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was with us, preached on Rev. iii. 20, after which the Holy Communion was administered to forty-four communicants, of whom nine were Native women. The responses during the whole service were singularly hearty, and we were much struck by the reverence and devotion of all the congregation.

In the afternoon we went to the church again, where the Sunday-school is held. After the regular lessons are over, the schoolmaster catechises the children, and when we were there several of the adults who came to school joined with the children, asking questions, and also being called on to give their thoughts about the passage in question. My father then spoke to them of the little captive maid and Naaman, and Mr. Bickersteth also talked to them before they dispersed. A heartier or more profitable children's service could not be, and indeed throughout our stay at Salt we were much struck with the reality and depth of the spiritual work going on here. We met the sons of the old man of whom I spoke before, now grown into stalwart men, and following in the steps of their good father.

There is service at Salt every morning, at 5 in summer and at 7 in winter, before the men go off to their day's work, and every evening there is a gathering in the home of some convert for Bible reading and prayer, conducted by the people themselves. On the Monday morning when the bell rang for service we imagined it was only meant to wake us, not having been told

before of all that was going on, and so we were not present at the service, which is regularly attended by a very large proportion of the converts. The greater part of each day is spent by Mr. Jamal in meeting inquirers and in conversation with them, and he has useful helpers in his schoolmaster and other natives. The only school at present is a mixed one, but we hope that soon there will be a separate school for girls. There are about ninety children in attendance, and three of these are Bedouin Arabs sent by their fathers to board in Salt for the sake of the school! Such wild little fellows they looked, with eyes like eagles.

From Salt Mr. Bahnam, a Native catechist, goes out to the plains and visits the Bedouin encampments, reading, talking, and praying with these wild nomads; and though there is as yet no fruit to be seen, the fact that he meets with a welcome and hospitality even when his errand is known, speaks of a brighter future for these races. Mr. Bahnam told us that once, when praying in a Bedouin tent with some Arabs he asked for a blessing on their flocks and herds, and that their crops might be good. After he rose from his knees the Arabs said, "He must love us, if he prays for our corn and our sheep," and then listened attentively and quietly while he told them of the God of love.

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(See Rev. E. H. Bickersteth's article, page 58.)

A GLEANER CLASS.

palace described by Josephus. All the country of Gilead is Deal interest in Missionary work, is to make its details thoroughly well

wonderfully beautiful, and we saw it in all the glory of its richest vegetation. Flowers of every hue, and shrubs and trees, cover the sides of the hills, between which flow streams bordered by oleanders. From Jebel Osha, or Mount Gilead, an hour's walk to the north of Salt, we had a glorious view of the plains below, where the Jabbok winds in and out and finally joins its waters to those of the Jordan.

At last came the day when we must take leave of our kind friends. Mr. Jamal accompanied us a little way, and when we reached the top of the hill above Salt, there we saw all the school children ranged in line, with their masters. They salaamed us, and then sang an Arabic parting hymn, concluding with a benediction; pretty nosegays of anemones and ranunculus were given us by the little girls before we had to say good-bye. As we wound down hill and slowly passed out of sight we watched the line of little faces, and their parting salaam! salaam! was worthy of comparison with an English hurrah. I think our hearts were all very full as we left our good friends at Salt, knowing what small likelihood there is that we shall ever meet again on earth. But what encouragement have we not had to persevere in all missionary effort! The reaping time will come surely, even though it be slowly. Nearly twenty years ago Bishop Gobat's school at Salt had to be closed, but he hoped for brighter days to come, and bought the land on which the Mission buildings stand when as yet there seemed no hope of its being put to any use. Now we know that the Bishop was right, and may we not believe that he now rejoices in the fulfilment of some of his dearest wishes ?

EAR MR. EDITOR,-Feeling convinced that the best way to ensure a known, some friends of the C.M.S. proposed last year to hold monthly meet. ings for the study of the GLEANER. Some account of these may be suggestive to your readers, and conduce to a larger number of competitors in the next Examination.

