Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-07-27
M CHRISTIAN Gnoeabor Nour
= Bp Barbep s.. 3rmin II


some section given over almost exclusive
ly to the life Of the foreigner. There is
where the home missionary can do great
foreign missionary work.
1t does not make any difference what
we call it, so we carry the ministry OF
love, hope and helpfulness to these peo-
pie. You can carry the gospel now to the
ends Of the eartf without going % ou th,ns
of those In moral darkness in Tar on
lands, and forget that some OF these very
people are at our doors.
DIR. Ward Plat said: 1T is human to
take missions at long range The ro-
nance of missions is born of remoteness.
To seat Italians in our pews is dlnerent.
i
Friendliness.
Mr. Stelzle said: Il know q woman
who gave her Italian workman hand-
somely bound Bible in his own language
for Christmas. He was sincerely CRATE
full and soon after said, with shining eyes,
that he had begun to read 1t, and 1t was
the first time he had ever had chance
to read Gods word. The Bible was.
good gift, happy Christian thougnt LOT
the welfare of that mans soul, Dut my
friend did not forget to hand MIN, Win
the Bible. bank note 10 re.'iinu MN tn
cludes the welfare Of his soul but also
the comfort of his young wife, the mother
of their first child
We may not all be able TO give q manu-
somely bound Bible and bank note'
but what about a cup of cold water,
kind word and cordiality Of manner?
..Friendliness," said Mr.. Wells. is the
key to all immigration problems. II we
hold aIOof from the emigrants we snaiI
not understand them nor they us. ana
we cannot help them
It is related in the Home MISSION
Monthly that there was small commun,
Vovvy M a
been under the teaching and influence
of foreign missionaries in Syria one OF
them SAID: ''Since we came to this land
no one has shown US where we couio
go to church. no one has spoken 10 US
one word about Christ, nor shown us
Christian friendship
Such things ought not so to be in
any community where Christians live.
In the pitiful cond ton Of home and
social life Of the immigrants, generally.
there is a strong appeal to the mis-
sionary spirit of the Christian They are
destitute of nearly every element OF the
true home. No effectiveness or quiet
or real comfort about it. The family
J life is surrounded by all kinds OF in
sanitary and immoral cond lions. ana they
have no social advantages. or privileges.
The mission school where the men,
women and children are learning English
is the only place, not vicious. that is
open to them. and IS open only three
nights in a week in the large immigrant
communities.
| Moving Pictures.
| After their day Of labor is over they
have no means Of innocent recreation or
social enjoyment. How all this should
appeal to the good citizen to do all that
| is possible to ameliorate such cond lions.
| There should be some suitable place In
these communities kept open every night
| for entertaining az! obstruction in lines
of religion and morality.
| How can las ..4.e? The suggestion
! has been made, and / believe 1t Is proper
and feasible, to use the moving picture
! as a means of Christian evangelism.
| The moving pictures of the right kind
both entertain and instruct. 1t Is
| language that children and adults OF all
| nationalities can understand.
! "A religious a moral lesson said
| Laura A. Kennedy, 'can be taught more
forcefully. more impressively, by the use
| of a picture than by any other means
90 is the greatest aid in teaching Eng
lish.
! nd while entertaining the neglected
! girls and mothers. could we not picture
| the true home life. such life as lies
within the means of the average foreign
er, thereby inspiring them to live and
| act accordingly? Could we not place be-
fore the young such Ideals as would en-
! courage them to live above their sur
roundings? And while we pictured this.
| could we not also throw on the screen
the Gospel of Christ in the "Prodigal
Son. 1.-The Good Samaritan" and the
many other Gospel stories of both the
| Old and New Testaments. and trust the
Holy Spirit to teach them the true re-
| ligion?"
| With the pictures representing orthodox
| truth, by which / mean the teachings of
| Christs gospels in their purity. simplicity
| and power, there is an opening for any
1 number of rich men to become evansel-
| lists and do mighty work for the protec-
| ton of American ideals of citizenship
and civilization. And to this same end
| the comparatively poor may contribute
4 by their offerings.
! II I had the means to do so, ! should