The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-04-21
MISSIONARIES
OF The WORLD.
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man and woman. These reports will be
consolidated reports of the whole mission
W9rK OF all the attachments OF the evan
Hours for devotional exercises are as
signed The greatest need of the foreign
fed home church. And this conference
VIII be fruitful and successful in proper
VIII pc, hope. much prayer for an out
pouring of Gods spirit.
me gigantic engines that are driving
forward a material development, are be-
ing speeded as never before The din of
OF wheels have penetrated the abodes of
Sol1tude-the world has now few quiet
ed IN MS school upon the run, and the
pace IS not often slackened until the |
painting man falls into his. grave
1t Is to a generation thus intent-to a 1
generation that has wrought wonderous-
~ in the realms of applied science-that
God IN His Word and by the preach
says: All these are worthy only, and in /
proportion, as they contribute to the re- i
generation of mankind. Every invention, /
every work, every man, every nation, |
must one day come to this Weighing plat |
form and be appraised.
ITO what other end is all this stir |
among men-this increase of knowledge? |
That these great agencies may be put in
livery and lined up in the halls of wealth |
to make life brilliant and soft, or become |
the docile messengers of a counting house |
of contending armies; the cOurierS who |
wait in the halls of science to give glory
the key to one of His myteries. Do all
these great inventions, these rushing in
tellectua1 developments, exhaust their
ministry. in the making of men rich, and
the reinforcing of armies and fleets? No.
These are servants, prophets forerunners.
Ihey VIII hnd a herald voice; there VIII
be an annunciation and a coronation: The
first results seem to be the stimulation of
a material production and a hercer strug-
gle for markets. Cabinets, as Wen as
trade chambers, are thinking of the world
| producers and consumers We now sell
dom have wars of succession, or for mere
| political dominion. Places are strategic
/ primarily from the commercial standpoint.
| Colonies are corner stalls in the world
| market place If the product tarries too
| long in the warehouse the mill must shut
| down and discomfort will walk the streets.
| The propulsion of this commercial force
strong now. The battle of the markets
| is at its fiercest. The great quest of ma
tons is for consumers The voice of
commerce is: And my hand shall find
a nest the riches of the people, and as
gather all the earth
| But with the increase of commerce and
wealth. the stress or social dlf1leultles IS
| not relieved, but increases in all of. the
| great nations. The tendency is not to
| one brotherhood, but to many; Work for
| the willing at wage that Will save the
| spirit as well as the body is a problem of
increasing tangle and intricacy. Competi-
| ton forces economical devices and names
| wages that are, in some cSaeS, 1nSuIf1-
cient to renew the strength expended. 1t
suggests if it does not compel aggrega-
sent many threatening aspects. Agencies
| Of mans devisine NAV alleviate but thew
can not cure this tendency to division
and strife and substitute a drift to peace
and unity. Christ in the heart and His
gospel of love and ministry in all the ac-
tivities of life is the only cure.
1.-The highest conception that has ever
entered the mind of man is that of God
the father of all men-the one blood-the
universal brotherhood. 1t was not evolv-
to be ministered unto-he lays his imposts
upon Others. He buys slaves that they
nnp lance dan i befoTa % and 5n die in the
arena for his sport Into such a world
there came King, not to be ministered
unto, but to minister. The rough winds
famed His sleep; He drank of the noun
tain brook, and made not the water wine
for HIMSELF; would not use His power to
stay His own hunger, but had compassion
on the multitude. He called them he had
bought with great price no more SER
wants, but friends. He entered the bloody
arena alone, and dying, broke all chains
and brought life and immortality to light.
Here is the perfect altruism; here the
true appraisal of men. Ornaments of gold
and gems, silken robes, houses, lands,
stocks and bondS-they tare when
men are weighed Where else is there a
scale so true? Where a brotherhood so
, wide and perfect? Labor is made noble
, the King credits the smallest service. His
values are relative; He takes accounts of
the per cent, when tribute is brought into
His treasury. No coin of love is base or
small to Him. The widows mite He sets
in His crown. Life is sweetened; the poor
! man becomes of account Where else Is
found a philosophy of life so sweet and
Adaptable philosophy of death so COM
''The men who like Paul have gone tc
heather lands with the message, we seek
not yours. but you, have been hindered
by those who coming after have reversed
the message. Rum and other corrupting
agencies come in with our boasted civil
ization. and the feeble races wither be-
fore the hot breath of the white mans
vices.
1.-The great nations have combined tc
suppress the slave trade. Is it too mucf
, to ask that they shall combine to prevent
I he 10 Of 5Tif 70 w
| our children, have acquired the habits OF
self-restraint? If we must have 'consum
1.-THE enemies of foreign missions have
g spoken tauntingly of the slowness of the
D work and of its great and disproportionatt
g cost and we nave too excluslVey con
= soled ourselves and answered the criti
d cism by the suggestion that with God {
n thousand years is as one day We SHOULD
: not lose sight of the other side of tina
truth-one day with Him is as a thousand
e years. God has not set uniform pac'
,, for Himself in the work of bringing il
the Kingdom of His Son: He will hasteI
= it in His day. The stride of His churcl
r shall be so quickened that commerce viii
It be the laggard. Love shall outrun gree
s He exacts faith. He will not answer tn
e demand to show a course of stone in Hi
great cathedral for every thousand dol
>. lars given. But it may be justly aske'
z that the administrators of our mission
n treasures justify their accounts; tina
I, they use q, business wisdom and economy
/ that there is no waste; that the workme
n do not hinder each other. The plowini
\ and the sowing must be well done. Thes
. may be and Should be judged: that i
: mems part of the work. But the care o
q well-planted seed Is with God We shal
have reports from the harvesters shown
% that He has given the promised increas
e some thirty and some an hundred folo
s. s'Gifts to education are increasingly mum
r fcent. University endowments have bee
le swelled by vast single gifts in the Unite
~ States during the last few years We re
ioice in this But may we not hope tina
l. in the exposition of the greater. needs g
g the educational work in the mission field:
d men of wealth may find the sugges ito
to endow great schools in mission land:
- 1t is a great work to increase the candl
&c power of our educational arc lights. bu
= to give to cave jewellers an incandescer
may be a better one.
mot the least benefcent aspect and II
fiuence of this great gathering will
found in the Christian union that 1t ev
dance The value of this is great 9