The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-12-07

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| for the past 5000 years.
FOR the past century civilization has
| been knocking at the doors of China, but
along with the opening door came the
| land -grabber, the carpet-bagger and the
| opium war, and a clash of the European
| powers over it's control"
FIGHT FOR CHINESE TERRITORY
Mr. Greene went into this at some
| length showing how England had taken
| Formosa Russia had seized Port Arthur
and Germany had appropriated Kow-
| Chow bay, and then the powers, glaIlng
at each other like hungry dogs over
| bone, had rested on their arms.
"All this the Chinese had seen and
realized in dim sort of way as great
| wrong. Then the powers began 20 luild
railroads, open iron and coal and copper
and gold mines in the mountains.
And this the Chinaman resented more
than he did the stealing of his territory.
He didn't want holes in his mountains.
the deepest insult that could be Offered
him was to run railroads over the graves
of his ancestors. These things had much
to do with the recent trouble
Mr.. Greene then spoke of the exclusion
of the Chinese from this country, while
Americans are permitted to flock to China
| if they care to do so. Also he referred
to the terrible mistreatment to which
such Chinese as are in this country have
been subjected, and he added:
This is the Chnamans side of the
trouble. He had determined that if this
was civilization, he wanted none of it.
| So when the storm came it fell hard on
| the missionary"
AN OPEN DOOR FOR MISSIONS.
Mr.. Greene said it was however a mat
ter of congratulation that no Southern
missionary or American Baptist mission
airy was killed
How many native Christians persisted,
we cannot tell. And as we don't know
the number, so we don't know the de-
tails of their martyrdom. But we do
know that anyone of them could have
saved their lives by remuneration of the
Christian faith. But that very few went
back is shown by the reports of the
great number killed"
Mr.. Greene paid high compliment to
the faithfulness and efficiency of the ma
tive preacher and the genuine convert.
us the Boxer war to put an end to
missions in China?" he asked. and an
swereG:
mo. 1t is but an opening of the door
to greater opportunity. Exactly what will
be the outcome, l can't say. 1t is now
in the hands of the diplomatists, but
think one thing may be prophesed: NJ
Kinley's open door policy will prevail.
THAT means that American merchants
miners and railroad builders will have
tree access to China Nothing will be
said about missionaries, but the mission
ary will be there. However the matter
may be adjusted, the adjustment will be
in favor of wstern civilization The gos-
pei will be preached in China. The peo-
= will hear it as never before and the
results will be greater than we now
dream Of"
DIR. WILLINGHAM'S ADDRESS.
Mr.. Greene's address was one of the
NEST interesting the convention has yet
heard, and it was listened to with closest
attention. When he had finished speaking
Rev. j. VIM. Jones arose and said: =
We've heard a soldier from the front
tell his story. let's rise and sing battle
hymn
In a moment the great audience was
standing and in clear soft notes from
somewhere in the congregation came the
words of song: How firm a foundation. -
Before the line was half sung another
voice took ii up, then another and an
other until the very rafters of the church
seemed to shake with the melody of the
song.
No more proportions moment could have
cen Gsfed for an address on the impor-
ance of foreign missions. DR.. Willing
nam, corresponding secretary of the For
eign Mission Board, realized his oppor-
tunity and made the most of it.
But before speaking word he asked
the congregation to join him in a short
prayer that somebody in this convention
might be called of God to offer himself
rs foreign missionary The prayer fin
ished, he announced as his subject Gods
Call to North Carolina Baptists."
THE CALL TO BAPTIsTs.
Running rapidly over the list of Baptist
missionaries, he asked if these were not
a sufficient call and inspiration.
And if these are not call enough. is
not a dying Saviour on the cross a call?
60 stand by the cross and witness His
sufferings, or on Olivet and hear His last
command, Go We into all the world and
preach the gospel The question with
is To-Day is not question OF doctrine but
l question of do
He said some ministers were afraid to
talk missions lest they might not get
their salary.
Don't let that scare you You never
saw church in your life that reached out
It's hands around the world and neglected
is own pastor"
Dr. Wililngham said great many Bap-
lists objected to foreign missions on the
ground that they were giving too much
FOR that and too little for home mis-
sions.
Don't let that worry you, either For
every dollar that goes to foreign mis-
sions, one goes to home missions We
keep eco preachers in the home field
where we send one abroad"
THE OUTLOOK ENCOURAGING.
Then DR.. Willingham spoke in most en-