MISSIONARY ALMANACK.

L. Qr. 2nd.... 2.56 p.m. N. M. 10th.... 3.38 p.m.

December.

DEATH AND LIFE.

F. Qr. 17th.... 4.39 p.m. F. M. 24th.... 3.41 p.m.

[made alive, 1 Co. 15. 22. 1 F Pfander d., 1865. As in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be 2 S Death passed upon all, for that all have sinned, Ro. 5. 12.

[come that they might have life, Jo. 10. 10.

3 S Advent Sun. S. Crowther's 1st Sermon at S. Leone, 1843. I am

M. Is. 1. 1 Pet. 5. E. Is. 2, or 4. 2. Jo. 13. 1-21.

4 M Thro' death destroy him that had the power of death, Heb. 2. 14. T Brought life and immortality to light, 2 Ti. 1. 10.

6 W Imad-ud-din ord., 1868. I set before thee life and death, Deu. Why will ye die? Ez. 18. 31.

7 T

8 F

Turn yourselves, and live ye, Ez. 18. 32.

9 S

10 S

[30. 15. [Ps. 27. 1. Bp. Stuart consec., 1877. The Lord is the strength of my life, [ever, 1 Pet. 1. 23. 2nd in Advent. The word of God, which liveth and abideth for M. Is. 5. 1 Jo. 3. 1-16. E. Is. 11. 1-11, or 24. Jo. 18. 1-28.

14 T

15 F 16 S

17 S

11 M S. Crowther baptized, 1825. Walk in newness of life, Ro. 6. 4. 12 T Passed from death unto life, Jo. 5. 24. [the death, Rev. 12. 11. 13 W Supposed day Smith & O'Neill d., 1877. Loved not their lives unto There shall be no more death, Rev. 21. 4. [are yours, 1Co. 3. 22. Bps. Russell, Horden, and Royston consec., 1872. Life or death, all Death is swallowed up in victory, 1 Co. 15. 54. [thy sting? 1 Co. 15. 55. 3rd in Advent. Ember Wk. Welland d., 1879. O death, where is M. Is. 25. Rev. 1. E. Is. 26, or 28. 5-19. Rev. 2. 1-18. 18 M Townsend vis. Abeokuta, 1813. Can these bones live? Ez. 37. 3. 19 T H. Edwardes inv. C.M.S. to Peshawar, 1853. Ye shall live, Ez. 20 WI prophesied...and they lived, Ez. 37. 10. 21 T Bp. French consec., 1877. To live is Christ, Phil. 1. 21. 22 FT. Chapman d. in N. Z. on 62nd Anniv. of Miss., 1876. To die is 23 S He that hath the Son hath life, 1 Jo. 5. 12. [gain, Phil. 1. 21. [eternal life, 1 Jo. 5. 11. 24 S 4th in Advent. Bp. Vidal d., 1854. God hath given unto us

M. Is. 30. 1-27. Rev. 14. E. Is. 32 or 33. 2-23. Rev. 15.

[37. 5.

25 M Christmas Day. S. Marsden's 1st Serm. in N. Z., 1814. And this [life is in His Son, 1 Jo. 5. 11. M. Is. 9. 1-8. Lu. 2. 1-15. E. Is. 7. 10-17. Tit. 3. 4-9.

26 T St. Stephen. The crown of life wh.the Lord hath promised, Jas.1.12. 27 W St. John. We show unto you that eternal life, 1 Jo. 1. 2. 28 T Innocents Day. I give unto them eternal life, Jo. 10. 28. 29 F Whether we live, we live unto the Lord, Ro. 14. 8. 30 S Whether we die, we die unto the Lord, Ro. 14. 8.

[the Lord's, Ro. 14. 8. 31 S Sun. aft. Christmas. Whether we live, therefore, or die, we are M. Is. 35. Rev. 21. 15. to 22. 6. E. Is. 38 or 40. Rev. 22. 6.

"HALF AS MUCH AGAIN."

