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A Little Sufferer Unable to walk from a
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CURED.
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CHINA.
Will China be our Lord’s ? Will
her teeming myriads be among the
“blessed,” called unto the marriage
supper of the Lamb? Or to her
must it be said, “The voice of the
bridegroom and of the’ bride shall be
heard no more at all in thee?” “All
things which were dainty and goodly
are departed from thee?”
The answer of our souls is ever,
she must and shall te our Father’s,
for his glory, and for Christian pity
towards those starving in sight of
the “bread of life.”
Have we no ground for this trust?
We might reason, humanly speak
ing, of the urgent hecessity that so
vast a nation should throw its weight
“on the Lord’s side.”
It has been predicted that the
coming century will see China at the
front of the nations in the East
that the land of Confucius and Men;
cius, the “grey beard among the na
tions” cannot always “sulk in a tent,”
but will go forth, conquering and to
conquer.”
We would fain have this strength;
We would gladly see twenty thou
sand imperial roads, highways for
our king’s messengers,—oriental rail
roads and telegraphs enlisted for his
service. We would pilot to the
haven of rest, the nation at whose
hands we have received our earthly
compass.
But these considerations matter
little. Our trust is in Him who has
said, “Not by might nor by power
but by my Spirit, saith the Lord,”
God’s promise is our hope, for
present success and final victory.
“I will give thee the heathen for
thine inheritance, and the uttermost
parts of the earth for thy possession.”
Yet—our faith is weak, and we need
the bow of promise to sustain it.
Have we not this?
In 1844 only one Baptist church
in China. And now? It needs only
a glance at the missionary “Calen
dar” of our own society, to read of
“woundrous things.”
We love to think of the oft-re
peated words of ’cheer from the
Rev. Edmund Worth, concerning
the advance made during the course
of his own life. “Judson at Andover,
Carey at Serampore, yet less than
fifty missionaries and only a few
hundred converts in all the missions
in all the world. Now 7000 mis
sionaries and more than 700,000
converts:” That was a year ago.
If the dear old man is still working
in fields below, he may yet thrill our
souls by an “o’er true tale” of richer
gleanings in this blessed year.
Are there no laborers ready for
the harvest ? Cries one,—“lt was a
great grief to me that in ( the divis
ion of labor, no pare could be as
signed to me. I must be content to
spend this year on the language, bid
ing my time in silence.”
The natives, too, are building
chapels at no little sacrifice. We
read not long since, in our own jour
nal of a preacher in China, baptizing
one of those by whom he had recent
ly been severely beaten; —and that
sons of othe-.s of his persecutors had
applied for baptism.
Our missionaries find these natives
preaching in tea-shops, in the open
air, or from boats to the people on
shore.
Their ways may not be as ours,
but all nature is akin; and perhaps
in their tongue, our words would
sound less kindly than those address
ed to one of our ladies at Yang Choo-
Standing by the Grand Canal, wait
ing for a boat, she caught the eye of
a bright six year old boy. The child
smiled, looking in her face as he
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greeting,—“Foreign devil”—the best
he knew to give.
I wonder if we remember that we
have, on the word of a good true
man at Shanghai, “more than two
score in the mission at their own
charges. Not doing business in
China, simply stewards of the Lord.”
Let us follow these devoted ones—
all who have gone “far hence” for
their Saviour’s sake with ceaseless
care, and love, and prayer. Let us
ascertain what are their needs. Said
a missionary in conversation, not
long since,—“l want a doctor—
a Georgia doctor.” Possibly the
great effort that is being made to
urge woman to the front, may an
swer the cry. If so, our prejudices
must give way; and we will bid “God
speed” those brave and tender spir
its whom the Lord shall lead to do
his will.
Writes another, —“The mail-bag,
once in six or seven days, and your
daily brayers, are the two ties that
keep us in touch with you.”
Would it not be well to see to it
that that this “mail-bag,” so watched
for, is never empty? We know it
would be well for the prayer to be
unfailing.
