The daily sentinel., 1907-02-02

the world. sacred with the associa-
tions of "the Man of Galilee.
One spot rarely mentioned by the
traveller which interested him most
was in Palestine. OF $4,000 people
who landed in Egypt in 1905. less
than 1000 visited Palestine, and not
more than 1000 made the trip to the
famous sea of Galilee where the
mightiest works of the Savior were
! performed. And he ventured the
statement that less than one hund-
red visited the Mount of the Beati-
tudes where the Sermon on the
Mount was preached. This spot is
even hard to find. He felt sure
that it would be honored more In fu-
ture. He emphasized this because
men are coming to think more of the
Sermons on the Mount and will think
more in years to come. Formerly it
had been the custom to dwell on i'm
mortality. Now life itself is being
preached and the necessity of fit
ting people to do good in this life.
He told of visiting the Himalyas.
the highest mountains in the world ]
and he could hardly realize that they
are twice as high as the Rockies of
America. One of the grandest por-
tions of his descriptive lecture was
the description of sunrise he and his
family witnessed on the Himalyas.
For person to witness such a scene
and not be impressed more than ever
with the presence of an Almighty Be-
ing would be almost impossible.
He described the temples he had
visited in Asia and Europe-the
great works of the early Buddhists.
the ruins of the Nile. of Baalbec. the
Altar of Heaven outside Peking, and
many others. He had seen the great
oathedrals of Europe and did not af-
ter all love less the little church
where he worshipped in his Nebras-
ka home. He was thankful that his
God was one that could be worshiped
in a plain little church.
He told of the immense stones,
some weighing eight and nine hund-
led tons, he saw in the walls of some
of these ruins, and how he marveled
over the fact that the people thou
sands of years ago possessed means
of moving such huge stones and plac-
ing them in walls. stones that mol
present power of man can move in the
least.
Mr.. Bryan spoke upon the idolatry
Of CHINA advance L.. o1ll
things and the awful. degrading in
fluences that the doctrine of Con-
fusius had upon the country. He
spoke of the negative meaning of the
Golden Rule of Confucus. He stat
ed that there is every difference in
the world between the Golden Rule
of Confucuius and the Golden Rule
laid down by Christ. Confucius said
laid down by Christ. Confusuius said
do not unto others as you would not
have them do unto you" Christ's |
Golden Rule was positive. "Do ye un-
to others as ye would have others do
unto you" The latter expressed
helpfulness, the former a state of
passive harmlessness. Under this
rule China has Jagged behind all the
rest of the world.
Japan is now undergoing n great
crisis. She has borrowed much from
our civilization in the way of ideas
of education and government. 1t
remains to be seen whether she Will
accept in the spirit our religion or
will merely attempt to get the outer
husk of symptoms without adopting
the underlying principles.
The horrors of superstition in Ind
ia were described at length by the
speaker. The burning CHATS. the at
trocities of the fakirs were dweit up
on as well as the beauties of the coun-
try and some of its great works such
as the Tai Mnhal.
Mr.. Bryan declared the horrors
existing in India are worse than he
ever dreamed of and his statements
certainly gave evidence of the appal-
ing conditions in that part of the
world. He rejoiced in the fact that
light is being turned by Christian
people and civilized nations upon
the dark countries of the Old World.
The speaker told of the foods,
dress and other customs of the Old
World. These subjects gave oppor-
tunity for many humorous incidents
regarding his experiences.
The position of women, on which
Mr.. Bryan feels keenly. occupied n
good portion of his time. In the
Orient, woman, he said. had always
occupied an inferior position. Condi-
tions, however. were improving and
the rays of civilization are falling
more kindly upon the sex. In Japan
their condition was much improved.
In China they are in an inferior place
and progress is slow, In India 1t is
The evils of child
and the thousands of little
girl widows made a deplorable situa-
lion.
ssAfta,. a1i oafd Mr. sAI-II