The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-10-22
SUNDAY SERVICES.
Sermon by Rev. Cyrus Eam,ip. ID. ID he.

The annual address before the Women Mis-.
sioDary Society was delivered by Rev. Dr. Cy-
| rus Hamlin, formerly President of Robert Col
| lege, Constantinople, now connected with the
Bangor Theological Seminary, at State street
church last evening.
In the first part of the address DR.. Hamlin
delineated the three phases through which edu-
cation en- missionary ground has passed The
commencement Of missionary work is largely
educational by necessity. The missionary does
not find a good system of education existne.
He finds nothing better than the old system of
past ages 10 dead languages. Every theory has
to be reconstructed. School books in the spok-
en- language prepared, aud teachers taught how
to teach.
La 1924 there was widespread conviction
that too much time and money were given to
education. A great and radical change was
made. The study of English was prescribed
All schools, even theological schools. were re-
duced to a verGacular system. Some missions
went still farther. The Baptist mission at Bur
r'sal, India, established ho schools 1t preach
ed the Gospel with great success and left edu-
cation to. take care of itself.
After time there came strong reaction.
Inc youth of the Burrsal converts were grow
ing up In the most deplOrahle ignorance. The
missions appointed a commission to examine
the case Other stations were found as re-
ported by DR.. MulleDs, in similar condition
The experiment had failed Education would
or could not take care of itself, and schools
were established. The vernacular system in
the meantime failed. The native pastors and
churches rejected it, The training schools of
the American Board were forced to abandon it
aud enter upon higher system of education.
Everywhere over all the field the system of no
education or of mere vernacular education
for native pastols has failed.
The Christian college and high schools in
which the science, theology and literature of
Christendom are laid open to the native mind,
have taken the front rank in the Christian edu-
cation OF the native mind. This is the third
phase Of education, in which we now are.
After this course of remark, the spea ker pass
ed to consideration of the causes of this great
advance IN education all over the heather and
Mohamnedan world; among which he enum-
Grated the translation OF the Bible into nearly
all languages, model schools and school-books,
newspapers, and above I'll the preaching Of the
gospel and the example of the Christian house,
hold
All the above was preliminary to the specific
subject OF the evening, the manner in which
female education has been SO wonderfully in,ti-
ated. He spoke of its steady and hopeful
growth, and its place in the reconstruction of
the household. He delneated the power and
mission of Christian breakfast in Christian
nouseD0ld. The educated woman must lead
the way The present modes of oriental lie
were held up iu striking cor trast Woman
must be the primary educator, the ''school
marin of the East as well as of the West
Ieus OF thousands are wanted. The field is
the world The great and glorious work of the
Woman's Board is the education of women for
the household and the school house over all un-
evangelical lands
With brief reference to Madagascar Afri-
ca, China, Japan and ''all the isles of the
ocean," to the pomin Il Christians of the Otto
man empire, to tae Ottomans themselves, the
speaker closed, invoking the revival spirit upon
tae whole missionary work.