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K jLs ht 4r0rigtt areign Jim Stsl StslVO- L ixiu ixiuV- OL pasnal VOL VOLXLIX XLIX DECEMBER DECElIBER1898 1898 189- 8A No No6 No- 6AChristtnasGifttoChina N 6 6- A AChristtnasGifttoChina AChristtnasGifttoChinaFROMCHRISTBLES- SEDHEARTSANDHOMESOF Christmas Gift to China ChinaFR- OM FROM FROMCHRISTBLESSEDHEARTSANDHOMESOF CHRISTBLCSSCD HEARTS AND HOMCS OF O- FSouthern O- FSouthern Southern SouthetfnBaptistWomenandGhildtfeninIlmetfiea Baptist Women and Children in flmerieaA- MOUNT flmeriea AmericaA- MOUNT AMOUNT AMOUNTREPORTEDIN1897435642 REPORTED IN 1897 435642 435642F- OREIGN 435642F- OREIGN FOREIGN FOREIGNBOARDRECOMMENDATIONVeaskthatthespecialgiftsat BOARD RECOMMENDATION We ask that the special gifts at at- Christmas at- Christmas Christmas ChristmasbemadefortheworkInChina be made for the work in China China- THE China- Is I I- itXritXrJlitrtX4Fprtif IsrlmanItaItrcrordThGinrnsomrntilljamonlitanntltn Is e eery man hath received The Gilt even so minister the same one to another another- THE itXritXrJlitrtX4Fprtif itXritXrJlitrtX4FprtifTHECHRISTMASOF- FERINGANDWEEKOFPRAVERI THE THECHRISTMASOFFERINGANDWEEKOFPRAVERI CHRISTMAS OFFERING AND WEEK OF PRAYER PRAYE- RThere PRAYE- RThere There Therearesomeplansobeautifulandappropriatethattheyhtebuttob are some plans so beautiful and appropriate that they have but to be be- Suggested be- mentioned mentionedtocommclHlthemsclestoeQtllOughtfulmindSuchistheCh mentioned to Coll meI d themselves to every thoughtful mind Such is the Christ Christ- mas ist is- tmlSOfferIngandreckorPrtyerwhichhasbeenobseredbytheWomans mlSOfferIngandreckorPrtyerwhichhasbeenobseredbytheWomans mas Offering and Week of Prayer which has been observed by the Womans Womans- Missionary lIssionarrUnionforanumberofearsChristianthoughteerassociat Missionary Union for a number of years Christian thought ever associates sgifts gifts gifts- with withprnertoexpectanswerstoprnyerhenweareunwillingtousethe with prayer to expect answers to prayer when we are unwilling to use the the- means mennsatOUIcommandtoaIdInansweringtheprayersisaChrIstianano means at our command to aid In answering the prayers is a Christian anomaly anomaly- James aly aly- JamessummedItupInawordwhenhesaidFaithwithoutorksisdead JamessummedItupInawordwhenhesaidFaithwithoutorksisdead James stimined It up In a word when lie said Faith without works is dead dead- Prayer PrnerwithoutgIftsIsamocleryGodmakesnopromisestodoworkforus Prayer without gifts Is a mockery God makes no promises to do workk for us us- while whilewewithmeansInhandstandaswilruByIdlelookersonChristmas while we with means In hand stand as wilfully Idle lookerson Christmas the the- best he h- ebstandbrihtestfestlaloftheeariscrownedwithjoybygiingnotre bstandbrihtestfestlaloftheeariscrownedwithjoybygiingnotre best and brightest festival of the year is crowned with joy by giving not re re- ceiving celin1rueIthasheenmuchnbusetlandbarterinmaninstanceswould ceiving True It has been much abused and barter in many instances would would- be bentruerwordthangiftsItisthisabusethatrobstheseasonofitsjo be a truer word than gifts It is this abuse that robs the season of its joy To To- gIvCtothoeWelovewithoutthoughtofreturnisonceagaintoenterin To- give gIvCtothoeWelovewithoutthoughtofreturnisonceagaintoenterin give to those ve love without thought of return is once again to enter into othe the the- Christmas ChristmaselIhtofchildhoodThuslilelittlechildrenweareaskedt Christmas delight of childhood Thus like little children we are asked to gje give- to toGodforlovessnletoputourFathersnamefin1tonthelistofthoset to God for loves sake to put our Fathers name first on the list of those to to- whom whomweshallmalcgiftsofloycAndthenatChristmastimehavingbrou whom we shall make gifts of love And then at Christmas time having brought brought- our ht ht- Ourgiftduringthefirstweelofthecnrletushumblyctbclieil1glya Ourgiftduringthefirstweelofthecnrletushumblyctbclieil1glya our gift during the first week of the year let us humbly yet believingly ask kHis His His- Ilcceptalice ncCeptanceofthisforIllsmIssionworkinChinaandforaddedblessi Ilcceptalice of this for His mission work In China and for added blessings gson gson- worldwillemissIons on on- worldwide worldwillemissIons worldwide missions missions- SIiggested Suggested SuggestedIrogrammesfortheVeekofPrnerandtheingatheringofthe programmes for the Week of Prayer and the ingathering of the the- VOLXLIX the- Christmas Cbristmasoffcringwithcollectionenvclopeshaebccnpreparedbyt Christmas offering with collection envelopes have been prepared by the eWo Wo Wo- mins IIlaIsI1ssIonaryUnionandwillbesentonapplicationButtheseare mins Missionary Union and will be sent on application But these are seless usel- esspasnal sele- sshe

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rr-ingbutlarerdemUHlarcnowUlJOIlusOurForeignBoardhasenrafteringbutlarerdemUHlarcnowUlJOIlusOurForeignBoardhasenrafterin but larger demands are now upon us Our Foreign Board has year afterafter-yearyearurgedtheYo1lllnsjiIllrrSocIetiestotukeastheirspecialchyear urged the Womans Missionary Societies to take a their speelal chargerJenIlallall-

thethfemaleworkersInforeIuHeldnlHlalreulthistmrnewworkerslunethe female workers In foreign fields and already this year new workers havehave-beenbeenaddedtotltemissioIlforce111Chinaithehoovesusthelcforctbeen added to the mission force in China It behooves us therefore to makesnake-ourourChrIstmasiftmoreInkeepingwiththeIlcssltlcsofthisnmttielour Christmas gift more In keeping with the necessities of this great field InIn-

Christf11l1ntrueChristmasjoyupontheheartsortheBaptistwomen

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thethe name and for the sake of Christ I lay this work for the inspirer of everyevery-ChristianChristf11l1ntrueChristmasjoyupontheheartsortheBaptistwomenChristian and true Christmas Joy upon the hearts of the Baptist women ofrtherthe-Southprlyil1gthattheymarbrinagiftworthor111mtowhomtheglc

thethe-SouthSouthprlyil1gthattheymarbrinagiftworthor111mtowhomtheglcSouth praying that they may bring a gift worthy of Him to whom they givegive-

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rTheideaofclosingtheoldyearvithgiftstoChristandbePrayer-

TheTheTheideaofclosingtheoldyearvithgiftstoChristandbeidea ofof closing thethe oldold yearyear withwith giftsgifts toto ChristChrist andand bebe-

Neat

bebe-

ginningginning the new year with prayer to Him is a beautiful one WeWe-hopehope the pastors and brethren will earnestly encourage and coco-operateoperate with the women in this good work It will result in blessbless-ingsingsonthehomechurchesasyellastheadvancementoftheingsonthehomechurchesasyellastheadvancementoftheg-

reatvork

ings on the home churches as well as the advancement of thethe-MastersMasters kingdom in the regions beyond China is opening up asas-nevernever before The work of the Master is greatly strengtheningstrengthening-andand developing in that land This is the great mission field of thethe-worldworld Every woman ought to be glad to make a gift for thisthis-greatgreatvorkgreatvork-

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great workwork-NeatNeatNeat programmesprogrammes andand envelopes havehave beenbeen preparedprepared forfor thethe-

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thethe-occasionsoccasions named above and any one can get the same by applyingto the Central Committee of Womans Missionary Union in youryour-StateState or to Miss Annie V Armstrong Corresponding Secretary304northIIovardstreetBaltimore304northIIovardstreetBaltimoreONEOF-

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seldomseldom-thoughtthought of by those not immediately concerned even though inin-

terestedterested in the work Here is one such The missionary acceptsaccepts-aasalarythatissufficientfortheactualneedsofhimselfanda salary that is sufficient for the actual needs of himself andand-familyfamily and enlists for life thus forsaking the prospect of laying byin store for the rainy day of age or infirm health In the event ofof-

hishis disability or death his family is more liable to be destituteFor even if thdy can get to the homeland they find h all probaproba-

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shipsships have become dimdim under thethe shadow ofofintervening yearsyears-

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yearsyears-

UnlikeUnlikethefamilyofadeceasedordisabledpastortheyhavenoUnlike the family of a deceased or disabled pastor they have nono-

churchchurchvhichhavingbeenblessedviththeministrationsofhimchurch which having been blessed with the ministrations of himhim-

whowho is gone or infirm has come to love them almost like life toto-

carecare for them Let all who think of entering upon the life of aa-

missionarymissionary first count the cost While in a measure this principleprinciple-

appliesapplies to the ministry in general it applies with terrific force toto-

thethemissionarythe missionarymissionary-ThatThat isis thethe problem fromfrom thethemissionarys viewviewpointpoint andandrightright-

A

rightright-

seriousserious it is But the missionary is not the only one whose soul isis-

troubledtroubled by it What ought a mission board to do in the premisespremises-

SomeSome of the boards make provisions for such cases we believebelieve-

OughtOught not all to do so Could it rightly be regarded as a mismis-

appropriationappropriation of mission money to use it in caring for the famfam-

ilyily of one who has given all his strength to the advancement ofof-

thethecauseandhaseitherfal1enathispostorhadhishealthcrushedthecauseandhaseitherfal1enathispostorhadhishealthcrushed2-

11

the cause and has either fallen at his post or had his health crushedcrushed-

underunder the load as he tried to bear up on his heart and hands a lostlost-

worldworld to a loving Saviour Or should there be a special fund toto-

meetmeet the demands of such cases These are some of the seriousserious-

practicalpractical questions that demand answer from the men who thinkthink-

andand pray daily over the business side of the work How manymany-

and such are few ever dreamdream-

A

and how perplexing questions very

AAPARTINGWORDAPARTINGWOR-

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and principal business as a disciple of Christristisristis-

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ForgefForgef notnot thatthat yourhour firstfirst and principal business as a disciple of

to give the Gospel to those who have It not He who is not a missionary ChrisChris-

tian when the great day comes for bestowing thethe-

rewnrdsofsmyicelhercforethe-

rewardstian will be a missing Christianrewnrdsofsmyicelhercforerewards of service ThereforeTherefore-

Askwithwith-

Inquire

connectionthe Lord would have 3011 do in withwith-

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AskAsk yourselfyourself dailydaily whatwhat the Lord would have you do in connection

the work of carrying the news of salvation to the perishing millions SearchSearch-

carefully

rchrch-heif have thethe-

south

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youthandfituessrequiredfortheworkOrifyoucannotgoinpersonheathento the youcarefully whether Ile would have you go yourself

youthandfituessrequiredfortheworkOrifyoucannotgoinpersonsouth and fitness required for the work Or If you cannot go in personperson-

Inquirein thethe-

But

InquireInquire diligentlydiligently whatwhat bloodbloodmortgagemortgagetherethereisis

uponuponyouryourpropertyproperty in thethe-

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twith his preciousYOU Owe to Christ for redeeming youIt will go hard with you when your Lord comes to reckon with you if He findsfinds-

youryouryourwealthInvestedInsuperfluousluxuriesorhoardedupinneedlewealth Invested In superfluous luxuries or hoarded up in needlesssaccumusaccumu-t

accumu-

lationslations instead of being sacredly devoted to giving the Gospel tounlessthe lostlost-

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and life on Rhichso much depends Yours in ChristExchangeChristExchange-

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toto drive him toto better endeavor AA pastoral letterletter ought totobebe-

