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We say with with emphasis No No If did then peoIf itit did then many many ofofour peoourpeo peo and it is very easy to be excused Being in debt is a normal condition with many Probably nineteen out of oftwenty of those we meet are in debt We do not stop here to dis discuss the reasons But they are known to all Some owe money because they have undertaken great enterprises others owe be because they have no enterprise Some owe because of pride prideothers from lack of pride Some are in debt because of extravaothersfromlackofprideSomeareindebtbecauseofextrava extrava gance others because of suffering and adversity Many churches churchesgo heavily into debt to build houses beyond their means apd thengoheavilyintodebttobuildhousesbeyondtheirmeansapdthen then turn beggars to gratify their vanity and pride Churches have turnbeggarstogratifytheirvanityandprideChurcheshave been dwarfed for years by building houses and incurring heavy debts to gratify the pride of a few worldly members Even pastors have to stand sore temptations on this very lineline In In making Gods making debts debts itit isis always well toto ask always well ask IsIs this for Godsthis for GodsGods I glory f one has gone into debt to acquire property certainly that does not excuse him from giving But how about it when debt comes from seeking pleasure or if it is on account of neglinegli gence in our duties Surely we ought not to withhold from GodGod on these accounts Even when adversity comes this does not exex cuse us Giving is an act of worship just as much so as praying You cannot imagine conditions where it would be out of place forfor the Christian to pray ofIt is his privilege The same is true of giving When trials or troubles thicken give to God it takes HimHim into your business Share with Him and see what a change willwill come Come Co-We need to realize more that God calls on us to give and We need to realize more that God calls on us to give andandand doing so is worshipping him Satan tries to erect barriers to keepkeep people from giving He knows that when they give God is gloriglori fied and they are blessed To give to the poor and needy tempotempo ral and spiritual good in Gods name is the safest investment anyany one can and will He is to make Lord backthe It pay back loaning meonecanmakeItisloaningtotheLordandHe111payback onecanmakeItisloaningtotheLordandHe111paybackonecanmakeItisloaningtotheLordandHe111payback when we most need yea pay back manifold GWe WTe

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EPaul EPaul said Paul said 41The The love loveofofChrist Christconstraineth usus InInappeal appealappeal ing to the Roman Christians lie said I beseech you therefore brethren by the mercies of God that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice c There were times when Paul could and lid use other motives but he never used any stronger and mercy of God in Christ These are the than the love underlying motives in any really great Christian life When great these take hold on us they allow us to be neither indifferent nor inactive in the IVElIastersservice Masters servicelIastersserviceservice lIastersservice Our Our great great work work inin the the world world isis toto spread of- of spread the theknowledge knowledgeof Christ and glorify God in the advancement of His kingdom can do this successfully if he loses sight of Christ or fails to letWho His love constrain heart and life loveconstrainheartandlifesloveconstrainheartandlife lifeFor For years years inin our our mission missionwork peowork we havepleaded wehave pleadedwith withour ourpeo peo ple that they pay all indebtedness on the work so it might go that forward But alas they now seem satisfied since the debt has been paid Have they forgotten that the Master wants the work to go forward The workers on the field must be sustained Others must be sent God calls for more Let none hear you idly saYIng aYIng is nothing I can do There is nothing I can do There ThereisnothingIcandoThereisnothingIcando While the souls of men dying 11

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us disciplTus lay lay emphasis emphasis on on the thecommand command ofofthe theMaster Masterto todiscipl discipledisciple all nations This command is the expression of His love and is to be fulfilled by us We fear that the emphasis we have the lower motive has misled some Let us give give give put oil from the highest motivethe love of Christ in us constraining us toto carry the Gospel to lost men that they may be saved savedTTROUBLES IN OUR MEXICAN MISSION ROUBLES TROUBLES IN OUR MEXICANMISSIOROUBLES TROUBLESINOURMEXICANMISSION UBLESINOURMEXICANMISSION MISSION MISSIO-

ItIt isis wonderful wonderful how how evil evil comes comesininthe themidst midstofofour ourbest efforts bestefforts For the past few years missions in Mexico have had to pass through fiery trials Not only has this been the case with our work but butalso with other denominations Our Board has been endeavoring to bring peace and order to our mission for several ityears but it seems that a great upheaval was inevitable misSeveral of our mis sionaries have resigned It will perhaps take some months to etet matters in good shape but we hope that it will not be long before beforepeace and prosperity will reign in our work in Mexico as it has not peaceandprosperityviJIreigninourvorkinlIexicoasithasnot NIt NIt

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Conditions have changed we have a good done inseveral years goodnumber of native preachers who can to a large extent do the work 7numberofnativepreachersvhocantoalargeextentdothework numberofnativepreachersvhocantoalargeextentdothework workpreaching and ministering to the churches that have been of ofpreachingandministeringtothechurchesthathavebeen beenThere is now an excellent system of public schools established schoolsestablishedThereisnovanexcellentsystemofpublicschools which to a certain extent does away with the need of our school schoolRThe Board has appointed to the work in Mexico Rev R there there1hcBoardhasappointedtothevorkinlfexicoRevR P Mahon and wife of Humboldt Tenn They expect to get toto field of labor about the i st of October Mrs Mahon has their hastheirfieldofInborabouttheIstofOctoberllrsllahonhas a year i n Mexico and speaks Spanish so they can go to woi kkspent spentayearinlIexicoandspeaksSpanishsotheycangotovork at once Let us all pray that a new era of blessing may dawn onon rapidlyREour work in this land which is developing so rapidly ourorkinthislandrhichisdcPclopingsorapidlyRESIGourorkinthislandrhichisdcPclopingsorapidly

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SDr 1I A Randle who has been our medical missionary in Dr inATIONSDr111landlehohasbeenourmedicalmlsslonarvin Dr111landlehohasbeenourmedicalmlsslonarvin China has recently resigned on account of change in doc doctrinal He has been doing much as a physician in Chinaviews China trinaljewsIIehasbeendoingmuchasaphysicianinChina He His also preached hiswork has been highly spoken of by his Italsopreached11isorkhasbeenhighlyspokenofbyhiscoItalsopreached11isorkhasbeenhighlyspokenofbyhis colaborerscolaborers colaborelaborers l1 P McCormick and A B Rudd have resignedBrethren resigned rsBrethrenIIPiIcCormickandARuddhaveresigned BrethrenIIPiIcCormickandARuddhaveresigned These brethren with their excellent wives have been laboring inin 1hesebrethreniththeirexcellentviveshavebeenlaboringin Mexico for a number of years worked Brother McCormick has workedIexicoforanumberofyearsBrotherlIcCormickhasvorked in Morelia in the State of Michoacan mostly A goodly numbernumber mostlyinlIoreliaintheStateof1IichoacanAgoodlynumber have by Brotherhim his work and has baptized prospered been Brother hnyebeenbaptizedbyhimandhisorkhasprosperedBrother di Rudd has worked mostly in Saltillo not only preaching but diRuddhasvorkedmostlyinSaltinonotonlypreachingbutdi in recting the work in Madero Institute and training young men inZoragosa Institute good Some of these young men are now goodZoragosaInstituteSomeoftheseyoungmenarenogoodprZoragosaInstituteSomeoftheseyoungmenarenogood preacherspreachers preacheeachers Insti Miss Ida Hayes who has been connected with Madero InstirsIissIdaIlaveshohasbeenconnectedvithlfaderoInsti IissIdaIlaveshohasbeenconnectedvithlfaderoInsti Christianis a Christian for tute noble She resigned five about years has tuteforaboutfiyearshasresignedSheisanobleChristian woman cast We expect her to do well wherever her lot is castS-

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theby the numerous expressions that have come to the gettingprivilege getting of the office our readers have greatly enjoyed ofhceourreadershavegreatlyenjoyedtheprlrllegeofgettIng and better acquainted with our missionaries through the sketches andbetteracquaintedvithourmissionariesthroughtheketchesand equally portraits published in our last two issues They will be equallyappointed pleasedtobeintroducedtosomeoftheworkersrecentlyappoInted pleased to be introduced to some of the workers recently appointedHence we give the following sketchessketches lieneevegivethefollowingsketches ap It will be noted that the portrait of Mrs Mahon does not apgroup in Mexican the pear found pearVcomititbecauseitistobefoundintheMexicangroupTpearVcomititbecauseitistobefoundintheMexicangroup We omit it because it is to be TSJudging Judging

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on on page 1116 16 of of September number numbershe shebeing beingin inMMexico exico at at timethethe time time that group was

taken It will be observed also that Brethren Joyce and McCarthy with their wives are mentioned simply as help ers but as they promise to prove such good workers all of us should like to know them We beg the pleasure of introducing these recruits theserecruits REV HOBERT REV MAIIOXROBERTPERRY PERRYMAIIOX MAIHONREVHOERrPEUUYIAIIOX MAIHON Was Was born born inin what what isIs now nowCrockett Crockettcounty county Tonii Penn ononOctober iii 22ISOoISM Both BothOctober Both his father and mother were endowed with strong minds and notwithstanding gtantllns their lack of school trlinlnc they were well educated Ills mother Elizabeth heth Perry Mallon was of a staunch Baptist family of

Welch descent His fatherfather F I E EMahon years a deacon deaconMahon was wasforfor years a deacondeacon In the Baptist church and always putput aareatdealofzealuncIenrnestncss great deal of zeal and earnestness areatdealofzealuncIenrnestncssearnestnessInto his church work When about aboutsyllttetI1 Young Mahon was cony ertsyllttetI1 ert ed under the ministry of Rev S hTlg hTlgnett and by hint was baptized intointo the fellowship of Johnsons GroveGrove Church In the fall of 18S7 he enteredhurehInthefalloflSSheenteredthurehInthefalloflSSheentered entered the Soutllwesteru Baptist UniversityUniversity as n I1linisterial student and on SepSep 23 1SSS he was ordained totember to ember21ISSSheW1Sordnlnetlto tember21ISSSheW1Sordnlnetltember21ISSSheW1Sordnlnetlto tilt full work of the Gospel ministryministry at Johnsons Grove Penn the prespres 1bytery consisting of Elders J BB1laughton W W Gardner S K TigTig rett and J II Pent rtttanel1IIPcamPenttortttanel1IIPca rtttanel1IIPca He graduated 1S93 aaHe graduatedIn InJune June 1593andand aamonth later went to Humboldt as pasmonfhlaterwenttoHumholdtaspamonfhlaterwenttoHumholdtaspas onfhlaterwenttoHumholdtaspas pas tor of the Baptist church pas Ills pastorate of more than five years has been remarkably fruitful one Under his leadership storahofmorethanfyccurshasheen torahofmorethanfyccurshasheen church has built what Is one oneremarkably fruitful one Under his leadershipthethe church has built what Is one of the best church houses in the StateofthebestchurehhOl1SPSinthStat State On October 1 1805 Miss Kate Savage ofdaughter of On October 1 1SD5 hehemarried married Miss Kate Savagethetheoldest oldest laughter of Dr G i Savage The Lord has blessed them with a bright little boy Mr and Mrs Mahon were appointed as our missionaries to Mexico Thursday Sep ep tember Sth and are preparing to go to the field at once The junior editor off the Foreign Mission Journal knew Ir Mahon as a bosom college friend andd companion and regards him as one of the noblest of Gods noblemen Many of the sweetest associations of life both In college and out of college haYe been with him The Lord give him unction and power and use him largely In redemption of MexicotheredemptionofJIexfco the theredemptionofJIexfcMexico MRS KATE SAVAGE MAHON MRS KATE SAVAGE MAIION oIHSIiATESAVAGEIAIlON IHSIiATESAVAGEIAIlONIHSIiATESAVAGEIAIlON MAIIONSate Sate Savage daughter of G i and Frances Williams Savage was born In

