New-York tribune., 1896-08-31
THE GREAT CHINAMAN.
A SERMON ON Ii HUNG CHANG BY THE
REV. DR.. 1GLEHART.
WHICH MAKE THE EARL THE
DOMINANT SPIRIT IN THE FAR CASTLES
SONS HE MAY LEARN on HIS
VISIT HERE.

DOMINANT SPIRIT IN THE FAR CASTLES
SONS HE MAY LEARN on HIS
VISIT HERE.
At the Simpson Methodist Episcopal Church last
night the pastor the Rev Dr. Ferdinand c. lglehart'
preached a sermon from Acts xviii %, on The
Brotherhood OF the Race. in wAich he MADE the Io'
lowing reference to II Hung Chang
Lowell In his ode on Lincoln. says that Nature IN
puts in the mould, but that she selected irc-n
soil and new mould TO make tne cn,ei nIsv and
larger than the average mouId 10 inahe ~ o,,to
Chang the CHIEF Chnaman. He Is notlced De,cd,'sI
he is Of the riches; men in the world ne u %
because he Is now and has been ior MY SoaI "a
worthy Of our admiration chiefly on account of his
superb manhood, which deserves ms
race and merits his well-nigh universal fame FAR
Ii Is splendid animal. His capacity ior ioou anu
' The viceroy mas an imperial intellect Nothing % IN
Asia for loo years has eqGafa H. dawn mas and com
maninS the widest field of vision \ goi sTUus rn,non
reasnn fhat ts creations have been real and marvel
ous Il is difficult 10 see how so ihucn hlo,. % a. ~ 80,
as he has expended could emanae from any one man, an
Ike ali great generals ne has powerful VIII IN Ms
you and mature manhood II was a,'I1nE ra am IN ,c
tories than IN defeats Most men in any haton t Wlr
they the yellow JACKIE ana p3aSo'N % ps erh
degrade ton only mpelled III to take new grp On On
himself and on affairs ana tmr s G bndy As he was
nv Ianan would have preferred modest retirement.
bit' he -
ne rad recommended IN vain ne very M T.nu 49, % and
ment ina; Japan had borrowed from ne 49,, ard amd
we MIN to-day walking over inc earan @ ' ern.ns
whipped and yet the most VICTORIOUS man. P7'""''
the dstinguihed visitor is highly educated nan
rnrducated men are sometimes called to success
laadcrshin Lincoln stood head and shoulders ap}3Vs
without ,ho helm OF TIE coege-bred men IN ne Oa1-
Inc; the senate and the field. Most o. me rei9i @ e7
of church and State have peen i,t j. has
had foundaton stones. one OF them has peen tie
system of popular education. tarI - 1.rt,erejty lie
Of china lie was an honor man from the very s,9I..
nation has some claim TO ohseVnS o ~ roval b:o5i
1t possible for boy without drop u , os - arise
in his scarcely penny IN hs pcH b - rean,
Chinese civilization Is very siaI9nahy otionai ot ~
moved il up not little toward nign i hi
affecfions Lord Bacon has said truly: All our ac-
tions take their hucs from the compeN41n ~ I ~
ToYa for china and for the regning dynasty Is the
fountain from which his life has flown Throng9 ms
secepf1on here his admiration OF high buildings
Of the ambition and inventive skill Of orr citizens
intense loyalty OF our people to the Nations flag.
HIS LOVE FOR CHILDREN.
The viceroy's true manhood is Illustrated in his
fondness for children Whenever the opportunity
offers he calls the children to him. strokes their
hands and heads and sends them away with hover
or some little present lie is not greater In ruling an
empire than in blessing the children. Of whom the
Heaven.
Ancestral worship being part OF the Chinese re-
lglon It is surprising that loyal dscpls OF Con
fucius like Ii should have supreme affection for his
parents. We DO remember to h. q" seen anything
in literature. ancient modern. that perfectly ~
presses the love Of a mother As his pei.'ion
The throne for few days absence from oiica.
duty TO visit his mother. who IS sick. He si,s that
the news Of her illness has taken sleep from MS
eyes and food from his mouth. and tha, he pires for
he like bird does for is mate In retl.n tol some
medical service rendered her. Lis mother ionat.i
$1,000 to he mcdica- mission )f In" Wonans Foreign
Missionary Society of ine Methodist Episcopal
Church.
HOW 4 HOSPITAL WAS FOUNDED
"rbe wife OF the Vlceroy who has recently died.
OF ability. of hish education
and OF true culture. Ia devoted TO
her. About seventeen years she was
very H. 1t was learned that a critical surgical
operation necessary. The custom Of the land
would not allow a man TO perform the operation.
Miss Leonora .. Howard, physician of ability in
Peking sent for who performed the operation
and saved her life. Ii grateful for the res
oratiOn OF his wife that ne presented TO Miss How
ard purse fun Of god She declined it with these
words: 7 did DO this work for the sake Of
money. did it for Chrst's sake I am glad to
have had the privilege of saving the life Of Lady
H. am grateful for your offer OF gold but cam
rot take Il. I am paid by the Woman Foreign
Church. But If you wish 20 help the work am
engaged in and help the women of China that
best sort then you may give the money 10 our hos
pital work The Niceroy followed the suggestion.
and his gift was so generous that hospital Tor
Homcn founded.
General John w. Foster. intimate friend Of
Ii. who with him represented the Emperor OF
China IN the treaty OF peace with Japan. In an ideal
sketch Of the NicerOy ir Il current mapaZine.
i'm answer one informing the Earl of pray ycTs
offered for his recovery from the asS1ssin's bullet.
, lis son writes. Ny father desires 10 say 90
you that he feels thai The prayers for his recovery
cannot have been unhc eded by the Power who
trols human destnies. lie feels that his escape
: his a-sailani sought his life and missed taking
it 10y the fraction OF an inch lie believes that his
life has been spared to him for some wise purpose
beyond the capacity Of man to fathOm but he vii,
venture TO interpret his good fortune as an indica
tion that his lifes work - not yet complete that
he may yet do good In the world and per-
hans render some serNrr 10 his country by restOr-
If the visit of Ii shall make Americans treat
Cinnamon better. China treat Americans better;
# it shall result I'm ships and railroads and
| telegraph wires and channels of ccm mmerce In his
native land: If he shall carry anything back from
our Christian civilization 10 quicken the Intellectual
political Institutions of his own country; II ~"
shall retain the faith in Providence expressed In his
letter. then will his Interpretation OF IN" reason Of
his escape from death have been true ono.
1t is hinted that his "Iemic+ have planned this
trp Of the Niccroy and that they intend his speedy
! overthrow. We do not share this opinion. lie has
"A ha bit OF hanging his enemies the gallOws built
for him. Whatever the future may unfold. there -
| peacock feather which the plotting Of no foes and
the authority of no Emperor can take away from
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