NSTRUCT OR Camel Caravans Carrying Merchandise From China's Outlying Regions to Peking EWING GALLOWAY. N. Y. Charles T. Studd, iqpoitie BOUT sixty years ago an el- hour or so, he went in. To his aston- evangeligt. As he was not intereelPd derly man was making his ishment, he found the stage occupied in religious things, the were A way toward the Kingstown by a large number of women and not familiar to him, alt e- harbor, near Dublin. He was a man men, and at the time of his entry a called several not very comp much interested in all sports, but espe- man with a wonderful voice was sing- Preferences to some evangelists jus cially in horse racing; and he had just ing a solo. He had never heard the recently arrived from America, and come from the famous Irish Derby. song before, and was much impressed thought that these must be the men. He wished to return to his home in by it. The words moved him greatly. He listened to the evangelist, and England by the cross-channel route, "There were ninety and nine that safely surely he had never heard anyone but, to his annoyance, found that the lay speak so impressively. He did not boat had just left. There was no In the shelter of the fold, leave Dublin by the next boat, as he alternative, therefore, but to remain But one was out on the hills away, had intended, but, stayed on diy after Far off from the gates of gold." overnight in Dublin. Having time day, so interested was he in the meet- upon his hands, he sauntered about He inquired in whispers of a man ings. And when, one evening, the sitting beside him who the singer was, invitation was given to all who dev the streets till at last he arrived at • a theater. On a large board in front and learned that he was Mr. Sankey, sired to accept Christ, to come for- of the building he saw the words : and that the man who was about to ward, he responded. That service "D. L. MOODY AND IRA D. speak was Mr. Moody, the famous was a very memorable one for him, SANKEY." for he found Christ as a personal Thinking that the names repre- Saviour. sented a vaudeville company, and that ily q. 101/0,C1Wat'd The mission in Dublin came to an there he might find amusement for an end, and Moody and (Turn to page 3) VOL. 89, NO. 6 FEBRUARY 11, 1941 C:171 LET'S TALK IT OVER UR small world was a glare of In the eyes of God, however, sin is life of its vitality and stamina, if it 0 ice when we greeted the dawn sin, whether it be a little "white lie," is not eradicated. of yesterday. The tap-tap-tapping of or unworthy thoughts, or a really falling sleet on the window pane made vicious act. And we would do well UT does God really take account dismal music. Trees, shrubs, grass, to be on guard lest we slip on some of 111) of all our little slips? Just the fences, roofs, sidewalks, streets— these unsuspected icy places along little things we do, or think, or say everything out of doors, in fact—was life's highroad. that might be questionable according coated with a thick, slick glaze. Walk- When Henry M. Stanley was mak- to the rules for perfect living? ing even part way to work turned out ing his heroic search for David Liv- Remember the experience of that to be a complicated and precarious ingstone, he faced many dangers and grand old prophet, statesman, soldier, experience. hardships; he had expected that, and lawgiver, and preacher of righteous- How carefully we took each step ! was prepared to encounter ferocious ness—Moses? It is a colorful film of "Like walking on egg shells," gasped wild beasts, poisonous reptiles and in- the long ago, and yet it is strictly up a surprised pedestrian as he slid to a sects, and miscellaneous trouble of all to date. Its lesson is for you and for sudden stop, and anchored himself to sorts. But when he had his party well me, right now, today ! a convenient telephone pole until he started on the difficult journey, he Let us review it ever so briefly. He could collect his balance and his wits. met a danger that was a complete was born a slave, adopted into the "Almost went into the ditch twice," surprise. royal house of Egypt and reared in observed the considerate taxi driver The Wambutti dwarfs were both luxury as heir presumptive to Pha- who came to our rescue when over- interesting and amusing to the white raoh's throne; a fugitive from justice, crowded buses just didn't stop for men. In spite of their small size, their herding sheep in the high tablelands more passengers. "You got to look faces appeared old and mature, but of Midian for forty years while God sharp and drive careful if you aim to especially intriguing were the small prepared him for a special work; stay right side up in this weather." bows and arrows they carried, which called to that service as he stood by As hours passed, the forecaster's were for all the world like playthings the burning bush at the foot of Mt. prophecy of "warmer" came true ; for children. But Stanley soon dis- Horeb ; before Pharaoh, demanding sleet melted to rain, which seemed to covered that these little people threat- that the monarch release the slaves have washed the ice away entirely ened the very existence of his expe- who were strangers in a strange land; before today's dawn lit the sullen sky. dition. They had a way of slipping calling down the plagues at God's Automobiles whizzed along at their silently through the dense forests and command ; leading Israel out of bond- usual rate of speed ; people walked appearing at the most unexpected mo- age ; the miraculous crossing of the confidently upright with assured tread. ments in the most unexpected places. Red Sea ; Egypt's mighty army de- It wouldn't be hard to cover the block And always their presence spelled feated at his command of God's to the bus stop this morning. danger. power ; at Sinai, where he met God Almost eight o'clock ! How fast the in the mount; struggling with mur- For the tip of each small arrow car- minutes fly between getting-up-time muring, complaint, criticism, open re- ried a drop of deadly poison, and if and going-to-work-time ! I mustn't bellion, idolatry on the part of the that point pierced the skin of either be late. Out of the front door I hur- people for whom he was giving his man or beast an agonizing death came ried, across the porch and—then— very life; and then after all this, and speedily. They also dug ditches along suddenly I found myself sitting just when even God'?; patience with Is- the line of the expedition's march, below the bottom step ! I looked back rael would have failed but for his and covered them so cleverly with a —up ! What a little spot of ice, and pleading, the smitten rock—the one thin layer of earth and branches that practically the only one in sight! little sin—which shut him out of the they were not easily seen, and the men Six inches to the right or left would Promised Land. fell into them as they stepped on the have been safe enough, but I had to Wouldn't it seem that if ever a man fragile camouflage. They even stuck step right there—and slip ! had just provocation for wrath. Moses sharp little sticks into the ground to But so it happens that today I've had? And he didn't do anything very trip the marching men. The point of been thinking more or less about bad surely ! Just struck the rock in- I T each one of these had been dipped in "slips." And the pattern they trace stead of speaking to it, as God had the deadly poison, and usually a stum- awn our lives, as we go our varied, commanded him. And called the chil- ble meant trouble, and sometimes birgy ways. dren of Israel rebels, which they death. surely were ! 4 when we think of sin, Later Stanley learned that the poi- But by His punishment of Moses at our minds turn to such things, son these dwarfs used was made from God gave indisputable proof to peo- • as theft, burglary, murder, arson, or honey. They had found a way to turn ple of every age and every clime that the more conspicuous social crimes one of nature's sweetest products into He is no respecter of persons, and that make men and women outcasts a deadly poison. Strange, isn't it ! that He will surely punish the trans- from society. Would we be guilty of And still— gressor of the least as well as the any of these? Never! Perish the The greatest dangers we as Chris- greatest of His commands. thought ! But when it comes to some tians face are not those that are gen- of the things we allow ourselves to erally regarded as "vicious sins." Our EWARE the "little foxes" that say am* to do, we are not so ready danger lies in what people like to re- spoil our lives if we allow them to classify them as "sin." We are B gard as the "honey-dipped sins," the entrance; beware the "slips" that charitable with ourselves and call our apparently little things which seem so don't seem of much consequence, but • b wn shortcomings "slips," perhaps, or harmless, but which spell trouble and will surely bring disaster soon or "weaknesses," or "inherited tenden- ruin and death in the end.