The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-01-03
President Schurman
and the Philippines.
Interesting Article on Amer.
ica's Large Responsibilities.
cAraoL1c RULE IN LUzoN.

CATHoLIc RULE IN LUzoN.
New York, Dec 27-The 1pde
pendent for the current week will
contain an article by Jacob 6 Schur,
man. presiden. OF Cornell university
and chairman of the United States
commission to the Philippines, en-
titled "Our Duty to the Philippines .
Following is an abstract eve
have 40 to so tribes to civi|lze, and
seven or eight of these tribes nave
some 100000 members each On
the Island of Lnzon there is one tribe
of million and a half people who
speak one language as totally distinct
from the other languages as Spanish
is from English Another tribe on
the same island, numbering about
600. 600, is as distinct from the others
in language and characteristics as
they are from the Spaniards them
selves Then on the great island OF
Mindapao there are many tribes that
are entirely different from each
other. In the Sulu archipelago we
come to another class of natives.
about whose custom of slavery go
much has been said recently These
are ali Mohsmmedaus. while IN
Luzon the natives are all Catholic
Christians.
.The priests have ruled in Luzoo
so long that their influence is wide
spread. aud the natives know Of no
other form of Christianity The Ro-
man Catholic church has been estab
lished there for 800 years, and the
archipelago was really governed by
the priests aud not by the Spanish
civil or military commanders Vi
the sl3, 500, 900 raised on the island
annually. about 81. 100000 was used
for the church's support Each smalI
church would receive about $500 for
its support and the priest an allow
apce of $500 We must credit the
church With having done a grea.
des. of good work among the ma
,ives We must reckon with those
facts when we send missionaries to
the Philippines.
Missionaries are needed in the
islands, aud hope they will be sent
there in large numbers. There is
plenty of work for them to do. and
hope they will go. with a complete
understanding Of the situation, TO
accomplish good They must realize
that they are contendiug with
Catholic educated population that
knows nothing about the fne differ
ences between protestant sects and
denominatious Therefore it would
be highly impolitic to send mission
aries of different denomiDs,ions to
confuse the minds Of the people.
do hope that when we send the mis-
s;ona,ies we will decide beforehand
on one form OF Protestant Christian
isy Send only one type of mission
arv Taa Fitipinos will then have
Ca,balic Christianity and Protessan:
Christianity presented to them so
they can make their choice We
have no adequate idea bow confusing
to the sinpse minds of au uncivllized
people the different forms of Protest.
ant faith appear The Chinese. who
are pesnaos more ;ate'iigent than the
Fiiic;nos, regard on. different denom-
;na,iops as SO many different re'l
gIons
Il thiuk the Island of Mindanao
is more psomisirg g field for mission
aries to begin their work IN than
I,ozoa Tue Influence of the Catholic
chn.ch has ao, been extended to
Mindanao, and the simple natives
would more readily accept the type
Of fail. watch the Americans teach
then 1t Is possible tia. it would
be dangerous TO send missionaries to
the interior OF :t,is island at present,
but az conditions become more
settled aud the Americans are
looked apoo with more
ff5end!v feeling, this place will
he a rich fed for the American mis-
siouary We owe it to the fl''p'noe
to give theu the best 'a oar religion
AZ wei! as ia oar education
Il believe the fighting 10 the
Philippines IS nearly over, aad our
armies now fighting in norther"
Luzon viii, soon be geqal,ed euiy TO
keep dowa :hc bandits The organ
ized arroy hiss disappeared, ard with
it we miga. cay the whole 'asurfec
,iou dos, Of the leaders OF the
insa,7ec,iou as7e been dispersed or
have b.en WON over 70 our s'ce
II DO oc, .ay ,oas ali 'oe iascfgept
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