and  lor 

what? 

fi.  Three   layers   of   woolens,   a    heavy  coat 
and   a  heav\-    padded   coat   lined  witli 


sheep  skin  worn  by  one  missionary. 
Was  he  overcome  with  the  neat? 

fi.  The  "cradle  of  the  Tsing-kiang-pu  Mis- 
sion" after  30  years'  use  has  been  su- 
perceded.   By  what? 

7.  Miss  Dong  knows  her  Bible  and  knows 
I'ow   to  use  it.     Where  did  she  learn? 

H.  Sold — one  straw  hut.     For  how  much? 

H.  .A   woman,  a  soldier  and  a  "little  black 

hook"     Wliat  (lid   they  ao-'omplish? 
in.  The    revolution    in    Mexico    lias  wrought 
some  good.     What  is  it? 


SENIOR  FOREIGN  MISSION  PROGRAM  FOR  JUNE,  1919. 

.■Arranged  h.\-  Miss  Margai-et  McNeilly, 
'I'oi.'if — KfliK-ntionnl   iiiiil   I  iidiSKtriiil  ^llssion». 


Hymn — Throw  Out   the  I.ife-l>ine, 

Prayer — Invocation. 

Sci-ipture   reading — Matt.  28:15>-20. 

Prayer  for  Kducational  and  Industrial  vvork 

in  our  mission  fields. 
M  in  utes. 

Roll  Call — .Answei  with  the  name  of  a  Mis- 

.lion  School. 
Business. 
Offering. 
Solo — Selected. 
Qui/, — Hidden  Treasure. 

Topical — Educational     and     Industrial  Mis- 
sions. 

Have  Conditions  Improved  in  Mex- 
ico? 

Impressions    of     Mission    Work  in 
China. 

,    Reports   of  Our  Mission  Schools. 


H\mn — Selected. 

Prayer,   closing   with   the   Lord's   Prayer  in 
concert. 

SUGGESTIONS. 

From  the  Annual  Report  of  Foreign  Mis- 
sions get  the  school  reports.  If  you  haven't 
a  copy,  write  to  the  Educational  Department 
of  the  Executive  Committee  of  Foreign  Mis- 
sions and  ask  for  one.  It  is  yours  for  the 
asking. 

The  Church  Calendar  of  Prayer  will  give 
you  the  needed  information  for  Roll  Call. 

We  have  again  changed  the  name  of  the 
nuestions.  They  appear  under  the  head  of 
■Hidden  Treasure," 

Pray  earnestly  for  the  teachers  and  pu- 
pils of  our  Mission  Schools, 


COMPARATIVE  STATEMENT— FOREIGN  MI.S.SION  RECEIPT.S. 

Receipts  applicable  to  regular  appropriation — 

April  1919  1918 

Churches    S58,3f)6  3.")       $      M  .2i7  34 

Churches — Africa..                          ._                                                                             .  00 

Sundav  Schools     92H  44  TO.')  .'?9 

Sunday  Schools — .Africa..                                                                          .           .     .  (57  64  114  6f> 

Sumlay  Schools— China     .598  94  .570  32 

SunHav  Schools — Korea   :    741)  91 

Societies        11), 041  (Hi  0,2S2  4:t 

Societies — .  lii.a.        17  7.5 

Societies — China..     28  40 

Societies — C.  E  Misrijiiarits    -     648  75  187  'C 

Miscellaneous  DonafionF       3. 080  71  0,421  01 

Miscellaneous  Donations — •' fii  a     .5  00 

.Miscellaneous  Donations — China     12  .50 

Miscellaneous  Donations — C.  E.  Missionaries   5  00 

S7o,119  76        $      48,616  .■17 

Legacies    .•     2.200  32 

«77,320  08       S      48,616  37 


Initial  appropriation  for  year  endinn  March  31, 
Deficit  March  31,  1919  


,Va.i/nl//c,  r^/l 


April  30,  1919. 


S    825,839  17 
216.657  19 


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Mrs  W.  C.  Winsborough,  Supt.  and  Editor,  520-21  Delmar  Buildino,  St.  Loria,  Mo 

"Render  unto  Caesar  the  things  thai  are  Caesar's  and  unto  God  the  things  that  are  Goi  i" 
 i  


ARE  YOU  GOING  TO  THE 
WOMAN'S  CONVENTION,  ATLANTA,  GA., 
JUNE  10-11-12? 

This  meeting  parallels  the  Layman's  Missionary  Movement  Con- 
vention, same  time  and  city,  and  the  programs  will  present  to  both 
Conventiotts  speakers  of  national  reputation.    In  addition  to  these,  the 
Woman's  Convention  will  hear  women  speakers  of  outstanding  ability. 
No  woman  in  the  church  can  afford  to  miss  it. 
COME. 


TEXAS  THE  BEAUTIFUL. 


HAVE  you  seen  the  "blue-bonnets"  of 
Texas?  Have  you  picked  the  stately 
poppies  flaunting  their  radiance  to 
the  passing  breeze?  Have  you  reveled  in 
the  riot  of  color  of  the  prairies  in  the 
spring,  gorgeous  with  Indian  pink  and  wild 
verbena,  where  glowing  primroses  vie  with 
buttercups,  violets  and  sweet  Williams  in 
turning  the  landscape  into  a  riot  of  color? 
Truly  Texas  might  well  be  called  the  land 
of  flowers. 

But  the  State  of  Texas  has  energy  as  well 
as  beauty,  and  the  Presbyterian  women  of 
that  State  are  doing  wonderful  work.  The 
distances  are  so  great  in  this  wonderful 
State  that  it  requires  six  week  to  visit  the 
Presbyterials,  but  a  little  glimpse  of  those 
in  the  south  and  eastern  part  of  the  State 
will  serve  as  an  index  to  the  work  which 
all  are  doing. 

A  visit  to  the  local  churches  of  Texarkana 
was  our  first  introduction  to  the  work  ot 
the  State.  Although  we  could  stop  only 
between  trains,  two  meetings  were  arranged 
for.  At  noon  a  delightful  luncheon  was 
served  in  the  church,  at  which  were  present 
about  seventy-five  business  women  from  the 


city.  Automobiles  had  been  sent  to  bring 
these  from  their  place  of  business  in  store, 
shop  and  school  in  order  that  they  might 
have  ample  time  for  luncheon  and  for  lis- 
tening to  a  talk  and  still  be  back  at  their 
places  of  business  in  time.  It  was  a  rare 
opportunity  to  meet  such  a  splendid  group 
of  worth-while  women,  and  their  intelligent 
faces  and  interested  manner  indicated  the 
possibilities  wrapped  up  in  these  lives.  They 
expect  to  organize  a  business  women's  cir- 
cle as  a  result  of  this  meeting. 

The  afternoon  meeting  in  the  church  was 
attended  by  about  one  hundred  ladies  from 
the  two  churches  of  the  city. 

This  program  was  practically  duplicated 
later  at  Tyler,  where  the  business  women 
were  gathered  at  a  delightful  luncheon  in 
the  church  at  noon,  and  the  women  of  the 
city  later  in  the  afternoon.  Texas  is  pre- 
paring to  round  up  the  business  women  of 
her  State  into  church  work. 

Delightful  meetings  were  held  with  the 
local  societies  at  San  Antonio,  Austin  ana 
San  Marcos.  At  each  of  these  places  a 
charming  group  of  aggressive  and  able 
women  were  present. 


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The  three  Presbyter ial  meetings  attended 
were  well  conducted  and  most  excellent  pro- 
grams were  rendered.  Reports  showed  an 
advance  along  every  department  of  work. 

Among  the  most  delightful  features  ot 
the  trip  was  a  visit  to  the  Texas-Mexican 
Institute,  or  "Tex.-Mex.."  as  it  is  fondly 
called  in  Texas.  It  is  not  often  that  a  hart) 
job  finds  the  right  man,  but  in  the  case  of 
"Tex.-Mex."  and  Dr.  Skinner,  they  have 
truly  met.  The  farm  which  Tex.-Mex.  owns 
is  beautifully  located,  and  is  being  rapidly 
brought  under  cultivation  by  Dr.  Skinner 
and  his  willing  helpers.  A  beautiful  herd 
of  Jersey  cows  are  also  a  possession  of  the 
institute,  while  not  least  to  be  reckoned 
with  is  a  goodly  group  of  Dui  oc  Jersey  pigs, 
evidently  Dr.  Skinner's  especial  delight. 

The  draft  mad^  sad  inioads  into  the  at 
tendance  upon  the  school,  but  things  are 
again  resuming  their  normal  course,  and  a 
group  of  most  interesting  Mexican  boys  are 
under  Dr.  Skinner's  guidance.  One  who  sees 
in  Texas  the  hundreds  and  thousands  ol 
Mexicans  can  but  be  impressed  with  the 
impoi'tance  of  the  opportunity  afforded  the 


church  in  their  evangelization. 

The  beautiful  little  Mexican  church  in 
San  Antonio,  w'liich  was  buili  by  the  gifts 
of  the  women  of  the  church  two  years  ago, 
is  a  source  of  great  pride  hi  the  missionary 
in  charge  of  that  work.  Provisions  for  set- 
tlement work,  however,  are  greatly  needec 
there. 

The  building  in  which  the  mission  is 
conducted  in  San  Marcos  is  the  rudest  kind 
of  barn-like  frame  building,  and  should  cer 
tainly  be  replaced  by  one  better  suited  to 
the  work. 

A  visit  to  the  Texas  Presbyteiian  College 
■at  Milford  was  a  pleasing  close  to  the  hur- 
ried trip.  Dr.  Evans  has  a  delightful  plant 
for  his  excellent  work,  and  is  doing  service 
that  ranks  with  the  very  best  educational 
work  of  any  church.  It  was  oui-  pleasure 
to  meet  and  talk  with  nearly  one  hundred 
of  the  girls.  Their  bright  faces  and  robust 
bodies  gave  evidence  to  the  splendid  man- 
agement of  the  institution.  Truly  Texas  is 
a  land  of  wonderful  opportunity,  and  one 
can  but  be  proud  of  the  splendid  part  which 
our  Church  is  doing  there. 


PRAYER  AS  A  MISSIONARY  METHOD. 

Mr.s.  E.  C.  Cronk. 


FIRST  in  best  methods  for  missionary 
work  stands  prayer.  In  counting  our 
methods  of  work  we  do  not  count 
enough  on  this.  "If  you  cannot  do  any- 
thing else,"  we  say  comfortingly  to  the  in- 
efficient worker,  who  pleads  lack  of  tinip 
and  lack  of  every  other  qualification,  "you 
can  pray" — as  if  prayer  required  neither 
time  nor  any  other  qualification,  and  as  if 
prayer  were  a  sort  of  last  extremity  to  be 
resorted  to  "if  you  cannot  do  anything 
else."  Prayer  is  not  a  last  extremity,  but 
a  first  nece3sity.  It  requires  time,  and  costs 
more  than  most  people  are  willing  to  pay. 
"I  would  rather  teach  one  man  how  to  pray 
lhan  teach  ten  men  how  to  preach,"  said  a 
great  teacher  of  theology.  Pre.iching  reaches 
the  heart  of  men,  but  prayer  reaches  the 
heart  of  God  also. 

The  apostle  Paul  regarded  prayer  as  a 
method  of  work,  a  great  avenue  of  service. 
To  him  it  was  no  half-hearted  spiritual 
form,  but  a  real  missionary  service  and 
labor.  He  used  the  phrase,  "Laboring  fer- 
vently for  you  in  prayer,"  and  classed  thosu 
who  prayed  as  his  real  co-laborers.  "Ye 
also  helping  together  by  prayer  for  us,' 
and,  "Strive  together  with  me  in  your 
prayers  to  God  for  me,"  besought  this  great 
pioneer  missionary  of  the  early  Christians. 
He  recognized  that  his  victories  came 
through  the  prayers  of  those  who  interceded 
for  him,  fo  rhe  wrote,  "Through  your 
prayers  I  shall  be  given  unto  you."    In  to- 


day's acts  of  the  apostles  prayer  has  the 
same  primal  place.  Pastor  Ding  Li  Mei, 
China's  great  man  of  prayer,  who  has  in- 
fluenced more  men  to  go  into  the  ministry 
and  other  forms  of  Christian  service  than 
any  other  man  of  modern  times  in  Asia, 
was  asked  by  some  one  who  marveled  at 
the  results  of  his  work  what  his  methoa 
was.  Pastor  Ding  answered  simply,  "I  have 
no  method  except  prayer." 

In  these  days,  when  there  is  so  much  de- 
mand for  new  methods  and  catchy  devices 
for  our  missionary  work,  let  us  make  sure 
that  deep  down  as  the  underlying  founda- 
tion of  every  other  method  we  place  prayer 
as  our  first  and  chief  est  method  of  work. 

Pk.WKR    1\    OfK    IXDIVIDUAI.  LiVES. 

A  boy  who  went  to  carry  an  important 
message  for  his  father  was  late  and  hur- 
ried off  to  the  task  as  fast  as  he  could. 
Breathless  and  exhausted,  he  reached  his 
destination:  then  he  gasped,  "Oh,  I  was  in 
such  a  hurry  1  forgot  to  get  the  message  ) 
came  to  bring."  In  the  busy  whirl  of  our 
lives  many  of  us  are  rushing  out  to  the 
task  to  which  we  have  consecrated  ourselves 
— the  cairying  of  his  messages — without 
tarrying  awhile  to  get  the  message  ere  we 
go,  without  interceding  for  the  work  ere 
we  face  it.  If  our  missionary  workers  would 
determine  upon  praver  as  their  chief  method 
of  work  what  could  we  not  accomplish? 


