Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-05-15
LECTURE OF REV. I. S. KALLocH.

Rev. L S. Kalloch lectured last evening at
the Ninth-street Baptist Church, in this city,
to full house, upon tRe subject of Chris
his lecture he said:
Have we any reason to believe that the in
durated stoicism of the Chinese character cali
be affected by the gospel? And can this be
best done by carrying the gospel to China OF
bringing the Chinese to us? The questions
are important, for one of the strongest sup
ports of the Chinese invasion is the opinion
of a great many good men that the
providence of God is sending them
here for their conversion, and hence that
those of us who fight against their coming are
fighting against God. Christianity is adapted
to all classes and all countries, Caucasian or
African, Asiatic or Indian. Confuaianism
may have some special adaptation to the Chi
nese; Mohammedanism to the Turk but
Christianity is the religion for Man. Chris
tianity has penetrated China, and won some
of It's most significant victories there. The
great instruction against the Tartar dynasty
was religious rebellion. 1t had allies that
had 40 sympathy with its origin; it was
stained with crimes and excuses but the
chief element of its power was a religious re-
volt against idolatry and practical accept
ance of Christianity. They fought like
Christians. Before the attack on Marking
they knelt down and prayed, and then fought
like the soldiers of Cromwell. Missionary
efforts for the conversion of the Chinese have
met with gratifying success. There are many
thousand converts. More than hundred
faithful missionaries are laboring there. And
g the noblest Roman of them all "
is our own beloved DIR. Dean. There is no
necessary antagonism between Confucianism
and Christianity The greater includes the
less Christianity is the only complete re-
ligion. 1t completes the Confucian reverence
for the past by adding hope for the future;
stability by progress faith in man by hope in
God interest in this world with the expecta-
ton of another and better Christianity
does not exclude but it includes the good of
Confucianism.
| have faith in the adaptation of the COS
pei to all men. All men have common ma
ture. The laws of Christianity are applica-
BILE to all. The rest are general principles,
and apply to the whole race. Therefore |
believe in the Christianization of the Chinese.
But this is very different question from the
ACCESSIBILITY of encouraging the Chinese to
come here and stay here in order to get them
converted. The one idea L believe in the
other l most emphatically repudiate. There
are heads SO thick that they cannot see the
distinction, but i not responsible for
such heads. This is poor country to
convert Chinaman in. Tie gospel is
adapted to a Chinaman. So it is to a man
afflicted with the smallpox. Should we en-
courage the Immigration of small pox pa
tients on that account? Should we have no
regard for others? Where we have converted
one Chinaman they have degraded and de-
bauched hundred OF our people. There is
a good deal more likelihood Of their degrading
us than there is of our elevating them. This
strikes me as slow process, for the
conversion of the world. l know we
are commanded to go into all the
world and preach the gospel, but We
are not commanded to bring all the world to
us for that purpose. Christianity itself may
suffer detriment by the contact. There is no
precept in our religion, there is nothing in
the missionary spirit, that compels us to SUBJ
ject the youth of our land to contact with
heathenish manners customs and vices. And
the Cinnamon get no good, while our own
people are degraded. Rev. Otis Gibson re-
fers to their treatment by our hoodlums, and
says: "And all this from parties whom
the Chinaman supposes to be fair repre-
sentatives of this boosted christian civil
iZation." Is this conducive to the Chi !
namen's conversion? Does this indicate that
the providence of Goo" has sent him
here to get converted? Then it would seem
to indicate that the providence of God does
not understand its business This then is the
conclusion of the whole matter. | would
not encourage Chinaman to come here
would induce all l could to leave | believe
all the conditions here are unfavorable to
their conversion think the evil of their
poisonous presence is vastly greater than any
good we can do them; but all this does
not alter my sacred obligation to do good to
all men as have opportunity. As an indus
trial problem, it is one of vast and augment
ing danger. As citizens we should discour-
age this perilous and incongruous element by
all the peaceable means in our power. But
in Christian effort to save their souls we
should rise above the industrial issues or
speculative problems of the hour. Man is
Of more worth than institutions; religion is
greater than politics, and the designs of
Providence are. under these, the cycles of ma
tional destiny. I believe in Chinese evan
gelization do not believe in Chinese immi-