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Concert Gxercise on Korea.

Singing

"O'er the gloomy hills of darkness."

Prayer.

Scripture Reading.
Singing-

When Jesus rose on high,

He bade His followers preach
To all the world His saving word
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.

BY FANNIE CROSBY.

There comes a wail of anguish
Across the ocean wave-

It pleads for help, O Christians,
Poor, dying souls to save;
Those far-off heathen nations

Who sit in darkest night,
Now stretch their hands imploring,
And cry to us for light.
We have the blessed Gospel;

We know its priceless worth;
We read the grand old story

Of Christ the Saviour's Lirth;
O haste, ye faithful workers,
To them the tidings bear-
Glad tidings of salvation

That they our light may share.
Go plant the cross of Jesus
On each benighted shore ;
Go wave the Gospel standard

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 official 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 four ded by him came to an end in 1864.

What can be raid of the present king? He is 33 years of age, and came to the throne in 1873. He is liberal in his views, and, as far as possible, seeks the true interests of his country. His power is absolute

though he pays an acknowledgment to Scranton, the mother of Dr. Scranton. China. The American Presbyterian Church sent out in 1884, H. A. Allen, M.D. In 1885, there went out J. W. Heron, M. D., &L Rev. H. G. Underwood.

What is the position of the robility? "There are hereditary noblemen who are without administrative office or power, yet they are socially very influential with their wealth and large number of followers. Only the officers appointed by the king or government have political power, and titles or rewards granted for special services to individuals cease at their death and revert to the king.

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When was Korea opered to foreigners? On May 7, 1882, a treaty was made with the United States, which was formally ratified at Seoul, May 16, 1883. On November 26, following, a treaty was made with Great Britain and Germany.

What is the appearance of the Koreans? The men are a fine, stalwart and robust

race.

What is their religion? “They have scarce any." Shamanism, Confuciani: m and Budd hism, have their representative temples, but these are genally small and poor. "Idols are of three grades, bronze, stone and wood, and some 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 Christ ians. 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 Scoul, the capitel, and consist of Rev. W. B, Scranton, M. D., and wife, Rev. H. G. Appenzeller and wife and Mrs. M. F.

Reading (A description of the city of Seoul and

its inhabitants, or an account of death and burial of Koreans. See page 2 and 6.) Singing

A Missionary Hymn.

Savicur, who thy life didst give,

That our souls might rarscmed be, Rest we not till all the world

Hears that love and tuins to thee.
Help us that we falter not,
Though the fields are white and wide, 1
And the reapers, sorely pressed,
Call for aid on every side.

Guide us, that with swifter feet
We may speed us on our way,
Leading darkened nations forth
Into thine eternal day.

Sweet the service, blest the toil!
Thine alone the glory be.
Oh, baptize cur sculs ɛnew,
Consecrate us all to thee!

Recitation

Our Prayer to Jesus.

BY MISS C. H. DANIELLS.

Jesus, our Saviour dear,

Come near to day,
Help us tby voice to hear,
And to obey.

Ard shouldst thou from cur land
Choose one for heathen lard,
Lead thou him by the hand,
Make plain the way.

"Tis by thy wondrous love

We're cleansed from sin,
And a bright home above

We hope to win;

We would with grateful heart?
Tell the nations whom thou art,
To them thy love 'mpart,;
Teach peace within.

O may our faith and hope

Bright, brighter grow;
Bear thou our spirits up,

Thy grace bestow.

In their darkness may, we s‹e,
From what thou hast made us free,
And leading them to thee,

Peace may we know.

When in that world of light
We meet thy face,
And with the saints unite,

Praising thy grace,

Then, then alone, we'll kr ow
What honor thou dost bestow
On those who serve below
In any place.
Doxology and Benediction

$1,000,000.

FOR MISSIONS

FOR THE YEAR 1886.

One Million for Missions.

BY C. C. MCCABE, D.D.

by a series of such meetings, and by a slight advance all along the line in the shape of a "piecing out collection," the Church could gain the moral effect of complete success. The difficulties were imaginary.

Every dollar paid in November, and December would have been receipted for, and the vouchers would have been good at the Conferences of 1886. The money would not have been counted twice. Why? Because the fiscal year begins November 1st. For two months the calendar year and the fiscal year interlace.

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 Let us not evade the question, in their place, "A Million for Mis-"Did you expect a million for missions for the fiscal year closing Octo- sions for year 1885 ?" Not fully. It was a hope made up of expectation and desire, but the desire predomi

ber 31st, 1886!"

