r Agency, and it was
judged wise to organize. The Apostles' Creed and a short Covenant were
offered as Articles of Faith and the pledge. The nine members of our
Oahe church whose homes are at Grand River and Fort Yates will become
members here on dismission at Oahe, and the native workers and other
missionaries will also transfer their connection, so that if all do so,
the new church will have a membership of eighteen or twenty.

In connection with these services the new chapel was dedicated to the
Master's service by public expression; it has already been so
consecrated. I doubt not, in the heart of the giver of the funds, as
well as by the prayers of all who have been interested in it. Is is a
bright, pleasant room within, and has a snug appearance from without. I
think Mr. Reed has made a very creditable success in this his first
building.

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THE CHINESE.

CHINA FOR CHRIST.

BY REV. WM. C. POND, D.D.

It is quite possible (though I do not distinctly remember about it,)
that our readers have seen this caption at the head of my articles more
than once already. Be that as it may, I am sure that such persons as
read this Magazine cannot be weary of it. It is the motto of our
corporation adopted twelve or thirteen years ago. It then looked rather
magniloquent for a work so humble as ours; but there was promise in it,
and prophecy, and nothing less would satisfy either our Chinese brethren
or myself. This promise and prophecy begin to be fulfilled. We hoped
then, and now we are gladdened by oft-recurring confirmations of our
hope, that we were laboring not only for these sojourners in our own
land, but for a mighty multitude to be reached by their testimony, and
to be leavened by the influence of their example.

This will be illustrated for our readers by the following extract from
an address delivered by one of our brethren at the last anniversary of
our mission at Santa Cruz. His English will require a little
straightening, but for the most part, I will give it just as spoken:

_Dear Friends_: I am glad to see you all here this evening; and that you
have an interest in the Chinese work. I will tell you a few words about
myself, what experience I had in my native land. I left California to go
to China, July 15, 1887, and after thirty-one days, reached my home. I
found a piece of red paper on the wall above my cooking place, with the
name of the stove-god written on it. W