THE THEOLOGICAL CLASS AT PALAMCOTTA, SHOW important the work of this Theological Class is will be understood when we say that almost all the fifty-eight living C.M.S. Native clergy of Tinnevelly, and several others now gone to their rest, have at one time or another passed through it, besides many lay catechists. At present the Principal is the Rev. T. Kember, and from him we have received the photograph from which the above picture has been engraved. There are now eighteen students in the Theological Class, and sixty-nine in the Normal Training Classes for schoolmasters, which also is under Mr. Kember's charge.

In sending the photograph, Mr. Kember sent also an account of the opening of the Institution under new arrangements on January 19th, 1880, the day before the Tinnevelly Centenary described in the GLEANER of June last year. The Bishop of Madras being present, an address was presented to him by the Principal and students. In reply,

The Bishop of Madras assured us of the great pleasure it was to him to be present, and to have the opportunity of expressing his great interest in the Institution. He then addressed the students, reminding them of its objects, the end the Committee had in view in their training, and the great privileges they enjoyed. He earnestly exhorted them to set a proper value upon these privileges, and to be very diligent in the use of all the advantages which they enjoyed as students here. He concluded by impressing upon all engaged in the work the high importance of constant and close communion and walk with God, and insisted on the absolute necessity of deep spirituality, if we would have God's richest blessing.

THE GOSPEL IN THE ISLAND OF YEZO.
Journal of the Rev. Walter Dening.
(Concluded.)
IV.

EDNESDAY, June 16th, 1880.-Started at about 11 A.M. for Otaru; had my dinner in a wood, and reached Otaru about 4 P.M. The hotel I have hitherto occupied was quite full, so I modation in the same street at another hotel. Went around the town to was obliged reluctantly to take up my quarters elsewhere. I got accomannounce the preaching as usual. Visited by Hirano, Ito's father. He asked me among other things the meaning of several passages of Scripture. The first was, "I come not to send peace on the earth, but a sword," &c. The second was, "He that loseth his life shall find it," as compared with the words, " What shall it profit a man if he gain the whole world and lose his own life," as it is translated into Japanese. I was glad to hear him put such a question, as it showed that he had not only read the Bible carefully, but that he had compared one passage with another, and one doctrine with another, and was anxious to understand their relationship each to the other.

After this a Shinto priest arrived on a visit. He seemed well acquainted with all our work, and alluded to various occurrences of past years; amongst them he reminded me of all that took place on the occasion of my first visit to Satsuporo, and during the visit to Saru. He said he had a special request to make of me, and that was, that as our respective Creeds are so very much alike that I would agree not to speak against Shintoism! We had a very large congregation, and as they were very quiet and attentive I preached from 9 to 10.30. I feel sure that not a few were very seriously impressed. I overheard several remarks in the hotel after the service that convinced me that the preaching of the Word was blessed. One man said to his companion, "Why, I never knew there

was so much in Christianity; with such a religion as this to compete with, before very long Buddhism and Shintoism will die out of the country." Another said, "Why, we understood the preaching far better than we do our own Native sermons. The fact is our Native preachers are far too proud; they will not come down to the understandings of the people." Other remarks of this kind were made, some of which referred to the preacher, and therefore had better not be recorded, but most of which referred to the doctrine, and therefore are worthy of being placed on the shelf of memory, to be taken down and used to comfort and cheer on some cloudy day. Again I had a good sale of books, notwithstanding all the books that have already been disposed of in this town.

I got little sleep at night, owing to the noisiness of this location. Women were playing samsien (a Japanese guitar), some one else was beating a drum, a Buddhist priest was droning prayers, men and women were singing at the top of their voices, and to make it all complete the dogs commenced howling, and these various noises had only ceased about two hours when the early morning commotion commenced. The Japanese, as has often been remarked, sleep very little during the summer nights; to make up for it many of them take a long nap in the middle of the day.

