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cism of Sing Sing would be invited by the boxing bout. The answer they gave is an other indication that convicts handled on the honor system followed by Osborne re spond favorably in most instances.— Even ing Telegraph. T his paragraph from the letter of a Jap anese written to an English missionary il lustrates the thirst of many of his country men. “You said that the man who could not believe in God was a pitiful (pitiable) man, and I pity myself also indeed. I envy the Christian always, for he has a light in his mind named God—while I have nothing. Although I were immoral and I should be ashamed for myself, I have nothing to sue (plead) and to apologize for my vice. . . . If I have something which redeems me in this case, how happy shall I be! What is the God? How can I believe in God? How can I enjoy my life without feeling moral displeasure? These are difficult questions for me. . . . I hope you will pity an un believer.’’ A writer in Le Figaro, in calling atten tion to the extent to which French Pro testantism is answering to the call for na tional defense, reports that no less than eighty-one members of the well known Monod family (of whom are two evan gelical pastors who were of world-wide re pute for devout and fruitly lives) are at the front. A correspondent of the Morning Post writes: “T h e C oldstream G u ard s w ere a c tin g a s a re a r g u ard to th e F o u rth B rigade n e a r Sois- sons. I t w as rain in g v ery h ard , an d a cold, w retch ed nig h t. W e all k n ew th a t w e w ere going in to actio n in th e m orning. Suddenly som eone s ta rte d singing, ‘N earer, My God, to T h ee.’ T he w hole b attalio n took it up, and we san g it rig h t th ro u g h . N ex t w e h ad ‘T he G lory Song,’ an d w hen you recall th e usu al
M issionaries were the first to give any in formation about the far interior of Africa. They have given the world more accurate geographical knowledge of that land than all other classes combined. F all C onferences of the American Meth odist Church have pledged themselves to raise $7,000,000 during 1915 for Methodist Old Preacher Funds. It is expected that these funds will ultimately reach $10,000,000. T h e total receipts of the American Board ( Congregationalist foreign missions) for the last fiscal year amounted to $1,089,170. This establishes a record, and leaves a deficit of but $8767. The advance was chiefly in the gifts of living donors, and not in legacies. L ondon , Jan. 7 (by mail).—Two million Jews—one-sixth of the Jews in the World— have been made penniless in Russian Poland and the eastern fighting border by the strug gling armies. Besides, there are 170,000 Jewish refugees in Galicia, 25,000 in Mor avia and 75,000 in Bohemia. These figures were given out at a Jew ish meeting recently held in London for the purpose of relieving the acute distress of co-religionists. Plans, endorsed by Leo pold de Rothschild, were made to raise funds by subscriptions .—News Item. C onvicts at Sing Sing have thought the matter over and decided that they do not want to have boxing exhibitions given for their amusement. The impression prevails among the prisoners that public opinion of their ideals and aspirations would not be en hanced by exhibitions of the “manly art.’’ Warden Osborne waived his right to de cide this delicate question and put to the Prisoners’ Brotherhood the simple ques tion of whether they supposed adverse criti
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