JANUARY, 1927 .

. QUARTERLY PAPER - OF THE -

No. 121,

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To b1 obtained of the General Secretary, Rev. P. H. Oooke, Icklet.on T"icm·aqe, Great Chesterford Ess!x.

SEE OF RAI'\IGOON

List of Clergy and English Missionaries .

• Not~.~TJw date given is that of arrival in the MU.!ion o} EngliSh MissUmarUs, of 01·dination of Native Clergy.)

(The address given is· su:!ficient with the. addition of ''Burma.''

Bis hop. Tbl!! Right Rev. R. S. FYFFE, D.D. 1904

Bishop's CoUrt, Rangoon .' (COnsecrated on Janua.ry 17th, 1910.)

~ishop's Chaplai n .

, Diocesan Secretary . J\:II~s EvANS-Bishop's C~urt Hl24

S. P. 0. Bur mese Mission. ·'R-ev. D. C. ATwoor;, B.A.; Worcester College, Oxford-St. Gal-riels, Rangoon lf/09 Rev. A. H . BLENCOWE,·B.A., Christ's College, Cam bridge-S. John's College 1913 Rev . E. H. Cox, i\LA ., S. E dmund. Hall, OxforJ, and Cuddesdon-

(on furlough) . . 1907 Rev. C. E. GARRAD, M.A., Clare Colleg~, Cambridge-Moulmein 1906 Rev. A. I'. HouGHTON-lVIonbyin . . 1925 Rev. P. KIN 1\fAuNo-Kemmendine 1921

- Rev. W. H. JACKSO~, B.A.-Biind School,, Kemmendine , . 1917 Rev. W. C. B. PURSER, M.A., S. John's College, Cambridge-Kemmendine 1904 Rev . C. R. PURSER, Cambridge CI~rgy Training Schooi-

Prome . . . , . . . . 1po6, 1910 Rev. D. Po SAH (Burinese Priest) -Kya.il!lat . . 1901 Rev. H. i\'1. STOCK I NGS, S. Augustine 's ~ College, Canterbury-"'-~hWebo 1886 Re\l, P. SA N NYUN, (Bunnese P1-iest)-Syria.m, Rangoon 1918 Rev. S. MAUNO TuN (Chin p,·iest)-Kemmendine . . 1921 R~v. N. On Bw1N (Talaim; Karen Pt·iest)-Kemmendl~e .. 1921 Rev. H. l\IcD. WILSON, M.A., Oxon, St. Johns's College 1924 11lr. and l\rrs. PouLTON- (on leave} 1923 M1·. S. J. LAw, Blind School, Kemmen4ine 1923

S. P. G. W inchester Mission a t Christ Church , Ma nda lay. Rev. W . R. GAnRAD, 1\:I.A., Clare College, Cambridge ' . . • 19.10 Rev. J. J. WooLcoTT, L. Th. 'D.utham 1926 Rev. N. S. AsiRVAl'HA'iii (Tamil P'ljest)-l\faymyo 1911 R ev . G. KYA BIN (Burmese Pt·iest)-Mand,alay (reti1·ed) 1911- 25 Rev. S. J. JosHUA (Tamil P1·iest) Mandalay . . 1914 R_ev. S. CHIT TwAY. (Bm-mesc Dt;aco-n)-Manda lay · . . . . 1918 Mr. J. H. NF.Af., Royal School- . . 191.5

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s. P. 0. Karen Mission.

Rev. W. B. HicKs, B.A., Cambridgo-S. Peter's . . 192~

Rev. C. K. HuGHES, M.A., Queen's College, Oxford-S. Peter's .. 1921 Rev. W. R . MENZIES, B.A., Gonville and Ca.ius College, Ca.mbridge.. 1906 Rev. M.&.W LAY (P1-ie.dJ-Wa.tboko .. 1905o Rev. M.&.w RE (P1-iest)-Maw KuDer .. 1916 Rev. M.&.w BaA Po (Deaco11)-Kaw So Ko .. 1916 Rev. P•H U (Priest)-Titterpoo .. 1901 Rev. PEH LEH U (Priest)-Toungoo . • 1921 Rev. Po 0Ho (Priest)-Thrawpu • . .. 192i Rev. 8Bw• LIIB (Priest)-Luwebko . • 1923 Bev. TABBER BER (Priest)-Simido • • 1819 Rev. 8. T.&.w MwA (Deacon.)-Kappali, Moulmein • • 19U Rev. TBA PWEE (PMt)-Kidderpur . . 1907

Rev. G. A. WEST, M.A .• L1naoln College, Oxford-St. Peter's 1921 Mr. D. BBIELD&-8. Luke's School, Toungoo Mr. F. WHEATLEY-Mission Press .. .. 1924.

S. P. 0. Tamil and Telugu Mlaaloa.

Rev. V. N. KEMP, B.A., Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge (on furlough) 190t. Rev. D.P. Duau Ru .. 1917 .Rev. A, COILPILLU (Deacon) . • 19!10,

Be..-. J. ·P. Joseph, 8. Gabriel's .Kev. PAUL, S. Gabriel''s

S. P. 0 . Mission, Nlcobar Islands.

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JoHN RICHARDSON. [Mr. E. HART, Government Commil8ioner.J

B. C. M. s. Kachla Mls•lon.

Rev. A. T. HOUGHTON, B.A., Durham-Monbyin .. 192<

Additional Clergy So~lety (Burma).

Bev. A. A. BBAUMD, A.K.C. (on furlough) • . 192.1

Rev. J. G. 0ALDICO'l'T, S. Augustine's College, Canterbury-C~indwin River .. 1914:

Rev. G. R. S. CLACK, M.A., O:dord and Liobfi.eld Theological Colleg&-M.oulmein . • . • . . • • • • 1907, 1915

Rev. T. FISHER, 8. Auguatiue's College, Cantubury-Inaein .. Rev. B. Foao-Akya.b · Rev. G. E. STEVENSON-8. Philip, Rangoon .• Rev. A. D. KEVAN, B.A., Durham-Port. Blair Rev. K. S. PROCTER, B.A., Durbam-Bassei11

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RANBOON DIOOESAN ASSOOIATION • .b'oun.d8d in 1894 to 414id the work of ~ Church in Bongoon.

A.jfiliatd. to S.P.(}. 1905.

President. THE RIGHT R&v. THE LORD BISHOP OF RANGOON.

. Patrons. The ARcHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY.

The ARCHBISHOP OF YORK. The BISHOP OF BATH AND WELLS . The BISHOP OF MANCHESTER, 1.'he BISHOP OF BRADFORD. The BISHOP OF NORWICH. The BISHOP OF BRISTOL. The BISHOP OF OXFORD. The BISHOP OF CHELliiSFORD. The BISHOP OF PETERBOROUGH.' The BISHOP OF CHESTER. The BISHOP OF RIPON. The BISHOP OF CHICHESTER. The BISHOP OF ROCHESTER. The BISHOP OF COVJ:NTBY. The BISHOP OF SALISBURY. The BISHOP OF DURHAM, The BISHOP OF 8. ALBANS. The BISHOP OF ELY, The BISHOP OF 8. EDKUNDS.BURY 1.'he BISHOP OF GLOUCESTER. & IPSWICH. The BISHOP OF HEREFORD. The BISHOP OF 8o.UTHWARB:. The BISHOP OF LINCOLN. The BISHOP OF TRURO. The BIABOP OF LIVERPOOL. The BISHOP OF WAKEFIELD. The BISHOP OF LONDON. The BISHOP OF WINCHES'l'Ei\, The BISHOP ·OF LEICESTER.

VIce-Presidents. The Right Rev. Bishop WBLLDOI!f, DEAN OF .DuRHAM. F. 8. CoPLBBTON, Esq. (late . Chief Justice of Burma).

The Bishop's Commissaries in England. •The Bight Rev. Bishop KNIGHT, S. Augustine's College, Canterbury.

•tThe Be•. G. CECIL WHITE, Pentwyn, Freshwater, I. of Wight.

Committee. Chairman-The Right Rev. Bishop KNIGHT.

Miu D. ATWOOL. Rev. E. H. DAY. Miss LEVIEN. Rev. E. C. BEDFORD. Miu EICKE. Rev. C, W, LYlf:&:.

t Rev. A. L. BROWN. Miu Lusow-BaowNE. J.bjor 0BAMBK:a&

Rev. A. H . FINN. Miss :M:cOuLLOCB, Miss GIPPS. B. T . PETLEY, Eaq. Rev. W. E. HARDCASTLE. Mrs. PETIT. Mrs. HARDY. Rev. W. PE'I"l'EB. M:as. CHARD.

Rev. G. H. CoL&zcx. Ven. C. P. CoBY.

Miss HoDGKINSON. Rev. F. E. TROTJUN. Miss LANGTON. tMiss C. WILLES,

Treasurer and Oeneral Secretary. tRev. P. H. CooKE, Ickleton Vicarage, Great Chesterford, EBSe:t,

to whom all communications should be addressed. •Members of Committee. t Members of Winchester Sub-Committee.

Oulld of ·lnte·rcesslon and Work. Miss LATHOK BROWNE, 1, Tal bob Road, W. 2.

Editor of Quarterly Paper. Rev . F. E . TROTMAN, Mere, Wilts .

Secretary for O.O.M. and F.M. THE GENERAL SKCRI:TARY.

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General Secretary :-REv. P. H . CooKE,

ICKLF.TON VIC'AHAGE,

GREAT CHESTERFORD, ESSEX. Telegrams: HINXTOK.

Malter intended for publicalion in the April number should reach the Editor, BeL•. F . E . Trotman, Mere, Wilts., not later than April 1st. The Magazine can then be issued on the 15th.

Correspondents ·and contributors are asked to accept this the only intimatio1l.

EDITORIAL. On Wednesday, 14th December next, the Bishop of Winchester

has promised to ·preach at a Choral Eucharist in London, the particular Church yet to be arranged-and in this way inaugurate the Jubilee of the creation of the Diocese of Rangoon.

On that day, fifty years ago, Jonathan Holt Titcomb was consecrated first Bishop of Rangoon. He was an Honorary Canon of Winchester, and a large part of the necessary endowment had been subscribed in \Vinchestet· Dioce!>e, a fact duly commemo­rated in the Arms of the Diocese of Rangoon, where the palm of the East is combined with the sword and the cross keys of the older see. It is fitting then that the Bishop of Winchester should speed us on another half-century of endeavour.

