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MAKE THE MOST OF YOURSELVES.

SHAKE off your listless, shuffling ways, boys; gather up your God-implanted energies; and set about making all there is to be made of yourselves. Now is your springtime—your budding, growing, improving time; make the most of it, and fill each day to the very brim with sturdy activity and manly action. Throw back your shoulders; straighten up; look with a keen, straight glance out upon the great work-field of the world, and see what it can teach you. It is full of experiences, and object lessons,

INDIA STILL IN NEED.

By C. B. Ward

By Rev. C. B. Ward, Bombay Methodist Episcopal Conference.]

A MARVELOUS change in the conditions of things has taken place in almost every part of India. There are some conservative missions that gather in yearly but few, and see not much in prospect. But the missionary movement in all India is faced with multitudes, who have broken with their old faiths and now beg admission to the Christian fold. The Methodists alone report 100,000 inquirers at the present time, asking to be enrolled as Christians. Formerly the mission sought inquirers; now inquirers seek the mission with an importunity it is difficult to put off.

Divine blessing in the distribution of the work of God in the languages of the people, the steady increase in the evangelistic forces in the field, the spread of education, coupled with the severe judgment God has suffered to come upon India in the last few years, have combined to shake the grip of old faiths, and, beyond question, Christianity has come to the front as the hope of the world. In the trying ordeals of famine and plague in the empire, Christianity has come tremendously forward in heroic service and magnificent philanthropy. When plague comes the Christian grapples with the monster, and, by sanitation and faith, wins and lives. The Hindu and Mohammedan flees from home, or stoically sits down to be carried off to the graveyard.

There has been the progress of a generation in the last ten years. It is impossible for one not on the scene of action to fully appreciate it. With all the marvelous development of missionary and government educational enterprises, still the Christian missions have essentially illiterate matters to deal with. In spite of all that has been done to reach the higher classes and castes of India, by way of the reading-book and college, the multitudes at present around the doorway of missions in India are from the utterly illiterate masses. Christian schools, especially those of the more expensive grade, are well filled with caste boys and girls, and a few of the children of well-to-do Christians. But in every prosperous mission in India the converts in numbers are from the illiterate rural population.

Here lies the condition that constitutes a serious need of missionaries but little anticipated. It is hardly to be expected, even if the advisability were assumed, that the present proportionately large investment of missionaries in educational work (which, while counting some, does not count much in the direction of the present and prospective ingathering) will be abandoned. But it is certain that a tremendous problem is upon the missions of India, to take in hand these incoming hundreds of thousands, rescue them and their children from illiteracy, and make them an intelligent, Bible-reading, Christian people.

It is not too much to say that the present army of inquirers are not coming from quarters whence many missionaries have expected them. But God is at work in India, as Christian people at home can little appreciate; but this cause for heartfelt praise should be better understood on that side of the sea.

Every successful mission in this land has been undermanned for the last ten years. There has not been an adequate supply of young men coming to take the places of the old men, who, under double burdens, are wearing out prematurely. There is no comparison between the life and work of a pastor at home and that of an active missionary here, who has administration, financial, literary, and other work few men at home ever see, that compels him to work day and night. Let me repeat: no adequate supply for some years has been sent to prepare for the oncoming breakdown or retirement of these old and strong men. It takes ten years to make a strong missionary. Language and experience do not come in a day. Then, while the above is true regarding the old work, what shall we say when we look out upon the literally hundreds of thousands of men and women crowding about the door? Practically little has been done to provide for this new work.

Men are called for with the abilities of generals and statesmen. The older work will not, can not, supply the working force for the leavening up of these masses. Out of their own numbers men and women by the hundreds must be taken, taught to read, teach, and sing, and preach, and be supervised and led. What a work! There ought to come to India in the next year one thousand missionaries to cope with the emergency God is thrusting upon us. In a large measure the battle must be reshaped. The regime of the past can not be extended to meet the emergency. The present demand is evangelistic, and all machinery must be put out on this line.

There seems to me no prospect that the year to come will see one-quarter of the missionaries needed sent out. It is too great a step for our churches at home, loaded down as they are with a large element

whose interest is too largely selfish and worldly. The missionary-spirited people in the home churches are a golden minority.—Missionary Review.

