Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-03-16
FUTURE OF INDIA
TEE TEExE DISCUSSED BY BISHOP TFOBURN
AT TIE FOURTH STREET CHURCH.



the Fo1rth-strset NJ. E. church, be de-
lyered his lecture upoa the Future Of
India" 20 au assemb.ase which tested
the seating capacity o. tae church. HIS
remarks were listened 20 win close at
teution, and those who attended were
well repaid ia the knowledge OF the Gus
toms of tla people, and tle progress OK
missionary WORK there, which they re-
ceived.
Bishop Th0burn BEGAN by calling at
tenti0n 90 the size, ares and uatlla. rec
sources of India. and the dense pouU-a-
ton of the country. India B, the home OF
Oue-hf,L OF the human race, and the
Inhabitants are .dO.atOrs. God intends
that every nation snail have part DO
the wcra of spreading Christianity IN
that dark country. One nation can
teach some things better than another,
and b. hoped , was a part o- our Amer
lean conceit that we can teach some
. things which DO other nation can teach.
God intend, 90 make the American peo-
Die the missionary people Oi the world.
'.I believe" be said, .'tha, this world
is not always going % be a jumbling
look forward o. the day, when we will
have 81 United States OF North America,
United States of Australia, Empire Ot
Africa. Empire of India. II India is
% become am empire, we must provide
Tor her future. IL must become
Christian nation. It's civilization is
5000 years old, and never changes. Go
With me % Washington, and / VIII
show YOU @. 1000 Inventions in pI0ws; iu
l.d.a the same blows are now used as
in the day, OF David and solomon. No
nation on the globe which rejects
Christianity, has the slightest trace of
inventive genius. The people Of India
never invent anything. They VIII never
advance until they throw away their
ancient faith, aud accept Christianity.
Now the question nlry0wS Itself down
20 tbis-wtat are Jle prospects, In
modern times efforts have been made Oh
try CO. Introduce Christianity by the
sword, cgt they failed. 10 is common
belief u this country tlat tuc great
au0st.e0f the Roman Catholic faith lu
the East has been more successful iu
India than Protestant missionaries, and .
that the latter, .u order to meet with
success. must adopt Roman Catholic
methods. This B., q mistake. Although
efforts 90 introduce Christianity were
made % India previous 10 that time,
practical Christianity only entered that
country about one hundred years ago.
About that time Dr. Carey left England.
When the first efforts were made
there was only one prince up0a /
q Christian throne IN Europe .
raorle 20. WLy3 They had sucl mar F
row views that they thought DC would F.
De dangerous 90 introduce Christianity. f
AL the great men in England, among .
them Warren Hastings and MI Pitt .
opposed be- Iu order 20 reach India, .
Carey took passage On Danish steamer
ard the first Protestant missions were
opened under the protection of the
King of Denmark. The progress was
slow 40 first. but half century later .
the missionaries began 20 number the /.
converts by the thousands ana tens OF .
thousands.
our own church was tardy in enter
INK tae field. / was one ot the first .
Methodist missionaries VINO ever wen, .
to India. When we began worN at urst F.
TO was exceedingly slow. 4 lnoed 40 .
Lucknow ON September -1, 1853 The /.
next morning when / got up my a-ten- .
ton was attracted 90 TWO iI-t.e boys
who were singing q familiar air, which F.
+ recognized as .Hcppy Day We have .
-.. 900 children Staging that lymu Toe .
l.v. That indicates thar tie way Is .
opening 90 reach hundreds Oh thous- .
auGs. Ia AN these years we never rec T
ported decrease. When / went back .
t1 India few years ago 1 noted great +
many strange faces in the Christ .
Jan community. We found that .
we had l.,U1 or 1900 of an .
increase. and wc were C.Gldeued, as GO .
was the most prosperous year ever I
known" The speaker continued 90 .
some length upon the progress made Ia .
the missionary work, ana related many .
interesting incidents, telling how the F.
work began amonc the low caste people .
aud the remarkable number of converts .
made On a short space of time.
There are not four great castles IN /
India. There were orig lolIy. out there f
are nearer 1000 now. Come down THIS f
long list aud below certain lines, all are /
low caste They never intermarry, .
never eat together. never smoke from .
The same pipe, or sit no the same seat. .
The low caste are not poorer than the .
others, and not their interiors physical .
ly or mentally. They occupy much the /
same position as the CO,Ored people 10 .
,le south. For some two years .
past. signs of new life have .
auUeared among them. There is per
slg>ion among them that they mus be- .
come Christians. They can never hope .
Cd rise while they remain as ,dO.aters. Z
It was thought by many that in dealing .
with these low caste people, 10 would be +
difficult Cd reach tle higher class. ID .
You want -0 reach any people As a peo- T.
bic. YOU must get 90 the bottom aud +
lit them up, and not from The top. We +
find that working among the low caste F.
people does not interfere with our "JrS +
among the high caste.
The people OF India, from time I'M .
memorial. have been very Door. Many /
of the low caste people are farmers aud I
on OF the artisans. Sowe are prosper +
GUS men. You ask What kind OF chris .
ttans do YOU get?' When they come I
they are ignorant enough. We must +
re9ch them the difference between I
rfent and wrong. The fundamental /
laws of God are written across cach .
human heart. though dimly upon some /
We teach them hat they mus, keep the /
Sabbath holy. That is q specific com I
mandmcut aud must be taught
over 1900 natives have been o2ptiSe0 /
iu twelve months, and 10000 more we're I.
ready % become Christians lI mission /
aries were sent among them. When We /