The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-10-22
..He may be a brot6er d wilIlam 4

HE may be brother Of william H.
Taft
But he amt no brother Of mine"
Now that Is the spirit that we are
so likely to find among the gentlemen
who go into the nlst. for the purpose
OF extending trade. Then am bound
to say that the restraints of public
opinion, OF fear of the criticism CT
ones neighbors that one finds at home,
to Keep men in the straight and mar
row path. are. loosened in the Orient,
and We do not find that they are the
models, many OF them, tlat they
ought to be in probity and mmlity.
They look upon the native as interior,
and they are too likely to treat him
with insult.
Civilization ParalIeling Trade.
Hence It Is that in the progress OF
civilization we must move alcng as
trade moves; and as the foreign mis-.
sions move, on it is through the for.
etgn missions that we must expect to
nave the true picture Of Christian
brotherhood presented to those ma.
tives, the true spirit of Christian sym
patty. That is what makes, in the
progress Of civilization, the immense
Importance of Christian missions. You
go into China to-day and try to find
out what the conditions are in the in.
consult in Picking the gentle.
men who are supposed to know, and
where do they 90? They go at once
'fofthe missionaries, to the men VINO
have spent their dives far advanced
into the nation, far beyond the point
OF safety II any uprising takes place,
and who have learned gy association
with the natives. by living with them
by bringing them into their houses,
by helping them on to their feet, who
have learned the secret Of what Chi.
! nese life Is. And therefore it Is that
the only reliable books that you can
read, telling you the exact condition
Of Chinese civilization, are written by
these same foreign missionaries who
(, have been SO much blamed for lnvolv-
ing us in foreign wars.
The Boxer War.
1t is said that the Boxer War was
due to the interference cf mission
aries. and the feeling Of the Chinese
1 against the Christian religion as mani
i tested and exemplified by the mission.
! aries. That is not trne. 1t is true that
1 the frst outbreak was against the mis-.
sionarles- because the outbreak was
against foreign interference. and it
was easiest TO attack those men who
were farthest in the Cainese nation,
and there they made expression OF
i that leelIng by their attack against
i the whole foreign interference. But
that which really reused the oppcei.
ton Of the Chinese was the feeling
that all we Christian nations were sit
ting around waiting to divide up tas
Middle Kingdo, and waiting to gel
our piece Of the pork. Now that is the
feeling that the Chinese have; and
am not prepared to say that there was
not some ground for the suspicion.
Now YOU can read books-I have read
them-ln which the missions are de
scrtbed as most comfortable build
ings: and 1t is said that missionaries
are living more luxuriously than they
would at home, and therefore they dc
NIT call for our support or sympathy
1t is true that there are a good many
mission buildings that are handsome
buildings; I bIve seen them. It 1;
true that they are comfortable; but
they ought to be comfortable, One d
the things TINT you have got to Dc
with the Oriental Is to I'll his eye witt
something that he can see, and II yor
erect a great missionary building, hi
deems your coming into that commun
fity Of some Importance; and the mis-
slonay societies that are doing that
and are building their own buildings
for the missionaries are FOLLOWING
very much more sensible course thar
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