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that supply poor mothers with milk for
sick babies: that take parents and chill
dren on day excursions to country places:
that give children a week or more in the
country or at the seashore, and that sup
ply homes for orphans and for decrepit
old persons. These are some of the ways
In which mission work is carried forward );
and with the work Of these organizations
there are connected stories we'll worth the
telling.
Last July complaints were received by
the Society to Protect Children From
Cruelty in an eastern city that a little
boy and girl were living in a stable. An
investigation proved the truth of the
story. The mother had been sent to the
house Of correction for drunkenness, and
i the boy aged ten, and his sister. aged
nine, were taken by their father. who was
teamster. to live in the stable. They
were found in the stable on a bed of
straw.
AS in the above case. much of the mis-
DRY among the poorer classes is due to
the drink habit on the part of one Or
both parents; and it not infreouentIy
happens that children follow closely In
the footsteps of the parents in this
direction when they have the chance
Indeed. parents have been known to buy
drink for their children.
Our city missions are, for the most
part. supported by the contributions of
| those who are a little better OK finan-
cially; and good men and women are
found who gladly give themselves to this
work in order to make life more en-
durable to the poor.
| OF late years evangelistic services, held
| in tents and on street corners take the
gospel TO the poor; and they receive it
gladly. BY this means drunkards have
been reclaimed, sinners converted and
homes and lives made better. Many little
children have been helped by these serv-
ices and by the vacation Bible schools
Comments tcdays Junior Christian En-
/ deavo: topic. Stories Of City Missons:'-
Rom. 10:l2l3y
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The Councilman's Confession.

"'We1l, you've knocked me all in a
heap he said. huskily. I'm candidate
for heaven, too. but I've come pretty near
forgetting it. I'm a church member, and
l thought I was a pretty good Christian
when I went into politics. 1 haven't done
anything very shameful yet. but l have
been losing sight of my religion and get
ting awfully careless.
This council business hasn't been good
for me. I've been kept out late nights.
and 1 always go with the boys for sup
per at some restaurant after council
meetings are over. They're hilarious
crowd, and we go humining around the
town more than is good for anybody.
1--we neglected my family and neg
lected my church. and this thing you've
to do better. l don't have to let this po-
litical business lead me off. I'm glad
that thing was put into your head to
say to me. 1 needed it,
To every man the message of an Ohio
poet-pastor should come with appealing
force:
Quit you like men. be strong:
There's n battle to fight
There's wrong to right.
There's God who blesses the good with might
So fare ye forth with a song.
Quit you like men. he strong;
There's a work TO do.
There's q world to make new.
There's call for men who are brave and true
On. ON with song!
Quit you like men. be strong:
There's year Of grace,
There's a God TO face.
There's another heat in the great world race
Speed. speed with song!
school lesson. Temperance Lesson. Gala tians,
J:IJ26.
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He sent His disciples for the ass. saying
Tell its owner the Lord hath need Of
1t. And herein lies the great lesson for
all of U.s. We were created for a purpose
mans chief end is to glorify God
and we best glorfy Him when we dedi-
cate ourselves and all that We possess TO
His service
Christ has need of us at the church
services. in the Sunday school room at
the midweek prayer meetings. i'm the
workshops. offices and social circles and
in the homes of the needy and suffering.
We are only stewards. and We should be
ready to surrender our all To Him. But
how little will make Hs withhold our serv-
ices. A little rain will keep us from
church, little embarrassment will keep
us from speaking in the meetings lit
tie diffidence will prevent US from wei
coming strangers little WEAKNESS will
prevent us from doing many things we
should do.
We can best honor our King by beirg
obedent to His hands by being quick
to do His will. We would serve Him so
willingly were He here upon earth. Should
we not as willingly try to be helpful to
those about US? For Christ Himself has
said: "Inasmuch We have done Il unto
one of the least of these, my brethren. ye
have done it unto me-.
