Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-06-25
CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR HOUR
Conducted by Grace Livingston Hill.


brethren; in the midst Of the congregation
will praise Thee
2s-Ye that fear the Lord. praise Him: all
We the seed of Jacob. glorify Him; and fear
Him, all ye the seed Of Israel
24-For He hath not despised nor abhor-
led the affection of the afflicted; neither
hath He hid His face from him; but when
he cried unto Him. he heard.
2J-My praise shall be OF Thee in the
great congregation: 1 will pay my vows
| before them that fear Him.
26-The meek shall eat and be satisfied;
| they shall praise the Lord that seek Him;
your heart shall live forever
2I-An the ends Of the world shall re-
| member and turn unto the Lord and all
the kindreds Of the nations shall worship
before Thee.
2s-For the kingdom Is the Lords; and
He is the governor among the nations.
9-All they that be fat upon earth shall
eat anu worship; all they that go down to
the dust shall bow before Him; and none
| can keep alive his own soul
3p-A seed shall serve Him; 1t shall be ac-
counted to the Lord for generation.
3-TEcy shall come, and snail declare His
righteousness unto people that shall be
born. that he hath done this.
Nearly two centuries have elapsed since
'he LiSt MISSIONARIES entered the great
country OF India. The seed first sown has
| grown and spread and blossomed many
times and been scattered far and wide The
DAY Is at last coming when India is begin
| ming to have Self-Supporting churches and
soon they VIII also be self-governed. 1t will
| soon no longer be necessary to send MANY
missionaries from other countries because
the native Christians are fast being edu-
Gated and going out to work for their own
lhey are taking what they have been
tau ght in the true child-l:ke spirit of the
early Christians. literally and are putting
II INTO practice in their daily lives For
example they accept the system of giving
a 1.-THE of all they possess to the Lord. and
| IT Is said that In one of the schools where
| the portions of rice are given out for the
| day a portion is set aside for the Lord
ana as these girls go back from school
| 10 their own homes, they teach even the
little ones there to Set aside handful of
| rice each day for the Lords cause This
| rice supports missions on neighboring
| islands Now when people have so well
| learned the law of Christ as to be willing
| to give up part OF their meager living
! to send the gospel to others. is 1t not a
decided proof that those people belong to
| Christ? American Christians will have
to look to 1t that their zeal In the
| Lords cause does not suffer In con-
! trast with their dusky brothers OF India, in
| this respect at least
Certain 1t is that the redeemed heather
| seem to find their life and joy in giving
| up to Christ more than many who have
know Christ all their lives
| During the last decade the population of
iEdia has Increased 2.45 per cent. according
| to the Christian Endeavor World while the
! number OF Protestant Christians Increased
| nifty per cent nearly twenty-one times as
| fast If one will take the trouble to look I'D
| the statistics there are some deiph1fuI
| Signs to be found in that direction.
| Another import item about the CONVEX
| sion or india is that it Is under the rule Of
| Christian nation and Christianity does
! "a tn AtyBf
| some countries. But this very fact should
| make the Christian nations careful lest
| they hurt not by their sins the great exam
| PIE and influence and power God has placed
| IN their hands. One missionary says that
| IN some districts of India the popular con-
! ception OF a Christian seems to be that he
! Is man who drinks ntoxcants eats cows
| flesh ard wears trousers.
| l. IS said the hand that rocks the cradle
| rules the world and here again is another
! sign that India Will soon be Christian ma
| tiCr. for the gospel has been given at last
| to the women of India. More women help
| ers and missionaries are going out to India
| than ever before ard are eagerly welcomed
| to the zenanas. The mothers are giving
! their hearts 20 Jesus and the next genera
| ton Is drinking in the blessed truth of tho
Knowledge of salvation in it's very baby
| hood.
The terrible famine which visited India a
httle while ago may yet be understood to
have been a blessing in disguise. for during
that time many poor feathen who would
otherwise have died in the slums Of the In.
| dian cities. or in the rice fields Of Bengal
some even In higher Stratas of life, without
the knowledge of Jesus. were brought low
that they might be helped and saved by the
missionaries and taught about the one true
God.
the headquarters of sixty rescued boys Of
all ages. Their plan is to build small
houses for them. give each trade and thus
establish vilage made up of Christians
nai in right living What will that
do for a heather land!
One missionary writes: THE Sunday
schools meet at o'clock Sabbath morn
ing, when We each take two boys and girls
and go in all directions to teach and preach
in these schools. The children open tho
homes to us. and We and our Bible women
find grand work we follow them. Some
children learn the Bible verses and go
home to teach trem to others whom we
could never re Ich.
One of the great hopes for midas saliva
! ton is In the railway. Many of the VII
! lagos can only be reached by going through
rice fields. and the villages so filed with
malaria that il is impossible for any but a
| native to live there, but the steam railway
| is now beginning to link these places to
| one another, and the gospel will thus be
more easily carried.
Even the Hindu bathing places where
devotees go down to the sacred Ganges to
battle. are now being reached by Chris
tians. The Bible women and boys from the
mission. with one OF the missionaries. go
down 10 THIS place anu preach anu Sing.
They sell many copies of the Scriptures to
people who come and go. as well as other
good books and tracts. The steamers that
are constantly coming and going on this
river bring thousands of people, and thus
many are rea ched.
But after all one of the most wonderful
things about the work in India is the fact
that the seventeen thousand or more stu
dents In Calcutta. Nc silly Hndus and Mo-
hammedans vino come from all parts Of
the country and from all castles, and who
are to be the influential men of India. have
begun to come to the missionaries homes
to learn abour the Bible. and seem really to
be searching for the truth. Let US all pray
today for these young men, the hope of the
India OF tomorrow.
Hints to the Leader.
Tell the story Of the converted heather
In India who went out bravely to help the
missionaries during time of uprising and
upon being met by the foe and told to
renounce Christ. threw up his hands and
cried: ''Renounce my Savior? Never!
Stab me II you willr and they stabbed
him to DEATH
Parallel pazsages-Psalms $50; Isaiah
60:1-3; Isaiah 49:x2; Isaiah GIL, 1O:11: