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Review and Herald, Vol. 85, No. 6.

God Gives the Victory
Earlier text: Progress in the Australasian Union

Current Mention

— An explosion in a small mine near Hawks Nest, W. Va., January 30, caused the death of nine miners.
— On January 27 the North Carolina House of Representatives passed the Senate bill for a State election on prohibition, to be held the last Thursday in April.
— Six persons were killed and four fatally injured in a cyclone which laid waste a strip of farming country about a mile wide and several miles long, near Wesson, Miss., January 31.
— The Transvaal government has been forced to modify its severity against Asiatics, and will attempt to devise a less objectionable registration plan. Meanwhile all prosecutions for violations of the present law will be dropped.
— The Supreme Court of the United States handed down a decision January 27 which declared unconstitutional one section of an act of Congress providing for the arbitration of disputes between common carriers and their operatives. This section prohibited interstate railroads from discharging an employee on the ground that he was a member of a labor organization. The court decreed that Congress has no more right to prohibitinterstate carriers from discharging men because they are members of labor organizations than it has to require them to employ only members of labor organizations or only those who are not members.
— Efforts are being made all over the country to band together those directly and indirectly interested in the brewery trade to fight prohibition, which is said to be making serious inroads on the business of the brewers as well as of the corporations and firms dealing in brewers' supplies.
— The Haytian government is making efforts to capture the leaders of the recent revolt. They are said to be seeking asylum in the American consulates so as to be safe from arrest prior to embarkation; but the State Department has given instructions that they are not to be allowed to remain in the consulates.
— Dom Carlos, king of Portugal, and Luis Filippe, the crown prince, were assassinated February 1, as the royal family was being driven in an open carriage through the streets of Lisbon. The other son of the king, Prince Manuel, was also slightly wounded, while the queen escaped unhurt. The strong police guard which, on account of the many recently discovered plots against the government, attended the royal carriage, immediately attacked the assassins, killing three, and capturing a fourth, who later committed suicide in his cell. Prince Manuel, now nineteen years of age, will rule with his mother, Queen Amelie, as regent, during his minority.
— Because the special session of the Argentine Congress refused to deal with the matters for which it was assembled, and omitted to sanction the annual budget, thus rendering the government powerless, President Alcorta issued a decree dissolving the congress. The opposition senators and deputies threatened to meet despite the presidential decree, but special police occupy the building to prevent such meeting, and it has not been attempted. All is tranquil now, and the opinion prevails that nothing more will be done until the time of the regular session of congress in May. If the March elections do not give the president a safe majority, he will probably resign.
— Viscount Hayashi, Japanese minister of foreign affairs, has made a statement of his policy with reference to emigration which is said to be entirely satisfactory to the United States if faithfully carried out. “The government of Japan is determined to investigate the personal standing of those who go to America as students, requiring two sureties before they leave. The government realizes that the emigration of laborers pretending to be students is liable to be embarrassing to America, and therefore we are determined to prevent the emigration of laborers. . . . The minister of foreign affairs will not hesitate to entirely prohibit Japanese emigration to Hawaii, if necessary. The foreign office intends to prohibit emigration to Mexico. Those who send emigrants to Mexico will be regarded as assisting emigrants to enter the United States through the frontier, and therefore they will be treated as lawbreakers.”

Medical Missionary Department

Conducted by the Medical Department of the General Conference
W. A. GEORGE, M. D., - - - Chairman
W. A. RUBLE, M. D., - - - Secretary