In our homes, a glow with warmth
of love, let us not forget the strange
loneliness of other lives. Yet “He
knoweth our frame, he remembereth
that we are dust.” And it may be
that to these distant ones comes soft
whisperings of God’s love , too sweet
for human tongue to utter.
I will never forget a reply of a
college friend, on a short visit home
from a mission field in this land of
which we are sperking. She seemed
bright, happy in her work and anx
ious to return; yet in reply to a di
rect question, admitted for a moment
the ntter absence of companionship.
Then she softly added, “It may
sound like irreverence, but it is sur
prising what companionship there is
in the Saviour’s presence.”
Within the walls of Jasper, be
neath the tree of life, she now can
“see his face” and remember his
words, —whosoever shall do the will
of my Father which is in heaven,
the same is my brother, and sister
and mother. M. H. E.
Augusta, Ga.
A WORD TO THE BRETHREN’
We have been interested and some
what amused of late to see how our
brethren are taking us to task for
extravagance in dress in jewels, and
in all adornments of life.
Interested because we believe that
among Christian women there is
need for greater economy, and the
realization that we are stewards of
our Lord’s money. Not that we
condemn due attention to all that
makes life attractive and beautiful)
but because we believe there could
be just as much of real beauty with,
out such lavish expenditure.
Amused because some of these
brethren who condemn us, themselve.
indulge in a luxury not only expen.
sive, but positively hurtful in its
effect and in its influence.
We do not consider this question
in the case of a man of the world
but of a Christian gentleman whose
life is to be pure from every stain of
sin, even the “little foxes that spoil
the vines.”
Perhaps the reason why so many
Christian men indulge this wastful,
hurtful habit, is because they have
never turned upon it the light of
Christian influence, and seen whether
it was exalting, in the eyes of the
world, the ideal of Christian living.
The world has a high standard for
the Christian, and these minor points
lead to some severe criticism, at
least such has been our observation.
The lesson taught by Daniel and
THE CHRISTIAN INDEX; THURSDAY MAY 11, 1893.
his three friends, seems very forcible
just along this line. It seemed a
very little thing to give up the dain
ties from the king’s table, but it was
the beginning of that steadfast Chris,
tian character which has lived
through the ages and been the in
spiration of many lives.
Brethren, perhaps this very indul.
gence is standing in your way and
frustrating your influence with one
soul or perhaps it is just one thing
that your Lord has asked you to give
up but you are not willing and scarce
ly realize why there is a discordant
note in the harmony of your life.
The sensitiveness of some, is proof
positive that their own minds are
not at rest on the subject, perhaps
they will quote to you the remark
attributed to Spurgeon, “I can smoke
a cigar to the glory of God.” Then
we feel like saying, Ah! brother, per.
haps Spurgeon could do it, but can
you ? Can you, by an act of purely
selfish enjoyment, which benefits no
one, does not uplift your own nature
and only injures that body which we
are to keep pure and sound for the
spirit’s indwelling.
Not long since *we heard an evan
gelist inveighing very strongly
against the cigarette habit among
boys, and wo wondered why he did
not make an appeal to the fathers
not to set their sons the example.
A child cannot readily discern the
difference between the pernicious
effect of the cigarette and the sooth
ing charm attached to the cigar, and
poor little fellow; his pockot money
will not admit of cigars.
There is another phase of this
question which wo would consider
briefly, and that is the extravagance-
Just a year ago when this Centen.
nial movement was inaugurated, it
was our good fortune to listen to a
minister, as he told in our Georgia
Convention, of a work of self-denial
in his church and what it had accom
plished; as we listenedjtho thought
came to us, O! if our Georgia Bap
tist men would lay aside their tobac
co this Centennial year and appro
priate the money to the Centennial
bund. We waited, eagerly hoping
that some brother would make such
an appeal, and would even have sug
gested it had we been able to think
of one present who was either an
abstainer or willing to become one.
