The Spirit of missions . ht-school forthose who work in the mill and cannotattend the public school. This year there are fifty pupils in the three them are young men learning toread and write. It has been our purpose to help thoseto whom we minister mentally andphysically as well as morally and spirit-ually. By so doing we have gained theirinterest and confidence. Our work be-gan with the children and continueslargely among them, though we havebeen able to reach many of the parents. The fact that all the children overtwelve years of age work in the factorygives an added interest
The Spirit of missions . ht-school forthose who work in the mill and cannotattend the public school. This year there are fifty pupils in the three them are young men learning toread and write. It has been our purpose to help thoseto whom we minister mentally andphysically as well as morally and spirit-ually. By so doing we have gained theirinterest and confidence. Our work be-gan with the children and continueslargely among them, though we havebeen able to reach many of the parents. The fact that all the children overtwelve years of age work in the factorygives an added interest to the work. By working with them seven days inthe week we have been able to teach andtrain them in the ways and meaning ofthe Church. In less than four years eighty personshave been baptized and sixty of ourseventy-five communicants have beenconfirmed. Thirty-one were confirmed atthe bishops last visit. Already we are looking forward to thetime when the Church of the Messiah,Mayodan, will become a A STUDY IN BLACK AND WHITE HOW THREE YOUNG MEN GAVETHEMSELVES FOR CHINA A TALK TO BOYS BY KENNETH A. BRAY REV. ARTHUR SITGREAVES MANN. 1878-1907REV. EDWARD HAROLD FITZGERALD. 1882-1908MR. WESTON obRIEN HARDING. 1887-1909 T HEEE short lives! Togetherovertotalling by a very littlethe three-score years and tengenerally allotted to one singleThese surely were over-young toe gained tell you a brief word of each man, h a V much experience,and had but lit-11 e opportunityto make theirmark in life. That is oneway of looking atit. But wait!Three shortlives! But eachof them full ofcourage, inspira-tion and menthese, but menwho died on thefiring line in ac-tion. Men whofilled great placesin our Christianarmy. Men whowill be missed. They were ourbrothers. T heysurely earnedthat title. Theywere every ones brothers. Charity begins at home,say some. But our home is the King-dom of God, and our Father is theFather of all men. Charity certainlydid begin at home w
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