The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1919-08-13
SIDE LIGHTS on NEXT SUNDAYS
Lesson for Teachers and Pupils
Sunday School Notes
Edited by CHARLES X. MEYERS

larry to neighbors and friends. Pau
makes mention Of this in many of his
letters and praises the believers for it
The local church. the big, organization
of churches which has not in love
gone forth in person or means to the
mission field, has been a failure. The
spirit of missions lacking, cold formal
ism, and narrow hypocrisy come in
and decay and disgrace to the bible
religion in time. So the mission spirit
in the individual heart, and in the com
binedt3 hearts of the church member
ship is the divine electric spark which
has given vitality and force in the
years past, and will fbSssfor the future.
THE work of the missions has seen
man-eating savages docile loving citi-
zens; those stepped in loathsome vice
and practices clean, virtue-loving pe0-
pie; whole nations converted to bet
tier things; the status of woman ad-
vanced until she is now considered the
equal and the superior of the men in
| large parts of the world: the princi-
pie of brotherhood recognized, until
millions of people feel common inter-
est in their fellows, and are ready to
come to their rescue when needs are
presented. The manifold things which
the mission spirit has entered into
l'baffles words to tell. for it is the very
spirit of the gospel of Jesus, and its
accomplishments stood out like the
sun at MONDAY. g." 49,. r., -.
! There is call at this day for mission
work, for the world seems ready for
it, in fields ripe as for harvest. The
best and. brightest Of the young men
and women OF the. day are needed dor
work calling for heir highest iendeav-
ors. Schools, colleges are asking for
teach ersS medical and chanicali
siopariesi have Iirnitless pportunities
open for them: There are simply hun
tdreds of thousands of people .Only
awaiting the call, and then Instruction
to become active stians and chris.
tians like those sof the lays @of sPaul,
ready to devote time and nI0iiey. to
induce others II; fellow their example.
Thus the movement gains headway
with bounds and. strid es.s 80
= In our land the great Baptist, Meth.
odist, Presbyterian, Disciples church
es and the like are preparing gigantic
programs for mission work at home
and abroad. Never was there so much
money at the disposal OF the religious
leaders and never was the work SO
well thought out, and plans made for
making the funds go to the furtherest.
All christians should be proud and
glad to have hand in the work to be
done. AS we all honor the returning
soldier who bore but the humblest
part in the late war, so there is honor
for all who do anything to push for
ward the mission spirit in, the world.
Above worldly honor come the divine
approval, ); the lessings of eternal life
the words well DONE from the Saw
ious. May the study of this lesson have
mighty influence the world around,
in encouraging the spirit Of missions
and the results be such as only the
divine mind can know. 4.~-s., 4
Andrew Carnegie, the great steel
magnate and iphilanthropist, died at
his home at Lenox Monday morning at
Z o'clock, after an illness of less than
three days, bronchial pneumonia be
ing the cause Of his death So sudden
was his death that his only daughter,
Mrs. Roswell Miller, was unable to- get
to her fathers bedside before he died.
A wife and the daughter are the only
near relatives. Mr. Carnegie was
world known, as a steel magnate, but
was perhaps better known as a philan-
thropist; the countless institutions
throughout the land that have existed
because of his liberality bear testl-
mony to his philanthropy. The library
at Denison was made possible. because
Of his donation, and it is being main
tanned by the public as Carnegie
library, -. - i - ('#..
, Des Moines Register: What are you
kicking about? Think Of the poor So
ciety women in the east who are rush
ing around in mad effort to acquire