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Bram'a. YMlbll. Sli.. THE THREt CßJEF msnu GODS. ~j 98 THE GOSPEL IN ALL LANDS Lieutenant-Governorship of the North-West Provioes, with whioh is permanently united the Chief-OommissIon- . India. ership of Qudh; (3) the Lieutenant-Governorship of the Punjab; (4) tbe Governorship of Bombay; (5) the Chef- The Country nnd Government or India. Commissionership of the Central Provinoes; (6) Barar; India is situated in the south of Asia. "From the port (7) the Governorship of Madras; (8) the Chief-Commi- of Ka.rachi in the extreme west, to the eastern borders of sionership of British Burma. To these may "at present Asm, is a distance of about 1,800 miles; a like distance be added (9) the Chief-Commissionership of Mysore and separates Cape Comorin in the Bouth from the northern Coorg; but the State of Mysore has only been provis- extremity of the Punjab; and the area between these ionally administered by a British offcer, ,and is about to limits haa been estimated at about 1,500,000 square miles." be plaoed directly under the rule of the Maharaja of My- British Burmah is a yrnvince east of India proper, the sore." -"'~--..'.~..-.. -"r_~-.,' '" .~_ _ ~ _ -~_ -~ _~,~ Y"

VIW OF CJ.LCDTA. lattel" beiug I,OOG mies iu length from uorth to south, The other States of the Indian Empire ar ruled by and occupies the fine maritime districts of the peninsula native princes, under the protection and general control Furer India. It oontains an area of 88,556 square of the Supreme Government. These States are bound by mies, and a population of about 2,750,000. treaties, in return for this protection, to render oortai India. is a Federation of Governments and States, all feudal servces to the Paramount Power; as, for innce, in more or les direct subordination to the central Supreme in some cases, to furnish a certa.in number of troops in Government emhodied in the Viceroy and Governor- time of wa.r. The prinoes are usually au'tratlc or nealy General in CounciL, representing Queen Victoria of Eng- so within their own limts; but by their engagements to lad, the Empress of India. the Paramount Power they are generay bound to good " Some of these Governments are direotly admitere government, and to submit the condnot of their extrn by British offoers, imedately subordinate to the relations to the Iinperial Government. Inclnding all the Supreme Government of India. These Governments petty feudatories, there no less than 460 suoh States in oonstitute what is oommonly called Briti India. They various part of India, compriing an area estimted at are now nine in number, compriing an area of about nie 60G,000 square miles, and containing a population esti- hundred and forty thousand square miles, and contain. mate at 50,GOO,000. The intimacy of the relations with ing a population of about one hun1red and niety milions. the Paraount Power varies in the dierent States. In In these provice the hea of the Government is called, the more important a British offcer, called a Reident or in some a Governor, in others a Lieutenant-Governor, In a Political Agent, is sttioned, whose funotions broadly others a Chef Commissioner, and in one exoeptional oaae are, to act as the medium of communication between the- (Barer) a ~ent. The provinces of British India are: Price and the Supreme Government, and to advie the (i) the Lieutenànt-Governorship of Bengal (with which Price in matters of moment. is temporarily reunited the Chief.Commonersip of Ceylon is geographioay a par of Indi but politically AR ouly severed from Benga in 1874); (2) the it is ruled by the English Government in London tliigh THE GOSPEL IN ALL LANDS. 99 a Governor. It has a population of uearly 2,500,000, I minded persons." Practically, the most promient

The native namo is Singh ala, and the Singhalese spea dogma of philosophical BrahmaiiIBm in the tran8Iigra- Singhali, a language immediately derived from the tion of souls, ending onl)' with absorption into the Sanskt.. Supreme Being, One of the most interesting d""tr.. There is a vast system of publio instruotion in India, of BrahmaIsm is that of Incarnation; Vishnn, as the Per- from the petty vilage school up to the great U uiversities vader and Preserver being believed to have passê into (If Calontta, Bombay, and Madras, The schools aud men to deliver the world from the power of evil demons (lolleges supported or aided by the State numbered, in and the incamations being .KrIBhua and Rama. The ,I878, no less than 43,000, with an average daily attend- triads of chief gods or emanations of the SUl'reme Being .snce of 1,200,000. The total cost (including receipts consists of Brahma, the Creator; Vishnu, the Presen,er from fees, endowments, etc.) was about one-and-a-lialf and Pervader; Siva, the Destroyer and Renewer. The milions sterling per annum. worship of Brahma has falen into neglect and most of ~-'-

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The Bell0DB of India. the Hindu seots are followers of Vishnu, or of Siva.. Brani or Hiduiin is professed by about 185 of " A large proportion of the popnlation of the Punjab, the 240 millons who inhabit the Indian Empire. Brah- inclnding most of the upper classes, ar Bil"". The I"sinill had its origi in the simple doctries of the nae is Siksha, a discipline, and means aU disciples of Vedas but became developed by continual additions and the Guru, or spiritual teacher-the title specially given ilretioDB until it has become a very powerfnl system of to the Apostles of the Sik religion. The set incul- religi6n. It has two sideo-one esòterio, phiosophical, ,cates the worship of one god, in a form resembling Mo- the ,religion of the few-the other exoteric, popular, the hammedanism in some-points, but it isespeciaHyremark- relion of the many. Philosophical B¡ahniIB teaohes able for the exteme reverence paid to the saored ani that nothig really exists but the one self-exitent spirt the cow." called Brahma; nothing exists but God, and everything " Within the limts of the Indin Empire BnddhIBD1 exg is God: "Men, animls, plant!l stones, pass is mainly confied to British Bura, Nepal and to the thugh innumerable existences, and may even rise to be Hialaya Monntains. In strictness it is an atheiaical gods; but gods, men, animals, plants, and every con- religion, and its domit dogma the transmigration of ceivable emanation from the Supreme Soul aim at, a:ad souls ending only (by merit) in extinotion. still ther mus end by, Absorption (or rather re-absorption) into ia evident a tendency to exalt reverence for the memory thei sour, Brahma.n The nnmerOUB gods, represnted of Buddha into a worship; and temples are ereote o';er by images, are regarded by the highest teaohers among hi relice Buoh as a tooth or a hair. Whst Bnddhim the Brans as simply manifestaionø of the one uni- !i not any prayers properly so caled, nor any olerg versal Spirt. They say, "worship bifO'e imges, not to for the offering of prayers it IB remarkable for an elàbo imge is prae by us Il a condesceon to ..oa- rae and gorgeus ritual and for the.enormous numbe óf 100 THE GOSPEL IN ALL LAND~. monasteries in which the religious devote themselves t? India "have made great progress in ed noation and en- the pursuit of Nirvana (extinotion) by the suppre..ion lightenment; they have a great College in Caloutta and of passion. The rosares and praying-wheels of the there are many literary asliooIations of Moha.mediina in Buddhists i;e famous; yet the form of words unceasingly the ohief oities of Northern India." tured round and round in their praying-wheels-which The Parses are a small but very prosperous and in-

,$ , ~"C-l .l Hind1l .'iililr. A. ParMl of Bombay. sometimes are even turned by machinery-are devotional tellgent part of the inhabitauts of India, and are setted ejaculatioDB rather than prayers. The religion has a ohdy iu Bombay. Their numbers are estimated at lofty morality of universal charity and benevolenoe." 70,000, of whom"about 50,000 are resideut in Bombay. Jairiism is professed by a considerable nnmber of the City. Their religion is described as a sort of Monotheis- people in Southern and Western India. It lays grea tic Pantheism, aud regards Fire, Sun,.Earth,and Se as stress on the doctrine of the tramimigration of the BonIa, the pricipal manifestatioDB of the one Supreme Being. a.nd as a conseqnence, it enjo'ms a great care for animal Hence they are called "Fi~e WOlBhippels." lie. "A noh Jaina pilgrim wil have his path swept hefore hi lest he shonld sin by crushing a beetle or an The Caste System of India. ant unknowig! y." Mr. Roper Lethbridge, of Inaia, gives tbe followig There arWd to be abont 41,000,000 of the inabi- account of the o.at system: "The cas system of Indi tats of Indi who. .¡re MWlalmm¡; Their doctries ar, is somewbat difcult to be underetood by foreigner be- " There is but orie God, and ,Mohammed is hi prophet." cause it is pary a relious, partly a social system; aDd It is ,iid1lMthe Mohimedii.of Bengal andN o.rthein foreignersfinaccit dicult to diingnhbetween theae THE GOSPEL IN ALL LANDS. 101 two;parts of the system. Perhaps it might be accurately cate-rules are. absolutely binding on all members of the desribed as a social system, maintained and enforced by caste, and the wretched maD who brea these, mles and a 'jrong religious sanotion. That the system, as it at is expelled from his cas Ie beoomes a person without a present exists, has its disadvantages is not denied by its friend Or an associate in the world-asooial felon, for no most intellgent advocates; but they &ssort, with much

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The Engli about in' various parts of the country, some very poor laws of India wil. afford protection from any flagrantly .ad others very rioh, but all presumably more or lesB. unjust or oppressive decrees of suoh tribunals, but as A nearly related to each other, and all governed by the faot they are very rarely appealed against, and are -same rules as regards marriage and all other religious and usually effcacious. The orim~, whioh are punished by BOoiai observances. Caste-fellows alone (with very in- fines and penances, thus provided against are: immoral signifcat exceptions) can eat together, or enjoy that oonduct openly persisted In; flagrnt dishonesty; neglect ßOisl intimaoy that in other communities sometimes ex- of caste laws about marrIage, or proviion for chidren or ists between friendly families; on the other hand, the widows, or otber helpless relations; neglect of religio". 102 THE GOSPEL IN ALL LANDS. oeremonials, eating or driking with forbidden persons; creating other social di.tinotioDs not leB real, and in or- habitnal slande~; and, in f""t, all kids of ill-living. In diary life far more efoient, than that between th& this way caste disoipline steps in as an aid to religioii¡ in Brahman and the low-cate man; in fact, the respect paid the preservation of decent morality, and in keeping its to the Biahman in India does not differ widely from the- anbjeots from lawl..ne... It has been well ob.erved of I respeot paid to good birth in al oiviized oountries, ex- the Hindu charaoter: 'Their religiou and the priests cept that in India this respeot is enforced by a strong re- urge Hidus to good ligions ssnotion. In works, to kindnesS' Bengal the large and to Brahmans aDd the important I Kallas- sacred cow, to honor tha caste-some- parenta and elders r-.._. \ tlmes oalled the 'lt- and betters, to be erary oa.te'-enjoys kind to dependants, an amount of llOCia to be charitable to coDsideration not the poor and ho.pit- m n C h inferior to- able to strangers. that enjoyed by the And whii.t these ac- Brahmans; and a- tive good qualities mongst the titled are inoulcated by ol..ses of Bengal- their religion, oaste the :M..harajas, Ra- discipline of~en , jas, and Ra Baha- comes in aa an aid dul'as well as in to religion to forbid Caloutta native so- and pnnish vices of ciety, there are to all kids.' be found representa- "As the whole tives of II great socia 'ystm of the many castes outside- Hindus thus hinges the pale of 'the- on its caste rules, it twice.born.' ,~ has followed tht beenthe caste denounoed systm forha WeneK givepage onan the.en- every point in which grving represent- that sooial fabrio is ing a number of the Forat present in.atance, faulty. caste- oases tionB and of Westrnooonpa- marriagerules enorce as a earlyrelig- India.. represente: There ar endogaousious duty, Di insIBt a r- oneating 1. À hisBrahma, dier. riageriages within(that is,a small mar- erHis garents turban aryand ontolaid a.ndand limitedto a certain oirole), ex- a.idepose, forand that hi foodpnr. ,tent on female seclu~ A. HOLI M. A.MONG THE HINDus consists of bread, sioD; and in some castes they make the caste a trade- rice spd vegetables. He eats no anima.l food. . onion. Bnt these defeots in the sooial' system of the 2. A gardier, cultivating his plants. Hidus-whioh are ""knowledged.. defects by most en- 3. A coachman, in driving dre... lightened Hindwiare entirely independent of caste, and 4, .A peon, or errand man, employed to oarr lettel" etc. they will doubtless cease to be enforced by cate~TIles as 5. A native soldier, or sepoy. soon as Hindu sooiety has suffciently advanoed on the 6. An ayah, or lady's maid. path of progress to admit of the neoe..ar reforms. 7. A Musulman butler, bringing the dinner. " Among the varous castes, and even among the sub. 8. A Pársee gentleman. diviions ot the Bame cate, there is .a recognised scale of 9. A' Parsee servant, brigig water. preoedenoe. Thus, the social (aud almost religiou.) su- 10. A native woman oarrying water. periority of ~ans is universally acknowledged; aud 11. A dhobi, or wa.herman, oarryng olothes to the in Bengal Kulin Bramans take preoedence of all other river to wash. Brahmans, of whom there are many classes. But educa- 12..A Musulman water-oarrier with hi bag for water tion and the inoe..ant redistribution of wealth are rapidly onder his arm. THlJ GOSPEL IN ALL LANDS. 108 13. Â daoing girl, or religious prostitute. Many of The Brahmans or Iiidl.. these are attaohed to the heathen temples. Rev. Dr. Scudder, who was born in India and spent 27 14. A Hidoo religious mendicant of the Beet of Biragi. years of hiB lif~ there, lectured in San Franciøco on July The bea in his hand are for counting the number of 13th, on ,he Brahmans, A correspondent of the Herald

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~.' 13 14 1. 76 17 18 CASTE IN INDIA. times he repeats the name. of his gods. His body is be. smeared with ashes taken from the altars of the gods, Iturè: and Presbyter gives the following summaryof hi lec- 15. A religious mendicant of the Gaavi sect. The Brihmana are of the Aryan rae. This race emi- 16. A sweeper, or scavenger. grated from Central Asia, a part going northwest and, 17. A common man from the jungle. beooming divided into the Greek, Latin, Celtic, Teutonio lB. A woman from the Wadari caste. These resemble and Slavonio races; another .part goi.g southeat and a band of gysies as they move from place to place, forming the Persian and Indian races. So, said the leo- They ar~ rat-eters, and inveterate thieves. turer, we and the Brahmans are first cousins. We are 104 THE GOSPEL IN ALL LANDS. both Ayrns, which meaDS" superior or excellent ones.lJ oarry themselves g-andly. They have a lordly air, a The Braans belong to the white race, We parted fine contour of face and splendid forms. i There is no di- oonipany oentnries ago, bnt we are gradnally coming to- counting tbe pbysique of the Brahman. gether again. Eventnally Christianity will unite us, THE BRAHMAN INTELLECTUALY, The Bramau must be born a Brahman, But natural There is no iutelleot in the world superior to that of birth ia not enough. He must be reborn. He must have tbe Brahman. Hemmed in by caste and sbackled by an offcial as well as a natural birth, His mother in this the restrictions of a false religion, he.has not infuenced new birt is a. Mantra., i. e., a mystic vel"se-a. religious the world as be would if set free. But even now, no formula. Tbis Mautra is called gayàtre. It is a stanza man can mingle with the Brahmans and not hayt hiB wits from the Veda, considered exceedingly sacred and patent. whetted hy them. They are tho learned men \,f India.

A. BRiHMAJi RElDING THE SHASBE TO THE PEOPLE.

In form it is a prayer to the sun. The lecturer repeated The queen of languages, tho Sanscrit, is their peculiar it In Sanscrit, and then gave the following translation: pOBse~Bion. Its almost boundless literature is a splendid " We meditate upon the supreme splendor of the sun, field for their training. They have clear, vigorous, and

tbe God who guides our intellects," rapidly acting minds. By repea~li sentence the Brahman gets rid of bis Once, while in India, I conoeived what I thought to be sins as a. snake casts off its skin. This omnipotent verse, an admirable ilustration. Wben carefully wrought ont, which abplishes sin and opens heaven, is acounted a there was a lurking suspioion of a fuw in It. I submitte goddess, and is. tbe real mother of the Brahman. Wben it to a clear-out Amerioan friend, who said the flaw wonld the boy is from eight to sIreen years old, a sared strug not weaken or barm it. But I was not satisfied. ,I bad ,-a cord of. three strandsli fastened upon him so .. to for my native instructr a regal old Brahn, grand and hag over the left shoulder. This is tbe Brahman's mature in scholarship and of magnicent mental endow- 'badge. When it is put on, the gayatre, the mystic verse, ment. I plaoed my pet ilustration under IU sureil- is wlUpere into his ear. He is now a full Brahman, and lance, and let him loose upon it. He read it over, and is oaed "The twice-born." went through it like lightning through a oloud. "Th He is not black. He is of olive complexion-almost wil never do," was hiB first utterance. " It has a fatal white. He eats no meat, no fiBh, no eggs. He is a vege- flaw in it that will render it weak and vulnerablå. talmlargely in diet. Believing as he does inthe trane. Change this part of it thus," and he went on ~dictate migration of souls, he expects if he eats anial food to the remedy. I saw the whole bent anddrt of the thig be compelled to paBS through as many hirths as tbere are at onoe; and to-day this illustration is floating abont in & hai. on the animal of which he eats. In respeot to published volume on India with tbis Brabman's olear-cnt cleaess the Brahn li unexoelled. He bathes con- work in the fial development of my ilustration. This tinaly. He washes bis owu clothes for fear of pollu- wonderful mechanio in literature had explored all the tion. He begins every day in the water-tak, chanting vast territory of Hidu erudition, and was at home in hi prayer as he purifes his body, The Brabmans are all .sorts of philosophy and scientifc research. " You incet men. Tbey have majestic heads. They may baptize me," he said to me one day. U I should be THE GOSPEL IN ALL LANDS. u lOB very glad to do this," r replied, "did I suppose you were I tùe maternal shoulders, as they-g~-b~~;-d~g from tree to quite prepared f~r baptiRm." "Well," said the erudite: tree. Tbat is faith, a.nd you are the little monkey," he philosopher," what do you think of me?" HI think," I i said, pointing straight at me. "But/' he w;nt on to replied, "that you are a universal skeptic. You believe add, "Bce that noble old cat yonder with her kitten! in nothing." "Y Oil are exactly right," he returned. "I Note how easily and kindly she carries her child, lifting believe nothing." it carefully and depositing it in safety wheresòever'she A street preaoher in India must have a ready wit, or he wilL. That is no faith, and I am the kitten. No faith is had better keep silent, I was onee preaching to n large the hetter." The audienee applauded, What .wasI t&

___.-~.= ~~~M,!',c,~ " -~-.;.,:-- -~--~ Å BßAHXJ.X OFFl:BL,"G TO HIS IDOL. group on faith as neeessary to salvation, 'Vheu I had i do? What would you have done in sueh a' plight? I fiished a Brahman, a splendid-looking fellow, polite to I summoned all my wits suddenly'into. Committe of the the point of complaisance. asked leave to answer my ar- Whole, and answered: "Ob, Brahman! great and wie, guments. I knew at once from this exces of'affability YOIl are a cunning sophist, but I must unveil yonrsoph- that I was about to reeeive. thrust under the fifth rib,. try. There are those that can not take hold. ldiotsand He said: "Faith is good, and no faith is good. You see lunatios are of this olass... They are the kittens and must how the monkeys earry their young?" Now, in. India, be o.rried limp and st.rchless, with tail hangi,ng helple..ly interposed Dr. Scudder, parenthetically, the monkeys are down. But the capable and alert must take held and 80 s'uperabundant as to make an illustration from them hòld on. They are the monkeys. You are neither a very tellng, They infe;ted the streets .nd houses, and lunatic nor an idiot, but a keen-idged, keen-witt, far- were nnisanoes generally. . I rem ern ber an English physi- seeing man. You mnst take hold and hold on. This is cian of high repute who got wrought up to snch a piteh faith." The,applause now greeted me. lbad won the of commendable wrath over the innovations of a mis. field. I wish to say just here that thi keen intellectua chievoUB old veteran of' a monkey that he set out a big vitality is going to he the saving of this mighty people. box of Brandreth's pils in a favorable locality, were the God wil enkindle this rea,on with his celeàtiallight, and. monkey was wont to carryon his depredations. It is the Brahman is designed to he a mighty agency in needleBB to state that the monkey was never again heard Christianizing the millons of India. trom. So this astute Brahman went on to say: "See The Brahman easte is a hierarchy. Three great orig- how the monkeys oarry their young, They do not touoh inal oastes constitl:ted the Aryan invasion: the Btahmn them. The little !Ietches cling to their mothers with a or Priestly; the Kshattaya or Military; the Vaisya or death-like grip, throwing their sprawling arms .round Agrioultural and CommeroiaL The fourth olaa the 106 THE GOSPEL IN ALL LANDS. Sudra or serile, were, the natives whom the Aryans COD- Visit to Dabu Keshub Chunder Sen. quered. There are many sub-divisions of these four There is, perhaps, no movement in India at the present 01.... Th. Brahmans in the Vedas thus explaiu their time that iudicates the mind of the English-speaking ua- superiority: tive gentleman more than the three branohes of the "To populate the world Brahma oreated Brahmans Bhahmo Somaj, of oue of which Babu Keaub Chander from hi mouth; the Kshatt~ya from hisanns, the VaiBya Sen is minister. He resides at Lily Cottage, and as we from hiB thighs, aud the Sudra from hi feet." droyo up uuder the portico we were inforned by the The Brahmau is, therefore, the mouth-piece of deity, servant that his master was at ''puja,'' (that is, tit pray-

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Other Hindus meet him with the sign of worship-i. e., er,) and that be had gi yen orders that he was never to the palDl olosed together and lifted to the forehead. be diBturbed at prayer. The fact iB, there are meetigs Wben the Sudra thus worships the Brahmau he believes of the Brahllo missionares at his house every moi:in that his sins. enter into the Brahman's head; and are oon. and evening, and it iB at these meetings tbat tbe in. suied iu the fie that always burn there. If the Sudra sionaries receive strength and instruction bef()r~ going ,omits thi act of worship he wil be born on eart as a forth to distat pars on their errand. We heard the hog. Al the other castes were created for the Brahman: noise of the native drums and stringed Instrmentl, as the Ksttsya to fight for him, the Vaisya to toil and they were uttering their native i50ng of morning praise, trade for him, and the Sudra to be his meniaL. The and we resolved quietly to wait Chunder Sen's leÍBure. Brahman considers himeif the summit of humanity: hiB We wsre introduced by one of biB disciples into an up- persn is sacred. Whoever strikes him wil be born an stairs sitting-room, adjoining the room where t~eet- animil in a career of degrading transmigration for' ing was being hcld, The door of the latter room was twenty-one successive births. Â Brahman's character wide open. The room was marked in large letters over caot be tainted. He continues divine, DO matter what the doorway, "Sanotuar." It WBB quite full of devout he does. The fire which deveuI's a corpse in cremation natives, sitting oross-legged on the floor. One gentle- is Dot thereby defied, but is as pure sa when it consumes man, unable to get in, was sitting outside, with hi eyes :te .acrifice upon tle alter. So, say they, tbe Brahmau shut, in profound meditation, The gentleman who took is uncontainated, whatever he may do. Sin can not us upstair made himself very agreeable, and took pai rob him of his sacredness. It rolls from him as water to interest us, as we might have to wait some time. On from the petal. of a lily. the table lay two yolume. of the "Early Years of the --- ,----,- "------THE GOSPEL IN ALL LANDS. 107

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" .~~..-- -l HINDU AJIISAN OFF'NG A. ~J.CBIFicE TO HiS TOOLS. presente to him in 1870, On the walls wete a likeness words from his lips. As I watched the native poet,~ap- of the Queen, presented to Chunder Sen by herself, in parently utterly absorbed In contemplation, as he played September, I870, and a fine picture of Jesus Christ wItji his fiugers on the strigs of the harp, it cared my breakg bred. miud back to the achools of the prophets that we rea of The prayers of Chonder Sen are usually an hour loug. in Kig Saul's days. These hymns are afterwar care- He generly gives uo sermou at these daily g'atherings; fully revised by the poet, and this Brao Somaj lu but his prayers are suppo.sed to be inspired, and in already more than 1,000 of these original produotIoDB. them hi disciples believe they receive divine intuitions. ThiB one Somaj has now 22 of its own misionaries sup- Consequently, these prayers form really the basis of ported by it, ~hich shows its vigor, and somewhat of its dàiy in~truction for the missionares who are being power. For the first year these missionari~ 8tay here, trained for their work. They every day find in these under training and instruotion. During tli first year- remarkable prayers "new thoughts," and, as they pra~ they support themselves by some worldly Clcupation. with him, they grow wiser. Equally remarkable is th Then, if they "leave the world and forsake all," they are wmoh follows the prayer of an hour, When Chunde. supported BY the "Brahmo Somaj Fuud," Sen's voice ceased, we noticed a harp began to play,' But the morning prayer~meeting is now over and gently and quietly at first, but loudly and with accom, Chunder Sen enters'th6 parlor, with a eoarlet dresa thrown panimen( of native drums as the rhaspsody of the harp- easily and gracefully over hiB shoulders. In the course 108 THE GOSPEL IN ALL LANDS. of oonversation, I rema.rked to him that every man is to not understand the Bible without the help of Go's come under the teaching of the Spirit of God. Spirit." He replied: "Yes, we need be led by the Spirit of God; I answered: "God has given us a revelation of him- but .missionaries made a mistake formerly in persuading self in tbe sending of Jesus Chri¡t, He WIl iint from their converts to wear trowsers and adopt .European God. We have also a revelation of God in the Holy Sorip- oustólI. We are Easterns. If you want the people of tures. The Hidus bathe in the Ganges and brig offer- India to adopt Christianity, you must not pamt Christ in ings to their gods, to wllh away their sins; but there il

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lNDIA.N POST HI l n1!'WLE. European olothes. Yon must be con~nt to let Christiau- only one offering for sin, and that is Jesus Cht. He ity come to ll in its own Oriental dreBS. History bUB alone CRn oleanse from sin, and we believe that h£ wi altered the aspeot of Christianity, though it may not come again and take pOSBilBsion of his own." ha.ve altered Christ. W..are seeking him as he was in He allwered, at once: " W. do not worship idols I Paleotine, going about doing good and givIng the water also believe He will come again, in a sense." ,of Everlasting Life freely." Mr. Baugb, of the Wesleyan Mission in Car.tia re- I opened my Bible, and referred Chunder Sen to Ps. marked: "What a power you might beMme, Mr. Sen, if aiiiJ and showed him how God "satisfies" the soul that you wonld acoept Jesus Christ fully as yonr Saviour." trusts in hi, and that we must not rest short of real soul Chunder Sen, replied: "I do not know what is before satiafaotion. me. That must be left with God. I am not toy wh~t He replied: "We Hindus are satisfied. We are happy, I WUB yesterday, and I know not to.day what I shall ¡;e But these psallI are in their Oriental garb, We do not to-morrow. " oome to a termination when we have found out one troth. "I hope yon wil do your duty, whatever yon find it We find there is a deeper truth on beyond it. , We can- to be," Mr. Baugh responded. THE GOSPEL IN AL LANDS. 109 4( Respecting onr duty," replied Chunder Sen, "we 2. This God has revealed hiDlelf in nature and in tbe must be influenced by the power of God, and ohey Chri.t human CODstítution. 88 he obeyed God. He was lo.t iu God aud became one 3. The soul i. immortal, anù man shonld .aim and with the Father, God was iu him aud he was iu God. strive to attain to perfect self-control;-to become wie, We mwit follow Chri.t and be like him, and like him pure-hearted, devout towards God, and oharitable to oas all that IB of self aside. We need to lo.e .ight of wards meD. sel. The le88 we have of self, the more we have of 4. Man is a. sinner. He must repent and turn unto Go." . God. He mu.t cling to anù obey Go. In this iB hi. ~o we parted, warmy shaking hands aHd feeling how only hope,

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uear .uch a man IB to the Kigdom of Heaven, an.d won- 5. Pilgrmages, penance., and al religiowi rites. and ùerg why he .hould .til .tand outside. ChUlder Sen ceremonies are wiel.... .Caste ¡; wrong and ought to tie has just delverd a very notahle public, addres., oaled abolIBhed:

"The New Dieniitiou." There are many fi pli.ages 6. Prayer .honld be offered to God, but only lor.pirit- it, but there .eems no foothold, because uo real anchor- ual blesing.; all temporal good wil follow these with- age in Cht. In thè mIBion schools I fid .ome of the out being .pecially BOught. most clever teahers avow themselves as "BrahmoB." 'Dr.' Scudder says: "These men 'lack only ODe thing- We Were intaeied, on ente\'g one of the large Brahmo they do not aocept of Christ as a divie re.deemer. obpel., to fid it intensely .imple, without any decora- They believe in him a. a great teacher and model; but tion or device, and with only a square erection in front, I not as 8 saorifice for sin. Yet wh~t an advance thi or- where the miister .its to' speak. Yours truy, ganizatiou i. upon the old Hindu doctrine of Bra a ,HENRY STANY NEWM, in H The Ohritian World." liar,.ViBhnu's thief, anQ Siva an adulterer-upon.Poly- CA.A, March, I88I. theism, with its 330 million. of gods. One objeot of t¡i~ SamjB Îi to elevate woman, and the WiV~8 of its mem- The R.v. Dr. Scudder give. the followig a. the pri- bers, hold female prayer meeting. in Qalcutta. Thé oipal doonea of the TheiBtic Chu;ch in India, t)e priuciples of this new organizatiou are deri'ld from the preset leader of whi~h is Habu Ke.ab Chuuder Sen: Bible. There ,are thoDSands of Brahmas in it. Though 1. Ther IB a holy God, eteral, nnchangeable, perfeè; imperfect in .ome respec, it IB fnll,of promI. We the univers Lord, Governor and Father of men, whose ought to pray to Hod that much good may come, out providence is over all biB creatures. of it." . no THE GOSPEL IN ALL LAN lJ~.

