The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-10-26
LECTURE SERIES BEGIN
REV E. s. HUME, D D., SPEAKS
 1T YALE DIVINITY SCHOOL.

sions-Christfanity Uplifting Lower
 CIasses-Tremendous Changes in In
 dia Near at Hand-Christian Villages
 the Most Moral
 A series Of three lectures before the students and friends of the Yale Divtn- ity school was begun Monday after noon in the Marquand chapel, when the Rev. Edward s. Hume, D. D,, of Bombay, India, spoke on The Native Christian; His Influence and oppor- tunities'' The audience was rather small and the speaker did not touch upon certain points that he had origi- naIIy intended to. He was listened to very attentively and at the conclusion of the reading he was roundly applaud ed.
 Mir. Hume began by saying that 1t had often been said that the church was not as interested in foreign mis- sions as formerly. This he said was not SO. In fact the contrary was true, as at the present time more money and time is being spent in connection With \ foreign missions than ever before. Tn studying India there were several sig nif1cant things in regard to the coun- try that after a time would become ready apparent. The best educated people in India, for instance, especially the women, are always Christians, Tn fact, in India the Christian woman is fully the equal and companion of man. On the contrary the un-Christian wo- man is regarded even in her own country as Infinitely inferior to man both in intellect and in social equality. I MT. Hume then reviewed present conditions in India, saying that Chris tianity has been steadily uplifting the lower classes, and that they are begin hing to reach out voluntarily for help.
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 The native of India, he said, who is a
 man of character, is rising person and could compete with the best among the races of the world.
 He then reviewed in detail the social
 life of India, and said that tremendous
 changes were at hand. The people of the lower classes were rapidly rising,
 and that Christianity has the power to : elevate them to the level of the first people in the land. The old-time mis-
 sionaries, he said, were confronted
 with very peculiar conditions. He then
 said that many people failed to grasp the fact that people must first be edu-
 cated before they can actually take hold of the fundamental principles oi } Christianity
 The people were now being taught he said, a number of different trades
 which in time would bring them hnan, : cial compensation.
 . He then said that the Christiar standard was universally recognized as , the very highest standard, and sai( ' that he believed that the teachings o Jesus Christ were, generally believed in. Also that the influence of Chris
 tianity was a great help to the worner of the country and that many native followers of Christianity are worth. ] and successful. The villages wher' most of the Christians lived were il every instance the most moral anS cleanly.
 I He finished by giving a description of the terrible piagues from which In
 dia had sufferedi In all of these tn :, native Christians, through superio , knowledge, were enabled to keep fire : from all diseasealIt was hopd he said t that every one would strive to live ac t cording to Christian principles. n