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 Ghist ane. thie Harve Fields 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 D upon this came his disciples; and they marvelled that he 
 was speaking with a woman; yet no man said, What seekest 
 thou? or, Why speakest thou with her? So the woman left 
 her waterpot, and went away into the city, and saith to the 
 people, Come, see a man, who told me all things that ever | 
 did: can this be the Christ> They went out of the city, and were coming 
 to him. In the meanwhile the disciples prayed him, saying, Rabbi, eat. But 
 he said unto them, I have meat to eat that ye know not. The disciples 
 therefore said one to another, Hath any man brought him aught to eat? 
 Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to 
 accomplish his work. Say not ye, there are yet four months, and then cometh 
 the harvest ? behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields, 
 that they are white already unto harvest. He that reapeth receiveth wages, 
 and gathereth fruit unto life eternal; that he that soweth and he that reapeth 
 may rejoice together. For herein is the saying true, One soweth, and another 
 reapeth. I sent you to reap that whereon ye have not labored; others have 
 
 labored, and ye are entered into their labor. (John iv. 27-38.) 
 
 BEEBE EEL 
 
 And Jesus went about all the cities and the villages, teaching in their syna- 
 gogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of disease 
 and all manner of sickness. But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved 
 with compassion for them, because they were distressed and scattered, as 
 sheep not having a shepherd. ‘Then said he unto his disciples, The harvest in- 
 deed is plenteous, but the laborers are few. Pray ye therefore the Lord of 
 the harvest, that he send forth laborers into his harvest. (Matt. ix. 35-38.) 
 
 Go ve Therefore and Preach 
 
How We may Lift up Our Eyes 
 
 MPARATIVELY few of the modern harvest fields are within the range of our 
 immediate vision, and scarcely any of us can view at first hand those that are at a 
 distance. We should, however, take advantage of the means and methods which modern 
 science has made available. The early followers of Christ did not have the privilege of 
 using the products of the printing-press or the camera, and, as a result, were comparatively 
 ignorant of the extensive harvest fields which lay outside of their own experiences. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 We have no excuse for thus limiting the range of our vision. We can sweep the whole horizon: 
 our harvest field is as wide as the world. It is shown to us in every conceivable form. It is made 
 interesting by books of travel, illustrated lectures, and pictures. Men of special training have given 
 their best thought and time to the development of an attractive literature which shall inspire the Church 
 to reap the rich harvest which now lies before it. That literature covers all the great foreign lands, 
 dealing, aside from Europe, with nineteen-twentieths of all the inhabitants of the globe. It treats in 
 considerable detail the harvest which the Church faces in our own land. It has influenced hundreds 
 of thousands of men and women in the Christian churches, and now awaits the opportunity to help 
 more of us “‘lift up our eyes, and look on the fields.” 
 
 
 
Hoarvest® in wen aoe 
 
 
 
 
 
 HE harvest fields of India are this year brought before us 
 in anew book entitled “ India Awakening,” by Sherwood 
 Eddy. This vital discussion of many of India’s present 
 problems is not a duplication of the former text-book, 
 “The Christian Conquest of India,” but is a series of 
 
 studies which may be taken up by persons who have or have not used 
 
 the former book. 
 
 Mr. Eddy, as Secretary of the Young Men’s Christian Association 
 for India, and as a missionary in a regular station, has had_ exceptional 
 opportunity to study all phases of present-day life in India. He has 
 traveled widely and has lived with the people sO helpfully that he knows 
 
 
 
 his subject as few other men do. His wide 
 
 Mr. Sherwood Eddy presentation of the missionary message all over 
 
 America in the recent Laymen’s Campaign 
 
 leaves no doubt about his ability to tell the great story of India. The book has 
 
 already been pronounced one of the best volumes in the mission study courses. 
 It consists of a series of studies of the following subjects: 
 
 I The People of India V_ The Students 
 II Religions VI Womanhood 
 III The National Awakening VII The Church and the Missionary 
 
 IV Individual and Mass Movements VIII The Winning of India 
 
 See page fifteen for prices and directions concerning orders 
 
 
 
 
 
 4 
 
The Rural Section as a Harvest Field 
 
 E modern economic development of our nation has brought the Church face to face with 
 a serious harvesting problem in the rural community. For a generation or more the drift of 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 population has been away from the country and toward the city. The best young men 
 and women have gone from the country to college, and from college to the city. The 
 result is a country church decreasing in membership and bereft of the product of its own 
 former efficiency. Many a country church is, for all practical purposes, a “ down-town church.” 
 
