The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1914-07-30

nent officials and members of parli-
ament. The text was, Behold, now
is the accepted time; behold, now is
the day of salvation" l spoke first OF
the crisis in Japan, but made the APP
plication of the text more personal
toward the close, emphasizing the
present salvation which Christ be-
slowed.
After the benediction, a young man
came forward and asked, in English ;
May l be saved this morning." Eyes,
certainly" l said. Again, he asked !:
MAY l be saved now?" THAT is the
plain meaning of the text; you may
be saved now" was my answer.
With a sparkle in his eye. and with
his face lighting up with joy, he re-
piled: Then l am very glad" He
was deeply in earnest, and his case
may be taken as an instance of what
of young men in Japan,
mostly students, are yearning for
deep in their hearts.
"Swatting the Fly" i'm China.
An American doctor told the COVER
nor of on interior province in China
about what some American cities
have done to exterminate flies and
and why. The governor
ordered handbills printed
and circulated, and personally paid
the bills for them. The handbills,
printed in Chinese, under the heading,
Flies Kill People," were seven inches
wide and thirty inches long, and were
by the thousands.
Buddhist Progress I'm Korea.
Propaganda of the Zen sect of Bud
dhism in Korea is interesting. The
last issue of the "Zen," Buddhist
says the priests of the
sect have been hard at work
in the propaganda of their religion in
The Saghalien islands. Manchuria,
Korea and Formosa.
In Korea results extraordinarily
large have been obtained In Ping
Yang building, though small, was
erected a few years ago. dedicated to
he diffusion of the doctrines of the
sect. A large temple has
been established, and nego-
.iations are now going on between
his new temple and the main temple
1T Kyoto for the dispatch of a vener-
lble and learned priest to become the
chief priest of the new temple.
The abbot in Kyoto desired to send
priests at once. So he dis
patched urgent circulars to various
.emples and thereby obtained great
Or number of priests than was needed
who expressed willingness to go to
Korea. The priests selected are ex-
Dected to sail the last of June for Ko-
'ea and to set to work propagating
he teaching of the Zen sect. This I'M
iertaking will be the first organized
work of Zen Buddhism in Korea.
News From Many Lands.
1t is stated that 15.00O,O0O among
midas lower classes are practically
certain to come into the church as
soon as they are invited, and many
ire pressing for this privilege.
OF the 1878 beds in the hospitals
If the medical mission auxiliary of
he church missionary society ZIG are
low specially supported, seventy-two
If them being maintained by the boys
brigade.
The attendance at the evangelistic
netting for government students con-
lucted by DR.. Mott and Mr.. Eddy in
india averaged thousand a night. In
he fourteen cities visited in China the
Lyerage attendance was more than
louble that number.
A few years ago there were not
more than five missionary trained
nurses, and now there are said to be
more than $50 nurses in missionary
The general conference commission
IN finance of the Methodist Espisco-
,al church met recently at Atlantic
1ity, N. ]. 1t apportioned for the
several boards $4,5OO,OO0 to be raised
the church during the
coming year. The appointments are
divided as follows: Foreign missions,
7, 100000; home missions, 1880, 900;
,ublic education, $4,000; Freedmans
lid, $270,000; board of Sunday schools
100000; American Bible, 100000;
church temperance society, $4,000.
Word came from the Anglo-C Chinese
school, Singapore, to the effect that 4S
Chinese and Tamil students from the
senior classes openly professed Christ
It the close Of two weeks meetings
ed by Mesrs. Oechsli and Nagle, two
lew missionaries in that city.
Arriving in New York June IL, Rev.