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III. It is impossible to outline the
methods to be pursued In particular when,
having taken some one to our hearts and
minds to bring him to Christ. and having
presented his name before God, we seek
to help him. But there are a few hints
we can give which may be helpful And
the first Is. that We must try to bring
ourselves into friendly relation. IL pos
sible. with the man we desire to help
God has given us human fellowship not
merely for the delight 1t affords. but for
for the happiness my association with
my friend brings to me. but thank Him
even more for the opportunity it affords
me Of serving my friend. That is the
true holiness Of friendship. The two go
together-delight and opportunity-bu if
the latter is neglected or forgotten the
former soon fails and loses satisfaction.
II / can come near. then. In any way.
social or active or In conversation. to any
charge whom / would lead to- Christ.
proach. Second. ! must have wisdom. 1t
Is foolish to blurt right out the desire
we have in all cases. though there are
times when q simple declaration like, i
praying for YOU may accomplish much.
1t may be an invitation to church or to
meeting for prayer. or gift OF Bible
with a personal inscription half reveal
ing. half concealing' the hearts desire.
with a prayer secretly breathed that the
word may be a seed. These and many
like suggestions may 'kindle flame Of
sacred love-" But the time. the place.
the word must be chosen under the Holy
Spirits direction. Foolish zeal has often
delayed the work OF God for years and
We are. OF ourselves. SO often foolish!
Third. we must be brave and at times
not afraid but proud to declare our Chris
f<v- I'D pv-a
occa sionx, and they are not infrequent
when the troubled conscience of man
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Preparing for Life Work


Son of God, command that these stones
become bread"-that is to say. You
claim to be the Son Of God: prove it and
satisfy Your hunger" or. What is the
use of being the Son of God IL You have
to go hungry?''
The first temptation was repealed by an
apt quotation from Scripture: Man shall
not live by bread alone but by every
word that proceedeth out of the mouth of
God. So the devil decided to use Scrip
ture himself. Taking Jesus to a pinnacle
OF the temple, perhaps a point on the
roof overlooking the cl,asm hundreds of
feet below. he urged: 'If Thou be the Son
of God, cast Thyself down." arguing that
dependence on Gods promise. He shall
give His angels charge over Thee, to keep
Thee in all Thy ways: they shall bear
Thee up in their hands. lest Thou dash
Thy foot against a stone" would save
Him from destruction.
But Christ was not deceived by the mis-
quotation of Scripture. Again He quoted
Scripture. Thou shalt not tempt the
Lord thy God and Satan was de-
feated. Not yet. however was Sa-
tan willing to own himself defeated. BY
the third temptation Satan really said:
You want 10 be king. but You have
chosen hard way to win your kingdom.
Here are all the kingdoms of the earth
land he showed them in vision). Just
fall down and worship me, and I'll give
You all these things"
Not one instant did Jesus hesitate. A
third time He quoted Scripture, Thou
shalt worship the Lord thy God and Him
only shalt thou serve" Thus He drove
Satan from Him. He had conquered.
So Jesus gained power to sympathize
with and to help every man and woman
who Is tempted. Just how He is able to
help those who need it has been learned
by those who have asked Him for that
help. He can show how to use the Scrip
ture as a weapon against the devil, and
how to triumph over all evil that comes
to them.
A Y. Nj. c. A. secretary from Japan,
who visited Philadelphia two years ago
told how man of Japan learned the
lesson that Christ can and will help these
tempted ones.
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0HAT a new system of graded
Sunday school lessons went
into use with the first of the
year means little to the man
of the street, but the man of
the street is not always alert
to the deeper movements which produce
the greatest effect in the world. There
are more than 100000 Sunday school
members in North America, and more
than 5000 600 in all the world. Radical
reform in the pedagogical methods of
this organization. which is often said to
be secondary to the public school and the
church i'm shaping American character. is
news of real Importance. Especially so.
as this development reveals powerful
organization, which can give points to the
big political parties in the matter OF
efficiency and completeness.
The Sunday school embraces a men,
bership ranging from the cradle roll, -
on which $4,000 names We're reported
last year-to the teacher training classes.
which now number nearly 1G0.Gp MEM
beers, who are taking examinations i'm a
difiicult normal course, afterward receiv-
ing diplomas. In between are the prim-
airy. junior. intermediate, senior and adult
classes. with a whole army of stay-at-
homes. who pursue systematic reading
course, and are called the home depart
ment.
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Bringing Men to Christ

