The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-03-03

COHmdnueu you. mat means the
translation of the Sermon on the
Mount into the life of the world. That
takes time. In the Laymens Mission
airy Movement, which is interesting
our city just now, the idea of uniting
the energies OF the denominations for
a speedy conquest of the world is Of
ten mentioned, BY all means speed
the day when the whole earth shall be
hlied with the knowledge of the Lord
as the waters fill the sea. But let us
not forget that the worldwide vision
VIII not be realized until the sover-
eighty of Jesus is established over the
life of the world. Consecrated men
and money could, within a generation,
doubtless carry the Gospel into all the
world, but 1t will take more than a
generation before the song that the
multitude sang In the apocalyptic Wis
ion shall be sung by thoroughly
Christianized humanity: "The king
dom of the world Is become the king
dom of our Lord, and of His Christ. +"
Such is the scope and character of the
worldwide vision. 1t is dream of
universal golden age. 1t Is hone of
brotherhood embracing every tribe
aud kindred. 1t Is the kingdom OF
God on earth.
Such a vision is proof either of
sublime faith or folly. Folly 1t would
be were IL not that we have conf
dence, first of all, in the purpose of
our Father. That confidence in the
Eternal justifies the vision. The
trend of the ages is toward its realiza-
tion. We cannot prevent the tides
from rising and falling; we cannot
change the course of the seasons; we
cannot stop the planets in their or
bits, but we could do so sooner than
we could keep God from fulfilling His
purpose Then, too, we have conf
dence In the mightiest of all solvents
love. 1t is the miracle-worker of
every age. In Zangwill's great play,
The Melting Pot" in response to the
passionate assertion that in every
land to which he has wandered or
been driven the Indignation of the
Jew with other peoples has never
been accomplished, he makes David
respond: "You have tried hatred and
failed; try love" We have not for
gotten the apostolic formula, Faith
which worketh by love-" The world
wide vision would be a colossal folly
were 1t not for this mightiest of all
powers in the world. Moreover, the
heroic achievements of those who
have caught the vision and have toiled
and sacrificed inspires firm confidence
for the future.
They who see the vision are not WIS.,
ionaries. There is difference be-
tween them. There are idle dreams
and dreams that prompt to noble en-
deavor. The visionary is impractical,
but among the worlds most practical
men have been those who have looked
upon the splendid picture Of future
golden age. They have toiled hard to
make their dreams come true. The
American Board, completing a CEN
tury of activity and growth. owes its
origin to the young seers OF haystack
fame. The men who compose the
Laymen's Missionary Movement are
intensely practical. How to get and
equip and support the men who VIII
go forth to preach and teach; how to
secure the funds necessary to support
them from givers of large and small
financial ability, are the practical
problems they are taking hold of in
an earnest, business-like way.
No one need have any fear that in
terest in the Christian conquest of the
world will lessen his sense of obliga-
tion to support the work in his own
land and his own church. The truth
is there is no real antagonism between
home and foreign missions. The dis
tinction between them Is being oblit-
Grated. Foreign missions are at our
very doors. Samuel j. Mills had the
worldwide vision. but he was a faith
full, intelligent worker in the home
field. Our own land Is but segment
of the great circle of the earth. He
who looks afar from the mountain
top will not fail to see the village at
it's base. The wish to win the world
will spur one on to ChrlstianiZe his
own land that 1t may help in the
world-conquest. Our thought to-day
in national politics. in manufacture,
in commerce, in education, Is on no
less a scale than that of the earth.
The inventor, the manufacturer, the
thinker wants an open door in every
country for his products. A good
thing, a thing that adds materially to
the Joy of living, cannot be confined
to any land. Telephones, engines,
railroads, textbooks, the Bible and
the kingdom belong to the world.
/ want you all to see the world.
wide vision. ] have no fear that II
Will lessen your interest in our own
church. The people who pray and
sacrifice for the redemption of the
world are not the ones who neglect
the work at home. Rather do they
seek to make and to keep the church
/ strong, that 1t may do its part in saw
/ ing the world. No better surety could
/ any pastor have that he will be sup.
/ ported in his work by his own people
| than the fact that they are devoted tc
| the task of winning all nations to
| Christ.
want you to get the worldwide
/ vision for your own sake. 1t will ex.
| pand your thought, enlarge youI
! heart, enrich your life. 1t is an edu-
cation in the largest and noblest uni.
| versity In the world One Is brought
| into contact with whatever concerns
/ humanity. Religion, civilization, art
| government, the oldest and the new.
est, all have their bearing upon the
great problem and in your effort tc
contribute to its solution you will find
yourselves growing in knowledge, IN
interest, In sympathy. You become
( citizens of the whole world. Let III
|, then offer the prayer the Master has
| taught us, Thy kingdom come, with Q
resolute determination to do more
than we have ever done to make tn;
kingdom of the world the kingdom d
Christ.
Philippines Best Fruit.
Philippine mangoes. to the mind