The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-02-03

tricts tnat for ages had lived In unspeak.
able bafbarisIn. He is ia America today
gong up and down the land pleading viii
other Young men TO give their lives 10 The
enlightenment oil the dark continent. He
does not pose as q hero, nor profess 10 ne
one. and he looks Ike any other wed,
dressed, alert business man. Yet the page
of c~hiValry show few more shining deeds
Than his, done hunlhly in the service OF
mankind and its Redecmel.
1t is only heroic TO he true 10 ou"s
noblest impulses ANA convictions
have another friend. u gracious, Noi.
satil' and well equipped Young physician
whose qualifications for success in this
country are rather above the ordinary.
He has elected, however. from allegiance
10 the nightly Jesus. 10 spend his life
In the service of AN ignorant and super
stitous people. III | We're to set out 10
cal! upon him tomorrow. ! would have tl
travel steadily for three months before
Reaching his station among the remote
IAaoes people. Three months from home
Three months from the American ncwspa-
pcrs, from intelligence concerning loved
ones, and from all that once Constituted
his HE. Perhaps this does not constitute
hcroism IN the eyes of one who has neve,
been a hundred miles from his birthplace.
but those who know understand thut tc
storm one of the fiery slopes of Pori Al.
thur would be far easier.
The newspapers of the present month
have again made allusion to Missionary
l.abarec. murdered last year in Persia.
They do not know, however. the story OF
the young wife, who, with an cNaitation
OF Christian forgiveness and heroism, has
chosen TO spend her life among her hus-
bands murderers. that she may help them
and theirs to a knowledge of the gentle
Jesus. The world cried for vengeance at
II" time of the crime; the one most ef-
fected only prayed. Father. forgive them,
they know not what they do"
Missionary life is a giving up, a taking
up and a bearing up.
He who gives his life for a friend is truly
called a hero. What shall we say. then,
OF the men and women who have, slowly.
toilso1nely and painfully gisen their lives
for people who showed TO them and their
Master nothing but enmity?
When Chalmers of New Guinea, the
Great Heart of the South Sea Islands" as
Robert Louis Stevenson called him, was
murdered by cannibals a few years ago,
his native servant at once pe:itioned the
missionary society that he might be per
mitted TO go and live among his masters
murdercrs, and tel! them of the iorsiving
Christ And that man, maenanirnous and
heroic. was himself but a recent convert
from sayagery.
While an eyes are turned eastward. a
glance at the greatest man in Korea may
be suggestive. He is Horace N. Allcn.
Omitted States minister to Korea, confidcn-
tial advise. of the emperor, and for years
a high servant of the Korean state. He
attained his. unique position in this wise:
Twenty yefs ago. when no missionary
was permitted to enter the hermit king
dom, the gates of which has only Just
opened to China. he obtained a place ON
the American minister's STAFF that he
might be the opening wedge for Christian
missions into the kingdom of Korea. Later
a revolution broke out, and all foreigners
fled for their lives. An but the Young
American missionary. Needless of flying
bullets he made his way to the palace and
by his skill saved the life of a wounded
prince. All through the reign OF terror
he remained in constant peril, hut, as he
wrote home. w kept the old flag flying,
and trusted in our Heavenly Father to
take care of us" Such is the stuff of
which foreign missionaries are made.
Epworth League Topic.
The city is the crtN of The twentieth
century's problems. Here arc coneen-
trated an the forces of evil which give
concern to good citizons. Except the city
be redeemed there is little hope for the
country AMI only by thorough investisa-
ton Of real conditions. and by AN honest
effort 10 meet them and a persistent devo-
tion TO this purpose which no obstacles
cam shame, will the church offectually ac-
cornplish the GENERALIZATION OF the city.
Ii takes a many-sided gospel to conquer
a nauY-Sided city.
After all, n city is but an aggregation
OF men and women and their work. Thu.
gespe! that is sufficient for amy one of
them is sufficient for them All. If it can
he brought TO bear upon their lives. HUI
man nature is human nature. whether in
the city or in the country, and it is stin
SHINING and SDrrONin1 and in need az. Ii-