SEPTEMBER, 1907.

QUi'IRTERL Y Pi'! PER

- OF THB- Rangoon Diocesan llssoc iation,

AFFILIATED TO S.P.(J.

No. 43.·

Price. THREEPENCE! ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION, 1{·

To be obtained or tile Genervl ii. SEE OF RANGOON. List of Clergy and English Missionaries.

(Note.-The date Ki'lJen ls that of arrival in the Mz'ssion of English Miss,'onaries, of Ord,'nation of Noti'IJe Clergy).

(The address gi'IJen is sufficient with the addition of "Burma"- . except for Dagshai).

Bishop. The R;ght Rev. A. M. KNIGHT, 0.0., formealy Fellow and Dean of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge- (Consecr~::~o~~ ~~u;l~t~~oD~y. 1908). Bishop's Chaplain.

Bishop'.s Ml.uloner. Re,·. H. A. R..t.WLINSON, B.A., Trinity College, Cambridge-Bishnp's Court, Rangoon ...... 1906 $. P. o. Burmese Ml.ulon. Rev. E. H. O..t.Y, S. Augustine's College, Canterbury-S. Augustine's, Moulmein ... 1896 Rev. T. EL LIS, M.A., S. Augustine's College, Canterbury, and Hatfield Hall, Durham-Kemmendine ...... 1888 Re\•, W. H. C. POPE, B.A., Queen's College, Cambridge-AII Saintc:;', Shwebo ... 1905 Rev. W. C. B. PuRSER, M.A., S. John's College, Cambridge-$. Michael's, Kemmendine, Rangoon ...... 1904. Rev. D Po SAH-Kyaiklat 1901 Rev. S. Po THBT-Kernmendine 1901 Rev. H. M. STOCKINGS, S. Augustine'sCollege,Canterbury (on furlough) 1886 Rev. A. E. T..t.YLOR, Dorchester Missionary College-S. Barnabas, Rangoon ... 19Jl Rev. G. WBITBBEAD, B.A., Londnn-(on furlough) ... 1888 Mr. E. A. B..t.MBER-S. John's College, Rangoon ... 1899 Mr. J. T. BEsT, M.A., Cambridge-$. John's College, Rangoon ... 1897 Mr. C. R. PuRSER-S. Michael's School, Kemm~ndine ...... 1906 S. P. o. Winchester Mlssion-Burmese-at Christ Church, Mandalay. Rev. R. S. FYFPE, M.A., Emmanuel College, Cambridge 1904 Rev. C. E. GARRAD, M.A., Clare College, Cambridge (on sick leave) ... 1906 Rev. J. S. Bnoz, B.A., Clare College, Cambridge 1906 Mr. E HART 1905 iii.

S. P. 0. Kue-n .Mission. Rev. AguAH, Lerko, Toungoo 1896 Hev. R. U. FAIRHURST, B.A., Bral:cLH•sc College, Oxford-on sick leave 190E Rev. T. FISHER, S. Augustine's College, Canterbury-S. Peter•!~', Toungoo ...... 1898 Rev. J. HACKNEY, S. Augustine's College, Cantct·bury-(on furlough) 1878 Rev. HAH LAY-Athader 1899 Rev. HAITAu-Dawlalaw 1899 Rev. P. H. KIRKI-JAM, M.A., Trinlly College, Oxford--S. Luke's, Toungoo ...... 1904. Rev, l. MAU SAn PAu-Kasahdcr 1884. Rev. W. R. MENZIBS, B.A., Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge- S. Lul<~'s, Toungoo 1906 Rev. MORLAY-Wathoco ... 1905 Rev. PAn U-Titupu 1901 Rev. PAu KET-Kasheechee 1899 Rev. RoPEH-Kasahdar ... 1899 Rev. SmvAY LAn-Sarnapatcc 189D Rev. TABUER 8ER-Simido 1899 Rev. THA PwEE, S. Luke's, Toungoo 1907 Mr. E. HASSRLL-S. Luke's, Toungoo ... 190fi Mr. D. SumLos-S. Luke's School Toune-oo

S. P. U. Tamll and Telugu Mission. Rev. V. N. KEMP, B.A., Sidney Sussex College, Ca~bridg-~S. Gabriel 's, Rangoon 1904.

S. P. 0 . .Mission, Nlcobar Islands.

M.~. SoLOt.JON-Car N'icobar .. : 1885

Additional Clergy Society (Burma). Rev. C. R. BAniURST, M.A., Emmanuel College, Carnbridge-Moul me in HIIIIJ Rev. R. H. CouRTENAY, M.A., Trinity College, Dublin-S. Phtlip's, Rangoon 19U\1 Rev. F. R. EoMo:•tos, M.A., S. E1lnumd's Hall, Oxford-Riverine Chap- laincy, Mandalay l!IC6 Rev. E.". LATI-IA~I, M.A., Christ's Collegl!", Camhridgc-Basscin . 1906 Rev. F. E. TROTMAN, B./\., Selwyn ~olll!"ge, CantbrRiirP.--lnsdn 1904-

(Continued on page vii.) RANGOON DIOCESAN ASSOCIATION Founded in 1891 to assist the work of the Church in Ra~tgoon. Affiliated to S.P.G. 1905. President. THE RIGHT REv. THE LORD BISHOP OF RANGOON. Patrons. The . The 8rSHOt> OF BRISTOL. The 8JSHOI' OF NoRWICH. The . The BISHOP OF PETI::RBOROUGH. The . The . The BISHOP OF Er.Y. The . The . The BISHOP OF S. A LBANS. The . The BISHOP OF SOUTHWARK. The BrsuoP oF LoNDON. The BISIJOP oF WAKEFIELD. The BISHOP OF M.\NCHESTER. The . fhe . VIce-Presidents. The Right REv. Bishop WELJ.DON, DEAN OF MANCHESTER. F. S. CoPLESTON, Esq. (late Chief Justice of Burma.) Sir FREDERICK FRYER (late Lieutenant Governor). The Rev. M. LAMERT (former Senior Chaplain, Bengal). The Rev. J. E. MARKS, 0.0. (i:lt<"l S.P.G. Missionary in Burma). Rev. Canon SKELTON (formerly P.incip;1\ of Bishop's College, Calcutta). Rev. Canon STEf'HENSON (formerly Senior Chaplain, Bengal.) The Bishop's Commissaries in England • .;f~! ~:~: ~: l·s~;L KW~~!: ~~/sii~; k~~ri:aSo~ti~~pton. Committee. tA. R. RJRKS, Esq. Miso; LA.NGTON. Mio:.s LATOOM-8ROWNE. Miss G. F. MARTIN. Rev. A. G. CLARKE. tRev. G. W. MINNS. Rev. G. H. CoLBECK. I Rev. A. SHJLLITo. Miss HoDGKINSON. tMiss C. WILLES. Mis!l- E. M. KNIGHT. tRev. Canon VAJ.PEY.

tRev. P.0H~eC~~K~~c~tM~u~~dPI~!!~[ L~n~,u•g:;:ln,P~~: to whom all communications should be addressed. •Members of Committee. +Members of Winchester Sub-Committee. Ouild of lnterces.slon and Work. Miss LATHOM BROWNE, 1. Talbot Road, W ., General Secretary. Miss LEVIEN, 22, Crofton Road, Highgate Road, N.W. (for London). Children's Fund. Secretary-Miss LANGTON, All Saint's Vicarage, Haggerston, N.E. Bankers. LLOYD's BANK, LIMITED, 16, St. j11mes' Street, W. C:heQues and Postal Orders should be crossed as above. DIOCESAN AND LOCAL SECRETARIES BATH AND WELLs-Mrs. Chard, Ilton Vica1·age, Ilminster. Br~~~~-TOL-i\Irs. j. M. Houghton, 40 Royal Park, Clifton,