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Henderson Henderson Teiiu August 11 1S73 She was converted inin August 1885 enderson 1885 and waswaswas andwas baptized Into the fellowship of Eagleville Baptist church Eagleville Tennenn Tenn by Elder Meacham She was educated in her fathers school at Eagleville Eagleville-e and the Southwestern Baptist University where she took the M A degree inin June 1S93 Soon after graduating she went to Mexico for the purpose of studyy lug the language and after spending some time in Morelia Guadalajara andand Toluca she went to Saltillo where she spent five months in Madero Institute 1olunshewenttoSnlUJIowhereshespentfivemonthsinlIaderoInsti ute Instituteuteol Returning to the States after about one years absence she taught in a schooloschool ol at Saulsbury Tetttt In October 1595 site was arried to Elder Robert P MaatSaulslmrrcnnInOcto1erISslleWfiSIllarriedtoElderRobertP1l latSaulslmrrcnnInOcto1erISslleWfiSIllarriedtoElderRobertP1l Ma lion with whom she now goes to Mexico Richly endowed by nature and highlyhighlyy cultured and truly pious she Is a companion meet to share with her husband cultured1111truJJpIoussheIsucompunionmeettosharewithherhus husbandand the trials and triumphs the crosses and crowns of missionary lifethtrialsnulltrlul11phMthecrossesandcrownsofmissionarJ9life life m

REV RED CHARLES DD MCARTHY MCARTHYliCARTHYREVCIIAHLESDlICARrIIY On September Sth On Stli the the Board Board appointed this OnSeptemher8ththeonrd11pointeclthishrothernullhiswifeashel helpersthis brother brother and helpersand his wife as helpers helpers

ers erhis wife as the Itio Janeiro Mission Ile was born in Limerock county countyin 1567 When eighteen years old he began teaching in Dublin Under Ireland sIrelandInlSGheneighteenearsoldhebeanteachinginDublinUnder IrelandInlSGheneighteenearsoldhebeanteachinginDublinUnder UnderInfluence the of the head master of the school Who was a man full of bracetheInUueneeofUwhendmnsteroftheschoolwbowasamanfullofgrace brace lie was led to see himself a sinner While attending a meeting of the Young Youngliens Christian Association lie was deeply convicted of sin After some timeliens IensChristiansfoelntionhewasdeeplcornidedof8inAftersometim time he received assurance that Iris sins were forgiven Two years later he tooklIreI1assurlucethathissInswereforgivenTwoyearslaterbetook took charge of a mission hall In London where Iris IrischnreofamissionhallInLondonwherehis preaching was blessed to the salvation of manyprlehluJWIIhhssdtothe81Iatlonofn1n many souls soulsHecOIHluetcdmlssiollSInotherpartsof Ile conducted missions III other parts ofof England also After a years service in EngEng EuJWdnIsofterlenrsseniccinEn land he went to Spain as a Congregational ntis ntislandhewenttoSpainasaConrcgationalmis sionary Ills mind having been turned to that thatsfonarhIsmindhaYlnbeenturnedtothat priestridden lielama by a gentleman whom lie prlfstrhhlen1uHlhyacnt1emanwhomhe Ball met and vlto thought Iris knowledge of of1111metntHlwhothouhthisknowledgeof controversy would make liiin very use useIoinish ItomlshcontroYerswouldmakehImyerJu 44ful there After seven years of service in SpainSpain fulthereAftercenrearsofseniceinSI1iu lie returned to Ireland to get married WhilehereturnedtoIrelandtogetmlrriedrhi1 While there he and his wife joined the Ilarcourt thnhandhiswiCejoinedtheHarcourt IlarcourtStreet Itaptist church in Dublin being bapStreetBnltitChurhinDuhlinbeinhapUStreetBnltitChurhinDuhlinbeinhap bap tized by Rev 11 C Brown the pastorpastor UZNlhyHe9IICBrownthepastor ZNlhyHe9IICBrownthepastor Mr the Mr McCarthy McCarthy then pastor ofof thethethen became became pastor the GardnerStreetBnptistchurchDublinwhert GardnerStreet Baptist church Dublin wherewhere he lie remained Pas remained for years studying for about two years studying atat the about two same time Pas-s Baptist Pasthe same time inin the Pas the Baptist toral College Greatly desiring to go to South nieriea lie accepted appointappointt ment under the Help for Brazil Mission undenominational socalled ButmentuHlertheHelpforBrazilfissionundenominationalsocalledBu But Upon reaching his field lie found the workers of that society opposed to the Bapapap UponrenchlnhiHeldhefoundtheworkeroftlmtsocietyopposedtothe Bap tists and defending as Scriptural doctrine pouring for baptism Being unabletistsanderendinasScripturaldoctrinepouringforhntisnLBeingu unable able to fraternize with this sort of thing lie and his wife resolved to join their owntofraternizewiththissortofthinheaudhiswiferemlYltojoiuthei own brethrenbrethren Mr McCarthy Mr missionmissionaryMcCarthy comes missionary to us no doubt IrcCarthcomestousJlIghlrCOml11eIHedaudnodoubthismissionary comes to highly commended commended and us highly doubt his and no his missionary experience in Spain and leis knowledge of Spanish which enables him to mas eXIerienceinSpainandhisknowledgeofSpaishwhichenableshimtom to

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ofand 1IulhehaspursuedthatendwithgreatpersIstencethroughalongter of nd ho 1ms pursued that end with great persistence through a long term oyears He enlisted III the British army in Jamaica and with his regiment went ntfirsHeenlistedIntheBritishfirmInTmnaicaandwIthhIsregimentw wentnt coast Gold of Africa purpose While the to strengththere his missionary totheGoldcoastofAfrIcahIletherehismissionarspurposewasstre gth was strength and lie left there determined to return not as a soldier of Queen Victoriacned orIa cnNtamlhelefttheredctrmlnedtoreturnnotasasoldierofQueenVic Victoria a soldier of Jesus Christ 01 III 1590 lie entered the Atlanta Baptist Colas 0flat Col ImtfiSitsoJdlelofJSUSChristIn1800heenteredtheAtJantlBapist lie was graduated lege which from in 1leefromwhichhewasgraduatedintiletheologicaldepartmentin189 1893 theological leefromwhichhewasgraduatedintiletheologicaldepartmentin189 department in the PresiPresi ngng His record In the school was the best possible his sterlingsterling dentSalesnsUHlsrecordIntheschoolwasthebestpossiblehissterl dent Sale says genuine very piety making qualities deep on and a teachersimpression quaHtfesandtIlulnIIetmakIngaAJrdeepimpressiononbothteacher both teachers onon In 1SJ3 he was sent to Africa by the American Baptist Mission roil MissionstudeIlts nulstudentsIn1803hewussenttoAfricabytheAmericanBaptist1iss ody ary Union but for some reason did not continue as the missionary of said bodybody nr1nlonhutforsomereasondidnotcontinueasthtmissionaryofsaid Going to the Gold coast III 1894 he became III independent missionary and hasGofntotheGoldcontInlS9Jhehecame1JJimependentmissionarandha has labored heeethere as such ever since for the last two years the college where helaboredthereassuchecrsluccforthelasttwocarsthecollegewhere inmay good support great something ILteutletl tlo We in do his lie trust ftueudeldoingSOllWlhIUtforhissupportytrusthemadoreatgoodin for lnr Ulawork work he

NOTESfNOTES ROTESNOTES NOTEandand are glad to hear that Rev and Mrs R E Chambers andWe SVenregladtohearthatRevand1lr5REChambersand VenregladtohearthatRevand1lr5REChambersand betterall Miss Sale are better lilissSalearca11better showshow reports from the South China Canton mission showThe ThereportsfromtheSouthChinaCantonmissionshow yearmany baptisms in that field so far this year manybaptisItlsinthatfieldsofartusyear Berwick Rev E F Tatum has been quite sick at South BerwickRcvEIrratumhasbeenquitesickatSouthBervicktuRcvEIrratumhasbeenquitesickatSouthBervick re He wishes to reMaine We are glad to hear that he is better fallfall turn to China this turntoChinathisfall rntoChinathisfall blessbless TheaccountshichcomefromChinaindicategraciousbless The accounts which come from China indicate gracious blesswill ings on the work in that land We believe some now living willChina know of millions being brought to Christ in ChinaknovofmillionsbeingbroughttoChristinChina waswas Up U pp to September 15111 we had received 1476540 This wasUptoScptember15lhehadreceived1476540Thisvas about are epenses for Our four and a half months forfonrandahalfmonthsOurepensesareabout9000a 9000 aaworkwork mission Inonthhocausesdebtonourforeignmissionvark month Who causes debt on our foreign seesee Dr J B Hartwell continues quite feeble We regret to seeMrs thisnobleeterann1issionaryinsuchpoorhealthlIeisvith11rs this noble veteran missionary in such poor health He is with Mrsin They left their children inHartvellinSanFranciscoCalTheylefttheirchildreninCHartvellinSanFranciscoCalTheylefttheirchildrenin Hartwell in San Francisco Cal China Chinhina 22d22dRev J W Lowe and wife were appointed September 22d laborto Convention labor a1898asmissionariesoftheSouthernBaptistConventiontolabor 1898asmissionariesoftheSouthernBaptistConventiontolabor as missionaries of the Southern Baptist iS9S now in foreign lands Brother Lowe is a native of Missouri but is nowappoint pastor in Louisville Ky We will have more to say of his appointin ment the JOURNALnext JOURNAL InentinthenextJOUHXAL ForeignForeign1lrE11FosterhasbeenelectedasamemberoftheForeign Mr E M Foster has been elected as a member of the Foreign deceaseddeceased B Clarke A Mr Mission Board to take the place of Brother Foster is in the mercantile business in Richmond and BrotherFosterisinthemercantilebusinessinRichmondandlBrotherFosterisinthemercantilebusinessinRichmondand

