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THE KING’S BUSINESS
If you turn your back on Jesus, and reject God’s only Son, Eternal death awaits you, and your hell is here begun. Chinese Taught to Read in Three Days A new system of Chinese shorthand has been perfected by the brothers, Dr. Ernest Peill and Dr. Sidney Peill, of the London Missionary Society in North China, whereby illiterate,' ignorant folk can be taught to read the difficult Chinese lan guage in a very short time. Rev. Arnold Bryson, during a trip in the Western dis^ trict, taught one lot of men to read intelli gently in three days! He says he will never forget the look in their faces, when they told him of the strange things that had Come into their lives, that in three days they had learned to read for themselves. They each bought a copy of John’s Gos pel. The new system, which is known as the “Tzuwu,” is certain to spread to other places, and it is believed that it will have a tremendous influence in the founding and rooting of native churches, and in freeing missionares for breaking new ground, and carrying on their work in widespread territories. Dr. Morgan and Foreign Missions Since Dr, Campbell Morgan began his ministry in 1904, the contributions from Westminster Chapel to the L. M. S. have risen from six to over 1,000 pounds sterling per annum, which of course includes some large individual contributions. Some of the reasons for this increase a re: (1) The aban doning of the annual missionary sermon and substitution of a missionary .sermon on the third Sunday of each month. (2) The church has given to Missions one-tenth of all its contributons, (3) Every member on coming into membership is asked to sub scribe systematically. (4) A Missionary Sunday-school is held each Sunday' morn ing, devoting the .time almost entirely to the study of Missions.—L. M. S. Chronicle.
PERSIA.—Less than a dozen years ago, when the colporteurs visited the sacred cities of this land, they had to work secretly,, and if they disposed of half a dozen copies they thought they had done well. Within the past two months one of these cities was visited by a worker, and in ten days in spite of opposition, he sold 400 copies of the scriptures to Moslems. In that time he also met three men who gave every evidence of being earnest inquirers; two of them have since left the place and gone to a neighboring town to receive further instruction. An uncultured lad, knowing.nothing but how to read Persian, has had a wonderful insight into scripture truth. His ready interpretation of dif ficult passages and his lucid exposition is amazing. By the daily reading of the. Word of God to his neighbors he has awakened a real interest in Christianity. AFRICA.-^No more thrilling offerings to the London Missionary Society were ever brought together than the mountain of gifts from Mbereshq North Rhodesia. It was decided to hold a day of thanksgiving. The day was made a . general holiday. so that it be a real service of thanksgiving. Some of the Christians came Friday even ing, and by 3 o’clock on Saturday, a crowd had gathered under the. trees. It was a serious and earnest business, for the peo ple gave willingly. The gifts were varied, indeed. They included three head of cattle, two sheep, one goat, nine fowls, bangles, several hundred bracelets, axes, hundreds of pounds of flour, two or three hundred pounds of corn, nuts, potatoes, pumpkins, mats, pots, soap, a pair of scissors, and sev eral other trifles. BURMA.—From the Kengtung station in northern Burma the gospel is being car ried gradually into untouched portions of China, although not wthout official opposi tion. During an evangelistic tour last year, the missionaries were compelled to leave because the officials felt that the baptism of some 100 villagers was too much.
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