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' - ■•' Japan. ^ [INCB- Japan became a self-goyerning na- tion a number of changes ha^'e been intro- d^ioB4 under the new regime which not only concern Japanese subjects, but also all foireignlBrs found within the borders of the ^upire. Among those the change which has occasioned the greatest anxiety in mis&ion circles is one embodied in an " Instruction " issued by the Minister of Education forbidding fdi religious teaching and exercises in schools enjoying government privileges. It seemed to ^he Executive Oommittee.of the Greneral Board, before which the question was submitted, that there was but one of two courses which, as representing a Christian Church, it could cou" siat^ntly clioose : either have the work of our 2 mhocik ckme upon a GhiistaAii tNisis or havQ it ddised altogether. The authorities o£ . onr Azabu school were aocordinffly iiistracted\i{> notify the Department of PSlucation that oq prinoiple we could not submit to the terms of the " Instmction." and that rather than do so we were^preparea tb surrender all ^vemopent privileges and make whatever sacrifice such a course might involve. The result is that our Middle School has been closed.' This is a loss, but we are sure the sentiment of the whole Church must endorse the positioll takoi by our own as well as other Mission Boards that, '* For any school, iFounded Upon Cluistian principle and supported in any measure bv the ptavers and patronage of Christian people, to exclude in any desree Christianity from its ruling principles or trom its school lue would be disloyslty to our common Lord, and to the - churches plecteed for its support." The state of the work in general is healthy aud hopeful. The results are not very imposing in their nature or number, still they seem to possess the promise of permanence. From several stations there comes news- of greater tolerance towards the foreigner in general, and increased rcnpect towards the missicmary in particular. Violence is becoming a thing of the 'past. / Buddhism itself is not so bitter in its, otiposition to the new faith, kad even iMoong ^ those* •who'-are its most active opponents it is , evident thatttheir opposition is accentuated by the iear^.tlMt Christianity will yet become siiiprenlke ' Over all the rel^^ons of -the Island Bmpire.'-" The B*it: D. R. McKenzie tells of a Buddhist priest of the Shin (New or Reformed) Sect DEC -^wei livj Thj left On lav he edu liev tioi Sen Chi noa knc fna aoff s had Bad drei ani que Km owi 3 Imng in Kutuawa, by the name of Shimajl. This- man is well known throughout Japan as a learned and liberal leader among religious men. On aooount of his virtuous life he is more favorably renurded and highly esteemed than some of the nigfa officials of the sect to which he belongs. He has an only son, a well educated youth who hais been an earnest be- liever in Buddha. Not long a^o in conversa- tion with a lady missionary in. the city of Soidai, he became convinced of the truth of Christianity, and believing on Christ, he re- nonnoed his former faith. When this became known it excited much interest. Many of hiei friends and acquaintances were indignant and angry, and sought^ the father to know why he had allowed his son to eive up his &ith in Buddha and become a Christian. The father drew himself up without care and said,* *' Well* why not ? Why are you so anxious about such ui affi&ir ? I don't see why you ask me '^nch la question co. long as the constitution of the Kmnire leaves the fndividual free to select hla own religion. Missionaries. Tdyo — ^Rev. John 3oott, D.D., Superintendent. —Rev. G. M. Meacham, D.D., Dean of Theological College. ' —Rev. B. C. Borden, M.A., B.D., fto- fossor in Th%ological College. — Rev. H. H. Coatee, M.A., B.D. (on furlough). —Rev. D. Norman, B.A. Kanassawd— Bay. D. R. McKenzie, B. A. . ^ cc •< cc cc Nmgano-^Rey. W^ W. Ptudluuii, B.A. ; T^i«iity-six laktive pastom luUl probatioiien. f • K China.