Statistics of the Central District of China of the Methodist ... ... $32,000 $8,000 ... ... ... 35,00 ... 116,77 Estimated value of Parsonages or Homes, Value of Schools, Hospitals, Book Rooms &c., Contributed for other Local Purposes, Statistics of The London Missionary Society's Mission Shanghai, The following comprise the statistics of The South Methodist Mission to December 31st, 1884:-Male missionaries 12, two being absent, female missionaries 1; Woman's Mission Society missionaries 9: Stations where missionaries reside 3; Out-stations 6; Members 163, male 75, female 88; Self-supporting Churches 1; Probationers 56; Anglo-Chinese Schools 2, pupils 269: Foreign teachers 5, native teachers 7; Boys' boarding schools 1, pupils 55; Boys' day schools 8, pupils 127; Girls' boarding Schools 3, pupils 107, Girls' day schools 8, pupils 114; Sunday Schools 14, pupils 478; Ordained native preachers 3, unordained 6; Colporteurs 5; Bible Women 3; Church buildings 7, sittings 1270, value $4,300; Rented Chapels 14, sittings 870; Male Hospital 1, value $10,000, inpatients 272, out-patients 11,587; Medical students 5; Periodicals published 18,000, books and periodicals distributed 16,222; Contributions of native Churches $148. Total value of Mission property, Parent Board $107,300, Woman's Board $28,200. Statistical Summary of the Central China Mission of the American Presbyterian Church, North, 1884: FOO-CHOW. BY W. W. RUNYAN. 'Tis sacred now. A city far and fair and famed, To be henceforth with reverence named, Oh, hallowed is Foo-chow. 'Tis sacred now. Not for its sparkling bright cascades, 'Tis sacred now. Not for its giant banyan-trees, Nor orange groves that freight the breeze, 'Tis sacred now. Yet not its wealth of spice and myrrh, Nor mighty amphitheatre Could consecrate Foo-chow. 'Tis sacred now. Not for the seven gates she rears, Nor buttressed bridge, whose granite piers We glorify Foo-chow. 'Tis sacred now. Though millions there have bowed to Buddh, 'Tis sacred now. Yet not pagodas quaint and tall, "Tis sacred now. "The Happy City" now is blest; Pleased there to take his last long rest. He consecrates Foo-chow. MARION, KANSAS. From an American Paper. Echoes from Other Lands. THE AMERICAN BAPTIST MISSION, NORTH. The Baptist Missionary Magazine, for December, has a detailed account from Dr. Ashmore of the persecutions at Swatow. No dates are given, which greatly diminishes the value of the record; but it vividly recounts the excitements from day to day. An account of "Communion Sunday" closes the letter, telling of a sermon preached by Chiang Sui from John xx: 19. "It was an admirable discourse. He made three points: (1) God's people often had to hide from their enemies; (2) Yet they continued to assemble notwithstanding; (3) Jesus, speaking 'Peace,' appeared among them. It was exactly suited to the circumstances of the hearers, and had many illustrations drawn from the Scriptures." The same periodical announces the arrival of Rev. Wm. Dean, D.D., in New York, on the 14th of November, much improved by the voyage to America. Under the heading of "An Anniversary Trip," a short article from Dr. Dean tells of his leaving Bankok on his seventy-seventh birthday, and at Singapore, visiting the Mahahrajah of Johore. The Helping Hand states "with mingled regret and pleasure," that Mrs. Lucy S. Bainbridge, whose acquaintance was made by many in China a few years ago (and who with her husband has reported so fully of missionary lands in their several interesting volumes) has entered the service of the Woman's Presbyterian Foreign Missionary Society of New York. PROBABLE RESULTS OF THE WAR. The Rev. J. L. Stuart of the American Presbyterian Mission (South) at Hangchow, in The Missionary for January, says: "I think that the war will enlighten the Chinese on three points at least. First, they will learn more of geography in a few months than they learned in a lifetime before. They speak of the present war as the rebellion of the French. Secondly, they will learn that there is a difference between the Roman Catholic Church, and the Protestant Church and Religion. Thirdly, they will learn that the cruelties and barbarities of French warfare are infinitely more merciful than those of their own soldiers. Annihilation of men, women, and children is the object aimed at in their warfare. It is reported that many people in Ningpo, which is yet several hundred miles from the seat of war, have already committed suicide to keep from falling into the hands of the enemy, and more than half the population has left the city for places of greater security. I heard one of our preachers yesterday trying to allay the fears of the people by telling them that the beggars in the city of Foochow are still on the streets begging."" THE LONDON MISSIONARY SOCIETY. The Chronicle of the London Missionary Society, under its new Editor, the Rev. Geo. Cousins, has taken on new life, and gives promise of being very interesting. The principal article in the January number is "A Trip to Poklo," by the Secretary, the Rev. R. Wardlaw Thompson, who not long since visited China. There are several brief extracts from Rev. J. Owen and Rev. J. Gilmour, of Peking; Rev. A. Bonsey and Rev. Griffith John, of Hankow, and from Rev. J. Macgowan of Amoy, reporting quiet and spiritual results. Rev. J. Stonehouse, of Shanghai, records the baptism of a Corean convert. Rev. T. W. Pearse of Canton expresses satisfaction with the decision of the Consuls not to enforce compensation to persecuted Christians: "Though the protection of converts is provided for in the existing Treaty, it is not stated in what that protection is to consist, or what are its limits. The interpretation given of this clause of the Treaty by the Consuls in Canton is not favorable to any proposal for calling foreign aid to enable the Christians to secure pecuniary compensation. For my own part, I am not sorry that is the conclusion arrived at. 'Political' Christians. in China would not be different in character from the old 'rice' Christians in India. Much though I pity our poor brethren in distress, and after having done all I can to help them, it is yet plain to me that they are too ready to rely on those material advantages which it is deemed to be part of the foreign missionary's province to secure for them in times of persecution. I have therefore been compelled to discourage and disuade them from too frequent appeals to foreign secular authority." COMMERCIAL MORALITY. The following singular item is from The Shanghai Courier of January 28th. Commercial Necessity seems to know no moral law!— "Relations with Thibet. It is an interesting question for moralists how far a professedly Christian country is justified in using the superstitions of its heathen neighbours to advance its political ends. India has set its heart on opening up trade with Thibet. Towards the end of the last century, Warren Hastings sent a Mr. Bogle, who succeeded in reaching the Tashu Lama, who virtually ruled the country from his seat, Shigatze, though the |