besetting sin of professing Christians is unbelief. "Faith comes by hearing." 'Come, let us reason together, saith the Lord." Then, dear Friends, let us not cut off honest investigation by any hard terms or accusations. If the accuser of the brethren was cast out of us, as he was out of heaven, or were all to cease to judge others hastily and harshly, we would sooner become in the oneness as our Lord and His Father are one. Many things may seem abstruse and mysterious to the natural man, but God sees through all; and it is the Christian's hope, though we now see but darkly and know but in part, yet as we progress from stature to stature, as those "who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern good and evil," even to see as we are seen, and know as we are known. Jesus had many things to say to His disciples, which in mercy we look for as we are able to bear them. In love, JOB HADLEY. P. S.-I may say that I am sorry to see, as I believe, a lack of unity in Western and Eastern Friends, resting in a measure upon the spiritual doctrines of many Eastern Friends. I know many honest Friends are settled in their views, which are very much like my dear old friend Nathan Hunt held during the greater part of his life. I have his views on the resurrection and final judgment, which Friends of his own Yearly Meeting, as well as Western Friends condemn, and he gave up before his death. Our religion, I claim, is a spiritual religion; but too much of a good thing injures or spoils it. J. H. EDITOR OF FRIENDS' REVIEW:-I wish to say that I have read over and over again with much satisfaction in Friends' Review two articles, one in the 27th number, on “The Resurrection," by Thomas Clark, and another in the 28th number, on "What Is Not Revealed," by J. De Voll. I should be glad to see both of those valuable and highly Scriptural articles published in the Christian Worker and all other religious papers. Dear brethren and sisters in Christ, our lives are too short and our time is too precious to be spent in puzzling our weak minds upon mysteries not clearly revealed to us by God in the Holy Scriptures. Let us be thankful that our duties to God and man are brightly revealed to us, and let us pray daily for Divine grace to give us a willing mind and a tender love, so that we may duly heed these blessed encouraging words from Him who "liveth and was dead," the 'Alpha and Omega," who is "the Resurrection," "Be thou faithful unto death and I will give thee a crown of life." ment. The rest of the meeting-house was densely packed by the audience, although the exercises at the Presbyterian Mission being at the same hour none of their number were present. Although our friends Ora Osborn and Lillie Neiger had aided during the previous session, it was on the opening of the new term that special departments were assigned them. Lillie has charge of the Kindergarten and primary class. Louisa Flores follows with the intermediate or second grade, and Julia L Ballinger has the more advanced students, and is aided by Ora Osborn, who has charge of the drawing classes in both this and the boys' school. We trust this arrangement will prove better adapted to producing teachers than those which were practicable last term. In the Bible-school the class of Lillie Neiger has grown considerably, and on the boys' side the attendance requires two teachers aside from the large Bibleclass directed by W. A. Walls, which is a joint class of both sexes. Both of our schools are now supplied with good desks and blackboards from Chicago, those of the girls' school having been donated by the Womens' Association of Indiana Yearly Meeting, and those of the boys' school being purchased from a discretional donation made through the Women's Association of Philadel phia. Having advanced our printing work so as to give me a brief furlough I thought best to visit all the out-stations, and as God may open the way labor for their growth and stability, and thus I am now writing from San Fernando Mission, which is a bright little light amid dense darkness. The Bishop is now here, and the ringing of bells and firing of cannon announce the hours of his services in the village temple, although in violation of the reform laws which govern or are said to govern this republic. Yesterday, the 15th, we had a meeting at the residence of our friend Santiago Garcia Gonzalez, and although some of those who would have attended were absent, yet an interesting group of seventeen persons listened with evident interest to the prayers and exhorand interested persons here are of the upper class in tations of the laborers present. The few converted wealth and intelligence, and it costs them more to break away from the general sentiment of those of their own position than where the converts belong to the laboring class. One of the sisters of our friend Santiago Garcia Gonzalez, who was convinced of the truth some six months since, has left her home here and established a girls' school and a Bible-school or rather meeting for Gospel teaching on First-days, at Mendez, a branch of this mission only 60 miles away, i. e. the nearest village. Her day-school has an attendance of 26 pupils, and her Bible-school on