Evening journal., 1911-06-24
MISSI0NS-CHINA.
Topic for Sunday. June %.


The command and promise given by
Christ to His disciples on the noun !
tain top, Go We therefore and teach all |
nations, baptising them in the name
OF the Father and of the Son, and of
the Holy Ghost; teaching them to OBJ
serve all things whatsoever | have
commanded you; and. 10, / am with
you always, even unto the end of the
world should be obeyed and believed
by all Christians today. Every man,
who has been saved through Jesus
blood, is never satisfied unless he is
telling the story of Christ and His
love TO some of his fellow men, who
know nothing of this wonderful Savior.
We may tell our friends of Jesus. but
we cannot all tell our neighbors across
the seas in China, who need Christ's
redeeming love so much; but there are
many who are giving their lives to
carry the message Of salvation to
these people of the Great Eastern En-
pire
The Chinese people are surrounded
by customs and superstitions, that
originated before the time of Moses;
customs and superstitions that II Will
take many generations of enlighten-
ment to destroy But faith will re-
move mountains" and the missionary
is doing great work for the Master In
this land The people of China are so
thickly populated, that a Chinese Of
fetal, at the time of one of the recent
famines, said There are too many
Chinese. The country is over populat-
ed Let them die" That was the senti-
ment, not only of this one official, but
of many Of the better class of the ma
ton. That is surely not the spirit of
Christ who gave His life to save all
mankind The poor of China are a
wretched lot, but Christ loves them
just as much as he loves any other
human being Christ healed the lepers,
those men who we're outcasts from
human society; He forgave the sin
ful woman. who was accused by men
who had likewise committed sin, and
He said, Neither do ! condemn thee,
go and sin no more II Christ would
regard the lepers and the wretched
woman above mentioned, how much
more will He save the people of China,
who have been committing sin for many
ages, because they believed IL to be
right
There are many hundred million
souls in China, who know little or
nothing Of our great Savior These
| people believe that woman has not the
right to consider herself the equal of
man; she is the slave Of her husband,
and must bear punishment without
any chance Of appeal; she has no hope,
according to this law, in the life that
follows death, except to be reborn into
this world as a man. The custom Of
/ binding the feet of the woman has not
been given up, except by the Christian
! Chinese. The sufferings of the women
/ Of China cannot be pictured in words.
! All these things, however, are being
slowly changed by Christian influence.
/ The command, Husbands love your
/ wives and be not bitter against them,
! is understood more and more by the
/ converted Chinese and the women are
proving a great help to their husbands
/ in carrying the good news throughout
the land The Christian women, in
! stead of praying in the heather tenn
! pies to be reborn as men, are now
teaching their daughters Of Jesus and
His love.
A few years ago, a little Chinese girl
was brought to the home of one Of
the missionaries She had been thrown
into the river by her parents, shortly
after birth, but had been found by q
/ person who had also found the new
light" Today that girl is a woman. a
/ Christian woman, who dares stand be-
fore her people, contrary to her ma
J tive customs, and tell the old, old story
! Of the lowly Nazarene. She knows so
much Of Jesus. herself that she fairly
/ bubbles over with love for her fellow
Chinese. and she is being prospered In
her efforts. Many souls have been re-
claimed because Of the power, through
Christ, of this woman.
There is a great need for native
ministers in China For many years
the young men have been attending
the Christian colleges to learn Eng
lish, more for business reasons than