The Washington times., 1913-04-26

church went forth to their work. Paul,
and Silas, and Timotheus. and Peter.
and John Mark. and Barnabas, and
John. and stephen-all these derived
their inspiration from the Scriptures.
and from the loving teachings OF
Christ. for which we of this day must
depend entirely upon the Inspired werd.
And so In the later years the mission
aries OF the Cross have labored with an
open Bible in their hand. The Book
has been their Inspiration and their
guide. Without II they could accom-
pfsh but few results. Thousands of
heathen have owed their conversions to
the Bible alone.
The Bible has now. been translated
into nearly five hundred LANGUAGES or
dialects.
1t Is estimated that the whole. or
a part of the Bible. could be furnished
to seven out of every ten persons In the
world in some tongue that they could
that has confronted the transiators Of
the Bible into the various tongues Of
earth has been the inability Of those
native tongues and dialects to express
the great thoughts and sentiments OF
not contain proper or suitable SYNONYMS
for such words as '.forgiveneax God"
''sin," repentance" or salvation" but
in spite of all obstacles the missionary
translator has done his work, ana his
Christian lands and peoples from the
darkness of superstition and Ignorance
of heather religions into realisation
of the omnipotence OF the father, tne
efficacy and comfort OF the Holy SSrip-
lures. the divinity of our Lord and Mas-
ter and His willingness and power 10
save men from their sins.
II is true that the Bible 10 At thfo
day accessible 20 practically every ne-
tion on the face Of the earth. ana ve
the missionaries. That the Bible 10
much needed in these foreign cpuntrt0
cannot be gainsaid-, Much Of the liter
ature of heather lands is unht to De
read.
We must admit. of course. that the
sacred bo Sks of the Buddhist and the
Hindoo, ard the followers Of Confustus
contain some excellent ethical doctrines.
but we must at once add to inst stShs
ment that the good In these workS =
hopelessiy interningied with . vass
mass of supersuitious. purile. ana un-
wholesome sentiments Those books
that are in circulation contain not only
heathenish. but actually immofal writ
inxs. A demand for Christian iiteYe-
ture must be created by the mission-
airy. He must be able 70 uensiSse5 us5
and to compose. He must be faetrns
ana tireless and consecrated. 1ndeed
the missionary has ofttimes been the
means of introducing printing presses
into foreign heather lands. fhe rfo-
testant mission boards are ccnductinS
today 100 mission presses in foretga
countries. and annually issue ahout
4aO,oO00o0 pages Of Christian liter
ature and the Word of God Aore
than eoo.ooo 900 copies of the 1ioie
have been printed IN SD dinerent nn.
guares within a century. The Bible
carries the message where the mis-
sionar5 cannot go. 1t comforts men ~
their hours of sorrow and Of trial IT.
message of hope cannot be successfuly
criticised or ccntroverted. II every mis-
sionary, and preacher, and school. and
teacher. and missionary organization.
would he lost from the face OF the
earth the Word Of God would 90
steadily on Nor shall its text be
robbed If one single paragraph or sen
tepce, for SO the Master himself de-
creed when He was on earth: nor shall
its efficacy or power ever be lesseued-
1t must remain at home and abroad
In local work .nd In mission field. the
foundation Of church work and mission
arv activity. the great text book OF
the. school of Life. Gcd's own message
tn men