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A ~ I D E 1.1. ME, Arthur 'T. Plerson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.5 STATION NOTES : Amrhoti, KhAmgAori . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.5 .

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TOURING NOTES, hlartha Ramsey 87 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VILLAGE WORK, Charlotte Rutherford " hX

. . . . . . " THEIR WORKS DO F01~1,on- THE?I," ll'llliam Rarnsey, 89 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EDITORIALS 90

hl~ss~orj QUESTIOKS : Principles or Sabbath Observance : Pafta-

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . cularly as applied to Indian Chi-lstla;l\ gr . . . . . . . . . . . . CIIRISTX+S WEEK I P ~ A1co1.1, \17illiam h10yser 95

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H~DQUARTERS-690 EIGHTH AYE., NEW YORK. CABLE ADDRESS-PAROIJSIA, NEW YORIC. REV. A. B. SIMPSON ... ... :.. ... President & General Superintendent. REV. C. iY ICINNEY. REV. 0. M. BROWN. MR. JOHN McGAHIE. REV. JOHN SALMON. MR. GEO. MONTGOMERY. I~R . J. E RAMSEYER. REV, 0 . E. hfALl2ORY. MR. ULYSSES LEWIS. MR. THOS. RYAN. Vice- Pvesidents. REV. W. C STEVENS. REV. JOHN OEItTER. 12rv. F. !A'. FLINT. REV. M. B. FU1,LER. h l ~ . A. D. JACKSON. MR. JAS. ';. IlEBER. REV. A. E. FUNK ... ... ... ... General Secretary & Foreign Superintendent. MR. DAVID CKEAR ... ... ... Trensurev. 690-Eighth Aue., New York. REV. 1. D. WfLLlAhlS ... ... ... Recovding Secretary. MRS. A. B. SIMPSON ... ... a Supevzntendent Assignment 01 Alissionaries. REV. HENRY WlI,SON, 'D.D. ... . . . Field Supe~,zntendent. REV. HENRY ICENNING ... :.. Home Secretavy.

M. B. FULLER,-Sufierintendent fov India, "~ i izCdy. The affairs of the hlission In the field are aclm~nistered by the Superintendent and a

Council, composed of nine members of the Mlsslon elected a t the Annual Convention. The Alllance is unsectarian and ~ t s special object 1s the evangelization of neglected

fields : i t seeks to un~ te Christians of all evangehcal denominations In ~ t s work. The teaching of the Alllance is often spoken of as the Four-F~ld Gospel, which means

the Gospel or goad t ~ d ~ n g s of Jesus Cl~rlst as Sav~our, Sanct~fiei, Healer and Coming Icing. Pardon through simple faith in the blood of Jesus Christ.-Sanct~fication and fulness

of l ~ f e tlirough the ~ndwel l~ng Chnst Himself in the behex-er by the Holy Spir~t.--Healing and * health for tlie body of the bellever by simple f a ~ t t ~ in Jesus who " H~mself took our lnfirmitles and bare our s~ckrless ; "-and the pre-m~llennial coming of Christ.

The financial b a s of the Alllance is shown In the following article from the Constitut~on. " ' n ~ e Alliance wlll require of all ~ t s laborers a spirit of absolute rel~ance upon God alone for support, guaranteeing no fixed salaiy to any miss~onaiy after reach~ng his or her field, but prov~ding them such moderate allowances for their actual expenses and needs as the funds piovided from the voluntary gifts of God's people shall enable us to supply from time to time."

" Accepted candidates are required, before leaving for the field, to sign an agreement stating that they cord~ally approre of the prir~c~pIes and practlce of the hfisslon, and heartily desire to carry out the same."

Every mlsslonary IS comm~tted to a life of faith in God for his personal support, and the Home Boaid IS only pledged to send to the various fields what they receive. No debt 1s to-

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ABIDE IN ME BY ARTHUR T. PIERSON

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without Christ we can do nothing. AMRAOTI This is the wonderful truth taught BY LUCY J. HOLM& throughout the New Testament. ---

An illustration of this may be found in the familiar fact about the HE work in Amrhoti City magnet. I t has a mysterious life, the past year, has been very %

the power of which can be com- precious. The Lord has opened municated. For example, if you take a piece doors and opened hearts among of common iron and allow i t to be attracted the high-caste people in a to the magnet, i t becomes attached to it, be- wonderful way. comes itself magnetic, and while so held fast One woman to whom the by the magnet attracts the iron or steeI filings led us, always welcolnes us, sings the as the magnet does, but when severed from tile hymns with us, and listens welld She says she magnet has no such attractive power. "Apart tells others about God, and what they ought from Me," says Christ, " ye can do nothing." to do. Her husband also is friendly, and her But the moment Christ lays hold upon son, an interesting young man, gladly accepted and His life is imparted to you, His works an, English motto, " God is Love." One of her become possible to you. ne~ghbours, a young Brahmin woman, also

Holy living becomes possible to us only in conles and listens eagerly, aild one day, as she proportion, therefore, as we keep constantly in met US On the street, took us to her mother's mind that the power to li$e a new life of house. Quite a number gathered and listened holiness is wholly of God: that i t is not found to the story of Jesus' love. Among the men in self culture, in educat i~h and training, in who stood outside was the young woman's the most h o n ~ s t purpose or effort, in the most father, who seemed friendly, and asked for a helpful and healthful surroundings, but solely book for his son, which we gave him. As we in an ijlzpavtntion from God, in the gift of the said our salams, they asked us to often, Spirit ~f life, power,-holiness, the same that A few days ago, we went again and fol~nd the raised up the Lord Jesus from the dead ; and mother ill. So1~le women and boys gathered, ' that, until that Spirit animates and vitalizes "1"a young educated Brahmin. 'They listen- us, we are as helpless to live a holy life as ed eagerly, asking what they lllust do to be Christ's dead body was to move. Not until ready to meet Jesus when He comes. As we we realize this can we ever find the power of prayed with and for them, they were very Christ's Resurrection in ourselves, q u ~ e t and reverent. This week m7e went agqin

3:: 3.: 5 ' ) and prayed for the sick woman, that Jesus would heal her. The husband and whole

'Abide in Christ !' Let no one think that family seerned to be in sympathy with us, he can do this if he has 11ot daily his quiet One old Brhhrnin woman n7ho has long time, his season-of meditation and waiting- welcomed us, has been very ill ; i t seemed she on God, In these a habit of soul must be could not recover. She said God had forgiven cultivated, in which the believer: goes out into her sins for Jesus' sake, and she was not afraid the world and its distractions, the peace of to die. However, she is now getting better. God, that pasSeth all understanding, keeping She still acknowledges Jesus as her Saviour,, the heart and mi~id.-Andrew Muvvay. and seems one of us.

