On the south piazza she is invited to join a group who are about to go for a walk in the gloaming. Off they start, past croquet ground, athletic field and tennis court, straight on towards the rising moon. The air is heavy with the fragrance of crimson. clover and wild flowers. As they pass along a narrow path in the knee-high growth of timber a belated woodchuck, startled at their approach, scampers home. All around the soft night sounds are becoming more insistently heard, and tired feet before long turn campward. Our girl soon finds herself seated with a hundred others listening to a tale of long ago, when men lived in wigwams and hunted for their meat. She thrills to the story of the red men who lived in the valley and hunted even on the very hill where they are sitting. And then she hears of the Dutch settlers and the great plantations, Blauvelt among them, for this is History Night.

The bugle sounds and all go tramping off to bed. Scarce have the notes of taps re-echoed into silence before our girl has passed into the dream meadow where blue flowers are growing and each blade of grass stands attention, saluting the newest arrival in friendship fields. Faintly she becomes conscious that her tent-mate is singing, "I can't get her up, I can't get her up, I can't get her up this morning." She is out of bed in a flash, for is not a whole new day before her with its discoverable joys? She is determined to find the blue flowers of friendship field this day.

Where can one find a better investment of $3.50 for a week of camp life with all its recreation? What better fits a self-supporting girl for her busy eleven and one-half months' work than such a summering?-life on a hill with higher hills beyond and life which makes it easy to say, "I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills from whence cometh my help, my strength cometh from the Lord which made Heaven and earth." For somehow when the sun has shone upon you, and the

President.-As president of the Young Women's Christian Association of- -(name of institution). I gladly welcome you who desire to share our common purpose.

(The new members rise here, the names being read by the vice-president if desired.)

President. In pledge of our unfailing loyalty to each other and to the whole Association, let us repeat together our purpose.

(The old members may rise here as all repeat):

Unison. "The purpose of the As sociation shall be to unite the women of the institution in loyalty to Jesus Christ, to lead them to accept him as their personal Saviour, to build them up in the knowledge of Christ, especially through Bible study and Christian service, that their character and conduct may be consonant with their belief. It shall thus associate them.

*Copies of this service may be ordered from the publication department at 50 cents a hundred.

with the students of the world for the advancement of the Kingdom of God. It shall further seek to enlist their devotion to the Christian Church and to the religious work of the institution." President.-In the name of our Lord who came to bring life abundant to all people, let us pray:—

"For this reason, on bended knee I beseech the Father, from whom the whole family in Heaven and on earth derives its name, to grant you-in ac cordance with the wealth of his glorious perfections to be strengthened by his Spirit with power penetrating to your inmost being. I pray that Christ may make his home in your hearts through your faith; so that having your roots deep and your foundations strong in love, you may become mighty to grasp the idea, as it is grasped by all God's people, of the breadth and the length, the height and depth-yes, to attain to a knowledge of the knowledge-surpassing love of Christ, so that you may be made complete in accordance with God's own standard of completeness. Now to him who, in the exercise of his power that is at work within us, is able to do infinitely beyond all our highest prayers or thoughts, to him. be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations, world without end! Amen."

THE FRANCES FIELD MEMORIAL On the first day of July, between the student and city conferences at Silver Bay on Lake George, dedication was made of the simple building erected in memory of Frances Field, who died in December, 1909.

Miss Cratty, standing in the midst of a little group of workers, most of whom had known and loved Miss Field, reviewed her life with sympathetic insight. She traced her outer life as teacher, as educational and branch secretary for the Harlem Association, as organizer of the training school for Association workers in England, as state secretary for New York and

New Jersey, as Miss Dodge's private secretary during the days of the reorganization of the National Young Women's Christian Association, and lastly as executive secretary for the Publication and Field Work Departments of the new National Board.