The young people of the parish were invited to assemble on the third Thursday of each month. A committee of ladies was formed, who kindly undertook to preside and prepare questions on each month's GLEANER. The answers to these questions were not compulsory, but all who could do so were expected to send in papers.

Being assembled, the proceedings commenced with a hymn and prayer (C.M. Selection being used). Then came business. Questions and answers were read by the committee-maps handed round, and talk encouraged-if time permitted; the answers were supplemented by extracts bearing on the subjects, which had been previously selected and marked from GLEANERS or Intelligencers of past years. The questions for the current month were then distributed. It was hoped that all the members (about ten) would go in for the Examination. But when it came to the point some were away, some who had promised turned shy at the last moment, and only three came forward, of whom two obtained honourable mention. Still all own to a much deeper interest in the GLEANER and feel that they have learned much during the year; and all wish to have the meetings continued.

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The great point as you, Mr. Editor, say, is that more definiteness should be given to our prayers. Generality is the death of prayer," and how vague must our prayers on behalf of Missions be until we know the special needs of individuals in the various stations; and how can we join in thanksgiving until our hearts are stirred by hearing what wonders God hath wrought? J. E. B.

The Gleaner Examination.

DA cannot say how thankful I am for the opportunity the Examination gives of enlarging one's Missionary knowledge. I always loved Missions, because our LORD bequeathed that work to His followers to the end of time, but I certainly did not know much about them until this opportunity came for showing our colours, which I wish more would join us in doing. A FELLOW-WORKER.

EAR MR. EDITOR,-My experience is much the same as A. O.'s, and

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1 M St. Philip & St. James. Another King, one Jesus, Acts 17. 7. 2 T C.M.S. Ann. Meetings. Things touching the King, Ps. 45. 1. 3 W Let the children of Zion be joyful in their King, Ps. 149. 2. 4 T Livingstone d., 1873. Thine eyes shall see the King in His 5F Crowned with glory and honour. Heb. 2.9. [beauty, Is. 33. 17. 6 S John King, 1st Miss. to N. Z., d., 1854. If we suffer, we shall also [reign with Him, 2 Tim. 2. 12. 7 S 4th aft. Easter. On His head were many crowns, Rev. 19. 12. M. De. 4. 1-23. Ln. 23. 50 to 24. 13. E. De. 4. 23-41, or 5. 1 Thes. 4.

8 M Frere Tn. Estate bought, '75. Behold, thy King cometh, Jo. 12. 15. 9T Elmslie op. dispensary, Kashmir, 1865. With healing in His 10 W Sing praises unto our King, Ps. 47. 6. [wings, Mal. 4. 2. 11 T Rebmann discov. Mt. Kilimanjaro, 1818. Break forth into singing, [ye mountains, Is. 44. 23. Abdul Masih bapt., 1811. Translated into the kingdom, Col. 1. 13. Russell & Cobbold at Ningpo, 1848. Preaching the Gospel of the kingdom, Mat. 4. 23.] [of grace, Heb. 4. 16. 5th aft. Easter. Rogation Sunday. Come boldly unto the Throne

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M. Dan. 7. 9-15. Lu. 24. 44. E. 2 K. 2. 1-16. He. 4. With My Father on His Throne, Rev. 3. 21. Dening landed at Hakodate, 1874. I am He that openeth, and [no man shutteth, Rev. 3. 7. 21 S Sun. aft. Ascension. A Priest upon His Throne, Zech. 6. 13. M. De. 30. Jo. 7. 1-25. E. De. 34, or Jos. 1. 2 Tim. 4. 22 M 1st Maori ord., 1853. Each one resembled the children of a king, 23 T The King of glory shall come in, Ps. 24. 7. [Judg. 8. 18. 24 W Unto the Son He saith, Thy Throne, O God, is for ever and 25 T The Throne of God and of the Lamb, Rev. 22. 3. [ever, Heb. 1. 8. 26 FT. Scott preached 1st Ann. Ser., 1801. He must reign, 1 Co. 15. 25. 27 S Ascended on high...received gifts for men, Ps. 68. 18. [He hath shed forth this, Acts 2. 33. 28 S Whit Sun. Ember Wk. Being by the right hand of God exalted, M. De. 16. 1-18. Ro. 8. 1-18. E. Is. 11, or Ez. 36. 25. Ga, 5. 16, or Ac. 18. [24 to 19. 21. 29 M Bp. Anderson consec., 1849. He shall testify of Me, Jo. 15. 26. 30 T Ordination at Kucheng, 1880. He shall glorify Me, Jo. 16. 14. 31 W King of Kings and Lord of Lords, Rev. 19. 16.