A Seene In Ceylon. withiu the temple, The next thing whioh we viewed  correepondent of the Ceylon Diocan Gazte gives was a little shrine apart from the main buildig; imd used .an interesting .desoription of a Buddhist Temple at Do- for the worship of Vishnu, or some otherHìdn deity. dnduwn, a vilage ahout nine miles uorth of Galle, close It was small, dark, and stifling, the iner 'rom being to the seD and famous as a stronghold of Buddhism, filled with large statues on either side of the' prinoipal The temple stands on a slight eminence, overhanging a one, to which a hay-priest who was with Ì1s gave unin. ~til lake of wonderful heanty with the hright greeu telligible names. In the front room was ...niea and leaves of numberless shrubs a.nd creepers sh,ading it on dirty altar with a tiny dip burning on it, and the whole all sides. We were struok by the contrast between the place had an appearance of neglect. My friend sad that

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""m lovelines of Nature and the strange wiered works the shrie was fOI'erly within. the temple itself, and of art before us. On onr requesting to see the temple this sort of patronage of Hinduism-common. a.ong the thre priests in their yellow roLes oame from the PDIala, Buddhts liere-ilustrates the earlytolerition so oha. or priei's residence, whioh adjoins the temple, and ao- acteritio of their oreed. In another. temple I Mvel!n oompanied us round; hut we notioed that they seemed .thé figure of Vishnu, as .it wnsSaid to be in attendaoe ;t know little of the meaning of what they showed, and on' that of Buddha, and the priest told u" that it W8B left explanations mainly to onr guide. The majority of worohipped, though not by himself. the priest are said to be extremely ignorat of their own Next we tnred to the dagoba 6r bell-shnpe monument, oreed Fir we looked at the sacred Bc.tree (oaled Eo supposed to cover a TOlio of. Buddh On four .sides of ùevs-"the Divine Bo") always plated in the temple it there were sma wax figures, most of them gilded, in precliot, and supposed in every intace to have sprug gla 0.... conoealed by doors representing. Buddha in from a branoh of the original tree at Ânuradhpdr, said other attitudes besid.. the tradtionalltt one, as with to be the .oldes in. the world. The stone altar in front the band raised in giviug instruotion. But all ha the .of it, a large low slab, had only a few flowero upon it, but same heavy, fit, emotinal face, whioh to an Eatern is a much more .dit worohip was heing paid by two I suppose, the perféotiòn of I:eauty. In front of one of women who knelt before the tree with outstretched the.. tiny shries was a fantatio piec of cloth haging hands, and. did not appear to mind DB Here, indeed, from a stiok, nld intended apparntly as 'àn outle of there wa a litera "bowig down tcthe stookof a tree" the human for. though the reseblanoo Wa iiot òbvi- 'On.the other síde of the tree wa a large niohe which we ous.. Enterig the teple we saw in frnt of, USa lage e&ed ha contained a statue of Buddha, now plac git statue of Buddha;u.ftked. by two smer ooll nI THi! GOSP~L IN ALL LANDS. 111

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behind gl.., and guarded on each side by two stalwart ing with his fine clothes. One of the most curious scnes fignre with spears und helmets, more skilfully carved was the attaok of Mara the evil spirit to prevent his at- than the ootral statnes. On each side of them an open- taining to Nirvana. Mara sita on horseback wíth a train ing leads I¡to a oorridor which runs all around the build. of grotesqne friends behid him, and malioein his face. ing. This is carefully paved and kept very olean, wh\ie The air is full of spears and axes desoeniling upon Budd- ita walls from floor to ceiling are oovered with frescoe,s, ha, who sits under the Bo.treewith the ,usual placid, un. evidently new. The lower row represented places of moved oouutenance, as if he was takig )1().notioe. In futnre torment. Oue of the priests said that the full the same pioture Mara appears on the ground orushed number W8S 136. In all these frescoes the grotesque was i and. vanquished; and in the next Buddharece'fves honors.

BURNll6, IRE DEA:D IN INDU. ooìnbined with the horrble in a way whicli caunot be This story. is a låteraddition to the legend, b()rrowed, as desribed. One could but marvel at the weird imagina- some think, frOm Chtianity. tion whioh oould invent such horrors, or devie suoh a On leavigthetemplèCw"were shown a'r:ooin where variety of them. Tbe Oriental fancy seell more cap- the readng of thBan ,or the'Buddh,'Soptes, able of depictig the .hideous than the beantifuL The takesplaOê. It was an untidy, cheerless:plie;with a priesta seem to regard them withont awe, so that they pulpit in, the centre, and .a cai:py over it. ;in the ver- apper to be designed only to strike terror into the pop- andah outside sat. a novice, ¡-peating Bana in the IIsual alar mid. One fresco represented some men in a la.ke sing-BOng m8_tuer, with.ou.t expresSon or,emp~ In a of fie devoured by a monster, and cur guides informed smil ron!;*i,pi,,.ing, the ""redhookB.. ~e_~"'l ~~ed us that this was the fate of ..11 who did not honor the away ~,,~1Ms'f~*~' ¡biit,th,à_t.?$J'~,eni.:,.# stig, priests They appear to, treat these matters without awe andw"¡qm:tte.''lklftij.,. _ We ~iiclined -tne offer of the or BeriousBB, or as subjects fol"alan:gnid ourosity.priÒsiidj¡'1",~it~tbliir abÐde:,4li~ P"f~,,~~d quitted

Bufdhists, however ea,rnest or pions, Iiávéoo habit of tb,e e,Il"f9~1Ìe,~~tEi~bÂddig fare'eli to'an agE\ iùd be- reverence. nevoient:l6r'ìg '~rierìlnthe.Vj¡tibule. I sad to my The frescoes 00 the iosiewaUrèI3~,toevè~ts in the friend/"Ifail1i'g,wouid prelii¡¡i,':~~;~mpg a life of Buddha; these wei: mo.e,pleag.' He is de- BoddJt, Tsli\JIiLthnk it wpnlbe ihe~\!t of a pictd in one as a royal prÍce in hics!Tiage witnessing Biiddksieniî~~i,;~:étBuddhimgàlU$" hold upoÎìthe the fon: sights whi.ch pr0lIpted..hi ~.r~~ounce.tb.e~?"~~I~s;~;~J¥:c~~t,ii?nl\\#d~*'~ter, wolld; in another he ia se~ oIl hors.eback,,,l~ga riv:i t~~~!t¡,¥,;¡p~);t!ri,:i~est ;;W~Il,a~~;,~ ,,ho at,3 bound; and then outting offhis long hair, and part- .,~itl~ the,.e,Ir.,d~IuJY, aid coitep~n which. THE GOSPEL IN ALL LANDS. .18 Buddha enjoined. The sense of responsihility is almost tempt at discourty on priuciple was, I believe, attempted lost in the belief that a man's happiness or misery de- at the Prince of Wales' levee at Colombo in 1876, with pend upon the "karma, n or deeds of a previous birth. the result that several Buddhist priests ,were excluded" The priests neither preach nor teach, but beg for food, -Mission LV.. whilit the worship cousists of offerings of flowers and viits to the temple on festival days; this seema to accord Progress to India. with the natural indolence and easy apathy of the Sing- BY LATE REV. M. A. SHEBRING, OF BltNABEB. hales. It wàs a true observation of Bishop Milman: The question is often put in England as well as iu Indi " 1'e Buddhist religiou is th~ hugest aud fairest 'noth- What has been the real result on the Hindoo mid of all,

.f ~~ ~. ___-~'7~ ~--~" W A.TE CARRIER OF DEL ing' that was ever, passed off upon lUan. If its end ~., the infuences derived from Engfuh education, Engli nothingn. ali, there is also a present feeling, of nothing. rule and laws, material improvements, raIll!ays, tele- nesa, a oontinual 'cui bono' rising np in one's mind, " graph~'liberty, and, above -all, ChriHtianity, whioh have ,the midst of its innumerable outward manifeBtatIoDS an ' been pl~ing llpon It with more" or less potency withi 'inward metaphýšicB.'" .. , the scope of the present century? Mr. Maks observes: H The Buddhist priests never bow. AS to the material or physical changes and. improve- Theý aCt on the principle of the Brahmin who, when ments introduced into India, it is necessary to note how asked whether he worshipped the gods, replied, 'No, the far the people generally have benefited by the vast .and gods worsip mel' 'When I was in Mandalay in 1870, I magnificent enterprises which have beeu of late yeas was presnt on a greàt Staw oceasion in the palace of prosecuted in their country by their busy and reless the King of Burmah. Ai'out 800 Buddhit priests passed conquerors. With freedom of communication between before the throne, each receiving a present at the hands all parts of the peninsula, safety of travellng, and general of the Royal Princes. When the priest who had been security, they also enjoy an immense increa~ in what are the King's teacher apl'eared, the monarch himself rose termed the comforts of lie. All kinds of merohandise, from his throne, came forward, and with much grace to many, of which most persons were formerly utter handed hi the present. He received it, as the others strangers, find their way to every corner of the lad. han received their, without the slightest sign of acknowl- Food is more varied, clothg is finer and oheaper, money edgement, and filed off with the rest, not oue of tbem, is more plentiful, houses are better huilt and better stored; from first to lat, bowing to the Kingl A simil at- trae, espeoially among slUaU merohants, has grtly in- 114 THE GOSPEL IN AL LA~DS.

oread, and, to crown all, peaoe prevails e-yerywhere, superior order, they wil not be oontented long to oooupy from the Himalayas to Cape Comorin. In spite of a degrded status in native sooiety. A struggle of the fames, which were never grappled with in former times oastes is iminent, nnless the Brahmans and other high 3B they are in these, there ia less poverty, leas misAry, castes wil drop their pride, and oonsent to fraternize and more wealth in India than there ever was; while the with those of humbler rank, laborer is better paid, and receives greater consideration The most marked eign .of progress amonK Hindus as II from those above him than he ever did. As a couse. olass is their growth in intelligenoe. Tbe stolid, senseless quenoe, there is more real happiness among the people look which many once bore on their countenanoes is now than at any period of their previous history. ohiefy visible among the most degraded oastes The Caste 1S now exposed in every direction to such a mul- spread of knowledge has been followed by an expansion titude of powerful adverse inuences, that it needs no of the intelleot, and a general quiokening of all the faoul- prophet to prediot its eventual downfalL. Railway trav- ties, But this is not the whole result whioh has been

KL ellg, the free interoourse ne¡itated by Englieh insti. achieved among the Hidus, for not only has their nn- tutions of every kind, ,education, with the general spread derstanding reoeivea a new impulse, but their IDoral and of know~g~ and inorease of enlightenment, and, in religious seMe likewise, so long dormnt, has aoquied short, all il numerous improvements introduced of laté fresh vigor. So that' there is more honesty, more truth, into India, are afeoting Hindus on all sides, and are more virtue, and more right religious feeling in India pertinaoioualy ..ailng their anoient and muòh.honored than there ever was, Not that the ohange in al these sooial system. The resnlt already aohieved is to loosen reecte is very disinctly maifest, inasmnoh as deleit its rigidity, and to engender among eduoated men an and vioe' of many fonn are stil distressingly prevaleht. earest desire for closer intercourse. Hindus of the old :¡ everthel.., a ohange for the better is everywhere per- 80hool, who are conscientious idolaters without exception, oeptible, eseoially when we compare the presnt oondi- strnuously maitain its most rigorous and exclusive tion of Hidus with what it was a quarter of a oentur ola, and 'wil never ceaSe to do so. But, Hidus who ago. India under British rwe, nnder the oivizig pro- have been brought withi the reach of th~~ew influences cess at work throaghont the length and breadth of the are beginning to feel their sooial bondage, and in mos land, and, above al, nnderthe stimwating and puryig places are more or leas releaing themselves therefrom. influenoes of Chritianity whioh are ¡¡owerfiiy etig In Calcutta, and in many other oities and tOWDB in Ben- the very hea of the people, has ine a fresh sta and gal, the most advanoed among the .eduoated olasses have bas entered on a new career.-.1angelwal Magazne. entirlv.thrown off caste, and associate freely with one another, and even with Europeans. Moreover, ominous The periodoa literatu of Indi Is incrg rapidly, both In sign~ of dissatisfaction are manifest among members of quantity and value. Abaut 200 newsp8pe ar now publ.d in iime of the inferior castes who have hitherto been held the VarOUB fndJ verii: May of th.. ar dø.ee May mages, to, ar beg published, and BOme of thes ø. edte in subjection by the higher, If they are equal in intel. and oonduote with much abilty, A la number of educationa lec and in al other respeots to men of an assumed works a. publied, and ficton is well reprete. THE GOSPEL IN ALL LANDS. 115 Girl LHe In IndilL l a,t~y sin. As soon as the spirit has departed, the re: ?n the day ~f her marria?e she i. put into ~ palan maius are taken to t.he Burning Ghat, (the plae for quin, shut up tight, aud camed to her husbaud shouse, bnrmng the dead bodies,) and laid "pan a pile of wood. Hithert she has been the spoilt pet of her mother; now In a. few hours nothing remaIns but a little pile of ashes. she is to be the little slave of her mother-in.law, upon TliÎB is then taken up and cast into the river Ganges._ whom she is to wait, whose oommands she is implicitly Such is the life and death of the happiest, the most to obey, and. who teaches her what she is to do to please favored, amongst these Bengali women. her husband; what dishes he likes best, and how to cook The little girls are maried even as young as three them. If the mother-in-law is kind, she wil let tbe girl years of age, and shonld the boy to whom snch a ohild goOf home heroocasÎ(mally hnsband to visit her mother. she is marred from die the nexthenceforth day, she is called å widow,doom- and is sees little or nothing. ed to perpetnal wid- countShe is ofto himno more than se- a owbood; marry sheagain. can Asnever a be.little There cat oris seldomdog would erwe. widow, jewelry, she mus-t never nev- tweenor never them, any andlove no be- sleep dreBs on her a bed, hair,. nothing never maymatter be how treated, cruelly she she spread but a pieceon a hardof matting brick hercan husbandnever complain of any. to infloor, fact, and not sometimes, even that thingdo, for his he wouldmother nevermay between cold bricks; her andand the no Hertake husband his wife's sends part. to night matter may howbe, shecold mnst the ,her daily the porton have no other covering of food th"t is to be tban the thin garment _ cooked for her, ll- she ha worn all day. Whenself, and it is the prepared, children. ,'mea She mnst of food eat buta day, one largeshe places braBB it platter, all on anda and kin9, that and of theonce coarsest in two bandsit-is sent room. into lIethe eats hus- for weeks twenty-four she must .huurs fast thenwhåt ,he wishes, andthe Thsn not a platterbit is eent. not a drop of waterof food,or back,for with what heris left.i.' medicineand the chil. lips, even if shemust were pass her dren. They sit togeth- dy,ng. She mustnevel' areat on the the remader, ground hav- and thesit down" presence. or speak of her in forksing neither nor spons. knives, er mother-in-law, of her sisters-in-law, or èith- shej Whe isshe neveris young, alowed Serput- ChIUn:el" to her of to India. do unle~sso. Her they commandfood go anywhere. .When she be~om~s very old, if she makesa i must ,be cooked and eaten apart from the other women's. vow to go on a pilgrmage to some heathen temple, .he is She is a disgraced, a degraded woman. She mayneverevel) permttd to go to offer a sacrifce for herself, or for look on at any of the marriage cer.emonies or festivals. others, but this is only occasionally done; very, very It would be an evil omen -for her to' do so. She may few ever uiderte it. She always has her Takoors, or bave ooen a high caste Brahminic woman, bnt on her be- housenold godB, on a shelf in the house, most frequently coming a widow, any, even- the lowe,st servant, may order over her own bed, and to them she pays her daily devo- her to do wbat they do not like to do. No ,woman in tiona, offerig them rice, a.nd decorating them with the. house must ever speak one one word of love or pity flowerS; and so at length she draws. near the hour of to her, for it is supposed that if .a woman shows the death, Bnd when it_ is thought her end is just approach- slightest,commiserátion to a widow" ahe will imediately iug; she is caied down to the banks of the Gange, become one hereelf. there to brethe her last in view of that holy stream I saw an acoount a short time ago, in an Englih pa- whoee waters are supposed to be effcacious in cleaning per, that they bave been trying to tae the censns of the 116 THE GOSPEL IN ALL LANDS. population lately in India, and as far as they had gone, under the present system of education in that tongue in they found that there were 80,000 widows under six both Government and mission schools, is almast staling. years of age! Can you imagine the amount of Buffering In tM-last twenty-two years the Madras University alone that little sentence tells of and foretells? has examined abont 25,000 óandidates for the matroula- - Congregationaist. tion examination, ali of them poiis.ing a fair knowledge of En¡ilish. As, many as eight or ten thonsand oandi- The English LangMge In India. dates go up now annually for this examination in the BY REV. JAMES MUDGE. three great universities of India, and English is the ohief The number of spoken languages in India is said to be language used. This stream of influence yèar by year 243, and including dialects 549, Translation of the Bible, is clllng very strongly upon the country, more so than or part of it, exist in about seventy or eighty òf these many suspect. The Indian Mirror, a native paper, said,

WE16UING Tn BlAH OF TlVA.NCOBE IN nmu. languages and dialects, hut those whieh have a Chritian the other day, "Foreigners oan hardly realiz the extnt literture are muoh fewer. Some half-dozen of the lead- to which the English langnage is spoken and wrtten ing tongues-Urdu, Hindee, Bengali, Mahrati, Tamil, among the educat.ed claBes in India, almost supersing and Telugn-pOBSeBB a number of Chri~tian volumes of in some instances the use of the vernacular. When all som, the result of half a century and more of labor, educated Hidus meet, they talk English; when they but the rest are very destitute; and!, most fornida)ile wi letters to each other, they show their decided prof- undertaking it will h. to make them auything else. The erebee to English." English language ought to be simplified, and then made In an exeellent paper on "Bible Colportage," read at the one medium of communioation in all the East. the Bangalore Missionary Comerenca by Rev. A. Theo It bids fair to be as it i.. General Grant tells DB that, phius, w.e find the followigp..sage, which is of inte in his East.ern travels, he found the English language as one of many signs of the great importnce of the everyhere; in the schools of Japan and Siam, as well as 'English language i" mission work:- in India, it was thè principal foreign language tanght. "From 1870 to I878, 24,671 eopi.. .of the Euglih He thiks. English " maJor!is sure to be the Ycommon 0 languagee pure for SCl'pt.Utresfwtehre asers soldhaye in thhe een Madb ra J:~eds:denoy~,_us. Tll Thwiei ~ll Dat,lOns, and th~t t~e .more .progressive countnes, see be viewed as an imr0rtant result .bt.l~ose wh? bear in ing th are teahing it in their schools. mid that most 0 the educate dus denve their The rapidity with which its DBe is growing in India, knowledge mainy from English books tht they adopt THE GOSPEL I AL LANDS; 117 this laguage even in sooia.l intercourse among them- This IB no fanoiful picture. These are the very words- selves, and that there is no other way of reaching them spoken in HindUBtani to an enthusiastic missioDl by than through English, It is well kuown that they prefer the English to the vernacnlar Bible. They will not the simple vilagers. Aud what could he say in reply? read it at all, or read it only in English, Perhaps .some He felt the force. of them, althongh he did not allow may be dis~osed to lament this state of things, but we them to paralyze his efforts, The religions melas are at- ,must reoognize the fact. There are pretty clear indica- tended by thousands of a.evotees on the same principle tions that the English Bihle wil hecomea great factor in the evangelization of the higher classes in India." that prompted the vilagers' worw. to the misionary. They were observed hy their fathe,rs, Generation after Dr, Mnrdoch, also, in his paper on the Madras Religious generation has attended them. Hidu, or Moslem, or 'Trat and Book Sooiety, oalls atteiition to the very Christian the rulers may be, but 'the mda are still the marked increae in the English publications, on aocount same, andJ looking back into t.he vista of vanished cen- of the inorease of ed ucation in that language leading to turies, we still see the same crowds, thé same devotions, a. muoh larger demand. In the years from 1859 to 1868 tbe same amusements, food, olothing, and attendant t~ere were about 4,000, while in the last ten yearn there animals. Wben Britons were painted savages it was 80, have been 425,650. The same story is told by the grat and now that Victoria, Queen of England, is Empress of suooess whioh has promptly attended the issue in English India; it is 80 stiIl~Ninet.enth Century. at Madras of a monthly ilustrated journal for the edu- aated natives in India and Ceylon. It was fonnd neces- Anti-Christian and Infidel OppoItion in India. sary to print an edition of eight thousand copies to supply, The Rev. James Mudge, of India, in a letter to ,Zion's the demand. Heral gives the following account of the,anti-Christian Several missions, discerning the signs of ~the times and and infidel opposition in India: the preasing need of entering this field, a;e already em- Infidelity is puttiig forth great efforts to counteract ploying agents, foreign or native, to ilbor in the English our labors, and capture for itself th~ educated young tongne among these educaed classes Lectures and ser- men of India. P~ine'8" Age of Reason l; is published. mons are given in English more or less frequently by in Calcutta; sold. at a very low price, and widely read by the mis.ionaries of onr mission at all onr large stations, YUUD'g Benga1efls, who find in it reas9TI with which'to with profitable results. BaDu Ram Chandra Bose, with persuade themselves that there is ~o need' for tiliem to w horn the people of America have now become acquainted, become Chritians. The missionaries who come.in con. gives himself entirely to this work; and the Lucknw tact with these youths ascrihi; to the influence of this pes- "'tness renders importaat aid, having a conside,le cir- tilential book the marked opposition and. bitter discus- culation among the nativt8, both Chritian and non- sion they meet. The Madra8 Times says: "It is, per" Chritian.-Zion's Heral. haps, oìie of those things not generally known, that there is an agency in .Madras whose miB~on is to distribute Hindu ReIlgions l'air cheap publioations and tractB written by anti. Chritian In sailng down the Ganges during the month Katik, writers in England, amoug educated natives. Its emi- our October, one may pass in the course of a BingÌe day sanes are at times Been in the streets active.ly at work half a dozen holy fairs, each with amultitude of pilgrIl hawking about the publications above mentioned, and the equal to a population of a large city. .A of them are educ~ted native asailants of Chistianity find in them rendered pioturesque by the tents and equipages of the muoh oongenial resding, and quite an effcient arory, wealthy, the variety of the animals and the bright color- as they think, to put down the efforts to Christianize ing in which t~ natives delight-those descendants of India." I ...

the ancient Aryall of Indi, 'in many respeqts tho most Rev. T. K' Slater says: "A rich 'banker of Madras wonderfnl rae tha.t èver lived on earh,' as Max Muller spends a large sum of money every year in. getting out tjs them At night all these tents 'aud booths are illu-: from Eurbpe the leading English Iid French anti-Chris, minated, so that the scene i. hardly Mss auimated by tian and infidel works, aud .cironlating them among hi. night than by day, and all without tnmult and disorder. conntymen. About a year' ago it waS stated publicly by Every onè of the localities is hallowed by some my tho- SÎF Willam Rohinson that the wrtings of the Brad- logioal tradition, and the firmest faith is reposed hy the langh school were doing far more materil mihief thn pilgrIl in the truth of those traditions, Engrafted for anything the vernacular press was diffusing. There is a hundreds, nay, thousands of years, in the minds of the growing acquaintance with rationalistic and materialitio people, they have grwn up with their articles of faith, writers. Whatever is skeptical and anti.Chriatian in strengthened with their strength. "Your words are goodi current English magaziòes is eagerly devoured," Thera Sahib, your teaching is excellent," said some native head- is now an Anglo-Tamil free-thought journal pnbIiBhed men of vilages to a Christian missionary in Ouah, "but weekly in Madras, devoted to the cause of sefmlarm go and preach elsewhere. We do not want it. Our and infidelity of the foulest type. Much testimony to fathers' faith is enough for us. What should we do in the same effeot comes from othe~ persona and places. your heaven? You want us to go there when we die. The misionary at Vizagapatam says: ",r went to the We would rather be with our fathers who went before bazar a short time ago along with one of our catechists, us. What should we do in the heaven of the Sahibs? lJ and on two or three occasions we'had a large number of " 118 THE GOSPEL IN AL LANDS. lad to listen to ns. In the conrse of two hours I pioked shaped and fashIoned ae you pleae, where our Go is grear np five of BradlauKh's tracts; they are circulated widely than ourlves, for he has creted ue, and in Hi we liv.e and and read by boys of fonrteen or fifteen." An America." move and have our being." I told them about Bi and of Jesus missionary in the north of Ceylon writes: ,. Infidel books who cae to save UB from our sins. * . * Some IlBtened attentively, eaerly; others smiled and said that are imported by the quantity from England and trans- j' all religions Wtlre the same." Stil I thk tht some of the se ¡ated; trats are printed and freely diBtributed; preah- Sown there has fallen into goo ground. ing services are held statedly to disprove Christianity." The last week has been full .of heahen proceons und festiva. These evil influences from CliristIan Europe are doing in honor of the Hindu idoIB It is paul to se a city like thi much harm; and during the past year or so there has ar- WhOlly given to idolatr. Thie day the gods are to be caed rived from ChriBtian America the Theosophical Society. do~ the rIver in state, imd then C8t Into the wate. Weatly natives sometimes exend large sums óf money in adorning the Im- It has its headquartrs in Bombay, and under the lead of ages, and their houses are filled with a moUey çrwd, half cnrlous, Co!. Oloott and Madame Blavatsky, shows great activity half superstitious, who sing and dance with ,all sorts of terrble and is acquiring considerable influence. Its monthly contortons before the idolB. journal, the TheosophUJt, has n,ne hundred paying sub- I had great trouble to drive through .one of the streets this m.om- sorihers, It has formed a close ailiance with Pundit ing, it was packed so closely with Bengais, who had gone to have one last look at their" mother Kal," as they cal the hId- Dayanund Sarasmati, who heads a movement to restore eous black.halrlt idol with a large protrdig tongue and eight the old Aryan faith, and has many folio we". These &rme. I came home sick and wea. at hea. Ma is Btl at Theosophists gain favor with Hindus, Buddhists and Benare, and of all the cities of the world, Benaes seems to me Parsees by flattering their fol' of faith and begging to the 6ne most given to idolatry. be taught wisdom at their feet. And they areaotnated The Indian Ceres, or Anna Pouma, 18 worshippe there with a by the most intense and bitter hatred of Christianity. great deal of.pomp and show; dense cFowds B8mble about her temples, and her pri~ make quIte a fortune by the sale of ga- No misrepresentations are too unsorupulous for them to lands of flowers that have ben place on her she for a moment, use; no untruths too wild to be uttered, They bring for- and thus rendered holy. Small lumps of soft clay, taken from the ward the most astounding charges against the church and bed of the river, are co,ecrate by means of a few incantations, the mi8Bionaries~ and doubtless deceive some. If we had 1L little re powder, and some sadal wobd, and thus beme room to. quote from their utterances, and to give a gods. ' sketch of their proceedings, it would be seen that they I have often spoken to Bengali women about the. folly and sin of such worsp. Their usual defence is~ "We know very well are doing their best to fulfill what they announced, on that ths clay is not Go; stil, we want soe image of Him to coniing, to be one of their objects, namely, "to counter- keep our tloughts from wanderig whne we pray, an.d 80' we act, as far as possible, the efforts of mÎBsionaries to delude have this objeCt." Roman Catholics have ott ansered me in the so-called 'heathen_'" . the same way, and ca w~ won~er at tJe poor ignorant heatlien? The recent attitude of the Ca.ta Reiew, once a Yet a.mid all this darkn6lB there are many bright rays of light, and there are Chri.3t.iana even in the zeIlna. strong champiou of Christianity, but during the pas few One cannot restrin a feeling of 'Wol1der at the exteme apathy years decidedly opposed, is very significant. .Almost of the people of India They asribe everyng to fate, and if every quarter it eontaius one. or more artIclea either in-' you tell a ni who ha!! met with rever tha.t he must .hope on sidiously undermining to the faith, or offensively hostile. ir.d tae courage, he wil immedately reply, striking his fore- Mr, Keene, the J ndge of Agra, one of the most promi- hea. with"bi!! hand: "How ca I do aught to help myself? My Rent contributors, had an article a short .time ago to show fate is wrtten here, and I mUst submit." When thèy do wrong dlJOOS they bl~e their evi fortue. Dot tha~ "th~ of India's religions doubts and difculties thsEes. I have often head native w.omen bewaing them- can never be found in 'mod.ern Christianity," but must be selv thus: "Gh, my f'Oreheal my forehea!" I never could sought for in physical science and "the book of nature." have -ned th BO much BOrrow and trouble were tra ther An article appeared by another wrter on "The Spon- in Buch indelible chaactera. taneous Dissolution of Chritianity," filled with German Is it not sad to thnk that 80 many in this dark land ar ignor. materialism and abounding in snch statements as that ~t of a tender, merciful Father, whose name iß Love, whie they (G" the time cannot be far distant when Protestantism as a plac implicit faith In the beg of .8 pel'nifted Fate, crel, hard, blind to their wants, and deafw their cries and entrties! religion must disappear. n "India for J es," was the motto I saw on a mison box to day. Let this be o~r battl~-cry 1 Charge we Sata and hi ange Idol Feasts in India. . with thes brave wordsi-Mù~ Lik. ' FEW days ago I vÎsite a zean, and a crowd of women . gathered round me. Thy ha been celebrating a poojah , in honor of one of their houshold goddeses, and the Zenana Visiting. 1 floor was marked ii over wIth diferent pattern in chal Rev. A. D. Rowe, in his "Ta. about Mion Work in Indi... snd red powder. A small aTomat.ic plant occupied a place of says that zenana viitig is a valuable mode of mion work. some promience, beus the god Hori is suppose to dwell in it. "This forID of work is con.fM to lady missonaes. By 'zena' Seeing all thi, I iuked which wa. greater-the clay that the we mean the women's portion of, a native hous. Among the pottr mouldB accordng to his will into all kinds of shupe!!, or higher caste the women ar seldom a.owed to come out of theIr the potte who hi such power of hi own to mould the cly as he homes. Mionar ladies have but litle diffculty in being ad- plea. The women, never gue8Sing how I was going to use mitt into the zenan They frequently tech the women thei anwer, immèdiatey replied: If Why, of cours, the potter neee-work, d.nwig, ete. Meawhile they have al an oppor- Ù grater thau the clay." " Thon, II I calmly rejoined, .. you con- tunity of speaking to them on rellgioll Bubjeci. and of givi fes that you are greate th your gods, for they mus nee be them usel and frendly advice in varous ways." THE GOSPEL IN AL LAS. 119 body, As be reacbed a point opposite, the preaher, the. inriøtian Work in ~nbia. latter called to him and inquied the objeot of his seach: He replied frakly that he wao lookig for the house of How a HIndu Faml,. Bee Christlus. the Moonshee who preahed the religion of J esWl Cht BY REV. P. M. BUCK, OF INDIA. in the hazara and villages. The preacher inormed hi A few years ago there lived not far from N aina Tal a that he had reached the plac and that he was the one h~ Hidu family, the head of whioh was a well-to.do-oulti- wished to see. He was soon seated by the preaher to