The year of 1885-the first year of the second century since the Christ

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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 increase 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. culty of unifying the thoughts, aims, prayers, and efforts of a host which, if only disciplined into such a union, would shake the gates of hell. Was it too much to expect? Let us see.

The cash receipts for ten months, from January 1st to November 1st, were.

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$802,632 36

16,694 78 48,796 72

26,500 00

Grand total, $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 us over the $900,000 limit, and then,

nated.

Many of the best friends of the cause are satisfied with the measure of success attained. The Church has done well enough to inspire great confidence for the future. The year

1885 will be forever memorable as

the year when the General Committee drew its sight-draft on the Missionary Treasury for one million dollars. That was a sublime act. The Church approved it throughout the hundred Conferences of Methodism. The pastors are praying and preaching and talking about it everywhere.

Tho old salutation, "How are you?" has been changed in the West to the eager inquiry, "Are you on the million dollar line?" I have heard 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 million-dollar line." Such events are common. Often the effort to get there creates a tide of enthusiasm 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 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 the day of victory is at hand. Mil

lions of hands can bring millions dollars.

The best way to get money is t tell the people what has been dor with what they have been giving a these years. The story of the I dia Mission, the Mission in Chin Japan or Mexico, will satisfy ever giver that money contributed to t Missionary Society will be transm ted into glorious spiritual harve ripening for the gardeners of Go Tell the people that. them. Make them see it. Tell the of the twenty-five hundred missio aries of our country.

Prove it

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wasted. Let it not be detained. the shortest, swiftest route let help reach the need.

The world is full of sorrow beca

it does not know the Lord J Christ. He is "the light of In him "there is no d world." ness at all." Our commission is preach his Gospel to every creat It is treason to minify that d mission. We must not tamperv the orders of the King. They a be obeyed not discussed. To raise a question whether it ca done is a disloyal act.

Cæsar had his tenth legion. great crises, when his empire wa stake, he depended on the fide and valor of the tenth legion. missionary army is the tenth le of Zion. No man is worthy a p

in it who is not willing to attempt impossibilities. No man ought to be in that legion who cannot reply, as did Adoniram Judson to the question, when he had toiled for years without success, "What now are your prospects for the conversion of the world?" "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 shall wait for his law." The prayerful study of the 116th Psalm, as a devotional exercise for the whole Church, preparatory to a missionary collection, would bring the million:

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Return unto thy rest, O, my sonl, for the Lord hath dealt bounfully with thee. For thou hast delivered my soul from death, mine eyes from tears, and my feet from falling. What shall I render unto the Lord for all his benefits toward me? I will take the cup of salvation, and call upon the name of the Lord. I will pay my vows unto the Lord now in the presence of all his people. In the courts of the Lord's 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 their very childhood that existence is a curse, and that the greatest possible boon that can ever come to a mortal is annihilation, to be blown out like a candle. The very winds speak to them in accents of despair:

"We are the voices of the wandering wind,

Which seeks for rest, but rest can never find.

Lo! as the wind is, so is mortal life-
A moan, a sigh, a sob, a storm, a strife,
Because we roam the Earth,

Moan we upon these strings, we make no

mirth,

So many woes we see in many lands,
So many streaming eyes and wringing

bands."

of those who believed this creed of utter gloom can now stand by your side, and, with glowing hearts, read with you that glorious Psalm of praise to God, and with a meaning you can never know they can say: "Thou hast delivered my soul from death, mine eyes from tears, and my Praise ye the feet from falling." Lord.

It

It is a blessed thing to light up this canopy of rayless darkness that hangs over the followers of Buddha It is a with the Gospel of Jesus. 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. 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 O what adorned for her husband." an awakening from the nightmare terror 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. 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!"

For the

In the light of that city of God, the million-dollar line for every Methodist Christian can surely be clearly discerned. Be not disobedient to the heavenly vision.

Raising Money in the Sunday School.

The Rev. Joha Crawford, writes from Morristown, N. J., Dec. 16: Dear Brother:-Our plan for raising the monthly missionary collection in the Sun day School proved so successful this month that I write you about it.

An envelope on which was printed:
ONE LIFT

TOWARD THE

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Sunday Schools in America Supporting Sunday Schools in India.

