one thing certainly, that He won't come then.

The only calendar we men have is a calendar of <i>dates</i>, fitted to the
movements of the sun and moon. God has a calendar, too, but it is a
calendar of <i>events</i>, not of dates. The completion of His plans doesn't
depend on so many revolutions of the earth about the sun, but on the
faithful revolution of His followers in their movement around the earth
telling men of Jesus.

It looks very much as though the Master's coming has been delayed, and His
plans delayed, because we have not done the preparatory part assigned us.

"The restless millions wait the light,
Whose coming maketh all things new.
<i>Christ also waits;</i> but men are slow and late.
Have we done what we could? Have I? Have you ?"

<u>"Somebody Forgets."</u>

A little fellow, of a very poor family, in the slum section of one of our
large cities, was induced to attend a mission Sunday-school. By and by, as
a result of the teacher's faithful work, he became a Christian. He seemed
quite bright and settled in his new Christian faith and life.

Some one, surely in a thoughtless mood, tried to test or shake his simple
faith in God by a question. He was asked, "If God loves you, why doesn't
He take better care of you? Why doesn't He tell some one to send you warm
shoes and some coal and better food?"

The little fellow thought a moment, and then with big tears starting in
his eyes, said, "I guess He does tell somebody, <i>but somebody forgets</i>."

Without knowing it, the boy touched the sore point in the Church's
history. I wonder if it is the sore point with you or me.

The Coming Victory

Failure Swallowed By Victory.
The Revised Missionary Motto.
Ahead, But Behind.
In A Swift Current.
Power Of Leadership.
A Minority Movement.
A Great World-chorus.
The Oratorio Of Victory.

The Coming Victory

<u>Failure Swallowed by Victory.</u>

But God's failures are only for a while. They are real. There is the
tragic element in them. There is the deep, sad tinge of disappointment
running throughout this old Book of God. Yet the failures are only for a
time. Sometimes it seems a very long time, especially if you are living
through some of it. But the time reaches eagerly to an end. Victory comes.
And God's victory will be so great as to make us completely forget the
failures that marred the road.

The Eden plan was more than a plan. It was a p