The Kansas Baptist from Clay Center, Kansas • 3

Fragrant Flowers. Amoug the pleasant calls made while Japax Dr. Mac-lay writes in the Monthly Christian Advocate, "The maun. is outer. orcign rv at Topeka last week, was the one at tlie green house of the Misses Bristol.

This condition and prospects of Japan seem to me tetter than they were at fair firm of florists are members of, and tho time I left the country on my recent furlough. The financial situation has improved; industries are de and among the efficient workers of the first Baptist Church. They deserve to receive liberal patronage. "We under The Magazines. TnE CEXiTRr.

If the January Century is a good sample of what wo are to have through 'iZ we may make up our minds to have oue wel Vaughan family, who lived at the Old Folly, an unfinished houso iu the country began by a relative of the father of the family, but never completed. The heroine of the story is Jetty Taughan, about sixteen years old at tho time the narrative begins. She is a character to awaken a lively interest at once, and the interest never flags to tho end. Sho is active, energetic, impulsive, and intensely independent, with a special talent for music and by the exer From Mguzine ami other sources. BY KEY.

GEO. MERRIAM. At the recent Convention of the Inter Seminary Missionary Alliance, reports from thirty-eight seminaries showed that eight per cent, ot last Mission Bands. I wonder liow many of the boys and girls who read this column arc members of a Mission Band. If any of you would like to have a Band where you live and bo doing some stand that they makeForal Designs a specialty.

Weddings, parties and funer veloping satisfactorily; trade is increasing, etc. The Christains of Madagascar have als at a distance can be supplied by making use of the telegraph or mail. They thing for Jesus, who loves to havo the children work for him, I will will soon issue their first catalogue, Ad-j year graduates enterea loreign dress them Cor. 11th and Quincy streets, missionary work, and thirteen per contributed one million dollars for religcous purposes in the last ten years. Twenty-five j'ears ago two thousand persons wcro killed on the Island, in onoj-ear, for believing in Christ.

cise Of this talent Iwonmoa toll you how you can bring it about. Find several boys and girls, if there are only 5 or 6 you can havo a good Band, and use the Const itution which Topeka, Kansas. We have written the above not for a fee hut from interest in every such enterprise. It is aside from the usual work of women and ought to be encouraged, because worthy. cent, ofthoso now studying were looking forward to it.

The Missionary Review reports a gain of 308,643 communicants in tho loreign missions, of the world, and an expenditure of eight and a half million dollars. come visitor every month. Charles Darwin's picture is tho frontispiece. Ilydrulic Mining in California, finely illustrated, will flod many interested readers, so will a "Look into Hawthorne's Workshop." "Tho Led-Ilorse Claim" reaches its tenth chapter. Frcdric W.

H.Myers furnishes a sketch of Arthur Penrhyn Stanley and Geo. W. Cable. On are the Creoles?" "Farming for Feathers," informs you about Ostriches. The editorial notes are unusually good.

Promo Burmah. 10. Swatow, 42. Ongole, Baptisms. Toungoo, 10.

10. Total 72. you find below. Choose a name and elect your officers and you are ready to begin work. Perhaps it will interest you to know something IN MEMOEIUM.

Tho Central Baptist states on the means of rescuing the family from a hard straggle for daily bread. When very young she made plans for their relief, and when the time for action length came, she devoted every energy to tho promotion of their welfare. It is a beautiful picture of a family bound by 6trong bonds of love; enduring poverty; and, finally, through tho blessing of. God on their conscientious use of His own gifts, coming to enjoy a comfortable competency. authority of Mrs.

Crawford, mission Religious Newspapers. One of the religious features of the times is tho multiplicity of reli Died. Mrs. Elizabeth E. Carter, January 2nd, 1883, at her residence near Auburn, Shawnee county, Kansas, aged 47 years, 11 months and 9 days.

Sho was tho youngest daughter of Bev. Robert Simerweil, and was known as the first white female child born in Kansas. Sho was converted at ary to Tung Chow, that passports giving the missionaries permission to travel in tho country, havo been and new ones aro very difficult to obtain. The Chineso gious newspapers. Nearly every We are most happy to say that State has an organ, Spme of the larger papers point the finger of about the Glay Center Band.

