The Chrisiian and Missionary dlliance

in India.

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POEM - My Support tlle Beloved. Sel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . IT IS GOD THAT WORKETH. By ttie Editor 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . STATION NOTES :-KAIRA. AMRAOTI. JALGAON 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EDITORIALS ... 18 .. MISSION QUE~TIONS :-THE SOURCE OF MISSIONS. By M , B. Fuller. 19 . . . . . . . . . ... DIVINE Z ~ E A L I N G :-TESTIMONY. NOTES 21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . REQWESTB FOR PRAYER 21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NEED OF PRAYER. By Wm, Franklit1 22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ANFWERSD PRAYER. By M. Wordworth 22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A HAPPY DAY I N AKOLA. By the Editor 23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ITEMS 24

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EDITOR : - ~ R S . WM. FRANKLIN. B U S I N E S S MANAGER :-REV. WM. FRANKLIN.

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" Thou Everpresent-but Unseen, Who bid'st me on tl~yself to lean, Help me in every trying scene,

By faith to lean ou tliee.

"Cheered with thy fellowship divine, Give what thou wilt, I'll not repine, But only pray, 'Thy will be mine,'

As Lord, I cling to thee.

In this dark world, by grief oppr'st, I seek not ease, I seek not rest: A pilgrim lone, yet not unblest,

While I am joined to thee,

" Most gladly, Lord, do I dismiss My cherished hope of eartl~ly bliss ; And all my joy of life be Chis,

That I am one with thee.

Though former friends may prove untrue, And leave me here to wander through This vale of tears with home in view,

I'll cling, 0 Christ, to you !"-Unknowlz.

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IT IS GOD THAT WORKETH. BY TIIE EDITOR. -

T is God that worketh. I n this - sentence there are two prominent

words, God, and worketh. Jehovah, the Lord of hosts, the God of all grace and patience, the God who is enougll, H e is the person. Of Him it is stated the H e works effeftually (G.), H e accomplisl~es

s~mething. The context of the verse sliows that we are to work out our own salvation because God works effe&ually in us. Without such a person a s H e is really accomplishing some-

- t,hing within us, it would be utterly beyond our ability. to fulfil t l ~ e command to work out qur salvation. But as God works in us, we work out from a newly created center.

r Another verse that brings out the thought qfGad's iinuard working isEp11. g : 19. I t speaks -qrst of F d ' s abilit to d? more than we ask d" orconcewe, then ad s that lt IS according to the - power that works within us. God works without

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in bur circumstances and surroundings according to the opportunity H e has, through our yielded- ness, of working within us. One reason so many children of God are by their circumstances tormented and harassed almost beyondendurance, is because they are not wholly yielded to God and do not give Him right of way to work witl~in. I do not mean that the child of God who is yielded and in wliom God does work mightily by the Holy Spirit, will have no trials from without. But God will work in the trials, and there will be deliverances, and such tokens of divine power adjusting, strengthening, or giving grace, that the soul will exclaim " I t is- the Lord." Do you need a divine power to take hold of things or persons connected with your life and make something move ? Let t l ~ e Holy Spirit come into your heart and accomplish all the good pleasure of God's will within you first and continually, then will God do exceeding abundantly above all you ask or conceive in your outward needs. What a comfort it is to those whom God has sent forth to sow beside all waters, t o know that as we scatter the seed it is God that worketh. Our br~siness is to lreep filled with the Spirit and go as H e sends, and it is God's business to work. May we all' know the practical comfort and power of this eternal word, I t is God that worketlz."

In our earlier experiences we know the Holy Ghost only at a distance, in things that happen in a providential direction, or in the Word alone, but after awhile we receive Him as an inward Guest, and He dwells in our very midst, and H e speaks to us in the innermost chambers of our k i n g . But then tlie external w 0 r ~ i n g of H i s pow2r does not cease, but it only increases, and seems the more glorious. The power t h a t dwells within us works without us, answering prayer, healing sickness, over-ruling providences.

There is a double presence of the Lord for the consecrated believer. H e is present in the heart, , , and is mightily present in the events of life, H e is the Christ in us, the Christ of all the days, with all power in heaven and earth.

So the Holy Gliost is our wonder-worker, o u r all sufficient God and Guardian, and H e is waiting in these days to work as mightily in the affairs of men as in the days of Moses, of Daniel,

, and of Paul.--Days of Heaven zcpon Eavth.

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Station Rotes. --

KAIRA ORPHANAGE, GTJJERAT.

