his murderers tied him up to a tree and left him to perish, attacked by heat, hunger, thirst, birds of prey, and perchance wild beasts. We heard that he remained two days in agony, and then expired. Last week a woman was found guilty of stealing some prepared manioc. The people of her own town gathered together, and after breaking her limbs, men and boys rushed at her with spears, and continued spearing and stabbing her all over the body until she died, when the head was cut off, and the body thrown into the river. The shedding of blood is to these people a subject of sport rather than sorrow; the children rush to see a goat killed, and drink its blood. I have seen them put a living fowl into boiling water, or pull out its feathers before killing it. Of a truth the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of cruelty.' The mind grows tired and the heart sick of listening to or repeating these deeds, but some of them form part and parcel of religion, and others are enforced by law.” CEYLON. INSINCERE PROFESSIONS. A striking incident is reported by the Wesleyan Mission in Ceylon, illustrating the easy way in which the natives will assent to the truth while refusing to follow their convictions. A missionary speaks of a meeting in a small village, where practically all the population was present, and a plain discourse had been delivered, giving the pith of the gospel message. After the sermon a conference meeting was held, of which the missionary gives the following report: "Do you believe these things?' I asked. 'Yes, sir!' was the response, unanimous and hearty. It occurred to me to see how far their faith, or profession thereof, would go upon Christian lines. You believe in God; that he is one, and one only?' Yes, we do." You believe that he made all things and sustains all things; that good is pleasing to him, and evil hateful?' Still the responses were 'Yes.' 'Do you believe that this Bible is God's Word, and that other Vedas are wrong?' 'Yes.' Do you believe what it says, that God sent his Son into the world to save sinners? And still no less heartily was assent given. I marveled and repeated the questions in other ways; I made them more personal. 'Do you really believe, then, that Jesus is able to save men from sin? to save you?' Oh, yes.' 'Do you believe that he died for you, to put your sin away; that he loves you now and cares for you?' 'We do.' 'Will you, then, accept him as your Saviour, and accept him now?' Yes, sir; yes.' I confess I almost gasped for breath; up to this point everything had seemed perfect, and had I gone no further I might have yielded to the temptation of premature reporting,' and penned an account of a village converted and ready for Christian baptism. But I could not forbear continuing the test. If you become Christians, you must give up sin.' Silence. You must give up lying.' A smile ran round the audience and a voice said, 'We cannot agree to that.' 'God requires it of you. Lying, thieving, impurity, sin in all its forms, you must give up if you want Jesus to save you.' The negative was more pronounced; and I went on sadly: You cannot serve the true God and worship idols; you cannot trust both Jesus and Pilliar. Are you willing to give up these things, that he who died for you may save and bless you?' Ah, no! Willing to accept, if they might do so, while the life remained unaltered; willing to accept everything; to give up — nothing.” BIBLIOGRAPHICAL. Miscellany. Trophies from African Heathenism. By Robert This book is made up of such brief narratives of African converts as have come to the personal knowledge of the author. The history of each of our The Story of John G. Paton, told for Young Folks; or, Thirty Years Among South Sea Mr. Paton has recast and illustrated the wonderful story of his brother's life, in response to a loud call for a young folks' edition. This has been done, as he says, in the hope that it may inspire the boys and girls of Christendom with a whole-hearted enthusiasm for the conversion of the heathen world to Christ. Nothing could be better fitted to this end. The book is condensed from the original two volumes, yet there are 397 pages of as thrilling a narrative as ever was written. The abundant pictures make it still more vivid and add much to the value of the book in the eyes of the boys and girls. The