The Spirit of missions . d home, under the protection ofone of the school boys. We hope this week to move all the pa-tients back, but the workmen have notfinished the repairs and the halls are fullof lath land the luniber. We simply must have the money tocomplete the new St. Agness its unfinished state it is a constantreproach to us. And we have worked so>hard for it. But that last $5,000 is dis-tressingly elusive. H DUUING the calendar year, 1908,561 persons were confirmed inCuba and the Canal Zone, the two fieldsunder the care of Bishop Knight, ofCuba. This number represents t
The Spirit of missions . d home, under the protection ofone of the school boys. We hope this week to move all the pa-tients back, but the workmen have notfinished the repairs and the halls are fullof lath land the luniber. We simply must have the money tocomplete the new St. Agness its unfinished state it is a constantreproach to us. And we have worked so>hard for it. But that last $5,000 is dis-tressingly elusive. H DUUING the calendar year, 1908,561 persons were confirmed inCuba and the Canal Zone, the two fieldsunder the care of Bishop Knight, ofCuba. This number represents the pas-toral work of seventeen American andCuban clergymen. I The Honolulu Church people believe in makingan early start with tlieir missionary offer-ings. On February 5th, Bishop Restarickwrites: OUR treasurer is sending off by thismail our offerings for is $, which is $100 more thanvlast year. It seems small but if allwould do in the same proportion, there-would be plenty of money. See page 182. (191). The new school building at Soochow, opened in 1908. This building was made possible throughthe loyal co-operation of All Saints Parish, Atlanta, with the Board of Missions PROGRESS AT SOOCHOW BY THE REVEREND W. H. STANDRING St. Johns University, I have been com-pelled to use almost entirely in theschool rather than in his proper sphereof parochial work. He is a man of ex-ceptional piety and ability, a strongpreacher and tireless worker. Comingfrom a heathen family, a heathen him-self until his conversion at St. Johns,his life speaks eloquently of the valueof schools in the turning of the Chineseto Christian faith and service. Throughthem we can and do get just such men—men who, once they have grasped theTruth in its fulness themselves, canpass it on to their fellow-countrymenmuch more effectively than we bunglingforeigners can. The other, Mr. TsenChi-ping, is the first of our orphanageboys who has grown to manhood and isnow making his education tell to veryg
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