El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-07-26
THE MISSIONARIES IN CHINA
An Address BY The Missionary So
Clety Of The Presbyterian
Church OF Ell paso.

Editor HERALD: The EndeavOr So
ciety of the Presbyterian church at it
last missionary meeting, adopts d the
following address which you are re
Quested to publish:
The idea seems prevalent In the city
and has been voiced to some extent By
the public, that the troubles in Chins
are due TO the mischievoLs actions and
teachings of the missionaries land that
if they received thier just deserts
| they should be left to the mercies OF
the enraged foreigners: that in going
to China they are intruders, not want.
ed, without legal rights, and are en-
titled to assistance by this country
only from . Humanitarian stand poin t.
This we assert Is contrary to the facts.
This government together with those
of ChrIstendom, would be as much
bound to send armies to China, were
our representative not involved. 1t Is
the tendency of the times. 1t Is the
destiny of events.
let. The distinctive feature of the
church Is its evangelism. In this the
church Is untteo, Greek, Roman, Pro-
teetant. The last command of the Great
Captain to the church militant was go
ye into all the world and preach the
gospel unto every creature" and
every soldier of the cross must be
OOOoA0db W bAlc a0otSbly OEQCT.
"a, This 10 q Christian nation. It
has besa so judicially determined by
the supreme court OF the United States.
II has been so announced in every ina
Dortant document from the bill of
rights to the present day. 1t is so
recorded in the census.
ID. The open door 10 the missionary
10 concurrently written with the open
door TO trade in the various treaties
OF this country, which with the consti-
tuSion and statutes form the supreme
law of the land.
4sh. Ii Is the plan of providence. 1t
Is amazing how studests of eontempor-
aDeous history have not read between
the lfnes In the march of events in the
last fifty years alone.
For what purpose otherwise has the
marvellous wealth, invention, and re-
sources Of the day been given 30
Chrissepdom, save that Nations that
knew not thee (.he churcb) shall run
into thee, because of tho Lord. thy
God, and the holy one of Israel, for he
Commodore Perry sailed into the
Japanese harsor On a Sabbath mors-
ing and, assembling his sailors upon
the dock. reid the one hundredth
psalm, make joyful noise unto tho
Lord, all ye lands, servo the Lord with
gladness, until now when ehe burn
ing Of a missionary compound is tho
occasion for diplomatic utteranoe,
bhsre has been No uncertainty In the
trend of events.
More steadfsst than the dream of
aggrandizement, more per-
sistent than the push of commerce, is
the determination of the church to win
the world for Christ. 1.-THE evangeli-
zation OF the world for Christ in this
generation" Is the motto of many OF
Its polemic organizations, and their
intense eRrnestness Ia evidenced by
Abe thousands OF lives of the choicest
eower OF it's youth that offer to suffer
death, il need be, from pessilence, die
ease, famine. and war, in leper col
onies, malarial juugles, in frozen zones,
in every lsud, that thereby the glst
sidings may be preached to every ores-
ture.
A. G. FOSTER.