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we have almost wondered a t His gracio;S answer to our prayers.

And so He is leading us on. And now we say, "Lord, send a wonderful out-pouring of the Holy Spirit upon AmrAoti City, that there may be conviction of sin, and a hunger after God." He is working, Praise His Name ! Not all will come in this age. We say it is a human in~possibility for these women to be ready for the Lord's coming ; but all things are possible with God. His called and chosen ones will be ready.

Recently a Sonar woman (goldsmith caste) invited us to her home ; others came in, and we had a blessed time. This week we have been there twice. Her young daughter, TulsibAi, lately married, is a t home ; she was for a time in some mission school. She selected some hymns from our hymn book, and sang them with us. She is a sweet-faced girl, can read for herself, and seems to be trusting

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NOTES O F PRAISE FROM KHAMGAON BY ~ ~ A R J O R I E MILLHAM

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S we look back over the Old Year i t A IS with hearts filled with thanksgiving for all the way whicli God has led.

Throughout the year His goodness and mercy have followed us, and in answer to prayer He has again and again shown us such riches of His grace as we have never known. We have seen too His mighty hand stretcl~ed forth in healing power both among the dear girls in the school and among the missionaries, Glory to His dear name! We thank Him also for the little chapel, and as the number of Hindus in attendance increases froni week to week, we realiae that God is using i t as a potent factor in the spread of the Gospel here. But more than all else, do we praise Him for the

Some months ago, a young man of the 1 Vani (grocer) caste, invited us to go and see his old mother, and said we would find her loolting over her grain and preparing i t for cooking. When we asked him to shew us the way, 11e went with us, and sat and listened with the rest and now we count them all as our friends. This young man's wife is learning our hymns, and another girl comes too, and sings with us; we have given her a small hymn book, so she can learn for herself. The grey-haired mother seems like an old friend.

One day more than a year ago I felt sure the Lord wanted me to go out in the work though I hardly felt able ; and He shewed me when I should go. I said, " Lord, when I have been to the Shimfiibhi's (tailor-caste woman) I don't know where to go next ; I don't know the people near them. Let somebody invite us in." JVLen the little meeticg in the Shimfiz women's house was over, and I was talking with some people outside, beckoning hands invited us to another house, where we had a wonderful time. From this time on, I have been in the habit of asking the Lord to get the dear ones ready to whom He would send us, to give them humble, open hearts, and to let somebody invite Him in, in the person of His little ones. How tenderly He has answered these prayers.

Later I said, "Lord, thou must have ' called and chosen oaes ' in Amrioti City. Send us to them, that they may be ready for Thy coming." Sometimes, as the women have looked into our faces and listened so intentlv.

in Jesus a s her Saviour. While with them, we led in a n earnest prayer for them and their household, in which we trust they joined. Sometimes while we are speaking and singing the men of the house return, and say they do not like our story. Now, we are e~pecially asking the Lord to touch the men's hearts, and make them open and humble to hear His message.

One morning this week two young women called me in. I spoke with them on the steps, but they urged me to come in. I was in haste, as the tong& [cart) was needed ; but the Lord has taught me never to refuse an invitation. I sat down with them and sang "Jesus loves me" ; first in English, then in Marathi. (One of the young women understands English). I found one of these young women was one of Pandith Ramibii 's girls ; I urged her to be true to the light God had given her, and never forsake the Lord. I do not know her full history yet, but hope to see her again soon, That morning, I had asked the Lord to let some new people invite us in. " 'Tis so sweet to trust in Jesus."

Day by day the dear Lord is teaching us precious lessons ; especially how to pray for these people. These women are very dear t o us ; their faces come up before us in prayer. We give them the full gospel and urge them to be ready for the Lord's coming. Do you wonder that Ire are not lonely,-that we love these women, and this precious work. Blessed ministry! Praise God that He lets us share i t with Him.

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changed hearts and lives we are seeing as a ' result of the mighty out-pouring of the Holy Spirit in our midst some time ago. As we step into the New Year it is with no feeling of dread, but with praise for all the grace not tasted yet, and with a faith that bounds forward to meet Him in all His desire for us.

We know He is working, guiding and ruling in n most precious way, and where we cannot understand we press a little closer to our loving Lord, and trust Him for the "more grace" and "abundant grace" as we may have need.

- TOURING NOTES BY MARTHA RAMSEY

--- WELL, the first thing is g o a touring' No need to of the un- necessary things which come in the

way of this step ; nor yet of the necessary ~lome-wor~c from which one has to tear one's self alllay in order to reach the wider field in the district.

A general cause for thanksgiving is a deeper conviction among the people of the need of a true Saviour, which of course means a recogni- tion of their own inability to save themselves from sin.

The first of the touring notes I feel con- strained to give is the following. One day last week one of the workers asked, "Auntie, will you take another baby ? " After a few questions I gather that a woman of the farmer caste has a baby to give away. He is a boy, seven months old, illegitimate, healthy, same circumstances under which we got n babv last year. 'The mother is a widow, olltcnsted Gy her people on the child's account, and if we will take him, they will perform the ceremonies necessary to receiving her back again, and arrangements for her re-rnarriage will be completed. And so after certain precautions, in the presence of the head-man of the villacre b and reliable witnesses, with an unsoll- cited assurance from the mother that he has got his usual dose of opium for the day, the child is handed over to us without a tear. No doubt motherly affedtion wishes caste rules less strict. However they are inexorable, and as one result, little Samuel (our Jean named him) is safely placed in Miss Yoder's motherly hands. 'IVould not some reader like to deny himself, some little luxury (or neces- sity ?) to contribute to the support of this lamb of the flock 7 " Inasmuch," &c,

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Another day, as we approach the tent coming in from our forenoon's work we find a respectable man seated a t the door speaking with one of the workers. I-Ie is the head-man of the villageand has been interested for years. God's Spirit has been dealing with him, and he has come this noon hour to settle the matter of his salvation, with the true and living God.

Oh, what joy ! Most gladly I sit down and go over the old, old story once again. No urging is needed, for he has come with a definite purpose, i.e. to give up the old way, and to begin to walk in the new.

