The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-07-25


agency will be the Chinese native
church. Already there exists China
evangelization society manned and sup
ported wholly by natives. The spirit
and ability of these young Chinese were
among the finest evidences of Chris,
tan progress that / encountered in
China. There are q number of self
governing native churches. and the
day Is approaching when these bodies
will be even stronger In China than
they now are in Japan.
The business man or government ON
cial who lives a Christian life In China
10 to be reckoned among the real mis-
pire. -
ton now at work in China is the Mis-
siouary Service Associations. Tffs is
IN line with the complete modernlza-
tion OF the whole missionary enter
prise. The aim Is to serve as business
agent for all the mission boards and
societies, supplying missionaries with
the necessities Of life At the lowest
posi- pie prices, through the co-opera-
ton Of Wholesale merchants and manu.
facturers In Amefica. Great Britain ana
Australia.
After all has been said, 1t remains
patiently and profoundly true that the
greatest OF all missionaries is the mvs-
terious and inscrutable Spirit Of the
uvinS God. The latest news from Chit
ma IL like a breath from Pentecost. It
tells OF wonderful outpourings, with
extraordinary manifestations, OF tha
Spirit upon the stolid natives OF Man
churia, so that now the gospel is
sweeping like fire through the whole
region about, The revival oyerleap-
ing vast stretches Of couNkry, has since
gone to Marking. the ancient Southern
capital OF the empire. This Is no mere
warming of Christian fervor, such as
the home churches occasionally know
1t 10 consuming are. that Is purify
ing the native church and impartine
to 1t new radiance so that the nom
Christian neighbors are being won in
numbers to the company of peace -all-
ed believers.
Seven Sentence Sermons.
No men help their times SO much a
the men Of hope.-W. r. Huntington.
1t Is not enough that we "sit together
in heavenly places" we must stand to-
gether In unheayenly places Charles
M. Lamson.
forenoon and afternoon and night
Forenoon.
And afternoon and night.
Forenoon. and--whatt
The empty song repeats itself. No
moref
Yes. that is life; makes this forenoon
This afternoon a psalm this night a
prayer.
And Time is conQured. and thy crown
- Is won. -E r. Sill
He that loves not lives not. and ba
that lives by the Life cannot die-Ray-
mand Lull
The wiser and stronger we grow the
more we feel how Indispensable and
helpful is solitude j. L. SpaldinE.
Joy is q partnership. ttI
Grief weeps alone:
Many guests had Cana.
GethSemane had none
Frederick Lawrence Knowles,
Man has always the source of inn-
mite power. 1t he knows God well
enough and confidently enough to ask
for that power.-E. E. Hale.
Past the lions stands the palace. and
at the crest of the Hill of Difficulty
Thus reward crowns endeavor and
courage. Pilgrim had a hard climb
and a tumultuous conflict with his own
fear. but at length he passed the lions
safely. finding them chained, and
achieved the Palace Beautiful.
Only they who scale heights know
the Palace Beautifurs delights.
What the allegory of the Palace
Beautiful is meant by Bunyan to repre-
sent we can only surmise. It may
stand for theN rewards and refresh
ments in general which come to the
Christian on his pilgrimage or 1t may
represent the rest and fellowship of
the Church, wherein the disciple holds
fellowship with kindred spirits, is re-
cuperated for a continuance of his
Journey. and is equipped to combat the
foes that await him. All that the
Palace Beautiful was to Christian the
Church may be to the servant of the
Lord.
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