The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-05-21
STUDY WORK
OF MISSIONS
W. E. Cell Plans a
World-Round
Tour.
TEACHINGS AND
THE PEOPLES
He Will Work in the Interest of
Morals and Religion While
on the Way.

William Edgar Cell, evangelist travel
Ter, scientist. who viii be the lecturer
] during a series of meetings which will
| be held next week has most interest
ing personality. He possesses the charm
| of a ch-travelled and thoughtful man.
In no way can he be considered a type
of the itinerant evangelist; even his con-
versation MARKS him as an ethnologist
rather than a missioner, as a student of
| types than a relgionist.
| Mr.. Cell was found yesterday at the
residence of the Rev. W. NJ Kincaid,
resting after an operation which had
| been made to relieve swelling in the
| throat which had caused him no little
pain and Inconvenience during his adj
| tour will take him around the world and
his studies will be directed toward an
| thropology and the influences of the re-
| ligious work of all sects upon peoples.
| Mr.. Cell talked interestingly and readily.
While 1 am essentially a Christian
man." said he, land endeavor as such
| to assist all Christian needs and enter
prise in communities visited by me, the
actual object of my visit is to ascertain
in the portion of the world marked out
fiuence that missionary work, be it that
of Buddhist, Christian. Catholic or Nor
mon. has had upon the lifes and condi-
| tions both mental and physical, of the
inhabitants of these various lands. I am
sent by no sect, no particular creed, my
| expenses are amply provided for. and l
accept no recompense for whatever work
I may do, to the end that I may bring a
perfectly unbiased mind to bear upon
the situations presented.
'PThe question of the good or harm
done by missionary endeavor in foreign
lands especially in the Orient, is one that
is of great interest, not only to profess
ing Christians but to the world at large.
Mark Twain's charge against missionary
actions in China, with which, myself do
not agree, has helped to stir up this
matter. and it is in relation with these
adverse doubts and opinions that l am
taking this journey. Charges have been
brought to my personal notice that mis-
sionaries in various parts of the world
were living in luxury. For instance, II
was claimed that a missionary in the
Orient was covering his floor with valu-
able rugs, taking these carpets at Amer
lean valuations, and forgetting that
Kurdestan rugs can be obtained on the
| spot at bargain prices, If. indeed, they
were not actually presents from local
merchants.
II firmly believe that here in Hawaii
the first missionaries did excellent work,
| and | expect to be able to find some val
| id reason, outside of the generally &C
cepted one. for the anti-missionary feel
ing that 1 am told exists among the ma
! tives The decadence of active mission
ary work here ! fail to understand L
hear that there are many abuses preya-
| lent in this community that, surely, I'M
der Christian rule, should be actiVeiy
crusaded against These are the mat
tiers upon which 1 intend to speak our
ing nv stay-the 'humbugs' of the CITY
Won will have to excuse my furnishing
vou with the features that / intend 10
| take I'D. as there are many things that
are better said first through the medlunl
of oratory than that of black and Wnlte-
| A series of evangelistic services VIII be
conducted by Mr.. Cell in the Centrai
Union Church commencing next MONDAY.
There will be lectures upon help1ul anu
instructive religious topics In Inc al
noon, including the relation OF MI. Geii
late experiences in Laodicea. ana III ene
evening. mass-meeting services. Inc
methods to be adopted by Mr.. Cell, Wnlle
| in MANY cases new, invariably are con-
servatiye and will be carried on with al
| the strength of vigorous mahhoou' a'
well as in the light of considerable e1pe,
| rience as a persuader of men MI. 6ei,
has conducted many successful sospei
campaigns in Western Pennsyi'ahia'
and is we'll known in the East as an
earnest and thorough worker, oelng IN
Invariably successful in drawing cro"os "
| his meetings. -.
Mr. Cell in the itinerary laid out by
him for investigating the results OF Ior-
| eten missions. American and OTHERWISE
! will tour throughout Micronesia, PoIyne-
STA and Australasia. The Phlnppihe Isl,
ands will be visited for lengthy Peiiou
en- route to Japan, where private yacn'
has been placed at his disposal in the
Inland Seas. V1adivostok comes next
and a trip into Siberia along the rams
of the new railroad. Crossing the oese II,
of Cobb, the adventurous traVeher w
skirt Thibet and advance through a.
ghanistan, Siam, Burmah and the BTU
lisb possessions in the Far East. Arabia
is to be visited with the hoiy CITY VI
Mecca in prospective; then down the
coas. of Africa to Mozambique via the
Cape. and around the Dark Continent to
the Congo river settlements the tlms
spent in the neighborhood of Thioet ano
Mecca will, of course, be fraught Wit
periIs, but for that contingency neal
Mecca, Mr.. Cell is already armed. haVlhs
been through the Turkish insurrec'iohS
of some few years ago. IN.
Mr. Cell expects TO inVestigate iui.
into the social evils of these isiahos any
y their causes and will ann at poSslo ,
rana5ias ono of which undoubtedly vii
he a stirring ND of evangelical mission: