The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-10-16

tect missionaries sent from this II
try and demand indemnity for the
losses of life and property at the mis-
sion stations during the Boer uprising.
In sharp contrast to these sentl-
ments are the views on the missionary
question expressed in a notable article
by Rev. DR.. Henry S. Nash, OF the Epls-
copal theological school at Cambridge.
in The Churchman, on The danger OF
modern MISSIONS"
DIR. Nash is bold and outspoken. He
asserts that in the case CT many Chris
tian missions the flag has stolen a
march on the cross" 1t is his opinion
that in its purity the missionary mo-
tive must not be mixed up with 1.-The
flag" He argues ina Jesus took re-
licion out of politics, and adds:
Before the Master died he took all pains
| to make clear the meaning of his death.
put up thy sword" he said TO the
| Apostle Peter, through whose veins the
| blood of the Galilean peasant and patriot
ran hot. And he did not forget in his own
| dSOHN d1d Il Coo IN ~ " - ~
| touch and heal the ear that Peters clum-
| sy sword had wounded. He would not
| permit the s~potless purity of the cross to
! be so much as touched by the finger tips
of force. Our Lord. then, bids US see to
it that in the missionary field the cross
be kept far from the sword. In his own
temptation he gloriOusly WithstOOd the
| pressure put upon him by the Messianic
ideal of his people. He refused to Caesar
ize himself in the slightest degree. The
church, initiating his life, comes from
time to time under the same temptation
which he met and overcame, and her
sword to herself should be. Look to it
that thou be not Caesarized."
The missionary, according to DR..
Nash, should go forth as an English
| man, a German or an American, and
| missionaries should never appeal from
the cross to the flag for protection.
To his mind it is humiliating that in
+, China today British missionaries hover
under the British flag, American mis-
sionaries under me American flag and
German missionaries under the Ger
. man flag.
Their only flag, is the cross. To de-
mand of the State that it shall protect
| them by force of arms is to degrade and
| abase the missionary motive and to rob
missionary efforts of their chief glory.
Then the writer turns the other side
of the picture, and grows caustic in his
| observations:
The climax of tragic inconsistency is
achieved when it is seriously asserted that
| tho American fnrcaC ShOu10 not leave
China until assurance is given that the
converts OF American missionaries shall
be protected. In this case the flag not
only steals a march on the cross. but
practically captures it. Blood of the
martyrs indeed. A Chinaman converted
by an American becomes in some sense an
American-an American by brevet! And
the flag must cover him! A short and
easy way of laying heroic foundations for
the future church in China
The editors of some Of the religious
weeklies are taking DR.. Nash sharply
Of the secular press are criticising the
mission board at ST. Louis for it's en-.
dorsement of Mckinley's policy.
The truth, as usual, probably lies
| the two extremes
DR.. Nash is perhaps too ideal, and the
other follow a little too blood thirsty
DR.. Nash would have the missionary
go forth into a strange land without
protection and without country. The
other view is that these preachers OF
"peace on earth good Will to men
should call for war ships and marines
ment collect indemnity by threat o
force from the Chinese government fol
every loss Of life or property at mis-
| sion stations