The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-06-18
In FAR OFF CHINALAND.
MISSIONARY DUBOSE TALKS OF
CHINA AND IT'S PEOPLE

The Work the Missionaries Are Doing
There-Facts About the Great EN-
pire of Confucius-A Wonderful
Country and It's Wonderful Inhabi.
tants.
Four hundred people assembled in the
First Presbyterian church last night to hear
Rev. Wayland C. DuBose, Chinese mis-
siouary. lecture. A short Introductory was
made by the pastor. DIR. DuBose spoke as
follows:
The prophet Isaiah referred to China as
the Land of Sinm," and said that
from that country the Lord will gather
glorious seed. Sin was the ancient name of
China and Sinim is the plural of the word.
The longevity among the Chinese is
peculiarly noticeable, and may be attributed
to the quiet and peaceful character of their
lives. Hemmed in on one side by the noun
tains and on the other by the ocean, they
are secure from invasion and free from war
fare and strife.
No police are ever seen on the streets of
Chinese cities. China is without doubt
the most idoletrous country that has
ever existed, yet the remarkable filiai piety
and obedience observed among the people
commands the highest respect of Christians,
which is worthy of emulation. On the
first day of the year the merchant can burn
all his account books and lose nothing, for
all debts ere paid promptly before that
time
Literature is the glory of the nation. The
cyclopedia fllls 5000 volumes. Men rise to
office by the civil service examinations,
which are prefectural for A. b. provincial
for A. NJ, and national for LII. d.
A FARMING COUNTRY.
Great attention is given to agriculture.
Land is divided into many millions of little
farms Of from one to four acres. Not an
acre 10 given TO pasturage. The products
are wheat, millet, rice. cotton, sugar, etc. !;
fruits are various and abundant. It is
land Of flowers, and its mineral wealth is
inexhaustible Coal fields cover twenty
times an area Of the entire coal fields of
Europe. Iron is abundant, also gold, silver
and copper.
Every little farm or ha inlet has about
five hundred living on its products. Their
civilization differs from ours, but IL is no
less a high state of civilization. The gov
ernment is the product of the genius of
their own statesmen, their literature is not
borrowed from any other nation, and all
their ambitions have sprung up on their
own soil.
The first day of the agricultural season
the emperor goes out in the field
and plows furrow for the
purpose of giving encouragement TO the
hushandmen. They have the same variety
of climate and the same agricultural pro-
duetions found between New York and
Florida
0og A CAREER OF PROSPERITY.
The country is about entering upon O
career of unexampled prosperity, and the
revolution Of the twentieth century in
will 10 kbo NJ. -.
the worlds history. The young emperor
has just assembled the throne, and, should
he favor liberal policy, the progress OF the
country may be very rapid. Forty years
ago there were sixty Protestant missiona-
ries in China. Now there are about 400
or 1850. There are now about 40, 900 com
municants in the churches. There are 100
missionary physicians, who all open hos
pitfalls and have scores themselves of pa
tients.
OF the 10000 communicates IA 900 are in
the Presbyterian church. The converts all
stand fast and firm and cannot be seduced
from their faith and its obligations and re-
quirements- Lying and swearing are great
characteristics OF the Chinese people, and
from moral standpoint they are
sadly depraved. The merchants reside
in the seaport towns, but are not allowed
to trade in the interior. A clause in our
treaty permits the missionaries to go to
any part Of the kingdom, and the govern
ment gives them every protection possible.
NO CHURCH soUABBLEs.
There is no friction between the different
church denominations, and all work to-
gethe- tremendously. The harvest is ripen-
ing, the field is immense, and more laborers
ere badly needed.
DR.. DuBose returns to South Caro-
lima this morning. He has been en-
gagged in missionary work in China
for twenty years. and is in the United States
now for the double purpose of securing
much needed rest and at the same time en-
listing the sympathy of our people in the
| foreign missionary work. DIR. DuBose will
remain in this country about three months
| longer, and will then return to China and
enter into his work with renewed energy
| and zeal.