We kneel, and the best he knows, he ap- proaches the Living God for pardon, in the Name of His dear Son, crucified in his stead. We recognise that connection is taking plat: and " there is joy in the presence of the angels and an echo of that joy in our souls.

But stop, he has a sorrow. Be patient while Y.Ou read his story as I heard i t from his own lips. lnay be shocked, for heathenism is shocking, and yet the heathen are the inherit- ance of the : &

In his youth he was married to a woman who is about his own age. She bore him no children, and according to Hindu custom he married another one, who bore him several children. This second wife and the last of the children died four months ago. It is a real grief to him. He has made arrangements to marry a girl of 12 or 13 years, and the last ceremony is soon to take place. He says he cannot draw back, it would be such a disgrace. He listened at tel l t ivel~ to God's law concerning marriage, but wishes we would give him one line of encouragement from the Scriptures, which of course we cannot do- As he leaves the tent this second time, the enelny hurls darts of discouragement and for a time his taunts seem plausible, " until I went into the Sanctuary" and heard anew the challelzge of the Spirit of God as i t is in Isaiah 66 : 9. And there fresh faith comes, for " to doubt would be dislo~alty, to falter would be sin." Hallelujah !

And his wife,-she has told him he may take another wife. What else could she d o ? Rut with her hand on my shoulder, she whispered, "Every heart knows its own bitterness."

And so I might go on, but this is enough for the present. The time is short, slack not your hand in prayer for " in due season 1 we shall reap if we faint not,"

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VILLAGE WORK BY CHARLOTTE RUTHERFORD

--- F T E R hindrance upon hindrance, we were A finally set free to start out on our long-

looked for tour into the distant villages, villages which have not heard the Gospel for a whole year. Miss Ashwood and Miss Veach worked faithfully in these villages last year, and now again the people have another opportunity of hearing and accepting the Word of God.

It was a long wearying journey of nine hours by bullock cart, most of the way being across fields or roads not made by the Govern- inent. How glad we were to find our tent pitched, and ready for entering when we arrived, instead of tha usual confusion and trouble. Our catechists had gone ahead and prepared for us.

As we entered Vadasingi, the village near which we camped, we were gladdened and encouraged to see how quick the village people were to recognize and greet Miss Ashwood, as one who had become their friend. They were ready with smiles and salutations, and they showed a very friendly attitude to- wards us.

Next day little groups of men and children sat about the doors of the tent asking innumerable questions. During the first week of our stay here, quite a number of meetings were held a t the tent-door. Some of the people were attracted by our wonderful " Primus" oil- stove of which they had heard from others and so had come to see this strange contrivance. Women, on their way home from their day's work in the cotton fields, would often stop and listen to us, as we told them the Gospel story. In this way the tent has attracted people to us that perhaps we would never have reached otherwise.

Owing to the outbreak of plague in this place (Vadasingi) the visits of the people to the tent have become considerably lessened.

VIe lost no time in visiting the neighbouring villages. The first place we visited encouraged us. The people gathered in quite a goodly number, and gave good attention. How much of the Word was received is yet to be seen.

We feel compensated if the people will listen attentively to our message. But if on the contrary they deliberately order us out of their village it is an entirely different thing. We received such treatment recently in one of the villages. We had been rejected in two

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houses (Mohammedan) and had tried another house of a different sect of people only to be followed by a big, rude, burly fellow, who told us to leave the village immediately. We saw no alternative but to shake the dust from off our feet and leave quietly, but sadly. The people of this place treated Miss Ashwood and Miss Veach in a very unfriendly manner last year.

Often in the midst of our addresses, ques- tions have been asked, which have been as hard to the flesh as anything could possibly be. But this comes in the "al l things " for His sake.

Miss Wiest and the writer visited a bazaar in Ashalghon six miles from Vadasingi. We took along a quantity of Scripture portions in the hope of selling them. On reaching the place, we drew our tong& (cart) alongside a schoolhouse opposite the bazaar place and prepared for business. We were soon besieged by school children, who began beseeching us for books and piEtures. Miss Wiest thought they should earn what they received, so she gathered the little students together and made them recite John iii : 16. In a remarlr- ably short time, they were able to repeat the verse correctly, and so obtained a picture.

When the bazaar was in full swing, we both went across, each taking a little stock of Scripture portions in our hands to try and sow "the seed " amongst the pople. This being our first experience in a large bazaar we natur- ally felt timid to go in amongst this moving mass of people, not knowing what they would do or say. But we went ahead and the Lord was alongside. The sun was very hot and the crowd very large. Now and again a vendor would call out angrily a t us because our skirts would trail against his wares. Then the dust from the many feet, the din of screeching voices, the choliii~g fine dust from the heaps of peppers and tobacco made things far from comfortable. We began here and there to sell a book and by the time we had visited every stall, we had disposed of every book and were needing more.

We returned home feeling we had done what we could toward scattering the Word of God amongst the people ; believing it to be powerful and sharper than any two-edged sword, and its own interpreter. We had an- other successful time selling Scripture portions in Jalghon town. We drove into the principal business street of the town, and very soon we had a clamouring crowd of men and young boys about our tong& (cart) all eager for books.

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For a while business was brisk. Some in the crowd asked us to read from one of the books so that they might know what was written therein before they bought any. Through listening some were led to buy. Another said that if Miss Wiest would sing a song for them, he would buy a book. She sang the song and sold the book. "All things to all men."

We sold eighty seven Gospels in a little over a n hour amongst this enthusiastic crowd. We considered this a profitable visit. Two in this place have asked for One ordered Bible for himself from Bombay.

This is a very promising W e , pray that the day will soon come, when our mlsslon will make Jalghon (in BerAr) a permanent station. As we scattered the " seed " amongst the ~ e o ~ l e , w e prayed that might good ground, and that a reaper along some and gather in a people would serve God. Jve lelt the that particular day, was indeed a very inlportant work and was a preparation for coming days-

In the villages already visited, we have not seen any truly desirous of becoming Christians. They have listened to our message, and treated us well, usually acknowledging what we say to be true, and agreeing that idol-worship is wrong. Is it any wonder the " Word " does not sink into their dark hearts, when one remembers that hear the once a year ! They need patient and Constant teaching. There is dense be penetrated, customs centuries old to be broken.

