TA BERNACLE ERECTED FOR SPECIAL REVIVAL MEETINGS AT NANKING,

NEW ANNOUNCEMENTS.
Fenn's Concordance of the New Testament

is in type, and will soon be issued. Johnston's Scientific Faith is withdrawn for

a time. Y. M. C. A. Stories for Young People, by H. L. Zia, is now

ready. Also Harmony of Samuel, Kings,

and Chronicles, by W. D. Crockett. Y.M.C.A. Expository Commentary on John's Gospel.

George Hudson.
Gulick's Growth of the Kingdom of God.

C. L. S.
Railways of China. C. L. S.
Imago Christi, Stalker's. C. L. S.
My Belief, Dr. Horton. C. L. S.
Drummond's Programme of Christianity

(out). C. L. S.

Guizot's Civilization in Europe. C. L. S.
British Constitution. C. L. S.
Commercial Education. C. L. S.
The General Committee Y. M. C. A. has in

preparation the following in Chinese in

addition to those already announced : Temptations of Students, by John R. Mott. Power of Jesus Christ in the Life of Stu.

dents. Join R. Mott.
A Changed Life. Henry Drummond.
Achievement-0. S. Marden (abridgment.)
A Handbook on Y. M. C. A. Work, with

illustrationis.
Report of Y. M. C. A. Work during 1908.
Constructive Studies in the Gospel of Mark

Burton.

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Missionary News.

Dr. J. C. Garritt, of Nanking, has ed prayer in giving exceptional sent us the following interesting ac

weather, else the pavilion could count of the recent special meetings held there. Our readers will rejoice

not have been used at all. For to learn of the great blessing granted four days, beyond an evident on that occasion. We would ask deep interest and prayerfulness, prayer that the revival may sweep

nothing remarkable was visible through the two provinces of Anhwei and Kiangsu :

in the meetings. Mr. Goforth

spoke simply, but powerfully, of When the Spirit came to the absolute sovereignty of God Nanking.

as displayed in other places where

He had cleansed and purified This city has just witnessed His church.

Then a break a mighty outpouring of God's came, and men, women, boys, Spirit upon the churches, with girls, with weeping and deep the same wonderful manifesta- contrition confessed their sins. tions which have characterized Some confessed to the grosser His work in Wales, in Corea, in sins; others to coldness, hyManchuria, and in other parts pocrisy, lying, covetousiiess. of China. For months the During the last days, beside missionaries and Christians of many who rose or knelt at their Nanking and the surrounding seats to confess, fully five hunregion have been in prayer that dred came forward to the platwhen Mr. Goforth came here he form to acknowledge their sins might be the agent of the Spirit and ask the prayers of the multiof God in quickening the church tude. and leading it into the fulness The evidences of the actual of blessing. The prayer has presence and work of the Holy been answered, and for many Spirit were too numerous to be days there has been a volume of gainsaid. Sins unrepented of, confession, prayer, and renewal of years gone by, often forgotten of vows such as this great sins, were brought to light. heathen city has never witnessed. Some who came to the meetings, A great tent was built, with resolved that

Goforth a seating capacity of over 1,200, should never drag a confession and this was filled for ten days, from them,” were compelled to

” twice a day, from February 27th acknowledge it all and to tell to March 7th. The Lord answer- out the story of defection and

sin. It was felt by very many workers, in prayer in the daily that these were days of judg- meetings still going on, has been ment such as Joel foretold, and oppressed even to physical pain, that to hide their sins now would almost beyond endurance, for be the cause of being eternally those who had wandered away ruined in the last day. The ter

from the church during the past rors of Sinai were not preached

ten years.

The officers of the by Mr. Goforth, but they were church are alive to the needs of brought home to the people the Christians as never before, by the Spirit Himself. Some and are earnestly devising means of the most remarkable facts for reclaiming wanderers, winwere these :

ning the lost, and building up

the weak. All hearts are full 1. The terrible burden of sin, made clear by the Holy Spirit's

of joy and seeking to serve the

Lord with full consecration and convicting power. Hatred, an

acceptableness. Bless the Lord, ger, impatience of authority,

O my soul, and all that is withcontention, lying, selfish ease in

in me; bless His holy name ! the church without care for the unsaved, etc., etc., were confessed with bitter anguish.

We append the following account 2. The reality of the cross of of the formation of the Hupeh ProJesus. The love of the Savior, vincial Council, representing further who died for us, was vividly

important progress in the cause of

Federation : realized by many as never before.

At two meetings of representa3. The sadness and coldness,

tives of missions working in friendlessness and hopelessness,

Hupeh, one held at Kuling last

summer and the other in Hanof life, of any life, away from Christ.

kow on January 28th, the neces

sary steps have been taken for 4. The tremendous value of the formation of a Provincial human souls and the fearful Council of the Christian Federaguilt of being a stumbling block tion for Hupeh Province. At in the way of others, and even the meeting when the final of not praying and working for decision was taken, there were them.

present representatives of the

London, Wesleyan, Alliance, power prayer.

Protestant Episcopal, American These are realities in Nanking Baptist, China Inland, Church of to-day. The reproach of Christ Scotland, and Swedish Missions has been rolled away ;

and of the B. & F. B. S. and know now that this is not a C. C. R. T. S. Two other mis“foreign” church, but that the sions, whose delegates could not very power of God is in our come to Hankow so early in the midst. The visitors from the Chinese year, sent written exsurrounding regions have gone pressions of assent. The followto their homes with great zeal ing Constitution has been adopt. for souls; some of them, when ed by the foreign missionaries, they came, were burdened with and there is little doubt that it guilt and far from Christ. The will be adopted formally at the five communions established in first full meeting of the ProNanking are afire. One of our vincial Council :

5. The

of

men