The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-03-23
HOUSTON, MONDAY, MARCH %.
Apour MISSIONARY WORK.


To tho Editor Of The Post:
T'he editorial In The Post headed boMe 1
Missions" IN which an attempt Is maae
10 prove Inconsistency oil the part on
TIE church IN the matter MINE
ssions Genes very far short OF the ptNln.
,dsa' NJ christian obligntiJn, aud lfnotts /
he great truth that the Holy Scrip,urts
nre the rule of faith and pra..!lree' 49, 49,
C,ltrist said TO Hts disciples. 60 We ih.p I
ali The world and preach the dosl'ei 10
eS Thss APOSTLE PAM well knew that his
own people the Jews at home, Were IN
mead Of tho gospel and yet We hnl nlth
going abroad on foreign missionary t9otS.
and devoting his energies 70 pIth..i'a'.rs
a. Tho Ceutlles These are facts thtt hle
sc ,.eu known and 80 often urged thht /
The writer IS somewhat surprised that we
author Of the editorial should ny " S@'
nlainted with them or, knowing LneIl',
sbo,,ld faN II remember such important
feachings. Before an attempt vs. n1Hs
10 call the church 70 a sense OF her GUY
IN cod and mon and before charSrs or
Inconsistency are made against hcr' ne
yeho makes the attempt ana bI1NEH VIZ
charge should clearly understhhl Wi'Ht ~
that duty. Otherwise, people might Won
The fact Is that the Blble offers nothing
IN support of tho theory aiNN"i'fi ".
The Post. and Offers everything agol''s'
The church Of Christ prefers TO follow
Divine teachings Is5hGf lge@ iaG iee'
Houston, Texas, March H. 1896.
The POST publishes the above from the
Pev Geo G. Woodbridge this morning In
winch no taxes issue with m editorial I'M
asr ~, heading "fIome Missions" which
appeared In this pnper some days since
and In which the position was taken that
missionary effort coull nnd more patriotic
rmploymen, at home than abroad, and
.,,,..s tr,,o,.tnpt a Geld
NJ voodbriasa Ia onnot,nring nothing
T., oavooac,, of forairn missions when
- a,o,.. ave say,ors Injunction. GO We
Al, .,, o.o,ia an, nrsa,b the rospel
/ a., o,o., o,e,t,re" Put vbrn7 The only
s,o.r.no, ~ on,n,on between the reverend
Il liz, ana Tho Poet vou, be found "a 10 the
4 dteerence Of time when each would have
.,,,, ,,,ssto,ar,, ,our 20 commence. The
eor,n,,,re Ia silent on that point. The
I o,ss,,or tbop IA ra-row.d TO the m.
& a,i,,,. vhethcr missionaries should be
Il rusbea Off TO Slam ana China, with
+ha. pospel and other good things.
n n.sora the "1east Side" hos been re-
,.ror.,aa Il, Nav y,r, C'tv. or whether
\ ~, r,i,,, ,o, ,.o With he,,er e,,ce. an
oas,.r Coincidence and mare consistency
3 r,ho, ,he,, c,,,,5 ,,c v,l,bont lenyinr thou-
,as, 80 aare,iy Ic-,orort v,clous and des-
4 .,,,,o sa,,so.s AZ hor,o9
u I,,s noreoctl,, safe conclusion that the
,.ast ma io,it, NJ rr,ctioaj neonlo and pa.
.,Iot,, t,,,,ortt,r;a,,e ,,il, .oree that ro-
\ cere-at,op and ne eiyIlizlnr influences
y ought N I've virtually, finished Al home. be-
sora q ,s so,-bt "a carry tho work abroad
X rba,, will tho tir,c he rine TO ca,r,v ont tho
Il ,,,vIne Injunction ia "ro out into the
world y II adds notbipr. 10 the strength
.. tho arsrnent on the ntber side that
PAM elected 10 desert tho Jews for the
J r,nhesisns and Corinthions--that Is the
very cause Of complaint against the mod
ern missionary who passes by Chicago 10
Il eo 10 Shanghai. And Paul was no moro
Is Divine than Miss Clara Barton. who IS dir
b tributinr relief to Turkish subjects. while
& American subjects are suffering for the
want of reli, in every great cit, of ibl,
II land
Ii II NAV be said that this is narrow Ma
n tional selnshness. Possibly so. Int II Is
IA better than National indifference TO the
sorrows and want and crime and ire
Il ur,ousness Of hundreds Of thousands Of our
~ own people, burden OF poverty and spir-
"a itual darkness that is becoming alarming.
81 AZ Tho great home mission meeting In
"A New York which called forth the original
IN editorial. 10 the tenor of which DIR Wood
II bridge objects. nm urgent appeal was mazda
- '"'eV SUMO u ''o'e' w. '"''' ''''e
nome wants anu prosecute 'n's ns'esS'l'S
WORK. "nat was tue result mere PIT