Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-23
OF CROSS
IN FAR-OFf ASIA
Mrs. Harriet Pcttingill Calls En-
dcavorcrs' Attention to a
Few Facts.

Topic: The Power Of the Cross in Asia
Psalm 96l-l3. BY Mrs. Harriet l..
Pettingill
This is one Of the prophetic Psalms, and
is q picture of the time when the Lord shall
reign "from sea To sea-" DIR. Andrew A.
Bonar says that 'it is with the Kingdom,
and the coming King just at hand, that
Psalm 98 is sung" IL is not angels that
are invited To sing. though no doubt they
will loin IL is a redeemed world, and the
men of that redeemed world are to be
telling Of salvation, not for few moments
only, but from day to day. In telling Of the
salvation. they are To tell chiefly of Him
who wrought it out, His wonderful doings,
His greatness Ills praiseworthiness, His
fear-the Crcator-skill OF our God who
made the heavens.
In connection with our subject, "Thc
Power of the Cross in Asia" the following
article from the Missionary Review of the
World will give some idea OF what the
preaching of the Cross has done for at
least one part of ASIA:
when DIR. A. F. Martin and his bride
landed, April 10, 1850, they found a
China still under the sway of ape-old Gus
toms and superstitions. The Chinese
knew little about foreigners, and that
ed the few white men they saw with sus-
picion and contempt. missionary work
was in its infancy When Martin was
seven wears old, there were only three
Protestant Christians IN the Empire
Ten wears later there were only six, and
in 1850. the wear he arrived, there were
only three stations. with no communicates
Last year DIR Martins board reported ten
times ~ many baptisns as there were
Protestant Christians when DR. Martin
arrived
And this il only part OF the mighty
work of God in China today, which, as
conducted hv all Protestant Comnumons,
is now represented Nv 5,}3S foreign mis-
sionarics; u. 400 Chinese ministers, teach-
ers and cvanrclists; 6,7l6 stations and
out-stations: 4,74S primary schools; Pn2
academies. colleges, and industrial, medl-
cal, nurses and normal schools $40
hospitals. IS special institutions, such M
orphanapcs leper asyiurns. homes Tor un-
tainted children of lepers. boarding schools
for the blind and for deaf nutes, rescue
homes for fallen women. opium refugees
and Am asvi,lm for the insane; 3,Ssi
churches. $50. .p26 members, a Christian
community of 10000, and property
valued at millions Of dollars Such
statistics arc not dry, but vibrant with
life.
This is what the power Of the Cross has
done for one portion nf Asia, and what IT -
going to do wherever the Gospel IS preach
"a until the time comes when all the earth
shall take part IN the new song, and
shall "shcw forth His salvation from day
To day", and then shall the whole creation
"reio,ce before the Lord for He cometh,
for lie cometh to nudge tho earth With
DR. Bonar. VIC may well ask, who does
not long for it2 Who s there that docs not
pray for it2 II is the day Of the Judge s
glory. as we'll as our worlds frccdoml
Well. bv the wav the intermediate 1. T..
of Hanover Is coming along Their scout
Master will not have 10 stand alone when
Hanovcr's name is called at the roll call,
because they will bc with hun.
The Lookout Chairman paid visit to
the Hanover Intermediate meeting and
from his report they had very fine one.
To top it all Mr. Colbert, Secretary OF the
Y. NJ. c. A., gave a little talk.
The Y. NJ. c. A. group certainly have
the Christian spirit for they are helping
the young people IN every possible way.
We have been favored by having topics
written nN MI " dtS0ii' bot ot1iN I'll y
Mr.. Mitchell, religious secretary. and there
is still one 10 come from NJ. l.. Davis,
educational secretary. Also they gladly
opened their building TO us not long ago
10 hold a meeting, and MIR. Mitchell led
the singing
II is also fine 10 see the way the young
men of our C. T.. turn out 10 the Bible
class on Tuesday nights, but there Is lots
of room for more Boys keep on coming,
YOU will be greatly helped by the Instrue-
ton given by Rev. Smith.
l.. l.. D. is "A Bethany worker and has
been named in the Union already Guess?
Presidents of the local societies. get
together and nominate the officers Tor the
coming year. 1t is up to you TO show Us
what you can do.
We as Christians should be proud OF the
men who represent us in France. As DIR.
Smiley told the audience last Sunday
evening at West the men on the battle
field in their ready tramp, tramp walk
around n little lark's nest rather than
trampIe over it because they want TO
protect it, May God grant that our boys
NAV, even on the field of battle under the
roar of the enemies guns be kept pure,
and may they show our enemies and our
friends what the stars and stripes stand
for. Let us remember our soldier boys In
our prayers.