The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-04-29
At THE CHURCHES
Visiting Ministers and Mis-
sionaries Delight Their
Hearers Sunday.

On Sunday morning Rev. Charles ID.
Meigs, the International Convention Visi-
tor to the State Sunday School Associa-
ton meeting at Kinston this week, vsi-
ted several Sunday Schools, making short
talks to the teachers and pupils His
main address was made at the Taber-
nacle, upon the following general topic:
why am l in the Sunday School
work?"
First, because / am a Christian.
The second reason was belief in the
Bible.
His third reason was his love for the
children. This division of his subject
was elaborated with peculiar skill and
with much force.
At p. m. a moetldGnof Raleigh town
ship Sunday School Convention was held
at the Presbyterian church. Mr.. John
E. Ray called the meeting to order, Rev.
]. p. Adams offered prayer, and then Mr..
Meigs was introduced.
The theme of his address was How
to Teach With Chalk and Pencil" He
told of poor teaching, of good teaching,
and of best teaching. Mr.. Meigs dwelt
specially on the power of teaching
through the eye-that which we see can
not so easily pass through the head as
that which we hear. The message can
go in one ear and out the other, but
net SO with the eyes.
At night at the Tabernacle Baptist
church a good audience heard Mr. Meigs
in his very interesting address on THE
Boy Problem" He believed the boy
ought to have these four things done for
him-love him, trust him, feed him and
work him.
At the conclusion of his address Mr..
Mcigs conducted a round table of ques-
tions and answers, on Sunday School
management and methods.
Rev. l.. B. Ridgely of Wuchang, China,
preached two sermons on Sunday and de-
livered lecture yesterday evening.
Sunday morning at Christ church his
sermon was largely directed toward re-
moving the popular objection to foreign
missions. The Chinese, he exclaimed,
were not so much opposed to our re-
ligion, but to every thing that was for
eign. The educated Chinese are largely
followers OF Confucius, and one of his
doctrines was that everything foreign
was on a lower plane from the subjects
of the son of Heaven, the Chinese EN-
peror. Confuscius was an agnostic, He
never went beyond this world.
The Chinese themselves are becoming
more appreciativc of the good effects of
Christianity. The preacher gave many
illustrations of the corruption in Chinese
politics.
At night at the Church of the Good
Shepherd Mr.. Ridgely told charmingly OF
the experiences he had had personally
with the Chinese of his own station, and
some of their peculiar religious customs
and services how they bury their dead,
and how they revere their departed an
cestors and watch over the graves. They
were much surprised at the way the
Christians put flowers on the graves of
some of their dead. as they thought the
Christians had forgotten them altogether.
He described the inside of one of the
Temples of Buddha with it's ten statues
representing the different Buddhism.
Yesterday evening the lecture was at
St Mary's School, to the young ladies.
This was not so much a religious talk
as an entertaining one on the history
and customs, social habits, dress, etc,
of the Chinese women. The binding of
the feet, he said, was not so painful as
one supposed, being done when the chill
dren are very young, and merely pre-
venting growth. He gave a very inter
esting account of the marriage relations
in China, and the condition of Chinese
women.
Rev. John Huske, gormerly arch
deacon of this diocese, now of New burgh,
N. Y, where he is the rector OF the
church, preached a most able sermon at
the Church of the Good Shepherd Sun
day morning. His text was for Third
Colossians, IF We then be wiser with
Christ seek those things %heh fS'e
above" He took four verses from this
chapter and from them taught the les
son that it was better to lay up riches
above than to have them here on earth,
as these we gain here we leave, "--..e
those in heaven are always there for us.
His sermon was brief but beautiful and
Lis congregation was most aPrreviative.
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