The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1889-02-27
THE MISSION FIELD

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mas been going on for the past two weeks has
closed Students from all parts of three pro-
vlpces were here There were three courses in
tins examination, requiring three DAYS to each.
When the students enter the examination hall.
they are not allowed to 90 out until the exami-
nation In Que course Is completed On FRIDAY
night, September ] T. st midnight the gates were
opened, and the students began marching out.
continuing IN solid phalAnx for twenty-four
hours. Twenty-Five thousand were enrolled
and entered for the first examination Early
Saturday A. M, September Is, we missionaries
were on the ground with 5000 books for dis
trl6utlon among tn students. Had we had
lOo,oOo books we could easily have given them
away, and not more than one to each individual
AT any time during the day we had command
ing view OF from one hundred to one hundred
and nifty thousand people So eager were thew
Ior the Dooks that IL was with difficulty that we
were enabled to give them TO the students Thus
1900 books have gone out in one day Manv
OF these books will go to the remorter parts
where the voice of the servant of God has never
been heard
PERSIA DR.. Bruce writes to the
Church MisslnnGry Hltelhgencer: I'VE have no
opposition from Moslem priests or people worth
mentioning; the latter In nine cases out of
ten, gladly receive our colPorteurs and evan.
gelists, and welcome their visits The Mos
lem priests now have lost all their power for
good or evil In Persia The Persian Govern
ment Is also liberal in It's treatment of Chris
tlans and Jews, but through the intrigues of the
Roman Catholic and lied by them) of the Amer
lean eccleslastcs, 1t allows Protestant Christians
70 oe opposed, and thereby gives us great trou-
BILE. During all my mission life among Moham-
medans every persecution and opposltion to
our work from which we have suffered has been
set on foot. not by Moslems, but by nominal
Christians /"
High Church missionaries from England
are establishing schools and churches in utter
indifference to the work done by American men
ana women IN past years, thus tomenting
schlsms ond divisions
JAPANESE MISSION TO CHR1srEN.
DoH-A Japanese paper published at Kioto,
cslleo the Byou OF ASIA, has a report of pro-
posed mission for the conversion Of Europe and
America to 'purer faith" It's conductors saw
that they noticed that Christianity is on the de-
cline and that, as religion Is Indispensable to
man this mission ls projected There ls already a
BUDDHIST mission In the United States and some
tnlng OF literature bas been created. The
Waterman says: 'Whereabout the evidence NJ
the decline Of Christianity has been noticed
we cannot conjecture, but it was probably in
some oil those pessimistlc u;terances now and
then put forth for weak believers or the still
more Insignificant boastlngs of unbelief
JAVA missionary work began 40
years ago. Seven societies of Holland are rep
resented by 70 missionaries, having % mission
stations numbering u 600 native Christians
The British and Foreign Bible Society has one,
agent east Java and will eoon send another
Tor the west. Not only Java, but the whole
Dutch India, including Java, Sumatra. Borneo.
Celebes, has u strong claim not only on Europe.
out on Christian America for the gospel TWEEN
ty seven millions of people and only 90 Chris
tan Missionaries TO give them the glad tidIngs
In all Malaysia, with its IS 900 900 people there
Is only one American missionary.
In the central district of Java there
are some 5000 native Christians in connection
with the Netherlands Reformed Missionary So
clety. For many years this field has been
under the exclusive care of one missionary, who
Is stationed at Poerworedio, Recently two
other missionaries have been sent to Peorbohngo,
one OF whom Is to be engaged in training native
evangellsts and preachers. Still more recently
young medical missionary has been sent out
de Ia to be supported by the Dutch Reformed
Missionary Society In London. An attempt is
being made TO form the various churches or sta
tons INTO Presbytery, presided over by a Sy-
moo meanwhile Christianity Il spreading also
IN the Djoglokarta district and some 5000 ma
tlves have accepted the truth.
When Garabaldi had been defeated
at Rome ne Issued his immortal appeal: Sol
dlers, have nothing to offer you but cold and
hunger and rags and hardship. Let him who
loves his country follow mel And thousands
OIL the youth OF Italy sprang to then feet al that
high appeal. And will you, the trustees of DOS
terlty-wlll you tuln your backs to the appeal
OF your Saviour Christ? l know that YOU will
not. You cannot all be missionaries but some
OF you may be called to that high work, and all
ofyou may help 1t forward. - Canon Farrar.
"A revival has been going on simulta-
neousy in different parts Of Japan. AS result.
the increase IN all the churches of Toxic cannot
be much less than thousand Yokohama has
also enjoyed a rich blessing, and reaped plori-
Gus harvest. Many Of the cities and towns Of
the empire are now wonderfully stirred up.
Mrs. Andrews, the retired mission
airy from India, in her reference to the mission
schools there, said IN Buffalo recently that a
| stranger on approaching one Of these s.hools
would imagine from the racket that they were
disorderly, But this was not the Gaze IL is
due to the fact that girl in India when study
ing screams at the top Of her voice and rocks
back and forth, and the more Interested she be-
comes IN her Lesson the louder che screams and
the harder she rocks.
INDIANS OF NORTH AMERICA The
annual conference of the Indian churches and
missions of the Presbyterian and Congregational
denominations was held in Septembe at Cakes.
OAK. There we're represented there all the mis-.
sionsries to the Dakotss Of the Presbyterian
Foreign and Home Boards and those of the
CongegatioDalists under the charge of the
American Mpsiooa ASSOCIATION. There were
present also 225 native delegate and visitors
Decides those from the CHEYENNE River Agency
The attendance ran from, EoO 90 1rn