The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-08-12

" regretted were It not for the con
s~ciousness of your glorious mission.
May the object of this mission be
crowned with success in lifting the yoke
and dispelling the darkness from the
millions now cropping in the Philippines.
The Lord bless you all and return you
in safety.
BISHOP w. F. MALLALIEU.
GEORGE ID. KING, President.
Secretary"
Amen. amen. amen. The secretary
was instructed 20 write messages OF
sympathy and coincidence TO the wives
of Brothers stephens and Reed. who
have long been i'll. and to the widow OF
Rev. William Hall. a faithful member
of the conference for II years, Who
died during the past year at the age Of
43, leaving a widow n four children
living at Livingston.
The Missionary Meeting.
In the afternoon Brother F. l.. Buz-
zell presided at the annual missionary
meeting. The sermon was by Rev. il.
+. Smith of Sheridan, one of the most
scholarly men in the conference. Broth
er Smith is a giant in stature ana in
intellect. His ext was Psalm IL, 10;
Renew a right spirit within me- In
part Mr.. Smith said:
About a century ago missionaries
went to the Hawaiian Stands. They
have wrought out all the problems of
Christian civilization. They have ac-
complished il virtually without che
cost of a life. and without the cost of
a dollar of our governments money.
Now. after the brief period of a hum
dred years. they have become a part
of the highest civilization and the free
est people under the sun. Statesman
ship VS.. Christian missions. Four CELL
turtles of Spanish statesmanship
has resulted in the loss of Cuba
and her own bankruptcy. a century of
missionary effort has given us Hawaii
without cost. About three months age
| this country espoused the cause of op-
pressed Cuba, avowedly in the interests
of humanity. and the nation went wild
with enthusiasm. The rich have offered
their treasures without stint for the use
of the government. Our best homes
have given their noblest son TO brave
the fevers. to endure the privations, to
die If necessary on the battlefield, n
we are willing that the government
shall tax us for hundreds of millions If
necessary for a cause so noble. we
hear ii said, this struggle marks a new
epoch in the history of the race, an al
vanced step in the 1olicy of nations,
something new in craftsmanship. What
does IL all mean? Little more or less
than this: Our government has
espoused the missionary cause. Mis-
~sionaries have always gone forth in the
interests of a common humanity. They
have always declared with Paul of old,
that our Christian civilization is debtor,
not to our own nation alone, but 10
Africa, Asia, Cuba and other isles of
the sea. / would not claim too mucn
for missions, but / believe ii safe 10
say: Give to the cause Of missions the
treasure, the devotion. the spirit n
has been given to the Cuban cause, and
II would accomplish all the results
without the shedding of blood or the de-
struction of property Probably not So
speedily. but we must remember that
our government is not through with
this issue as soon as the SDaniard is
driven from Cuban soil.
Eastern nations have been sending
delegations to Europe and Amer
lea to study our civilization and
take back the spirit of our
institutions and models of our
inventions and industries. II is one OF
the pleasing "reminiscences of my school
life to remember that ! then came in
touch with three japanese students
polite, scholorly, genial gentlemen, who
have since returned TO their country,
one to take a position in her navy, one
in her civil service, the other in her
educational work. We commend the
statesmanship Of the East that sends
her sons to our colleges to take back
the models of our industries and the
force of our civilization. But the his
tory of missions proves that a few mis-
sions will do more to start the true cur
rents of civilization han all sue dele
cations and students sent out by East
ern governments. The missionary &C
composites more simply because he
starts on foundation principles. He
awakens conscience. He reveals a new
life that makes for character. He gives
truth that makes for manhood and for
freedom.
Statesmen are beginning to see, from
the peculiar needs of our modern civil
i~Zation, from our numerous industries
and worldwide commerce, that the
race is one, that the highest interests
Of business and demand that
the world shall be civilized. But they
virtually say, Why not accomplish il
through secular means, through the
press, education and commercial in
t~ercourse. Leave these agencies alone,
they say, and they will accomplish the
desired result. But we must remember
hat about two-thirds of the race are
yet heather. Civ to them the forces
of our civilization; the results of our
inventions and industries; the powers
of steam and electricity; our military
discipline n modern means of de-
structive warfare n there may come
a time when, conscious of power,
flushed with avarice and ambitious OF
world conquest, they may turn all the
forces of our civilization against US,
and surprising us i'm numbers, may
severely chastise us for the folly OF
giving them the machinery and power
of our civilization without it's restrain
ing influences. / believe the highest
craftsmanship is with the missionary
in declaring that our civilization and
religion are one and inseparable-that
II is unwise, yea dangerous, to give
the power of our civilization, If were
possible, without the sanctitude-the
restraining influences of the Christian
religion. Our civilization is the ripen-
ing fruit of our Christian faith, and II
we expect the desired product in
heather lands, we must first plant the
seed. Renew a right spirit within
me-
There is nothing that awakens
mems deepest emotions like patriotism
] believe missionaries lave the highest