and on the fishing stations.  Although there were but two baptisms during the year the congregation numbers fifty-one.”  The brethren in Siam were working where the rivers, numerous canals, and creeks form the chief roadways.  The Year Book contains the following concerning the medical missionary in this field:  “His chief work during the year has been rendering such help as his short medical training has fitted him to give.  For a time twelve to twenty patients a day came to him for treatment.  After a while the numbers fell off, he thought because all the sick in the neighborhood had been cured.”  “The little church in Nakon Choom * * * now consists of two Karens, one Burman, one Mon, two Chinamen, and two Englishmen.  As several of these do not understand the others’ language, the gift of tongues would seem not undesirable.”  In South Africa there are congregations at Johannesburg, Pretoria, Bulawayo, Cape Town, and Carolina.  The church in Bulawayo numbers about fifty members, nearly all of whom are natives “who are eager learners.”

I saw more of the workings of the church at Twynholm than any other congregation visited, as I stayed at Twynholm House while in London both on the outward trip and as I returned home.  Of the seven congregations in this city, Twynholm is the largest, and is the largest in the British brotherhood, having a membership of above five hundred.  This church was established in 1894 with twenty-five members, and has had a good growth.  They open the baptistery every Lord’s day night, and very frequently have occasion to use it.  There were fifty-three baptisms last year, and twenty-one others were added to the membership of the church.  At the close of a recent church year the Band of Hope numbered five hundred and fifteen, and the Lord’s day school had twelve hundred and fifty pupils and one hundred and two teachers.  I think it was one hundred and sixty little tots I saw in one room, and down in this basement there were about fifty more.  I was told that there were more children attending than they had accommodation for, but they disliked to turn any of them away.  The Woman’s Meeting had one hundred and sixteen members; the Total Abstinence Society, one hundred and fifty; and the membership of the Youths’ Institute and Bible Students’ Class were not given.  Five thousand copies of Joyful Tidings, an eight-page paper, are given away each month.  The following announcement from the first page of this paper will indicate something of the activities of this congregation: 

  CHURCH OF CHRIST,

  Twynholm Assembly Hall,
  Fulham Cross, S.W.

  REGULAR SERVICES AND GATHERINGS.

  LORD’S DAY.
  9:45 A.M.—­Bible Students’ Class.
  11:00 A.M.—­Divine Worship and “The Breaking of Bread”. 
               (Acts 2:42, etc.)
  2:45 P.M.—­Lord’s Day Schools.
  3:00 P.M.—­Young Men’s Institute.
  4:00 P.M.—­Teachers’ Prayer Meeting (first Lord’s day in the
               month).
  6:30 P.M.—­Evangelistic Service.
  7:45 P.M.—­Believers’ Immersion (usually).
  8:10 P.M.—­“The Breaking of Bread” (Continued).