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Note and Comment

Menaces to Society

THE menaces to society today are myriad. When we come to consider the loss of human life and property which come in the way of murder, robbery, arson, accidents, etc., the situation is appalling. In one year in the city of New York more than 3,643 incendiary fires took place. It is claimed that fully one quarter of the twelve million dollars’ loss of property in that year was due to fire of this origin. Fire-insurance companies find themselves almost helpless in meeting this situation. We who travel in the quiet avenues of life or live for the most part in quiet towns and amid rural surroundings, have small realization of the great undercurrent of evil and iniquity which is going on in the world. The revelations of the last great day will be indeed appalling. We need to safeguard our hearts that they be not affected by the deadly miasma of sin which exists on every side.

Translation at the Second Coming

Translation

It is no uncommon thing to see leading religious journals refer to the translation at death of certain Christian believers to the realms of bliss. Zion's Herald of September 17 does this in referring to the death of an estimable woman, a member of the Methodist Church, who recently departed this life. Speaking of the death of Christians in this manner is entirely unwarranted.

The translation of the children of God to realms of glory will not take place until the second coming of Christ. This is plainly and emphatically stated many times in the Scriptures of Truth. Read 1 Thess. 4:16, 18; 1 Cor. 15:51-55. Death is described by the apostle Paul to be an enemy, and the last enemy which will be destroyed. 1 Cor. 15:26.

Between death and the resurrection the dead are in unconscious slumber. To all alike, at the end of this world, will that sleep be broken. The impenitent will be awakened only to receive the penalty for their lives of sin,—banishment forever from the presence of the Lord. The righteous will be awakened in his likeness, to enjoy at his right hand pleasures forevermore.

An Important Home Mission Field

By Ole Andres Olsen

The Foreigners in America—No. 3

An Important Home Mission Field

O. A. OLSEN (Secretary North American Foreign Department)

Having in the previous articles presented some quotations from different writers concerning the immensity of this foreign immigration to our country, we shall at this time study the question as to what this condition of things calls for, and how missionary work among these foreigners is both a great urgency and also a fruitful field for work.

Dr. A. H. Bailey, in a lecture on “The American Home Mission Problem of Today,” puts it this way:— “The coming of this great foreign army to us spells opportunity and responsibility for the church of the living God. For years we have been sending men and money to foreign fields with the gospel. It seems as if God has looked down upon us, and says, ‘You are too slow. You will never evangelize the world at the rate you are now working.’ So he has stirred up these people to come to us. And with the coming of these millions from the foreign lands the church and every individual Christian ought to see the greatest opportunity for evangelism that has ever been given to any people. A million immigrants means a million opportunities, and a million opportunities means a million obligations. This inflowing tide and immigration is our Lord’s latest and greatest appeal to his church and people. These foreigners need the gospel. Experience proves that they are ready to listen to it and accept it. Thus God has brought the foreign mission field to our very doors, and made it possible for every one of us to be foreign missionaries. More than that, he has made it an imperative matter with us.”

This is the way this subject is viewed by those who have given the matter some study. And while the above statements are true from the standpoint of every Christian believer, they become of still more interest to us as a people, in view of the special work now to be accomplished for all the nations and peoples of the world. While we have given much earnest study to the foreign mission problem, and have given the best of our workers to foreign mission work, and funds with which to support them, there has been a serious neglect of the people of these same nationalities that have come to this country and settled among us. We do not say that we have done too much for the work in foreign lands, but we do say that we have not shown a corresponding interest for the foreigners whom the providence of God has brought to our own shores. Had more been done for the foreigners here, it would have been a great help to the work abroad.

“Moreover, a unique condition has been created. All the nations of the earth are practically represented here on American soil. Many of these people will remain here permanently, but many for one reason or another will return to their own homes. If we can give these people the gospel, they will carry it back, and thus the seeds of the gospel will be sown in all lands, and these people will be the very best kind of foreign missionaries.”

The Burden of Responsibility

It is a matter of note that among the various Christian denominations the work done in foreign lands is under the direction of special boards operating in various places, while with us the foreign field as a whole is under the supervision of the General Conference, with the General Conference Committee as, our foreign mission board, operating in the world-wide field.

