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fact of the sound is established by many unim- Bahri, built by Queen Makare. The queen's peachable witnesses, and is variously described. brother, Thothmis II, who succeeded her, con- Septimius Severus repaired the statue, and it has ceived the gallant design of erasing all mention, since remained silent. The sound is now thought of his sister from the inscriptions of the temple, to•have been produced by the sudden heat of the and supplying his own name in their place. He rising sun expanding the stone, and Dairy Products in the Tree Tops causing numerous minute particles to IN the English dairy shops you may buy eggs, be cracked off. butter, milk, and bread. Well, in Jamaica, one Near the colossi are the ruins of the may gather a variety of all of these from the tree Ramesseum, a large temple built by tops. Rameses II. Some of the inscriptions The egg is a fruit called the ackie. It grows recording his victories over the Hit- on a large tree. A reddish, husk-like pod breaks tites are very interesting. The large open, and inside is a creamy yellow pulp which fallen colossus in the first court is a looks and tastes much like scrambled eggs. striking example of the. sculptural and Butter is supplied by the avacado, or alligator artistic skill of the ancient Egyptians. pear. Its meat is a yellowish pulp which spreads Passing the large temple of Seti I like butter, and tastes very like it, too. at Kurna, we proceed along the wind- THE KIOSK AND TEMPLE OF PHILAE The milk, of course, comes from the cocoanut, ing valley road that leads through the always at hand in the tropics. The meat of the desert hills to the tombs of the kings. It appears succeeded so well that the original inscriptions nut is grated, and water is pressed through it, that the Theban monarchs preferred excavating were never entirely restored. This splendid tem- taking out the oily milk. It is so rich even after tombs for themselves in the rock of the Biban el ple is built up against a massive cliff, which, the process that it must be diluted still further Mulak to erecting immense pyramids as did the towering hundreds of feet above, completely with water. Cream rises on the milk if left stand- kings of Lower Egypt. The long, broad passages, dwarfs the comparatively insignificant ruins. So ing. sometimes leading for hundreds of feet down into always do the works of God stand out in compari- The breadfruit-tree offers a much-used substi- the solid rock, terminate in large subterranean son with human productions. tute for bread. When boiled and baked, it The ascent of the mountain west of Thebes is a fairly eatable starchrfood. The culti- is impracticable for women, and not without vated taste relishes it, but to the uninitiated danger for men ; but it affords a splendid it is a poor substitute for the baker's loaf. view, including all the temples and tombs of But it is a fact that one may shake down Thebes, Luxor, and Karnak, the broad, dairy products — of a sort — from the tree fertile plain which extends from Armant to tops in Jamaica. It is a remarkably interest- Kons, with the Arabian desert in the back- ing little island. W. A. SPICER. ground; while on a clear day, and with the aid of a good glass, even the pylons of Edfu, , sixty miles away, may be discerned. De- A Trip Through Egypt — VI scending from this mountain, we may visit , Thebes the • small but elegant Ptolemaic temple of. HAVING been told that we have seen the Der el Medina, in one of the • chapels of . best of all at Karnak, we do• not expect much which is the celebrated judgment scene, rep- of the ruins across the river, and are agree- resenting Osiris, god of the " Underworld," , ably surprised to find so, many things that sitting in judgment, surrounded by Horus, are novel and interesting. Crossing the Nile THE BARRAGE, ASSUAN the dog-headed Anubis, and all the genii at Luxor, we find first the Colossi of Mem- and demons of Hades in full array. While non, two large sandstone statues. The northern chambers, often magnificently decorated. These Ptolemy Philopater is offering incense to Osiris one is celebrated for its long-lost vocal powers. tombs are now lighted by electricity, which makes and Isis, Horus is weighing his heart in the pres-, It is related that after the mythological Grecian them easy of access. , The tomb of Seti I is per- ence of goddesses of truth, as the ibis-headed hero, Memnon, was killed at Troy, he appeared haps the most interesting. The inscriptions on scribe, Thoth, records the verdict. at Thebes in the form of this colossus, and when its walls form a complete and graphic exposition Before leaving Thebes, we should visit the large his mother Eos presented herself at sunrise, she of the old Egyptian religion,— especially that temple of Medinet Habu. On the high walls was greeted with a plaintive musical note. The part which relates to the future state, or " underworld." The vaulted roof is decorated with an astronomical and astrological charts, containing all the signs of the zodiac. The tomb of Rameses III also presents inscrip- tions of great variety and excellent execution, and is peculiar for its ten-sided chambers. In the princi- pal chamber of the elegant and recently discovered tomb of Ameno- phis II, the sarcophagus still con- tains the mummy of the dead mon- arch, giving the splendid sepulcher a realistic air that is almost ghastly. Tourists usually return from the tombs of the kings over the moun- tain road which descends in full view of the large temple of Der el

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around this temple are related in glowing terms, tuations. The barrage also provides for the irri- do this or that." We each have all the time and illustrated by means of immense figures in re- gation of large, fertile districts hitherto useless there is, and if we economize the time we do lief, the exploits and victories of Rameses III over because of a lack of water. It is simply an im- have, we shall be able to accomplish a vast amount the Libyans. In another place is a very interesting mense dam, the largest in the world, being about of work. If the odds and ends of time are care- calendar of all the Egyptian festivals. The pylons a mile and a half long, and eighty feet high. fully gathered up each day, they will be sufficient and courts of this temple are fairly intact, but The top is twenty feet wide, and is traversed in a little while to master some useful science, the sanctuary and its chambers are hopelessly in along its entire length by a narrow iron track, and transform many an ignoramus into a brilliant ruins, yet some of the reliefs still retain traces of over which the visitor is pushed in little four- scholar. Elihu Burritt, while earning his living the brilliant coloring for which they were once wheeled trucks, miscalled " trolleys," operated by as a blacksmith, is said to have mastered eighteen so noted. natives. The lower part of the dam is pierced by ancient and modern languages, and twenty-two After completing the rounds at Thebes, we find twenty-eight huge gates, opened and shut by dialects. One writer says of him that he could ourselves thoroughly fatigued, so we spend hydraulic power, which control the flow of the be silent in forty languages. Mr. Burritt de- several days in resting and digesting what we river. The imprisoned water, dashing from these clared that he owed his success to " employing have seen before starting on for Assuan. gates in a roaring smother of foam and spray, those valuable fragments of time called ' odd Assuan forms a magnificent spectacle. The barrage was moments.' " The journey from Luxor to Assuan is very begun about five years ago, the duke of Con- The prodigious acquisitions of men, and the trying. The railroad is a narrow-gage line, and naught laying the corner-stone. He was also intellectual attainments of the world's ripest the accommodations, •even in the first class, are present when the gates were first opened last scholars, are simply the harvest gathered from poor. In many places above Luxor the Nile winter. About ten thousand men were employed, toil, and contending with many difficulties. H Valley is so narrow as barely to give the railway and thirteen million dollars expended in its con- we but step behind the scene; and view the lives