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;, slons as a more or less visionary al
=, tempt to change the religion of tn
! races of the far East. Few, even o
- those who support and encourage mis-
ID sions, realize how broad and deep ar,
I. the results of missionary effort. VIII
lam Eleroy Curtis, in Modern India,
! says: "Sir MnncherJee Bhownaggree
! a Parsee who has been a member oil
. Parliament lately asserted that the
: American missionaries were doing more
for the Industrial development Of the
: Indian Empire than the government
itself The government recognizes the
Importance Of their work, and has
: gwen liberal grants TO their schools"
OF course the missionaries do not ac-
compllsh these things directly. Their
message Is first of all a spiritual one,
: hut II Is Of such a nature that its eff
fects begin TO be seen almost immedi-
ately In material things.
For example, take the work which
has been accomplished among the
Telugus OF South India. The people
who have been benefited by it belong
to the very lowest classes. They are,
under Hinduism ignorant degraded,
dirty, immoral, embedded in the heath
enlsh customs of ages. Yet by means
of mission work these people are being
marvelously TRANSFORMED and 1t is dis
covered that underneath the crust of
! heathenlsm there is a manhood well
worth developing When the dawn of
better life begins to illumine the
| hearts of the Telugu outcasts 1t shines
even in their faces and it is seen that
by nature many of them, the men espe
cially, have decidedly Anglo Saxon fea-
lures. One missionary said not long
ago, This resemblance is almost |
startling. There was one white-halred |
man who was perfect likeness Of my
father, except for the dark color of his
kin"
The planting of Christian homes and
the growth of a happy family life are
some of the most inspiring results of
mission work. A few years ago lady
who had been for some time mission
airy among the Telugus became almost
worn out by reason of her hard labors
and by the perpleXlng problems that
each day brings in such service. Early
one evening she was walking near the
mission compound in a somewhat de-
spondent mood, when suddenly she be-
gan TO hear the sounds of singing not
far away. Lights glimmered in the
cottages of the natives, and here and
there she could see the Christian fam
HES Mt their evening worship. Children
gathered round father and mother, the
Bible was opened, and the words of
David were read again in the musical
Telugu, "rhe Lord Is my Shepherd, |
shall not want" and hymns of praise i
we're sung The scene restored hope
md vlgor to the weary worker Sure
y" she thought, this is worth a thou q
iand times more than all the labor and ?
sacrifice it has cost" '
All these good influences, too, are $
extending their power. From I
he mission stations schools and SEM
narles light radiates in all directions a
nd penetrates the deepest jungles. l.
'elugu evangelists, trained and led by h
go out to the villages j
;here the truth has before been utterly ST
Unknown. The native evangelSts them s.
elves are an object lesson of the vital Ell
ling force that is in mission work.
he ways of the people are studied, N
nd methods adapted to them. OK
81 have with me-" says one mission Ot
~, "a man who sings the life of Christ NJ
a weird chant, and the evangelists of
We the responses We take two Ian SO
rms and my camp-chair, and go to the W
inter of the village In the evening. tn
hree wooden plows tied together are ca
,od to hang the lights on. The people ia
I on the ground, and the matchless
,dian night is our canopy. BY ten 70
clock the singing and explaining will mi
over, and then comes my turn to wi
Y to impress the story which the 90
'Ople have heard In the past year at
G have had a hundred such nights" tn
1t Is In these quiet ways that vast an
cial changes are being wrought The wi
Hing of company Of missionaries an
ny mean more for the destiny of ma
ms than great changes i'm government
rulers Youths Communion