The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-12-17

living. Americans and Englishmen come
10 these tropical regions and End a mis-
s-oraTy living under palms and with diff
ferent styles OF fruit on his table. and
forget that palms are here as cheap as
hickory or pine in America. and rich
fruits as cheap as plain apples They
find here missionaries sleeping under pun
kas, these fans swung day and night BY
coolies, and forget that four cents a. day
Is good wages here. and the man finds him
self Four cents a day for a cOachman;
q missionary can afford 20 ride.
There have been missionaries who have
come 10 these hot climates resolving 10
live as the natives live, and one or two
years have finished their work. their
chief use on missionary ground being that
OF furnishing for large funeral the chief
object OF interest. So far from living in
idlsnesss no men on earth work so hard
as the missionaries now in the foreign
field. Against fearful odds and with three
millions OF Christians opposed TO two
hundred and nifty millions Of HindOos,
Mohammedans and other false religions,
these missionaries are trying 10 take IN
dia for God Let the good people OF
America and England and Scotland. and
OF all Christendom add ninety-nine and
three-quarters per cent. 70 their apprecia-
ton OF the fidelity and conservation OF
foreign missionaries. Far away from
home, in an exhausting climate, and COM
PEELED 20 send their children to England,
Scotland or America so as 10 escape the
corrupt conversation and behavior Of the
natives, these men and women OF God
toll on until they drop into their graves.
But they viii get their chief appreciation
when their work is over and the day Is
won, as IL viii be won. No place in
heaven VIII be to good for them. Some of
the ministers at home who live on sal
aries OF 1900 or $500 a year. preaching
the gospel Of him who had not where TO
lay his head. will enter heaven and be well
coined, and while looking for a place to sit
down, they viii be told: "Yonder in that
lower line Of thrones you will take your
places. Not on the thrones nearest the
King; they are reserved for the missiona-
riesr'
Meanwhile let all Christendom be thrilled
with gladness. About twenty-five thous-
and converts in India every year under
the Methodists missions, and about TWEEN
ty-hve thousand converts under the Bap-
fist missions, and about seventy-ive
thousand converts under all missions
every year But more than that, Chris
tianity is undermining heathenism, and
not a city or town, or nelghborhood of
India but directly, or indirectly, feels
the influence; and the day speeds on when
Hindooism will go down with a crash.
There are whole villages which have given
up their gods. and where not an idol is
places is being unloosened, and the iron
grip OF caste is being relaxed. Human sac
rinces have ceased, and the last spark
of the funeral pyre on which the widow
must leap has been extinguished. and
the Juggernaut stopped, now stands as a
curiosity for travellers to look at. All
India viii be taken for Christ If any
one has any disheartenments let him keen
them as his own private property; he is
welcome to all of them. But if anv man
has any encouragements to utter. let him
utter them. What we want in the church
and the world is less croaking owls of the
night, and more morning larks with spread
wing ready to meet the advancing dav.
Fold up Naomi and Windham, and give us
ARIEL or Mt. Pisgah, or Coronation. 1 had
the JOY OF preaching in many of the cities
OF INDIA, and seeing the dusky faces of the
nauVes illumined with heavenly antici-
putations. In Calcutta while the congrega-
uon were yet seated l took nv departUra
Tor railroad train. preached by the
watch up to the last minute A swift car
rage brought me to the station not moro
tnan half minute before starting. came
nearer to missing the train than I hone
anyone OF US will come to missing heaven