• • • A meeting of the R.D.A. Committee is being held at S.P.G.

House, on Thursday, 27th January, at 2.30. Amongst other

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business it will be considered how best the Jubilee Year can be celebrated.

* * With the end of the rains the personnel of the Diocese has

received some re-inforcement. The Rev. B. Ford arrived by the S.S. Henzada, on 6th October, and was posted to Akyab. The Rev. A. 0 . N. Lee, with Mrs. Lee, arrived the middle of October, and has gone to Kalaw. The Rev. A. D. Kevan arrived on 17th November; his destination is Port Blair. The Rev. K. S. Proctor arrived on 29th November, and will eventually relieve Mr. Caldicott at Bhamo and on the Riverine Stations.

It is a little difficult, however, to give their actual addresses at present. Bassein is vacant through the illness of Mr. Braund, and both Mr. Lee, Mr. Kevan, and Mr. Proctor have been taking duty there before going to more permanent posts. Mr. Braund was taken in October to the Rangoon General Hospital suffering from enteric, with complications, and has only recovered sufficiently •o far as to allow him to leave for England. ·

This means that there are again two vacancies in the " English " posts. At a meeting of" the Additional Clergy Board, in Rangoon, a circular was read from the Missionary Council of the Church Assembly asking for information in regard to the nwnber of clergy required year by year for work overseas. The Board agreed with the statistics which the Bishop submitted, which stated that for Burma one new man each year would be required asswning that the average term of service was ten years. We take it that this estimate applies to English work only, and is required for "World Call" Report No. V.

* * * The Rev. V. N. Kemp left Rangoon on a short furlough of

six months on 26th November. After the troublous times at St. Gabriel's, he greatly needs a rest, but he will return to his old place and work in June. The Council and congregation of St. Gabriel's have both petitioned, the former unanimously, that he may return to them.

* * The start of the Bible Churchmen's Missionary Society has

been considerably augmented since the Mission to the Kachins in Upper Burma began two years ago. The Rev. A. T. Houghton is the one ordained man, but he is gathering a considerable force around him. This winter he has been joined by two laymen, Mr. Fowler and Mr. Rushton, and by three ladies : Misses Stileman, Harris and Lane. The area over which they work, embracing the Hukaung Valley, has been much in the public eye since the visit of the Lieut. Governor, and his efforts to put down human sacr1fice and slavery. Mr. Houghton is getting into touch with many of the released slaves.

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The Rev. J. J. Woolcott, h Th. Durham, has joined the Winchester Brotherhood, at Mandalay. This is the first re-inforcement in that direction for a long time.

The Bishop writes in the R.D.M. for October : " Yet another change has to be faced at the end of the year. Mr. Clayton who has been principal of St. Matthew's Boys' School, Moulmein, since Mr. Kinch left in 1919,. and was serving in that school and St. Mary's, Mandalay, since 1915, has, to my great regret, sent in his resignation. His unselfish devotion to the welfare of his boys and his efficiency in his school work make his loss a most serious one. He needs rest, but we hope that when he has had it he will come back to educational work in the diocese. I am very glad to be able to announce that he is to be succeeded by the Rev. R. Stevens, an experienced schoolmaster in England, who is expected to arrive in December. I lament the losses we have to face, but am grateful for the hope we still have for the future.

Mr. Stevens arrived in December, and we understand is beginning work.

Again the Bishop writes : " At the end of the year the Diocesan Girls' School is to lose the Principal who has guided its fortunes with such conspicuous success for the last eighteen years. Such changes must come, and Miss Colbatch Clark has stayed on much longer than I had any right to expect. I cannot express the debt that I feel both the school and the diocese owe to her. Here I say no more. I hope there will be opportunities of saying more later. I am glad to be able to announce that she is to be succeeded by Miss Lois Petrie who comes from the Royal School at Bath in England. She was at Girton College, Cambridge, and obtained first class honours in both parts of the Historical Tripos and also the Cambridge Teachers' Certificate. Her testimonials show that in other ways too she is singularly well qualified for the important i)ost to which she is coming. That and the devoted service of Miss Sumner and the other members of the staff is my solace in losing Miss Clark.

Dr. Mary Blakeston, the first missionary doctor in the Queen Alexandra Children's Hospital, at Mandalay, is now Mrs. Remfrey, and has left the Diocese with the good wishes of the Bishop and all who knew her. She came to Mandalay in the Autumn of 1923, moved largely, the Bishop says, by the desire to continue the service of her brother, Bernard Blakeston, who came oUt as a layman in 1913, and subsequently gave his life in the war. Dr. Blakeston shared his bright, unselfish character, and will be greatly missed. Dr. Edith Marshall is acting temporarily as her successor. ,

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The December issue of the R.D.M. expresses the affection of his fellow workers for the Rev. H . M. Stockings, K.I.H., who has completed his fortieth year in Burma, having arrived in 1886. Though he began work among the Karens, he was in 1888 transferred to Shwebo, where the beautiful stone Church, and the fine group of Mission Buildings, will remain as the memorial of a work which we hope is not yet done. Mr. Stockings, if he could write his reminiscences, which we are afraid he \'(ill never do, could tell a thrilling story.

* * Ma Pwa Hmi, the first Burmese lady to pass her final Law

examination in London, recently graduated from St. Mary's School, Rangoon. Among the hundreds of girls passing through St. Mary's, we can now number Ma Mya Sein, daughter of the late U. May Aung (Home Member for Burma), who took first­class honours in History at the University of Rangoon, three Sub-Assistant Surgeons-Burmese ladies, Beatrice Ma Khein Myint, Ma Cissie and Mary Ma Thein Gywai, besides a great number of teachers of all grades. Twenty-nine years ago it was a very rare thing for a Burmese or Chinese girl to go further than the fourth standard in an Anglo-Vernacular schooi.-R.D.M _

John Richardson, our Christian Catechist in the Nicobars. is suffering from serious eye trouble. The Bishop is procuring the best advice for him, and we hope it will be successful. He has been continuing the work of translation, in which he had been of such assistance to the Rev. G. Whitehead.

We have been so long accustomed to Local Self-Government, with a century of Christian experience behind it, that it is not easy to appreciate always the little worries generated by the setting up of a, similar system in the midst of a newly awakening nation. But here is an instance whicH came to light at the Kemmendine Conference this year: There was a pathetic ring about the discussion on the subject of the Vernacular Teachers Provident Fund. Half of the teachers were found to be behind hand with their payments. This was due to the fact that many of them had not received their salary for several months. The new Government regulations on the subject of local self-government bear very hardly on our village teachers. The district councils do not yet work very smoothly, and teachers frequently have to go several times for a two days journey to draw their pay, only to find when they get there that the person responsible is absent. There have been cases in which the teachers have had to borrow money in order to get home again. The Education Department,

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though sympathetic, is apparently powerless, and it will take some years before these hardships disappear. But those of our friends who appreciate the work done by lhe village teachers can show their sympathy by contributing to lheir Provident Fund. Almost all the members undertook to make up their arrears.

" Four of our faithful workers have passed away to the great sorrow of us all." So says the latest issue of Mountain Men. When the writer goes on to say they never asked for any wages, but were content with their food, and even that not of the best, we are left wondering if the u Truck Acts " function in Burma. But it appears that this obituary notice refers ouly to the little ponies which, with our Missionaries on their backs, scramble up the mountain paths, slither down the sides, and ford the swollen streams of the Karen Hills. In trying the impossible, one gave Bishop Titcomb the fall which finally incapacitated him, and Bishop Knight once had a similar accident, but they are wonder· fully sure footed. But they cost £5 or £6. The Delta Mission has received its Motor Launch, and a jungle Mission is asking for a motor van. Can any one supply the wherewithal for a Karen Pony?

It is expected that the Indian Church Measure will be intro· duced at the next Session of the National Assembly .of the Church of England. Also in the coming Session of Parliament a Bill will be introduced to repeal certain Ecclesiastical claims of the Government of India Act. The purpose, in either case, is to terminate the jurisdiction of the Archbishop of Canterbury over the Church in India, and to secure for that Church the status of Autonomy, and so enable it to frame its own constitution and administer its own affairs.

Therefore we think it will interest our readers to peruse an article, which we print at the end of this number, from the Times of India. It has already appeared in the Rangoon Diocesan Magazine. The burden of the article is this : that the Church of England, if she is to be true to herself, cannot make its aim simply to plant the Church of England in India. She has always claimed (see the quotation from the Preface in the Prayer Book on '' Ceremonies") that uniformity in things outward is unnecessary, and that every land and nation can and should claim a certain liberty in modifying her forms of worship. The Church of England must proclaim Christ, and plant the Catholic Faith, and then leave India to do with it. what England has already done to express that Faith in its own characteristic national way.

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It is a great venture of faith, and tho~e who are urging the venture are not blind to the perils in the way, but they are quite clear as to the which of two alternatives they prefer--on the one hand a gradually diminishing Church of England in India, diminishing because it fails to stir the imagination of an awakening people; and on the other a National Church, in communion with the old Church of England, in which English workers will still find a happy sphere of work, but because of its independence drawing to itself the best elements in Indian Christianity. The late Bishop Collins spoke of the Anglican Communion as the Church of Reasoned Liberty. For such a Church to continue to hold India in tutelage is unthinkable.

NEWS FROM THE FRONT.

Gathered fron1 the Rangoon Diocesan Magazine, the Annnal Reports qf the varirJUS Missions, [,.etters Home, and occasional publications such as S. John's College Chronicle, Mountain Men.

There has been a bad outbreak of cholera this year in Toungoo, the worst probably since 1908 when five of the boys in St. Luke's compound died. Again in 1915 there were several ·cases in the Institute village and four of our Christian people died. This year we heard that there was cholera in the town soon after the re­opening of school, but there was no appearance of an epidemic, and we were never really anxious about it. Then suddenly it appeared in the Institute village, and in Jess than a week there were six deaths. Fortunately it did not spread beyond two or three houses. Precautionarv measures were taken ; the wells were attended to and the boys and girls were inoculated. But before this could be done one little girl at St. Luke's, who was on her way back to school after a holiday, spent a night in one of the infected houses in the Institute village and developed symptoms of cholera a few hours after she got back to school. She was taken at once to the hospital , but died the same day. There was one case of suspected cholera among the boys at St. Luke's. He was taken to the hospital and recovered very quickly. It was St. Peter's that suffered most. One of the girls, two boys and one of the students in the Catechists school died and several others were dangerously ill. The risk of infection became so serious that Hicks had the compound e\·acuated. Most of the boys and girls camped out in empty houses in the Institute village and the small boys came o\·er to St. Luke's.

