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the-ifinancialttinancialconditionofourBoardvithaveryvorthyandexcellentifinancial condition of our Board with a very worthy and excellentexcellent-brotherbrother who remarked 11 How easily a few of our rich menmen-couldcould pay off all of our indebtedness Soon we turned andand-joinedjoinedinconversationithanactiveconsecratedsisterandshejoined in conversation with an active consecrated sister and sheshe-

mademade a very similar remark These were two of our leadingleading-workersworkersyorkersandthethoughtpresseditselfuponusAretheyrightand the thought pressed itself upon us Are they rightright-DoDovevantafevrichpeopletopayofiallofthedebtvhichDo we want a few rich people to pay off all of the debt whichwhich-eacheachandeveryoneofusowesbeforeGodThisdebtisthedebteach and every one of us owes before God This debt is the debtdebt-otofySouthernBaptistanditvouldbeagreatdealbetterforot ery Southern Baptist and it would be a great deal better forfor-

aandredIIndredthousandofourpeopletopayfiftycentsoradollaraandred thousand of our people to pay fifty cents or a dollardollar-apieceapiecepiecethanforoneofournumbertopayahundredthousandthan for one of our number to pay a hundred thousandthousand-dollarsdollarsGivingisaGodordainedprivilegeanddutyanthedollars Giving is a Godordained privilege and duty and thethe-MasterlfasterhasviselysoarrangedthattheonewhogivesinpenuryMaster has wisely so arranged that the one who gives in penurypenury-andandpovertycangiveasmuchinIlissightandreceiveashighand poverty can give as much in His sight and receive as highhigh-commendationcommendationfromIHmastheonevhogivesinluxuryandopucommendation from Him as the one who gives in luxury and opuopu-lencelenceIffortyofourwealthiestmenshouldgieathousanddoUarslence If forty of our wealthiest men should give a thousand dollarsdollars-apieceapieceandtheyonlygiveitouldcausehundredsofthousandsofapiece and they only give it would cause hundreds of thousands ofof-ourourpeopletolosetheblessingsvhichthe1asterhasforthemforour people to lose the blessings which the Master has for them forfor-

bebe has said It is more blessed to give than to receive WhenWhen-DavidDavidvasofreredfornothingtheappointmentsforthesacrificeonDavid was offered for nothing the appointments for the sacrifice onon-

Mount1fountlloriahhepositivelydeclinedtoreceivethemIlisgreatMount Moriah he positively declined to receive them His greatgreat-heart11eartofnobilityandofloveforGodtandthanksgivingtoHimheart of nobility and of love for God and thanksgiving to HimHim-

rebelledrebel1edattheideathatheouldmakeanofferingtoGodofthatrebelled at the idea that lie would make an offering to God of thatthat-whichwhichvhichcosthimnothingOurpeopleneedtolearnthatvecannotcost him nothing Our people need to learn that we cannotcannot-worshipworshipvorshipGodthroughthegiftsofanotherandtodaymanyofourGod through the gifts of another and today many of ourour-churcheschurchesarenotprosperingastheyshouldtbecausethevrongchurches are not prospering as they should because the wrongwrong-ideaideahastakenholdofthetnthatafevrichmustgiveforallItidea has taken hold of them that a few rich must Ogive for all ItIt-

isisisaninjusticetothevealthierclassvhooftentimesgiveIiberallyan injustice to the wealthier class who oftentimes give liberallyliberall-

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liberally-andanditisaninjusticetothepoorimplyingthattheirgiftsdonotand it is an injustice to the poor implying that their gifts do notnot-amountamounttoanythingItdevelopstheideathatafevrichshouldamount to anything It develops the idea that a few rich shouldshould-givegivetandhaveauthorityandrulershipinthechurchvhereasgive and have authority and rulership in the church whereaswhereas-ChristChristintendedthateachandeveryoneshouldgivecheerChrist intended that each and every one should give cheercheer-fullyfully and regularly as he is blessed The poor man will bebe-

honoredhonoredhonoredandrespectedbythericherbrothelaSthelatterseeshimand respected by the richer brother as the latter sees himhim-

doingdoinghisfullproportionatepartinGodsorkanditvillalsodoinghisfullproportionatepartinGodsorkanditvillals-

ofit

doing his full proportionate part in Gods work and it will also

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createcreatecreatealoveofthepoorerbrotherforthewealthierbrothersincea love of the poorer brother for the wealthier brother sincesince-

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since-hehefeelsthattheyarevorkerstogetherinthel1astersservicehe feels that they are workers together in the Plasters serviceservice-

OurOurOurchurchesneedtolearnthisimportantlessonofgivingWechurches need to learn this important lesson of giving WeWeT-

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We-hopehopeandbelievethetruthischnvningmoreandmoreuponourpeohope and believe the truth is dawning more and more upon our peopeo-

plepIethatitistheprivi1geanddutyofeachandeveryonevholovesple that it is the privilege and duty of each and every one who lovesloves-GodGodtotakepartingivingtheGospeloftheLordJesusChristtoGod to take part in giving the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ toto-

allall the world God does not want a few men to give all HeHe-knowsknows that it would be injurious in its effect on these few men HeHe-

knowsknowsthatitvouldbeinjuriousonothersvhohavelessandyetknows that it would be injurious on others who have less and yetyet-whowho ought to give He knows that it would be injurious for HisHis-

churcheschurchesandHeknowsthatitvouldbeinjurioustoIliscauseandchurches and He knows that it would be injurious to His cause andand-thetheadvancementofHiskingdomInsteadofproducingthespiritthe advancement of His kingdom Instead of producing the spiritspirit-ofofconsecrationbrotherlylovehumilityearnestdevotionitvouldof consecration brotherly love humility earnest devotion it wouldwould-begetbegetarrogancevaingloryprejudiceandvorIdlyselfsuflciencybeget arrogance vain glory prejudice and worldly selfsufliciencvselfsufliciencv-amongamong Gods people What lesson then are we to learn from thisthis-

LetLeteachpastorandeachchurchandeachmemberofeachchurchLet each pastor and each church and each member of each churchchurch-feelfeelthatnotsimplyoneoutofteniscommissionedofGodtotakefeel that not simply one out of ten is commissioned of God to taketake-partpartinIlisvorkbuteveryonevhoisnumberedamongGodspart in His work but every one who is numbered among GodsGods-peoplepeopleVearetobealivingarmyandeeryonestandingfaithpeople We are to be a living army and every one standing faithfaith-fullyfunyondutybeforethel1asterFarbeitfromustocaBonfortyfully on duty before the Master Far be it from us to call on fortyforty-menmen to do what one and a half million of us ought to do Let nono-

oneone of us say that he wants some one else to give what he personperson-allyally ought to give but on the other hand let each one of us seesee-

thatthathedoeshisdutyandGodscauseingogloriouslyforwardthat he does his duty and Gods cause will go gloriously forwardforwardT-

HETHETHEMISSIONARYSAPPEALMISSIONARYS APPEALAPPEA-

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LSameSpmeSmehohavebeenreadingthepapershayebeenstruckwithwho have been reading the papers have been struck withwith-thethenumberlessappealsvhichcomefromthemissionariesonthethe numberless appeals which come from the missionaries on thethe-fieldsfieldsAppealafterappealformenandrneansThisismoreobfields Appeal after appeal for men and means This is more obob-

servantservant to one who gets the letters from the missionaries andand-oftentimesoftentimesreadsnlanyappealsatonesittingDotheseappealsoftentimes reads many appeals at one sitting Do these appealsappeals-arguearguegoodorevi1Oughtvetobeencouragedordiscouragedargue good or evil Ought we to be encouraged or discourageddiscouraged-bybythemOughtvetothinkmoreIrlessofourmissionariesforby them Ought we to think more or less of our missionaries forfor-

makingmakingthemVemustadmitthattheycomefrequentlyfromthemaking them We must admit that they come frequently from thethe-mostmostearnestandconsecratedIneTIandromenvhomvehaveonmost earnest and consecrated inen and women whom we have onon-

thetheforeignfieldandwemustalsoachnitthatasthevorkonthethe foreign field and we must also admit that as the work on thethe-fieldfieldadvancesthedemandsseemtobegreaterAstheyoungfield advances the demands seem to be greater As the youngyoung-churcheschurchesmultiplyandasTIevfieldsopenbeforeusvegetmorechurches multiply and as new fields open before us we get moremore-requestsrequestsforlaborerssothatveseethattheseappealscomeoftenrequests for laborers so that we see that these appeals come oftenoften-fromfromourtruestmostconsecratedmissionariesandvherethevorkfrom our truest most consecrated missionaries and where the workwork-isisenlargingandprosperingingreatestmeasureandvecannotbutis enlarging and prospering in greatest measure and we cannot butbut-decidedecidethatincreasedopportunitiesbringincreasedresponsibilidecide that increased opportunities bring increased responsibilitiesresponsibilities-Instead

iesie-sInsteadofbeingdiscouragedbyTIevopeningsveoughttothankInsteadofbeingdiscouragedbyTIevopeningsveoughttothankInstead of being discouraged by new openings we ought to thankthank-GodGodandtakecourageInsteadofourbeingdistressedveoughttoGod and take courage Instead of our being distressed we ought to

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realizerealizethatvearemakingprogressandthattheenlargedopporturealize that we are making progress and that the enlarged opportuopportu-nitiesnitiesareplacinguponusgreaterresponsibilitiesGodhasvondernities are placing upon us greater responsibilities God has wonderwonder-fullyfullyblessedtheForeignMissionvorkandHehashonoredhispeofully blessed the Foreign Mission work and He has honored his peopeo-

pleplewhohaveengagedinthenterpriseButasHehasdonethisHeple who have engaged in the enterprise But as He has done this HeHe-

hashaswidenedourpossibilitiesforgoodandincreasedourresponsibihas widened our possibilities for good and increased our responsibiliresponsibili-ties

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tiesthusplacinguponusobligationsfromvhichveshouldnotturntiesthusplacinguponusobligationsfromvhichveshouldnotturnties thus placing upon us obligations from which we should not turnturn-

awayaway in a fretful childish way The very success of the workwork-

callscallsuponusformoreearnesteffortanddevotedserviceThemiscalls upon us for more earnest effort and devoted service The mismis-

sionariessionariesmaketheseappealsoutofheartsburningvithzealforsionaries make these appeals out of hearts burning with zeal forfor-

thetheMasterscauseTheystandinthethickestofthefightandasthe Masters cause They stand in the thickest of the fight and asas-

theytheyseethehostsofsinyieldingtheyfeeltheirovnstrengthandthey see the hosts of sin yielding they feel their own strength andand-numbersnumbersinsufficientandtheyturnlonginglytothethousandsandnumbers insufficient and they turn longingly to the thousands andand-

hundredshundredsofthousandsoftheirbrethrenathomeandsayHelphundreds of thousands of their brethren at home and say HelpHelp-brethrenbrethrenforGodscauseandfortheadvancementofGodsKingbrethren for Gods cause and for the advancement of Gods KingKing-domdomVhentheircriesarehededvithrenevedzealtheypressdom When their cries are heeded with renewed zeal they presspress-onon and the cause goes forward When their cries are unheededunheeded-theirtheirheartssinkoftentimesvithinthemastheyfeeltheirstrengththeir hearts sink oftentimes within them as they feel their strengthstrength-decayingdecayingandthehostsofsinreformingtheirbrokenlinesSaddecaying and the hosts of sin reforming their broken lines SadSad-

indeedindeedisourconditionvhenourfaithfulmissionariesseethevorkindeed is our condition when our faithful missionaries see the workwork-

goinggoingforvardandyearnformorelaborersandyetfeelthatitisgoing forward and yearn for more laborers and yet feel that it isis-

inin vain even to make appeals We do not want their appeals toto-

ceasecease Certainly they distress us When we hear them andand-

cannotcannotheedthemourheartsareboveddovnbutyetvevouldcannot heed them our hearts are bowed down but yet we wouldwould-saysaytoeachfaithfulmissionaryLetyourbrethrenathomeknovthatsay to each faithful missionary Let your brethren at home know thatthat-thetheLordofHostsisvithyouandthattheorkisgoingforvardthe Lord of Hosts is with you and that the work is going forwardforward-andandthatunderGodyouvinfightandcryformorelaborersstilland that under God you will fight and cry for more laborers stillstill-

asastheLordprospersyouinthegreatcauseAndtoeveryappealas the Lord prospers you in the great cause And to every appealappeal-whichwhichvhichcomesletthosevhostayathomeearnestlyaskLorddocomes let those who stay at home earnestly ask Lord dodo-

youyou mean this for me Can I take part in this work more than II-amam already doing Listen to the calls which come from thethe-

brethrenbrethrenandletussendmenandmeansthatthehaudsofourbrethren and let us send men and means that the hands of ourour-faithfulfaithfulbrethrenInaystrengthenintheirGodgivenvorkfaithful brethren may strengthen in their Godgiven workwork-

