Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1882-08-03

OhrlStlan CQuTcus 1ue Conutei
the Church became such, at length,
that her members were compelled to
act solely on the defensive, and TO 90
what they could to keep her light lGI
from being totally extinguiahed. The
steps by which she recovered from
her obsculity and attained her pre-
sent aggressive attitude we can bare
" notice. First came the Reforma-
ton, under Martin Luther. This
was followed by the Revival, under
John Wesley. The work OF these
two men was the necessary prepara-
lion for the wider work which CHAR,
acterizas our day. These spiritual
GIANTS removed the rubbish that had
been accumulatiug for centuries upon
the fountain Of eternal lite, and once
more gave lis healing waters egress
to the nations.
It is singular, however, how slow
the emancipated Church was to re-
sume her evangelistic abors among
the beathen. 1t would seem as
tbongb in battling for existence, she
had forgotten the universality of her
orioinai commission. Likea prisoner
who has been immured for years in
darksome cell and grown accus-
toned to its gloom, is unable at first,
to look upon the day; so, accustomed
to move only in the narrow sphere
which was imposed on her during the
f period of her depression, she long
eyinced an inability to recognize the
: fni, extent OF her responsibility
Who has not heard Of William Carey,
the "consecrated cobbler," to whom
India is so much indebted? At a
meeting of Baptist ministers, about
, ibe year 1889, at Northampton, Eng
lard, Carey. who had been studying
, the nap Of The heather world while
, meDding shoes for 3 subsistence, pro
q . nossd the following topic for discus
u sion. 1.-The duty Of Christians t
attempt the spread of the Gospe
: among heather nations. Mr.. ny
e land. g one of the leaders and fathers
u and a devout man, heard the youn&
d cobbler with amszement. Unable tt
repress his indignation at what n
! regarded as interference with tn
a plsns of God. he sprang to his lee
u and said: Young man. sit down
when God pleases to convert tn
heathen, He will do it without you
aid or mine" Many Of you hav
e +. read the life Of DR.. Coke. Who does no
" :. recall the pathetic scene When pal
with fasting and prayer, and VII
70 the tear. drops trickling down n his y, TN
yo Jo rowed cheeks, he implored the We'
~ ~ levai Conference of England to al
&. g tborize him to establish mission
~ the East, pledging his own fortune
y y secure the success of the undertal
n n irq. Thank God, broader, clear'
- 3 views Of this subject are taken
~ -, the Church! The moon has emerge
Of o. from her lingering eclipse and aga;
" " moves on to pour light upon II
~ world. There is not Protesta,
vs Church Of anv importance to !.
n found that is not IN sympathy WI
Of foreign missions. Individuals nj
in be found in every Church who a
nd indifferent, if not actually hostile,
ac. this work; bnt, happily, their numb
oi is daily diminishing. The hgnt
an. duty is penetrating the dar k caves
on The past where these slumberers a
On. content to dwell, aud they are
ich coming ashamed Of their apati
en The echo of the nearing thunc
red chant Of the millennium breaks
Inp upon their dreams, and the cony !,
,;al ton dawns upon them that tn
TO should hasten it with their help:
d." haw can Christian array, y se1H 4