Evening star., 1903-11-28

dren by teaching them in our schools, and
they have already made thousands of
They have penetrated the most out-of- the
way villages and built churches there. II wa
continue to sleep as we have done In the
past not one will be found worshiping in
the temples In very short time; nay, the
, temples themselves will be converted into
Christian churches. Do you not know that
the number of Christians is increasing and
the number of Hindu religionists is de-
creas'ng every day? Patriots of India, be
warned in time! Do your duty! The Chris
tan belief is slowly making way. 1t has in
europe strong and powerful organization.
hinduism is daily being robbed of it's vo-
edries. we nave slept long enough; shall
we now. at last. with a great and grave
Danger looming before US in all its huge
lethargy?"
Ooes one need greater proof than this of
the power Of Christian missions in India
tt was from India, in 1858 in the Lodiana
mission. that the first call for the annual
world.
Applied Truth.
One medical missionary in India tells how
every morning when his dispensary was
opened and the people began to come he
would take their names and diagnose their
cases, and they would sit there in the room
untli number of them had gathered, when
ne would take down the Bible and read to
tnem ana pray. Usually little af ter sun
rise the room would be full. He would
aead and 10 TO them about the physician of souls,
ana prayer would be made that the medi-
cine De blessed to heal their bodies
ohe morning three Brahman clerks of the
government came in and were prescribed
Ior. Knowing that they must be at the
government building on the stroke Of the
nour ne excused them from waiting for
the usual worship, but to his surprise they
n,aan nec,,neo 1 70 go; saying mo. sir, ie you
pa1ase' panss' We VIII wait for the prayer, be-
cause aIter your prayer to your God who
sent you here to heal US we believe that
these medicines will have a much greater
elIect upon US, and though we be not of
your religion we do believe that pour pray-
ers are heard, and we will wait for the
reading OF the Scripture and the prayer"
IN CITY OF India little scavenger boy
eH ehe son OF scavenger. heard one day some
SUNDAY schooi singing and was thus at
tracted to the school. He was taken in and
TOOK the full course. After he graduated
ne became consecrated teacher His
scEoiarShlp was remarkable and he be-
came the second head master of a high
schooi under management of Christian
MISSION He became so remarkable a
teacher that every boy who was under him
passed the government examinat ton The
oranman and Mohammedan teachers be-
gan to be alarmed lest they lose their
scholars. They had large green and yellow
posters put up everywhere about the
streets to the effect that this teacher was
u
and that If he corrected a high-cas.e bow
the boy would lose his caste and that any
parent placing child under his discipline
mis- child -
The teacher consulted the head of the
school, who told him he was not set for his
own defense; that vengeance belonged to
the LORD; he must do his duty and God
would take care of him. So he went about
nus school work without even taking down
the posters. Then the great men. the high
caste men, began to ask what the posters
meant, and who was this teacher. and the
reply came, He is the second master of
the high school. and every boy that has
gone up from that high school has passed
the government examinations. Then said
the men, THAT is what we want" and
straightway sent their boys to that school,
where they were Under Christian influences
How to help the leader-Do little study
ing on your own account about india and
tell what you have read
Parallel passag ages-Isaiah 2:2.35; Isaiah
43:5,6; Jeremiah 1922; jeremiah 32:4O:
Zechariah 2:11; Ephesians 2:13.
Hints to the Leader.
Christian Endeavor hymns-51. 100, 1o7,
lib, 147.
The Endeavor Hymnal-145, 1s5, 1s7 235,
237
Have a large map and trace the mis-
sionary history of your own church in In
dia. Arrange to have some one talk five
minutes widows in India" another
five minutes on the Manual Training
Schools there. Set apart at least a quar-
ter OF your hour for prayer for the work in
India.
MANY persons mistake the way in which
the conversion of India will be brought
about. l believe it will take place at. last
wholesale. just as our ancestors were" Con
verted. The country will have Christian
instruction infused into it in every way
by direct missionary education and indi-
rectly by books of various sorts, through
the public papers, through conversation
with Europeans, and In all the conceivable
ways in which knowledge is communicated.
Then. at last. when society is completely
saturated with Christian knowledge, and
public opinion has taken a decided turn
that way, they will come over by thou
sands."-Sir Charles Trevelyan.