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List of Clergy and English Missionaries.

(Nol~.-The date given- ~is that of an·ival in the .1lli$Sion of English Missionaries, of Ordination of Native Clergy.)

(Th~ address given is snfficie'nt with the addition of ''.Burma"-except for Dagsl.1ai, Punjab! Ind-ia.)

Bis ho p. 'l'he Right Rev . R . S. FY.Jo'PE, D. D.

Bishop's Court, Rangoon. (Consecrated on Ja.nnnry 17th, HllO.)

B ishop~s Ch a plai n . Rev. W. E. HAnnc.~S1'1:.t,~ , B.A ., Ga m bridge.

Bishop's Court, R~ngoon.

S. P. G. Bu rme se 1\'\ ission.

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llev. D. C. ATWOOL, B .A., \V orce!;ter College, Oxford-7\Iou\mein 1909 Rev. A. H. BLENCOWE , B.A., Christ's College, Ca.mbridge- S. John's

College, Hangoon 1913 Rev. J. G . 0,\LOICOTl', S. Ang.u<; t.llH.l'S College, Ca.ntmbury-Kemmendine,

Rangoon 1Dl4 Re\'. H. L. CLARKE 1911 Re\'. E. H. Cox, :'<LA., S. Edmund H. ~ll, OxforJ, and Cuddcsdon-

Syriam, Hangoon 1007 Rev. W. C. B. PLRSER, M.A .. , S. Josn·s CQHege, Uambl'idge-(on

jurlaugh) 1904 Rev. C. R. Punsr::Jt, Cambridge Clergy Traiuiug School -

S. l\licbael's. Kemme1Jdinc 1006, 1910 Rev. D. Po SAII-Kya.iklat 1901 Rev. S. Po Ttn:·1·-Kemmendinc 1901 Rev. H. l\L STOCKINGS, S. August in{l'S College, Canteri.Jury-Shwcbo 1886 Mr. J. T.. BEST, 1\I.A ., Cambridge-S. John's College, Rangoon . . 1897 Mr. E. HA1t'l', S-. Augustine's Sc!wct, illoulmein 1005 1\Ir. E. G. N . KLL...,CH, S. lHa.Ltbew, !lfoulmcin . . 191 0 11-Ir. R. H. CLAYT0::\-8. ?lbLt;hew-, :Mou.Imcin 1914 1\Ir. A. R :\lEssr:n, S. Matthew, I\Ioulmein:.. 1916

S . P . G. W inc hester M i.ss-ion a t Christ Churc h, 1'landnlay. Rev. C. E. GARHAD, l\I.A ., Clare College, Cambridge 100G Rev. 1!,. R. Eo~IONDS, M.A, S. ]~d muucf Hall, Oxford 1006 Rev. W. R. GAHHAD, 1\l.A., Clare Collcgr•, Cambrid~e (onactirescnice) HHO Rev. E. H. DUNJ\LEY, B . ..\., Corpus Chri s ti C>J!Icgo, Oxford (on acti1'1~ se1·v/ce) 1912 Rev. N. S. ASIR\'A'l'HAM 11'amil P1·iest)-l\Jandulay 1911 Rev. G. KYA BIN (Bunncse P1·iesl)-lllaudalay 1911 Rev. S. J. JosHUA ['l'amil Deacon) Maymyo 1914 1\:Ir. J. H. NEAL, R oyal School-1huCala.y 1915

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S. P. 0. Karen Mission.

Rev. AQUA.H (Pt:Ust)-Lerko, Toungoo . , 1896 Rev. E. Vi. BLYTH, Christ's CoUege, Cambridge--B. Luke, Toungoo , . 1914 Rev. T. FISHER, 8. Augustine's College, Cant~rbury-S.Peter, Toungoo 1898 Rev. HA.H LAY (.Priost)-Kasahder .• 1899 Rev. HAITAU (Deacon)-Thra.upoo .. 1899

Rev. W. R. :MR:NZIBB, B.A., Gonville .and Ca.ius College, Ca.mbridge-(on furtough) . . •.. • • . . . • • . 1906

Rev. MAw L.&Y (Pried)-Wat.hoko • . 1905 Rev. M•w RE (lkacon) . • 1916 Rev. MAw SBA PO (Deaco11) . • 1916 Rev. PAB U (Priest)-Tittoopoo • • 1901 Rev. PAu KET (Deacon)-Kasheekee . . 1899 Rov. ROPEB (Priest)-Kasheekee . . 1899 R .. v. SnwAY LAB (.Priest)-Wetterder . . 1899 Rev. TABBER BER (.P1'iest)-Simido .. 1899 Rev. TBA PwEE (Deacon)-Tha.ba.rper .• 1907 Mt. E. HASSEI.Ir-8, Luke's, Toungoo Mr. D. SBIELDS-S. Luke's School, Toungoo

s. P. 0 • .Tamil and Telugu Mission.

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Rev. V. N. KEMP, B.A., Sidney Busse:.: College, Ca.m.bridge-8. Gabriel Rangoon • . 1904

s. P. o. Mission, Nlcobar Islands.

Additional Clergy Society (Burma).

Rev. G. S. ·CLACK, M.A., Oxford a.nd Lichfi.eld Theological Oollege-Moulniein.. 1907, 1915

Rev. R. H. CoURT)IlNAY, M.A;, Trinity College, Dublin-8. Philip, Ra.ngoon . . 1902

Rev. J. G. LISTER, 1\-f.A., S. Catherine's College, Oambridge-8. Mary, Ma.nda.la.y • . 1914

Rev. A. 0. N. LEE, M.A.,·cambridge,andClergyTrai.liingSchool-Ta.voy 1916 Rev. c. w. LYNE, M.A I Selwyn co,lege, Ca.mbridge-Bassein .. 1916 Rev. P. J. RYALL, B.A., London-Insein. .. .. 1912 Rev. G. A. R. T:auRSFIELD, M.A., S. John's College, Cambridg~

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RANOOON DIOOESAN ASSOOIATION. Founded in 1894: to assist the 1vork of the Ghu,·ck in.. Rangoon .

.4jfiliated to S.P.G. 1905.

President. THE RIGHT REV. THE LORD BISHOP OF RANGOON.

, Patrons. The ARcHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY.

The ARCHBISHOP OF YORK.

The BISHOP OF BIRMINGHAM. The BISHOP OF NORWICH. The BISHOP OF BRISTOL. The BISHOP OF OXFORD. The BISHOP OF CHELMSFORD. The BISHOP OF PETERBOROUGH. The BISHOP OF CHICHESTER. The BISHOP OF ROCHESTER. The BISHOP OF DURHAM. The BISHOP OF SALISBURY. The BISHOP OF ELY. The BISHOP OF 8. ALBANS. The BISHOP OF EXETER. The BISHOP OF 8. EDMUNDSBURY The BISHOP OF GLOUCESTER. & IPSWICH. The BISHOP OF HEREFORD. The BISHOP OF 801.JTHWARIL The BISHOP OF LINCOLN. The BISHOP OF TRURO. The BISHOP OF LIVERPOOL. The BISHOP OF WAKEFIJo:LD. The BISHOP .OF LONDON. The BISHOP OF WINCHESTER, The BISHOP OF MANCHESTER. The BISHOP OF WORCESTER.

Vice-Presidents. The Right Rev. Bishop RYLE, DEAN OF WESTMINSTER. The Right Rev. Bishop· WELLDON1 DEAN OF MANCHESTER. F. S. CoPLESTON, Esq. (la.te Chief Justice of Burma). Sir FREDERIC FRYER, K.C.S.I. (late 'Lieutenant Governor), The Rev. M. LAMERT (former Senior Cha.pla.in, Bengal).

The Bishop's Commissaries In England. •The Right Rev. Bishop KNIGHT, 'S. Augustine's College, Canterbury.

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

Committee. Chairman-The Right Rev. Bishop KNIGHT.

Rev. E. C. BEDFORD. Rev. E. H. DAY. Mit>S G. F. MARTIN. tA. R. BIRKS, Esq. Rev. A. H. FINN. B. T. PETLEY, Esq. tRev. A. L. BROWN. Miss GIPPS. Rev. W. PETTER.

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Oeneral Secretary and Editor of Quarterly Paper. tRev. P. H. CooKE, Ickleton Vicarage, Great Chesterford, Essex.