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A letter from Brother SS GG Pinnock says Mrs-is says that lie and that he and Mrs Pinnock expected to sail from Liverpool on September Loth inl thethe ship Bakana for Lagos Africa They leave their two boys with friends in England May the good Lord watch over the lads and andstrengthen the hands and encourage the hearts of the missionaries strengthenthehandsandencouragetheheartsofthemisionaries missionariesMiss Anna M IAI Greene has has been been appointed by Foreignby the the Foreign Board as a missionary to Canton China She is a daughter of our Brother G V Greene of the South China mission Having spent several years in China Miss Anna can speak the Chinese language and so will be able to go to work immediately on her herChinaarrival in China arrivalinChina

on Look on page 176 Sinceand see see our Lookonpage176andseeoursplendidpremiumoffersSince our splendid premium ofters 176 and offers Since SinceSince the Associations began to meet the names have been pouring in inlet this state of affairs continue Any and every one who desiresdesires can get us a club and secure one of these valuable premiums allall that is necessary is to write for some samples distribute themthem speaking of TIlE JOURNAL and receive and forward the moneymoney W Brother V E Brazil E Entzminger and and family BrotherrEEntzmingerandfamilyofPernan1bucoBrazil family ofofPernambuco BrazilPernambuco BrazilBrazil accompanied by Tarleton and Mabel Taylor the little son and anddaughter of Rev Z C Taylor of Bahia Brazil came to RichdaughterofRevZCTaylorofBahiaBrazilcametoRich Rich mond Monday September i2th After spending a clay and nightnight here they continued their journey A card received just before xvexve go to press says they sail from New York on the steamship Cole ColegotopresssaystheysailfromNeYorkonthesteamshipCole ridge September loth The Lord speed them on their journey and andmultiply fieldtheir power on the field multiplytheirpoveronthefield

The Au The following following Associated Associated Press Press dispatch Thefol1ovingAssociatedPressdispatchdatedStLouisAu dispatch dated Audated StSt Louis Au Louis Auust 22d is an indication of how Japan is moving she As sheoves Gods people ought to move in with the word of life ovesGodspeopleoughttomoveiniththevordoflife life-

A ofof A local local streetcar streetcar manufacturing manufacturing company company isis negotiating negotiatinga a contract contractfor forrone oneofoneof the largest orders for street cars ever made by an American inanufucturing thelargestordersforstrectcarscyermadebyanAmericanmannfuctu company ingcompany for use in Japan The contract will call for 150 of the finest motor cars ever foruseinJapanThecontractwillca1lfor150ofthefinestmotorcars turnedturned verturned out in this city and when they are completed they will be Shipped by way outinthiscityandwhentheyarecompletedtheywiJIbeshippedbyway San offSan Francisco direct to Kioto Japan Within the next ten days a party of Japanese Japanesenese capitalists will arrive here to complete the details of the contract and work capitalistswinarrivheretocomp1etethedetailsofthecontractan atwill at workwillatworkwillat once be begun on the cars carsoncebebegunonthecars

An II have An earnest earnest pastor pastor says says just closed have just Sunclosed aaseries Sun series ofofSun talks on Foreign Missions using your maps and the in daynight indaynighttalksonForeignllissionsusingyourmapsandtheindaynighttalksonForeignllissionsusingyourmapsandthein terest has been great This contains a suggestion that ought to tohelp many pastors solve the problem as to 11 the Sundaynight ser

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vice and show them an open door for great good Such aa course coursecoursewould be a happy beginning for the fall work If you have the themaps turn them to account if you have them not send toto the Foreign Mission Board Richmond Va and get them 230 YouYou can never spend that amount of money to better advantage advantage-

Board has recently appointed about six new missionaries The 3TheBoardhasrecentlyappointedaboutsixnevmissionaries TheBoardhasrecentlyappointedaboutsixnevmissionaries missionariesWe will need at least six more in the next few months It will be impossible to appoint all who apply Let those who are appointed appointedtry in deep humility to realize that their brethren have put great greatconfidence in them Some who apply cannot go now but in a year yearwe will likely be appointing others One good test of whether aaperson is suited to be a good missionary is the ability to labor andand to wait Several of those just appointed applied four years agoago Waiting There is nothingO in which the BoardVaitinghasnothurtthemThereisnothinginvhichtheBoard Board O has not hurt them needs wisdom more than in needsisdommorEthanintheappointmentofmissionaries missionaries in the appointment of missionariesof missionariesO-

a recent meeting of At of the Board the the brethren inin Brazil were 1tarecentmeetingoftheBoardthebrethreninBrazilvere werewerewere authorized to reemploy Dr Ottoni as a native helper authorizedtoreemployDrOttoniasanativehelperItvinbe beIt will be remembered that Dr Ottoni was a Catholic priest and being con converted some three or four years ago joined the Baptists Being aaman he promised strong much a but before while strongmanhepromisedmuchbutbeforeagreathilevasdis great was disdis for continued inconsistencies and irregularities of conduct The continuedforinconsistenciesandirregularitiesofconductThe Thebrethren on the field now say that he has corrected these and hisbrethrenonthefieldnovsaythathehascorrectedtheseandhis his life is both consistent and zealous After months of the most carecare lifeisbothconsistentandzealousAftermonthsofthemostcare ful even critical watching and after frequent consultations withfulevencriticalatchingandafterfrequentconsultationsvith with him they believe that it is both safe and wise to reinstate him andhirntheybelievethatitisbothsafeandvisetoreinstate111mand and believe that lie will do good workwork believethathevilldogoodork

In summebest work isis done In the country church the the best done in the summer summersummer it the

in the town or city church almost no work is done at this season seasoninthetown01citychurchalmostnoworkisdoneatthisseason Incident to the summer heat and depression there is a general general-

doscatteration of the members and cessation of all work We do scatterationofthemembersandcessationofallvorkWedo not speak of how far this may or may not be necessary excusable excusablenotspeakofhovfarthismayormaynotbenecessaryexcusable or inexcusable we simply refer to the fact When the pastor andorinexcusablevesirnplyrefertothefactVhenthepastorand and 41 fall the refreshed by in members summers the restback get rnembersgetbackinthefal1refreshedbythesummersrest rest and everybody from the sexton down to the pastor pastoreverything everythingandeverybodyfromthesextondOVlltothepastor must be put to rights With this reference to the fact we makemake mustbeputtorightsvViththisreferencetothefactvemake asthis plea namely Let all this be done with as little delay as thispleanamelyLetallthisbedonevithaslittIedelayas possible oil and adjust the machinery as quickly as possible andand possibleoilandadjustthemachineryasquicklyaspossibleand sum to work get All our work is allowed to languish during the sumTettoork111ouryorkisal1oedtolanguishduringthesum are churches mer and so city this far concernd as town the ersofarasthetonandcitychurchesareconcernedthisisisisEvery fellow to the wheelwheel especially true of Foreign Missions especiallytrueofForeignIvIissionsEeryfelIovtothevheel all in our as churches we startand all together ought to be the cry start andalltogetheroughttobethecryinallourchurchesasvestart off for the fall and winter offforthefallandvinter

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lterprise1s terprise1s How shall the missionary dress As the people about hill or after terpriseisHowshallthemissionardressAsthepcopleaouthimoraft after-rrthe of his native land In sonic countries this inav be a question of rc1I habit realthe1mbitofhisnativelandInsomecountrIestIllsIHUJenUCStJOllo

practical import But a still more important question is how the mis and antIpracticalimportButastillmorc1111portnntquestionIhowthe misls lsionary shall be shod This reaches beyond the circumstance of country andsionnrshnllbeshodThisrachcsberondthecircull1stnnceofcountr ssionnrshnllbeshodThisrachcsberondthecircull1stnnceofcountr and scopeis universal in its scope isuniversalinitsscope SVhen first Christian missionaries were the When first were sent sent out out with sandals YhenthefirstChristianmissionariesweresentoutwithsimplesana simple sandalswith simple sandalssandalssssty a wandering and crude f they went out liglitarined but fullhearted nndacruewnnderngstTtlwJwentout1ightarmchutfullhearted fullheartedTheir steps were brisk and elastic because they were conscious of carryingTheirstepswererikandclasUebecnusetheywerecOllsciomofcnrlyl carryingggmengood news to needy men goodnewstoneedmen The prophet Isaiah as with messenger vision of with the seer he the vision of aa seer lie beholds Isaiahas messengermessenger beholds the the messengerof God come swiftly over the hills telling the joyous news that the yoke of ofexile at last was broken and Jehovah was receiving the captives backexcexileatlastwasbrolenandJehoyahwasreceivingthecapthesback backex claims with genuine rapture How beautiful upon the mountains are the claimswithgenuinerapturellowbeautifulupontheIllotmtnlnsure laims feetfeet hefeet of him that bringeth good tidings that publislaetli peace ofhimthatbriI1ethgoodtidingsthatpul1ishethpeaceTheApostle Apostle The Apostletaking up this saine figure makes his Christian warrior In EphesIans viinot takingUIthissamefigurel1JalesbigChristiaIlwarriorInEphesl1 notnot only a fighter but a courier for the true soldier should not only be welllarmed onlyafighterbuttconrierforthetruesolt1lershouldnotonlybewe armedarmed and defended but must have his feet well shod with tlae preparation of theanddefendedbutmUHthavehisfeetwenshodwiththepreparationofth the peace good news of peacegoodnewsofleace a missionary whether With whether at his or abroad at home home or Vitha1I1issionarwhetherathomeorabroadenlthingdependsonhis abroad everything everything depends hisdepends onon hishis power message to see the as good news To him the Gospel must be everpowertoseethemcssageasgoodnewsrohimtheGOSIelmustbeee1 ever lastingly good to him it must ever come with that force and freshness InstinglJgood10lIimil111111lcrcomewltll111111foreeIIl1dfre hness111111 thatthat always gives zest and relish to the telling of news Only thus can his feet be alwasgivcszestaudrelishtothetellingofnewsOuythuscanhifeetI beeeesswift tireless elastic Thus shod no journey seems long no fatigue seems seems-s grievous To Jeep the message good and new to his own heart Is the veryvery best method of keeping his feet well shod and readyready bestmethodofleepillhisfeetweBshodnnrear They say that They say when William Carey was William Carey that when was repeatedly thwarted repeatedly and and wickedly wickedly thwartedthwartedthwarted plans to in set his sail the for boldly lie East inhisplanstosetsailfortheEastheboIdlrnssertedthatliewouldw toasserted that lie would walk to lkto India if no ship would take him He had his feet shod with tine preparationIndiaif110shilwouldtnlehimliehadhisfeetshodwiththeIlrcpara preparation lon of the Gospel of peace and neither foes nor time nor space nor seas nornor nor deserts nor mountains could wear him out till lie had deliveredstreams estreamsnordesertsnormountainscouldwearhimouttillhehaddelhe ed delivered tile good news to Bur iilali Fortunately a little Danish ship agreed to bearldthegoodnewstollurmahFortunatclaUttleDanishshipagreedtobear thegoodnewstollurmahFortunatclaUttleDanishshipagreedtobear bear laim aim to his longedfor land of labor Yet in the minds eye I can see thethe noble man of God setting out afoot over desert and plain finally placingg111s hishis feet on the tops of tine very Himalayas and as he descends their ruggedrugged slopes towards Burmah the redeemed of all ages a mighty cloud of witnessesslopestowardsBurmnhthereaeemeaofnl1agesamightycoudofwltues es ewitnesses look on with admiring gaze and chant How beautiful on the mountains areslokonwithad111irnggnzeanachnntHowbeautifulontllemountainsn lokonwithad111irnggnzeanachnntHowbeautifulontllemountainsn areeethe feet of him that bringeth good tidings that publisheth peacethefeetofhimthatbringethgooatidingsthatpublishethpeace peace No sustay the can stay No obstacle obstacle can the feet him to of him to whom feet of NoobstaclecanstnythefeetofhimtowhomtheGospelIsevernewsu whom the Gospel isIs ever suthe Gospel su ever new new su premely true the worlds eternal hope premetruetheworldseternalhope11premetruetheworldseternalhope

