And every creature teach. Let, then, that saving word Through us be glorified. Let love and faith in us revive And self be crucified. Recitation The Disease and the Remedy. There comes a wail of anguish Across the ocean wave It pleads for help, O Christians, Who sit in darkest night, Of Christ the Saviour's Lirth; On each benighted shore ; Till darkness reigns no more; And while the seed you scatter, Far o'er the ocean's foam, We'll pray for you and labor In mission fields at home. Questions asked and answered.- (Let the leader ask the questions and the answers be given by persons previously appointed.) Where is Korca? In the eastern part of Aia, embracing a peninsula bordering on the Pacific Ocean. What is the country called ly the people? The fficial name is "Cho sun," which means Fresh Morning, or Land of Morning Calm. The common people call it by the old name Kaoli. The Japanese call it Korai. How is Korea divided? Into eight provinces. What is the population? The estimates vary from eight to fifteen millions. To whom has Korea been partially subject? To China for over 1,800 years. A portion of the time Japan has also claimed jurisdiction. What powerful chief became king in 1329 Ni Taijo, but the royal line founded by him came to an end in 1864. What can be said of the present king? He is years of age, and came to the 1873. He is liberal in his views, What is their religion? “They have scarce any." Shamanism, Confucianism and Budd hism, have their representative temples, but these are genally small and poor. "Idols are of three grades, bronze, stone and wood, and scme of these are highly artistic in workmanship." When was the Roman Catholic religion introduced? In 1783, by the son of the envoy in Peking, who was converted and baptised in the cathedral. He carried back books, images, crosses and pictures to those who had previously obtained some Chinese books on the Roman Catholic religion. A band of Roman Catholic Christians was formed in Seoul. In 1793, there were ten thousand natives of Korea calling themselves Christians. The native Christians, in 1857, were reported at seventeen thousand. When was Frotestant Christianity intro The Rev. Charles duced into Korea? Gutzlaff, of the Netherlands Missionary Society, visited Korea in 1882. Rev. Joln Ross and Rev. John McIntyre, of the United Presbyterian Church of Scotland, living at Mukden, in China, near Korea, mastered the language, translated the New Testament, and preached the Gospel to the Koreans, some of whom have become Christians. Large portions of the New Testament have been translated into the Korean language, and circulated. Bible depots were established at the open ports ih 1884, by the United Presbyterian Church of Scotland. What has been done by American Christ ians for Korea? In 1884, the Methodist Episcopal Church sent Dr. and Mrs. Maclay of Japan, to examine the field. It was decided to commence a mission in Korea. This has been done, and at present the reprezentatives of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Korca are at Seoul, the capitel, and consist of Rev. W. B, One Million for Missions. BY C. C. MCCABE, D.D. With a feeling akin to disapointment we haul down our colors, "A Million for Missions for 1885," and "full of immortal hope," we run up in their place, "A Million for Missions for the fiscal year closing October 31st, 1886!" The year of 1885-the first year of the second century since the Christmas Conference-we might have made forever memorable by laying down upon the missionary altar one million for missions for the spread of the Gospel of Jesus throughout the world. The year has gone. Its record is closed-closed without recording a fact which would have blazed like a star of victory and hope on the page of history forever. True, the in crease in the receipts were far greater than ever before, showing that many loyal hearts responded to the appeal from all parts of the Republic; but the failure to raise this centennial million illustrates the extreme diffi- prayers, and efforts of a host which, The cash receipts for ten months, from January 1st to November 1st, were. Was and December would have been re- | Japan Let us not evade the question, Tell the them. of the t aries of Do n million. of two crest of thing to annum Many of the best friends of the tributin cause are satisfied with the measure of success attained. The Church has Republi done well enough to inspire great aggrega confidence for the future. The year rifice. 1885 will be forever memorable as as preci the year when the General Committee saw dr drew its sight-draft on the Mission Jerusale ary Treasury for one million dollars. That was a sublime act. The Church approved it throughout the hundred the labo Conferences of Methodism. The are sear pastors are praying and preaching the tabl and talking about it everywhere. hungry that ga Tho old salutation, "How are you?" has been changed in the West to the eager inquiry, "Are you on the million dollar line?" There tle boys sacred 1 wasted. I have heard the sho help rea The v it does Christ. world." ness at a preach 1 It is tr mission. Bishops ask the question concerning young preachers, "Is he on the million dollar line?" Said a pastor to me the other day, "One of my best men went up from $5 to $20. He wants the Church to get up to the $802,632 36 million-dollar line." Such