The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-02-28
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SUNDAY SERMON I.
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A Scholarly Discourse By :,
Rev. A. II 9. Morse
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subject being "Evangeization." The
text was from Joshua Xiii.l "rhere
remaineth yet very much land 20 be
possessed" Mr.. Morse said.
There is an ancient Israel. and there
j. modern Israel The task before
the former was the establishment of
the Kingdom Of God in the laud OF
promise. Aud the task before the lat
Ter is The establishment OF the kingdom
uf God im all the world. The work be-
fore these ancient people was prepara-
tory and temporal. The work before
The church is final What remains be-
YOU'D the work appointed TO Us is yet
hidden behind tie hills of eternity.
The supreme thing. theu, g., the evan
geliZgd0u of the world Ana | make
no apology this morning when | call
yOur attention 20 this ~tupendOus sub-
iert II will do MS good 10 lift our eyes
from our own immedia field aud look
mt the world which is Iip tieid of God;
and tn leave our own little beaten
tracts. and to swing out into the circle
where sweep His mighty plans. Cen
turicS haye elapsed since our work was
announced. ana herculean tasks lave
been performed Mountains of preiu-
dice have been leveled. rivers # blood
have been forded: fires of persecution
have been endured and Whole king
doms have been taken. "But there re.
mnurth vet much land 10 be pos
sessed want 10 speak TO you then
up The Authority for Foreign Mis-
Sions and Their Aims aud Insp!ra-
ton"
In n single word. the authority for
Christian missions must be found. not
IN the truths we hold. but in the Per
sou whom we love This nay be seen
in the very etym0logy OF the word. for
authority is something added added
to the abstract truth or duty There
is no authority apart from q person.
When an attorney l. asked his author.
ily. he cites The decisions Of a Judge;
and when n scholar is asked his au-
thoriiy. hp does not exploit his Opin.
ions but he names his author. The
same principle holds IN religion. And
the ultimate authority must be a per
son, ana that person must I've the high
"st and moreover be mus De known.
j is easy TO see. Therefore. that at-
thority is ruled from the sO-called re-
ligiOu OF pantheisn. f0r it pOstS 10
personal being II rules authority also
from ratOnalism. for reason, failible
and dependent. cannot be the highest.
And IL takes authority from agnoSti-
cism. for that declares that God canrot
be Known But | shall not pursue this
subject into the ma2aS OF philosophy.
/ simply lay this down as an opening
thought that the authority for Chris
tian missions is fouud in Christ be.
cause lie is person. and because He
S the highest person. AID because lie
can be known. II is iu view Of this
thIl lie can say. AN authority il
given unto Me in heaven ANA on earth.
10 We. therefore and teach all ma
tons
Authority belongs 10 Christ because
He is The eternal word and j. alSl tn
only God with whom we have 30 do. !
know there are secondary sources of
authority to which We must give Obe
dlpnce. such as TO parents and teachers
ana 10 tle laws of the State. Rut back
of all these and over them all is the
persona Christ. aud lie alone has a
right 10 tell me what are truth ind
duv. And authority belongs to Him
because He has undertaken In dl,pel
the darkness OF the world by a special
revelation Of the love of God. He has
joined Himself TO humanity 10 save it
And Sc Is this revelation Of God that
Is added to an the truth We hold that
constitutes the authority for missions
Missions are the propaganda of Jesus
ana His method OF rpcOuciliug an apOs.
tate humanity. And even if He had
not uttered His great commission, still
worldwide missions would have theiI
claims. for they are but the answer
90 he call from the ends of the earth
for humanity suuderrd from God feels
It's destitution and misery. The whole
world ggoans in its hunger You car
hear 10 In the plaintve song Of the bird
and the signing of every hrpeZp. And
after an a world wide mission is only
an answer 10 worldwide need.
The authority for missions is God
manifest iu the flesh" But what
flesh: The flesh OF thr Anglo-SaXon
We are q wonderful people Let u'
freely admit that we are the most
vrile race upon thc earth: that our in
stiutions are the best: that We possess
the bulk OF the worlds culture and re-
finement: that we are the subjects Of
the best government. and are the mos
ingenious and inventive and wealthy
But how came we Co have this premier
position? We are only the great grand
children or heather and bIrbarOui
fathers. We owe our superiority L,
the remaining heathen nations 10 the
fact that tlIe Gospel was first preached
10 ms. Wonderful We are. But W,
are not the sum total of the race o.
men "Who do men say that / th'
Son OF Man amp The son Of wha
man? or Abraham: OF the Anglo
Saxon? or the man Of Indiaf Or o
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