Morning Calm v.2 no.11(1891 May.)

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THE MORNING CALM. No. 11, VOL. II.] MAY 1891. [PRICE id. We regret to say that we are unable to print a letter from the Bishop this month, as up to the time of going to press no communication has arrived.

Note.

Miss DAY writes to us that she will be pleased to send (post free) to anyone who will send her 6d. a copy of the reprint of the Bishop's Letters. Her address is 2 Lorne Villas, Rochester. Miss Day has also a special reprint of Letter No. XII. (price 1d.), which appeared in the July number of 1890, now out of print.

Association of Prayer and Work for Korea

THE Korean Working Guild at Gosport is making fair progress. Already it numbers thirty-five members, the monthly meetings are well attended, and great interest is shown by the ladies. A small sale to the Mothers' Meeting in Forton Barracks has been held already, and it is hoped that before next winter a sale to all the marines' wives may take place. There is a prospect that two other working societies may be affiliated to the Guild at Gosport, one being under the management of a sister of Dr. Wiles, as we have received two letters asking for particulars. We would refer our readers to the Morning Calm for January (page 5), but we would add to that account, that if any friends do not feel disposed to send garments, but yet would like to join the Guild, donations of money or subscriptions would be thankfully received, and the money either given direct to the Mission, or spent in employing some of the poor women to make clothing for the sale. Further particulars may be obtained from Mrs. Gransmore, 9 The Crescent, Anglesea, Gosport; and Mrs. York, Belmont, Bury Road, Gosport. A weekly "Working Party" in connection with the Association of Prayer and Work for Korea was started on the 9th of March, 1891, under the superintendence of Mrs. Maximilian Dalison, in her rooms in Hampton Court Palace, by which means it is hoped to raise a fund for the Korean Mission. There are already eleven or twelve workers, who have joined the working party, thus forming a nucleus of future interest and usefulness in the work. Each member has kindly consented to take a collecting card, and to do what they can to further the halfyearly sales, the first of which it is hoped will be held on (or about) Saturday, May 16. Mrs. M. Dalison, Hampton Court Palace, will be thankful to receive articles for sale from friends of the Mission.

CHILDREN'S BRANCH OF THE ASSOCIATION

About two years ago a choral class was formed by Mrs. Maximilian Dalison amongst the children of Hampton Court Palace, with the immediate object of cultivating a love for a knowledge of music; to further this end a little half-yearly concert has been held, thus enabling the children, through their own efforts, to raise money to be expended on a children's charity. Up to this time the charity chosen has been the new Children's Wing of the All Saints' Hospital at Eastbourne. A Children's " Working Party," under the care of Mrs. Maximilian Dalison's little daughter, Joan Dalison (aged 13), having been formed March 12, 1891, it is now intended to amalgamate the children's choral class and half-yearly concert with the children's and adults' half-yearly sale of work, in the hopes that in this way a larger sum of money may be obtained for the Korean Mission, and also that the work may be solidified. PORTSMOUTH ORPHANAGE BRANCH. The Anniversary of Bishop Corfe's first Confirmation in the Dockyard Church, Portsmouth, on March 20, 1890, was observed in the Orphanage by a short service in the schoolroom, consisting of Litany, Missionary Intercession, with Hymns and Collects, at which the whole household were present, including many of the girls confirmed by Bishop Corfe. The Rev. T. F. Morton kindly officiated.

Naval fund for hospitals

At the Royal Naval Exhibition, which will open in May, there will be a stand (Howe Gallery, No. 168c) for Korea, the exhibit illustrating the work of Bishop Corfe's Mission. In our next we hope to give a catalogue of the articles shown. The Report of the Hospital naval Fund, with the Bishop's letter to his Friends of the Royal Navy and Royal Marines, will appear simultaneously with the opening of the Exhibition.

