EXCURSIONS MANITOBA !' The Grand Trunk and Canadian Pacific Railways will run TI’hree Cheap Eisxcoursions To Manitoba and the Northwest on June 2, 9, 23, Good to Return in Forty Days. Fares to Deloraine, Bosworth, Moosomin, &e. Ses.ce. Regina, Moose Jaw, Yorkton, SSo0.co. Prince Albert, Calgary, 35.00. 37 Route via Toronto, North Bay and ©. P.R. Full particulars of J. A. HACKING, LISTOWEL, ONT. MISSION BAND WORK. READ BY MISS IDA PELTON BEFORE THE WALKERTON ASSOCIATION OF THE BAPTIST CHUREH. We have abundant reason to been- couraged and thank God for the meas- ure of success. that has attended the efforts put forth in this department of mission work during the year. Throughout our convention a goodly number of new bands haye been organ- ized, which means that so many more little hearts have manifested the de- sire of helping tocarry outour Saviouf’s last injunction, “Go ye into all the world.” Forin this commandis to be found the great aim of our band work, to spread the knowledge of Christ among the heathen. But as the mem- bers of the band are only children the object may seem a remote one, and you will ask, “IIlow do you expect to attain it?” My answer is, “ly arousing the missionary spirit in their hearts, and by instilling into their young minds the miserable eondition, social and religi- ous, ot the people of heathen lands and their duty even as children to do all they can for their evangelization.” And viewing the band from its aim who can tfeelitis notan organization well worthy the hearty and prayerful sup- port of all true Christians. Children haye hearts and their feel- ings and sympathies are more easily touched then than when they become older. If we wish to train a tree to assume a eertain shape or form when do we be- gin? You will say when itis young und not whenit has attained its ful height and size. Soif we want people full of the missionary spirit and zeal for the Master’s cause, with a burning desire to rescue the perishing millions, we cannot begin too soon to place before them the awful degredation and desti- tution of those who are now sitting in darkness and the shadow of death. Every man in Germany must spend three years of his youth in training as n soldier, und this fact, probably more than any other, goes to make Germany the greatest military power in the world. German statesmen know the yalue of training the children and we should not overlook the opportunity of training the youth of our Christian lands to be soldiers for Christ. If the object is good we cannot be- gin too soon. A certain Roman Cath- olie priest is quoted as saying: “Give me the training ofa child until it is seven years old andI care not into whose hands its educationis afterwards — it will not forget or desert the eaching of those seven years.” The more we look into this mission band work the more do we realize the wonderful ainount of gocd that is go- ing to be accomplished by it. ‘I'he most hopeful of us may have no idea of the grand results that may follow this important work for the Master. There is a growing need for laborers, and fervent calls come to us for help. We cannot go ourselves asd it is not necessary that ail should go, but we are required by the command of ‘Christ to do all in our power to forward His gos- elto every creature. And we may be doing just what He requires of us by sowing the seed of desire tor mission work in the hearts of the children, so that when the call for laborers coines, some of the boys, some ofthe girls, once in the bands that you and I have labor- ed in and whom we have endeavored to interest and instruct in. mission work, because they love the Master and have learned through the instrumentality of the bands the needs of their heathen brothers and sisters, gladly respond to that call and go to far-off India or China or Fag to the dark continent of «Africa, and be the means in His hands of leading hundreds or it may be thous- ands, te a knowledge of Him who has said, “And if belifted up will draw all men unto me.” This may seem a highly drawn picture or perhaps you will say we have dra too much tipon our imagination, but I seé no reason why we should uot take just as bright and our trehes. And we believe had mission bands and the interest that.is now manifested in them existéd years a our missionaries would not have to ap- = so often in vain fof men and e218; 7 ‘with the mission work of oufehurches I have so far given you some of the reasons that occurs to my mind for the organization of bands in connection and trust if there be a sister here not our work that I_now have. Let us look upon the difficulties and diseour- agemenis we meet with, as showing the greatness andthe magnitude of the work we have undertaken, and use them as incentives and stimulents to renewed vigor and energy, and not at all as obstacles in our way. As I said before, there are discourage- ments in this work, often when we feel most in need of a word of cheer, we meet with opposition and indifference from those from whom we expect as sistance. They do not oppose the work directly,. but tell us they do not see the wisdom in spending so much time teaching the children to recite and sing missionary pieces, as ifto sing and re- cite were the sole object. They forget that our work is: connected with the children, who cannot be interested or instructed in the same way as men and women Occasionally this objection is raised, the children are not all Christians and for that reason they seem to think they should not have the opportunity of knowing or learning anything about the condition of children and people in other lands, or should not have the op- portunity of giving a few cents no matter how much inclined. I am happy and thank God for every unconverted child thatis induced to join the band ith which Iam connected for then I ee aechance of accomplishing a two- fold object fer Christ: In the children come directly under good influence, and as the actual state of the heathen world is presented to tkem andas their condition is contrasted with our happy homes, onr churehes and our Sunday schools, and the many blessings that we enjoy through living in a Christian land, may they not be induced to accept of Christ as their Saviour and also grow up deeply inter ested in the welfare of those not thus favored, No good mission band work- er will neglect to lead the unconverted in her band to Christ and even though she should not be successful in doing so what harm has it done the child that he once belonged toa mission band and contributed a few cents toward thecon- version of the heathen, sucha know- ledge to him will always be a source of pleasure. But some one says the discourage-4 ments I meet with are from the child- ren, they are constantly forgetting the time of mééting, orthe part assigned them, rainy days keep them at home, in sunimer its too hot and in winter too cold and I just feel like giving the work up. But sisters while we