self-support was not, on the whole, what it should have been, though a few charges have done grandly. The problem is not yet solved. On Sunday, after an excellent love-feast, Bishop Warren

ordained a class of deacons, some of whom had been elected two years before. The Bishop then preached, Bro. Davidson interpreting. The evening sermon by Bro. Kurimura was followed by the ordination of elders. R. S. Maclay was elected as clerical, and J. O. Spencer as lay, delegate to the General Conference. They were especially instructed to represent the Japan Conference as protesting against a missionary bishop for Japan so long as we remain a part of American Methodism.

Not the least notable event of the past year is the completion of Goucher Hall at Aoyama, Tokio, a fine brick building, two stories and a mansard, well suited to the needs of the flourishing English school. In its commodious chapel our conference sessions were held, and in the basement, in a large room destined sometime to be a chemical laboratory, a common table was spread and all the foreigners ate together. As many as forty were present at some of the meals. This included visitors and the ladies of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society. The presence of our genial bishop and his party was a pleasure and an inspiration to all. Mrs. Warren won golden opinions by the earnest sympathy she manifested in the work. Iowa has a well-known representative in Mrs. Miller, of Waterloo. The Sunday after conference the bishop preached a masterly sermon to a crowded house in the 'meijikuido," the building made famous by President Warren's address. Bro. Correll took full notes, and interpreted the discourse as well as he was able after the bishop had finished. This conference session has been a successful opening to what, we trust, will be the best year so far in the history of our work in Japan. Brethren, pray for us.

Following are the appointments:

AOMORI DISTRICT.-Gideon F. Draper, P. E. Aomori, K. Sawai; Hirosaki, Y. Aibara; Kurishi, supplied by T. Fujita; Morioka, S. Matsumoto.

HAKODATE DISTRICT.-C. W. Green, P. E. Fukuyama, K. Nakada; Hakodate, C. Nakayama; Hakodate circuit, T. Hasegawa ; Otaru, G. Yamada.

Woman's Foreign Missionary Society, Caroline Wright Memorial School, Miss Hampton (in United States), Miss Hewitt, Miss Kaulbach.

Woman's work, Mrs. C. W. Green. NAGASAKI DISTRICT.-J. C. Davison, P. E. Agune, supplied by Y. Kubota; Fukuoka, K. Asuga; Takushima, S. Yamada; Kajiki, to be supplied; Kuma

moto, S. Kurimura; Kurumi and Yanegawa, R. Ushijima; Nagasaki, T. Kikuchi; Sendai, to be supplied; Yatsushiro, K. Ichiku.

Cobleigh Seminary, theological department, C. Bishop, principal; English department, D. S. Spencer.

The Growth of a Year.

BY REV. D. 8. SPENCER.

On July 9th, 1886, I visited the town of Honjo, on the Tokio District, sixty miles from Tokio, and the adjoining village of Shimamura, accompanied by a couple of native helpers. The same Christian service ever held there. The evening we held, as I am told, the first audience numbered about eighty persons and was gathered in the dwelling house Fukuoka girls' school, Miss Gheer (in of one Tajima Zenbei, a wealthy silk proUnited States), Miss Smith.

Woman's Foreign Missionary Society, Kuasui Io Gakko, Miss Russell, Miss Everding, Miss Elliott.

NAGOYA DISTRICT.-W. C. Davidson, P. E. Azumi, to be supplied; Ebimura, to be supplied; Iida, to be supplied; Matsumoto, H. Hirata: Matsushiro, C. Iwai; Nishiwo, B. Onuki; Nagoya, H. Yamaka; Tahara, to be supplied; Takato, T. Otake: Toyohashi, to be supplied.

ducer. We, the native helpers and myself, spoke to the people till midnight, and then they were loth to leave.

Shimamura is a good-sized village composed mostly of silk workers. The next morning I baptized Tajima Zenbei and two young boys. These were the first persons baptized in Shimamura

We then left Shimamura and returned TOKIO DISTRICT.-J. Soper, P. E. to Honjo, where this same evening (SatSakuyama, to be supplied; Sendai, T. urday) we held a large meeting. This is Yamada; Shimosa, supplied by T. a place of about 5,000 people. There was Kogushi; Shirakawa, K. Osaka; Tendo, not at that time, as I was told, a bapsupplied by Matsugaira. tized Christian in the place. People who Tokio ; Aoyama, supplied by Y. Honda; Asakusa, were, with perhaps one exception, unbeto be supplied; Kanda, R. Ishizaka; lievers, had before my arrival secured Mita, to be supplied; Tsukiji, to be sup- permission of the police to hold the meetplied; Yotsuya, to be supplied. Urawa, ing, had rented and lighted a hall at supplied by K. Yamanouchi ; Utsuno- their own expense, and had advertised miya, J. Oba; Yamagata, to be supplied; the meeting all over the town, and all Yonezawa, C. Nagano.

