ve thrown these things away. I have my hair cut, I don't paint. I have
given the dance up. I believe in God, I believe in Jesus my Saviour, I
want you to know God and Jesus, I want you to be his children. It is
hard for me to talk to you; but I know this is the right way; it is
God's way."

The school-room is open every evening in the week. A substitute is
offered for the dance and heathen amusements. If the work is slow it is
sure. When a young man gives up the dance, paint, long hair, right at
his home, it costs something, and because it costs something he puts
some value upon it.

After spending ten days at Park Street, I started back in the deep snow
and coldest weather of winter. In one place I spent almost seven hours
going thirteen miles. And right in sight of home about ten o'clock at
night I ran into an enormous drift. The horses sank almost out of
sight, and then I had to work. But after an hour of tramping snow and
pulling out with a rope I was on the road again and soon at home. Such
is missionary work at this season of the year.

_From the Word-Carrier._

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THE CHINESE.

* * * * *

OUR CHINESE WORK.

BY DISTRICT SECRETARY J.E. ROY.

I have visited a dozen of our sixteen missions on this coast. I have
seen them in their night schools, in their Sunday-schools and on their
anniversary occasions. I have taught in some of the classes; I have
spoken, through an interpreter, to many of them, I am only confirmed in
the admiration in which we have always held the administration of our
Superintendent, Rev. W.C. Pond, D.D., who adds this abounding service to
that of a city church in San Francisco, the Bethany. As he was upon his
annual tour of inspection in Southern California, I met him at San
Diego, the anniversary of whose mission at that time in the Tabernacle
of the First Church I have already reported in the MISSIONARY. On that
tour, he held four or five anniversaries, dedicating a new chapel at
Riverside, setting in order the things that were wanting and doing the
cognate work which only his practised eye saw needing to be done.
Everywhere, confided in by the churches and looked up to affectionately
by the Chinese, his coming is always anticipated with pleasure.

I am delighted with the way in which our pastors and churches where
these missions are located are taking them under their own watch-care.
It is not simply to entrust