The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-03-01

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ifrAST0R RlJSSEITl work am ong s t
themselves at the
various stopping points and will colabor
in the report. We report today's dis
course in the Y. NJ. @. A. Auditorium
by Pastor Russell. the Chairman Of
the Committee, as follows - $500
L had great interest in your land
and it's people before coming to your
shores. but my interest has been
greatly increased by what / have wit
messed during the past three weeks in
Inda-pot only in your largest cities,
but also in your towns. villages and
agricultural districts. As there are no
other extremes in the world so great
as between the caps of your Himalaya
mountains and the wash Of your coral
strands. $4,000 feet below them, so
likewise there can be found no greater
contrast socially and financially then
between your wealthy princes and
your poverty stricken lower castles.
Although such contrasts arc deplora
bic we have no remedy to suggest, ex-
cept the Divine one-the establish
ment Of Messiah's Kingdom.
Sympathy misspplied.
Meantime. if poverty be favorable to
saintship. there should be excellent
material In abundance here. Indeed.
one Of the thugs which has impressed
mo is the. religious sentiment of India.
The religious fervor' Of the thousands
who battle In the Gauges. and the
numerous temples and shrines in every
city. remind me Of Saint PauPs words
respecting some of his day: feeling
after God. If, haply they might, find
Him. The two thousand temples and
sblines Of the one, city. OF Benares
speak volumes for the religious sent-
ment Of the people and. although !
have remarked Of your, hundreds Of
millions Of hopelessly poor, l have not
overlooked the fact that some Of your
wealthy have shown that they are not
without generous instincts, Many Of
your merchant princes hare evidently
given largely to the charitable institu-
tiops. notably in, Bombay: and I would
not overlook the fact that i'll one Of
your great cities large animal hospitals
have been provided for decrepit chick
ems. donkeys. horses. etc. However
We may consider such sympathy mis-
applied. in view OF huDtaR need and
suffering. we cannot overlook the fact
that sympathy ~ there only waiting
for. the proper direction which Mes
slabs Kingdom will shortly give. -,
In your own grand Bombay | uoted
with astonishment the Towers Of 81.
leuce, where the .Parsee element Of
your population gives the flesh Of its
dead to feed the rultures. Alas. my
soul cries out. Is not such beroism
worthy of better cause--would not
these parsees make wonderfully faith
ful Christians, If they but had The
blessing Of the true Light? How ] re.
joice in the Divine promise that the
true Light of the world shall yet light
Ell every MAN that c0netk. into the
world! John i. 81 How glad. am
that now / see the Divine provision
for the hundreds of millions, Of India
and Of the whole world to come to a
knowledge ol tile glory. of God, under
the uplifting of the Kingdom Of Mes
siah. And how ! rejoice to believe it
is near, even at the doors-just behind
a terrible time of trouble and anarchy,
which India will not escape. -.
= Heights and Depths Divine. o..
But l must not dwell too much OH the
dark side of midas picture; you know
it too we'll already. I will allow the
wonderful heights OF the Himalayas
from your sea shore TO draw our atten-
ton to the Apostles words respecting
''the heights and depths. the lengths
and breadths Of the. Love Of, God.
which passeth all understanding" That
IL the text Of my parting words to
India. In the, past our forefathers
studied Gods Word With the light of
a tallow candle, or OF a pine knot. or
Of smoking lamp; now we may
search the Scriptures in the clear.
steady light of the electric lamp. which
brings us almost noon day bright
ness. ~ ~, --~ .E -....
Correspondin2ly. we find beauties in
the Divine Word and Plan which our
forefathers Of the day of the tallow
dip could not discern Once we be-
lieyed with our forefathers that Gods
love was merely for the elect" sanity
few. and that the non'elect. in His dis
pleasure. He had doomed to eternal
suffering. Now we see the same bless
jngs as ever for the elect" but other
blessings for the uon.sleet. the world
earthly blessings of restitution to hui
sian perfection and to an earthly Eden
Worldwide -. -r.s
Our forefathers saw the height OF
Gods love for the holy angels and its
condescensioD to the sanity OF men
but they did not see. its depths. They
did not see that the Redemption accom-
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