Persecutions, causes of, [150]; Christians exiled, [172]; United States government and, [176]; cessation of, [177]; memory of, [275].

Physique, native, [33].

Politeness, the exalted virtue, [85]; ridiculous extremes, [87].

Portuguese, discovery of Japan, [43]; captain and Hideyoshi, [150].

Prayer, [169].

Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions in the United States, [169], [170].

Problems, special, [286].

Railways, [97].

Rainfall, [21].

Reformed Church in America, [170].