It is now almost ono year old and thcro aro 35 members, 11 boys 24 girls. Tho editor of this paper is Director. They have raised about $12.00, and sent a box worth about or 30 to ono of our Missionaries in western Kansas. Wo meet once in two weeks. Saturday afternoon, nnd recite verses and study about heathen landsaud the people who new subssribers can have The Bap tist Missionary Magazine for 1883 at 50 cents, where there are clubs of Government seem to bo awakening-to tho significance of the laws regarding Chinco3 emmlgration, re Elsie; ok, io what good you caw.

by Miis. R. M. Wilbur. 204 pp.

Price, 75 cents. American Baptist Publication Society, Philadelphia; Elsie Graham is presented in a com ten. It Is not necessary that all live in the same place. This magazine cently passed by the TJ S. Government, and are disposed to retaliate.

at that price ought to enter a great Alton, Ills, while at school, when 15 3Tcars of age, and was baptized by Eld. Jacob Knapp. She taught in the Baptist Mission west of Topeka, also at Ottawa. She was instrumental in securing the present site of Ottawa University to the denomination. She was a faithful member of the Auburn Baptist church, in which she served some time as deaconess.

She fortable, if not wealthy, home. A child live there. Ono way they have of utii goou impulses, and Honestly desir ing to be useful in the world. She finds scorn at tho smaller publications, as Goliath derided Bavjd, Tbey consider themselves fully competent to do tho specific work much better than tho "weaklies," and consider that their rights are trampled upon by tho presenco of these unwelcome visitors. In the saino way the metropolitan journals used to consider that country papers had no right to exist, and their existence was an encroachment upon their territory.

But the country papers have flourished all tlie Be km ail Miss Ilaswell writes from Maulmain, Oct. 14, that one evening GO Burmans, many of them her first great lesson in a visit to Grace many new homes in Kansas this year. Address W. G. Corthsll, Tromont Temple, Boston, Mass.

getting money is to elect honorary members, who are expected to pay 50c. Our S. S. Superintendent and several others havo boon elected. Donald, a crippled child in a desolate home.

The two children become fast friends. They decide to have a Sunday-school in Mrs. Donald's kitchen, because "elders of tho people" walked into leaves a husband, Dea. John S. Carter, to whom she was married March ono of the preaching services, near Maulmain, listened to tho sormon waee could not go out from home.

The two gil ls were the only officers and teachers of that primitive school, which proved anu withdrew without savinu a The name of our Band is The Willing Workers. Another time I will toll you more about them. I hope to hear soon that thcro are many Mission Bands in Kansas. The Itomo Mission Monthly for January, is splendid in master and appearance. It has a new dress throughout and is enlarged.

Tho price remains tho same 5Q cents. no mean success. in doing good, Elsie obtained that hest of all 'srood, Jesus in word. Sunday they carno again, more than one hundred of them, and 1st, 18SG. and six children.

The funeral services were held at Auburn, and were largely attended. Her pastor, Rev. 11. P. Stephenson preached.

In many homes there will be mourners becauso of this death. In the heart. She wanted to be a mission- try, and found that the way to set ready for that was to patiently and faithfully same. So with tho smaller religious newspapers. They aro meeting a demand; they are doing a necessary work; they are surprisingly well pat (to piie every day duties of life, xne at tho close of tho service propounded questions, such as, "What was the orign of languages and diver nook is cuaste, sweet and good; well The Home Circle.

February, 1883. American Baptist Publication Society, Philadelphia. ours she was always known as Aunt written, and altogether elevating in character aud tone. ronized; they aro so cheap that eve Lizzie; only pleasant memories of ry ono can take them; they are a Tho February issue of this favorite The Anabaptists of Switzerland. sities of tongue?" What caused diversity in religion?" Why did God creat evil?" etc.

An opportunity for answers from the word of God was for homo folks is early upon our Fop Me. LUlle Carrie was a heathen child, about ten years old, with bright black eyes, dark skin, curly brown hair, and slight form. A liltlo while after she began to go to school, the teacher noticed ono day that she look od less happy than "My dear," she said, "why do you look so Bad "Because I am thinking." "What aro you thinking about?" table, clear, bright, and fresh, as bond of union in tho several slates, they are becoming increasingly able" 10 glorify God and strengthen the interests of his kingdom. Nebraska Visitor. o'iven.

