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Of likely the over 1600000 Baptists in our bounds it is not likelyOftheover1GOOOOOBaptistsinourboundsitisnotlikely Conventionthat over 3000 or 4000 will be in Hot Springs at the Convention thatover3000or4000illbeinIIotSpringsattheConvention blessingsNaturally those who go will pray for Gods presence and blessings Natural1ythosehogoillprayfQlGodspresenceandblessings would hun Voulditnotbeyellforthethousandsofpreachersandthehun it not be well for the thousands of preachers and the hunof thousands of laymen who cannot attend but stay atdreds at dredsofthousandsoflayn1envhocannotattendbutstayat onfor join work on home and to blessings prayer in earnest Gods honloandorktojoininearnestprayerforodsblessingson WWTe would be glad if every one of our re rethis great gatlierilir thisgreatgatheringVevouldbegladifeveryoneofourre papers all landover people would in asking ligious the unite the land ligiouspapersvoulduniteinaskingthepeopleallovertheland to make special prayer to God every day for this gathering of HisHis toll1akespecialprayertoGodeverydftyforthisgatheringofIIis people who go up to worship before Him by counselling togethertogether peoplehogouptovorshipbeforelIimbycounsellingtogether for From all that we can hearthe advancement of His kingdom hear fortheadvancernentofIIiskingdon1Fron1allthatvecanhear the reports which will come from the Seminary the SundaySunday thereportsvhichvillCOlnefromtheSen1narytheSunday School Board the Home Board the Foreign Board will all bebe SchoolBoardthe1Ion1eBoardtheForeignBoardvillallbe toAs we rejoice in these good things of the past we ought to good goodAserejoiceinthesegoodthingsofthepastYOoughtto lay out plans for broader greater work in the future We need wis wilayoutplansforbroadergreatervorkinthefutureVeneedvis NOf

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and his ripening do something till tillhelieends ripening purpose toto do andhisripcningpurposctodosonlcthingtillheendsbypostpon postponendsbybypostpon postpon ing and finally drops all practical thought of advance and falls back into old ruts or if lie leas good plans lie often delays so long to put them into execution that their value is greatly im impaired For instance he has it in his purpose to take a collection pairedForinstancehehasitinhispurposetotakeacollection for foreign missions lie will certainly do it lie thinks 1ut1ut when At some time in the near future lie say to himselfhimself trying to call himself to action by the word near 13tit many things occur to delay him in the execution of leis purposethings purposethingsof greater or less importancetill lie must rush through his col lection at the last moment with but little preparation for himselfhimselff and people and do what lie callsin trying to excuse himself for his procrastination the best that can be done under the circumcircum stances But is it the best Could not the delay have been beenprevented by diligence Was it not against this very principle principlethe Saviour directed his injunctionVatclitheSayiourdirectedhisinjunctionVatch injunctionVatcli Here Here isis the the church church members members delay delay His His pastor pastor asks askshim himforforaa- aacontribution to foreign missions and the member intends makingg contributiontoforeignInissionsandthell1eBlberintends111aki the contribution and as I1diCatillg that intention lie takes an anenvelope and does what lie calls g the matter thinkinover Alas it too often proves thinking away from the purpose altoalto gether When the time comes for taking the collection he is miss ing or comes in at the last moment with a small contribution toto ease his conscience conscienceeasehisconscience Then finally there Then finally there isis the the treasurers delay Xo o one treasurers delay one has has aa- aamore tliankless position than lie and no one deserves more thethe sympathy and the support of the people As a rule our church sYlnpathyandthesupportofthepeopleAsaruleourchurch treasurers are noble and Bardworked men and not one in a thoutreasurersaronobleandhardyorkedInenandnotoneinathou11treasurersaronobleandhardyorkedInenandnotoneinathou thou sand is guilty of intentional delay in transmitting funds in order to use them himself But lie is often affected unconsciously by the want of method on the part of the pastor or irregularities in thethe contributions of the members He delays sending on to the BoardBoard what he has because lie knows there is more to follow and one delay breeds another and yet another till at the last momentmoment sometimes at the last maillie sends in what lie has with thethe apology that lie would have sent it sooner but lie was looking for for1110re 1110rlore 10re loreAll All All this this time time expenses expenses are are going oil Frequently going on Frequently the the Board Board leas to borrow money all because of the delay of the brethren in doing their duty The old proverb 11 He gives twice who givesgives quickly finds its illustration in many things but in nothing more than the conduct of our foreign mission work Because of the delays of members pastors treasurers and the very churches themselves the forward progress of the work is clieckedl and mo money that is intended for missions goes to pay for interest on necesneces sary loansnecessary only because of the churches delay f-

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CEASELESS WORK EASELESS WOREASELESSWORK EASELESS CEASELESSWORK WORKIt is painful to observe that so many KIt It dropdrop churches practically dropCItispainfultoohsorothatso1nanychurchespracticallydrop work all foreign just close after the of Conventioirallforeign1ni5sionVorkjustafterthecloseoftheConvention the Conventioir mission the last few months of the Convention year especiallyDuring especially uringtholastfo1110nthsoftheConventionyearespecially during the last few weeks tliey drive the work with whip andand spur but after that turn aside to something else or to nothing spurbutafterthatturnasidetoSOIllethingelse01tonothing Of obOfcourse0cannotaskoxclusieinterestinouryorkotherob course Awe cannot ask exclusive interest in our work other ob jects must be looked after and other calls met but we can askjectsIIIustbelookedafterandothercalls1nctbutecanask ask we bennist ask that the great work of foreign missions shall not be YOBlustaskthatthegreatyorkofforeignnlissionsshallnotbo abandoned by the cliurclies for the greater part of the practically thepractica1Jyabandonedbythochurchesforthegreaterpartofthe Expenses continue all the time receipts are falling oft the year theyearExpensescontinueallthetimereceiptsarefallingofrthe work must be kept up and the workers fed even if many of the theorkIIIlistbekeptupandthevorkersfedeycnif1nanofthe churchesfallintoasOlnnolentconditionTheyorkisceaseless churches fall into a somnolent condition The work is ceaselessceaseless 1s fast as the foot is put down it itThe command is always Go Theconl1nand1SahyaysGoAfastasthefootisputdovnit be taken then evenand Ilitlst down even and tip Blustbetakenupagainthenupanddonagainandagaincyen upagain again again till the end of the world 0 that our churches would get to plan plantilltheendoftheyo11l0thatourchurchesvolIldgettoplan and regularity in their contributions Our sisters in the Lord areandregularityintheircontributionsOursistersintheLordare are steady axed of the thelearning secret all lcarningtheseCIetofsteadyandsystenlaticgiYingallduringthe during2 the systematic fjgiving 7 fj year with blessed results Brother pastor do something for thethe thecause and keep at it causeandkeepatit I

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WORK RESULT OF FAITHFUL WORTHERESULTOFFAITHFULWORK THE ESULTOFFAITHFULWORK HE China No Nonlssionofoursisl11oroprosperousthantheSouthChina mission of ours is more prosperous than the South Chinaenor Canton mission yet the work was a long time in taking en baptismsshape This year the mission reports 533 baptisms couragingshapeThisyearthen1ssionreports533baptistHS couraging yearalmost ahnosttyiceasJ11anyaslnstyear twice as many as last year Conventionover the minutes of the Southern Baptist Convention Looking LookingoverthenlinutcsoftheSouthernBaptistConyention different1854 we quote the following in order to show low different for for1851equotethefolloinginordertoshohovdinereut pathe thesituationisnofroB1hatitasthenandhoyfaithfulpa situation is now from what it was then and how faithful pa alwayswork in the name and for the glom of our Lord will always tient tientyorkinthenaB1CandforthegloryofourLordillahays yetell It is eternally true that in due season ye shall reap if ye tellItiseternallytruethatindueseasonyeshallreapifyeftellItiseternallytruethatindueseasonyeshallreapifye KNo

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The account is most cheering and It will be seen more andTheaccountisInostcheeringItillbeseen1110reand more clearly that in bearing the water of life we are opening openingmoreclearlythatinbearingthovateroflifeeareopening flowsprings in those lands through which abundant water may flow springsinthoselandsthroughvhichabundantyaterDlayflo We have not for all time or for a long time to provide preachers preachersVehavenotforalltimeorforalongt1netoprovidepreachers or funds by wliicli the work can be carried on We are simply simplyorfundsbyvhichtheyorkcanbecarriedonVearesimply in motion within the districts that we reach forces wliicli setting settinginInotionvithinthedistrictsthatereachforceswhich

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Dear Dear Brother Brothel Enclosed isEnclosed find find 110 110 for foreignmissions forforeign missions The onedollar Theone isdollaris is my own contribution The ten cents is that of my daughter She has no wayy to earn money but she got hold of this dime and she handed it to me saying The first chance you get you send it for the mission work She like the rest strestst of us has a hard time since I am not able to do any work I do hope and pray that the Lord who has all power will greatly bless this little gift Once on a time there was a great multitude hungering and there was a lad there whichonl timetherewasagreatmultitudehungerIngundtherewasaladtherewb had chhad five loaves and two small fishes but what was that among so many In Ills hands it was nothing but when lie gave it to Jesus it was enough So we placeplace our small gifts in His hands oursmallgiftsinHishands handsII want to add my voice to the chorus of praise and thanksgiving want to add my voice to the chorus of praise and thanksgivingthat is isgoing going-ng up all over the land for the increased results in our foreign mission that going upalloverthelandfortheincreasedresultsinourforeIgnmissionw work When rkWhen I learned that the people were asking for 1000 conversions I at once resolved Ilearnedthattbcpeoplewereaskingfor1000conversionsIatoncere to olvedt1 beg the Lord for 500 more I stated the matter to our little church and asked ed that as many as wanted to join me in this petition just hold up their bandssandandand sand a goodly number of the earnest brethren and sisters held up their handssal1 andand sal1now we are praying not for 1000 conversions That belongs to the people first went before the Lord on this account but we are begging that 500 be that to the number already given We could just as easily have asked for 1000 added tothenumberalreadygivenVecouldjustiseasilyhaveaskedfor1000 more ore but then you see our requests would too far exceed our gifts offerings nd and efforts If our liberality abounded as it should our requests might know no w no bounds Lord help us Remember you always have my deepest sympathy andandddmost earnest prayers Yours for the works sakemostearnestpraJersYoursfortheworkssalemostearnestpraJersYoursfortheworkssale sake sakej t