The Missionary Brotherhood for Korea

Now that the Korean Missionary Brotherhood has been really established, we think it may interest our readers to have a short account of its origin and purpose. Whilst the Bishop was in England many men volunteered whom he was most anxious to receive, if only the necessary training could be found for them at home. Existing missionary and theological colleges were out of the question, and the only way of solving the problem seemed to be in the formation of a little society such as that which is now located in Vassall Road, under the superintendence of the Rev. H. H. Kelly, who has offered himself to the Mission for work either at home or in Korea. Accordingly a small house was taken, and on January 1st Mr. Kelly with two students entered into possession, and the work of preparation for the mission field was commenced in good earnest. Shortly afterwards a third student arrived, and we have no reason to doubt that ere long the house, which has only accommodation for nine students, will be well filled. Those offering themselves for Korea will of course have the first claim for admission, though in this as in all other departments of his work-as witness Morning Calm and The Spirit of Missions -the Bishop is most anxious that the interests of the whole Church rather than of his particular Mission should be considered. We shall, therefore, be glad to receive men for any Church work if their Bishop desires it, and a small sum can be guaranteed for their expenses of living. Those who come, however, must realise that the life of sacrifice is the only advantage we have to offer. We promise no pay and no position, but simply that as far as we can all shall have the opportunity of giving up their lives to God's service. With this view we undertake the whole responsibility of maintenance, instruction, and training. Each student will be trained for whatever branch of Church work he may, after a time of probation, seem most fitted. We hope eventually to send out into the mission field, both at home and abroad, fully qualified schoolmasters, lay helpers, and men who will be content permanently to remain lay readers, catechists, and deacons. A few, perhaps, will be advanced to the priesthood, but these, of course, will not be for us to decide, but for their respective bishops hereafter. The one thing we are determined not to do is in any way to lay ourselves open to the charge of providing an easy way for admission to the priesthood; we have a far too high appreciation of the holy office in any way to encourage that idea. On the part of those who wish to join us the only pledge we exact is that they are anxious to devote themselves for life to the work of God's Church. We have no vows. Any man is free to leave at any time if, after having come with the honest intention of staying, he finds it is not his calling, and any man may be called to withdraw should the authorities be of opinion that he is unfit for the work. Amongst other questions which the Bishop is specially anxious about at the present time is that of Church education in Korea. There is indeed a splendid field of usefulness still open to the Church in her day schools both in England and elsewhere, and we shall be specially glad to receive any who are prepared to offer themselves for this work. Those who are pupil-teachers, as well as older men who may have already gained their certificates, are eligible, provided only they are fired with the love of God; none others need apply, but all such will be welcomed, and every pains will be taken to enable them to carry out their heart's desire. All communications should be addressed to Rev. H. Kelly, 99 Vassall Road, S.W.

Other Missions in Korea

Ⅰ.— THE CHINESE ROMAN MISSION, 1794-1834. THERE are not sufficient data to enable us to determine when Christianity first entered Korea. Indeed, without going back to the mediæval legends which allotted the evangelisation of the known world among the Apostles, it may still be proved by some future “Nestorian Stone” that Christianity was first preached here by the missionaries of the Assyrian Church. The year 1632 is frequently given as the date of the introduction of Christianity into Korea. In that year, we are told, a consignment of Christian books entered the land. That this was so is very probable ; the intercourse between Korea and Japan, the vast amount of Jesuit literature printed in the latter country, the great strength of the Church, especially in Kinsin. the island nearest to Korea-all these things render it unlikely that no such entry into Korea should have been made. But that a Korean Church was formed, or that any but a very few knew aught of the Christian records, is improbable in the highest degree. We may say with little risk of error that Christianity was first spread in Korea in the last quarter, almost the last decade, of the eighteenth century. In the year 1777 (according to Mr. Griffis's "Hermit Nation," from which much of our information is taken) a number of young men studying under the great Confucian teacher, Kivem, became acquainted with some Jesuit books recently imported among a collection of philosophical books from Peking. Their interest was excited, and soon one of them, Senghuni by name, went to Peking to obtain further information as to the Christian faith. There he was converted and baptized by the Peking fathers, and returned to Korea, where many others were baptized through him, among them Kivem and his brother. They became preachers of the new faith in the district of Yang-kun, thirty miles east of Söul. Many conversions were made, and before long, it is supposed, a Chinese Commentary on the Holy Gospels was translated into Korean. But already the natural patriotic dread of a foreign faith had produced a fearful persecution, very fruitful in martyrdoms, which lasted from 1784 to 1787, Thomas Kim being the earliest martyr whose name is preserved.

Meanwhile they formed a hierarchy after the model of that which Senghuni (or Peter, as he now was by baptism) had seen at Peking, and to which the liturgical books brought thence constantly referred. In the most touching ignorance the leaders acted as bishop and priests, till at length doubts arose as to the reality of these “orders." So in 1790 a convert named Paul was sent to Peking with a letter asking for instruction. The missionaries received him with joy; he was confirmed and sent back with a letter of instruction and exhortation against ancestor worship. Doubtless their obedience to this teaching caused more severe persecution. On December 8, 1791, two Christians, after publicly refusing to recant, were decapitated. This was the beginning of a frightful storm of persecution, carried out with the refinements of torture which are only too frequently met with in the extreme East. Yet it is said that there were in ten years some 4,000 converts-though doubtless it would be wrong to understand too much by the word “converts " here.

