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In all their frightful ignorance they
know the souls longings better than We
l never can forget the appeal made by a
punuit of India at the worlds fair in
Chicago. He was dressed all in white. and
he had been talking of the soul and its
hunger; and he cried out in horror at
what he saw in Chicago, and said: ''Oh
people. don't, l beseech of you, don't eat
pork" TO him the eating of swines flesh
was the depth of degradation.
The item of missionary interest in India
to me is the work on behalf OF the child
widows, and the efforts of the Pundita
Ramabai, who has often been in this
country, to rescue them 1t Is an effort
to save the children. The story of the
need is a piteous one and need not be
told here. Suffice 1t to say that thousands
of little girls are worse than slaves. and
that when taken by Christian women and
educated they become beautiful and noble
women themselves. And so We face that
world wide problem-the problem which
demands the spirit Of Bayard as Ten
nyson pictures him, the strength of
knighthood. the daring Of Leo. the
courtesy of q gentleman. Respect for
womanhood!
Can we call ourselves civilized when
the white slave traffic is what recent
investigations have found it to be? For
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Need to Forget Grudges.

There is a crying need for men and
women who will learn the lesson Christ
taught and govern themselves by it.
What a glorious place the world would
be if only everybody who bears a grudge
against another would forget it and act
like a reasonable human being. Somehow
people who are warm and tender and ap-
proachable in all other ways are like
adamant when 1t comes to a question of
forgiving an injury.
or course, there are those who would
scorn forgiveness, but it is possible to be
ready TO forgive these scorners; 1t isn't
our lookout IL the forgiveness is not re-
ceived. but it is our concern to see that
we stand ready to meet every man. every
woman, every child, considerably more
than half way.
But there are not many folks who will
refuse to welcome forgiveness when it is
full and free. Some of the very hardest
characters may be reached by il. This
proved to be the case in an instance of
which DR.. Guthrie has told.
y soldier, whose regiment was sta
TONED in a garrison town in England.
was about to be brought before his COM
handing officer for some offense. He was
an old offender. who had been often pun
ished. Here he is again. said the officer,
on his name being mentioned. Every
thing-fogging. disgrace. Imprisonment
has been tried with him Whereupon, the
sergeant stepped forward, and apologize
ing for the liberty he took. said: There
is one thing which has never been done
with him yet, sir What is that was
the answer. Well, sir said the ser
geant. he has never been forgiven For
given.' exclaimed the colonel. surprised
at the suggestion. He reflected few
minutes, ordered the culprit 10 be brought
in, and asked him what he had to say TO
the charge. Nothing, sir was his reply,
only / am sorry for what L have done
Turning a kind and pitying look on the
man, the colonel addressed him, saying:
Well. we have resolved 10 forgive you.
The soldier was struck dumb with as.
constituent; the tears started In his eyes
and he wept like a child. He was another
man from that day forward
Comment today's International Sunday
School Lesson: "A Lesson Forgiveness,
Matt. lS:2I-35.l
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put his brush down and said. God help
me. Why don't 1 go to lost people them
selves instead of painting pictures OF
them?' Then and there he -consecrated
himself to God and the service OF man.
He went to Oxford University, and in due
course he entered the ministry.
After working in the slums of two Eng
lish cities. the conviction came to him
that he ought to go to that part of the
world where men seemed to be most lost.
He came to the conclusion that East At
RIGA was the place where he was most
wanted. One day there came message
from the secretary of the Church Mis-
sionary Society asking whether he would
be willing to be the leader Of a party that
was to go to Uganda.
In due course he was conSecrated blSh-
op, and he has brought to his high post
rare gifts of administration and an en-
thuSiastic love of souls.
John Clough little thought when he was
studying engineering. solving perplexing
problems surveying land, building rail-
way and making roads that he was forg-
ing links in Gods providence for the sal
walton of 10000 Telugus in one year.