vator, somewhat abont the average of .his class in point whom he told the story above and said he had come of intellgence. He was one of several brothers. Scarcely to fnlfill his promise, Hegiven was taken to the missionary had the youngest brother attained to manhood, when he and was at once recognized as a proIIsing inquirer, and wa prostrated by sickness. As is usual in these part, was instructed in Gospel truth. Sóon be was oonsidered nnder such ciroumtances, his friends, instead of seeking worthy of baptism, "nd the day for administerig the medical aid, resortd to their gods for assistance, and ordinance to him and his wife and. childrn were fixed, presnted many offerigs, hoping thereby to propitiate His relations learning of his purpose, tried iu varioWl their anger, and thus avert the threatened evil of his ways to prevent his darrying it out. At last, findig de~th. The subject of this sketch expended considerable nothing else wonld avail, they determined by force to sums of money In.thns trying to save his brother. . But keep him away from the missionary. Bnt in the latter it was all of no avail He grew worse and worse and part of a clark, stormy night, be quietly took his family, soon died. A few dayslato the yonng man's widow was. and slipped out of the vilage, and, long before hi dp. aÙlo attaoked in like manner. To provide the required posers learned of his .esoape and had time to overtke offerings in her 08se, the family jewels had tq'be s8on- him) he was safe upon the premies of the mis.sionary, fìoed, but all to no purpose, for she, too, Boon pased 'where the law prevented any interferenoe on the part of away. After a brief respite the hand of disease fell those who would rob him of liberty of conscience, and, heaviy npop this household agai, and thi. time upon at the appointed time, he and his were baptized. the eldest son of the man whose story is here told. All He son retured to hiB village and carried ou hi work the offer;ngs reqnired were a¡;in mae in his behalf, as before. His frieuds, havig no further hope in his though thé .bnffaloes of the family had to be sold to pro- cae, so far as regarded his restoration tc cas, permitted cure the necessary ¡means. But as little succes was bad hi to live at peace among them. He became a decided, in thi case as in the two precding. The child grew earnest Chtian, and hi straight-forward and uprght worse and worse. He Jay apparently at the point of 1 course soon secur~ hi friends a.in. Hi influence for death, and hope was almòst gone. ThB father had tried ¡ Chrstinity beoame positive and marked. It was not to propititB al the gocl fròm whom he, had been tanght long before l1 brother with his family, with the exoeption to expect help. He could do nothig mo,.. In his deep of hi eldest and only grown-up son, jVS ready to follow dit,.ss he sat by his apparently dying chid and won- his example. Ths young man, who had been the favor- dered, if possibly there was anythig untried that conld ite of his now Chian uncle, and who had, in tar, brig relief. As he thus medtate in his sorrow he ra- been very fond of . him, now seemed wholly. estrged membered of having read, in a book th~t in some way from him becaUB of tne step he bad' taken, when hi in- lid fallen into his hand., of one J eons whom Christians fluence in his own immediate family was so great that worship, and of whom it. was said that when on earh He none came out, opénly at that time in favor of Chris- had healed many sick people. At once a desire to apply tianity. . to Him Ilose I,)iis heart, but how to approaoh Him he But last year the w~ble fever soonrge that cnt.off, knew not. H~ however soon decided what he wonld snch vast numbers, eopecmlly along the foot of the Hi- do. He tok a cup", of water, and, Btanding over- his son, 'alayan .range, came to this young man, and Boon he- was he said in substance as follows: "0 Jesus, I desire to so reducei'Hhat al hope of his reovery was abandoned worship. Thee, ànd to pnt the case of my child into Thy by his friends. In this condition he sent for his Chrian hand.; bnt I know not how to do it. i, therefore, nncle; and aoknowledged his error in rejecting Chrit, and sprie this water upon my son in Thy name, and if requested him to take him to his oWn house, and teah Thou will heal him, I promise to go ,to those who teach him and help him to become a Christian. He did n.ut Thy religion, and to worship and serve Thee as they maý seem anions to live, but greatly desird to die a Ch:i- diect." From that hour the .ohild began to amend,.and tian, thi being his 0.ely hope with reference to the future. was soon welL . His unole most glaly took him to his hoUB añd did all Shortly after this, one day the native preacher, sta-, he could to help him to Chrst. Not long after, the mI tioned in a plaoe a few miles from the -vmage where this sionary visited this viagi, and the young mauwas bap- famy lived, was sitting upon his upper verandah. MuL tized and his case was recognized as o.ne ~f peclÙia in. titndes were passing by. As he caually glanoed over terest. He.began to amend about this time, and now tha movig crowdB, hi eye fell npon an individual who promises, at no distant day, to b~ entirely restored: to at onoe attaote hi attention. There was an eager ex- health. He is now a. happy Christian. H;is convellion pression upon his faoe, and he was looking abont on eitl¡er opened the way for his family and. al have either been ide and seemed to be in seach of something, or some- baptized or are oandidates for this ordinance. By what 120 lHE GOSPEL IN ALL LANDS. strange and uuexpected mean does God often carry ou new faces appeared, for, as is frequently the cas four Hi work i But let us praiie Him for the use of auy or five familes oloBely related live in varioUJ Biigle meas by which the heatheu are saved.-Northe Chris- aparmeuts of oue moderately good house. I was about tin Advocau. to leave when a,' pleasant-looking women called to me, "Don't go away; see, if yoo will oome, here is our little The UnsC0tn Appeal girl to teach to read; come and talk to US." One of them 'le ilustrtion on this p,age re-presents a missionary brougbt a Btol, two more then dragged ,a low beds in India who had a large number of native orphans under clo~e, which made room for three or four othere all de- hi oharge. The typhus fever hroke out among them, BiriltuB of beariug Bomethiug, eBpecialIy Borne hymU-Bing- and it was neoeBBsry to remove them. On the way to ing, After a lively oue, whioh tbey greatly liked-

,THE UNCCFUL ilPK1: another town, they approached a native inn for pilgrB, .. Al daye pa not Ii-e each other, a.nd sought a lodging for the night. The ma who kept One brings ters, iid joy another H- it sad, "This Berai (inn) was buit for holy pilgrID, not I told them that our Bole desire aud work was to tell of for snch as you-out-caetB and barbarians," and they our God and Saviour J eSUB Chrt. "ChrÎB I" repeted were denied a.dmission. the women who received us; "I have heard of Hi at Limuinge Lall'a There was a picture of à man beaing Zenaa :iISBlon Work-The Want or the Hindus. a cross, and they were telling all about Him to Borne oiie BY MRS. JAM SMITH, DKLHI, whom they thought was dying, anJ I heard that they One morning 1 went, according to promise, to carr a told each other not to weep and cry as we Hindns weep,. very Bmall copy of .the Urdu New TeBtament to a nice because' we Bball meet again.' So then they did not intelligent Hindu boy, a brother of one of our pupils, make any loud wailng, and this is altogether diJereut who ha pleaBed me muoh by repeating aB a lesson he to UB." Then" beautifully clean,' well-dreBsed old had learnt in the CbnrchMiBBion School the beautiful women, 'who was evidently regarded as a persn of description of Wisdom given in Provo viii. We then superior sanctity, and wore the yellow.colored drea of a tured into the next hou,e, alBo belonging to Hindus, Fakirni, began: "CalI Him Brahm, calI Hi KriBhu, Six or eight women had sho.wn very great interest in our call Him Christ; He is one everyhere the same; nand, last viit; one had repeated long verses of our hymn8~ reciting some verses, she tried to turn the subject into and begged for particular ones, quotig the firet lie and a pantheistio direction. But another old.and very sor- singig them with us, They, however, had left the rowful-looking woman stpped her by sayig, "Why houBe, and on entering a disappointing little crowd of does God not Bhow Himself now? Long ago there were THE GOSPEL IN ALL LANDS. 121 propheta, and wise hooks were written (she referred to School at Lahore, This was begnn by Dr, French, now the Shastras). Now He is silent! Where is the ladèer Bishop of Labore, In point of scholarship this iB sup- to heaven for UB Hindoos? We who are old now under- 'posed ,to rank first iu India, The Greek and Hebrew etiid less than the youngest Iihild who begins to learn to languages are studied by some of the students) and muoh read with you. We oannot read, and are groping in the of the instruction is imparted in English. Though this, darkness. As we cannot know mO'l'e about Him, why IB an Episcopalian school pupils of other missions are ad~ does He punish ns for our past Bin. See, I have had eight mitted, and I have noticed that our American Presby- 'sons and daughters, and Dot ODe is left of them all." terian brethren in India avail themselves of the advan- The t~rs ooll~ down her face as she added, "How tages of this schooL They once had a very promisng shall we meet our beloved ones? can we possibly when school of their own at Allahabad, but since the retir he has taken them a- ment of Messrs. Kel- way?" I could hard. logg and Wynkoop, ly speak to such hope- the learned and en- less Borrow, but told terpriing instruc- her to believe in the tors, I believe the true words we 'had school haS been clos- read and sung-that .ed. Dr. Kellogg we knew surely that came to India with the last Incarnation me in 1865, and is had truly come, that now a professor in the sinless Man, the Presbyterian Gods own Son, had Theological Semia- come juto the world ry at Alleghany Oity, to be the Great Sac- Po. Mr. Wynkoop rice; and we knew bolds a pastorate in that as certainly as Washiugton, D. O. He was in heavel' India could il afford now so all sinle.. lit- to lose two suob tle ODes were gath- young and vigorous ered safel,\ together workers. with Him. I am So far as I am in- afraid she was to formed there are four oid and sorrowf to ~erican. theologi- believe all .we told cal s~mina~ie8 in In- her, for at my next dia and on.e .in Brit- visit I saw her very ish Burmah. Our devoutly doing pOQ- brethren of the A. jab. merican Board (Oon- But the woman gregationalist) have who made UB wel-. two most excellent come made the fol- schools, one in their lowing little remark: Madura and the oth- " po you know that I er in their Marathi was just going to . Mission, the former perform poojah when located at Ahmedn- Christian Natln11 or Ipdla ou TheIr Way to CbUJeh. youoaein, but your gar and the latter at coming has stopped me? Will you oome to-morrow or I Pasumali. in a few days?" These people are all of the Kaith or The Baptist Missionary Union h"s thorougbly organ- Writer caste, not very high, aÏid, therefore, more acces- ized and successful sclioo1s-at Ramapatam in Southern sible. Many of the husbands are clerks, and speak India and at Rangoon in British Burmah. The Method- Englih well-like 0, Siugb, of whom I have written be- ist Episcopal Ohurch supports a wide-awake and aggrs- fore, and who is a relative of these poor w~men.-Lo- sive institution at Bareilly in the Northwest. Our Geii- do Missionary Herald. eral Baptist brethren have a. college for training"preachers at Cuttack, which haa sent out some strong men Înw their Protetant TheologIcal Schools in IndIa. mission field. At Serampore the English Baptist Mision- BY REV. JAMES L. PHILLIPS. ary Society keeps up a theological ólass in their Oollege, Theological schools are yet in their infancy in India, but of late years very few have belonged to it, Besides but we have several, and the number is increasing. The these there may be other schools. The Free Churèh and Church Misionary Society has a flourishing Divinity Established Ohurch of Sootland have theological cl..s"" 122 THE GOSPEL IN ALL LANDS. in their colleges in Oalcutta and do not keep up separate phets that woule send out worthy men for life's har diviity halls at home. work and warfare. A. to the numher of students now studying theology in Only one' more point can I call attention to now, whioh the 8Chools oited above lam unable to give full figures, is, the staff of instructors in these sohools. The Laore The late reports of the two Oongregationalist schools do sohool finds work for two English missionaries and not speoify the nnmher of students. The Baptist Semi- native assÎBtants. Our Amerioan sohools at Abmednagar, nary at Ramapatam reports 202 stndents. This is located Pll11mali, Rangoon, Raiapatam and Bareily, all with- in the Telugn field which has been so richly hlessed of out exception, I believe, employ two missionaes, be- ¡ate years, This field reports over 3,000 additions by sides native assistants. In addition to regular instrotors baptism for 1880. The Methodist Episcopal Seminary some of the schools have'lectures on special topics 6. g.,

ENGLSH CHUR(H ..T LAHOJlE, ON(JE .. _USUE at Bareily has 17 students, and that of the Church Mis. Anatomy and Physiology, Hitory of Misions, Sunday sionary Society at Lahore about 20, i think. Of the Schools, Methods of Mision Work, Sanitarian and Hy- other school, i cannot speak. There is a great disparity giene, etc. The reader will see that we are getting or- in the reports of theologica ""hools, which makes it ganiz for thorough work over here, and the next gen- difcult to collect ,tatistics, We should have, and i hope eration should see a corps of far better trained men I¡ we may have more uniformity in this mstter. the native ministry of India. There are several other As to the course of ,tudy in these theological schools points in thi connection which must bide their time, for one can not but be impressed with the prominence almost my space is fuJI, and I fear the reaer's patience fiIBed everyhere given to biblical instruction. In the Lahore ll welL.-Moring Star. Divinty School there seems to be more done in the lie MIDNAPORE, April 28, 1881. of teahing creeds, but this is, perhaps, what we might expt in an established or national church. I look upon Open-Air Preachin In India. it ll a cheering token that all onr schools for trainii.g Among the vario ag cIes employed in India for the ministrs are putting the Bible more and more to the evangelization of e people, preachig in the open ai front. Some of Chancellor CroBby's ringing utteralitjes hll always ocenpie ,Úoremo,t place. While Christia on tin snbject made at the Edinbnrgh Pan-PresbyterLm education in mission schools and colleges, through the Aaembly in 1877 come to mind. God's own Holy Word, medum of the English langnage, lays hold of and monlds in the original tongues or in the vernaculars, must be the chiefly the younger members of the middle and npper chi'l text-book for all time in every school of the pro- classes of native ciety, pub ic preaching in the vernao THE GOSPEL IN ALL LANDS. 123 ulrs is mainly addressed to the mases of the people. in the belief that the hope of India lies in ChrIitianedu- Thi8 open-air preaching in India is different from what it cation. But within the last few years, a.nd esecially in is in England. Here it is somewhat exceptional, and, for Oalcntta, preaching would seem to have heen clothed the most part, unnenessary, and has commonly become with fresh life; and this Ii largely owing to the fact tht asociated with noisy declamation and popular excite- the spread of eduoation is grdually creating a more in- ment; but in Indis, owing mainy to the fact that Hindus telligent and respectable body of Gospel hearers.' and Mohammedans will not, with rare exceptionsJ enter Whether snccessfo:i or not, this public proclamation of a place set apart for Ohristian worship, preaching in the the glad tidings of salvation must always remain a solem open air becomes a regular and important part of the duty; and the Ohritian public at home, and the Wll work of many missionaries. Occasionally even now, if friendB of Protestant missions in particular, were natn-