Friday, June 18th.-Started at about 11 for Tobetsu, our convert Arato's native village. It was raining fast when I left home, but gradually I found myself approaching a part of the country where not a drop of rain had fallen. The natives of this part say that place for rain. Reached Tsuishi Kari at 2 P.M. walked on to Tobetsu, quietly reading on the way. miles. I reached it about 6. The bridle path

Satsuporo is a great After resting here I The distance is seven lay through a wild

piece of country altogether uninhabited and uncultivated. On arrival, after resting a little, I went to visit Arato's family, which consists of his father and mother, one sister grown up, and two children. Although Arato says he sees no real signs of faith in his father, yet undoubtedly he is very much interested in Christianity, if one can judge by his purchasing a good number of Christian books, and by the earnest way in which he listens to the preaching. Arato, who is the schoolmaster at this village, gave me the use of the schoolroom for preaching, and the whole village, including the Government officers in charge of it, turned out to hear the "strange doctrine," notwithstanding the inclemency of the weather. Then the sale of books commenced, and went on to a late hour, after which Arato came to the house at which I was staying, and sat chatting till nearly midnight, when we read God's Word, and had prayer together, and parted for the night. He went over with me all his difficulties and trials. Among them was this. His father wished him to be married, which he did not wish to do at present, so he has succeeded in getting his father to consent to his waiting three years, before which time he hopes to find a Christian girl who is willing to

become his wife.

Saturday, June 19th.-Nakajima, a student I very much love (who came to Hakodate for the purpose of studying theology last year), came to talk over various problems. He was anxious to know on what grounds the connection of Church and State which exists in England could be defended. He also brought up immortality and future punishment for discussion, about which his mind has been much exercised.

Sunday, June 20th.-Between 9 and 10 A.M. several of the students

JAPANESE FISHERMEN, ISLAND OF YEZO.

came to talk over the subject of "Predestination." The usual English service was held at 11 A.M. Text, John x. 37, 38; the subject being, "The evidence furnished by miracles to the truth of Christianity; and these miracles not a contradiction of the order of Nature." In the afternoon had a Bible-class at Nakamura's house. About twelve present. An interesting letter was lying on the table, which contained the sum of 2 dollars 50 cents towards our new church from the Nakamura family. In the letter, first the names of the donors were given in full, which consisted of Nakamura himself, his mother, his wife, son, and daughter, to which were appended these words in Japanese: "The aforementioned five persons, on account of their faith in Protestant Christianity, are desirous of presenting to Mr. Dening, Missionary, this donation to be used in the reerection of the Hakodate Protestant Episcopal English Church, and they beg that it may be accepted. Amen." As this subscription was altogether unsolicited, it afforded me much pleasure to receive it, and the more so as it is given on account of "faith in Protestant Christianity."

Held the usual Japanese 4.30 service, which was nicely attended; text, Matt. xi. 16-19. Preached in the town in the evening, Luke vii. 1-10. Monday, June 21st.-Our last day in Satsuporo. The day occupied in paying little accounts, receiving and paying farewell visits, and in packing up. Happily our luggage is reduced to a very few things, which we shall be able to strap on to the horses we ride.

[The next four days were occupied by the journey.]

Saturday, June 26th.-Started for Mombetsu at 11.30, and reached it in the afternoon. Had a good deal of difficulty in getting a place in which to preach. The hotel was full of people who have come to Mombetsu for the purpose of looking after the beet-root which is being raised there for sugar making purposes. I found that there were several persons who, as the result of last year's efforts, were very anxious to have the Way (as they speak of it) explained to them more fully. One man met me and said they had been long waiting for me to come and teach them. A man called Watanabe said he would gladly lend his house for the service. So I walked around the town and invited the people. We got a very good congregation, considerably more than a hundred. One young man seemed specially impressed, and with his companion remained talking till late. [A week here spent at Mombetsu and Mororan.]