Comment on todays Brotherhood of
Andrew and Philip topic, Christ Our
King" Matt, 2l:1-7)
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in the active part of life. and yet who
can bring such countless blessings by
prayer. There is a place and there is
work for everybody in this home mis-
sion field.
And then, what a work we have to do
for our land at home in the way of edu-
cation and reform. Many are ignorant
of the splendid work our schools are do
ing. I saw little house away up on the
mountain side In Norway this summer. 1t
my guide if any one lived there. "Oh,
yes" he replied; "a man and his wife
and twelve children. (There is no race
suicide" in NorwayD But" l cried.
! how can the poor children live and grow
and learn in such place, where, literally,
they have to be- tied to stakes as they
play?" THE father takes great pride in
the education of his children" was the
answer, land he sends them down to a
good school at the foot of the mountain,
where they are taught well, and where,
also. the good pastor of the district in
structs them in religion And I remem-
bered meeting that good pastor in his
lovely garden. across the ford from Bal
holm. and seeing his church. He has
100 persons to visit in the surrounding
districts. and goes from place to place on
foot and by boat and in his carriole "a
funny little Norwegian wagon with two
wheels). teaching and guiding his scat
tered flock. Education. God bless and
reward you, faithful teachers, who are
giving your vitality and virtue to count
less generations of men yet to come! You
are doing brave missionary work i'm city
and country which an angel might covet.
Do not grow weary or discouraged; you
are making men and saving souls and
blessing humanity in a fashion you little
dream of. The same is true of our Sun
day school teachers. Who can measure
the good that our American Sunday
School Union has done throughout the
United States? 1t uses no political infiu-
ence.' and has no "shibboleth," yet
venture to say that there has been no
force so mighty for the advancement of
our land in all goodness and honesty as
this association with its missionaries and
teachers and books.
We must not forget our home mission
work in connection with the evils which
have to be overcome. Intemperance, i'm
purity and. dishonesty create problems
which philosophers and statesmen are
seeking to explain and solve. But it is re-
ligion after all, the good, old gospel of
Jesus Christ. brought to bear upon the
hearts and lives of men and women every
where. that alone can work a solution.
And such solution is coming. In our
dear America we are going to make the
liquor traffic gradually retire because it
is robbing nation and individuals of
strength and goodness. Here we are GO
ing to fight the divorce evil and make
the home sacred. Here we are going to
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and much good accomplished by the CO.
operation of pastor and people.
The time has come when in the provi-
dence of God this happy relationship
must draw to close. After much
prayer. consideration and consultation
am persuaded that it is the Divine will
The opportunity presented to me has
come Unexpectedly and SO voluntarily.
it is unanimous and hearty. it presents
such vast possibilities for usefulness to
the kingdom of God, that the Masters
voice can clearly be heard in it, saying
This is my plan for you"
Mr.. Granger was born in Brooklyn
n. Y. where he attended public school.
He studied in the Polytechnic School of
New York to become a civil engineer.
but later went to Centenary Collegiate
Institute, Hackettstown, where he stud
led three years. He then went to Yale
University. He was ordained in 1898 and
served one year as assistant pastor of a
church in Brooklyn. and then as pastor
of the First Congregational Church at
Bay Shore, L. l., for three years. After
being four years pastor of the Third
Congregational Church of Waterbury
Conn, he went to Newark
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Cooperation That Counts.

The home mission publicity campaign
conducted during the first three months
Of the year by the Home Mission Coun-
ell, federation of all the home mis-
sionary societies and boards, did much
to arouse interest and increase giving.
most encouraging sign is the increas-
ing cooperation between home and
foreign missions-two branches of one
great work which God has Joined, but
man too often puts asunder. In two
denominations, the Congregational and
the Baptist, joint campaigns were con-
Quoted with great success by all the
missionary organizations connected
with them, home and foreign. the OBJ
ject being to wipe out the indebtedness
of all And in the national missionary
program adopted by the Canadian
churches at Toronto equal emphasis
was placed on home and foreign work"
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army Of workers. Not only winning
America for Christ. but keeping America
Christian calls for strenuous effort" is
one workers way of putting it,.
