The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-02-23

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llHa2lOK kUSStllJ OF their investiga
fiUn. This is their
third week in India and they have al
ready travelled nearly two thousand
miles. They are keenly interested in
the heather and in the Bible, but they
decline to give in advance any hint
of what their report will be as respects
the missionaries and their work.
Pastor Russell, Chairman OF the
Committee, preached twice today to
large and attentive audiences in our
finest Auditorium. One Of his ad
dresses, from jeremiah tx, IS, "a, we
report. He said
Your city Of Palaces greatly i'm.
presses me, as doubtless it does all who
visit it, But as look at its splendor
am reminded of that portion of my
text which declares, Let him that
glorieth glory in this, that he under.
standeth and knoweth Me, that l am
the Lord. which exerciseth loving-kin
ness. judgment and righteousness in
the earth" Wherever we go we per.
ceive that man, by virtue of his crea
ton. is worshiper. The organs OF
reverence and spirituality. although
only partially developed and much
shattered by ignorance and supersti,
ton, are to be found in every man and
their position is the very highest lin
his organism. Ny iourneyqto this city
has impressed this thought deeply. >
] stopped en- route st Jugsernaut: the
very name called up the stories Of my
childhood which SO greatly aroused my
sympathies for, the poor yhea then. Mis-
sionary reports told of'~how in igno-
rance the natives would throw them
selves before the great Car of Jugger-
naut, feeling it an honor to thus sacFi,
fee their lives to a false god. And
now, here 1 am on the Gauges River,
of which in7childhoodI heard SO much
that thrilled my heart with sympathy
how mothers threw their babes into
the Ganges, not because they had no
sympathy with their, offspring, but be-
cause they desired to sacrifice to and
propitiate their gods. Now that am
here l 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
meut, which, whatever its defects,
seeks at least TO protect its subjects
from the extremes of their own igno.
rance and superstition.
The Desire Of All Nations.
While it 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
telligent. Hence for centuries the hea-
then world has dreamed Of a Golden
Age to come and Bible Students have
reioiced in the Divine promise that the
Messianic Kingdom will follow our
present arrangement and that it will be
proved to be 1.-The desire Of all nations"
Oh, since we perceive the ignorance
and superstition Of hesthendom, 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 the
Divine promise of the conditions to
prevail as result Of Messiah'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 as fully. as completely. as it
is now done in heaven When every
knee shall bow and every tongue con-
fess" TO the glory of God; when .ths
knowledge Of the glory Of the Lord
shall fill the whole earth as the Wa
tiers cover the great Deep" when .'ns
man will need say to his neighbor,
know thou the Lord for all shall
know Him from the least Of them to
the greatest Of tbem'-it is for that
glorious Epoch, my dear hearers. that
we should all be hoping, longing,
praying, and striving to prepare our
selves.
"Now We Know In Part.r
Saint Paul wrote, Now we know la
part, but then we shall know even as
also we are known" G Corinthians
xiii, 12) Alas! every true Christian
must realize how his own knowl-
edge of God and that of his forefa-
theirs has so slightly exceeded the
knowledge of the heather and that be
found 1t difficult to glory In his un.
derstanding Of God. Only those who
are adhererfts to- the declarations Of
the Bible that God is Love- that His
mercy endureth ever. that He is like
plying father! that He Is the God
of All Grace, the Father of Mercies.