Church at Home and Abroad, The (July - Dec1898) . ewhole Church by means of the rules underwhich the Board conducts its A body of literature on a call to the min-istry, the value of the order, <md the meansof perpetuating it, full, rich, sound andseasonable. 5. The uplifting of refinement of nature which life in theschools imparts is the portion, not of thecandidate alone, but of the whole socialstratum to which he belongs, and, in meas-ure, of the community in which he The present plan of giving to each churchan opportunity to contribute to each of theau
Church at Home and Abroad, The (July - Dec1898) . ewhole Church by means of the rules underwhich the Board conducts its A body of literature on a call to the min-istry, the value of the order, <md the meansof perpetuating it, full, rich, sound andseasonable. 5. The uplifting of refinement of nature which life in theschools imparts is the portion, not of thecandidate alone, but of the whole socialstratum to which he belongs, and, in meas-ure, of the community in which he The present plan of giving to each churchan opportunity to contribute to each of theauthorized schemes of benevolence was recom-mended by the Board in 1854, and doubt-less owesits adoption in part to that recom-mendation. 7. Powerful impulse to mis-sionary effort. It has long been the boast ofthe Board that whereverthere was a dif-ficult duty tobe done, a per-ilous post to beheld, self-de-nying laborsto be perform-ed, a forlornhope to be led,the men it hastrained haveever been fore-most to ofiertheir services. William Speer, FOREIGN MISSIONS. NOTES. The Rev. Dr. W. A. P. Martin, ofPeking, writes as follows to the Independent : The death of Prince Kung, which tookplace a month ago, marks an era. Theemperor now feels free to follow the bent ofhis own inclination. Within these few dayshe has promulgated three measures of capi-tal importance: 1. He has released the princes andnobles from certain restrictions of law andcustom which stood in the way of theirgoing abroad to see the world. 2. He is pushing the establishment ofa national university. 3. He has abolished the regulationessay as a test of talent in the selection ofmandarins. Early Contributions. If the Board of Foreign Missions is toaccomplish its work of the present fiscalyear without distressing retrenchment on thefield, without discouraging the profferedservices of earnest and consecrated mission-ary candidates, and without being com- pelled to raise again the cry of debt, it willbe necessary for th
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