New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-01-07
MISSIONS In CHINA.
WHAT is SAID FOR AND AGAINST THEM.
MANIFOLD WAYS IN WHICH THEY AFFECT THE
LIFE OF THE NATION FAvoRABLY-
I-SsEI,FISH WORKERS.

JSsEIFIsH WORKERS.
Tien-Tg,n oct 2s cspecIaD.--As people in the
Hawaiian Islands are divided into two great par
tfes-royalist and anti-royast-so I'm China they
are divided into two similar facttons-missionary
and anti-utssfonary There is good deal of parti-
san feeling shown both sides The work OF
Protestant missionaries began early In the present
centrry-lsls-with the establishment OF an Anglo
Chinese college at Malacca, that Europeans
might acquire Chinese and the Chinese might ac-
quaint themselves with Christianity This school
was removed 10 Hong Kong IN 1874 FROM TINS
small beginning missions have multiplied ana the
4hole empire is dotted with them-not In the
ports alone bat in the remotest districts In the IN
terror.
II must be said first that the most active enemies
of the missionaries not Chinese. but certain
class Of foreigners who live in the larger Cities
chiefly the open ports. Many OF them are persons
Of wealth who while in the East live lives when
would got be countepanced at home. Their mode
or life is distinctly opposed TO the teachings OF
the missionaries. who do not hesitate wholly 10
condemn IT. and II constitutes a very important
stumbling block In the way of men and women
who endeavoring to teach the Chinese a better
and more decent existence.
OTHER ACCUSATIONS.
Others. and there many hundreds Of them.
accuse the missionaries OF "feathering their own
nests" Of living in comfort and luxury off the
funds furnished them for the propagation OF the
faith, of building fine dwellings and using what
remains for missionary purposes: OF surrounding
themselves with servants and lastly of being
financial agents-that Is, buying and selling the
products of the country at a profit The toll and
hardship Of the missionaries lives. under the
most favorable circumstances, could hardly be de-
scribed. In Picking. which is the centre for North
China. the various Boards have provided comfort
able houses fer the corps of preachers. teachers
and medical men and women which they have sent
out But IL is centre only, and this staff is called
upon from time to time to take long. fatiguing
Journeys. sleeping in Chinese inns which are prac-
tically unheated and swarm with yermin living
on Chinese food. little of which suits the Western
palate; suffering with cold in the winter and with
dust, malaria and the burning heat In summer. All
thai have seen. with few exceptions. poorly
clothed. and still fewer in robust health for
both the climate and the work are trying in the
extreme
Ia one compound the daily order is breakfast at
o'clock prayers at 7:3O work in the schools from
9 until in the evening. with dinner at 1850 m.
because that hour interferes least with the classes
supervision of the work and the pupils In the
evening, with hours for the study of Chinese when
ever they be arranged. and this until IL o'clock
al night with few vacations. The medical mis-
sionarfes visit their outpatients in the morning
are in the clinic from until o'clock, averaging
nifty patients daily. and the evening is devoted to
the n-patients those In the hospital while their
reading and the continuous study of Chinese must
be kept up at night when they should be in bed
They are well supplied with servants because
they have not a moment to do for themselves the
things they must delegate TO others, though as TO
this there are many exceptions Their servants are
well paid well clothed and lodged faring far better
than when employed by the Chinese themselves
recoup themselves by the brbes wbeb tbeH 70
a. TO exact from everybody with whom they come
their servants into experienced and women
foreign families 1' - oN'i
sEAsHoRE HABITATIoNs
The railway between Tien-Tsin and Picking has
enabled the missionaries 10 leave the capital and
reach the seashore, where they have few
weeks Of much needed rest, IL 1t can be called
where they Obliged to continue their Chinese
studies. A number OF cottages are owned here by
missionaries. which might serve to illustrate the
ehsrges nads against them as to making them
the aspect of the case TO know that the house. OF
was presented TO his daughter by her father.
wealthy farmer in the State of New-York third
from his father and those who own still others
rents which they easily. command.
As 10 the commercial agencies which II is sup
facf that missionaries throughout the East are
constantly asked to make purchases for friends at
tieies which they ohligingy do. But if any special
transactions it is certainly not evident either in
their ti clothing or their homes Nowhere do they
There are many medical missionaries who have an
woman connected with the Methodist mission in
Picking ard Tien-Tsin has been years the medical
services such these they receive fees more or
tier WORK to deffay the of the free ds
pensaries.
with the greatest wisdom and prudence. Catholic
and Protestant alike. and the main confederation is
for moment lost sight of. This is that
while the minds being enlightened and the
training the utmost pains Is taken not to de
nationalize them The pupils are instructed IN
ton The naurs scences AND IN al EAST one Of
The schools the model school perhaps there Is
that come out of these schools new race.
strong mentally and physically
HoNoRs FOR MISSIONARIES.
The real opinion OF the Chinese themselves toward
the missionaries is shown in the confidence reposed
In them and the places tc which they have ap-
pointed them A missionary. DR.. w a. P Martin.
was president OF Tangwen College, and has been
chosen president of the University OF Pekin, in
which other missionaries associated pro-
schools and academies have been in demand always
for public office; ten have recently been appointed
sides They also in demand in the Imperial
and advancement everywhere In time Of flood and
famine missionaries are chosen to dispense among
eminent for their relief. and this has happened
not once. but many times; The august powers
Individuals whose needs they intended to miti-
GATE fpo many
"squeezes." there would be nothing left.
has made IT safe for the foreigner who behaves
himself 70 90 almost Anywhere within the domih.
and massacres wherein some missionaries have
suffered and where Others having refused to leave
tragedies were not the result of hostility felt for
the result of political chicanery unlike the
s.KnoH-nothing' movement In the United States
The missionaries were merely scapegoats for the
forsisn element irrespective Of nationality or oe-
the exciting cause, but the foreigner such.
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