of a foothold between the river and the desert rocks. struction. men of brilliant genius — poets, orators, histo- Leaving Luxor, we pass through the desert for a Traversing the ancient road on our way back rians, statesmen, etc., we shall find them engaged few miles, and then come in sight of the smoke- to Assuan, we stop to notice a large prostrate in the hardest kind of toil. Matthew Hall, while stacks of the extensive sugar works at Arment, obelisk of the finest Syene granite, entirely cut a student of law, studied sixteen hours a day. on the west bank of the river. The slender Gibbon began work each day at six. Hume minarets of Esneh, and the pylons of the wrote thirteen hours a day while preparing temple of Edfu are soon passed, both being his history of England. Montesquieu, in also across the river. At. Selwa we enter speaking concerning a certain portion of his a broad tract of fertile land, which, how- writings, said, " You will read it in a few ever, is uncultivated, being above the inun- hours; but I assure you it cost me so much dation line. Two hours more bring us to labor that it has whitened my hair." Harvey Assuan in the evening, after the hottest and spent eight years in the most patient investi- dustiest eight-hours' trip we have ever expe- gation and research before he announced to rienced. the world the theory of the circulation of the Leaving the station, we take a stroll up blood. Then it was denounced as a delusion, the wide, beautiful avenue which extends his friends left him, and abuse and ridicule over a mile along the bank of the river ; and THE RAMESSEUM AT THEBES were his portion for years. Dr. Jenner con- we agree at once that Assuan is the most tinued his observations and experiments for charming spot in Upper Egypt. The first cataract from the quarries, but never moved to its destined twenty years before he published his discovery of of the Nile is here, and the river channel is place. vaccination as a preventive of smallpox. Like deep and narrow, divided by rocky, picturesque After visiting the Bisharin encampment, where Harvey, he was subject to social, ostracism, and islands, whose tops are crowned with groves about two thousand of the wildest Beduins live, denounced as a crank ; but he finally succeeded in of luxuriant date-palms. From the largest we start back for Cairo, but with an impression establishing the truthfulness of his theory. Of the of these islands, the Elephantine, shine the of the magic beauty and mystic charm of Assuan great blessing it has been to mankind, Cuvier lights over the Savoy Hotel, stealing silently in our minds that will never be forgotten. wrote, " If vaccine were the only discovery of over the water, and leaving a shimmering, GLEN WAKEHAM. the epoch, it would serve to render it illustrious golden pathway across the river. The last forever." The same might be said of Sir Charles pink glow of the fading sky lights up the ripplets Perseverance—III Bell, who for fifty years pursued his studies and with a golden tint until the river looks like a LIFE is a quarry opt of which we must chisel investigations concerning the discoveries made re- " sea of glass mingled with fire." The soft, spicy success. We can not fold our hands, and expect garding the nervous system. A nobleman on a breeze, bearing the perfume from the pur- certain occasion remonstrated with a sculptor ple shadows of the distant mountain, concerning the price charged for a bust re- brings on a delicious, dreamy languor as quiring only ten days' work. The artist said, the traveler drops into a seat by the shore, " You. forget that I have been thirty years lost in silent yet ecstatic admiration of the learning how to make that bust in ten days." exquisite and almost unearthly beauty of Newton is said to have written his " Chro- the landscape spread out before him. nology " fifteen times before he considered it The next morning we take the train for complete enough to publish. Audubon, the Shelall, on our way to visit the beautiful ornithologist, leaving a large number of island of Philae, once fondly called the original drawings, representing years of re- " Pearl of Egypt," but now entirely under search, in the care of a relative while he water. Our boat is rowed right into the went away for a few months, returned only sanctuary of the temple of Isis, and among to find them all destroyed by rats, which had the slender columns of the graceful Kiosk. used them to make a nest for their young. The huge barrage which dams up the river Taking his gun and pencil, he went forth two miles below the island has caused the resolutely into the woods, and in three years water to rise about sixty feet, and under had his portfolio refilled. Carlyle met with the influence of the moisture, the soft sand- TEMPLE OF MEDINET HABU a similar experience with his first volume of stone of the monuments is rapidly decay- the " French Revolution." He loaned the ing so that in a few years Phil will be only a to accomplish anything. Josh Billings once manuscript to a friend, and by mistake the servant memory. Nevertheless, the view from the top quaintly said a person might as well sit down in used it to kindle the kitchen fire. Years of toil of the great pylon of the temple of Isis is a pasture with a milk pail and expect a cow to were destroyed, and from memory, without notes still very interesting. Immense black boulders come up to be milked, as for success to come by of any kind, he was compelled to reproduce his rise picturesquely out of the water of the foolishly waiting for something to turn up. valuable manuscript. But with a resolute deter- great artificial lake created by the barrage, A young clergyman is said to have asked Dr. mination he set about his task, and succeeded. ' while in many places the tops of the beautiful Bellany how to succeed. The doctor replied, Great perseverance is needed in these days palm-trees that were but recently numbered " Fill up the cask ! fill up the cask ! fill up the when the drama of earthly things is being fin-: among the glories of Philx, still appear flourish- cask ! and then if you tap it anywhere, you will ished. Souls are perishing for lack of knowledge. ing above the ripples. get a good stream. But if you put in but little, The young, who are strong, are needed to go forth, The cause of this state of affairs is worthy of it will dribble, dribble, dribble, and you must tap, facing obstacles, and laboring for the salvation attention. The object of the barrage is to enable tap, tap, and then you get but a small stream of their fellows. Men have put forth almost the agricultural department of Egypt to control after all." This is excellent counsel. There are superhuman efforts in secular research. Can we the annual inundation of the Nile, which has fre- many dribblers in every department of human not afford to put forth greater labors, and endure quently caused serious loss to the whole country, endeavor. even much more sacrifice, to save souls? so dependent on_ its rise, by its eccentric fluc- Frequently people say, " 0, I haven't time to G. B. THOMPSON. 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Over Jordan awake in an instant, intently listening for some fork of a small tree, about seven or eight feet THERE'S a face I long' to see sound that would tell me what kind of creature from the ground, and the little round entrance In the holy heights above; my early visitor was. The first thing that came was at one end, so that it was roofed all the way. There's a hand that beckons me — into my mind was a picture of a doe grazing, and 'Tis the hand of Him I love. It was September when I found it, and, no doubt, Over Jordan is my mansion, a fawn frisking about beside her. I listened had been made for the second or third brood. Over there my home shall be, for a few minutes, and as I could hear no sound The remarkable thing about it was that at its By the ever crystal river, except the irregular rustling of the leaves, I closed end was fastened a long vine covered with By the glowing jasper sea. came to the conclusion that it could be nothing gauzy leaves, and looking very like the feathery Home and heaven is my song else, and got up very quietly, hoping to get a tufts of the clematis when it is in seed. It looked As I view the gates ajar glimpse of them before they bounded away, as like a