The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1902-06-18

understanding? Our nation, Chris
ton nation, has become responsible
for these people, either still in heather
dom, or under the domination ofRome
The growth OF the church there, is
constant and steady. Hundreds are
waiting to be shown the right way.
Women teachers are wanted men are
wanted. Pray for this work. May we
not hold our peace until the righteous
ness thereof shall go forth as bright
ness and the salvation thereof a. a
lamp that burneth.
Many missionaries have spent life
time in earnest, faithful work, praying
without ceasing and yet have died
without seeing such showers of bless
ing as God is now giving us in these
new possessions. When the children
Of Israel, weary with their long wan
derings, came to KadeshBarnea, Moses
said unto them, "Beho1d the Lord thy
God hath set the land before thee go
up and possess it, as the Lord God OF
thy fathers hath said unto thee; fear
not neither be discouraged" Not
withstanding they would not go mp.
The Master has taken us to Kadesh
Barnea. He has shown us the land
for our possession, even the uttermost
parts of the earth. He has said fear
not little flock, for it is your Fathers
good pleasure to give You the king
DOM" Shall we hesitate? ''Speak
unto the children of Israel that they
90 forward" Hear the command
ringing out clear to-day. We are un-
der orders. $50 evangelize" says the
master.
"Not thine nor mine to question or
reply
When He commands us, asking how
or why.
He knows the cause; His ways are
Just.
Who serves the King must serve
with perfect trust. !"
What can we do? We see the fields.
We thrill with admiration as we hear
of the workers. We long for part.
We cannot all go, though there may
be many right here within sound of my
yoiceI who might go if they would.
Are we content to pay our dollar to the
society with sense of duty done, to
attend few meetings in the year If
nothing else prevents, and to feel
languid interest as we read of the
work ? This is not the way we adj
vance our own interests. Shall we do
less for Gods work than for our own
pleasures? As the slowly rising sun
dispels the fog, so the too prevailing
Indifference to this great subject must |
be swept away, by practical teaching,
line upon line, precept upon precept,
here little and there little. En-
frightened, broad minded Christian
women flor it is these who possess the
real missionary spirit must talk. A
story is told of man who very much
wished the removal of an old building
from certain locality. As the quick
est way of accomplishing this, he
hired man to talk OF nothing else oil
day but of having that building re-
moved, and it was moved. The build
ing we have to move is made up of
prejudice, of settled opinions, of igno-
rance and indifference, and it seems
time we were beginning our work.
a. DO
Gods work unless our own hearts are
burning with this same zeal. We can
not tell of the whitening fields and the
workers in these fields unless we have
taken again and again a broad survey
of the work.
With these charging horizons, these
wide swinging doors of opportunity,
we must redouble our energies, We
must remember that 1.-THE silver and
gold are His" Shall we give unto
the Lord of that which costs us moth
ing? Bring we all the tithes into the
storehouse and prove me now here
with, saith the Lord, if will not pour
you out such blessing that there
shall not be room enough to receive
it," Shall we say to the Missionary
Board "Retrench"? Never! Better
say to ourselves "Retrench. Sacri-
fee something for God. The evan
gelization of the world is the task set
before us to accomplish in this twenti-
eth century. Christ's disciples re-
ceived the commission nearly 1000
years ago, and yet think of the land
to be possessed. We have put our
hands to the plough, we must never
turn back. No, let us rather be like
Browning's undaunted hero
"Who never turned his back but
marched breast forward,
Never doubted clouds would break.
Never dreamed, though rights were
worsted, wrong would triumph.
Held we fall to rise, are baffied to
fight better,
Sleep to wake.
Now at MONDAY in the hustle of
mans work time
Greet the unseen with cheerl
Bid him forward, breast and back as
either should be,
Strive and thrive! Cry Speed, fight
on, fare ever
There as here.