The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1903-06-26
FARMVILLE, VA, FRIDAY, JUNE 2G, 1903.

Tor disease or q means or removing ue-
formity how eagerly he makes the dis
cOvery known that all the world may
share In the benefit I'm our hands we
have a revelation Of infinitely greater
value. Their discoveries can at the
best prolong life only few years.
while the gospel OF Jesus Christ is the
gospel Of eternal life and the remedy
for the universal malady Of sin. Yet
there are among us men calling them
selves Christians who make no effort
TO publish the knowledge of that rem
edy. They say: IF the Chinese are not
willing TO receive our gospel missiOna-
ries. then let those missionaries stay
at home. Let the Chinese hordes grow
el and die Let the human streams Of
heather life become ch0ked with moral
vermn. II Is their own lookout not
oursw I tell you today that Christian
Americas foreign obligations can ney-
er be Cancelled until Jesus Christ is
preached to all people. Where we have
now one missionary in the dark CONT
nents we should send q thousand;
where we have one gospel messenger
now for a hundred thousand people We
should have SO great number that ev-
cry fsreign town And village, as we'll
as every city. should bee persuaded TO
receive the open Bible and To study the
word of God. Christian America will
not be- free from responsibility until
the gospel of the Lord Jesus is preach
I'd unto all peoples. If those peoples
receive it not. then they not We, must
bear the responsibility.
The nations Of the world have also
other claims upon us as % Christian
people that must not be- ignored. II
we have the spirit of Christ, we shall
not be unmindful Of their material
wants. He who "had compassion on
the multitude because they had moth
ing to eat" would never have closed his
ears 10 the cry Of a famine stricken
nation. II we would be- like him, we.
too. should feed the hungry and succor
the homeless. the widow and the or
phan How better can We make known
the grandeur and beauty Of the Chris
tiau faith than by proving 10 other ma
tions its benehcent influence; As the
hand Of Christian America is stretched
out across the seas, bearing bread for
the starving. they see Christ living
again in us and bless his dear name.
Having accepted from Ms the bread
that perishes. they will listen as we
tell them Of the Bread that came down
from heaven. Of which if man eat lie
shall live forever. Were the wclc0m-
ing doors Of heather India ever more
widely opened for the gospel message
than when the shiploads OF American
breadstunfs were 1oated across the At
lantic, through the Mediterranean.
down the Red sea and over the Indian
ocean until they were safely landed in
the harbOr Of Bombay during the awful
Indian famines Of 1897 and 1902
have seen IT estimated that hundreds
Of thousands Of starving aud dying na-
tlves were physically saved through
American generosity during those two
years. But no one save the recording
angel Of heaven will ever be- able 10
keep track Of the multtudcs of immor-
tai souls who will ultimately Doe
brought to the feet of Christ through
the contributions and the prayers Of
those who tried 10 some extent t0 allay
the horrors Of that awful famine
plague.
When did Russia ever hear sweeter
gospel message than that played 10y the
waves tapping the ships prows which
carried American food 10 her peasants
during the famine plague Of 1922 All.
those were not idle words which Christ
uttered when he said unto those on his
right hand, Come, ye blessed Of my
Father, inherit the kingdom prepared
for you from the foundation Of the
world. for | was an hungered and ye
gave me meat"
Starving Finland is stretching her
arms across the Atlantic, appealing for
bread from Christian America. Dare
we. can we. refuse TO heed the cryt
Dare we, shall we, stop our ears TO this
gospel call? Remember that solemn
question Of the apostle, "lle that hath
this worlds goods and seeth his broth
or have need and shutteth mp his COM
passion from him. how dwelleth the
love OF God i'm himT As you love your
children. think Of those children that
are starving; as you love your wife
think of those wives and mothers and
sisters who are now tottering upon the
brink Of the grave because they have
nothing 10 eat. May God lead you 10
see your duty I'm reference to this call
which comes from across the seas.
Then. 10 some extent nj least. we may
be able 10 cancel a part Of the national
debt which Christian America owes TO
the modern Greeks and TO the barba-
riank'