 This problem forces itself to the front as one of the greatest of our home missionary questions. 
 Valuable literature on the subject from the standpoint of the Church is exceedingly scarce, but this 
 volume supplies the need. The author, Dr. Warren H. Wilson, is recognized as a foremost leader in 
 the presentation of practical plans for the solution of this problem. It is expected that his book will 
 immediatety take a prominent place in home mission literature. 
 
 This new book is entitled “ The Church of the Open Country.” It is in no sense a catalogue of 
 detailed plans and methods which may be followed in reorganizing country churches. It is, rather, a 
 discussion of developments in rural life which have brought about present conditions and an interpretation 
 of these conditions in their relation to the Church. It is also an interpretation of the place of the Church 
 in the changing country community. The author points out four periods in country life in North America ; 
 the pioneer, household, speculative, and cooperative farming periods. He shows the inJuence of these 
 periods in determining the characteristics of the farmer, each period developing a different type. 
 
 The discussion of the economic, educational, and social phases of the subject are exceeding sane 
 and candid. In an interesting and vital way it is made clear that the Church has a fundamental relation 
 to these questions of modern country life, not only for the sake of its own future, but for the sake of the 
 community. In these discussions of economic questions the purpose and place of the Church is never 
 lost sight of but always held up and interpreted in the light of modern conditions. 
 
 Here is a text-book which vitally concerns a large number of our churches. Dealing with the 
 country, as it does, it comes to many people as a most practical discussion of a near-by problem. It is 
 confidently expected that this book will appeal to many people who live in rural communities and who 
 have not heretofore studied missions. 
 
 Ready late in November. See page fifteen for prices and directions concerning orders 
 
 
 
 These two church buildings indicate the changed condition of an Illinois country church after ten years’ service by one pastor 
 5 
 
The Community as a Harvest Field 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 LL text-books must, of necessity, treat a given subject from 
 a general standpoint. But little can be done in specific 
 cases by such studies. ‘There is great need of something 
 more definite, something that will help every local church 
 to face intelligently the problem in the community where it 
 
 exists and to become an effective force in that community. In such cases, 
 
 
 
 careful investigation of conditions is essential to successful action. 
 
 Most communities are not understood by a majority of the church- 
 membership. Men and women are busy, and unless something definite 
 is done they will not know the number of non-attendants at Sunday-school 
 among the children of a certain section of the town or of the entire com- 
 munity ; they will not know whether or not the foreigners are an unchurched o 
 class, and similar conditions. A knowledge of what is needed is a prime Dr. Warren H, Wilson 
 essential to the fulfilment of duty. 
 
 To meet this need a series of “Community Studies by Groups” has been prepared. ‘This series 
 is an outline for investigation and report upon definite subjects, and is prepared especially for towns, 
 small cities, and city wards. The investigations are directed by a series of questions on all phases of the 
 matter that is under review. The questions are printed on good writing-paper with ample space for 
 the writing in of the answers. When thus completed this book will make a comprehensive volume 
 on the religious condition of the community. 
 
 Dr. Warren H. Wilson, the author of these “Studies,” is especially qualified to render such a 
 service. As Superintendent of the Department of the Church and Country Life of the Presbyterian 
 Board of Home Missions, he is constantly directing a number of experts who are making surveys of this 
 character. Every question in this volume has been tested in these surveys and has been found valuable. 
 Although prepared by the same author, this volume is entirely distinct from the book on the Country 
 Church, described on page five, and should not be confused with it in any way. It is published only in 
 paper and is sold at the usual price of paper-bound mission study text-books—35 cents; postage, 
 3 cents extra. The following subjects are outlined for investigation: 
 
 
 
 “COMMUNITY BB’ 
 