Brethren, if this movement had
been inaugurated and entered into
heartily by all our Southern Baptists,
would there be any deficit in our
Mission treasury or one dollar lack
ing of the Centennial Fund ? Con
sider for a moment the amount ex
pended by our Southern Baptists in
this selfish luxury and I think you
will agree with us. Are we in ear
nest about this matter and willing to
make so little sacrifice ? You have
given up far greater things for his
sake, you have laid desires and
cherished plans aside to take up the
work he has called you to do, can
you not lay this indulgance at his
feet and for his sake take up your
life as a Son of God, “without fear
and without reproach ? ”
©TtUdren’e Earner*
THE BIG AND THE LITTLE-
SOME OF THE GREAT AND SMALL
THINGS THAT WERE AND ARE IN
THE WORLD.
The longest fence in the world is
one of wire netting 500 miles in len
gth, stretching across the colonies of
New South Wales and Queensland,
to keep the rabbits infesting the
former country out of latter.
The largest caterpillar known
to entomologist is from six inches to
a foot in length and is common in
the vicinity of Darling river in Au
stralia. The natives twist these to
gether and boil them in kangaroo
grease. The smallest known living
organism is the amoiba, 40,000,000
of which could cover a square inch.
Life on an average is of greater
length in Norway than in any other
country on the globe and shorter in
Sierra Leone, Africa.
The Czar of Rnssia is the largest in
dividual land owner in the world,
the area of his possessions being far
greater than that of the entire Re
public of France.
During the reign of “Bluff King
Hal,” Henry VIII., of England, the
largest number of persous ever
put to death in the same period of
time were executed. This number
.was over 71,4®0.
The smallest watch in the world
belongs to the Sultan of Turkey and
is no larger than an ordinary pea,
but shows seconds,minutes,hours and
days. The back is one diamond and
case an emerald hollowed out to re
ceive it. The largest clock in existence
is the tower clock of the House of
Parliament of Great Brittain in Eng.
land. It is known to the people of
London as “Big Ben,” and has four
dials, each 22 feet in diameter and
something over 66 feet in circumfer
ance. The minute hand moves 14
inches every minute, while the pen
dulum is 15 feet long and swings
back and forth over 40 feet. The
bell on which the hours are struck is
8 feet high, 9 feet in diameter and
in weight 15 tons,while the hammer
striking it weights over 500 pounds.
The quarter hours are struck on
smaller bells. The clock runs eight
and half days, but grows silent at
seven and half if neglected by its
care takers who are thus reminded
to wind it up, which is done once
a week, requiring the combined la
bor of two men of unusual strength
whom it takes half a day to per
form the task.
The largest man known to history
is Miles Darden, who lived in the
State of Tennessee in 1857. Dar
den, stripped, save for a muslin
sheet three feet square, weighed
1,038 pounds. No horse could bear
him and his girdle was something
over 9 yards in circumference.
Although naturally a large boned
man he was of only ordinary weight
until 43 years of age.
The smallest living human beings
were a boy and a girl brought to
the United States from Mexico in
1876. The boy was 15 inches tall at
18 years of age, while the girl at 14
measured only 11 inches. Both were
well shaped and proportioned.
The greatest day’s run of an
ocean steamer has beed 530 miles
while the shortest period occupied in
crossing the Atlantic from Queens,
town, Ireland, to Fire Island, New
York, has been 5 days 6 hours and
some minutes.
The largest bouquet of natural
flowers ever seen was presented in
1387 to William 111., King of the
Netherlands, 70 years old, on his
birthday. It was composed of sev
enty different varieties of flowers
and made upon a framework with
handles by which it could be carried.
In the centre of the flowers,was a box
completely hidden by them, and in
which the King’s little daughter,
Whilhemina, now Queen,was placed.
The lid of the box was a gigantic cal
la lily, and beneath this was hidden
the chlid. who on the bouquet being
brought in and presented to the old
King gently pressed aside the
petals of the lily and sprang into
the embrace of her astonished father.
