New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-02-25
REACHING INTO THE EAST.
AMERICAS PLACE IN THE CHRIsTIANlz-
ING OF THE WORLD.
DR. BARRows SAYS THAT THE TINE OF THIS
corNrRY's MORAL AND POLITICAL isoiA-
rroy HAS PAssED-cnlLDREN SING
BOMBAY.

COT-NTRY'S MORAL AND POLITICAL i~'"N
TON HAS PAssED-culLDREN SING
AMERICA IN BOMBAY.
Two .,rbth and las, lecture OF the series on Tine
Christian Conquest OF Asia was dehV''eo !" VIZ
chanel OF the Union Theological seminary 49,
day afternoon by the Rev. Or John he"'' %
rows who discussed The Success o. Asld'.' ",
slons: Americas Responsibility 10 the ''''""
said in part: -, =, Act,
,i,b = foo,i,q that America does not yet oeelh 20
appreciate the great part when she mus 20 a..
the moral struggles OF the future tha' -" -.
OF our National domain ours is the ehiei ora"S"
OF the Anso-Saxon race. We are soon 10 Oseo'"o'
as Lowell prophcsled the most powerful ana pros
pcrous community ever devised and developer os
man The time OF our moral ana po''.0"' ''
has passed away Those who. In the oes'""'''e -
our century left shores for the pioneer ~
sonarv work in the orient have so"n seeos NOR
potential than they dreamed. The type OF tnil
tianitv which America represents Is more e'ni0a''
humane progressive and life-giving thah Tue ~
OF the Oriental churches and o. me ha"0""' -
ropean establishments. Americas pace :" W
Outstanding OF the world Is iar aheau-"'
very foremost ranks We have the greatest "ehi..
Of all nations. here Christianity has free heid
FOR the exercise OF It's divine energies; here 'he
sense OF individual responsibility has oeeh os'er
oped and God has placed US. Ike lsraei OF O'u' ~
the centre OF the nations touching E"s'"
world reaching from the Rio Grande 10 cape
Horn on the south while to the west OF US II
;hat Asiatlc word OF immeasuraoie greatness
which when awakened out Of sleep VIII como'he
with America to make the Pacihc ocean 'ne '"''
highway OF the worlds commerce
before two centuries nave passed away INC
English language will be the vehicle Of commerce.
literature and civilization for the majority OF the
human race Many time In my Conversations
with English people have startled them WI" "
new fact-and new fact is usually ds'u'o'ns 10
the British mind-namoly. that more thah ohe-n''I
OF those who now speak the Engll'h 'o"s"e NV
beneath the stars and stripes
| America represents 10 the Orient the hehef
! aims and possibilities OF mind
There Is a patriotism which Is FOOLISH absurd
and ignorant. / might tell you no" Japan Is nov
/ noiirshed on such a patriotism how the people
are taught I'm the schools that their history Is more
siruidcan. than the history OF other nations, ana
ina, their recent progress indicates their lmrense
! superiority over other lands Mulutudes OF 'he
japanese people feel that their country IL 'he oe
| tire OF the world. and know woman MISSIONARY
| eho believed that lesson IN geography might
| holm 20 clarity the mind OF a japanese woman who
VA. affected with this seuseless patriotism. \ map
| of the world spread out before ner. ana "hen
| she took It into her vision and beheld the niue
Japanese islands off the coas: OF Asia she inquire
in her bitter disappointment, Is thai an nu'
an enlightened acquaintance With mankind does
! nor lessen our iust estimate OF the strateslc ana
perpetual Importance OF land so vast rlch ana
centrally situated as ours. to the future de'eiop'
70 the Hindoo America has very dinercni
sound from England Members % the Natlona,,
UPON our Constitution and our history and our
prosperity as guides and Incentives IN men W. -
| aginators ike splendid dawn on the iAt-o"
golden heights Of Knchin1unga; 49, her ..,oo,,
churches ana colleges. had made IN the last SHY
years in the ottoman Empire SET 1oer s .iah
hnf M
| ness of the European Powers. who nave peen
niu3ping from one depth N nfamy down into
tboes owett DEPTHS where now ali the devils hiss
ard riot ana applaud. And II / were asked - 70
nane that place which have seen In all the vorIq
where Christian civilization as shown in general
Intelligence and morality and goodwill fnong az
asy g,ii ard churches in widespread material
prosperity and jealous Devotion % me p.
IS, manifestations 1 should mention WITHOUT a
moments hesitancy tiny STATE u me F". en-,
agory and which may before long be linked 70 me
American Commonwealth the island repuohc OF
The sins and shortcomings Of America are OF
800 ~ 10 ends OF the world Conversing with
The Maharajah Of Indore a native Prince who IL
| rairoan riots In Chicago were not an indication
! that our American civilization was weak Ana az
Madras found that they had at their tongues
end an the pessimistic reports OF American corrup-
no easy ask in proving to them that me nobler
and sounder elements OF American ciVHzauon were
SIN supreme But tho one evidence that America
il a lana Of goodness and righteousness. owl
dence that is stronger than rumor ana preludlce'
is found In the character and work OF our Amer
| can missionaries in all the wide realms OF the
| Oricn. ,
'.Tho voyager in the East docs not see he Amer
| ran flag IN The harb0rs OF the Orient as often as
| ne might wish. but / found the American name
beloved and trusted whore other names failed 70
| awaken any happy and affectlonate feeling.
| Landing In Bombay. the first song that broke
upon our hearing was America sung by the
| Christian Marath children IN the compound Of the
| American Mission. Their fathers and mothers were
! Christians. they had no practlcal knowledge OF
! heathenism From America had come the teach
| or and teaching that had emancipated them.
| Amcrica was really their fatherand. and through
| America they had become d part Of that Common
| waalfh which 10 greater than any earthly empire,
| which overieaps national boundaries and Is bind
! ing tho nations into what ia yet TO be a cosmo-
! poiitan broiherhoOG.'