The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1910-03-04
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Chr1Stfanlzed humanity: Inc klnS-
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 hope of
brotherhood embracing every tribe
and kindred. 1t is the kingdom of
God on earth.
Such a vision is proof either of
sublime faith or folly. Folly it would
90 were It not that we have conf
our Father That confidence III the
Eternal justifes the vision. The
trend of the ages is toward its realiza-
ton. 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 Zangwills great play,
1.-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 it 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 a 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
fury 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 will
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-
ton 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 Obllt-
Grated Foreign missions are at our
very doors. Samuel j. Mills had the
worldwide vision, but he was faith
full, intelligent worker in the home
field Our own land is but segment
of the grea 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 Christianize his
own land that it 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, 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.
I want you all to see the world
wide vision. / have no fear that it
will lessen your interest in our own
church. The people who pray and
0f IN
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 to
the task Of winning all nations to
Christ
I want you to get the worldwide
vision for your own sake. 1t will eX-
pand your thought, enlarge your
heart, enrich your life. 1t is an edu
cation in the largest and noblest uni
yersity 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 to
contribute to it's solution you will find
yourselves growing in knowledge, in
interest, in sympathy. You become
citizens of the whole world. Let us
then offer the prayer the Master has
taught us, Thy kingdom come, with a
resolute determination to do more
than we have ever done to make the
kingdom of the world the kingdom of
Christ.