LIFT UP YOUR EYES.

By Thoro Harris

BY THORO HARRIS.

LIFT up your eyes, rejoicing, The Bridegroom draweth nigh! Behold the signs appearing In earth and sea and sky! The day-star now is rising, The dawn will soon begin: He comes, the mighty Victor, To rid the world of sin.

Lift up your eyes, rejoicing, The Lord will soon appear; Let every tongue proclaim it— His advent draweth near. Behold upon the mountains The blessed Prince of Peace, Whose kingdom hath no ending, Whose reign shall never cease.

The Potentate eternal, As Judge of man, appears; Time's everlasting Sovereign, Dread King of ancient years! Hail, Captain of salvation! The King of kings art Thou; Desire of every nation, Our Prince and Saviour now.

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LETTER FROM TRINIDAD.

By W. A. Sweany

I HAVE just returned from a three-weeks' trip to British Guiana, via Barbados, St. Vincent, Granada, and Tobago. I had the happy privilege of spending two more Sabbaths with the friends in Barbados, where we labored for two and a half years before coming to Trinidad. The boats of the Royal Mail Company stop at Bridgetown from Sabbath morning till Monday evening, which gave me the opportunity to spend the Sabbath there, both going and coming. Our recent conference in Barbados, of which I wrote in my last letter, greatly strengthened our work there. Our church at Bridgetown holds only about four hundred, when church and school room is full, and is not large enough to accommodate the increased interest; so the opera house, in which our conference evening services were held (seating eight hundred), has been secured for Sunday afternoon and evening services. Fruit of the seed sown there is continually being gathered, and a more abundant harvest is developing.

I accompanied Elder Haysmer to British Guiana to attend a council meeting with the workers there, as they were hindered from attending the conference by quarantine restrictions, as a few cases of smallpox still exist there. The Guianas are a large, populous, important, and promising part of our conference territory. Probably our next conference will be held there, as an experience similar to our recent session in Barbados would greatly help and strengthen the cause there.

Our work here in Arima has been broken into a number of times by these trips to other parts of the field, but the Lord has blessed our efforts with an encouraging measure of success. About fifteen are now walking in the light, and many more are interested, or convinced, a number of whom we expect will soon decide to obey. We are now wrestling with the problem of building a place of worship, which, for numerous reasons, is an absolute necessity to the stability of the work in this field. Our buildings here consist of a framework of poles, filled in with a mixture of mud and grass, which, when plastered and whitewashed on both sides, makes a beautiful and substantial wall. We can procure and furnish the poles, the mud, and the grass, and the muscle to put it together, but it takes money to buy the lumber for the rafters, windows, doors, trimmings, and seats; iron for the roof; lime and cement for the floor and walls; paint, hardware, etc.

Building material costs three or four times as much here as in the States, besides our people are poor, and money is scarce. All our church buildings in this field are almost wholly the product of the means and muscle of the missionaries. Our time, means, and energy are wholly given to this work, but it often falls far short of meeting the needs. We feel moved to pledge $100 to this building, believing that by careful economy we can save that amount by the time the material must be paid for. We hope to raise $100 more locally, as our people will gladly give all they can, and interested friends not in the message will help some. But it will take at least $300 in cash to build this church, so we are praying God to send us some help from abroad.

We do not forget Europe, Asia, Africa, South America, and the other great, needy fields; nor the work in Washington, which the Lord says should be our first interest. On the contrary, we try to help a little in each of these enterprises, despite the needs of our own field, for when we invest in an enterprise we shall share in its results. We would not divert one dollar from any of these great enterprises, but we shall be very thankful if some, after giving liberally to the general cause, and to specific enterprises, can still scatter a few crumbs this way.

After all, this is a large and important field. Our conference includes British, French, and Dutch Guiana and Venezuela on the mainland, and all the Windward and Leeward Islands, to and including St. Thomas. The population is made up of English, French, Dutch, German, Spanish, Danish, East Indian, and aboriginal natives. We have four unfinished church buildings in Trinidad, that should and must be completed soon, in order that the cause be not reproached. Then we are straining every nerve to procure our printing plant for the publication of the Caribbean Watchman, and tracts and leaflets for the various nationalities within our borders.

