Evening journal., 1909-11-24

Then into His hand went mine.
And into my heart came He,
And ] walk in a light Divine.
The path had feared to see.
Selected.
c. L. LESSON.
Written by E. c. Trumbower, Jr.
Our city Missionary work Is about as
Important as any IN which we engage.
We hnd problems here that require more
ingenuity and harder work 10 overcome
than in a great many foreign fields. In a
city we are thrown more intimately in
contact with imoral forces. We live closer l
to our neighbors and know more about /
them than in the rural districts. This con- |
dition is becoming intensified more every |
day; the great crowds of immigrants are |
settling in our cities Instead of the coun-
try where they are most needed; the trend |
OF the young people in the country is to-
wards the city. These people-coming in
will naturally absorb the character OF the
place more OF less into themselves. As the
moral character OF our cities Is much
lower than the country's the strangers
morals suffer. And those coming from the
Old World often bring new forms OF sin
with them and add these 10 our already
too many. This is especially true OF the
slums. Juvenal complained that the
Syrian Crontes had flowed into the Tiber
and brought with It its language and
morals. In like manner our American
waters have been fouled by many an
orontes OF the Old World.
One of the greatest problems Of the
slums to-day Is the question OF sanitation.
Everyone has heard OF how people in
our large cities are crowded into tena-
ment houses. But right here In our own
town we have the same problem TO meet
in a smaller scale. There are places IN this
city where two and three families live in
cellar, partitioned off by curtains Of
some description. This is an evil which
we ought to remedy. These conditions
are being bettered slowly and perhaps in
some future year this evil may become
} entirely eradicated.
In this class OF Home Missionary work
everyone may lend helping hand. We
may not all be able 20 help personally in
foreign missions but in our own city
we may all help. Our Salvation Army is
4 probably the farthest reaching organizs-
= ton in our siums to-day. Who has not
b Hooked on those brave men and women
holding a prayer meeting on the street
y corners and who has not in their inmost
e heart called them heroes and envied them
q their courage. AS Christ came to minister
r and not. TO be ministered unto. so should
we be up and doing not waiting for a
more convenient time or a more urgent
call Our c. r. Societies can help IN a
I dozen different ways. We may visit the
4 different missions and entertain them IN
e our own church homes. We may pack
j, Christmas baskets and spread good cheer
In that way. Aristotle has said "A city
: ought to be composed OF equals and simi-
lars" This is a Utopian dream beyond
hour widest imagination but we can at
least lift the moral character OF the city
a little higher.
The problem Of the city will never be
fathomed until graft is eliminated from
our government. We do not have as much
Of It here as In other cities, and so do
not realize what horrors it can bring
forth II Is not the Democratic or the
Republican party that viii ever do this,
but Jesus Christ. When there is instilled
in every sman a deep love for Christ
every low place win be wiped out, every
slum will disappear and in their places
will arise the Utopian city. Perhaps we
will never realize this but II is worth
striving for and we can do a great dea
toward lettering the city from its pres
ent condition.
Christ worked amsng the slums H'
was the friend of the publican and sin
ner. No person had descended too low
for Him TO associate with, and we arr
no better than lie. We must remembe
that in Heaven there is no class or so
cIal distinction; everyone Is invited TO th'
feast and we all may partake equally. w
must not think we are superior to othe
people because we have a little NOR
education or social position. The poo
often stand more chance OF Paradis
than the rich. We must not deal with tn
slum as though they are our interiors
but as equals. II we would only ask our
selves before we start to do a thine
''fIow would Christ do 81 much NOR
would be accomplished.
Dear Jesus, we thank Thee that we ar
allowed the privilege Of working 70
Thee In Thy vineyard. There is work
be done and we need Thy strength an
help TO enable US to accomplish IT, w
ask that we shall be made powers q
good. that through US a great work ma
be done. without Thee we are uothinl
with Thee More than Conquerors." Hell
us to lift our city to a higher level Hel
us TO appreciate what Thou hast don'
and teach us to pray for more. This "
ask in Jesus name. Amen.
c. z. NOTES.
Central Christian Endeavor Society wi
hold a snap shot social at the Churc
next Friday evening. An interesting fel
ture OF this social viii be a stereoptica
lecture on the Battle Of the sium," II
topic for Sunday evenings prayer NEE
ing.
Delaware Avenue Baptist Junior 81
ciety has been reoreanized, and ''mol
better things are looked for. The atten,
anee has been nearly doubled.