The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-09-02

as you return to your distant home, where you will enjoy the conscious ness that not only your countrymen, but all mankind, unite in honoring your name"
 | LIS REPLY TO THE PREACHERS. The viceroy, in his address, expressed his grateful acknowledgements of the | welcome given him in this land by | body of men before him representing American mission work in China. In I the name of hs august master, the em- peror of China, he rendered his sincere thanks for the approval and apprecia- tion expressed regarding Chinese etg forts to protect American missionaries in China. What the Chinese govern ment had done was purely matter of | duty to do. 1 Proceeding Lii Hung Chang said:
 "The missionaries, as you have so ably expressed have not sought for pe- cuniary gains at the hands of our peo- pie. They have not been secret emissaries of diplomatic schemes Their labors have no political signifi- canoe; and last, not least, if l might be permitted to add, they have not inter fered with or usurped the rights of the l territorial authorities.
 Tn philosophical point of view, as far as l have been enabled to appre- ciate, Christianity does not differ much from Confucianism, as the golden rule is expressed in positive form in one, while it is expressed in the negative form in the other Logically speaking, whether these two forms of expressing the same truth cover exactly the same ground or not, 1 leave it to the inves- legations of those who have more phi losophical tastes. 1t is at the present enough to conclude that there exists not much difference between the wise sayings of the two greatest teachers on the foundations of which the whole structure of the two systems of morali- ty is built As man is composed of soul intellect and body, I highly appre- ciate that your eminent boards in your arduous and much esteemed work in the field of China, have neglected none of the three. I need not say much about the first, being an unl1nowable mystery of which our greatest Confu- cius had only an active Knowledge.
 AS for intellect, you have started numerous educational establishments which have served as the best means to enable our countrymen to acquire a fair knowledge of the modern arts and sciences of the west. As for the mate rial part of our constitution your socie- ties have started hospitals and dispen- saries to save not only the soul, but also the body of our countrymen. have also to add that in the time of famine in some of the provinces you have done your best to the greatest ] number of the sufferers to keep their bodies and souls together
 Before bring my reply to conclu- sion I have only two things to men tion.
 ''The first the opium smoking, being a great curse to the Chinese population, your societies have tried their best, not only as anti-opium societies, but to af- ford the best means to stop the craving for the opium; and also you receive none as your converts who are opium smokers.
 T have to tender, in my own name, my best thanks for your most effective prayers to God to spare my life when it was imperilled by the assasin's bullet and for your most kind wishes which you have just now so ably expressed iii the interests of my sovereign, by country and people,"
 The following were those who called on Lii: The Rev. Drs. Judson Smith A. c. Thompson, c. c. Creegan, Henry Stimson, John D. Wells F. F. Ellin- wood, Arthur J. Brown, Benjamin I.a- baree, S. W. Baldwin, J. N. Murdock, H. c. Mabe D. Sage Mackay, J. L. Amerman, IT. N. Cobb, Bishop An- drews, A. B. Leonard, s. L. Baldwin, J. M. Buckley Lowry, Joshua Kimber, A. c. Bum, E. W. Gilman, and Rich ard c. Morse, and Messrs. Darwin R. James, William Dulles, jr T. J. Nor gan Francis Bacon, Peter Donald, J. H. Taft, Johh s. Mclean, E. Walter Roberts and William Foull1e
 The viceroy received his guests in a corner room overlooking Fifth avenue. As the clergymen filed in they were ir- troduced by MT. Drew Ii stood fac ing the west. Then he sat down Ad- mission was obtained only by card.