MISSIONARY NOTES AND INCIDENTS.
[GATHERED FROM VARIOUS SOURCES.] ABOUT 250,000 slaves were set at liberty by the decree for the abolishing of slavery recently issued by the sultan of Zanzibar in Africa. A LABORER in the Philippine Islands gets five cents a day. He pays from $150 to $25 a year taxes. Most of this goes to the priests and bishop. THE children in the United States do not know how to appreciate the privilege of an education. Listen while I tell you how children are treated in the Philippine Islands. They go to school only one hour per day for two days each week, and study almost nothing, save Catholic Church history and a few proverbs. Writing is not taught. Only the rich receive the above education. The poor are not taught anything. AN African woman by some means came into possession of an English Bible. She and her people had heard a little of the great Gospel; they knew something of what the Book was; and the woman was filled with delight in its ownership. But, alas, it was written in a strange tongue, and those who could interpret it were far away! Still, something must be done with so rare a treasure. After consultation, a day was set, notice was given, and, at the appointed time, the Bible was laid on the stump of a tree in an open space. Then the natives began to assemble, took their places in a circle about the spot, and, after waiting for a time in reverent silence, quietly dispersed. Can it be doubted that the Father, who seeketh those to worship Him who worship Him in spirit and in truth, was there in their midst, and accepted gladly the poor maimed service, which was all they had to offer Him?