Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-12-11

In the North american Reoiele for Decem-
Der, Gail Hamilton draws very suggestive
and amusing contrast between the theologi-
cal opinion of the distinguished mission
airy, DR.. Hamlin, concerning the heath len,
and the practical opinion of another dis
tinguished missionary, Mrs. S. L. Bald
win, on the same subject. She says; DR..
Hamlin roundy afirms that he cannot
find the first instance of any one of the
heather or Mohammedan systems working
in the line of redemption or developing
any power toward a purer and better state
of society, toward the elevation of the peo-
pie. Heather, Moslems, Greeks and Ar
menian apostates are all embarked in the
same boat, rowing toward the same Dead
Sea- And DIR. Hamlin speaks with the au-
thority of one who has lived among them"
This has dark look for the heather. But
" Mrs. S. l.. Baldwin, q missionary of the
Methodist Board in China, now living in
East Boston, addressed to the pres
ent Congress a petition which was pre-
scented in the Senate, praying that
she might be allowed to import a
heather to this country, because of his
great superiority to the Christians here :;
because the private virtues of the heather
showed far stronger signs of thrift than our
own. That may not, however designedly,
misrepresent her testimony, | give her own
words: During long residence in China,
as the wife of a missionary, have been
accustomed to Chinese servants. know
the peace and comfort possible with them.
One cook served US during the entire
twenty years we lived ia China. I have
made many efforts to secure good and
needed service from the help found
in this land. I have given four
years patient trial to those of every
nationality, not excepting our own.
have paid the highest usual wages, have
planned my work with view to my
servants comfort, have treated them
with courtesy and kindness, keeping
in mind the Golden Rule, have paid
them promptly, and, in return, have only
asked that they do properly the work
they have agreed to perform. But all
in vain No one has seemed to feel under
the slightest obligation to give any fair re-
turn for wages received, or 10 have the
slightest regard to my interests. Unudiness,
badly cooked food waste, breekage, imperG-
hence and disobedience have exhausted my
purse and my patience, and imperiled the
comfort and health of myself and my
family. Notwithstanding the fact that in
China our servants loved us and left our
employ reluctantly, l might still think
that in some way / am unwittingly to
blame for this unhappy state OF affairs.
had l not found, in q very extended
acquaintance in this country, that
my experience is simply that of large
majority of the houseKeepers Of this land.
Therefore earnestly
petition that you viii make an exception
to the anti-Chinese law in my favor. and
allow me to import Chinese servant. 1t
is the only solution of the problem OF
housekeeping in this country now
/" Is it possible to misrepresent or to mis-
understand the significance of this state
ment-all the more significant because it is
unintended testimony In this Christian
country private virtues are so submerged
beneath ingratitnde, selhshness, dishonesty,
extravaganza, impertinence, disobedience,
that we fly for refuge to the peace, comfort,
fidelity, love, found only in heather char
acter and heather service
LISoaLY's PROVERBS. = An autograph
letter that would like to own was shown
me few days ago. A Lincoln was
boldly signed at the end of it, and this
wisdom was there, Photographed in this
wise: Do not worry. Eat three square
meals day. Say your prayers. Think of
your wife. Be courteous to your creditors.
Keep your digestion good. Steer clear of
the biliousness. Exercise. Go slow and go
easy Maybe there are other things that
your special case requires 10 make you
happy, but, my friend, these. reckon, will
give you a good lift. IN. 7. Times.