The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1912-04-11

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(lRASI0R- RUSSELDl H. Robson, as
Secretary of the
| Committee, announced that the Report
as whole had been submitted to the
| Association and was in the printers
! hands, to appear in pamphlet form u
Illustrated. 1t will shortly be procur-
able at the small price Of five cents per
| copy, postpaid to any address-free to
| the poor. The conclusion Of the Re-
port is In the nature of a Summary
which he read. We note some of it's
more salient points, as Hlows:-
Summary of Report.
Oriental Christians are about as SIN
cere. Intelligent and earnest as the
average OF church attendants in Eu-
rope and Amcrica-few sanity.
Outstanding endeavors seem pref
| ty generally TO have ceased! Present
missionary endeavors are almost eXclu-
! sivcly along the line Of secular educa-
| ton and medical aid.
| There is less need of Academic and
Collegiate education, such as the mis-
| Slonarles forward, than for Common
Schooling. The general Common School
! education could best be furnished by
! the government and along unsecturian
| lines, after the method followed under
! the United States supervision in the
| Philippine Islands. The tendency Of
| the times in the Orient. rs in the Occi-
| dent. is toward unGelief in any religion
! The Orienta!S are remarkably tolcr-
| ANT of all religions, and are often Der
picked at the Missionary connection,
and opposition between Christian de-
nominations. They would accept Chris
tianity If it could demonstrate its su-
| perOrity.
Orientals are not heathen-savages,
! but their educated classes include
! splendid specimens of noble manhood,
the moral and intellectual peers of Eu-
! ropcaES and Americans. The masses
| or these people are less vicious. less
! rude, more kind and considerable than
are the masses of Europe and Ameri-
ca. Drunkenness and outward i'm
modesty are almost unknown.
Many Of the churches are seif-sus-
tanning and the Orientals prefer to
have them so, as they. desire native
preachers, and to manage their own
affairs.
| The very suggestion Of the worlds
conversion is ridiculous to the peoples
Of the East-incIuding the Mission
aries. -a*-&- The intereSt-on-$3O ,.
GG2,0UO, or the principal multiplied q
thousand times, would accomplish lit
tie except along the lines Of secular
Notwithstanding rs respects the
worlds conversion. Nothing short Of
1.-THE Kingdom OF Gods dear Som can
meet the issue.
! Pastor Russelps discourse follows:
! Pastor Russell's Hippodrome Address.
! "Ask Of Me ana aCiN Oire Thec the
! hc0tdcn for Thine inheritance, and the
| nttcrmoSt parts Of tke earth for Thy pos
. session." -Psalm ii, g.
/ The prophetic words ado Sscd by
Jehovah to his Son, the Messiah, con-
I tinually required to nay C9ind as
/ mingled with and observed the peoples
! Of India, China. Japan and the Philip
pines during our 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
call these people hcdthenY They are
! not barbarous, not savages, not lawe5s
| people. Indeed, long centuries ago,
when or forefathers were barbarians,
| these had much Of the civilization
which they still retain. But, / said,
we call them heather because the Ri
Die SO refers to them. Let us see how
and why the Bible uses this term and
what is its significance. In Bible
! rsage the word rendered "heutheH' is
The same as is sometimes rendered M
ions and CCntHeS. For centuries it APP
nlicd to all peoples outside the little
nation Of Israel, because that one ma
zion had entered into Covcnantrcla
tionship with Cod, aud had become
His people, His dominion.
All the other nations, not thus relat-
cd 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
,icsus. Even though the Gospel favor.
(which was originally offered to the
iJcwS, was later thrown open to Cor
iuclirs and all GentileS. or heathens.
i"uly those who accepted it's terms. and
r3me into COvenant-rclntionSh with