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A Warmie—St Joseph, Missouri. . . . - a-e - 357 From Astoria, Oregon. SC. ERS у ы аб»
Attention, Missionaries !— The Rightldea . . . . 358 ‘Transfer of Our Missions. SCC... s <= 366
The Tenth— Enthusiasm— This and That. . . . 358 Between.) c touc MATER NEN S Bet, Suis Lad n 366
Ohio Synod—Synod of the Interior. . .. . - - 36o Let Your bight Shure]; e S sh nee үз. 366
W. M. S. Ohio SERES Ле 2 DEA ri Ру 361 Giving and Living Е т АЛАС s 367
Now for Work—The F oreigner atour Door . . . 362 Practical Rules of Giving ae. cece ee ee 367
The тосо Five Pledges Committee Meeting . ~ 363 | The Outlook--Notes From the Potomac Synod . 3
Sensible—A Question—Receipts for October. . . 364 | From the Eastern Synod :

Hlissions.
ihe Women of аран. 2.5 YS weet i els Endowment of a Scholarship in the Sendai Train-
The Sifting of Péter . 5...7. . ingtSENOOl* ne Кера INE Los cSNO 380
Mohammedanism and Woman . AS S The Noct Earthquake 3
The Prospect Before Us”. o ied ic I am a Son of God.
Japanese Moicisia 2 ш. Ее ЛЕ The Growing Work 1
The Success of Foreign Missions . .`...... 378 Missions-and Commerce. TR ду see 382
Miss Hollowel's Departure .......... 379 Jitie Herben Girls; “spe
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An Hour with Mrs. Moote a a R 379

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Ваше Missions, desire also others to enjoy. The

members of the live Missionary So-
ciety must, therefore, of necessity, be
OF GENERAL SYNOD'S BOARD.
Edited by Rey. D.S. FOUSE, Superintendent of
the most active workers in the con-
the Board of Home Missions of General Synod. gregation. We must seek the souls of
men. To do that is the best mission-
A Warning. ary work. This must be the chief
S there is an awakened zeal in our aim of the Society. With this will
Church in the missionary cause, necessarily go a liberal and benevolent
and as Missionary Societies are form- spirit. To gather funds is right, and
ing on all sides, we must be warned these will come as the hearts of the
against the idea of mere money-get- people become imbued with the spirit
ting. The impression may easily be of the work. When thus imbued the
made upon the minds of the people desire to give will grow as the interest
that the chief aim of these Societies is in the work increases. Let us then
simply to get money. We believe that seek to get the funds, but let us be
for us to give of our substance is no sure to awaken a love for the Master
less a means of grace than to pray. and His cause in the heart, which is
But if we only pray, and labor not in the basis from which alone men be-
the direction of our prayers, éven our come truly liberal.
praying will be of no avail. Just so *

with the efforts of the Missionary St. Joseph, Missouri.

Societies. If these efforts sink to the HIS is a city of nearly 70,000
low level of mere money-getting, then souls, on the Missouri river,
certainly they will soon lose their and in the northwestern corner of the
-power. . The Missionary Society is State of the same name. It is said to
intended to awaken an interest in be the wealthiest city of its size in the
others—to seek the good of others— West. We are told that it does a larger
to bring them to Christ. The very wholesale business than many cities of
foundation of the missionary cause much larger size. The population is
bases itself upon the fact that what we made up of northern and southern
enjoy as "Christians, that which we elements, and is all the more active
feel to be a great blessing to us—we because of this fact. Many years ago
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members of our Church removed from that this quarterage is not sent to
the Eastto this city, but no English them, simply because they failed to
congregation was ever planted there. send in their quarterly reports. Some,
` Of late other members have found again, think they should be especially
a home there, and these have been notified when the Executive Commit-
reminding the Boards that a mission tee meets. Not so, only send in your
should be planted there. Funds were report every quarter. But we have
lacking, and yet the General Board been sharply written to because we
felt that the effort must now be made did not notify the missionaries that it
or the idea abandoned forever. Ас- was time to send in the reports.
cordingly the services of the Rev. H. While we need not give any such
S. Gekeler were secured for the place. notice, yet it is a fact that ever since
Mr. Gekeler comes from an old Re- we have been in office, we gave notice
formed family. He is a graduate of at the end of every quarter when and
the College and Seminary at Tiffin, O. where the reports were to be sent.
After being in the ministry two years But it seems the missionaries did not
he felt that he would like to study Old see the notices—which might indicate
Testament exegesis and theology more that some of them are not very care-
thoroughly, and during the past year he ful readers of the church papers !
studied the Semetic languages at Yale. We wish to say here also, if you are
This young brother,so well prepared out of blanks write out an account of
in the literary sense, takes up the work your work during the quarter. That
in St. Joe. That it will bc a success will answer the purpose just as well.
we have no doubt at all. That it will However, all who were under the
require hard work we are aware of Board at the opening of the year had
also. He needs the prayers and sup- a full supply sent them for the entire
port of the Church. The Board, year. Those entering fields since, may
already heavily burdened, needs all have been missed.
the help possible in order to carry for- We will on January 1 send out to
ward this additional work. If the every missionary four blanks—three
whole Church will stand by these new quarterly and one annual. Please
missions they cannot but succeed. look out for these, and if you fail to
get them, let us know. The annual
Attention, Missionaries! will be forwarded April 1, 1892, and
UST a few words to those who have will answer for the quarter also. By
charge of the missions under the observing these notices much trouble
General Board. It is well that and confusion will be avoided.
we fully understand what is required ` *

of all who are employed by the Board. The Right Idea.

You are under your Classis the same E notice that in the eastern
as any other pastor, and should be portion of the Church a num-
installed just as the other pastors are. ber of the Women’s Missionary Socie-
Still you owe something to the Board ties are giving pledges to pay certain
also. The Board must have a report sums to the Hungarian cause. As
from you every quarter—because only these Societies are more and more cut-
in this way can the Board know ting loose from the idea that they
whether the work is done that it ought to pay part of the apportion-
requires. Some deem it very hard ment, they ought to feel the more that
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it is their privilege to help in all the Enthusiasm.

departments of the mission work. HAT was an enthusiastic mission-
. We therefore hope that the Women’s ary meeting held at Bellevue,
Societies all over the Church will re- Ohio, during the meeting of the Ohio
.member the Hungarian cause, and Synod. The collection on that occa-
will set apart a portion of their con- sion amounted to $201.10. That was
tributions for this good work. We a good collection; but one brother
may well be encouraged with the pro- said he did not believe much in those
gress we have made in this mission spasmodic spurts.
work, as to-day it is in some respects Well now, even spasms are a good
the most prosperous of all our mission thing at times, we are told. They are
enterprises. Let all the Societies re- an evidence that the system is making
member this work, and then we may a strong attempt to relieve itself of
be able to extend the work. some serious obstruction. If this
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spasm is a sign that the Church is try-
The Tenth. ing to throw off the old lethargy,
OULD it be wrong if the then it was a good thing. It was the
Church were to ask her mem- kind of spasm we like. We hope the
bers to pay one tenth of their income Church may be afflicted with many
to benevolence? We know that many more such spasms in the near future.
people object to an iron-clad rule for It was such a strong spasm that Dr.
our benevolent giving. It is perhaps Callender the next day had over $100
not the best; but there are a great cash to send to the Foreign Board,
many, we know, who object to giving and we had the same for the Home
anything, so that we must not cease Board. By all means let us have some
to insist upon a good thing because more,
there are those who object to it. We *

know that there is nothing taught us This and That.

in the Scriptures as to the amount the The young Synod of the Interior
Christian shall give ; but we may cer- gave $41.62 at its missionary meeting.
tainly infer something as to the Every Classis in the Ohio Synod
amount when those under the Old now has a Classical Woman’s Mission-
Testament dispensation were expected ary Society.
to pay the tenth. Shall those under The members in St. Joe, Missouri,
the New Testament do less than those before they are organized, have nearly
under the Old? It would certainly $500 ready towards the purchase of a
seem as if they should do more. lot.
There are, as we know, quite a num- The Interior Synod has three mis-
ber of our ministers and elders who sions of its own, which are to be
make it a rule to give one tenth of transferred to the General Synod’s
their income to the Lord. 15 it un- Board.
reasonable that the Church should ex- The amount of benevolence paid
pect so much of her members? Should by the Damascus mission, Illinois,
wenot giveas much? Could Christians was put at $12.50 per member in Sep-
not easily give that amount? Let all tember GUARDIAN. It should have
make this a matter of prayer, and let been $2.50.
us all see whether we cannot greatly The mission in Lisbon, Iowa, aver-
increase our benevolence. aged per member $2.18 for benevo-

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lence the past year. A large portion apportionments of Harbor Mission

was given to missions. for the last triennial term, as well as
Have you any money to spare? If those of last year, were directed to
so, send a contribution for the Hun- pay up. td :
garian fund. The Synod appointed a committee
Who wishes to do a generous and to devise a plan of sustentation for
benevolent act? Let him givea $500 weak charges, so that only new points
Church-building Fund. will hereafter be taken up by the
Remember the 1000 5’s fund. Send Board. This committee is to report
in your contributions, as funds are at the next annual meeting. This is
needed. an important item, and should receive
Let pastors commence at once to the serious consideration of the Com-
send in their apportionment for mis- mittee and the Synod. The Synodical
sions. collection on Sunday evening amount-
*
ed to $201.10. It was an enthusiastic
Ohio Synod. gathering. Rev. Moore, the returned
HIS Synod met at Bellevue, Ohio, missionary, and Rev Dr. S. N. Callen-
in the charge of pastor Souder. der were present and made stirring
It is a body of earnest Christian work- addresses.
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ers. Among other business matters
the subject of missions received the Synod of the Interior.
attention it deserves. So many other We had the privilege of attending
matters claim the help of the Synod this, the youngest of our Synods. It
that not as much is done as should be is composed of an earnest company of
in the way of taking up new points. men. The whole Synod is missionary
The sum of $7,500 was asked by ground and it behooves these men to be
the Board in order to carry on the on the lookout in the missionary
work. Synod resolved to give that work. The Synod devoted a good
amount. May we not rightfully ex- share of its time to the consideration
pect that this sum will be paid into of the mission work within its bounds.
the treasury of the Board? Last year This Synod pays its Harbor Mission
the delinquencies were too large. apportionment out of its contingent
The sum of ten cents per niember fund, as all the other Synods should
was voted for church extension. Of do. Because of this, its share of the
this enough is to be retained by the funds needed for this mission is
Synodical Board to pay off its debts; already paid in full for this present tri-
and the remainder will be given to ennnial year.
the General Board for its work. This Three cents per member was voted
is a good work and deserves the active for the Hungarian work, which is con-
interest of every member of the siderably more than any other Synod
Church. pays. What is assessed in this Synod
The sum of $300 was voted for the is usually paid too—which cannot be
Hungarian work; and the Clerk of said of all the Synods.
Synod was directed to notify the Five cents per member was voted
Clerks of Classes to make the appor- for church extension, which will be
tionment so that the money will paid for the work under the General
become available in a very short time. Synod's Board. Would that all our
The Classes that were in arrears on Synods could be induced to do as
 THE MISSIONARY GUARDIAN. 361

much for this cause. What a grand tional church at Bellevue, Ohio. We
work could be done. found the ladies about as well versed
The apportionments in this Synod in parliamentary law as men usually
amount this year to about seventy-five are, The attendance was not quite as
cents per member, While here and full as we expected it would be.
there a charge may fail to pay its full Much important business claimed the
apportionment, we know that many attention of the body. The special
of the charges pay more than the aver- desire on the part of the women is
age apportionment. that they may be enabled to get a
On Sunday evening, October 18, better system established for the re-
the Synodical missionary meeting was porting of their funds.
held. Home and foreign missions As the business was done heretofore,
were considered. "The collection on it was hard to say how much these
this occasion amounted to $41.62. Societies had contributed. They
Pretty good that for the size of the propose that hereafter, either by
body. money or proper receipts, all shall be
The matter that called forth the reported by the Synodical treasurer.
most animated discussion was an item This is eminently right and proper.
in the report of the committee on
Then again, so much is reported by
missions. This item had reference to the auxiliary Societies which is not
the transfer of the missions within the used for missions at all. Hereafter
bounds of this Synod to the General nothing is to be reported except that
Synod’s Board, The action was, in a which is actually given for mis-
few words, that as quickly as possible sions. à
arrangements be made for the transfer
The whole amount of money re-
of these missions, but that the present
ported by the societies during the
arrangement be not disturbed until all
past year was $4135. If all that had
the necessary and satisfactory arrange-
been paid to missions,the work might
ments are made for such transfer. Not
have been considerably extended.
having the action before us we cannot
give the exact wording, but the above This Society pledged itself to pay
is the substance of it. Be it remem- $100 and as much more as possible,
bered that three Boards have been toward the salary of the additional
caring for missions within the territory lady teacher lately sent to Japan.
of this Synod. Synod’s Board has at Ten dollars were voted at this meeting
present some four or five missions to each of the home and foreign fields.
under its care. Synod authorized its It was resolved that this Society
Board to transfer its missions at as open a column in the Christian Worla
early a date as possible. Many more through which better to present its
missions should be established within claims before the Synod. Mrs. S. O.
the bounds of this Synod. There are Eggert of Massillon, Ohio, will con-
many points calling for help. Let us duct this column.
go in and possess the land. One evening was devoted by the
Synod to the W. M. Soc. They gave
ҮҮ. M. S. Ohio Synod. a very interesting programme. A
E had the pleasure of attending collection amounting to nearly $27
the meeting of the above So- was taken. The next annual meet-
ciety in the parlors of the Congrega- ing will be held at Cleveland, Ohio.
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W. M. S. Interior Synod, Synod brought before them, so that
This .Society met at Coneville, all may know what is to be done.
Iowa, at the time of the meeting of The action of the higher bodies should
the Synod. Asthe Synod covers such be read from every pulpit, so that not
an immense area, the distances to be one member can urge the usual excuse
travelled were so very great that the of ignorance on these points. Might |
attendance was not as good as was de- this not be done with good results?
sired. The meetings, however, were We are still under the impression that
interesting. Mrs. Gurley, of Tipton, our people are not stingy, but on the
Iowa, is the President. Miss Millie contrary are liberal when properly
Gay, of. Coneville, Secretary, and informed as to what is required of
Mrs. S. R. Neiman, of Tipton, Ia., them. The Boards have made certain
Treasurer. requests of the Synods for funds to
The Society pledged itself to pay carry on the mission work. ‘The
$50 the ensuing year toward the salary Synods under the General Board have
of Miss Hollowell. More will be complied with these requests. The
given if possible. next question which arises is, Are the
All the Classes in the Synod have Boards to have what is promised
Classical Societies. They paid com- them? Is there to be an honest ef-
mendable sums for the cause during fort made to raise and pay over the
the year ; but, as in other instances, apportionments? It may seem strange
the money was sent direct to the that we should ask such a question,
treasurer of Synod at times, and the but judging from the past we fear at
women did not get the credit they times that there is а lack of earnest-
deserved. -This will be remedied. ness on the part of some in the way
Efforts are to be put forth to organ- of meeting the apportionments. Some,
ize more congregational Societies. ` we fear, never intend to make an ef-
This is the right thing to do. A fort to get these funds. Hence, the
promising Society was organized at lack of means to carry on the work.
Coneville during the sessions of the Why not all go to work, in good time,
Society. and make an honest effort to collect
A public programme was rendered what is due the Boards? - The pastor
on Friday evening which was a credit who does this will have the satisfac-
to the Society. A collection held tion of seeing the work prosper. It
netted the snug sum of $18 for the will require a little work, we admit,
women’s treasury. The next annual but it is the work that brings a rich
meeting will be held at Lisbon, Iowa. return. Where all the members are
fully informed on these matters,
Now for Work. and all are put to work, there the
The meetings of the Synods are all funds will be forthcoming. Let us
past. The work for the coming year determine that what is promised shall
has been mapped out. The Synods be raised, and all will rejoice in the
have passed the usual number of reso- greater efficiency of the work.
lutions which have been sent out into ‫سي‬

