| Show R SOUlS A curious question has bait been asked by persons regarding time the African pygmies whether they the arc ON ar hu hiti human human man men beings possessing n a soul foul To Dr that question Is of great Im Importance for tor If It they have souls they tile the must be saved by missionary effort If It they are ore human beings timers there Is a chance for tor a 11 pygmy mission anti con contributions Says the rOy rev re gentleman TIme The existence o ot of such manlike crea erea creatures tures gives one a 1 gout good deal that Is lx In Interesting tore to think upon Tho The relations of nf time DIP th matter to theology are evident and perhaps n it little disquieting Are Me the iii odd little bandy band legged specimens WP we tiara havo h been describing Included in the tile redemptive purpose of our nur Lord ex cx In the time words He lie will have hl nil all allmen men to be saved 17 Where does loell tit the line lie that marks marle the time outer edge of time the family of ot man alan manThe The race about which the question li II I sprung has been beon mentioned by African explorers though Mill com of them knew knot of ot its II existence only by They are sold said to be b of ot small s III stature nature to live by b h dwell lr In trees Little In is lalIn f for ll bout about their habits Lot lut they ore art thought t to b be mentally so sofi 1 fi mar far l i n th Ihl t negro Itt as asto asto to II MIKE the th he possibility that th tl they are ale r n a I cat f monkey men Their nr nf l hI U I q sl to hI iC 1 litt ow I vet tout four fUI m fed They rimey rh nio 10 I Ii I o 0 have no I iii of at their unit own OW but Lut speak tho tongue of ot tho tribe that tul thy hey happen to 10 live 10 in bum II closest proximity to They object to clothing and show elton hol other peculiarities It I li Is no rue II volder that Ih t tIo il question should bo ha ached l kd whether have havu souls soulA lo to save Have Wheeler nil Vises Vla to leave them alone 1111 sits shu her imor reasons tot for this thin tImo thinks 1 of or Indicate In ns as much Intelligence as UN 11 many people who help Itoh to make mako up Ul the time earths population There hlo nt nr rite sue he la thib sands of at people everywhere who aim ho ox o haunt nil all ni their thelm mentality In lii II building or erecting habitations lot for S and their mid nd In mm obtaining l food rood to sustain l life thU they tho hover loor think They allow a U teacher or Qt ti preacher to do their thinking for tOI 1 i Slip She ventures to 10 guy 1 I do nut not hel that Huoh people are aft ro re from the hue mental or Condition of oC time pygmies IH H J I Thou Timo there therl IH Iy their moral status to tl consider The hl py from all ni nfl o a counts county live in a it I state of at t This onuses causes Mrs Wilcox to tu a Why should we want ont to 10 whiskey opium nn l divorce ln variably follows in itt II tIme Mho wake of ut the thi Ihl Christian Christ is mm missionary mIH r Worn Wem I cannibal or am mount mall of oC cruelty wo WI fe eel l that our vies i i s wore vore or more luCre ru ro tired ti It at t least than thon theirs but hUI since Inet they boy k ni lo to bo ho and un l decently Wile litle people why vi not limit lelve them thol to On lu Iu lift 1111 which gives Ivo them pleasure luSts here h on earth rth attn ana Ild trust must their souls to 1 the tho 1 ID Clod loul who thom them That is sot not ot bad hall reasoning When to 10 thin timis is 18 adieu et tIme the fact that thu In 11 the tho very centers of ot Christian civilization atlon thousands live and dlo die In Ignorance who fear tIr neither lad God nor 11 man whose whom acts act are such Much that a 1 decent decant my would be 0 to 10 u with vl h theta them tho the question que of ot the tM souls of of time tho Africans must IUt he given glon nt at best Mit n a I sec eec secondary Importance Tho Time belief bolet of Mrs Ars Wilcox In III regard to In n the matter may bo ho beof of oC some 2011 Interest That lady nays soya Great Orent cR will awaIt our Ical orthodox mortals mortal when they ge out OUI of at the tIme hotly body and 1111 encounter other spirit regarded M its I mere meto clay eln here hera Personally I expect to find nn many loving and amid ant beloved horses dogu and cats when I pins 8 Into spirit life oA Not ot In angel in but In and r animal form their lour dour eyes eY H full of or the Ime love lovu timid gratitude they used mined I to tl tt show shO mo ate hem on earth Anti And I have havo no doubt Mr will wi Ibid find time the pygmies tho the least effort on our port part alt to save ave them thel It I will wi bo he readily understood that tho time enthusiasts tom for missionary enter enterprises ples havo n a I problem them Are Me those thole beings that look 1001 hike Ilko humans men amen and women Have Havo they souls Will Wi they thc bo ho eternally con comi consigned COl signed to flounce flames Or ore are th they y apes Anti And to think that thiM upon time the correct reply to lo which it I Is IA sup supposed posed that salvation or damnation depends must mallet IU t be bo submitted to tho the poor l J judgment of ot anthropologists Modern oc rn theology has hns at ot last coma comae I om tn to tho end endor of or Its 11 lane lone U It I line has absolutely n no means of ot finding out for tor a soul cannot bo be roUnd found by Ly means insane of ot tho time dissection dl knife orthe Xray It I Is IA time for lor theologians to admit that Important questions may the tho U Is necel silent arid onti that without contin continued guidance In III the patti path of ot truth there Is no possibility of at avoiding error at nt times Time The first Apostles of our Lord would woul never have been Len In the time pro pre predicament Iro of ot not knowing where to go goto goto 0 to preach They Thoy wont only when and where they were sent Hent by b tho the Spirit Preachers who ate are led In the same way never hesitate us to what their mis mission sion slon Is I They rimey would go to 10 the time pygmies of ot Africa when sent wont there by God and andriot not riot till ti then |
