Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-10-08

| to the stake and besssburned for the Lord
Jesus. Why did the martyrs die, why die
men and women die in the early ages, for
| Christ? Had they any interest, would il
! do them any good to die? Wasn't their
| lives as precious as OURS? They could
all of them have been saved
if they had just rscanted.
What was it that Influenced them? How
wonderful that men would die for the sake
Of
ATTESTING TEE TRUTH.
That Jesus rose from the dead, that he
was the Lord of life and glory! Now, men
might sometimes die under a deception
d,e under the feeling of pride. having COM
mitted themselves to some cause, but such
would be rare exceptions. But see how
the Christians stood by the cross, how they
bore the law of all things, how they were
imprisoned, how they were crucifed, how
they were burned for. torches in Nero's
garden, first covered all over with pitch;
how they were thrown to wild beasts; and
how, in the midst of all they sang
and shouted the praises of Christ.
That was wonderful, and men took knowl-
edge of them ''that they had been with
Jesus" And SO the Apostle told them to
be always ready to give reason, when
men asked thena of the hope that was in
them, with meekness and with fear. And
SO, to-day, if we look over the earth, it is
wonderful. In China-Chins! A nation,
that the infdels of the world told us, q
century ago, was the essence of perfection.
AN OLD NATION,
of philosophy, and of block print
ing, and of inventions, and way
ahead of Christianity, as I used
to see stated in such works as Volney and
others; and now that they rave come near
US, and the bubble has bursted, aud the
dream has vanished, to the disgrace of our
nation even the poorest and the worst Cry
out ''they must go from our land3' not
being willing that they should enjoy the
rigets of citizenship. And yet, notwitn-
standing all done to close up the way in
China, hundreds, thousands, are becoming
converted, and only year or two ago a
man stood up, a Christian minister, ne
tive convert, and bore all the oppos,tiors,
evento death itself, for the sake of testify
ing the truth of the Lord Jesus Christ's
work upon the heart. How is this? 1t is
wonderful.
Look at the South Sea islands, that we're
inhabited by cannibals few years ago;
and now they are sending missionaries to
other cannibal islands. Wherever Christi
anity has come in contact with paganism
IT HAS TRIUMpEED,
and we can recbo back the song of the
Apostle Paul, "Thanks be unto God that
canseth US TO triumph everywhere"
Christianity Is thus going forward, and it
is wonderful conquest and wonderful
success.
Now We turn. in the same way, to the
word "Counselior :" The church is the
founder and the supporter OF schools. l
alluded to the fact that in the middle ages
the literature of the old world was pre-
served in monasteries and other buildings.
Go where you will to-day and whenever
Christianity is founded schools are estab-
Eshed The Pilgrim fathers came to our
shores, and among their first acts, next to
the founding of the church, was the found
ing of the school; and in Christian
countries the public opinin becomes uni
versal. Sc in our own country the public
school system-ths grandest system.
as I think, that ever ap
peared on the earth = comes
for the education Of all, bringing the
wealth of the wealthy and the means of
the middle classes to help the poorest of
the poor; and 1 do thank God that the
poorest boy and girl in this wide nation of
ours may have, through public influence,
an education. Cries of "thank God"
and "yes, yes." I sometimes wish that
they not only might, have it, but that they
must have it. Cries of ''yes, yes" Ii is
to the interests of the people everywhere
that they shall be taught the ordinary
branches OF knowledge. But tie church
is doing this not only by her own schools,
but by making the thought of education
universal. It is not SO il Mohammedan
lands, il is not so IN pagan lands. Chris
tianity is the "counsellor," teaching men
not only the way to heaven, bat
THE WAY TO LIVE ON EARTH.
And it is giving man the profits and glory
OF higher education.
Again, it is taking all. Oh, have
stood ~ pagan nations, and l have had
an audience around me to teach; l could
talk through an interpreter, but the audi
ence was ali composed Of mon, no women
there. Ihavs 5een in Mohammedan lands
and attended their little Christian churches
and The audience was composed all of men.
(Contiiue1 on Fourth Poge)
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