New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-09-24
GEL ECTIONS FROM THE NAIL
coNr1,C1I-s AND CHRIST.
CONFJC1CS AND NhhiSi.
-.-r.s ,Srrs-rNCE on THE EARLY EMPIRE
WHAT CHINA NEEDS NOW

WHAT CHINA NEEDS NOW
r. the Editor Of The Tribune
ca. Church neople as,onished ana Delighted
or,, At the friendly things Ii Hung Chang said OF
rvs,ern civilization. but a. his expressions OF SIN
re regard for Christianity and Tor christian mis-
so,aries In his rep,y 10 the ADDRESS OF me repre-
..a.ivs. Of the missionary societies las; week the
-. sai5 that Christ and COnfucius taught the
~ ..~,,sen rule" the one negatively. the other
- This Is true More than five hundred
- before Chris, taught, Confucus wrote; What
- ,.,,,,s NOT wish done TO yourself mat 90 not
...-s" Jesus added greatly 10 the meaning OF
- ,-ecen. bv making it positive; Whatsoever ye
80 .,e. men should do 10 YOU, do We even so 20
r.. Viceroy on several occasions mentioned
90, hat he represented the most ancient CIVIL
-. ~ ., ne world Before Plato taught or Homer
- hefore Tyre had any merchantmen or there
- siege OF Troy. before Abraham went INTO
-, the Chinese Empire existed About LAW years
- ,he empire which was then hoaIy win age
-, threatenei with dissolution when Coniucius
-. unon The stage. He poor young man
80 father had died when he was a little emu
and whose mother had trained him win cohse'eh-
,,ous care Al the death OF MS mother ne gave MIN
s.N I'D 70 meditation and research ana a. me axe
A. thirty ne claimed have found paiacea iol me
N, po,lcal ills o. his country he did moi have 4"
,o-..ri.v 70 try his specific til he over fifty
,ss-s OF age when ne was made Prime Minister o.
a rrov.nce but he was soon driven into retirement
and The rest OF his life was spent IN oOscurity ana
novery lie secured the assistance Of other scholars
md compiled a system OF teaching which was ca4ied
,be King Book" whose principles saved the empire
rom immediate destructitn and have dominated rs
religion and politics FOR More than twenty centuries
Like Athens tina; murdered Socrates and then
erec.el a OF him and worshippod him, China
having ustreated ConfuciHs all his life. accepted ms
teachings as divine and worshpped him as Go1
onsuc.us though; the gorgeous Eastern Imagination
~fs sflN Ia rel a. a M
he magn.ded the secular. He thought * was waste
- time 10 discuss the Of God or OF man, or
tnink much about another world when there was
SorG 20 Icar al hand as this one. WIKI is a0ors
va IT, duties. He laii great stress upon five rea-
1as Of -u.er 10 subject. OF parent 10 enid, OF
l,tAa1 10 wife. OF e.der 10 younger brother, OF
y.ence T--hteousiess, reverence. WISDOM trutnfu.-
a,ss. system OF general education and The go.don
on stones ,hat have supported The empire for 2400
ears COLiJcius had hdf OF The great truth Of
all duty 10 Goo. II he believed in a personal Coo
=. 90. !. va 20 dimiy a. 70 be unds ilnguished by
ne greai truth me golden rue and love 10 COD as
isu0. win Ony tenth OF Us population. liable 10
aul- having remained stationary while the resI OF
u. wor.l has advanced. Il has come 10 the time
~ The leciua. Development OF Europe" hO.ds
Ia. according Ia a law by which nations like men.
!
nd thai nothing can save Ii. Ii Hung Chang ana
Iher realize somewhat The danger OF
1er nation but they intend that there shall be d
ialge and new lease Of life China must have
me,h.ng more than COnfucius and his golden rule
I'd his civl. .Zatior or X vii certainly die A
hgioa w.hol; any God in il. a cod system OF motas
mpy. Wi stand the competitions in these
mes O. progress. China must have Tie other half
4 The great ruth i Il would live, the spirit; and the
ivi liz lion Of Chris:
ThF Yicsroy's visit 10 the Yves, is a tribute 20 the
superiority ~ The cviliza lion of Chrsi 10 that OF
Conucius. !. Is object negotiate a ,oan, or
gain permission for higher duty imports or
secure Instruments o. war which often the
ioads telegraph lines. factories exc, whatever be
he thject here : the conscious or unconscious
o,ession %. ne superiority of ne religion OF Christ
Ti.h is God and Us heaven to that Of Confucus
Ei.h lie golden rue.
Earl l. al the dinner given by the ex-Minis;er 10
Chiis. sad ma ne Western cviliZs non WAS the
ii-s. 4Il 80 survive, and that the American
vas IA, bfst ,ype OF Western civilization he had
seeL. j. his address 70 The representatives, OF the
missionary societies he speaks in the highest terms
iht Union League Club dinner in Brook yn. IN our
presence. he sal 80 Father Sylvester Malone y
Ike ministers VINO preach the gospel want them
20 come 90 CANA ] VI. protect and befrend hem
orc sep in advance Of his master. Confuclus, In
hls iai,h N a PERSONAL God. When by The
assassi1 if Japan he wrote letter in which ne
pressed lis Dc lei that the prayers OF the Chris ians
spared him 10 10 some good IN the world IL one OF
his addresses tn other day he reiterated his belief
tia, Goa had spared his LIE in 20 the
prayers @. Christians. The Hirdoo mind is grav-
rating -spiy toward Christianity. Il looks as
though stationary China were taking step from
FERDINAND c. lGLEHART.
Brooklyl, Sep. L. 1896.