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At Home and Abroad.

Happily Chicago has a Chief of Police in Major McClaughery who has no affiliations with gamblers and disreputable politicians, and is determined to enforce the laws.-Christian at Work.

Mrs. Ye Cha Yun, wife of the Charge d'Affaires of the Korean Legation at Washington, was the guest of Rev. J. R. Bridges, pastor of the Presbyterian Church in Salem, Va., during the Summer, and while there abandoned her ancestral religion and became a member of her host's church. For this her husband is likely to be recalled by the Korean Government.Christian at Work.

It does not meet the demand of our time to prove the truth of Christianty as a mere system of doctrine; what men need most to know is th living, present, perennial power of God, by which He is redeeming the sinful world.Stearns.

It is stated by Rev. A. L. Phillips that the Presbyterian Church U. S. A. has 15,676 colored communicants; the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 13,439; the Presbyterian Church U. S., 1,269.

The Missionary Herald of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland, referring to the fact that the missionaries in Gujarat and Kathiawar, India, mourn over a want of vital godliness, a lack of spiritual progress, and the low standard of morality among the converts, in comparison with what we are accustomed to at home, says: The converts have been steeped in heathenism with its uncleanness and abominations of all kinds, from their earliest years. Their tastes and connections and habits and beliefs have all been moulded by heathenism. They have centuries of heathen teaching behind them. Even when they see and believe the truth they cannot in a moment shake off all the past and attain the same strength of character and purity of heart

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and charity of spirit as those who have always lived in an atmosphere laden with Christian truth. The Dheds, from whom many of our converts are taken, are the outcasts of Hindu society, the lowest of the low, and their degraded position must react upon their thoughts and character. If there is one hing more than another the Church at home should continually plead for, it is that the Holy Spirit may descend upon the native Christians in our mission field, that they might be no longer children, open to the wiles of Satan, but might become men in the Lord, able to stand in the evil day, and to be God's witnesses in a land of darkness.

Rev. W. H. Cossum writes from Ningpo in the Baptist Missionary Magazine, of the thousands of women who make a yearly pilgrimage to Ling Fong, and of the pain with which he witnessed the crippled women, hobbling along on their little feet, limping, with their faces showing signs of intense pain and weariness. They are willing to walk miles before they arrive at the hill, and then to climb up the steep ascent, sometimes walking three steps and then kneeling to worship, the sun pouring down in great heat upon them; and then to endure the suffocation of the temple with its thousands of bundles of burning incense, and then to walk home again with the result, with some at least, that they are life-long invalids, and will never walk any distance again, and why? That they may store up merit for themselves in the next world, in the hope that in their next appearance in this world they will come

as men.

It is not too much to say that among educated people the Bible has been made the theme of more conversations in Spain during the last year than in all the centuries since the Reformation. Mr. Jameson, Agent of the British and Foreign Bible Society.

The Rev. S. H. Kellogg, D. D., of St. James' Square Church, Toronto, who formerly labored as a missionary in India, has complied with an invitation to act as a repre

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sentative of the various Presbyterian churches of Britain and America upon a committee for the revision or retranslation of the Old Testament into Hindi; and will now, should no obstacles arise, spend the rest of his life in India in translation work.-Mission Record.

Out of a population of 287,000,000 in India over two and one-half millions profess Christianity-one professing Christain for every 126 persons. In certain districts of the Madras Presidency one in every five persons is of the Christian faith. But over the greater portion of India they are so rare that many a native Christain is almost solitary and unsupported among hundreds of people around him. Only those who know how European Christians will degenerate when taken out of Christian surroundings and a Christian atmosphere can sympathize with the isolated native Christians of India, unaccustomed to stand alone, and breathing daily the malaria of heathenism, which is still in their very system. Dr. John Morrison, of Calcutta, in

the Mission Record.