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received received itit on on the the Day DayofofPentecost Pentecost and have andthey retained they have retainedit init aain a certain sense from that day to this As translators Of t1le Tor1 of God into the languages of the heathen they1 shine as the lights ofheayen of heaven heavenWanted Wanted copies copies ofof the theminutes Conminutesof ofthetheSouthern ConCon SouthernBaptist I3altist vention for the following001years 18502701850270 1S4567S0 1511S 11v person sendin us one copy OI I1101e of either of the above will receive the Foreign Mission Journal one year free Look them up Lookthenlup upMr Mr TT MM McKnight at at Ichnigllt has Tafira LasLas hasopened TalmasTalmas openeda home a home Palmas Canary Islands for African missionaries who Tafira need recuperation and rest He writes We have not come here to make money so we invite friends free for a and afterwards 4 a week fortnillt b till they have sufficiently recruited tilltheyhavesufticientlyrecruitedtilltheyhavesufticientlyrecruited tilltheyhavesufticientlyrecruiterecruitedWe We will will appreciate appreciate ititififany aa- a anybrother brotheror orsister sisterwillwillwrite writefor for package o of tracts for distribution These tracts are sent free and will help much in awakening interest in 111issions card to R J Willingham Corresponding Secretary Drop a Postal Ricl1I11ond Va and the tracts will be sent you at onceonce Rev Rev W T WW Lawton You brethLawton Chinkiang breth ChinkiangChina Chinawrites You breth ren of the Board are not in an easy position writes but if be od with us who can be against us WWe pray for you of the lloard regu larly every Saturday at 1 oclock the time when most of you a10 fast asleep night there refreshing yourselves for the morrow morrowThe seventeenth annual meeting of the The seventeenth annual meeting of theInternational MissionMission Missioll ary Union will be held at Clifton Springs NInternational Y May 30 to Tune a 1900 All foreign missionaries of any denomination are eligible to membership and entitledevangelical to free entertainnment Further information can be obtained by addressing Mrs C C Thayer Clifton Springs N YYdThayerCliftonSpringsNY ThayerCliftonSpringsNYtThayerCliftonSpringsNY Mrs J G Chastain who has been Mrs J G Chastain who has beenseriously ill is rapidly seriously ill israpidlyrapidly convalescent and Bro Chastain writes that lie hopes for leer en tire restoration to health and strength Entzininger in Brazil rejoice in leer The many friends of Mrs to health Prayers went up to God in behalf of both restoration of these sisters and we thank God for their recovery thankGodfortheirrecoverythankGodfortheirrecovery hankGodfortheirrecovery recoveryIn Protestant countries pulpit is exhorting the In Protestant countriesthe tile pulpit isconstantly constantly exhorting the people to read the Scriptures while in Brazil the workers have to labor to convince the people that they have even right to read the Bible From the beginning of the efforts to agive tlienl the Scriptures the priests have diligently taught them that it is a dangerous book and have even threatened them with nicatlon and eternal damnation if they read it Manyexcomintl bonfires 01

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been made of Bibles in public squares of the towns TheThe have 1hayebeenInadeofBiblesinpublicsquaresofthetonsThe hayebeenInadeofBiblesinpublicsquaresofthetonsThe falsecry and out warn the people constantly false the priests against priestsconstantlycryoutandarnthepeopleagainstthefalse Rev H C Tucker agent Americanof the Protestants Bibles American BiblesoftheProtestantsHeyIICTuckeragentAlHerican MissionsMissions of Review Bible in Society BibleSocietyinHeyicofissions Bro J S Cheavens Saltillo Mexico writes The brethrenbrethren BroJSChelvensSaltilloexicoritesThebrethren oneme fine reports for larch Porfirio Rodriguez baptized one sent sentIHOfinereportsforlarchPorfirio110driguezbaptizedone Allende there were two baptized on the field of Andres RodriatAllendethereyoretyObaptizedonthefieldofAndresRodri Rodri at guez Eliseo Iecio baptized five at Durango and Berumen bapbap guezE1iseoHeciobaptizedfiyeaturangoandBerlunenbap tized thirtynine at Nieves and organized a church and l TTtizedthiltynineatNicesandolganizedachurchandIT usFlores baptized three near Nonclova making fifty in all Let us FloresbaptizedthreenearonclovalnakingfiftyinallLetus Clod for Ilis many blessingsblessings thankGodforlIisJuanyblessings thank o Conven The rile report which the Foreign Board presents to the ConvenrherepoltwhichtheForeignBoardpresentstotheConycn will be we Springs glorious should be toin to Thankful Hot tioninTrotSpringsillbegloriousThankfulyeshouldbeto tion By we we as manow Him praise can every should man God Il and child among us resolving to do more for His glory inwoman OlnanandchildaJnongusresolvingtodo11OreforIIisgloryin in Histhe future than ever in the past Thanks be unto God for His thefuturothanee1inthepastThanksbeuntoGodforIIis manifold blessings through the Convention year just closingclosing greatlnanifolclblessingsthroughtheConventionyearjustclosin great conseBy His grace eve will make the next year full of earnest conse kitigdomeffort for the advancement of ILis kitigdom cratecleffortfortheahanCenlentofIliskingdolll crated well who has returned to this country asasfas Miss Hartwell Anna B Hart issAnnaBIIartellohasrpturlledtothiscountryas Taylorbeen noted is now at the Baptist Sanitarium 909 Taylor has hasbeennotcdisnoyattheBaptistSanitariuln90DTaylor I came here by invitation invitationavenue St Louis lo She writes in thethe be for the to guest ladies Sanitarium their Baptist of the oftbeBaptistladiestobetheirgnestintheSanitariunlforthe peobe I peo benefited to here These greatly firstIHonthI1nsurotobegreatlybenefitedhereThesepeo first month ani sure Nothing could exceed the kindness andand ple leave large Hearts pleh1olargehealtsNothingcouldexceedthekindnessand Theof superintendent physicians nurses and all The attentionofsuperintendentphysiciansnursesandallThe attention They make me feel asas friends overwheIii me with kindness friendsovelheHI111eyithkindnessThey1nakeInefeelas I had known them always flee place is doing me good goodthough thoughIhadknontheulahaysTheplacoisdoinglnegood asalready and T thank the Lord for bringing me here I feel as alreadyandIthankthcLordforbringing111ehereIfeelas asked nevorbeforesincereceivingthelettersofallthoseyhohaveasked never before since receiving the letters of all those who have askedme 111etovisitthen1thusshowingtheirrealandsubstantialinterest to visit then thus showing their real and substantial interest interestbetween in missions and missionaries what a close tie there is betweeninInissionsandInissionarieshataclosetiethereisbetveell praythose of us on the field and those who hold the ropes and pray thoseofusonthefieldandthoseyhoholdtheropesandpray for lionie at us forusathonlc

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believers the husband being government telegraph operator All of thingsgs ofbelieversthehusbanbeinggovernmenttelegraphoperatorAIlthi gthingsthings All things were ready for public meetings and at night began a series of evangelistic evangelisticF-icwerereadyforpublicmeetingsandatnightbeganaseriesofcangeIis swerereadyforpublicmeetingsandatnightbeganaseriesofcangeIis ic meetings The been The Gospel had meetingsrhGospelhadneYerbeenmeetingsrhGospelhadneYerbeen never beenbeenhad never been preached in this place and it cannot preachedinthisplaceanditcannot cannotbe described how gladly they came tobedescribehowgladlytheycallieto to to the good news of salvation listen listenothegoodnewsof5alvatioll salvationThe first night wre had about fifty pres presThefirstnightVehadaooutfiftyp1ThefirstnightVehadaooutfiftyp1es ent Night after night the congregacongrega esntXightafternightthecongrtga ntXightafternightthecongrtgatntXightafternightthecongrtga t tions continued to grow and the listtionscontinuedtogrowandtJHInsttionscontinuedtogrowandtJHInst ionscontinuedtogrowandtJHInst list meeting held on Sunday the 11th the meetingheldonSundaythe11ththe themeetingheldonSundaythe11thtthough large was not large hall largehallthoughlargewasnotlargeen0hehallthoughlargewasnotlarge enough to hold the crowd that cane toen011ghtoholdthecrowdthatcameto en011ghtoholdthecrowdthatcam11ghtoholdthecrowdthatcameto to the Gospel hear I left the place onetoheartheGospelIlefttheplaceon heartheGospelIlefttheplaceonron heartheGospelIlefttheplaceon Monday hoping to return soon and rondayhopingtoreturnsoonandgondayhopingtoreturnsoonand rondayhopingtoreturnsoonand andgather a gatherahlessedharvestAhouttwelve blessed harvest About twelve twelveatherahlessedharvestAhouttwelve persons personsdeclaredthemseheseadtofdeclared themselves ready topersonsdeclaredthemseheseadto to If LordLord follow the ollowtheLord followtheLorfollowtheLord tiAfter this known After went toto Pacienca this II went knownknown dAfterthisIwenttoPacicncaknown Pacienca knownAfterthisIwenttoPacicncaknown f to be the wildest district of the CamposCampos tobethewildestdistrictoftheCampos country I had been there once efore countryIhadbeenthereOllceheforcountryIhadbeenthereOllcehefore eforer we have a family of believe e livand eandwehaveafamilyofbelieve1liv andwehaveafamilyofbelieve1livandwehaveafamilyofbelieve1liv liv ing there I preachedin the house of aaingthereIpreacbedinthehouseofa ingthereIpreacbedinthehouseman who is considered the wild wildofamanwhoisconsiderethtvild manwhoisconsiderethtvildcsKIVEFIPST AMAZON AMAZO- KIVEK IN AMAZON BAPTIZED IN BIVEI FIRST FITISTUAPTIZEDIA11AZONUIYEr FITISTUAPTIZEDIA11AZONUIIRST BAPTIZED est of the surrounding neighborneighbor cstofthesurroundingI1pighborhcstofthesurroundingI1pighbor tofthesurroundingI1pighbor 18971897 2 KFebruary February 2 1897 NFebruary YErFebruary2lS7 February February2lS7 hood People came flocking from far hoodPcplecameflockingfrol11far faroodPcplecameflockingfrol11far and Gospel was as itIt isis inin Jesus Jesus The to listen to the The Gospel was listened listen to the truth toooandwidetolistentothetruthasitisinJesus1beGospelwaslistened truth as listened totowide to and wide OnewithappreciationandIbelievesomemarvellousconversionstoolpl One with appreciation and I believe some marvellous conversions took place ceQue the foremost is the man whom all feared Since the last services lie is aaof oftheforemostisthemanwhomaUfearedSincethelastservicesheisa man and every one notices it The last night I preached in the largee-eechanged changedmanandeveryonenoticesitThelastnightIpreachedinthela Nof Nof

