by his father. He has been a member of our Association four weeks. Three weeks ago his father came into our Association rooms to find out who leads his son to be a member of our Association, I made reply to him, ‘It is I.’ Then he answered me unpleasantly, and said he do not know the regulations of our Christian Association; but only he knows, whoever believes in Christ Jesus, they don’t want to worship or serve their own fathers from generation to generation. That is very bad. And disobey the parents. Then I ask him: ‘Would you rather your son to serve you or take care of you in your lifetime, or rather to have your son’s worship when you died? I perceive that you would rather your son serve you personally. Nobody needs to be worshipped after death.’ Then he said he would not converse with me. Then I said, ‘Well, sir, please to hear me in these few words: Every one ought to be punished by God who did not put their trust in Him, and also transgressed the commandment of God by their tradition. For God has commanded: ‘Honor thy father and mother.’ And another thing; God commanded us not to worship any false gods. But our fathers, from generation to generation, did not do as God commanded. For that fact we are in great fear of God. So we are turned from the bad thing which we did before, and now are transformed by the renewing of the mind.’ Then he felt very bad at my words, and departed from me immediately. On Friday, after Wong Thong was dismissed from school and went back to his old home, then his father chased him with a hatchet, attempting to kill him, for his father disliked him to become a Christian. But Wong Thong’s heart never be fail, I think the Lord God Jesus Christ is near to protect those who will put their trust in Him.” OUR SAN FRANCISCO ANNIVERSARY was held last Sunday evening, February 16th. _The Pacific_ has the following notice of it: “At Bethany Church, last Sunday evening, the fifth anniversary of the Chinese Sunday-schools and Mission schools connected with that church was celebrated. It was an occasion of rare interest. Nearly one hundred Chinese were present, and forty-two took part in the exercises. These consisted of recitations of Scripture and other religious selections, short original addresses, several dialogues, and the singing of hymns in English and Chinese. A quartet of Chinese sung in English with a distinctness of utterance and harmony which some choirs composed of persons ‘to the manner born’ might profitably imitate. But the best and highest joy connected with the occasion lay in the confident hope that almost all these Chinese had passed from death unto life--from the selfish and slavish worship of demons to a loving loyalty to the true God.”