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WHERE SHALL OUR CHURCHPREACH THE GOSPEL?PUBLISHED WITH THE APPROVALof theBOARD OF FOREIGN MISSIONS,REFORMED PRESBTTERIAN CHUROH,U. S. A.mx Wxm^ d §imm mxhRev. R. B.M'Cready, Ooldenham, N. T." Thus it is written : . . that repentanceand remission of sins should be preached inhis name, unto all the nations, beginning fromJerusalem."foreign field. She should begin in Jevusalem, notJerusalem was ai ihis time the centre of the in China ov Afviea; at the centre, not at the circumference;where her wealth, and talent, andhistoric and present Chuvch. It was soon to bethe scene of the trial, crucifixion and resurrection numbers ave, not wheve they are not; at home,of Christ ihe forgiver of sins. For ihese and rather than abroad. If she has extra money formany other reasons, such as the verifying of his new missionavy entevprises, let them be begun inown declarations, the fulfilling of prophecy, the Boston, New York, Brooklyn, Pittsburgh, Cin •showing of his infinite love, it was imperative on cinnati, Chicago, Denver, and San Francisco.the disciples to begin to preach to ihe nations To ihose who ave Coveuantevs, the Chuvch offrom Jerusalem.Christ in America is the Covenanter church.But let this reason be distinctly remembered, And she recognizes the grand purpose of her organization:" Ge ye therefore, and make disciplesthat while Jerusalem was the centre of the iruereligion and nominal believers, it was also the of all the nations, baptizing them in the name ofnational centre of influence. It was the centre of the Pather, and of the Son, and of the .Holyscepticism and of immorality. It was ihe place Ghost; teaching them to observe aU things whatsoeverI have commanded yon; audio, I am with•where the nations were congregated together. InActs 2:9 we are told that fifteennationalities were you alway, even unto the end of the world."represented. It was the place where ihe disciplescould use ihe talents and opportunities thatThree courses are open to her. Fivst, to as­Grod had given' them to secure the best results.They had also a divine warrant ior beginningthus at the centre—ihe national centre. It wasa most cominon' sense thing io do.After preaching to Jerusalem God found meansto send them to ihe other nations. He did ii bypersecution. What he did for them by persecutionhe is doing for us by wealth and peace. Buithe gospel was preached faithfully in Jerusalembefore the persecution came—preached to themany foreigners who came to trade and to die inthe sacved city.Surely the infevence is cleav. Tiie Ghurch ofChrist in Amevica should use the talents and oppovtnnitiesihat God has given hev at home, inorder that she may go better equipped into thesume thai she is the only Church of Christ, inwhich case the world is open to hev doctrine andevangelistic effovt.Second, a recognition ihat she is a branch ofthe general Church of Chvist, with a missioncommon io ihe evangelical chuvches, yet possessingpuver doctrines and more orthodox methods.In this case her duty is to seek a place whevethere is no chuvch and endeavov io build one.Third, that she is a branch of ihe Church of