Aside from Brother Wellman, who is tied up in the office, we have no experienced help in the work of warning the large island of Trinidad, to say nothing of completing these buildings, and caring for the eight churches and companies. However, we are of good courage, and hope by God's help to have the work here done by the time it is finished elsewhere.

The Signs has been to us such "a present help in time of trouble," that we naturally turn to it when in need. A simple statement in its columns of a just and needy cause always brings the right results. We note with deepest interest your removal from Oakland. Would that every institution and individual in our ranks might ever thus heed the directions of the Wonderful Counselor. May the Lord abundantly bless the Signs with the success and prosperity it so richly deserves.

Yours in fellowship of service, W. A. SWEANY. 9 St. Joseph Street, Arima, Trinidad.

AUSTRALASIAN MISSION IN SOUTH AMERICA.

It was in 1899 that the first band of young workers sailed from the Antipodes for South America, under the auspices of the Australasian South American Mission. Since then they have been joined by others. Up to the present they have labored chiefly among Spanish-speaking people in the Argentine Republic, and, after attempts in various directions, a settlement has been made in Campana, a town sixty miles north of Buenos Aires, and there a flourishing school and mission are being carried on by Mr. and Mrs. Cook and Mr. Grimson.

Much has been done in circulating the Scriptures in conjunction with the American Bible Society. One of the pioneers, Mr. Allan, has, however, felt from the beginning that his work would be among the descendants of the renowned Inca Indians, those famous races who held a great part of the South American continent, with a considerable degree of the arts of civilization, when it was acquired by the Spanish conquerors four centuries ago.

There are 3,500,000 of these pure Indians, who all speak the Quechua language. Last year Messrs. Allan, Wilson, and Guerrero made a journey through Bolivia, extending over six months, carrying Bibles on pack-mules, and selling a considerable number to Spaniards, at the same time spying out the land in order to commence a mission among the long-neglected Incas.—London Christian.

OUR WORK AND WORKERS.

By Editor

THREE persons were baptized near Jetmore, Kansas, recently, by Brother T. Godfrey.

A LOCAL camp-meeting is to be held at Manhattan, Kansas, October 5-12. The Florida camp-meeting will be held at Plant City, October 13-23.

A REPORT of Brother Sydney Scott, in the Kansas Worker, states that meetings in Nicodemus, Kansas, have resulted in the decision of fifteen to walk in all the commandments of God.

AS FRUIT of tent-meetings held at Blue Rapids, Kansas, by Brother B. W. Brown, ten persons have accepted the call to "keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus."

AT the recent session of the Texas Conference, held in connection with the camp-meeting at Keene, Brother N. P. Nelson was re-elected president; Miss Ida A. Nelson, secretary; and E. Harris, treasurer. Twenty-nine persons were baptized.

IN the Minnesota Worker of August 10, Brother H. S. Shaw says: "The foundation work of our school building has been completed, and the carpenters are now hard at work. We plan to open the school the 19th of October, and want the young people of Minnesota to be getting ready to come. We are going to begin the school work this year in living earnest, and are placing it on a permanent basis for the encouragement of those who desire an education." The paper does not state where the school building is located, but we suppose all the brethren in Minnesota know the locality. At any rate we are glad to learn of the progress of this prospective enterprise, wherever it may be.

A LETTER from Brethren W. H. Sebastian and M. C. Strachan, dated Brookhaven, Miss., August 4, contains the following interesting report: "We came here July 25, and found a company of sixteen Holiness people who had been led out into the Sabbath truth by the wife of the pastor. In other words, we found a Holiness Church, of which half the members were keeping the Sabbath, and the other half indifferent toward it. The pastor was led into the light of the Sabbath truth by his wife, and altogether, there was a company of sixteen Sabbath-keepers. We held meetings for ten days among them with good effect. The pastor and his wife embraced the truth as we taught it, and, together with their little company, walked out into the light of diet reform also. We organized a Sabbath-school of nineteen adult members, and three children. Near the close of our meetings some others accepted the truth, and are rejoicing now in the true light. Nearly all this company have promised to return to the Lord an honest tithe of their income. We shall return to this place later, and organize a church. We go next to Greenville, to conduct tent-meetings. Pray for our success."

