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in our giving and praying. Africa may
not appeal to us as missionary center.
for it is not SO close to us in knowledge
and experience as Japan: but We want to
cultivate a zeal for the black race as well
as for the yellow race, and we can begin
right here at home, where We have Africa
at our very DOORS
Again we must remember the power of
Gods Word in all our missionary work.
Philip expounded the Bible to the Ethio-
plan. but it is significant that the Ethio-
plan had been reading the Bible himself
and so was ready TO learn from Philip.
All. the blessed scriptures do their work
wherever they go, and it is comfort TO
know that they are translated into many
of the Languages which the people in
Africa speak I have recently enjoyed a
visit from an English lawyer, standing
high in his nation and in his church. ana
/ think We spent most of our time dis
GUESSING Bible verses and drawing out
from them new and glorious suggestions.
E His intelligence and knowledge of the
Bible helped me greatly. and after he
had gone away / took my dear old
Bible in my hands. il seemed to me that
in this book we have riches of which we
have not yet touched the surface. though
it has been ours for 1890 years. We draw
our ms Diration for missions from the BIZ
BILE We find there the precious promises
which we know can never fail We read
there our directions as to methods of
work among rich and poor and we find
the mefclIul 1nTlSL every where III us
pages. standing. as it were. with hands
stretched out to all the world The best
preparation for missionary work is a
study of the Bible. 1t would be we'll to
make it the central text book in all mis-
sionary study classes. Take. for in
stance. our subject today-Africa. COL
late all the passages of the Bible relat-
ing to Africa and African people, and
see what wealth of information APP
pears. History. poetry, prophecy, from
Ham to the Ethiopian. are full of the
message to bid US to active and untiring
service
Wherever true missionary begins
in his work. he always ends in the
story of Jesus. He is the center of the
Bible: He is the center of life. Do
we long for gOodness-He is our divine
model. Do we hate sin? He is the
Savior from sin. Are we lonely? He
is our Friend. Are we ignorant? He
is our wisdom Do we wonder about
the future? He reveals to US all we
can understand and all we need to
know. One grows weary of hearing
about morality and ethics. as if these
theories of goodness could ever save
some of the scientists who seem to
think that discovery and invention are
all that men Qeed to eXalt them and
make them powerful. If it can be
shown that any nation has ever risen
to strength and usefulness and purity
and goodness by the teaching of phil
osophy or the discoveries Tor theories)
Of science: If any homes have been
made happier and any hearts more
tender by the ideas of men who know
not God. then we may acknowledge
that Christianity, which brings a Christ
and a Savior to men, is failure. His
tory gives but one proof. and that
lasting proof. The only power to re-
deem and save, and bless and exalt,
is the power of personal Savior
Leave Christ out of life and you have
anarchy and despair. Take Jesus as
the one great central fact and person
of life. and you have peace and trust
courage and assurance. Only as He is
known and loved, only His will is