This home field falls legitimately to the local conference. These foreigners are spread over the country, though in greatest numbers in our largest cities. Thus the Greater New York Conference has a tremendous foreign field in its territory. The same may be said of the Northern Illinois Conference, with Chicago, the second city of our nation. Other conferences, such as New Jersey, Massachusetts, and Ohio might be mentioned as having large cities and communities of foreigners.

Then this foreign population here is different from that of a foreign country; there, to a large extent, but one foreign language in a city or in the country has to be dealt with, while here there are as many as sixty in one city, and sometimes more. This makes our country a very peculiar and unique field, and in some respects it becomes even more difficult to deal with than a field in a foreign land. But on the other hand, we have all these at very close range, which again is an advantage.

While this home foreign field is truly a local conference field, it is nevertheless of such a nature and character that our local conferences find it very difficult to deal with. First, they have not the laborers, and second, if they had the laborers, they lack the funds. Most of the local conferences, after furnishing their portion for the missions abroad and the general work, have scarcely enough left to maintain the work already in hand. These things being so, this matter must be taken in hand by our general council, and some way provided for this work to be done. It must not longer be left as in the past. The need of workers among these many foreigners is very urgent.

A Training Mission School

for foreigners is an imperative necessity. From time to time one here and another there of these several nationalities accept the message either by reading or from coming into contact with our people in some way. Among these are persons who could be developed into workers, if we had some way by which it could be done.

Here in Chicago, Ill., the second city of our nation, we could have representatives from the Poles, Bohemians, Hungarians, Italians, Slovaks, Roumanians, and others. What is needed is a man and his wife with the proper qualifications and experience to stand at the head of such a mission. Those who would come would be in need of a thorough course of instruction in the fundamental principles of the message. This instruction could be given in the English language, but adapted to the conditions of these foreigners. In this way these several foreign nationalities could all be instructed and directed by the same leader or teacher. A part of each day should be given to such Bible instruction.

Instruction should also be given in ways and methods of work, and each day these students should go out with our literature, each among those of his own nationality. This work should be carefully planned, and carried on in a systematic and orderly way.

This circulation of literature will in turn open the way for Bible talks and Bible readings to be held. Then the leader should go out with these workers and conduct the Bible reading, the worker translating for the teacher. Instruction should also be given as to how to arrange a Bible reading and how to present it. In this way, while the process of instruction is going on, the work of getting the truth before these nationalities would also be going on. This is the most practical way of training and developing workers in these various tongues.

In connection with this training mission, the following would be accomplished: First, a large amount of literature in a number of languages would be circulated, which is in itself an important factor; second, many persons would be visited at their homes, not only once or twice, but many times, as the same worker would go the round of his district repeatedly, but every time with new literature; third, their repeated visits would in some instances lead to Bible readings and also to cottage meetings, and so souls would accept the truth; fourth, all this time these helpers would be getting a most important training and experience, fitting them for efficiency under the direction of the head of the mission; and fifth, this training

would develop workers that could subsequently be sent to other places to work among their own nationalities.

It will be readily seen that this is not only the most practical and most efficient way of developing workers in these various tongues and nationalities, but also the most economical way; for by the sale of literature the workers would be largely self-supporting. It does seem to me that this plan of work and training must appeal to all interested in real missionary work among all nationalities.

We ought by right to have a number of such training missions in progress at important centers. But as we do not have them, I do earnestly plead that at least one such mission training-center be started this very autumn in some such place as Chicago or New York, where we have a multitude of foreigners from almost every nation under the sun. What say you, dear reader? If you favor it, pray that the way may be opened, and help to bring it about.

Chicago, Ill.

B. P. HOFFMAN

By B. P. HOFFMAN

Japan

B. P. HOFFMAN

ALMOST a year has passed since we joined the band of workers who are preparing the way of the Lord in the Far East. We are glad to be here. It has been a pleasant year to us, filled with blessings from God, and special help from his almighty hand in struggling with the difficulties of language study. The language school closed the last of June, and since then I have been at Tsuchiura most of the time, where we are holding a series of tent-meetings. Brethren Miyake and Maehata are doing the speaking, and while the attendance is fluctuating, and not so large at times as we should like it to be, we are thankful that a few come regularly and seem to be interested and to comprehend the truths presented. I am sorry my limited knowledge of the language does not enable me to take part in the speaking, but I have enjoyed helping the workers plan the different subjects to be presented. I am sure I shall return to the language school this fall with a greater determination to do my very best, because of having had a little experience in the work this summer, which has enabled me more clearly to comprehend the greatness of the work that lies before us.

