The development of the Sunday-school, 1780-1905 : the official report of the eleventh International Sunday-school Convention, Toronto, Canada, June 23-27, 1905 . , by the reading of the Halfpenny MissionaryMagazine, published in Leicester, England. I shall neverforget it. On the mantel shelf in my fathers house^there was a good-sized box with letters on it morethan an inch long, Missions. Each Lords Day, aswe came to the table, the box was passed around, andfather and mother and sister and brother made theirofferings for missions. We no more thought of goingto church without that than without
The development of the Sunday-school, 1780-1905 : the official report of the eleventh International Sunday-school Convention, Toronto, Canada, June 23-27, 1905 . , by the reading of the Halfpenny MissionaryMagazine, published in Leicester, England. I shall neverforget it. On the mantel shelf in my fathers house^there was a good-sized box with letters on it morethan an inch long, Missions. Each Lords Day, aswe came to the table, the box was passed around, andfather and mother and sister and brother made theirofferings for missions. We no more thought of goingto church without that than without our teachers, you have opportunities along theselines for the quickening of the missionary spirit and forthe raising up of a generation of trained workers forJesus Christ. .4 Pica for Egypt 359. Chauncev Murch A Plea for Egypt Rev. CHAUNCEY MURCH, Missionary, Luxor, Egypt V Luxor is situated on the river Nile, six hundred miles from itsmouth at the Mediterranean, onthe ruins of ancient Thebes, thatfor about nine hundred years, dur-ing the period of Egypts greatestpower and glory, was one of herchief capitals. Our humble quar-ters stand on the precipitous easternshore of the river, not farther awaythan the front door of this while we are so near, yet weare so far away that a great many travelers from Euro-pean countries and from this side fail to see us. My dear friends, I wish \^ou all knew as the missionarydoes the condition of the people of the lands \^ Christian travelers go to Egypt, as they do toother countries in which missionaries are engaged, andthey come away knowing nothing about our two hun-dred mission stations scattered all the way up anddoA\Ti the valley of the Nile from the first cataract tothe Mediterranean Sea, or of the work that goes
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