H. W. Swartz, M.D., and J. G. Cleveland, educational work in Sendai, members of Sendai Quarterly Conference. S. Ogata, Gospel Society work. G. Nakano, at school (Tokio). Tokio Ei Wa Gakka, R. S. Maclay, general director.

Philander Smith Biblical Institute, R. S. Maclay and M. S. Vail, instructors; Y. Honda, tutor.

this out of a desire to hear about Chris

tianity, so that at meeting time we had

the hall and street crowded as far as the people could hear. The speaking lasted from 8 to 12 o'clock at night. The next day one of the hearers at this meeting followed us to the next town, where we have a church, and I baptized him with others. He thus became the first bap tized Christian in Honjo. As yet no church organization had been begun at either place.

At the conference which soon followed Honjo was made a circuit, with Shimamura as one of the appointments, and marked to be supplied," as too many

El Wa Gakko, preparatory department, J. O. Spencer, principal, E. R. Fulkerson, vice-principal, W. C. Kitchin, Sara A. Maclay, H. S. Alling, instructors. Kaigan Jo Gakko, Miss Atkinson, Miss of our circuits are of necessity marked. Later in the year one of the helpers who Watson, Miss Vance. first accompanied me there was sent to passed and the conference statistics show work up the circuit. One year has

Woman's work-Tokio, Miss M. A.

Spencer, Mrs. S. A. Maclay, Mrs. W. C. Kitchin, Mrs. E. W. Vail, Mrs. A. R. Spencer; Sendai, Mrs. C. W. Van Petten, Mrs. H. W. Swartz, Mrs. J. G. Cleveland.

the following result:

Probationers, 9; full members, 35; local preachers, 1: children baptized, 9: adults baptized, 35; number of churches, YOKOHAMA DISTRICT.-I. H. Correll, 1; value of church, $100; paid for buildP. E. Hachoji, to be supplied; Honjo, ing church, $100; current expenses, $47to be supplied; Kanagawa, to be sup- 61; Sunday-schools, 1; teachers in Sunplied; Kumagaye, K. Nakagawa; Oda-day-school, 4; scholars in Sunday-school wara, to be supplied; Yokohama, H. 26; contributed for education, $1.45; for Kimura. I. H. Correll, publishing agent. other collections $3.40. W. S. Worden, M.D., Gospel Society work.

Woman's Foreign Missionary Society -Bible Woman's Training School, Miss Holbrook; day-schools, Miss Rulofson. -Northwestern Christian Advocate.

This point is in a good spiritual condidition and very promising; and let it ho observed that up to the present this work has not cost the Missionary Society of our church one dollar, except the small amount necessary to pay the above

amed helper for a part of the year, and or the coming year Honjo promises, bedes paying its other expenses, to help ay its pastor. A large part of the honey necessary to build the church was contributed by that first convert, ajima Zenbei.

Real self-support will come somewhat lowly, but it is coming. Other instances aight be related much like the above. Nagasaki, Japan.

Tidings from Korea. Rev. H. G. Appenzeller writes from Seoul, Korea:

“On Easter I had my second baptism n Korea. I have previously reported a eligious work among the Japanese here. met the Bible class through the winter, and on Easter a young man asked for and received baptism. He is a constable, but being on duty only every other day, he asked permission to come to our school. Other students are seeking the truth, but they are very cautious because of the danger.

"As to our school work, sixty-three students were enrolled, and on the whole, greater perseverance and enthusiasm I have never seen. Most of the students are poor. All classes and nearly every province are represented. "In March last the President of the Foreign Office, a Korean of high rank. asked me for students to be put in the telegraph office. Just as the school was closing four of the boys were appointed. They knew a little English before they

WEST CHINA MISSION.

