The Detroit times., 1916-01-28

Not all the great mon are dead
We should look around as iu ne
present as well As behind us in fba
past. 10 find the great missionaries
I venture 20 say tast this new gen.
Grafton Of workers in the foreign
field surpasses as a whole. any pre-.
vious generation OF missiouarie-. for
thoroughness Il preparation. breath
of view, grasp OF conditions, and far
sighted eficieHcv Nor are they one
whit lacking In that supreme quail
lty Of holiness which is the mission.
arys chief equipment. AS write
these words there pass swiftly in re-.
view before M eyes long process
sion Of men and women whom I per
sonally have met on the various mis-
sion fields OF earth; and find
among them characteristics Of great
ness surpassed by none Of the mis-
sionaries Of early DAYS
Grea, tasks have hahi, Of i'm
parting their own greatness 90 tho
men and women who attempt them.
One time / visited the leper sta
tion AT Allaha bad with the mission.
sry. Mr.. Samuel HigKinbothsm. aho
has II in charge. We stayed out Of
doors until past noon and the TEN
persture was one hundred and hny
degrees In consequence I became
seriously ILL., But the only time Mr.
Higpinbotham gets for his leper
asylum work Is these bet ween
hours when ne should Le resting in
the shelter of his home My own
little experience. hazardous As Dr.
was, taught me the price that some
missionaries arc paving for The
service they are doing; and am in
olined to include many of these UU.
distinguished missionaries Of tho
present day in the role OF heroc-.
Three short years were all that
Captain Allan r. Gardiner. the pio-
noer missionary 10 South America.
and the founder OF the South Amer.
lean Missionary society, was privi-
legged TO spend in his work Ia South
America; for 1t was bot until ls4s
that the mission was established
and In 1851 he and his companions
perished from starvation iu their
desperate effort 10 keep alive this
forlorn hope in the desolatc country
Of TERRA del Fuego Yet the work
has continued, and TODAY in every
country OF South America some re-
ligious society is at work for the
evangelizatIon Of the people
David Livingstone, the son OF a
poor Scotch weaver. was born tn
Blantyre. Scotland. March l9 1918.
Among the names OF men OF achieve
ment OF the nineteenth century his
stands pre-emincnuy az a discoverer
explorer and missionary. Living
stone great work I'm Africa was eK-
ploration. opening up the Zamoesi
country from sea 20 sea and the re-
Rlon around tho great African lakes
Yet In all bis work OF exploration
his one supreme object uas 30 blaze
path for the missionary work Of
the future.
When Carey went 20 India and
Judsou to Burma. practically all me
world was closed against foreign
missions. nov. practically all The
world Is open 10 tncu, with the hi
bic translated into more than iouI
hundred languages and dialects, GOV
ering the vast majority of the poo
pie OF the globe.
ANY one who has looked into the
face q John G.. Patton The Apostle
20 the New Hebrides" has seen thai
outward shining ot an inner life
which is the surest sign of sanotit}
The transformation which Patton was
IN, means NJ enectiug in the lives
of his dusky psrishioners Wa7
searcely more wonderful than the
Transformation wrought in the mis-
sionary's own person. For nearly -
wears John q. raton Watched Christ
work and worked Nith Christ. in
,he New Henrides. and proved the
proposltinn thai TIE way 20 know 'he
doctrine is 20 do -. that The proof
% God comes in putting him 10 The
hest
Nccsma Is cr" Il great names
N ,bs ais.oTy OF modern Japan a.