Vadasingi to-day is a desolation. Plague has come in and driven out its inhabitants. A fortnight ago us went into village to visit. After leaving the house visited, we were followed through the place by a screeching crowd of children. But alas ! now not a voice is raised in the streets. A deathly silence reigned as we drove through the place recently. Owing to this dreaded enemy, plague, we have had leave some untouched this year, much to our regret.

There is a great work to be done in this thluka. There are only four months in the year when we are able to live in tents, and thus shift from place to place to reach these far off villages. If there were a resident missionary here the Oe thoroughly done. As i t is we can visit each village at most only twice, and then we must go on to the many, InanY others. that God may soon open the way for an established work in this tdluka.

r r THEIR WORKS DO I ; ~ ~ ~ O ~ THEM BY WILLIAM RAMSEY

--- UR beloved brother ~ ~ i ~ k ~ ~ ~ who passed 0 to his eternal rest a t Arnrh-oti, 5th

December last, after about fourteen years' service for the Lord in this country, was one of our oldest and most experienced missionaries.

converted at an early age, trained as a mechanic and business-man, afterwards study- ing for the ministry at Colgate University and trained for the foreign-field a t the New York Missionary Institute, his was an all-round life and one singularly fitted for the mission-field.

pastor of the ~ ~ ~ t i ~ t church at sag Harbor, L.I., his attitude a t first towards the Alliance was distant and decidedly cool but the truths of the four-fold gospel and the devotion of the leaders to thc missionary cause, so won his heart that he became a lvarm adherent and soon afterwards entered the Training Institute to prepare for the foreign field.

Shortly after his arrival in India and while still studying the language, he left the com- fortable bungalow provided by the mission, and with a brother of a kindred spirit, rented a mud-house in a native \,illage and lived right among the people, showing them not only by his teaching but by his life before them day by day what i t meant to him to be a follower of christ.

After a time, his health breaking down, he ,as to return to the mission- bunDalow but that rillage where he spent tho; months among the people was ever dear to his heart.