Meantime missionaries from China had tried to enter Korea. It was a very difficult task; no foreigner was admitted by sea, and the entrance by land lay through a belt of forest purposely left wild, and crossed by two narrow and jealously-guarded paths. In February 1791 a Portuguese priest made the attempt, but failed. Three years afterwards a young Chinese priest, Jacques Tsin by name, started for the frontier. He was delayed nearly a year by the vigilance of the sentinels ; but on December 23, at night, he entered the country, and secretly took up his residence at Söul. Till June all went well; then treachery set the Government spies on his track. He escaped, but three native Christians were taken and executed, undergoing their martyrdom with the greatest heroism. Tsin continued his devoted work very successfully; but the death of the king was the sign for a new persecution. His successor was but a boy, under the care of his grandmother, who at once set about the extermination of the Christians. The good priest was outlawed, and gave himself up rather than expose his flock to danger. He suffered martyrdom, among many more, on May 31, 1801 ; and not long afterwards a change of Ministry brought toleration. It is clear, by the way, that the Korean Government expected for many years a conspiracy of the Christians and a foreign invasion. Two letters were written in December 1811 to the Pope, "the very high, very great Father, chief of the whole Church," asking for help, both spiritual and temporal; and there are other indications of the same kind. This consideration may lessen our wonder at the persecution, while it in no way detracts from the honour of the martyrs.

Meanwhile the converts were much in need of a new priest. They were increasing in number, and persecution began again in 1815. In 1823 many of them went to the frontier to meet a Chinese priest, of whose coming there were some hopes; but he never came, and they returned home disconsolately. An edict of 1832, made to propitiate the gods in a year of inundations, recalled many of the Christian exiles, and yet when an English ship, the Lord Amherst, of the H.E.I.C., arrived off the coast. having on board the Rev. Charles Gutzlaff, a Prussian Calvinist missionary, he was unable to find any traces of Christians. This was very natural: the Government had no desire to reveal the presence of those whom it looked upon as public enemies ; they themselves were only too willing to seek safety in concealment. And it may be added (according to the Abbé Dallet) his use of a heathen form of salutation on one occasion was the means of making them avoid him. He tried to leave Bibles and Christian books with the court officials, but they were declined.

In 1834 the long-expected Chinese priest-the second only! - entered the country, and two years afterwards the Roman missions were placed under the charge of a French Vicar Apostolic, Monsignor Maubant.