First-days has an attendance of about 20. Our friend, Julio Gonzalez Gea, visits that place every two weeks, passing First-day among them. The general spirit of that village is opposite to that of San Fernando, the principal persons of the village favoring the cause and granting the fullest tolerance to our laborers. I expect to visit that point on my return journey. From Matamoros to this point our journey has been physically a trying one, damp, misty weather, with the thermometer near the freezing point. We had to sleep on the ground under the carriage two nights, the first one with slight rains, and the second one clear and with a sharp frost, yet thus far no serious inconvenience has resulted. Our friend, Francisco Pena, who goes forward to strengthen the Southern Mission, is with me, and his health being delicate, I have feared that the unexpect edly severe weather of last week would injure him, but the change of air seems to have been beneficial to him. Whilst these journeys are trying to the outward man, the silence of the plains is favorable to meditation and a looking unto the Lord for fresh strength for his work and service, and when we come to these little villages and mingle with the awakened persons who know how to appreciate these rare opportunities, we feel mutually edified, and each one of these spots seems like a moral oasis in the deserts which we traverse. San Fernando, Second mo. 16th, 1885. SAMUEL A. PURDIE. TIMBERED HILLS MONTHLY MEETING was held Second mo. 17th, 1885. Two members were received by request and nine by certificate. Mary Ellis had just returned from seven weeks' Gospel labor in Montgomery county, this State (Kansas). Both branches of our Monthly Meeting have been revived by series of meetings held by our own members. SPRING RIVER QUARTERLY MEETING was held Second mo. 20th to 22d, inclusive. Reports were received from all the Monthly Meetings, and representatives were present from all except Shawneetown, 200 miles distant. Three races were represented, and prayer was offered in English and in Modoc. Reports from nine Bible-schools show an enrollment of nearly 500. A very good state of feeling existed in the meeting, and the business was transacted in a degree of harmony not often excelled. IRA EASTERLING. Tehama, Kansas, Third mo. 2d, 1885. HAVERFORD COLLEGE, Third mo. 7th, 1885. What I said-or meant to say-in regard to a graduate of Haverford whose very acceptable address at the College is noticed in the last Friends' Review,was that his generous benefactions had not been equalled by those of any other alumnus in the same space of time after graduation. Two or three other graduates could be mentioned, who, as their opportunities of aiding the College have been more frequent, have heaped up a larger amount. I am glad to take this occasion to acknowledge the unstinted liberality with which some of our Managers have answered every call for subscriptions for new buildings and improvements of every kind, for the semi-centennial fund, and for making up annual deficits in the financial accounts. Few people are at all aware of the great sum to which these silent contributions of a few generous men have amounted. I hope that the Treasurer's reports will in future give both the names of all such contributors and the sums ITEMS. RECENT trials and experiments tend to show that long-distance telephoning is a practical success. Telephone messages have passed between this city and Chicago, and only a few days ago a permanent line was opened between this city and Boston for the transaction of business. In Europe recently telephonic conversation was held between St. Petersburg and Cologne, a distance of two thousand four hundred and sixty-five miles. The development of the powers of the telephone has only just begun.-N. Y. Observer. Native SlaveRY ON THE CONGO.-H. M. Stanley, whilst supporting the proposal put forward by the Rep. resentative of England at the Conference in Berlin, to make the suppression of the slave-trade an article of the Convention between the Powers, stated emphatically that it was impossible to put away slavery itself, at the present time. We fear there is only too much truth in that statement, as there seems an ineradicable tendency in the African heathen to subject his weaker brethren to the hardest and most cruel bondage.— Anti-Slavery Reporter. CHANGES TO COME IN ENGLAND.--The following are announced as articles of the Radical program : I. Abolition of the law of primogeniture, and such a restriction of the power of tying up either land or personal property as will practically abolish our present law of entail and settlement. 2. Creation of facilities for the acquisition of land by agricultural holders, possibly by a system of loans to small occupiers, and a large development of allotments to laborers. 3. Increased taxation of land, especially by raising the succession duties. 4. A progressive or graduated income tax or property tax, applied to all forms of property. 5. Extension of the powers of local authorities in towns and in rural districts, so as to enable them to provide better dwellings for the poor. 6. Universal gratuitous undenominational education. 