 IN ACCOUNT WITH 
 
 COMMUN i LES eae ! The Population 
 SHE | II Economic Problems 
 
 AREA 42 SQ.M iles_| Ill Poverty 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 3000 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 POPULATION | #4300 es POPULATION 
 Chaufayqua— IV Class Distinctions Billiards 
 Lo Saloons aslCes 
 Band Concerts.} “(Labor Problems Lhd ligers” 
 SOCIAL Home cul. VI Recreation SOCIA C. se My oe 
 LIFE Wontats (U0 Ie NN Vie Saloons LIFE Nona oD) 
 dames acne EY C/ub 
 WHEE Tang \ Vl The Day of Rest bears 
 CHURCHES ramerssastitite IX Young People CHURCHES) 22-7 Dead yes 
 MEMBERSHIP 2FOS  . . Immigration MEMBERSHIP 7TOQ 
 REG. ATTEND. iLO Ss os ‘ REG.ATTENDANCHH <32O 
 SPIRIT Harmony XI Christian Leadership SPIRIT Sealousy 
 PASTORS ASSOC. No 
 
 
 
 
 
 PASTORS BRL CPE ad XII The Community Church 
 
 
 
 These two Charts show in a graphic way the results of two surveys of the type provided in this new publication 
 6 
 
Wires ttarvest in Many Lands 
 
 HE excellent series of books on the great foreign mission fields which have been published 
 
 
 
 in the past ten years present an authoritative view of the greatest of modern harvest fields. 
 These books have attracted attention far and wide, have been studied by thousands of 
 men and women in the churches of this country, and some of them have been translated 
 
 
 
 for use on the continent of Europe. It is doubtful if any series of missionary books ever 
 had a wider reading. These books are offered as optional courses and may be used by classes 
 which for any reason prefer them to one of the books of the current year. “Sunrise in the Sunrise 
 Kingdom,” one of the earliest of these publications, has been revised recently, and is therefore up to 
 daie in every respect. The aim of these studies is to give as comprehensive a view of the country as is 
 possible in the limits of a study book of this character. Each book follows the same general outline, 
 which is indicated by such chapter headings as: 
 
 The Country The People Missionary Leaders Missionary Problems 
 The Government The Religions Methods of Missionary Work Missionary Successes 
 
 SUNRISE INTHE 
 SUNRISE KINGDOM — 
 
 : iS az Le J OND H. DE FOREST. 
 
 SOUTH AMERICA 
 
 THOMAS: B-NEELY 
 
 
 
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 7 
 
Harvest 
 
 
 
 ligent citizen who will contribute to the total life of the nation 
 rather than sap its vitality, then we may gravely question our future. If the 
 
 cities cannot be made a place of 
 triumph in the saving of humanity 
 a place of destruction of life, they will 
 us to decay and moral degeneracy. 
 
 The study of the Immigration 
 important 
 plans are 
 of a new 
 Sto mee. <s 
 City, mes 
 of authority. 
 discussion of 
 
 churches. On every hand these questions press for solution. 
 The basic principles of the nation itself are being tested severely 
 in this ‘generation. If the immigrant cannot be made an intel- 
 
 
 
 Fields at. # lel onmeec 
 
 REAT and growing home mission fields surround the American 
 
 Christian 
 rather than 
 surely drag 
 
 
 
 problem is so 
 
 and has proved so interesting that 
 being made for the early publication 
 book on this subject. Dr. Josiah 
 book, entitled “The Challenge of the 
 recognized by all as a standard book 
 It presents a thorough and scientific 
 the subject and is especially valuable 
 
 
 
 for men’s classes and groups of mature people. 
 
 “The Frontier,’ by Dr. Ward Platt, is also one of the most popular of the Home 
 text-books. It has dealt.so clearly with the great problems of irrigation and dry 
 farming and shows so plainly the possibilities of the great West that it has brought 
 new conviction concerning the vastness of that section of the home mission field. 
 
 “The Upward Path,” a study 
 possible for both the North and South 
 the same text. This is one of the 
 
 The Look is most highly appreciated 
 
 Line and should be studied in all our 
 
 “Advance in the Antilles,” a 
 the reader a most profitable and 
 neighbors. ‘The interest in this book 
 much larger than was anticipated 
 publication. 
 
 An intelligent Church is an 
 necessity to the successful solu 
 
 home mission problems. The study of these books in the past has contributed 
 
 
 
 of the Negro problem, made _ it 
 to study this inflammable subject from 
 most significant events of our time. 
 on both sides of Mason ard Dixon’s 
 churches. 
 
 study of Cubaand Porto Rico, brings to 
 pleasant discussion of our Spanish 
 has been 
 before its 
 
 absolute 
 tion of these 
 
 immensely to the growing appreciation of the seriousness of the tasks which the 
 Church confronts in this land. Vague theories of conditions have given way to 
 more accurate knowledge, and indifference and prejudice have been 
 supplanted by intense conviction and renewed devotion. 
 