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

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Forward Movement. Miss LEVIEN, 11 Parkhill Road, Hampstea.d, N.W •

.Secretary for O.O.M. Rev. G. H. C. SHORTING, Stopsley Vicarage, Lutoc, Beds.

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QUARTERLY PAPER.

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REV. P. H .. CooKE, icKLETON VICARAGE,

GREAT CHESTERFORD, EssEx. Telegrams : "Hinxton."

DEATH OF EX-KING THEEBAW.

Our Bombay Correspondent announces the death of ex-King Theebaw, at Ratnagiri, on Saturday, December 16th, from heart and kidney disease.

The death of Theebaw recalls memories of the horrors of his rule and the overthrow of his dynasty and of the British annexation of Upper Burma thiity-one years ago. He was one of the junior members of a large family of sons and daughters of King Mindoon, who ruled Ava despotically, but on the whole, prosperously, for twenty-six years. After undergoing the usual novitiate in a Buddhist monastry, he became with three of his brothers a pupil of the late Dr.]. E. Marks, who built a school and church at Mandalay almost entirely at the cost of the King. Dr. Marks often testified to the engaging and kindly qualities and bookish tastes of the youth, who soon aherwards, under malign female influence, allowed terrible atrocities to be committed.

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When King Min-dohn was dying, at the close of 1878, the Queen of the Middle Palace determined to secure succeesion lor Theebaw, who was in love with her daughter, Supaya-Lat, and his weakness of character ensured for her great power. He gained by various stratagems the support of Ministers, and all possible rivals to the Throne, who were summoned to visit the dying King, were imprisoned. Theebaw was declared the successor, and within five months of his accession he had his capti:ve brothers and sisters clubbed to death. They were thrown-some of them­when still only stunned by the blows of the executioners, into a huge trench, which was covered with earth, and afterwards trampled level by elephants.

Supaya-Lat ousted her eldest sister from the position of Chief Queen, and by virtue of stronger will completely dominated the King. The rapacity of the Court set the example to the whole hierarchy of officials : extreme disorder prevailed throughout the country : diplomatic relations with Great Britain were broken off, and ultimately, at the end of 1885, we had no alternative but to issue an ultimatum, which was contemptuously treated by the King and his Ministers. An expedition was sent, and it swiftly fulfilled ito purpose. On November 28th, 1885, King Theebaw abjectly surrendered to the late General Sir Harry Prendergast. In vain he pleaded lor three months, then three weeks, then lor three days in which to prepare for exile ; the General, recognizing that delay of a single moment might be dangerous, gave him and his chief queens, by whom he was accompanied, only ten minutes to get ready to depart in a waiting steamer. He was afterwards sent direct to Ratnagiri, on the Kolkan coast of Western India. There the exiled King spent the last thirty year. of his life in slothful contentment and ease. Queen Supaya-Lat retained her hold upon him until her death, and the last of his queens died some four-and-a-half years ago.-The Times.

To this we may add from" Two Hundred Years of S.P.G .. " p. 650.

" Under King Theebaw, who succeeded Min-dohn Min on his death in 1878, matters became so bad that in October, 1879, the British Residency and Embassy were withdrawn : but during the series of cruel assassinations which preceded· this step the 'lives of some seventy persons, including the Myoung Y an Prince, his brothers and their families, were saved by the courage and wisdom of the Rev. James A. Colbeck (of Augustine's College, Canterbury), who himself incurred no small risk."

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THE BISHOP'S LETTER.

NEAR KALAW,

SouTHERN SHAN HILLS.

Sept. 17th, 1916. Dear Mr. Cooke,

I !>ave been ordered up here by the doctor alter having a bad throat and fever in Rangoon, so here I am on a Sunday, when I ought to be hard at work, sitting under a pine tree among these beautiful hills with the sound of running water in my ears, and the temperature such that I am glad to put on at least a little extra clothing. I am, of course, perfectly well again and hope to be back again at work in a lew days. My trouble arose from a chill which I got while coming down the river from Mandalay. I felt I had not given Mandalay the time I owed it, so, alter the Council was over and the War Anniversary Service, we went off there to stay two Sundays with the days between. It was a thoroughly busy week, one engagement following another as closely as possible. This time we stayed at the " Circuit" House (where Government officials stay when visiting a place) at the European end of the town, so as to get to know the English congregation. We had an"'" At Home" there lor them and saw a good deal of them in one way and another. I also took a short " quiet day " at the English Church and preached at a parade service of British troops, and at the English Services held _Confirmation Services for English, Tamils, and Burmese, and generally got a good look at all the good work going on. We could only leave Rangoon on Saturday, and therefore had to arrive at Mandalay at 6 a.m. on Suriday. But this was in time to enable us to get to the Annual Festival Service· at the Mission Church, which is always held on August 6th, the Feast of the Transfiguration. As it fell on Sunday this year no morning services were held at the English Church, the congregation being invited to attend the Mission Church. The result was "that the Mission Church was quite lull of English, Tamils, and Burmese. Hymn sheets were printed in all three languages; and we had a really delightful united Eucharist, at which I preached, and Mr. Edmonds officiated, using English, or Tamil. or Burmese, at different pa1ts of the Service.

We stayed a night each at Myingyan and Pakokku and had Services in the little Church at each place, finding Mr. Price in charge of one and Mr. W. R. Garrad in charge of the other. Our

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next stop was Magwe, where Mr. Collins met us and Where we are hoping soon to build a Church out of the materials of part of the old wooden Government Church at Thayelmyo, which .is soon to be dismantled as there is no longer a European garrison there. Then came a night and services at Mimbu and then a journey a little way back· up the river to the oil-fields. Here we found that the foundations of the Church to be built by the oil companies had been dug, and it will probably not be long before the Church is ready for use. At Thayetmyo we renewed our acquaintance with the Turkish prisoners in their barbed wire entanglements and spent a Sunday. A visit to Prome on Monday and Tuesday completed our river tour for the year.

I had to go to bed when I got home and I have been of no use since.

Like a good deal of the rest of Burma, Kalaw is a land of promise. Roads are being made, water~pipes laid down, and house sites .being taken up in all directions. The rail way has come here also. We have applied long ago lor sites for Church and parsonage and a possible European school. They are all blanks as yet. I expect we shall soon have to occupy the sites for Church and parsonage. Whether we shall be able to realise the idea of a school I do not know.

TAVOY.

Alas ! this letter has not yet finished when I intended it to be, and I am taking it up dgain at Tavoy, where the wolfram mines are. In the interval I have paid my annual visit to Moulmein, where I found our devoted workers carrying on as vigorously ·as ever. Mr. Clayton has been in the doctor's hands. He is better, but I am still not sure what the doctor will say as to his going on without a visit to England. I hope at all events he may be able to hold on till Mr. Messer comes out in the Autumn. Without one or other Mr. Kinch's position will be almost impossible. We hope, too, that a third lady may be found to join the stall of the European Girls' School. Miss Fairclough ought to come to England next year, and Miss Burnett cannot be left alone. The two together are overworked and there ought to be three on the stall with at least two always on the spot.

There is one fruit of our efforts in educating these children of our own Church and our own blood that will interest those who "think imperially." There is quite a long list of old boys of our Diocesan School who have gone to the Front, and a considerable number ·even of present boys and masters who are there also. Out of his school of between sixty and seventy boys, Mr. Kinch, the other day, brought over six to Rangoon to go oil to

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Mesopotamia. So we can claim that these schools do not only religious work, which we always keep to the front, but also patriotic work. As to the religious side, the girls are quite close to the Church, and can go there constantly ; the boys are rather far off and have their own little chapel in their school building. It is delightful to see them gathered there for morning prayers with Mr. Kinch and Mr. Clayton. The Chapel is largely decorated by Mr. Kinch's own hand, and one cannot help feeling that the memory of it and its services must form a strength to the boys in later life.

Our SuQday morning at Moulmein was, as usual, spent at S. Augustine's, where Mr. Atwool had a considerable number of Confirmation candidates. Our visit was curtailed owing to doctor's orders and we had no time to go into the school, where Mr. Hart is now headmaster, nor to visit the interesting Chinese school, but we found time to pay a short visit to Miss Redpath, who noW carries on Miss Pope's work in the Girls' Vernacular School.

