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T h e C h ild ’s T h o u g h t o f G o d T h ey say th a t G od liv es v ery high, B u t if yo u lo o k above th e pines , Y ou can n o t see o u r G o d ; a n d w h y ? A n d if y o u d ig d ow n in th e m ines, Y o u n ev er se e H im in th e g o ld ; T h o u g h from H im all th a t g lo ry shines. G od is so good, H e w ears a fold O f h eav en a n d e a rth acro ss H is face, L ik e secrets k ep t, fo r love u n to ld . B u t still I feel th a t H is em brace S lid es d ow n b y th rills, th ro u g h all th in g s m ad e T h ro u g h sig h t an d so u n d o f ev ery place. A s if m y te n d e r m o th e r laid O n m y sh u t lid s h e r te n d e r p ressu re, H a lf w ak in g m e a t n ig h t, an d said, “W h o k issed yo u in th e d a rk , d e ar g u e sse r? ” —Elizabeth Barrett Browning. m o n ey h a s su p p o rted in fo reig n lan d s n a tiv e C h ristia n w o rk e rs w h o h av e g iv en an a g g reg a te o f a c en tu ry an d a q u a rte r of service. | B ishop F ra n k W . W a rn e , o f th e M e th o d ist E piscopal C h u rch in In d ia, re c en tly se n t w o rd th a t h e h as decid ed to ap p ly th e L izzie Jo h n so n m em o rial g ift o f $3800, fo rw a rd e d to h im by h e r su rv iv in g siste r, to th e erectio n o f a ch u rch in C aw n- p o re, N o rth w e st In d ia, w h ere th e co n g re g a tio n h as o u tg ro w n th e b u ild in g in w hich it w o rsh ip s. T h is ch u rch is e n tirely self- su p p o rtin g , a n d all th e m em b ers h av e been en liste d in th e ev ery -m em b er can v ass fo r th e n ew ch u rch fu n d .” “ M iss L izzie Jo h n so n , o f C asey, 111., an in v alid a n d an in ten se su fferer fo r tw en ty - five y ears, h as ra ised o v e r $16,000 by th e m ak in g an d selling o f b o o km ark s. T h is
su b stan ce th a t th ey co u ld n ’t dispose of. It w as a d ark , black, stick y su b stan ce, an d th ey co u ld n ’t b u ry it, because th ere w as too m u ch o f i t; th ey co u ld n ’t b u rn ij, because it m ad e such a ste n c h ; th ey c o u ld n k ru n it in th e riv er, because it k illed th e fish, so th ey offered a b ig re w a rd to an y chem ist w ho co u ld so lv e th e p roblem . C h em ists to o k it a n d d id n ’t e a t o r sleep o v e r th e problem , an d one d ay th e re w alk ed in to th e office o f J o h n D . R o ck efeller a chem ist, a n d laid d ow n a p u re w h ite su b stan ce w hich w e since k n o w as paraffine. Y o u can be as b lack a s th a t substance, an d y e t Je su s C h rist can m ak e y o u w h ite as snow . T h o u g h y o u r sin s be as scarlet, th ey sh all be as w h ite as snow . I t h as been confirm ed th a t P re sid e n t Y u an , o f C hina, h as ap p o in ted a n atio n al day o f p ra y e r fo r th e peace o f E u ro p e. T h e C h ristian C hinese h av e resp o n d ed in e a rn est p ray er. T h is affo rd s a v ision o f a m o st u n u su a l o ccu rren ce— a recen tly h eath en n a tio n p ray in g fo r a m o st C h ristia n an d en lig h ten ed people. T h is n o t o n ly ties th e C h ristian s o f E u ro p e an d A sia m o re closely to g eth e r, b u t a lso is on e o f th e last and rich est fru its o f C h ristian m issions. “F a ith fu l” is a w o rd o f obligation, an d th e id ea h e re is o f th e o b lig atio n on th e p a rt o f G od to sta n d b y th e tem p ted soul. Is n ’t th a t m agnificent, th a t, th e m om en t yo u tak e y o u r sta n d a g ain st tem p tatio n , th e w hole G o d h ead is b eh in d you, an d th ere can be no tem p tatio n to o g re at, because n o tem p tatio n can be g re a te r th a n G od.—- A. T. Pierson. I t w as a B ritish bishop, re al o r m ythical, w ho m et th e q u ery , “W h o w ill w in th e w a r? ” w ith th e p re g n a n t co u n te r query, “W h o w o n th e S an F ra n c isco e a rth q u a k e ? ” I t is g o o d en o u g h t o h av e been said by an archbishop.
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