Arizona republican., 1910-02-21
SPREAD OF THE GOSPEL
 THROUGH THE WORLD
Subject of Sermon at the Presbyterian
 Church.

Rev. Henry Martyr Campbell. pas tor of the First Presbyterian church, yesterday morning preached on "The Spirit of Missions. using as his text q part of the 18th verse of the l6th chapter of Mark, Go ye into all the world and preach the gospel" The course
 T rarely read those words but call to mind the circumstances under which l once heard them uttered. It was in the year 1900 at the general assembly of the Presbyterian church in St. Louis. One evening We had s popular meeting for foreign mis- sions. Dr George Pentecost made the address of the evening and he stirred all our hearts. After he had concluded his address, they sang the old familiar hymn. From Greenland's Icy Noun tain. from India's Coral Strand and as the singing was concluded Dr. Nichols stepped before that great aud ience and said Soldiers of the King. arise and hear your marching orders Every one in that vast audience arose and on their listening ears fell the words Go ye into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature wish that ! might bring you the i'm pressiOH that was made on me there.
 T am sure that l speak q truth
 
 tianity k the spirit of missions. The church that ceases to be evangelistic VII soon cease to be evangelical. The church can not live unless she has it in her heart to send the gospel in specdiest measure to earth's remotest bounds. The church that does not seek tO save men is the church that will soon have no gospel to give out That church is successful that. has the pres ence and power of the Lord Jesus Christ to the greatest extent that is most anxious to propagate the gos- pei: therefore the church that is prop agating the gospel in the greatest measure is the church that is the most successful. The greatest problem that the church finds as she sets her face towards the heather world is the question How may we obtain the means with which to send the work CTS into these regions?' That was not always the problem. The doors of the heather world used to be closed against the religion of Christ. Today they are open. opened by the prayers of the church. When the doors began to be opened. another problem arose. What means shall we use to persuade men and woEen = carry the mes sage Down on her knees went the church again. and again the anslver came. hundreds and thousands saving. Here am ]. send me I am sure that am speaking of something that ought to mean the speedy solution of the problem of getting the means to send these men and women when mention the Laymen's Missionary Movement A mighty power 1t is prov ing itself to be. not only along this {! line. but along other lines. This year this movement is holding conventions in about four score of our great cities l and our own city is to be favored l with one of these conventions.
 Let us take our theme then, The | Spirit of Missions. and collect about | that theme some comments along the | line Of what this spirit of missions is l and how it may be obtained. would | also like to speak of some of the re- suits
 The spirit of missions. what? It l is the spirit that means the giving of | the gospel to all the earth in the | quickest possible time. The spirit of l missions is the spirit of Christ Not | even His enemies attempt to deny | that. IL was made evident in His ev- cry act. plan. and motive. He showed | it by calling and training his disciples 1 and by His words. l am the light of | the world He did not divide the | world up into parts and He is just as anxious to save the people of China | and Japan. and India, and Africa as of America. The spirit of missions | was the spirit of the early church. If you doubt il. think of the prospect be l fore the early church in the line of | service. Consider that in connection | with the service that those men ren-