"Our new College Hall is going up steadily. It will be a splendid building when finished. "

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"At this place they will join Rev. Ernest Taber, our companion to Chungking. The company took a supply of

"The King of Korea has given a name to the grounds occupied by the Woman's Missionary Society. The Chinese characters mean, Pear Flower School Grounds.' The identical paper giving the name sent from the Foreign Office was posted upon a board and then framed, and a Korean artist having painted it to make it weather proof, it now hangs in the gateway of the 'Woman's Home.' He also sent Kuisee," a soldier from an honored battalion, a little higher than the ordinary soldier, from which battalion guards of honor are chosen for the legations and foreigners of influence.

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"Not many days after the arrival of the above at the 'Woman's Home' a similar recognition and 'Kuisee' were sent to our school under Mr. Appenzeller's care, and a few weeks later the Hospital was in like manner bered.

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"The Hospital name is rather difficult of translation, but we have concluded to call it in English the 'Universal Hospital.' This more concisely expresses the Chinese characters. Its meaning is that all sorts of benefits are scattered abroad, that all sorts of diseases are healed, and that the poor and sick are fed and

clothed.

"The 'Kuisee' carries with him some slight power. He is a sort of policeman who has the power of arrest among the lower classes. He becomes, however, our servant, subject to our orders entirely and receives his pay chiefly from us.

Beside Government recognition we are gaining by our work the favor of the people.

"I wish to express my gratitude to Dr. Heron, of the Presbyterian Mission, for his oft-repeated kindly assistance at the Hospital. I frequently require professional help and Dr. Heron has always been more than willing to assist, and during two enforced absences be has kindly taken entire charge of the Dispensary in addition to his own labors."

From the West China Mission.

Rev. H. Olin Cady writes from Chungking, China, August 11, 1887:

"Bro. Hart and Dr. Morley of the English Wesleyan Mission left here the morning of June 27th for a trip to the 'Salt Wells' of Chentu, the capital of this province, and from thence to O-Mei-Shan, a celebrated mountain in this province to which crowds of Buddhist pilgrims resort every year, coming from Thibet and the far west as well as from China proper.

grims. In this way the Gospel will be carried to many remote places by the returning pilgrims. I expect the entire party will return to this city the last of August.

"I am enjoying my first summer in China; am living in our own hired house." The weather has been warm, over 100° in the shade. It has been over 90° at 9 P m. Am in good health, do not go out much in the sun as my work is on the language, for learning which I am favorably situated. No English-speaking people live next me. At present there is only one English-speaking person in the city, Rev. Geo. Nicoll, China Inland mission.

"The city seems peaceable. We have done nothing, as yet, toward getting a

"I am in hopes the rest of our missionaries will be back soon. Even then the workers would be far too few for this large and important field.

"The trip Bro. Hart has taken will enable him the better to lay before the Board the prospects and needs of this province." August 29th, 1887.

"Bro. Hart, Dr. Faber and Dr. Arthur Morley returned from their trip to Chentu, the capital of this province, and from 'O-mei' the celebrated mountain of

Buddha, last Wednesday, August 24th. They report a large amount of books sold and altogether a pleasant and profitable trip, the people generally friendly, and the scenery up the mountains grand. Immense numbers of pilgrims were at the mountain going and coming.

"Here at Chungking the weather has been quite warm. I have remained in the city thus far. My health has been good.

"There seems to be in this city many Chinamen of bad character. New officers have lately been appointed who seem to be determined to put down lawlessness.

'Bros. Hart, Faber and Dr. Morley left for down the river Saturday, August 27th.

"I shall be alone until some one comes from America. I hope that it will not be long, and that several new ones, besides as many of the old force as possible, will be here this fall."

The Germany Conference. Rev. P. Gustav Junker writes from Bremen, Germany, Sept. 30, 1877:

"Our conference was a very pleasant and blessed time. Bishop Ninde won the

love of all the brethren and his sermon and speeches will long be remembered. The conference took place in Cassel, known to all travelers as the residence of the former electors of Hesse Cassel. Methodism has a firm footing in Cassel. "Twelve years ago I preached there for the first time. The little congrega. tion of eight hearers assembled in the room of a lady who has done much for Methodism. Among the hearers was a young man who for the first time was in a Methodist meeting. He came again in the evening when the room was crowded. At the close of the sermon he grasped my hand and said, 'I see that I am wandering the wrong way; may God help me to come back to Him.'