Saturday, July 3rd.-Reached our home at Hakodate at 1.30. We have sold altogether in about seven weeks about 40 dollars worth of books, which, considering that many of them were only 1 cent and many others only a cent in value, is very good.

[In concluding Mr. Dening's interesting journal, we may add that his Annual Report has just been received, from which we learn that he paid another visit to Satsuporo in October, and baptized six more converts, namely, Nakamura, his wife, his mother, and his son, who are mentioned above, and the father and brother of Ito, who have also been mentioned in this journal.]

1 F Sunday rest estab. in Japan, 1876. The God...whose are all thy [ways, hast thou not glorified. Dan. 5. 23. 2 S He considereth all their works. Ps. 33. 15. [upon me daily, the care of all the churches. 2 Co. 11. 28. 3 S 5th in Lent. Bp. W. Williams consec., 1859. That which cometh

M. Ex. 3. Lu. 6. 20. E. Ex. 5, or 6. 1-14. 2 Co. 7. 2.

4 M Take away all iniquity. Hos. 14. 2.

5 T The Lord hath laid on Him the iniquity of us all. Is. 53. 6. 6 W Who forgiveth all thine iniquities. Ps. 103. 3.

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Tokio Miss. Ch. op., 1878. My house shall be called of all nations the house of prayer. Mk. 11. 17. 8 F Children's Home op., 1853. All thy children shall be taught of 9S Ye are all the children of light. 1 Th. 5. 5. [the Lord. Is. 54. 13. 10 S 6th in Lent. Palm Sun. All things must be fulfilled. Lu. 24. 44. M. Ex. 9. Mat. 26. E. Ex. 10 or 11. Lu. 19. 28, or 20. 9--21.

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11 M Is it nothing to you, all ye that pass by? Lam. 1. 12. 12 T C.M.S. estab., 1799. His witness unto all men. Ac. 22. 15. 13 W1st freed slaves bapt. East Af., 1879. He died for all. 2 Co. 5. 15. 14 T 1st Africans bapt. S. Leone, 1816. A ransom for all. 1 Tim. 2. 6. 15 F Good Friday. To redeem us from all iniquity. Tit. 2. 14. M. Ge. 22. 1-20. Jn. 18. E. Is. 52. 13, & 53. 1 Pe. 2. 16 S Four Chinese ord., Fuh-Chow, 1876. I, if I be lifted up, will draw [all men unto Me. John 12, 32. 17 S Easter Day, He is Lord of all. Acts 10. 36. M. Ex. 12. 1-29. Rev. 1. 10-19. E. Ex. 12. 29, or 14. Jn. 20. 11-19, orRev. 5. 18 M All power is given unto Me in heaven and earth. Matt. 28. 18. 19 T Go ye therefore and teach all nations. Matt. 28. 19. 20 Wist bapt. Ningpo, 1851. Teaching them to obs. all things. Matt. 21 T Waganda Envoys arrived, 1880. All nations shall flow unto it. 22 F All things are put under Him. 1 Co. 15. 27. [Is. 2. 2. 23 S As in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive. [1 Cor. 15. 22. 24 S 1st. aft. Easter. The free gift came upon all men. Rom. 5. 18. M. Nu. 16. 1-36. 1 Co. 15. 1-29. E. Nu. 16. 36, or 17. 1-12. Jn. 20. 24-30. 25 M St. Mark. Rehearsed all that God had done. Acts 14. 27. 26 T 1st bapt. at Kagoshima, 1879. All that the Father giveth Me 27 W That they all may be one. Jo. 17. 21. [shall come to Me. Jo. 6. 37. 28 T That God may be all in all. 1 Cor. 15. 28. [gether. Is. 49. 18. 29 F Bonny Mission begun, 1865. All these gather themselves to30 S The God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing. [Rom. 15. 13.

