The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-12-23

and to br1nG In the reign Oh UNI
versal brotherhood. Thie missionary
cosmopolitanism. The new diplomacy
is nothing more nor less than the old
fashioned missionary idea, which our
mothers we're ~practicing before ever
the statesman became aware or II.
AS Atlas Of old bore the earth on
his back. SO every Christian bears on
his heart the world beQueathed TO US
by the Lord Jesus.
President Nicholas Murray Butler
once pleaded for IAN international
mind" The phrase ie a good one.
The modern man is not up to date
unless he takes the whole world into
Of the compassionate Christ when we
feel pity for the multitude Of man.
kind. with all their deep needs.
They really serve the world who
pray for the coming Of that kingdom
whose dawning brings the light Of
justice, liberty n brotherhood.
This is the day OF big things. Our
times exult in magnitude. Mere size
is counted a virtue. To such, the
dimensions Of the missionary propa-
eanda should command this world
work of the Christian church. With
thirty million dollars a year being
spent for foreign missions by the
Protestant churches OF the world,
and with an army OF about twenty
five thousand missionaries on the
field, the enterprise deserves to rank
as really the greatest undertaking OF
our time. apart altogether from its
spiritual significance.
Judged by it's fruitS-and is there
| really any other way to judge any
thing?-the work Of missions has
been a huge and staggering uccess
1t has made over in the new myriads
Of men and transforming the
deepest springs Of their character.
Social and political and educational
usages, hoary with age, ave been
superseded by Christian standards.
The very form OF great nations has
been changed. An era Of world unity
has been brought into existence. The
Christians have been written int
the statutes Of the States, into bust
ness, into social relationships and into
international relationships. When
ever any far-visiOned statesman views
the whole horizon Of our time he
gives honor to the influence Of Chris.
tian missions.
One Of the advantages Of member
ship in a Christian church is tha'
every has a share in the
worldwide work OF the whole body
1t is no small boon to be a factor il
the transformation of China h up
lift of India. the revivifying Of Japan
the making over of Turkey, the eman-
cipatiOn Of Persia. and the ciyiliZins
Of tropical Africa. The swiftest. short
est, cheapest, and easiest way Of be
coming a factor in the big world:
progress is to aid in the cause o.
Christian missions.
The largeness of the church's wOrl
abroad helps deliver from the small
ress Of some Of our ideas at home.
Relatively. the greatest triumphs o
the church are being achieved on tn
foreign mission field. Like a grea
commercial house which is doing it
best business in it's newest branches
the church has found that she get
results more quickly. and accom-
plishes her historic work more dis
tinctly, amid the non-Christian PEG
pies to whom she has OF late carrie.
the Gospel. than is the case in the so
called Christian lands.
.Iadeness and ennui have come t
many lives from lack Of an adeQuat
life interest. Foreign missions sup
: ply that interest TO all who are aler
l enough to pursue the subject. Athro'
| with life, with human nature. wit
conquest thrills, and with the at
traction OF strange lands, peoples an
customs, the cause of missions ais
! extends into the broader fields Q
I world politics, of social problems, q
. racial relationships. or c~Ivlization's ad
vance and OF all the sciences ina
e have a human side.
e SEVEN SENTENCE SERMONS