Identifier: spiritofmissions74epis (find matches)
Title: The Spirit of missions
Year: 1909 (1900s)
Authors: Episcopal Church. Board of Missions Episcopal Church. Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society
Subjects: Episcopal Church Episcopal Church Missions
Publisher: Burlington, N.J. : J. L. Powell
Contributing Library: Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center
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gros West Point.I am not sure of retaining all theories,rules, and lessons learned there in classrooms; but I am thankful for the lessonsof order, regularity, system, discipline.We learn the discipline of heart, ofprayer, praise and worship from thechapel. The discipline of mind—learn-ing a short lesson well, being accurate,exact iu detail, specific in recitation,careful in address; this is inspired bythe class-room. Then the discipline ofbody, of head and limb, either on theplayground or in the workshop; the highrequirement of honor, of honesty, ofrugged manhood, of playing hard—trueand mighty, of working steadfastly andcontinually; these are inspired by theindustrial work of the school and bysupervision over the playground. If THE Rev. W. H. Shepard, mission-ary of the Southern PresbyterianChurch in the Congo Free State, whowas recently charged with libelling theBelgian government because of his dis-closures with regard to the Congoatrocities, has been tried and acquitted. (849)
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THE FIRST PUBLIC LIBRARY IN CHINA By the Rev. S, H. Littell(Corner-stone laid at Boone College, Wuchang, June 1st, 1909) T HE best known of Chinas sagessays: Learning without thought islabor lost;Thought without learning is perilous.The problems that press upon China atthis time require both deep learning anddeep thought. The country is awaken-j ing marvellously, and on all sides arei heard clamors for reform. We wonderj who is sufficient for these things? Weknow that many of the most active re-I formers are not. To change for the1 better a country like China requires allthe aid that the accumulated wealth of! past experience, the highest knowledgej and wisdom of many lands, and thebenefit of close study of history can give.Few Chinese at present possess theserequisites; few are in a position where1 it is possible to acquire them. Peril-ous is the right word to describe effortsat improvement where learning isabsent. A splendid Christian effort to lead thecoming leaders along the safe

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