The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1912-11-07

| s live subject OF
Foreign Missions
l which is stirring
| Chrlstendom. His
= text was, "This
l(ASTOR RUSSELDl Gospel Of the
Kingdom shall be
preached in all the world, for a wit
ness unto all nations; and then shall the
End come" Matt. xiv, 14.) He said:-
| A year ago the International Bible
Students Association sent Commit
tee Of Seven to investigate missionary
prospects in foreign lands-es especially
In South India, where 1t Is making spe-
cial effort. was one Of that Com
mittee, otherwise composed Of four
successful business men, one doctor,
Ind General Hall, Of the b. 3. a. The
Committee made it's report to one Of
the largest Christian gatherings ever
held in New York City-in the Hip
podrome-on March 31st. Its Report,
published in pamphlet form, reached
q wide circulation amongst Christian
people. am authorized to offer free,
until the supply Is exhausted, one copy
each to all interested in Foreign Mis-
sions. Send postcards addressed to
II. B. 8. A., Brooklyn, N. T." re-
questing copy of the Missionary Re
port. The Committee, in preparing this
Report, laid bare the facts as gently
and kindly as possible.
Their Report, which many Christian
people gratefully acknowledged, has
irritated a few persons. These evil
IDENTIFY feared that we have discredited
their fairy tales respecting the immedi-
ate conversion Of the world by human
fundamentally and more millions of
money. We sympathize with these en-
thusiasts, who seem to shut their eyes
to facts, while hoping against hope to
maintain exploded theories. One of
these, Mr.. w. T. Ellis, alias the ERE
lgious Rambler" attacks our Report.
Falsely he declares that we journeyed
on the same vessel from San Francis
co to Shanghai, giving the impression
that we had not visited Japan at all;
that we merely raced through the
country, did not visit all the mission
stations, nor talk with all the mission.
aries.
Our Report tells the facts. The Com
mittee Of Seven scattered, and spent
six days in Japan, or a total Of forty
two days Of investigation. Our TWEEN
ty-three days spent in India would be
the equivalent of nearly six months
investigation by one person. We Wis
tied and Intercepted the people, saw
their conditions, attended meetings.
etc.
As for myself, this critic charges in
one breath that did not preach the
sermons which appeared in the news
papers Of the world; and in the next
breath that spent all Of my time in
preaching, and therefore had not time
tor investigation. A discerning public
can read between the lines of such
criticism what the Bible symbolically
describes as "gnashing Of teeth" Our
Committee took the only proper course
tor ascertaining the facts. Every mis-
sionary and every other person visit
Ing foreign LANDS within five years, will
concede that our Report Is very truth.
eul. kind and sympathetic.
PestmlIlsnniaI Theories Versus Pre-.
millennial.
Foreign Mission work taught by the
Scriptures generally Is wholly differ
INT from that which has been attempt
ID during the past century, under the
Postmillennial theory-that the Church
b to conquer the world for Christ and.
b bring about thousand years reign
of Righteousness, after which Christ's
Second Advent will come, and those
blessed conditions obliterated BY the
burning up Of the world. This theory,
pet forth In nearly all Of our creeds,
b supplemented BY the theory that al
Tying in ignorance Of Christ and out
ode Of saintship. are passing to an
Dternity Of torture.
This frenxied view, misnamed Coz
~. has been presented to the heather
With little appreciable effect, just a.
b civilized lands. The whole theory
3 wrong: What the whole world needs
b the True Bible Message, stripped Of
IN the ignorance Of the Dark Ages.
The Bible teaches the Premillennial
Coming Of Christ-that the Second
] Coming Of Jesus must take place BE-
lore His Kingdom q established In
power and great glory and Satan
bound. The dead win come forth. The
rising Sum Of Righteousness viii cause
he knowledge Of God to all the earth.
dissolving the mists Of bigotry and
superstition and helping humanity back
10 perfection.
The text declares the preaching Of
the Gospel In this Age to be, not for
the conversion Of the world, but for a
lcitness, to call an Elect Class from
amongst mankind to be the Spiritual
Seed Of Abraham. Galatians III, 2aJ