- j.' • - . ■• — •■«. , The most alarming interruption ^^et ezperi- «noed b; our nmurion work in China is that jnst broog^about by the sreatest anti-foreign ont- breaE, which ever enaangered the Bmpire or «Ogag^ the attention oi the civilized worlds Up to a shorfr time before our miaaionariea were oompelled to flee for safety, the disturbance had Hot yet spread to Ss-CShniBui, nor does it appdar that even the news had reached either oi our missidn'' stations there. The latter are some 1,700 myes-from the' scene at strife, and months passed iMdfore onr missionaries heard the faint- est mntterings of tha coming ^storm. Indeed, reporta reached the Rooms even while the re^ belliun raged around Pekin, that the people of CSientn and Kiatin^ had never shown greater respect to the missionary, and had never been more responsive to his message. 'Theie axe those who believe that in the pres- ctUt eommotion which convulses that country, the world is caUed upon to witness the throes ' of 'an expiring nation. On the other hand, €heie'are others who prophesy a perpetuation rk the I have ove for Buickly e is a mHoh pretty ^ing to e them. )ring8 a I give w» that i leoient Dd, and nL Oh, if good- 1 heart, lof all 1 some- fore the [ »> 0&€iKifr— Rev. Qeo. B. Hartwell, B.A. " — H. M. Hare, M.D. « —Rev. O. L. Kilbon\, M.A., M.D. , «• —Rev. W. E. Smith, M.D. " —Rev. R. B. Ewan, M.D. •n fur- Chinese and Japanese* Pacific Coast. ' ■ •' " • • ^Everywhere there is the slow of enthusiasm api»arent in connection with the work among the CHiinese and Japanese on the Pacifio CottSt. Never have there been more open-air meetings held, never greater audiences gathered, never X . deeper interest manifested, never more tracts ' distributed and never more conversions to Christianity reported. Notably among the . latter, mention is made of a ladly and her son who had come from Japan to collect money for a Shinto temple in her native land, but beinff induced in some way to attend the services and hear the simple saving truths of the Gospd preached, under the Divine Spirit the scales of error fell from her eyes, and to her great joy she saw Jesus. She is now anxious to have her faaif. educated for the Christian ministry. A fresh impetus hat been given t6 the Chinese Mission in New Westminster. Since the new lUission buildings appeared in place of the old, which two years ago disappeared before the fire which devastated such a larse portion of the city, Methodism seems likely to gain a greater influence over the Chinese community, beveral conversions are reported to have taken place since the day of dedication. Some well- to-do merobants have alven up tboSr idols, ban* ithed theni from their nominet and a Chineae {te- fbrm Society has been organised. Httny of those foreign oommunitiesi stretohingalonk the coast and amonp; the canneries, are being reached by our missionari;^, but it is fdt that the Workers are numerically unequal to the work, and the cry which comes from along the line is for reinforcemen£s. Toi^g Ghue Thorn reports asfoUours : "Three received baptism bv the 1key, A. Sutherland, D.D., and the district; chairman. JLbout seventy or eighty people attended the service. I believe that such a ceremony of baptism .in the name of Qod always does good to those who witness it« The converts answered the ques- tions in the Bible and in the Discipline satis- factorily to the Doctor and the chairman. Praise the Lord ! Glory be to His name ! We still have four candidates to, be baptized on another occasion. They are -not r^Miy yet. They have to learn and gain a little more- knowledge yet. They are all gpod boys, but we must be careful and try them a little longer." ;:.<'~:- •'%•-'>■''•. ''-■'?;; ,.-t',.'>/^'- .. Japanbsb. 