England's present work in Egypt is mission work. Her representatives are in a true if special sense of the word "Missionaries." The mission of England in Egypt and the mission of the Scotch schools, though not absolutely identical, are largely so. They (the schools) exist with the object not merely of changing the creeds of the scholars, but of raising the entire intellectual, moral and spiritual tone of Alexandrian society. They are doing this by diffusing, among the Jews first, but also among the Gentiles, a real knowledge of England's language, literature and Bible. The success of their work is very closely related to the success of England's national mission. English influence in Egypt is the chief explanation of the fact that the Church of Scotland's schools in Alexandria, unlike the schools elsewhere in Turkey, are largely self-supporting. On the other hand, England's mission in Egypt cannot be completely successful without the aid of our schools. To render English influence widespread and permanent, educational in

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stitutions are requisite.-Rev. M. T. S. Taylor, B. D., Missionary of the Church of Scotland to the Jews in Alexandria, in Mission Record, Sept., 1892.

"Nearly $25,000,000 invested in search for gold in India, and not $2,500 obtained after three years of hard labor."-India Times. Look at our gold mine in India-fifty thousand Telugus dug from the heart of heathenism, whose faces now shine like precious coins from the mint of the Holy Spirit.--A. J. Gordon.

This

At the last annual meeting of the London Society for Promoting Christianity among the Jews, the Rev. J. Mühlenbruch, speaking of the extensive colportage work in Roumania, said: Leaving unmentioned the Old Testaments and tracts, the colporteurs sold, during the last two years, 957 New Testaments and 547 portions to their Jewish brethren. shows that so many Jews were really anxious to possess a copy of the New Testament, and to make themselves acquainted with its contents. A Jew will never spend a penny for naught, and if he does spend it, he means to have something for it. One New Testament sold is worth more, and does more work, than ten copies given away.

At the last annual meeting of the British and Foreign Bible Society one of the speakers, referring to the 4,000,000 copies, in whole or in part, of the Word of God, issued by the Society in one year, said: Suppose these could be printed in Chinese and distributed on Chinese soil. Before the task could be accomplished of placing one copy in the hands of each of China's 380 millions, 95 years would have rolled by and three generations of mortal men would have passed away.

Two grades or classes of missionaries not desirable; not expedient to employ Europeans as assistant missionaries. Men of inferior training should not be sent out; costs so much to send out men and maintain them in the field, false economy to send any but the best. A

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goodly number of efficient native workers sustained for as small a sum as one untrained European.-London Missionary Society.

Mrs. Lutze of the Basel Mission in southwestern India writes: The Badaga women rejoice to see that we love them and take an interest in their woe and weal. The Badagas compare the men to the strong copper vessels and the bright brass vessels, but the women are compared to the black, unsightly, earthen cooking pots. At any moment the Badaga may dismiss his wife; and when dismissed she has not the slightest right in her children and is soon sold to another man.

Bimlunanda Nag, a Hindu convert says: Sin is the combination of Satan' and 'I' while Faith is the combination of 'Father' and 'I.' In English there are two ways of abbreviating words; one is by putting together the first and the last letter, as Rs. for 'rupees,' and the other is by using a few letters from the beginning of the word, as Marq. for 'Marquis,' According to this rule Sn. is an abbreviation for Satan; and when 'I' is joined with it it becomes S-i-n-sin. And again on the other hand, Fath. is an abbreviation of 'Father,' and when 'I' is joined with it it becomes f-a-i-t-h-faith. In both cases 'I' is exactly in the middle, showing that 'I' seized by Satan is sin; and 'I' yielded to the Father is faith.-Gospel in All Lands.

The influence of missions in China is without doubt rapidly on the increase. At one time it seemed as if China was a country where even the continued dropping of the water of Christianity would never wear away the stone of heathenism; now it is apparent that the stone ultimately will

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be forced bodily from its bed.-Commander Barber, U. S. Navy.