Importance of the Religious Liberty Work

WRITING to the local conference papers in the Northern Union Conference of the importance of the religious liberty work, Elder R. A. Underwood says:—
“There never was a time when the misguided zealous workers for religious legislation were more active than at the present. These people associate the Sunday-enforcement movement with many good and noble objects, such as the temperance movement, better and more universal marriage laws calculated to lessen divorce cases, and other commendable objects with which we could all heartily unite. But they use these commendable reform measures merely to assist them in promoting religious legislation.”
“Our people all over the country should be wide-awake to this phase of gospel work. Minneapolis, St. Paul, and many of our towns and cities in the Northern Union Conference are being agitated continually over this matter. Ministerial associations and confederations are formed, and sermons are preached upon civic righteousness. All these movements have as one of their objects the gaining of legislation enforcing Sunday observance. Recently a leading minister in Minneapolis, in a sermon upon civic righteousness, strongly advocated the enactment and enforcement of the blue-laws.
“Each of our churches should plan to supply local judges, members of the State legislature, leading attorneys, and others, with copies of Liberty. A lively campaign upon this subject in securing subscriptions and otherwise circulating religious liberty literature should be heartily supported by all our brethren.”
As an indication of the necessity of enlightening the general public regarding our reason for opposing religious legislation, we quote this item from the Washington Post of January 31:—
“The Seventh-day Adventists took their first step in the fight against Sunday-closing laws for the District yesterday, when they sent to Chairman Smith, of the House District Committee, a memorial, asking that Congress should not enact religious legislation of any kind.
“The memorial mentions five bills, three of which have been introduced in the House and two in the Senate this session, which, it declares, are opposed to the constitutional rights of the people for free worship. These bills are aimed at groceries and other shops which keep open on Sunday. Since Saturday is the day of rest and of worship for the Adventists, they say that to close shops to them on Sunday is nothing more nor less than religious persecution.”
A more complete perversion of our principles and purposes would be difficult to imagine.

Sunday and Liberty

Mr. H. F. Staple, editor and publisher of the Atchison County Mail, a member of the last Missouri Legislature, has given vigorous expression to his views on the recent agitation for the closing of theaters and the like in Kansas City, Mo., on Sunday. In a letter to Hon. Colin M. Selph, of St. Louis, declining an invitation to attend the annual holiday entertainment of the Democratic club of that city (printed in the Kansas City, Mo., Workers' Record of Jan. 1, 1908), he says:—
“One thing I have on my mind, and which I have wished to express myself upon, is this: Why should so well learned and good a man as our Democratic judge at Kansas City forbid the people to go out to baseball games or theaters on Sunday afternoons, or to go to parks or to other sports; or keep druggists from disposing of cigars, ice-cream, etc., on Sunday? Is there any law in this State forbidding these small privileges and enjoyments to our people? If so, why did the would-be reformers have a bill introduced in the last legislature of this State asking for the abolishment of Sunday theaters or sports of any kind?”
“I had the honor of being upon the committee of criminal jurisprudence, and when that bill came before us (in the last Missouri Legislature), I made a motion that the committee recommend that the bill do not pass, and the motion was seconded by a good man from your city. The committee almost unanimously turned down the bill, and it suffered the same fate in the House, regardless of policies or politics.
“I hold that the freedom of the individual is limited only by the like freedom of other individuals, and is sacred; and that the legislature can not equitably put further restrictions upon it, either by forbidding any action which the law of equal freedom permits, or by taking away any property save that required to pay the cost of enforcing the law itself. I assert that the sole function of the state is the protection of persons against one another and against a foreign foe. That, as throughout civilization, the manifest tendency has been to continually extend the liberties of the subject and restrict the functions of the state, there is reason to believe that the ultimate political condition must be one in which personal freedom is the greatest possible and the governmental power the least possible; that, namely, in which the freedom of each has no limit, but the like freedom of all; while the sole governmental duty is the maintenance of this limit.
“If a law should be passed preventing people from enjoying themselves at innocent amusements on Sundays, so long as they did not interfere with the rights of others, we would not only be violating the Declaration of Independence and the constitution of the State of Missouri, but that of the United States as well. The framers of these instruments, the greatest human documents ever written, guaranteed to the people the greatest liberty consistent with public order, and it was their intention that all our people should have a greater portion of liberty and freedom in the United States than anywhere else on the face of the earth.”

Christian Liberty

Reports, Notes, and Comments Pertaining to the Current History of the Rights of Conscience
Conducted by the Religious Liberty Bureau
K. C. RUSSELL, - - - - Chairman W. A. COLOGAN, - - - - Secretary

This department will appear in the first issue of each month of the REVIEW AND HERALD

By FREDERICK GRIGGS; C. C. LEWIS

It will be devoted to the consideration of Christian education in the denomination, involving the work of primary, intermediate, and advanced schools. The principles of education in a broad sense will be discussed in their application to the methods employed in the different grades of these schools. Reports of the work done in all parts of the world will be published. The preparation of workers to carry the gospel to all lands and the immediate finishing of the third angel's message will be kept prominently before the schools as the leading aim in Christian education.
This department is conducted by the Department of Education of the General Conference.
FREDERICK GRIGGS, Chairman,
C. C. LEWIS, Secretary.