the Church. The membership of the The Foreigner at Our Door.

Church know what the Synods have r is well that the Church has foreign
resolved to do. The Missionary So- as well as home missions. It is a
cieties should have the action of the good thing that our sympathies should
 THE MISSIONARY GUARDIAN. 363

extend beyond the borders of our own famishing children? Can we deny
land. It is not well for us to keep them the ‘‘lamp of life?" Should
our offerings at home all the while. we not arrange greatly to extend this
To pray for and give to the heathen work? Would we not reap a rich
world is calculated to broaden our harvest ?
views and expand our kindly feelings. And looking over this field oneis
Yet we must remember that ours is the astonished that so little has been done
land of the stranger. Here men from for these dispersed Hungarians. They
every shore find a home. They come have been literally neglected. May it
to us with their crude notions of lib- not be that God has reserved this field
erty and their perverted notions of largely for us to enter in and do the
sacred things. Is it not our duty to work? Shall we do it, or will we
meet the foreigner as he sets his foot hand it over to others? This question
upon our shores and extend the hand will have to be answered in the near
of Christian fellowship to him? It is future.
necessary not only that he be taught *

the value of our free institutions, but The 1000 Fives Pledges.
also that he be brought under the influ- Received during the month of Oc-
ence of the gospel of Christ. Here tober, 1891.
then we owe something to the many Jeanette Mission, Rev. N. H.Skyles.. .
Hungarians who annually come to our W. M. Society, Canal Winchester, Ohio NH

W. M. Society, Springboro’, O., Mrs.

shores. Many of these people were Шаан
Latrobe, Pa., C. M. Hartzel, pastor. . .
born in the bosom of our own Church. W. М. Society, White Pigeon, Mich. . .
Who then can care for these as well W.M. Society, Phila. Classis...
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W. M. Society, Plymouth, Ind... . . . So
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as we? Who is under such obligations I EH Deabl Astoria, LIR УЫ h
as we to do this work? We have Miss, Society, Bloomville, Ohio... . .
Ei ankenysAlphayO. Sa
commenced.the work. Of that we Rev SH steel Alpha, Once t
Rev. ED, Wettach, Akron, Oleu e pe
should be glad. Our two missionaries Dr. Stein; Columbus; Ohio. de . мшу.
are doing good work. Bro. Jurany Rev. W. Н. Shultz, Leavittsburg, O.. .
Mary A. Fouse, Lisbon, Ia. ......
the whole Church already knows. His’ Rev. J. P. Stahl, Marshallville, О... ..
work in and about Cleveland speaks Rev] Inle Loyal Oak, Oz eta we
Rev. A. К. Zartman, Ft. Wayne, Ind. .
for itself. Bro. Kovacs, however, may Geo. Souder, Ft. Wayne, Ind. . . . . .
D. W. Souder, Ft. Wayne, Ind... . . .
not be so well known. Rev. J. H. Dr. Н. Н. W. Hibschman, Tiffin, O. . .
Prugh some weeks ago gave a graphic Rev. G. Н, Souder, Bellevue, О. . . . .
Elder Kees, Cleveland, О... o . .).
pen picture of the man and his work, Goneville; Iowa; Cong... a al D oan. is
as well as his sufferings and self- Mary Ann Eichenberger . . . . . . . . ,
Previously acknowledged.. . . . . . . 81 mM
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denials. This man in less than three

Total to: аале SE ea 855%
months organized two congregations,
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one in Pittsburgh, the other in Beaver
Falls.. He expects to organize soon Committee Meeting.
in McKeesport. He isa very active HE Executive Committee of the
man and full of the spirit of the Mas- General Board met at the par-
ter. He is said to be a prodigious sonage at Bellevue, Ohio, on the
worker, and the people catch his en- evening of October 6th. All the
thusiasm and literally insist upon it members of the Committee were pres-
that he shall become their pastor. ent except C. M. Boush. Reports
This is common wherever he goes. were on hand, with one exception,
Shall we not give the Gospel to these from all the missionaries.
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The summer months are the dullest work can be done. Then again, the
of the year for missionary work, as the Church must not expect such missions
pastors usually have their vacation to become self-sustaining in a short
during this season of the year, if they time. It requires long, earnest and
have any at all. Then it is when patient work to plant such missions.
many of the city people take their but they are the missions that yield the
outings, and necessarily take little part best returns.
in church work. Notwithstanding all +

this, the past quarter averaged very A Question.

fairly with others as to work done. . We at times hear it advocated that
Rev. H. S. Gekeler was commis-
members of the Church who are abun-
sioned for the new mission to be dantly able to support the Church, as
opened at St. Joseph, Mo. Rev. W. required by the constitution of the
. H. Tussing, of Germantown, Ohio,
same, but fail to do so, should be dis-
was givena call to the proposed new
ciplined. And can any one give any
mission at Barberton, Ohio. At this
good reason why they should not be?
writing it is not known whether or
To neglect duty is just as great asin as
not he will accept the call. A very
to do wrong. And is it not true that
urgent request came to the Board to
if we were a little stricter in our dis-
open a mission at Circleville, Ohio.
cipline, we would have fewer careless
The Board decided that supplies
members? But, may we be permitted
should be arranged until April, 1892,
to ask a question in connection with
when the mission will be opened.
this matter? If the Consistory should
The mission at Bremen, Ohio, gave
discipline the private member who
notice that no more help was needed.
neglects to support the Church, might
The next meeting will be held оп.
it not be well for the Classis to disci-
Jan. 12, 1892, at Pittsburgh, Pa.
pline the pastor who utterly fails to
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support the Church? Are there not
Sensible. pastors who make very little effort, and
some not at all, to gather the funds
At the meeting of the Synod of
that the charge should rightfully рау?
the Interior action was taken giving
Are there not some who openly declare
it as the sense of the Synod that here-
after the Boards should confine their that they will not collect such funds?
work mainly to the founding of mis- Why should such men not be disci-
sions in the cities and large towns. It plined, even though they are minis-
would seem that the Boards shoul ters? And should they not be disci-
have recognized this as the proper plined just because they are ministers ?
policy without the action of any Synod, *

Yet we know that heretofore the policy Receipts for Missions for the month
of the Church was just the reverse of of October, 1891:
this. In time to come it will be in B. Н. М. General Synod Reformed
accordance with the action of the Churchin не US EMI ES
Synod. To found such missions re- For Home Missions CC ter О $1542.45
quires means, but that is the correct For Harbor. Mission NM. 189.09
For Hungarian Missions . . . . . . 404.55
policy.. The Church should come to
Apgregatereceipts ИЕ 2,136.09
the help of the Boards with all the
CHARLES SANTEE, Treasurer B. Н. M.
means possible so that this important General Synod, 532 North 6th St.
 THE MISSIONARY GUARDIAN. 365
OF THE BI-SYNODIC BOARD.
are a member of the church and have
Edited by Rev. T. J. BARKLEY. an equal right in all its privileges and
an equal responsibility for its success."
From Astoria, Oregon.
READ in the MISSIONARY GUARD- *

IAN that news from the field is Eastern German Missions.

wanted. Well, there is plenty of it. HE German Synod of the East,
I will give you a few points. at its late meeting in Brooklyn,
Our work is prospering. Attend- N. Y., gave much time to the subject
ance at the meetings is increasing. of home missions, realizing how many
We hold services in the church of an- thousands of Germans, especially in
other denomination. We should have the large Eastern cities, are not in the
our own church home, but we are poor Church, and for whom the Church
in this world’s goods. If we had a lot must care.
we might be able to erect a small The Synod supports nine missions
chapel suitable to our present wants. within its bounds, and needs at least
Other denominations are pressing $3000 for the work of the coming year.
forward, buy lots and erect chapels all It has under its care also the Harbor
over the State. We have here a hope- Mission at New York, supported by
ful field, and we must keep possession the General Synod.
of it. About $5oo or $1000 now The Synod asks its people to raise
would bring about a wonderful change an average of twenty-five cents a mem-
for the better. ber for this work. If this were done,
Who has means? Who has a will- its 14,000 members would give $3500.
ing heart and willing hand? Here is But the Synod laments that many of
your opportunity to help along a weak its people, some of whom themselves
and struggling plant. once received missionary aid, give lit-
Reader, please ask: Is it I? If you tle or nothing for this great work.
want to know anything further, in- Seeing the need of money for church-
quire of the Superintendent of Mis- building asa help to missions, the Synod
sions, Rev. A. H. Whitmer, Lancas- asks a yearly collection also for this
ter, Pa., or the writer, J. G. Schmid, purpose; and the Hungarian work is
Astoria, Oregon. warmly commended to the people.
5
—* In order to bring the Classis into
—Rev. J. W. Love, of Wichita, closer relation to the Board, the Pres-
Kans., in October issued a pastoral ident (or Stated Clerk) of each Classis
letter to his members, asking their shall hereafter, at a yearly meeting of
co-operation in renewed and enlarged the Board, meet with that body as a
work, their sympathetic and prayerful representative of his Classis, with voice
assistance, as a necessary means of and vote in the Board.
their own spiritual growth. Not only Rev. Paul H. Schnatz, pastor of
come to all the services, but he adds: Martha Memorial Mission, New York
‘Invite your friends and especially City, received permission to collect
the young to come with you. After funds within the Synod toward the
service, shake hands and speak to $25,000 debt on his church.
those about you. Be cordial to Elder G. M, Ehrlen was elected a
strangers, Always welcome them. Ask member of the Board of Missions for
them to come again, Feel that you five years.
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The Transfer of our Missions. all the home missionary interests of

