The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-07-31
Bishop Thoburn, Of Bombay,
Speaks in the City.
SKETCH OF HIS LIFE AND WORK
Called to America by the Death Of
Views on Conditions In the Phil
ippines-Dimcu ltiea EncoQntered
Natives of India, but Succeeds.

Bishop Thoburn. superintendent OF
Methodist missions in India. and one OF
the most noted missionary workers m the
United States. Is in the city, paying
visit TO local clergymen. He arrived in
America about the middle Of June. being
called here by the death of his son. Chan
eellor Thoburn. Of the Puget Sound Uni
versity at Tacoma. He has been In Ia
coma for several days settling up his SON $
estate few months ago he went TO
Manila where he stayed a few weeks.
bishop Thohurn expresses himself as be-
ing strongly IN favor OF expansion He
saws: "Of course there was no way 10
avoid the battle of Manila bay and as
events have turned out since. think 1t
would be much better 10 hold the country
and end the war quickly. America, with
her enormous foreign trade. and the rapid
advancement of Oriental trade. must have
a port in the Orient. While there visit
ed the firing line at time when truce
existed between the two armies. I do
not think there would be any opportunity
to do mission work just now on account
of the d.sordered state of the country,
but as soon as II becomes QOieter we IN
tend 10 take up active work in the Philip
pines"
Bishop Thohurn delivered two addresses
yesterday in this city. In the afternoon
he spoke in the Y NJ. c. A tent in the
account Of his missionary work in India
In the evening he spoke al the Battery
street NJ. +. church, giving a short de-
scription OF India. its Inhabitants and
few of their manners and customs.
Bishop Thohurns career has been one
OF hard work since his youth. He started
in the ministry when he was y, just after
graduating from college. and preached
for a year or two on circGit near his
birthplace in Ohio. In 1889, in company
Wit a m
missionaries for India, he left Boston and
arrived at Hoogiy after a voyage OF III
days. The work he was sent out To do
was started at once and since that time
"A period of almost forty years. The
scene of his first work was about Luck
now. There he encountered many diff
culties on account of the ignorance and
superstition Of the natives. One of the
greatest obstacles he had to contend with.
he says. was the intense faithfulness Of
the natives 10 their castles. Their i'm
preston was that he had been sent as a
special emssary Of the English govern
ment 10 break down the caste. His work
there was uniformly successful. however.
and after four years he went TO Calcutta.
He directed his efforts after this 10 bet
tering the condition Of the native Indian
women and now. as a result OF his noble
work several schools for women have
of the women has been greatly advanced.
He has In his territory abolished caste
to a great extent. and the people are
becoming much more eniighte through
the influence Of the Christian religion.
Bishop Thoburns residence is al Bonn
bay. but he has az different times lived
in almost all the principal cities of India
From Bombay he makes regular trips
through the country visiting the missions,
which have increased in number until
at the present day they number over 100
He was made bishop of India and super
intendent OF missions over eleven years
ago.