Morning journal and courier., 1894-02-26
THE WEEKLY JOURNAL
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OHM RsR SOULS UNDERvALUED.
OF course hearty and general apprecis-
ton of lofty ideals can hardly be expected
of . city like Chicago, which is largely
based on pork, and whose chief show place
consists of miles of pig pens and cattle
pens. And IL is to expected that If such
ideals venture to show their heads there
they will get promptly dubbed by the un-
sympathetic and unsentimsntsl majority
of the population. Therefore 1t 10 not
surprising that the beautiful notion of
drawing Chinese coolies heavenwa.d by
charming young women does not look rs
beautiful to the people of Chicago a. IL
does to the people Of some other
places. And a. II 10 the habit
of the busipess-liks people of Chicago to
sot when they get ready 1t Is also not sur
prising to read that an anti Chinese Sun
day School society has been formed there.
THIS society has adopted 8 platform which
is unambiguous. 1t points out that the
representatives, of the Mongolisu race In
Chicago are as . rule recruited from the
lowest and most degraded csstes In China;
that It has become matter Of common oc-
currenoe for young unmarried women to
place themselves In the way of contsminst-
certain Sunday schools where they are re-
quired to be in close contact with members
of the MoDgolian race. Therefore 1t Ia re-
solved that the Chinese In Chicago should
be converted and educated; that the young
women In Chicago should be protected; |;
that the Chinese should be brought in con-
tact only with men and matrons; that no
church sheuld allow the use of any part of
its building to Chinese Sunday SCHOOL
class In which young unmarried women
act as teachers.
We fear that this movement will be
successful aud that the Chinese In Chicago
will relapse into heathenism. For Ii 10 not
to be expected that they will feel like being
led Zionward by men or mstrons after
being SO led by girls. And can you blame
theml Theirs has been blessed privilege
indeed. No wonder they have been easy
to convert. No wonder they have ZEN
joyed religion" They have been carried
toward the skies on howery beds Of eass.
The Jordan hard road has hsen made easy
for them to travel. Tnsir experience
has been ''like q little heaven below"
and the big heaven above has seemed quite
possible to them as the angels have talked
with them, sung with them and In other
ways exhibited their angelic interest in
them. When hard and hairy men or soft
and pudgy matrons take the places of the
angels II is probable that the places of the
Cinnamon will be vacant, and that they
will fall back on Confuoius for what little
salvation they feel in need of.
Thank goodness. there are places where
the value of a Chinese coolies adherence
to Christianity Is properly appreciated; |;
where It is understood that no saorifoe is
too grsat..to secure 1t; whore bis ine silken
shirt and his cunning ways make their due
impression. and where the opium smoking
and the fan tan after Sunday school seem
but the natural reerestions of an innocent
and interesting being, who has done q
charming and noble young woman an in
estimabls favor in allowing her to take
him by his yellow hand and lead him into
the ways Of pleasantness and the paths of
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