THE PRINCIPAL OF THE CHURCH MISSIONARY COLLEGE.

BEFORE going to press last month we were only able just to announce the retirement from the Principalship of the Church Missionary College of the Rev. W. H. Barlow, on his appointment to the vicarage of St. James's, Clapham. It would be difficult indeed to over-estimate the value of Mr. Barlow's services in his most important post during the last seven years. No man in England is more thoroughly imbued with the spirit and principles of the Society, and no man could have been more whole-hearted in his devotion to the work of training men for its service. It is the scrupulous thoroughness with which every detail has been attended to that has so impaired his strength as to render it impossible for him to go on. As to the excellence of his teaching, it is sufficiently witnessed to by the good places taken by many of the students in the Bishop of London's examinations (in one case the first place, in one case the second place, out of thirty or forty), and in the Oxford and Cambridge Preliminary Theological Examination, in which several first classes have been gained. Nor ought we to forget the singular success of Mr. Barlow in obtaining contributions to the Society's funds. That means were provided for sending out so many men, even during the period of financial difficulty, was largely due to his influence, and the confidence placed in him by wealthy friends of the cause. He will be followed to his new sphere of labour by many regrets and a general Godspeed. We must now look to the great Master to direct the choice of one of His servants for the important post left vacant.

THE

Localised Gleaners.

HE balance sheet of the St. James's, Bermondsey, Parochial Magazine, which is a localised edition of the C.M. GLEANER, for 1881, shows the following result:-Expenditure, 500 GLEANERS monthly, £18; Local Printing, &c., £22 178. 9d.; total, £40 178. 9d. Receipts-Magazines sold, £24; Advertisements, &c., £22 19s.; Total, £46 198. Profit, £6 1s. 3d., from which donations have been made to the C.M.S., and to three parochial objects.

The C.M.S. account from Old Radford, Notts, for 1881, includes "Profits on parish Magazine, £1 0s. 11d.," this magazine being the GLEANER localised.

EPITOME OF MISSIONARY NEWS.

In addition to the speakers at the Annual Meetings on May 2nd whose names were given in our last, Bishop Crowther will speak in the morning, and Sydney Gedge, Esq., the Rev. John Piper (Japan), the Rev. J. A. Faithfull, and (it is hoped) the Bishop of Nelson (N.Z.), in the evening.

Tuesday, May 16th, will be the Day of Intercession for Foreign Missions. We trust it will be a day of much prayer and much thanksgiving among the friends of the Church Missionary Society. The C.M.S. Committee will have their usual Communion Service at St. Dunstan's, Fleet Street, when the Rev. H. W. Webb-Peploe will preach. In the afternoon there will be a Valedictory Dismissal of missionaries who sail next day for Central Africa and North America. The Address will be delivered by the Bishop of Moosonee.

In addition to the offers for missionary work mentioned in our March number, the Committee have accepted the following, with much thankfulness-The Rev. J. Hannington, M.A., of St. Mary Hall, Oxford, Minister of St. George's Chapel. Hurstpierpoint; the Rev. Henry Nevitt, of St. Aidan's College, Curate of Heigham, Norwich; Mr. E. Elliott, B.A., of St. Catherine's College, Cambridge; and Mr. H. W. Lane, of Bristol.

