The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1907-10-03
FOREIGN MAIL BAG.

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20. the far East. Like the etflores-
o.. the century plant, it seems to
..f3en unfolding, but forces have
.avlv working there for many
. -1 nr!ug about the present situa-
ue of the most potent of these
rs the missionary propaganda.
political or personal ends to
.. men and women have taken up
abode i'll non Christian lands to
- story of the founder of Chris
.-, and to present his teachings in
....- form through churches,
AIS hospitals, and various other
Or blessing and uplifting hu-
r, Continued effort on their
far nearly a century has made a
maression. Nations are begin
70 see the superiority of civil
In that is rooted in Christianity,
...e of them, notably China, are
,u.g III cir systems of education to
and raore with our own. The type
av- men and women trained in
.i- -ehools have been an object
M, ch they could not ignore.
14 .. lie first societies to start this
,,g-a in foreign lands was the
. Board of Commissioners for
.a Missions. Its headquarters
sJon, and it represents the
-r.st:.onal churches of the United
.,s Il has force of 900 workers
scattered all over the face
, .e, who are fully alive to the
Z of this new awakening in
5~.rt. Their letters are filled
sIiring stories of wide-open
+, opportunity. Here are a few
..t. ndicate the situation:
WE SULTAN YIELDS.
t-a ears of vexatious restrictions
nst .lnost every kind of missionary
% turkey, the government has
tically withdrawn its oppo-
n Ihis means that our colleges,
n- hospitals, orphanages and
f.. .a-titutions will be able to prose-
. -.r work much more advantage
. IN ever before. President
sr and our State Department,
.,. FORTS, with those of Ambassa-
t- man, have brought about this
" suit, are in hearty sympathy
.gn missions. The American
m now the only society of its
turkey. 1t has half dozen
e-r here, besides other higher in
r-0s If learning. These furnish a
< rs for steady and permanent
yves. IN that burdened country.
ALE PRESIDENT IN JAPAN.
b, lew president of the college in
u Hav. Tasuku Harada, is gradu-
ale University, and has been
a- e lecturers at Lahore college
.Ma The institution of which he
,r auored head was started by the
scau Board in 1875, and was called
losdlsha, meaning Company of
Eljeavor." The Board no longer
isles a grant, but provides two
lo devote their time to teaching
ID. besides furnishing teachers
theological department. More
0o young men have been stu
IS the Doshisha, some of whom
. come influential in government
If all countries responded as
ss as Japan to missionary intlu-
coming of Christ's kingdom
greatly FASTENED.
CHINESE PRESS FRIENDLY.
gniticant that newspaper of
ding of the North China Daily
Is loud not only give full reports
Missionary conference lately
Shanghai, but should add edi-
! omments of a highly favorable
Ter. 1t assured its readers that
ern China held the missionaries
nor and esteem" The whole
r If the native press shows that
r. er outbreaks occur, as they do
from time to time, it is
eElIession of feeling against the
a~ty rather than against foreigners.
Bal is awakening to national self
a process that always
rs more or less disturbance
'y any people.
A TYPICAL YANKEE.
fa Of the best-known journalists in
don said recently that he knows
onally six men who decided to be-
p tOreign missionaries from reading
lie of Henry Martyr. Hundreds
? been Influenced to make a similar
ce from reading biography, and
ERA literature is particularly rich
YES of men who have made their
K IN service to humanity, both at
e and abroad. A brief character
eh of Cyrus Hamlin, typical
see, who was said to be proficient
2teen trades and professions" has
neen issued by the American
I'D. and is brimful of stirring Incl
!. The twenty-five pages are fairly
tlc with interest.
ROYAL GIFTS.
Z. violence of the change i'll senti-
towards foreign missionary work