The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-01-05

HIGHEST religion. If we think this
| about Christianity the great Anglo
Saxon race has been duped. and
| world religion is yet to be
discovered Friends. l wouldn't bow
" neck to Jesus Christ if l thought
for a moment that His religion was not
! the best. the final and the only religion
| sor me and for all mankind. l want
| he best If this isn't the best, what
Iiso The stupendous claims Of Christ
ianity REQUIRE it 90 be that. or nothing
Yes, worse than nothing. 1t is an i'm
posture. To think that Christianity
| is dead issue or that it has spent It's
| force or outlived it's usefulness is not
to be a Christian. Why be one? Give
is something better broader, world
wide in it's scope. If Jesus Christ can't
save this SHINING, sorrowing. suffering
world, send us a savior who can. !
have no Joy as a member of worn
out religious faith. One whose golden
age and glories are all in the past. But
1 can have faith and joy in religion
whose history is a record of magnifi-
centand progressive achievement. A
religion with an aim and hope. A re-
ligion with a destiny and a glory
ahead Such is Christianity. 1t is
therefore in order to hear of it's con-
fiicts and triumphs today, as it be-
gins to clash with the 1000 year old
religions of the hoary east. 1t is a
vital topic. And our interest in it is
a test of our Christianity itself. Have
we caught the spirit? We can tell when
a man is a genuine citizen of one of
! our coast cities. when we see his eye
sparkle and his interest glow as he
speaks of the boundless possibilities
| and opportunities of the northwest.
We say he has caught the spirit. He
doesn't run down the country nor crow
| about the weather. nor minimize our
! advantages So it is with the true
lChristian. He rejoices in the great
open doors in the Orient. He praises
God when he hears of a marvellous
| revival in Japan and in Australia He
| has caught the spirit of Christianity.
| He has caught the spirit of it's found
err who said go We into all the world
and preach the gospel to every crea-
ture. The spirit of the Apostle Paul
| who would not rest content with the
esta blishment of a strong Christian
| church at Antioch. But who pressed
| on into Asia Minor and shook to it's
| foundations the pagan worship OF the
| great Diana of the EphesianS after
| ',LN vIo
| IN his sleep dreamt of new conquests,
land saw Macedonia calling him. Who
passed over and established the church
at Corinth and Thessalonica. preached
on Wiers hill in Athens. and said. Il
must see Rome also
The man who doesn't believe that it
| is any use to preach to the heather.
who doesn't believe that the gospel is
| the power of God unto salvation to
| everyone that believeth. Who doesn't
dead and turn the world upside down.
| isn't Il Christian. He is simply an ed
| ucated heather. living in a Christian
| land and not very we'll educated at
| that. Willing to enjoy all the benefits
| Of the most benevolent humane and
| enlightened religion, the world has
ever seen or ever will see. and then
subtract from it its life. it's motive
| force. Christianity with it's cOmman nd
| er and his supreme command left out.
Mr.. GantZ then read a letter from kO
rea, setting forth the urgent need, not
so much of more money. as of more
men and particularly of more single
women for the special work in that
! field. He said it would be impossible
| 20 go round the world in sixty minutes
| and view all the work in all the fields.
| but that the urgent peed in this partic-
ular field was characteristic of them
| all--need of men and women and
| money.
which the Christian world has today.
| And he showed many reasons why in
| an eminent degree the Pacific north
west ought to be missionary It's large
| spirit It's contact with the Orient. Its
vast resources. by which it would be
| able to take a large material part in
| the work. It's energy and young blood.
! Its recent debt of misunderstanding
| its own soil stained with missionary
! blood.