FOR SUPPORT OF YOUNG MISSIONARIES. MISSOURI.- Amity, Y. P. S. C. E., for Bates Fund, 5; Kansas City, do. of 1st Cong. ch., for do., 6.25, ILLINOIS.- Aurora, Y. P. S. C. E. of Ist Cong. ch., for Larkin Fund, 10; Bunker Hill, Y. P. S. C. E., for do., 5; Champaign, Y. P. S. C. E. of 1st Cong. ch., for do., 5; Chicago, Y. P. S. C. E. of South Cong. ch., for do., 15: Earlville, Y. P. S. C. E., for do., 3: Forrest, do., for do., 10; Galva, do., for do., 12.50; Geneva, do., for do., 5: Hinsdale, do., for do., 11; Lagrange, do. of 1st Cong. ch., for do., 25; Morgan Park, Y. P. S. C. E., for do., 5; Oneida, do., for do., 25.07; Port Byron, do., for do., 12; Toulon, do., for do., 11: Wheaton, do., for do., 2; Woodstock, do., for do., 10, MICHIGAN, Detroit, Y. P. S. C. É. of 1st Cong. ch., for Lee Fund, 25; do., Y. P. S. C. E. of Ger. Cong. ch., for do., 5; Moline, Y. P. S. C. E., for do., 10; Perry, do., for do., 5; Union City, do., for do., 10, WISCONSIN.-Clinton, Y. P. S. C. E., for Olds Fund, 13; Nekoosa, do., for do.. 4.11, IOWA.- Des Moines, Y. P. S. C. E. of Plymouth Cong. ch., for White Fund, 12; Dubuque, Y. P. S. C. E. of 1st Cong. ch., for do., 10; Union Y. P. S. C. E., for White Fund, 5: Victor, do., for do.. 5.25 E., for NEBRASKA.- Albion, Y. P. S. Bates Fund, 2.48; Fairmont, do., for do., 4-39; Omaha, do., for do., 50c.; Plymouth, do., for do., 21: Sutton, do., for do., 1.75, COLORADO.-Colorado Springs, Y. P. S. C. E. of 1st Cong. ch., for Albrecht Fund, KANSAS.-Onaga, Y. P. S. C. E., for Bates Fund, MINNESOTA.-Brownton, Y. P. S. C. E., for White Fund, 8.50; Lake City, do., for do., 11; Mantorville, do., for do., 5; Minneapolis, do. of Pilgrim ch., for do., 6.44; Paynesville, Y. P.S. C. E., for White Fund, 3.50: West Dora, do., for do., 4.42, CALIFORNIA. - Pasadena, Y. P. S. C. E. NORTH DAKOTA. Hankinson, Y. P. S. C. E., for Albrecht Fund, 10; Oberon, do., for 11 25 166 57 55 00 17 11 32 25 30 12 50 00 7 50 M. Pierce, 1; Weston, Emma Thorpe, 2; Windsor, Rev. Geo. Sterling, 2; Whitinsville, Miss A. L. Whitin, 100, RHODE ISLAND.- Central Falls, Rev. James H. Lyon, 50; Providence, Dr. Pauline Root, 10, CONNECTICUT. Black Rock, Rev. Henry Collins Woodruff, 5; Bridgewater, Edward Sterling, 25; Centerbrook and Ivoryton, Cong ch., Rev. L. S. Griggs, 5; Colchester, Ella S. Cragin, 3; Danielson, Mrs. Sarah L. Ayer, 1; East Hartford, 1st Cong. ch., Rev. S. A. Barrett, 10; Granby, Rev. and Mrs. S. E. Evans, 10; Groton, Cong. ch., 5; Hartford, Stanley A. Chase,5; Chas. P. Redfield, 5; Higganum, "E. N.," 5: Madison, Alice M. Nash, 10; Manchester, Friend, 10; Meriden, Miss M. L. Pierce, 5; Middle Haddam, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Moulton, 4; New Haven, Edith B. Palmer, 50; Henry Shaler Williams, 30; Mrs. Edward A. Walker (Center ch.), 10; Frederick E. Beach, 10; F. S. Bradley, 10; R. W. Chapman, 10; Rev. N. H. Whittlesey, 10; Mrs. C. F. Bates, 10; Benj. W. Bacon, 5; C. L. Kitchell, 5; Geo. N. Whittlesey, 5; J. R. French, 5; H. E. Hawkes, 5: Herbert C. Keith, 5; Mrs. J. M. Richardson, 5; Mrs. C. C. Bunce, 5; Mary G. French, 2; Rev. E. B. Sanford, 2; Clara M. Hitchcock, 2; W. A. Adams, 1; I. B. Lyman, 1; Mrs. J. A. Bassett, 1; Louisa S. Cook, 1; Mary S. Sumner, 1; David Y. Moor, 1; Annabel Baldwin, 1; Elizabeth Baldwin, 1: Philip S. Goulding, ; Newington, Cong. Sab. sch., 50; New London, J. H. Wilcox, 2.50; New Milford, E. S. Green, 10; Redding, Rev. C. F. Luther, 1; So. Manchester, Cong. ch., Rev. Thomas Simms, 5; Stratford, Cong. ch., 21; Waterbury, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Camp, 50; West Haven, James A. Towle, 5; West Winsted, Louise M. Carrington, 1; Windham, Rev. F. H. Means, 50, NEW YORK.- - Brooklyn, Central Cong. ch., 1,000; New York, Z. Stiles Ely, 200; Poughkeepsie, 1st Cong. ch., Guilford Dudley, 25; do. Mrs. Guilford Dudley, 5; do., Cong. ch., Rev. Wm. Herman Hopkins, 5,.. OHIO. - Cleveland, Rev. Chas. S. Mills, 10; Marietta, J. W. Stanley, 25, ILLINOIS.