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keeping up a continual shower o f rockets. The priest that led this procession was one of the vilest I have known. The bishop was compelled to remove him a few months ago. The following day this priest held another great fiesta for this idol. They put it on a large rowboat very beautifully decorated and went out on the waters followed by a procession of boats. They went about the large bay for about two hours. From the near-by boats and the shore, a stream of rockets and cannons were fired during the procession. The next morning I went to the market to buy fish but found there were none. The people said that thè fishermen caught no fish. -I said, “That is strange. Is it not true that they took the idoP o f St. John but to bleSs the waters?” They an swered in the affirmative. I then asked them why there, were no fish. They could answer nothing. The following day I again went to buy fish'and there was none. These poor peo ple could not understand it, sò ,I had op portunity to tell them that God Had for- bidden'.the Use o.f any idols and that St. John had written especially that they should h.aye nothing to do with idols, yet their, priest taught themthat they were honoring St. John by having faith in this idol.— Julius Kaptee... ' —Q—; ■" Watch the Jew I SRAEL, God’s index finger, has-moved round the world and through the cen turies of "time, mixing with people of évery tribe and nation, yet ever alone. Now Palestine blossoms as the rose ; the Jew returns home. He talks o f a new temple, while he dréarns of the glpries of thé building o f Solomon. The wailing at the wall, has never ceàsed; now it is so insistent the Moslems have heard the cry ahd slain the weeping ones. Perhaps the Jew’ has been telling how God drove out the former inhabitants -o f: the land; he may have even said the new temple could only rise on the threshing floor of Oman the Jebusite,—where the MosqUe of Omar stands. The Jew may have boasted that already priests and- Levites are in train ing for service in the.new temple. If it is true—and who doubt it ?—God’s - index finger points to. the near return of the Lord. Tt is so written in prophecy, and God’s prophecies never fail. Another sign is the mad scramble for wealth and. the heaping up o f riches ón richès. But, who would desire to be. found with hands and heart and sòul soiled with filthy lucre when.the,Lord comes ! There is only one way wealth "can buy anything in the world to come. It is not by hoarding it . Prayer, too, is wealth, to be givéfi lavishly now if we would lay up treasure in heaven.' Unjprayed prayers are of no more use in heaven thàn the hoard of :Ahe rich. .man. This .is' thè d a y 'fo r prayer -and gifts—not > tomorrow .—Thé European Harvest Field.
only in China proper but also among the Chinese Christian residents in Singapore, in Sibu, in Kuala Lumpur, in Soroebaya, as well as in Tokyo, Japan. And its work is almost entirely supported by the free will. offering of these Christians. The sole purpose of the Society, is to evangelize thesé unoccupied areas in the far inner regions. It has begun work in the southwest of China in the province of Yunnan, and in the northeast in Man churia, with the hope that in the days to come, through Yunnan they will enter into Tibet, and through Manchuria, to Mongolia and Sinkiang, thus to unite north, south, east, and west. The wide door of opportunity in the field is exceedingly great. The Chinese church cannot keep pace with its repeated openings. When work began, people in the field refused to receive them, not even - consenting to rent them a house. But today, after having, found out that this society is a Christian organization of the Chinese, their old suspicion and mis understanding have all disappeared. In consequence Of this they actually offer to the Society large pieces o f land free of charge, and money is also raised for put- -ting up suitable buildings. Moreover, fifteen other cities near by have sent to the Society, more than once, strong appeals for missionaries to be sent to their .respective districts to start work fof the healing of the sick, the enlighten ing of the ignorant, and the saving o f the "spiritually ' lost. It is remarkable, espe cially ifi view o f the anti-Christian move ment which has prevailed, throughout the land, that in the interior of China people are receiving His. messengers with'’ not only open arms but open hearts. It is planned to open a Bible school in Yunnan for training local workers in or der to meet these Macedonian calls. Please pray definitely for this young .'qjis-. sionary movement of the Chinese Chris tians. .. False Honor of Saint John L ITTLE children, k e e p yourselves from idols" (1, Jn. 5:21). Last year, while serving the Lord Jesus on the Island Of Margarita with the Orinoco River Mission in Venezuela, I witnessed a fiesta held .in honor. of St. John. The people, under tfie. leadership o f the Roman priest, carried an idol o f St, John through thé streets. . This procession was held after dark and às the idol passed down thé street they shot sky rockets,
Special Prayer Call Y OU will be sorry to knciw that crime and disorder seem to be on the in crease in the province [of Shensi, China] ; the same being •true of many parts of the country. I venture earnestly to suggest for your consideration the holding of a few special meetings for prayer and intercession regarding these dangerous conditions. We need to ask that God’s servants and children, whether foreign workers or Chinese Christians, may, if it be the Lord’s will, be preserved from violent men; also that they may be able to approve themselves as servants of God in times of danger. It is clear to us out here that the powers of darkness are stirred up against us in an unusual degree, no doubt because of our intended Forward Movement. Is it sufficiently real ized that if that enterprise.is to be.prop erly fulfilled, there must be a .definite ..in crease of faith, devotion and of prayer on the part of . all. concerned? If this addi tional prayer is not offered, then we can not expect that the Forward Movement will be, put through ,effectively,. Thè'Word is -still true, that what we sow we shall reap.— D. E.' lloste, General Director, C. I. M. The Missionary Awakening Among the Chinese ■[Rev.:. C. K - Lee, -pf Shanghai,- China, Who writes , the following article, is g spécial student at the-Bible Institute of Los Angeles, preparing, by his studies, to forward thé program of the Chinese Home Missionary ,Society.] T HE most striking response by the Chinese Christians to the Western missionary ’ efforts in China ;;.i4 thé missionary awakening among the Chinese Christians themselves. After a careful study it is found that such an awakening began as early as 1886 and therefore has a history of about forty .years. It, ap pears that several, organizations of this sort have, however, entirely disappeared by reason ■of inexperience; yet at. the present time there are .still, some twenty- four different missionary organizations working under the various denominations besides a nation-wide and interdenomina tional missionary movement—“The Chi nese Home Missionary Society.” This society was organized in the sum mer o f 1918 as an outcome of Mr. Buch- man’s Personal Evangelism Conference, held under the auspices of the Milton Stewart Evangelistic .Funds Committee. It began with a small .committee of only seven Chinese members but is now a so ciety with a membership ;of more than fifteen thousand Chinese Christians, to gether with twenty foreign missionaries acting as advisory members. The effect o f thisf moyement upon the Chinese church is remarkable, Eighty- four auxiliaries are now scattered, not
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