7. Disestablishment and disendowment of the es tablished Churches of England and Scotland. 8. Payment of the official expenses of elections out of local taxes. 9. Abolition of the House of Lords. 10. Payment of members of Parliament. GREAT SIMILARITY IN THE AMERICAN RELIGIONS. -The religion of the American Indian shows great similarity throughout the tribes. The hopes and fears and beliefs are based upon the conditions of their physical surroundings, those events which are most familiar and which most influence man in his daily life. These are, the relations of Day to Night, or Light to Darkness, of the weather, the winds and rains, snows and storms to sunshine. The two changes personified are at the foundation of all American religions. They embody struggle, as between light and darkness. Knowledge, sight, learning, improvement, all good things come from light. In the typical hero-myth there is always the hero and first ancestor of the na tion, who taught it its knowledge, brought it to its present seats, saved it from the cataclysms of nature. He is the creator of the world; he is born of a virgin; he is one of two or four brothers, with whom he is always in struggle. After a time he leaves his chosen people, always with the promise of return to lead them to still greater good and prosperity. The Greek myths of great law-givers who disappear and are looked for, the German legends of the expected return of Tell, and the three men, and of the great emperor, were strongly brought to mind at this point, and the recurrence of the hero-myth among American Indians is one of the touches that make the whole world kin. The two brothers are Day and Night, when they are four they are the points of the compass; the number four is the sacred number of American mythology; the clouds are represented as great birds, the ances tors of the tribes.-D. G. Brinton. It is pleasant to hear our Judges' testimony of the decrease of crime in the land. Lord Coleridge, in charging the grand jury at the Norfolk Assizes last week, said there had been a steady diminution of crime for the last ten years in England and Wales. The actual number of criminals in England now is somewhat less than it was forty or fifty years ago. In view of the facts that our population has increased by nine or ten millions, and that the detection of crimes is now more certain than formerly, this shows a wonderful improvement.-The (London) Christian. THE (Birmingham) Monthly Record says: "We are glad to see that our good Queen has not overlooked and left unrewarded other examples of courage than those exhibited by our military men. The news papers at present are full of the praises of men like Colonel Burnaby, Sir H. Stewart and General Gordon, while the meritorious conduct of police-constable Cole is the occasion of much less remark. It will be remembered that this officer, at the peril of his life, endeavored to remove from Westminster Hall a parcel of dynamite which he found there. Although he knew the great risk incurred, he persevered until the acid burnt his hands and compelled him to throw. down the infernal machine, which inflicted on him such terrible injuries. Personal courage of this sort is far more to be admired than the so-called valor of the battle-field. Both the officers who were injured by the explosion at the Houses of Parliament, deserve noble recognition, and we are glad to see that the Albert medal is to be given to police-constable Cole." TEA culture in South Carolina is to be continued under the auspices of the Federal Department of Agriculture. No one should object to that if the Department has an efficient chief. Tea of good quality can be, and should be, grown in the United States. The difficulty seems to be in the expense of gathering the leaves, and in preparing them for the market. American labor, even negro labor, cannot compete with Chinese labor for that purpose. Machinery seems to be indispensable for the "curling" of the leaves, and this, we hear it said, has thus far defied American ingenuity. We can hardly agree with that statement, for a machine for the purpose, which appeared to do its work perfectly, was worked in the immediate vicinity of Philadelphia twenty years ago. The leaves which were "curled" in that machine were those of an herb that grows abundantly in the mountain regions of Pennsylvania.—Phila. Pub. Ledger. Do you think that you honor CHRIST, by doubting if His blood and righteousness be enough to cover you? From The Christian. WHEN WILL THE LORD COME? Mark xiii. 32, 35. Will He come in solemn midnight Will He come when sorrow steepeth " Prepare your hearts, and make Him room, At any time the Lord may come." In the silent hour of dawning, The first flower of the infant year, Through kindred snows that springeth, Though gemmed with many a frozen tear, Is to my musing soul more dear Than all that gay June bringeth, When blossomed brier and rosy flowers Look bright in summer sun and showers. For this lone child of wintry air, Midst adverse storms appearing, And their first pledge of coming spring, When summer suns she feeleth; For thou dost from her leafless breast 511 R. L. AGNES STRICKLAND, in Vick's Magazine. SUMMARY OF NEWS. office of Second Assistant Secretary in the Foreign FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.