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VOL. X
WILMINGTON, N. j., AUGUST 29, 1889.
N0.85.
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KY ADA ivNOWLTON
111 ill lint, do lU'i -vnvct;
loDliy ovd’ y v\ !h! o,
.M iuvor
lie s ui.d tlm-c;
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^ ^ i:o ..T'.h ss mill i:
iM the thoui;h yo.;'ro oll'oiul'Uj2
s'o'i U';i I*.'i-md;
^ik.dak t;u):i>;h not. a ’.u, V’A-tfiulinj;
If 'S tha- aim
^So-iK’ ;-li,*iii:er.>l !' Ilynjy
V Jm' a 1(1 lie r ;t of lyiiis'-
iho t a 'Ual siioak ‘tboldly,
In the inausion or the cot:
Tim’ lu some it veenKu.li co.d’v,
And may never Ixi fo. ;,o. ;
it sIkuiUI inal. er na.t^h. . mh
So ihy -- lal fioin sin he tree-
SjK ak tlui t/a'iUiii.o' !'!i: forever,
b^H•ak h S’ I’p’y, 1 I'.i. well;
Let 1
":i(- ' 1 you d’seo'- er
Si'c.ds oi uiiscry and he.'
J3ut4)e iie’oi,, hi'endnr'ni^.
iii the upwa •aLife |>a"suinu'.
iil ;V. s. A! ^ r'l’OON, 1). D.
[An niUi OSS del'voi'ul n; D o Inuoial
Kov. SI 'lisii jILiltnon, 1). ! ■ , '.Dc P.osi!ont
oC lilddlo X.'iilvcrsliy, Clni lotto IX. C. in
Die riiAoisl.y Cl't.i ci A.1-. IK, 88' by Rev
Tims. I.awroi.... 1). 1)., anil I'libbslicd by
I'iniicbt.l ■* -
Dear Krieio.l.s: "Dr. .Maltoon is
dead!” SiuMi was ilie message which
wa.s liro.iglil IIS liy the lelcgraph. a
few liours ago, filling ovo y heart
■-viUi i-a.ii’s'SS and eas' ng a dark shad
ow over Urn liomes o( tills 'iiJe oom-
iminilv of workers wAh wlili-h he has
so inliinale'y connected, and
,„aUenin;t'- A r 1'eg.-rdeeo andsili-
,.,vi-ow I S til" T oiol lioiiiig City
I'ii,0,11 all '.imj.dyia a'has i.e .1 1dm in
rile iiigiierl rsu'oni, J.iearing riimiita-
ivOoY'to tlTc I’hvarying
tenor of Ids ycUve earnest, lilameJess,
11..hie Cliristian li'e. "Dr. .Maltoon is
dead” , is luj d for ns To realize
ilic fidi lacanrig of those words even
as we .slanj in tlie presence of his
eodined form sunoiiiuled by’ aslr'ek-
en (araily and a tea lal congrega
tion.
It is irnpii.-sibie us lo tuink of
this i'lsliti.t.on, Kiildle Univetsity,
apail lioiii Id'. Al-.iltoon, his ve'y
[.ersonalitv seems, as it wc’c to_ liave
enterci! i.itoii, beea-i e a part of it.
_lt is diillcultto I'calizo tliat lie wlio
so loved it, cav.iedi it .a Idis lieartof
hearfs, lireatlied tiie very breath of
lilc inio it as an iii:-;, uition, lies
lireal.liloss and eolil in dratli before
us. Nil man can sp, ak of Iluo'by
School wTiioiit instantly roealling
Di. Aiiie'd. No one can s[)e:ik of
Union Cellege without bringing uji
tlie vencnlile form and illustrious
nnnir of Dr. Kno,. IIow ofLeii liave
we liea d I Im who lies silent before
os even alter lie liad readied Ins three
score years and ten, speak, with all
tile e.itliusi.ism of his st.udent days,
■at hoiioiod I'ume. Jn-t so intimately
ftiirough all I Ik luiiirc years wlratever
Kk, i'.s vm vi.ig ''iil lb® niem-
K.rv of Stephen .Maltoon be associated
v im Diddle Unlvc sity and closely
linked w ith ins wDl Im that of Ids
devoted, wife, side by side with whose
samed dm-'t in the iieigldioring ceme-
:.ri", 'Ve are alioiit to lay liini.
