Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-05-14

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my, new social order, new coming, even
q new alphabet. Yet it Is only thirty
five years since Commodore Perry en-
tered japan and opened its doors to the
world. All this means the fall of Budlha
has 226 hurohes with AT Amer
lean and English missionaries
but the Buddists are organizing to OPP
pose Christianity. They propose:
/. To unite all seets.
2. To educate their priests better,
8. To reconvert the Japanese CON-
Yerts.
4. To send missionaries to America
and Europe to convert u.s. Several
Americans and Englishmen have been
converted.
Rev. E. q. Simmons of Canton
China, spoke next.
"There has been one picture on my
mind for eleven years-it is that of the
convention at Atlanta. Many of those
prominent there ara gone. 1 want to
make you another picture to-day, our
wokr'in China and our need. To reach
the Chinese we must preach the gospel.
DR.. Graves and l do our best to preach.
We have 400 or 500 to hear US. One of US
stands at the door and gives out tracts /,
the other speaks from the pulpit. We
do also q good deal of country work,
and also what we call class work.
Forty or fifty from all parts of our field
study with us one month Of every three.
When they are not studying they are
out telling what they have been taught.
These are not paid for their services.
We have another kind and better kind
of work that is our work among women.
You know what noble women we have.
l wish we had many more such workers.
They go from house to house as well
as teach in the eleven-day
schools for Chinese women.
These ladies review the lessons of 200
Girls and 200 women once q week. Our
women have more invitations to visit
households than they can accept.
There is no limit to this work.
We have also a boarding school
for girls which is doing well.
Twenty years ago there was no school
for girls in Canton; now the heather
have fourteen and they are taught by
Christian converts. One time baptized
ten and at another thirteen of
these scholars. Very few attend
school without being converted.
Last year we had seventy-six baptisms
at Canton. Our native brethren in Can
ton have bought lots and built eight
chapels of their own. We DOM ask
for chapel money from America. Our ma
tive brethren are supporting five pastors.
Our converts are generous gi7ers. We
have q printer who gives two hours sew
erel days each week to special evangel-
istio work. The unoonverted bear high
testimony to the good life OF
our converts. 1 have never
heard more earnest, magnetic
preachers than some of our converts.
One of our preachers was once success
full school teacher. We have SOB mem
bers at Canton. 1 come to ask for thirty
men laborers for our field. Help US by
your prayers and sympathies. Pray for
us, especially for our new missionaries.
Fathers and mothers pray also that God
will send your children as foreign mis-
sionaries. Help US also by your contri-
buttons We thank you for all your gifts.
May God bless you in all your work.
Don I neglect the Japanese mission. In
many respects it is the most important
mission.
Rev. DR.. A. J. Holt of Texas: ''I met
Stanley January 16, 1890, and had
striking interview with him. He said
twenty years ago he passed through the
Uganda country. The people asked
him the principles of Christianity.
He said he was not very practical
Christian, but would send them mis-
slonary. They promised to protect any
missionary he would send. He went
back to London, Eng. and in Exter
hall told the British. They took up
collection of f250. He went away
and forgot about the matter. Years later
he passed through the Uganda country,
and delegations met him with Bibles and
thanked him. They said the king was
prosecuting them, but soon a new king
friendly to the Bible mounted the throne.
Mr.. Stanley told me this in Cairo. A
gentleman setting by said Mohamme-
danism suited the African best as they
could not understand the three Gods as
well as the One God. Mr. Stanley said: Il
beg to dissent, The Triune God is best
adapted to the Africans, those of Central
Africa understand well.
DR.. ]. W. Warder of Kentucky en-
dorsed the Chinese converts as scrip
tural workers.
The report was adopted.
After routine announcements, adj
iourned with prayer by Rev. G. E.
Brewer, Alabama.