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selves Protestants seeking for preach ers. Large areas of population are petitioning that a missionary live among them, and conduct religious services. There is an immediate and special demand for the beginning of the training of native evangelists and preachers. There is danger that these new Protestants may run into all kinds of vagaries of belief and practices unless they are held by the steady force of direct evangelistic instruction. The wild tribes about Davao are still waiting for the light of the Gospel. — The American Board. INDIA There are now more Methodists in India than there were in the United States when Methodist Missions began. Among the best-known features of missionary work in India are the great industries formerly known as the Swiss,- German Basel Missionary works, and now operated under British or Swiss supervision. For the manufacture of tiles, there are several factories, all well-equipped with modern machinery, and under expert engineering supervis ion. The Government of India issued an order that Mission tiles only shall be used in the Public Works Department. But not only are they sold in India, Burma and Ceylon; they are exported to Borneo, German East Africa, Aus tralia and Arabia, etc. The Basel Mission United Weaving Establish ments are similarly extensive. The head office is in Calicut, and employs 700 persons. It is interesting to learn that Khaki was first manufactured in these Missioh shops. The name comes from the Hindi Khak, dust. It was first adopted by the police of Mangalore and then introduced by Lord Roberts into the British Army. —Missionary Review. JERUSALEM The main party of the Red Cross expedition, with base hospital at Jeru salem, cabled, (in part) as follows:
“Nurses, doctors, pharmacists, grad uates Syrian Protestant College, Bey- rout,. efficiently holding many posts showing quality college training. 600 women employed sewing clothing for refugees. Washing, mending thousands of garments daily for army forms new industry. Eighty children received in day nursery. 7,000 unemployed still fed soup kitchens. 600 Russian women pilgrims also receiving rations. Moslem Sheikhs of Jerusalem addressed letter of thanks to American public.............. ■ . . Companies of Armenian refugees escaped from Kerak daily arriving Jerusalem stripped. Crops good, but much land unsown, owing to shortage 2,000 oxen. We offer to assist by importing cattle from India or Sudan.” s—Missionary Review. At the meeting of the Presbyterian Assembly in Nagpur, Bengal, there were perhaps no delegates more remarkable than the Lushais, who had had a week’s journey before reaching the railway. For these delegates were representatives of some 10,000 Chris tians won to Christ from among the wild tribe of the Northern Lushai Hills who, less than a generation ago, were the terror of the plains, the head-hunt ers among whom the Government at first would not allow the missionaries to go lest it should involve an expedi tion to punish their be-heading. After 20 years there are 10,000 living monu ments of Christ’s saving grace, and perhaps nearly as many active spread ers of the Gospel which has brought them life. A number have gone to war as laborers, under the care of the two missionaries, and from their pay have sent 'back a generous contribution to their church. —Missionary Review.
The useless stuff you’ll give away for Christmas will cost you more than you have given to missions in a year.
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