The Committee have made the following appointments :-To the East Africa Mission, Mr. H. W. Lane (see above), as Lay Superintendent of Frere Town. To the Nyanza Mission, the Rev. J. Hannington (see above), the Rev. R. P. Ashe (see March No.) and three Islington men now ready for ordination, Messrs. J. Blackburne, Cyril E. Gordon, and W. J. Edmonds. To the Niger Mission, Mr. Thomas Phillips, B.A., of Trinity College, Dublin, and Islington College, as Clerical Secretary of the Mission. To the Moosonee Mission, the Rev. H. Nevitt (see above) and Mr. J. Lofthouse, the latter an Islington man who is to establish a Mission to the Esquimaux at Fort Churchill. To the Saskatchewan Mission, the Rev. D. J. S. Hunt (see March No.). To the North Pacific Mission, Mr. Thomas Dunn, late Vice-Principal of Trinity College, Kandy, who has been studying at Islington with a view to holy orders, and who is unable to return to Ceylon on account of his wife's health.

The Church Missionary Society having expressed to the Archbishop of Canterbury its desire for an English Bishop in Japan, and the Archbishop having requested the Society to provide a part of his stipend, the Committee have voted £500 a year for that purpose. Since this was done an old and staunch friend of the Society has undertaken to relieve the general funds of this charge for five years by paying (anonymously) the whole of it himself during that period. The selection of the new Bishop rests with the Archbishop. We hear with regret of the death of the Rev. John Pickford, Vicar of Toller Fratrum, Dorset, who was a C.M.S. missionary in Tinnevelly and Ceylon for sixteen years, from 1852 to 1868. In Ceylon he had charge of the Tamil Cooly Mission.

Bishop Crowther has arrived in England to confer with the Committee on the development and extension of the Niger Mission. He is accompanied by his grandson, Mr. Hugh Stowell Macaulay.

During the recent tour of the Marquis of Lorne, as Governor-General of Canada, in the great North-West of British America, he visited the C.M.S. Mission at Battleford, on the Saskatchewan River. The missionary there, the Rev. T. Clarke, had the honour of dining with his Excellency, who made many inquiries regarding the Mission. "He congratulated me most heartily," writes Mr. Clarke, "on the progress made, and wished me every success in the glorious work."

opened at Allahabad on February 2nd, with the name of St. Paul's Divinity The C.M.S. Theological College for the North-West Provinces of India was School. The Rev. W. Hooper, M.A., of Wadham College, Oxford (1st Class Lit. Hum., 1859), is the Principal; and the Rev. H. M. M. Hackett, M.A., of Trinity College, Dublin, the Vice-Principal.

In the past year the Bishop of Colombo has visited nearly all the C.M.S. stations in Ceylon, and within thirteen months confirmed 520 Native Christians. Of these 174 belonged to the Tamil Cooly Mission, to inspect which the Bishop spent three weeks riding and driving through the hill country with the senior missionary, the Rev. W. E. Rowlands.

The Rev. G. Shirt, of Hydrabad, Sindh, has lately visited Quetta, in Beluchistan, to recruit his health, to minister to the British troops, and to inquire as to missionary openings. He is anxious to see a Mission established among the Brahui people, who occupy a considerable part of that mountain

country.

On February 15th a new church for the Native congregation at Lahore connected with the C.M.S. was dedicated by Bishop French. It bears the name of Holy Trinity Church, and has been erected mainly by the efforts of the Rev. H. U. Weitbrecht, of the Lahore Divinity College. The Rev. Yakub Ali is the pastor.

A very interesting account has lately been received from Mr. Last, the active lay missionary at Mamboia, East Central Africa, of a journey taken by himself and Mrs. Last into the Nguru country lying north of the now wellknown route between the coast and Mpwapwa. They penetrated into a region and among tribes never before visited by any European. The narrative of their journey, together with a capital sketch-map sent by Mr. Last, was handed to the Royal Geographical Society, and is published in the March number of that Society's Proceedings. The whole distance traversed was about 250 miles. Mr. and Mrs. Last everywhere experienced a most friendly reception. There is plenty of scope for the Society's Extension Fund, however large it may be !