She spoke of the long, uncomplaining struggle against ill-health, of disappointments, of the grey monotony of a life spent so largely in committee meetings, trying to make others see that which she saw so clearly. She touched reverently on the inner life of Frances Field, the strength and purity of her spirit, the clarity of her mind, the trueness of her heart in all the relations of life. She reminded her hearers of the fundamental character of all her work in laying firm foundations upon which we are now building the superstructure of national work, and of the immense debt we all owe her.

In the fragrance of the summer air, with the sunlight falling on the daisies which made beautiful the room, it was not with the sorrow of just a memory so much as with the joy of her spiritual presence that we joined in the prayer of dedication and sang with full hearts "To all the saints

who from their labors rest."

The Frances Field Memorial is an attractive little bungalow erected on the Silver Bay Association grounds by her friends and designed especially for the use of the women who attend all the conferences. It may be divided into three rooms for class work or thrown together into one large room for social purposes. The open fireplace built of unfinished stones or the wide shaded verandah is the center of attraction, of attraction, according to the weather. In the Young Women's Christian Association conferences it may well become the heart and soul of all the buildings used for the meetings of leaders of the conference for prayer. It stands a silent witness to the power of a life given to God and used by him in the service of young E. H.

women.

The Manhood of the Master*

This little book, simple and rich in its binding as in its contents, presents in a style singularly suggestive of the Master's own a character study covering a period of twelve weeks. While arranged so that it may be used for daily devotional reading, it is not the one-verse, disconnected type. Each day has its group of verses and a bit of comment-the same subject being carried through the week to form a sevensided study of some phase of the Master's character, such as: "The Master's Joy," "The Master's Loyalty to His Cause," "The Master's Self Restraint," "The Master's Affection," "The Master's Scale of Values." At the end of each week, a fuller comment, with abundant Bible references, gives opportunity for added study or discussion.

It is a book that will appeal to the mature mind of man or woman, being virile and tender, practical and deeply spiritual, active and reflective. It will inspire to heroic deeds and win one to kindly, everyday service. Widely adaptable, it can be used by college juniors or seniors, church societies, adult classes in Sunday schools and in the new scheme for the training of volunteer workers in the Association movement. It will also make a most fitting Christmas gift. C. W. S.

The Inside of the
Cupt

with a purpose. and requires time.

Winston Churchill's newest novel is a strong book written It compels thought

The author was perhaps so absorbed in offering his solution of the problem the church faces to-day, that his art has suffered. But this detracts little from the interest felt by any Association worker, or anyone vitally interested in the progress of the Kingdom of God either through the instrumentality of the church or through a supplementary organization such as our own.

The plot is frankly subsidiary to the questions of Christian ethics that are raised, and the characters are mere lay figures who act out the author's own answers to the questions he himself raises. Indeed, so real is the hunger for truth to-day the reader finds the characters and plot a bother, and searches eagerly for the working out of the complex modern queries as to right *The Manhood of the Master, by Harry Emerson Fosdick. Publication Department, National Board. Price, 50 cents.

†The Inside of the Cup, by Winston Churchill. Macmillan, New York City. 513 pages. $1.50.

John Hodder, fair-minded and with all the elements of growth in his nature, accepts a call from a parish in a prosperous small town to St. John's, a rich and most conservative Episcopal church in a large city. Through pride in its beauty and in its historical significance, its congregation has not moved it uptown with the prosperous migration of its members, and the slums have closed in around it. In spite of all the restless, weary seeking of the day-the poor, the sorrowful, the workman, the practical man of affairs, these do not seek the church, and the sincere ones within the church attend from a sense of duty and not from love.

There is one wealthy man who almost supports the church and who, therefore, feels a right to dictate its policies; there are others in the church who contribute largely, whose everyday practice in the economic world, and whose Sunday attitude in worship are widely separated. The result of this inconsistency in practice John Hodder sees in the flotsam and jetsam around him in the slums, who distrust the church in consequence.