novel bit of house decoration, but the clever When the singing angel throng I knew they would on hearing the first sound. little builder had a much more practical aim in Bear me to that land afar. Softly I opened the door and peeped out. There view than adorning his dwelling, and that was Glorious day of hope's fruition — was nothing in sight; but the rustling of the the safety of his little ones. To any one ap- I shall see him face to -face; In the glory of his presence leaves, of which there were many all around the proaching the nest from the rear, it looked for See the purpose of his grace. cabin, still continued. I stepped out, and walked all the world like a vine climbing over the tree, quickly to the end of the cabin from which the and not a bit of the nest was visible. Of course, All the pleasures earth could bring sound came, making no attempt to conceal my- in front the bright-eyed little mother was always Then will seem but vanity, When I see the risen King, self, as I thought that my footsteps on the leaves alert and watchful. I should like to have seen Who has died to ransom me. would be heard. When I reached the corner of the building of the nest. The mass of feathery I am trusting in his keeping; the cabin, I found myself within arm's-length stuff was unbroken, and though it was light in I am singing all the day; of two enormous mountain lions They were weight, it was a large load for a mouse to carry. And the blessing of his presence stretched full length upon the ground, playfully The white-footed mouse is rather an exception in Cheers me all along the way. cuffing each other; as two kittens sometimes will. liking tree nests. Most of the field-mice have little Over Jordan is my home, Their long tails were lashing the ground almost balls of grass, or burrows in the hay, or ground Far beyond this tide of woe. at my feet,— so near that I could have stooped nests for their broods, and it is said that tree- To that land he bids me come, down and taken a tail in either hand. sparrows sometimes take shelter during the cold And I'm singing as I go. Over Jordan is my dwelling; I was so surprised that for a moment I was winter nights in such places if they should chance Over there I soon shall be, unable to move, and the lions were so intent upon to be deserted by the mice. So it is a fair exchange In the paradise of Jesus, their game that they did not notice me till* I when the white-footed mouse finds a bird's nest to By the glowing crystal sea. began a cautious retreat. Then one quickly his mind and adapts it to his family needs. — C. It SNOW. turned his head and saw me. I did not wait to Selected. see what he would do, but darted back into the Mountain Lions at Arm's Length cabin, and shut the door. Pass It By SOME one said a word untrue? BEFORE the advent of the white man, there was As soon as I realized that I was safe from at- tack, my courage returned, and feeling sure that Pass it by; no part of what is now the United States in Do not let it worry you — which the puma was not at home. Nor was its the lions were as badly frightened as I had been, Pass it by; habitat confined to these regions, but extended I opened the door again and looked out. They Just find something good to do, Keep life's pleasant things in view; far into the colder portions of British America were not to be seen, and I could hear nothing that would indicate their presence, so I stepped Gray skies will give place to blue, and across the isthmus in the south to the neigh- If you pass it by, dear. boring continent. The " panther," " painter," cautiously back to the corner of the cabin. Some one said a word unkind? " cougar," or " catamount," as the creature was For a little distance the forest was quite open, and the trees were all of large size. About two Pass it by ; called in different parts of the country, was the Just dismiss it from your mind — most ferocidus animal with which the pioneer hundred feet away was a patch of weeds where Pass it by; had to deal until he came in contact with the once had been a garden. Through these weeds Place yourself secure behind grizzly of the Rocky Mountains and the Sierras. I saw one of the lions stealing away like a cat Pleasant thoughts, and you will find Life's dark clouds with sunshine lined — Like most carnivorous animals, the puma is that has been caught in some mischief. The other was not in sight. If you pass it by, dear. a coward, and the settlers had no fear of a per- —Benjamin B. Keech, in Good Cheer. sonal attack unless it was wounded or driven to When the big cat reached the other side of the desperation by hunger. But the puma was fond patch of weeds; he stopped and looked back. See- Building of mutton and veal, and even poultry was not ing me, he crouched still lower, and remained Boastful beneath his notice. The settlers could ill afford motionless till I started toward him. Then he "Blow, 0 winds! Rise, 0 ocean! Break to raise domestic animals to satisfy his voracious moved on more quickly than befOre, but still in forth, ye elements, and try my work ! " Such was appetite, and waged against him a relentless war a crouching attitude. Thinking to give him a the boastful inscription put upon the first Eddy- of extermination. So successful was this war, fright, I shouted, and ran after him. He raised stone lighthouse built by the eccentric Winstan- up and ran swiftly for a short distance ; then that the creature has long since disappeared from ley. His challenge was accepted, and one fearful shot through the air like an arrow, landing upon all the settled parts of the country ; but in the night the sea swallowed up the tower and its unsettled or sparsely settled mountainous dis- the trunk of a fallen tree fully thirty feet away. builder. The next one met a similar fate, the Along this he ran a few steps, and another bound tricts, it is still found in moderate numbers. At structure and its builder, Rudyard, perish- the present time it is seldom spoken of by its true carried him out of my sight. ing together. The third was erected by Smea- name, but is nearly always called " mountain lion." I made no attempt to follow the lions. Indeed, ton, who built it all of stone, making it a part of In neither habits nor appearance does the moun- I had no reason to follow them ; for I had gotten its rock foundation, so that the lighthouse pen- over the habit of carrying firearms, and had not tain lion resemble its African namesake. Its body etrates it as a tree penetrates the soil. Upon this yet acquired the habit of carrying a camera. is long and slender, its head being much larger lighthouse no vaunting inscriptions were placed, and its legs much shorter in proportion to its size, Besides, mountain lions do not always run away, but on the lowest course were chiseled the words: than those of any other members of the cat family. and I thought discretion the better part of valor. " Except the Lord build the house, they labor in J. EDGAR Ross. But though its legs are short, they are as large vain that build it;" and on the keystone, above around as a man's arm, and so powerful that the the lantern, is the exclamation, " Laus Deo!" jumping power of the animal is almost incredible. That structure still stands, a never-failing beacon- Several years ago I was tramping through an A Bit of House Decoration light to storm-tossed mariners. He who would unsettled portion of the Rocky Mountains, and THE house was a, nest, probably the nest of a build for eternity must not set about his task in one evening came upon a deserted cabin so clean white-footed mouse, for' it often uses the deserted any vainglorious,. overconfident spirit. He must and tidy, that I concluded to spend the night there. birds' nests in bushes and small trees. It was in be careful as to his foundation, building firmly It was light the next morning before I opened this case woven by the mouse himself : a com- and deeply upon the Rock, Christ Jesus, and my eyes ; and when I did, almost the first thing pact, long, round bag, a little like the Baltimore relying in trust and humility upon him who alone that attracted my attention was a sound of rust- oriole's pocket 'nest, except that his is far more can enable one to reach a perfect result..-7 Well ling leaves just outside the cabin. I was wide- loosely woven. It was placed on one side in the Spring.

