Smyrna times., 1890-12-10
The Work and Needs of Missions.
DIR. A. b. LEONARD's DISCOURSE.

tarieS of the EOrelgn missionary 30
ciety of the NJ. E. Church, preached in
the Methodist Church of this town on
Sunday morning last. He is an ear
nest and convincing speaker, with an
attractive and easy manner, and strong
aad musical voice. For "A text he took
the Savior's explanation of the parable
of the wheat and the tares, holding
that the good people and their deeds
are the wheat, while the evil people
and their evil actions are the tares.
He proceeded to show that person
must take an elevated position in order
to get broad view of the surrounding
scenery. A man in the valley is en-
circled by the hills that enclose him, a
person upon a plain can see but short
distance around him, but if he rises
upon a mountain side, his view be- |
comes more expansive, and when he |
stands upon the summit his observa- |
ton is broad and full In the chris |
tian life person must rise the higher |
the christian ground he occupies, the
the better and broader view he gets of |
the world, morally and spiritually.
The trouble with the church is that
she has so many people of narrow
views, too many Whcse ideas, thoughts
and desires do not reach beyond them
| selves AS man gradually gets upon
the rising ground spiritually, he gets
out of himself, he begins to think of
| the church, of the community, of the
State of the Nation and of the world.
| feeling a desire for the good and the
advancement of all. The greatest diff
| ficulty that our nation labors under is
| in having in its halls of Government
as many men of narrow calber, Of
narrow views, destitute of broad and
noble principles they can think only
| of their own emOlumeut, of their own
section, of their own party; the true
Statesman is the man that thinks of
the good of the whole country, the
man of broad and philanthropic views
In looking at tie great general Mis-
siOnary work of the world at the pres
ent day, many think Of and favor only
the home missionary work why, we
are all home missionaries every local
church is doing a missionary work,
! every pastor is a home missionary.
every church member, every profcs
sing christian is a missionary. In or
der to do Il missionary work You do
not need to build an outside chapel
and start a mission school there is a
mission work in your own church, in
your own life for each one but there
are very many who do not think of
this, many who never seek 10 influ
ence any one for good. who never
think of asking anyone to go to the
house of worship, never seek to draw
anyone into the kingdom. The home
work is a grand work. very much is
| l..,Tt, 4 - . h.. AI
country; nearly one half of all that is
given by our church, over $500,000 is
expended in the home work the
Woman's Home Missionary Society
expends all its money in the United
States; the Sunday School Union and
the Tract Society are spending nearly
all their funds in the United States.
And there is vast field for labor in
this country: the hordes Of foreign EN-.
igrants who are crOwding into this
land need looking after, educating, civ
ilizing aud outstanding.
Our native indians, $50 900 of them.
we cannot drive them away any fur
ther, we have surrounded them on
all sides and hemmed them in, and in
their case now the only question is.
"Shall we eXterminate them, or shall
we civlize then and make them useful
citiZens?" The indian has been the
prey OF ruthless men, plunderng gov
ernment agents. He has been abused
and robbed dntil he has become bitter
and desperate, and now il is the mis-
sion and duty of the church to save
him. to civiliZe and elevate him by the
ennobling influence of the Christian
religion. In one tribe, the NavaiOs. "A
noble nation of 10000 people, many Of
them magnificent looking men there Is
only one small missionary statiotf. and
that we have but recently established
And in our Foreign work great re-
suits have been accomplished, great
prosperity has attended our Missionary
labOrs. We have Mission stations. con.
: ferences and presiding elders in East
ern China, with head quarters at Foo
, Chow, we have an established work
with number of missions in Central
China, and we are opening up the
work in Western China. In Japan we
have an annual Conference and six
presiding elders, and many are con-
stantly being brought into the Chris
E tian Faith
I And the work is going on down in
} the Malay Peninsula, into the islands
/ Of the archipelagOes. into the groups of
] the broad Pacific DR.. Butler went
t into the northern part of India, into a
e | province with millions of people speak
ing twenty-one different languages and
[ dialects it looked dark and hopeless.
, but now the work has a strong hold, a
a mighty influence, and the gospel is
published, taught and preached in
+ eleven out of the twenty-one langua-
: | ges. India is being redeemed, the
. cOnquering sword of Great Britain
made the way for the easier and fuller
. entrance Of the Word of God. We
/. have in that land many Conferences.
. many churches, many converts and
1 native workers. The people are look
e ing for the light the natives come to
= our missionaries and they say, your
= religion is coming, ours is going
} Christ is coming Buddha is going out.
2 And Africa, the dark Continent, is be-
$ ing developed our workers are there
e nObly, bravely the work is bein push
ed along the shores, in the interior, in
the very heart of the land.
The Lord raised up Livingstone to
open the way, the Lord raised up
!
. complete his work England, France,
! Belgium and other nations are enlarg-
' ing their poss essiOns in Africa; Bel
gium has established the Congo Free
. State, explorations and colOnizations
; are being rapidly driven forward and
J.. all this Is the fOreruEner of the gospel.
u It is the hand of the Lord making the
e way for the entrance of his word.
; Father Taylor, ishOp of Africa, the
old hero, followed the Congo into the
y interior wlds, carrying to the be-
: nighted natives the good tidings OF
Il great joy. The labor goes on. By the
n will Of God the nations of the earth are
u going hand in hand with the church,
g civilization and development are pro-
crossing, there are those ih this audi
. ence who will SEQ the day when you
!; can ride across the continent of Africa
!. by railroad as easily aud comfortably
J as you can across the United States at
T. the present time.
:, This is the work we are doing, let us
! get upon the high plane and take an
= unbiased and unse.fsh view of the
!, work and of the needs of the world.
, We often hear the expression that
= charity begins at home" This is not