3 Concerning this branch of our work, the Rev. Ooro Kaburagi writes:' <*I had the privilege of bap'^izing nine converts in our mission here in Yancouver on December 24th, 1899, aiid also baptized one man named Tombkichi Homma, on December 3l8t. Mr. Homma is a poweriul ' boss * over many^ Japanese workingmen, and I have been teaching him during the last year and a half about the great and .redeeming love of Jesus. He at once quit the drink and gave "tLp many former friends, and has .started a good business in the oity^ Yes ! he is a new oreitiire in Christ Jesus. *' Whtia I oame baok from thaEast; Hon. Mr. Shimita, our consul, handed me a note with an appeal from Cumb^land Japanese people. Thtfy asked that a Christian worker be sent to them, but I did not have anyone in view to send there. I sa'd to God, as well as to my people, ' I have perfect, confidence in Jesus, so t know by faith there is some one afmointed of God to go to the Cumberland people.' Last Satui^^Ay A brother came to me and offered himself for that work. I told him he could ^et there less than $200.00 a year in our mission work, and he would have to board himself, too, while he is getting now $300.00 a year, and board and room besides. . Then he said he would not care anything about this world in comparison with the precious souls he expects, by* the help of God, to save from sin and sorrow. *' A week ago last Sunday, after preaching, I asked my congregation, - * How many of you are willing to give up everything and do what- ever the Lord and the Church calls you to do? If there is any one soul who would give up all and follow Jesus with all his whole heart, let him or ' her stand up.' Behold, there were twenty-four Christians on their feet, and made a solemn vow to God to follow Jesus in all things." MiSSlUKARIES. FicioWa— Chan Sing Kai. Nanaimo — Lay Agent. New WestnUn8ter — ^Lay Agent. 10 FaneotMMr-— Lay Agent. Jram^oqp«--Sapplyv Japanese MiaHon^Bt'T, Goro Kiibiirii|i|^ Indian Work. Reports from the Indian .field show that ^ eonvarted Indian is gradm^ jgatning on hi$ wlutf^ brother in the inarch of oivilizaUo^ ^1^ is true he is^bviously hampered by the ^^eii" of a nature he has not yet out^wn, ana of a life he has not yet outlived ; still, it is evident f that a «*eat change has come into his.l|lQ*.\ He has become a new creature, and ti|e guH which separate^ his present from his past is one T which can be bridged only by a miracle of \ grace. Under the preaching of the Word the power of Pentecost here and there has fallen upon the people, and not a few have passed from death unto life. Under the scientific tseaAment of the medical missionary, much didease'has been healed, suSering relieved, unsanitary conditions improve i, life prolonged, and the. hand of the destroyer, which a few years ago was said to threaten, the existence of those Indian tribes, it would seem is being stayed. Under a Chns- tian education the young Indian is being brought into the larger lioerty of thooewho know the truth and whoih the truth makes free. 4.nd however slowly t)ie Indian miiid^ may seem to move, it is certainly moving oii the up erade. Moreover, the Indian is beinff . taught the difficult task of adapting iimieu >:V ■ to sii ax I Wi J- i li c f t V t € < r-v^- •. '...r'-'rr 11 0iklA$ a. It feltcii d of ;« 8. life, e gidf i8 one T Msle qI ~ power ionihe death v- lentof A been Jitioiis ; of the laid to brihes, Ghrw- beiiig le who makes mind^ oiithe bei ims [ 1 ■) ,1 to theiiew oonditfons which confront him, and to get from the soil, and other sources the sub- sistence he can no Ipnger obtain from the ejbase. -It is by the u^iion of theevanffelistic and educational methods that we are seeking' to wepi^ him for the life- that now is, andfor Uiaiwhich is to comci Dr. A. B. Bolton pives .us a glimpse of his work during the fishing season. ** We moved to our s'^mmer quarters early in May, and found a few fishermen already en- gaged in arresting the huge, spring salmon on their way up the cold and mudd^ waters of the Skeena ; otners 'were arriving daily to prepare for the harvest of the smaller, more nvimerous and most choice sockeye, that awarm in the delta in July. With the oj^nin'v of the river lurge^umbers of the Kit-ik-shans came from the interior — staid local preachers and bright Epworth Leasuers, in