NIFICATION, the question of the Church, shall nevertheless counsel
uniting all our home missionary with the advisory Boards and respect
work under General Synod’s Board, their judgments in reference the
has been discussed for more than five establishment of new missions", that
years, and all the English -District the Bi-synodic Board be continued as
Synods took favorable action on it; an advisory Board, and that these
but there were difficulties in the way, advisory Boards hold the invested
and a transfer was put off until the funds now in their hands, only paying
way seemed open. At length the the income into the treasury of the
Ohio Synod handed its missions over Gener! Board.
to the General Board April rst, 1889; We may well ask the prayers of the
then the Pittsburgh Synod, January Church in this important step. God
1st, 1890; but the Eastern and the grant that pastors and people may
Potomac Synods during the two past continue to work together in great
years continued their work under their faithfulness! And may the Lord give
own Board. Now, however, a change new wisdom and strength and gui-
is about to be made. The Potomac dance to those in whose hands these
Synod, at its late meeting, took action great interests Пе! A. C. №.
providing for a transfer of its missions
eS л.
(or, to speak correctly, the missions Between.
under the Bi-synodic Board) so soon IHE Church cannot count greatly
as the arrangements for this can be on the richest men to carry on
made. А week later: the Eastern missionary work. The people of ave-
Synod took similar action. The de- rage wealth and possessing comforta-
tails of the transfer are wisely com- · ble homes respond most liberally to
mitted to the two Boards (the General all appeals for the support of the Gos-
and the Bi-synodic), because they are pel at home and abroad. A church
familiar with the work and can readily full of millionaires will not respond to
see what is necessary for a safe trans- such appeals like a church of only
fer that will not do. violence at any medium wealth. The poorest people
point. A meeting of the two Boards cannot give; the rich will not give;
will be held in January, 1892, at a and therefore the Master’s work, like
time and place agreed upon by the all the other work that has in it a
officers of the Boards. No conditions blessing for humanity, must be car-
are laid down by the Synods; but ried on by the great middle classes.—
several reasonable things are asked to The Missionary Intelligencer.
be done, which doubtless will be sat- OЧЕР аы.
isfactorily answered,—among others Let Your Light Shine.
the following: that in the General LL of us in various ways must
Board members be geographically as look upon ourselves as called
near together as practicable, and rep- upon by God to reveal to the world
resent as fully as possible those por- some rays of divine light. All of us
tions of the Church paying the most who are called upon to do lowly work
money; that the advisory Boards of in the world should remember how the
the District Synods have their duties very lowliness of our work brings us
and functions clearly defined; that into fellowship with Him of whom we
the General Board, having control of read that He made Himself of no rep- .
 THE MISSIONARY GUARDIAN. 367

utation and took upon Him the form The heart sends blood to the brain of command,
of aservant. He took upon Himself The brain to the heart its lightning motion;
And over. and over we yield our breath,
the form of a helper of His human Till the mirror is dry and images death :
brethren. That Christ should have To live i
taken upon Himself the likeness of a ^ Is to give.
servant, that He should have clothed He is dead whose hand is not open wide
Himself with humility, is the revela- To help the needs of a human brother;
He doubles the length of his life-long ride
tion to us of the divineness of the true
Who gives his fortunate place to another;
toiling spirit—the divineness of the And a thousand million lives are his
work of those who, whether with hand Who carries the world in his sympathies :
or head, serve their fellow-creatures To deny
Is to die.
with faithfulness and devotion. The —Life and Light.
book of revealed truth tells us that
God uses His angels as ministers, that Practical Rules of Giving.
is, as servants to His earthly children ; 1. Let us consecrate ourselves afresh
so that the service which all—some in to our Redeemer.—Let each reader of
one way, some in another—are render- these words thoughtfully take that
ing to their brothers and sisters in the step which inspired David Livingstone
world, brings all into fellowship wit in his mighty career. His last birth-
Christ and with His holy angels, and day but one was spent far away from
is a perpetual revelation of divineness home and friends, in the wild jungle,
unto men, $ surrounded by those degraded Africans
O may we all, in the way most ap- that lay so near his heart; and in his
propriate for each one of us, let our diary he penned these touching words:
light so shine before men that they may * My Jesus, my King, my Life, my
see our good works and glorify our All, I again dedicate my whole self to
Father which is in heaven; that they Thee." What better could you do
may discern in our words and looks than take your diary in hand and write
and deeds a revelation of the divine- these very words, and, if you like, add
ness of the Lord of all.— Zhe Temple an inventory of all that you include
of Humanity, within their embrace, and then append
7 * your signature, Remember that scene
Giving and Living. in the church yard of the Greyfriars in
Forever the sun is pouring its gold Edinburgh, when the Covenanters
On a hundred worlds that beg and borrow;
His warmth he squanders on summits cold, signed their names in blood drawn
His wealth on the homes of want and sorrow ; from their hearts. Be as earnest as
To withhold his largess of precious light they were, and trust Christ to keep
Is to bury himself in eternal night;
you true.
To give
Is to live.
2. Determine beneath the eye of
Christ how much you should legitimately
The flower shines not for itself at all;
Its joy is the joy it freely, diffuses ; spend upon yourself.—There are several
Of beauty and balm it is prodigal, things to be considered. They must
And it lives in the light it freely loses: be settled calmly under the Master's
No chance for the rose but glory or doom,
eye. Not in days of panic or pressure,
To exhale or smother, to wither or bloom:
To deny
for at such times we are not likely to
Is to die. form a correct estimate. But in times
The seas lend silvery rains to the land, when we can quietly calculate what
The land its sapphire streams to the ocean ; Christ would have us expend, always
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remembering that we have no right to which she has saved until it grew into
presume on windfalls or miracles, or a worthy gift for her spouse. Love -
to provide for ostentation and excess, must give that which costs her some-
or to go beyond our income, or to risk ting. There are no gifts so precious
running into debt. But when once in the eyes of the loved one as those
we have prayefully ascertained our which mean planning and self-sacrifice.
position we should maintain it unless And think you not that it delights the
we have very clear tokens that we are heart of the Lord to receive at our
to exchange it for another, whether hands love tokens; precious ornaments
better or worse. Many Christians, and jewels; alabaster boxes, reserved
directly their income begins to in- once for self-adornment, but now
crease, launch out into increased ex- gladly surrendered ; articles of beauty
penditure, whereas it may be that the and value, which we had hidden from
increase is to be devoted to the cause the light of day, but which we present
of Christ. Ah! what moral ruin has to Him to show that our love is strong,
come to families because of the lavish personal, selfforgetting? “Не is
waste of Christian homes. worthy to receive riches,” And the
3. Give away a stated proportion of chief test of such gifts is in their secrecy
all you own or earn.—lt may seem from all human eyes, a personal trans-
needless to insert this caution to those action between the Master and the
who should use all for Christ. But it living heart. —
is really most important. And for 5. Be careful to put the Lord's money
this reason: Our hearts are weak and aside.—We must not trust in our mem-
fickle, and we are in danger ort making ories or generalities. We must be
so good a provision for ourselves that minute and specific and careful, some
the Lord’s surplus will be next to having a bag, others a box into which
nothing. We remember so vividly the Lord’s portion is carefully put;
the amount we give away that it bulks some having a separate banking ac-
up largely beyond our mind, and we count, and all having some kind of
imagine that we are generous until we ledger account, where we, may put
see in figures how small a proportion down what we receive and spend for
our charity bears to our income. To Christ, that there may be no embez-
guard against this it is well always to zlement, however inadvertent, of that
put aside a certain portion for the which is not ours.
Lord before we begin to divide up the Of the rewards that will accrue we
rest, so that His share may be as safe have no time to speak. Wasteful and
as our rent. ‘This will not prevent us harmful expenditure will be checked.
from considering that the whole is His, Evil ways of getting money will be
or from administering the surplus for abandoned. Treasures will be laid up
the furtherance of those objects that in the heavens. Bags that wax not old
lie near His heart. will be provided. The Lord’s treasu-
4. Let us make special offerings to ries will be filled to overflowing.
the Lord Jesus —We can give Him There will no longer be the sad refusal
only what is His. And yet, though a of young and eager hearts because
wife has nothing of her own, she can there are no funds to send them forth
make presents to her husband of what 'to their coveted lifework in distant
he gave her, and which she might lands. The gulf between rich and
have legitimately used for herself, but poor will be bridged by many deeds
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of ministry and helpfulness. Whilst, greater zeal, larger and broader work
better than all, the Master’s voice will and greater results than under the
ring like music through the heart,— management of past years. It is felt
**Well done, thou good and faithful that the Church is ready to rally around
servant, enter thou into the joy of thy the new order of things and give it
Lord. THE Mission FIELD. her undivided support. Party, sec-
*
tion and geographical lines must be put
The Outlook. and kept out of the way, and only the
HE Church has reached a point one great object kept in view—the
in our missionary work from advancement of Christ's kingdom in
which, we think, a good look into the the world.
future may be taken. Both the Church The other important thing, as al-
and her missionary Boards have been ready stated, is the attitude the women
learning. The past twenty years have of the Church are assuming in refer-
taught us many lessons, and they have ence to this work. When the women,
not all passed unheeded, There has who clearly understand—as the women
been steady growth, and along with of our Church do—their true relation
it a clearer apprehension of the work to any moral or religious movement,
to be done. The future beckons us do come to the front, that movement
onward by holding out the burden is bound to win. In this, as in many
which we are expected to carry. What other things, traditions, constitutions,
will we do with it? Turn away from customs, and what men sometimes call
it, or take it up and bear it in the ** the fitness of things," must give way
spirit of Christ? ` to the higher law of the Spirit of
Judging from present indications, Christ. The operations of God's Spirit
the work will be prosecuted with more cannot be limited by customs, consti-
zeal and efficiency than in the past. tutions or traditions. If, therefore,
‘The signs of the times point to more the women feel that God, through His
efficient organization, more liberal giv- Church, has called them to this work
ing and more devoted service in this we know of no polity or anything else
overshadowing department of church to prevent them. Rather, we would
work. say, God speed them in their noble
Two things seem to warrant. the as- work of loving service in their Mas-
sertion that these things will be real- ter’s cause.
ized in the near future. The first is *

the unification of the work under Gen-

eral Synod's Board ; the second is the Notes from the Potomac Synod.
very important position the women HE recent meeting of this Synod
of the Church are assuming in rela- at Chambersburg, Pa., was one
tion to the work. of great interest to the Church. A
With regard to the first, it is under- number of far-reaching subjects were
stood all around that it means better presented, and received the earnest
organization, and consequently better consideration of the Synod. Among
and more efficient work. It must these was the home and foreign mis-
mean this, or the whole movement sionary work of the Church. From
will prove itself to have been the the spirit manifested we feel assured
mere gush of passing sentimentality. that the Potomac Synod will continue
The Church has a right to expect to advance nearer and nearer to the
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full measure of her ability in the spread tory remarks, because they were spoken
of the Gospel both at home and abroad. in the musical language of Japan. But
this unknown tongue seemed to im-
Saturday evening was set apart for press every one with a sense of the
special services touching the home importance and wants of the Japanese
work. The large church was filled with people. What an acquisition to the -
an appreciative and sympathetic audi- kingdom of Christ'will these polite,
ence. The Rev. Dr. Eschbach, of intelligent people be, when the super-
Frederick, Md., presided. Addresses stitions and idolatry of ages shall have
were delivered by the Rev. A. C. een abandoned, and in their place
Whitmer, our Superintendent, and the shall be the pure love and peace of
Rev. T. J. Barkley. The speakers had God, through faith in Him who is the
no reason to complain of want of only Saviour of men!
attention on the part of the congrega- Bro. Moore told us many interest-
tion. It is a great pleasure to present ing things about the country, the cli-
the claims of the Church to an audience, mate, the products and the physical
when there is manifest in the entire possibilities of Japan, and also about
congregation the desire to be informed the. mode of living, the habits, the
and inspired, when the speaker can see moral and spiritual condition of the
that every eye is fixed upon him. . All people, and their readiness to accept
this was realized in the meeting at the Gospel of Christ.
Chambersburg. This address was well received, and
made a good and lasting impression
Sunday evening was devoted to the upon his hearers. No doubt it will
interests of the foreign work. At this bear fruit to the glory of God within
meeting the house was packed. The the bounds of the Synod, and be the
Secretary of the Board, the Rev. Dr, means of enlisting the sacrificing sym-
Callender, in an able address presented pathy of ministers and people.
the needs of the foreign field and its
.claims upon the sympathy, prayers One of the very pleasant things con-
and money of the Church. Much has nected with the meeting of the Synod
been done. Much more might have was the opportunity the members had
been done, No mission in heathen of becoming acquainted with Miss
lands, since the beginning of modern Mary C. Hollowell, who recently ac-
missionary movements, can show bet- cepted a call from the Board to enter
ter results than ours in Japan. God the mission field in Japan. She left
has blessed, far beyond our expecta- the home of her childhood on Friday,
tions, the labors of the few workers the 16th of October, and ere this she
and the comparatively small amount of has found a warm welcome among our
money given for this purpose. The devoted ladies who for a number of.
work is widening, and the Church is years have been laboring for the eleva-
asked to do her full duty. tion of the Japanese women. The
Dr. Callender was followed by the prayers and best wishes of the Church
Rev. J. P. Moore who has recently accompany Miss Hollowell to her dis-
returned from Japan. His address tant home and the scene of her labors,
was listened to with rapt attention. where with the divine blessing she will
His wife was the only one in the large accomplish much for the enlighten-
audience who understood his introduc- ment of the Japanese people.
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One of the far-reaching acts of the ments of the Rey. Lewis Reiter, our
Synod was the transfer of its missions missionary in the valley of Virginia.
to the care of General Synod’s Board. He appeals to the whole Church for
It was felt by all, and especially by the aid in securing a suitable lot in Roan-
members of the Bi-synodic Board, that oke on which to build a suitable church.
the time had come when this action North Carolina Classis is waking up
` should be taken.. The voice of the to the necessities of the situation, and
Church demanded it, and as obedient Synod was requested to establish a
sons the members of the Board were theological department in Catawba
wiling to cast aside their doubts in College, in which young men may be
regard to the expediency of the move- trained for the southern field. With
ment at the present time, and fall in men properly trained and imbued with
heartily with what seemed to be the the spirit of Christ, it is not hard to
voice of the Master speaking by His see that a great and good work may be
Spirit in the Church. The Eastern done, not only in North Carolina, but
Synod has since taken a similar action, also in many other sections of the
As soon therefore as the necessary South. Let those having the matter
arrangements can be made, all the specially in charge move in the spirit
English home missions of the Church of faith in Christ and in confidence in
will be under the control of General the mission of the Church,
Synod's Board. i
It is fondly hoped, by those who The Synod declined to organize a
have had this holy. cause upon their Woman’s Synodical Missionary Soci-
hearts for many years, that this action ety, but recommended the matter to
may result in a great revival of mis- the good judgment of the women of
sionary interest throughout the whole the Synod. Those who have desired
Church. With this new order of such an organization can feel assured
things a long stride forward should be that no hindrance will be put in their
taken. way. There is an open door before
We take it that General Synod’s them to organize and work in harmony,
Board intends to do true, earnest mis- as we think, with the authority of the
sionary work, It will have the hearty Church, and when the proper time
support of the members of the Bi- comes, due recognition will be given.
synodic Board on any wise line of
missionary endeavor. And now, with From the Eastern Synod.
the whole Church at its back, greater NEXPECTEDLY it became our
efficiency than was possible under the duty to visit the Eastern Synod
management of several Boards may during its annual meeting in Harris-
certainly be expected. We bid the burg, Pa. A day and a half was spent
work, now about to be unified under in delightful intercourse with the
` one Board, а hearty God-speed, and ex- brethren of that Synod. As a body it
tend our hand with the assurance that it is staid, and moves more slowly than
shall receive our hearty co-operation. the Potomac Synod. It would have
reminded us of home, had we seen
Opénings for missionary work in the several members, at the same time,
South are presenting themselves in clamoring for recognition by the chair.
different directions. The Synod lis- But we are writing about missionary
tened with much interest to the state- work. The spirit that is moving in
\
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the churches has not passed over the But this was not all. The good ladies |
Eastern Synod. With her large mem- ofthe Society had provided that which,
bership and her large means she seems to many, must have been a great surprise.
to be moving more and more into line. The chairman introduced Mr. George
* Slow, but sure," seems to be her Peabody who would deliver an ad-
motto. But she is moving. Signs of dress on “ Women in Africa." When
advancement are seen in many direc- the speaker appeared in the costume |
tions. of an African Prince, his skin as dark
The report of the committee ap- as darkest Africa, new interest was in-
pointed at the last annual meeting on fused into the meeting. Mr. Peabody
the unification of our missionary work is a student of theology at Lincoln
under General Synod’s Board, was University under the care of the Pres-
unanimously adopted. This action byterian Church, When his course of
agrees, in all essential points, with study is completed he intends to re-
that of the Potomac Synod, so that it turn to his native land and engage in
can be said the two Synods are of one the work of evangelizing his country-
mind on this subject. ` men. He is the son of a prince, speaks
eee
,
fair English, is bright and intelligent,
The women of the Eastern Synod and will doubtless be a strong instru-
have a well-organized Synodical Mis- ment, in the Lord’s hands, in making
sionary Society. It has done good known the riches of Christ’s grace in
work in raising money for the home the land where the lowest heathenism
and the foreign field, Almost all the has so long held almost undisputed
Classes have Classical Missionary So- sway.
cieties auxiliary to the Synodicc! Mis- Another feature of the evening was
sionary Society. a short address by Mr. Chokuro
The annual meeting of this Society Cadono, a Christian Japanese who
was held on Friday evening. It was came with Mr. and Mrs. Moore from
our privilege to preside at this meet- Japan. He isa living witness to the
ing. It was a novel position—at first power of Christianity to correct, sanc-
a little embarrassing, but afterward a tify and save all nations of mankind.
position of delightful interest. We Altogether it was a most interesting
admired the aggressive modesty of the meeting, Its influence for good can-
ladies who took part in the exercises. not be estimated. There is little
There was an address of welcome and danger that the cause of Christ will
a response and the President's report, languish, when noble Christian women
are putting forth their energies and
all of which were couched in terms devoting their talents to the work of
which banished the thought that these sending men and women as preachers
Christian women were trying to assume of righteousness into the destitute and
the prerogatives of men. dark portions of the earth. We bid
Mrs. Rev. J. P. Moore who, with the Missionary Society of the Eastern
Synod, and all similar organizations, a
her husband, after eight years of faith- hearty God-speed in their noble work,
ful and successful labor in Japan, re- May the time soon come when through
cently returned to this country, de- their influence the whole Church will
livered an excellent address on * The be drawn into line, and under the ban-
ner of the Gospel of Christ boldly
Women of Japan." In every way this
meet the demands that are now made
address was intensely interesting, and for more devoted, earnest, loving ser-
met the hearty approval of all. vice in the Master's cause!
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Foreign Missions, must come to him if he fails to fulfill

