Christian missions and social progress; a sociological study of foreign missions . oduc- Gods word the supreme tion of God>s thoughts into the intellectual, social, gift of missions to ~ Eastern literature, and religious experience of man? Who can weighthe import of placing such a mandatory and sanc-tioning phrase as Thus saith the Lord in the current of the heart-lifeof a nation? Who can measure the moulding power of divine in-struction concerning the individual life as well as the mutual relation-ships of human intercourse? What terms of gratitude are sufficientlyadequate to express the i
Christian missions and social progress; a sociological study of foreign missions . oduc- Gods word the supreme tion of God>s thoughts into the intellectual, social, gift of missions to ~ Eastern literature, and religious experience of man? Who can weighthe import of placing such a mandatory and sanc-tioning phrase as Thus saith the Lord in the current of the heart-lifeof a nation? Who can measure the moulding power of divine in-struction concerning the individual life as well as the mutual relation-ships of human intercourse? What terms of gratitude are sufficientlyadequate to express the indebtedness of a people to those who bringthem this grand heritage of our common humanity—Gods light uponhuman duty and destiny? 3 It is true that the more enlightened nations of the Orient havesacred books of their own, but, in many instances, these very classics 1 Cf. Mabie, Essays on Books and Culture, chap, x., Liberation throughIdeas, pp. 121-131. 2 Pattison, History of the English Bible. 3 Cf. Warren, The Bible in the Worlds Education; Northrup, The Bibleas an -B/6?e Translators. I&7<?. *&? « , •y--
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