HINDU' TEMPLE AT BA.TPUTA1ìi. INDIA. "- pr.eachi~g be attempted in a bigoted Bralhan quarter, rally alarmed wheh it was lately an u d that preaching espeúially in some country districts, it rouses bitteroppo- in the squares of Oalcutta had been sud enly prpbibited sition; andit was only quite lately .that a party of mI- by order of the Oommissionerof Police. Such preaohing sionaries and native catechists atPoona were stoned and had lo'ng been customary in these pacs of the city; spat on, and otherwise maltreated -by an angry mob, so thousands of gatherings had been held, aDd upwards. of-a that the polioe had to interfere. who, in this case, wisely hondred preachers had heen engaged iri the work. It repressed the rioters and not the missionaries. But had, indeed, became so popular, that Hindu preahers breaches or the peace are very rare. A preaoher, as a also made their appearance in the squares, expounding rue, raises no disturbance. He has ceased to be loúked 'passages from their shastras; Brahmos, including their upon as a curiosity, and discourAes as moderately and leader, Keshab Chandra Sen, discoursed on theism and sensibly, as he would in a building, the people listening iutu-Iion, and Mohammedan monlvies extolled the Koran, in an orderly and undemonstrative manner. True, the thus producing a lively, though not contentious, rivalry. work is often that of the sower who scatters the seed Hindu aDd Mohammedan pro'Ges.ions, too, by nO means broadcat, and may meet with little or no return. In quiet in their character, are permitted in the 'streets; and many places the soil has proved an unprodu.tive one, and a realSnable jealousy was excited when an orderly Pl' attention has been directed ratber to the work of schools, testant servine beoame the butt .of an offcial attack. 124 THE GOSPEL lr\ AL LADS. Were the authorities in Caloutta about to adopt a Tetro- Óommssioner's orders. They would. have gaiDE:d a. grade !l0hoy in too matter, and wishfnl to revive, if pos- greater victory if they had agreed to abstain from preach- sible, the days of the East India Company, when com- iog til tbe judgment of tbe highest anthoriti.. oould be mercial jealousy regarded missionares as dangerous obtained. It w(luld have bee better, too, if all their persons, and a morbid dread of arousing faDaticfsm and number had been content to take their stand on the rebellion avoided the smallest interference with the re- ground of civil right, and not have ventured, as seems to ligioUB or cate prejudices of Hindus? It is Dot at aU have been done in one or two inBtances~ on the higher probable that the governing body in India, whatever but more delicate ground that they ou~ht to obey God msy be the temper of individual offcials, are contcmplat- rather than ms!l. Such a crisis, we ho~wiii not occur ing a return to suoh a policy. It is too late in the day for again, The importanoe. of the prinoiple contended for that. There is no tendency to religious intolerance in by the miBSionarIes is BeeD at onoe. It was the most anv direotion, There is no reason to think that the mlers weighty lega queStion afecting their rights as pieaohers of India are actuatéd byany hostility to Fri,aching; they of the Gospel that has arisen for many yea If there have no strong bias for or against missonary enterprise. was ground for interfering with preaohing n Calcutta, Why, tlien, was the preacbing s~ped? Let us just the repressive measnre wonld doubtieBB ha e been en- recall the main circumstances of the case. One or two forced over India, and Christian missions uld petty disturbances having taken place, wbioh could easily been practically cbecked. . Anytg like t have been prevented by the presence of a policeman, the licenses to preach the Gospel in such a coun Municipal Commsioners, who claimed to oontrol the most disastrous to tle oanse of Christ nity public squares, passed a s.eries of resolutions, authorIing agined now by many of the people that . oDarÎes are th~ chairman to grnt permIBsion to preadhers to UBe the Government' offcial commisioned to spread a State ra- squar.., on condition that they would apply for it. The ¡igion, and if they went fort ared with a Government missionanes, after meeting together in united conference, license, this conviction would he oonfirmd. It would be as is their wont every month, unanimously declined to a wrong done to the Government, a reproach to Divine apply for liceuses to preaoh the Gospel, on the grounâ t~th, and a fatal weakening of the misionary's moral that they were simply' exercising not a private hut a power. puhlic rigbt. The squares had heen tbrown open to tbe It is not eaey to discover the reason that prompted this public. and too bavig been done, the Commisioners ha municipal raid on Cbritian preacliing. It may have been obviously no right to interfere witb the use to wbich the simply a d..ire to prevent collson in the squa.es, to sup- public might wish to put them. They were publio pro- press ~hat seemed to be aBuming too large diensions. perty v..ted in tbe munioipal body as repr..enting thIÍ Some, indeed, there ar.e who fid no diffculty in trag ratepayers, and the husinCBs of the Municipality was not the mischief to ita course, and have, revived the old cry to maintain order in the squares, but to keep the squares against tbe appointment of a Roman Catholic- to the in order, and look after theirantary oondition. The Viceroyalty of India. Bnt not a syllable has come from miesionaries thus cont~nded that they represented the Calcutta to sbow that the Marquieof Ripon was in the pnblic in too matter, a. againt tbe Commisioners and sligbt~.t degree concerned with the matter. Hi lord- matained that the Municipality, instea of protecting, sl¡p, since bis arrival in Iidia, ba sbown no disposition were deprivingtlie publio of their rights. Whether there to meddle witb ecclesiatioa affairs, for which, indee, should b~hig or not was a question for the publio his high ofu offers little scope, but has manif..ted tbat to decide. It was evident, however, that, Mr. Harison, generous seif.control and imparialty whioh those who the Chairman of the Commisioners, had resolved to do know bim best were assured he would exhbit. Al that his best to bÌ'g the preaching under control, and he"was can be fairly said in this conneotion is, that it is ,nnfortu- lirongly favored in this design by cbanoing to hold, at nate tbat this first interference with Protestant Miions the same time, the offoes of Muuicipal Chairman and sbould have takeu plaoe during the Marquis of Ripon's Com.sioner of Police. When Borne doubt arose as to regime. Some ProteBtant writers, ,whie clearly exoner~ wbether the Town Council were empowered to adopt ating the Viceroy, nevertheless attribute the whole affai their resolution, Mr. Harison supplemented it by another to Roman fanaticI.m and to the hostilities which Romiah order to the same e:t.ect, this time on his authority as ecclesiastics, when under Jesuit inffnenoe, have uniformy Co~issioner of Police. The validity of the order was manifested towards Protestant misions. The Commis- challenged by the missionares. Five of their number sioner of Police was a Roman Catholic, and it is more disegarded it, oonceiving tbat the best way of testing than snggested that he was used as a 'tool in initiating a its validity was to disobey it. This, of course, meant religious persecution. But from the reports that have proseution, which the missionaries concerned accepte, arrved" it, does nat,~ar that the Calcutta missionaries intending, if convioted, to appeal to a bigher trihunal. i impute any sect:4ia¡i animus to Mr. Harrison, though Thé Court, bowever, bappily gave judgment for the mis- they do suspect tbWsome leading native members of the sionaries, deciding that the authorities, in prohibiting municipality were desirous of suppressing the preaching preaching, bad exceeded their legitimate powers. This of Christianity from religious motives. Mr. Harrson, undoubtedly was a just and wise deoision, but we think personally, ie further cleared by the fact that he acted the missionaries were misled in openly disobeying the under the sanction of the JJieutenant.Governor of Bengal, THE GOSPEL IN ALL LANDS. 12õ who is a Protestant. Whatever secret Romisb influence for preachiug the Gospel in the public squares in viola. may have been at work out of sight remains at present tion of the orders of the Commissioner of Police.. The undiscovered; but the affair, which, to Bay the least has case has attracted not a little interest in EnglAd also, a disagreeable aspect about it, wil doubtless put the Pro- for tel.grma were dispatched to the Secretaries of the testants of Calcutta on the alert. Missionaries Societies concerned) and public meetings- How far the religious persuasion of the Chairman and real indignation meetings-held- in the mother country' Commissioner was regarded by some of the native to diecuss the merits of the case and expre.s sympathy members of the Council as favorable to thwarting the ef- wi th the missionaries. forts У the missionaries, we can only guess; but ODe It is worthy of note that when men in high plaes at .zen.louB leader of the munjcipality, the Hon. KrIstodas home, like the present Lord Mayor of London, are doing Pal was the mover of an unsuccessful resolution that all much to foster and enconrage the publio preaching of preaching should be stopped in certain parts of the city. the Gospel in the streets of large cities, Borne of Her This gentleman, no doubt, represents that ClariB of natives Majesty's representatives -in these fóreign part are put- of, the upper grades of society who cherish a bitter dis- ting hindrauces in the way of tbe Missionary. The like to Christianity, and especially to native Christians, present offoiating Commissioner of Police in Calcutta is who, in Borne country dis~rictB, are even now subject to a Bengal civilian and a Roman Catholíc, and some have persecution, and prevented by the Brahmans from draw. fancied this had a good deal to do with Ji course in this ing water at the publio wells. Anything approacbing matter, but I believe the iDferanoe far from well-founded. to an impeachment of the Hindu religion is warmly re- Our present Viceroy and Governor General is a Roman -sented by this class; and the spread of Western educa- Catholic, but a true Christian neverthele.8, aDd interested tion and ideas, which, in many cases, has failed lio effect in mI-ionary work. - India. has far less to fear from a .a divorce from their own religion, has fostered in them ii Christian Roman Catbolic than from a Godless sensual spirit of independence and self-assertion. They perceive, and wine-loving Protestant, wbose life is a stndig pro- too, that more is now being _wrtten and said for the old t..t agaiust all that is pure and jnat. . religions of the world by orientalsoholars in the West It was my good fortune to be in Calcutta last week .and are thu~ emboldened to maintain that it is an idle and witneBS the" conclusion of the- Misionary case in the drea on the part of missionaries that Christianity will Municipal Police Court. The courroom, perhaps 2G by ;ever become the relgion of Hidustan. In these Influ- 30 feet, was crowded to its utmost capacity, chiefly by -ential, educated natives missionaries in India wil find the the friends of the'Missionaries. The. cae was to begin hardest material on whioEPto work, and, at the same time, at I2 M., and to secure a set I weut early. The Chief foemen worthy of their .wel It is gratifying to know Magitrate was at his work, Before him stood Bengali, that there ni, at the present tie, an H Oxford Miion to Chinamen and Jews, in a bad cas of ",ult en th strt. Calcutta," in connection with tht Universty, and that Somew hat snmmary justice is admiistered here, and a several yónig men there are preparing for special work score of petty Mses may be disposed of il an hour. llong these educated Hindus, and it would be well if There are some marked faces in the eourtroom as the their peouliar claim were more fully recognised by all hour of noon draws-near. Yonder stands one of dear Dr~ the great missionar sooieties. Let preahing in the Duffs earliest pupils, a olever men, who, wrote well on open-air be prosecuted to the utmost of the missionaries' philosophical subjects many yeas ago. Buthow strange power; but it would be in the highest degree impolitic to think that with all his edncation and his English he is to overlook this clas, who, by reaaon of the exolusively a Hidu stilll Soon he must go hénce to moot his be- ""cular education they have received from the Engli loved instructor at the bar of Godl The room seems Government, know next to nothing of Chritianity, but swarmg with olergymen, and I shouldn't blame the whose sympathetio aderence it is of the .first importance Magirat",for feelig unoomfo Ie. A Caloutt Polioe to secure. It will require much Chritia taot and temper, Conrt raely weara so decent a 100 . preeentatives of and a broad. and healthy presentation of Cbristian truth, al the MiBBionary Societies workig in Calcutta are here muoh fair. tolerence of another's faith while remaining English, Scotch and American. The eeling is-this is faithful to one's own, so as nòt to embitter these men our c'ue and much ilpends upon its right settlement. agains us and the Gospel we commend by. needl..iy at- The counsel for the defeuce present an able frout and tackig or misrepresenting their own religion, -but by their conndence and calmness are suggetive of comig reasonable and kindly words to wi them to our side.- triumph. One of these barristers is himaelf a Mision- Lonàon Christian Worlà. ary's son and honors his sainted father by Ji appearance in this case. Three others are natives of India, one a The 1I1..lenaes Before the lIiilsw. Mohammedan and two Hidus, all havig studied law BY BEV. J. L. PHILLIPS, OF INDIA. and been admitted to the bar in England. The two Since Paul and Silas were broughtbefore tbe magis- pleaders from the High Court who are assisting these trates of Phillippi, the Missionaries of Christ h.ave not barrters are na.tive ChristIa a.nd it does one's heart unfrequently beeu summoned before rulers and judges. good to notice how eagerly tbey watch and work for the All Indi has recently been stired by the prosecution of Misionaries. ""veral Protestaiit Misionaries in the city of Calontta Just at I2 o'clook the Magistrates appear, four of them, iii6 THE GOSPEL IN ALL LANS. a full beuoh. Two of these gentlemen are Englishmen, Thus ended the Missionary case. Of oourse the Chri- one is a Hiudu and the other a Mohammedan. The tia.n community are jubilant over the decision. counsel- for the proseoution begin by presenting t.he evi- Whether the Govemment wil hereafter legislate in dence for the Government. The r~ader must bear in this matter, remains to be se~.n. But it Beems to be gen- mind that this oase is "The Empress VB. the Mision. eral y admitted that the Word of the Lord wil now he ares," though I have not a doubt that Queen Virtoria ore freely and frequently preached on the streets and the EmpreBB of India would be ""hamed of seeing her in the squares of cities than ever before. The friends of name in Buoh a connection. The witnesses for tbe pros- the good cause in all lands will rejoice with us over tlis eoution are all either Policemen or orthodox Hindus, signifioant victory. His blessed word must be pnblished Borne of the latter Government pensioners! They speak without let or hindrance throughout this whole earth. It of the preaching causing disturbance, and ODe old Hindu was a poor time in these last years of the first century barber complains of its interfering wit4 the ventilation since Carey, Marshman and Ward began work in Bengal of Beadon Square! , The cross-examination of .these wit- to ÎBsue orders prohibiting out~door preaching. These nesses bi the barristers I have noted was most interest- are not the days of the East India Company. India is ing, and at times most amusing. older and wiser, more tolerantJ and I hope more Chris- At tbe begiuuiug I heard it remark,d that the beuoh tian, tha.n she was in the last century. was equally divided, the two Euglishmen being against, MIDNAPORE, July I, 1881. and the Hindu and Moliamíùedan Magistrates in favor of the Missionaries. T~re surely were indications of this The Wondroll Work .Among Üle Telngus, sort, judging from the uestions, comments, etc., of the Court I think that b th Hindus and Mohammedans BY REV. FRAK 8. DOBBINS. feel that this case is in no small seUSe their own, for the No iuion of any denomition in any land has suf- re~on that if the rights and liberties of Christia.n Mis- fered sO greatly and 'suoceded so grandly, as the Ameri- sionaries may be curtailed or set aside, what hope can can Baptist Mision to the Teliigus of India. Its oom- there be for those of the heathen communities in Cal- plete hitory is comprised within the years of ,. single cutta?, An order putting an end to publio preaohiug generation. Before' our eyes, the most marvelous move- conld jnst as Laturally and easily be issned against the ment of all missi0'Jwork has tàken place, The story of IJrga poojah proceBBious of the Hiudus or those of the the Mission.to thé Telngu is familiar to many; it should Mohammedan' Mohiirrum. Evidently these two Magis- be known by all. l/"--. , trates saw that all pubHc assemblies and processions were nAPTIRTS IN INDIA involved in thi impoEnt and test case. . In a crescent-like form, Baptist MÎBsions stretch around The witnesses for he prosecution testÙìed well, but the Bay of Bengal, from Madras to Caloutta, to Rango'on it was evident that t . evidence hur the case far more and Tavoy. Among the Telngu.,. the Americau and than it helped it. One of the barristrs for the defeuoe Canadian Baptists labor; among the people of Orissa took the. floor and for a full hour spoke with remarkable (just where the coast of India bends eastward, and lyig calmness and olearness in behalf of the Miiona.ries. to the sonth-west of Bengal), the Free Baptists are at. His ohief poipt was thIB-that the Commisioner of work; in Caloutta and vicinity, the Eiiglish Baptists have- Police haited ulra vires in issuing the order prohib- toiled since the close of the last century; and il Burah iting preahing. That man is a brother to I.al Moher (belongig to that which commonly is called Farther Ghose who has recently visited England twice and ad- India), we meet with American Baptits again. In dressed large assemblIiìs on Indian topiOB. He speaks Asam, to the north of Bengal, Amerioan Baptists have with deliberation and effect, and his well put points tell had missionaries since 1836. on the Court The Chief Magistrate asks him to wait a THE COUNTRY OF THE TELUGUB. moment while he confers with his associa.tes, and after On the eatern coast of India lies a country larger than five minutes mutual oOBsnltation announoes that the the Eastern and Middle States together (nearly 600, B~nch is agreed that his point is proved. miles long, about 350 miles broad), having nearly twice No sooner IB it announoed that the full Bench decides as many inabitats. According to the last census, that the Commissioner of Polioe went beyond his powers eightee mülirm of people are living here. The great. in issuing the order prohibiting preaching, than the able majority of these belong tó the rae of the Telugns. barristr for the prosecution sprigs to his feet, and for The greater part of this field is nuder the control of the more than an J hop.r endeavors to prove the deoision British Government, having its capital, in Madras. The wrong; al, however, without effect. As we turned oar people have short yet sturdy frames, small eyes, high steps homeward after fnl six honrs standing in that cheek-bones, scanty beards, thi lips, flattened noses, and crowded court-rom, this same barriter remarked to one yellowih or copper-colored sks. They speak a lan- of our friends" The Missionaries have won the oase." guage, diffcult to learn, yet so wonderfnly smooth and The formal jndgment was not announce til the fol- sweet, that it is often caled the Ita of India, lowig week, wheu eaoh of the fonr Magistrates read a The Telngus are Braani the groBBest of idolaters, carefully written document, setting fonh his reasons for havig may superstitioW! bèliefs aud custOIU. They believing that the Commissioner's orders were uUra vires. rigidly adere to the system of caste, that terrible featur'. THE. GOSPEL IN AL LANDS. 12'7 of Hiduism. Every Hiudu child is born withiu a cer. visit to the field, report that the n must be re.en. ta caste. The members of each caste are required to forced or relinquished_ A speoial 00 mittee urges its have lI little ii possibl~ to do with tbose of the other oontinuance. It is earneetly diouss d. One speaker oa.tes. The four prinoipal oateB are, the Priest or mentioned the Mission, pointing e map, as ~'The Brami caste, the Warrior oaste, the Merohant caSte, Lone Star." Before sleeping, Dr. S. ,F. Smith, anthor of and the Sudra or Servile caste; besides these, and below the National hymn, "My country, 'tis of thee," wrote,' all, are the Pariahs, who have no caste, but are outcasts. what might be call a' ",companion piec," the poem, Chritianity knowing no such distinctions as these, but "The Lone Star." . levelling all, finds caste its greatest obstruction. Shie on, "Lone Bl.l" thy raiance bright PEDOBAPIST MISSIONS TO THE TELUGUS. Shall sprea o'er &l the 6ftern sky; Morn breks apae from gloom and night: The London Misionary Society sent out a few mi. Shie on, and bles the pilgrm's eye. sionaries in 1a05; after a short time they were withdrawn, Shine on, "Lone sta!" ltho lifts his had aud later on, the Mision was agai taken up. The To dash to ea 80 bright & gem. Chiioh Misionary Society began to labor here in I8H, A new . 'lost pleia ", frm the band the Evangelical Lutherans in I i50, the Sootch Establihed That sparkles in night's' diadem? ' Church later on, the HermanDBburg Mision in I 866, and Sbine on. H Lone Sta I" the day drws nea the Propagation Society in 1875. Besides these, there When none shshie more fair than thou- ar laboring in the 'vicinity of our Missions, the Dutch Thou, born and nuls in doubt and fea, Reformed, the Danish Lutherans, and the Free Church Wilt glitter on Imuel's brow. of Scotland. None.of these Misions are as' proiiperous The Union deoides, conditionally, to re-enforce the as our öwn. MIsaÍon. Mr. Douglas is sent ont in i 855. SOWIG IN lEA.. "PRAYER-MEENG HI" AT ONG-LE. Rev. Amos Sutton, a Baptist misionary from! Orissa, In I853 or 1854, Mr. Jewett went to preach the Gospel India, wlile visiting the United States in 1835, awakened in the streets of Ongole. One evening, after the day's an interest in behalf of the Telugus that resulted in the toil w~ over-a day of suffering as well, for tle miaion- appointment of Rev. Samnel S. Day, lI the fit niionary ary had been ston and reviled-with his wife and a to that people in 18p6. The solitary misionary began native Clian named J acb, Mr~ Jewett ascends a lill to prepare for ii work in' Vizaapatem. After a brief overlookig the tQWD. There they sing a hym, and stay in Madras, he remove~ to N ellore in 1840. While pray to God" to send a misionary to Ongole." Lie ii in Madra he suJered greatly.. "Once, while he was Master, who hundreds of yea before, from ,Olivet'. preaching at a festival, blows were u.ed; he was 8eerely brow, bad prayed for the city that rejected him, did the bea driven back through a narrow street, and barely missonary pray for hi persecutors. , escped being trampled to death," In I840, at Nelore, Nine years 'of inoessnt labor roll away. DiBcourage~ he baptized the firs convert, Mr. Van Husenjóined ii menti and trial and failure are the lot of the missionares. in 1840. Togethe~ they labored in patient hope, gather- Finally, Mr, Jewett must return" broken down in health. ing in a' few s9u18, when in 1845 both were compelled, on "MUCH PEOPLE THERE." acoö,unt of failng health, to return to the Unite States., For the fourth tIie, the question of abandonig the At the next annual meeting of the Missionary Union, for Mison is brought up. This is at Providenoe in 1862. The the first time, the question, "Sli the Teluga Mission be relinquishig of the Mission ,is "urgently demanded.'" abandoned, or shall it be continued aDd re-enforced-?" "Wait," says one, "wait till yon hear from Brother was debated. If it had not been for the powerf,u1 plea of Jewett." BrotherJewettoomes. "~Givenp? no, neverI''' Dr. J udion, the Miion would have been abandoned. He, He is Ïivable. He believes the Lord hll " muoh interceding for the Mision, said: "I would oheerfnlly, people" among the Telugus; that prayers wil be an- at Iny age, crOS the Bay of Bengal and learn a new lan- answer~; H that the labors, the struggles, the ~ricea" guge, rather than lit up my hand for the abandonment and the money thus far laid upon the altar of God for of ti work." Mr. Day and Mr. Sutton added their the savation of the Telugus are not squandered, but will pleas for "tl~ little one." For three years, nothig was in due season, bring forth a rich rurvest. ,The Unin done. Mr. Van Husen died; and Mr. Day continued in =y aba.doIi the field, bnt M wil bear no part of th& feeble health In 1848, for tle second time, it is pro- fearful responsibilty of that abandonment." The Sec- ! posed to give up the Mission; but Mr. Day and Mr. retay, on one ocoasion, said to hi: "Well, brother, if Jewett are sent out. Five years: of severest toil, alm0ft "you are resolved to return, we must send .somebody to utterly frnitless, pass away. In 1853, Mr. Day retur bury yon. Yon certaÍy ought to have a Christian agai to this country, leaving Mr. Jewett alone. The bnriaì in that heathen land." Who shall be that" Some- Union mee't in 1853, at Albany; for the third time is body?" Ha the Lord forgotten his servants' prnyer on brought up the question, "' Prayer-Meeting Hill?" SHAL THE "'LONE STAR" BE EXGUISHED? Hi SEND THEE TO THE GENTLES." The deputation, Messr. Peck aDd Granger, after de- SO said.Paul, as he told his experienoe to Agrppa. soribing the results of their observation durng their Furher, his mision was "to open their eyes, and to tUl , 128 THE GOSPEL IN ALL LANDS. them from darkneBB to light, and from the power of si ioee eight thousand were ba.ptized; "more than" he Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of had "thought" had hiB prayer been anBwered. From SiDS, and inheritance among them whioh are sanctified by that time, the numbers have been Bwellig until (aa we faith that is in me," (i. fl., in the Christ, who is speaking learn from a copy of the laat year'B report jWlt reooived to Paul), Long before had the Holy Spirit Baid: "Sepa. from Mr. Clough) the churoh at Ongole numberi I6,692 rate me, Barnabas, and Saul, for the work whereunto I memberB, What hath God wrought? Not merely in have called them." Even BO, God Bounded hiB oall in the thiB great ingathering. It waa God who gave faith to heart of one to go to Ongole, in anBwer to the prayer of thQ earlier missionaries, who gave them courage to toil faith, Mr. John Everett Clough, who had been four years ou in the midBt of apparent failure, who prevented the in the Government employ in Minnesota, and who had relinquiBhing of the MisBion, From the very heginning, spent fiye years at college, and taught for' one year and right down to to-day, we Bee in this Mission the wondrous labored for oue year as a missionary colporteur in Eastern work of God, Now what remainB. Earnest appeals are Iowa. While engaged in thiB laBt work, hiB attention made for fe-enforcements, for more men for the Telngns. had been called to the Telugu field, and the oonviotion Who wil reBpond? For other fields, men oan be found. impreBBed upon his heart that he was called to go to work Are there none for this? "Pray ye therefore the Lord among the TeluguB, He waB app.fmted (at the age of of the harvest, that he will send forth laborers into hiB twenty-eight), in Augnst, ~4, to India, and Bailed ~ot harvest." :ae answered .this, the "Lord's prayer," at lang after. Ongole, in Bending Brother Clough; he wil anBwer it In 1865, Mr. Jewett and Mr. Clough arrived on the again, in Bending others. Wil you go? Wil you pray? 1Ield. Mr, Clough, with the prediotion of faith, BaYB that -NaiÙmal Baptist. God wil Bend a great mulitud. . Daily, "publicly, and from house to hoiise," he and his assistants preached Sunday School Work In IndIa. Christ JeBus. (By w'y ,of parenthesis, how Btriking a BY REV:' .JAMES L. PHILL1PS, M.D. resemblance there is between the narrative of Paul's British India has much to learn concerning Sunday laborB, and the Btory of the labors of onr BaptiBt miBBion- school work. To an American, coming here from a land aries, his ,successors.) where this department of Christian effort is 80 thorough- BRINGING IN THB SHEA.VES. ly systematized, and carried to such comparative perfec~ Sowing in tears; reaping in joy. The little one iB to tion, the scene here is disappointing indeed. Still, there beoome a thousnd. The cloud. that obaoured the shi- are tokens' of true progress, for which one can thank ning of "The Lone Star" is driven away. Soon after Mr. God and take oonrage. Although there are many ohuroh- Clough visits for the first time hiB Btation at Ongole, in es in India, and some- whole missions,. where such, a 1866, 'the 'heathen be~in to seek the missionary, where thing aB a Snnday Bol\ooliB unknown, Btil we have- not thirteen years before they st01d hiB brother-laborer. a few strong, stirring, successful schoola that are proving .In January, I86'1, thcfirst ohurchi. organized in Ongole beyond queBtio.n the deBirability and the practicahility with eight members. From thiB time forward, additions of thiB Bort of work in pagan Ian dB. I think I may Bay are IIde br the huudreds, until, in 18'1, the ohurch that every American mÌsion in this country fully recog- numbe~ree thouBld three hundred. Other mi. nizes the valne of the Sunday Bchool agenoy, and in some .ionariea join the band. Other station. are proBpered. of these misionB it is being employed with characteritio The work goeB on gloriouBlY until I8'1'1. Then cae a vigor and oorreBponding rets. great calamty; but the Lord bronght good ont of it. Our city churches, as ,a rule, are doing best in thi line IF THE LORD BE GOD . THB LORD HE is THR GOD. of work, and in Calcutta, Madraa, Bombay, Allahabad, For two years a famie raged over the whole MaB Benars, Lucknow, and Delhi you wil find Snnday PreBidency, begining in May, I8'1'1. The rain did not Bohools that have something of the home ring to them. fall; the hnrning Bun BOorohed the grain; or it wa de- By far the beBt school that I have Ben in Calcutta i. voured by in.eots Five hundred thonsand people per- that belonging to the American Methodists, or, as it is ished Help was solicited and obtained from allover generally oaled, "Dr. Thobnrn'B SchooL." The English the world. Now, the first work of the niionary waa to Baptist BOhool, in Cironlar Road Chapel, is also doing a diBpense these gift., to feed the Btaring, give medioine good work, Bnt in theBe and others there iB far too little to the Bick, and to fid employment for thoBe who conld puBhing miaionary effort. Some of our city aohoolB are work. N ó candidates for baptism were reoeived for dying of reBpectability, doing little or nothing for the ,over fifteen months, lest they Bhould oome for "the great mass of ignorant humanity, "the great unwashed" loaves," or literally, for the rice. Yet hundreds of appli. on all sides of them. Can a church' or a Sunday sohool ..tions were received from heathens who professed to live or grow by Bimply oaring for itBelf, and neglecting have become ChriBtians. Why waa it 80? The heathenB the oommunity in which it iB planted? had learned that their gods could not help them; the Early in the preBent year a Sunday Bohoof convention famine had taught them that" the Lord he iB the God!" was held at Allahabad, and quite a number of live quea- In June, 1878) candidates were again received. Mr. tions related tö thi branch of work waa disouBBed. The. .clough expects, 80 he wrote, that thru thousand would report of thiB meeting has not yet appeared, though it haa he baptiz within 8;" month;. Inte of th within ben promiBed the pnblic, and probably iB in prea THE' GOSPEL IN ALL LANDS. 129 From the newspa.per acoounts that I saw, I was led to Midnapore the nucleus of a Sunday school librar, but think that the attendance was not large, nor the gather- very few books. as yet. J ndging from the report of the îng particularly enthusiastio; but I believe certain pl~ll Mi68Ionary Conference for South India and Ceylon, I were adopted looking towards more systematized and think that part of the country may be ahea of Benga greatly extended work in future. I hope our Sunday in Sunday school literature,-S. S. Times. sohool workers at home wil think of this great and oom. paratively new field, and invoke upon it and its toilers The FIrst Protent Mission Work in IndI the graoious benediotion of our heavenly Father. Mr. Roper Lethbridge, of Indi,' in hi Hitory of The' centeuary of Sunday sohools was oh.el'ed hy India, says: "The first Protestant mission to India was ;appropriate services in several places in India. In Oa1- a Danish one at Tranqnehar; and the old Dan settle-

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.,ntta the Church of England schools came together, and menta of Tranquebar and Serampore have alwa.ys been I believe those connected with 80me of the other churches ,the headq~rters of Protestaiit efforts" which were there did likewise; but we shculd have liked to see something formerly allowed greater liberty than in the domiions ..one in a united way in honor of Robcrt Raikes and of the East India Company whosè traditional policy of "Some of hts early coadjutors, to whom all sects are so strict religio-as neutrality w~ opposed to even the faintest largely ind~bted for instruction, Bxample, and inspi~~tion suspicion of encouragig missions. Ziegenbalg was-the in this noble department of Christian service. Perhaps, ,first missionary at Tranquebar, and be was partially'sup- a. hundred years hence, India~s Sunday schools may be ported by the English' Society for thè Pròpagation qf the rea.dy to put up a Raikes mon1lent. Gcspel.' To him and his colleagues helong the glory of Very littte as yet has been done in India towards cre- having initiated ihat method of spreading Chrstianity ating Sunday school literature in the vernacular of the which is now generally recognised as the one"mQst suited people. There is ,a great field here, and an iL~vitiDg ODe, to the needs of India and least likely to cause disturbanoe toe, for native scholars. I am happy to report thàt a few or íl-wil-namely, the translation of the Bible into the very good books for children have been prepared in the native languages, and th'e education of the young Zieg- Bengali language by mis.ionaries and native Chrištians. enbalg landed at Tranquebar in 1706; and in 1750 the We havè an ilustrated monthly paper, toe, called the 'famous Schwartz joined the same mission: This great Jotiringan (Firefly), wliieh is issued hy the Tract Soci- man thoroughly mastert~d the Tamil and other vernacular -ety, and is having a fair ciroulation. ,"Ve have here at language"s, and by his earnestness and energy acquired 130 THE GOSPEL IN ALL LANDS. imense influence amongst the natives of Southern India I wants of the Chritian BervantB of the Governent, es- -epecially with the Raja of TanjÖre, at whoae capita pecially the British troops; and even Henry Martyn'. he settled in I777. Such was 'the magic virtue of the iahors, as iong as he' remained in India, were mainly di- £Sme of his holy life that Tippu, when told that the rected to the translation of the Bibleand similar works, 1inglish wished to send an envoy to bim, replied, 'Let in addition to bis ordiary clerical duties among bis OWI them send the Christian (Schwartz) tc me; I need fear countryen."

no deceit from bim.' When he died, full of years and of "At the present moment the Roman Catholics ofCeyloIr honor, and bemourned by the tears of the Tanjoreans, number I86,000, whilst the Protestants of that island the English East India Company set up a statue to his numher 54,000. The Christians of India were returned memory in the principal church of Madra. at the last census as numberig 897,682; but in the retnrns "Kiernander was the first Protestant missionary in there is no distinction drawn between Roman Catholics Bengal, and he was invited thither from the South Indian and Protestants, though the former .are, of course, in a. Mision by Clive in 1758. But the mcst famous of the large majority." Benga missionaries were the three great Baptists; Carey, .... Ward Bod Marshman, who made &aramporel,he centre 1I1.slcn Work In IndIa-Progress SInce iS,r. of Oriental Biblical iìterature, and .the fruit of whose BY REV. B. H. BADLEY, M. Ã. labors ia still to be seen in a vast number of Biblical Hàving just finishea compilng a reviSed edition of the translations. Carey landed at Calcutta in I 793, and after "Indian Missionary Directory," the writer Î1 enabl,ed to some struggles for Bubsistence Bet up a printing-press at give the latest statisics of oui rapidly enlarging work in an indigo-factory at Maida, of which he had heen put in India, derived for tb'8 most part 'from the communioa- oharge. His colleagues arrived in Calcutta in 1791, but tions of scores of missionares of the vàrious societies, narrowly escaped imediate deportation by the authori. :represented in the land. Th'ee statitics are very oheer~ ties) who were afraid lest native opinion should take ing to the missionary in the field and should be full of alarm at the advent of so many missionaries. The conse- enoourgement to the Churoh, at home; God is with us. quence of this was that the whole oommunity took up The people are learning of and acc,epting Christ. A th,eir residence at Serampore, under the protection of the friend in America wrote U8 recently: "You miionaries Danish flag; there they labored and died, and there is seem to be always portraying a grand.fure; great now peacefully oontinued (though under British rule) the things not done, but to be do; victories sure to be won work which they commenoed. by and by." To this let the nndermentioned figites reply. They show what ha hee don in nine years. --- The four leadg sttistical 'items-those most indioa- tive of the work done are: (1) Foreign Misionaries; (2) Native Ordained Agents; (3) Native Christians (inolnd- ing ohildren); (4) Commn¡iicant8, Besides, there are school, Snnday-school, medical, Bihle, colportage, and other statÎitics. ,It may slillce to take up the first fonr in the present article. . I. Foreign .Missionaries.-Of these, including pro- fessors in mission colleges (who labor among non-Chris- tian youths and are bona.fde missionaries, although not always 80 counted), there are now 680 (representing 32- mÎßsionary societies), an inorease of 67 since 1871. Of this nnmber England, with 244, Germany, with 131, and the United States, with 117, have the majority. Other countries are represented as follows: Scotland, 67; ire- land, 19; Cßnada, 17; Wales, 15; Switzerland, 13;-

Sweden, 10; Denmark, 5; Norway, 4; France, 2; Russia,

1; Holland, 1; Belgium, 1; West Indies, 1; while nolesB than thirty are sons of missionaries, born in India- HeUfMa.rtpi the Scudders, N ewtone, and others-a very signifoant fact. The remaining 11 were born here, of European "In fame only second to the Serampore missionaries de'oent. It will thus be seen from what distantly re- was Henry Martyn) a missionary chaplain in the service moved localities our missionaries have come. of the East India Company. In 1814 the first Bi.hop of Of the 11 7 from the States, so far as is kn~WI, the fol-

Calcutta was appoint~d; and that See has ~ince been lowing is the distribution: Ohio, 18; New York, 16; adorned by such well-known names as those of Heber, Pennsylvania, 12; Massachusetts,7; Connecticut, 5; In- \Vilson, Cotton, and Milman. But the ecclesißBtical es- dIana, 5; Dlhi.is, 4; Kentucky, 3; MaÜ1e, 2; Vermont, tablishment of the Indian Government is not a mission- 2; New Hampshire, 2; Virginia, 2 j Tennes~ee, 1; Mich- ary one, as its duties are to minister to the spiritual igan, i; Wisconsin, ); Iowa, i; other States (or nn- THE GOSPEL IN ALL LANDS. --- --._----=--- ~-- 131 kn~wn),2i'- Po~ib__y, if the exa:t fìg~res""were kno;~, London Mis.ionary Society. .".. ." .. ." 00.008 some other State might eclipse Ohio, but it is exceedingly GoB8ner'a Missionary Society. . . . 29,28 doubtfuL. It seems to be the banner State for insion- American Board,....""",. 13.485 aries, as well as presidents. English BaptistLeipzig MiBBionary MiBBionar Soiety. Soiety. , . . ; n.981 Of these 689 mi88ionarie.~ one, the Rev. George Pearce, Ba.l Missiona.ry Society. . . . 10.000 of the English Baptists, has been a missionary in India Methodist EpiBopai Church.. . .. , _ " , 7.83 5,855 upward of fifty years, He arrived in 1826, and in the These, with others, give a total of 340,623. fity-five years has heen ahsent on health furlough hut During these uine yearB the American Baptist Mi- ten yearB~ Since 1705 there has been but on missionary sionary Union has octupled its native Christians; the who has put in a longer term of service, Tilis was the Methodist Episcopal Church has trehled; the American Rev. J. p, Rottler, of the Early Danish Society, who ar- Evangelic.l Lutheran (Geueral Synod) and Gossner's rived in 1776 and died in 1836, after laboring sixty years. Mis,sionary Societies have doubled; while the Indian Sixteen have labore( upward of forty hut under fifty Home Mission to the Santals has grown from 35 con- Y6ars; 33 from thirly to forty; 100 from twenty to verts in 1871 to 2,756, in 1880; the Canadian Baptist thirty; 179 from ten to twenty; 360 under ten years. Mission has gained 1,000; the American Evangelical Groupin~ by soci~ties/ we have: Lutheran (Geueral Council) 560 conyert" etc, 'fie total Church of Engli:di::; 103 increa.e is 116,365, Many of these are" famine Con~ Bo.l (German) Soiety...... 75 verts;" but -not, therefore, necessarily of poor quality Metbodi. EpiBopB. Church.. , ,. 65 'and little worth. More thau two years have now passed Gospel i?ropagiltion Boclety_...... 48 since the famine, and these Dew Chritians have remained London Missionary Soiety...... " . . 4ú fi d 'II d b h ' S ff ' WeSleyan Miionar Society. ,, , , 44. I'm an WI , no ou t, t us continue. u ering and English Baptist Sociely...,..... 31 distress have led many hundreds to Christ, and through America Presbytean Soiet.y.. . .. 29 him to rest and peace, Fr Church of Bcotland Society... 27 Besides these 340,000 "native Christians, there are America Boar...... _. . 24 thousands of adherents-people who are almost Christians) and so on down to the Friend's (Eng1Ish) MissioD, with in various stages' of education and of nearness to Christ. two, and Beveral private or I-dependent mÎ8sioTIs, with One mission alone counts upward of 3,000 of these. In one or niore laborerst the South India MÎ8sions there were in 1878 no less than II. Native Ordained Agents.-Here there has heen 127,000. At present in all India thère are at least 150,000 mos:t encouraging progre"e. There are now 389 native of these unbaptized Christians. The fact that m:my vi. missionaries, a gain of 164 since 1871. There is cause lages are petttioning the ID.issieDaries to .send them for rejoioing in th. The great work to be done here is teachers and preachers shows how the leavening in:luence by ,these men, who kuow the lauguage and are native to is at work. The haptisms tell only a part of the progress the land. . We are glad to note the inorease in the number made. . ' of foreig missionaries, and hope it may oontinue; but iv. Gommunicant8.-This item represents the adult we have the greater joy in knowing that so many of the i community. 'Tis has grown In these nine years from SOilS of India are coming forward to pr61ach Christ to 52,816 to 102,444, or irÌroundnumbershasdoubled. The their countrymen. They are a grand company of men. Church of England stands fu here, alo, with 19,401; May of them could get larger salaries hy acepting gov. the Americau Baptist Mission Union has 18,653; the ernmeiit service, but prefer to remain as they are. In Gospel Propagation Society, 1~,30.i; GOBner'sJslissionary fivQ societies the native missionariee now' outnumber.the Society, 11,091; the Leipzig Misionar Society, 6,000; foreign, and ere long it wi, no doubt, be 50 in other London Missionary Society, 4,632; the American' Board, sooieties. Durng the interval under revie~ the Ameri- '3,765; the..asel Missionary Society, 3,727, etc. can Baptist Missionary Uniou has gained nO less than We may conclude with the following tahle, which 49 native missionares (mostly, of course, in the Telugn speakscfor itself: 185, 18B\. 187\. 1880. Miion, near Madra); the Church Missionar SûuIety Foreign mISBionarics_ . . 339 479 622 689 has gained 40; the Gospel Propàgatiou Society, 19; the N a.live roIBSonaea... . 21 97- 225 38 American Board, 16; and so on. Na.tive Chritians...... 91,092 188,781 22,2ô8 340,628 Communicats...... 14,t161 42,976 52;816 10~,44 il. Native Chri8tianB.-Hare there has heen an in- crease of 52 per cent. Not so large, perhaps, as might With these figurea hefore us, we thank God and take have been ßxpected, but, still a grand increase. It must courage. We kn"ow that. it Ui our Father'sgood pleasre be remembered that the death-rate in India is much to give TIS the kingdom and we rest upon his word. On higher than;'t home. Of this we are reminded every every hand new fields are opeuing and the opportuuiti- her~ set before the Church is one of the greatest imagin- yea. Cholera, small-pox, and faver are very fatal here. The following table gives a relative statement of the ahle, Oh! that the Church would oarry INDIA more cou- various societies: stantly, more earnestly upon its hear in prayer, and send. the money aud the men for the work that God bids us do Church of England. " , " , ' " ' , " ' , . . , ". 75,998 America Bapti MIssionary Union...... _ õõ,633 and do without delay!'-Iiidependenl, Gopel Propagation Society", ,.""""",."" 51,391 j LL"CKNOW, INDIA, May, 1881. 132 THE GOSPEL IN ALL LANDS. Woman's Work In India. India and the neighhoring Island of o.ylon. Six ladie8 are connected with the Madura Miøion, having under BY MRS. E. S. WEST. their oare I4 boarding and day sohools; fonr with the India. known also as Hindustan or "the land of the Mahratta Mission, snperintending 4 boardin¡; and day Indus," is a country of varied climate, wonderful fe. sohools, and in Ceylon, we "find at OodooV111e a large i sources, and of ancient civilization. It extei;ds fr?ff the boardin¡¡ sohool for girls under Mi, Agnew; another ~t snowy oones of the Himalayas on the north, II ~n irregu- OOOoopitty, of whioh Miss Townshend has the oversight, lar triangle, with an area. 0,£ 1,577,698. square mile.s to ~lie' and a number of village schools. i point where Cape Cormorin rounds into the glIttering The Woman's Foreign Missionary Sooiety of the Pres. Indian seas, Its dense popnlation of nearlY,300,.GOO,000 hyterian Chnrch has labored eleven years in India, in is composed of many dlBtlI~ct. races, each with. i~s o~n conneotion with the Lodiana, Furrukhabad and Kolapoor peculiar dialect,. a~d of whiph among the .sborigiisl In- Missioll, making a total of 30 missionaries, 72 Bible habitants the pnnoipal ,,re the Bengalee, 0.riy~ Mah~atta readers and native teachers, 53 day sohools, and 125 Gujratee, Telin~a, Tamil, Kal'na.ta an~ Hindi! ?r Hin~o- soholarships. stanee. In addition to these, we £nd in the mties, plams The Woman's Baptist Missionary Society bas directed and on the mountain sides, Moslems, Parseeai J ewa and its effort mainly to the Telngns of India. At N ellore, Europeans.. .. . Mr8. D. Downie and Mis; M, M, Day are bnsily emtiloyed There are now thirty-nine evangehcal IDsionary in sohool and Bible work; at Secnnderabad, Mrs. Camp- societies represented in India, am~ng which the various bell is alone in similar work; Mrs. Loughridge is at Woman's Boards of oiir own and tl:e mother country are Hanamaonda; and at Madras Mrs. L. Jewett and Mr. laboring faithfnlly for the Master, H.,J. Niohols find their time fully ooonpied in the rapidly The English "Sooiety for the Promotion of Female increasing work on their hands,' . Education in the East II was followed by the Woman's The Free Baptist Woman's Miaaionary Society has Union .Mssionary Society, the pioneer of American stations at Bhimpore, Basalbre, Midnapore and J elIa.ore, woman'~ work, distinctively as such in heathen lands. superintended respeotively by Mrs. Bnrkholder, Miss Ida This Society, founded through the efforts of that beloved Philips, Mrs Phillps, and Mrs. Crawford. "elect lady," the sainted Mrs. T. C. Doremus, of New The Woman's Foreign. l\Iisaionary Society of the York, par.took largt-IY of her catholic spirit. It is now Methodist Episoopal Chnrch is represented at Caloutta, twenty years since its first missionary, Miss H. G. Brit- Cawnpore, Lnoknow, Bareily, Moradabad, Goolburga tan, W&H sent to Calcutt¿l. to labor among the Zenanas of and Madras, that city, and the seed sown is already bearing fruit many The Woman's Board of the Reformed (Dntoh) Church, fold. It has stations at Calccttn, Allahahad and Cawn- the yonngest in tbe sisterhood, has had a flouris,hing pore. school for girls, for Borne years past, at Chittoor, in con- Calcutta, with its suburb, Ra~pore, has a large number nection with the Afcot Mission, and under the oare of of Zenanas under regular visitation, 27 schools, with 1,200 Miss M. J, Mandevile. pupils, an Orphanage with ioa little inmates cared for by The problem how to reaoh the women of this far-off Mrs. Page, and many Bible women superintended by land has been solved for ns, The touohig story in The Miss Louise M. Hook) who, with twelve associate mi- Leflet, "What a pair of sliPpers did for India," tell us sionaries, reside at the American Mission Home, 140 how. to a Christian woman was granted the privilege of Dunhumtollah street. opening the way to the homes and hearts p£ her suffer- Miss Lathrop superintends the Home and work at AI. ing Indian sisters. Now many thousand Zenanas are lahabad, Wbiè~h twelve teachers, three native assis- opened to the lady missionaries of every society, and tants, several red pupils in the Sabbath and day they are eagerly 80ugbt after by tbe Babus a8 teachers schools, and 2 0 Zenanas under regular visitation and iÌl- f6r their wives and daughters. And not alone in the struction. Z~nanas of tbe higher olasses are the doors 0i?ening, for Cawnpore, thenewlv established station of this Society, aside from tbe training schooli for gils, an interesting is cared for by Miss Vi ard, with three assistants, and al- featnre is the vilage work in India. Here the women ready numbers' 76 Zenanas, with 6 day and 5 Sabbath are more accessible,¡et as elsewhere they must be sou~ht sohools. The work is opening here 'Wth wonderful in their homes, an it can be done only by Christian rapidity, and our missionaries write that with proper women, for no male missionaries are granted admi8ion in workers and means, Zenana work can readily be opened tbem. Mnch has been already aooomplished b;y onr lady np all thron¡¡h India. In a."icent letter Miss Ward says,: missionaries and native Bible women in their visits to "My lieart is very heavy thlB mornmg. We have opened tbese vilage homes, and freqnently large companies of 'work here, and it is now coming in to us in such a way native W0men, attracted by the singing, will gather and that we have more than we oan do, and I see no way to thus hear the" old, old story,'' so new alas to them, of afford the help needed. When night oomes I am so tired the Saviour who came to save even the women of India. I cannot talk. My mid goes over this and that, th¡it A nother, and it seems the most important, is the has not been done, and that wonld have been done had woman's medical work of the various societies in India.. there-been more time." A peculiar form of work at Al- Our hearts have grown sad in listening to the recitals of lahabad and Cawnpore is the visits made by the mission- sickness, agony and often life-long sufferig in conse- aries to the" Ghats" or bathing places of the women on quence, borne by these women becamie no male physi- the Ganges. Here at an early morning hour large cian could see them or prescribe for them.. The custOi-8 numbers of native women congregate to bathe, bearing of centuries past decreed death rather than such dis- offering~ Qf fruits and flowers which are thrown on the grace. stream, ana. praye~ for blessings from its sacred waters. In 'November, 1869, Miss Clara Swain, M. D., of Cas. Many, we hope, learn here, and perhaps for the first tile, N. y" aaaduate of the Woman's Medical College time, that the blood of Jesus Christ" clean seth from all of Philadelpbia, went as the first lady tPhysioian from sin" America to the foreign field. She was sent by the The ,\r oman's Board of Missions, anxiliary to the A. Woman's Foreign Sooiety of tbe M. E. Chnrch to B. C. F. M" is a worthy .helpmeet to that venerable Bareilly, and in six weeks a.~ter her arrival there treated Society. Thirten years have its missionaries labored in 108 female patients. The history of her work in India, THE GOSPEL IN ALL LANDS, Vi:: as well as that of other lady physicians, narrated by Mrs. mi,saonaries, 5 'single Iiiles, 33 churches, 18 native ordained mi. J. T. Graoey in "W omanJ~ Medioal \\T ark in Foreign Ister'S, 217 congregatLoDB wIth 11,872 men, women and children, 2,591 members in goo standing, 100 village !-and,S," seems almost a fairy tale. And we rejoice that' schools. 8,172scolar. in this two-fold charaüter the messenger of healing finds Miun.ri in the Marthi Miaaion.-M. B. Ankaipsger, W. O. access to the homes of India, caring for the ills of woman- Balantine, M.D., J. D. Bar, V. L. Bhambal, Lemuel BI.ll, H. hood. while she po~lit.B to .the great Physician of BOuls. J. Bruce, K. :M. Dhaawani, S. B. Fairbank, L. S. Gate, H. D. May it prove the missing hnk that shall draw our sisters Giyaküwad, Charles HiirdIng, E. S. Bume, R. A. Hui:e, V. B, from the chains of earthliness and sin to the liberty Kliomarkar, A. B. Kslirar, 8. C. Makasre, V. A. :Makasare;' whioh is in OhrÌBt J ,,us. Though uneduoated and often R V, Modak. W. V. Ohol, C, W, Park, RD. Pawar, S. lL Rall- oppressed, yet women is a. strong power in India. It is swad, L. M. Salave, James 8iniLh, D.' T. Wagchaware, G. L. true there, as well as here, that "she who rocks the Wagchaware, S. R. Wells, R. WiIll, :-. 1t. Zadhav. oradle rules the world," for the mothel' love exists Mislf.lma1us in the )Iadun !fiion.-A. Barnes, W. A. Buck- strongly there. To UE', as the women of Amerioa, is the ingham, Thomas S. Burnell, John E. Chandler, Jobn S. Chandler. charge given-" help those women." Let the memory Edward Chester, H.D., D. Christian, Alfred Clark, John Colton, J. of our Christian birth and educatioii, the thoughts of our Cornelius, )1. Devasyagam, M. Eaes, G~orge Guttersn, Jllm~a happy homes, and the hope of a hlessed immortality he. Herrick, W. S. Howland, S. Isa, John P. Jones. S. )Iatliur- yond the grave, strengthen us to be faithful in this duty. analgnm. J. T. Noyes, D. Pila.venthrum, John Rendall. A. G.

