The American Missionary — Volume 39, No. 03, March, 1885Various
Religion
The American Missionary — Volume 39, No. 03, March, 1885
Various
Congregational churches -- Missions -- Periodicals; Home missions -- Periodicals
Now, we say this, we cannot do this work by any other form of service
but by preaching the Gospel, with at least these elements in it I
have mentioned. We speak of the hand work for Christ, but we want the
net work for Christ. When I was in Japan, I saw all over the bay, in
the night, little boats of fishermen. The men were in the boats two
and two, one holding a torch. They were busily engaged the night
through. I asked one, "Is this your mode of fishing?" and I was shown
a great seine net that lay upon the shore, and I was told, "This is
here especially for day fishing." When I stood before the young men
in the school at Kioto I referred to this. I said "It seems to me in
Japan you are doing the night fishing now; it is fishing in the night
with a torch, but, young men, there is a morning coming when the
great net is to be cast, your hands are to be upon it, and you are to
have the privilege of a great cast for God." It has come this year,
and those young men went out preachers of righteousness, clothed with
power to reach the masses of men, and they have drawn in hundreds,
and there is hope of the thousands, and that is what we want in this
work, men who can go to those Southern fields, to those five millions
of whom we have heard, and cast the great seine net of the Gospel;
and they are coming.
* * * * *
THE SOUTH.
REV. JOSEPH E. ROY, D. D., FIELD SUPERINTENDENT.
PROF. ALBERT SALISBURY, SUPERINTENDENT OF EDUCATION.
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ITINERARY FROM AUSTIN TO CORPUS CHRISTI.
REV. JOS. E. ROY, D. D.
JAN. 4, Sunday.--Assisted in organizing at the Tillotson Institute a
church of twenty-one members. Lord's Supper. Prof. W. L. Gordon's two
children baptized.
JAN. 5, Monday.--At Austin depot. Waited for train five hours to 8 P. M.
JAN. 6, Tuesday.--Arrived in San Antonio at 1 A. M. Departed for
Flatonia at 8 A. M., arriving at noon. Looked up the folks. Preached
at night for Pastor T. E. Hillson, whose second child was baptized,
as the first had been by the same hand at the dedication in Luling,
his alternate church.
JAN. 7, Wednesday.--Up at 4 and off to Luling, arriving by daylight.
Off then, by livery rig, 45 miles to Riddleville.
JAN. 8, Thursday.--On to Helena, 15 miles. Ride out with freedman, 3
miles, to our Colony Church. Lecture at night for Pastor Thompson.
JAN. 9, Friday.--Half a day of writing. Visited at another freedman's
home, taking supper. Preached at night.
JAN. 10, Saturday.--Brother Thompson, with another colored man and
myself, start for Corpus, 80 miles, reaching Goliad, 35 miles, at
night. We are entertained at Pastor T. Benson's.
JAN. 11, Sunday.--In the morning, Sunday-school, preaching and
communion. At night, preaching. Conferring all day, at the intervals,
with "parties," being called upon even after retiring at night.
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