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was unlawful, and punishable with death. But tributions amounting to nearly sixty thousand this he risked, concealed himself among some dollars. He also received a gift of one hundred produce in a boat, and reached Shanghai and thousand dollars from an American for this ultimately America, working his way as a sailor. purpose. A prayer, which he committed to paper, after In the fall of 1889 he was in Tokyo, working

MOTTO: "FOR THE LOVE OF CHRIST an Oriental usage, shows his state of mind. to interest leading men at the capital and secure CONSTRAINETH US." It was : " 0 God, if thou hast got eyes, please funds for his large plans. He took a severe cold, AIM: The Aduct Message to All the World in this Generation. look upon me. 0 God, if thou hast got ears, and renewing his efforts too soon, was prostrated. please hear for me. I wish heartily to read the His wife and other friends were summoned, and Bible, and I wish to be civilized with the Bible." pastors, teachers, and students flocked from east A Letter From Centralia California The owner of the vessel in which he sailed, Mr. and west to catch home farewell word. Maps Dear Friends: The Centralia Society of Hardy, of Boston, received him into his family. were brought, at his request, to his bedside, and Young People was organized January 24, 1903. The sailors had called him Joe, so Mr. Hardy gave eagerly, almost with dying breath, he pointed We are glad to report a prosperous existence dur- him the name Joseph Hardy Neesima. He pro- out places which ought at once to be filled by ing the last six months, — profitable not only vided a liberal education for him, giving him the Christian teacher. To his wife he said, near for us, we trust, but also for those in whose be- nine years in Phillip's Academy, Amherst Col- the last, that he wanted no monument. " It is half we have put forth our efforts. lege, and Andover Theological Seminary. The sufficient to have a wooden post, stating on it, Our membership, which was but fourteen at elevation of his countrymen became his absorb- ' The grave of Joseph Neesitna.' " the organization, has steadily increased until, at ing purpose. He was ordained to the ministry January 23, 1889, with the words, " Peace, joy, this writing, it is twenty-three. Perhaps this will in 1874, in the Mount Vernon church, Boston. heaven," on his lips, he entered into rest. A seem small to those who are themselves members In response to his honest but earnest plea at a large tent was erected on the college grounds, for of Societies whose membership is much larger, meeting of the American Board about this time, the chapel could not hold the four thousand per- but our district is one in which the people are nearly four thousand dollars was pledged for sons who assembled at his funeral. The proces- very much scattered, and consequently the young the school which he proposed to establish in sion, a mile and a half in length, was formed in people belonging to our church are " few and far Japan. the heavy rain, the students acting as bearers. between." After ten years' absence, he arrived in his They had from the first insisted upon doing Our object is the same that animates all our native land, November, 1874, " cherishing," as everything possible with their own hands, and Societies, — the accomplishment of all the good he says, " in my bosom this one great purpose, had themselves prepared the grave. He could we can by practical missionary work, and the fit- namely, the founding of an institution in which not be buried by his father in the Buddhist ting of ourselves for greater usefulness as the the Christian principles of faith in God, love of ground, for he was the very head of Christianity way opens. truth, and benevolence toward one's fellow men," in Japan. Yet priests bore a banner in the We include a report of what has been done : — should ." train up not only men of science and procession, with the inscription, " From the Bud- Papers given away 96 learning, but men of conscientiousness and sin- dhists of Osaka." A Japanese friend called Pages of tracts distributed 82o cerity." Books loaned 6 Neesima, " The pole-star of our religion."— Com- Subscriptions for papers 9 Back in Japan, he hurried to his aged father, piled. Papers sold 28 and soon had the joy of destroying all the paper, Letters written 3 wooden, earthen, and brass gods in the house. Japan Yours fraternally, Priests and people flocked to hear the new THE wonderful Japanese empire — that nar- CENTRALIA YOUNG PEOPLE'S SOCIETY. preacher. Thirty men in his town took up a row, crescent-shaped chain of volcanic, earth- collection for purchasing Christian books for quake-visited' and typhoon-swept islands extend- themselves. " I find here everything ready for ing from Kamchatka to Formosa, between the November Study of the Field Japan the gospel," he wrote Mr. Hardy. twenty-second and fiftieth degrees north latitude Neesima was the first to carry the gospel to — contains 159,590 square miles, and supports (November 14) OPENING SONG. the interior. His bold utterances roused the gov- 44,312,429 people. These figures will be better Prayer. ernor, who visited Tokyo to consult the author- understood if we note that east of the Mis- Scripture Reading: Isa. 43: 1-7; Isa. 52: I-1o. ities. But while in America he had been con- sissippi, not including Wisconsin, there is abun- Field Study : — nected with the Japanese embassy, and this had dant room for five Japanese empires, although History of Japan. made him well known, and as a result he was left there are inhabitants enough for only one; and Brief sketch of the first native missionary. free to begin a movement leading to the forma- this comparison is all the more remarkable be- Our Japanese medical mission. Review, tion of one of the most thoroughly Christian com- cause, owing to Japan's mountainous character, October 8. munities in Japan. not more than twelve per cent of her entire area Two-minute reports from Japan, British Vir- In November, 1875, he opened a school in is under cultivation. gin Islands, Mexico (Review, September Kyoto, which was the beginning of the present Yesso, Hondo, Shikoku, and Kiushiu are the 24), Society Islands, Nyassaland, Su- Doshisha College. There were eight pupils, in largest and most important islands. On the sec- matra (Review, October t), Gwelo, The a room little better than a shed. Against much ond named are the chief cities in the empire — Gambier Islands (Review, October 8). prejudice on the part of the people, the school Tokyo, the capital, with 1,325,295 inhabitants; Closing Exercises. won its way. He employed some foreign teach- Osaka, the commercial center; and Kyoto, the Prayer for our work and workers in Japan ers, but taught daily in the school, besides act- ancient home of the mikados. and other needy fields. Remember also the two ing in person in all the critical relations of his The country is blessed with good roads, artis- new workers, nurses, just landed in Japan, and school with the, government, where his utmost tically built bridges, and deep, commodious har- the party of six recruits for our Inland China wisdom, patience, and skill were often taxed. bors; rich and undeveloped mineral resources; Mission, that the power of God may attend their With the students he was as a father or elder a varied climate; useful forests of bamboo and labors from the beginning. brother. In ten years there were two hundred mulberry- and camphor-trees; and a skilfully ir- Son of consecration. and thirty pupils in commodious buildings. rigated, thoroughly fertilized, and carefully cul- Besides his school duties, he was kept busy in tivated soil that is divided into small farms — organizing the native missionary work and cor- often neatly terraced in the hills and mountains Japan's First Native Evangelist responding and journeying much for this end. — producing great crops of wheat and rice and TEN years before Commodore Perry's fleet ap- A remarkable revival occurred in the Doshisha millet, or of loquats and figs and oranges. Tea, peared in the Bay of Yeddo, and succeeded in in 1884, during which the strain upon his health silk, and rice are the chief exports. opening the long-sealed gates of Japan to the was such that he was compelled to leave the Physically, the people of Japan are smaller and outside world, Neesima Shimeta, destined to be- country for a while. " My heart burns," he wrote, less perfectly developed than the average Euro- come a teacher among his people, was born. " for Japan, and I can not check it." At this pean. In color they resemble somewhat the When in his teens, having never seen a Chris- time he visited America again, and while seeking American Indian. Among the noble classes the tian nor heard of the gospel, Neesima had some health and rest in Maine, he discovered that face is long and narrow, the forehead high, the conviction of His presence who is not far from there was no Sunday-school in the village, and nose sharp, and the eyes oblique; while among any one of us, and of the vanity of idols. When started one at once. After returning to Japan the common people one observes the plump, oval he met in a Chinese book the words, " In the in 1886, he never failed to inquire about the little face, the flat nose, and the broad mouth. beginning God created the heaven and the earth," Sunday-school he had left in America. Mentally, they are keen, intellectual, and very he said: " This is the God for'whom I am look- On his return he formed a plan for the enlarge- eager to learn. Those who come to this country ing; this is the true God," and secretly deter- ment of Doshisha so that it might have the rank to complete their education compare well with mined to know more of that God, even if he left of a university. Not concealing his purpose to the brightest minds in our colleges and univer- all to find him. These words from the Bible, as make it a Christian institution, he appealed for sities. Although they are imitative, and learned he understood, were brought by an American, aid to non-Christian but influential men of Japan. first of Corea, then of China, and lastly of Eu- and to America he must go. To leave his country He so won their confidence that he secured con- (Concluded on page 6.)

