The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1897-05-08

UnD If the relief ship were thrown out ..
I'D the representatives of the 1nunlc1pan- 8
ties and Of royalty went aboard her, tno
long freight train at the same tlme roAhhg
down to take the food TO the s1arslns, , anu
w. w, alternate cars of that train American
md Russian flags floating. But now the
S.,noer in India is mightier than any that
I.a1end or Russia ever suffered. Quicker
a,,nht tn be the response and on SO vast
scaie that the one ship would become
uhole fiotilla-New YORK senolng one'
nastor another, Philadelphia another,
1eSorIeston another, New Orleans another.
Then let them all meet In some harbor OF
1n;s,a What q peroration of mercy for the
..,,,etaenth century! would like to stand
~ the wharf at Calcutta or Bombay and
zee such q feet come In With wha1 10y
a. would be welcomed! The emaclateo
would lift their heads ON snrA|eiIu ..Iu,.
and elbows and with thin lips ask, IS ~
.omino-something to eat?' And whole |
viliaoes and towns, too weak to walk
wouid crawl out on hands and knees TO
oet the first grain Of corn they could reach
and mt 1t to their famished lips. May
orv out for you and for others to those SUI
ferers: = Wait a little longer, bear up a lit
10 more. O dying men of India! starv-
sru vvomenl O enaciated babes! Keller
4. On the way, and more relief will soon
Ia coming. We send it in the name OF tho
Asiatic Christ, who said, L was hungry
and ye fed me; inas,nuch as ye have done
It unto ono of the least of these, my pre'n-
rem. 70 have done 1t unto me-
CHRISTIAN people of America! l call
vonr attention to the fact that we may
now. as never before, by one magn1ncent
etroke open the widest door for the evangeI-
ixation of Asia. A stupendous obstacle IN
the way of Outstanding Asia has oeen
the difference of language, but all those
neople understand the gospel of bread An
other obstacle has been the law of caste
Init in what better way can we teach them
the brotherhood of man? Another huge
difficulty in the way of Christianizing Asia
has been that those people thought the re-
liQion we would have them take was ho
better than their Hindoolsln or Nonan
mechanism, but they will now SEQ by this
crusade Tor the relief of people 1000 miles
away that the Christian religion Is OF
higher, better and grander type than any
other religion, for when did the followers
of Brahma, or Vishnu, or Buddha, or Con
fucius, or Mohammed ever demonstrate Tx
interest in people on the opposite sioe OF In
world? Having taken the bread OF this III
from our hands, they will be more apt Z
take from us the bread of eternal l1fe In
missionaries of different denominations II
India at As stations are already distr1put
Ing relief sent through The Christian Her
s aid. Is it not plain that those missionaries
after feeding the hunger Of the BODY WI
Of the soulP When Christ, before preach
ing to the 5000 in the wilderness, brok
for them the miraculous loaves, he mo
Gated that the best way to prepare u
world for spiritual and eternal consioer'
tions is first to look after their tempor'
interests. Oh, church Of God In Anerit
and Europe! This Is your opportunit
We have on occasions of Christian patrio
ism cried, ''America for God!' NOW =
= kka hot 10 OH
In this movement to give food to starVli
India hear the rustling OF the wings
the Apocalyptic angel, ready to fy thFou !
the midst Of heaven proclaiming to ali q
kingdoms and people and tongues tne
searchable riches of Jesus Christ
A Divine Circle.
And now bethink myself of sometnl
l never thought of before. had MOTTO
that the circle is Gods favorite figure,
upon that subject addressed you So
time ago, but it did not occur to me un
now that the gospel seems to be moving