ROMAN

bebe-missionarymissionary We would also that every member reading this mightmight-makemake himself for the moment a member of the great preachersflock and let his heart respond to this impassioned pastoral appealWeightyVeightyvordsfromamightyrnanVeightyvordsfromamightyrnanROMAN-

CATHOLICISMDECLINING

words from a mighty manmanR-

OMANROMANROMANCATHOLICISMDECLININGCATHOLICISM DECLININGDECLININ-

GMany

DECLININ-

GManyMany people standtand inin dreaddread ofof whatwhat theytheythinkthinkisisa a wonderfulwonderful-

But

wonderfulincreaseinRomanCatho1icismintheorId13uttheactualfactsincrease in Roman Catholicism in the world But the actual factsfacts-areare that Roman Catholicism is steadily declining It is true thatin America there seems to be in some of our great cities a strengthstrength-eningening but this is easily accounted for by the great tide of immiimm-igrationgrationfrompoorimpoverishedRomanCatholiccountriesinthegration from poor impoverished Roman Catholic countries in thethe-oldold world For a while after they get here they are still fetteredin mind and heart by the old chains of superstition and priestcraftDesigning men use them in order intoto get oaice and so we seesee-thethe Catholic man prominent in politics Many of them fill minorminor-officesoffices in our Government In many cases also with that shrewdshrewd-nessness which has marked them of old they get possession of thethe-secularsecular press and one man in means m Bch said in the papers asas-toto the Holy Church and 41 Holy Fathers and t Blessed Charities c cc-

ButButButthereareforcesatvorkinimericaithhichCatholicismBut therethere areare forcesforces atatworkwork ininAmericaAmerica withwithwhichwhichCatholicismCatholicism-

But

CatholicismCatholicism-cannotcannotcope13eforetheseitillveakenandbcovcrcomecannot cope Before these it will weaken and be overcomeThese are the public school liberty of conscience and of speechspeech-thethe free press and greatest of all an open Bible While here ini-

nPthe United States we have a greatly modified Catholicism in comcom-parisonPparison with what exists in Roman Catholic countries yet evenhere it has gross errors They deny the supreme and absolute auau-thoritythority of Gods word as given in the Bible With this comescomes-manymany errors in doctrine and practice such as the worship of Marythe union of church and State praying and confessing to thethe-priestpriest mass extreme unction purgatory prayer for the dead andand-manymanyothererrorsmanyothererrors-

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many other errorserrors-ButButBut wewe areare gladglad toto saysay thatthat thethe lightlightofofGodsGodswordwordisisshiningshining-

In

shiningout more and more and Romanism will never again be so powerful on the earth Two hundred ofyears ago the worlds inhabitinhabit-antsants only thirtytwo million were under Protestant rulers todaythere are five hundred and twenty million Then those underRoman Catholic rulers numbered three times as many as underProtestant rulers today they number halfonly asInIn aa recentrecent numbernumber ofof thatthat excellentexcellent magazinemagazine TheThe

manyMissionarylli5siovarY

Review appears astrong articlewhich gives some striking comcom-parisonsparisons If says that in I89o the census of the United Stitesbeing 61621000 it distributedwas as follows 7 t 93000 Roman

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3Catholic49630000Protestants5794000nonChristiansofva

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CatholicCatholic49630000Protestants5794000nonChristiansofvaCatholic 49630000 Protestants Di94000 nonChristians of vava-riousriouskindsIftheRomanCatholicshadheldtheirchildrenandrious kinds If the Roman Catholics had held their children andand-grandchildrengrandchildrenaccordingtotheirovnestimatestheyoughttohavegrandchildren according to their own estimates they ought to havehave-todaytoday25000000buttheyhaveevenfailedtoholdtheirformertoday 25000000 but they have even failed to hold their formerformer-proportionproportionofthepopulationofthecountryThesameistrueinproportion of the population of the country The same is true inin-

EnglandEnglandandIrelandIheea1thofProtestantcountriesfarexEngland and Ireland The wealth of Protestant countries far exex-ceedscecdsthatofRomanCatholiccountriesceeds that of Roman Catholic countriescountries-

In1nRomanCatholiccountries10percentofthepopulationareIn Roman Catholic countries io per cent of the population areare-educatededucatedandinProtestantcountries20percenteducated and in Protestant countries 20 per centcent-

RomanRomanCatho1icismhaslostherformerpoernotonlyinRomeRoman Catholicism has lost her former power not only in RomeRome-andandItalybutothernationshavethrovnoffhergallingyokeandand Italy but other nations have thrown off her galling yoke andand-thetheJightandHbertyoftheGospelisshiningmoreandmoreintothe light and liberty of the Gospel is shining more and more intointo-thethenationshereignoranceandsuperstitionhaveheldsvayGodthe nations where ignorance and superstition have held sway GodGod-leadsleads on let 11is people follow A new era has dawned on thethe-worldworldorIdthereareotherevilstofearbutRomevil1neveragainthere are other evils to fear but Rome will never againagain-blindblindandblightthecrldasinthepastblindandblightthecrldasinthepastMISSAN-

NAMciVERGREENE

blind and blight the world as in the pastpast-

MISSMISSANNAMciVERGREENEMISS ANNA McIVER GREENEGREEN-

EHerHerappointmentasamissionaryhasalreadybeennoticediHer appointment as a missionary has already been noticed inin-

thethe JOURNAL but we wish to give a few leading facts connectedconnected-withwithithherlifeShevasbornApril231878atlforavianFal1sNher life She was born April 23 IS7S at Moravian Falls NN-CC and is a daughter of Rev G W Greene our missionary toto-

CantonCantonChinalIissAnnaprofessedfaithinChristvhenonlyCanton China Miss Anna professed faith in Christ when onlyonly-eightcightyearsoldandjoined1loravianFallschurchNovember13eight years old and joined Moravian Falls church November 13ISS6IlerfathervritesIhaveknovnofherpurposetoseek1886 Her father writes I have known of her purpose to seekseek-appointmentappointmentasamissionarysinceherchildhoodInthevinterappointment as a missionary since her childhood In the winterwinter-ofof189091DrBellthenssistantCorrespondentSecretaryof i S9o 9I Dr Bell then Assistant Correspondent SecretarySecretary-spentspentaSundayithusatWakeForestandshetoldhimthenofspent a Sunday with us at wake Forest and she told him then ofof-herherdesiretogotoChinaAfevmonthslatershevassurpisedtoher desire to go to China A few months later she was surpised toto-

findfindherselfamissionarysdaughterfind herself a missionarys daughterdaughter-WhileWhileVhile1IissAnnaisquiteyoungtobeamissionaryshewillMiss Anna is quite young to be a missionary she willwill-

workworkyorkinconnectionithherfatherandshehasadecidedadvanin connection with her father and she has a decided advanadvan-tatageinalreadybeingabletospeakthelanguageShehasheretota ge in already being able to speak the language She has heretohereto-oreore helped in missionary work while in China Since returningreturning-

homehomeshehasattendedschoolinOxfordNCPresidentIIobhome she has attended school in Oxford N C President HobHob-goodgoodofOxfordSeminaryritesSheisveneducatedhasagood of Oxford Seminary writes 41 She is well educated has aa-

strongstrongmindundergoodcontro1ShevasoneofthebestBiblestrong mind under good control She was one of the best BibleBible-studentsstudentsinschoolstudents in schoolschool-

MissMissIissGreenevinsailforChinavithherfatherandfamilyIissGreenevinsailforChinavithherfatherandfamilyJO-

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TheThe-prayersprnrersofhisparentsforblsconerslonwereanswcllInInyISSSwhenprayers of his parents for his conversion were answered III flay 1SSS whenwhen-underundertheministryofHeBlumlHcaulhamphewusledtolcceptOll1lstIunder the ministry of Rev Bland Iteanehainp he was led to accept Christ InIn-SeptemberSeptemberofthesunerarhejOiu1tlwew8nlemHnltItchurchHomeSeptember of the same year he joined the New Salein Baptist cliurch RotheRothe-countycountyIobelIlbaptizedytheIm8tor11neulchumpBeingconsciousofcounty Aro being baptized by the pastor Mr Beauclialiil Ileing conscious ofof-anclllfromGodtoentertheGospelmlnI8tr01mgCheaensenteredlll1aa call from God to enter the Gospel ministry young Clieavens entered WYillialiiWYillial-iiJewellJewellCollegeInTanuary1889topnparhimselfforthatworl1I1llneJewell College in January 1SS9 to prepare himself for that work Having beenbeen-called

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calledtothepastorateofSmiths1OlkchurehCHntoncoun10hewusorcalledtothepastorateofSmiths1OlkchurehCHntoncoun10hewusorcalled to the pastorate of Smiths Fork church Clinton county lio lie was oror-

daineddainedtotbeminlstrfutewSnle111FehruarrH1Sn3liaIuhtradunteddained to the ministry at New Salem February 26 1593 having graduatedgraduated-fromfromthecoHegewitbthedegreeofHIn1unelSHheentlredtheSouthernfrom the college with the degree of A It III tune 1891 lie entered the SouthernSouthern-BaptistBaptistTheologicalSeminnDinOctohtroftheall1llur1I1HsemluucBaptist Theological Seminary in October of the same year His seminary coursecourse-was

uneune-wascompletedIIIJuneIS97tbedegreetnktuhll1Th1UntllbforsomewascompletedIIIJuneIS97tbedegreetnktuhll1Th1Untllbforsomewas completed in June 1S97 the degree taken being Th I Having for somesome-

monthsmonthsmonths afterafter thethe completion ofof thethe seminaryseminary coursecourse workedworked underunder appointmentappointment-

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mentof the Kentucky State Mission Board in the mountains of Eastern Kentucky lielie-acceptedacceptedXoemberIS7thepastorateofthetlmrchntClinton10wherehaccepted November 1S97 the pastorate of the church at Clinton Mo where lielie-

hasbashadagooJearsworkInOctober187hcmarriedlissIatherlneHernhas had a good years work In October 1897 lie married Miss Katherine HernHern-dondon of Parkville Ato A little daughter Iartlia to use the language ofof-

thethefatberisasunbeaminthishouscholdsunshincthe father is a sunbeam III this household sunshinesunshine-MrMrMrtIrChcavensappearedbeforeourBoardonocmher4thnndfifternconCheavensCheavens appearedappeared beforebefore ourour BoardBoard onon NovemberNovember 4th4th andand afterafter aaconcon-

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heartandifhisworkisnotfruitfultllCreislittlejutlglngofoncsthe judgment of the brethren he goes to the field strong of body mind andand-heartheartandifhisworkisnotfruitfultllCreislittlejutlglngofoncsheart and if his work is not fruitful there is little judging of ones futureuturebyhisuturebyhis-presentpromise

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membermemberoftheStudentsVolullteerMIssIonBoardandanactiveworkermember of the Students Volunteer Mission Board and an active worker innthethethe-YoungYoungomensChristianAssocIationInTunelSshegraduatedfromParkYoung Womens Christian Association In June 1594 she graduated from ParkPark-CollegeCollegewiththedegreeofAAfterhermarrlngeinOctober1897toRevCollege with the degree of A B After her marriage in October 1897 to RevRev-

JohnJohnSCheuvensshewentwithherhusbandtoClintonloandsincethenJohn S Cheavens she went with her husband to Clinton Ito and since thenthen-

hashusbeenhIsfellowhelperIththetruthSheIsIneverwaypreparedtobhas been his fellowhelper with the truth She Is in every way prepared to bebe-

suchsuchahellashevIllneedamidstthetrialsofthemissionfieldsuch a hells as lie will need amidst the trials of the mission fieldfield-

THETHETHEGREATNEEDAGREATMISSIONARYGREAT NEEDA GREAT MISSIONARYMISSIONAR-

YDrDrDrVHVhitsittvasrecentyaskedbyBrethrenJWLoveW H Whitsitt was recently asked by Brethren J W LoweLoweI-

