Synopsis
Excerpt from The Life and Character of Adoniram Judson, Late Missionary to Burmah
It was a law Of ancient Israel, that every fiftieth year should be hallowed as a jubilee; and surely the Christian Israel has never had more fitting occasion than that which is furnished by the present time, to lift up the song Of tri umph and Of hope. At the Opening Of this period, a dark ness that might be felt covered the face Of Europe; the moral earthquake, which convulsed France to its centre, vibrated throughout Christendom; the Old world was rock ing on its foundations, and the wisest Of statesmen, phi losophers, and philanthropists, despaired Of the fortunes Of the race. But amidst those scenes Of portentous gloom, the Scripture was verified which saith, Light is sown for the righteous; the spirit of missionary heroism was then kin dled afresh, as with the breath Of the Almighty; the churches Of Christ were then rallying for a concerted onset against the powers Of darkness in those lands where their sway had been undisputed; the small beginnings that were the jeer and mock Of worldly wisdom have thriven into an enterprise which has won the homage Of the world; a deep presenti ment Of defeat has struck through the heart Of heathenism, and the Christians Of Europe and America call to each other in joyous songs, that celebrate the spreading victories of the cross.
Présentation de l'éditeur
Yon David, after he had seuvkd his own oexekation by riiii; WILL ov God, fell ox SLEE r. Fathers and Bkiitiiren of the Missionary Union :T he year that has passed since we,were last assembled has been marked by two events, to each of which belongs the dignity of an historical era. One of these events is the completion of the half century. While now, as from a mount of vision, we look back upon the scenes which it has unfolded, we hail with joy new proofs of the fulfilment of those promises which woke the lyres of ancient prophets, and catch new glimpses of a profound plan for the redemption of our fallen race which the Almighty is urging forward to a glorious consummation. Never before, within as brief a period, has man acquired so great a power over the elements of material nature ;never before have those great truths, which are the germs of auspicious changes in society and government, been so widely spread among civilized nations ;and never before has Christianity gained such substantial conquests in those vast eastern realms where the superstitions of Boodh and Brahma have brooded, for so many centuries, over the minds of benighted millions.
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