Mr. Clack was expecting soon to go back to his old charg eat Akyab, making room for Mr. Thursfield, who has had three years of travelling about the Delta and now needs a change of work. Now, however, a demand has come from the Metropolitan for another chaplain for the soldiers and hospital ships of' the Mesopotamia force, and I fear Mr. Thursfield will have to go. This will mean that Mr. Clack must stay on and that probably I shall have to ask Mr. Lyne to go to Akyab. It is really almost impossible to pay Akyab regular visits, as the boats are so irregular. The last time Mr. Hardcastle went there he had to go to Chittagong and come back to Akyab, and, on the way home, had to go to Calcutta and come back from there ! On the other hand we can manage to visit Bassein and the Delta from Rangoon, and that is what we shall now have to .do. This demand for another chaplain for . the Forces makes us terribly short of men, but I am sure you at home will back me up in my thought that, however the r~st of us may suffer, the soldiers must be looked after as well as Government allows. Mr. W. Garrad has already gone, thus denuding Upper Burma and making the working of the Riverine Chaplaincy almost impossible. Now we shall have the greatest difficulty in providing for Lower Burma also. But that is the war, and we can only submit.

We got back to Rangoon in time for the S. Michael's Festival. I believe more people attended it than ever. The little iron shed with its fine brick chancel (the promise of a fine Church to come) was full to overflowing, the meetings, too, were full and interesting. But the inspiring event of the Festival was, to my mind, the Confirmation Service, which was held this year in the Cathedral.

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For the first time I saw the Cathedral nave full of Burmese people -and the choir was Burmese, too. It really was a sight to gladden a missionary's heart. Most of the congregation were hard-handed tillers of the soil straight from their villages in the jungle. Some ·of them came in smoking their big cheroots. Babies clothed in their own little brown skins were handed from one Confirmation candidate to another to hold while father or mother went up to be confirmed. But it was all delightful and real and hopeful to see· the jungle thus invading and filling the central Church of the Diocese, and there was the grave earnest face of the Gathe (hermit) in the midst-the author of at least a considerable part of that great gathering.

Now we are at T avoy making what preparations we can for Mr. Lee's coming. He will have uphill work. Most of the people are here to make what money they can and to go when it is made. The place has grown enormously since the war. Motors fly backwards and forwards along the road to the mines. There are probably a hundred in the place already. There were none, I believe, when I came in 1914, and I hear that thirty more are to arrive by the next steamer. All this shows how very much a chaplain is needed. There is no home for him at present and house accommodation is most difficult to get. However, I hope he will come out prepared to face difficulties. If he ·is (as I have no doubt) they will be overcome.

Now I must stop with very sincere and grateful greetings to all our friends.

Yours very truly in Christ,

R. S., RANGOON.

RANGOON CATHEDRAL.

MICHAELMAS, 1916.

If our great Cathedrals could tell the story of the scenes in the history of the nations which have taken place Within their walls­if in short the quaint fancy of the play which Mme Sarah Bernhardt has made famous, were fact. Rangoon Cathedral would have a story to tell of last JYI.ichaelmas Day. Then, for the first time in its history. the. Seating accommodation of the Cathedral was quite

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filled by a Christian Burmese and Karen congregation, a congregation drawn not from our schools in Rangoon, though these were also represented, but composed mainly of adults from the Delta District, who had come in to the headquarters of the Mission, S. Michael's, Kemmendine, lor their Patronal Festival.

In order that their share in the possession of the Cathedral of the Diocese might be recognised, partly for their own sakes and partly lor the sake of the ordinary European congregation of the Cathedral, it was arranged that the annual Confirmation which is always part of the Patronal Festival, should take place this year in the Cathedral, instead of at Kemmendine, and that those who were attending the Festival should come over en maSse to Rangoon, a distance of about four miles. What exactly this means can only be realised by those who know the jungle Burman. The inajority of these Christians live many days journey from Rangoon and K.emmendine, and never, except for such a great occasion as the yearly Festival. leave the jungle district at all. The religious festival, of course, plays a large part in the life. of the Oriental, and in fact, is usually the one event which. disturbs and enlivens his somewhat monotonous existence. The Christians are, of course~ debarred from sharing in the national festivals, which are all connected with religious rites, and some sort of annual gathering is the rule in every Mission district, taking p}ace either at one of the great Church Festivals, or at the Patronal Festival, according to the season at which it is possible for the Christian people to leave their fields to themselves lor the fortnight or so which will be occupied by the journey to and from the centre .at which the Festival is kept. To the jungle villagers Kemmendine seems a great town, and S. Michael's Church, a magnificent building -and so Rangoon with its electric trams, its busy streets, and motors, was a great experience and the lofty Cathedral with its pillars and arches and carving and sense of space, aroused much wonder and admiration. To many of them the word "Church" had up to now represented a bamboo building, with mud floor, and the minimum of furniture, and it was quite evident that the building and the service impressed them immensely. But whether it impressed them or not, it is very certain that the whole scene was extraordinarily impressive to the half-dozen Europeans among the congregation. In addition .to our schools in Rangoon, there were between 300 and 400 absolutely jungle villagers-and as I said before. only those who know this country, know what a "junglewallah" is-a simple, ignorant, childlike unsophisticated individual, as to whom you are never quite sure what will impress him. Something that you expect to astonish him will be passed by without notice, while another thing that you had never thought about yourself, will strike him as very wonderful and incompre­hensible.

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To begin with, the absence of all suspicion of roughness or noise, and the spirit of obvious reverence was remarkable. . And this quite unmistakeably, in spite of the perfectly natural and homely attitude of them all, and an entire absence. of that Western element of self·Con~ciousness which is so happily largely non­existent out here. This absence of self-consciousness lends an extraordinary dignity and grace to simple actions, and in the case of this Service, whereas the English villager finding himself in similar unfamiliar surroundings would feel embarrassed, and show it obviously by scraping his feet, and twirling his hat, and grinning sheepishly at his acquaintances across the aisle-the Burman was simply interested-quite seriously and as a child would be, and witho~.,;.t any lurking suspicion that he was being ''made a fool of.' ..

But there were incidents which aroused a smile-arising out of this very naivete and absence of self-consciousness, For instance, two women at least, walked. in with their .great white cheroots still between their lips, and continued to puff away at them until a better informed neighbour whispered instructions that this was unusual behaviour in Church. Then there was a certain old lady who was gazing about the Church in great anxiety for some time, having evidently got separated from her friend as the crowd entered. Suddenly she saw hedriend at the extreme other end of the nave and stood up excitably waving and beckoning to attract her attention, and when all else failed called to her loudly -by name to come up to the front and join her.! This behaviour, l must admit, was considered distinctly shocking, and seVeral hands were stretched out to draw her down to her seat again, while loud whispers enjoined silence !

One felt that the whole service was like a homely family act of worship to them and there was no embarrassment or restraint. It was delightful to see one candidate sitting with her baby in her arms, and when the time for her to go up to the Bishop arrived. handing the baby to the candidate next to her until she returned to her place. Then there was an old man who apparently could not see very well in his seat, and therefore quietly and unobtru­sively worked his way out to the centre aisle, and sat down there cross-legged for the remainder of the Service. I am glad to say that I was in Church when the Kemmendine people arrived, and saw them all troop in, led by Mr. C. R. Purser and the Burmese Hermit and his immediate followers, with the Burinese priests and Catechists, Mr. Purser first marshalled them all into seats as they entered the Church to avoid confusion, and then when all were in order, he read out the name of each candidate in tUm, and each left his or her place and walked up to the front seats. It was interesting to see the dissimilarly in age, education, and general appearance, between the candidates-an old Karen cultivator in loose trousers and curious embroidered tunic with his hair in a top

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knot and a rough cloth round his head, perhaps followed hy a spruce lad of sixteen fresh from a Mission School, with bright clean longyi and well-brushed hair. Then an old granny with an unmistakeable bath towel over her head as a veil ! and. of course. no knowledge of re3.ding, sitting between. a little girl of fourteen, with a dainty lace veil and silk longyi, singing lustily from her Burmese hymn book, and a mother soothing her baby to sleep that she might be able to deposit it beside her and join more reverently in the Service.

Certainly . this great Service wa~ an object lesson in the fact of the Burmese Native Church, and the vision of its future became clearer as we saw the mother Church of the Diocese filled with people worshipping in the :Burmese language-the choir of Burmese boys from S. Michael's School, with the Catechists behind -the Hermit and his followers in their brown robes near the front -the Burmese Clergy joining in the procession with their English brother Clergy, and the great Church filled with homely, roughly dressed villagers, their eyes earneStly .fixed on tne Bishop, and following with the greatest attention the details of the holy rite which most of them saw for the first time. I do not think any of us who were there will easily forget the scene. I certainly look upon it as quite one of the most impressive sights I have ever seen.

