Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1902-04-02

al, iaahkihd unite on charity"
And Wadsworth saws:
The charities that soothe and bo,1
and bless '''
Are scattered at the feet of man lilo
MADAME DE STAEL AND MISS
STONE.
Onarlty is the essence of love and
iove is the fulfilling of the law. char
~ like mercy. is not strained bu,
uroppeth as the gentle dew from heav-
81, en- upon the earth beneath. 1t is twice
dressed. 1t blesseth him that gives
anu a, MN that doth receive Madame
ue otaei SAID, The only bank account
we we VIII nave in heaven will be what
we gave away in charity Sometimes
we question the self-sacrifica of mic
sIohary work in foreign lands and tho
recent case OF Miss Stone has stagger-
eu the taith of those who helm unwill-
lnsly; put the command of the Savio-
after Ills resurrection is ever befora
US; Go we unto all the world ond
preach the gospel to every creat,,rn,
NOT long a go lady said to me. .IVeli
II we cannot convert them. we can
c.vliize them The gospel Of a clean
shiIt goes side by side with that of ra-
pon'ahce' ,, Wherever the missionary
AA'S VI icI message has hpan
auoressed to the head as we'll as IN tho
heart John Wesley said thar cIoonii
ness was next thing to godliness
ciean pody and comfortable homo is
tue Deglnnlng of religion. But neitbar
the ABDUCTION OF Miss Stone nor ~
personaI sacrifices OF thousands of 9th
ers ior moment stops or imnedes ~
WORK OF the missionaries. II broadenS
,,s., nHu lehgthens as the years roll on IN.
i,iuns the lives Of the Ignorant apd
uesraued In the dark places OF tho
ca, IN. Inc twenty millions contribu-
.S .su 'nis last year to this cause proves
,| ,na' .ne goo or greed and selfishness
mas not assumed entire swav over tbje
nation. These millions hrino M ',1S
turn In wealth to the donors pnthin,
Dut the reward of duty performed
Just think OF IL for a moment no
you know that we have eighteen thous-
and missionaries in foreign landsp In
China. India, Turkey. Egypt. and Cane
colony. and these missionaries arc rn-
inforced by eighty thousand native
preachers and teachers. They have
churches In twenty-three Thousand
towns and villages. with one and half
rhilllon communicates and Christian
communities OF over four million
oupils. These missionaries have over
They have ninetyfour universities and
colleges, and sone of them are world
renowned and rank we'll with out own.
The best endowed of these colleges are
at CNnstantinople, Beirut Pekin
Egypt and Cape Colony. Then there are
over one thousand secondary schools
for training in the arts and industries,
and also one hundred and twenty-five
Kindergarten schools. The most graft
fying and significant fact is that moro
and rejoice, for 1t is a pitiful fact that
girls. The colleges have over two
thousand of them, and in the common
schools they constitute more than half
the number OF pupils. Just think OF it
and rejoice, for 1t is a pitful fact that
for centuries in these benighted lands
women has been under the ban, and
young girls were slaves to mans domi-
nation, convenience and passion
What beautiful and glorious picture
she now has OF the freedom and ele-
vation of her sex, and it has all come
through the work of missionaries. and
is worth million times more than it
has ever cost
WOMAN'S GREAT WORK.
The freedom and elevation of wo-
man is the most glorious and heavenly
work or the past century, and il still
goes on, not only in foreign lands, but
mere at home. Woman is now at the
head OF every charitable work Who
else is educating our children in the
public schools? Who is foremost in
the church. the Sabbath school, the
Epworth League and the aid societies"
VINO is in almost exclusive charge of
this conference? Fifty years ago she
had no voice in these things and they
pnnSidarah
st. Paul was quoted against her evry
time she presumed to talk In meeting
or speak very loud at home. The Saw
lor did not so speak to the woman Of
Samaria, nor condemn the one the
Jews wished TO stone because il was
the Mosaic law. Neither do condemn
thee. Go and sin no more was the
most beautiful sermon on forgiveness
that was ever preached But the halt
cannot be now told you relation to
our Missionary work. Think of the 159
publishing houses that last year sent out
1O.SOO.O 900 volumes. Think OF the 456
different translatons Of the Bible nto
foregn tongues. Think of the depart
ment Of medicine that goes side by
sidei with the mission work in every
land. We have now 379 hospitals and
1873 dispensaries or drug stores and
during last year $500, 900 cases were
treated. There are sixty-seven medi-
cal schools and training schools for
nurses, with $50 pupils. male and fe-
male. There are 247 orphanages and
asylums, over one hundred homes for
lepers. thirty for the mute and blind
and l56 for the insane and the slaves
to opium. Is 1t not amazing. the ex-
tent of this work? Can we stop it?
Can we imptde 1t? Shall we neglect it?
If it be Of man it will come to naught,
but If ii be Of God we cannot over
throw it, and If we oppose or neglect
it it will be like fighting against God.
My Christian friends. | thank you
for the privilege of making these fare