The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-07-28
IA PAGE ABOUT THE PRETTEST MIDSUMMER FASFIIONSN

takes little ones 50 the mob will declare.
aid scoops out their eyes frr his magic pO-
tons. He dries their brains to make mis-
OsutusutS. IL IL a Sorccrer Whose. pres
.nce will bring iII-lurk to The town ana
curses an every house he enters.
Tnen tNe missionary mast lurk nat. II
I'M mandarin in authority happens To he
@ati-ioItign The evangelist viii have a
rough time. Before he knows where he Is
Il rope will b. round his neck. some men
VIII seize his arms. some Will force filth
IL his mouth some VIII scatter camphOr in
his cyes. If he is IIt Ky. he " Ill crawl away
at night. bruised in every imb-t0 come
back again ana renew the attack. so soon
rs the fever against him has abated- And
there viii be 80 Paragraphs In the paper
TO applaud this man.
II this were all! missionaries would not
mind So MITCH But what really hurts them
Is the instability of this Chinese character.
An admirable mission may have been car
Ti"d on in q city for twenty years Its hos
pital may have relieved thousands incurable
hy the native doctors. Its agents may have
built up = successful church. And yet some
dsty u fierce aHu-fD.e!gn patriarch comes
along and whispers his stories in greedy
ears great mob gathers, the houses OF
M converts arr sacked. the mission station
Is stD:tn.d. ana those not lucky enough 10
sip out are tortured and cut in a hundred
pieces. Next day tn" mob is very sorry for
what II has done. and perhaps turns on the
instisat"r.
This is no imaginative picture. 4 hundred
examples from IA. history Of the last quar-
ter century might be given in proof.
Roman Catholics have gone in more eX-
lniSlN-iy Tor rlphaniepS than Professionals
The most successful agency of the latter has
been medical missions. The Chinese nativ.
doctor Simriy does not deserve his name.
His work i mainly quackery. and Of sur
CRY h. knows practically nothing. Hence
the missionary doctors. skilled msa from
IOrdOt anu New York medical schools.
have had a splendid field. They have OBJ
1iined access TO every class. ii Hung
Chang built them grand hospital IN one
city fcr the work one Of them lid In saving
his wife. In many cities and among all
ranks. the Christian hospitals have opened
the door to Christian faith.
Have Chinese missions been worth the
price paid Hav" they he"n worth the
noble lives devoted to them and often lai!
down for them; II is a question each man
must answer for himself. according to his
notion Of what true y;il.Ie l.. But rome can
deny that the missions have mos; pro-
foundly affected the life OF CHINA. 1t was
Timothy Richards. who were the real plan
neTS OF the reform movement. which
nearly ;riumph-i in the immortal court two
years ago. The young Enper!r and his
yiserS. 10 was a Christian book thar gave
rise TO the TaO-PiHg rebellion, 4 rebellion
which might have saved China had We not
iatcrtered
To become q Christian convert means for
the native To become almost an outcasi. He
is abused by all his relatives, he IL thought
TO have sent his ancestors for I'VE genera.
tions u pufSat".y. ne removes nlmself
from all the common life of his fellows
In China the trader follows tire MISSION
AIRY, As our acting Vice Consul At lu-
Chow said in his official report some
months ago. Undoubtedly our commercial
interests are advanced by the presence or
missionaries in districts never visited by
merchants. II is not only that british
goods REQUIRED 10 supply missionaries
wants are thus brought 20 the notice OF ma
tives in inland districts. chinese are
gradually becoming accustomed 10 Inc sisht
OF Europeans. and with custom their hos
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