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Christian Q mlsslonary A lliancc RE BDQUARTERS--6go EIGHTH AvE., NEW YORK. CABLE ADDRESS-PARUUSIA, NEW YO=.

. . . . . . . . . . . . REV. A. B. SIMPSON President & General SUperintendent.

REV. JOHN SALMON. MR. GEO. MONTCBMERY. MR. J. E. RAMSEYER. REV. 0. E. MALLORY. M2. ULYSSES LEWIS. MR. THOS. RYAN. REV. W. C. STEVENS. REV. JOHN OERTER. REV. F. W. FLINT. Vife-Pre~l'ikd REV. M. B. FULLER. M R A. D. JACKSON. MR. JAS. G. REBER. RE^. 0. M. BROWN. MR. JOHN McGAHIE. MR. W. E. BLACKSTONE.

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HEAqUARTERS FOR INDIA-ALLIANCE MISSION, GOWALIA TANK ROAD, BOMBAY. CABLE ADDRESS-PAROUSIA, BOMBAY.

REV. M. B. FULLER,-Chaivman of Executive Committee, BomGay. T h e affairs of the Mission in the field are administered by a n Executive Committee,

composed of fourteen members of the Mission elected a t the Annual Convention. T h e Alliance is unsectarian and its special object is the: evangelization of neglected

fields : i t seeks to unite Christians of a l l el-angelical denominations in its work. T h e teaching of the Alliance is often spoken of as the Four-Fold Gospel, which means

the Gospel or good tidings of Jesus Christ as Saviour, Sanctifier, Healer and Coming King. Pardon through simple faith in the blood of Jesus Christ.--Sanctification a n d fulness

of life through the indwellihg Christ Himself in the believer by the Holy Spirit.-Healing and health for the body of the believer by simple faith in Jesus who "Himself took our infirmities and bare our sickness " ;-and the pre-millenaial coming of Christ.

T h e financial basis of the Alliance is shown in the following article from the Constitution. " T h e Alliance will require of a l l its"1abourers a spirit of absolute reliance upon Gcd alone for support, guaranteeing no fixed salary t o any missionary after reaching his or her &ld, but providing them such moderate allowances for their actual expenses and needs a s the funds provided from the v o l ~ ~ n t a r y gifts of God's people shall enable us to supply from time t o time."

" Accepted candidates are required, before leaving for the field, to sign a n agreement stating that they cordially approve of the principles and practlce of the Mission, and heartily desire t o carry out the same."

Every missionary is committed to a life of faith in God for his personal support, and the Home Board is only pledged to send to the various fields what they receive. N o debt is t o be incurred.

Donations for the general fund, or for special puposes, or for the $ersonul use of any missionary can be sent to the Treasurer in New York, or to Rev. M. B. Fuller, Alliance Mission, Grant Road, P.O. Bombay, or direct to the person for vjhorn it is intended, or t o the Treasurer, Miss Ella Morris, Ahmedabad. Unless otherwise designated, donations will be pot in the general fund.

Sfecial day of pvayer, last 1;riday of each month.

Tbe Ins This is intended as a monthly message from the Alliance Missionaries to the friends of their

work. It will also deal with the general questions of mission work by original or selected artjcles, and will seek to deepen the interest and stimulate the prayers of all who may read it, by showing the encouragements as well as difficulties of the work. EDITOR :-REV. M. B. FULLER. BUSINESS MANAGER :-MR. S. H. A u E R N ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ,

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descending upon the ancient civilisations ---

Anxiouq or troubled, when with us is prayer,

STATESMANSHIP *:: BY THE REV. N. MACNICOL, M. A.

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ineffective in their isolation because of minor theological differences, or denominational prejudices, or, worst of all, personal jealousy, i s surely a sin whose grievousness the Church has not yet begun adequately to realise. "Some think," says Mr. J. R. Mott, " that a general accepiance of a comprehensive p!an of co-operation would be more than the equivalent of doubling the present missionary forces." One rejoices with thankfulness that the conviction of these things is being increasingly realised, but what one feels a t the same time with painful vividness is the slowness of men's hearts really to believe and act upon them, and the swiftness with which the opportunity, if not laid hold of, will pass beyond our reach. I have already quoted more than once from an article by Mr, J. R. Mott that came to my hand as I was writing this paper in which he describes the World's Missionary Conference that is t o be held in Edinburgh in 1910. I-Ie has there so admirably expressed what I am trying to convey that I cannot do better than quote some of his sentences. " Among men of different communions who have pondered most deeply the facts about the present missionary opportunity and obligation, there i s a deep-seated conviction that the time is a t hand for the leaders of the missionary move- merit in all parts of the world to come together and arrive a t a concerted plan as to the wisest distribution and co-operation of the missionary agents and agencies with reference to the actual occupation of the entire world-field. They see that a t present this matter which, owing to its magnitude, difficulty and importance calls for masterly strategy and leadership is being dealt with in a hap-hazard manner.. . . . .But they believe that there are statesmanship artd generalship in the Church sufficient to originate and carry Q L I ~ a plan adequate for the actual occupation of the world-field."

What Mr. Mott with his unique acqu:\intance with the mission problem of the tvhole world realises so keenly is equally true in its measure in the narrower fields of which we have knowledge. If we once lift our eyes from the actual work our hands are doing t o the horizon of the country or even of the province in which we live we surely cannot be blind to this patent fact. It is so difficult for us to help being parochial with the urgency of each day's narrow duties heavy upon us. One of the few advantages that I discern in the office of a Bishop is that

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he is called to a wider outlook and charged in some measure with the duty of statesman- ship. That may explain how i t is that two who have recently a t least realised the need of a reconsideration of methods in this country have been the Bishop of Madras and Bishop Mylne, formerly of Bombay. That they are right in all their conclusions I do not a t all think; indeed they are by no means agreed together; but whether that be so or not they are a t one with Mr. Mott and with everyone who has lifted his eyes beyond the borders of his own work and his own sect in the deep coviction that a readjustment of the Church's methods and a wiser and more balanced statesmanship are among the most urgent needs in the present problem of the world's salvation.

