Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1900-04-26
Foreign Mis- sions.
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The following interesting paper was
read hy Mrs. +. Il Locke before the
WomHn'S Missionary Union meeting held
at the BAPTIST church in Mexico last
week.
What wonders hath God wrought
in Il hundred years! Nations that u
century ago sat in darkness, he.
hind closed walls, sullcnly. stub
hornly resisting the gospel, are
now eagerly calling for the truth.
Walls of stone, of ignorance and
superstition, of crroraud prejudice
have been aS completely drmoliSh-
ed rs the walls of ancient .lrricho.
The church, so long asleep as
regards missionary enterprise, has
awakened to the fact that she is
called now to so into all the world
and preach the gospel to every
creature. The command is "go We"
and is binding on each Christian
to go, or that being impossible. to
send Il substitute. But how few
the substitutes! How mcagrr the
support!
| am here reminded of the story
of the little boy who was saving
the choicest meat on his plate for his
dog. His mother admoniShed him
to eat that part himself and save
the scraps for Fido. He finished
the meal in silence, then, approach
ing the dog with a plate full of
bones and griStlr aud odds and
ends, said sadly: II meant to
bring You an offering, Fido, but it
is only II collection" So, think.
the amounts now raised to sustain
missions cannot provide many sub
StitutcS, or even be styled offerings
they are merely collections. But
the church has awakened and the
outlook for the cvangelizntion of
the world was never so bright and
full of promise as now.
When the present century began
no regularly educated and ordained
minister had gone out as Il mis-
sionary. Ward was II printer, Mof-
fat II gardener, Morrison II last
maker, MarSdcn and Williams
blackSmths, but with Carey the
cobblrr's clarion call, like fire
bell at midnight, began the present
era of foreign missions; and, at
the end of the century, we find
men and women of the greatest
ability and ripcst scholarship say
ing, Here am, Lord, send me
even to the uttrrmOSt parts of the
earth" The work of missions is nC
longer regarded as the special work
of enthusiasts, fanatics, lunatl"S
Christian people are coming {,
feel more and more that the chict
end for which they ought to live i,
the conversion of the world t,
Christ.
Three young men of William,
Collrg" held II prayer meeting in ,
meadow under II hnNstack and from
that little prayer meeting Spranl
American Foreign Missions. Fear
ing II storm of opposition woul'
wreck their plans and hopes, the
trio deemed i; prudent at first t'
: keep their organization II secret
Now the very meadow is enclosed
' as II memorial park, and the Hay
stack monument place of pilgrim
age each commencement for prrsi
dent, students and guests of VIII
iamS. The missionary is rrrclvin!
at last his Just need of honor. An
other cause for rejoicing at tn
CLOSE of this nineteenth century i
that the Scriptures have bee
translated into hrcr.foIrths of iii
languages of the globe, even car
= rylng light into many dark corner
where man cannot gam admission
\ century ago the largest field
! were CLOSED against Christianity
An English official said to one wh'
y sought to enter India as n mission
AIRY: The man who would go o
u that crrand is aS mad aS the ma
who would put II torch Ia II pow
,, der magazine"
" Now every other faith in Indi
u is dccaying and India is alrcad