RevRevEFTatumandfamilyareinSouthBervickMaineRev E F Tatum and family are in South Berwick MaineMaine-wherewherevhereresidetheparentsofl1rTatumWearesorrytohearreside the parents of Mrs Tatum We are sorry to hearhear-thatthatSisterTatumhasnotimprovedinhealthrapidlyvVehopethat Sister Tatum has not improved in health rapidly We hopehope-aashortstayinthehomelandvillprovebeneficialtohera short stay in the homeland will prove beneficial to herher-

ForForthepastmonthasahvaysatthistimeofyearourreceiptsFor the past month as always at this time of year our receiptsreceipts-havehavebeensomebetterLetuskeepupthisimprovementHovhave been some better Let us keep up this improvement HowHow-easilyeasily50000Baptistscouldsenduponedollareachasathankeasily 5oooo Baptists could send up one dollar each as a thankthank-offeringofferingtotheLordPastorsandbrethrensupposeyousuggestoffering to the Lord Pastors and brethren suppose you suggestsuggest-ititGetfivetenorfiftyofyourbrethrentothushonortheMasterit Get five ten or fifty of your brethren to thus honor the MasterMaster-WeWecouldraiseeverydollarofourdbtinadayandinsteadofWe could raise every dollar of our debt in a day and instead ofof-

beingbenghurtallofusvoudbehappierbenghurtallofusvoudbehappierT-

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mitteetnitteeonBibleRevisioninChinaOurhonoredandbelovedDrmittee on Bible Revision in China Our honored and beloved DrDr-

RRIIGravesisoneofthiscom1I1itteeanditvasthroughhiskindR H Graves is one of this committee and it was through his kindkind-

nessness we were able to get the picture which we present to our readersreaders-HeHevritesHevrites-

sevenveeksontherevisionoflTatthevandlTarkmeetingatSt

He writeswrites-III send aa photograph ofof thethe members ofofthethe BibleBible RevisionRevisionT-

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RevisionRevision-CommitteeCommittee which met in Hong Kong in the summer We spentspent-sevensevenveeksontherevisionoflTatthevandlTarkmeetingatStseven weeks on the revision of Matthew and Mark meeting at StSt-

PaulsPauls College daily from 9 A M to i P M We had all gone overover-

thethevorkbeforeseveraltimesandmetforconsultationandfinalrethe work before several times and met for consultation and final rere-

visionvisionvVehadveryharmoniousmeetingsandthoughthereverevision We had very harmonious meetings and though there werewere-

somesome occasional differences of opinion as to translation we settledsettled-allall in a spirit of brotherly conference The persons in the photophoto-

areare Bishop Burdon chairman Church of England myself secsec-

retaryretary Baptist Rev J C Gibson to left of picture EnglishEnglish-PresbyterianPresbyterian and Dr J W Davis American Southern PresbyPresby-terianterianOurChinesevritersareatoursidesterianOurChinesevritersareatoursidesTHEFORE-

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terian Our Chinese writers are at our sidessidesT-

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ForeignForeign-MissionMissionBoardoftheSouthernBaptistConventionandisthebestMission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention and is the bestbest-

meansmeansmeansthataSouthernBaptisthasofbeingthoroughlyinformedasthat a Southern Baptist has of being thoroughly informed asas-

totoourvorkbeingdoneinforeignfieldsManyofourpastorsareto our work being done in foreign fields Many of our pastors areare-

strugglingstruggling with the problem of arousing among their members anan-

interestinterest in Missions One of the greatest helps in the solution ofof-

thisthis problem lies in the circulation of THE JOURNAL InformationInformation-bringsbrings inspiration people that read of Missions give to MissionsMissions-

ThereThereThereThereisnotolleccntofpersonalgaintoanybodyinconnectionisis notnot oneonecentcent ofof personalpersonal gaingain totoanybodyanybody ininconnectionconnectionconnection-withwith the publication of Ti iE JOURNAL The Board has fixed thethe-

subscriptionsubscription price as nearly as possible at the actual cost of publipubli-

cationcation Meantime if any profit should arise it would go directly toto-

MissionsMissions The price is nominal3 cents a single copy and 22-

centscentseachinclubsoftenormorevhichputsinformationastocents each in clubs of ten or morewhich puts information as toto-

thisthis great work in the reach of all A subscriber recently said16 I do not see how you can make such a good aper at the priceprice-

OurOur subscription list is growing rapidly but we want to add atat-

leastleast ioooo names right away and as a special inducement wewe-

arearearemakingthefollovingoffersaremakingthefollovingoffers-

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making the following offersoffers-

i To sending 16 names with the money 400 we willwillwill-

give1i To anyoneanyone sending i6 names with the money 4oo we

give one years subscription free and send THE JOURNAL to him oror-

anyone else as he may directanyoneTo sending us names with the money 625 weweB-

IBLEREVISIONCOMMITTEE

252 622 To anyoneanyone sending us 25 names with the money wewe-

willwill send Dr Tuppers book 11 A Decade of Missions or 4G

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whenwhenvhentheclubiscompletelfanyhavealreadyimprovedthisopthe club is complete Many have already improved this opop-

portunityportunityandthousandsofnamesarecOIninginLetushearportunityandthousandsofnamesarecOIninginLetushearf-romyouportunity and thousands of names are coming in Let us hearhear-fromfromyoufrom you

SAVESAVETHISTABLETHIS TABLETABL-

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The

last-

tentenyearsAlsotheamountsaskedfor189697fromeachStatesoastomeeten years Also the amounts asked for 1896 97 from each State so as to meet ALLAL-LindebtednessindebtednessbythenextSouthernBaptistConventionThelastcolumindebtedness by the next Southern Baptist Convention The last column showstheshows thethe-amountsamountsreceivedtoOctobernstforsixmonthsofthisConventionearamounts received to October 31st for six months of this Convention year Thehegiftsgiftsgifts-

forforCentennialyear1893were154686Certainlywecangive138400thifor Centennial year 1S93 were 154686 Certainly we can give 13S400 this yearyear-andtherebypayALLindebtedness

year-andandtherebypayALLindebtednessand thereby pay ALL indebtedness

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1887188-

7Alabama

1888 IS89 1890 1891 1804 1S95 896 for toto-Oct1897Oct311597 Oct 31

Alabama4692391345326358775368081150174977593669684002207AlabamaAlabama-

Arkansas

4692 4532 6355 7753 6808 11501 7497 7593 6696 S400S400-

124S

2207

Arkansas150018002000200225001617111435189212482400617ArkansasArkansa-

sWArksIT

1500150-

01s

1800 2000 002 2500 1629 1711 1435 1592 124S 2400 617

WArksITWArksIT-D

2 297 500 319 156 332 501 285 600 72

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Florida

1s 2525-

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99 100 287 1320 1345 501 664 1565 1500 339

Florida526S09931141410121459145513351232661800387FloridaFlorida-

Georgia

526 S09 931 1414 1012 1459 1455 1335 1232 766 1500 387

Georgia101831112011990136712972129631750014016169801306016GeorgiaGeorgia-

Kentucky

10183 11120 11990 13767 12972 12963 17500 14016 16950 13060 1600000754400754-4Kentucky9815099138968993196616653H0616710510160004768

7544

Kentucky9815099138968993196616653H0616710510160004768KentuckyKentucky-

Louisiana

9223 8150 9913 8965 9934 9661 16653 14061 687 10510 16000 4768

Louisiana1296142022382526260519091813lW3207617392400461LouisianaLouisiana-

Maryland

1296 1420 2295 2526 2605 1909 1843 1953 2076 1739 2400 461

Maryland4355614356504536164365501Jl5377931lf565922J0003298MarylandMaryland-

Mississippi

4 355 6143 5650 4 643 6550 19153 7793 1156 5022 9000 32981

I

Mississippi40014373581260795765830421641655333507772002843MississippiMississippi-

Missouri

4601 4373 5512 6079 5756 5830 4216 4165 5 333 5077 7200 28431

Missouri82484421120387366481782t849754527852551390003014MissouriMissouri-

N

824 8442 112203 8736 6481 7824 8497 5452 7852 5513 9000 30143014-

144rNCarolina2127789704082778818402S937636467GO612390001402N CarolinaCarolina-

West

72 t2 7789 7040 8271 7581 8402 8937 6361 6760 6123 9000 144r

West N CC-

S

917 1 296 964 243 861 600 600 348

SCarolina701281019435114721196610S31500993778W210rot120003S CarolinaCarolina-

Tennessee

7012 8101 9435 11472 11966 10983 15009 9377 8992 10801 12000 3246464-

6Tennessee3296280140204749435439925OSS50295522727178002362Tennessee3296280140204749435439925OSS50295522727178002362TennesseeTennessee-

Texas

3296 2804 4020 4749 4354 3992 5085 5029 5522 7271 7800 2362

Texas8825773572311031426114436161J38J841138381511200l2552TexasTexas-

Virginia

8825 7735 7234 10933 14261 14436 16193 8984 11383 8151 12001 2552

Virinia00133471176815101161731716317152J280391072286220659VirginiaVirginia-Other

13347 11768 15101 16173 17163 17152 22803 39107 2862 20659 210006951210006951-Othr

21000 6951OthrOth-

rSources32601993176028032537179216513155315721311400428Other-

SourcesSources32601993176028032537179216513155315721311400428Sources 3260 1993 1760 2803 2537 1792 1659 3155 3157 1400 428428-

TotalTotal 1 87830 1 86355 1 99 023 1 109174 1 113522 1 114325 1 154686 1 110 799 1 131503 1 108150 1 138400 1 428554285-

5TheTheTheForeignMissionBoardurgentlyneedsfundsrightnowTherequestForeign Mission Board urgently needs funds right now The request isis-

Will

is-

madess-

madethateachandeverychurchwhichhanotdonesotakeacollectionamadethateachandeverychurchwhichhanotdonesotakeacollectionamade that each and every church which has not done so take a collection anddthatthatthat-theytheytrytoaverageatleasttencentsamemberThereisriochurchinouthey try to average at least ten cents a member There is no church in our boundsbounds-whichcannotgivethatmuch

bounds-whichwhichcannotgivethatmuchwhich cannot give that muchmuch-

WillWillWinnotearnestbrethrenandsistersinthechurchestakethismatternot earnest brethren and sisters in the churches take this matter innhandhandhand-BrethrenBrethrengivethiscauseyourprayersyourmeansyourtimeyourefforBrethren give this cause your prayers your means your time your effortss

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TheThForczgllAftssio1lforeign Mission Journal c iffiiffiT-

HEIRs

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YWeWeWeknovthatnoChristianoughttorestricthisinterestinmisknow that no Christian ought toto restrict his interest inin mismis-

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mis-

sionssionstoanypersonalknovledgeofthemissionariesorinterestinsions to any personal knowledge of the missionaries or interest inin-

themthemYetvethinkthatthefactthathisovnStatehassentoutthem Yet we think that the fact that his own State has sent outout-

menmenandvomentojointhearmyvhoholdupthebannerinothermen and women to join the army who hold up the banner in otherother-landslands ought at least to quicken ones interest in the great workwork-WeWeVeareafraidasveiookoverourreceiptsfrommonthtomonthare afraid as we Took over our receipts from month to monthmonth-

thatthatsomeofourbrethrenhavealmostforgottenthenobleheroicthat some of our brethren have almost forgotten the noble heroicheroic-menmen and women who have gone from their State to enlist ToTo-

serveserveasaremindertothebrethrenvepublishbelovalistofourserve as a reminder to the brethren we publish below a list of ourour-missionariesmissionariesvithreferencetotheStatesinvhichtheyverebornmissionaries with reference to the States in which they were bornborn-andandtovhichtheyareboundbyatienevertobebrokenBrotherand to which they are bound by a tie never to be broken BrotherBrother-ififyouhadgoneoutfromyourStateacrossthevatersintoagreatif you had one out from your State across the waters into a greatgreat-countrycountrydarkenedbysintotrytoiftupitspeoplevouldyounotcountry darkened by sin to try to lift up its people would you notnot-

feelfeelthatyouhadarighttoexpectthesympathyprayersandmafeel that you had a right to expect the sympathy prayers and mama-

terialterialsupportofyourbrethrenathomevhohadsentyouterial support of your brethren at home who had sent youyou-MakeMakeMakethispersonalbringithometoyourownheartThenifthis personal bring itit home toto your ownown heart Then ifif-

