THE New York American of March 13, the Washington Post of the twelfth, and a number of newspapers in the South and elsewhere, have made mention in their despatches, of our magazines Liberty and the Protestant. All this came as the result of sending sample copies of these publications to the headquarters of a patriotic society recently organized in New York, of which Cardinal Gibbons and the Vatican itself have taken notice.
Missionaries Barred from Returning to Wai Chou
Brother S. A. Nagel, writing from Hongkong, February 22, says the American consul will not permit the missionaries to return to their station at Wai Chou. Much fighting and thieving are reported up the East River. While waiting, Brother Nagel is working at Hongkong. He visited the mission homes at Wai Chou to put out some trees imported from the States, and found that nothing had been disturbed during the war. For this the workers are deeply grateful, and praise the Lord for his protecting care.
General Meeting in Shanghai
A COPY of the minutes of the general meeting held in Shanghai, January 25 to February 10, reached the Mission Board office last week. Eighty-five workers and children were present, nine of whom came from outside of China, representing the work in Japan, Korea, the Philippine Islands, and the Straits Settlements. It was voted that another general meeting should be held in the vicinity of Shanghai, beginning about Dec. 25, 1914. Plans were laid for the erection of a printing plant in Shanghai, and for the establishment of a training-school in vicinity of Hankow, provided a suitable location can be found there. Other important recommendations were passed, looking toward the progress of the message in the populous East.
Death of Brother Esta Miller
FROM a letter written by Elder I. H. Evans, February 22, we learn the first particulars concerning the death of Brother Esta Miller, in Shanghai, China. His death occurred on February 20. About five days earlier he had an attack of appendicitis, for which an operation was performed on the sixteenth by Dr. Sharp, a Harvard graduate, and the surgeon in charge of the Harvard Medical School in Shanghai. The doctors hold that he never really came out from under the influence of the anesthetic, and that the chloroform poisoned his system. Everything was done for him that it was possible to do with the facilities at hand in that field. The anesthetic seemed to paralyze the system, and he was unable to rally.
The Laurel Health Cookery
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