The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-09-05
FOR FOR
| THE ORIENT
BshOp Moore Is Now
In Honolulu.
|g1NGUISHED PRElAIt
Lxr Pastor, Editor and Mission
p Will Work Where
War is Waged.

...,s David n. Moore OF the Meth
r.,.eopai church II a through
- on the Hongkong Maru for
os,.sf lie viii make his head
~. In shanghai for the next four
s..5 wlii have the general super
.sf an Methodist Episcopal oper-
-, china. Corsa and Japan. This
Il. at tine that n regular bishop |
| M. hurch has been assigned 90 |
(. Eastern Asia. Formerly the
- sas 20 send a bishop on a tour
.s..s.,,Ion In the East. his residence
I. n ,'.los IN the United states.
Al tss last general conference. how
+. ssW policy was adopted and
- Moore was ordered 90 China.
o,a's.aiy The bishop would be ex-
..,,a 10 sgend half his time In Japan
Il csfss ana half In China. but. un-
\, .,lstsr conditions IN China. China
| ! tars tho FIRST claim on the bishop
| ! tsilsvss that now r. the right time
m ahead with the work In that
obsd country. when correct un-
| standing has been arrived at be-
..s china and the powers everything
| abs sell with the missions and work
- aow win then bring the best re-
L. This IL the bishops view and
believes In getting 90 China as soon
s~sible and booking after the In
.,sis Of Ms church.
NJ Methodist Episcopal Church owns
n valuable property In the regions
y Affected by the war. particularly
rsn.tsln ana Peking. Of course this
,ssry has 90 large extent been
nared or destroyed but indemnity n
l,ssted and viii be demanded Of the
ms government.
ne trouble In China IL but a natural
Fams of wrongs done 20 the Chinese
ne various powers" said Bishop
'cv 10 an Advertiser reporter last
srlag al ne Hawaiian hotel 1T H.
h pstriotic outburst on the part Of
Chinese who are indignant at the
lfnsf In which they have been treated
i1feignsrs They cannot call their
tpofts their own and foreigners are
lsmpunE % Introduce their customs
h change and reform the IDEAS Of the
dyps The action Of the Chinese has
ssn endorsed By the Empress Dowa-
J. NJ or as she dared. The whole
'laas Il but reaction % liberalism
iught bY the deposed Emperor.
China T. at present like a great giant
DO has been hurt and feels that he
ruli % something and yet knows no,
urty what 20 Do, % just raises a row
ln'faly 90 course any opposition
Fhih they may make 20 the march Of
'oyess win necessarily be futile"
shop Moore viii leave his wife ant
ilghief who accompany him. In Va
,pa untr everything II quiet agar
ns Celestial Empire. Bishop Moor
~ American BY birth. being a ma
n Athens. O.. n little town whlcl
Eyen three Bishops % the Genera
ilfonce. aii soldiers who served 4
Civil War AZ well a. ministers q
rspeL lie was educated In IN
' University. and from 1850 90 iS5
h.alled the duties Of a regular pas
'r'. except during the years he serv
n ne civil War.
Uef ne war for fifteen years he va
nsod ln educational work. and dur
nat time organised the Universit
Denver For eleven years he serve
,ii,or % the Western Christian Ad
siis published In Cincinnati on Ma
p " The present year Bishop Moot
'ii assigned 20 the charge In the or
having been elected Bishop a o.
au previous b. the General Confo
~ ~ was conaccrated on June u
bshop Moore paid a flying visit
y California Coast last November al
rnalnod a couple % months. durii
mn time he Travelled from Los a
"a o. seattle. The regeneration
ma means everything 20 the Pacin,
~ ne Bishop. III We have one-eigh
ne trade Of China now and on
naage 90 keep that proportion Il "
-renseiy Increase when China its
- entered upon its new career
e-nerciai development I am 81
atsse. believing In china for the "a
- but IN China rcgsnerated
Hrgrn ideas. and fcrtillxcd and ma
tt,us BY Christian civilization. +
uaeH have demonstrated that IN
ave o. government and are not ~
"f 20 protect persons engaged
,nnsrce and peaceful occupatio
" ! consider u n capable % Er,
-hs' when "a IL reconstructed on m'
p puaCluios."
sl'as.ug In public IN san Francis
~ before he left. the Bishop -
"ons other things:
When china IN her madness strt
.,N nat aroused the dignity % eil
~ nations. u meant n day Of re'
lf Bus when she struck Engia
America she inflicted upon hers
eliminating blow % all. tina
ihat America. the infant Of
l.ns was ordained with the y
80 foresight symboiicai OF Z
..a,fy. 10 BE- the great arblter %
80 powers thank God that
ot That great premier. John ~
zen approved By all other nati'
ne universe. All honor 90 old ~
sne u sometimes greedy. but
her sim"
.lop Moore said he believed
.nt 'uifs did not mean the 4
u, ,iuent % china. III means"
~, ne open doors government
a. by the Chinese. guarded by
-. aer nations 81 the world on
ee iooiIng % peace. There Is
A.rca that direct the doinrs