The Penn's Grove record., 1897-05-07

ized the secretary OF the navyto charter .
vessel to carry food to the famine sufferers
and you may help I'LL that ship. We a
to SEND at least COO. 900 bushels OF corn,
That will save the lives OF at least l~,OOO,ooV
people. Many will respond in eontrlpu'
lions of money, and the barns and corn
cribs OF the entire United States will pour
forth their treasures of food. When that
ship is laden till 1t can carry no more, we
| will ask him who holds the winds in his INST
and plants his triumphant foot on stormy
waves to let nothing but good happen TO
the ship till 1t anchors in Bengal or
Arabian waters. They who help by con-
tributions of money or breadstuffs toward
filling that relief ship will favor their own
food for their lifetime with appetizing
qualities and insure their wi welfare
through the promise OF him who said,
blessed Is he that consfdereth the poor,
the Lord will deliver him in time oil
trouble"
Oh, what q relief ship that will bel Il
shall not turn a screw nor hoist a sail until
we lave had something to do with its car
go. just seventeen years ago from these
Easter times a ship on similar errand went
out from New York ~harbor~the old wa.
frigate Constellation. It had once carried
guns OF deaths, but there was famine In
Ireland, and the Constellation was loaded
with 500 tons OF food. That ship, once
covered with smoke of battle, then covered
with Easter %hosannas; that ship, CON
structed to battle England, going forth
over the waters to carry relief to some OF
her starving subjects. Better h sword
into plowshare, better than spear into
pruning hook twas that old war frigate,
turned into q white winged angel OF resur-
rection, to roll away the stone from the
mouth Of Ireland's se%pulchre. On Xix err
rand five years ago the ship Leo put out
with many tons OF food for famine struck
Russia, One Saturday afternoon on the
deck OF that steamer, as she lay at Brook
lyn wharf, o wondrous scene took place:
A committee OF the Kings Daughters had
decorated the ship with streamers a
bunting, American and Russian flags inter
twining. Thousands Of people on the
wharves and on the decks Join us in invok-
ing Gods blessing on the cargo. and the
long meter Doxology In "Old Hundred
sounded grandly up amid the masts and
ratlines. Having had the joy OF seeing that
ship thus consecrated, we had the addi-
Petersburg when the planks of the relief
ship were thrown out and the representa-
tives Of the municipality and of royalty
went aboard her, the long freight train at
the same time rolling down to take the food
to the starving, n o alternate cars OF
that train American and Russian flags hoat-
ing. But nov the Hunger in India Is
lKutlb Gubu hny buuJ lItluuu VI xtusSih
ever suffered. Quicker ought to be the re-
and on SO vast d scale that the one
would become a whole iotilla-New
York sending one, Boston another, Phila-
another, Charleston another, New
another. Then let them all meet in
some harbor Of India. What a peroration
Of mercy for the nineteenth century, l
would like to stand on the wharf at Cal
cutta o. Bombay and see such q fleet come
In. With what Joy 1t would be welcomed
The emaciated would lift their heads on
shriveled hands and elbows, and with thin
hands ask, us 1t coming-something to
sat?"
And whole villages and towns, too weak
20 walk, would crawl out on hands and
knees to get the first grain Of corn they
could reach and put it to their famished
Ups. May / cry out for you and for others
% those sufferers: 'Wait a little longer
oear up a little more, oh, dying men OF
india; oh, starving women; oh, emaciated
,abesi Relief is IN the way, and more relief
will soon be coming. We sen 1t In the
Of the Asiatic Christ, who said: I
vas hungry, n ye fed me. Inasmuch as
re- have lone 1t unto M Of the least OF
hese my brethren We have done it into
ne.'n |
CHRISTIAN people of America, I call your
to the fact that we may now, as
lever before, by one magnificent stroke
pen the widest door for the evangelization
Asia. A ~stupendous obstacle In the way.
.)hristianizing Asia has been the difference
language, but all those people under
the gospel OF bread. Another obsta-
lie has been the law OF caste, but In what
a can We teach them the
Brotherhood OF mani Another huge diff
Guilty in the way of Christianizing
.sia has been that those people thought
he religion we would have them take was
better than their Hindooism or Moham-
ledanism, but they will now sec by this
for the relief OF people 1a,000 miles
way that the Christian religion Is OF a,
better and grander type than any
'ther religion. for when did the followers
i Brahme or Vishnu or Buddha or Con-,
ucius or Mohammed ever demonstrate like
interest in people on opposite sides OF b
yorld2 Having taken the bread OF this hfe
rom our hands, they will be more apt to
AXE from us the bread of eternal life. The
Missionaries OF different denominations In
india at forty-six stations are already dis
ributing relief sent through the Christian
Is it not plain that those mission
lries, after, feeding the hunger of the body,
WILDE at better advantage to feed the
hunger Of the soul? When Christ, before
broke for them the miraculous loayes. He
Indicated that the best way ito prepare the
world for spiritul and eternal conSidera-
lions is first to look after temporal inter-
ssts. Oh, church of God in America and
This Is your opportunity. We have on
of Christian patriotism cried,
America for Godl" Now let us d the
battle shout, asia for Godl' In this move
ment to give food to starving India l hear
the rustling OF the wing OF the Apocalyptic
ready to fly through the midst OF
heaven proclaiming to all the Kingdoms
and people and tongues the un~searchable
riches OF Jesus Christ.
And now / bethink myself Of something !
never thought of before. ! had noticed
that the circle Is Gods ~favorite figure, n
upon that subject l addressed you some
time ago, but It did not occur to me until
now thai the gospel seems to be moving in
a circle. 1t started in Asia, Bethlehem, an
Asiatic village; Jordan, an Asiatic river;
Calvary, an Asiatic mountain. Then this
gospel moved on to Europe. witness the
chapels and churches and cathedrals n
Christian universities of that continent.
and preached and sung its way across
our continent. 1t has crossed to Asia,
taking the Sandwich Islands in its
way. and now in all the great
cities on the coast OF China people are
singing "Roek of Ages and ''There Is a
Fountain Filled With BLOOD, for you must
know that not only have the Scriptures
been translated into those Asiatic tongues,
but also the evangelical hymns. My mis-
sionary brother, John, translated some OF
them into Chinese, and Mr.. Gladstone gave
me a copy Of the hymn, Jesus, Lover o;
NV Soul" which he had himself translated
into Greek. The Christ who it seems spent
sixteen or eighteen years of His life In In.
dia is there now in spirit, converting and
saving the people by hundreds OF thou
sands, and the Gospel will move right on
through Asia until the story OF the Saw
tours birth will anew be made known in
Bethlehem, and the story OF q sayiours
sacrifice be told anew on and around
Mount Calvary, and the story off %Saviour's
aseension be told anew on the shoulder OF
Mount oliyet. And then do you not see the
circle will be complete2 The glorious cir
Gle. the circle OF the earthl
May 10, was a memorable day, Ioi
then was laid the last tiethat ected
the two rail tracks which united the AT,
lantic and Pacific oceans. The Contra
Pacific railroad was built from California
eastward. The Union Pacific railroad was
built westward. They were within arm
reach OF meeting, only n more piece o.
the rail track to put down. A great audi
ence assembled midcontinent to see thu
last tie laid. The locomotives OF the cas-
ern and western trains stood painting on tn