This knowledge of engineering led him to
apply for the government contract for
building a canal. He employed 5000 ma
tives, and preached to them every even
ing. He preached for one month on the
same text, God So Loved the World. 2"
Then he dismissed the 5000 and employed
5000 more for the next month, and at the
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years a few of us have tried to arouse
the public conscience: now at last Con
gress has acted and men are awake. But
the spirit is the important thing; that
loving reverence which shall call wom-
anhood holy because OF motherhood-be-
cause, as the apostle says, of the mother
hood of Mary, who called Jesus her Son.
Have we this same emotion, this deeply
settled conviction. which shall lead us to
brand evil and to Danish the impure man.
and to rescue and, save the poor daugh-
tiers Of men. led captive through igno-
rance and hunger Of soul and body? Can
the call of India arouse in us that most
splendid of spirits which shall make tho
strong, the gentle helpers and friends OF
the weak and lead the Christ-nature te
bring us face to face with wrong, with
the right hand quick to rebuke and the
left arm to pity and defend? God grant
it; for we need today such spirit as
never before!
My Christ. I thank Thee for all Thou
dost show me of need, of inspiration, OF
hope. AS / look over the world for
which Thou didst die, fill me with Thy
love and Thy patience and Thy self-sac-
rifice that may do good in my day and
generation and hasten the advent of Thy
kingdom. Amen.
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Causes of Short Pastorates
+

changing economic methods, evolution in
religious thoughts and practice and
scores of similar facts may account for
this religious unrest. With all. there is
Above all and around all is the universal
tendency to criticse the church as an
institution. give 1t little credit for good
results, hold 1t responsible for all the ills
as well recognize these facts and deal
sympathetically with each other
The pastoral relation is frequently sew
cred because the pastor comes to a peo-
pie of which he knows nothing and
against whose difficult elements he has
not been forwarned.
Further. l know of short pastorates
which were the result of keeping the
pastor, at the start. in absolute igno-
rance of the delicate conditions within
overcome. The accepted theory is that
in calling new pastor the less he knows
of the different kinds of meanness some of
the members have shown in the past the
better: Don't tell him those things, he
will find them out anyway But there
is a limit When problems of church
unity or questions of policy are so vital
that they go into the very existence of
the institution, when a church has had
for years such a record that people hate
to mention it, Is it fair to the pastor or
church to say nothing at all to him of the
kind of task that is laid before him? Shall
he simply trust the pulpit committee or the
secretaries. who say all the nice things
they can about the church a thousand
miles away. when the church officers can
not agree on how much to tell the new
pastor, individuals decline to become
talebeares and the secretaries keep
mum ?
Few churches are without internal
problems. Yet the theory is that pastor
be called 'unsight and unseen Months
of microscopic investigation uncover his
past, but II he asks leading questions
about the church he is set aside as afraid
of hard job. Many new pastor is like
captain sent to sea, when he ought to
put for the dry dock and discharge some
Of his mutinous crew before he sets a
sail. He Is doctor whose patient re-
fuses to admit he is i'll: nobody tells the
doctor anything, and he is not expected
to ask questions. lest people suspect he
is afraid or does not know what he is
about. After year of laundering expert
ment he has learned the nature of the
disease and. is ready to effect a cure. but
the family make change of doctors,
because he has failed"
Those members of congregation who
delight to exercise 1.-The gentle art of pas
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there are 500, 100000 nominal Christians
in the world
Fifty years ago, Hiram Brougham and
his wife went from Hawaii to Gilbert
Islands, then inhabited by tribe of can
nibals, "sullen, passionate, cruel and
treacherous," as they were described by
navigators of that day. Last November
&c, 600 Christian Gilbertese met to cele-
brate the emergence of their race from
savagery to civilization. All the pastors
of these people have been trained by
their first missionary, and 1900 copies
of his translations of the Bible have been
sold. Two thousand religious books are
bought by these people annually. At the
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toral bossing are largely accountable TOT
the quick exit Of the pastor declares this
writer. and he enlarges as follows:
Church bosses also are many times
the real cause of the short pastorate.
mean men who fear for the ark of God.
and believe God has told them to see to 1t
that the uniformed and unspir1tual BODY
of members shall be kept in the right
track. They have revelations from above
second not even to John of Patmos. Paul
was never closer to the Head OF the
Church than they, and as for the pastor
his disagreement with the boss is evil
dence of his lack Of spirituality and divine
wisdom.
