progressiveness in China never received a harder blow than that, for it struck at the root of the system which bound China hopelessly to the past, trained her officials to follow slavishly the ideals of 2,000 years ago and successfully stifled any effective dissatisfaction with the existing regime. Then followed at intervals the ambitious scheme of government education, the edict against footbinding, the encouragement given to the education of young women, the edict against the use of opium and the attendant efforts to regulate and restrict its sale and, finally, the announcement of the possibility of a constitutional government. It may be admitted that, judging the situation by our western standard, comparatively little has been accomplished along any of these lines. Viewed from the strongholds of China's conservatism, a revolution has been inaugurated.

The Service of Christian Schools

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Even the most sanguine believer China's future would hardly have dared to predict eight years ago that the present measure of progress and reform could be achieved in half a century. Of late a reactionary tendency has been evident. It is probably no injustice to the empress dowager to say that she had no love for the rôle of reformer. She was, however, astute enough to see that some steps must be taken to save China from internal revolution and possible partition. To-day China is awake. She has a growing body of young patriots, most of the ablest and wisest of them trained in the Christian schools established and maintained by the Churches of the United States and Great Britain. For it is true, all reports to the contrary notwithstanding, that the most truly patriotic men of young China are the missiontrained men. So far from being denationalized they are the leaders of all that is best in the "China for the Chinese" movement. At the same time they understand as do no others that

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Sagada Suffers from a Typhoon

estimated damage. $5,000; must have help immediately." The message was repeated by mail and telegraph to ten or twelve congregations from Boston to Chicago, with the request that aid be given to meet the emergency. The response was immediate. When the Board of Missions met on November 10th, it was possible to announce that about $2,000 had been given. In spite of the necessity for the utmost economy in expenditure the Board felt that in this matter there could be no delay and that it would have the approval and cooperation of the Church if it guaranteed to Bishop Brent the full amount needed to rebuild the mission. A cable was accordingly sent him to proceed. Since then additional gifts or promises bring the total to about $4,000. It is hoped that the entire $5,000 may be given before the end of this month. No particulars of the destruction of the buildings have yet been received, but there is every reason to believe that no personal injury was sustained by any of the staff.

The Rev. John A. Staunton, Jr., has done remarkably successful work in the four years since he opened the Sagada mission in what was practically an untouched field. Scores of people have been prepared for baptism and confirmation. A simple church has been built; a school for boys has been begun; medical work has been established, and the Gospel has been preached in a number of the surrounding villages. All this has been done in a mountain country where the difficulties of obtaining building material, transporting supplies or securing

anything but the rudest kind of labor are almost beyond belief. Mr. and Mrs. Staunton have been careful of everything but their own comfort. They have lived in the simplest kind of grass house, often exposed to the weather, with few conveniences and almost no privacy. Sagada represents pioneer work of the truest kind. The measure of success achieved is at once an evidence of the adaptability of the Christian Gospel to human need and of the devotion with which it has been presented to the people. Those who wish to show their appreciation of what has been done at Sagada by helping to replace the old by new and better buildings, should send their gifts to the Board's treasurer as quickly as possible.

ship, or the right use of money for a Christian layman, and the relation of the clergy and the lay officers of a congregation to the forward movement to secure larger gifts for the enterprise. Two afternoons were devoted to training conferences, when the officers of the Laymen's Movement outlined for the benefit of their fellow laymen plans for the effective organization of congregations for mission study and giving. November 19th was called "Denominational Day," and was devoted to a consideration by the representatives of various churches meeting separately, of their special relation to the cause as conducted by the denominational board of missions. At St. Paul's Church, about 150 Churchmen met at noon, under the chairmanship of Mr. Robert Treat Paine, who, in his opening address, emphasized strongly the growing sense of the solidarity of humanity and the consequent reasonableness of earnest work on the part of the laymen of Christian lands to give to the men of non-Christian countries the benefits and privileges which the Gospel carries with it. Addresses upon the Laymen's Movement, and upon what the Churchmen of Massachusetts might do to further the cause were made by Dr. William Jay Schieffelin, President of the American Church Missionary Society, and Mr. John W. Wood, Corresponding Secretary of the Board of Missions. Symphony Hall was crowded for the final meeting on the evening of

November 22d. It was reported that the communicant members of the various churches of Greater Boston numbered 132,000. During the past year their gifts for foreign missions aggregated $155,000. Reports were brought in from the various denominational committees showing that after deliberation and consideration these committees had decided to recommend to the churches they represented that the total gifts be increased for 1909 to at least $275,000. The committee of Churchmen reported in favor of a concerted and determined effort to double during 1909 the amount given during 1908 for work both at home and abroad.

