The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-09-18

Now that the war is ended and IT re-
mains only to determine the extent Of
our new possessions in diplomatic con-
ference. there are preparations making
for another. a peaceful. invasion Of the
lands won from Spain. The invaders
Will be sent by the Protestant mission
airy societies which heretofore have
found II impossible. owing TO Spanish
bigotry. 10 effect a Judgment in any
part Of this territory. Both home and
foreign missions will have a part in
this movement. In Porto Rico. which
! shortly will be a territory Of the United
states. the field obviously belongs 10
the home societies, and their work OF
education undoubtedly will be supple
| mented by such a system OF common
! school education as the national gov
ernment I'm its wisdom hall devise. The
! PHILIPPINES. from which Protestant
missionaries hitherto have been most
vigorously barred, Will be taken IN
hand by the board Of commissioners
for foreign missions and viii be IN
J cluded either with the Micronesian or
the China missions.
In the important field OF Cuba II IL
probable that both the societies for
home and foreign missions will eventu-
( ally play a part. At present. being
technically a foreign country, II lies
within the domain Of the societies for
foreign missions, of which the board
OF missions is the chief. Already this
hoard has met several Of the leading
UNCONVENTIONAL boards in conference
upon this matter. and by the end OF
September a definite plan OF action Will
have been decided upon. The first step
will he TO send a suitable man to Cubs
10 thoroughly explore the island and
make report as 10 the situation there
and the salient points for the establish
ment of missions. Then will come the
allotment OF territory among the dlf-
ferent boards. one. for example, might
have the van another the Santi-
ago. another the Matanzas district.
When once the boundaries are fixed no
mission t~respasses upon its neighbor :
territory. for there is great comfy and
rood understanding among the differ
ent missionary boards in America.
For a foreign country the Protestant
Missionaries. in their teaching, or
course employ the language OF the
people. For the Cuban missions the
American board OF missions viii draw
its missionaries from stations in Spain
and Mexico. where they have acquired
the fluent use OF the Spanish tongue.
At the mission schools the religious
teaching Is non-sectarian, its tenets be
ing drawn directly from the bible. and
IL attacks no Christian creed. The re-
ligious exercises are conducted after
the simple forms Of the non-ritual
r Protestant church represented in the
? mission. The secular teaching In gen
/ eral embraces the usual course OF study
, in a graded school. But in countries
, where Il has long been established th'
. American board Of missions maintain
4 educational institutions Of a much
. higher order. some OF them being col
leges Of the rank OF the smaller West
/ ern colleges I'm America. To read TN
, annual report Of the American COLLEGE
|, for Girls at Constantinople, except for
the queer Greek. Bulgarian and Ar
mpnian names Of some OF the instruct
n ors. would suggest Lasselle or MI
Uolyoke semiuaries rather than a mis-
sion school in the shadow of the Gtlde'
Kiosk. The corps Of professors Is ful
and complete. the course OF study M
10 that OF the best women's college
In America. Latin and the moder1
languages. with Armenian and Bul
garian included. art. zoology. botany
physiology. chemistry. physics, music
rawing painting -there Is nothin
lacking to the education OF the II
young women enrolled as pupils. Co
leEe societies. lectures, concerts-the
have them all
10 XIV a. AANAaaFA AN'e w 80
scope and resources OF one OF the sey
eral Protestant organizations that 500
will take the field In Cuba, let me sa
that the American board OF mission
has 20 organized missions with LIZ
mission stations situated In Afrtci
Turkey. Ceylon. China, Japan. u
Sandwich Islands. Micronesia, Mertc'
Spain and Austria. II maintains 4
churches. 543 missionaries, men ar
women. and 1886 native teachers.
maintains II colleges. in Turkey. Blu
garia. South India. Ceylon, Japan an
china: l2l high and boarding school
and l.Olg common schools, with $50
pupils under Christian instruction
The cost in the year 1867 of the mi
sion work OF the American board WI
$685.. 299. j..
II has invariably been found hard
IN for Protestant missionaries to gain
~ footing in Roman Catholic countrt
han in any other field Of labor. Oft
ok the fathers In these lands would
or. glad 10 have their children attend I
nd mission shoots. realizing the sdva
tages 10 them Of the secular educati
20 that they would receive. IL Is I
70 mothers, who. setting their fac
est gains anything that bears the ma
is Protestant, will not let the children
we tend these schools. But I'm case OF Gu
for the favor with which the people M
lat regard Americans as liberators, a
believers of their suffering from hu