But

ifif-

youyouansverthisquestionintheaffirmativelookearnestlytoyouryou answer this question in the affirmative look earnestly to youryour-hearthearttoseevhetherornotyouhavegivenavery1iberalportionheart to see whether or not you have given a very liberal portionportion-ofoftheseheavenlyblessingstothosethathavegonefromyourovnof these heavenly blessings to those that have gone from your ownown-midstmidstandvhoseheartsareperhapstodaystrugglingunderamidst and whose hearts are perhaps today struggling under aa-

loadloadmadeheavierbyyourneglectingtodoyourfulldutyinthisload made heavier by your neglecting to do your full duty in thisthis-

IfIfyourjudgmentsaysyouhave110tdoneasyououghtbytheseIf your judgment says you have not done as you ought by thesethese-heroesheroesandheroinesfromyourOVI1Stateandifthenyourconheroes and heroines from your own State and if then your concon-

sciencesciencesmitesariseinyourstrengthanddomorescience smites arise in your strength and do moremore-ButButButhereisthelistLookparticularlyatyourStatehere is the list Look particularty atat your StateStateA-

LABAMA

StateA-

LABAMAMrsALABAMAALABAIAMrsEZSimmonsandMissViUieKellyChinaBrotherJVALABAMAMrsMrs EE ZZ Simmons andand MissMiss Willie Kelly ChinaChina BrotherBrother JJ WW-

ARKANSAS

WW-

McCollumMcCollumIcCollumandwifeJapanandMrsHPMcCormickMexicoand wife Japan and Mrs H P McCormick MexicoMexico-

ARKANSASRevARKANSASARKANsAsRevCESmithandVPVinnandwifeAfricaRevJJTayARKANSASRevRev CC EE Smith andand WW PP WinnWinn andand wifewife AfricaAfrica RevRev JJJ J TayTay-

GEORGIA

TayTay-

lorlorBrazilandJBHartwellChinalorBrazilandJBHartwellChina-GEORGIARevCVPruittChina

lor Brazil and J B Hartwell ChinaChina-

GEORGIARevGEORGIAGEORGIARevCVPruittChinaGEORGIARevRev CC WW Pruitt ChinaChina-

KENTUCKY

ChinaChina-

KENTUCKYMissKENTUCKYKENTUCKllissJuliaMackenzieandMrsPeytonStephensChinaanqlIrsKENTUCKYMissMiss Julia Mackenzie andand MrsMrs Peyton Stephens ChinaChina andand MrsMrs-

MARYLAND

MrsMr-sJJJJTaylorBrazilJJ Taylor BrazilBrazil-

MARYLANDDrMARYLANDlIARYLANDrRHGravesRerREChambersMissClaudiaJVhiteMARYLANDDrDr RR HH GravesGraves RevRev RR EE ChambersChambers MissMiss ClaudiaClaudia JJ WhiteWhite-

MISSISSIPPI

WhiterWhiter-

andandMrsJBHartwellChinaandRevNMaynardJapanand Mrs J B Hartwell China and Rev N Maynard JapanJapan-

MississippiRevMISSISSIPPIMISSISSIPPIRevEZSimmonsandMrsRHGravesChinaRevENMississippiRevRev EE ZZ SimmonsSimmons andand MrsMrs RR HH GravesGraves ChinaChina RevRev EE NN-

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WalneWalneValneJapanRevVTLumbleyAfricaDrJHEagerItalyandRerAJapan Rev W T Lumbley Africa Dr J H Eager Italy and Rev AA-

CCWatkinsandJGChastain1lexicoC Watkins and J G Chastain MexicoMexico-

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MissMissHFNorthChinalIrsSLGinsburgBrazilandMissIdaHayesMexicoMiss H F North China Mrs S L Ginsburg Brazil and Miss Ida Hayes MexicoMexico-

NORTHNORTHNORTHCAROLINADrRTBryanandwifeRevTCBrittonandwifeRevNORTH CAROLINACAROLINADrDr RR TT BryanBryan andand wifewife RevRev TT CC BrittonBritton andand wifewife RevRev-

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PriceallPriceallinChinaPriceall in ChinaChina-

SOUTHSOUTHSOUTHCAROLINARevVWLawtonandMissLulaVhildenChinaahaSOUTH CAROLINACAROLINARevRev WWV WW LavvtonLawton andand MissMiss LulaLulaWhildenWhilden ChinaChina andandT-

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Rev W E Entzminger and wife Brazil

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TEXASRevTEXASTEXASRevRev ZZ CC TaylorTaylorandandwifewife andandRevRevWWB BBagbyBagbyandandwifewifeBrazilBrazil-

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BrazilRev D A Wilson and wife and Miss Addie Barton Mexico and Mrs E N WalneJapanJapan-

tainllexico

VIRGINIAVIRGINIAMrsMrs RR EE ChambersChambers MrsMrsL LWWPiercePierceMissMissLottieLottieMoonMoonandandMissMissI-

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MissE B Sale China Dr G B Taylor and Mrs J H Eager Italy Mrs N MaynardJapan and Rev A B Rudd and wife Rev H P McCormick and Mrs J G Chastainllexicotainllexico-

INDIANAlfrsACVatkins1Iexicotain MexicoMexico-

INDIANAMrsINDIANAINDIANAlfrsACVatkins1IexicoINDIANAlfrsACVatkins1Iexico-MAINEMrsEFTatumChinaINDIANAMrsMrs AA CC WatkinsWatkinsMexicoMexico-

MAINEAlexicoAlexico-

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ChinaChina-

WOMANSWOMANSWOMANSMISSIONARYUNIONLITERATUREWOMANS MISSIONARYMISSIONARYUNIONUNIONLITERATURELITERATUR-

ETheLITERATURELITERATUR-

ETheTheThe WomansWomans MissionaryMissionaryUnionUnionhashasrecentlyrecentlysentsentoutoutliteratureliterature-

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literaturefor the Christmas Offering for China and The Week of Thanksgiving and Prayer The programs have been gotten up with careand are well arranged They not only furnish information but aresuggestive to workers If any society of the sisters has not receivedthem do not fail to provide yourselves either through your StateCentral Committee or by application to Miss Annie ArmstrongwestvestLexingtonstreetBaltimorelJdLexington street Baltimore INId9

GodGod hashas opened up China as never before It is thisopened China toup as never before It is to thiscountrycountry-

We

countrythat the Christmas offering is to be applied this year We wish thesisters would realize the needs of the great work there and give io00o as an offering It is estimated that there are at least 900000 women and girls connected with the churches in our Southern BaptistConvention Certainly one out of every ninety could give one dollar Suppose you try in your church and see if this is not the casebeginning with yourself and continuing with others Some oughtto give more than a dollar Give as wouldyou give to Christ if lieshould call on you in And indeedperson He isWe hope every sister will realize that it is calling on youWe blessedmorehope sister toevery will realize that it is more blessed togivegive-

We

givethan to receive Make this a Christmas of joy happiness andblessing because you have helped to send the glad news of Christto those in darkness gloom and sinsin-WeWe ask also that you will remember the Week ofWe ask also that you will remember the Week ofThanksgivingThanksgiving-

Dr

ThanksgivingThanksgiving-andand Prayer We do not thank God enough for His manifold blessings When we consider how our mission work has been blessedrecently on foreign fields we ought to call upon our souls and allwithin us to bless His holy name While we praise Him for continued blessings in the past we can earnestly pray for his guidanceandcareinthefutureandcareinthefuture-

comehomevefearhehasnotrestedmuch

and care in the futurefuture-

DrDr W D Powell has been in the States for severalDr W D weeksPowell has been in the States for several weeksHe came to rest and recuperate but like other brethren who havecomehomevefearhehasnotrestedmuchcome home we fear he has not rested much

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Richmond Va during November He works for Italy whereverhegoeshegoe-

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mismis-sionariessionariesandseehovfaithfullytheyvorkandhowGodisblesssionaries and see how faithfully they work and how God is blessingthenlyithmanybaptisInsing them with many baptismsbaptisms-

TheThe South Austin Church TexasTexasbearsbears thethe palmpalm forforJOURNALJOURNA-

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JOURNA-Lsubscriberssubscribers The pastor Rev C A Taylor writes 11 I send you

8 to pay for Tiir JOURNALS to go into eve y femily of our membership It is by church action and I consider it money wiselyinvestedandthatviHyicldmanifoldinmissioncontributionsinvested and that will

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Revyield manifold in mission contributions

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VicePresident of the Foreign Mission Board for his State Dr A JSTholnashasbeentheeflcientactiveVicePresidentbutfeltS Thomas has been the efficient active VicePresident but feltfelt-constrainedconstrainedtoresignBrotherBomarisanearnestconsecratedconstrained to resign Brother Bomar is an earnest consecratedconsecrated-manman and we hope lie will be able to do a great work Brethren ofSouth Carolina help him to raise the i 2ooo asked for this yearfronlyourStatefronlyourSta-

teDrGeorgeBlaylorofItalywritesThereseemstohavefrom wyour StateState-

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havebeen an unusual number of baptisms at our stations of late togethertogether-withwithvithotherencouragingsignsbutthedeviltoohasbeenuncomother encouraging signs but the devil too has been uncomuncom-monlymonly busy and many are the sources of anxiety and perplexitydriving us to Him in whom is our wisdom and our strength Surelythe devil sees that Gods people are advancing and he wishes toto-throwthrovinthevayeveryimpedimentpossiblethrow in the way every impediment possiblepossible-

WeWeWe havehave beenbeen gladglad too seesee betterbetter opportunitiesopportunities givengiventhisthisfallfallatat-

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atat-severalseveral of our State meetings for the consideration of Foreign MisMis-sionssions It certainly seems that at these great gatherings at leastleast-twotwo hours ought to be given for this great work It is impossibleimpossible-totodiscussthesubjectinfifteenortwentyminutesvVhileitisvellto discuss the subject in fifteen or twenty minutes While it is wellwell-enoughenough for the visiting brother or officer of the Board to speak letlet-otherother brethren speak also The brethren in the States ought toto-comecome to the front Let them ask questions explain methods andand-makemakesuggestionsmake suggestionssuggestions-

WeWeWe fearfear thatthat manymany ofofouroar churcheschurches arearenotnotdoingdoingtheirtheirdutydutybebe-

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bebe-causecause the pastors try to do too much Instead of a pastor putting tenten-menmen to work he tries to do ten mens work A church is really hurthurt-ininthisvayOneofthebestorganizedandbestgivingchurchesitin this way One of the best organized and best giving churches itit-hashas ever been the writers privilege to see is one where the pastorpastor-knewknew how to put many to work Some pastors do most or all ofof-thethepreachingprayingvisitingandotherchurchvorkIfthethe preaching praying visiting and other church work If thepastor wishes to see his church do well and to do well himself let

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thethe-detailsdetails of the subject but wish to say this to pastors if you wishwish-goodgoodcollectionsformissIonspreachfaithfullyonthesubjectandgood collections for missions preach faithfully on the subject andand-havehavehaveacommitteeoflivebrethrentoseethatthecollectionistakena committee of live brethren to see that the collection is takentaken-regularlyJregularlyItisiOlportanttohaveonthecommitteethosevholoveregularly It is important to have on the committee those who lovelove-thelthevorkThepastorevenafterhehascommittedthevorktosomethe work The pastor even after lie has committed the work to somesome-specialspecial ones often has to encourage these to do their full dutyduty-

