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«‘Whatsoever thy Hand findeth to do, do it with thy Might.”
VorLuME 6.
MINNEAPOLIS, MINN., OCTOBER 30, 1895.
NUMBER 51.
THE MINNESOTA WORRIR,
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WHATEVER 8.
If we smile or if we sigh;
If we laugh or if we cry;
Who will know it, by and by?
Who will care for hopes and fears;
Who will care for smiles and tears;
Who=~will care in coming years?
Then, Oh heart, why suffer 80?
Whera thou goest all must go,
Mortals must oblivion know.
There is One who cares alway,
Years to Him are but a day,
Watch and pray then, watch and pray.
Smile and sigh, or sigh and smile ;
Live your life, dear heart, the while ;
Keep it pure and without guile.
Mortals shall immortals be;
From all care and sorrow free,
Then, Oh death, what sting have ye?
_MaRION E. TEALL IN WOMANKIND.
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+ MISSIONARY WORK. <
IN a recent number of a missionary journal I read
these words : ‘The missionary who has to be contin-
ually spurred up to his work, stirred by appeals and
aroused by exhortations, is not the sort of person
who can be trusted with an important mission for
God and humanity. The missionary must have oil
enough in his lamp to keep it perpetually burning.
He must be prepared to lend to others rather than be
obliged to borrow from his neighbors.”
Dear missionary workers, suppose we each make a
personal application of this test to our-selves, and
see if we do not find the reason why such constant
and vigorous efforts are required to keep our mission-
"ary societies alive and active. The spiritual con-
dition of a society, as such, can never rise above
that of its individual members. Are we letting our
light shine, or are we looking at our empty lamps
and wondering why our brethren do not pay more
attention to us and keep them filled? Is the living
fire, kindled only by the touch of God, burning in
our hearts, or are we always seeking warmth from
our neighbors and wondering why we always find
them so cold? Have we the faith ubich works, which
constantly moves us to active and loving service, or
are we waiting for a minister or some one else to
come along and stir us up to earnestness? Do we go
to the missionary meeting to help, or to be helped?
to ‘“‘get the blessing’ or to give it? Or do we stay
at home and wonder why ‘“‘they’’ don’t make the
meetings more interesting? Is the missionary socie-
ty they or we?
Much has been said about the duties of librarians
and officers, and truly a great deal depends on ‘the
faithfulness and efficiency of those who lead out in
the work, but nothing can take the place of personal
consecration and the spirit of willing service. It is
right that we seek most earnestly, by prayer and by
faithful study, to learn how to do our work in the
best way, and that those who have the oversight of
the work should carefully plan, direct and counsel;
but only Christ in the heart can supply the motive
power. ‘Nothing but love can transform human
lives into spiritual beauty.” Trying by outside in-
fluence alone, to awaken a missionary interest in a
person who has no love in his heart, is like holding a
lighted match to an iceberg.
“Where is that spirit, Lord, which dwelt
In Abram’s breast and sealed hum thine?
Which made Paul's heart with sorrow melt,
And glow with energy divine?”
A. E. E.
: THE SABBATH SCHOOL. ¢
DEAR CHILDREN OF THE SABBATH-SCHOOL
You have no doubt all learned many things of
_ interest about China since we have -been giving
our Sabbath-school offerings to send a missionary
over there, but perhaps you will like to have me
write you a letter all your very own about this
strange country.
1 suppose you have learned that it is a very
large country, next to the largest empire in the
world, and has so many people in it that we