Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1908-06-25

their own kind. Then look on Tue
other side. Several people have gone
together and paid a preacher to go ov.
er there and convert them. They had
to run the risk of having their lives
taken, yet they went on, trusting to
the help of God for their safety. They
had to go through all kinds of risks of
wild beast and disease in which all
tropical countries abound. Take no
tice of the little island of Fiji, popula-
tion 129, 925, possession of England. 1t
has almost become christianized. AL
so the little group of Samoa. All OF
this good has been done with the help
of christian people, who were not too
stingy to help pay the preachers to go
over there and help convert those hea-
thens. Some of them don't get hardly
enough to live upon, yet they never
complain. You would not call that
person money hunter Look at Brit
ish India, that vast country in the
Southern part of Asia. In the last few
years over two million souls have been
won to Christ by the help of the people
and missionaries. do not believe in
spending money for things you never
see any good of, but when you can see
the good of it, spend it freely, especi-
ally when it is for good cause like
this one.
Our little town of Jasper, Ala, with
a population of ., 900 people, after pay
ing their own preacher, has made up
$500 to send a missionay to Korea or
Brazil, it is not known yet which
place he will go to. The Jasper district
has also guaranteed a sum nearly large
enough to support another missionary
in the foreign field But before we 60
any farther with this subject, let us
see how many laborers we have i'll the
foreign field A hundred years ago,
there were but seven missionary soci-
cites in the world Today, there are
over 400 societies, interested in for
eign missions, with over 10, 900 train
ed missionaries, 80, 600 native helpers
36, 600 missionary stations and out
stations. The home and foreign mis-
sions have nearly 100 colleges, with
35, 600 students. 1t has put $50, 600
boys and girls in high and common
schools. 1t has opened christian hos
pitfalls and dispensaries, which admin
istered to non-christians in the last
year to the number of 25, 900, 900. In
the various missionary presses there
are nearly 1000, 600 pages printed ev-
cry year, to be distributed among the
heathens of foreign countries Last
year the people of the United States
gave nearly $40, 600, 900 for foreign
missionary work, while the native
christians gave 81, 300, 600. Last yeal
there were 1896, ,9t5 Bibles and por
tions of the Bible distributed, $50, 20(
volumes at home and 907, 715 abroad
printed in all the different languages
of the world. Now, can't we see the
good of this work. Are there no
thousands of souls brought to Christ
In one meeting in China, TO-, 600 wert
brought to Christ. Hundreds of boy
and girls in foreign countries are re
ceiving educations, which if it had no
been for the people giving money t.
help the foreign missions do this work
would never have received.
In Africa, that vast body of land ly
ing south of Asia, better known as tn
Ozark Continent, =" with it's millions
of people, the greater part are savage
and nearly every one are heathens al
of the enlightened nations of the worl,
| win that heather people to Christ
, Have not the foreign missionarie
; helped to suppress human slavery i,
some parts of the world to some ex
J tent? In some of the islands wher
cannibalism was practiced it is nov
/ spurned The natives now are accept
ing Jesus, as their saviour. In som
{ countries of the world human sacrific
was practiced The foreign mission
, aries are now helping to stop it.
/ The foreign missionaries are workin
hard to translate the Bible into all {
$ the languages of the world, so that th
: people of heathen countries can rea
Q God Word. The missionaries are &C
ing to every part of the world to saw
g the people from eternal punishment.
The countries that once refused tn
e missionaries admittance now let thel
e in without any trouble. Many of tn
: foreign rulers have accepted the chri,
o tian religion. They are encouragin
d their people to also accept it.
a Nearly all of the heather countrit
e will be under christian rule in fe
t decades Also look at the good woI
o our home missions are doing. The
II are going about the country, ESTABLISH
g ing churches, schools and hospital
Il You can go into any of the large citi
o and see scores of mission school teacl
IS ers in the slums, instructing the chill
9 ren, both in literary studies and reli
}. ious studies. The hospitals are taki1
IS care of many hundreds of patien
e free of charge, who receive the vel
Il best of attention from the very be
g doctors and nurses.
/. From now on let us encourage tn
II good work instead of kicking again
h it COWAN MCFARLAND.
/, Empire, Ala.