Story of Uganda and the Victoria Nyanza Mission. By Sarah Geraldina Stock. With fifteen illustrations. New York and Chicago: F. H. Revell Publishing Co. Pp. 223. Price, $1.25. This is a fascinating book, giving the history of that most interesting mission of the English Church Missionary Society from the time that Henry M. Stanley sent out his call from King Mtesa to the Christian world to bring to his people the message of the gospel. This mission has furnished a remarkable list of heroes, foremost among whom are Mackay and Hannington, and the story of their heroism ought to kindle fresh enthusiasm in all Christian hearts. The present crisis through which the mission is passing adds new interest to the story of what has already been accomplished, and deepens the hope that Uganda will not be forsaken by the British government now, after it has attempted to establish its authority there. The book is heartily to be commended. Woman and the Gospel in Persia. By Rev. Thomas Laurie, D.D. New York and Chicago: F. H. Revell Publishing Co. In paper covers, pp. 100. This abridgment of Dr. Laurie's most interesting biography of Miss Fidelia Fiske is issued under the auspices of the Woman's Presbyterian Board of the Northwest, and will find its way to many whom the larger volume would not reach. We wish that it might be circulated by the thousand. Sermons by the Monday Club, for 1893, on the International Sunday-school Lessons. Pp 415. Price, $1.25. Boston and Chicago: Congregational Sunday-school and Publishing Society. The annual volume of sermons by the Monday Club meets admirably a want felt in our churches for earnest, practical, discriminating discourses upon themes connected with the International Lessons. The Sermon Bible. New York: A. C. Armstrong & Son. This series of volumes, published by Armstrong & Son, is to embrace the whole of the sacred Scriptures. Of the twelve volumes which are promised, two are before us. Each volume is complete in itself. We are not quite sure as to the use which will be made, or ought to be made, of these volumes. They are interesting, as showing how every portion of the Scriptures has been made use of by preachers of different races and generations, and how fruitful the Word is to the reverent student. The Expositors' Bible. Edited by W. Robertson Nicoll. New York: A. C. Armstrong & Son. We have already acknowledged the receipt of two volumes in this series, one on the Epistle to the Ephesians, the other on the Epistles to the Thessalonians. We have now to acknowledge the volume on the book of Job by Robert A. Watson, D.D., and two volumes of the Gospel of St. John, by Marcus Dods. We must say in frankness that we could wish that the exposition of the Gospel of John could have been assigned to one who holds a different view than that of Dr. Dods as to the nature and need of the sacrifice of Christ. 534 Notes for the Month. For the Monthly Concert. The books named below are all from the publishing house of A. D. F. Randolph & Co., 182 Fifth Avenue, New York, and each one is beautiful and good in its own way. Up and Down the House. By Anna Warner, author of "The Melody of the Twenty-third Psalm," etc. This is one of Miss Warner's interesting and practical Bible studies; this time upon woman's home life and work. Prince Dimple on his Travels. By Mrs. George A. Paull, author of "Prince Dimple and his Everyday Doings," etc. [December, Our Elder Brother. Thoughts for every Sunday in the year, from the life and words of Jesus of Nazareth. By Sarah S. Baker. A series of helpful and comforting lessons from the one perfect life. Men's Thoughts for Men. Chosen and arranged by The Baby's Journal. Designed and compiled by S. Aunt Liefy. By Annie Trumbull Slosson, author of SPECIAL TOPIC FOR PRAYER. Notes for the Month. For those who, though bearing the Christian name, are unmindful of the Master's last command; that they may have a deeper sense of the worth of the gospel to themselves and to others, and that with true love to God and to men they may count themselves as "debtors both to the Greeks and to the Barbarians, both to the wise and to the unwise." DEPARTURES. October 25. From New York, Rev. A. W. Clark, of the Mission to Austria, after a stay of a few weeks in the United States. October 25. From San Francisco, Rev. J. L. Atkinson and wife, Rev. George