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| form Illustrated. II will shortly be pro-
| durable at the small price of . cents per
copy, postpaid to any address-free to the
!! poor. The conclusion of the report is In
| the nature of a which he read.
| Some of its more salient points are as Iol-
lows:
| Christianizing endeavors seem pretty
| generally to rave ceased. Present mis-
| sionary endeavors are almost eXeluslVel!
along the line of secular education anu
| medical aid.
There is less need of academic and coll
| le..a1e education. such as the mission
| aries forward, than for common schooling.
The general common school educatlon
could best be furnished by the government
| and along unsectarian lines. after tine
| method followed under the United STATES
supe, vision in the Philippine islands.
| The Orientals are remarkably tolerant
of all religions. and are often p~elpleXed at
| 1he missionary competition. and opposition
between Christian denominations. lhes
would accept Christianity II 1t couid
demonstrate it's superiority.
Orientals are not hcathen-savages. bu.
their educated classes include splendid
| specimens of noble manhood, the mora,
and intellectual peers of Europeans and
Americans. Drunkenness ana ut"aTu
immodesty are almost unknown.
The very suggestion of the worlds con-
version is ridiculous to the peoples OF tne
Il CASJ-ilCluuIIlS tIC ~
interest on 5000 600. or the principal null
| tiplied l,OOO times, would accomplish little
except along the lines of secular educa-
| rion-nothing as respects the worlds con-
| version. Nothing short of the Kingdom
| of Gods dear Som can meet the Issue.
Pastor Russelrs discourse '"ilows:
Pastor Russell's Hippodrome Address
Text: ASK of Me and I will give Ihee
the heather for an inheritance. and the
uttermost parts of the earth for IA pos
session. Psalm viii,2.
This text has been before the pastors
mind continually during his worlds tour.
a. Why call the people of India. emma
and .Japan heathens. since they are not
barbayians but civilized? Their civilfza-
ton antedates ours. and to them belong
some of the great Inventions, such as
printing, paper making. gunpowder. me
compass. etc. We follow the bible, which
uses tho word heather, Gentiles and ma
| tions INTERCHANGEABLE. and applies these
terms to all except the Jewish nation and
the Christian church.
The reason for his is that only Israel
spiritual. and Israel natural nave thus
rar entered into covenant relationship
with God.
Orient and occidcnt Compared.
TIL pastors second question was, To
what extent is our western civilization.
sometimes styled Christian civilization,
| superior TO that of the east:
Our dreadnaughts, which the Chinese
and ,Japanese are now copying, where
we're they 20 years ago? The Chinese and
the japanese are now copying our rail-
ROADS. etc. But where were they a CEN
tury ago? So with the telegraph, the
telephone and electrical appliances.
These inventions are evidences of the
dawning Of q New Dispensation, which is
to make the earth rich n happy anu
eventually to wipe away all tears and to
abolish death. 1t is this coming time that
81. Peter STYLES, Times OF Restitution
Acts iii. 1921.
The pastors third question was:-
To What Extent 10 Christian C~iviliza-
ton BLESSING the Wor,dY 49,,
He considered it beyond question that a
blessing had come to the world through
| the teachings of Jesus and the Apostles.
| The blessings come to all who accept the
Gospel message in truth and sincerity.
! These enjoy intelligently a peace of God
such as others cannot know. and these
manifest q fruitage of the Holy Spirit.
But aside from these footstep followers
\ of Jesus and their special blessings, the
| pastor uueried whether the remainder OF
mankind under Christian civilization were
happier than those under heather re-
| |igions, such as Buddhism. What he had
seen of India. China and Japan led him
to believe that the 100000, 600 of these lands
are more c%ontented, more happy than are
| the peoples of Europe and America. even
though they possess little of the wealth
and comforts of the world.
What ls the Reason FOR This?
Pastor Russells answer ts, 1t IS because
| the teachings of Jesus and the Apostles,
in line with the teachings of Moses and
the Prophets, the teaching of human
| equality. begets a love of liberty and a
| contention for It. Wherever the bible has
gone it has exercised a two-fold influence,
already noted. 1t carries special blessings
to those who fully accept its teachings
and relationship to God. 1t has brought
them peace and rest, but to Others 1t
f1las meant contention and strife because
| of the entrenched selfishness in their ma
| lures. They get enough from Christ's
| teachings to arouse and awaken them.
but not enough to sanctify them. This
was the intimation of the Great Teacher.
Think not that I am come to send peace
| upon the earth; ] tell you, Nay, but a
sword."-Mattllew Z. :.
4 = nv WHY s%e eiXs Ths g t ts,s a ass ssr Re-.
deemer prayed for the church, saying. IT
pray not for the world (the heathen). but
for those whom Thou has given Me. that
they MAJ all he one 1t has required this
entire age to find this elect company. and
they will be made one by the glorious
change of the First Resurrection. said the
pastor.
Then will come the time when Jesus
will pray for the world. as intimated IN
our text. and then the world will be given
to Him. For = thousand years He viii
reign for the blessing and uplift OF Adam
and all his race. He secured the rieht to
this by the sacrifice OF Himself is cenf,,r.
les agO He las since been gathering His
Church, His Bride. to be His Joint heir