The Pacific commercial advertiser., 1906-11-18

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lister points out the philosophy of th'
efforts of the other two and presents
the conception of life which leads bott
medical missionary and teacher t
separate themselves from home anc
friends and devote themselves to peo'
pie who are connected with them only
by the primal ties which bind each
human being to every other.
! / shall long remember two meetings
which I addressed in India. One was
held under the auspices of the Young
Mems Christian Association at Allaha-
bad. one of the centers of the Hindu
religion. At the conclusion of my ad-
, dress an Indian arose and addressed
me as follows:
| Mr.. Bryan, you cannot judge Of the
| influence of Christianity upon our coun-
try by the number of church members.
The spirit cf Christ and the Christian
| ideal have made an impression far
| wider than membership would indicate.
Tell your people that the Indians
are grateful to them for the mission
aries and teachers whom they have
sent among US. and tell them how few
our needs. Send us more and assure
your people that we appreciate the
benefits received from America
A REMARKABLE MEETING AT
BOMBAY
This unsolicited testimonial to the
good work of our missionaries and
teachers is entirely deserved. The in
fluence of Christianity upon the Orient
is vastly greater than one would think
it if church membership were the test.
The stimulus which is given to East
ern thought is enormous, and already
the Hindus, Parsees and Mohamme-
dams are initiating the methods of the
Christian world and establishing
schools independent of the Government.
The education Of the boys Is pro-
ceeding more rapidly than the educa-
tion of the girls, but the latter is not
entirely neglected. One Mohammedan
woman of Bombay, of unusual mental
and character, outlined a plan |
which she had formed for blishing
a school for the women of her religious
faith. !
The Bombay meeting was in some
respects the most remarkable meeting
that 1 eyer addressed. The Rev. Mr.. !
Nell, an American, is pastor of the ,
Methodist church in Bombay
While in Calcutta / received a letter
from him asking me to deliver in Bonn
bay, in his church, the lecture entitled :
The Prince of Peace which 1 deliver
ed at Toxic and at Manila. AS the
time approached for the meeting he
concluded that his church would not be
large enough for the audience and ar
ranged to secure the town hail. which
accommodates about 5000 people
He was somewhat fearful that this
hall would be larger than necessary,
but 1t was the only audience room
hat he could secure. When the time
came for the meeting the hall Was not
only filled to overf1owing but the crowd
outside was such that it was difficult
FOR US to effect an entrance.
NON-CHRISTIANS ATTENTIVE.
On the platform were prominent Hin
ius, Mohammedans and Parsees, and
hree-fourthS of the audience at least
vas made up of non-Christian Indians.
Yet these people listened for more than
IN hour to a defence of the Christian
eligion-listened as attentively as any
audience ever listened to a political
peecIl, ana WnSn L went from the hall
he younger men were massed along
he way and cheered as our people
'heer during the campaign. /,
The next day 1 received letter from ,
me young man thanking me for shak- .
nS hands with him as 1 passed out ,
In the letters on India I hav. referred 1
o the Presbyterian college at Allaha- .
'ad. At Bombay we found a Congre- ,
rational school for boys and girls and
school for the blind.
ightless little Indians cared for by
american philanthropy, and under the
of sympathetic friends made
1ore capable of self-support and raised !
0 higher intellectual level u
Many of the children taken into these {
chools are orphans whose parents have z
led during the famines. What a his
Dry might be written if the events of
heir lives We're put on record and
ow much evidence would be furnished &
D those who endeavor to trace the (
rovidence of God in the tiNes of in
ividuals as wen as in the course of {
ations
IN EGYPT AND PALESTINE.
I have in another article referred to
le work of the United Presbyterians &
l the valley of the Nile. 1t would be
ificult to Overestimate the influence G
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