0 w C ^ ^.-^• t^J - Rparchives.org

Notes and Beviews. 215and surely no one wiU hesitate to give that tri- rate return were made,'it would be found to reachfling amount to help bring the nations into sub- fully ^ue millions. Tithe that vast annual injectionto Him whom we call our King. If we come and say whether $15,000 is more than acannot do that much for Christ, let us be honest fair proportion for the work of foreign evangeliandcease lifting up a, verbal testimony for His zation. Surely the churches will not faU to paykingly rights. Let us be consistent and stop the full appropriation into the Treasury. Wepraying " Thy kingdom come."ask it " ior the sake of the Name."By order of the Board,_ W e are glad to be able to record one in-E. M. Sommerville, stance of growing interest in'the work of foreignCorresponding Secretary. missions. The Ladies' Missionary Society con-If the 10,970 communicants in the Reformed nected with Long Branch congregation havePresbyterian Church represent at least 2,000 agreed to contribute $125 annually toward thefamihes, it should be an easy matter for them to support of a school on the island of Cyprus.give aU the money called for in the foregoing cir- This money, writes their pastor, " has beencular. Taking the Scripture rule as our guide, raised over and above and irrespective of the" If thero be first a wilUng mind, it is accepted regular monthly offerings, which for the lastaccording to that a man hath, and not according quarter amounted to more than $20, and wasto that he hath not." We would apportion ihe given to the new Indian Mission." But for thiswhole amount as ioUows :timely donation the Board would not have feltFamilies, Contributions.justified in continuing the work already begun in50 X $50 = $2500.Larnica. According to the statistics for last100250XX2510 =2500.2500.year this little congregation contributed more forforeign missions in proportion to its membership500 X 5 = 2500.than any church under the care of Kansas1000 X 2.50 = 2500.Presbytery, excapt Winchester, which stands at— the head. And we are assured that this annual$15,000. gift to widen our work in the foreign field " isAccording to this table one-half of the com- not intended to divert, or lessen even to themunicants would only have to give fiftycents, extent of one dollar, the regular congregationaland those in more independent circumstances collection for Syria." Such liberality stands out•from one to fivedollars each, while the wealthi- in vivid contrast with that of some larger organiestman in the communion of the church would zations in the same Presbytery, that have onlyonly require to contribute at the rate of ten dol- heart enough to give for this scheme at the ratelars for himself and each member of his family, of ten to twenty cents a member. It is hopedIn this way the whole amount would be raised, that many others will be led to imitate this exleavingout of the calculation one hundred large ample' that distinctively evangeUstic work mayfamiUes or neariy one thousand individuals, too be begun at once on the Island.poor to give anything but prayers for the cause, A valued correspondent in Northern Syriaor too rich in the things of this world, to realize says in a private letter respecting the proposal oftheir obligation and responsibility in the matter, our Synod to estabUsh a mission in Cyprus :The annual income of those in the membership " There appears to be there a most inviting opofthe Covenanter Church in this country, in portunity. If Christianity gained a footing inmoney or the equivalent of money, cannot be less the land and began to leaven the people, thethan $3,650,000, and we believe that if an accu- population would no doubt soon be increased.