The Decline of the Dance In Hawaii

1895

In looking over the polished floors of the Kamehameha School For Girls one almost wishes that its founders had directed that dancing should be taught and practiced upon them by the student girls. It certainly was a narrow and superficial view of the native life which held these childlike people, who did not have story books and couldn't go wild over the old catechism, should have been deprived of one of their chief sources of amusement.

Though the native dances were objectionable in many ways, they could have been greatly modified and made respectable. The early teachers not only deprived themselves of amusements from the dictates of conscience, but they failed to provide the natives with any. It was the result of the Puritan inheritance which quickly gives way when the Puritan stock gets out into the world. — Honolulu Commercial Advertiser.

Women's Missionary Conference

New York, 1895

The women's missionary societies of the Reformed church in the North Classis will hold a conference in the church at Newtown on Thursday next. Mrs. C. H. Harris, of Jamaica, is secretary of the society. Mrs. Cornelius Rapelye will preside. The Rev. Mr. Clearwater will deliver an address of welcome. There will be addresses at the afternoon meeting by Mrs. E. B. Horton and Miss C. Anderson, and Miss Kitty Scudder, who has been engaged in mission work in India, will speak of the work in that country. At the evening session Mrs. John S. Bussing will deliver an address on "Work in Our Home Land," Mrs. Clearwater will sing a solo, "Pardoned," and the Rev. John Anderson, late of China, will speak about the work in that country.

—The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, NY, Feb. 8, 1895, p. 12.

Mission Notes

1900

Statistics declare that in the entire kingdom of Spain there are only 3,230 children in attendance upon Sunday Schools.

Fifty years ago there were not fifty medical missionaries in the world. Fifteen years since there were but 250; while today there are over 600.

China, the greatest mission field in all the world, with at least 386,000,000 people, has a total of only 2,500 Protestant missionaries. Nearly one-fifth of these are ordained ministers.

The Zulu Bible, published by the American Bible Society, is an influential factor in South African affairs. "Whatever happens in the Transvaal," says the secretary, "the Bible will not cease to do its silent work."

It has been proposed by many who have been touched by the manner in which the six children of the Rev. D. H. and Mrs. Lee met their death in the recent disaster at Darjeeling, to perpetuate their memory by erecting a permanent institution, known as "The Dennett Training School and Home for Bengali Girls" in Calcutta. Mrs. F. L. Sperry, of Mt. Lake Park, Md., will give further information.

A Christian Endeavor meeting is held every Monday evening among the five troops of the United States cavalry stationed at Puerto Principe, Cuba. Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, has a Christian Endeavor Society, organized in December, 1899. One active member is a native, a clerk, that has learned to speak English well. There are four Puerto Rican associate members.

—The Ram's Horn, March 17, 1900, p. 18.

Her Sacrifice

1901

The Rev. Cyrus T. Brady says in his book of missionary reminiscences: "I was once preaching about missions, urging the congregation to make some sacrifice for the missionary cause and indicating to them several methods by which they could follow my advice. Among other things I suggested that they refrain from purchasing any book which they very much desired and donate the money to me instead for my missionary work. I happened to have perpetrated a book myself.

"You will therefore understand my feelings when, a very bright woman in the congregation came up to me and handed me $1 with the remark, 'I had intended to buy your book and read it, Mr. Brady, but I have concluded to follow your advice and give you the money for missions instead.'

"I accepted the situation gracefully and told her I would lend her my own copy of the book to read. She smiled and thanked me, and as she did so I voiced my thought in this way, 'But after all Mrs. R., there does not seem to be any sacrifice on your part in this transaction, for you have the happy consciousness of having given the money for missions and yet have the book as well.'