MlssloiiS and .MIssionarIes in India. Rowland, A. ~avarimutta, E. Seymour, M. Thomas, J. E. Tracy, The larger portioii of ile following record is made up from th~ D. Vathamuttu, G. Vatharuiagum, G. T. Wasliburn, C. \\'illii. Indn ..lIi&ionary DiTtXto, isued iu India in April of this'year, ENGLISII CHURCR llISSION.ilY SOCIETY. prepared by Rev, B, a Baey, The Societ.y has at present connected with its missiona in Iudlii ENGLIIm BAPTIST MISSIONARY SOffTY. 103 European mÎs~Ionarles, 107 native ordained agents, 75,677 WillIam Carey went out WI ita first misionary in 1793. The native Christias, 17,294 communicats. Soiet.y now occuples the following stations: Calcptta, Scr- Misnaris.-Rlght Rev,. Bishop Edwar Sflent, Frederick ampore; Backergunge, Jeesre, Dacc, Eastern Bengal, Diniige. Abel, D, Abraham. V. Abraam, F, W, N. Alexander, Jani All pore, Berbhoom, Mongbyr, Patna, ßenares, Allahabad, Agra, A. H. ~den, D. Arulanthum, G. Arumatlay~ga, P. Arum- Delhi, Simla, Poona, Madra, and Ootacamund; there ar In all anciyagam, A. A.irvadm, S. Aairvadharn, Arthur Bailey. Wm. about 110 l:tations and sub-stations. It has 54 Eurpea.n and 11 G. Baker, A. E. Ball, Shan Balwant, J. Babord, John Bam- native mi5Bionares. Abaut 2,600 i:hildren are taught in the day bridge, Apaji Bapaji, R Batéman, ,Aug. W. Baumann, Charles schools, and 40 in the Sunday schools connected with the Society. Bciumà.n, R. J. Bell, John Hunter BIBliop, M. B. Biswas, Uolam The native ChUrch.members connected with the Society number Blswaa J, Blalch, W, B. Blackett, Edward K. Blnmhardl, Raj over 3,00, represntlDq a Dominal Christian community of proba- Kisto Bose, Frederick Bower, Willim Brigg, James Brown, John bly about 10,00. Cain, John Caley, Thomas CarJ Eli~ Ohapion, Jacb Chandy, M'i8rù...Isaac Allen, J. H. Anderson, BrùJonath Banerjea, Robert Cla.rk, Willari CIa-rk, Walter Cla.yton, Alfred OIi1ord, F. T. C. Biierjea., T_ Barnett, Jbh Drew Bate, Robert Bion, D. P. -r. Cole, M. H: Cook-sley, George CUren, M. P. Curean, C. G. Broadway, ii Peer Buksh, Wm. Carey, S. J. Chowrryappah, A. Dauble, Josph David, P. David, B'. Davis, J. d. Deimler, C. Duffadar, G. Chunder Dutt, T. It. Edward.a, B. Evans, ThoB. D. Da.va.prao.dham, M. Deviipmsiiha, M. DevlIpratham Ev~, John Èwen, R. F. Guyton, E. C. B. Hallam, H~nr Heinig, Edmun1 Downes, John 8. Doxey, Ernes Droes, George W. B. Ja.ts, J(. R. James, Daniel Jones, Charles Jordan, George B. Durant, Samuel Dyson, H. W. Eales, Robert EUíott, Kerry, R K. Kobirj, Thomas Martin, Alex. McCumby, Angus J. p, Ellwoo, Janes Erhardt, A. T, Fiser, B, N, Ghos, F. McKenna. ThomB. Morga, Gerge Peace, W. J. Price, G. H. Gmelin, A. Gnauttu, D. Gnanamuttu, Samuel -Gnana.muttu. Rous, G. Shah, J amei Smith, Robert Spurgeon, E. B. Summers, Y. GnanuUu, li Gnanapragain, P. Gnana.yutham, V. Unan- J. W. ThOIDM, Albert Wiliam. ayutha.rn, H. D_ Goldsmith, ?II. G. Goldsmith, Isa. G~r~badam. LONDON MI8::ONARY SOCIEY. H. M. M. Hackett, Bhim Hansda, V. W. Høurt, Charles s. . The Society sent Rev. N. Forsyh as its first IDBBlODary to Harrigrn, .tohn Haron, Thomas Hastings. Edward N. Hodges. india in 1798_ .It ocupies 24 stations, has 45 foreign ordained Thomas R Hodgsn, O. T_ Hærnle, J. G. H. Hærnle, ,William Hooper, Ralph Hopper, Hugh Horaley, ThomasP. Hughes, Joseph agnts, 8ú native ordained iients, 50,008 native Christians, 4,832 communicants. naley, UdDin Im, Abraam ls, CherIan Itty, Kollatt Jac, MilJrl.-A. Arumanayagm, Y. Arumanayagm, J. P. A.h- A.. J. Jacob, Antony James, David Jeremy, E:V. John, Jesuda ton, J. R. Bacon, J. H. Budden, G. M. Bulloch, T. P. Chatterjee, John, J. J_ JOhnIi, PothenJoseph, Andrew Jukes, WOÌ'hington J" B, Coles, Henry Coley, N. L, Das, C, Daud, A, Dsvid, A" 'Jukes, Wilra Keene, Thomlls Kembe, Kumengheri Koratha, Devalam, James Duthie, K. N. Dutt, J. Emlyn, W. Fletcher, H. Koshi Roshi, G. Krishnayy, KelTwella Kerruwella, Katwari J. Gofl, Isc H. Hacker, Thomas Haines, J. G. Hawker, John Lal, A. H. Las, Aman M, Levi, Arur Lewis, John A, IJoyd. Hay, John Hewlett, 8. J. Hil, H. A. Hutchili, D. Hulton, T. James L.ong, F. G. Macartney, R C. Macdoll9.ld, R. H: .:Uaddox,. lBsell, P. Jagna.ham, Willi JohnSn, J. Joshua, Walte:r Jos", Luca-Maloba, Omen Mamen, Ai~M.warg, Sadiq )Iash, S. J. 'Kamalam, J. A. Lambert, W. Le, E. LeMare, Edwin Lewi.~, Masilamani, S. -:Ia.laini, T..r. L. Mayer, Robert R. )Ieaows,. C. Masilamani, G. Ma.n, Samuel Mateer, C. Moothoo, G. o. David Mohun, Charles Mountfort, John.Nalathllbi, B. NaIlft- Newport, M. Nyanabraam, J_ E. Payne, C. Parthasrady, J. thambi, C. A. Neeve, R. NOWtojee, CharlesP. C. Nugent, Joseph Paul, P. Peerajee, E. A. Phillips, M. Phillips, W_ B. Philips, B. E. Padfield, Arthnr F. Painter, J. Pakianadham, James H. Rice, E. P. Rice, W. Robinson, J. M. Ratti, C. Runtha., P. Pakia.nadham, S. Pa.mmanadham, D. Parinbam. Gerge H. Par- Shiddalingppa., T. E. Slater, James Smith, W. W. Stephenson. sons, Henry P. Parker, Samuel Paul, )1. Periyanayagm, A. W. J, F, Taylor, M, ThQDaa, T, S, TholIn, V, Unmeyudlan, J. H, Poole, Cham Ram, lIado Ra, A. Raenthiram, David Ran- Wa.lton, W. J. WilkIns, F. Wilinsn, M. Wiliam, C. Yesudian, thirlam, :Manchala Ratnam, 1. V. Rau, Willam Rebsch, J08eph S. Zechariah. Redman, J. Richards, Willam J. Richard, W. A. Roberts, Piyare THE AMERICAN BOARD. )1. Rudra, Abraham Samuel, Isac Samuel, P. Snmuel, Samuel Rev. Gordon Hall and Rev. Samuel Nott went out in 1812 as the Samuel, S. Banthosham, G. Sarkunan, W. T. Sattbia.naùhan,!-L first riissionaries of the Boar to India. In tbe Maratbi :MiMIon 8avarioyam, Henry J. Scbafter, )Iodhu 8. Se, T. Sebagnanan there are 1,200 pupils under the inruction of Chrisan Teahers Edw ll Seii, lman Shah, 'Hesra Sbam, John Sharp, James Sheldon, in '60 schools. In the Madura Mi8ion there ar 11 sttions, 12 F. A. P.. Sbirrefl, George Shirt, Willam Sido, Jobn Simeon, V. 134 THE GOSPEL IN ALL LANDS Simeon, Daud Singh, David Solomon, H. C. Squirea R. A. Peg were appointed lI the Soiety's fi.r missionaries in India. 'Squire, Luke Simeon, Alfred Stark, David SlepheD, Henry Stero, and they arved in India in 1822. The Soiety has now four prln- James Btone, J. Stuart, S. Swamidan, Jacb Tharien, V. Thar cipal stations Cuttak, Berbampore, Piplee, and 8umbulpore, with makan, Ambarts Thorn, C. Thomas, John D. Thoma, C. S. severa importt out-stations. It has 8 foreign miionarIes, 10 Thompsn, William Thwwte, James Tunbridge, Je.esVaughi:, native ordalned llDts, 2,722 na.tive Christians, 997 communcants S. Vedakan, A. Vethauitu, D. Vethaayaga., Thomas Veth- .ÀiNari.-Thoma Btlley, T. 8. Barrck, Wiliam Brooke, anayiim, V. Vethanayagam, D. Viravag, 8. Vore!!, Thomas R. Esq., John Buckley, Har Das, Makanda DlL, P. E. Heberlet, Wade, T. K. Weatherhea, Gerge H. Weber, H. U. Weltbrecht, Damodii Mahanty, WlIm MIler, G. S; Nalk, Kumhhu Nal, Henry Wlliams, J. Wiliams H. D. WUl11UI1SOll, )latthew Wlr. John G, Pike, 8ebo Patra, Tan Patr, Shem Sahoo, Paul SIngh, ghese, G. Yesud1an, Tucker Yesudian. J. A. Vaughn, Henry Wood GOSPEL PROPAGATION SOCIETY. cnCI OF BGOTLAD lH88IONARY SOCIETY. The Society bega its labors in India. in 1817. It has 58 Euro- The Scottish Ml1ionary Soiety sent to \V estern India- in 1822 pean missionaries, 62 naUve miSBoDarles, 53,842 native Chrtians! the Rev. Donald Mitchell. who arrved in Janua, 1828. The 16,187 communicants. Society now occupies 10 StatiODB in India and ha. i 7 foreign mi Misnarirs.-Rlght Rev. Bishop Robert Caldwell, S. Abhishe- sionaries and 4 native ordained agents, with 681 native Chrlatiaos, kanathan, G. Abraham, V. Abro.m, T. Adamson, D. Adeikulum, and 826 communicats. Abdul Ali, Asd Ali, S. S. Allnutt, Dari Antoni, Atha.naBirn, MiMri.- W. C. B&iley, A Bourquin, B. C. Chuckerbntty, Frderick G. Batsh, Edward Bicker:tè, G. Billng, Herbert F. D. CoomarappeD, James Edwards, Wiliam Harr, Will Blackett, W. H. Bla.ke,F. Hohn, HenryÊower,HenryC. Ca.rlyon, Hatie, John,Huich~n, Boha LaI, G. W, Legate, Wilam Ma. Tara Chand, B. C. Chowdry, S. Christian, John Cla.y, J. W. Coe, farlane, W. F. Melviii, C. A. Patersn, Esq., Henry RIce. C. J. A. Coulbek, S, Devayam, G, C, Dey, WlliamDrw, D, H, G, Runganthum, W. Samuel, D. Sinclai, W. 8. Sutherland, James Dune, Roger Dutt, J. Eleaer, Percy A. Ellis, Sidney EndIe, J. Thomson, A. Turnbull, James Wilson, John W. Youngson. Fairclough, Oscar T. Flex, Alfre Gadney, B. O. Ghose, Charles WELEYAN MIONARY BOCI. Gilder, Jos.eph Gnanadhin, G. M. Gnan&kkun, Abraham GnanB.- The work of the. Wesleyan Church commenced in Ceylon in muttu, P. Gnapragasam, P. Gnayayuthum, Henry J. Harrn, A. 1814, and in India proper in 1.17. The Soety now ocupies 2l HenoK, J. R. Hil, F. H. T. Hoppner, T.W. Hunter, J. Igntius, A. stations in Indi. It has 44 foreign missionares, 8 native ordained Inman, W, E. Jonea, D, Josph, S. Joseph, W, H. Kay, CharleaE, agnts, and upwars of 2,000 native Chrtian, of whom 1,00 are Kennett, C. S. Kohlhoff, J. Krlstna, Frederick Kruger, H. E. G. communicants. Latewar, G. Lazru., G, Ledgard, F, J, Leeper, G, A, Lefroy, W. Mi8nari.-8. Arnold, R Ara.a.ya., A. F. Barley, G. Luther, A. Manuel, A. Margochis, Mark8s, il!1 ~Iarka., J. E. Baugh, R 8. Boulter, J. R Broa.oo. Willim Burgess, Thomas Marks, Marwai, Das MaBib, A. Masilamanl, P. L. N. Mitter, J. D. Carichael, G. M. K. Cobban, J. Cooling, John Dixon, E. R Es- M, Murry, K. M, Nat, Harr B, Norman, G, D. Oswell, D, Pak. lick, Peter J. Ever, Albert Fentiman, George Fryarf. E. E. GlorIa, kiam, G, Parnjothy, K, Parpershed, B. N. Paul, J. Perlanya. F, W. Gûstick, Henr Gull/ord, H. Haegh, F, Halday, G, Hoh- gam, R. Perianayagam, Dliiing Prbhu, J. J. Priestly, D. Sauel, day, J. Hobday, C. H. .Hoeken, Josiah Hudson, Joseph A.' John. H. N. Bandel, D. 8avarimuttu, A. 8eba.tl, J. A. Sharock, R son, Raan Kalyana, W, C, Kendal, H. Little, 8. Luke, J, A. D. D. Shepherd, Nyo Shway, Yaqub K. Singh, P. Solomon, D J, Maconald, A, H. Maie, G. P.ateraon, W, H. J. Picken, Benja. 8undoshs., A. Suveshamuttu, J. M. Strha, J. St. Diago, A mi Prat, D. H, Res, A. p, Riddett, EIll Roherts, Coopaswam Swamida.n, 8. Swamida.n, TanIe, Taryah. A. Taylor, J. Ta - Row, Jacoh Samuel, G, W. Sawday, J. R Siater, ,WlIiam M, lor, A. Vedakkan, D, Velhamuthu, J, a. Whiùey, T, WlIiam SPfcer, H. O. Bulivan, Bilß. E. Symons, J. M. Thompson, James T, W, Windley, R R Winter, J, L, Wyatt, G. Yesian, M. ")Vanea, R D. Wanna!, Josph WhItney. , Yesadian, S.'YesudI$;S.'G. Yesudi, V_ Yesudlan AMICAN BAPTIST lIIONA.Y maON. B~~GELCAL MIONARY SOTY. Tbß Burmese Mison cummenced in 181S, has 21 Bur and ThiB SocIety taes its nae from the CIty of Basl in Switzer. 431 Kan Ohurches. The numbe of native Christians is .about land. It sent out ila first mlionares to Ind- in 183 It has 74 60,00; communicats, 21,594. foreign misionares, 8 native ordßIed agents, 6,&m native Chris- Misnari.-Oephas Bennett, D. L. Brayton, A. Buner, tians 3,572 communcala. Walter Bushell, C. H. Carpenter, JosIah N. Oushing, E. B. Oro, ..t8ari.-D. Aaron, H. Altenmuller, L. Bach, H. Bachmann, A, V. Crumb, .Jacoh T. Elwell, F. H. Eveleth, J, A, Freiday, R Jacob Baumann, Esq., G. Benner, J. A. Brahe, Adam Buhrer, B. Hancok, Norman Harris, W. H_ Hascal, M. JameBn, Ko. Adolph Burckhart, Paul Ohandren, H. Daimelhuber, K. A. E. Shoay, B. J, Mix, H, Morrw, Mya Mal, C, A, Nichols, J, F. DI.., Thomas DigI, Es" W, B. DIlger, G, Ehle, Theoore EI. Norr, John Packer, W. J. Price, W. H. Roberts, A. T. Roe, sas, E~q., Diego Fernandez, Carl Feuchter, Esq., i. Fie13, Esq., Sair.Tsy, Shway-Noò, D. A. W, SmIth, Edward A, Stevena, Ed- J. Frohnmeyer, 8ebatran Furtado, Ludwig Gangngel, Charles war 0, SleveDB, Tay-Toy, W, Thoma, J, B. Vinton, David Web- Gojar, J. B. Greeter, G. Grossmann, Johannes Hafner, E. Halbrock, ster. L. G. Hanhart, E. Harlin, R. Hartann, W Ha.nwi:ndel, Rudolf The Assam MiEBion was commenced in 1837. There are now Hann, Esq., Jan Rennelink, GoUlob Rimer, Esq., M. Roch, six misionaes, and 11 ordained ruve preachers. The native Nathaniel Hubner, Carl Huttinger, Esq., Joseph Jacobi, i. Jaus, ChrisLIan community exceeds4,öOO; communicants 1,988. J. Kamsika, R A. Kaundinya, C. Keppler, Ferdinand Kittel, I. MisM.-Chokin, E. W. Clak, Dedlng, Ra Giia, God- Knau.nberger, Julius Knobloch, I. Krapf, G. Kuhnle, Jakob hula, A. K. Gurney, Charles D. King, Maljong, Marcus C. Man, Laufer, Johannes Layer, E. Liebeudorfer, Carl Linder, Wilelm J\hndro, Pilt H. Moore, Omed, E. G. Philips, Rakbe, Riigkhii, Lutze, Johannet: Mack, J. '1tfanner, F. J. Jifatthian, Esq., M. Kandura R. Smith, S. C. Thomll. 3lieg, A. Muli, J. F. Muller, W. Nubling, J. S. K. Ostermeier, The Telugu Mision commenced in 184. StatiOll now occu- Esq., Paul Ott, C. Pfleiderer, Gustav Ritter, Wilelm Roth, A. pied, 7; missonaries, 12; native prehers ordained, 4.0; scooli, Ruhland, Th, F, Schaufler, Rudolph Schenkel, W, Schmolck, W, 166; pupil., 2,891; hapllm. for !be year 188, 3,027; native Chis P. SChonthal, Esq., Wilem E. Sikemeier, F. St1erlen, Esq" Wil. tiar, 17,020. l liam 8tok6l, J. J. Thurpm, .Johannes Veil, Esq., J. Friedrich Veil, ..JfiMri.-G. Batum, Paul Bewan, Wiliam B. Bogg, A. Gottleb Wagner, Simeon Walter, Theodore M. Wal, C. Warth, T. Buddepooy, Edwln Bullard, Laba Bundan, Luke Bundare, Weliann, Jakob Welsh, Fr. Ziegler, Esq., Gustav Adolf Ziegl, r. Preunge Bundae, W. W. Campbell, Yellamnndu Cavol', Zecha- OE:ERAL BA.IST MH!BIONARY BoIETY. riah Cavore, John E. Clough, JrI08 Cola, Obadiah De11he, Y. In ~Iay, 1821, the Rev, WIlliam Hampton and the Rev, James Douthalur, David Downie, D. II. Drake, Y. Godoore, R. G-m- THjj GOSPEL .IN ALL LANDS. 13õ llde, Pedliih Gundum, Peter Gungapu, Philllp India, LymlL WKH OALVlNI6TO !iTHODI8T HIION. J6~tt, E. Jona.agedda, N. KallLkish, K. Kelley, V. Kondapale, In November, 184, the Rev. Thoma. Jones was sent 8. the firs Ven KundI!l, A. LougbridRe, Ezra Ma.econda, W. R. Manley, mfsionary of the Welsh Calvinistic Methodt Church to India Frman E. lIorgu, Reuben Muckfn, Isa Mullels. Yosapu It has now 64 churches, 7 foreig misionaies, 2,45 pupll in day Nagpogu, K. Narsil, A. A.Newhall, Jr., Nareu Nomlla, Abe On- schoolB, 2,608 scholar in Sunday schools, 1,65 native Chrtia, golu, Pamiah Pedate, A. Perahapogu,"B. Poolakoore, Pixley 920 communicats KUKri.-Robe Evans, Grith Grif. Poolaoore, Y. Ragapate, Tupele Ragia., Solomon Sterllm, fiths, Grim th Hughes J obn Jones, TliomM J. Jones, John Robert, Danel TaJure, B. Teatu, Jonab Vedo.e1la, R R Wiliams, Y ohon. C. L. Stephens. A1RlCAN FREE BAPTIST M.88ON ARY SOCIETY. REORME CHCH IN A.MERICA The Soiety hiL now in India nine separate native Chistin The Arcot MI8ion was formed in 1851 when the Rev. H. M. comm'unities, occupying thirteen vilage. It ha. eight churches Scudder was appointed to Arct. It ha. ~ foreign missonaea, 4: in the dIstrcts of Balasore and Midnapore, and t. missionares native ordained agents, 3,199 naIve Christian, 1,822 commun- and ordained na.tlve agents, with 634 communicats, and a native cants. Mi8ri.-Jacob Chamberlain, M.D., John W. Conkl. Chtian community of nearly 1,00. Zeha.iB. John, M. Natanl, Andrew Sawyer, Jar W. Bcud. M'l8rÜs.-Û. R Bacheler, H.D., PuaC. Basu, T. W. Burk. der, H D. John Scudder, M.D., Abraam Wilam, John Henr holder, Milo J.'Coldren, R. M. Lawrence, A. J. Marshall, Jacob WyckoJI, Mis, James L, Philips, M,D, MORAVI MISSIONARY SOY. GOSBNER'S !HBBIONARY BO&TY. This Society began work: in India in 185. It has 2 churches, 8 P8.tor Goser was a director of Lhe Berlin Missionary SocIety, missonaries, 35 ChrlBtii, and 17 commuDIcats. Hisia. but diiering from the others as to ß missonary's qu.catioi~s he -A. W, Heyde, Joha L. E. PageH, Fritz Adolph Reloh. withdrew and constitute hlmalf a coi;tte for the education UN PRKYT CHURCH IN A.CA. and supply of foreigÐ m8Bonaries. His fiNt misionares were The Sealkote MiBsion was begun by Rev. A. Gordon in 18. set out in 1836. The Society was orgad in 184. It now has It has 5 foreign missionaes, 2 native ordaied agents, M4 native in Indi~ 21 foreign misionaes, 7 native ordained agnts, 29,~ Christ&I, 3M communicants. Misnari.-J. S. Ba, A. native' Clitia., and 11,091 cOmmunicats. Gorden, Samuel Martin, J. P. McKee, T. L. Scott, E. P. Swift, j£"'1U.-F. Borts, W, L. A. Beyer, Chr. Bra!lfteld, George L. Thakur. Juliua Broake, Criatohit, D, Didlaukles, F, C, Dodt, OLto Gem. FR CHURCH OF BCTLD. aky, .C, H. p, F. Hahn, Alnh IIemhrom, Carl Kampfhenel, Wi!. The Fre Church of Scotland report in May, 1881, that they . hel Kiefel, William Kroeher, Hanuk L.kra, A, M, LaBhm'l have in Indi 12 stations, . 4B branch sta.tiona, 22 orded Europea 'A. W. H. Lorbeer, Paulus Nemo, C. A. Nottrott, Wilelm missionaes., fj liqense native preher, 2 Europe iid ß Dative Nowack, J. H. C. Onasch. Edward Reer, Fritz Sommer. ,.A- medca misionaries, 3 male and 8 femwe Europe miionar dria Tngu, N. Tngu, Peter H, UJIman, W, L, Vo.., Oscr Werth, teachers, 4 male and 5 fema.le Ea Indian and other teachers, 90 G1orge Wilam Ziemk , mwe and 74 femwe native tehers, 2 Eurpe Lay Evaelis, L!RZIG EVANGELCA LUTIRA BOIETY. 14 probationary and.8 fu native catehits, 11 native Scripture In 184 the Society sent thã'Rev. H. Cordes 8. its first mision- treers and school visitors, 10 natve cplporte, 18 Bible-wome, 315 tota Chtia agents, 23 students for the ministry or Chstl. ar to India. There ar now 20 Europea and 8 native ordained oi lahorig in 19 statiO!l, 11,081 ChrJUii livi in 46 agency. 25 nbn-Cha. teers, 17 native tehers 1,010 com. municants, 704 &dult and 1,117 childr baptized aderent.s not towns and vilages, 60 cstechitA 127 scools with 180 tèaèhers communcanta, 2,179 adtt Oil pro.feB8ón since the commenc .wd 2,48 acholBJ, ment of the m.ion. M'issionæries.-P. Amuram, M. .Arva., E. R Baierlein, H. 1. Lower Benga Mions, founded in 1B3: M't..-Wm. D. L. Beisnherz, D. Bergtet, .Aders Blomstrand, J. H. C. C, Fye, Kenneth 8, Maconad, J.ll Roherln, Joh Hector, Bruotte, V. Chrtian, Daniel David, K. Davasyag, Fr. C. R N. Macdonald, G, D. M.ltr, Ked.r Nath De, J. Bhatlcha' A. Gehring, H, R. Hlldman W. H, G. Here, F. HohUBh, K. A: A. lhefeld, J. R. C. F. Kabis, Ca.IF. Kremmer, Andra.1iayr, rjya, P. K. Bannerea, B. N. De. 2, SaDIa Mlaon, founded iD 1871: 'Mi8ionain'e&.-A,. Campbell, Dr. Dyer, W. H. Stevensn. Carl A. Ouchteriony, L, T, P.eBler, S, D. Ponappeu, N, N. 2. Bombay Mission, transferr to the Genera Asmbly in 183: Sauel, 0. J, Sandegrn, H, A, E, Schiúer, Madur Pakam, K. H. F, L, PamperreD, T, p, Peranayagam, J, M, N. Schwar, .J. H, R. 8tothert, D. Mackichan, B. Bla.ke, A. C. Grieve, R. Scott, Wanke, August F. Wol:t, Julu. F. Zietzschmann. D, Nourojee, R. B.b.jee, L. Abraam, G, R. N.v.lk. 4. Poona Mision, founded in 1881: Musiri.-J. '8, Beaumont, John IRISH PBJYT iUB8ON. Small, M. Drake. 5. Mad Missons, founded in 1887: Min The Presbyterian Churh in Irland formed a Boar of ForeIgn , ar.-W.-"iler, W. Stevensn, O. Cooper, A. Tod, G. Patte. Miions in 1840 and Bent to IndIa Rev. James Glasgow and Rt:v. sou, A, Alexander, P, RajahgopaHl, R. 10, B.uho, C. M. Smith, Andrw Kerr in 1841. Churches have ben built at Narad, W, Elder, M,n" A, Andrew, 6, Centr.1 India Miio!l, founded And, Bhalaj, Brokhl and Amode. They now have 9 foreign in 1845: MWinar...J. G. Cooper, D. Whitton; J.' Donglass, mIonarles, 912 native Olitin., and 198 communicats. Mis A. Macphail, P. Nordfors, J. Dawson. 7. Dekhan Native MI 1/.-WilllaID Betty, Wiliam W. Brown, Robert Gilspie, sions, founded in 1864: .Mis.-Nà.raY8D Sheshad, L. R A. S. Jervia, F. L. MacAfee, G. T, Re, J, Shilidy, JOB, Van S, Maalekar, Sidoba Mial, Taylor, George P. Taylor. Missions conducte by Fre Church Native Ministes at their AMERCAN EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN HISBION. own or' native ch,arges.-1. 8, A, Daniel, Tamulii Telugoo The General Synod have in India 4 sttions, 4 foreign mlBlon- Church, Calcutta; 2. 8. C. ,Bannerjaa, Simla and Cwcutts; 3. P. :aes, 2 native ordained agents, 5,423 native Chrtians, 2,193 com- C, Bose, Calcutta; 4. M. N, Bo,e, Gopatgunge, Eatern Bengl; municats, 1,129 scolar In day schools, 1,822 scholars in Sunday 5. La Bear Day, MsIst. in the service of the c~au congre_ schools ¥wicari.-B. John, M. Nathaniel, A. D. Rowe, gamon, Char"" Schnare, L. L. Uhl, E. Unagst. PREaBYTIA CHUCH IN CANADA. The Geeral Council of the Lutheran Churh have in India 4 The miions of this Church in IndIa have their heaquarrs at foreign missionsres, 2 native ordained agnts, and 216 communi- Indore and Mhow. Rev. J. M. Dougas, Rev. John Wilkie, Miss cats. . Miisiona1".-H. G. B. Artman, Augustu B. Carl.n, Rodger and Mi McGregor are a.t Indore, and 'Rev. J. Frar Tota Joseph, Nalaproalu Paulwi lver C. Poulon, H8. C. Campbell at Mhow. Work was commenced in 185 when Rev. G. :Schmidt. 8tevenif was sent as 8 miionar to Indis. Durin the la.t year 186 THE GOSPEL IN ALL LANS.