We owe a great debt to the Hospital. 11-fore than half the number of the patients we sent there recovered. Doctors, matron and nurses worked magnificently under most trying conditions.

Patients were brought in at any ti.me of the day or night and room had to be found for them. In many instances patients whose recovery seemed impossible, were brought back to life by the persistent efforts of the doctors and nurses.

Another St. Luke's Day has come and gone. Stockings was the guest of honour this year. Under ordinary circumstances it is no easy matter to draw him away from Shwebo, but he has a warm corner in his heart for Toungoo, for it was here that he came when he first arrived in Burma. That was forty years ago ; but there are still a good many Karens who remember him and were delighted to find that he had not forgotten them. Toungoo is not the place it was when he knew it. There was no railway to Toungoo then ; the journey had to be made by country boat and took as many days as it now takes hours. The house in which he lived across the river has long since disappeared, and there is now a bridge connecting us with the other side, so it is not necessary to emulate his feat of swimming the river as he did on a famous occasion when there was flo other means of getting home. But St. Paul's Church and St. Luke's Mission buildings, then newly built by Windley, are still where they were.-Fram 111 ountain 111 en.

Five of· the students of the Catechists' Training School sat for the Bishop's examination for the Diaconate in October, and all passed. Two obtained two-thirds marks. One of them, Kya Ber, is to be ordained deacon at the Advent ordination. He has worked as schoolmaster and catechist for a good many years, and no further probation is needed. The other four are younger and will have to serve as catechists for some years in order to gain experience and to test their fitness for ordination.

These five are the first fruits of the re-organized C.T.S., the first trained catechists to go out and prove by their fruits the worth of the tree that bare them. We look for fruit both in them and from them; in them, the fruit of Christian character, ripening in wisdom and strength and patience and true holiness of life, and from them, change of heart and life in the people to whom they are sent. We hope that the prayers of many will follow them as they go out from us to the work of ministering in the Church.-From Mountain llfen.

This year we accomplished a tour among heathen Karens near the Salween, in a district about 800 miles away, where a Deacon and a teacher were placed in one of the heathen villages about six years aO'O. Now the Christians there number over thirty souls, showil;'g that progress even in the face of opposition is as possible now as ever. We toured about twenty villalles and found the people interested and ready to hsten and w1lhng

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to help, some .of whom had never seen a white man before, which seems strange to us in these days. The district is bounded on one side by the Salween and has the Siam frontier mountains on the other, and is a most populous area and the villa~es large. It seems a really hopeful place to open new work and tne people seem willing to receive us, but they must be left either to fall under Buddhism or to learn an imperfect faith at the hands of a new Seventh-Day Adventist Mission, .unless the Church decides to make a real move, and open new work in a place which seems to be calling strongly for us.-Report qf St. Pete,.'s Mission, Toungoo, in Rangoo'n Diocesan Magazine.

The annual conference of the Karen, Burmese and Chin Christians connected with St. Michael's, Kemmendine, took place this Micha.elmas, as it did last year and the year before, at St_ John's College, Rangoon. We have to thank the Principal, and Vice-Principal, for the hospitality so generously extended to us on this and former occasions. This conference was perhaps more fully attended than ever llefore. We filled the Cathedral at the Celebration on Michaelmas Day when the Bishop officiated. The attendance at the meetings was excellent, and amongst other causes for thankfulness, mention must be made of absence of rain-in spite of a. previous stormy night and a subsequent stormy morning-which .allowed our proc_ession tO march from St. John's to the Cathedral without getting a. wetting.

Two of the staff of St. John's College, Messrs. Pereira and Po San were responsible for the catering and the Christian boarders for the service during the meals. In all the sixteen years during which the annual conference has been held there has never been smoot)ler service or better catering. The conference warmly expressed its appreciation of this at its last meeting.

On two evenings of the cOnference the girls of St. Mary's School performed a. little play called "The Mirror of Souls," which had been translated into Burmese by the Rev. Peter Kin Maung. This little play will leave a lasting impression on the minds of the simple jungle wallahs who witnessed it.

The most important decision at which the conference arrived was the one in favour of requesting the Bishop to call together next year a. conference of the whole Diocese. This inYolved the decision that in the future the Michaelmas conference should be abandoned, for it was recognised on all hands that it would be impossible to raise the funds for a. Michaelma.s conference and also for a Diocesan conference. It was suggested that the best time for the Burmese, Karen and Chin Christians to meet together would be during the Thadingyut holidays, and that St. John's College would be the best meeting place.-Rangoon Diocesan Magazine.

The problem of the future is that at Kemmendine there are two pieces of work existing side by side which have expanded so

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much that they are now elbowing each other for more room. It is the success of both the departments of the work which constitutes the great difficulty. This is obviously not a cause for regret but a challenge to further effort. We must arrange to move either part of the School for the Blind or of the Normal School elsewhere so that our present cramped quarters may be made more comfortable.

There are two suggestions which have been made with view to improving the present state of the Mission. One is to move part of the School for the Blind form Kemmendine away into the District. This project is usually associated in our minds with }'r. Jackson's idea of a Burmese Christian Monastery where Christianity may be presented to the Burmese people in the austere and ascetic forms which seem to them to be inseparable from all true religion. The other proposal is to move part of the Normal School to our village centre in the Delta. For the moment, however, these projects are in abeyance~ the former because it is premature-the latter because it· is likely to be confined to the Girls' School and will not affect St. Michael's.

They are mentioned here so that our friends may gain some insight into the nature of our problems and learn how we have attempted to deal with them. A little imagination and a lot of prayer is required at this stage.-16th Annual Report of Kem­mendine Mission.

The Vernacular Normal School had a very successful year last year. This was brought home to us in a very gratifying and · unmistakable manner by a Government circular which was sent to the principals of all Normal Schools asking them to explain why throughout the whole of Burma a large percentage of the candidates had failed in the recent examination. We are able to point out 'n reply that all the seven candidates sent in from this school had passed. The result is all the more satisfactory to us because all the candidates were Christians.

One of them, Paul Ba Khant, was blind. He has now left us and is preparing for his Government Pleadership examination. He is the first blind Burman to attain this degree of scholarship. He is a credit to the Mission to the Blind. The other six boys will be soon taking their places in one or other of our village schools.

It is very gratifying to notice how these jungle boys have expanded physically, spiritually and intellectually during the three or four years they have been in the Normal School. They came to us raw undersized jungle wallahs. They are now bright, attractive, Christian young men fitted in every way to be leaders of the Burm!' Church. Those who have so nobly supported these boys from England would, I am sure, rejoice with us could they see the wonderful transformation which has been wrought with their help by the Spirit of God.

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Our village schools continue to increase especially in the Delta. The supervision of the schools done so faithfully by Miss Hurd en during the past two years, has now passed to Miss England, whom we welcome back to her old work as cordially as the Karen people themselves welcome her. Miss Hurden will be returning in a year's time to work under Miss England, and that would appear to be the psychological moment for initiating our scheme of a central village school and headquarters in the jungle. This scheme was propounded in some detail in our report two years ago, and it is sufficient now to repeat that it comprises a middle school, dispensary, and an Elementary Training Class for teachers under the charge of at least two European lady workers. Our village schools have now got to the stage when they require the constant and expert supervision of a trained educationist, and this cannot be given by ail ordinary missionary or. by periodic visits from Rangoon.

The people in the villages are the backbone of the Church, and any scheme of missionary work which neglects this fact is foredoomed to failure . It _is essential that we should give more time and effort to this work and it is generally accepted now among missionary workers in India that the best way of doing this is by the development of a central village mission station.

One would like to see this village mission station offering an opportunity for the testing and development of a vocation to the religious life. Such indigenous sisterhoods have been developed in Bengal in connection with the Oxford University Mission, and in a Buddhist country the presumption would be that there would oe an even better opportunity of establishing the religious life than in BengaL-Report of Kemrnendine Mission.

There are one or two things which need to be recorded here for the benefit of those who do not see the separate report of the Mission to the Blind. In the first place we must acknowledge with profound gratitude the indebtedness of the Mission to our President, Mrs. Bo()th-Gravely, who, by her own efforts, has raised over Rs. 30,000 for us during the past two years. The finances of this department of our work, for the moment cause us no anxiety. Secondly the After-care scheme is now well under way and the Department of Public Health is making us a grant which we hope will be renewed annually. The amount realised by sales of articles made by our blind workers last year amounted to over Rs. 9,000. Mr. Law is in charge of this branch of the work. Four new houses have been built in connection with St. Dunstan's Hostel, the Memorial to Sir Arthur Pearson. Thirdly, the Girls' School at St. Raphael's, Moulmein, is more than holding its own in spite of the protracted illness of Mr. Poulton which has necessitated his going home with Mrs. Poulton on twelve months' sick leave.

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Miss Ross Davidson is acting Principal in Mr. Poulton's absence.

The Mission now comprises one hundred souls and (not to speak of Father Jackson himself), the cheerfulness and reverence of the boys and the growing efficiency and industry of th-e workers, are an inspiration to the whole of St. Michael's Mission.

Our Hon. Treasurer, Mr. W. G. Lely, has left us to our great regret. His place has been taken by Mr. A. A. Bruce, of the Bombay Burma Trading Corporation. Our representative in England is still Mr. J. H. Gray Burbridge, of 71, Foyle Road, Blackheath, S.E.-Report of Kemmendine Mission.

Another development during the year which may appear to many as savouring of luxury and extravagance is the installation of a Wireless apparatus. This has been made possible through the kindness and generosity of some friends in the B.B.C., acting through Messrs. McLean and Dewer, who gave us a good deal of the apparatus and personally supervised its erection. A little imagination will enable those of us who can see, to understand what an important place this new discovery must occupy in the blind man's world. I believe there is a movement in England to provide every blind person with a wireless set. It enables them to know something of the world from which they are largely cut off. It is particularly valuable to our blind workmen who find the evenings rather dull after they have finished their work and had their meal. We are grateful indeed to those kind friends who have made it possible for us to install this apparatus and to bring refreshment and joy into the lives of our workers.

