The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-03-30
''IAGlcIAH'S WAND"
SERMON SUBJECT


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sanply % nft msn FROM the degradat ton
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near ~ cross. pcnt<<ost had fallen upon
thems ssch had received a bIessaE he
they sped. acrose desert through tangled
forest. over tumultour seas. until the
lone shores OF Britsin'- disisnt Isle had
fathers first giowed with the reflected
light OF Gaiilee- And II In the same
Christ chris i%p.iss that has stood behind
throbbed into existence every mission
at home and abroad.
ary impulse rs, The artist has Hung il
Into color and u has come out ia The
snaps OF raEEsd cross supporting a
Iythmic verse. and the result II. the
Word. We sing. My Heart Is Fun OF
Declare. God has wrapped IL up in a
human form. made a. look earnestly
through human eyes. and speak thrill
Martyr OF Persia. a Mckay OF Uganda
ana MeDonsan OF the great Norrn-
easily auenched. force not soon spent.
Opposition In Church
strange, the greatest opposition the
PIONEERS OF modern missions had 10 en-
Christian church When Carey made
MS hrst missionary address before a
convention OF Baptist ministers he was
to ms feet a1shed with eScitemept ana
cried. 'Sti down. young man. when God
he will DO IL without YOUR AID or r w1r.e
missions are a fake and a faiiaye: that
moral or material as justihes their ex-
tension or existence. SUCH however
observer as Darwin. lie declares that
the history OF modern missions Is the
story OF the maeician's wand. This il
true, ana az II true that the missionary
Las welded more than one wand
He has welded the wand OF COM
receipts the world over the direct and
indirect results of missions and you
have reduced the revenue OF the com
the missionary goes. he blazes a new
rath for the trader to follow. raises
and opens new Sarbors for or e our sh,ps
OF trade.
The missionary .wield-. also. the
wand OF higher civilization. strike out
IRON the aggregate OF human affairs IN
the civilized world the contributions
81 passions and you uncivilize Chris
Shaoes OF barabarism whole countries
and continents. that are just swinging
into line, and destined TO keen pace
with the advanced nations OF the earth
What has civilized India? Cannon f-ar-
: iT sahd' years ago. that without ms
renee. tho strategy OF a clyde anc the
courage OF a Havelock would have fall
ca 70 conquer and consolidate that vast
more iggdeb'sd % Carey than the Gun:
nlng OF GIVE or the sagacity and
w ydSpeei a,,rS Sf a a. Warren hastings one
Christian ideas have already so per
meated the Institutions and populations
humbiest iaborer al four sents dav
there Is no man In the empire who does
not feel the influence OF the religion OF
at least as a creative energy in incustrv
politics and learning
Creative influence
Again the missionary has welded a
creative influence In the realm OF SCI
ence and literature. Expunge from the
world OF letters the contributions OF
missions, and you have swept from the
shelves OF every library, worth the
name. some of It's most valued contents
and you have blotted out OF every com
pletc atlas or map those territories and
empires that have just doomed up be-
fore the astonished eyes OF the world AZ
INC discovery OF the neglected mission
airy;
lie has waved " over India's fertile
plains and coral strand and in that
land where Carey was found one day
convert are to be found nearly 300 0o0
natives, who have passed out OF dark
s nsss INTO light Evsrywhere the mis-
moIe potent than any maEician's wand
with which he has touched the dead in
20 NE and charmed he rudcs natives
into love BY its power. In these latter
days nearly two million cannfbals saw