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poop in'tho stillness of a night. Whose rain had drenched the way I trod, T wakened from day's earthy dreams And walked alone with God. Th© moaning winds were hushed in rrst. The world seemed sleeping after pain. And where the cloudy rack hr.d gloomed Tho stars shone clear again. Each wayside puddle held a glimpse Of heights wherein it used to dwell, As if the rain had brought with it 1 Memories of whence it fell. pained down and drowned in dusky pools Tho quiet stars lay shining through : And earth was all so steeped in heaven 4. That it was heaven too.

I listened, and the voice of God spoke to nm in that lonely place: 1 raified my eyes in wondering fear, And looked, and saw His face. And ever since, I -*-co but God In earth and man, in deep and height, As one whoso eyes tho 'sun has filled, Looks round, and seea but light. —■A. St. John Adcock, in "Academy." Tho congrepption of Christ Church, ■• Coventry--not ab all a wealthy body of '■ people — rocoiitb* gave in tlie collection, * £455 4s 3d, tlie object in view being " th e Church Renovation Fund. Tho ; .lArgof-fc offertory on record i.s that of i- £11,375, at a Gia,*.gow U.P. Church, in 1884. But there is another story—of ratber there are many stories—of ' Church collections. A Welsh country rector, writing (.omo yean? ago, -stated that at a harvest thanksgiving in his Church, tho Church being full, the oflVr- ' tory oatno to tho handr-ome sum of _"<■ 3d At Norwich Cathedral musical service, Docember 26th, 1003, 1000 per- !■ sons gave between them as much as £'G 7s; ill 1903, at an Essex Church, Is lid was all that was given at throe l' Sunday services. ' This is how a writer in a contemporary Retorts against tho man who complains that the Church is always begging: "People complain that tho Church. v always begging. If the world would \ pay up the back taxes which it owes the for making this old world fit to live in, wo could run all tho Church's activities from now till the millennium! without.asking again for a single dollar." ' "Father" Stanton, of St. Albans, Holborn, is the oldest "curate in the Anglican Churoh. He has teen the principal preacher at St. Albans for forty-three y_re. Tho "Father" is tho Highest of High Churchmen, but "Goodwill' Bays that in his preaching it is "his evangelicalism which is hie great strength." "He is so human. He is tho master tvho taught Bob Dolling." He will havo in his congregation grand Jadies from the West End, army officers, postmen, and potsibily professional thieves. Mr . Stanton appeals to all—except to the person who has no senso of humour. His fiermons nnd conversations are full of i-nal wit, and you might as well expect Mr Boerbohm Tree to give up acting as expect tho good Father to eschew his jokes. , There has lately been formed in America an Interdenominational vAssociation of Evangelists, with a membership of nearly 100. No one is admitted to membership who is not exclusively engaged in evangelistic work. Tho object S .J of tho society is "to magnify tho office I of tho evangelist, to elevate the stnn- ■ dard of evangelistic work, for mutual J no-operation, protection and fellowship I among evangelists, and to promote • I cvangelißm throughout the country." \ The report of the Young Men's Christian Association in America for tho past year makes an excellent showing. The Association now contains in its 18-10 .ranches nearly 400.000 members. Us progress during 1905 was especially marked in the erection of new buildings resting no less than £600,000. Many of Chew© were the gifts of individuals whose benevolonco was by no means limited to their own nationality. For example, ono donor, Mr James Stokes, gave a £10,000 building for the Association's/work in St.. Petersburg. Russia, . and a £25,000 building its work among the French in New "S ork City. Another single gift was one of £40.000 for the railroad V.M.C.A. at St. Lcwls. The '.'iransportation" companies thomwlres gave last year £60.000 for the maintenanoe of the railway branches of the Association as well as £40,000 for now building*. Friends and admircm of* the late Dr. Parker will Ik> interested to learn that a movement is on foot to erect a , church to his memory. Tho site chosen is the rising neighbourhood of Crowborouah in Sussex, which is rapidly beI tomirig popular as a health resort- The I City Tempi© already has a branch •' l-hnrch there, and it is