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Title: Missionary Visitor, The (1905)
Year: 1905 (1900s)
Authors: Brethren's General Missionary and Tract Committee
Subjects: Church of the Brethren Priodicals Church of the Brethren- Missions
Publisher: Elgin, Ill.: Brethren Publishing House
Contributing Library: Bridgewater College, Alexander Mack Memorial Library
Digitizing Sponsor: LYRASIS Members and Sloan Foundation

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one and ex-pected no more response than such life-less things can give. Indeed it does ap-pear that we little realize how preciousthe Savior, a living Christ, is to us, orwe would worship Him and rely on Himmore and more. Then think, too, how much the heathen July, 1905) THE MISSIONARY VISITOR 421 must overcome. Our God no betterthan theirs! Could the heathen butonce believe and then realize what alife-giving power faith in the true Godgives, there would be no falling back toheathen ways and sins. July 9, Hezekiahs Prayer.—Isaiah38: 1-8. Looking at it from Christian homesin America, there is nothing so very re- idol which could soon have been broughtto him, means a great deal more thanthe prayers offered in Christian America. Look at the picture accompanying, inwhich Brother McCann is teaching thepeople the way of life and the word of areal true God. Think of the people lis-tening and speaking, and knowing atthe time they are breaking caste—socialand family ties. They know not how
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ENGAGED IN PRAYER WITH RAJ PIPEA NATIVES.All rights reserved. markable about this prayer. Where Our Father, who art in heaven closesevery prayer of the family and thechurch, there is nothing unusual aboutthis king saying, Remember now, OLord. But let the reader go backto the times of Hezekiah. Let him makea picture of this man ruling a nation sur-rounded by idolatry, and more or lesspartaking of the same sin itself. Thenin the midst of this sin-worship to turnthe face to the wall instead of to some they will get bread, they have no en-couragement to learn the ways of theLord from friends outside of mission-aries. Then professing Christ is some-thing more remarkable. And then notethe picture of these same Indians bow-ing in worship. A short time beforethey looked at some wooden or stoneimage, as they said their prayers. Nowthey must try to get those images evenout of mind, and turn their eyes in thespirit to the God who wants worship in 422 THE MISSIONARY VISITOR (July, 1905 spirit and

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