The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-07-24

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pei to The heather. AS we read We cannot
but feel an interse interest in the work
which has been IJne and which ought TO
study class have I'VE sketches of these men and
their work. reviews of the books. etc.
1T is well for US to know of the trans
of the heather. to hear OF that queen OF
one of the New Hebrides who left her
throne to go to other isles to proclaim the
gospel. or Of that cannibal saved by power
divine who. In the face OF personal danger.
goes to tell others of Christ. OF the grace
that caused a once savage New Zealander
Ing rushed away and when Mr.. Taylor
asked him why, he replied: When / knelt
who slew my father, and whom had
sworn TO kill at first sight He said: The
old revenge seized me and ran away. but
just then / seemed 10 hear a voice: There
by shall all men know that We my dis
ciples If We love one another" That made
deep impression, and at the same time I
man nailed thereon. and i heard Him say:
Father, forgive Them they know not what
they do" ard 1 went back
The heather can be saved. and what
rebuke comes 10 US in the words OF those
who hear the old. old story: Why did you
not tell US sooner? Did you say IL was two
or three years since this man Christ died?'
The field is open, the people ready, and no
| money. As we get the young TO study ana
done Systematically. The members of the
League alone by giving two cents week
would give slsoo,ooo. A penny a day would
be $.15o,0oo year. Get these facts before
our members. Have a meeting devoted TO
the subject OF giving; securing pledges for
given amount weekly"
Former Indianian.
Rev. Wilbur F. Sheridan. now of Pontiac.
Mich. but formerly of this State. was the
next speaker. His subject was "1he Call
prena rat ion for Missionary Mr.
Sheridan is well known in this city. having
been the first president OF the Indianapolis
| District Epworth League. Mr.. Sheridan
said:
THE highest type of man Is the Christian
and the highest type of Christian Is the
missionary. He has the enterprise of the
| trader. the zeal of the explorer and the
| daring of the soldier. We are TO consider
| the process of his making.
The missionary must be called Of God.
| The first element of that call is likely To
| be the call of the field. The same open
wounds of heathenism that impel men to
| give impel them to go. Going Is simply
| giving. raised to a higher power. Indiffer-
| ence and prejudice toward missions are the
| twin daughters OF ignorance. Open the shut
norance vanishes and zeal like a furnace.
| flames in it's place. Hence the need OF sow
| ing our leagues knee-deep with missionary
| facts.
The second element in the missionary
| call is the call OF the spirit. This Is an
himself in to the work of missions. II This
conviction be of the spirit II will be as strong
in. solitude as in some great convention or
must be tested. First. by scanning your
motives: second. by testing your willingness
to work among degraded people at home ne
| low the call of the church. IL is rare. in
| deed, that the church fails to swiftly rec
| ognize genuine missionary call
"A call to go is call TO prepare. The
missionary must have, first. good sense.
| The Inhabitants of the Orient are pagans.
| but they are not fools. stupid missionary
| is no match for a shrewd heather. The wise
| missionary, buttressed by his better cause,
wins. The foolish one fails. in spite of his
cause. 1t will be to his advantage to be
| college-traihed. 1t is not absolutely neces-
sary any more than at home. Nevertheless.
| to meet the agnosticism and versatility or
| the Japanese and the scholarship of the Chi
| nese and the keenness and subtlety or the
Brahmns, the best mental culture Is needed.
The missionary ought TO have mastered
one foreign tongue before leaving home as
| the best preliminary for readily mastering
the languages where ne goes; few neeo
| translators All missionaries ought TO know
| practical things as planting. building, print
sirable that a candidate spend a year or so
| in a missionary training institute, where
the manifold technique of the calling may
| HE must be spirit-flled. Only as he has
| a living steady union with God will he be
able to stand unmoved and aggressive amid
| around him. With this call and this prep
| aration, and no other man has so great
| Civilizations way, lay the foundation or
| states. build the visible and invisible king
| dom of God. and turn multitude or souls
| student Missionary Campaign.
THE Student Missionary Campaign" was
| the topic discussed by c. V. Vickery. OF
| New Haven, Conn. The condition OF those
| who now are prepared and desire 10 go to
| foreign fields, but cannot because the mis-
/ sionary board has no money. was the gist OF
| his talk. He said that while the reports
| from the foreign fields show that the great
| need Of the work is more workers. but the
| lack OF workers is not caused by any lack
| of volunteers. but simply because the mis-
| sionary board has not enough money to
| send forward one-half OF the acceptable vol
| unteers who are now anxious 10 get into
| the work A single postage stamp a day
| from each member OF church of one hum
dred members would support one missionary
| in the foreign field. There are now hum
! dreds of students in the colleges OF this
| country preparing themselves for this work.
but there is not much hope that very many
of them will be chosen because OF tho
dearth of funds.
Rev. w. r. Richardson. of Columbia. S.
| c., who was the programme for an adj
dress on Missionary Giving" was not pres
| emit.
The Question Drawer" was conducted by
| DR.. +. c. Stevenson. NJ. D., OF Toronto.
| Twenty minutes were allowed for this part
| OF the programme. The questions were
| numerous and varied. Most OF them were
| on missionary topics. DIR. Stevenson an
| swered a part of them himself, and at times
| cal d on others especially qualified 10 talk
| on the particular question
|
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