The island of Quelpaert, belonging to the kingdom of Korea. We make no apology for inserting the account of a visit made by Colonel Long, a former Secretary of the Legation of the United States of America in Seoul. "Hendrik Hamel was shipwrecked while voyaging to Japan in the ship Sparrowhawk on the Isle of Quelpaert, hence its Dutch name, as the island is known to the natives as Cha'jon. He was captured by the natives, sent to the mainland of Korea, and imprisoned for fourteen years, after which he escaped to Holland in a small boat. Excepting his brief visit, the island has never been reached by a white man until I arrived in a sampan, or Japanese fish boat, with five Japanese sailors and two Korean servants, about September 1, one year ago. I outfitted at Nagasaki, Japan, and started from Fusan, the southern port of Korea. King Li provided me with passports and letters of recommendation, although his Majesty expressed grave doubts as to the possibility of my being able to land on the island, inasmuch as the people of Quelpaert paid little attention to his authority. "Reputed to be savage and ferocious, these people had been avoided by every ship and traveller, and were consequently utterly isolated. Having delved in Chinese traditions, I gathered that Quelpaert might present such ethnical conditions as would throw some light on Korean origin. I believed that there might be found the point of departure of Gengis Khan the Great, in his invasion of all Asia. In these conclusions I was not disappointed. "Quelpaert was the headquarters of this invasion. When we arrived in the fort, seven days from Fusan, we found ourselves in the presence of clamouring thousands collected to see the strange spectacle of a white invader. They yelled defiance at our little crew, and my Korean interpreter, until then scarcely aware of the gravity of the expedition, quite overcome with excitement, sank down in the boat. I encouraged him to put on a bold face, and instructed him to ask in Korean tongue for the chief of the port. He arose and called for the man required. A barbarian, dressed in Tartar costume, and armed with divers weapons, presented himself as the yangban (gentleman) and chief man of the port, exclaiming :- Why have you come here ? The law is, that no foreigner shall ever put foot in Cha'jon.' I replied that I had no desire to break the law, ‘but here are my letters from King Li to the governor of this island. If he decides that I must not land, then I shall go away.' "After a noisy consultation with his fellows he consented to receive the papers. He remarked that the governor was absent at the capital, but he took the papers and departed. We were placed under guard for thirty-six hours, during which time I was subjected to all manner of menace by the assembled mob, who crowded the block walls of the fort, which bore the marks of great age, and which doubtless had been constructed by Gengis Khan. After this long interval the yangban returned with an order to proceed under guard on the following morning to the capital city of Cha'jon. The officer presented himself with an escort of 250 soldiers, a description of whom is almost impossible. I remembered as I stood before them the barbaric reception accorded to me by the savage King M'tese in Uganda Africa. These men, however, were the representatives of mediæval times, their vestments seeming to give them an appearance of the very soldiers who had followed Gengis Khan. They wore spiked helmets, copper-plated leather coats of mail, and guns the like of which have never been seen in modern times. Their limbs were bare. The effect was startling. "We started amid the din of barbaric music and the yells of thousands, and were conducted to the capital city, a journey of five hours, before the blackened ancient walls of which we were delayed for our reception. The ceremonial pomp exacted that the gates should be closed until a messenger had informed the governor of our arrival. When at last the gates were opened we entered the city, to see a vast throng which vented its surprise at the entrance of the first white man with peculiar exclamations of wonder. Occasionally a savage eluded the vigilance of the guard and got near me, only to be thrust away with kicks. Thus we threaded our way to the palace, and were there received by the governor, seated on the throne surrounded by dignitaries, resembling a king and his court. I omit the details of my cordial reception by the governor, which was only marred by a delegation of 200 natives, who threatened his excellency that they would kill him and me if I did not at once leave the island, which threat he evaded by saying that I was there as a guest of King Li, not for trade, and as a citizen of a great power. "Quelpaert appears to have been the principal depôt and headquarters of the operations of Gengis Khan. The people differ from those of Korea. The Koreans are a composite type, in which are blended the Tartar, the Monehien, and the Mongol ; but these Ouelpaertains seem to be pure Mongol. The dwellings differ, being constructed of volcanic rock, the walls and fortresses of the same material, having some mathematical precision. The streets are very narrow, the houses being set in the black walls, which are continuous. When asked concerning the origin of Quelpaert, they replied that here was the very cradle of mankind, that all outside was a development which began here. There is a mountain in the centre of the island 8,000 feet high, from whence, they claim, the first men of the earth sprang. That here was the former home of Buddhism, as shown in the decayed temples and the time-worn sculptured statues in the streets ; but the people now have no religion, Buddhism having been killed in all the domain of Korea 500 years ago. With these people it is not a case of the origin of man, but of men, as they claim that the first arrivals on earth were three men who sprang from this mountain, Halla-San. The lofty heights of the mountain, lost in mist and vapours, present to the weird imagination of the Mongol a world of mystery and romance. It is my belief that this vapour proceeded from sulphur and hot boiling springs, and, as I told King Li afterwards, might in the future be made, in the interest of the sanitation of Korea, a cure for the skin-diseased people, at which his Majesty was perturbed, because the sanctity of HallaSan was one of the idyls of Korean faith. There is a law that this mountain shall be regarded as the sacred cradle of humanity, and no man may climb it without undergoing a period of ninety days of sacrifice. When I begged to be allowed to climb it, the governor remonstrated, and said that he and I would be killed. The people guard it, and after their period of sacrifices climb it to propitiate the genii of their world, it being understood that Buddhism has long ceased to exist, and in its place has come “a mixture of worship of ancestors, Pythagorism (transmigration of souls), with Shamanism (worship of the spirits of earth and air) -the dragon, the worship of which is the sole Korean religion." Colonel Long added that he was not harmed, and made a pleasant return to Seoul, where he was received with éclat by King Li, as being able to give information important to his government.

