The Hawaiian gazette., 1907-02-12
PROTESTANTS
WINNING OUT

Throughout the Woriu. Sush was tht
announcement In brief made at the
Central Union church last night by the
Reverend Howard Agnew Johnston
ID. D., who is in the city on his return
to the mainland from tour OF the
world, during which he visited the
American missions In all parts of Eu-
rope and Asia He returns impressed
with the amount OF good work that
has been accomplished and more 30
with the still greater amount that re-
mains vet TO do
Central Union was crowded at the
service last night, many who attended
having tn stand M during the greater
part of the evening. The girls of Ka-
mehameha were present in a body, as
we're also the classes from Oahu col
Iege and the Kawaiahao Sunday school
Besides these and the regular congre-
| ton were many visitors from other
city churches, Rev. j. w. Wadman,
of the Methodist church, and Rev. G.
| d. Edwards, of the Christian church,
being on the platform with the speak
err and Rev. DR.. Sylvester.
| DR.. Johnston began his sermon by
examining the condition of the reli-
gious state of Europe, stating that
Roman catholic France and Spain
were becoming protestantized through
the work of the English and American
missions. The Anglo-Saxon peoples
were the ones now evangelizing the
world. the chief factor in the spread
of the Christian religion.
II was in Turkey that the force of
Mocha was first felt, the
greatest religion that has been found
ed since the coming of Christianity in
| to the world. That 1t came and estab-
lished itself so firmly, spreading
| throuhout Africa and Asia, was be-
cause the Chrishtian religion at the
time had lapsed, had grown weak and
had ceased for the time to be a force
| in the progress Of the world. This
ought to be remembered by the Chris
| tians of today, who should awake to
the fact that there is much yet TO
accomplish at their own door before
the Christian nations would be ready
for their work of evangelizing the
| world.
In turkey he found unrest, the peo-
| ple suspicious of strangers and each
other Az an instance of the prevail
ing Ignorance he related how an en-
pineer got into difficulty with the au-
| thnritipq for wiring away IOT all en-
CINE wheel CAPABLE of SO many revo-
Iutions n minute. The message was
NOT sent. the word revolution" having
a dread sound in the Musulman's ear.
Tn other narts of the Turkish empire
things were more hopeful. In Syria
he had been told by promif. mt ma
tives that British occupation of the
country along the lines of the Egyptian
occupation would be most welcomed
by the people. In Egypt, Great Britain
was doing a great work for the coun-
try and for Christianity, the graduates
from some OF the colleges ROUNDED there
spreading the gospel throughout tne
country. The Armenians mao WIFI
stood the persecution OIL the rhs ioi
their rengion ana were s'rohs al TIC
Ialth'
| All the signs III iurhey po'' W q
| siea' po'i. -. a.
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.naor,,s,,, ,,o,,td raoaiye a erea,
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r., rs,, ,haro 1IindrisY, ,,as DOM
,,or. ,ho raligion was holding hack
tha ,,,,ntrv Edncation however. was
Iooseninp the hold that this faith had
,,non tho neonIe and n marvellous DOW
or was already spreading throughout
| the millions of that country. Hindu
| ism is diving.
What the speaker had to contend with
nrincinally in discussing religious aues-
tions with MANY in India was that they
would noint to the political and social
conditions of America as given in the
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CHRISTIANITY. Last wear he had seen a
qreat religious gathering at Allahabad.
where he had seen n procession Of two
million pilgrims, led bv thousand
holy men. perfectly naked. The liter
ature of the Hindu religion is of such
a nature that its publication except in
connection with these religious fetes is
rorhiddep nv the law as obscene. This
fact 10 belning 10 kill Hinduism in
india
In siam no found that the influence
q, The American njssionaries was deep-
II, feIt Dr Dunbar In charge or the
worL was n close friend az the kings
hrnthar tha ,,,rtr,t ,uler n, tho ,xine-
dou, and tbrough him he had succeed
od in having the licensed pamhliny in
tha country stonned an act now annre-
ciated nv the natives
china 10 onenInp her doors on every
side. The Royers' nursing which had
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