 See page fifteen for prices and directions concerning orders 
 
 8 
 
 
 
The Harvest and the Harvesters 
 
 COMPREHENSIVE study of the White Harvest Fields of the 
 World would not be complete without books on certain general 
 themes and problems. This need has been met by the publication 
 of two of the books shown in the accompanying cut. The states- 
 manlike review of present missionary conditions by Mr. Mott has 
 
 been greatly appreciated by those who have studied a few of the great mission 
 
 fields, and ~ | has been widely used by such students. 
 
 The (i qsauusmua: discussions are based on the reports of 
 the W orld Missionary Conference held last year 
 in Edinburgh and therefore constitute the latest and 
 most authori tative presentation of the present mis- 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 sionary situation. _ It 1s generally recog 
 than Mr. Mott to present these facts 
 
 nized that no man is more competent 
 inaclear and 
 
 convincing manner. After clearly presenting 
 the present plastic conditions in the non- Ghristivan 
 world, the author gives an extended discussion 
 
 
 
 of the requirements of the present [ meee) = situation, 
 both on theforeign fieldand inthe home | churches. 
 “The Why and How of Foreign Missions” is a general discussion 
 of missionary methods of work and the relationship of the missionary to the 
 Church at home and on the field. The author discusses such questions as 
 The Foreign Missionary Motive and Aim, Foreign Missionary Administration, 
 Qualifications and Appointment of Missionaries, The Financial Support of the 
 Missionary Enterprise, How the Missionary Works, and The Native Church 
 
 
 
 and Its Task. This book is especially 
 obtain a definite but concise under 
 policies. 
 
 “The Price of Afnca,” “Princely 
 
 recommended to those who wish to 
 standing of missionary principles and 
 
 Men in the Heavenly Kingdom,” and 
 
 “Heroes of the Cross in America” are biographical books prepared especially 
 
 form of study. Each book contains 
 greatest missionaries in Africa, China, 
 United States respectively. The sub- 
 sketches were pioneers in industrial, 
 
 for adults who are interested in this 
 short sketches of four or five of the 
 and the 
 
 jects of these 
 
 ap conesioinenoniebaeitoncnnnnniecbstabnecesnnnteensantnt 
 
 [HEROES o¢ie CROSS | | 
 
 Pee isse< ht educational, 
 BON ©. SHELTON LD 
 
 medical, and evangelistic missionary 
 
 
 
 work, and mle 3 therefore present the subject from 
 Various eet standpoints. [he use of biography 
 is now recognized as an excellent method of studying history. No better books 
 are available for those who wish to use this method in studying the beginnings 
 of missionary work in these countries. Such a study also gives an excellent 
 opportunity to view the heroic events in missionary history and to form a 
 judgment of actual missionary life and devotion. 
 
 
 
 See page fifteen for prices and directions concerning orders 
 9 
 
Men and the Het vert Fi ebde 
 
 HE missionary enterprise is a man’s job. It is big enough and fraught with enough 
 
 
 
 
 
 problems to engage the energy of the greatest of business minds. Because of this it is 
 comparatively easy to interest men in missions. What is needed is a proper method of 
 presentation. “The Laymen’s Movement has already shown that the men of the Church 
 are interested in this enterprise, that they are coming to realize the seriousness of the task, 
 
 
 
 and that they are anxious to equip themselves more fully for its accomplishment. Such an equipment 
 undoubtedly involves greater familiarity with the problems that surround this enterprise. Adequate 
 knowledge will not be secured through casual methods. A special course of study on certain countries 
 or phases of the home and foreign problems will be found essential. With this information as a basis 
 men can be led to get under the burden. 
 
 The Community studies referred to on page six are especially intended for the men of the Church. 
 Here are subjects which require action on the part of the strongest and most influential leaders of the 
 community. Men’s Bible Study Classes, Brotherhoods, Boards of Church Officers, or other groups of 
 men in every church ought to interest themselves at once in this newest phase of church activity. In 
 connection with foreign missions, such groups will find immediate interest in the study of Mr. Mott's 
 great book, “The Decisive Hour of Christian Missions,” or in the new book, “India Awakening.” In 
 fact, any of these books on the great foreign fields and on the chief home problems will prove interesting 
 to the men of the Church. Already a large number of men’s classes have been organized. 
 