A recent interview of the state of the
country says: "Mormonism claims to
hold the balance of power in five states,
and is conducting an aggressive mission
airy campaign throughout this country
and Europe.
1.-The religious census completed last
year shows that the great influx of immi-
grants from papal Europe is dominating
the religion of entire states. According
to the statistics, Massachusetts and
Rhode Island, in Puritan New England
are now Roman Catholic. The cities are
increasing in population and in sin, and
in the rural districts many of the old
established churches are either dead or
dying. In view of these and other facts
home missions can only be neglected at
great peril.
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make it possible for men and women 10
live without degrading their bodies and
selling their souls. Here we are gong
to make honesty the jewel which shall be
everywhere worn, without which no man
can look his brother in the face. Ana
all this by the power of religion working
i'm every way and in every place; by .he
churches and the lives of church mem
bers; by preaching and living: by brother
ly and sisterly interest; by the truth OF
God and the mercy of Christ. On, what
an inspiring work, and what an oppor-
tunity for which the world has been wait
ing for ages!
will mention some of the characteristics
which shall make this work possible. and
which you and 4. dear fellow Christian,
must possess. And the first is:
Unity.
I. We speak of my denomination"
and we must be loyal each to his own
church; but we must know that in spite
of divisions all who love the Lord Jesus
Christ and believe in Him and His Word
and work for the coming of His kingdom
of righteousness are one. The time will
come, verify believe, when we shall be
drawn more closely together and when
money and time will be economical by
what might be called a great Christian
corporation. But we can pest naSten tHdt
happy day by feeling ourselves fellow
servants of the one King Therefore, away
with jealousy. Away with ignorance.
Away with criticism. The day for these
has passed and gone. and he is an
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. the present-day in
elegant but telling slang calls back
number''-who seek to perpetuate differ
ences and accentuate opinions Love
the brotherhood" cries st. Paul, and we
best show our loyalty to Christ and our
real love for our religious privileges when
we rejoice in the good work all Gods
children are doing and join hands and
hearts with them in working for the COM
ing of the kingdom. / am told that in
foreign lands among missionaries differ
ences are practically forgotten while they
are seeking to bring the heather to Christ
When men are fighting the devil and his
works with all their strength they have
little time to criticise each other SO long
as all are loyal to the standard of the
cross Bishop Brent, the Episcopal bishop
in the Philippine Islands. lately preached
wonderful sermon on Fairness" in
Westminster Abbey. / hope 1t will be
printed as a tract that all may read 1t.
oh. dear fellow-Christians. let us all be
Ioyal to Christ and faithful in His serv-
ice. and then we cannot help drawing
nearer to each other
Hopefulness
H. No home missionary work Of what
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A Fearful Catalogue.

Those who walk according to their own
desires-that is, according to the flesh
are apt to be guilty of such sins as adul-
terry, fornication, uncleanliness. lasciv-
iousness idolatry, witchcraft, hatred,
variance, emulation. strife. sedition, here
sizes. envying, murders, drunkenness, rev.
cling.
But those who do Gods will show In
their lives the fruit of the spirit, when
is love, joy, peace. long suffering, gentle
ness, goodness, faith, meekness, temper
ance.
There can be no question which is the
more attractive list Somehow men pre-
fer to make friends of those whose hves
are described by the words in the second
list Then why is it SO many Will persis'
in revealing in their lives the cha'ac'ei
istics noted in the first list?
They say they can't help It, maj Is
nonsense. They are free men, not slaves
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Does it make You seethe with an anger hot
Brother. we welcome you-shard oar lot!
Whoever has blood that will food his face
At the sight Of the beast in the holy place.
Whoever has rage for the tyrants mieh,'
For the powers that prey in the day and night;
Whceyrn has hate for the raven1ng brute
That strips the tree of its goodiy ifnit'
Whoever knows wrath at the sight of pain,'
or needless sorrow and Needless gain: ,
Whoeyer knows bitterness. shame and gail
At the thought of the tranlDlcd ones doomed 10
Hc is q brother in blood we know,
With brain aire and heart agiow; a..