-HE story OF how Jesus secured
His first disciples IL beautifully

S1HE story OF how Jesus secured
His first disciples IL beautifully
simple. When John the Bap-
tist saw Jesus Christ walking
i'm the country not far from
him. he turned to two OF his friends and
said, Behold the Lamb OF God" The
two men at once went to Christ and be-
came His followers. One Of them. John,
Immediately went to find his brother
Simon. and brought him to Jesus.
Next day Jesus saw q man named Phil
ip and asked him to follow Him. Philip
went after his brother Nathaniel and
the two of them followed the Lord.
This is a picture OF the way God has
planned that the church should grow
by the personal appeals OF man to man
and woman to woman. believers in Jesus
everywhere persuading others to believe.
This is the work Of the preacher in the
pulpit and Of the people who sit in the
pew 1t is the work of rich and poor.
high and low. who would do their best
to please the Lord whom they have prom
ised to serve.
The history Of the church is a history
of just such personal efforts as. those
from lives Of carelessnese and indiner-
ence to be followers OF Him who puts
purpose into the life. There Is something
compelling about the appeal OF one whom
we meet every day. in whom we have
confidence When he says 'Oh, taste
and see that the Lord is God" somehow
we are inclined to listen to him.
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will seek to justify its unbelief by put
ting us to the test: Let us see II ne 10
ashamed to talk of his religion: Let US
see how much there is in 1t and how ne
can meet objections! Let US test ms pa
thence under provocation" To be silent
when we can defend the faith. to hest
tate when we are challenged to declare
our belief. is to fall down when the race
Is on. to turn a deaf ear when the can
comes. Let us confess Christ with our
speech when the opportunity is given for
1t may we'll be that some soul. secretly
hungry for God. Is waiting to see what
our love for Christ means to us.
And. finally. let US remember tnal not
can often win a soul. l doubt whether
reasoning or argument has ever brought
any man to the foot of the cross. but l
know that loving sympathy. prayer oy
a sick bed, q warm pleading to love and
serve God has many times been the means
of touching heart and leading man to
peace Oh. even as the sympathy OF the
Master "compels US as We read HIS
words. and as His gentleness calls our
tired. lonely hearts to rest found no
where else, but found in all completeness
at His dear feet. SO our sympathy and
gentleness may compel heart secretly
weary and gloomy and bring IL before IL
knows the way it is passing to the King
who is waiting. and who when we have
done our part will abundantly perform
His part
We have WOndeT1ui WedpoHs paaScu III
our hands in this warfare for Christ. Let
us not use them rashly. but oh. let US use
them fearlessly. that we may win souls
for the King. The only thing that counts
here on earth in the way OF satisfaction
is the salvation Of men: the only thing
worth while is the bringing Of the Mas
ter's sheep and lambs home to the sheep
fold
Dear friend-my friend-oh. ! thank
Thee that / can do something for Thee.
and that Thou dost understand my poor
efforts since Thou knowest the love which
inspires them. Oh. let me bring at least
then my life will not have failed utterly
Let me work for Thee-all other work Is
vain. Let me toll for Thee-all toll else
is but disappointment. And. dear Jesus
so bless my unworthy efforts that when 7
stand before Thee at the last some one
soul may take my hand and lead me to
to find Thee" Then, OH kng, will l have
my heaven. Amen.
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What Buddha Could Not Do.