EUNICE WELLS. --

came Kaira in 1891 under tlie Salvation Army and shortly after joined our mis-

The Matar taluka was a wide field and the people were open to the Gospel. In 1895, a large party of new mission-

.aries came from l,ome and a number of tile young ladies were sent to Kaira with Mr. and Mrs. King. Among these was Miss Emma Smiley. She had been a teacher in America for a number of years and of course, as true ,teachers should, she had a love for children. While learning tile language she became in- terested in a few bright boys and she had s~lch a desire to help them that she began a school .for them. This coctinued until the £amin -e 1% in the Central Provinces. At t at time our mission got a number of girls and some were sent to Kaira. Thus the poor boys were crowded out, mucil to Miss Smiley's sorrow but they found a good home in Dllolka. A; that time there were thirty girls in Kaira Orphanage, and continued so until the famine of 1900 in Guierat,-when girls began come in and from September, 1900, to April, 1901, our number had increased to 186 and before the end of the year we had over 300. In June, 1901, Miss Smiley was called H ~ m e to be with the Lord and tlie Orphanage was turned over to me. The two years of k-aining under Miss Smiley proved a great help to me, but the work grew so fast that we could not keep up with it in buildings, in clothing, nor in occupation for the children. The first step toward attrakling their attention after they had gained sufficient strength was the scl~ool. There were no normal trained teachers to be had, but only a few raw fellows, educated (?) to perhaps the 3rd or 4th Reader. Our old girls were Hindi girls and upon coming here liad to learn a new language themselves and therefore were hardly far enough advanced to teach much, but were a great help in caring for the new girls. Organization was necessary. W e had done little in this direaion and found the work much harder in consequence. W e were about to the end of our strength when a dear child of God appeared to help us. Miss Tear

calls herself a general servant of the Lord. Never will I forget her kindness as she put ller arm around me that day after she liad looked at tlie work and said, ' l J will go back to Ahmedabad and pray definitely as to whether the Lord would have me come or not."

She came back, and put her hand to the work with a willingness and capability that lifted a heavy burden from me. She showed me how to better organize tlie work, she took hold of the hospital, the building, the general cleanli- ness of tile yard, etc., etc. In prayer she was invaluable. She came with the intention of remaining at longest two months but God kept her with us eight months.

Later, when the pressure of the famine began to abate, Miss Woodworth was able to give her whole time to helping with the spiritual work and some other duties of the Orphanage. No One but God knows what her Prayers have meant to me. Through Cholera, through Plague, ttlrougll times of long hard sieges of fever, through trying times of discipline of unruly girls! she llas been a wise counsellor, a sym- ~athlzlng sister, and most faithful In holding the girls and me UP to tile throne of grace.

We must also mention our dear helper, Miss High, wllo has been with US over a year and a half. She has charge of tile food, does some Bible teaching, and looks after the hospital, and watches and waits upon the little sufferers with untiring love and patience*

At present writing we have 40.5 girls and women ranging in age from eight months to thirty Years, and from all castes and conditions.

W e teach them all sorts of domestic work,such as grinding their own flour, cooking, washing (we have no ironing), cleaning, sweeping, sewing, water-carrytng, etc. The water-carriers go to the well at five In the morning, each taking a round earthen water-pot on her head. When all the vessels are filled, they form a long line and go to the place where the water is to be emptied, then the line files back for another load.

The girls are arranged according to age in rooms of twenty each. For each room t h e r e i ~ a n older girl in charge who is responsiSle for the welfare and clothing, etc., of these particular girls. This forms our Orphanage into families and altogether we make a small. town. Each little mother IS as proud of her family as any real mother is of hers. Their joy is her joy and their sorrow is her sorrow.

Once I thought it would be nice to have a picnic for the '' uperies" as we call them. They had for months been caring for the child. ren; even when out for a walk they are obliged

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to keep their-twenty in order. We were to have an g 6 outing" without the children. We got a big swing-rope, had some nice native sweets made and some tea. We were ready to start by three p.m. and all were so happy. We found a pleasant shady spot, put up the swing

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see what the others were doing and to my astonishment no one ate. Why girls," said I, "why don't you eat ? " A silence-then a big girl spoke up. fl How can we eat, Mamma, when our little girls have no sweets?" My heart was full to see the real unselfish love for the

little ones. l t was only when they

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and the fun began. Some of us were busy about the luncl~, and making the tea. When all was prepared we left the swing with mucli reluaance and sat down to eat, After the blessing I playfully said, Now girls, eat. W e .are all alone to-day and no children to bother us." I was busy pouring tea and then began to eat, for I am fond of native food. I looked up to

had the promise of big pla& full to take home to the little ones that they were induced to eat a little. All enjoyed the tea. Six o'clock came all too soon for us to leave the swing and the quiet grove, but we felt repaid as we saw the eager little faces at the gate waiting for us. How they did enjoy that little bit of sweet. This incident proved to me the real love in the older gitIs'hearts for the younger ones as I liad never seen it before.

Sixty of the girls are baptized Christians; perhaps sixty tnore are ready for baptism. Tile spirit- ual work has been steadily going on for the past three years. We have had no special times of interest save as we personally felt a new quickening to teach. The Word lias been doing its work, and we believe the girls have a good foundation in Bible truth. We make a specialty of con~mitting Scripture to memory. Many even of tlie tiny girls can repeat whole Psalms besides being able to recite all , the Sunday- school Golden Texts for tile year in order,

But dear friends, when we look ahead a t the great possibilities and what must be done in future for the proper development of s u d ~ a number of girls, our hearts sink within us. We cannot compass so much work. Without help and real efjicient help we are crippled. The opportunity of making strong, solid, uieful women of these giris mill be lost. Who will come to the

rescue with willing heart and ready hand ? Sentimentality does not tvoric in a place like this. You may have a great love for heathe9 souis, but do you really love heatlien.? A few months will prove whether you love these native girls or not. Can you wash a dirty, negleaed baby with good grace ? Can you

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- r6 THE INDIA famine sore mouth that is absolutely decayed ? Can you wash 60 pairs of sore eyes twice a day and say " Praise the Lord " from your heart ? All this belongs to Indian Famine Orplianage work.

