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with the roar of cruel beasts; and the
world came to Christ.
In every age the founders of the
church have gone the way Of unfalter-
ing faith to bring the world to the feet
of Him whose coming and glory the
angels sang. Only as forma1ity has
supplanted faith has the church failed.
AS we go back to the fields of Bethle-
hear the heavenly messengers declare
their unfaltering faith in Him whose
coming they proclaimed; as we see the
fearless faith of the Christ himself; as
we review the conquering march of
the faithful and believing in every age
and church and cline; as we see the
light that streams from the manager,
focus in the cross and spread in ever
widening waves of glory to all the
waiting nations of the earth, a chal-
lenge rings out from the Christmas
sky:
It is call to an unfaltering faith on
our part.
And shall the song those Christ
mas angels sang be lost forever to the
sons of men? Shall the manager and
the cross be shorn of their glory?
Shall martyr and missionary fail
of their just reward, a ransomed world,
because this age and those who bear
the name of Him whose glory has been
the theme of these unfearing heralds
are towards in an hour that cries a
mighty CndilenSe TO our ldltn. May
God forbid such dire calamity.
Oh, Thou that gavest heavens best
gift to men. whose ministering ser
apis sang His glory, long ago; whose
Son gave up His life to seal His faith
in the triumph of His cause and whose
unfearing children In every age have
been faithful unto death; give us a
great, "unfaltering faith today. and
through the mists of sin and gloom of
war clouds help US to see again the
heavenly host, and above the din and
clamor of this hours strife hear and
accept with unfaltering faith the prom
Use which those heavenly heralds sang
and go forth to do Thy will. Amen.
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4olitiral Gbents an0 Trane
prospetts @lake South Ameriran
Alission Glork @pportumc
So twenty-five Protestant Mission Boards Declare in
Joining in Plans for New Educational and Evange-
istic Work on the Southern Continent

itical conditions clear up, in Mexico
City.
Professional laymen and laywomen,
especially those in colleges, have ex-
pressed interest and promised help.
These are not limited to Europeans and
Americans settled in Latin America
but the claim is made that many fore
most men and women of Latin birth
in these countries welcome the move
ment from the United States. The Sun
day school tour. starting next month. is
a part of the general plan.
Presbyterians. Baptists, Methodists.
EpiscopalianS and some others already
have extensive missions in South
America. There are large self-support-
ing Protestant churches in Rio, San
Paulo, Monteyideo. Buenos Aires and
Santiago and in several Of these cities
colleges comparing well with some OF
the smaller ones in this country are
well endowed and some of them so well
attended as to make enlargements es-
sential 1t is estimated that the $780,
600 now going annually from the
United States into South American
Protestant missions will almost at once
be increased to $4,000.
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~ CHRISTIAN enotabor Nour 81
l. Up 4arbep q. 3r'pin |+lV
TOPIC:
An Unselhsh Life.-Phil., 2:I-II.

pie shall curse him, but blessing shall
be upon the head of him that se1leth
it,
The people shall curse the selfish
and avaricious man and they shall
bless the unse1fish and generous man.
1t is fearful outlook for the self
ish and avaricious who make corners
on the necessaries of life.
Hear this. o we that swallow up the
needy. even to make the poor of the
land to fail. saying, when will the new
moon begone. that we may sell corn?
and the Sabbath, that We may set forth
wheat, making the ephah small. and
the shekei great. and classifying the
balances by deceit? What We may
buy the poor for silver. and the needy
for Il pair of shoes: yea and sell the
refuse of the wheat?
The Lord hath sworn by the excel
leucy OF Jacob. surely ] will never for
get any of their works" (Amos, S:4-7)
Observe Jobs experience. the bless
ing of him that was ready to perish
came upon me: and ] caused widow
heart to sing for Joy. dob. 29:l3)
The truly generous Is the truly wise
And he who loves not others lives
unblest"
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A Perfect Unselfish Life.

