Evening star., 1907-08-24
Christian Endeavor Hour
Conducted by Grace Livingston Hill-Lutz.
For Sunday, August %, 1907.

| Topic: Foreign Missions Christ in Mexico and
| South America. Exodus xx 16.
| /. And God spake all these words, saying,
| 2 am the Lord thy God. which have
brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out
| of the house of bondage.
| 8. Thou shalt have no other gods before
| me-
| 4. Thou shalt not make unto thee any
| craven image, or any likeness of anything
! that is in heaven above. or that is In the
earth beneath, or that is in the water under
| the earth;
8 Thou shalt not bow down thyself to
| them, nor serve them: for / the Lord thy
God am jealous God. visiting the iniquity
! OF the fathers upon the children unto the
| third and fourth generations of them that
| hate me,
| G. And showing mercy unto thousands of
| them that love me and keep my command
| ments.
| The Lesson.
| 1t Is said that the Mexican is a great
! reader. In the City of Mexico the people
| will read every word of even an advertise
| ment. What opportunity for spreading the
| Gospel through the power of the printed
| Word, Why do we not give more money
| to print and distribute religious teachings?
! Several years ago there lived two noted
| smugglers. a man and his son. at MALI
| NutNO Leon. during tnelT dDSeICe ioi d
| time a colporteur sold Bible to the wife
| and mother. While they were away she
| had much time for reading and became
deeply interested. At first she hid the
| Bible but finally, becoming convinced OF
| it's truth, she told her husband about IT,
! saying that she telt sure since reading II,
! that the priests were deceiving them Out
| of curiosity her husband began TO read,
| and soon he. too, became convinced. They
| went to a city not far away where there
| was a missionary stationed, and joined ms
| \ hoo n hn1r
| to the missionary, or, as the missionary
! calls him, a plower. going about 10 heip
| plow up the ground for the missionary TO
scatter the seed of the Word upon.
Temperance is being taught with wide re-
suits in some of the schools IN Mexico
City. y constant effort is being made to
teach the little children the harmfulness OF
pulQue. They are taught that their bodies
are the temples of a Holy God. and that
they must not defle them. They must be
kept pure. So they try to give up taking
pulque with their dinner. Some of the par
ents think this Is mere stubbornness, ana
try to insist, but many of the little ones
are very firm. and stick to their determine
tion not to take it. even though they are
punished for it. They soon see the result
themselves. The children who have not
taken pulque for their dinner are mucn
brighter in the afternoon session OF school,
while those who drank 1t are stupid, sleepy
and fretful. Soon they begin to improve
in health and often they lead their parents
to abstain almost entirely from the use OF
this harmful drink. Does it not pay TO
teach these schools?
Rev Arcade Morales is sometimes called
the Moody of Mexico. His parents were very
poor and at quite early age he was the
main support of the family. He came in
contact with candymaker, who taught him
how to make candy and sell 1t on the street.
At the age of nine he was thrown among
the lowest class of people-drunkards, bias
phemers, vagrants, soldiers and ignorant,
wicked people. When he was twelve years
old he had typhus fever. and his mother on
his recovery took him away from the candy
trade and set him to learning to weave
gold and silver threads for decoration. One
day when ArcadOs mother was in Zacuali-
pan, stopping with the family of lawyer,
she heard the Bible read aloud. She was SO
impressed that when she came home she
kept talking about it. Four years later Ar
cadio went to work for a gold weaver who
had Bible among his goods and allowed
the boy to read it. With great joy he came
home and told his mother about 1t. He
says that he understood little of what he
read, but the stories of the plaques of
Egypt and the wars of Israel were great
diversion to him. His mother knew moth
ing about salvation through the blood of
Jesus at that time. The boy continued to
read the Bible, to make pilgrimages to the
village of Guadalupe and to go to confes-
sion. Six years passed, and one day the
mother was invited to attend a Protestant
baptism and service She was Ill and
could not so, and insisted that her son go
in her place. He resisted, but finally went.
He surprised TO hear his old friend
the Bible read.
This man has been through prosecutions
and has remained faithful and brave,
preaching the Gospel of Jesus. He has now
a number of mission schools under his
charge as well as the city prison work,
which has been put In his hands. He is
doing wonderful work for Christ in Mex
leo. and there are many other Christians
there whose stories eQually interesting
How to Help the Leader.
Pray for some special mission in South
America, having taken pains to find out
some particulars about it. Pray as If you
meant it, and wanted something Of the
Lord for 1t. Pray because you want His
Kingdom to come on earth.
Parallel Passages.-II Kings, xvii $3.50;
jeremiah, xxv:6; jeremiah, xxxv:1o; Deu-
teronomy, VITA; Ephesians, willis; Jere-
miah ix:3; Psalms, lxXxi:9; Romans,
i:22-23; l Corinthians, X:14; Thossaloni-
ans, i:9.
Hints to the Leader.-The Endeavor
Hymnal 231, 233, 236, 239, 251.
Have a map showing where mission work
has been done. Do not spend much time in
describing habits and customs of country,
save they relate to the religious work.
There are quantities of wonderful incidents
OF conversions which you can get to en-
rich your meeting. There should be much
prayer lot tllS "OIh, anu liIt "Ui hSIS
work of the Bible Society alone in South
America is a story of marvellous interest.
Do not fail TO mention Bible work. and the
way i'll which few words of Scripture have
often broken down idolatry.
We come in the might of the Lord of Light,
With aruor bright to meet Him;
And put 10 flight the armies Of the night,
That the OF the day may greet Him.
Our sword is the Spirit of God high,
Our helmet Is His salvation.
Our banner. the cross of Calvary,
Our watchword. the incarnation.
And the choir of angels with song awaits
Our march to the golden Zion,
For our Captain has broken the brazen gates,
And burst the bars OF iron.
We march, march to victory,
With the cross OF the Lord before u.s.
With His loving eye looking down from the sky,
And His holy arm spread DER
C Moutrie. 1867
Not Yet, but Soon-Perhaps.