Many meetings have been usual. We find ourselves deeply in her fill tho writer's mind; for more than twenty-five years she has been a friend. Sad indeed for homo and church is the loss of such a iijoth'ir and christian. In tho midst of our trials and tears and tho ever recurring experiences icld for this class of persons and terested in Pansy's Serial, several the church is fcucatlv aroused and chapters of which aro given. An interested.

So much in article by Horatio Gates Jones, pre difference to tho Gospal Message has Sunday School Supplies. Au entire set for January, 1883, of the Sunday school periodicals issued sents the life and character of the Rev. Abel Morgan, a Welsh Baptist Bv Henry S. Burrage. 231 pp.

lfimo. Price, $1.00. Dr. Burrage has made the records of the lifo arid labors of the Anabaptists of Switzerland a special study for some years. The work which lie has here undertaken is to bring out clearly the lives, the principles, and the spirit of these early advocates of the truths which the millions of Baptists of the nineteenth century hold.

Greble, Mantz, Eeublin, Blaurock, Hctzer, llubmeier, Stumpf, and their fellow-laborers, were persecuted, aud many of them slain, for holding and teaching some of the distinctive truths which are now the common heritage of Evangelical Christians. It was meet that their history should be written, and their services roeognized; and the author has performed the task lie undertook in a way to commend his work to like this wo have an assurance that when these partings are over there will bo been maniiest unions tho Burmans, that this movement at Maulmain is minister, "pastor at Pennepek and by our Baptist Publication Society is before us, and they form a com- Philadelphia" in tho early part of tho more remarkable and should call for tho prayers of all Christains teacher, I do not know whether. Jesus loves mo or not." "Carrio did Jesus ever invito little children to come to him Tho little girl repeated Ihc verse, the last century. The editorials are "Xo more bUtcrpuin of nrliug No more sad fg rewrite; Only anil joyful meetings, Where the Savior dwells." lele outfit in this lino for Baptist that it may result in tho furtherance KB. Sunday-schools.

First, for the Pri pithy and pointed, and tho genera make-up such as will please and in of the Gospel. Mr, Brayton, of Rangoon, Burmah struct. It. well deserves success, mary Department, "Pictaro Lesson Cards" of unique designs, "Children's Prico 1.50 per year. reports that after ten years of continuous labor, tho Old Testament, Picture Lesson," a monthly lesson those who wish to see how the spirit of God fits men at special times for special services, and gives them special help therein.

paper; and "Our Little Ones," a We have received the National in Pwo is all in print. The four page weekly, handsomely and New Testiment is translated, and it G-iaARD, Jan. 8, 1883 profusely illnstratod. Next, for tho Deau Holt is expected that it will be printed before tho close of another year. "Suffer littlo children to come unto mo," which alio learned at school.

"Well who is that for 1" In an instant. Carrio clapped her hands with joy, and said; "It is not for you, teacher, for you aro not a No it is for me!" From that hour Carrio know that Jesus loved her and slid loved him back again with all her heart. The Morning Light, i Constitution for Mission Bands. I. This society shall bo called tho Mission Band of church.

Intermediate Department, the "Bible Lesson Monthly," and its accompany I am homo again, loft December The converts among the Pwo Karens 20th to attend and solemnize a mar aro not no numerous as among the lemperance Allance and Teetotaler's Year Book, for '83. It contains 72 pages printed on fino tinted paper, and is suppliep at much less than tho cost of pulication. Irico 10 cents single copy, $1 per dozen. Address, J. N.

Sterns, 58 Rode St. New York, where you can procure almost anything desired in the line of temperance publications. ing "Intermediate Quarterly," full of matter suggesting thought and study. With these, "The Young riage at; So dalia, thence via. Holdon, Burlington and Piquii, Sgau Karons, but they form a very considerable portion of the converts Reaper, and its brand now twin- to Browson, where I began J.

L. Roedcr, ot Topeka, has souio of tho best Chapel Organs for tho least money I ever saw. I am sure it will bo greatly to the interest of any church or society to either call on him or write for his prices. Address him at No. 240 Kansas Topeka.

