The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1915-07-20

III. JOIlAi 1oNh - OANASA III
ing under the Constitutionalist BAN
ner contributed $50 to the Lords
The man had come from
he interior of the country on some
private errand. Before starting from
home. as he told us, he had solemnly
vowed hat if he passed safely through
the lines, he would at nee visit
an Evangelical Church in Mexico City
and make a Manufacturing of $50
iMexican). This was a larger Sacri-
ice for him than an equal mou in
United States gold would be for the
average American man or woman
we are holding daily sessions
adds DR.. Butler, with all the workers
on the Federal District. These meet
ings are especially for intellectual and
spiritual development. Great interest |
held in one of our chapels every even
ing. one night recently in Trinity
Church, sixteen persons took their
stand for Christ"
Bible Class i'm Korea.
In Central Church, Pyengyang, KO-
rea. an organized Bible class Of fifty
young men has been formed. During
the recent revival this group of young
men assumed responsibility for all the
young men who professed an interest
in Chritianity during the progress of
thc evnageliStic meetings. They as
signed n certain number to each men,
Der of the class, and these Bible class
workers went daily to the homes of
the inQuirers and brought them to the
evening meetings. Now h a the re-
yival is over, they still continue to
bring them to the regular and special
church services. Many Of the mem
bers Of this class have gone out
preaching on Sunday afternoons, and
us a result there has been a constant
stream of new believers into the
churches.
Effect of War in India.
The following is taken from Mora
Wan Missions: THE disastrous effects
of the war on German foreign mis-
sions are illustrated in India. h
GOssner Mission, of Berlin, has a staff
of fifty Europeans in Chota Nagpur
and Behar. 1t has done splendid
work, both religious and philanthropy
&c. It's secretary, Rev. Paul Wagner,
FhaS received the Kaisar-i-Hind gold
medal. The situation of the mission
is extremely critical. The Schleswig-
IOlstein Mission, with more than forty
European missionaries in the VIA.
gapatam District Of Madras and in thu
%Jeypore Agency, has dismissed tw'
hundred and seventy-fivc Indiar
agents, put one hundred and fifty NOR,
on half pay, and shut down it's theo
logical seminary of seventy-eight stu
dents. The Leipzig Mission, in Tan
jOre and T~richinopoly, whose native
educational staff alone numbers five
hundred and eighty, has been obliged
10 close it's schools and send the chill
dren home"
Work of Methodist Women.
Southern Methodist women are do
Ing a great and growing work. In he
latest report, Miss Mabel Head, secre
tary of the Foreign Department o
Nomen's Work, gave a succinct re
view of that branch of the work
showing a total of 1913 missionaries
264 native workers, twenty-one board
ing schools, 2,S23 pupils in boardin
schools, sixty-seven day schools, 3,5S
pupils in day schools, 22S Bibl
women, five Bible schools. sos schOl
~arships, one hospital, 6,464 patient
in hospital. sixty-two buildings owned
and property valued at $1,113,955.
Frcnc and German Missions.
The Northwestern Christian Advc
cate says: Most of the ProtestaI
missionary leaders are said to be usin
their influence with President WilsO
against any possible entanglementS
ihe United States in war with Gel
many. War conditions have left tt
missionaries of Germany and Franc
almost wholly without support. TT
british societies are finding great diff
Guilty in sustaining their missional
aorces on the foreign field. II
United States is looked to as the Chi
reliance in saving the missionary 81
nation. Our entrance into the W;
might leave the missionary forces
The Protestant world in a most pr
carious situation"
Reaching the Limit.
The International Missionary r
view tells of one church hat was 81
ing $4,000 a year for missions. MAJ
lelt that was as much as 1t could
expected to give. Under compete
leadership in six or seven years t
gifts were almost quadrppled. A
other church was supporting two m
sion2ries in India, one in Korea o
an China, one in Siam, n n
Mexico. The members were giving
an average of SIS EACH. After a #
years the interest began to wal