Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1904-11-03

Jesus himself. Behind the church. the
missionary board. or the charitable -.
ciety. stands with outotretched palma
our Saviour Himself. saying. "Inas.
much"
Until Jesus il Lord over our purses
He cannot be Lord over our lives. When
bound to u treasures we are still In
bondage to sin.
Gods plan for his work in this world
know He intends that the work shall
be done through His people. Without
our help God II hindered. God needs
US and He needs our gifts. When we
return unto the Lord that which 10 His
due. then His work will flourish. Gifts
withheld from God have withheld
greater gifts from US.
est: the law Of the kingdom IL self eb-
ncgation. The old man looks nut first
for himself: the new man looks out
hrst for his brother.
He breaches most eloQuently for
Christ who lives most unselfshly for
others.
To make self indulgence LIES aim il
to reach the brute level.
Following Christ Is a giving up. a
taking up, a rising up. and a lifting up.
The gift without the giver il bare.
Who gives himself with his aims,
feeds three
Himself, his hungering neighbor. and
Me.
Lowell.
They who enter upcn life in the way
experience the universe's greatest para.
dox. They find 1t the way OF the cross
and also the way of the crown. Denial
is it's rule. delight is Its reward. Bur-
dens must be laid down when entering
1t. but burdens must be taken up by
all who are upon 1t. Self surrender Is
required Of all who travel 1t, and yet
they are h ones who most truly pos
sess life. The strange law In operation
seems to be that one gets by giving and
finds by losing. Thus the principle Of
compensation about which philosophers
write find full and beautiful exempli-
fication in the Christian life.
EPWoRTH LEAGUE TOPIC.
Eighty years ago the inhabitants Of
the Sandwich islands were savages and
cannibals. Today, they are sending
native missionaries to other islands in
the South sea.
The first mission in the Sandwich is
lands was not established until forty
two years after Captain Cook had dis
covered their existence. During these
years the explorer. the trader and the
trafficker In slave labor alone furnished
to the natives all the knowledge Of the
white man. With the advent of the
first missionaries in 1919 the conditions
OF savagery, vice and superstition, then
rampant on these islands. speedily
changed. Today. Hawaii is a United
States territory. animated by Christian
ideals and helping to send the gospel
to the heather world.
An Alaskan native. educated and con.
verified in British America. was the first
herald Of the gospel to his own people.
From a Methodist mission in the north
west he returned to Fort Wrangel and
there established a school and church.
The few foreigners living at Fort
Wrangel rallied to his support. and
while results were discouraging.
Christianity thus gained a foothold in
that country. AT this time DR.. Sheldon
Jackson. who might be termed the
apostle of Alaska, was sent by the gov
ernment to investigate the needs Of
Alaska. He secured the assistance Of
Mrs. A. r. Mcfarland, a veteran in mis-
sionary work. She reached Fort
Wrangie just in time to take up the
work at the death. Of Phillip the Indian;
a work which she has prosecuted with
far-reaching results.
The Methodist, Presbyterian and
Episcopal churches all have important
congregations and church buildings In
Manila, and, in common with other de.
nominations, are doing extensive mis-
sionary work throughout the Philip
pines.
The missionary work In Porto Rico
and Cuba has included. aside from the
dtstinctively evangelistic efforts. the es-
tablishment OF schools. taught by Amer
lean teachers, but which the natives
themselves help to support. and the
medical mission work, which constant
ly grows in interest and usefulness.