TheTheThestatisticsfromtheAssociationofoursevenchurchesinstatistics from thethe Association ofof ourour sevenseven churches inin-

MEMBERS

inin-BrazilBrazil in and near Rio show gracious results The AssociationAssociation-anet111etrecentlyandherearethefiguresfortheprecedingyearanet recently and here are the figures for the preceding yearyear-

RioMEMBERSMMEMBERS1E1ERSBAPTISMSBAPTISMSBAPTISM-

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ASTORALPASTORALPASTORALVORKThenativeChurchbeingunabletocallasuitablenativPASTORAL WORKWORK TheThe nativenative ChurchChurch beingbeing unableunabletotocallcallaasuitablesuitable nativenative-

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nativenative-pastorpastorcalledmeinJanuarytoactforthemaspastoruntiltheycouldfpastor called me in January to act for them as pastor until they could findndtherightthe rightright-nativenativebrotherIacceptedonconditionthattheyshouldcallanativenative brother I accepted on condition that they should call a native vangelisttototo-assistassistmeintheworkandinmyworkgenerallyThechurchhascalledafrassist me in the work and in my work generally The church has called a friendendandandand-ChristianChristianbrotherVufromChinkiangHewasbaptizedbymeandhasalwaChristian brother Wu from Chinkiang He was baptized by me and has alwaysalways-seemed

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seemedtobeveryfondofmeHeknowsthatIlovehimandIbelieveLlJatoseemedtobeveryfondofmeHeknowsthatIlovehimandIbelieveLlJatoseemed to be very fond of nie He knows that I love him and I believe that ourour-relations

rr-relationswiIIbepleasantandhelpfulHehascomeandjoinedmeinmywrelationswiIIbepleasantandhelpfulHehascomeandjoinedmeinmywrelations will be pleasant and helpful He has come and joined me in my workrkandrkand-studyHealsohelpsbrotherTatuminhiwork

andand-studystudystudyHealsohelpsbrotherTatuminhiworkHe also helps brother Tatum in ME workwork-

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withwith-thethechurchmembersandenablesmetodomorewiththemandforthemThisthe church members and enables me to do more with them and for them This elationrelation-hashasalreadybornesomefruitandItrustthatintimewiIIbearmuchmorhas already borne some fruit and I trust that in time will bear much more ifownedif ownedowned-andandblessedbyGodVehavesucceededinorganizingaSundayschoolteaand blessed by God We have succeeded in organizing a Sundayschool teachersteachers-meeting

hersmeetingtostudytheSundayschoollessonpracticesingingandtoconmeeting to study the Sundayschool lesson practice singing and to consultulttogethertogethertogether-asastohowtobestconductourSundayschoolThismeetinghasalreadydoas to how to best conduct our Sundayschool This meeting has already doneemuchemuch-toimprovetheSundayschoolandwiIIdomuchmoreinthefuture

much-totoimprovetheSundayschoolandwiIIdomuchmoreinthefutureto improve the Sundayschool and will do much more in the futurefuture-

IIIbelievethatGodhasaspecialworkformeaspastorofthechurchindeI believebelieve thatthat GodGod hashas aaspecialspecial workwork forformemeasas pastorpastorofofthethechurchchurch inindevelopdevelopdevelopi-bing

elopJIingthechurchmembersandintrainingBrotherWutobethefuturepaibing the church members and in training Brother Wu to be the future pastortor

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REACHING

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PREACHINGInPREACHINGPREACHINGInadditiontopreachingonSundaymorningtotheChristiaPREACHINGInIn addition to preaching on Sunday morning to the Christianssandandand-

BEFORE

and-SundaySundayeveningtotheheathenatthesameplaceIhavenowgiventheserSunday evening to the heathen at the same place I have now given the serviceiceononon-

SundaySundayeveningtoBrotherVuIhavehadthreeotherpreachingplacesSunday evening to Brother Wu I have had three other preaching placesplaces-BEFOREBEFOREBEFOREBREAKFAsTIholdabeforebreakfastserviceinalittlechapelBREAKFASTBREAKFASTI I hold a beforebreakfast service in a little chapel fororthethethe-

AFTERNOON

the-

countrycountrypeoplewhocometomybackdoortothecIthmarkettoselltheircountry people who come to my back door to the cloth market to sell their ottoncotton-clothclothThefirstpartofthequartermanypeoplecametothisservicehecloth The first part of the quarter many people came to this service heardrdthethethe-

wordwordandweregivenatracttocarryhomewiththemThisisaseedowingsword and were given a tract to carry home with them This is a seedsowing serviceservice-from

rvicefromwhichwehopetoreapanabundantharvestinthefutureSowinthemfrom which we hope to reap an abundant harvest in the future Sow in the mornmorn-thy

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thyseedthyseedthy seedseed-AFTERNOONSundayAFTERNOONAFTERNooSundayandThursdayafternoonsIhavepreachedatDeaconAFTERNOONSundaySunday and Thursday afternoons I have preached at DeaconDeacon-

EVENING

Deacon-WongsWongsVontschapelinsidethecityneartheWestGateTheseserviceshavebechapel inside the city near the West Gate These services have beennwellatwell atat-

tendedtendedandafewhaveputdowntheirnamesasinquirersTheoldDeaconstended and a few have put down their names as inquirers The old Deacon seemsseems-to

emstobemuchencouragedandmoreinterestedinthisworksinceIhavebegto be much encouraged and more interested in this work since I have begunntohelpntohelp-himAtevewithholdnotthyhand

to helphelp-himhimAtevewithholdnotthyhandhim At eve withhold not thy handhand-

EVENINGTuesdayEVENINGEVENINGTuesdayeveningIhavetriedtoholdameetingattheWestGateEVENINGTuesdayTuesday evening I have tried to hold a meeting at the West Gate forfor-

FRIDAY

for-

inquirersoror-

inquirersbutthismeetinghasnotbeenveryregularduringthelastqinquirersbutthismeetinghasnotbeenveryregularduringthelastqinquirers but this meeting has not been very regular during the last quarterarterowingtoowing toto-unavoidableunavoidableinterruptionsNowthatBrotherVuhascometohelpmeIhounavoidable interruptions Now that Brother Wu has come to help me I hopeetobeetobea-bletoaccomplishmoreinthismeeting

to bebe-

ableabletoaccomplishmoreinthismeetingable to accomplish more in this meetingmeeting-FRIDAYFridayFRIDAYFRIDAvFridayisourdaytogooutinthecountrytopreachtothecountrFRIDAYFridayFriday is our day to go out in the country to preach to the country vilvil-

SCHOOL

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lageslagesVehavehadagreatdealofbadweatherthislastquarterwhichhalages We have had a great deal of bad weather this last quarter which has oftenoften-kept

ftenkeptmefromgoingbutwehavebenmanyilIesanclgiventomanycountrykept me from going but we have been marry times andgiven to many countrypeocountrypeo-ple

eoeo-

pIethepportunityofhear1gtheVordofLifeuowbyaUwaterspIethepportunityofhear1gtheVordofLifeuowbyaUwatersple the opportunity of hearing the Word of Life Sow by all waterswatersS-

CHOOLSCHOOLSCHOOLVORKAschairmanoftheEducatio6lBoardofourAssociationIhWORK As chairman of the Educational Board of our Association Ihave-

DAYSCHOOL

I Ihavehave-had

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hadtogivesometimetotheAssociationalSchoolwhichweopenedthefhadtogivesometimetotheAssociationalSchoolwhichweopenedthefhad to give some time to the Associational School which we opened the rstofFebfirstofFeb-ruaryruarySofarthisschoolhassucceededbeyondourmostsanguineexpecruary So far this school has succeeded beyond our most sanguine expectationsexpectations-The

ationsThetuitionmorethanpaysalltherunningexpensesThisworkisbringThe tuition more than pays all the running expenses This work is bringingngusintous intointo-contactcontactwithabetterclassofpeopleVehavetwonativeteacherswhogcontact with a better class of people We have two native teachers who givevetheirtheirtheir-wholewholetimetotheschoolandeachoneofusintheMissiongivesalittlewhole time to the school and each one of us in the Mission gives a little timeimetoitto itit-

eacheachdayThepupilsstudytheBibleandreligiousbooksapartofeachdeach day The pupils study the Bible and religious books a part of each dayyandandand-attendattendSundayschoolonSundayThisisalsoasowingworkonaselfsuppattend Sundayschool on Sunday This is also a sowing work on a selfsupportingselfsupporting-basis

rtingbasisVehopetomakethistheBaptistUniversityforCentralChinaAlbasis We hope to make this the Baptist University for Central China A largergehopergehope-butweknowwhomwetrust

hopehope-butbutweknowwhomwetrustbut we know whom we trusttrust-

DAYSCHOOLOldDAYSCHOOLDAYSCHOOLOldAVSCHOOLOlDeaconWonghasgivenmeaschoolroom2ttheVestGateOld Deacon Wong has given me 3 schoolroom at the West GateGate-

FORENOON

Gate-andandfurnisheditIhaveadayschoolforboyswhichIpayformyselfandaand furnished it I have a dayschool for boys which I pay for myself and attendtendtototo-

whenwhenIgotheretomyregularappointmentsonSundayandThursdayaftewhen I go there to my regular appointments on Sunday and Thursday afternoonsafternoons-These

noonsTheselittleboysamongotherthingsarestudyingtheSundayschoollThese little boys among other things are studying the Sundayschool lessonssonandtheand thethe-LifeLifeofChristincatechismformRemembernowthyCreatorinthedaysoLife of Christ in catechism form Remember now thy Creator in the days of thythy-

youththy-

youthyouthFORENOONFORENOONVORKVealltrytogivetheforenoonfrom9to12oclocktotheWORKWORKWeWe all try to give the forenoon from 9 to 12 oclock to thethe-

VISIT

the-studystudyofthelanguagetranslatingetcThisworkisofteninterruptedstudy of the language translating etc This work is often interrupted byytherequirethe requirerequire-mentsmentsofourworkandmanyotherinterruptionspecuHartoamissionarments of our work and many other interruptions peculiar to a missionarysslifeIlife II-hopehopethatthepassingbyofthelastquarterhasleftmealittlebetterhope that the passing by of the last quarter has left me a little better fittedittedtocarryonto carry onon-

mymyworkIhavetriedtootofindsometimeeachforenoontostudymyBiblmy work I have tried too to find some time each forenoon to study my Bible andand-totocommunewithGodIsayithumblyIfeelthatthelastquarterleavesmto commune with God I say it humbly I feel that the last quarter leaves me nearernearer-toHimwhoismySTRENGTHandmyWISDOI

nearer-totoHimwhoismySTRENGTHandmyWISDOIto Him who is my STRENGTH and My WISDOMWISDOM-

VISITVISITVISITTOCHINKIANGThebrethrenhavesecuredanexcel1entplaceinYaTO CHINKIANG TheThe brethren have secured an excellent place in YangYan-

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ChowandbuiltanicelittlehouseonitTheworkthereisnowonamuchmoChowandbuiltanicelittlehouseonitTheworkthereisnowonamuchmoChow and built a nice little house on it The work there is now on a much moremore-stable

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stablebasisandIhopethattheBoardwiIIsoonbeabletoreinforcethstablebasisandIhopethattheBoardwiIIsoonbeabletoreinforcethstable basis and I hope that the Board will soon be able to reinforce thissveryimporvery imporimpor-tanttantMissionfromhomeandnotfromourShanghail1issionOurworkisntant Mission from home and not from our Shanghai Mission Our work is nowwmoremoremore-thanthanwecandolliss1Iackenzieisanoblesisterwithabiggerheartanthan we can do Miss Mackenzie is a noble sister with a bigger heart and astrongera stronger-mindmindthanbodyandtheBoardshouldsendsomeonetobeassociatedwithmind than body and the Board should send someone to be associated with hereraterat-

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nceonceonceThedialectissodifferentfromoursherethatevenifwecouldspThe dialect is so different from ours here that even ifif we could spareresomeonesome oneone-

REMARKS

one-andandwecannotwithoutourworkandworkerssufferingverygreatlyifwand we cannot without our work and workers suffering very greatly it woulduldbeabe aa-

greatgreatlossoftimeinchangingdialectsItwouldbecuttingdownaverygreat loss of time in changing dialects It would be cutting down a very mportantimportant-work

mportan-tworktolearnanewlanguageandstartanewworkworktolearnanewlanguageandstartanewworkwork to learn a new language and start a new workwork-

