The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1869-06-20
'Torm.-rolar Dollars Per Aannn, iaaiv.ae.
NUMBER 90
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1hose who have read. Marshaliis Hissorx ofz
missions, need not be informed how conspicu-
ousiy inefficient Professionalism has proved i'm,
the missionary field gsnerally. writer in :.
late number of the New York ,yony,,ay Of fovu
",e'ce-estahlished by prominent Presbyfe-
rian-demonstrates it's utter peVyerlessneas i'm
particular localities-the one treated Of here
being China. We do not care to follow nm the,
argument, and show the nataral deductions, az,
applicable to the whole ssbeme adopted by
our separated brethren. The force of the req
soning In the following extraet from the article
alluded cannot fail to carry coExiotien to every
unprecedented mind:
\ Suppose the Chinese to have, sent mission
aries to the United States and re- Enp,and Il,
Iooo' at the same time that missionaries were
sent from these countries to China. the sneesss.
OF new religions in the United States, euch A.
the societies of Jemima WiIkinsos Ann Zee
Rapp, zoe smith the Mormon, and others,
would Justify the belief that the liogmas al
ConfueinsA and Buddha would find aRout ~.
many followers here as our good Rrotesta1t
nave neen able to convert TO the
teaches us that these conversions would b.
alike reliable in both countries New, IL Il be.
desirable to Christianize the Chinese, we. must
ADOPT other and moro certain means than thoa1.
OF rev missions In their Country. Il aur ill--S
nsaTy fSft I e years. a sh ss
Christians of England aud the United States
many millions of dollars The cost Of MAIN
tanning these twelve stations at the present.
time is believed to be two hundred thousand
dollars per annum. After all this expenditures
of money and labor for thirtyvnine years. we,
have been unable to find any evidence tn show
that five Thousand of the Chinese have been
converted to the Protestant Christian faith
We do not wish to disparage nor to deny tho
Importance of Christian missions, but other
and moro efficient means must be adopted X
we wish success in China, one that viii pay it's
own expenses and enrich our country, too. 7=-r
A capital of two hundred thousand dollars
properly managed, would be quite sufficient to
place ten thousand per annum oil able-boaeas
intelligent Chinese 1aborers in any of the
States bordering on the Mississippi river. EachN
laborcr would be worth 10 the country one
hundred dollars per annuln, therefore, at the
| end of one year after these emi9rants are IN
! troduced, instead of the two hundred Thousand
| dollars sent ont of the country to support the
! missions, we will have the objects of those
! missions Mt our own doors, surround them with
Christian influences, which it must be admitted
| would be far stronger than unAwbich could De
| presented to them In their own country, and
! we will be benefited by their labor TO the
4 amount of ono rffffft,tt tsf Chinese
/ arc not "barbarians AfGigspSE]ynt
rsir,1iiar- eetf+aet-+Eith -people may 1ndnee
them 10 prefer our mode iftzatfeA AiaA fe-
hkion to their own. First they adopt onr CO.'S
II TUNE and SO by degrees become like ourset
Il Christian people of England sent of chip
loads of rum and other articles to Africa " hieh
they exchanged for natiye Afrieans, md these
| thpv sent to their American colonies and sold
| them into slavery. 1t is not pretended that
i, | the Christian people who were engaged IN the
III slave trade were actuated by desire to Chr1s-
been the means of making Christians of six
millions of the African race. Not six thonsansl
) of that race have been made Christians IN any
other way. 80 =. s7-fi 8 ss