The Washington times., 1902-02-10
KOREAN DIVINE ON
HEATHEN CONQUEST
Worshippers of False Idols
in the Majority.
.'Aftcr n Lapse of 1900 Years. suxx
Dr. Underwood. "Thcy Cover
Over Two-Tbirds of WorId.v

Shame on us. shame on us. If We
heed not the cry that Is calling us to go
forth and preach the gospel to all the
world"
This was the utterance of Rev Horace
| G. Underwood, d. D., missionary from
Korea. who occupied the pulpit of the
| Eastern Presbyterian Church, C Street
and Maryland Avenue northeast, yes
! terday morning. The church was well
/ filled. and it was an attentive audience
that listened to DR.. Undcrwood's stirring
appeal for more interest in the brave
work of the foreign missionaries
Text From Deuteronomy.
Deuteronomy, xi "a: Every place
whercon the solos of your feet shall tread
shall be yours" He said in part:
The student of the Bible must be
struck by the apparent discrepancy be-
tween the promises of God to the chill
dren OF Israel and the fulfilment The
contrast is startling. So it is that the
promised conquest of the heather world
by the kingdom OF Christ il not fully
world imply a promise of vast extent.
So with the words Ask of me and will
give thee dominion ever all the heathcn.'
That has been asked for centuries.
ana Is not yet given. for two thirds OF the
world is today. after lapse OF I 800
years since the birth of Christ in
heathendom.
God is not man that he should lie
nor the son OF man that he should re-
pent. Why. then, this contradiction be-
tween his promises and their fuIfllmcnt9
1t is because the promises were con-
ditlOnal, and the conditions were not
complied with. He told the Jews that
they must 70 up and OCCUPY the land.
but they allowed other tribes to take
possession. In a ike manner the Church
of Christ has fail.t 20 take the spiritual
possessions offered to her. She has failed
to take God at his word
Only bound Set.
The limit of the world is the only
boundary set to the Church of Christ
The conditions are that the church shall
so forth and occupy it, A careful study
OF the history of the church shows that
it has failed where the Israelites failed.
1t has had the power at its disposal but
has not used it. All must admit that tho
the church, and not with God
THE doors have always, in time, been |
opened to carry the gospel in. For years |
the church prayed for God to open the !
door of Korea. And then when the door |
was opened the church turned her back !
on it When the cry came she stuffed !
her fingers in her ears and refused to |
listen
Progress of Early Church.
Dr.. Underwood then compared the noble
progress made by the early church in |
spreading the gospel during the first
century, with the apathy that seemed to !
settle on il later. The church, he said
ceased TO be a missionary agency and
lost its vital force. Then came the Ref
ormaticn, with an awakening of the
apostolic spirit. He said that the work
done in the past century was small com
pared with the power to do.
The past century,, he said. has not
been worthy OF the name OF missionary
century"
Dr. Underwood referred to the earnest
ness with which the missionary work has
been taken up at the beginning of the
twentieth century as matter for en-
He then spoke at some /
length of the work IN Korea as an ex-
ample of what the Lord will do If the
,hurch helps. He said that the only
Unit to the good results which are ripe !
or harvesting there is in the ability OF
The missionaries to keep up with the
work.
Church Work Limited.
THE church OF God. he exclaimed.
has limited the development of the
;hurch in Korea, yet we dare to call
ourselves missionary church
Dr. Underwood said that the mission
Try force should be quadrupled to carry
III the work in Korea, and urged greater
,ndcavor along missionary lines. He
said:
The herald cry OF God is ringing
through the world. There is a curse
gainst us If we fail to heed the cry"