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ionary Personalia

Rev. S. M. Zwemer, D.D., has been kept very busy this
fall in fulfilling engagements made through the Laymen's Mis­
sionary Movement, in whose especial interest he is spending
this winter in America. On October 15th he addressed a meet­
ing in New York, under the auspices of the Reformed Church
Union, arranged for the purpose of introducing the Reformed
Church Progress Campaign which is the program before our
Denomination for the next five years.

Rev. and Mrs. F. J. Bamy left New York on Novem­
ber 14th on their return to Arabia. It is expected that they
will remain for some months, possibly a year, in India in order
to make available to that Mission his own intimate acquaint­
ance with Asiatic missionary problems and conditions akin
to those in India. This will enable the Arabian Mission to
assist the Arcot Mission at a time of the latter's very serious
need on account of its many depletions in recent years, and
especially during the present year. It is anticipated, also, that
pending the settlement of conditions in Mesopotamia growing
out of the change of Government, some months may elapse
before the Arabian Mission will be able to carry forward its
plans for the extension of its educational and evangelistic work
’•in that area.

Rev. E. E. Calverley has been invited by the Indian
National Council of the Young Men's Christian Association to
enter upon war work under its auspices among the British and
Indian troops in Mesopotamia. It is probable that a consid­
erable contingent will remain in that area during the slow
process of readjustment and settlement.

Mrs. Sharon J. Thoms sailed from Seattle November
21st with Rev. and Mrs. F. J. Barny to resume her missionary
work in Arabia after the lapse of a number of years following
upon the death of her husband, Dr. Thoms of Maskat. in 1913.

Miss Sarah L. Hosmon and Miss Gertrud Schaf-
heitlin, having arrived in America on furlough, may now be
reached at the following addresses: Miss Hosmon at 635
Wrightwood Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, and Miss Schafheitlin
at Canning, Nova Scotia.