Ry the light in his eyes we sense our XIII
Brother you battle with us-1ail IN!
There is religious work in the large
which calls us; missions to the poor, the
degraded. the ignorant, the outcast
Thank God for our Rescue MISSIONS ioi
our Salvation Army brothers and sisters
and for a host of others who, Wlthou'
label or uniform are thro"lns .nem,
selves into the seething tide and seeking
tn stem its flow. There are the missions
tn neglected folk. When l was in Ham
burg, Germany. in July l went one sun
day evening to visit seaman MISSION
down by the docks; it was a MISSION
especially for English-speaklns sealn me-
and the workers took launch and vlsit-
ed all the ships and steamers In the
great port-one of the largest IN the
World-where such seamen could De
found. and brought them to the rooms
and after the service took them Dach
again to their ships. We had GEAR
hearty service, and afterward as l talked
to a lot of the men / found they came
from all parts of England and America
ard were so glad to meet 1rlehds anu
sing the old familiar hymns. ana tnen
| remembered one of our PhliaueiPhla
missions for seamen, where my dedr
brother, Mr.. Gassner, has worked SO sue,
cessfuIly for many years, and IL seemed
to me the old world must be growing
better when such service was being rem
dered. In the Hamburg mission L met
a fine young fellow who was gong 10
BOMBAY to do similar work among
seamen. and so the good work goes on.
Oh We pessimstS, who are crying IN
yo,,r idle ignorance with Solomon Tin his
foolishness. not his wisdom) "All is van
ity." can't you open your eyes and see
what men are trying to do for the Mas
ter. and rouse up your slumbering souls
and bodies and join the ranks? At least
Won can pray. In Balholm this summer
in our daily services in the dear little
English church we used a missionary
litany. praying for different missions and
missionary heroes by name, and pleading
for their special needs. AS we prayed
thus. shut in by the high mountains and
seemingly far away from the missionary
fields, I thought we were like the dear
shut -ins," who cannot take much share
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~HAD most interesting conversation
this summer with a clergyman from
ireland who, like myself, was en-
loving the mountains and fjords of
Norway / learned from him great
deal about the state of Christianity in
ireland. particularly in the great cities OF
Belfast ard Dublin. and after long talk.
in which l told him something of what
we are trying to do in America, We both
exclaimed as in one breath: What
splendid thing it is to live today. There
are so many opportunities for service. so
many doors open. SO many needs of hui
manity are in the way of being satisfied
that it is a great delight to live and serve
the King" Then he told me OF his daugh-
ter. a physician, who had gone to India,
and after two glorious years of service
for Christ had died there. and how the
people loved her and revered her memory.
and had been drawn to accept the Savior
through her influence and character; and
as I read afterward her letters gathered
together by the loving hand of her mother
i'm a book entitled AT Work, 1t seemed
to me that this gracious saint this mod
ern martyr, who had laid down her life
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for her Lord. was not only type but a
symptom; that she represented a spirit
which Is living and glorious everywhere
in this age. And I recalled some of my
own dear partshioners who are nobly and
happily toiling among the poor. the igno-
rant. the sick. helping little children and
young boys and girls. visiting the hosp-
tails and bringing cheer to the sufferers.
saw in my mind band of splendid young
women and young men, some of them
college students. during the no. days of
August. meeting troops of children in
daily vacation Bible schools and teaching
them how to live. l heard the glad songs
of the little ones as they played their
each with little flower in the hand. full
of cheer. though the homes were SO
dreary. And I almost felt ashamed of
myself for being far away in the noun
tairs resting while these noble folk were
working. But I saw the Master touch
ing them all with His hand and placing
already a crown upon their brows be-
cause of their sacrifice and love. These
are the modern apostles. These are the
people who are making our country what
We long for her to be. These are the pa
triots, the splendid heroes and heroines-
oh. what name is great enough for them i?
who are laying the foundations for a
new generation, a new people of grace
and kindness and faith and courage! God
bless and reward every one of you, oh,
my friends, You make many of us strong
to take up the yoke of service by your eX-
ample.