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9 I:76UL RE IE. ....m..•••••• Never Mind the " middle school," the grade corresponding to Servant girls tie back their sleeves with a string COME to me, my little man! tell me all about it,— the American high school. Whenever I asked passing under the arms, over the shoulders, and do!. Yuchan his age, he would shyly lay three fingers crossing on the back. Have they hurt your tender heart ? is the world of his right hand in the palm of his left; then But I must not forget to mention the queer unkind to you? Never mind, my little man; wipe each grieving if I didn't seem • to understand, he would say shoes worn by our little neighbors. A Japanese tear sway; " yatsu," which means " eight." Matchan was in gcta is made of a block of light wood, cut away You just keep your purpose true; it will all come her fourth year. right some day. These children seemed small for their ages, for two reasons. In the first place, the Japanese In their blindness do they say words that pierce your gentle heart,— do not reckon ages quite as we do. The birth Cause you tenderly to grieve o'er each cruel, burn- of a child is celebrated on New-year's day instead ing smart ? of the real birthday. Then, too, the year of the Dry your tears, my little man, for it can not last child's life is given as the age, instead of the alway,— You just keep your purpose true; it will all come number of completed years. A Japanese baby, right some day. no matter how young, is said to be one year old. BENJAMIN B. KEECH. And another year is added on New-year's day. So a baby born in December would be called Some Japanese Children We two years old after the first of January. The other reason why children in Japan seem Have Known small for their age is that the Japanese are con- WHEN we first moved into our new home in siderably below the average of other nations in Tokyo, we had for near neighbors a family in stature. One cause of this is the custom of sit- which there were several children. The house ting on their feet. For centuries this custom has they lived in is like many ordinary Japanese prevailed, and it is believed to interfere with the houses, one story high,— or low, rather,— un- development of the lower limbs, which are notice- painted, with the roof covered with tiny shingles. ably short, and often weak. Some of the more We can look right into the side window when- intelligent and educated Japanese are now adopt- ever the sliding screen covered with white paper ing and recommending the use of chairs. is pushed aside. The floor is covered with the Hidechan and Yuchan always had their hair ever-present thick mats of straw, called tatami. JAPANESE GIRLS It is one of the joys of small children in Japan to tumble about on the matted floors. Another on the under side so as to leave supports for great joy is that there are so few things to get the heel and the ball of the foot. The upper broken or out of order; for a Japanese house is surface is flat. The shoe is held on the foot by almost destitute of what we call furniture. A two thongs, which are made fast at the same few pictures on the walls, an ornamental vase place at the front end, and then pass about half- Or a potted plant, some sprays of flowers in a way back, and fasten, one on each side. The bamboo vase,— such are the simple but tasty foot is shoved under these thongs, which pass between the large and second toes, where the furnishings. But I must introduce these children to you. thongs unite in front. Such shoes can be put The eldest is a sturdy school-boy, Hidechan by on or taken off without ever being touched with name. All Japanese names have a meaning, and the hands, the wearer simply stepping into or out Hide means " illustrious." His younger brother's of them at pleasure. They are always removed name is Yuchan, " heroic." Their little sister is when' their owner enters a house. The more ex- pensive geta have padded velvet thongs, and soles called Matchan after the matsu, or " pine tree." Boys' names often express some manly virtue ; of woven rushes. Sometimes a little girl's shoes have tiny bells underneath, which tinkle as she while girls are commonly named after trees, walks, reminding one of the old woman in the flowers, and other natural objects. Hana, meaning nursery rhyme, who had " rings on her fingers " flower," Kiku, " chrysanthemum; " and Haru, and bells on her toes." " spring," are common names of girls. The suffix We soon became quite well acquainted with than noticed in these children's names, is a title Yuchan, and he seemed to enjoy playing with the of respect, like our Mr., Mrs., Master, etc., only little foreign children. As he became better ac- the same title is used for all, men and women, FATHER AND SON quainted, he would come into our house; but boys and girls. But than is the childish pro- he was always careful not to intrude, nor to nunciation of san, the form applied to grown clipped close; and this is the common style for come when he thought he might not be welcome. people, following the family name. men and boys. Some old men still dress • their Little Matchan was more shy, as became her Hidechan was fourteen, and was just entering hair in the old style, in which it was allowed to grow long enough to be tied in a round roll at the crown. This roll was then doubled on it- self, and tied again, so that its end projected forward. Matchan usually had her hair clipped or shaved except on the crown of her head, where it was allowed to grow long enough to fall over her forehead and neck. Japanese babies have their heads shaved, with queer little tufts of hair left at the crown, temples, and nape of the neck, according to the fancy of their elders. When Hidechan dressed for school, he looked quite like a " foreign " boy, with his neat suit of dark-blue jacket and trousers, leather shoes, and black cap with vizor. But about home the children all wore the native kimono, a loose gown open down the front, and confined at the waist by an obi, or sash, wrapped several times around the body. The lower part of the wide sleeve forms a capacious pocket. But boys, and girls too, often have their sleeves made without pock- ets; for, handy as these are, the wide sleeves are much in the way during work and play.

JAPANESE YOUTH ANCIENT STYLE OF HAIR-DRESSING THE YOUTH'S INSTRUCTOR NOVEMBER 3, 1903 age. Hidechan was at school much of the time, Japan total annihilation. This may be had by attain- ing to a sufficient degree of knowledge and so we saw little of him. (Concluded from page 4 ) These Japanese children seem to be quite as enlightenment, and by passing through much self- amiable in disposition as most children in our rope and America, yet they manifest a certain discipline and purification, and countless trans- own favored land. In fact, the children here are originality in receiving, assimilating, and some- migrations of• soul. less quarrelsome than many little folks at home. times improving upon Western models and in- The ethical-political system of Confucius has Yuchan was generally cheerful and happy; but stitutions. They do not slavishly follow their been received by large numbers of the people. like other children he sometimes had a spell of masters. According to him man's first duty is to obey pouting, or teasing his mother. He seldom cried The Japanese excel us in their love of nature. his prince; the second relation is that existing except when hurt; and then his mournful cry The soft-tinted sky, the golden sunset, and ma- between father and son — the parent must love of itai, itai (" painful, painful "), was quite piti- jestic mountain, and the opening bud are noticed, his offspring, while the child reverences his ful. His little sister had more frequent spells admired, and appreciated by this gay, patriotic, father; and next in importance is the law gov- of crying, from what cause we could not well and polite, though sometimes inconsistent, fickle, erning the marriage relation — the wife is merely decide. At such times every effort was made to and deceptive race. the servant of the husband, and upon the merest divert her attention, and no harsh measures were Nor are they any the less practical because pretense she may be put away. The results of ever used to drive away the evil spirit of sobs. of their susceptibility to the influences of the the workings of this last precept will appear It is quite a common theory with the Japanese beautiful. Indeed, the story of Japan's progress when it is realized that in Japan there are nearly that a child should not be punished when it is since the restoration of the emperor to absolute one third as many divorces as marriages. Con- too young to reason. Consequently small chil- power in 1868 reads almost as a fairy tale. There fucianism also teaches that the older brother is dren often give way to fits of anger and peevish had been a bloody revolutionary war; the sho- to be greatly respected by the younger children, crying without restraint. gunate -- so powerful for centuries — had been and that kindness should be accorded to friends But you will doubtless be interested to know forever destroyed; and Emperor Mutsuhito and strangers ; but the latter term is not to be something about the parents of our little neigh- young, able, and progressive — abolished feudal- interpreted to mean " foreigners." Upon these bors. The father was a quiet, mild-mannered ism, turned his eye to the nations of the West, five relations existing