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neth out; but they put new wine into new wine-skins,
and both are preserved.” Here the teaching is
clearly against the union of Christianity with Ju
daism. The old garment and the old wine-skin
represents Judaism. The new cloth and the new
wine represents Christianity.
The religion of Jesus Christ is in no sense hatched
up Judaism; it is separate and distinct. It is not
a criticism upon Judaism; it is a realization of all
that was deeply significant in Judaistic types and
ceremonies. Christianity is to live forever; it has
no more change to pass through; it is to remain the
religion of the Lord Jesus Christ.
Would that the Church conld realize this fact.
The present tendency to federate belief with unbe
lief -would be upset if it were realized. How the
Lord must be displeased with much of our present
day liberalism. There has always been a tendency
in some sections, more at some times than others, to
federate Christianity with other religions. Much of
Paul’s writings is intended to prevent this very
idea.
The Parliament of Religions in connection with
Chicago’s World’s Fair stands out as a conspicuous
example of the spirit of federation. There Jews,
Hindoos, Mohammedans, Buddhists, Concucianists
and Christians were all mixed together. I believe
that the answer of Jesus Christ to such a proposi
tion would be distinctly, no.
Many of our institutions of today have this
spirit of federation. Recently the Christian Church
es of our own city federated with Jews and other
non-i Christians in the formation of a charity associa
tion. It was proposed to make the association, at
least, bear a tinge of Christianity by inserting Christ
or Christian in the constitution of the association.
But the antichristian element, though in a very small
minority, protested, and all reference to Christ or
Christianity was left out.
Such associations are distinctively opposed to
Jesus Christ. They may fling His picture upon can
vas by ster«optican, when they are trying to raise
money; they may get from His people their money
under such guise; but so long as His name is denied
in the constitution of the bodies themselves, it is un
christian; it is worse than that, it is antichristian.
Heart and Spirit.
“Let us not be deceived, God is not mocked; for
whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.”
If we sow a patched religion, we shall reap the same.
The only hope for the Church, and the only hope
for the individual is pure and undefiled religion. It
is, “Come out from among them and be ye separate,
saith the Lord.”
This teaching, however, does not apply simply to
the union of doctrine; it applies to the forms of wor
ship as well. Jesus meant to say to these inquiring
disciples of John, and the Pharisees who joined
them, “do not attempt to graft Christianity on Ju
daism; nor attempt to exemplify Christianity after
the manner of these old forms and ceremonies.” It
was customary under the old dispensation to fast; it
was an important part of their worship. But now
the order is changed, religion is of the Spirit; its
issues are from the heart, and all our worship must
be in spirit and in truth.
This is our ground for opposition to set forms and
ceremonies in religious worship. We want the lib
erty of the Spirit. How precious it is to feel that
the blessed Holy Ghost is in control of my service,
my worship, and my entire life. If only we can
briiyg ourselves up to this, if only our Churches can
see it, the order of service will take care of itself.
Musicale For Boy’s Club.
On next Tuesday night, March 13, a delightful
musicale will be given at Marist Hall, Atlanta, for
the benefit of the Boys’ Club, for whose forming
Mr. Louis Parham is doing valiant work. The
splendid program announced and the noble cause for
which the benefit is given will doubtless bring out
a splendid audience.
Good manners are the preservative of peace and
concord and are warranted to keep happiness in
any climate.—Selected.
The Golden Age for March 8, 1906.
Four Thousand Student Volunteers.
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3 p. m. and 8 p. m., and the capacity of the au
ditorium was taxed to its utmost, there were num
bers of other meetings, devoted to special purposes
held at the various churches during the afternoon.
The Subjects at the Various Conferences
were of the most varied character, and covered ev
ery phase of the work of missioons and missiona
ries, with practical suggestions and experiences
from those who had served in the foreign fields and
had learned from the various countries themselves
the requisites of each. Conditions in India, Africa
and Asia were reviewed—the work in China and
Japan fully discussed, and one of the most inter
esting conclusions reached was that Japan was the
country destined to be made the agency for the
evangelization of the world—that her people were
on the alert to accept the new good in whatever
form it was offered, only requiring to be con
vinced that it was good, and being thereafter ready
to adopt and to scatter it. The progress of Chris
tianity in Japan has been marked by the change
of attitude of the emperor toward the Christians
which has caused a sentiment in favor of Chris
tianity to pervade the empire. The bravery and loy
alty of Christianized Japanese soldiers was also
a matter commented on, and a remarkable fact was
cited—that of the repeal by the emperor of a law
which prohibited the subsidizing of churches, and
which gave, therefore, aid to the Christian church,
and enabled if to extend its work in the empire.
Mrs. Marriet E. Clark, who, for eighteen years,
worked among Japanese women, and Miss Fannie
Griswold described the home life of these wonder
ful people whose recent achievements have kept
them “in the public eye.”