—Advices from Europe Office has been adopted by a vote of 172 to 153. This are to the 10th inst. GREAT BRITAIN.-In the House of Commons on the 2d, H. Labouchere (Radical) moved a resolution expressing regret that the militia had been embodied, because it indicated the resolution of the Government to interfere in the Soudan by force of arms. The mo tion was lost by a vote of 149 to 19. The bill for the redistribution of seats was considered on the 3d and 6th. Amendments in favor of the representation of minorities, and increasing the number of members of the House of Commons so as to give Scotland more members, were rejected. Two clauses of the bill were adopted in Committee of the Whole. On a motion to grant £330,000 for extra naval expenses in Egypt, and for the construction of new iron-clads, H. Labouchere moved to reduce the amount to £250,000, on the ground that Egypt ought to pay the expenses. The motion was rejected, and the original proposal was adopted. The Lord Mayor and Municipal Council of Dublin, in their official character, presented a petition at the bar of the House of Commons on the 6th, asking for the appointment of a commission to inquire into the condition of Irish industries. Some uneasiness has been caused by recent advances of Russian troops in Central Asia towards Afghanistan. The precise boundary of Afghanistan is matter of doubt, and the question is now a subject of negotiation between Russia and England. The latter power is in alliance with Afghanistan, and also regards the eastward progress of Russia in Central Asia as a menace to the English possessions in India. It is stated that Russian outposts have advanced into the disputed district, and that in answer to English remonstrances, Russia declined to withdraw, but declared that Russian officers had been ordered to avoid conflicts with the Afghans, and that such could occur only by attacks from the latter. The Russian officials also claim that the Afghans had previously occupied another position within the doubtful territory. Gladstone, it is said, has proposed that both parties shall retire, and there appears reason to hope that this course may be adopted. It is asserted that orders have been sent to the British Commissioner on the Afghan frontier question, to direct the Afghans to evacuate their position when the Russians withdraw from their's, as the Russian Ambassador to England has promised that they will do. An explosion of "firedamp" in a colliery near Sunderland on the 3d caused the death of 41 men of 150 who were in the mine at the time. FRANCE.-The Chamber of Deputies has passed the bill increasing the duties on cereals. The Paris Temps asserts that all the Powers have accepted the French proposal to form a committee to frame provisional regulations for the freedom of navigation of the Suez Canal, The Municipal Council of Paris has rejected a motion to empower magistrates to remit a portion of the rent of persons who are unable to pay the full amount charged. A Paris paper asserts that Premier Ferry has notified the French Minister to China that the war indem gives an assistant to Prince Bismarck. He asked nearly three months ago that such an appointment might be made, but his request was then refused. A tract comprising 2500 square miles, west of Zanzibar, East Africa, which was acquired by the German Colonization Society, has been formally placed under the sovereignty of the German Emperor. Dr. Rohlfs, appointed German Consular Judge for this territory, has notified the Sultan of Zanzibar of the facts. The Sultan has manifested no opposition. The Chamber of Commerce of Kiel and a number of merchants of Hamburg and Bremen have sent a protest to Prince Bismarck against the French Government's declaration of rice as contraband of war, Prince Bismarck, however, will not take action until a German vessel shall be seized. AUSTRIA-HUNGARY.—By an explosion in a colliery at Karwin in Austrian Silesia, 123 of 147 men are known to have been killed, and only five had been rescued alive the next day. SOUTH AFRICA.-The Governor General of Cape Colony has informed the Presidents of the Transvaal and the Orange Free State that the British Government will not violate the independence of either of those States. EGYPT.-The British forces which had been advanced up the Nile have nearly all been concentrated at Korti. It is understood that active operations will not be attempted until autumn. DOMESTIC.-Grover Cleveland was duly inaugu rated as President of the United States on the 4th inst. His inaugural address was of moderate length and dignified in tone, urging that" the bitterness of partisan defeat and the exultation of partisan triumph should be supplanted by an ungrudging acquiescence in the popular will, and a sober, conscientious concern for the general welfare." Economy in administration, civil service reform, the protection of the rights of the freedmen, a just treatment of the Indians, the repression of polygamy, and an independent foreign policy, are all commended. The President nominated and the Senate confirmed the following Cabinet: Secretary of State, Thomas F. Bayard of Del.; Secretary of the Treasury. Daniel Manning of N. Y.; Secretary of War, William E. Endicott of Mass.: Secretary of the Navy, William C. Whitney of N. Y.; Secretary of the Interior, L. Q. C. Lamar, of Miss.; Postmaster General, William F. Vilas of Wis.; Attorney General, A. H. Garland of Ark. CONGRESS.