[ might add that Mr. Purser tells us there were twenty-~ine baptisms and fifty~one confirmations during the Festival.

NEWS FROM FRONT.

The Rev. A. 0. N. Lee, Miss Sellwood, and Mr. Messer arrived in RangOon before Christmas. Mr. Lee has gone to take up the new Chaplaincy at Tavoy, and Mr. Messer to join Mr. Hart and Mr. Clayton at S. Matthew's School, Moulmein. Miss Sellwood takes charge of the "Bishop's Home and Orphanage."

The Rev. G. Whitehead, who was due to start on Nov. 31st., got off a week later, and by this time we trust is safe in Rangoon. Probably he will go round the Chin Mission before proceeding to Car N tcobar.

Miss Slocombe was also delayed, but finally started on December 22nd. She has been working ~t the Ladies' College, Guernsey, and is to assist Miss Colbatch Clarke in the Diocesan Girls' High School, Rangoon.

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ON AcTIVE SERVICE.

Rev. W. R. Park, C.F., Mesopotamia. Rev. W. R. Garrad, C.F., Poona. Lieutenant C. R. Bathurst, F ranee. Lieutenant E. H. Dunkley, Mesopotamia. Lieutenant G. H. Bruce Kerr. Lieutenant B M. Blakeston, Mesopotamia. Lieutenant Bathurst was wounded on july 19th, shot through

the right shoulder and lung, and touched slightly by several otber bullets. He lay unconscious out in the open, a hundred yards from the German trenches, from 5.45 to II p.m., when with the help of a wounded m3n, who unfastened his equipment for him, he crawled back to his own trenches, taking an hour to cover the I 00 yards. He has made a wonderlJJI recovery.

The Diocesan High School has seventy names on its Roll of Honour, and one master and three old boys have already given their lives. The scholars have nobly given up League football, in which they have always been well to the front, to devote, time to drill.

S. AuGusTINE, MouLMEIN.

At last there Seems to be some prospect of developing the jungle side of our Mission work. We have now a Buimese catechist at Thaton and he has made a good start. After the rains he will travel about the district. His chief task will be to get in touch with our jungle Christians who afe scattered about over a wide area. We have also two bo}rs training at the Divinity School at Mandalay. When they have completed their course we hope to find work for them as Mission catechists. Our Tamil catechist is studying diligently for Holy Orders.

KEMMENDINE NoTEs.

(From the Annual Report).

D. C. ATWOOL.

In surveying the whole of the Talang-Karen field, one cannot help being filled with a great joy. All the positions gained during the past six years have been fully consolidated. There is a School and teacher in almost every village, and the district is served by three catechists, .and the Burmese priest, Po Sah, so far as his other duties at Kyarklot allow. The villages, the people, the happiness, the unity of them, all testify to the value of missionary schools.

Normal Schooi.-Last year eleven boys passed out, and ten of them are working in mission schools, adding four new schools to our already large list of vernacular schools in connection with this mission. The time has now come when some of these jungle eachers must.·be sent back for further training. The alloted time

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-of three years for the first batch sent out comes to an end in March, and the faithfulness, patience, and love with which they have fulfilled their duties give good hope that some at least may become candidates for the ministry.

The Blind Schoo/.-Last year opened with eleven children in the school, seven boys and lour girls. But alter the holidays some failed to return, and school re-opened with live only, but now there are again eleven, eight boys and three girls. It is difficult to persuade the parents to let them come, but time will doubtless -disperse the prejudice.

The Notes of Lessons lor Sunday School teachers, in Burmese, by Mrs. Cowper Johnson, is proving exceedingly useful all over the Diocese.

A special War Intercession, translated into Burmese by the Rev. C. E. Garrad, has been used widely.

The Books ol Genesis, Exodus, Psalms, and Proverbs have been finished and published by the Translation Committee ol the British and Foreign Bible Society.

The Rev. J. G. Lister writes from Mandalay with reference to S. Mary's Church ol England European Schools-

) want to make an appeal lor help towards a debt ol £40(} on our building fund. It Was incurred in April this year. The School Committee had to purchase the buildings which are occupied by the Girls' School. The Committee were forced to do this because both the houses came into the market, and there were people after them who considered they would be rather a good investment il occupied by the school. Then these buildings had to be extended to meet the increase in the number of children. Of courRe we can hope for no help from Gov~rnment at this time .. and we shall have to raise the money ourselves. Last year we raised £350 lor equipment, and in April this year had no debts, till we were forced to buy and extend our buildings. On part ol this £400 we are paying 9%, and so want to pay that oil as soon as possible. I know it is a very bad time to ask· for money, but I hope that some of our friends in England will help us, as this debt is a great worry and hampers other work which is urgently needed. At present there are about II 0 in the Girls' School and fifty in the Boys' School.

AN AFTERNOoN's VISITING.

September 27th, 1916. After tea, at 5 p.m., I started to do some visiting, beginning at

the Civil Hospital, where two sailors were in for a few days with scurvy. I had a gharee waiting to take me to my next visit. The

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gharee wallah quite understood my telling him to go to the Strand Road by the Bassein River and go on to the left till he was· told to stop-so he drove merrily off nearly to the station instead before I discovered it. . I knew enough to say ' bus,' so he turned and drove back. In a few minutes he beckoned a Chinaman up to his box without slackening, who presently put his head in the window to help, but he knew no English and I did not know Hindustani or Chinese for river. However, the waUah had an inspiration and drove me to the R.C. priest"s house, which he concluded must be the only other place besi!'les the station that a padre sahib ought to want to reach. Here we got the right direction. Two miles we went over a vile road in the shaky vehicle, passing many Chinese and Burmese bungalows and little naked staring children, till the road ended, and I dismissed my driver. Next I had either to walk along . the rail way line or along a mud track up to my knees (with a calling suit on I) or in a sampan by river. This last was seemingly most direct, and duly landed me at the ferry­side for my call. · Visit No. 3 was across the river to a big tramp steamer that was moored for a rice cargo at a paddy mill half~a~ mile up stream. Once more the sampan, a boat with high prow worked by a man standing, with oars facing the way he goes. Coming near I shouted" Ship ahoy,",and prepared to get aboard. A rope ladder is not the easiest thing to go up thirty feet with an umbrella and a topee on, but as a Scout I was prepared for what would happen. How many folk know that a rope ladder swings you under it ·when you climb unless you pUt your feet both sides of it. Well, there was not room between the side of the ship to do that. so I got up as best I could, and found the officer of the watch at the top, who remarked that rope ladders were a bit awkward .. He was a nice type of seaman, but did not hold out much chance of his visiting our Church even if he did not sail on Sunday.

Next a visit to the Mem-sahib at the mill. Only a few paces to the bungalow, but by the time I reached it I was covered with rice weevils (last night in my own bungalow it was flying ants, these things seem to come in plagues ; at Henzada it was leeches, at Maubin it will be mosquitoes, and so on). Nice Scotch family, who gave me the use of. their own sampan back across the river and some way up stream. By this time it was quite dark, and I had not brought a hurricane lamp to scare away the snakes~one never sees them really, but folks always have lamps after dark in case they might step on one. So I started to trudge my three mile journey. Some little distance up the road I spied a gharee. It was too dark to see if it was booked, but I hailed it on spec. The driver shook his head, but the Burman inside heard me, and made me get in, insisting on my having the best seat-all this by signs,. no language-and so I arrived home at 7 .15.

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HOME NOTES.

THE QUARTERLY PAPER.

This year we· propose to do without illustrations, and to semf out fewer complimentary copies in order to keep down the expense.

ARcHDEACON CoRY.

This.month Uanuary, 1917) ends the official connection of the Venerable Archdeacon Cory with the Diocese of Rangoon, though we are sure that his connection with the Diocese other than as "Archdeacon of Rangoon'' will continue. He remains with us as a worker at the base.

The Diocese will miss his courage, wisdom, and brotherliness. He was always a uniting force as well as a man of strong influence with those to whom he ministered directly. The noble church of Maymyo stands a visible and lasting record of the later years of his service, and of the service of Mrs. Cory ; but there are lives of many British residents in Burma on which less palpable but even more lasting marks wholly lor good have been ~~~ .