"He was converted and became a faithful member and a steward of the church.

"After twelve years the society in Cassel was able to entertain the Annual Conference of more than 60 members. The congregation numbers 98 members and £4 probationers. The total contributions of the society for self-support and benevolent collections reached 2,200 marks, surely a large sum from a membership of workingmen and servants.

"The Lord is with us in our conference. There are now 7,107 members in full connection, an increase of 373; 2,163 probationers, an increase of 29. We have 526 preaching places, 244 Sundayschools, 819 officers and teachers, 10,592 scholars of all ages.

"The contributions the last year in marks were as follows: Current expenses, 36,900; preachers' salaries, 43,077; interest on chapel debts, 12.831; rents, 13,246; church building, 27,263; the poor, 1,907; Sunday schools, 7,097; other benevolent collections for the home work, 10,889; Missionary Society, 4,972; Tract Society 310; Bible Society, 264: Sundayschool Union, 207; Board of Education, 281; Bishops' Fund, 188. The total of contributions were 159,432 marks.

"The church property of the conference consists of 20 chapels, 46 chapel buildings, with which are connected parsonages, 12 dwelling houses, 2 buildings for other purposes (Printing House and Seminary), altogether 80 buildings and 11 lots, which, together with church furniture and funds for chapel building and paying debts, have a value of 1,741,485 marks. with a total indebtedness of 719,422 marks.

"During the past year 1,267 persons joined the church, yet by deaths, removals, emigration, withdrawals, and expulsions the net increase was only 373.

"There are many cities and towns where the work of our church is needed, but we cannot enter them for want of funds. As our great cities are growing, our work in them becomes more expensive. Al

ready it is very difficult to find suitable halls at a moderate price. Street preaching being not allowed in Germany we must rent halls at high prices or quit the field.

"Our Book Concern is in a healthy state and well managed, and our periodicals have annually a large circulation.

"The Martin Mission Institute had last year only six students; but it began this year with fifteen. The work done by the teachers and students is reported as very satisfactory. The principal, the Rev. O. A. C. Achard, has been elected delegate to the next Ceneral Conference; Rev. E. Gebhardt, alternate.

"We have to thank God for many encouraging facts. The work is progressing; our members are earnest Christians and every circuit reports conversions.

"The influence of Methodism on the State Church is not inconsiderable. In towns and villages the pastors of the State Church are awake to make Methodism "superfluous," as Dr. Christlieb wrote.

"Not long ago Prof. Kolde, of Erlangen University, lectured before the Synod of Bavarian Protestant clergymen about the best methods to combat Methodism, and at the close of his lecture he said: Methodism will not be opposed successfully through police regulations, which are unworthy of the Church, but thereby with the same energy with which we oppose the Methodist heresies with earnest prayer through the Word of God, we try to learn what Methodism may have that is good and excellent-indefatigable zeal. Bible knowledge, making good use of time and place, practical manner, soul-stirring and lively services, the discipline which is regardlessly practiced on her members, notwithstanding the sacrifices demanded of them, and the encouraging of lay work in the church by giving each one a place suitable to his talents.'

"If the Lutheran clergy can learn all these things from Methodism it cannot be so bad and it has done a good and necessary work for Germany.

Letter from Finland.

Rev. B. A. Carlson, writes from Helsingfors, Finland, September 17, 1887: I have just now returned from my first quarter traveling for this conterence year, having visited all our missions of this country, and some new places. Our work is enlarging in every place, and the Lord is with His people.

In every society that I have visited, I have preached several times, and held the Lord's supper and quarterly confer ence. At every quarterly conference a financial plan like that here below has been presented and accepted.

At Helsingfors our cause is gaining a greater and greater confidence. It is a matter of an especial rejoicing that we, at the present season, often have more than fifty persons gathered in our class meetings, and some of these ask for our praying for them almost in every meeting, and during the time to come we wait for a great blessing in all branches of our congregation.

The 10-13 of this month I was invited by our dear brother Captain R. Schulman, in Nyslott, to preach there, which I also did. The only college house of the city was opened to be used by me, and I had the gladness of preaching there every time to a houseful of attentive and thankful hearers.