Benton Bradley. in a western paper. has
expressed this modern work and it's spirit
in quite another fashion, but the meaning
is the same. and l like the ringing daring
of his lines:
Does it make you mad when you read about
Some poor starved fellow who nickered out
Because he had never Il decent chance
In the tangled meshcs Of circumstance?
II 1t makes you burn like the fires OF sim
Rrnf rn FL ,nES FOL to-
Does it make you rage when you come to learn
OF q clean-souled woman who could not earn
Enough to live. and who fought, but fell
In the cruel struggle, and died! oh, tell
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Gunton- Temple Memorial Church of this
city, will occupy the local pulpit October
2. He offered his resignation to the New
Jersey congregation last Sunday at the
close of the morning service. Much re-
gret was expressed by the members at
the announcement that the pastor was to
leave.
In rendering his resignation the Rev.
Mr.. Granger said:
Eight and onc-half years ago, when
] became pastor of this church, my FAM
iIy and ] were welcomed with hearty
and sincere Christian cordality at
once both delightful and assuring. Hav-
ing left q most affectonate and blessed
pastorate il was not without some
trepidation that we took up our min
istry among you. During the years in
tervening the relationship between pas
tor and people has been one continued
labor of love and cooperation. The
anomaly has actually occurred of an
administration of unalloyed love, conf
dence good will. The hearty and sincere
cordiality with which the present pas
torate began has continued through all
the days months and years of its dura
ton, and much good work has been done
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Brown, and the cornet solos by Miss
Grace Beelman were appreciated. The
solos by Mrs Dazelle T. WEIGH and Mrs.
Arthur B. Pierce were we'll received.
Refreshments were served by the La
dies Aid Society to the guests
presided and delivered a brief address.
An fashioned school. under the di-
rcction of Mrs. WEIGH and Miss Inez Mil
Ter brought to close social event that
marks the beginning of the church's fall
campaign. Today will be observed as
rally day in all the departments of the
church, a special program having been
prepared for each service.
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The stories of the
work of city mis-
SlonarieS are often
deeply interesting. It
is not always easy
for those who live in
the more prosper
Gus portions of a
city to believe just
how abject lis the
poverty in other
sections. Fortunate
ly, however, there
are agencies at
work to relieve, so
far as possible, ex-
treme cases of suf-
fering; and these
are many. There
are organizations
that protect chill
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In spite of the
fact that t h G
churches of Amer
lea are growing,
the need for home
missionary " o r k
seems to increase
year by year. The
influx of a million
immigrants a year,
who remain in the
cities or go to the
coal mines or the
steel mills or the
lumber c a m p S,
makes 1t necessary
to send to them an
ever increa S l n &
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borrowed boat, dwelt in borrowed home,
ate the passover in a borrowed room. rode
on a borrowed ass and was buried in a
borrowed tomb. In our lesson today
we see Him for the first time assuming
anything like kingly dignity; He rides
into Jerusalem on the foal of an ass. and
multitudes come out to meet Him. cry
ing: "Hosanna to the Son of David /:
blessed is he that cometh in the name of
the Lord!'
When He determined to ride into Jeru-
salem in this public manner it doubtless
was because He might once more, in a
most direct and unmistakable way, pro-
claim His Messiahship to the people.
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pHE second annual home-c coming
reception and sOciable of the
Bethany Baptist Church Fri
III day evening was one of the
most successful events ever at.
tempted by the church. There was q
large attendance.
\ fine musical and literary program
was rendered. Mr.. Edwin Callow Miss
Ida Leishem and Miss c. Large delighted
the audience with their recitations. This
was Mr. Callow's first appearance al
Bethany. but he won his way by his ex.
cellent humorous recitations.
Mrs II. j. Councillor. Miss Lydia Kie-
fer and Miss Maria Leishem gave several
piano selections. A trio composed oil
Miss Blumer, Miss Stanley and Mrs