He was a young university student in
Japan, who had been a leader in his
classes, but who, near the end Of his
course. gave way to temptation. After
some time, eager to regain his self-re-
spect and his lost position. he sought the
priest at famous Buddhist temple. To
him he told his troubles and his longing
The priest said: II can help you II you
will sit with your thumbs together before
Buddha here, and remain absolutely mo-
tionless for three hours, you will be given
strength to resist temptation" The seeker
obeyed. In spite of the fact that the mos
quitoes annoyed him constantly. he sat
as nearly motionless as possible for the
required time. Then he passed out Of the
temple-to fall before his temptations, as
before. For two years he CROPPED for help,
but in vain. until he heard of Christ,
who came into the world that the world
through Him might be saved. In Christ 8
strength he was enabled to conquer temp
tation. Today he is secretary of the
Onaka Young Mems Christian Associa-
ton.
[Comment today's International Sunday
School Lesson-.'The Baptism and Temptation
If Jesus. Matthew. 3:l3l7.; 4: I'LL
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PRAYER.

life unless we use the gifts Of God. and
the only way to use them is to let our
light shine. to serve as leaven, to sea
son as salt sea sons. (St. Matthew, v:13-
takes no exercise faces sure ruin. A
man who studies and yet never puts the
truth he learns into action becomes an
empty theorist So the man who &C
measure. with his heart, the truth Of
God and yet never uses that truth to
make others happy ceases to grow;
he either turns into religious
gourmand. fat and well-liking. but
lazy and full Of decay. or else he finds
no real nourishment. and in misery and
doubt sinks into spiritual desuetude
which can have but one ending. But he
who tells the story which has done 50
much for him finds himself increasing In
calm in the midst of strife: he is fearless
in the face of obstacles; he Is happy even
in suffering and trial. And. fourth. there
can be no joy in human fellowship unless
we serve men and seek to bring them to
Christ. 1t is impossible to have true home
happiness If either husband or wife Is an
unbeliever and the believing one of the
two has no longing. offers no prayers and
makes no effort to lead the other to the
Savior. St. Paul warns against being
'unequally yoked together with unbeliev-
ers'' because he knew the danger. Il love
that man. but oh, I wish he were Chris
tldn, LOT tnen we WOuIO HdVS 81 IluCt III
common" said a friend to me once. Yes.
he was conscious that his affection could
never be great and lasting so long as
there was not one great hope and one
great end toward which. hand In hand
and heart with heart. they could strive.
Yet once more. how can 1t be thought
that heaven can have for us much JOY.
II perchance we are permitted to enter
it's portals. II we find there no being for
whom we have prayed and to whom we
have told the old story? know OF no
fiercer agony on earth than that which
must come to a man who witnesses the
death Of an unbel:ever and remembers
that he never said one word to him Of
the worlds Reedemer! How much worse
must be the grief Of him who stands
before Gods throne at that last Judgment
day and had not one soul to declare for
him that he told him something of Jesus!
To enter heaven and not find one being
there to whom we have pointed the way.
To be judged. and not to be able to cry:
Dear Lord, l tried to tell Of Thy love-.
Will there be any stars in my
When ut evening the goeth down!
When I wake with the best in the mansions
Of rest.
Will there be any stars in my crown:
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Personal Remembrance.

I. Let us now think of the methods by
which we may bring others to Christ
And, first. there must be a personal
thought and desire and prayer-a touch
of man with man, like that of Andrew
with Peter and Philip with Nathaniel.
We soon learn by experience that there
is no way in which we can sweep people
by wholesale into the kingdom Of God.
and it would be an unhappy thing If we
could: for the spiritual life demands a
simple and quiet and individual growth.
Sometimes we foolishiy wish we could
make the whole world good and Christian
at once. but even if we could, would 1t
be really good and really Christian?
Goodness grows. it is not suddenly made.
Christianity is Ike the mustard seed.
small at its planting and only gradually
reaching healthy maturity. Surely II
the wholesale method had been Gods
plan or desire Christ would have accom-
plished the victory In a moment. for He
had the power to change instantly mems
lives and hearts. But We know He did
His work man by man. person by person.
SO must we. And really this makes our
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How Many People in the Worlde

