The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1886-05-29

crime and passion laying waste mil
lions of my fellow men, and while l
know that other millions are in
heather darkness, tell me not that
the light of Christianity ought not
to be diffused-that the work Of
Christian rescue ought not to go on.
As has been intimated, a long while
ago the world somehow broke away
from it's Ruler. 1t was declared that
all flesh had corrupted its way;
that the whole earth was filed with
violence and blood; that there was
no fear of God before the eyes Of
men; that they worshipped idols
whose chief characteristics were
rage, revenge and blood-a frightful
trinity. False religion enthroned it
self in all its ghastliness wherever
divine revelation did not shed forth
it's radiance. Morals fell into fear
full estate, ignorance prevailed. gov
eminent was always tyrannical, and
in the hands of few despots. In
fanny, bestiality, animalism in its
grossest forms everywhere oppress-
ed mankind in heather lands.
Well, that is what exists now in
many parts of the globe. The pop
ulation of the earth is probably
1,4O0, 100000. Something over AGO.
100000 are Christians. The rest
are in barbarism. 1t is cause for
shame to the church of Christ that
so vast majority of men are to-day
without the Gospel. Is it the fault
OF God that the proportion is so
large? Did he not provide that the
world should be civilized, enlighten-
ed and saved everlastingly through
the fundamentally of his servants'
This is work for men to do, di-
vine grace working with them.
know that men who have gone before
us had many difficulties to contend
against, of which we know nothing
in our time. Nevertheless, II the
church had been more Jealous and
more Christian very different pict.
ure would have confronted us from
that which we behold to day.
Look at China. She is vast ma
ton of atheists. The grossest sup
erstitions and the most horrid spirit
ual darkness exist there. They
know nothing of those ties of sym
pathy and love that bind hearts to
gether in Christian communities
nothing of the spirit that took mel
and women from the North to thu
bedside of the dying in the fever
stricken South few years ago. II
many parts of the Celestial Empire
the sick are left to die in solitude
not even the nearest friends attent
them lest they should take the sam
disease. When the poor die golt
paper is burnt to defray the expense
of the soul through the regions o
the dead to happier climes. A ma
lign spirit that we call the devil !
worshipped. This is done to ap
pease the wrath of that malignan
being. How appalling is this spirit
ual darkness! And yet, there pr
men in Christian communities VIII
would have us believe that our Sa
vior borrowed the precepts Of hi
Gospel from Confucius. This car
not be true; for if Confucius ha
been the author of the precepts q
the Gospel, they would still exist i
China, as they do not.
In India, the religion of nature {
which we hear so much from mater
. alistic philosophers sits proud
, throned in her costly temples. III
religious ignorance and superstitio
stalk through the land like mag.
of death. In many parts of lndi
to-day the most satisfactory ev
e dences of religious devotion are OF
scenity and bloodshed. The pot
: deluded Faceer still holds his ar
: erect and clenches his fist until tt
finger nails grow into the palm of h
r hand.
: What of Africa? On the "Dal
t Continent the sciences were Dor
e She was once the literary fountal
h at which Greece and Rome dram
e She invented hieroglyphics and fn
n nished both ancient and modern n
n tions with the knowledge of letter
The fame of her once great librari
8 is known in all the world. H
It plains and fertile valleys in the da
F. Of long ago supported oppulent kin
2, doms and wealthy cities. But whe
e is she and what is she now? H
J. glory has vanished. Carthage, tn
n city of classic renown which thres
E. ened to out-strip Rome in militia
Il powers, has an existence only on t
E. pages of history. Heliopolis, Cal
|. and Alexandria are dens of Ar
le thieves and robbers. Africa. "
f. know her present barbarism as VI
If as your speaker.
Is Now what is the remedy for t
N degradation of these millions a
d those of other foreign lands?
u Christians, we believe it is the G.
Of pei. This is the only system devils
1T for the elevation of man adapted
re every human condition and wa
" The missionary of the cross goes
ID with a fearful threatening to
,e heather world. His message is
ne love of God to fallen, strugglil
D. yearning man. He goes with
We beautiful story of divine life
ne earth. He goes to tell of the te;
he of sympathy which Jesus shed 70
or sinful and suffering race. He g
Id to repeat the agonies of the gart
re and the scenes Of Calvary, topubl
n: the same old story that has thrill
or so many millions of hearts throui
ly out Christendom. He goes to tt
iii the eye of the Hindoo widow av
no from the dead body of her husbs
an to Him who is the resurrection q
of the life; to proclaim to the mot
about to offer her child as sacri
is to the sacred river Ganges, that
lis should press it to her bosom ag
"a as precious jewel; to preach to
&C, metaphysical Buddhist true int
ps nation, to tell the wandering pilg
for of the desert of well of living
its ter springing up unto everlasting !
ce. to preach to the devotee of the
&c, Of rain the washing Of regenerat
ry. and the renewing of the Holy Oh
nj He is commanded to seek the n
ro- degraded heather, the nations wi
he sin presents its lowest specim
prc and challenge them to bring
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