But in Christ alone is found the per-
feet exemplif1cation of an unselfish
life. 1t il written: when We were yet
without strength ndue time Christ
died for the ungodly. For scarcely for
a righteous man will one die; yet per-
adventure for a good man some would
even dare to die But God commendeth
His love toward us. in that while we
were yet sinners Christ died for u.s."
When we were utterly unworthy
Christ died for us.
Humanity is glorified by untold in
stances of unselhsh and noble acts.
fainting with incessant vigils at the
bedside OF her child the fireman.
manned for life In bravely rescuing
the inmates from blazing house:
I"hr Howard. dying OF fcvSI caught
In dungeons where lie was succoring
the oppre and the forgotten; the
Moravian missionaries who voluntarily
incarcerated themselves In an African
Ieper house In order that they might
these and countless other glorious IN
stances OF loving self denial do but
dlmly shadow forth the boundiers love
and unreInshuerr Of Tim who laid
aEld. divine glory aud huniblod Him
self to tn. death OF the cross that lie
might save "a lost and Sinful race
40 understand the meaning ~ an
unselnsh iife "" must mrs, know
IhrlAi lie Was It's supreme okemplar.
"Hsai loY CONES not from ease. not
fran rlshss, No., from the applause ~
,asn. hut uem haNiHs a"ns ,hinss
Itht Httf uafth while fhst was
Chssts laf Ana " maf w. eu's.
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what gives Him not only 'ripeness but
also sharpness: moral decision and
heroic energy: piety in its two forms
of knowing the will of God and feeling
the conStraint to perform it,.
These endowments of divine grace
Isaiah clearly saw would enable the
Christ to rule with righteousness and
introduce universal peace. He would
not be tool of the interests, which
controlled and dictated policies OF fniQ-
uity and injustice, but a champion OF
the oppressed. seeking especially to
right the wronged, and to relieve the
poor and the afflicted. judging mot 40
cording to the eye or the ear. but 40
cording to the piety and character ~
his subjects"
The result of such a governme06
would be the establishment OF univer-
sal peace that would extend even %
the animal kingdom. Wherever jesus
rules in the hearts Of men, beasts re-
ceive the benefit of the changed chas.
acter of the redeemed men.
Darwin has pointed out that when
man first entered any country the anSs
mails living there would have felt NO
instructive or inherited fear Of him. ana
would consequently have been tanned
far more easily than at present"
Universal peace will come as a result
OF a universal knowledge OF God. This
knowledge of Jehovah calls for per
sonal knowledge or the possession OF
Il true religious life.
A personal acquaintance with God rs
more than an intellectual knowledge
or religious acceptance of the creedS
formulated by men, for il is dynamic
force that calls for loyalty to Christ
that finds expression in a life devoted
to His service filled with love for hu-
mainly and kindness to all of Gods
creatures.
Whenever the children of God exhib-
it the character of the Christ in their
works well as in their words the
nations of the earth will be attracted
to the standard of the cross and accept
Jesus as their Lord and King.
The present war is an evidence OF the
unchristIikenesS that exists among
those that profess to follow him. The
assurance of the fulfillment of 1saiahs
vision of universal peace rests upon the
ascension of our Lord.
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Twenty-Five Protestant mission
boards have Joined in plans for new
and larger educational and evangelis-
tic work in South America. They ar
que that political events, and trade
prospects make the time opportune.
A call for missionary conference
has just been issued. to be held at
Panama to consider situations through
out all of Latin America, Mexico and
Cuba included.
The date fixed is February. 1916. and
plans have been started already for the
success of such meeting. Unity of ef-
fort obtains. Every Protestant agency
is joined. including the American Bible
Society, the American Tract Society
and all of the smaller religious bodies
Following Immediately upon the PAN
anna meeting are to be held conferences
in Lima, Peru, il government action
looking toward religious liberty in that
country be favorable; in Santiago.
Chile; Buenos Aires, in the Argentine;
Rio, Brazil; Havana. Cuba, and, If po-
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SECRETARY Daniels to a0nress
Gl1brooke Church 5unnap 5erbite
Meeting Will Inaugurate Special Series of Christmas
Gatherings of Tenleytown Congregation.

