Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-24
r. 4,
= Christian Endeavor Hour s
= By Grace Livingston Hill
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Topic: "My Denomination Work for NV Country"
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By Grace Livingston Hill Lutz.

am going" But you can't go in that old
coat" he was told. This is the best coat
1 have" he replied, land 1 think Jesus
w'lI IKE me better , # go in this than
OF material for our Sunday schools to
work with and make men that shall one
day win the whole nation for Jesus. =
Ihey had no organ in a little mission
church In Saskatchewan. so a Polish set
tier made one with hammer and his
knife as his only tools. It had five sets
OF pipes, two of wood and three of metal
Inc black keys were carved from horns
of cattle found on the prafries, the white
keys from ribs and shinbones of animals:
the metal pipes were made from bullet
lead, the wood pipes and case from old
packing boxes, and for the bellows he
killed an animal and used its hide. 1t is
said to have a remarkably rich and mel
low tone. This little incident shows how
the people among whom the work is done
appreciate the mission.
AS an illustration Of the work done by
the presbyterian mission in New Mexico
fifteen years and know the wretchedness
that prevailed among the natives, and
then mark the difference today, to know
what the power of Christ's teaching and
the work of the missionaries has been.
Before the missionaries went there
wretchedness, superstition and vice pre-
vailed. Though in a dairy country they
did not know how to use milk. They
plowed their ground with a crooked stick,
and their houses and clothes were wretch
cd and dirty. Today the farms are we'll
titled, agricultural implements. used the
houses Improved the people we'll dress
ed, milk, butter and fruit upon their
tables, and best of all. when Sunday
comes the whole family go to church
and worship God. And all this has been
wrought by the mission schools. They
nave taught not only religion, but have
taught men how to cultivate their land
and care for their cattle, and have taught
the women how to cook and make cloth
up their little ones to right, pure lives.
1t Is, said that Brigham Young. in con-
ferencei with his apostles and bishops,
once said: II am not afraid of the
armies Of the United States, nor of the
laws Of Congress made to suppress us:
evade or make null. but I warn you that
II something is not done. and done speed
lily, to counteract the influence and de-
stroy the work of these Presbyterian
blow the Mormon Church to atoms"
This speaks volumes for what the Pres
byterian mission is doing in the region
of the Mormons
Theodore Roosevelt says: mo greater
work can be done by philanthropic or
religious society than to stretch out the
helping hand to men and women who
come here to this country to become citi-
zens and the parents Of citizens. and
therefore to do their part in making up.
If we do not take care Of them, If we
do not try to uplift them. then, as sure
as fate. our own children will pay the
penalty. If we do not see that the immi-
grant and the children of the Immigrant
are raised up. most assuredly the result
will be that our children and children's
children are pulled down. Either they
will rise or we shall sink"