REMARKSOurREMARKSREIARKsOurSundayhoolhasimprocdourmembersaretakingmoreinREMARKSOurOur Sundayschool has improved our members arearetaking more inin-

May

inin-

terestterestintheworkandtheyseemtobeunitedandhopefulOurschooworkterest in the work and they seem to be united and hopeful Our school work hashas-

takenasas-

takenquiteastepforwardintheAssociationaSchooandourdayschootakenquiteastepforwardintheAssociationaSchooandourdayschootaken quite a step forward in the Associational School and our dayschoolsshavebeenhave beenbeen-muchmuchimprovedbyourtryingtointroduceamoreregularcourseofstudmuch improved by our trying to introduce a more regular course of studystudy-

MayMayMayGodownandblesstheworkofthepastquarteranduseusthisquarteGod own and bless the work of the past quarter and useuse usus this quarter toto-

Sincerely

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HeHeHewascalledofCodHisca1lwasclearemphaticunmistakableEerytruwas called of GodGodHisHis call was clear emphatic unmistakable Every truetrue-

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truetrue-missionarymissionaryiscalledofGodThereoughttobe110uncertaintyinthemimissionary is called of God There ought to be no uncertainty in the minddoftheof tiletile-foreignforeignmissionaryonthispointforitisessentialtothehighestusforeign missionary on this point for it is essential to the highest usefulnessfulnessTheTheThe-manmnwhoenterstheForeignMissionworkwithoutadivinecallisnomoreman who enters the Foreign Mission work without a divine call is no more likelyikelytototo-

succeedsucceedthanthemanwhothrustshimselfintotheministryThisstronsucceed thar the man who thrusts himself into the ministry This strong clearandclear andand-unwaveringunwaveringconvictionofdutywillbeoneofthemissionarysstrongsunwavering conviction of duty will be one of the missionarys strong supportspportsinthein thethe-midstmidstofthetrialsanddifficultiesthataresuretoariseInthosefemidst of the trials and difficulties that are sure to arise In those fearfulrfulmomentsmomentsmoments-whenwhenhendiscuragementtakesholdofhimandtheworkseemsalmosthopelesdiscouragement takes hold of him and the work seems almost hopeless hehe-canfindnolittlecomfortinthethoughtCLetcomewhatwiltjoyorsor

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cancancanfindnolittlecomfortinthethoughtCLetcomewhatwiltjoyorsorfind no little comfort in the thought Let come what will joy or sorrowowsuccesssuccesssuccess-ororapparentf1lureIcannotgheupbecauseIamfullypersuadedthatGoor apparent failure I cannot give up because I am fully persuaded that God calledcalled-memeintothisworkEvenPaulfoundcomfortinthisthoughtwhenhesaidIme into this work Even Paul found comfort in this thought when he said NecesNece-

sdispensationiscommitteduntome

Neces-sitysity is laid upon me yea woe is unto me if I preach not the Gospel For aa-

dispensationdispensationdispensationiscommitteduntomeis committed unto meme-

HefledHeHejlediomdltyThefirstmissionaryhadnodoubtsabouthiscallorabHefledfled from dutydillyTheThe first missionary hadhad nono doubts about hishis callcall oror aboutabout-

His

aboutabout-the

utu-tthegreatworkthatlaybeforehimandyethefledfrombothHisunfaiththegreatworkthatlaybeforehimandyethefledfrombothHisunfaiththe great work that lay before him and yet he fled from both His unfaithfulnessunfaithfulness-brought

ulnessbroughthimintodesperatestraitsandasthesequelprovedhefledfrbrought him into desperate straits and as the sequel proved he tied frommthegreatestthe greatestgreatest-opportunityopportunityofhislifeVhenGodcaBswemaysafelyol1owassuredthatopportunity of his life When God calls we may safely follow assured that hisiscatlcallcall-isisouropportunityHowmanyChristianmenhavefailedtomakethebestis our opportunity How many Christian men have failed to make the best offthemthemthem-selvesselvesbecausetheydidnotgheearnestandfilialheedtothevoiceofselves because they did not give earnest and filial heed to the voice of GododNotNotNot-everyeverymanwhofeelsayearni1gafterthesalvationoftheheatheniscaevery man who feels a yearning after the salvation of the heathen is calledledofGodtoof God toto-gogototheforeignfieldThisoughttobethesentimentofeeryconvertego to the foreign field This ought to be the sentiment of every converted heartheart-MistakingMistaking1istakingthisasacaUsomehavedoubtlessgonetotheforeignfieldwthis as a call sonic have doubtless gone to the foreign field whoooughttoought toto-havehaveremainedathomewhileothershavemadeastilIgreatermistakeThave remained at home while others have made a still greater mistake Theecallwascall vasvas-distinctdistinctthedutyplaintheneededqualificationsundoubtedandthedistinct the duty plain the needed qualifications undoubted and the greatreatworkworkwork-loomedloomedupbeforethembutsecondaryconsiderationsweregiventoomuloomed up before them but secondary considerations were given too muchhweightweightweight-dutydutybecamesubordinatetoindinationandthegreatopportunityofaduty became subordinate to inclination and the great opportunity of a lifetimeifetimewaswaswas-lostlostLetusbewarelestwebringleannessofsouluponourselvesbysuclost Let us beware lest we bring leanness of soul upon ourselves by such acoursea course-OurOurbestyoungmenthosemostfullyequippedphysicallyinteUectuaIOur best young men those most frilly equipped physically intellectuallyyandspiritand spiritspirit-uallyuaUyabletooccupythehighestplacesinthehomefieldjusttheseareually able to occupy the highest places in the home field just these are mostostlikelylikelytomakethismistakeThevoiceoffriendsisnotalwaysthevoiceofGodto make this mistake The voice of friends is not always the voice of God iffititit-

wereweretherewouldscarcelybeamanontheforeignfieldtodayThebestmwere there would scarcely be a man on the foreign field today The best mennareareare-alwaysalwaysneededontheforeinfieldbutespeciallynowwhenfundsarc10always needed on the foreign field but especially now when funds are low andalitandalitt-lemustbemadetoaccompJishmuch

and a litlit-tletlemustbemadetoaccompJishmuchtle must be made to accomplish muchmuch-

HisHisHiszel10Cl111lalSltcccssI1consequenceofhisunfaithfulnessthHis phenoemnal successsuccessInIn consequenceconsequence ofof hishis unfaithfulness thethe firstfirstmissionfirstmissionmissi-

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missionmission-aryaryarypassedthroughdeepwatersandsoreamictionHissoulfaintedwitpassed through deep waters and sore affliction His soul fainted withininhimandinhimand-

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bebeprayedandrepentednuttherecameasecondca1landasecondopportbe prayed and repented But there came a second call and a second opportunityopportunity-and

nityandandhegladlyandprompt1yrespondedHewasalonemanastrangerinasthe gladly and promptly responded He was a lone man a stranger in a strangestrange-land

anelandhehadnothingbutGodsmessagetodeliverhisfieldwasaheathenland he had nothing but Gods message to deliver his field was a heathen citycity-

exceedingity

exceedinggreatandverywickedandyethislaborswerecrownedwithaexceeding great and very wicked and yet his labors were crowned with a uccesssuccess-

thatthattheworldhasneeryetwitnessedhocanreadtheaccountofitwiththat the world has never yet witnessed Who can read the account of it withoutwithout-

wonderutut-

wonderandgratitudeandfreshhopeVhatanencouragementforthemiswonderandgratitudeandfreshhopeVhatanencouragementforthemiswonder and gratitude and fresh hope What an encouragement for the missionarymissionary-

whoionary

whoistrulclIedofGodHecannotfailIhecallwillfurnishtheopportwho is truly called of God He cannot fail I lie call will furnish the opportunityopportunity-God

nityGodwisheseverymantomaketheostofhimselfandHeViIInevercallamGod wishes every man to make the best of himself and He will never call a manntototo-

aafieldwherethiscannotbedoneHewhoisinthepathofdutyismakingta field where this cannot be done He who is in the path of duty is making theebestbestbest-

ofofhimselfwhateerothersmaysayanddespitetheoccasionalmisgiviof himself whatever others may say and despite the occasional misgivingsgsofhisgsofhis-ownheart

of hishis-

ownownheartown heartheart-ThisThisphenomenalsuccessshouldheastimulustothewholechurchsoloThis phenomenal success should he a stimulus to the whole church so longgununun-

faithfulfaithfultothegreatcommissionThesecondcaBhascomeArisegoandpfaithful to the great commission The second call has come Arise go and preachpreach-

theeach

thepreachinthatIbidtheeTheharvestisripemanysheavesarebeingthe preaching that I bid thee The harvest is ripe many sheaves are being garneredgarnered-angels

arneredarnered-harvestwhichangels are rejoicing and all this is but the first fruits of that mighty harvestwhichharvest whichwhich-

willwillerelonggladdentheearthLetunotbediscouragedorturnedasidwill ere long gladden the earth Let us not be discouraged or turned aside byby-

secondaryconsiderationsTheca1lisdistinctandunmistakabletheby-

secondarysecondaryconsiderationsTheca1lisdistinctandunmistakablethesecondary considerations The call is distinct and unmistakable the pportunityisisis-

greatergreaterthanprophetorapostleeverimaginedthepromiseoftheascegreater than prophet or apostle ever imagined the promise of the ascendingdingLordisLord isis-

reassuringreassuringandinspiringandnowallthatGodasksisfidelityonthepreassuring and inspiring and now all that God asks is fidelity on the partrtofHisrtofHisp-eople

of HisHis-

peoplepeople

SPIRITISMINBRAZILSPIRITISMINBRA-

ZILBYREZCTAYLOR

SPIRITISM IN BRAZILBRAZIL-

IIVBYREZCTAYLORIIV REV Z C TAYLORTAYLO-RReturnedReturnedyesterdayfromaneightdaystriptoValencaMrsTayloraccoReturned yesterday from an eight days trip to Valenca Mrs Taylor accompaaccompa-

niedpap-

aniedmegivinghelpattheorganandinvisitingbutfellsickandaseryniedmegivinghelpattheorganandinvisitingbutfellsickandaserynied me giving help at the organ and in visiting but fell sick and was very sicksick-during

ickick-

duringtheremainderofourstaySheisnowupduringtheremainderofourstaySheisnowupduring the remainder of our stay She is now upup-

TheThechurchinValencanumberaumtsentyAlicensedbrotherisdirectiThe church in Valenca numbers ab nit seventy A licensed brother is directingdirecting-worship

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worshipIpreachedeerynightonenightagainsttheSpiritistsexposworshipIpreachedeerynightonenightagainsttheSpiritistsexposworship I preached every nightone night against the Spiritists exposingngtheirtheirtheir-errorserrorsUnfortunatelytwoorthreeofourmemherswereilludedwiththerrors Unfortunately two or three of our members were illuded with theirirstratastratastrata-gemsgemsofargumentbutonedisentangledcamebackandwasreceivedpardgems of argument but one disentangled came back and was receivedpardonednedbynedby-thechnrchSundaylast

byby-

thethechnrchSundaylastthe church Sunday lastlast-

TheTheSpiritistschallengedmetoapub1cdiscussionwhichIacceptedTThe Spiritists challenged me to a public discussion which I accepted TheeCityCityCity-

CouncilCouncilhallwasarrangedandbeforeanaudienceof300wediscussedtCouncil hall was arranged and before an audience of 300 we discussed theeoriginoforigin ofof-

manmanofeiIreincarnationinvocationofspiritsfreesahationbythebman of evil reincarnation invocation of spirits free salvation by the bloodoodofJesusof JesusJesus-andandtheerrorsofspiritismforhoursTheymixedinsciencefalselysoand the errors of spiritism for hours They mixed in science falsely socalledsocalled-but

alIedbutitwasclearlyproenthatAdmwasthefirstmanthatSatanwastheorbut it was clearly proven that Adam was the first man that Satan was the originginofofof-

evilcdIthatreincarnationisabuddhisticpagandoctrineandthatinocaevil that reincarnation is a buddhistic pagan doctrine and that invocationionofspiritsof spiritsspirits-admittingadmittingtheirpresencearounduswiththeirprinceoftheairwascoadmitting their presence around us with their prince of the air was condemneddemnedallallall-

throughthroughtheBibleandfinallythatspiritismhadbeencondemnedbymathrough the Bible and finally that spiritism had been condemned by manyygoverngovern-mentsmentsasbeingdangerollsimmoralandunworthygoodcitizensAl1anKments as being dangerous immoral and unworthy good citizens Allan Kardeardeaaaa-

