meeting, the thought sometimes arises, When we see people hurrying to a public how unnecessary to take trouble ana spend time in going to hear speeches which can be afterwards comfortably read in. the newspapers. But we remember that in crowded meetings (especially "'indignation" meetings) there is an electric feeling of sympathy and enthusiasm unfelt by, and niay be, incomprehensible to, the cool after-reader of the speeches. And this is what we miss in the first article in this month's Recorder, "The School of Tyrmpus; or Reaching the Bavses by Pretching and Dubose, D.D. This, really, epee colportage." by the Rev. Hampden C.
sermon delivered before' the Chinese Tract Society, and gives a lengthy and comprehensive account of how from the earliest times the message has been preached to multitudes, but we miss the fire and the flow which, from what we know of the preacher, and see from his style, must have been characteristic of the delivery of the sermon before us.
"4 Clan Feud near Swatow," by Dr. Achmoré, is interesting reading. An insight is given into the genesis of, as well as the catastrophes attendant on troubles caused by the wretched state of society referred to inthe article. "A cackling goose once saved the city of Rome. A quacking duck may yet prove the ruin of Laukung. Certain it is that no little bloodshed, great destruction of property, and a vast amount of misery, affecting innocent people and many helpless women and children, may yet result from that senseless and wicked feud that arose from a children's squabble about a copper cash and a wrangle between two men over a missing duck, "unless efforts now made to stop it shall succeed." All honour to the representatives of the English Presbyterian and American Baptist Missions, who, whilst chary of such complications, with the consent of their Consuls and the good will of the Chinese magistrate, acceded to the request from the most respectable of each side, that the missionary become peacemaker. We trust their interrupted work will yet bear fruit.
In the educational department the Rev. T. W. Houston writes on "The Highest Efficiency of the Educational Branch of Mission Work dependent upon the Cooperation of the Evangelistic Branch." The opinion is expressed that from among those who have received education in mission schools, the number who give themselves to direct missionary effort is not so large as was hoped for. When, however, we remember how the prospect of remunerative employment is generally in the minds of the parents and is alluring to the student himself, we cannot but wonder. at the number of those willing to devote their lives to self-denying Christian work being so large. Two essential conditions pointed out by Mr. Houston as necessary to the development of spiritually-minded church workers among students of mission schools are: the pupils should come from Christian homes, and the boys should have constantly before them the example and incentive of the kind "f work, it is hoped they will ultimately take up.
All engaged in Bible translation or revision work will be interested in Bishop Moule's letter to Dr. R. H. Graves, as well as in the contributions by Dr. Edkins to the Book Table department. In missionary news some important figures are given, whilst in editorial comments we are reminded how in the matter of railway enterprise China is a piteous spectacle of how-not-to-do-it.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.