Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-25

| there fierce, suspicious, half bafbarous'
| prejudiced, ignorant and needy!
We have gone in-that IL. the earnest mis-
God has swung wide. but oh. how very In
adequate our force! We need more mis-
sionaries and more money.
In one Of the Philippine Islands no man
can be king unless he has cut on the heads
of sixty personsl Back from Manila among
the mountains there are wild men who
wear no clothes and worship the sun and
live like animals. No one has ever tried
to save them.
Yet in the towns there are many classes
of different nationalities. One missionary
writes from Damahuete, on Negros Island.
he expected. He had thought to have a
number Of poor students who could be put
to work about the house and grounds, and
instead of that he has but two. who are
working for their board. and the rest Of the
students are thirty in number from Negroes,
Panay and Cebu, who together pay $144. Is
Mex. per month. This proves that the peo-
pie are ready and eager to learn.
The work of evangelzing the islands has
been divided between the different Protest
ant denominations by comfy committee
so that the forces now at work for the
kingdom of Christ are pretty we'll dis
persed in the fields, but there is room for
many, many more.
If you want to get a good idea Of the re-
atty Of missions in the Philippine Islands
send to the Presbyterian board of for
eign missions. 1856 9Th avenue. New York,
for presbyterian Mission Work in the
Philippines. 1t is little pamphlet costing
5 cents and filled with most beautiful and
lfelike pictures of the places and scenes
about the missions, as well as pictures OF
workers and converts. Probably other de-
nominations can furnish like helps to I'M
derstand the work they are doing. To see
the students in white linen uniform stand
ing before their beautiful building, Sill
man Institute the school mentioned above
in Dumaguete. which grew in six months
from thirty In number to one hundred and
fourteen, and more coming in all the time,
makes one feel that real work Is going on
and souls being saved. The son of the gov
ernor of the province is a student and two
faith in Jesus Christ. Their eager, earnest
faces make one feel great desire to pray
and work for their salvation.
The work in Cuba is exceedingly interest
ing.
When DR.. Grace W. Atkins entered Porto
Rico in 1901 she began her work as medi
cal missionary on the first day of her ar
rival. She visited people in their miserable
shacks lying in loathsome beds of straw In
a heap on the floor or upon canvas ham
mocks swung from poles. Shut in their
dirty dark rooms with close-fastened win
dows, and no one to wait upon them or
serve them in any way but some Ignorant
child, there was little chance Of recovery.
Often the patients who came to be helped
and needed a slight operation had to he
sent home to die because there was no
hospital Now, however, hospital has
been built and our particular interest IN It
Is that one of the three buildings Is called
"Endeavor HalP' and largely supported by
the gifts of Endeavorers, junior and SEN
Tor. Here there are wards for men, women
and children too poor to pay anything. Tho
children's room Is large and bright and be-
side each little white crib table for din
ner tray and playthings. The walls have
pictures sent by juniors.
Office hours of the dispensary are always
opened by prayer and Bible reading IN
in the wards daily, SO that those who are
cured go home to tell the good news OF
Jesus and His love. Bibles are placed near
reads aloud to the rest. Tomasa. Bible
woman, also reads and explains the Scrip
lures daily. They say 1t is wonderful to
see how some of the people who six years
The patients often speak Of their faith in
God and the doctor" and always remem-
Der to say thanks to God for any i'm
provement in their condition. In the whole
the gospel is now preached everywhere.
John Willis Baer says, speaking Of his
visit to the hospital Just described:
crowds Of patients waiting at the door of
the hospital and at the medical missionary
dispensary to appreciate the wonderful OPP
portunity for service Christ has placed In
the hands Of these servants of His. At
the hospital at San Juan at an early hour
and often before daybreak people gather,
coming from miles around, patiently wait
60 with the doctors to the shacks' in the
poorer districts of the city and country
and see them ministering to the out-pa-
TENTS. carrying comfort and healing and
the gospel into the shacks'-so miserably
constructed some of them fairly swarming
with life. I never have seen such misery
and poverty in all Of my travels. Yet
have also been in some of the homes Of the
yryHx haV NJ
Jesus Christ and who have shown the re-
suits in their homes by orderliness and
cleanliness. It is not difficult thing to
20 into some of these shack towns and by
the outward and inward appearance of the
home determine who Is and who Is not a
Christian
Parallel passages.-eenesis, xlix l. 10;
xliv:3; Ezekiel, xxxvi:25, 49,
Hints to the Leader.-The Endeavor Hymn
nal, 14o, IA, 145; 1G6. 2l4
Porto Rico, etc, and be able to tell in
brief outline where missionaries are To-
Gated and what is being done. In your
quarters you will doubtless find facts about
all denominations. as the work has been
divided among the churches. SO that no
two shall cover the same territory and
none shall be left out.
Your missionary committee might be
asked to give few interesting facts CLEAN
ed from their reading in the daily news
papers concerning the islands and their
people, but give very little time to descrip-
ton Of manners and customs rather than
to the actual soul-saving that is being
carried forward. Make your season OF
prayer for the islanders as impressive as
possible, trying to make the members feel
that each one has a prayer responsibility
for these brothers and sisters of ours who
have lately come under the same family
government with US.
God Of fathers, known Of old;
Lord of our far-hung battle line,
Beneath whose awful hand we hold
Dominion palm and pine;
Lord God of Hosts be with us yet,
Lest We forget, lest forget.
For heather heart that puts her trust
In reeking tube and iron shard,
All valiant dust that builds on dust,
And guarding calls not Thee to guard;
For frantic boast and foolish word,
Thy mercy on Thy people, Lord
-RUDYARD KIPLIN0.