n, wash verted ch when o Volat army at ne, 136 st Epis Ceghery C ary to ollowing Dr. Best and his sion from ned at Ha in that u stationed tent with of the Mi Evange mission tend the ed to retar access that be cont tants. We may regaiu numan Anʊmituge as the LAVALI distribution of water; collecting into oceans, cutting Mark now, how can this distribution of water move Human wisdom and knowledge bear perfect resemblance to this. To understand something of that we see and touch; to apprehend the motion of celestial bodies and ascertain their magnitudes and distances; to investigate the substances and uses of the materials in the earth and apply them with human skill; to search into the profound secrets of Nature and to explain these to the improvement and enlightenment of men; all these are part of human knowledge. Without doubt human knowledge is a powerful thing, but it may be considered powerful only in this world. It is simply a branch of the Divine knowledge. There are those who are satisfied with human knowledge without seeking its beginning or source. They separate the branch of water from its spring. This will make men proud and wicked and the blunder is fatal. Truly a little knowledge is a dangerous thing' and we ought then to find the beginning of wisdom and knowledge; this is contained only in the Scriptures, which declare that 'the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom and knowledge.' To fear God and trust in Him; to love our neighbors; to fulfill our duties and to perform as well as we can; all this pertains to true wisdom. We shall understand more when we desire not only to know that which is considered brave and noble in this wonderful world, but also when we deeply feel that the Lord will grant what our immortal souls truly need; and He alone can give us wisdom to prepare for the future world of happiness. Cheerful Givers. There lived in a little village an old man and woman who were very poor. They both earned their living by weaving. By working hard they could earn about four shillings a week. By being very careful they managed to live on this sum. They had no debts, but not a penny to spare. One day they returned home from a missionary meeting feeling very sad.. They had nothing to give. expenses; and as for is impossible, for ther ple would have to t way." "We must just tell said. And then it wa knelt down to pray. Two months afterw came a knock at the it there stood the joy. "I've brought our said. "My husband a else the way to the S large piece of paper, nies. The minister was s people were very poo pennies? But she ha "Why we wanted see how; so we asked into our hearts to sav use a dozen small pot that we have to eat, in a bag until I got a them to a neighbor w cents. We are so gla Then the old woma away, leaning on her said he could not kee five pennies. "O Thou faithful children of Thine ha wilt, by and by, give down, shaken togethe If some of you little folks were to go to Japan anu ste a very tall post, with a very small wheel, and a number of strange looking letters and figures on the sides, you would begin to wonder what it was for. I think you would be puzzled, for it does not look like a wind-mill, the wheel is too small and low; and it cannot be used for a water-wheel in grinding corn and wheat. What can it be? Well, it is the strangest kind of a machine you ever heard of; it is intended to grind out prayers, and all a man has to do, is to go there and set the little wheel in motion, and every time it revolves, it turns out a prayer, which, he believes, is recorded to his credit in heaven. In some places they have machinery to turn the wheel, so that by setting it in motion once they can say a great many prayers without any labor or trouble. The man in the picture before the praying machine is a priest, whose business it is to offer prayers, and he 1. than a long time, turning the wheel, not for him beads for a thousand pr for hours, saying them doing the right thing, a If every one in Ja friend he is, and how th their wants and receiv not use the praying ma and wicked to them. these people learn of J and make them good ar A Dialogue Ab BY SO JOHNNY. Here is a pe MARY. Oh, Johnny, I seems so small. JOHNNY. I wish we co are poor and cannot afford MARY. I wonder if the as he does for other childre JOHNNY. Of course he You remember how Jesus her mite, while he never sa were throwing in their doll MARY. Yes; and our t pennies, cheerfully and w than somebody's ten dollar JOHNNY. What are the gave a penny? MARY. A child a penny A little church w How many more JOHNNY. If every pe churches would be built a MARY. I never though because I