Di. Maltooii’s pcisonalily was a
marked one and liis p escnce iiolile.
His was a TVel'-lndt finely propor
tioned form, above the average size,
a piacel'ul and digndied camiige with
a grave, inoclligent. IDndly face, the
ordinary e.Kpression of wiiiclr bos[ioke
inodestv, iiniinc.s and scU-coiitiol
and alien I'dilcd wUii the genial
smile, vvilli wl eli he alw.ays greeted
tlie St ranger, it was more tii.an iirdi-
iiaiily alirm-iive. His was a face
wh'di iuspiii'd eoilidence oyen in a
striuigev will, insunef.vcly felt tliat
it. ludoiige 1 t'l a man wlio could be
rii'ii.ed. 3 1.1 Doctor was possessed
) in'.ie tlian oulinaiy' st.eiigtll of
' int.lleet. Tlic ciiaracleristics of
t,!.ii.'i were not slinvvy but exceeding.
Iv [ii'uHieal. Natural powers had
been strengthened and developed by
liberal training in two of the foremost
institutions of our country. He was
3 graduate of Union College, Schen,
eotady, New York, and Princeton
Theological Seminary. His mind
generously endowed by nature en
larged and strengthened by a liberal
('ducatiou was quickened and ener
gized through constant contact with
men in the fields which he occupied
i n this and in foreign lands.
His life throughout was intensely
practical. Ue Was more by nature «.
man of action a leader of men than a
man of thought. We could never
think of Dr. Mattcon living the life of
I lie student or secluse, of seeking
culture that ho might enjoy the pleas
ures of literature or the delights of
science olUef t lan simply as a moans
lo an end, that he might through it
all lie better ijrnislied for the Mas.
tor’s u.se. The nearest I ever heard
liirn come to a severe judgement,
upon luiotlier, (for he was a man of
singiilar charity) was when speaking
of a mi,ssionary in the Foreign Field
who alft'cled tiie roll of the man of
science, souglil to win distinction in
the iitilil of comparative ptillology-
He did acquire some dislincl'on as a
vrUilologist but was of lltt'o use as a
Miiasioiiary. The Doctor was no
tlieii.istoi specialist in u.Q matter of
business, science or Tlieology. He
w.is no ilreamei' of dreams. He want
ed theories Liral bud been tested,
p'an.s that would work. He was not
tlie man to take action on bypotbe-
St'S, lie sought results, ends, and
these were the liigbeal and bellest
conceivalile, man’s bigbest good and
God’s greatest glory. He was a i>lain
earnest sincere consecrated workman
in God’s evei'3' day working world
I'.c laitguage of whose ilaily life was
in substance that o'' the Apostle.
J am net my own t have bee'll bought
with iL p'icG Ujuri‘lor,f 1 will glorify
God 111 my body and spirit wbitdi arc
God’.s.
Tbes'ory of the Doctor’s coiiver.
sioii and his call to tlie ministry is
but imj'jcrfectly known to the speaker.
In his modesty he rarely spoke of
lmu.sel;', sufll.'e it to say that be early
malic a [irofossion of religion ami
dote, mined lo prepare bimsell to
I'l'eacli tlie gospel After completing
ills studies be felt constrai.ned lo offer
himself for service in tiie Foreign
Fluid. He was united in marriage
to .Mi.'s Mary Laurie, of Jackson,
Wasiiington Co., N. Y., saiied for
S.nm ,|Dy I84fi reaeiied his destina
tion 'l.vi'cil 1841, after u voy,iy[ft of
ciglit monllis (since tiie opening of
tile Siez Ca.ial the same journey can
lie male in six or seven weeks.)
Dr. Maltoon has bad the privilege
oT pi.'idling the gospel on two conti
nents nd to Uirce distinct peoples.
He wrs for twenty years connected
witli tlie Siamese nii.-isiun, about the
same length of lime a missionary
leaciK'i amongst the Frcedmen in our
own laid and three years pastor of
tlie IhlIsLon Presbyleiian cliurcb,
Saratoga Co., N. Y., during the inter,
val of ids retiring' from tlie Forei.gn
Field and liis entering upon tlie work
wboiice lie lias just been translated to
liis rewaid.