Then arises the question whether he shall leave the church, or whether he shall remain in the church and speak the truth as he sees it. If he speaks the truth he will offend those who contribute to the support of the church. There is the question of the right and wrong from their standpoint to be considered as well as from the standpoint of the outsider. He chooses, however, what he believes is the biggest truth, and the best right and, unlike Robert Elsmere, he decides to remain within the church and speak freely of what he believes. The resulting conflict must be evident to any reader of this review.

A few sentences are quoted to show the meat in the book:

"Religion, he (John Hodder) began to perceive, was an undertaking, an attempt to find unity and harmony of the soul by adopting, after mature thought, a definite principle in life. If harmony resulted, if the principle worked, it was

true."

We quote also from the philosophy of Royce, which has evidently influenced the author in a conclusion which may be summed up in Paul's words, “I live, yet not I, Christ liveth in me" "Your cause can only be revealed to you through some presence that first teaches

you to love the unity of the spiritual life. You must find it in human shape." The author's solution is a plea for a higher standard for the individual in his relation to the questions of right and wrong for Christ's sake.

What would the reader decide, given the same complications? Therein lies the keen interest.

A friend who was The Country Church* spending her vacation in the New England

country spoke of the churches in the region which she had attended and found deplorably empty. She took rather a sad view of human nature, and the reply made may have been actuated by the loyal purpose of "sticking up" for one's kind.

"Is it a sad thing-these empty churches? Is it not rather something to rejoice over? A promise of a new birth? An anticipation of a glad fulfillment? A bigger future for our religion in a way we do not yet comprehend?"

We do not mourn over an empty cocoon. That does not strike us as sad. Nor do we mourn over the empty seedpod-its work is done! Yet I suppose if our ignorance excluded the knowledge of the butterfly and the spring riot, we should feel very sorry indeed.

The promise of the present, in so far as this book sees it, lies in this:

"There can be no progressive country church where agriculture is decadent. Therefore some information as to the tendencies in agriculture is essential." We have here the same practical common sense applied to the problem, as is now being applied to the causes of faiure in the city church-religion related to the environment and to the issues of every day life everywhere-in this will be its strength. It is no longer a religion confined to the church, but also extended to the fields, to the economic conditions and to the homes; less a Sabbath religion and more an everyday religion.

That Gifford Pinchot is one of the authors speaks for the probable soundness of the remedy; while the problem of the failure of the country church must be thoroughly known by Charles Otis Gill, who was himself a country minister for fifteen years. Tables in the back of the book give definite data as to the investigations by Mr. Gill.

*The Country Church, by C. O. Gill and Gifford Pinchot. Macmillan Co., New York City. 222 pages. $1.25 net.

The Sunday School and the 'Teens*

This book is a collection of papers presented by the members of a commission appointed by the International Sunday School Association to make an effort to understand the adolescent and the Sunday school.

The commission plans involve the broad study of both boy and girl in the "teen" years in city and country, in relationship to the home, church, Sunday school and community, including as a foundation, a study of the boy and girl subjectively.

This is the first volume of the findings of the commission; the second will follow probably in October of this year.

Mexico To-day, by George B. Winton. Missionary Education Movement. New York City. 230 pages, cloth 50 cents, paper 35 cents.

"Written wholly in the interest of a better understanding between neighbors."

Immigrant Forces, by William P. Shrever. Missionary Education Movement. New York City. 250 pages, cloth 50 cents, paper 35 cents.

Immigration is considered as a factor in the new democracy.

The Country Church and Community Co-operation, edited by Henry Israel. Association Press. New York City. 165 pages. $1.00.

The author is editor of Rural Manhood. Such co-operating and co-ordinating factors are considered as the school, the social survey, state and county fairs, athletics and play, and home-made leaders of the community.

The City Church and Its Social Mission, by A. M. Trawick. Association Press. New York City. $1.00.

This book considers such studies in the social extension of the city church as its relation to family life, the public care of children, the problem of charity. labor, social vice, and its co-operation with other religious agencies.

