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Tk®Wmr jEferik®® A Glance at the Field at Home and Abroad
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[1 iiiuiuiuMiititiniiiutiuuutttiiitiHiiHiiiiiuiiniiiHiiiHiiiiiiiiiiiiiitiniHiiiiiuHiiiijuiiiiiiiiiiuiiUflitiiiiiuimiiiiouiiuuiiuiiiiiuiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitiitiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiuiiinnttiiiiiiniiiiiu. H awaii .- —A handsome Mission Memorial building has just been erected by the Hawaiian Board of Missions. It celebrated the ninety-sixth anniversary of the begin ning of Christianity in the Hawaiian Islands. S outh S eas . —Christianity has mani fested its power among the natives on the Island of Futuna, in the New Hebrides, in a wonderful way. The people have become honest, trustworthy and diligent, living better and purer lives. . . . The Mission history of Futuna affords another proof that the Gospel is able to uplift people and bring light and healing to those who were in heathen darkness.. J apan . —In Japan the third year of the National Evangelistic Campaign is on. This campaign has gained momentum from year to year, and has made a deep impression on the nation. Just now a plan is under discussion for the establishment in Tokyo of a great union Christian university. The leaders in the movement are Japanese themselves, who,feel the imperative need of an institution in which the young men may secure the most complete education under Christian influences. I ndia .— The American Board reports that the government of South India is almost insistent that their board shall take over the supervision of one of the robber tribes or races in the vicinity of Madras. The group itself is eager to come under the supervision of the mission. It numbers about 75,000 souls and comprises some of the most vigorous and aggressive people in all the region. Thus is opening one of the most promising fields for constructive Christian work in India.
M exico .- —The year has been a checkered one in Mexico. During the summer, when the United States began to send troops into the country, it seemed wise to with draw. From time to time, however, indi viduals have been back in the field, and strange to say, report the work is going on with vigor under Mexican leadership, i The spirit of democracy is abroad, and Protes tantism as preached by the Christian mis sionary appeals to that spirit, while the same spirit opens the door for the Protes tant preacher. The spirit of revolution is the spirit that we wish to subject to the leadership of Christ, and then it will be the spirit of evangelism, with all the strength and power of daring revolution. S outh I ndia . —The time has arrived for the establishing of a woman’s union medi cal college at Vellore, South India, upon something of the same basis and method of co-operation that is in such successful operation in the Woman’s Christian Col lege at Madras. The foreign co-operating boards have appointed a committee to have the matter in hand, and it is expected that within the next year this plan will develop into1something definite. A ustria .— Word rcently received from Prague, Austria, shows that the mission aries are undergoing severe trials, not because of restrictions put upon them by the government, but because of the local conditions in which they are forced to live. However, it is encouraging to note that there has been an unprecedented call for New Testaments, which have been printed in the Bohemian language in compact form for use among the soldiers.
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