Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-04-29

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Tina sentiment has mae martyrs 10
"honor's btip" has h,ulcd mIpv Irtl
pnrstcutiurs. Read rs oi " on Is uw
Of Rug " rtu, mber huv thr grlp q
little Artlur'o honor 10 him tn k, Z
DOWN before hl* ~ iliI3 schuo!m L
ard say his prayers.
He Was too houor"ble t. imp irt'
bed and there Prey in secret. He
/ loyalty - God blae him fac. The bI, ;
con" "uAt might. IL conquered t..ru
/ ~ last into silence. Some, /, tiIenc. d
Dy bis boldness, knelt IL Goa pay with
linn. - Little Arthur is now Arthui
Stanley, Dean of Westminster Ab-
hey.
Not only is it more manly ect to b.
led by Louors gri? than by cowardics's
but it is safer and wiser An incident
that happened to Prof. L, W. Clark, III
Japan, illustrates this fact.
He had been engaged by the Japan
csc government to take charge Of IL
scientific school. and teach chemistry
and physics. His salary was TO e u
liberal one, AID he WAS to be furnished
with horses, guards. interpreters. al
tendants, philosophical apparatus,
and large temple in which 10 live.
When he arrived in Yokohama, the
Japanese officials called upon him with
the contract--thirteen long articles.
written in Chinese, japanese and Eng
lish. On reading it. the professor
found that the "Dai- 10 kan AS the
Council of State is called had slyly in
serted disagreeable clause. 1t for
babe him to teach Christianity, and
bound him to silence on all religious
subjects for space of three years.
"Sign the PROMISE" said t inter-
prefer; 4" but when you get way of in
the country you can break it, and teach
what you please"
The professor being man of truth,
would not receive that advice.
"Sign it," said some expedient
American friends, "or you will lose
three hundred dollars month, and all
your good chances besides. Some
mere adven,urer may get the
position, who will do the peo-
pie more harm than you Can do them
good"
Prof. Clark was in strait. He had
spent all his money in getting to japan
from the United States. If he should
lose the situation. he would be 10 all
impoverished condition; but be was a
Christian, and therefore man of hon.
or. He determined not to sign the
contract, and wrote to the Gov
eminent that unless the objectiona-
BILE clause was withdrawn, he would
not accept the professorship.
at is impossible, he added, "for a
Christian to dwell three years in the
midst of a pagan people, and yet keep
silence on the subject nearest his
heart"
Much to his surprise. he received
within three days an answer, saying
that the clause against Christianity
should be stricken ont. "You have
conquered" exclaimed the bearer of
the good news, sand have broken
down strong Japanese wall! Now you
can also teach us the Bible and Chris
tianity."
Instead of thinking less of the pro-
fessor. or being vexed at his obstinacy,
the Japanese officials respected him for
his conscientious honesty and became
more friendly than ever. The profess
sor took charge of the school, which
was several hundred miles from Yoko-
hama. and had u Thousand students and
fifty Japanese teachers.
When he made out the programme of
studies he said nothing about the Sab
bath but left the space for that
day blank. There is no Sabbath
in the Japanese religion, but the
officials inferred the professors wishes,
and inserted the word crest" in the
blank space. An order was also is.
sued closing the school on Sunday.
On the first Sunday after his arrival
at the school Prof. Clark began Bible
class. The students listened for more
than two hours to q presentation Of
Christian truth. Thenceforth the class
met every Sun lay morning.
But that was not sufficient for minds
eager to know about the religion Of
Christ. So every Sunday afternoon the
students met at the house of one of
their number. and themselves con-
Quoted a japanese Bi e class.
A number became Christians. One
of the most learned Chinese scholars in
Japan declined an appointment to go
with the Japanese Embassy to the
United States. He wished, he said, to
remain with his new teacher, that he
might study Christianity.
The incident shows that it is noble
and better to let honor grip US, and by
so doisg heed the demands of the
Christian conscience, even when ap
pear-Zoes assert that it may cost all the
worldly substance that q man hath
Youths Companion.