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is teaching the natives to save forty-two miles o f walking in plowing a single acre; to use American weeding machines, and thus save the toil o f nineteen men; and to store green cattle-food in silos, so that draught animals can be fed through a sea son o f drought. Hinduism is awakening. The Indian National Social Conference at its last ses sion passed resolutions advocating the extension o f female education; the aboli tion o f caste restrictions; the re-marriage o f w idows; the provision o f facilities for the education o f “the untouchables;” and a strong effort for the uplift o f the depressed masses in the villages. There are fifty orpanages now supported by the Hindus and forty-one by Mohammedans. In connection with the Y. M. C. A. of China, there were 17,599 Chinese enrolled in Bible classes last year. In Tientsin alone, there were 118 classes with an enroll ment o f 1,035. Connected with the churches o f the Republic there were probably 5,000 more enrolled. In Peking there are twenty- two Chinese secretaries devoting their whole time to the work o f the organization. The Department o f the Interior gives notice that the Supreme Court o f the United States has rendered a decision to the effect that the Government does not lose guardianship over Indians to whom land patents are issued, and may prohibit sale> bf liquor to them in violation o f the federal laws. Also that “beer” is included in the restrictions against intoxicants. Revival Among Mountaineers A Community Worker, under the Woman’s Board o f Home Missions, in a little valley in East Tennessee, writes o f a plan worth copying in other communities: “W e .have a small church here and have had no pastor for three years. The Chris tians were losing interest and sinners were not being saved, so I began reading every Sunday one o f Dr. Torrey’s sermons. Peo ple became interested, and during the Week o f Prayer a Men’s Prayer Band was formed—then a Woman’s Band. After that,
the men suggested that we do some mis sionary work in another community where no religious services were held. W e now hold a service there every Saturday after- nqofl and there have been several conver sions. There have been several conver sions among our own people also and many sinners are asking for prayers and seek ing salvation. At a testimony meeting a short time ago, »one o f our best men, who has become an earnest worker, said it was one o f Dr. Torrey’s sermons which set him to thinking about what a half-hearted ser vice he had been giving the Lord, and made hint determined to live a Spirit-filled life.” Missions in the Near East In concluding an article in The Mission ary Review o f the World on “ Opposing Forces in Persia,” the writer, who was a missionary in Urumia during the massacre, says: “Whatever the political outcome may be, missions and missionaries will have a Stronger position in the community life o f the Near East than ever before. Mos lems and Christians will realize that the true Christian spirit is one o f courage, sac rifice, service and fidelity. For missionaries to stay at their posts, and to serve in help ing the wounded, in rescuing captives, in caring for the destitute, and in protesting against inhumanity is their simple Christian duty. It is also the wisest Christian strat egy. The results amply justify the sacri fice. The appeal to the Christian public in America, if it is only'clearly understood, is surely equally irresistible from the humanitarian and missionary points of view. If anyone can face the future with hope and courage, it is the Christian mis sionary.” En Route to Africa Returning to her work under the Pres byterian Board, in the Kameruns, West Africa, Miss Christine Sudermann, former student o f the Bible Institute o f Los Angeles, describes her impressions o f Holy Week in Cadiz, Spain:
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