Even while studying the language I have had a taste of the joy of teaching the truth to these people who know it not. For some little time I have been teaching a Bible class, which is composed of employees in the government offices and teachers in government schools. While it is true that the willingness on the part of the Japanese to study is usually prompted by a desire to learn English, still I believe in the promise that the word of the Lord shall not return unto him void.

One of these young men, who is employed in the educational department of the government, came to my home once a week during the winter, and we studied the most important points of our faith. He has expressed his belief in the truth, and also his desire to keep God's law and the true Sabbath. Accordingly he has written to the minister of education for permission to be absent from his office on Saturday, giving his reason for making such a request. My prayer is that God will strengthen his determination to obey the truth.

The Garhwal Mission, North India

By L. J. BURGESS

L. J. BURGESS

The results of school work among the heathen are not seen immediately, and cannot be counted by the number of converts baptized. The school work affects communities and districts, and the light from the school shines out for many miles around. Our boys come from villages five, ten, twenty, and forty miles distant. They stay at the school for a month and then return home for a supply of food. Whatever influence the school has had upon their lives is carried with them to their homes and must affect the other members of the family. Thus the lives of many are touched and helped to some extent, at least.

It often happens that when a boy in a mission school takes his stand for the gospel, especially if he is a high-caste boy, other parents become frightened and take their boys out of the school, lest they, too, be brought under the same influence. Thus for a time the school work comes to a standstill. After a while things quiet down again and the work picks up. Realizing what it means for one of these boys to take his stand publicly, the teacher moves cautiously. He sows the seed of truth and tries to make the boys Christians at heart and give them a foundation for an intelligent faith, then when the time comes that the Spirit of the Lord leads them to make an open profession they are prepared to stand.

Some boys come to the school and remain a year, and then are unable to continue. They leave the school, but the influence of what they have learned remains with them as a seed which will sometime bring forth fruit.

Typhoon at Macao, China

By E. H. WILBUR

E. H. WILBUR

ON Sunday, August 17, Macao was visited by the fiercest typhoon that has been seen here for several years. The storm came up just before the close of the Sabbath, and the wind blew some during the night. Soon after daylight Sunday morning it began blowing harder, and continued most of the day with great severity. Water and sand filled the air like snow in a Western blizzard. Waves from the sea crossed the road in front of our house, coming within a few inches of the floor.

Sand to a depth of about three feet was deposited in our front yard. The sea-wall was broken in several places, many large trees were pulled up by the roots, and others were broken off. As the worst of the storm occurred in the daytime, most of the smaller boats sought refuge, and only a few lives were lost here. In the country the loss of life was greater, many small houses collapsing in the storm.

Standing for Christ in the Orient

By H. Kuniya

H. KUNIYA

IN one of my recent reports I mentioned a young man who began canvassing in the vicinity of his home. One day his uncle wrote to him, inviting him to come to his house. He went, and the uncle asked him to work in his bank, promising to pay him fifteen dollars a month. This is a pretty good wage for a young man, but he did not accept the position. “I do not want money, neither do I want position, but eternal life,” was his reply when his uncle tried to convince him that money is the only thing to help one in this day.

The next morning, which was Sabbath, the boy’s mother came, bringing money with her, and tried to persuade him to leave us. She said: “Come home, or buy new clothes with this money and go to your uncle’s bank. Did he not say he would pay you fifteen dollars a month? Are you not happy, my son, to get such a position?” The boy listened to his mother, but said: “This is not the place to come to talk about such things. This is the Sabbath, and soon the service will begin.”

In about a week the boy’s brother-in-law took him to his home, and tried to persuade him to work in the bank. Failing in his purpose, he asked the boy why he refused to see his father, and urged him to go home. The young man said he would go home if his parents would allow him to follow his convictions in religious matters and believe in Jesus Christ, and would throw all the idols that were in the house into the fire and burn them, and attend the meetings with him every Sabbath. At this the brother-in-law and other members of his family became angry, but the boy was not at all frightened. He told them that the gods which the Japanese worship are all false gods, and that they have no power to save from sin. “I love Christ more than money,” he said. “He is the true, eternal God, but gods of wood and stone will perish.” The young man came back to us, and is doing well in selling our literature.