Again, dear sisters, who will come ? We are in sore need. God is good, His mercy endureth forever, but I am not sure how long H e wants 11s to hold out before you get here.

May the Spirit guide yo11 very definitely; may you not be deceived in coming, but may the call be so clear that whatever comes after- ward you may be able to say, ti I kmw Qod sent me."

AMRAOTI, BERAR. LUCY J. HOLMES. . i -

Amraoti Station was opened about nitre mi$. ago, by Mr. and Mrs. Garrison and Mr. Eri&-, son. Tlle following year Dr. and Mrs. Simmns; were associated with Mr. Erickson in Hie yrrork,c and the high caste people especially m e ex- petting much from their labotlrs. ~~t in a few months, sickness con~pelled the Dr. to ,give up the work, and he soon went to his heavenly rest. Here, too, Miss Olrnstead gave four years of faithful service, and then laid down her life in tlle work she loved so well.

Three of our present band of CI~ristians baptized by Mr. Garrison in those early days. Others were, gathered in tlie famine of 97. At that time a large school was opened for poor children, and carried on. very successfu&jy. Much money, labor, and strength were expend- ed in caring for tlie poor. In the famine af 1900 a similar work> was undertaken. Grain was sold at reduced rates; American corn was also distributed. When tlie people came for grain, they gathered in a large company, and morning and evening lieard the word of God expounded. A school was opened for famine cl~ildren ; at tlle close of the morning session, t l~ey received tickets for breakfast. Nearly twenty boys were sent to the Akola Orphanage, and %bout the same number of girls to Khamgaon.

A Widow's Home was also opened, tvhere twelve or more widows found a home and work. Some were taught sewing; otliers ground " jawari " in little stone mills similar to those used in Oriental countries in Bible times. A few prepared rags for rugs. Three of these widows were baptized in Amraoti, one of w11om has married and gone to another station. Still another was married to a Christian here and has learned to read and sew. Quite a number went

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During tire famine of 1900, a neat little chapel was built here, tlie work being done as a " famine relief measure." Services in Maratlii are held every Sabbath, which are well attended by tile little flock of Amraoti,-about thirty members- also by residents living near, who are or have been connetled with some other church. These are regular attendants and contributors to the work, one of them being a teacher in the Sunday school which is t d d in the morning, in wldch ltiiere are "five $ 1 ~ ~lawes . The 1aternationa.l Lessons

s, prepared -by t%e are distrlbut-el 4s

outside .seSChboJS BW OY during Qje ,week.

the afternoon is wdl come ia, and "sitiibg Gmpsl. Sum who

'@be %tat quite ready "to ventare inside, ISttan at 4k-z Q#h windows. I tllink Yon 'would enjoy

of oar Maratlli hymns* We ha* *fans- lafions cif many favorite English hy-9 which are sung lamiliar Qnglish ,tunes, and much enjoyed. Among them a*, "%wt oaf Prayer,'' "Nearer MY God to Thee," "All Hail the Power of Jesus' Name," and others. But the native People prefer tile Mala th i j l~mns and tunes, which are often ratlrer plaintive.

I n connection with the clturch ia a sep ra t e room, is R Library and Reading Raorrm. Cen- tributions of Magazines and illustratd :papers would be much appreciated. The "Christian Herald " was mnch enjoyed, and grmbly missed when the subscription expired.

A weekly prayer meetihg is held, also a"pt"&@ women's meeting, and a sewing ~ c h u d $c+r women and children, A collection is &ken every Sabbath afternoon, and the -first Sabbgth of the month tlie peapie bring in t3ei.r tithe- money. In some cases tlie offering is a 31kma1 tenth ; in others, it only approximates the :tenth, but they are learning to give of their su%stati~e to the Lord. By these co1lections and ~afii4rings the chttrchsupgarts a native ywng man a s a n evangelist. Another catechist is supported by the MWtue, and o "Bible by a frieud of the work in America.

'Ihe women% work in theeit-y i9 nPW &term@.- 'ing and many high cagte homes ttTe.op& tti us. Ttre work in Amraoti district is alss vePgr at- couraging. Therb are several centers, wh$re wg would like to station catechists and where there is good prospect of getting a nuoleus for a little church." Consecrated native herpers are greagty tieeded. Thereis also-need of =me' iadustrtd

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work for our Native Christians. In tlre absence of Mr. and Mrs. Erickson in

America, Miss Herr and myself are looking after tlie work. Mr. Kliansingh, an elderly man, formerly a nqtive pastor in another part of India, usual13 conducts the preacliing service on tlie Sabhi+th. We ask your prayers that this little flack may be, built up, and strengthened, and great. numbers added to the Lord. Tliere are enquirers, some of wbom attend our services, otl~ers come to us, or our Christian people for help. Some af these are aslcing for baptism.

