The Fruits of Christian Missions
An exchange says that the Rev. Mr. Banister, working in the province of Foochow, China, recently baptized eighteen lepers. A missionary who was present at the service called it “a truly wonderful work of grace. It was most touching to see these poor creatures, marred and maimed by the ravages of this terrible disease, coming forward and testifying to their faith in the Lord Jesus as their Saviour.” AFTER Charles Darwin returned from his visit to heathen lands, says Bishop Whipple, he wrote thus: “The men who denounce missions forget that human sacrifices, infanticide, bloody wars, and cannibalism disappear with the advent of Christianity. A voyager wrecked on an unknown shore might well be thankful if these heathen folk had received the teaching of Jesus Christ.”