The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-05-08
First Missionary Journey
] ofsPauIs Raised RolD
Warmly Recsived First Were Later Cast Out
= But They Continued the Preaching Of the Gospel
Their Lord. M

heather In all lands have fabricated
the most outrageous and baseless sian
ders against missionaries. 1t Is a COM
mon belief in many pagan .compuni-
ties that the missionaries steai9hil-
.dren and make medicine out OF their
vital organs. Some OF these rumors
would seem to be too ridiculous to de-
serve notice. were 1t not that they
are credited by. the people for whom
they are intended. These Jews ap-
pealed to the partisanshipa of the wo-
men OF their, communicable women
are essentially partisan. AID the chiet
defenders OF all old institutions, Con-
servatism makes its last stand on the
minds- of women. They are the pest
advocates and the bitterest opponents.
Whenever there lisa race riot on the
East Side of New York.eit Is the wo-
men who make the most OF the trou-
Bile. Nj 3
1t was inevitable. that the new doc
trine should spread beyond Jewish Inn
its. There was no reason outside
themseiyek why the Jews should not
20 along with 1t. In their condemna-
tion of the liberality OF Paul's mes
sage. they really condemned. them
selves Our Judgment of others In
eyitably Judges us. BY their attitude
toward Paul and toward Christianitys
wide spread. the Jews shut themselves
off from the great opportunity In their
history. and missed the very mission
for which they had been set apart as
a chosen people. -
But they were impotent 10 stay the
spread of the Gospel. Gods King
dom is bound to come. Mans only
concord is whether, 1t shall come by
HIS help or In spite OF him. and
whether It shall come to him or. pass
him bye The great question Of cleo
tion which arises in. this connection
was well answered by Rev. Sam Jones.
the evangelist. who said: The elect
are the whatsoever wills and the
'non-elect' are the whatsoever
won'te.'"
HE that speaks the truth will find
himself in sufficiently dramatic situa-
tions." says Professor woodrof Will
son. There are crises constantly
confronting the man who Is animated.
as was Paul, by the conviction. This
one thing / do. whosoever is deter
mined to do his own work at all haz-
ards Is bound to have "a variety Of
experiences. but be and he alone will
achieve great results. Mr.. Moody
used to say, when men ask me-
Moody, what Is the secret OF your
successful reply, Go to work and stay
at work and you will find it," Paul
and Barnabas, like glorious COM
pany OF missionaries since, had set
their hearts upon preaching the Cos
pei to the regions beyond. Nothing
could deter them. Antioch cast them
out. Followed by Islander. abuse. III
treatment. and probably physical vio-
ience. they were driven out Of the
borders of Pisidia.
But they still continued preaching.
The cost matteTed not at all to them:
SO long as Christ was preached Paul
could stand anything. His attitude
recalls a remark made the other day
by DIR. Samuel N. zwemer, of Arabia
the great authority upon Mohammed-
anism, who was speaking rather inn
patiently upon the maudlin senti-
mentality concerning missionary hard
shipsi 1T does not matter how much
people have to sutfsr In this work. II
does not matter how many mission
aries we kill. II does not matter
how much money we spend. The point
IL that missions are war. War al
ways costs. Our business is to 20
ahead and carry on the lighting and
win the battle" -,
Paul did not hesitate I'd narrate his
hardshtps when engaged IN eontro-
versy or counsel. or when they could
probably feather an arrow or arRu-
ment; but he never allowed them TO
deter him from his main business. He
was willing to get into innumerabic
rows for righteovsness' salte-ard ala
---but even so the coming OF the Prince
OF Peace was FASTENED. 80
q b.. /.