Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1907-06-26
CHRISTIAN ENDEAvoR.
Prayer Meeting Topic For the Week
Beginning June 80.

0SSinniNS vRUS w.
BY REV. s. n. DOYLE.
Topic.-Foreign missions Christ in AZ
rica.-Isa. Kill, 1-l3
Africa has been called the darkest OF
the worlds continents, and it is not
only darkest Africa so far as the color
of the skin of the people is concerned.
but also because of the mental. moral
and spiritual darkness of the vast
majority of its people Until recent
years this great dark continent. ex-
icept on the northern aud western
coasts. was almost unknown. But
through the works of missionaries and
explorers, such as Livingstone, Stanley
and others, even the innerinost parts of
this vast continent have become fairly
well known. The discovery of dia
monds in the southern part where ara
led the commercial world to take d
part in the opening of this great con-
tinent. Some people suppose that the
great heather nations have become
known first through the political and
business worlds, but such is not the
case In the vast majority of cases,
as Illustrated in Africa, the missionary
is the pioneer laborer in these coun-
tries, and after he has shown the way
the others follow. The world owes
much to the Christian missionary for
the work he has done in making known
the unknown nations of the world.
Z No blush of shame need flush our
cheeks in our support of the mission
AIRY either at home or abroad.
Africa today is populated with
great mass OF people widely separated
in their intelligence, civilization and
their religions. In the states that Dor
der the Mediterranean sea the Mohan-
medans prevail, relics Of the days
when the Moslem religion almost con-
quered the world. From Mohammed-
anisrn we go down through many
various forms of religious faith until
we reach the lowest found the world
over, where the inhabitants scarcely
seem to be human beings.
What Africa needs in all its parts to-
day is Jesus Christ. And there are sew
leral reasons why Africa's need should
appeal with especial force to all Chris
tians. a. The great needs Of the PEG
pie. The darkest places have the great
est need of the light. The Chinese.
, Japanese and Indians must through
their relations with other nations come
into some contact with Christianity.
but the unenlightened and unsaved
races Of inland Africa can only receive
. Hv,S &C. h,;v t~, No, Av,tx-
therefore, rests upon US to send 1t, and
that duty is being performed. Chris
t1an mission station having been re-
Gently established in the Sudan. ca
The world is In great debt to these
dark races of Africa. From time i'm
memorial until the overthrow Of slav-
cry Africa formed the slave market Of
the world. The poor degraded people
were rudely forced from their homes
and made to become slaves to the more
enlightened races. This debt agains,
them should be paid by giving them
Christ, the light-Christ, who shall
make them free indeed. (3) The rela.
ton of the Israelites and of Christ
Himself to Africa should appeal to US.
Read the topic, Christian Africa"
Can you do it without thinking Of the
time when, fugitive from Herod's
wrath, He actually lived in Africa? His
feet touched the soil of this great con
tinent. 1t gave Him a home when His
own ruler sought His life. Shall we
not remember this and send Christ
back to Africa after nineteen centu-
ries that He may be refuge to the
people and assure to them a heavenly
home?
BIBLE READINGS.
lisa. lii, 7-12; Nah. /, Is; Matt. xviii,
10, 20; Acts /, Ill; viii. 26-40; Rom. Y,
IA, 10; Ps. ii, ZIP: Luke XIV. ITO; Pet
u, 21-25; Rev. xxi, II.