One obvious and grievous error in the strategy of, 1 suppose, every missionary body has been pointed out by the Bishop of Madras and is due to this failure to keep an outlook on the whole field and appreciate its varying claims. The Church to which I belong, for example, carries on Missions among other places both in India and in Livingstonia. Now if i t is the case, as i t is the case, that in Livingstonia they are taking the kingdom of heaven by violence, if out of all their ignorance arid superstition that people are begging to be taught of Christ, while India still hardens her heart andstops her ears, surely Livingstonia has the prior claim upon the Church's help. Similarly within India itself the Bishop of Madras is certainly right when he pleads for greater mobility in the disposition of the forces of the Church. If during 1907 in the Telugu country 2,000 persons were baptised and by the close of that year 5,000 enquirers had been enrolled, then it appears to be altogether the policy of reason and of Christian duty that the forces of the hfission responsible for that field should be concentrated as far as possible in that place of need and of oppor- tunity, even if elsewhere the ranks must be depleted. There is no question here of abandoning one class of people or one district of the country for the sake of another. The question is one of Christian statesmanship and Christian compassion and both, i t seems to me, are a t one in the answer that they give.

But these are matters that concern the internal policy that each several Mission should adopt. A still greater cause of waste

,of power is in the lack of an inter-missionary statesmanship. The former error can be

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avoided if each Mission has a t headquarters ' rnen who can wisely weigh the needs of

diverse fields and pursue a. sane and steadfast course accordingly. Bishop Montgomery in the last issue of " Tlze Bast attd the West " states this need strongly in the case of the Church of England. He desires for the states- manlike guidance of the Church's missions a Mr. Mott, one who can grasp details and can also, as he says, "see the horizon," one who is personally acquainted with the whole world-field and can balance continent against continent. Rut who will be trusted by the Churches with the still greater task of weighing Mission against Mission ? When can we hope for a plenary authority that will apportion the tasks to be undertaken by the various organisations in loyal fellowship with each other and in furtherance of a common purpose ? That seems a goal as yet very far off but not so far but that such a Conference as that to be held in Edinburgh in 1910 is a mile-stone on the road towards it. And meantime there is a plain duty that is laid upon every one of us whereby we can hasten its coming. We can labour for union in the Indian Church and for co-aperation in our field of labous. There is no question but that, to q~lo te Dr. Newrnan Smyth in his newly published book, i t is " the missionary obligation of the Gospel" that is "pressing home the immediate duty of the recovery of the lost unity of Church." There is no ,question but that, to quote the Archbishop of Mel- bourne writing in the September number of the Colztemfiovavy Review, the problem of union " will find its first solution in the free atmosphere of Christian work outside the British Isles." This work is nigh us, even in our moutli and in our hands. As we speak or act it will be retarded or hastened. There are plans being discussed even now in this province, and there no doubt are similar plans in other provinces,-for the union and the federation of the Indian Churches, for common action arnong missionary societies in training teachersandpreachers,inmaintaining a Christian newspaper, in placing the production and guidance of vernacular literature in the hands of a single man, chosen and maintained by all the missions working in this area. If in these matters we achieve unity we shall have advanced enormously towards the goal of the coming of the kingdom of Christ. If we set our hearts on this and realise the blessing that it will bring we shall achieve i t in spite of the

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superficial obstacles. T o be lukewarm on these matters, it seems to me, is a crime. The opportllnity of their accomplishment, so pregnant of reward, is upon us now. Its call is clamant in our ears, if nre have ears to hear a t all. We dare not disregard it.

If we had an infallible plenary authority set over us all to apportion to us our several duties and adjust our relations and if Poona were to come under its scrutiny, certain anomalies in our Mission work could not fail to come under its censure. +We have all often deplored the enormous waste of effort that must be caused by the fact that here, while there are, I suppose, considerably over a dozen Mission schools for native girls, most of them teaching up to the highest standards in Marathi and some beyond that to advanced English standards, there are only two or three boys' schools of the same kind, and these elementary and attracting mainly the lowest classes. Whether there should be such schools a t all or not is a matter we may consider later, but certainly such lopsidedness in our work cannot but result in grievous waste of energy. Again we have in this city a very considerable amount of work among Mohammedan women and girls. Under the direction of two ladies, schools and Zenana teaching are carried on. But how little can all this labour and patience avail when it is the case, as it is here, that practically nothing is done to bring to the knowledge of the Gospel their fathers and husbands and brothers and sons. The same anomaly is to be found, I believe, in Bombay, in Sholapur and elsewhere. These are only specimens of Aagrani misdirection and dissipation of energy that is undoubtedly common everywhere throughout India. Whether or not, as Mr. Mott suggests, the acceptance of a general pltin of co-operation wouldbe more lhan the equivalent of doubling the present missionary force, certainly the lack of such co-operation grievously maims its strength. The house of our mission work is largely a house divided against itself.

