Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-27
Christian Endeavor Hour
For SUNDAY. April os 1907.

serve thee and give thee for a covenant
of the people, to establish the earth, to
cause to inherit the desolate heritages;
y. That thou mayest say to the prisoners,
Go forth: to them that are in darkness
Sacw yourselves. They shall feed in the
ways and their pastures shall be in all high
places
10. They snail not hunger nor thirst;
neither shah the heat nor sun smite them,
for he that hath mercy on them shall lead
thefa, even by the springs OF water shall
lie guide them.
II. And / VIII make all thy noun, aims
way and my highways shall be exalted.
l.. Behold. these shall come from far;
and, 10. these from the north and from
the west and these from the land of
Sinim.
Is. Sing, o heavens. and lee joyful, o
earth, and break forth into singing, o
mountains, for the Lord hath comforted
his people and will have mercy upon his
afflicted.
The Lesson
A missionary in China writing from
Shanghai says: How history repeats it
self! China knows her own religions are
worn out. She has lost much of her faith
in them. She wants good new one. Large
numbers know that the greatest command
ers who fought on the japanese side in the
late war are Christians, and that the Jap
anese were ruled by a Christian spirit in
their dealings with their enemy; and as
ChlneSe are hero WOrShipers. it tends to
make them admire the religion that did so
much to make the Japanese heroes. They
wish that religion too, and we glad
and thankful Not only are the Chinese
outside of the church thus waking up. but
the Christians are rapidly growing in
spirituality. They mean to be ahead, not
behind the rest-and leaders. They are
ooing more than ever before to spread the
gospel. They are sending out missionaries
paid by themselves. The young Christians
are opening institutions, schools and
churches. Their pastors here have been
holding weekly meetings for prayer for
REVEALS, and their prayers are being
answered. There are revivals in many
parts of China"
A little blind singing girl, kept by her
mistress for purposes of gain through
life of shame, was brought to the Canton
Hospital to have a diseased foot treated.
1t was found necessary to amputate her
whole limb in order to save her life, and
after the operation the mistress would
have no more to do with her, so she was
given work about the hospital, scrubbing,
washing. cleaning windows and the like,
IN tins way earning her rice. AT first her
whole nature seemed daZed, stunned, but
by and by it began to open to the truths
she heard, and it was not long before the
love of Jesus reached her and she asked
to be baptized. She had been about four
years at the hospital and school near
by, when suddenly it was discovered that
the poor girl was also a leper! 1t would
seem as If her cup of trouble We're full OF
what use in the world could lame, blind
lepeT be? But the Lord had need of her.
Hearing of the work done among lepers In
India, the girl went TO the leper village
to live. Scarcely a year passed before there
o. he hot
many were believing on Christ and asking
to be allowed to be baptized. Then a little
later meeting was held at the entrance of
the village, for they had no room in which
to meet at that time. Out of the number
of applicants twenty We're baptized and
partook of the Lords Supper and since
then there have been many others. Then
the neiGhboring villages heard what had
been done in the leper village and they
came 10 see what it was, and heard and
believed. So there were many conversions
from this poor, lame, blind, leper girls
work, and the end is not yet. They now
have a chapel for their growing work.
Large preparations are being made for
the Worlds Student Federation conference
in Toxic, April ) to l., writes Rev j
Monroe Stick of the Japan Mission of the
Reformed Church in the United States Il
expect 10 have a few busy days next month.
The musical part is under my care and l
am also member of the press committee
After the conference | travel with some
of the great preachers and assist in the
musical services and after meetings to be
held in all the large cities of Japan so
that this conference will be far-rea ching
and Will help the Christian work in Japan
very much. This has been great time for
ingathcring. Since the beginning of 1891
l have been permitted to help in twenty
TREE special meetings and saw over go
persons hand in their names willing to
become Christians and expressing q desire
to learn and study the Bible. The work
of Christ is very prosperous in all ways
and all missionaries are very much
couraged.' From personal letter datcd
Sendai, March 20, 1907.
At Kauazawa JAPAN there is ne.9s Of
good cheer and the breaking down Of many
barriers. Many from the region round
about are girls who arc being sent to the
gHls' school there. This region has been
Japan ard for that reason has been hare
TO gain a foothold in, but now things are
constantly changing.
one teacher has street Sunday school
with an average attendance OF sixty-iive
For a while forty bad boys came who
created a coed deal of disturbance, Uut
the wise teacher started them 10 drawing
4 map OF the holy land and each week
iUCa ting places where Jesus went. as they
studied the life ot,Chr!st. That held them
and now they have quite forgotten II be
! had in the meetings.
Another teacher III that region has sew
crai cooking classes, and visits the homes
| helping to make them happier and brighter
/ The Temperance Society is also doing good
work Through its influence the giving of
| sake to the returning soldiers was pre-
! vented, and so no drunken brawls occurred
| at the station or elsewhere. The people
| are more than ever inclined toward
/ Christianity since the war, and the op-
| portunity is great and not TO be neglected
From Mukti. India, comes this report
| from a Bible school:
| ''On July the work began with a Bible
| class of nearly 800 at 9 am; another at
| . am, with an attendance of fifty, and
! still another at II 80 am, With an attend
! ance of ninety, and new ones coming In
| every day. This makes a total of nearly
| 450 in Bible classes
! The Rev. Handley Bird writes from
| India: 1T looks as If we may ere long
/ behold the unhinGered power of God in
| India Nothing is more marked in the
| work the gracious revival is at present
! giving than the way circumstances are
bent and have to give way before His SOW
ereign will" Another worker in India by
the name of Anandibai writes: India is
! now entering upon the period of interces-
sion, such as that which led up to the
Welsh revival. We hear of individuals
and little companies In many places anoint-
| ed for prayer. At Mukti the voice of prayer
! can be heard at almost any hour of the