Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-09-21

tianity Ia one of the broad, onsweep-
ing tendencies OF our times. The
ultimate absorption or elimination OF
all these other great religions Is the
imperial purpose OF the disciples Of
! the iowly Nazarene.
The missionary lives the life before
he breaches the doctrine.
| Like the Son Of Man. the missionary
comes mot to be ministered unto, but
to minister" He makes himself the
servant OF those whom he would save.
So the entire mission field ia dotted
with schools, hospitals, dispensaries,
industrial missions. hospices and other
form Of Chritian service. This the
work Of the missionary attests his
word.
Fifteen years ago DR.. Samuel Moi
felt went to Pyeng Yang, in north
Korea, with one Christian helper
from Seoul. The latter found an old
friend in Pyeng Yang, who came fire.
quently to call. Naturally, the new
religion was frequently discussed.
After some time the friend declared,
I think I'll do this doctrine"-"D Doing
the doctrine" being happy Korean
phrase for becoming Christian To
his amazement DR.. Moffett's helper
rejoined, you can't do the doctrine"
Not until after some discussion was
the point made clear to the inquirer
that unaided human power Ia unable
to live the Christian life, and that only
Christ can enable man to "do the
doctrine. The conviction gripped the
man, and he clearly laid hold upon the
strengthening grace of Jesus becom.
ing the first Christian convert In all
that wonderful group Of Pyeng Yang
believers.
The best that any missionary can
do Is to introduce person to Jesus
Christ Subsequent conversion and
discipleship depend upon the relation
ship of these two.
A widespread scattering of the seed
OF the written truth is part of
Christian propaganda that bears un.
expected fruit Undoubtedly the great
est liberty achievement of the ages
has been the translation and dissent
nation of the Scriptures and Christian
teachings among the nom Christian
peoples.
The missionary is after his hearers
grandchildren.
Not to convert men to western civ
ilization and occidental fashions. but
to win them to Jesus of Nazareth. the
Oriental Christ, is the object of
foreign missions.
There is probably more of sapping
and mining and besieging and flank
movements in the Christian war upon
heathendom than there is of direct
frontal attack. The Book of Tactics
calls for far-sighted skill as well as
for exhaustless patience.
1t Is hard to have to serve as an ex-
ample, In ones dress and manners and
conversation and home life. In the
case of the missionary. all these are
but adjuncts and advertisements OF
his gospel.
The Japanese people have learned to
sing, as result of missionary teach
ing. Korea and China are likewise
learning. Much Christian truth has
been sung into the consciousness of
non-C Christian peoples.
There is power in the simple telling
Of the ''old, old story Occasionally,
although only rarely, a single nara
ton of the Good News has converted
one who had never heard it before.
Usually, SO new is the message, and so
radically different from the previous
thought of the nearer Is its back
ground, that an oft,repeated and ex-
planned presentation of II is necessary
for an intelligent apprehension of it
on the part OF the hearer. The COM
plexities and perplexities involved in
giving to an utterly alien race the
body Of Christian truth which is large
ly historical with us are far greater
than the ordinary supporter of mis-
sions knows.
News and Notes.
The Baptist Missionary Union has
just held conference with its out
going missionaries at the mission
rooms in the Ford building. Boston.
Rev. Dr. Ira Landrith Of Nashville,
has resigned from the secretaryship
Of the Presbyterian brotherhood, and
is succeeded by Henry f. Rosevear.
The first conference Of Chinse
Christian students ever held in this
country met recently at Colgate uni
versity, with sixty students in attend
ance from various American colleges.
Upon the death of Stephen Therry
of New York, recently, it was reported
that he was the founder of the Holy
Name society in the Roman Catholic
church. Authorities now state that
while Mr.. Therry did, on his own
and unaware of the previ-
Gus existence of a similar society.
found a Holy Name society which has
grown to enormous proportions in This
country, yet the movement goes back
as far as the thirteenth century; and
in 1883 the pope erected the Holy
Name society into a confraternity.
Queen Wilhelmina of Holland con-
ducts service of family prayer every
which every member of the
royal household is expected to at
tend
Dr. Rendel Harris believes that he
has discovered a complete manuscript
collection of the psalms and odes Of