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riverriverof the hotel and after the services one lady was baptized in the river ver hall ballofthehotelandaftertheservicesoneladywasbaptizedillther ball flowing near by The baptismal scene produced a wonderful effect upon theflowingnearbylhebaptismalceneproducedawonderfuleffectupont theeedaughter one a whose rich lady is people in and member the Macabe churchpeopleandonerichlHIrwhose1auhterisnmemberinthelIacahechurc church lding mndeusapresentofasIlendidlylocatedpieceofpropertJYfortheIm building made us a present of a splendidly located piece of property for the buildingldinI hope to soon to evangelical place manyreturn many church an gQfanevangelicalchurch1hopetoreturnsoontotbisplaceandman this and Qfanevangelicalchurch1hopetoreturnsoontotbisplaceandman of baptism IIthinkwillbeburiedwithChristinbaptism think will be buried with Christ in baptismLeaving workPacienca I went to Campos and found the church in a good work workLeaYingPacieneaIweuttoCamposandfoundthechurchin3goodwork condition Brother A Campos the native pastor busy as usual workinging working ingconditionBrotherACampostheuatiyep15torbusasusualworking hardbothinthechurchandwiththeaperwhichisnowbeingpublishedt hard both in the church and with the paper which is now being published twiceice twice aweekaudisbecomingmoreandmoreapowerforgoodinthatdistrictOy Overrra week and is becoming more and more a power for good in that district OverGospepel twothousandnumbersaredistributedtwiceeveryweekandthustheGo two thousand numbers are distributed twice every week and thus the Gospel goodgood entersintoallpartsofBrazilTheyoungmenalsoarecontinuinginth enters into all parts of Brazil The young men also are continuing in theirirgood lenters workamIhaveclubbedtogethertosupportabrothertoteachthechild and have clubbed together to support a brother to teach the children our work of ourenofonr fit churchlIleladiesarenotbehindworkingtwohourseTerJYweekinben church The ladies are not behind working two hours every week in benefitbenefit congregationsssQfthecburchdebtIpreachedonSundaytwicetoyprYgoodcongregatio of the church debt I preached on Sunday twice to very good congregationsprospering Tlherenresomeinquirersandtheworkisprospering There are some inquirers and the work is prosperingleaving Campos I visited several other places including Mineiros Mineirosros After AfterleavingCnmposIvisitedseyeralotherplacesincludinglIine Mineirohehe ErnestomacIladowherewehaveatiourishinglittlechurchandwhere sErnestomachado where we have a flourishing little church and where theErnestomachado the brethrenareworkinghardtohuildalittlehouseofprayerSanFideIi brethren are working hard to build a little house of prayer San Fidelis wherewhere preached three times to good crowds baptizing three candidates two offwbom whomI preachedtbreetimestogoodcrowdsbaptizingtbreecandidatestwo splendidwalked eighteen miles for that purpose Cambucy where I held a splendid walkedeighteenmilesforthatpurposeCambucJwhereIheldasplendi meeting in the public market surrounded by hundreds of attentiveopenair Qpenairmeetinginthepublicmarketsurroundedbyhundredsofatten hrc attentive andlIstenersleavingagoodmanyveryanxiousabouttheirsoulssalvati listeners leaving a good many very anxious about their souls salvationnand and meetmeet alsorrezIrmnosalittlerailwaystationwhereIalsohadagoodopena also TrezIrmaos a little railway station where I also had a good openairrmeet ing suchinassistedbynearlyalltheinhahitantsoftheplacewhohadneverse assisted by nearly all the inhabitants of the place who had never seennsuch nsuchsuch preaching kindofpreachin kind of preachingIIamjusthomefortwodaysTomorrowIamoffagainforagoodeyange evangeam just home for two days Tomorrow I am off again for aa good evange oflisticcampaignthatwilllastaboutsixweeksIbegyourprayersonbe listic campaign that will last about six weeks I beg your prayers on behalf of alfof this work The field is ripe The doors are open to us We must make use ofthisworkThefieldisripelhedoorsareopentollSTemustmakeuseof of the opportunities before the Jesuits come and stop up the way They are worktheopportunitiesbeforetheJesuitscomeandstopupthewayTheyare ork work ing hard All the priests from the Philippines and Cuba are being shippeddover overinghardAllthepriestsfromthePhilippineRnndCubaarebeingnhipp over to opportunities toBrazilTheJfillthelandLetustakeholdthereforeoftheopportun Brazil They fill the land Let us take hold therefore of the opportunitiestieties while we have the chance Pray for us God bless you allwhilewehavethechancePraYforusGodblessyouallTHEall whilewehavethechancePraYforusGodblessyouall swhilewehavethechancePraYforusGodblessyouall 5 A

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will call attention to the manifold and singularly trying obstaclessthat thatTewillcallattentiontotbemanifoldandsingularlytryingobstacl thatthat thus thusfarhavehinderedtheprogressoftheGospelinthiscountlTBesi far have hindered the progress of the Gospel in this country Besidesesthe thethe common difficulties met the wideworld over there are local ones Among thesecommondifficultiesmetthewideworldovertherearelalonesAmongt es ethese a prevalent belief by many that a great hindrance to the work are the deis isaprevalentbeliefbymallJYtlmtagreathindrancetotheworkaret sisaprevalentbeliefbymallJYtlmtagreathindrancetotheworkaret de nominationsgiving the priest a pretext to accuse us of divisions heresies nominationsgivingtbepriestapretexttoaccuseusofdivisionsher andand siesand sects But this objection has been explained even to the full satisfaction sectsButthisobjectionhasbeenexplainedeventothefullsatisfac ofof ionof King Umberto himself that the evangelicals in spite of the many denomina KingUmbertohimselfthattbeevangelicalsinspiteofthemanydenom nana denominations form but one body have but one Bible and fight for their common kingtionsformbutonebodyhavebutoneBibleandfightfortheircommonki kingggThe real foes therefore are to be sought among those whom all denomi Jesus JesusTherealfoesthereforearetobesouhtamongthosewhomalldeno denomi- i nations unite In combattingcombatting nationsuniteincombatting frequently alluded to priestcraft is too lightly dwelt upon The almoThe hefrequentlyalludedtopriestcraftistoolightlydweltuponTheal almost almostost bimillennial reign of popery cannot be done away with in the span of a quarter bimillennialreignofpoperycannotbedoneawaywithinthespanofaq artrartr YWe We We