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of Pome in her fathers stelul As she returned to her ionic her driver would have stopped stoppedat the ghastly form of her murdered father lying in the street but she cried criedied out Drive on IIer carriage wheels went over hiin spurting his blood upon uponher garments It was an awful deed and a heartless commandDrive on onChristnias Evans that great Welch Baptist preacher came home from fromchurch one Sabbath night quite sick Ile gradually grew worse and finally beecanie uncoliselous One eveliing lie suddenly aroused and sat up in his bed bed-

His eyes swept the circle of his family and friends with conscious look andd lie bade theta adieu Then turning his eyes upward as if speaking to some someheavenly messenger lie said Drive on and fell back on his pillow lead leadThese two scenes are as far apart as the poles in spirit They are as sepa sepaas Heaven and hell yet they ire both manifested in professed Christians rate rntc15IIaenandlwllyetthearebothmanifestedinprofessedChrist ansChristiansans of today Selfishness and sin cause the one and selfsacrificing love produces ucesproducesuces the other The drive on spirit Is everywhere but alas alas low different differentthe Min and destiny Every interest of heart and soul demands a halt SelfishSelfish ness and sin say Drive on though it crushes out the very life blood DriveDrive on for greed and gain pleasure and profit selfishness and sin is the spiritpiritpirit pirit worldof the world oft1Jeworld few have gone beyond the seas to tell the old old story to the lost ones AfewhavegonebeoltheseastoteUtheoldoldstorytothelostones onesThey toil amid tears anti trials Ever and anon some worker lays down hishis burden In answer to the heavenly suninions Their eyes sweep the fields of oftheir labors and they bid the world adieu Our covetousness and idleness tlJelrlaorsandtheybIdtheworldaieuOurcovetousnessandidlenes idlenesshinder and harm the work but they cannot stop the workers They obeyobey

kingly orders They halt not until they reach the everlasting gates They kJl1gloordersrileYhaltnotuntiltheyrelchtheenrJastinggatesr turnturn eturneturn from every earthly voice and listen only to their FatherGodwlien He says saysDrive oil The everlasting gates are lifted up and they enter in to peacepeace and joy forever andjoforeer PROVIDENCE SPEAKS GODS GODSPROVIDENCESPEAKS SPEAKGODSPROVIDENCESPESBy REV C S GARD1EIi D D DBy AKSBYREVCSoGARDxEnDD BYREVCSoGARDxEnDD

He who wishes to do Gods will ought to scan Gods Word and Gods provi providence Each will Help us to understand the other better and both will help deneeE1hwiIIhelpustounderstaudtheotherbetterandbothwillhel helpUS to tie Ills will usto10Illsw11lThemissionarJteachiugofProvidenceinthesednys The missionary teaching of Providence in these days isstoo tootoo plain to need an interpreter What a slinkingup of the nations w e are nownow witnessing The world Is in a political ferment and particularly are thethe brightest regions of the earth shaken up The West Indies the islands of thebrightestregionsoftheearthslmlenupfherestIndiestheislandso the Pacific China Africa and the Turkish Empire are all in unstable equilibriumPacificChinnAfrIcnfiudthelurldshEmpIrenrenllinunstableequi equilibrium ibrium passim through revolution or trembling upon the verge of it And the samenpassingthrouhreyolutionortremblinguponthevergeofitAndthesa same nene niayY iayY be nWrbesaidofSpainItalytheSoutbAmericancountriesandevenofFra said of Spain Italy the South American countries and even of France ceFrancece The vast noticeable feature of the closing years of the century has been de heYtstnoticeablefeatureoftheclosingoearsofthecenturyhasbee de-

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scribed by Lord Salisbury asas the cribed the encroachment ofofthe uponlivingnations theliving uponupon nationsupon the dying nations This has been more or less true in all the history of the theworld but the rapidity with which this process Is now going on Is really start worldbuttheraphlitywithwhichthisprocessisnowgoIngonIsreall startling What are the laving nations Those that in some measure possess the thetrue religion The only apparent exceptions are Russia and Japan and rightlybU rightly bunderstood these exceptions prove the ruleUunderstood1tbeseexceptionsproetberule understood1tbeseexceptionsproetberule rule Some ago Europe Some centuries Europe sent centuries ago sent aawave waveofofcivilization has-hascivilizationwestward Somecenturies10EnrOlesentaWlYeofchllizatIonwestwardanditba westwardand andit ithas has grown in volume and power until It has swept over the Western ContinentContinent Europe has also sent a wave of civilization eastward And now the westwardEuropehasalsosentawayeorciYilizationenstwnrdAudllOWthewetw rrd westward wave and the eastward wave have meet on the further shore of the PacificPacific the land of the Orient the most populous region of the globe Froth EuropeEurope and the United States currents of commercial enterprise accompanied by parpar nlcdbpartdnlcdbpar nlcdbpar allel currents of political power are slowing out to the extremities of the earth theearth heearth The progressive nations are exploiting the whole world In the Interest offcom cotncotn meree How unspeakably important it is that parallel with these currents ofmerceIIowuuspetkabJrimportantitisthatpanlllelwiththesecurr of utsor commercial and political life there shall also flow another current offmissionary commercial1111POlitlClllifeUHreshallnlsoflownnothercurrent influence The question of the future is this Will the living nations as theyhey hespread their commerce and political power over the decadent nations carry aa searrjUaysearrjU searrjU reviving life to them or will they become Infected with their decadence and nd begin also to die That depends upon whether they take with them the saving sanctifying influence of true religion If there was ever a time when ChristiantianChristian tian people ought to be awake that time Is now The hour is at hand Sleep now nowand in the supreme crisis the Son of Cod will be betrayed and delivered to HisHis enemies As I think of the conditions upon us my mind reverts to sadsad that scene in Gethsemanethe agonizing Christ and the sleeping hedisciples Thehe The hew worldwide extension of Christianity seems to be a question of the next feww few yearsyears Greenville Greenville SS CC GreeuvilIcSC

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wo were heathen we should be afraid that the devil might come into ourIf IfwewereheathenweshouldbeafraidthatthedevUmightcomeIntoour ourour To prevent this we would place a knife and ahouse when It leaves the other housewhenitleavestheotherropreventthiswewouldp1aceaknifean aabroom across the door besides hanging clothes around all the beds broomacrossthedoorbesideshangIngclothesaroundal1thebeds bedsIIhavebeensittingherethinkingwhatapityitisthesepeoplewouldn have been sitting here thinking what a pity it is these people would notttry trytrytry try to drive hire out of the hearts of his slaves or rather to tell them to totrytodrIve111moutofthe11eartsofIllsslavesorrathertotellt One of OneemofOne to drive out the real devil who has ruled so long in this city We are here hard hardtodrIveouttherealdeYiIwhohasruledsolonginthiscityWeare hereere able to set them free You may be sure that the devil does not like that is who wlloisaletosetthemfreeYoumnbesurethatthedevildoesnotliketh that-ttat all and does all that lie can to hinder us ourIsnt it a glorious thing that our Captain Is mightier than the devil and all his angels CaptliinIsmightierthanthedevilandallbisangelsHowmanyboysan How many boys and andare willing to help us drive the devil out of g Chaugirls girlsarewHl1ugtohelpusdrivethedeylloutofNgChau Chau

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discussing the resolutions for the annexation of Hawaii Senator Hoar IIIdiscussingtheresolutionsfortheumexationofHawaiiSenatorH In arHoarHoarar of linssachusettes paid a high tribute to the New England missionaries whoofllusachuscttespaidahightributetotheXewEnglandmissionarie who wh-

saidsettled In the Island Ile said Mr President I have regretted to hear in this debate some sneers at the oIrPresIdentIhaveregrettedtohearinthisdbatesomesneel8atthe IrPresIdentIhaveregrettedtohearinthisdbatesomesneel8atthe thethemissionaries and the sons of missionaries who have redeemed Hawaii and who whomisionarlesaudthesonsofmissionarIeswhohaveredeemedHawaiian now presenting her at the gates to the people of the United States I know are arenowpresentinglIeratthegatestothepeopleoftheUnitedStates knowsomething somethlnfaboutthatuulltr1knowsomethingoftheNewEnglandmissi mission-nnabout that quality I know something of the New England mission ries and of the like missionaries from other parts of the country who wherever rlesandofthelnemissionariesfromotherpartsofthecountrywhowh rever whereveraseither In a foreign land or within our own borders on the frontiers there has hasas eItherInarorelnlandorwithinourownbordersonthefrontirsthere been a contest for civilization and Christianity and peace have been innthe theJeenacontcstforclyllizationandChristianityandpeacehavebeen the edfront ranks I knew the fathers of these men in my youth and I have watched watcheded frontrnnlis1knewthefathersorthesemcninIllrouthandIhavewatc their character and career ever sincesince theIrclmrncterandcareereVcrsince All over the West all over the South after the Civil War almost before the thethe-eeHAlloyertheest2111overtheSouthaftertheCivilaralmostbeforet first settler arrived with Ills measuring chain or his rifle on the frontier thefirstsettlerarrivedwltbhismeasuringchainorhisrifleonthefro the tierthe ador theCongregatlonalist or thePresbyterian missionary isfoundinad Methodist is found in ad Ietl1odlstortheCongregationalistorthePresbyterianmissionar invance cabinin The cornerstone of the church precedes the cornerstone of the cabin anccThecornerstoneofthechurchprecedesthecornerstoneoftheca ancanan There is not a story of true heroism or true glory in human annals which can ThereIsnotastoryortrueheroismortruegloryinhumanannalswhIch surpass the story of missionaries In this or in foreign lands whom America has hassurpassthestorofmissionariesInthisorinforeignlandswbomAmer livessent lives forth as the servants of civilization and piety They have taken theirrlives sentforthastheserantsofclIlizatiollandpietyTheyhaetakenthe in andtheir hands They have sacrificed ambition family ties hope health and intheirhaudsThehaveacrit1cedambitlonfamilticshopehealthand themwealth No danger that stood In their way no obloquy deterred them wealthNodangerthatstoodIntheirWIYnoobloquydeterredthem inin In this day of our pride and exultation at the deeds of our young heroes inInthisdaofourprideuulexultationatthedeedsofourToungheroesi pathsManila and in Cuba let us not forget that the American missionary in the paths MmilaandinCubaletusnotforgetthatthcAmericanmissionaQinthep ths heroicroicof peace belongs to the came lieLoic stock and Is in example of the salve heroic roic ofpeacebelongstothe8amehCfoictock111Islllexampleofthesameh tempertemper diddidOur brethren and our children have done In the West what our fathers did OurbrethrenandourchildrcnhavedoneinthYestwhatourfathersdid pacific Cific in intIwEastUndernewconditionsinalaterage011tueshoreofamoreIJ the East Under new conditions in a later ale oil the shore of a more pacificandsea in a more genial clime they are to repeat in the near future the old and seainamoregenialdimethearetorepeatinthenearfuturetheoldndo storystory wonrousstory wondrous York YorkThe world shall see in that far clinic the streets of a wealthier New YorThevorldshallseeinthatfarclimethestreetsofawealthierNewYor hethehe the homes of a more cultured Boston the halls of a more learned Harvard the thehomesornmoreculturedBostonthehallsofamorelearnedHaITard nnanWorkshops of a busier Worcester Tile tine has come for another step and an workshopsorabusierTorcesterThetimehascomeforanotherstepand ofother advance until halfway between America and Asia in the very centre of otheradvanceuntilImlfwYbetweenAmericuIndAsIIintheverycentr