Now, leadership is necessary. Democ-
racy is the New Testament plan for
bringing out the best leadership. But 1t
is an easy descent from leadership to
an ecclesiastical oligarchy. Some churches
BOSSES so subtle are the processes Of
manipulation. The rulers may become
more worldly wise than the children Of
light have any right to be. Political
bosses have been Outdone by the sub
terranean methods of such spiritual d.
rectors-all in the name of the church
and for the salvatioIc of precious souls!
In that case new pastor, Ignorant of
conditions, is between fires. and must suf-
fer. Despite years of discord and de-
feat, he is held responsible for unity and
victory, alone and unaided, or is charged
with not having made good. Wires are
laid for his destruction by men who pray
long at the midweek meeting. He is Of
fered bread and receives stone He
gets. a scorpion for dessert. He is be-
trayed with kiss And the carnal
world cries 'shamev Dethrone the
church boss He is the cause of popular
indifference. not the cure. Baptist church
es were never intended to be run by a
machine. 1t is still safe to appeal frankly
to the rank and file.
Those who call a pastor are largely
responsible for his success or failure
Thus we read:
Responsibility in securing the pastor
for the church must entail responsibility
for trying to make the union successful
Advice in the first instance justif1es fur
Their advice. A tactful word of interven-
ton at the psychological moment. a
friendly supporting Of the pastor when
the powers that be- in the church get
FESTIVE, may in scores of cases prevent
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Acts, 28:23-2o.

clearness of vision which proves them
capable of any noble service, and they
have a courtesy of manner which at
tracts and delights. One has little pa
tience with the talk about yellow
peril" as if these millions Of people
were going forth to conquer the earth.
Still less patience have we who know the
Chinese In this land and have worked
among them, with the silly prejudice
which fears and scorns and doubts them.
How strange that men are SO willfully
narrow and mean in their care for these
Monaghan brothers and in their readiness
to lay to their charge all sorts of mag
mary horrors. When some wrong is
done by an individual Chinaman-for they
are not perfect-all the Chinese are
blamed as If all were bad. AS matter
OF fact, ignorant though the men Of China
In this country are. there Is far less crime
among them than can be noted among
ourselves Recently some Of our Sun
day school work was greatly hampered
and for a time undone by wild news
paper stories and warnings from self-con-
stituted critics and the Chinese them
selves became afraid to go to. church
lest christians" should attack them! 1t
was a shameful blow and most undeserv-
ed; but 1t is so easy to throw suspicion
upon an unprotected lot of people!
have seen myself the most devoted faith
and patience. the deepest care and SYM
pathy. the utmost effort and the finest
denial upon the part of Chinese Christians
that l have ever witnessed anywhere.
Now the interesting item of China is
her readiness to learn. Men and women
and children are keen for knowledge.
Missionary schools are crowded and the
students are eager to gain all sorts of
wisdom, scientific, philosophic and re-
Hgtous. Their faith in the old Con-
fucianism is of the past. Their faces are
set Godward. They welcome the gospel
story. and when they hear it they obey
and practice. Hence comes our lesson
We need the same consciousness Of hun
ger and the same willingness to receive
divine food. We need the same simple
trust In Christ. We need the same eager
ness to gain that which shall make us
better and purer and nobler. China calls
to US not only to help her, but to be
helped ourselves. Any conceit, any preiu-
dice. any fear only reacts upon us, and
proves us semi-barbarians. We can learn
from China.
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Japan.

Japan has long been an interesting
land, because the people are so quick,
SO full Of imitation, so readily adaptable.
