The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-11-28
CHINESE MISSIONARY.
THE REV. MR. MOSHER OF
 SHANGHAI.

Describes Method of Christianizing the
 Chinaman at St. Paurs Church-Dif-
 ferent Stages of the Work--China
 Facing Greatest Crisis in Its History
 Solution of Its Process.
 The preacher at St. Pauls Protestant Episcopal church at the morning ser vice yesterday was the Rev. Gouv- erneur Mosher. a missionary at Shang- hai, China. The Rev. MT. Mosher spoke lon the missionary work in China and the method in which it is conducted.
 He commenced with the statement that there was a very prevalent mis- comprehension that our missionary duty in China was to go there and evangelize the land But this he de-. clared was not the true conception. Our duty is rather to go there and es- tablish a branch of the catholic church, which, because of it's peculiar fitness. will ultimately be able to evangelize s '. 2 ; zEH it's own land
 Now, the question which you will ask and which I am going to endeavor to answer to-day. is, tHow do you go;tos work to make a Christian of China. man who has never heard of Christi"
 The first method employed in reach ing these people, the first point of con- tact, is what is known as the preach ing course. For this purpose rooms are. rented in the busiest districts of the. city, where preaching services are held. No hymns or prayers are used in these services, the feature being the preach ing. The rooms are fitted up very sim ply, the walls frequently being covered with scrolls containing Biblical texts or sayings of Chinese philosophers, and also pictures from the Old and New .testarflentss The object is to make the room as attractive to Chinamen as pos sible, so as to whet his curiosity suf- ficiently to entice him in. Curiosity is one of the characteristics of the Chin .ese, which is a very useful thing for the missionary. The orlental's idea of etiquette does not prevent him from walking in. Here they express their own ideas freely and aloud on the preachers views, and never hesitating to express their own views if they dis agree with those of the preacher. This is just what is desired.
 Of course many of these passersby who have been attracted in are never touched, and being once gone are seen no more, but a few are impressed
 These are then taken to what is known in the system as the guest room, z which is the second point of contact, and very important part of the work. This. is furnished and used like a regular Chinese reception room and Chinese etiquette prevails. Here a teaching course begins. The Chinaman is intensely interested in our western life, science, learning and education. He considers England and America as the foremost nations Of the world X Then the courselof history is pointed out to him, and endeavorsaare made to show him that wherever Christianity has been most purely preached, and it's precepts most strictly followed in ac- tual life, there is the most highly civ ilized nation. Then the application of this lesson is made. He is told tha! to advance the interests of his native land it must become a Christian nation.
 Those who have become sufficiently interested to desire earnestly to become Christians are enrolled as enquirers, in which rank they stay for at least six months. The two main requirements of this class are regular attendance at church once a week, and regular at tendnce at the class of instruction once a week. T% .+
 The instruction in this class consists in learning the ten commandments by heart and learning to explain them.
 For a Chinanan to embrace Christi- anity he must struggle against the tide of life about him. The two main in centives in a Christian land for man to be a Christian are the temporal and spiritual benefits which will result. But these do not apply to chinaman. h.