The  Woman's  'T~,,„    iv/r,  o 

Auxiliary  1  HE  M IS!- lOXA  P V  SURVEY.  365 


A  Defimik  Ti.mk  01'  Prayer. 

It  heartens  those  ol  us  who  arfe  weak  to 
catch  the  veiled  suggestion  that  even  to  a 
man  like  John  Wssley  there  must  have  com(! 
subtle  temptations  to  neglect  his  piayer  life, 
as  we  read  his  firm  resolution  with  which 
he  met  such  temptations:  "I  resolve  to  de- 
vote an  hour  morning  and  evening  to  pri- 
vate prayei',  no  pretense,  no  excuse  what- 
soever." As  we  go  out  to  prayerless  days 
of  work  we  can  but  doubt  the  sinceiity  of 
our  protestations,  of  insufficiency  fm-  the 
tasks  to  be  done,  when  we  claim  we  have 
so  much  to  do  we  have  no  time  for  prayer. 

A  missionary  who  has  lived  a  life  of 
power  in  Africa  was  asked  the  secret  <■■ 
that  power.  As  he  stcod  in  the  midst  oi 
the  little  prayer  group  at  a  summer  confer- 
ence those  around  him  almost  saw  a  halo 
on  his  head.  They  fancied  he  lived  far 
abnve  the  petty  annoyances  of  their  dau, 
lives.  They  were  brought  down  to  aa  every- 
day earth  when  he  told  them  that  his  secret 
was  an  alarm  clock.  Said  he,  "When  1 
first  went  to  Africa  the  great  rush  of  duties 
and  opportunities,  fairly  overwhelmed  me. 
Early  and  late  calls  came  and  knocks 
sounded  at  my  door.  Every  night  1  went 
to  bed  utterly  exhausted.  In  the  morning 
when  I  woke  I  thoJight.  'Snrolv  the  Lord 
would  rather  T  turned  over  and  took  an- 
other nap  to  fit  me  for  the  many  duties  i 
must  face  this  day.  than  that  I  should  get 
up  to  pray.'  Then  I  began  to  realize  that 
my  work  was  lacking  in  power,  so  I  re- 
solved to  get  up  an  hour  earlier  every  day 
and  to  spend  that  hour  in  prayer.  Through 
that  hour  of  prayer  God  has  wrought  great 
things  and  now  there  are  thousands  of 
Christians  in  our  mission  station  who  do 
not  know  that  Christians  anywhere  ever  at- 
tempt to  face  the  dutita  and  opportunities 
of  a  day  without  prayer." 

Prayer  in  Oi  r  Homes. 

Said  an  Oriental  student  who  spent  her 
Christmas  holiday  in  a  Christmas  home  in 
America,  "There's  one  thing  that  seems  very 
queer  to  me  about  your  homes  in  America. 
I  have  gone  to  your  churches  and  seen  you 
worship  the  God  in  your  churches,  and  1 
have  seen  the  students  worship  the  God 
in  your  colleges,  but  I  miss  the  God  in  your 
home.  In  my  country  every  house  has  its 
god-shelf  and  I  am  used  to  a  God  in  my 
home."  That  great  missionary  to  the  New 
Hebrides,  John  G.  Paton,  was  used  to  a  God 
in  his  home,  and  because  there  was  a 
method  of  prayer  in  the  old  Paton  home, 
and  because  of  the  earnest  petitions  offered 
at  that  family  altar,  the  great  hero  of  the 
New  Hebrides  received  his  first  missionary 
impulse,  as  he  testified  in  later  life. 

On  the  women  of  America  rests,  to  a  large 
extent,  the  responsibility  for  our  prayerless 


homes.  Ours  is  a  life  of  hurry  and  whirl- 
ing confusion.  If  we  could  only  know  the 
peace,  the  poise  and  the  power  of  the  homes 
in  which  fervent  prayer  is  wont  to  be  made, 
we  would  have  an  altar  in  our  homes  at  all 
cost.  We  can  do  it  if  we  will.  "But,"  says 
a  busy  mother,  "my  children  go  out  to  their 
work  at  different  hours  in  the  morning  and 
come  in  at  different  hours  at  night.  What 
chance  do  I  have  for  prayer  wjth  them? 
From  China  comes  t'.-.e  inspiration  of  a 
mother  who,  as  an  idol  worshipper,  had  been 
accust(  med  to  commend  her  children  to 
the  protection  of  her  gods.  When  she  be- 
came a  Christian  she  made  il  her  rule  to 
go  with  each  child  to  the  place  in  her  house 
which  she  set  apart  for  pra.ver  and  pray, 
so  that  each  one  went  out  to  the  day's  work 
with  his  mother's  prayers. 

Prayers  in  Our  Regular  Meetings. 

We  uo  not  take  enough  time  for  prayer 
in  our  regular  meetings.  Even  in  the  pe- 
riods of  intercession  at  our  conventions  and 
conferences  we  spend  a  large  part  of  the 
time  in  talking  about  the  importance  ot 
prayer  instead  of  in  praying:  then,  just 
before  the  bell  rings,  or  the  bugle  blows, 
we  .say  hurriedly  and  in  conclusion.  "Let 
us  pray." 

Our  programs  of  study  .-tre  planned  care- 
fully for  each  year.  Our  progiams  of  prayer 
should  be  just  as  carefully  planned.  A  good 
Committee  on  Intercession  can  do  much  to 
develop  the  prayer  life  of  the  members.  Let 
this  committee  study  carefully  the  needs, 
make  prayer  for  these  needs  an  important 
part  of  every  meeting,  giving  to  every  mem- 
ber at  the  close  of  each  meeting  a  card  on 
which  are  noted  things  for  which  especial 
prayer  is  to  be  offered  during  the  month, 
and  arranging  for  prayer  circles. 

"Shut  in  With  God." 

Tnere  are  always  those  who  are  "shut  in, " 
who  cannot  be  present  for  the  meetings.  For 
one  reason  or  another  they  must  be  shut 
out  from  attendance.  Why  shoulu  they  not 
be  "shut  in"  with  God  in  intercession?  A 
consecrated  young  worker  said,  "I  never  try 
to  hold  a  meeting  any  more  without  an  in- 
tercessor— some  one  who  is  P'aylng  while 
I  am  trying  to  lead  the  meeting."  Here 
opens  a  wide  door  of  active  participation 
in.  the  work  to  many  who  havi-  felt  that 
being  "shut  in"  must,  of  necessity,  mean 
being  "shut  out"  also.  A  Pennsylvania  pas- 
tor testifies  that  one  of  his  most  helpful 
listeners  is  a  woman  who  is  .so  totally  deat 
that  she  has  not  hoard  a  word  he  has  said 
for  years,  but  who  spends  the  hour  of  ser- 
vice interceding  for  him. 

Make  it  possible  for  all  of  those  who  are 
shut  out  from  the  meetings  for  any  cause  to 


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[June,  1919 


become  intercessors  by  fuinishing  them 
with  a  list  of  things  to  bo  pra\  ed  for,  and 
by  keeping  them  in  touch  with  the  work. 

Larger  Enlistment. 

Not  half  of  the  members  of  our  churches 
are  enlisted  in  the  missionary  work.  Each 
of  our  missionary  societies  should  have  a 
double  roll.  On  the  one  should  be  recorded 
the  names  of  those  who  are  members  ana 
on  the  other  the  names  of  those  who  should 
be  enlisted.    Copies  of  these  rolls  should  be 


furnished  each  member,  and  prayer  should 
be  made  for  those  who  are  not  interesteu. 
Instead  of  careless,  inaiffercnt  canvasses  for 
new  members,  each  canvass  should  begin  in 
prayer.  Different  circles  iliay  work  and 
pray  especially  for  the  members  assigned  to 
their  circle.  Some  of  the  most  gifted  work- 
ers in  missionary  service  today  are  there 
because  some  one,  perhaps  some  one  of  les- 
ser gifts,  prayed  for  them,  then  sought  them 
with  the  message,  "TTie  Master  is  come  and 
calleth  for  thee." — From  "Missionary  Re- 
vicu-  uf  the  World." 


THE  EXCITEMENT  OF  BEING  A  TREASURER. 

Edna  V.  Hughes. 


Have  you  ever  been  a  Treasurer  and  been 
troubled  with  the  blues 

Just  before  the  time  approaches  for  collect- 
ing yearly  dues? 

Has  your  heart  e'er  quailed  within  you? 
Have  you  trembled  through  and 
through, 

When  you  very  sweetly  ventured,  "Your 
mission  money's  due  ? 


Have  >  ou  ever  mado  collections  from  people 

slow  to  pay; 
Or,  have  you  met  a  lady  and  these  words 

heard  her  say : 
"Yes,  indeed,  my  money's  ready  now,  and 

you  may  have  it  all; 
I've  had  it  waiting  for  you  whenever  you 

should  call?" 


Has  the  lady  ever  viewed  you  with  a  look 

both  mild  and  meek, 
Saying,  "I  forgot  to  bring  it,  but  I'll  surely 

pay  next  week." 
And  when  next  week  came  round,  you  were 

once  more  put  to  rout. 
When  you  walked  five  miles  to  see  her — 

and  found  the  lady  out! 


Have  you  ever  had  a  member,  before  the 

sum  was  due. 
Not  wait  for  you  to  come  around,  but  pay 

her  dues  to  you? 
There's  excitement  in  this  office,  for  you're 

always  in  suspense. 
But  when  at  last  the  money   comes— ah, 

there's  the  recompense. 


Have  you  ever  asked  for  money  and  re- 
ceived an  injured  look? 

With,  "I'll  pay  this  time,  but  then  remove 
my  name  from  off  the  book." 

Have  you  ever  tried  collecting  tor  a  cause 
both  great  and  true. 

When  the  dues  were  paid  unwillingly  as  a 
favor  just  to  you? 


If  you  think  the  cause  is  worthy,  ,\our  duty 

you'll  not  shirk. 
But  to  get  the  money  promis'^d,  you'll  work 

and  work  and  work! 
And    now,   missionary   women,    here's  the 

word  that's  meant  for  you: 
Please  try  to  pay  your  money  whene'er  your 

dues  are  due. 


And  to  yon,  hard-working  Treasurer:  Be  not 

discouraged  quite; 
Keeping  on  forever  at  it,  brings  everything 

out  right. 

And,  faithful,  toiling  Treasurer,  when  your 

spirits  plunge  way  d.'wn. 
Remember,  for  your  efforts,  there'll  be  stars 

within  your  crown! 


Japanese  'lecorations  on  thf  platform  at  the  Japanese  meeting  of  the  Government 
Street  Woman's  Auxiliary,  Mobile,  Ala. 


SUMMER  CONFERENCES  OF  OUR  CHURCH,  1919. 


WOMAN'S  School  of  Missions— M.on- 
treat,  July  13-21.  The  best  program 
\et  presented  will  be  enjoyed  by 
fully  four  hundred  women  of  our  Church. 
You  cannot  afford  to  miss  it!  Come. 

Woman's  Conferen<e — Belhaven  College, 
Jackson,  Miss.,  June  18-26. 

Kerrville  Conference — L,ast  of  July. 
Tuscaloosa  Confcrencv  for  Negro  Women 


CP  forward  a  contribution  for  expenses  to 
A.  W.  Sharp,  Hurt  Building.  Atlanta,  Ga. 

Young  People's  Conference Montrea.t. 
June  26-July  6. 

North  Carolina  Young  People's  Confer- 
ence— Queen's  College,  Charlotte,  N.  C, 
June  2-8. 

Oklahoma    Yoioki    Pruph's  Conference— 


September  21-27.  Select  a  delegate  to  send     Last  of  July. 


when:- 

The  Immediacy  of  Our  Task. 
Do  It  Now. 


WE  are  living  in  an  age  ot  urgency 
and  immediacy.  We  count  time  no 
longer  with  a  sand-glass,  but  with  a 
stoT)  watch.  Every  second  counts.  Over  the 
desk  of  the  business  man  you  may  see  in 
large  letters,  "Do  it  now."  To  postpone 
would  be  to  lose  opportunity;  delay  mignt 
mean  disaster. 

In  the  modern  business  world  there  are 
three  words  that  have  come  to  the  front, 
each  of  which  stands  not  only  for  enlarged 
literature,  but  has  resulted  in  enlarged  busi- 
ness enterprise.  The  three  words  are  pub- 
licity, co-operation,  efficiency.  It  is  gen- 
erally agreed  that  the  greatest  of  these  is 


efficiency.  Without  it  publicity  and  co-op 
eration  are  often  fruitless  as  regards  actual 
results.  With  the  call  for  efficiency,  and 
almost  identified  with  it,  there  has  come  a 
new  sense  of  the  value  of  time  and  oppor- 
tunity. 

There  is  no  task  in  the  entire  realm  of 
business  which  equals  the  task  of  the  dis- 
ciples of  Jesus  Christ  in  its  supreme  urgen- 
cy. Nineteen  hundred  years  ago  he  gave 
us  his  commission.  The  work  that  centu- 
ries might  have  done  must  now  crowd  the 
hour  of  setting  sun.  The  work  which  other 
generations  neglected  is  for  us  to  complete. 


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[June,  1919 


There  Are  Four  Reasons 

why  you  who  read  these  lines,  should  take 
your  share  now  and  do  your  utmost  to 
bring  in  the  kingdom  of  Christ  throughout 
the  world. 