 
 
 One of four mission study classes at the Lake Geneva Conference of the Laymen’s Missionary Movement. These men 
 
 were preparing to lead men’s mission study classes in their own churches 
 
 10 
 
Wecmmo ese otf the Harv’ st 
 
 
 
 
 
 OYS and girls are more interested in the hero of the occasion than in the occasion itself. 
 They are at the age of hero worship and are easily influenced for good or bad by their 
 idols. ‘This characteristic of the adolescent period has been fully recognized in the pro- 
 duction of the Forward Mission Study Courses for boys and girls. The policy of rewriting 
 books for adults has been abandoned and the biographical method has been given 
 
 exclusive right of way. The success which has attended the publication of this series of books is 
 
 sufficient proof of the wisdom of this policy. The history of missions is especially rich in men and 
 women who possess the characteristics out of which such heroes are made; men and women who will 
 surely impart influences which are the highest and most ennobling. 
 
 The latest book in this series for boys and girls is entitled ““ Winning the Oregon Country.” This 
 volume weaves into one story many of the heroic events in the lives of Jason Lee and Marcus Whitman. 
 These two heroes in their journeys to win the Indians of the great Northwest to Christ suffered, 
 hardship, loneliness, and many privations. ‘Their lives were full of thrilling adventures and thus this 
 story contains many elements which make “wild west” stories so interesting to boys and girls. But this. 
 story is superior in that its total influence is for good rather than for evil. 
 
 “Uganda’s White Man of Work” is a story of the life of Alexander Mackay of Uganda. 
 Mackay was an early mechanical missionary, the first to work among the people of Uganda. He 
 built houses, boats, and even coffins. He daily went before the king and court to preach Christ and 
 advise concerning the needs of the tribe. At times he was in favor, at other times in danger. Finally 
 he was driven from the court. It can readily be seen that such a story would greatly interest boys. 
 
 “Under Marching Orders”’ is a story of the life of Mary Porter Gamewell, one of the early 
 missionaries to China. She was subject to danger during two great uprisings in China, the last 
 being the famous siege of Peking. She opened the first girls’ school in China in which the girls were 
 required to unbind their feet. “This volume is especially interesting to girls. 
 
 
 
 “Servants of the King” consists of a series of eleven sketches of home and foreign missionaries, 
 and is intended especially for young men and women between the ages of seventeen and twenty. This 
 is the age when young men and women are choosing a life-work. “These sketches bring to them the 
 lives of devotion and self-sacrifice of these great characters in the Christian Church and will inevitably 
 have an’ influence for good during this formative period. 
 
 See page fifteen for prices and directions concerning orders 
 
 
 
 ity 
 
One Phing  Exsciem team 
 
 would be folly to deny that there are difficulties connected with the work of mission 
 study. There are problems here as there are with everything that promises great 
 results. The best things come hardest. These problems as they have been faced in 
 the various churches have been solved. The one essential element in their solution is 
 one individual who has seen a vision of the possibilities of the mission study class and 
 who has acted on that vision. The problems of “no time,” “no leader,” “no interest,” all give way 
 before determination. One young lady, a member of a church in an Eastern city, took hold of this 
 question two years ago when the church had only three classes. “The next year twelve classes were 
 organized as the result of her effort, and last year eleven were formed. ‘That church was no more 
 ready for such a program than thousands of others, and that person no more capable of leadership than 
 tens of thousands who are in our churches. When asked how this was accomplished, the following 
 reply was given: 
 
 “| had been a member of this church only four months when I was asked to take up the work 
 so that the majority of members were comparative strangers. I first tried to discover who were the 
 most interested, and found, to my sorrow, that there were very few upon whom | could depend for real 
 help. At this time I was a substitute teacher in the Sunday-school and | taught a class of young girls 
 on three succeeding Sundays. These girls appealed to me strongly and I saw in them my first oppor- 
 
 tunity. I talked with them the second Sunday about mission study and asked them to meet me one 
 hour a week for such study. They readily consented and still continue to be greatly interested. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 ‘| next made a public appeal for members of a class in the Young People’s Society business 
 meeting, with only one response. | was not discouraged, and during the next week or two I tried to study, 
 carefully and prayerfully, a number of the young people who I thought ought to be in a class. | 
 secured the consent of the young man who had responded at the business meeting to lead the class if 
 one were formed. I then appealed personally to eleven of the persons whom | had been studying. 
 None of them had ever been in a study class, but all consented to join. Following this I organized 
 three classes through personal appeals. In all this work I was very careful to group congenial spirits 
 together, to have the classes informal, and to make the study as bright and attractive as possible. 
 