He ami bis devoted wife may
worthily be i.ieluded among that
noble and bcioie band of men and
women wlio laid tlie toundations of
Christian missions and Cbiistiau
civilization in the East—Apostles to
the heathen and certainly none are
more surely In the line of the Apos
tolic succession than the pioneer
missionary. He who lies before me
may justly claim that noble distinc
tion. Dr. and Mrs. Matloon were
among the first to begin successful
mission work in the Kingdom of
Siam ill,ihe year ISII and until 1866,
a score 6f years, he was the unwearied
inlrciiid animating spirit of the whole
missioiiary group. Learning the
language, li'ai.slaling tlie Scriptures,
prcLicliing tlie gospel, teaeliing the
natives, founding mission stations,
receiving, instrucTing and directing
tlie successive reei nils sent out by
the H .me Board, pervading and
udmiuistcring and energizing every
department of missionary work, all
this wa.s done too in the presence of
great discouragements and hardsliips,
for the first three years none of the
natives, so great was tlie prejudice,
would either rent or sell a lionse to
the missionaries, who were compelled
to liv* os their l oats on the rivets,
as illustlating the admirable titneea
•f the deceased for pionee.' mission
ary work and the energy which he
bronglit to bear on the tasks laid
uiron liii*. Dr. House, one of liis
ColleangeB in tlie M.»sion, writ’ng Its
history, speaks thus of Dr. Maltoon.'
“Mr. Casewell’s death and Mr. Hem-
enway’s illness, threw now upon Mr.
Mattoou, lliough he had been but
eighteen months in the fief,d, the
Sabbath preaching seryiee at the
station and a tri-weekly service at a
hired room used as a chapel in the
bazaar.’’ (Yide Siam and Laos,
Presby. Board Pub. pg. 364.) To
acquire the power ia a time so brief
to preach intelligently 4 limes a week
in a diflicult Foreign tongue marked
the energy and ability which through
life he censtantly brought to hear
upon whatsoever tusks were submit
ted lo his hands.
As a proof of the estimation in
which the deceased was held by the
people and government when they
entered, somewhat reluctantly, into
treaty relations with the United
Stales he was appointed first U. S-
Co.nsul “To the great satisfaction of
the Siamese and it was very evident
that much of the apprehension they
felt in taking upon themselves the
respo.isibililies of a treaty with us
woii'ti 1)0 dimiiilslied if tliev con'd
have .Mr. .Mattoo.. tlic first D. S.
Consul to set tlie treaty in motion.
Ml'. Maltoon accepted tlie offic
however, only until a successor sl!if
he iii.po'uted at YVksUington;
w!iiU‘, his inis.sion ' work preiu-
transla lug, etc.—was not i.ite
ted. These words are quoted from
tlie volume above mentioned. The
duties of the Consulship were elD-
ciently discharged by the Doctor in
connection with the energetic and
prosccutidn of missionary labor.
After a score of years, spent chiefly
In .sowing and planting, the deceased
was compelled sadly and rcluctaatly
lo leave llic Foreign Field on account
of the conformed 'll liealth of his wife
and if in ’’fe he had been permitted
to aceomplis'j nothing more than to
be largely instrumental in fouading
tlie Slam Mi'sion he would have
nuhiovpd a distinction of which the
most arshilious might bo prostl, in
tlie no distant futarc when kingdom
and eomt shall liave been coiivoiTed
to God, a redeemed and grateful
nation will rever'^nlly cherish the
memory of Stephen Mattoon and his
name by the future historian of tlie
Ciiiircli will be wriUeu side by side
with that of Carey and Morrison,
Lowrle and Duff.
After three years spent as p.astor
of the church in Ballston, where his
memory ia still warmly cherished, he
[COMChUDED ON PAGE 2.J
CHlilS'r. ,iN>
CV.,i''tClSM'rs Js till
gious rofi'ssors, and it
: r.-ii.