He went out to Burma in 1892, and has thus served lor. more than twenty~four years. He has been stationed at Thayet Myo. Port Blair (1901-2). The Cathedral (1903), Rangoon Cantonments (1904-5), but his chief work has been at Maymyo (1906-15, except when on turl.ough).

He became Archdeacon in 1907. A.M.K.

THE KENSINGTON SALE.

For once we were favoured by the weather, lor both days of the Sale were line.· The first day the Hall was well filled, and business was brisk. "£885 was the total receipts, and some stalls did very well. We did fairly well, the Winchester stall taking £33, and the R.D.A. stall £28. And this in spite of the absence of the usual Burmese goods.

CARLISLE DIOCESE.

The Rev. P. H. Kirkham, who has been lor years Secretary for the Diocese, is moving to S. Peter's, Stockton-on~ Tees, in the Diocese of Durham, in February. He hopes to find a successor, whose name will be duly announced.

We· are very grateful to Mr. Kirkham lor all he has d<me, and we are sure that his new parish will become a fresh centre of interest.

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CHICHESTER DIOCESE.

On All Saints Day, at Southboro, Tunbridge Wells, a lantern lecture on Burma, was given by the Rev. W. C. B. Purser, to the children of S . .Thomas' parish, with the object of increasing interest in K.M. work. The children hope to raise enough money year by year to support a blind scholar at Kemmendine.

Miss G. M. Watson organised a Drawing Room Meeting, at Brighton, in November, in aid of the Motor Launch Fund. The Rev. W. Marshall, Vicar of S. Patrick's, presided. Miss Watson, from her experience gained by her recent visit to Burma, was able to set forth the urgent need of the Launch. £4 I Os. was realized. '

GLOUCESTER DIOCESE.

At a small social gathering of members held at the Secretary's house-2, Malvern Place, Cheltenham-it was decided unanimously that there should be (D.V.) a "show of work" again in 1917, the things to be sent as usual to Miss Latham-Browne, for the Stall at the Kensington Sale. Owing to the bad weather and other circumstances only a few members were able to be present, but one of them generously doubled her subscription as no work was asked for the year.

LONDON DIOCESE.

On November I Oth, the General Secretary gave an address on " Work in Rangoon," to the staff and scholars of S. Agnes College, Ealing, who have for some years supported a girl at S. Mary's School, Rangoon. The Rev. A. C. Buckel!, Vicar of S. Saviour's, kindly lent his Parish Room and added. to his kindness by presiding. There were about 130 present, and all were keenly interested in the description given of the work. Two girls were dressed in costume to illustrate the talk, and a large collection of photos were left for inspection afterwards.

A Sale of Work was held in the Parish Room, Hayes, on Saturday, December 2nd, on behalf of the Diocese of Rangoon. The stalls were well supplied with useful articles, needlework, groceries, cakes, sweets, etc., and the tea provided was well patronized. £16 was realized-£7 for a scholar at Mandalay, and £9 for the General Fund.

SouTHWARK DiocEsE.

S. Allege, Greenwich, held its Annual Sale,. for Work in Rangoon, on Saturday, December 9th, from three to seven.

The Mayoress of Greenwich kindly opened it. Miss Knight had hoped to have been there but was unable. However, she provided a pottery stall, which was managed by Mrs. Corle and Miss Hoy. Mrs. R. S. Jackson superintended the Working Party

. Stall. The Dorcas Working Party had a third Stall, and Mrs.

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T ackley, the Vicar's wile, looked alter the refreshments. Addresses were given by the Rev. W. C. B. Purser, the Parish's "Own Missionary:' A Missionary play, entitled "Sowing in the Wilderness,'' was performed by the Associates and Me-mbers of the Girls' Friendly Society and of the Children's Guild. About £30 was cleared.

In the chain of prayer on S. Andrew's Day, special intercessions for Bunna were included.

s. ALBANS DIOCESE.

Bishop Knight gave a lantern lecture at Hitchin, on January lOth. Needless to say, all present were deeply interested in the account of work in Rangoon among the Burmese.

WoRcEsTER DiocEsE.

Mrs. Seeley. who lor some years •has done such splendid work as Local Secretary for Malvern, has now removed to the South, and has to resign, to our great regret.

We welcome a new Local Secretary at Stourport-Mrs. Swete, Areley House.

YoRK DIOCESE.

We gratefully announce that Mrs. Blakeston will take up 'the post of Secretary in place of her late husband. Her address is 15, Lockwood Street, Drillield.

The Rev. H. C. Windley gave a lecture at Mirlield, on January 4th, on the Missionary Work in the Diocese of Rangoon.

GuiLD oF INTERCESSION AND WoRK.

Not an eventful year, but there have been less disappointments than might have been expected under present conditions. The Sale at Kensington realised £28 Os. 4d., and considering we had to depend on Home and Branch members .for contributions­except lor two packets of Chikkor work and handkerchiefs from Mrs. Fyffe-the result was encouraging. 01.1r Branches mostly did well, Kirkby Stephen and Malvern specially so, by goods and by subscriptions. The Wishaw Work. Party too, sent a nice sum. Cheltenham, whence we have had such splendid bundles in former years, was unable to do anything, all the mo~e sad because in 1915 the Sweet Sale, organised by Mrs. Sturkey, Mrs. Reynell, and her G.F.S. Candidates, and the Guild Workers, was such a great success. May we suggest another year that a Sale of Toys for Christmas is, as was formed at Kensington, both an easy and profitable undertaking. By the death of Lady Victoria Buxton we have lost not only a generous annual subscriber, but also a generous purchaser from the Rangoon Diocesan Stall. She always sent a cheque to be spent at the Stall.

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APPEAL FOR MOTOR LAUNCH,

There has been a splendid response to this appeal. S.P.G. inserted it in the .. Mission Field, .. though a mistake was made in stating that £250 was the amount required. It is £350.

Amount acknowledged in October number Miss Wilshere Right Rev. Bishop Knight Miss Gwendoline Watson Mrs. Connell ... A Friend Mark Church Miss Glover ... Rev. H. j. Buxton Drawing Room Meeting at Brighton Anon .. . Miss C. L. S. Watson .. . H.M.S. "Africa .. Miss T relfall ... Miss M. I. Watson Anon-M.B.H.

Through "Mission Field."' Miss Webster Miss Cockton Miss john Miss Marsh ... Const8.nt Reader Miss H. M. Donaldson •• Briton Ferry " ... •• A Munition Worker"' Miss Crooke ... E.j. L. Interest

£ s. d. 42 10 I

5 0 0 5 0 0 I I 0 I 0 0 3 6 6 I 14 0 5 0 0

20 0 0 4 10 0

100 0 0 25 0 0 2 10 0 5 0 0 I 0 0 4 0 0

0 0 5 0 2 6 5 0

10 0 2 6 2 6

2 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0

18 0

£255 17

FoR TouNGoo LAND PuRCHASE.

Acknowledged before Bishop Knight

£ s. d. 2 15 6 4 0 0

£6 15 6

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SUPPORTED CATECHISTS AND STUDENTS. Pharez Shwe Tin J ona.than Po Yin Samuel Tun Yon Daniel N e Kine

S. MH.ry's, Rangoon. :: Stu.dent/.£8'1 Christ Church, La.ncastar Ga.te.

• . " £~~ Ladie;: Mission~.,. Asso~i.tion, Peter Maung Pya.n •• Moses Pa.u The. (Karen) ::\Ia.rk Shwe An

Rangoon. •• 1\·larshfield. . . Ricbrd Scholarship.

Eden bridge. Two Students Po To (Karen)

.. (£10) S.P.C.K. • . (£8) All Sa.ints, Gosfortb, Study Circle~

John Ma.ung My& Catechist

i~t~~: ::~~: fr~~~ Student

Toun.goo-Po Nya. . . Ca.techht Ynh Gwa.w

. . S. Agnes', Bristol, Association.

. , S. Agnes', Bristol, Men's Guild .

.• Hook.

• • Whitwell, Derbyshire. • , Longford, Derbyshire.

LIST OF CHILDREN AND PATRONS.

NoTE.-The letters K.M. stand for King's 1\:lessengers, the title of the Juvenile Association in connection with the S.P.G., and the figures the number of the Scholarship.

BURMESE CHILDREN.