Secretary Daniels of the Navy De-
partment will speak at a special Christ
mas service to be held in the Eldbrooke
M Z. Church in Tenleytown, d. c., TO-
morrow evening at 7:30 O'Clock. The
leaders of the Epworth League of the
church will be in charge of the meet
ing.
The service will be the first of spe-
c1al ones which are to be held in the
church, which is regarded as one of
the most progressive in the Ten
leytown section.
On Christmas morning 6 o'clock
prayer and praise service will be held
at the church. The musical program
will include number of Christmas
carols.
Rev. Edgar Cordell Powers. the pas
tor, will tell the story of THE Other
Wise Man at the service to be held
Sunday evening, December %. while
on the evening Of December 20 can
tata, entitled "Mischievous Santa
Claus" will be given.
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Christmas BELLS.

Ring. Ginning bells. bells! Now proclaim,
In merry Yule-tide lay,
The Birth Of Jesus with acclaim
On this, His natal day.
Ring Christmas bell, and Yule-tide tell
With all its wondrous lore
A Child was given to Israel
Foretold in song of yore.
Ring, gladstone bells, bellst Yule-tide bell,
Sing merry songs of yorc,
How Jesus came on earth to dwell,
And ills Of earth He bore.
Ring. golden bells. bells. Ginning bells
As Christmas day now comes;
Whilst kindness tells sweet love that dwells
In countless Christian homes.
Affirming bells. bells.-tones in rhyme
With songs OF sweet accord
And Joyous heart and holy chime
Tor Jesus, its dear Lord.
Soft, Ginning bells, Ring louder still
This song of Christmas lore
As angels sane"On earth, good Will, o..
And peace now evermore.
~ j. Thompson. in the Methodist.
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little Johnnie's fears.

Where we used to live We lad
fireplace. big and wide.
An all that SANITY had to do
Was hold bis brea tn an slide,
An squeeze hisself until he Mt
The hole. an then jest drop
An he kpowed where the stockins was.
Cause that was where he'd stop.
Where we used to live it was
No trick for him to climb
On to the chtmbly on the roof
An find US, Christmas time
But now I'm worrytn' for fear
He won't know where he's at,
Or mebbe can't get In at all.
We're livin' in a hat!
We're Twin in fat. an say
You mus be mos polite.
Or else the janitor he'll so
An lock you out at night.
There mint no chinbly to our house
Where Sanity Claus can slide
There amt no fireplace-just pipe
About two inches wide.
They heat our fat with steam-that's why
I'm afraid he can't get in
With all his TOYS. an drums an things
Unless he awful thin:
An how s ne GO to wiggle out
When he gets in: Gee whiz!
There's such an awful little hole
There where the sizzle is.
Chicago Tribune.
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The Masters Ascension.

