Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-01-28
FUSED to deny that they were children Of
the Christians God vi VI

the Christians God "
Inere was an old preacher In Shantunr
VINO VINO would not bow down to the idol, even
!nougn mis- ears were cut off and he was
h tnleatened with death. He was finally
peneaded and his body burned in sacrifice.
dying bravely confessng Jesus.
"A missionary in Korea during the present
RUSSIA Japan war writes the following
s nnoW5hg the fear and uncertainty that
Wouio De the lot of the missionaries there
were were tney not upheld by strong faith I'm
iim who has called them to His service.
. nnu says: What We have mainly to fear
n mm. ne u upr1sings among people, and to
pIotect us against this the American gov.
erhment has sent guard here. PERSONAL
~ 1 think we are safe; but what would be
nne result to our new buildings should
mops and anarchy prevail in the CITY we
cannot say. OF course there might he dan
ger from stray bullets, but we have been
saIely Kept heretofore, and we anticipate
no serious danger to ourselves
study the life of David Livingstone which
cannot be read too often; the story of John
e. Patton and what he had to endure at
the hands of the cannibals ere he taught
mem HN, the way of life. Read OF Ion Keith
Falconer, Of whom 1t was said; He was
an accomplished Christian and no choicer
oHerng has ever been laid on the altar
oI missionary conservation than that of the
with the dew Of youth on his brow, laid
oown his life for Christ in the desert
sands Of Alden. Read the story of the Sis
yer martyrs Of ku Cheng. The little trials
ana the great are borne alike In the spirit
or Christ. And after all this ask your-
self whether you are doing anything for
Jesus Christ that you will dare offer at
the last great day, when you stand With
gifts to the King. Are even the small
things required Of you done faithfully as
to the Lord? Are you hero In your home?
Are you hero in your business or daily
Ara lot, vI,-k1
can to preach Jesus Christ and Him cruel
fed. and helping to bring the Kingdom in?
Applied Truth.
''Paster Meng was a direct descendant Of
Mencius. the Plato of Confucianism. At
the time Of the outbreak he was ahundred
and twenty miles from Pactingfu. He hur.
ried thither, not willing to leave the mis-.
sionaries to suffer alone. The missions.
aries have stayed by us: shall stay and
live or die with them,' he said. He babe
his eldest boy to flee. Father said the
ooy ars wdnt to to a stay here with With
with perfect composure, you must flee. I
cannot forsake my missionary friends. but
l want some one OF my family to take up
the work after l am gone. If we are all
killed who will be left to preach Jesus to
these benighted peopleg In the darkness
the boy escaped. The next day Pastor
Meng was seized, stabbed, arm twisted out
VI JOllL anu Ddck ScOTcHeQ WITH burning
candles in the hope that he might reveal
the hiding place of his son or the where
abouts of the native Christians. He calmly
refused to utter a word and at last his
head was severed from his body" That is
the story of the heroism of converted
heathen
or a different order of suffering is the
story of the famine workers in India. Every
morning they had to go out and gather
up the bodies of the poor wanderers who
came through the night to try and get food
and who died upon the way. seeing sights
that wrung tears from their hearts, the
cries of a mother who brought her dead
baby because she had no place to lay 1t
away, the sad wailing of little children so
worn and wasted with hunger as to be
scarce able to drag themselves to the mis-
sionaries' house and too far gone to digest
the food given them. Says one: Il scarcely
know which to pity more, those who have
thus suffered for little while and then
been released by the calm touch of death,
or those who have had to look on all this
suffering, and live in the midst of 1t, shar,
ing the capacity for pity of Him who had
compassion upon the multitudes."
How to Help the Leader.
Study the life of some missionary thor.
oughly until you are interested in his per-
sonality and can understand the sacrifices
he has made. Then try to tell the meet.
ing about it. Try to bring some stranger
with you.
Parallel PaSSaReS-1 COrlntniduS
Acts 9:15, 10; Acts 22:2; Acts 20:22-24; Acts
IA HOP; 2 Corinthians 1910; Timothy 3:
TO- -: Corinthians AS, 8; Romans SIT, 49,
Hints to the Leader-Christian EndeavOr
Hymns 3D. los, 113, 1l6, 12S. 172.
The Endeavor Hymnal-144, las, 166, 1Sl,
236.
Have missionary map OF the world IL
possible Ask every member to select some
missionary here and read up about him or
her. and then come prepared to give short
sketch of that life in very few sentences.
out on the map the scene OF his
labors If this Is well prepared the meet
ing will be one of exceeding interest, but
each speaker must be BRIEF not more than
two minutes, and less If many are to
speak. Perhaps some one can give In
stances of heroes among those who are
only missionaries in their own homes. Be
sure you draw some lesson from every in
cident told.
Not on the glory field Of fame their noble deeds
were done;
Not in the sound of earth's acclaim their fadeless
crowns won.
The lowliest sphere was not disdafped. Where
love could soothe or save
They went by fearless faith sustained, nor KNEW
their deeds were brave.
The foes with which they waged their strife were
Tbe pp;cfories that Iaureled life were fought and
won within.
Their record is inscribed above, their wreaths are
EDWARD HARTLEY DEwART.
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