At ane time a large English work was carried on ia Amraoti camp, but during tlie last famine the preaching services were discontinued, and later on the Sabhatll school also, on account of the pressure of other work. Miss Horsnaill, an English lady connected with tlie Y. W. G , A. in Bombay, has recently organized a Branch in Amraoti, The meetings are held a t the Mission bungalow, and the work is opening in much blessing. A precious English work was also conduAed a t Badnera six nliies distant, where Miss Her1 had a very interesting Suudax school.

e J ALGAON.

ANDREW JOHNSON. - This is an, important Statian on Great

Indian Peninsular Railway, also a Junc t i r~n f~ r the Amalner and Tapti Valley Bailways, It has a populatioa of about 16,ooo,. about t l i m f ~ u r t l u of which i:, composed of Hindits and 011s f0urt.h of Mohammedans. The C, & M, A, h a been re. presented here since September, 1893, when Mr. 'r. E, Dutton located here ; assisted by different missionaries f r ~ m time to time, he, very eart~est:y and faiglfully presented tile Gospel>af CTirig to these superstitioiu, proud, and independ- ent cqmmunities of people.

Jalgaan has been admitted to be the most difficult district for tnissionary work in the Marathi field, and a man with less patience and courage than Mr. Dutton might easily have become discouraged years ago. Among the early co-laharers af Mr. Dutton in this difficult fieu were Mr. and Mrs. Heron, who, with unusual zeal and endurance, held up the Gospel banner until the Master ciJle5 them home : Mr. Heron in January, 1896, and Mrs. Heron in Msrrcli, 1897. They now -lie buried side by side in a little Chcistialr cemetery,as silent witnesses to tlie Gospel they preached. They knew what it meant to* suqer rep~oach for Jesus' sake. Tlwp knew what it meant to come home from tb. W Q L ~ wounded aed bleeding, but they did,

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not know what it was to stay at home for fear of getting wounded again. They literally gave tlieir young lives for the Gospel, and they were, no doubt, accepted as a sweet savor of Christ to God. Besides, they were a great inspiration to many of us wlio saw their lives so iingr~tdgingly spent in the service. o,€ t h ~ Master. In 1896 Mr. Dutton married, and: karn tliat time until they went home on a w,qlt-earned furlougl~ in 1901, Mrs. Dutton was his principal companion laborer. Tliey lived in a rented bungalow near the bazaar, not very comfortable, but in the famine of 1900 a comfortable bungalow was built by the Mission. At tlie close of this famine a number were baptized on tlie profession of faith in Christ. About this time it was found expedient for Mr. and Mrs. Dutton to go home on a furlough, as Mrs. Dutton's health was quite poor, and they were both tired out by overwork during that fearful famine. The Mission being already short of workers in the field, there was no one to take their place at the time, and the Christians were scattered; some went to Amraoti, some to Akola, and some to Khamgaon. Two families of them settled near Pacliora, out of whom one man fell a viCtim to the fearful Plague scourge of 1901 in this distriCt.

At present Mr. and Mrs. Sclielander are in charge at Jalgaon. Mr. Sclielander reported tile sale of over six hundred Scripture portions during the month of March, which is indeed a ho~eflll sign for tlie future. " The entrance of Thy wordsgiveth light ; it givetli understanding to simple." Mr. and Mrs. Duttoll are ex- pected to return to the field this fall to take UP the, work again. Shall we unite in prayer this month, that they may come in the fulness of the blessing of the Gospel of Cl~rist, and tliat their labors may be abundantly crowned with success, before they go home on another furlough, or before they go to meet their Master ?

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There is IIotlii~g so important in tile Christian life as briaging one's self into (lie clianuel where God wo~ks most effectually. To do this we must realize tlre presence of God, we must enter into Hispresence by dtfiuite act, and realizs it by Divine grace.

Nothing else has so marvelloi~s an effect upon chara&er and coudue, as this sense of God's Presence; and nothing is so tlifficnlt, nay impossible, of attainment, so long as we negleCt God's appointed means,-set,

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scarcely possible to carry on English work with it. Hence the need of a man who feels that God has called him and pressed him out for the Ena-

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the servant of ~~d from accorn- plishing ~ ~ d * ~ full will, one is to lull him to sleep as to the value of Eternal things and to cause him to spend his strength on petty things of time, good in themselves, but which could be

put aside without negleAing duty or causing anyone to suffer. Another device is to crowd so many things into one's life that body, soul, alld spirit are wearied and tile manifestation of Godfs power is hindered. This device seems to work admirably, for the con- scientioL1s soul, seeing the seeming duties throng- ing upon him, tllinlrs tlley ,nust be opportunities from God and so strains every nerve to meet them, when perliaps his slrengtli would be to "sit still" and wait upon God and see Him work. Surely every Cllristian worker finds more to do each day than lie has strength to accomplish. God does not mean for his life to be worn out, but He will give grace to leave undone much that seems very important, ~t often takes more grace to leave undone than to do, but tlie God of^ all grace is surely sufficient for this need as well as any otlier. In quietness and confidence let us wait upon God, trusting Him to teach us what not to do as well as what to do. And let us not be ignorant of tlie devices of Satan who would gladly wear us out with his tormenting must be done." One thing above all else is necessary and that is to be still unto God, then not only will EIe mould us, but He will accomplish His work tlirougli us and cause our fruit to remain.