Bml\fi!\"GHAM-Rcv. G. H. Moore, K.E.S., Camp HiiJ, Birmingham• . CARLISLE-j. H. Kilburn, Esq., Lodge Terrace, Brvughton­ m-Furness. CANTEtmuRv-Rev. F. C. P. Clarke, Colinton, VJestgate-on­ Sca. CHICHESTER-Miss Chepmell, Carey House, Hurstpierpoint. DUI~HAM AND NEWCASTLE.-\¥. B. Rowntree, 3 Hexham Street, Bishop Auckland. ELY-Ven. Archdeacon Dyer, Yelling Re<-ltory, S. Nco-ts. EXETER-Miss Cartwright Thomas, Walston, Ruckamore Road, Chels-ton, Torquay. GLOUCESTER-Mrs. Sturkey 12, Lansdown Parade: Cheltenham LICHFIELD-Rev. J. H. Sanclford, Stafford View, Stafford. Stoke-on-Trenl-C. R. Thomas, Esq., 29, Sheppard Street. LINCOLN-Mrs. Treffry, Blankney Rectory, Lincoln. LONDON-Miss Langton, AJI Saints' Vicarage, Hae-.~erston, N.E. All Saints', Haggerston.-J. Lamb, Esq., 58, Howe Street. S. Philip, Tottenham.-Miss Dyer, 193, Philip Lane. MANCHESTER-]. H. Birley, Esq., Elm Bank, Eccles, Man- chester. NoRWICH-Mrs. Owen, S. Philip's Vicarage, Norwich. OxFoRo-Mrs. Kenney, 10, Bulmershe Road, Reading. PETERBOROUGH-Rev. F. W. Fulford, 18, Wood Street, North- ameton. RIPON-Rev. H. V. Eardley-Wilmot, 64 Saville Road, Chapels­ town Road, Leeds. RocHESTER...... :....Rev. K B. Spurgin, Vicarage, Sidcup SALISBURY-Rev. H. P. Margesson, Ebbesbourne Wake Vicar­ age, Salisbury. SoUTHWARK-Rev. A. Shillito, 10, Drewstead Road, Streatham, s.w. • Greenwich.-Miss Hoy, 31, King William Street. S. Ma1'y, Battersea.-Miss Taylor, Sir Waiter S. John School, High Street. SouTHWEu.-Miss Hodgkinson, Heatherside, Midhurst. S. ALDANS--Rev. A. B. Hobart Hampden, Cottered Rectory, Runtingford. Leytonstone.-Rev. W. Walker, S. Augustine's. WAKEFIEI.o-Rev. A. N. Haynes, Holmeb~idge Vicarage, l_,!ud- dcrsfieJd. .. WINCHESTER-Rev. G. Cecil White, Nursling Rectory, Southampton. Ladies' Association-Miss C. Willes, Basing­ field, Basingstoke; Miss Shu~tlewor~h, 7, Lenno~ Gardens, S.W Old Basing-Miss Neate, Hmsh .. Wtnc~ester-:-Mtss Gore Rrowne, 15 Kingsgate Street. Godalmtng-1vlrs. Kmght, 'i\'h.'lrf S!treet. · 'WoRCESTER -Rev R. C. Bates, Churchill Rectory, \\~orces~er, vi.

GUILD OF INTERCESSION AND WoRK. Members make two or more articles for sale in England for the benefit of the Rangoon Diocesan As.o:;ociation Funds, or send an equivalent in mont:y. The articles may be sent either to the Secretaries in London for the November Sale, or to a Branch Secretary for a Local Sale. Hon. Secretaries-Miss LATHOM BROWNE, 1, Talbot Road, Westbourne Park, VV. Miss LEVIEN (for Londo'n), 22, Croftdown Road, Highgate Road, N.VV.

STUDENTS' FUND; £8 maintains a Burm:m, Km·en or Chin for a year in the Kemmen­ dine Institute for training Teachers and Clergy.

ScHOOL CHIL))REN's FuND. For the support of orphan and other children in the S.P.9. Schools. Amount required- :-£3 a year for a. Karen boy or girl at Toungoo; £4 for a Burmese boy or girl at Shwebo; £4 for a Burmese boy at Mandalay; £7 for a Tamil boy, £5 for Tamil girl at S. Gabriel's, Rangoon; £5 for a Burmese boy or girl at Moulmein; £6 for a Burmese boy or girl at Rangoon. No·!e.-It is not necessary for a School wishing to maintain a child to pledge itself to raise the full amount in the first year c:.,· in any year-only to do as much as it can. Miss LANGTON, All Saints' Vicarage, Haggerston, London, N. E., will be pleased to furnish information. NEWSPAPERS FOR THE MISSIONARIES. Friends willing to send weekly, monthly or quarterly papers and magazines to any of the Missionaries should communicate with- Miss N. LANGTON, All Saints' Vicarage, Hagge~ston, London, N. E., who keeps lists of papers sent and papers desired.

COLLECTING i::$oxES. These can be obtained of thP. Ge'neral or Diocesan Secretaries. SERMONS, ADDRESSES AND LECTL'RES. The General and Diocesan Secretaries will be glad to give or arrange for Sermons, Addresses or Lectures, (with or without Lantern), and Drawing Room Meetings.

SALE 011 STAMPS. Miss F. M. Rawlinson, The LaUrels, Haslemere, undertakes the sal~ of stamps on behalf of the Mission, and will be very thank­ ful to friends who will send her sets for sale. Sheets sent on approval. vii.

Government Chaplains~ Rev. H. W. BLANDFORD, B.A., S. John's College, Oxford-Rangoon . Cantonments ...... 1892 Rev. W. G. BuRROUGHS, B.A., Trinity College, Dublin-Shwebo ... 1890 Rev. R. W. Campbell, B.A., Corpus Christi College, Cambridge- Thayetmyo ...... 1904. Rev. J. H. CoLLINS, Schol. Cane., Trurc.o- Cathedral, Rhngoon 1903 Rev. C. P. CoRY, M.A., Acting Archdeacon, S. John's College, Cam- bridge-Maymyo...... 1892 Rev. G. A. ELLABY, B.A., Wadham College, Oxford-Bhamo . 190l Rev. A. H. FINN, Schol. Cane., Lincoln-Dagshai 1,8@'5 Rev. J. Low, M.A., Aberdeen-Meikti1a 1989 Rev. H. E. PRICE, Lichfield Theological College-Port Blair, Andaman Islands 1904 Rev. G. H. SEBLEY, S. Bees' Theological College (on siCk leave) 1894 .Missions to Seamen-Railgoon. Rev. T. WRIGHT, B.A., Royal Univer!.ity, lreland-3 Strand, Rangoon 1904 Connected with tbe Cftmmittee for Women's Work-S.P.O. S. Agnes' School, Moulmein-Mrs. SwAP (HonoroYy). Miss REDPATH. Two Native Teachers. S. Mary'

Rangoon Dioc~san Jlssociation. QUARTERLY PAPER.

VoL. iv. 7. SEPTEMBER, 1907. No. 48.

TO OUR MEMBERS. This is the third year in which our funds have been sent in to the S. P. G. to be forwarded, and we are anxious to g'Ot in a!l in time to be included in the S. P. G. balance sheet f-or 1907. The first year £227 came .in between 15th December and 15th January, just in time for the supplemental final account of the S. P. G., and £95 too late for the 1905 account. Last year our Secretal'lies made a special effort, and only £128 came in for 15th January;'and £35 too late for the 1906 account. This was a grealt improvement. May we get it rjght this time! We ask all box-hold~rs to open their boxes on S. Andrew's Day (November 29th) and send in contents to the Diocesan Secr-etary, who with the receipt w.ill send a sli-p to re-close the box. VJe ask all subscribers, and all donors of col1ections (ex­ cept, of course, those to be taken in December) to send them in by the same ttime or earlier. Quarterly Paper. There js a large deficit on this, which comes on the General Fund. l•t could be avoided if each subscriber, boxholder, patron of children, etc., would assign 1/0 ror the Quarterly Paper in addition to the amount.

