The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-10-27
Solution Of the
Problem.
SUBJECTDISCUSSED
American Missionary Asso-
citation in Session.

sionary Association was continued to-
day. The first address was delivered
by Rev. w. B. Thorpe of Binghamton
N. Y, on Chimes missions
The Rev. DR.. w. C. Pond of San
Francisco delivered missionary adj
dress on Chinese missions.
The report on Indian missions was
presented by its chairman, Rev. J. C.
Merrill of Portland, Me.
The committee presented resolutions
which were adopted. These had to do
With the Indian question. The COM
mlttee in the resolutions stated that
We believe that no solution of the In
dian problem can be reached till the
present tribal system be unrecognized
government reservations be abolished
ana the present appropriations for the
material support of the Indians be dis
continued
Inc report of the finance committee
appointed at last years meeting in
Minneapolis was submitted by it's
chairman, Rodney Dennis, of Hartford,
conn The report stated that the ex-
ecutlye committee at the beginning of
1893 u
At the opening of the afternoon ses-
sion an address was delivered by Rev.
w. L. Tenney of North Adams, Mass.
on The general scope of work of the
association" Prof. William H. Hart of
Washington, D. c., in an address why
nlSner education is needed by the
negroes Of the south.
The report on Southern educational
WORK" was presented by Prof George
3. Stevens, professor of systematic
theology in the New Haven Divinity
school. The report stated that six in
situations of the college grade, 40 nor
NAL and graded schools and % com
mon schools with an attendance of
nearly 1900 pupils are maintained by
this society. Many of the teachers IN
THESE schools are colored graduates of
institutions of the association, and an
increasing number of them have car
rled their education so far as to have
received academic degrees.
Prof. Stevens followed with an adj
dress, in which he endorsed the educa-
tlonal work of the association, and
President Noble said that his testimony
should be regarded as that of an ex-
pert
An address was delivered by Rev.
DR.. Philip S. Moxom of Springfield,
Mass, concerning racial questions in
volved in the condition Of the southern
negroes. DR.. Moxom said that they
should be treated on the basis of their
essential manhood and therefore should
not be antagonized because of their
color.
This evening two meetings were held.
At the general association meeting a
missionary address on "Congenial work
In behalf of Chinese women" was de-
livered by Rev. DR.. w. c. Pond of San
Francisco, Cal. Rev. c. l.. Hall of
North Dakota spoke on Missionary
work in behalf Of the Indians" and
Rev. H. E. Partridge of Pomona, Tenn,
spoke on Missionary work among the
whites in the southern mountains"
John w. Work of Nashville, Tenn,
spoke on Student life in Fiske Univer-
sity." The closing address at the gem
eral meeting was delivered by Rev. DIR.
G. M. Lamson of Hartford, CT, presi-
dent of the American Board
President Noble announced the fol-
lowing committee to wait on President
Mckinley and Secretary Bliss Of the
department of the interior, in Washing
ton, with reference to securing better
Indian aid and general appointments
In the Indian department and advance
ment of civil service reform: Rev. DR..
F. A. Noble of Chicago, Hon. William
H. Halle of Springfield, Mass; Rev. DR..
Elijah Horr of Brookline, Mass. Rod
ney Dennis, ESQ.,, of Hartford. Ct and
Rev. DR.. James G. Merrill of Port
land, Md.
A Christian Endeavor rally was held
in the First Congregational church, and
Rev. Nehemiah Boynton, D. D., of De-
troit, Mich. spoke on Endeavor work.
A feature of the service was an address
by Rev. DR.. Frances. e. Clark of Bos-
ton, founder of the present hndeayor
Society He said in part:
The American Missionary association
makes a strong unselfish appeal to ev-
cry patriot, young or old. 1t deals with
the neglected classes in our own coun-
try, the heather or semi-hearhen. It
is sometimes said, save the world to
save America. 1t may be said with
equal force, save the submerged one
tenth of America to save the emerged
nine-tenths.
Something more than year ago it
was my fortune to set sail in an emil
grant coolie ship from Madras in In
dia to Durham on the coast of Africa.
was the only white passenger. My
dark skinned fellow passengers were
spread over the ship in abundant pro-
| fusion.
Very soon the sights and sounds and
odors convinced the officers and crew
and their one white skinned passenger
that they were not the only people in
the world by any means, and for that
| voyage, at least they could not live
unto themselves or for themselves.
| If cholera broke ont among the cool
| les, as it was likely to do at any min
ute, the lives of white and black, of
officers and emigrants, were all en-
| dangered.
| The ship of state on which we are
sailing is also loaded with a motley
crowd of passengers, and we are all on
the same ship of state If we are in
fected by the superstition of sensual
| ty of a long subject race, or by the
heathenism of China, or by the nation
of no race, we are all affected. We can
not leave the ship of state if we would,
unless we are American heiresses and
can purchase a dukedom or a coronet
with our American dollars. We are all
here to stay and to stay together until
| America and the world are no more.
| If one member suffers all the members
suffer with him.
In our pride we must think we alone
can be infected, and that we may NOT
carry disease and death to Others. NV
pride was in danger of fall, when, as
l was about to embark on this same
steamer | was required to go before the
emigrant health inspector of Madras
| At first he was inclined not to pass me
on the ground that l had not been Sc
gregated for three weeks like the rest
of the emigrants, because objected to
| having all my clothes burned as well
as the case with them, and for other
| like trivial reasons. But at length, af-
| ter considerable argument, received
the following certificate: I'm my opn-
ion the Rev. Mr.. Clark of America may
be allowed to sail on the Congella with
out danger of infection to the emf
grants
This somewhat equivocal certificate
was at first something of shock to my
self-esteem, but | saw its justice 1t
vas as important that they should be
guarded against infection from me as 1
( from them. What was law for the
Llaclg should he ls.. for. tl... >