~ ~ ~ h ~ t i , the large ,-itv \vllere our brother spent the greater portion if his missionary life, being the capital of Berar, is an educational centre where Inany men are educated and pre- pared to go out in that and other districts a s school-masters, station-agents, cotton-buyers, etc., besides being the seat of the local govern- ment ; so that this station afforded unusual opportunities for preaching the Gospel.

~~~i~~ the famine of 1895-7 our brother secured a portion of ground and built a number of huts for the accommodation of those he Tvas enabled to rescue and care for, also building a substantial brick church m7here they could meet to sing and talk of Jesus.

Many in the home-land will remember our

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dishonored and grieved Him, or is i t after all a subtle, inward pride that is hurt, humiliatd a t finding so much corruption and sin within ourselves. We pray to be delivered for His sake, but our real intent is not because He longs for i t and poufed out His soul unto

words daily on our lips, yet through over familiarity we have sometimes lost the ful- ness of their meaning. we know for m7hose sake it is that we frame our petitions,

that we work or suffer, but we sometimes forget the why and the how, and many times our prayers would be more appropriately ended with " for our sakes " than " for His sake." First the " why" of this talismanic phrase.- The " why " takes us back through long ages to a time when the world was not, but when in the eternal wisdom and love of God there was the appointed " Lamb slain." Rev. 13 : 8. Eph. 1 : 4. Love is the "why" of this phrase. God yearned over the yet unformed human race as a mother yearns over her child long months before i t is held in her arms. "The Lamb slain" is the expression of that love. The Christ of Calvary is love incarnate. Therelore when we pray "for His sake" we might as truly say, " Father do it for Love's sake."

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That is only one strand in the thread. There are many others. All through the Old Testa- ment we find the phrase "for Mine Own Name's sake" occuring as a back-ground to the bright pictures of Israel's redemption. God does what He does not for their sakes only, but for His own glory's sake. His glory shall not be trailed in the dust through man's impotence and transgression. He will redeem man for His own sake, for the vindication of tiis righteous and loving character. The glory of God IS His faithfulness, His wisdom, His love, His omnipotence. When we pray that righteousness and peace may prevail in the earth are we really jealous for the honour of God, or do we merely seek a happier dwelling-place, the exaltation of the human race or some other such benefit ? Are we indeed anxious that He shall be justified before His enemies, or that zue should be justified in the eyes of the world ?

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When .v\re pray for deliverance from sin, when \Tie bitterly lament over our wrong actions, is it because we sorrow a t having

death to accomphish our deliverance, but be- ' cause we feel the shame of our sin and long to see fair and beautiful characters developed within us. We hate to see our deformities or to have others see them, and so we pray for the grares of the Spirit to cover our nakedness. Rut this is not "for His sake ; it is for our Sakes. $2 f'l I?

Many times we pray for God to change our circunist~~~ces and to interfere in the doings of people about us, not because God's glory is a t stake, but that we may be saved discomfort and trial. God truly cares for our comfort and wellbeing, but our motive should be as His, for love's sake ; not self-love but love of Hiln should prompt all our doing and asking. Too often, alas, it is to win the praise of men that we toil or suffer or work righteousness. "Verily we have our reward," a poor, paltry, passing glory, but we gain no approving smile from the Master, and our wealth in Heaven is not increased thereby.

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.'For His sake ! " One's devotion to a cause, a work, an ideal, may fail, yea, will fail. But if love for Him is the mastering passion of our lives, that will not fail. It will carry through all manner of tests,-hardships, joy, sorrow. Pain will not crush us ; prosperity will not lead us astray. Love for Him holds us to the narrow upward pathway and lights it with an unfading glory. Our capacity for loving may not be very great. Yet if all that capacity is given up to loving God as He requires i t should be, we will be surprised a t the steadily increasing volume of it. What is to be the measure of our love to God ? " With all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and wiih all thy mind ;" not "with a large heart, with a great soul, with much strength, with a keen mind;" it is riot thus written. The emphasized word is " ALL " -undivided faculties, singleness. The heart may be narrow, the soul mean and small, the strength little, the mind dull, but we are to give all of our powers, little or great, poor or excellent, and God will refine and multiply

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ling. Everything comes beneath its sway and ' M ~ s $ I o ~ Quest1 S* feels its brightening, healthgiving influence. It puts vigor and life into weak, sickly characters. It transforms the darkest and ! PRINCIPLES O F SABBATH

As the February India Alliance reaches our American readers, the annual convention for our Marathi speaking Indian Christians will be opening (D.V.) in Akold (March 5th). This will be followed immediately by a six-weeks "summer school for all the catechists and Bible- women of the mission (Mardthi district). We ask the prayers of Christians a t home for these gatherings. The evangelization of India lies more and more in the hands of the native ,church and less in the hands of the missionary. That this church should be strong and pure and Christ-like is our earnest desire, and these weeks of Bible-study together are intended .through God's blessing to contribute toward this end.

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OBSERVANCE : .alone makes life worth living and livable-, PARTICUI,ARLY AS APPLIED TO INDIAN attachment to a Person, not to a doctrine, a 1 CHRISTIANS work, an ideal. The charm of this wonderful 1 Personality, the beauty and winsomeness of i BY MRS. J. H. WYCKOFF

--- this gracious Friend and Fellow-Workman will grow and grow upon us as we give! S a body of Christian workers

ourselves up to getting acquainted with Him, ! we have not come together

t o seeking to know I-Iim. Po readily does He I to-night to prove to one an-

respond to the slightest advance ! He shows other the divine origin of the

none of that reluctant reserve in which men& institution of the Sabbath. We

The ministry of home consists not alone in fond *memories and hallowed associations. The home is the source of civilisatio~l ; the school of virtue ; the laws of a nation are but the outgrowtl~s d its domestic codes. The words uttered and the doctrines taught around the fireside are the in- fluences that shape the destiny of empires. In tlie home are made our laws, the first rules which we learn to obey, and upon which depends the shaping .of the character. It is the influerice of home that lives in the Ilfe of nations, while parental council repeats itself in the voices of republics. Parliament and Congress are but the home council 011 a grsnder scale.-Afyvtle Cu~zizitzgha??~.

proudly encase themselves. He is eager, open-hearted7 "lning than way to meet us' We need but to to His fascinating sweetness and our. hearts to HIS great, great love. Thus will we learn the true *leaning and of that little word, " For His Sake," and o w lives will become its interpreters.

to appreciate the beauty df the day as 2 sign that God would be to us, as to Israel, the Lord that sanctifies us, and have gladly and gratefully entered into perpetual covenant with our Maker to set the day apart from other days, and to so use its hours as to make ourselves recipients of its promised blessing and joy. As, in its freedom from the ordinary cares of the week, we have been able to turn with unencumbered mind to the worship of God, and to special forins of service for Him, we have found in it a reminder of the rest that remaineth for the people of God-a rest that is not idleness, but joyous, unwearying service.

The question for our discussion to-night is, how we may share this blessing with the people of this land wherein we have come to dwell. It is a land without a Sabbath, a land whose religious feasts sre often times of abominations ; whose sanctuaries are harbour- ing places for harlots; a land where the worship ol demons may a t any time crowd out the worship of Deity. We remember with gratitude a t the same time, that it is a land under a Christian Government, whose public offices are closed on the Sabbath, and through- out whose borders marked deference to the purpose of the day has been shown by the Prince Royal in his recent tour; and we certainly may look forward to the time when