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of a century For even pagan Rome required over three centuries toto die InIninofacenturyForennpagnnRomerequiredoverthreecenturiestodieou lie out In In spite of the allswaying testimony of that mighty whiterobed host wearing spiteoftheallswayingtestimonrofthatmightwhiterobedhostwear thengthe the martyrs crown It is popery allied with Jesuitism the wealthiest society the martyrscrownItispoperynlliedwithJesuitismthewealthiestsoci theworld ever saw disposing of forty millions of lire in confront with whom weworldeersawdisposingoffortymillionsoflireinconfrontwithwho we are less than David defying Goliath The breach of Porta Pia is one of the sling arelessthanDaiddefyingGoliathThehreachofPortaPiaisoneofthe slinglin stones hurled by the invisible hand but another is to follow striking theegiant giantstoneshurledbtheinyisiblehandbutanotheristofollowstrikingt egiantgiant in the very crown of his religious sway before lie totters and falls fallsintheeQerownofhisreligiousswaybefonhetottersnndfalls prejudice against Protestantism comes next subtly fomenteddby Inveterate bybyInetrateprejudiceagainstProtestantismcomesnextsubtlrfoment by by popish confessors and preachers who both secretly and publicly proclaim IJOpishconfessorsandreacherswhobothsecretlyan1puhliclyIocl thatthat imthat deny the Madonna Christ and God Protestants ProtestantsdenytheIadollImChristandGodOfcourseweadmitthatt Of course we admit that there thereere is latent power in the Gospel light to dispel this more than Egyptian darIIleS3 islatentvowerintheGospellightto1isl1CIthisIllonthaIlEntial darknessin a normal state of things it Idlest take its time A pious matron now 1 bebut butinlnormalstateofthinsitmusttakeitstimeApionsllwtronIlOW be bliever when she first heard that her husband frequented evangelical meetings elieyerwhensheHrstbeardthatherImsbaIHlfrequentedelngliclIme lieyerwhensheHrstbeardthatherImsbaIHlfrequentedelngliclIme meetingsting was scandalized and being told by the priest that Protestants were Atheists wascalldalizeailllbeingtol1bythepriesttlJltProtestuItwereA Atheistsheist and damnable heretics she threatened her husband with separation if heper peranddamnablehereticsshethreatencdherhushandwithslparatiolli he per in attending their preaching So on an occasion she slyly stole intoothe sisted thesistedinattnlintheirpreachingo011InoccIsionsheslylystolein the mission hall at Piazza S Domenico Maggiore to spy out whether lie was present missionhallatPiazzaSDomenicoIaggioretospyontwheththewasvre presentent at the meeting But to her surprise instead of being shocked at the blasphemous atthemeetingButtohersnrpriseiusteadofIJeingshockedatthebla blasphemousIhemou dropping from atheistical lips she was melted into tears at the ehearsnl words yonlsdroppingfromatheisticallipsshewasmeltediutotearsatthe rehearsalof the old old story of a Saviours dying love She returned home clianed in oftheold011stoQofaSaoursdyinloeShereturnedhOlUEchangedIud inof persecuting her husband as heretofore rejoiced with him to hae instead insteadofversecutingherhusbandasheretoforerejoicedwtlJhimt havein the Lord with her whole heart Still not in all cases is inveterate believed rateinveteratebelievedintheLorwithherwholeheartStillnotinallcaoCRisiInet rate conqueredprejudice so easily conquered prejudicesoeasilJconquered a yet more formidable foe Again foe we we have to to grapple with atheisticalAgainaJoetlUoreformidablefoewehayetoraIJplewithisatheistic with isis atheistical atheistical- l socialism oil of the great bugbears of this country both ill the political socialismoneofthegreatlmghearsofthiseouIltIThothinthelolit andand c1Iand religious spheres Their teachers beginning from the elementary schoolroom religiousspheresTheirteachersheginningfromtheelementarysch upup olroomupolroomup to the university hall raise the blasphenlous outcry Down with the tyrant ofoof heaven What can we expect from the coming generation the offspring of aattfheayenHYhatcanweexpectfromthecominggenerationtheoffspringo heayenHYhatcanweexpectfromthecominggenerationtheoffspringo similar doctrinesimilardoctrine doctrine I would also lay more on another phase more stress on the progressstress on phase of of the the work progress-s progress work1C11 the progress The latter must be necessarily slow to be steady but it is only so ap made apparently for it is relatively rapid and satisfactory considering the obstacles puentlyforitisrelatiyelyraphlandsatisfnctoryconsideringthe justbstaclesj1lt just mentioned the agents at work and the means employed The question that thatsuggests itself is whether success in the work is to be estimated naturally naturallysuggestsitselfiswhethersuccessintheworkistolwesti by atedhbyNot a few are inclined to judge it so But such aathe number of converts logically implies the denial of the allimportant preparatory workprocedure procedurelogicallyimI1iesthedenialoftheallimportantHIrepar work consisting largely in furrowing and tilling the soil of public opinion Aswell consistinInrgelyinfurrowingandtillingthesoilofpuhlicopinio As wellwell tell the soldier that the time spent in drilling or in digging the trenches tellthesoldierthatthetimespentindrillingorindiggingthetren be lost lostheshelost time or the farmer that cultivating the ground sowing In the lone weary wearymonths that the seed remains buried under a wintry shroud is lost time ManymonthsthattheseedremainsburiedUIHPlawintryshroudislosttime Many any are looking out for some great crisis but should that happen it would chiefly are1001ingoutforsomegreatcrisishutshonlllthathappenitwould behietlyhebe hietlyhe a political movement or at most a swelling and as soon abating emotionalemotional nal tide Others are expecting some great reformer to rise out of the RomantideOthersareexpectingsomegreatreformertoriseoutoftheRoman Roman Catholic ranksan Arnaldo da Brescia or a Savanarola but should even aagreater than these step forward and find the ground unprepared he would greaterthanthesestepforwardandfindthegrounduDIJrelmredhewo beIdbebe Idbe aa sower casting his seed on the wayside waysideasowercastinghisseedonthewaysIde sowercastinghisseedonthewaysIde Martin Luther attempted Had attempted his his reformation reformation aa century century ahead HadIartinLutherattemptedhIsreformationacentuDaheadhewoulel ahead he he would wouldwould have doubtlessly shared the fate of John Huss All depends humanly speak speaking on the ground eing thoroughly prepared and the present stage of our wort ingonthegroundeingthoroughlypreparedfindthepresentstageofo rworkrwork

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monotomonoto-ooItaly precisely corresponds to that preparatory period in InItalypreiselcorrespondstothatpreparatoQperiodTheslowmono The slow monoto nous irksome tolling in the night is but the grey dawn announcing the glorious gloriousriou3 nousirksometoilinginthenightisbutthegredawnannouncingthegl riouand the sowing with tears heralds a Gospel harvest with joy day dayandthesowingwithtearsberalsaGospelharvestwithjoydayandthesowingwithtearsberalsaGospelharvestwithjoy 3dayandthesowingwithtearsberalsaGospelharvestwithjoy s J8x Jt JJ-99J I J5 J9 TREATY REVISION AND ITS RELATION TO CHRISTIANITY IN JAPAN JAPANJAPANTREATYREVISIONANDITSRELATIONTOCHRISTIANITYINJAPAN TREATYREVISIONANDITSRELATIONTOCHRISTIANITYINJA-

PANByYoHClarke By W H ClarkeByYoHClarke Clarke nations of the earth are classified according to their relative strength The strengthstrengthThenationsoftheearthareclassifiedaccordingtotheirrelatives rength and importance some enjoying privileges of which others are deprived The TheandimportaIlcesomeenjoingprivilegesofwhichothersaredeprive light and progress which has been disseminated throughout the world duringringlightamprogresswhichhasbeendisseminatedthroughouttheworldd during ring century has produced great changes among the nationsthis thiscenturyhasvrolucedreatchanesamongthenations nations With the onward march of Christian civilization in opening the long closed closedclosedYiththeonwardmarchofChristiancivilizationinopeningthelongc osed iving doors of benighted lands and the introduction of a higher standard of livingdoorsofbenightedlandsandtheintroductionofahigherstandardof secomesthenecessityfornewlawsamongthenationsThesecompactswhi se conies the necessity for new laws among the nations These compacts whichhse cure and guarantee the exercise of certain rights in social and commercial cureandgnaranteetheexerciseofcertainrightsinsocialandcomme intercialinterinter cialinter are changed as the varying circumstances demandcourse coursearechanedasthevaryingcircumstancesdemand demand The so broad andchasm between the Eastern and Western nations has been so andand ThechasmbetweentheEasternandesternnationshasbeensobroadand deep during the litter centuries that only in the last few years has any extendeepduringthelattercenturiesthatonlyinthelastfewyearshasan exten sive communication existed between them Japan was the first Eastern nationsIvecommunicationexistedbetweenthemJapanasthefirstEasternn tion nation to receive the helping hand extended from far across the sea and the iendly toreceivethelllllinghandextendedfromfaracrosstheseaandthef friendlyovertures rejected at first but finally received have been the means offlifting overturesrejectedatfirstbuttinnIlyreceivedhavebeenthemenns liftingthis nation from obscurity into a position of equal political standinggwithtIlP thIsnationfromobscurityintoapositionofequnlpolitIcalstandi gwithtIlPwith thethe great nations of ChristendomgreatnationsofChristendom Christendom was the first to draw Japan from her seclusion and England greatlyAmerica greatly AmericawasthefirsttodrawJapnnfromherseclusionandEnglandgre greatlytiy loaided her in achieving success and it is gratifying to know that the Anglo Anglolo aidedherinachievIngsuccessanditisgratifyingtoknowthattheAn Saxon cousins are second to none in the goodwill of the JapaneseJapanese FIRST TREATYTHE THEFIRSTTREAry TREATY TREATYWhen Commodore in Perry to 1SH2 sought myste mysteWhen to enter the gates of henCommodorePerryinISisoughttoenterthegatesoftbismyste of this mysterious land he found them closed against the world His kind request for a-aariousInndhefoundtheUlclosednaillsttheworldHiskindrequestfo friendly interview did not meet with a favorable answer at first but a demon friendlyinterviewdidnotmeetwithafavorableansweratfirstbuta demonemon stration from his fleet of the power which supported his request proveddmore morestrationfromhisfleetofthepmvprwhichS1plOrtedhisrequestprov more effectual and with the Star Spangled Banner wrapped around the capstan ofeffectun1andwiththeStnrSlnngBnnnerwrappedaroundthecapstano of his flagship and the Bible resting upon its folds he sailed through the iong longhisfingshipnndtheBiblerestingUlonitsfoldshesailedthroughth forbidden waters entered the gates of the Imperial city of the Mikados EmpireforbiddenwatersenteredthegatesoftheImperialcityoftheIilmdo Empire and secured a treaty which served as the foundation for future negotiationsandsecuredfltreatywhichservedasthefoundationforfuturenegot negotiations ations imThe treaty which lie had secured was soon found to be insufficient but to him himim Thetreatwhichhehadsecuredwassoonfoundtobeinsufficientbutto is due the credit of entering the wedge which would eventually force Japan openisduethecreditofenteringthewedgewhichwou11eventuallyforceJ open panopepanopen to the world ntothe0111 tothe0111 SECOND TREATYTHE TREATY TREATYTHESECOXDlREATY tosecond movement towards opening this hermit nation was The toThesecondmovementtowardsopeningthishermitnationwasentruste was entrusted to to Towsend Harris the first United States ConsulGeneral and Minister tooJapnn JapanJapan rowselllHarristhefirstrnitedStatesConsulGeneralandIinister reached Japan in 1S5 and raised the Stars and Stripes the first consularIle HereachedTnpanin185andraisedtheStarsandStripesthefirstcons consular lar flag even seen in the Empire After many negotiations lie finally secureddatflagevenseenintheEmIireAftermanynegotiationshefinallysecur d aaatreaty eenof amity and commerce which went into effect July 4 1S59 and has been een beenreatyofamityandcommercewhichwentintoeffectJuly41859andhas treatyofamityandcommercewhichwentintoeffectJuly41859andhas years in inforcefortyyearsinforcefortyyears force forty yearsTHE THIRD TREATY OR PRESENT TREATY REVISIONREVISION REVISIONTHErHIRDrREATYORPRESEX1TREATYREVISIOX 1S71 an embassy was sent from Japan to In to America and the In1871anembasywassentfromJnpantoAmericaandEuropeforthe and Europe for thefor ththe purpose of beginning negotiations for the revision of the treaties on termsmore purposeofbeginningnegotiationsfortherevisionofthetreatieso moreterms more favorable to Japan This visit abroad revealed to some of the leading men offavorabletoJapanThisvisit3broadrevealedtosomeoftheleadingl of lenof Japan the fact that their country had not yet attained that degree of vilization Japanthefactthattheircountryhndnotyetattainedthatdegreeofc vilization-