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A.H.W.-We are afraid it is impossible to find space in the GLEANER for a list of C.M.S. stations with the proper pronunciation of their names; and no rules afford certain guidance, or can be made to apply to various countries. In the case of unfamiliar names, it is no discredit to pronounce them wrongly. The Archbishop of Canterbury once spoke at Exeter Hall of a Bishop whose diocese had a name he was afraid to utterSaskatchewan. There is a city in China usually spelt Z-ky'i, which, says Mr. Moule, should be pronounced Tsl-chee; but who can pronounce that? Oudh would rhyme with loud; Krishnagar is pronounced by some Krishnaghur, rhyming with fur, and by others Krishnuggur, rhyming with lugger. ALBERT.-Your lines are not up to the mark. "Hand" does not rhyme with "lands," nor 66 " with "command." We must repeat a notice frequently given before, that we cannot accept any contribution if the writer conceals his name.

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IRENE. We hope that a revised list of articles suitable for sale in various parts of India may be produced in some form ere long. Meanwhile the following list for Calcutta and Krishnagar has been kindly prepared for us by Mrs. Malaher, of the Missionary Leaves Association, after consulting with Mrs. Dyson and Miss Neele :

Scrap books; long paper weights; nicely made little girls' dresses in pretty print and cashmere, and cloth or serge, made high, with long sleeves, and pretty trimmings, princess shape, and jackets to match the print ones; children's gaiters; babies' woollen boots if knitted of fine soft wools; lawn tennis aprons worked with crewels; antimacassars in crewel work and fashionable patterns; cosies, well stuffed; baby clothes of fine material; baby flannels; dolls nicely dressed (china), of all sizes; ladies' wraps of ice wool and fine Shetland wool; sets of pajamas for gentlemen's wear, if made of pretty light shirting prints; scraps and remnants of narrow black velvets and ribbons, sashes, and lace useful for trimmings; ladies' collars and cuffs; children's fine knitted vests.

EPITOME OF MISSIONARY NEWS.

The Annual C.M.S. Sermon at St. Bride's will be preached (D.v.) on May 2nd, by the Rev. Dr. Boultbee, Principal of St. John's Hall, Highbury.

The Rev. J. B. Whiting and Mr. E. Hutchinson returned to England from Madeira on March 7th. The Conference there was attended by Bishop Crowther, Archdeacon D. C. Crowther, the Rev. J. Quaker (Principal of the Sierra Leone Grammar School), the Rev. G. J. Macaulay (of the Sierra Leone Pastorate), and Mr. J. Boyle (of Bonny)—all Africans; also by the Rev. M. Sunter, and Mr. J. H. Ashcroft.

The Bishop of Sierra Leone has been visiting Lagos and the other stations on that coast. He also went up to Abeokuta, accompanied by the Rev. J. B. Wood. He held several confirmations, and admitted Mr. Isaac Oluwole, B.A., Principal of the Lagos C.M.S. Grammar School, to deacon's orders, and the Rev. S. Pearse (also a native) to priest's orders. Four more of the men kept back for lack of funds have now been sent out, through the liberality of individual friends, making ten sent in this way within the last six months, and reducing the number still detained to eight. These four are, the Revs. J. H. Knowles and H. Rountree, for the Afghan frontier; the Rev. F. E. Walton, for Benares; and the Rev. C. B. Nash, for Che-Kiang; the money in each case being given for these particular fields. They received priests' orders at St. John's, Paddington, on March 13th, Bishop Perry officiating. The Rev. F. E. Wigram, Hon. Clerical Sec., preached the sermon.

The following missionaries have lately returned home:-Revs. R. H. Maddox and A. F. Painter, from Travancore; Rev. W. H. Collins, from China; Rev. J. Piper, from Japan; Rev. J. A. Lloyd, from Agra. The Revs. W. Jukes, of Peshawar, A. Lewis, of the Beluch Mission, and R. Bruce, of Persia, and Mr. Dunn, of Ceylon, are expected shortly.

A bust of the late Lieut. G. Shergold Smith, R.N., of the Nyanza Mission, executed by Mr. Henry Harvey, has been presented to the Society by his friends, and was unveiled on March 14th.