his feudal duty. Negotiations are en-
Edited by Rev. S. №, CALLEND ER, D.D., Secretary
tered into, the contract is made and
of the Board of Foreign Missions. an advance payment is given, which
will furnish money enough for the
The Women of Japan. pledge required by the conspirators.
HERE is a pathetic scene in one All this is done without the knowledge
of the most famous of the Japan- of the husband, lest his love for his
ese historical dramas, in which one wife and the grief for the sacrifice
. Seems to get the moral perspective of prevent him from accepting the only
the ideal Japanese woman, as one can- means left to prove his loyalty. The
not get at it any other way. noble wife even plans to leave her
The play is founded on the story of home while he is away on a hunting
“The Loyal Ronins'" The loyal expedition, and to spare him the pain of
ronins are plotting to avenge the parting. His emotion upon learning
death of their master upon the daimio of this venture in business, is not of
whose cupidity and injustice have wrath at the disgrace that has over-
brought it about. As there is danger taken his family, but simply of grief -
of disloyalty even in their own ranks, that his wife and her parents must
Oshi, the leader of the dead daimio's make so great a sacrifice to save his
retainers, displays great caution in the honor. It is a terrible affliction, but
selection of his fellow-conspirators, it is not a disgrace in any way parallel
and practices every artifice to secure to the disgrace of disloyalty to his
absolute secrecy for his plans. One lord. And the heroic wife, when the
young man who was in disgrace with men come to carry her away, is upheld
his lord at the time of his death, through all the trying farewells by the
applies to be admitted within the cir- consciousness that she is making as
cle of the conspirators; but as it is noble a sacrifice of herself as did the
suspected that he may not be true to wife of Yamato Dake when she leaped
the cause, a payment in money is into the sea to avert the wrath of the
exacted from him as a pledge of his sea-god from her husband.
honorable intentions, Itis thus made The Japanese, both men and women,
his first duty to redeem his honor knowing this story and many others
from all suspicion by the payment of similar in character, can see, as we
the money, in order that he may per- cannot from our point of view, that
form his feudal obligation of avenging even if the body be defiled there is no
the death of his lord. But the young defilement of the soul, for the woman
man is poor; he has married a poor is fulfilling her highest duty in sacri-
girl, and has agreed to support not ficing all, even her dearest possession,
only his wife, but her old parents as for the honor of her husband. It is a
well, and the payment is impossible climax of self-abnegation that brings
for him, In this emergency, his wife, nothing but honor to the soul of her
at the suggestion of her parents, pro- who reaches it. ;
poses, as the only way, to sell herself Japanese women who read this story
for a term of two years to the propri- feel profound pity for the poor wife,
etor of a house of pleasure, that she and a horror of a sacrifice that binds
may by this vile servitude enable her her to a life which outwardly, to the
husband to escape the dishonor that Japanese mind even, is the lowest
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depth a woman ever reaches. But other virtues occupying places of vary-
they do not despise her for the act; ing importance.
nor would they refuse to receive her, Because a Japanese woman will /
even were she to appear in living form sometimes sacrifice her personal virtue
to-day in any Japanese home, where, for the sake of father or husband, does
thanks to happier fortunes, such sacri- it follow that all Japanese women are
fices are not demanded. unchaste and impure? In many cases
Just at this point is the difference of this sacrifice is the noblest that she
moral perspective that foreigners visit- believes possible, and she goes to it
ing Japan find so hard to understand, as she would go to death in any
and that leads many, who have lived dreadful form for those whom she
in the country the longest, to believe loves, and to whom she owes the duty
that there is no modesty and purity of obedience. The Japanese maiden
among Japanese women. * * * * grows to womanhood no less pure and
Our maidens, as they grow to woman- modest than our own girls, but our
hood, are taught that anything is bet- girls are never called upon to sacrifice
ter than personal dishonor, and their their modesty for the sake of those
maidenly instincts side with the teach- whom they love best; noris it ex-
ing. With us, a virtuous woman does pected of any woman in this country
not mean a brave, a heroic, an unself- that she exist solely for the good of
ish or self-sacrificing woman, but some one else, in whatever way he
means simply one who keeps herself choose to use her, during all the years
‘fram personal dishonor. Chastity is of her life. Let us take this difference
the supreme virtue for a woman; all into our thoughts in forming our judg-
other virtues are secondary compared ment, and let us rather seek the causes
with it. This is our point of view, and that underlie the actions than pass’
the whole perspective is arranged with judgment upon the actions themselves.
that virtue in the foreground. Dis- —Japanese Girls and Women. <
miss this for a moment, and consider *

the moral training of the Japanese The Sifting of Peter.

maiden. From earliest youth until she A FOLK SONG.
reaches maturity, she is constantly “ Behold, Satan hath desired to have you, that
he may sift you as wheat," —St. Luke 22: 31.
taught that obedience and loyalty are
the supreme virtues, which must be In St. Luke's Gospel we are told
How Peter in the days of old
preserved even at the sacrifice of all
Was sifted;
other and lesser virtues. She is told And now, though ages intervene,
that for the good of her father or Sin is the same, while time and scene
husband she must be willing to meet Are shifted,

any danger, endure any dishonor, Satan desires us, great and small,
perpetrate any crime, give up any As wheat, to sift us, and we all
Are tempted ;
treasure, She must consider that noth- Not one, however rich or great,
ing belonging solely to herself is of Is by his station or estate
any importance compared with the Exempted.
good of her master, her family or her No house so safely guared is,
country. Place this thought of obedi- But he, by some device of his,
ence and loyalty to the point of abso- Can enter;
No heart hath armor so complete
lute self-abnegation, in the foreground, But he can pierce with arrows fleet
and your perspective is altered, the lts centre,
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For all at last the cock will crow, should be unveiled only before their
Who hear the warning voice, but go
Unheeding;
husbands, fathers, fathers-in-law, chil-
Till thrice and more they have denied dren, children of husbands, and neph-
The Man of Sorrows crucified . ews.” Another of its precepts is:
And bleeding, * Marry a second and a third and a
One look at that pale, suffering face fourth wife; but if ye find that ye
Will make us feel the deep disgrace cannot be just to more than one,
Of weakness;
transgress not the bounds of your
We shall be sifted till the strength
Of self-conceit be changed at length
ability ; of what you can buy, marry
To meekness. as many as you please."
With this precept and the example
Wounds of the soul, though healed, will ache;
The reddening scars remain, and make of their prophet before them, most
Confession ; Mohammedans make little of the mar-
Lost innocence returns no more; riage tie. When the second wife is
We are not what we were before
introduced, whatever of peace and
Transgression,
domestic happiness may have existed
But noble souls, through dust and heat, before, vanishes; a fire has been
Rise from disaster and defeat
brought into the home, which usually
The stronger,
And conscious still of the Divine results in divorce. The husband only
Within them, lie on earth supine has this right, and he needs no pro-
No longer. cess of law. It is enough for him to
— Longfellow,
say, ‘‘ You are divorced," and the
wronged first wife must obey and
Mohammedanism and Woman. leave home and children.
N the June number of the Nine- A girl is brought up with the idea
teenth Century appeared a very that she has nothing to do with love.
interesting article of a dozen pages It is a shame for her to love her hus-
on Mohammedan women, by Mrs. band. She dares not do it if she .
Annie Reichardt. It seems to have would. What he asks and expects of
been prompted by one of those strange her is, to tremble before him and
absurdities of our time, the growing yield him unquestioning obedience.
frequency of matrimonial alliances be- The fourth chapter of the Koran
tween English ladies and Mohamme- contains this verse: “Virtuous women
dan gentlemen. This is a species of are obedient, ... but chide those for
affectation closely akin to that admi- whose refractoriness ye have cause to
ration of Buddhism which is now fear, . . . and scourge them." Hence
fashionable in certain quarters in Eng- wife-beating, and that in the most
land and America. heartless, brutal manner, has always
Mrs. Reichardt’s article, written and everywhere been characteristic of
from the standpoint of long expe- Moslem domestic life.
rience, should emphasize afresh the Dr. Jessup, in his interesting book,
humiliating, pitiable condition of wo- “Women of the Arabs,” says: ** One
man in Moslem lands. The funda- of my Moslem neighbors once beat
mental point in the religion of Islam, one of his wives to death. I heard
as regards woman, is her utter seclu- her screams day after day; and finally,
sion, and, as a natural consequence, one night when all was still, I heard a
her utter subjection. One of the pre- dreadful shriek, and blow after blow
cepts of the Koran is: ‘* Women falling upon her back and head. I
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could hear the brute cursing her as he The boy grows up with the idea
beat her. The police would: not in- that woman is a vile, contaminating
terfere, and I could not enter the thing, and it is therefore no wonder
house. 'The next day there was a that her position is such a low, humil-
funeral from that house, and she was iating one in Moslem domestic life. _
carried off and buried in the most The father has the power of life
hasty and unfeeling manner. Some- and death over his daughter. She
times it happens that the woman is rarely remains unmarried until she is
strong enough to defend herself, and sixteen. She is frequently married at
conquer a peace; but ordinarily when ten, becoming the sad child-wife of a-
you hear a scream in the Moslem brutal husband who will in all proba-
quarter of the city and ask the reason, bility divorce her before she is twenty.
it will be said to you with an indiffer- The key-rote to woman's life in Mo-
ent shrug of the shoulder: ‘That is hammedan lands is given in the old
only some man beating his wife.’ ” Arab proverb: ** The threshold of the
Woman is looked upon as simply house weeps forty days when a girl
“a thing,’ and a Mohammedan hus- is born."
band, if he chances to speak of his Dr. Post, of the Syrian Protestant
wife, will beg your pardon for allu- college at Beyrout, well said at the
ding to “so vile a thing,” or ‘so London Conference in 1888: * No
abominable a subject." race has ever risen above the condition
Mr. Glenny, Secretary of the North of its women, nor can it ever be so in
African Mission, relates that when in the history of the world. The boy is
Morocco he asked a man what price father of the man, but the woman is
he would pay for a good wife. ** Well," mother of the boy; and she deter-
the man replied, * about the same as mines the whole social state, not only
for a mule,—about £12 or £14.” of her own generation, but of all the
Mohammed affirmed that when he generations that are to follow."
had a view of hell, he observed that Women of Christian lands, what
the greater part of the wretches con- blesssngs are yours through the Gospel `
fined there were women, of Christ! He treated woman with
An American missionary employed infinite compassion and tenderness,
a Moslem Sheikh to give him lessons and with a dignity that ennobled.
in Arabic. When the missionary's How different His teachings from that
wife passed through the room in which of Mabomet : — ** Whom God hath
.they sat, the Sheikh turned his head joined together, let no man put asun-
away and spat towards her with an der;" ‘* Husbands, love your wives,
expression of greatest contempt. Out- even as Christ also loved the church
rageous as the act was in the eyes of and gave himself for it ;" “Let every
an American, it was the customary one of you so love his wife even as
thing from time immemorial for a himself."
Mohammedan, As in Pagan, so in Mohammedan
No Moslem husband is ever seen lands, woman's degradation is deepest
walking with his wife. Indeed, when and her sufferings most intense. Only
absent, it is too degrading for him the Gospel of Jesus Christ can allevi-
even to address a letter to her; he ate those sufferings and elevate those
invariably writes to some male mem- millions of our down-trodden, degraded
ber of the family. sisters. Nothing can be more Christ-
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like in the woman of our own more allotted to our Mission. Then, with a
favored land than to pray and toil for force of from fifty to seventy earnest
the redemption of these sorrowful laborers, whose success, judging from
millions.— Zhe Missionary. our past experiences, will yearly bring
*
hundreds and even thousands of souls
—Accompanying Rev. J. P. Moore to the feet of Jesus, will our Church
and his wife was Mr. Kadono Chok- be permitted to rejoice in the Lord,
uro, a Japanese young gentleman who and see whereunto a small beginning
for several years was under Rev. commenced and carried forward in
Moore’s especial care and instruction, faith, will, with the Divine blessing,
and part of the time an inmate of his grow.
home. It is pleasant to meet him as a Rapidly will the congregations grow
fine, educated Christian gentleman. self-supporting, while the aid which the
We have in him an illustration of what Board will have afforded while this is
Christianity can do for the Japanese. being attained, will not exceed from
He has devoted himself to the study ten to twenty yen, or about eight to
of civil engineering, and carried off sixteen dollars to each pastor. How
high honors in his home institutions. should we press forward to this glori-
He comes to this country to seek a ous consummation !
higher proficiency in his profession, *

