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New Place-Names In China Names of cities have frequently been altered in recent years for political or patriotic reasons. In Canada, Berlin was changed to Kitchener; in Russia, St. Petersburg became Petrograd and later Leningrad; in Ireland, Queenstown be came Cobh; in Norway, Christiania be came Oslo. And now, it seems the name of Peking, the former capital of China, is to be changed also. Nanking, the literal meaning of which is “Southern Capital,” has become the Nationalist seat of gov ernment. Hence, Peking, which is literally “Northern Capital,” will doubtless hence forth be known as Peiping (or Peping, as it has occasionally appeared), which means “Northern Peace.” From this, we see that peh, pei, or pe (the Chinese char acter seems variously Romanized) means “north” ; nan means “south,” and king means “capital.” Another change has oc curred touching the province of Chihli, which is now appearing as Hopei. Ho means “river,” and pei, of course, means “north,” for Hopei (i.e., Chihli) lies north of the Hwang Ho—or Yellow River—just as Honan lies south of it. There is political significance in all this. Peking, once a Synonym of power and the seat of author ity for all China, is losing its old estab lished position at the hands of the new government, and the province of Chihli, probably because its name has been prom inent in connection with the antagonistic Chihli, or Northern, party, loses its more pretentious title, “Direct Rule,” for a name of purely geographical description. — China’s Millions. THE MISSIONARY REVIEW OF THE WORLD is a world-wide missionary mag azine. Each issue contains articles and edi torials showing the progress in preaching of the Gospel to every creature. It publishes up-to-date news of all Home and Foreign Mission work. It describes methods for awakening interest in churches and mis sionary societies, as well as giving informa tion regarding the latest and best missionary books. Articles written by such well known writers as Robert E. Speer, Samuel M. Zwemer, Prof. Harlan P. Beach, Helen Barrett Montgomery and many others will appear in the pages of the REVIEW dur ing the next twelve months. —Each magazine will be mailed to subscribers direct from its own office of publication. The two magazines may be ordered sent to different addresses. Postage extra to Foreign Countries— The Mission ary Review of the WorId SOc; T h e K in g ’ s B u s in e s s 25c. N ote
reason, seems unreasonable and even cruel, never mind the why. “Let Him lead thee blindfold onwards, Love needs not. to know: Children whom the Father leadeth Ask not where they go. Though the path be all unknown, Over moors and mountains lone.” a — J. Gregory Mantle. —o— July 6— “I will yet for this be inquired of" (Ezekiel 36:37). God knows what you want before you ask; yet He loves to be inquired of. God knew well what Solomon wanted, and yet He said, “Ask what I shall give thee.” Christ knew well what the blind beggar wanted, and yet He said, “What wilt thou that I shall do unto thee?”— Sel. “Sweet hour of prayer That calls me from a world of care; And bids me at my Father’s throne, Make all my wants and wishes known.” Praying for Others If we are simply to pray, to the extent of a pleasant and enjoyable exercise, and know nothing of watching in prayer and of weariness in prayer, we shall not draw down the blessing that we might. We shall not sustain our missionaries, who are overwhelmed with the appalling dark ness of heathenism. It is ever true that what costs little is worth little.-—/. Hudson Taylor.
And that His hand has mapped out all the way That I must go. “I do i ;t know the road o’er which my fee' must run the race, But I do know tho’ rough it be, tho’ steep in many a place, That He has said, ‘Sufficient is my grace,’ As on I go.” July 5 —“The Lord had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country . . . . unto a land that 1 will give thee” (Gen. 12:1). The separation from the old life must be thorough. Only those who are com pletely transplanted can be fully blessed; and only those who are fully blessed can be made a blessing. Such transplanting in volves the grave. If you are to become one with Him, admitted into His counsels, sharing His secrets, you must be planted together with Jesus .in the likeness of His resurrection. All the tendrils of your be ing must be fastened to Him. Three won derful things are said of Abraham. He went out not knowing whither. He be lieved God not knowing how God would fulfill His Word. He obeyed God not knowing why he was bidden to offer the child of promise on the altar of sacrifice. Because God had found a man who could do this, He laid in Abraham the foun dations for the whole structure of revela tion. If God promises what seems to your reason the impossible, never mind the how. If God calls you, never mind the whither. As Luther used to say, “We must learn to crucify the how." If God commands what, from the standpoint of
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