New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-10-22

sionary in China" He spoke from Mark xvi. 14-1S,
and began as follows:
The most careful scholars Of our day are inclined
an addendum. They tell us that the original
book closed with verse s of this last chapter and
long after the time Of ST. Mark It is very probable
that Christ never uttered that great command. Go
We into all the world, and preach the gospel TO
every creature II Is quite probable that the
the second century to Justify the great proPa-
ganda which was we'll under way The Christian
Splendid and With glorious results ana
they wanted. as preachers always want. some kind
of divine authority for the work they had already
decided on and were vitality in love with.
Scholars have determined beyond question that
many teachings of the second century later
were written back into the New Testament. as if
great missionary command. in all probability. is a
sample
The passage had. however. served its purpose
except that missionaries of the various denoHina-
tons had accepted 1t a divine command to
preach their own particular creed AS to the char
acter of the missionaries themselves, though, DR..
Grove said:
/ regard missionaries as the most intensely can
did and sincere men that live. No man Of loosely
theological doubt, no man Of slackened integrites
becomes a missionary. only the man who feels
pressure of duty like Gods hand upon his shoulder
ever becomes a missionary.
The Chinese nature is Stimulating. adrot, sus-
looks for hidden purpose, for secret and cir
cumventing scheme because he is always conscious
missionary, the giving of food and wages and the
teaching in the mission schools. even the sympathy
and affection of the missionarys warm and true
Christians are deceiving the hearts of their poor
and ignorant natures and sowing the seeds OF dis
cord in their ancient civilization.
Not long ago young Persian came TO me and
told the story of his religious upheaval He had
been converted by a Baptist missionary, and came
dered into a Universalist church-a dangerous
thing to do-and 1t spoiled him for the Baptist min
after pleading with him for months. had disin-
herited him and driven him from home He had
learned also that since he had left home his
mother thought that his soul was forever lost ana
she had went until the Baptist missionary wrote,
her ewes were permanently affected, and they
tope in the faith but will tell you what said
to him and with emphasis. | said: Young man,
the most Christian thing that you can do is never
home and worship the Infinite in the name OF your
heather gods and make that good mother happy
while she lives" -, 49,, -p,.z, ct 49,
the missionary is that he believes their ancient
religion false their worship fatal deluslon, tnelr
ancestors doomed. their loved ones iost ana tn9t
js the tea ching they object That teaching nils
thousands of their homes with grief II prepares
every convert to be traitor 70 his country What
peonIe; they are pitiful soldiers All the World Is
against them. Because they are weak they are
co Their Minister to England told the truth
when he said that the missionary was at the bot
ment could never suppress II While ne rethalIeu::
If the great Christian nations wanted 10 90 What
is nobly Christian, they would recaIl tne
aries without a demand We have no right 10 Iorcee
q tbeoIo1v upOn people who do not want 1t and
are NOT ready for IT, theological revolution would
throw China into bedlam There must De a SLOW
H Of modern ideas and sentiments An In
dustrial inspiration has remade Japan IN mar ,1i
century With industrial inspiration Chlnl VII
new creature Our antagOnistic theology VIII out
arouse hatred and delay progress.