Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-04-13

God saw their works that they turned
from their evil way. ana God repented
OF the evil that he hal said that he
would do unto them, and he did it not.
| The news of victory frCm the firing
line is always cheering, and the clear
est vindcdtiOn Of our religion short Of
the inner witness to the troubled heart
is the transformation Of nations from
heathenIom to civilization. Ply their
fruits shall ye know them applies to
religions as well as Individuals and the
triumphs of Christianity, in its clash
| with the neathen religions of the world.
proves its harmony with the eternal
REALITIES. God does not send his children
upon impossible errands. If the com
rland is unacceptable AMI We must go,
ii is only because the l'"alhcn were al
So created in the image of God, tn
think his thouShtSlo thrill with his
love. and 10 take their related place in
the divine family, as Children OF the
High st. Like the regarded prophet, In :
Christian may boldly meet his mission
| AIRY responsibility. confident of Il sin
cere receptivity from these that are
pcrishing without the Gospel. You need
| no statistics to convince you of the glad
reception which our missionaries re-
ceive. Now that once in" benefits are
| understood, the Man rf Macedonia
| stands on every shore. reckoning for
Representatives of tn" peerless Christ
untll what Paul realized by inspiration.
we may see by sight. that there are
neither Greek nor Jew. circumcision or
| uncircumcision, barba Scythan
| bOndman. freedman, bat Christ is all
and in ALL
Yes Christ is in all, and thi, accounts
| for their ready receptiviiy. Tie throb-
| hingS of the heather soul demand the
| consolation Of the dear Redecmcr's love.
Their foolish worship is but misguided
Iattempt to satisfy the same lOngings and
aspirations which thrill cur hearts to-
clay. The poor unconscious murdereSS.
| tearing loose the chilli of her bosom,
ard casting it into the Gauges, but IL
Illustrates the eternal and universally
planted idea of sacrifice. The fourteen
wrett hes tied to d stake and left to
drown in the returning tide which one
lof our Portland pastors beheld with
his own eyes. III Africa, that
the spirit which had driven the fish
out 20 sea. might be won back, in
vague way illustrates the universal
sense of the need of Precipitation: and
how gladly these life destroyers learned
that jesus is that perfect redemption
Precipitation and satisfaction for all the
sins OF the whole world. Oh Brethren.
do We realize that as ministers of the
Gospel of Jesus Christ. we possess that
secret of hleSSednoSS for which natur-
ally every soul under Gods broad cam
opy OF the heavens necessarily cries
out? The HottentOt in the dark Con-
tinent finds i'll the love of Jesus that
magic uoWer which transforms him
from beaStia1ity to spirituality, and
where the highest knowledge Of the
| world fails, the cross comes in and
solves the problem. See Paul. the pride
of the early church. enlighteninS the
philosophers of Athens. After the gem
ius of the Grecian mind had spent it
self the note of reality had not been
struck. and with honest confession of
| defeat. an altar was raiSed-tO the
| Unknown God. This Paul saw, and
their extremity became his opportuni-
ty. for beginning just where they left
off he declared, "WhOm, therefore. We
: ignOrantly worship. Him declare l I'M
to you" Did you every think of the
inv incible power of Christianity? Its
best fruits dare defy the intellectual
acumen of Athens. and all the culture
of the world. Paul interprets for the
learned Athenians what they could not
know. and God has placed in our hands
the unsearchable riches of Christ.
which alone can rescue the world.
high and low. far and near. for Christ
is all and in all.
III. OPPORTUNITY.
| We have seen our responsibility.
THE words of the Lord came saying.
Arise, CO. We have seen their rccep-
tivity. FOR God saw that they turned
from their evil way Now putting
these two together. shall we not recoS-
nize, as co-Workers with God, our OPP
portunity" If we must do this. or suf-
fer spiritual death. and if we can res
cue the lost children of the new Israel.
as experience has shown, and enter
into Heavens joy. what short sighted
seliishness which keeps us from turn
ing our responsibility into glorious OPP
pOrtnnity. Can we say ii costs too
much. when il pays so well? oh base
calculation, The Father is rejoicing in
the home coming of his benighted chill
dren. These newborn citizens of the
| kingdom are uniting in glad hallelu-
jahs. which resound across the sea.
proving for us what is that good and
acceptable and perfect will of God.
Then why do we grow weary in we'll
doing at this late hour? Obedience
| which in the days of Thoburn and Liv-
| ingston demanded Il price, now in the
| harvest time. it's power manifest in
| worldwide transformations. ought to
| become a privilege and passion. The
darf days of missions are over. gates
| of opposition are beaten down. the
| fields are white already to harvest, and
the rdpidity OF the spread of the Cos
pei of Jesus Christ varies only with
| the depth of our desire. Again the
shadow OF responsibility deepens as we
| realize how truly God has placed their
| times in our hands. but again the
| cloui makes way for the rainbow OF
| opportunity as we realize that we can
| do all things through Him that
| strengthens us, and that in this work
| 10 tn ha with the