are not even particularly con- cerned at this time to trace the

reasons that gradually led men away from the observance of the seoenth day as the Sabbath and to the substitLltion of the first day of the week as the Day of Rest. We hgve most of us received as a part of our blessed inheritance from a God-fearing ancestry an almost instinct - ive reverence for the ddy. We have grown

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visible evidences of its observance shall be found throughout its length and breadth. How aye working, and how may me best wovk towards bringing this about ? I remember hearing a lady say, who received and cared for many orphans left destitute a t the close of the terrible famine of 1876-7, that the first definite impression of the importance of Sunday made upon her sickly forlorn little flock of girls from the famine camp, was effected by red petticoats ! Red-petticoat day became a marked one in their calendar, long before they could see any other benefit to be derived from i t over other days. Certainly, when, among our newly-joined congregations, gathered from the most illiterate and down- trodden of the land, begin to find 0x1 a Sunday, attempts to decent covering of the body, cleaner clothing and more tidy hair (it may be only comparative, never positive tidiness) we feel that a new respect for the day is dawning,*out of which reverence for God's house and for His name may in time develop. For them, cleanliness rnust be the forerunner of godliness.

On the other hand, in the long-established communities, part icularl~ in cities and toMms, where there are many well-to-do Christians, the red-~ett icoat idea may be carried so far that the day becomes rmrked by inordinate display in church of velvet and silk and gold, generat- ing in the mind of many a wearer or on-looker, thoughts of vanity or envy, pride or discon- tent-all swift-growing weeds that stifle the desires of the heart for spiritual blessings,.

T o return to the case of the newly-joined and illiterate Christians :-one of the few demands made upon thern before they are enrolled as enquirers is, that they agree to abstain from their vvorlr in the fields on the Sabbath, and be present with i h e ~ r families in church or prayer-house, a t the appointed times, where they are taught by catechism and serrnon or informal talk, the rudiments of Biblical truth, and by prayer and sacred lyrics, the usual methods of Christian worship. It is none too much to require of those who would join the neviT religion, and an absolute essential, if our object is not merely to count adherents but steadily to work for the en- lightenment of their darkened minds, till their allegiance shall be intelligent, and based on a ~ e r s o n a l faith in God and His Son Jesus Christ. But to One familiar Wit11 village conditions, the complications and difficulties that soon arise are as perplexing and as hard to settle as are the questions of Christian lands; such as

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publjc libraries and Art sllould be kept open on Sunday, or trains allowed to run. The independent land-holder can easily suspend his labours in the field if he so chooses, and come to church ; but the cooly that works for a heathen land-lord, may, with his whole family, lose the little that is their all, if he refuses to reap when the fields are

and his master summons him. The man who has planted a crop of rice in his ow*. little half-acre, that must be kept alive by water from a well owned in common with heathen neighbours-sharing also the labour of raising the water by treading the well- sweep with those neighbours-is likely, if he absents himself from his part in the hard work on a Sunday, to find himself left alone by them on a Monday, or refused al l right to the water. The palrnyra-tree climber who has no income whatever, except from his tlees, believes that the sap from trees once tapped will cease t~ run, and the trees robbed of their value, if the daily incision and drawing is intermitted for Sabbath-keeping reasons. The poorest of t h e poor labour all day in the rich man's fields- mothers with babies, widows, young girls, who bring home in their tired hands, a t night, their , a g e in grain, that they must pound or grind and cook befsre the family have anything t o eat. What shall satisfy their hunger, if they have stayed a t home all day and those hands are elmpty ? The man who owns only one bullock, and must plough by yoking i t with his neighbourYs bullock, each using the pair in turn-how shall he make his purpose for staying a t home on Sunday seem anything but a, e,cus, for idleness, and a failure tw fulfil a contract ?

Such are a few of the oft-recurring hindrances to the application of firstprinciplesinSabbath- keeping in village life ; and i t needs a sym- pathetic as well as zealous catechist, and a wise missionary, to separate the chaff from the wheat, when excuses for non-attendance a t service are offered, and to lead men to see that anticipated difficulties often rnelt away before prayer and courage and a stand for the right. Venturing forth upon God's promises, without leaning upon our own understanding, is a life-long lesson. What wonder that these beginners come short in i t ? We have learned on inquiry that in some large communities in the South, where whole villages are found Christianized and where they act together under the paternal guidance of their church rule, that the tapping of the palmyra-tree on, the Sabbatlz is not allowed, and that the trees

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I do not suffer in consequence. So it may be or with preaching bands to aid in the singing. that the trees of those who take the opposite Think now of the hundreds of Christian homes I view only suffer in the imagination of their I owners-the real suffering being in their loss, of revenue. We have all in our experience met with or heard of instances of pecuniary loss suffered for principle's sake, and often, the loss far more than made up by subsequent gain. I have read a story of the invention of the safety-pin that illustrates this point. A young workman was requested by his employer to work on the Sabbath, and refused for righteous- ness' sake and lost his place. Weeks of trial and hopeless search for a new situation follow- ed, and finally his brave little wife, leaving the baby in his care, found work that hey hands could do, for their daily breall. One day the baby's pelsistent crying was only accounted for, after the mother had returned and found a pin that was pressing through the clothing into the child's tender flesh. The enforced idleness of the next few days was turned to account by the father in devising something that should fasten baby's clothes and, a t the same time, prevent a recurrence of such unintentional cruelty to a helpless babe, and the result was, a safety-pin that brought great profit not only to the inventor but to society in general. We believe that many a humble Christian in this land has faced loss and persecution for the commandment's sake and found i t true in the end, that " He that feareth the commandment shall be rewarded," and "Better a little with righteousness than great revenues without right."

But our hope for the wide-spread realization of the blessings of the Sabbath rest cannot be built mainly upon the uses made of the day by this first generation of Christians. It is when we get their children into our boarding- schools that we can substitute a new set 01 associations, and fill the day for them in a way to establish new habits, and by faithful instruction awaken a conscience on the matter of even its leisure hours. Reverent participation in church services must be taught by example and precept; a portion of the day given to Scripture classes and special meetings such as C . E. Societies ; helpful books, whose number is . fortunately increasing in the vernaculars, and helpful English and vernacular papers may be supplied to the reading room, or read aloud ; hours spent in singing hymns and lyrics may be as an antiseptic against the tendency to evil conversation ; and the older and more reliable ones may be encouraged to go forth for personal efforts for others in Sunday schools,

throughout our Presidency where the parents came from heathen villages with but little of the Christian Sabbath influence to mould them, but for whom the influences of the Christian boarding school have made the day sacred.