But so far as we have gone the problems that we have considered can scarcely be called new. They are new only in their increased and increasing urgency and in the vividness with which we realise the reward froin their solution. But in addition there is not one of our methods that does not need to be reviewed in the light of the changed situation that we h::ve to face. Old methods are becoming obsolete or unnecessary. New

100 THE INDIA ALLIANCE. -- methods require to be devised to meet new I rapidly supplanted ; and in many districts circumstances. T o solve these problems o f , this part of its operations will soon be missio~lary statesmanship there is needed a superfluous. Thz question now arises, Is the

I mind responsive to every movement in our second motive sufficient to justify the con- surroundings, quick t o adapt itself to new'tinuance on the same scale as hitherto of conditions. It is rare and difficult for anyone, missionary educational effort ? Are we to go to continue long to possess such mental on offering them education mainly, to put i t elasticity especially in India, where the most ;crudely, as a bait to induce them to listen democratic of us are apt to be speedily. to the Christian message? Is i t worthy of transformed into sundried bureaucrats. But the cause rve represent to seek to advance i t by we must labour after the possession of the open 1 the method which is described in Marathi mind and remember that "new occasions teach ;is " giving a bean that you may take a new duties." ' pumpltin ? " There is also the further question

Of all the ,nethods that have been used in the past in the evangelisation of India the most widely employed and perhaps, on the whole, the most valuable has been that of education in al l its branches from the village school to the College. There were, I suppose, two main motives that prompted the adoption of this method. On the one hand there was the simple desire to convey the benefits of education, to enligthen ignorance by this means and dispel supersti- tion ; on the other there was the more directly evangelic aim of obtaining an audience to which to preach the gospel. Now there is no question but that the weight of the for-

that is disturbing some minds, whether i t is right to accept Government aid in a non- Christian country for Christian teaching, especially in cases when the education is sufficiently provided otherwise.

These are matters in regard to which much may be urged on one side and the other. I cannot discuss it here and must 1 e content to state some tentative conclusions to xvhich things seem to point. It appears to me that it will become advisable for Missionary Societies to withdraw increasingly from the provision of secular education. Even in the case of vernacular schools it is not clear that

,our duty to non-Christians extends beyond the mer of those motives is every day diminishing. Christian Missions are becoming less and less indispensible as purveyors of education.':' At first there was a call for schools for every section of the community. But with the growth of the Government system of education i t became increasingly recognised that i t was for the backward and neglected classes that mission schools were especially required. Now, however, even there the need is steadily decreasing. 'The Christian mission school is becoming there as elsewhere merely a competitor with Government or non-Christian rnisson schools. In Bombay a Government order has recently been issued directing that schools for the depressed classes should be largely increased, and there is no doubt that in this direction advance will be rapid. Compulsory free education is drawing perceptibly nearer. If i t has not yet been thoroughly carried out in the Baroda State where eighteen months ago i t was nominally established, still in the first year of this new experiment 600 new schools have been opened within that limited area. The fact is incontrovertible that as a purveyor of education the Christian Mission is being

"This of course does not apply to the education of girls.

teaching of reading and writing. I remember that Mr. Haig, whose experience of such work in this part of India was unique, in one of the last conversations I had with him was inclined to think that Missionary Societies, in view of what I may call the educational luxuries that the Code now requires of aided schools, might findit best to dispense altogether with Government grants. Certainly I feel that in the case of High Schools and Colleges the course to be followed is fairly clear. A few strongly staffed and thoroughly eq~~ ipped institutions of this kind should remain. These will always be necessary for the education of Christians and besides have a testimony to bear to the high intellectual claims and de- mands of Christianity. Rut,-and this is what is most important,-the burden and responsi- bility of their maintenance a t a level worthy of what they represent should be borne by all the Missions working in the Province or the district in whose chief towns they should be established. Already we see in the case of the Calcutta and nladras Christian Colleges this ideal being approached. In the case of the latter the L. M. S., the Wesleyan Mission and, I believe, the C. M. S. unite with the United Free Church in the maintenance of the College. Jt remains to extend this system indefinitely

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and to include High Schools in its operation. Nowhere do I know of so manifest an oppor- tunity and demand for such a united High School as in Poona. In the establish- nlent of such schools the first consideration should be the need of the Christian community. As regards missionary Colleges if even half a dozen, fully equipped and organised, remain planted a t important centres throughout India it may be that the duty of the Church in directly supplying TJniversity education will be adequately met. At the same tirne by means of Hostels that would be open to non-Christians attending Government and other Colleges, and that would be under careful Christian super- vision, the educated classes could still have the Gospel presented to them during the period of their education. Their numbers might be fewer but the work might be even more effec- tive than higherto. Christian Hostels and Christian literature, i t appears to me, must increase while Christian Colleges will probably decrease. Christian literature in English is especially a Ineans of evangelisation for the educated classes of which n e I 1 11-c ~ c ~ r c e l y yet begun to take adequate advantage. 'Shis is recognised by the promoters oE the approach- ing World Missionary Conference and has a prominent place anlong the subjects to be examined. " There is need," says Mr. Mott in this connection, " of a comparative study of the experiences of the Bible and Christian Literature Societies, and of devising plans for a great enlargement of their operations." That Conference will, it is hoped, strongly emphasize the constantly increasing value and importance of Christian literature especially as a means of reaching the educated classes.