T the recent Anniversary of the Norfolk and Norwich Auxiliary of the C.M.S., the Sheriff of Norwich, Mr. J. J. Winter, made the following suggestions about getting the "Half as Much Again":

"There are 15,000 parishes in England and Wales, and in 10,000 of these not one penny is subscribed to the Church Missionary Society. Here is new ground to work upon. The average of collections after sermons in the 5,000 parishes is £4 11s., so that if only half the unrepresented parishes were included, £20,000 a year would be the result. When a parish is well worked it is not only the sermons that benefit the Society, but the public meetings, collecting cards, missionary boxes, and parish organisations, which double and treble the amount brought in by sermons. I will mention my own parish as an instance. Not long ago there were but five or six subscribers in the whole of Heigham, but now the district of St. Philip's alone gives £100 a year.

66 An endeavour might also be made to bring before the public mind the very old principle-not commanded or absolutely incumbent on Christians, but nevertheless according to the will of God as expressed in the days of old-viz., that we should render, as far as practicable, the tithe or tenth part of our incomes to God's work and glory, set it apart as not our own, and what a sum total we should then have to give away! Last year the income-tax brought to the Government the sum of £10,650,000. Now this at 5d. in the £1 represents an income of £511,200,000. The tenth part of this would be £51,120,000 to give away. How differently, then, could home and foreign Christian work be supported! and this calculation does not include incomes under £150 a year, otherwise the amount would be nearly doubled.

"There is, lastly, perhaps the most simple plan, and one in the power of almost all to adopt, namely, to give half as much again as we have done before, both of our time and money."

NOTICE.

In the GLEANER of January will be commenced a Story of Christian Work, entitled, "OVER THE WATER," by Miss Evelyn R. Garratt, Author of "Free to Serve," "Lottie's Silver Burden," &c.

The GLEANER of 1883 will also contain a Series of Devotional Papers, by "A.M.V.," entitled "JERSEY BREEZES"; Sketches of a Lady's Work at Fuh-chow, by Mrs. G. Fagg (Miss M. Foster), late Missionary there; THE STORY OF THE NEW ZEALAND MISSION, by the Author of "The Good News in Africa,” &c., &c.

EPITOME OF MISSIONARY NEWS.

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The C.M.S. Committee have issued a Special Appeal for Men. University graduates are wanted immediately for the Principalship of Fourah Bay College, Sierra Leone; for St. John's College, Agra; for the Noble High School, Masulipatam for the Cambridge Nicholson Institution, Travancore; for the Preparandi Institution at Jerusalem; for the Ningpo College. Medical Missionaries are wanted for the Niger, Frere Town, the Nyanza Mission, Gaza, the Gônd Mission, and Bishop Burdon's New Mission in South China. A good schoolmaster is urgently needed for Frere Town. Other men are wanted for Lagos, Calcutta, the Koi Mission, Sindh, &c.

The Committee propose to set apart Wednesday, Dec. 6th, for special supplication that these needed labourers may be found; and they invite all their friends to unite with them in prayer on that day.

The Dean of Westminster has most kindly offered to have a collection for the C.M.S. at Westminster Abbey, on Sunday evening, Dec. 10th, 2nd Sunday in Advent, at 7 P.M., the Society appointing the preacher on the occasion. Bishop Burdon, of Victoria, Hong Kong, has consented to preach.

By the lamented death of Archdeacon Prest, of Durham, late Rector of Gateshead, the Society loses one of its most faithful and zealous friends in the North of England. By his influence and labours, combined with those of the late Bishop Baring, Canon Tristram, and other friends, the contributions to C.M.S. funds in the Diocese of Durham rose in twenty years to about three times their former amount.

We deeply regret to announce the death, on Oct. 23rd, of the Rev. Henry William Shackell, M.A., formerly C.M.S. Missionary in North India. Mr. Shackell took high honours at Cambridge. He was 10th Wrangler in 1857, 2nd Class Classics, 1st Class Theological Tripos, and Fellow of Pembroke College. He laboured with untiring energy for seventeen years in various parts of North India. The stations of Godda, in the Santâl country, and Aligarh, were established at his own private expense, and he contributed largely to several other Missions. He was a most humble-minded man, and was beloved by all who knew him.

