The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-04-15

presence oil the Lord; and he shall send
Jesus Christ, which before was preached unto
you; whom the heavens mus, retain until the I
tunes Of restitution Of all things, which God
hath spoken by the mouth OF all his holy |
prophets since the wsrld began. Acts III.
1921.
answer. Comparatively few of the
missionaries are able to hold their own
In argument with intelligent people In
India, China, and Japan. There is no
danger of their converting those PEG.
pie. There is more danger of their
losing their own faith in the Bible
because of their misrepresentation of
some of its teachings respecting the
mission of the Church, the hope of the
Church and the hope of the world!
Missionaries are thus handicapped!
Full of commendable zeal they leave
our shores TO tell the heather that
their forefathers have gone to eternal
torment and that they are going there,
too. unless they accept Christ. 1t is
rude awakening to be asked
where he'll is? and why God should
have condemned them and their fore
fathers to such horrible eternity /?
and how this could be true and yet he
be God of pity, compassion. Love?
The heather ask, Why the different
denominations different theories
of the terms Of salvaton-by Water,
by Election. Try Free Grace by Joining
the Church. q, The missionary, Who'll
ly unable to answer the adult native,
gathers children about him. starts n
school and DOES all he Is able perhaps,
to justify hi, Presence in foreign
land-helping the sick and doing many
other acts of kindness which are very
CommCudable, whether from n religious
or humanitarian standpoint.
Preach the Gospel to All Nations.
Our Lord = instruction was that his
people sGHUd reach the Gospel in all
the word tor Il ciincSS-not to convert
all the word. hpt for "WitncSS" to all
the world. Tn" mission of the Gospel
is to select the Kingdom class, little
flock The first opportunity to be
come members of this Royal Priest
hood was offered to the Jews and, aft
er the gathering Of remnant from
them, and after their national rejec-
ton. the message was to go to the
whole world irrespective of national
lines, boundaries or language any
body, everybody having the clearing
ear" was to be instructed respecting
Christ and the opportunity of becom-
ing his disciples by a full conservation
of mind and body, time and talent,
even unto death. These were to be
promised the reward of a share in the
First Resurrection, to be members of
the Royal Priesthood which, during
the Millennial Kingdom of Messiah,
will bless all the remaining families
of mankind-all the non-clect.
We are not complaining about the
failure to convert the heather! We
are not faulting the missionaries! We
are taking the Bible stand that all of
Gods purposes are being accomplish
ed: that Gods Word is accomplishing
that whereto it was sent" isaiah ",
IL; that ii was not sent to convert
the world. but to gather an "elect"
sample or "frst-fruits" from all ma
lions Revelation xiv, A. Let Cirilising
influences continue in heathendom, as
well as in ChristendOm. But let all
Christians. missionaries and others,
know assuredly that their labor Is cot
in vain if they are seeking for the
Lords jewels to the best of their abil-
ity. | am in touch continually with
laborers in India and Africa and we'll
know that the pure Gospel of Christ
is not greatly affecting their teeming
millions. But the Gospel Of the King
dom is seeking out. blessing, sancti-
flying. happfying, encouraging some,
here and there; some, who have ears
of faith to hear, eyes of faith to see,
and obedient hearts to obey the "call"
to suffer with Christ and by and by
to reign with him for the effectual
blessing of all the families Of the
earth by uplifting the willing out
of their present conditions of sin and
degradation and death.
The Millennium a Necessity.
We have shown the value and nee
essity for the doctrine of the Millen-
nium-that all Christians who would
hold fast to their Bibles as a faith
anchor and who would make progress
in their study Of the Word and be
co-laborers with God in the gathering
Of the elect" need to see that the
elect only are now called to be heirs
Of the Kingdom for which we pray,
"Thy Kingdom come" They need to
see that that Kingdom is Gods provi-
sion for the future blessing of the non
elect. They need to see that the Bible
does not teach, as many of them sup
pose, that the saints are called Of God
to sit in the heavenly balcony and
look over at the non-elect in eternal
anguish and hear their cries.
Next let us note that the Millennium
itself is an absolute necessity for the
world according to the statistics of
the wOrldly-wise. Many college pro-
fessOrs and ID. DIS are inclined to
sneak glibly of the Second Coming of