" 'No sacrifice?' she replied. 'Why, have to read the book!' "

Letter To Besieged Missionaries in China

1900

As an item of record and for the benefit of those clamorous bigots who a few months ago were holding the Christian missionary responsible for all the ruin wrought to "trade and human life" in China, we print herewith the text of a letter addressed to this noble band of Christians by Mr. Conger, minister plenipotentiary of the United States in China:

"Pekin, Aug. 18 — To the Besieged American Missionaries: To one and all of you so providentially saved from the threatened massacre, I beg in this hour of our deliverance to express what I know to be the universal sentiment of the diplomatic corps — a sincere appreciation of and profound gratitude for the inestimable help which you and the native Christians under your charge have rendered toward our preservation. But for your intelligent and successful planning and the uncomplaining assistance of the Chinese I believe our salvation would have been impossible. By your courteous consideration of me and your continued patience in most trying occasions I have been deeply touched, and for it I thank you most heartily. I hope and believe that somehow in God's unerring plan your sacrifices and dangers will bear rich fruit in the material and spiritual welfare of the people to whom you have so nobly devoted your lives and work. Assuring you of my personal respect and gratitude, believe me very sincerely yours, E. H. CONGER."

—The Ram's Horn, Nov. 17, 1900, p. 6.

Cooperation Among Societies

1900

The Baptist Standard says: "A straw indicating the growth of co-operative relations among our denominational societies is the arrangement made by the Missionary Union with the National Baptist convention and the Lott Carey convention, both composed of Negro Baptists, largely in the South, the latter working more especially in the eastern portions of the South. By this arrangement the union offers to hold itself in the most fraternal relation with respect to work in Africa."

—The Ram's Horn, Nov. 17, 1900, p. 22.

Pebble Bears Likeness of Savior

1905

A limestone pebble, bearing a striking image of the face of Christ, which was picked up at Oberammergau in September, 1880, the day after the decennial performance of the "Passion Play", is the remarkable possession of Mrs. Eugenia Jones Bacon of Atlanta, Georgia.

The likeness can only be seen when the light falls upon the stone from a certain direction. The countenance is perfect in every detail as portrayed by the great masters, and the closed eyes with the pallid color of the stone give the face a sad expression. The nostrils are thin and across the brow are the deep furrows of worry and anguish.


Religious Services for Car Men

After an experience of several years in holding services for the benefit of the employees of the Philadelphia Trolley Company at two of the barns in West Philadelphia, a third car barn will he visited by the members of the Brotherhood or St. Andrew.


Arabian Missionary on a Visit

The Rev. Archibald Forder, the only Christian missionary in Arabia, is on a leave of absence in the United States.

Church-Going Dog Dies

Connecticut, 1905

"Gip" Williams, a church-going dog, died in Nontville, a Berkshire village, and his funeral was held, says a Winsted (Conn.) dispatch to the New York World. Many children followed the dog to its burial place.

Gip, who was owned by a family named Williams, for years had attended prayer meetings and all the entertainments in the village church.

After the family had gone to prayer meeting recently Charles Richardson, who lives with the Williamses, said to the dog, "Gip, you can't go to church to-night." The dog walked into the next room and went through the window, sash and all.

Arriving at the church, Gip pushed the swinging door open and took his accustomed seat with the congregation.


Leaves High Station to Help Poor

Monsignoro the Count Vay De Vaya, a Hungarian priest of noble birth, has come to the United States to look after the spiritual needs of his immigrant countrymen.

Reared amid the luxurious surroundings of the Austrian court and destined by his father, the lord chamberlain, for a diplomatic career, the count put aside secular ambition and determined to devote himself to work among the poor.

Though only in his thirty-sixth year, he has lived in almost every country in Asia and Africa and has visited Australia and all the greater islands of the Pacific, studying the needs of missionary work.

Strike-the-Kettle Helps Missionary

1900

Strike-the-Kettle is not a romantic name, but the old Indian who bore that appellation was a leader and a Christian king among his people. For many years Strike-the-Kettle was a scout, protecting the United States mail from hostile Indians. While on this duty he was wounded in a fight with his own people.

A few years ago, when the Dakota prairies were on fire, the Indians of the Standing Rock Agency fought the flames for days. When at last it was feared the whole village would be swept away, a devoted missionary stood watching, with wagon packed, ready to flee at the last moment. In the darkness she saw some one standing by her gate. It was Strike-the-Kettle.

"I can no longer fight the fire," said the wounded old scout, "but I will stay here, Winona. Go to sleep, and I will rouse you in time." When the exhausted woman finally woke, all danger was over, but Strike-the-Kettle was still on guard. Is it strange that on Memorial days Winona lays a wreath on the grave of Strike-the-Kettle?