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The subject of a man called of God to carry on English work in several of our stations is one that has been much on our hearts. In Bhusawal we have at1 Englisli Cliurcli which we have hoped would be a missionary center sending out workers to many parts of the field. Making this headquarters, a man could make weekly or fortnightly visits to several places along the railroad, lilre Alrola, Badnera and Amraoti, wliere but little or no work is being carried on among the English speaking people. Our workers in these places are equipped with the language for worlr enlong the natives, and the need there is so great that it does not seem wise f o take them from tliat work for English worlt. Again the vernacular work is so great that it. is

lish work. I s there not someone who at GO& call would be glad to step out into sucli a field of usefulness, practically unoccupied at present ? In some of these stations the only work among the English people is that done by a spiritual worker from the Y. W. C. A. who holds meet- ings for

;W X * The Census of 1901 shows a remarkable growtll

in the number of Cliristians in the Bombay Presidency during the past ten years. The number has increased from 16,46g-to 6 ~ 6 ~ 1 . This includes about 16,000 famine children wlio have been taken into Christian Orphanages and ar@ -being trained and taught. Large numbers of people must have been reaclled during the famine and their liearts conviilced of the true Way. Most missionaries were wise in not baptiz- ing any until famine pressure was over, b11t even allowing that some may have returned to their old lift? after professing to be converted, we cannot but praise God that Christ has gained a great victory and l1as won many hearts from the l!ingdom,, of darkness. " Arise, for thy Ilght 1s come, 1s tile message God has spoken to OU' hearts concerning His work in India. We believe that we are going to see more fully fhan ever before," the goodness of tlie Lord 1" the land of the living." What greater privilege could the child of God ask than to be a sharer in this great work of calling out a people for the Lord from every "Irindred, and tongue, and pe0p1e,and natiou ? "

* 8 * I t seems too late to say that there will be a

famine, for already in three districts famine has been declared and relief works opened. In other districts there is great suffering, and in Gujerat missionaries report that even caste people are bringing their clllldren, begging them to take them and save them from starving. For two weeks tlie rains have ceased and crops already sown liave in most cases been destroyed, so that even if rain should come later the people have nothing left to sow. In Berar the crops will be saved if rain collies within a few days, but the people are greatly distressed over tlie gloomy prospect. Nowhere has tlie rain been sufficient or anything lilre a proper monsoon. We need help right away to relieve the suffering at Our doors and above all we need the prayers of God's c!iildren that the missionaries everywhere may be sustained by power divine. Tlie pro- spect'is for mucl~ greater distress than in years past, for every thing has been exhausted that

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could formerly be fallen back upon. This time the haughty caste people seem destined to be brought low. 0, to think of the thousands who will fall into a Christless grave, while many who are called by Christ's name are sitting in ease, luxury, and indifference at liome ! '' Inasmuch, as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to Me. And tliese shall go away into everlasting punishment."

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W e recently met a servant of God who works among the rail-road men. H e spoke of his utter inability to meet the needs OF the work, and exclaimed, " We need ten thousand more men for India right away ! " More men, is the cry from all sides. The workers already here are literally pressed beyond measure. If only the church would educate its young people in regard to their duty to obey God's commatid to go into all tlie world, there w o ~ l d be more ready to swell the ranks in foreign fields,. and the few ~ o u l d not have to toil on wllolly Inadequate to meet the demands of the worlc. Where are our Christian young men that tl1ey are coming 'p Our ? Onel two Or occasionally, but where are the ten thousand needed in India riglit away to witness to the saving power of Christ ? -

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The missionaries of Bombay meet montlily for a conference. After the business meeting of the gentlemen is over, a short time is spent soctally, then a paper is read or a subject discussed per- taini11g"to some phase bf mission work. At a recent conference the subject of street-preach- ing in was brought I t was proved that few European workers and conl~ara t ive l~ few we'' qualified Native workers are engaged in such work. One does not to iluply that sclloola and otller institutional work are doing nothing for the furtherance of the Gospel, or that they are not necessary adjuncts to mission work, but they cannot be called strictly evangelistic in the common acceptance of the term. There are soma faithful witnesses to be found frequently on the streets preaching to crowds of people, for there is never any lack of listeners. Would that more tnigl~t feel the need of reaching the masses of tlie people witli tlie Gospel.

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The house in was at auT,'d9 uly 26th, as the heirs put in a reserve

are now onering the hOsse and a part pf the lot to us at reasonable terms, and we are looking to ~ o d for a permanent Home and center for work. This is absolutely needed before our work liere can take a permanent form.

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THE SOURCE OF MISSIONS. M. B. FULLER. -

N our last number we had a brief article on " Our Indian Churches," and promised that there should be more full accounts of each church in turn, as we mean to keep our home friends who read this paper in very intelligent touch

wit11 our work. The India Alliajzce is published especially

for the real friends of the work who alrecdy Ilelp us, by prayer and sympathy and by their

'gifts, to carry on the work in the various fields ; and hope that all wllo find the paper a blessing to themselves will do all that they can to increase its circulation, new friends for the work.

