The Spirit of missions . n. The field is toelimited for a successful newspaper, anc (680) The American Churcli on the West Coast of Africa 681 there is only an occasional demand forjob-work. The Silver Trumpet mightgrow into a most useful publication ifI news-items or good literature were to oc-icupy the place of some dry theologicalj chaff. It is a curious fact that in thisI land where authentic news is hard to get(the newspapers give everything butnews. The Liberian editors weakness isfor argument and discussion, whereasLiberia needs news instead of comment. One of the best evidences of the
The Spirit of missions . n. The field is toelimited for a successful newspaper, anc (680) The American Churcli on the West Coast of Africa 681 there is only an occasional demand forjob-work. The Silver Trumpet mightgrow into a most useful publication ifI news-items or good literature were to oc-icupy the place of some dry theologicalj chaff. It is a curious fact that in thisI land where authentic news is hard to get(the newspapers give everything butnews. The Liberian editors weakness isfor argument and discussion, whereasLiberia needs news instead of comment. One of the best evidences of the last-ing influence of the Protestant EpiscopalChurch in Liberia is the list of mennow holding Government positions as aresult of their training at Cuttingtonand other schools. Bishop Fergusonkindly took the trouble to prepare for mea list of prominent Liberians trained inthe schools of the Episcopal list contains thirty-five names,i Those included within it hold, or haveheld, such offices as that of president. THE HON. ERNEST LYON, MINISTER OF THEUNITE3D STATES TO LIBERIA, IS A WARMFRIEND OP CHRISTIAN WORK AMONGTHE AFRICAN PEOPLE and vice-president of Liberia, senator,judge, member of the House of Kepre-sentatives, mayor. Commissioner ofAgriculture, Commander of the Militia,Collector of Customs. Besides it con-tains the names of a number of lawyers,prominent business men and Ferguson himself and forty-nineof his workers were educated by theseschools. The list includes elevenAmerico-Liberian clergymen; ten nativeAfrican clergymen, and twenty-ninecatechists and teachers, of whom twenty-one are native Africans. A Church with such a record as thishas something to be proud of. If theleaders at home could travel over thefield as I have done, they would prob-ably return to America and urge theextension of the work. ST. PAULS COLLEGE,TOKYO THE Kev. H. St. George Tucker,who was recently in this country tosecure funds for new buildings for College in
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