The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-03-28

has hecn done as that which Rich
nond is doing MS week =-arousinr
by prayer and by personal work &C.
n realization ~ HE srea need and
the great reasnnah}eness IF foreign
missions in the church IF Gai TO-
day
They Speak in Ignorance,
There nave come 10 me since |
have been In ths ,fE. declared The
speaker, ten men who have avo@ed
that they felt no interest In tho work
of the church beyond tho conhnes ~
Ithis country gay of them. as 4 say
of alt. ~ The children of God " ma
would limit the work nf God % their
own community. that The only roa
konahle excuse for their declaration
is that they have devoted ~ tfttit4 ~
she study of thv problem 81 missions,
that they show l} their statement
their entire ignorance o. The Who'll"
scheme OF Christ lu the eNt"hSl"u ot
His work Through the human agency
rf His apostles unto All the world
who Is the God "a whom ou and
h pray" asked Mir. Patton Is lie
hike to the Hindu idol ur the Inrhang-
hing deity of the Moslem Rather IS
hot our God. the God II reason. the
Great King ouf good works.
When ] am approached hN those
who argue that prayer TaHHUT 7T TX
pected to change tho definite plans "
IGod. made before the world began.
would declare to them that every step
made in the scientific and mechanical
world of TODAY Is he proof Of the
Triumph Of man over the definite laws
pf nature. that every t38c .tft uN
arm 1T In triumph over the laws
nf gravitation. and 'hst IA the "a me
manner God - allowing man 70
chanse every plan of the world since
the world began, and that every step
onward and upward "a IN direct COM
Tradition to these definite laws. then
would | impress upon HIM that Il is
not the work Of God that brings ahnut
the accomplishment of the things
prayed for by man. hut the fact that
man himself, through prayer and
works, accomplishes these things
Three things are necessary TO do
ANY great work, said tho missioner,
.peaking of the preparation Of Il man
fcr the work OF God in the church
First. a right spirit. sympathetic
kincere desire 10 enter into the spirit
OF the thing to be done, second,
knowledge Of the thing 10 he done. and
third. definite plan Of endcayor, only
tn this manner can the work of God
reach its fun perfection
The Spreading in Hands of Man
Two thousand years ago, shouted
the speaker. who has been acclaimed
Church. the apostles prayed unto
God, 10 hasten Thy ingdom' cod
has not FASTENED His kingdom. nor
will He hasten His Kingdom In 10000
years. he reiterated. The spreading
OF the kingdom OF God is in the hands
of the children of God. the children
cf His church. il is in the hands of
the churches of Richmond, In the
hands of you who hear me. The
Kingdom of God viii never he has
tened so long as the I 10000 600 beo-
ple in China cry out for Christian
civilization and do nor receive H. In
pur hands lies the only means OF ac-
complishing what the apostles Il ou-
sands years ago prayed for"
Or Patterns lecture was largely de-
Noted to the great work needed in
China He stated that the question is
no longer whether America shall save
t,hinn, but rather whether the heather
tnfiuences of China through Chinese
Immigrants shall destroy America.
san Francisco" he stated, lis call
I'd the most wicked city. ! was told
In that city that this wickedness which
Fets the beautiful metropolis of the
rsolden Gate apart from all other cities
Ia this country comes from the other
khore OF the Pacific. and that if un-
3.hecl.ed. ii would creep into every
rity In the United States. and blight
hts beauty with a curse as that which
Fan Francisco has had forced UPON
II
Church Least Enierprisng.
The Church of God said tho
missionary. has been called the least
Anterprising business in the United
Rates In this connection he COM
{hred the number of missionaries in