1.  You  must  do  it  for  your  own  sake. 
This  is  no  time  for  idle  dreaming.  The 
war  has  made  us  all  alert.  The  King's 
business  demands  haste.  Unless  we  enter 
the  lists  ourselves  the  opportunity  will  slip 
away.  How  many  there  are  who  because 
of  blindness  to  the  vision  of  God  and  the 
unpardonable  sin  of  dawdling  have  missea 
their  place  in  the  ranks. 

2.  For  the  sake  of  those  who  are  waiting 
and  have  been  waiting  so  long,  the  whole 
family  on  earth  who  have  not  shared  the 
Father's  bread,  who.  have  lost  the  way  to 
His  house,  and  who  have  never  rested  in 
the  greatness  of  His  loving  heart.  We 
know  the  road;  we  have  the  light;  we  ex- 
perience His  life.  How  can  we  delay  in 
carrying  these  blessings  to  the  women  and 
girls  of  China,  India  and  Africa.  "Suffer 
the  little  children  to  come  unto  me!" 

"Over  what  cruel  road 
These  innocents  have  trod. 
What  mountain-peaks  of  tragedy, 
What  valleys  of  black  misery, 
Their^  bleeding  feet  have  passed 


Coming  to  Thee,  at  last. 

Across  what  plains  of  hopelessness, 

Through  what  deep  ruts  of  dire  distress — 

O  God,  forbid  that  at  our  door 

Should  lie  the  blame, 

The  living  shame, 

If  so  there  go  to  Thee  one  more!" 

3.  For  the  sake  of  the  day  in  which  we 
live.  It  is  literally  "now  or  never."  The 
war  has  opened  doors  in  the  neir  East 
closed  lor  centuries.  God's  ploughshare  has 
done  its  work  in  human  hearts  and  insti- 
tutions and  among  the  nations.  Shall  these 
deep  furrows  lie  fallow,  or  will  you  carry 
and  scatter  His  seed?  Bleeding  Armenia, 
suffering  Poland,  darkest  Africa  and  the 
vast  unoccupied  regions  of  Central  Asia  are 
a  challenge  to  do  our  utmost  for  the  high- 
est. The  area  of  new  internationalism  is 
the  acid  test  for  our  obedience.  Dare  we 
fail? 

4.  Do  it  now  for  His  sake.  He  counts  on 
you.  He  waits  for  you.  He  has  waited  long 
for  vol",  to  make  the  decision  that  will  trans- 
form your  life  purpose  and  transfigure  your 
character.  It  only  requires  a  great  adven- 
ture to  bring  out  our  latent  powers.  It  is 
when  we  forsake  all  to  follow  him  that  we 
feel  the  pressure  of  his  pierced  hand  and 
enjoy  daily  the  light  of  his  countenance. — 
Reinbow  Series. 


COUNTRY  Societies,  Attention! 
The  Auxiliary  Circle  plan,  which  is 
especially  adapted  to  larger  societies, 
is  meeting  with  such  favor  throughout  the 
Church  that  scores  of  these  organizations 
have  been  effected  in  the  past  thirty  days. 

There  are  many  societies,  however,  living 
under  conditions  not  suited  to  the  Circle 
plan.  We  want  to  hear  from  small  town 
and  country^  societies  as  to  methods  of  work 
and  plans  of  organization  which  have  proven 
suc.;essful.  We  have  some  country  organi- 
zations which  have  done  outstanding  work. 
In  the  September  issue  of  The  Survey  we 
are  going  to  tell  how  these  are  organized. 
If  yours  is  a  country  or  small  town  so- 
ciety and  you  have  a  satisfactory  plan  of 


organization,  please  write  us  briefly  but 
luUy  about  it,  that  we  may  include  it  in 
the  September  issue.  Copy  must  reach  this 
office  by  July  1st  in  order  to  be  included. 
Let  us  hear  from  you. 

Oi  u  Co.wention. 

My!  These  are  busy  days!  Everybody 
wants  to  go  the  Woman's  Convention  at  At- 
lanta, June  10-11-12,  and  most  everybody  is 
going.  Why,  as  soon  as  the  Convention  was 
announced  at  the  Presbyterial  in  Houston, 
Texas,  five  women  decided  at  once  they  were 
going,  and  Houston  is  some  distance  from 
Atlanta;  but  then  Texas  people  are  used 
to  long  distances. 


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369 


I.i  your  church  sending  a  delegation?  Are 
you  helping  to  work  it  up?  Why  not  try 
for  the  banner  for  the  largest  delegation? 
Y'ou  can't  afford  to  miss  it!  Everybody  will 
be  talking  about  it  for  the  next  year.  See 
if  you  can't  arrange  right  now  to  go. 

EXERGETIC  WOMKN. 

Suppose  you  learned  one  day  that  you 
were  to  have  a  visitor  next  day  for  just 
a  few  hours?  Do  you  think  your  Society 
could  arrange  for  a  beautiful  "company 
luncheon  for  sixty-five  business  women  and 
arrange  for  automobiles  to  bring  all  of  them 
to  the  meeting  and  take  them  back  again? 
And  could  you  also  have  a  Woman's  Meet- 
ing an  hour  later  which  would  be  attended 
by  seventy-five  to  one  hundred  of  your 
women? 

Well,  not  many  Societies  could  go  this 
pace,  but  this  is  just  what  Tyler,  Texas, 
did;  and  if  they  had  spent  a  week  in  prep- 
aration the  luncheon  could  not  have  been 
more  beautiful,  the  meeting  more  worth 
while  nor  the  visitors  more  delighted.  It 
all  depends  on  determination  and  energy. 

The  "Banyan  Circle"  of  Memphis. 

This  Young  People's  organization,  under 
the  direction  of  Mrs.  Heuer,  decided  to  give 
the  pageant,  "Christ  in  America,"  last  year. 
It  was  such  a  success  that  they  were  asked 
to  give  it  in  the  Baptist  church,  later  in 
the  Methodist  church,  at  the  Normal  School, 
at  a  school  at  Whitehaven,  and  at  last  re- 
ports had  given  the  pageant  seven  times, 
each  time  to  a  delighted  audience.  It  takes 
wide-awake  young  girls  under  a  competent 
leader  to  do  such  worth-while  things. 

A  Relay  Class  at  San  Marcos. 

An  unusual  and  delightful  study  class 
was  conducted  by  the  women  of  San  Marcos 
Presbyterian  Church,  using  "Working  Wo- 
men of  the  Orient"  as  a  text-book.  Tlie  first 
and  second  chapters  were  dramatized  and 
given  last.  The  contents  of  the  third  chap- 
ter were  included  in  a  conversation  between 
two  ladies  of  India,  one  representing  the 
new  woman  and  the  other  the  old.  The 
fourth  chapter  was  presented  in  the  form 
of  a  round  table,  the  leader  asking  ques- 
tions and  the  several  girls  about  the  table 
replying.  Three  ladies  took  the  fifth  chap- 
ter and  divided  it,  each  delivering  her  part. 

All  the  other  Societies  in  the  town  were 
invited,  and  everyone  declared  it  was  one 
of  the  most  telling  presentations  qf  mis- 
sionarv  facts  they  had  ever  witnessed 


Using  Our  Colored  Delegates. 

Many  Presbyterials  have  sent  delegates 
to  the  Tuscaloosa  Conference  for  Colored 
Women.  Some  of  these  are  inviting  ii. 
delegate  to  make  a  report  at  the  spring  meet- 
ing, and  these  reports  are  the  best  possible 
way  of  knowing  what  the  Conference  has 
meant  to  your  delegate.  Last  year  Fayette- 
ville  Presbyterial  had  a  most  interesting  re- 
port from  its  delegate,  wife  of  one  of  our 
colored  ministers.  Mrs.  Hutcheson,  the  pres- 
ident of  Roanoke  Presbyterijil,  writes:  "Our 
women  are  much  interested  in  the  Colored 
Women's  Conference.  I  have  asked  our 
delegate  to  attend  our  Presbyterial  at  Dan- 
ville and  rtport  the  third  conference.  The 
Danville  ladies  are  reserving  the  gallery  for 
the  colored  people  that  afternoon  and  I  am 
telling  the  colored  women  here  about  it.  We 
have  a  colored  school  here  and  hope  to 
Iiave  some  attendance  from  there.  We  hope 
as  a  result  of  th's  talk  to  have  funds  raised 
for  the  sending  of  a  delegate  this  year." 

Year  Books. 

Has  your  Society  received  its  Year  Books? 
If  not,  unless  you  order  quickly  the  chances 
are  you  will  not  get  any.  More  than  12,00'J 
books  went  out  from  this  oflSce  during  the 
last  week  of  March  and  the  month  of  April, 
and  orders  are  still  pouring  in.  We  shall 
be  sorry  to  disappoint  anyone,  but  cannot 
afford  to  re-order  this  year,  so  when  these 
16,000  are  exhausted  there  will  be  no  more 
until  next  year.    Hurry  up! 

Service  Cards. 

The  "selective  draft"  as  operating  through 
the  Sercice  Cards  is  certainly  proving  a 
popular  thing  in  missionary  circles.  Our 
printer  cannot  keep  us  supplied  with  them, 
although  our  last  order  was  for  10,000.  Or- 
der yours  right  away  and  put  your  women 
on  record  as  to  what  they  want  to  do  this 
year.    40  cents  a  dozen,  postpaid. 

Articles  For  The  Survey. 

Did  you  remember  to  send  that  splendid 
article  you  had  at  the  Presbyterial  to  this 
office  for  publication?  If  not,  won't  you 
see  about  it  right  away?  Every  year  the 
Presbyterials  have  excellent  papers  on  all 
sorts  of  subjects  which  are  well  worth  pass- 
ing on,  but  no  one  takes  the  trouble  to 
send  them  to  us.  We  cannot  promise  to 
print  everything  that  is  sent  to  us,  but 
we  would  like  to  have  a  chance  to  see  the 
best  tilings  given  at  our  meetings. 


Hundreds  of  letters  come  to  the  office  of  The  Missionary  Sub\'Ey  telling  how  sub- 
scribers depend  upon  the  magazine  to  make  missionary  meetings  interesting.  Are  you 
making  use  of  your  Survey  that  way?    See  the  "Jack  page"  in  this  issue. 


Conducted  by  Miss  Carrie  Lee  Campbell,   306  W.  Grace  Street,  Richmond,  Va. 


A  SMALL  INVESTMENT  AND  LARGE  DIVIDENDS. 


WITH  the  hope  of  multiplying  the  pos- 
sibilities of  this  page  other  "store- 
houses" than  our  own  are  listed 
here,  Secretaries  of  Literature  and  other 
workers  eager  for  new  ideas  are  urged  to 
invest  in  a  letter,  enclosing  return  postage, 
to  several  of  th?se  Boards,  a,sking  tor  tneir 
catalogue  of  publications,  and  sample  copies 
of  their  periodicals.  A  small  investment; 
results  may  be  incalculable: 

Woman's  American  Baptist  Foreign  Mis- 
sion Society,  Ford  Building,  Boston,  Mass. 

Woman's  Missionary  Union,  15  West 
Franklin  Street,  Baltimore,  Md. 

Woman's  Board  of  Foreign   Missions  or 


the  Christian  Church, 
Association  Building, 

Woman's  Board  of 
Street,  Boston,  Mass. 

Woman's  Board  of 


Christian  Publishing 
Dayton,  Ohio. 
Missions,  14  Beacon 

Missions  of  the  In- 
terior, li)  South  LaSalle  Street,  Chicago,  ill. 

Woman's  Board  of  Missions  for  the  Pa- 
cific, 525-760  Market  Street,  San  Francisco, 
Cal. 

Christian  Woman's  Board  of  Missions,  Col- 
lege of  Missions  Building,  Indianapolis,  Ind. 

Woman's  Auxiliary  of  the  Protestant 
Episcopal  Church,  281  Fourth  Avenue,  New 
York  City. 


Woman's  Missionary  Society  of  the  Luth- 
eran Church,  844  Drexel  Building,  Phila- 
delphia, Pa. 

Woman's  Foreign  Missionary  Society, 
Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  150  Fifth  Ave- 
nue, New  York  City. 

Woman's  Fu  tei.cn  Missionary  Society, 
Methodist  Piotestant  Church.  Catonsviile, 
Md. 

Woman's  Board  of  Missions,  Cumberland 
Presbyterian  Church,  American  Trust  Build- 
mg,  Evansville,  Ind. 

Woman's  Board  of  Foreign  Missions, 
Presbyterian  Church,  North,  156  Fifth  Ave- 
nue, New  York  Cit,\  . 

Woman's  Occidental  Board  of  Foreign 
Missions,  35  Santa  Ana  Avenue.  San  Fran- 
cisco, Cal. 

Vvoman's  General  Missionary  Society, 
United  Presbyterian  Church.  Publication 
Building.  Ninth  Street,  Pittsburgh,  Pa. 

AVoman's  Missionaiy  Society,  Reformed 
Church.  14  Clinton  Avenue,  Tiffin,  Ohio. 

Vvoman's  Board  of  Foreign  Missions.  25 
East  Twenty-second  Street,  New  York  City. 

Siudi'nt  Volunteer  Movement.  25  Madison 
Avenue.  New  York  City. 

Foreign  Department  of  Young  Woman's 
Christian   Association,   600   Lexington  Ave- 


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nue.  New  York  Citv. 
THE  MISSIONARY  EDUCATION  MOVEMENT'S 

Spring  Announcement  of  Books  with  themes  for  Mission  Study  in 
1919-1920  carries  the  following  titles: 

Cloth.  Paper. 