between sovereign and peo- man, who dressed up in foreign clothes every and began to study their institutions, and to adopt ple, parent and child, husband and wife, elder day, and went away to his business. But when many of their customs and laws. brother and younger, and friend and friend, hangs he returned, or had a day at home, he would don To-day Japan is a constitutional monarchy, and the moral law of the East. his native kimono, especially comfortable in warm her people have a voice in the government; the But one of the most interesting of Japan's re- weather. His companion was a model Japanese edicts against Christianity, which had been posted ligions is the indigenous and recently developed wife and mother. She was a very tidy house- in different parts of the country in the seven- missionary faith known as Tenrikyo, which, inter- keeper, and the tiny yard at the rear of the house teenth century, have been torn down; free schools preted is, " Doctrine of the Heavenly Reason." was kept carefully swept with a broom made are in every city and village and hamlet; mag- Omiiki, its founder, was born near the close of of bamboo twigs. In manner she was mild and azines and daily newspapers are delivered even the eighteenth century. She was of humble gentle; never once, during the months they lived in the rural districts throughout the empire, for parentage. When near forty years of age, she beside us, did we hear her speak in loud or angry the many railroads and steamship lines make claimed to have two visions, and to be appointed tones. Even when the children were fretful and transportation cheap and easy; there is splendid by the gods to carry a new message to her people. annoying, she corrected them with gentle firm- telegraphic service ; national and private banks Tenrikyo teaches that man must worship the ness. And this quiet way is characteristic of do a lucrative business; a new and independent sun and the moon ; that the gods sustain the same the Japanese. Very likely much is due to their literature is arising; and on every hand may be relation to man as parents do to their children; training in certain forms of politeness, the control seen evidences of the rapid progress that has that neither prayer nor praise will meet with of the feelings being considered a cardinal virtue, been made among these isles of the Orient. divine favor if the heart be impure; that the especially °in women. But whatever may be the As in ancient Rome the individual was noth- good should meet together to worship and re- explanation, Yuchan's mother, with her quiet self- ing, while the government was everything, so ceive instruction ; and that it is the only true possession, would certainly put to shame many here man's first duty is to the " heaven-descended relikion, and will one day be triumphant. In a parent in Christian lands. mikado," and his second to, his family, especially this last respect Tenrikyo materially differs from And yet these people are heathen. From our- his parents. The principle of loyalty is the very the other leading religions of Japan, for they windows we could see the little household shrine foundation stone of Japanese morality; absolute are very tolerant one of the other. It is be- on the wall in the farther room. At times we obedience to parents is, of next importance. coming more and more popular, and now num- noticed that the two tiny lamps on the shrine Human life is lightly' regarded. For the very bers something like five million disciples. were burning, showing that some special season slightest reasons a man will commit suicide; it In 5549 Xavier introduced Roman Catholicism; of worship had come. Almost every Japanese is said that from seven thousand to ten thou- it was gladly received by all classes, and in less home has its household shrine, and some have sev- sand persons are guilty of this crime every year; than sixty years there were more than one mil- eral. Besides these there are the public temples and statistics show that a failure in the rice lion native adherents. But trouble came. The and shrines, dedicated to the emperors, and to crop, or even so trivial a thing as uncomfortable Jesuits quarreled among themselves, were ac- other great men of the past, and to the various weather increase the number of victims who cused of plotting against the government, and gods. suffer a self-inflicted death. were slandered by the Buddhist priests. Perse- But the leaven of the gospel is working in In private and business matters the Japanese cution arose, and the Christians were almost ex- Japan. Not long ago Hidechan called on us are often deceptive, unreliable, and lacking in terminated. The foreigners were either exiled (the family removed to another part of the city promptness. The merchant sells his goods with or slain, • and Japan practically barred her doors some months ago), and one of our Christian boys reference to the amount he is able to extort from to intercourse with the outside world. had a good talk with him about Christianity. his unsuspecting customer, rather than accord- Since 1859 various Christian sects have been He said that he has a Bible, and promised to ing to their real value. Commercial integrity at work in trying to spread the gospel. Great read it. There is much to be done to carry the is at a low ebb, and this lack has very materially obstacles have been met. Heathen religions, the gospel to this people. In closing I will ask that hindered the free and natural growth of inter- troubles occasioned by the introduction of Chris- you remember this land in your• prayers to the oceanic trade. However, the honesty always tianity in the sixteenth century, the conduct of Lord of the harvest. F. W. FIELD. shown in conducting public affairs, and the up- so-called Christian nations, the presence of West- Tokyo, Japan. rightness generally displayed by civil officers in ern skepticism, and the almost fanatical patriot- faithfully fulfilling governmental trusts, put to ism of the Japanese, have all had their weight in " A MISSIONARY among the Indians tells of a shame many a Western nation. retarding the progress of Protestantism. poor little Indian girl who attended the mission Shintoism his the early cult of primitive Japan. But during the very recent years there has school. She saw a picture of the crucifixion, and It is chiefly nature- and hero-worship. It con- been a remarkable change. Revivals have swept wished to know what it meant. The teacher told tains no moral code. The Shintoist sees in the over Japan, and hundreds have been converted. her as simply as she could the old but ever-new mikado the lineal representative of the " sun-god- These revivals have reached the colleges and story of the cross. As she went on with the story, dess; " he follows the leadings of his own unaided higher institutions of learning, and a great many tears streamed down the face of the little girl, conscience, and, save where his heart has been young men and young women are having their who did not speak for a while. Then her first corrupted by foreign influences, he is sure to go attention called to the gospel. We see in this a words were, ' Me never want to" do bad any right ! This religion is very popular among the preparation, for the closing message, which must more.' Her heart was so touched with the love higher classes of society. soon reach °every part of that empire. of the Saviour who died for our sins that she In A.' D. 552 Buddhism was introduced. It ab- It is time for us to press forward. We must resolved never to grieve him, but desired to sorbed rather than antagonized the old faith. study the methods of our brethren who have gone please him perfectly. For the first time in her The court favored it. For centuries it exercised before and seek to profit by their experience. life she realized that her sin was against the a powerful influence in molding the character and That which is necessary is the mighty power loving Saviour. All real conviction of sin must shaping the destinies of the Japanese people, and of the Spirit of God. We need it. Japan needs have for its essence a clear conception that we to-day it is the most popular religion of the land. it. The whole world needs it.— Missionary Mag- are wronging God, grieving the divine heart." According to Buddha the chief end of life is azine. NOVEMBER 3, 1903 THE YOUTH'S INSTRUCTOR 7

