. Christian herald and signs of our times. benefited from the beginning. Thisladv has given her whole time and laborto the work and has had the blessed priv-ilege of leading many of the young men tothe Saviour. Their gr ititude to her forself-denying efforts in their behalf is vervsincere and deep and they are never tiredof speaking her praises. They owe it toher efforts under Gods blessing that,away from their homes, and exposed tothe perils of temptation under peculiarlyfavorable circumstances, they have notonly been preserved from moral ruin buthave been taught to believe in tho


. Christian herald and signs of our times. benefited from the beginning. Thisladv has given her whole time and laborto the work and has had the blessed priv-ilege of leading many of the young men tothe Saviour. Their gr ititude to her forself-denying efforts in their behalf is vervsincere and deep and they are never tiredof speaking her praises. They owe it toher efforts under Gods blessing that,away from their homes, and exposed tothe perils of temptation under peculiarlyfavorable circumstances, they have notonly been preserved from moral ruin buthave been taught to believe in those who return to China and thosewho remain here, have thus been helped and made a means of blessing. Theachievement of these Chinese converts inestablishing and equipping their Y. M. is all the more remarkable from thefact that as yet the American young menof the city have no similar institution. The Sultans Fanaticism. The mystery of the outbreak of religiouspersecution in Armenia has puzzled manypeople. That the Armenians are being. TEACHERS AND MEMBERS OF THE CHINESE BIBLE CLASS, BUTTE CITY, MONT. outraged not for being Armenians butfor being Christians is obvious. Itis also obvious that the Sultan is respon-sible for the outrages. They may havebeen executed with worse cruelty than heever contemplated, but all the world holdsthe Sultan guilty of the awful crime. Itis therefore important to understand themans character. How is it that, know-ing how critical his position is, he shouldhave done things which, as he must haveknown, would incite all Christendomagainst him. The first clear light we havehad on the character of Abdul Hamidcomes from an article by Mr. W. T. Stead,in the January number of The Review ofReviews. Mr. Stead says: Abdul Hamid is, of all men, one of thosemost to be pitied, but at the present mo-ment there is but little pity or compassionshown him. The custom of punishing thePope for Caesars crimes is still fashionableamong mankind, and Abdul Hamid is be


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