Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-04-25

OF thousands in the PRESBYTERIAN Church
South and all foreign Presbyterians, more
especially Scotch, English and Irish,
making. l guess. about 1000 900 Presby.
terians; the Methodist Church is still
larger; the Church of England on both
sides the sea still larger; and many other
denominations as much if not more con-
secrated than any l have mentioned.
Divide up the worlds evangelization
among these denominations after thew are
persuaded it can be done before the nine
teenth century is dead and the last Hot.
tentot, the last Turk, the last Japanese,
the last American, the last European, the
last African, will see the salvation of God
before he sees the opening gate of the
twentieth century.
Again, l feel the whole world can be
saved in the time specified, because we
nave all manner of machinery requisite.
IL IS not as though we had to build the
printing presses; they are all built and
running day and night, those printing
religious papers 1928 of those religious
papers in this country. those printing
reilglous tracts and those printing relig-
lou' books. And thousands of printing
presses now in the service of the devil
could be brought and set to work in the
service of God. Why was the printing
press invented? To turn out billheads and
circulars of patent medicines and to tell
the news which in three weeks will be of
no Importance? From the old Franklin
printing press on up to the Lord STAN
hopes press and the Washington press
and the Victory press to Hoes perfecting
printing press that machine has been inn
proving for its best work and it's final
work, namely. the publication of the glad
tlding OF great joy which shall be to all
people. We have the presses, or we can
have them before January /, when the
new decade is to begin, to put a Bible in
the hands of every son and daughter Of
Adam and Eve now living, and if such
person can not read we can have a coll
porteur, an evangelist or missionary to
read to him or her.
But this brings me to the adjoining
thought; namely, we have the money to
do the work. l mean the $4,000, 900 of
Christians have it. Ave, the 2,754. 900
Christians have it, and the dam which is
beginning to leak will soon break and
there will be rushing floods of hundreds
and millions and billions of dollars in
holy contribution when you persuade the
wealthy men of the kingdom of God that
the speedy conversion of the world is q
possibility, and that Isaiah and Ezekiel
and Daniel and st. John will not stand in
the way of it, but help it on. have no
sympathy with this bombardment of rich
men. We would each be worth So 900, OJO
if we could, and by hard persuasion might
perhaps be induced to take Sl5, 900.
Almost every paper take tells of some
wealthy man who has endowed a college
or built church or q hospital or a free
library and that thing is going to multi
ply until the treasury of all our denomi-
nations and reformatory organizations
will be overwhelmed with munificence if
we can persuade our meu of wealth that
the worlds evangelization is possible and
that they may live to see it with their own
eyes.
Now, what can be an appropriate climax
to this century, which has heard the puff
Of the first steamer and the throb of the
first stethoscope and the click of the first
and the CHATTER of the first sew
ing machine, and saw the flash of the first
electric light and the revolution of the
first steam pillow, and the law of storms
was written, and the American Bible So
ciety and American Tract Society were
BORN; and instead of an audience laugh
ng down DR.. Carey for advocating for
sign missions, as was done at Northamp-
on, Eng, in the last century, now all de-
vying with each other as to
Who shall go the furthest and the soonest
nto the darkest of the New Hebrides; and
hree hundred thousand souls have been
BORN to God in the South Sea islands, and
Micronesia and Melanesia and Polynesia |
rave been set in the crown of Christ, and |
David Livingstone has unvailed Africa |
md the last bolted gate of barbaric ma
ions has swung wide open to let the Cos
bel in-what l ask. with a thousand inte- |
'ogation points uplifted. can be a fit and |
appropriate and sufficient climax except |
t lie world redeemed:
Yea, believe it can be done if we get
for it, because the whole air and
he whole Heaven is full of willing help.
Are they not all minstering spirits sent
'orth?" We make an awful mistake if we
calculate only on the forces we can see.
The mightiesc army is in the air. My
brethren, so much of selfishness and pride
md rivalry and bad motives of all kinds
get into our work here that we are hind
Tered. But the mighty souls that have
gone up to the flying armies of the sky
rave left all imperfections behind; and
hese souls are with us and without fault
md with perfect natures on our side. You
IAN not make me believe that after toiling
lere for long years for the redemption of
he world until from exhaustion some OF
hem fall into their graves they have
eased their interest in the stupendous
conflict now raging, or that they are go
ne to decline their help. IrenRus Prime
1oncred on earth but now glorified in
1eaven, have you forgotten the work
oward which you gave for more than half
century your gracious life. your loving
-oice and your matchless pen? No. Then
ono down and help. Alexander Duff? Have
-ou forgotten the millions of India for
whose salvation you suffered in Hindoc
UNCLE and Numbered on missionary plat
orm? No! Then como down AMI help. |
David Brainard. Have you forgotten the
borigneS to VIII m GU preached and for |
whom you PRAYED until you could preach |
nd pray no more, lying down delirous |
mid the miasmas OF the swamp? Mol |
hen come down and help. Mon |
rieff and Freeman and Campbell |
lave you forgotten Lucknow and !
'awnpore? No! Then come down /
nd help. l rub out of my eyes the stupid
" and unbelief, and /, the servant of |
hese great Elishas in the Gospel, see the (
all round about are full Of |
orses of fire and chariots of fire; and they
cad this way. lowered over are we by
reat clouds of witnesses and helpers:
LIQUIDS of apostles in the air led on by
aul! Clouds of martyrs in the air led on
y Stephen! Clouds of prophets in tina
ir led on by Isaiah! Clouds of patriarchs
l the air led on by Abraham, Clouds of
ncient warriors in the air led on by