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which would warrant the powers ininadmitting theChristian powers admittingJapan Japanto tocivil equalitycivili1cluality equality equality in the comity of nationsinthecomityofllntions nations With With aa resolute purpose these resolute purpose nnen and these niou and others othersdetermined Japan determinedthat Iapan thatJapanthrough internal reforms should reach a standard worthy of recognition by thenhythe 11estern powers After years of arduous labor and remarkable progress the question of treaty revision was again brought before the powers in 1SS2 thee demands made by the foreign representativesnamely that Japan sllllltlll The Hrsqualify before receiving such honorable recognitionwere so humiliatingHrst to tinto the pride of Japanese and caused such strong public hostility that the Iinister of Foreign Affairs was compelled to postpone further negotiations resigned hishis sinedhisposition and came near losing his life by an attack from a Japanesesinedhis fanatic natic Other negotiations were afterwards continued upon demands of absolute equal ity The concessions which had been previously offered by Japan uteequal were gradl ually withdrawn as the nation developed under foreign teachers pres until the theIHIS ent treaty was consummated in 1894 bringing all foreign residents absolutely llltely under Japanese jurisdiction Much anxiety is felt by some foreign subjects ects but we hope that this new relation will prove mutually satisfactory The Japanese The Japanese were were told told that theymust bethatthey mustfirst first qualify qualify before beforethey theycould couldbe be admitted into the comity of nations They have accomplished this task ssined them with remarkable rapidity to the satisfaction of the powers and now owenjoJ enjoy the privileges of the most favored nations theprivilegesofthemostfnvorednations nationsBut But remember remember that Japanhas that Japan hasachieved equality-ity onlythe achievedonly theoutward outwardform of equality with Occidental nations she has now to meet the task of fort of equality accomplishing the he reality The revision of the treaty has not conferred any new strengthh uponn her though it has imposed new obligations Her duty now is to prove by solidd progress that she is entitled to the place that she has gained The obligation tioll now devolves upon Japan not only to preserve peace and order within her own realm but also to reach out into the world and try to increase al wealth and strength The development of trade and industry is her national what Japan n needs rather than military expansion needsratherthanmilitaryexpansion expansionINDICATIONS FAVORING INDICATIONS FAVORING THE THE SUCCESSFUL SUCCESSFULOPERATION INDICAIIONSFAVORINGTHESUCCESSFULOPERVrIOXOFrUEXEV OPERATIONOFOFTHE 11ITENEW NEW

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The Emperor The Emperor the the Prime Prime Minister Minister and andMinister Ministerofofthethevarious variousdepart depart ments of State have all issued notifications inculcating the duty of reating foreigners with due consideration and courtesy We are praying that Godd will use this as a means of opening the doors of many hearts and homes which ch are 2now closed against every approach of the Gospel arenowclosedagainsteveryapproachoftheGospel The State representatives of the various foreign powers 2 The State representatives of the various foreign powershave haveindicated indicated ted a desire to cooperate in promulgating the most favorable operation of the ofthe treaties It is hoped that the friendly intercourse which this spirit ought to ughtto produce will greatly aid the missionaries in gaining the confidence producewillgreatlyaidthemissionariesingaInIngtheconfidence 3 There are ten thousand foreigners living in Japan and among offthepeople the people 3 There are ten thousand foreigners living in Japan and amongthem themthere ere there seems to be a general friendly feeling towards the new order of things a and nda desire to increase the commercial relations between Japan and the desiretoincreasethecommercialrelationsbetweenJapanandtheva coun various iouscoun tries from which they come These material Improvements will facilitate the tethe means of communication among the people and open new highways for the Gospel 4 Some of the leading Buddhist priests have issued 4 Some of the leading Buddhist priests have issuedthe following Freethe following Free Free dom of conscience having been granted by the Constitution no distinction ionmust must be made between the liberty enjoyed by alien and native creeds and bemadebetweenthelibertyenjoyedbyalienandnativecreedsandthe the reaties Having guaranteed to foreigners the same rights as those enjoyed by Japanese paneepanee 1 1