But one can do little more than indicate these points, each of which is important enough t o deserve a dissertation. There are certain methods of work, of course, that no change of circumstances is likely to affect The simple preaching of the Gospel on the street or in public halls, the healing of the sick and all the ministries of help that centre round the hospital and dispensary,-these can never become obsolete. But one fact, it seems to me, stands out clear in the future development of the work of evangelisation in India. That fact is that its centre must henceforward be regarded as the Indian Christian Church. It is only by strengthening it, by deepening its Christian life, by quickening its sense of res- ponsibility, by kindling in i t an intense fire of Christian patriotism, that this work will be accomplished. We have too long defrauded

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the Indian Church of its rights andresponsibili- ties as the messenger of Christ to this country. Mre have borne too much of the burden and been too little willing to share with them the authority that i t brings with it. The work of evangelising a t least the simpler classes id Poona, for example, should not be maintained, as i t is a t present, by a paid agency under the guidance of the missionaries, but by the volun- tary efforts of Indian Christians, giving gladly of their time and their strength, when their day's work is done, to this labour of love. The missionary should stand among them as their comrade, encouraging them and advising them but not ruling over them. Until this is attained tlie evangelisation of India will not truly have begun. It is as yet an exotic and a foreign task. It must become the most earnest swa- deshi effort in all the land. T o this end our chief efforts should be directed,-to the creating and inspiring of leaders in the Indian Church and the awakening to the real meaning of the call of Christ of the general body of the people. If we thrust responsibility upon them, they will no doubt often fail. If we leave the work for them to do and charge them with the doing of it, no doubt much will remain undone. But perhaps the little so done will be richer in result than the larger amount that otherwise might have been accomplished. At all eventstheie seems no other way of attaining the end. So long as we intrude ourselves between them and their duty, they will certainly neglect it.

The intensive culture of the Indian Church seems, then, especially in view of the new situation in India, to be of all duties the most important. 'I'here will still be immense room for the missionary and his agents in the regions beyond ; but within the area of the Church's influence no other force should be needed for the manifestation of the power and the grace of Christ. Out of i t should flow rivers of living water. No method of evangelisation can rival this and to its acromplishment we may well direct all our labours and our prayers.

In what I have said of the future of our methods of evangelisation in India there is much, no doubt, from which many will dissent. The important point is not that there should be agreement with my conclusions but that the necessity of a revision of those methods in the light of new conditions should be recognised. We must awake from our dogmatic slumber and realise that as things have been SO they should not necessarily remain. The task of establishing the Kingdorn of God is one which

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C___L______- _-_____-------- - Q LORD revive thy work in the midst of the

years, in the midst of the qears make known ; In wrath remember mercy." Hab. 3 : 2.

HIS has beer] the prayer of many of God's children in all lands for the last few years, and God has heard and answered in a wonder- ful manner and is answering still. Since the beginning of thegreat revival in Wales, there

have been many revivals o f . great power in various parts of the world wlth very marked and wonderlul manifestations of the spirit's working in the hearts of men women and children. Missionaries, who were in Wales a t the time of the revival, were taken up and carried along by the mighty current and went back to their mission fields and saw God's power among the native Christians and the non-Christians as they had never seen it before. The revival in the Iihasla Hills was one of the wonderful outbreaks and is still going on with power. Pandita Rarnabai's great work of faith a t Kedgaon has been another center where the work has gone on for more than three years. We hare read of wonderful things in Corea and in Manchuria and in various parts of China. At scores of mission stations in India God has shown His power in a way which many of I-Iis dear children had not dared to believe for; and in many of these places the work, which began two or three years ago, has continued not a t a l l times with the same intensity, but i t has not stopped and the Christian communities can never be again what they were before the revival began.

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In the beginning, the principal characteristic was a deep, and often overwhelming, sense of sin which broke down the strongest and hard- est of men and ivomen. The Spirit of God alone could ever have made men and women and children willing to confess sins publicly as thousands of them did. Perhaps mistakes were made and sins were confessed publicly which would better have been confessed pri- vately, but be that as i t may, they were con- fessed and so far as possible made right by restitution, where that was possible, and by tears and tender entreaties for forgivinness by , God ~ n d man. Families which had been, divided by sin were re-united, and chtlrches

which had been torn by quarrels were united. The cross of Christ, Christ and Him crucified for our sins, was the theme of the revival ; and to thousands a new meaning was given to this old story. It became real to them that their sins put Him on the cross and Inany seellled almost to see Christ on the cross, and their hearts were broken and they wept for hours ; some in quiet deep sorrow and some with even shrieks and loud wailing, as they saw what sin, their sins, had cost Christ. But there was also the revelation of the other side of the cross, viz., that the blood of Jesus puts away sin, and this revelation was as deep and real as jvas the burden of guilt, and with i t carne the joy of forgiveness, the witness of the spirit of acceptance in the Beloved.

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The result of this stage of the revival mas thousands of renefved and transformed lives. There were joyful testimonies on all sides. There had been intense feeling and there fo]lotved tile natural reaction and with it a time of sore testing, when some cast away the confidence for a t ilnc .\r\-hen their feelings sub- sided, but those wllo were anchored to God's word rather than to their feelings stood firm, and learned to walk by faith and to feed their fait11 with (< the sincere milk of the word," and went on until they were able to toke the

meat" as well. In some cases the reaction for a time was veryserious and i t seemed as if there was little fruit, but there were still a few who had been grounded in the

of God, and this led many thoughtful missionaries and others to pray f ~ r a revival of the revival on these lines, and where they have persevered much blessing llas followed.

