Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-03-05
CHINESE.

The congregation of the Metro
politan Baptist Church. San Fran
cisco, ON Sunday evening a week
adopted a petition to President Hayes
requesting him to sign the Chinese
Immigration bill.
The California Constitutional Con-
vention, and other public bodies have
passed resolutions of thanks 70 the
Senators and Representatives who
supported the Chinese bill, and
the San Francisco Chamber of Com
merce forcibly calls for Executive ap-
proval
The Baptist clergymen of Philadel-
ph;a met in the Baptist Board of
Publication building, 1920 Chestnut
street, last week. and took action rel
ative to the Chinese immigration
question. Rev. George Cooper oc-
cupied the chair. Resolutions were
adopted earnestly protesting against
the Chinese immigration bill, it being
a violation of a treaty with China and
the offspring Of a spirit of caste and
sel6shness as putting forward OBJ
stacles in the way of missionary efforts
I for the Chinese; as being contrary
to the spirit of the Declaration of In
dependence, and rs being unworthy
of a great Christian nation. 1t was
further resolved to send a copy of the
resolutions to President Hayes, e1-
pressing the hope that he would in
terpose his veto to prevent this un-
just measure from becoming q law.
The Methodist clergy held a ike
meeting, and copy of the resolu-
tions protesting against the passage
of the bill will be duly forwarded to
Washington. Rev. DR.. Boardman
presided over large meeting of Pres
byterian ministers. at which resolu,
tons were passed advocating the
cause of the Chinese.
A Hong Kong paper discusses the
recent burning of Christian churches
which took place at Fuhchau. Ii
says that the churches were set on
fire by ignorant men, but that the
mandarins, in company with the Brit
ish Consul, had gone to repress dis
turbances and the people had thrown
stones at them and they had returned
crest-fallen to their homes. There
was no other resource but to let the
people have their own way" In such
cases the Ignorant people are hardly
to be blamed, but lit is inexplcabis
that missionaries who preach that the
love Of man is the guiding principle
should not recede when they are re.
sisted and disgraced- To obstinate
ly hold their ground and not move is
sense,ess" The journal argues that
IN their intolerance the Chinese are
only following the example OF the
Western nations that are seeking to
remove it. "The three religions oi
the West" it says, 'differ from each
other. The priests Of France cannot
preach their religion in England OF
Russia, just as the pastors of Eng
land and the priests of Russia can.
not preach Professionalism or the faith
of the Greek Church in France -
Spain. because church members be.
yond the mountains (Iitramontanes)
assisted Tank ka don Carlos) in his
rebellion, coniscatel the property
of $4,000 people. Italy closed sew
enty-two churches and assumed then
possessions. The Roman church sent
It's leaders to dwell in Switzerland,
whence they were again expelled. and
the French are withou, any resource.
When France cannot get its doctrines
spread through all other countries
can t impart them to China alone 2
Moreover, Pat Sy Ma Hak CBismarck)
the most renowned Minister Of the
West, ard the glory Of whose meri;
fills etery place, has commenced the
suppression of preaching, and He
Man Lo Shik and Ling Ii Sy further
his efforts. And the Prime Minister
of England, Hak Ian Sy Tun (Giad
stone, has written book vigorously
censuring the Romish Church. Ii
Aga kok Or. James Legg), a grea!
scholar of the West, who, having
been in China and investigated Con.
fucianism, has returned home to a pro
fessorship in the Oxford University
and has translated the four books
and the Eve classics to enliShten his
countrymen, increasingly says tha:
preaching is money, hold fast to the
virtue of mildness and arrests the
equality OF the two nations. Preach,
ing is to promote universal harmony,
but from tie establishment of chap
els everywhere there have been en-
mites, murders and htigations abou!
the destruction of property. Should
not these things cease? If we wish
to perpetuate international friend
ship. missionaries must not be allow
ed to preach, according to the prac-
tice of other countries. 1t must
bother these heathens when they see
our dissensions and differences. And
when they hear of law passed the
other day by our Congress, they will
probably wipe out every missionary
in their whole Flowery Kingdom.
San FRANcIsco, Feb. 26.-A Port
land dispatch says that at a meeting
Of the Board of Trade the following
resolution WAS adopted:
Resolred, That the Board Of Trade of Port.
Land. Oregon, nSaT....,,;y- endorses the action
of Congress in passing the Chinese Restric-
;ian Emigration bill, and earnestly solicits
the President of the United States To op.
pose the same, believing that in so doing he
will not only confer on tie people of this
Northwest Pacific coast, but on the Ameri-
can nation. now and hereafter, the greatest
benefits which can possibly follow TO The
| trade and commerce of the United States
and society at Large.
The resolution was forwarded by
telegraph to President Hayes, signed
by the Vice President and Secretary
OF the board
At meeting of the Board of City
Trustees of Sacramento yesterday
the following resolution was unani