 “I then went to the teacher of a class of young men. She was horrified at the idea of teaching 
 missions, and said she was not competent. I knew she was competent, so frequently dropped a word, 
 but with no apparent result. “Wo months later she asked me to meet with her class the following 
 Saturday night and help organize a mission study class. This class consisted of fourteen young men. 
 
 “ About this time one teacher came to me and said she was not able to influence her class of girls 
 as much as she desired. I knew she was a good teacher, and thoroughly interested, and I advised her 
 to invite the girls to her home and interest them in Korea. ‘These girls were constant in their attendance 
 on that class even on the most stormy nights. 
 
 Following this, two classes were formed from the members of the Intermediate Department of the 
 Sunday-school, one of boys and one of girls, and those who had been in classes the previous year were 
 again interested and one or two classes formed. ‘This year we have had only eleven classes. Two 
 more were about formed, but these had to be dropped on account of my father’s serious illness. 
 
 “During all of my work I have formed the classes by personal work, depending on prayer as the 
 most potent factor to bring success. I have tried to be especially careful in the selection of leaders, 
 securing as far as possible those who have a spiritual interest in missions and are alive to the opportunity 
 of serving the Master in this field. Eight of the eleven classes were Sunday-school classes, and wher- 
 ever possible the classes were taught by their own teacher. ‘No time’ was the excuse most frequently 
 met. This problem was solved by allowing the majority to fix the time, the leaders making every pos- 
 sible effort to accommodate themselves to this decision, even sacrificing other engagements. Persistence 
 and prayer have brought these results. We expect to increase the number of classes this year.” 
 
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Methods That Have Succeeded 
 
 NY honest method that can be made to bring results is permissible and should be used. 
 Those who organize classes are not bound down by rules or constitutions, for these classes 
 are not new organizations in the Church, but groups gathered for this special purpose. 
 
 
 
 Personal Work. No plan that may be found will take the place of personal 
 work. The value of this method is fully set forth by the narrative on the preceding page. 
 It is referred to here to emphasize its value. 
 
 
 
 Public Presentation. There are many advantages in the public presentation of the subject of 
 mission study. Sucha presentation will not be a substitute for personal work, but it will help create 
 public opinion and will answer many questions. A mere announcement will be utterly useless in most 
 cases. A recent announcement concerning a mission study class began as follows: “I don’t know that 
 there is any use trying to have a mission study class, but the meeting will be held, etc.” Such an 
 announcement is not calculated to create much enthusiasm. ‘The only kind of a public presentation that 
 will be at all helpful is a carefully prepared program given in the mid-week prayer-meeting, young people’s 
 society devotional or business meeting, or at one of the regular Sunday evening services. 
 
 The Group Plan. Large classes are not feasible. One might just as logically try to put all 
 the Sunday-school in one class as to try to teach all the members of one church who ought to be in 
 study classes, at one time. A large class is almost certain to develop into a lecture course and but little 
 real work will be done by the members. Discussion will not be free and universal and the members 
 will miss the real value of the class. “The genius of the mission study class lies in the fact that it gets 
 every one to work, each discovering missionary facts for himself, discussing the problems involved, and 
 thus soon becoming a more enthusiastic advocate of missions. ‘To obviate large classes, and at the same 
 time secure large numbers, the group plan is advocated. By having several classes the desire to study 
 different countries can be satisfied and the classes can meet at different times and in different places and 
 thus suit the convenience of more people. Classes composed of business men, high-school girls and 
 boys, Sunday-school teachers, men’s clubs, neighborhood groups, and others will suggest themselves. 
 
