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Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXIX, Issue 10903, 21 October 1911, Page 4 (Supplement)

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In an address'delivered at the Llan-r-'drihdod'"Convention, Rev. Talbot Rice in_. passing, upon a very im:portanfc'topic. Said Mr Rice: —"In my - Christian""home, I was brought up not to go to v theatres or play cards.' It is --not only a., question of what is in the "-Book, but .of keeping .up the standard. ~^To' lower it" is to lose power, arid I "deeply , regret that so many Christian are letting it down. Nowadays the children who lead their -parents." ;.* A missionary in Bengal, writing of -the influence of the Indian Christians, ;jsj»ys:—"lt is the Indian Church whiclx -supplies the great majority of the work.ers"engaged in evangelising India; and -it is from the members of that Church Hindus and Mohammedans of this iand get their impression of what Christianity really is. The missionary is .•looked upon as a 'religious man,' and -therefore his 'witness' is not nearly so ."telling as that of the consecrated lives of Indian Christians carrying on their secular callings in the midst of the people." "e- A result of the new Constitution in Greece to bo deplored by all enlightened minds —specially by those who know the power of the Word of (Ik!—is the denial of the Uib'e to the people in their common .speech. Few of them can understand th<- ela.--:ea! form of their language. By an Administrative Order, ten years ago. the Xew Testament in Modern Greek wa.s prohibited, and now (chiefly, i& is believed, through the influence of the Patriarchate of Constantinople) the Old Testament is included in the prohibition. So the nation, save for the copies already circulated, is now without the Bible. The British and Foreign Bible Society has sought in

vain to induce the Holy Synod to publish a Modern Greek version of its own, at the Society's expense. It now appeals "to the finer Hellenic spirit, which lias always won the admiration and friendship of the British people, to say whether or not ther,e shall bo liberty in Greece to read the Bible in the' language of the common people." Tho new report of the British and Foreign Bible Society—the 107th —con-

t3ins some impressive facts. It seems that, in whole or in part, the Society has promoted the publication of the Scriptures in 432 languages. A personal of thc_ Historical Table of Languages and Dialects suggests reflections upon the mighty devotion of workers of a past generation. There are, in fact, over ninety entries marked "S" —some of them entire Bible—indicating them as the work of tho Serampore Mission, with which tho names of Carey, Marshman, and Ward are so honorably connected. Of this number some thirteen, representing New Testaments and portions, prepared for Rajputana and other parts of India, liavo not been reproduced in modern times. Yet, in the fear of God and in the spirit of joyous service, these versions were made by the worthy Brethren of the Mission, J and by their means the Gospel message I was sent forth among men and women who have long since passed away. Mr Newton Jones conducted two successful meetings in Wear Street Hall yesterday. Mr Jones spoke to the children, taking as his subject the little word ."Joy." By a very ingenious use of the blackboard, .and a most entertaining way with children, the speaker kept the young folks in a state of rapt attention for over half an hour. At j the evening meeting Mr Jones gave a very suggestive method of Bible study, 1 taking the Gospel of John as a model. Tho blackboard was 3gain used, and the great truths of John's Gospel were exhibited one by one, the speaker holding the attention throughout. At the close of tho meeting votes of thanks were passed toMr Newton Jones and his son (Mr Victor Jones) for the splendid services they had rendered to the cause of the Sunday schools, also the minister and managers of St. Paul's Church for the use of Wear Street Hall.

Preaching at Westminster Chapel, Rev. Dr J. Douglas Adam, of Brooklyn .pleaded for greater strictness in the habit of private prayer on retiring to rest. Some of the moral processes which are most powerful in moulding us take place when we have no definite consciousness of them. If .the last thought before wo sleep were set upon - high things, those thoughts -would penetrate and work themselves out in the subliminal self during the hours of unconsciousness. They would weave themselves into the texture of character even while we dreamed. Hence it was of supreme consequence morally that the last thoughts at night should convey spiritual suggestion. . John Keble was not familiar with, modern .psychology, but' his lines appear to contain a vital truth: "Be my last thought—How sweet to' - rest Forever on>my Saviour's breast!" The new report of the C.M.S. gives the following cxccrp't from a letter b;a catechist in Ceylon:—" 'Within ou'e month,' said the Buddhists, 'we must drive away the catecliist and close the school. For, without doubt, Christianity is like an epidemic, and it will spread among our children.' So thev took av.-nv nil the children from our schoolexcepting ten; and to these thoy gavo clothes, money, and lozenges; but they stayed. I was insulted and abused. ■ and spat upon near my own threshold. Twite stones kit,, thrown on the roof. On two other occasions I was waylaid and assaulted. In all these trials I ;aisod up inv voice :md eyes to liiv Hear* ;:I.v Father; He hen:"'! my prayer;; ;.!ei wiped away my iea:s. the text. "If God he for us. who ran he aga : n.*.;. nsr' is con-tantly present in my mind. 1 he opponent-; .'-.'nd : 'Let us see who is more pnweriiil now our .school and .services are improving." ' To drive away moths, soak halls of cotton wool with oil of cedar; place in cupboards, wardrobes, etc.