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Lowe-andandSCheavensbothunderappointmentforforeignfieldsand J S Cheavens both under appointment for foreign fieldsfields-whatwhathatheconsideredvasmostneededjustnovtoincitezealandlie considered was most needed just now to incite zeal andand-promotepromotethecauseofforeignmissionsintheSouthernBaptistpromote the cause of foreign missions in the Southern BaptistBaptist-ConventionConventionandheansveredAgreatmissionaryThisansverConvention and he answered A great missionary This answeranswer-tototheseyoungbrethrenjustappointedbyourBoardforforeignto these young brethren just appointed by our Board for foreignforeign-fieldsfieldsisverystrikingItrollsresponsibilitystronglyonthemfields is very striking It rolls responsibility strongly on themthem-andandonothermissionariesAgreatmissionarymeansnotonlyand on other missionaries A great missionary means not onlyonly-muchmuchinChinaorAfricabutverymuchinAmericavVhocanmuch in China or Africa but very much in America Who cancan-estimateestimatetheinfluenceofCareyorJudsonorYatesLetusprayestimate the influence of Carey or Judson or Yates Let us praypray-thatthatthe1voyoungstudentstohomthelovingteacherspokethethat the two young students to whom the loving teacher spoke thethe-wordswordsyordsmaybeindeedgreatmissionariesforChristssakeandnotmay be indeed great missionaries for Christs sake and notnot-onlyonthesebutothernobletruemissionariesnovonthefieldoronly these but other noble true missionaries now on the field oror-

underunderappointmentOnybyGodshelpcantheybecomegreatunder appointment Only by Gods help can they become greatgreat-missionariesmissionariesJJetuspraytoIlimrl10reforthosehostandatthemissionaries Let us pray to Him more for those who stand at thethe-frontfront as our representativesrepresentativesIT-

ALYITALYITALYANDITALIANSAND ITALIANSITALIAN-

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Publica-tiontionSocietyofPhiadelphiaandvrittenbyourbelovedmissiontion Society of Philadelphia and written by our beloved missionmission-aryaryDrGeorgeB1aylorofRomeItaThosevhohavereadary Dr George B Taylor of Rome Italy Those who have readread-inintheOURXALthelettersvhichhavecomeregularlyfromDrin the JouItNAL the letters which have come regularly from DrDr-TaylorTayorknovofhisfe1icitousstyleHisongresidenceinItalyTaylor know of his felicitous style His long residence in ItalyItaly-hashasmadehimfami1iarvithItayandthingsItalianHehandleshas made him familiar with Italy and things Italian He handleshandles-hishis subject well Thus two sons of the noble consecrated formerformer-CorrespondingCorrespondingSecretaryofourBoardhaverecentlygivenustvoCorresponding Secretary of our Board have recently given us twotwo-excellentexcellentbooksDrChar1esETaylorTheLifeofYatesandexcellent booksDr Charles E Taylor 11 The Life of Yates andand-DrDrGBTaylorthisbookItalyandItaliansWesincerelyDr G B Taylor this book Italy and Italians We sincerelysincerely-thankthankthemTheyhavedonevaluableservicethank them They have done valuable serviceservice-

RevRevRevABRudelvhoasfortenyearsafaithfulmissionaryA B Rudd who was for ten years a faithful missionarymissionar-

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missionary-ofofourBoardinlIexicoanddidagoodyorktherehasacceptedof our Board in Mexico and did a good work there has acceptedaccepted-thethecareofPisgahandSharonchurchesAppomattoxountyYathe care of Pisgah and Sharon churches Appomattox county VaVa-WeWeVetrustthatthebundanlJJlessingsoftheLordmaybeuponVetrustthatthebundanlJJlessingsoftheLordmaybeuponT-

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trust that the abundant blessingsaf the Lord maybe uponupon-himandhimand that his work may beffuitfulinthe ysaluation of many

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RevRevRevJGChastainandfamilyhavemovdtolforeliaIfcxicoJ G Chastain and family have moved to Morelia MexicoMexico-

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Mexico-LetLethiscorrespondentspleasenotethisLet his correspondents please note thisthis-

RevRevRevRP11ahonandfamilyarcattheirpostin1OUCilR P Mahon and family are at their post in TolucaToluca-

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Toluca-Mexico1IexicoSeealetterfromhiminthisJounALMexico See a letter from him in this JOURNALJOURNA-

LReadReadReadtheinterestingletterinthisJOURAIfromDrGBlaythe interesting letter in this JOURNAL from Dr G B TayTay-

Dr

Tay-lorlorinItalyandalsothe1ettcrhichaccompaniesitlor in Italy and also the letter which accompanies itit-

DrDrDrACDavidsonpastorofSouthsidechurchBirminghamA C Davidson pastor of Southside church BirminghamBirmingham-

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hasbeenclectedasvicepresidentoftheForcignlIissionBoardhas been elected as vicepresident of the Foreign Mission l3oardl3oard-forforAlabamaforAlabam-

alhenamesarecominginforourmailinglistbythethousandsfor AlabamaAlabama-

TheThelhenamesarecominginforourmailinglistbythethousandsnames are coming in for our mailing list by the thousandsthousands-

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thousands-ButButotherthousandsoughttocomeltthisauspiciousscasonJetBut other thousands ought to come At this auspicious season letlet-

allalltheloversoftheorkbestirthemselvcsall the lovers of the work bestir themselvesthemselves-RevRevReVVEEntzmingerandfamilyarrivcdatPernambucoW E Entzminger and family arrived at PernambucoPernambuco-

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Pernambuco-BrazilBraziJasvillbeseenfromaletterinthisJOURALonOctoberBrazil as will be seen from a letter in this JOURNAL on OctoberOctober-nth5thTheLordblessthemandmultiplytheirpocrastheytakenth The Lord bless them and multiply their power as they taketake-upuptheirorkafreshup their work afreshafresh-

WhatWhatVhatcouldpossiblybeamorebeautifulandsuitablcChristtnnscould possibly be a more beautiful and suitable ChristmasChristmas-

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Christmas-presentpresentthananicedurableTeachers13ibleAnyJOURAIpresent than a nice durable Teachers Bible Any J0URNA II-

readerreaderhasarareopportunityofgettingonenoSeeouradverreader has a rare opportunity of getting one now See our adveradver-tisementtisementinthisJOUHALtisementinthisJOUHA-

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tisement in this JOUKNALJOUKNA-LItIt is sometimes said when money and men are asked for forfor-

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foreignforeign lands that we have all we can do at home Yes and soonsoon-wewe will have very much more than we can do at home if we dontdont-speedilyspeedilydomoreabroadlhclVonlandJIayspeedily do more abroadPic llord and 11 ayay-

RevRevRevEFTatumandfami1ysailedforChinaNovember19thE F Tatum and familyfamily sailed for China November 191111911-

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19th-May11aytheLordvatchoverthemontheirlongvoyageandcarryMay the Lord watch over them on their long voyage and carrycarry-themthensafelytotheirdestinationrheOrIindachurch1eDnesseethem safely to their destination The Orlinda church TennesseeTennessee-agreesagreestobecomeresponsibleforBrotherTatumssalaryagrees to become responsible for Brother Tatums salarysalary-

WeWe wish brethren and sisters would send us examples of unun-

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ostentatiousostentatiousliberalgivingfortheadvancemntofthelIasterostentatious liberal giving for the advancem nt of the MastersMasters-kingdomkingdom These we can use in TIT JOURNAL so as to inciteincite-

hersherstomoreearnesteffortOfcourseeillusenonameshers to more earnest effort Of course we will use no namesnames-

RevRev J S Cheavens will first go with his family to TorreonTorreon-

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Torreon-exicoexicoandabidforahilevithRev1CVatkinsInthisexico and abide for a while with Rev A C Watkins In thisthis-

wayway he can learn the customs and manners of the people whilewhil-estudyingstudyingthelanguageIJispermanentlocationwinbedecidedstudyingthelanguageIJispermanentlocationwinbedecidedl-aterstudying the language His permanent location will be decidesdecides-laterlaterlater-

FAtFAtAtAtthelastmeetingoftheBoardthemembersvereinformedthe last meeting of the Board the members were informedinformed-thatthat Rev John W Lowe and wife of Louisville Ky recentlyrecently-appointedappointedtoNorthChinahadaskedthatthcymightreaioappointedtoNorthChinahadaskedthatthcymightreaio2-

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appointed to North China had asked that they might remainremain-inin this country till next spring thus giving Mr Lowe time to

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forfor-thethe great work to which he goes The Board heartily concurredconcurred-ininandcOlnmendcdthiscoursein and commended this coursecourse-

FromFromFraIn1880toIS9ithcCatho1icincreaseintheUnitedStateshas1880i 8So to 1897 the Catholic increase inin the United States hashas-

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has-beenbeen I per cent while the Protestant growth for the same lengthlength-ofoftinchasbeen73percentIheCatho1icincreaseincludesadof time has been 73 per cent The Catholic increase includes adad-herentsherentsandinfantshilethcProtestantincreaseincludescommuherents and infants while the Protestant increase includes commucommu-nicantsnicantsonlySdcclcdnicants only SclcctedSclccted-

WeWe wish to get aa list of all the churches which average oneone-

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oneone-dollardollar a member for foreign missions Will not every pastor whowho-knowsknows his church gave that much the past year drop a line to thethe-CorrespondingCorrcspondingSccretaryVevouldlikeforotherstovritelaterCorresponding Secretary We would like for others to write laterlater-asas we will keep the list open until April 30 X899X89-

9TheThefhcIIon1clIissionandtheStateIissionBoardshavebeenHome Mission and the State Mission Boards have beenbeen-

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been-informedinformedoflciallythatllrsLhomasStocksofGreensboroGainformed officially that Mrs Thomas Stocks of Greensboro GaGa-hadhadlefthercstateintrusttothe1lomeBoardtheincometobehad left her estate in trust to the Home Board the income to bebe-equallyequaJlydividedbehveenhomemissionvorkandthecareofindiequally divided between home mission work and the care of indiindi-gentgcntBaptisttninistersinGeorgia1heestateamountstosomegent Baptist ministers in Georgia The estate amounts to somesome-

30ooo30ooo and is well invested This is a most generous bequestbequest-andand will cause the name of the generous donor long to be rememremem-beredbcrcdespeciallyinGcorgiaItisapeculiarlytimelybequestbered especially in Georgia It is a peculiarly timely bequestbequest-ChristianChrislianIndexChrislianInd-

exRcvRVVeavcrritesfromtheSeminaryinLouisvil1eChristian IndexIndex-

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Louisville-IfIf a vote were taken by the students of the Seminary who havehave-

beenbeenhercduringthepastthreeyearstoselectthreebrethrenbeen here during the past three years to select three brethrenbrethren-whosewhosevhosepietyfaithfulnessandabilityrankedabovetherestIampiety faithfulness and ability ranked above the rest I amam-convincedconpincedthattheirnameswouldbeJVLoveV11Clarkeconvinced that their names would be J W Lowe W H ClarkeClarke-andandJSChcavensyourrecentlyappointedmissionariesVeand J S Cheavens your recentlyappointed missionaries WeWe-thankthankGodthatIIehascalledthesemenforHisgreatorkLetthank God that He has called these men for His great work LetLet-ususearnestlyprayIlimthatIIeillchooseothersvhomveneedus earnestly pray Him that He will choose others whom we needneed-rightrightaayforimportantfieldsright away for important fieldsfields-

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weekly-presspressgreatlossandsorrohavecometotheAInericanBaptistpress great loss and sorrow have come to the American BaptistBaptist-UnionUnionof130stonandtothedenominationatlargeinthedeathofUnion of Boston and to the denomination at large in the death ofof-RevlevDrSWDuncanForeignSecretaryoftheUnionvhichRev Dr S W Duncan Foreign Secretary of the Union whichwhich-sadsadeventoccurredlIondayOctober3IstInlugustlasthesetsad event occurred Monday October 3 i st In August last he setset-outouttomakeatourembracingtheAsiaticmissionsoftheUnionout to make a tour embracing the Asiatic missions of the UnionUnion-ThoughThough he was not well when lie started it was hoped that thethe-triptripvouldbuildhimupVhenPortSaidattheentranceofthetrip would build him up When Port Said at the entrance of thethe-SuezSuezcanalvasreacheditvasseenthatheoughttoreturnhomeSuez canal was reached it was seen that lie ought to return homehome-atatonceIIearrivedinBostonSaturdayOctber29thveryfeeat once He arrived in Boston Saturday October 29th very feefee-bleblebuttheendcamesOnerthanexpectedVetenderourconble but the end came sooner than expected WWe tender our concon-dolencedolencetoallthebereavedlIaytheLordraiseuponetotakedolence to all the bereaved May the Lord raise up one to taketake-thetheburdenfromvhichHisservanthasbeencalledtoresttheburdenfromvhichHisservanthasbeencalledtorest-

