The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1895-11-21
PRESIDED
Mission Meeting in Carnegie Han
New York City.
EI-PRESIDEyI PRAISES HIS CHURCH
stood Past For Love and Libertr-rhs
Pioneer Of Edaestioa In the United
state--Foster on Missions 1n
AsIa-Other Missions

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was occupied principally By ministers.
The announcement that ex-P7esideDs
Harrison was 20 preside proved a great
extraction. When the ex-p-zident ar
rived he was heartily appisuded. The
Hon. John W. Foster ex-scretary %
state. was also on the platform. TIE
Rev. John r. Davis ac.ed as chairman
and introduced ex-Pres3dent Harrison
as "a great and good man"
General Harrison began his speech
by saying that the Presbyterian church
had been greatly celebrated for IS Pow
er Of resistance. II had stood fast for
love and liberty: It had stood fast for
education: i had been in the United
States the pioneer q education; II had
stood FOR the highest scholarship and 4
had stood agains; that pSeUdo-altitu-
dinous philosophy thai, from the study
Of Gods work. finds there Is no God n
from the study Of his word that henas
given US no word.
He continued: 'Tt has been strenu-
Gus In its opposition 10 this doctrine
AMI has stood win the stiffness Of a
steel beam for the faith delivered by
the fathers and II stIl stands for the
essential doctrine % the inspired word.
IL - not an iilF5erat church. No body
OF Christians in the world opens It's
arms wider or more lovingly TO all who
love the Master. II is Catholic in It's
sympathy and It's cooperation with
the churches. The missionary spirit
Is inherent in Christianity and we meet
tonight IN this meeting. which culmin-
ate our efforts 10 take counsel as Pres
$780, - - 49, SEE -.- .Ar.nra she
cause Of foreign missions.
- have sometimes In missionary
meetings heard speakers talk about the
needs OF the board. That seems TO me
very much like the man whose grocery
bills are not paid and who Will talk
about the needs OF his butler. We are
not here 30 talk OF the board but our
needs. the needs Of the church and the
needs OF the world. We are here TO
summon you to the duties which your
church membership involves and which
implies much more when you consider
the great head OF the church. | think
/ may say toyou: Hold fast the good
doctrines. not the shepherd"
ASIATIC MISSIONS.
The next speaker was the Hon. John
W. Foster. ex-secretary OF state. Gen
eral Fosters address was a summary
Of his observations on the work OF the
q ANEENkA ia ah1AA q - IA a
tour OF the world made twenty-five year
ago and in a second visit to Japan and
China in connection with the peace ne
gotiations OF the present year. The re-
view embraced the work Of the mission
aries in Syria. India. Burmah. the Holy
Land and Egypt In the Turkish empire.
ceylon, the Straits settlements. China,
Corea. and Japan; and 1t also discussed
the three great -non-Christian religions
|, Mohammedan4sm. Hindooism and Bud
dhlsm.
India. he styled the citadel of Bra
: hamism. a perfectly organized system
. supported by caste, apparently impreg-
nable TO the attacks of Christianity. a
first glance created the impression that
, the missions We're making little pro-
gregs against IL. but a more coreful ex-
} animation showed that all the great
/. moral and social reforms were the d.
rect result Of the introduction OF the
gospel. notably the prohibition OF hu-
man sacrifice and torture In the religi-
Gus rites. the burning Of widows. the
7 killing OF female children. refoms as 20
] child marriage, the establishment OF
schools and colleges. the zeal created
for education and tie awakened inter-
, est OF the Brahmans for the purifca-
, ton and reform In their religion.
: After a passing allusion TO Brahma,
: General Foster discussed the great
Chinese empire and the work and pros
] poets OF missions there.
r CHINESE NOT HOPELESS.
Notwithstanding the supers,itious
r character and low grade OF marlity OF
the mass Of the people. 81 was claimed
p, the gospel had developed some OF the
most striking examples OF regeneration
4 and fruitful Christian life, and that the
: Chinaman was gy no means beyond
the spiritual influences Of our religion.
The recent riots, he asserted, grew
out of general hatred to foreigners and
not from religious Intolerance. The
. American missionaries had not been
!. great sufferers and the government;
' had shown a greater readiness to punish
I the offenders and repair the losses than
was evidenced by our officers when
: riots against the Chinese had occurred
: In the United States but the missionaries
!, We're In China In conformity with the
! treaty and local law and they should
4 be maintained and protected there.
l No backward steps in the mission work
: IN that great empire should be contem-
plated by the mission boards, as It was
q most hopeful field and called for the
hearty support Of the churches.
+ IN coBEA AND JAPAN.
/, General Foster said the work in Cores
, had been retarded by the late war. but
: even this tmpediment would doubtless
= result IN enlarged opportunities FOR the
y missions. He gave considerable atten,
ton TO the mission field in Japan, prais,
Ing the country for its beauty. the PEG.
: pie for their polite aud cleanly habits
and the government for It's progressiv,
ideas. But the latter he criticized FOL
accepting so readily the results of ives
tern civilization and failing to encour
age the great cause of 1.-THE Christian
religion. Considerable wal
being made by the missionaries not
w-ithstanding the recently developed
spirit OF excessive patriotism which
sought to revive the old religions, AM
among the converts TO create an indie
pendent japanese Christianity. Tn,
mission schools were doing a good work
and in this country more probably thai
In m other In Asia, the intellectual
and ruling classes had been reached.
Rev. +. IL. Clark. ID. D., president o
the United Societies OF Christian En-
deavor. spoke OF missionary work Il
general and the limitless needs OF tn
heather wrold and paid a glowing trib
ute to the men and women who are de
d voting their lives 10 mission work.
Boston. Mass, Nov. lG-George r
Nichols. OF the well known wool firm o
Nichols. Dgpee q Co. died today; age
"a 15 yeara.