Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1891-04-22
-sTAUNToN SPECTATOR AND GENERAL ADVERTISER
AN EXPOSITION OF MISSIONS.
1T rs PROPOSED TO MAKE AT THE WORLD
FAIRAN EXHIBIT OF EVERYTHING
RELATING TO HOMEAND For.
EIGN MISSIONARY WORK.
CHICAGO, April 4, 1891.

William G, Douglas, of the baltimore
American. has undertaken to arouse inter-
eat in a plan to make worlds exhibit OF
missions at the Columbian Exposition, ana
he is receiving much encouragement from
the missionary societies and the churcnes'
There are in the world more than four hun
bred missionary societies. Each one mas
in various lands its force Of missionaries
and teachers, and quite number OF them
save their physicians and hospitals as aids
in the work of evangelizing the heather:
As the various denominations in this and
other Christian countries are nearly oil
more or less engaged in promoting mission.
sry work, such an exhibit as is proposed
would surely have very general interest.
The project includes an exhlblslon OF every
thing relating to missionary effort, comes
tic and foreign, throughout the world oy
all denominations, including Idols, plaster
casts and photographs OF idols, work OF
missionary publishing houses. ana OF me
medical stats and industrial scn0ois.
There would be the Peruvian iaols, iGois u
Nav Zealand. the headache idol of Alaska,
the Gods of India and China, scenes Of In.
| dian worship. Brahminism, Buddhism, an.
cestrai Chinese worship, and the work OF
civ missions, with photographs OF the IT.
| tja waits saved from the streets. The Cath,
| olic Sisters of Mercy, the Kings Daughters
| and similar organizations, the foreign and
domestic societies, the deaconesses and
Enisconal Sisterhoods' work could illustrate
thar methods. The non-denomnational
| work of the Hebrew Daughters, VINO carry
ont the work of love to God and man, the
uorL of women in the harems OF Turkey
an5 the zananas of India and China coolo
he shown. also statistics showing now mls.
sion. aid a worldwide growth OF the spirit
of civil and religious liberty, and how ms.
s;onaries break down race anu religious
nreindice against both Christians and Jews
in Russia. Turkey, Persia, China, India
ard otber countries. The relations OF mis-
s;ons To social problems would be repre-
santed in the Protestant and CatholIc res
enc homes. and the work of such undenom-
inat;onal organizations as the Salvaton
Army The alphabets and languages OF
n,;ss;ons vould be shown. Chinese ances-
traI noney to prevent financial embarrass'
ment in the other world, Buddhas, praying
machines and devil worship IN siam "ouio
ha exhibited. Models of heather temples
might be erected, and photos and sCereop,
ticon views exhibited; as, for instance, Oh
the great Shway Dagon Pagoda aI Nan'
COON. India, and of Buddhist IDOL houses;
Statistics of the progress OF missi9hs anu
tns literature of missions and of heather
lands would be shown. The monkey tenn
ME of Beuares. and the monkeys as an OBJ
iect Of worship could be exhibited as divin'
tiles for the worship of tho people. The
symbol.sms of silva would be shown, Win
trident. three eyes, black throat, holding
a crescent. a rattle, tigers skin and an
elephants skin. The drawbacks TO ms
sions and wing the name OF CHRISTIAN Is 700
often, in the Moslem mind, the synonym
for hypocrisy and intemperance' may "
considered in the final published report VI
the exhibit. Christian villages u Aho'@
might be illustrated.