 Studying Together. The question of leadership is sometimes difficult to solve. The young 
 lady referred to on the preceding page solved the problem in the same manner in which she solved the 
 problem of membership, by personal work. _ If the class is to be a small group, and if it be clearly kept 
 in mind that the group is not to listen to a lecture or even a series of talks, but that the members are to 
 study together and express to each other their newly formed opinions, it will at once be seen that the 
 “leader” is in reality a leader. His work is to guide the discussions, lay out the plans, develop the 
 interest, but not to impart the information. The Helps for leaders are so complete and detailed in their 
 suggestions, the outlines so clear, the proposed assignments and questions so numerous that little difficulty 
 will be experienced by those who are willing to learn. There are many leaders who believe that the 
 leadership of such a class is easier than the teaching of the average Sunday-school class. 
 
 Sunday-School Classes. The policy of asking Sunday-school classes to meet for mission study 
 is becoming more popular each year. Here are natural groups, formed for other phases of religious 
 education than special mission study, but nevertheless available for this purpose. Some of the best 
 Sunday-school workers recommend that teachers meet their classes as frequently as possible outside of 
 the class hour. Mission study makes available an interesting and profitable course. Such gatherings 
 tend to draw teacher and scholar more closely together and so strengthen the influence of the teacher. 
 
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lt Worth) WW eee 
 
 HE number who have engaged in these studies is rapidly reaching a million. Of the 
 Forward Mission Study Text-books, 883,499 volumes have been sold since 1902. 
 Thousands have been members of successive classes, and hundreds of churches have had 
 groups every year during that period. Surely it is not being continued if it is a worthless 
 task. 
 
 No one who is close to the situation can doubt that these studies have had a great influence on 
 life ideals. _How many have thus been influenced can never be known. ‘There are many instances of 
 conversion, and many have determined on some form of Christian service as a life-work as a result of 
 such classes. ‘The following testimonies are indicative of many more that might be given. 
 
 The Deepening of the Spiritual Life. “It has meant more to me than any one thing 
 outside of Bible study. I have a hundred testimonies from members of mission study classes saying that 
 the vision of life has been entirely changed after this study of missions, and especially that their spiritual 
 outlook has been deepened and broadened, and many recruits have been the result.” 
 
 “T want to give testimony that the introduction of mission study among young men made me find a 
 way to win men for Christ as no other one thing ever has.” 
 
 “The Christian life was little more than a name to me until I began the study of missions.” 
 
 
 
 Securing Workers. “Five Sunday-school teachers were secured as the result of one mission 
 study class.” 
 
 “One of the sweetest things that has come to me has been the gathering of six young people who 
 want to be missionaries, and these have come out of the mission study class.” 
 
 “Of our class, seven have already gone to the foreign field and a number have volunteered.” 
 
 ‘ As a result of a mission study class the church has started a Sunday-school in the Italian settle- 
 ment, which now enrolls 60 or 70 members.” 
 
 Giving. “After the introduction of the mission study class our contributions were doubled.” 
 
 “Tn a church of 124 members they gave last year $100. ‘This year they gave $623. On top 
 ot that they took a subscription for running expenses, and there was $300 in excess of what had ever 
 been given before.” 
 
 “Last year the young people gave $21 to missions; this year we have pledged $100.” 
 
 “A class of boys and girls, as the result of the study, raised $125, which they sent to the New 
 Hebrides. [t was given by themselves and others whom they solicited.” 
 
 “We are building a new church, but last year we had a systematic study of missions and our 
 collection for missions was $625. We gave Bishop Hartzell fifteen scholarships at $15 each.” 
 
 Prayer Life. “It was wonderful how the young people began to pray in our mission study class.” 
 
 ‘“T want to say that the prayer life never meant so much to me as when | went to the mission 
 study class.” 
 
 “| can tell of scores of people to whom the weekly prayer-meeting was unknown until the formation 
 of the mission study class.” 
 
 “T found my young people praying for the home missionaries, the commissioners at the ports where 
 emigrants come, for the legislators who make the immigrant laws, and that the Church may be true to 
 the great trust and opportunity that God has given us in sending the emigrants here.” 
 
 “ Our study class was frequently turned into a prayer-meeting.” 
 
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 niee\epaseuamd Accessories 
 
 
 
 
 
 is unnecessary and unwise to attempt to lead a class without access to some of the avail- 
 able helps. A reference library and a large supply of maps are not absolutely essential 
 to a successful class but are very helpful and should be secured whenever possible. The 
 
 
 
 Suggestions to Leaders may be classed among the essentials, as they bring to the leader 
 many plans and methods which are not available from other sources. Little difficulty will 
 be experienced by leaders who secure these “ Suggestions.” 
 