A friend writes us from Boston, Dec. 3: Some weeks ago the Superintendent of the Sunday School of the First Metho ist Episcopal Church of this city, received a letter for his school from Rev. A. J. Max

well, a former member of the school, now of Cawnpore, India, giving a very vivid description of a Sunday school in India, and closed by suggesting that the First Methodist Episcopal Sunday school establish a branch, and stated that if they would send ten dollars and agree to send the same amount for two years, he would establish the school and send a large photograph to adorn the walls of Sunday School room.

The children and young people were so well pleased with the idea that it was proposed at once to raise the money, which

was done by the taking shares, each share to be 25 cents. A class or a scholar could

take one or more shares. On last Sunday

a sufficient amount was raised in this way,

in a few minutes, to establish two schools and sustain them for two years. One is to

be named "Branch of the First Methodist Episcopal Church Sunday School of Boston," the other is to be a memorial school

in memory of Mrs. Lu M. Putnam Chalmers, late superintendent of the primary department, the support of which her husband has volunteered to continue.

The money for the establishing and sustaining of a third school has been raised by the members of Miss C. S. Carter's Monday evening class, all of whom are members of the Sunday school. This school is to take

the name of the teacher. All this is the

result of one letter; it should be rather th beginning.

Who can tell what will be the result from

this offer? The prayers and faith of the donors follow it in hopes that these schools may be the door to the Kingdom of Light to many now in darkness.

Rev. Wm. H. Hollister writes from Sus

Million Dollar Fund sex, Wisconsin:

FOR

METHODIST MISSIONS.

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Remember that many thousands | Amount..

"I send ten dollars more toward the million. This brings this charge that could not pay a $575 salary in full up to $85. I have wondered in how many charges, as in this case, the Pastor has had to give much more than one half to bring the ' eople' up to the 'line.' Bless God for the same battle cry' for 1886. I expect to give more personally, and educate the people. You know what the result will be."

The Children.

Voices Calling.

Hark! the voices loudly calling,
Wafted hither o'er the sea,
And in tones entreating, tender,

Even now they summon thee.
Calling ever, ever calling,

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 used to cry for "Backsheesh" when a stranger 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

meet 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 turne her out of the house because she

wanted to learn more of Jesus.

MAMMA.-What became of her?

NETTE.-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? NETIE.--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.

MAMMA.-And what became of them

then?

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Prayer Machines.

In the northern part of India and in Thibet, in the vicinity of the Himalayan moun tains, 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. 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 "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.

"Mini" 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 rolling prayers.

They seem to value prayer more than many in this land who have the true gos NETTIE.-Im Naseef lived long enough pel. We know they need the Saviour. Let

us send those to them who will teach them that Jesus is "our Advocate with the Father."

Hindu Boys at Play.

Hindu boys are as fond of play as other boys, and have all sorts of games among themselves, such as marbles, kite flying, top-spinning, etc.

One of their games is to put a lot of sweet stuff, parched rice, and other eatables, into a paper bag, and then hang the bag on the branch of a tree. Then, by turns, the boys being blindfolded, stick in hand, walk towards the bag and strike at it with the stick.

They often miss it and their missing causes great amusement to their compan ions. When, however, the bag is at last burst open, and its contents fall to the ground, all of the boys fall to scrambling for them.

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Do You Think He Will Love Me! An English paper tells of a native woman in India who came to the home of the missionary with bare feet and looking very weary, yet showing by her countenance that there was some matter about which she was most anxious.

When asked what she wanted, she drew a piece of crumpled paper from her dress, which proved to be a bit of a torn tract, and as she held it out to the missionaries she said, "These are good words. They say that your God is love. Do you think he will love me?" Then she asked for another paper that would tell her more about him who was love.

This was a strange idea to a woman of India. She had been taught from her ear liest childhood that all the gods were full of hate. Every story she had ever heard abou kindred had worshiped, was concerning any of the numberless gods her parents and their wars or the bloody sacrifices they de manded. Indeed, the word love had neve been mentioned to her in connection with any divine being.

her to hear of a God who cared for his crea Can you wonder that it was a surprise to tures, and whose very name was Love? think that if we had been trained as she ha been, and suffered what she had suffered and one had come to us and told us of: loving father in heaven, we should hav been willing to go far and through the ho sun to ask something more about this gra

cious Being. Shall we not send the wome:

and children of India this blessed messag that God does love them?-Dayspring.

A missionary writes from Syria: "I wa visiting at the house of one of our member who had been a Mohammedan, but has nov b.come a Christian, and she told me of he little girl who did not want to wear her bes dress, but wished to keep it clean, as sh heard that Jesus was coming, and wanted t have herself ready to go and see him."

