The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-02-22

cinl attention to a
SSaz - different feature
GASI0R RQSSElll of their investIga-
tIon. This, Is thelr
third week in India ,ull they haSe ~
ready travelled nearly twph Thousand
miles. They are keeny Interested IN
the heather and in the Bible, iFlt they
decline to give in a1Nn0s any hint
of what their report Will heas respects
the missionaries and their work Ia
Pastor Russell, GhNrIpan of the
Committee, preached twice tednH TO
large and attentive audiences in our
finest Auditorium. One Of his adj
dresses, from jeremiah i%, 20, -, We
report He saih:--
Your CITY Of Palaces greatly I'M
presses me. as doubtless II does all who
visit II. But us look at its sp!endOr
/ am reminded of that portion OF my
text which declares. "lGt him that
glorieth glory in this, That he under
standeth anu knoweth Me, that ] am
the Lord. which exercscth loying-klnd-
ness. Judgment and righteousness In
the earth" Wherever We 20 we per-
ceive that man, by virtue Of his crea'
ton. is II worshipCr. The organs OF
reverence aud spirituality although
only partially developed and much
shattered by Ignorance and superstlI
Ition, are to be found In every man. and
their position is the very highest in
his organism. Ny journey TO this CITY
has impressed this thought deeply yJh
| stopped ell route at Iuggernaut; the
very name called up the stories of my
childhood which so greatly aroused my
sympathes for the poor heather. MIS-
sionury reports told Of how in igno-
rance The natives would throw them
selves before the greet Car OF Jugger'
maui, feeling 1t an honor to thus sacrl.
flee their lives TO q false god. And
now. here am on the tianges Rixer,
iof whicDi IN childhood Iheard so'murlI
iti!at.tLfillgl tny heart with, Sympath.: I
nov. ynlothel!s threw tlleir babes, INTO
Itlle (ianses. mot because they had no
sympathy with their offspring. but be-
cause they desired to sacrifice to and
propitiate their gods. Now that | am
here do thank God that, although the
heather have not been converted TO a
true knowledge OF the great Jehovah,
they have, nevertheless come under
the strong hand OF the British govern
nent. which, whatever its defects,
seeks Mt least to protect its subjects
from the extremes Of their own igno-
ranccNnd superstition.
The Desire Of All Nations.
While 1t is true that the worst form
OF government imaginable Is preferable
TO anarchy. and while It is also true
that the British Government is
amongst the most Just in the world,
nevertheless, no government that fallen
man has ever made or can make can
ever satisfy the ideals Of the more In
telligcnt. Hence for centuries the hea-
then world has dreamed of ii Golden
Age to come aud Bible Students have
reioiced in the Divine promise that the
Messlaulc Kingdom will follow our
present arrangement and that 1t VIII be
proved to be 1.-THE desire Of all nations.
oh, ,slnce we perceive the ignorance
and superstition OF heathendom. our
hearts cry out for the promised reign
of Messiah and the blessing that then
will accrue to mankind! The very best
that we have yet attained, in the most
civilized lands, comes far short OF tue
Divine promise OF the conditions to
nreyall as Il result OF Messlah's rule.
Then all ignorance, all superstition.
all sin, all sorrow, all pain, all death
shall be abolished and finally, with
the willfully wicked Destroyed IN the
Second Death, the time will have
come when Gods will shall be done
ON earth rs fully. as completely, as 1t
is now done In heaven. When every
knee shall bow and every tongue r"n-
fess" to the glory Of Col; when the
knowledge OF the glory OF the Lord
shall I'LL the whole earth as tue wa
tiers cover the great deep When no
man will need say TO his neighbor.
know thou the Lord, for all shail
know Him from the least Of them to
the greatest Of themH-lt is for that
glorious Epoch, my dear hearers, that