two men and two cWldren were baptize, 689,410 pages of rellg- terjoo, J. O. R Ewing, G. B. Ferm, C. W. Formn, J. 1t Go- ¡owl matter were prinLe and circulated. Mr. Wilkie ha had an heen, Goluknth, J. P. Graham, David Heron, F. Heyl, J. F.. intetig Cl8. of young Brah, five of whom have declar Holcomb, J. J. Hul, W. F. Johnsn, KanwlUin, A. P. Kels,. . their belief in Ohrtiity and their determtlon to make public Moha Lal. J. J. r.uC!I, G. McMaster, J. H. Morrson, W. J. profesion of their faith. Philip MoITd, E. No.blbaksh, C. B. Newton, E P. Newtn, F. ME'PHODIST EPIBOOPAL CifRCH. J.. Newtn, John Newtoñ, Adolph Rudolph, G. A. Beley, L. There ar two Conferences of tllii Church in India. The South B. Tedord Rees Thackwell, Thomas Tracy, J. F. Ull, E. India Conference is self-supportig, being entirely dependent for M. Wheny, J. 8. Wooside, Theodore W. Wylie. Lheir support on the volunta contrbutions of those among whom CHRil VERNACUL EDUCATION SOCIETY. they labor. Their work is confined mainly to the Englih.spek- Thi Society WIl establihed in 1MB as a memorial of the Mutiny. ing people. The North Indii Conference is supportd maiy by Its object is to trin natives for Christian work and to supply in the Mlisionar Society of the Church in tbe United BtJte8. From the native languages of India, school-books.and other educational the laB annual report we make the following extrts: works prepared on ChriBt: principles. The .Agen in Indi are "There are some facts wbi,ch in our anual review always give 1. E. Evans, James S. Haigh, E. Keyworth, John Murdoch, C. 'he mionary new courag. (1) The native prechers are becom- J. Rogers. . ing better educated. more experience, more entirely consecrated, tmED PRESBYTRIA CHUCH OF SCOTLA.!m. and devoted to their work, and hence more effcient and suc~- This Church began its operatioDB in India in 1860, selectig R&j- rul each yea. (2) The native Chrltia~communities are growing pootana as its field of labor. Four mediCl1 mlB.Edonaries are con- in the knowledge of spiritual things; arepecoming more intellgent I necte 'with it. There are 5 statlOll, 14 misionaries, 88 sch,ool. in their Christia experience; ar getting neaer the true standar with 3,375 schQlars, '28 Sunday schools with 1,864 scholars, 601 ûf Chtian morality, and are thUB beIBg constantly prepard to native Christian, 860 comiùnicats. lfu,ffmari.-William be yet more fully the light of the world around them. (8) Our Rmna.r, W. Olark, M.D., James Grny, A. n: Gray, J. Husband, day schools and Sunday schoola for all class, and lor both sexes, )T.D., Alexander P. C. Jameson, ,George Macalisteri Wiliam are raiing up a clas of well-educate you. men and women, ~1artin, John 1rfcQuisan, Esq., W. Robb, James Shepherd, M.D.. wlio ar I:oroughly instrcte in ChrIstian trtb. Including or. W. Schoolbred, J. Sommervlle, M.D., J. Trill. phli, we have over 900 Christian cbildren,in our schools in th DANISH EVA.GELtAL LUTHERA SOCIETY_ distrct alone. Our educated Christians ar lhru rapidly increas- The Old Danish Missionary Society sent out the first Protestat ¡ng, and we ar suounded by non-Christian friends who know misionaries to India. It was dJsaolved .and a new Society organ. and are at times almost persuaded to receive the trth Multi- ized in 1826. For many yea It had no ros8Îon. in India. It 1'. tudes accept the fact th Christianity is tre, and in the end must commenced work there in 1863. It bas 3, foreign misionaIes, 50 triumph." . native Christiall, 28 communIcats. M1:88riS.-A-. Ihe, H. The Rev. Wilia Butler was the fit missionar of this Church Jensn, C. &hlesch. to India, ariving there in 1M6. The North India. Miion reports Il8BURGH EVANGELICAL LU'mm BOCITY. 25 foreign mieisionaes, 14 native ordaied agents, 0,490 native The first miionar of .this Soiety wa. Rev. A. Mylhi,a, who. Chriti8J, 2,597 communicats. MiBnaß.-H. J. Adam, B. W8. sent out in 18M. Ithasnow9 stations, 8 foreIgn mIionaries.. H. Badley, Chales L. Bare, Pbilo M. Buck, N. G. Cheney, Thos 714 native ChritiaDB, 881 communicants. MisMnrie.-A. ('raven, Edwar Cunningbam, Hir A. Cutting, Stephen S Kiehne, A. MylIus,.T. F. PeterÍD, P. O. Petersn, H. Raee,. Dea, Antone'Dutt, I. Fieldbrave, Joseph H. Gil, Thomas Gowa G. &:hepman, C. 8cba, J. Worrlein. R. Gray, M. D., F. W. Greenwold, Z. U. B&qq, Robert Hoskin,) FRIND' FOREia-N M.ION ASSOCIATION.-- . Joel T. Janvier, Enoch Joel. Th08. S. Johnsn, M.D., H. F, Kaiten -Miss Rachel Metcalfe was the first mIionary of tbis Society to dieck, M. Khan, 8all~ Knowles, James C. La.wson, Henr Man- India, reaching Benares in October, 186. They have now 13- sell, George H. ~ew, A. D. McHenr, John T. McMaon, native members and severa.schools. .Mis6inari- SfUuel Baer,. .Tames H, Mesore, J&mes ~Iudge, Friuk L. Need, Edwi W, H, J. WlI,. Parker, A. O. Paul, J. E. Scott, Thomas J. Sctt, Da.vld W. INIA HOME MIBION TO THE BA1TAL. Thom85, James W. Waugh, Peachy T. Wiln, M.D. Organfzed in 1867, and there is now a nomial OhrIBtian p9pula. The South India Misaon origid chiefly though the evagtl. tion of about 6,00, with 2,100 communicants, 2 ordained BabÙ jstlc work of Rev, Wilam Taylor, and was formally orgid in helpers, 30 Elders who vit all the churches, 10 Deacones to 187. Thirt-eight ordined miisters are employed. The present visit their own sex, 1 principal statIon and 5 out-sttions, 2 trning number of communcats IB 2;012, a.bout one-seventh of whom are Bchoola with /55 boys and 58 girls, 32 vilae schools, 30 churces nativet. Mis6ios.-John Black$tock, George Bowen, Mel- .M~.-H. P. Boeen, W. T. Bunkholdt, M. C. Jensn. vile Y. Bovard, WemDgton Bowser, Wiliam D. Brown, William H. J. Muston, 8era, L. O. 8krefsurd, Soorjoo. W. Emere, Robert E. Carr, C. W. Chrstian, F. W. G. Ouries, CANADIA BAPIST mUGU MISSION. :Flin G. Davi. Daniel O. Fox, George K. Gilder, W. J. Glad- The MIB8ion was establised in 1868, and has now 7 foregn mi win, F. A. Godwin, B. P. Jacobs, Levan R Janey, David H. 8ionari~, 1,OOnative Chrti8J, 478 communicats. Miiri~ Lee, James Lyon, Chles A. :Marin, Wiliam A. Moore, T. E. F. - W. F. Armstrong, G. Churhil, J. Craig, G. F. Cure, John Morton, Milton H. Nichols, Wilia. E. Newlon, Thomii H. McLaurin, Rufus Sanford, .Å. V. Timpmy. Oakes, Wiliam B. Osborn, DeDIiIs Osborne, James A. Northrp, GF. EVAlGELICAL MISSIONARY SOCITY. Benjamin Peters, 1m A. Richars, WilHam E. Robbin, John E. This SoIety In the United States W!I organize in 186 and be- RobinsoD, Isai F. Row, JamtJ Shaw, Orami Shreves, Willin gan its labors in India in 1869. It ha. 880 native Cbristian, 125 H. Sievenl', George 1. Stone, J. Sumner Stone, Wilam Taylor, communcats, 2 misionares, viz.: Theodore O. Lohr and A. J&mss M. Thobur, Charles B. W.;, George W, WooalL. Stoll, A.BICAN PREB:YTEl liIONABY BoCITY. SWEDIBH EV ANGEL(JAL MI8B0NARY SOCIETY. The Presbyterian Church in the Unite State began its miion- ThIB Society ha ita headqua.rters at 'Stokholm. In 1877 it sent ary operations in Indin in 183 Rev. Dr. DavId Irvg in the 4 misionaes to India. It has 8 native Christians and 5 commu. A.prIl number 01 the Fo1'lgn Miu gives the statitics a. nicats, and the following missionaes: P. CarlÁ'n, A. G. Dan- follows: 80 foreiWl niionaes, 14 native preahers, lõ7 na.tive ielssn, L. A. Edman, E. M. Erison, N. E. Lundborg, L. E. Uii helpers, 1l71 communicats, 7,798 :pupils. MisnaT',-J. M. gert, Alexander, Wiliam Baten, G. S. Bergen, J. C. Bose, Wiliam PRIT ATE AN INEPENDEN MIBSION8. (Jalderwood, J, J, Caleb, M, M, Carlton, !s Cha, K. C, Chat. The Godavery Delta MI8on originate with Mr. Â._ N. Grave~ THE GOSPEL IN ALL LANDS. 137 who induced WilHam Bowden and George Hee to go to InòiBln Payne, Miss 8. J. Higby, MIss E. LawTtnce, 3-lies E. E. ~iitcbei!, 1886. There now 100 na.tive Chrls1Iii, MO communicants, and M.D., Mis A. M. Barkley, Mi E. T. McAllBter, MIB I. WatD, the following Ulordained miBionaes: C. H. Ber, J. W. Beer, Miss K. Evans, Mi J. C. Brownley, Mias L. E. Rathbun, Ml E. S. Borden, T. Heelis, F. Macrae, E. Miles. A. r~. Buell, Mias L. E. :Miler, Mrs. C. E. Thomas, Miss H. N~ The Rampore Ba.nlea MIBon was founded in 1862 by Rev. EastI', Miss E. 0; Ambrose, Mis Palmer, Miss Rokwocd, Mie: Biharl LaI81n~h, and is now in chage of Dr. D. :Moriaon. Ithn Upham, Miss M. Russell, Mis M. M. Day, Miss M. Menke. 82 native OhriBtIans, 18 communicnts, 2 dispellrIt8, and Eevernl Uniud PrlBlten JFis (Soland).-Ml1. Drynan, Mia Ouil- schools with 164 pupils. lamet. The Punrutti :Mission Wfl commenced in IF.71 by. Mr. C. W. Ji. .MiBn,'-Miss R ~etclfe. Ree, and is now in charge of Miss O. :U. .Reade. It has an or- Tlu Amen Bord,-Ml M, S, -raYlur, MI, H. 8, Rendal, phaDlle, a disensa.ry, 2 out-stations, 86 native Chrlatlans, and 28 Mr. W. B. Capron, MIs 8. F. Norris, M.D., Mrs. J. ~i. Minor, communicants. . Miss G, A, Chandler, . The Seni Mision waa founded in 1871 by George Andersn, of 1. F'. Nor. &hoo and Instruäio &d/y.-Miss Fuller, Mi Scotliwd, who Is ,stil in charge. The native Christians number Harding, Miss Fallon,..Mi Trolt, Mhis Baumann, Mrs. Fallon, 84. Mias Maloch, MI8B Hadden, Miss Bellby, Miss Kav, Mis Lok- The GopalguDge MiEsion is UDder t:e charge of M. N. Bose, hart, Miss Faluoner, Mi Brett, Miss- BrenDo.D, Miss PattefD, with 60 native Christians and SO comm'(nicanta. ~riB8 J. Childs, Mi H. Schwarz. . The Ellcbpoor Mission was commencèd in 1875 by Rev. Albert Amt'n ReOTd Churdi, Arcot JlWi.-MiB8 J. Scudder. Norton, who is no'w asisted by J. W. Sibley. An orphanage has Methut Epi Ghu1'M.-Miss 1. Thoburn, Miss C. Swain.. been established, and there are 11 native Chris(jans. )f.D., Miss F. J. Sparkes, Miss L. E Blackmar, MiBS S. A. Bethel Mison, JamtBra, is in charge of A. R. E. Baegen. He Easton, Mis E. Gibsn, Mis M. E. Layton, Miss L. Kelley, Miss opeed an independent mission among the Sant: in 18715. It haB F. M. Nickersn, MIM. B. Spence. 1 training and 2viii~e schoo18; 1 church, 1 native pastor, 15 native Irish Pre8n Mis.-Mia S. Brown, MiB M. Forret, Mis M. Long. Chrtian Baptis Ni8siT1 &ciey.-Mx. Dakin. The Mission to Lepers in I~dia. was commenced br Mr. W. C. Canadian Prestdn MU8U.-MiSS Roger. Bailey in 1878. It has now 105 native Ohristians connecte with American IAam Mi8ion.~Mi8B K. BOi.gs. the mlisIons at Chumba, Almora. Sabatbu and Amballa. Otkes.-Mlss M. E. Lelie, Mi88 L. n. Anstey, 'Miss C. M~ The Fr Methodist Church In the United States sent out Ita first Reade, Miss L. R. Whepler, MiR~ L W. Ri.~sfln. miisionary to Indi in 188, the Rev. E. F. Ward, who IB atprp.snt at Ellchpoor, studying the language. , Statistics for IndI8j exCept Burmah.-JannarJ. 1881. The Agra Medica Mison is in charge of. C. B. Valentine. He :lrepare by Rev. B H. BADLEY. becae the first of this year' the Superintendent of the Agm Medi- i-l 1 l.s.. cal Misioni:ry Traning Institute. ~ . " . : ~~ :~;;: 'Ë~ u' ""' C. N. Banprjea, W. A. Hobbs, and H. M. Scudder, M.D., are' NA~E8 OP SOCLR'lIRB AND :Mri'8IOI'l'. _ 0 i1!~ 01' . § ".. ~oC ..;; ~ - doing independent mision work. ~~ '''.! ~. ~ 83 '" " :Ei z 1lissionarlei of Women', Soieties In India B8lJttt M.ss/onary Soclety.. 171l-i ILL 8 .0.00 ~oo Fre Church (if Sootll1d.-~Ùss A. 8mo.U, MIss Hubbard, Miss London" ., ...... ,_ 198 1 4~ 30 15,0I '."' 18.4E5 8,76G Skiing, Mis lIackay, Mis J. Patern, MlB C. Paterson, l1i ~:i~~~iiI~niSOletY.,. ....-::::_ .,~~~~ 11~ 1~ 75,99 J19,l0 Gope Prpa'on " 1 tB17 48' 56 ~1,1l1 U'i,8£ Duncan, Miss L, J, Wolff, Miss Warrack, We8eyø.Ml.onBry',' ...... ::11BI7; 4- H 2,00 1,00 Flee Baptist Misio.-~Iîss L. LTawford, Miss,M. W. Baceler, Oeneral Baptl ,...... 1 "'" 1.8 ,-10 2,7' 09 Churcbor8cotlandlfLelon....,...... 1 18~ 17 i 4 .86 ll MI, L 0, Phillip', Miss H, p, PhIlip8, Mis, B, J, Hooper. Fr Clinrcn or BcotJand 1il!lon.. ,18,8 27 8 1,4.76 SOL Amercan Preebytrln " ...... ,1188 29 15 2,100 m ~''! for Prting Femal Educatum in th Eat.-MiB Pack- Ba.e1Mlsslona!"Soety...... '....1 19.~417~. 8 7,88 6,m er, Miss Hart, Miss Davidson, Mi Andrews, Miss Leigh, Mis America Baptist ~10Ii VnlOD.. ". .... J83118. " M."' 18.. AmercaFreeBapt1dls"lon...... : 185 6 4 07 .. BJand, Miss Greenfe.d, Mis ThQrn, lli Reuther, Mi88 West, Gü!lner'IiMii"IonarSocleiy...... " 18lO 21' '7 29,2S . 11,09 Mis Brigg. Leipzig''' ", ...... -1 1841 21 II II,OOl .,00 Irll'li Presbyter/an MÚ!slon ..,.._...... , l8t1' II 0 0", "" Ame Prelteian .M£8sU.-l\.frs. Scott, MIss J. Woodside, Welsh CalvInlstlc Hetbodi~t MIBSion. _ , .. , . 1841 7 0 i;M9 Il America, Eva. Lnthl'D MlElon GeD Syn ., '812 4 2 5428 2,198 Ml ThIede, Mias M. Craig, Miss M. E. Pratt, Mias J. W. Bacon, Amerlcan Reformed Ml!slon.. ,.... 1 t85 ti 4 8;100 J.S2 Mr. Warn, Miss S, Seward, M,D" Miss ß;, E. Sctt, Mis C. ßpll"pdMoravlan " .,...... :.. ..::, 18M 8 0 35 17 American UnIte PreøbyterlaD Milllon. ,_ _. ¡ 186 b 2 ... .. Beltz, !lIES E. Walsh, :Miss ~IcGinn, Miss A. Fullerton, Miss S. )fo:tbodl8t Epl~copii Cburcli" i8t 65 15 , 85 2,89 United Prbytrlan (8collaã) 186 14 "601 .. Hutchison, I\fisa 8. M. Wherr, Miss i. Griffth, Mi.is Seeley, Mi Danish Lulheran Mi"~lon.,.." .._, ..,., 1861, 3 2W 60 F. Perley, Miss E, E, Patton, HermannabC1 MIB81onlirySo!t't~...... 1186! 8 714 351 St.lctBaptlst.ll:!lon.-,__...... 118Ø~ 'i , .Amern United Pr86ÒJltên M"i&...iinss E. G. Gordon, Frend¡i',MisioD...... ""...... I~OO 2 18 18 ;2,mt 2,00 Mis-s E. CsJhoun. Miss C. E. Wiln, Mis E. McCahan, MiB8 R. bOe=J~~~~~~(Ü~¡t~ 'sLãLêii)' SOlety~:: i ~W1: ~, ., 8S "' A88manCacharMfBllon...... 18t A, McCuugh, Miss E. E, Gordon. CanaIa:BaptlfltM~ion...... _., 1&8 )' 1 1,00 "" Ohurch of England Zdna .MuSi 8oV,-Miss Blanford, Amer1c. Eva.. Lnthera Mfølon GtD. C un 1 187 ' ;¿ 56 ". Ciindlan Prbytrian Mi/!~ioD. Hi76 "" 10 Mis'S Go, Mis Hendersn, Miss Wauton, Miss Ralkeg, Miss Swffi.h KYa.geIClll" 181 6 8 , Branch, Mi Thorn, Miss Bl1ndon, Miss 1. Brandon, Miss Tucker, Prhate MiæOD/!, etc. 00 1,400 "" Mr. Lewis, M. J. Thorn, Miss' Clay, Miss Axley, Miss L. Ax' Totiil~. 6i-fl !"~ 8 0.6.-3 iM,444 ley, ~IIs .Macdonald, Miss Gehrich, MIss Condon, Miss Coll~oJe, The Rev. Dr. David Irving, in the Fure -lJ!~ J/tBIOIIU Y for Apr!', Mi Willia.son, Miss Baitz¡ Miss M. Smith, Mi Hewlett, Miss gives the statIBtics for India, excludiDg,Burmah: 606 foreign Dl- Hoernle, Miss Clfforli, Miss Gregg, Mus Scott, Mis Olay, Miss sionaries, 598 native preahers, 6,-4 native helpers, 100,219 com. municants, 176,502 pupils. For Britia and Independen.t Bii: Goreh, Miss Grime, Mia VeLte, Mis F. Butler, Mrs. Webb, Miss IhtiK Jfiuria,ry Uni 83 foreign misonaries, 78 native preh- I Chettle, Mis Baily. ' tt8, 870 L.ativß helpers, 21,594 communicants, 4,57b scholar; , Amen Union Zena M"wio.-Mn. Page, Miss L. M. Hook, Gosl Pratwn &dty, 5 foreign missonaries, 6 Dative preh- i Miss M, C, Lathrp, Miss O. R War, Miss Smith, Mi E. Mars. ers, 8 Dative helpers, 115 communicats, 5. pupilg" Hissum~ , eives ,for India and Brltlh and Independent nurmab, 180,958 , ton, Miss A. H. Jones, Mia Gardner. communicats i Ameioan Baptilt Mi&llary Unio.-Mr. J. P. Binney, Mrs. The names of the miBoIÎares in Ceylon, and other matter reo M. B. Ingalls, Mus S. B. Barrowfl, Miss M. Sheldon, .Miss E. H. specting !ndia. wil appear in oul: next number. I j 138 THE GOSPEL IN ALL LAN uti. Nowhere haa the divine seal been more signally affed to the work of missions than in India. Outpourings of C~tt ($ØSPtif in alllands. the Holy Ghost un'lualled iIi modern times have contin- YORK, SEPTEMBER, I88t. ued for three yearl\in the Telngn MisaioIl, aod for a short. NEW er time in Tinneve&y. Thousands have been ba.ptized The Gospel ID I Ddla. and stil the work is'going on. Along side the most stu- Three qua.rters of a century have witnessed surprising pendous forces of the adversary God is thus showig the changes. in the religions condition of India. Forty strength of the Arm which alone can subjugate India. great Christian and Protestant Societies have formed " Not by might nor by power, but by my spirit saith the a living circle of Missionary forces over all the Lord of hests," After all that haa been ""complied, Empire, and over half a million native Christia.DStstand and it is very great, India.'s 200,000,000 are still lost, and bebind these standard bearers, In the past fonr decades I"dia is leprous to the core. Only a mighty baptism of the number of native Christians has increased four fold, divine power, and a. faith which :will claim the promies and in. one year the increase was over seventy thousand. of the Apostolic Church can reach the real heart of that The details of the work wil be found in the preceding great land whose treasures are yet to be laid at the feet pages. It is enough for us here to call attention to a of the Son of God. few notable and general f""is ~ne'of the remarkable features ùf the revolution whioh -is oocuring in India is , A Reoyere Sorce of Missionary Power. the progress of educatiou. The Hindu mind haa always We have before 1l Q remarkahle hook by Dr. Oharles been subtle and profound, but the higher classes are now Cull is, of Boston~ entitled~ "Faith. Oures." It is an ac- becoming thoroughly eduoated in all departments of oonnt of remarkable cases of healing that have occurred literature and science. 'While, unhappily, the tendency during the past few yeara, without the use of medicine, in many cases is towards soepticism, yet higher Christian and by simple dependence upon God through faith and education has also reached a loftier standard in India prayer. Many of them were chronio diseases regarded through the labors of Duff, Wilson, and others, than in by the attendant physioians as incurable, and some of .any other mi68Ion field, except, perhaps, Turkey. Popu- them were structural changes. In some oases the cure was lar education is also making rapid progress, and common imediate, in others grduaL. In every case it was con- schools are generally established and altended. Another nected with th,e exerciBe of faith on the part of the interesting feature is the decay of the old idolatry. N òt patient, as well aa Dr. Oullis, and always followed by a .only are its ancient atrocities passing away, but many of special baptism of the Holy Spirit and a life of piety and its temples are deserted. Espeoially is this the case with usefulness. Dr. Oullis does not claim that tli is any Brai:anism the highest of their divinities. Indeed, Dr. Sp8!ia power posseBBed by )iim, but the divine promise Punchard has stated that there is now but one Brahman and command left for the whole Ohurçh in James v., temple left in all India. The Brahmo Somaj ha divided 14-15; and a privilegewbich the early Ohurch.. perfectly on the question of Christianity, and one large sectio unde;"tood and unormly claimed, bnt which waa gradu- under the leadersjiiy of Keshub Ohunder Sen has a all.\ lost only through the cDIT~ption and unbeliet of the proached, per~as near to it as Unitarianism. It is blroh in later times. ,Nor is he tbe only one that haa an attempt, which seems at least able and earnest, ventured to replaim these ancient promiaes. Pastor to break away from the corruptions of the ancient fait-l Blumhardt and Dorothea Trudel long ago verified these and restore the purity of the old Vedic teaiiings; an claims in their lie-long work of healing. We know of although it must fail, aa everything short of Ohritianity many well authenticated cases of healig in answer to ever must, to satisfy the truly awakened heart, yet it in- prayer through the faith of the iudividual or some believ- dioates a movement on the part of the higher class of ing friend. At a recent conference of Christians of. all minds which must prepare the way for the Gospel. Up denominations we were permitted to he.ar soores of per. to ,thi time, however, there have been comparatively few SO\lS testify that they had been thus cured. If these oonversions among the higher cla.ses. The lower castes things be so, and he would need to be a bold and ingen- aiid the aboriginal tribes hàve been the readiest to re- ious man who would deny or explain away all these f""ts oeive the Gospel, and form the obief portion of the and testimonies; then,-imm'eaaurably beyond all the con- Christian congregations, The great ingatherings of the solation it brings to the amicted to know that they =y pas\ two or three years have been from these tribes. No- stil olaim the Lord J esDs as the complete Redeemer of ~hehi' bas H the fooii8bn~'8S of preaching" to fight so hard the body as well aa the soul,-thiB great gift of power is a battle with" the wisdom of the world" as amongst thlì of unBpeakable value in connection with' the work of astute and self.suffcient intelleots of India. The Moham- Foreign Missions, if God wil be gr""ioDsly pleaed to re- medan population, too, which numbers over 40,000,000 in store this gift in large measure to Hi Church, and the India, is still as inaccessible to the Gospel there aa it haa Ohurch wil bnt claim it in simple faith as a divine cre- been found in all other lands. The mark of the Roman dential before heathen nations. We knowl something of Beast and the Eastern False Prophet seei: to fix on their the value of medical missioIl in commending Chritian- dupes, as even the grossest heathenism cannot, the in- ity to the heathen. 'But if we may go to the world as delible seal of delusion and doom. the early teachen of Ohristianityand offer men complete THl£ GOSPEL. IN ALL LANDS. 139 redemption for both body and 80nl, and receive the have muoh of His presence a.nd HiB power let UB remem- public seal of their diviDe oommissIons in the healing of ber the solemn message which He r9peated in all Hi diseaes and the manif..tations of divine power hefore last charges, and linked\ with nearly all the promises of the eyes of men, then ChrIBtian mIssioru will stand His Spirít,-tlie message)of our obliga.tion to the whole henceforth on a new basis, and men wil begin to pray world. Every miniB~r i should be a mÍssionary in these for faith in God as the real seoret of the world's evan. great senaes, that he Í8 ~Feady given to the work if God geliztion.. . needs him and ready"to go at His call and that he is These may be startling thonghts, but they are mo- laboring at home mainly to extend the Gospel abroad mtmtou8 if true, and worthy of the solemn, candid and Every true Church is a missionary Church. For the cul~ prayerful consideration of all Christian men. tivation of thIB spirit tbe pastor is chiefly responsible., --~ co. ~~=__ His own heart must be full of thè thOOa, and his people . The lJospel In the Woos. wil be inspired with his feelings if they have the right Our good Methodist brethren have ceased to own the sympathy; if not, God wil probably send him elsewhere. camp-meeting. Those pious pioneers who first dedicated Let us se, then, that we are in sympathy with Christ's ,the grove temples to the Gospel desen*the thanks of all greatest and mOBt cherished thoughts, the gathering of Chritians for the idea, and it has giv~n their Church a His people out of all lands. Let DIt rise above our own powerful, hold upon thousands of hearts that have reo Church, and take, into our hearts and conceptions tbe -ceived their deepest religious impressions at these great whole work and the whole world. Let us keep onr minds summer gatheriugs. But they bave long ceased to informed respecting the progress of the work. Let the monopolize these assemblies. The most conservative monthly concert be kept up and made the best meeting Chnrches have seen the wisdom of followig the great of the month. Let every member be asked to oontribute mases to the summer retreats. Not only has the Sunday regularly to tbe work. Let tliemIssion work of our own school established its great universities in the woods, but Church be carefully explained, and the payment of our the School of Philosophy, the Temperance Societies, the proportion be made as much a matter of simple honety Faith Convention, now hold their annual conferences and obligation as our' contributioiis for self-support.