.■..i.!y
Cond.'.i'-'d in tlie go.spci. 'i ...it tmn -
cy OI vi'arilv wl.' .li "taketli not
accent cl ev.’i,” winch "iioiieili all
tiling' "liicli “covi;iut;i a mnl-
titud'”* IS a rare i iTue, and
vile  '■'l'' civoicest flowc.'s of the
Clin'4'i life. Wo auem to ilinik
ourself’ i'oniui. ui the iii'.i rcsi-. uf
oi'tlior'','' aiid'uf nglileoustioss, lo he
lellhr Lord’s
...1. ‘ u rge hot.” Cw
aoiigli, and vvit.liil sadly
is always Uic ‘’beaiB” that
FOVUBTY.
Bulwer says that poverty Is only an
idea in nine cases out of ten, and we
believe it is so.
Some men with ten thousand dol.
lars a year suffer more for want of
means, than others with three han
dled. The reason is, the richer man
has artificial wants. His income is
ten thousand dollars, and, by habit,
he spends twelve or fifteen thousand,
and suffers enough from being dunned
fur unpaid debts to kill a sensitive
man. A mau who earns a dollar a
day, and does uot run in debt, is the
happier of the two.
Tiicrc are people, of course, who
a.’e wealthy and enjoy their vreallhi
but there are thousands upon Uious
aiids.wilh princely incomes, who do
not know a moment’s [leace, as it
were, because they live above, tlieii
means.
1^,1 dcteclii.g ilu: "mote.”
ess, our uneliaritaiilencss is
[irooi'i tliat wo
sti iiw
own
riou'
er
is
Nev
ilseli-'c 'it till, surest
are I'd icaders of Uio bluul. We
were V'®'' G> fod with Pan; tliat we
are cef of .sinners. U ims houn
liinUifjiat if our ronvcisi.tion wore
more bout tilings and li •!; about
perse there would he less .scand.al-
mor'ing. But tlic pcr.soiis of our
acq'ilance are an obvious and easy
stuoto^ocenpy wliat little intelli-
^vllorouo ifc noUu n
well-'i’^- memory to converse
iBiaiegi.v about general sulijects.
tlioreforc, from the limited
iiost people’s tliouglils, ami
pin that vanity wincli puffs
in the act of dopretialiiig
0 are iiorpelually tricked
immous assertions about our
nOT.rJ--T''i. It were well, too, if ny.
more^eligioiis persons, but roli-
glo'.ird'es. abstained from slander
ous It^'Yaticns. Maiy a keen and
cage: F^isaii will one day liave
sor^
unt^'^i'd
TK!-; rtSLIGIOUS WOULD.
CHURCH
ERED
NOT.li.S AMD AEW3 GA,TH-
FROM ALL QUARTERS,
Ptisan
,|,,T to -anent the spiteful and
't.cinenls into whicli ids
taljlins liotrayed him.
c.ortj
oiurlit. Lo In* lUc mono
yw)icr" and on
gjc.\ OF riiEJili-
keeiv
lU'p
whoi\
«U .’ll
will A"''
the
bosUr-
good
the battle of life consistfi in
up a cliecrriil spivl. Wiien
wi. cemoH and Ue clouds,
spirit is loaded with dead-
all Work becomes 'Irudg-
a burden arul .lilUculty.
done is cM'fied under
eom(tV'"‘^'L mil'll a wish Mi;._ it could
be foelinw ol pleasure
jV^Journful a kind of eongratu-
called a pleasure—that
it IS completed. And even if
there is will-p«v\oi en( ugli
to along and favoruble cU’-
^axais to make it sikh . ssliil—-it
but little satisi.-.i,jti(.f,,
w'li U* loaded " ah
I ihe mind be lull o( die
of comuuj evil. If uny
Vi./k be well done it must be
ai,,i(f»ubvancy and hope. With this
no matter how Ita/d the
ta--'’. ’ *' nnproin; d.ig,
till re • ‘ ('Uerg}' given to it, and
th-it ’^'''''“y skill iuid tact that,
unUs “ kdidrances arc’ invincilile,
^.jjj 'U'l V :t through to a good '"id.
