The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-02-03

alaAW Him" acts y, ~.
: (MSI03 RgSSELDl 30. Arcport of his
- address follows
Never before have seen so cosmo'
poIitan II city as Singapore. The
swarms Of Chinese, MaIays. HindooS.
.Iavanesr, Simnese. Singhtirsr, Rnr.
mcSe, Afghans. Mad1TSSi, Tnnls and
many other nationaIities are here inter
spcrsed by representatives Of prac7i,
calIy every nation in the world. Hence
forth New York City must in my mind
take second place as respects coslho-
politan population. The sight Of these
rommlpglcd peoples, only Il few Of
whoth know Of, worship, or in amy
wise acknowledge "thr Only True God.
md Jesus Christ whom He hath sent.
stlrs my heart, and my head as well.
NV heart goes out in sympathy for
them. My head inquiries respecting
Gods provision for the thrre-fourtlIS Of
humanity who have never heard of
Him and the salvation which He has
provided in Christ.
We recognize the clear statement Of
the Apostle that "Withnnt faith It Is
impossible to please Cod dIrbrcwS 81.
81: and his question. '"W Stla'l 'u'!
believe In Him of wilom they nave ,l"'
heard% GomanS y. III and also the
commission. "ThtS Gospel of the, King
dom shall be. preached III III thS Worll
for = witness; ana then SLoIl w e'''
come tAlalthHw NNlN' ~ lHiTI!!
enough we ASK w lGll kiild OF a't"id II
coming. and what VIII u mean 90 TUE
twelve millions WHO kh"" h"t ''e" "#'
to- the thousands OF millions q ,nr.
ancestors WHO uled siilii"lrIy is'i"'""'
of Him:
am. of course. familiar with the
diverse theories of the various drhohl-
nations of Christians, voiced ny theh
crccds. defer to these to the extent
nf saying that man! '""'e i'iel "le
to""E anu i"' ,, :" en- r,,.tn.,n, orom.
~, . ,''," a WV" .toi,. drn,or,rr n,Iasnrta.
.,',,, nv occnnnt If tbnf. ninN. ana
,",', .,a,o man do.cryo rcshnctruI
"" w - 80, '' T,t ,ro cannot oImit tho+
" d, ,an,,,mo1 nor tbot ,hofr con.
my WY tnr,niIJo II /, our uriy.
v y, 81 !. J.. anr dr,y IN try thcir
'''-,' ""'' !, go n.o ,rorid ,ost n roid
'"- ,,,.,, ,.o ,,.orld ,ir,, II If thn
'"''.' ~" ,,,,,o,,,raetnry wa would
rHS VIZ ,',,I ,a.t and ,brs dnmou-
"!I,t Nv, =, o,",rar,y NM hmmon rrrcd
".'"'I w. a"aamtaI &C imr,uihlv cor.
S'",'''u ',t -. tho onnIicotinn NJ trstS
w. "'' , tna ,i,,ht ,lr,q D,os its
in., :. r,mort with Tho Divine
o,''nantorg Is II reasonable inst. etc?
c :. ,'Jr, wa, u stonJ ,ho ,riI trst
''.'I,''NiI. ',as t,odT r. No. {, r,,st
" t,.c ,a ""," aro, thonrh rs hgs,,.
~ - -, Usual With nI,f,nc of tie
me- ,I ,rn,t,,
e''N " ~
Tried and rouna "ant'n9'
II will not do Tor us To say Whal we
gurSS or what Is oar opinion or W''a' Is
SgmcbodgS Uses guess. while nj lhr
same time we acknowledge the h'nlr
to he tile Divine Message. II the III,
bic liz the Divine Message as 81. laul
says, at Is worthy or all hccepta'l0h'
Il Timothy ". % II not worthy OF 'i
acccptation, II Is not worthy OF "r'
ccptance at all. and all Christian hopes
built upon the Bible w"nth core
spOndinEly fall. The lesson OF ms Is
the solidarity at the Iralh-tll" llo'r.
What does 1t say about the n'atn'''
We nsk this question oil the V"rlo'S
crcpds of Chrlstendom an" he"rN'"
to their reply.
A considerable class OF very Go'.
people by their crrcdS l"lI Us .h"I Il
God had forcorlalllrG ''r h'''"r'' u, t,
salvation lie WonI" nav" seen |" 1t