under such sylvan sha.des as oiice' sheltered the great phil. And, above all, let us pray for missionaries, mission osophers ., the Academy. Weare glad to find the fields, and Churches,-for such a visitation of the Holy Chnrph of God following up the great cnrrents of travel Spint as wil make the coming winter conspicious for and population, alnd toning up the atmosphere af sum~er missionary reviyals and ingatlterings in every foreign disipation, But we call attention to the matter now for( field, and for the unprecedented devotion of men and the purpose of notingtheprominence whioh haa been given mea.ns from the overfowig Churches of our Christian durg the past summer to the subject of missions in con- lands. neotion with these gatherings At the great Chantauqua The Nation ou Its Kuee Assembly': separate assooiation for the promotion of mIa- sions has been organized, and something like a system- The past few weeks have witneMed a .trange and beau- atic plan of missiona.ry instruction is given. At the tiful spectacle-a nation on its knee supplicating for its Pr..byterian as,embly at Asbnry Park we notice a ruler's life. It was profoundly felt by earnest and re- 8~ilar importanoe given to the subject. We hail these flecting men that the blow which proótrated the head of ,facts as indications of the near approach of a day when the nation was not strak alone by the' ass.ssin's hand, thi great a.nd liviug, yet muoh neglected, theme shall be but that back of the reckless and wicked hand of the in- strument there was a Providence-permissive, indeed, the subject of systematic study in all our Sabbath sooools, .and far more thorough and stimulating insti;uction in all but most solemn and significant. The country was -pass- theological seminaries. ing through a crisis greate.r than it realized--years of sufferiug-d depression had been suddenly succeeded by Autnmn Lesons.' great aud uuexampled prosperity, and the lessona of These pages will reach our readers as they are about suffering were in danger of being forgotten. . Religions to res ume the work of another season, With most of apathy and worldly conformity in tbe Church had filled . our Churches, especially those in cities, the antumn',is the the hearts of thoughtful Christians wi1J deep concern; real anniversary. We think that those great societies the enormous inorease of wealth h&. produced no com- which hold their annual meetings at this season, 'have an mensurate response of Chrif3tian liberality; and commer- advantage in the time when their appeals and reports cial recklessness, sooial extravågåiice, political corruption, .reach their constituents. Butit is a time when all Christ)s and public wickedness began to assume alarming propor- :servants are girding on their armOr anew for another tions. The nation was returning hea.d.long to the eXa campaign: The work of the winter will largely depend cE\ses and errors of the past. Suddenly, God laid his upon the impressions and purposes with whioh the hand upou it, and called it to His feet, and hclG. it there summer close!. Iii renewed consecration, joyful to think in suspense and supplication for many weeks. He has that He is wiling to reeiv~ and use UB, let every heart heard its prayer hìtherto, and wê trust it will yet rise with the President's life in its arms. God grant it may be laid at His feet to receive the anointing of the Holy not forget the leasoll, aud that the life thus divinely Spirit as the only source of real power. And Ü we would reclaimet may he made a double bl..sing to the land, 140 THE GOSPEL IN ALL LANDS. ~as going on she sank back, say- "No, no; Gunga shall not have (Jbilòrrn' Eí Jppiirlmrnt. ing: him l" she cried. "I was mad, quite ------.-- -~- "Is there nothing that will save my mad, when I 'made that vow. If it child ?lJ were a daughter perhaps I could give Wbat a Litlle Boy Cau Do. - "No," said the priesti who expect. it up; but I cannot see my hahy-boy At the Sunday-sclioiil MiFsionar anni- ed a large Bum of money for perform- vers of the Melhodist Episcopal chmch drowned before my eyes." at Frederick City, Md., little Wa.lter Leech, ing the ceremony; " no. You have The priest threatened her with stil six yea of age. and youngest 80n of the vowed to give him up, and you must more dreadful things. She 1"as made pator, Rev. B. V. Leh. D.D" surrised do it. But the gods want you to he to say again she was willing; and the- . the school by a(:liD~ to the receipts of the willng to do it. Are you willing? priest was just ready to throw t,he evening a. ,. Mis~1ûnary Ba.nk." containing o1Uhun- child into the water, when his ann d1'ro dollTs.' He told the was drawn back by the missionary, school how he had collect- and be was thrown down by a soldier ed it, in' the following who was close behind. You know verss: tha.t Queen VÍctoria is Empress of Thee weeks ago, after India as well as Queen of Englaid; prolonged reflection, . I formed a plan to help to- and Englishmen have made a law that night's collection; children shall not be drowned in this My chance nea home W88 way. When the missionary found small amId b&rd times what was going on, he went in great To gather IIy mison- haste for some soldiers to stop the ar dimes. priest, and arrived just in time to save I planned to wrte some letters. hrief and funiiy. the haby's life. To distant friends, suppos- The frightened priest got away as er to have some money; well as he coold, the .orowd fled after I said, "I'll let them know him, and the missionar.y, and the sol- my "bank" is ready diers and the now happy family were To take deposits, come, they slow or ~stey. ,. left alone, The mother fell at the feet of the missionary, crying: I wrote my letters and stuck on the stamps, "Thank you, lliank you a thousand My friends received them times, sir! Yon have saved my dar- and were in my ¡:ilamps; ling. Yon have made my mother's Theygrenbaks!1 sent me coiii aDd donations, _ ~, heart rejoice. 0 how could I have And. strange to f;y, some., - ~-;--=~=- ii : I lived withont my baby! I can do Came from my relations, ,-=-=- _~ - nothing for you, sir, but the God ?f . This "bak" isues no ~~.I' .. the universe will reward you. I wil scrip; no stok is sold; ~-"7 - always pray to our gods to send you Its capital is god-all yel- ~- - their blessings." _ low gold, ~ /' Relieved and happy, tl¡e mother I now present it 16 our In- ¿ said' to her servants: fant scholar. "Come, Dasee and Tara, let li gO' To swell theIr fund.o( M.s. slona (Io11an:.::- ~ to our boa.ts and leave this dreadul -N. y. Ad~. place. The gods grant I may never see it again I " . ' ' Drowning. . . the Say Baby. so, andown." let t" goddesb tak J her Since the gospel has been earned to India these dreadful things very As a missionary was walking by the "No, no I" cried the mother; "I river Gan~es,' in India, one day, he am not willing. -- If I break my vow aeldom happen; and if all Christia noticed a Brahman woman and her J can only be oursed. Let the curse people wonld do what they ooul~ to two sons, a beantiful boy of twelve come. I would rather die than do send missionaries there,. the time years, and a little baby a few months it." would soon come when they would old, with two female servants, going " Yes," said the angry priest, "the never happen. What can you do? toward the river. By their appear- curse shall come, but net ön you. It ~-.--. ance he knew that the ohild was to shall come on tbat lad there," point- A Missionar DIalogue on Ind.ii be drowned to please the goddess iug to the elder boy, "on the darljng . BY SOPHI B. SMITH. Gunga. When they reached the of yonr heart. You shall go home Airm/i have some very plellt news for you, sl.ter. principal bathing-place foul' priests t06morrow, takin~ your worthless MARY. Pray, what is it? came up to them; and when tbe babe with you, it 18 true, but leaving ANNr:. I met MIas Bliss on the street to- mother .saw them she gave a loud cry your noble boy, the hope of your day. and ahe h88 promied to come over and fell senseless to the ground. She house. Do you still refuse?" this afternoon and stay to tea. was carried by her servants to the The poor mother could not speak, MAy. That wil be delightful! How long has she been home? water's edge, where there was a great and the priest added: ABNIE. One week. I hear some one at crowd of people. The cbief priest H Then wave your hand as a sign the bell now; i hope it is she. then took the lovely babe from his that I may throw your babe into the (Enif Mw Bl8,) brother's arms, covered its little body I river." . MARY. Dear Miss Blii:; I am very glad to see you. We were just speaking of you. with oil, vermillion and saffron, dress- The sign was given; the child was Ml BLISS, And I am very glad to be ed it in red and yellow muslin, and thrown. One little splash was heard; here ag, and to see your familar fac began to repeat charms over its head. but the next moment the mother h.ad once more. It 8eemB lie home. The priests tried to aroUße the it safe in her armiõ once more. W iId AN1IB. Remove your hat, and when you get reted, we want you to tell us somethg mother, and at last she opened her I with grIef, she had plunged in and about India, aDd what you saw and heard eyes. When she remembered what saved it. t\it:re. THE GOSPEL IN ALL LANDS. 141

MI BLISS. To tell you a.ll 1 Bf\W and ow:!, About ODe tl.lusapd yea a.fter Clii~i. g~neraiiy l\ cüveroo viirid~ a.li around, to heard would fill a book, and exhaust me to the Mohammedans Invaded tile country and keep out the sun The rooms are lage repet; but I wil endeavor to satisfy your becme Its rulers; iid ii they were. deceit- wIth hard poli.ed floors, and have a. 001: -curiosity in a. measure. I auppOB you ful and cruel, there wa.s a.lmost constant comfortble look in that hot clhn.áte. The .know where India. is? warfa.re. About the middle of the eightenth natives lIve in low huts. wIth mud wal MAy. It is a. penlnBUla. in souther cetury Europe turned Its attention to In- no windows, and but Rne door. Åsia. dia. One l-0rtion after another wa. ac- ANNIE. How do Lhefutives dress? MI8' BLI8. And extends from the Him- quired, until now nearly all ot the vast MI8 BLIBS. Very simply. The women alayas southward to the Indian Oce ¡and countr is under the control of Gret Brit- wea a. ti!jht, ahort.sleeved - jacket relp frm the sacred river Indus e.tward to the to the wa.t, and a strip of cloth seven' or Gage ~n.AN. I suplX'3 one se. much there eight yards long, wound round in snch a. ANNI. Is it a. very large country? now to remind them of Europe and Amer- m.er that it keeps"in place without books MiB8 BLI It is not quite halr the size cia. strings, buttons,' or pins. The men dr~ ()f Ute United State and TerriLoriea, a.nd MIB BLISS. Yes; there are quite a. num- very similar, except a second piece of cloth yet 80 thickly popula.ted. that. it contains ber of Europen redents whQ do business which is thrown over the shoulder, and a five times the number of peòple, or 20 there, besides the government offcilB; and turban on the hea. The women wear no mUlloU8. the la.rge stcres, tIne dwellings, strt.C&. hea.-dres but ornaments. MAy. Ts not Inùia a. very old country? letter.caers, and policemen aU appea MARY. Do they always wear the sae

A Hnmr MOTHER TUCUDì4l HER CHILD TO WORSHIP AN IDOL. back as the time I quite homelike lo people from Europe and style of dres? ofMæs Solom6n ßLI8B. Yes; as far its trde with Egipt and Pales. America. Miss BLI88 Yas; and have for two tie ha-been established. t waa carried MARi". Is the cHtpate very hot? thous8.d" years and more. Their f8Blons so ùindhig with i -Qnthem, by trvellng Solomon merchants, built and the to pratedcity of MIB8 Tadmor BLI8. DUling ia June Apri, ""y,it is andso neverhot thatchange, it andia notcuHom saè is for per- them that thei consider it 8 sin to do auy- the wildernes, on the cavan" trak be. sons to ga out in the middle of the day. thg in a difereItt way from whIch their tween Indi and ,Jllrusalem. From that Those who can, keep in' the house, and forefathers did it. . . time to the presnt ltø beautifursha.wls, fine close all the doors and windows, 'except a I ANIE. I suppose such a custom would musli, costly silka, and precious stones few in the dir~tioll of _ the wtd. . These I make things eaier for us, but it w'Juld not have ben known and BOught after by all ar covered-'. with matting which 1B kept be best. " civilized natiotls. còmiti:mtly wet, and which cools the heated Miss BLIss No; there is no progr ANNIE. Was not Columbus on his way air as it pii into the house. without clange: a'nd it i8 far better to tae to India when he discovered A.menca? MARY. Does't it remain hut all the I the change with all its inconvenience, and Mi BLISS. Yes; he was in search of a time 1 . . to adopt new ideas and improved methode, sbort oce.route to that country; and be- Miss BLIS. No; but it is always warm pmvided they are just aDd true, than to lievig that he had reached it, he named enough to make fi unnecesa.ry. Some cHng to the old way,s of our forefather the first land he discovered, West Indies. of the natives have never seen nor even MAnY. How are children treated in In. MARY. Doe not Iiidia nQW belong to the heard of a stove. The cool seon begins dia 1 English? in November, forwhich..Europeansllrevery ~Ii88 BLIS8 Not very kindly, if viewN. Miss BLI. Al but ll small pòrtion. For I grteful, th0l1gh the natives think it very from our standpoint of good treatment. "severa hundred years the country has been cold. Boy babies ar ii ways welcome, but girls a little one ha ben thughgoverned by foreignmany ruers, cbanges. and hl1 pasd ANN. The What kindHindus of house do orlg- they are despise;live inand manyf left to die by its parents who did not wi mally came from Centrl Asia, and settled Mms BL18 The Europeans build their the trouble and expnse of providing for it. in Irdla. They were a. highly polished and hous one story high, with thck wall of But whether girl or boy, their life is not ~iviized nation, and becae very prosper- brick, plastered inde aid uitside, with very pleaL They have no soft be, but. 14~-==::"",,- THE GOSPEL IN ALL LANDR. wily a cot with ban ropes to lie on; and no caste people she has much hard, rougli but it consists altogether of outward cere- fine baby.cloth, but onl:r an old piece of work to do on the ros and in the :felds, monies, as they possss none of the tre cloth to wrp around the little boy. When besides cooking her husband's mews snd spirit of religion. a. child falls sick it is neglected, and some ketping the house clea But In no cas, Aiuuii. It sems hard to believe that &DY times the mother won't even touch it, be- whether caste or non. caste, is she permitted peple can be 80 i¡\orant ßJd superstious. MI BLI It WBB not al ways 80 with them. When the Hindus first setted in India, they wonihippe ODe God, and had -.:-:-õ~_--~ their own Bl wrtlngH called the V.d, which they studied sod taught. Afterward the¡ began to WOrEEi God through nmbols an images. snd. nally their rell.Ron de- generoted Into i oJatrJ and they forsk the worship of the true God. MARY. Are not the people divided into cases in India'i Miss BLISS, Formerly there were four cla.es. of which the Bramans or prlesæ were the first; now 1mt two are recognized, and are known a. "cate" and "non-ca" people." ANNIE. Do the C8te people 8.8ûciae with the non-cate people? MI8B BLIBS. N at at all. It would be II grat si. Gooes is Dot requir in a cate person, however, fw a Brahman may be known as a very ba man, nnd yet1J received an kidly trated hy Ji .cale frends; but if he should reeive anythng from, or eat food cooked by a. non-cas persn, he bemes defied, and his family forsae him. MAy. na. the Gospl done nothg for these peple? MIBB BLI Very much. Casteliieaa. becoming ielaxed, widows no longer bur themve with their dead hushand, to gan heaven, and chdren are ver rarely sarice to appoe the angr god. Ther is a Cl church and school in ~ ~- ~. alos every town, and places of prayer ----~~ ~~~...::;~~~- ~- -~~ v~.and Bible teacher thrugh all the, smaller AiIB. How long have the milonarie&. Car or Jiigeniaut. ben at work there? Mi BLl. Nealy ninety years ago In_ can~ it IS- so much... trouble. dla :&Iiiy?f was them I to:fnit eat wi~h ber h~sband,opeed sit beside to him, ormisSIoll, twenty years little was done;but and fewfor con- are hf.f stflved, and very ealy in life they I appear with him m p~b c. vert made. Now there are over.aûO mi. ar Bent out to ear tbeir own livIng. MAy. I suppose II a country where Bionarles at work a.mong the Hindus and ANN What a sad pic1urel and how they have such drea ul customs there ' dierent from thelIre ~f q' petted da.rlJngs. i mmt be idola.try. I tedBut is to It notma? there there t~lldren being are permIt- no les Mll8 thanBLt. Yes; 8 0,000 J . is land of of god" idolB, M~ BLI Yes; chd-marage is the who ar ea wor,¡hipped on paricular QC_ j rule in India; and it is such a great event C8ons, and for apial pur The to these people, that many por persns, in tliree great or chief gods ar Braa t.e order to :iake a briliaRt .display, cont1'ct cre~tor, Viwnu t;he pre!*rver, and Siva the debts which tae them a hfe-tIme td pay. destroyer. Vishnu is regarded as the most tlyMARY, mar! How. old arei thediferent children when friendly,name". and is worspped chiefly, under M.. BLlBi The glrli Ate tUrned frm ANNIE, Have they~ot a god they cal five to te yeaold, while the husband may Juggerna.ut' i be a few years older, or he may be, ll Is Miss BUBB. That is 0 e of the characters i sometû:s the cas, B. full-grown ms. under which Vishnu is woninlpped, and Ther ar two maage ceremo:iies. After there ar some very fine temples erected to the :frs one, the girl Is taken home and tL.is vod in different placs. No les than kept unti she. is tw.elve or thien years 120.000 priest8 and pr1estess Wait upo.n hIm, old, when she 18 agin marri¿, .id goes to bring him food, oothe, wMh fid tl~"' him; llve With her husband. and on fesival occions h'6 i! ~ed iP Bl1bma. Aim, If her husl!nd ,hould die while ,1Ik ,nd gold, placed in a car wMch I' on' ,y ~be l. so_ yoliti~. taD. she llahy another? i me for that purpose) and drawn t1ir igh ovei 100 00 are communicants of. Lhe Chr. :M BLI No; 't \Vdow IS not permlt~ the streets, followed by priests 'Ce.:r .Jtig tian ch~ch, nealy a half millon ha.vig t. to ma a.; though she may be but songs, and crowds of men, vre-.a and been converted during tha.t time. älittle gil, ann have had nothing to do children, dancing and shoutin-g. ' MARY. That i;eems to be lllare number.- with her nr~. All her jewel8 ar taken MAy. Do hot the peoplø Sometimes snd yet it is not so great when compaed from.ii:&, ehe is not permitted to ta~e part thow themselves beneath'1l car of Jug- with a. population of 200.00,00. iu any'ø.tnusment, and only permitte to gerauH Miss BLLS. But you must remember eat:oi: mea a day. 'MIM nus'S. It 'W8B 'ct.:n:sì/1ered quite a that it is a dlcult thing to Chstianze a ~Y. What a dreadrullife it must bet 'rligOUS and meritoriou at;1 to do 80, a.nd country like India. whtre tw.enty-:fve dif- ¡''lhould think they woul rather dN- :tany a poor, ignomat T&indu has ben ferent languages ar spken, ~d the WOPle- Miss BLIM. If her husband H-r Bhe l- :c'i;hed to. death benèa. its wheels. thInk- have such an eliiborate snd long.estabrised 'not much better off. She' ca ioeither sew" iog to gain heaven \.tlrlèby. But; now it is relIgion. It is Bi rich fieldi and much has.. rea, nor wrte; an ømong tl ca pe. 'not alowed, Bnd ip_0emen are stationed been done within the last ten years. We ple ahe is kept shut up I' th hous, Bad along the line of the procsion to prevent pray that 'the harvest may Increa with not peitled to se any'dn lmt her li:i!!i. such an ocumce. Indee, the Hindus eah succeing year, until. every one ha.. band and ne retive. AMog th ~- ar 8. very religiou8 people in their way; been gathered in. THE GOSPEL ALL LANDS. 143 iii.on Stations aDd Sodetles In Indl... Am8 Sotil. Jaunpore, 4. 92, Ghazipore, 11. 93, BuxL BY REV. J. T. GRACEY. 24 Bapli,t Mlol Ilry U .ion. 54, 66, or, 11, 94, Beuaes 1, 4, 12, I6. 95, Pul. Th,e numbers following the title of the S7, 68, I62, 1!l, 168,256, 2l7, 26,269,210, us, 1. 19. 96, Berbhoom,1. 97, Berham-- wciety in List No.1 indicate the stations 261, 212, 26, 26 pore, 16. 98, Ba.cota, 22. 99, Burdwø.ol occupied, 8l given in List No.2; the num- 25. American Boiid - of Comm.ionere, 4. 100, KriBhnar, 4. 101, Jeere, 1. be of the BttiODB being immedi&tly be- etc. 139, 140, I44, 14õ, 1~, 20, 211, 212, 102, Serampüre, 1. 103, M1dnapüre, 28, 26. fore the stations In Lis No.2 the figures 26. Fre Wil Baptist Mission. 103, 123, 104 Oalcntta, 1, 4, 5, 9, 14, 16, 19, 22, 29;' followig the names of the øtat1ûIl indicae 124, 125, 83. 105, Boio, 1, 19, 106, Dacca, 1,28, what societies are at work at each station, 27. German Evangelica Mision. 150. 107, Mymenalng, 1. j08, Oomilla 1. LOS, sDd the names of thes wil be round by 28, Luthera. Misoo, 160, 161,204 Syllef,21. IIO, Silchar, 28, 111, Ohitt- refernS to List No. 1. 29, Metbodl8t Epioopal Ohurch. S6, 36, gong, 1. LiB' No. 1. 89, 40, 41, 43, 66, 79,60, 81, 82, 83, 84 104 E'lron ~tie_ 149, 207, 266, Ceral PrO''1: 112. Ebenezr, 23. 1. BiiptIat MIs!lionary Society. 19,27, M, 30, Presbyterian Ohurch, 9, 12,16,17, 118, Porulia, 11. 114, Ra.chi, II, 19. 46, m, 88, 72, 86, 94, 95, 96, 101, 102, 104, 18, 20, 21, 26, 29, 80, 81, 32, 48, 49, 78, 36, 115, Pachamba, 9, . 116, Bazibagh, 19. 105, 106, 107, I08, iii; 248, ' 147,148, 17"J, 117, Loharougga, 11. 118, Gorindpol'e, 11. 2. Bable Evangelica MiBSionary Society. 31, Reformed Ohurch (Arl Mi88lou), 119, OhibM, II, 19, 120, fu¡xre, 10 175, 176, 179, 180, 181, 188, 186, 22S, =, 170, 199, 200, 201, 20, 2OS, 121, 8eoni, 18. 122, C~índuara, 9. 281, 282, 2ll, ;l, S2, Uoited Pre'byteri Ohurch, 11, 13, 8. Christn Vernacular Education 8oi- 88. Woman's Union M.onar Society. 0r: 128, Sa.t1pore, 26. 124, Jeiore, . ely, 14, 140, 149, 104, 26, 126, Bal""re, 26, 126, Outtak, 10, 4. Church of England MlBlon&r Soci- LIST lS,o- 2. 127, Pipli, 10, 128, Poore, 10, 129, Ber ety, 1, 2, 7, S, 12, 14, 15, 22, 28, 33, 84, 41, Prncipal' 8t, hampore, 10, 23. 42, 44 46, 4S, 61, 63, 58, 84, 8., 86, 88, 89, 8indh: l'i Kurahee, 4. 2, Byderabad, 4, 90, 91, 94, 99, IOO, 104, 188, 134,. I37, 141, Niu's Domni: 180, Nsgpore, 9 G'Yurat: 8, Rajkota 14. 4, Abmeeda. 181, Oomtawattee, 9, 'la2, AkoJa, 9. 133, I51, 1M, 168, I69, 184, 186, 187, 186, 189, had, 14. 5, Borsud, 14. 6, SUrt, 14. Booldawa, 4. 134, Aurogahad, 4, 1M, 192, 196, 207, 210, 286, 248, 262. 6, Churqh at Scotland MLaion. 10, 11, Jalna, 9, 136, Seudraba, 5, 19, 187, a~h~e: 7, Srin~, 4. Diiniagudlem, 4, 128, Chnd, 23, 189, 72, 104, 13S, 149, 207. Rahur, 25, I40, Ahmednar, 3, 19, 25, 6. Da. Luthera Mission. 222. Purial:8, Narowal, 4. 9, Rawal Pindi, so. 141, Jun, 4. 142, Po.na, 9, 1P, 143, 7. Engll P~byterian Chureh., 62. 10, Gujara.t, 5. 11, Bealkote, 5, 82_ 12, La- Indapore, 9. 144, Sholapüre, 26, 145, 8. Female Education Society. 207. hore, 4, 18, 30, I3, Gujranwala 82. 14, Am. Bhnlnj, 26, I46, Sata, 25, 147, Kola. 9, Fr..Ohurc of Scoland Mioio., 104, ritsur, 3, 4. 15, Mooltsn, 4. 16, Ferozepore, pore, 19, 30. 146, Rutnarry, 80, 149, 115, 122, I30, ISI, 132, 136, lil, 143, 14~, 30, 17, Jalaodhar, 17, 30, 18, Loian, Bombay, 3, 6, 9, II, 19, 21, 29. 150, Raja. 188, 178, 20, 206, 207, 13, 30, 19, ~linla, i. i. 20, Sabatbu, 30. mundr, 27. 151; Ellore; 4. 1/52, Cocona- I27,10, Ge.er 128,Baptit Mioion.' 129: 120, ,.126, 21, Hasore, SO, 22, Kangra, 4. 23, do, 2I, 158, Narpore, 28, 1M, Musn. Obumba, 28, 24, Ky.lii~ (Lahaul), 17 ipatam, 4. 155, Nizaapstam, 16. 1M, 11. Gossers Missionary Society. SO, ~9, 26, Poo (Spili), 17, 26, Amballa, 23, 30. Vizii, 16, 167, Ohicaco!e, 16. 1M, . 61, l!, 9S, 11S, 114. 1I7, 1I8, 119, 149, 213, BOTtJ- West and Im Prnce: 27, Del- Haghapur, 4, 169,' Bez.ra 4. 160, 28. . \ hi, 1, 19, 28, Booland!!ah, 4. 29, Sahar- Guntoon, 28. 161, Palnad, 28. 162, On~ 12. Herma_nnburgMission.,94,169, 171, nnpore, 30. 80, Muzanagar, 11, 30. gale, 24. 168, Riiapa, 24, 164, 0010- 13. IndJaD Normal School 8ocieiy. 12, 81, Hoorki, 19, 30, 32, Dehr, 30. 83, pa, I9. 166, 'MidiaJ, 16, 166, Mulyal- 18, 46, 84, iot Amfield, 4. 34, Ladour, 4, 86, Paori, pad, 19. I67, Cuddapall, 16: I68, Nellore, 14. Irish Presbyteria Mion. 3, 4, 5, 29, 3~, Bijnour, 29, 87, Ra\, Khet, 16, 9,24 169, Guddor, 12, 170, Mudnapily, 6,174. 38, Almol'alr, 16. 89, Nsinee Tal, 20. 15. Leipsic Lutheran Misson. 86, 214, 40, Moraba, 29, 41, Barily, 4, 29, 3i: 171, Naidupelt, 12. 172, Pulcal, 30, 173,Bellar, 16,,28, I74, Buhll 14. 215,216,217,218,219,221. 42, Meerut, 4. 43, Budoan, 29. 44, Ali. 175, Bettgheni, 2, 176, Dharwar,2.-I77; 16 London Misionary Society. 37, a8, gliur, 4, 4õ, Multra, I, 4. 46, Agra, 1, 4, Belgaum, 16, I78, Guldgd, 9, 179, Oa. 1l, 62, 94, 97, 104, lõõ, 15S, I57, 166, 167, 18, 47, Jeypre, 20, 46, Mynpoori, 80, ma.ore, 2, 23. 100, TeHlcheIT, 2. 181. 17S, 177, 190, 191, 193, 194 207, 220, 22 49, Etawài, 30, 60, Mizapüre, 16. 51, Chombaa,2. 182, CaJicut_" 188, ROOakal, 17, Mora"ian Miion, 17,24,21, Ohuuor, 4. 62, Dudbi, '16, 58, JUb1lre, . 2, 184, Trlchur, 4, 185, Palghat, 5, 186, ¡s, Scottish Original Seon. 121. 4. 54, Indore, 23. 55, Mhow, 28. 56, O.chl., 4. 187, AlepPI',4. I88, MaviI. 19, Solety tor Prpagation of the Gos- Cawnpore, 19, 29. 57, Gya, 1 58, Bha- kara,4. 189, Cattayam,l4. 190, 'Quilow, peL. 27, 31, 66, 66, 95, 104, 1M, 1I4, 1I6, gulpol'e, 4. õ9, Durbhang, 11., 60, Pur- 16. 191, Treviidrum, 16. 192, Tinevel- 1I9, IB6, 140, '142, 147, 149, 164, 166, 195, neah, 23. 61, Chapra., 11. 62, Rapore, ly, 4, 103, Neyoor,. 194, Nagurcoil,16, 197,198, 207,208, 214. 216, 217, 219,221, 7. 68, Dinagpôe, 1. 64, Gownattl, 23, '\22, 22, 288, 23, 24, 24, 24, 247, 24, 195, Edeyengoody's, 1~. 196, Palanecot. 24 6õ, Goalpatti, 24 66, Tnzpüre, 19. ta, 4. 197, TUtiCOriD,' 1\), 198, Puthia. 2W, 253, 25, 2o5, 256, 265, 26. 67, Nowgong, 24. 68, Bibaagr, 24 69, puttur, 19. 20. Unite Presbyterian Church. 47,74, Dibrughar, 2J. 70, Cherrpoongee, 21. i 75, 76, 77, 78. 81, JiwaIpoonjee, 21. n, Darjeeling, 15_ ltooriu and 7Yinity: LW, Cliiltoor, 31. 21. Welsh CaviIstic Method9t Mission. 78, Fuckaba, 30. 74, Ajmere, 20. 200, Palma.au, 31. 201, Arcot¡ 31. 20~, 70, 71, 109, 149. 8., Nu..rabad, 20, 76, Deoll, 20, 77, Vellore, ~1. 203, Arnet, 81. 2M, Tripa- 22. Weseyan Missionary Soiety. 98, Beawr, 20, 78, Todgarh, 20, 79, Shaja. tore, 205, Ohi.gleput, 9, 28, 200, 00.. 104,207,2I4, 217,228, 224, 228,229, 280, hanpare, 29. 80, Luckimpore, 29. 81, jeberii, 0, 207, lladrs" 4, 5,8,9,16,19, 234, 23S, 287, 239, 241, 243, 24, 24, 249, Bet.pore, 29. 82, B8aitch, 29. 83, ,OOD- 22,29. 208, Ranmad, 19, 209, ~Iand8p8.S- 250, 2(1, 2õ3, 2M. dab, 29. 84, Lucknow, 4, 18, 29. 85, Roy ¡ai,25. 210, Sibagai, 4. 211;, Madura, 23, 23. Prvate and Local Societies 23, 26, Bareily, 4. 86, Allahahad, 1, 4, 15,30, 25. 212, Pulney, 25. 213, Dindigu, 11, 54, ÕÕ, 60,64,69,87, ios, 106, 110,1I2, 129, 87, Futtehpore, 23. 8S, Goruckpore, 4. 23, 214, Trchinopoly, 15, 19, 22. 215, 188,152, 158, 173, 179, 211, .213,256,267, ~9, Fyzaba, 4. 90, Azlmghar,.r 91, Puducotta, 15. 216, Tanj.re, 16,19, 217, 144 THE GOSPEL IN ALL LANDl:.

