Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-02-19

ugation. This is their third week in
India and they have already Travelled
nearly two thousand miles. They are
keenly interested in the heathen and in
the Bible, but they declined 10 give i'll
advance any hint of what their report
will be as respects the missionary work
here.
Pastor Russell, Chairman Of the Com
mittee, preached twice to-day to large
and attentive audiences in our finest
auditorium. One OF his addresses from
jeremiah tx. 23, 81. we report. He
said
Your "City Of Palaces greatly i'm
presses me. MS doubtless it does all who
visit it. But as look at its splendnr
am reminded of that portion Of my
text which declares. Let him that glo-
ricth glory in this, that he understand
eth and knOwcth Me, that ] am the
Lord. which c1crriseth loving Kindness,
Judgment aud righteousness in the
earth" Wherever VIC 90 we perceive
that. man, by virtue Of his creation, is
n TOrShippnr
I stopped enrouic ut Juggernaut: the
very name called up the stories Of my
childhood which so greatly aroused my
sympathics for the poor heather. Mis-
sionary reports told of how in iGno-
rance the natives would throw them
selves before the great Car Of .Iuggcr-
:, tf,f lti,..
fec their lives. And now. here am nn
the Gauges River. Of which in child
hood heard so much that thrilled my
heart with sympathy--how mothers
throw their ba hos into the Gauges. NOT
because thoy had 10 sympathy with
their offspring. but because they d''-
sired to sacrifice 20 and propitia'n their
gods.
"Now We Know In Part"
Now that | am here | do thank God
that. although the hcHthcn have not
been converted 10 Il true knowledge OF
the great Jehovah. they have. never
thelcss, come under the Sir0n" hand
of The British Government. which,
whatevcr its defects. seeks nj least To
protect its subjects from the extremes
of their own ignorance and SipcrSii-
ton
81. Paul wrote. "%ow we know III
part. but then we snail know even rs
also we are known II Cor. xiii. -
Alas, How every true Christian must
realiZe how his OWN knowledge uf Goa
and that Of bis fnrcfaihcrS ilHS so
slightly exceeded the knowledge of the
heather. that he found It difficult +"
GLORY" i'm his understanding of God.
Only those who are adhcrcnl> to The
declarations nf the Bible that "G"f IS
Love-" that His mercy cndurctII ever.
that He is like Il plying father. that
He is Il God of All Grace. the Father
of NcrcicS. whose loving kindness We
cannot measure only such have the
assurances which enable them t" offset
the horrible theories of our rr"edS
formulated in a darker past. ana winch
told us more horrible things respect
ing our God and His treatment al man
kind than our poor heathen brethren
ever imagined
But now the better day * dawliu-.
We are seeing he glorious outlines OF
the Divine character in The Divine Ran
rs never before: Our hearts first led
the WAY and rrbcllcd against the u!r-
tum nf our faIiarinuS reasoning. Alid
now. in Gods due time. when nature
Is welding up her secrets and chcihlS-
try is making the world anew. behold
/ the key Ia thc Divine Word i THRUST
into our hands. unlocking It's mysteries
and explaining its paraboIlc symbols
! TO our aslonishcd faith.
Knowing Our God.
: Our I,cdernIrr declared. This u life
! eternal. that they might know Ih"c.
! the only true aud living cod. and
Jesus Christ. whom Thou hast sent.
| Evidently the great Tca"hcr had In
mind the thouGht Of our teXt-n"t
merely knowledge about God. but
an acQuainiauceship with Him. such
as can come only through Il fellow
ship Of spirit and IN understanding OF
the Divine Program.
! IN our blindness of the past. ;ISslii''-
! inc that all the nou-ecct would he
consigned 10 all eternity or torture. W"
! published IN our missionary reports
! that ninety thousand every day
| 90 down Into death int" Ihristl"ss
sraves-and. ky inference. into cler-
! nal torture.
Now we read Gods character IN fair
err lines Now We perceive that F"r r
! Thousand years. the Eject. on the nc'tT-
emily plane. Invisible - men. like uni"
/. me angels will live and ,.rei=n.+wi'h
Christ lRev,: yx&: 4, for The blessing Of
the npn-ecct-fnr their uplifting from
conditions Of sin and lmpcrle;''pn
back to tie glorious heights Of tho m
= Il j.