The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-01-20

and Burke missions there. gives a sketch
OF the general work accomplished by MT.
MCNEIL in his tour The two evaDeel-
lists commenced their work at Cape Iown
on March 3D. In the great Dutch Re
formed church, seating 1900 people. They
visited other places throughout south
Africa, and everywhere the meetings were
crowded. At special meeting at KIM
berley, for Kafirs only. when $50 were
present, Mr.. Mcneil had TO wait until
every paragraph was given by two inter
prefers In two main divisions OF the
language At Pretoria, capital OF the
1'ransvaal, a weil-known South African
entertainer was running a popular varie-
" show in the theatre when the evan
gelist arrived. The first night his at
tendance suffered, the second only one
man turned up; and he had his money
returned. On June 18th they left South
Africa for Tasmania, and commenced
work In Hobart on July LIST, holding meet
ings for eight days. From there they went
10 Melbourne. commencing on July I'D
a work which lasted for four weeks. The
audiences were large to start with, but
grew until the Town Hall. holding $500
people, was too small for the business
men meetings at noon, and the great Tx
hbiton building. seating 500, was crowd
ed. Large meetings were held in the
SuDuTDS, tHe dtleUudnCP OIltU JtdCnlUB
5000. A weeks mission at Adelaide was
commenced on September 9th, In the Elk
hibiton Building, seating 1000, which was
tlled. From the ed 20 the Goth Of Sep
TENDER the evangelists were at Brisbane.
holding crowded meetings I'm the opera
house, seating $3.50. The Sydney meet
iugs commenced on the 9TH of October.
with an attendance, afternoon and even
ing. In the Exhibition building, of from
1900 TO 500. and the attendance remained
at these figures throughout the entire
meetings Wherever the evangelists nave
been they have had the cordial support
of ministers OF every denomination-Pres-
byterian. Wesleyan. Congregational, Bap-
fist Primitive Methodist and large
number of the Church of England MIN
listers. on every hand there are words
of gratitude for the work Accomplishment
and hope for the test result. -lndepen-
dent.
The province of Kief, where PROBABLY
some seventy or eighty thousand Stund-
ists are found, mas been divided into
three mission districts, each district sup
nlied with its own staff of orthodox mis-
sfonaries. II will be the duty oil the
missionaries to obtain an exact list OF
the Stundists of their districts, ana TO use
every effort 10 induce them to re1oin the
rfbO1Oy Churcn. Inc DOliCc are dlSO
to be supplied with copies of these lists
and have received instructions to aid
the priests in their inquisition. y con
ference of ecclesiastics at kief, which
has lust concluded its sittings. has sent
n message of thanks to the Governor
General of Southwest Russia, Count
lgnatien. for the warm assistance
he has given the Church, IN
stamping out heresy ard schism. Ac-
cording TO the Novoye Nremya, the lead
ing Russian newspaper, no very large
bodies of orthodox Russians openly lett
the Church 10 attach themselves to the
Stundists during the reign Of the late
car. but that undoubtedly the ranks of
the heretics were largely recruited by Sc
cret accessions of individuals whom the
newspaper calls Nicodemists. The No
voye Vremya doubtless intends this as
nickname. forgetting two things-iirst.
that Nicodemus came to Jesus, and. sec
ond. that he chose the night because he
was In terror of the authorities.