We hear with much regret of the death of another of the Fub-kien Native clergy, the Rev. Tang Tang-Pieng, who for twenty years has done good service in the cause of Christ, and was ordained in 1876. His likeness appeared in the GLEANER of November last.

Lieut. Cutfield, R.N., of H.M.S. London, who lately spent a few weeks at Frere Town, writes to the Society that he "cannot speak too highly of the way in which the work is carried on."

An interesting missionary meeting was held in the Town Hall, Calcutta, on January 17th, under the auspices of the Bishop of Calcutta. Among the speakers were the Rev. E. H. Bickersteth, of Hampstead; his son, the Rev. E. Bickersteth, of the Cambridge Delhi Mission; the Rev. J. Vaughan, C.M.S. missionary at Krishnagar; and the Rev. J. C. Whitley, of the S.P.G.

A Tamil Christian from Tinnevelly, Mr. Sam Vores, has been ordained by the Bishop of Madras as a C.M.S. Missionary for the Telugu country, where he has to learn a new language. This is, we think, the first instance of a Native going as a foreigner to preach the Gospel to a people speaking another tongue in another part of India.

The Rev. A. Lewis, of the new C.M.S. Beluch Mission, founded by the late Rev. G. M. Gordon, writes that Good Friday last year (March 26th) is memorable as the first day on which a little company of Native Christians met for worship at Dera Ghazi Khan, and Easter Sunday as the day of their first Communion.

The Rev. R. Tomlinson, of the C.M.S. North Pacific Mission, who lately visited England for consultation with the Committee, has now gone out again, and is to establish a mission farm in the interior of British Columbia, near the Skeena river, where he hopes to gather the Indians as Mr. Duncan has done at Metlakahtla.

The Gospel continues to spread in the Delta of the Niger. At a place called Okrika, visited for the first time by Archdeacon Crowther last August, a church had already been built by the chiefs, and a congregation of 400 assembled. A village some distance from Bonny has been named by its inhabitants "the Land of Israel," because there is not a single idol in it.

A second thousand of the Rev. A. E. Moule's Chinese Stories for Young and Old, and Chinese Wisdom Grave and Gay, has just been published by Messrs. Seeley & Co.

"A Plea for Missions."-The insertion of this diagram in our February number produced a large demand for the cards to be worked for missionary sales, which instantly absorbed all our stock. We must apologise for the consequent delay in executing orders. Our readers will be pleased to hear that a donation of £10 has been sent from North Wales in response to the silent appeal of this Diagram.

Will A.C., whose letter appeared in the March GLEANEE, favour us with her address ? We have mislaid it, and we have communications to forward to her.

Received by the Editor for the Henry Wright Memorial Fund :-Miss Hirst, £2; Violet, £1; A.E., 18.

JERSEY BREEZES.

II. Our Missionary Motto.

Giving is a large word, and it holds in its generous hand a vast variety of offerings. We must not think that "giving" here applies to money only. Our purse may be scantily furnished, but its "two mites" may bring an ocean of blessing if bestowed in faith. And how is it with our time, our talents, our daily speech? Shall we not lay all these on God's bright altar, and ask what He would have us to do with them? What sums are raised by the pretty works of deft-fingered feminine industry! Can we not do something in this way to augment our slender fund of the Lord's gold and silver? Genial and healthy indeed is the glow that warms the heart of one who is receiving the fruits of self-denying toil. Such work gives a feeling of strength, the strength of Him Whose blessing alone can make rich, and Whose loving favour is the only thornless rose. If we earnestly desire to help, depend upon it we shall be shown how. Few indeed there are who have not the happiness of possessing friends. Let us count over our own, and see if we cannot enlist them on our side. Some might purchase our needlework, or get orders for us; some, richer than ourselves, might give us a donation or an annual subscription. Enthusiasm is very catching, and our friends are wonderfully kind. Don't let us shake our heads till we have tried, while holding fast by the hand of the Friend i who delights to see us "try, try, try again." As for our daily speech, it cannot fail to be often sounding forth the genuine missionary ring, if our eyes are toward Zion and if we yearn over earth's sorrows. And how forcible are right words! Only in the Heavenly Land will one and another surprise us with the undreamt-of results of many a word spoken in due season.