Japanese Composition.

A young Japanese student was recently asked to write an essay on the subject, "How to be Truly Happy," and the following is a part of the result:

"All persons wish to get a happy. All persons who are now studying, working, cultivating and trading are only doing their 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 S. 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 missionaries, where they gave out medicine and help to the poor sick people who came. This woman went there one day to get so some medicine, and on her way home she fell and hurt herself badly.

The kind missionary at the dispensary heard of it and had her brought back to the house, where she was tenderly nursed and cared for until she was well. He Wanted to win her heart from idol-worship to the true God, and he knew the surest way to reach her was to supply the wants < her body. That is what Jesus did when he was on earth, and the poor, lame, blind and sick, came to Him to be healed.

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 religion that had prompted the missionary U 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.

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 mission work in some other country. She did all she could to show her love for Jesus, and to help others know and dove Him too. Are you doing all you can?

It is not how much you can do, but you can the best do that pleases Jesus and brings down His blessing upon your gifts.

Room for the Children.

BY MRS. B. H. GUNN.

Sweetly o'er Judea's valleys Sounded far a voice of old, Like a strain of angel music Floating down from gates of gold, "Let them come-the little children, Hinder not their eager feet, Sure of such, my Heavenly Kingdom, Theirs is service glad and sweet. Blessed Saviour! thou didst suffer

Little ones to come to thee; Lo! we offer now our tribute, Let our praise accepted be. 'Mid the Hallelujah's ringing, 'Midst the burning of angel song, Stoop to hear our childish hymning,

While we glad the notes prolong. We have found there's room for children, We have found there's work to do; All our hearts and hands enlisting, May we to that work be true. In the great and glorious army, Battling with the hosts of sin, We can march with banners flying, We can help the victory win. For a cry of deepest sorrow

Comes across the waters blue, "Ye who know salvation's story

Haste to help and save us too! Shed, oh! shed the gospel glory Oer the darkness of our night, Till the gloomy shadows vanish In its full and blessed light." For these poor benighted millions

We can give, and work, and pray; And our gifts and prayers united,

Sure will speed that happy day—
When, no more to idol bowing,

Jesus only shall be King,
And ten thousand voices ringing
Shall his praise victorious sing!
Oh! 'tis sweet to work for Jesus

As our youthful days go by;
Sweet to send the cheering message
Of the home beyond the sky.
And when earthly days are over

On its glory-lighted shore,
May we join with them in singing
Of his love forevermore.

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 to give the missionary collection to-day?"

"Well, Jimmie, I think your father's rule of giving one tenth a very good one for you to follow. You know we are told to cast our grain upon the waters, and that we shall find it again, though it may be many days after."

Jimmie had a twinkle in his eye as he said

"Well, mother, I've seen a good deal of casting done, and now I'm waiting to see some of it coming back again."

This made his mother feel anxious, fearing that Jimmie, after all, might not want to give any of his money. Then she spoke of the widow's two mites—that she was not content to give a portion of her money, but had given all that she had to give-even "all her living."

As they walked home from church Jimmie said, "Well, mother, how much do you suppose I gave this morning to the missionary collection?"

"Why, sixpence," said his mother.
"More than that," said Jimmie.

So his mother went on guessing, adding a little each guess, till she reached one shilling and sixpence, when she stopped, saying he must tell her.

"Well, then, mother, I did as the widow did. I cast in all that I had-I gave the five shillings!"

You may be sure his mother was very glad and happy indeed to find him so willing to consecrate the "first fruits" of his labor to the service of the Lord, who loveth the cheerful giver.

Japan.

The Empire of Japan comprises a group of islands east of China and there are as many people there as in the United States east of the Mississippi river.

Most of the people are heathen and care nothing for the Jesus whom we worship but we have some missionaries there who are telling them of the Saviour who was born in Bethlehem.

One of the lady missionaries in Japan who is teaching school writes:

"Work among little children is pleasant and hopeful. Our dear little children in school are learning much that is good and useful. They study their lessons pretty well, and are learning fast.

"They are singing sweet hymns, and becoming acquainted with the stories of Adam and Eve, and Joseph and Moses, and, above all, learning of Jesus."

Before the children in every Sabbath school, stand the children in heathen lands, stretching out eager hands and saying, "Will you not give to us the word ?"

See heathen nations bending
Before the God we love,
And thousand hearts ascending
In gratitude above:
While sinners, now confessing,
The gospel call obey,
And seek the Saviour's blessing,
A nation in a day.

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