I have always been under the impression that the writing of a report was of no particular interest to anyone except the compiler, and I was a little -taken aback after the publishing of last year's report to receive a letter from a friend who wished to be anonymous and made an offer of Rs. 500 to provide one of the articles which I stated that we were in need of. That friend is now able to see his Rs. 500 running round Rangoon in the shape of our Motor Lorry ! I am going therefore to abandon my previous pessimism with regard to Annual Reports and assume that there will be some at any rate who will read tltis before consigning it to the waste-paper basket, and that they may be led to help towards providing some of the things that I have drawn attention to.-P,·om Annual Report of Mission to the Blind.

Another Southern Chin script has appeared during this year, one produced by the American Baptist Mission. This script is a modified form of the Talaing-Karen script which uses the Burmese alphabet, and one is left to wonder whether it will take the fancy of the Chins more than Mr. Whitehead's has done

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which used the Roman alphabet. One of the Gospels has been published by the Bible Society in this latter script and Mt. White­head also published a Chin Primer before he retired from the work here. Only two or three teachers are able to read it and they are not sufficiently thrilled by it to pass it on to their pupils. Will the new script· have a better reception~ It is diffiqult to find teachers who have the capacity and the desire for teaching a cumbersome script heavily laden with diacritical marks to a naturally backward race.

One of the chief needs of the Chin-Prome Mission is an evangelistic motor van something after the style of a Church Anny van. The itinerant missionary needs transport for his Jantern, his dispensary and his own belongings, and at the same time something which can serve as his home. A van made sufficiently wide to allow it to follow bullock cart tracks would relieve the missionary of much anxiety even as the advent of the mo.tor launch has done in the Delta.-From Kemmendine Report.

HOME NOTES. CHELMSFORD DlOCESE.

The General Secretary gave a Lantern Lecture on the Work in Rangoon, at Hadstock, on December 14th. The Schoolroom was well filled with an appreciative audience. The Rev. C. J. Ridley, Rector, presided and manipulated the slides. Collection 6f6.

ELY DIOCESE.

On November 9th, the General Secretary visited Carleton, and gave a Lantern Lecture in the Schoolroom. There was a large audience, who enjoyed the lecture. The Rev. R. J. Hodges, Rector, presided. Mr. Harold A. Westley worked the lantern. Collection, £1.

LONDON" DIOCESE.

On October 25th, the General Secretary visited S. James', :Fulham, where members of the congregation were preparing­with S: Augustine's-to perform Burma Tableaux, under the direction of Miss Atwool, and gave Lantern Lectures to children and adults on Work in Rangoon. There was a very good audience both times. Mr. Bambridge kindly worked the electric lantern. The Rev. C. J. Tovey, Vicar, presided. Collection, 19/7.

On the 27th, Mr. Cooke gave two Lantern Lectures, in S. Augustine's, Fulham Church to goodly musters of children and adults. The Rev. P. G. S. Propert, Vicar, presided at the former; the latter was prefaced by a short Intercession Service, conducted by the Rev. T. K. Lowdell. Collection, 10/-.

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PETERBOROUGH DIOCESE.

A large gathering filled the Schools at Lois Weedon on 7th December, when a Missionary Play, arranged by Miss V. Lidbetter, entitled " A Chinese Dispensary," was well acted by the Rangoon Box-holders. The clothes were real Chinese, and were very kindly lent by Mrs. Pakenham-Walsh. After the Play, Miss Hill, of Culworth Rectory, and Miss Strong, of Thorpe Hall, Peter­borough, very ably put before the audience the " World Call" from Africa and India. The addresses were intensely interesting, and facts showing the need of a more missionary outlook in the hearts of us all· were most plainly shown.

A small Sale was also held, many kind friends having contri­buted to the stalls, and altogether the sum of £3 16s. · 4d. was raised for our " Burma Boy Fund."

It is very much hoped that some not before interested in the great work of the Church Overseas will see it in a new light, and will begin to understand the meaning of the oft-repeated expression -"World Call."

s. ALBA:<S DIOCESE.

Mr. E. C. Elson, who has been Secretary for the Diocese for eleven years, has now resigned as he is moving away. \Ve are very grateful to him for his capable and faithful help for so long a time. We have not yet secured a successor.

S. EDMUXDSBCRY and IPSWICH DIOCESE.

The Rev. F . C. Moore, Rector of Wortham, Diss, for many years our Secretary for Norwich Diocese, has kindly undertaken the work in this Diocese.

WINCHESTER DIOCESE MISSION IN MANDALAY.

The stall at the C.S.M.O. held at Kensington Town Hall, did better than the previous year, the sum of £19 lls. 6d. being taken in the two days.

We were very disappointed that neither 'Mrs. Hardy nor Mrs. Fyffe could be present, but we were fortunate in having the help of Miss Patch, Miss Frances Hardy, and Miss Bertha Hardy, and also that of a G.F.S. Member from Rangoon, Miss Thaddeus. The stall looked very attractive with Burmese curios, kindly sent by Mrs. Fyffe, and there was a large supply of needlework and fancy articles, from Guild members and from the two Branches at Alverstoke, where Miss Blake and Mrs. Jellicoe have a keen band of workers.

Some of the things left over were forwarded to Miss Edmonds, who hopes to arrange a sale ·in the early summer on behalf of the Mission.

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THANKSGIVINGS.

For the new "Brother."- A deacon, Rev. John Jackson Woollcott, has joined the Winchester Brotherhood in Mandalay. Already his earnest devotion is having its·· effect amongst his fellow workers and all with whom he comes in contact.

For the tramfo11ning power of Christianity.-Rev. W. C. B. Purser writes in his report of the Vernacular N onnal School : " It is very gratifying to notice how these jungle hoys have expanded physically, spiritually, and intellectually, during the three or four years they have been in the Nonnal School. They came to us raw undersized jungle wallahs. They are now bright, attractive, Christian young men fitted in every way to be leaders of the Burma Church. Those who have so nobly supported these boys from England would, I am sure, rejoice with us could they see the wonderful transformation .which has. been wrought with their help by the Spirit of God." . PRAYERS.

Thal- the way may be mtuk plain for th£ careful training of 1/WI'e men in Burma as Christian teachers, and for the ministry.

Mr. Neal, in his report on the Royal School in Mandalay, writes : u So far as the teaching of scripture is concerned, we have heen handicapped by a shortage of Christian teachers . . ... . I am pleased to say that the supply and training of Christian teachers for our Mission Schools has the warm support of our Bishop, and I am hoping that before long, active steps will be taken by the Diocese to remedy this serious defect."

The Bishop · will find this a very serious problem to face without more money and more men. The original idea was to have the Divinity School as the care of the Winchester Brotherhood. · }'or some time there has been but one Brother in the Brotherhood, making this plan quite impossible. He has now been joined by a young and inexperienced deacon, but unless there is a growth in the Brotherhood (which we earnestly qesire), there does not seem much hope at present of this branch of the work being once more in their care. As you all know, the Divinity School has now been moved to the Kemendine Mission. For ten years Rev. W. C. B. Purser has been asking for a colleague. He writes in his report of the Divinity School : " Until the new European member of our staff is forthcoming-and we have already waited ten years for him-the holding of the Divinity School in Kemendine is a sheer tour de fm·ce ."

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In addition to the Divinity School, there is a Catechist Training Institution in the. Karen Mission, at Toungoo.

In the Rangoon Magazine for November, we read (in the Report of the Additional Clergy Board) : " A circular was read from the Missionary Council of the Church Assembly, asking for information in regard to the number of clergy required year by year for work overseas. The Board agreed with the statistics which the Bishop submitted, which stated that for Burma, one new man each year would be required assuming that the average term of service was ten years."

One can only understand this pitifully small estimate of Burma's need when one realises the difficulties which are for ever facing the Bishop and the Board of Missions in the matter of finding numey to meet even present needs of salaries, and schools, and orphanages, and buildings, etc., etc., etc. These things qught not to be. Let us pray for a great outpouring of the gifts of generos· ity and service both at home and in Burma, and for a wider vision of our responsibilities.

That communities of Indian Christians, etc.-Rev. W. R. Garrad writes in his report : " The Mandalay Tamils for some reason or other are very much fewer than they were some years ago, but even so I am not altogether pleased with them. I feel I hat they could do such a great deal more than they do."

HUR:MA PAGEANT.

The Pageant was a success as far as the enthusiastic perform­ances went, and never before has such a beautiful collection of Burma's dresses been seen together in one place in England. The greatest praise that we have had-what pleased us most­was a man's remark overheard at one of the performances to the effect that it was " the finest appeal for Missions that he had ever heard." It was for that that we performed it; and though it resulted in very little money for Burma, we are confident that the appeal has been felt by performers and audiences alike. The money taken at St. Philip's, Earls Court, has been sent straight to S.P.G., earmarked, I believe, for the Moulmein Forward Fund. From St. Augustine's, Fulham, I received a cheque for £2 for the Moulmein Forward Fund, the rest of the proceeds being for the U .M.C.A. I have not so far heard what the result of the St. James's performances were, but the audiences there Were by no means Jarge.

I wish to take this opportunity of thanking all who helped in making the Pageant such an outstanding sueeess? The performers were quite spJendid in their keenness and enthusiaSm, and the endless trouble and patience taken by the mistr.,..ses of the ward· robe, and their keenness, were an inspiration to us all. Also l

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am more grateful than I can say to those who lent or gave their dresses so willingly to make our Pageant realistic and beautiful.

I mu.st mention, too, the untiring ehergy and resource of our electricians, curtain puller, property manager, and prompter. Just as we were beginning our last evening performance, the lights went out in the hall, and it was wonderful how promptly things were set right in the black darkness, indeed we all had thorough confidence in our electrician who did the lighting so well and was always cheerfully at hand behind the scenes.

One gift which I very much appreciated was a beautiful model of a loom, made by a young lad who took several parts in the Pageant, one of the St. James's performers.

ALBERT HAiL PAGEANT.

The plot of the S.P.G. Pageant was fow1d to be too lengthy and to require too many actors as it stood, and in the revised plan the Burma scenes are omitted, and Burmese peoples intro­duced into the India scenes. As · I shall no longer be responsible for producing Burma scenes, I a.m hoping to produce my Burma Pageant in the Malvern Assembly Rooms about Easter-time, in this, tbe Jubilee year of the Rangoon Diocese. I shall be grateful for the loan of dresses, and for the help of your interest and prayers.

Toun IN NoRFOLK.

Owing to the sudden alterations in the train services, I arrived too late at South Creake on 1st November for either of the two meetings, but I addressed the children 'in school the next morning. November 2nd we had an enthusiastic meeting at Syderstone, King's Lynn ; November 8rd at Docking, King's Lynn, and I addressed the children in school next morning; November 4th at Thornham; I addressed the children next morning. At our meeting in Thornham we had a better stage than at the other villages, and were able to show the lightning tableaux to better advantage.