History of the North American Young Men's Christian Associations, by Richard C. Morse. Association Press. New York City. 280 pages. $1.00.

The Bible and the Spade, by Edgar J. Banks. Association Press. New York City. 193 pages. $1.00.

Tells of discoveries which shed a light on the Bible narratives. Biblical archæology for popular reading.

*The Sunday School and the 'Teens, edited by John L. Alexander. Association Press, New York City. 415 pages. $1.00.

"This week saw our Auditorium transformed into a skating rink and 'Badminton Court.' The storms are so bad that the girls need exercise and skates have solved the difficulty, for they are a new venture and have been received with wild enthusi asm. Our Educational Rally was encouraging. The Physical Training and Shakespeare class have received the most names. These are called 'Monsoon Courses' and last from six to ten weeks, until the hot season, which extends into November. On the 24th of July we are giving a Grand Ballad Concert. Two Bible classes in addition to our usual number are to open next week."

Calcutta.

"Our monsoon classes have opened, and it is good to see people coming and going in the building; it seems really more like home than at any time since March Ist. We have good classes in dressmaking and cakemaking, also one in Hindustani, home nursing, and, of course, the commercial school continues all the time with quite a good enrollment. We are hoping for a glee club or chorus, and also for a tennis club. We have one class in physical training for little children.

"Sunday evening we had at our building a sacred song service for the Young Men's and Young Women's Christian Associations, the first one since our arrival, and it was quite a success. Fifty-eight people were here. In a number of centers in India it is customary to have these often. We shall probably have them about once a month, alternating with the Young Men's Association.

"Oh, there are such needs in Calcutta, and we do so desire to do something tangible in helping to meet them. The ways of our service are so varied here. Sometimes it is through tea, sometimes in singing for a mission benefit, sometimes in helping prepare for a concert!"

written by a pastor's wife as a lesson in English, on this 23rd day of March, 1913: "Dear Mother: You remember I told you once about the concubine of Mr. Ting, who is willing to release. This week, on Monday, I sent her to the women school of Miss Black and she ran away the same day in the afternoon to her home. At night Mr. Ting came over to my house and talk to Chen Fan about the matter. He told Chen Fan he scolded her to go back. Chen Fan said he could see that Mr. Ting's feelings was quite hurt. Mr. Ting was very sorry and pity the girl's stupidness. His great meaning is to let her learn that afterwards she will know and become to love the church and school and hate himself. Then all these things will settled. Mr. Ting says if he has known and believe this doctrine six years before, he will not have this trouble now. But he still think and he says if it was not the Republic of China he knows he will still not believe it. Because he still will be in the high office and despised the Christianity. Ever your loving girl, Hai Lwen."

This letter needs but little comment. The gentleman, Mr. Ting, held high official position in a city of a million population. Like most officials of the old regime, he had a cordial dislike to Christianity. The revolution broke; his official position was lost, for matters of protection; he was thrown into association with a Christian pastor, Chen Fan, who organized peace brigades and saved his section of the city from riots and looting. By degrees he was won to accept Christ. His wife was dead, and he possessed two concubines, whom he had obtained by purchase. The older one, who was not the favorite, he raised to the position of wife. With courageous self-denial, he planned to put away the younger woman, who had cost him 1,000 taels or $700 gold.

It is of the latter that the letter is written. She is a handsome, intelligent woman, whose education is now to be undertaken. Her understanding of the change that has come, is that she is put out from a home where she was favored with gifts of money and pretty clothing. The elderly mother of Mr. Ting urges her son to commit no such foolishness as to put her away when there is the possibility of future sons. It is small wonder that the concubine runs away from the school into which she has been received on condition that she never return to her old life.

All strong missionaries of China are combating the evil that this case typifies. The morality of the nation hinges on the integrity of the home, and this is the deadly wrong that has eaten like a cancer into the sanctity of China's home life. All honor to men with the strength of conviction that Mr. Ting is exercising!