The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-07-15
DO NOT BELIEVE
WAR WILL COME


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connected with the mission in Ceylon is
a name that has become endeared To
/ the people of Honolulu, and which !
believe Is destined to become still more
dear. 1t is that of Scudder, the great
est missionary family of modern times.
In 1916 John Scudder. against the
strong opposition of his father and
mother, went as the first medical mis-
sionary of the American Board, and
one of the first medical missionaries of
any board, to Ceylon. There he labor
ed and wrought mighty works. He
was the father of eleven sons and
daughters who lived to maturity, every
one of whom engaged in missions. One
of them, after years OF missionary
work. became one Of Americas great
est pulpit orators, and built up Central
Congregational church OF Brooklyn, in
many respects the greatest Congrega-
tionaI church in America. Many of the
third generation, including him who is
to become your pastor, have gone INTO
the mission field And some of the
fourth generation have already gone, or
are about to go, into the field,
II saw there the old homestead where !
the family lived, where the children |
were born, where work for the Master /
was done The walls were in compare |
lively good repair, but the roof was in .
ruins. Addressing the people of the
church there, some of the elders of
whom sat under the ministry of the
elder Scudder. I spoke to them of this
and offered that if they would bear
lalf the expense of repairing and set Il
ing in order the old house, 1 would
see that the remainder of the money Il
vas raised. It was an impulsive
speech, imprudent for any officer of a
board to make, but I have
never been sorry that I made it.
Within twenty minutes after I had
made it, the people there took up my
,ffer
Il have time to mention but one more
lame in connection with our Ceylon
mission. Miss Agnew, a woman OF
means and fashion in New York, felt
allied to the work of the Master in
his distant field, and when after many
ears of usefulness they carried her to
Ter rest, the natives said, She was the
mother of a thousand daughters It
; said that of the thousand girls who
raduated from the school while she
vas at the head of it, there was not
ne who was not a believer in Chris
ianity and who did not seek to follow
n Christ's footsteps. If that is true it 4
a marvellous record.
In the Philippine Islands the work
f the American Board has not been
arrfed on in a very businesslike man.
er That will be remedied. Our field
5 Mindanao, a region two-thirds as
arge as the State of New York and
With a population of 1000. Our
Iethodst brethren have done marvel
us work in the Philippines, and so
ave some other missionary boards.
Turkey / consider the most difficult
mission field: China is the greatest. I
elieve that her population can not be
ar from 400 600, 000, one-fourth of that
, the whole world The country is al
1ost the size of the continent of Eu-
ope. How can you expect to convert
ne world and leave China out? II
Think of the antiquity of the coun-
". Think of country that invented
rinting and gunpowder before Amer
"a was discovered. That 200 years be-
lre our era, built the great wall, the
reatest single piece of work ever I'M
ertaken. General Grant, who saw it, 4
alculated that it had taken more days
ork to build it than it had taken to .
uild all the railroads then in the
nited States. I have good news to
I'll: China is open to the gospel, ap- 1
arently in all its parts
DR.. Creegan then gave running ac-
punt of his travels through China and
: the late missionary conference at
hanghai, closing with his statement
{ the opinions Of the congregational =
apanese of Japan regarding the rela-
ons of their country with America.