The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-02-28

says. 'Plant one seed OF the lie OF
Christ under the crust Of heather life
than cover that whole crust over with
the veneer of our social habits. or the
vosture of Western civilization We
are trustees. but not primarily Of better
social customs. hut Of life which Will
shane its own civilization.
The aim of missions is evangeliza-
ton. and tiat Is the publishing in all
the world OF Gods glad tidings. The
aim Is 10 make Christ known i'm all the
world state II thus. for though II
does not shift our responsibility II
does tighten our burden II does not
remove the obligation To hasten with
the proclamation of Christ. but II does
relieve us OF the impossible burden of
converting the world We cannot con
vert single soul how shall we con.
vert the world? But we can present
the Gospel In such n way TO every
soul IN ali the world that the reSponsi
biity for what Is done with IL shall
rest no longer upon the church nor
upon any person in tho church. but
upon the man himself We can so pre-
sent the message of evangelization
that we can fling the responsibility for
the worlds conversion back upon God
Himself for He alone can renew a
human heart
do not preach upon missions be-
cause | want to challenge your sympa.
thies for the philanthropic results
which they achieve My object IS
larger than that | want your aid in
making Jesus known | know these
other things will follow | believe that
God is King. aud that the hand that
shaped the world at first is In all the
forces that to-day are shaping life. He
holds the reins Of politics and com
merce aud civilization. II was John
Newton who said. he read the New
Testament TO see how God loved the
world but he read The newspapers to
see how He governed il. And | am
I convinced that all our everyday affairs
| do run into the great goals OF God.
/ And these things. our governments and
! customs and inventions. are but ms the
/ clnr before the wind as compared
/ with the supreme purpose that God.
! who is King. shall reign as King. and
/ rule as Lord Of Lords.
We are getting TO understand the
| problem, and these last years are wit
Messing wonderful movements. The
/ annual accessons to the churches in
/ the foreign fields far outnumber those
/ of the churches at home. And in many
| instances their offerings to this great
work 90 far before our own. More
! work is being assigned TO the native
/ churches. and greater responsibilities
I laid on them. Modern missions are
= young hut we can almost see the day
when mission boards will not need TO
send TO foreign fields great sums of
money. nor large numbers of preachers.
q. n
. preachers of their own who can find
the hearts of their people much better
than we can And already the day
is come when our largest attention is
given to the teaching and education Of
the preachers, ana TO the general ad-
/ minisiration Of the work That is the
meaning of this call for endowment for
/ the great Christian colleges ana SEM
/ inarieS which are growing up in those
/ far of lands.
Paul said he was n prisoner OF
/ Jesus Christ" That is the essence of
! the missionary life. The Lords pris-
[ oner-not the prisoner of Rome. though
/ hp lay i'm a Roman prison, ana was
/ ScOurged of Caesar He said he was
/ an ambassador i'm bonds He didn't
/ look like that. His old rusty chain
I ratified on his wrists. and canlied in
his empty cell. Bnt he said | am con-
Quoting an embassy in chains. ON
what limitations the missionaries have
/ endured. Sickness and suffering aad
infirmity and separation from wife and
/ children. And what are they doing!
/ Conducting an embassy for heaven in
chains and in q Limitation which God
permits They do not complain, they
feel their freedom, and are the hap
pieSt men in all the earth. | have seen
them. battered and worn. return to the
churches at home. But | never ap
nlnud them as some do when they
speak at national meetings. We who
remain at home are not worthy to un
loose the latchets of their shoes.
The story of modern missions reads
like a romance one hundred years
ago il was a forlorn cause. Then The
doors of the nations We're locked, anC
the church itself was either unmission
airy or anti-missiouary Now the sky
is ahaZe with light and there is nI
self-respecting church in all the laE(
that will tolerate n man in its pulpi
who does not publish foreign missions
And all over the world are 10 be seeI
the camp fires Of those who have gont
away with the great evangel
Can we not read the signs OF th'
timpsF Great days are crOwding upoi
Us. ana after years of prayer and pa
tieut labor the Lord is giving rs TN
attention Of this great section Of tn
CITY. Can il be savedf DO we belieY
n the strong arm Of the Gospel Thel
pour your life into this great work
The church-ths church. exists for IN
other purpose than TO give the Gospe
10 the world BE large in your interes
in our immediate work. But that !
not enough. BE large in Your effort Il
worldwide evangellzatiOu.
, Christian Experience.