Local students have had their ds tion. They seem, even for Chinese, un-hymn sung the Bishop preached thi usually easily excited. - Since noticing the sermon, taking for his text Hebrews X. exorcised upon the war. The topic gi very prompt and successful checking of the 19-25. At the close of the sermon the ut the last local examination was: "The Szechuan uprising and being fully con-Bishop proceeded to administer the rite War between Russia and Japan concerning fident that the officials are constantly on the of confirmation to twenty malo and Corea, The probable victor. How will alert, I do not anticipate any serious general seven female candidates. There was) China be affected thereby? Give your trouble. views on the theme." Readers of the present a large audience of Chinese, Suicides. besides the C. I. M. and ©. M. 8. local *Chinose Weekly "have been pointing out have been called on since the Chinese staff of missionaries. On Sunday morn-the errors in the question, showing that the origin of the war is not Corea but New Year to use potassium permanaganate ing the Bishop assistod, by three Chinese for twenty-sight attempted suicides. All have and three English Presbyters admitted thi China. een saved, except three, one of whom was Reverend Sin Shing-ming—Iately called Smart Practice. dead when' arrived and the other two dyto the charge of the third pastorate in The city has been amused by a fraud ing, so that they could not swallow. At Taichou—to priest's orders. The ord and a fow fools the last few days. A quack least twenty-two of these have attempted to tion service was followed by an adminii Goclaved he could cure a certain disease in end their lives in a fit of anger aroused in tration of the Holy Communion to seventy} few days. To prove his honesty and fa family quarrel. There have been among five Chinese communicants. At the after] capability his foes were to be paid after them men and women, rich and poor, rang-noon service sixteen male candidate effective treatment. Certain incantations ing from fifteen to sixty-five. The oldest, received the sacrament of baptism. woroncoilful and nothingless precious than a man, said, when being begged to take the gold must be used in the ceremony. Gold medicine: "I have lived 60 or 70 years; is Srnaments were borrowed, incantations that not enough?" They are certainly in performed, a basin containing the gold desperate need of the Gospel to give peace
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