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ReaperONSFromtheHUItistHeaper SFrom FromtheHUItistHeaper From the Baptist Reaper proSMany Many IanytimeshawehcardithintcdandinsomeInstancesbohlllro times have we heard it hinted and in some instances boldly pro workc1aimcdthatthereis1VIstspcculatIonoinhoninourgreatmlssIona work claimed that there is a vast speculation going on in our great missionaryrwork one-eeThiswccandidlydo110thclicordowebclieveitIsinthepowerofanyo This we candidly do not believe Nor 1o we believe it is in the power of any one ofoprove to one solitary charge of brethren ofourantimissionaryandnnliBoardhrcthrento1roonesOlltnrycha antiBoard antimissionary anti our of We are brought aware theremany of this forward there that character that are the f1bemanthatarebrouhtfonlrdofthischaractcrcnrtawarethatthere 1bemanthatarebrouhtfonlrdofthischaractcrcnrtawarethatthere nooot Is IsinsomequartersaconsidcrableoutcryaboutSIHculatlonhutIsIt in some quarters a considerable outcry about speculation but Is It not never never who one Intendntl cent and Intend rave tstrangepassing strangethat those strangepassing stranepnssillgstrallethatthosewhollcrglConcccntandneyerInt tstranepnssillgstrallethatthosewhollcrglConcccntandneyerInt that to give toward the spread of the Gospel or the glorious missionary effort thattogitowardthespreadoftheGosne1orthegloriousmlssloIJIQeffor should ould isnowprovingasthcmeansinthchaudsofGodtoeal1geltzcthcworlds now proving as the means in the hands of God to evangelize the world shouldIs ss sbusiness betheCQOpcrsonstofindfaultaboutthemoneyexpendedinthtsbusIn be the very persons to find fault about the money expended In this businessIs5 sAndisitnotequallystranethatthosewhoknownothingatfillofwhat Andisitnotequallystranethatthosewhoknownothingatfillofwhat is it not equally strange that those who know nothing at all of what IsAnd now knowdoing should be able to discover fraud and speculation while those who know nodoingshouldbeabletoc1iscoerfrauandsnccnlatlonwhl1cthosewho ex thewholeIlloemcntandwhereeverycentofthemoneygoeshowitIsex wthewholeIlloemcntandwhereeverycentofthemoneygoeshowitIsex the whole movement and where every cent of the money goes how It Is excomplain-nnpentied should know nothing of this Sorely if any persons ought to complain pendedshouldknownothinofthisSurelyifanypersonsouhttocompla theirrrabouttheimproperexcnl1iturcofmoncyItshouldbethosewhoghcthe about the Improper expenditure of money it should be those who give theirismoney and not those who 10 not give and never intend to give But what is 1l10ncandnotthosewhodonotgiYeandncyerintendtogiycButwhatIs andand stillmorestIanethanalltherestifpossihleisthatallthoseChrls i1I1slml still more strange than all the rest if possible Is that 111 those Christians her especially ministers of the Gospel not only among Baptists but also of otherother especial1ministersoftheGospclnotonlUllonBlptistshutnlsoofo disinteresteddddenominations who have always been the most signalized for disinteresteddenominationswhohanahlsbeenthemostslnallzetlfordisinterest perseverance rmce ChristinnhencyolencehoncstyzealandunweuicdexertionaudlcrSn Christian benevolence honesty zeal and unwearied exertion and perseverancedand-d in the cause of Christ are nothing but a band of swindlers pickpockets and inthecauscofChristnrenothinbutabandofswindlcrspickpocketsn cnter cheatsDespitethefnctthattherearemencOl1trollinourmissionar cheats Despite the fact that there are men controlling our missionary enterthereprises whose moral and religious characters stand fair and unimpeachable there priseswhosemoraandreligiouscl1amctersstandfairandunhnpeach hlethere some who are foolish and malicious enough to insinuate that there isfraud aresomeWllOarefoolishandmaliciousenoughtoillshlUatthatther are fraud is fraudsoso and speculation going on in our missionary work What surprises us Is that andspec111ntiollgoingoninourmbsiouarrworlhatsurprisesusist atso obtainmuch work call be clone at so small an expense It is possible now to obtain muchworkcanbedoneatsosmallnIlcxvenseoItispossiblenotoobt1i ofblessed Word of God for a mere trifle compared with the usual price of theblessedordofGodforamcretritlecomImredwiththeusnalpriceo the paper printing and binding before Bible and other benevolent societies es esocietiespnperprintingandbindingbcforeBibleandotherbenevolentsociet sprang into being The fact is the day is corning when it will be known who whosprangintobeingThefnctisthedayiscomingwhenitwillbeknownwho ssprangintobeingThefnctisthedayiscomingwhenitwillbeknownwho comeand hugged up their money and who did not The blessed day will come loyedandhuggeduptheirmOlleamIwhodidnotrheblesscddnwillcome loved rtalwhen it will be known who loved their money better than precious immortalrtal whenitwillbeknownwho10ndtheirmonebettcrthanpreciousil11111 immortal souls 5-

BEQUESTS TO THE BOARD BEQUESTSTOTHEBOARD BOARDIn rdrd InthepastsometroublehasariEenbydonorsgettingthenameoftheBo the past some trouble has arisen by donors getting the name of the BoardIn Board wills making wrong when givetheir The give is Board w wegive wrongwhenmakingtheirwillsTheBoardisregularlyincorporatedan regularly incorporated and wegive ebelowtheproperformformakingbequests belowtheproperformformakingbequests below the proper form for making bequests

111 I hereby give and bequeath to the Foreign Mission Board of the Southern HIherebygiveandbequeathtotheForeignIi8sionBoardoftheSouthe Southern-n Baptist Convention chartered by the Legislature of Virginia by an act approved approvedBaptistConventioncharteredbytheLegislatureofVirginiabyanac 23 1888 here insert the amount if in money or description of other February propprop February231888hereinserttheamountifinmoneyordescriptionofo herprop real or personal for the purposes contemplated by said Board erty ertyrealorpersonalforthepurposescontemplatedbysaidBoarertyrealorpersonalforthepurposescontemplatedbysaidBoard n-

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eCanton Canton 25 1S9S1S9S 1SOJune 25 CnlltonJune25lS9S CnlltonJune25lS9I SDear Brother Dear returnedDearBrotherIhanjustretunledfrSDearBrotherIhanjustretunled returnedDearBrotherIhanjustretunled BrotherI have just returned a trip to Sy UI in the Iwong ing ingfrom fromatrIptoSrUIlntheKwongXinfromatrIptoSrUIlntheKwongXing omatrIptoSrUIlntheKwongXing opportu district We had very good opportugdistrict1c111Yergoodopportu district1c111Yergoodopportudistrict1c111Yergoodopportu atnities and baptized one woman at nItiesfiJubaptizedonewomananItiesfiJubaptizedonewomanat hwongN inv I was away two weeksweeks tKwonlngIwusawaytwoweels KwonlngIwusawaytwoweelsKwonlngIwusawaytwoweels and could not get a letter from home homeamcouldIlottaletterfromhomeamcouldIlottaletterfromhome toduring urinthattimesoIwasanxIoustogthat time so I was anxious to urinthattimesoIwasanxIousto get Monte to hear how the Board hadgethometohearhowtheBonnhagethometohearhowtheBonnhad had ethometohearhowtheBonnhad toout On the day I expected to collie dcomeoutOnthedaIeXIcctedto comeoutOnthedaIeXIcctedtocomeoutOnthedaIeXIcctedto get fifback at getbacknt4P1weweresUUfiftgetbacknt4P1weweresUUfif P M we were still fif teen teenmtlesfromhomeaudourboatpmiles from home and our boatboat eenmtlesfromhomeaudourboat teenmtlesfromhomeaudourboat people pCOllesnidthecouldonIrmakfhalf half said they could only InakEc halfCOllesnidthecouldonIrmakfhalf that distance that night so I calledcalled thatdlstnnccthatnightsoIcnl1ctthatdlstnnccthatnightsoIcnl1ct1 inansmnl1rnstboatllkeaslipperill small fast boat like a slipper in 1nsmnl1rnstboatllkeaslipperill nsmnl1rnstboatllkeaslipperillsshape shortly hape31HtheyottoCantonshortly shape31HtheyottoCantonshortly and they got to Canton shortlyshape31HtheyottoCantonshoafter dark After I left the boat I rtlyafterdarkAftr1leftthehoatI afterdarkAftr1leftthehoatIhuafterdarkAftr1leftthehoatI hurried along and up the steps to ourour hurriednIonandUIthestelStoourIhurriednIonandUIthestelStoour rriednIonandUIthestelStoour house and I heard within the soundssounds lOusenndIhenrdwithinthesounds IlOusenndIhenrdwithinthesounds IlOusenndIhenrdwithinthesouMcCloyof the little organ and Mrs McCloy ndsofthelittleornunndlr5lcCIoy ofthelittleornunndlr5lcCIoyamofthelittleornunndlr5lcCIoy and eveningthe children singing their evening amIthechUdrenslnlngtheirceningamIthechUdrenslnlngtheircening IthechUdrenslnlngtheircening hymn The door was soon opened andIlymnlhedoorwnssoonopenedanIlymnlhedoorwnssoonopenedand and after words of welcome firs llcCloyafterwordsofweIcomelr8cCloysllcCloy dafterwordsofweIcomelr8cCloy afterwordsofweIcomelr8cCloy said saWsheImdgOOt1newsformethsaWsheImdgOOt1newsformethe she had good news for Inetile aWsheImdgOOt1newsformethe InetileBoard was out of debt and nearly 3 eBoardwasoutofdebtandnearlr3 Boardwasoutofdebtandnearlr3 Boardwasoutofdebtandnear000 Lordin hand We praised the Lord lr3000inhandcraIsedtheLord 000inhandcraIsedtheLordfro000inhandcraIsedtheLord from the bottom of our hearts and we wefromthebottomofourheartsandwefromthebottomofourheartsandwe mthebottomofourheartsandwe stretch out our hands across the disdis stretchoutourhandsncrossthediststretchoutourhandsncrossthedis tance that lies between and say withtanceUmtBesbetweennulsnywith1tanceUmtBesbetweennulsnywith anceUmtBesbetweennulsnywith with all our heart Praise God from whom whom111ourhearthPralseGodfroUlwhom3111ourhearthPralseGodfroUlwhom 11ourhearthPralseGodfroUlwhom all 311blessingsHow flow11blessingsHow blessings flow 311blessingsHmight It might be allowItl11ighteInterestingtohacnn to have Itl11ighteInterestingtohacnnbe interesting Interesting to Itl11ighteInterestingtohacnn have an all account of my visit to a Chinese ChineseaccountofmyvisittonChinesuaccountofmyvisittonChinesu AV eemandarin on my last journey manc1arinonmylastjourlwJYomanc1arinonmylastjourlwJYo had innot been long at our chapel in hHlHothecnlongatourchapelinhHlHothecnlongatourchapelin Kwonging lwongXingcItwhenthedistrict1llwongXingcItwhenthedistrict city when the districtdistrict Mandarin sent Iris visitingcard and inin 1lmnnrinscnthisYlsitlngcnrandi1lmnnrinscnthisYlsitlngcnrandin mnnrinscnthisYlsitlngcnrandin voked nyokemetocomenndseehisfootHe yokemetocomenndseehisfootHe Inc to collie and see his foot He 1

