Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-09-02

$RELIGIOUS SENTIMENT. :
{ Al Sorts q o T, p,ss,. on Diner-
CHINA AND HER Prosecutors.
iva Ting Fang, Chinese Minister. at
Philadelphia
The spirit of commercialism has late
| ly risen to a dangerous pitch. AS a
market for the worlds goods China in
ldisputably holds the first place, for the
wants Of $50, 900, 900, to 100000, 900 people
have to be supplied in some way. tt
has always been the policy OF China to
treat all foreign nations alike They are
all most favored in a literal sense. The
maintenance OF an ''open door, la ex-
actly in the line of her policy. But, I'M
happily human nature is never con-
tented. When a man gets an inch he
wants an ell. 1t is now the turn of the
missionaries to tell us that If there were
no foreign adventures in China there
would be no foreign complications.
Some people call themselves highly civ
ilized. What is civilization? Does 1t
mean solely the possession OF superior
force and ample supply of offensive and
defensive weapons? Civilization. as 1
understand 1t, does not teach people
to ignore the rights Of others, nor does
lit approve the seizure of another's'
property against his will. Now, If peo-
pile protesting christianity and priding
themselves on being highly civilized
should still SO far misconduct them
selves as to disregard the rights of the
weak and inexcusably take what does
mot belong to them, then it would be
better not become SO civilized
4 But do not believe such practice of
i Ignoring other peoples rights is gem
lerally resorted to, and am persuaded
there are many people who denounce
| 1t. China welcomes to her shores the
people OF all nations. Her ports are
open to all, and she treats all alike
4 without distinction of race, color, ma
4 tionality or creed. Her people trade
with all foreigners. In return she
/ wishes only to be treated in the same
Iway. She wants peace-to be let alone
and not to be molested with unreason-
able demands. Is this unfair? She
asks you to treat her in the same way
as you would like to be treated Sure.
lily this reasonable request can not be
slrefused. We are about to enter into the
twentieth century, and are we to go
back to the middle ages and witness
5lagain the scenes enacted in that period !?
I can not bring myself to think that the
j world is deteriorating. believe that in
5levery country there are men and wo-
men of noble character-and know IN
this country there are many such
whose principle is to be fair and just
Ito all, especially to the weak, and that
|they would not themselves, nor allow
their respective governments to, com
NIT acts of oppression and tyranny
1.-THE BIBLE AND INTELLECTUAL
LIFE"
IDr. D. A. Hayes.l
Refinement of character, refinement
Iof thought, refinement of speech, all OF
the essential characteristics of the intel
llectual as we'll as of the spiritual life,
Ihavel been found in our church from the
A beginning among those whose only adj
|vantages have been a personal religious
|experience and the consequent love and
|continuous study of Gods word as We'll
as among those who have had all the
advantages of the schools No man
Y lneed be afraid of exhausting the truth
in the bible. No man can ever hatter
4 himself that he has got beyond 1t.
Whatever his Intellectual attachments
lmay be, the bible will still have further
message for him.
/ have vision of million members
of the Epworth League, who are intense
lstudents of the bible, who have mas
TERED the contents and the spirit of the
4 book, who can open the volume any
lwhere and tell at a glance what the
Ipage contains, to whom its promises
: and prophecies and parallels and
phrases are familiar friends, and whose
Lives are patterned upon the ideals
there set forth; million Epworth
4 Leaguers who are as eager to read the
bible every morning as they are to read
a the newspapers; who read the bible
ltnore than they. read any other book or
books. 1 see this mighty host mar
shaded for another centurys crusade
for christian citizenship and social re-
Igeneration and world eyangeltZation
land the churchs enduement with holy
power. am no prophet. and yet With
lout fear of contradiction or question
I can prophesy that with million
members whose daily marching orders
: are taken from this book the Epworth
League can sweep into the next century
4 terrible as an army with banners, and
no foe of our christian faith can Win
: stand it, With the tread of victory II
e will advance to the conquest of our ma
ton, our land, our world for Christ
AT THE CHURCHES.
services for sunday in the Various
Houses of Worship.
Soldiers Home--Services at 10. 80
M, in the chapel conducted by DR.. Ell