THE SALE OF WORK. The Annual Combined Sale for Foreign Missions will be held as usual at Kensi,ngton Town Hall on November &th and 7th (2.30 to 6.30 and 12.0 to 6.30 respectivel!y). Lady Esther Smith will open it o~. _/the 6th, and Lady Llan­ gattock on the ~th. There will be Animated Phort:ographs by Messrs. Maskelyne and Devant in the ·small Hall, .illustratting life in various parts of the Mission Field. Eighteen Societies are taking par.t in the Sale. There wm be a stall for the RANGOON DIOCESAN ASSOCIATION in charge of Nfiss E. M. Knight, Miss Lath·oon Brow.ne, aOO M.i.ss Levien; .and another for the WINCHESTER MISSION, MANDALAY in charge of Mrs. Wood'-Stcphens, M!ss \:Villes, and Miss Mar-tin. 210

There are also a Refreshment Stall (in charge of Mrs. and Miss Shuttleworth), and a Flower and Produce Stall (in charge of Mrs. Bo.wden). For the former promises should be sent to Mrs. C. V. Shu~ttleworth, 7 Lennox Gardens, S.W., and for the latter to Mrs. Bowden, 41 Cor.nwall Gardens, S. \1\T. The goods should be sent to Kensington Town Hall on t·he days of the Sale. Miss Lathom Browne writes to the Members of :the Guild of Intercession and Work and other friends :- "It is a most cheering thing to be able to say, as we can now, that there have been so many, and such successful, sales during the year, th-at the Guild Secretary reponts that her s-tore boxes are quite empty ! But---.in V'iew of the coming Sale at Kensington in November-fl:he present anxiety •is that they may be adequately filled again. A box of curioS coming over from Miss Knight and her friends •in Burma, will no doubt amply replace the sold out Burma artides; but there are rthe English tbings to be thoug-ht of, without: w.hich the stall w-ould only be a one-skied affair. Tastes in purchasing differ as much as tastes •in working, and so everytliing will be wel,comed by Miss Lathom Browne--good poor clothing, china, hand embroidery, tea and toilet-rtable cloths, bric-a..&rac, paintings, etc., all will help, we hope, to make the R'3ngoon Diocesan Stall one of the prettiest in the Hall. "As last year, once ·more may we say thart any small extra contributions in money will be added to the "Our Own Mis­ sionary Fund," a fund )V.hich the Bishop has rSo much in his heart alw.ays, and towards which he has asked us to con­ tribute £150." Parce!s may -be sent at any time to Miss Lathom Browne. at I Talbot Road, Paddingkm, W., who will acknowledge al1 received (by post card). Miss 'ViJies hop~s that all the members of the Winchester Guild of Intercession- and Work wil1 not fail .to send in articles to her for the 'Vinchester stall to Basingfield,, Basingstoke.

THE BISHOP'S LETTER. IRRAWADY FI.OTILLA Co's S. S. "NAIKBAN." July 6th 1907. DEAR CoOKE, Rawlin-s.on and I are on our way .to 'Myaungmya, where to­ morrow we hope to consecrate .the new tittle Church which has been erected through the efforts of L-atham. It is the first of the three wh!cQ rthis year has seen .begun, aU of which are signs th.at we are now able to serve the European residents owing to to our increased staff. Your last letter has t9ld me of the £86 raised for the Bishop Strachan Memorial. That will be a grea4 help to us. Since form· ing our Committee dast October we had deferred operatlions until we learnt whether or not the foai,lure of a large Madras firm WQuld cause the bequests of the Bishop to be lost. Now, to our delight• we have received them Jn f.ull (less rthat dreadful legacy duty !), and have begun again. It was for us impossllble to decide on the form of memorial until we knew that the Bishop's .beques.ts would be sufficient to carry out his desi-res. But rt.he collections 'n Churches at the memorial servioes and one or two others haove given us abolllt £25. The chief event of t-his year ,for us has been the deoision to join our figh-ting forces whioh Messrs. Buxton, Wa1ler" Clack and Cox have come to. It has been an answer cto our prayers which has given me immense relief in the many days of this year when I have felt far from well, and no doub-t others of our staff have s·hared my thankfulness .for this great mercy. Mr. Cox will join the S.P.G. division. That Js just what we needed. And I am glad to say -that we can now afford to 11:ake yet one more of the many whom w·e need in the mission field, for ou-r finances are improvi.ng. At \Vh.itsuntide we made a special appeal, and the result has been very good. In al11it comes to Rs. 2,000, i.e., £133. Of this I hope the greater portion, if not all, may be depended upon as regular suppoJlt. We are also hegiDning a Ladies' Missionary Asso:eiation which wiU increase the knOWlledge and support of this pa-rt of the Church's w')rk. The result of these offers of service and of money is that I can now ask for one missionary priest who will take up the Car Nicobar M~ssion as his special charge. But as it is questionable how fa-r he can reside on the island permanently, and as there is almost as pressing a need for strengthening the staff of the Tamil M~sion 1in Rangoon, I want him to be aJttached to that Mission at first. From that Mission we must draw for some time the native agents for Car Nicobar. My ·brother has a short: paoer whioh gjves some more details. This I hope you will print. Let me here say th&t our friends must remember that I should be asking for many more men for ll:he .. S.P.G. but am deterred by the scarcity of funds. PC1"1haps I am too cautious. Certainly we must g.o forward in the number of our staff unless we are to retrograde in the work as a whole. for the good work of the past among ~the Chins, Nicoba:rese, and Burmese of the vi11ag-es in the Delta make more European supervision a pressing need. At any rMe, if two men offer for S.P.G. work, I shaH not de­ cline them because of the lack of funds, ·hurt: set la work at once to find the money. Meanwhile you will renlember that the W~n-ohesrter Brotherhood can take and needs another, as well as the ladies for whom we 212

have been so long appealing. But Mr. Fyffe muSit go home this. autumn himself and plead this his own special need. This brings me to -the fact that now that our numbers are im­ proved~ we reqllire many new buildings. VVe must see that these devoted workers have suffident apparatus for their work. In this respect again, I wish English ohurOfimen could see the .fine build­ ings which the. Romans and t-he American Bapt'ists give their missionarjes. It would -put them to sohame as it does us here. However, as this is impossUOle, I send a list of some of our needs. Perhaps I may make out a fuller one 5()(1(1, but I send the first . draft. I.t con.tains a sentence which states that the buildings men­ tioned are only some out of many. One by one we must tackle them. Government demands make it essential to aclv;eve some at once unless we are to give up certain pants of our educational work-which Gon forbid. I do not feel !the very least hesitation in mak•~ng these re­ itera-ted appeals, for in the case of the buirldings it is a sign that the Church here '.is alive and at work, and grow.irig, and finding tlhat s-he needs more apparatus for the work, and moreover, we are told, thaJt ~t is a privilege to be out here for the sake of Christ and His sheep, and they are right who say so, but it is equally true .that · it lis a privilege to _contri•bute of our money and to sacrifiee t>hat to Goo's service. This, I know, many of your readers feel. Indeed, I fancy, that the moSII: generous sup­ port comes often from those who have but litrt:le of this world's goods. Two very encouraging reports have reached me. One lady is medita:ting substantial help, and another is anxious to support a ,native Missionary on a large esd:alte which belongs to her. The laitter w.ish will •tie a hard o-ne to carry out. On the estate rthe languages are many, and I fear that our naltive Christians speak none of them. But we must otry to supply the need. The \iVinchester Brotherhood has had its troubles. Although it has nominally three members, yet Fyffe_ has been 3tonc for some ltime. For Beloe -had to take charge of the English Church at Mandalay, and wi-ll not be free till VValler arrives. Then Ga-rrad fe•t ill, as you know. And _lately, when he was getting on s-plenilidly, he was victimized by the same tropical trouble· that laid me by the heels last January. I have not heard re- cently, hut the last report was good. Yet, I fear. that this means that Garrad wilt be away from us sti~l lon"er than we had lately been hoping. Moreover the lady to be head of the women's work has not yet been found. I th.ink that it .is very important that we should begin with one who has had experience of community life. But .it is trying to wait, f-or could we find the head, then our ho-pes of g6tting- fellow-workers for her are liigh. '"'e continue to pray, and no doubt in the right time the right person wilt come. By this time you may -have met Fairhurst and Seeley. 1 trust that before a year js out they will be both with us again. Though !there is very much more oo which I should like to write, .and whioh, perha-ps, should nOli: be left unmentioned, yet this ~!etter is already long enough, and there are at:her things which I must now atrtend to before we sidle up to .the little jetty at Myaungmya. Yours very truly in the Lord, ARTHUR M. RANGOON.

FINANCIAL NEEDS. Mmuialay (see p.p. 216-217). £ New Mission House (S.P.G. gives .:6,"66o) 1.soo Women Workers' .Home 1,ooo Site for this 400 Rangoou. S. PHILIP'S, EAST RANGOON.-A new church and school are urgently needed in this which is virtually a new town. The ·present church and schools are in a hopeless position, are greatly over- crowded, while the pre:sent site, besides being most unsuitable for the needs of the day, admits of no extension. To crown all the architect reports that the church is so decrepit that it must be 11 practically re-built." The sale of this present site may cover the cost of a new and better one. Towards the school the congregation have already given £266. Towards the church we have a generous gift of £500 which with interest already accrued has become £535· The new school will he built first. School £733 Church (porlion. only} £1,333 S. JOHN'S COLLEGE (S.P.G.), RANGOON.-There are some 180 Christian boys and masters, and about 400 non-Christian, and other Burmese Christians who live near and use the school chapel. A new and much larger one is needed. .:fhe present one is only a 11 largish" hall in the school buildings ; quite inadequate and · unsuitable. We have now £so_o. A fitting chapel will cost £2,666. If we can raise another £500, a beginning is possible. Amount required now: {5oo. 1 TAMIL AND TELUGU MISSION, 8. GABRIEL S1 RANGOON (S.P.G.)

