The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-12-25
Tho Misslenary Movement.

Robert f. Speer in a recent address sayH
that all great movements are world move,
ments that God is working over the earth
and what moves other people moves u.s.
that we arc bound for our own sakes tu
study other nations, and that we cannoe
know them thoroughly until we know thein
religions To establish this fact he in
stances the trolley car, than which he sayg
there can be nothing more neutral toward
religion. When the first trolley started I'M
Siam the people in the city OF BangkoS
all kneeled down to worship il as it moved
along the streets, and in Korean, the troll
ley being laid about the beginning OF 9
long, severe drought the people concluded
that this evil thing that had come among
them was the cause of all their troubles
and so a mob came and tore up the tracks
and demolished the cars.
He also says that the missionary move.
ment is the most irresistible movement III
the world; that the religions of the East
are bound to change; that only one religion
can live. And this thought is the great
centre OF the text for our topic to-day. In
chains they shall come over and shall fall
down unto Thee, they shall make supplN
cation unto Thee, saying, Surely God is in
Thee, and there is none else"
One of the most interesting things and
the most encouraging about foreign mis-.
sions is the fact that wherever the Gospel
OF Jesus Christ goes it is not content u
dwell, as are other religions, in harmony
with the popular belief Of the country, but
it must have an undivided allegiance for
itself. 1t is one Of the most powerful
proofs OF the divine origin of the Gospes
that it, of all other religions ever founded,
claims to be the only true religion. 1t "A
the glory of the Christian religion that IL
has introduced into the world the idea ol
the fatherhood of God, and the related
idea of the brotherhood of man. Thia
chapter pulses with the thought that th9
earth is all one to God, who made it, and
that He does not intend that it shall bS
made in vain, but that "every knee shall
bow and every tongue confess" and that
He has given the. gracious invitation,
Look unto Me and be We saved" even
Unto all the ends OF the earth." and NOT
only to our civilized lands. 1t behooveS
US, therefore, to see that our brother in thd
darker lands knows from us-it is duty
laid upon us, Just because we know about
Jesus and he does not For" as Robert
Speer says, IF Jesus is anything at all ia
else in this world, and what He has
brought to me He will bring to others.
Now, what is my obligation?"
They tell us il all Christians would do all
in their power to spread the Gospel in tha
earth that it would not need to be but a
very short time, before the prophecy would
be fulfilled and every nation have heard
Of Jesus. and not only heard Of but
learned to know Him. And yet the indif.
ference OF Christians is so great that the
wears go by and we pray, "Thy Kingdom
Come" and do almost nothing at all to
help answer our own prayer. How can
God forgive such indifference on the part
of those for whom He died?
In Belfast there was little boy. a chin.
ney sweep. He happened to be attracted
by missions, and contributed to a mission
box sum which was not inconsiderate fof
a chimney sweep-the sum of two pence.
One afternoon a friend of this boy met
him going along the street in an unusual
condition, for his hands and his face were
washed, and he was dressed in very good
clothes. And the friend said to him: Hell
loa! where are you going?" "0h," he said,
II am going to a missionary meeting"
What are You going to missionary meet-
ing for" well" said the sweep. ''you
see, have become sort of partner in the
concern. and l am going TO see how the
business is getting on" It is even SO. He
who i'll any way, hearing the call, responds
to it with prayers and tears, with seryice
and sacrifice, with the gifts Of wealth or
the mites OF sacrifice of poverty, with la
hor or with life. is partner with God iR
the celestial business of bringing salvation
to a lost world.-From "The Crisis of Mis-.
sions.' by the Rev Arthur T. Pierson DID.