Dr. Grant received a letter from one of the bankers in Chin Chew, asking him to recommend ten or more Christians to be employed in his bank, because, he added, "the Christians are the only trustworthy men in the city."-Presb. Church Monthly Messenger, Eng.

In an inland town in Morocco a traveller spoke to an intelligent shoemaker who had passed through the Fez University, about repentance and salvation.

"What you say is very good was the reply, 'but aren't you a foreigner?"

Mr. Summers admitted that he was. "Why then do you wear our clothes?" "I wear them to make you feel that I am your brother, and that we are of one blood, and in God's sight the hearts of men are all the same."

"That's all very good, but you must not wear our clothes, as they are given to us by God to set forth the character of our religion; and he gave you Europeans your clothes to set forth the character of your religion.

"You see these garments of ours, how wide and flowing they are, our sleeves are loose, and we have easy-fitting slippers. As our clothes are wide, so is our religion. We can steal, cheat, tell lies, deceive each other, commit adultery, and do all manner of iniquity, just as we wish, and at the last day our prophet Mohammed will make it all right for us. But you poor Europeans, you have tight fitting trousers, and tightfitting waistcoats, and tight-fitting jackets. Your clothes are just like your religionnarrow. If you steal, cheat, deceive, or tell lies, you stand in constant fear of the condemnation of God."-Monthly Messenger.

COLORADO.-Boulder-Valmont, 26 cts. Pueblo-+Mesa,

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90; Pueblo 1st, 1 65. ILLINOIS. Alton Litchfield, 8 73. BloomingtonBement 1st, 18 05; Chenoa, 8 65; Clinton, 8 71: Rossville, 5. Cairo-Anna, 5; Fairfield 1st, 3; Murphysboro, 9. Chicago-Chicago Covenant, 91 98; Evanston 1st, 26 40; South Evanston, 40. Freeport-Marengo, 13; Rockford 1st. 14 40; Winnebago 1st, 11. Mattoon-Casey, 4. Ottawa -Mendota, 10; Waltham, 6. Rock River-Aledo sab-sch, Harvest Home off'g, 2 25; Coal Valley, 2; Milan, 2 88; Pleasant Ridge, 1 25. Schuyler-Appanoose, 11; Elvaston, 7; Hersman, 14; Mount Sterling 1st, 22 04; New Salem, 3 70; Salem German, 7. Springfield-Pisgah, 2 56. 358 60 INDIANA.-Crawfordsville - Beulah, 3; Newtown, 12. Fort Wayne · Fort Wayne 1st, 58 48. IndianapolisFranklin 1st, 13; Indianapolis 6th, 6 20. New AlbanyHanover, 9 90; Sharon Hill, 2. Vincennes-Claiborne, 4; Graysville, 2 60; Poland, 3; Sullivan, 3 31. White Water -College Corner, 5; New Castle, 16 25.

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INDIAN TERRITORY.-Chickasaw-Edmond, IOWA.-Cedar Rapids- Clinton, 74; Onslow, 5; Vinton, 28. Council Bluffs-Council Bluffs, 31 60; Hamburg, 5 50; Sharpsburg Branch of Conway, 4 10. Des Moines-Albia 8 78; Colfax, 7; Indianola, 10; Knoxville, 8; Plymouth, 4. Dubuque-Frankville, 4; Hopkinton, 5 97. Fort DodgeBoone 1st, 12; Burt, 4 25; Fonda (Incl, sab-sch, 1), 7. Iowa -Middletown, 80 cts; Morning Sun 1st, 21 15; Mount Pleasant 1st, 26 43; Ottumwa East End, 8 60. Iowa City -Williamsburgh, 8. Waterloo-Albion, 3 50. 287 63 KANSAS.-Emporia-Marion, 14; Wilsie, 4 50; Winfield, 18. Highland-Atchison_1st, 20. Larned-Halsted, 10. Neosho Girard 1st, 12; Humboldt, 2 26; Neosho Falls, 4 21. Osborne-Osborne, 3. Solomon-Cheever, 4; Mankato, 2 33; Solomon City, 10; Wilson 1st, 4. TopekaMulberry Creek German, 5; Vineland, 2 25; Wamego, 5. 120 55 4.00

