Mission Notes

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Washington, D. C. · Mar 1, 1906

“He bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.” Isa. 53:12.

THERE are more than two thousand temples in Peking, and more than thirty thousand domestic shrines.

CHINA annually gives three hundred million dollars for idolatry, while Protestant Christianity gives twelve million dollars a year to extend Christ’s kingdom.

RELATIVES of Japanese soldiers went, bowed with anxiety, to the temple of the god of war, hoping that prayers poured forth there would protect their loved ones. The priests of the temple at — were up-to-date men. They arranged a tariff of fifty cents a minute for those who used the temple to pray for soldiers on the battle-field! Still, some people in this country say Japanese religions are good enough for all practical purposes. By the way, willingness to pay such a fee shows that the war aroused in some Japanese a feeling of need to find God.

A BASEL Society missionary in Kamerun, West Africa, writes to his society: “For some time I have been dreading a request for teachers from the Ndogomakumak tribe, composed of twenty-eight smaller tribes. The request has now been made, and the people are very much in earnest. They say they have been made to wait three years. The young scholars are ready; the teachers will be received with joy; but we have no money! What are you going to do about it?” Many wild tribes in Africa are waking up to their need of instruction. What are we going to do to avoid fearing such opportunities?