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THE KING’S BUSINESS At Home and Abroad
A H indoo b a n k e r a t Q u eta has b u ilt a h o sp ital a n d han d ed it over to th e m is sio n ary physician, D r. H olland, of th e C h u rc h M issionary Society. A gen ero u s K aren laym an provides th e rice fo r th e 2 8 0 0 delegates a n d visitors to th e com ing association m eeting of B ap tists in B urm a. C an ad ian P re sb y te ria n s have six m is sion schools in T rin id ad am o n g th e H indu coolies of th e cocoa plan tatio n s. T h ere a re S ab b ath services in each one, in ad d i tio n to th e school w ork. T h e Rev. G riffith T hom as gave a b e a u tiful in te rp re ta tio n of th e w o rd “ resp o n sibility” to a few friends a t N orthfield, “ re sponse — ability.** “ M an’s response to G od’s ab ility .” A co n v erted Jew , Mr. De Roos, has b een h olding evangelistic services in C osta R ica. T h e ch u rch es have b een filled fo r w eeks an d even R om an C atholic p riests in th e m ost fan atical tow ns have b een in a t tendance. T he Y. M. C. A . of th e E aste rn D istrict, B rooklyn, h as given tw en ty -fo u r shop talk s in six shops— fo u r each in b io g ra phy, history, h e alth an d hygiene, citizen ship, trav el an d religion. It w as soon found th a t th e talk s w ith a religious a p peal got th e closer hearin g . T he o th ers th e m en did n o t care m uch for. O v er in K orea a m issionary h e a rd tw o h e ath en talk in g a b o u t th e C hristians. O ne said to th e o th e r: “W h at do y o u th in k of th is new faith? A re y o u going to be a C h ristian , to o ? ” T h e o th e r a n sw ered : “ N o; how could I? I have to th in k of m y self, an d these C hristians— th ey a re a l w ays th in k in g of o th e rs!” B ro th er R essler, one of th e first Men- n o n ite m issionaries to India, said, w hile sp eak in g a b o u t th e w o rk in India, th a t
first w hen th ey held th e ir m eetings d u r ing p ra y e r, th ey w ould k neel dow n a t a c h air as w as th e custom a t hom e. T he p eople said, “ O h, yes, I see, you w orship th e ch airs; we have o th e r gods.” Mr. M cC orm ack of th e U nion Medical C ollege, P eking, illu strates how influential m edical w o rk is in b re ak in g th e w ay fo r th e Gospel. H e w as w atch in g a m ission a ry d o c to r one day as he dressed a re pulsive so re on a C h in am an ’s b ack. A crow d of students, stan d in g by, w ere o b serving th e op eratio n s, a n d one suddenly b ro k e o u t w ith, “ E ven his ow n brother, w ould n o t have done th a t fo r him .” F o r m any y e ars C h ristian s have p ra y ed fo r th e o p ening of T h ib et a n d th e ir p ra y e rs are, a t last, b ein g g rad u ally a n s w ered. E very y e a r sees advances of th e m issionaries on th e edges of this closed land, b o th from India an d C hina. Mr. E d g a r of th e C. I. M. has b een p re ac h in g a n d distrib u tin g G ospels to an enorm ous g a th e rin g of lam as a n d o th e r T h ib etan s a t th e Lita n g lam asery. T h e 4 0 0 0 m onks a re very friendly. Mr. C h apm an of th e C e n tra l A m erican M ission says: “A n excise officer, se a rc h in g fo r illicit spirits, recen tly e n te red th e house of a n evangelical b eliever in R in- ch ad o r. W h en h e saw on th e w all a tex t su ch as believers often p u t up, he o rd ered his m en aw ay, since th e re w as no need to search a n evangelico’s house fo r such things. L a te r in th e day, com ing u p o n th e house of a n o th e r believer, he noticed a Bible on th e tab le an d told his assist a n ts th a t th ey m ight sleep secu rely th ere ov er n ig h t.” Sir H. H. Johnson, a n experienced A frican trav e le r, suggests th a t if every E nglish clerg ym an should serve a term a b r o a d , as foreign m issionary befo re en te rin g u p o n hom e service, th e d eepening influence of th e exp erien ce w ould rem ake
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