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In many places there was a deep conviction that they had stopped short with the joy of pardon, and had not led the people on to seek and to receive Christ Himself to dwell in them, and to baptize them with the Holy Spirit. And so the second stage of the revival was marked by much prayer Eor the fulfilment of Christ's promise, " Ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days hence," and " Ye shall receive power after that the ~ o l y Spirit is come upon you," and a determin- ation to obev the comlnand " Tarry until ye be clothed' tvith pomrer from on high." In this stage of the revival i t has pleased God to give the gifts of the Spirit, which are spoken of in the 12th 13th and 14th chapers of 1 Cor., in a very precious way to the Church. 3 hat there has been fanaticism and extreme and

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unscriptural teaching on this matter of the j gifts of the spirit, and the manifestations of the 1 Spirit, I thinkall thoughtful peoplemust admit. Satan has shown clever counterfeits but they have not lessened the value of the genuine gifts, but have only made it more imperative that we all seek the gift of discernment of Spirits more earnestly. And the fanaticism and cxceses, and in sorne cases the impatience and even bitterness of those who could not see alike have driven many of God's children to " covet earnestly the greater gifts," and they have sought for the " love that never faileth," the wisdom that cometh from abore which is pure, and peaceable, and gentle, and easy to be entreated,and which we all so much need. We believe that all the gifts of the spirit spoken of by the Apostle Paul in those wonderful chapters should all be present and in active exercise in the Church of Christ. We are ex- horted to covet the best, and yet the Spirit gives toeach one " severally as He will." " Who bath directed the Spirit of the Lord or being His counseller bath taught Him ?" We must be cnrefL;l le,t we r e f u s e what F]e would give us or lest we clamour for what He does not choose to give. As parents a t Chrlstnlas time choose gifts for all their children according to their ages and their needs so the spirit chooses for us " as He wills" and what He wills is best for each of us. So let " us" covet to prophesy and forbid not to speak with tongues and above all let us "follow after (pursue eagerly) love, and desire spiritual gifts," and rejoice in what He gives to us and to others.

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We feel that all our friends ought so far as possible to understand the conditions political- ly, socially, and spiritually in India a t this time so that they may the more intelligently pray for us and for the general work of mis- sions, and for India as a great nation with all its perplexing problem.

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Great changes are going on and whether good or evil will be the result depends upon the success or otherwise of the great social reforms which are being urged by the best men of all the various communities, and the success of these reforms depends upon the progress of the moral and spiritual work which is going on to-day. We are therefore giving our readers some of the best articles which have appeared in our best Mission Monthlies and other Christian papers and though some of them may seem a little long yet we bespeak for them careful and prayerful reading so that

the problems may be intelligently understood. These papers have been written for people who are willing to think, by men who have thought and prayed intently, and they will convince thoughtful people that in the develop. rnent of the Church of Christ in India there will be needed the highest type of spiritual statesmanship. Of course Christ is the Head of the Church and the I-Ioly Spirit is the teach- er and guide, but men are r~eeded with eyes and ears open to be taught and guided.

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requires not only warm hearts but clear heads. If careful thought and scientific study are r ~ e d e d anywhere they are needed in solving the problem of India. We shall be greatly Wllty In retarding the emancipation of this people if we adhere to our habitual policy of " muddling through." 'rhe most devoted efforts

' ~ 1 1 1 be hindered grievously if we fail to sup- port them on the one hand by a loyal spirit of co-operation and of unity and on the other by the most scientific scrutiny of which we are capable of the methods we employ.-Baptist Missionay~ Revieza.

-- "WITH CHRIST-FAR BETTER"

MRS. RAMSEY --- N the Record Book of the Mission there is I a page with the name, Carrie 1%. Bates,

Mrs. J. P. Rogers, written a t the top. A few lines suffice for the necessary details begin- ning with, " Born- Westnlcr?land Oneida Co., N. Y. April 29, 1856 " and ending with 'l Re- turned.fro?l furlough January 5th 1904." One more line 1s to be added now, which will read, " Fell asleep in Jesus a t Bhusawal, India January 20th 1909.'' There this record will end.

But there's another one to be found between the lines. It has been kept with tender, scrupu- lous care, and unerring wisdom, and did not close on January 20th. For, is i t not written of one of old, whose offering was accepted, " he being dead pet speaketh" ? And also i t is written of the " Blessed dead" " Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours ; and their works do follow them." That Record is hidden now but it will be "made manifest" and purified by fire, none more glad than she, to see any " wood, hay or stubble" that may be in it burnt to ashes, in the great " day" that shall " declare it" and dear Mrs, Rogers will, we are sure have a rich reward I Cor. 3 : 11-14.

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Our personal acquaintance with the dear departed one, began on September 6th 1892 on arriving in Akola. (My husband and myself with six other new Missionaries, most of whom have passed on before, and would be on the other shore to greet her) with dear Mrs. Fuller and the three children. It didn't take long to get acquainted, for we had prayed for the dear ones who were here before us, as they hat1 for us, and indeed as we soon found out, they had prayed us from our comfortable "nests" right out to the Field.

My own first impression of Miss Bates was, " every inch a Missionary" and as I got to know later on, not only every inch there was of her, for she had learnt to draw from God, for spirit, souland body far beyond her own capacity or strength. She was guided by the will of God, as she understood it, by duty and princi~)le? rather than by her own feelings or desires. The self-denying lives of the dear ones cvho greeted us in India, doubtless influenced our whole missionary career, and their words of wisdom often tempered our unripe enthusiasm. I well remember dear Mrs. Fuller sayin: to Miss Bates and Miss Case, that they were to be " stepping-stones" for the rest of us, and they were.

It was my privilege to sit next her a t table. She interpreted my first sentences to the little church, she took me to my first village, and sometimes smiled a t any attempts to make some one understand the Gospel message, but never discouraged me.

near Sister Carrie, how we'll miss her frank open smile, her unwavering faith and staunch

! Always full of thought and plan for rather than herself. Her aim was the of the Gospel, and the growth in grace of the Church. She loced the people and was willing to spend and be spent for them. She had a prayer-life that the world knew riot of, and she delighted to pleacl for the weak ones by name a t the Father's Throne. When we came to Akola, she had charge of the Girls' Orphanage there, and was afterwards sel-t with a couple of new hfissionaries to open the first station, Khamgaon, where Sister yoder afterwards laboured. After a time she was transferred to Poona where she was most needed for the time being and again her work was for years in Akola.