FrenchmanFrenchmanistheirchiefwhosesystemorcommentaryoftheBiblewresFrenchman is their chief whose system or commentary of the Bible wrestingingthethethe-

plainp1ainmeaningofScripturetheyrespectmorethantheBibleThissectplain meaning of Scripture they respect more than the Bible This sect issgaininggaining-considerableconsiderablegrollndinBrazilbeinginnearlyallthecitiescentreconsiderable ground in Brazil being in nearly all the cities centres wheretheyhavewhere they havehave-theirtheirseancesTheyhaveapaperinBahiawith5trongeditorialstaftItheir seances They have a paper in Bahia with strong editorial staff In thesouththe southsouth-ourourbrethrenhavehadquiteastrugglewiththemAsIwroteoutquitealour brethren have had quite a struggle with them As I wrote out quite all thearguthe arguargu-mentmentinthisdiscussionIshallrecastitintractformforfutureuseament in this discussion I shall recast it in tract form for future use andddistributiondistribution-

WeWeleraised100inValencatowardthefundforahmseofworshiptheyalreraised 100 in Valenca toward the fund for a house of worship they alreadyalready-have

dydy-

have150sonowtheyhaveonhand250andtheywishtobuyimmediatelyinhave150sonowtheyhaveonhand250andtheywishtobuyimmediatelyinhave 150 so now they have on hand 250 and they wish to buy immediately in rderorder-totosecureorrathertoinitiatetheirindependenceTheyoungbrotherto secure or rather to initiate their independence The young brother whohonowdinow didi-

rectsrectsrceivesnopayforhisservicestheypayalltheirrunningexpenrects receives no pay for his services they pay all their running expensesesTheTheThe-churchchurchisreanimatedspiritismhaditsmouthtappedandahopefulfutchurch is reanimated spiritism had its mouth tapped and a hopeful futurereinvitesreinvites-themon

invitesinvites-themthemonthem on

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interest among the people of Shiu HingHing-Allofmyworkandcamedownwithmyofmyworkandcamedownwithmytf-

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welltfamilytospendafewdayswithValne2family to spend a few days with ValneValne-and

wellMrsCandIareworkingawayatwellMrsCandIareworkingawayatt-helacguagebutourworkhasnotbeenwell Airs C and I are working away atat-theandtojoinhiminashorttouraroundand to join him in a short tour aroundaround-

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sonisnearlyoverBeginningnextyearson is nearly over Beginning next yearyear-IinmovinghimherethisspringTherein moving him here this spring ThereThere-

areIexpecttowriteregularlyeachquarterI expect to write regularly each quarterquarter-Iarethebrightestprospectsofagrowingare the brightest prospects of a growinggrowing-

workIhavenotdonesoheretoforeasIhaveIhavenotdonesoheretoforeasIhaveh-adnothingnewtowriteI have not done so heretofore as I havehave-hadworkWorkIhavekeptsteadilyatmyworkI have kept steadily at my workwork-

duringhadnothingnewtowritehadnothingnewtowrit-

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failtoprayfortheworkandworkersatneed your prayers and we do notnot-

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Dear BrotherI have been away fromfrom-ChinkiangIgetbacktoFukuokaVeretunldayIgetbacktoFukuokaVeretunldayft-

ertomorrowI get back to Fukuoka We return dayday-

afterChinkiangalmosttwoweeksbuthopeChinkiangalmosttwoweeksbuthop-einlessthanaweekstimetobebackatChinkiang almost two weeks but hopehope-inafterftertomorrowtomorrow inlessthanaweekstimetobebackatinlessthanaweekstimetobebackat-mypostIhavebeenwithabrotherofin less than a weeks time to be back atat-mymypostIhavebeenwithabrotherofmy post I have been with a brother ofof-theCHINACHIN-

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ableheareachoneofthesereadwhichisputhear each one of these read which is putput-tingabletorentahousebutIsucceededinable to rent a house but I succeeded inin-

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numberissnatchedasabrandfromthenumberissnatchedasabrandfromthe-burningourtripwiIInotheinvainnumber is snatched as a brand from thethe-burningIcanlivetemporarilyinsomeroomsI can live temporarily in some roomsrooms-

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whothatbranchofourworkIalsostatedthat branch of our work I also statedstated-thatwhounitewithourcitychurchTherewho unite with our city church ThereThere-

arethatIshouldnotneedthealreadyapprothat I should not need the already approappro-priatedareotherinquirersbutwedesiretoseeare other inquirers but we desire to seesee-

thempriated100forthelatterhalfoftheprespriated100forthelatterhalfofthepres-entyearpriated 100 for the latter half of the prespres-entthembetterunderstandandappreciatethethem better understand and appreciate thethe-

greatnessentyearentyear-

YouwitifindollrPingtuesttllatesforent yearyear-

Yougreatnessandgraciousnessofthegiftofgreatnessandgraciousnessofthegiftofs-alvationgreatness and graciousness of the gift ofof-

salvationYouYouwitifindollrPingtuesttllatesforwillwill findfind ourour Pingtu estimates forforfor-

nextsalvationsalvation-TheChineserequiremuchandconstant

salvation-The

nextyeararemuchlowerthanLeretoforenext yearare much lower than heretoforeheretofore-ThisTheTheChineserequiremuchandconstantChinese require much and constantconstant-

teachingThisdoes110targuethatwecculdhaveThis does not argue that we cculd havehave-doneteachingeretheycanapprehendthetruthteaching ere they can apprehend the truthtruth-

anddonewithlessbeforebutthatwearedone with less before but that we areare-bothandsometimesanoldmanorwomanand sometimes an old man or womanwoman-

seemsbothableandwillingtodowithlessnowboth able and willing to do with less nownow-

Weseemstobealmostincomprehensiblyslowseems to be almost incomprehensibly slowslow-

toWeVehopeandpraythattheBoardanditshope and pray that the Board and itsits-

burdentolearnForexampleoneofthefiveto learn For example one of the fivefive-

justburdenwillyetreceivegenerollSrecogburden will yet receive generous recogrecog-nitionjustreceivedisamanover70yearsofagejust received is a man over 70 years of ageage-

HenitionandheIpfromthechurchesVenition and help from the churches WeWe-likeHehasbeenintouchwithusforthreeHe has been in touch with us for threethree-

yearsliketheJOURNALinitslastappearancelike the JOURNAL in its last appearanceappearance-ItyearsatleastandwhenIfirstcametoyears at least and when I first came toto-

PingtuItisimprovedandillustrationswillcerIt is improved and illustrations will cercer-tainlyPingtul1rsCrawfordwasthengivingPingtu Mrs Crawford was then givinggiving-

himtainlyincreaseitspopularityandifyoutainly increase its popularity and if youyou-willhimsimplelessonsinGospeltruthHehim simple lessons in Gospel truth HeHe-

haswillallowmetosayitIthinkthatmorewill allow me to say it I think that moremore-newshasattendedourservicesalmostregularlyhas attended our services almost regularlyregularly-

whennewsfromthefieldmoreclippingsfromnews from the field more clippings fromfrom-missionarieswhenablefornearlytwoyearsHewhen able for nearly two years He missionariesletterswillsti11furtherenmissionaries letters will still further en

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TheForeiglllIfissio1ZJour1lalThe Foreia n Mission ozrrnatozrrnat-

Nance257257-

takeitgenerallybuymissionarylitera

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This hasThishascausedthepeopletoitdmorecaused the people to feet moremore-kindlytakeitgenerallybuymissionaryliteratake it generally buy missionary literalitera-

ture kindlytowardsusandtheGospelwhichkindlytowardsusandtheGospelwhich-wepreachkindly towards us and the Gospel whichwhich-weturetoacquaintthemselveswiththeconture to acquaint themselves with the concon-

ditionwepreachwepreac-

hThedeedtoourNgChaupropertyhaswe preachpreach-

Theditionandprogressoftheworkabroaddition and progress of the work abroadabroad-I

ThedeedtoourNgChaupropertyhasThedeedtoourNgChaupropertyhas-beenstampedBrotherChamberswiIi

The deed to our Ng Chau property hashas-beenJamdearbrotheryoursfraternallyJamdearbrotheryoursfraternallyH-

ORACEARANDLEI am dear brother yours fraternallyfraternally-

HURACEbeenstampedBrotherChamberswiIibeen stamped Brother Chambers willwill-superintendHORACEARANDLEHORACEARANDLEQ-

uarterlyReport

HURACE A RANDLERANDLE-

Quarterly

superintend thesuperintendthebuildingofachapelanbuilding of a chapel andand-temporarytemporarydwe1lintherethisfallHetemporary dwelling there this fall HeHe-andQuarterlyReportQuarterlyRep-

ortCANTONCHINASept28lSGQuarterly ReportReport-

CANTONandllrsChambershopetomovethereand Mrs Chambers hope to move therethere-nextCANTONCHINASept28lSGCANTONCHINASept28lS-

GDearBrotherThisisahardquarterCANTON Cl1INA Sept 2S ISJGISJG-

DearnextwinterItistobehopedthatothernext winter It is to be hoped that otherother-missionariesDearBrotherThisisahardquarterDearBrotherThisisahardquarte-

rJulySeptembertogetupagoodreDear BrotherThis is a hard quarterquarter-

JulySeptembermissionariescancomeouttjointhemmissionaries can come out to join themthem-atJulySeptembertogetupagoodreJulySeptembertogetupagoodre-

portItishotIhavetriedtorestfOUfJulySeptember to get up a good rere-

portatNgChausoonThisistheprincipalatNgChausoonThisistheprincipal-newporttobeopenedontheVestverat Ng Chau soon This is the principalprincipal-newportItishotIhavetriedtorestfOUfportItishotIhavetriedtorestfOUf-

weeksinllacaoandhavehadsomeport It is hot I have tried to rest fourfour-weeks

newporttobeopenedontheVestvernew port to be opened on the West riverriver-Preparationsweeksinllacaoandhavehadsomeweeksinllacaoandhavehadsomefe-

verandsorethroatpartofthetimesoweeks in Macao and have had somesome-fever

PreparationsarenowbeingmHlcforthePreparations are now being made for thethe-openingfeverandsorethroatpartofthetimesofever and sore throat part of the time soso-

thatopeningofthisandotherpl1esontheopening of this and other places on thethe-riverrivertoforeigntradeandforconsularrivertoforeigntradeandforconsulars-tationsriver to foreign trade andthat I can report only twentysix serser-

monsfor consularconsular-

stationsstationsstation-sAttheYoungUnestationstwelvehave

stations-Atmonspreachedthoughthesehavebeenmons preached though these have beenbeen-

preached AttheYoungUnestationstwelvehaveAt the Young Une stations twelve havehave-beenpreachedtounusuallylargecongregapreached to unusually large congregacongrega-

tionsbeenbeenbaptizedduringthequartertenbeenbaptizedduringthequarterte-nmenandtowomenThisisourHak

baptized theduring quarter tenten-mentions fortionsfOfevenCantunBecauseoftheeven Canton Because of thethe-

great menandtowomenThisisourHakmenandtowomenThisisourHakK-aspeakingfieldandapromisingonemen and two women This is our HakHak-Kagreatnumberofstudentswhohavebeengreat number of students who have beenbeen-

in KaspeakingfieldandapromisingoneKaspeakingfieldandapromisingon-eforlargeingatheringsvVeneedtwKa speaking field and a promising oneone-for

ininCantonmanyhaveshownadesiretoCanton have shown desiremany a toto-

understand forforlargeingatheringsvVeneedtwlarge ingatherings We need twotwo-youngunderstandthemessagewehmetriedtounderstandthemessagewehmetriedtot-

ellunderstand the message we have tried toto-

telltell young1l1111larriedmenforthisfieldTheyoung unmarried men for this field TheThe-dialecttellI dialectissodifferentfromtheCantonesedialect is so different from the CantoneseCantonese-thatIamspeciallygladthatyouhavesuchIamspeciallygladthatyouhavesuc-

hagoodmanasBrotherBartontohelpI am specially glad that you have suchsuch-

a thatnoneofusarepreparedtodogoodthat none of us are prepared to do goodgood-workagoodmanasBrotherBartontohelpagoodmanasBrotherBartontohelp-

youinyourhardworkIthinkyouwilla good man as Brother Barton to helphelp-you workthereJhavebeentryil1tobrushworkthereJhavebeentryil1tobrushu-

pmyknowledgeoftheHakKafortwowork there I have been trying to brushbrush-upyouinyourhardworkIthinkyouwillyou in your hard work I think you willwill-

find upmyknowledgeoftheHakKafortwoknowledge of the Ilakup my Ka for twotwo-months

find infindinBrotherBartontheverymanyoufindinBrotherBartontheverymanyo-uneedHehastomyknowledgeshown

