Telegram-herald., 1890-08-25
In HEATHER LANDS.
The Neral and Spiritual Condlties
CT the Nations
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AAN4r ><cll1 - saw 49, ~ +-+'-+-
IN the appointmsut of tie young man. +
F 5 Ret2n, 10 represent throughout
ave States the work OF the volunieef i
students mosement II favor Of iofs.s4 I
missions. Mr. Relan addressed tat i
large congregation Of -. Marks church
yesterday mornlng, aad the DIVISION
street NJ. a. church IN the evening. Ia /
appearance Mr.. Retain Is 4 mere nedg-
( ling. III shows himself 90 be what he /
puFoorts 10 ks, a mere student. e. /
there / a wise and thoughtful dignity !
lu bis manner which propleses vel 4
for bis future. During his address last I
E evening he did not make the common /
mistake OK the young OF trying 20 sub !
sltute manner for substance. He De !
+ gan a.s remarks last evening by saving /
"S.nce you and came into this room /
/ a few minutes ago, there have gone - !
( Their deaths over 1900 souls. Almost
with every puise-beat soul goes ont 20
render IFS account 10 God. DO YOU
I wish 20 know the number Of those VINO
/ have not heard the way OF life, | take
/ nto my hand thls bible. IL IS a large
book, and you and | would shrink at
the task Of counting its letters. What
/ part OF the letters OF this book, do you
/ think, would measure the number OF
the heathen worldg More than all
/ these letters, DO you thinky Yes, more
than ten times as many. Yes, more
than fifty Tunes as many. Yes, more
TRAN 100 times, more than $50 times,
more than 200 times as many. You
would have 10 number over the letters
Oh tins great book 30 times before you
| reached the number OF those who know
not God and the SON whom lie hath
sent.
eve often hear il said that the
world ought to look 10 these things.
But VINO ever heard CT "the world"
sending missionaries TO convert the
heathen. The fact is that it is the
church that is to do 1t if il be done at
all. The church, and not the world, Is
the human factor IN the work. The
human factor is an essential one, ana
the. human help that can be gwen TO
the divine Is an essential one"
The speaker here compared the ordl-
nary human work TO be done in the
world with that which human hands
had to do in the resurrection Of Lazar-
us. Although that miracle was per-
formed only by the mighty power Of
God, il was not accomplished until
after the bystanders had obeyed the
Masters command, "Take ye away the
Stone" So it is always that we are work
ers together with God.
"While at Bay View distinguished
United states Senator said TO me that
we had no right to turn our missionary
efforts to the heather world until all
the United States are trlumphantly
evangelical. The argument seemed
more than plausible, and | had no way
to answer 10 but to turn to my bible"
And here the speaker showed, by cop
ious example from both old and new
testaments, that the actual method of
missionary work has been to push out
aud work from many centres, and not
to be confined TO single city or coun-
try.
The history of the volunteer move
ment was then rapidly reviewed, from
its beginning at Northfield, Mass, un-
til the present time. He stated that al
ready 5000 had offered them selves III
conservation TO this work from the Uni
versities of Canada and the United
States. He explained that this did not
mean that 5,000youug persons had en-
listed for the actual foreign service,
but that this number stand ready
!
Providence may have given them
power and opportunity 10 exercise.
lone result" said he, has been most
gratifying, "that the movement has
deepened the moral and spiritual in
tensity Of the whole university and
college life of this country" Facts
were given to illustrate and prove this,
relating TO some of the colleges Of Viz
ginia. New York and Michigan. Con-
trasts were made between the Cornell
and Ann Arbor of few yearsago, and
the same institutions today, 10 show
that the interest IN foreign missions had
wrought the great change.
II ire he spoke of the undenomlna-
to. al character OF the movement, and
told what encouragement had been
gwen 10y the various churches.
The whole heathen field OF the world
was described with much Particularly,
both as regards the moral condition Of
heathen lands and the number of souls
IN danger. The state of China. Japan,
Africa, Burmah, SPAN. Sweden,
France. Madagascar, South America,
Mexico. and the islands Of the sea, was
exposed with the most effective elO-
quence N the world, VIZ: thatOf simple,
truthful fact and figure.
lne address abounued M al sorts OF
telling points, one OF which VIII Illus
trate the effectiveness of all of them.
He stated that ho had observed, IN \
town of Southern Michigan, of 500 peo-
ple. that there were FIVE churches.
, THIS caused him 10 wonder why
, It was necessary to spend 40 many
. wears studying for the ministry 10 60
INTO a parish OF 100 souls, all told,
when ne had been offered parish IN
China Of 1000 600 people,
4 highly interesting feature Of tho
address was the illustration OF q WITH
prepared charts. One chart vas a rep
=, rese0tatou Of the worlds population
on large square divided into smaller
/ squares. Each of these squares was
. representative OF So many people. The
#, entire map was colored Of INTO differ
cut denominations accord ng 20 their
present strength. and afforded n Per-
fcCt b.rd's eve view Of tAe present re-
: l9lous vorid. s glauCe al tie chart
: I revealed that the world IS now divided
Teh- ousiv, as follows. The figures ev-
press millions Jews. s. protestants,
llf Roman Catholics. I9o, Mohsm-
3 ( me8ars lr0. hc8thens. $50
: Another effect We chsst contained =
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