A One Woman Revival

The enlargement of a church in Quincy, Michigan, and its recent rededication testify anew to the power one person may exert in a community.

Thirty years ago Quincy was but a hamlet, and the Presbyterian Church being reduced to a single member, the presbytery dissolved the church and sent a committee to get the minutes. Mrs. Patter refused either to give up the minutes or to be "dissolved."

"What the presbytery should do," was her plucky answer, "is to send us a minister." Her advice was taken, and to-day the church is happy, hopeful and flourishing. It lived simply because one earnest Christian woman would not let it die.

—Youth's Companion.

Motanic Bad Indian No More

1908

Cayuse Chief Becomes a Christian — Makes Dramatic Confession

Spokane, Washington. — Motanic, bad Indian, terror of the Umatilla reservation southwest of Spokane and leader of pagan customs among the Cayuse braves, has embraced the Christian religion, and, as a consequence, there is rejoicing among the faithful in the Tutilla Presbyterian mission. The conversion of the chieftain was the dramatic climax to the ordination of Rev. Edward Conner, a full-blooded Cayuse, as minister of the gospel a few days ago.

Following the singing of the Cayuse version of "Washed in the Blood of the Lamb," in which braves and squaws joined heartily, Motanic, dressed in barbaric splendor, arose from his seat and, facing the congregation, declared his intention to live a better life. He vowed he would abandon the pagan customs, bid goodbye forever to the feathered headdress and the red and orange paint, to participate no more in the festal parades nor partake of the white man's firewater. He would not steal, gamble or cheat his fellow man or brother. Motanic had become a Christian. It was a fitting close to the ordination of Conner.

At the conclusion of the services which made Conner a full-fledged minister of the gospel there was stillness. Motanic walked to the front of the altar. Tears streamed down his weather-bronzed cheeks and his big frame shook with sobs. He looked neither to the right nor to the left. Motanic confessed his sins to the world and swore allegiance to a new king.

Suddenly a glad note burst from the throat of a little brown woman in the corner. It was the signal for a spontaneous outburst of song from the Indian congregation. Then his faithful squaw went home with the chief.

A Pillar of Fire

1900

A school boy at a prize examination furnished the following biography of the patriarch Abraham: "He was the father of Lot, and had two wives. One was called Ishmale and the other Hagar. He kept one at home and he turned the other into the desert, where she became a pillar of salt in the daytime and a pillar of fire by night."

Cyrus Townsend Brady tells an amusing story in his "Recollections of a Missionary in the Great West" of a little boy he knew on the frontier, who belonged to a family who had trained him to believe in the deep-water form of baptism and was experimenting with the household cat and a bucket of water. The animal evidently did not believe in immersion, for she resisted, bit and scratched until finally the little boy, with his hands covered with scratches and with tears in his eyes, gave up the effort to effect the regeneration of the cat. "Dog-gone you!" he cried, "Go and be an Episcopal cat if you want to!"


1893

"Do you ever pray for the coming of the millennium, madam?" "Not much." "Why not?" "My husband is a professor in a college for the training of missionaries. When the millennium is here there will be no need of missionaries and my husband will have no occupation."

Laid Bible Scenes in China

1921

Native Artist Had No Conception of Any Other Land Outside His Own

In north Fukien province there dwelt an artist who painted pictures on silk for the gentry of his little village. The people in this secluded hamlet nestled amid the hills had never seen automobiles or airplanes, nor did they take the long journey to Shanghai to watch the great steamers come in laden with merchandise and messages from the ports of the world. But they knew the words of Confucius and Lao-tse and they lived and died with simple dignity as their fathers had done before them.

One evening the artist, who had been working all day on a memorial portrait, strolled out into the dark, cool street to refresh his tired soul, writes Elsie F. Weil in Asia Magazine. The tiny white church of the foreign god beyond the tea shop was brilliantly lighted. The artist stood a moment in the open door. The young missionary was talking most eloquently; he was not preaching, but he seemed to be telling stories that were as fascinating as those recited in the bazaars. Almost in spite of himself the artist sank unobtrusively into an empty seat. For the first time he heard some of the beautiful old stories of the Bible, which have held the people of the West enthralled for 2,000 years.

