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June 30, 1909. Missis FOREIGN MIS Progress in Rev. C. L. Thompson 1lerald: Ten years ago there w; n c m ??ii i y * ??*- A ^ * ??. .nuall i lUtCSlHIU I^J)1SCI maintained exclusively foi who might visit Porto R Baptist, Congregational, M Home Mission Boards agi ion of the island. The sp thus marked the inceptio failed. A united Protests elevation of a million peoj far? One's first impression being laid and organized curious crowds that eig streets outside the meetin dcnce. The audience with Another impression, deepe country districts, is the evangelical truth. There eight hundred stations wl preached; often indeed i where some humble fami and invited the neighbors, sage is given to attentive Encouraging Adva Mr. J. Campbell White i ing statistics, showing the missionary movement: In spite of the severe year, when it might have offerings to foreign m shrink, they actually increj United States and Canada vious year. The income field was even more rema year by $1,360,000. The 1 foreign fields were $4,844 per cent of the total amou ject by the Protestant Cl-u Another striking fact is tl verts last year by 164,674, took about one hundred yea converts, or until 1896. added in twelve years (18 being added at the rate of Forward Moven An important education the interest of China has 1 The China Emergency j Robert* Hart as chairman ?100,000 for a great educa with especial stress on me will be spent as follows: four important centers of troin!"'- 11 ' ? .. nig cuncgcs in connt pitals, in which Chinese s for medicine and surgery, the various churches withe the presbyteri. onary SION NOTES. Porto Rico. writes in the Assembly as one .rrotestant church, pal at Ponce, built and * English-speaking people ico. Nine years ago the [ethodist and Presbyterian eed on a territorial divisirit of co-operation which in of our work has not mtism is moving for the )le. And the results thus is that foundations are forces are building. The ht years ago filled the g places are less in evilin is orderly and devout, ning as one traverses the widespread hunger for are probably from six to lere the Gospel is being in some wavside shark ly has opened the doors but everywhere the mesears and hungry hearts, mces in Missions, s authority for the follow; progress of the modern financial depression last ; been expected that the issions would seriously ised by $602,000 from the over the gifts of the preof the foreign missiop rrkable. It increased last total gifts on the various ,000. This is forty-eight nt contributed to this oburches of North America, le increase of native con or over 450 per day. It irs to gain the first million The second million were 196-1908). They are now a million in six years, lent for China, al forward movement in aeen launched in London. Appeal Committee, with , has set itself to raise tional forward movement , dical training. This sum ?40,000 to establish in population union medical action with existing hostudents may be qualified the institutions to unite >ut sacrifice of denomina AN OF THE SOUTH. tional principle; ?40,000 to ters as possible normal trai stitutions for the educatio school teachers and pastor translation and publication o ature; also to assist the ( Tract Societies already at w Native Schools The Presbyterian has tl paragraph on this topic: Rev. Lord William Cecil, of Salisbury, is about to go Christian university, in \vh: highest education in Weste may be able to secure it at 1 for the movement is that ma the English university town vices. The movement is sai large experience, as very brought to England or Amei to be effective among their said they are educated away that native schools for nativ low. This is exactly the w Union College is doing, as w byterian recently by Rev. L for funds. This college pro tion for young Chinese men, and necessity for expansion BUILDING I Trustworthiness is contag worthiness. One of the sui trustworthy is to believe that show them that we believe trusting of others is also one up our own trustworthiness ways to destroy the trustwc of others is to be constantly "of all men who ever lived complete trust, had and sh the good of others than any very confidence in mankind higher standard of trustwort known before his day. If t and expect any one to count believe in others and show Unbelief injures others with DIVINITY A1 Those who distinguish be "the deity" of Christ, affirmii the latter, are of the school air and the trees and the ro? and principles and characte know enough to know what of this kind is but a catch ph those who thus speak of tl usually most partial to the ] as it is fitting in their lips. T spirit of Jesus than the mess onju 01 v^urisi. inaeeci, ines ever to them. It is an idea, a 1 than a person of which they 11 provide in as many cenning and theological inn of Chinese Christian s, and ?20,000 for the ?f the best Western liter-hristian Literature and ork in China, for Natives. le following suggestive son of the late Marquis to Peking to establish a ich those who wish the rn branches of learning home. The reason given ny of those who come to is have learned Western d to be based on a very rarely have converts rica for education proved own countrymen. It is from the native life, and es is a good rule to folork which the Shantung 'as outlined in Thp Pr?c. . J. Davies in an appeal vides a thorough educaas its growing influence shows. JP TRUST. jious; and so is untrustrest ways to make others they are trustworthy, and they are. This habitual of the surest ways to build . And one of the surest jrthiness of ourselves and / doubting others. Jesus, on earth the worthiest of owed more confidence in man who ever lived. His has raised mankind to a hiness than the world had ve would be trustworthy, : us trustworthy; we must that we believe in them, ourselves.?S. S. Times. DETTV tween "the divinity" and ig the former and denying who find "divinity" in the :ks, and in man; in ideas r. Most of them do not it is they say. "Divinity" rase. It is noticeable that he divinity of Christ are phrase "the Christ," little vo them it means mnro *!->? ianic appointment or missiahship is nothing whatthought, a principle, ratliei speak.