church members in Christian countries, from his childhood has been trained in the principles and practices of the Christian's religion? It is for the sake of the new and untried Christians that we want a new church, which shall suggest the presence and holiness of God. The present one suggests nothing but poverty and ugliness.

We want a church also that shall provide a quiet and restful place of worship and shall be easily accessible to all. The present one is built in such a way that the service must necessarily be interrupted by every late-comer, which is distracting for the worshippers and distasteful to the late-comer. It is also arranged in such a way that when the weather is warm and the windows are opened, they are constantly filled with the faces of curious and critical passers-by, some smelling of drink, some smoking and many talking and laughing. They get a complete view of the inside of the church, the faces of those there, and then they can go away and spread the news abroad of who has recently joined the Christians. It is rather a hard ordeal for the new Christian, a dampener of the ardor of the inquirer and many times

the cause of the new-comers failing t come again.

We also want a church large enough to hold all the members, inquirers and visitors, and at the same time leave room where outsiders might sit if persuaded to come in. The present church is filled comfortably at ordinary services, 26 crowded at special services, and there are never vacant seats into which a chance visitor might drop.

The present situation of the church s very good. being in a central part of the town; and all we need is to buy the land back of the present building and an unused store beside it, set a new churche building back much further from the street, open up an attractive entrance and then say with pride: "This is the place where the Christians worship the one, true God." It can be done for $10,000, and for that we must rely on the sympathy and generosity of the per ple at home.

The Kawagoe church is not yet in ie pendent, as it cannot pay the salary of a clergyman, but it pays its own remain ing expenses, and last year raised ensuri money to repair the foundations wh-h were so weak as to be dangerous wi

ever even a small earthquake occurred, to whitewash the inside and paint red the outside, so that we need not represent Christianity as being dirty as well as poor and ugly. But unless help comes from America, there is no hope for a new church. May we not have a few

crumbs from the tables spread so bountifully with beauty and comfort, with which to nourish our little flock of new believers? We have faith that the generosity and sense of proportion of the people at home will not fail us.

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SMALL but enthusiastic conference, organized and managed by Mr. E. M. Camp, president of the Seabury Society, met for two weeks in August at St. Faith's School, Poughkeepsie. The fact that all were sheltered under one roof resulted in a correspondingly close spirit of fellowship, and the fact that the membership represented a greater proportion of students than in previous years, made possible for leaders to use a more thorough course of instruction than has been possible heretofore.

The Rev. Dr. Samuel Hart gave a most interesting and valuable course of lectures upon its structure and growth, of the Book of Common Prayer. The Rev. Pascal Harrower, of the New York Sunday-school Commission, gave an equally interesting series of lectures on Sunday-school work, and the department of "Church Economics" was covered by Mr. Camp.

The "Mission Study Department" consisted of two classes. Miss Elizabeth Houghton taught last year's course on China to those who had not already studied it, and the Educational Secretary of the Board of Missions conducted

a normal study class for those wishing instruction as to the method of teaching the new foreign course recommended for 1908-9. The text book for this course was "The How and Why of Missions," for which special chapters on the administration of the Board of Missions and of the policies of the native churches in our foreign fields are being prepared.

The Rev. Harvey Officer, of the Order of the Holy Cross, had charge of the devotional side of the conference. Under his leadership its religious feeling was deepened as the conference progressed, and the intellectual side of the gathering was given the necessary motive and guidance.

The Woman's Auxiliary was represented by Miss Grace Lindley. Her talk on "Prayer and Missions" was felt by all to be one of the most helpful of the whole conference. There were addresses by returned missionaries at the open-air evening sessions, and in this way the vision

of the needs of the mission field rounded out the instruction of the day.

About fifty people attended the conference, from fifteen dioceses, and most of them returned to their homes with definite plans for utilizing the instruction and information gained.

left Shanghai July 7th and, via Siberia, arrived at her home in London on July 27th.

MISS MARION S. MITCHELL, returning to duty in the District of Shanghai, left her home at Marlborough, N. Y., on August 19th.

MISS ANN REBECCA TORRENCE (recently appointed) left Chicago on August 20th, and with Miss Mitchell sailed from Vancouver by the steamer Empress of China on the 26th.

MISS IDA M. PORTER, on leave of absence, sailed from Shanghai by the steamer Minnesota on July 15th; arrived at Seattle on August 12th and proceeded to Kansas City, Mo.

MISS ELIZABETH W. GRAVES, on regular furlough, sailed from Shanghai July 8th by the steamer Siberia, and arrived at New York on August 6th.

