The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1914-08-28

Father, and ot the son. and OF the
| Holy Ghost Matt $500. This
il the Divine command. And tbs
promise follows; And 10. | an
with you always. even unto the end
oi the world" lou see there IL to
be no limit, except the end Of the
world.
What DO missions accomplish
Look at the Igarutes, who less thar
titteen years ago were wild, ignor
ant sayages,
What are they now AZ Ragnio,
p. l., nine years ago, Easter school
vas opened. Il gives simple teach.
| ing, and industrial training e
eighty pupils Each pupil costs
forty dollars per year, One OF th,
teachers in the 9th grade read e
her class the following sentence.
A farmer had seven Sons who we're
always qaarreling, They would
nat work together. They wopld .nei
be happy. The farmer wished them
to be friends. Each pnpiI was
asked to finish the story according
to his own idea. lie was to receive
no help from any one,
! have only time to give two ex'
amples. Ernest said The father
asked his sons would they like to
know about the Christians Book
called the BibIe2 They were inter
ested at once. The father bought
each one a Bible and they studied
together" David said, The farm
er began to talk to his sons about
C,od-the God of Love Both
stories claimed that the Bill,
wrt ught miracle by changing
completely the character OF tbs
seven sons.
How often have We beard ths Te.
mark, The only good Indian, j. -
dead Indian Fity.seven years
ago, the Tsimpshcan Indians Ia
southeastern Alaska were the most
degraded savage canmGai- - ~
I dreadful that the Hudson BAY FUl
Co, utterly refused to carry Father
/ Duncan and leave him amongst
them. when he wished to 60 and
teach them about Christ, Why,
! they will eat you, they declared
/ But Father Duncan persisted, and
now at Metlahahtla these Tsimp.
( sheans have beautiful city OF
handsome homes. with flower gard
ems, pianos, organs. n brass band
zoho band, handsome church
with pipe organ; and above all
q model city. wherein liquor or to,
bacco in any form are unknown;
city where they haye neither jail
nor police, and whore on Sunday
everybody is in church, They are
( loving Christians Their creed il,
God is ye'--and they live then
creed They support their own
church, hospital, school, etc. and
also send each year their con,rlbu,
tons 10 help carry Gods love 10
the heather
{ The terrible Sioux nation, whose
very name was a thing to conllre
with less than thirty.dvc years ago
| l. now q Christian nation Of 5000
souls, and OF these twenty-five thou
sand, more than bali are members
Of the Episcopal church, They sup
port over one hundred churches, Ia
MI Of which services are held every
Sunday, Christmas and Good Fri,
Iday Besides this. last ycar they
voluntarily gave more than a thou
sand dollars over their arpnprla.
/ ten for missions Do missions
pay
Until well along in the 10Th cent.
Jury. FIJI Islander was IN the
English language. a synonym tar
[ the depths Of savage harbarism.
Today. ont Of a population Of about
90,aoo, eighty three thousand are
reported as belonging IT, sons
! Christian church. And. last year.
aside from the salaries a native
| teachers, and the maintenance Of
native churches and hospitals thais
/ contributions to Christian p4rk
amounted e. more than @51 10t
% Foreign Missions pay?
( In Deaiwood Dakota, the Chri,.
| tian religion has transformed not
only the red men from savage u
| loving Christians but hos also
wrought miracle In changing a
lawless and notoriously bad mining
camp into -eli.respeCiing law
abiding city
From cannibals and blood-thifsty
sayases. from tnughs, gamblers and
nlurderers, n Christians, All this
the missionary With bis beloved
Bible, has accomplished in less
than half a century
Surely, MISSIONS PAY Who