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Show CHniSTIANlTV ANDHCATHENISM. Tl.. r.rmr ll l "-l !! ! Ijill.t lro,l. A cauo of prcmatiir altrtn on the (.art of roany Chrlatlana, an I of I rema tor rejolcloit omlio part ot aomo eno-mica eno-mica of ChrlalUnlty, la founl In Ilia j Irlt of hlatorU) lni)ulry which uiarka our time, Tldi Inquiry corera a wll rang. It may I fittingly conaldereil In Ita relallona to coinpantlvo yellglouii. Thooptnlnjt of great areaa of heathendom heathen-dom to th Introduction of Clirlttianlty la at tho aanui lime tho opening of Clirla-ten Clirla-ten lom to tho poulbla Introduction of tome rlemrnU of bcatticnlm Thla Clirlttlanlly muat eiiti thla Chrla-Ifanltv Chrla-Ifanltv ahonld welcome .Here, aa In other rcaltna, th flttent mint aurrlvo. The true ground of Iho wonhlp of Uod It not hla omnipotence, but hlagoodneaa. Jlrro alinlglitineM might ln 1 tlio knee, bnt could not ai-cure tho revertntloro ot tho heart. V worahlp Ucul beeaiui h la tho Inflnltetr I"! being In tho nnl. verae .If Ibero la a butter Mngtkan Ood that lln moat bo our God If Clirlttlanlly eannot en liir when aaujected to all forma of t radical teat Ing th comparlton with other rellglona then Cliriatlanlty mutt go. ought to go, anl certainly will go. Thuworll ought to liar tho bcatt II will hav tlio beat. Do" any Clirlitlan fear tMt tent? All Chrlttlana raut meet It Thcto are certain to called hlloaonhi ra In onr country who ar radically lieathrni aoino ot them ar 1) l Idhlalu, amna Ilnalltta. aom Uonfuclanlila, aomo l'nmT or Ulndooa, and tome, practically, practi-cally, areMobamuiedina. Tu aomo tlicr la a faacinallou In conceiting of heathen rellglona aa davekii(ng, by aoino inyate-rliiua inyate-rliiua cvotntlon, Into Clirlttlanlly, 11 a almllar I rorfaa Chriatlanlty, ae cording to tlila low, may aoino iby develop de-velop Into anion other form of faith, an 1 that, In turn, may giro way to another and another, until the perfect (lower of faith an I hop Moaaoma an 1 blooina. All fair lain leil man admit thai In th tarred ta-rred booka of IIicm non Clirlitlan rellg-ona rellg-ona thero la much of licaoly, worth an I tnith. Amid batliela of cluff aouiokcr nelaof wheat arofounli amid much if ni Mil ill thtr ar illamrmd Irutha. II ought not 1 1 atarllo ua Hut ainou." th heathen natlona, rnnteiDjiorary ullli tlio eirlyjenra of Illhliial teaching, tiullit tlialUrto tUmw taught In llw IMbUar foumb Jlnch ot thla truth doubtlrM fiuiil It way among th heathen nv tlonafnitnlhepHiil of do-l: much of th light of beallK-iittiu cam from lorcliea UnJIl on llobrawaltant. All of It certainly cauio by auui meana from Uol II alon IttlwHunof tho menl unlreraoi ' Ho.1 la light, aud lu I Ilia It ui darkneM at all "-ItoUrt & MacArthur lu Clirutlin Iinpilntr. |