Lastly, if we really are so circumstanced that we can give neither time nor money to the Lord; so bereft that we can call no true friend on earth our own; so timid that we cannot speak of Jesus,-what does our pertinacious motto reiterate still? "All can pray." Here then is a category in which we must find ourselves, a goodly and innumerable company, whose trusting prayers ascend as sweet incense day and night from every corner of the beautiful earth. Ah! believing prayer is the secret of success. It makes slow fingers skilful, and stammering tongues eloquent.

And is not our motto a threefold cord, not quickly broken? Does not this strong cable-twist of prayer bind and hold fast the other two? For who can pray truly without "giving" liberally, without "going" obediently? "Thou cam'st not to thy place by accident; it is the very place God meant for thee." Our missionfield may lie within the quiet precincts of home; it may be amid burning sands or freezing blasts. It matters little if we are ready, with full purpose of heart, to "go in the strength of the Lord God." "To him to whom God is a Father, every land is a

Fatherland," and all we need be concerned about is to listen for the directing voice. It may be our privilege to stir up the zeal of some young ardent soul to become, in the providence of God, missionary or missionary's wife, zenana visitor or valiant soldier of the Cross. Who can exhaust the list of beautiful possibilities? Only let us be ready, cheerfully to Go, to Give, to Pray. A. M. V.

"THINGS CONCERNING THE KINGDOM OF GOD." BY THE REV. CANON RICHARDSON.

V. THE MISSIONARY QUALIFICATIONS.

LL Christians are not equally strong on all points. The flowers and the fruits are not equally thick on all the branches of the spiritual character. But men who are called to be missionaries should be strong men in certain needful qualifications. God's grace makes them strong, and man's selection should be made of such as are "strong in the Lord, and in the power of His might." A missionary needs—

I. Patience. "Ye have need of patience, that after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise" (Heb. x. 36). It must be patience which can wait. "Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it" (James v. 7).

It must be patience which will abide. "Take, my brethren, the prophets who have spoken in the name of the Lord, for an example of suffering, affliction, and of patience" (James v. 10).

It must be patience which can submit. "Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord, that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy" (James v. 11).

The man who is sowing the seed of God, uttering the message of God, following the providence of God, can be and will be patient.

II. Prayerfulness. He will be much alone; and prayer brings out the presence of God, and the people of God, and the purpose of God. The "throne of grace "tells that the Lord is King, and that the King is our Father. The "mercy seat" explains that many friends meet there, and the sentinel at his post feels that he belongs to the host of God. He will be often disappointed; and prayer reminds him that God's promises never fail, God's grace never runs dry, God's help is never asked in vain. He turns to God in prayer, when Satan and sinners oppose. He takes all to God in prayer, when difficulties and perplexities come in. He leaves all with God in prayer, when his own heart and his friends' hearts are sad. The wings of his soul are prayer. The wilderness is peopled, and the desert is made white unto the harvest, by the prayer of faith. The missionary's motto is, "For my love, they are my adversaries; but I give myself unto prayer" (Ps. cix. 4).

III. Pleasure in his work. He is a volunteer, and not a pressed man. He believes the service to be honourable service. He is thankful to God who called him and sent him forth. He has put his hand to the plough, and is not looking back. The roots of his faith and of his heart strike at once towards the new soil on which the grace of God has placed him. For a time, and always in a true degree, he draws vitality and support from the parent plant of the home Church; but the missionary's home becomes more and more the missionary station.

Let the Church pray for a higher tone. Let the missionaries aim at a loftier standard. Then upon the work at home and abroad the prayer-hearing God will pour out a richer blessing.