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really did say, that it is irritating; and yet many people are quoting this translation and Moffat’s as if they were improvements upon the Revised Version. They are not. They do not approach the Revised Version either in fairness nor in accuracy of ren dering. At times they are exceedingly erratic. Moffat carries his vagaries to the
extent of changing the order of chapters and verses, when there is absolutely no MS authority for such a change, but it suits his taste better that way. A man may be a great scholar and yet so lack balance and discrimination as to be utterly undependable even in the fields in which he is an acknowledged scholar. O past few weeks. We sincerely praise God for this missionary quickening among the students, and believe He is going to lead many to devote their lives to work where the need is greatest and where they will count for most. M arjorie H anson . --------- O ---------- Mr. H ack ett’s Philanthropy Z"' ONCERNING a well known work of ^ philanthropy, by the late E. A. K. Hackett, who at the time of his death was a director of the Los Angeles Bible Insti tute, the Record of Christian Work says: “An Indiana Presbyterian layman, Mr. E. A. K. Hackett, sent $4000 to Drs. Mary Fulton and Mary Niles, those indomitable missionaries of Canton, to found a school for training Chinese women physicians. That was not many years ago, yet the lit tle medical school has already turned out more than 100 graduates, who are working in all parts of China. These graduates are nearly all Christians. As a by-product of the institution, should be reckoned the 8000 patients treated in its hospital and dis pensary last year alone—a very pretty return in itself on a $4000 investment. The work is growing so that a second $4000 is needed for enlargements. Who will give it? The writer recalls meeting Dr. Fulton in the Canton Presbyterian hospital in 1891. She was, in spite of ill health, hang ing to her work, and has toiled through the twenty-five years intervening. Such a work and such a woman should not lack material equipment.”
STUDENT VOLUNTEER BAND
T '' HE Student Volunteer Band of the -*■ Bible Institute has had the rare priv ilege, during the past month, of hearing a number of returned missionaries represent ing fields all over the world. E. 0. Mills, for nine years a missionary in Japan, and at present a student in the Bible Institute, gave us a treat with his lec ture and exquisite views on Japan. Dr. Silas Johnson, for twenty-two years a medical missionary in the Kamerun dis trict, West Africa, gave us a stirring pic ture of the inception and growth of the Kingdom of, God among the natives of West.Africa. The Presbyterian Church at Elat holds the distinction of having the largest church membership in the world. At another meeting the students received a blessing from Dr. Cameron Johnschi, who presented in his unique and attractive man ner, the miraculous story of God’s dealings in Korea. Aside from these popular lectures, talks of a more intimate nature are given to the members of the band. Miss Badgley, one of the students, who is a returned mission ary from North China, gave us a very helpful talk on conditions to be met with on the foreign field. While these talks and lectures greatly inspire the students, it is from the prayer bands the deepest blessing comes. Pre ceding the lecture hour, the African, the South American, and the Asiatic Prayer Bands meet in separate class-rooms for intercessory prayer, for half an hour. There has been a marked increase in the interest and numbers of the prayer bands for the
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