West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1901-09-12
MA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER p. 1901.


\ traveller hving in India for two years
might leave il without full consciousness
that any work OF active prosclytism was
going ON.
OF the alleged converts, a very low stan.
dard is reported, Il is the same as told
some years ago by Rev, sydney Smith. that
the native who bore the name OF Christian
was commonly nothing more than drunk.
en- reprobatc. who concetves himself az
liberty to eat and drink anything he plcascs
aud onneNes hardly any other meaning to
Christianity.
In China. churchcs were organized iu
such a way as to afford protection in law
cases, and converts assumed that 10y en-.
bracing Christianity they released them.
selves from former obligations. such as
the payment OF debts, and OF obedience to
the local authorities. and from the dis.
charge of these duties as subjects to the
Emperor, aud acquired the right to be
protected 10y the European Power whose
religious tcncts they have adopted In
some parts OF China. Bibles are largely
used in the manufacture OF boot soles, and
no respectable Chinaman will admit A
Missionary into his house. In other parts
the Bibles arc used to manufacture papier.
maChc tables Admiral Richards officially
to his government says 1T seems to be
the special aim of Missionary Societies to
establish themselves outside OF treaty
limits $50 they are not prepared TO take
the risks which they voluntarily incur bu,
on the contrary are loudcst IN the,r clamor
tot gunboatS sSs Some understanding
should bc arrived at with regard to Mis-
sionary Societies in China sss il seems
unreasonable that they should exercise
absolute freedom in going whore they
please and then their agents should look
to Her Maicsty's Government for protcc.
ton"
The number of communicates in China
after half a century's work is only few
thousand
AS to Africa lttoo often happens that
while the negro rapidly masters the rules
aud regulations OF the work he stll con.
tinucs gross, immoral and dcceitful - an
impartial observer is surprised to find
that adultry, drunkenness and lying are
more apparent among the converts than
among their heather brcthern - with
very Few exceptions the native African
pastors. teachers and catcchists are bad
men, they atemp to veil an unbridled i'm.
morality with an vnblushing hypocrisy and
proiane display OF mouth religion even
more disgusting than the immortality itself
In many important districts where the
Societies have been at worS for twenty
years they can scarcely number twenty
sincere Christians that Is to say, twenty
natives understanding the doctrines and
trying TO shape their conduct by the new
principles In the oldest OF the West
African British possessions an the Magda.
lencs OF the chief city are protesting Chris.
tians and the most notorious one in the
place would boast that she novor missed
going to church on communion Sunday"
The tale is much the same wherever we
look 1T is nothing less than criminal
folly to give any special encouragement to
the missionary movement"
We have quoted enough from these
criticisms OF the world to show how grossly
deceived the public are In reference TO the
doings Of the missionary and the results Of
more than century's effort to establish
righteousness In the earth"
The well meant human effort has led
Gods people further away from His WORD
aud plan which In their zeal without
knowledge they have been rejetting; but
the fhll6ling Of our text is an added assur.
ance that every word Of the Lord is sure
therefore "Wail ye upon the Lord " (Zeph
3s. o. The fast approaching winter"
succeeds the harvest gathering Of the
past age OF developing the seed" OF the
Abrahamic covenant(Gal. 2o). It's storms
OF reiributiyc judgement will prepare the
earth to receive its rghtful King. It's only
Hope.
No voice can sing. no heart can frame
Nor can the memory find
\ swccter sound than Icsus' name
The Savior Of mankind " g.