KENTUCKY.-Louisville-Louisville 4th, MICHIGAN.-Detroit-Ann Arbor, 23; Detroit 1st, 25 91; Northville 1st, 8 60. Flint-Caro 1st, 22; Flint 1st, 9 98. Kalamazoo-Edwardsburgh, 4; Plainwell, 3. LansingConcord 1st, 2 76; Marshall 1st, 4. Saginaw-East Saginaw Washington Avenue, 4; Midland 1st, 4.

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MINNESOTA.-Duluth-Lakeside, 10; St. James, 4 40. Red River-Crookston, 6 38; Western, 4 25. St. PaulBuffalo, 15 21; Farmington, 2; Vermillion, 2. 44 24

MISSOURI.-Ozark-Mount Zion, 3. Palmyra-Centre, 2 10; Hannibal, 40; Kirksville 1st, 4 35; Laclede, 2 40; Milan, 3. Platte- Chillicothe, 4. St. Louis - Clifton Heights, 3; Jonesboro, 4; Ridge Station, 2; Zion German, 6.

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NEBRASKA-Hastings - Nelson 1st, 8 50; Ong, 2 06. Nebraska City-Alexandria, 2 77, Lincoln 2d, 9 15; Table Rock, 7. Omaha-Bellevue, 12; Clifton Hills, 1 25; Omaha 1st, 22 30; - Castellar Street, 13 21; Tekamah, 7 71. 85 95 NEW JERSEY.-Elizabeth-Metuchen, 8 80; Pluckamin sab-sch, 8 18. Monmouth-Burlington, 36 57; New Gretna, 1; Sayreville German, 3. Morris and Orange- East Orange Brick, 106 47. Newark-Newark 5th, 18; - Calvary, 1 99; Park, 10 30. New Brunswick-Alexandria 1st, 5; Ewing, 14; Trenton 2d, 7 29. Newton-Andover, 5 03; Hackettstown, 50. West Jersey-Salem 1st, 43 83. 319 46 NEW YORK.-Albany-Albany State Street, 38 18; Bethany at Menands, 14 50; Jefferson, 6. Binghamton-Bing+ Under Minutes of Assembly, 1888.

hamton West, 13; Nineveh, 12 50. Brooklyn-Brooklyn 5th, 5: Stapleton 1st Edgewater. 2. Buffalo-Silver Creek, 11. Cayuga-Sennett, 7 05. Columbia-Jewett, 9 50. Genesee-Castile, 27 30. Geneva-Oak's Corners, 1; Waterloo, 10; West Fayette, 2. Hudson-Florida. 4; Good Will, 2 88: Unionville, 1; West Town, 11. Lyons— Newark Park, 19 75; Sodus, 5 92; Wolcott 1st, 4 75. Nassau -Glen Cove, 18; Huntingdon 2d, 11. Otsego-Richfield Springs, 13 19; Springfield, 3 75; †Stamford, 90. Rochester -Fowlerville, 3 02; Rochester 3d. 21. Troy-Waterford 1st, 7 23. Utica-Knoxboro, 8: Sauquoit, 10; Westernville, 11. Westchester-Darien, 29 19; Rye, 88 67. 523 38

OHIO.- Athens-Logan 1st, 15. Bellefontaine-Belle Centre 1st, 6; Bellefontaine 1st, Children's Day, 3 25. Cincinna ti-Cincinnati 3d,.9; Glendale 1st, 30. ColumbusLondon,6 18. Dayton-Camden, 1; Dayton 4th. 15; Seven Mile, 4 03. Huron-Monroevilie, 307. Marion-Iberia, 521; Richwood, 10; York, 5. Maumee-Defiance, 7 58. St. Clairsville-Bannock, 3; New Athens, 10. SteubenvilleBakersville, 3 09; Corinth, 10; East Liverpool 2d, 2 08; Linton, 4 15; Madison, 8; Minerva, 6; New Harrisburgh, 5: Potter Chapel, 4 68. Wooster-Fredericksburgh, 13; Millersburgh, 3 10; Nashville, 8. Zanesville-Brownsville,

9 80.