New  Life  Currents  in  China.     By  Mary  Ninde  Game- 
well   ^ 

Foreign  Magic.     By  Jean  Carter  Cochran  

Christian  Americanization:  A  Task  for  the  Churches. 


Ministers  of  Mercy.    By  James  H.  Franklin  (Medical 

Missions)  

Brother  Van.     By'  Stella  Brummitt.   (For  readers  in 


The 


Honorable 
China.  By 


Crimson 
Anita  B. 


Tree,   and   Other  Tales  of 
Ferris  (for  Boys  and  Girls) 
ORDER  FROM 
PRESBYTERIAN  COMMITTEE  OP  PUBLICATION, 
Rjchmond,  Virginia. 


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¥  .50 

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PRAV  YtTHt  LORO  OF  THE  HAWtST, 


CmiSmN  EDUCATION 
MINISTERIAL  RELIEF 


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Address  All  Communications  Relating  to  Make  A'l  Remittances  to 

this  Department  to  ^     t       Stttrr  Trfasttrkr 

Rev.  Hknrt  H.  Sweets,  D.  D.,  Secretary,  ''^^^  stites,  ireasurer, 

122  Fourth  Avenue,  Louisville,  Kt.  Fifth  and  Market  Streets,  Louisville,  Kt. 


A  YEAR'S  WORK  OF  CHRISTIAN  EDUCATION  AND 
MINISTERIAL  RELIEF. 

Henry  II.  Sweets,  Secretary. 


MANY  serious  interruptions  have 
come  to  various  departments  of 
our  work  during  the  year.  Be- 
tween three  and  four  hundred  of  our  min- 
isters for  shorter  or  longer  periods  en- 
tered upon  work  of  the  chaplaincy  in  the 
army  and  the  navy,  the  Y.  M.  C.  A.,  the 
Red  Cross,  and  the  other  war  activities. 
One  hundred  and  eighty-four  of  our  can- 
didates for  the  ministry  enlisted  in  the 
army  and  the  navy. 

The  organization  of  the  student  army 
training  corps  in  our  own  colleges  and 
the  State  universities  virtually  trans- 
formed these  institutions  into  war  camps. 
Tliere  was  scarcely  a  college  in  the  South 
that  could  offer  regular  training  for  the 
3'oung  men  who  had  not  reached  the  age 
to  enter  the  national  service,  and  who 
desired  to  continue  their  literary  course. 
The  demobilization  of  the  S.  A.  T.  C.  in 
December  brought  added  confusion  to  the 
work  of  these  institutions. 

Two  of  our  ministers  and  ten  of  our 
candidates  for  the  ministry  laid  dowTi 
their  lives  in  the  service  of  the  country, 
as  follows: 


Kev.  Thomas  McNeill  Bulla,  Presby- 
teiT  of  p]ast  Hanover,  and  Rev.  Herbert 
Fi-anklin  Wager,  Presbytery  of  Dallas, 
and  Candidates  William  B.  Anderson, 
Presbytery  of  Harmon5' ;  Basil  Ball, 
Presbytery  of  Transylvania;  Daniel  J. 
Currie,  Presbytery  of  Florida;  John  Mor- 
gan Currie  and  Eugene  Meek  Ellison, 
Presbytery  of  Dallas;  Deane  M.  Orgain, 
Pi'esbytery  of  Roanoke ;  Charles  H.  Pat- 
ten, Presbytery  of  Memphis;  Daniel  Reid 
Poole,  Presbytery  of  Concord ;  Prentiss 
G.  'J''liom])son.  Presbytery  of  East  Han- 
over ;  John  Henry  Wheeler,  Presbytery 
of  Central  Mississippi. 

Splendid  testimonials  to  the  courage, 
fidelity  and  Christian  character  of  all 
these  men  have  been  received.  The 
Church  has  suffered  a  serious  loss  in  these 
strong,  stalwart  men,  who  were  greatly 
needed.  We  bow  our  heads  in  humble 
submission  to  the  will  of  God.  His  ways 
are  not  as  our  ways.  We  pray  that  scores 
of  young  men  of  our  Church  may  joy- 
fully come  forward  to  fill  the  places  now 
left  vacant. 


riNANCI-4.L. 

The  receipts  for  the  department  of  an  increase  of  $68,881.61.  This  is  an  in- 
Christian  Education  and  Ministerial  Re-  crease  of  $48,294.39  in  the  General  Funds 
lief'  to  March  31,  1919,  were  $214,803.48.  and  $20,587.25  in  the  receipts  for  the  En- 
as  against  $145,921.84  tlie  previous  year.     dowment  Fund  of  Ministerial  Relief. 


372 


The  Missionary  Survey. 


[June,  1910 


The  Endowment  Fund.  The  General  Funds. 


1918-19 

1917-18 

1918-19 

1917-18 

,$  3,791.96 

5  2,618.69 

$109,843.58 

$68,206.38 

Sabbath  Schools   

391.51 

356.51 

6,722.87 

6,773.79 

824.40 

1,060.32 

16,095.08 

10,552.45 

14,255.24 

4,144.20 

11,157.77 

12,714.80 

Life  Annuity  Funds... 

10,200.00 

5,076.00 

T  ■oo'Ei  o^  Pa 

4,430.83 

1,384.47 

656.07 

972.78 

Miscellaneous   

1,875.00 

577.50 

1,221.51 

1,550.86 

31,156.66 

27,944.03 

89.60 

2,181.00 

1,935.46 

Total   

$35,768.94 

$15,181.69 

$179,034.54 

$130,740.15 

I.  Education  and  Ministry. 


Application  from  the  Presbyteries  for 
loans  from  the  Fund  of  Education  for  the 
Ministry  and  Mission  Service"  to  the  num- 
ber of  151  (as  against  228  the  previous 
year  )  were  received,  and  aid  to  the 
amount  of  $14,300.69  was  remitted. 

Of  the  151  who  received  aid,  132  are 
candidates  for  the  ministry,  3  are  candi- 
dates for  medical  mission  service,  and  16 
are  young  women  studying  for  mission 
service. 


One  hundred  and  eighty-four  of  our 
candidates  for  the  ministry  entered  the 
service  of  the  country  for  the  period  of 
the  war.  Eleven  gave  their  lives  for  their 
country.  The  war  accounts  for  the  small 
number  of  candidates  for  the  ministry  in_ 
the  colleges  and  theological  seminaries. 
The  great  need  of  the  Church  continues 
to  be  adequate,  capable,  trained  leader- 
ship. We  must  continue  to  "pray  the 
Lord  of  the  harvest." 


II.  Ministerial  Belief. 


We  have  sent  to  the  homes  of  our  faith- 
ful ministers  and  the  needy  widows  and 
orphans  of  deceased  ministers  on  the  roll 
of  Ministerial  Relief,  $67,449,  an  increase 
of  $6,146  over  the  amount  remitted  last 
year.  This  is  the  largest  amount  ever 
remitted  in  any  year.  What  a  comfort  to 
be  able  to  send  the  last  quarter's  appro- 
priation promptly  without  waiting  to  see 
whether  the  amounts  must  be  scaled  and 
to  know  that  further  increases  may  now 


be  granted  these  faithful  servants  of  the 
Church. 

During  the  year  aid  was  granted  to  107 
ministers,  160  widows  and  27  alHicted  or- 
phans. In  these  294  homes  are  70  little 
fatherless  children  under  fourteen  years 
of  age. 

The  average  .amount  sent  to  the  107 
ministers  was  $310.82.  The  average 
amount  to  the  294  homes  on  the  roll  was 
$229.42  per  annum,  or  63  'cents  per  day 
per  family. 


III.  Endowment  Fund  of  Ministerial 
Relief. 


We  have  now  in  the  Endowment  Fund 
$571^840.35  safely  invested.  In  addition 
to  this  we  have  $2'3,110  in  Life  Annuity 
funds,  the  interest  from  which  goes  to 
.the  donors  until  their  death,  when  the 
capital  will  be  added  to  the  Endowment 


Fund  of  Ministerial  Relief. 

We  must  soon  increase  the  Endowment 
Fund  to  $1,000,000,  the  goal  set  by  "The 
Three  Year  Program"  adopted  by  the 
General  Assembly  last  year. 


christian  Education 
and  Ministerial  Report 


The  Missionary  Survey. 


373 


IV.  Schools  and  Colleges. 


On  every  hand  there  has  been  an  awak- 
ening to  the  supreme  importance  of  Chris- 
tian education.  The  fact  that  our  schools, 
colleges  and  theological  seminaries  are  all 
in  need  of  larger  funds  is  now  being  rec- 


ognized by  the  Presbyteries  and  Synods, 
and  we  believe  brighter  days  are  ahead. 

Extensive  plans  are  being  made  by  the 
Executive  Committee  to  bring  larger  help 
to  all  these  institutions  of  learning. 


V.  The  Student  Loan  Fund. 


The  total  amount  of  the  Student  Loan 
Fund  is  now  $52,276.56. 

The  total  number  of  students  receiving 
loans  during  the  year  is  54,  of  whom  23 
are  boys  and  31  are  girls. 

Total  number  of  students  securing  loans 
since  the  founding  of  the  Student  Loan 
Fund  is  218  ;  of  these  120  are  boys  and  98 
are  girls. 

We  are  putting  forth  every  effort  to 
complete  "The   Three  Year  Program" 


adopted  by  the  last  General  Assembly, 
which  will  increase  this  fund  to  $250,000. 

Xo  other  investments  hold  forth  larger 
promise  than  these  which  are  in  the  lives 
of  our  boys  and  girls  of  approved  charac- 
ter and  ability  who  will  soon  become  the 
leaders  in  the  home,  the  Church,  the 
State,  the  nation  and  the  world.  The 
loans  are  being  promptly  returned  after 
graduation,  and  the  investments  continue 
in  other  lives. 


VI.  Encouragement. 


We  thank  God  and  take  courage.  With 
the  larger  gifts  of  money  we  trust  there 
will  be  a  corresponding  increase  in  prayev 
and  the  dedication  of  life  to  Him. 


On  behalf  of  the  Executive  Committee. 

Henry  H.  Svteets, 

Secretary. 


A  JEWISH  OVERTURE  TO  CHRISTIAN.  MINISTERS. 

Henry  H.  Sweets,  Secretary. 


FOR  a  number  of  years  Rabbi  H.  G. 
Enelow  had  charge  of  the  Jewish 
temple  in  the  city  of  Louisville.  He 
proved  himself  a  thorough  gentleman  of 
highest  character  in  all  his  dealings  with 
the  ministers  of  the  city,  and  a  man  of 
high  scholarly  attainments.  We  take 
pleasure  in  publishing  below  a  statement 
concerning  a  book  which  has  recently 
come  from  his  pen.  We  advise  our  min- 
isters to  secure  a  copy  of  the  same : 

"Christian  clergymen  in  the  active  pas- 
torate may  receive  a  copy  of  Rabbi  H.  G. 
Enelow's  recent  book,  The  War  and  the 
Bible,'  absolutely  without  charge  by  mak- 
ing application  addressed  to  J.  M.,  P.  0. 
Box  202,  Noroton  Heights,  Conn. 

"This  offer  is  made  by  a  group  of  pub- 
lic-spirited Jews  with  a  desire  to  promote 
a    still    better    understanding  between 


American  Jews  and  American  Christians. 

"They  hope  that  this  small  opportuni- 
ty for  a  better  acquaintance  with  the  re- 
ligious sentiments  cherished  by  living, 
English-speaking  Jews  will  be  generally 
welcomed.  They  trust  that  their  purpose 
will  not  be  misunderstood,  but  that  infor- 
mation in  regard  to  where  progressive  rab- 
bis put  the  emphasis  today  in  the  procla- 
mation of  the  great  principles  of  their 
religion  will  add  to  the  respect  in  which 
the  religion  of  the  Old  Testament  is  al- 
ready held  in  the  Christian  Church. 

"  'The  War  and  the  Bible'  is  the  work 
of  one  of  our  most  representative  relig- 
ious leaders,  H.  G.  Enelow,  of  Temple 
Emanu-El,  New  York  City,  who  has  been 
serving  for  months  at  the  Paris  headquar- 
ters of  the  'Jewish  Welfare  Board.'  It 
has  been  selected  as  a  good  example  of 


374 


The  Missioxarv  Survey. 


[June,  1919 


the  addresses  to  which  our  people  listen 
from  their  working  pastors  covering  some 
one  great  theme  in  a  connected  series  of 
discourses. 

"■The  undersigned  willingly  vouch  for 
its  good  faith  and  recommend  to  their 


colleagues  the  acceptance  of  this  overture 
in  the  same  spirit  of  enlarging  fellowship 
in  which  it  is  given. 

(Signed)    S.  Paekes  Cadman', 
(Signed)    Hexry  Sloaxe  Coffin, 
(Signed)    Ciiristiax  F.  Reisner." 


A  FITTING  MEMORIAL. 

Hexry  H.  Sweets,  Secretary. 


THE  Executive  Committee  of  Chris- 
tian Education  has  received  from 
Mrs.  Xellie  Walker  Xolte  $400  for 
the  Student  Loan  Fund  of  our  Church. 
This  is  to  be  held  perpetually  as  "The 
Lieut.  Robert  Walker  Xolte  and  Dorothea 
Nolte  Memorial  Scholarship."'  The  gift 
was  made  through  the  Sunday  school  of 
the  Prytania  Street  Presbyterian  Church 
of  New  Orleans,  La. 

