The Iola register., 1902-07-18
FINE ADORESSBY Or. STUNTZ
lie Gave an Intelligent and Compre-
hensive Discussion of the Eastern
QuestiOn.at the Methodist
Church

from surrounding charges we're here
and the church well-illed. DR..
Homer G. Stuntz delivered an ad-
dresslat the Chatauqua Assembly the
latter part of the week and and pre-
siding elder Durburrow secured him
for two days in his district and gave
lola the Sunday morning date. DR..
Stoontz has had charge of the Metho-
dist missions in the Philippines and
came to America last December for a
years field work. He is o scholar, q
man of extensive travel and expert
ence ia the Orient and speaks from
personal knowledge and observation.
His presentation of the Eastern ques-
tion and the Philippines in particular
was full of sound common sense and
delivered in an interesting way.
DIR. Stuntz has no sympathy with
people who use the definite article
and speak of the church as "the"
divine institution. He believes that
the church is divine institution but
that the family and the state are also
divine institutions. He sees divine
plan in the workings of states and
nations and in brief but comprehen-
sive manner traced the steady onward
march OF Christian civilization and
the mighty conflicts between the chris
tian and non-christisn races in the
worlds history.
Speaking Of the discovery Of Amer.
lea he said that the Spaniards we're
seeking the Philippines for their
riches and luxuries but they found the
new world and here was founded and
developed an amalgam Of the old
races of Europe, a country with STRAIT
egic situation unequaled. Referring
to the attempt to find an entrance to
the Pacific in the Isthmus of Panama
he quoted DR.. Strong's expression
that God put ''time lock" on civila-
cation till the new world was ready
to go out and conquer the East for
Christianity.
DR.. Stuntz spent many years in
missionary work in India and he told
of the wonderful work done there in
civilizing the millions OF ignorant
natives. He himself led the great
fight which was made against the TAX
ing of mere children as wives in that
country. For months he led it through
the columns of paper he edited in
Calcutta, doing it in the very face of
death, and morning after morning
when he went to his Office he found the
4kull and cross bones on his desk as
sign that he was to be killed but he
finally triumphed with the assistance
of the better class of the inhabitants
and lived to see the victory he had
worked and prayed for so long. He
was also instrumental in securing the
abolishment of many other cruelties
which the natives practiced.
'The Philippines" he said, "were
oppressed by cruel customs and ig-
norance but message came across
the waters to an American in the
Orient and in few days he had
bought two new chips, had his lockers
filled with fresh ammunition, his vessels
coaled had sailed across to Manila
harbor and opened the way for
Christianity and civilization in the
Philippines. About this time Russia
was taking advantage of China's con-
dition and was bearing down on her
from the north attempting to fasten on
her The autocracy and superstition
and false ideas of civilization and
religion which characterize Russian
institutions. 1t was crisis in the
affairs of the Orient. The foreign
legations we're imprisoned in Pekin
and the future of 1.-THE nation was in
doubt. But again an American with
his troops sailed out, this time from
his stragetic position at Manila
where Providence had placed him,
and landed on the shores OF China.
The foreign troops we're in council.
The Japanese said we can never get
up to Pekin. 1t is a hard road and
we can't make it, Another general
said 'Imust wait for reinforcements,
and so on through the list till they
came to Adna II. Chaffee who quietly
remarked Il march on Pekin tomor.
row morning at 8 o'clock The little
japanese said We'll, if you are going
had just as we'll go to, and the other
generals lent their assistance. Once
again American troops furnished the
backbone of the force which was paw
ing the way for the new civilization,
and it was western American who
scaled the walls and first unfurled the
flag before Pekin."
Referring to the situation in the
Philippines at present DR.. Stuntz
said that the man who tries to call it
imperialism and opposes our occupa-