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Mrs Sears and II went toto LitszeLitszeLitsze rrSearsandIwenttoLitszeYrrSearsandIwenttoLitsze onea few days ago This was one Yuan YuanafewdaysagoThiswasoneYuanafewdaysagoThiswasone uanafewdaysagoThiswasone Moonof the first villages that Miss Moon ofthefirstvillagesthatMissIoonIofthefirstvillagesthatMissIoon encourag visited It started off very encouragsltcdItstnrtcdoffveryencourag IsltcdItstnrtcdoffveryencourag ingly seve inglybutittookastandstHIforsevinglybutittookastandstHIforseve but it took a standstill for several years There are four ChristiansChristians eralcarsTherearefourChrIstians ralcarsTherearefourChrIstians ralcarsTherearefourChrIstianInthere and a few that seem to be In sthereandafewthatseemtobein thereandafewthatseemtobeintethereandafewthatseemtobein IsterestedintheGospelThevil1ageiterestedintheGospelThevil1ageis terested in the Gospel The village Is restedintheGospelThevil1ageis very friendly toward us and we stillstill sYerfriendlytowardusandwestill YerfriendlytowardusandwestillYerfriendlytowardusandwestill out havehopesthatmorewillcomeoutahave hopes that more will come outhavehopesthatmorewillcomeout antInceeptChrisantInceeptChrist Christ and accept ChristntInceeptChrist very sincerelysincerely Yours sincerelyYours tYourserysincerely Yourserysincerely YourserysincereSEARSWM SEARSWM HI3 SEARS lywrHSEARS wrHSEARSPwrHSEARS Chinaringtu ChinaPlngtuChinaVPillgtu China PlngtuChina ringtu lngtuChina ChriEarnest Native Chris Visiting Chris ChriVisiting OutStations OutStationsEarnest isitingOutStationsEarnestNativeChris VisitingOutStationsEarnestNativeChris Till After Midnight MidnighstiansPreaching tiansPreachinJTillAfterMidnight tiansPreaching tiansPreachinJTillAfterMidfinishedsDear Brother II have Dear finishednightDearBrotherIhavejustfinished just finished DearBrotherIhavejustfinished tDear have just am visiting all of the outstations and amYisitil1galloftheoutstationsandaYisitil1galloftheoutstationsandam very well pleased with the outlookoutlook mvcrwenpleasedwiththeoutlook vcrwenpleasedwiththeoutlookvcrwenpleasedwiththeoutlook areCounting the city church there are CountingthecitychurchthereareCountingthecitychurchthereare held eight places where preaching is heldeihtplaceswhereprcachingisheleihtplaceswhereprcachingisheld myself every Sunday Dr Randle and myselfeeQSundaDrRanl1eandmyselfndeeQSundaDrRanl1eandmyself eeQSundaDrRanl1eandmyself only occupy two each Sunday andand nonloccupytwoeachSundayanO nnonloccupytwoeachSundayanO nnonloccupytwoeachSundayacan sanOthisIcaeixtobefilledbythenn thisIcaeixtobefilledbythenntthisIcaeixtobefilledbythenn this leaves six to be filled by the sa nativeno native we ordained As have tires ticsAswebavenoorainenativehticsAswebavenoorainenative icsAswebavenoorainenative ser helpers the conducting of these serelperstheconductingoftheseser helperstheconductingofthesesehelperstheconductingoftheseser members must rest with the membersvices rice8mustrestwiththemembers ice8mustrestwiththemembersice8mustrestwiththemembers missionaries OneofonrJapanesemissionariesOneofonrJapanesemissionaries One of our Japanese missionariesamong wloUesTheInckofinterestamong writes Tire lack of interest amongof Japanese Christians in the salvation ofJa1mncseChristiansinthesalationof greattheirownpeopleisonesourceofgreattheirownpeopleisonesourceofgreat their own people Is one source of great heartsorrowtothemissionarysheasorrowtothemissionarysheart sorrow to the missionarys heart about am IIIamgladthiscannotbesaidabout aboutabout said aboutcannot be be said rtIamgladthiscannotbesaidabout glad this am glad Iamgladthiscannotbesaidabouthis cannot ithope it so I tthissectionofChinasofarIhopeit thissectionofChinasofarIhopeitthissectionofChinasofarIhopeit far this section of China NearlyNearly point mal1enrcometothatpointNearlmal1enrcometothatpointNearly may never come to that every member Is a preacher after aayecQmemberisaprcacheraftera ecQmemberisaprcacherafteraecQmemberisaprcacheraftera feel fashionretrytomakethemfeeltfashionretrytomakethemfeel fashion We try to make them feelnativesnatives The work is their thattbisistheirworkThenativeshathis hattbisistheirworkThenatives thattbisistheirworkThenatives that volunteered hayccomeforwardandyolunteerehayccomeforwardandyolunteered yccomeforwardandyolunteered have come forward and volunteeredoutstatto dtoworkinthechurchesandoutsta toworkinthechurchesandoutstatwork in the churches and outsta toworkinthechurchesandoutsta rejoicerejoice me way makes tionsinawaythatmakesmerejoice ionsinawaythatmakesmerejoice that a in tions ions not notnot Heretofore China nomissionaries inin China HeretoforemissionariesinChinanot Heretofore missionaries have so11l11chamongtheBaptistshavso11l11chamongtheBaptistshave so much among the Baptists haveas ebeentoofreeinrentinghousesas beentoofreeinrentinghousesaspbeentoofreeinrentinghousesas been too free in renting houses aspaid placesofworshipandputtingpaideplacesofworshipandputtingpaid lacesofworshipandputtingpaid places of worship and putting paidvangelistsilthemVhenwefindthat evangelistsilthemVhenwefindthatevangelistsilthemVhenwefindthat in thew When we find that evangelists

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God is Is giving us us enquirers inin certain odisgivingusenquirersincertain Godisgivingusenquirersincertain certaincertainplaces I believe we should encourage placesIbeUeveweSllOUldencourngplacesIbeUeveweSllOUldencournge encourageto meet in their own houses and them ethemtomeetintheirownhousesand andthemtomeetintheirownhousesathemtomeetintheirownhousesand if the number increases try to get getto secure a larger place Allthem ndthemtosecurenlargerplaceAll themtosecurenlargerplaceAllsuthemtosecurenlargerplaceAll All