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OREGON.-Portland-Oregon City 1st, 14 55. Willamette -Spring Valley, 5 35.

19 90 PENNSYLVANIA.-Allegheny-Allegheny 1st (Bible school, 15 63), 93 69: Avalon, 3; Bull Creek, 8; Evans City, 6; Industry, 255; Pine Creek 1st, 6; 21, 4 28; Rochester, 3; Sewickly, 37 90. Blairsville-Beulah, 18 12; Kerr, 4; New Alexandria (Incl. sab-sch, 8 75), 38 35. Butler-Harrisville, 5; Muddy Creek, 4 50; North Washington, 2; Unionville, 2 50. Carlisle-Bloomfield, 7 35; Dickinson, 3; Shermansdale, 2 38. Chester-Forks of Brandywine, 17. Clarion-Johnsonburg. 48 cts. Erie-Fairview, 3; Mount Pleasant, 1 50; North East, 30 30; Sandy Lake, 2. Huntingdon-Birmingham Warrior's Mark Chapel, 14 21; Hollidaysburgh (Incl. sab-sch, 3 86), 46 51; Sinking Valley, 10. Kittanning-Boiling Spring, 3. Lackawanna-Herrick, 3; Mount Pleasant, 1; Nicholson, 4; Scranton 1st, 114; 2d, 78 53. Lehigh-South Bethlehem 1st, 1; Summit Hill and sab-schs, 9 61. Northumberland - Bloomsburgh, 15 44; Great Island, 50; Hartleton 5; Mifflinburg, 3; New Berlin, 3; Washington, 20; Williamsport 1st, 10. Parkersburg-Clarksburg, 7 75. Philadelphia-Philadel phia Arch Street, 95 50; Bethlehem sab-sch, 19 44; North Broad Street, 67 70; Patterson Memorial, 7; South Western, 5 35; Walnut Street sab-sch, 14 05; Westminster, 23 50; West Spruce Street, 20. Pittsburgh-Forest Grove (Incl. sab-sch, 2), 7; Hebron, 7 85; Mount Pisgah, 8; Pittsburgh 3d, 339 69: East Liberty, 52; Shady Side, 37. Redstone-Belle Vernon, 3 68; Sewickley, 7; Smithfield, 1 25. Shenango-New Castle 1st, 35 26: Volant, 4. Washington- East Buffalo, 12 39; Forks of Wheeling, 21. Wellsboro-Elkland and Osceola, 15; Knoxville, 1. Westminster-Chestnut Level, 5 38; Leacock (Incl. sab-sch, 91 cts), 11 51. 1,521 50

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SOUTH DAKOTA.-Aberdeen-Groton, 5. Southern Da kota-Sioux Falls 1st, 4. 9.00 TENNESSEE.-Holston-Jonesboro, 10. Union-Knoxville 2d, 49 88; Madisonville, 1; New Salem, 2; Spring Place, 2. 64 88 UTAH.-Montana-Helena 1st, 50 60; Lewistown, 12. 62 60 WASHINGTON.-Olympia-Chehalis 1st, 5; Tacoma Cal48 55. Puget Sound-Fairhaven 1st, 6 45. 60 00 WISCONSIN.-Chippewa-Hudson, 13; Rice Lake 1st, 4 09. Madison-Kilbourne City, 6. Milwaukee - Delafield, 2 15; Stone Bank, 1 63. Winnebago-Florence, 16 34; Neenah, 21 30. 64 51

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Total from churches and Sabbath-schools......$ 4,323 62 + Under Minutes of Assembly.