As we extend our thoughts to the ever-in- creasing influence of the communities of independent Indian Christians to be found in many large centres, from Travancore to Guntur, we think with the greatest longing of the blessings that would accrue to this land by their faithful use of the privileges of the Sabdath. There are scores of shop-owners and bazaar merchants who are testifying by their Sunday-closed doors to the vitality of their faith in God; and i t must be considered a matter of paramount importance that this stand be taken by every Christian merchant, whatever the competition with heathen traders. The Mohamedan, true to the instructions of the Koran, bars his shop-doors on Friday. Can the Christian be less zealous for his ideas of the right ? Over against the temporary loss of trade he may balance the gain in things spiritual, the growth in grace and in the Itnow- ledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, for which well-spent Sabbaths stand ; and thus may be kept from the terrible spirit of avarice which in the vivid words of the prophet Amos leads men to sigh ; "When will the new moon be gone that we may sell corn, and the Sabbath that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small and the shekel great, and falsify- ing the balance by deceit ?"

The world's balance-sheet of Profit and Loss will not be that which we shall have to meet in the great day of reckoning ; those only will be on the safe side who can say with the Apostle Paul, "What things were gain to me, those I counted loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ." Let Christians, moreover, uphold their own principles in the matter of Sunday buying as well as Sunday selling. TO send a child arouncl to bilzaar on Sunday morning to buy a cake, even when that cake is to keep the child quiet in church, is directly to train the child in the way i t should not go ; and such lessons are very hard to unlearn. Forethought on Saturday can provide the needed household manna for the Satbath, and servants and children and neigh- bours alike can be taught an important object lesson on the relative importance of things temporal and things spiritual. ' (To be Continued)

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brother as he attended Old Orchard and other conventions as well as smaller gatherings during the years 1902 and '03, ~ i v i n g his in- teresting, heart-stirring talks and illustrating the descriptio~s with beautiful lantern-pictures of Indian scenery and missionary work.

Before going home on furlough he had re-built the famine-huts in more substantial style, as houses for his Christian people, but when he returned to this country in 1903 almost the first news which he heard oil his arrival was the death of Mr. Dutton who had been his companion while living in the native- village ; and also that an adjacent river had overflowed and swept away his Christian village nothing being left but the church, one house, and some heaps of stone and rubbish. What hurt him most was that the people whom he had baptised and cared for were all scattered and living among the heathen.

With his characteristic energy and faith in God he a t once set to work to re-build the houses, choosing this time a site a little farther from the river and on higher ground, trusting that the people would return when they heard there was a new place ready for them. Through the generosity of friends in the home-land and much self-denial and hard work on the part of our brother, several comfortable little houses were built, a few of which are now occupied by preachers of the gospel and their families.

The Revival was much in our brother's heart and his great desire during tho past year or two has been to see all the mission-stations in BerAr kindled with the revival flame and the mission agents and native Christians baptized with the IHoly Spirit; for this he yielded himself to God, and God used him to start a revival in several places.

At the last meeting of our mission-council which he attended, when the subject of train- ing young men for mission-work was being discussed, our brother said " God has given me a love for these young men," and most of us who heard him and knew of the work in his

. station realized that he was willing to under- take, and if need be, suffer a good deal for the sake of getting hold of young men.

On his way to our last convention a t DholkA Mr. Erickson visited the Suedish mission a t NindurbAr and returned there by invitation in time for their annual conference, a t the close of our meetings, During our

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own convention he seemed unusually quiet and subdued, giving only one or two heart- burning messages soon after our gathering together and taking little or no further part in the meetings except by prayer.

The following is an extract from a letter o f one of the Swedish missionaries telling of those last days of our dear brother's public service for His Lord: " Many of us had for a long time felt the need of a deeper experience of the presence of the Holy Spirit and a closer walk with God, and when Mr. Erickson visited us on his way to your convention in GujarAt, we felt that he had something that many of us did not possess. Shortly after, a t our conference here i t was decided that we should ask Mr. Erickson to come and speak to us. He carne November 10th and remained with us over Sunday the 11th. On Sunday morning he preached to the Bhils in the church and many of them came forward and confessed their sins. In the afternoon he spoke to us about the death of the old-man and the power of the resurrection life. He gave us a very powerful address on that subject and many of us were brought down to the foot of the cross to cry for a deeper revelation of the Lord to our own hearts. And the gracious Lord heard our prayeis and revealed Himself to us in a won- derful way. It was the starting day of a new life of power to many of us. The Holy Spirit of God was poured out among us, and our missionaries went back to their lonely stations rejoicing in the Lord." Thus was the last public service of our dear brother owned and blessed for His Lord.

Who will take our brother's place ? This was the question that confronted us a t our last council-meeting. Out of all our resources on the field only a temporary supply could be thought of and he cannot leave his present station for a month or six weeks.

Mrs. Erickson volunteered to go out alone till the close of the touring season, so this devoted woman is out alone with only her native workers, living in her tent and going from village t o village, so that the people may not miss the opportunity of hearing the good news of salvation this touring season. She and her little fatherless boy need your prayers, sympathy and help.

Is there no young man in the homeland whom God would call to this work if he only would be still enough beFore Him to hear what He would speak ?

As a mission, we have sustained a heavy loss bgt we thank God for permitting our

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brother to live his life among us and for all that Me has accomplished through him, and hear again the words of our Master saying, " the harvest truly is great but the labourers are few, pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest that He would send forth labourers into His harvest."

cMRISTMAS WEE'C IN AKoLA BY TYILLIAM MOYSER --

CCORUING to our usual custom we A held extra services during the Christmas week. \Ire had meetings a t g a.m., 12

mid-day and 7 : 30 p.m. daily. We had no Christmas tree for our boys this year, so we in our own household refrained from giving one another the usual Christmas gifts as we did not feel like enjoying presents ourselves unless we could give to the school-boys also.

The first service was held on Christmas morning, about 175 men, women and children being present. We had a most wonderful time together. It reminded the writer of the Old Orchard conventior:. After the usual preaching service was over our people were given a chance to bring a thank-offering unto the Lord for all His benefits to them during the past year. Plague had been rampant all around our little flock, but the g ~ s t Psalm had been a sure refuge to them, and not a single person of our flock had been touched by this terrible disease. With the exception of the home-going of one little child to heaven, death had not shown his horrid liead amongst us. Work had been fairly good all through the year. Thus, even from the standpoint of material well-being we had much to praise God for.

The boys in the orphanage had eaten dry bread once a week throughout the year and from this source they had in hand Rs. 48 ($ 16). Of this amount they voted to give the Bible Society Rs. 10, the National Missionary Society Rs. 10, and the balance, Rs. 28, to the Christmas offering toward the church. They were the first to lay their offering on the Lord's table. Then began a scene worth seeing with no word from any one and no excitement whatever. Different ones began to come forward arid lay on the table such sums as Rs. 2, 10, 5, Is, 40, 6, 7, 8, 20, 9, etc., and many other smaller sums. [If it be considered that the average wage of a man in India is from Rs. 8 to 15 ($ 2'66 to $ 5) per month, the true value of these sums may ke better