One of our sisters, who became discouraged about two months ago because her husband gave up the truth and began to oppose her, went back home with her family; but when she realized what it would mean to stay where idol-worship was carried on, and also other things which she does not believe in, she left home and came to the city, where she could attend our meetings. Many of our believers are being tested, to see if they are worthy of heaven. Pray for them, that they may be able to stand.

A New Remedy for Nervous Prostration

By Carl Theodore Wettstein

CARL THEODORE WETTSTEIN

We all know, especially those who have experienced it, that nervous prostration is a terrible disease, which it takes a long time to cure. The writer had some experience with it, and he knows what it means to the patient and the family. It is therefore natural that he should have read in newspapers everything referring to this malady. Among the many articles which he read are three stories from reliable sources, which he found so interesting that he cut them out and preserved them in a scrap-book. As many persons are interested in this subject, we, for their benefit, herewith republish them, by no means, however, thereby insinuating that the immediate call for a physician is not the first duty to perform.

Dr. von Lauer, physician to William I, German emperor, said to a lady in the sanitarium at Gastein:—

“You cannot sleep because your thoughts do not allow you to sleep. They buzz through your head like insects. Therefore, you must concentrate your thoughts so that they are full of peace and harmony. Your wild and excited temperament must be immersed into another air. Therefore, I will give you a good remedy. Before you go to bed, two hours before midnight, read a chapter in the New Testament, slowly and attentively; then pray the Lord’s Prayer, close your eyes, and you will be able to sleep. You see, here in the mountains, at midnight, people gather wholesome medicinal herbs and dig for roots, because then the sap goes down, and the roots are full of it. So man must gather, before bedtime, his vital powers in the roots of his existence, and those can be found only in the good God and the Holy Scriptures.”

The Public Ledger recently published the following story:—

Some years ago a lady, who tells the story herself, went to consult a famous physician about her health. She was a woman of nervous temperament, whose troubles—and she had many—had worried and excited her to such a pitch that the strain threatened her physical strength, and even her reason. She gave the doctor a list of her symptoms, and answered the questions, only to be astonished at this brief prescription at the end: “Madame, what you need is to read your Bible more.” “But, Doctor,” began the bewildered patient. “Go home and read your Bible an hour a day,” the great man reiterated, with kindly authority. “Then come back to me a month from today.” And he bowed her out without a possibility of further protest.

At first his patient was inclined to be angry. Then she reflected that, at least, the prescription was not an expensive one. Besides, it certainly had been a long time since she had read the Bible regularly, she reflected with a pang of conscience. Worldly cares had crowded out her prayer and Bible study for years, and though she would have resented being called an irreligious woman, she had undoubtedly become a most careless Christian. She went home and set herself conscientiously to try the physician’s remedy.

In one month she went back to his office.

“Well,” he said, smiling as he looked at her face, “I see you are an obedient patient, and have taken my prescription faithfully. Do you feel as if you needed any other medicine now?”

“No, Doctor, I don’t,” she said honestly. “I feel like a different person. But how did you know that this was just what I needed?”

For answer, the famous physician turned to his desk. There, worn and marked, lay an open Bible. “Madame,” he said, with deep earnestness, “if I were to omit my daily reading of this Book, I should lose my greatest source of strength and skill. I never go to an operation without reading my Bible. I never attend a distressing case without finding help in its pages. Your case called not for medicine, but for sources of peace and strength outside your own mind, and I showed you my own prescription. I knew it would cure.”

“Yet I confess, Doctor,” said his patient, “that I came very near not taking it.”

“Very few are willing to try it, I find,” said the physician, smiling again. “But there are many, many cases in my practise where, if tried, it would work wonders.”

This is a true story. The physician has died, but his prescription remains. It will do no one any harm to try it.

