Life and light for woman . tion and purpose,and although it will take time for it to regain the former confidence which itenjoyed before the world, it will with Gods blessing regain it, and remaina center of light and truth in this empire. The ability, patience, and tact shown by General Mclvor during thesetrying months of struggle and waiting, are beyond all praise. He neveronce faltered in his purpose or in his efforts. He held on until the constitu-tion was restored, and all the points at issue settled. Great pressure wasput upon him during the last two months of waiting to go to China and
Life and light for woman . tion and purpose,and although it will take time for it to regain the former confidence which itenjoyed before the world, it will with Gods blessing regain it, and remaina center of light and truth in this empire. The ability, patience, and tact shown by General Mclvor during thesetrying months of struggle and waiting, are beyond all praise. He neveronce faltered in his purpose or in his efforts. He held on until the constitu-tion was restored, and all the points at issue settled. Great pressure wasput upon him during the last two months of waiting to go to China and toManila, professionally, but every tempting ofier and urgent request wasrefused until the Doshisha matter was settled. He has demonstrated thefact that he possesses legal, administrative, and diplomatic ability of the firstorder. The thanks of the Mission and of all concerned are also due to His Excel-lency the United States Minister, for his unofficial interest in the Doshishamatter, which has been of very great THE AWAKENING OF A MISSIONARY SOCIETY. BY MRS. J. H. GLOTFKLTER.(Read at the Annual Meeting of the Kansas Bi-ancli, May, 1899.) Julian M. Sturtevant once wrote thus to Dr. Leonard VVoolse} Bacon :Neither you nor any one else now living will ever know how much I amindebted to your father. In going very far out upon the frontier, as I did inthe beginning of my ministry, I put myself very much in the condition ofthe man who digs at the bottom of tlie well. He is greatly dependent onthose who stand at the windlass at the top. Your father never forgot theman at the bottom of the well. This being, then, the position which we, the women of these Kansas Con-gregational churches, hold toward our representatives in the field, we willconsider for a few moments The Awakening of a Missionary Society. The church of to-day comprises many types of Christian character, andtoward the subject of missions there are various and varying is the sister who thinks the
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