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towhichtheworsfireappliedThuswenrctoldtlmtwhentheSpanishadtowhichtheworsfireappliedThuswenrctoldtlmtwhentheSpanishadto which the words are applied Thus we are told that hen the Spanish advenadven-turers

ene-nturersinFloridafirstmwtlmtulcreaturewhichwecullnlligatorthturersinFloridafirstmwtlmtulcreaturewhichwecullnlligatorthturers in Florida first saw that ugly creature which we call alligator theythey-were

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wereatoncestruckwithitsremarkablcrCHtmblnuccto1ltznrl1milswereatoncestruckwithitsremarkablcrCHtmblnuccto1ltznrl1milswere at once struck with its remarkable resemblance to a lizard and so therthe-rnamedclInartowhichisSpanishforthelInrtlCml1mrtheLntln

they-namednamedclInartowhichisSpanishforthelInrtlCml1mrtheLntlnnamed el lagarto which is Spanish for the Tigard Compare the LatinLatin-lacertusUlacertusfromwhichtheSpanishetHItsUlnartolacertus front which the Spanish gets Its lagartolagarto-

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historical-factfactthatInthespreHloftheGospelInEuropethetIwcHenuponUleoutfact that in the spread of the Gospel in Europe the dwellers upon the outlyingoutlying-heaths

yingheathswerethehardestpeoletoreachnndthusremalucdPnnnsattertheaths were the hardest people to reach and thus remained Pagans after thethe-

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restofthepeoplehadheencYanclizldButweurenothereconcernedwIrestofthepeoplehadheencYanclizldButweurenothereconcernedwIrest of the people had tell evangelized But we are not here concerned withwith-the

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theoriginofthewordUlwathenwewishrathertopointouttheessencetheoriginofthewordUlwathenwewishrathertopointouttheessencethe origin of the word heathen Ave wish rather to point out the essence ofrtllethethe-

thingthingwhichwecallheathenism111IfIntheCOUNCorthldlscuslouItthing which we call heathenism and if iii the course of this discussion itit-

shallshallbemadetoappearthatthewordheaUUI1HIsquiterrelWntlmllntshall be made to appear that the word heathen Is quite frequently misintermisinter-preted

rr-pretedthatthewordaspopularluedIsoChumisunderstoodnlh1mlAAppretedthatthewordaspopularluedIsoChumisunderstoodnlh1mlAAppreted that the word as popularly used is often misunderstood and misappliedmisapplied-the

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AAAgreatmanypeoI1lewhentheyHeorhenrthewordhntbenllnkntgreat many people when they see or hear the word heathen think atat-

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onceonceofasaaeorofaharbarianSuchpeoplescemtohnl1lncnhentbeuonce of a savage or of a barbarian Such people seem to Imagine a heathenheathen-totobetherawmaterialofh1ll1anllThisideaIsnotessel1t1nl1rnlseto be the raw material of humanity this idea Is not essentially false butbut-

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IIeathnimtIoesnotnecessarilynordoesIthislorlcnIlyIrnohetheistorically it involves a serious and mischievous errorerror-

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bsenc-efwhatwecommonlycallcultureAheaUwnmnrheandmnnyaheathenfwhatwecommonlycallcultureAheaUwnmnrheandmnnyaheathenwhat we commonly call culture A heathen may beand neatly a heathenheathen-

haslIasbeenaycrJhIhlycultivatedmauJullusCnesarwasahenthenandhhas beena very nightly cultivated man Julius Caesar was a heathen and hishis-

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isoneoftheveQfewnamesInallthehlstoQortJleworldalmostequallisoneoftheveQfewnamesInallthehlstoQortJleworldalmostequallis one of the very few names in all the history of the world almost equallyequally-eminenteminentformllitarJeninsandskillforstatesmanhlpforomtoryforeminent for military genius and skill for statesmanship for oratory for cholschol-arship

ch-olarship1ndforliternrrpowerAsahcncrnlhehasperhapsneYerbnexarship1ndforliternrrpowerAsahcncrnlhehasperhapsneYerbnexarship and for literary power As a general he has perhaps never been exex-

celledceJledasastntesmanitisquestionableIftheworldhaseverI1roduccelled as a statesman it is questionable If the world has ever produceddhisdhis-equalasanoratorhestoodnexttoCiceroHewusoneoftbemostaccom

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John-FosterFosterInoneofthemostsplen1ldandelaborateoral1hisenscOmllalFoster in one of the most splendid and elaborate of all his essays complainedcomplained-that

ede-dthatevercol1egeinChristendomwnsteachIngheathenlsmPlatoAristhatevercol1egeinChristendomwnsteachIngheathenlsmPlatoAristhat every college in Christendom was teaching heathenism Plato AristotleAristotle-Aeschylus

otleAescllylusSophoclesEuripidesArlstophanesDemosthenesJIOIlWfAeschylus Sophocles Euripides Aristophanes Demosthenes IIonler IornccHorace-LivyLivVirgilTacitusinawordatheuclassIcalauthorswereheathenLivy Virgil Tacitusin a word all the classical authorswere heathenheathen-

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thethefnmousprofessorincommentinguponthemtold1SonednyGentlemethe famous professor in commenting upon them told us one day GentlemenGentlemen-theytheyarealldilutionsorAristotleal1lifoucouldreadGrcekanunerthey are all dilutions of Aristotle and if you could read Greek and understandunderstand-it

tanditasreadilasyoudoEnglishthenArIstotlewouldbetheonlytextbooit as readily as you lo English then Aristotle would be the only textbooktextbook-whichwhichwhichIshouldputintoourhandsandO1wouldncednooUHrI should put into your hands and you would need no otherother-

BurkeBurkeBurkewasaChristiananIonginsaleatt1HnbutnurkOntheSuwas a Christian and Longinus a heathen but Burke On the SubSub-

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cultureculture Some of the best Christians I ever knew could not read a chaptererinerin-

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TheThe simple truth is that the essence of heathenism Is godlessness All menmen-are

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are naturally heathen and It requires the power of Gods grace to make anything better than i heathen out of any human being We sometimes imagineimagine-thatthat we excuse ourselves from the guilt of wrongdoing or of wrongfeelingwhen we say It was natural for iue to act thus or It is natural for me tofeel so But the Very essence of the difference between heathenism and ChrisChris-t3lnlty rist3lnlty is that the first is natural and the last Is spiritual If you alwaysaysallowallowallow-yourselfyourself to do what It Is natural for you to do and to feel what it is naturallfor you to feel you may become a hi11l3 cultivated man but you will live anddie a heathen When the heathen nature within isyou subdued under the gracegrace-of

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enof God and brought under the law of the Spirit of Life in Christ Jesus thenthen-and

enen-andthcnonlcanroueerherescuedfroIUheathenismandthcnonlcanroueerherescuedfroIUheathenismand then only can you ever be rescued from heathenismheathenism-

ToTo imagine that we can make a Christian out of a Chinaman by persuadinghim to conform to our ideas of dress personal habits views of educationcivilization and what snot is not only wildIt Is fearfully mischievous Ittteaches men to believe that a little external polish a little of what we areare-pleased repleased to call culture is part anti parcel of the religion of Jesus Christst

There is no veneering in the work of God The Kings daughter is all gloglo-riousrlouswithinrious withinwithin-

WhenWhen the Roman Consul Muntint11s was sacking Corinth he saw some ofhis rough soldiers carelessly handling a magnificent Greek statue He arnedthem to be more careful for said lie if you break it you shall replace itThink of It kil arm carved by Phidias brolcen and restored by a hewer ofof-milestonesmilestones on a Roman road The thing however Is no more absurd than isthe substitution of some clumsy work of modern culture for that grandesttoftof-nIlstahwsChristformedInyouthehopeofglory ofof-allnIlstahwsChristformedInyouthehopeofglorynIlstahwsChristformedInyouthehopeofgloryH-

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TheThe chapel a small Japanese house nine by fifteen feet opened on one of thebusy thoroughfares of Fukuoka A foreign missionary was standing in the endof the room opposite the street while two or three Christians were sittingingononthe straw gnats which covered the floor A song was being sung and a fewcurious listeners in all about fifteen gathered around the open doorwayyAfterAftera short simple prayer to the God who hears this missionary read a few versesrsesfrom the Bible and then began to tell as best lie could the story of Jesus andIlls love Just before the sermon wag begun two young men stopped in themiddle of the street and awaited developments As the preacher told the storyoryof IIIn1 who was lifted up that He nligjlt draw all men unto Himself theseYoung nlen drew nearer nild secreting theinselmes in the shadow of tllte doorrIfot listened infentl33until the close of the sermon The missionary ImmediatelyInvited anyWho ouldto come inside and talk awhile about Christ No oneresponded But they began to scatter on their several ways Then the an

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onncementnouncementwasmndethatanywhowouldcometothemissionaryshometbnonncement was made that any who would come to the missionarys home thethe-

streetstreetfindnumberweregivenwouldbegladlywlcomeandtIlemessagestreet and number were given would be gladly wQlcomed and the messagemessage-

moremorefullyexplainedTheserviceassoIlUlUYotlrsberorewnsoernnlmore fully explained The service as so many others before was over antianti-

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thattbat110onewouldhegayed1111wearywiththednstollnutcOIluulttlthat no one would be saved and weary with the days toil But committinggnIlallall-

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youngyoungmensentintheircardsandrequestednnIntenIewrhewereshownyoung men sent in their cards and requested an interview They were shownshown-IntoIntothestudwherethemlsgionarrreconl7edthetwooungmenwhobndInto the study where the missionary recognized the two young then who hadhad-

listenedlistene1soearnestlytheeYCnll1beforeYithancarUftheurtracrthlistened so earnestly the evening before With an earnest heart prayer thattbehehe-

mightmightheguidedtoSlrjusttherIghtthingIntherlhtwnYthemlsslollmight be guided to say just the right thing In the right way the missionaryQbeQbe-ganthecOllveatIonDoyouresideInFukuoka

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EnglishEnglishbecauseIhopenextrcartovisitAmcricaEnglish because I hope next year to visit AmericaAmerica-WhatWhathatisyourobjcctinolntoAmerIcais your object In going to AmericaAmerica-ToTolearnEnglishwcllandtostudyuhighercIYllIzutlonTo learn English well and to study a higher civilizationcivilization-HaveIIavcyouheardofChrIstHave you heard of ChristChrist-SometimesSometimcsfrommyfriendsIeheardalittlebutlastnlghtWfiStIlefiSometimes from my friends Ive heard a little but last night was the firstfirst-

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HereHerethemissionarywithmuchjoyexpoundedasbesthecot1dtheIrcntHere the missionary with much joy expounded as best lie coild the greatgreat-doctrinesdoctrinesorthebeingofGodHIsomnipresenceomnipotencefindomnidoctrines of the being of God His omnipresence omnipotence and omniscienceomniscience-the

ciencetherelationwhichweascreatedelngs5ustnlntoHImasCreatorthesithe relation which we as created beings sustain to 111m as Creator the sinfulsinful-ness

fulfu-lnessofallmentheneedofaSaviourrhenfacInJtheyoungmenbeS11dnessofallmentheneedofaSaviourrhenfacInJtheyoungmenbeS11dness of all men the need of a Saviour Then facing the young men he saidsaid-WhatWhatVI13tistheonecerLlinfactconnectedwitheachmnnandwhlcbeachmais the one certain fact connected with each man and which each manman-

knowsknowsforhimselfknowsforhimself-ThatweaUmustdie

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youryour education you will return to Japan Then you will enter your work ofof-teachingteachingthengrowoldthendiethenyougobeforethegreatGodwhocreteaching then grow old then die then you go before the great God who createdcreated-you