The Signs of the Times

The inspired inquiry of our Master, “Can ye not discern the signs of the times?” should come home to teachers with great force. We may instruct our pupils never so well in all branches of common study, but if we fail to teach them to read the signs of the times, we have come short in our work, and short of our privileges as teachers. On every hand, evidences of the soon coming of our Master are multiplying most rapidly. Every daily newspaper proclaims the fulfilment of prophecy. The most stirring events are taking place, in nations, in nature, in all grades of society. Everywhere men are uniting, and are laying plans and shaping events in a manner to fulfil most strikingly those scriptures which describe the last days.
Our schools are established for no other purpose than to point out the trend of events, and to prepare the children and young to meet the calamities which are coming upon the earth.
Lawlessness is rife. Disobedience is increasing. Children should be taught that they, by living in contrast to this spirit of lawlessness, are to be signs in themselves of the soon-coming Saviour. So in every way should we as teachers hold before the young, growing minds the vast importance of the hour in which we live, that we may prepare them to stand in the awful events so soon to occur.

Manual Training

THERE are two kinds of education given to the students — theoretical and practical. It is sometimes a little difficult to tell what is practical, and what is theoretical. Each has its proper place in the education of the young; but plainly that which can be employed in the daily life of the student in a practical way is most useful. Inspiration has clearly pointed out the value of manual training as an element in education. Psychologists teach that the training of the body to skilfully perform work develops brain centers as actually as does the teaching of geometry. If this be true, and it undoubtedly is, sensible educators should appreciate the value of manual training most highly. It is a fact that in the practical duties of life we make very little use of most of the higher branches of study. We do, however, make great use of the power which we have gained through pursuing these studies. Now, it would appear to be but reasonable to conclude that an education which develops the ability to execute, and at the same time affords instruction which can be used continually in the daily life of the student, is the most valuable.
Teachers should seek to impart that education which develops executive ability — the power to do. They should seek to develop powers of accuracy. Mathematics, language, higher sciences, are taught largely for the purpose of developing these elements of character. While we do not ignore the value of these studies in attaining these ends, we do most strongly emphasize the value of manual training as a means of reaching the same ends and giving at the same time that which is useful and practical. We most strongly emphasize it because it seems to be so little appreciated. There is no question but that there is room for improvement on the part of the vast majority of teachers in this direction.

The Need of Educated Workers

We live in an age of great intellectual light. The last fifty years have seen great changes in the matter of education. Where fifty years ago comparatively little was said about the question of education and the methods of educating children and youth, much is now said. To-day, in nearly all civilized lands parents are compelled by law to send their children to school a certain portion of each year. Where in this country there were but comparatively few institutions of higher learning, now there are strong universities in every State in the Union, so that a course in higher education is open to all the youth of this land at practically no cost for school expenses. As a consequence, we must present this message in such a manner as to appeal to keen, intelligent minds. To do this, we must have well-educated, thoroughly trained workers.
A man with a trained mind can always accomplish more in the work of the Lord than one with an undisciplined mind, giving to each the same measure of faith. The Lord looks with pleasure upon a man who values a strong, disciplined mind. This is witnessed by his approbation of the choice of Solomon in asking him for wisdom. He not only gave him his choice, but, because he made such a choice, he gave him wealth and honor.
Those who are inclined to undervalue a good education as a fitting — a necessary preparation — for successful gospel work, fail to learn the lesson taught by the most prominent Bible characters. Moses was a very learned man. After he was forty years of age, and considered himself fitted for his chosen work of delivering the people of God from their bondage, the Lord took forty more years in which to instruct him in his ways. The instruction which Daniel received made him ten times better than his fellows, and fitted him to stand at the head — next to the king — of the greatest kingdom which the world has ever seen. Isaiah, Ezekiel, and indeed all the prophets, give evidence of the possession of keen, trained minds.
Christ, the greatest of missionaries, when he was only twelve years of age had wisdom enough to confound the wise men of his time. Yet for eighteen long years thereafter he continued to grow in wisdom and in favor with God and man. He took thirty years in which to prepare for three and one-half years' work. The value of his preparation is shown by the marvelous teaching which he gave to his disciples, and to all. His disciples, under his instruction, acquired a most wonderful keenness and penetration of mind, which enabled them in turn powerfully to instruct the world.
The apostle Paul, though he had sat at the feet of Gamaliel, the wise Jewish teacher, took three more years in study to prepare himself properly to do his work for the Lord. The value of this preparation is shown by his wonderfully strong epistles, and by his marvelous management of the work of the Lord in all the earth. What was true of Paul was true of his fellow workers. They were all men whose intellectuality was such that, consecrated to God, they were enabled to present the truth in a most convincing manner.
Coming to the time of the great Reformation, God chose men whose learning was such as to enable them to present the truth of salvation by faith in such a clear, logical manner, and to defend their teachings by such forceful and able arguments, as to convince the minds, and, under the Holy Spirit, convert the hearts, of those who were honest. Luther, Melanchthon, Wycliffe, Zwingle, Jerome, Calvin, the Wesleys, and many others were all men of keen, trained minds. Many of these had been students in advanced schools of learning. The work of Carey, Mackay, Livingstone, the Judsons, and hosts of others, speaks, in the loudest words possible, of the importance of education and training in missionary work.
It ought not to be necessary for the need of educated workers to be urged upon our people. Through the spirit of prophecy the Lord has been calling for years for the establishment of schools, and for our young people to avail themselves of their benefits. Now, however, the work seems to be taking on a phase that calls in an unusually loud voice for educated workers. This message is now going into the heathen lands with an astonishing rapidity. The millions of China, of India, and of Africa must have it given to them. The languages and customs of these strange peoples must be mastered by those who go to these lands. Only trained minds can readily do this work.
From every point of view, then, there is need for this people thoroughly to educate their youth for God's service.
In civilized lands we meet with keen minds, whose attention can not be arrested except by a proper presentation of the truth. In heathen lands we not only have many keen and highly educated classes to meet, but we have strange and difficult languages to master. God calls for our best, and shall we render him less? Shall we be content with endeavoring to do the work of the harvest with dull sickles?—No, indeed. Let us rather unite to present to him each year as our schools close a large company of trained men and women for his service, for his service is the best of all labor.