Their love of the beautiful, their refined
taste. their mighty loyalty to their king
dom and their personal habits and clean
illness draw us to them with no light
attraction. The great war with Russia,
sad though it was. brought out char
acteristicS which have created envy and
emulation They know how to manage
navy. They know how to care for
their soldiers before and after battle
They quickly grasp the advantage Of a
Young Mems Christian Association tent
among the soldiers. They grasp as by
instinct anything which can aid them. /
was recently talking with returned
Japanese missionary, and he told me
facts which / confess astonished me,
though thought ! knew pretty We'll the
general Japanese character. The growth
and progress of the nation give US one
of our modern miracles.
The item which especially impresses one
in Japan is the quickness of children and
youth. The little ones are SO eager to
learn and ready to initiate. The boys
and girls, as shown by the schools, are
such wonders in their complete adapta-
ton Of civilized life and in their improve
ment even upon civilization In many par
ticulars. The students who come to our
American colleges stand among the high
est, and that speedily. II always fills
one with curious emotions when another
takes the result which 1t has cost us
much to reach. and holds II as IL he had
always been familiar with it. You and
struggle to attain some end with painful
steps and slow. and then there comes
along a man who leaps in a moment as
it were, to the summit which We have
agoniZed to attain. At first We are suspi-
cious: then We marvel, and finally we are
a bit angry: "All this long, hard effort
Of mine, and 10, this fellow has come to
my side in leap Well, it is good for
us, for 1t teaches progress and it's law.
Generations do not work over again the
outworn agencies of generations past, but
they take the results and carry them on.
1t is like foot ball; each body of players
carries the ball on little nearer to the
goal until at last some fortunate mortal
sends II flying over the line. II Is not
necessary or right that each child should
have Just the struggles his father had
he will have. new ones. and. perchance,
harder ones. farther along the line, but
the battle of one is not the battle of an
other. Therein lies much of the loneliness
of life, and TO the superficial some of the
inequality and unfairness. IF my friend
only knew my struggles and could par
-ticipate I'm them.' cries the man who has
conclude single contest and sits all
aweary 81 ihe days close with none 10
knew IL understand But his f.iend. conf
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India.

w. We do not think as much of India
as we should in our missionary work.
Because England has 1t as one Of her
possessions is no reason why we should
not strive to deliver the millions from
error and sin. India stands for much OF
superstition and much of heathenish Gus
tom of cruelty I'm the name of false
deities. We all as children heard of the
little children cast In the River Ganges
or under the wheels of Juggernaut. We
were famiShed because. as ''pariahs, -
they could not drink from the wells of
nature of which their richer neighbors
partook. But India also stands for be-
lief in the spiritual as distinct from and
beyond the material. The thinkers of
India in many ways bid US pause and
think of higher things than money and
food and clothing.
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have this love in our hearts
we would find it very hard to cherish
hatred against any one and very easy to
forgive the transgressions of others.
When Christ was about to die. he ex-
claimed, Father, forgive them,'' refer
ring to the men who were crucifying him.
Long years after, at the uprising at Pao-
ting-fu, Mrs Kao and her daughter Jes-
sica. were led beyond the west gate to
their DOOM The Boxers gave her lit
tie time in which to pray, and, kneeling
down. she said, Father, forgive these
men. they don't understand what they
are doing The simple Chinese woman,
with the faith of saint, was following
directly in the footsteps Of her blessed
Savior, who vas doubtless "altlng u
receive her on the other side.
We want more of this forgiving spirit
men. forgiveness" some one
amoiS ,,f,,l,y said sis the perfume
nas the flower gives out when 1t mas
been trodden upon. ore 20
Hatred i'm our hearts against any one y
the heaviest burden we can carry. ~
We forgive not men thelr trespasaeS,
1e;ther will your Father forgive your
trasnasses.' 1t would be we'll for many OF
nc Carefully to consider the prayer we
daily make, Forgive us our trespasses
as we forgive those who trespass agains!
u.s. In this supplication we ask Goo
rs +ra.t MS as we treat our fellow-men.
We are constantly SHINING against God S
laws. and we are often quick to ask for
giveness. Let US be no less quick to for
give the trespasses against ourselves.