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GodGodisnowshowInghimusaudtrying to reform his country withoutwithout-God

thegirlsschoolI1111ltultoseethethe girls school I and glad to see thethe-

nativeGodGodisnowshowInghimusaudGodGodisnowshowInghimusau-dtheChinesethatitcannotbedoneIGod God is now showing him us andand-

thenatlvcChrIstiaustnklngsuchanIcenatlvcChrIstiaustnklngsuchanIc-estuulonthemntterofselfsupportnative Christians taking such a nicenic-estandtheChinesethatitcannotbedoneItheChinesethatitcannotbedoneIf-

eelyeryhopefulthatGodIsgoIngtothe Chinese that It cannot be done II-feel

stuulonthemntterofselfsupportstuulonthemntterofselfsupportI-arthednysooncomewheneduca

stand on the matter of selfsupportselfsupport-MayfeelyeryhopefulthatGodIsgoIngtofeel very hopeful that God is going toto-

moveMayIarthednysooncomewheneducaIarthednysooncomewheneducat-ionalworkwInbehelpedmtllerthan

the day soon collie when educaeduca-

tionalmovethisgreatlantiinawarthatwillmove this great land In a way that willwill-surprise

tionalworkwInbehelpedmtllerthantional work will be helped rather thanthan-

supportedsurpriseusallYerjsoonOurschoolsurpriseusallYerjsoonOursch-oolisfullcannottakeanymorecsurprise us all very soon Our schoolschool-Is

SUPIortedhrthe1l1IsisonarieswithSUPIortedhrthe1l1Isisonarieswit-hmoneyfromtheBoardattheIrbacksupported by the unisisonaries withwith-

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closedmoneyfromtheBoardattheIrbackmoneyfromtheBoardattheIrbacko-rbettersUIlwhensuchworkw111bestoney from the Board at their backback-

orclosedlastsessIonwithL100IexIclosedlastsessIonwithL100Ie-xIcanintheschooltreasurrcareclosed last session with a 100 MexiMexi-can

orbettersUIlwhensuchworkw111beor better still when such work will bebe-

entirelycanintheschooltreasurrcarecanintheschooltreasurrcareprea-chingandthepeoplcarelisteningcan in the school treasury We areare-preaching

entIrelJselfsupportIugandrunbrtlJeentIrelJselfsupportIugandrunbrtlJe-nathesthemsthcsentirely selfsupporting and run by thethe-

nativespreachingandthepeoplcarelisteningpreachingandthepeoplcarelistening-Godwillgivcincreascpreaching and the people are listeninglistening-God

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andthcusuaItImcforlmonthsrestandthcusuaItImcforlmonthsrest-Butowlntothenhscnceofsomeofand the usual tune for a months restrest-

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ourChefooChefooisabout150mllesChefooChefooisabout150mlles-northeastfromPingtuwhileKlaoChefoo Chefoo is about 150 milesmiles-northeast

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strength to continue work I havehave-

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preachedthlrtthrectimeshsthnnpreachedthlrtthrectimeshsthnnu-sualcttheeongreatIonshavebeenpreached thirtythree times less thantha-nusualyetmissionariestotheaboycnnfnedplacemissionaries to the abovenamed placeplace-

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havetheusualstrenthrheattpntJolltotheusualstrenthrheattpntJolltoa-

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our preaching has been very roodrood-

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to tell us privatelyprivately-FortotheothermembersofourownmIstotheothermembersofourownmIss-

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theseofthestationsandCll11xchewithofthestationsandCll11xchewi-ththQmAqUJlLstmeetigoftheof the stations and churches

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rinbmanybookssclentltlcandhlsters than the Gospel and they areare-braying fortlfteendaysinthecradleofthefortlfteendaysinthecradleofthed-

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rsIntheshortspaceofoneyearwebracing the brethren and sisterssisters-

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people findmnnchangestohavetakenfindmnnchangestohavetakenpl-acesomepainfulsomeotherwisefind many changes to have takentaken-placepeoplebeforetheure11tforchurchpeoplebeforetheure11tforchurch-

mcmbershlprlhls8hoW8ustheimpeople before they are lit for churchchurch-membership placesomepainfulsomeotherwiseplacesomepainfulsomeotherwiseS-

omeofwhomweexpectedmuchhaveplace some painful some otherwiseotherwise-Some

mcmbershlprlhls8hoW8ustheimmcmbershlprlhls8hoW8ustheim-menseamoul1tofworkthatistobemembership This shows us the linlin-

inenseSomeofwhomweexpectedmuchhaveSomeofwhomweexpectedmuchhav-eturnedbacklikethedogtohisvomitSome of whom we expected much havehave-turnedmenseamoul1tofworkthatistobemenseamoul1tofworkthatistobe-

doncTheChhlCseheartsmustnotinense amount of work that is to bebe-

done turnedbacklikethedogtohisvomitturnedbacklikethedogtohisvomit-wbilemanyhaeIJeenpressingintoturned back like the dog to his vomitvomit-whiledoncTheChhlCseheartsmustnotdoncTheChhlCseheartsmustnot-

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only be swept and garnished but theythey-Must thekingdom1hecongregationsherethe kingdom The congregations herehere-

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allsothatonlastSundaynightthereaccommodations of our preaching hallhall-soItwoulllheanensmatterforustoItwoulllheanensmatterforusto11-

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fill sothatonlastSundaynighttheresothatonlastSundaynighttherew-ereaboutasmanincorridorontheso that on last Sunday ni lit therethere-were1111ourchurcheswithlargeuumbers1111ourchurcheswithlargeuumbe-

rsofpeoplethatureseekingforsomlfill our churches with large numbersnumbers-of wereaboutasmanincorridoronthewereaboutasmanincorridoronth-

estaircaseandaroundthedoorsaswere about as many in corridor on thethe-staircaseofpeoplethatureseekingforsomlofpeoplethatureseekingforsoml-

thingbutthcharcHknowwhatof people that are seeking for somesome-thing staircaseandaroundthedoorsasstaircaseandaroundthedoorsas-

couldgetinthehallIntheinterIorstaircase and around the doors asas-

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itselffeltthroughoutBrazilAnexitself felt throughout Brazil An exex-

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CatholicpriestwhosehomeisinOporCatholic priest whose home is in OporOpor-toweIJeHecthatnothingwillmateweIJeHecthatnothingwillmate-

rinnyImJedeitsproressbutnwantwe believe that nothing will matemate-rially

toPortugalhasheenorganizingFreeto Portugal has been organizing FreeFree-masonryrinnyImJedeitsproressbutnwantrinnyImJedeitsproressbutnwa-

ntoffaithandeffortonourpartItisrially impede its progress but a wantwant-of

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ardlnecessaryformetoaskyoutoof faith and effort on our part It isis-

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pmyforusandsendusmorehelpershardly necessary for me to ask you toto-

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rentingforthreeeursadecentlocharity we had succeeded last May inin-

rentingTheonlowunsgootlseedInthisTheonlowunsgootlseedInthisto-wnhcscertainhUllcofnbullllantThe Word sown as good seed In thisthis-townrentingforthreeeursadecentlorentingforthreeeursadecentloc-

aleforourmeetingsanthepreachrenting for three years a decent lolo-

caletownhcscertainhUllcofnbullllanttown gives certain hope of abundantabundant-fruitcaleforourmeetingsanthepreachcaleforourmeetingsantheprea-

chingoftheGospelinthiseithencale for our meetings and the preachpreach-ing

fruitfortheadUUeel1wutoftheKingfruit for the advancement of the KingKing-dontingoftheGospelinthiseitheningoftheGospelinthiseithenthe-

BishopheardthisheemploychIsing of the Gospel in this city WhenWhen-

thedomofJesusChristAllthisZlI1notdont of Jesus Christ All this cannotcannot-betheBishopheardthisheemploychIstheBishopheardthisheemploychI-

spowertohavethelegalcontractrethe Bishop heard this lie employed hishis-

powerhehiddenfrolllthelepIcZlcloumindhehiddenfrolllthelepIcZlcloumind-ortheHOIUHllBishopuHIhismanbe hidden from the perspicacious lilludlillud-

ofpowertohavethelegalcontractrepowertohavethelegalcontractrev-okedHesucceedednotwlthstuHIpower to have the legal contract rere-

vokedortheHOIUHllBishopuHIhismanortheHOIUHllBishopuHIhisman-prlcstsforwhlehrelSUUpaslonsureof the Homan Bishop and his tunnytunny-priestsvokedHesucceedednotwlthstuHIvokedHesucceedednotwlthstuHI-

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prlcstsforwhlehrelSUUpaslonsureprlcstsforwhlehrelSUUpaslonsure-morethulleverluHumedmulthewarpriests for which reason passions areare-morelngtberightwblehthIschurchcoulding the right which this church couldcould-

provemorethulleverluHumedmulthewarmorethulleverluHumedmulthew-arforthecesutlonofwhattlwrundmore than ever ititlathhed and the warwar-

forproVcbeforetheauthorItiesTheroprove before the authorities The propro-

prietorforthecesutlonofwhattlwrundforthecesutlonofwhattlwrundth-eirfollowerscullseumlnlIsccomfor the cessation of what they andand-

theirprietorthreatenedbytheBishopwithprietor threatened by the Bishop withwith-the

theirfollowerscullseumlnlIsccomtheir followers call scandal Is becombecom-ingtbedirestexcomlllunicationandwiththe direst excommunication and withwith-

theil1C0118tnntlrmoreIntensetUllraiIing constantly more Intense and rabidrabid-OnetbewrathofGodagainsthimselfandtbewrathofGodagainsthimselfa-

ndhisfamiIpreferredtoloselitigathe wrath of God against himself andand-his

OneofthescJastasereutIIIfanatiOneofthescJastasereutIIIfanatic-ism18hewusforC11InthctimeofOne of these last as fervent in fatlatifatlati-cisinhisfamiIpreferredtoloselitigahisfamiIpreferredtoloselitigati-

onthelocaleItselfandaUhisprohis family preferred to lose by litigalitiga-tion

cism18hewusforC11Inthctimeofcism18hewusforC11Inthctimeofb-rlgundl1leCorwhichheW11Sconcisin as lie was for evil in the time ofof-

brigandagetionthelocaleItselfandaUhisprotionthelocaleItselfandaUhisprop-ertratherthatdrawUPOI1himselftion the locale Itself and all his propro-

pertybrlgundl1leCorwhichheW11Sconbrlgundl1leCorwhichheW11Scon-demnecltouboutfourtecncarsofthebrigandage for which he was coucou-

demnetlpertratherthatdrawUPOI1himselfpertratherthatdrawUPOI1hims-elftheoiousprlestlhatredputtingperty rather that draw 111oI1 himselfhimself-the

demnecltouboutfourtecncarsofthedemnetl to about fourteen years of thethe-

galleystheoiousprlestlhatredputtingtheoiousprlestlhatredputtingh-IslocalcinpossessIonortheelnthe odious priestly hatred by puttingputting-his

galleys inveighs cothstautly againstagainst-thishIslocalcinpossessIonortheelnhIslocalcinpossessIonortheel-

ngelicalBaptistchurchcshouldhis locale in possession of the evanevan-gelical

thischurchamiwithmenaccsdoesnUthischurchamiwithmenaccsdoesnU-hecantoIncltcthepOOl1tllOrmtthis church anti with menaces does allall-

liegelicalBaptistchurchcshouldgelicalBaptistchurchcshouldha-vebeenleftwithoutanrI1Ht1Ilggelical Baptist church We shouldshould-have

hecantoIncltcthepOOl1tllOrmthecantoIncltcthepOOl1tllOrm-tlletocnterour1Ueetln8withhimtntllie can to Incite the poor ignorant peopeo-

