The Christian Messenger from Lindsborg, Kansas • 4

4 THE CHRISTIAN MESSENGER or espondence only 30 or at the most 45 minutes time each week to the study of English, and sometimes not be able to get a competent teacher, i i i i 1 I Record consider that satislac-j tory? We doubt it. Or does the editor of News-Record consider the subject of Christianity so 1 small and insignificant that the I instruction in the Sunday school alone is equal to the subject? We I do not thus consider it, and that 1 does not mean that we refer I slightingly to the Sunday school. Not only for the benefit of the News-Record but in order to ''1 emDhasisc the need of more ians," "Babylonians," and "Philistines" as books of the Old Testament. It is hard to believe, when we read sucn a report, that the students were not "joshing" their professor. When it came to the New Testament, the answers were still more unsatisfactory.

Five moved "Samuel" out of the Old Testament into the New. Three placed "The Psalms" in the New Testament; seventeen mentioned "Paul" or "St. Paid" as one of the books, while others mentioned "Thelesians," "Philipi" "Lazarus," and "Samson Agon-isles" as in the sacred canon. To the question, "Wbo was the apostle to the Gentiles?" fifty per cent gave the correct answer, but a number of others voted! for ''John," for for "Abraham," while Judas, Moses, and Methuselam each had a vote apiece. It is hardly believable that students that should have reached college age, and have been prepared in mathematics, the classics, or the sciences for entrance to one of our universities, can be so deplorably ignorant.

G. A. I). UlUlUUgu uuuouan iiuiimjj, i will quote an article wiiicn speaks about trie unsatisfactory results of Sunday school work. The article is taken from "The Presbyterian," and this paper in turn quotes the "Christian En-- deavor world" (Methodist, we suppose).

The article is as fol-; lows The weakness of plan, and ishoddiness of results, of our boasted methods of Sun-. day-school work is revealed by 'the followmgT-from the "Christian Endeavor World." It plainly "THANKS" AND "NOTICE" FROM PORTO RICO. By letter from a Kansas Luther Leaguer we are informed that the Luther League Convention in Lindisborg decided to raise the necessary fundls for the Baya-mon Church Building before Christmas. We thank most for your loyal support and ask the Lord bless vou all. We believe you will do it although Kansas has been less prosperous this year than other years, because you desire to do it, and because you are able.

We hope that 1914 shall be the year of the Church building in this city. Notice: Unless specifically slated that funds sent in to the Treasurer are for the Bayamon Church Fund, they go to the General fund and the Building consequently delayed. This means dragging out the time for you and for us, therefore, when sending in your funds for this purpose, state plainly that they are for The Bayamon Building Fund. Remember the name of our town, which is pronounced, Buy a moan, accented on the last syllable. Think of how you would not, as many a young person are doing, buy a moan, but would 'have the Blood of the Lamb buy for you eternal peace.

Your very gratefully, A. P. Cm. Anderson. Bayamon, PorloRico, Nov.

7, 1013 FREMONT. Our Luther League has now begun its We dines day evening meetings, thus making, one meeting every week. We are lad to see the good crowds and the fairly good programs, at all the meetings, and hope they will continue so, in the future. The two Bible Glosses are also well attended. On Wednesday evening Nov.

12th the marriage of Mr. Isaac Helander of our League, and Miss Blenda Johnson of Salems-borg took place at the Balems-burg Lutheran church, Rev. E-rikson officiating. After the ceremony the bridal couple, together with their guests, left for the bride's home some miles north of church, to partake in a wedding feast, a-bout 150 guests were present, and as the weather was as beau- illustrates the need of more thorough instruction in the tents of the Bible, and much less fancy manipulations and puerile gymnastics about the Bible: Some months ago, Professor 1 1 V. P.

Squires, of the University A (ill EAT MAX'S KINDNESS. An old man used to sweep the street crossing for gratuitous pennies near the House of Parliament for many years, says one of our exchanges, in telling the anecdote. One day he was absent. Upon inquiry, he was found by a missionary, ill, in a little attic chamber, barely furnisher with cot and stool. "You are lonely said the missionary.

"Has anyone called upon you?" "Oh, yes," he replied; "several persons have called. Mr. Gladstone for one. ITe called and read to me." "Mr. Gladstone called? What did he read?" "He sat on the stool there and read the Bible to me." One of the greatest statesmen in the world lost none off his greatness by silting on a stool, in an attic, and reading the Word of God to a street sweeper.

North Dakota, determined to test the freshman class on their knowledge (or ignorance) of the English Bible. The test was optional, but one hundred and thirty-nine students participated in it. 1 One of the questions required the students to name ten books Vof the Old Testament. Less than half the class succeeded in passing this test, and the professor declares that even this was a too liberal allowance, as it was 'based 3n the acceptance at full value of such spelling as "Deuteromy," 'Deuteromoty," Deutenominy," I yNehiamiah," "Joob," "Jobe," f'Joeb," etc. Fourteen of the one hundred I md thirty-nine thought Hezckiah i vas one of the Old Testament I )ooks.

Five declared that there vas a "Book of Solomon." Vari-i )us students mentioned "Paul," Timothy," "Titus," "Phenec- "Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall." Goldsmith..