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seminars I.ecture.
The sixth lecture of the course was deliv-
cred on Monday evening last in the NJ. P.
Church by Rev. Z. ]. Drinkhouse. on

cred on Monday evening last in the NJ. P.
Church by Rev. E. ]. Drinkhouse. on
s'IHE MISSIONARY OUTLOOK
The lecturer laid foundation of divine declara-
fying the subject and then rapidly sketched, as a
point of departure, the connection of missionary
enterprises with the call of Abraham, and through
him as seed and tribe and q nation. the world
was to come to the heritage of Redeemer. Paul.
as the typical missionary Of the church: the En-
peror Constantine the first to recognize Christianity
as the religion of the state; the Roman and Greek
churches with their propagandism Of the gospel
though mixed with error-full credit accorded
nothing but great revival of religion conld open
the eyangelistfc work Oft the church for the Pagan
Papal and Moslem peoples 1t came under Luther,
and Tier under Knox and later under the Weseys
Whitfield, etc twas warm fresh waveo OF puising
blood. During these centuries the goddess heathen
and the Messahless Jews followed their own inven-
tiOns vet these 1900 years have been under the dis
pensaton of the Holy Ghost. God has cared for his
own amid the darkness 1t is less than one hundred
years since foreign missions 10 the beatnen was
conceived. The Protestant Church OF seventy years
not of the Divine will but under the leadership OF
Judson and Carey of Eliot and Brainerd, and host
of others the work began and wenton- There were
at least ten barriers TO success, when were given IN
detail Special emphasis was given to the bill of
Indictment read by learned and converted Chi
nese Wong Chin Foo as to the mistaken methods
of the church for the conversion of the heather.
among them the sending out of uncultured mep at
starving salaries to people VINO es1mate the value
of n new thing by the culture and the generosity of
those preaching it. With all these hindranees, what
is the present outlook? The lecturer called atten-
exhibiting in spaces and eolors the present condi-
ton of the worlds inhabitants as TO religious belief
S550 100000 heather l1qooOoO9 Monamm eoa SO
Church and l16,000000 Protestants of every grade
and name The lecturer said that he was too little
of n higot to class the RomanistS and the Greek
Church as goddess. These included as practically
Christian what could be set against this array
of heathendom? ThemiSSionary work OF the world
now included one hundred societies. fifty American
and fifty European, with total annual income OF
about ten millions of dollars, ana threequarers OF
ol,,,r
of missionary labor Again the lecturer insisted
upon including the Roman and the Greek Church,
and their wonderful propagandism among the
heather as a mart of the working force to the
question of Christ for all the world and not merely
Of orthodoxy or heerodoxy OF '.n; mus .ne me
the church with emphasis. Within the century
which has given birth to all the missionary enter
prises of the church there has been begotten that
essential adjunct to its abors the childrens school
written childhood for the church and the world for
Christ the one will inevitably be seen to attend the
other. Let this be emphasized. AT present no con-
tnent or consid cradle island is unyisied by mis-
sionaries no language is left unstudied Africa is
regarded and Justly, the last stronghold OF
heathenism The thought and effort of the church
is turned upon IL az WIZ Raban WIN ayior Of the
M L. Church, was referred to commentaries en-
terprise which will break the backbone Of African
heathenism, if successful, as Sherman claims to
have broken the backbone of the Confederacy OF the
South by his march from Atlanta to the sea. What
is the circumference of the missionary outlook?
We will not dogmatize guess on so important
question, but the promises given as mottos to the
lecture at the first are unmstakabe that we can
not doubt that the kingdoms of this world are to be
the Kingdoms of our Christ. Not that the speaker
had any favorte millenarian or post-millenarian
views the second coming of Christ to it, but there
has been tradition in the church for three cen
turtles that some how at the close of 1000 years from
the advent of the Messiah great event would hap
pen The evidential value of the continuity of the
Missionary enterprises was made a point and fully
elaborated. Christ said his word should be q 1gaess
to the whole world and it is in process of fulhment
but nothing but divine power can bring to pass so
stupendous prediction. Yet He has never lacked
forapostleS martyrsAnd missionaries and nevershall
lack He finds them in all generations. There is a
tidal wave upon all the shores of the world IN this
day. Properly backed there is no reason that the
gospel should not be witnessed every where long
before the year 2OOO 1t is just upon the angels
count. God speed the day and may the christian
world be fully reused to its responsibility. The ex-
pectation of the Old Testament church was the
Messiah inearnate The expectation of the New
Testament church is still the Messiah, butt is Jesus
glorifiedl come Lord, Jesus come quickly until
SBeneath his pierced hands the world shall bow,
And all earth's diadems shall CLEAN upon his brow.
The next lecture will be delivered next
Monday evening by Rev. W. S. Hammond,
of Baltimore, on "The Expectations of an
Itnerant.n