THE REV. EDMUND J. LEE, returning home on regular furlough by way of the Suez Canal, and after attending the Pan-Anglican Congress, sailed from Liverpool by the steamer Cestrian on July 25th; arrived at Boston August 5th and proceeded to Orr's Island, Me., to visit relatives.

EDMUND L. WOODWARD, M.D., who has already been announced as coming to this country on leave of absence for two years to complete his theological studies and for other reasons, hastening his departure somewhat by advice of his physicians, sailed from Shanghai June 28th and from Yokohama by the steamer Minnesota on July 29th; arriving at Seattle August 12th. He is tarrying at

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the Battle Creek Sanitarium for treatment.

MR. HOWARD RICHARDS, JR., left Hankow on July 10th and sailed from Shanghai by the steamer China on the 14th; arrived at San Francisco on August 7th and reached New York on the 12th.

MRS. J. T. C. LAM, who has been visiting at her home in Honolulu, sailed thence by the steamer Korea on July 29th for Shanghai.

Tokyo

THE REV. J. HUBARD LLOYD, under appointment to the Tokyo District, left his home at Big Stone Gap, Va., and by way of Lynchburg started from New York August 20th. He sailed from Seattle by the steamer Minnesota on the 30th.

MISS GERTRUDE HEYWOOD, on stated leave of absence, sailed from Yokohama by the steamer Aki Maru June 10th, arriving at Seattle on the 25th. Leaving there the next day she reached her home at Holyoke, Mass., on July 2d.

MISS BERTHA R. RADFORD, Deaconess, having been obliged to return on account of illness, sailed from Yokohama by the steamer Minnesota on July 29th. She arrived at Seattle on August 12th and reached her home, Lynchburg, Va., on the 15th. She was accompanied by Miss Z. Zimmermann, who is expecting to take a full course of nursing in the Richmond Hospital in preparation for work at St. Luke's Hospital, Tokyo.

Kyoto

THE REV. CHARLES S. REIFSNIDER, on furlough, with his wife and family sailed from Kobe by the steamer Minnesota July 25th; arrived at Seattle August 12th and reached his father's home at Tiffin, O., on the 14th.

DR. HENRY LANING, returning after furlough, left Ann Arbor, Mich., August 28th; expecting to sail from San Francisco by the steamer Mongolia on September 15th.

MISS MARY E. LANING, under ap

pointment to the Kyoto District, after a leisurely journey from New York, left St. Louis August 15th, and after visiting relatives en route, proposed to sail from San Francisco by the same

steamer.

Canal Zone

ARCHDEACON BRYAN and family, who sailed from New York on July 18th, arrived at Colon on July 24th.

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OON after the close of the Civil War a young colored lad entered the parish and normal school of St. Stephen's, Petersburg, Va. Attracted by his manly and quiet bearing and his thirst for knowledge the rector, the Rev. Giles B. Cooke, encouraged him in his efforts to fit himself, first, to be a teacher in the normal school, and later to enter the ministry. Going to Alexandria he studied privately under the late Professor Keiley and others, and in June, 1878, John Henry Mingo Pollard was ordained to the diaconate in the Theological Seminary of Virginia, the first Virginian of his race to take orders in the Church.

While in the seminary Mr. Pollard began those labors among his own people which were to end only with his death. Always eager to give others the opportunity of acquiring the knowledge which had meant so much to himself, he was instrumental in maintaining schools at the missions in Alexandria and Norfolk which became centres of moral and educational influence.

Immediately after Mr. Pollard was advanced to the priesthood in 1886 he took charge of St. Mark's Church, Charleston, S. C., where he remained for eleven years. Among other good works which he set on foot at this time, the mission of St. Andrew's, with its chapel, sixty communicants and a Sunday-school numbering 150, is a lasting memorial to his memory.

In 1898 Mr. Pollard accepted the invitation of Bishop Cheshire to become

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archdeacon of the Colored work in the Diocese of North Carolina. Into this work Mr. Pollard carried the same energy and zeal which had distinguished him in his parish in Charleston. In ten years the offerings of the fourteen parishes and missions under his charge increased threefold, while 1,000 baptisms and over 600 confirmations showed the efficiency of his teaching.

In 1907 Bishop Cheshire released Archdeacon Pollard at the request of the Board of Missions in order that he might travel throughout the South for six months as its field secretary. During this time his intimate knowledge of conditions among his own people was of value to the Board in its efforts on their behalf,

Archdeacon Pollard's last illness was in some measure brought on by overwork. While convalescent from an attack of grippe, repeated attempts to fill engagements brought on a relapse. He died August 2nd, 1908. In his death his people have lost a leader whose influence was ever for good, and the Church on earth has lost a loyal son.