The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-03-16

Some of the converts in heather lands
put to shame Christians of the home
land. A writer in Worldwide Missions
tells the story of Imai, a heroic little
Japanese Christian:
'There is a girl in our girls school at
Aoyama, Tokyo, whose conversion and
Christian life have made deep impress
sion. Her name is Imai. She has been
lame from infancy. Her father is
Judge in one of the courts of Formosa.
Before leaving for Formosa, some time
ago, the father (who is not Chris
TAM, after considerable cogitation,
finally decided to put his lame child in
Christian school, selecting our girls
school at Aayoma, AS he did not think
it wise to take her to Eormosa, so far
away.
'The reason Of his selecting Chris
tian school was because of her lame
ness. He said, Christians will be kind
to her. After being in school several
months she became an earnest Chris
tian-an inspiration and blessing to the
other Christian girls, who take q spe-
cial pride in helping her in the Chris
tan life She loves the prayer meet
ings and class meetings. Her experience
Is delightful.
I'm giving her experience a short
time ago, she said, I am so happy.
live in a new world. 1 am thankful
even for my lameness, for had I not
been lame my father would never have
sent me to this school. Then I would
never. have known anything about Jesus
and His love, nor anything about this
happy and blessed experience"
Christly Living.
Advantageous human living is GER
tainly not worldly or selfish human liv-
ing. Neither is living for happiness,
living with that as the motive, advan-
tageous human living. Happiness and
excellence must be considered together,
or beside each other. Looking at them,
side by side, we should say at once that
the person who should sacrifice excel
lence of being for any sort or measure
Of qualification, or delight, made dam
aging mistake. We should also say that
he who denied himself even at cost of
considerable suffering or loss of COM
fort, for the improvement Of moral or
spiritual character, did very decidedly
advantage himself. Cross-bearing is
more valuable than crown-wearing,
when the cross stands over against
some evil thing in ones self. Only when
man has attained to absolute complete
ness of being, and his fellows have
reached the same goal, can self -gratifi-
cation be wisely made the rule Of ac-
ton. Advantageous human living Is,
In its last analysis, really absolute
Christly living. We approach. the ad-
vantageous only as we approach that
The crown Of human glory will be that
we have laid down our lives in right
eous services.
Afterward.
II his dark nights are as bright as
the worlds days, what shall his days
be? If even his starlight Is more splen-
did than the sun, what must his sun
light be? If he can praise the Lord
In the fires, how will he extol Him be-
fore the eternal throne? If evil be
good to him now, what will the over
flowing goodness of God be to him
then? Oh, blessed afterwards !" Who
would not be Christian? Who would
not bear the present cross for the crown
which cometh afterward? But herein
Is work for patience, for the rest is
not for to-day, nor the triumph for the
present, but "afterward" Wait, o soul.
and let patience have her perfect work
&C. II. Spurgeon.
Time for Prayer.
It Is easy to become unconscious of
the time spent In school, but it is not
possible to be schooled without time.
or to live without school. All life is
discipline. And the discipline Of prayer
takes time. It will come faster and
more richly to us as we give time con-
sciously for it Jesus gave time even
Ing MARK 6:45-7), mornings MARK