Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-07-07
FOR SUNDAY READING.
All sorts Of Opinions.
THE ExcoMMUN1cAr1oN OF
TNOISTsOY.

unless before his death he shall repent,
acknowledge the orthodox doctrine and
return to the church.
DIR. DIXON NOT DISCOURAGED.
The Rev. C. Dixon, OF Brooklyn, il
meeting with some opposition to his
project Of the erection Of a 100000
church with a roof garden attraction
So far only $2,20O has been subscribed
for the enterprise and some OF the trus-
tees are wondering where the money is
to come from. DIR. Dixon says that the
vast majority of the congregation are
heartily enlisted in the movement and
he expresses the utmost confidence in
the enterprise.
E WHAT CONVERSION REALLY IS.
IRev. Frank G. Tyrrell.l
Some people fancy they can never be
saved from sin without some display of
supernatural power they expect to be
sdragooned into heaven or lost. Others
look to the church for the assurance Of
salvation and make conversion synony-
nous with Joining the church. The.
Acts OF the Apostles gives detailed ac-;
counts of conversion under the preach.
ing of the gospel. In the case of the
Ethiopian we find one who was neither
a Jew or a Jewish proselyte. He was
searching the scripture; he was eager
ly inquiring; he had done all that he
could without further guidance. This
is furnished not by supernatural
revelation, but by a plain preacher.
Philip Is divinely guided to this states
mans side and breaches Christ to him.
He does not enlarge upon the compar-.
alive excellencies of Judaism or any
other ism" nor does he deliver a
sociological lecture, nor talk about
ethical culture. The theme of all apos-
stolic preaching was Jesus and the res
direction, and the modern pulpit may
we'll be instructed thereby.
Conversion implies certain changes
in its subject. 1t includes a change of
heart. Desires and inclinations that
are earthly, sensual and devilish give
way to their opposites; IGNORANCE OF
Jesus and His claims gives away to
knowledge; Indifference to loyalty:
darkness to light: perplexity and doubt
to peace and certainty. The overpow
ierng influence in conversion is the per-
sonality of Jesus Christ. The life that
yields to Him in the obedience of faith
becomes pure life, a right life, a he-
roicGlife. an ageless life.
THE CHRISTIAN KING OF THE
BANiANG1N4ATOS.
King khama. chief of the Ramang-
watos, is one of the most interesting
figures in South African history and is
in some respects the most remarkable
product of Christian missions in all
Africa. His devout faith and noble.
Christ-like character have made deep
impression upon all, native or civil
lied who come in contact with him.
His father. Sekhome, was one of the
most ferocious and treacherous of the
native chiefs and several times sought
the life of his son to punish him for his
refusal to continue the native supersti-
tious practices. From the time Sof his
conversion khama has been a perss-
tent and implacable foe to the liquor
traffic. In dispatch to the British
| government he said:
1T were better for me that should
| lose my country than that it should be
4 flooded with drink Lobengula never
/
against drink is to fight against dem
ons, not against men, | dread the white
mans drink more than all the assegais
of the Matabeles, which kill mems
bodies. and 1t is quickly over. but drink
4 puts devils into men and destroys both
bodies end sen!s forever. Its wounds
never heal. pray your honor never
1 to ask me to open even d little door tc
drink
khama not only refused to permit his
people to drink, but has banished from
his kingdom English traders who at
tempted to sell liquor. In spite of his
many remonstrances he found thai
traders insisted on bringing drinks into
the country under the guise OF Other
4 goods, and he went personally from
wagon to wagon and house to house
The next day he summoned all the
4 straders to the kings courtyard and told
them what he had seen, reminding
4 them that he had warned them agains
i selling his people drink, but they hac
despised his laws because he was {
4 black man, and for nothing else:
Well, / am black, but if l am black
/. 1 am chief of my own country at pres
4 emit When you white men rule in thu
i country then you will do as you like
AT present rule. and shall maintain
my laws which you insult and despise
You have insulted and despised me II
my own town because am blacl
man. You do SO because you dcspis.
4 black men In your hearts. II you des,
1 pise u.s. what do you want mere in the
4 country that Goa has given to us? Gil
back to your own country. Take every
thing you have: strip the iron roofs of
the houses: the wood of the countr,
and the clay OF which you made tn,
bricks you can leave to be thrown
down. Take all that is yours and go
It am trying to lead my people TO &C
according to that word OF God which
A we have received from you white PEG
4 pie, and you show them an example
of wickdeness such as we never knew
You. the people OF the word of God
Go! Take your cattle and leave my
town and never come back again.
4 It is said that the utmost silence fol
lowed Khama's words and the trader
lost the very power to reply. From
that day to this khama has succeeded
in keeping drink out of the country
despite the efforts of English trader,
and even government officials to bring
the dreaded curse into his kingdom.
II
i White Man Turned Yellow.
i Great CON At ernRtion ,vaa falf h., ~.