N.gapatam, i~, 19, 22, 218, Trqu.ba, work can be .sent to Mrs. C. Swirt, OOtT- Ten stone chapels have been ereted with 15. 219, Cubaconum, 15, 19. 22, Sa- pondlng Secreta, 71 Radolph street, Chi- the dece, makg the prent Dumber of I.m, 16. 221, Cuddalor., 15, I9. 22, Put. cao. ,iuch ohapels nIneten. A trg intitu- tabaukum, 6. Miss Mary Young and MIBB Isabella Fleet tlon (or native teher has be mantaed have been acceted by the United Presby- raiing up 57 helpers, 12 of whom have gone Mywre: 228, Mysor., 22, 224, B'lgaore, terian Church of Sctland for mission work upon foreign.. service. Mi85on work li 16, 19, 22. 2M, OOSl, 19. 22, Anan- in India Mr, Tholl Lindsay haa be ben underten at New Guinea and New dapur, 2,23, 227, ll.rka, 2, 228, Goobe, iiccepte by the sae Church as a m1.lon- Caledonia upon which 18 men and their 22. 22, Toombur, 22. 230, Berngapa- ar to J .pan. wives have been employed. For thr i.,22, 231, MlLgaore. 2, 232, Mulky, There are said to be 14,000 Ohines on the yea there h88 ben bufa single Enl. ~, 28, Udapl, 2. 28, Shemogo, 22, HawaiIa Isliind!l. Mr. SIt Moon, the missionar upon the island, but he ha. beD 28, Honore, 2. pasr of ,the Chrstian Chinese Church at !liste by 24 native helpers, BOme of whom Honolulu, report that 24 of hi countr- are able and eares mirs of .Jesu 08lo: 236, Jaffn., 4, ;1,22, 287, Polnl men at the Isands ar Chrstians. Pedro, 22, 238, M""..r, 19. 28, Trln' Chr -corneJee, 19, 22, 24, Oeponlyn, 19,. 241, The Native Ohriti8l of Japan have a Rev, L, H. Gulck write from China in Eranr, 22. 24, Batticoloa, 22. 24, Kar- Japanes llome Missionar Soiety. The April that during the fi.t week in April, annual meetig ha lately ben held and Mr. Thorne anØ hilf spnt the days ava.ku, 22. 244, Kandy ,22. 24. Twat.e, sad to have ben chlUacteri by eaest- seiling Scriptues 19. 24, Pultaam, 19. 247, Chilaw, 19, in NlLchlLg, the cipltal 2!8, Colombo, 1, 4, 19,22, 249,'Jegom. ness and a spirit of COnBralon. \ of the Province of Kia., where they di Rev. J. L. Humphrey, Ji,D., and wife-left bo, 22. 2/0, 'Moral too, 19, 22, 261, CeJ- po of 1,571 portions, all but ten or twelve tnra, 22. 2/2, Beddegrn., 4. 25, Bh.mo, New York August 6, on their way to their copies havig been sold. Protetat ni old field at Nynee Tal, India. sionares have only just be to gét ac ~l. 28, Mattura, 19,22, 26, Bedulla, 19. Re. R S, Mlllay, D,D" left New York to li large seclnded city of perh.p. ha a Burm: 256, RlLgoon, 19, 24, 29. 2/7, Augut 6, to attend the Ecumenica Con- mUllon in.bÎtata, The Rev, Mr, Ing u¡- Maulnio, 24. 25, T~voy, 24 2/9, Ba. ference in London, desgnng to re-visit tere it Borne eight yea .ago, but it WB seln; 24. 260, Henzada, 24 261, Thongzi, AmerIca before returning to the MIBon in only lat yea that he was followed by 24 262, Shwaygeen, 24 26S, Prome, 24 Japan. others, among whom were Mr. Thorne, who 28, Tong!l, 24, 26, Tbayet, Myo, 19, The MIssIonary Concert for September ~f has now ben there sever times. 266, M,mdalay, 19, the Methodist Epi.copal Church wil be de- The Foei M'iinary for Augut giVeB vote to a consideration of their German an account of a Mexica convert and memo .Andam-:n Islnds: 267, Port Bl&i, 28. Domesic Misons. There are seven Ger- ber of a Presbytri churh in Tiza.pan -Nor£h Chmtin .Adiite. man Conferences, and in the matte of II who going to LOB Anel.., Ce.orn he. I'll sIona contnbutioll, the avera contrib. gan to hold regious servce with the Notice to Mlssloniirles. ute per member for 188 surpasd tht of Span people who were ignorat of God's Rev. B. Helm, formerly milonary in any English.speg Conference except Word. As the relt they nGlw have a China, wishes to secure the addr of all one. The Sunday-schoola are almos uii- Wedneay evening piayer-meeti, a Sab- Presbyterin miona.e. from Cha, now versyorgaized Into missionary BOieties bath school, and two ~ervice on Sunda.y~ in the United State, Canada and Great It IB propo to form a. Unite J ewlh and áre about to build a church, from the Britain, that he may communIcate with Colony in the District of Gile. and Moab, faIthfules of th Mexican meca.nIc, who them in reference to 8 ma.tter which wil be (,he Sulta having grte 1,~OO,OO llre thus bee a missionar to the United of value to the futu bf missions in that of the land fOf€Pll1"PüS, in consider- Sta.. country. A posw. card directe to him to tion of ala.ge ount of money.to be ad. THE LA OF THBI VEDA: Being Per80u- 'Carllton, ~ County, Ky., wil reive vanced by Je sh C8 italitB The Colony til Rem1iBnces of India. its People, immediate attention. is to be subject rince of JewiBh ra Cas, ThUW, and Fakir; ita Rel~~~~ III and religion, though tributa to the Porte Mythology, Principal Monuments, P . .Mi.on Note and Mausleum: together with the Inci- The Bord of Missions af the Cumber- dents of the Gret Sepoy Rebellon a.nd its Rev. D. C. Scott and Dr. .T.a Deabave land Prbytrian Ohurch call for mission- reulta to ChrotllLty ILd Civiliztion; with ben a.ppointed by the Fr Church of Scot. aries to go to Japan. .1 Fit-A man and Map of IndIa. and 42 ilustrtions; also land to the charge of the Blantyr Mission wife :flled Wi?1e Holy SpInt and ze for Stitlstce T.hles of Chr.tllL Mi.ions, ILd the conversio of 8Oul8. Second-Two a GloB8Y of Indian Tel' used in th iii Africa, and sailed last month for Africa work and in Missionar Correspondence; The United Presbyterian Ohurch of Scot- young hilies to ompany the above 11 fe. By Rev, Wllhmi Butler, n.n. Eighth Edi- land have rently organze a. new mi88on mae helpers" tion, to the Zenanas of India. and China. MiB8 Miss 8aord, Missonar of the America Thus res the title-pae of th valuable Pret.ty reft Edinburgh the last week in July Southern Prsbytrian Church, recently book, the :frst Edition of which was IBsued, for Manchuria. visited thi vilag.. in the vicinity of we 1¡lieve, in 1878, as the statitics given At the annual meeting of the Women's S'Jhow, China, for the purose or religious areÆor the yea 1872. The Author was ap. Baptist Home Missionar Society at Indian- conference with the women, and in every pointed in May, 185, as the fit niionary apolis in May, it wasreslvoo to inaugura.te ci waa reived with great cordleJlty. of the MethOdis Eplspe Chur to India, a,' special tlourse of training for thoJ? who The London Milonary Soiety gives in and returned to the UnitEd Sta in 186, wish to enter the service of the Society as the 0 hTAA~ a review of the past ten yea and now resides in Melrose, Mas. The missiona.nes, and in addition to the Biblical, of i.bor at Lifu, LoyeJty Iahmd.. The book IB filled with v.auable information, medIc3. and domestic instnction to be given population of the islands Is 6,576, 5,636 be and our readers who ma.y find their interet them, they shall do 80me :msionary work ing Protestants and 94 Roman Catholics. In India. incred by the contents of thjs to tot their adaptation for the the B8e. A There are 9 churches, with 2,035 memb€rs. number of our Magine will find in "The hoUB ha. been Beure on Michigan avenue Their contributions within the ten Y6& for Land of the Veda" a large amount of addi- in Chcago as a boiming home for thos religious iind benevolent puros amount tional matter on the rlame subject, which who wish to attend the sch()l, and twelve to $30,067. Nearly 8,00 copies of t.he New wil be both inteesg and instctive. ladies have a.lready signified their intention Tesent and Psams have ben 801d, and Published by Phiips & Hunt, New York. to join the first clas. Money in aid of th a hymn.bok and oiler boks prepaed. Pri~, :¡.50. THE GOSPEL IN ALL. LANDS, . ~nnday School Leii Helps. I liih'r.SemhIUTY M.1~ioiißry (;ouventlon. eV8Dgt'iziilJùl1 vi the ",.mu, Liut wuut is be My PICT LXIJON, four pages weekly., The ProceedIngs of the First iiiter.Sem- iug attempted by all RtcLions of Pro\r,Btnt.s. eontans tle International Leson told II . . " b ' simple lu.p;ago and ilustrted with plc- inary 1iIlsslOniiry Convent lOn, held in New to 1m ~cribe for the OOSPltL IN ALL LAND tures¡ Questlon~ and AiBwers on tbo LeB- Brunswick, N. J., November, 18flO, fl They wil find the tn(,nc,r well i;pent, for son, Lesson Hymn, an Interesting Story Pamphlet of 64 pnpes, wll he mailed, such 11 periodical coming evtry month wil applying theLLessii, etc. 25 cents a year. postage free, on' receipt of twenty-five extend their kDowk'flgc, qii.iken their zeal, 1ö cents a year to Sunday Elchools. ldd E "R D . incre 'b 1 b i i" ib ' " INERNATIONAL llBßN PAPER. A pagc crnts. .L ress rt'OR'NE . ¡:~rITn, 74 Bi-' ase i eir i t m i y, u(;t'pen CIT gr'ir 'ia givOD to eilcli Suhday'a lessn, and, the lJlc House, New 1 ark. tuùe, aDd i'îve Dew malerinl nnd earne"t- paper a.re cut apart for distribution every ness to thdrpraycr;rJ.-C(mad(i PrelbyterU,n. other Sundiiy. Each lessn contains the ------.- The GOSlEL IS ALl, LANDS, a monthly tet ofrtha Jntermi.tional Le8lon, Summary, X t Quest.ons for all grarles of Scliolürs, ere. .l 0 i('e.!. ilmtraletl periodicaL. By Eugene H. Smith, Sipglecopies,l2'ccntsayC'ar. Onehundi-eil The GO:-l'EI, p,: .ALT~ LA:SD~ for July, 64 Bible lIouf:, N'C'\v York. Price, $2.;¡O. copies and over, erch seven cents a year. devolcù, in this Dlimver, 10 Japan; fully' W,e sptnt cight year!1 of the prime of onr LIGHT ON THE J~&.S0N Quarterly, for ilustnited; conhlning complete informa. life us a mI~8Ionary in Chinn. anilliave he('ii Sunday School Scholiis. It contains the ScrIpture Text of the International Len, Hon BS'fO !.e governmnit-, people, counlry, rending missionary .papers for' tlie last for1y Questioofl, Explanatory Notes, Review Les- niiiive religions, mIssions, progress, etc., is. yenrs; hut Dever before have we met with a sonfl, Hymns, lIapfl, and other viiuable l) capital and inqructlve number, Pric'e, periodical tliat so completely ftls LliC b:ll of matter. is cents a quarter, 20 cents a. year. 2-5 crnts.-Zfoi~'S Herald, mis~ionary iDformatioll DS this. The ~ray LESON HE.~ Quarterly, for S. s. SchOllIrB and Teachers, It contaîùs the The GOSPEL 'T~ AT,i, LA~ms for' August number of 50 page~, beautifully and \'('ry SCliptur Text of the Intcrnatlonlll LtBS:i, relates chiefly to Palestine and mi~flon accurately ilustroted, is devöted to the theQuestions, Best Explanatory Commentatori Notes, Opinions uf work for theon Jews, the :Most of Leson,itB iIustra- missionary Inei. work ofCb" all denomimitioD. W d din dents tht Ilustrate the LeMon, Review Ex- tiona iire of Bernes'in Syria. The July lOa. e ha..e rea it with intere&t fin ercis, Hymns, Maps, D1ustrations, etc. isue was ß Japanese Dumber. We have delight., and can but ndmire the æ.l imd 8 cents u quarter, ~O cents a year. taken specjal pleasre in commending this labor of tbe editor in gathering slIch a nHll' Eqene B. SDi, Bible Ho.se '¡¡I'I fork. llu61rated, comprehemjve missionary mag. of "valuable sta.tÜjLiC. Rnd defply interesting , i I üzie.-Ad'D17ce. information -fom uU BOurces in that ...on. Papers for the ,Young. The June number of the GOSPRL IN ALL derfullllnd. It is indi'Sen88ble to Ib0Be SUNDAY CoMPA1HON contains every" 'd '~d I It' Tb 0' 'I -who wish to kf'ep fully posl(d on mi~8i IDS month pices, Prize Bible Questions,LANDS Ch b d1. 'i. . b"ev(,lA It in all lands, are and yo" we woulde nenia add to the. tiiJe,. OhtlanInl'~ert:Ling No-U Trth. L"!uia. e Lh25 V t" centsS fLb L,RCd 11a6 an year.I p urcY b nIy bes, re as 1an betn d.l ' prepaIlSSIOIl By 0.11 w deno!Tinl\t1on~.-Iamong grat tern.care, an. WI".a.erneOD- , R(:wrdeJ'.. 12 cenls tac :i quantities of ten ánd aveX'. tains a large amount of inforilion of grC't .. . i ¡:UlS~E has four pages every month, . I re to 11 b uJd k th I containin Beautiful Pictures iid Intereat- II e ü W 0 wa eep erose ves GET THE BEST. ing Stories for litte children. W cents a informed in regard to tbe progreBs bf the year. Ten - copies and over, each 12 cents work of nlsioIl. 'ts publication is a. yea.r. '" steadily increaing in value, and is becom- EareDe B. Smltll, Blble lIonse, NewTorli. 4___..-- ing ini:Uspsalle to pastors and others who nTh Chdrciir~ "t1. an. T"diMlsl' i ngs" nre Pcaled 'T" -..uauont*' to_, conductp . ,",,~ missonary reiiu/jwTuin, ' meetings. WEBSTER'S UIIABßfDGED . F'': Pog" JI~'~¡;lf" ,~"c":. af':~:. I Tbe Go;PEL IN AU r.ANDs for ~r"y,. .. n .. . Thepagt'sa.c th. aize o. osef in . publishedth . this ¡atY '74 Bi.ùleEngllib Hoiise, New ork, TeliilmOll)'. "Webrtcr's DlctloiwY,whlçh fonn,,'thc ba"j~ iir MagaziDe And tle paper will onry cost si at S;2.!íO II ;year, is rlevoted exclusively to the pre:n~ wnrk, ÌJ hd;:uüwledJ!~'d, liüih iii LIÜs æna a Y(.flr iolum tweny wpts 01 mOTe are. .'. . coiiurry iid In Ameiic~. 10 be uol only !'iipç-rior 10 toke. Subscriptions received for one or Chlll, containing in alL. more than fifty ar- H:lcliiird~uii anù Todu'i' .lohIl"on. hiu-io eVt'ry (Jrlii-r more months at yearly rate. . licles on lbe BuTiject, some of them quite dictÎon~!1 l-1thnto publliilwd.",-IJ¡"ff(1,"t /0 ¡he lir- . We WLL sell.thos alrelldy published un- full and fully ilustrated, ¡ieuiand Ihcfioiiary, 'others piibllsld quite inSon,l.úndon, d (ok. fJy Bladi.t ,I'' tll our .supply is exhausted, at the rate of ahort but farnishing altogether such an "On the whole, ii It ~lJlT.li1' it is TU!I HE"T PR.(,- fity cents a hundred for anyone Dumber. ' . . TICAL. "'~GLISlI Jl(,TIOl'AllY F'STA~T.-IÆmdull Vl/aT-, E_gene B. Sui1tb, Pu1ilhlier, Se'I York. nmollnt an~ vfiTle1y on the suùJect AS can t~rIf~t~I~~'and nio~t niitnJ D1ctlonary or till liii~- .. 1 hanlly be round in eqIl111 compass else- li"h Jangniigee\'cr plibii.'hed."-f..IiÛ/J Tlt/('. Ba('k Xmnberii of Gosl hi al J.ands for SRI", where. Those wiEhing to prepare matter the -l"'llsh"Dr. IllDgiiiÌCWl'J~L('r.e "-JAlIÙol/ !!fltwork iii 3fonrlngthe Ùe1t Drc'¡uflllll f'hrOlIIr'Ù. or The sUPPW, of Borne of the months is ex- for the Missionary Concert wll here nnd "TIJ1'Dict,loliliry we found to be .UltJ ..iiiiidiù' iu b8ll8te. d e1 can lbat present EnglilDd,llL'ltl(lj(J/i.ml'rir~l,"-Re, supp y e ihcir bC'iirt's desire fultlller,-Cantlation- "The book l'll beome lcdt.'plV_F. lJetble ('/'ft..to ..very:otu- föllowing, at the1880, anuexed~.. ""Every price;Ck/ff o''"t. ~cJiohtr u '" . omt,Jiu;iin ofh.-nowe the E-iJ!lilih it~, J:iiiglHige:'-Jlorli U \'aliit".- s. IV 011 fl. R. PrtfU, ¡V,'lta, MAY, on Missions in India, ete...25 cents. The.QOSIEL IN ALL LANDS for July, 1881. flu llBloi.Üm, JULY,_Missions in Turkey, etc: ...... 2õ We bave once and ngJlin n,oticed this New Edtion of WETE ha AUGUST,MlsSionsjnPilesline,OCTOBB Missions Syra.etç, in Polynesa, 25 very desrving etc... pubHcation. 2õ 4600 It Qccupies NEW 118,000 WO"DS Word, d3000 JI Eqrvl,I NOVll£:BR, Missions in Australia, Ms. qiiite a unique "-posÎlIon among the various n. flU ea ngs" layal, ele"""""",,,,,,;,,,,"",,, 25 periodicals of the dsy, and supplies a want ,Biogaphical .DictiOD&r UECEEH-, Missions in Siam, Burmah, long felt by those Wr.o wish to have a dis- of over 9700 Nø.es etc...... 1881...... iii 25 tinctGovprill imd satisfactory idea l'niHIlg' of what is beiig. WEI1STEU'S om"", if' tli('1l'Kl. Ji~tiiiniir)' u.'edW JA.A.Y, Mi,68ons among the America done all over the world for the propagation Evèry StMe piirdi,i"l' of Dkllriniiril'!' E Indi'.ns,...... ",,,,,,,,,",,,..... 25 of ChristIauityin heathen lands. The pres- for g¡'IJooli: ji~ 1);t'1J \Y('h.~ter'i:, FK:RUARY, Missions among the Roman ent number gives an account of Japan, its u.Bonk." s. ~ mainly in ihe ki"edPnl,jk 011 N'liool", Wel""!..r. j,r the- B ~'-ClOatholics M,oolon° of Europe...... among . -...... the 2,5 people AI andCI - government,25 Mlc anti of the !illvlabo'-s other_of S'Q(,' of~0rit-~ 11"(!,slo"s of1~ ~1'er IJil(~, 20 tlm(',~ the S A:IL,' M;;iOii among the ~msl Protestant missions.ies wilhln its borders. TH1RTY.TWÕ THOUSAND hn,p hf"'fl piiT T n~ilioliCB -of America...... '.' ...... 25 Thes labors hnve been far more exl.ensive in t!i(' public f(,hiiob (,f !he t.':. MÀY;~ MissonsEiwh among new the, Chines. editiou . . .. 25 and successful lif6 than mostbl'i'Om0 people have any moT( !lOfC' The Sti-mdllrd. Rnd E JUNE,JULY, 1'he The Orientiil Japnnese...... Churches...... 25 'de f We 25 advise i a- those 0 . whoI 36 can Stilt!;!', aford RerOt/lll('fid('ri. iud 50 (01l"!1.", bySt.fi..8i:pi'~ Pre.~ sC'il""I:~ t", iii R AUGUST, The .Jews...... 25 it, Ilnd who ure anxious to know, not only IS IT NOT THE STANDAR? SEPTElf, The Races of India...... 25 what tbeir own church is doing"for the Publlehed by ll. J: (' ~tmRIA)i. ~prlDgtlflè. "llB!!!. --- -1

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II " " j -A_____ Table ofContent8. TlieGospel intleWoodfi..._..... 139 20 Wa.~erCiiier8of DeIhL...... 113 SEPTEMER. The NationAutuinLeus"..",.".,,,,,,..,,139 on_ ita Kuees_...... 139 22 Serpent 21 Deihl Charmers ...... "...... "...",,114 of India. .. ,. ... 116 The -Country Religions and Government of India..of India. . ...98 .CHILRElS ...... 90DEPARTMET. 1.¡0 24 The 28 Weighing.-tliUlluccell App€aL.. Ro.¡a.n -of Travaiicore'-.-:. ~~. 120 iia The Caste System of Iiidia.. .. _. _. .... 100 What a Little "Boy C!lll Do.. - . .. 25 ChriBtli Natives of Indi Going to TheBrahmansof.llld¡a.... __.,...,_ 103 DrowningtheBaby...... 140 Cliurch...._...... :.121 VisIt ,to Ba.bu Kesliub Cliundel Bet),.. 106 A Mii~na. Dialogue on India...... 140 26 English Ohurch a.t Lahore._...... 122 A Scene in Ceylon...... 110 MIELLANY. 27 Hindu Temple at Rtjputaa._...... 123. Progress ,in.India...... _.. 113 Mision St.tions and Societies ,in IndIa 143 28 Kiernander Pleaing for MIssionB. 0 l29 Girl.~ifeinIndin "..""""""'" 115 M OD"l7 News lH 29 HA.".~ Maryn,..."."...... ",. 180 TheHindu n.~llih Religious Ln!-aillge' in I n Fairs..adi r. . . o.116 . Review. .. . issi0 oUeM. o. _...... - . .- . .117. . _. . " . 8i-du_ ...... Mother 144-," 30 'HinduD Teaching ~ MotheI' _ Bfowning Her be Dt,I Ohid 140 a " Anti-Christian anll Ii:fidel Op-position ILLuSTRATIONS. . to Worship an Idúl. .. o...... 141 inIndia...... _...... 117 1 Hindus Dragging Juggernaut's Co. 97 32 CarofJuggerllut...... 142 Idol Feasts in India.... -...... o. o. o. 116 2 The Three Chief !lindu Gøds..... 07'133 Briima. _... _... _.. _...... 142 Zena VisiLlng...... 118 3 View How a Hindu famiy lJme ClilsUans 119 4 The ofFort Calcutta...... _..... at Agr in Indi, , , , , , , " 199 NE. WüS MAP , OFul OHIN A., Zeuana. Mi8Son Work. .-...-...... HO -5AHind¡Fakl ...... _.....00 0 f M Protetant Theologica Schools in India 121 6 A p~ of Bo~ky~: _ _ " . _ . . '. . ., 100 We have imported some copiæ 0 a áp Open-Air Prehin in India_ ...... 122 7 A Holy Man with the Iron Collar.. 101 of Cha, 17 by 18 inches, ea of the 18 The Miionaries before the Magistrates 125 8 A Holy' Man bearng the Sacred provices colored, and 'giving the nam~ .of The W ork-,8.mon~, the Telug; - - " . .. 126 Ut.nas, . . . 0 ...... -' 0 ...... 101 the mountains rivers and more than r;,ooo Sunday School Work in India...... 128 9 A Holy Man among the Hidus.... 102 .: .' '. ed.J F-It Protet Mison Work in India. 129 10 Caste in India. : ...... _ _ . ,_. . .-. lOB towns and cities. It 1B corrct _ to -a- Progres of :M8~ion Work in India... o. 130 11 A Brahma Reading the Shastre... 104 uary.of this yea, a.nd is the-be and mos W oman'. Work in India, " ,...... 132 12 A Brshman OffenDl! to Hi IdoL., 105 complete map of Clua that Is publiied. Missions and Mionaies in India. . .. 133 18 A Bra betowmg Wa.te...:... 106 p' db the Chin Inld Miion for Misionaries of Women's Socie~ies in 14 A Indla...... -, ...... 181 15 IndianHinduAri&Oíleringa .Poat in a. Jungle. ..0.Sarifce . . . _.. 108 107 its repare mIBsIonari-e, y it I8 of. great :alué to all Statistics for India. - -...... 137 16 Hindu Potteni at Work...... " .. '109 who wish to keep acquanted with the pro- . EDIT~ 17 CarryIng. th~ Pre~ots in a. Bridal " , gres of iníon work in China. A copy The Gospel in India...... :....0' 188 , Procssion In India...... 110 wil be forwarded lo any addrss, potae A Reovered Source of Mis.ionary I 18 Å Boene in Ceylon...... 0...... 0. 111. ; f m n t Power. . . o. . . _ . . _ _ ...... 138 19 Burnig the Dea in Indi..... _ .. 112 paid, on receipt 0 .l IJnty vtln $.