Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-02-07
GAZETTE SYMPOSIUM.
articles of Special Interest written Sunday

the salvation of souls. and this lofty aim
beeets common enthusiasm which IS mu-
tually helpful The soldier IN Jackson'S
brigade must confess that he was bene-
ficiary of that enthusiasm and spirit which
characterized it-aud so as membSr OF a
church. suifused win the spirit OF Christ,
am uplifted and blessed in heart and life
Q am churchman because it offers me
the best field for doing good TO my fellow
men.
Seldom do we find out Of the church an
individual who by speech or money viii aid
the cause of foreign missions. The argyll
ment is charity begins at home" forgetful
of the feet that Christian charity does not
stay at home, but like the Master, reaches
out seeking to save the lost wherever
found. The Bible tells me the ''feld IS the
world, and exhorts by the love that
brought, Jesus from the skies and nailed ed
him to the cross, TO send the gospel, which
is the power of God and the wisdom OF God,
to all pnsaved souls.
Besides the Christian view of the matter,
j, e., the desire to save souls, the humanlta-
rian view gives most ample arguments.
Chas. Darwin made visit of scientific re-
search at one time to the islands of TERRA
Del Fuego and found the natives in the
lowest stage of barbarism. Several years
afterward he revisited them, and found
them living with many comforts Of clylll-
cation etc. The missionaries had been
there. On his return TO England he sent a
liberal contribution to the foreign mission
board, saying that any work that could ac-
complish what the missionaries had there,
deserved to be supported. To the mis-
sionaries of the cross is due the opening OF
nearly every new country to commerce
Sandwich Islands, China, Japan, Congo
country in Africa, etc.
The man that can sit down in this coun-
try With Bible on one knee and map of
4laa al rY,1 not Dfl
fully converted TO the success of the
churchs' foreign mission work, has no eye
to see, and no mind to comprehend, and no
heart TO believe truth.
Tho church thus not only gives me an OPP
portunity for participating in organized
work at home Tor the welfare of those i'm
mediately around me, but it binds me by a
tie of affection and sympathy TO my fellow
men everywhere, and becomes the most
economical and trustworthy trustee or
agent of Gny money that | may wish to de-
vote to the welfare of these far-away mill
ions.
3. am 4 churchman because the church
is Gods ordained agency for the gathering
and establishment of his saints on earth,
and because it is doing it.
The claim that there is a divergence III
the teachings of the gospels and cpistles is
misleading and false While they differ, il
is simply us ripening fruit differs from day
to day. 1t is the same fruit ripening.
The Bible is consistent in ali its parts, for
truth must in the nature of the case be
consistent, and the church by the manifesto
ton OF the truth is daily commencing itself
to mans conscience in the sight of God.
1.-THE excellency Of the power is of God,
not of men,"
Before closing let me call attention to one
or two points. l. In the expression ''un-
chUrched millions" there is an appeal to
prejudice, as though there was q great
multitude eager to enter the church and
that some fierce and inhuman obstruction
prevented it. You never find one man, far
less millions, who is in any wise deferred
by any obstruction, real or imaginary, in
the church. When honest he recognizes
and confesses that the trouble is in him
self 2 The divisions and animositieS Of
different churches. How grossly they are
exaggerated! See all the union work
amongst various denominations, etc. See
how cordially ministers live together; COM
pare them with other classes Of men who
compete with each other-homeopathists
and allopaths, or the officials of competing
lines of railroad or steamship lines, or po-
htical parties. 3. The church has the I'D
vantage of the facts on its side. 1t has
built the schools, founded colleges and uni
versities, built hospitals, etc. How many
have the millions of like spirit 10 D. A. D.
foundedl
Time and space forbids my reasoning
further on the subject. Respectfully,
JUNIus B. FRENCH,
Pastor of Broadway Presbyterian Church.