On Christmas Day in the year 18ggshe was united in marriage to Mr. J. P a Rogers a true and tried man of God, with whom she spent, nine happy years. Our brother is being 1 blessedly sustained under his bereavement and

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loss, and their two dear daughters Doretha and Mary are beingcqmforted by the " God of all comfort."

While on her last furlough, our sister as permitted to minister to her much beloved father in his last illness. 'l'he dear mother who still lives needs our prayers, for the hlocv will fall heavy upon her.

About four years ago Brother and Sister Rogers opened a new station fifteen miles off the Railway. There were real liardships to endure there such as many would shrink from, but they bravely held the fort until a greater need presented itself. The difficult la ork in Bhusawal was their next, and there for almost two years, she laboured and suffered and a t last yielded up her pure spirit to Him who had redeemed and sanctified her.

From her earliest years she was not strong and to many, the story of her healing, has already brought blessing. She trusted Christ alone as her Great Physician, and drew her actual physical life from Him it11 the years since first she experienced His healing Power.

For over a year her suffering was great, as she said herself, beyond the power of words tc, describe. Even when the pain was excruciat- ing she would often hide it from all but God. In October last, the Lord gave her a definite touch and we will never forget her ringing testimony and smiling face, a t the Conventioll in November. Her passage had been booked for February 15th but she felt clear to callcel it, believing she was to go on in the xork. One who knew her condition wrote, that i t was a marvel to see what God had done for her, and how she was able to take up work: again, that pain had compelled her to drop for the time. She even went out to camp in the district for a little.

On December 11th she was taken with a chill and fever. For six weeks and two days the pain was constant and severe, but the Unseen Hand held the dear one every hour and every minute. Some of us thought that God would heal her again for His glory and so we prayed, but it was His will this time to take her to Himself fov His glovy. \Ve do not understand, but as she used to say, " We don't need to." She has a t least begun to under- stand now and we are comforted in the Itnow- ledge that the " Refiner," who is also " as a. Refiner's fire," will always see to it that not oue particle of the gold will be lost in the refining process. Her last ministry was that of suffering and as her dear husband writes, "Would not dear Carrie open her eyes in glad

Home-call be the voice 01 God to many a heart, to a life of consecration and joyful service as hers was ! Often as our ranks are broken here on the Field we feel a sinking a t our hearts. We miss them, yes, we feel lonely for them, we weep some. You know we are all very I human. We comfort one another with the 1 Hope of the Returning Master as He told us to. But beloved come very near and let me whisper. I There are places to be filled in the Mission and nobody to fill them. My brother, has the Lord anything to say to thee +bout this ?

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surprise, as she would meet Jesus" ! Yes, we A TRIBUTE OF LOVE thought, and she can sing now too, and all in- --- firmities are forever a t an end. UR dear sister Mrs. Rogers has gone to

Dear Mrs. Bannister miristered to her in her , glory, but truly her works do follo\v illness. I \I ill let her private letter to our her. It was her voice that God used family tell how the end came. 1 to give me my call to this land.

( I lirst met Mrs. Rogers in the Alliance

RS. STANLEY is with us now. She came about a week ago. We have had good meetings here, though not in the town. We go out morning and as soon as we eat our breakfast,

She :--"on Monday night she into a stupor, from which we could not rouse her. Slie continued in this state until Wednesday A . n f . vhen we saw the end .Alas near. We pray ed that if it could be tlie Lord's will she might regain consciousness, and speak, if only a few words, but God did not see fit to grant this request, so we remained content without it. Just as the end approached she lifted up her eyes m d gilzed steadfastly and intently on some object invisible to human eyes, and so taken up with heavenly raptme, she forgot to take another breath, and fell asleep in Jesus without a struggle. Her features which had been so long drawn with pain, soon assumed an perfect peace and rest, and we glad to see her free from pain and suffering. 'I'here was some- thing in her face as she lay there so quiet, which struck the large numl~er of people that came pouring in all day to take one last loolr.

n congregation is waiting for us. If we try to lie down for a few minutes' rest, the people call us up to go out and preach to them. I have never been in a place where svch crowds of people came to opr teqt

Home, Pittsburgh, and there she told the story of the people of India in such a way that I felt I nlLlst go. I did not know hair, nor when hut this much I knew. To the regions beyond I go and tell tile siveer story old.

The wonderful way God lead and supplied e.gery need I not write here but we landed in Akola where our sister was stationed, the very she had told us so nlucll about. Alter I had received Mrs. Rogers. welcome smile and loving kiss (I cannot tell all that smile meant to me in a strange land, Our sister knew how to keep smiling not only Lvhen things were going snloothly but all circumstances) I said, " Do you know how I got here,.. she looked a t me \rendering 1 meant. Then 1 told her hocv God had called me to India I think I see her now as she said, c c Praise the'lord,,, her eyes filling with tears. Man,7 will miss her loving smile. Pray that I . In some measure a t least may bc. to the dear 'The native people came from far and near and 1 natik,e people what she has

I been. Rut others tears pollred from the eyes of many. One man are needed. Who will come a n d live for fell in a dead faint a t her feet, and had to be j leSus in this land where so, ever shall be carried out. In the afternoon a large company

of English people gathered for the burial, and many flowers were sent as expressions of lore and sympathy.

" Personally. . . I thank God that He permitted me to be near and to minister in any way possible. The sting of death seemed to be taken away and seeing her Home-going has left a sweetness in Iny life. Making it richer for the experience. A1 though she suffered SO nluc~l and SO continually still she always had a smile for each one of us whenever we came to her bed-side which was really wonderful . . . . . . . . . " May our beloved sister's,

known, where are found the needy and the sad and How much joy and we could all bestow if we, like our dear sister, would scatter sunshine everywhere we go. Let us do so in the strength of the Lord until the day break and the shadows flee away.

