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VOL. III. RICHMOND,
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The Christian Church is begiu- A
ning to take root downward, and
bear fruit upward. There are |
Christians now of the second, third
and fourth generations. We see ~~
church members, whose standard D Y F
of personal honor is equal to that
of Christian people in our home land. There are
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poaiurs, wno ior simplicity, spirituality, seildenial,
hard work, consecration and tact will take
rank with the best pastors anywhere in the
world. There are Christian elders and other
voluntary workers in the Church,
who, without applause and with- ?
out remuneration, are burning ?t7ir
out their lives for Jesus' sake. ^
And there is a great company of
native Christians, who amid obstacles
and temptations, that we
in our sheltered Christian land .
know little of, are yet striving for waa
better things. They are strug- but tne i
gling against the currents of sin 'lae tiue
and superstition. There is a new eagit
principle within them and it is Moweu c
warring against the principle -t n(
without and around them. And oli j
God is giving to them the seal of Tiie J?ort
victory over sin. The Lord has its uiesst
in latter days visited his people ltie 011 v
in China with a baptism of the ^ut aro*>
Holy Spirit, that has proved be- ^ell ^ u0
yond peradventure or doubt that Lown irt
the work is of God and not of it tiowecl
men. We had thought that the it glachlc
Chinese were a stolid people, not ^Ul u^w
easily moved by spiritual feeling,
but that idea has been dissipated, Tell it n(
and our lack of faith has had its Tell it ni
rebuke. I testify of that which Lest sons
I have seen, when I say, that never ^hat Ght
(have I seen such soul agony under .... .
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the sense of sm, such bitter contrition
and heart rending con- Tell it nc
fession, such yearning desire to Drop on
make the past right as I have seen "We thoi
among this same stolid people. It S^with*
was indeed the work of the Iloly Then tell
Spirit. He came in answer to That the
prayer; he broke some hearts and That the
he subdued all hearts. He showed That the
to us all the terrors of Sinai, and F?r a bl<
\ ?^5^ it was agonizing. He showed us 7T "
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Calvary and it waa very real; the people
W some wept all night. There were Jeasup tha
... . , heathen.
^ heart-broken confessions of many wards In
| ? ' and varied sinsthere was resti- ?
\j, 3 tution and reconciliation; and
after these wonderful days were over we were
| P\b* > I living in a new atmosphere, and dealing with a
new people. For what eye had not seen or ear
heard God had revealed unto us by his Spirit.
These Chinese Christians are in the simplicity
giayiri
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some useful lessons of Christian unity and cooperation.
Missionaries are often asked if the
different denominations among the heathen are
not confusing. They would be, indeed, were it
eU M JHot among Ctje ^eattjei
By Kev. Henry H. Jessup, i). D.,* Beirut.
ot among the Heathen, that the ship is on a ree
eignted witn toaivauon, our "Uapiam," Bord and
tiue at iengtn receded, and left it hign and dry,
01 gold and silver, tne gilts of low and nign.,
is and tne donai-s, tne nmseis and the dimes,
>11 111 older channels, from tne naruness ox the tim
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ot among the Heathen, that the train is off the tr
gone a nested box?tne signal come to slscix;
ugn Board is side-tracBed wnn its passengers and
mgers ox mercy, tno so eager, aa must wait.
?ao ujliu^ auLUiuoutj auu tuc wuccia wcut suiuutiiijr
by drop it lessened, and low 'tis wliuiiy gone.
>t among the Heathen, that the stream has ceased tc
mi tne lolly mounianis in rain and dew and snow.
. in noods and rivers, in rivulets and rills,
ned plains and mountains, tbe distant laaes and 1
'tis dry! Tlie thirsty on?.a tney cannot drink as yt
boreign Board is tureatened witli a paralysing de
)t among the Heathen, tell it not among the Jews
ot among the Moslems, this melancholy news;
i of Cath deride us, and tell it to our shame,
irches sworn to true and full allegiance to His Nan
r do His bidding, no longer heed the cry
xs, who in sadness, must now be left to die!
>t among the Heathen, but tell it to your Lord,
your knees, ye Christians, and speak the truthful \
light we gave our all to Thee, but now with breakix
hat in our giving, we have kept back a part,
complete surrender, we give our all to Thee."
it to the Heathen, that the Church of Christ is 1
tide of love is rising to float the ship again,
oil of grace is flowing to start the stranded trai
rivulets of mercy are rising to a flood.
easing to the nations, and the Glory of our God!
fessup wrote out these words when the lines "Tell It 01
! that the Saviour reigns" were in his mind. It occurri
it there were some things that might as well not be told a
The lines were first printed in the New York Observer a
the Church Missionary Review.
not for the fact that there is a tendency on the
part of both missionaries and Chinese Christians
to make little of differences and unite upon the
great essentials. The Chinese are not so much
interested in the minor differences that divide
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Presbyter/an
HERN PRESBYTER!A N
ER 22, 1911. NO. 47. 1
f Christianity
the denominations as they are in
that unity and co-operation that
enable them to unite against
a common foe. A few years ago
the Presbyterian Christians were
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l_^ scaiierea among tne missions of
eight countries, England, Scotland,
Canada, etc. Now all these are united into one
National Presbyterian Church. This Church
has a Federal Council, which is the first step
towards a General Assembly. It has six Synods,
fourteen Presbyteries and sixty thousand church
members. It is the first national
Christian Church indigenous to
9 the soil, and it is undoubtedly
I* blazing a path along which other
denominations will follow. Local
and provincial federations of missionaries
and native workers are
^ paving the way for a larger coChief
? operation among all denominations.
Union colleges, union
hospitals, union printing presses
and, more significant than all,
es- union Bible Training Schools are
being established in many places.
In Szechuen and other westfreight,
ern provinces missionaries and native
workers have as their goal
on? ''one Protestant Church for all
West China.'' And all this will
? sooner or later have a return in>
How,
nuence upon the home churches.
Not only is the gospel saving the
lills. Chinese, but it is cementing more
;t> closely together the various
' branches of the Christian Church,
j This also is God's handiwork. We
thus see the beginning of the
Christian Church in China. It
L?> is the day of small things, but
these small things are deeply
fraught with significance. For
Christ, nnd TTia PVinr./.V. m;n
_ ?mil umxvc
vord; majority against all the forces that
lg heart, are arrayed against them.
We have seen something of the
ree influence of the Gospel within the
Chinese Churches and in the
n, hearts and lives of the native
Christians. Let us go now a step
further and observe the influence
of Christianity upon society at
at among J 1 J
sd to Dr. large. For far beyond the nu-ng*e
merical strength of the church,
the preachiner of the Gnsnel onH
1 the lives and conduct of the
Chinese Christians have had an
influence in the establishing of Christian standards
and the creating of a Christian atmosphere.
The China of today is a new China. There
are some sayings, regarding that ancient Empire
that have already gone out of date. For