Everything is relative. and as a back
ground for these important missionary
figures should be given a general state
ment as to the worlds population. re-
ligious beliefs, etc. OF course any sta
tistics as to the worlds population must
be largely con]ectural: the director OF the
statistical bureau in Stuttgart Germany
estimates that there are ,544. $40 600 peo-
pie in the world. OF this billion and a
half Of people, half a billion profess some
form OF Christianity-Protesta Roman
Catholic. Greek Catholic etc. Of Mo-
hammedans there are 1890. 600 and OF
Hebrews 1O.S60.OO. or the remaining
So. 10000 heather Confucianism claims
3OO.0O0.O0O. Hinduism 214OOO, 600 and
Buddhism 12l 100000. That is to say. out
Of every thousand persons on the earth
346 are nominal Christians, ia are Mo-
hammedans. are Israelites and 533 are
roughly grouped as pagans.
In the effort which Christianity is MAX
ing to convert these other creeds, the BIZ
Bile has been translated into more than
five hundred languages: four hundred mis-
sion hospitals have been built, and more
than five hundred orphanages and asy-
lums together with 10000 schools and COL
leges and 100 publishing houses, which
have as part of their output 400 Christian
periodicals in mission lands.
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The Only One Here.

Unfortunately. not all Christians are
willing to bear testimony for Christ as
the japanese soldier did, and so they
fail to win others to Him. Miss Haver-
gal. the writer of Christian songs That
are sung around the world. has told how
she overcame the temptation to be silent
about her Christianity. She went away
to boarding school shortly after she had
united with the church. When she EN-
tered the school she learned that among
all the loo girls she was the only Chris
tian. Her first feeling was one of dread.
She could not confess Christ before gay
and worldly girls. But her second
thought was that she could not but con-
fess Christ. II am the only one He has
here she said.
What Christian knows but that he is
the only one who can invite a certain
friend to Christ? Then why are we SO
slow about it?
comment today's uniform topic Of
Christian Endeavor and other young peoples
meetings. winning Men to Christ: Who
Should Do II. and HowT'-Jchn. :35-5il
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Epiphany Lutheran Church


examined by some OF the members IN
formally. but the recommendation TO the
congregation will have TO be made by a
special committee which will be appointed
shortly.
The Christian Science Church. at the
corner of 18th and streets. has been
brought to the attention OF several OF
the members. The congregation OF that
church will remove after some months
to the new location on Columbia road
and the edifce will be placed on
the market. Though the members OF the
Lutheran church regard this as a splendid
site. still il is understood that IL does
not appeal to many of them as the best
location which should be chosen to fur
ther the work they have under way.
With the coming OF Rev. DR. Steck OF
Frederick. Md. pastor, February I. IL is
expected that much OF the work now
under way will take on some definite
shape.
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Christian Endeavor Hour for This Evening
By Rev. Dr.. Floyd W. Tomkn


work easier and simpler. We need not
strain after some mighty result or think
now many we can gather In, but we can
concentrate our attention upon some one
person and do all we can to lead him to
happiness and God
Every Christian should have in his mind
and on his heart and in his prayers a
particular person for whom he is work
ing In Christs name. Let us stop right
here in our reading for a moment and
think about that. Is there one whom |
am trying to bring to Christ? Do / think
OF him great deal and plan what can
DO to help him? Is his name mentioned
him In church? Is my interest entirely
unselfsh, my only wish being for his
good.
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the call, and went further inland than
the others. although suffering much from
life.
One morning he awoke deaf. and was
found to be In an advanced stage OF ty-
pnoid FEVER Such was the love for him
In the army that he was placed i'm the
omcers' ward. where at last he began to
recover One day he drew a small book
out and read from It. The officers i'm the
ward noticed a look OF peace on his face
after he read. 'Comrade." they said. IF
there is any good in that book. We need
II, too. Will you read IL to us?' The
weak man told the gospel story and the
others welcomed IL. So it happened that
when he was well enough to be moved to
the coast, at each successive stage there
was some man who, having heard the
story from him the preceding night. asked
for II again. and the convalescent left a
trail behind him of seed sown i'm weak
a result of the exposures he had suffered
but he died gladly"
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~HE Independent Lutheran con-
gregation. which was organ
lied about one year ago by Sc
ceding members OF the Luther
Place Memorial Church, is In
the market for a permanent church loca-
ton. and when this edifice is secured 1t
will be known as the Evangelical Lu-
theran Church Of the Epiphany. The de-
cision to change the name was arrived
at at meeting held by the congregation
Thursday evening" AS the date was the
feast day of the Epiphany. number Of
the members proposed that though they
were not aware of this fact when the
meeting was called. they believed they
should call the church In honor Of the
day on which they had met. There was
no dissenting voice, and the name was
adopted Immediately.
number of locations suitable for estab-
fishing the proposed new church has been
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With what missionary leaders call
Signs Of progress on every hand, there
yet looms ominously the shadow Of the
crescent. Europe seems to be more con-
cerned than America over the signs that
the Moslem world entertains the thought
Of an armed conflict with Christendom.
Certainly in Asia and Africa Islam is
making rapid inroads into pagan!sm, SO
that Christian missionaries frankly say
that while heathenism is doomed, Mo-
hammedanism seems more alive and az
8ressive than ever. 1t would be dramatic
II this modern crusade" as the uprising
of Christians In behalf Of world evangei-
tzation 10 often called. should finally issue
In the same conflict that marked the cru
sades OF the middle ages-the followers of
the prophet on one side and the soldiers
Of the cross on the other.
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In the Washington Churches

