| Show repentance is not required to make us precious to christ but to make christ precious to us the aar largest 9 est university in the world is oxford in england it consists of twenty one colleges and five halls balls there mere are more than five fire hundred baptist churches in burnish burmah with over twenty five thousand communicants A gift of has been received by the university of australia for or the founding of a chair of music there are in the church of england one hundred clergymen com converts erts from judaism and over three thousand communicants muni cants rev william B gordon has baa been appointed superintendent of the miss mission sion work in mexico under the auspices of the episcopal board of missions the board of regent of the oregon state university has increased the salary of the president from 2800 2300 to 2 and the salaries of the other professors from 1760 to 2000 one of the most encouraging features of the christian endeavor movement is the work it is doing i for feeble churches in small towns many a dying church is made alive by the quickening efforts of young z people boston advertiser 1 irineu if men says the independent gave ns as little attention to their business as most men do to the bible what would be the consequence the au an awer is that their business would speedily go to ruin for the want of proper attention to it the great mohammedan college at cairo lins has on a average about students the course of study prescribed for these students requires right eight years for its completion and after it is finished ciany of these graduates go out as missionaries chicago advance the great revival among the heathen of the congo 11 in africa still continues according to latest reports more than one thousand have publicly professed faith in christ at banza dantema dan Idan teka station of whom from to are adults public opinion god fits our shoulders to the burdens we ire aro to bear many of the trials that in our age se seem em tr trifling illino 0 enough in our youth would have crushed us bitterly and a merciful providence has so arr arranged angea it that as we come nearer to death life is i less and less attractive prairie farmer D tenney son eon of rev daniel tenney of englewood N J a missionary of the american board in china has just been appointed private tutor to the sons of viceroy li hung chang who is without doubt the most influential man in the chinese empire public opinion prayer that is not based on gods promises and offered in the name of jesus christ is like the clicking of a telegraphic instrument that is unattached to the transmitting wire the sound found is all right C and the petition may be understood on earth but it will rot not be transmitted to heaven beaven words and weapons A good colored man once baidin said iii a class me meeting etino 0 Bre bredeen dern wilen iwas a boy I 1 took a hatchet and went m ent into lie he woods when I 1 found a tree dat was straight birr big and solid I 1 touch daytree daC dat tree but when I 1 found one leaning lean leaning inc a little and hollow I 1 s soon oon h had ad him down so when the debbia goes after christians he dont touch dem dat stand straight and true but dera dem dat lean a little ald and are hollow inside united presbyterian the statistics of all the churches in japan 0 give the total of organized churches churchea at of which number 61 are self supporting the total addition reported in 1886 was this makes the membership on tile the of la january nuary 1887 to bo be were added in january 1887 As all the baptisms were not reported tile the membership must be upward of there are theological students and the total contributions in 1856 were ivere ages mexicans united presbyterian |