Dr. Lemme, professor in Heidelberg University, said:—

“Innumerable sicknesses would lose their nourishment if there were more resignation to the will of God, more willingness to commend ourselves at all times to his care, and more cheerfulness to expect help and protection from him. I have experienced this. When, in my sickness, I did not know where I could find help, when I saw all supports breaking away, I prayed: ‘Lord, O God, not my will, but thine be done. If thou needest me yet here in thy service, so be it; and if thou callest me hence, I will come and commit all that is dear to my heart into thy hands.’ And, wonderful to say, from that hour I grew better, and I was soon able to take up my duties again. From this experience I have learned that if there were more faith in the world, there would be more health and less sickness. Many sufferings are nourished by our faint-heartedness, our lack of faith, our worries, and our dependence upon worldly things.”

This remedy is very cheap, and, certainly, it cannot do any harm to try it. Memorize a few verses from the twenty-third and one hundred and third psalms, the sermon on the mount, and that most beautiful chapter in the first letter of Paul to the Corinthians: “If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am become sounding brass, or a clanging cymbal,” etc. Rest assured, they will be a comfort to you in sleepless nights.—The Lutheran.

FREDERICK M. ROSSITER, M. D

By Frederick M. Rossiter, M. D.

The Gospel of Health—No. 5

FREDERICK M. ROSSITER, M. D

“For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.” Rom. 1:16. We are living in the days foretold by John when he said: “And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people.” Rev. 14:6.

All through the ages the gospel has been only partly preached, and to a large extent this is true today. An important part of the message of “joyful news” or the message of “glad tidings” has been neglected. But we are now fully in the time when the full and complete gospel must be given to them that dwell on the earth.

The text quoted says that the gospel is the power of God unto salvation. It may be of interest in this connection to consider the meaning of the word salvation. Salvation comes from the word salvare which means to save or to preserve; and the root word gives us the meaning or sense of saving, to restore to soundness, to mend, to cure. For instance, Salvia, a plant, is reputed to possess healing qualities. So the gospel is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth, not only to heal from sin and perfect a cure and to furnish a remedy to keep one cured, but it is also the power of God to heal our bodies and to show us how to stay cured.

This thought is expressed by the psalmist in the second verse of the sixty-seventh psalm: “That thy way may be known upon earth, thy saving health among all nations.” The same thought is found in Luke 2:30, when Simeon

says, “For mine eyes have seen thy salvation.” Again, the same thought and meaning are found in Titus 2:11, “For the grace of God that bringeth salvation [or soundness] hath appeared to all men.” Another translation reads like this, “For the grace of God has displayed itself with healing power to all mankind.”

So we see that the gospel is a message of healing power to man both for sin and disease. When Adam sinned, he not only received a carnal mind which was henceforth to act as the agent of Satan, but he received a corruptible body subject to disease and death. The purpose of the gospel is to restore man to his original condition, spiritually, mentally, and physically. Health and true religion cannot be divorced. They are inseparable, still it is a fact that the majority of churchgoers today do not care to apply their religion to the uses they wish to make of their bodies, or to the matter of health. Religion, they say, is for the soul, but the body—they want to run that to suit themselves.

There is no fast and distinct line between what we call the spiritual and the physical. They are interdependent and intermingle, one influences the other in a marked degree. So the gospel is for the whole man, to heal, cure, and save him, soul and body. This idea is expressed in Ps. 103:3: “Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases,” and this is just as true today as it was in the beginning, hence in the giving of the full gospel, health principles assume an important place.

A study of the four gospels clearly gives us the idea that Christ spent most of his time in healing the sick. Most of the miracles of Christ had to do with the sick and afflicted. When he sent out the seventy, he commissioned them to heal the sick first, and next to preach that the gospel of the kingdom of God had come nigh unto them. The physical health was to be first cared for in order to prepare the mind for the reception of the truth. The twelve apostles were commissioned to heal the sick as well as to preach the gospel. Christ spent more time and labor in healing the sick than in preaching. He was a great stream of health flowing through the world. Sickness could not exist in his presence any more than sin could. Christ and the disciples worked on the principle that when the afflicted body had been relieved, then they could pour in the heavenly balm.

I believe that there is a corresponding relation between real health and holiness as truly as there is between sickness and sin. It requires the same power to heal from sickness as it does to forgive our iniquities. See Mark 2:3-11. So we see that the healing taking place in our bodies is a continual pledge that God is able to forgive us our sins ought to be able to heal from sickness all who come to them. And those who claim to be able by their own power to heal diseases have just as much right to claim that they can forgive sins also. There are Antichrists in the medical world as well as in spiritual affairs. Some of the greatest deceptions of the present day are practised along lines of healing diseases, and thousands are being deceived, thinking that they are receiving new light.