November 5th I addressed the mothers in the afternooh and the G.F.S. in the evening, at Wells-by-Sea. The following week­end I had the great privilege of spending with the ·Cookes in their beautiful village of Ickleton, with its fine old Church and homely congregation. It was Armistice Sunday, and the large attentive congregations testified to the work that has been going quietly forward since Mr. Cooke first went there, I think in 1914.

Throughout the tour I only asked for money to cover my travelling expenses, and in the end I had 7/- to the good, which I sent to Mr. Cooke for R.D.A.

DoROTHY ATWOOL,

Secretary to tM Burma Band of Prayltl' ·

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5. AUGUSTINE'S 1\fiSSION,

MouLMEIN.

St. Francis' Day, 1926.

To the MembiJTs of the Burmct Band of PrayiJT.

Dear Friends,

The n Burma Band " Secretary says it is time to write you another letter. So it must be done. But it's not as easy as you might think. There are so many things to say. What to leave out and what to put in, where to begin and where to stop, it's quite a puzzle.

1. Well, perhaps the best way to start is by saying "Thank you." And yet, oughtn't we to offer a combined u Thank You," you over there and we over here, to the One from Whom all blessings flow ? You will like to know, though, that we do remember how much we owe to your prayers. Prayer is the key to everything. It is the chief part of Mission work. Keep on therefore, praying more and more unto the perfect day when all our prayers wiJI be answered.

2. Then there is the "World Call to the Church." Who shall say that that isn't partly an answer to your prayers? We always get bigger answers than we expect. But there is a great deal waiting to be done. Just at present it is difficult not to be asking " Where are the men?" Where is the response to the World's Call? Burma is only a small part of the world, wedged in between India and China, but Burma wants men. There are enough chaplains for work among the English and Anglo-Indians. But the directly missionary work, which ought to come first, is in a bad way. It isn't that we want to staff our Missions through­out with English Missionaries. We only want about four or five more Mission priests from England for the whole diocese, just to get the " Church of Burma " really started. Mandalay has a man ~rriving shortly, but Kemendine and Moulmein are both waiting and have been waiting more than ten years for their man. What about it?

3. Couldn't you get a quiet talk on the subject with your own parish priest? It wouldn't be wise to say to him all of a sudden "Why don't you go to Burma?" He mightn't like it. A better opening would be " Why shouldn't I go to Burma? Do you think they would have me?" And then, after settling that side of the matter, you might go on to raise the question whether Missions are or are not the chief business of the Church. Isn't

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the Mission field something like a battle field, and shouldn't every priest put himself on the list of those available for foreign service, if and when and where he may be required? It is much more satisfying and more like the Bible to let the missionary boards or societies do the choosing and the sending, provided they are told who there is to choose from, than to have to decide the matter for oneself. Many of us would never have left England if it had depended on our desire to become a missionary. All we did wa~ to give in our names and let somebody else, better qualified than ourselves, decide whether we should go or stay.

4. And now, what are we doing in Burma? At the moment we are hanging ourselves out to dry. The rain_s have been very kind this year and stayed with us right on into October. That means so much less of the steamy atmosphere that comes when the sun gets to work again. (Mr. Cobham didn't quite appreciate a rainfall of five inches per diem). The annual conference of St. Michael's Kemendine, has come and gone. It was held in the fine new buildings of St. John's College, Rangoon, and there were something over five hundred Burmese-speaking Christians present_ A large proportion of them are Talaing-Karens from the Irrawaddy Delta area which is in the Kemendine district or " parish." But Mr. Purser, the head of the Kemendine Mission, tries hard every year to make it a Conference of the whole Burmese Church. The difficulty is that Burma spreads itself out over several hundreds of miles and travelling expenses mount up, though we do travel third class (there isn't any fourth) by train and launch. But Shwebo, the fmthest away Mission station, sent a representative,. and Moulmein sent four, not to merition the fact that Kemendine· has in one way and another absorbed quite a number of Moulmein and Mandalay Christians.

5. The great Service in the Rangoon Cathedral was at eight o'clock in the morning of Michaelmas Day. We marched, if the word may be used, from St. John's College to the Cathedral, a distance of about a mile. There were no trumpets and shawnst only a cross a:nd a banner and a choir arrayed in white robes. We sang hymns : u Onward Christian Soldiers," u Greenland's Icy Mountains," and a few others, but it· was a little difficult for those at the tail of the procession to pick up the tune or the words. Another year there ought to be a band. Once inside the Cathedral, however, the singing went well. Every seat was filled, the Bishop celebrated and the Rev. C. R. Purser (Prome Mission) preached a sermon on the Christian idea of " a wza," a word which means influence or authority. "Whosoever shall humble himself as this little child, the same is greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven." " Their angels do always behold the face of my Father which is in Heaven."

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6. In Moulmein there is soon to be a change. The Bishop is sending us for a year to St. Gabriel's Rangoon, to work among the Indian Christians there, and the Rev. C. E. Garrad takes over charge of St. Augustine's Mission. Changes are always more disturbing in Mission work than in the more settled routine of an English chaplaincy, and therefore we ask your very earnest prayers both for Mr. and Mrs. Garrad and for ourselves. Mr, Garrad is a Burmese scholar and for the past three years has been engaged in Bible translation work. Coming fresh to this district and knowing the language, it is to be hoped that he may discover new openings for developing the work in jungle villages. For ourselves we are going to a Mission which has been and is passing through difficult times, and we shall need all the backing you can possibly give us. It would I think help much if you would use the prayer for unity at the end of the Accession Service in the Prayer Book.

A little geography to finish up with. Have you ever noticed that Burma is like Palestine, though of course it's much larger? Not only in shape and general formation, with its stretch of sea coast, its dominating river, its hill ranges and so on. But also Burma is situated between two great empires, India and China, and has come as Palestine did under the rule of the · power on its western border. The interest of this similarity lies in the fact that nineteen hundred years ago Palestine was the centre of the known world. Is Burma going to be the centre of the world in the future? It seems clear, at any rate, that Burma must exercise a powerful influence, for good or for evil, on the nations with which it is brought into such close contact. Verbum sap. Let us press on.

Yours sincerely, D. c. ATWOOL.

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MOULMEIN FORWARD FUND.

Subscriptions and donations to the Moubnein Forward Fund since}the October Quarter amount to £I8 6s. 5d., the interest on the half year to £I5 7s. 5d.

Our grateful thanks to all contribuiors, most especially to some Sunday School children who gathered IO/- of it in half pennies.

DoROTHY ATwooL, Treasurer.

SPECIAL CHAPLAIN'S FUND.

For this Fund, which is to supply £50 a year for three years for a married Chaplain, who is leaving his family at home, there has been received :

For First year :-Bishop Knight, £IO; B. T. Petley, Esq., £10; Rev. T. Brian Hunt, £5; Miss Willes, £5; Mrs. Chard, £8; Miss Robinson, £8; Rev. W. D. H. Petter, £2 2s. ; Major Chambers, £I Is.; Dr. Corfe, £I Is.; Rev. P. H. Cooke, 7f-.

Several amounts promised will be coming in now, as the Chaplain is out and at work.

For Second year :-Bishop Knight, £IO; Miss Willes, £5; Rev. P. H. Cooke, 7f-.

For Third year :-Bishop Knight, £IO; Rev. P. H. Cooke, 7/-·

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THE INDIAN CHURCH MEASURE.

(Reprinted from the " Times of India.")

It will be remembered that last year the Provincial Council of the Church of England in India appointed the Metropolitan and the Bishop of Bombay its representatives, empowering them to endeavour to come to an agreement with the Government of India with regard to the legal separation of the Church of England. Early this year the Govemment of India sent the two Bishops home to the India Office "on deputation." The result of the negotiations carried on by them in ·London has now been made public. During the last few days we have published a lengthy statement, written by the Metropolitan, explaining both the agreement reached and also the principles underlying tlie Measure.

It is greatly to be feared that in ·spite of all that has been said and published about the Measure, a great many people are still ignorant about the motives which have brought it into being. They are assured that the Church in India will " carry on " after the Measure has become law in much the same way that it has in the past. They are assured that the rights of English speaking congre· gations to the use of their Churches and to the English Book of Common Prayer will be amply safeguarded, and that their Chap· lains will minister to them the Services and Sacraments of the Church in the form to which they are accustomed. But with difficulty do they believe that these assurances are trustworthy. u If they are true," they say, H if no changes are contemplated, then why all this fuss?" The answer is " in order that the Church of England may be true to its own ideal." The position of the Church of England is often very gravely misunderstood . . It does not stand for any distinctive doctrine. It is not identified with the name or teaching of any great religious leader. It claims to be the Catholic Church in England, holding nothing to be essential, teaching nothing as vital, but what is universal. Perhaps the easiest way of illustrating this is by referring to the Title Page of the Prayer Book. The inscription runs "The Book of Common Prayer and Admistration of the Sacraments and other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church according to the Use of the Church of England." · The Faith of the Church of England is the Faith of· the Universal Church. Its Sacraments, Rites and Ceremonies are the Sacraments, Rites and Ceremonies of the Catholic Church. They are not a special brand stocked, so to speak, by the Church of England. Thus a man cannot be baptized by a Priest of the Church of England into the Church of England. He is baptised into the Catholic Church. He does not receive the Communion of the Church of England. He receives the Communion of the

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Catholic Church. But the things which are done, the way in which God is worshipped and the way in which Sacraments are administered, is "according to the Use of the Church of England." It is a worship of the Church, they are the Sacraments of the Church, but they are adapted to the needs of English people. The Church of England claims the right and liberty to do these things in an English way. They are presented to and by English people in such language and form as time and experience have proved most suitable for English people. The Church of England is the Catholic Church as it is worked by English people. This is its theory, its ideal. We do not suggest that it succeeds in its aim and of course we are aware that many, Roman Catholics on the one hand and Free Churchmen on the other, do not believe that the claim is justified. But that the claim is made and that the ideal is cherished are undeniable. This could be illustrated over and over again from the formularies of the Church of England. It is, for example, thus made and applied in the Preface of the Prayer Book H on Ceremonies .. " " And in this our doings we condemn no other nations, nor prescribe anything but to our own people only ; for we think it convenient that every country use such ceremonies as they shall think best to the setting forth of God's honour and glory, and to the reducing of the people to a most perfect and Godly living."