-We have no house for the missionaries1 and spend much in rent in consequence. A house for two is needed. Estimated cost : £866. 214

8. MARY1S NORMAL ScHOOL FOR WOhiEN TEACHERS (BURMESE) S.P.G.-The Government regulations make a separate building on a new site necessary. ·V'I.re do not wish our young Christian teachers to be trained in the necessarily secular atmosphere of a Government Normal School. Estimated cost: £1,666.

SUMMARY. £ Mandalay 2,800 Rangoon- S. Philip's, East Rangoon Church 1,3~3 Do. do School 7:i3 S. John's College, S.P.G. Chapel 500 S. Gabriel's Mission (Tamil) S.P.G. House 866 S. Mary's Normal School, S.P.G. 1,666 Total about £8.000 This is a short list. Many other works are being undertaken ; for example, the building of seven small churches for up-country stations ; a new Boys' School for the Winchester Brotherhood work; extension of the Diocesan Boys' and Girls' Schools, Rangoon; and in addition, we have to support eight clergy and five lay workers who have been added to the staff since January, 1904-, or will soon be. lt may be thought that the S.P.G. will help largely. But the S.P.G. funds have not gr.own, and help to any considerable extent cannot be expected. Government will probably aid in school buildings. But in my estimate allowance has been made for this. Contributions may be marked for any particular work, buJ iJ will be much more convenient if they are left unappropriated. Contributions small as well as large will be most welcome, and may be sent to Rev. P. H. Cooke, 66 Mount Pleasant Lane, Clapton, London, N .E., and marked General Fund (Church Extension). MEN NEEDED. (1.) The Mission to Car Nicobar. This is an island to the south of the Andamans. I.t has a population of 3,000, and Qn othe stretch of ocean between it and 1ilie Malay peninsula are ather islands which might be evangel­ ized. from it. This might ·~Ssibly be effected by -the methods followed in the Mela-nesian Mission. But .the time has come for the wisest and most effective work of English missionaries. For 15 years .the work has been done by an unusually re­ liable Indian Catechist. But a stage has come when English missionaries must take a large:- pant. The work •is now beyond th«: powers of our Native Catechists and Clergy ex.cept under the gu1dance of Europeans. There e.re now about 1::10 Or more baptized Christians in the island. Two }"0Uth5 are being trained Sit Mandalay. A bee-inning has been made in the translation of the Bible and P.rayer Book. A .sman school has been in existence for ·ten years. The most satisfactory &tep would be taken if an English mis­ sionary were rto live on .the

VISIT OF Mr. FYFFE TO ENGLAND. The Rev. R. S. Fyffe wi11 pay a three months' visit to England this W'linter (November to January). He writes:­ Mandalay August 18llt, I907. "I have now ta1ked with the Bi~hop about my coming. I may as wen give you the resu1ts of our talk as to the objects of my visit home. I. Winchester Mission Needs. New Mission House; about £1500 (S.P.G. has given £660 of this). "7 New School House; about £1,000 (to meet a prospective grant from Government next April of a similar amount). Women's Work : One lady to be leader and money enough to guarantee b LO a month for five years (in donations or subscriptions); and also money for house, £ i,OOO. I I. FQr tile. Diocese. A strong man for Car Nicobar and the Islands, having a connection wilh the Tamil Mission. A clergyman for wcirk in the Delta. A clergyman for English work. . . . . Yours ever, R. S. FYFFE." It may be well lto add notes on these objects :- (1).-Mr. Fyffe has now, aft:!r most strenuous work during the last 1:hree years, laid his lines in Mandalay. It ~s clear that he must have new School3. It is equally imperative that the Brotherhood should have a new livjng house. It =.is not a fresh site rthat is wanted : all on the spot agree that the site is ·"all right"; but the house in which the brothers live was built for Burmans, and we muSt!: have one that w.ill enable our Eng.'~ish to marke the most of their l!ife and strengrth. The S. P. G. has granted £660 towards the £1,500 or so required. The rest ought to be found for Mr. Fyffe without delay. {2).-TJle Women's Vlork at Mandalay, wh.ich must b:dance the work of the Brotherhood., cannot begi~ ·dill a. head is pro­ vided. Ill needs a Chrisatian woman of missionary spirit, who has some ex·perience in handling fellorw-workcrs in: some­ thing like community lire, and has outlook and initiative. As to need of men, see extract from Bishop's lette1 (pages 214-216).. Next year several furlougohs are due, and some periods of five years' service will be ended. All friends mus-t remember wbat these three years have been for Mr. Fyffe. He has had ,times of· great loneliness and many disappoin.tments-Mr. Jerwood's de&~~:h and· Mr. Garrad's ill­ ness. It is high time that he ·had the re-freshmer.lt: of a voy-age and England. Let us hope th3Jt we send. him back heartened~ Mr. Fyffe's -programme is in my hands. Im,.hations to him to address meetings, large or sm8JI---of clergy or lay-folk-which we like to •be remunerati.ve ( !) may be addressed to me. Mr. F_yffe wm speak at Strart:ford on November 14th; at the Church HOuse, November 21st; at Dol"kinv on December 12th: and wi!l preach in \Vestminster Ah6ey on January 5oth. 1908 (Evenin!l Service). From November 2"8th-December 3rd he will be in Br.istol I want some attractive calls ror him in -the North and Midlands. H. ]. C. KNIGHT. 218

THE BISHOP'S COLLEGE 01~ CLERGY. The Bishop intends to have a smaU college of three clerg} to Jive with him at Bishopscourt. One of these will be his Domestic Chaplain; the other two will be Diocesan M~ssioners. These clergy will lthus f-or awhile live very near to the B!ishopJ and gain outlook over the different fields of work in the Diocese, :~ern!n1i~~·~~i~~o ath~~sid~~~t[e ~~~o~~~ :ror~~a:~:1in~e;. v:a often .call for address and ~initiative and adaptability. As vacancies· occur and openings present themselves., the Bishop will call on these men to take more fixed charges, as he deems them ·fitted for them. They will .receive passage and outfit allowance; and while with him, traveUing "all-found" at Bishopscourrt:, and. £40 a year pocket aJiowance. Experience shows tl1a.t ·this is ample. The position ought to attract men anxious to serve abroad, hut who are unable while at home to judge for what class of work they are really best fitted. Two years or more of parochial home experjence will be looked for ·in tnost cases. Mr. Rawlinson and Mr. Buxton (who sails in October) will be the beginning of the co1lege, and the Bishop now calls for a third. The prospeots for 1908 make h urgent that, if possible, a zealous and capable man should be found without delay. I will gladly answer enquiries. H. J. C. K.

NEWS FROM THE FRONT. Archdeacon Dyer, hav.ing comple~d h:s full term of servkc as Government Chaplain in Burma.. reJ;ir~s (r.om the list. At present the Rev. C. P. Cory is Acting-Archde~on. The Rev. J. Low has been transferred to Meiktila, whence the Rev. H. "'· Blandford has come to the Ca~tonrilent Church, Rangoon. The Rev. G. H. See~ey left on sick leave on May 4th, and the Rev. R. G. F"atirhurst on June 1st, for six months. We are thankful that rborth are making satisfactory progress. The. Rev. C. E. Garrad is making good progress towards health at Kurseong, Assam,_ near Darjeeling. S. John,s College. Mr. Bes.t received a hearty welcome froi!J ·the staff and boys of S; John's Co~lege on his return from furlough.. He ·round the. School in spl~ndid order, and rejoicing in a su~ssful year .. thanks to the careful supervision and conttrol of Mr. Barnber, of whom he writes :-"He has ·handed over the School· with its 219 discipline, work, and tone unimpaired, and during his p~rioJ. of offi~e he has improved some of the existing arrangements, and origina4ed other improvements to ·the general adva-ntage of the School." In March a Confirmation was held in the School Chapel, when 23 boys, prepared by Mr. Bamber, and 16 girls from S. 1\tf.ary's were confirmed. · Eleven boys passed the Calcutta University Entrance Exam­ ~nation, and the inspector has reported most satisfaotodly of the general work throughout ~he schoot In the Normal Depart­ ment ten srt:udents were presented; six passed the Secondary Grade Teachership, and two the Primary. A Literary and Debating Society has been started among the elder boys. · Ambulance Lectures have been given, and Mr. Bamber, four teachers and twelve boys have obtained Certifkates-o:1e be~·ng Benjamin Krishna, the protege of Saffron \Va!