It is proposed to hold a second meeting of Sunday-school superintendents and teachers at the Church Missionary House, on Monday evening, June 5th. Invitations will be issued in due course.

**We have to thank several friends for poetical and other contributions. It must be understood that those which are accepted may have to wait some time for their turn for insertion, unless there are special reasons for their being printed at once.

THE CHURCH MISSIONARY GLEANER.

JUNE, 1882.

THE SOCIETY'S ANNIVERSARY. NOTHER bright and stirring Anniversary of the Church Missionary Society, the Eighty-third, has been celebrated. The year has been a year of change and trial; but it has been a year of much blessing, and particularly there is cause for thankfulness to God that the burden of financial perplexity has not been laid upon us-that at a period when the Times says the agricultural interests of Great Britain are poorer by eight millions sterling than they were three years ago, the Society should have been able to extend its work, and yet to present a balance sheet unexpectedly satisfactory. Well do the Committee say in the Report that "when they remember the serious position of the finances only two years ago, they can but bow down in heart before God, and say, Not unto us, O Lord, not unto us, but unto Thy Name give glory, for Thy merey and for Thy truth's sake."

The report on the funds may be given in a few words. The legacies are £6,000 lower than last year, but apart from these, the General Income is almost exactly the same, notwithstanding a deficiency of £700 in Ireland. The total of the General Income (including certain sums not formerly reckoned in it) is £190,727. For the Extension Fund £10,554 has been received, making more than £20,000 since this Fund was started two years ago. For other Special Funds, £11,629. Total contributions, £212,910; besides certain extraordinary receipts from sales of property, &c., £8,225 more. A large part of these special receipts were not applicable to the year's wants, but the General and Extension expenditure, together £193,515, has been more than covered. Among the special contributions have been £848 additional for the Henry Wright steamer; £475 additional for the F. R. Havergal Memorial Fund; £507 in memory of the late Miss Venn; £1,520 for the Disabled Missionaries' Fund; and £2,200 given by W. C. Jones, Esq., to build one of three Training Institutions which he is generously proposing to found in China and Japan.

The Anniversary proceedings were marked by some features of unusual interest. First, on the Monday morning, there was an ordination of eleven students from the Church Missionary College. Some of them had to sail before Trinity Sunday, and could not wait for the regular ordination of the Bishop of London, who therefore kindly authorised Bishop Perry to admit the whole number to deacon's orders at once. The service appropriately took place at the church to which Mr. Barlow has lately been appointed, St. James's, Clapham, and a very solemn and interesting service it was. Canon Hoare preached an impressive Canon Hoare preached an impressive sermon on Eph. iii. 8-" Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ."

In the evening of the same day St. Bride's Church was as crowded as ever for the Annual Sermon. The Bishop of Ossory and Ferns, Dr. Pakenham Walsh, a former Secretary of the Society in Ireland, and one of its heartiest friends there, was the preacher. His text was ver. 9, 11, 12, of the 68th Psalm. Speaking of the Society, the Bishop urged that the income should speedily be raised to £300,000 a year. The collection was made, for the first time, from pew to pew, instead of at the doors; and it amounted to £90, against £53 last year. The hymns, "O Spirit of the living God,' Through midnight gloom from Macedon," and, "O Lord of heaven and earth and sea," were sung with wonderful power; and the whole service was most inspiriting.

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The Breakfast on Tuesday morning was attended by some 150 of the clergy, and a most fervent as well as thoughtful exposition

of the 87th Psalm was given by Canon T. Green, a former Principal of the C.M. College. The rush into the great Hall at 10 o'clock seemed more eager than ever, and long before 11 every seat was full, and the gangways were blocked up by standing people; while 400 or 500 clergy occupied the platform. The English Bishops, some of whom rarely miss this meeting, were absent, having been summoned to Lambeth by the Archbishop of Canterbury; but the Bishops of Ossory, Ballaarat, Victoria, and Nelson, and Bishops Cheetham, Perry, Ryan, Beckles, and Crowther, were present.