And the artist returned to his home and made pictures of the story of Noah and the flood, and of the parables of the lost sheep and of the prodigal son and of many others that were in the book of the western missionary. But he had never heard of the Palestine. To him Noah was Chinese, and the lost sheep belonged to a farmer of his province and the prodigal son might well have been a dissolute youth of his own village.

Claim Gift of Tongues

1906

Members of New Sect Suddenly Endowed With Ability to Speak Chinese and Greek

Power to heal the sick, to prophesy, and the gift of tongues like that which enabled the first apostles to preach the gospel in strange lands, are all claimed by the members of the Church of the Full Gospel, a new religious sect which in the past three years has sprung up in Colorado and grown with remarkable rapidity.

In an old church on the corner of Nineteenth and Welton street, the congregation in Denver, which now numbers 800, holds its meetings on Sunday for regular service. Every Wednesday afternoon a meeting is held at which it is claimed the power of Divine healing has been again and again manifested. The Rev. G. F. Fink is founder of the new sect. The pastor of the Denver congregation is the Rev. S. A. Brelesford. Fifteen young men are now preparing themselves to become missionaries in foreign fields. Most of them understand no foreign language, but they will leave in the faith that this difficulty will be overcome through divine aid.

The claim is made that in the presence of many people members of the church have already been gifted with tongues they never heard before. Ethel Brelesford, the 12-year-old daughter of Pastor Brelesford, is said to have recently spoken in Chinese. James Diltz, assistant roadmaster of the Rock Island, recently resigned to become a missionary. He, too, they say, can speak Chinese. Others have spoken in German and Spanish, and two were gifted with the Greek language.

The War In China (1900) — The Will of God?

Massillon, Ohio, 1900

THE WAR IN CHINA.

Mrs. Guinn Believes 'tis the Will of God.

GROFF SAYS SATAN RULES.

The Well Known Bible Student Sees in the Situation the Beginning the Fulfillment of God's Prophecy — John O'Connor Says the Rich Man Makes Wars and Should Fight them.

The Rev. Mrs. Guinn, of Allegheny, who will appear at the African Methodist church on Sunday for the first time since her appointment to the charge, expects to shortly deliver a sermon having to do with the war in China. Mrs. Guinn has carefully studied the situation in the East, in connection with biblical assertions and prophecies, and her ideas on the subject are interesting in the extreme.

"Millions will be killed,," said Mrs. Guinn today, "but when the war is over I think we will see that it was a blessing in disguise. Every great good that has ever been accomplished has been through suffering. Many Chinese have already embraced the Christian religion, and the war will bring many more to Christ. The war, I believe, is the will of God, and its sole purpose is the betterment of the world. I feel that this will be the last war the world will ever see. At its close all nations will point to Christ. Paganism will exist no more."

A SOMEWHAT DIFFERENT VIEW.

Dr. F. Z. Groff, well known as a student of the Bible, takes a somewhat different view of the situation. "Satan rules," remarked he Saturday. "The prophecy of the Lord that perilous times shall come and men shall become lovers of their own selves, covetous and so on, was fulfilled many centuries ago. Even in the Dark Ages such a condition existed. Now that other prophecy, appearing in the twenty-fifth chapter of Jeremiah, is being fulfilled. All the nations of the world are at war, as the prophet predicts; all the kings of the north, far and near, one with another, and all the kingdoms, of the world are involved. And as Jehovah says, 'they shall drink and spew and fall and rise no more, because of the sword I shall send among you.' We are now beginning to realize what was meant by those words. The ministers of all creeds and all religious men are saying that we are on the verge of some great climax. What is it? Let them read their Bibles. Let them look to the prophecies. It is a great situation. All the people of the world perished once before. The Bible tells of what now is to happen."

AS JOHN CONNORS SEES IT.

"We've got no business sending troops to fight those poor people," said John Connors Saturday. "Why can't we leave them alone? If Americans want to go over to make money they ought to take their chances of being killed, and not expect this country to send troops to fight their battles for them. And if all the people were like me there would be no troops sent. I would not take up a gun and go to China, and it they'd all say the same thing there'd be no one to go. Why should free Americans be forced to lay down their lives in a heathen land? Make the men that's getting the money out of the war do the fighting, not the poor man who can figure on nothing but a bullet. This war business is all wrong anyhow. It's no concern of this country if the Chinese want to be heathens. That's their right."

