Chapter XVII: The Theology of Missions 199-212

Is man's religious nature only a capacity for
religion? 201

The will is never passive, the candle is always
burning 201

Moslem and Hindu alike show both good and bad
elements in their worship 201

Here and there are seekers after God, and such are
saved through Christ, though they have not yet
heard his name 202

First chapter of Romans gives us the best philosophy
of heathenism 203

Heathenism, the result of an abnormal and downward
evolution 204

The eternal Christ conducts an evolution of the
wheat, side by side with Satan's evolution of the
tares 204

All the good in heathen systems is the work of
Christ, and we may utilize their grains of truth 205

Illustrated in Hindu incarnations and Moslem faith
in God's unity and personality 205

Christ alone is our Peace, and he alone can unite
the warring elements of humanity 206

A moral as well as a doctrinal theology is needed in
heathendom 208

But external reforms without regeneration can
never bring in the kingdom of God 209

The history of missions proves that heart must
precede intellect, motive must accompany example 210

The love of Christ who died for us is the only
constraining power 210

Only his deity and atonement furnish the dynamic
of missions 211