Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1899-06-09

! parts OF those lslaDuS unQtI thth to
pecial educational patronage. What IS
needed is state and national action in
this matter of schools.
Work OF the Printing Press.
Then let the editorial associations Of
the United States, as many Of such
organizations as there are states, resolve
at the next convocation to establish in
every region of those islands printing
press, to be supported by people Of this
country until it can become self sup
porting. Each of these state editorial
associations sending ont to those islands
at least one editor and two reporters
and enough typesetters, down will 90
the ignorance and superstition Of those
islands as certainly as the Spanish fleet
under Cervera sank under the pound
ing cf our American battleships, and
into their every port will go intelli-
gence and love of free Institutions as
certainly as into the harbor Of Manila
went Admiral Dewey on that famous
night when he was not expected. Hoe IS
printing pressl Nothing can stand be-
I fore its bombardment Editors Of
American newspapers and publishers OF
| American books Take the ordination
for such a magnificent service. Elo-
ouence on yonder Capitol hill cannot
meet the exigency Epigrams Of politi-
cal platforms or in state legislatures
will not hasten the desired consumma-
tion one week or one hour or one mo-
ment
When Cubans and Porto Ricans and
Filipinos see the morning and evening
newspapers thrown into the dOOrways
and hawked along the streets Of Ha-
yana and Santiago and Manila, those
who cannot read by the force of curiosi-
tv will learn to read, so that they may
know what Information is being scat
tered, and that which may be mission
ary effort at the start and carried on
bv Americans sent forth to do the work
will soon be done by educated natives.
Porto Rican editorsl Porto Rican re-
porters Porto Rican typesettersl Porto
Rican publishers 1t was great mercy
to take these islands from under the
heels Of despotism, but it will be a
nightier mercy to emancipate them
from ignorance and degradation. The
EXPANSION of the knowledge and intel
lectual qualification Of all those islandy
regions is the desire Of all intelligent
Americans. Awake, all You schools and
colleges and universities and printing
presses to yOur opportunity
Still further here is wide open door
for Christianity. First Of all, we have
the attention Of those people The
heather nations are for the most part
soporifc. The American missionaries
heretofore had great difficulty in get
ting heathendom to listen. They ex-
cited some comment by their attire, so
different was the parting of the hair
and the shape Of the hat and the cut OF
the coat and the formation Of the shoe
Of the evangelizers. but the questions
constantly arose in regard to the mis-
sionarv: "Who is heG" "What is be
here for?" And then the interrogator
would relax into the previous stupid in
difference But that condition Of things
has passed. The guns Of our American
navy have awakened those populations
They do not ask who we are. They
have found out They are now listen
ing TO what American civilization and
our Christian religion have to say on
any subject. Now is the time, while
their ears and eyes are wide open' to
tell them Of the rescuing and salvable
and inspiriting power of the gospel OF
Jesus Christ. the Saviour Of the world
The steam printing press which secular
education plants there may be used and
will be used to print religious news
papers and tracts and sermons and
mighty discussions Of questions tenn
poral and eternal
influence of Homes.
The comfortable homes Of those pop
ulations when Christianized, standing
side by side with the degraded huts OF
those who remain pagans will be reyo-
lutionary for good. The Porto Rica1
and the Filipino will come out from
this uncleaused and low rooted and IN
inviting kennel and say to his neighbol
Of beautiful household, "Why cannot
have things as you have them? AnC
when he finds that it is the Bible, witt
its teachings on family life and per
sonal purity and exalted principle, anC
the church Of God that proposes th'
rectification of all evil and the implan
tation Of all good be will cry out
"Give me the Bible, and the church
and the earthly alleyiations and th
eternal hope which have wrought fo
You such transfguration.
Now. church Of God. now all Chris
tian philanthrcpists, is your opportun
ityl Nothing like it has occurred sine
Christ came. Perhaps there may b
I nothing like il till his second coming
+ Here is a defniteness Of aim that
most helpful and inspiring The mil
!. lions of dollars given for the redemp
ton of the world and the thousands O
glorious missionaries who have as yolun
o teers gone forth among barbaric nation
were gwen ana eDllsteu uHuoi ." - ID"
J. and immeasurable idea But when the
g come to add 10 the great and immea'
d urable idea the idea Of dehniteness w
will infinitely augment the work. MOI
i than three hundred million of heatne
u in India, more than three hundred mi
d lion Of people in China and more mi
q lions Of heather than can he guesse
e outside of those countries sometime
e stagger and confound and defeat on
u faith But here in these islands OF pre-
: ent controversy we can farm ont IL
Is work among the churches and IN h'
q wears. under the blessing OF God III
only fit the people for the right OF su
r frage, but prepare them for usefnlne
J. and heaven. The difference betwee
= the general idea of the worlds evange
oi ization and some particularized field
Id evangelization is the difference betwe'
q. the improvement of agriculture amor
OF all nations and the improvement OF
Id acres put under ones especial care al
be industry. By all means let the gener
n H