. Christian herald and signs of our times . ng admitted. Theyare transported from the steamship piersto the Island on packet-boats and barges,some of which mav be seen in the photo-graph of Ellis Island which appears inthis issue. On arrival at the Island, theyare conducted to the second floor of the culiar na-tive cos-t u m e pic-t u resquesights are Ithus af- Iforded. |Emigrants t e amerdays arebusy ones atare taxed towhen severalously. Ellistion under thDepartment,missioner of I JUST LANDED ON FREEDOMS SOIL. the Island, and the officialsthe extent of their abilitysteamers arrive simu


. Christian herald and signs of our times . ng admitted. Theyare transported from the steamship piersto the Island on packet-boats and barges,some of which mav be seen in the photo-graph of Ellis Island which appears inthis issue. On arrival at the Island, theyare conducted to the second floor of the culiar na-tive cos-t u m e pic-t u resquesights are Ithus af- Iforded. |Emigrants t e amerdays arebusy ones atare taxed towhen severalously. Ellistion under thDepartment,missioner of I JUST LANDED ON FREEDOMS SOIL. the Island, and the officialsthe extent of their abilitysteamers arrive simultane- Island is a Government sta- e direction of the TreasuryDr. J. H. Senner is Com- mmigration at the port, with wants of the immigrants. These dev otedmissionaries (a group of whom is presentedin one of our illustrations), represent var-ious Christian denominations. Amongthose who are most actively engaged are :Sister Katharine, of the Shelter for Respec- {Contmutd tm fagt 629.) 626 THE CHRISTIAN HERALD AND SIGNS OF OUR TIMES. august 2. A SHADOW ON THE HARVEST-FIELD. A Sermon by Rev. T. DeWitt Talmage, , on the Text: II. Kings 4: 18, 19, 20 And when the child was grown, it fell on a day that he went out to his father to the he said unto his father, my head, my head ! And he said to a lad, carry him to hismother. And when he had taken him, and brought him to his mother, he sat on herknees till noon, and then died.


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