The business of tlie missionaries \vlio are on the field is to push the work here ; not in tile natural energy of the flesh but by wholly yielded to God for Hi111 to worlc ill and tlirougli. Paul could say, " I laboured Inore abundantly than they all; yet not I, but tile grace of ~ o d wllicll was with me." 1 Core xv, 10, And all will agree that He was a lnodel rills- sionary. A missionary should have nolllillg to live for but tile one tiling, to tile ~~~~~l to the nations ill d ~ r k n e s s and to hasten the coming of Christ. In so far as comes short of this lie comes short of the ideal of a missionary, both in his own mind and in the minds of all spiritual people a t home. But what is a missionary? A missionary is one seltt forth by the home churcIl, a mcmber of the home church, ap ra thc t liumanly speaking of the home church, trailled and fitted by tile home church, recognized by tile home church and designated by the Holy Spirit, and set apart by tlie church under the direction of the Spirit, as the representative, tlie ambassador of the cllurcll as well as of Christ to the peoples who are still in darkness. Thus did the Holy Spirit direct and thus did the church a t Antioch send forth Paul and Barnabas on their first missionary 'tout, and

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thus should every missionary be sent forth. Every missionary should be a member of

some body of Christians, and be sent forth by it. There have been godly men and women who have risen up and gone forth alone or with only a little band of sympathizers behind them, because the churcii as a whole was not awake to its duty in sending them. All honour to those who have gone forth in this way, when tlie cry of no money to send out missionaries has come from Mission Boards, and men and won~en ready to go have been Itept back for years by the debts which burdened the secretaries of the Boards and hindered the advances, and too often compelled the retrenchment of work already begun in tlie field. God has used the faith and zeal of such men and tvonien to reprove and awaken Christians a t home and to lead some of them to begin to live for missions.

But this is not the ideal way nor the scrip- tural way, but has been rendered necessary only by the indifference and disobedience of the home churches. The ideal missionary must live wholly for God, but as we have said he is not only a member of the home church but he is tlie product of the home church, and the standard of consecration held up for him by the home church is the standard which tlie Bible holds up for every member of tlie home church. The standard of self-denial for the ~nissio~iary in the field is God's stan- dard for every Christian a t home. It is unreasonable to suppose that a person trained in a ~vorldly cliurcl~ at home should be trans- formed by an ocean voyage into a Paul or a Judson or a Hudson Taylor. It is quite right that those sent fort11 by the cllurcll should be specially chosen by the Spirit, as well as by the church for tlie work, and should be of tlie I~ighest type of cliaracter found in tli* cliurcl~, but yet they are a part of tlie cl~urch, not separate from it, and for this reason the home church sliould have this before it as n very practical and important part of its mork, viz. tlie production of men and ~vomen whom the Spirit can choose to be sent forth.

I fear there are many home cl~urclies which are willing to support missionaries, because they have plenty of money and a little interest in missions ; but they are not able to produce missionaries because they have not the spiritual soil or atmosphere in which mission- aries grow, Sometimes members of such,

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churches fail in with spiritual people in some college or training s c l ~ o l or tnissionary con- vention, and are aroused io see what God has called them for ; and in spite of the low spiritual temperature of their own church they go on in spiritual growth and finally reach the foreign field. Our greatest need to-day in tile field is workers filled with tlie Spirit, and the greatest work of the church a t home is the production of such workers. This will be possible only as a high standard of living is held up before the churches as the privilege as well as the duty of all Christians. TVhen the church becomes spiritual enough to produce such workers it will be spiritual enough to support them. The home churches could in two years multiply the number of missionaries tenfold if there were enough praying in the Holy Ghost. This would bring down such outpouring of the Spirit a s would transform churches, and fit and separate men and women to go forth, and make it the joy of the churches to lay hands upon them with fasting and prayer and send them to the great fields.

W e are hardly able to hold all our stations and should have a t least twenty more mission- aries to work efficiently tlie stations already taken up. In cases of sickness and furloughs there sliould be enough workers so that the work should be provided ior without too much shifting of workers. There should be four workers in every station a s a rule, so that two could be away for rest or furlough or in case of sicltness, and two could still go on with tlle work.

W e believe that every church a t home should have a missionary on the field, or a t least a good share, say a half or a t least a quarter interest in a missionary; and not only should each church support or directly share in the support of a missionary, but should have spiritual life enough to produce missionaries and other active workers in the home and foreign fields. This personal connection between every cl~urcli and some missionary on the field is a very important question which we may take up in a later article. W e would only say here that we do not mean by this that there should be no Boards or united action in sending missionaries, and in tlie management of tlie work on the fields. TVe believe in the best possible organization and the most econo- mical distribution of workers and of money; but more of this later.