plehavebeenleftwithoutanrI1Ht1IlghavebeenleftwithoutanrI1Ht1Ilg-placeandtheIriest1BIshopwouldhave been left without any meetingmeeting-place

lletocnterour1Ueetln8withhimtntlple to enter our meetings with hits andand-

compelplaceandtheIriest1BIshopwouldplaceandtheIriest1BIshopwould-haveboastedavIctoQiftheLordInplace and the priestly Bishop wouldwould-have

compelustoceaseourworshipInorcompel its to cease our worship in oror-

derhaveboastedavIctoQiftheLordInhaveboastedavIctoQiftheLordIn-whomwehaveplacedourtrusthadhave boasted a victory if the Lord inin-

whomdertoendonceforullthispUblIcscandertoendonceforullthispUblIcscan-dalder to end once for all this public scanscan-

dalwhomwehaveplacedourtrusthadwhomwehaveplacedourtrustha-dnotsuccoreusButthevoiceofrcwhom we have placed our trust hadhad-not

dalnotsuccoreusButthevoiceofrcnotsuccoreusButthevoiceofrcj-oIcingansalvationIsInthetabernot succored us But the voice of rere-

joicingMay11IewhothroubhJeusChrist11IewhothroubhJeusChristh-

asfreedusfromthebondsorsineHe who through Jesus ChristChris-

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Christ-hasjoIcingansalvationIsInthetaberjoicing and salvation Is In the tabertaber-

nacleshasfreedusfromthebondsorsinehasfreedusfromthebondsorsine-llnrtiSsUllfromtheangeroftbesehas freed its froth the bonds of slti dede-

livernaclesoftherighteousrlhcrighthaIltlnacles of the righteous The right handhand-of

llnrtiSsUllfromtheangeroftbesellnrtiSsUllfromtheangeroftbes-emlserahJeenemiesoroursbatliver its still front the anger of thesethese-miserableoftheLorddoethTlllant1Ps118oftheLorddoethTlllant1Ps1-

18l5lGPrudentlopposingourof the Lord doeth valiantly Ps 118 mlserahJeenemiesoroursbatmlserahJeenemiesoroursbatho-

weverglvcsthischurchunxlct15miserable enetiile3 of ours hathat-

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5 16 Prudently opposing ourour-rights

howeverglvcsthischurchunxlct15howeverglvcsthischurchunxlct1-5thatthrotlhtheprIestsworkinthehowever gives this church anxiety isis-

thatrightswhIchthesouhttotramrightswhIchthesouhttotrample-upontotileoyerbearII1enortsofrights which they sought to traintrain-pie

thatthrotlhtheprIestsworkinthethatthrotlhtheprIestsworkinthec-onfessionalwemnIndefaultofthethat through the priests work In thethe-

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theconfessionalwemnIndefaultoftheconfessionalwemnIndefaultofthe-helpofourcommitteesowortl1I1confessional we may In default of thethe-

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helpofourcommitteesowortl1I1helpofourcommitteesowortl1I-1relHesentedhyoucometolackahelp of our committee so worthilyworthily-representedsomepecuniarjsacrIficestoo1Jtaininsome pecuniary sacrifices to obtain inin-

exchangerelHesentedhyoucometolackarelHesentedhyoucometolacka-localeItIsforthisreasonthattherepresented by you come to lack aa-

localeexchangeanother10caJeInthcentreexchangeanother10caJeInthcentr-eofthetownamIhadtheconsoJatlonexchange another locale in the centrecentre-of

localeItIsforthisreasonthatthelocaleItIsforthisreasonthatthec-hurchhesOUunanlmousJyinthelocale It is for this reason that thethe-

churchofthetownamIhadtheconsoJatlonofthetownamIhadtheconsoJatlo-nofseeingitInauguratebJroubeof the town and had the consolationconsolation-of

churchhesOUunanlmousJyinthechurchhesOUunanlmousJyinth-enameortheLordtomakethecomchurch begs you unanimously in thethe-

nameofseeingitInauguratebJroubeofseeingitInauguratebJroubelov-edbrotherandhappilyopenedwithof seeing it Inaugurated by you bebe-

lovednameortheLordtomakethecomnameortheLordtomakethecomm-ittecthefolIowInproposalname of the Lord to make the coincoin-

mitteelovedbrotherandhappilyopenedwithloved brother and happily opened withwith-the

mittecthefolIowInproposalmittecthefolIowInpropos-alThatthemeetingnowtlnnlcstlb

mittee the following proposalproposal-Thatthebaptismalwitnessoftwobrethrenthe baptismal witness of two brethrenbrethren-

andThatThatthemeetingnowtlnnlcstlbThatthemeetingnowtlnnlcstlb-

IishelinthistownmnynotbeInterthethe meeting nownow llrmly estabestab-

lishedandthreesistersofthischurchFromand three sisters of this church FromFrom-the

IishelinthistownmnynotbeInterIishelinthistownmnynotbeInte-rruptedaplaceownebythisJjpplished In this town may not be interinter-ruptedthedayofitsinaugurationourmeetthedayofitsinaugurationourmee-

tingshavealw1sbeenattendedbathe day of its inauguration our meetmeet-ings

ruptedaplaceownebythisJjppruptedaplaceownebythisJjpptls-tchurchIsnecessaCJTheownersrupted a place owned by this BapBap-

tistingshavealw1sbeenattendedbaingshavealw1sbeenattendedbaco-nsiderablenumberofsoulstbirstyings have always been attended by aa-

considerabletlstchurchIsnecessaCJTheownerstist church is necessary The ownersowners-ofconsiderablenumberofsoulstbirstyconsiderable number of souls thirstythirsty-

fororthelocaleInauguratedbyyouIntheorthelocaleInauguratedbyyouInt-hemonthorIaInorertobenolongerof the locale Inaugurated by you in thethe-

monthforrighteousnesstboughstillbelongforrighteousnesstboughstillbelon-gingproformatoRomanCatboIlcfor righteousness though still belongbelong-ing

monthorIaInorertobenolongermonthorIaInorertobenolongere-xposedtoprIestlenmltwishtosellmonth of May In order to be no longerlonger-exposedingproformatoRomanCatboIlcingproformatoRomanCatboIlcIs-

mandespeciaIlyinthetwoSundaying pro forma to Roman CatholicCatholic-ism

exposedtoprIestlenmltwishtosellexposed to priestly enmity wish to sellsell-

usIsmandespeciaIlyinthetwoSundayIsmandespeciaIlyinthetwoSunda-ymeetingsthecrowdIssohugethatism and especially In the two SundaySunday-meetings

uswithouttheknowledgeoftheBishuswithouttheknowledgeoftheBis-hopthelargeadjoiningstoreroomus without the knowledge of the BishBish-

opmeetingsthecrowdIssohugethatmeetingsthecrowdIssohugethat-twoorthreehundredpersonsmustmeetings the crowd Is so large thatthat-two

opthelargeadjoiningstoreroomopthelargeadjoiningstoreroomw-hichismorecentralandlargerandop the large adjoining storeroomstoreroom-whichtwoorthreehundredpersonsmusttwoorthreehundredpersonsmus-

twaitoutsideandtbeytandwithretwo or three hundred persons mustmust-wait

whichismorecentralandlargerandwhich is more central and larger andand-

haswaitoutsideandtbeytandwithrewaitoutsideandtbeytandwithre5-pectanddevoutnesstoattendtotbewait outside and they stand with rere-spect

1mstheconyenIenceofclosetstorthehas the convenience of closets for thethe-

baptismalspect5pectanddevoutnesstoattendtotbeand devoutness to attend to thethe-preaching

baptismalceremonyThesumforthebaptismalceremonyThesumforthe-purchaseorthesaIdlocnleInludlngbaptismal ceremony The sum for thethe-

PurchasepreachingoftheGospelThanksbetopreaching of the Gospel Thanks be to purchaseorthesaIdlocnleInludlngPurchase of the said locale including

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themometergotaslowas52degreesBemometergotaslowas52degreesB-eforeIleftthereIcouldwalkahalfanmometer got as low as 52 degrees BeBe-forethecommitteeItthelatterwillgrantthe committee If the latter will grantgrant-

theforeIleftthereIcouldwalkahalfanforeIleftthereIcouldwalkahalfa-nhourwithverylittlefatigueandIfore I left there I could walk a half anan-hourtheIHlcrofthcchurchfindsendthIsthe prayer of the church and send thisthis-

sumhourwithverylittlefatigueandIhourwithverylittlefatigueandI1-mvesteadilygainedstrengthsincehour with very little fatigue and II-haveS11111111theprcscntncct1theHomansum In the present need the RomanRoman-

clergy1mvesteadilygainedstrengthsince1mvesteadilygainedstrengthsincel-eaYlngtherehave steadily gained strength sincesince-leavingclergywlll1mYetorenonnceItslcrclergy will have to renounce its perper-

fidiousleaYlngthereleaYlngthe-

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spentspent fourfour nightsnights inin TokyoTokyo-

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TokyoTokyo-WhileGodwithoutshelterthischurchwillGod without shelter this church willwill-

rejoiceWhileYhiletbereIvisitedtheTsukijitypethere I visited the Tsukiji typetype-foundryrejoiceInitsdeliverancespreadingrejoiceInitsdeliverancespreadin-

gthroughthegnlceofGodtheInngrejoice in its deliverance spreadingspreading-through

foundry and spent several hours withwith-thethroughthegnlceofGodtheInngthroughthegnlceofGodtheInng-

domofChristInthiscltr3ndprobathrough the grace of God the hinghing-dont

themanagergettingthepricesoftpethemanagergettingthepricesoftp-eprIntingpressesandotherthingsthe manager getting the prices of typetype-printingdomofChristInthiscltr3ndprobadomofChristInthiscltr3ndprobalr-

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mitteewIllhavejustfroundstoreand you dear brother with the comcom-

initteehouseItissurprisingtoseetheprohouseItissurprisingtoseetheprog-resstheJ1p1neshavemadeinwesthouse It is surprising to see the propro-gressmitteewIllhavejustfroundstoremitteewIllhavejustfroundstorej-

oIceInthebenedictionswhichouinittee will have just grounds to rere-

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nameorthcLordtothesaintswhowill see follow this help given In thethe-name

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Review had to be substisubsti-tuted t0t0T-

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dates and Helped by Rev Parker toto-

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establishstnh1fshachurchthereThatplacea church there That placeplace-

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people to know wore the GospelGospel-

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cometothIsmIssIonhousefeelsatisthat the same American people thatthatc-

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iecome to this Missionhouse feel satissatisf-

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properheld GeneralinheldhyGeneralHenrandColoinheldhyGeneralHenrandColon-

elCastlemanintl1e3yorsofficeinby Henry and ColoColo-

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of ColumbiaColumbiaheinlallColumbiaheinlall-church

KendallKendall-

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School MissionariesMissionariesSecondMissionariesSecond-church

SecondSecon-

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churchYashlngtou1SchurchYashlngtou-1SrloridaPalatkaIPineount

church Washington 5125512-5FloridaPalatka

churchKnoxlllcTennfjSDachurchKnoxlllcTennfjSDa-fshoroGn0Celltrnlchurch

church Knoxville Tenn CJ5S DaD-

avfsboroFloridarloridaPalatkaIPineountrloridaPalatkaIPineountth-reeboxes21ForestCitylSHFloridaPalatkaPalatka 2074 Pineline MountMount-

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threevfsborofshoroGn0CelltrnlchurchfshoroGn0Celltrnlchurcha-

shfllTennGHmFirstchurcbGa 50 Central churchchurc-

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three boxes 21 Forest City 1S661S6-6GeorgiaIIepllzibah

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Tenu 6935 First churchchurc-hJonesboroGeorgiaGeorgiaIIepllzibahDephzibah 8523 WestWest-

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AXIIAHISTHOXG9810 Grand total 3350333503-

ANNIEJacksonJacksonlIillchurchAtlantaS7wJacksonlIillchurchAtlantaS7-wEastaconchurchH21oodIIle

