Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1881-01-11
.....l EXTRACT. FROM 4 SERMON
3 Preached i'm Presbyterian Church,
+ Eat0ls Rouge. by the Pastor. OFT
. sabbath Morning, January
I'd, 1851, nj the Opening
OF the Services Of
THE WEEK OF
THE WEEK OF PRAYER"
LUKE l;IG.2l.

me, because he had anOlnteu me
preach the Gospel to the poor: He
hath sent me 20 heal the broken
hearted, to preach dcliverancc to the
caplives, and recovering Of sight to
the blind, to set at liberty them that
are bltlized = 70 preach the accept
able yet,r of the Lord. " W = This
day is this Scripture ju!fl'cd IL yom
n eafs.N aItnlrhl la.I..a' f8'"''
ANALYSIS. "H"
7sT 1.-the amounting of the Holy
Ghost M aaa M mrA etg6 "0o
1.-THE Gospel prcnchcd to the
poor. ....lr .#sl' N.
IIl.-The Gospel mission. r..
lst.--lt heals the broken in heart.
I'd. 1t delivers the captive.
3d.-It gives sight to the blind,
~ ltL 1t proclaims the acceptable
year of the Lord. ......,.. ..
.e- This Gospel Christ himself preached
when he was here in visible person
on the earth and after his resurrcc-
ton and just before his ascension,
from the eastern slope of the Mount
of Olives, he said to Apostles and
Disciples: "All power is given to me
in Heaven and in earth; go yc, there
fore, and teach all nations, baptizing
them in the name of the Father and
of the Son and of the Holy Ghost t:
Teaching them to observe all things
whatsoever | have commanded you !!
and 10, am With you always, even
untotllc end Of The world .r..
Here, the commission to proclaim
this Gospel % the world was COM
mitted to The church under the super
vision of its divine Originator.
How well the carly church fulfilled
this divine trust is easily seen by
any one wlW will be ut the pains to
examine the history of the progress
Of he early church. .s...
aa Our first inquiry this morning will
be, is the church now fulfilling the
divine mission intrusted to her by
her 1iscn Lord Nor is she fully doing
it, or dong it to the extent of her
ability, bnt is she at all approximate
ing to it? % .."a
gIstf1Ls the church now preaching
the GUspel to the poor? TO answer
this question we must answer an
other, namely, what is the church
doing 2. .. Ur..
At the beginning of the present
century, there were not more than
twelve or fifteen missionary stations
in all the pagan world, aud they were
but feebiy manned aud sustained. 81.
Now, there is no considerable tribe
of Indians in the United States or
Canada or Mexico that has not got
the missionary of Christ among them,
teaching them the way of life through
Redeemer. Mexico itself is all dot
ted over with missionary stations,
and the same is true of most of the
States of South America. Almost all
of tile islands of the Northern and
Southern Pacific Ocean, including
New Zealand and New Guinea, have
been, brought, to some considerable
degree, under the influence of Chris.
tianity, and are bringing forth the
peaceable fruits of righteousness.
Goto the dark continent of Africa ::
travel the whole extent of its eastern
and western coasts; traverse all por-
tons of whatyis called South Africa :;
ascend it's four great rivers for thou
sands Of miles from the sea coast /;
sailarolind afe borders Of its newly
discovered lakes of Nyanza, Tanga-
Ryiba and Nicipa Nyanza; travel
from North to South aud East to
West on the great African Island of
Madagascar, and where, in all these
regions, will you not find, not only
missionaries proclaiming the uu-
searcllable riches of Christ, but also
Christian churches, organized and
fully equipped to extend the knowI-
edge Of the GospeIyinto the regions
beyondg H. -"
Extend this survey to the Papal
States of Europe, to regions around
the Mediterranean Sea, to what was