The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-02-28

N&& berS divided the
llPASTOR RlJSSFIDl work a M o n g s t
------ themselves at the
various stopping points and will colabor
in the report. We report today's dis
course in the Y. M. @. A. Auditorium
by Pastor Russell the Chairman Of
the Committee, as follows:-
1 had a great interest in your land
and it's people before coming to your
shores, but my interest has been
greatly increased by what I have wit
messed during the past three weeks in
1ndia-not only in your largest cities,
but also in your towns, villages and
agricultural districts. AS there are no
other extremes in the world 50 great
as between the caps Of your Himalaya
mountains and the wash Of your coral
strands, $4,000 feet below them, so
likewise there can be found no greater
contrast socially and financially then
between your wealthy princes and
your poverty stricken lower castles.
Although such contrasts are deplora-
Bile we have no remedy to suggest, ex
cept the Divine one--the establish
ment of Messiah's Kingdom.
Sympathy Misapplied.
Meantime, If poverty be favorable to
saintship, there should be excellent
material in abundance here. Indeed,
one of the things which has impressed
me is the religious sentiment Of India.
The religious fervor Of the thousands
who battle in the Ganges, and the
numerous temples and shr1nes in every
city, remind me of Saint Pauls words
respecting some Of his day: feeling
after God, if haply they might find
Him" The two thousand temples and
shrines of the one city of Benares
speak volumes for the religious senti
ment of the people and, although l
have remarked of your hundreds Of
millions Of hopelessly poor. have not
overlooked the fact that some of your
wealthy have shown that they are not
without generous instincts. Many of
your merchant princes have evidently
given largely to the charitable fnstitu-
tons, notably in Bombay; and / would
not overlook the fact that in one of
your great cities large animal hospitals
have been provided for decrepit chick
ems, donkeys, horses. etc. However
we may consider such sympathy mis-
applied. in view of hannah need and
suffering. We cannot overlook the fact
that sympathy is there only waiting
for the proper direction which Mes
Biah's Kingdom will shortly give.
In your own grand Bombay noted
with establishment the Towers of ST.
1ence, where the Parsee element of
your population gives the flesh of its
dead to feed the yultures. Alas! my
soul cries out. Is not such heroism
worthy OF q better cause-would not
these Parsees make wonderfully faith
full Christians, If they but had the
blessing of the true Light? How l re
joice in the Divine promise that the
true Light of the world shall yet light
en- every man that conseA into the
world! John i. o. How glad I am
that now / see the Divine provision
for the hundreds of millions Of India
and of the whole world TO come to q
knowledge Of the glory Of God, under
the uplifting of the Kingdom Of Mes
siah! And how I rejoice to believe it
is near, even at the doors-just behind
terrible time Of trouble and anarchy,
which India will not escape!
Heights and Depths Divine.
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dark side of India's picture; you know
1t too well already. / will allow the
wonderful heights Of the Himalayas
from your sea shore to draw our atten
ton to the Apostles words raspectiny
''the heights and depths, the length
and breadths of the Love Of Coo
which passeth all understanding" Tia
is the text of my parting words
India. In the past our forefather
studied Gods Word with the light
tallow candle or of a pine knot, 0
Of a smoking lamp: now we ma.
search the Scriptures in the clea;
steady light of the electric lamp, whicl
brings us almost noon day bright
ness.
Correspondingly we find beauties il
the Divine Word and Plan which oul
forefathers of the day of the tallow
dip could not discern. Once we be
lieved with our forefatbers that Gods
love was merely for the ''elect," SANITY
few. and that the non-elect. in His dis
pleasure. He had doomed to eternal
suffering. Now we see the same bless
fngg as ever for the ''elect" put other
blessings for the non-elect, the world
earthly blessings of restitution to hu-