The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-08-22
REV. BARROWS' TALK.

Indianapolis August 20 AT the meet
Ink OF the Young Presbyterians tonight
the subject of the Rev. John Henry
BaTows was The Christian Conquest OF
Asia He said In part.
y and among somc people In our coun-
try saeptlciam with regard 10 the Wis
dom and success Of ali Christian effort 10
Asia, an uISbeEcf sprlnSng sometimes out
Of !sAorance Of the real results OF Chris
Tan missions ANA occa4si Cnaiy from the
icc1aS That Christianity has nCthfng s,i-
preme.y imp-rtaut % give TO the followers
OF Buddh ana Goniuc.us ana 10 Lnose
VINO IL " supposed have been trained In
the great pniiosOphies OF India. IL IL
very common tot travellers ana naval Of
hctrS to circulate the report that they
nave iyund nothing to praise and muca
TO condemA ~ the work OF the mission.
arcs II might be well, however. TO put
70 THESE crtics few questions. MlIl
you please give 70 us the names OF a
score out Of thousands Of Christian mis-
ssoAai1es IN the Orient whom You came
u know personally and to know 80 well
thnt you cpuN form an accurate Judg
ment OF them and of their work. Aud
then knee the missionaries are dong sueh
a vast variety OF Things to help the bodies
anu sous OF mel, VIII you kindly tell us
what work you f&und ineffective or harm
/ fulY 10 you d!sapprovc VI the transla-
tion o. the Bsole, the writing OF Chris
tan literature. the teaching OF children
Z
preaching on the streets. tina visiting Of
women IN their homes tho work OF tho
DISCIPLINARY or the work of the hogpitaI7
I ~ You know not one missionary persons
ally. II YOU have never studied these va
! rlous forms ~ work with your own eyes.
where aid you get your opinions that you
| are Ringing around vita such careless
| oWINscivEcef DID you associate with tho
! immoral European populations In the cor
! Inpt port towns OF Japan China and In
| dshi Arc You rejecting the hostility OK
| Tons who are doing 20 much TO hinder
| the progross OF Christianity in tho orient ?
~ y becoming ~ you 10 break down tho
4 the.r own country from love OF Christ.
| and love ~ humanity. are striving TO
teach enl.gnten. upiift and save their
| fcllnw mcu2
~ have seen enough Of Christian evan
| gotiHn 10 I'LL me with joyful hope, !
| never met missionary IN India or Japan
whq WAS doubtful about the fnal result:
| And have seen enough OF the practical
! workings OF Hinduism, buddhism and
| Islam TO crystallze into adAmantine firm
nets my previous conviction OF their fu-
unity TO give the soul peace with God.
70 remove the weight Of guilt and grief. TO
lay the foundations OF II vigorous indi-
| vinunl and National morality and ia
| brighten earth with the light OF blessed
immortality. Tho notion that Asia does
not need the gospel OF Christ because OF
the refined and lofty moral sentiments In
the sacred books OF the East. or because
oTltntaI speakers trulDcu IN tnrHtlau
schools and shaped by Christian environ.
meats are able 70 make an agreeable i'm
preston cxpounding their faith on Chris.
tan platforms, ~ born OF ignorance. The
world needs Christ and TO MS more than
any other people belongs tho fulnllmen,
OF the commission TO cvangelizc the ma
t!ons. This sad and si1-smltteu world
nceds the person message and the min.
istry OF Christ, the whole Christ. not 0
partial Christ. not a savior who has nC
nlmlEhty power TO save. not teacher
) overcome by human feelings and himself
conquered by death, nut tho Christ OF tn.
Eoshels, the one unique feature and Gle
ment of Christianity, the Christ OF III,
Throne apd the Cradle, the Christ OF tn,
| Cross and the broken SeCulchrc, tn,
loving, suffering atoning. risen and ever
| lsving Son cf God. marching ut the heat
; OF history, the same yesterday. toda,
nfd forever
II am grateful that IN the work Of {
score of socicties, cnuld sec so muct
both OF the dcca-plantlng and the in-gath
erins already accomplished. Certainly thu
BISHOP of Tinneveilyn, who, since las
, November. has hecn permitted to confirm
more than two thousand native converts
does not despair OF the evangelzatIon %
, india. Having conversod with Brahmir
|. C,-nstiam preachers and professors I'm col
eleses. having seen Brahman in tn,
Bayaars OF lSeunres proclaiming Chris
amidst the hidoons dolatries of that city
having seen whole rows Of Brahman con
. verts In Christian churches, ! not onl,
7 repudiatc the mendacious story that n,
true Aryan IL ever converted. but cher
, fish hope that In time 10 come multi
, tudes OF the twice-horn classes will b,
barn again by the apirit of God.
~ have seem In Egypt tho schools an.
Churches which are supported ny Tn
. United Presbyterian church OF America
s ard I remember hearing the Egyptia,
| minister Of public Instruction say that tn,
; hest educational work now done In Egvp
Is carried on by these American schools.
= know that YOU arc doing similar worl
: In India. and that Won have a WORTHY
? ard honored representative IN Dr. w. w
White. In Calcutta. the collegiate cente
: Of the Indian Empire, tho spirit OF on
: ergy and hone characterixes every Pres
0 hyterian missionary when have eve
seen.
Let one visit hundred christla
schools in which have seen gathere.
the dark-eyca boys and girls OF Arco,
Bengal and Ppnnauh: let him see the ma
tive congregations of Christians In Luck
4 nav and palamcotta. In Ahmednafar AM
r Madras, and contrast their homes wit
d | the conditionx out Of which they came
Il lot him visit the hospital work IN Amrih
. mar urd fndore: let HIN study tho ia
!, ! rious forms Of orGarfsed Christian ,aho
BY which the Church missionary socict
. | reaches tao iSnorant, the honighted. IA
v | tlts>d. the deaf. the dumb and the moo
Q " Palamcotte; let him see what tho pm
: dttp Ramnbai = doing IN poona for IN
4 relief and Instruction Of Hindu htxh cast
q wfdQve; set him mark the Btbilcsi' III
~ ssArx end scientific Instruction siysu 4
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