The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-07-06

JOUU ia.
The young men of the world, are tn
promise of the world 5 strength an
progress, and the sacred writer aC
dresses himself to them, because the
are strong, and are able to overcome
Many of the young of the Far Eas
are now entering into their heritag
of strength and power. When we re
member that in these far eastern coun
tries of China, Japan and Korea, ar
found more than one-fourth of all thu
young life of the world, it may be O
interest to learn something more a
to their present conditions and futur,
possibilities.
! The great worlds conference Of
young students, recently held in Toxic
Japan, was distinctively Oriental, the
larger part of the 500 or more dele
gates being young men of eastern Asia
| And as they met together in Christian
Federation, with the meu from twenty
five different countries, by their spirit
of unity, of prayer, and of the mighty
power of the Holy Spirit, they showed
that they possessed the strength of the
indwelling word of God. These Chris
tian young men of the Far East are now
joining hand and heart with the young
men from the west, in a mighty, de-
termined, constant effort to evangelize
the great nations of Asia 1t is in
, great movement like this, that we
have the promise of a future world
peace, when the East and the West will
meet in true friendship, and Christian
brotherhood.
This worlds federation now en-
braces nearly thirty countries, with an
entire student population of some $780,
600, and a combined Christian student
brotherhood of 10000. Think of the
influence of this extensive missionary
movement on the church of the future,
not only in the Far East but in western
lands. The conquest of the world for
Christ is the great work of the church.
and the fundamental object of her
very existence. The command given to
the early church: eco evangelize all
nations" does not indicate simply
side issue, but it gives the great divine
object for which the church was estab-
lished. The conference in Toxic
brought most forcibly this important
work of the church before the young
men of the East, and they are ready
now t. do their share. One young man
of Japan in his welcome to the con
ference, voiced his hope for the future
in the following words:
Dare we hope that convocation
of this kind, called in the high cause
of religion-of the religion of good
will to men, of practical service to all
having no respect of persons or races
every ready to help in any work of
moral Improvement and social anne
lioration-professing the name of Peace
dare we hope, say; that gathering
of this kind may be fruitful of vast |
and far-reaching results in bringing
closer together the East and the West, |
and in bringing about the permanent
peace of the world, which Japan de-
sires, more earnestly than yourselves.
"Though the faith you profess is
still strange to most of US, we know
from its history that it has always |
aimed at the uplifting of humanity, and
it is on this broad, common or lund of
humanity that we meet you today; more
particularly, is it in the interests OF
the Far East that we greet you. -
Another young man from Korea, Mr..
Rung Chi Ho, spoke eloquently Of the !,
wonderful possibilities for the young
nan in the Far East. He said:
I'VE must look for the essential at
tributes of young man, in the realms
If intellect, of ethics and of spirit. In
hort energy, the spirit of improve
nent or renovation and progressiveness
ire for all practical purposes the. es- |
'ential characteristics Of a Young man. |
While inertia, staetsaaon, and retro |
sression are those of an old man. If |
H ms is fres, man may be young at |
TO- ~ old at II, according to which at |
tributes characterize him most.
Instead of taking up the magnificent |
work of the ancient young man and |
carrying it forward by fresh inven- |
tons, fresh discoveries, and constant |
improvements. our fathers during the |
past 20 or more centuries, fell into the !
habit of thinking that because such |
and such sages or scholars or phil |
osophers had lived so many hundred |
years ago, they must be all old men
in their turn.
Starting from this misconception
our fathers of the old east, transform
ed the world they lived in into a man
of old men. The watchword
of the old east was Backward-Ho!
Let the dead bury the dead. Be
fruitful, replenish the earth and subdue
it. This is the message which Chris
tianity has brought to the young men
of the new east.
Finally my fellow citizens of the
new east-citizens of no mean city
in no spirit of bombast but with all
humiliation I say. forty centuries look
down upon US. Clouds of witnesses
are watching US. In the fact of such
responsibility who is there that does
not cry out with Paul, The Young Man