events 16,694 78 are common. Often the effort to 48,796 72 get there creates a tide of enthusiasm 26,500 00 which sweeps the collection clear over the line, and doubles it. That sort of interest will soon tell the story. When you see the rank and file of done is the Church crowding to missionary meetings, listening eagerly to the accounts of the work of God in the destitute parts of our own land, or among the heathen, then rejoice, for $894,623 86 One hundred and forty-three thousand dollars more than the receipts of the Society in any year of its history. Now I trusted that the great meeting in the Academy of Music, New York, December 17th, would carry the orde be obey raise a Cæsa great er stake, E and val mission: tot G Bright, he said; "bright as the promises of God." How bright are these promises? "The earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea." "All thy children shall be taught of the Lord, and great shall be the peace of thy children." "He shall not fail nor be discouraged till he have set judg. ment in the earth and the isles to shall wait for his law." The prayergfal study of the 116th Psalm, as a devotional exercise for the whole Church, preparatory to a missionary in collection, would bring the million: "Return unto thy rest, O, my nd soul, for the Lord hath dealt bounfully with thee. For thou hast deoelivered my soul from death, mine Fur eyes from tears, and my feet from falling. What shall I render unto the Lord for all his benefits toward sme? I will take the cup of salva ed. let tion, and call upon the name of the real Lord. I will pay my vows unto the for Lord now in the presence of all his -hill people. In the courts of the Lord's wil house, in the midst of thee, O Jerusalem. Praise ye the Lord." One look after reading that Psalm at the five hundred millions of the human race, who are taught from bees their very childhood that existence Jis a curse, and that the greatest pos sible boon that can ever come to a mortal is annihilation, to be blown out like a candle. The very winds res speak to them in accents of despair: of eyes from tears, and my feet from falling." Praise ye the backs at ea a quiet, s getting the Sunday Sch A friend the Sunday of Cawnpor description and closed Methodist E lish a branc send ten dol It is a blessed thing to light up this canopy of rayless darkness that hangs over the followers of Buddha with the Gospel of Jesus. It is a blessed thing to sweep this awful cloud away, and send it rolling down the brightening horizon, lit by the rising glory of the coming day. It is a blessed thing to take away this horrible Nirvana, and in its place reveal the city of God, the "New Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband." O what an awakening from the nightmare ter- adorn the w ror of paganism to the sure and certain hope of immortality and eternal life in that holy heaven, where "they shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun light on them, nor any heat. For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters: and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes!" In the light of that city of God, Raising Money in the Sunday School. Dear Brother :- Our plan for raising the monthly missionary collection in the Sun An envelope on which was printed: ONE LIFT TOWARD THE amount for the school a The child well pleased posed at on was done by to be 25 cent take one or a sufficient a in a few min and sustain be named 66 Episcopal Ch ton," the oth in memory o mers, late s department, band has vol The money taining of a t the members evening class the Sunday s the name of result of one beginning. Who can to this offer?" donors follow may be the d to many now Rev. Wm. Million Dollar Fund sex, Wiscons FOR METHODIST MISSIONS. Name..... Residence.. "I send ter lion. This b not pay a $57 have wonder in this case, much more th ple' up to th same battle give more pe vy arted inter o`er the sea, Hark! the message is to thee! Heathen mothers bowing blindly, Unto gods of wood and stone, By their cries and tears they call thee Now to make the Saviour known. Little children, sad and sinning, Bid them seek to be forgiven! Tell them of the blessed Saviour, Say he waits for them in Heaven. Naseef and His Mother. BY SOPHIE S. SMITH. MAMMA.-What kind of a meeting did you have, Nettie? NETTIE.-Oh, it was grand! I wish you had been there. A missionary spoke and told us about Naseef and his mother. MAMMA.-Suppose you tell me what you heard, and then I will not lose it all. Who was Naseef? NETTIE-He was a little black-eyed boy six years old, who lived in the East. He usel to cry for "Backsheesh" when a stran ger appeared. MAMMA.-What is backsheesh? NETTIE.-It means money. MAMMA.-So your little Naseef was a beggar? NETTIE.-Oh, no; he was not a real beggar; for the missionary told us that every one a ks for a present of money when they met a traveler. MAMMA.-Who was Naseef's mother? NETIE.--Her name was Im Naseef, and she was a poor widow. She fell sick and could not work, and her brother-in-law turned her out of the house because she wanted to learn more of Jesus. MAMMA.-What became of her? NETE. She didn't have anything but a loaf of bread and a water-jar, and she and little Naseef wandered about from place to place, like common beggars. MAMMA.-And did no one help them? NEITIE.