Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1895-01-25

III Africa. Inc SOutnl 1naI ueanS al
the islands strewn by omnipotent hand
through tropical seas-Malayan Poly
nesia, Melanesia, Micronesia and other
islands more numerous than you can
imagine unless you have voyaged around
the world. The southl That means Java
for God, Sumatra for God, Borneo for
God, Siam for God.
A ship was wrecked near one Of these
islands, and two lifeboats put out for
shore, but those who arrived in the first
boat were clubbed to death by the can
nibals, and the other boat put back and
was somehow saved. Years passed on,
and one of that very crew was wrecked
again with others OH the same rocks
Crawling up on the shore, they proposed
to hide from the cannibals in one of the
caverns, but mounting the rocks they
saw a church and cried out: I'VE are
savedl A church, churchP' The south !
That means Venezuela, New Granada,
Ecuador and Bolivia. The south That
means the torrid zone, with all its
bloom, and all its fruitage, and all its
exu uberance, the redolence Of illimitable
gardens, the music of boundless groves,
the lands, the seas, that night by night
look up to the southern cross, which, in
stars, transfgures the midnight heaven
as you look up at it all the way from
the Sandwich Islands to Australia.
"They shall come from the south. "
Christ In tho East.
But l must not forget that my text
takes in another cardinal point Of the
compass. 1t takes in the east. l have to
report that in journey around the world
there is nothing so much impresses one
as the fact that the missionaries divine
" blessed are taking the world for God.
The horrible war between Japan and
China will leave the last wall Of oppo-
sition fat in the dust. War is barbarism
always and everywhere. We hold up
our hands in amazement at the massacre
at Port Arthur, as though Christian ma
tions could never 90 into such diabolism.
We forget Fort Pillow We forget the
fact that during our war both north and
south rejoiced when there were 10, COO
more wounded and slain on the opposite
side. War, whether in China or the
United States, is hell let loose. But one
good result will come from the Japanese
Chinese conflict. These regions will be
more open to civilization and Christian
itv than ever before When Missionary
Carey put before an assembly OF minis
ters at Northampton his project for the
evangelization Of India, they laughed
him out Of the house. From Calcutta on
the east Of India to Bombay on the west
there is not a neighborhood but directly
or indirectly feels the gospel power.
The Juggernaut which did its awful
work for centuries, a few weeks ago was
brought out from the place where it has
for years been kept under shed as a Gu
riosity. and there was no one reveren-
tally to greet it. About 5000, 600 OF
Christian souls in India are the advance
guard that will lead on the 25O, 600, 600.
The Christians Of Annoy and Peking and
Canton are the advance guard that will
lead the $40, 600, 900 of China. "They
shall come from the east" The last
mosque of Mohammedanism will be
turned into Christian church. The last
Buddhist temple will become a fortress
of light. The last idol Of Hindooism
will be pitched into the fire.
The Christ who came from the east
will yet bring all the east with him. Ot
course there are high obstacles to be
overcome, and great ordeals must be
passed through before the consumma'
ton, as witness the Armenians under
the butohery Of the Turks May that
throne on the banks Of the Bosporus
soon crumble The time has already
come when the United States govern
ment and Great Britain and Germany
ought to intone the indignation Of all
civilized nations. While it is not req
uisite that arms be sent there TO avenge
the wholesale massacre Of Armenians, 1t
is requisite that by cable under the seas,
and by protest that shall thrill the wires
from Washington and London and Ber-
I'm to Constantinople, the nations an
athematize the diabolism for which the
sultan of Turkey is responsible. Moham-
mechanism is a curse whether In Turkey
or New York. "They shall come from
the east" And they will come at the
call of the loveliest and grandest and
best men and women Of all time. Imean
the missionaries. Dissolute Americans
and Englishmen who have gone 70 Cal
cutta and Bombay and Canton to make
their fortunes defame the missionaries
because the holy lives and the pure
households of those missionaries are
constant rebuke to the American ano
English libertines stopping there, but
the men and women of God there sta
toned 20 on gloriously with their work
People lust as good and self denying al
was Missionary Ioffat, who, when ask
ed to write in an album, wrote thes'
words:
Ny album is in savage breasts,
Where passion reigns and darkness rests
Without one ray Of light
To write the name or Jesus tLeFei
To point to worlds both bright and fair.
And see the pagan bow in prayer,
Is all my souls delight
In all those regions are men ant
women with the conservation of Mel
Vile B. Cox, who, embarking for tn
missionary work in Africa, said to fel
low student, IF die in Africa, COM
and write my epitaph. " what shall
write for your epitaph?" said the stu
dent. write, said he, these words
Let q thousand fall before Africa b
given up"
Worldly Reform In the West.
There is another point Of the compass
that my text includes. They shal
come from the west' That mean
America redeemed. Everything between
Atlantic and Pacific oceans to be brough
within the circle Of holiness and rap
ture. Will it be done by worldly reform
or evangelism? Will it be law or gos
pei? am glad that wave of reform
has swept across this land, and all tn
cities are feeling the advantage OF tn
mighty movement. Let the good wor
90 on until the last municipal evil