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Board is not even able to learn their loca tion. In North India, where the Mora vian missionaries were nearly all German, the work has largely been stopped for the time being. It rests upon the other mis sionary boards to do all within their power to conserve this labor of love and sacrifice. The, Moravians were the first Protes tants to declare that the evangelization o f the heathen was obligatory upon the Church. Missions have been the life o f the Moravian Church and it has saved its life by losing it. It had, before the war, 47,000 members in its home churches and more in its foreign missions, the communi cants being 32,000 and 36,000 respectively-^ an unparalleled record. It has had one American or European missionary to every eighty-seven o f its home communicants. — -----O------ — . Korean Success James Chung, a native Korean, and a graduate o f the Bible Institute, writes the following characteristic letter from San Anselmo, Cal., to H. J. Baldwin, superin tendent of men! “It is quite long time since I wrote you. I have little leisure time tonight because tomorrow is college day so we are not studying. I am interesting to have the Bible class in Korean church in San Francisco. I have just a report from Mr. L. C. Kim, who is Mr. Booth’s missionary in Korea. Since last November Mr. Kim has converts 44, and one church is increasing from 120 to 188 members. Mr. Kim is working with my brother as! assistant evangelist. That church members and many Christians around about that city return thanks to our Lord and praise God and glorify to God. And their gratitude to Mr. Booth and Bible Institute o f our home is great.” Mr. Kim, and Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Booth, referred to by Chung, are likewise graduates o f the Bible Insti tute. Mr. Booth, who is supporting Kim in Korea, is now pastor o f a church at Farmersville, Cal. — -----O------------ The Moravians
the needs o f the new times, their most important scriptural teachings contradict such efforts by their antagonism -to the present life. On the other hand, if some slight changes be made in the policy of the churches,, and if we cast off the teach ings that smack of Europe and America, and give expression to a purer teaching concerning Christ and God, then Christi anity will be in a position to exert a living leadership capable o f satisfying the needs o f the nation. A three-year evangelistic campaign is sweeping Japan, and all the Protestant forces have united in pushing it. In Kyoto more than 20,000 people attended these special services; in Kobe several meetings had to be carried on simultaneously to accommodate the crowds. Thousands are being enrolled as , seekers. “ Hallelujah Kim” (H . S. Kimura), the Japanese “Billy Sunday,” is a conspicuous figure in the campaign. In his great tent he preached for two weeks in Tokyo to audiences of 5000, and had 1300 conversions. The Prot estant missionaries in Japan have united in a call for 474 new missionaries to fol low up and train the' inquirers. ------------O------------ Sad Effect of War. One o f the saddest things in connection with this great world-wide war is the fact that nearly all the German missionaries are either interned or have joined the army for Germany, and their work is without lead ership except where other missionary soci eties have taken it over. It is estimated that something like 700,000 native people are rendered shepherdless by this great world calamity. The American Lutheran Church is doing a heroic service in taking over a number o f German missions, and other mis sionary societies in different lands are try ing to take on some of this additional work so that the labor of so many years will not be lost. It is also sad to relate that the Moravian Missions have, in a large measure, been disbanded because of the war situation. In German East Africa their mis sionaries are dispersed and the Moravian
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