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Rooster Feathers as Aigret Plumes

It is well known that the white heron, from which the aigret is taken, is becoming rare, and the white plume is very costly. Those who wish to lead women, however, in the mad fashions, have found a substitute which it is said will surprise women. This is taken from a recent consular report. It says, “Efforts to raise the heron on a commercial scale having failed, the rooster was selected, and found to be the best.” So that the supposed fancy feathers from the egret are, sometimes at least, simply feathers from the common rooster.

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Modernism in Asiatic Turkey

FROM the mounds of Babylon, you may look off for miles in every direction—the view that led Nebuchadnezzar to boast of his great city. To the west is Ezekiel’s tomb, to the south the Tower of Babel, to the east the great arch of Ctesiphon and the tomb of Salman Pak, private barber to the Prophet Mahomet. In Nebuchadnezzar’s time, the plain about was a waving mass of verdure, grain and fruit; canals of water traversed it everywhere, and here and there cities dotted the landscape. No wonder he was proud! It is to reclaim this historic land, to make the [traditional] Garden of Eden over again, that the irrigation works and the famous German-Bagdad Railway are being built.

Now a wave of modernism sweeps the long, changeless East. As it reached out to transform China, so the long arm of progress is reaching out to Turkish Arabia. From the Mediterranean, the inevitable railway to link Europe with India is stretching forth. Already trains are running on its western lengths, and the German engineers have surveyed it into Bagdad. The historic, untamed Euphrates is to be bridged at last, and Europe’s dream of a railway to the Persian Gulf is about to be realized. Even an aeroplane race from Constantinople to Bombay, crossing the Garden of Eden en route, is now being discussed in the press of Europe. Soon excursion trains may be run to the traditional Garden of Eden, souvenir postals of the Tower and the famous stone lion may be sold in curio shops at New Babylon, and another of the world’s once inaccessible regions will echo to the whistle of the engine.

— Christian Herald.

OUR WORK AND WORKERS

(Foreign)

Three new churches have been organized in Finland.

The report comes from Haiti that over 50 persons await baptism.

Recently the first church was organized in Ecuador, South America.

Baptism has been administered to ten more converts at Singapore, Straits Settlements.

Pastor C. E. Rentfro reports the conversion and baptism of nine persons at Lisbon, Portugal.

Twenty-one were added to the Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, church the last eight months of 1912.

From Sumatra, East Indies, comes the news of four believers waiting to be baptized, one from the Devil-worshipers.

In Korea during the past year 150 have been baptized, and many others have expressed a desire to unite with God’s people.

Twenty-two new members have been added to the church in Ireland during the past few months, and others are awaiting baptism.

The Latin Union Conference record shows that there were 104 persons baptized during the last quarter in the Catholic field of Southern Europe.

The largest baptism ever held in Australasia was conducted on the last Sunday of the New South Wales camp-meeting, when 80 persons were baptized.

Pastor G. W. Caviness tells of a recent trip among some of the churches in Mexico, during which he baptized 17 at Torreon, 16 at Monterey, and 14 at Visnaga.

Eleven at Christchurch, New Zealand, have been baptized, seven in Wellington, 17 in Auckland, and two in the Palmerston North church. On South Island, four persons have been baptized at Dunedin.

From China comes news of the baptism of six at Hongkong, 24 in Fa-tshan, and in Amoy ten persons are awaiting baptism. Pastor A. H. Bach reports that nearly 100 in Pakhoi, South China, have been won to the present truth.

At Harvey, West Australia, 12 adults have embraced the faith. Four at Broken Hill were baptized, and three others will go forward in this rite at the next opportunity. At the Queensland camp-meeting 24 candidates were baptized.

Brother F. W. Spies reports the baptism of five new believers in Theophilo Ottoni, Brazil. The first baptism in Sao Paulo was recently administered to four souls; and six others are soon to follow. A report from Espirito Santo states that 18 persons have been baptized. At Menteiga a church of 32 members has been organized, and a meeting-house is under process of construction. In the East Brazil Mission the first half of last year 46 persons were baptized.

In a letter from Pastor Elbridge M. Adams, Manila, P. I., he states that “in a little over two years our work has grown from nothing to a church of nearly 140. . . . The change in the government has given the people an opportunity for advancement which they had not before. . . . In their thirst for knowledge they will attend our meetings, read our books and papers. It seems that now is the time to put a strong force into the field. We ought to have not less than five families immediately.”

“O where are the reapers to garner in The sheaves of good from the fields of sin?”

At the Mantandane Mission, British Central Africa, baptism has been administered to 18 individuals, all gathered out from darkness by one boy, who has been laboring for two years at his own home, under persecution, teaching and leading his friends and relatives into the way of truth. Report comes of the first baptism at Neno, Nyasaland, at which 24 believers participated in this ordinance. Eleven were baptized in June at the Tsungwesi Mission, Rhodesia. At the Claremont church, three souls were buried in baptism on November 2. Fifteen were recently baptized at the Maranatha church. At Malawi, during a recent visit there, Pastor R. C. Porter baptized 19. There are fully 160 names in the candidates’ classes for baptism at various schools in South Africa.

Off for Foreign Fields

The following missionaries have recently left for foreign fields: F. A. Detamore to Singapore, Isaac Baker and wife to Central America, A. F. Prieger and wife to Haiti, Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Sherman to Argentina, South America, G. M. Brown to Cuba, Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth H. Wood to Shanghai, China; Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Kirstein, Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Brown, and Misses Stout and Murphy, to South America; Mr. and Mrs. B. A. Meeker to Canton, China.

Reported in the Home Land

Sabbath-Schools Organized: Arizona, 2; Ontario, Canada, 1; Alabama, 1; Texas, 1; Oklahoma, 1; South Dakota, 2; Kansas, 2; Wyoming, 1; New York, 1.

