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August 18, 1909.
THE FOREIGNE
They are here. God p
tainly for his own glory !
good. His glory is sign
doubtless also for our go
their prosperity, have as
our ancestors would hav<
what came of it. That
turns upon the way in wh
There are half a millioi
Texas and Louisiana ale
great State, the size of F
missions and foreign missi
each other right in onr bo
onr territory. The glan
about the foreign missions
sionary as well.
These foreigners will s
these days. They stand t
contact with one another,
cause, sometimes in evil, i
own. They often niisunc
meaning and purpose. 1
leges given under our in
is many a time a menace
ligious faith, a low faith,
hood, and holding allegia
well as religious, to a fore
itv as a temporal ruler ar
make good citizens. Unle
do us great harm.
The gospel of the Lore
than anything else to brinj
foreigners. Its beauty ;
mould them properly. It
the younger people amonj
tary and effective. It will
tenance of the saloon po1
Lord's Day which are ante
almost universal evils of tl
that, too, which is above
tion and the maintenance
them to Christ, the Savio
of life eternal.
It is cause for rejoicing
our church are turning tc
tic, missionary field. In
teeming Mexican populat
progress several years, tin
ecutive Committee of Ho
happiest and most abuncl
tne taitntui work ot the I
New Orleans Presbytery,
amongst French, Italians
Now this work is about t(
operation just agreed upc
terv and the Atlanta Conn
put into the field. More
support of the work. The
by the faithful Presbyter
the belief that the good r
tinue to be realized. And
of all the church. Recrui
are willing to endure hart
flip nrnKlpm itict nnur r>i
'
THE f RESBYTERI,
;rs amongst us.
ut tlicm here. Why? CerDoubtless
also for their own
alized in doing good. But
>od. They may one day, in
great occasion to rejoice as
; had, could they have seen
|oint good, theirs and ours,
ich we do duty,
i foreign-speaking people in
)ne. That is about half a
lorida or Oklahoma. Home
ons have come in touch with
rders, almost in the heart of
lour that has always been
try belongs to the home mishape
our civilization one of
ogether. They live in close
They often make common
n combining to protect their
1 1
ici oianvi uui iaU5 (UKI UlCir
'hey misinterpret the privistitutions.
Their solidarity
. And being all of one redirected
by a crafty priestnice
in everything, civic as
ign ruler who claims authorid
judge, they do not easily
ss properly guided they can
1 Jesus Christ will do more
? about assimilation of these
ind grace and power will
s influence, especiallv noon
ijst them, will be most saludivert
them from that mainover
and that misuse of the
>ngst the greatest public and
his class. It will accomplish
mere political self-preservaof
our laws: it will bring
ur, and give them the hope
that the mind and heart of
)wards this great evangelisthe
Texas field, with its
inn flip urnrl/ - ?
.w, w??v ** V? I\ nao UVCII 111
der the auspices of our Exme
Missions, and with the
lant results. In Louisiana,
local churches, especially in
has sustained vigorous work
, Hungarians, and Chinese.
) be enlarged, through a corn
by New Orleans Presbymittee.
More men are to be
monev is to be used in
splendid work already done
y is to he carried on, with
esults of the past will conI
the work will now he that
ts are called for. Men who
Iness are needed. They are
ore than the money. And
AN OF THE SOUTH.
above all, the prayers and inter
are wanted. When these are
multiply.
"IS NOT JEHOVAH GOI
JL 11U1^ i
Judges 4:
Can we see Jehovah? Yet E
had seen him. And the issue 1
Tabor, as described in the foi
of Judges, shows that her vis
reality. What was it?
The record tells us first of
heartened people, of Israel,
had been oppressing, robbing a
for twenty long years, till their
none ventured to raise a ban
when, at the call of Deborah, ;
defence of their homes, it was t
of ten thousand. Man was he
Kriroli Qtirl Rirnl' t\n + fnrfli flic
fort, they found that God was
Let us first trace the inarch <
Jabin. lie starts from Jabin's
sheth, which is near the coast
Sea, much to the north of Mou
is southwardly along the coast
to the precipitous sides of Ca
rily, he turns to the southeast.
Along the base of Carmel 1
flowing down to the sea. At
shallow, being only about kiv
violent rain comes, the water v
the sides of Mount Tabor and <
it to rise suddenly and change
Sisera marches along the hig
awhile on the north side of th
stream and runs between the ri\
tain side. As he approaches
turns and camps on the west
Mount Tabor. There Deboral
meet him with their ten thousa
Tlion 1A :* 4t..l 1
a uvii auu uivic II WdS, 111 cl I J
"Up, for this is the day in wl
livered Sisera into thine hand
out before thee?"
What did Deborah see? Fin
5:4. "Lord, when thou wenl
thou marchedst out of the fie
trembled and the heavens drc
dropped water." She saw a 1
"The clouds also dropped wate
The was from the east
read: "When thou wentest out
lay to the southeast of Tabor,
usually come the storms of I
came this storm.
Tf o -A
V noil a v IUICIII MUI III. 1 lie
before the Lord, even that Sina
God of Israel." The rain was
that as it ran down the mount;
as if the very mountain itself '
declivities.
To the west or northwest of
Sisera, with his nine hundred
5
est of the whole church
given the results will
ME OUT BEFORE
?
14)eborah
spoke as if she
of the battle on Mount
irth and fifth chapters
ion was not fancy but
a discomfited, and disjoin,
king of Canaan,
nd enslaving the people
courage was gone and
id of resistance. And
a band did rally to the
he insignificant number
ilpless. But when De'ir
prayer and their efhelpful.
of Sisera the general of
capital, the city Haroof
the Mediterranean
nt Carniel. His inarch
of the Mediterranean,
rmel. There, necessa
runs the river Kishon,
ordinary seasons it is
ee deep. But when a
vhich pours down from
af Mount Carmel cause
it into a torrent,
fh road which runs for
e river, then fords the
,*er and the steep mounthe
upper country he
or northwest side of
i and Barak march to
ind soldiers.
Deborah said to Barak,
lich the Lord hath de;
is not the Lord gone
d the answer in Judges
:est out of Seir, when
kl of Edom, the earth
>pped ; the clouds also
thunder storm coming,
r."
or the southeast. We
of Seir." Seir or Edom
and from that quarter
Palestine. And thence
mountains melted from
ii from before the Lord
so abundant that day
ain side, it would seem
were flowing down the
Tabor was the host of
I chariots of iron, and