Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1911-07-26
FOREIGN MISSIONS.
Able Defense of Foreign Mis-
sions BY Rev. T. H. Garrett,
of Parksville. Scripture
Quoted.

Ooiile raIner vigorous artlcleS a.
t peared some time ago in the Adve
7 tiser in defense of the anti-missic
views so widely disseminated
late by the Editor of certai
newspaper and magazine publisne
in another State. The writer {
these articles starts out by sayin
THAI his widely-misunderstood an
} much-abused friend is not oppose
to foreign missions, on the contrar,
is a strong believer in and staunc
supporter of the cause. But wha
does such statement as this amour
to inthe face of the scathing edito
rial articles that appear in almos
every Issue of his periodicals, dc
nouncing as unscriptural and un
christian every known method o
nilsson work employed by any
and all, evangelical Christian de
nomination on the face of the earth
he not only exalts himself in poin
of wisdom and knowledge, abov,
the combined intelligence of all
Christendom, but is self f-appointeG
Judge over the consciences of the
children of God, impugning the
very motives of the great hosts ot
pious men and women who are con.
nected with, or contribute to any
missionary enterprise, charging
them with insincerity, self. seeking,
dishonesty and ignorance motley
crew of ignoramuses, hypocrites
and swindlers, and these harsh crit
icisms are delivered in the most in
vective manner and venomous spirit
l have ever seen exhibited in public
print. Tell me such man as this
believes in foreign missions! Impos-
,sible. His speech betrayeth him.
For as man thinketh in his
heart, so is he: Eat and drink,
sayssth ~ eth ae to thee; but his heart is
sess his spirit. If any man have moi
the spirit Of Christ, he is none of,
his. by their fruits We shall know
them. Do men gather grapes of
thorns, or figs of thistles? Even a
child maketh himself known by his
doings, whether his work be pure,
and whether it be right" Not
every one that sayeth unto me,
Lord, Lord, shall enter into the
Kingdom of heaven; but he that
doeth the will of my Father which
is in heaven.' For by thy words
thou shalt be justified, and by thy
words thou shalt be condemned"
Why do men not believe in for
eign missions? Simply because they
do not believe in Jesus Christ. For
one who really believes in the Lord
Jesus Christ must believe in world
wide gospel; i. e., he must believe
that the gospel of Christ is COM
with the needs of man.
kind, of all mankind, everywhere.
1t is no longer a lack of informa-
ton that people do not believe in
foreign missions any more than it is
. lack of information that people in
this country do not believe in
Christ; but it is an absolute refusal
to accept the information at hand
and wilful rejection of the truth. |
Jesus said, IF any man willeth to
10 his will, he shall know CT the
;eachings, whether it be of God, or
whether 1 speak from myself"
'Ye have not his word abiding in
you: for whom he sent, him we be
ieve not" And ye will not come
O me, that ye may have life"
saul says it is, Because the carnal
mind is at enmity against God: for
is not subject to the law of God,
leither indeed can he. So then they
hat are in the flesh cannot please
1od." Jesus told Nicodemus that
n order to understand these deep
piritual truths it was necessary that
ne should be born again. Verify,
'erily, l say unto thee, except
nan be born anew, he cannot see
he Kingdom of God" That which
, born of the flesh is flesh; and that
yhich is born of the Spirit is spirit.
Iarvel not that l said unto thee,
e must be born anew" Saul brings
ut the same great truth in his first
etter to the Corinthians, when he
avs: THE natural man receiveth
OF the things of the Spirit of God:
or they are foolishness unto him;
nd he cannot know them, because
ney are spiritually discerned." This
J the only satisfactory explanation
f the matter that have even been 1
bic to find. 1t is the explanation s
iven both by the Apostle Saul and
y Jesus himself, and therefore, l
lust be the correct one. No uncir-
umcised mind could read the '
handwriting on the WALL" 'Ye
now how to discern the signs of I
ne times" t
Our informant tells us that his c
riend is noble man, very wise '
nd exceedingly smart, and has g
'ritten book. That may all be I
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