After the reading of brief fragments of the Annual Report by Mr. Wigram, and a few words from the venerable President, Sir Bartle Frere rose, and was received with prolonged cheering. His speech was a most remarkable one, and we must quote some sentences. Referring first to the Report, he urged his hearers not to be content with the extracts just read, but to read, as he had himself done, every page of it. It would "fill them with astonishment and thankfulness." "To the ordinary mind," he went on, "I think the first feeling will be one of questioning-is it possible that these things can be true? Is there not some mistake, or perhaps pardonable exaggeration? Perhaps I may do some small service if I mention a few facts which appear to me to show that, wonderful as this Report is, it is a very sober and subdued statement of the truth." He continued :—

I well remember the time not only when we were told that Mohammedanism was an exceedingly vital and growing religion, and one which threatened to supersede Christianity in many parts of the world, but that it was utterly impossible to bring the faithful Mohammedan to look with any favour on the truths of Christianity. This I can say from my own experience, following up what is stated in the Report, that it is a most exp wonderful thing how much within the last ten or twenty years those foundations of Mohammedanism have been shaken by the labours of missionaries of this Society. (Cheers.) I et any one go to Peshawur-let any one go to any part of the great Indian empire where the Mohammedans form a large portion of the population, and they will, I am convinced, agree with me that Mohammedanism is now pervaded by the desire to know more of that religion which they have so long despised, and that there is every prospect of the same fruits b ing gathered in from the Mohammedan world as you have garnered from other parts of the human race . . . I pass on to the continent of Africa, and ask you to consider such wonderful things as the Uganda Mission. Who among the youngest of us who remembers hearing of the journeys of Burton and Speke and Grant and Livingstone would have believed there was any chance of a missionary being ever heard there? Then there is Mombasa. I had the honour of knowing both Krapf and Rebmann. I saw Rebmann when he was almost blind, when he could hardly walk across the room, when he was remaining there to finish his dictionary of the native language; and I can testify to the state of utter barbarism which he found to exist when he first settled at Mombasa. There have been drawbacks since, but I think you can trust your old and valued missionary, Mr. Price, to correct them, and to bring you home such a truthful report as will enable you to secure in that part of Africa an abundant result. Mr. Price's name reminds me of the time when he first fell in with a few freed slaves, who were committed to his charge when he was missionary at Nasik, and when he spoke so hopelessly of doing anything with the utter barbarism that pervaded every fibre of their nature. I am sure when he looks back on those days he must lift up his heart in gratitude to God for the good work He has allowed him to do among the negro nations of Africa. Regarding your Missions in India, I may be allowed to remind you of the great fact that within our memory there pervaded the Government a real fear lest missionary enterprise should bring about political convulsion. Those days have long since passed, and I would only ask you to consider what spirit has animated the late orders of the Governor-General, Lord Ripon, in regard to the inquiry into the educational system how he has frankly availed himself of the great and valuable experience of your missionaries to tell him how far the educational system of the Government requires amendment, and in what direction it should be amended. I confess when I read at length these portions of the Report which relate to India, the first feeling that came over me was that it read like a record of the work of the first two centuries following the labours of the apostles. I believe if you turn to the pages of Gibbon, or even of any of our Church histories, and see how very

gradually the Church grew and yet how marvellous was the result, then how it was so often honeycombed with heresies, and torn asunder by schisms, and contrast the history of those two centuries with what you have heard to-day, you will come to the same conclusion which impresses any Christian reader, that truly the age of miracles has not yet passed, and that there is the same cause for thankfulness, the same cause for amazement, at the goodness of God in doing the work of the preaching of the Gospel in these days that would have been felt by any of the Christian martyrs under the reign of the Cæsars at Rome.