The smallest bird known is the
Brazilian ruby throated hummiug
bird and the largest, also of South
Amsrica, the condor ofjthc Andes.
A LITTLE BOY’S PRAYER.
A correspondent tells this story of
a little boy. The boy was tired out
with a hard day’s play, and when he
retired he was too sleepy to say his
good-night prayer. Ilis mother tried
in vain to have him say it, and finally
sent the father in. He found the
boy just sinking into a tired sleep,
and demanded that he should get up
and say his prayer. The little fellow
arose wearily, sank down upon his
knees by the bedside and began, “th
dear Lord! please make papa say his
prayers some time when he’s as tired
as I am. Amen.”—Cricket.
Eau Claire, Wis., April 5, 1892.
I crushed the big toe of my left
foot about three years ago. The
nail did not come off, but it separat
ed from the flesh from end of the
nail to down near the quick. I suf
fered grear pain and had to get a
special shoe made: I tried various
remedies but they gave no relief.
About two months ago, having an
attack of rheumatism in my right
shoulder,! bought a bottle of Pond’s
Evtract for it, and while rubbing it
on at night thought I would try
some on the toe just as an experi
mons. Next monrning it was much
less painful, and to get it down be
tween the nail and the flesh. I kept
on using it for two weeks and by
that time all pain was gone and the
toe was sound at it was before I hurt
it I consider this a wonderful cure,
and thought I would make it known,
J. Oleson
“PIN MONEY.”
“Here’s your pin money, Maud, ’
said Uncle Hugh, as he handed his
niece a bright silver doller.
“Thank you Uncle, I was just
wishing for some spare change,” and
Maud’s eyes fairly beamed as she
took the offered money.
“Uncle Hugh, when you give me
money to spend just as I plcaso„why
do you always call it ‘pin-money?’ ”
Maud asked.
“Well, my dear, I will tell you the
origin of the term ‘pin-money.’ Pins
were introduced into England by
Catharine, first wife of Henry VIII.
They were |not, however, the well
known, small-pointed instruments
such as we use, but were made of
gold, silver, ivory and brass, many of
them weighing as much as six or
eight ounces. Such pins as those
were worn in tho hair and used on
different parts of the clothing to fas
ten folds or drapery, and were quite
ornamental. Thus you see, the first
pins were much more useful to ladies
than gentlemen. The Spanish man
ufacturers were permitted to sell
their pins only during the Christmas
holidays, and in that way gentlemen
began to give the ladies in their re
spective families money at Christ
mas-time with which to buy pins.
At first they were very expensive
costing as much as we now have to
pay for a valuable piece of jewelry.
However, after pins had become
common and cheap, gentleman con
tinued the practice of giving their
wives, daughters and sisters money
to buy pins; in that way the term
‘pin money’ originated, and it is now
applied to an allowance made to a
lady to buy any small article she
may need or desire.”
glad you told me about it
uncle” said Mau4, “and I thank you
very much.”—Harper’s Young Peo
ple.
A LESSON FOR FATHERS
Two boys,who thought themselves
young men, entered a certain school
in the city of Houston. These boys
were known as Jack B, and Frank
L. A difficulty of a somewhat seri
ous character occured in the school
in which these boys were concerned
When the teacher called them up to
punish them- Jack B. informed him
that his father did not permit any
one to whip him. Under these cir
cumstances the teacher expelled
him from the school. When Frank
L. was called, he objected to being
whipped on the same ground, and
was sent home. He was also dismiss
ed from school. When Mr. L. who
was absent came home and learned
the particulars, he refused to sustain
Frank in his course. On the con
trary, he went with Frank to the
teacher in the presence of the school
and said to him in substance: “Sir
I perceive that my boy is in the
wrong and I will not sustain him in
it. lam un willing to have him dis
missed from school under such cir
cumstances. As my son has violat
ed a plain and reasonable rule he
must take the penalty. I have there
fore, brought him to you to be whip
ped and I will see that you are not
interfered with.” The teacher, in tho
presence of the father, gave Frank
the deserved whipping and he was
permitted to continue in school. Now
mark the result. Jack B. turned out
to be a gambler and a drunkard
and ruined his father financially,
and heaven only knows how much
the old man suffered mentally over
his wayward and dissolute son.