The Importance of Repetition

REPETITION is a vital principle of success in learning. The number of repetitions necessary to form a mental or physical habit depends very much upon the degree of interest which the learner has in the thing being studied. When the interest is at white heat, the new is quickly and easily welded into the old. But reviews are, however, indispensable. The proper review is that which leads the learner to a new point of view, and to new interests.

The Importance of Early Training

As a twig is easily bent, so is a child easily inclined to right or wrong. Parents and teachers can not too often consider the importance of early training. If the child is surrounded with that which is pure and helpful, if the spirit of the home is always that of kindness and love, it is impossible but that there be laid those foundations of character which are strong and desirable. In the education of the child, every hour of his early life is fraught with grave possibilities. If he is trained aright, he will not depart from right paths when he is old.

The Educational Missionary Movement

By Ida Fischer Carnahan

Thoughts for Our Youth

True Education

MAN, the highest and noblest of all the created works of God, stands before us as a subject worthy of the highest and truest education. True education, in the broadest sense, does not consist alone in a system which educates only a few of our God-given faculties, but it reaches out and prepares a person to fill the position for which his Maker created him. Had he proved true to his God-given trust, this world would now have been filled with the highest and noblest of creatures; but as a result of man's fall, we see him living far below his privilege. God is seeking to bring him back to his lost position.
We are living in a time when there is such a confusion of voices crying, “This way and that way,” that unless we understand fully our position, we shall be led in paths that will bring ruin to us. What parent does not look anxiously forward to the time when his children will hold responsible positions in the world? How carefully many plan for their children's education, denying themselves the necessaries of life in order to place their boys and girls in some school or college that will give them the best advantages. How father and mother counsel together over this or that college or seminary; how carefully they follow the youth year after year in their class work, and as the time draws near when they leave the dear old college walls, a thrill of satisfaction enters the heart of father and mother.
O, how few stop to consider if those years of study have developed those traits of character that will prove a blessing to the people with whom the students come in contact! Is it possible that pride, greed, avarice, malice, and selfishness reign within the heart of any of those who have been seeking what is termed true education? That which fails to educate and train our faculties and prevents us from giving to the world our best and noblest thoughts, can not be termed true education.
Created in his likeness, God designed that, as the years passed by, man should reflect the glory of his Creator. For this purpose he was created. Face to face with God and in daily communion with holy angels, why should he not reach the height of education? As one writer has said: “All of his faculties were capable of development; their capacity and vigor were continually to increase; vast was the scope offered for their exercise, glorious the field opened for their research. God planned that man should search out the mysteries of the visible universe, his wonderful works. This was to be the educational work of man, but man himself has marred the work, and, for a time, turned aside God's plans concerning the universe and true education; nevertheless God's purpose is the same, and to-day he is holding out to man a way, a system of education, that will prepare him to stand before kings, and to hold a higher position than the world can give. He holds out to us this offer that will bring all our faculties into harmony with his law; that will teach us perfect confidence andtrust in him as our Saviour; that will give us the patience of Job, the boldness and integrity of Daniel, the meekness of Moses, the purity of soul which Joseph possessed, and the love and charity which John the Beloved had, although imprisoned on the Isle of Patmos. Do you need this education? Do you need these traits of character in your daily life? When the work goes hard, what a comfort to rest awhile under the protection of him who is training and teaching us the principles of true education and true missionary endeavor.”
IDA FISCHER CARNAHAN.