and was greatly insulted when he saw a rosy- Israel's influence should be, in case they proved cheeked youth, not even armed. " Come to me," faithful to him? Deut. 28: t, 9, To. he cried, " and I will give thy flesh unto the fowls 5. In demanding a king, what position did they of the air." in reality seek in comparison with other nations ? David's answer to the Philistine tells us the I Sam. 8: 19, 20. secret of his power. Goliath's trust was in his 6. When Israel of their own accord had re- sword, and spear, and shield. But David's trust fused the high position to which the Lord had was in " the name of the Lord of hosts, the God called them, whom did he choose to occupy it? of the armies of Israel." " This day," said he, Jer. 27: 6. " will the Lord deliver thee into mine hand; . . . 7. What relations were other nations to sus- that all the earth may know that there is a God tain to him? Verse 7. in Israel." 8. What was to be the experience of any INTERnEDIATE LESSON These words show that David had the victory nation that refused to serve Nebuchadnezzar? VII-David and Goliath before he went out against Goliath. " This is the Verse 8. (November r4 ) victory that overcometh the world, even our faith." 9. Through what agency was the light which LESSON SCRIPTURE : I Samuel 17. David had faith in God, and therefore he had the God would have published to all the world through MEMORY VERSE : " I can do all things through victory, and by it he overcame the giant. He was the nation of Israel brought to Nebuchadnezzar ? Christ which strengtheneth me." Phil. 4: 53. able to say with confidence, " This day will the Dan. 1:19-21. Lord deliver thee into mine hand." to. What proclamation did he make to all the Goliath of Gath was one of the last of a race God guided David's aim, and sent the stone to world ? Dan. 3 : 28, 29. of giants who were called " the sons of Anak " its mark. And when the Philistines saw the head I1. What experience led him to make this or Anakims, whom God cast out of the land of of their great champion in the shepherd boy's proclamation ? Read chapter 3. Canaan when he brought his people out of Egypt. hand, they learned what David knew - that 12. What opportunity did Darius, the Mede, It was these great giants who filled the hearts of there is a God in Israel. have to learn of the true God? Dan. 6: 3. the ten spies with terror, and caused them to bring All the promises of God to his people are for 13. How did he improve it ? Verses 25-27. the people an evil report of the land that God had us to-day. Let us believe them, and, like David, 14. Through what experience was God's serv- promised to give them. In the days of Saul only through God we shall do valiantly, and shall be ant compelled to pass before the knowledge of a few of the giants remained. Goliath was nearly able to say, "Though an host should encamp the true God •was brought to the king? Daniel 6. ten feet high - more than half as tall again as against me, my heart shall not fear." 15. Even though Israel had failed to do their the tallest people we usually meet. Questions part in fulfilling the promises God had made, how The promise of God to his people when he I. Where did the Philistines encamp against did the Lord still use those who were faithful to brought them out of Egypt was that no man should Israel? Who was their champion? Describe represent his kingdom and gather out a people be able to stand before them, but that one of them Goliath's size and appearance. who would be called by his name? Note. should " chase a thousand, and two put ten thou- 2. What did Goliath propose? What did he Notes sand to flight." So they need not have been do to the army of Israel ? Whom was he really In order that they might be a light to all the afraid even of a man of Goliath's size; for any defying? How long did he have to wait for a world, God Called his people to a position high single one of them would have been more than a man to fight with him ? above all other nations. But in their efforts to match for him. However, for forty days there 3. What brought David to the camp? What be like the nations round about them, they lost was not found a man of faith in Israel who dared state of things did he find there? How did he their high position. God had to use other means to meet the giant in the strength of the Lord. feel about it? to bring the knowledge of himself to the world. Every morning and every evening he came 4. What did David say to Saul? Why was he Before Nebuchadnezzar came to the point where forth from the ranks of the Philistines and defied not afraid of Goliath? What had God promised he acknowledged the God of heaven, the few loyal the armies of Israel. All the nations knew that the Israelites when they came out of Egypt ? servants of the Lord who stood before the king God was with the armies of Israel, and it was he What was it that kept them so long in the wilder- were placed on trial for their faith,- an expe- who had given them such wonderful victories. So ness? rience which to them at the first must have seemed when Goliath said, " T defy the armies of Israel," 5. What weapons did David choose? Why hard. And yet that very experience brought them he was defying Israel's God, as David said, " The would he not wear Saul's armor? nearer the Lord, for he walked with them in the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast 6. What did Goliath think of David? What fire. And through this same experience Nebu- defied." did he expect to do with him? In what did chadnezzar was led to recognize the God of the No " accidents " happen to the children of God. Goliath trust? faithful young men. The same was true of There are no " chances " in their lives. There 7. Tell how David answered the Philistine. Darius. Daniel was thrown into the lions' den was one man of faith in Israel whom God could In whom was all his confidence? What did he to open the eyes of the king, who was ready to send forth to uphold the .honor of his name and want all the earth to know ? acknowledge the true God as soon as he knew deliver Israel. That man was David, the anointed 8. Had David any doubt about the victory? him. The lesson that we may draw from this king. Saul was weak, helpless, and afraid, What did he tell Goliath he would do with him? experience is evident. The Lord did not allow because the Spirit of the Lord had departed from What is the victory? his servants to suffer in bringing these great men him. David was strong in the Lord and in the 9. In what simple way did David conquer to know him better. And yet only their intimate power of his might, because the Spirit of the Lord Goliath? What did he do to him when he was acquaintance with their Lord, gave these men the was upon him. fallen? courage to stand true in the face of what por- At this time the people had opportunity to see io. What did the Philistines do when they saw tended most terrible bodily suffering. the weakness of the king that they had desired to that Goliath was dead? How far did the Israel- lead forth their armies. After testing the Israel- ites pursue them? Interfused ites, to see if there were any among them that WE can not lie every morning, and repent the lie would trust him, God brought David to the camp. • at night; Jesse sent him to inquire after his soldier brothers; We can not blacken our souls all day, and each God sent him to deliver Israel. When David heard =.00N1 day wash them white; Though the pardoning blood availeth to cleanse the boasting words of the giant, and saw the fear UENNLNENEINEZ] of the people, he was full of indignation, and of the mortal stain, For the sin that goes on sinning that blood was holy zeal for God, who was thus being dishonored VII- God's Promises and Israel's shed in vain. before the heatheri Philistines. It was not any Failure pride or confidence in,himself, nor desire for glory, (November 14) We must buy and sell in the market, we must earn that led him to go against Goliath. It was his our daily bread; MEMORY VERSE : " What could have been done But just in the doing these usual acts may the soul knowledge of God, and his trust in his promises, more to my vineyard, that I have not done in it? be helped and fed. and his desire that the Philistines should learn of wherefore, when I looked that it should bring It is not in keeping the day's work and the day's his power, and know that there is a God in forth grapes, brought it forth wild grapes?" prayer separate so, But by mixing the prayer with the labor that the Israel. Isa. 5 : 4. Goliath's trust was all in himself - in his great soul is taught to grow. Questions stature, his coat of mail, his heavy sword, and Then none may deem it wasted time, who stands the shield that was carried before him. David 1. To what high and exalted position did the in a humble spot, cared for none of these things. He went forth Lord call the nation of Israel? Acts 13: 47. And digs and waters a little space, which the with his simple sling and a few carefully chosen 2. What was to be their standing among the hurrying world heeds not; nations? Deut. 28: 53. For the Lord of the harvest equally sends his stones. And not even in these was his trust, but blessed sun and rain As long as Israel was true to God, how wholly in the God of Israel. 3. On the large work and the little work, and none of Goliath was prepared to meet the tallest and would other nations look upon them? Deut. 4: 6-8. it is in vain. strongest soldier in the armies of the Israelites, 4. How extensive did the Lord intend that -Susan Coolidge. 8 THE YOUTH'S INSTRUCTOR NOVEMBER 3, 1903