Frank L’s name occurs in tho his
tory of Texas as one of her honored
governors and trusted officials. It
was said of Eli tho high priest, “Ilis
sons made themselves vile and he re
trained them not.” Tho result was
shame and ruin to tho family.
Blessed is the boy who has a fath
er like the father of Frank L. in
character. Ho loved his boy and
that very lovo said to Frank, “No,
my boy, I cannot sustain you in this
you are clearly in wrong,and I think
a true man or a true boy will go up
and without flinching set the matter
right by taking tho punishment.”
The boy who disregards the rightful
authority of |tho school master is not
very apt to have the regard that ho
ought to have for parental, civil, or
indeed for any sort of authority.
And yet there are parents who are
foolish enough to think that this
waywardness of boys in the school
room shows an indepenent spirit.
This is very far from being true. It
truly shows a spirit of insubordina
tion, fatal to every true interest of
the boy or the man. To violate a
reasonable rule of conduct in the
school room and defy the teacher,
exhibits the stuff that highwayman
are made of. No man has ever yet
successfully ruled who did not learn
to obey. Ido not know of a boy,want
ing in respect for the right kind of
a school teacher, that had a proper
respect for bis parents. In the case
of such boys the seeds of ruin were
sown in the nursery and the crop
was matured in the school room and
garnered in the jails and prisons of
the land. The boy who has an up
right honorable father, one disposed
to do right,himself, and who emphat
ically requires honorable conduct in
his boys is highly favored indeed. At
least that is tho opinion of old Bro.
George Marshbanks, who related
the above incident to me. It hap
pened under his observation.—W, H
B. in Waco Cumberland Presbyte
rian.
A HEART LITERALLY BROKEN.
In a recently published volume by
an (eminent surgeon, a remarkable
instance of a broken heart is de
scribed. It is stated that Dr. J. K,
Mitchell, of Jefferson College, Phila
delphia; was formerly surgeon on
board a ship plying between Liver
pool and American ports. The doc
tor formed a close friendship with
the captain of the ship and during
their voyages had much pleasant in
tercourse with him. During their
last voyage together, the captain in
formed Dr. Mitchell that a long
pending courtship, of which he had
frequently spoken, had taken a fa
vorable turn and on the arrival of
the vessel in port he was to be mar
ried. Upon this subject he evinced
great warmth of feeling, and showed
some costly jewels and ornaments
which he intended to present as bri
dal gifts. On reaching his destina
tion he was abruptly informed that
the lady had married some one else-
Instantly the captain was observed
to clasp his hand to his breast and
fall heavily to the ground. He was
taken up dead. A postmortem ex
amination revealed the cause.
His heart was found literally torn
in twain. The tremendous propul
sion of blood, consequent upon such
a violent nervous shock, forced the
powerful muscular tissues asunder;
and life was at an end. It would
appear from this case that we may
be nearer the actual truth than we
suppose when we speak of people
dying broken-hearted. But in the
spiritual sense the word is in direc.
contrast, for while life was at an end
when the captain’s heart broke, life
in its best sense is just beginning
when the sinner’s heart is broken by
divine grace. (Ps. 34 :18.)—Chris
tian Herald.
The Number of Your Ances
tors.—“ Did you ever stop to think,’
wrote the late Bishop Lightfoot
“how many ancestors, male and fe
male, each of us has had during the
past 1,800 or 1,900 years? Each has
had a father and mother=2; each of
them had a father and mother=4>
each of those 4 had a father and
mother =8 so we go on back to tho
birth of Christ—i. e„ through 56 gen
erations in all. The result showsthat
139,235,017,489,534,976 births have
taken place in order to bring each
one of us into tho world, and this
only in a comparatively short period
of tho history of the human race.”
