New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-08-11
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CALLS FOR STEWARDSHIP.
DR.. Pierson gave a few statistics which he had
gathered Out every 81 600 spent in this country
$3.50 is spent for food. s21S for clothes, which in
cludes kid Gloves tobacco $780, education. $50. and
missions g. or exactly the same amount as is paid
for ostrich feathers He regretted the secular spirit
that has crep into the churches. and won applause
from the audience when he said man who is not
a Christian has more business being a trustee
of church than he has being pastor If he is not
a Christian. He closed his sermon with an appeal
for revival of stewardship. the idea that every
thing belongs to God His present idea, he said,
seemed to be that owned everything and If
God got anything he ought to feel happy. There
be a higher conception of the grandeur of
self-sacrifce. There must be a holy zeal.
The afternoon service was presided by the
Rev. DR.. Henry c. Mabie. secretary of the Baptist
Missionary Union The speakers were five mis-
sionaries serving in different parts of the world.
The Rev. Dr. William Ferguson, of India; the Rev.
VI. B. Kirkpatrick. M. D.. Of Burmah; the Rev.
James Cantine, of Arabia Miss Sarah Gardner, of
Japan. and DR.. w. H. Leslie. of Central Africa.
The service at $50 o'clock was addressed by the
Rev. Willis Hotchkss. missionary in Central
Africa In the most modest manner he told of
how many times he had looked at the raised spears
of the natives when without any show of force on
his part, they had put them down. He made a
plea for enthusiasm for Jesus Christ.
who are attending the conference sat the plat
form The following spoke two minutes each Civ
incident: The Rev S, S. Snyder, of Japan; Ste
Wellington White. of China; DIR. Carleton of India;
the Rev. Lawrence Reynolds, of Mexico; Mrs. Car
owen owen, A. Pohiman and Miss McMinn, Of Canton
China; the Rev G. H HePtonstaii' Of BpFFmahi the
Wells and Mrs Crosby H. Wheeler. of armenia;
China Mrs W. L. Ferguson, of India; Mrs. Fan
ME Jessup Swain, the Rey w / Lar1n and the
Haskell. of Burmah; Mrs. Altmans Mrs. N. B.
Kirkpatrick, Thomas B. Ironsides and Dr. ]. Henry
House. of Salonica, Turkey.
DR. PENTECOsT ON ASIA.
The Rev. DIR. Pentecost spoke on the Orient say
ing
1t is not my purpose to give any details of work
In the Orient, but to set forth the background of
the d US s Sa ne 6eor of NE is hh9 mis- IS
that it has to do only with the rescue Of the ind
do also with nations as such IN all departments
BY the Orient is understood generically all Asia;
but statesmen and politicians have divided the ORR,
the Far East which latter includes India. China
and Japan For our purpose we may pTac CT ally
white 70 and with The light cooTed races have
rope and America to and with Asia and especially
The centre Of the worlds political interest is not
in Berlin, London. Washington, but in Peking.
The ggsSGFn not 10y b fs Mf 40 we ~ do
with 400 Oo9 GOO Of Cinnamon; or, possibly what
foolish man who did not consult that side or the
I have said this question has become acute. and
it is certain that ii will tax all the wisdom.
rebteosness ~ the West It tberefore Becomes
every serious minded Englishman and American
that is to say, every serious minded Anglo Saxon
to study well and with care the whole question IN
the factor of Christianity cannot be left out The
question must be studied not alone with reference
light Of past history present political conditions,
and the future civilization Of the world,
Asia in China? Not decadent or dying races
doomed to pass away before the advancing civilza,
Africa. the Pacific Islands. Australia: North and
people who for many more centuries than Europe
has boasted her civilization have been a highly
self-contained people and sufficient law unto
themselves. Not a race of barbarians and ignorant
point Of view imperfeetly civilized People older
than ourselves. in many respects our equals and
a much less highly developed people.
POWER OF CHINA
Their Territory.-If we think of conquest we must
Europe Russia excepted Inaccessible to armies and nd
far from the Their Vast Numbers-Iooked AT
awakened she could easily put into the field and
6SoppSrJ elgny m14n soldiers and Chinese Cor
Chinese for military service. Japan has already
sent cold chill down the back Of Russia and un-
man for man, the Chinaman would make as good
possible for the combined armies and navies of
men to g "a ~ Ua ~ %ouG taHe one million
But the problem before us is not one OF mere
intellectual life, which is the inner side OF their
civilization. Their Literature-The sacred Sanscrit
Is the mother of all European languages. We can
not forget ignore the Vedantic philosophv and
the whole Vide literature Of India nor 10 pursue
the catalogue further, the writings of Buddha
Confucius. LaotZe and those of other dstIngushei
men in Japan we'll. The allied armies were
amazed at the rise and extent Of the royal library
within the inner city.
Their Art-Architecture The creators OF the Tai
and the Alhambra, their magnificent TEMPLES and
mosques. their palaces and their tombs Their
pottery, porcelains and china the LACQUER and
carved worries, their decorative furniture thajr
hronzes and their steels. the Damascus blade ana
the Japanese sword their chain armor and tbei-
mail their silks their satns and their wonderful
emnroideries In Japan. at least. their drawing
ana painting and all the decorative arts even
that of horticulture and landscape architeet,,re
and gardening In everything but sculpture they
are close rival and in some departments our
superiors. Their point Of view may be different
put their art is undenable. They have science
agriculture. engineering, navigation. astronomy
ana mathematics and commerce.
RELIGION AND ETHICS.
II Is true they deficient in the practical
sciences, or the West They seem not to have
learned how TO lay hold of and harness the forces
oI nature as we do I'm the West. They have never
invented steam engine telephone neither
ga we until a century ago. On the other hand
Iey seem TO be able TO accomplish engineering re-
suits without our machinery. and can beat us In
many ways at our trade. -
II We taunt the Chinese with HIS lack OF prartfcsl
~-AEAGe. ne may turn and taunt ls with tha