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FOR SUNDAY READING. 



The Sunday Moi/a-inr open- witli an iiitoivicw witli 

 the Cliaplain-Gpiipial to the Forces, Bishop Taylor 

 Smith: tlie paper on ' Minist-ers in the Making" gives 

 some account of theological training colleges; and 

 that on "Converted Public-Houses" of the progress of 

 the Adult Seliool Movement in Birmingham, which has 

 turned quite a number of its puhlic-liouses into adult 

 schools and social clubs. 



In Good Words we are reminded that the year 1906 

 is the centenary of the foundation of the world's largest 

 Sunday school — that of Stotlqjort. Some of this 

 school's sixty classes are for adults only, many of them 

 being old and grey-headed. Once a year a special 

 sermon is preached, among its preachers having been 

 Dean Farrar and the R*"V. J. ij. Jowett ; while 5000 

 peo|)le often attend, and the collections run into hun- 

 dreds of pounds. Once a year, again, is the .scholar-s' 

 procession, or "walk." The teachers in this unique 

 scli(K)l are of all denominations. 



In Great ThnvghU for March Mrs. H. M. Morrison 

 gives an interesting account of the life and work of 

 Miss Julie Sutter, author of " A Colony of Mercy," 

 and " Britain's Ne.\t Campaign." " Homes for the 

 Homeless" may be regarded as the keynote and battle- 

 cry of Miss Sutter's books. 



Are rich people irreligious i"'' in the Quirer, and 



.\ro working men irreligious?" in the Ynxmg Man, 

 suggest very opposite reflections. In the former Miss 

 Winifred Graham assures Raymond Blathwayt tnat 

 modern London sociily whirls down the giddy avenues 

 of pleasure without God. The Rov. Herbert Nield, 

 from twenty years' close vital contact with working 

 men. says the working man is not irreligious. 



FOR YOUNti MEN AND WOMEN. 



The Young i[an for March is vivid and actual. 



Mr. 



Philip Snowden, M.P., writes on the awakening of 

 Labour, which he says has long existed, but only now 

 strikes the average reader. Mr. Arthur Porritt de- 

 scribes self-made men in Parliament. R«'V. Moffat 

 Logan discourses on the politics of Jesus, laying stress 

 on His teaching of the Kingdom. A racy account is 

 given of Mr. John Morgan Richaids. the British Ameri- 

 can advertiser, the lather of John Oliver Hohbes. 

 There is verve and vigour and ' go " in the magazine. 



The roi(ii<7 IJ'onuni opens with an account of the 

 so-called "colonial" training home at Leaton, near 

 Wellington, in Shropshire. Here girls are practically 

 taught to become capable general servants, a.s well as 

 laundry-maids, dairy-maids, and amateur dressmakers. 

 Ladies from sixteen upwards are trained here so as to 

 fit them for joining their relatives in colonies or taking 

 posts as domestic helps. The writer makes rather an 

 astonishing statement as to the anxiety of the Colonies 

 to receive youn<; wonion from England. " In Canada, 

 South Africa, Australia, New Zealand and o'her places 

 there are abundant openings for young women." Not in 

 Au-stralia, and certainly not in New Zealand, except as 

 domestic servants, and pos.sibly highly skilled dress- 

 makers. Six months is required for all this training! 

 Six months! And sometimes only three! Still, such a 

 home certainl.y can make women less unfit to be in a 

 colonial house. 



THE YOUNG MAN'S MAG4ZINE. 



■J'he Yoiinii Man's 'Ma-iia:ine for March is a good 

 number. Professor von Zedlitz contributes " An Inter- 

 view with the Pope'': Mr. R. G. Hustwick, "How to 

 Arrange for Discussions in Bible Classes." Mr. Hugh 



Stoddarr, B.A., has a character sketch on Samuel 

 Taylor Coleridge, and an anonymous writer, " Maneue," 

 writes very pleasingly upon " Maori Prophets." 

 Among the Maoris, the "Prophets" are still powerful. 

 " A new tohunga has come amongst them from some- 

 where on the East Coast. His particular skill lay in 

 his ability to interpret dreams, in his alleged miracu- 

 lous power of healing by faith, and, worst of all, in 

 his reviving the droad Makutu or witchcraft. Who- 

 ever had experienced a dream, be he man, woman or 

 child, forthwith became an ' apostle.' and there were 

 acting in this capacity men whom I have known for 

 some time. They had given up their daily vocation 

 and betaken themselves to the ' t«mple,' a Maori 

 whaie erected for the .special purpose. Round this 

 place ill the early morning, the followers of the 

 prophet walked in a dismal procession, repeating cer- 

 tain prayers. No one could go into the sacred place 

 carrying anything of value; these had to be left out- 

 side. Into the house were brought the sick, and 

 there the.v were subjected to a process, consisting, as 

 far as I could ascertain, of rubbing and blowing (bit- 

 ing, some of them said) and praying. One poor old 

 man, who had been thrown from his horse, was put 

 on a sledge and dragged to the temple. He was 

 treated by the tohunga. but died in a short time. 

 Another young man suffering from inflammation of 

 the bowels, subjected to the same treatment, met the 

 same fate. Medicine of whatever kind was condemned 

 by the tohunga, who worked by faith alone. The 

 worst feature about this case and others was that the 

 tohunga a.scribed their deaths to Makutu. As a re- 

 sult, a poor old man wa,s accused of bewitching others, 

 and was jiractically exiled from the Kainea. I have 

 learned since that he died in exile, and his body was 

 merely thrown into a hole as if he had been a dog. 

 The tohunsa seemed to have a strange power of ex- 

 tortine confessions from those who were suspected of 

 bewitching. Thus he made a poor old woman " con- 

 fess " that .she had by Makutu caused the death of 

 some twenty persons. Ttie father of one of her vic- 

 tims informed me that his girl had been killed bv this 

 old woman. Upon my asking how. he replied that she 

 had makutu'd his girl. He repeated at my request 

 the karaka, or charm, which had had such a f«tal 

 effect. Perhaps it may be worth recording: — 



■ TTaere mai, aniu mai." 

 " Ha ere mai, kowhea mai," 

 " Haere mai, mate mai." 



I happened to know that my friend's girl had dieu 

 from consumption, and endeavoured to exnlain to him 

 that the above charm could not have been the cause 

 of her death. But it wa-s simply waste of words to 

 attempt to explain to him. He was convinced tliat his 

 girl had been done to death, and further informed me 

 that this woman was to be sent awa.v to Waikato by 

 the next trip of the coastal schooner. I have since 

 learned that she died, much to the gratification of the 

 people." 



From stories about Wellington in the Quiver, given 

 by James A. Manson, two ma.v be cited : — 



Louis Philippe having introduced to liim one of Napo- 

 leon's Marshals whom he had defe:it«d. the Frenchman 

 partially turned his back on the Duke. The Kins, in- 

 censed at the insult, heseed Wellineton's pardon, oiul asked 

 hira to overlook the rudeness. " Pardon him. sire?" &aid 

 liis Grace. " Wliy, I taught him to do that in Spain!" 

 When he was in Vienna an Austrian Princess asked him 

 one day at dinner : " My dear Duke, how is it that we 

 sneak French here ao much better than you English?" 

 The Duke's answer was apologetic with a diiSFerence; "Ah. 

 Prirress. had Napoleon come to London twice with his 

 armies, as be has to Vienna, we should without doubt know 

 the language much better than we io." 



