The Psalms, The Anthology Of The Hymns

The Prophets And The Writers Of The Psalms Were Clear That God Was Continuing To Work In The Universe And In All History. They Declared That He Had Created The Universe.

In The Third Century After Christ The Faith Continued To Spread.

In Both The Presence Of Evil And The Eventual Triumph Over Evil The Sweep Is Cosmic. It Embraces The Entire Universe, What To Man Is Both Seen And Unseen. The Victory Is To Be Accomplished Through Christ.

The Nineteenth Century Spread Of Christianity Was Due Primarily To A New Burst Of Religious Life Emanating From The Christian Impulse. . . . Never In Any Corresponding Length Of Time Had The Christian Impulse Given Rise To So Many New Movements. Never Had It Had Quite So Great An Effect Upon Western European Peoples. It Was From This Abounding Vigor That There Issued The Missionary Enterprise Which During The Nineteenth Century So Augmented The Numerical Strength And The Influence Of Christianity.

Although When Christianity Appeared The Total Population Of The Planet Was Only A Fraction Of That Of The Twentieth Century, Most Of The Earth's Surface Was Quite Outside The Mediterranean World, Persia, India, And China.