The Washington weekly post., 1899-06-06

Now l. fsur OpDortunify.
Now church % God. now. ali Cnris
TIN philauthr0piSts. i your opp0rtnGstt
| Nothing ike II bas occurred since Chr.-
| came. Perhaps there may b. nothing lil,
! II till His second coming Here Is = drfiH
iJeness Of aim that j. most helpful IN
| Inspiring. The millions % dollars give
Tor the redemption 81 the world ana u
| thousands o. glorious missl gnaTies Wn
| have as volunteers gone forth among bar
barrie nations were given AMI enlisted IN
| der great AID immeaSurabie idea; hU
when we come 10 add u the great an
| Unreasonable idea. the idea OF definite
| ness, We VIII infinitely augment the work
More than three hundred million o
heather II India. more than three hun
dTed million OF p-opic n China. and NOR
millions Of heather than can be guesse'
outside OF those countries. sometime:
stagseT and corfCund and defeat OU
faith; but here IN these Islands of rrssel
controversy We can farm out the w0ri
among tEe churches. anu IN five ears
uEdGr the blessing OF God. not only Il. tE,
people for the -lght OF suffrage. Dut LTs
pare them for usefulness and heaven
The difference between the general il@t
or the worlds eYangeliZati0n and sJrl'
particulariZed field Of evangsliz1tion iS n,
agriculture among all nations aad the i!l
pr0Vemeht OF SeVenty-1Ve acres put unlel
ones espscili care and industry. B. a.
means let the general WOTh so on hu
here is the specific nsid for religious COT
ceutratiOn and development. This 5 rot
chiuericsl or impractical | read this
morning that the American Missionary As
sOciatiOn Of the Congregational Church
has already begun the WORK at san Juan
UtCsdO. and AlbOnitO. and all denOmin1-
Of f1r~ IN civ h,-
in those is!andy fields. and we all need
with our prayers and contributions q
cheer them OF to take for God and right
eOusness those regions which our Ameri-
can navy has captured from oppression
The Ea4ner of Immannil.
TT has been estimated that this Amer
ican-Spanish war cost US $5JQC00.0J9. lt
would not cost hall Of that TO proclaim
and carry on ana cOnsummate a holy wal
that will rescue those archipe!asoes from
satanic domination. Who will volunteer?
1 beat the drum of a recruiting station.
Who will enlist under the one-starred,
blnod-striped banner OF ImmaHuel? Cuba
and Porto Rico and the Philippines are
stepping-stones for our American Chris
tianity 10 cross over and take the round
world for God. We need a new evanSeh-
cal alliance organized for this one pur-
pose. In all denominations there are
those with large enough hearts and VINO
have been thoroughly enough converted
10 join in such an advanced movement;
men who. putting aside all minor differ
ences of opinion. believe in God the Faith
er Almighty. Maker of heaven and earth
and in Jesus Christ, his only begotten
Son and who would march shoulder TO
shoulder in such Gospel campaign. The
result would be that those islands. after
such scene OF gOSpe!iZatiOn. would as
scTt themselves into denominations to
suit themselves, and some would be
sprinkled in holy baptism, and others
would be immersed III these warm rivers,
and some would worship in religious as
semblage silent as the Quaker meeting
house. and others would have as many
jUbilant calculations as a backWoods
ard some of those VINO
preached would be gOwned and surpliced
for the work, and others would stand in
citizens apparel or in their shirt sleeves
that Gospel which is TO save
the world
viii Have Their Great Men.
Mark YOU well that craftsmanship,
however grand il is, and wise men of the
world, however noble. cannot do this
work. Mere secular education does not
moralZe. Some Of the most thoroughly
men in all the world have been
the worst men. Quicken a mans intel
ect, while az the same time you do not
make his morals good, and you only aug
ment his power for evil. Geography and
and metaphysics and philos-
1phy will never quality a people TO gov
ern themselves. A corrupt printing press
S worse than no printing press at ali,
but let loose an open Bible upon those ISL
lnds and let the apocalyptic angel once
iy over them, and you will prepare them
% become either colonies of the United
states government, or. as | hope will be
he case. independent republics.
God did not exhause himself when he
)uilt this nation. Those islands will yet
nave their Thomas Jeffersons, qualified
o write for them Declarations of Inde-
)endence; and George Washingtons, ca
,able of achieving their liberties; and
Abraham LincOlns. strong enough to
their serfdoms; and Longfel-
OWS and Bryants, capable Of putting
heir hills and their rivers, and their land
capes into poems; and their Bancrofts
md PrescOtts. to make their histories:
md their Irvings to write their Sketch !
Books; and their Charles OCOnnells and
Rufus Choates, to plead in their court !
OOrns; and their Daniel Websters and |
ohm j. Crittendens TO move their Sen |
ties. !
Christianity viii Come.
''The Gay cometh-hear ii. all We who |
ave no nope for those Islands of be- |
warfed and diseased illiterates-the day |
ometh when those regions will have a |
'hristian civilization equal to that which |
his country now enjoys. while | hope by /
hat time this country will be as superior |
o what it now is as to-day Washington |
nd New York are better than Manila |
nd Santiago. Do you see by this proc
SIS OF goSpeliZed intelligence those archi-
eldgoes Will as d nation be protected |
rom the two woes prOphesied in regard |
tnls country, the one woe prophesied |
the eXpansionists, and the other woes |
r0phesied by the antt-eXpansionists? IL |
said by those VINO would have us take
II We can lay our hands on as nation |
nat unless We enter the door now omen
Jr the enlargement Of our national do |
lain We Will decline the mission which
cd, in his providence. has assigned rs
ut surely the woe will come upon us. or
pon them. if We Christianize them. AZ We
oH nave the opportunity of doing The |
OhlcaI technlcaltles are nothing as com
area win The importance OF this move
ent l lmplCre ali political expansion
Is 10 augment as in this work OF moraI
ld TeilgloGs expansion. for unless thosa
u HGs are mOrlllZed and elevated Ia in |
-liistaee ana habits, We 90 DOt wanr
lem. ana their annexation would be no.
ucal Camnatl1n- On The other hand
lplore all anti-eXpansionists 10 taka a
ana IN the gOSpel!Za ton Of Cuba Porte
leo, and the Philippine Islands T6e
ny "&y 70 prepare them 20 take care of
'ens+IVes Is 20 give them the ten corn
ahdhtnts tnat we're published on Nounr
E"l. ara let them hear The groan OF sac
nc t2at was DreatheG out on The height
tIolSotAa- What they most want il ibe T.
1spel. the pure gospel, the o,oniro,eI,
)Sp-,. the gospel that helps he5I ,bs
ounds OF thr body. and !TradIargE m.
irhneSs OF the mind. and achieves ~
.Eson! Of The soul. ~
Wake Republics of Them.
But On this platform the so-caTIA5 ax
.hslonlsis ana so-Called anti-expazs,on-
ls "ii yet stand side by side. Thoug,
n not g proShet or the son of a uronh,.-
ithin hYe Years, II this religio-educa to-,
WotK Is properly attended 10 rbeyl ,,-r
CuDan republic, q Porto Ria, -
iblc' and a Philippine republic. none ~
EN- on q large scale; but they vyiIl -,
I'VE heir schools and pr.ntiu. ursss'. {
!d eVansei-ca! churches. their pr
MS. their SeJates and House ~ pa-sr.
natives. their Mayors. and tbe,r -
aodlifies, and as good order win ba -
EFed IN their cities as novv -. =