The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1910-06-17
STATEHOOD BILL PASSED

ods. II is easy to recall the time when
the work of foreign missions was com.
monty regarded by Christian people as
the sending of small, forlorn hope in.
TO the midst of great masses of dark.
ness and superstition, from which very
little could be looked for in return.
The English Ideas.
"The missionaries work conceived TO
be "a continual struggle with heather.
ism, and at the best the converts gain.
ed were thought of as little groups of
unimportant people, whose conversion
was gratifying for the sake of ,r q iudi.
viduals gained, hat who had rail- import.
ant share in the missionary ~ frprise
as O whole.
Now, happily, the churchnd home
sees further into the true stshor rf the
matter, and the most importa, General
conclusion which we draw IN the
replies made to our inquire IN all
parts of the world is that tho forth
this view must be entirely a 1ed
We have now to think Of tackcLdrch
in the mission field not as a ltberoduct
Of mission work, but as itse,.c far the
most efficient element in the Christian
propaganda. The words of christian
people, spoken to their own countrymen
in all lands, are the most efficient. as
well as the most extensive. preaching
Of the gospel aud their lives are every.
where the most conspicuous and con.
elusive evidence Of ITS truth.
Powerful Element
&c In many Of the greater mission fields
Christian people are now recognized
as IA definite community whose social
life and ideals, as well AS their personal
taith and character, are already berom.
ing n wonderful element in the reshap.
ing of national life. They are every.
where subjected to watchful scrutiny
on the part of the non.Christian com.
munities, and there seems 10 be gen.
eral acknowledgement that the life thus
jealouSly watched affords "a real vindi. !
cation of the spiritual power of the reli.
gion they profess,
I'm short, the church on which we
report presents itself no longer AS an |
inspiring but distant ideal, nor even as
tender plant or IA young child, appeal |
ing To our compassion and nuturing |
care. We see it now an actual church |
in being, strongly rooted, and fruitful
in many lands. The child has, in many |
places reached, and in now both fitted |
and willing, perhaps in .aw eases too
eager, TO take upon itself full burden
or responsibility and service. -
Work In Detail
One by one the report takes up the
countries of the world and describes
the progress which has been ma !,
each, II tells of the Fiji Islanders.
who, not many years ago ignorant of
Christianity, are strongly under the IN.
fluence of he church If the thousands
OF Christians amunC the ahorigines o.
Australia, the converts from the wild
and savage inhabitants Of New Guinea:
the hundreds of thousands in Japan who
are Christian worshipers; Of the churrh
in Manchuria, still persisting in its work
despite Inc persecution % which il has
been subjected repeatedly; rho converts
in various countries on the continent of
Asia and in the regions Of Africa which
are in the sphere of Christendom. The
countries yet almost untouched by mis-
sion workers are also alluded TO, such
M Mongolia, Thibet, Turkestan, AZ
ghanstan, Arabia, and large portions
of Africa.
cit is inspiring To reflect, the re.
port continues, chow the younger
Christian communities make good the
lack of service oI the older, and the old.
er join with the younger so that
throughout the Lord s Day Ground the
world, from the rising sun to the going
down of It, incense and pure Offering as.
cend increasingly to God, land answer.
ing land 9s each in turn takes up The
chorus. So under God = ordinances of
day and night it has already come %
pass that "The Holy Church throu III.
out the world keeps her sacred watch
in solemn commemoration of the .resur
rection Of her Lord" "
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President c, w. Harrison, sof the In.
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