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in th e U n ited S tates, all a r e C h ristian s, an d e ig h t a re d au g h ters^ o f C hinese p asto rs. T h e late S ir K ai H o -K ai, o f H o n g k o n g , w as also a d istin g u ish ed so n o f th e m anse, his fa th e r h av in g been a p re ac h er a t H o n g ko n g , in co n n ectio n w ith th e L o n d o n M is sio n ary Society- S ir K ai H o -K ai w as ed u c ated in S co tlan d a n d in L o n d o n , b o th as b a rris te r an d physician. T w o larg e h o s p itals in H o n g k o n g , b u ilt by him fo r th e L o n d o n M issio n ary S ociety, w itn ess to his life-lo n g in te re s t in m issio n w o rk . T h e sob b in g o f a th o u sa n d m illio n of p o o r h eath en so u n d s in m y ear, an d m oves m y h e a r t; an d I try to m easu re, a s G od h elp s m e, som eth in g o f th e ir d ark n ess, som e th in g o f th e ir b lan k m isery , som eth in g of th e ir desp air. O h, th in k o f th ese needs 1 I say ag ain , th ey a re o c e a n -d ep th s; and, beloved, in m y M a ste r’s nam e, I w a n t you to m ea su re them , I w a n t yo u to th in k e a rn estly ab o u t th em , I w a n t yo u to look a t th em , u n til th ey appal you, u n til yo u can n o t sleep, u n til yo u can n o t criticise.£rfi?£w. C. Inwood. W h o sh o u ld give n o th in g to m issio n s? M a tt. 2 8 : 19; R om . 1 :1 6 ; M att. 24:25. 1. T h o se w h o believe th a t Je su s m ad e a m ista k e w h en H e s a id : “Go ye, th ere fo re, a n d teach all n atio n s.” 2. T h o se w ho do n o t believe th a t “th e G ospel is th e p o w er o f G od u n to salv a tio n to every o n e th a t b elieveth, Je w or G reek .” R om . 1 :16. 3. T h o se w ho w ish th a t no m issio n ary h a d com e to o u r fo re fa th e rs a n d w ould p re fe r to be h e ath en . 4. T h o se w ho believe th a t ev ery o n e in th e w o rld sh o u ld sh ift fo r h im self a n d ask w ith C ain, “A m I m y b ro th e r’s k e e p e r? ” 5. T h o se w ho do n o t c are to h av e p a rt in C h rist’s final victory. 6. T h o se w ho believe th a t G od w ill n o t call th em to acco u n t because o f th e w ay th ey sp en t th e ir ( ? ) m oney. 7. T h o se w h o a re w illin g to h av e Jesu s say to th e m : “In a sm u ch as ye did it not
to on e o f th e lea st o f th ese, ye d id it not to m e !” (M a tt. 2 5 :4 5 ).— Expositor.
“ S om e m en p ra y fo r th e m illen n ium an d do n o t give a m ill to w a rd its com ing. T h e c h ario t w heels o f th e m illen n ium a re m ad e o f c o n secrated d o llars. ‘Go ye in to all th e w o rld ,’ w e say to o u r m issio n aries. ‘S ta y rig h t h e re in m y p o cketbook,’ w e say to o u r greenbacks. W e tak e an in te re s t in m is sions, b u t w e keep o u r m o n ey o n in te re s t! ‘T h y k in g d om com e,’ w e pray . A h ! w e m u st sen d o u r m o n ey to fetch it. T h e L o rd w ill ju d g e th is n a tio n n o t by its p ra y e r books, b u t by its acco u n t b ooks.”— Amos R. Wells. S ays D an C ra w fo rd : “In an A fric a n vil lage yo u can lie aw ak e all n ig h t p o n d erin g p itifu lly th e n eed o f th e land, an d d u rin g th a t lo n g vigil h e a r th e snuffles an d h o arse cries o f a d ozen little babies. P o o r y o u n g ste rs w hose sk in h an g s lo o sely o n th em like an ill-fittin g g a rm e n t, cu rsed w ith the sy philitic cu rse. T h ese are_ th e p o o r little b a irn s w ho, as B ishop S o u th sad ly said, “a re n o t b o r a in to th e w o rld , b u t d am n ed in to it .”— Serial Bible Course. ^ . ■ L ately M r. G reen, o f T ah iti, lan d ed th ere w ith a supply o f B ibles. T h e n ativ es w an ted th em all, b u t th e m issio n ary w as n o t a u th o rize d to give th em aw ay, an d th ere w as n o t $5 in m o n ey o n th e w hole island. H o w ev e r, he sold th em all o n cred it, tr u s t in g fo r rem itta n ce from m o n ey to be re ceived from th e sh ip ’s p u rc h ase s o f p ro v i sio n s o n land. . H e th u s d isp o sed o f $100 w o rth o f B ibles. A n x io u s to red eem th e ir pledges, g lad ly m ad e an d in p e rfe c t h o n esty, th e n ativ es b ro u g h t th e ir fow ls an d pigs an d g o ats to th e officer, a n d ev ery p rom ised d o lla r w as p aid to th e m issio n ary . A n d th is am o n g a p o p u latio n o f o n ly 140 p erso n s, so p o o r th a t even th e w om en w ere d ressed in g a rm e n ts o f g rass. “A n in fa n t c ry in g in th e n ig h t, A n in fan t c ry in g fo r th e light, A n d w ith n o lan g u ag e b u t a cry.”
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