The Savannah morning news., 1903-02-16
IN HEATHEN LANDS.
Rev. w. w. Hudson on Christ for
China and China for Christ.

Rev. w. w. Hudson on Christ for
China and China for Christ.
The services at the Independent
interest yesterday. Rev. w. H. Hud-
son, one of the missionaries of the
church in China, preached. He was
accorded a most cordial reception.
Christ For China and China For
Christ" was his theme.
Every sane, intelligent Christian"
said Mr.. Hudson. lis constrained to
have a reason or reasons for the faith
that is in him Mr.. Hudson rested
the validity of his appeal to the Chris
tian's conscience upon the following
arguments:
Pie Spirit of Prophecy.
ain general the inspired records
Open" he said, with a statement of
the irrepressible conflict between the
seed of the serpent-the symbol of all
manifested forms Of evil, and the seed
of the woman. the son of man-Jesus
Christ the personal leader of all forces
that make for righteousness. The iuni-
versal, age to age conflict involves the
bruising of the serpent's head, the vi
tai spot. and the bruising of human
ity's heel an inconvenient but not
mortal wound.
The Messianic Psalms predict the
Redeemer and the Redeemer's kingdom
in equal terms. He came and His king
dom is coming just as surely. In par
ticular, Isaiah 1912 speaks of these
from the land of Sinim. The prophet
who could foresee the Man of Nazareth
so clearly also saw the Chinese stream
ing into the kingdom of Christ, thus
forestalling2 specific objections to mis-
sion work in China.
The Spirit of Providence.
Speaking broadly, the hand of ON
impotence set the bounds of the Chinese
in far-away country, practically in
accessible and indifferent to the world
at large. Chinese development in arch
itecture. civil and military engineering
arrested at an advanced stage, crys-
talized and left them impotent to af-
feet the world because they lacked the
altruistic instinct they would not and
so as heather could not use Alright the
forces that make for righteousness.
Specifically, the finger of God is seen
in overruling the treaties with West
ern powers so that diplomatic, consular
and commercial agents were restricted
to the so-called "open ports" while
missionaries who "eXhort men to be
good" were allowed access to every
province, prefecture and district of the
empire. -.
The Spirit of Progress.
christianity lays the foundation for
all social and material advancement.
Witness the power of Protestant Ger
many, Great Britain and the United
States of America. Westward the
course of empire takes its way" See
Japan and the. Philippines training the
forces of progress at the right and left
TANKS of conservative China. Note
Russian railways coming down from
the north, the Indian empire pressing
in from the west and France from the
south, China must wake up or
break up" Our planet is growing
small we are neighbors to the yellow
man and the black man. Speaking
morally, Chinese heathenism is like
the yellow fever; African degradation,
the smallpox. The white race bows
beneath the burden. as Mr.. Kipling
suggests. The failure of the Christian
Church TO carry the blessings of the
Gospel to corrupt China and degrad-
ed Africa will involve our civilization
in one common. irretrievable moral
ruin"
Mr.. Hudson then made. spe-
cial plea for extending the work begun
as the Arson memorial, a Christian
school that commenced with three boys,
then five, later ten, now crowded to it's
utmost capacity. In its walls already
are some Of the future teachers doctors
and preachers of the coming China, al
ready some OF the smartest business
men in the Independent Presbyterian
Church have. said The Arson Memo
rial must be enlarged"
Will Remain Here Week.
Mr.. Hudson will spend the coming
week with the congregation. He will
speak tonight at the Second Presby-
terrain Church at SIS o'clock. To-mor-
row, Tuesday, at 4;30 p. m, Mrs. Hud-
son will address the ladies in the lee
ture room of the Independent Church.
To this service the ladies of all the
churches, who are interested in foreign
missions, are cordially invited to at
tend. Mr.. Hudson will speak Wednes-
day night in the lecture room of the In
dependent Church. at $3.50 O'Clock. and
again at the same place Thursday aft
ernoon. at 4:30 O'Clock.