The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1901-10-14
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RET. DIR. AMENT SPOKE ATDWIGHT
PLACE CHURCH YEsTEiRDAY.
Detailed His Experience In the Foreign
Field Among the Chinese-Many Rea-
Should he Resus ted.

sons Advanced ms to why the Chimes
Should DO Respected.
1t is not often that a missionary tt
foreign lands has an opportunity O.
mingling and becoming acquainted will
his church at home, but such was yes
terday the chance afforded Rev. Will
liam s. Ament, of Pekin, China. HI
met the people of Dwight Place church
in two interesting services yesterday
and delivered two discourses which
commanded the strict attention of his
auditors and enlightened many as to
the true conditions of affairs in China
At the morning service Rev. Mr.
Ament told of how there were now only
about 400 hundred Christians in the city
of Pekin since the Boxer movement but
that the people were very energetic and
that he thought in very short time
the number would be greatly increased.
He salso said that the Christian En-
| deavor societies were in a flourishing
condition and that it would be difficult
to arouse the enthusiasm here in local
societies that exists there. AT the close
of the Boxer movement the society of
which he had direct charge numbered
only about tW ntX and now has one
hundred and ten.
The speaker said that this was
time for all people to be optimistic re-
garding the future of China. He gave
three reasons why he was optimistic
and considered them under the heads
of political, religious and intellectual.
Politically, there We're three men to
shape the destinies of the people of
China. The first We're the Anglo Sax
ons in general, then the Slavs, who be-
lieve themselves to be men of destiny
who have had potent influence in the
past and who will continue to do so in
the future. They never rest, but are
always working out their great an1bi-
tion-the federation of the Slavic race
The Slav must be studied Then the
third is the Chinese himself This i'm
portant person will WELD a mighty in
fluence in shaping his own future, be-
cause he has become very much enl1ght-
ened by reason of the recent movement
in his country. They will achieve great
success | monumental enterprises.
In the line of education they settled
the matter of civil service twelve hum
bred years ago, and this has been
practical success, although somewhat
imperfect Any Chinese official that you
meet these days is well educated man
and a gentleman
The people are not atheists, but pro-
nounced spiritual people. He told of
visit to Chinese laundry in the city
here where he found piece of red pa
per pasted on the wall. 1t indicated
that the proprietor was believer in
the spirits and that this piece of red
paper indicated that he was approach
ing one of the spirits, which the Chi
nese believe exist in everything, in
prayer.
The speaker said that there must be
a reconstruction of the child laws in
the country. The people consider that
no child who is Ill will ever recover and
that they are only demons and omens
of bad luck and in consequence kill
them in different ways. They are then
hauled outside the gates of the city and
burned in tower prepared for that !
purpose. They have no high ideal of
The spiritual nature of |
the Chinese is developed, but it has
been wrongly directed and has been |
lnurderous force while if it is rightly |
directed will be for good.
In the evening another large congra- |
cation assembled to listen to DR.,
Aments eloquent relation of the mar
trydom of the people of northern China |
during the recent Boxer movement