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subjects that fact must be recognized inin the the conduct ofof all 5uhjectthatfactmustberecognizedintheconductofal1Buddhistpr all Buddhist priests priestspriestsests as well as laymen While it titan be a long time before this injunction is put putpractice yet it shows that Christianity is helping to form the future into intopracticeyetitshowstlmtChristianityishelpingtoformthefu ureIQIicy ureIQIicholierholier of the leaders and is a decided step in the right directionyoftheleadersandi8adeciestepintherightdirection oftheleadersandi8adeciestepintherightdirection direction IN DIFFICULTIES IN THE WAY OF OF THE SUCCESSFUL OPERATION OF OFOFDIPFICUIlIESIXTHEYAYOFTHESUCCESSFULOPERATIOiOFDIPFICUIlIESIXTHEYAYOFTHESUCCESSFULOPERATIOiOF OF THE TREATIES THE HErREATIES 1 A lack of of the consciousness of of God God However far Christianshort ofof Christian far short 1AlackoftheconsciousnessofGodHoweverfarshortofChristian standards socalled Christian nations fall none less the is it true thatttheir staIHlanlssocanedChristiannationsfallnonethelessisittrueth theirtheir great statesmen their great philosophers and poets their scholars anddwar greatstatesUlIltheirgreatphilosophersandIOetstheirsdwlnrsa warwar rior have as a rule a profound sense of their dependence upon God ButBut greatest statesman boasts that lie leas no religion and no need offan Japans JapansgreateststatesmanboaststlmthehasnoreligionandnoIHetl anyany Japans most influential educators argue in elegant style against any such JapansmostinfluentialeducatorsargueinelegantstJIeagainstan thingthing uchthing as a Creator and thousands of Japanese youths are caught by the brilliancyISaCreatorandthousandsofJapaneseyouthsarecaughtbythebrilli ncy brilliancy ncyt and boldness of these writings and are carried into atheism Yet the greatgreatt of so modern civilization essentials essentialsofUloderllcivilizationsofarastheyarebeingrealize far as they are being realized havegained gained have gainedlife and power from the teachings of Christ Not until the AlmightyyGod their theirlifeandpowerfromtheteachingsofChristXotuntiltheAlmigh GodGod and Father of all men was believed in was it possible that there could be amIFatherofallmenwasbelievedinwasitpossiblethattherecouldb bethe international law of today Treaties are good but it needs faith in onetheinternationnlInwoftodnyTreatiesnregoodbutitneedsfaithin neone ne God to whom all men are accountable to make them progressively effective GoatowhomnllmenareaccountabletomakethemprogressiVelyeffect effectiveVe VCommerce is powerful but it tends as often towards war as towards peaceCommerceispowerfulbutittendsa5oftentowardswarastowardspenc eCommerceispowerfulbutittendsa5oftentowardswarastowardspenc peace we rejoice in the equality of nations let us pray that the Japanese mayWhile hilewerejoiceintheequalityofnationsletuspraythattheJapanes may be led to see whose kind providence it is that has been over them in these crisesbeledtoseewhosekindproVidenceitisthathasbeenoVertheminthes crisecrises and whose divine love it is that can redeem them from sin sfindwhosediVine10Veitisthatcanredeemthemfromsin findwhosediVine10Veitisthatcanredeemthemfromsin 22Anotherobstacletothesuccessfuloperationofthetreatiesisthe 2 Another obstacle to the obstacle to the successful operation ofof the successful operation the treaties facttreaties isis the act the fact fact that the Christian nations are not nearly so Christlike as they should be thattheChristiannationsarenotnearlysoChristlikeastheyshoul thatand that beandthat they tend to exalt might rather than right We need to pray for Chris theytendtoexaltmightratherthanrightreneedtoprayforChris Christian nations that they may overcome their glaring defects and become more tiannationsthattheymayovercometheirglaringdefectsandbecome moreore sensitive to religious dealings so that the great East and the powerfullYest sensitiVetoreligiousdealingssothatthegreatEastandthepowerf Westnow coming togetlie in friendly intercourse may both be kept by Him whonowcomingtogetheillfriellllyintercoursemaJbothbekeptbyHimw whoooalone gives wisdom and national greatness aloneiveswisdomandnationalgreatness 33 The on the The desire desire on part ofof many many toto establish the part The SThedesireonthepartofmanytoestablishaStatereligionThe religion Theestablish aa State State religion TheThe are Buddhists making strong a effort to accomplish this hoping therebyyto BuddhistsaremakingastrongetTorttoaccomplishthishopingthere toto weaken and if possible to suppress the influence of Christianity Thereebas weakenandifpossibletosuppresstheinfluenceofChristianityThe hashas also been a movement on the part of some of the denominations laboringlaboring here to unite and organize a State church based upon Christianity and dapted lJeretounitean1oranizeaStatechurchbaseduponChristianityand adaptedto the Japanese minds They seem to overlook the fact that true ChristotheJapanesemindsTheyseemtooVerlookthefactthattrueChris Chris tianity adapts all believing minds to itself and that the union of church tianitJadaptsallbelieVingmindstoitselfandthattbeunionofchu andand chand State has ever proven one of the greatest hindrances to the spread of theepnre StatehnseVerprovenoneofthegreatesthindrancestothespreadoft purepure Gospel Everyone interested In the dvelopment of the Masters kingdom inGospe1EverroneinterestedinthedvelopmentoftheIastersIingl1o in Japan should oppose this movement and through the results of preaching Ja111nshouldopl1osethIsmoVementandthroughtheresultsofpreac theingthe the pure Word try to establish such churches as Christ Himself would approvepureYoIdtrytoestablishsucbchurchesasChristHimselfwouldappr approve Ve VGODS JAPAN GODS PROVIDENCE PROVIDENCE IN IN THE AND DESTINY THE HISTORY HISTORY AND eGODSrnOVIDEXCEINTHEHISTORYANDDESTINYOFJAPAN GODSrnOVIDEXCEINTHEHISTORYANDDESTINYOFJAPAN DESTINY OF OF JAPANJAPANJAPAN recent The Japan recent history The history of to be of Japan TherecenthistoryofJapanseemstobefulloftheproVidenceofGodTa seems to Japan seems be full full ofofthe providenceofofGod theprovidence nnJapanGod JapaJapan nn Is the only nation that has gained international intercourse without warJapan IstheonlYnationthathasgainedinternationalintercoursewithou Japanwar Japan is the only nonChristian nation that has stepped forth as the politicallequalof istbeonlynonChristiannationthathassteppedforthasthepolitic ofequal of Christian nations Of the nations of the earth none has ventured within soChristiannationsOfthenationsoftheearthnonehasventuredwithi so brief a consideration and without the shedding of blood to recognize the briefaconsi1eratioutandwithoutthesheddingofbloodtorecogniz concon theOll rights of the people to religious liberty a step that several stitutional stitutionalrightsofthepeopletoreligiouslibertyastepthatsee soof the so aloftheso called Christian nations have not had the courage to take 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the he wonderful leading ofof God The The missionary asas anan instrument inin Gods GodsGodsGods bands leas been a power in the development of Japan Scattered from north northrth to south throughout the empire studying the people and publishing theirrYiews tosouththroughouttheempirestudyingtheveopleandpulishingthe viewsin papers magazines and books they have lead no small part in creating aa faith in Japan among the leading Western nations that has made it easier forflthinJapanamongtheleadingesternnationstlmthasmadeiteasier oror for theta to recognize Japans political equalitytlllmtorecognizeTapanspoliticalequality equality The The rough stones which the the missionaries have have polished from front the Therouhtoneswhichthemissionarieshavevolishedftomtheheathen heathen the heathenHeathenHeathen bodies of Japan are today among the shining lights of the nation and thethe grandest institution in Japan leas its foundation laid with the lives of aithful grlUestinstitutioninJavanhasitsfoundationlaidwiththeIhesof faithfulaithfulmissionaries As the truth is being scattered abroad In this land of spiritualspiritual tual darkness the Japanese begin to realize that Shinto is not a religion at allinth darknesstheTapanesebegintorealizethatShintoisnotareligionI all in thethe proper sense of the term Religious creeds are concerned chiefly about thepropersenseofthetermReligiousereedsareconcernedchietIabout Ile the future state but Shinto leas only to do with the past It fixes a mans attentionfuturestatehutShintohasonlytodowiththepastItfixes1mallSatt ntion ntioattention on the braves of his ancestors and does not ask him to give any thought ofof what is beyond his own gravegrave nwhatisheyondhisowngrave whatisheyondhisowngrave Although Although Buddhism Buddhism has long been been adapted has long AlthoughBudhismhaslongeenadaptedtoJapanesecustomsJIlltradi adapted toto Japanese Japanese customs tradi customs and and traditraditradi tions and seems to have meet the religious demands of the people yet as thethe searelilight of Christian truth is being turned upon their lives the dense larkness searchlightofChristiantruthisbeingturneuontheirlinsthedens darknessin which they have lived so long is being penetrated and sratlerell and tl1lYare inwhichtheyhayelivedsolongisbeingvctHtratedaIltleatttrllaw they areare to the truth that Buddhism is but the product of rosins brain and awakening awakeningtothetruththatBuddhismisImttheIHotluetof1a11hrain Id does not satisfy the longing of the human soul for that wliicli lies beyond thethe grave So that this awakening of the Japanese as they grasp the moral andedde Spiritual teachings which are being presented by the faithful missionary spiritualteachingswhieharelwingpresentedhythefaithfulmissi Is producing a distrust in Buddhism which has so Ion excluded the lightnaryis he the Gospel front their homes and kviit their native land overshadowed by the ofdark k ness of heathen superstition Now that the prison doors are open let usspray pray long the fetters which that have bound thatthefetterswhichhayelongboundthispeoplecnptiyemayhehrok this people captive may be broken that the veil may be removed from their eyes and that the Holy Spirit inayntlmt abroad that light in their hearts which will enable them to comprehend shed 1he depth of the riches both of tit wisdom and the knowledge of god wlThe 1ut1 Is they one by one cone from the darkness of heathen idolatry unto a knowledge theycomeonebyonefromthedarknessofheatlHllidolatryuntotknow of the true God and accept His love as manifested in the gift of IDS Sun edge ofthetrueGodandacceptHisloyeasmanifestedinthegiftofHisSunm mayy they be brought into that union grander than the comity of all nations tlIatof theybehroughtintothatuniongranderthanthecOJAitrofallnation of that Christ and His church ChristandHischurch t v t i ROUTE ARKROUTE TO TO HOT HOT SPRINGS ARKSPRINGS ARK ARK t-

As seen from As seen from the official announcements the official announcements the Conventiothe Southern Southern Baptist Baptist Convention Convention Conventiomeet nrill at Springs Hot Ark Friday May 11tH The Young People Union rill Unionwill be held Thursday May 10th in the forenoon and the American Baptist Baptist-t Educational Society in the afternoon of the same lay To Hot Springs take thethe wthe old reliable Iron Mountain Railway Through trains will be run directly into Hot oldreliableIronIountainllaihyaJThrouhtrainswinberundirectl intoHot Springs over this route from St Louis Memphis Dallas and other points pointssleepers will be run from Louisville NashviIle Atlanta and other Through ThroughsleeperswillberunfromLouisvilleJashYiIleAtlantaaudo promipromi her11omi nent cities The rate is one fare for the round trip A large number will go whether they are delegates to the Convention or not The Convention itself whethertheyaredelegatestotheConventionornotTheConventionit will be of great importance and no one wlio can should fail to attend it And elfwill beofgreatimportanceandnoonewhocanshouldfailtoattenditnelhl idlS besides Hot Springs is a place of much interest with its romantic scenery its medicinal dicinal waters and its magnificent hotels Let those who expect to go send their names watersanditsmagnificenthotelsLetthosewhoexpecttogosendthei so that satisfactory arrangements may be made for them 50thatsatisfactorJarrangementsmaJbemadeforthemStatealsowhe also whether her you will wish a sleeper and if so whether a whole berth or a State youwillwisbasleeperandifsowbetherawholeherthorahalfherthHa half berth Handd some descriptive literature of Hot Springs will be mailed free someeEcriptheliteratureofHotSpringswillhemailedfreeanlinfo mation information as to schedules of special trains and any other information and 3Stoschedulesofspecialtrainsandanyotherinformationdpsiredw desired willllhe be promptly furnished by addressing Ii C Townsend G P T A Mountain Route St Louis Mo R T G Matthews T P A Louisville Ky Iron I der T P A Chattanooga Tenn Ellis Farnsworth T P A MemphisE Rehlan or J C T P A Austin Texas Lewis LewisTrAAustinTexasLewisTrAAustinTexas

