The Washington times., 1913-05-24

and evening services and Sunday school
oeIns compulsory for boarding stu
dents During l9il-i2 one-fifth of the
entire student body confessed Christ by
| Joining the college church. During the
nrst Eear, opening August i5. 1901. the
enrolment was about sixty During
l9l2-l3 the enrolment was $50. and mora
than 100 students were forced TO return
accommodations
! In the islands of Siam and Laos great
progress in missionary work and In in
dustrial instruction Is reported. The
new church at Nakawn was dedicated
September 1. The bamboo was carried
ten miles by Christian men and women
The church Is made OF brick with ce-
ment floors The first church at Chieng
MAI. Laos. has received S,021 persons
INTO Its membership. 300 of which were
added last year. This one church alone
. has been responsible for the organiza-
ton OF thirteen other Churches Tha
church still numbers I.3Oo comu1unI-
cants. During the last few months
there have been more than a thousand
naptisms, In one day the number bap-
msec reaching the astounding total of
At Flat. Africa, an engine and ma
chinery for a new saw mill received by
Ine missionaries drew crowds OF people
me twenty-foot well which the mis-
sioharles dug was great curiosity to
struck water, the people were willing 70
say the missionaries could do all things.
In south India, at Erode, since tIe
Introduction of Industrial education
,n mere mas been a decided growth in
The mission work. The London Mis-
sionary Society has charge OF this field
"nieh contains some sixty Christian
villages An evangelist is the resident
nisslonary. and on the Experimental
.afln OF lU0 acres the people are taughr
n 20
"A notable illustration in this country
oI the splendid results of Industrial edu-
caIion may be seen in Tuskogee Instr-
tute, b, where Booker T. Washington has
Deen tne guiding genius for So long
~ mas been the theory OF this eresr
coIorcd leader that the co,ored race
must De taught how to work as We'll
as as sNen educational advantages. and
Hu$ theoFs IS now generally accented
as The best upon which will he hsssd
country e AZ this
Al AsheviIle. ". c.. en- industrial mis-
number OF Years. which j. acco,,,-
piishlng large results The noIt,rair|a,
boys and girls attend this school ana
Itceive not only instructions il CHRIS
ns IEIng. put training along the lines
pI industrial development so when tbs1-
Ieave the school they are able M tats
s. oI themselves and possess a thor
oIsn christian training as we'll
sSn nere IN our own cit- we have
spendld hlustration of how religion
and Industrial work car ~ nede - -
serve hand in hand. At the Central
Union Mission. one of the largest mis-
SION pants in the United states. come
sssry year thousands of men who arc
uereifcts on the sea OF life ontcsstz
from society. without home or friends
or money or work or health They are
taken IN at the mission and given fooi
and shelter. Those who are able ara
allowed to pay their way by workins
az various occupations provided bv the
MISSION One of these sensible occuna
tions is saving wood. The mission
mas Tor many years maintained
throughout the winter a hugh wood
pie: The men may earn their food ana Z
sheiter by saving as mucn wood al
their physical condition will perr,it
some OF the poor wretches have nor
strength enough left when they reach
tne mission to saw a single stick. but
they are given nour;shment and at
tentfon just the same. or course thes.
industrial features at Central TYnson
Mission sand the plans at this mission
are a fair criteria of those adopted m
most mission institutions in this coun-
tryl are not the uppermost factor or
thought in the scheme of the mission
or his board of aSyjs-
ers- They are but a means to an end
When the man has been Strengthened
and given some useful occupation he
regains his self-respect. and then he Is
in position to be told 'the old, Old
story" in a wav that he can UNDER
stand, and hundreds Of men annually
IN Central Union Mission ard in other
great mission institutions of this coIn-
try give their hearts and lives into
Gods keeping.