11111 church Atlanta 87658765-

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5Tennessee15153t-

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ofspecialmissionfieldinourownorspecialmissionfieldinourowno-rotherlandshilethusappealingtospecial mission field in our own oror-

otherorChrlstllJlfleUloplshaeheendisof Christman envelopes have been disdi-

stributedotherlandshilethusappealingtootherlandshilethusappealingto-allSouthernBaptistwomenforaother lands While thus appealing toto-

alltrihutedtocentralcommitteesandtributed to central cotunlittees andan-

ddoubtlessallSouthernBaptistwomenforaallSouthernBaptistwomenforaC-hrIstmasgiftforChristIwouldnotall Southern Baptist women for aa-

ChristmasdoutlessareInthehundsofsocietiesdoutlessareInthehundsofsociet-iesto11luchcareandthougbthasdoubtless are in the hands of societiessocieti-estodayChrIstmasgiftforChristIwouldnotChrIstmasgiftforChristIwouldnot-

JessappealforallwhoownHimLordChristmas gift for Christ I would notnot-less

to11luchcareandthougbthasto11luchcareandthougbthasee-nexpelldedInItspreparationAs

today Much care and thought hasha-

sbeenJessappealforallwhoownHimLordJessappealforallwhoownHimL-ordandlonlliscausetouniteInthisless appeal for all who own Thin LordLord-and

beeneenexpelldedInItspreparationAseenexpelldedInItspreparationA-sItliesbeforcusnowwithitsbe1uti

expended In its preparationpreparation-ItandlonlliscausetouniteInthisandlonlliscausetouniteInthisw-

eekofprayerformsionsIIcwhoand love Isis cause to unite In thisthis-week

Itliesbeforcusnowwithitsbe1utiIt lies before us now with its beaudbeaud-

fillweekweekofprayerformsionsIIcwhoweekofprayerformsionsIIcwhoor-daInedprayergraciouslwaltstoan

of prayer for missions Ile whowho-ordained

futdecorationsofredhol1yberriesfutdecorationsofredhol1yberrie-swithprIntingIndarkgreenl1konafill decorations of red holly berriesberrie-

swithordaInedprayergraciouslwaltstoanordaInedprayergraciouslwaltsto-answerourpetitionsIfwelocsoulsordained prayer graciously waits to anan-swer

withprIntingIndarkgreenl1konawith printing in dark greets ink on aa-

paleswerourpetitionsIfwelocsoulsswerourpetitionsIfwelocsouls-wewilllovetoprafortheirsalvaswer our petitions If we love soulssouls-we

palegreenpaperItIsverrSuggest1repalegreenpaperItIsverrSuggest1r-eoftheholidaysenSOI1Aspecialrpale green paper It is very suggestivesuggestive-

ofwewilllovetoprafortheirsalvawewilllovetoprafortheirsalvat-ionwe will love to pray for their salvasalva-tion

oftheholidaysenSOI1AspecialroftheholidaysenSOI1Aspecialr-tureIsTheEffectofHeathenisminof the holiday season A special fesfe-

sturetiontion-

TheVomangUssionarrUnionhastion-

ThetureIsTheEffectofHeathenismintureIsTheEffectofHeathenismi-nChinansshownInchildhood10ture is The Effect of Heathenism ini-

nChinaTheTheVomangUssionarrUnionhasTheVomangUssionarrUnionh-asastnformeryearspreIJaredapro

The WomansWomans MissionaryMissionary UnionUnion hashashas-as

ChinansshownInchildhood10ChinansshownInchildhood10t-

hepleasureofseeingthem

China as shown In childhood wowo-

manhoodastnformeryearspreIJaredaproastnformeryearspreIJaredapro-gmI1eofsuggestedtonicsfortheas In former Years prepared a propro-gramme manhood and old arc with nccomPnccom-

PhyinggmI1eofsuggestedtonicsforthegmI1eofsuggestedtonics-forthewiP1bertuajistt7thigramme of suggested topics for thethe-Week

hying cuts to Illustrate the topstop-

sThesewiP1bertuajistt7thiwiP1bertuajistt7thiandirsP-eCialprogrammefortheinWeek orVihyerJanutity list t6 7th7th-andn

These ere 111 reproduce ill the IouIo-

unalthatandirsPeCialprogrammefortheinandn sliecial programme for the inin-

gatheringnalthat n larger T nuthber may 1ite1ite-

thegatheringoftheChrIstmasofferingongathering of the Christmas offering on thepleasureofseeingthemthepleasureofseeingthem-

The

the pleasure of seeing them A

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SDearDearDearIJitthSunheamsInnyofyouIhavethankedbyletterorpostalcarLittle SunbeamsSunhenlnsManyMany of you II have thanked by letter or postalcardpostalcard-

Your

postalcardf-orforortheIrettcnrdHOUImcbeenscndins80generouslyforthechUdreofthe pretty cards you have been sending so generously for the children ofof-

Sharnghai81131111111HutotherswholulefailedtolvemetheiraddressIwanttSharnghai But others who have failed to give me their address I want to thankthankt-hroughthroughtheTournn1ttThebrlhtcardsarcsuretodelighttheeyesandthrough the Journal The bright cards are sure to delight the eyes and eartshearts-ofoftheChinesechildrenlheScrIptureverseswrIttenontheminChineof the Chinese children The Scripture verses written on them in Chineseemaymaymays-

eemseNUJl1ttrnctlhutIhopeouwilleachoneprnrandaskotherstoprayseem less attractive but I hope you will each one pray and ask others to praypray-thattllnttJwseyersesmnhelenrnedandunderstoodandbelievedbythesethat these verses may be learned and understood and believed by these deardearl-

ittleear

littleoneswhomanofthemknownothIngatnllaboutthedearSavIourylittle ones who many of them know nothing at all about the dear Saviour youyoul-

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100eandholeOuandthemIfyouwillonlyprathenJesuswinsurely100eandholeOuandthemIfyouwillonlyprathenJesuswinsurelylose and Vho loves you and there If you will only pray then Jesus will surelysurely-hearhenrandUlswerandmanyallttleChInesechildmaybecomeabrightsunhear and answer and many a little Chinese child may become a bright sunbeamsunbeams-hining

eamshIningforTesusInthemidstofthedarknessIarthedearLordblssyoshining for Jesus in the midst of the darkness May the dear Lord bless youyou-everyercryonc3mleyouallsomeworktodoforHimercryonc3mleyouallsomeworktodoforHimCU-

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every one anti give you all some work to do for HimHim-YourYour friend in Christ ALICE MM TATUMTATUMC-

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But

time-shoutedshoutedIlurrnhforoursideandwhohasnotrejoicedthatHoursidemeshouted Ilurrah for our side and who has not rejoiced that our side meantmeantt-

hentnt-

thefreelomofCuhaHohsonInesSampsonSchleyandWheelerhavebethefreelomofCuhaHohsonInesSampsonSchleyandWheelerhavebethe freedom of Cuba Hobson Miles Sampson Schley and Wheeler have bebe-

comecomeenrdarwordnndS3ntiagoasfamiliarasatowninourowncountrycome everyday words and Santiago as familiar as a town in our own countrycountry-AndAndnowthecnwlwarIsonrnndCubaIsntpenceTheBaptislchurchinAnd now the cruel war Is over and Cuba Is at peace The Baptist church inin-

HavanaIIaun1gatherstogetheroncmoreandDinzagninpreachesandprnysamHavana gathers together once more and Diaz again preaches and prays amongamongt-hem

ngng-

themthemButButisCulmindeedfreeSUBbyfarthelargestpartofthepeopleareis Cuba indeed free Still by far the largest part ofof the people areare-

Though

areare-CatholicsCnthoHcsthyarenotfreeioreatheBihlewhichisforbiddenbythepriCatholics they are not free io read the Bible which is forbidden by the priestspriests-They

stsTheyarenotfreebecausetheteachingsofthepriestshaVelongboundThey are not free because the teachings of the priests have long bound heirtheir-minds

heir-

mindsandsUIlbindthemmindsandsUIlbindthemminds and still bind themthem-ThoughThoughThouhlUmofourSun1e1I118IdonotdoubthacbelougedtotheJuniormany of our Sunbeams II do not doubt have belonged toto the JuniorJunior-

Mr

Junior-ReservesnesernsandwiththeirswordsandstickunsallantlmarchedupthehilReserves ante with their swords and stick guns gallantly marched up the hillshills-and

ss-

anddownnalnnoneofushuVestnlckahloforCulmXowisourtimeanddownnalnnoneofushuVestnlckahloforCulmXowisourtimeand down again none of us have struck a blow for Cuba Now is our timetime-MrMrlrDInzsfttherforalongtimeafterhissonsfirstretunltotheislnnDiazs father for aa long time after his sons first return toto the islandisland-

Ogbomoso

island-WouldwouhavenothingtodolthhimlIewasboundbtheInieststeachingsnotWould leave nothing to 10 with Ilim IIe was bound by the priests teachings notnot-totoreadtheBibleortoHstentoaProtesLlntpreachHis1ittlegirlCloto read the Bible or to listen to a Protestant preach His little girl ClotildeClotilde-often

ildeoftenhrouhtherBibletohimandclimbingonhisFIleeasledbimtoheloften brought her Bible to hire and climbing on his 1nee asked him to help herherl-earnJeanlberersesSurelhethoughttherecouldbenoharminhelvinghisdlearn her verses Surely lie thought there could be no harm in helping his deardearl-ittle

arar-

littlegir1BnndbtheTersest1wreadtogelheltouchedhisheartnndhlittlegir1BnndbtheTersest1wreadtogelheltouchedhisheartnndhlittle girl By and by the verses they read together touched his heart and hehe-

becamebecameaChrIstianThelittlegirlwithherBibleinherhandhadmadehbecame a Christian The little girl with her Bible in her hand had made himhim-free

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freelhuseyprSunbenmcanhelptofreetl1eCubnnsTheycannotgobutfreelhuseyprSunbenmcanhelptofreetl1eCubnnsTheycannotgobutfree Thus every Sunbeam can help to free the Cubans They cannot go butbutt-

heythcycanendmIssionarieswithopenBiblesintheirhandnndsomakeCuthey can semi missionaries with open Bibles in their hand and so make CubaCuba-really

aa-

rallfreeOurIIomeBoardneedsmlnsoldiersoftheCrossforCubWborallfreeOurIIomeBoardneedsmlnsoldiersoftheCrossforCubWboreally free Our Home Board needs many soldiers of the Cross for Cuba WhoWho-WillwiJlhelptosendthemWill help to send them

OgbomosoOgbomosoSeptember1898September 55 18981898-

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IIIthinkIwHtelltIledearSunbenmsaboutnlittleboyWlOcametolivethink I willwill tell the dear Sunbeams aboutabout aa little boy who camecame toto liveli-

veBandeparlment

live-atat the mission aboutfve months ago He has an uncle at Lagos who isa ChrisChris-tiantlnnhutailtherstorhisfrlndsandrelaUYsareieathenOneveningwetian but ail the rest of his friends and relatives are Heathen One evening wewe-heardheardalittlerapVewenttothcdoorbutitwassodarkwecouldnotseewheard alittle rap We went to the door but it was so dark we could not see whooo-

