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II “Best” Missionary Books 1 — Both Interesting and Instructive 1 The Progress of World-W ide Missions By R o b e rt H . G lo v e r, M . D . For year* there ha* been a grow ing demand fo r a gen- 1 eral missionary textbook fo r college* and school* and tor 1 adult study group* generally. Such ha* n ow been w rit ten b y one whose experien ce a* a missionary on the held fo r many year*, then a* Foreign Mission* Secretary to on e o f the large.t independent missionary organizations, l and n ow as D irector o f M issionary Course at M oody Bible Institute, gives him a peculiar fitness fo r the task. While adapted for general reading as well as class use, the b o o k is an invaluable reference w ork fo r pastors and Christian w orkers and teachers desiring convenient , co n cise information on all the lands and personnel o l mis sionary endeavor. , T , . 1 There is a valuable missionary bibliography. 1he vol- II ume contains m ore than fou r hundred pages, »n d in thor- 1 oughly indexed. L, C loth * 2 B0 | The Two of Us By Diets M. Rlttanhousa John G. Paton, Hero of the South Seas By Bsssl. L Byrum
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because of lack of supplies, and often such supplies are plentiful In the homeland. If only people could see the vast need, and the great good that such supplies would accom plish in a far-off heathen land, they surely would not fall to send them. William spent much of his time In itinerating work among the mountain people, in the villages and towns within their extensive parish. He loved his work and whole-heartedly threw himself into it. Continually he met opposition from the priests, who bitterly resented his distributing his lit erature in the towns and villages. But William could not refrain from seeking to lead men to a knowledge of the liv ing Christ and to show them the better way. His salvation was a living, vital experience, and he wanted others to know Christ in reality. This opposition was felt more or less on every trip although there were those that welcomed him. Some had heard of the Gospel, some had been given a tract, some were thoroughly disgusted with the priesthood and had seen through their hypocrisies and so were eager to wel come the foreigner with his message of salvation from sin. Toward the end of the year, he prepared for an extended itinerating trip, planning to visit different centers where there were little groups of believers, and to spend a few days with each group in fellowship and in teaching them also to enter into deeper experiences in Christ. He took with him two of his trusted Christian boys, Don Alfonso and Don Geronimo. These boys had sought him shortly after the farm was bought. He met them first in Cuzco, and there led them to Christ. The persecutions in their homes were so severe that they were glad to come to him, and they became a real help in the work. Of course they needed much teach ing in spiritual things, and were much like many Christians at home in their beginning of the Christian life. They made many mistakes and had many failures, but as they came by a prayer life anfl' by the study of the Bible to know Jesus Christ aright, they became settled and established in the faith, and became ardent soul winners. As the three set out on mule back on their evangelistic'tour, the hearts of all of them burned with earnest zeal for their Master. They passed from village to village, and from group to group, teaching God’s Word, giving out portions of it and person ally inviting men to Christ. They went to Cuzco, where a little group of Christians gathered together in the home of one of their number, and held a Bible conference with this group. The priests were incensed at this persistent for- • elgner who refused to be frightened away from their city, and who dared to come again and openly distribute his lit erature. Their followers tried in numerous ways to break up the meetings, and harass the workers as much as pos sible, but persecution from time immemorial has never been able to quench Christianity. It has only served to spread the news to wider territory, just as water turned upon the burning qil will not quench it but only serves to send innumerable tiny flames with all their possibilities in many directions. So the disturbances created by the fol lowers of the priest advertised the meetings and the evan gelists as no other method could have done. Many sought the three strangers in the city for personal interviews, and attended the meetings to hear tho Bible expounded. One evening when William was in his room alone, his two helpers not having returned from their distribution of tracts, he heard a knock at the door. Upon answering,
Adventures in Africa of Two Little Girls, of Differing Col or*, Who T e l l Their Own Story. . „ , .. Two little girls. Pearl, the I twelve-year-old daughter of an American Missionary, the other, Frances, t h e Httle daughter of a native African chief, adopted by a Mission family, and residing with them on the Station in East Africa, here tell their own stories. The happy t i m e s , t h e 1 troubles of the two, and the many unusual and amusing Incidents that occur, give the reader an insight into the real, inside life in a mission station. Cloth $1.50 William Carey By S. Pearce Carey, M. A. In preparing to write the life story of his great grand father* the author gave ten years to the scrutiny of an I immense mass of newly dis covered material and in two years spent in India he visited every place where William Carey had dwelt and talked to some whose fathers had known his personally. It is illustrated with many pictures, contains a chart of Carey's Biblical translations with, a map of India, showing the almost complete provision of the Bible in the many lan guages of that country. * Cloth » .5 0 By Theodore M. Inglis r They ere indeed new bl*n* f terns, lit by the wooing love of the Seviour of men, end glow- i ing with e cheerier wermth just because they swing in e desolate wind sweeping over a barren land. Mr s . Inglis* charming, stories of Chinese life are not meant to be abso lutely true; one glimpses in their texture the handiwork of her clever pen. Nevertheless the warp and the woof, and the movement are real, and I the witness of the new life in Christ Jesus shines through them all. The book is an ex cellent gift for the skeptical friend who needs a bit of stim ulant in his bump of mission ary enthusiasm. Cloth $1.25 New Lanterns in Old China
The name of Paton is a household word qmong in structed Christians, like that of Carey and Moffat. The biography tells the story of his labors and triumphs in the New Hebrides. An interesting 1 and helpful book, and well enough written so that it will hold the attention of even those who are not deeply in- II terested in spiritual thinks. 1 Cloth 75 eta. Mackay of Uganda By Mary Yuls The recent discovery of much fresh material about this 1 g r e a t engineer missionary, consisting mainly of letters written by him during the last dozen years of his life, has | made possible this interesting new biography which will be 1 found suitable .as a text-book for mission study classes as well as b e i n g adapted for younger readers. He w e n t forth upon what turned out to be as hard a 1 •; life, naturally speaking,#as any man ever had, bi)t he **looked fearlessly forth, and seemed to* see the face of the living Cod," and in that strength he went on. Africa is a hard mis- tress, an dhe died of a fever 1 after fourteen years of service, 1 with a prayer for others to carry on. Cloth $1.35 l| A China Shepherdess By Margaret T. Applegarth II There*s not a dry page in 1 itl Altogether delightful and unusual is the new missionary book of Miss Applegarth, who has alredy proved herself a story-teller pre-eminent. And 1 withal she has contrived to bring in a vast amount of use ful information about China as 1 a country, about conditions 1 there, and about the work and results of t h e missionary 1 schools. Beautifully b o u n d 1 and uniauely illustrated, this 1 book will make a much ap preciated gift, and as so many mission classes are now study- ing China it will be found of 1 special interest as supplemen- 1 tary reading, and suitable in- 1 deed for reading portions in class, or even before the whole Sunday school.
Cloth $1.75 1
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