ISA. MOODIE. -- - -- -

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A kola, Jan. 28, og.

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day after day, to hear the same story. This goes on from one a t noon till six a t night, Some are under conviction of that I an1 sure. Just now the boys are dealing with our daily congregation so we are having a rest.

One night about thiee a.m. we heard a voice out on the road singing a Cl~ristian hymn, a few days later we asked a man if he knew who i t was, and he said it had been he, himself. When he was a boy of ten he says you gave him a hymn-book here in Akola. He is about thirty now.

When we were a t Asegaon, a young Mahar called from the village of Kowthe. He said that when the nlissionaries were here four years ago, he had heard the gospel. Then last year he had plague, six members of his family died, and he was a t the point of death too. His father offered Rs. 300 to any doctor who would heal his boy. The boy himself began to cry in Marathi, O h Lord Jesus Christ save me out of my trouble. This he kept up all night. The rest of the family joined in and the next day, he was healed.

Now he worships Jesus only, and says he is ready for baptism. Miss Mill1i;tm and I would like him to go to Uodwad for a couple of months. When we :~sked him if he would be free to go, he said he was not married and would be willing to stay for ten years. I imagine he is about sixteen or perhaps more. He has been through the sixth standard, so if he is thorough- ly converted, he may become of some use in the mission. His father is willing for him to go. I may bring lliit~ home with me and leave him a t Bodwad. Miss Millham and I will support him until he is baptized, and if he should stay on I would be willing to continue his support for a while. I have not ~nentioned this to him. He knows he is going to a place where he will work as well as study the Bible ; we expect hiln to join us a t Mundgaon. We are going there in a few days and then I will leave (D. V.) Feb. 5th for Akola. Mrs. Stanley is coming in with me for a few days.

Yours, In our Lord,

ANNA LITTLE. --- I n Camp, Jan. 27 th .

We are all well and happy in the service of the Lord, people listen well and some are receiv- ing Jesus the best way they know. We rejoice in the k~~owledge that the Lord can do great things and when we look a t G.-(the Bible- woman) and know what the Lord has done for her we know it i s not impossible. I was

very much touched a few mornings ago as I read to a dear womam " Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt be saved and thy house." (3.-had been to her village alone and she had got the woman to pray with her. S l ~ e 1oc:ked a t me wondering what it all meant, I said, yes, for you and your family. il young woman was sitting beside her, then a young man came a ~ l d sat down in the yard. The young man had been listening t o Puronsing preach. He was the woman's son and the young woman was his wife. The mother got them both to pray and accept the 1,ord Jesus. They are so willing to sit a t our feet and learn, they want us to come often and teach them. This is only one instance but God is working in many ways, pray for these cle'~r people and for us that we may be clean vessels in the Lord's hands.

Tours in the blessed service of the Lord, Isil MOODIE.

NOTES FROM AMRAOTI

work in Amraoti has been specially blest during the past few months. THE Amid the encouragernerits and dis-

couragements, the trials and triumphs of the past year our hearts have overflowed with gratitude as we have seen the Father's hand guiding and controling and have proved His faithfulness to answer prayer and give victory when the enerny with bold assault or subtle influences tried to rend and tare our little flock and hinder the work anlong the unsaved. Still we felt the need of a mighty work of God in our midst.

During the Christmas holidays as we Lkaited together before Him the flood gates were opened and the Holy Spirit did a deep and real work the fruits of which have remained, and are constantly seen and felt in the lives of those who were cleansed and renewed in Christ and those whose hearts were enlarged to receive more of Himself.

The Evangelistic work among women goes forn ard with increasing power and blessing. New doors are constantly being opened and not only do the women receive the Word gladly but the lords of the households are begining to welcome God's n~essengers and listen earnestly to the message which they bring.

A dear young girl, a mere child has just been rescued from the evil hands which held her ip slavery, saved from a, fate worse than

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death. God used one of .His weak babes to briog her into the fold, which makes the case still more interesting to us.

Brother Carner and the workers with him have had a very blessed time touring among the villages. Hearts are softening and seeking the way of life. The people in a number of villages have asked to have some one come and liveamong them and teach them the word.

Brother and Sister Carner and dear baby Lauren have just left us. It was hard to say good bye after two years of precious fellow- ship in the work. Our little band of believers gave them a touching farewell. We shall miss them very much, but we are sure their hearts and interest will still be in India and the Lord will give them a fruitful rninistry during their stay in the homeland.

As we go forward realizing the workand responsibilities of the next few months our hearts are uplifted with the word " Thou remainest." The work is God's and we rest on the eternal promise, " The Lord thy God in the midst of the thee is mighty, he will save." May the weak earthen vessels ever be broken and empty of self that He can work unhindered ; accomplishing the purposes and saving not only us but the perishing souls to which He has sent us.

V. ERICKSON.

TOURING NOTES --- Buldana, Jan. Igo8 .

FEW touring notes this station, no A doubt will be Thus far, the has permitted us visit and preach

the Gospel in 64 different towns and villages. Quite a little interest has been in

some places, but the Power of caste, and the fear of man, are very manifest.

In a village about 10 miles from Buldana, we had a very attentive audience, and one man in particular, seenied greatly interested. He followed us out of the village, and expressed his desire to hear and ask more, he kept us talking for a half hour longer, and then pro- mised to cqme to our tent.

He came 2 or 3 days later, bringing three others with him ; and they listened with close attention for an hour to the Gospel.

His questions than ness ; and we feel like continuing in Prayer for this soul.