could not give n I shall feel thankful that I JOHNNY. Some day w content ourselves by givin we are able. MARY. Yes, we must whether we are rich or p give then as much as we JOHNNY. I expect the rich what they give, beca in giving; and I expect t widow, though she gave around her. MARY. Well, we are s pennies cheerfully, and b 1er the pennies nies. box, Man more; a t you k Ennies as S. t we can g oman a ich pe Sunday do more it the chi ct was boug Saviour br d from ic red in the ith Christ to must tell h, a good of people sm ave felt ast ach week b FESTIVAL OF JUGGERNAUT. Dropping, dropping ever, from each little hand: Now, while we are little, pennies are our store; The Faithful Christian Boy of India. They pressed Bunaram to give up Jesus and come At last his father, in bitter anger, said: "You are not my son any longer. If you loved me you would let me get back your caste." Poor Bunaram was thereafter treated as an outcast. When he returned to school and told his teacher what There are a great n three hundred and thi the people worship th different places. The 1 chiefly are Brahma, wh life, and Siva, who friendly and is worshi One of the names is that of Juggernaut, ples erected to this twenty thousand prie him, bathe, wash and On festal occasions h drawn through the st purpose, followed by and men, women and Some of these po themselves beneath t to death during these a very worthy act, an by doing so. But th country is now ruled policemen all along people from throwing car. The Hindus a way; they attend to monies of their heat true spirit of religio love the true God. have passed away, a comes to them, they new creatures in Chr The church in all its branches is having pressed upon it its responsibility for the conversion of the world. The conscience of the church is becoming awakened, as evidenced by its increasing liberality. The doors into the heart of heathenism are open. We were asked the other day, "Why do you not call your magazine The Gospel for All Lands,' instead of The Gospel in All Lands? The Gospel is not yet in all lands." We replied, "The Gospel for all lands is in the Bible. We record the work of the Gospel in all lands. To-day there is not a country in the world where the Gospel is not found, though in some countries it is only on the border and struggling against the fearful and appalling mass of heathenism." The work was never so hopeful. It is seldom that so able a presentation of the subject is made as that given last month by Rev. S. V. Leech, D. D., of Saratoga, at the session of the Troy Conference at Pittsfield, Mass. The title of the discourse was "The Moral Conquest of the World," and we expect to furnish it to our readers next month. SIMULTANEOUS MISSIONARY MEETINGS. The English Church Missionary Society arranged for the holding of over 800 simultaneous special missionary meetings during the second week of February, 1886. Some of these meetings were for one day, and others for two or three days, and in some instances they were continued for one week. There were two hundred appointed speakers beside a large number of local friends who took part in the meetings. Some of the marked features of the meetings were the high spiritual tone, the The effect of these meetings has been work. seen in increased spirituality and liberal- Rev. ity upon the part of those who attended longed them and they will continue to bear the ed to th most blessed fruit. Cannot similar meet- health, ings be arranged for in every Conference? been as If the president of every Conference leave t Missionary Society would take the matter in hand, advising with and securing the co-operation of the Presiding Elders, we would see a large increase of the Missionary Spirit. DIVIDING THE WORLD FOR EVANGELIZATION. We are in hearty sympathy with the plan proposed by Dr. Pierson, of Philadelphia, Mr. Robert Arthington, of Leeds, England, and others, of mapping out the whole world in portions, in its heathen parts, and allotting it amongst all mission ary societies." The Presbytery of Philadelphia, to whom was submitted a paper by Dr. Pierson on the subject, reported "We fully agree with him that we ought not readily to acquiesce in the slow progress which Christ's kingdom is making; that we ought to be far more impatient than we are for the coming of the day of promise and prophecy, when the whole world shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of God. We recognize his clarion call to increased zeal in this matter as the call of God through his lips." A committee was appointed by the Presbytery to consult with the Secretaries of the Foreign Board, and with foreign missionaries on