Kemmendine. The stained glass window for the_ central ·Hght at the cast end of S. l\lichael's Church, has just been put in as a memorial to the late Rev. T. Rickard. As this light is one of five, there is ample room for an extension of the memorial. In the d:strict, two small wooden churches will be shortly erected. A brass cross has been sent ou·t by the relatives cf the:· late Mr. C. Torkington, to be placed in the church which he built at Kama in the Thayetmyo district. It was Mr. Torkington who began work among the Chms. It is •interesting to note that recently four Chin adults were baptised, that there are four vinages which act as centres for the work, at one of which the Christians. have just built their own church, without any outside help. A Con.fer.ence of over 50 Christian cn;ns at another of these villages was a great encouragement to these Chr.istians and to the Missionary; a-nd a striking lesson to the heMhen around. The Jllust·ration. Kyaiklat Church is a-n interesting archid:ectural effort, for, except the turret, it is in Burmese style. The Clergy were those present at the Consecration. David P.o Sah is the Burmese Dea~on in charge. M•iss Knight writes :- May I, through your papor, thank the generous donors of the linen and necessary materials for new hangings for the Church at Kyaiklat. It was a great delight to us to receive ,the parcel, brouP"ht out_ by the kindness of a local firm-and I put the work. in hand at once. "I found no difficulty in securing a&le and willing workers, and by the time you get this, I hope all will be made and ready. The Rev. VV. C. B. Purser, in whose charge Kyaiklat is, .thinks of going in the middle of July, and it is an old plan and promise I should go too. So, if I do, I can see the finished work in use. I hope those kind friends who gave the materials-indeed, ··the many who sO generously help us-·know 1 ow sweet and how welcome help from home is-or what it means here to those who work and hope." Mandalay. Mr. Har:t, w~th Mr. C. Purser, ·had a holiday at Talaw in the southern Shan hills; and Mr, Fyffe got a change by acting as chaplain at Taunggyi. An Anglo.. Vernacular school has ·been started at Madaya, an old out.. station, in the Church, which is not consecrated. The only worshippers at present are the Catechist and the teacher and their families. J(YA ll(LAT C HURC H.

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The Tamil \"crnacular schoo: a.t M.aymyo now has 70 children on the books. Early in July the second convert in the lOth Ghurkas was baptised at Maymy.:>. The school at Mandalay is steadily increasing, and there are now nearly :30 boarders. S. Augustine's, Moulmein. The new g·;rls' school ts finished and jn use, and already numbers have begun to increase. Now the boys' school needs enlarging. Two new wo-rkers-a man from Kemmendine to assist the ~t~~~~sew;rc;;~chist, and a trained Tamil Catecholst-have lately There is a great stir among the Chinese here. Alreadv a number of men (who apparently have :nothing to gain by ~t) have come and asked for baptism. At preserut they are being tested and instructed in the Christian F:llith. Here is urgeM need for a Chinese Catechist. All Saints' Church, S)l..webo, was consecra-ted in August. \1\Te hope to give a description and picture of the Church in our next number. J(aren Mission. The Rev. "\JV. R. Menzies •has passed the first examination in Karen. ChQir Stalls have been placed in S. Luke's School Chapel in memory of Thara Pee Gyaw, an account of whom was given in our paper last December. He bad been both scholar and teacher in the Sahool. A bell is to be added to the School Chapel. It will replace a large Burmese gong, very _cracked, which, in its turn dis­ placed a piece of railway line. The bell is 'being made by Messrs. Tayl.or & Co., Loughborough. The £10 for cost, duty and frei~ht. has been collected .by Mrs. Kir·kham from friends. Some friends of Mr." Fairhurst in England have presented S. Luke's with a· horizontal -bar .for the boys1

Work amo-ng the Red Karens js at present limirted to 6 villages ~the people -of which have migrated from their own district i.n the Shan Hills ·to the Plains a few m~les east of Toungoo. Early this year, one of the Catechists w-orking in these villages went for a rbOur in d:he Karen.ni (Red Karen District) to find out the possi­ bilities of extending the work to th~t district. In each case he addressed himself to the chiefs of the villages, set forth his messa~e. and asked if they would like ll:eachers to tell them more. Most of them gave evasive answers, a few were more enco-ura.g.in~:r, and no doubt if one or two teachers could be spared, a beginning might be made. Wo·rl~ amongst Mountain Men.-A little paper wirt:h .this title i·s issued quarterly from the M.ission Press at Toungoo. Those who are specially interested in the work among the Karens sh-ould send 1/0 Postal Order to Miss Wilson, 22 Ashbourne Road, Del"!by, who will then supply it to them. Bassein Chaplaincy. On· July 5th, the ·Bishop visited My.aungmya, and on Suflday, the 7th, consecrated the new church. This is a brick building with· chancel, nave, and small bell .turret, and wolll ·seat thirrty people .. Meiktila Chaplaincy. At Meiktila on June 16th, five Tamils were confirmed. The building of· T.hazi Church has commenced. Ri'Verine Chaplaincy. 0~ · ~unday,_ August 25th, th~. new church at Pakokku was (we ·believe) formally dedicated by the Bishop. THE CATECHISTS' TRAINING INSTITUTION AT TOUNGOO. On of the most important branches of a Missionary's work is the training of the native teachers, whether for pastoral work in the Christian villages, or .for preaching to the heathen in the heathen villages. Especially important is it in such a Mission as this, where, except for a monthly or bi-monthly visit from a native ,priest or deacon, and a yearly visit fr.om an English Missionary, t~ village· teacher is letit in en-tire spiritual charge of his village. In addi·tion to his day school he is entirely re­ sponsible for the daily and weekly services, for the Sunday school, and to a large extent for the prepara•tion of candidates for Confirmrution, the naltive clergy usua1ly being able to test the efficiency of the instruction already given, and to supple~ ment it where necessary. For the first few years after the open.ing of the Karen Mission no provision whatever was made for this importO.nlt w.ork, but in 1883 a central Theological College for the whole of Burma was opened at Kemmendine, and from that trirrie up to the present day Karen s-tudents have hulked largely there. It was found advisable almost immediartely to give the Karen Sltudents a small amoulllt of preliminary tea-ching before sending them to Kemmeru::line, with the result that in 1884 Mr. ]ones, the then missionary in charge, started a small .training class at Tounl?"oo. After two years it was .apparently allowed to lapse for a year, but in 1887 it was reopened by Mr. Salmon. The primary objeot of the Kemmendine College is to train men for Holy Orders; and it was accordingly determined to enlarge the scope of the Toungoo Institution, and- to make it into an establishment which should give a more or less com­ plete training t.o the ordinary village catechist, whilst still serving in some cases to give rt:hose who were to go on to Kemmendine a preliminary training. This system has ·been rTWlintained with considerable success wp .t.o the present time under the management successively of Mr. Salmon, -Mr. ]ones, Mr. Salmon again. Mr. Kenny, and myself. When I took over charge ·of the lnstirtu.tiori in August, 1902, I found that the boys wh.o were in the class were a-ttending the day sohool, and only having one theological lecture a day, which Mr. Fisher was then taking. This seemed to me to be insufficient to a.tta:in the desired object, and -the foUowing year (Mr. Fisher having been meanwhile tra-nsferred to Man­ dalay) a class was formed of boys who had left school, and Mr. Crabtree and I each gave them one leature a dav. The same system was fo11owed in 1904. blllt in 190!l and last year, owing to Mr._ Crabtrce's illness and return to F:ngland, I was thrown entirely on my own resources. By enlisli1w the aid of English-speaking Karens for translation purposes, 0 how­ ever, I was enabled to continue the same system. This year a ·further extension of the system has been possible, and a fairly complete ·thre~ years' course is n.QIW i.n vogue. In ;the first year lectures are given on Bible Introduction-Genesis to Solomon~s Song; Prayer Book-Matins, Evensong and Litany; and English Churoh History. In -the second year the lectures are Bible lntroduction-lsaiah to Aots; Prayer Book­ Baptismal and Communion Offices; and General Church His­ tory. In the third year the lectures are Bible Introduotion­ Romans to Revelation; Prayer Book-the Creeds and the .-\rticles. At present this work is only carried on during the six months of the year when the European Missionaries are in Toungoo, and during the greater part of ~the remaining six months ·the students are engaged in practical training, eilther accompanyingo the Missionaries two and rowo on their .tours, -or assisting the native clergy. We look forward, however, with hope to .the establishment of a Theological College which shall be in ses­ sion all the year round•, and to which at leag,t one Missionary shall devote the whole of his time. Since the Ins.tid:ution was first opened the number of students who have completed their full course, or who have left for one reason or another willhout completing it, ·is 80, and of that number 60 have become oatechists. At the present time there are thir.teen students in residence,· of whom nine are new ones this year. Of the thirteen, twelve are Sways and one is a Red Karen, the firSit of ·this tribe to come forward for trainin·g-. This man will probably require a four years' course, as his lmow.ledge of Sgaw Kaoren is only very limited, and this year he is able to get but li-ttle good fr-om the lectures. In spite of ill health. however, he is most persevering in his endeavours to perfect his knowledge of ·the language, and ther~ is little doubt that in the course of a few years he will prove of .great value to the work amongst the Red Karens. It has always been a difficulty that the number of Paku Karens admitted to the .class has been so small. There is not ad:, present a single one in the class,- and during the past six years, out of twen:ty students, only tw-o ·have been Pakus. So long as this shortage of Paku students, and the consequen.t shortage of Paku trained catechists. continues, so long is there .g-rave danger of such erroneous dootrine as is involved in Kl.eeboism finding- a footing .amon~st them. The Catechis.ts' Trainin,t:r Institution has been largely assisted by the S.P.C.K., which Sooiety has generously given scholar­ ships -to a number of the scholars ever since -'the Institution was :z:zh