two twoChristians ISO ISOfamilies familieshave band twoChrIstians180familieshneband havebandbandband ed together to have no dealings with cdtogetlwrtohnYe110denJngswitcdtogetlwrtohnYe110denJngswith witharty one that follows the Jesus dOe dOetrinenot even to peak or listen to trinenot tothem III the face of rill of this God is issuch work should be entirely In the suchworkSllOUldbeentirelyInthe chworkSllOUldbeentirelyInthe suchworkSllOUldbeentirelyInttheworking in their midst There areare hands of the natives Let the work worksome helmndsofthenativesLetthework very Interesting enquirers therelmndsofthenativesLettheworklmndsofthenativesLetthework somvcrInterestinenquIrerstherethsomvcrInterestinenquIrersthere somvcrInterestinenquIrersthere there spontaneous be A missionary has bespontaneousAmissionaryhasbespontaneousAmissionaryhas hasOne man sixtyfive years old called calledto do if lie attends to the spir enough spirenoughtooifheattendstothespirenoughtooifheattendstothespir on me March 34th and bought a New Newitual needs of the natives I believe believeitualneedsoftIlenativesIbellenwitualneedsoftIlenativesIbellen Testament and when I was at his v il-il we ought to help the churches in pro proweoughttohelpthechurchesinproweoughttohelpthechurchesinpro eoughttohelpthechurchesinpro Iage April 7th lie had already read readportion as they help themselves wrtionastheybelpthem8eles wrtionastheybelpthem8elesthemselvesNew Testament through and most the heXeTestamentthrouhUIltlmost theXeTestamentthrouhUIltlmotheXeTestamentthrouhUIltlmost mostIIIhayenotbeeninChinalongenough have enoughnot been have not been inin China China long IhayenotbeeninChinalongenouenoughlongenough enough of it aloud to his wife Ills wife told toldstofitalou1tohiswlftIllswifetold ofitalou1tohiswlftIllswifetoldaofitalou1tohiswlftIllswifetold to be suspicious ghtobesuspiciousanddistanttothe tobesuspiciousanddistanttothetobesuspiciousanddistanttothe and distant to the theme that he read most of it at nightnight Chinese They say it comes in time ChineseTheysnyitcomesintimChineseTheysnyitcomesintime timeand worked In the clay She said lie andworkedInthednySlatsaltl1mandworkedInthednySlatsaltl1m ndworkedInthednySlatsaltl1m liehope t does not This seems to be IIbopetdoesnotThisseemstobe eIbopetdoesnotThisseemstobe IbopetdoesnotThisseemstobetbewould often read till Inidniglit and andspirit of a heathen rather than aathe thespiritofaheathenratherthanaChespiritofaheathenratherthana thespiritofaheathenratherthana get up before daylight and read till getupbeforetlayllhtal1lreadtillGgetupbeforetlayllhtal1lreadtill tillChristian The Chinese are very sus susChristianTheChineseareYeTsuChristianTheChineseareYeTsus hristianTheChineseareYeTsus time to go to work Ile is teaching his hispicious of us I think we should treat spiciousofusIthinkyeshouldtreat piciousofusIthinkyeshouldtreatpiciousofusIthinkyeshouldtreat treatwife who Is also interested In thethe them as friends enquirers or Chris themasfriendsenquirersorChristthemasfriendsenquirersorChris ChrisGospel GospelhowtorendandwrIteGospelhowtorendandwrIte how to read and writeospelhowtorendandwrIte write tians until they prove themselves oth out tiansuntiltbeyprovethemselesoth While iansuntiltbeyprovethemselesoth tiansuntiltbeyprovethemselesoothWhile outthis thistime MrsSears timeMrs VhlleoutthistimeIrsSears1111I SearsandamidI I neerwise Selfsupport does not ne therwiseSelfsupportdoesnotne erwiseSelfsupportdoesnotnecerwiseSelfsupportdoesnotne visited Sin Wan another village fourfour cessarily mean crown with the Board cessarilymeanwnwiththenoarcessarilymeanwnwiththenoard essarilymeanwnwiththenoard Boardmiles farther on where there is aaor hardheartedness but It means meansdorImrdheartednessbutitmeans orImrdheartednessbutitmeansmorImrdheartednessbutitmeans church member and several personspersons making men and not babes makingmenandnotbabesmakingmenandnotbabes akingmenandnotbabes babeswho have applied whohavenpplledforhnltlslI1PrencwhohavenpplledforhnltlslI1Prencb baptism for PreachPreach The four withThe four outstations outstations connected withTbefouroutst1tionsconnectedwiTbefouroutst1tionsconnectedwith connected with with ing is conducted here once a monthblngiconductedhereonceamonth lngiconductedhereonceamontlngiconductedhereonceamonth month There Pingtu work all have their own the ththePingtuworkallhavetheirown thePingtuworkallhavetheirownpthePingtuworkallhavetheirown ownoutstations two more are two Iliere are moreoutstationshTherearetwomoreoutstations TherearetwomoreoutstationsTherearetwomoreoutstations outstationsoutstations places of worship They may not com placesofworshipTheymaynotcompplacesofworshipTheymaynotcom lacesofworshipTheymaynotcom comTswang and Tsrei Iacoabothahwan wnnTswnnandTsrelKwonbotbwnnTswnnandTsrelKwonbotb Iacoaboth pare with some Broadway chapels nor parewithsomeBroadwaychape1snor arewithsomeBroadwaychape1snor parewithsomeBroadwaychape1snorabout fifteen miles from the city butbout aboutflcteenmIlesfromthecUout but they attract as much attention do nordotheyattractasmuchattentioIl dotheyattractasmuchattentioIlIdotheyattractasmuchattentioIl attentionabout five miles apart and about eightahoutlhemilesalnrt1IHIaboutelgbt ahoutlhemilesalnrt1IHIaboutelgeight among the Christianhaters as a fine finemiles from Chang rla KinbtmilesfromChan1ia1in milesfromChan1ia1inKin milesfromChan1ia1in AtAtthe Impel would They are small begin ImpelwouIlITheyaresmaIlbil1narcImpelwouIlITheyaresmaIlbil1 mpelwouIlITheyaresmaIlbil1 beginthefirst firstofofthese ttthefirstofthesepllcestherenrttthefirstofthesepllcestherenre placesthere theseplaces aretherearcare nings All four of our Pingtu churches ningsAllfourofourPingtuclmrcbesningsAllfourofourPingtuclmrcbes ingsAllfourofourPingtuclmrcbes churchesno church members but there areare enochurchmembersbutthereate nochurchmembersbutthereatefnochurchmembersbutthereate started after this fashion fashionstartedafterthisfashiostartedafterthisfashioIl four who have been accepted for baptourwhohaebeenacceptedforbap fourwhohaebeenacceptedforbafourwhohaebeenacceptedforbap bap Wang Kia Tswang milesWang IlYangJiaTswanghyehemiles YangJiaTswanghyehemilessoYangJiaTswanghyehemiles hia Tswang twelve twelve miles milesismn miles tismn and several others who are In InptismandseeralotherswhoareIn tismandseeralotherswhoareInttismandseeralotherswhoareIn southwest southwestoftheeftywasthefirstout uthwestoftheeftywasthefirstout of the city was the first outout terested One night we preached till terestedOnenightweprcnchetltillerestedOnenightweprcnchetltill terestedOnenightweprcnchetltill station Mrs Sears and I visited Hero 145whenathunderstormcameand stationlr8SearandIvisitedIIerwstationlr8SearandIvisitedIIer 1245 when a thunder storm carne and145whenathunderstormcameandand e have two Christians and a great 11 greatwehavetwoChristiansandagreatwehavetwoChristiansandagreat ehavetwoChristiansandagreat broke up the meetinghroleupthemeetinghroleupthemeeting meeting AtAtTsrei Kwoa there are two church many friends of Christianity This is ismanrfriendsofChristinnityThisiqmanrfriendsofChristinnityThisi Tsrel Kwon there are twochurchchurchAt1srelwoathere1retwochurcbAt1srelwoathere1retwochurcb church quite a hope al village quitcalJOpeflYiJIage villaguitcalJOpeflYiJIage quitcalJOpeflYiJIagmembers When wasthere the was crowd memhershentherethecrowdwasmemhershentherethecrowdwas TJKia was next the we was the next outstation eLIlia LIlia weeUKinwasthenextoutstationwe UKinwasthenextoutstationwUKinwasthenextoutstationwe outstation we so large at night we had to get Ian Ianvisited This village is about twelve twelveeisitedrhisYiIIneisabouttwele isitedrhisYiIIneisabouttweleisitedrhisYiIIneisabouttwele terns and preach out in the yardyard ternsmHlIreaehontinthelrdternsmHlIreaehontinthelrd I have never soon more In miles northwest of the city and six milesnorthwestofthecityandsixmilesnorthwestofthecityandsix sixI have never seen moreinterest inInterest in miles from Saling In and near this milesfromSn1JngInandnearthismilesfromSn1JngInandnearthis thisChristianity We are praying for I place placetherearetwelyechurchmemplacetherearetwelyechurchmem there are twelve church mein meinlarge ingathering this year I attribute largejlJgntherIJthiselrInttrlbute attributebers belonging to the Saling church bersbelongingtotheSalingchurch churchaalargcportionofthisinteresttothe large portion of this Interest to thethe people are not friendly in this sec The ThepeoplearenotfriendlyinthisseThepeoplearenotfriendlyinthissec seczeal of the native Christians us zealofthenativcChristiansLetuszealofthenativcChristiansLetus Let usIn one village where there are ctionInoneyjUngewherethereare tion tionInoneyjUngewherethereare pray that each Christian may develop I-

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never never gave gave better thebetter attention lnevergavebetterattentiontotbe nevergavebetterattentiontotbenevergavebetterattentiontotbe attention totothe the- villages the villagesarelirebeing being entered have-have thatthat entered have preaching of Gospel preachingoftheGospclWehnveqthe preachingoftheGospclWehnve haveWe have never heard of Christ before e bebe quite a number of enquirers at presquite11numberofenquirersatpresuite11numberofenquirersatpres quite11numberofenquirersatpres pres ran the year by praying that the Lord gnntheyearbrIrlylngthattbeLordgnntheyearbrIrlylngthattbeLord Lordent ent would give us sixty additions by hap tisnt this year Our prayers are being From Miss MoonFrom Miss Lottie Lottie Moon FromMissLottieMoon MooMoon FromMissLottieMabundantly answered I had the pleas pleasnTungcliow Tungcliow oonTungclIOwChinaPOChefooTune TungclIOwChinaPOChefooTune3TungclIOwChinaPOChefooTune China P O Chefoo June ure of baptizing fourteen at Chang 30 189s189s 30lSUS 30lSU0lSUS Kin Kin Niny 2th twentytwo II have at Sa quarter have visited visited during during the quarter- ling June 5th and eight thequarterFquarter at Ilwoa San Santwenty different towns and villagesvillages church June 12th This makes forty many At of their I remained several SAtmanyofthemIremainedseveral AtmanyofthemIremainedseveralAtmanyofthemIremainedseveral severalfour thus far farfourthusnrYfourthusnr days at others I have made but briefdaysatothersIhaveIUadebutbrIedaysatothersIhaveIUadebutbrIef several brief There other applicantsTherewere applicants were several other applicants visits going out after dinner and re fvIsitsoIngoutafterdinneraudrL vIsitsoIngoutafterdinneraudrLvIsitsoIngoutafterdinneraudrL rebut it was thought hest to have themthem turning about sunset I have lead leadwait a while We cannot be too cau much to encourage muchtoencouragemeintheworkTmuchtoencouragemeinthework me in the workwork tious in this important mattermatter The people are very friendly and more About a year hepeoplenreveryfriendJyfindmore ThepeoplenreveryfriendJyfindmore agoago I was on a marketmoret year About I was oilmarket a marketmarket ready to listen to the Gospel than II- selling readytolistentotheGospelthanIreadytolistentotheGospelthanI books A man cause along have ever haveeverknownthcmtobeIntwoplaknown them to be In twohaveeverknownthcmtobeIntwo two with one cash onetenth of t1 cent centplaces there are apparently some gen placestllCrearcapparentlJSOUlegen cestllCrearcapparentlJSOUlegen genand bought a little tract Ile said tItIuine enquirers I have been pressingly can afford to spend that much to find findInvited to go to a new village to i uit uitout what the foreign devil has to toa3familysaidtobeYCQfavorablds family to said 3familysaidtobeYCQfavorabldspbe very favorably dis dissay He took the tract home and andposed to Christianity and I have prom osedtoChrIstianityandIhaveprom posedtoChrIstianityandIhaveprom promread It It caused him to consider ised to go It Is a source of sorrowsorrow Ile came to church bought a Bible BibleI cannot meet the numerous calls that thatIcannotmeetthenumerouscallthatIcannotmeetthenumerouscalls callsread it became converted and was IIhavesimplytodecIdewhateaStS have simply to decide what casesIhavesimplytodecIdewhateaStSasIhavesimplytodecIdewhateaStS cases baptized May 29th Phis should en enand places most urgently demand at andplacesmosturgentlydemandnandplacesmosturgentlydemandnt ndplacesmosturgentlydemandnt atcourage us to keep on sowing We Wetention and to neglect many othersttentIonandtoneglectmanvothers tentIonandtoneglectmanvothertentIonandtoneglectmanvothers others are told that Gods Word will not rere to which I would gladly go were IIstowhichIwouldgladlygowerc towhichIwouldgladlygowerctowhichIwouldgladlygowerc turn unto Him void What a consola consolato free do so We need at least threefreetodosoWeneedatleastthreefreetodosoWeneedatleastthree three tion Lo I am with you always alwaysmore single women here Miss Hart moresInglewomenl1erefissHartwmoresInglewomenl1erefissHart Harteven in Africa South America Italy Is well doing wenIsdoingnobleworkIntheschool noble enIsdoingnobleworkIntheschool work in the school schoolMexicovery Japan and ChinaChina Yours but fraternallythus far this year has been unablefraternally butthusfarthisyearhasbeenunablebutthusfarthisyearhasbeenunable unable Yours very Yoursveryrrntcrn3n Yoursveryrrntcrn3oursveryrrntcrn3n fraternallyfraternally to leave the city There are about WM H SEARS SEARSaboutWM YrHSgAfiSBnYrHSgAfiS arty towns and villages H SEARSYrHSgAfiS SEARS IrtytownsandvIllagesconnectedIIrtytownsandvIllagesconnected connectedconnected BRAZILBRAZIL Ith Tun the chow ththeTungchowstationthatought IththeTungchowstationthatought station that oughtought BRAZILBRAZIL RAZIL to have visits of several days duration tohavevIsitsofsevernldaysduration duration- Baptist Uni6n of South Brazil has a Harmonious at least twice a year With our 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1898- told you in my 13I have 1898 131898 13189last letters I have told you In my last letters IhavetoldyouInmylastlettersbo8IhavetoldyouInmylastletters IhavetoldyouInmylastletters lettershow the native Christians are working bowthenativeChristiansareworking wthenativeChristiansareworking for their Master I know you will willrejoice with them and ourselves thatrejoIcewiththemandourselvesthat that their work Is a telling one Many new theIrworkisatel1lngone1tlanynew

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Dear BrotherWe have just had thethe pleasure of entertaining our associn titm apti t ton for South Brazil Braziland WI were blessed In a most liar liarrnontous nud Profitable session of me rnonlousn1Hlplol1tablesessionoftne body Our churches were well reprerepre sented and discussions were lively but In the best spirit As usual we