I take all from H i s liand. Only God has wroriglit t h i s c l~ange in my heart a s well a s my body and it has been wrought out only in answer

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from some inward difficulty until -- it seemed to finally reacll its Some have tried to interpret the passage in climax in act,ke pain and great Isaiah 53: 5, wl~icli reads, I i With Ilis stripes we are

healed," to refer to tlie ilealing of the soul, but tile weakness* For ten days I was interpretation is unmistakably given by the Holy not able to leave rfly bed and Spirit in Matt. 8 : 17, where, after recording tltree of a t e very little. T h e ~nissionary Christ's most notable miracles of bodily healing, friends had several times prayed He states that, " When the eveniog was come, tliey

with m e and for a time I wou\d seem t o get brought to him many that were possessed with devils, relief, but it was not permanent, T h e thought and fie cast out the spirits with Elis word and liealed

ca,ne to me ~~d was not answering all that were sick, tltat it might be fulfilled wliicl~ was spoken by Esaias tlie prophet saying, Himself prayer and perhaps He meant to take! me and I took our infirmities and bare our sicknesses." would have to stand before Him, All my - thoughts and a&s of unbelief, my pride, self will, When the children of Israel were just merging out of love of praise, etc., seemed to stand out in awful Egyptian bondage the Lord revealed Himself to them clearness before me. as Jehovali Roplti, I am the Lord that lfealeth

O n e morning, a s tile friends gathered about thee," and there declared sickness to be a punislr- me for prayer and it seemed to me the was ment for sin, and promised health as a reward of near, cod definitely answered prayer and gave obedience. Naaman, the Syrian leper, was brougtlt to

a knowledge of God by a little Jewish maid preach. relief and that night I Slept we'1o One Of the iclg divine healing, The blind man to whom Christ missionaries had said to me that she did not gave sight in the temple, was lecl to believe on understand why God did not answer prayer for Christ as the Son of ~ o d and Saviour of the world, m e and I told her I did not linow either. Bu t and to declare His faith altltough forsaken by all the next morning a s I lay very weak upon the his friends, and cast out of the synagogue. God bed scarcely able to lift tile glass of water or often uses physical healing to lead to salvation, and ~ i b l ~ by my side, the ~~~d s,lowed me saints who have received l~ealit~g usually testify to a corresponding uplift of soul. The same key that prayers had not been more efleAua' and that unlocks the door to healing balms unlocks it to all t h e hindrance was in tllyse~f, and I told the other tllings promised in the Word, Lord that H e knew all about me, my condition, M. W' C. both physically and spiritually, and my thoughts even were all open before Him, therefore I REQUESTS FOR PRAYER, tliorougI11y Iiumbled myself before Him. I prayed - that if it was H i s will H e might take me quietly, Praiss for the healing power of God manifested in but if not, that H e would heal me for Hi s own our midst. glory, I then opened my Bible and God gave Prayer for a permanent home for the work in Bombay, me the 77th Psaltn. As I read it I thought, tllis ,, for one of ortr Native Cltristians in Akola who is for me, and by faith I took it a s mine and for two years or more has been far stood upon. it and from that time God began to from God. teach and to heal me, and daily gave me much far street ~reaaliitlg in Bombay- joy and light, and I began to see so clearly my r r for an outpouring ot the Spirit in all our shottcomings and where I had hindered God's orphanages that tlre children may be workings it1 my own life. But now I have given traly 6%orn again." myself to ~i~ ; from tile sole of my feet to tile ,, that our Native Cllristlans may be ltept during hair of my head I a m His. N6ti1ing of self but the llard times upon us, tltat the lieatlien may see a cfifffret~ce between all of Christ. " Christ is mine and I a m His." themselves and God's children. As long a s I live on this earth I want nothing ,, that missionaries may have divine guidance else bu t to glorify Him. God showed me many and strength in dealing with famine little things to which I am ready to bear witness. people. iFt.om henceforth, joy or sorrow, pleasure or pain, ;, for reiaEorcement6

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to irayer. My heart goes out in gratitude to God for all that H e has sltown me and to all who have remembered me in prayer. T h a t God may thus teach all and manifest Himself to then1 is my desire.

%a - THE INDIA - NEED O F PRAYER.

W. FRANKLIN. - HILE at home, in ~ ~ ~ ~ i ~ ~ , one of the W comforting and helpful tllings, in al-

most every place I went, was to have some one take me by tile hand and assure Ine that he was praying for me. I br.lieve because we ~ l l i ~ ~ ~ ~ missionaries llave such a band of earnest pleading workers bearing us up before God, our lives should count for m~rch in tlie lands of darkness.

~~d llas lleard prayer in a most marked way for souls, for our bodies, and for the work. There never was a time when I felt the need of prayer more than at the present. 1 never felt the call of God more clearly about anything tllan for our return to India. Every step we liave taken, from the leaving the work at Boston, one year ago, to the present time, has been contested by Satan. I do not go into detail, but Satan's test- ings have only shown me more clearly, as I have had the victory in Him, that I am in God's will.

I think in our experience in India, we liave never felt the enervating effects of the climate as since our return. We came in a very trying time it is true ; at times we both have been near- ly prostrate. I have looked upon it largely as a time bf testing. W e never have been so busy in the work as we have since our return, whicl~ may in a measure account for the wealrness. There are many things wliicli it seems inlpossible to let go, so must be done. The Lord permits them to come, and we believe He means to give us strengt11 for all that is needed to be done, so we havelooked upon tllis weakness as a testing from Satan. God wants us to have victory not only in it, but over it.

