. Among the Burmans; a record of fifteen years of work and its fruitage. children in Christian lands receive a likeamount of Bible teaching. I venture to say thatthere are day-schools in Burma, made up largelyof children from heathen homes, that could suc-cessfully compete with the average Sunday-school in America in answering questions on theBible. Heathen parents of pupils in the day-school have complained that their children havealready renounced Buddhist worship and cus-toms, and openly preach Christ to their ownparents. Whether these pupils are gathered intothe Christian fo
. Among the Burmans; a record of fifteen years of work and its fruitage. children in Christian lands receive a likeamount of Bible teaching. I venture to say thatthere are day-schools in Burma, made up largelyof children from heathen homes, that could suc-cessfully compete with the average Sunday-school in America in answering questions on theBible. Heathen parents of pupils in the day-school have complained that their children havealready renounced Buddhist worship and cus-toms, and openly preach Christ to their ownparents. Whether these pupils are gathered intothe Christian fold or not, a few years hence theywill be rearing families of their own. The nextgeneration, born of pupils now in mission schools,will not be taught to hate everything in any wayconnected with the Jesus Christ religion, asthese pupils have been. Even the day-school isone of the stepping-stones heavenward for thesebenighted beople. The Karen village school-teacher, besides hisregular work in the school, brings his influ-ence to bear on the parents as well, with the re-. By All Means—Save Some 205 suit that in many instances the entire village iswon to Christianity. Some of these teachers aremarvels of consecration. Poorly fed, poorlyclothed, often with no other pay than theirmeagre fare, far from home and friends,—theyare worthy a place among the heroes of ourtime. Scores of these schools are now in value as an evangelizing agency can hardly beestimated. Many ofthese teachers are young men,just out of the training-school in town. Follow-ing the example of the missionaries under whomthey have been trained, and catching somethingof their spirit, these young men have themselvesbecome missionaries. If in Christian villageswithout settled pastors, not only the children inthe school, but men and women of all ages be-come their pupils, recognizing the young teach-ers superior training, and willingly sitting attheir feet, both in their homes and at the regularworship
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