ing where she was, or where to go. Suddenly she heard a Slavic tongue resembling her own. Rev. J. A. Kohout, who has since become the missionary of Lehigh Presbytery among Slavs was then visiting Allentown. That day, he sauntered through the station as his custom was, and soon found this woman. The Presbyterian pastor, the Rev. J. F. Pollock, D.D., arrived about the same time, and quickly supplied a lunch for the hungry travelers. Arrangements were made to have her escorted on the next train to the village where her husband was waiting; and great was their gratitude when they met these ministers on a later occasion.

who is a Bohemian or a Slovak or a Ruthenian can be understood by all other Slavs, including the Russians, Servians, Croatians, and Slovenes, it is easy to see the need of more colporteurs and more missionaries to train them. This fact simplifies the problem of immigration, which is twofold, Slavic and Italian.

In June this year, the writer visited a mission in lower Peoria, where the children were largely of German Catholic antecedents. Afterwards their workers took him a short distance to meet a woman who knew of "Hungarians." The term "Hungarian," so hated by the Slovaks of Hungary, as the designation of their Magyar rulers, should be handled as

carefully as a giant firecracker. Incidentally this woman remarked that some of these people were next door. Here was where a little Bohemian could go a great ways. In that small house were a dozen Servian men, readily understanding Bohemian. They gave facts as to other Slavic nationalities in Peoria, utterly unknown to the best Christian workers in their neighborhood.

At the first news, the Rev. T. D. Logan, D.D., of Springfield, chairman of the committee on home missions for the Synod of Illinois, sent to the Board of Publication and to the Rev. Vaclav Losa, of Pittsburgh, who recommended a Lithuanian colporteur. His Slavic colporteurs under Pittsburgh Presbytery, the first organization of our Church to undertake such work, from 1902 till the present have obtained five thousand dollars from sales of Scriptures and Christian literature, surpassing the record of other American agencies, denominational or undenominational, national or sectional.

The late Rev. Samuel A. Mutchmore, D.D., told of a Jew who taught his son: "My son, if you sell a coat to a man who wants to buy a coat, that is nothing. If you sell a coat to a man who does not want to buy a coat, that is business." So these men succeed in selling Bibles among ignorant or prejudiced immigrants, and that is colportage.

The Lithuanian language is not understood by Slavs, although all their nationalities understand each other. Yet our wise encyclopedias mislead Americans by classifying Lithuanians as Slavs. No nationality from Europe 15 more destitute of the Scriptures than the Lithuanians, for whom no suitable Bible translation exists. A Lithuanian lady described the dedication of a Calvinistic Lithuanian church that she witnessed in Russia. “We do not hear much of the Calvinists in our country" said she to a Presbyterian friend, thing must be said for them—they always keep their houses neat and clean.” John Szlupas, M.D., of Philadelphia, a leader among Lithuanians, was active in the Lithuanian Congress that met in Philadelphia on Washington's Birthday. The writer made the only English speech at their mass meeting; and he will not soon forget their welcome and their applause at a reference to President Roosevelt. They appealed to the Czar for

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pathetic to see an assemblage whose kindred beyond the sea might soon be in the dangers of revolution. The faculty of Princeton Theological Seminary invited Dr. Szlupas to deliver an address last April on "Lithuania and its Ancient Calvinistic Churches." He pleaded for American contributions to give Lithuanians the literature they need in their present opportunities.

In an early stage of the French Presbyterian mission at Charleroi, Pa., a prominent lady of the Cumberland Church prophesied that this mission would come to naught—and this was a prevalent belief. Yet recently the Presbytery of Pittsburgh, to the joy of the missionary, the Rev. J. E. Charles, Ph.D., has bought that Cumberland church for the French, as the Cumberland people sought a better location.

For some years, the Italians outnumbered any other nationality of our immigrants, until last year, when the Slavs were first. The most conspicuous progress has been in Philadelphia, where some colporteurs are already in training. Dr. Arrighi's presence at the General Assembly called attention to his mission in New York which has sent several men into the Presbyterian ministry. It is interesting to meet Italians whose one theme is the Bible, to observe their amiable manners, and hear them sing. One longs to see more of such Presbyterians. "They of Italy salute you."

Progress has been made in the effort to evangelize the foreign-born population of our country, a population which increased one million last year. A number of worthy workers have been discovered and sent into fields where they are already beginning to exercise a potent influence. The whole Church will feel indebted to the Board for having ascertained and exhibited in its Annual Report, that already our Church is maintaining five hundred and fourteen churches and mission stations among our people who are foreign-born and the Board stands ready not only to undertake other work of this character, but to join with other organizations operating in this field, if by so doing the end sought-the evangelization of the strangers--may be reached more successfully.

many thousand men of voting age upon our political conditions?"

"What upon the religious life of the country?"

The above paragraphs give but a taste of the good things to be found in this new textbook for Home Mission study class. Our book shelves never held so many volumes on the subject. Magazines and newspapers give many pages to the theme. With the leaflet publications of the Board, the Junior booklet -"Coming Americans," by Miss Crowelland the stereopticon lecture, there is surely a wealth of material for the leader and the study of Immigration should arouse our young people as never before, to their Christian obligation for America.

The Normal and Collegiate Institute, Asheville, N. C., which is under the care of the Woman's Board of Home Missions of the Northern Presbyterian Church, has just closed one of the most prosperous years in its history, forty-eight young women having finished the several courses. The Teachers' (or normal class) numbered twenty-five, the Commercial Department and the department of Domestic Art (dressmaking and millinery) furnishing twenty-three additional. All of the forty-eight were professing Christians. There never has been graduated from the teachers' department a young woman who was not a professing Christian.

On page 94 of the Board's Annual Report through a misunderstanding the number of Sabbath-school scholars in the home mission churches of Illinois was entered inaccurately. Correct information was received too late to insert it in the Report.

We are glad here to make the announcement that the number should have been 15,313. The total membership in the Sabbath-schools of the aided churches of the self-supporting synods would therefore be 110,743 instead of 175,216.