The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-04-27
In Foreign Lands.

more IMAM q mllllOQ jews WILL nave en-
igrated into Palestine.
The Methodist Girls Boarding
School at Tsunhua, China, is filled to
over flowing. Many scholars have been
turned away.
The Church Missionary Society
has resolved to employ the negroes of
the West Indies in the Mission fields of
West Africa.
Greenland, with it's population of
10, OOO, is almost entirely Christianized
by the Moravian, Lutheran and Dan
ish missionaries.
Rev. L. II. Munhull held evangel-
istic services every night for a month
at Ottawa, Canada, where more than
700 p~rofessed conversion.
-Ex Q leeu Liliuokolani, of Hawaii,
has been baptized and confirmed by
Bishop Hillis, the ANGLICAN bishop.
She has Mt hitherto been a member Of
any Church, although a regular at
tendant.
Fifty years ago the French Mission
School at Pointe aux Trembles, near
Montreal, Canada, was first opened,
and during the half century 5000
pupils have passed through a scholar
ship course therein.
Dean Farrar states that in 1900
there were only 2 missionary society :;
there are now 70; and that while there
we're only 79 mission schools, now
there are $4,000. At least 1000, 900
heathens have been converted to Chris
tianity.
Rev. Messrs. Crossley and Hunter
have spent some weeks at Luenburg,
Nova Scotia, and the results have been
most glorious, more than 600 have
given their names as resolved to lead a
new life. The town has never been 50
moved before.
1t is a notable fact that on the staff
abroad of the English Church Mission
airy Society no fewer than 81 mission
aries are working at their own cost.
Moreover, as many as 189 are sup
ported, not by the central society, but
by particular individuals, parishes, or
other organizations. Eighty new work
ers have been accepted this year,
and are ready to sail.
Bishop Whipple tells of a young
Englishman who, on returning from
India by steamer, said ..at the dinner
table, missions are a humbug. have
been in India eight months, and 1
haven't seen an East India Christian. "
A quiet gentleman on the opposite side
Of the table said, May l ask for what
you went to India 2" Il went to hunt
tigers" The quiet gentleman replied,
II am a missionary. 1 have been in
India twelve years, and 1 have not
seen a tiger" The young gentleman
said no more.
The pastor of a Boston church re-
Gently reminded his people that as late
as 1880 a number of people were lying
in Jail in England because they had
not attended the parish church. If
the same rule applied to his congrega,
ton, a hundred or more might meet
the same punishment. He concluded
by saying it might do them good.
An earnest pastor writes thus: 81
called a meeting of the official mem
bers fifteen minutes before morning
service for prayer and consultation. I
was pleased with their attendance. I
then invited them to sit with me on the
platform and back up the preaching
with their presence and prayers, which
they did. They are representative
men, and it was a real inspiration and
help" A great revival was the result.
"A tablet marking the site of the
fret Lovely Lane Methodist Church,
Baltimore, was unveiled November "a,
1896. It is contended by some that
this was the first Methodist Church
built in America. The famous Christ
mas Conference was held here, one
hundred and twelve years ago, when
the M, E Church was organized. Rev.
DR.. Goucher presided, and Revs. DR..
Buckley, of New York; DR.. Hoss,
Nashville, and DIR. Potts. Toronto,
| Canada, addressed the meeting. Three
sections of Methodism were thus rep
resented?
The Gospel.