Dr. George Johnson has retired from the office of Honorary Consulting Physician to the C.M.S. During twenty-six years he has given the Society his valuable time and medical skill without fee of any kind.

The Rev. Metcalfe Sunter, M.A., Principal of Fourah Bay College, has been appointed Government Inspector of Education for the West Coast of Africa, and is therefore obliged to retire from C.M.S. after twelve years' most assidu ous and earnest labours in the cause of Christian education at Sierra Leone. He was prepared for the ministry at Islington College, and received the honorary degree of M.A. from Durham University at the time the affiliation of Fourah Bay College to that University was arranged.

Some corrections have to be made as regards previous announcements in the GLEANER of locations and movernents of Missionaries. The Rev. C. Harrison goes to the North Pacific instead of to the Gônd Mission. The Rev. G. H. Weber goes to his old field, North India, and not to Mauritius. The Rev. W. Latham is appointed to Lucknow instead of Calcutta. The Rev. R. Bateman is prevented by ill-health from returning to the Punjab this year, and the Rev. D. J. S. Hunt by his wife's health from going out at once to the Saskatchewan. Mr. E. Elliott will remain in England for another year. The Rev. A. J. A. Gollmer and Dr. G. Chalmers are not going out at all for the Society. The Rev. J. C. Hoare and Dr. B. Van S. Taylor, who came home lately from China, are returning to the field immediately.

On Oct. 17th, the Rev. E. Bickersteth, of the Cambridge Mission at Delhi, son of the Rev. E. H. Bickersteth, of Hampstead, had an interview with the C.M.S. Committee, and gave a very interesting account of his missionary work, as well as a review of the prospects of Christianity in North India, especially among Mohammedans.

On Sept. 10th, Bishop Royston ordained another Native clergyman for the C.M.S. Mission in Mauritius. His name is Samuel Sunger Singh. He is a Hindu born in the island, and knows the Hindi, French, and English languages.

Bishop Horden writes from Moose Factory on Aug. 28th. He had arrived safely via Canada, the last part of his journey being eighteen days' canoe travelling. The Rev. H. Nevett and Mr. J. Lofthouse had already arrived by the annual ship; and the latter was proceeding immediately with the Rev. E. J. Peck to the Eskimo Mission at Whale River. The Bishop confirmed 45 Indians on Aug. 27th.

The Bishop of Calcutta visited the Lucknow C.M.S. Mission on July 4th, and confirmed 22 Native Christians.

The Right Hon. M. E. Grant-Duff, Governor of Madras, visited Tinnevelly in September, and was received with due honour at the C.M.S. Mission at Palamcotta. Addresses were presented to him at the Sarah Tucker Institution and the Theological College, and also by the Native Christian community; and his replies were of a very friendly character.

Last month's GLEANER had gone to press before later news from Uganda reached the Society, on Oct. 19th. This news will be found at page 137 of our present number.

We desire to recommend to those of our readers who are Sundayschool teachers the CHRISTMAS LETTERS prepared by Miss E. S. Elliott, Author of Copsley Annals, &c., and formerly Editor of the C.M. Juvenile Instructor. Every teacher should send to each of his Sunday-scholars "A Christmas Letter for You." Write for specimens to Messrs. Hazell, Watson & Viney, 6, Kirby Street, Hatton Garden, E.C.

RECEIVED-Mrs. Corsbie, for the Egypt Special Fund, £10; Miss S. C. Edwards, for the Henry Wright Steamer, 10s. Gd.; "A Nurse's Thank-offering," £1; "Pearl," another £20.

NOTICE. Clergymen and other friends proposing to make arrangements for the ANNUAL GLEANER EXAMINATION are requested to communicate during this month with the Editorial Secretary. The Examination will be on Jan. 9th.