Mission Notes

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Washington, D.C. · Jul 20, 1905

REV. MR. HIND (C. M. S.), of Kokura, Japan, was passing some cavalry at drill, one day in February, when an officer called to him, and asked if he had any of the little books. On learning that he had, the officer had each of his men receive a copy of the Gospel of St. Mark, telling them that they ought all to choose the way of living it prescribes. Mr. Hind so gained an opportunity of telling the soldiers something about “the Way.”

DR. C. B. MACAFEE, of Brooklyn, gives six good reasons why he is an optimist as to foreign missions: (1) He always wins who sides with God; (2) the church is bound to fall in love with the will of its Master, when once it understands the case; (3) a praying church is basis enough for optimism; (4) the high quality of the men sent out as foreign missionaries; (5) the fitness of the gospel to supply the needs of the world; (6) the quality of the men whom the gospel is finding and making in heathendom. There are plenty of other reasons for optimism as to foreign missions, but the doctor says wisely that he likes the first one best.