Holding such principles it is obvious that the Church of England can never strive to plant Church of Englandism in India. Its idea must simply be to plant the Catholic Faith and then to leave India to do with it what England has already done, that is to express that Faith in its own characteristically national way. It must leave India free to administer the Sacraments, Rites and Ceremonies of the Church according to the use of the Church of India. For it is the avowed principle of the Church of England H not to prescribe to other nations." Of course when the Church of England first came to India it was compelled to present Christianity in its own form. But now that the Indian members of the Church outnumber the English by about three to one the time has come for the Church of England to be true to its own ideal and to step aside so that Indian Christians may be free to give I11dian expression to the Faith of the Universal Church and to order their worship in such ways " as may best enable them to set forth God's glory.

·- It is probable that in course of time the outward expression of Christianity by the Church of India will become distasteful to Europeans. There will be nothing surprising or strange about this. Very few Englishmen could worship with the Church in Sicily, for example, or in Moscow, or in Alexandra, without feeling repelled by a great many of the things which they heard and saw. Not

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because these things would be wrong themselves but because they would be so un-English. Conversely most Mediterranean people would find English Churches so bare and their congregations so cold, stiff and reserved that they would consider them to be almost entirely lacking in devotion. This is very largely a matter of temperament, and temperament will play as large a part in India, and in the Church of India, as in every other country and Church in the world. The fact must be faced that in all probability the time will come when English people will not feel " at home " in Indian Churches. What will they do? They will do exactly what they do now. They will worship in their own Churches, in. their own language, practising their own "Use." The Metropolitan has made it abundantly clear that Parliament will make their right to do this as safe as Statute can make it. Thus the India Church Measure will apply the principle of the Church of England to India. It will set the Indian Church free to work out its own salvation and at the same time preserve to English people living in India their right to the worship and Sacraments of the Church according to the Use of their own country.

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SUPPORTED GATEGHISTS AND STUDENTS,

Pharez Shwe Tin .. David Sein Pu (Karen) .Mark Shwe An Two Students . • Po Ta. (Karen) Saw SahAung Andrew Sit Chun Ba Maung . . John Saya :\Jya Paul Saya Pyau Moses (Karen)

Catechist . . S. Mary, Rangoon . . . . Ri<'kard Scholarship .

Catcehist . . Edenbridge. (.£10) S.P.C.K.)

Catechist . . All Saint'3, Gosforth, Study Circle. Miss E. Harrisori.

Student . . Mis'i K . Hole

Catechist .. Catechist .. Catechist .. Teacher ..

Hayes, Middlesex. S. Agnes, Bristol Association. S. Agnes, Bristol Men's Guild. Rev. W. A. Penyston. Miss Harrison. Luke Po Kun .•

Daniel Ne Khine Yacob Po Khin

. . Catechist .. Rev. and Mrs. J . W. Doherty. S. Nicholas, Wallasey. Catechist . .

LIST OF' GHILDREN AND PATRONS.

NoTE.-The letters K .M. stand for King's Messengers and the figures an the number of the Scholarship. K.M. payments do not appear in our R .D.A. accounts.

~;;.b"A~nM;f:e John Hla Gyaw Kyaw Mya, 549 Maung E . 629 John Maung Pe 689 • . Yudah Ohm Khin, 647 Matthias Ohn Hline •• Thomas Ah Saing James Ba Gyau Harry Edwards, 708 • • KyaMya A.Mya

BURMESE CHILDREN.

S. JOHN' S COLLEGE, £6.

S. George, Woolwich Garrison, K.M. / S. Peter, Worcester. Miss G. Tarkington's Legacy. S. Peter, Bushey Heath, K.M. ,..­Cotten ham.

• . Barrow~in·Furness, K.M,..,.,. S. Margaret, Lee, K.M. -Trent Vale Sunday School. Oriel House School, S. Asaph. Captain W. J. Woodward. S. Paul, Bushey Grove, K.M. W. Kirby F. l\foss, Esq.

S. MA:av GIRL's Sca:ooL, RANGooN, £6.

Ellen Hnin May Barbara Mary Naomi •• Florence Jane Helen,Ml Hope

Watchers and Workers, Riviera Branch. Cocl<ington. . S. Augustine, Croydon G.F.S. Candidates.

:~;:i~~:;,~)f-~~Y· / Miss Powell's B.C., Crowborough.

311

S. AGNES, MOULM.EIN0 GIRLS, £5, S. Agms" Girls' School-­

Hilda Ma Sein Hlaing Frances Ma Ngwai IDaing Edith Ma Aye Kyee Mary Ma Tin Tin .. Na Ngway Hlain, 691

S . Aidan's Chimse School­John Tan San

Anonymous. S. Peter's, Leicester, K.M. --8 . Creake, Norfolk.

~~;;:i:c~!~!be, K.M. ~-Mr. L. C. Bromley.

S. AvousnNB's, MouumiN, BoYS, £5 Silas Gyi Nyo Paulo Kyl Maung Dunstan Mark 598 John Ba Pu George Chit San Titus Ohn Maung

Iloytt-Thomas Ba Thaw, 269 Percy Quie, 480 Andrew BaE •. Benjamin Ba Thin, 511 Augustine Chit Hla •• Herbert Ba Than •• ·• Edward Quie, 625 • • Daniel Maung Bee, 621 Daniel Jonah Ba Zaw, 806 .. Abednego Joshua Ba Maw MaungPolDa John Thein Shwe

Girls­Gracie Philip Aung Thein Dorcas Ma Ka Johnnie Abdul • • • • •• Dorothy Ma Ko Seio Sein Dan MaE • . Monica Ma Sein Yin

Lois Weedon Parish. S. Nicholu, Islip, Northanta. DeJamere, K .M. -S. Creake, Norfolk. S. George, Headatone Sunday School. County School (Girls), Whyteleafe,fSurrey.

MANDALAY,

~~g~~~da~:.~~~ K.M. ~ Oakham. Horsforth, Leeds, K.M • .,. Hayes Mothers' Meeting. Little Bowden. Yeadon, K.M. -Littlehampton, K.M. --S. Andrew, Kettering. Church of the Ascension, Bath, K.M. ;' S. Michael and All Angels S.S., Belgrave, Brewood. Leicester. Hook, K.M. - ·· Mrs. Ransom.

Trinity College Mission , Stratford. Freshwater. Mra. Round Twerton Mothers. Basing:O.eld. 1\fickleham. S. George, Tombland. S. Paul, Crewe. S. Faith, Alverstoke.

ALL SAINTS, SBWBBO, &6. Esther Kouog Me, 158 Ruth Ai Yin .. Deborah Mai Thin . , Margaret Gnwe Ye •• Hannah Mgwe Sein 688 Rosie Andrews •• Mary Andrews, 185 .• Ngwe Sein 281. •• Martha Hla Kin Edith Andrews •• Hannah Ma Kin Tba Mary Masu, 529 John Koung Kywe llilda . . . • Esther Ma Ohn Tin ..

S. George, Woolwich K.M. ,.-· Rossall Mission. S. George, Headstone Sunctay School. Holden hunt. S. Philip, Salford Girls' School, K.M • . -Colsterworth and Old Catton, Norwich. S. Philip, Norwich, K.M.-S. John, Worcester, K.M. ,ro Fishpond&. S. Anne, Brindle Heath. -Malpas Working Party. HookK.M . ..-All Saints, Haggerston. S. Peter, Leicester, M.A.

. . Mrs. Leader.

Girli­Mary Meir Pha.be Ah lila Rutha Maung E. Maung Margaret Nellie . • Rebecca •• Ma Hla Myaing

371

S. M.uty, KEMMEND1NE1 !5.

S. Mary, Noman's Heath, Tamworth. S. Giles, Shrewsbury. S. Anne, Highgate, M.U . Addingham. Miss Jackson and Friends. Chipping Barnet. Buckland, Dover Girl"s Guild. Shrewsbury Abbey Church.

S. MICBAEL, ICEMMENDISE, £5,

Boys-Joseph Bah U. John Hla Maung Isaac Ba Sein •. Moses San Nyun Titus MaUf)g Pan S. E. Myit, 568 Tun San Gyaw Jude Tha Kyay Ba Khin M.E.Pe .. .. Philip Mya Maung, 579 B. Maung Tway Po Shwe B. BaDin Elijah 1\'lya Din Levi Moung Ngai David Tot Pya Shwe Baw . • John Aung Sein D. Mya Si, 828 Samuel Shwe Kunt Thomas Maung Kha .. Yahok Titus Ba Thein, 855 Maung Chit Shwe

Girla-MaE. Khin . . . • Ma Pwa Thwin, 565 . . Ma Thein Yin •• Hannah Saw Myine •• Mary Ne Khine, 842 Hannah Na Tway Yi

Boys-Paul Ba Khaot Peter Hla Dun , . Stephen Maung Hla • • Francis Tun E. James San Nyun Antony .• Ignatius E. Maung Benedict Ma Nya Clement Thein Pe Joshua Ba Shin

(Jungle Children, 4/Jf-). Burmue. Holmllrth. All Saints, Cheltenham. S. Mary, liford. S. Ann, Highgate. Mere Children. Kirkby Stephen K.M. _. . S. Mary's Mission, Handsworth. Highburton. Master Spicer. 1\fajor Chambers. S. Andrew, Dover, K.M.­Mrs. Cunningham. • Mrs. Trotman. Seaford Sunday School.

. . Seaford. Edenbridge. Emmanuel, Leeds. Christ Church, Heme Bay. S. Mary, IIford. E. Blatchington K .M. - · West Kirby. S. Mary, IICord. S. James, Scarborough. S. James, Scarborough. AU Saints, Wandsworth . Kirkby Stephen.

Miss Spicer. Kirkby Stephen, K .M. ,... Buckland, Dover, K.M.­S. James, Scarborough. Girls' Cl88S, Tweedmouth. Madley

BLlND CHILDREN. £6.

Mrs. Pulman's Work Party. Mrs. Robinson. S. Mark, Salisbury. Miss Prior's Bible Class, Dford. Miss Rycroft and Friends. S. Margaret's Guild, Ilford, Anon. S. Luke, Woodside. S. Clements, Y.M. Guild, Dford. Wadeggan.

