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O L O W L Y , b u t su rely , th e C h u rch o f R om e in S o u th A m erica is b ein g u n d erm in ed . H e r o ld -tim e p ow er is g o n e : she h as failed to satisfy . F ailed 1 w h a t a te rrib le failu re. T h e m ig h ty edifice o f pom p an d im p o sitio n is crum b lin g in th e d u st o f d eath , a n d th e w eeds of infidelity an d m aterialism a re its pall. S o u th A m erica h a s lo n g b een th e “N e g lected C o n tin en t,” an d still is neglected, b u t now is th e day o f o p p o rtu n ity . T om o rro w , the o p p o rtu n ity , if n o t w holly lo st, w ill be serio u sly com prom ised. T h e fa ilu re o f R om e is o u r o p p o rtu n ity . B u t th e w eeds w hich a re ta k in g deep ro o t in h e r ru in s, if left unch eck ed , m ay re ta rd fo r g e n era tio n s, th e ev an g elizatio n o f S o u th A m erica. . In le tte rs from a F re n c h d iv in ity stu d en t a t th e fro n t, w e re a d : “I h a re seen d eath a t close q u a rte rs, su ffe rin g a n d m isery u n re strain ed . O n th e m o rn in g o f th e 22nd, in less' th a n a h a lf h o u r, m y b a tta lio n w as red u ced from 1000 to 3S0—all th e officers h av in g been k illed o r w o u n d ed . F ra n c is M o n o d (so n o f P a s to r P a u l M o n o d ) w as k illed n e a r me. F r a n k E scan d e (so n of a F re n c h m issio n ary in M a d a g a sc a r) also fell n e a r me. H o w sad th ese d eath s on th e battlefield 1 A fte r th e b u rial th ey p u t u p a little c ro ss o f w o o d at tim es, w ith th e n am e o f th e d ead an d h is kepi on it. T h e officers a re g e n erally c arried to th e n e are st ch u rch y ard , b u t th e re is n o cerem o n y a t th e b u rial. O n e w o u ld th in k th ey w ere m erely an im als .— of Christ. Work. W om en ’s m issio n ary societies co n tem p lat in g h o ld in g a th an k -o ffe rin g m eetin g w ill be in te rested in th e re p o rt o f such a serv ice h eld in an In d ia n c o n g reg atio n in W e ste rn C anada. A t th is m eetin g , th e re w ere tw en ty In d ia n w om en in atten d an ce, a n d th e o f fe rin g w as $196.
T ^ H E d ev il’s fro n tie rs m ig h t be pu sh ed -*• b ack w ith ease now , b u t a little fu rth e r d elay o n th e p a rt o f th e te n s o f th o u san d s o f lu sty B rita in s a n d o th e r C h ris tia n s a n d th e o p p o rtu n ity w ill be lost. “ W ill th e B ritish C h ristian y o u n g m en d elib erately p itc h fo rk th ese u n ev an g elized crow d s in to th e h an d s o f th e R om an C a th olics ' o r leav e th em in th o se o f th e devil w hile th ey th em selv es a re th in k in g o f health a n d p ru d en ce, o r w o n d e rin g if G od’s p rom ises a re tru e , an d if H e really can supply b re ad in th e h e a rt of A frica , a n d can H e give flesh a lso ? L e t us cease o u r b lata n t c h a tte r o f h o lin ess an d fa st from holiness a n d h ig h e r life co n v en tio n s, a t least u n til w e a re sim ple e n o u g h a n d co n sisten t enough to tr u s t th e A lm ig h ty L iv in g G od w e p ro fess to believe in, a n d to risk all fo r th e g lo ry o f th e S av io u r w hom w e say w e are in d eb ted to a n d ad o re, u n til w e a re w illin g to d eal o u r b re a d to th e h u n g ry in stead of eatin g to o m u ch o u rselv es an d m an u fa c tu rin g tasty , m ad e-u p dish es a n d serv in g th em to th o se w h o are a lre ad y su fferin g from a su rfe it.”— Chas. T. Studd. In K o re a all d ifferen ces b etw een believ ers a re se ttle d by th e eld ers : “D a re any o f y o u h av in g a m a tte r a g a in st a n o th e r go to law b e fo re th e u n ju s t an d n o t b e fo re th e sa in ts ? ” 1 C or. 6 :1 is lite rally c a rried out. A C h ristia n can n o t su e a n u n b eliev er in co u rt. T h ey actu ally tak e G od’s w o rd to m ean w h a t it says a n d live accordingly. “Be n o t u n eq u ally y oked to g eth e r w ith u n b eliev ers,” 2 C or. 6 :1 4 is a cause for discipline, a n d if one d isre g ard s th is he is qu ick ly b ro u g h t b e fo re th e session. N o C h ristia n is allow ed to m a rry h is ch ild ren to an un b eliev er.
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