Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 January 1915 — Short Sermons FOR A Sunday Half-hour [ARTICLE]

Short Sermons FOR A Sunday Half-hour

ANGLO-SAXONS RULE.

BY REV. GEORGE McGINNIS.

“Anglo-Saxon* . Prepare *the World for the Second Coming of the Me»> •lah.” \

As wo study history we find that the rare qualities which made the Romans, Greeks and Hebrews supreme In their respective spheres are all united M ’ the Anglo-Saxon race. Rome- was supreme in organization, law\and government. In these qualifications' the Anglo-Saxon is pre-emi-nent to-day. Greece stood foremost in the culture of the intellect. The Anglo-Saxon leads- In the world of thought to-day. The Hebrews stood first in the purity of their religion. The religious life-of the Saxon to-day is more vigorous, spiritual and Christian than'that of any other race. One great mission of the AngloSaxon race today is the preparation of the world for his second cdmlng of the Messiah.

For the first coming of the Messiah the Hebrew prepared t!he world religiously by keeping alive the idea of one God, the sense of sin and the hope of the coming Redeemer. The Greeks prepared the world ctvlily by undermining paganism with Greek philosophy and by giving a common vehicle of speech to universal humanity. The Romans perpared the world politically unifying- the nations and giving universal peace. The Saxon will perform all of these functions for the second coming of the Master. They are preparing the world, religiously, by carrying the gospel to the remotest corners of the earth. Wherever Anglo-Saxon flags wave or paganism tolerates Christianity, there you find the missionary of the Cross and the open Bible. They are giving the whole world a common means of communication in the English tongue. English has been substituted for French in German schools. It means in that land where education is compulsory, that the rising generation of Germans will speak English. English is supplanting Spanish in Cuba, Porto Rico and the Philippines. Even Mexico is teaching English < In her schools. Japan has introduced it into her public schools. Only recently China has been opened to the English language for scientific education in her schools. English has thus become the educational language for 400,000,000 people, who hitherto know little of the English tongue. English is the language of the business world today.

While It Is a great privilege to know that the custodianship of the kingdom belongs to our race, it is also a great responsibility to feel that our race must propagate the goapel to the ends of the earth. It to, then, not only our exalted privilege but our solemn duty to accept Christ and Join hands for th« overthrow of all unrighteousness and the triumph of Him whose right It to to reign; It Is our duty to get a vision of our world-wide mission and give to the missionary of -the Gross that love and honor which are due him because of his service and sacrifice for humanity. Hr blazes the way not only for Christianity, but 'or education and enlightenment. He is the pioneer of civilisation. He opens up and develops the markets of the world for manufactured articles., Hence manufacturers should be larger givers to foreign missions. Ho is a knight of the twentieth century, girding on hie armor, taking his life in his hand, and going forth to tremendous conflict He penetrates the forests and jungles of the heathen worid and lights the lamp of dvUtaatton. He carries into the dark places of the earth the dress and mode of life peculiar to the Saxon. NeMves converted to Christianity soak to imitate him in their living. Tfcey; too, aspire to the comforts and conveniences of life and thus develops a taste among their neighbors for the manufactured articles of civilization by creating more and higher wants, commerce following the missionary. The millions of Africa and Asia wIR some day here the wants of civilization. If the manufacturers would only recognise their privilege and opportunity and pour their millions Into foreign missions, ere long they would add these two vast continents —Aslji and Africa —to the markets of the world.

The philosophy of facts and of history, both sacred and secular, seem to corroborate the theory that < the Anglo-Saxons are the Ten Tribes of Israel, who millenlums ago were chosen of God to rule the world, to bless all nations and to have the heathen for an inheritance; giving a Just and honest administration of government to all humanity; giving impartial equity between man and man; giving charity and compassion to the stranger within their gates and giving to al. men everywhere, whether white or black, red or brown or yellow, those Inalienable rights of. life, liberty and pursuit of happiness—permitting every man to live under his own vim and fig ifoe unmolested, if hr is obedient to the laws of the land. In fact, giving to all men of every race and condition ifi life a fair chance