and was fortunate enough to secure a —Miss Hollowell under date of

remunerative position in the employ Oct. 24th, at Vancouver, reports herself
of the Pennsylvania Railroad Com- very well, after a pleasant trip across
pany, in Philadelphia. the Continent. She reached Vancou-
еца ee ver Oct. 23d, at 11.30 р.м, and ex-
The Prospect Before Us. pected to go aboard of the * Empress
As we have had occasion heretofore of India" about 1.30 P.M., Oct. 25,
to remark, the reasons why the Board 1891.
is so importunate for an increase of —Later: A cablegram informs us
contributions is because of the growth that Miss Hollowell landed at Yoko-
of our work in Japan. Hitherto it hama, Japan, on Sunday, November 8th.
has been largely preparatory. With Let all the Church say, Thank God !
the removal of the incubus of debt, —The receipts of the Treasury for
and the addition to our teaching force, the month of October were $1353.99
we will, after the return of Rey. This is $473 less than last month.
Moore, be fully equipped for effective AIRS aes E с у
work for some years tocome. Of the Japanese Stoicism.
seventy-six students now in our Train- HERE is in some sort an element
ing-school some forty are candidates of fatalism in the Japanese char-
for the ministry ; and the prospect is acter. In this respect it contrasts
that that number can be readily main- sharply with our American nervous
tained, or even increased. Each year and often boisterous demonstration
some will be completing their course under restraint.
and going forth as active laborers in On one occasion a Japanese gentle-
the field. man was very desirous of reaching the
It is plain, then, that in a few years railroad station in time ‘‘ to catch the
we will have quite a band of native train." He was riding in a jinricki-
laborers scattered over the territory sha, and the jinrickisha man was ex-
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erting himself to his utmost, shouting sion in Japan, we sent out one mis-
lustily to the gate man, as he was but sionary. He had not yet fairly got to
a short distance off. But, the time work, after the study of the language,
expiring, the gate closed just before until it was discovered that one man
he reached it. could not possibly meet the necessities
The traveler, instead of springing of the case without the assistance and
out and rushing to theclosed gate and co-operation of a second man. A
trying either to force his way in or to second was accordingly sent out.
- induce the keeper to let him in, or, But provision was thus made only
failing, to give way to loud and even for the male population; and if we
sulphurous language, stepped out of were to realize the ideaof a mission
the vehicle with the proverbial Japan- which would Christianize the people,
ese expression, ‘‘ Shi-kata ga nai,” of we must reach the family. This re-
which our saying, ‘‘ there is no help quired a provision for directly reach-
for it,” is the equivalent, and calmly ing woman. Hence arose the necessity
accepted a wait of some six or eight of sending out lady missionaries. Ac-
hours for the next train. cordingly, Misses Poorbaugh and Ault
This was no doubt wise under the were sent out. So it was discovered
circumstances, but it was not Ameri- that to do effective work, instead of
can. one or two missionaries being suffi-
cient, at least four were necessary.
The Success of Foreign Missions. The four betook themselves dili-
NY person who has access to the gently to work, when it very soon
periodicals of the several Mis- appeared that if the Girls’ School,
‘sion Boards in the United States, "which the ladies speedily established,
must have noticed that in nearly every was not to drag out a feeble and
case there is a most urgent appeal for stunted existence, a suitable building
an increase of contributions, while must be provided. So the erection of
perhaps the majority of them are a building for that school followed as
lamenting the existence of onerous in- a necessity.
debtedness. Why is this? Has there Meanwhile our male missionaries
been such a sad falling off of contri- betook themselves to evangelistic
butions? Has the work grown more work, establishing congregations as
costly? Or has there been unwisdom God blessed their labors with con-
on the part of the Boards in extending verts, and planting preaching points
their fields of labor without adequate in the neighboring towns and villages;
means? and their hearts were made glad in
Not thus has the present state of witnessing the work of the Lord pros-
things been brought about. One pering in their hands. Very soon
cause has been operative in the case of however the very success in which
all of them, and in each has produced they were rejoicing became a burden
the same results, where an increase of to them. It was growing beyond
monetary resources has not been forth- their ability to meet its multiplying
coming. If we will study the history demands upon their time and strength,
of our own Board, we will find an They must have help, and as their ex-
explanation which is equally true of perience taught them, it must be
others. native help. Hence the imperative
When we first established our Mis- necessity of a training-school, and the
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attendant necessity of at least two well expected to sail for Japan on the
additional teachers. Asa result, Revs. 8th of October. In consequence of
Ноу and Schneder were sent out. finding company, Rev. Ickes and fam-
Then followed the erection of the ily, missionaries of the Methodist
building now happily completed, but Church returning to China, she post-
unhappily not yet fully paid. Recently poned her departure, and sailed from
the school opened its new term in its Vancouver October 25th.
most convenient building, with ex- Many warm wishes and many heart-
tended curriculum, and with seventy- felt prayers followed her as she tossed
six students And now again our mis- upon the broad Pacific ; and one grows.
sionaries fihd the requirements upon almost impatient at the long waiting
their strength beyond their ability to which must be endured before a letter
sustain, and a new necessity confronts from her can reach us.
the Board, namely, to send out As stated on page 377, a cablegram
another man. from Yokohama; Japan, gives the good
What does all this history mean? news that she reached that port on
It means that God has blessed our schedule time, namely, November 8th.
labor beyond our thought. He made No doubt she was there met by one or
it to grow and it is still growing ; and more of our missionaries and escorted
the home Church failing to keep step to Sendai. What a meeting that would
with God’s leadings, has caused the be! What rejoicing in the Mission!
shortage, for the supply of which the What thanksgiving at family worship !
Board, in God’s name, now cries out Let us try to appreciate the joy, and join
to the Church. And it is to arouse in the song of thanksgiving. Let the
the Church to an. active response to whole Church now awaken to new zeal
this call, that the Board, at the and activity in this interest.
request of the Mission, called Rev. For the first year she will devote
Moore home on furlough a year earlier pretty much all her time and attention
than it intended. to the acquisition of the language;
The same general state of things in and as she has already shown great
the wide mission field of the world, is facility in the acquisition of languages,
the reason the Boards are so earnestly we confidently anticipate that she will
calling for larger contributions, It is make rapid progress. She is now able
the Holy Ghost who is causing the to teach Latin, Greek, French and
necessities which prompt the numerous German, besides her native English ;
calls, No, the glorious work of win- and if we mistake not, her indomitable
ning heathen souls to Christ is not pluck will enable her to talk in Japan-
going backward, but is going forward ese in a year or two.
so rapidly that the Church at home *

has not yet caught the quickened step. An Hour with Mrs. Moore.
God grant that it may soon attain to T was our privilege to spend a social
a double quick, and run to hasten the evening in Mrs. Moore's company.
coming of the Lord. She did not give us a formal parlor
talk, and yet, withal, it was a parlor
Miss Hollowell’s Departure. talk of the most entertaining and in-
E mentioned in the September structive sort. She excels as a conver-
number of the MISSIONARY sationalist, and is brim full, both in
GUARDIAN that Miss Mary C. Hollo- mind and heart, of incident, observa-
380 THE MISSIONARY GUARDIAN.

tion and experience. She has a fund a scholarship in the Training School
of information which will be intensely at Sendai, Japan, as soon as the re-
interesting to ladies; and we ‘assure maining indebtedness on the building
them that they will account it a great and the $5000 borrowed by the Board
privilege, as well as an entertainment, shall have been paid.
whose opportunity it may be to pass It will be interesting to the readers
an hour in her society. of the MissroNARY GUARDIAN to learn
. She gave much of her time andthe exact balance unpaid, resting upon
strength in visiting «ће poor and the the Seminary building. A recent
sick; and many a sufferer in those statemen t from Rev. Hoy gives us the
poorly-equipped and sadly-managed figures. The contract price was 9000
hospitals repaid her for her tender and yen. Of this 4831 have been paid,
helpful ministry with that expressive leaving a balance unpaid of 4186 yen.
smile of gratitude which only the face The value of the yen depends upon
of a relieved sufferer can wear, and the price of silver. On one of the
her sympathizing heart was made glad, payments the yen cost us a fraction
and she felt herself repaid. over 88 cents gold; on the last pay-
Her activity and diligence in labors ment we made the yen cost us a frac-
among the down-trodden and the de- tion less than 8o. Estimating the yen
graded and the squalid poor attracted at the last price paid, it will require
the attention of some of the better about $3300 gold to liquidate the debt.
classes, and they extended to her their This estimate includes $144.61 extras.
recognition and cordial approbation. The liquidation of this incumbrance
Thus did she cause her light to shine, is of prime importance to the success-
and the Japanese saw her good works. ful prosecution of our work. It stands
She preached the love of Christ per- now as a barrier in our way. It presses
haps more effectively by her works a distressing burden upon Rev. Hoy,
than she could have done by words. while it is a hindrance to the inflow
No doubt the ladies of the Church of much needed funds into the treasury.
will arrange to have Mrs. Moore meet We learn that the remark has been
with their Societies, and give them made by members of our Church that
parlor talks; and we venture to say they object to contributing money to
that an evening’s enjoyment of her in- рау a debt! They say it is like
structive conversation will make every “© paying for a dead horse." We beg
one present feel that the defraying of leave to say to them that in this case
any expense which her visit niay have the horse is very much alive, and ex-
incurred will be a small return for the ceedingly vigorous in the bargain.
pleasure afforded. This debt was not contracted in trying
* a questionable experiment which re-
Endowment of a Scholarship in sulted in a failure, Had that been the
the Sendai Training School. case, then it would have been a “dead
T the meeting of the Eastern horse”; but there the building stands
Synod at Harrisburg, Pa., Rev. this day, one of the finest of its kind
C. U. Heilman announced that he in the Empire of Japan, occupied by
was authorized to say that there is in nearly double the number of students
readiness to be paid over to the treas- we had before its completion. It is
ury of the Foreign Board one thousand an established, successful and perma-
dollars as a permanent endowment of nent enterprise, and the question is,
 THE MISSIONARY GUARDIAN. 381

who will invest in its stock? Only not so mtich damaged, I imagine, as
about $3300 of the stock remains to Nagoya.
be taken, and the subscription books “The great danger in earthquakes
are now open. is due rather to fire than to any com-
Will it pay? demands our American motion. The houses are usually only
spirit of thrift. We let the word of one story high, and are of thin wood-
inspiration answer, ‘He that hath work and paper. A bad earthquake
pity upon the poor, lendeth unto the usually shakes down these fragile houses,
Lord; and that which he hath given and, as every one contains a fire-box
will He pay him again.” How do you and a petroleum lamp, a general bon-
like the security? fire is the result, Light earthquakes
are so common in Japan they attract
little notice. They begin with a little
The Worst Earthquake.
commotion, twice or thrice repeated.
<“ T WAS astonished,” Sir Edwin Ar- The vibration increases and a roar
nold said, “Бу the news of such follows. When you begin to wonder
a terrible earthquake in Osaka and what is about to happen it ceases and
Nagoya. Never, if memory serves me, all is quiet. To guard against these
has an earthquake visited that region frequent shakings the Japanese have
before. invented an ingenious contrivance :
“The usual scene of seismic dis- * [n my house at Azava, the column
turbances is in and around Tokio, and of cherry which supports the roof was
islands near the capital are pointed out - pivoted under the floor to a stone like
as their foci. Near there is also the a cup, so that the earthquake did not
great volcano of Fugisan. Thirty cause it to tumble down, but only
years ago 20,000 persons are said to made it oscillate. An earthquake door
have perished by earthquake and flood, has also been invented, which is fas-
but this recent loss is evidently greater. tened to a strong, massive joint which
Osaka and Nagoya are busy, populous slips along the beams. Thus the dan-
cities. ger of being struck down in the door-
“ Nagoya is about two hundred and way is removed, but the danger arises -
fifty miles from Tokio, and on the chiefly from the ignition of the ruins,
south coast. А railway runs between as I have described. ‘The consequent
it and Tokio. The country abounds floods, too, are very destructive. The
in hills, many of them volcanic, and earth is lifted by the shock and a huge
no doubt fires underlie.the. ground. wave swells in from the sea upon the
It was here that last year the Japanese city on its border.’’—Pittsburg Des-
troops executed their military maneu- patch.
ЕЗ
vers under the eye of the Emperor.
It is a large city, of wide, well-planned “I am a Son of God.”
streets, and a population of 120,000. ENRY M. STANLEY tells that
The principal occupation of its inhabi- once, in the heart of Dark Africa,
tants has been the production of silk a native was dragged before him by
and cotton woven goods, and it is very some of his followers for stealing a
famous for its porcelain, gun. Stanley looked at the gun; it
« Osaka is a very rich and prosper- clearly belonged to his expedition.
ous manufacturing city on the border The poor man who had it was fright-
of a river that leads to the sea. It is ened at the mention of Stanley's name,
382 THE MISSIONARY GUARDIAN.