-Chicago, Rev. A. R. Thain, 10; Jacksonville, Y. P. S. C. E., 24.70, IOWA. Osage, Rev. W. W. Gist, 647 96 60 00 498 50 1,235 00 35 00 34 70 5 00 10 00 200 00 3,081 16 do., 5, CONTRIBUTIONS FOR THE DEBT. VERMONT. Benson, Rev. C. E. Hitchcock, 15.00 429 91 300 00 20 00 35 00 ADDITIONAL DONATIONS FOR SPECIAL OBJECTS. MAINE.-Machias, Center-st. Sab. sch., for Bibles for Girls' School, Kusaie, NEW HAMPSHIRE. - Piermont, Jun. C. E. S., for pupil, care Rev. L. O. Lee, VERMONT.- Norwich, Cong. Sab. sch., for work, care Dr. F. L. Kingsbury, 5; West Brattleboro, Cong. ch., for work, care Rev. S. C. Pixley, 30, MASSACHUSETTS.— Andover, Pupils Abbott Academy, for use of Mrs. L. Ó. Lee, 13; Auburndale, Cong. Sab. sch., for work, care Mrs. R. Winsor, 25; do., do., for work, care Mrs. W. H. Gulick, 22: Boston, Mt. Vernon Chinese Sab. sch., for native helpers, care Rev. C. R. Hager, 53; do., Highland ch., Extra-cent-a-day Band, for work, care Rev. F. Van Allen, ro; do., Jun. C. E. S., Dighton-Place (Brighton), for Okayama Orphanage, 10; Bradford, Y. P. S. Č. E. of 1st Cong. ch., for work, care Rev. R. A. Hume, 24: Brockton, Porter Chinese Sab. sch., for native helpers, care Rev. C. R. Hager, 8.64; Cambridgeport, Pilgrim La. Mis. Soc., for work, care Rev. J. K. Browne, 30; Holyoke, 1st Cong. Sab. sch., for work, care Rev. Dwight Goddard, 26.53; do., Mrs. E. A. Hubbard, for work, 55 5 00 35 oc care Miss S. A. Closson, 15; do., 2d Cong. Sab. sch., Miss Whitten's class, for work in Foochow, 5; do., 2d Cong. ch., La. Prayer Circle, for work, care Rev. Dwight Goddard, 10; do., Mrs. C. S. Hemingway, for pupil, care Miss J. E. Dudley, 2; Leominster, Y. P. S. C. E., for student, Madura, 15; do., Mrs. M. D. Scott, for pupils, Yozgat, 10; Lincoln, Cong. ch., Birthday Gift for new dormitory, care Rev. L. P. Peet, 25; do., Cong. ch., Jubilee Gift, for do., 25; Monson, Sab. sch. class, by Miss Elizabeth Clarke, for work, care Miss C. H. Barbour, ; Rochester, Mrs. Wm. P. Haskell, for pupil, care Mrs. L. O. Lee, 15; Ward Hill, Church of Christ, for work, care Mrs. E. D. Marden, 7; Westfield, 2d Cong. Sab. sch., for schoolhouse, care Miss E. B. Fowler, 30.53: Worcester, Plymouth Sab. sch., Jonas White's class, for pupil, care Mrs. W. O. Ballantine, 10, CONNECTICUT. -Green's Farms, Y. P. S. C. E., for pupil, care Rev. W. P. Elwood, 15; Hartford, Alice W. Smith's class, for kindergarten, Yozgat, 5; do., Asylum Hill ch., Goldenrod Circle of K. D., for work, care Rev. W. P. Sprague, 1.76; New Haven, Howard-ave. Cong. ch., for work, care Rev. J. S. Chandler, 100; West Haven, 1st Cong. Sab. sch., Miss Graham and Sab. sch. class, for use of Mrs. Geo. H. Hubbard, 14, NEW YORK. - Buffalo, Edwin C. Wilson and Jessie A. Rankin, for native pastor, North China, 5; Lima, Mary S. Bates, for native preacher, Foochow, 40; Malone, 1st Cong. ch., Ladies' Soc., for use Dr. F. D. Shepard, 60; do., 1st Cong. Sab. sch., for school, Aintab, 25; New York, Pilgrim Sab. sch., for use of Mrs. Dr. Scott, Ceylon, 39.85: Rochester, Y. P. S. C. E. of South Cong. ch., 10, and Bible Class of do., 5. for native preacher, care Rev. H. C. Hazen, NEW JERSEY. - Glen Ridge, Cong. Sab. sch., J. A. Jamieson's class, for catechist, Madura, 25; do., Cong. ch., Mrs. S. F. Campbell, for Bible-reader, Madura, 12.50; Montclair, 1st Cong. Y. P. S. C. E., for work, care Mrs. J. D. Eaton, 40; Princeton, Leroy A. Mershon, for High School, Bombay, 6, FLORIDA.-Avon Park, Y. P. S. C. E., for pupil, Yozgat, MISSOURI. Springfield, Ger. Cong. ch., Friends, for kindergarten work, care Miss J. L. Graf, OHIO. - Oberlin, 2d Cong. ch., student in Oberlin College, for work Anatolia College, ILLINOIS.