There were many evidences that the people of Boston were profoundly stirred by the earnest and practical fashion in which the laymen took hold of the subjects presented by Christian work abroad. The conviction of many was expressed by Dr. Lloyd, in an address to the clergymen of all the congregations of Boston, when he said that every Christian must feel a sense of shame at the thought that God has been waiting patiently for nineteen centuries for men to make known effectively throughout the world the message revealed by the Incarnation.

CHRISTMAS

of an Unfinished Hospital

at St. Augustine's School, Raleigh, bids fair to be less joyous than it might be, because St. Agnes's Hospital is The still unfinished with Disappointment no prospect of immediate completion. Christmas, 1908, will be the third to look upon the unfinished building, though each has seen the hospital nearer completion than its predecessor. What better Christmas present could there be for a whole community than the opening of the doors of St. Agnes's? When completed it will be one of the largest hospitals in North Carolina and probably the largest hospital for Negroes in the South. The

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manner of its building is unique. The stone, quarried on the school grounds, is being set by the students of the school. About $10,000 are needed to complete and equip the building for service. Then some of the desirable, but not absolutely essential, things can come later. And what if the $10,000 does not appear? Then Mr. and Mrs. Hunter and Dr. Hayden, who are doing so much with inadequate equipment, and all the sick folk who think of what might be done for them if St. Agnes's were only completed, will wait patiently. They have been doing it for so long a time that it has become almost second nature.

the direction of the school came upon her. How well she has done her work hundreds of young women and girls can testify. For during all these years Miss Steva L. Dodson has been vastly more than the principal of St. Mary's. She has been the mother of a large family, the trusted confidant and adviser, the inspirer and guide of young women who but for her had never known the meaning of Christian womanhood. Under Miss Dodson's leadership St. Mary's has grown from a small, poorly-equipped school to an institution of which the Church may well be proud. For while there may be larger Christian schools for girls in China there is assuredly none where better work is done. So long as the Church can claim the life service of women like Miss Dodson her efforts for the uplifting of womanhood throughout the world are bound to succeed. When time supplies a clearer perspective and enables the real work of St. Mary's to be more fully known, Miss Dodson will be recognized as one of the foremost among the truly great makers of the new China.

W

HEN Edward Jennings Knight was chosen by the House of Bishops to be Bishop of Western Colorado those of us who knew him well were sure that the Church in that district would have as its leader a man of saintly life, high scholarship and untiring energy. At Trenton he had not spared himself day or night. For fifteen years as rector of Christ Church, it was never with him a question, "Have I strength to do this?" He simply said, "This ought to be done; then I must try to do it." And so, though we were glad for Colorado, we were doubtful about our friend. When confronted with many opportunities for usefulness, we feared he would overtax his strength. He had been crowded with the work of his parish up to the moment he left Trenton, but because he knew the needs of Western Colorado-having spent the summer before there giving his services to St. John's mission, Breckenridge, and calling it vacation-he took no time for rest, but hurried to the district and threw himself into the new work with his accustomed energy, arguing that change of occupation would be rest enough. And now on his forty-fourth birthday-in Glenwood Springs-we have said the Burial Service over his wasted and worn body. Our worst fears have been realized. He made a brave fight with malignant typhoid fever. Everything that skilful medical attention and loving and trained nursing could do was done, but on Sunday evening, November 15th, God called him.

Surely, the Church wants to know what this missionary of hers did in less than one year, for if any man ever gave his life doing what he felt was his duty,

Edward Knight did. He was consecrated December 19th, 1907, and on January 3d, 1908, he was at Glenwood Springs. When a man goes to a foreign field he knows that there are millions he cannot hope to reach, but a district in the United States seems so much smaller and more manageable. As Bishop Knight said in his first annual address, "Western Colorado is a district compact, and even small, when compared with other jurisdictions, and with rare opportunities amidst our prosperous and rapidly growing towns. I take it that we must be particularly active and enthusiastic in entering every sphere of usefulness opening before us."