first opened. This .has enabled us to get men down for training who .otherwise could not possibly have .come. For example, one man w.ho completed his training last year was the eldest son of a widow, and had he ll(Jfl; been able to send her four rupees a montJh out of his ·scholarship, he co'uld not possibly have left her. These scholarships, ·however, are not ·given to all the students and one of -them was last year adopted by an Englisjl parish. For the -information of any other readers who may wish to help us in the same way, I may add that the cost of supporting a studelllt is at present ltlh.e same as the co&t of a child, viz. : £~j a year; while an additional £1 a year when he has finished his C'Ourse will pay for .his support as a teacher~ P. H. KmKHAM.

A JUNGLE TRIP IN THE RAINS. On Friday, ·the 14th of June, Tbara Tabberher sent five men in to ask me if 1 oould go back with them .the following day. They had built a new Church i.n an adjoining village and were very anxious -that the English M.issionary should be present at the openting services. As I was to be all akme .b01th at S. Paul's (Karen) and S. John the Baptist's Church (English) on the Sunday following 1 told them it was impossible to make ort:her arrangements in so short a time., but H they would come in the nexrt: week I would gladly go with them. I was str.ongly advised nac to take this journey because the rains had set in then 1i:n real earnest; in faot, when the men re­ turned the following week they brought a loti:er from Tabberber himself saying that he thought the road would be too bad for me i. but I was determined not to disappoint them, and off I started ·on Saturday, the 22nd of June. My pony .is sometimes cal!ed · a little rat. and I must say I· should have scorned the idea of riding such a small an".mal at home, but it .is sometimes convenient having even a rat. for when I got to Myngyi and found .there was no raft, but only a large boa_t to· get us across an already swollen dver, I wondered how he was g-Oing- to get across. I did not wonder long, however, for when the boat was brought alongside, the pony stepped i·nto it quite nicely and was taken over· wilt:hout a tremble. · We halted ·at i0.30, a·nd T had breakfast in an old Zavat, and then on we went aeros-; wet paddy fields and jungle paths unril the village of Thaykaylo was reached at 3.30 p.m. "'

I must say that I was agreeably surprised to sec the nice Ettle wooden church these poor Karen people had built, with ,the aid of a Bur~n carpenter or tw.o, IO:r when 1 was last in the village the only sign of a church was the wood ready sawn, lying under one of the houses. That was on 3rd March. So that they had only taken thre<' months :to put up quite a good buildlng. After a rest and a change, 1 went across to the adjo~ning viUage of Simedo, where the deacon·in·chargc resides, and where he also has a wooden church, and took Evensong. There, too, is quite a nice little surpliced choir of Karen boys. Next morning, Sunday, we were all at the new church for a celebration <>f Holy Communion. The chair consisted of the boys already mentioned from Simedo, and the teacher or this Village, and two adjoining ones. It ·may surpri-se some readers to hear that we were able thus to have a fully choral celebra­ tion w..ith five hymns. There was a good congregation in spite of rthe inc!ement weather, several of the people, ~:ke myself, having .travelled several miles in order to be present. At mid­ day I took Litany and baptized a child who had been brought three miles in d:he rain, but when I came to the questjon, "Name this child," I was politely told they had not thought o( a name, would I please g'..ive him a name. I wonder how many English parents would do '3 similar thing. As the next day would be S. John the Bap6ist's day. I at once said "John," and they were quite agreeable and so the service went on. In rthc even..ing we again had the church ful·l of people for the usual Evensong. Rain had been falling alm05t all day long, so 1 imagoincd the journey back would be a very difficult one. It was, how­ ever, much more difficult than I anticipated, and I . am sure pony and master were both quite deli_g-hted when they were once more safely housed in Toung-oo again. The carr.iers, who came in much more slowly, were drenched when ·they arrived; blllf: when I asked them to stay the nig-ht. they said they were going back at once, and when I offered them payment they would not hcar·of it, so pleased were :thev that 1 shoulct h~ve accompanied them for the open.ing- of fl:hcir church.

T . FISHF.I~. 228 THE ROYAL VISITOR. A day or two before the Duke and Duchess of Connaught and party were to pass through Toungoo, I had a ·!etter from the LJeputy Commissioner asking me H I could get a number of Karens together who would be willing to g.o down to Kywebwe, a &tation I i miles down the line, dressed in the national costume, to sing a verse or two of the National Anthem in Karen upon the arrival of the Royal party. I ,thought at first this would be difficult, because our Karen boarder boys and girls do not as a rule wear their own partic­ ular dress; but, espedaUy in ·the hotter parts of the year, go in for the cooler Burmese garments. But when I went across the river to the Vil!age Inst~tute, my fears were quickly dispeUed and I soon had a party of over a dozen who were not only w.illing, but anxious, to go and see, and perhaps talk to, the King-Emperor's brother. I arranged !that they should ~e across to· our house to let us see them before they went, and we were all delighted with their appearance. It was quite a represent

THE STRACHAN MEMORIAL FUND. The appeal for this Fund brought in £91 Is. Afiter paying expenses £86 7s. remained, and has been put at the disposal of the Bishop for a MemOil'ial to be . put up .in the Cad:hedral. In Burma,, the Committee formed for a similar eff

that it is nQt: so, and an appeal has been jssued for £1,000 to provide a school. house for the boys of the Diocesan Orphanage at S. John's College, to be known as "Strachan House," and £200 for the memoria:! in the Cathedral, and some addition to the furniture of the Cathedral. Probably the money given speoially for the memorial .in the Cathedral will be added to that sent from En~land. We hope in due time to give a description and a picture of the memorial in our paper.

HOME NOTES. The Revs. G. R. Clack, E. H. Cox, and V/. H. \;Vallcr start (o.v.) from Liverpool on 1711:h Ootobe• 6y the "Martaban," and will be joined at 1Suez by Rev. H. J. Buxt.on. Rev. ]. and Mrs. Hackney are to retUrn _in November. A Service of Dismissal will be held at S. Peter's, Eaton Square, On Thursday, 26th September. Celebration of Holy Cotmmun.ion at 8.30 a.m. Service at 10.30 to be taken by :S.ishop Corfe. The address will be given by Canon Bul1ook V.lebSiter. Breakfast (1/0) is arranged for by the C. W. Vl. Secretary_, to whom notice should be .sent at once. BATH AND WELLS DIOCESE. At Exford, June 23rd was "Rangoon Sunday." The Rev. Canon Bone, Vicar of Lanhydrock, Bodm.in, who has recently returned from a visit to Burma preached morning and evening. The collect'ions amounted to £2 3s. id.

GLOUCE'5TER DIOCESE. On September 18th, Miss E. Edmonds, sister of the Rev. F. R. Ed.monds, visited Southrop,. in Gloucestershire, a former home of the family, to speak about the ~~is.sion Work in Burma. By means o.f some large pictures on calico, ..a map, some photographs and curios, she was a·ble to arou.se a great ·deal of intere5'1: in the people and work, and to give a goqd idea of the sphere of labour of her brother. We hope th31t the result will at least be a few members for our Guild.