Captain Schulman, a member of our church, is at Nyslott, the chief of a company of soldiers, whom he is exercising in service of war, after which they are divided in regular armies. He related to me with much sadnese, that nearly all these soldiers are without a Bible, both when they are coming and going away. But during the time they are there, Captain Schulman is reading the Bible and holding prayers with them as often as he has time. Besides he is holding in the place a Sunday-school every Sunday. God bless his work.

Our need of native preachers is everywhere more and more felt.

The time is even at hand that we as soon as possible must translate ard publish the articles of religion of cur church and general rules in the Finlandian lan guage, and a hymn book in the said language must also be published. But for this I need an especial help.

Letter from Norway. Rev. M. Olsen writes from Porsgrurd, Norway, September 29, 1887:

"At the same occasion as I advise you of the change of my address, I shall bring my hearty thanks for THE GOSPEL IN ALL LANDS, which monthly journal I have received in nearly two years. It has not only been interesting to me, but also a very useful tidings, informing me about the mission's work in different countries and thereby I have been able to speak better about it to the people.

"Porsgrund is a town with about 3,500 in habitants, and is situated on both sides of the Skien River. In the summer-time it is a very beautiful and healthy place, but in the winter there lies often a very thick fog over the town. The prime trade is shipping of cargoes of timber, but these commerces are in the last time gone much back. Now they have begun with some fabric trades.

Our last conference was held here in May and was presided over by Bishop Ninde. I was then removed from Sorpsborg to this place. There are 137 members in the community, and 125 children in the Sunday-school. We have a nice, though frugal church, which, before the conference, was trimmed up and also there was built a convenient sacristy. They passed the million line last year, and we will also do our best this year. "With regard to the spiritual condition of the community, I know that God has done great things for us, whereof we are glad. We have in proportion to the place large congregations, and, thanks be to God, we receive often great blessings from Him. It is our wish to walk a holy life in the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to spread his blessed Gospel to our fellow-men. May God help us to do so from day to day.

"In the State church they do not so little work in the last time, especially the so-called inner-mission, and so do also the Lutheran Free church, and though partiality yet is great in the State church, we enjoy as a people confidence and esteem."

November Simultaneous Meetings. There will be held a missionary meeting in every Presbyterian Church in the State of New Jersey between the 13th and 19th of this month. The Correspond

ing Secretary, Rev. W. H. Belden, of

Bridgeton, N. J., sends us the following plan of the meetings and the suggestions

made to the pastors:

The Presbyterian denomination has 289 churches in 219 towns in the State of New Jersey. The plan of simultaneous meetings contemplates an all-day Foreign Missionary Convention in every one of these 219 towns. The towns will not have every one its convention on the same day, but all will occur on some one of the days of the Simultaneous Week, November 13th to 19th, 1887. The designation of "centers" (explained below) is not to interfere with the holding of identical conventions in all the towns in New Jersey where the Presbyterian Church has its organizations.

Pastors or ministers in charge are particularly requested to preach missionary sermons (historical and doctrinal) on

NOVEMBER MEETINGS.

Sunday, Nov. 6th or 13th, and to invite public attention to the Simultaneous Week.

Women's Societies, Bands, Sunday Schools, Young People's Associations, etc., are earnestly invited to devote their meeting nearest before the Simultaneous Week to prayer for God's blessing on this movement.

While it has not been possible to arrange the N. S. M. in formal unison with other denominations, we shall welcome participancy by their ministers and people in our meetings, as they may find it agreeable to do.

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15, xxii. 21, xxvi. 17, 18. (Ece last paragraph, art. "N. S. M.," in The Church for June, p. 567.) Where the two speakers can confer together it may promote the main end in view, if one address recites historical facts demonstrating the necessity and usefulness of Foreign Missions, while the other is more concerned with the Biblical argument.

The arrangements for such an all-day meeting in every town are committed, 1. In the main, to the respective Presby terial Committees, acting in conjunction with local Sessions and other participants.

2. In the case of 58 designated places (called for convenience centers) to

Afternoon.-Separate Sections, as follows: Ladies' Meeting, Young Men's Meeting, Children's Meeting, Missionary Meeting, Candidates' Meeting, etc., etc. Evening. The Main Meeting.

