Evening star., 1916-08-19

the children under the Transforming infiu-
ence Of the gospel otherwise the hope
our primary and intermediate schools
| are among our mightiest evangelistic
agencies The pupils come under the daily
influence of the Christian teacher and the
| Christian atmosphere Of the school We
make 1t our primary object to get the
pupils saved, not Just to educate them
| Our aim is not to educate heather chill
dren but to win them to Christ. and then
come Christians the brightest and send
| them to the training school to prepare
for active Christian work
| THE day school pupils are taken to the
| chapels Sundays, and thus the power OF
the gospel is brought to bear upon them
still further. Many of these children
would probably never have chance to
hear if they could not come to Christian
schools"
| During the absence of Rev. DR.. Harry
| Dawson Mitchell. pastor of Metro
politan Methodist Episcopal Church,
| from the city on his vacation. the Met
| ropolitan Bible class, of which he is the
| teacher, and which meets in the church
| parlors each Sunday morning at 10
| O'Clock, will have the following teach
ers: Mrs. w. E. Andrews, tomorrow;
DR.. E. F. Sappington, August 81. Rep
| resentative Addison T. Smith of Idaho
was the teacher last Sunday.
| DR.. Mitchell is expected to return to
the city in time for the first Sunday in
September.
During the absence of the pastor.
| Rev. G. NJ. Clayton, on his vacation. the
pulpit of Park Road Methodist Protest
ant Church will be filled tomorrow by
the Rev. James H. Depue, and August
81. by the Rev. J. T. W. Young.
Rev. Mr.. Clayton is visiting at his
old home at Clayton, Del. and will
~h1 nj
Maryland. He will return to Washing
ton in time to occupy his pulpit the
first Sabbath in September.
Rev. R. A. Hardie of Seoul, Korea,
tells Of a vigorous Methodist Church
| in Seoul. AT ChongKyo Church the
morning congregation averages over
I $50. and the attendance at the Wednes-
day evening prayer meeting is from
100 to 200. A most encouraging fea-
is that the attendance of young men
Is rapidly increasing. Last Sunday
I baptized eight young men and twelve
women. The young men formed the
most promising class of candidates
for baptism that 1t has ever been my
privilege to examine. The church is
| meeting all its financial obligations"
In an appeal for the translation Of
the Bible into every tongue. Rev. e. w.
Smith. for many years missionary to
| Africa, says:
'oh. my friends, give to the people
| in every land this book. Many years
was in Basutoland travelling with a
party of missionaries. AS we were
anxious to get home we rushed through
one village without stopping, and as
we cantered away on our horses an old
| woman came out of the village and
shouted to US, and what she said was
this: You missionaries. why do you
pass US by in this manner? Return
and give US little crumb of Jesus
My friends, you have the whole loaf;
dren of God a little crumb Of Jesus"
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Mrs. Charles Park of Pre-, Siam, tells
this interesting story of the conversion
of Siamese family:
when Nang Chun. wife of Al Peng.
died his friends and relatives begged
him to give up the Christian religion
and once more worship the family
spirits. He replied: I will not re-
nounce the religion of Jesus Christ.
My wife died in that religion and I
will die in it.. too. and we shall spend
eternity together When Peng and his
household entered the Christian re-
ligion he had already spent 100 ticals
on native doctors and spirit offerings
for his sick child and the child grew
rapidly worse MOI Kawng, the col
porteur and evangelist, ran across this
family in their distress and turned
their attention to the Christians God.
After some time the man said: L want
you to hold a service at once and we
will all put ourselves under the protec-
tion of your God. as 1 do not want my
child to die.
THE spirit charms were removed
from their persons. household shrines
torn down and service held The
Great Physician blessed the medicines
used, honored the faith of the family
and the nine-year-old girl recovered.
toward Peng and his family for break
ing with the old religion, but amid
difficulties they persisted in their faith
and bore a good testimony for Christ" :"
p n 4 r.
Christian leaders of Great Britain, In
cluding those of the colonies, have
adopted what they believe to be a
I've plan to bring the British govern
ment to end the liquor habit. Details
of the plan are now appearing in the
English newspapers which sympathize
however. signed to the spirited me-
mortal to the government the names OF
no Christian leaders at all. Protestant,
Established Church or Catholic.
Signatures to the memorial include
members of the privy council of paria-
ment. the army and navy, nearly all
of the universities, the Royal Society.
many shipping companies, munition
workers and business firms, head
masters of schools, including Eton;
fifty medical officials, striking list of
names of eminence In letters, art,
science, law, in engineering and in
diplomacy. 1t is explained that sig
natures are intended to show technical
and scientific knowledge of the evil
complained of. while the Christian in
fiuence is exerted in publicity and in
inducing others to act
Just now the appeal takes advantage
of war and politics 1t puts forward
the efficiency of the army and navy,
the supply Of men, the supply Of war
munitions. the rebuilding Of ships to
replace those destroyed by war, the
food supplies. the number of tons Of
coal consumed, the taxing Of railroad
A limited time Is asked for the pro-
b To hut