The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1908-08-14

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pertaining to the Kingdom OF God,
the amount invested, is always multi
piled over and over again. until we
ind Ourselve- AMAZED A the returns
"Good measure, pI 'sed down, shaken
together and running over" is what
we alize, In BUSINESS for the KING.
Missions PAY, from scientific,
commercial, sociological and financial
point of view, but it is not my pur-
pose It this time, to discuss the gains
from such sources; l wish to deal with
that which is Of far greater value than
any of these, so will confine myself
strictly to the spiritual and ethical
side of the question, and will say that
missions pay.
l. In REDEEMED SOULS. The little
company OF tisnermen-ishers of men
| -ou the shores OF Gallee, nineteen
hundred years ago, have increased and
multiplied, until TODAY there are on
the earth, FIVE HUNDRED MILLION
S43, 900, on the foreign tields,-to say
nothing of the myrlads that have
been PROM TED and who OF US can
estimate the value Of ONE soul.
Listen to what is SAID in Gods
Word concerning these mil ions OF
redeemed souls-the product or mis-
sions: "These are they which have
come out Of great tritulatiOn ana
nave washed their robes and made
them white 10 the bl0Ou Of the Lam b."
And 1t shall be theirs to stand before
the Throne OF God, serving Him day
and night ia His Temple; and He that
sitteth on the Throne shall dwell
among them. They shall hunger no
more, neither thirst any more, neither
shall the sun light on them, nor any
heat, for the Lamb which is in the
midst of the Throne shall feed them;
and shall lead them unto living foun-
tains of water, and God shall wipe
away all tears from their eyes,"
Blessed condition. And made pos
sible by MISSIONS!
II, Missions pay In TRANSFORMED
LIVES. The change which takes place
within, finds expression In The out
ward walk, and the redeemed soul"
becomes a Giving epistle, known and
read of all men," Let me illustrate
this change by an incident related by
a Wesleyan Missionary in the Deccan
of India, The incident was 10 Two
scenes and three years apart.
The first, presents man dragging
woman out of hut, who was loudly
screaming for mercy. With many
heavy curse and still heavier blow, he
drags her to the village blacksmith
wko FORCES an iron chain, and while
the husband, for such be is, holds his
wife, one end is rivited to her leg and
the other Is made fast to a huge block
f,f III iph ha nj RI
carry W tn her, the remainder Of her
days on earth.
The second s"ene is in the same vii
lage, but mission church has arisen
and about thirty Christian villagers
are listening to the Gospel message nf
salvation. The preacher is the same
man who had the chain forged and
fastened to his wife; he is still pas
sonate and bold, but what a change
has come over him! He is now telling
in burning words the story OF Jesus
and His love, and eXhorting his hear
ers-sOme OF whom he has himself, led
TO the Savior-to LIVE WORTHY the
Christ they rofess TO follow
And this, brothers and sisters, Is
only sample Of the trophies of the
Gospel on foreign fields.
Multiply this ONE, by three million,
and you Will have some conception OF
how missions are paying In the world |
today, in changed lives alone.
Ill. But missions nay in converted |
homes. AS the soul and the life be-
come NEW ia Christ Jesus-the home,
the earIhl abode OF tn Sc two, he
comes also new. Filth gives place to
oathes to praises; cruelty |
to kindness; women, instead of being |
slaves, are henceforth companions;
llTl-babieS are as warmly welcomed as |
their baby brothers; In brief, the home |
becomes an Individual temple where
the Bible is read, songs OF Zion sung,
prayers offered and the enJire family |
trained for SERVICE in the Kingdom
Of God. 1t is SAID That in the largest |
OF the Samoan Islands, there are not |
fifty families wII3 fail to observe fami-
~ worship in the HOME | wonder il
that much cdn be SAID ,-rroDorti0n
ately, Of course, VI CHRISTIAN A AIERI-
CA, or Of Kansas BapIsisl
And these one time heather, not
only support the Gospel at home, but |
SEND annually, to the parent mission
airy society OF London. about 1000
pounds to help carry tie good news
furtheron. ALL Christians are trained
to give to this work, and not even
when one dies, is he released from this
obligation TO give, but his name is
still kept on the "GIvING LIST, though
marked in way To Indicate his trans
lation, and his FRIENDS GIVE FOR HIM,
that the cause NAV not suffer on &C
count Of his removal from earth to
Heaven.
And so the ways 10 which missions
Foreign Missions-pay, 20 on and
individuals TO home; from
homes TO villages, from villages to
Provinces; and from provinces to
whole nations.
Nv. But again, missions pay in re-
flex benefits to the missionary worker.
Like bread cast upon the waters
BACK after many days.
Tue story is told OF lady who lived
10 the East. not manv years ago. who
had beautiful flower garden in
which she took great pride; and each
she would fill two large
baskets which she had fastened nm