may feel tired and discouraged let us remember they are only children and we should not ex- pect too much from them. These are difficulties we must expect to meet With when we undertake the work, and let us meet them in the spirit Paul manifested when he_ said, “None of these things move me,” and let us keep right on winning and holding the love and respect of the children, endeavoring to cnre their carelessness and disinter- estedness by eur own diligence and aopehiogeae | and arousing their interest y our own in the work. But mission band work is not all dis- couragement and disappointment, neither is it unpleasant work. Ilow pleasing to look into the Jittle faces as they gather from time to time all aglow with interest as they listen to some story about the heathen or missionaries eager lest they may lose a word, an glad to be told, young as they are, of the spread of the Gospel in those tar away lands. Andnot unfrequently we reach the parents through the children, as they ke: their homes from the meetings S = ey repeat what they have heard and enin consequence of this the par- efms become interested and join our circle ot other missionary societies, and thus the seed sown in this simple way, spring up, and will no doubt bear fruit, some thirty, some sixty, and some an hundred fold. But our time will not permif us dwelling longer upon this aspect of the work. Let us now look ata few methods of conducting the meetings. It is scarcely necessary in the first place to say that the leaders in the band must be fullof enthusiasm and missionary zeal, for if these characteristics be lack- ing in them, we cannot hope to find them in the children, where the band is composed of children and young people, it is somewhat dificult to maintain the interest of both, yet with tact on the part of the leaders it may be accom- plished. Donot have thesame ehild- ren take part at allthe meetings, they will not all be able to do their part a! well, but this must not be notic- ed. They all like taking part and none must be forgotten, no one must be led to feel he is not just as good and just as important as another. In thtis way all wi!l become attached to the work; also bring the work of our missionaries as near home as possible. Do not let it appear yague and far away. Havea ae) of our mission field and get the children to point out and locate our missionary stations. Tell them about the physical features of the country, the climate and the mariners and customs of the people, and to whom their con- tributions are being sent and for what purpose, and bring ali the matters be- fore them in such a way as to interest and make a lasting impression ‘upon their minds. n regard to the home work our bands are doing, until last October the mone raised for home missions by the child- ren went with that of the circles into the women’s general treasury for hore missions. Butin October our Board an , who an their work in couraging, God has already blessed their labors and we have reason to be- lieve that many whose hearts are now blinded by superstition will beled out into the lightand liberty of the-true Gospel through the instrumentality of Mr. and Mrs. Grenier. Let us keep their work before our bands and pray that God will abundantly bless them in the work they have undertaken. In reference to the foreign work, some of our bands _by-their--contribu- tions and raising of money are support- ing girls in the Tuni or Coconada girls‘ boarding schools, others, Bible women, or teachers, or students in the Samul- cota Seminary, others are putting their contributions into the general fund of the women’s treasury where it is being used for the support of our missionaries. Correspond with this people and read their letters to the children, nothing willinterest them more than to hear a letter read from our mission field, and especially from those to whom their money is being sent. Open eee are a source of strength to the band, the parents attend these and often the re- sult is an addition to our staff of work- ers and anincrease to-our list of mem- ers. As before mentioned the aim of the band is to spread the Gospel, therefore the raising of money for that purpose is a very important matter and a part of the work to which we should devote a good deal of attention.- It is import- ant that the children be taught to give and it is rd so that we instill into the younghearts the right motive of giving; we do not believe in offering a prize to the one who brings in the most’ money, but giving from a pure Christ- ian motive only should be cultivated and eae, ange s Jesns stood by and beheld the rich men casting their gifts into His treasury and the poor woman casting her mite, so he beholds now how money is given for His cause, and. counts it not by dollars and cents, but by the motive ofthe giver. Itis from a spirit like this that the children should be taught to give. All bands shonld be supplied with the mite box, as the membership fees are usually so small that no chil bed ebarred from becoming a member. And then thereis usually the free-will offering. But during the time between the meetings the children forget this, and if the mite box be in the home it is a daily reminder. A text such as “What shall I render unto the Lord,” or “Freely ye have 1e- ceived, freely give,” placed on_the box, may accomplish a two-fold object. From these the child may learn what blessings he isthe recipient of and what he owes to God, his love for the Master be increased and his heart for the mis- soeaty cause may be deeply impress- e Whatis known as “the investment plan” is ‘being tried in a number of our bands with considerable suecess. It means giving a child a cent or perhaps tive cents, which he invests in some- thing saleable and turns over again, realizing a profit which. increases the original amount. Wehave known an instance in which a boy invested one cent in a newspaper which he sold for two cents and purchased again and so on until the original one cent amount- ed to fi cents. The plan is we think worthy of trial. At our women’s convention last Oct- ober it was reported that the contribu- tions from the bands had donbled dur- ing the year and we hope to havea much larger inerease next October. And let our prayer be that we in this Association, individually, may feel the responsibility of this work, and that the Master's richest blessing may rest upon the efforts put forth in our mission bands this year. And may it be said of us, concerning this work at least, “she hath done what she could.” TELS, From $3.50 These goods show You YOULB'S, BOY'S *SUITS*< up to $12. Extra Values. are apprec- iated by all who have seen them. We deem it a pleasure to through at all times. J. L. MADER. Q @ @ @ QQ A. FRAME. Any information wanted respecting the Perth Mutual Fire Insurance Co. will be cheerfully given by applying to _50-CENTS-50_ —SECURES— R.S. 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