LONDON DIOCESE. A Garden Meeting was held at Mrs. Evens, "Holm wood," South Norwood P.ark (in the Parish of S.Mark's) to meet the Rev. J. Marks, D.D •. Great interest was aroused, and we hope that some permanent friends will accrue to us. £1 15s. Sd. was sent in to the R. D. A. 230

On the 19th of ju:y, the General Guild Secretary was invited to s·peak to a Club of Girls held in connection with the Senior Band of Hope

did their very best too. Even summer visitors gave up their valuable. holiday time to take part in the musical and theatrical entertainments which formed the "side shows," and were ex- cellent. • \Ve were fortunate in having a most beautiful day, and Watts' Nav~l Boys' Band was a great attraction. Selling was very .Oi-isk, and quite early in the afternoon the stalls began to look very empty. An auction brought the after­ noon to a close and disposed easily of woolly mats, etc., etc. that had rather hung fire during the afternoon. It was really a most delightful little Sale, and resulted in the sum of £41 Is. 3d. E. M. K. OxFORD DIOcEsE. The Garden Fete and Sale on July 24-th at Churchill, the home. of Mr. Edmonds, was a very delightful and successful event. The weather was perfect-hot and sunny The Sale was opened at 2.30 p.m. by the General Secretary of the Guild of Intercession a~d Work. A poem written by the Rev. P. H. Cooke, entitled "The Cry of Burma," was the principal attraction of the day. The poem, which in most feeling words sets f{)rth the sad ,emptiness o.f all the native religions of the Burma peoples, was recited by a onumber of .the village children, dressed in BUr­ mese, Karen, Chinese and Tamil costumes; they were assisted by Mr. and Mrs. G. Edmonds, and al! their training, or the major part of it, was the work of Miss E. Edmonds. The result however justified any amount of trouble tha.t the preparation may have entailed. It was a capital performaoce. It was repeated four times in the course of the day, and each time, after a hymn had been su·ng (composed by the Rev. E. Hudson), Miss Lathom Browne was g'liven an opportuni.ty of speaking a feW words about the various kinds of Mission wtn-k in Burma. Both the Rc­ dtals a·nd the Concerts, that formed the alternative Entertain­ ment, were well attended; and from them and the sale of goods and tea came the excellent financial result of /.'19. Fronl tthjs total a few necessary expenses must be deduc.ted ; hut even then a very substanti~I sum wiJI remain for.. Burma needs.

WINCHESTER DIOCESE. The Mission to Mandalay. The Annua!l. Summer Sale and Meeting was. held at Clandon Regis.. near Guildford, by kind invitation of Mrs. Hardy, on 27th July. A -tent was provided in which the stalls were taste­ fully arranged, and_ after the Meeting a fa•_irly bris~ sale took place. Among the helpers were M'rs. a·nd the Misses Hardy, Miss G. F. Marrtin, and Miss W~o~. - The s~;un ·realized -was '3'

.£'16 6s. 6d.,, of which .£14 15s. 4d. was sent out to the Fund after the expenses were paic!. This does not in_clude the pro­ ceeds of the Old Basing Stall, mentioned below. At the Meeting, .t:Jhe Bishop of Dorking took the Cha-ir, and addresses were given by the Rev. C. W. Hodder (for five years Town Chaplain at Mandalay), and G. E. Mal\indin, Esq. Old Basing. The Basing Work P·af'll:y was again permitted to hold a separate stall at the Summer .Sale .of the Ladies' Working Association. It real,ized £'7 12s. 6d., and c!eared almost everything. ·

The Rev. F. S. Fyffe has been 1invited to preach at the Board of Missions Service at Dorking, on the 124:h December, and at Old Basing on 3rd November. The Hon. Secretary (Rev. G. C. \\'bite, Nursling Rectory, Southamp_ton), will be th<:.nkful to hear from any persons desiring Mr. Fyffe to address Meetings during the first week in November, or to preach on lO.th Nov­ ember. If these dates should not be .convenient, others will be arranged if possible, hUrt for the present these are being re­ served for the Diocese of \,Vtinchester, as Mr. Fyffe's services are in much request elsewher~·.

PRAYERS. (Arrangements in vse in ihe Diocese). Sunday-The Bishop, Clergy, and Layworkers in general, British Residents. Monday-Bhamo, Shwebo, and Meiktila. Tuesday-Mandalay and Maymyo, Riverine Chaplaincy. Wednesday-Toungoo, and the Karen HUts,- Railway Chap- laincy. , Thursday-Thayetmyo, Prome and Bassein. Friday-R-angoon ar1d Kemmendine, Kyaiklat. Saturday_:_Akyab, Moulmein, Port Blair, Car Nicobar, and Dagshai.

For four pries!ts for the Nat>ive Work. For three WI0!!11en workers, e9pecially one as heal of the pro­ pos'ed oommunilty. For zeal in our new advance-the preparing of 0. 0. M. For the raising up of '3 strOng band of Native· Clergy, Cate- cliists and Teas:}lers. For blessing on all the educarttk>nal w.ork in. Burma. For the healing of schism amongst the Karens. For the recovery of the siC'k. 2)3

THANKSGIVINGS. For the four new Clergy. Bul;:a.the growth of Missiooary interest among the English in

For the consecrad:ion of All Saints', Shwebo, and of the new Churches at Myaungmya, Kyaiklat, Thaykaylo.

LIST OF SPEAKERS. It is important that the supporters of the work in Burma should periodically have information about it br.ought before them. To faci!litate arrangements for ·this, we publish list of friends willing to preach or lecture with or wi.thout lantern. _The General .Secretary will be glad if any desiJ1ing a speaker will -try to secure one from this list, if there be one ava•ilable for that district; if not he will try to secure one. In every case a short account of the Meeting should be sent to him for the Quarterly Paper. Nearly half of rt:hose on the list have been in Burma; some of the others ·have relatives tlhere, and so get firs.t-hand infonnation and all have lectured wi.th success. Lantem Lectwres.-In ail cases i,t is understood tha-t provision be made locally for ,the lantern and all necessary appliances. The lecturer is only responsD.ble for the slides. Preaching.-M.ost of the Clergy on the list a·re either single­ handed or so situated ·that they can only get away ori Sun­ day if their own duty is provlided for; such on the list are marked "Exch." 1Soni.e can only get away on a week-day, and are so marked. All are busy men. It is more difficult to ar-range for $unday Sermons than .~.nything else. Expenses.-:Speakers, almost without exceptrion, mus,t have travelling expenses paid, and, of course, necessary hospitality given. Dist1'icts.-Speakers are not always l!ied down to the dis­ tr.icts mentioned. Sometimes a glance at the map will shorw someone .conveni­ ent1y placed, and applicatlion might be made to him though in a diocese not mentioned. Diocese or Name. Address. Preach. Addresses District.

Miss Lathom Brown~ 1 Talbot Road, Paddington, W. Children only London •Ven. Archdeacon Chard Ilton Vicarage, llminster Not Wed. or Fri. Bath and Wells •Rev. F. C. P. Clarke ... Colington, Westgate-on-Sea Exch . Canterbury Diocese •Rev. J. A. Colbeck ... 77 Albert Avenue, Hull Exch . Yorl< Rev. P. H. Cooke ... 66 Mount Pleasant Lane, Clapton, N.E.... Week •F. S. Copleston, Esq .... Claremont, Trull, Taunton ... Not children Bath and Wells

~ Rev. E. J. Cunningham S. Paul's Vicarage, Worthing Occ. Near Worthing . •Rev. P. L. Day ... 40 Cambridge Road, Cardiff... Occ South Wales •Ven Archdeacon Dyer Yelling Rectory, S. Neots. Occ. Ely •Rev. H. V. Eardley 64 Saville Road, Chapelstown Road, Leeds Exch. Ripon, Wakefield, York Wilmot •Rev. A. p, Hobart Cottered Rectory, Buntingtord Weeli: S. Albans, Essex, Ham~en London Rev. A. ·Harrist:~n Bowers Giflord Rectory, Pitsea, Essex . Exch. S. Albans, Rochester Rev. A. N. HayneB ... Holmebridge Vicarage, Huddersfleld Yes Rev. F. S. Htc.kin ... 34 Spencer Avenue, Bowes Park, N. Occ. Children only North London *Rev. C. W . Hodder ... 11 Pagoda Aenue, Richmond, S.W. Occ. London, Southwark W H. Houhlsworth, 94 Balfour Road, llford, B. ... London over Border •Re~'11: Kwney ... 10 Bulmershe Road, Reading Week Near London or Reading Rev. Dr. Knight ... 92 Jesus Lane, Cambridge ...... Occ. (not Ely, Norwich, Peter- in term boro, London, time) Salisbury Rev. E. G. Levien S. Chad's, Gateshead·on-Tyne Occ Durham and Newcastle •Rev. B. Mahon $. Philip's Norwich Occ Norwich •Rev. Dr. Marks 14'1 Lower Addiscoml'te Road, Croydon Yes Not lantern Rev. G. W. Minns Weston, Southampton Yes Preaching only Winchester