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Associatioof the Association Meeting MeetingoftheAssociation MeetingoftheAssociat11101000 ionCantonFeh28lf10I nCanton CantonFeh28lf10ICantonFeh28lf10I Fob 28 1000Canton of0Thank you for your letters tellintr of Thankyouforourletterste11illof Thank WilliamtheappointmentofBrotherYiHianls theappointmentofBrotherYiHithe appointment of Brother William areand Miss Kennon I hope they are anlsandissKennonIhopethean andissKennonIhopethean1l0andissKennonIhopethean beo11 their way and will soon be now 1l0W011theirway1ll1willsoonbp W011theirway1ll1willsoonbp 1l0W011theirway1ll1willsoontobpwithusVearetrulythankfulto withusVearetrulythankfultoCowith us We are truly thankful to withusVearetrulythankfulto Cod uchnceledfor sending us these III uchnceled Codforsen1inustheemuchllcedcCodforsen1inustheemuchllcedct1 dforsen1inustheemuchllcedct1 t1rellonworkrsuH1trustthatthey rellonworkrsuH1trustthatthey1fellowworkers and trust that they rellonworkrsuH1trustthatthey been1111 Ilaypnnthatthyhaveindeedheen 1Ilaypnnthatthyhaveindeedhee1Ilaypnnthatthyhaveindeedheen 1rove that they have indeed been There caliril of o1 to the work Thereeal1I1ofGodtotheworkThcllshneal1I1ofGodtotheworkThcll eal1I1ofGodtotheworkThcll shouldlitallotherY0111mantoeep shoiill be another young man to keep ouldlitallotherY0111mantoeep keeshouldlitallotherY0111mantoepInther Villiains company in thethe epBrothtriIIinmcompanyintIll BrothtriIIinmcompanyintIlllIlBrothtriIIinmcompanyintIll Inther O1111tiyO1111tiy 1Ilkkl lIlkla01111trr lIlkla01111tkla01111trr Ne have just had We

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WoSchools and on Sending More Wo SchoolsandonSendingIoreWoSchoolsandonSendingIoreWo men oneto Work in the Country No one mentoVorkintheCountryXoonecmentoVorkintheCountryXoone could listen to the papers and discus discuscouldlistentothepapersanddiscucouldlistentothepapersanddiscus ouldlistentothepapersanddiscus thesions without being struck with the sionswithoutbeingstruckiththevrssionswithoutbeingstruckiththe sionswithoutbeingstruckiththe

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Chinese ChristiansChineseChristians Christians hineseChristians ChineseChristiourWe were glad to welcome our ansyeweregladtowelcomeonr yeweregladtowelcomeonrhC brothers CentralT Britton from Central hrothersTCBrittonfromCentral rothersTCBrittonfromCentral hrothersTCBrittonfromCentrChina theand Dr Humphrey of the ChinaandDrHumphreyofthe2fealChinaandDrHumphreyofthe ChinaandDrHumphreyofthe IndiaEpiscopal Mission in India Methodist 2fethodistEpiscopalIissioninIndia thodistEpiscopalIissioninIndia who gave us interesting accounts ofwholeusinterestingaccountgofwholeusinterestingaccountgof of theworlintheirrespectiefieldsofwwork in their respective fields ofof the theworlintheirrespectiefieldsof

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whenable and interesting meeting when itahleandinterestingmeetingwhen ahleandinterestingmeetingwhen

accountsfifteen brethren gave us accounts somefifteenbrethrengaveusaccounts soine respectiveof oftIleyearsworintheirrespectivsthe years work in their respective oftIleyearsworintheirrespectiv stationsstationstations tations 200 were subscribed during Some duringsSomeOlyeresubscribedduring SomeOlyeresubscribedduringtlSomeOlyeresubscribedduring Assoeiation for the Associational Associationalthe tlwAssociationfortheAssociationa wAssociationfortheAssociationa theMission station and the support of the rissionstationandthe5UP01iofthe caregirls under Liss Whildens care blind bliIH1girlsunderIisshi11enscare bapbapFive Fint111111I1edandthirtythreebap hundred and thirtythree bap Fint111111I1edandthirtythreebyearyear reported were during aptismswereIeorteddnringtheyear tismswereIeorteddnringtheyeartisms the tismswereIeorteddnringtheyear a present membership of over and andnpresentmembershipofoverandnpresentmembershipofover coming The prospect for the coming1700Theprospectforthecomingea1700Theprospectforthecoming 100 year encouragingis encouraging earisencournging risencournging earisencourngispent a month in Swatow workIISIntamonthinSwatowwork ngISIntamonthinSwatowwork work ISIntamonthinSwatowworkon the revision of the Chinesein Chinese ingonthereisionoftheChineseingonthereisionoftheChinese Scriptures thatand aln glad to say that ScrituresandamgladtosaythatoScrituresandamgladtosaythat on New our work the Testament ourworkontheKewTestamentisourworkontheKewTestamentis urworkontheKewTestamentisis-is fornow completed It is circulated for noycompletedItiscirculatedfor itcriticism from missionaries before it criticismfrommissionariesbeforeit

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A Trip to South China ChinATriptoSouthChina ATriptoSouthChriptoSouthChina aChinklan inaChinldangChinaarht1f100 Chinklan ChinldangChinaarht1f10ChinldangChinaarht1f100 China March 5 1900 1900Dear Brother It is now more than than0DcaIBrotherItinowmorethan DcaIBrotherItinowmorethanDcaIBrotherItinowmorethan two months since Mrs Lawton little littletwomonthssinceIrLawtolllittlttwomonthssinceIrLawtolllittlt Mary and I left here to visit my sellli IarandIleftheretoYiitmysemillIarandIleftheretoYiitmysemi selllnary sc inary R hoollnate E leiChambers llarrschoolmatenEChamlwrshLt arrschoolmatenEChamlwrshLtleis llarrschoolmatenEChamlwrshswife and Robert E Jr and to have wife haveLtwifeawlHohertETraUlItohan wifeawlHohertETraUlItohana-

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WeehoardtloursteamplhereinCinboarded our steamer here in einitehoardtloursteamplherein hoardtloursteamplherein Chinkiang ChinkiangonSaturdayafternoollatChinkiangonSaturdayafternoollat hinkiangonSaturdayafternoollat oil Saturday afternoon at at4 oclock and reached Cantonabout about4ocIocl31HlreachedCantonCanton about4ocIocl31HlreachedCanton without change of steamer on the folwithoutchangeofsteameronthefol fol lowing lowingSaturdayjustnsChamhersamlowingSaturdayjustnsChamhersamI Saturday just as Chambers andand wife were sitting down for suppersupper Iwifeweresittingdownforsupper wifeweresittingdownforsupper wifeweresittingdownforsuppThe whole distance we reckon as er1hewholelstancewenClwlla 1hewholelstancewenClwlla1hewholelstancewenClwlla

12311 miles Not far in America but but1231milesXotfarinmeriCahuta1231milesXotfarinmeriCahut aalongwayinChina long way in China alongwayinChinChinalongwayinChina My first desire to become a mission aIyfirstdesiretohcomeamiion IyfirstdesiretohcomeamiionIyfirstdesiretohcomeamiion missionary can be traced to then Miss LulaLula aiTcanbetracedtowhenissLulahaiTcanbetracedtowhenissLula Whildeli told in my hearing while 1 hildeIltoldinmyhenringwhileiildeIltoldinmyhenringwhilei hildeIltoldinmyhenringwhilei yet a small chap about the multiwas wasyetasmallchapaboutthemultiwasyetasmallchapaboutthemulti multi of poor Cantonese who had never tudes tudesoforCantonesewhohadneyetudesoforCantonesewhohadneyer neverheard of Jesus Imagine then my derheardofTesusImnginethenmde heardofTesusImnginethenmdeheardofTesusImnginethenmde de light to be in Canton and to see MisslighttoheinCantonandtoseelissYlighttoheinCantonandtoseeliss Miss 1-

Whilden and her coworkers among amongYhil1enandhercoworkersunon hil1enandhercoworkersunon Yhil1enandhercoworkersunovery people about whom I hall the theYPIT1opleahoutwhomIhalpntheYPIT1opleahoutwhomIhal theYPIT1opleahoutwhomIhal hallheard and read all thought andand prayed so much pm3edomuchpm3edomuch muchm3edomuch Canton is a large place and therethere are people down there If you enjoy enjoyseeing people go to Canton inseeingpeoplegootoCnntonEnrlyiseeingpeoplegootoCnntonEnrlyin Early in the morning or late at night the lastnthemorningorlateatnightthelast themorningorlateatnightthelastthemorningorlateatnightthelast last lay of the old year or the first lay of dayofthe011yenrorthefirstdayofdayofthe011yenrorthefirstdayof ofthe new year on the land or oil thethe waterways which slice up the land in waterwnyswhichslice11thelandiwaterwnyswhichslice11thelandin inthe country or in the townanywhere nthecountryorinthetownanwher thecountryorinthetownanwhernthecountryorinthetownanwher townanywhereand everwhere any time and at allnndeyerywhereanytimeaUllatalltnndeyerywhereanytimeaUllatall ndeyerywhereanytimeaUllatall all

timespeople timespeoplepeoplepeoplepeople people imespeoplepeoplepeople timespeoplepeoplepeople peopleNow Canton could not be overlooked NowCantoncouldnotbeoyeroolw NowCantoncouldnotbeoyeroooverlooked-

by the Army of our King for where lwbytheArmyofourKinforwhere bytheArmyofourKinforwherearbytheArmyofourKinforwhere whereare people there are we commanded arepeopletherearewecommnndearepeopletherearewecommnnded epeopletherearewecommnnded commandedgo It would not be desirable forto togoItwouldnotbedesirnhIeformdtogoItwouldnotbedesirnhIefor togoItwouldnotbedesirnhIefor for me here and now to begin to rehearse mehereandnowtobegintorehearsmehereandnowtobegintorehearse ehereandnowtobegintorehearse rehearsemissionary work in Canton but weemissionnryWOlinCantonbutwe missionnryWOlinCantonbutwemissionnryWOlinCantonbutwe we praise the Lord that there has beenpraisetheLordtbnttlIereIInsbeenpraisetheLordtbnttlIereIInsbeen been and there is now work among these andthereisnowyorkamongthese andthereisnowyorkamongthethesemillions and the work increases minionsantheworkincreasesyincreasesseminionsantheworkincreases

