Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-02-21

schooner We have not the power We would
have n IN a vestIbuled train Equafions
can only Be made Of things or powers which
are equal The force OF Christ sends It's
thrill all over this country and TO all parts
Of the world The power which can bring
men together and keep them together for
ages Is worth thinking about. Where are
the men who would die for the great heroes
Of history, and yet that Is what they are
doing today for the Lord Jesus Christ
when they 60 to the jungles OF India
They are bolstered up by the force OF the
love OF God. There Is no dynamic In the
cold statement Of truth. No victories are
gained by libraries OF words, but by men
with flaming hearts. Truth that is not
felt can no more thrill the people than can
stone image. II there Is no shout of
king In our midst there can be no spoiis
and no victory. The early disciples had
come to the point where God was not with
them-He was in them. Feeling is no proof
Of the truth. II may accompany error.
The truth cannot be a force unless II is
felt To feel is to be awake, 10 have every
fiber throb with energy. Eliminate feeling
from the pulpit and you have December all
the year around
Paul Greatest of Missionaries.
THE Christians power chrystalizes into
service. 1 name Paul first because he was
first Civilization came into Europe with
the landing Of the boat which brought him
across the sea His activities are innumer-
able and his tireless feet were everywhere.
Were there no Paul who can measure where
the world would be tonight? The power
OF Jesus Christ behind him was his force.
/ can do all things through Christ Will
liam Carey was a second man Of might
a shoemaker brooding in his shop. and he
began to talk and preach about missions.
He was squelched by his elders. but
nothing could stop him when God was pro-
polling him.
I go down into the pits and you must
hold the ropes he said to his comrades
at home He went At the end OF seven
years his first convert is made. but he
tolls on translating the gospel and tries to
change the terrible laws. The dogs OF war
are against him. but he tolls on and gave
the impulse which is now bearing fruit
through a thousand missions in all parts
OF the world today. He labored there for
forty years and died.
ITO these men of might add another
David Livingston. He went to Africa TO
a career which can never go into eclipse
while the world stands. 1t was the will
Of divine providence that he should ex-
pose slavery.
81 am resolved to open a path through
this country or perish was his message.
He fought fever. wild beasts. serpents,
flies. hostile natives. He held on until at
last a poor, ragged skeleton. he came in
sight of the Atlantic ocean strapped to an
OK.
He was an educated man. Think OF such
a man dying for the black man. pierced by
pain until Stanley comes but he will not
return home, for there he stayed and his
4 last words were a prayer for Africa and
as long as the waves beat the shores of
that land they win continue to sing a song
to David Livingston.
He travelled 5000 miles and a visit TO
/ Cambridge was a revelation and thousands
were anxious TO follow in the path he had
| blazed. When the balance is struck it will
! be found these knights Of the cross have
been more potent than ali the knights OF
commerce. We. too. may be men of might
In this greatest campaign which God has
| ever looked down upon. God is limited in
/ the exercise of His power by the tools at
\ His command. Let us lay all the man.
| hood we have upon the altar and we will
/ be vested with a power which will make
! the angels sing"
1t was announced the Milwaukee train
/ which is to carry most of the delegates
east will be held tonight until II p. m. A
| correction is also asked TO be made by DR..
! Burdick in that the local committee is not
asked to bear all the expenses of the con-
/ vention, but simply the hall rent and some
local expenses. The expenses of the con-
| vention are to be met by the Board Of
! Foreign Missions
! A communication was received from tbs
| Omaha Christian Endeavor union, com
I mending the convention on the stand IL has
taken and also praying the spirit of inter
] UNCONVENTIONAL union might be strength
/ ened.
] Veterans Being Received.