The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1884-02-13

was long connected with this Mission. Her re-
mains. when found, were taken to Woodstock.
Conn, and inferred in the family burying ground
In that place.
TRANSFORMING POWER OF THE Cos
pEL-Mr Harding writes to the Missionary
Herald from Sholapur November y:
1t is wonderful what Christianity or rather
Christ does for men. Most Of the students are
from the lowest castles, and now several of them
would pass for Brahmans where they were not
known, and all are greatly changed in appear
ance and speech. About twenty FIVE years ago
l saw recently converted Monaghan at one of
our stations. He seemed the lowest of the low.
and yet his son is now one of the strongest and
most promising men of the senior class. His
sharply cut features are hut an index OF his
clear and active mind. Speaking of faces re
minds me of the appearance of the Girls School
at Ahmednagar. / seldom forget faces, and
this year l could not but contrast the looks of
the girls in the school with those seen there
twenty years ago How much brighter and
finer, and more expressive of our better nature !
The girls now in school are nearly all the second
or third generation OF converts from heathenism
And thus Christianity, or again | may say
Christ, is gradually moulding the face of all ma
| tons, and giving them, even in features and ex-
preston, the impress of his own blessed charac-
ter"
One of the blessings conferred by
| Christian missions upon Pagan lands Is the i'm
pulse given even to those who are not convert
| ed to the new faith, TO care for their own peo-
pie. A striking instance of this comes just
! now fro m India, where for centuries the Brah
mans have not only despised the lower classes
but have deemed it part of their religion to
| do so. Reused by the efforts of missionaries in
behalf of the Pariahs and the consequent turn
ing away of this class from the national faith a
| -, hoe hoa, II IL H.
Philanthropic Association for the regeneration
OF the Pariahs," and two prominent Brahmans
have sent out an appeal to the native princes
zamindars, and gentlemen of South India call
ing for contributions for the establishment Of
charity schools for the education of the lower
orders, and the employment of preachers to
teach religion and morality The appeal is a
striking testimony to the influence of missionary
labors in reaching the lower classes, as it CON-
plains of the readiness of these Parahs to en-
brace foreign faith. 1t is no slight good tl
have thus stirred these men to care 10 some ex
tent. for their own neighbors, for whose welfare
they have hitherto been totally Indifferent
"A STUDY IN THE HIGH ART OF THE
ScRIPTUREs.-NOt even photography can render
fine points more accurately than this faithful
ly Concert OF course:
i lhey speak one 10 another, every one TO his
brother, saying, Come l pray you, and hear
what is the word that cometh forth from the
Lord. And they come unto thee as the people
cometh, and they set before thee as my people
i and they hear thy words but they will not dc
them. For with their mouth they show much
love, but their heart goeth after their covetous-
ness And, 10, thou art unto them as very
lovely song of one that hath a pleasant voice
and can play well on all instruments (rathel
discouraging to the pulpit; for they hear thy
words but they do them ot."-Ezek. xxxiii.
30, 81, 80.
Alas, for the Church when only conventional
responsibility and easy conformity, with eo-
quence and music and culture are in demand
while moral earnestness and spiritual power are
dead and it becomes a question whether tn,
world really needs the Gospel or not.-Foreigr
| MIssiondTu