Under Many Flags

Courtesy of Ralph A. Felton
At the American University of Beirut, Syria
The schools and colleges founded by missionaries believe in an all-round education which includes athletics.
BY KATHARINE SCHERER CRONK AND ELSIE SINGMASTER
NEW YORK MISSIONARY EDUCATION MOVEMENT OF THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA
COPYRIGHT 1921 BY MISSIONARY EDUCATION MOVEMENT OF THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA
In olden days kings and emperors sent their armies to conquer weaker nations. As soon as the victory was won, the flag of the vanquished was torn down, and the flag of the victor was raised.
Two thousand years ago a new king sent his army into the world. It was a small army with no guns and no battleships, and in it were only twelve men. They were commanded to go first to the lands nearest to them and then out into all the world.
They were not to tear down any flags, but they were to raise the banner of their Leader above all other flags. There was on it a new device, a Cross, which signified that the king was a King of Love. His commands were such as no other conqueror had ever given:
Teach All Nations Heal the Sick Cleanse the Leper Feed the Hungry Clothe the Naked Preach the Gospel
The enemies against whom His soldiers were to fight were not human beings, however wicked and depraved they might be, but ignorance and poverty and superstition and hunger, which made people wicked.