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November 10, igog. ;:mmwt*ww? n irmmtmtmm Missi IX11 Xt1 1X4 XX X Itttt ! ! J t THE PROMINENCE 1 BI By Miss Elize The germ of missions y the ( )hl Testament dispell atmosphere of the Christi for its development into a ing leaves for the healing (lod created man in His in a garden in which the i<> walk "in the cool of th this image was marred i estate, for "the Lord God den of Eden"?forth from mankind by Adam's fall 1 Hut God never makes so divinely made by sin u loving heart had planne< man's direct need uttered "1 will put enmity betwc< between thy seed and In head and thou shalt bruise ise was after many apes family, that of Abraham, nation: then confined to t ant of Abraham ; then to to a Prince?the Prince o The purpose of all God's to restore him to coinnu through Christ the Son. The Jewish Church wit prophecy, existed that the consequently the idea of t with the growth of the t spoke in 110 uncertain ten: hear, and Malachi spoke Messiah and his iorerunr messenger and he shall j and the Lord whom ye s his temple." Then for four centuries still and the chosen of Go the temporal kingdom cru sianic kingdom grew mon of the centuries was broke in the wilderness: "Prepa make his paths straight." "Behold the Lamb of Go ot the world"; for the loop and was entering upon hi ing man to communion 1 his fellowmen; and this v> ries, "Behold the Lamb of umental figure of the age< right hand of God, yet c hearts of men?to share 1 that the image so marred Thll* Pliriof .-? ivJk V. CI I I IV I I v7 | 1 after thirty years of silcnc upon his ministry?a mit THE PRESBYTERIA onary mums OF MISSIONS IN THE BLE. ibeth Alexander. A'as embedded in the soil of sation, but it is to the genial an era that we are indebted great tree that is today bearof the nations. ; own image and placed hint Creator himself was pleased e day"; but sin entered and ind man fell front his high sent hint forth from the GarU.V 1 -11 ui3 |)i tstin-t, iiuu, aias : an est communion with God. a failure; even before ''man nmadc himself," God's great 1 a way of escape, and in the vague, but firm, promise, mi thee and the woman, and ?r seed; it shall bruise thy his heel." This vague promconcentrated upon a single destined to become a great he seed of Israel, a descentithe dynasty of David, then f Peace. : dealings with man has been inion with God the Father h its sacrifices, its types, its Messiah might be revealed; he Messianic kingdom grew emporal kingdom. Isaiah ns to those who had faith to plainly and definitely of the er ? "l'ehold, I will send my >rcparc the way before me; eek shall suddenly come to the voice of prophecy was id were scattered; but while imbled, the idea of the Mcs e distinct. Then the silence 11 by the voice of one crying ire ye the way of the Lord, Then the same voice cried, d that takcth away the sin ^-expected Messiah had come s stupendous task of restorwith God the Father and oicc echoes down the centuGod!" for Christ is the mon>; who, while exalted to the ondescends to dwell in the lis divinity with fallen man may be restored. 1 his seclusion in Nazareth e and obscurity and entered listry of thiee short years. * * * N OF THE SOUTH. but so full of good works tha by saying: "And there are 11 Jesus did. the which, if they 011c, I suppose the world itse books that should be written Dr. Abbott says. "He cai doni, to substitute hope in th despair, and love for sclfishm ousncss. But this kingdom co grow; so he gathered around to instruct and to train to car lishing the Kingdom of God ii died he left it as an heritage to after him, to all those who lu beauty of such a kingdom ai plish it. and the heroism to u mcnt." The geographical bounds o tine, a country about one-thin Una, and lie plainly declared that his work was confined t House of Israel," and though his disciples was, '"Go teach them that they should begin ; Samaria. For he knew the nc execution of a plan that must world. The seed must be n must i)c tencica anci nave turn we know some of these discip Christ emptied himself of h and lived as a man among1 mc as men ought to live?"Left 1 all the limitations and suflferii as the divine missionary to 1< have in us the mind and the lc aim of our lives too wil we will he willing to lay Pharisaical exclusivcness am mility and meekness the need ''the ground principle of missi thy for simple manhood in its rows," that there must he C those we would win for Ch means not simply heralding quickly done?but living a li our means, but ourselves. Hear again the Great Comn lie went away, to his disciple his work in the world: "All ] in heaven and in earth. Go yi nations, baptizing them in tl and of the Son, and of the IIo to observe all things whatsoe you: and, lo, I am with you a of the world." Oh, the magnitude of it! as long as time, as deep as truth Christianity is peculiarly fiti religion, complete, perfect, s; the feelings, and .the will?tl agency of our wrecked being. Lander College, Greenwood. (To be Cont 7 t John closes hi srccord lany other things which should be written every If could not contain the me to establish a kingc hearts of men for dull ?ss, and faith for sensuuld not be made, it must him a few choice spirits ry on the work of estab1 the world, and when he those who should follow ivc the vision to see the a 11vi niv; uvdiif iu cimnundertake its accomplishf his activity was Pales1 the size of South C'aroto the Syro-phoenician o the ''lost sheep of the his final commission to all nations," yet he told it Jerusalem, Judca, and red of definiteness in the finally affect the whole ot only planted; but it r to grow; and so far as les never left Jerusalem. is glory and came down ii. not as men lived, but leaven for earth and for ngs and shame of earth, >st humanity, and if \vc >ve that were in him, the 1 be missionary," and aside our pride and el will study with lulls of men, realizing that ons is unfeigned sympahomeliest joys and sorhristian fellowship with rist; for evangelization a message?which were li?* not ?imn1v cnniulmrr lission |*iveil, just before s, who were to continue power is given unto me c therefore and teach all ic name of the Father, ly Ghost; teaching them wer I have commanded ilwav even unto the end ; broad as the world, as Inrl #/-v t ti < ^. 1 <1 l\-vi iu i;vluiik uiv; wui 1u anctifying the intellect, ic only reconstructing S. 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