It  is  in  memory  of  Lieut.  Robert  Walker 
Xolte,  of  the  Second  Regiment,  U.  S. 
Engineers,  and  Dorothea  Xolte.  Lieut. 
iSTolte  was  in  the  prime  of  life  when  he 
decided  to  enter  the  army  of  the  United 
States,  being  twenty-six  years  of  age.  He 
saw  much  service  at  the  front  and  fell  in 


the  battle  of  Blanc  Mont,  France,  Octo- 
ber 9,  1918.  Dorothea  Jfolte  was  early 
called  bv  the  King  to  come  to  his  beauti- 
ful country.  She  died  June  17,  1913,  at 
the  age-  of  thirteen  years. 

This  memorial  scholarship  of  $4*^0  will 
assist  the  boys  and  girls  of  approved  char- 
acter and  ability,  from  poor  Presbyterian 
homes,  who  desire  to  attend  our  colleges. 
As  soon  as  possible  after  graduation  the 
money  will  be  repaid  and  will  be  invested 
in  other  lives.  Thus  throughout  the 
coming  years  trained,  Christian  leaders 
will  be  sent  forth  to  take  their  places  in 
the  home,  the  Church,  the  State,  the  na- 
tion and  the  world. 

Louisville.  Ky. 


SECOND  ANNOUNCEMENT— A  JEWISH  OVERTURE  TO 
CHRISTIAN  CLERGYMEN. 


SO  many  requests  have  come  to  J.  M., 
P.  0.  Box  20?,  Noroton  Heights, 
Conn.,  in  response  to  the  offer  of  a 
cop3',  absolutely  without  charge,  of  Rabbi 
H.  G.  Enelow's  "The  War  and  the  Bible,"" 
that  the  first  edition  is  exhausted,  and 
another  edition  of  the  book  has  been  or- 
dered, and  is  now  printing.  The  Com- 
mittee is  delighted  with  the  number  and 


character  of  the  applications  that  keep 
coming  in  and  repeats  its  invitation  to 
those  who  have  not  accepted.  So  many 
requests  have  coipe  from  non-clergymen 
to  he  allowed  to  purchase  copies,  it  may  be 
well  to  say  that  ""'Tlie  War  and  the  Bible"" 
is  a  regulai'ly  published  hook  which  can 
1)6  had  of  any  book-seller. 
The  Secretary  of  the  Committee. 


DON'T  T-prr  VOUK  CHURCH  MISS  THESK  OPPOKTl'MTIES. 
The  Moiiti-eat  Cont'oreiices  on  Youiif*'  People's  Work  and  Sunday-School  Work. 

Those  Sundaj'-School  Workers'  and  Prospective  Church  Leaders  among 
the  young  people  who  attend  the  Montreat  Conferences  mentioned  above  are 
going  to  bring  back  new  inspiration  and  new  life  to  the  Church,  the  Sunday 
School  and  the  Young  People's  Work  in  the  congregation  which  sends  them. 
The  dates  are,  for  Young  People's  Conference,  June  26  to  July  6;  for  Sunday- 
School  Methods,  July  20  to  27.  A  church  can  hardly  make  a  better  invest- 
ment— provided,  of  course,  delegates  are  wisely  chosen.     (See  also  page  3Sl.) 


Branch  Department  at 

Texarkana.  Ark. -Tex. 


Publishing  House, 
6-8  North  Sixth  Street,  Richmond,  Va- 


EXTRACTS  FROM  FIFTY-EIGHTH  ANNUAL  REPORT  OF  THE  EXECU- 
TIVE COMMITTEE  OF  PUBLICATION  AND  SUNDAY-SCHOOL 
WORK  TO  THE  GENERAL  ASSEMBLY  AT  NEW  ORLEANS. 


Gexeral  Summary. 

NOTHlXd  escaped  the  l)aneFul  iiiHu- 
cnees  of  tlie  world  war  and  tiie  d,e- 
moializino-  and  disturbino;  effect 
iipuu  I'eliiiious  activities  was  especially 
notable  diirin<x  the  past  church  year.  In 
addition,  the  work  ol  our  churches  and 
Sunday  schools  was  suspended  in  whole 
or  in  ))art  from  three  to  ten  weeks  by 
the  epidemic  of  influenza,  which  swept 
the  country  during  tiie  fall  and  winter. 
In  spite  of  these  providential  interrup- 
tions our  work  made  progress  in  some  di- 
rections, and  we  l)elieve  under  the  bless- 
ing of  (iod  an  effective  service  was  ren- 
dered the  Church. 

(  'o:\lPARATIVE   Sl':,1jI  AKV. 

A  comparative  table  will  be  found  be- 
low,  showing  the  growth  in  the  volume 
of  l)usiness  and  increase  in  assets  of  tho 
committee  from  1003,"  when  a  reorgani- 
zation was  effected  to  the  end  of  the  fiscal 
year  uf  1919: 

Com paidlive  Sales  Record.      Net  Assets. 

190:]—.$  l.-),.i87.00   $  129,896  00 

1!)()4—    >.ri:i01  00    101.919  00 

]90"i—  lO-^.-^OT  00    lOCKG?-!  00 

lOOfi—  116,9.-)1  00    n  0.1 2.3  00 

1907—  129,000  00    108,120  00 

1908—  1U,0H4  00    110,903  00 


1909 —  1(;0,224:  00    116,16.-)  00 

1910—  164,067  00    117..591  00 

1911—  18.5,962  00    126,774  00 

1912—  202.046  00    138,96.5  00 

1913—  214,539  00    141,546  00 

1914 —  227,475  00    232,983  00 

lill.5—  237,225  00    272,565  00 

1916—  245,635  00    284,768  00 

1917—  251,351  00    288,356  00 

1918—  288,259  00    304,868  00 

1919—  285,388  11    336,920  87 

While  making  the  substantial  advance 
shown  by  these  figures,  we  gave  the 
Church  from  the  profits  of  the  business 
$78,694.00.  This  dividend  represents  the 
amount  we  have  spent  for  donations  of 
l)ooks  and  supplies  and  in  support  of  Sun- 
day School  Extension  work  in  e.xcess  of 
.the  amount  the  Church  put  in  our  hands 
for  these  causes. 

During  this  period  wc  have  charged  off 
for  depreciation  .$33,000.00  on  book 
plates,  about  $18,000.00  for  furniture  and 
fixtures  and  about  $20,000.00  for  reduc- 
tion in  value  of  l)ook  stocks.  The  ledgers 
are  also  cleared  each  year  of  accounts  of 
, doubtful  value.  It  is  the  policy  of  the 
Committee  to  report  assets  at  a  cimser- 
vative  valuation,  and,  therefore,  the  two 
new  buildings  are  now  carried  on  our 
books  at  original  costs,  although  erected 
in  1914,  when  building  costs  were  about 
50  per  cent,  less  than  now,  and  although 


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we  are  advised  that  our  real  estate  has 
materially  increased  in  value,  we  carry 
it  at  original  cost.  This  gain  in  sales  and 
substantial  increase  in  net  assets  has  been 
made  without  borrowing  money  and  was 
made  possible  by  the  loyal  support  our 
Church  gives  its  Publication  Department. 

Texarkana  Depository. 

The  Texarkana  Branch  Depository  was 
opened  in  October,  1906,  by  permission 
of  the  General  Assembly,  and  the  t*teady 
_growth  of  the  business  of  the  branch  in- 
vdicates  that  it  is  rendering  a  large  ser- 
vice to  our  constituency  west  of  the  Mis- 
sissippi river.  Kendering  service  to  the 
Church  and  not  earning  profits  is  the 
purpose  of  the  Publication  Committee, 
but  it  should  be  noted  that  the  Deposi- 
tory is  now  doing  both. 

Periodical  Department. 

Through  the  publication  of  a  series  of 
Sunday-school  periodicals  adapted  to 
every  age  we  are  rendering  a  service  of 
increasing  value  to  the  whole  Church.  We 
have  increased  the  list  of  periodicals  as 
the  educational  ideals  of  the  Sunday 
school  have  changed  until  we  now  fur- 
nish twenty-two  publications  as  against 
seven  in  1903,  two  having  been  added  in 
October  1,  1917.  In  October  1,  1919,  we 
plan  to  make  radical  changes  in  three  of 
our  Uniform  Lesson  Quarterlies,  as  ex- 
plained in  detail  in  the  report  of  the 
Editorial  Superintendent.  Although  con- 
fronted with  greatly  increased  cost  for 
printing,  we  did  not  advance  the  price 
of  our  papers  during  the  year,  while  many 
publishers  raised  their  quarterlies  from 
16c  to  25c  and  some  cases  to  32c  and 
even  40c  per  year.  The  remarkable  growth 
in  the  number  of  single  copies  printed 
may  be  seen  in  the  table  below: 
Single  copies  for  year  ending 

March  31,  1902    3,616,000 

Single  copies  for  year  ending 

March  31,  1906    7,572,294 

Single  copies  for  year  ending 

March  31,  1910  "   9,506,250 

Single  copies  for  year  ending 


March  31,  1915   11,434,697 

Single  copies  for  year  ending 

March  31,  1918   13,349,955 

Single  copies  for  year  ending 

March  31,  1919   13,942,800 

Building  Investments. 

The  Publication  Committee  has  fol- 
lowed the  policy  of  owning  the  building 
or  buildings  in  which  it  conducts  the 
business  of  the  Church  since  1868,  and 
its  real  estate  holdings  have  proved  to  be 
good  investments,  have  stabilized  the 
work  and  given  it  good  credit  and  stand- 
ing in  the  cities  where  it  does  business. 
It  also  is  the  practice  of  a  large  majority 
of  the  denominations  of  America  to  own 
their  publication  buildings.  The  real  es- 
tate investments  in  Eichmond  have 
proved  to  be  quite  profitable.  The  first 
building  was  purchased  for  $45,000.00 
and  furnished  a  home  for  the  Committee 
and  yielded  a  small  rental  income  until 
1903,  when  it  was  sold  for  $62,000.00. 
The  second  building  was  erected  in  1904 
and  represented,  with  the  lot,  a  cost  of 
$48,000.00.  This  property  was  sold  in 
1914  for  $158,000.00,  or  a  profit  of 
$110,000.00. 

We  immediately  bought  a  lot  in  a  less 
expensive  district  for  $32,500.00  and 
erected  a  five-story  fireproof  building  in 
1914,  during  the  period  of  great  business 
depression  and  low  costs  which  followed 
the  outbreak  of  the  world  war.  The 
building  was  planned  to  provide  space 
for  a  complete  printing  and  binding 
plant  if  we  ever  find  it  expedient  to  buy 
a  mechanical  outfit  to  do  our  own  work. 
At  present  it  is  cheaper  and  more  satis- 
factory to  have  contracting  printers  do 
the  work  for  us.  We  oiiered  space  for 
rent  when  we  occupied  the  new  plant  in 
November,  1914,  but  due  to  war  condi- 
tions very  few  new  enterprises  were  pro- 
jected, and  it  was  not  until  last  year  that 
we  filled  the  unused  space  with  desirable 
tenants.  We  now  have  almost  three  floors 
occupied  by  tenants  and  our  rental  income 
will  be  $6,500.00  per  year.  We  had  to 
invest  something  over  our  first  year's 
rental  income  to  prepare  for  our  tenants, 


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but  most  of  them  have  four-year  leases. 
Our  rate  of  insurance  is  26e.  per  $100.00, 
and  we  carry  $70,000.00  on  the  building 
at  an  annual  cost  of  $184.00.  "We  pay  an 
annual  tax  bill  of  about  $1,480.00  on  our 
real  estate,  and  to  date  our  cost  for  re- 
pairs has  been  merely  nominal. 

We  now  occupy  a  portion  of  the  second 
floor  with  our  Mail  Order  Department, 
one-half  the  third  floor  as  a  mailing  room 
for  our  Periodical  Department,  and  the 
fifth  floor  is  used  for  offices  of  the  Com- 
mittee, and  a  generous  amount  of  space 
is  reserved  for  a  library  and  a  chapel. 

The  space  occupied  for  Committee  pur- 
poses is  valued  at  $5,000.00  per  year.  The 
property  is  located  in  a  district  where 
value.s  are  increasing,  and  it  is  our  judg- 
ment therefore  that  our  real  estate  in- 
vestment in  Richmond  is  safe  and  desir- 
able and  the  ownership  of  such  a  plant  is 
creditable  to  our  Church. 

TexaBkana  Building. 

Texarkana  Depository  occupied  rented 
quarters  from  1906  until  1914,  at  a  cost 
of  about  $1,800.00  per  year.  The  sale 
of  our  Richmond  building  left  us  with  a 
surplus,  which  the  Committee  decided  to 
invest  in  a  building  for  the  Western  De- 
pository. We  purchased  a  choice  corner 
lot  in  the  heart  of  the  business  district 
of  Texarkana  and  erected  a  three-story 
building.  We  reserved  the  first  floor  for 
our  own  use  and  provided  two  floors  of 
offices  for  rental  purposes.  The  cost  of 
building  and  lot  was  $50,028.00.  While 
war  conditions  have  interfered  with  rent- 
ing all  the  space,  the  income  has  varied 
from  two  to  five  thousand  dollars  per 
year,  and  the  first  floor  is  rated  at 
$2,400.00  per  year  for  our  own  purposes. 
We  have  here  one  of  the  best  book  stores 
in  the  entire  West  and  a  plant  which  is 
worthy  of  our  Church.  Authorities  in 
real  estate  values  tell  us  our  property  is 
today  worth  25  per  cent,  more  than  it 
cost  us  in  1914. 

New  Publications. 