and could hardly find his voice or say by our churches, namely: that а grow-
a word, only, “І ama son of God, I ing work necessitates increased con-
would not steal!" This he repeated tributions, and that so long as the
again and again. It was all he could blessing of God rests, as it does, upon
say. the laborers in the field, it is impossi-
Stanley was interested, and it dawned ble to carry on missions at the old
on him that this man was probably one rate of expenditures. — Missionary
of the converts of some of the mission- Herald.
aries laboring in that region, and he *

accordingly gave him the gun, and al- Missions and Commerce.
lowed him to go, while they pursued At one time it was thought that the
their way. money given to the cause of missions
At the next station where they stop- was wasted. No intelligent man thinks
ped they found the gun waiting for sonow. England gives more for mis-
them. It appeared that the gun had sions than all the rest of the world
probably been lost. This man had ‘combined ; but English commerce has
found it, and when he was set free he gained ten pounds for every pound
at once went with it to the missionary England has invested in missions.
for instructions, and by his directions Christianity and commerce go hand-
it was sent where Stanley would get it. in-hand. The Gospel is God’s power
But what a light must have touched to save from sin, and from all the im-
that darkened son of Africa, who, bruting and degrading consequences
though brought up ih all vileness and’ of sin. The Gospel underlies our
theft and sin, had come to realize the commerce and our civilization as a
glorious dignity of a divine paternity, root underlies a plant.
and say, *IAM A SON oF Gop; I WOULD A. McLean, D.D.
NOT STEAL !"— Missionary Review. СВО
*
Little Heathen Girls.
The Growing Work. . There are bright little girls in the
Two of the great Missionary Socie- islands of the Pacific. One of them at
ties of America have recently closed Ruk, Micronesia Mission, when told
their annual accounts, each with a that school would begin on the next
debt. This is not because the receipts Monday, said to Mrs. Logan, with an
in either case have been less than in expression of great delight: “I am
previous years, but because the de- glad, for my head is aching with so
mands of the work have been greater. much ignorance."
The American Baptist Missionary The Bihe missionaries often saw the
Union finds itself burdened with a little, unclad, native African girls car-
debt of $61,000, and the Presbyterian rying an ear of corn on their backs.
Board with a debt of $18,000, which This is just where the women carry
is $60,000 less than the debt of the their babies, but it had not occurred
previous year. Yet the receipts of the to the missionaries that the ear of corn
Presbyterian Board were greater by served as a doll, until they noticed
$148,000, including $43,000 especially that one little girl had the tassel of the
contributed for the debt, than those of corn braided and strung with beads.
the previous year. The missionary's wife asked her if that
These facts furnish new illustration was her baby, and she said “ Yes."—.
of what we wish could be understood New York Evangelist.
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Miscellaneous Deparment, —The Eastern Synod with nearly

87,000 members, paid last year nearly
Edited by Rev. A.C. WHITMER, Superintendent of , $79,000 for benevolence, an average of
the Bi-synodic Board of Missions. go cents a member.
— Our German brethren in the Sy-
—The W. M. S. of Lancaster Clas- nod of the Northwest are discussing
sis, Ohio Synod, had avery interesting the question of a German General Sy-
meeting in Stoutsville, O., too late for nod as a head for their German Classes
notice in the last issue, The reports and Synods, and one reason for it is,
were specially cheering. The Society that they may the better develop and
will now educate a Japanese girl in our carry forward their missionary work.
school in Sendai. — Treasurer C. M. Boush acknowl-
—The report on the state of reli- edges the receipt of $15 from the Mis-
gion adopted by the Eastern Synod sionary Society of Mount Pleasant, Pa.,
made special and appreciative mention and $25 from the Society of Christian
of the helpful work done by the Wo- Workers, First Church, Greensburg,
men’s Missionary Society of the Synod. Pa., per Mrs. C. T. Barnhart, treasurer
—This is the last issue of the year. of W. M.S. of Pittsburg Synod, for
It is no small matter to prepare nearly Hungarian Work.
400 pages of suitable reading for men, —At South Bethlehem, Pa., Rev. N.
women and children of many tastes Z. Snyder frequently ministers to some
and wants. May the Lord accept and of the one hundred Hungarians that
bless what has been done in His name! work there. He baptizes their child-
Christmas greetings to all. ren and marries their young people;
— Тһе editor finds it impossible this and in October twenty-five of these
month to give the reports of the vari- foreigners were at the Lord’s table.
ous W. M. S. and other missionary The officers of the congregation have
items at such length as is desirable. granted them the use of the church,
He has been obliged to reduce the and on alternate Sunday afternoons
communications so kindly and care- they hold a service in their own lan-
fully prepared. guage, one of them conducting the
—The Pittsburgh Synod declares service and reading a sermon.
itself gratified with the management — The IndependentofNovember 5th
of the home mission work under the has over twelve pages of most valuable
General Board ; approves the policy matter on the home missionary work
of founding missions in large cities of the Protestant Churches of the
and growing towns; commends the United States; and these monthly in-
MISSIONARY GUARDIAN to the people; stalments of missionary news alone
apportions $4500 for home missions, make that paper worth its price to the
and $500 for church-building; com- Christian family, $3.00 a year. Ad-
mends the Hungarian missions to the dress /ndependent, 251 Broadway, New
attention of*pastors and people; sug- York. '
gests to the Women’s Synodical Mis- Bible Light on Mission Paths is
sionary Society the propriety of con- the name of a book of nearly 200 pages
centrating their efforts upon the for- published by the Presbyterian Board
eign mission work; and urges the of Publication, 1334 Chestnut Street,
formation of auxiliary Societies in Philadelphia, at 30 cents a copy. It
every congregation. is a series of Bible readings, giving the
 384 THE MISSIONARY GUARDIAN.

full text, suitable for use in missionary paid out. One-half of the funds
meetings. Though not a hymn-book, pledged by Classical Societies are to
it contains also fifty hymns. Part First be sent to the Synodical treasurer by
is arranged for one voice, and Part April rst, 1892, and the other half by
Second for several; but both are easily Oct. 1st, 1892.
changed to any other form. The following officers were re-
—The Mission House at Sheboygan, elected: Mrs. Mary G. Heitshu, Lan-
Wis., has over тоо students. caster, Pa., Pres.; Mrs. Sarah E. P.
—Marriep.—At Cambridge, Ohio, Mosser, Reading, Pa., Treas.; Mrs. J.
October 7th, 189t, missionary A. S. F. Unger, Phila., Pa., Cor. Sec. ; Mrs.
Weber to Miss Lora Jefferson. A. G. Mory, Boyertown, Pa., Rec.
—Ata meeting of the W. M. S., of Sec.
Goshenhoppen Classis, much work was The Society pledged itself to raise
found to have been done, or at least $9oo during the year, $400 towards
fairly begun, the treasurer having re- Miss Hollowell’s support, $300 for
ceived over $165, half for home mis- Steelton mission and $200 for Hunga-
sions and half for foreign missions. rian missions.
—The Missionary Society of West Resolutions were adopted, acknowl-
Susquehanna Classis is now six years edging God’s hand in the work of the
old. The sixth yearly convention met year, favoring the closing of the Co-
in Rebersburg, Pa. The following lumbian Exhibition on the Lord’s
topics were discussed: ‘‘ How to con- Day, favoring all well-directed efforts
sider Classical apportionments for mis- in temperance reform, and thanking
sions;" ‘‘The history of benevolence the people of Harrisburg for generous
in West Susquehanna Classis;” ‘The hospitality.
mission of the country churches in the The Society visited the mission
evangelization of the World ;" and church at Steelton, three miles below
‘í Should foreign missions be supported Harrisburg, because to this $300 a year
by apportionments on Classis ? ” are paid by the Society, and they came
eS e away delighted.
W. M. S. Eastern Synod. Of the public meeting nothing need
HIS Society held its third annual here be said, as assistant editor Bark-
meeting Oct. 23d, 1891, in the ley tells of it in his pages. }
lecture room of Salem church, Harris-
*
burg, Pa. The morning and afternoon
sessions were devoted to business. Western German Board.
The treasurer, Mrs. Mosser, pre- This Board of Missions represents
sented an itemized report of contribu- the two Western German Synods. The
tions from the different Classical Soci- new organization is: President, Rev.
eties to the cause of home and foreign M. G. I. Stern; Secretary, Rev. M.
missions: Receipts, $1590.76; dis- Vitz ; "Treasurer, Rev. C. Baum. Sev-
bursements, $1257.52; balance in eral missions are vacant. One was en-
treasury, $333.24. All Classical Socie- rolled. The congregation in Toledo,
ties within the bounds of Eastern Ohio, will itself found and support a
Synod are requested to send all their mission. The Board re-elected the
moneys through the Synodical trea- Exective Committee, consisting of
surer or send her duplicate receipts President, Secretary and Rev. C.
. from recipients of moneys otherwise Schaaf.
 THE MISSIONARY GUARDIAN. 385

Synod of the Interior. of many blessings, and at the same

This youngest Synod of the Church time losing golden opportunities which
is almost entirely missionary ground. may never again return to them.
At its late meeting it resolved to estab- Mrs. GEO. W. STEIN.
lish a theological department in Wich- e Eme WE Вода
ita University so soon as the way is W. M. S. of Ohio Synod.
open, which means the education of ET in the Congregational church,
western men for western work. Bellevue, Ohio, during the ses-
Its Board of Missions has had three sion of the Synod. Every Classis in
missions under its care, and an income Ohio Synod has a Society. By means
of nearly $1000. The Synod voted to of blanks for reports the work will
transfer its missions to General Synod’s now be systematized and made uniform
Board, so soon as possible, and also in all the Classes. Mrs. S. B. Yockey
requests the Bi-synodic Board to trans- is chairman of a committee to prepare
fer to the General Board at least the such blanks, and the President of the
missions within the bounds of that Society is to see that they are duly
Synod. distributed. The amount raised by
The Synod takes great interest also the Societies of the Synod was $4,135;
in foreign missions, and asks the Gen- but the Synodical Society protested
eral Synod to make apportionments for against the practice of using these
this as for other work. funds for other than strictly missionary
purposes. Mrs. S. O. Eggert was ap-
First: Anniversary. pointed to take charge of a column in
HE Missionary Society at Annville, the Christian World in the interest of
Ра. Rev. Dr; J. E. Heister, the Society.
pastor, celebrated its first anniversary At an evening meeting papers were
October 31. The church was tastefully read as follows: * Woman's Work in
~ adorned with plants and flowers; and the Church," by Mrs. E. M. Black;
an interesting program of music, ad- “The Progress of Missionary Work,”
dresses, essays and recitations was by Mrs. J. Н. Albright; **The Duty
rendered. of the Stay-at-Homes," by Mrs. A. D.
The collection was $7.32. This Freeman; ‘‘ Missionary Societies as a
amount added to what was realized Means of Development," by Mrs. W.
during the year made the total sum of Н. Shults; “ Тһе Regions Beyond,”
$95.75, the measure of the success of by Mrs. A. K. Zartman.
the Society financially. The following officers were elected:
Twenty-six MISSIONARY GUARDIANS President, Mrs. A. K. Zartman; Sec-
are in circulation. retary, Miss Hattie Wilt; Treasurer,
The Society numbers about forty Mrs, C. O. Knepper ;Executive Com-
members. What is especially worth mittee, the Board of Officers, and Mrs.
noticing is that the Sunday-school and O. A. Hursh, Mrs. A. D. Freeman,
church contributions have not been Mrs. H. T. Heller.
lessened, but on the contrary they
‫کیک‬А‫‏‬

have rather increased. Income for October.‫‏‬

Bi-synodic Board.
Some congregations in Lebanon For missions
Classis have not yet organized such Por'ehurch-bülding. = Oe SIC a $ 31
Societies. From our experience we Board of Foreign Missions.
feel that they are depriving themselves For the general work...
. 4... 1s.
386 THE MISSIONARY GUARDIAN.

December. W. M. S. of Pittsburgh Synod.