—The Massillon Independent, Massillon, Ohio, July 30, 1900, p. 1.

Leader of "Holy Jumpers" Tells Experiences in Religious Life

1909

CONFESSIONS OF MRS. HARVEY

Leader of "Holy Jumpers" Gives Interesting Experiences in Religious Life

Mrs. E. L. Harvey, wife of the secretary of the Metropolitan Church association, otherwise known as the Holy Jumpers, a woman of much force of character and ability and one of the leading spirits of the sect, has an interesting article entitled "A Page of My Experience" in the current number of The Burning Bush. From this article we make the following selections:

From childhood I was brought up in the Methodist church and Sunday school and later in the missionary societies and Epworth league. I saw around me a company of young people who professed to love the Lord, who were members of the church but the great object with all of us was to make our class or our society a success.

Only for the week of prayer in the winter time was a special effort made to get souls saved and in that only a very few took part in assisting the minister or evangelist. Again, in the summer time the camp meeting would meet and for ten days the people were stirred up to think about getting someone saved.

Whenever I would hear a sermon preached which told of a life higher than that which I experienced, I was at the altar to seek holiness, but, immediately, on the return from camp meeting, came the usual round of strawberry suppers and ice cream sociables in the name of religion, and these sapped away the piety of each individual.

Trying to Outdo.

As a matter of course in all of these social affairs there entered much rivalry and jealousy, each one trying to outdo the other and secure the approbation of her fellow-workers — then came the vieing with each other in the matter of dress. Of course these things were supposed to be hidden, and yet in each heart was the desire to appear as well as her neighbor.

I had been married and we were engaged in mission work, but, we still attended the old church; but the fact that we were laboring in mission work caused me to trim down somewhat and helped me to get a different view of matters, and I began to see more clearly that real work for God did not consist in giving sociables and parties.

Realizing a Need.

A holiness evangelist was called to the Methodist church where we held our membership, and I eagerly listened to the red-hot truths and went to the altar to be sanctified as I thought that that was what I needed. The preacher told me if anyone in the church was sanctified, I was and that I should not be at the altar. However, I knew the stirrings of my own heart and knew that I needed the abiding presence of Christ.

God certainly changed my heart at that time and all desire for the social doings was taken from me and God helped me to take a decided stand against them and to refuse to lend any assistance to those who carried them on.

God's Voice Was Heeded.

My husband's business was prospering and I had an easy, care-free life and could have whatever I desired. God led me to spend much time each day in prayer and in reading His Word and holiness literature and I well remember how He talked to me about the manner in which I wore my hair, and very gladly I made it plain to please Him. The Lord also had talked to me about singing worldly songs and these too were laid aside. Then came up the question of fancy hats and, as though it were yesterday, I remember the first one I tore to pieces, taking off the drooping feathers and the flowers. The devil said that I could never stand it; but I believed God, and ten years have flown by since that time and I have never wanted any such things.

Silk dresses came in for condemnation by the Lord and these too were given up. Then came the wearing of gold. I had often been ashamed in our mission work on seeing my diamond engagement ring flash and would turn it under my hand, but when God talked to me about this and also all other gold — rings, pins, chains, watch, etc. — I became so heartsick and disgusted with gold that I could scarcely bear the sight of brass buttons and it was no trial to lay it off, and later I was delighted to see the gold and diamond "treasures" traded off to help pay for a bus to carry students to a noon meeting held years ago in Chicago.

Thus it was with other matters of clothing — the tailor-made suits became a thing of the past, as well as the sealskin coat which went to help pay expenses of the Bible school. These things all belong to the long-ago — the time which we would not recall for all there is in this world.

The Light Was Dim.

We heard no preaching upon these things — the light was dim. Once in a while some old saint would say a word but the holiness evangelists enjoyed coming to our home and we enjoyed entertaining them, but they did not speak out against anything they saw.

Dr. Carradine's Opinions.

