Church at Home and Abroad, The (July - Dec1898) . ry of Christ. Stand-ing up in the midst of the crowdhe exclaimed, Why that is ex-actly what I want. The manwas afterwards baptized, andasked for an evangelist to besent to his home in the city ofTaichow. One was sent, andnow there is a church of sevenhundred members with two na-tive pastors. *** An important kindergartenwork for the benefit of the youngamong the foreign population ofChicago is carried on by theWomans Presbyterial Society forHome Missions. The gifts of theChristian Endeavor societies forthis purpose have largely in-creased durin
Church at Home and Abroad, The (July - Dec1898) . ry of Christ. Stand-ing up in the midst of the crowdhe exclaimed, Why that is ex-actly what I want. The manwas afterwards baptized, andasked for an evangelist to besent to his home in the city ofTaichow. One was sent, andnow there is a church of sevenhundred members with two na-tive pastors. *** An important kindergartenwork for the benefit of the youngamong the foreign population ofChicago is carried on by theWomans Presbyterial Society forHome Missions. The gifts of theChristian Endeavor societies forthis purpose have largely in-creased during the past year, andit is expected that soon the workwill be chiefly sustained by the young people The Rev. George McAfee, after a visit to Alaska,spoke of how native Christians have stood the testof the temptations brought them by the goldseekers. It has been a lesson of deep significanceand a testimony to the power of the Word of God,to see the Alaskan packer > lay down his burdenon Saturday evening and refuse to touch it againuntil BUDDHIST MONKS. From Korean Sketches. Copyright, 1898, by Fleming H. Reveli. At a garden party on the occasion of a unionmeeting of the womens and young ladies societiesof a certain church, mimeographed copies of a listof mission stations were distributed, giving all anopportunity of refreshing their memories in antici-pation of a ? spell-down. Then, at a tap of thebell, the papers were withdrawn, sides were chosenand two lines of battle arranged. After a skirmishamong queer-lettered, many-syllabled words, oneafter another succumbed, until only one was exercise is reported in Woman* MissionaryFriend. Said a blind Chinese woman who had memorizedthe gospel of John and other portions of Scripture :1 It is such a comfort to me when I sit alone in mydarkness to say over his words. Some one re-marked : What a pity it is that Mrs. Shen cannotsee, and the old lady quickly replied with a smile :11 If I could see I might not have the l
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