The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1905-07-22

n. 1906
yourselfr' That is sufficient guide to re-
turn, restore redeem the whole race Of
God. Consider for a moment what a
heaven we would live in did nobody do to
another what .'he did not desire should
be done to him. Think what u solution
Of the problem OF mankind, think how
within the reach of every person this is.
and think how conspicuously before the
eyes of every professor of religion is
what God actually DESIRES and what we
can plainly see, if carried out would
transform everything Is the lack in
religion Ignorance? or wanton unwilling
ness to comply with Gods plain condit-
ions, because of the trouble it will cause
US to cease from unrighteous, oppressive
sel6shness?
With this view what course was open
for us to take? We must as Christ did.
say, 10, ] come to do Thy will This
led us intuitively, insensibly, without
plan. into the course into which drifted
the disciples in the primitive church. and
into which any one honestly wishing to
carry out the law that Paul tells us full
fills all the Law and the Prophets.
Love your neighbor as yourself must
finally find himself.
OF course the absence of this cardinal
element of peace and blessing was as
conspicuous in business as in religion:
hence that had to be included in the re
form contemplated, for il it was to be
radical and effaeious no ''irnage of the
Beast could be substituted.
The translation Of the couple Of
Swedish articles that / have sent you
will give you a good idea Of how things
look to stranger: of course, all articles
are incorrect and allowances have to be
made.
Perhaps few experiences, positive
and negative. that have occurred during
the last couple of months will give you
the clearest insight into the life
The Turkish Government has entrust-
ed US with the care of the only girls
school in the city, with $50 girls. What
it means for Christians to be in charge
of Mahometan school and to have
them entruslt you with the care of the
future mothers, it is not difficult to i'm
agine. A former teacher from that school,
who had got married and TO her great
JOY given birth to a boy, came early one
morning soon after, saying she wanted
US to baptise the baby and pray for him
that he may be healed and live. for he
seemed likely to die from fits. In this
solemn moment when the future was to
be moulded, in solemn prayerfulness
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words uttered or a few drops Cor many
of water avail in this emergency? Does
God not wish to teach thro' this sign
that as water cleanses the material so
must we spiritually be cleansed if we
approach God! God would now require
of her to do His will, to follow Him, to
rear the boy in His fear, then He would
hear and answer and give life! It is
a remarkable fact that since that time
the boy has been well. But what did
it entail: one of the Sisters became foster
mother and went daily to their house to
teach them to bathe and care for the
little child. The mother avows that as
soon as the child is weaned he shall
be brought to us.
A short while after three men with
important communication waited on us.
They were from Belt Iala (the birth
place of King Saul. they represented
40 families or 100 persons who wished
to join us: that we should send out to
them Pastor and schoolmaster, and they
| then would become independent and en-
titled to separate Court Representation;
We need have no apprehensions that all
was not bona fde; we had only to indi-
cate a place and they would there de-
posit 200 maps (SS0O), and we should
| then proceed to the Court to have their
names transferred from the Lutheran
records to our own. I suggested that
though this professed to be religious
conversation it was deeply stepped in
| politics. and Christ had taught in the
matter Of the tribute of money what had
to be done with such things. Well. they
said, they cared nothing for politics. to
to be sureS7he Court Representative
that they have had ever since 80
years go they had seceeded from
the Greek Church, on account of
| q blood feud, was bad man and
they wanted to get rid Of him. To
| my repeated appeals that there was no