The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-12-30
SOUTHERN MISSIONARY
NEWS BUREAU.)
Ida Clyde Clarke, Editor.

IHiItS Sin years ago NyaSSaland, |
Africa, had no m except the |
slave traffic; today the exports and
imports amount to $2,23O.OOO. A few
a ago Korea la no commercial
intercourse with the outside world.
But m followed the mission
airy until in a single year the foreign
trade of Korea amounted to $26, 00O,-
900. Americas profits in Korea in a
single year have far exceeded her
missionary investments in the quarter
of a century she has been at work in
that land.
On the eastermost headland of ia
pan there stands a great lighthouse. 1t
is the first beacon seen by vessels
coming from America The head
keeper is a keen Christian. In the ff-
teen years he has been in charge no
less than thirty of his assistants have
been brought to baptism through his
influence.
If a lonely lighthouse keeper on the
coast of Japan can bring thirty of his
assistants to Christ, surely those who
come in contact daily with hundreds
of the unconverted could do some
thing for the Master. And yet, how
many, many Christians live long lives
n come to the end of them with
out one convert to their credit?
Schools in Philippines.
Revolutionary changes in education
have aiken place in h Philippines.
But ten per cent Of the boys and
scarcely any Of the girls had any edu-
cational advantages. They thought
the girls had no brains, and could
not learn, and SO wasted no time on
them.
The most up-to-date ext books
were five hundred years old. With
nothing of mathematics, science,
XrAnY1nHr rhQfOrIC DQOyrQnhV and
history Of the outside world, v h Ia
Of China, the poverty of their educa-
ton can be realized. Today we have
two thousand schools with forty-twO
thousand scholars, and, han God:
two-thirds Of these are Christians. We
have modern textbooks in the
sciences and the other branches, and
that heather country has adopted the
Bible as an approved textbook TO.
her schools.
Ancient China.
While Homer was composing and
singing the Had" China'S blind min
strels were praising ancient heroes
already buried thirteen centuries. Be-
fore England was invaded by the Nor.
man conQuerOrs, China's iteraturS
was fully developed. The Chinese in.
vented fire arms in the time of Eng.
lands first Edward, and the art OF
printing five hundred years before
Caxton was born. They made paper
a. d.. $50, n gunpowder about tn
lawn Of the Christian era. A thou
sand years ago the ancestors OF tn
present Chinese sold silks to the RO
mans and dressed In the fabrics Whel
the inhabitants Of the British Isle
wore coats Of blue paints and fished il
willow canoes Her great wall wa
built 22O years before Christ was bor1
in Bethlehem, and contains materla
enough to build a wall five or ST
feet high around the globe.
The Printed Word.
Thirty years ago, a Chinese farme
bought a New Testament from a col
porteur, but for twenty-three year
saw neither a missionary nor a chape
He read the book, however, burne
his idols and became a Christian
Seven years ago his son travelin
across the country, heard an evaneel
list preaching doctrine similar to tina
his father believed and brought hi
father to visit him. Both were bap
tized and gathered fifteen others int
q church.
Prayer of a Chinese.
A noted scholar of China said tn
in his prayer: IF We do not imitat
Christ in our homes, we cannot say
our families. If we do not save GU
own families we cannot save our II
lationS; if we do not save our rela
tons, we cannot save our nelghoor
and if we do not love our neighbo
enough to save them, we cannot say
our country. i thank Cod Tor the 81
of His Son. My heart was full of ev
thoughts, and all my study OF tn
classics could not dislodgc them; b'
Jesus did. My lips were full of filth
words, and C%Onfucius could NJ
cleanse them; but Jesus did. My III
was full Of deeds Of shame, and a
the precepts of the sages could n
stop me; but the Lord, my Savio
did"
Week Of Prayer.
The Evangelical Alliance has a.
the following subjects f
the week of prayer for 1914: Monda
January s, Confession and Thank
g~iving;" Tuesday, January Z, 1T
Church, Wednesday,. January s, N
tions and Rulers" Thursday, Janua.
3, Foreign Missions" Friday, Jan
airy 10, Home Missions