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Rev. James Faulkner of the F. M. S. are under commission just now’ for such a tour. D R. SILAS JOHNSON, of West Africa mission, now home in Los Angeles on a furlough, has a wonderful story of God’s grace of salvation in Africa on his field. A score of years ago the pow ers of darkness, ignorance, superstition, confusion, and cruelty reigned there, where according to the Doctor and our Miss Suderman (see her letter), “Every object pleases and only man is vile.” Now crowding masses fill the native churches, and hundreds of villages maintain their own schools and teachers, and associated religious services. It is impossible to meet the demands for extension of the work. The Doctor thinks it greater rich es, than auto cars, corner lots, or sub divisions—the rewards of his former mates who remained at home in business and the professions. F rom our own m iss J o s e p h in e SUDERMAN, LOLODORF, KAMER- UN, MAC LEAN STATION, AFRICA: “A most hearty greeting from the far away country! It is still with a some what strange feeling that I send my greetings to the home land, strange be cause I still cannot quite realize that I am really in Africa, that I am away from friends and my own family, and above all, it is very hard to realize that this is that dreaded country, the very name of which spelled death to so many. This country with all its marvelous beauty, I don’t believe there could be anything more beautiful than these green hills and immense forest, and these black chil dren, for that is all they are, certainly seem to be here to make a complete whole. One feels as if suddenly trans ported into another world! no hustle or bustle, no trains, street cars or automo biles, not even horses or wagons, only one road through this whole country and the black man is all the means of con veyance one has, whether it be to carry us or our loads. He is faithful to the last. One cannot help loving these sim ple people, even in their bare heathenism they appeal to a person. And oh, this country is just running over with oppor tunity. They come to us by the hun dreds, simply to learn; most Sundays we have from 900 to 1,200 people for Sun day school and church. Often as I look at that mass of black people the ques tion comes to me, “Lord, what are we among so many?” There is just as much work for each one as he possibly can do, and then a great amount must re-
church itself has just received its bread come back upon the waters, in a visit of Rev. Charles Inglis, who after a pro fitable series of meetings in that church now returns to England. T HE JEWS. About one in four of the residents of New York City is a Jew; and about one in four of the Jews of the world are in New York City. T HE SUNDAY SCHOOL IN JAPAN. At a Japanese national Sunday school conference recently there was a grand review in a ToKyo park. Twelve thousand people participated. C HRISTIAN ENDEAVOR. An all- Europe C. E. convention was lately held at Christiana, in Norway. It was entertained by Haakon and his good Queen Maude. The German Kaiser sent Ills §r 66 tlll 2 S. T agging attendance and con tr ibu t ion s . In some Presbyte rian churches in China wooden tags and contribution bags are hung upon hooks near the entrance. The members on entering turns each his tag and puts his gift in the bag. G OOD FISHING, a Chinese fisher of fish lately became literally and spi ritually a fisher of men. He rescued a drowning Chinaman, a man of wealth, and nourished him back to life at a mis sionary hospital. The man accepted his saviour’s Saviour, and has become a steward of the providence and the grace of God. T HE BIBLE BUSINESS is growing in China. There is an increasing de mand for the Word of Life, and even the Chinaman cannot live by bread alone. A famine of the Word of God is worse than a famine of rice, but give him the Word and he will get his rice, for it is profitable for this world as well as for that to come. T h e army o f C h r is t and t h e ARMY OF CHINA. We hear that a China Inland missionary has been preaching at the Chinese military head quarters. This was by invitation of the* general himself, and the congregation consisted of himself, his staff, and his regimental officers. Under the same auspices popular assemblies were gath ered to hear the Word. V ISITATION. The custom of send ing representatives of the various boards and churches on visitation tours is so efficacious in bringing mis sionaries and mission churches into touch with the home agencies that it is not likely soon to be abandoned. Dr. Stan ley White of the Presbyterian Board, and
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