AT HOME AND ABROAD A LOOK O V E R THE F I E L D
m A SPECIAL campaign o f evangelism has' been inaugurated in some of the fields attached to Kwangju Station in the Presbyterian Church (South). The fol lowing quotation describes the plan o f one o f the evangelists: “ Every church in my field has made a large map o f the church’s territory and posted it up in front o f the church, where all can see it every time they meet for worship. This map has all the villages within a radius o f eight miles located, and those having believers living within them are marked, with a zero. All have agreed to pray for those villages daily, and every time they meet for worship, and to work among them, trying to establish at least one Christian home in each village. About one hundred and fifty or two hun dred have also pledged to select one heathen each, to pray and work for until he believes. A number o f new believers have been won already by this new method.” , Pleading urgently for a return to New Testament methods o f evangelization and Church development in our foreign fields, Rev! T. F. M’Rea, of Chefoo, contends that the present method o f subsidising the churches by furnishing them with money for buildings and schools and making edu cation a substitute for evangelisation is unscriptural, and therefore, to a large extent, a failure. He believes that mis sionaries should give their attention to soul-winning and Bible teaching, the churches being left to establish such schools as they can pay for, and that it is injurious to graft upon them any sort o f exotic civil ization. Three C. M, S. missionaries returning to their work were on board the ill-fated “ Falaba.” Two were rescued, but the third, Rev. A. Field, Nigeria, was drowned.
“ I will take a Gospel o f John,” said the Guru. As usual the book is thrown on the ground and the colporteur holds out his cloth to catch the coin lest the Guru be defiled. When at home Chand read his purchase, and then called for others to hear. They, too, are charmed, and the village was then called to hear also. There after twice weekly they met to hear more, for fifteen years. Then Chand died and handed the Gospel, worn and shattered, to Sing, who feeling himself unfit to teach, sought a missionary and at last found one, who visited the village for three days, and baptized nine men. Later, he went again and for five days taught enquirers from far and near and later went again teaching, during whole nights relays o f men from different villages. Some said “this is indeed the way we had lost.” Women also came for baptism. All around have united to give these Christians trouble /and pour contempt on them, but they remain cheery and -firm.—The Christian. A Russian soldier said: “A few weeks ago we saw the enemy several times as strong as ourselves coming. Resistance was useless, flight out o f the question. Without orders, by an unuttered decision we took off our caps- and knelt in prayer. A dense fog came on and saved us.” The Qua Iboe Mission, an interdenomi national mission working in this region of Africa, continues to prosper. Two hun dred native agents, mostly supported by the people; 20,000 young people under instruc tio n a n d 6,000 young Christians at the 24 stations. A heavy task for the workers. People eager for the Gospel. Ten addi tional missionaries have gone out since 1913. More are urgently needed.
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