Our work very often lags
..not because we are not in
eari'^'’^ U—perhaps we expend
I-abor on it—but because
it i_sJl^G in^dor a cloud. Hope is
wait^^fcT.hei-e ift “ntiiusiasin. no
eager onlooking and vision
of i^itable accomplishment. Lut
if bright, it will be able
to i'oi heerfuily through an experi-
encc^«^’ iilso bear its disappoint-
ineius, rc,pice in its iribulatioHS and
not on\y lulieve, but know, that God
makes uU things work together lor
goofrdi t'liose w'ho love Him. It is
not poss’ble. uot for all of us, ail the
time, floods arc many, and we are
liable t> fall into dull ones betimes;
but 9 oui'ht to be a part of oar
C’iiisUfu ojTovt to drive away the
cloud--if p')3siblc and luin to the
b-‘-iinspiring light — Uniled
PresL
Ho immense lailrOading has bc-
comel The li ‘st annual leport of the
stalisios of the United States com.
piled jloi' the Interstate Commerce
Comi**sioacr, shows the total mile
age.to 901, and the amount of
e:4>iurtTc;sled ;^8,129,787,731.
HeiMions 'Why tlu' Iiilimt 'insa In tho
Important In the Sunday 9c)u>oI—How
It Should T^o Cc.udiicte4l—Som- Sonfilhlo
Advice.
U there bo nn.y degree of truth, tp
Eobortson’e sturemenf, that “when ;i
cl'dJd is three year^ oi ugu
paivnts iiavQ d ino inoro than Intlf they
ovor win div ft.r tha chiM’o cluuacter,
sui-oly tho first year of fuliool work
ought to be COiDlidDrod rn.. j.v ..-4, i—i.—*
ant; lor iu;t oru^- do».xs> uild learn
nK)i’0 eaj?ily, but heguts habits of study
and method uiHer a judicious teacher
which will cling to him through life.
For tho same iGCL,';'.3 tho infant class
should be considered tho most important
branch of Sunday school work, aud tho
teacher ought to no a poreon coiiiblniug
peculiar insight into human uafiuo with
executive ability and rare spirit ;i;;IHy.
The infant d.'i.'w should hutiA ..
modious rooui of its own, eo arranged
that 3C can bo opened into tho Sunday
schcol room, but the doors should not he
Oi>ea h r any more than tb'- opening
hyuu tmd prayer. Tho baln-^j Cannot
enjoy or even endure a long sos i >a.
Soinewheronear tho oi)onIn. i b-.; sUunt
prayer should have a place. Vhe chil-
Si. M w!io aro taught to olTcr l pray fir
sUoiuly for tho teacher of tho school and
for Uou's mcDiuiig ou iu.oii.v • t«v
lUako, not only bot’ter hearers, but bettor
doers of the Word, and tho tearUor will
surely feel tho influeiico oi those prayers,
and bo helped lu tier teaching.
It got« without saying that no primary
room is furnished which does hot con
tain ft blackboard, and tlic most sua“«it>-
fu.1 lesson will always bo ip some
urc a clnUk talk. Tho teaclior need not
bo on artist) chib.lren’s imaginatiorcs oro
vory fertile, and '-hjilk drawing easy.
Tho lntix>duction to the lesson must be
something children know about, some
thing the smallest child \viU understand,
and tliis must bo a ladder leading oftsily
and logically to the lesson. One advan
tage of this method, and I think not tho
least among sovoral, ia that tho teacher
60 irulns lier echu’ars that many things
which they see orueo in evpry day life
are intimately associated with their Sun
day school It.si.oup m such away that
the ono 6i3rvc«tc suggest the other during
Week days, wiiu^. g^nday thoughts en;
TJie facts of the lesson, durtng which a
reHew of the last week's k^ssoushouldbe
iu&i'oduoc-d, oup gwicroDy bc told ip a
story liko and iiiterestlng way, which
will take nothing from the impressive
ness of the appUention, provided tho up-
RyLlhOUS GLE-ANlf-lGS.
Tho boar. r)t liomo ml-^sions oi tho I?:.-
tormed clu'.i-ch during lh«; ;.ear aided
120 churches, Jiic.hig 95 inissivnary pas
tors, 5,137 familiifl, 7.420 commcnicvint
members and 10,'^09 n mborfl ■, the
Sabbath schools. ^OO.OOO i3
contributed for tho •rklu - :-r,
was voted by tlio gene ’.Isyii/d iL «, v7e,-
OOO bo raised by the ircbcs this >
for tho homo field.