Bible Reading—Jesus Christ, our This body held its sixth yearly
Prophet, Priest and King. meeting at Scottdale, Pa., thirty dele-
Subject for Prayer — That every gates being enrolled.
tongue shall confess that Jesus Christ The Society pledged itself to raise
is Lord. | $1000 during the уеат—$тоо for Hun- ©
Topic for Study—Islands of the Sea. garian missions; $250 to help pay
ELSI ADB ELS Miss Mary Hollowell’s expenses; and
W. M. S. of Lancaster Classis, the rest for foreign missions in gene-
Met in Lancaster, Pa., October rst, ral,
1891. Delegates from fourteen con- The Societies that could not be re-
gregations reported. A sketch of Miss presented by delegates sent in their
Hollowell and her farewell address reports which were heard with pleas-
were read. Rev. J. P. Moore made a ure, and it encouraged the Society to
short address. The treasurer reported have even this evidence of their inter-
that $100 had been paid to the Sy- est in this meeting. The treasurer
nodical Society, and $4o were voted reported $191 for home missions and
to Hungarian missions. : $465 for foreign missions.
The officers of the society are: The following are its officers: Presi-
President, Mrs. Rev. D. W. Gerhard, dent, Mrs. P. Keil, 963 Liberty St.,
of Lancaster; Vice-president, Miss Pittsburgh, Pa. ; Rec. Sec., Miss Wel-
Susan K. Keener; Secretary, Miss shons, Butler, Pa.; Treasurer, Mrs.
Mary Graeff, of Harrisburg; Corres- C. T. Barnhart, Greensburg, Pa.
ponding Secretary, Miss Jane M. *

Powers, of Lancaster; Treasurer, Miss

Anna L. Nissley, of Hummelstown. Executive Committee Meeting.
ERR EO ае d The Executive Committee of the
Quarterly Meeting. W. M.S. of East Susquehanna Classis,
The Executive Committee of the meeting at Catawissa, Pa., October
W. M. S. of Schuylkill Classis held a 1st, found its work in good condition,
delightful meeting in the First church, Three new Societies were organized
Reading, Pa. Rev. Dr. Bausman de- during the last quarter, namely, at
livered an eloquent address, in which Catawissa, Mt. Carmel and Millers-
he showed the great good the Wo- burg. The Society at Sunbury was
men's Missionary Societies have been reorganized. The Corresponding Sec-
and aze doing, referring especially to retary reported that communications
the fact that they are at present send- had been sent to all the pastors
ing forth into Japan another lady of Classis asking the assistance of the
missionary, Miss Hollowell, to whom ladies of the congregations in the
he paid a glowing tribute, who, though noble work. Favorable replies with
so young in years, was ready to de- pledges were received from some of
vote her entire life to the heathen in the pastors, others refused, or declared
Japan. inability to assist, while five did not
During the present Classical year reply atall. In the evening a public
$500 are to be raised, if possible; and meeting was held at which an inter-
this Society will not likely fail in this ' esting programme was rendered. The
purpose, for they have experience as next meeting is to be held at Shamo-
well аз zeal. kin January 7th, 1892.
 THE MISSIONARY GUARDIAN. ~ 987

THE CHILDREN’S PAGE, gift to this country, believing that the

story and the lesson it teaches would
Christmas Glory. be appreciated by those interested in
Do you wish you could keep your watch by
foreign missions ;and the Dean of the
night,
Like the shepherds of Bethlehem? ` General Seminary in New York has
Do you wish you could see a glory-light, accepted it for use at the Holy Com-
As it shone in the sky for them? munion in the Chapel of the Seminary.
Have you Rept your watch in the fields afar, — Young Christian Soldier.
Where the heathen in darkness dwell? 3 E Ee
Have you watched in the East for the rising Only one, but not alone.
star,
That shall lead to Immanuel?
EW years ago some Americans
in India had a Fourth of July
Have you seen how the Gospel of God's good-
dinner, when Gen. Merrill, the Ameri-
will
Is spreading through heathen climes? can Consul, responded to the toast:
Have you heard how they call on the Lord, *'The American Republic," giving his
until conception of the relation of the
It is sweet as the angel chimes ? American people to the missionary.
I tell you the Christmas glory now “I remember years ago when on
Is a thousand times more bright military duty among the mountains of
Than the glory that shone so long ago
Georgia, making the rounds of the
On the first glad Christmas night.
picket posts about two o’clock one
The earth shall be full of the knowledge of God! tempestuous winter morning. On a
It is blessedly drawing near!
rocky eminence the form of a lone
And peace on earth, good-will to men,
Shall come with the Lord's New Year. sentinel was outlined against the cloudy
— Good Times. sky, and this thought flashed through
ы
Mule
ш me with a pain akin to agony: Poor
Not Empty-Handed. soldier shivering in the driving sleet,
NE day when the Rev. Isaac Doo- how can you hope to crush the great
man celebrated the Holy Com- rebellion? As quickly came the re-
munion in Nara, a large number of flection, Ah, he is but a link of a great
Japanese Christians were present, chain reaching from the Rocky: Moun-
Among them was a young convert tains to the Atlantic Ocean, and back
who was studying in a government of him are the regiment, the brigade,
school to become a teacher. He the division, the corps, the army, and
wished very much to receive the Holy linked to these the gray-locked fathers
Communion, but was unwilling to do and the silver-haired mothers praying
so without making an offering. As he to the mighty God who has decreed
had no money, he reverently laid upon that the right shall prevail.
the plate a white kerchief resembling ** A similar feeling of sadness comes
crape. It was decorated in one corner over me at the sight of a missionary
with the picture of a man fishing near alone among the millions of heathen
the shore, and it also displayed, in in the far-away land; but instantly
Japanese characters, the name of the arises a vision of tender mothers
donor. kneeling, of earnest fathers praying,
Mr. Dooman was, pleased and much of children in the churches lifting holy
impressed with the offering, and on hands to heaven, of heroes who, be-
inquiring of the treasurer, learned the lieving in the brotherhood of man,
facts already mentioned, He sent the make the American Republic great,
388 THE MISSIONARY GUARDIAN.

and I seem to hear this message for the story, “from that day it seemed
the toiling exile: The republic will as if everything I touched pros-
stand by you, whether it be for years pered.” |
or for centuries, till the long promised Beginning at this early day, he all
day when the earth shall be full of his lifetime recognized his stewardship
the knowledge of the Lord.— Gospel to God, and endeavored to be faithful
tn All Lands. to it. And all his lifetime he was sin-
gularly prospered; and though his
4

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gifts were numerous and most liberal, -
How He Learned to Give.
the bestowments of Providence were
HE late William E. Dodge, of larger still.— Gospel in All Lands.
New York, was one of the most
=
liberal givers of the present generation,
and his contributions for Christian God’s Work Must Be Done.
benevolence amounted to hundreds of * A missionary in the West Indies
thousands of dollars. The Rev. T. having called on the colored people
Edwards tells how, in his youth, he for a little help in spreading the Gos-
learned to give, as follows: pel, а negro with a wooden leg came
Henry Obookiah had come from &he forward, and pulling from one pocket
‘Sandwich Islands to this country, an a parcel of silver, said, ** That's for me,
was placed at Cornwall in school, massa;" and another parcel from an-
there to be educated for the ministry, other pocket, “ That's for my wife,
that he might go back as a preacher of massa;" and still another (in all
the Gospel to his native land—a nlan thirteen dollars), * That's for my child,
which was frustrated by his death in massa."
1818, though the interest his career When asked by the missionary if he
had awakened led to the establish- was not giving too much, he said,
ment of the Sandwich Island Mis- * God's work must be done, massa,
sion. and I may be dead."
Young Dodge, then quite a lad, was Let us do and let us give now what
at this, same school at Cornwall, and we can, for the night cometh. May
having been prayerfully trained by a the example of this poor man move us
faithful Christian mother, was deeply all to more earnest work.
interested in the story of Obookiah
—— o
and in his plans for doing good, and
anxious to do something to aid them. How to Pray It.
Having, like most schoolboys of those WHEN you pray “Thy kingdom
days, but limited means, he scarcely come,” pray it with the kingdom before
knew how he could carry out his wishes your eye. Think of the wide field that
and intentions; but finally proposed is widening, the great work going on
to one or two of his associates that and yet to be done, the loud call for
they should take their little pocket- help that comes to every Christian;
money and buy potatoes and plant and with these things in mind, make
them, and in the fall sell the crop and your request to God, ** Thy kingdom
give the proceeds for the benefit of come," and likely it will have new
Obookiah or the mission. meaning for you, as you lay upon the
They did this. ** And," said Mr. altar your offering toward making it
Dodge, as in later years he told come.
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 CONTENTS OF VOLUME I.

HOME MISSIONS.
Acknowledgment of the rooo 5’s ^ ТМС Се МУ И у e wise 2334 Lhat Balance seve
< s ovo
A Conclusio... л ]t Should f 339
jspay of Pleasure.VON EE 268 Kansas Minion Notesжее n Ui aoe ud du "48
TE Te E ee ЛСР 233 | Lay Your Plans... ... . . 340] The тооо Tens sees тї
а os Movement esd os 140 Lend a Hand . dors
os cis 272 | The Answer... cii er
UA "5
A. Little Pepper Ж Е 2 Sus.
NOM wees 26 Tike oie
go20 Wababerals Giving LEUR
O shears. Soe Repo
Fd i en ns a э че
сы:Sie
they
jsuec Rud Ma . . . . . 82 |May Receipts of General Board 2or |The Blessing of Missions . . . 168
узус S У 5 «a „271 |Meeting of the Council . . . . 46| The Burden of Missions. . . . 239
REA e the. Missions .. .`.... 329 |Meeting of the Executive Com- The Catechism and Missions ..2
2 Pl Surprise. a . . « 298 и еек Boe rS 2671| Chè Cities Se 2 on ы
A Xie cue SCL aera EA OOP WEISSIONGS а 5 E rio |The Duty of Giving’... 2 4 203
RN S D SEC he Sean E тоз |Mission Echoes. . €. 104, 135 |The Executive Council . . . . 243
s New oe ere) sists SE MISSION: PUNAS eeeT T К tor | The Fourteenth Fund . . 276
А LT MECEDIISE A ceeSд 3260/3 Mission: Items М a 203 |The Foreigner at Our Door . . 362
AD Introductory Word . . . . 5 | Missionary Boards. How formed S The Great Need . . . Я 172
A univ say at Hanover. . . . rxo |Missionary Conventions . . . . The Growth of the Christian
DDIVOISALy Sa aE 114 | Missionary Items from the West a Church т
тоог Church-building Fund. 205 |Missionary Meetings . . . .. 242 | Тһе Hungarians Mica nena z
nnual Meeting of Board . 141,333 |Missionary Work in the West . 148 |The Hungarian Works кы, ўз
A Pea fOr MISSIONS; ш... BeOM stakes oto E E s А 18 |The Hungarian Work Again. ; TI:
A Puzzling Question.. . . . . irs| Money for Missions. . . . . . 277 |The Hungarian Tyndale.. . 4 338
оаа аот 269, 364 |Mrs. Hannah Winebrenner. . . 230 |The Holding оп Policy . . . E 167
es eet D E ORDER NETTO 7°, 77 |News from the Missions. 37, 75, 77 |The Jeremiahs . . . .... . . 263
" mall Sum .. .. .. .. .299|NewsItems........., ge The Missionary Society. . . . x75
t Carlisle Classis... .. . 2 BOON otitootate Se is з, e s aie The Ministry of Money 178
Attention, Missionaries! . . . . 358 |Notes from Our Missions . 174, adt The Monthly Topics . UE be. 204
ANNANIN a I Е А 357 |Notes from Potomac Synod . . 369 |The Missionary Guardian 269
A Word with the Missionaries .338 |Notice. ...... . 1 .202| The Outlook . . ue 369
Balancing Accounts. . . . . . 84 | Now for the ‘Apportionments. . 203 |This and That . de ‚ 297, 325, 359
Дешсе С. ый И 366 |Oddsand Ends , . . . . . . .268| The Right Thing. . . . es I4I
BiblelReading- - . 27.0. M KOS Ohio'Synod .— ee а а 2^2 360;| "DhesBighe-Idexd c eS es 358
Blanks for Quarterly Reports . 339 |Once a Mission. ....... 268 |The Region Beyond . . D UE 272
Brick and Mortaf. .. e- e » 206 Open оог. 13 |The Regions Beyond . . . . .264
Building Fonds I iE < O Opportunities: ZS a ial) узу. 240 |The Reformed Church in Virginia 14
Church Erection... . . 136, 207 |Our Blessings and Responsibili- The Spirit of Missions.. . . . 145
Committee Meeting. . . . . 363 GIES ӨК с СА . 300 |The Transfer of Our Missions . 366
Council Notes... 272. se 238 |Our Church Building Funds. .3or| The Tenth . . ..... 359 '
Delinquent Synods . . . ... LOOM WO UE абу scat weno qa ese 14 |The Woman's Journal... . . 337
Easter Offerings... ..... 50 |Our Limited Circulation. . . . 269 |Too much Red Tape ..... 261'
Elder Henry Wirt... =. -e 45 | Our Missionaries ....... TIE PEO MUCH meee р 331
Pothusiasm оз aso ГOur Берет de. е уе 209 | Topics for Five Minute Talks .275
Evangelization of the West . . 273 | Pittsburg Synod Items... . . . 327 |To whom they are Responsible. 16
Every Christian a Missionary . 8o |Pledges for “Tens,” . 77, 116, 147, |Want of Missionary News .. . 308
Everybody a Preacher.. . . . 206 177, 206, 245, 276, 393- Washington, D. C; Te у» 116
Executive Council Meeting . . 15o | Practical Rules of Giving . . . 367 |Western German Missions . . . 336
Facts in General . . . . . I2 | Present Duty of the Reformed WHat amA to AOT a A 138
Figures Worth Studying . PAEA Church d e oe uve 229 |What of Western Missions? . . 73
Erom lowa d ae gee MEE 146 |Presbyterian Home Missions . . 268 |What the Classes Can Do. . . 144
From the Pacific Coast. . . . . 275 IPEFOSEOSS d d LJ cSt лл ee D 169 |What the Pupil Might Do. . .173
From Astoria, Oregon. . . . . 365 | Protestantism in Hungary . . . 197 |What Others are Doing . . . . 201
From the Eastern Synod .. . . 371 |Receipts for July, 1891 . . . . 265 |What We Мапе... . a... 45
(General ев 42 |Receipts for October, 1891 . . . 364 |What Should be Done?. . . . 49
General Notes.. e... o- 69 | Relation to the Church . . . . 15 |What of Our Work. ..... 262
Give Heed iw. Ses 336 |Relation to Missionaries. . . . 16 |Which Name? ........ 325
Giving tothe Lord ...... x6sjeRe-organized т ile mos 2441 Why Мосе PAGE pe A
Giving and Living.. . . . . . 367 |Resources of the West.. . . 177 |Whyisit?. . 2, 329
Go Porward- . ... - e a ve 148 | Re-union at Pen Mar. . ... 305 |Why me Offerings are Sait . 337
ооо ол. E . 232 |Roanoke and Basic City, Va. . 114 |Why? ... 2... . . 298
Her First Wruits.. ‚.. -.-. PUOW реа Ше ae oy,i PI 112 Why (C REA in Missions? .. Зот
HEGE =... ® . . 304 | Self- Sustaining E Bo E . . 167 |W. M. S.—Philadelphia Classis 205
Home Missions and оше л | sensble ЛЛ ыу, 364 |W. M. S.—Juniata Classis . . 205
Honest Old Tom . . <s 237 | Shall it Continue? .. . . . 8| W. M.S —Goshenhoppen Classis 205
Hope of America. . . . =.» 177 |Something About Hungarians . 48 |W. M. S.—W yoming Classis . . 205
How Many do you Want? .. . 339 |Something to Think About.. . 20 W. M. S.—Somerset Classis. . 234
How Men уе 2 „шл 303 |St. Joseph, Missouri .. . . . . 357 |W. M. S.—Ohio Synod . . . . 361
Income for June.. . . . . . . 235 |Synod of the Interior. . ... . 360 |Women in Missionary Work . . 303
Income for August, 1891 .. . . 298 |Systematic Visiting in Mission Women in the Church. . . . .x68
Income for September, 1891 . . 331 Wotlk. а 2... .274| Work of the General Board . . »у
alsitnotTrue? ... 2. 2 200| Take Notice... je o a e aie 140

