The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-01
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Even as an army has many forms of
service-infantry, cavalry, artillery
signal corps. engineering corps-so the
modern missionary advance has many
lines of approach There is the
preaching missionary, the teaching
missionary, the healing missionary,
the mechanic missionary, and the
author missionary, all seeking the
same end by various routes. This is
wisdom. Even when a frontal at
tack would fail, victory may be ac-
complished by flank movement.
There is such thing as missions by
indirection. This is a branch of mis-
sionary science as yet largely unde-
veloped.
After High and Low.
A round-the-world journey is
mere episode in these days of travel
facilities. being very much less hazar-
dous than the expedition which this
first missionary force undertook, al
though the latter occupies very small
space on our big maps. Later on we
shall see what was involved in Paufs
many travels in the wav of personal
hardship and danger. From Antioch
the missionaries went down to the
coast, embarking at Seleucia for Cyp-
rus, Salamis being their point of land
ing. Thence they journeyed overland
some one hundred and fifty miles to
Paphos. where the particular incident
of the lesson occurred.
The Roman proconsul. Sergius Paul
us, desired to hear Saul and Barna-
bas. The latter were quick to perceive
the advantage of reaching the official
and influential classes. even as moo-
ern missions have been. Canada has
lately seen the tremendous power or
having as a Christian leader a mis-
sionary advocate, Sir Andrew frazer,
for thirty-seven years an eminent
lieutenant governor of Bengal We
FAr fr1Sf IA MT 00nC6iV6 or
SauTs overlooking the common peo-
pie. To them he was bound to go,
following the fashion of his Master
Yet he was no demagogue, and as
man of the world he realized that the
Gospel belongs In the palace as well
as in the peasants hut
A Fighting Missionary.
The proconsul was too big to be al
lowed to fall into the hands of this
new religion without the most desper-
ate efforts on the part OF the FORCES
of error. Whoever undertakes 10
bring in the day of truth and right
eousness must expect to see consider
able hard fighting. Indeed, every re-
former and pioneer and apostle OF
the truth needs to be a flrst-class
fighting man. Saul fllled TINS pl.l,
When Elymas the Sorcerer tried TO
dissuade the proconsul from the way
Saul turned upon him in the awful
ness of righteous anger. 1t is not
advised by Scriptures that men De not
angry. Certain forms of anger are
even commended. In this instance 1t
is to be noted that the record runs
that Saul "filled with the Holy Ghost,
fastened his eyes on the sorcerer, and
proceeded to arraign him In speech
that would be deemed highly improper
in many a placid conventional pulpit.
90 full of all guile and all villainy,
thou son of the devil. thou enemy
of all righteousness, wilt thou not
cease to pervert the right ways OF the
Lord? Now behold the hand OF the
! Lord is upon thee. and thou shalt pc
blind, not seeing the sun for a sea-
son. And Immediately there fell up
him a mist and a darkness; and ne
went about seeking some to lead MN
by the hand" That incident COM
pelled attention and astonishment' ana
turned many to faith.
InnocuouS, sp1neless, sugdr-codleu
saints have no place in missionary en-
deayor Such men as DR.. Dubose. OF
Soochow. who for more than forty
wears. in season and out of season, has
led the fight against opium. When one
nv one ali shrank from this seeming
" impossible task. he held to II with
| the doggedness of Southern war
rior: and now. 10. he has lived TO see
the day of triumph. 1 was reminded
Of Saul's burning words 10 Elynas
when an incident was related to me
as 1 once set off for the interior or
| China without interpreter or military
| escort. The parting counsel OF my
missionary friend was, Remember
that the Chinese cannot SWIM; ana
also that II you either thrash or
make ridiculous the leader of mob,
the temper of the latter will at once
change"
cerned another friend of mine. a man
Of the mildest manners ordinarily. He
was conducting services in Chinese
street hapel, and native preacher
was speaking when a gang OF rufflans
| attempted to break up the meetlng:
They were headed by huge feilow OF
consider daring, and they MADE
straight for the speaker. the mis-
sionary. bidding the native pastor 70
| continue his preaching no matter what
! happened, suddenly darted down from
the platform as the rowdy neared 1t,
| seized the latter by the scruff of the
neck. ran him down the aisle through
his amazed comrades and literally
| kicked him out the door. In chinese
fashion, the mob was so amused at the
| Sudden turn of events that they allow
ed the meetings to proceed WILDLY ue
| molestation thereafter. Saufs course
| in the case of the sorcerer re1nforees
the wise mans counsel: BoIdness,
vet more boldness, and ever boldness."
A Book of Vision
Terse Comments for May 2, Life Les
sons for Me from the BOOK oil
| Isaiah" Isa. 6:1-9.
| BY WILLIAM T. ELLIS.
Ancient Israers seers were men OF
far vision. They saw the inner mean
ing of the past; they saw deeply into
the heart of men; and they saw IN
the dim future a better day for the
friends of Jehovah and for all man.
kind. OF these great teachers the CHIEF
was isaiah, whose writings are among
the worlds masterpieces of literature