-Elgin, 1st Cong. ch., Women's Guild, for work in Harpoot, 85; Evanston, Friend, for work, care Rev. S. C. Bartlett, Jr., 1; Providence, Y. P. S. C. E., for work, care Rev. Charles Nelson, 5; Rockford, Mrs. E. W. Chandler, for work, care Mrs. F. W. Bates, 5; Wheaton, College Church of Christ, for native helpers, Madura, 46.17, KANSAS. Ottawa, J. L. Stratton, for use of Mrs. F. R. Bunker, 10, Rev. and Mrs. W. M. Stover, 5, and Rev. and Mrs. H. M. Bissell, 10, MINNESOTA.-Minneapolis, Pilgrim Cong. ch., Chas. H. Wingate, for work, care Rev. H. K. Wingate, 25; St. Paul, Park Cong. Sab. sch., Prim. Dept., for Okayama Orphanage, 11, WISCONSIN. Wauwatosa, Cong. Sab. sch., for work, care Rev. C. Goodrich, CALIFORNIA. -San Diego, C. H. Baldwin, for scholarship, Foochow, 10, and for work, Gazaland, 5, OREGON.-Forest Grove, Cong. Sab. sch., for work, care Miss E. M. Garretson, 10, and care Rev. F. W. Bates, 10, UTAH. Park City, Cong. Sab. sch., for native agency, Marathi, NORTH DAKOTA.- Glen Ullin, John Dittus, for work, care Rev. G. E. Albrecht, HAWAIIAN ISLANDS.-Honolulu, Caroline FOR YOUNG PEOPLE. MONGOLIA. BY REV. JAMES H. ROBERTS, OF KALGAN, NORTH CHINA. MONGOLIA is the central part of Chinese Tartary, north of China Proper, and of the same size. On the north is Siberia, on the east Manchuria, and on the west Chinese Turkestan, also called Ili. Mongolia has no seacoast and scarcely any navigable rivers. With its sparse population and small amount of commerce, it has not attracted the attention of the civilized world. In recent geological ages Mongolia and Ili were an inland sea. Through the midst of them, from east to west, stretches the desert of Gobi. Its centra part is a long belt of sand, MONGOL TENTS AT BAHA HUNGGUR, THIRTY-EIGHT MILES NORTH OF KALGAN. 150 to 200 miles wide, and on each side of this is a belt of rocks and gravel, with very little vegetation. Beyond these, on the north and south, are the grassy prairies where the Mongols pasture their flocks and herds. In the northern and southeastern parts there are large forests, but in other places a tree would be a rare sight. In the north the people move their tents in summer to any place where there is good grass for their sheep and cattle; and in winter they move back to the forest, which shelters them from the wind. Wolves, bears, and deer also find shelter there at the same time. In the southern part the Mongols have learned from the Chinese to build little houses of turf or adobe, and their homes are more permanent. Yet the Chinese farmers are encroaching on the grass lands, ploughing up the prairie and driving back the less civilized Mongols; so that whole villages of Mongol tents and houses disappear. The Mongols are dark-complexioned, and their faces are wrinkled, for the climate is dry and cloudless, the sunlight is glaring, and their caps and hoods do not shade their eyes. The men do their work on horseback, and any work that cannot be done in that way must be done by the women. The chief articles of food are meat, milk, cheese, and butter, beside flour and grain bought from the Chinese. There is no fear of starving, as there is among the Chinese, for if the people are hungry they kill another sheep. If a person owns two cows, their milk will be enough to feed his family. Even a poor man will have two horses, one to rest and graze, while he rides the other. The men wear long gowns, made of sheepskins sewed together, with the wool on them. In midsummer they wear thinner clothing, but there is little warm MONGOL TEMPLE AT TOU TAI, THIRTY MILES NORTH OF KALGAN. Americans travel overcoats in the weather in Mongolia, because of the elevation above the sea. ing in the southern part need to wear winter flannels and summer; while an ulster overcoat is not warm enough in the northern part in any month that is colder than May. The weather there is not as warm as that of southern Siberia. The people are fond of all kinds of animals. If a calf is born, it is taken into the tent to keep it warm. Swallows