I am sure I have never had such conflicts of faith as of late. I n the continued testings Satan has tried to put in his poisoned arrow of

.doubt. I have over and over again had to assert that God is true ; His promises are real ; I will believe Him, though I see nothing in ex- perience ; I will trust Him. It has been a great fight of faith, Satan hastried to have mebelieve it was God in His anger meeting out judgment to me. I have denied the charge many titnes and have-seen it was Satan's testing. God is permit- ing it for some wise purpose. He will bring out into a larger place of liberty and power. Though the testing has been severe, it has been victory. God has enabled us to look to Him continually, Our special need is for your prayers.' Our work in Bombay is largely open air work. Sometimes we have 300 or 400 in a single audience. I have,

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not spoken once in the open air witliout my voke roughing up so that I have been hoarse for several days following. This has invariably been accompanied with physical exhaustion. Pray for complete victory. Results from these meetings have been encouraging ; some conver~ions.

We need a permanent home in Bombay; some One, or a married couple, called to do definite slum work in a part of the city tlizt lips almost at ou: door where sin and vice are licens-d by the Government ; a Training School for native

~ $ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ t ~ ~ ~ n s ~ ~ ;wz?$a g;z"e~:iieg: Word in all its fulness ; wisdom for direction in the work ; Native men and women called of God for tile work. We knor yo,l wisll to under- stand needs work to able pray

Will You no: lay l l ~ l d of God in Prayer for ?

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ANSWERED PRAYER, M. WOODWORTII. --

L A S T J anuary while Miss McDougall and I were touring, we found at one village where we were camped, a girl-an orphan

-about nine years of age who, we discovered, had a little sister in the I

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McDougall made another effort to get her, going a long distance to her village, but found sire liad been taken away and put on tlle relief works where her brother was.

Then the clouds began to bank up in the sky giving promise of an early monsoon (wliicli however was not realized) and the hope of saving her grew dimmer ; for if her relatives wor~ld not let her go during famine there would be less lilreliliood of their doing so after the rain came a s she would be useful to them in field work. But just here God let us see that those who expeCt to move things by prayer should not be looking at outward circiimstances, for one day !little Mugali and her brother suddenly appeared a t the mission station and announced that she wanted to be taken into the Girls' Orphanage and he would like to be sent to Dliolka where the boys are. Oh, how we did praise God wlio heareth prayer and is "not willing that one little one should perish " !

What a meeting there was between Mugali and her little sister Moni ! They fell into each ~ t l i e r ' s arms and cried for joy. From the first Mugali was very happy with us and quickly improved so in appearance that in a short time one would scarcely recognize her, but better than that is the way her soul and mind are de- veloping under the teaching received.

A HAPPY DAY I N AKOLA.

BY THE EDITOR. -- T last our face was turned toward Akola A which we had longed to visit ever since

our return to India. The occasion which hastened our visit was a double wedding among our Native Christians. One of the boys who was in the school when we had charge and is now doing well in the Workshop, was to marry the eldest daughter of our former catechist, and two young people wlio became Christians at tlie close of the famine were to be married. I t was a very pretty wedding. The grooms looked very proud and manly, and the brides very modest and sweet, dressed in white. Each were profusely garlanded witli flowers at the .close of the ceremony. The church was well dilled with our Christian people and there were also a few Hindus and Mahommedans. W e wondered how the quietness and reverence of a Christian wedding seemed to tliem in contrast to the noise and foolishness of a heathen wed- ding. It was the first time we had seen the church, which many friends will remember was built over three years ago by our Native Chris-

tian people themselves. They sacrificed and gave and worked, and the church stands in this heathen city as a monument of what God's grace can do through hearts touched by His love. I t is already too small for the needs here, and the Christians are putting by money to build a larger one in a year or two. The bell was given by a friend in Pliiladelphia, U.S.A., and as I heard its tones for the first time, I prais- ed God for such a witness here to the Gospel. We could but contrast the scene that met our eyes this day with the one that met us ten years ago when we first came to India. Then a little handful of Christians used to meet in one corner of the Workshop, and sat on the ground, preacher and all. Surely God hath wrought in our midst.

After the wedding ceremony and congratula- tions were over, all were invited up to tile mission compound to partake of a nice dinner of curry and rice. About three hundred people com- posed of missionaries, Native Christian families, and Orphanage boys, sat down on mats on tile ground. In the center of the front row were the newly married couples and it took much urging to get the brides to eat for tlie first time from the same plate with their husbands. Hindu women never eat with their husbands, anld it takes time and God's grace to overcome the prejudice against it.

As Mr. and Mrs. Rogers were to leave Akola to prepare for sailing to America, the young men of tlle Workshop presented him with a nice leather bag, and tlie women of the church presented her witli money to buy a Bible. Tears were in all eyes at the words of appreciation and love given to each, and we could but whisper to Mrs. Rogers that such words from evidently sincere liearts would help her to forget some of the heart-aches which must come in such ministry as hers has been. In Mr. Rogers' reply to the presentation speech, he touchingly referred to the time when he came to Akola nearly fifteen years ago when there was only one bungalow in the compound and only eight Christians, six oC whom were girls in the Orphanage. God is using Mr. and Mrs. Moyser in developing and training the Christian people here, as well a8 among the boys in the Orphacage,

As two men were coming into Mehmadabad from a village tlie other day, they found a fine baby several months old lying by the side of the road. Nail and finger prints on either si e of its throat told the story that its mother attempte i to strangle it, and thinking she had succeeded, she threw it away. They brought it to our missionaries who gladly took it. Who can tell the suffering that may have led to such a step ? And so famine scenes open before us with their heart- rending horrors,

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