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tian church, Inspired by his life and
teaching, mon have arisen whose
achievements, as far as they can be
measured by numbers have surpassed
n thousandfold those Of their Divine
Master.
Growth of the Y. NJ. G.. A.
Compare If you will the rapid ad-
vancement q Christianity during the
century just passed with the seeming
ly paltry number Of 100 whom Christ
gathered about him in Jerusalem dur
ing his earthly ministry. In 1914
George Williams of London organized
the first Y. NJ. G. A. association of the
world. Fortysix years later. as di-
rect outgrowth of his work. there were
G625 different Y. NJ. &. a. association
societies with their enrolment of CO.
600 members, with property worth over
S26>O0O,000 In 1865 William Booth.
a humble Methodist minister. stepped
out Of the church Of his birth and in
Nottingham, England, organized the
Christian Mission the outgrowth of
which ia the modern Salvation Army In
y
result Of William Booths work, had
It's 1000 officers stationed in al parts
Of tho world. holding annually over
100000 meetings aid possessing its
own printing presses. scattering forth
$4,000, 900 pamphlets and papers Of
gospel news and with an income Of
nearly Sd,00O,O00 per year In 1890
rot tic lnv al
known minister, organized his young
people into n band o. Christian work
ers called the Christian Endeavor so
cioty. He is called Father Clark
now, not, however. because he is an
old man. but because be was the IA
Their Of movement which In twenty
years had n society with nearly 1000
900 members. Consider the work OF
John Wesley. Compare the first band
OF l20 members with the conversions
under the power of the Holy Ghost of
Whitefield. Finney, Noody. These men
led the people by the tens of thousands
10 knecl al he foo; Of the cross. Tell
me in reference 10 the criterion Of
number has not man rs preacher
and n Christian organizer done great
or things" than did Christ?
But, again. in this worldwide sweep
Of mans greater works" We must see
how man is everywhere overturnng
the heather doctrine that might
makes right" rather than right makes
might" We must see man as the de
fender Of the weak man. the hope Of
the helpless man. the friend Of the he
reft man and in one sense the rescUor
of the lost Christ comes q s the friend
OF the fricndless But. oh. how friend
less and helpless he himself became
James Morrison In wonderful review
of the works OF Chris''s life pictures
him as n mighty conQueror. Even in
his defeats he saw tho oncomnC con
quests. Said this mighty pulpitrpr:
"He strobe on to victory. From his el
evated standpoint he saw as the co,lsc-
Guence of bis triumphal ascent to his
Father the overthrow of Pharisceism
and Sadduceeism. He looked farther
and saw the overthrow of Roman and
Grecian and Scythian idolatry. He
looked farther and saw the destruction
of slavery. He looked farther and saw
the gradual emancipation Of the mass
cs from the oppression Of tyrantS and
their elevation into political and social
privileges. lie looked farther and saw
the erection of hospitals and other in
st'tutions of benovoience. He saw tho
establishment on the one hand Of home
missions extending to the hundreds Of
thousands who have lapscd and the es
tAblishmont on tho other hand Of for
oign missions. sending the gospel OF
his grace 10 the ends of the earth In
hundreds nj tongues But, though
Christ In his exaltation and prophetic
vision may have seen all this. vet, like
Moses, with his eyes overlook ing the
verdant fields of the promised land.
Christ was to have no direct physical
contact in the consummation of the
worlds salvation.
Christ Never visited India.
All India was yet To give up its wild
ow burning and the tossing of It's help
eaten by crocodiles and the heHthen
worship Of idols, but Christ was not in
body. able as man to set foot on the
soil Of India. william Carey and Alexan-
do that Africa. with its murder and
rapine and clnuibal stic orgies. was to
build its affairs TO the worship of the