Evening star., 1916-08-12

for the present meeting, and when 1t
closes he will return to his homo. The
meetings will continue till the evening
Of the 9th, the service beginning each
evening at o'clock.
The lawn fete which closed this week
at st Teresa's Church was one OF tho
by the parish and a substantial sum
was realized. which will be applied to
the church debt.
1.-THE African has no word for acci-
| dent" writes Miss Hilda Liable, a
Presbyterian missionary in Africa.
"By the heather Africans everything
ghosts, bad-meaning gods and such
| like. When they become Christians they
know the Lord reigneth over all. It 8
either the Lord or Satan at the bottom
say out here. too. He does not need to
| put on kid gloves and stovepipe hat.
Just appear as he is; makes the whole
of them live the most immoral lives;
bands: makes men treat their wives
| like animals, sell and buy them, sell lit
tie, dimply girls Of three or four years
to old, gray-headed heather husbands.
You have no idea what women suffer
out here They are slaves, and the
and pound them half dead or burn
| them over the fre-I saw such here
in doctors hospital. There Is no limit
to the cruelty Of unchrisianizsd
Christians do they recognize cruelty
| and try to oppose it,
"If there ever was a time when the
truths Of Christianity needed to be set
before the Mexican people 1t is now,
writes Presbyterian missionary to
Mexico.
so by precept and example we ex-
pect to keep on in the work until cir
| cumstances force us to leave. and
am hoping that hour will not come.
Send US reinforcements. There is no
use to wait for calm in Mexico. There
are certainly a half-dozen valiant
| souls who would be glad to carry the
| faith of our fathers into Mexico.
preciated currency make untold suf-
fering even today, and there is little
hope in sight. But adversity makes
the heart tender and easy Of access
The Presbyterian Church is not yet
doing anything like It's share of the
work to be done in Mexico.
IF you call for recruits for Mexico
they'll come as they came for China,
as they always have come when the
sound"
"In a prosperous valley OF southern
China, Bishop Bashford recently dedi-
Gated a neat little brick church." writes
the Rev. Ralph A. Ward from Foochow.
been rapidly increasing during the past
year.
The event was noised abroad with
lots Of enthusiasm, for never before
had a bishop dedicated a church. The
usual custom of shooting of frecrack-
ers was not forgotten.
"I recall a first service held in q new
church here, some years ago, where
devout Chinese brother had contributed
largely toward the building Of church
and parsonage. They were his great
est Joy. AS we were singing hymn
noticed this brother slipping out Of the
| building while prayer was being Of
fered, and bang. bang. bang! went OF
| a lot of big f1recrackers. The noise was
most incongruous to me. But 1t was
the good brothers way Of showing his
fellow citizens what dne time he was
having"
David Livingstone was a missionary
| as well as an explorer, and when he
stood at the borders Of the great Kongo
! region the thought that thrilled his
heart was: "All this great country for
Christi" And when at last he died in
his hut in the heart of the dark con-
| tinent, he was found kneeling by his
bedside, with the Bible open before
| him.
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| The Anglican missions in India are
suffering severely from the war, not
SO much in money as in men. Rev
w. f. S. Holland, principal of st. Paufs
Cathedral Mission College at Calcutta
writes to friend in this country that
| two of the men on his stan have been
killed. and two or three others who
were to have come out have enlisted
He makes an appeal for two f1rst-class
young Americans. They should be un-
married, with university qualifications
| and ready to fit into a self-forgetting
brotherhood of service. An ample sal
ary will be paid, free quarters sup
| f1ve-year agreement
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Rev. D. McRuer, a Presbyterian mis-
sionary to the Indians Of Oklahoma,