S. John's Collage, s~P.G. Rangoon, ~8.

Peter Ba Khin, 62 S. Matthew, Cla.pton, K.M. Ya.u Ha.u Sa-ffron Walden. Alban Henry, 152 S. George, Woolwich Garrison, K.M. Jacob Obn Myine S. Peter, Worcester. Peter Po Sine, 469 Midhurst, K.M. D. Tun Aung Miss G. Tarkington's Legacy. Samuel Hla, 549 S. Peter, Busbey Heath, K.l\I.

S. Mary's Girls' School, Rangoon,, ~6.

Gracie

Naomi Ma. Mya. Gyi Rosie Esther Salome Dorothy Hannah Ma. Than Ellen Hnin May Margaret Helen

Sunday School Teachers, All Saints, Haggerston.

S. Matthew, Sutton Bridge. Mothers' Union, Godalming. Ml·s. Chard's Work Party. Barry Sunday School, S. Wales. U pwey Sunday School. G.F.S., Lee.· Watchers ~nd Workers, Riviera Branch. Camden Girls' Sunday 'School.

John Henry Hun Tin Barbara Hla Win Dinah Mary (Kya.ikl&t) Barbara. ].{ary Hannllh Sein Yin Lucy Ma Thee, 521 Mary Ma Hla., 488 Ma.ry Ai Chu Hannah The Myine Rebecca. Kyin Yone Florence J a.ne

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Miss E. Pearson, Whitchurch. Cocldngton. S. John, Orowborough Sunday School Anon (B. and W.) Leigh under Mendip. G.F.S. Ealing. S. Augustine's, Croydon, K.M. Mirfield. S. Mary's Mission. Castleford. York CoJiege for Girls. Llanishen Sunda.y School, Cardiff. M.U., S. Michael, Appleby.

s. Gabriel's School, Rangoon, &a. Martha, 181 Silohester, K.M.

S. Agnes•, Moulmeln, Clrls, &Ji. Katie Anna. Cecilia Ma Than Ngwe Albert Pegrum Lucy Ma. Thein H.an Agnes Ma Twa.y

Lois Weedon Parish. S. Peter, Bexhill, Girls' Sunday School~

Bur;iwick. Boys'

S. Agnes' College, Ealing.

S. Augustine's, Moul~nelnj, Boys, &&.

Thomas Au Sa.ing Benja.min On Pe V a.lentine Ma.rk David , Andre .M:g Ton Lin Ba.rna.bas Po Dan

S. Nichola.s, Islip, Northants. Children of S. Matthew's, Moulmein. Dela.mere. The Misses Stevens. Miss Pope. Woolston, Southampton.

All Saints', Shwebo, .&4a Boys-

M&ung Po Shain (Kanbalu)

Girls-Phcebe Ma Pan Dorcas Ma.i Mone, 153 Rhoda. Ma.i Yin May Ma. Yu Rebekah Shwe Su Esther M&i Too Lois l\fAi Nyan, 284 Mary Ma.i Thone Mar,h& Ma.i Kyone, 185 Ruth Ma. Sa.in , Eunice Ma.i Nan Orpah Gnwe Kin Elizabeth Thai Thwai Hanna.h Ma. Kin Priscilln. Pwa Ohn, 559 Mary Ma Su· Amy Ma.i Mya Moses Ka.n Ba.w Lydia. Sh we Hman Debora.h Tin Ma Da.ma.ris Tha.in .Yin

Salle Pa.rish.

All Sa.ints, Ha.ggerston. S. George, Woolwich, K.M. Rossa.ll, Mission, Newton Heath, Manchester. Mrs~ Obba.rd. 1\liss Elsley, York.

Do. 8. John, Worcester, K.M. 8. Paul, Forebridge. 8. Philip, Norwich. M&lpas Working Pa.rty. Miss Domville and Friends. Colsterworth. Miss S. Druitt and Friends. Miss Druitt. S. Peter, Bournemouth, ·K.M. Girls' Bible Class, 8. George, Ha.rrow. S. Philip, Salford, Girls' School. 8. George, Harrow. Christ; Church, La.nca.ster Ga.te, Y.W.B_.C. Three Friends, Fishponds.

-Mra. Ellaby.

Boys-Thoma.s Mg San Nyun 47· John Arra.ku, 269 Andrew Ba.llavandrum, 430 Joshua Ba Thein hfaung Aung Mya.t, 511 William Mg. Tun Sein Nyanum Am boo Joshua. Ohn Kin

Girls-Rebecca. ~b.i Gyee Mary Ma. Hsoo Ma. Than Sbwa.y Anna Than Tin Gracie Kansi MaThai) Tin Rebecca Ma. Sau Yin Annie Ka.li Juliet Gabrielle Mo.i Gyee Gelay Nellie

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Mandalay, .ca. All Saints, Ca.mbridge, K.M. Thornha.m, K.M. S. Chad, Gatesbead, K.M.. Oakham. Horsforth, K.M., Leeds. Hayes Mothers' Meeting. S. Mary's Sunda.y School, Mand.alay. Rev. W. R. Pa.rk. Mrs. Ransom.

MisS Maud and Friends Mrs. C. Lowis. Portslade Children. S. Faith, Alverstoke Twerton :Mothers. Mrs. D. Round. Sandford, Bristol. S. Jude, Hanley. Luton, Kent. Wakefield Cathedral Missionary Guild. Old B!l.sing.

s. Michael's, Kenlmendlne, &4.

Daniel Po Thit Luke Po Kai Paul Po Thin Saw Nyo.n Po Thee Obn Pe Kin Maung Mg Kun M:g Khin Kyaw Hln. Ba.rn~t.bas Po Kho.i Aun~ Ba. L. Maung Thin

Aung Nyun Po Knn John Mg Tin Tun Sein Tun Tin Maung Gu Ba Kya.n

Lazarus Sa.n Chain Barnabas Nyan Ba.w

Burmese. A Friend.

Do. Insein Sunday School. Anon, South Africa. C.T.S., Cambridge. Rev. T. Ha.nna.y. Kettering. S. Mary, Ilford. Edenbridge. Holm:firth. S. Augustine,~ C&mbridge. Mere Children's Missionary Association. West Kirby.

Karen. Kettering. Miss K. Hole and Friends. Highburton. All Sa.ints, Acton, Guls' B.C., Kemmendi_n_e English S. School. S. Mary, H&ndsworth. Eaton Bible Class.

Chin. Emmanuel, Leeds. S. Mary, Lisca.rd.

Boys- Kemmendlne--,lungle School Children, 30/· Ma.ung Aung :Mra. Cunningham. Ma.ung Gain~ S. Mary, Ilford. Ma.ung San Pu Do. Shama.ung Mrs. Trotman. Shu Ma.ung Billingford Sunday School. Kau Ba.u, 563 Kirkby Stephen, K.M.

Girls­.Ma Ma.i Su Ma. On Sine Ma. Mah Po, 565

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S. Ma.ry, llford . Do.

Kirkby Stephen, K.M.

MaungKhant Ba Sein

Kemmendlne.....:.BIInd School, £8~

Mrs. Pulma.n's Working Party. Mrs. Robinson.

Boys-Tha Gyaw Andrew, 172 Yako A., 106 D' Ma Zer, 16G Nee Na. Way Meh Eh Simon Maw Mya., 229 Ta. Kwa. Leh, 3G4 Simeon, 128 l'ohah, 366 Aw Pwee William Tresham

Girls­Amy Te Kwee, 505

Maw Za.w

Keh Lu, 345 Shwa.y E., 372 La Bay Ru Sa.y Ma. Poo Mai Be L•y Oh, ~51 M• Gyi, 370 Daw E., 475 , Paw Hgra.y, 497 Thee Beh 1\-Ia. Saw Ma.i Te Lab, 2190 Beh E.

KAREN CHILDREN.

s. Luke's Toungoo, £6

S. Philip, Rangoon. S. John Pleck, Wa.lsall, K.M. S. Nicholas, Liverpool, K.lri. S. Stephen, Bush Hill Park, K.M. S. Michael, Bournemouth, Boys. Children's Guild, S. John, Sidcup. S. Gabriel Hulme, K.M. S. Luke, W. Hartlepool, K.M. Borsta.ll, K.M. Rochester Cathedral, K.M. S. John Baptist 8.S., _Toungoo. 8. Peter, Droitwich.

