. Home Missionary, The (April 1905-March 1906) . of the seems to me to be one of these rootsI want to speak of to-night. Talking recently with a graduate of oneof our co-educational colleges, I asked herwhere her classmates had found themselvesin their choice of a life work. She answeredthat some of them were in railroad work,:Some in the real estate business, someteachers, etc. — And where are the minis-ters, I said, are there none ? No notone, she replied. Now I maintain thatthis significant lack of consecration to theministry is not due to the desire for an easy Our Countrys Ne
. Home Missionary, The (April 1905-March 1906) . of the seems to me to be one of these rootsI want to speak of to-night. Talking recently with a graduate of oneof our co-educational colleges, I asked herwhere her classmates had found themselvesin their choice of a life work. She answeredthat some of them were in railroad work,:Some in the real estate business, someteachers, etc. — And where are the minis-ters, I said, are there none ? No notone, she replied. Now I maintain thatthis significant lack of consecration to theministry is not due to the desire for an easy Our Countrys Needsand Hopes Call forKeepers of the Light place, but rather to our failurein holding up vividly to theeyes of our young peoplethat which seems tooffer possibilities of achieve-ment. Young men and women are eagerto get to work, but they want a workworthy of their best abilities, and railroadsand insurance companies and professionshave not been slow to offer do not mean inducements of moneysimply, for I have a higher idea of human. REV. LAURA II. WILD YOUNG PEOPLES DEPARTMENT 8? nature than to believe that the dollars andcents are the chief attraction; but a prospect of achievement. If I am not greatlymistaken, it is not altogether the sight olthe millions that is the attracting power tothe heads of our great business concerns,but the thought of compassing a greatproject. When a traveler, taking his seat in aCanadian*Pacific coach, feels the train be-gin to move and hears the porters cry,This train for Ottawa, Winnepeg, Van-couver and Hongkong a thrill runsthrough him to think of the achievementthe human brain has been equal to in thegirding of the globe. The home missionary cause has too longbeen looked upon as a field for good anddevoted people but as a place to lose onesway, so far as achieving anything is con-cerned. The home missionary has too longbeen regarded as the member of his classwho was not smart enough to get any otherpulpit. Whoever has read Ralph C
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