Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1900-04-26
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the gospel. And the triumph of
the gospel there is to-day the mar
vel of the age, the wonder of the
world.
Ray Palmer said fifty years ago:
Il fancy | am coming back to
earth five hundred years from now;
then shall see Japan open to the
gospel" He lived to know that in
two hundred churches in that far
away land his own sweet hymn
was sung by native voices:
My faith looks up to- thee.
Thou Lamb uf Calvary,
Savior Divine"
China was for ages the Gibraltcr
of paganism, aud dreaded less the
cholera within her walls than the
Christianity from without. But
her barriers could not shut out the
good news for all time; and in
China to-day Christian workers
are free to go where they choose to
preach the unSrarrhablc riches of
Christ.
The Dark Continent is bclted
with mission stations. The pnr-
ceiling out of that continent among
the nations of Europe, the ming
ling of Christian civilizations Incl.
dent to the war now raging there,
make it but n few short years be-
fore it will be said of all Africa:
THE people who sat in darkness
saw great light"
Turkey has granted Il measure of
liberation for her Christian sub
jcctS, no one being put to death by
process of law for becoming
Ch.iStian-whcrcas il was once
capital crime to leave the faith in
to which one was born. Time
would fail me to mention the other
countries where the claims of King
Emmanuel are now honorcd. or to
name the glad islands of the sea
which join in one mighty chorusto
sing Of rrdeeming love.
Truly, Il survey Of missions is II
survey of the world--and His glo.
ry shall fill the earth even aS the
waters cover the sea. What part
shall be ours of this generation in
this great, grand triumph! We are
only playing at missions. So many
many fair fields white for the har-
vest, the lahorrrs SO few, so few!
Voices from the world around
are crying,
send til" gospel Swftcr, faster.
We who dwell in Christian land:
Rrck yr not wc'r" dying. dying.
More in number than TIA" Sandn
Heed YOU not his words. Your Master.
Go y" into all the world"
Send TIA" gospel faster, faster
Let His banner be- unfIrl"i."
out of his abundance God gave
To the world his most treasured
jcwcl-thut which lay nearest his
heart. Out Of-yes, even out of
our abundance shall We grudgingly
yield the niggUrdly pittancr to ear
rN the glad news of this matchlrSS
gift! What of the reckoning day !
In the Scpoy mrtiny, tn" Euro
pcanS were shut up in Lucknow
the savage brSicgrrS gaining ground
each day. When hope was fast
, giving way to despair, n Scottish
maiden Sprang mp crying, "Dinna
yr hear it. Dinna yr hear it. The
pipes of Ilavrlock sound, with
her ear to the ground she had
heard in the distance ih" tread Of
" the army of rescue.
In the far of mission fields our
workers are stilling their very
hearts 10 listen for the footballs OF
= rinforr"m"nis Shall they listen IL
vain God forbid.
The work of missions cannot
. fail. Gods loving children thru
the ages must not fnltcr, but press
on from victory unto victory until
every knc" bows, till every tongu,
coufrsscs, till rrdcmption'S blood
stained banner floats DER every
" land, "Till upon rarth's grateful
" sod, Rests the city of our God. "