-The 48th Congress ended at noon on the 4th inst. All the remaining appropriation bills were passed and signed by President Arthur before that time. The Senate bill authorizing the President to place one person on the retired list of the army with the rank of General, was passed in the last hours, and the President, immediately on signing it, nominated to the Senate Gen. Grant for the position, which nomina tion was unanimously confirmed. Immediately after adjournment, the Senate reconvened in extra session, Vice President Hendricks presiding, and new Senators were sworn in. nity demanded by France from China has been ALKETHREPTA doubled, France ceding Tamsui, but keeping Kelung until the indemnity shall be paid; and that a treaty of commerce is being arranged with China, by which the provinces of Yunnan and Kanung are to be open to French trade. GERMANY.-The Reichstag on the 6th rejected a motion in favor of the establishment of a bi-metallic standard of currency. The measure creating the There is a large and increasing demand for this Superior Chocolate, and we would call special atten tion to it as an exceedingly wholesome beverage for the healthy and ailing, children as well as adults. A sample package will be sent by mail by address ing Smith's Manufacturing Co., 107 Fourth Avenue, New York. 17-261 From The British Friend. MINUTE ON BIRTHRIGHT MEMBERSHIP. Bristol and Somerset Quarterly Meeting was held at Bridgewater on the 21st of Tenth mo., 1884. 16th. The following Minute is now received from Bristol and Frenchay Monthly Meeting. Bristol and Frenchay Monthly Meeting, Adjourned Monthly Meeting, held the 23d of Ninth mo., 1884. Women Friends being present. 9th Minute. This meeting having considered the position of our members who have received a birthright in our Society, and having felt an earnest desire that they may all be members of the church of Christ by true conversion of heart, and of our section of it by conviction, agrees to propose to the Quarterly Meeting that it should suggest to the Yearly Meeting to issue an advice to Monthly Meet ings to the following effect : Monthly Meetings are directed seriously to consider the condition of the young people amongst them who have received a birthright membership in our Society, or have been admitted as minors; and from time to time to appoint suitable Friends to visit, in the love of the Gospel, such of them as have arrived at a period of life at which they are capable of understanding the principles of our religious profession, and the privileges and responsibilities of fellowship in a Christian church. CONTENTS. Minute on Birthright Membership..... Students' Meetings in Edinburgh.. Book Notices.. He Belongs to Jesus.. Amanda Smith in Liberia Frederick Mackie..... The Last Time............................ Rural. .... ... ..British Friend 513 London Christian 514 Friend of Missions 515 516 ...........Anna Shipton 517 London Friend 518 ..... 518 ...................... Ev. Messenger 518 ... 519 The Hope of Peace R. S. Storrs 520 EDITORIAL.-Our Various Readers-"A Reasonable Faith"Book Catalogue, New York Y. M.-Industrial Education of Colored People-Obituaries-Unpaid Subscriptions-Address Desired DEATHS ...................... International Lesson Science Notes ......... CORRESPONDENCE.-Peace Principles-Sanctification The International Lesson System.. 520 .......... 523 ... 525 ..................................................S. S. Times 525 526 POETRY.-Red Letter Days-March Winds-Thoughts of Heaven 527 SUMMARY OF NEWS 528 The Friends so appointed are encouraged to enter into sympathy with their younger brethren and sisters in their peculiar trials and difficulties, and tenderly to invite them to yield their hearts to Christ. They should also endeavor to set before them the privileges enjoyed by members of our Society, and the Scriptural grounds of our distinctive views and practices. It should be further pointed out to the young people visited, that whilst membership received by birth has brought with it the care and training suited to their early years, the time has come, or will soon come, when it behoves them to regard a continuance of their membership as an act of their own choice, and indicating a general acquiescence in the arrangements of our Christian economy. They should be invited, with earnest prayer, to seek counsel of the Lord, and to endeavor to arrive, in due time, at a conclusion with regard to their own course. After such a visit, ample time having been allowed for mature and careful consideration, another interview should be sought, and further care extended in those cases which seem to call for it; the object being, not to urge any to a hasty conclusion, but to point out lovingly and faithfully to our members that the maintenance of a neutral position can hardly be permanently beneficial to themselves or the body, and to stir up our younger Friends to an |