keeping them away from me for my good in this—that I should feel undivided love for my Savior."
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Sacrifice for Missions—See Opposition to Missionary Work.
SACRIFICE FOR RELIGION
Mrs. W. F. Armstrong tells this incident of the native Karens, of Burmah:
An old Karen pastor came one day with
a large contribution for the foreign mission
work. I said to him, "How can your people
give so much? I know they are very poor,
the overflow of the river has swept away
your crops, your cattle are dying of disease,
it is the famine time with you." "Oh," he
said, with such a contented smile, "it only
means rice without curry." They could live
on rice and salt, but they could not live
without giving the bread of life to their
brethren.—Pierson, "The Miracles of Missions."
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Sacrifice for the Gospel—See Slave for the Gospel's Sake.
SACRIFICE, LAW OF
The great law of sacrifice, so dimly understood
by Western people, is the commonest
talk of Korea. For thousands of years
sheep and oxen have died for the sins of
the people. Birds and beasts have been offered
in a vain effort to lift this burden from
the human soul. I read in a history of Korea
that in the year when our Savior was born
in Bethlehem, the King of Kokuryu went
out into the open plain to offer sacrifice to
God. Two "swine beasts" were to be offered,
but in the preparation of the sacrifice
they took to their heels and ran away. The
King sent two officers in pursuit, Messrs.
Takni and Sappi. They chased the pigs to
Long Jade Lake, caught them and ham-*strung
them, so that they could not run
again; then they dragged them before the
King. "How dare you," said he, "offer to
God a mutilated sacrifice?" He had these
two gentlemen buried alive for their sin, but
behold he himself shortly after fell seriously
ill. A spirit medium called and told him
his sickness was due to the sin of having
killed Takni and Sappi. He confest, and
prayed, and was cured of his complaint.—James
S. Gale, "Korea in Transition."
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SACRIFICE OF OUR BEST
Sir Charles Halle, the famous musician,
dearly loved his flute. His son, a boy of
eight years, lay ill, and his father tenderly
watched beside the sufferer's bed. One
night the father fell asleep and the fire
burned low. He awoke in alarm to find
his son cold. The father threw his precious
flute on to the coal to increase the heat.
Love gave its best and silenced the
music of the flute for the sake of love
for his son. So did divine love, for a
sinsick world, give its best, and silence
its music in the sorrow of the Man of
Sorrows. (Text.)
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SACRIFICE, PAGAN
On the 4th of March, 1899, a Hindu laborer
lodged a complaint at the police office at
Hingoli. He said that as he was passing a
cotton-ginning mill some of his countrymen
came out and asked him to enter the compound.
When he did so they seized him
and bore him off to the furnace-room and
attempted to put him into the fire. He
showed the magistrate some terrible burns
he had suffered, and his story, upon investigation,
was found to be true. The Indian Antiquary, telling of the incident, remarked
that the unanimous opinion among all the
natives was that it was the workmen's idea
to offer the poor man as a sacrifice to the
steam-engine, which had not been running
satisfactorily.
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SACRIFICE TOO COSTLY
Mrs. Pickett, the widow of General George E. Pickett, of the Confederate Army, narrating the story of the charge at Gettysburg so gallantly led by her husband, says:
They were not strong enough to hold the
position they had so dearly won; and
broken-hearted, even at the very moment of
his immortal triumph, my Soldier led his
remaining men down the slope again. He
dismounted and walked beside the stretcher
upon which General Kemper, one of his
officers, was being carried, fanning him and
speaking cheerfully to comfort him in his
suffering. When he reached Seminary Ridge
again and reported to General Lee, his face
was wet with tears as he pointed to the crimson
valley and said:
"My noble division lies there!"
"General Pickett," said the commander,