Brother Barton the manvery youyou-need monthsbutcanspeakthedialectatbestmonths but can speak the dialect at bestbest-

onlyneedHehastomyknowledgeshownneedHehastomyknowledgeshown-thatheknowshowtopersevereunderneed He has to my knowledge shownshown-that

only in a brokenthatheknowshowtopersevereunderthatheknowshowtopersevereunde-rhardshipsAndthenMrsBartonisofthat he knows how to persevere underunder-hardships

unsatisfactory wayCannotsomeofourchurchesselecttwoCannot some of our churches select twotwo-menhardshipsAndthenMrsBartonisofhardships And then Mrs Barton is ofof-

a menandsendthemoutforthisHakKamenandsendthemoutforthisHakKa-workmen and send them out for this Hak KaKa-workaforeignmissionIovingf1miIyoflonga foreignmissionloving family of longlong-

standingworkwor-

kAtSamKongtwohavebeenbaptizedwork-

AtstandingIhavemissedherfathersletstanding I have missed her fathers letlet-

tersAtSamKongtwohavebeenbaptizedAtSamKongtwohavebeenbaptize-

dFungVatPunpastoroftheTsingUneAt Sam Kong two have been baptizedbaptized-

FungtersduringthelastfewyearsGivebothters during the last few Give bothboth-Brother

years FungVatPunpastoroftheTsingUneFung Yat Pun pastor of the Tsing UneUne-churchBrotherandSisterBartonmykindestBrother and Sister Barton my kindestkindest-

greetingschurchhasbeenveryillSeveralofourchurch has been very ill Several of ourour-membersgreetingsandawelcometotheirplacegreetings and a welcome to their placeplace-

amongmembershavediedamonthemCheungmembers have died among them CheunCheun-AamongusascolaberersintheLordsamongusascolaberersintheLords-

workus as colaberers in the LordsLords-

workamong ASuioneofouroldandmostconASuioneofouroldandmostconsec-

ratedandtrustworthyBiblewomenA Sui one of our old and most concon-secratedworkwork-

VearemuchpleasedwiththeFOREIGNwork-

Wesecrated andsecratedandtrustworthyBiblewomentrustworthy Bible womenwomen-

BrotherWeVearemuchpleasedwiththeFOREIGNVearemuchpleasedwiththeFOREIG-N1IJSSIONJOURNALIdohopeyouwill

are much pleased with the FOREIGNFOREIGN-MISSION

BrotherLiTsaiLeungaoodpreacherBrotherLiTsaiLeungaoodpreach-erandoneofthebestchurchclerksand

Brother Li Tsai Leung a good preacherpreacher-and1IJSSIONJOURNALIdohopeyouwill1IJSSIONJOURNALIdohopeyouw-

illsoongainforitanadmittancetomoreMISSION JOURNAL I do hope you willwill-soon

andoneofthebestchurchclerksandand one of the best church clerks andand-generalsoongainforitanadmittancetomoresoon gain for it an admittance to moremore-

familiesgeneralgeneralbusinessmenthatIhaveevergeneralbusinessmenthatIhaveeve-

rChicagoHeisbadlyneededthere

business men that I have everever-knownfamiliesthaneverithashadbeforefamiliesthaneverithashadbefo-

reInKwangSaiPingNamdistrictfamilies than ever it has had beforebefore-

Inknown has with his family gone toto-ChicagoInKwangSaiPingNamdistrictInKwangSaiPingNamdistricte-

levenhavejoinedthechurcheightIn Kwang Sai Ping Nam districtdistrict-

elevenChicagoHeisbadlyneededthereChicagoHeisbadlyneededthereY-etwefeelthelossnonethelesstotheChicago He is badly needed therethere-Yetelevenhavejoinedthechurcheightelevenhavejoinedthechurcheight-

womenandthreemenAndinChangeleven have joined the church eighteight-women

YetwefeelthelossnonethelesstotheYet we feel the loss none the less to thethe-CantonwomenandthreemenAndinChangwomenandthreemenAndinChang-

ChowdistricttwohavejoinedThesewomen and three men And in ChangChang-Chow

CantonchurchandgeneralworkhreCantonchurchandgeneralworkhre-BrotherFungChatepastoroftheShiuCanton church and general work herehere-BrotherChowdistricttwohavejoinedTheseChowdistricttwohavejoinedThesea-

UbecomemembersoftheSheteTongChow district two have joined TheseThese-all

BrotherFungChatepastoroftheShiuBrother Fung Chate pastor of the SniuSniu-HingaUbecomemembersoftheSheteTongaUbecomemembersoftheSheteTongc-

hurchall become members of the Shete TongTong-church

HingchurchwithhisfamilyhasmovedHingchurchwithhisfamilyhasmo-vedtoSeattleVashingtonHewillbeHing church with his family has movedmoved-tochurchchurc-

hThef1minewhichwasverysevereinchurch-

ThetoSeattleVashingtonHewillbetoSeattleVashingtonHewillbemi-ssedinourmissionworkHishealthto Seattle Washington He will bebe-missedThef1minewhichwasverysevereinThef1minewhichwasveryseverei-

nthatprovinceKwangSailastspringThe famine which was very severe inin-

thatmissedinourmissionworkHishealthmissedinourmissionworkHisheal-thhasbeenbadforthreeyearsandhemissed in our mission work His healthhealth-hasthatprovinceKwangSailastspringthat province Kwang Sai last springspring-

gavehasbeenbadforthreeyearsandhehasbeenbadforthreeyearsandh-eneededachangeHeistoogoodahas been bad for three years and hehe-neededgaveusachancetoshowsomepracticalgave us a chance to show some practicalpractical-

ChristianneededachangeHeistoogoodaneededachangeHeistoogoodapr-eacherandvaluableamantoloseneeded a change He is too good aa-

preacherChristiansympathyforthepoorpeopleChristian sympathy for the poor people preacherandvaluableamantolosepreacherandvaluableamantolose-

The

preacher and valuable a man to lose

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258S TheForciollilissiollJollrll111TheForciollilissiollJollrll111-JTheForciollilissiollJollrll1111t-

issadtolosegOmanygoodworkers

The Forer11tifrssrouJ Journ trltrl-

It1tissadtolosegOmanygoodworkers1tissadtolosegOmanygoodworker-sfromourneedyfieldbydeathandreIt is sad to lose so many good workersworkers-

fromaChristianistobtcomerichThereisaa Christian is to become rich There is aa-

truthfromourneedyfieldbydeathandrefromourneedyfieldbydeathandre-movalbutwebetieeitisalltheLordgfrom our needy field by death and rere-

movaltruthlyi1Jconcealedinthestatementtruth lying concealed in the statementstatement-butmovalbutwebetieeitisalltheLordgmoval but we believe it is all the LordsLords-

willbutitsurelyneedstobeoffsdbyanotherbut it surely needs to be offset by anotheranother-verywillandwecheerfullyscbmitVehopewill and we cheerfully submit We hopehope-

theirveryimportanttruthnamelythathevery important truth namely that lielie-

whotheirplacesmaysoonbefilledbyotherstheir places may soon be filled by othersothers-

TherewhobecomesaChristianinordertobewhobecomesaChristianinordertober-ichisnoChristianatallwho becomes a Christian in order to bebe-

richTherewerefivebaptismshereinCanTherewerefivebaptismshereinC-antonyesterdayandtherearehopeful

There were five baptisms here in CanCan-

tonrichisnoChristianatallrichisnoChristianata-

llButtradefromChristianlandshasrich is no Christian at allall-

Buttontonyesterdayandtherearehopefulyesterday and there are hopefulhopeful-

signsButtradefromChristianlandshasButtradefromChristianlandshas-

comeandcometostaywehopeTheBut trade from Christian lands hashas-

comesignssignsfromnearlyallofourstationsfront nearly all of our stationsstations-

ChinacomeandcometostaywehopeThecomeandcometostaywehopeTheA-mericangoodscommonlyseeninthiscome and come to stay we hope TheThe-AmericanChinareallyseemstobewakeningupinChina really seems to be wakening up inin-

manyAmericangoodscommonlyseeninthisAmerican goods commonly seen in thisthis-

citymanyrespectsandweneedtobemoremany respects and we need to be moremore-

thoroughlycityarecottonfabricsandkeroseneoilcity are cotton fabrics and kerosene oiloil-

Thethoroughlyinearnestinourendeavortothoroughlyinearnestinourendeavort-ogiveherlhGospelthoroughly in earnest in our endeavor toto-

giveTheRusiansarepushinginRussianoilThe Russians are pushing in Russian oiloil-

butgiveherlhGospelgiveherlhGospe-lVithkindregardstoyouandthe

give her the GospelGospel-With

buttheChineseliketheAmericanbetterbut the Chinese like the American betterbetter-DuringWithVithkindregardstoyouandtheVithkindregardstoyouandtheE-

oardandarequestthatyouprayforkind regards to you and thethe-

BoardDuringthelastyearIhacseenintheDuring the last year I have seen in thethe-

papersEoardandarequestthatyouprayforEoardandarequestthatyouprayforl-ISandourworkIamBoard and a request that you pray forfor-

uspapersoutheremanyallusionstothepapers out here many allusions to thethe-

valuelISandourworkIamlISandourworkIamY-oursfraternally

us and our work I amam-

Yoursvalueofmissionaryworkinitsbettigvalue of missionary work in its bearingbearing-onYoursfraternallyYoursfraternally-

EZSIMMONSYours fraternallyfraternally-

EontradeThemissionariesgothroughon trade The missionaries go throughthrough-theEZSIMMONSEZSIMMONSF-

oreignMerchantsNeeded

E Z SIMMONSSIMMONS-

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thecountryandfamiliarizethepeoplethe country and familiarize the peoplepeople-withwiththethoughtofqealingwithforeignwith the thought of dealing with foreignforeign-ersersandhelpcreateadesireforthistradeers and help create a desire for this tradetrade-

NowForeignMerchantsNeededForeignMerchantsNeede-

dHWAGHIENCHINAMerchants NeededNeede-

dIIwANGHIEN

Foreign NowwhatIwishtosiYfinallyisthatNowwhatIwishtosiYfinallyistha-tWeneedalargenumberofChristian

Now what I wish to sty finally is thatthat-

theHWAGHIENCHINAHWAGHIENCHI-NADearBrotherIknowyouandthe

IIwANGHIEN CHINACHIN-ADear

number of ChristianChristian-ttierchantsWeneedalargenumberofChristianWeneedalargenumberofChristian-

erchantstoenterthisopenfieldmenthe need a large

DearDearBrotherIknowyouandtheDearBrotherIknowyouandthef-riendsathomearegladtohearofany