It was in Dr. Carradine's meetings that God sanctified my soul; but Dr. Carradine told me that the Lord would never ask me to take off my wedding ring as it was the bond of matrimony —but, nevertheless, it went for I knew that gold was gold and God said through His apostle that it was not to be worn by the saints. Although Dr. Carradine in his public preaching ridiculed "rooster tail feathers" and plumes, yet he told me the feathers in a certain hat of mine were all right, and told me he believed the prettiest trimming for a lady's hat was ostrich feathers, and showed me the pictures of his wife and one or two of his daughters with hats heavy with plumes, which of course must have been bought with money which he received from holiness preaching.

God had told me I must not sing worldly songs, but Dr. Carradine, while at our home, brought in two copies of a song, "Her Mem'ry Brings Me No Regret," giving me one which he asked me to sing and sending one to his daughter in St. Louis.

The Home in Question.

The Lord began to talk to my husband and me about our home with its hardwood floors, oriental rugs and furnishings. I asked Dr. Carradine what he thought about that. He told me to never give it up, that it was none too good and that if we would give it up and live in a tent with a rug in it, someone would come along and say we ought not to have the rug. But still the voice of God kept talking and reminding us that there were thousands of dollars tied up in a home for us, which could be used to put missionaries into the field and win souls. The decision was made; the devil stood by, telling me I could never stand it as I had always loved my home. He said we were deteriorating and we were degenerating and would soon have nothing.

I told the Lord if I had to dress in calico and live in a tent the rest of my life I was going to be His child and do His bidding. It was sweet to do His will. The day came when we were to pack up and move out and to the glory of God I can say that there was not a sigh nor a tear but a constant song. A friend afterward remarked that as she saw the packing going on, she did not see how I could sing.

The Distribution.

When the different articles of furniture were distributed, some to the Children's Home, some to the Missionary Home, some to the Bible school it was a delight to see them used, not for self, but for the glory of God. Some pieces were sold and the money put directly into the work of the Lord. Then came the selling of the home — the title passed into the new owner's hands; the money went into the Lord's work; the bridges were burned, and, praise God, to this present day through the years that have passed since then we have never had one desire to have the home back again, but have thoroughly enjoyed the life into which the Lord has led us.

God Almighty Speaks Again.

When our home was sold we had no thought of living in the Bible school, but there the Lord plainly led us. Then the Lord called for my husband's business. It was prospering and growing; the proceeds had long been used for the Lord, but now He said, "Strip for the race and lay aside these burdens and let others assume these responsibilities."

So the business was sold, passing into other hands who bought it — name and all. This money also was put into the Lord's work, and there was no temptation to touch any of it to get clothing or anything for ourselves. Thank God, our Christ was welcomed to it all. He has cared for us during the years since that time, has clothed and fed us and we fear not the future, but trust God always.

—The Waukesha Freeman, Waukesha, WI, July 1, 1909, p. 2.

Winnipeg Churches: "Changing Years, Changeless Christ"

Winnipeg, January 9, 1915

Charles G. Hounshell, traveling secretary of the student volunteer movement, will preach the university sermon to the students of the Winnipeg colleges at the Vaughan street Y.M.C.A. Sunday morning at 11 o'clock. Mr. Hounshell is a returned missionary from Korea, and his subject will be "Christ Adequate to Meet the Needs of the World."

Rev. A. E. Ribourg, assistant rector of Holy Trinity church, will take for his subject Sunday evening "The Universal and the Everlasting Empire of Christ; Thy Kingdom Is an Everlasting Kingdom and Thy Kingdom Endureth Throughout All Generations."

Rev. J. C. Madill, late of Vancouver, will preach in St. John's Presbyterian church on Sunday morning at 11 o'clock. His subject will be "My Church, Peter and the Keys."

Mr. Whiting's subjects at Young church on Sunday will be those which would have been preached at the services a week ago but for his sudden illness. In the morning there will be a talk to children on "What the Old Clock Said," and the sermon subject "The Changing Years and the Changeless Christ," is a challenge in the midst of the flux of perpetual change for men to seek the highest and the abiding. In the evening the subject, "Five Great Things in National Life," in which we are to look for a little time at the large things that enter into our heritage, is to be surrounded by a most attractive musical service. Mr. Habbeshaw will sing a solo, and a double male quartette will give a selection. The anthem, "Hark, Hark, My Soul," by Houseley, will be most effective. Mr. Jordan will precede the evening service by a half-hour organ recital, commencing at 6:30. The doors are open at 6. During the week evenings it is proposed to hold special services in the upper school room, beginning with the Epworth league on Monday night and continuing throughout the week each evening at 8 o clock.