Ayer's Pills cure constipation, im-provo the appetite, promote digos-tion, restore healthy action and regulate every function. They are pleasant to take, gentle in their ope-ration, yet thorough, searching and brother in size and quality, both in Burmah, and it is important ihat preaching in a borrowed house, near they should have tho whole bible in fresh, and attractive. "The Advance Quarterly," has attained tho wonder a mile from town. After tho third their own language. service wo moved into town and oc ful circulation of a quarter of a II.

Its object shall bo to develop It is often supposed that British cupied a hail. Other ministers and million copies, which would be an interest in tho cause of missions, to gain information on missionary Burmah is pretty well evangelized Deacons of tho Fort Scott Associa doubled if every school knew its excellence and value Accompany our missionary's havo been laboring The Word and Works op God. By Gilbert S. Bailey, D. D.

Philadelphia, American Baptist Publication Society. 255pp. Price, $1.00 tion came Friday and Saturday subjects, and raise money for prose ing this is "Our Young People," an when an enjoyable timo was had there so long, but thcro are still largo tracts ot country where the powerful in subduing disease. other handsomely illustrated paper of twelve pages. Crownine the and wo took occasion to cuting missionary work.

III. Its officers shall bo a Prcsi dent, Secretary Treasurer, and Bi gospel is heard, but at infrequent the brethren to builda house ofwoi wholo comes "The Baptist Teacher," covering the line of preparation for intervals. shin, and I wrote out a subscription rector, whoso duties shall bo those paper and a o-ooa brother in ono work, and meeting tho needs ot all classes of Sunday-school teachers; Mr. Crumb, of Toungoo tells of a native Karen preacher, who said to usually assigned to such officers. IV.

Any child may bocomo a mem day had secured between 100 an him, "If you will come and visit tho 500. I continued with them unti From the advance notice of this book, we wore led to expect something unusually good, and our examination of it has more than satisfied our expectations. In ten chapters tho author has given us an admirable argument for the divine authority of tho Biblo showing first the character of that is required to establish a fact, and then fol ber of this band by tho payment of people in the. west this year, it will twenty-five cents annually. tho eighth night from beginning and loft them in tho midst of a very Its meetings shall bo hold at do great good.

1 boliovo several vil Hugos will build chapels and wor American Baptist Publication Society, 1420 Chestnut Philadelphia, issues a complets set of HelpB. both for teachers nml scholars, which, we think cannot be surpassed, in point of intrinsic excellence, by those of any other Denominational or any Undenominational Society, and which are therefore, being Uaplislic, better smled than any of the others to meet the wants of OUR SCHOOLS. Ilesldes the HELPS, tlie Soclity Furnish SUNDAY SCHOOL LIBRARIES. U'c Furninh ISeat Hooks Selected from HO X'tiblislierg. Sunday School Workers and Ministers will find, at our store, a full supply of everything needed for their including BIB LBS, TESTAMENTS, THEO promising revival.

Ono had ex such time and placo as shall bo designated by tho band, and its ex The Cost of Religion. From tlie New York Midland Express. According to a statistical cotcm-porary, the cost of maintaining the churches of tho wholo country and of conducting the benevolent work in which they aro engaged, is a year, or about 87 for each ship God." But ho was not able to pressed hope, ono came into the ercises such as shall bo indicated by SO. church and a number expressed a tho lowing with different classes of proof, internal and external. Tho India.

Mr. Bullard writes from Ongole. that "candidates for baptism of the 10,190,935 members. Jews aro coming in constantly, and it is harmony of science and the Bible is abundantly shown, the Biblo being proven to havo been in advance evident that a great change has como over this entire community LOGICAL and M1SCELXA NEOUS BOOKS. desire to bo prayed for, but I was compelled to leave them to bo present at the dedication of tho Providence church at Parlington, which occurred yesterday.

Though tho day was quite stormy and many wcro disappointed in not being thoro those present seemed as much disappointed, (though in a more pleasant way,) when I announced that the and in a measure at least, tho Lord pay $135 each, Episcopalians $4.4, Congregational and Dutch Reformed members, $15, Presbyterians $13, Baptists, Lutherans and Methodists $6, Roman Catholics $3. Tho total expenditure of the Roman Catholic name is feared from the least to tho of, as well as in harmony with, science. Some objections aro answered and a comparison is instituted between Infidel andChristian Scientists It would not, of course be possible to compress into such a volume all greatest. "Owing to tho largo ad .1 i 1 union 10 mo number ot missionaries church is estimated at 20,000,000. The total expenditure of tho Protestant churches in this city amount to $6,500,000 a year, and tho ayer- on the field, and tho measures taken for a vigorous prosecution of tho sum needed to complete tho pajnting, A Word for Littlo Girls.