fly in at the sky-window and build their nests and rear their young among the rafters. This a sign of good luck. Only wolves are hated. The men chase them on horseback, catch them with a pole and cord, and skin them alive. They think it would be a sin to kill even a wolf, and that there is a devil inside the wolf which would be let loose if he were d. The Mongolian language, unlike the Chinese, is easy to learn, but there are few books to help the learner. Early in the thirteenth century the Mongols went forth to conquer. They subdued the larger part of Asia, and ravaged the eastern portion of Europe. The pope and other potentates of Christendom were afraid for their safety. Kublai, the first Mongol emperor of China, 1nade Peking his capital in 1264. One event of his illustrious reign was the visit of Marco Polo; another was the enlargement and deepening of the Grand Canal; and still another was the sending of an expedition of 100,000 men to conquer Japan. None of these soldiers ever returned. The later Mongol emperors were weak. They ruled the Chinese for their own profit, disregarding Confucian rules and placing no value upon literary merit. The Mongols had quartered one of their soldiers on each ten Chinese families; this was their method of garrisoning the land. The Chinese at last agreed upon a set time, and in one night killed the soldiers. So the Mongols lost their power and were driven out of China. They gave their attention more earnestly to religion, and accepted the Buddhism of Tibet. it teaches that no one should take life, it restrained to some extent the savagery of the people, but there was in it no salvation, no power of progress, no spiritual life. The Mongols are still a rude and barbarous people. By encouraging celibacy their religion has produced vice, for their priests are most licentious. Gilmour says: "The great lama religious centres are the great centres of sin. . . . The temples are gilded cages of unclean birds; the whole system is an utter abomination." It has taught the people to pray by machines, and to try to buy salvation by going on pilgrimages, and by saying the name of Buddha many thousand times each day! In the temple shown in the picture opposite there are over a thousand idols, and twenty lazy, dirty priests can be seen there almost any day, saying their prayers six hours. a day, so as to earn their food and bring good luck to the neighborhood. The picture on the next page shows on the right side a brick altar in which prayers or other printed paper can be burned, and on the left side is seen a little house containing a prayer wheel, six feet high and two feet wide, full to the brim of written papers in the Tibetan language. To turn this wheel to the right, as the hands of a watch turn, is the work of merit; to turn it in the opposite direction would unsay all the prayers. The people all know that they are sinners, but believe that the prayers of the priests will save them. The priests will not kill a sheep, but will eat its meat. They form a hierarchy which will persecute any who become Christians. The Mongols are extremely superstitious and bigoted, and think their religion the only true one in the world. How many Mongols are there? Two or three millions in Mongolia, and more in Siberia, Turkestan, and the eastern part of Russia. The preciousness of souls does not depend on their numbers. These people are lost sheep that belong to our Shepherd. What has been done for them? The whole Bible was translated into their language by Stallybrass and Swan, English missionaries who exiled themselves in Eastern Siberia from 1817 to 1841, when they were driven out by the Russian government. The most noted missionary to the Mongols was James Gilmour, a Scotchman, whose book, "Among the Mongols," all ought to read. He was a heroic worker, who held on to his task amid dangers, loneliness, |