-One Sunday they came to a village where the church bell was calling the people to service. Im Naseef took her little son by the hand and followed the wo men into the church, where she sat down by the door. She was delighted to hear the story of Jesus once more. After the service one of the women, who saw that she looked so pale, asked her about herself, and took them both home with her and told it very nicely. Let us hope that Naseef will grow up and go back to his people, and lead many of them to Jesus. Prayer Machines. In the northern part of India and in Thibet, in the vicinity of the Himalayan mountains, many of the people have their pray ers written out for them and they offer these prayers in a very strange way. You will frequently see flagstaffs put up, with long, thin pieces of cloth, on which these prayers are written or printed, and as these little flags fly in the wind the people believe that the prayers ascend to heaven. top-spinning One of thei stuff, parche a paper bag, branch of a t being blindf wards the b stick. They ofte causes great ions. Wher burst open, ground, all for them. Do Yo An Englis in India wh sionary wit weary, yet that there w was most an When ask a piece of c which prov as she held i "These are God is love. Then she as tell her mor This was India. She liest childho hate. Every any of the kindred ha their wars manded. been menti any divine Can you her to hear They also carry about with them little prayer machines, looking very much like babies' rattles, which they turn round as they go along the road talking with each other, and they think they are very religious. On these wheels will be found the words tures, and "Om mani padmi hum." These are words from the Sanskrit language. "On," among the Hindus, is the mystic name of divinity, which begins all their prayers. It corresponds to our interjection Oh! only that it is uttered with a religious emphasis, due to its hidden, sacred meaning. "Mani" means jewel; "padmi," the lotus; and "hum," amen. So the whole sentence is "Oh! the jewel of the lotus, Amen." The people of Thibet attach also some mysterious meanings to each of the syllables, and they believe that their gods will be much pleased with the rolli. think that i been, and s and one h loving fath been willin sun to ask cious Being and childre that God d A missio visiting at who had b b.come a little girl own duties to get a happy. One who wishes to get a-happy must study his duty dili igently, and keep his heart truly and kindly. The happy never comes to a person who is unjust and unkind, but, on the contrary, the kindness and trueness has a great attrac tive to the happy. I think with my own brain only that the way to get true, happy will be that part of the way to get his own happy, which do not, and also will not, give unhappy to the others. Although he himself only be happy, if it will give un happy to the others, he, if he be moral onewill not feel happy of it." What a Heathen Woman Did. BY SOPHIE 8. SMITH. There was once a poor heathen woman who had nothing in the world but what she begged from others. In the town where she lived was a dispensary kept by the dr missionaries, where they gave out medicine e! The woman was very grateful for the kindness shown her, and she felt that it was more than any one of the heathen peo. p'e would have done for her. She clung to her heathen religion for some time, but her heart had been touched, and she felt that she would like to learn more of the Terreligion that had prompted the missionary to such deeds of kindness, and to follow the same Saviour, whose disciple he was. After she became a Christian, she no longer begged, but tried to earn her living by honest work. She made little toys from the clay found by the road side, which she baked in the fire to make them hard, and then sold. s of It is true she did not make much money, but it was enough to supply her Emple wants, and to help her save four every month, which she gave to help on the miss on work in some other country. She did all she could to show her love for Jesus, and to help others know and Sounded far a voice of old, Hinder not their eager feet, Blessed Saviour! thou didst suffer May we to that work be true. Comes across the waters blue, "Ye who know salvation's story Haste to help and save us too! For these poor benighted millions Sure will speed that happy day- Jesus only shall be King, As our youthful days go by; On its glory-lighted shore, Jimmie's First Money. Jimmie Kay had acted as clerk in a shop for one week, and received five shillings for his pay-the first money he had ever really worked for. These shillings made Jimmie a very happy lad, and he wanted to do the best he could with them. So, like a good son, he asked his mother about it. "Mother, how much do you think I ought casting dor some of it This mad ing that Jin to give any of the wido content to had given "all her liv As they mie said, suppose I g ary collecti "Why, s "More th So his m a little each ing and six he must tel "Well, tl did. I cast shillings!" You may glad and ha ing to con labor to the the cheerfu The Emp of islands many peop east of the Most of nothing fo but we hav are telling born in Bet One of t who is teac "Work a and hopefu school are 1 useful. Th well, and a "They ar coming acq and Eve, an all, learnin Before t school, stan stretching "Will you See he And th In gr While The And se |