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There is a ray of sunshine streaming throughout the entire volume. At the same time there is a staid sobriety of good cheer that never once touches the fickle so prevalent in books written for the children of our day. Observation and application are two of the greatest features in character-building. Uncle Ben seems to know what he is talking about along these lines. These two lessons are taught on every page in the book. No child can escape their meaning. And with these lessons there is a moral fragrance, thoughts that can not fail to please every true parent. The spirit of the book is good for the older children. It makes one feel as tho he would like to live a century, doing good, and grow old gracefully.

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Believe in a Victory Still

By George Bancroft Griffith

BELIEVE in a victory still; Let your honest work be repeated,— You can earn a reward, and you will. —George Bancroft Griffith.

LESSON I.—OCTOBER 2.—ELISHA SUCCEEDS ELIJAH.

Lesson Scripture, 2 Kings 2 : 12-22, A. R. V.

(12) "AND Elisha saw it, and he cried, My father, my father, the chariots of Israel and the horsemen thereof! "And he saw him no more: and he took hold of his own clothes, and rent them in two pieces. (13) He took up also the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and went back, and stood by the bank of the Jordan. (14) And he took the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and smote the waters, and said, Where is Jehovah, the God of Elijah? and when he also had smitten the waters, they were divided hither and thither; and Elisha went over.

(15) "And when the sons of the prophets that were at Jericho over against him saw him, they said, The Spirit of Elijah doth rest on Elisha. And they came to meet him, and bowed themselves to the ground before him. (16) And they said unto him, Behold now, there are with thy servants fifty strong men; let them go, we pray thee, and seek thy master, lest the Spirit of Jehovah hath taken him up, and cast him upon some mountain, or into some valley. And he said, Ye shall not send. (17) And when they urged him till he was ashamed, he said, Send. They sent therefore fifty men; and they sought three days, but found him not. (18) And they came back to him, while he tarried at Jericho; and he said unto them, Did I not say unto you, Go not? (19) "And the men of the city said unto Elisha, Behold, we pray thee, the situation of this city is pleasant, as my lord seeth: but the water is bad, and the land miscarrieth. (20) And he said, Bring me a new cruse, and put salt therein. And they brought it to him. (21) And he went forth unto the spring of the waters, and cast salt therein, and said, Thus saith Jehovah, I have healed these waters; there shall not be from thence any more death or miscarrying. (22) So the waters were healed unto this day, according to the word of Elisha which he spake."

Golden Text.—"Let a double portion of thy spirit be upon me." Verse 9.

SUGGESTIVE QUESTIONS.

(1) What was it that Elisha saw? Note 1. (2) What did he cry? How did he express his sorrow at parting with his master? Verse 12. (3) What had fallen to Elisha from Elijah? What then did Elisha do? Verse 13. (4) Arriving at the Jordan what did he do with the mantle? What was the effect on the waters? Verse 14. Note 2. (5) Of what were the "sons of the prophets" convinced when they saw this miracle? How did they manifest their conviction? Verse 15. Note 3. (6) What proposition did they make regarding Elijah? What was Elisha's reply? Verse 16. Note 4. (7) How did the young men regard Elisha's answer? Then what did he say to them? How long did they search? Verse 17. Note 5. (8) When the searchers came back to Jericho, what did Elisha say to them? Verse 18. (9) With what plea did the men of the city come to Elisha? Verse 19. Note 6. (10) What did Elisha tell the men to do? How did they respond? Verse 20. (11) What did Elisha do with the salt? What did he say? Verse 21. Note 7. (12) What was the marvelous result? Verse 22.

NOTES.

1. "Elisha saw it."—As Elijah and Elisha were walking together, after crossing the Jordan, Elijah had said to his servant, "Ask what I shall do for thee, before I am taken from thee." In reply, Elisha had said, "I pray thee, let a double portion of thy spirit be upon me." So Elijah told him, "If thou see me when I am taken from thee, it shall be so unto thee; but if not, it shall not be so." Elisha stayed very close to his master, so that when the time for separation came he saw the devoted prophet ascend toward heaven, and therefore received the desired legacy. The chariots (not singular, as in the A. V.), indicated the Lord's army instead of a single warrior. The chariots of the true Israel and their occupants (invisible to the natural eye), are a great host for the defense of the faithful. See Heb. 1:14.

