Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1906-03-08

which they achieve. My object is
larger than that. I want your aid in
making Jesus known. I know these
other things will follow. I believe that
God is King, and 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 and civilization. It 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 it. And I am
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 as the
chaff 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 accessions to the churches in
the foreign fields far outnumber those
Of the churches at home And in many
instances their offeripgs fo-this great
| work go far before our own. More
work is being assigned to the native
; churches, and greater responsibilities
| laid on them. Modern missions are
young, but 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.
For the native churches are prolific in
| prea chers 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, and to the general ad-
ministration Of the work. That is the
meaning of this call for endowment for
| the great Christian colleges and SEM
! inaries which are growing up in those
| far off lands.
! Paul said he was .@prisoner OF
Jesus Christ" That is the essence OF
| the missionary life. The Lords pris-
oner-not the prisoner of Rome, though
| he Law in a Roman prison, and was
| scourged of Caesar. He said he was
| an aambassador in bonds" He didn't
look like that His old rusty chain
! ratified on his wrists, and clanked IN
his empty cell. But he said am con-
Quoting an embassy in chains. Oh,
what limitations the missionaries have
enduredt Sickness and suffering ana
/ infirmity and separation from wife and
, children. And what are they dofnEs :
Conducting an embassy for heaven IN
chains and in a limitation which Cod
permits. They do not complains, they
feel their freedom, and are the nap
; niest men in all the earth. have seen
them. battered and worn. return to the
. churches at home. But l. never ap-
Maud them as some do when they
speak at national meetings. We VINO
remain at home are not worthy to I'M
loose the latchets of their shoes. :.
The story Of modern missions reads
!. like a romance. One hundred years
+lsago It was forlorn cause. Then the
J doors Of the nations were locked, ano
the church itself was either unmlssi0n
: ary or anti-missionary. Now the SKY
is ablaze with light and there Is NJ
self-respecting church in all the lane
: that win tolerate a man in it's pulpit
who does not publish foreign missions
2 And all over the world are to be seer
the camp fires Of those who nave son'
5 away with the great evansel.
Can we not read the signs or tn
times? Great days are croWdlng upol
us. and after years OF prayer ana pa
| tient labor the Lord is giving US tn
e attention of this great section OF III
2 city. Can it be saved? Do we DeIeV
I in the strong arm of the Gospel: luz
t pour your life into this great Worf
t The church-this church. exists lor
B other purpose than to give the Gosp'
to the world. Be large i'll your 1nteie:
: in our immediate work. But tnat
I not enough. Be large in your eHort
+ worldwide evangelizatlon