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committee, announced that the Report
as a whole had been submitted to the
Association aud was In the printers
hands, to appear in pamphlet form IL
lnstrated. 1t will shortly be procur-
copy. postpaid to any address-free to
tue poor. The conclusion Of the Re-
port Is ia the nature of Summary.
which he read. We note some of its
more salient points. as follows
Summary of Report
Oriental Christians are about as sim
csre. intelligent and earnest as the
average OF church attendents in Eu-
rope aud America-rew sanity.
. Christia nizing endeavors seem pref
~ generally to have ceased. Present
missionary endeavorS are almost exclu-
siyely along the line of secular educa-
rion and medical aid b..
There is less need OF Academic aud
Collegiate education, such as the mis-
sionaries forward. than for Common
Schooling. The general Common School
education could best be furnished by
the government and along .unsectarian
lines. after the method followed under
the United States supervision in the
Philippine Islands. The tendency. of
the times in the Orient, as I'm the Occi-
dent. is toward uNbelief in any religion
The Orientals are remarkably toler-
ant of all religions, and are often per-
picked at the Missionary competition.
and opposition between Christian de-
nominations They would accept Chris
tianity il it could demonstrate it's su-
periolity.
Orientals are not heathen-savages,
but their educated classes include
splendid specimens of noble manhood,
the moral and intellectual peers Of Eu
ropeans and Americans. The masses
of these people are less vicious, less
rude. more kind and considerable than
are the masses Of Europe and Ameri
CT. Drunkenness and outward i'm
niddesty are almost unknown.
Many of the churches are self-sus
taining and the OrientalS prefer to
have them SO, rs they desire native
preachers, and to manage their own
affairs. -@
The very suggestion OF the world
conversion is ridiculous to the peoples
of the East-including the Mission
aries. The interest on $780,
100000, or the principal multiplied Il
thousand times, would accomplish lit
tie except along the lines Of secular
education-nOthins as respects the
worlds conversion. Nothing short Of
1.-The Kingdom OF Gods dear Son" can
meet the issue. ... Il.
Pastor Russells discourse follows:
Pastor RusseIl's Hippodrons Address.
Ask Ut Me and I,acilt gire Thee the
heather for Thine inheritance, and The
atterm0st parts of the earth for Thy pos
session Psalm ii, 8.
The prophetic words, addressed by
Jehovah to his Son. the Messiah, con-
FINALLY required TO my mind as
mingled with and observed the peoples
ofyIndia, China. Japan and the Philip
pines during orr recent World Tour.
Then certain questions came before my
mind, which with their answers will
place before you
The first question was. Why do We
cali these people heathen. They are
not barbarous, not savages. not lawless
people. Indeed. long centuries ago,
when our forefathers were barbarians.
these had much OF the civilization
which they still retain. But. | said,
We call them heather because the BIZ
Bile so refers to them, Let US see how
and why the Bible uses this term and
what is its Significance. In Bible
usage the word rendered heather is
the same as Is sometimes rendered nG-
tiOas and GsHtiles. Fer centuries 1t ap-
piled to all peoples outside the little
nation of Israel, because that one ma
ton had entered into Coyenant-reia-
tionship with God, and had become
His people. His dominion.
All the other ma atoms, not thus relat-
ed to God by Covenant, were styled
heather; all the outside nations were
aliens, strangers and foreigners from
the Covenants and promises made TO
Israel And this same term continued
to be applicable after, the coming of
Jesus. Even though the Gospel favor.
which, was originally offered to the
Jews. was later thrown open to Cor
nelius and all Gentiles. or heathens.
only those who accepted it's terms. and
came into Corenant.relationshi with