New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-04-24

Arabia is unique from missionary point Of WEN
NO one Knows now large the country Is ne The
border lines shift like their own mirages The con
jectuTed extent and population of the country Is
]. Hargraves Ridgeford, of the English North
African Mission, said:
At first impossible penetrate into Mos
tiyes Will come any distance TO doctor or dspen-
sary, and medical workers are of the highest I'M
geria. but did not ask their permission come
and we would not their direction. Lord Sails
tect us, but stayed and there. by the grace of
God. We will remain.
John G!~er, missionary to Egypt Of the United
Presbyterian Church. said shat Egypt the cit
edel Of Mahonaeta-:sin when the missionaries first
went thee although Mahcmstar temples
were dscoye RED covered with stucco which
Christian ernhe=s. I'VE have In Arabia said he
what is perhaps the hest trarsla:ie. Of the Bible
existing, Bible translated from the original lam
guage into Arabic and recognized authority
among the corrupt Christians found there"
George washburn. president of Robert College in
Constantinople said:
Contrary to a seeming general belief missionaries
All that they ask of the Turkish Government Is
heae eaes haHe the nights & by the the
position taken by American bss', ..T!e* IS the
Government In the language OF Mr.. Blaine, For
us TO ask of the Turkish Government rights for
would be unjust, To ask for less would be still
more unjust" The missionaries confident the
Its It's citizens and they are wiling to leave the sitqs
Secretary of State.
Dr. Grace Kimban, of vassar College formerly
missionary to Turkey, spoke briefly Turkey.
DR.. Edward Riggs on Greece and the Rev. c. T.
Wilson on Jerusalem and mission work in Pales-
tine
WORK IN CEYLON AND INDIA.
The Rev. DR.. Charles Cuthbert Hall presided at
the Central Presbyterian Church. where the sub
Ject was the survey OF India and Ceylon. The
speakers were the Rev. Dr. E. W. Parker, the
Rev. DIR. Cooley L. B. Wolf. J. Wilkie, j. E. Abb
bolt, w Mausell, L. w. Scudder, J. P Jones. T. s.
Wynkoop. ]. Aberly, D. Dowie Mrs. B. H. Bailey,
Mrs. Archibald and the Rev. T. S. Smith. The
church full.
DR.. Parker spoke of the work of the Methodist
missionaries in Northern India where a genera
ton ago two boys baptized by DIR. Wolf
and the work started. Soon whole villages
had been converted, and the moral atmosphere of
the entire section changed. To-day the native
Christians from Northern India were the school
teachers, station and inspectors of poire
under the British Government, and, In fact. were
filing to a large extent the places of honor in the
service of the Indian Government. The native
! Christians in that particular province now num-
bered eighty thousand.
The Rev. T. s. Smith. of the Normal Institute ct
! Ceylon said that it had been four hundred years
| since Francis Xavier had introduced Christianity
at Ceyon. The Catholic religion was sustained
! there for hundred and fifty years and was
! succeeded by the Dutch, who held sway for an
| other hundred and fifty years Then the Eng
| Iish got foothold. and the work done by the
! predecessors largely superseded. The progress
| Of Protestant Christianity had been steady and
| gratifying and its value society recog-
! niZed throughout the country.
! Mrs. Bailey IS the widow OF DR.. E. H. Bailey.
! who went to Lucknow twenty years ago She read
a
story of the visit of General Grant to the British
| Commissioners grounds while the General was on
his way around the world that aroused interest and
enthusiastic applause. She said:
| I the other day In the rnausoleum in River
2nG 6ads q0wd the the e
day In old Lucknow. when, the hero was on his
garden. Upon the green lawn. dressed in spotless
breeze from their , dark brows making them look
ground Of graceful trees, half handred Chris
Hindoo girls saw carriage sweep through a
Sic saw the flags Of two great natl nations blend
coquetted with the Oriental breeze I caught the
| air laden with the perfume of Eastern blossoms
two men seated in carriage in military dress iif,
their hats and bow their heads, while chorus Of
thrilling song:
de 81 s f aS 6 Sam yet Of
| brave?"
] saw tear glide down the war hardened face
| of the hero of Appomattox, and said This is
| part OF womans work. India's daughters in Eng
| lands English welcoming Americas hero to hel
woman's college halls"
ASSAM BURMAH AND SIAM CONSIDERED
Assam Burmah and Slam were surveyed In the
Church Of the Strangers. The meeting was ad
dressed by John Barrett. exUnited States Minister
to Siam; F. H Eveleth Mrs. J. n. Cushing III.
Rev. w. w. Cochrane. Professor Chalmers Martin
the Rev. w NJ. Young, Mrs I. w. Cronkhite ant
Mrs W. F. Armstrong. Mr. Barrett said in part:
The missionary work being conducted success
fully throughout the Kingdom of Siam is all the
more interesting to Americans for the reason
Phiiippnes While was there eo the crown p e
died. The funeral service conducted in Stances
residents could understand IT. The Brahmin hgl
priest was in charge of the service but the service
was almost like Christian burial, The King toll
me that IL his highest ambition 70 make tn
Buddhist religion in his Kingdom much more lik
| results the Christian religion. The Crown Prime
before he died expressed desire to see me, as W
room-one of the plain rooms IN the gorgeous paac
of the King. The King was on one side of the be-
. and the Queen the other, and II Ike TIL
deathbed scene of American boy. The bo
wants to speak TO. you, said the King to
breathing his last and he recognized me and smiled
Lifting his Ike ss1o srms and PgtRE thIT
Barrett If am to be born ca again want TO
born an American 80 you see the Americans ar
well thought OF over there.
RESULTS IN CHINA.
China was the subject at the Fifth Avenue Pres
byterian Church. 1t shown by of tn
speakers that while in 1872 there were only re
converts Christianity there NOR
than a hundred thousand Education had ais
grown. and the scholastic system tablishe
in China embraced primary schools. colleges an
universities. But despite this progress. the Re-