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known." Similar conditions exist In
Mexico. Christ as Lord and Master of
our lives giveB power to overcome sin.
Until we take them this power our task
will not be done."
Mexico is a land without Christ. They
have a Qospel of Mary, of Hidalgo, of
Guadelupe, but not of Jesus Christ.
Some of the Catholics themselves have
been candid enough to declare that
Usr1?n la a lonj r. ri.rl.llnn I...1
.u^Aivv 10 ? lauu uut vui loiian, uui
pagan. "Heathenism has been baptized;
Christianity has been paganized."
Until we take them the knowledge of
Jesus as the Saviour from sin and the
Ix>rd and Master of our lives our work
will not be done.
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THE PRESBYTEFIj
Will tbe task be finished? We believe
it will. Christ sits a King forever.. He
himself has begun and is leading and
vitalizing the work. The task will be
finished, but the equipment which our
Church has given to Mexico would indicate
that perhaps we were really not
in the enterprise to make a completion
>t It. The task will be finished, but
chere are needed an enlargement of our
plans.
We need a larger equipment. The
Church is not dependent on material
equipment for the advancement of its
work. This after all is a very small
part of our needs; yet to do our best
work suitable homes are needed for our
missionaries and buildings and equipment
are needed for schools and hospitals.
The criticism that Mr. William
T. Ellis made of our missions in the
EaBt was that they were poorly equipped.
Ilf he should come on an inspecting
tour of Mexico it would be to .make
the same crltlclgm nf rmr mission Wo
are far outstripped by other missions.
A part of the message sent by the
World's Missionary Conference to the
Christian Churches may be appl'ed in
substance to conditions in Mexico. The
old scale and the old ideal were framed
*or conditions which have ceased to exist.
They are no longer adequate , for
the new world that is rising out of the
old. The Providence of God has .led us
Into a new world of efTort, of danger
and of duty. Now is the time to make
large plans for the evangelization of
Mexico. We believe that the next few
years will mean wonderful material, industrial
and commercial progress. At
the present time the Americans have
more than three quarters of a billion of
dollars invested in the Republic. We
should make our plans for the evangelical
conquest in keeping with this.
There are multitudes ready to embrace
the Protestant faith If we could adermntelv
nrpsent It to them Thin eon
dltlon Impresses upon us the momentous
character of the present hour. One
meaning of the present unrest in Mexico
is the awakening of a great nation.
Large numbers are ready to receive
Christ. The next few years may constitute
a turning point in the history
of Mexico and may be of more critical
importance now than double that many
years of ordinary experience. If these
years are lost or wasted havoc may be
wrought that years of labor will not be
able to repair. On the other hand, if
they are rightly used they may be
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\N OF THE SOUTH
among the moat glorious In the history
of our work in Mexico. God is calling
our Church aside and is saying to us:
"If you will let me uBe you as I desire
1 will let you be the first to complete
the work assigned to a Church in
Mexico."
Listen to me while I tell you a
Southern Presbyterian secret. We have
had a mission in Mexico for over thirtyfive
years and yet we as a Church did
not own a single foot of ground in
Mexico until the land was bought for
the Graybill Memorial School two years
ago. We have had a Girls' Boarding
School in Mexico for some thirty years,
yet this has been carried on in rented
buildings, unsulted for school purposes
and with very poor equipment. Enough
has been paid out In rents to have built
a very good building. It was a very
craoloim thine anil aivmothine nihlnh
was greatly appreciated when three
years ago the Sunday schools gave the
offerings of Children's Day for Grayblll
Memorial School, but this was all used
in buying land and putting up and
equipping the shop, so that last October
when the school was opened we were
compelled to rent an old Mexican house
more than one-half a mile from the
shop and farm for the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Morrow and the boys. During
all the years of our history In Mexico
not a single home for missionaries has
been built by our -Church. Although
medical work Is a most effective means
of evangelizing Mexico as has been
proven by the work done by some of the
missions our Church has no hospital
and no medical work of any kind.
We are wondering if our church,
which s very justly regarded as a m's
sionary church by other denominations,
is going to allow another generation to
pass without supplying in a way that
ts in keep'ng with our present position
,nd possibilities and in keeping with
our present opportunities and in keeping
with the cause of our Lord, the
equipment that we need to finish the
task in hand. (Tt has been said that it
is easier to get money for missionary
work (ban It is to get consecrated lives
to go out to do the work. But in case
of the work in Mexico at the present
time we are more In need of money for
larger equipment than we are of enlarged
force.
