Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-05-06

Anglo-SnSon civilization, The noted
anthropologlst, In a lecture to his elu-
dents, declared that the religious rites
OF the heather were moro tolerant than
the Christian religion, which he termed
too "intolerant," thereby working In
jury TO the, normal state Of primitive
peoples Fancy drinks, rum shoes, sim
shirts ana alarm clocks he named az
some OF the Dement'S Anelo.sason lntcr'
ference had given 20 heathcn nations
ana those he declared 'tbe ridiculous
monuments OF our moddlins,'
lic continued op quoted In the chi.
cngo Record Herald
"rhere " not barbarouH race IN the
world that we have not irlod TO onlight-
| en- and convert. There IN hardly 10 be
found o population 30 small that we
have not carried the torch OF learning
TO lt--neyer failing 10 bring back the
cnah, We Wish 10 convert these bar.
| baroua peoples Therefore our religion,
which II an intolcrnnt religion, holding
| that there In nothing but everlasting
| damnatlon for those who do not happen
| TO have heard OF II, sends lts mission.
aries 10 foreign shores, II In oil q mis-,
| take, An African living In an African
hut after an African fashion II likely
| 20 be better man than he would be
after the Anglo-saxo introduced his
religion. his surface civilization and hle
rum, We think we are tho chosen OF
dod. II Ia my belief that tho real worth
Of the different races one ana the
| same but because We think we are In
| tho lead we teach the heather q great
number Of new drlnlp, for which they
probably worc plnng We are the most
meddlesomo race that ever existed, we
NEEDLE everywhere, ana II IL the al.
mighty dollar that IN the reason for our
meddlng, That IA the watchword OF
the Anplo.Haxons, our missionary WORK
IN simply meddlng"
That " u severe indictment on tho
sociaron missionary activity but
anyone familiar with the manner In
which that missionary IA called, cducat-
cd, paid, and then has noticed his zeal
very often nnwse, 10 Darn his pay
must ADM, that Prof starr Ia but too
near the truth. The missionary, sent 20
places whore no IN not wanted ana too
pfoiudcod TO make friends when he
gets there, IL certain TO become mod.
dor with AFFAIRS tina, do not concern
him, TO earn his salary,
Professor starr charges especially
that the own Of drunkenness follows m
the wake Of the missionaries, Re.
Gently most pathetic appeal was
made by nh African prince to the
christian" world IN behalf Of his
country, the Vel territory, on the
western coast Of Africa, lie objects
TO the European claim that his country
II no longer his, because discovered"
by Europeans, nut he objects still
more TO the moral corruption that has
| set In with civilization ON tha
point h. argues. IN an article In the
century
"Tho Vices OF civilization are ns de.
| grading AZ ia virtues are uplifting
yet II II an acknowledged fact that
| these Vices have been introduced IN
| the African continent entirely by Eu'
| ropcan representatives. Al who have
| Travelled on our continent win bear me
| out In the assertion that there " n
| remarkable contrast morally between
| the natives of the coast and those OF
| the interior This IL owing simply to
I the fact that the people on the coast
have been domorollsed by the Vices OF
| civilization from European sources, AZ
| an Instance, IN none Of the various ma
| tive dialects with which | ann aoquolnt'
| ed, about eighteen IN number are there
any words with which To curse on
| swear ana when one hears n profnno
word, II ls always IN English German,
| or other foreign language, Tho absence
~ these words surely shows u great 70.
epeot for religion Again, polygamy
II praolIcod Just ~ much by Europeans
ns by natives, although against their
| own laws ma coda ~ morality, |
| know that IN Europe there nrc noble
| mon and noblo women, | know, too,
| that the homo governments ara not
| aware Of these nefarl0ua practices, Hut
| I nlso know that travellers and resi-.
dents, ns well M colonial officers or
| those governments are aware OF them,
ana vet nothing, 80 far, has been done
| 10 protect the virtue Of our women,
"lNrom actual calculation I ma tina |
nearly onc-hnlf OF the goods Imported
into my territory " In the form ~
| llQuor and that of the very worst ana
| most injurious kind, The native has
nm idea that everything the white man
uses and exports must necessarily bo
| good nnd nm essential element IN olvlll-
| cation, II Ia therefore common Ia
| mud n man who N poor aud not able
| 10 vet suflolont llluor on which 20 get
| drunk rubbing n drop ON his head OF
| hla mustncho In order that people may
smol n ana cali him civilized, Tho
| ovl practice hne already been intro.
| duccd into everything II the present
| policy continues, we can not fight "a
men should against tho wrong. The
| poison " fnet doing lts deadly work,
and IN few years there WIN bo none
| Of ua loft to resist tho oppressOrs llu,
our blood win bc ON their honde, 0nd
VIII cry to heaven for vengeance
An appeal llko that ought 10 rive
our foreign missionary boards SUBJECTS
for serious reflection,
Thcro must be some valid reason Tor
the slow progress Of Christian mission
aries, M compared 20 Mohommcdanlsm
for instance, Africa, whore Christian.
ny nourishcd IN tho early centuries
has II II estimated, sO,OOO,OO0 Moham-
mediums and the number IA daily I'm.
creoslng while so'callcd Christian
missionaries reap but SLIGHT returns
liut, the Arabs draw no color line he.
tween themselves ana negroes, liencC
they can be olvilIsing force IN thC
Dark Continent Wherever the mosque
rises, the fetish hut falls Prayers d
| Alluh are reoltcd IN place OF inonntO'
,Ionu to idols Honor chastity clean
Illness -Moslom vlrtuos'--suporpod thu
violence, the trcNchcry the immoral
| ny tho nllhiness Of savage lie, Con-
vcrls are taught 10 weave cloth. tC
work iron, to mako eorthonwarc, ,C
cultivate the soil to engage IN trade
They are not taught TO drink whisky
II IN little wonder, therefore, that In,