PARENTS or others desiring to furnish young friends with real inspiration for the coming year should provide them with "The Advance Guard of Missions." This is one of the best books ever written for young people. Going back from one hundred to three hundred years, it gives the most interesting and helpful incidents in connection with the work of the men and women who pioneered in carrying the gospel of Christ to far-away lands and peoples. It tells, for example, of Whitman, who carried "the book of heaven" across the Rocky Mountains to the Indian tribes in Washington; of the Mayhews, whose missionary efforts began at Martha's Vineyard, and extended over a period of more than 160 years; and of Ziegenbalg, who when only a young man went to India, learned the Tamil language, and ten months later "the first ripe fruits from the little vine were gathered when five native slaves were converted," and "within four months more nine adult Hindus were added to the infant church."
This book touches the work of the Wesleys, beginning with the teaching of the children in the home, and covering the principal points in the great work accomplished by the family. It tells of William Carey, who in response to the statement by a member of a missionary committee, "There is a gold mine in India, but it seems as deep as the center of the earth; who will venture to explore it?" replied, "I will venture to go down." And he did.
The lives and work of more than fifty God-fearing men and women, many of whom gave themselves to God in their youth, are presented in this book.
More than 340 pages; well printed, and durably bound in red cloth. Price, post-paid, $1.00; 10 per cent higher in Canada.
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