The following explanations may be found of value :

Morning. After a prayer-meeting convened as early as a good attendance can be secured, an open meeting for general discussion of the foreign mission field,

work, and workers, led by a carefully

selected chairman, will follow. In some places it may be preferable to have no interval between these two sessions, and in others to arrange them, the one, say, at 9 and the other at 10.30 or 11 o'clock.

afternoon hours

Afternoon. The should be given up to separate meetings, held either simultaneously in different churches or halls, or else consecutively in one place, according as their number and importance may determine in each town. These separate meetings ought to be among the best organized and most

profitable of the day, as they will be under the influence of already existing organizations in the churches. Particular attention should be given to arrange ments for Music (both for afternoon and the other sessions) - the assuring of a strong choir, judicious selection of missionary hymns or anthems, etc.

Evening. This is the time for the main meeting, to which the others, however slenderly attended or participated in, are exceedingly important as feeders (in addition to their own importance). The great value to this movement, of publicity, should be remembered in the selection of the chairman; but more, the indispensable necessity of the devotional spirit throughout the whole enterprise.

The evening is to include two or more prepared addresses. The general topic is: OUR RISEN LORD'S LAST COMMAND. Matt. xxviii. 19; Mark xvi. 15; Luke xxiv. 47, 48; John xx. 21; Acts i. 8; ix.

from the Presbyterial Committees. The only proposed difference between the meetings elsewhere and in these centers is, that Synod's Committee are to provide one speaker (if possible, two) and select the day of meeting for each Center. The following are the Centers selected by the Joint Committee:

PRESBYTERY OF ELIZABETH, 6.— Elizabeth, Clinton, Plainfield, Pluckamin, Rahway, Westfield.

PRESBYTERY OF JERSEY CITY, 7.-En

glewood, Hoboken, Jersey City, Jersey City Heights, Passaic, Paterson, Rutherford Park.

PRESBYTERY OF MONMOUTH, 8.--Allentown, Burlington, Cranbury, Freehold, Jamesburg, Lakewood, Manasquan, Mat

awan.

PRESBYTERY OF MORRIS-AND-Orange, 8.-Dover, East Orange, German Valley, Madison, Mendham, Morristown, Orange,

Summit.

PRESBYTERY OF NEWARK, 3.-Bloomfield, Caldwell, Newark.

PRESBYTERY OF NEW BRUNSWICK, 8. -Bound-Brook, Flemington, Lambert

ville, Milford, New Brunswick, Pennington, Princeton, Trenton.

dere, Blairstown, Deckertown, Hackettstown, Newton, Phillipsburg, Stanhope, Washington.

PRESBYTERY OF NEWTON, 8.-Belvi

PRESBYTERY OF WEST JERSEY, 10.

Bridgeton, Camden, Cape May, Clayton, Elmer, Merchantville, Millville, Salem, Vineland, Woodstown.

The other towns and places number 161, so conveniently scattered throughout the whole State of New Jersey, whose bounds are exactly those of our Synod (except that we have one Presbytery in the foreign field, "Corisco," W. Africa)--that, if these Simultaneous Meetings be held by all our own churches, we may fairly hope to stir the whole catholic Christendom of New Jersey in love and obedience toward

OUR RISEN LORD'S LAST COMMAND.

Blessing for Giving the Million. The California Christian Advocate, of Oct. 19, says:

"We most ardently hope we have this year the million for missions, but if not, the deficit cannot be charged against the Pacific Coast. We have paid our share. Already the progress of missions looks more like business than anything we have ever seen before.

"Nearly every steamer bears one or more missionaries to Japan, China and the far Eist. and, occasionally, a large party goes together. The enthusiasm of our churches here is kindled to flame by these departing missionaries. Many go to see them off, and encourage and bless them. It is a part of our servite and pleasure to go and see these departing servants of God, and rejoice with them

in their heroic work.

"Rev. Spencer Lewis goes back to the very point from which he was driven by a mob, and not for his own fault. We cannot afford to give up any place on account of opposition. It is a delusion to suppose that we can save our heathen at home,' and not try to save all men God thrusts the heathen upon us. We

be paid to Mr. Hayes during the term of his natural life, and five hundred dollars per annum is to be paid to his wife during the term of her natural life, the five hundred dollars to be increased to one thousand dollars from the time of the death of Mr. Hayes until the death of his wife, provided she survive him.

The value of the property thus conveyed to the Society has been estimated by some persons to be worth $130,000— though others have placed a less value upon it. It is a very liberal donation to the cause of missions.