"I AM SO TIRED”
Is a common exclamation at this sea
son. There is a certain bracing ef
fect in cold air which is lost when tho
weather grows warmerjand when Na
ture is renewing her youth her adrni.
rers feel dull, sluggish and tired.T’his
conditionis is owing mainly to the
■rnpuro condition of tho blood and
its failure to supply healthy tissue to
the various organs of tho body. It
|8 remarkable how susceptible
(he system is to the help to be de
rived from a good medicine at this
season. Possessing just those puri
tying building up qualities which
tho body craves, Hood’s Sarsaparilla
so overcomes that tired feeling, re
gtores the appetite, purifies the blood
and in short,imparts vigorous health.
Its thousands of friends as one voice
declare “It Makes the Weak Strong.’
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Value of Preaching.—R ev.
James Stalker gives, in his “The
Preacher and his Models,” tho follow
ing testimony to tho value of preach
ing, which will help to cheer the heart
of many a minister who finds temp
tation to discouragement in the little
results or response that he finds in
his congregation. Dr. Stalker says:—
After eleven years of active preach,
ing I have spent five years of hardly
less active hearing. I have listened
carefully to preachers of all degrees
and denominations, and some con
victions have been burned upon my
mind. Far above all, I have learned
to believe in the great mission of
preaching, the effect it has on men’s
lives and thoughts, their need of it»
their pain and loss when it does not
help and reach them. I used to
think that if it did men good they
would speak more of it. But they
pay no compliments to their daily
bread, yet it is the staff of their life.
If ministers knew the silent appre
ciation of helpful preaching, they
would work, if not harder, at least
more brightly and helpfully. Preach
ers should remember that the large
silent part of their flock is only
reached by preaching, and, therefore,
they should give their strength to it,
and not to little meetings.
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Ratio of Workers to the Work
—There is a total working force,
native and foreign, in heathen lands
of about 55,000. This number taken
by itself looks large, but compared
with the number of people who have
never heard the Gospel it is sur.
prisingly small. To realize this
fact it is only necessary to state that
in Africa there is but one missionary
to 140,000 people, in China one to
270,000 in India one to 110,000,
and in Japan one to every 100,000-
guO.
Hev. w. It. Puffer
Os Kichford, VL
I Vote for Hood’s
Forty Years In the Ministry
Rheumatism, Dyspepsia and In
somnia Great Heneflt From
Hood’s Sarsaparilla.
“I have been taking Hood’s Sarsaparilla
for four or five months, and am satisfied
that it is a very excellent remedy. I have
been troubled with rheumatism more or
less for a number of years. My back and
hips, and indeed my whole body at times,
have been aillicted. The rheumatism has
been especially severe in ray right arm be
tween the elbow and shoulder, which has
been so lame that I sometimes feared
I Should Lose the Use of It
entirely. I was in this condition when I
began to take Hood’s Sarsaparilla, but I
had not taken more than a bottle or two
when I began to feel better, and when I
had taken four bottles, my rheumatism
had entirely left me. I have been more
free from rheumatism this season than for
years. Besides the rheumatism, I, like
Hood’s ss Cures
many others of sedentary habits —for I
have been a minister of tiie Methodist Epis
copal church forty years have been
troubled with dyspepsia, but while taking
the medicine my
Appctito has Been Good,
food digested well and I have gained sev
ral pounds. I have also been troubled
Ith insomnia, but since taking Hood’s
arsaparilla, sleep much better.” Rkv.
>V. 11. Puffeb, Kichford, Vt.
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ciplinod school in the South, No pupil of thia
school has ever failed on entrance examina
tion to Vanderbilt University.
b. 8. WOOI.WINE, Principal.
24decly Nashville, Tenn.
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