Printing  costs  have  been  abnormally 
high,  due  to  war  conditions,  but  despite 


this  fact  our  issue  of  new  books  and  re- 
print leaflets  was  larger  than  our  normal 
output.  A  notable  contribution  to  relig- 
ious education  is  the  series  of  books  on 
Teacher  Training,  which  we  published  for 
ourselves  and  for  several  other  denomi- 
nations. Four  of  the  parts  are  also  being 
used  by  the  Protestant  churches  in  Can- 
ada, and  for  these  we  furnished  plates. 

Life  and  Service  Hymns— Our  New 
Song  Book. 

We  report  that  the  new  song  book.  Life 
and  Service  Hymns,  continues  to  meet 
with  a  favorable  reception,  and  we  pub- 
lished a  third  edition  of  50,000  copies  in 
November,  1918.  The  demand  required 
the  printing  of  100,000  copies  during  the 
first  year  of  its  life,  a  new  record  for  a 
book  in  our  Church. 

Extension  and  Benevolent  Work. 

In  the  fax:e  of  unprecedented  difficul- 
ties the  Department  of  Sabbath  School 
Extension  has  made  progress,  and  the 
work  of  our  field  men  has  been  fruitful 
in  the  number  of  schools  organized  and 
revived  and  in  additions  to  the  Church 
through  the  effort  and  prayers  of  devoted 
workers.  The  donation  of  books,  Bibles 
and  literature  to  Supday  schools  reached 
large  proportions,  and  untold  good  is  ac- 
complished by  the  printed  page  in  locali- 
ties where  the  spoken  word  of  truth  is 
seldom  heard.  Reference  is  made  to  the 
report  of  the  Superintendent,  Dr.  Glass, 
for  a  full  statement  of  the  activities  of 
this  department  of  our  work. 

Budget  por  1919-'20. 

The  Assembly  of  1918  approved  the 
Progressive  Program  outlined  to  cover 
three  years  and  fixed  a  financial  goal  of 
$12,000,000.00  for  the  period.  It  is  ex- 
pected that  $3,500,000.00  of  amount  will 
be  raised  during  the  Church  year  of  1919- 
'20.  On  the  basis  of  the  usual  per  cent, 
assigned  to  Simday  School  Extension  and 
Publication  (.04),  we  should  receive  $96,- 
000.00.     Should  the  Assembly's  Syste- 


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inatic  Beneficence  Committee  deem  it 
wise  to  reduce  our  quota  to  3%  per  cent, 
in  order  to  provide  a  fixed  place  in  the 
Budget  for  the  Assembly's  Training 
School,  such  action  would  have  our  hearty 
approval. 

Sunday  School  and  Young  People's 
Department. 

This  report  of  the  Department  of  .Sun- 
day Schools  and  Young  People's  work  is 
presented  with  profound  thankfulness  to 
God  for  many  evidences  of  His  guidance 
and  power  during  the  critical  period 
through  which  the  Church  has  just 
passed. 

The  work  of  the  year  has  been  chiefly 
marked  by  two  things :  The  unprece- 
dented difficulties  and  obstacles  whicli 
have  confronted  our  chuTches  in  their 
work  of  religious  instruction  and  train- 
ing, and  the  noble  and  sacrificial  spirit 
with  which  the  Sunday  Schools  and 
Young  People's  Societies  have  met  and 
overcome  these  difficulties. 

The  content  of  this  report  will  be  pre- 
sented under  three  headings:  Sunday 
School  Extension,  Sunday  School  Effici- 
ency, and  Young  People's  Work. 

Sunday  School  Extension. 

Progress  and  fruitfulness  in  this  im- 
portant missionary  activity  of  the  Church 
have  been  seriously  retarded  by  condi- 
tions which  were  beyond  control  and  are 
familiar  to  all.  Numbers  of  our  field 
workers  responded  to  the  call  for  religious 
war  work,  and  others  M-ere  brought  into 
the  pastorate  because  of  needy  vacancies 
resulting  from  the  response  of  many  pas- 
tors to  the  same  challenge.  The  closing 
of  schools  and  churches  on  account  of  the 
influenza  epidemic  and  the  resulting  dis- 
organization from  which  our  churclies 
have  not  yet  entirely  recovered,  inevita' 
bly  reduced  the  eft'ectiveness  of  all  mis- 
sionary activities  to  a  minimum.  With 
a  working  force  considerably  lessened  and 
untoward  conditions  hampering  every  ef- 
fort, we  consider  the  following  summary 
a  tribute  to  the  conscv^rated  lives  of  these 


noble  men  and  women  who  labored  in 
the  destitute  sections  of  our  Church : 


Number  of  persons  engaged,  whole 

and  part  time   44 

Number  of  sermons  and  addresses  1,846 
Number  of  old  schools  visited.  . .  .  490 
Number  of  new  schools  established  30 
Enrollment  of  new  schools  estab- 
lished   717 

Schools  reorganized   28 

Enrollment    of    schools  reorgan- 
ized   691 

Places  visited    892 

Homes  visited    8,090 

Home  Departments  established.  .  .  16 

Cradle  Polls  established    20 

Teaotier  Training  Courses  estab- 
lished   58 

Adult  Classes  organized    23 

Teen  Age  Classes  organized   24 

Miles  traveled    60,778 

Conversions  reported    650 

Institutes  and  Conferences  held .  .  36 


There  are  three  spheres  of  Sunday 
School  Extension  which  demand  the  at- 
tention and  activity  of  every  church :  (a) 
The  building  up  of  the  local  school  by  re- 
cruiting the  large  numbers  of  unevangel- 
ized  and  untaught  people  in  the  churchV 
immediate  vicinity;  (b)  the  reaching  of 
.territory  just  beyond  the  congi'egational 
boundaries  of  the  church  by  means  of  the 
Dut-post  Mission  Sunday  School;  (c)  the 
evangelizing  of  territory  still  more  remote 
and  destitute  through  the  trained  and 
consecrated  labors  of  the  Sunday  School 
Missionary.  These  three  fields  of  ser- 
>vice  are  included  in  the  scope  of  the  Mas- 
ter's great  commission.  Here  the  church 
may  richly  bless  the  destitute  nearest  at 
hand.  Here  also  is  an  attractive  and 
fruitful  opportunity  for  engaging  the 
talents  and  training  the  powers  of  that 
large  body  of  consecrated  laymen  whose 
services  the  Head  of  the  Church  so 
urgently  needs. 

Summai'ized  facts  and  common  experi- 
ence emphasize  the  effectiveness  of  the 
Sunday  school  as  an  evangelizing  agency. 
We  would  again  seek  the  authority  and 
influence  of  the  -highest  court  of  the 
Church  in  urging  upon  our  pastor^  and 


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-(■jsions  and  all  Simda)-  school  workers 
that  they  avail  tliemselves  more  zealously 
than  ever  before  of  these  open  doors  of 
service. 

Sunday  School  Efficiency. 

In  no  realm  of  religious  work  have  more 
notable  advances  been  made  than  in  the 
increasingly  important  sphere  of  Relig- 
ious Education.  More  definite  and  ade- 
quate conceptions  and  aims  are  being  con- 
stantly worked  out  for  the  guidance  and 
inspiration  of  the  local  school.  In  the 
periodical  and  leaflet  literature  of  the 
Department  of  Sunday  Schools,  by  means 
of  conferences  and  institutes  and  by  cor- 
respondence, these  improved  methods  and 
clearer  objectives  are  made  available  for 
the  workers  and  leaders  of  the  thirty-five 
hundred  Sunday  schools  of  the  Church. 
We  covet  the  privilege  of  a  larger  and 
more  helpful  contact  with  the  problems 
and  plans  of  the  great  army  of  Sunday 
school  officers  and  teachers  within  our 
borders. 

SlANDAfeD  OF  EfFICIEXCY. 

"We  call  attention  to  the  value  of  the 
General  Assembly's  Standard  of  Efficien- 
cy for  Sunday  Schools,  as  a  guide  and 
incentive  to  better  service.  An  attractive 
wall  chart,  setting  fortli  the  requirements 
of  this  standard,  has  been  sent  to  every 
superintendent  in  the  Church.  These 
charts,  with  a  special  explanatory  leaflet 
and  additional  leaflets,  giving  detailed  in- 
foi-mation  and  assistance,  are  furnished 
fi'ee  of  cost  by  the  Publication  Commit- 
tee. Many  of  our  schools  are  availing 
themselves  of  these  helps  to  larger  ser- 
vice. The  Honor  Roll  of  Gold  Seal  Sun- 
day Schools,  which  appears  regularly  in 
the  Earnest  ^Yorl■er,  is  steadily  growing. 
We  eai-nestly  urge  a  more  general  use  of 
the  Standard. 

Attention  is  hereby  called  to  a  change 
under  section  IX  of  the  Standard — '"Full 
Denominational  Requirements."  An  ad- 
ditional item  has  been  added  to  the  four 
formerly  specified,  as  follows:  "(E) 
Church  Catechisms  Studied."    Each  of 


the  five  items  under  this  section  will  here- 
after count  for  a  percentage  of  2.  This 
change,  which  is  in  accordance  with  the 
direction  of  the  General  Assembly,  has 
been  incorporated  with  other  slight  re- 
visions in  a  new  edition  of  the  Standard 
of  Efficiency  Chart,  which  is  being  dis- 
tributed. 

In  justice  to  schools  which  have  re- 
ceived recognition  for  100  per  cent,  ef- 
ficiency according  to  the  old  standard, 
credit  for  the  old  Seal  on  the  new  basis, 
including  item  five  under  IX,  specified 
above,  will  not  be  counted  until  October 
1,  1919. 

In  promoting  a  more  effective  teaching 
of  God's  AVord  and  a  well-rounded  train- 
ing of  our  young  people  for  service  in  the 
kingdom,  spec-ial  emphasis  should  be 
placed  upon  the  regular  meeting  of  a 
Workers'  Conference,  the  organization  of 
Secondary  and  Adult  Bible  Classes,  bet- 
ter grading  and  equipment  of  the  school, 
the  training  of  teachers  and  officers,  mis- 
sionary education  through  the  Sunday 
school,  and  a  vital  and  intelligent  evan- 
gelistic policy. 

Traixixg  for  Service. 

The  adequate  training  of  Sunday  school 
officers  and  teachers  in  the  fundamentals 
of  religious  education,  knowledge  of  the 
Bible  and  Sunday  school  organization 
and  methods  is  so  essential,  if  the  Church 
is  to  measure  up  to  the  imperative  de- 
mands of  the  new  times,  as  to  justify  in- 
sistent repetition.  In  spite  of  great  ob- 
stacles t©  promotion  during  the  past  year, 
encouraging  advances  have  been  made  in 
the  organization  of  Teacher  Training 
Classes  using  the  new  Standard  Diploma 
Course,  "Trained  Workers."  The  Xa- 
tion-wide  Teacher  Training  Drive,  in 
which  practicalh'  all  denominations  united 
their  forces  in  September  and  October, 
was  undoubtedly  a  success,  though  the 
movement  was  retarded  by  the  closing  of 
many  schools  in  the  midst  of  the  drive 
on  account  of  the  influenza  epidemic.  The 
following  figures  are  somewhat  encour- 
aging, though  there  is  evidently  much  to 
be  desired : 


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Last  This 
Year.  Year. 

Number  of  Classes  in  old 

Certificate  Course  ....  50  59 
Number  of  Students  in  old 

Certificate  Course  240  291 

Number    of    Classes  in 

Trained  Workers    32  53 

Number    of    Students  in 

Trained  Workers   293  407 

We  commend  the  splendid  three-year 
course  "Trained  Workers"  for  use  in  the 
following  ways :  For  class-study  in  the  lo- 
cal school  by  those  already  teaching,  and 
by  young  people  looking  forward  to 
trained  service  in  the  church;  for  use  in 
schools  and  colleges,  normal  schools  and 
Theological  Seminaries,  as  a  basis  for 
preparing  our  most  promising  young  peo- 
ple for  leadership  in  church  -work;  as  a 
reading  or  study  course  for  individuals 
or  small  groups.  We  commend  the 
course  to  pastors  and  superintendents  and 
those  who  desire  a  convenient  and  up-to- 
date  summary  of  Sunday  school  Icnowl- 
edge. 

Forty-six  certificates  have  been  issued 
during  the  year  for  the  completion  of  the 
first  year's  work  of  "Trained  Workers." 
The  organization  of  classes  studying  the 
second  year  book  is  encouraging  in  the 
extreme.  Third  year  specialization  books 
will  not  probably  be  available  until  about 
January  1,  1920.  Leaflets  describing  the 
Diploma  Course  and  explaining  the 
method  of  examination  and  issuing  of 
certificates  and  diplomas  are  furnished 
free  of  cost  on  request  by  the  Committee. 

We  wish  to  again  call  attention  to  the 
fact  that  every  Sunday  school  should  pro- 
vide itself  with  a  Workers'  Library,  con- 
taining at  least  a  minimum  supply  of 
standard  books  on  Sunday  school  and 
young  people's  work.  Such  a  library  may 
be  obtained  at  comparatively  small  cost 
and  would  be  a  constant  inspiration  and 
source  of  information  to  those  who  'are 
responsible  for  carrying  on  the  import- 
ant work  of  the  school. 


Young  People's  Work. 

It  is  impossible  to  accurately  diagnose 
the  situation  in  Young  People's  Work  at 
the  present  time,  because  of  unsettled  con- 
ditions and  several  incalculable  elements 
involved.  The  following  statements,  how- 
ever, can  be  made  with  a  fair  degree  of 
certainty : 

1.  A  great  deal  of  disorganization  has 
resulted  from  war-time  conditions. 

2.  Our  young  people  have  been  given 
a  larger  outlook  and  undoubted  stimulus 
by  the  qickening  effect  of  their  patriotic 
interest  and  activities  in  connection  with 
the  call  of  the  country  for  their  services. 