The Spirit of Missions

THE Provincial Synod of South Africa met on January 24. They elected Father Puller, formerly Vicar of Roath, as Bishop of Zululand, and formed two new sees, to complete the link between that diocese and the Universities' Mission on the north of the Zambesi. The sees are those of Lebombo and Mashonaland. As there is every probability of both these sees having a Bishop very shortly, the strengthening of the Mission work of South Africa should be very great. The Lebombo Diocese includes the north-east of the Transvaal and the Gaza country south of the Sabi River, together with Delagoa Bay. The Mashonaland Diocese includes the northern part of the Gaza country, together with Mashonaland, Matabeleland, and the north of Bechuanaland up to the Victoria Falls. Mr. G. W. Atlay, son of the Bishop of Hereford, will (D.V.) be ordained to the diaconate in Hereford Cathedral on June 7. The sermon will be preached by Archdeacon Maples. Mr. Atlay hopes to accompany the Archdeacon and the Rev. R. Acland Hood to Africa in July to work in the Universities' Mission. The schools of the Universities' Mission in Bondeiland are beginning to be very successful, after being little used for many years. "Here and there," writes Mr. Roberts, "from time to time a few boys have been got to give it some thought, but they never came forward in any great number until about six months ago. Then the various schools together numbered about two hundred children. To-day there are over six hundred boys and girls listening, for the first time, to instructions in the way of salvation. What a future there must be for the Church in this place! ... The Sunday children's service shows that a great work is being done among the rising generation of Bondeis. The present school, which was the old church, is simply packed. At Mlembule and the villages near, the people have themselves begun to build a school-church quite unassisted by the Mission. I believe it is the first time in this country where heathen have come forward to erect a place of instruction without pecuniary help. At Potwe, I hear, the people have begun to do the same." A private letter from Mr. Hainsworth gives some idea of what these churches are like. He describes the church at Newala as being "the finest building in these parts," and then goes on to say that it is built of bamboos, grass, poles, and mud. He sends a photograph of the church, from which we can give further particulars. The walls are made of interlaced bamboos, wattled with mud, and the roof of grass thatch, laid on bamboos, and supported by a row of poles up the middle of the church. The floor is of mud, and there are no seats of any kind. Halfway up the church is a rude screen, and the floor is raised one step ; and the sanctuary beyond is raised four steps to the Altar. This is beautifully kept, with Cross, Candles, and Altar vestments just as they should be ; and the Church seems exactly suited to its place ; plain but clean, cool and almost bare, yet reverent and fitting in all its appointments. News has come from Archdeacon Woods, of New Westminster, that his new house at Sapperton has been burnt down, and most of his library lost. Such a calamity there, is even far more serious than it would be in England. From the same Diocese comes the following account of a tour of visitation, mainly by water: - "On Wednesday I left New Harbour by boat for Norman's Cove. The next day I walked to Long Cove, a mile off, had service, and then got a crew to take me to Collin's Bay Cove. It is four miles by water. A good breeze was blowing, and plenty of salt water came over us. Then came a walk to Tickle Harbour, a large saltwater lake. I made a fire ; some of the Tickle Harbour folk saw the smoke, knew that a traveller wanted a passage across the ‘broad' (to avoid a long rough walk round the ‘landwash’ or shore), and came in a boat for me. A mile brought me to the houses, at one of which I got a cup of tea, and then walked on to Chance Cove (five miles), and arrived, wet through and tired out, too late for evensong. "I stayed here till Monday, visiting the twenty families, and holding service twice daily. On Monday a schooner took me to Bay Bull's Arm (twelve miles). We had plenty of wind from a fair quarter, and reached it in two and a half hours. A squall struck the boat when we were nearly at the end, and almost put her on her beam ends, shifting the ballast badly. About twenty families live here, and more are coming ; seven of them are Methodists and the rest of the Church. There is no place of worship, but we hope soon to have the school finished. At present we have to go from house to house. I stayed here for eight days, holding services two, three, and (on Sunday) four times a day, besides on three days holding a Church Army meeting, and nearly every morning a communicants' class ; so I was pretty busy. The rest of my day was generally spent in the woods, collecting mosses and lichens, of which I got a great quantity, many being new to me. On Sunday I had the happiness of administering the Holy Communion for the first time to twelve persons, of whom four belonged to one family and five to another. I hardly expect to visit the place again till next spring. "On Tuesday I walked across to Come-by-Chance, in Placentia Bay, in the 'parish' of an old priest who has been there for thirty years. He has an immense parish, and is doctor also. Most years I take a run over the part of his parish adjacent to mine, as he but seldom can visit it-at most but once or twice a year. I stayed in his parish a week, visiting Come-by-Chance, Bordeaux, Arnold's Cove, Little Harbour, Pinch End, and Famish End, staying a night at each place. These places are four or five miles apart, and reached by boat, roads being non-existent. Sunday I spent at Famish End and Trinnic Cove: they had never had a parson there before on Sunday ! Indeed, at Trinnic Cove, till I was at the place last year, no clergyman had ever been, though some of the people had been there ten years. From three to six families live in each place, excepting Arnold's Cove, where there are sixteen families. "On Tuesday I walked homewards five miles to the unfinished line at Tickle Harbour : this we followed for ten miles to Long Harbour Road. Then a five-mile walk brought me to Chappel, in this Bay, and two miles from Norman's Cove. I was very wet, having been out the last five miles in a snowstorm. I stayed at Chappel that night, had mattins next morning, and then got home in the boat." The wonderful work which is being done by the S.P.G. Nazareth Mission in Madras is well known. But it is none the less a matter for marvel and thanksgiving to read in the Mission Field of this month of the baptism of a whole village at once. On October 29, Bishop Caldwell, together with eight priests (including the priest in charge) came to Kurnkattur, and was reverently received by the people of the village. "Then the Baptismal Service was begun, and the people went down into the water one by one, and received baptism by pouring water over them. The number of people baptized that day was 303, and afterwards the Bishop gave them good advice and blessed them ... Ninety-eight persons who missed the opportunity of being baptized on that day were baptized on November 10, in the - self-same place, by the Rev. A. Margöschis (head of the Nazareth Mission) and the Rev. A. B. Vickers.... Those who were present on the occasion said they had never known such a wonderful and joyful thing, for in one day a large congregation was added to the Church of Christ. The following is told by the Rev. E. F. Brown, of the Oxford Mission to Calcutta : - "I must tell you about a funny little Burmah boy, who rather reminds me of B-. "He was born in Arracan, but was such a 'badmash' that, at six years old, his father turned him out as irreformable! His uncle, who is a Christian, sent for him to Calcutta, and, after trying his own hand at him without much effect, made him over to the Salvation Army. There he decidedly enjoyed carrying a banner, singing, dancing, standing on his head, &c. ; but he did not lose his propensity for lying and stealing, so at last they too gave him up. Finally, after one or two other places had been tried, he was sent to our Industrial School, and there the native head-master had such a good influence over him that his uncle looked upon him as a reformed character, and sent him on this year to me, asking me to baptize him. From the first day he came here I have found him very good, truthful, honest, and obedient ; in fact, having sown his wild oats at ten years old, he is now a very dear and sweet little man. His name is David Myckan, for I want you to remember him. "E. F. BROWN." Bishop Perry, of Iowa, writing on January 17 last to the American Board of Missions, says: "By God's blessing the increase in communicants in Iowa during the last ten years has been 58 per cent., while the population during the same period has advanced but 18 per cent." The same thing might be said of many more dioceses. We do not always remember how large a blessing God is pouring out upon the work of His Church.

