Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-04-18
Christianity or MolianncduniSnl
Will Rule World, de-
f.IllpS SinufZ

tltfCS sotuhtb.
The world will become either Mo-
hnmmcdan or Christian declared
bishop Homer L. Stuutz, of Omaha.
Neb.. in speaking AT IN" Centenary
Methods, Church. last night. at the
Council of tn" Methodist Episcopal
Church. South. in convention here.
The reason for tins. tn" bishop de-
are ~. only ones which are hcsiir-
ring themselves To i:ot new converts.
i.uduhi ism, C"ufucianlsm. Shntoism
liinduiSm and the other pagan re
liSionS are making so effort to oh
tam converts or are n"t convert
making faiths.
Christians Making r:nori.
Christians in the United states are
making every effort :" get into these
countries. To try 10 convert some o.
the thousand million persons who d.
rrlisionS. some interesting figures
ana Facts were presented 10y I'll"
hlshol To SHOW tho Increased II iinp"r
of foreign missionaries being sont
\ packed church greeted the
speaker. and everyone gaze closes,
home the facts contained ~ his ser
mon. which is. ia pari. ~ follows:
Srrm"m in Fart.
The world will "i,n"r bccom. Mo-
hammcd:tn or Christian.
only christianity aud Mrhammc-
uantsh are bcsiirrinG themselves 20
ma Re converts.
Hinduism can molly increase by it's
own bith rate. That IS it's .nw.
buddhism was a missionary faith,
but has become lcthargic. sup"rstit.-
never again make any converts to it's
drcary. pcSSimiSt!C beliefs.
"Confuciauism, Shntoism and
Tayism We're never convert making
n"hnmmrin"i>m or Christian.
Therefore either Mohamm"danism
or our Christian faIrn VIII Vet secure
the allegiance OF tn" World.
But thcr. AZ. over i thousand
million OF the human REQ neither
AH,t.9hammSdan nor christ an tonight:
Christ? Look at the lands where Mo-
ht'nmcdaniSm has mai unhoundcd
r"ntr"i--look at their ill.t"racy. their
ucsraded governmental conditions.
n!"ou that crlcs out from tn" very
ground tor u r"1nc. upon tho pit
t.nSS TURK ana murderous Arab. and
christ desires His reign al justicu
and love. OF pcac" :" mcu Of good
Will to become supreme over the
christians in the United states Of
Am.rica have u @rca, part 10 play
IN this world-rrindiug work Forty
years ago, this nation Was sending
90 i"rciEn missionaries to all part.
OF III" Christian world Now W.
are sending more nearly - por cent
fortE years ago. tho churches OF ia.
United states wCr" raising and
spending about onc-third of IA. mis-
SloiiarS money sent 10 an hcathrru
ana pagan fields. Last year tn. for
"iEn missionary Centenary funds Of
our NV" Ncthodisms IN tn. United
states were cuual-in that one year
10 all the funds sent To All foreign
ilcIdS FOR the same period from all
EUROPEAN sources, with all the large
contributions of our American sister
churches for foreign missions to ptish
up TIA. percentage.
l.ocntion al America iIcIps.
our location helps. See where we
ar" with rcicrrnc" To the world con
quests which Christ has vel to make
ana our west coast commands Asia,
MI the hclatcd Christianity OF E:u-
rope ana Latin Amcr!c:, lie east and
S"uth. With only the blue oc"na the
narrow RIO Graudc. or the Panama
canal between US and the millions
We would reach No other body Of
Christians ever had such a command
lhS. position from which to move out
IN molly conquest.
the ru%H,inS locks of hcath.nism
And men missionaries cannot ,r"a"h
|" hrath"n women. They may not
70" freely minglc with newly con-
vcrt"d women. rho Gonv.r.
SION OF the women of The hca,hcn
world is WOmau's work ana III. early
St,PS winch these women converts.
tahc IN the Christian life are best
tak"h under The G!rcct!o" uG coms,-
Cthj'n hriSiian women of foreign
l"hdS OF thoir own races"