3.  They  have  received  some  fine  train- 
ing in  individual  and  collective  service 
for  others  through  these  activities. 

4.  Many  of  them  are  at  the  present 
time  peculiarly  susceptible  to  the  chal- 
lenge for  religious  service — because  of 
their  experiences  in  altruism  and  ideal- 
ism during  the  war. 

The  facts  stated  above  put  responsi- 
bility upon  the  Church  to  capitalize  and 
direct  these  quickened  interests  and  ten- 
dencies in  training  young  people  for  the 
service  of  the  kingdom  of  God.  There 
are  two  chief  agencies  for  the  education 
and  training  of  young  people  which  have 
been  endorsed  by  the  General  Assembly — 
the  Sunday  School  and  the  Young  Peo- 
ple's Society. 

The  Sunday  School  Organized  for 
Service. 

The  Sunday  school  is  by  far  the  largest 
and  most  far-reaching  agency  of  the 
Church  for  the  religious  education  and 
training  of  its  young  people.  Heretofore 
the  program  of  the  Sunday  school  has 
been  too  exclusively  one  of  mere  instruc- 
tion in  religious  truth.  In  accordance 
with  univejsally  recognized  educational 
principles,  steps  have  been  taken  in  re- 
cent years  to  organize  the  Sunday  school 
so  as  to  carry  the  process  of  religious  edu- 
cation beyond  mere  instruction  into  so- 
called  expressional  activities,  which  in- 
clude worship,  recreation  and  definite  re- 
ligious and  social  service.    The  principle 


Publication  and 

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381 


of  fourfold  development,  including  phy- 
sical, social,  mental  and  religious,  is  kept 
in  mind  in  planning  schedules  and  pro- 
grams of  activities  during  the  week. 

The  Organized  Class  of  the  Secondary 
Division  of  the  Sunday  School  (ages  13 
to  24)  and  the  organization  of  the  Sec- 
ondary Division  as  a  whole,  or  the  differ- 
ent departments  of  the  Secondary  Divi- 
sion— Intermediate,  Senior,  Young  Peo- 
ple's— have  been  used  with  success  in  put- 
ting these  plans  for  through-the-week  ex- 
pressional  activities  into  effect.  Progress 
in  the  development  of  this  phase  of  Sun- 
day school  work  has  probably  kept  pace 
with  the  rate  of  Sunday  school  improve- 
ment in  other  respects.  This  leaves  much 
to  be  desired,  however,  and  strenuous  ef- 
forts are  being  made  through  literature, 
\  institutes  and  conferences  and  corre- 
spondence to  awaken  our  Sunday  schools 
to  their  responsibility  and  opportunity  in 
this  matter.  The  following  figures  re- 
garding Organized  Classes  are  probably 
short  of  actual  facts  : 

1918  1919 

Adult  Organized  Classes..   423  446 

Membership  '  2,289  2,767 

Secondary  Organized 

Classes   160  209 

Membership  1,207  1,640 

Here  and  there  throughout  the  Church 
genuine  and  fruitful  work  is  being  done 


with  the  Organized  Department  or  Divi- 
sion as  a  basis.  The  young  people  so  or- 
ganized conduct  their  exercises  of  wor- 
ship in  a  separate  room,  meet  together 
for  recreation,  and  plan  and  carry  out 
definite  forms  of  service  directly  in  the 
community  and  indirectly  through  the 
missionary  and  benevolent  agencies  of  the 
Church.  Literature  explaining  organi- 
zation and  methods  for  these  forms  of 
service  will  be  furnished  free  of  cost  bj 
the  Department  of  Young  People's  Work. 

Supervision  of  Young  People's  Work 
IN  THE  Local  Church. 

The  chief  responsibility  for  the  suj)er- 
vision  and  promotion  of  Young  Peojjle's 
Work  in  the  individual  church  rests  upon 
the  pastor,  the  session  and  the  local  lead- 
ers. They  only  have  first-hand  and  inti- 
mate knowledge  of  personnel  and  condi- 
tions, and  an  opportunity  for  supervision, 
inspiration  and  direction.  They  are  the 
logical  and  ordained  guides  of  all  congre- 
gational organizations  and  enterprises. 
What  type  of  organization  is  best  suited 
to  the  needs  of  each  particular  church, 
and  how  best  to  correlate  the  programs 
and  activities  of  such  organizations  as  al- 
ready exist — these  are  problems  which 
must  be  solved  by  those  who  are  on  the 
ground. 


WHO  IS  GOING? 

The  Montreat  Conference  on  Young  People's  Work,  June  26  to  July  6. 

Select  Delegates  with  Care,  The  Young  People's  Conference  will  give  a 
vision  of  service  and  some  actual  training  to  prospective  leaders.  Every  church 
should  have  this  in  view  when  sending  delegates.  Better  carefully  select  and 
pay  the  expenses  of  one  or  two  earnest  young  people,  between  the  ages  of  16 
and  25,  in  whom  there  is  material  for  real  leadership,  than  to  send  a  large 
delegation  seeking  pleasure  and  recreation  only. 

For  information  as  to  both  programs,  write  to  Dr.  Jno.  I.  Armstrong,  Box 
158,  Nashville,  Tenn.;  or  to  Dr.  Gilbert  Glass,  Box  1176,  Richmond,  Va.  (yee 
also  page  374.) 


Missionaries  of  the  Presbyterian 


Church,  U.  S. 


AFRICA-CONGO  MISSION 

AFRICA.  [48] 

Bulape,  1915. 
Rev.  and  Mrs.  H.  M.  Washburn. 
Rev.  and  Mrs.  C.  T.  Wharton. 
Miss  Elda  M.  Fair. 

Luebo,  1891. 
Rev.  and  'Mrs.  Motte  Martin. 
•Dr.  and  Mrs.  L.  J.  Coppedge. 
•Miss  Maria  Fearing  (c). 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  T.  J.  Arnold,  Jr 
Rev.  and  Mrs.  T.  C.  Vinson. 
•Rev.  S.  H.  Wilds. 
Dr.  and  Mrs.  T.  Th.  Stixrud. 
Rev.  and  Mrs.  A.  C.  McKinnon. 
tMr.  and  Mrs.  T.  Daumery. 
*Rev.  and  Mrs.  W.  F.  MoElroy. 
•Mr.  and  Mrs.  C.  R.  Stegall. 
Mis*  Mary  E.  Kirkland. 
Rev.  and  Mrs.  J.  H.  Longenecker. 
"Rev.  and  Mrs.  R.  F.  Cleveland. 
Rev.  and  Mrs.  A.  L.  Edmiston  (c) 

Mutoto,  1912. 
•Rev.  A.  A.  Rochester  (c). 
Rev.  and  Mr3.  Plumer  Smith. 
»Dt.  and  Mrs.  Robt  R.  King. 
Rev,  and  Mrs.  C.  L.  Crane. 
Mrs.  8.  N.  Edhegard. 
tRev.  S.  N.  Edhegard. 
Rev.  and  Mrs.  J.  W.  Allen. 

Lusambo,  1913. 
Rev.  and  Mrs.  R.  D.  Bedinger. 
Mr.  B.  M.  Schlotter. 

Bibangu,  1918. 
Rev.  and  Mrs.  Geo  T.  McKee. 
Dr.  and  Mrs.  E.  R.  Kellersberger. 
Mr.  W.  L.  Hillhouse. 


E.  BRAZIL  MISSION.  [15) 
Lavras,  1893. 
Rev.  and  Mrs.  S.  R.  Gammon. 
Mise  Charlotte  Kemper. 
Rev  H.  S.  AUyn,  M.  D. 
Mrs.  H.  S.  AUyn. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  C.  C.  Knight. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  B.  H.  Hunnicutt. 
•Mr.  and  Mrs.  F.  F.  Baker. 
JRev.  A.  8.  Maxwell. 
Mise  Genevieve  Marchant. 

Plumhy.  1896. 
Mrs.  Kate  B.  Cowan. 

Bom  Successo. 
Miu  Ruth  See. 
Mrs.  D.  G.  Armstrong. 

W.  BRAZIL  MISSION.  [10] 
Ytu,  1909. 
Braganca,  1907. 
Rev.  and  Mrs.  Gaston  Boyle. 
•Rev.  Marion  S.  Huske. 

Campinas,  1869. 
Mrs.  J.  R.  Smith. 
Rev.  and  Mrs.  Jas.  P.  Smith. 

Itapetlninga,  1912. 
Descalvado,  1908. 
Rev.  and  Mrs.  Alva  Hardie. 

Sao  Sebastlao  do  Paralso,  1917. 
•Rev.  and  Mrs.  R.  D.  Daffin. 

N.  BRAZIL  MISSION.  [13] 
Garanhuns,  1895. 
Rev.  and  Mrs.  G.  E.  Henderlite. 
Rev.  and  Mrs.  W.  M.  Thompson. 
Miss  Eliza  M.  Reed. 

Pemambuco,  1873. 
•Miss  Margaret  Douglas. 
Miss  Edmonia  R.  Martin. 
Miss  Leora  James  (Natal). 
Miss  R.  Caroline  Kilgore. 

Parahyba,  1917. 
Rev.  and  Mrs.  W.  C.  Porter. 


I  Canhotlnho. 

Dr.  G.  W.  Butler. 
•Mrs.  G.  W.  Butler. 

MID  CHINA  MISSION  [74] 
Hangchow,  1867. 
Mrs.  J.  L.  Stuart,  Sr. 
Miss  E.  B.  French. 
Miss  Emma  Boardman. 
Rev.  and  Mrs.  Warren  H.  Stuart. 
Miss  Annie  R.  V.  Wilson. 
Rev.  and  Mrs.  R.  J.  McMullen. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  J.  M.  Wilson. 
Miss  Rebecca  E.  Wilson. 
Rev.  G.  W.  Painter,  Pulaski,  Va. 
Rev.  and  Mrs.  .T.  M.  Blain. 
Miss  Nettie  MoMuUen. 
Miss  Sophie  P.  Graham. 
Miss  Frances  Stribling. 

Shanghai. 
•Rev.  and  Mrs.  S.  I.  Woodbridge. 
Rev.  and  Mrs.  C.  N.  Caldwell. 
Miss  Mildred  Watkins. 

Kashing,  1895. 
Rev.  and  Mrs.  W.  H.  Hudson. 
Dr.  and  Mrs.  W.  H.  Venable  (Ruling). 
Miss  Elizabeth  Talbot. 
Rev.  and  Mrs.  Lowry  Da\ns. 
♦Miss  Irene  Hawkins. 
Miss  Elizabeth  Corriher. 
Miss  Florence  Nickles. 
Miss  Sade  A.  Nesbit. 
tMr.  S.  C.  Farrior. 
Dr.  and  Mrs.  F.  R.  Crawford. 
Rev.  and  Mrs.  M.  A.  Hopkins. 
Rev.  and  Mrs.  J.  Y.  McCSinnis. 
Miss  R.  Elinore  Lynch. 
Miss  Kittie  McMullen. 

Kiangyin,  1895. 
Rev.  and  Mrs.  L.  I.  Moffett. 
Rev.  Lacv  L.  Little. 
Dr.  and  Mrs.  Geo.  C.  Worth. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Andrew  Allison. 
Miss  Rida  Jourolman. 
Mrs.  Anna  McG.  Sykes. 
Miss  Ida  M.  Albaugh. 
Miss  Carrie  L.  Moffett. 
Miss  Venie  J.  Lee,  M.  D. 

Nanking. 
Rev.  and  Mrs.  J.  L.  Stuart. 
Dr.  and  Mrs.  A.  C.  Hutcheson. 
Dr.  and  Mrs.  R.  T.  Shields  (Tsin- 
anfu). 

Rev.  and  Mrs.  P.  F.  Price. 

Soochow,  1872. 
Dr.  and  *Mrs.  J.  R.  Wilkinson. 
Miss  Addie  M.  Sloan. 
Miss  Gertrude  Sloan. 
Mrs.  M.  P.  McCormick. 
Rev.  and  Mrs.  P.  C.  DuBose. 
•Mrs.  R.  A.  Haden. 
Miss  Irene  McCain. 
Dr.  and  Mrs.  M.  P.  Young. 
Rev.  and  Mrs.  Henry  L.  Reaves. 
Miss  I-ois  Young. 
Rev.  and  Mrs.  H.  Maxcy  Smith. 

N.  KIANGSU  MISSION  [77] 

Chinklang,  1883. 
Rev.  and  Mrs.  A.  Sydenstricker. 
Rev.  and  Mrs.  J.  W.  Paiton. 
Rev.  and  Mrs.  D.  W.  Richardson. 
•Rev.  and  Mrs.  J.  C.  Crenshaw. 

Taichow,  1908. 
Rev.  and  Mrs.  T.  L.  Harnsberger. 
Dr.  and  Mrs.  Robt.  B.  Price. 
•Rev.  Chas.  Ghiselin,  Jr. 

Hsuchoufu,  1897. 
Mrs.  Mark  B.  Grier,  M.  D. 
Dr.  and  Mrs.  A.  A.  McFayden. 
Rev  and  Mrs.  Geo.  P.  Stevens  (Tengh- 
sien). 

Rev.  and  Mrs.  F.  A.  Brown. 
Rev.  and  Mrs.  O.  V.  Armstrong. 
Rev.  and  Mrs.  Lewis  H.  Lancaster. 