BrotherI know you and thethe-

friendsttierchantserchantstoenterthisopenfieldmento enter this open fieldnienfieldnien-whofriendsathomearegladtohearofanyfriends at home are glad to hear of anyany-

signswhowillscornlowdealingandvilenesswho will scorn low dealing and vilenessvileness-SuchsignsofprosperityintheworkhereOursigns ofprosperity in the work here OurOur-

churchesSuchanincrettientoftheforeignpopuSuch an increment of the foreign popupopu-lationchurcheshurchesareconstantlyincreasinginhurchesareconstantlyincreasingi-

nmembershipThesaedareaddedtoare constantly increasing inin-

membershiplationwouldbeinvaluabletothecanselationwouldbeinvaluabletothecanseo-fmissionslation would be invaluable to the causecause-ofmembershipThesaedareaddedtomembershipThesaedareaddedtot-

hechurchmembership The saved are added toto-

theofmissionsofmissions-

Yoursintheworkof missionsmissions-

Yoursthechurchthechurc-hButapartfromthiswehaveedence

the churchchurch-But

YoursintheworkYours in the workButapartfromthiswehaveedenceBut apart from this we have evidenceevidence-

thatCVPRUITTCVPRUITTC-

hinesePreachers

C W IrxuITTIrxuITT-

Chinese

thatChristianityismakingitsimpressthat Christianity is making its impressimpress-

ononthelandEerythingforeignreceiveson the land Everything foreign receivesreceives-moremoreearnestattentionScholarseverymore earnest attention Scholars everyevery-where

ChinesePreachersChinesePreachers-

CANTONCHINA

Chinese PreachersPreachers-

CANTONwhere trying to little westwest-

ernwherearetryingtopickupalittlewestare pick up a CANTONCHINACANTONCH-

INADearBrotherIwrotttoyousome

CANTON CHINACHINA-

Dearernrnlearningforthegovernmentseemslearning for the government seemsseems-determineddeterminedtointroducesomesuchsubdeterminedtointroducesomesuchsub-

jectsintotheexaminationsdetermined to introduce some such subsub-

jectsDearBrotherIwrotttoyousomeDearBrotherIwrotttoyousomem-

onthsagoaboutSanNngdistrictandDear BrotherI wrote to you somesome-

monthsjectsintotheexaminationsjectsintotheexamination-sAgainforeigntradeisconstantlyon

jects into the examinationsexaminations-Again

monthsagoaboutSanNngdistrictandmonths ago about San Ning district andand-theAgainforeigntradeisconstantlyonAgain foreign trade is constantly onon-

thetheprobabilitythattherewereseveralthe probability that there were severalseveral-BaptiststheincreaseForeigngoodsareexceedthe increase Foreign goods are exceedexceed-

inglyBaptiststherereturnedfromAmericaBaptists there returned from AmericaAmerica-IinglynglycommononourstreetsTradeiscommon on our streets Trade isis-

notIrecentlytookafewdaystohuntthemI recently took a few days to hunt themthem-upnotonlyagreatcivilizerbutitalsolendsnot only a great civilizer but it also lendslends-

itsupIfoundonlythreepresentinpersonup I found only three present in personperson-butitsupliftThepeoplewhoproducesuchits uplift The people who produce suchsuch-

substantialbutIwentintoasectionwherethefamibut I went into a section where the famifami-

liessubstantialfabricsaslinethestreetsofsubstantial fabrics as line the streets ofof-

HwangHienliesofanumberofBaptistsarelivinglies of a number of Baptists are livingliving-TheyHwangHiencannotbesuchbarbariansHwangHien cannot be such barbariansbarbarians-

asTheythemselveshavebeenhomeforaThey themselves have been home for aa-

shortastheChinesehavehithertoheldthemas the Chinese have hitherto held themthem-to

shorttimehavebornewitnessforJesusshorttimehavebornewitnessforJesu-sandnowhavegonebacktoAmericashort time have borne witness for JesusJesus-andtobeThesegoodsnearJrallcomefromto be These goods nearly all come fromfrom-

ChristianandnowhavegonebacktoAmericaand now have gone back to AmericaAmerica-AfterChristiancountriesandinthemindsofChristian countries and in the minds ofof-

soAftertheyhaveexperienceofthefacilitiesAfter they have experience of the facilitiesfacilities-thereSopracticalapeopleastheChinesethisso practical a people as the Chinese thisthis-

factthereformakingmoneytheysoontireofthere for making money they soon tire ofof-

thefactisanevidenceoftheworthofChrisfact is an evidence of the worth of ChrisChris-tianity

the1mitedopportunitiesfordoingbusithe limited opportunities for doing busibusi-nesstianityUnfortunatelyitispushedrathertianity Unfortunately it ispushed ratherrather-

toonessaffordedinChinaandtheyfinditness afforded in China and they find itit-

difficulttootoomuchbyChineseevangelistswhomuch by Chinese evangelists whowho-

almostdifficulttoliveinthemeagrewaywhichdifficult to live in the meagre way whichwhich-theyalmostpreachsometimesthattobecomealmost preach sometimes that to become theyfindnecessaryhereSomeofthosetheyfindnecessaryhereSomeofthose-

S

they find necessary here Some of those

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who

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closewho come back toto preach have sosomanymany-

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many-more

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morewantsthanthosewhohavenotbeenmenandthreewomenTheselattemore wants than those who have not beenbeen-abroad

men and three women These latterlatter-wereabroad that they cannot live onthesmallonthesmall-

amountswere part of the results of the iadiesiadies-

nentladies-

workamounts allowed the native preacherspreachers-Some

work Several of the men are prominentprominent-scholars

nentnent-erialSome ofofour most consecrated workersworkers-

Yours

workers-have

scholars Some real promising materialmaterial-was

erialhavereturnedtoAmeriaIdothersarewasaddedtothechurchwhidtwilhave returned to America andothers areare-considering

was added to the church whiclrwillbe aa-

consideringthematterandmostofthemgreathelptothema-

greatconsideringthematterandmostofthemgreathelptothemconsidering the matter and most of themthem-because

great help to themthem-Onbecause they cannot live on the amountsamounts-

allowedOnOnourourwaywaybackbackwewetooktookpassageboatpassageboat-

Most

passageboat-at

oatallowed them Some of our best workwork-ers

at Ng Chau so as to get home as soon asas-

possibleersaresupportedbyfriendsinAmericapossibleItwasMay2djustoneers are supported by friends in AmericaAmerica-Sometimes

possible It was May 2d just one monthmonth-from

onthSometimesthefundscomethroughmemfromthetimeweleftwhenwearriSometimes the funds come through memmem-bers

from the time we left when we arrivedarrived-home

eded-bersoftheMissionsometimesdirecttohomebersoftheMissionsometimesdirecttohomebers of the Mission sonetimes direct toto-

thehomehome-

Mostthe men but they all work inclose symsym-pathy

MostMostofofMayMayI IspentspentininCantonCantontotogivegive-

I

givegive-otherspathywithusandacceptouradviceandothersachancetogotothecounpathy with us and accept our advice andand-

helpothers a chance to go to the countrycountry-About

ryhelp very gladlygladly-

YoursAbout 1st of June Brother ChambersChambers-accompaniedYoursYours inin thetheworkwork-

Gworkwork-

Gaccompanied me to Tsung Fa where II-hadGGVGREENEhadanotherbiblec1assforaweekwithG WW GREENEGREENE-

CANTON

GREENEGREENE-

CANTON

had another bible class for a week withwith-ananattendanceoftwentyedidsQmean attendance of twenty We did somesome-preachingCANTONCANTON CHIIACHIIA-

MyCInIijCInIij-

Mypreaching topeople intbe villagesrandvillagesrand-marketMyMyDearBrotherAtNgChauthemarkettownsandmuchgeneraltalkingMy DearDear BrotherBrotherAtAt NgNg ChauChau thethe-

We

thethe-most

market towns and much general talkingtalking-tomostimportantcityandcommercialtothepassersbywhowuldstoPattmost important city and commercialcommercial-

centerto the passersby who would stop at thethe-chapel

ee-

sellingbookspreachingandlookingBrothersTsangandLeewent10macenter in Kwong Sai we spent two daysdays-selling

chapel for a rest and a cup of teatea-BrotherssellingbookspreachingandlookingBrothersTsangandLeewent10maselling books preaching and lookinglooking-

roundBrothers Tsang and Lee went to manymany-places

yy-

Wewereverycordial1yreceivedThisPartofthetimeIassistedBrothroundround-

Weplaces in the neighborhood and preachedpreached-PartWeWewereverycordial1yreceivedThisPartofthetimeIassistedBrothWe werewere veryvery cordiallycordially receivedreceived ThisThis-

At

ThisThis-was

Part of the time I assisted BrotherrChamCham-berswas such a contrast to my former exex-

periencebers in his studies He is making finefine-progresspericncethatitisverynoticeableaswellprogresswiththelanguagperience that it is very noticeable as wellwell-

asprogress with the language andwinsoonandwinsoon-

hesand will soonsoon-

beas agreeable for by far the roughestroughest-treatment

be a valuable colaborer This finishesfinishes-my

hestreatmentandsevereststoningthatIevermycountryworktiJJOctobtreatment and severest stoning that I everever-got

my country work till OctoberrThisisThis isis-

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our own printing After a few years therethere-beaself

there-iswere from 30 to 35 who took part in thethe-

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of sumswehavepromisedthemtoprocuresumswehavepromisedthemtoprocu-

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handsandhavesomelittleacquaintancewithand have some little acquaintance withwith-itshandsofAmericanChristianswouldputhands of American Christians would putput-

into itsliteratureVefindtheChineStearits literature We find the Chinese earear-nestintoourHomeandForeignMissionintoourHomeandForeignMissiontr-

easuries87000000instC1dof5500into our Home and Foreign MissionMission-treasuries nestsimpleheartedandindef1tigablenest simplehearted and indefatigableindefatigable-

studentstreasuries87000000instC1dof5500treasuries 87000000 instead of 5500 studentsVedonotconsideritarestudentsVedonotconsideritarep-roachbutacredittothemthattheystudents We do not consider it a rere-

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plexanditisalwaysrespectfullyandattenand it is always respectfully and attenatten-tivelyplexcompactorganizationontheearthplex compact organization on the earthearth-

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sentia11yunAmericanTheirformofis the Roman Catholic Church It isis-

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governmenthoursinaroomwithAmericanworkinghours in a room with American workingworking-mengovernmentisanabsolutemonarchygovernmentisanabsolutemonarchy-

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menofthesamedasswithoutsufferingmen of the same class without sufferingsuffering-fromwiththePopeasitsheadThePopehaswiththePopeasitsheadThePopeha-

smorepowerinAmericatodaythanwith the Pope as its head The Pope hashas-

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tionalitycrowntheireffortsThelargecoUectioncrown their efforts The large collectioncollection-istionalitythatisoftenreprovedbythetionality that is often reproved by thethe-

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HomeHomeDepartmentoftheSundaySchoolHomeDepartmentoftheSundaySc-hoolThisisanewphaseofSundayschool

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dtookwatheirwashingsothefirstSunday The customers got mad andand-

tookdayschoolworkersofthiscountryanddayschoolworkersofthiscountryandi-nEuropedayschool workers of this country andand-intookwatheirwashingsothefirsttookwatheirwashingsothefirstwe-

ekImadetendollarsthesecondninetook away their washing so the firstfirst-

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larsinwhichthosepersonsareenrolledwhoin which those persons are enrolled whowho-feellarsaweekandthenIcouldntpaythelars a week and then I couldnt pay thethe-

rentfeelthemselvesunabletoattendthesesfeel themselves unable to attend the sesses-sionsrentIwasverymuchworriedandcouldrentIwasverymuchworriedandcou-

ldnotdecidewhattodoIwasstandingrent I was very much worried and couldcould-not

sionsregularlyandyetarewillingtosions regularly and yet are willing toto-

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allmentcanbemadesuccessfulitwillment can be made successful it willwill-bringallandnowjoyfullyIhaveseventeenallandnowjoyfullyIhaveseventeend-

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WhenWhenVhenJesuswashereamongmenJesus was here among menmen-

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14LittleGiversMarchingSongTuneccOnwardChristianSoldier14 Little Givers Marching Song Tune Onward Christian SoldierSoldier-

HereHerewecomewithgladnessSomeofushaveean1edthemHere we come with gladnessgladness-Marching

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16Benediction16 BenedictionBenediction-

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Texas

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45854585-PreviouslyTotal43845Total43845-

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PreviouslyPreviouslyreported2lO18JotalthisyearPreviously reported 251018 l otal this year

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year 26032603-TenrU8stcorthern88nhy3TI5

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year 19819-

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2Indian

Previouslyreported1873TotalthisyearPreviously reported 18773 Total this year223962239-6NoraCtyolinaTCBritton1VmCarey

223956-

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Total 4170816170856 PreviouslyPreviouslyreportedreported 3523015352301-

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