The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-05-14


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 Our letters went across the waters, counselling them not to undertake so much, but the voice of God was above the waters" repeating the command Feed my lambs,' and they dared not refuse. Last month 300 children in the school were inoculated with the plague serum, and school was turned into a hospital Is it any wonder that hands grow weary, and hearts grow heavy under such responsibility? Have we any further duty than to pray that they may be faithful, as they ask us to?
 Mrs. Sibley writes of open doors ev- anywhere, of prosperous schools, and an interesting class of inquirers. Of the work among the women, she says, The hard times have brought them nearer to us. There has never been year when so many have heard the truth, and when it has been presented so plainly and lovingly by all the work CTS, and over it all is written, Tt is not in vain in the Lord"
 The church at Inanda has been es- abolished 50 years, three of the first nine members. died last year, one of them was Dalita Dube. MT. Pixley says, We have yet to learn that either of these members, during the 50 years of their Christian life, ever wandered far from the Lord, their record is abso- lutely clean"
 This is Mrs. Edwards 30th year in Zululand, and still her energy seems unabated; the school has grown much and several new teachers are at work, but Mrs. Edwards retains six classes beside the supervision of the manual labor; we might often find her super intending the field work and prepara- tion of fuel, as well as the laundry and hOuseWork.
 Each year since the Zulu Bible was printed in 'S5 Mrs. Edwards has given Bibles, Testaments and Hymn books to those who would work for them. Last year 94 Hymn books were given to those who had earned them.
 We have cheery message from Miss Andrews dated Tangcho, April End. AL though alone all winter, as Miss Chapin was called to accompany a missionary friend to this country, she was not tim id about being left alone in the city, but the responsibility was great and her burdens are not few, nor light Each day. she writes, T become very weary but night brings sweetest rest and each morning awaken to an- other day when duty meets duty with no interval between. The precious Bible word I live upon, is this, Blessed be He who daily beareth our burden,' Miss Andrews is doing noble work in the College and Theological semin- ary, now removed to new buildings out | side the city, beside her many activities | in the city, with day schools, station | classes and Bible readers, When she tells us that the village women have much more interest in the truth, and | much less of the old time curiosity and | foreign food, clothes and customs, we | feel that our prayers are being answer l ed. She writes: We have great long | ing for spiritual reviving, but the blessing waits. help us pray for it." Mrs. Bond has been in poor health | for several months, but is, we are glad | to know now recovering slowly. | Knowing her deep interest and faithful I laboFs for the women, we are interested l in the answer of a Bulgarian girl to | those who asked why missionaries | should be sent to Bulgaria, which has | a form of Christianity in the Greek | church, she replied: You formerly had only the light of a candle in your homes, but when the kerosene lamp came, did you not accept it? When the gas was introduced. did you not gladly i give up the lamp, and receive the bet l ter light? And now when the electric l light is discovered, do you not welcome that? We, who still have only a dim | candle light of Christianity, desire the l full electric light of the Gospel From the time of Mrs. Eaton's well come on her return last October, | through the inspiring Thanksgiving celebration, at typical New England | festival with church decoration and provisions contributed for the poor, fol- 1 lowed by special exercises for presenta- tion of the banner awarded at San | Francisco, it has been a year of grace for mission work in Chihuahua, year l of joyful fruitful toll, with glad hope for the future in the greater effort for self support.
 Mrs. Eaton is constantly exerting herself beyond her strength, and has had to resign the secretaryship of c. E in Mexico. She sends an interesting report of women's work in the station; of new efforts in cottage meetings and hospital visitation by the women of the church.
 Dr. DeForest reports an encouraging outlook in Japan, 5000 adults baptized the last year, 500 more than the pre- | Vious year.
 In touring he has visited villages where no foreigner has ever been seen Almost every village, he says, has its young mems club, eager for new knowledge and as providential for the modern missionary as the old syna gogue was for the first evangelists.
 Miss Judson had a stormy passage across the Pacific, and arriving early in February, she remained for shor
 rest at Kobe. We hear from her now
 at Miyazaki with the Clarks, and sht
 thinks there can be no place where sht
 Is more needed, but is waiting for ap
 pointment by the mission at their an
 nual meeting.
 A light shines bright in the darkes
 place, and at remote station in Cen
 tral Africa, the light of a consecratet
 life shines with brightest radiance. Tn,
 reinforcement most needed in our for
 eign field, seems to be an associate fo
 Dr. Bower who carries alone such
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