A SELF-HELP MISSION-FIELD.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XLIX, Issue 13904, 4 November 1919, Page 7

A SELF-HELP MISSION-FIELD.

Without foreign work or foreign money a dominion of central India furnishes "the most remarkable example of Christian ( vaiigt lisatir.n" anywho'ro to be found in this country of the East. It has a history of but ten years' duration, but self-help has put it on a plane of effectiveness hardly achieved elsewhere. The spot has been visited recently by Mr Sherwood Eddy, whose account of the work of Bishop Azariah at Domakal in the dominions of the Nizam of Hyderabad is thus commented on by the Continent (Chicago) :

"The guiding spirit of the endeavor was not a bishop when lie began it; his bold Christian adventure there was rather the main reason for his being chosen not long after as the first native of India whom the conservative Church of England admitted to its episcopacy. Previously, however, lie: had proved his mettle in ten, years of service as a Y.M.C.A. secretary and next as organiser and general secretary of the National Missionary Society of India whose supporters and workers from tlu•*'"' outset have been wholly Indian Christians. The promotion of this latter undertaking, in which he persuaded many Indian young men to offer themselves for missionary labor among their own degraded countrymen, brought Mr Azariah at length to the point where he felt bound to become a missionary himself. "He chose Dornakal as his home and, centre of work because it seemed to him the most hopeless field he knew. The degradation of. the people and tiny disorganisation of community life were" appalling even in comparison with India's sadly depressed conditions at , large. The people were sunk in thei darkest, ignorance, and debauchery was universal. The district suffered from chronic anarchy. Security existed for neither property nor life. Into this welter of sin and distress Azariah, brought bis well-trusted gospel. And with" what, results? Mr Eddy visited the bishop at the end of his first decade in Dornakal. He found three thousand communicant- Christians in connection with the station leading lives transformed from vicious barbarism to enlightened goodness. The village congregations surrounding the central town are under pastoral care of exemplary Christian men, natives of the neighborhood, who but a few years ago were besotted drunkards. No foreign missionary works anywhere among them: no foreign contributions enter into the support of the ministry theycarry on.

"the children of these late illiterates are now receiving ' thorough primary, education in schools which the parents themselves are maintaining. The eco-i nomie condition of the Christian community shares the improvement so noteworthy in morality and intelligence. Their bishop has been large-minded andi practical in ijieasures to secure livelihoods to the Families of his (lock. Weaving, carpentry, and agriculture are the occupations mainly open to the people, and each of these is taught by modem methods in the bishop's industrial board-ing-schools. New-style looms bought by the church and sold to families on payments treble the income of many households and lift them unite out of the slough of want. And it goes with, out saying that this advancement of the Chritsian populace disseminates ai powerful influence of amelioration over all the life of their district. The whole work is a splendid demonstration of how feasible is the expectation which locks not far ahead to self-sufficient/ native churches becoming responsible for the larger share of what American. churches now call foreign missions." "CEREMILK" FED CALVES PAY. "CEREMILK" is a conditioner—it builds up weaklings and turns ordinarv animals into' strong, healthv beasts! "CEREMILK" contains seven of the finest cereals reduced to a fine smooth meal by powerful mills. "CEREMILK" buiids bone and muscle, but it never scours like pollard or rice meal! Mr S. Hutchison, a Wairarapa farmer, writes: "In ' CEREMILK ' the. manufacturers seem to have secured the proper constituents necessary to successfully rear good calves, and Anyone who follows tlio instructions with ' CEREMTLK ' will have good calves. In 200, 100, 50 and 251b bags. All stores and factories. If your dealer cannot supply von write to Fleming and Co., Ltd., Box Christchurch.