Johns Hopkins unlvin, ly Is to have a
§30.000 Y. M.-a jL bulding.
tho World’s S'lnday sci.-')l .convention,
held in .London; Num’" r of Sunday
schools in the United ‘ : if 101,824;
scholars, 8,245,431; toa c j.', 1,100,101;
total, 9,415,535. In (‘' . uida: Schook?,
O.COO-; sclJolars, 407,39:^; •. -■u.-ttcvT,
total, 533,342. New Ytvu GOO
schools, 172,000 scholars ai ' ^ 00 tca.'-h*
01^.
ITundri ds of people in Milan
liospcl fer the first tiiJie diuurt •
cent season of tho Italy ' lethu
ference. Services woro held ev-;
ing, and many bowed ut tho
seekers, and others arose i or pra
Tho Methodist I^plscopal chi
ports 35,065 Sunday schools, wib
84S scholars.
’•.e
plication is, (is it ought to be, on sorde
one point. The kssons often (X>ntaln
many truths fox older scholars, but for
the little ones a cliolco must be mode.
They canTiot grasp more than ope idea
at a time, and if more than one be pre
sented tho oifect of the whole js lost.
There is no more fitting Impressive
^vay to close the lesson than with a
prayer by the teacher, which may be
followed by some prayer In winch all the
scholars can
When it is possible another tjcacliei
shmild be provided to teach the singing.
Hymns to bo attractive to infiant
classes must have words that can ho com-
pi-ehcnded. nnd m/xin. oo»TxctiiltiK.
1 am in favor of a subdivided class.
There are many reasons for and gainst,
and perhaps eo many lK)th ways that tns
decision can bo no more than dn opinion.
I think tl' catechism is too often neg
lected In ur schools, and I w»ould ap-
pitovo most’ heartily of a clgsa that was
subdivided for the purjx)Soof fiistruction
(-.f that kii • ; but where only tho lesson
is taught, ud that immediately after oi
before it is aught by t)io head teacher, J
can sec no necessity for both citl>er bo
well done.
Tlio visiting can bo managed tn au5
but ft largo ckujs easily if dono Systemati’
cally. Where the class Is largo tho slck^
or those absent several Sundays, can be
called upon, tu-d that is aS much os ought
to be expected
It is impossiolo to teach tho spiritual
truths of tho lesson successfully unless
r!tu i£ fchr> ^j^n/'bor ia tnbeh 1d'-
pressed with them gs her mind is wltli
tlie story. Ihero is nothing that hold;
people of ony age more than genuine
spirituality, and none can more readily
detect the lack of It than little children.
If the teacher herself {eels that tho spir
itual part of tho lesson iq a bitter pill for
the little ones, and must bo carefully dis
guised Iw the sugar ct^tlng of the lesson
story, the children will toei tjiat way
too, and will moroovor reject the plU in
spite of its sugar coating; but u tlie
teacher hclds God’s truth as a preclops
gift that ehe ia permitted to transmit tc
her dear Cues the chfidroh will prjro it
too, ami vill receive it gladly.—O:
tian Advo:;ato.
Homaa CaChotf^.
Ucv. h J. S'ulUvmip pastq^r ^ $t.
nee, B. X-, As-
Jj'-nrst aimi-
Mary's d^urcli, Provldonl
contly cficbrated the twenty'
v^'rRaw :d his ordination-
‘ 
Mexico has ft Catholic university fifty
years eidor than Harvard.
The agoi.t of t^iQ Scotch National Bible
society prftk.es the Roman (catholic ml-^-
sions In China, believing “their worlr U
an element of g od, os they teach the
cardinal truths of our cQiauiOn faith and
are preparing the'way for a purer form
ofreliglol.” •
Closing tliO Churo'icc
reasons assigned for closh , ?
of InO ClxUlw/.. s .11,-. j'ii-,,iv . -
that most of their members gomto’ ho
coiuitry for at least two months. V sat
if they do? Are those who do mt re to
bo neglected, or turned (>ut the
ecclesiastical common? One in-etiher is
reported to ha-v’U said; ‘'Why, 4
keep the church open you wlil
more than forty or fifty out on j
ten or twelve to the T)rayer moeq, _
perhaps not Xer fifty to tlio funclay
school,’* ae though that were coiulusivo.