"Thinking Red," or "The Man Behind the Guns," will be the subject of Rev. J. E. Hughson's sermon at Grace church Sunday evening. Mr. Hughson will show that the teachers of "German culture" have made a nation of "blood and iron," and are largely responsible for the present war. Out of these facts will come the question. "Should we control the teaching of our colleges? Does it matter what we think?"

In St. Paul's Presbyterian church, Rev. P. Bruce Thornton will speak upon the following subject next Sunday evening: "Three men I have met during the past week — an unpopular man, a man with a secret care, and an overcoming man." The morning subject is: "The Projection of the West into the East." Dr. A. J. W. Myers, of Toronto, will address the Christian Endeavor society at 8:30. His subject will be, "What the Young People Can Do for the Church."

At Zion Methodist church, Pacific avenue, just off Princess, Rev J. L. Batty, pastor, will preach at both services on Sunday. Rev. J. S. Hatfield is assistant pastor.

—Manitoba Morning Free Press, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, January 9, 1915, page 16.

American Turning Out Fine Grade of Idols for East

1903

CONSOLATION FOR HEATHEN.

American Genius Turning Out a Fine Grade of Idols for the East.

Manufacturers in the Christian city of Philadelphia make idols and ship them to Asia. The traffic has horrified many who thought ruin was the only objectionable article shipped to the heathen from this country.

For years England and Germany have bean monopolizing the trade in Buddhas, Krishnas, Sivas, Ganeshes and Jum-Jums. This was because they happened to be on the ground first. The idols which they turned out were, as a matter of fact, both expensive and inefficient.

The American manufacturer has now succeeded in bringing the trade where it really belongs. His success was inevitable. His idols are cheaper, do more work and last longer. The heathen who has once used an American idol, with self-closing eyes and automatically wiggling toes, refuses to use any other. Besides, many a poor heathen who could not afford to buy an expensive English or German idol, is able to allow himself the cheaper American article. Idols have been brought within the reach of the smallest purse. Within a few years the most impoverished native of the far East will find, thanks to the energy and ingenuity of the American trade, that he need not deny himself the spiritual consolations of his religion.

Some squeamish persons think that they see something a little bit inconsistent in sending out a ship with a deckful of missionaries and a holdful of idols. Such persons have not grasped the fact that this life is a matter not of consistency but of balance. There is a certain anarchist in Chicago who owns a public hall. In the course of his business he is obliged to let this hall out to Republican, Democratic and Socialistic speakers, who take special pains to expose anarchism to the hatred and derision of their hearers. What is the hall-owning anarchist to do? In order to live and in order to retain a place in which anarchism can be occasionally expounded he has to keep his hall in constant use. His speculative opinions and his business operations have to march abreast, but in parallel lines which will never meet.

Of course, there might be some good reason for complaint if the idol manufacturing companies should begin to boom their trade by getting out advertisements in defense of idolatry or by instructing their agents to hold joint debates with, missionaries. "Worship Flim Flam! A psychological analysis by government experts shows 89 per cent of deity! In portable, collapsible form, with a case! When opened out the reverse way ceases to be Flim Flam and becomes Jim Jam! The great duality! Two gods at the same time! A clear saving of 50 per cent!" — this kind of advertisement might be objectionable. After all, though, it is a mere exchange of idols. They get Buddhas and Krishnas; we get dollars and cents.— Chicago Tribune.

—Davenport Daily Republican, Davenport, Iowa, March 5, 1903, page 5.

Topeka Minister's Prayer: Kill or Convert Mayor

1903

SECULAR SHOTS AT THE PULPIT

Chicago Record-Herald: A Topeka minister recently prayed that the mayor of that town might either be converted or killed, as the Lord might see fit. It is always well to give the Lord a choice in these matters.