Jesus during the forty days follow
ing His resurrection unfolded the
Scriptures to the followers, and tho
scope of their mission He closed HIS
earthly relation with His disciples by
bringing them to realize their personal
responsibility to wait in the city until
they received power from on high for
the performance of their mission
among men.
It is essential that all who are to wit
ness for Him should possess that pow
er that comes from the consciousness
of the abiding and everything presence
of the Christ. Without it our messages
lack reality and power. With it they
carry conviction to the hearts of all
mankind.
When Jesus was taken from the sight
of the disciples the last time they were
on the Mount of Olives near Bethany,
the scene of the Masters most loving
friendships and the home that He could
almost call His own.
Nearby was the Garden of oiethsem-
ane, where He had suffered His keen
est SORROWS and heaviest griefs during
His preparation for Calvary.
Love and sorrows bring us all near
est to heaven in our daily life. 1t was
fitting that standing between the
scenes of His love and agony lie should
return to be forever with q Father.
There upon the right hanc Of God.
Stephen saw the assembled Christ ia
His dying vision. ut the place of pow
er and honor
The Lord, whose advent angels her
aided and whose ministry bore .vi-
dencc of divine approval. WAS lifted TO
the place OF power SO that He could
rule the world and bring all men In
subsection TO His authority as the
Prince of Peace. His ascension pre-
vented the localization Of Christianity.
made possible the development OF
Christianity through the leadership ~
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she'll hs siVou unto. good measure.
F,ssrd d"~n. running over and rhak-
80 tusrthsf
tsis.H"n ,slH us that "wtIhho,dins
fsmdsth 80 poverty
Hsinshu.s= aiways Leads TO moral
paap.fism The ou- who receives ali
sud slScs n"thiuE soon rsschss tho
isssa, u.pths ~ spiritual dsstItu,ion
~ lH "eii "hs that Ws,ers'h that shall
b. sstrfsd sisa hims.if
taHt aHfa "iis whi'h a"~1 oh spa
WsiI ara Del whish s"~s'h h"uptifui.
D. .ssW ftau slau bouuttfuiit
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coming had peeh
predicted in t h e
Messianic ideal OF
Isaiah.
1t makes an ap-
propriate and time
Iy Christmas lesson
because it points to
an era Of universal
peace that is the
desire of all nations
today as never be-
fore in the history
Of the world.
Both lessons are
one in that they
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by the quartet. assisted by the young
people of the church and other SINGERS
Tuesday evening. December -
A congregational Christmas service
will be held Friday morning at
o'clock, and in the afternoon at ci"Sh
the annual Christmas celebration by the
Sunday school will take place. with dis.
tribution of gifts to the school ann oy
the pupils, also to the poor OF the cry
The annual week Of prayer OF inc 80 80.
enth-day Adventist denomination no
IN proyress d,iriur which time "ierlilk"
are being dedicated to mission ~
throughout the world. Last year -
offerings amounted TO NOR. than sooo'vv''
and II Is expected this amount WIN y. 80,
siderabIy Increased. "A large part OF WIN"
will be devoted to the needs OF the WI
stricken zone OF Europe.
-Four O'Clock tomorrow AFTERNOON !" ~"
hour set for the annual Cnris,"a,
ttvsi OF the sunday school ui W" 49,,
OF tho Epiphany, 81 street b''~"n '
and Itth sif~ctH n"dih""H' '"'" ""'
OF tho seven SECTIONS ~ tl' h.,o.'l " ."
have "a special pari ~ ~, '."''a''"h'
ahl,h h. nnnouip ~d hs diU'F"n' ~ "s.,
feature. from RuNihinG h'"'"'"'' h'''
~ tho Uhufah -,...,... -, a..
"il.apaasibiilis sud ptnpftuhil "l 'ha
chfistlan church ~ itsls,l.n =" ~ Mst
" the sutisst shossn ~ isf W Nsn.
assrh h,'tim. ths rAasso'. tef hlr sssn.n
a tho n,ssnise ss<siss s~nsfs"~ 81 ~
stisfk
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o man. forget not thou. ea.th's honored priest,
Yts tous1ie soul It's life. its pulse. its heart
In esrths great chorus 10 sustain thy part
: fhicfsst of guests a loves upgrudging feast
Play not the niegsrd: spurn thy native ciod,
And self diSown;
Live to Thy ncisb,or live unto thy God;
Not 10 myself alone.
The highest possibility of happiness
and prosperity is in living to to thy
neighbor and thy God; the lowest is
in living to myself alone
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The unScihsh
spirit. " hich is the
Christmas spirit.
tendeth to increase
in prosperity and
happiness not in
frequently IN TEN
poral affairs. and
invariably IN spir-
itual experiences.
All generous acts
enlarge and enrich
the spiritual be
inE. The liberal
soul gets fat"
Give and II
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had broken through pecpiatng the heavenly
the sleeping EARTH glory broke from the
heavensen heralds proclaimed The Coming
the King"
sing again this Chsmastide the that woke
sleeping echoes the hills that grid the plains of Bethlehem
will ring with the of Peace and Good
WILL the opening sentence of the angel chorus let
the and hour 1t The Call
Unaterng Faith mission and the ultimate triumph of
Him coming the Christmas angels years ago.
this sad day, when all the Christian world stands
by the thunder OF eart mghtiest should rete
faith in the truth and OF that angelic promise of
should usher the of God the brotherhood
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A Square Deal.

