St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-04-13
TO SAVE THE WORLD.
Rev. j. #. Stout on Jesus, Parting
Injunction

Rev; j. F: Stout spoke at the First NJ E.
cnurch yesterday morning from Matthew
xvii, 1870. And Jesus came and spake
unto them, saying, All power is given INTO
Me in heaven and in earth. Go We. therefore
ana teach all nations, baptising them in the
name of the Father and of the Son. and of
the Holy Ghost; teaching them to observe ali
thlngs whatsoever 1 have commanded you
AND 10, l am with you Away, even unto the
end of the world
These last words of Christ are of binding
force on us, because they declare the will
or our Master with reference to the work He
ieIt us TO DO. Not the apostles alone but all
ulsclpleS IN all ages are to hear the command
ana render obedience. The ''go'' of the Cal
liean is forever ringing in our ears. This is
me war cry OF Christianity. Today the church
OF Jesus is an army of conquest and must
filed -"S Ooon LUZ
1t is indeed the most stupendous under
taxing or the years, and seems a hopeless
TASK, from our standpoint, yet we are under
marching orders, and cannot evade the re-
spo,nslollity. The population of the world is
estimated at 1892 600, 900; of these 34O 600 600
are Buddhists, 75,000 900 Brahmins, so 600 600
who declare allegiance to Confucus, Ia, 600 000
at Shlnto shrines, 100000 Jews 100000 900
Mohammedans, 1888, 600, 900 of Christians Two
hundred and ten millions belong to either
the Roman Catholic or Greek churches and
only lC6,OO0,O0O are Protestants. These multi
tudes cry out from the unfathomed depth of
! thelr need for a Christians chance at gov
eminent and food and shelter and home and
love OF life, temporal and eternal These
|
The commission gives us a plan of cam
palgn. 1t Is our part to go, teach and ban
tize, and His part to be present in power so
! that the work may be accomDlished II 10
not by human might but bv human obed9
lence, that the name of God Is to be gIori-
fed the world redeemed and the kingdom,
of God established.
The church of today NAV seem too 1vealx
and small in numbers to make even the at
| tempt to capture the world for God hut
there are still unseen hosts who guard and
| charge nnOn wit thn coli &c
On our side there are three things needed
to insure success. First, a spirit of con-
quest By as much as this spirit dominates
| the Anglo-Saxon civilization. which is push
ing its claims into all fields in civil and
secular life, so in a much greater measure
shall it make the Anglo Saxon faith DOM
! inant among all faiths. If modern history
has any plain indication it is that God has
| raised us up for the purpose of taking the
world for the glory of Christ and the good
| of the race.
The second necessity is an enlisted army
The church is well supplied with men and
women moved by the spirit of heroism
| ready to sacrifice home and friends and life
but there is demand for the cultivation Of
a spirit of helpfulness on the part of those
who of necessity must tarry at home.
The third necessity is full treasury. Our
church has a splendid record. We started
with small beginnings, but our gifts last
year for home and foreign missions were
nearly a million and a quarter of dollars. In
1892 $50 Protestant missionary societies gave
! for the salvation of the world $214 000 000
| The need is pressing upon US as never be-
fore. The failure of missions is not ques-
| ton. All lands are opening, and the gospel
! fits into the needs of ALL
| In the field of missions, as everywhere
God works by the germ method: First the
blade then the ear. then the full corn in
! the ear" 1t seemed we could never gain a
| harvest in India, but at last has come a
most thrifty blade, and the people are march
! ing into the kingdom of God through our
Methodist missions at the rate of over a
thousand a month. China was sterile SOIL
but at last we have come to see a Chris
tianity in China which puts the home church
to the blush and argues for mighty har-
vest.
At the burning of Chicago the fire started
only in a poor quarter of the city, but the
| confagration swept to the region of palaces,
| and left ashes in it's wake. We must save
the world from the conf1agration of sin or
we shall be swept away by 1t ourselves.