FOREIGN MISSIONS.
A Rad Example ...... . 279 |Another Teacher for the Girls’ Classical Conferences ..... 343
A Call for Workers. . . . <. . бо Schoob stems eae anima or 159 |Commencement of Zenana work!—
A Chinese Tea in Iowa . . . . 188 |Another Teacher for Japan . . 214 in mdi geet hia о 348
A deserved honor. . . . . . . 350 |Another Beneficiary .. . . . . 30 Congregational Missionary Seni
Girl's Foreign Missionary So- Appeal to our Missionaries . . до ehes E cR eae some
A
ciety of long ago . . . . . 152. |А Pen Picture.. (7 5 54 |Easter іп Japan ....... 215
A healthy reaction. With the A Plea for the Missionary Maga- Editorial Notes, 56, 117, 179, 212, 277
(Plassesio teks wei otis . 216 ZER oseius, .... 2r|End of the Term. Return of
A Hospital Patient.. ..ê 281 |A Stove over each LUNES i. #20 Rev. J. P. Moore. . . . 284
А Monument for Our Dead . . 53 |A Wonderful Providence . . . 346 Endowment of a Scholarship in
Among the Lepers . . . : . . 252 |А Word to the Inactive. . . . 160 the Sendai Training School. 386
‘An hour with Mrs. Moore. . . 379 |Bread Cast Upon the Water. . 59 Evangelistic Report. . . . = .3Зто
An advancing work demands Chinese hotels as theyare. . . 220 |Fault-Finders. . . . . ОИУ ЕРЕ
c e ease 123 | Family Life in Japan . . . 25
larger supplies . . . . . . 316 |Christmas at Senda and Mrs. Moore.3rx
An Ardent Wish . . | . . . . 187 |Christians electedito Office. . . 186 'Farewell to Мг,
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FOREIGN MISSIONS-—Continued.
Fox Worshipin Japan .. . . 156 Letter from
the Rev. W. E. The Gleanings—Africa s fe 356)
Free. Doomed, Рено іп Hoy we» 217,259, 278 The Girls’ School. Forced to
Liberahty of Heathen Converts. 58 contract our work 27.264
Jap . e „221.
From theЕна : 58 Little heathen girls . . . . . . 383 The Girls’ School's, 5)... 121, 181
P for Rev. and Mrs. Medical Work . ......:. 219 Miss Hollowell’s Departure . . 379
** Missionary Tidings'* 246 The Hindu Girl - Why retrench. 318
Get AC "Shall the Missionary Mohammedanism and Woman .: 375 ‘The Indebtedness of the Board. 182
Concert be Revived? . . . 282 More Missionaries Needed . 27 'The Kid Glove Fund . 89, 160
Go Forward is i. ge 82 Most Елсонашде- EN SA 54 Phe Kind Needed ©.» 5. 20 161
No Religious Persecution. . . 9r The Leaven of the Gospel. . ..283
Good News for | LOS
He cant Be WMS as 161 Now March!. ..... 2). Ga, 28 The People of Thibet. . . . . 347
How the Treasury stands . . . | Opposites. Selfdenial . . . . 283 The Prospect before us . . ...
How others do. By the sea, Our Discouraged Missionaries . 312 The Sifting of Peter. . . >. .374
near Sendai, Japan . 12355 Our Japanese “Beneficiaries . 314 The Success of Foreign Missions. 378
How can we cultivate an intelli- Our Returned Missionary. 344 The Synod of the **Church of
gent interest in Missions? . 341 Our Training School ... . . . 180 Christ in Japan" AS bis
The SuveE БШ ЕУ 93
“Tama son of God.” . . . . . 381 Persecution in China ..... 280 The trouble in China. . . e . . 317
Important. The self-reliance of Practical Christianity. . . . . 245
Preachers and Benevolence . . 188 The Worst Earthquake . . . .38x
the Japanese 247
Read it for Yourselves . . . . 124 The Women of Japan . . . . 4 373
India divided. Unoccupied lands 253 Receipts of Treasury . . . ... 93 То the №. M. Societies . . . .152
India. A Helpmeet. . . . . . 254 Responsibility of Pastors . . . 28 Tupto Yamagata We c у ores 285
Indians of Colombia, S. A... . 28 Salem Bible Class... .... 93 ‘“ Two tons of human hair’ 350
Inthe Shadow of Thy Wings . 3o SendaiShingakoo . . 5 . . . . 248 Two Pennies. The need of na-
Interference with missionaaries . 309 Shall We First Help the Strong , tive teachers . . „21
In В Classis. фтооо leg- ortheWeak?. sia ai ET Uganda. The New Creed in
Mia Stns DISP RAO 247 Special Offerings . . ^... 9o the United Church in Japan.281
It is ‘God’ KOCH тта Ec 120 Substitute for Service . . . . . 88 We mustso Speak. .-. . 6: P
Japanese Language and Litera- Supply the: Wants »*5 awe 86
tret o D suene 55 The Aramachi Sunday-school . 249
Japanese Stoicism „у. ш 77 The Christmas Boxes. . . e s 152 Who wil (oW ОО ЗЕЕ 21
gal Form of а Bequest... . 25 The Condition of the Treasury : 23 Who will ко? A lady teacher
Pecacies re eiое 23 The Epiphany and PODES for Тарай е ое 18
Letter from Japan... ... 24,52 (Missions а atis TEES ID Why the Filer Bill Affects
Letter from Mrs. Schneder. . . The Farewell Service . . . . . 345 Foreign Missions... . . . 53
Letter from Rev. D. B. Schne- 'The God of the Buddhist. 60 Wifé and Mother in Japan. + . 214
. . 185, 342 'The Growing Work—Missions Woman s. ЖОК EI. oh 86
Letter from Rey. J.P. Moore 153, 184 | and Commerce . . . . 382 | $2000; а months S ies 89

MISCELLANEOUS T oo
A Family Bible. о 66 How to Interest the Young.. . 356 The Baptism of God.. . ... 227
A Good Financial System . . .323 Income for February .... = 130 The Brown Towel... . . . . 228
A Large Classis) 071 72. qus 322 Income for March 2 wy. 204 The Harbor Mission . . . . . 97
A Missionary Class. . . . ©. 193 income for Aprils ne ИЕ 190 The Income for December . . 65
A Missionary Story. . . . . . 227 Income for! Juhend. о о 256 The little Grace-bringer. . . . 36
A Missionary Brick-work Quilt. 35 Income for July... . . . . .288 The Missionary Spirit. . . 131,351
An Important Convention. . . 129 Income for August... . . . ... 321 The Miss'y Society at Macungie 163
An Example for the Poor . . . 226 Income for October . . . . . 385 The Missionary's God s se OB
Anniversary . In one corner of Potomac Synod. 62 The Missionary Quilt 290
Anniversary at St. Clairsville, Pa. 164 In the Episcopal Church . . . 128 The New Missionary Magazine. 31
Another Classical Society. 190 Is Woman's Work a Help? . . 322 The Pacific Messengers . . .
A Quick Way Out ......, 129 Japanese Money i a sis аз 356 The Story of the Bed Quilt SES
August . e . e sie eoe note 256 ohn and his Mite Box . 99 The Thirteenth Fund ... .256
A Word in Season...
. . . . 259 dies’ Missionary and Aid So- 'The W. M. S. of the Synod ‘of
A. Word to Missions 33 eiety at Butler, Ра ^ zs
163 the Interiores e cen 33
Beginnings of W. M. S. , төт, 222, 286 Let Your Light Shine. . . . .260 The W. M S. of Phila. Classis. . 35
Behold, the Work Moves ... 63 Little Tommy and His Money. 227 ‘The Way to Giyer. e v x к 291
Bender's Congreégation 163 Loving and Giving ...'.. . 227 The Veal YWREDON а
Childlifein India. . . . . . . 259 Missionary Hymn cote ае 99 They Learned a Lesson. . . . 356
Christian Cheer Society . . . . 194 Missionary Convention . . 354 Third Anniversary . ..... 190
Christmas Соку. „а ош 387 i eta
y Societies at Pine Grove. 163 Topics for the Year. . . . . . 32
Church Extension Society . 164, 320 у Wi i aan Gute EMEN 195 AULDDICS.. eec AERE ы, on 288
Church Union and Missions. . 258 Not ela hdi ent cutee ge387 "rue Alms Were LR 321
Church Work Convention 33 November. s a S a R Aiea 353 Union Missionary Society. . . 6r
december. sie cv us e aV des ае 386 October ic. o teoОЕ 321 Very OddSoldiers.. . . . , . 324
Drop iEis ren ee) tae Кш», a e NIS 288 Que Centa Dayer c NES Western German Board . . 289, 384
Executive Committee ME 386 Only by. Work 5 Sua: ЖАСИ 225 What а Needle Did. . . . .'. 355
Executive Committee of №, Only One, but Not Alone . . . What a Child may do. . . . . 36
5, Eastern Synod. . . .. 129 Our Church Building Funds. 21 What One Dollar Did. . . ..
Faith Must Work. . . . . . . 322 Our Indian Tribes’ eens ым 5% What is the Classified Appor-
First Anniversary. / . . . . . 385 Our Presbyterian Sisters .. . . 322 оптен зоо ык . 32
Bive Years Old, 7. „ш ee e 96 Our Question Вох... . . .. 33 White Lily Ваза тушы 292
MOK Marche ш Sere eae 97 Parsonages in Missions . . , . 128 W. M. S. of Lebanon Classis. . 62
ЖӨ АО ылы este ERS 149 Planting Pennies . no. p . .. 323 W. M. S. Mercersburg Classis . 189
тоо ел и ls Pledges for ** Тецѕ.” * «82,321 W. M. S. of Schuylkill and
German Church Building Board з Program Acc йр О И 190 Lancaster Classis . . . 224
Give instead of Get . , 2... Quarterly Meeting . M 386 W. M. S. of Lincoln and Wich:
Give for the Heathen Children . 67 Receipts for November . З 32 ita Classes oC tac N 5
German Board of the West . . 196 Recitation fora Willing Worker. 131 W. M. S. of Lebanon Classis . „ 226
Goc's Work Must be Done. . , 388 Responsibility for others . 127 W. M. S. of Tuscarawas Classis 288
Goods Men Ts e Vieh. 3907358 Report of Committee of Wo- W.'M S. of Lancaster Classis .353
Harry’s Missionary Potato . . 68 man's Missionary Societ W. M. S. of Eastern Ohio Classis 354
He Did What He Could. . . .258 Self-Denial. . , Mes 9. dor W. M. S. of Eastern Synod . .384
Heller Missionary Society at September ne nw sacs . 288 W.M.S. of Ohio Synod.. . .385
dArendtsville с STI 163 Sixth Anniversary at Wood- W. M. S. of Lancaster Classis
His First) Penny OT a aR 98 stock, Va. .. ‚ 164 and Pittsburg Synod.. . . 386
Home Mission Work for Women 289 So in the Reformed Church | | 189 Working for Missions. . . . „ 260
How He Learned to Give . . . 388 Song ofthe Army. ...... 98 Work for the Children ‚291
How to Pray t... Co DN 388 Synod of the Interior...... 5 Worth Buying ККК ү 17352
How the Poor Can Give .. . . 355 Teaching a Zulu to Read . . .
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