8. Augustine, Leytonstone. 8. Nicholas, Liverpool, K.M.

{.All Saints, Haggerston, Young Women's

Bible Class East Tilbury. S; Ma.ttbew, Cla.pton, K.M. Southwell, K.M. S. Michael, Bowes Park. S. Mary, Battersea., Girls. Miss Georgina. Jenkinson, Fa.l:field. S. Augustine, New Basford. Coa.tham, Redca.r, K.M. S. Nicholas, King's Lynn, K.M. Muncaster, K.M. 8. Barnabas, Worcester, K.M. Holm bridge. Selbourne. S. Michael, Stoke Newington, G.F.S. Sta.incli:ffe Sunday School.

S~ Peter •nd S~ Paul, Toungoo, £~~ Boys-

Tab Preh Paw, 889 Po Kya Bah Ta. Roe Maw Nyo Ay Pu Pu

Girls-T•h Poll, 803 Ta.ru, 13 Naw Lee To

Kimpton, Welwyn, ICU. Longford, Derbyshire. La.venham Children. Rossa.ll Mission. Upton, S. Leonard.

8. Matthew, Clapton, K.M. Elford, K.M. Warminster 11 Y.M.B."

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SPECIAL THANKSOIVINOS AND PRAYERS.

For the new workers-Rev. C. W. Lyne, Rev. A. 0. N. Lee, Miss Sellwood, Mr. Messer; and Miss Slocombe.

For the offer of Rev. G. Whitehead for Car Nicobar. For the work and fervour of the Christian Hermit, and the in­

gathering of hts followers, ana of the Talaing Karens. For the coming back of many Kleebo-ites.

For Bishop Knight in his work at S. Augustine's Canterbury. For mote tnissionaries, especially for S. John's College, and the

Mandalay Brotherhood, Lady Doctor, and for Toungoo. For money for their support. For the continuance of the movements towards Christianity among

Burmese and Karens in the Delta. For a great increase of devotion of the Native Clergy and Cate­

chists, and in the self-support of the Native Church. For the complete healing of the Kleebo schism. For the present work, that the pressure of the War may' not cause

any post to be vacated, or workers to be withdi:a.wn for lack of support. ·

CYCLE OF PRAYER (As arranged for use In the Diocese of Ransoon).

(Home Organization added). ·

Sunday.-The Bishop, Clergy, and Layworkers in general British Residents.

On furlough: Rev. W. C. B. Purser, Rev. W. R. Menzies. S.P.G. and Diocesan Committees. Bishop's Chaplain-Rev. W. E. Hardcastle. Ladies' Missionary Association. Mothers' Union, G.F.S.

The British residents are the witnesses to Christ to the hea.th~n. and can help or binder the work immensely by their life and conduct.

Monday.-Bhamo, Shwebo, and Meiktila-Burmese Mission.-Rev. H. M. Stockings, Miss Mahon; at All Saints'

Church and Girla' School, Shwebo; Miss Fay and Miss Watson at Ka.nbalu. English Work.-Re\'. G. A. Ellaby, at Bhwebo and Bhamo; Rev. H. E.

Price, &L Meiktila., each with out-stations. Home.-The General Secretary &nd Speakers.

Tuesday.-Mandalay, Maymyo, Riverine Chaplaincy-Winclu!stet· Mission, Mandalay.-Revs. C. E. Ga.rrad, F. R. Edmonds,

G. Kya Bin, N. 8 .. Asirvath!l.m, and J. S Joshua. Boys' School-1\fr. J. H. Neal. Women's Community-Mi,;s Patoh and Miss Dunkley with School for Gil'ls. Out-stations at Ma.ymyo, Ma.daya., My'ittha., Booda.let. Theologica.l College.

Maymyo-Ta.mil Deacon and School and Congregation. English Work.-S. Mary Mandalay-Rev. J. G. Lister. ·SchoOI"""":'Mr. Argyll­

Saxby, Miss Easton and Miss Openshaw. Maymyo-Rev. H. Bl$ndford. S. Micbael'sGirl'sSchool under Sisters of the Church. The G.].'.S. Home of Rest.

Riverine ChaplaincrJ.-Mogok, Sa.ge.ing, Pakokku, Monywa and Kya.ukse. Home.-Winchester Diocesan Association and Secretaries.

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Wednesday.-Toungoo and Karen Hills; Railway Chaplaincy. Rev; T. Fisher, S. Luke's Mission; Rev. E. W. Bly.tb, 8. P.eter's

Mission; seven Karen Priests, five Dea.cons. Boys' School-Mr. Shields. Girls-Miss Selby. Printer-)fr. Hassell. Theologica.l Sch.ool. About 100 Christian· Villages. 4000 a.dherents. Tamil School.

English Work.-Rev. P. J, Ryall, at Insein, Yamethin, Letpadan, Tharrawaddy and Pyi~ma.na. Bishop's Chaplain at Pegu. Rev. T. Fisher a.t S. John Baptist's Church, Toungoo, Shweygin, Thandoung, Pyuntaza, Nya.unglebin. Europea.n School-Miss Johnson.

Honte.-The Guild of Intercession and. Work. Secretaries and Members.

Thursday.-Kemmendine and Delta; Thayetmyo, Prome and Ba.esein-

8. Michael's, Kemmendine, Church, School and Parish-Revs. C. R. Purser, J. G. CaJ.~icott a.nd s. Po Thet. Kya.iklat Church anc! School­Rev. D. Po Sa.h. Itinerary Work . in Villages. Blind School. Hermit and his followers. Ca.techists. S. Mary's Norm"'l School-Misses Pearson and Henderson.

Chin and Burmese Work from Prome. Engli&h Wo1·k.- Thayetmyo and Mimbu. Rev. 0. W. Lyne-Bassein, ·Henzada, Mya.ungmya., Maubin and

Pya pone. On Active Service-Revs. E. H. Dunkley, 0. R. Ba.thurst, W. R. Ga.rrad,

G. A. R. Thur;di.eld, W. R. Park, ~- H. ·Brure Kerr;, Mr. Bla.keston. Honz.e.-The Diocesa-n Secretaries.

Friday.-Rangoon. English cf EuraSian· Work.-Rev. W. a·. Cowper-Johnson, a.t Ca.thed.ra.I.

Rev. G. H. Seeley a.t Ca.ntonments. Rev. R. H. Courtenay, at 8. Phi1ip's. Diocesan Boys' School-Messrs. Fergusona.nd Yeomans. Girls' School- MisseS Clark, Sumner, Hearn, a.nd Slocombe, Missions to Seamen-Mr. Doherty. Rescue Work~

Bishop's Home jqr Girls.--Miss 'Sellwood. But-nUlse Work.-S. Barna.ba.s' Mission & Syriam.:....Rev. E. H. Cox.

S. John's College-Rev. ·A. W. Blencowe and Mr. Best. S. Mary's School­Misses Laughlin and Elliott. The Normal School for Masters a.t 8. John's.

Tatnil Work.-S. Gabriel-Rev. V. N. Kemp. Honz.e.-Our Own Missionary Fund and Secretary. The Forwa.rd Move­

_ment and Secretary.

Saturday.-· Moulmein, Car Nicobar, Akyab, Port l3lair, Dagshai­Bunnese Wo1·k.-S. Augustine's Moulmein, Rev. D. C; Atwool, Mr. Ha.rt,

Church a.nd Boys' School-Ca.techists. S. Agnes' School. Tmnil Work.-Ca.Lechist and Co.agregation. Small body of Chinese

Christians. Car Nicobat·.-Rev. G. Whitehead. About 120 Christians, also Ca.techuinens

a.nd Schola.rs. English Work.-Moulmein-·Rev. G. R. 8. Clack, 8. Matthew's, also

Thaton, Mergui, and Ta.voy-8. Ma.tthew's Boys· Sohool-:Mr. Kinch, 1\rr, Clayton, a.nd Mr. Messer; Girls' Sohool-Miasea Fairclough and Burnett. Ayka.b, Sa.ndoway, Kyaukuv and Pa.leLwa.-Port Bla.ir.- D&gaha.i-Rev •. R.- K. Anderson.

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DIOCESAN AND LOCAL sECRETARIES.

BATH AND WELLS....:....Miss C. Lythall, Barr Houae, Taunton. BRISTOL-Miss Dickenson, 5 Prince's Buildings, Clifton, Bristol. 0ANTER~---:-Mrs·.· Ricli:ai:d, 25 Blenheim Park Road, South Croydon. C.t.RLIBLE-Bev: P. H. Kttkh&m, Kirkby Stephen. CHELMSFORD-Rev. yv. Walker, Pa.ttiswick Rectory, Braintree~ CHESTER- M.iss Blencowe, West Kirby Vicarage. CHICBBsri::a:..:....:.&:;v.' E:·B. Hill, Wilderness Cotta.ge, Hayward's Heath. DuRHAM AND NEWCASTr.E-J. W; Dick, Esq., Linden Avenue, Gosforth.

