Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-08-27
The Lesson.

The Lesson.
The heroes of the cross, those pioneers Of
| the Christian religion should stand far at
the head of the list of heroes of the world,
For most heroes are such because of one or
TWO brave acts. but a missionary becomes a
hero through a daily laying down of self,
and an hourly life of bravery What gem
eral that ever stormed an impregnable fort.
ress and by steadily standing under fire Of
many cannon held his own until the VIC
Tory was won. ever faced fiercer foe than
ou John Peyton, going alone into the midst
oI cruel ignorant cannibals? And the New
Hebrides today knows Jesus Christ because
., the quiet, strong, brave life given so
cheerrully that others might know of Jesus.
Ihere are still people who say that mis-
s,onaries have an easy life Of II, with
plenty OF servants TO do their bidding, and
line exotic fruits and Injuries such as the
people of the home lands cannot afford.
This Seems to be the entire idea OF a mis-
sionarys life that some people have The
my thy sacrihce. they think, lies in the fact
that they have to leave their home and
friends, but even that SEEMS epiced with
adventure.
But who that has read the life Of David
Livingstone and Travelled with him through
the tangled wilds of darkest Africa bear.
ing with the FEVER by night, the hunger by
gay and lighting wild beasts or charm
ing wilder men into docility but knows tha
strong, brave, great heart that now lies
buried in the heart of his dear Africa
Every one of the mission countries has
o.
roeS VINO have given their lives that tho
world might know Him whom to know n
NE eternal The ccount o. the mission.
aries of ancient days, when the Rospel was
hrst sent out to the world fits our modern
times. The study we ha- recently made OF
Japan shows how they have subdued king
dons and wrought righteousness" David
Livingstone was not the only Christian mis-
slonary who literally stopped the mouth
| vi Iiohs ana bore the marks OF cruel
peas an al, his days; And in China and
missionaries have had to ''quench the vio-
lence of fire" and have literally "escaped
the edge of the sword lin their weakness
made strong oh, the Bible has not A
spot where the history OF missions In bet
ter described than just this passage. for
me history of the first heroes of Jesus
nmrist M mas been the history Of all: The
i,nocklhss ana sec rgings and bonds and
Imprisonment, the stoning and all the suf.
IerinS nave been made good to them who
siaHa IN me great company today of the
cnolr or the invisible, the shining row OF
those who have attained to honor among
the martyrs, many of them. When we re-
MEMBER me- per the heroes of the Sepoy rebellion,
the DraVe martyrs of the late Boxer war
IN emma, the self-denying workers among
Slle iepers IN different ports of the world
| uaIe we Ior moment think of our own
petty sacrlhces to send our few dollars "a
heip along the work? When Wfshart the
sreat scotch preacher. was seized by the
a san,ad e, Tor heresy young John Knox
wanted 10 go with him to suffer and ala
with him. II need WERE in order that he
might be privileged to add his testimony 70
t LA OF on ms masters No" said Wishart,
VINO mad perceived what manner of man n
was ne mad for pupil: mo; go home now
70 your balrns. GOD wants you to live for
rum, not die for Him." Thus Wishart
went to the stake, and Knox went bon,a
not to be heard of again for wears IL
was ready for either life or death, as Cod
Wliled. And when We study about these
sIeat heroes or missions and our hearts
swell with longing to do some great tbinas
Tor Christ such as they did II would he
wen Tor US to remember that We have lIfa
10 HV eis at nome, and that we Ilay so live
.hat life as to make IL possible for more
heroes to go out for Christ. II is partlv Tho
ldult OF those of us at home who have NOT
sacrinced more to send money to foreign
missions that our heroes have had 81 ~
hardShips to bear ~ many
~, ana the heroes are not all In foreign lands
we nave some of them toiling brayelv ana
cneerfuliy day by day In the remote dis
trlcts of our favored land We Iet IT,,
go on, and read their reports or snuls
saved with satisfaction 1t may be but
never a thought enters rur mind n, H.
hardshfps they are bearing which NC -
ises.'' +i III oH-
Applied Truth.
one or our grand missionaries now a.
glory who went through the Sepoy mutipy
was LEFT with number of other men mis-.
slonaries and Europeans. to defend the
pioperty OF the mission. the women and
he fprt
In Lucknow The attacking troons roea
without a moments warning. and kuled
thelr ofhcers and all the other Europeans.
lnls one missionary escaping as by n piro
ere lie RODE for hours through a country
mHeLe were enemies on every hand who
might spring out from behind any tree md
XIII him He rode until. having fallen asleen
in the saddle many times he realized thai
soon he might sleep so soundly as to fail
from the saddle and be killed Without a
moments hesitation this brave hero of the
cross turned his horse aside a little from
the road sought a group of trees and
shrubs where he would be sheltered some-
what knelt and prayed repeated the twen-
ty-third psalm, and then tying his horses
bride rein to his wrist, he lay down and
went to sleep as calmly as n little child
OF such material are the heroes whom wa
send to the front to do our work When he
awoke he was protected safely to his desti-
nation, and lived many years to tell Others
the way to Jesus.
How to Help the Leader.
Study little and find out who you think
was the greatest of the missionary heroes
Tell about him. and why you think him
great, or compare or two who stand
high because of something you know Of
their lives and bravery
Parallel passages-2 Corinthians 2:23-2s:
Acts 5:41 AZ; Acts SO, 6, 90 81; Acts 10;
10, 20; Jonah 3:1-4 Kings | :I5; Daniel g.:
10, II; jeremiah Ii, 8; Matthew 81, 2:
Daniel $40; Esther 4:15. /.
Hints to the leader-Christian Endeavor
Hymns. 81, l07, 113, 12S, IT,; The Endeavor
Hymnal, 14O IA, l45, leo, 112.
After reading the scripture call for
chain of promises. from Old and New Tes-
taments to those who go forth to labor for
the Master. Then have list of the great
missionary heroes and speak of how they
obtained these promises as spoken In our
scrjpture reading Prepare the verses be-
forehand and hand out or speak TO three
or four to be ready with them from menu
DRY.
boards but do not make this study OF
your own denominational work alone. Ii Is
worId-Wide and ter-denominational Have
fhree-minute sketches of the endurancea
and hardships of these missionaries IL you
can prepare for them to be brief and inter-
estng.
Net on the CORY field OF fame their noble needl
DONE
Not in the sound OF enrth's acclaim tbe,r fadelea