Hwaianfu.  9014. 
•Rev.  rod  Mrs.  H.  M.  Woods 
Miss  Josephine  Woods. 
Rev.  and  Mrs.  O.  F.  Yates. 
•Miss  Lillian  C.  Wells. 
•Miss  Lily  Woods. 
Rev.  and  Mrs.  Jas.  N.  Montgomery. 

Ycnch«ng,  1909. 
Rev.  and  Mrs.  H.  W.  White. 
Rev.  and  Mrs.  C.  F.  Hancock. 
Dr.  and  Mrs.  J.  W.  Hewett. 
♦Rev.  C.  H.  Smith. 

Sutslen,  1893. 
Dr.  and  Mrs.  J.  W.  Bradley. 
Rev.  B.  C.  Patterson. 
Mrs.  B.  C.  Patterson,  M.  D. 
Rev.  and  Mrs.  W.  C.  McLauchlin 
Rev.  and  Mrs.  W.  F.  Junkin. 
•Mr.  H  W.  McCutchan. 
•Miss  Mada  McCutchan. 
Miss  M.  M.  Johnston. 
Miss  B.  McRobert. 
Miss  Mary  Bissett. 

Tslng-klang-pu,  1897. 
Rev.  and  Mrs.  J.  R.  Graham. 
Dr.  and  ♦Mrs.  James  B.  Woods 
Rev.  and  Mrs.  A.  A.  Talbot. 
Miss  Jessie  D.  Hall. 
Miss  Sallie  M.  Lacy. 
Miss  Nellie  Sprunt. 
Dr.  and  Mrs.  L.  Nelson  Bell. 
Rev.  and  Mrs.  H.  Kerr  Taylor. 

Tonghai,  1908. 
Rev.  and  Mrs.  J.  W.  Vinson. 
L.  S.  Morgan,  M.  D. 
Mrs.  L.  S.  Morgan,  M.  D. 
Rev.  and  Mrs.  Thos.  B.  Grafton 
Rev.  and  Mrs.  A.  D.  Rice. 

CUBA  MISSION. 
Cardenas,  1899. 
♦Miss  M.  E.  Craig. 
Rev.  and  Mrs.  R.  L.  Wharton 
Miss  Margaret  M.  Davis. 

Caibarien,  1891. 
Miss  Mary  I  Alexander. 
tMiss  Janie  Evans  Patterson 
tRev.  H.  B.  Someillan. 

Placetas,  1909. 

None. 

Camajuani,  1910. 

Miss  Edith  McC.  Houston. 

tRev.  and  Mrs.  Ezequiel  D.  Terrea. 

Sagua,  1914. 
•Rev.  and  Mrs.  Juan  Orts  y  Gonsales. 
Rev.  and  Mrs.  J.  O.  Shelby. 

JAPAN  MISSION.  (43) 
Kobe,  1890. 
Rev.  and  Mra.  8.  P.  Fulton 
Rev.  and  Mrs.  H.  W  Myers. 
Rev.  and  Mrs.  W.  MoS.  Buchanan. 

Kochi,  1885. 
Rev.  and  Mrs.  W.  B.  McIUwaine 
Rev.  and  Mrs.  H.  H.  Munroe 
Miss  Estelle  Lumpkin. 
♦Miss  Annie  iJ.  Dowd. 

Nagoya,  1867. 
Miss  Leila  G.  Kirtland. 
Rev.  and  Mrs.  R.  B.  McAlpine. 
Rev.  and  Mrs.  L.  C.  MoC.  Smjrthe. 
Miss  Sarah  G.  HanseU. 

Glfu. 

•Rev.  and  Mrs.  W.  C.  Buchanan. 
Miss  Elizabeth  O.  Buchanan. 

Susakl,  1898. 
Rev.  and  Mrs.  J.  W.  Moore. 
Rev.  and  Mrs.  J.  H.  Brady. 

Takamatsu,  1898. 
Rev.  and  Mrs.  S.  M.  Eriokaon. 
Miss  M.  J.  AtldnBon, 
Rev.  and  Mrs.  A.  P.  HaeseU 
Rev.  and  Mrs.  J.  Woodrow  Hassell. 


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383 


Tokushlma,  1889. 
Bev.  and  Mrs.  C.  A.  Logan. 
MUs  Lillian  W.  Curd. 
*ReT.  and  Mn.  H.  C.  Oatrom. 

Toyohasht,  1902. 
Rev.  and  Mrs.  C.  K.  Cummings. 

Okazakl.  1912. 
•MiM  Florence  Patton. 
*Mi8s  Annie  V.  Patton. 
ReY.  and  Mrs.  C.  Darby  Fulton. 

CHOSEN  MISSION. 
Chunju,  1896. 
Rev.  and  Mrs.  L.  B.  Tate. 
MiiB  Mattie  S.  Tate. 
Rev.  and  Mrs.  L.  O.  McCutchen. 
Rev.  and  Mrs.  W.  M.  Clark. 
•Rev.  and  Mrs.  W.  D.  Reynolds. 
*Mi86  Susanna  A.  Colton. 
♦Rev.  S.  D.  Winn. 
•Miss  Emily  Winn. 
•Miss  E.  E.  Kestler. 
•Miss  Lillian  Austin. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  F.  M.  Eversole. 
Dr.  and  Mrs.  M.  O.  Robertson. 
Miss  Sadie  Buokland. 

Kunsan,  1896. 
Rev.  and  Mrs.  Wm.  F.  Bull. 
Miss  Julia  Dysart. 
Dr.  and  Mrs.  J.  B.  Patterson. 


[72] 


*ReT.  John  McEachem. 

Mr.  Wm.  A.  Linton. 

Miss  Elise  J.  Shepping  (Seoul). 

•Miss  Lavalette  Dupuy. 

Rev.  and  Mrs.  W.  B.  Harrison. 

Miss  Lillie  O.  Latbrop. 

Rev.  D.  Jas.  dimming 

Kwan^u,  1898. 

Rev.  Eugene  Bell. 

♦Rev.  S.  K.  Dodson. 

♦Miss  Mary  Dodson. 

Mrs.  C.  C.  Owen. 

•Rev.  and  Mrs.  P.  B.  Hill. 

Miss  Ella  Graham. 

Dr.  and  Mrs.  R.  M.  Wilson. 

Miss  Anna  McQueen. 

Rev.  and  Mrs.  J.  V.  N.  Talmage. 

Rev.  and  Mrs.  Robert  Knox. 

♦Mr.  and  Mrs.  M.  L.  Swinehart. 

Miss  Esther  B.  Matthews. 

Mokpo,  1898. 
Rev.  and  Mrs.  H.  D.  McCallie. 
Miss  Julia  Martin. 
Rev.  and  Mrs.  J.  S.  Nisbet. 
•Miss  Ada  McMurphy. 
•Dr.  and  Mrs.  R.  S.  Leadingham. 
•Rev.  and  Mrs.  L.  T.  Newland. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Wm  P.  Parker. 
Mrs.  P.  S.  Crane. 

Sooncbun,  1913. 

Rev.  and  Mrs.  J.  F.  Preston. 
Rev.  and  Mrs.  R.  T.  Coit. 


•Miss  Meta  L.  Biggar. 
•Miss  Anna  L.  Greer. 
•Rev.  and  Mrs.  J.  C.  Crtuie. 
Dr.  and  Mrs.  J.  McL.  Rogers. 

MEXICO  MISSION.  [ID 
Linares,  1887. 
Rev.  and  Mrs.  H.  L.  Ross. 

Matamoros,  1874. 
Miss  Alice  J.  McClelland. 
San  Angel,  D.  F.  Mexico. 

Austin,  Texas. 
Miss  Anne  E.  Dysart. 

Brownsville,  Texas. 
Rev.  and  Mrs.  W.  A.  Ross. 

Montemorelos,  1884. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  R.  C.  Morrow. 

C.  Victoria,  1886. 
Miss  E.  V.  Lee. 

Missions,  10. 
Occupied  Stations,  53. 
Missionaries,  3P0. 
Associate  Workers,  11. 

♦On  furlough,  or  in  United  States 
Dates  opposite  names  of  stations  in- 
dicates year  stations  were  opened. 

tAssociate  workers. 

For  postoffice  address,  etc.,  see  page 
below. 


Stations,  Postoffice  Addresses 


AFRICA — For  Bulape,  Luebo,  Mutoto. — Luebo,  Congo  Beige,  Africa,  via  Antwerp,  care  A.  P.  C.  Mission,  par  Kin- 
shasa. For  Lusambo — "Lusambo,  Sankuru  District,  Congo  Beige,  Africa,  via  Antwerp,  care  A.  P.  C.  Mission,"  par 
Kinshasa.    For  Bibangu — "Bibangu,  Kabinda,  District  du  Lomami,  Congo  Beige,  Africa,  care  A.  P.  C.  Mission." 

E.  BRAZIL — For  Lavras — "Lavras,  Estado  de  Minas  Geraes,  Brazil."  Bom  Successo,  Estado  de  Minas  Geraes, 
Brazil.    For  Piumhy — "Piumhy,  Estado  de  Minas  Geraes,  Brazil." 

W.  BRAZIL — For  Campinas — "Campinas,  Estado  de  Sao  PaiJo,  Brazil."  For  Descalvado — "Descalvado  Estado 
de  Sao  Paulo,  Brazil."  For  Braganca — "Braganca,  Estado  de  Sao  Paulo,  Brazil."  For  Sao  Paulo — "Estado  de  Sao 
Paulo,  Brazil."  For  Itu — '  -Itu,  Estado  de  Sao  Paulo,  Brazil."  For  Sao  Sebastiao  de  Paraiso — "Sao  Sebastiao  de  Paraiso, 
Estado  de  Minas  Geraes,  Brazil." 

N.  BRAZIL — For  Canhotinho — "Canhotinho,  E.  de  Pernambuoo,  Brazil."  For  Garanhuns — "Garanhuns,  E.  de 
Pernambuco,  Brazil."  For  Natal — "Rio  Grande  de  Norte,  Brazil."  For  Pernambuco — "Recife,  E.  de  Pernambuco, 
Brazil."    For  Parahyba — "Rio  Grande  de  Norte,  Brazil." 

CHINA — Mid-Cliina  Mission — For  Tunghiang — "Care  Southern  Presbyterian  Mission,  Tunghiang,  via  Shanghai, 
China."  For  Hangchow — "Care  Southern  Presbyterian  Mission,  Hangchow,  China."  For  Shanghai — "Care  Southern 
Presbyterian  Mission,  Shanghai,  China."  For  Eashing — "Care  Southern  Presbyterian  Mission,  Hashing,  via  Shanghai, 
China."  For  Kiangyin — "Kiangyin,  via  Shanghai,  China."  For  Nanking — "Care  Southern  Presbyterian  Mission, 
Nanking,  China."  For  Soochow — "Care  Southern  Presbj^erian  Mission,  Soochow,  China."  North  Kiangsu  Mission — 
For  Chinkiang — "Care  Southern  Presbyterian  Mission,  Chinkiang,  China."  For  Taichow — "Care  Southern  Presbyterian 
Mission,  Taichow,  via  Chinkiang,  China."  For  Hsuchou-fu — "Care  Southern  Presbyterian  Mission,  Hsuchou-fu,  Ku, 
China."  For  Hwaianfu — "Care  Southern  Presbyterian  Mission,  Hwaianfu — via  Chinkiang,  China."  For  Sutsien — "Care 
Southern  Presbyterian  Mission,  Sutsien,  via  Chinkiang,  China."  For  Tsing-Kiang-Pu — "Care  Southern  Presbjrterian 
Mission,  Tsing-Kiang-Pu,  via  Chinkiang,  China."  For  Tonghai — "Care  Southern  Presbyterian  Mission,  Tonghai,  via 
Chinldang,  China."    For  Yenchfeng — "Care  Southern  Presbyterian  Mission,  Yencheng,  Kiangsu,  China." 

CUBA — For  Cardenas — "Cardenas,  Cuba."  For  Caibarien — "Caibarien,  Cuba."  For  Camajuani — "Camajuani. 
Cuba."    For  Placetas — "Placetas,  Cuba."    For  Sagua — "la  Grande,  Cuba." 

JAPAN — For  Kobe — "Kobe,  Setsu  Province,  Japan."  For  Kochi — "Kochi,  Tosa  Province,  Japan."  For  Nagoya — 
"Nagoya,  Owari  Province,  Japan."  For  Susaki — "Susaki,  Tosa  Province,  Japan."  For  Takamatsu — "Takamatiu, 
Sanuki  Province,  Japan."  For  Tokushima — "Tokushima,  Awa  Province,  Japan."  For  Toyohashi — "Toyohashi,  Mikawa 
Province,  Japan."  Okazaki — "Okazaki,  Mikawa  Province,  Japan."  For  Marugame — "Marugame,  Sanuki  Province, 
Japan." 

CHOSEN — For  Ch  r'n — "Chunju,  Chosen,  Asia."  For  Kunsan — "Kunsan,  Chosen,  Asia."  For  Kwangju — 
"Kwangju,  Chosen,  Asis..  '  7ot  Mokpo — "Mokpo,  Chosen,  Asia."  For  Seoul — "Seoul,  Chosen,  Asia."  For  Soonchon 
— "Soonchun,  Chosen,  Asik.  ' 

MEXICO  MISSION — For  Linares — "Linares,  Neuvo  Leon,  Mexico."  For  Matamoros — "Matamoros,  Tamaulipas. 
Mexico."  For  Montemorelos — "Montemorelos,  Nuevo  Leon.  Mexico."  For  C.  Victoria — "C.  Victoria,  Tamaulipaa, 
Mexico." 


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