hoped that the foundation stone of th© new building <T_y be laid in June next. I J. Campbell White, of Alleghany, I Pa., told the 600 young people of the |I*rterdenomination_l Missionary ConIferenoe a thing or two recently about itbo relation of money to religion. "If Jwe Christian Church in America," ho i Slid, "could bo brought to give one, Postnpe stamp per capita a week to | "reign missions, it would give 10,000,000 dollars in a year. If it •"oukl give ono oar fare a week, W. 000.000 dollare. If it would give . one dish of ioe cream a week, 100.000.000 dollars. If the equivalent , of ono hour's work—mot at the prices fhioh you got for your labour, but at the rate of the most unr-killed labour in _ tho country-150.000.000 dollars. We . now give 7,000.000 dollare. Isn't it too small to talk about?" The Bishop of Colchester, addressing • meeting of the Additional Curates' Aid Society," said the curate famine, as Wgards tho 6iipply of candidates from ( the upper classes, wan Ixwming moro .' acute. He believes that- the curate of the futiiVe. will be drawn from tho * finks of the working c_.-*-os. __Tlie Bishop of Exeter, preaching in 1 ft- Luke's Church, Plymouth, on \ with, sand that, in regard to tin* If-ligiouß teaching of tho young, - l-t . was said that it was so I _| entirely pen-on al that it could Ik taught in tho schools. » JpSpy could not count upon oommand- _'**?- in the school, perhaps, as a matj* of course, the teacher whose inhenc** conveyed by a kind of electric i. ~. go-ch tho secret of personal religion Tsr ° Do . v ** i am * girl" whom he taught. • _-V' 0 "-"bstnatum and groundwork of : '•'th could be taught, thus laying the . 'J'lix.at'on of Christian character in ' Jw, lives of the children, them ; *°X to it, that th.it kind of teaching f not denied to the children in their •wools. jAs statistician-in-oJiief to the Free J*»rches. Mr Howard Evans, says the j World,*' has again published *» com_par.it.ivo statistics of the reli- ! R? ~a < fc of Kiyrland':—Froo ! ; : Sittings 8.2!10,188, mnmiuiii- ! ' {ft 2,136,a*7. Sunday school teachers ■ li*n__, -snnday school scholars J ' r'i,V _?>' K *» hl -* h -<*<l Churcli: Sitting i " _._.'' cwnrnimiea-rts *>,l»>8.!)(i7 ! s ! «*S**re 208.948. scholars L>.9B-1.3'J7. j I ***.}** - vwir the Flw Churches add- - " JL 81 :! 14 -"-'-tii;-,*. 90.723 communicants ' Sj*.- 000 •"■•"■■- th? Esta.b-1 8 ' £_** Churt-h increased its sittings by S ■ _.'_;' "' 6 <wnrmun'icaii:_ by 45,41(3, and i » «• ounday scholars by 22*540 \

The Rev. J. Scott Lidgett. M.A., the new President of tbe National Free Church Council, has prepared a message to the Free Churches, which he contributes to ''The Home Mess-engrr" tor March. His message is as follows: —"Let mc urge upon all Free Chiirch--11:. 11 throughout tho country the importajico cf seeking a di-oper devotional life and its fuller expression in every form of social i-ervioo. \Yo are 00miiij; to realise o.nr ix-spoiisibility over n very wide siiilnee ot allaiis. Our citiling is ;it all co-4s to exhibit t.lm miiui of Chri*-! in rei-aivl to them. His mind ca.ll only b<* made known in a ceaM'less fellowship involving; the absolute surrender to Him of every power of our being. Entire cc:n>-ecnition in ->ider to perfect M-rvi-ro—thiri sliould bo the watchword of every Free. Churchman." At a recent Sunday morning offering for Foreign Mis-dons in the Filth Avenue Presbyterian church, New York, 32.(130.(57' dollars say £(5300) was received. Tho Church is going to build « men.*. hospital and a woman's hospital, and a house for the doctors, and lurniHi them all, at Shun To Fu, China; it i.s also supporting the Key. Ernest F. Han in Korea, besides contributing to the general work of missions uiroughout the world. Tho Bishop of London, addressing ft meeting of the Girls' Diocesan A«*ociation, Maid that as ho looked round the world to-day he saw it nridly wanting in faith. He ppoke of a great influence which women and girls exerci«.'d upon thopo around them. Tho Bishop of Stepney, speaking in Leeds, and referring to the remarkable uprising of the labour Party, said the Church could not afford to lo.*e touch with the great in_r> of the peop'o of England. Ho pleaded for more elasticity in the services of the Church. For instance, they must free thomHoivOp from the tyranny of the choir. Iney muist also guard again.st the tyranny or what was called intoning in a musical, or rather unmusical, note.