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hnd two country trips one With Withftrotller Greene and out with Brother Brother1BrotherrcPJwnulonewithHrotIwBrotherrcPJwnulonewithHrotIw 111a 11a ill hers This was particular Mild MildChamlHrsThiswusUJlaltiularkinChamlHrsThiswusUJlaltiularkina of work that I especially desired to tostudy To say nothing of the pleasurepleasure that it gave me to be itinerating withwith these two brethren it will he a pracprac tical study of Vlore advanced countrycountry I

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work which I hope may he beneficial workwhichIhopemahehlne1ieinlYaworkwhichIhopemahehlne1ieinl workwhichIhopemahehlne1ieinl beneficialto our work here ill Chinkiang in inVicinityVicinity Yieinitr Yieiniieinitr line school work which we were weretrTheschoolworlwhichwewere TheschoolworlwhichwewereJoTheschoolworlwhichwewere seeing during vacation season was wasalso very suggestivesuggestive inin that we sail what tine had before feltfelt viz that malty of our professing ChrisChris tian are ready 1111 anxious to have haveGods Word tatlgllt them and that thatwhen taught they male use of what whatthey have learned We brought oneone young mail from Dr Craves school up JoungmanfromDrGmnsschool111JoungmanfromDrGmnsschool111 ungmanfromDrGmnsschool111 to Chinkiatlg with us Ile is fast fastlearning to speak our Mandarin and andwe are hoping that God will richly bless us through him in him through throughusus I had the pleasure of seeing printthe print ing press as it began work on t larger largerkale There is no place like China for forusing the press its a mighty powerpower aIlloIlg lHlonJtllCsepeopllHlonJtllCsepeople these peoplepeople It would be so pleasant to speakspeak more extensively of the bighearted bigheartedwholesouled ewholpsonledChrstinnwflcomewhich wholpsonledChrstinnwflcomewhichOwholpsonledChrstinnwflcomewhich Christian welcome whichwhich we received from ach and all of the dear ones down in Canton but Vol Volpeople people in America couldnt enjoy itit half as much as Mrs Lawtoll little Mary and I 111 so Ill go to bed bedBefore Before retiring one should p11 and dont forget China in your prayers prayersFraternally W W LAWTOLAWTO u JAPANJAPAN Ou

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dSteamship Steamship Coptic March 3 1000 Dear 11rotherWe sailed Tuesday 27th at 110 P M we have had a

The Foreign Mission Journal ThetoreignJlfissionJournalhRThetoreignJlfissionJournal ThetoreignJlfissionJournal Journalmost delightful voyage so far The seasea has been calla and beautiful III the theasheencnIm11111heautifnlillthe hasheencnIm11111heautifnlillthe time vlisses Dutton and Kennotl art artget lu tloug ilitely llthey went to llt tenjoying enjoying the voyage very Inuth They Theyare both very title olisea tOilltZtOilltZ I feel the Board rotneli lHlHI1IfceltIunollcl1lIllh110mhttwade no iiiisiiiis lHlHI1IfceltIunollcl1lIllh110mh in their f1pointtlwent f1pointtlwentJpinthpirtplOillt111C11t ttJpinthpirtplOillt111C1ttJpinthpirtplOillt111C11t lake Wee have a very pleasant list ot pas pas-

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RHave Have RHave you ever ever read Have you story ofof the in In boywho Inread the the story HaveTOUeverreadthestoryoftheuoywhodi5cQTeringawenlpoIntIn who discovering discoveringa aweak theboy pointinweakpoint the railroad bridge ran towards the fast coming train crying Danger danger ngertherailroadbridgerantowardsthefastcomingtraincryingDlIlerd dangernger dangerdanger so Just so inin the to- to government isisa adanger Just ourgovernment the track track ofof our spot and Justsointhetrackofourgoernmentisadangerspotawlweallneedto dangerspot toandweweallallneed needto cry DangerDanger I3TDanger We used when allusion We to say used to saywhen allusion was live wasmade VeusedtosaywhenIllusionwasmIletotherormonsAhuutthelhe made totothe Mormons Ah1h but theMormons livetheylivelive butthey in Utah perhaps they and so seemed inUtahnndperlmpstheseemedsofarawaythatwethoughtitwasnoconinUtahnndperlmpstheseemedsofarawaythatwethoughtitwasnocon far away that we thought it was no Coll Colecru of ours But this is so no longer Tile Mormons are sendilig their preacherslecru erpreachers er into every Southern State Some are this very day preaching their evil doctrinesrine5 doctrines in your State and some in liline And not only are they preaching but ltumbersltumberss are joining them led away by their fair words We ought to know this andarejoiningthemledawayhytheirfairwonlsVeoughttolmowthisand and labor the harder to send out our own missionaries to teach thee people the ruth truthThat you may understand more fully how great this danger is we give below aashort sketch of the beginnings and teachings of the Mormons shortsketchofthebeginningsandteachingsofthelormonsThisista enhis is takenen taken from the statement of Mr M L Oswalt published by the k lllerieall BaptistBaptist Publication Society As Mr Oswalt was at one time a Mormon he surely knowsknowss Zvhat they believe and teachteach Thatthebelieeandtend The Mormon Church The Mormon be-beChurch was was founded by Joseph founded by Joseph Smith Smith Me claimed to tobe IIeclaimed be divinely inspired and that God had committed to kiln the keys of the kingdom kingdomIl1 Ilof heaven His church was organized in Fayette N Y April i 1S801S80 He He said said that de-dehe had that he had been been told by God told by Godtotoset set upupa kingdom 511011ldde whichshould kindolliwhich de stroy all other kingdoms Nt first his revelations said that Independence Independenceenceence 1ence Mo should be the capital of this new kingdom but all these e1revelations failede1 failed when they were driven from Missouri Driven from place to place Joseph Smith was finally shot by a mob enraged by his doctrine that a man mightmight marry as many wives as lie pleased It was in Joseph Smiths lifetime the he that book of Mormon or what is commonly known as the Mormon Bible was writ ten but whether by Joseph Smith or one of his friends is not known It hass fifteen books fourteen of which gives an account of the remote ancestors of the tOlSofth American Indians The remaining book is called the Book of Ether and is aau inaccount of another race aid to have lived in America before the Indians OfOf usOf sOfcourse as has been said this book is not old a5 it pretends to be but was writt ten by Smith or one of his followers Besides this the Mormons have a book of doctrines and covenants largely made up of the laws and doctrines whichhJoseph Smith said were revealed to liiltl by God This is the Mormons 11111I1 book for It is their foundation authority and rule of faith and practice this issnotoftencnot oftenoften snotoften offered for sale to any but Mormons because its doctrines are so objectionable ctionable tionable Beside these books which they say are equal to it the Mormons claim to be lieve in our Bible but they attempt to rob Christ of honor and glory and give this honor to Joseph Smith Claiming however to believe the Bible causes many to listen to them who would not do so otherwise Py this means malty deceivedare deceived aredeceive But new But this lo thenot all this isis not all Each Each new leader leaderofofthe thechurch mayand churchmay doesadd anddoes add tothethe doctrines and covenants claiming that lie also is insilirel by God Often these 1es revelations as they are called are directly opposite to those given slewSoon before the after death of a Soon after the death of Joseph oof Joseph Smith Slllitil abitter quarrelarose bitterquarrel aroseasastotowhich wllicil off 1

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apostles should succeed him as president Each of taoe liy his 11tHapostlesshouldsucceedhimaspresidentEachoflosewhodesire ose who desired thisthis office claimed that he and leis followers were the true Church of Jesus ChristotlicoclaImedthathenulhisfollowersweretbetrueChurchofJesus hrist Christ of Latter Day Saints as the Mormons calll themselves and that all others wereofLaHerDaySnl11tsastheIormonscaUthemselvesandthatallothers were ere imposters Thus more than half a dozen sects sprung up The chief of theseimpostersThusmorethanhalfadozensectssIJrunHIThechiefofthes these are the Josephites and the Briclharnites The Josephites on the death of oseph arethe1oseVhitesIudtheHrJghamitesTheTosephitesonthedeathof Josephelected young Slnith who was then a boy as their president This sectSmith SmithelttlJoungSmithwhowasthenaboyastheirpresientrhissect sect about lifty thousand members who are scattered over several of the North has hasabouttiftthousandmemberswhoarescattereoverseveraloftheN rth Northern and Western States As they do not believe in polygamy as is the case with ernaIHIternStatesAstlwydonotbelieein110lnamrasisthecasewit withthe other smaller sects we hear little of them themtheo01rsmallersecLwehearlitHeofthem BrighamiUs who elected Brigham Young as president were by far theThe Irigliamits TheBrihllnitwhoelectedBrighamYoungaspresidetwerebyfarthe the largest sect These are those who live in Utah and who are now sending hunlargestsectThearethosewholiveinUtahanwhoarenowsendinghun hun dreds of men over our country teaching their doctrines It is said they havedredsofI1wnorourcountryteachintheir1octrinesItissaidtheyha haveeesomethreehmHlredthus1mlmembersTheirpresentpresidentisLoren seine three hundred thousand members Their present president is LorenzoLorenzoooSnow whom the Mormons call president prophet and seer seeruowwhomtheIormOIlSall1residentprophetandseer t jt4 jt 3k14 jjit it1Z

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