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or that larger preparation which com prehends a lifetime of observation study and thought. This letter to the Romans contains no less than sixty one quotations from the Old Testa- ment, and these not from any one special portion of the canon which Paul knew. but ranging over at least fourteen of the books of the Hebrew Scriptures. The person who is saturated with the thought and phrase ology of the Bible is excellently pre- pared for both literature and life.
 Paul eagerly desired to go to Rome. But he had to wait for three years after the writing of his letter for the felfilment of this wish. and then he went, not as Q free agent, but convey cd as a prisoner, and so shielded on his way by all the power of Rome. Upon arrival he was met by some Of the friends to whom this letter was addressed. The first two years after reaching Rome the apostle spent as prisoner, but in his own hired house. whether he was released from this Imprisonment and made another mis- sionary tour is point upon which scholars do not agree. It is certain that eventually he was executed for his faith, and now the tourist in Rome Is taken to a magnificent new cathedral built over what is supposed to be the apostles grave.
 A small portion of the Book of Romans practiced is better than the whole volume discussed. The book was written in order to be lived.
 The pregnant sentences that sparkle throughout the letter to the Romans afford unlimited lessons" These may he commented upon according to individual taste. The chapter select ed for special study has often been called '"The Christian Endeavor chap ter" because 1t embodies so well the genius of the young peoples move ment
 An unfamiliar but Illuminating rem dering of two words in the first verse of the twelfth chapter of Romans is given in the margin of the American Revision. The familiar reading is, T beseech you therefore. brethren, by the mercies of God. that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice. holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service" The margin translates those last two words as spiritual worships." That is to say. spirituality is not something intan- gible and mystical; it is expressed by energes and activities. It is when Christians offer up their bodies in ser vice that they render spiritual wor- ship"
 News and Notes.
 American Baptists have a church in Barcelona, the scene of the recent dis orders
 Rev. pr. A. J. Brown. Secretary of the Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions, is en route to the Orient where he will spend five months.
 A Pittsburg church. the First Pres byterian, has a cadet corps which this summer encamped, one hundred and seventy five strong, near Ashtabula, Ohio.
 All prospective foreign missionaries have been advised by their boards to study some modern treatment of pho netics before going to the field, and a class in Oriental sounds and scientific language study was given last month at New Wilmington, Pa.
 The proposed union of all Baptist Young Peoples societies under the name Baptist Young Peoples Union uf Christian Endeavor" is being gen orally discussed in the denominational press. It was proposed at the recent St. Paul Christian Enjeavor oonven- ton.
 As a result of long-continued agita- ton, a graded course of Sunday School lessons covering ten years, has been prepared by the International Lesson Committee.
 In medical mission circles there Is talk of having sent out from leading American and medical schools, to work in connection with the mission hos pitals. men who wish to devote them selves to the scientific study of dis- eases. These men will have no re- sponsibility for mission work, but will be entirely the servants of scienca Because of the prevalence of diseases. many of them rare in nature or form of expression. in the non-Chrtstian lands, this field is the most inviting one to the devotee of medical science.
 One outcome of the Peoples Sun day Evening" in Rochester, N. r., was the creation of a free employment bureau through which more than 100 men found work.
 Southern China, especially in the re-