THE CHINESE.
—The American Board has rendered good service to the cause of missions by issuing a large map of China, suitable for use at monthly concerts and other meetings.
—The Chinese merchants of San Francisco have received from the Emperor of China an elaborate and beautiful scroll, in recognition of their liberal gifts for the relief of sufferers from the famine in China three years ago.
—“I love money first and God second,” was the confession of a Chinaman in Boston, who was quite ready to argue that his was the best way, as he was giving an account of his nephew’s preparation for a public profession of religion.
—The Chinese Sunday-school, held in the chapel of the Mount Vernon Church, Boston, had an average attendance last year of 48 pupils, the largest number present at any one time being 71. The total number of Chinese in Boston is said to be about 300.