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who massacred Christians, Mwanga, 1pr.
merfy the exiled King OF Uganda.

One missionary writes:
Now a door is opened wide in Corea,
how wide only those can know who are
on the spot Very many are prepared to
renounce devil worship and to worship the
true God If only they are taught how. and
large numbers more who. have heard and
received the gospel are earnestly craving
to be instructed in its4rules of holy living"
Our SO recent study of India can but
make our hearts swell with wonder over
what God has wrought in that land
Of China. DR.. Frank d. Gamewell, the
savior of the representatives of the civilized
government in Picking during the Boxer up
rising. says: Since the uprising OF 1910
the common people of China have become
ton, and In that sense the Boxer trouble
was good thing. There, as everywhere,
the blood of the martyrs Is the seed of the
church. There is STILL of course, opposi-
ton in official quarters, but as a whole
China is open now as never before. Our
only limitations are the men and the
money"
And so on through the list of countries
around the globe. Shall we not lift up our
eyes and look around about and see?'
Applied Truth.
Once when the board of foreign missions
had found It's treasury nearly empty. and
the order had gone out to retrench and call
back missionaries and close UP missions, a
little church in Persia. whose heart was
warm with love to Christ got together to
do something. One man said that rather
than see the church, the bride Of Christ.
come to the altar unlocked, he would give
the price Of the wedding ring, and anoi her
veil in that country. Another gave the
robe. and so on until enough money was
given by those POOR heather to make their
church self supporting.
wave of love to Christ swept over a
Christian school in Turkey, and the pupils
In their eagerness to do something for
Christ. gave up their meat. which they had
but once week. In order that another
eager soul might come to the school and be
taught the way of life.
How to Help the Leader.
Tell how William Carey. in 1893 set forth
as the first foreign missionary Of modern
times the world practically locked against
him. But as he said. Expecting great
things from God. I was willing to dare great
things for God" So he went to India and
in the face Of opposition the most strenuous
laid the foundation for the mighty work at
present in operation there. Add to this a
few brief facts about the work in India to-
day.
Parallel passages-Malachi. M:1: Zecha-
riah. XVII; Zechartah. KILL: Zechariah.
x:6; Zechardah, viii:13; Isaiah. i6-7;
Revelation xxi 1924
Hints to the leader-Chris.ian Endeavor
hymns-51. "a. a. 100 1O7 49,
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Have a large map of the world in sight.
Arrange for members to take two minutes
to each country you wish represented.
Have the statements brief and as startling
as possible Don't deal In dry facts State
how many years since the first mission in
that country was started and what has
been the growth. Try to have each one tell
a brief story or incident which shows the
outlook in that land 1t is the incidents
that will stick In the minds of the hearers.
Call from members ways In which they
can become more interested in missions.
and ways in which they may interest
others. Ask how many will promise to take
one fact from the meeting and tell it to
some one who was not present. If you can
get this promise at the early part of the
meeting you may create more interest and
attention. and disseminate missionary
knowledge. Try to make your missionary
meetings the best of all the month
II stood the other day at the edge of
the Grand Canyon of the Colorado. All
around were the signs of elemental wars
the crashes of Titan forces now tossing
mountains on the volcanoes fiery hands,
plowshare of glaciers or carving them out
with the blade of a river. But as the
evening light played over soundlesS chasm
granite wall and splintered pinnacle it re-
vealed a glory ike that which John beheld
I'm the city of God.
They hint the walls of eternal days,
Where onyx and Jasper and gold will blaze,
And the river of life will flow.
Then in the presence OF that architec
tufe Of geologic ages one must exclafm,
What hath God wrought And stin He
WORKSHOP on rocks which viii be pulver
lied by crash of worlds, but souls,
SCARED by fires of passion, torn by Titans
of evil Still He works on a kingdom rent
and chaotic but sublime even in its wreck
age. The ages and His people are His
ministers. And when times evening glow
plays over the scene of human toll and
sacrifice, that which was SCARED and torn
shall catch the Iustre Of pearl and jasper.
of opal and amethyst. and to men and
angels, In glory beyond utterance 1t shall
appear, The Kingdom of God is with men,
and The beauty of the Lord Is upon u.s."
CHARLES L. THOMPSON, DID.
Secretary of the board of home missions
of the Presbyterian Church.