Yarmouth do...... Portsmouth do. O 12 21 15 9 21 15 9 294 3 6 172 13 6 (Includes two sums of £200 and £50 respectively from two members Chichester do. Liphook do. Southampton do. Crondall do. Newport do. Pontypool do..... Forest of Dean do. Chepstow do...... Aberavon do. 18 10 0 42 16 3 3 14 966 14 17 6 320 15 8 3 Swansea do. 59 19 6 41 0 (Includes £20 from Mr. Prynn, of Rochdale). (Includes £100 on which a friend receives interest during life.) Miscellaneous... 21 II O 5 10 619 27 14 II 221 I 19 9 0 £7142 19 4 £5496 8 4 It will be seen that a few of the Circuits have as yet done nothing for this Fund, and from many others the contributions are very small. There is yet an opportunity for every Circuit to do its fair proportion of this important work, and it is evident if the matter were taken up heartily by the Society the full sum of £20,000 would be raised. We appeal again to those friends who can best help in such an effort as this. Will every minister kindly bring this matter more fully before the friends, and arrange for a meeting in every place where one has not been already held? Friends who have kindly promised contributions, will, we trust, speedily redeem their promises in full, and those who have already subscribed, we hope, will, in some cases at least, increase their contributions. In the Conference sermon of this year, it was forcibly said, "We hear it sometimes said, almost in a tone of complaint, 'Those who will deny themselves, may deny themselves.' Precisely so; it has always been like that, and I suppose always will be. Those who have toiled will have to toil, and the toilers are few. will still have to give, and the givers are few. wait for the niggard and the slothful to take their turn, the work will stop. The toilers and the givers are few, because the truly consecrated are but few." To the truly consecrated in our churches we appeal, and pray that their numbers may be increased a thousand-fold. Those who give and have given There is no help for it; if you BIBLE CHRISTIAN MISSIONARY SOCIETY. UR Missionary Society is in a very healthy condition; but the expenditure of the present year is likely to be heavy. Not only have we decided to send two Missionaries to China; but we have commenced a new enterprise at South Tottenham, London. Br. Craddock has recently been sent to Victoria. Br. Orchard is going to New Zealand, and Br. Wilson is to be removed to the Victoria District. Further openings are also occurring at home. The extension of our work in our own country and the changes which are essential abroad, necessitating increased expenses, constrain the committee to make an earnest and affec tionate appeal to the contributors and friends of the Society to enlarge their contributions. The brethren also are requested to make the Missionary Meetings as effective as possible. W. J. HOCKING. MEMORIAL STONE LAYING AT SOUTH TOTTENHAM. THE readers of our magazine have already been informed, in a brief report of the origin and progress of our work at Stamford Hill, that land had been purchased at South Tottenham, for the erection of a Bible Christian Church and Hall. A tent was fixed on a portion of the ground in May last, and services during the summer have been regularly held therein, with encouraging results. Arrangements having been made for building the hall, the work was commenced shortly after Conference, and on Saturday afternoon, September the 26th, the memorial stones were laid by W. S. Caine, Esq., M.P., and Joseph Howard, Esq., J.P., of Tottenham. These gentlemen are candidates for Parliament— Liberal and Conservative-for the new constituency of Tottenham. The weather, which for a week or two had been unsettled, was fine, and there was a large number of people at the ceremony. The hymn commencing, "O worship the King, all glorious above," was sung; Br. I. B. Vanstone read Ephesians ii, Br. F. W. Bourne offered prayer; and after the singing of another hymn, “These stones to Thee in faith we lay," an address was delivered by Br. W. B. Lark, who expressed his pleasure at being present on that very interesting occasion, referred to the admirable spirit of Mr. Caine and Mr. Howard in meeting together in such a work, and gave a brief account of the origin and leading features of the Denomination. The stones were then laid amidst very lively manifestations of interest on the part of the assembly, a copy of the Scriptures and the Bible Christian Hymn Book bound together, having been presented to each of the two gentlemen. Mr. Howard, being first called upon, said he had great pleasure in being present to take part in these proceedings, for it was a good and necessary work in the neighbourhood. Looking round on the population of the locality which was increasing at the rate of 7,000 souls every year, he felt sure that the present efforts of Christian churches were not sufficient to cope with its rapidly increasing requirements. He was very glad to be associated with this work and to show his sympathy. He was sure that the desire of Mr. Honey and his friends was that the saving truths of the Gospel should be spread. It was gratifying to him that political opponents like Mr. Caine and himself were able to associate in Christian work of this kind. He was glad that this building would be reared upon the spot where their fellow-townsman, the late Sir Charles Reed, used to live. This seemed to him to be a fitting memorial to that good man. Following this address, which was warmly received, Mr. Caine, who met with an enthusiastic reception, said, "No task ever falls to a public man so pleasant as this. No one who is busy every day in political life but feels refreshed in duties of this kind. He was interested very much in the Bible Christian Denomination. The firm of which he was a member had in their employ 100 men who were Bible Christians, and altogether 1,000 Methodists, and he could testify that they were sober, God-fearing men. The firm was engaged in iron-mining. In connection with their works there was a large population, and formerly there was only the Parish Church as a place of worship. His father made up his mind to build a chapel for the denomination which, amongst his men, had the largest number of members. He put it to the vote and finding the Primitive Methodists were the most numerous the chapel was given to them. He was himself a Methodist till he was four years old. At that time his father went over to the Baptists, and he had not strength of mind to resist. Mr. Howard had said that the population of that neighbourhood was increasing at the rate of 7,000 a year. If Christian zeal and usefulness increased at a corresponding rate what an amount of good would be done. A church to be a true church must be aggressive. The Bible Christians were a fighting lot. They were well known for their recognition of lay agency, to which was due a great deal of Christian usefulness, and they had not a priest amongst them. He