The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-12-11
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FOREIGN MISSIONS.

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etv of Noel Memorial church held its
regular meeting on Monday, December
5, at :: 30 pm. The devotional service
was led by rs. q. W. Baird, who Gead
for a scripture lesson the third chapt0e
sof d. gohn dwelling SerS BEAUTIFULLY
gupon the aspect of lose.
an hen Impressive prayas shS esBedPH-
lily implored Gods mercy upon Che Two
members Ohio are i'll, Mrs. Or. Munday
and Mrs. u. E. Miller.
Mrs. sN. B. Noel read an interesting
|article giving data as to what called 20
the mission field many of our eminent
missionaries After which the leader
fcalled for an expression of opinion as to
The possibility of teaching children mis-
sions. his was d weighty subject, but
1t was generally agreed III various ways
that it was beneficial Although it would
seem more sensible to keep the sorrows
and woes of the world from the ears of
children.
1t may be asserted that the constant
dwelling on the heathenishness of the
t1eathens gives O. downward tendency
and is apt to carry children lower down
in the grade of life, and will eventually
submerge the respectable class.
Mrs. J. G. Smelling read an extract
from "A Charge from the King it be-
ing a message from the Worlds Mis-"
Sionary Congress. A transcript will not
come amiss: 1T was on the evening of
the 18th, 1910, in Edinburg, lovingly
termed by Scott mine own romantic
town Even the casual visitor can not
escape the spell of its noble beauty and
| its poetic history. It's bonnie Prince
Charley and the Douglas its unfortun-
ate Queen Mary, its heroic Montrose
and Carlyle
All too true, the spell is wrought
Bonnie Prince Charley and Douglas
tender and true loom UP. But today can
we linger in the hazy maize of times so
long ago? Oh no, we live today, and
must look to see whittier the tide is
drifting. When we read:
can unique company of twelve hun
dred pilgrims are gathered in the as
sembly hall. From every quarter of the
globe they come, the silk-robed Chinese
scholar and the barefoot monk of some
holy Protestant order, archbishop in
court dress and battle SCARED mission
airy. German educator, of world wide
reputation and turbaned Hindoo con-
vert. Titled lords with orders blazing
on their breasts and American circuit |
riders; alert laymen and high souled
women; specialists in every line of mis- |
sionary administration, representing
wide differences of nationality and of |
creed, all have their place in this won
derful assembly" causes "the question to !
arise in the mind: What is the enter
prise that can command the allegiance |
Of such wide variety of experience and |
such sum of wisdom and statesman |
ship? 1t might be answered that the
march of time through centuries has |
made it possible for mind to subserve
matter. That: 1t is aspiration, leading
mind to seek mind, and only in the
crowded assembly can the sum of wis
dom and craftsmanship be solved.
All creed and nationality may for the
time being be forgotten, but still they
exist on this earth, and when the assem-
bly, is over, creed and nationality will as
sert themselves, and the greatest of
these is nationality.
At the Worlds Missionary Confer
ence the imagination could be swayed
by the impressive moment but reason
asks: Do we read the message of the
King in the light of the twentieth CEN
fury?
Or have the learned and great CROPPED
too long in the pages of history which
portrays the ages gone?
But life is life, and no pen can give
the throbbing impulses that forced men
into action, and make man the prey of
man.
The Worlds Missionary Conference
is over, from afar above comes the call
to higher missions to all Christians.
Uphold the higher civilization of to-
day, to maintain the Christian religion
in our own beloved country.
1t might be asked: What profits if If
the gospel is sent by America to the
whole world if it dies out in our own
native land?
But OF return to the Foreign Mission
Society. The reading from message
from the missionary conference closed
the devotional service
Mrs. J. S. Noel, first vice president
took the chair and the business session
began.
After some remarks the first vice pres
dent called the treasurer, Miss Mans c