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realized. Such giving means liberal giving. Ed.] When all was counted up the total amounted to Rs. 225, annas 5, pies 6 ($ 75'11) and this after having given Rs. 200 (gi; 66.66) during the year. How our hearts rejoiced to see them give like this. It proves to us what these people can do with proper teaching along the line of giving. Our readers can imagine how joyfully we sang "Praise God from whom all blessings flow" a t the close of the service.

The meetings continued all through the week in a spirit of thanksgiving. The last evening of the old year we assembled together a t 8-30 and had a blessed time until I o'clock a.m. In this yearly meeting we always hare an hour's recess when we have a sort of equa- lity tea-party. We provide tea and bread and butter and jam and we all eat together as one big family. In this way we seek to inculcate the idea of a united family and church in Christ, no caste feelings being displayed. These social gatherings help to break up any- thing which pertains to caste. Our people did something this year which I had not known Christians in India to do before. Every even- ing of the Christmas week, lor an hour or two each evening, several families united in enter- taining all the other families and serving them with tea, etc., thus promoting good fellowship,

Our watch-night service was a real blessed time of waiting upon God. I believe that many have taken a definite step forward in their Christian lives. Oh may this year be one of the very best in their lives.

On January 8th Mrs. Moyser invited all the native women to a tea-party in our house in honour of her birthday. They all came and spent a very pleasant time together. Do not gather from this that our time is spent in social gatherings and tea-drinkings. These occasions only come now and then during the year and are used as a means of teaching the people our oneness in Christ and also to get into closer touch with the people.

The women had prepared a surprise for Mrs. Moyser. They had collected funds and present- en her with a gold marriage badge such as is worn by native women in India. We do not encourage our Christian people to wear such things, but rather speak against them, But the women explained that this gift was for Mrs. Moyser to take to her country when she goes on furlough to show the people of her land what India's women wear,

Pray for our people that they may go on to know Jesus in all His fulness,

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Items . the going home of Mr. and Mrs. Andrews. They with their four little girls, Ruth, Lois, Gladys and

-- Helen, sailed for America on Januarj* ~ 5 t h . They were much broken in health after the heavy strain

HE New Year's reinforcement of in the big Boys' Orphanage a t Dholka. Prayer is missionaries arrived on January 4th I earnestly asked that they may be allowed soon to and 6th. They were eight in return, if that is God's prill, for they seem to us much

Needless to say they were very, very I number, four new, four returning. , needed here in India. ---

welcome. Would God each were Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton have been flansferred to a legion. the charge of the orphanage a t DholkA. Their

place a t M a t h has been t ~ l i e n by Mr. and Mrs. Miss Cora Hansen arrived first aqd alone on hIcKee, which leaves Mr. Back alone in difficult

January 4th from her home in Norway where she MehmadAbAd. Pray for all these that they may had spent her nine months' furlough in quiet rest. receive daily the needed strength, wisdom and grace She came back refreshed and went to KairA Orphan- in their new positions, age to help there. --- --- Mr. Albert C. Phelps left our Mission in December

On January 6th, came Mr. and Mrs. Oswald to join the American Baptist Mission in Burma. Ilinham with their children, Alice and Mark, On December 20th he was married to Mrs. Jennie C. Miss Martha Woodworth, Mr. and Mrs. Peter Eicher, Morgan in Henzada, from where he writes very bis sister Miss Barbara Eicher, and Mr. J. N. happily of his new life and work. He is a t present Culver. They landed in good health and excellent busy studying the language of the Karen people spirits, after a voyage not more than usually difficult. among whom his work lies. We wish him good

--- succass and every joy in God. Mr. and Mrs. Dinham had a very good furlough, --

first in Mr. Dinham's home in New Zealand, then Miss Peter continues to improve in health and is with Mrs. Dinham's friends in America. They gaining strength with a rapidity whicli is a delight return with recovered health and l~esll courage to and astonisimietit to all who knew her serious fight the good fight in dear old Berar. They have condition a few weeks ago ; she looks better than gone to Darydp~pur, recently opened by Mr. and Mrs.. she has for some months. We praise God for His Rogers and left vacant since their transfer mlgreat mercy to us. ___ Bhusawal.

--- I Mr. Turnbull also seems quite recovered, and has

Miss Woodworth, the fourth of the returninglresumed his teaching in the Training School a t missionaries, liad a most profitable three years' Dholkh to the joy of his pupils. We thank God furlough and came back looking delightfully well, for this favour also. even though a little the worse for the voyage.

I She returned to her old and- long-missed place in The Mission's child-garden has been increased KairA orphanage, and hopes later on as God shall by another Flower, a wee boy, who came to Rfr, and lead to branch out into village work. Mrs. TVarli nn January 19th. His name is Litster

Anderson, --- Mr. Peter Eicher with his wife and si5ter had the

u ~ ~ u s u a l pleasure of being welcomed in a strange Touring parties liave gone out from matly of the land by his own brother. Mr. Christian Eicher took statiohs, and the Gospel is once more being heard them with great joy to his station a t Bulddnd where in distant villages. Prayer, much and earnest they will occupy themselves with the study of prayer, is requested that many who hear may Ria~Btlii in preparation for more active work later on. beheve on His name, the only name under Heaven

--- whereby men must be saved. RIr. Culver went with Rfr. Turnbull to the Boys" --

Orphanage a t Dholkd, where he will have the - THE MANAGERS NOTICE. '

desirable privilege of studying his vernacular --A

(Gujerati) in a mission school. Subscribers will please take notice that the date of ---- the expiration of your subscription is marked on the

hliss Elmina Hoffman, Mrs. Fuller's sister and a label along side of the addres s~n wrapper : the same tried friend of the Mission, came with the party you will also recognize as your receipt. oil January 6th. She has returned to her post in Jn case of renewals, or correction of any error in Panditd fiamdbii's great work a t KedgBon, where, connection with date or address, always mention date she has been much missed and long looked for with I and the number above it a9 well as your address. the impatience which attends great desire. 1 India Alliance papers marked ' Sample Copy ' on --- \ the wrapper are being sent to friends by the mis;

The Mission checker-board has seen many "moves" s~onaries and they will be glad if the friends will in tlie last two months. The last important one is subscribe.

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Dsf ol 811iance IRlsstonarks. GUJARAT-

MR. AND MRS. WM. MOYSER MR. AND MRS. R. S. M. STANLET

Ahmedabad. MISS J. FRRSER, MISS A. FRILSER Mrss A. SEASHOLTZ

MISS M. VEACH, Mrss A. LITTLE MR. S. H. AUERNHEIMER MRS. P. C. MOODIE Bakrol. MR. AND MRS. J. READ

MR. 0. LAPP. (P. 0. Ahmed bid.)

Amraoti. MRS. V. ERICKSON Dholka. MR. AND MRS. S. P. HAMILW

MISS L. J. HOLMES, MISS E. CASE MR. W. M. TURNBULL MR. S. ARMSON

Buldanrt. MR. AND MRS. C. EICHER MISS M. BALLENTYNE MR. AND MRS. P. EICI~EK MISS A. WHITE MISS B. EICHER MISS M. PATTEN Kaira. hlrss E. WELLS

MISS C. HILKER Chandur. MR. AND MRS. W. RAMSEY MISS V. DUNHAM

MISS I,. GARDNER Daryapur. MR. AND MRS. 0. DINHAM MISS kt. WOODWOETH

MISS C HANSEN Khamgaon. MISS A. YODER,

MISS E. KRATER, ~ I I S S L. DOWW Matar. MR. AXD MRS. ~ I C K E E MISS M. MILLHAM (P. 0. Kaird.) MISS H. C. BUSHFIELD

Mehmadabad.Mn. I;. H. BACK

Sabarmati. MISS H. ~ ' D O N N E L L

Martizapua MR. anD MRS. L. CUTLER Mrss C. PETER

MR. AND MRS. R. J. BENNETT

Yiramgam. MR. AND MRS. A. DUCKWORTH

Bhusasral. MR. AND MRS. J. P. ROGERS .KATHIAWAR- MR. E. R. CARNER Popbandar. MR. A K D ~ I R s . R. G. GREENGRASS MISS C. RUTHERFORD MISS 2. MCAULEY

Chlisgaon. MR. AND Mas. W. FLETCHER

Jalgaon, MR. AND MRS. C. W. SCHELANDER MR. AND MRS. M. B. FULLER MISS L. BECKER MISS K. KNIGHT, MISS E. MORRI~

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ON FURLOUGH :-

MRS. M. DUTTON MISS M. CQMPTON

AND MRS. J. W. JOHN- MR.AND MRS. L. F. TURYBULL MRS. F. M. BANNISTER

MRS. SIMMONS MRS. F. H. BACK '

MR. AND MRS. H. V. ANDRBHS