Girl#-AnnAb Tin . • • . Esther Ma Gyi, M9 • • FRJth Saw Yin .MA.rgaret • • Prisca MaNu • • Angela, 825 .. Chloe .•

Boyii-Aye Preh, 106 Andrew, 166 • • Ba Cho, 172 • • Maw Kay, 364 San Lun, 069 Sbeemo Mya Zan Aung Min Dawee Luther • • Daniela Ba Gyaw Shwe Po Tha Nay La KyawEh Bo Gyi Du Lo EliRha 479 Po Kin I. Po Kin II. Po San II. Steward Gwai Ma Mavin •• Mway Z!n Ba Gyaw Maw Too Ree Ba Gyaw II .. . Solomon

Girls-

Wah Gah, 845 · ---4.51.. Btlah, 872 Baleh, 497 Dee Moo Wee Lee, 648 Naw Bow Po Nya MaAung Aylah.. • . Bo Boo, 802 .• Meh Nyn, 496 • . Apo, 505 Saw Neb RahAy Beh Tha Sectba

379

Mrs. Chard's Wo.ddng Party Middlewich Sunday School.

~~~::_~~rG~~:'::!~nl!fer;:d~~~op . In Memoriam.

. . S. Andrew, A•lCkland Sunday Scboc 1 Kilburn-Sisters of the Church.

S. LUKE'S, TOUNOOO, £5,

S. Nicholas, Liverpool, K.M. / S. Stephen, Bush Hill Park, K.M. -S. John, Pleek, K .M.

. . S. Luke; West Hartlepool, K.M. -"

. . Syderstone, K.M. .-:--8 . Philip, Rangoon. -S. Michael, Boumemouth. S . . John, Toungoo. -Colne Infant School. Winston-on·Tees. H .C.J . Allerton. A.C.B. Clcckheaton K.M. -Blockley. E.K.G. All Saints, Goaforth. S. Peter, Cranley Gardens, K.M. ,­E .W.B. J.R.G. H .G.W. C.K.H.

•. Ockbrook. • . Bedford Leigh, Lanes. . . Hunstanton Rangel'S

Ferry Hill . . Welwyn Garden City.

Bishop Middleham. . • Mrs. Cowper Johnson.

S. Mary, Batteraea. S. Matthew, Clapton, K.M.­S. AugusHne, Leytonstone. Coatham, K .M. ,-Soutbw(>ll, K .M. .,....... .-""' S. Barnabas, Worcester, K .M. · Stainclitfe. S. Barnabas, Woodford, K.M. ,­Crook.

. . S. Peter, Stockton. S. Peter Droitwicb. Ensington. A: S. Mark, Woolston, K.M. r S. Peter, Cranley Gardens, K .M • .,.­S. Nicholas, Liverpool. Holy Trinity, Grays Inn Road.

. . Hunstanton. Bishop Middleham.

. . Miss Gent.

..

B"'J~ Tab Preh Paw, 889 .. Keh Mee Da Paw Maw Prai Pah Lah Maw Ray La .. MawMyo Maw See Sah Too •• Saw Blaw Hai Shee Mo . . Tab Plo, 711 •• Tah Pu Pu Kyaw Htee •. KaLeh Maw U Tha, 585 Pah Er •• Mee Dee Ya • • Sha Lai, 876 . •

Girla-Naw Ma Zar .• Naw Tee Lo • • Naw MeeNee •• Naw Po Sa .. Naw Bee Thee

Titus

380

S . PETER, TOVNGOO • .£5.

Kimpton K.M. Ar

Laven ham. Rosall Mission. S. Peter, Stockton. Anon., Rangoon.

. . Easington. Easington Colliery. Borrowash. Helmdon. S. Matthew's Girls' School, MoulmeiD, Chetwynd, G.F.~ Huyton K .M. Canon Brewster. · Barry Sunday $('hool. Mnl. Hull. S. Leonard, Upton, K.M.­Etwall. Nailswortb, K .M. -Nuneaton, K.M. -

Warminster E.W.L.L. Essington Co!Uery. S. Philip, Rangoon. Easington Lane. Betton Ly'lns.

IU..PPALI.

County School, Whyteleaf Girls.

S. JoHN's EtnlOPEAN Sca:ooL, ToUNooo.

Margaret Helen • • Camden Girls' Sunday School.

3al

SPEGIAL THANKSQIVINQS AND PRAYERS. For Chaplains who have answered the call to English work in Burma

(see Bishop's Letter, Quarterly Paper for October, page 386). For the work of Ezekiel at Car Nicobar (Quarterly Paper, page 885). That Rev. A. D. Kevan is to be in charge of the work 1\l Port Blair (see

Rangoon Magazine for November, page 429). For the passing of 1\Ja San Yin, wife to Saya Yu Swe. R.I.P. For blessing on Miss D. Atwool's tour in Norfolk, and the Pageant.

That an Indian Catechist may be found to look after the Indian Christian Community at Port Blair (see Bishop's Letter, Rangoon Magazine, for November, page 888).

For Miss Dyke and Miss Duthie at ?\landalay, that they may be restored to perfect health.

For a blessing on the choir boys and Children's Guild, at St. Gabriel's, Rangoon, and on)\Iiss Thomas, the Secretary of the Guild .

That we may be guided as to the right celebration of the Jubilee of the Diocese of Rangoon this year. .

For al1 those called to positions of responsibility. That the lonely may be comforted, the fallen raised up, the faint-hearted

strengthened and encouraged.

GYGLE OF PRAYER rAa arranged for uae In the Diocese of Rangoon).

(Home Organl•atlon added).

Sunday.-Tbe Bishop, Clergy, &nd L&yworkers in general; British Residents.

On furlough: Revs. E. H. Cox, W. R Park, V. N. Kemp and A. A. Braund, Miss Hurden; Mr. Poulton. S.P.G. and Diocesan Committees. Ladies' Missionary Associat.ion. Mothers' Union. G.F.S.

The British residents are the witnesses to Christ to the heathen, a.nd can help or hinder t.he work immensely by their life and conduct.

Monday.-Bb&mo, Sbwebo, Monhyin, and Kalaw-Burrn¢se Mission.-Rev. H. M. Stockings, at All Saints' Church; Boys'

and Girls' Schools. Krtehin. Mission.-Rev. A. T. Hou~hton, B.C.M.S. Mission ; lle•srs. CritUe,

Fowler a.nd Rushton ; Misses Harri.a, Houghton, Lane, Perry and Stileman. English Work.-Rcv. H. M. Stockings, at Shwebo; Rev. A. 0. N. Lee,

at Ka.law, each with out-stations. Honu.-The General Secretary and Speakers.

Tuesday.-M&ndalay, Maymyo, Riverine Chaplaincy-• WincMstet" ,Mission, Ma.nda.lay.-Revs. W. R. Ganad, J. 8 Joshua. and

S. Obit Twl\y. Boys' School-Mr. J. H. Neal. HoRpital & Women's C,om. munity with School for Girls-Dr. Edith Marshall, Nurse Ca.m, M1sses Watson, Duthie, Dyke and Gra.venor. Out-station• at ltbym.yo, Ma.daya Maymyo-Rev. N. 8. Asirvatham, Ta.mil .Prieat, and School and Congn­gation.

Engli&h Work.-S. :Mary, Mandalay-Van. Cowper-Johnaon. School-:Mi88ea Seeley a.nd Taylor Jones . Maymyo-R.flvs. G. A. R. Thurafield &Dd G. Kya Bin, S. Michael's Girls' School under Sisters of the Church­Mise Taylor Jones. The G.F.S. Home of Rest.

BWerint Chaplain..ey.-Rev. J. G. Caldicott, Sagaing, Pa.kokku, Chi.ndwin, Monywa, Minbu and Magwe, and Oil Fields . .

Home.-Winchester DioceR&n AAsociation &nd Secretaries.

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Wednesday.-Toungoo and Karen Hills; Railway Chaplaincy. Rev. W. R. Menzies, Rev, C. K. Hughes, S. Luke's Mission;

Rev . G. A. West Rev. W. B. Hicks, S. Peter's Mission; eight Karen Priests, two ]Jeaeons. Boys' Bcbooi-Mr. Shields. Girls.-Misa Brogdon. Printing Press-Mr. Wheatley. Theological Sohool. About 100 Christian Villages , 4000 adherents.

E1~lish Work.-Rev . T. Fisher at Iosein, Thayetmyo, Pegu, and Tharra­waddy. Rev . W. R. Menzies, 8. John Baptist's Church, Toungoo, Sbweygin, Thandoung, Pyuntaza, Nyaunglebin, PyinDUJ.D&, &nd Yametbin. European School, Toungoo-Miss Linstead.

HOJM.-Tbe Guild of Intercession and Work. Secretaries and Members.

Thursday.-Kemmendine and Delta ; Thayetmyo, Promo and Baeaein-

S. Michael's, Kemmendine, Church, School and Parish-Revs. W. C. B. Purser, P. Kin Mauog, and N. On Bwin. KyB-iklat Church a.n~ School­Rev. D. Po Sa.h. Minga.la.don- Blind School-Rev. W. H. Ja.ckson and Yr. Law. S. Mary's Normal School-Misses Roscoe, England, and Cooke.

Cbin and Burmese Work from Prome-Rn. C. R. Purser, Rev. S. Maung Tun.

EnglUh Work .-Rev. K. 8. Prooter, Bassein, Henzada., Myaungmya, Maubin, and Pyapon. Honw~.-The Diocesan Secretaries.

Frlday.-Rangoon. Engli1h ·4 Eurasian Work,-Rev. N . K . Anderaon, at Cathedral,

Rev. W. Delaha.y, a.t Cantonments, Rev. G. E. Stevenson, at 8 . Philip's. Diocesa.n Boys' School-Rev F. W. Cotton. Girls' School-Misses Colbatch Clark, Hea.rn, Eiclr:e, 'Johns. G.F .S.-Mre. Ba.lcombe. M.U.-Miss Burton.

Million to Seamen.-Rev. and Mrs. J . W. Doherty. Bilhop's BMM for Girls.-Miu Wlr.rlow, Mill Jameson. Burmue Work .-8. Ba.mabas' Mission & Syria.m-Rev. E. H. Coz:

and Rev. P. S&n Nyun. S. John's College-Rev. H . :rrrcD. Wilson, Rev. A. H . Blencowe. 8 . Ma.ry's School-Miss Laughlin and Miss Druitt. The Normal School for Masters at 8 . John 'R.

