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

home can understand. While they
have belief In Gods existence. they
do not know Him as their Father.
They know nothing OF Christ, who
said IN sweet and tender accents; .
Come unto Me an ye that labor and .
are heavy laden and / viii give you !
rest They are without hope. Wo- I
manhood is degraded and cnslaved. AZ !
death they launch forth upon an un- /
tried sea without a star In the sky. /
We have that which the perishing
millions are crying for. Christians
are covetous. They hoard up gold and
silver-their wardrobes are filled with
fine raiment but they are giving COM
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
10 evangellze the world. The church
must be brought TO an intelligent con-
viction Of her moral obligation 70 the
heather world. To-day is pre-
eminently the day OF opportunity-the
strategic point in the conversion Of the
world.
"The Monaghan has lost faith ia his
ancestral worship. Pagan systems
are losin gtheir grp upon the people
The Macedonian cry IS being heard on
every hand Come over and help
u.s."
Legislative barriers have been re-
moved, and well nigh the whole world
.is accessible TO the gospel. Within a
generation all over Japan cdicts We're
posted against Christianity and death
was the penalty for accepting the gos-
pei. To-day missionaries are at lib
eiey to work anywhere I'm 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 facili-
tics are Gods ca1, TO us to go up and
possess the land. The enemies Of the
cross are seeidns to rally the heathen
nations TO their standards. Unless
we give them the gospel they viii
adopt agnosticism and inhdelity.
IF we tarry some mischief win over
take US.
"The early chruch was deeply mis-
lost her missionary zeal and then fol-
lowed the dark ages. To lose the mis-
sionary spirit is to die at home. II IS
the church's supreme business to
ievangelize the world the only excuse
she has TO exist. tt has only been
about a century since the church
awakened 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-
sions in that empire. He was sent out
by the London Missionary Society. He
encountered great difficulties. There
was an 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 into
the Chinese Language.
Sixty years ago the Methodist Epis-
lcopal Church entered China. As re-
sult OF 100 years Of Protestant effort in
China. there are now 321 missionaries
and 142. 900 members. As a result o'
our sixty years Of work I'm that greai
empire the Methodist Episcopal Church
has PA missionaries and 2I246 mem
bers and probationers. The prelimin-
ary work Is done. and with the awak-
lening Of the empire this is the time q
lreap the harvest. The lepers said:
Therefore come and let us go and tell
1.-THE kings household. The conviction
seized them that they should hasten
with the good tidings. The watch
Imam was notified and soon the entire
population Of Samaria heard the news
that there was an abundance Of food
"It is our bounden duty 70 hasten
with the gospel to the millions who
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 by
Mr.. Wesley in 1863. They came &c
America, which was then foreign
field supported by the Wesleyans il
England.
1.-THE Methodists were poor as rule
But the conference ordered a collection
70 rthe work I'm America. They migh'
have said; Charity begins at home.
But having the spirit of sacrifice the,
raised sixty English pounds.
I'VE Methodists cannot talk abou
retrenchment. 1t is day-break every
where. China and England arr
clamoring FOR the bread Of life. Wha
we need IS not more means, but ,
y deeper sense Of obligation to the pagan
world. AS Sir Philip Sydney lay dy
ing upon the field Of Zutphen. a cul
of cold water was passed to him, bu
close by lay a wounded soldier - h
passed his cup of water to the poo
private. saying: Thy necessity 81
greater than mine" How great arr
the needs Of the heather world.
every Christian would make sacrifice
to seize the present opportunity. th'
kingdoms Of the world would speedii,
become the kingdoms Of our Lord an'
. his Christ"
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