Additions to Church-Membership (not including baptisms): Montana, 8; Washington, 9; Idaho, 7; Indiana, 3; Missouri, 40; Ohio, 12; New Jersey, 9; Pennsylvania, 7; Texas, 5.

Churches Organized: Washington, 2; one each in Tennessee, Saskatchewan (Canada), Alabama, North Carolina, Texas, Iowa, Colorado, Missouri, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New Hampshire; one company each in Illinois and South Dakota.

Baptisms: Pennsylvania, 21; Minnesota, 10; Tennessee, 38; Illinois, 43; Arizona, 53; California, 143 (Los Angeles during three years, 230); Utah, 7; Washington, 31; Idaho, 9; Oregon, 6; Manitoba, Canada, 4; Saskatchewan, Canada, a Greek Catholic priest; Ontario, Canada, 4; North Carolina, 7; New Mexico, 3; Oklahoma, 188; Texas, 17; Arkansas, 8; Iowa, 27; Michigan, 12; Colorado, 26; Kansas, 26; Wyoming, 3; Missouri, 7; New Jersey, 17; Ohio, 21;

Virginia, 5; Maryland, 10; New York, 15; Rhode Island, 23; Massachusetts, 17; Maine, 5.

Conversions: Pennsylvania, 9; Tennessee, 16; Minnesota, 6; California, 54; Arizona, 7; Idaho, 5; Ontario, 6; Alabama, 16; Florida, 9; Kentucky, 13; Louisiana, 6; Oklahoma, 15; Iowa, 22; North Dakota, 3; Illinois, 11; Michigan, 11; Wisconsin, 13; Colorado, 14; Kansas, 13; Missouri, 50; Wyoming, 3; New Jersey, 18; West Virginia, 15; New York, 13.

Churches Dedicated: Kentucky, 1; Minnesota, 1; Wisconsin, 1; Massachusetts, 1.

Churches Erected: Kentucky, 1.

Are You an Angel?

ONE day a ragged little fellow, about ten years old, was standing before a shoe store in Broadway, bare-footed, peering through the window and shivering with cold. A lady riding up the street in a beautiful carriage, observed the forlorn little lad, and immediately ordered her driver to stop in front of the store. The lady, richly robed, went to the boy and said:

“Little boy, why are you looking so earnestly in that window?”

“I was just asking God to give me a pair of shoes. Mama told me p’r’aps He would if I asked Him,” was the reply.

The lady took him by the hand and went into the store and asked the proprietor if he would allow one of his clerks to go and buy her a half dozen pairs of stockings. The proprietor cheerfully assented. She then asked him if he could give her a basin of water and a towel, and he replied, “Certainly,” and quickly brought them to her.

She took the little fellow to the back part of the store, and, removing her gloves, washed and rubbed those cold little feet and dried them with the towel.

By this time the young man had returned with the stockings. Placing a pair on the boy’s feet, she purchased and gave him a pair of shoes. Then she tied up the remaining pairs of stockings, handed them to him, and, patting him on the hand, she smiled and said: “Now, my little fellow, you feel more comfortable, I’m sure.”

As she turned to go, the astonished lad caught her hand, and, looking up into her face, eagerly exclaimed, “Are you an angel?”—Christian Herald.

And she was, God’s messenger of mercy to that little lad.

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A REQUEST FOR HEARERS

By K. C. Russell

It has recently been decided by the Northern Illinois Conference Committee to have a series of evangelistic meetings held every evening during the week, except Saturday, conducted in a large and commodious church building located at the corner of Ashland Boulevard and Monroe Street. The meetings will begin immediately following the holidays, and will continue at least during the months of January and February. This church is very centrally located in the city of Chicago, being only about twenty minutes' walk from the business center of the city on the west side. It can be reached from all parts of the city for a five-cent fare.

We would most earnestly request that those who have relatives and friends residing here in the city of Chicago write them at once, giving them the location of the church, and urging them to attend these meetings. These services will be in charge of the writer and his coworkers.

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Turning Defeat into Victory

It is easier many times for the Christian to turn defeat into victory than it is to go from victory to victory. When defeated, the true child of God will humble his heart and seek God as he has never before sought Him; and thereby get so much nearer to the Master that he will gain greater triumph in the future. He has learned his own weakness and God’s mercy and love, and by the latter he wins. But victory is often but the prelude to defeat; not that it need be so, but because the soul has become overconfident, neglects to realize that all victory is of God, and thus leaves open the heart for the enemy. If there is need of humility and prayer, it is after some great success has crowned one’s efforts.

A Sensible Decision.—

By Editor

According to the New York World of December 4, a father refused to pay an exorbitant price for a tailor-made suit for his son who is attending college. For instance, $65 was wanted for the boy’s overcoat; his father was wearing a $20 one. Another item was a dress suit, $60, a fancy vest $14, and a sack suit $45. The boy didn’t pay, and the bill was sent to his father, and the father refused to pay. He said: “My son is receiving an allowance of $50 a month. I acknowledge no responsibility whatever for this account. He needed an overcoat and a dress suit; these I expected to purchase for him,—the dress suit for $30 and the overcoat for $20. The clothes that I expected to purchase are of the grade which I purchase for myself, and of the grade which is in harmony with his station in life.” The case was tried, and the justice would not allow it to go to the jury. He said: “This was no case of necessity. The father was willing and able to provide his son with the things he ought to have. The tailor, in advising the purchase of expensive goods, was inserting himself into the family circle, and setting the judgment against that of the father.” We think the father is right, and the judge is sensible.

Peace in the Balkans

Affairs in the Balkans seem to be working toward peace as we go to press. More next week.

Coming Mission Department Feature

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You will wish to see our Mission department next week. It will be of special interest.

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