Moody says: can well imagine wneh
Christ told His disciples to go and preach
to all, that Peter said Lord, do you really
mean that we are to go back to Jeru-
salem and preach to those men who muir
dered you?' Yes said Jesus; go hum
nm that man who spat in my face, the
man that made the cruel crown of thorns
the man who drove the spear into my
side and tell them they may have place
in my kingdom yet" Let us cultivate
this spirit of forgiveness and love.
Comment on today's Brotherhood Of Andrew
and Philip topic-:'Forgiving One Another
Mat 1871 Ri
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ing after him. is likewise having his con-
flict which he has to carry on by HIM
self and 1t also is not understood by
another, and is filed with regretful long
ing. But so it is that the world is car
ried forward. My son takes the ball
where his father dropped it, and in his
own way carries it on. Each does his
part-and at last the game is won. At
the victory we will all come together III
final rejoicing, and then we can compare
notes and tell the stories-oh, blessed
happiness.
And so it is with nations. I am not at
all sure that our present leading ma
tons are always to hold the leadership.
New nations will take up our progress
and race 1t on to greater perfection. They
will have perils and burdens of their
>un, but they will not pass again through
those which men experienced before. Only
at Iast,. Wien the world comes to her
King shall We know the whole story and
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is laid largely on the laity by
Job Matthews. writing in the
Standard Baptist, Chicago). 1t
is not, he says, the preachers
who are restless, but the people. He ad-
mits that many pastors do not amount
to much, have small ability, are dull In
the pulpit. fear hard work and were born
without the saving gift of TACT yet many
have been KILLED ministerial!y by the
church" and he proceeds to tell how the
killing is done. He relates how Calvary
Church, New York, tried to kill DR.. Mac
Arthur. after a year or two of his minis
try, telling him it was time for
change" He asked for another years
opportunity; it was granted, and he
stayed in the same pulpit fer forty years.
Mr.. Matthews remarks:
"Only God and the pastors know how
many similar experiences of victory
snatched from defeat might be written
down gloriously in Baptist history, were
it not for the childish, unreasoning, often
insane impotence Of the churches, tickle.
uncertain, ready in moment to nullify
any consistent policy that may be out
lined. Only God and the pastors know
the heart-breaking. misunderstanding
crimes that are committed by some
churches against their pastors, men per-
fectly able and willing to do the work
the church needs to have done, but who
are simply not allowed to do it, because
an exaggerated Baptist independence
makes puppet of the man who has spent
years and money in learning how to be
an expert in church leadership. Any
laundering ignoramus in the pew, any
crafty wire-puller lurking around a dark
corner, may assume that he knows more
in a minute. by special revelation, about
running a church, than the pastor knows
in lifetime, and the church is upset, and
the pastor becomes a 'has-been.'
Yet the shortness of pastorates often
results from the social influences amid
which the congregation is gathered.
Worldiness without creates wOr!dliness
and unrest within the church, and We are
told:
Unrest in the churches, first of all, is
no doubt due. somewhat. to unrest out
side the churches. a social condition of
unrest and change. The churches need
not be blamed too severely, any more
than the ministers. OuD day is throbbing
with new situations, issues. questions.
Love of money worship of mammon,
great movements among the people,
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One of the most trying things christ
asks His followers to do is TO forgive
their enemies, laying aside all grudges'
and showing willingness to treat them
as though nothing wrong had happened.
This is the way God forgives. He puts
our sins behind His back. He removes
them from us as far as the east is from
the west. He hides them in the depths
of the sea. He remembers them no more
against us. These are his own state
ments concerning the manner or his lot
giveness.
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China.

I. We hear great deal of the awaken
ing of China. Much is exaggerated, and
much is true. IL has recently come to
this vast empire through visitors. through
men OF China, who have visited England
and America. through missionary schools
and through war. that she is learning how
big and powerful she is. The most inter-
esting item in the story is the fidelity to
China of her converts. Nothing in all
religious history excels the story of the
martyrs in the Boxer uprising. And 1t
shows the stuff of which the Chinese are
made. When educated the men and
women are marvcls of intelligence. ner-
iinacity and loyalty. They see with u