Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-12-23

ilkASI0K kU29tlllJ ADDRESS. de hao
large audience
and attentive hearing. His text was
from Isaiah Xvi. 8, respecting the
birth Of a nation In a day. He said;-
In my childhood days every penny
could save was devoted to Foreign
Missions The Hawaiian Islands and
the FIJI Islands were prominent be-
fore the Christian world as missionary
fields. remember well that the es-
tablishment of a civilized government
In these Islands was hailed as the full
flment Of the text have chosea-"a
nation born In day." The thought
then was that thus speedily the wOrld
would be converted and the glorious
promises Of the Hebrew prophets full
filed. How earnestly we labored and
prayed, "Thy Kingdom come" think
ing all the while that we We're bring
ing the Kingdom of God to earth and
fulfilling the Lords Prayer!
Alas! we are having rude awaken
ing from such dreams. We are finding
that II the Kingdom Of God must be
established by human power 1t Will
never be established We are finding
that the worlds population is doubling
every century. If we double our mis-
sionary enterprises every century we
would only be keeping pace with the
natural Increase of the human family
Statistics show us that there are
twelve hundred millions of heathen
today and that a century ago there
were only half as many. Alas! those
missionary hopes of ours have gone
gllmmering.
But the awakening has done us gOod !:
1t has taught us to think a little. We
are now senslbly inquiring. Suppose
we should convert all the heather and
make the whole world Chrlstendonn
Of the same sort that we have in ES1-
rope and America! What thenY WOULD
Gods will be done on earth as 1t is
done in heaven-perfectly? Could we
thus hope to bring In the glorious CON-
dltions prophesied, In which not only
the knowledge of God would Oil the
whole earth. but additionally every
knee should bow and every tongue con-
fess In such manner as to be to the
glory Of God? We see that such hopes
would be worse than foolish; they
would be ludicrous. Thus our awaken
ing has done us good, and sent us aga In
to Gods Book to see wherein we erred
in our expectations.
What Say the seripturesH
The dlsIllusion respecting great wor ks
Of our own humbled us before God and
made us realize our dependence upon
Him for the fulfllment of the glOhous
prophecies. We have read our Bibles
afresh We have taken from our min ds
the spectacles OF our forefathers with
the color and gloss which they hand ed
down to us. We are now reading God s
Book In Its own light. allowing God 20
be His own Interpreter. and Hlmse II
to make II plain. And what do we
tind? All, wonder of wonders We
find the Divine Plan wider and deeper
and higher than we had ever dream ed,
We find that the present Age, from
Calvary and Pentecost to the second
coming of Jesus. Is not Gods time FOR
dealing with the world. opening their
blind eyes, unstopping their deat ears
and making every knee to bow and ev.
cry tongue to confess. II Is merely
His time for the gathering out from
every nation, people. kindred and
tongue u ''ittle fiock" of such as ha We
the hearing ear and the appreclatfve
heart. to become the Bride Of Christ
and His jolnt-helrs in His glorI Gus
Kingdom. the establishment Of which
will mean the blessing of all the ia mi.
lies Of the earth, as was promised to
Father Abraham.
Well may we reason that IL our Q cd
waited for four thousand years bef ore
He sent his Son to redeem the world
and has since waited two thousa nd
more for the selecting OF the Bride Of
Christ, He must intend that the great
Kingdom OF His Son. the Messia mic
reign Of a thousand years, is to do a
great work for mankind In gene raj
Such broad foundations, such deep laid
plans and arrangements foreteLI q
grand and glorious outcome Evident
" Gods Word shall be fulfilled W hich
He spoke, saying, MY Word that 30
eth forth out OF My mouth shall moi
return unto Me void. but it shall ac
compllsh that which please. and 3 hal
prosper In the thing whereunto sent
IT,"
The message went forth in a primary
sense In Eden. when God declared that
eventually "the Seed Of the WOMAN