The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-09-15

lean Commission found at the Chinese
capital one of the young lady graduates
of the Ann Arbor University of which
he is the President She had acquired
the confidence of the reignlng house by
reason of her medical assistance. and
her influence, ON that account, was very
great. She threw all that influence in
favor of the American Commission, and
the opinion was expressed at the time.
that it enabled them to accomplish
their mission. She was in China as q
medical missionary from an American
society.
The work of these devoted and zeal
Gus people is performed quietly, with no
flourish of trumpets, and the world
hears little of it, until some military
advance, or the developments of diplo-
macy. reveal the progress, the prepara-
ton which those quiet workers have
made for the permanent advance of the
line of civilization. Thus nations have
been brought from barbarism, and light
carried to the dark places of the earth.
The war in Egypt is the latest in
stance of the revelation of the operation
of these silent forces. While the pres
ent agitation in Egypt is regarded by
some as but the prelude to holy war
which shall result in unification of
Islam. and its restoration of its ancient
glory, it is more likely to result in the
spread of Christianity. and the higher
civilization which It invariably carries.
Thus far the efforts of the Christian
missionaries in Egypt have been direct
ed to revival of the Coptic Church,
which originated in the religious contro-
versies of the fifth and sixth centuries
respecting the nature and person OF
Christ, There are from 100000 to
5000 Copts in Egypt, of whom 25.-
600 are in Cairo. And while the Coptic
Church has become very seriously Mo-
hammedanized, Christian efforts in that
behalf have not been barren of results.
The Society of the Church of England
began work there more than half GEN.
sury ago, in a small way, and the mis-
sion then established was transferred to
the United Presbyterian Church of
America thirty years ago. This church
has now four stations and fifty-four out
stations, with its headquarters at Cairo.
1uc IuioSiOu SCuOOiS HdsC duOue lscOO
pupils, two boarding schools with 81
female pupils, one college with rs pu-
pills, theological school with II stu
dents, four ordained preachers and over
$1,000 annual native contributions
Miss Whately, a daughter of Arch
bishop Whately, is conducting an inter-
esting work there. A grant of land and
buildings at Cairo, from the Khedive.
enables her to educate 800 boys and 200
girls, more than half of whom are Mos
lens. At Damietta, she has a branch
school with 80 pupils.
The Church of Scotland has a foot
hold in Alexandria, and its chapel there
is open to Italian Protestants. The As
sociate Reformed Church of the South
has also one station and one mission
airy.
The war will doubtless have the eff
feet of attracting increased interest to-
ward this most interesting field, and the
hands of the workers there will be
strengthened in their efforts in behalf
of this the highest civilization. And
while the intense hatred of the Moham-
medans toward the followers of the
Cross may result in serious disturbance
to all Christian enterprises in that I'M
happy country, there is such a leaven at
work there as will sooner or later be
surely productive of good results to that
people and to the world.-Oh0 State
Journal,