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HapUsts111Protestnnts11wasfor Baptists and Protestants Ile was for HapUsts111Protestnnts11wasfpUsts111Protestnnts11wasfor Spainyears a missionary In Spain sccnetrstmisslonaryInSpainTorsccnetrstmisslonaryInSpain sccnetrstmisslonaryInSpain seven coas co him called has church here The ThehurchwrchascalledhimiscThehurchwrchascalledhimisco hehurchwrchascalledhimisco pastor with me and promises 50 aaismouthtownrdhisupportHeismaomouthtownrdhisupportHeis month mouthtownrdhisupportHeis toward leis support Ile is childone child and has marrIednUllbasonechild married marrIednUllbasonechrrIednUllbasonechild conversions Wechaehuseveralconerslonsamhave had several conversionscildchaehuseveralconerslons haehuseveralconerslons case amibaptismsrcentlAnotnbleCl1SCamibaptismsrcentlAnotnbleCl1SC baptisms recently A notable caseibaptismsrcentlAnotnbleCl1SC and IrvineIrvine Brother was which about wasthatl1boutwblchBrotherIrine that wasthatl1boutwblchBrotherIrinto you That brother continues towrote ewroteOtilhatbrothercontinuesto wroteOtilhatbrothercontinuestowroteOtilhatbrothercontinuesto isgive ginclearproofsofconerslonandisyginclearproofsofconerslonandis clear proofs of conversion and is very active ycryzealousamIncthe zealous and activecryzealousamIncthe ycryzealousamIncBelloI have just IhnjustreturnedfromBenollorreturned from Bello theIhnjustreturnedfromBeno IhnjustreturnedfromBeno promises llorlzontcwhereourcuusepromlscllorlzontcwhereourcuusepromlscs lzontcwhereourcuusepromlscs Horizonte where our cause promisesBrother smuchnulthcomingbackofBrother muchnulthcomingbackofBrothemuchnulthcomingbackofBrother much and the coining back of Brotherforpush for to us rTJrnlorwillenablcustopushfor T Jrnlorwillenablcustopushfor Taylor enable will JTJrnlorwillenablcustopushfoJ new wardwiththeprocssofthenewcItrwardwiththeprocssofthenew wardwiththeprocssofthenew ward with the progress of the newforty cItyThechurchnumbersaboutfortymcItyThechurchnumbersaboutforty city yThechurchnumbersaboutforty The church numbers about fortymembersmembers members memberembers de sIiSSC5VllcoxanllStcngerourde IiSSC5VllcoxanllStcngerourde IiSSC5VllcoxanllStcngerourMisses Wilcox and Stenger our defor deotcdBaptistvorkersnrereadfor otcdBaptistvorkersnrereadfotcdBaptistvorkersnrereadfor voted Baptist workers are ready forjoy every oreeroodworknndseewithjoy eeroodworknndseewithjoythIgood work and see with joyeeroodworknndseewithjoy building thIrnewhomeandschoolbuildingahthIrnewhomeandschoolbuilding rnewhomeandschoolbuilding their new home ant school buildingbuilt ahoutc0U111IetcdThishasbecnbuilt about completed This has been builtoutc0U111IetcdThishasbecnbuilt and atlIssYiJcoxspersonalepcnseanatlIssYiJcoxspersonalepcnseand at hiss Wilcoxs personal expense andedificeIs Is1prettyandcomfortlbIedificerha pretty and comfortable edifice dIs1prettyandcomfortlbIedifice Is1prettyandcomfortlbIedifice do rhesetwoChristianwomenw111do two Christian women will doesetwoChristianwomenw111do rhesetwoChristianwomenw111These In both cause our fine finesenIctforourcausebothinSClfor dofinesenIctforourcausebothin service finesenIctforourcausebothinInvis SCl1001nnddirectmissionworkInvis school 1001nnddirectmissionworkInvis SCl1001nnddirectmissionworkInand direct mission work in viscan among the people if they canvisjtinamongthepeopleIftIieycan iting jtinamongthepeopleIftIieycanSjtinamongthepeopleIftIieycan stay HorizonteHorizonte Bello at SLJatBclloHorlzontSLJatBclloHorlzonte LJatBclloHorlzonte again eIsoongotoSantaBarbarangaIn IsoongotoSantaBarbarangaInIsoongotoSantaBarbarangaIn I soon go to Santa Barbara againtime ProIdcncepermIttingThelasttimeProIdcncepermIttingThelasttime Providence permitting The last timeconIwastherewebadmagnIficentconIIwastherewebadmagnIficentcon was there we had magnificent con grent1onsnndIprcachedtoAmeri gregations and I preached to Ameri

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After waiting two monthsAfterwaitingtwomonth Afterwaitingtwomontmonths welonger than we ought to have done we hhnerthanweubttomYdoriewe hnerthanweubttomYdoriewerhnerthanweubttomYdoriewe pro yesterday an invoice of proreceived rccelcdycsterdayaninvoicof1noccelcdycsterdayaninvoicof1no rccelcdycsterdayaninvoicof1no visions from England We were outout visionsfromEnland1VcwereouvisionsfromEnland1Vcwereout very of everything and were living verytofecrythlngandwerelivingvery ofecrythlngandwerelivingvery ofecrythlngandwerelivingverloads hard we thought Weighing loadsyhurdwethoughtVeibingloads hurdwethoughtVeibingloadspahurdwethoughtVeibingloads unpack paying nineteen carriers and unpackpayIngnineteencarriersandunpacpayIngnineteencarriersandunpack yIngnineteencarriersandunpack hard kinandputtingawuygaveIDeahard inandputtingawuygaveIDeahardand putting away gave me a hardinandputtingawuygaveIDeahard inti today work and I feel done up todaydaysworkandIfeeldoneuptodayPdays daysworkandIfeeldoneuptoday Perhaps the following would interestPerhapsthefollowingwouldinterstPerhapsthefollowingwouldinterst interest erhapsthefollowingwouldinterst youyou yoproinvoice of this bill of goods pro uTheil1oiceoftbisbillorgoodspro Theil1oiceoftbisbillorgoodspro The drugs visionsclothinanddrugsinclnding includingincluding clothing and visions packedtinsinwhichlrovisionswerepacktinsinwhichlrovisionswerepacked tins in which provisions were packed on fromExpenses 126 these edWfiS126Expenssonthesefrom from WfiS126ExpenssonthesefromWfiS126Expenssonthesefrom was

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PRESIDENTMISS FANNIE E S HECK PRItSIDItNTMI5SFANNIEESHEC HECKRItSIDItNTMI5SFANNIEESHEC VICEPRESIDENTSAlabama tiirs Ii L Mellen Arkansas Mrs E LorRley Districlof Cold hia Mrs C A Stately Florida Mrs B B Chipley Georgia Miss M E Wright Kentucky Min E S Broadus Louisiana Mrs G S Dodds Maryland Mrs SW Graves Mrs fit B Aven Missouri Mrs J L Burnham North Carolina Mts J Brig s SouthAfirsissippi Carolina Miss M I ssML Coker Tennessee Mrs A C S Jackson Texas Mrs M V Smith Virginia tiirs A M Gwathmey Western Arkansas an Indian Territory Mrs W H Kulkendall Western North Carolina fits NaMB M HudginsCHudgins PMHodginsCP PMHodgins SECRETARYMiss ANNIE ORSECRETARYMISSANNIEARISTRONG CORSECRETARYMISSANNIEARISTRONG IVRMSTRONGIVRMSTRONG CoaR oaR SECRETARYMss NELLIE MARTIEN No Sat North Howard Street Re RaCSECRETARYMISSNELLIEIARTIENNo304NorthHowardSued W C LOWNDESSTRRASURRRMRSWCLOWNDES TsrsAsuRaEtiirs LOWNDES STATE TATE LITERATURE CoMMITTEEsAlabama Mrs D M Malone Lake Arkansas Mrs C B Davidson 1216 Battery St Little Rock District of Columbia Mrs East BDavidson1216BatteryStLitlIeRockDistrIctojColumbiaMrsCASia C A Stately 1301 Vale SL N el1301ValeStN W Washington Florida Liss J L Spalding DeLand Georgia irs D Fasterlin W ackson St Atlanta Kentucky Mrs S E Woody 600 West Broadway Louisville le 1806 Marengo St New Orleans 4ifaryland Miss Annie W Armstrong 304 NLouisiana Mrs P Lyle Howard St Baltimore re 1lfirsissrii Mrs M B Aven Clinton Missouri irs J L Burnham 928 Holmes St Kansas City North Carolina Miss Fannie E S Heck Raleigh South Carolina Miss til L Coker Society IIil SocidHill Tennessee Miss M M Claiborne Maxwell House Nashville B Gambrell 299Elm Texas Mrs J Elm St Dallas Virginia Miss Elizabeth Pollard 916 StDallasVirginiaMissEUzabdhPollard916WGuceStRichmondhJlAIa Grace r est Arkansas St Richmond and Indian So1JtHldIndia Territory Mrs L 1V Wright Dully Chaha I T Western forth Carolina airs WV J Starnes 9 CHiawassee Place Asheville N C HiawasseePlaceAshevillNC

SoEditorial communications to this department should be addresseddtoMiss llirEditorialcommunicationstothisdepartmentshouldbeaddress to Miss must be accompanied with money stamps postal notes or checks should whichmustbeaccompaniedwithmoneystampspostalnotesorcheckssh be uldbe to Baptist Mission Rooms 304 N Howard St Baltimore lidsent senttoBaptistlIissionRooms304NHowardStBaltimoreId lid ALICE ARMSTRONG 1423 McCulloh street Baltimore Md ALICEARMSTRONG1423McCulJohstreetBaltimoreMdOrdersforlitera Orders for literature ure which

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STUDY Topics Fronlierseclions Lack LackSTUDYToPIcFollfiersecliollsLack STUDYToPIcFollfiersecliollsLareligious advantages ckofreligIOusad7a11IaesVardalld ofreligIOusad7a11IaesVardalldofreligIOusad7a11IaesVardalld of Varied andand difficult character of the work RelaRela difficultcharacteroftheworkRda to tion lion10filturecOllditi011ojourcoulllrlion10filturecOllditi011ojourcoulllr future condition of our country workFrontierboxworkPbox work Frontier Frontierboxwork

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womans mission work we recommendwomansmissIonworkwerecommenwomansmissIonworkwerecommend recommend we heartily unite in carry ing out that dthatweheartHyuniteincarryingout thatweheartHyuniteincarryingout outthe plans presented to us by the HometheplanspresentedtouslytJeHomtheplanspresentedtouslytJeHome Home Foreign and Sunday School BoardsForelnnndSundaSchoolBoardsaeForelnnndSundaSchoolBoards ForelnnndSundaSchoolBoards Boards apportioning funds asked among theapportioningfunllsaskedIlllongthedpportioningfunllsaskedIlllongthe apportioningfunllsaskedIlllongthe the different StatesStates differentStates ifferentStates differentStaN eighbors Neighbors NcihorsImpressedwithourperImpressed with ourtesNcihorsImpressedwithour N cihorsImpressedwithour our personal responsibility for the spiritpersonalresponsibilityforthespirit sonalresponsibilityforthespirit spirit ual betterment of our new and oldold unlbettermentofournewandoldunlbettermentofournewandold neighborstile growing foreign popu 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