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was there. Though they and Paul might not meet again here, they should meet in the air in the glad day when the Lord Himself should descend from heaven (1 Thess. 4:16, 17). -------- 0-------- A Study in Homiletics One of our Tennessee preachers was con versing with an old-time negro preacher on the subject of sermon-making. The plan of the sermon was ^under discussion. The white preacher was moved to ask: “Do you colored preachers have a regular plan in preaching a sermon?” “Yes, us niggers has a plan same as you white folks. Yes, sah,” was the reply. “Well, what is it?” the white preacher asked. “You see, reverend, it’s dis way. When we niggers preaches, we tells ’em, in de fust plate, what we is gwine to tell ’em. Den, in de second place, we tells ’em. Den, in the last place, we tells ’em what we done tole ’em.” We commend this to our preachers and suggest that it would be a good exercise for us all to see if we can improve on the old negro’s plan.—Christian Advocate. I------ O-------- Mission Gifts At the meeting of the Board of Foreign Missions of the Methodist Episcopal Church, just held in New York, the treas urer reported the total receipts for the year at $2,967,026, the largest in the history of the denomination. The amounts distributed to foreign fields were i To China, $185,350; Japan, $67,561; Malaysia, $55,000; Africa, $45,435; South America, $104,860; Mexico, $60,900, and Europe and North Africa, $184,173.
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Touched (Job 19:21). Cleansing (Matthew 8:3). Withering ( Genesis 32:25). Comforting (Revelation 1:17). Consecration: Eyes (Matthew 9:29) ; Ears Tongue (Mark 7:33). No other may “touch” (Zechariah 2:8; 1 John 5:18). — S. R. Briggs. -------- 0 ------ ^ SOUTH AMERICA H. Whittington, missionary to the Tereno Indians, and his helpers, are planning the erection of the first Protestant church building among the Indians in Brazil. The Indians have already donated the ground, and the erection of the building, which is to cost about $2500, will be started as soon as funds can be raised.
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