Let the same motives which prompted
us to take you into our confidence in
**?lHner of nnr lnok nf pnniilnmpnt
prompt now In telling of some of our
urgent needs. We discussed them together
at our recent mission meeting,
and as a mission we are working and
praying that they may soon be supplied.
The hearty endorsement given by the
Mexicans to the Grayblll Memorial
School In Montemorelos, even In its
present unequipped condition shows us
the great possibilities before us In that
institution when It Is adequately equipped.
We still hold the policy of adding
a larger equipment to this school
before we undertake in any extended
way the enlargement of any other
branch of our work. There are wonderful
opportunities before us In this
school. We are looking to this school
to be the training ground for future
leaders. The school well equipped
with material equipment and with adequate
teaching force would mean the
longest step that we could make toward
the evangelization of our part of Mexico.
In the Immediate future we are needing
at least twenty thousand dollars for
this.
Next In order Is the GlrlB' School.
The offer of the city authorities In Montemorelos
to donate a plaza for our
Girls' School Is still open. We do not
want to lose this opportunity. We still
have three years In which to make use
of this offer. The amount required In
order to hold this Is ten thousand dollars.
W? need that sum at least before
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that time. We will need a treat deal
more to thoroughly equip the ichool.
With some of the teaching force now
in Mexico with language learned and
ready for service and with numbers of
Mexican boys and girls ready and
anxious to go to our schools, our Church
should come forward and say we will
supply you with the material equipment
that is needed.
Another need is for homes for mis.
sionaries. These have been needed fnr
years. We have not urged the building
of them on account of the greater need
of school property. We Include this need
In our appeal for a larger equipment.
'Mention has been made of our need of
a hospital somewhere in our Held. The
results from medical work In other missions
reveals the wonderful possibilities
In that department. We count the hospital
as one of our great needs and are
looking to the Church to give It to us
as soon as possible.
To meet the present needs and to supply
those that will come with our expanding
work, a larger missionary force
is and will be needed. Just now we are
asking for a teacher for the mechanical
department of the Graybill Meforlal
School and a teacher for the Industrial
department of the Girls' School.
But even If we should secure at once
the equipment and force mentioned. If
we should get all the money and missionaries
that we are asking for It becomes
increasingly clear that we need
something far greater than larger equipment
and larger missionary force. We
need a deeper sense of responsibility to
God for the great trust that he has committed
to us In the evangelization of
some 500,000 of the most Intelligent
and liberty loving of the Mexicans.
That trust is not committeld in any pecul'ar
way to the missionaries tn
Mexico or to the missionary societies, or
to a group of laymen. It Is committed
to all within our Church family. The
five hundred thousand "Mexicans are
looking to us. They are looking to us
and needing us now. '11 must work the
works of him that sent me while It Is
dav: the night cometh when no man can
work."
Brownsville, Texas. W. A. Ross.
TOO MUCH STARCH.
A Food Problem.
An Ashvllle man tells how right food
did that which medicines had failed to
accomplish:
"For more than 15 years," he says,
"I was afflicted with stomach trouble
and intestinal digestion, gas forming
In stomach and bowels and giving megreat
distress. These conditions were
undoubtedly due to the starchy food I
ate, white bread and potatoes, etc., and
didn't digest. I grew worse with time,
till, 2 years ago, I had an attack which
the doctor d'agnosed as appendicitis.
When Mip Rlirconn nnoroloJ />? mo t-"
ever, it was found that my trouble was
ulcer of the pancreas, Instead of appendicitis.
"Since that time I have had several
such attacks, suffering greatly. The
last attack was about three months ago,
and I endured untold agonies.
"The doctor then said that I would
have to eat less strchy stuff, so I began
the use of Grape-Nuts food for I
knew it to be pre-dlgested, and have
continued same with most gratifying results.
It has built me up wonderfully.
I gained 10 pounds In the first 8 weeks
that I used Grape-Nuts; my general
herlth Is better than ever before, my
brain clearer and my nerves stronger,
er.
"For breakfast and dinner, each. I
take 4 teaspoonfuls of Grspe-Nuts with
cream, a small slice of drv toasts an
egtr soft boiled and a cup of Postum;
and I make the evening meal on GrapeNuts
and cream alone?this g'ves me a
good night's rest. I am well again."
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek Mich.
"Tber's a reason." Read the little
book, "The Road to Wellvllle," In pkgs.
Ever read the above letterT A new
one ani>enrs from time to time. They
are genuine, true, and full of human
Interest.