Show I 1 working during the siege of the foreign lega alons in pekin by the boxers it wa found necessary to strengthen the outer defenses at one point there was a pause of a few moments tor there seemed little chance that the men who undertook the work would escape death then four men offered to go and after an hour of terrible suspense re turned those who remained bechini prayed tor them it was remembered afterward that one of these men who risked their lives tor their comrades was a methodist one a presbyterian one a roman catholic and the fourth a member of the church of england ne one thought of it at the time they were simply christiana risking life tor their brother men in th hour of extreme need a man thinks little of the distinctions of dogma death Is on one side and life on the other and with him Is no doctrine or sect only his neighbor and god in later days there is a growing tendency among christians to ignore sectarian differences and to stand shoulder to shoulder in the effort to save a fallen brother in chicago a conference was held recently between ministers of many sects to decide upon the best methods of reform and in other cit les earnest devout men of different denominations are working heartily together to check the spread of drunk enness and other vices even the apostles when left to themselves dit and disputed concerning trivial details of their work but their ter gave them but two commandments tor their guidance the first was to love god and the second colove their neighbor as themselves wellspring |