strikinff contrast with a mmority of luovenly-dressed neathim, reeking ^ of grease and tobacco. Almost every canoe ' brought me cases of professi^onal interest, -some in a sadly neglected condition, as the inhabi- tants of that region are for months shut out by impassable bamers from medical relief. Many came specially seeking help. One man walked four days oh snowshoes from Babine to take the first canoe to the Coast, which he now visited for the first time, and for the purpose of receiving treatment for his eyes-^treatment which was needed fiye years ago, and would then have been more effective The result of opei^tion oti a baby for hare-lip brought two ^other like cases, from the same region-— one^ a ffirl of ten years, who had gone about hidinff the deformity with a corner of her shawh A 12 y\ '& t^othetUm child of nine yewra, found Qratf%g pye^ the ^oor, suffering and deformed firom l^* diieas^ ,^aa taken to me hospital, and #iter Itai:^ (^isation has so far i^co^erea thc^ she is now happily at school in the Qrosby Girls* £[ome :here.''.,:' ., ■-^-^l^y. t: "- A lay-agen^ write^ as follows : <* A poor feUow who came to our meetuigs stood up a few weeks a^o and said : * At lasi the darkness of my Ufo is piAssinff. I am like a man who stands at the dawn of day seeing a faint streak of light breaking slowly over the hills ; I believe that God's light, will lighten my dark soul, as the sun will lighten the> val- ley.' A few days after the same man stood up in our meeting and said : ' At. last the sunshine has come; the darkness has passed. , I am .walking in darkness no more.' " Pi Pi Sk f Missionaries. FisJier. River --"Rev , E. R. Steinhauer. BerevCs River-— 'Rev: J . A. McLachlan. Norwwif Houae-^'Rev. John Nelson. (7ro«8 2^a^— Rev. E. Paupanakis. Nelwn.ifyiisfi — Rev. S. D. Gaudin. Oxford Mouse— Rev. F. G. Stevens. CcUgary^Rev, J. McDougall, Chairman. Jfortey— Rev. R. B.^ Steiimauer, B.A. Boittle River— Rev, Orrin German. . White Whcde Lake — Missionary Teacher. Wfir^ BSish Lake— Rev, E. B. Glass, B.A. Trtbeso/iheFraser—Rev, T. Crosby, Qh^drman. Oowic^w JW6c«-r-Rev. C. M. Tate. .v B^ Bella— Rev, R. W, Large, M.p. BdlaCoola — Rev. J. (X Spencer, M.D. 13 i jEftomaat-r-Rev. G. H. Baley. A^'^eauuS— Bey. W. J. Stone. Ckt|foquah$rr'^ey, 0. W. Servioe, B.A;, MJ>. Por< 0»]9i|M(m-^Rev. S. S. Osterhout, ChairiiiaD. JTioMM-— (hie wanted. ;; Por£ jSsMft^toiv—Bev. D. Jennings. SkUiegaie, Q.C/.— Rev. B. C. Fceemaa. CTii^periS^eeiia^^ReY. W.H. Pierce. " — H. C. Wrinch, M.I>. (( INDIAN InDUSTBUL INSTITUTES Aim BOABD- VKQ Schools. MauiU Elgin \Mun6ey, On<.)~Rev. W; W. Shepherd, t^i^inoipal. Brandon^ Jfaii.— Rev. T. Ferrier, Principal. Jied Deer, 4^*»' — Roy* C. B. Somerset, PHn- cipaL . . V ComiUdeetm {ChilUwofik, J&.<7.) — ^Rev. ^Joseph Hall, Principal. McJ)oiigaM, QrphaTiage (Morley, AUa,)-—J. Wl. Niddrie, PrincipaL • NorwayL Hptiae, Keeioatin — E.. F. Hardiman, Principal. ^ ^ Hospital. Port Simpaon, B.O,—A, E. Bolton, M.D.,Phy- , , siclan in charge. French Work, A more aggressive policy has been pursued in connection with our French Mission. One of the most suitable mission churches in the Province was dedicated to the worship of Almighty God last February. It stands near the corner of Delisle Street and Atwater 1* Ayeniie, MontreaL This takea the plaoe of Ih^ old property known as the West End Mfasion, which was well described as '* both unsafe and nhsfiitablc)." The work ' of renovating the mission premises on Cn^ Street has also- been brought to a satisfactory completion. The results ir every sense are likely to justify the expenditure. 