Missionary Intercessions and Thanksgivings

St. John xxviii. 18.-" And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto Me in heaven and in earth." MISSIONARIES. That God would deliver them from-(1) fever and pestilence, (2) flood and tempest, (3) poisonous reptiles and wild beasts, (4) slander and false accusation, (5) open violence and secret enmity. Deliver them-(1) in bodily suffering, (2) in loneliness and weariness, (3) in disappointment and persecution, (4) in the hour of death. (5) in the day of judgment. HOME WORK. Thanksgiving for-(1) increasing zeal, (2) all who are giving time or substance for cause of missions, (3) blessings on " Association of Prayer and Work for Korea," (4) on " Morning Calm," (5) Trinity College, Dublin, Missionary Brotherhood. Intercession for-(1) priests, laymen, ladies for mission work, (2) due preparation for the priesthood for these in missionary colleges, (3) guidance to the Archbishop of Canterbury in dealing with the Palestine difficulties, (4) a catholic spirit for the C.MS. SPECIAL MISSIONS. South Africa. -Sanctification of trouble. Faithful bishops for Zululand, Mashonaland, the Lebombo district, Capetown (coadjutor.) West Coast of Africa. Grace and guidance to Bishop Crowther, priests, deacons, lay-workers ; native Christians of Sierra Leone Mission ; Yoruba Mission ; Niger Mission. Central Africa -That advancing civilisation may promote the spread of Christianity. North Borneo.- More priests ; opportunities for opening new stations ; blessing on the work at, and Christians of, Kudat and Sandakan Korea.- Thanksgiving for God's protection and assistance. Intercession for guidance and strength to the Bishop ; courage, zeal, and support to the priests, deacons, doctors ; due preparation for Holy Orders to the candidates ; the spread of Gospel light throughout Korea.