To the generous soul will come I'M
expected, unlooked-for blessings of
honor and material prosperity.
In the conduct of Abraham we have
notable example of an unselfish life.
His attitude toward Lot exemplified
the spirit of unselishness. To avoid
strife, bitterness and hatred between
themselves or their herdsmen Abrat-
ham said to Lot: IF thou wilt take
the left hand, then 1 will go to the
right; or if thou depart to the right
hand, then l will go to the left"
This proposal was the very opposite
perfectly square deal, and in all really
square deals the element OF self1shness
is entirely obllterated.
To be unsellsh and liberal in our deal
ings with others is considered very
unbusiness-Iike practice. The world S
motto is to do to others as they would
do to you, and do it first" which is
very different from Christ's rule:
Whatsoever you would that men
should do to you do ye even so to
them, for this is the law and the
prophets
Abraham followed not the worlds
but Christ's plan, and he found no
reason to regret it.
His unselishness brought him to a
land flowing with milk and honey, and
God said to him: Lift up thine eyes
and look from the place where thou
art, northward and southwark and
eastward and westward; for all the
land which thou seest to thee will give
it and to thy seed forever. And [ will
make thy seed the dust of the earth.
the earth then shall thy seed also be
n nm no red
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had returned the city of their fathers to register
their names and pay the tax imposed upon the
Roman world by the Emperor Augustus.
In the cave under the khan the tender actvi-
ties of the holy family centered about the manger
where slept the newborn Savior-Son of Mary
and Son of God.
Perhaps mile to the northeast of Bethlehem
a group of devout shepherds kept watch over their
drowsy flocks Suddenly as if the pavements of
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Both lessons assigned for our study
demand consideration. The regular
lesson brings to a close the history OF
the promised Prince of Peace. whose
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oas..s ter N. Selfish

u.as sss,,as,s ~ ,hs ssiHsh .aa ~
wessinsh, ha, 80 sssiai ss'itss's W.
shirh teft sfs tsia
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Ube Call to an
@nfaltering faith
q Christmas Sermon.
Bp Keb Samuel dM @raffn.
Bp Ret. Samuel 0M. @rafflin.

and the angel said them, Fear not; for behold
bring you good tdngs of great which shall be to all
people For you born this day the City of David
Savior, which is Christ the Lord. Luke,
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Six miles the south of jerusalem Bethlehem the royal city
the sleeping beneath glorious starl night
Her streets her very hills without the gate
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Prince Of Peace.

The royal house of Judah, that had
grown decadent, would find In the de-
scendants of Jesse, the simple farmer
of the village of Bethlehem. their
restoration and perpetuation of power.
From the country, and not from the
CITY with its show and sham splendor.
would come the nations hope. Isaiah
did not worship greatness by bigness.
He would not measure q nation
strength by it's worldly success, ex-
tent of territory. increased numbers or
vastness of wealth. but by the sinless-
ness of the character of the coming
ruler whose reign would transform
the character of men and nations.
The personality of the unnamed
Prince, the character of whose admin
istration harmonizes with that OF the
Prince of Peace, results from his beins
anointed with the spirit OF Jehovah,
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and sufferings of humanity require Is
the occasion of much of the restitution
and distress prevalent in our ianu.
n there were no selhshness in the
world there would be no pauperlsm.
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teach US to look for the coming OF
the One who by His rule will bring
an end to all strife, sorrow and selfish
struggles among men.
While centuries have passed since
God demonstrated that He was in
terested in the affairs of men by send
ing His angelic hosts to proclaim to
the shepherds watching upon the
Judean hills near Bethlehem. the mes
sage of Peace on earth to men of
good WILL there is no other message
that the world needs today more than
that emphasized by the prophet in his
vision of the era of universal freedom
and peace.
Whenever the war fever brings days
of discoura cement, darkness and dis
aster, God is sure to raise w. some
prophet with spiritual vision who will
bring a message Of cheer. comfort and
courage to the broken-hearted and dis
pirited people. Isaiah was the man Of
vision through whom God spoke the
message that is still the hope of men.
when the King of Assyria, then the
terror Of the wohle earth, invaded
Judah as the rod of Jehovah's anger
When Sennacherib had carried de-
struction to the walls of Jerusalem
Isaiah proclaimed the message Of the
coming of the Prince of Peace and
the influence Of His reign. for the
prophet knew that when the Assyrian
had served Gods purpose he and his
nation would be overturned and as
pointed out in the close OF the pre-
ceding chapter. would fall like the
cedars of Lebanon that do not send
forth shoots from its roots That would
be the end of the Assyrian domination,
while judah would arise again to su-
nremacy and power through the per-
sonality of the Prince of Peace.