6oth of these churches report Urger congregations, increased activity in every department, and better spiritual and financial returns. Our French missions are not, as some seem to suppose, an organized expression of racial and reiigiousai antagonism. While we may, incidentuly, collide with a system, we are not at war with any who may seek shelter beneath that system. ,, Our work has doubtless an economic and political value, but this is an mcidental result, 'not our primary aim. The supreme motive of our mission work in Quebec ir sim|»ly tp secure the moral and ^spiritual w^l^being of the people. Our mission ther^ just, means what our missions mean elsewhere : Light to such as are in the dark, liberty to such as are enslaved, and life to such as are dead in trespasses and in sin.. The need c| the present hour is a clear and convinieinff presen* tatioit of tb^ simple truths ^f me Gospel as presented by the evangelists 'an4 as preached by Piiul. MiSSIONASlfiS. Monireal OetUre-r-'Rev. L. Massicotte. MM^real West — Rev. E. DeGruchy. i^twrton Pond— Rev. L. E. R6^. Act&nmle — Rev. T. Roy. . St. Philippe de Ckeater — . " ion, and the Ibeen The i^e bport "in and aeem aoial^ may, > not leath 3 an B an The lebec , itual bherj^ leret ; iy to rare fthe >8en> st as ched 16 Educationai.. l^rench InstUuU {Montreal^ Que,) — Rev. J. Finel, Principal. Home 'Work. The^ itfi importance of the Home work i bearkig on thefature of our Church and coun- try cannot easily be overstated. Like the old aaiddie-bag preacher, whether found toiling ajrottnd the bleak bays of ' Newfoundland or threading his way along the coast-line and ^ visiting Ui«> settlements of the Maritime Prov- ^ inces, or laboring among the sparse Protestant peculations of Quebec, or along the receding frmitier line of Ontario, ov upon the boundless prairies of the West, or amid the rugged scenery of British Columbia, the land of ** the mountain and the flood," or wherever else he may be found, the Home Missionary is worthy to rank among "the Knights of the new chiv- alry and the architects of the new civilization." Seis doins more to lay in sucn places the moral foundations of society and the State than any other agency. A special feature of this Eart of, the report is the many old debtti 4hat . aye been reduced or removed, the new churches ti^tliave been built, the new sites that have jti^en secured, and the extensive imfjrovements that have been effecttd under the inspiration ; :of thie Million Dollar Movement. A few mis- sions are reported as having gained their inde> pendence; others, by a rearrangement of the work and a special effort to raise more for ministerial support, hope soon to reach the satoe desirable consummaticMi. Anl some who v:^:-; 16 «5;J are not yet in sif^ht pftbe gf$l haye maoiyi^ to niake their missionary giviogs balailp^'^gr^ : missionaEy grants. Best of all, in inanjr '^pliM - thore has been a rekindling of the UuMt^iibSvKi j on bold and forsaken attars by the falling of ^a - i Pentecostal fire, resulting as a role in 'ail m- orease of membersliip and Voorreqpondiiu; nd- vance in: all th% material intwests ^ t&a Chbrch^. As a . whole, IdethodijBm seeali^ to now wiUi the ipowth of the ipommiinitieir ^ the! midst of which, by the providence of^Clo^ she has been placed. , .^ ^ A brother from IN^ewf pundland . gives ns fji» following interesting facts : r- " Just behind thp paiisonage Hves one of If?. Marshall's first converts, now nearly ninety years of age. On. the same^ island . is an oH olass4eader who, when a boy, went with, t^e first party of men to haid timber for the j^ ohorch. At Tizzard's Harbor we met an eldwly woman who also was one (rf the-early converte. Two others we met with at Little Bay Jslandsg one of whom, Mr. Anstey, was the first person who conducted a Methodist service in little Bay Islands. These . converts of some fi^ years standing sepm to be holctiiig £Mt thw lote, -and to. be rHpening for the kingdom^ After preaching at BxiUdits one Sabbath mean- ing, we met a^ass of seven old- men, most ol whom, we.beUeve, had been converted some forty years befo^. It must have been a d^ep, genuine and permanent work of grace that kaves so muclT visible fruit after the lapl»rOf fifty years, and which has spread itself ov^ a cotintry so many mileil in extent. / Truly with the Psalmist we may say, * His ri ht hand and IBs lioly arm .hath goUen Him the victory. > "-. V. v^ ■•-.k ^i ♦ * I 'A-: C J '