warmly commended them for this, and also because they were strong advocates of temperance. As a matter of course Bible Christian Ministers were teetotalers. You don't want to look in their button-holes for a blue ribbon. With reference to Christian effort he could work with the Church of England or the Salvation Army. He did not care so much for methods, all he cared for was whether they were doing useful work, and if so they had his hearty sympathy and support. He was glad to be present with Mr. Howard, notwithstanding their political differences. His relations with him had been very cordial in the past, and whichever way the election went it would not interfere with their friendship in the future. They were one in their desire that infidelity might be checked and that irreligion which was far worse than infidelity to contend with might cease to exist. Allusion had been made to the liquor traffic. A lesson should be taken from those connected therewith. When an estate is laid out for building purposes they take a site and build a large public-house and wait for the people to come to them. In conclusion he wished the work in connection with the new building that was being raised, much prosperity." At the close of the ceremony about 100 persons sat down to an excellent tea, which was tastefully laid out in the adjoining tent. A public meeting followed, the chair being occupied by R. Paton, Esq., of Highbury. As one who took an important part in the mission of Moody and Sankey in London, and an earnest worker in evangelistic movements, his testimony to the great need and value of the work we are seeking to do could not fail to afford encouragement and stimulus in connection with this undertaking. The brethren Jeffery, Honey, Vanstone, Lark, Luke, Bourne, and Mr. F. Atkin took part in the meeting. The speeches were of a high order and produced an excellent impression. The contract for the erection of the hall is £1,653; this does not include seating and some other items. Besides an arrangement for class-rooms, most of which can be thrown open for public services, care-taker's rooms and other accommodation are provided for at the back. The position is doubtless a splendid one; this is the universal opinion, and with the Divine blessing upon the work the result will certainly be great and lasting benefit amongst the people in the neighbourhood. MEMORIAL STONE LAYING AT BRADFORD. J. H. ON Saturday afternoon, August 29th, the foundation-stone of the schools was laid by the Mayor of Bradford (Alderman I. Smith), and a memorialstone was also laid by Mrs. Friendship, of Otley. The new buildings, which will consist of a chapel and school or lecture-room, are being erected on a piece of ground situated at the junction of Toller Lane and Ashwell Road. For many years past a small temporary edifice standing on part of the site has done duty both as a chapel and school, and latterly it has been inconveniently crowded as a consequence of the rapid growth of the congregation. The Society numbers about seventy persons, and the school consists of about one hundred children and twenty teachers. About nine years ago the Missionary Committee bought the site. Recently a contract to execute the work, including fencing and heating and lighting apparatus, for a total of £2,200, was entered into with Mr. Farnish, of Bradford. The architect, Mr. John Wills, of Derby, has planned a neat and comfortable chapel of the Early Gothic style, which will seat 415 adults, or a mixed congregation of 550 persons; and a plain but substantial lecture-hall or school, with three class-rooms and vestries. The chapel will be 60 ft. long and 36 ft. wide inside. There will be a gallery at one end and an organ-chamber at the other, the organ-chamber being separated from the nave by a moulded arch, supported by polished marble shafts and carved capitals and corbels. In the front of the chapel there will be a four-light window with tracery, and a richly-moulded doorway, flanked on the left by a quadrangular tower 60ft. high. All the windows will have single lights and equilateral heads except the one above mentioned, and a very handsome circular window which, with nineteen lights, is to be placed in the orchestra and will be pierced in geometrical tracery. The rostrum has been very elegantly designed. This will be glazed with stained and other windows, having cathedral glass in lead quarries and margins. The fittings will be of pitch pine. The walls of both buildings will be of pitch-faced stone with ashlar for the windows. At the stone-laying ceremony on Saturday there were present Mrs. Friendship, the Mayor, Alderman John Hill, the Rev. S. Jory (the pastor), the Rev. E. R. Edwards, the Rev. W. Beckett, the Rev. S. Lloyd, a large number of members of the congregation and other friends. The Rev. S. Jory, after reading a description of the new building, and making some observations respecting the Denomination, called upon the Mayor to lay the first stone. The Mayor, after laying the stone and being presented with a Bible containing a suitable inscription, said he earnestly hoped that the erection of those buildings would be completed without the occurrence of any accident to those who were engaged in their construction, and also that upon their completion the congrega tion would be in the happy position of knowing that they were free from debt. When the Bible Christian denomination first started its work in that neighbourhood he had thought that there were enough places of worship in the district, and more especially had he had that impression when the result of the religious census in Bradford was published, showing that upon two Sundays the accommodation for worshippers was very much greater than was used. But the Bible Christians had shown by their work and the urgent demand for increased accommodation that there had been an opening for them. He was very glad to hear of the good work which they were doing in that neighbourhood. The greater part of their congregation seemed to be people of the working class, and he believed that the denomination had successfully reached many of them. He was afraid that religious people of all denominations in Bradford had, despite the state of things disclosed by the census, gone in for large and palatial establishments instead of having more places of worship of a smaller size. The advantage of small places of worship was that the people all knew each other and there was a stronger feeling of fellowship than there would be in larger places. In conclusion the Mayor wished the community every success in their work, and said he would give a subscription of £25 towards the fund. Mr. Friendship then laid a memorial-stone, and was presented by the pastor with a Bible similar to that given to the Mayor. A stone, in another part of the building, was laid by the school children, who passed the stone in procession, each striking it with a mallet, and depositing on |