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waswaswasthereYebrougbta1lghtandtherestoOnlItUe00whoInunedlntelythere We brought n light and there stood a little boy who ImmediatelyImmediatel-

ymorning

immediatel-yprostratedprostratedhimselfasIsthecustomandsnldJojodakuuPleasepleaseprostrated himself as is the custom and said Jo jo dnkun Please pleasepleas-eletJetmestayhereandgotoschooccouldnotresisttheplenllndwesaidlet me stay here and go to school We could not resist the Plea and we saidsai-

dIfItyourparentsnrcwillingOUmay8tlcculledontheparentsInthIf your parents are willing you may stay We called on the parents In theth-emorningmorningmorningnnthesnltlthcwerewillingmdsoand they said they were willing and sos-

oThis

sos-oliehestayedandhusbeenolngtoschoolnelie stayed and has been going to school IleIl-elearnedleunlCdtheAHCbothYornlmtuttIEnHshInlearned the A Ii C both Yoruba anal English inin-

aa very short time and Is learning to read veryver-yrapidlyrnphllrlIeIsnerIntereltlnSmHInyschoolrapidly Ile Is a very interesting Sunday schoolschoo-lscholarscholarlIecantellmoreuhoutthelessonsthlnscholar Ire can tell more about the lessons thanthan-

anynnyotherInthelureclugsHebushnrnedtoany other in the large class Ile has learned toto-

singsingmunSuudaschoolSOIlandohbowbesing maany Sunday school songs and oh 1101V beb-esingssings Ile has 1 very sweet voice Ile sawsaw-

veryyeQlanwstlheW1uttobenChristianandIvery earnestly he wants to be a Christian and II-

nmamsurehewillbeIfheIsntulreulrnndInm sure he will be If lie isnt already and II-

knowknowhewillusehisInlluencetobrlnhIsplknow lie will use his Influence to bring his pap-arentsrentstoChristlIeloveshismotherYN1muchrents to Christ lie loves his mother very muchmuc-

hTheTheYornbnchl1drendonotplnJnuwsofbatThe Yoruba children do not piny games of batba-

tandandballhideandscckorJOYlsltlnhwithdoland ball hide and seek or go visiting with doldo-

llieslIcsandImvldJslwslm1toyslikeAmerlclnlies and have dishes and toys like AmericanAmerica-nchildrenchildrenThe9llace9fowto8ofunykindSomctImcsthlhncUttlechildren They have very few toys of any kind Sometimes they have littlelittl-ecarvedcancdwoodendollswhichthetie011theirImckjustustheirmothersdcarved wooden dolls which they tie on their backs just as their mothers dod-

otheirtheIrbabiesSometimestheyphimarketIIH1situnderthetreesInthetheir babies Sometimes they play market and sit under the trees in the treetstree-

twithwithWithlittlecalabashesourdsorIIccesofnntleplnteswithhitsofstlittle calabashes gourds or pieces of native plates with bits of stonesstone-ssticks

nen-

esticksormudhallstorepresentdItTtrentnrUclcsorfoodforSlleThsticksormudhallstorepresentdItTtrentnrUclcsorfoodforSlleThsticks or mud balls to represent different articles of food for sale The womenwome-nholdholdtheirmarketunderthetreesinthestreetsButoCttnwhl1ltheschold their market under the trees in the streets But often when the schoolschoo-

lchildrenool

childrengettoetheroutofschoolhoursthehavlnprnlrnHlUnOneillchildren get together out of school hours they have a prayer meeting One WillWil-

lgetgetahookandreadorrepentsomeeresofScrIIJturtuulUJI1talkTheget a book and read or repeat some verses of Scripture and then talk TheTh-

esubstancesubstanceofhistalkIsmmallyouIIltlstsenlGodIttlIyonrhItlandsubstance of his talk Is usually you must serve God give up your idols and allal-

lyourlll-

lyonrwickttlwnsandtnlstInTostlKrlsllyonrwickttlwnsandtnlstInTostlKrlsllyour wicked rays and trust in Jesti IristiOnoOlomn1esusChristGodsSOIlforsnJ0110 Olomn Jesus Christ Gods Son for salsal-vationvnUonHealonecansno90Urhelltherew111vation Ile alone can save you Thean there willwill-bebeapraerthenasonaracrandnsonbe a prayer then a song a prayer and a songsong-IIbaeknownthemtholdnmeetlnlikethisI have known them to liold a meeting like thisthis-forforanhouratatimeasorderlandearnestlforanhouratatimeasorderlandearnestlns-grownupleop1rfor an hour at a time as orderly and earnestlyearnestly-asnsgrownupleop1rnsgrownupleop1-

rhisisthemarrlaescasonfeastlngclanelnas grownup peoplepeople-

ThisThishisisthemarrlaescasonfeastlngclanelnis the marriage seasonseasonfeastingfeasting dancingdancing-andnnmerrymlJinistheorHerorthedayforand merrymalting is the order of the day forfor-aboutaboutthreemonthsAIIlantakeshIshrIc1lInabout three months A mans takes his bride innin-nthisthiswayEarlrInthemorningoftheduapthis way Early In the morning of the clay apap-pointedpoIntedthe01ll1pfriendsofthehrideaccompanpointed the young friends of the bride accompanyaccompany-herbelwithdaneiu1andsingingtothedooroftheher with dancing and singing to the door of thethe-compoundcompoundwherethebridegroomlhe8whereacompound where the bridegroom lives where aa-

numbernumberofhisfriendsmeNher11escorthertonumber of his friends meet her and escort her toto-

hishispiazzawheleheiswnitiIlgThenthefeasthis piazza where he Is waiting Then the feastfeast-andan1dancingheginanllwhilethebridegroomandand dancing begin and while the bridegroom andand-allall the friends arc making merry the bride sits In the piazza an a nvit closelyclosel-yveiled

selY

veiledo1bpeepingotItlittletoritherinaIlfriendswl10onwto1Juveiled only peepingout a little to ftet leer nanny friends who come to salutecberherhe-

rAfterAfter the feasting is oven and sometimes it lasts a week slue with a f w of herhe-

rfriendsfriendsgoesoutandcaIlsonallthefriendswhocametoherweddlnJMafriends goes out and calls on all the friends who came to her wedding Manyyofofo-

fthemthemgiveheralittlepresentustmJl9afewcowriesYorubal1IoneyThthem give her a little present usually a few cowries Yoruba money ThissIsIs

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aaal1cllthcnmarriageThemissionarIesrequIretheChrisUanstohaveheathen marriage The missionaries require the Christians to have aa ChrisChris-

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ChrIs-tlnnmnrrlnge

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AAAchIefofsomcImportanccdiedlastweekandtherehasbeengreatfeaschief of some Importance died last week and there has been great feastingfeasting-

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feasting-dancing

ingdnnclngnudrumbeatingeversInceItIsverydIfficulttotellaweddidancing and drumbeating ever since It Is very difficult to tell a weddinggfeastgfeast-fromLunernlfenst

feastfeastf-romfromLunernlfenstfrom a funeral feastfeast-

WeWeVenreerrlonelsIncerUIlIrsVinnsdepartureandIcannottellare very lonely since Mr and Mrs Winns departure and II cannot telltell-

Yours

tell-youyouhowmuchwelonattimesforcongenialcIvilizedsocietyButevenyou how much we long at times for congenial civilized society But eveneven-ChristChristpleasenotHimselfbutleftHisFathershomeofgloryandcameaChrist pleased not Himself but left IIts Fathers home of glory and came andand-dwelt

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dweltnmousInfulmcnPruJorusthatwemaybesteadfastimmovabledweltnmousInfulmcnPruJorusthatwemaybesteadfastimmovabledwelt among sinful men Pray for us that we may be steadfast immovableimmovable-alwaysnlwuysnhundInIntheworkoftheLoralways abounding in the work of the LordLord-

YoursYoursYourssincerelyInillsnameLOUASMITHYourssincerelyInillsnameLOUASMITHASUCCE-

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sincerely In His name LOU AA SMITHSMITH-

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NThisThisThisIswhat118rlatumcanstheplanofhaingtbestayatbomeSunbeamsIs what Mrs Tatum calls the plan of having the stayathome SunbeamsSunbeams-

Joy

Sunbeams-writewrItetoSunbenmsuhroadTorhermothersaysbasreceivedmorethanfowrite to Sunbeams abroad Joy her mother says has received more than fortyforty-letters

tyty-

IrttersfromnIltheSouthernStntesrrl1eslettershavebeenverJinIrttersfromnIltheSouthernStntesrrl1eslettershavebeenverJinletters from all the Southern States these letters have been very interestinginteresting-anti

erestingantinmltoldofscernlchildrenwholongtohemissIonariesTbewritersoftold of several children who long to be missionaries The writers of hesethese-fortyfortlettersandallotherSunbeamswillbeInterestedinknowingthaforty letters and all other Sunbeams will be interested in knowing that JoyJoy-sailedsallcdontl1stenmerllelglcfromSnnFrnllclscoSovember19thVhensailed on the steamer Belgic from San Francisco November 19th When youyou-read

ouou-

readthisshewillhacncarlycrosedthegrentPacificandreachedherreadthisshewillhacncarlycrosedthegrentPacificandreachedherread this she will have nearly crossed the great Pacific and reached her homehome-In

omeom-eInShnnhallIernddressafterthiswIIIbenssJoyTatumcareReVEFInShnnhallIernddressafterthiswIIIbenssJoyTatumcareReVEFIn Shanghai Her address after this will be Miss Joy Tatum care Rev E FF-TatumTntumShanghnlChInnInSrinFrnnclscoTatum Shanghai China via San FranciscoFrancisco-

ToyJoyToyIntenstonnsweruIlherlettersmIfshehasnotbeenseasickIsusIntends to answer all her letters and ifif she has not been seasick II sussus-

Valleria

sussus-pectpectshewillhnvewrittensomelettersonherlongyoyngehomepect she will have written some letters on her long voyage homehome-

ValleriaValleriaYallerlaGreenhasalsorccehelnnumberofletterswhichherfatherwGreen has also received aa number of letters which her father willwill-

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nnserforherYlJerlnfinlllittleGeorgewillsailforChinawiththennserforherYlJerlnfinlllittleGeorgewillsailforChinawiththeanswer for her Valleria and little George will sail for China with theirrparentsrparent-searlInthenewenr

parents-earlyearlInthenewenrearly In the new yearyear-

ThisThisrhIsmonthwewereIntroducedtoanewSunbeamRuthSmithofAfricamonth we were introduced to aa new Sunbeam Ruth SmithSmithofof AfricaAfrica-

A

Africa-LittleLittleRuthIstheonlywhitechildinherfathersmissionstationandLittle Ruth is the only white child in her fathers mission station and I hopeshehope sheshe-tootoowillhearfromn11nSunbeamsShehasalrCadyreceivedtwoletterstoo will hear from many Sunbeams She has already received two lettersletters-whichwblehmadeherye1happywhich made her very happy

AACHRISTMASGIFTCHRISTMAS GIFTGIFT-

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than-oneoueHttlegirlissavingeunlcsforsomethingforlllotlJCrandfatheone little girl is saving pennies for something for mother and father HowaboutHow aboutabout-anChristmasgIftforChristouldnotthisbebeautifulandrightTurnoa Christmas gift for Christ Would not this be beautiful and right TurnoverTurnover-to

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tothefirstpageofthIsTourn1landseesomethIngaboutsuchagiftantothefirstpageofthIsTourn1landseesomethIngaboutsuchagiftanto the first page of this Journal ant see something about such a gift and thenthen-askaskrourselcsifoutoodonotwishtobringthedearSaviourapresentoask yourselves iff you too do not wish to bring the dear Saviour a present ofof-loveloe

BEQUESTSBEQUESTSTOTHEBOARDTO THE BOARDBOAR-

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DInInInthepastsometroublehasariEenbydonorsgettingthenameoftheBothe past somesome trouble has arisen by donors getting the namename ofof thetheBoardBoard-

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wrongwhenmakingtheirwiltsTheBoardisregularlyincorporatedanwrongwhenmakingtheirwiltsTheBoardisregularlyincorporatedanwrong when making their wills The Board is regularly incorporated and wegivewegive-belowtheproperformformakingbequests

we givegive-belowbelowtheproperformformakingbequestsbelow the proper form for making bequestsbequests-

IIIIherebygiveandbequeathtotheForeignMissionBoardoftheSouthI hereby give and bequeath toto the Foreign Mission Board ofof thethe SouthernSouther-

nBandDepartment

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BaptistConventioncharteredbytheLegislatureofVirginiabynactBaptistConventioncharteredbytheLegislatureofVirginiabynactBaptist Convention chartered by the Legislature of Virginia by an act pprovedapproved-FebruaryFebruary231888hereinserttheamountifinmoneyordscriptionofotFebruary 23 1853 here insert the amount if in money or description of othererproperprop-ertyrealorprsonalforthepurposesontemplatedbyMidBoard

propprop-ertyertyrealorprsonalforthepurposesontemplatedbyMidBoardertyrealorprsonalforthepurposesontemplatedbyMidBoard-

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