"Port Chester, on Annette Island, within the bounds of Alaska Territory, has been chosen as the site for the new

Metlakahtla, and on Sunday, August 7. the opening services were held. The

wilderness to work out again the village life, for the sake of freedom of conscience. The location chosen is a very beautiful one, near a fine stream of water, and favorable in many respects, although doubts are entertained as to the quantity of fish being sufficient for their needs. If this is proved to be the case, some other place will be found on the adjacent islands.

"Mr. Duncan has taken out his naturalization papers as an American citizen, and has been appointed justice of the peace for Metlakahtla. Gov. Swineford has welcomed him and his people to the Territory, and in company with Dr. tion for Alaska. has promised assistance Jackson, the Commissioner of Educaand co-operation."

Progress in Japan.

Miss Ada Daughaday writes to Chaplain McCabe from Japan, September 5, 1887: "It is now almost five years since I have often thought I would write to you came to Japan, and during this time I if it were only to let you know the great

carry on our home work without them. 'Our million' is a paying investment Our heroic men and women at the front are making progress at home easier.

"Bringing the tithes into the storehouse brings the blessing of the Father upon us. A great missionary effort is always followed by a revival. We will not stop at a million; we can now easily march with a quicker step. Let us claim a blessing and reach out after it. A mighty revival all over the land is the thing to be sought now. We cannot stop for that is stagnation and death. Push this work to another million, and then another. We are workers together with God."

Donation of Mr. and Mrs. Hayes, Notices have appeared in the public papers of the liberal donations to the Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church by Mr. Elijah Hayes and wife, of Warsaw, Indiana.

The treasurer of the Society, Mr. J. M. Phillips, and the recording secretary, Rev. Dr. J. N. Fitzgerald, were appointed a committee to visit Mr. Hayes and wife and adjust the terms of transfer, and this was done on Sept. 29, 1887; and on behalf of the Missionary Society they accepted at that time deeds of conveyance from them for certain lands in Kosciusko County, Indiana.

Mr. Hayes and wife reserved a life estate in a part of the lands so conveyed.

One thousand dollars per annum is to

from the old home hung on the limb of a great tree, and was joyfully rung while the American flag was raised on an improvised flag-staff on the beach, where the exercises of inaugurating the new set tlement took place. Mr. Duncan was warmly welcomed by the people, and as he had found during his absence in the headdressed them, telling of the sympathy United States, tears ran down their faces, and they took courage for the future.

"Hon. N. H. R. Dawson, U. S. Commissioner of Education, then addressed the people, assuring them they should have the protection of the United States Government. and welcoming them to American soil, where they should not be disturbed in the possession of any lands upon which they might build their houses. The encouraging remarks were very grateful to the Metlakahtlans, and they showed their appreciation of Mr. Dawson's kindness by hearty applause.

"One of the leaders of the people responded most fittingly to the speech of Mr. Dawson, showing by his well-chosen words and his excellent command of English, to what noble manhood Christian education can raise this people. The service was concluded by singing in the native tongue, as well as in English, with prayer by Rev. Dr. Frazier, of Oakland, Cal., who was a passenger on the S. S. 'Ancon' that called at Port Chester for the celebration.

"The Christians of our country will look on with great interest at this little colony, which, giving up home and valuable property, is establishing itself in the

in giving me a part to do in the great work that is going on around me.

to-day! The fields are fast ripening for "It is a glorious thing to be in Japan the harvest Opportunities for service are multiplying on every side, but, alas! the workers are too few, so, of course, Changes take place so rapidly herc; even those of us who are here must overwork. the comparitively unimportant one, the adoption of foreign dress by the women of the country, has its moral aspects, as it has increased our influence over them, and given us opportunities to steer them through the shallows and quicksands of fashionable follies, such as tight lacing. high heels, etc., and to warn them against giving undue thought to dress and against extravagance.

"But there has been a new revolution in Japan that in results may be as farreaching as that of 1868. The elevation of woman mentally and socially has be come an absorbing question with the advanced thinkers of the country.

"The Lord has regarded the low estate of His haud maiden,' and hereafter girls are to have equal opportunities with their brothers for self-improvement, and are to enjoy increased social rights. They are not slow in availing themselves of their present advantages, so our schools are overflowing with eager, industrious students, while many schools have been formed for married women. When Japan comes to appreciate a pure, happy home-life her salvation will be very near."

Osaka, Japan.