were not ready. Then what a rushing here and one at a time, twenty-four hours long,— not a there, what a gathering up of tools of all descrip- minute, not a second, longer for the richest man tions, tumbling them onto the wagon wherever in the world than for the poorest. they would stick, what a frantic endeavor to The question of the way we use the days is turn the long truck to face the other way, and a question that is of vital interest to every one what a springing to position as at last they were of us. Do we let them slip, dreamily, idly, use- ISSUED TUESDAYS BY THE off. It was a very different spectacle from that lessly, through our fingers? Do we enjoy them REVIEW AND HERALD PUBLISHING ASSN, presented a few days before, when, forty seconds selfishly, spending their bright hours in seek- 222 N. CAPITOL STREET, WASHINGTON, D. C. after the alarm was rung, the • truck was out ing our own pleasure? Do we fill them to the of the station, and had turned the corner of full with study and work and play, crowding in ADELAIDE BEE COOPER EDITOR the street below. This time the men had the all the things that we " really want to do," all humiliation of seeing more distant companies the things that interest us most, and leaving out Sulisrriptinn 'Rates: go clanging past while they were getting their the study of God's word, meditation, and secret tools together,— while they were getting ready. prayer? Do we use them as if they were ours YEARLY SUBSCRIPTION 5 .75 Six MONTHS .40 We talk a great deal about getting ready to " to keep,"— not lent as a treasure to be im- THREE MONTHS .20 To FOREIGN COUNTRIES 1."2" meet Jesus when he comes; but, dear young proved, and for which we must render a faithful CLUB RATES: friends, do you not think it possible for us to account? 5 to g copies to one address, each - - s.5s There is always danger that we shall despise I° to xoo be so engaged in getting ready that we shall fail 46 66 IOC or more to be ready? There is just as much danger in the present moment, putting off until some dim a constant bustle of preparation that puts his and distant future day the present duty, the Entered as second-class matter, August 14, 1903, at the post-office at Washington, D. C., under the act coming out of our minds, and shuts its comfort present opportunity, the priceless present priv- of Congress of March 3, 1879. and joy out of our hearts, as there is in the ilege. " It will be easier by and by," says course of those who, having made all ready, fall inclination. " To-day ! To-day ! " warns the asleep, and so fail to welcome the heavenly voice of conscience. " A more convenient sea- QUITE a little space is given this week to ar- Bridegroom when he comes. son," the enemy whispers. But ever the Spirit ticles on Japan, as this is the special topic for If we would be truly ready to meet Jesus at of Love urges, " To-day! To-day!" the monthly Field Study in the. Young People's that day, we must be ready to meet him now. In all ages, men have written about the value Societies. We are sure, however, that all, whether But how can we be ready? it is asked. How of the present time; teachers have urged its im- they belong to a Young People's Society or not, can we conquer our evil thoughts, correct our portance upon their pupils ; parents have kept will enjoy reading what is given concerning appetites, subdue our tempers ? Only by the new its worth before their children : yet never be- this interesting island empire and its people, and birth — the clean life, the grace that comes from fore in all the history of the world was there a the progress that Christianity has made there. Of above; and these no one can gain for himself by time when the days, these present days,— To-day, especial interest will be the article on the Chil- any amount of striving. Let the Spirit of Jesus — was freighted with such importance to the dren's Page, from Brother F. W. Field, telling come into your heart now, and you will be ready world at large, and with such responsibilities to about the children of one family he has met in his to meet Jesus now. And as that Spirit abides the young people who read this paper, as this work in Tokyo. with you, it will teach you the way of truth; present hour. For now as never before, the it will point out your faults, and make you an enemy is working for souls. Especially is he " AT the time of the end," we are told, " many overcomer. By following its gentle teaching, you trying to gain the souls of the young. Every shalt be purified, and made white, and tried." will grow in grace day by day; and so every day day, in apparently little things, decisions are be- And we hope to be among the number ! How you will be ready, not only to meet the Saviour, ing made that will mold the mind, and almost often do we pray that we may be among those but to help rescue those who are perishing all imperceptibly form the character, so that some 'who shall be made white, and shall stand before about you. day one will find himself perhaps on the wrong the throne ! But- when a soiled garment is made Though the firemen were getting ready, for side — having lost his hold on the Lord, and giv- white;' it is put through a process that, if it had the moment they were not expecting to be called ing his service to the enemy. 'life, would be very painful; the act of purifying to active service; and so when the call came, they To-day is decision day. Where do I stand? is implies another cleansing process that is often lost a few precious minutes that might have meant the question that must be asked and answered by hard to bear; and to be tried,— as gold is tried the loss of valuable property or the sacrifice of every young person who expects to have a part in the fire, that all the dross may be purged away, human life; for a fire only asks a chance to get in the closing work of the Lord in the earth, — comes as the result of the fiery trial that takes a good start in order to defy any fire company. and to triumph with it. Do you feel in your away every. particle of the dross of self and sin. They were hired and paid to be ready. That is heart an inclination to " wait "? Does something • Let us remember, then;' when we are tempted, what the citizens expect of them — that they shall tell you that there is " time enough " ? Do you that in order- to be made pure, we must meet be ready; and that is what they expect of them- see presented to your mind an alluring picture — temptation, and overcome • it in the strength of selves; but just this once they were disorganized, of the things you would " like to do first "? Do Jesus; in order to be made White, we must show taken unawares. you feel in your very heart of hearts that you that we. truly desire to wear Christ's robe of And then the alarm came. would rather wait until some other time — after spotless puritY,— and we could never show that Here, too, we are something like these men. a while "? Answer the question to your own 'desire if we never passed through temptation, We profess to be waiting for Jesus to come, to soul — and to Him who loved you, and gave him- 'and turned away from it. Then, too, if we come be looking for him, expecting him, to have a self for you, that he might make you a partaker forth. as pUre gold, perfect and precious, we shall message to give to the world concerning his of his life, a sharer in his righteousness, a joint be tried — we shall suffer sorrow, and often have appearing. And so the world has a right to heir with him of his Father's inheritance. an aching heart ; in the point where we are most expect us to be ready all the time — to act all Listen to his voice entreating you to come to liable to fail, the enemy will bring his strongest the time as if we really believed his coming near. him — To-day. To leave all, and follow him — temptations ; those whom. we have loved and Shall we be ready? It is necessary — so neces- To-day. To make a perfect surrender, a sur- trusted may turn away from us. • For to be sary that Jesus himself said: " Be, ye also ready: render that shall hold nothing back — To-day. " tried " means that we shall have trials; and for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of Give him your heart — To-day. Invite him in that is never an easy thing. man cometh." (0 how long has he stood at its door, knocking It will be a high honor, indeed, to stand among gently for admission) to abide there henceforth, the company who are purified and made white a welcome guest — To-day. Consecrate your life and tried at the last; but if we hope .to be among To-Day — all your life — to him, to be used in his serv- them, let us not shrink from the purifying and " Lo ! here hath been dawning another blue day ; ice — To-day. Then, having 'made the decision, the trying now. Think! wilt thou let it slip useless away? trust in his promise to be with you " all the days." Out of eternity this new day is born ; For he will be -- his word and his promise are Into eternity this night 'twill return. See• it aforetime no eye ever did; sure. Not only will he be with you, but the Be Ye Therefore Ready So soon it forever from all eyes is hid. word is, also,." As thy days, so shall thy strength THE hook-and-ladder truck was out of the sta- Here hath been dawning another blue day; be." tion for cleaning. Axes, buckets, picks, the life- Think ! wilt thou let it slip useless away ? " "To-day, if ye will hear his voice, harden not saving net, all the tools and appliances, were What are we doing with To-day? Morning your hearts." scattered here and there; and the firemen, their after morning comes to us, fresh from the hand sleeves rolled up, were playing a lively stream of Him who " breaks the years to days and from the hose upon the ladders, and scrubbing hours,"— lent to us, to improve for eternity. No THE true spirit of religion breathes gentleness them off. Apparently, a fire alarm was the person can have two days at one time; no mat- and affability ; it gives a native, unaffected ease last thing that was expected. ter how rich he is, he has no power' to buy more to the behavior ; it is social, kind, cheerful ; far But suddenly an alarm was rung — taking the days. He must take them as they come — one by removed from the cloudy and illiberal disposition force half by surprise, and for the moment wholly one; and the way they come to him is just the which clouds the brow, sharpens the temper, and unprepared. They were getting ready — but they way they come to every one else in the world — dejects the spirit.— Blair.