Allchin and wife, returning to, and Miss Lucy E. Case, to join, the Japan Mission. November 2. From New York, Miss Harriet A. Lovell, to join the Central Turkey Mission. November 15. From Tacoma, Rev. J. E. Walker and wife, returning to the Foochow Mission. ARRIVALS AT STATIONS. September 12. At Madura, Southern India, Rev. John E. Chandler, Miss Eva Swift, and Miss September 19. At Mersine, Turkey, Mrs. Emily R. Montgomery, on her way to Adana. -. September 21. At Smyrna, Miss Emily McCallum. September 26. At Pao-ting-fu, China, Rev. E. R. Atwater and wife, on their way to Shansi. October 15. At Yokohama, Japan, Rev. M. L. Gordon, D.D., and Miss Susan A. Searle. DEATH. At Tientsin, China, September 21, Mrs. Helen Ash, daughter of Rev. C. A. Stanley, of the North For the Monthly Concert. [Topics based on information given in this number of the Herald.] 1. Progress in South China. (Page 516.) 2. Village schools in India. (Page 539.) 3. What a missionary saw in the Hokkaido. (Page 523.) 4. After the earthquake in Japan. (Page 525.) 5. The work of a medical missionary in India. (Page 518.) Donations Received in October. Braintree, 1st Cong, ch. Brimfield, Cong, ch. and so. Jeremy Taylor, D.D., 20, Cambridge, A friend in 1st Cong. ch. Perry, for native preacher, Madura 9 78 9 60 241 21 25 00 36.00 40 00 135 12 7 00 29 31 128 00 Dedham, ist Cong. ch., of which 6.58 m. c., 162.01; Extra-cent-a-day Band of do., 32.18, 194 19 404 17--4,354 17 Deerfield, Cong. ch., to const. Rev. EGBERT N. MUNROE, H. M. 61 00 Enfield, Cong, ch. and so. 30 00 12 00 tredge, by Ex'rs, per John L. Crosby, 4,000, less expenses, 50, 3,950 00 Westbrook, Nathaniel H. Johnson, by Lewis R. Johnson, Ex'r, in part, 50 00-501 58 1,500 00 1,000 00 117 00--2,617 00 Franklin, 1st Cong. ch. Gilbertville, Cong, ch. and so. Holyoke, 2d Cong. ch., to const. Rev. ARTHUR W. REMINGTON, H. M., of which 150 from ladies, toward salary of Mrs. E. A. Bell, Hopkinton, Cong. ch. and so. Ipswich, Linebrook Cong. ch., 7; Lexington, Hancock Cong. ch. Longmeadow, Ladies' Benev. Assoc., 43: Gentlemen's Assoc., 27.38, Lowell, High-st. Cong. ch., add'Í, Middleboro, Central Cong. ch. Mittineague, Cong. ch. and so. Newton Centre, 1st Cong. ch., 117.30; S. F. Wilkins, 50, North Andover, Cong, ch. and so. North Leominster, Cong. ch. and so. North Weymouth, Pilgrim Cong. ch. Norwood, 1st Cong, ch. Peabody, South Cong. ch. Reading, Cong. ch. and so., 10; Firstfruits, J. B. L., 5, Readville, Blue Hill Cong. ch. Rockport, 1st Cong. ch. Royalston, 1st Cong. ch. Salem, Tabernacle Cong. ch. South Dennis, Cong. ch. and so. South Walpole, Missionary, Westfield, 1st Cong, ch. West Medway, 3d Cong. ch. West Newbury, 1st Cong, ch. Northfield, Cong, ch. and so. 20 41 Norwalk, 1st Cong. ch., for support of 18 00 I 50 Rev. W. P. Elwood, 50 31 Old Saybrook, Cong, ch. and so. 52 56 Ridgefield, Cong. ch. and so., for sup port of Rev. W. P. Elwood, 313 70 45 00 255 40 985 29 12 44 Trumbull, Cong, ch. and so. 13 00 A friend, Woodstock, 1st Cong. ch. Legacies. Voluntown, Mrs. Elizabeth W. Kasson, by E. Byron Gallup, Adm'r, NEW YORK. Albany, Mrs. George C. Treadwell, TOO; Miss Julia Treadwell, 100, Berkshire, 1st Cong. ch. Brooklyn, Cen. Cong. Sab. sch., to sup. two Bible Readers, Madura, 36; Clinton-ave. Cong. ch., m. c., 12.58, Buffalo, A friend, to const. MYRTIE A. HOAG and CHARLES E. POTTER, H. M. Marblehead, Esther Lee, for Bibles, Cong. ch., 73.75; Students of Ober- Legacies.-Oberlin, Rev. C. V. Spear, by George N. Spear, Ex'r (prev. rec'd 7,500), 2,500 00 Rushmore, William Breese, by John H. Evans, Ex'r, ILLINOIS. Aurora, Y. P. S. C. E. of New England Cong. ch., toward support of native preacher in Madura Mission, Chicago, H. D. P. Bigelow, of 1st Cong. ch., to const. GEORGE M. BRACE, H. M., 100; W. B. Jacobs, for evan. work in West Central Africa, 50; Y. P. S. C. E. of Sedgwick-st. Cong. ch., for support of Rev. and Mrs. E. A. Bell, 20; Miss Harriet Andrus, 10; One cent a day, 3.65, 24 49 15 38 Ellington, Cong. ch. and so. 10 00 Franklin, Cong. ch. Hamilton, Mrs. John Diell, 33 68 Oneida, Cong. ch. 5.00 Jamesport, Cong. ch. 330 Jamestown, James Jones, Lisbon Centre, Rev. R. C. Day, 500 5 00 Lysander, Cong. ch., add'l, Paxton, Rev. John H. Parr, Peoria, 1st Cong, ch. Payson, J. K. Scarborough, to const. Rev. L. R. ROYCE and Mrs. MARY ROVCE, H. M. |