The farmer and mechanic., 1906-10-30


would indicate Tel geur people thst
I'D" Indians are grateful to ta-lu ter
the missionaries and teachers HI0u
lhey haze sent among us. AMI tel
them hpW feW these are in number
compared with our needs semi us
more. ani assure your people tEat E,..
america
This unsolicited testimonial To TT
good work of our missionaries an
teachers is entirely deserved The III
huencc Of Christianity upon th-
oiittt i@ vastly greater thun 9ue
would ttink il If church membership
We're the test. The stimulus which Isl
given 10 eastern thought is enormous
ana already tire Hindus Pursees ami
Nohammedans are Initiating the
methods Of the Christian world ana
establishing schools Independent Of the
government. The education of the
hrEs = proceeding mere rapidly than
tie education OF the girls bu; the
/ latter IS not entirely neglected One
Mohammedan woman of BOMBAY. OF
unusual mental strength and charar-
teF outlined Il plan which she Eaa
formed for establishing a school fol
lhe women Of her religious faith.
The Bombay meeung was in some
/ respects the most remarkable meet
ing that / eyer addressed Rev Mr.
\ Nell, an American. is pastor OF the
Methodist churcl in Bombay While.
IN Calcutta ] received q letter from
i i'm asking III" To deliver in Bombay.
III his church. the lecture entitled
i The Prince Of Peace" which | de-
4 liyered at Toxic and at Manila A.
! the time approached for the meeting.
T he concluded that his church would
+ not be large enough for the audience
/ and arranged to secure the town hall,
! which accommodates about 5000 peo-
! pie. He was somewhat fearful that
! this hall would be larger than neces-
sary. but it was the only audience
room that he could secure When
the time came for the meeting the
hall was not only filled to overflow
| ing, but the crowd outside was suca
that it was difficult for us to effect an
entrance. on the platform We're
prominent HindUS Mohammcdans and
! Parsees, and thrce-fourthS of the au-
dlencc. at least. were made up of non
Christian Indians. Yet these people
listened for more than an hour to d
defense of the Christian rcligion-lis-
tened rs attentively as any audience
ever listened to a political speech, AMI
when | went from the hall, the young
er men were maSScd along the way
and Cne@red as our people cheer dur
ing the campaign. The next day /
received q letter from one of the young
fmcn thanking me for shaking hands
with him as | passed out.
In the letters on India | have re-
ferred to the Presbyterian college at
lAllahabad. At Bombay we found 4
congregational school for boys and
! girls and q school for the blind. 1t
touches ones heart to see these sight
less little Indians cared for by Amer
lean philanthropy and under the
teaching of sympathetic friends made
more capable OF self support and
raised to a higher intellectual level
, than millions who can see. Many OF
, the children taken into these schools
; are orphans whose parents have died
during the famines. What a history
might be written if the events of THEN
, lives were put on record, and how
! much evidence would be furnished to
| those who endeavor to trace the prov
: idence of Cod in the lives Of indiVid-
: uals as wcll as in the course of ma
} tiOns.
: have in another article referred tC
, the work of the United Presbyterians
. IN the valley of the Nile. It would
! be difficult to over-estimate the inlu-
y lence which these pioneer Americans
G have exerted over the descendants Q
: the Pharaohs. The government l!
. lgiVing more and more attention to ed
{ ucational matters in Egypt but the
1 first work was done by the mission
0 aries. and no one can appreciate Wha
this work means who has not had al
opportunity to compare the boys anc
Y girls in the schools With the children
e who are growing up in ignorance out
: side. In Jerusalem the Catholic schoo
o for girls most interested US. and neeC
l. not add that the Catholic mission
+ aries have in many countries beer
It the first to risk their lives in tn
It spread Of the gospel and in the estab
a lishment Of schools, orphan asylum
and hospitals.
is In Syria and in Turkey the Amer
a leans are very active. For half
st century they have made Beyrout head
1t quarters, for Syria, and their churche
oil nXr.A1a I IN
! portion of Asia. At COnstantlnople
Is also, we met 4 large company of tn
i Representative of the various Ameri
.e can churches, and their schools hay
d been built on both sides of the Bos
u phorus.
l. Why spend money on foreign mis-
/ sions? II the oriental is happy i
1t his idolatry or in his worship Of Co
er through other religious forms, VIII
II disturb him? These questions ma
st one answer will suffice for the pur
l. pose of this article. The Christia
IS ideal Of life is the highest ideal. Their
a is no more beautiful conception G
life than that it is an overfloWin
IS spring. There is no true measure
Is greatness except the Christian meas
re ure. namely service. If this ideal
G. good enough for America, it is goo
re enough for all the world. If trEt
q must according to eternal law:
p triumph then this ideal must trump
l. over all lower ones. and how can
le triumph over lower ideals unless 1t
. brought into contact with them. !
: we see 4 man engaged in some use
81 III work, but la5oring With antquate
= tools, it is 4 kindness to him TO OF
~ ~ fer him an implement that viii mul
~ tply his effectiveness. If we see
~ man following q low ideal and max
=, ing but little of life. IS it not 4 kind
- ness to offer him a higher one WhIc
a. will not only multiply his usefulnes:
=. but his happiness as Well? If IN
O. Christian ideal is worthy to be fol
- lowed in America it is worthy 10 b
i presented III every lanu, ana eAP'l
. fence has shown that it is an idel
capable of being made universal. f.
os it has commended itself TO people c
e ieNery CLINE and of every tongue.
NJ But it is said that We must NJ