An interesting feature of this special session
work was an
Address by Miss Ellen Stone
the American Missionary, who was held captive by
Turkish brigands. Miss Stone spoke of the home
life of the Moslems, and of the help that had come
to these imprisoned Mohammedan women by the
doctrine of Christianity.
Miss .Stone was present at several small social
gatherings during the Convention week and made
many friends by her charmingly affable manner, as
well as by her earnest Christian character. Despite
her own unfortunate experience in the East ,her
enthusiasm is unabated and she still retains her
active interest in missionary work.
The Board of Foreign Missions
held its thirteenth annual conference during the
Convention -week, and many important topics were
discussed. Chief among these was the need of a
“Missionary Month,” and as a means of mutual
help, such an interdenominational month was de
cided to be almost a necessity, although definite ac
tion on this question was left to a business commit
tee for further development.
During each session of the Student’s Volunteer
Convention, it has become customary also for a
meeting of the
Woman’s Board of Foreign Missions
to be held. At this session the main features cov
ered the founding of a magazine for young people,
which was to be interdenominational in character,
but whose main object was to be the instructing
and developing of the young minds along mission
ary lines, and the establishment of a universal sys
tem of -work for the young people’s societies. It
■was also decided to petition the government to take
some specific action in regard to the Congo atro
cities.
The women workers in the missionary field have
always been prominent factors, and the number
of women present at the Convention was larger than
ever before seen at similar meetings. These women
■were distinctly earnest, and of a class marked by
superior intelligence and peculiar fitness for the
work they had undertaken. It was to be remarked,
also, that there was an unusual number of young
women from the various schools and colleges
throughout the country, and their attention to the
Convention proceedings, their regularity of atten
dance, and the genuineness of their interest was
both pleasant and significant.
The Meeting of Old Friends
and the renewing of old .associations was a most
delightful feature of the Convention—many of the
foreign missionaries met again for the first time
since the old school days, some college mate whose
work had taken him thousands of miles away from
the old environment—here and there on the
streets were to be seen the most enthusiastic meet
ings, and ties begun in youth were made doubly
strong by the common interest which brought old
friends together again in a common cause. At a
small “after meeting,” at which Miss Ellen Stone
spoke, she was genuinely gratified to meet the daugh
ter of an old missionary friend who was still pur
suing the good work in Macedonia—it happened
that this young girl had been a special charge and
protege of Miss Stone’s, and although she had been
for some years a student in an Ohio college, Miss
Stone did not know of her residence in this country
until the meeting at the Convention. This incident
was but one of many similar ones.
Much comment was made by laymen and resi
dents of Nashville on the excellent deportment of
the young college students. Nashville is a col
lege town, and not unaccustomed to the So-called
“gayety” of the average college student, but in
this Convention, although thousands of young men
were gathered together, separated, too, from dis
cipline in any form, and in many instances from
supervision as well,
There Was Not a S'ngle Discourteous Incident
nor a single occasion when even the most refined
and conservative critic could have desired a change
of attitude. Tn consideration of this fact, it is im
possible not to believe that spiritual enlightenment
is of necessity the keynote to personal refinement
as well.
It is impossible to even mention more than the
most salient features of this great religious gath
ering, but in a review of the proceedings it is firmly
believed that the meeting was the most successful
in the history of the Movement, and that its influ
ence will be widely felt rs the yeais go on—that
the seed sown so wisely, fostered so tenderly, and
prayed for so fervently, must bear good fruit, and
that within the life of the student body recently
brought together in our midst, there will dawn the
beginning of the great day which shall, in very
truth, usher in “The Evangelization of the World.”
Two Great Preachers.
Atlanta is being enriched this week by the pres
ence and the sermons of two men of exceptional
power in the pulpit. Dr. J. W. Dawson, of England,
is preaching’ to crowded houses—the first half of
the week at Trinity M. E. church, and the latter
half at the Central Congregational Church. Dr.
Dawson resigned his great church in London, he
said, because he longed to take the gospel to the
masses. Three words describe him—piety, simplicity
and power.
The other great preacher is Dr. F. C. McConnell,
of Kansas City, Mo., who is s'irring remarkable
crowds at Jackson Hill Baptist Church. In coming
to Georgia, F. C. McConnell is coming to “his own.”
That Virginia interpretation of his initials ‘For
ensic Cyclone,’ fits him better as the years grow
upon him. A cousin of that Texas pulpit marvel,
George W. Truett, he preaches the old time gospel
with much the same manner, and God honors his
labors abundantly.
Our civilization is found in the Bible, and we are
giving it to every family on earth at an astonishing
ly rapid rate. It may be found in almost every
language under the sun. In the early ages to own
a Bible was the privilege of a prince. Carey’s first
Bengali Bible sold for about twenty dollars. Now
one may be bought for a few pennies.
Talk about miracles—the falling of Jericho’s
walls, shouted down, is as nothing to the falling of
China’s walls, prayed down,
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