2. The smiting of the waters of Jordan with Elijah's mantle was the test as to whether the Spirit that guided and strengthened him was really with Elisha, and the successor of the far-famed prophet was encouraged by the parting of the waters.

3. The miracle was also a testimony to the "sons of the prophets" (students of the school at Jericho) that they were hereafter to recognize Elisha as the successor of Elijah.

4. Elisha evidently related the incident of his master's ascension to the students, and they were unable to grasp the situation in its full meaning, altho Elisha fully understood it.

5. The young men urged so strongly that Elisha saw that the only way to convince them was to let them go on their futile mission. As George Matheson says, "He came down to them because they were as yet unable to come up to him."

6. Jericho was in the midst of a fruitful land, the one unfavorable feature being defective water. Now it would seem that this appeal came to Elisha in the nature of a popular test of his powers as a prophet worthy to succeed Elijah.

7. It was the Lord, and not the salt, that healed the waters. The healing, or purifying, must needs affect the fountain permanently in order to be of lasting benefit. But salt, being a preservative, is also used as an emblem of that which purifies or preserves. The Saviour says to His disciples, "Ye are the salt of the earth." It is because of their presence in the earth, and the purifying influence of the truth which they disseminate, that the wicked were not long ago cut off. For the sake of ten righteous men, Sodom would have been spared. "But if the salt have lost its savor, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and trodden underfoot of men." Matt. 5:13. See, also, Mark 9:50; Col. 4:6.

Question Corner

By Editor

1562.—Thou Shalt Rule. Gen. 4:7.

Please explain through the SIGNS Gen. 4:7, last two clauses, "And unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him." ONE SEEKING LIGHT.

These are a part of the Lord's instruction to Cain, made much plainer by the American Standard Revised Version: "If Thou doest well, shall it not be lifted up? and if thou doest not well, sin coucheth at the door; and unto thee shall be his desire, but do thou rule over it." In other words, Cain would not be cast down, but lifted up, if he did well. Sin is represented as a beast of prey couching at the door, desiring him, and ready to spring upon him. But God's appeal to him is to do His will and so rule over the sin. Pre-eminence over Abel is not presented, but pre-eminence over sin.

1563.—Delivering to Satan. 1 Cor. 5:5; 1 Tim. 1:20.

Please explain 1 Cor. 5:5 and 1 Tim. 1:20. I would like to know how it would save a man or cause him to stop blaspheming by delivering him to Satan. W. W. S.

Read these texts in the light of 1 Cor. 5:9-13. It is better, if one will not be corrected in his wrong doing, to withdraw from him the fellowship of Christians, and leave him for a time in the master he has chosen. A sense of his own need, of his own powerlessness, will frequently bring him to repentance. So it was in the case of the Corinthian brother. He was brought to such deep repentance that the apostle found it necessary to urge the church to comfort and receive him lest he be discouraged. See 2 Cor. 2:6-11.

1564.—The Kind of Light. Gen. 1:3.

What kind of light is mentioned in Gen. 1:3, as no sun, moon, or stars were yet created? W. J. R.

Just the kind of light that pours from the sun. The sun, moon, and stars may have been created "in the beginning," when "God created the heavens and the earth." But the intervening clouds and vapors obscured these bodies till the fourth day, making the language of verses 14-18 the language of appearance. Previous to the fourth day the light was diffused by the heavy vapors surrounding the earth. But on that day God dissipated the vapors and the sun, moon, and stars shone out as tho a new creation.

1565.—"The Book of Jasher."

Where do we find the Book of Jasher, mentioned in Joshua 10:13, and elsewhere.

We do not find it, because it is not now in existence; all the so-called books of Jasher are spurious, whatsoever their claim. See Question Corner in our issues of June 1 and August 3.

1566.—"On" or "In." Matt. 6:10.

Shall we repeat the Lord's prayer "on earth" or "in earth"? What is the difference? R.

There are different translations, but the thought is the same in all. Literally, the Saviour said "on" or "upon," Greek epi. The American Revised renders, "Thy will be done, as in heaven so on earth." And this is as near a right translation as we could ask.

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