The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-01-25

Power of the Lord.
| 7N Hong Kong.
4 China, Jan. Dist.
| The Foreign Mis-
slons Investiga-
| tIon Committee
\ Of the Interua:
A tional Bible Stu.
| dents Association
/ spent several days
/ in Hong Kong.
/ Canton and vicin-.
\ ity. For efficien-
| cy they divided,
llASC1R RIJSSEIDl some giving more
4 s. attention TO one
and Others to another phase OF mis-
1 slonary interest. They seemed well
pleased with the treatment accorded
them. Pastor RusseIl's address to the
Chinese in their fine City Hall Auditorl-
UNI was both helpful and encouraging.
He declared that he came us follow
or Of Jesus and n friend to all human
ity. Hc directed special attention to
the words Of st Paul applicable to
humanity in general and ut the pres
Ont time specially TO the Chinese:
"The whole creation grometh and
trvalleth In pain together until now
1 waiting for the manifestation Of the
sons of Cod" diomans viii, 22l Chi.
mas war experiences in recent years
! have been severe trials. particularly to
, n people of their OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
/ preferring, gentle, courteous to each
other and 10 foreigners
Pastor Russell feared for then ter
/, rible experiences with anarchy; but
they will have it merely in advance of
other peoples-to all of whom 1t Is
coming az n result Of discomfort, III
4 spIred by greatly increased knowledge
combined with selfShness. The hope
I, for MI is in Messlnh's Kingdom, now
near at baud. Those who NEST quick.
/ " learn faith in God and Justice and
mercy toward others will soonest
share the coming blessings. Some Of
MS already share those coming bless
ings lbs the exercise OF faith in the
glorious promises of the Bible, The
Pastor had been told that their courte-
sy Of manner arose not from love and
sympathy, bnt from law and custom
centuries old He could not Judge the
heat. hut had sincerely wished that
some. Of the favored race Of SofcallGd
Cbrlstendom possessed in larger de.
gree SOME Of the admirable traits Of
the! Chinese. their respectful demeaner.
quiet courtesy. their civility and en-
ergy.
1t shall not he my mission, he said.
to urge YOU to become identified with
any sectS or PARTIES Of ChriStendom,
nor TO recommend to you any Of their
rrerds. Nevertheless, In all Of those
crerds there Is more or less of the most
wonderful truth which ever came TO
the ears. of humanity but. alas! In II
darker period it became so mixed with
human tradition us TO be today dishon-
orIuS to God, offensive TO the intelli-
gence of many. and thus an offense to
those who still accept those creeds. |
can readily see reasons why you have
not been more influenced by Chris
tianity. You felt that you had as
good or better than has been offered
you. Very properly your heads and
. -, 80, s,,,,I ,,,1I,nrnnna un1 ivnrChiD
to One whom you were told had fore
ordained whatever comes to pass, had
foreorduined the eternal torment of
your ancestors and of all mankind ex-
cept Il mere favored few. 1t is to your
credit that you were not attracted by
such message, nor driven by such Il
fear
The God Of All Grace.
may never again have the Opportu-
nifty of addressing you; let me there
fore tell you now of another Chris
tianity. OF which probably you have
never before heard. from the same Bi-
BILE used hy the missionaries here and
confessed by us all to be Gods Mes
sage, but at present very different
Message from that which my brethren
confess. | cali them brethren" be-
cause assume that they are sincere in
their presentations ! once held SINH
lar views. once preached also the
damnation and eternal torture of sll
who do not accept Jesus in the present
life and become His footstep followers.
should he sympathetic toward them,
aud am. Nevertheless, this must not
hinder me from using this opportunity
to make known TO you the clearer light
that now shines upon Gods Word.
find that the darkness OF error which
bccloudcd my eyes Of understanding
came from the crccds AMI that the BIZ
bic most beautifully aud most simply
presents a God of all Grace, a Father
Of Mercies, from whom cometll every
, good and every perfect gift, and with
whom there is no varablcnrss. neither
shadow OF turning. danes !. ID !
know from my examination OF our re-
. 1,,yinur hooks tint the BibIp alone pre-