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THE PRESBY 1' ? K I A
From the ,
REV. H. F. WILLIAMS,
A striking indication of the new order
of things in China is the abolishment
of the Buddist nunneries. It is
estimated that there are 300 of these
female mendicants in the city of Capton.
The closing of the nunneries is In
accordance with a decree of the new
government. The buildings are to be
used as schools or public halls for the
good of the people. Steps have been
taken for the proteatlon of the girls and
women who have been nuns. The
vouneer eirls are to be returned to their
homes, and provision is also made for
the older women. The taking over of
these nunneries by the government is
in keeping with the new scheme of
national education. Iln carrying out
this scheme the government did not
hesitate to confiscate thousands of
temples and the revenues have been devoted
to the cause of education. The
movement seem? to meet with the approval
of the people generally. The
North China Herald, commenting upon
the closing of the nunneries, says: "We
fear that the end of the nunneries will
pass unwept, unless some of the Chiinese
suffragettes take up the cudgels on hehalf
of their eisters."
The attempt to open a school at Ruling
for the education of the children of
missionaries was maue some years ago.
The movement has been revived and announcement
is made that the American
School at Kuling will be opened next
October. Appropriations for the support
of the work have been made by several
of the missionary boards having work
in the Yangtze Valley. "With the approval
of the home boards, a corps of
teachers has been, selected. A Joint
committee representing the different
boards has been appointed to supervise
the work of the proposed school. Children
between the age of nine and fourteen
will be received and special rates
will be made for children of missionaries
as far as funds and accommoda
Hons will permit. The regular expenses
of the school will be about $300 a year
for each pupil.
A letter from Rev. C. N. Caldwell,
written from Talnchow, China, in July,
tells of his return to his station from
the work has has been doing In connection
with the famine relief, with
headquarters at Tslng-KlanhJPu. Mr.
Caldwell had charge of Important work
in the dlstrlbaiblon and handled nearly
a quarter of a million dollars in connection
with the relief work.
Another item of.interest, in Dr. CaldwaII'b
IpHAr 4a that TnUknw +V10 n/\rm
latlon of which has been given as 40,000.
has a population of 160,000. In this
great Chinese city, over fifty miles away
from the nearest mission station, Mr,
Caldwell Is alone. It Is no wonder that
again and again he appeals for a
physicians to he with him that he may
take his family to the field. He has
been separated from his wife and children
five years.
In a letter from Rev. Robt. D, Bed1nger.
of the Congo Mlsson. dated June
6th. he mentions a 600 mile tramn nr
Itinerary, which he and Dr. Morrison
were to take, with the view of selecting
Rites for at least three new stations
After selecting the kites they were to go
on to T^nsamho to make request for the
concessions. After the trip Dr. Morrison
was expected to take the steamer for
home and Mr. Bedlnger was to return to
Mutoto, to which station he and Mr.
and Mrs. McKee have been assigned. Mr.
Bedlnger's letter contains the gratifying
* or THE SOOTH
Far Field
s
Educational Secretary ^
news that all are well. Dr. Morrison's q
health is 'better than it has been for a p
>ear, which is a source of joy to the 8
workers on the field and the friends at ^
home. A recent letter from Dr. Mor- s
rison mentions the prospective tour. e
Speaking of his return home, he says:
"Delegates are here from great centres
of 'population three hundred miles to p
the east. We must go to them. I leave f
the field with great reluctance when j
there is so much to be done."
TEXT AND CONTEXT.
Not long ago a pious and earnest but
not very intelligent Sunday school
teacher was expressing his prejudice 1
against too much learning an rather a
hindrance to the spiritual understand- *
ing of the Bible. "If you have the
Spirit ol God," said he, "you can get
the heart of the Bible better than if you ?
have alll the Greek and Hebrew in the ?
world." Which of course one would not
venture to dispute, If choice must be ^
made between learning and spirituality.
In proof of his position that all the Bible
is easily understood,?plainer to the untaught
man than to the scholar,? this
teacher quoted Isaiah SB:8: "The way- (
faring man though a fool shall not err ^
therein." One who rememberB that
beautiful chapter should never make the 1
mistake of applying to a whole library |
of wonderfufl books, wherein are many
things hard to be understood, what is
said in rapt vision of the road that is to
be made for the redeemed exiles to walk
triumphantly home on.
An unlettered layimen might be pardoned
for such a misapplication. But
what of the preachers from whose expositions
through a lifetime orf faithful
church attendance, he got his interpretations?
The Bible should be studied more in
its la rare #Hvln1nno on* n*?o~?n_
w _ u, nuu lUCCUllUg, XL
should be dealt with In Its paragraphs
rather than In verses and clauses. We
need more bird's-eye views and less
microscopic investigation. It Is the general
drift of meaning?the large purpose
of the section, or chapter, or book
?which must be understood first, which
must govern the intent of the fragments.
Very seldom Is a verse merefly a nugget
In an isolated pocket. It Is rather a
piece of living tissue, connected and
connecting, having its part, but a subordinate
part, 1n the larger organism
of thought. If dissected, its study becomes
too often a sort of homlletlc,
morbid anatomy, offending weak breth- |
ren in one sense of the word and
thoughtful readers In the other.
A trained and studious (minister of
the Presbyterian Church used to make
It a frequent petition in public prayer
that God would keep the (members of his
church from "turning back to the weak
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CORRESPONDE
[September 25, 1912
nd beggerly elements of the -world." a
oy who heard these prayers grew up
ure that the part of that petition which
i found in Galatians 4:9, was used of
.nnonlaoo A Ufa f. _U1_.
V/ai CICDD, n i^iwcu, WVIIU; i*i^ w lilVJQ
hristians might fall back. Whereas Ub
mrpoee rather Is to condemn a painful
crupuloslty in the observance of Jew3h
rites and ceremonies as a means to
alvation. The verse is addressed to
arnest but mistaken men, not to selfndulgent
church members.
Does it not become the teachers of the
eople not to prevert Scripture phrases
rom the sense in which they were orginally
employed?
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A SUGGESTION.
In many of our churches a great powir
iB going to waste, and the Master's
tingdom is losing heavily thereby.
In those churches in which the young
>eople are not only interested in the
Sabbath School, but are intelligently
trgamzea to Biuay tne suDject or Dome
ind foreign missions, and where this
itudy is conducted by some one who is
willing to take time to he well informed,
ind to pray to be able to make the work
nteresting, the church cannot fall to be
stronger as these young people grow
ip seeing their duty, and ready to take
heir part in the (Lord's work At home
>r abroad.
The church is stronger from the very
oeginning of such classes if the young
jeonle are trained to nrawsr as thev
?hould bo. In societies for children or
'Brown ups", if the Lord's prayer Is repeated
|n unison as a mere form, and
lelther leader nor members are willing
o pray for specific objects, and to expect
an answer, some good may be done,
put the mere giving or getting of money
;an by no means take the place Ih the
levelopment of the spiritual life and the
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