Tamtl Work.-8 . Gabriel-Revs. D. C. Atwool a.nd J . P. Joaeph, Mrs. Atwool. HOJM.-Our Own Missionary Fund and Secretary. The Forward Move­

ment and Secretary.

Saturday.-Moulmein, Car Nicobar, Akyab, Port Blair, Dagshai­Butmese Work ,-S, Augustine's Moulmein, Rev. C. E. Garrad, Mrs. Ga.rrad;

Rev. S. Taw MwAo. Boys' School-Mr. Tresbam. S. Agnes' School ; Ma. Lucy. •

8. Rapha£l' s Blind School for Girls.-Misa Davidson. Wonu"'s Work.-Mra. Garra.d. Karens and Talaings-Cateohists. Tamil W01·k .-Mr. Manomr.ni. Chiuse School.-Kbo Peik Cboung. Port Blair a.ttd Car Nieobar.-Rev. A. D. Kevr.n. About 120 Christians,

also Catechumens and Sobolars.-Mr. Hart, Govt. Agent. John Riehard&on (CAotecbiat).

English Work.-:Moulmein-·8. Matthew's, Ta,voy r.nd Mergui-Rev. G. Clack-S. Matthew's Boys· School-Rev. R. J. StevenJ. Girls ' School-Miss. Fairclough, Miss Burnett, a.nd Miss Collier. Akyab, Sa.ndoway, Kyaukpyu-Rev. B. Ford.

DIOCESAN AND LOCAL SECRETARIES.

Bua AND WBLLB-Miss 0. Lytha.U, Barr House, Taunton, BBA.D:r'OBD AND RIPON-Miss Chnk, Bose Cottage, Burnsall , Skipton, York1, BRISTOL- Mrs. Graham, 10 Dean Street, Bristol. CANTERBURY-Rev. G. M. Scott, 9, Upper Beulah Hill, London, S.E.l9. CABLIBLE-Mra. Chaa. Gibson, Fern Leigh, Kirkby Stephen. CBELXBJ'OBD-Rev. W. Walker, Pattiawick Rectory, Br&intree. CBEBTEB AND Ll:vBRPOor.-Miss Bebby, 8, Deysbrook Side, W. Derby,

Liverpool . Oaxc&ES'l'BR-Rev. 0 . W. Lyne, 95, Coombe Road, Brighton. OovENTRY.-0. E. Hall, Esq., 26, Mowbray Street, Coventry. DuRBJ.M .um NEWCASTLE- Miss Fisher, Bandy Holme, High Toft Hill,

Bishop Auckland. Bishop .Auckland-MiBB Wardle, Castle Square.

ELY-Rev. A. C. Woodhouse, Pa.mpisford, Cambridge-. EnTER-Miss Beckmeyer, Shaw Leigh, Bideford. GLOUCJ:BTE&-Rev. A. D. Agar, Blookley, Woroesterahire. LtCliFIELD-:Mias Dunkley, Brewood Vicarage, Sta.Uord. LoNDON-Miss Langton, 78 Grosvenor Road, N. 6. MANCBEB~Ea-Rev. W. A. Weatley, 8 . John's Vicarace, Oldham. NoRWICH-Rev. C. L. Hepworth, S. Creake, Fa.kenham, Norfolk. Oxroao-Miss K. Edmonds, The Manor House, Ha.yea, Middlesex. PETEBBOBOUGB-Misa I. Lidbetter, Lois Weedon Vicarage, Towoeater. RocBESTmR-Misa Sautter, Fairfield, Edenbridge, Kent. 84LIBBUBY-Rev. F. E. •Trotman, Mere Vicarage, Wilts. BouTHWA..BK-Miss Page, 19, Hainthorpe Road, S.E. 27.

Grunwich-Mias Hoy, 81 King William Street, S.E. 10. SOOTB\VELL-Miss Severn, S6, Spalding Road, Sneinton, Nottingha.m. 8. ALBANs- · S. EDM:ONDBBUBY 4ND bswiCH-Rev. F . C. Moore, Wortham, Dias. TauBO-Rev. E. A. Ba.mber, N. Petherwyn, Egloskerry, Cornwa.ll. WAKEI'IELD-Rev. C. S. Newell, S. John, Cleokhea.ton, Yorks. Wtl\CBEBT.BB-Rev. A. L. Brown, Wonersh Vicara.ge, Guildford.

Rev. P.R. Wickham, 8. John's Vicara.ge, Winoheater. Misa C. Willes, Hope Cottage, Little Baaing, Basingatoke.

Winchester-Miss Gore Browne, 16 Kins:sga.te Street. Basing-Miss D. Barton, Basing Mill, Basingstoke.

WoRCEB~ER-Mias D. Atwool, S. Just, Malvern Link. Worcester City-H. M. Bennett, Eeq., 14, Ba.nsome Walk. Malvern-Mrs. At.wool, B. Just, Malvern Link.

YoaK-Rev. J. A. Colbeck, Burstwick Vica.ra.ge, Hull.

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GuiLD oP INTEBOEBSIOM AND WoRK.

M•mbers make two or more articles for S&ie in England for tho bo.nofit of tho· Rangoon Diocesan Association Funds, or send an equivalent ·in money. Tho articles may be sent either to ths Secretaries in London for the November Sale, or to a Branch Secretary for a Local Sale.

Hon. Secretary-Miss LATHO>< BRoWNE, 1, Talbot Road, W estbourne Park, W. 2.

8'IUDENTs' FuND.

£8 maintains a Burman, Karen, or Chin for a year in the Kemmendine Institute for training Teachers and Clergy.

SoaooL CwLDREN's FuND.

For tho support of orphan and other children in the S.P .G Schools.

Amount required : £5 a year for a Karen boy or girl at Toungoo; £6 for a Burmese boy or girl at Shwobo ; £5 for a Burmese boy or girl at Kemmondine or Kyaiklat; 80s. for a J unglo School scholar; £5 for a Burmese boy or girl at Moulmein ; £6 for a Burmese boy at S. John's College, or girl at S. Mary's Schools, Rangoon, or at Mandalay.

Note.-It is not necessa.ry for a. School wishing to maintain a child to pledge itself to raise the full amount in the first year or in any year-only to do as much as it can.

Miss LANGTON, 78 Grosvenor Roa.d, London, N. 6. will be pleased to furnish any information.

NEWSPAPERS FOR .TBE MISSIONARIES.

Friends willing to send weekly, monthly or quarterly papers a.nd magazines to ·any of hhe Missionaries should communicate with-

Miss N. LANGTON, 78 Grosvenor Road, London, N. 6. who keepe lists of papers sent and papers desired.

CoLLECTING BoxEs.

These can be obtained of tbe General or Diocesan Secretaries

SERMONS, ADDRESSES AND LECTURES.

The General and Diocesan Secretaries will be glad to give or arrange for Sermons, Addresses or Lectures (with or without Lantern), and Drawing Room Meetings.

SALE OF STAMPS. The Rev. S. 0 . GooDCHILD, The College, Northfleet, Kent,

undertakes the sale of stamps on behalf of the Mission, and will be very thankful to friends who will send him sets for sale. Sheets sent on approva.l.

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Oovernment Chaplains. R ev. N. K . A..."WERSON, M.A., Oriel College, Oxford-Rangoon Ca.t.hedra.l 1911 Rev. W . D ELAHAY-Ra.U &"OOil Cantonments. . . . . , . . 1919 T be Ven. W ... H. CowPER J OH NSON, M.A ., Trinity College, Oa.mbridge-

:Ma.nda.Ia.y (Archdeacon) . . . , • . . 1909 Rev. A. 0. N. L eE, M.A. , Oa.mbridge-Ka.la.w . • • • 1916-21 Rev. W . R . PARK, B.A. , Exet~r College, Oxford-(o,~furloti{Jh) ~ . . 1912 Re v. G. A. R . T HURSFl ELD, :\L A., S. John's Co llege, Cambridge-

• :i\h .ymyo • • • • • . • • • • • • • • . uns . Dioces an Boy's High School, Rangoon.

Rev. W. 1!"'. Cono:s , M.A., Oxford-Diocesan Boys' School , Rangoon , , 1920 . • 192'l

Mission to Seamen. Rev . . J. \V. DOHERTY 1924

Moulmein. Boys' School. After-care of Blind.

Rev. R. J. STEVENS, Mr. TnESH AM. 1\Ir . PquuoN (cmj1trlough) 1923

WOMEN'S WORK. piocesan Oirls' High School, Rangoon.

Miss SUMNER • • . • , • 1906 Miss H EARN, B.A., London 1912 Miss J OHNS, B.A., Bristol 1924 - Miss EICKE 1922

S. Mary 's School, Rangoon. Miss LAUGHLIN K.J.H, • • , . 1897 MISS DRUl'I'T 1009

S . Mary's Kemmendine, Normal, Practising and Blind Schools . Miss R oscoE, B.A. . . 1920 Miss ENor.Axo - 1919 l\IISS L .. CoOKE . . 1924 Miss HunoEN (on Juf"lough)

s. Luke's School, Toungoo. S. Agnes' School, Moulmein. 1\11ss Bnoooo:s 1925 MA Lucv.

S. John 's E uropean School, Toungoo. :Miss SELBY 1907 1\IJss LrN&l'EAD 1910

S. Matthew's School, Moulmei i)-Miss FAIRCLOUGH 1\Iiss BURNETT 1912 MISS COL L I E R, B . A 192i

s. Mary 's European School, Mandalay.

Miss GARRAO (on f1,rlough) "Miss SEELEY 1919

s: Michael 's Oirls' Schoo·l, Maymyo. Sisters LOIS, AMY, ELSIE, HARRIET. l\Iills TAYLOR J ONES 1925

Bishop's Home, Rangoon. :Miss WARLOW 1920 .. Miss -JA)IESON 1924 1\ftss TAYLOR-JONEs 1925

Winchester Mission, Mandalay. :M I SS D~IO~ 1925 )JI S8 DUTHIE 1925 D r . EDITH MARSHALL 1926 n!iss GRACE WATSON

Miss A. CA)I • • • . 1922 Miss GnAVENOU •. . . . 1925

0 . F.S. and Oirl.s.' Hostf~l. Rangoon .

l\1. U. and \Vomen '-' Work, Rangoon.

"Mrs. BALCOM BE • • 1924. ,.. ) ! iss B unTON 1925 S. Raphael's O irl s~ Blind School, Moulmein.

M rs. Pouuo:s (Of~ f"rlough) 1923

.Jf.i/27 Crampton & Sons. Ltd., Pri~ters SU.wstoo, Cambs.