Newcutle-on-Tyne. :BiihOp Auok.land-.-W. lBo Rowntree, Esq., 3 Hexham Street.

ELY:-Rev: R. P. Moline. Cotbenham Rectory, Ca.mbridge. EDTER..:....M'iss·K.· Hole, 4 Elm GroVe Road, Exeter. GLOUOESTBR-Mi-S.· Sturkey, 2 Malvern Place, Cheltenham.

HslREFORD-

LicliFIELn.:::-R6v. J; Phillips·, J92, Abbey Forega.te,- Shrewsbury. LONDON-MisS La.nS:t.on, All_ S_a.,it:i.ts•, Yi~ar&ge~ Ha.ggerston, N.E. MANCHESTER-Mi~s. Hockmeyer, 8 Burton Avenue, ,Withington, Manchester. NonwrcH-Mrs.'.O.wen, S. :Phil,ip's Vica.rage, Norwich. OxroRn-MisR K. Edmonds, The Gra.nge, Ha.yes, Middlesex. PE'l'ERBOROCGH~Mies I .. Lid:.better, Lois Weedon Vicarage, Towcester. RIPON-Miss. Cl~~ork, Rose Oottage, Bw-n,all, Skipton, Yorks. &P:CHEBTJ:B.~:Miis Sou.ttet, :F&irfield, Edenbridge, Kent. ~ALTSBUBY-Rev. F. E. Trotma.n, Mere Vicarage, Wilts. 8c:n:1TliWARR...J.F. ·:Kln'ch, Esq., 7-1 Cro::z::ted Road, Dulwich, S.E.

Grumoick-Mias ·Hi!ty, '31 King William Street. SoorHWELi:.-Miss Hodgkinson, SS S. Stephen's Road, EaJing, London, W. S. ALBANs-E. G. ELSON, Esq., 23, Kingsfield Road, Watford. s.·'EnMuNDSBURY .A.N·D ·IPSWICR-Ven. Archdeacon Cory, Ca.mpsea Ashe

Rectory, Wickham Market. TRuno-Lt.~Col. C .. E." C&rtiew, Wa.debridge, Cornwall. WAKEFIELD...2..Re~. X. ·N. Haynes, Staincliffe Vicara-ge, Batley. WI'N·Oti:EsTBR:..:_:Re~. ··A. L. Brown, Wonersh Vicarage, Guildford.

Miss C. Will(!JS, Basingfield, BasiD.gstoke. Miss Stubington, Oakla.nds, near Havant.

Olil Bari-ng-Mrs. Lea.r, Brigbtwen, Basingstoke. W~~ter..,.,..Mi~. ~re ·Browne, 15 Kingsga.te Street.

WoBC:ms~Mis~,i'ates,.l College Precinct-s·, Worcester. $tourpor_t-~. ,Sweie, Areley House.

YoRK-Mrs. Blakeston, 15, Lockwood Street, Driffield.

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GUILD oF INTBBCESSION AND WoRE..

Members make two or more articles for Sale in ·England for the benefit of the Rangoon Diocesan Association Funds, or send an equivalent in money. The articles may be sent either ·to the SecretarieS in London for the November Sale, or · to a Bra.nch Secretary for a Loco! Sale. ·

Hon. Secretary-"-Miss LATHOM BROWNE, 1, Talbot Road, W estbourne Park, W.

STUDENTs' FuND.

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

ScHooL CHILDREN's FuND. For the support of orphan and other children in the S.P.G.

Schools. Amount required: £5 a yeor for a Karen boy or girl at

Toungoo; £4 for a Burmese boy or girl ot Shwebo.; £4. for • Burmese boy or girl at Kernroendine or Kyaiklat; 80s. for a Jungle School scholar; £5 for a Burmese boy or girl at Moulmein; £6 for a Burmese boy at S. John's College, or girl &t S. Ma•·y's Schools, Rangoon, or at Mandalay,

Note.-It is not necessary 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, All Saints' Vicarage, Haggerston, London, N.E., will be ple&aed to furnish any information.

NEWSPAPERS FOR THE MISSlONARIES.

Friends willing to send weekly, monthly or quarterly papers and magazines to a.ny of the Missionaries should comril.Unicate with-

Miss N. L4NGToN, All Saints' Vicarage, Haggerston, London, N.E., who keeps lists of papers sent and papers desired.

CoLLECTING BoxEs.

These can be obtained of the General or Diocesan Secretaries.

SERMONs, AnnREsBEs AND LECTUREs. The General and Diocesan Sscretaries will be glad to give

or arrange for Sermons, Addresses or Lectures (with or without Lantern), and Drawing Room Meetings.

BALE OF S·uxPs. Mrs. KmKHAM, The Vicarage, Kirkby Stephen, undertakes the

sale of stamps on behalf of the Mission, and will be very thankful to friends who will send her sets for sale." Shoots sent on approval.

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Government Chaplains. Rev . N. K. A NOERSON, M.A. , Oriel Coll ege, Qx[orcl-Dagshai 1911 Rev . H. W. BLANOFotm, B.A., S. John's College, Ox:ford-Mn.ymyo . . 1892 Rev. J. H. CoLLms, Snhol. Cane ., Truro . . . . . . 1893 Rev. W. R. PAnK, B.A., Exet<Jr College, O:dord-(on Seruice ,

Mesopotamia) . . . . . . . . . . 1912 Rev. G. A. ~T.LABY, B .. -\., Wadham Coll ege, Oxford-l3ha.mo 1901 Rev. G. H. BnucE Kl.:uR, L.Tb., Durb LUI-(on san;-ice) . . . . 1910 Rev. W. l:l. CoWPER JoHN"SON, 1\I.A., Trinity CJllege, Cambridge-The

Ca.tbedml . . .. .. .. . . . 1909 H.ev. H. E. "'PRTcg, Litchfield Theological College-1\[eil>ti la . . . . 1904. Rev. G. H. S!i:ELEY, S. Bees Theological College-Rangoon Cantonments 1898

Missions to Seamen- Rangoon. :.Ir . J. w. DoH~JnTY .. . . . . . . uno

Diocesan Boy's High School, Rangoon. i\Ir. J. FERGUSON, B.A. , R oyal University, lrf'iallCl . . . . . . 1915 Jfr. B. 111. l3LAKESTON, B.A. , Selwyn College, Cambridge (01~ serv-ice). 1913 J[r. R. R. YEO~ANS 1!.!00

\-V01)1EN'S WORK. Diocesan Girls' High School, Rangoon.

:'l!iss Cor.BA'fCH CLARK, B.A., London Ul09 Mi:o;s S UM NER 100G :\Liss HEA!l::<~, B . .-\., London 1012 l\[is;s Sr.oco:UBE 1017

S. Mary's School, Rangoon. :Hiss LAUGHLIN 1897 Mis!:l E LLI01'1' 1903 Mi~s PE ~ RSON 1907

JJiss HENDERSO~ 1915

S . Agnes' Sch ool, Moulmein. Mi!.S REDPATH .

S. Luke's School, Toungoo. )[iss FISHER 1902 Mrs. E'lSHIW (Bon.) 1\f•iSS SEL BY L007

S . John 's European School, Toungoo. "1\f iSS JOHNSON 19Ll

All Saint's School, Shwebo. Uiss MAHON 1001 Miss Dnurl"l' 1909

S. Matthew's School, Moulmein. Miss FAmcLouon 191'2

S. Mary 's European School, Mandalay. Mr. F. C. ARGYLL-S.o\XBY (Boys) 1!)15 )!iss EASTON:, B.A. 1915 l\Iiss OPENSHAW (Girls) 1915

S. Michael's Girls' School, Maymyo. T he Sisters of the Church .

Bishop's Home, Rangoon. ::\'fiss SELr,wooo, M.U. & G.l!,.S. Diocesan Secretary 1916

Rescue Work. Rangoon ... 1915

Community of Women, Winchester Mission, Mand"alay. 1-liss PA'l'CH 1908 )Iiss DuN.KLEY Hll2

Kanba lu. Miss FAY . Miss WATSO:-< 1909

64/1/17. Cm.mpt.on & Sons , Ltd., Printers, So.wston, Cambs .