The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1896-10-23


where four million souls are miuistered to
by but four missionaries. In the same
c'untry there arc 27OOO lepers. There are
NJ schools On street cUrEers men and
women and children gamble.
Mrs Pond had seen bibles piled UP in
front Of the Catholic Cathedral and burn
cd. She related these facts to show the
condition of the people but the mission
aries were making progress In their work;
Ihe society hoped in tho future to send
more missionaries to the country to hurry
the work of saving souls.
She told of the conversion OF the Roman
Catholic priest, Fernando, who to-day Ia
regarded as the most remarkable convert
to the Presby ternn faith from the Catholic
church and who Is doing Il good work for
his church.
Fernando was a student in the monas.
terry of Spain and becoming disgusted
with what occurred there lie escaped and
sought to be sent as u missionary 10 Col.
uinbia. Ho there related the private af-
fairs Of the Catholic Church, tor which he
was bribed, then threatened, but he con-
tlnuel and expects soon to return to SPAN
as Christian missionary instead or a
Catholic missionary, rs he was when ne
left Mrs. Pond asked the women to pray
for the young man.
Mrs. Pond said tho public school was
soNillS tuc IlloSlOllhTy soou III phc AStsA VA
of tho young people of the country.
The society sent congratulations to the
State Temperance Association which was
In session at New Castle.
Mrs. Turner of the Phlads lphia Board
delivered IN address Oh tho general work
Of the board.
6 Mrs r. M. Wylic of Baltimore in an
address on "rhe Chinese in America"
said that "when Napoleon was philoso.
i,ti, ,,;, J. IA
Helena he said among other things, when
China is moved, the face of the globe will
be changed and now by Gods providence
China has begun to move
Tho nation representing quarter or
the carths population is slowly but surely
awaking from its long luthargy and her
prowess Is beginning to be counted In the
worlds commerce and politics. and so
with their waking eyes they have begun
to realize the force Of their ilolatrOus re
ligion They will look for some more sat
isfactory system better suited to their new
intelligence. Shall we not bend every
energy to have them know this greater
man Buulhn this wiser man Confucius,
this Jesus Christ Of ours, aud worship the
Creator Of our ancestors, thc maker Of the
universe. The Chinese arc stolid. They
arc selfish. They are obdurate, yet can be
converted
But how slow this work of onlighten.
mont advances There aro less than 400
protcstunt missionaries In China, or
about one to every three hundred thou
sand of the population. Two entire pro-
vince5 and about eight hundred walled
towns are still without missionaries.
But there is also u work being done for
the Chinese in our own land. In Balti
more, whore there are 400 Chinese, We
have four missions. In New York there
are OG00 Chinese, and Of these 0Oj arc in
Sunday schools and 200 are profcssed
Christians. The New York converts sup
port n native preacher in China helped to
educate II Christian Chinese who is about
To return to China as u medical mission
ary.
In conclusion Miss Wylie said that the
clock. in the Parliament Building, London,
chimes out every hour that sweet trium-
nhant mel0dy 81 know that my Reueemer
llvclh'. So lot our country he bell-tower
for all the people of the world and over tho
daum that ushcrs IN new century ring
out this glorious motto: "uni)n in Christ
for world without Christ"
The session was concluded with the ben
ediction by Rev. A. Il. Krigwin.
Reun Pots
for baking beans We have the right kind
haA |. Lewis Row, ll3 King st.
Nlu.e A Record.
The first prisoner brought before Judge
Ball in the city court this morning was
Philip Davis, colored. Officer Kellehcr
testified that ON Tuesday afternoon he ar
rested Davis, while drunk. Davis stated
that in the late war he lost half foot, had
his arm split open aud otherwise injured
while fighting with the 9th Mass, Regt
He was on his way to Philadelphia to
get his pension, and because he fought to
save the grand old starry flag he asked for
leave to continue his Journey. lie was
allowed togo.
William Powell will spend thirty days
in New Castle Jail for being drunk.
Dennis Waugh, Edward MCNltt and
Francis ]. Ilutron were rated at 81 for
drunkenness.
Charles NJ. Crane young lineman
measuring 6 feet inches, allowed the
liquor to get tho best Of him yesterday. He
fell into the 81 row.
Martin Wade and p. j. Burke acted dis
orderly last night and Sergeant Black ar
rested thom, They were fined 50 and
costs each.
John Scott was charged with disorderly
conduct On May 23, 1895, but he was not
ready for trial until Monday.
The charge Of disorderly conduct against
John +. Driver, colored was dismissed, as
he was the wrong man.
The charge Of assault and battery
against Arthur Sullivan was dismissed
nj the request Of DR.. John Hammond.
Antonio Santonio and Domico Lcono
were charged with assault and battery
but the case was dismissed upon payment
Of costs at the request Of the prosecuting
witness.
Harry Fl. johnson was requested to fur
nish 500 bail to keep the peace toward
his wife whom he assaulted on Wednesday
night
The charge Of larceny againt Charles
Hood, colorcd, was dismissed and Judge
Ball established the court record of having
Is cases in 2G minutes The Judgr had
been to Princeton and learned some point
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