Canon Tristram followed with a vigorous sketch of the Society's work in Palestine, and a powerful appeal for extension there, which was heartily cheered. Bishop Burdon then eloquently put in a claim for extension in China, after which Mr. Bruce, with equal eloquence, put in his claim for extension in Persia, and Bishop Crowther his for extension in Africa. The good Bishop, who was received with much applause, said that "in conversation with a lady recently about the improved postal communication between England and the Niger, she asked him whether he was not troubled by so many letters. He replied that the only letter which troubled him was one from the Committee telling him not to extend. That was the only letter he grumbled about answering." The readers of the GLEANER know

The closing speech is allotted, by a long-standing custom, to a representative of the home clergy. It is the most difficult task of the day-to give the "application" of a "lesson" which has already lasted four hours! Some will remember how admirably the late Dr. Miller used sometimes to fill this place, not to speak of Mr. Goe and Canon Money in recent years. But no one has done it more effectively than Mr. Billing on this occasion. "The cry of the meeting," he truly said, "had been, Extension! If this was to be realised, they must first cry, Excelsior! They must rise higher, come nearer to the Lord Jesus Christ. Then they would take a deeper interest in His plans, and be ready to deny themselves more for His blessed work."

As usual, the Hall was again thronged the same evening, mostly by the younger and humbler friends of the cause; and the speeches of Bishop Cheetham, General Hutchinson, Mr. Sydney Gedge, the Bishop of Nelson, the Rev. John Piper, of Japan, and the Rev. J. A. Faithfull, were enthusiastically applauded. Frances Havergal's stirring hymn, "Tell it out among the heathen that the Lord is King," was sung with immense effect.

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VIEW OF GAZA.

from Miss Tristram's articles the need of extension in Palestine. They know also something of the needs of China and Africa. Concerning Persia and Mr. Bruce's work there, we hope next month to give a full account. But with regard to extension, a few words from Bishop Burdon's speech should be quoted :

Remember this: the Church Missionary Society cannot stand still. It must go on. You cannot begin a work of this kind, and when you come to a point say, "Well, now we must stop." You can no more stop it than you can stop the rolling of a great rock down a hill. It must go until it reaches the goal appointed for it, wherever that, in God's time and providence, is. To stop is to die. But the Society, as a Society, has no right to run into debt. You must look to the supporters. It is upon them the burden is cast, and not upon the Committee. They have no right to go beyond their funds. It is said, "There are so many objects that we cannot do it." Would you like to go back to the early part of the century, when there were not so many objects? There was peace then. There were no begging bishops and no begging missionaries then. (Laughter.) But these very objects are a sign of Christian life among us, and we are bound as a sign of Christian life to support these objects. Many give up to their power and even beyond their power. Do we all do it? Are there not many who spend their money in useless things? Can we not spare some of these and give to God more? The thing is thrown back upon yourselves. Had the Society that £300,000 it would be a good beginning.

THE C.M.S. MISSION HOUSE AT GAZA.

place. Mr. Wigram had invited the Committee, Hon. District Secretaries, &c., to breakfast at Cannon Street Hotel, and more than 200 sat down. Afterwards a deeply impressive address was given by the Rev. Herbert James on the Epistle to the Church of Philadelphia, the main topic being "the power of a little strength." A discussion followed on Extension at Home, which was joined in by the Earl of Chichester, the Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol, Canon Money, the Revs. H. Sutton, E. H. Hockin, T. R. Govett, H. W. Webb-Peploe, S. Gedge, &c. The Bickersteth, A. M. W. Christopher, W. Allan, E. Lombe, W. whole proceedings were of a most animating character. Mr. Bickersteth took up the Bishop of Ossory's suggestion in the sermon at St. Bride's, that the Society's income ought to be £300,000 a year, and gave as a motto for the year these words: "Half as much again." That is, let every one who now gives a penny give three halfpence; every one who gives 5s. give 78. 6d.; every one who gives a guinea give £1 11s. 6d. If every friend throughout the country would do this, that would not give us the £300,000 a year, because large sections of the income are raised in other ways. But it would go far towards the desired end. We would call upon all our readers to take their little share in carrying out this great suggestion.

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