Telegram-herald., 1888-04-29
MISSIONARY LABOR


Asa sey a. fts ssbf al sek0ol tse sssrsgs
Waa eas lssn zaazht - drip as nicsels ia1o
90 c.,nt. ,ts.slon b<sx sef 80 conversion n
~ heaehen Ths p.,or missionaries eers o1s
IS tbess ssif. henixhfei eonaErlss, risking
tseif iss~ amt sssfsr1n ansold nanstsh1ps foF
fhs Dszrpslss - ezrhsrIas seashens and dplAr
fofs iafo ne fDla Scr these Ee hzs gone
uitAoBt eaes'ng lgsn sssks az a Eins "a Or
Ger ia eopEFilfte alolIeF aEld n4s done lE ~lfk
s<a1~iy a saiulp~r Hs has grown ap sita
an lfIe4i fDis. ioEarY sad al i.lssi missionary
ilfs givaiiF pletnrei os Ia fancy
IL fls elifrzs - tlms hls ship canseS over.
snd ns dsssess - taxa trlp aros1nd tho
~orld 10 vlafz Asa Minor, Ladla. China
ard JapaA 1he dfse missionary settlements
- snnsss - he nIstts |t as ditersns from ais
iep9 cherished tissEl conception a. cheese is
different from etslx The Ir4xsler Is AZ
tennluL
~Whg. sies ny soal." be gasps. ~thess
ni=sienaries srs irving "a decent houses sss
DESCENT fs.od AMI are a. zafs here a. Il khsS
A~Fs IA Se~ York'
EAss coScLCsIos
Pc ends that hs kss beeu Nursing de-
iuzloa al shezs years Asa seneFal thing
~ doeslt SOP - Shinx that tbs deiusioa hsz
been al he o~a. t.zt hs nas permitted ais
e8lid.sb eoucep1loAs 90 FelnaiB unchaHgeA
tfsfasc % tBis. 10 jumps % the rasb con
eisgslon ftat foreign hIisslons are an inposl-
tien on tns eFssis.l0us pubic At hone. and
wnen hs gets eaek hs aas no Lezitation ia
SAYING ro
TIE first Impressions n a man shS has not
ta2en the trsu5le 10 correct lnfantsie impress
s.ons before starting oat are very apt % ns
smashing Ike this. but. a laaftsr of fact,
TIA missionaries 10 the very best they can
The tToabls hasl n,t x,th ths men and NoInea
~no 20 foryh iH obciieacs % an honest
se1rniag - save sgeryossiy. bct siJh tie IN
nsts c'sz-esine-s of tse people whom they wish
% svs
The mnlishness OF the average Iohamuse-
dan. for Instance, when it coosss 70 being
savet, IS souething appalling 20 q person
who has his eternal UelfaFs IN view The
M7naas'nssisn - az Stubborn. or stnbborner.
than the CAriztian even about forsaking his
crn religion for another Few Mohamme-
f,ins can understand the perverseness %
Christians in refusing 70 come over bodily
- is.aalsfn ard be saved
uAED TO CONVERT
On the other hand. "a seemed to ma that 20
heard taa NussalIaan IN Ms owu country ard
trg 70 convince him thar any other religion
D better than his own must be good Geal
lie trrsng % pull a 40 po0nd pig Through
Knot hole The Mohansmes,an regards the
Christian Missionary much as We should 70
gard PsssiaD niolizb who should come over
bere ant pFossIgte FOR the religion Of the
Prophet A. matter Of fact | think the
recliah ~oUl1 have the advantage. A Per-
sian nollah 10 his Ao~ing robes and big
uilie turoan, prostrating toward Mecca and
signing away down INTO ais hesls, Is pict-
are eot devo.d Of certain anioans Of fasci-
aatioa have seen uiolilhs in Persia who.
r they would only make themselves up and
core over 60. say. 8oefon. and start ap a re-
viva, Woali convert lots - people by the
mere n4a,nctisn of thssr appearance snd the
strange fervor Of tacsr devotlons
- s. cold fact that among The teeming
miiiiors of Asa l discovered twice a. many
Csrissians who bad sfabraced Alohammeslan-
Esu a. did Ailss,linans who had entered
iaso tae Christian foid-twice as many To
come down - astaal statistics. compiled ns
cid times a. went from country 20 country,
I a<,l-ed up one Mohammedan VINO had ex-
pefie.ced a chan-s of religion and two
Chri~tians There rlsy be more than this in
thr Whole world. perhaps. but these are ali
detained positive evidence Of All three we're
very ihts -stsng cases from ths standpoint OF
al outsi,ie party Their experiences were
eiso interesting 20 themselves. Thomas Ste
ems ia New I0rk Sun