The Spirit of missions . , Liturgies, Church Polity and Canon Law. Rev. JAMES ALAN MONTGOMERY, , , Old Testament Literature and GEORGE C. FOLEY, , Homiletics and Pastoral J. CULLEN AYER, Jr., , Ecclesiastical History. SPBCIAL INSTRUCTION IS GIVENTO THOSE PREPARING FORTHE MISSIONARY FIELDBXCHANQEABLE CREDITS WITHTHE UNIVERSITY OFPENNSYLVANIA For Catalogue send to the Dean, Rev. WILLIAMM. GROTON, , 5000 Woodland Ave., orthe Secretary, Rev. THOMAS J. GARLAND,Church House, 12th and Walnut Sts., Philadelphia. Do You Ever UsePicture Postals? c


The Spirit of missions . , Liturgies, Church Polity and Canon Law. Rev. JAMES ALAN MONTGOMERY, , , Old Testament Literature and GEORGE C. FOLEY, , Homiletics and Pastoral J. CULLEN AYER, Jr., , Ecclesiastical History. SPBCIAL INSTRUCTION IS GIVENTO THOSE PREPARING FORTHE MISSIONARY FIELDBXCHANQEABLE CREDITS WITHTHE UNIVERSITY OFPENNSYLVANIA For Catalogue send to the Dean, Rev. WILLIAMM. GROTON, , 5000 Woodland Ave., orthe Secretary, Rev. THOMAS J. GARLAND,Church House, 12th and Walnut Sts., Philadelphia. Do You Ever UsePicture Postals? containing the pictur^jbishops, has just be<f KNIGHTVAN BURENKINSOLVINGBRENTRESTARICKAVESGRAVESROOTSMcKIMPARTRIDGEFERGUSONROWE A set of twelve,of the followingissued: BISHOPBISHOPBISHOPBISHOPBISHOPBISHOPBISHOPBISHOPBISHOPBISHOPBISHOPBISHOP 25c. a Set. Sets cannot be broke Remittance should accompany all ordc Order from the PUBLICATION DEPARTMENT 281 Fourth Avenue, New York C« (746) — Mpmmt — ^^mt-C^nt^nmal Number. PHE SPIRIT OP MISSIONS AN ILLUSTRATED MONTHLY REVIEWOF CHRISTIAN MISSIONS Vol. LXXIV. S^tfttmbU, IpOp No. 9 THE PROGRESS OF THE KINGDOM ALL over Japan Christian men andwomen have been celebrating thefiftieth anniversary of the entrance ofAmerican Christian-A Christian ity. Some of them,Anniversary^ like ourselves, wereborn into the privi-leges of the Christian Church and havenever known a life which was not blessedby Christian faith and lived in a Chris-tian atmosphere. But others have comefrom darkness into the presence of theLight of the World. They can un-derstand, as we cannot, how great ablessing Christianity has for if we, who are the possessorsof its blessings by inheritance, could bebrought to realize what the lack of themwould mean in our lives, we should notonly value them more highly but bemore eager to make them the possessionof all mankind. It is a wonderful record upon whichthe Japanese Church looks back. Whileeverywhere are to b


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