The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-09-06

Her Relative Position with Man.
Rev. Albert Il. Simpson. of New
York, president of the Christian Mis-
sionaries' society. gave most elo-
quent and interesting address at last
nights session of the soCiety's conven-
ton which is being held in Green
Ridge.
His subject was Missions in Con-
nection with the Coming of the Lord"
and he spoke generally upon the topic,
laying stress upon the Importance of
three words. which he said must be
fully understood before justice could
be done TO the true Importance of
mission work. The trio of words were
Emergency, Opportunity and Response
bility.
In discussing the first of these, Rev.
Simpson vividly described the terrible
conditions existing among the nom
believers of foreign lands, notably Asia, =,
and the necessity of taking prompt
action in sending the Gospel to the un-
fortunate souls in those countries. Said
he:
"lf you saw manu- being drawn to
his death in the trcacherous depths of
qucksand, if you saw child sink
ing in the waves or a woman being
dragged to her death, or worse, by
rufiians, every instinct of humanity
would spring to the front and you
would risk your life to save that man,
woman or child. And yet. unseen and
unheard, every day men and women are
being drawn to their deaths, literally
"a L 20
being sold into slavery and shame, and
children are the objects of the tyran-
nies and cruelty of heathensm. And
for this positiveness, for this negative
attitude, we are held guilty by God.
KNOW NOTHING OF THEM.
"You know something Of the wretch
edness of poverty, but you know
nothing of the conditions of the poor
in foreign lands. The women of India
work all day at the stone crushers on
the street for pay averaging five cents
and then go home and toll at house
hold duties. Flour there is a rare lux
ury, and millions die for want of food
even in the times when there is nc
| famine.
slavery is another cruelty there OF
| the most hideous kind. Millions are
| murdered through the witch doctors
and the condition of woman is the sad.
| dest of all prevailing states of ar
fairs there. She is her husbands slave
| with no soul, no hope has her future
save as ii comes through him. SO high
| above her is man that at the close OF
| day she is compelled to wash his dirty
| feet and then drink the water in order
| to thus raise herself a step nearer his
| level.
Girl babies there are murdered by
| the million, their wretched mother:
| being desrous to thus save them from
| the torture and agony attendant upor
| the lot of womanhoOd, the terrible fat,
| which awaits them. They may be mad,
mistresscs in the horrible temples. Sc
| aside as victims of lust and religion,
prostitution in the name of the heather
dicties.
| For be it known that the worst o
| India is not its evil, but it's good. II,
religion is worse than its crime. Tn,
priests are the vilest men, the most oh
| scen< rites are connected with tn,
sacred ceremonies and the devil Il
their God. These are the conditions
| which we must meet, and by the aid o
the Word entirely change.
DYING BY THOUSANDS.
every day IA population as grea
as your city is dying without tn,
| knowledge of Jesus Christ, and tn,
| graves of those who die within a sin
gle year would fill cemetery tifteel
miles long and a mile wide. God see
those people dying and he asks III
| what we are going 30 DO"
Rev. Simpson then spoke on the sec
ond word, Opportunity" AT n,
| time" he said, have there been ad
| Vantages presented for mission worl
| like those of the last few years. Ever,
country is open to the missionary, AN,
the facilities presented by modern in
ventions and improveme nts make tn
trips to the scenes of mission work
mere bagatelle compared to those o
former years.
II can well remembcr." said tn
speaker that only Il few years ag
in China the meannst cOulic esteeme,
himself superior 70 the npblest for
eigner. But God punished them 70
their presumption. First he sent tn
little Japs to teach them the benefit
which accrue from civilization, and a
the end of the war China threw ope
her doors to civilization and let in tn
| missionaries.
"a year ago the country rose agar
in a last convulsive movement, but 20
know how that ended and that a
ambassador is even now at Berlin hum
bling himself for the national Grim
against the German empire. God ha
done all this to break open the door,
and admit the gospel"
Rev. Simpson declared that the grea
increase in wealth in this country ha
had its effect in aiding mission worl
but showed that proportionatel