The Financial Future of Our Schools

Our Saviour said that just prior to his coming there would be a time of such trouble and distress in the earth such as has never been since there was a nation. From the Scriptures it is but reasonable to suppose that one cause of this distress will be financial difficulty. It is incumbent upon our people to prepare in every way possible so that the work of the Lord may not be hindered by these financial difficulties.
One of the greatest items in this preparation is that of having our institutions free from debt. Some of our institutions which have been somewhat in debt have been enabled by borrowing from others, to carry on their work when calls have been made for the money which they owed; but in times of financial distress it is almost impossible to borrow, and it is always necessary to pay. As a consequence a school carrying a debt is greatly hindered in its work, as it is obliged to take from its treasury money which is necessary to meet running expenses. Our schools fill a most important position in the work of the Lord. They should not be hindered in any phase of their operations. In these days of prosperity we should make great efforts to relieve our schools from all indebtedness resting upon them, so that when the day of trouble and adversity comes, they may be free to carry on their God-appointed work.

Patience

PATIENCE is a grace of character which is to be especially manifested in the people of God in these last days. In the world at large, self-control will be rare. In our schools there are abundant opportunities for this precious gift to be taught. Teachers and pupils need to exercise it in all matters. By exercise it will become strong. Line upon line, precept upon precept, here a little, and there a little, being strong and courageous in every good work,—these are the inspired rules of action which lead to the development of this beautiful element of character.

A Missionary Education

By Ellen G. White

In the work of soul saving, the Lord calls together laborers who have different plans and ideas and various methods of labor. But with this diversity of minds, there is to be revealed a unity of purpose. Oftentimes in the past the work which the Lord designed should prosper has been hindered because men have tried to place a yoke upon their fellow workers who did not follow the methods which they regarded as the best.
No exact pattern can be given for the establishment of schools in new fields. The climate, the surroundings, the condition of the country, and the means at hand with which to work, must all bear a part in shaping the work. The blessings of an all-round education will bring success in Christian missionary work. Through its means souls will be converted to the truth.
“Ye are the light of the world,” Christ declares. “Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.” God's work in the earth in these last days is to reflect the light that Christ brought into the world. This light is to dissipate the gross darkness of ages. Men and women in heathen darkness are to be reached by those who at one time were in a similar condition of ignorance, but who have received the knowledge of the truth of God's Word. These heathen nations will accept eagerly the efforts made to instruct them in a knowledge of God.
Very precious to God is his work in the earth. Christ and heavenly angels are watching it every moment. As we draw near to the coming of Christ, more and still more of missionary work will engage our efforts. The message of the renewing power of God's grace will belt the world. Those that will be sealed will be from every nation and kindred and tongue and people. From every country will be gathered men and women who will stand before the throne of God and before the Lamb in worship, crying, “Salvation to our God which sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb.” But before this work can be accomplished, we must experience right here in our own country the work of the Holy Spirit upon our hearts.
God has revealed to me that we are in positive danger of bringing into our educational work the customs and fashions that prevail in the schools of the world. If the teachers are not guarded in their work, they will place on the necks of their students worldly yokes instead of the yoke of Christ. The plan of the schools we shall establish in these closing days of the work is to be of an entirely different order from those we have instituted in the past.
For this reason, God bids us establish schools away from the cities, where without let or hindrance, we can carry on the work of education upon plans that are in harmony with the solemn message that is committed to us for the world. Such an education as this can best be worked out where there is land to cultivate, and where the physical exercise taken by the students can be of such a nature as to act a valuable part in their character building, and to fit them for usefulness in the fields to which they will go.
God will bless the work of those schools that are conducted according to his design. When we were laboring to establish the educational work in Australia, the Lord revealed to us that this school must not pattern after any schools that had been established in the past. This was to be a sample school. The school was organized on the plans that God had given us, and he has prospered its work.
I have been shown that in our educational work we are not to follow the methods that have been adopted in our older established schools. There is among us too much clinging to old customs, and because of this we are far behind where we should be in the development of the third angel's message. Because men could not comprehend the purpose of God in the plans laid before us for the education of the workers, methods have been followed in some of our schools which have retarded rather than advanced the work of God. Years have passed into eternity with small results that might have shown the accomplishment of a great and sacred work. If the Lord's will had been done by the workers in earth as the angels do it in heaven, much that now remains to be done, would be already accomplished, and noble results would be seen to follow our missionary efforts.
The usefulness learned on the school farm is the very education that is most essential for those who go out as missionaries to many foreign fields. If this training is given with the glory of God in view, great results will be seen. No work will be more effectual than that done by those who, having obtained an education in practical life, go forth to mission fields with the message of truth, prepared to instruct as they have been instructed. The knowledge they have obtained in the tilling of the soil, in the erection of buildings, and in other lines of manual work, and which they carry with them to their field of labor, will make them a blessing even in heathen lands.
Before we can carry the message of present truth in all its fulness to other countries we must first break every yoke. We must come into the line of true education, walking in the wisdom of God, and not in the wisdom of the world. God calls for messengers who will be true reformers. We must educate, educate, to prepare a people who will understand the message, and then give the message to the world.
MRS. E. G. WHITE.

Experiences in Teaching in China

By Percival J. Laird

CIVIL officials in China were chosen from among men holding literary degrees. A qualification for these much-coveted honors, until recent years, was a thorough knowledge of the writings of Confucius and Mencius, two of China's greatest sages, who urged men to become virtuous. But lacking the power, which the gospel of Jesus Christ alone can give, Chinese officials often come far short of that most excellent quality. So great has been the influence of Confucius' writings on the Chinese mind, that it has resulted in the foundation of a system of ethics now hoary with age. No less than five Confucian temples can be pointed out in this large city.
To these men the entrance of foreigners meant not only a blow for their prestige, but it endangered their long-cherished ideas of religion. It was from the ranks of these men that money was subscribed, five thousand dollars, for an eighty-thousand edition of an anti-Christian tract.
Thus Hunan was the last to open her doors to resident foreign missionaries. And then, let it be remembered, Changsha still forbade foreign workers to stay ashore overnight. At length the blood of British martyrs, Brethren Bruce and Lewis, was shed, and then Great Britain demanded that Chang-sha, in Hunan, be opened as a treaty port.
After this, wherever the missionary went, he was followed by a guard of soldiers, which gave an entirely wrong impression of Christianity. One Chinese “evangelist” in particular used his connection with the foreign missionary to assist men to evade the Chinese laws and the demands of Chinese officials. So-called “gospel halls” sprang up on all sides, like a harvest of rice. The heathen subscribed large sums of money in the aggregate to purchase buildings for this alleged purpose. The writer was instrumental in closing some of these places of ill fame. But the evil they did will long persist.
Such is the outlook which Chang-sha presents to the school-teacher. No two persons will ever look at the same situation alike, or meet it in the same way, yet each may be essentially right. Personally, although an evangelist, I fail to see why any one branch of the work should be judged the most important. The teacher has a most important place in evangelistic work in China, as I hope to show in my next article.
PERCIVAL J. LAIRD.
(To be concluded)

For Such a Time as This

“FROM every quarter of this world of ours, comes the cry of sin-stricken hearts for a knowledge of the God of love. Millions upon millions have never so much as heard of God or of his love revealed in Christ. It is their right to receive this knowledge. They have an equal claim with us in the Saviour’s mercy. And it rests with us who have received the knowledge, with our children to whom we may impart it, to answer their cry. To every household and every school, to every parent, teacher, and child upon whom has shone the light of the gospel, comes at this crisis the question put to Esther the queen at that momentous crisis in Israel’s history, ‘Who knoweth whether thou art come to the kingdom for such a time as this?’ ”

All the Resources of Heaven

“ALL the resources of heaven are at the command of those who are seeking to save the lost. Angels will help you to reach the most careless and the most hardened.”
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