Christ said: “Whero two Of tljfee a;-o
gathered together in my name, tiero am
I in the midst of them.” I
Notwithstanding tho dnlhiessjof the
suinmer season, that brother ha/ nevor
yet proposed to close his storvdv.ilng
July and August. And such ft ‘J. ng
as a business man paying; “Shat vp
tlw RbDT-A and lot Tjlxt.*: fov/ cus’olucrs
there are go whero they please,’* not
yet been heard. “It is • the m'm‘ .r
who go Int^ the counti'v tb; -i
demand fexr closing ciiurdi.;
■greater number Avho d- not go’ D’at wish
to have It understood t; it they belong to
tho clrclo of those wLo go, and to,a
ohuvoh that
said a pubiof ■whoso ‘•liuVv'h wa^’ lyn-vd
against his wish.—Chn^tinu at Wovt
Xho Change Constjmtly Taking
When, after years of absence, one t'‘>
visits places ana $ceuoa familitr to film
in youth, ho is often surprised to find
how different tliey actually ara kom the
pictures ho has carried in his mlid Tlio
home of his boyhood has not tho na^s d-
tude ho imagined. The old chirch is
much smaller than ho tliou^ht i wag.
Tho village green is dimiuiitlvo tc
ho supposed it to be. In fact, it s -•
as if memory had played him false, .» .
used. a magnifier on every object,
sometimes, to Christian i>coplo, distair
lends enchantment. They seek to
COV-er former frnino# and feeling^ ♦ n d
think then tliey would bo at rest. Co ■' i
they havG such experienoeg as they d
in tlielr earlier Christian fife they W-r d
find them disappointing, Tho gf'acc t
miuistered strength and hope fn foi’ ^
times is not appropriate to their prOf ^
requirements, and, could it be ' ■,
would prove os useless ag tho manru ^
days gone by. God, in his great lu ,
gaVo Us assurance of grace for gi-'’ .
As cho supply which has helped us
ishes, there is the promise pf ft nev .i*
flux according to Onr need.—Chri- u
luqiilrop.
ftllSSlOQ
Colportago is tho chief ageqpy in ivl-
vaficlng missionary work in Btilfi'iU,
and through this means the Scrlptu
with ot^ier good books, have been W’ ly
circulated, reaching the soldiers .u;d
entering prison doors.
In several’ towns near Bombay oflora
have been made to tho misvio;
0|)on schools among tho natives, ni ob
jection being raised to the assurance that ^
tho education would bo on strictly Chris
tian principles.
Tho Mission Ikess Is a power reaching
far beyond the personal influence of tlie
missionaries. J’ortions q£ Uie Bible,
“Teep of Day. ’ hymn book?, tracts and
sermons trandated and d: '•■d.-ifcdamong
tho natives five ovideno'of the patien-
study of utricate languages, and these
will boar ."rult an hundred foli
The Ireabyterlfui Church lu Csi:: :da.
dme general assembly of the Presbyte
rian cfiirgh ip Canada comprises m ©
syuodiiand fofty-two presbyteries, via:
rresby- Cvniciu-
terlea. Cboi-chee.
MarttlwyKTtneeo.... fi 49(J
Montfftui 4r.’i OitAva.. B
TorcmtcacKi Kiagatoa. 10 ^
liomilfoa w sSi
mohitoba 0 8‘iO
classlfloU. 0 5
Cvniciu-
nJcADts.
35,5i>9
2o,513
^,400
88,790
0,219
005
14.\CW
i-i i,801
U lias ibt>e m .'mi's, besides teach-
eni, in Nvw Gebride.', i'n.TriiiD'iad
and Demorr^ a, ten among Indians, loar
In China, rine in In ha. There are six
Canadian Ji‘e«bytoi : d.jological eemi-
n.iries, vL • At Il.v'oax, QuebeCj Mon
treal, Ku g«tifUL, Toi'jni’O and Mamtobft.