New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-01-10
MISSIONARY WORK.

Bhop Se,S at ST Thouia,s ant ~ Clclry CiVrh Frot
tstlat hpscopaD
Bishop Stevens, of Pcnn,ylvanla, preached
.ttIday morning ~. Thona>s thur,h. His text
WAS Joshua xAiv, l. An! 10: aud seem evil un
you to the Lord enc y0u Tins day YOU
, serve; whether gods white youI fathers served
juat Wcr3 Tie other of The flood, the gods OF
the Amur.tcs. il whose anl ye DWELL iut Us for me
md my house, Will the Lord. And the people
answered. and said. a forbid that We should for.ale
the Lord To serve otncr gods"
GI.rc Joshua urges the propr. the speaker said. TO
make Il choice among the different religious Moved hy
hIs appeals. they decided TO tie true God want
to call your attuni to-day To three great missionary
religions the world aud to have choose between
them. MIX , "r that There have eight d.s-
tiuct ou>, but that only tr,c dies, are mission
ia their character buddhism, Mahonet an.sln ,lni
Christianity. TIE first of these j. a
heterogeneous philosophy. which DOES not Recognize
the difference between right and wrong III, thou. MS
OF ITS founder have been presented IN attractive hight
I'm Edwin Aruod's poem. The Lght OF Asia" hut
Buddhism must 30 judged by what II * In ordinary life
There you lind 1t saturated with all that is earthly AND
sensual. Such rolgion cannot satisfy men aud women
Of hrus II has been trti tor $500 years and has
SWAY over tWo-thlrls Of ASIA. 1t hI~ been abe
Tho second ic. el'n. MahOnetAui,m, directly op-
POSED To Christianity. Its ciar"ri'r IL such that no
tOu winch prtNrs IN and practisc~ Its Urrcppis can
thrive sancFns slavery, puI gamy Hnd Intolerance,
nnd II drnouacrs al know ledg, outside the Koran.
Turkey Is u icgitmatr outcome III Mahumotansm. The
Turk came utu Europe stranger amt Oppr, ssor and
hc ia stranger ANA IN opprcssOr still
These two Religions a. mo- able man TO God
Chrl-uaWiy IL the only one that can do this. II is
az -rcssvo ana progressive II II not, It would
cease to exist. Us founder is not the hgnt
of ASIA but the Light OF the whole world.
There are two tucis about Christianity which parru-
LARRY Gstu-u i,h IL from tine other rcluus II Is
the only one which ntS s fOunutr ns the sole
ample Every thing I'm Christianity centres ~ our Loud
ami SiyIour. the second fact H. that "a Divine power,
the Holy Ghost has been provided show God 10 m
II is s9eCnl gilt 81 God TO ms needs ana is found in
no other religion. lho rcglDn Jesus CuIis IN The
only one that sasic, an spiritual and all people.
IL mas stood the test OF eighteen urcsand VIII stand
| the tcst rs long H. the world exists
III tine evening nm Epiphany missionary service was
held III Calvary Church. NJ Flurt-ave and Twenty
81, under the auspices OF the Foreign Mission Ass0ca-
ton OF the parish. Bishop stevens addressed con-
gregtOu the subject OF Medical Missions their ORR
gin, scope and iuusuce, especially connection with
| China JapAn ami Mexico" lie SAID IN substance:
Among the various agencies enum rated 10y Christ for
the spreading OF the gospel stands the OF healing.
Whatever OF original power there In any OF Lbuso
agents atll ,Xsts Tne working OF miracles has iced
ceasCd but the art of healing with all the power
that has been given to it by modern science. When
Jesus Christ came upon earth. 1t healer OF the
body IA well ns OF the soul This fOreUld Through
all His personal ministry iIe II. There are
urgent appeals In the wItngs the Chrisuan fathers
for work VI this knd. The first attempt at mlssOnay