Who is loyoly It is tho little girl who drops sweet words, kind remarks, and pleasant smiles as she passes along; who has a kind word of sympathy for every girl or boy sho meets in trouble, and a kind hand to help her cdmpanions out of difficulty; who never scolds, never contends, never teases her mother, nor Becks in any way to diminish, but always to increase, her happiness. Would it not please you to pick up a string ot pearls, drop of gold? diamonds, or precious stonos, as you pass along the street? But these aro the precious stones which can bo lost. Take tho hand of tho friendless. Smile on tho dejected. Sym pathizo with those in trouble Strive everywhere to diffuso around yon sunshine and joy.

If you do thft; you will be sure to bo loved. that can bo said on such a vast sub ligions, family newspaper, hpn hen for nearly thirty Tears the i. work, it is hoped that tho future of tho Telugu mission will bo no less ject; but Dr. Bailey has given us the Able, leadins Baptist! paper of the Weat, and to-day. with Sound, prosperous than tho past.

its able corps, of writora from all cream of tho subject in these pages, and in such a lively and readable manner that thousands will enjoy the volume who might never havo A Bengal paper speaks as follows ago per member in thoso churohes is $31. New York contains about one-fiftieth of tho population of tho whole Union, and were the expenditures to bo at tho same rate for the whole country, the aggregate expenditure would bo nearly Tarts of tho world, not yet (iuishod, and to pity all tho indebtedness against tho church was raised and the dedicatory prayer was offered by Elder John Lawlcr, 7G years of age, who is mainly in-stiuinontal in organizing 'tho church although ho has ever declined to bo its pastor. I entered onto my sixth of tho cxccllonco of the Bible: "It is its columns of varied and interest Ponolnrv Catholic, Pleasing, Instructive, Progress)! ve, Wide-Awake, ing matter, and its marked improvements, is not surpassed by any journal ot its kind on the slobs. Its in access to larger works on the same suoject. The book ought to hayc a very largo circulation.

Its keen point will find its way between the very joints and marrow of skepti year with them in preaching tho tho best and most excellent of all English books, and thoro is not its like in tho English language, As every joint of the sugar cane, from tho root to tho top, is full of sweetness, so every pago of the Bible is-fraught with tho most precious instruction." A portion of this book Thcro would bo littlo trouble in providing means to carry on our be and la every way telligence from mission fields abroad is reqriBnt and serviceable; its news from the chnrcbes the Wesi is abundant and fresh; its cor alive to all tlie great questions of the dev. it is emi- dedication sermon, and it affords mo pleasure to say that there has not been a jar or discordant n'o(i from cism, and will no doubt, bo tho nevolent enterprises if every ono would act on tho suggestion of Hon. Inently to bo de- sirea. xne mm. the purchase ot the lumber to the Win.

M. Evarts. respondence from the great eonters He was making an means of saving many a soul from tho rocks of infidelity and destrue tion. oi teaming, civilization, and iufiii. ligent render desires reading matter of the ehr acter described, will find columns of it weekly in the eight pnes of TWB Ktamdabd.

which ence in this and completion qf tho. house, Our houso is neat, well-built of wood, coiled, painted, 27x40 with belfry, and tho would yield to you more of sound morality than a thousand other treatises on tho same subject. In appeal for funds to aid a worthy enterprise, and asked his hearers to give as much as he thought bis neighbors ought to give," If this i Littlo Helpers. A new monthly 'paper designed for Mission Bands. It will be an excellent help for all engaged in this work.

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Two months on trial for twenty- rule wcro acted upon it would replenish our depleted treasuries and short, if any body studies tho English language with a view to gaining wisdom, there is not another book which is more worthy of-being rend than (ho Bible." full, aud for a re application of two persons who had been sprinkled in infancy, for Bible Baptism. Yours Truly, Willis B- WEuii. cause a iuster 'estimate oi our neigh five cents. Froe sample copios always 10 DC had by addressing the publishers, U00131AV 4c IUCKJEH.SOS, t7 GO Dearborn Chicago. bor's duties.

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