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March 31, igog. TH intellect and faith in God as a kind ot superstition. Are you, who have labored to plant this vine, willing to see its fruit blighted in that way? The authorities of the present govern meut have shown an attitude towards the mission' schools that is quite gratifying. To the seven graduates at the Severance Hospital Inst June, they gave doctor's certificates without a special examination and they have offered recognition to all mission schools that, come up to government standards in equip menl and attainments. The $10,000 cut in the appropriations asked tor by our Korea Mission this year means that little or nothing can be done for higher education at present. An equally pressing need is for qualified teachers, male and female. The Southern Presbyterian Mission is calling lor six teachers. Even though all go to the field this fall, a host of children will have completed the course in the primary schools and will be seeking high school training before the teachers can get a fair knowledge of the Korean language. Each high school should have an industrial department, where worthy students can support themselves by their labor. In the Pyeug Yang Academy, ? which is so important a factor in tho great work of that section, about one-' half of the three hundred students support themselves through the industrial department. Some of the advantages of giving help 'n this way. ate, it weeds out the unworthy, it saves money, and it develops character. . . * While Korea slept, she was equally receptive to the gospel at all times, but not so since her awakening. The influence of. 12ft,000 anti-Christian Japanese In the land is already felt in the dissolute atheistic atmosphere which they are beginning to create. The tide of opportunity is beginning to ebb. Why not send out and equip at c.nce the full num m-i ui iiiisniuiiai ica ucucastti y iu iiiiimi the task? What is there lacking but the consecration? The harvest, indeed, is plenteous, but the laborers are few; pray ye therefore ihe Lord of the harvest, that he send forth more laborers into his harvest. FOREIGN MISSION COMMITTEE NOTES. The February meeting of the Executive Committee was delayed until the nineteenth day of the month, in order to make it possible for Rev. and Mrs. Motte Martin to be present. These friends were in Nashville, on their way to Africa, and the committee was very much delighted to have an interview with them, and to send them on their way rejoicing. There were various matters of great importii'liioli I li a r.rvmm (f t aa <1 Auieiwl A ! * Martin to attend to, carrying with him immediate instructions from the committee reecived at this personal interview. Mr. Martin and Mr. Sieg, who was also married on February 25, were authorized to sail from New York on February 27, and they are both now in London, en route to their field. The secretary reported his visit to the *? E PRESBYTERIAN OF THE SOU1 ! 7$o\ Haawm Makes delicioi griddle cakes, rc The only Bah Made from Royal Grt State Department in Washington in the interest of our missionaries in Africa, who are undergoing prosecution on the charge of "Calumnious denunciation" of some of the officials of the company Kassai, in connection with their treatment of i he natives. The secretary stated that special instruction had been sent by cable to our consuls in Africa to investigate and report immediately to the State Department. A letter to the Secretary of State, expressing the Committee's appreciation of his action in this matter was adopted. Rev. Jas. O. Reavis. D. D.t was requested by the Committee to visit our Ciioa Mission at liis earliest convenience. Dr. Reavis, accompanied by Mrs. Reavis, are now in Cuba, visiting the Mission and will probably return about the , middle of the present month. A sub-committee was appointed to arrange a basis of co-operation with the Laymen's Missionary Movement with reference to a proposed campaign of the movement during the coming summe?and fall. The Treasurer's report showed receipts for the month' of January of $32,441.17: $3,967.24 as compared with January. 190S. Dr. Jas. R Woods, of the North Kiangsu Mission, was present and addressed the Committee with reference to the work in his field The Committee adjourned to meet again on March 9, with a special prayer of thanksgiving for the results of the Laymen's Convention at Birmingham. S. H. Chester, Secretary. The University of Virginia Record is published December, February, April and June of each academic year, for the purpose of d'ssem'nating information regarding the University, its organization, activities, and growth. The Record is intended primarily for the alumni and friends of the institution and for the press of the State, but will be sent to any address upon receipt of the subscription price, 25 cents a year. * * * CH. 21 UL gPOM>?JI _ 1 *. L:?~ Lib 11UI UlbCUll, ills and muffins. :ing Powder ipe Cream of Tartar GOOD NEWS FROM KOREA. In a recent letter front Rev. Eugene Bell, of Kwatigju, Korea, we received the following encouraging facts: There are how in our mission in Korea 213 meeting places. There are 3,364 communicants; 1,362 were baptized in twelve months, from June 30, 1907, to June 30, 1908. The total number of catechumens at all the stations Is 3.422. There are 170 church buildings; 1,114 pi'nils in tlit* cfhaolc i 00+ ? 1 ~ 00.? , ... uuaL jcal 1 4 ,0.) > patients were treated in the hospitals. The contributions of the Korean Christ tians of our mission last year were $5,885, United States currency. "We are deeply grateful," says Mr. Bell, "for the wonderful number of annual baptisms and the amazing liberality of our poverty-stricken native Christians. It is truly wonderful, when you know that not one family in a hundred among them has an income of more than six dollars per month." We trust that thn ??- - vitv wuoctl U LIUil UI LU'J Korean Christians, in giving nearly 56,000 in gold last year out of their poverty fey the Lord's work, will lead hundreds of members in our Church at home to give out of their abundance as liberally as our Korean brethren. One year of such consecrated giving would not only assure us of a million dollars for foreign missions, but would provide all the other committees of the Assembly with the full amount asked for to enable them to supply all the needs of the work intrusted to them. The Lord's blessing upon the mission in Korea is reason for gratitude upon the part of the whole Church. All of those who have contributed to the cause of ioreign missions have had a part in this great work. If we would increase our joy as these glad tidings come in front all over the foreign field, let us enlarge our gifts and consecrate ourselves ir* nrnvor orwl t? fol + Uf..! ? ? - - ... ?..u iuiiiuui service, until the good news comes that the vast multitude intrusted to our Church have received the message of salvation. Jas. O. Reavis, Sec. , Nashville, Tenn.