dist Church. will assist i'm these meet
ings. preaching every evening at 10
o'clock st. Paul is a young church or
ganized few years ago. and has had a
remarkable growth. The Sunday school
In all OF its departments has nearly 400
scholars. There is a fourishing senior
and Junior Epworth League. Mems So
ciety. Boys Club. Women's Society and
other organizations for the promotion of
social and spiritual life. The church has
q highly aggressive congregation and is
composed of an unusual number of young
people in proportion to it's membership.
While the pastor believes in special
evangelistic services. he also believes
that results should be expected at every
service. and holds evangelistic services
every Sunday evening. A large class
joined Sunday on profession of faith.
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Recruits From Paganism.

In most other particulars the statistical
table shows favorable gains for the year.
There are now enrolled .,Oa7.9G3 native
communicates. a net gain of 10000 over
the preceding year. The total number
of adherents ascribed to the mission
body, which means converts, who have
not yet become communicates. and the
friendly families of converts, is 1896, 661.
an increase of about $4,000.
A still greater percentage of growth is
shown In the matter of students enrolled
in mission schools. The number of these
Is 1.413.995, a gain OF nearly 100000 in a
year The educational awakening in
China and Turkey Is doubtless response
BILE for a good part of this.
There is one slump in the figures. This
is in the column marked native help
ers." A year ago this main body of
Christianitys army of conquest was
given as numbering 9S,953: in the present
table it is set down as 93,272 The slump
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A Ubiquitous Host.

AS everybody knows. the Sunday school
il to be found in all Protestant churches
1t was the first of the great interdenomi-
national agencies which have been so
potent in breaking down sectarian lines
and in unifying Christendom. 1t began
more than a century ago i'm Glouster Eng
land, where Robert Raikes, a newspaper
man. conceived the benevolent idea of
gathering the children OF the mills into
a ragged school" on Sundays, where
they could be taught the Tuliments of
reading and writing and civilization gem
orally. After bitter opposition, espe-
ciaIlS from the clergy. the Sunday school
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@VHE immense meetings of lay
men to be held in New York
city from next Thursday to
Sunday will probably do more
to concentrate the attention of
the country upon missions than dozens
of the other seventy-fou city campaigns
that have been held. or will be held. dur
ing the present winter. The heightened
interest of the laity lends special timei-
ness to the summary of missionary sta
tistics for 1909 which The Missionary
Review of the World has just issued.
The two most noteworthy facts concern
ing the years progress of foreign mis-
sions by all Protestant bodies in the
world are that the number of mission
aries has increased by nearly 1000. and
the amount of money by nearly 100000.
In 1903 the total number of foreign mis-
reported was 1855: in 1909 it
has increased to 1854, or forty-one less
than an even 1000 The statement will
surprise some persons that In 1909 the
Protestant churches of the world spent
$2l,613.075 for foreign missions. as over
against So. SAG. 465 the year before. These
increases, when the proportion they bear
to the total is considered, are remarkably
large. and may fairly be said to represent
an unprecedented drift toward foreign
missions on the part of the churches.