Trained in business before he entered the ministry, he did not try to do everything at once. He planned his course of action with consideration for every corner of Western Colorado, but with no thought of himself. When he went East in the winter to beg for money, the change would be enough, he argued. He decided upon Glenwood Springs for the bishop's residence after visiting the four other places which had urged their claims, giving to each careful consideration. Then he borrowed $6,000 and purchased a home for Mrs. Knight and the children, proposing to pay the interest himself as rent-until he could raise the money and pay for it. It made a good place to rest in after his missionary journeys, though he was so constantly on the move that he spent but little time in it, until it became his hospital. Western Colorado may be "compact," but it is only so because the crowding has made it a land of lofty mountains and deep valleys, as well as wide plains and tablelands. Here is the journal of one trip he made, into the Paradox Country close

to the Utah line, written out by Mr. Miller, who went with him:

"From Montrose to Ridgeway, twentyfive miles with horses and buggy on Saturday, June 27th. Sunday morning service at Ridgeway. Thence to Colona, twelve miles, for evening service.

"Monday, June 29th, from Colona to Placerville over the mountains 9,000 feet altitude, thirty-seven miles, visiting during the afternoon among the people living in tents and shanties and holding service in the evening in the hotel dining-room.

"Tuesday, June 30th, Placerville to Norwood, through the cañon of the Rio San Miguel, eighteen miles, visiting during the afternoon among the people. Evening service in the Methodist chapel. Large congregation. Sleeping accommodations limited and rather poor.

"Wednesday, July 1st, Norwood to Coventry, ten miles, visiting among the new settlers during the afternoon. Service in the public schoolhouse in the evening. Hotel accommodations good.

"Thursday, July 2d, Coventry to Naturita, twelve miles. Made several visits among the farmers and held service in the evening in the schoolhouse. Accommodations for the night rather meagre. "Friday, July 3d, Naturita to Paradox, thirty-two miles across the desert. Plenty of heat and dust. Service in the schoolhouse in the evening. and fed at Paradox.

Well housed

Paradox to

"Saturday, July 4th, Nucla, thirty-seven miles. Took part in the festivities of Independence Day. Service Sunday morning held in a large tent. Large congregation. Accommodations very poor for eating and sleeping.

"Sunday afternoon July 5th, drove twenty-five miles to top of divide, nearly 8,000 feet above sea level. Camped all night in a shanty in the timber.

"Started for Montrose Monday morning at 6:30 and made the thirty miles by 12:30 P.M. Number of days travelling, eleven. Miles covered, 284. Services held, nine. Sermons preached by the bishop. Services read by the Rev. Arnoldus Miller."

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To cover Rio Blanco and Routt counties a driving trip of almost the same kind is necessary. Though the water and board and lodging are better, the roads are much worse. This part of the district is developing rapidly, and that the Church might keep pace with the growth, Bishop Knight made that trip, preaching from place to place and visiting the people three times. Three times he went over the Rio Grande Southern Railroad from Montrose around to Pagosa Springs, preaching in the settlements. He repeatedly visited Ouray and Silverton, where, because there was no missionary in charge, he felt a special responsibility, and he made one trip to the towns along the new Moffett Road, planning to put the Church first into that new field.

When he took charge, January 3d, there were nineteen places in which regular services were held, six clergymen and three lay-readers helping the bishop to hold them. When the convocation of Western Colorado met on September 16th, Bishop Knight reported that ten priests, one deacon and ten lay-readers were holding regular services in fortyeight places. Can any other part of the Church show such a record?

At the time of the convocation, Bishop Knight was far from well, but it was hard for a man of his strong will to give up. He felt that he must leave everything in good condition before he went East to tell the story of his work, andas he hoped-collect at least enough for the stipends of the clergy and to pay for the bishop's house. He instituted the Rev. Mr. Ohl at Grand Junction on Sunday, September 20th, though at one time in the service his strength nearly failed.

On September 26th he went up to Marble-a new quarry town over the rough little narrow gauge road-and preached in the morning. He had agreed to meet Mr. Fison at Red Cliff for a service in the "opera house" at night. The train was delayed, but he wished not to disappoint the people, and so he walked over the twelve miles and