Shantwan our Native Helper, seemed very free that afternoon, and was enabled to put the

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Gospel very plainly before these precious souls. Only one small hamlet of the 64 places,

refused to hear us. At many of the meetings we have good

numbers, but one day just lately, we travelled 26 miles for 26 souls doing most of the journey on foot.

Travelling in the direction given on the map, we crossed over the mountains, and the first village of the three we visited that day, was one that we had visited last year.

The few souls in this little place again gave us a hearty welcome, and listened long and well to the Gospel story.

The second village, was another very small place, and the few souls that gathered together here, were not so ready to listen.

But one old man of the number, seemed to be taking in, and admitting all that we had to say, and came with us (as i t were) up to a certain point, and then seemed to fall back in utter and helpless dispair, as he remembered his surroundings etc.

Oh that God may spur our hearts to pray for such.

God did not permit us to leave this place without hope, as he put i t into the heart of a young man to buy some Gospels of us, and will I've no doubt use them for His glory. The third place that day, was a village almost deserted, only two families living there. But i t was not the fewness of souls that grieved us after our long walk over the hills, but we were grieved to see the absolute indifference on the part of these dear people, in such darkness, and yet seemingly no desire for light. In al l we have held 89 open-air meetings in these differ- ent villages, and have spoken to about 3,090 souls.

Gospels are not selling very freely this year, but praise God, and pray for blessing upon the few that have gone into the hands of these precious

With love, Yours in Him,

OSWALD DIMHAM.

MISSIONARY DIRECTORY. ---

We areasked to Pass on the welcome news that the Protestant Missionary Directory which has been so carefully compiled by the late Dr. John Hus- band, will in the future be compiled by John Inglis, E S ~ . , who has helped in the preparation of it for the past fourteen years. We bespeak for Mr. Inglis the hearty co-operation of all missions In this work so necessary for us all.

Items . & MRS. AUERNHEIMER are happy in the advent of alittle daughter born on the 12th of February.

-- - Mr. and Mrs. Carner and baby

Lauren with Misess Little and Hilker left Bombay on Monday

Feb. 15th by the Italian line S. S. R. Rubattino for the homeland. Miss Knight also sailed from Bombav

writing to all who support orphans or workers. I t puts a good deal of work upon those in care of the orphanages but we know that people like to hear how their orphans and workers are getting on.

--- We ask all leaders of Alliance branches a t home

to make a special effort to help- us to get the India 'Alliance to all who are entitled to it ; we look upon them as our fellow workers and we want t o help them to understand the work and its difficulties, and the encouragements and discouragements, that they may pray intelligently and more and more a s they receive the messages from the field month by month.

Wednesday the ~ y t h of February on the P. & 6. --- S. for colornbo and thence she expects to sail for We will send copies for judicious free distribution ndon by the Orient Mail Line. as sample copies to Alliance workers who will make

-- - good use of them and will secure subscribers or give M ~ . & M ~ ~ . carrier and ~i~~ l,ittle are going on them to those entitled to them and send us their rlough and hope to return within a year. names and addresses plainly written.

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n Friday February 19th we were glad to welcome We believe that the India Alliance ought to be and M;s. ~ ~ ~ k ~ ~ ~ ~ h and their three children co~itinued and that by God's blessing it should form from furlough. 'rhey left their oldest child a stronger bond than ever between those a t work on Ethel with her grand-parents in America. the field and those who uphold them by their prayers

-- and faith and their selfsacrificing gifts not only of money but of their sons and daughters.

--- their names are ,.laugh, also the We wish to thank all our friends who year after as they are not year have supported orphans in our mission. God

has blessed the orphanage work and to-day more --- than fifty young men, taught and cared for in our

tests against the discontinuance of the orphanages are preaching the Gospel as evangelists Alliance are still coming and we our in our mission. And their wives, also taught in our

s will speak out. Our own feeling is orphanages, are their helpmeets in the work. We the work would suffer by the discontin- appreciate the fact that the last six months has been

e. We want agaiIl to call attention to the a tlme of great financial difficulty at home, and many that we shall be glad to send it free to all who have pledged the of and

support missionaries or workers or orphans and have been unable to pay their pledges. Thcre has

hers who regularly to work who'wish been much pressure, in the orphanages on that account ; we hope that all who can will send as ve it and will read it, if they will ask for it. soon as possible. will prefer to pay for it. If any of our readers --- ow of persons who according to the above terms

entitled to the paper and who are not it, U. S. Greenbacks or Canadian bills can be sent by

shall thank them to let them know that they can registered letters, or, where foveign Money Orders can e it by to the Busirless Manager, being be they can be sent direct to the orphan-

careful to write names and addresses plainly "geS Or Treasurer, MOcris, fully. Many papers are returned to us because Ahmedabad.

ple have changed their place of residence and not sent us the change of address. If any do

ant the paper we hope they will kindly write a BUSINESS MANAGER'S NOTICE ard to the Business Manager. We do not want -- ste the papers nor the postage. We have decided to ask that all subscriptions be

sent to the Business Manager, and all names of ter the death of Miss Yoder we could not find subscribers and address (carefully written) and

omplete list of the addresses of the supporters of changes of address should also be sent to him ; a two orphans a t Khamgoan. If any supporters have cent postcavd mall be used. This will save the delay received letters concerning the girls supported, caused by sending them to New York and will save

)pe they will write to Mlss. E. M. Patten, our friends there the trouble. Subscriptions can be gaon, Berar, and give the name of the girls sent in U. S. Greenbacks or Canadian bills, two

horn they are supporting and they will hear from copies one year or one copy two years for $1, or i s Patten soon. We mean to be faithful in they can be sent by foreign money order.

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