the subjcet. We trust a plan will be proposed looking to a vigorous effort for the speedy evangelization of the world. We shall be pleased to see the Presbyterian Church leading in such a grand movement, and the Methodist Episcopal Church will be found ready to second both plan and effort. OUR MISSIONS. Rev. Dr. J. M. Thoburn and family, with Miss Thoburn, left Calcutta March 5, en route for America. Rev. Geo. B. Hyde has been appointed missionary to Mexico. He will leave the present month, and probably be in charge of the Puebla circuit, with headquarters at Xochiapulco. Mr. Board ciety h spend China, ed un tion: Resc pleasu sociat Esq. and th all the of wh Confe and t his j such Re of th write ly bl quar unite in f scho stad. cong In D Ran 1 Chri R mer mar mal pers Ber pro bee tho by dea chu 18 ing by cul Me Se ha tic sit of Rev. Wm. Burt sailed last month for Italy to re-inforce our mission there. He se TTY in Bu month mber 4 Mrs. Tat urope, Li Tanagers wing heard an hopes mes H mission to b admicist by the Ge him t n to him ny bles return Presiding E Lord hast on tra nd the S in it bi united last real Corp, Lerint that atinuing ites us fro and conre cow-bells the service Saxony, rejer others are stil ga pamphlets een extensive people ag nzeller writes 12, that the Past before us la : on the north oral palace. 5 Rev. T. C. Iliff writes from Richfield, Utah, April 5: 'I am now making a general tour of inspection throughout the Mission. It is wonderful how God is opening up this field so long held in superstition. Everywhere multitudes welcome me and eagerly listen to the simple preaching of the · Cross. At Mt. Pleasant I preached to about 200 people, nearly all of whom had been Mormons, but 40 of that number are now in the Methodist Church. Two years ago we had no members at this place. "At Ephraim I preached to a large number, and the last evening between 3 and 40 arose, and by the act said, We want Christ for our Saviour. "Here at Richfield I have been holding service for three days. The hall where I am preaching was formerly a saloon, but the saloon-keeper has been converted and is now a probationer. The hall is too small to hold the people and last night the authorities tendered the use of the Mormon Church to us, and it is said that six or eight hundred people, half the population of the town, were crowded into the building, and the power of God was present." Mission Notes from Bombay, India. BY REV. J. S. STONE, M.D. In Bombay the work of the new conference year has opened very encouragingly. Between January 28th and February 3d we had gathered in our city men from north, south, east and west. Brother Robinson was with us from Rangoon, Brother Osborne from his Himalaya home in the far north, Brother Rudisill from Madras, the city of Lord Clive's first exploits, and the land of St. Thomas' supposed martyrdom. The Thoburnsa growing clan-were represented from Calcutta. Among the arrivals from the west were men from Maine and South America. We mot nati In in h flow In 66 The echo of your cry, "A Million for Missions," has reached our shores. Bombay the response is very gratifying. The entire membership of our Bombay still (English speaking) Methodist Episcopal sins Church is about 135. We have assumed to raise this year for missions Rs. 150, or pap about $60 a month. Multiply this by 12 dies and you will get our missionary collection for 1886. No, I must not be too hasty in addition to the above we raise for woman's work Rs. 24, or about $9 a month, and we expect to take up the regular annual missionary collection some Sunday to assist the brethren in the interior. That will amount to about Rs. 100, or $40. Now don't you think that a church of 135 members, and none : of them rich, is almost across the million dollar line when it raises $868 as its yearly contribution to the work of preaching the Gospel to the heathen? No paper is more welcome to our home than the GOSPEL IN ALL LANDS. We are trying to use its thoughts and suggestions in pushing our work. The plan of one having missionary concerts once a month is very popular among our people. At our last one held ten days ago, the zenana work of our Bombay church was represented. Scarcely a year old, the vigor and success of this work astonished us. The Zenana is a terra incognita to most of us, as it is to you. The ladies were bringing to us news from a far country, though they had not left the suburbs of our city to gather it. For nearly a year they had been engaged in stowing away gospel dynamite cartridges in under the Hell Gate of India. Their work had been all under cover as they quietly passed in and out among us. |