Evening journal., 1907-02-18
PEACE AND PLENTY
in WAKE OF BIBLE

DO not know Him as their Father.
They know nothing Of Christ, who
said in sweet and tender accents:
Come unto Me all ye that labor and /
are heavy laden and / viii give YOU I
rest They are without hope. Wo- /
manhood Is degraded and enslaved. AT /
death they launch forth upon an I'M |
tried sea without "a star in the sky. |
We have that which the perishing /
millions arc crying for. Christians
are covetous. They hoard up gold and
silver-their wardrobes are filed with
fine raiment. but they are giving CONE
paratively little to the holy cause OF
missions. Last year we spent in this
country eleven million dollars for
chewing gum. seven hundred and fifty
million dollars FOR tobacco. one billion
two hundred million dollars for strong
dring and less than eight million dollars
to evangelize the world. The church
must he brought 10 an intelligent con-
viction OF her moral obligation to the
heathen world To-day is pre-
eminently the day OF opportunity-th
strategic point in the conversion Of the
world.
"The Mongolian has lost faith IN his
ancestral worship. Pagan systems
are losin gtheir grip upon the people
The Macedonian cry is being heard on
every hand. Come over and help
us"
Legislative barriers have been re-
moved. and we'll nigh the whole world
is accessible to the gospel Within
generation all over Japan edicts were
posted against Christianity, and death
was the penalty for accepting the gos-
tpel To-day missionaries are at lib
eidy TO work anywhere in the empire
under the protection OF law.
"Steam and electricity have made the
ends Of the earth our close neighbors.
The opening doors, the increased facilt-
tics are Gods cad, to us to go up and
possess the land. The enemies Of the
cross are seeking to rally the heathen
nations to their standards. Unless
we give them the gospel they VIII
adopt agnostlcism and inhdelity.
IF we tarry some mischief will over
take us.
'rhe early chruch was deeply mis-
sionary In spirit. But soon the church
lost her missionary zeal and then fol-
lowed the dark ages. To lose the mis-
slonary spirit is TO die at home. 1t is
the church's supreme business to
evangelize the world: the only excuse
she has to exist II has only been
about a century since the church
lawalxened again TO a deep sense OF her
worldwide obligation.
"In 1907, just one hundred years ago.
Robert Morrison entered China and
became the founder Of Protestant mis-
sious I'm that empire. He was sent out
By the London Missionary Society. He
encountered great difficulties. There
was am edict prohibiting the printing
OF religious books or the preaching OF
the gospel among the Chinese. But
Morrison set himself resolutely to the
study of the language, and after years
OF toll the Bible was translated intc
the Chinese language.
sixty years ago the Methodist Epis.
copal Church entered China. As re
suit of 100 years of Protestant effort II
China there are now 3,241 missionarlel
and $4,000 members. As a result o'
our sixty years Of work I'm that grea
empire the Methodist Episcopal Churci
/ has 214 missionaries and 1926 mem
bers and probationers. The prelimin'
/ ary work is done, and with the awak.
ening Of the empire this IS the time q
: lreap the harvest. The lepers said.
Therefore come and let us go and tel
, the kings household. The conviction
. seized them that they should haster
/, with the good tidings. The watch.
,, man was notified and soon the entire
, population of Samaria heard the news
that there was an abundance OF food
ut is our bounden duty to haster
he ~
sit In heathen darkness. We have re-
: ceived the gospel because others have
, sacrificed.
Richard Boardman and Joseph Pill
moor were sent out as missionaries b.
Mr.. Wesley in 1853 They came q
America. which was then foreigI
field supported by the Wesleyans IL
, England.
"The Methodists were poor as a rule
= But the conference ordered a. collection
I 70 rthe work I'm America They nigh
have said: Charity begins at home.
I But having the spirit Of sacrifice the.
raised sixty English pounds.
7 1--WE Methodists cannot talk abou
retrenchment. 1t is day-break every
lwhere. China and England ar
7 lclamoring for the bread of life. Wha
! we need is not more means, but
/. deeper sense of obligation to the pagal
world. AS Sir Philip Sydney lay dy
ing upon the field of zutphen. a Gu
, of cold water was passed TO him. bu
I close by lay a. wounded soldier, so h
= passed his cup Of water to the poo
private. saying. Thy necessity
. greater than mine" How great ar
: the needs of the heather world.
. every Christian would make sacrific
4 to seize the present opportunity. tn
Kingdoms of the world would speedil
- become the kingdoms Of our Lord an
!. his Christ"
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