Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1910-04-14

glorious Kingdom OF GOQ 8 u6aE 0Ou
after their change from earthly to
spirit conditions in the First Resur-
rection" Il Corinthians XIV, 42-44).
The Laymen's Movement.
God bless the Christian Endeavor
and Epworth League and Students
Missionary League and the Laymen's
Movement, all intent on "Storm1ng
the world for Jesus. y We bear thel+-
witness that they have zeal for Go
which we greatly admire and would
encourage. But. their zeal is mot &C.
cording to knowledge" and Is there
fore considerably misdirected. To
any one of logical mind, who will
reason from statistics, the thought OF
converting the world by singing a
few rousing hymns or holding few
enthusiastic meetings for the collec
ton of money! money!! money! :.
would be childish. We do not despist
childishness. We have all sad GU:
share. But we an should say witt
the Apostle, When was a child. !.
child; but when L became a man
put away childish things" 4 CORN
hians xiii, ID. a4r,~..,.f l..
Christians have been foolfng them
selves long enough" Yessit lis alb
solutely Irrational to think Of con
verting the world, as it is unscriptura
that God ever gave US that imp able
commission. The United Census re
port show that there are twice a.
many heathens today as there was
century ago. The word he1then Cal
ries to many a very wrong impression
Many noble-hearted Christians hav
gone as missionaries to the heather;
wholly unprepared for what the.
met-intelligent reasoning ability
etc., They found that the heather
were full, of questions, too, which
| they as Christians had never though
| Of, and which they were wholly un
prepared to answer. Comparatively
| few of the missionaries are able t.
hold their own in argument with the
intelligent people in India, China, and
Japan. There is no danger Of their
converting those people. There is
more danger of their losing their own
faith in the Bible, because Of their
>nlsappr ehension of some OF its teach
ngs-respecting the mission of the
5hurch, 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 hell is? and why God should
condemn them and there forefathers
to sucn horrible eternity? ard how
| this could be true and yet He be a
God of pity, compassion, Love? The
heather ask. Why the different de-
nominations-the different theories
of the terms of salvation-by water
by Election, by Free Grace, by joining
the Church, etc. The missionary,
wholly unable to answer the adult ma
tive, gathers children about him.
starts a school and does all he is able
perhaps, to justify his presence in g
foreign land-helping the sick and
doing many other acts of kindness
which are very commendable
whether from a religious or humani-
tartan standpoint.
Preach the Gospel to All Nations.
Our Lords instruction was that his
people should preach the Gospel in
all the world for Witness-not to
convert all the world. but for ''wit-
ness" to all the world. The mission
Of the Gospel Isl to select the King
dom class, little flock" The first
opportunity to become members Of
this Royal Priesthood was offered to
the Jews and, after the gathering of
remnant from them, and after their
national rejection, the message was
to go to the whole world irrespective
of national lines, boundaries or Ian
guage- anybody, everybody having
the hearing ear" was to be instruct
ed respecting Christ and the oppor-
tunity of becoming his disciples by
full conservation of mind and body,
time an dtalent, even unto death.
These were to be promised the re-
ward of share in the First Resur
rection, to be members of the Royal
Priesthood which, during the Millen-
NAL Kingdom Of Messiah, will bless
all the remaining families of man
kind-all the non-elect.
We are not complaining about the
failure to convert the heather! We
are not fau1t1ng the missionaries!
We are taking the Bible stand that
all of Gods purposes are being ac-
complished; that Gods Word is ac-
complishing that whereto it was
sent" Qsaiah ", III; that it was not
sent to convert the world. but to
gather an. s'elect" sample or first
fruits" from all nations (Revelation
xiv, A.. Let civilizing influences con-
tinue in heathendom, as we'll as in
Christendom. But let all Christians,
missionaries and others. know as
suredly that their labor is not in vain
if they are seeking for the Lords
jewels to the best of their ability. |.
am in touch continually with ,laborers
in India and Africa and well know
that the pure Gospel of Christ is not
greatly affecting their teeming mill
ions. But, the Gospel of the Kingdom
is seeking out, blessing, sanctifying,
happifying, encouraging some, here
and there's some, who have ears OF
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