Rev. G. H. Moore ... Hagley Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham ... Yes Lichfl.eld, Worcester, and Birmingham Rev. T. H. Page ... 9 Randolph Terr~ce, Springfield, Chelms­ No. Essex ford C. Purser, E&q. ... paxton Houst:, Great Bridge Occ Lichfleld, Woster, and Birmingham Rev. F. Ernest Smith 50 Albert Read, S. Norwood, S.E. South London Rev. W. New ... Exford Rectory, Taunton .. . Week Bath and Wells and Exeter Rev. W. Walker S. Augustine, Leytonstone .. . Yes S. Albans-BarL:ing Deaneries Rev. G. Cecil White ... Nursling Rectory, Southampton Exch. Win~hester •Rev. G. Whitehead S Talbot Terrace, Lytham ...... Weel> Not children Manchester

•Rev. T. W. Windley ... All Saints Vicarage, ~ottingham . Week Not children

•Has been in Burma. LIST OF CHILDREN AND PATRONS.

BURMESE OHILDREN. s. .lohn 'a College, S. P.c. Rangooo, £8. John Po Nyiso S. John, New Clee. John Ba Shain S. John, New Cle~. Peter S. Matthew, Clapton, .K.M. Benjamin Krishna Saffron Walden. Stephen Po Nyan S. Augustine, Highgate, K.M, John Aung Tba l\·iiss G. Torkh.tgton. Reginald Po \'in S. George, Woolwach Garrison, K.M. Andrew Bab Tin Mrs. Steele, Kettering. James Ba Than S. Peter, Worcester. James Po Hla Theodore Walker, Esq. Philip james Dwa The Hon. Miss Adderley and Friends. Peter Po Sine Midhurst Junior Missionary Association. John Ba Tun Caius College Mission, Battersea. Lazarus Po Hline S. Luke, Battt:rsea, K.M. Daniel Po Sein Trent Vale, Stoke, Sunday School. Paulu Brecon College. John Aur-g Nyum S. l\'Iichael, Bishopston, K.M. S. MarY'• Clrll' School, Rangoon, £6. Evelyn Ai Nyan Sunday School Teachers, All Saints, Haggerslon. Ruth 1\b Hpwa Shin S. Matthew, Sutton Bridge. Rosalie 1\la Thin Mothers' Union, Godalming. Ethel Tsan Baw Mrs. Chard's Work Parly .. Ma Van Mrs. H.obinson, Bath. .Margaret. S. Margaret of Scotland School, Glasgow . Agnes Ma Thin HlinC The Bishop of Rangoon. Ma Sor Hla Barry Sunday School, S. Wales. Manha Silchest.er, K.M. Dorothy U pwey Sunday Scbool. May Eaton, Norwich, K.M. Ellen Ma Kyway S. Michael, Bishopston, K. M. Harinah Mattan G·F.S .. Lee S. Aenes', Moulmeln, Olrls, .Ss. Mary Mah Nyein Lois Weedon Parish. s. Auauatlne'a, Moulmeln, Boy•, ll&. Alfred San Yee Porlsea K.M. Paul Po Doung f~~~~~~~sil_srW All Saints •, Shwebo, ••· Boys­ Htoon Byay All Saints, Haggerston Maung Ma :; Miss Stockings and Friel;ld&. Maung Da Thein Capt. Obbard, Meiktila. Samuel Po Hla Slymbridge, K.M. 2 37

Girls- Ruth Ma Gyin S. Geor)!'~, Woolwich Garrison, K.M. Elizabeth Chit Su All Saints' Sunday School, Alton, Hants. Flora Thai Mai Rossa\1 Mission Newton Heath, Manchester. May Ma Yu Mrs. Obbard. Judith Mai Gyi Miss Elsley, York. l'h(2be Thain Kin S. John, Worcester, K.M Miriam Mai Me ~. P~J~F~~eb~i~e~chool. Wh~daMM~rM~ Miss R. Mahon. Martha Mai Shin S. Philip, Norwich. Mandalay Boya, £4. Abraham Maung Tin S. Michael, Battersea, K.M. Elias Maung Pi Gyi Cambourne, K.M. James Maung Ko Gyi Peel, K..M. S. Agnes, Bri<;tol. ~a3~~g ~~u(fyi M yet Miss Harrowe\1. Moses Lu Hpay Norton Mission, K.M. Simeon Churchill and Sarsden. Shee Aung Women's Rihle Class, Winshill. MaungSaw lesus Lane Sunday School, Cambridge. MaungShein S. Andrew the Leso;, Cambridge. All Saints', CambridA"e, K.M. kl::~~n B~! Ba Ohn S. Edward, Cambridge, K.M. s . Mlohael'a1 Kemmendlne, £5. Vincent Ba Shwe. Eaton Sunday School. David Maung Su. do. Shee Maung lnscin Sunday School. Shwe Ba· Mr. C. R. Purser, Rangoon. PoKor Miss Knight. Ranguon. TunE Rev. R. H. Courtenay, Rangoon. On I

KARE~ CHILDREN. 8. Luke's, Toungoo, £3, Boys­ Ay Bee S. Philip, Rangoon. John .!'aw Deesh S. John Pleck, Waisall, K.M. Cha Tha Mercbant Taylors' Mission. Kah Say S. Anselm, CHfton, K.M. Tha Koo S. Nic:holas, Liverpoo1, K.M. Saw Dweh $; Philip, Dalston, K.M. David Po Hla Deaneries, Rochford and Canewdon, I<. M. Tee Wee Mil'!'l L. Br;~ithwaite and Friertds. Poh Soh S. Hugh's Mission Church, Grimsby, lsaac S. Stephen, Bush Hill Park, K.M. Pee Tba .4.11 Saints Chinvick, K.M. Noo Weo Market Weigbton, Yorks .• KM. Pee Jaw S. Michllel, Bournemouth, Boys. Satt Deb Thee S. James', NonYich, K.l\f, Tu Pleb Children's Guild, S. John, Sidcup. Eh Mah S. Gabriel Hulme, K.M. PoLo Lever Bridge, K.M. Tehoo Seh · S . .Mary. Lewisham, K.M. Sbway Sein \V. S. Lee, Esq. Daniel S. Clement, E'lst Dulwich. Peter C. Johnstone, Esq. Hay Meh S, Mary Abbot's, Kensington. A Friend Boo Nee Yoh Ha ~ Dover College Tha Lah Luke S. Luke, W. Hartlepool, K.M. Shway S. Philip, Dalston, K.M. Girls­ Susannab S. Mary, Battersea.· Mai Tai Lah S. Michael, and All Angels. Stoke Newington, G.F.S. S. Augustine, Leytonstone. Kau Lab An Saints', Wolverhampton, K.M. Sho Bweh S. Nicholas, Lh•erpool, K.M. S. Philip, Dalston, K.M. Mee Saw Market Weighton, Yorks., K. M. All Saints', Haggerston, Young Martha Women'!' Bible Class fEast Tilbury, Lay Lah f>itteme, Southampton. Tee Ko Sheh Leb ~-P.O~~~~~·R~0fi~rl~; Club, Brompton. Kimpton, Welwyn, K.M. S. Matthew, Clapton, K.M. Borstal, Rochester, K.M. P\\"a­ Southwell K.M. Tai Moo West Hartlepool, K.M. Mary S. Michael, Bowes Park.

a. Peter and a. Paul, Tounaoo, U Boys­ San Yo Kimpton, Welwyn, K.M. Shwaytoo S. Thomas, Eastville, Bristol, K. M. M yahoo Rev. J. Trew. Mortome Hayes, K.M. Takloo too Holy Trinity, Westminster, K.M. Kerko L.ooe K.M. Potay S. Faith, Tynemouth, ({.M. Korpay West Wratting, K.M. Naroo Elford, K.M. Matthew Holmfirth, K.M. PoMya North Shields, K.M. Girls­ Eunice Nau Tau Theeway ~.' re~!~~b~v~!~;~~M K.M. Nau Ma S. Nicholas, King's Lynn, K.M. Ht:mya Mrs. Knight.