Washington Post: The Americans who are engaged in manufacturing idols for Korea have no objections whatever to our sending missionaries to that country, as they claim they do not injure the idol business the least bit And this a cold-blooded commercial view of the missionary business.

Baltimore American: A Chicago minister preaching on pride, exhibited a dollar and said he would give it to anyone whose pride would allow him or her to admit it was needed. To his surprise it was claimed promptly. This is a business age, and the times are too busy to dally with sentiment when cash is in sight.

Chicago Post: The Methodists propose to issue a "secular" paper that will have no sporting news. Presumably, and for the same broad and intelligent reason, it will also be shy a dramatic department. Yet there are sports and sports; there are plays and plays. Clean, wholesome, unmercenary sport, the sort that makes men and women with red blood and buoyant spirits, is as essential to our everyday life and to our well being as is the gospel or the pulpit. A secular newspaper without news of such sports and pastimes will leave something sadly wanting even to the majority of Methodists.

Milwaukee Free Press: Another reason why the Episcopalians should think at least once more before changing their name to American Catholic is that the word "Catholic" is likely to be overworked. "Dr." Dowie, sometimes called Elijah II, adopted it as the name of his "church" some years ago, and has that much priority of claim — if any sect or individual has any claim to it; for there was another church with something of a claim, reaching far back. Three distinctive "Catholic" churches are too many. They would be the Catholic, or the Roman Catholic, the Christian Catholic, and the American Catholic.

—Davenport Daily Republican, Davenport, Iowa, March 5, 1903, page 4.

52-Year Pork and Bean Desire to be Satisfied

1921

SAN FRANCISCO, May 17.— With a 52-year-old appetite for pork and beans, the Rev. W. D. Marsh arrived today from Australia, en route to Boston. He has been in Australia as a minister and Y. M. C. A. worker since 1868.

"I'm just going to fill up on Boston baked beans and then go back to Australia," he said. Marsh is aged 80.

—Oakland Tribune, Oakland, California, May 17, 1921, page 32.

Dr. Harrison Speaks on "Jesus, the Bread of Life"

Sheboygan, Wisconsin, 1950

Speaking on "Jesus, the Bread of Life", Dr. Paul W. Harrison continued the series of Autumn Religious Festival programs on Tuesday night at North High auditorium. The crowd again was large because this great medical missionary has a message each night that is impressively delivered.

Dr. Harrison, who ably pictures Biblical scenes for his listeners, chose the one of Jesus feeding the crowd of 5,000, who were on their way to the Passover in Jerusalem. Jesus, their host, looking at them realized that their need was to be brought close to God. People were tremendously impressed by this great miracle and they reacted naturally. They decided to take Jesus by force and make Him king. After He had sent His disciples to Capernaum by boat, he went into the mountains alone to pray, to fight back Satan and his glittering temptation.

Another miracle performed then was Jesus walking on that rough sea to overtake His disciples. That miracle was performed to reinforce the badly shaken loyalty of His disciples.

Jesus taught the people about God's salvation, and the lesson was aimed at those who do the honest work in this world. These people were willing to reach out and take charity from God's hand even though they didn't deserve it. They were so obsessed with their desire for a free meal, so preoccupied with their empty stomachs that they could not think a spiritual thought, even if they tried. It was then that Jesus told them, "I am the bread of life," and that sentence is one of the most profound and wonderful things that He said.

Dr. Harrison said to his audience, "We get the earthly kind of bread by buying it. The heavenly bread is far closer than that. There are three steps necessary to get the bread of life. First, one must admire it and want it. Next, we must take those words and the story of that life, think about it, meditate on it, until we understand it. Then, when the matter is in your heart, you accept it."

The speaker suggested that when the bread of life is eaten and becomes a part of the soul we will organize our lives. "Mission fields," he said, "are full of people who have taken Christ in that manner. Let us not forget it is the bread of life that gets us entrance into the kingdom of heaven."

"Let us take the life of Jesus as an example to study, to imitate. What we want to do is to take this human life of Jesus and join with the common people that take of this bread — they shall live forever," he said in concluding his third message.

—Sheboygan Press-Telegram, Sheboygan, Wisconsin, October 18, 1950, page 18.