The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1902-04-03

In 1alth ana creed the world will
disagree,
But all mankind unite on charity"
And WadsWorth says:
" the charities that soothe and heal
and bless
Are scattered at the feet OF man like
Gowers.'"
MADAME DE cTAEL AND MISS
STCNi5.
Chart IS the. essence OF love, and
love is TIE fniGi,!Hs Of the law. Chari-
". like mercy, IS not strained, but
drc93eta as the gentle dew from keav-
on Upon the ealih beneath. It is twice
blessed. i. tlcsseth him that gives
2rd him thar doth receive Madame
de @,ael said. The only bank account
We will have in heaven will be what
We save away in charity Sometimes
we question the solf-sacEifco CT mis-
S!oaary work il foreign lands, and the
recent case Of Mss Stone has stagger-
cd The faith OF these who help unwill-
lngly; but the command Of the Savio:
after His resurrection is ever before
Us: Go we unto all the world and
preach the gospel to every creature
Not long go . lady said to ne. Well
i We cannot convert them, We can
ctviliZe them The gospel OF a clean
shirt soes side by side with that of re-
pentance. Wherever the missionary
has gone, his or her message has been
addressed to the head as we'll as to the
heart. John Wesley said that cleanli-
ness was next thing to godliness. A
clean body and a comfortable home Is
the beginning of religion. But neither
the abduction Of Miss Stone nor the
personal sacrifices of thousands of 9TH
ers for moment stops or impedes the
work OF the missionaries. 1t broadens
and lengthens as the years roll on, up.
lifting the lives of the ignorant and
degraded in the dark places of the
earth. The twenty millions contribu-
ted this last year to this cause proves
that the god Of greed and selfshness
has not assumed entire sway over this
ration. These millions bring no re-
turn in wealth to the donors. NOTHING
but the reward OF duty performed.
Just think Of 1t for moment. Do
you know that We have eighteen thous-
and missionaries in foreign lands? In
China, India, Turkey. Egypt, and Cape
Colony, and these missionaries are re-
inforced by eighty thousand native
preachers and teachers. They have
churches in twenty-three thousand
towns and villages. with one and half
million communicates and Christian
communities OF over four million
pupils. These missionaries have over
four million pupils under instruction.
They have ninety-four universities and
colleges, and soEe Of them are world
renowned and rank well with out own.
The best endowed of these colleges are
at Corstantinople, 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 gratl-
flying and significant fact is that moro
and rejoice, for it IS pitiful fact that
girls. The colleges have over two
thousand of them, and in the common
schools they. constitute more than hall
the number Of pupils. Just think OF II
and rejoice, for it is pitful fact that
for centuries in these benighted lands
women has been under the ban, and
yeung girls were slaves to mans doml-
nation, convenience and passion.
What a 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 a million times more than 1t
has ever cost.
WUMAN'S GREAT WORK.
"The freedom and elevation Of wo-
man is the most glorious and heavenly
work of the past century, and 1t still
goes on, not only in foreign lands, but
here 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:
who is in almost exclusive charge or
this conference? Fifty years ago she
had no voice in these things and they
were considered beyond her sphere and
st. Paul was quoted against ber eYry
time she presumed to talk in meeting
or speak very loud at home. The Say
:or did not so speak to the woman OF
Samaria, nor condemn the one the
Jews wished to stone because it was
the Mosaic law. Neither do I 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 15o
publishing houses that last year sent out
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