 Suggestions to Leaders is a booklet prepared for the particular book you are to study, and 
 consists of suggestions for each class hour, including topics for special investigation, references, reviews, 
 and hints for the use of illustrations, maps, charts, and other accessory material. Free upon receipt of 
 the enrollment card. 
 
 Mission Study Class Manual, by B. Carter Millikin, contains suggestions on how to organize 
 and conduct a class. Free upon receipt of the enrollment card. 
 
 The Reference Libraries consist of from seven to ten books selected for their merit and real 
 practical value to a mission study class. ‘They are all sold at greatly reduced prices to make them avail- 
 
 able for all classes. Libraries on Africa, India, China, Japan, Korea, The Frontier, The Moslem World, 
 The City, The Negro, The Why and How of Foreign Missions, and The Decisive Hour of Christian 
 Missions are sold for $5.00, carriage extra. Libraries on South America, and Cuba and Porto Rico 
 have been reduced to $3.69, carriage extra. 
 
 Wall Maps of Africa, China, Cuba and Porto Rico, India, Japan and Korea, South America, 
 United States (with a map of the world on reverse side), $1.25 each. Moslem World, 75 cents. 
 
 Large Outline Maps of Africa, China, India, Japan and Korea, South America, 28x32 inches, 
 15 cents each. 
 
 Small Cardboard Maps of Africa, China, Frontier, India, Japan, Moslem World, South 
 America, United States, 11x14 inches; Korea, 8x11 inches. Printed on heavy cardboard, intended 
 for individual use; 10 cents each. 
 
 Small Outline Maps of Africa, China, Cuba, Porto Rico, Frontier, India, Japan, Moslem 
 World, South America, United States, 11x14 inches; Korea, 8x11 inches. Intended for individual 
 
 use; 15 cents per dozen. 
 
 Crayola, a crayon for colored charts or maps. 16 colors, 10 cents. 
 
 The Annual Reports of the Board of Foreign Missions. Free, send 15 cents for postage; 
 and the Board of Home Missions and Church Extension. Free, send 7 cents for postage. 
 
 Atlas of Foreign Missions (Methodist). Every mission station is indicated. 25 cents. 
 
 Pictures. A series of twenty-four Methodist pictures on India, 25 cents. 
 
 All Text-Books are published, in cloth, at 50 cents ; in paper, at 35 cents. Postage, 8 cents extra. 
 All orders for text-books should be sent to the nearest depository of the Book Concern. 
 
 Important Concerning Correspondence and Orders. All correspondence concerning 
 mission study and all requests for helps, maps, libraries and other mission study literature (except text- 
 books, see paragraph above) should be sent to The Young People’s Missionary Department, 150 Fifth 
 Avenue, New York. This department represents the Board of Foreign Missions and the Board of 
 Home Missions and Church Extension. 
 
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e Summer Conterences 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Silver Bay on Lake George 
 
 HE Summer Conferences of the Missionary 
 Education Movement have undoubtedly 
 been the greatest single factor in developing 
 the present interest in mission study. 
 Delightful vacations, the formation of choice 
 friendships, clear visions of God’s will, 
 
 strength for new life tasks—these are the factors that stand 
 
 out prominent in connection with these gatherings. Plans 
 for the Conference of 1912 should be made at once, 
 both by persons who desire to go and by churches who 
 ought to send delegates. Expenses will not be prohibitive 
 if planned for in advance, and desirable vacation periods 
 can usually be arranged if requested in time. Definite Bathingat siltey Bay 
 
 
 
 
 
 announcement concerning the 
 dates of the conferences of 
 1912 cannot be made at this 
 time (Sept. 1, 1911), but full 
 information may be secured 
 early in the year from the ad- 
 
 
 
 
 
 es ~~ dress given on page 15. \ The 
 Lake Geneva conferences of I9I1 were 
 held at | 
 
 Silver Bay, New York 
 Lake Geneva, W sconsin 
 Cascade, Colorado 
 Asheville North Carolina 
 , : Whitby, Ontario | 
 aaa i Knowlton, Quebec 
 
 ent Life Woodstock, Ontario 
 
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