There was a time in the economy of God when the priest represented God in presiding over the health of the spiritual life and of the body. Today we are far from this. The ministers have neglected to minister to the infirmities of the body, and the physicians have neglected to minister to the sin-sick. In the providence of God I believe that under the threefold message of the gospel these two are to blend and work together, and the full gospel of salvation is to be given and is being given. However, I do not believe that we have done our full duty in making prominent the health principles as a necessary factor to daily Christian growth.

Many people think that when they have discarded meat, tea, and coffee they are living health reform. As a matter of fact, this is a very small part of what it means to live for health and holiness. In Rom. 14:17 we read: “For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.”

So the gospel of health is not all meat and drink, but it is righteousness, or right-doing in all things that pertain to the health. When the people have the peace of God and stop all the worries and fears, and fret not themselves over troubles real or imaginary,—mostly the latter,—and have real joy in the Holy Spirit in obeying all the laws of health, more will have better health than they ever had before, and there will be fewer who have leanness of soul.

In this connection let us read Deut. 28:47, 48. Moses in rehearsing before the people God’s dealings with them during the forty years, said: “Because thou servedst not the Lord thy God with joyfulness, and with gladness of heart, for the abundance of all things; therefore shalt thou serve thine enemies which the Lord shall send against thee, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in want of all things.” Serving the Lord in joyfulness has more to do with promoting health than whether we eat or do not eat certain things.

A large number of people have a passive knowledge of healthful living, but it is not transformed into action. God calls for action and we must study this question in the light of his Word, and intelligently take our stand upon it.

Health is not a chance nor an accident. It is the result of obedience.

Avoiding Sunstroke.

The New York Board of Health published the following hot-weather advice to New Yorkers:—

How to Avoid Sunstroke or Heat Prostration

Don’t drink liquor, or ice-water, or any ice-cold beverages. Eat lightly of plain, easily digested food,—fish, fruits, and vegetables, cereals, clean milk and buttermilk. Avoid fats and sweets. Use meat only once a day. Wear light-colored, thin clothing and well-ventilated hats. Bathe frequently.

Wet the hair often. Avoid long exposure to the sun. Sleep in well-ventilated rooms. Don’t get exhausted or overexcited. Don’t worry. Don’t lose sleep. Take no medicine except on a doctor’s advice.

How to Treat Sunstroke

Drop the patient in a sitting posture in the shade, loosen the collar and clothing, pour cold water over the head and face and rub the body with ice. Give cool drinks of water, but no alcoholic stimulant.

If there is merely heat exhaustion, lay the patient down in the shade, loosen the clothing, rub hands and feet and apply warm water and cloths. Give hot, non-alcoholic drinks.

The Distribution of Trained Physicians

ONE ninth of the population of the earth has 156,000 physicians. Eight ninths of the population have but 700 physicians. Think what this means. In the United States and Great Britain there is one doctor to every 625 of the inhabitants. In non-Christian lands there is but one trained doctor to treat the diseases of one and one-half million people. If one can conceive of New York City with but three doctors, or of Chicago with but two, a clearer conception may be formed of conditions as they exist in the Orient. Consider the following figures:—

Africa has 135,000,000 inhabitants and 75 medical missionaries.

India has 300,000,000 inhabitants and 200 medical missionaries.

China has 350,000,000 inhabitants and 241 medical missionaries.

Japan has 42,000,000 inhabitants and 15 medical missionaries.

Turkey has 22,000,000 inhabitants and 38 medical missionaries.

Persia has 9,000,000 inhabitants and 11 medical missionaries.

Burma has 7,500,000 inhabitants and 9 medical missionaries.

India alone contains 66,300 lunatics, 153,000 deaf and dumb, 354,000 blind, and 400,000 lepers.—Missions.

Be Kind and Courteous to All

“Be kind and courteous to all, even to those who take no pains to be civil to you. Heed the advice of the father to his boy: ‘Be polite to those who are not so to you, for remember, my son, you are courteous to others not because they are gentlemen, but because you are one.’”

Sin and Divine Love

“THERE is no sin so small that it does not pain the heart of divine love; no sin so great that divine love cannot blot it out.”

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