The Washington herald., 1908-02-10
OF CHINA
Rev. Lowry, of Pekin Uni
VerSity, Lectures.
TELLS OF JAPAN'S INFLUENCE
Speaker at Foundry VI. l.. Church
Asserts that Country Is the Marvel
of the Celestial Empire Because of
Its Advancement as World Pow
er-IBfiuence of Medicine.

Rev. il. H. Lowry. of Pekin. China
President of the Pekin University. adj
dressed the congregation Of the Foundry
Methodist Church. Sixteenth and Church
streets northwest, last evening.
Missions" was the subject Of Dr.
Lowry's talk and having spent most Of
his life in China. he is particularly fitted
10 speak on the Christian missions that
have been established ia the Celestial
kingdom
Bishop Cranson, Of Washington intro
duced DR.. Lowry and gave in a few
words an appreciation Of The work the
missions are doing in hcatben lands, and
also Of the individual work Dr. Lowry
Is accomplishing at the head Of the fore
most university Of China. He also cor
rected the mistake often made that in
the Boxer troubles in China the mis-
sionaries looted the temples and sanctu-
aries thrown open by the allied forces.
ChIna's Civilization.
Dr. Lowry began by describing ancient
civilization Of China. which. as the oldest
civilization in the world, he revered, in
spite Of the fact that it was full Of
shortcomings and fallacies. The teach
iugs Of Confucius were reviewed and the
deleterious effects Of that philosopher
were shown 10 be material
The commercial and industrial resources
of China were also discussed. and the
extensive mineral res@sces of that coun-
Try. especially coal were pointed out.
The undeveloped coal fields Of Shansea
would supply the world he said but
the hand Of progress has not been laid
on the coal beds Of China 10 any extent
Fifteen out of eighteen Of the provinces
OF China have been found 10 have album
dant coal deposits. and more may be
found. Mining Is In its infancy there.
We are teaching them TO get close 10
the soil. though. and tine viii tell
"COnfucius is the contents Of nine
tenths Of the Chinese textbooks. In fact
the textbooks Of China are simply the
works of COnfucIus These are read with
the greatest diligence. and in all parts
Of China the natives commit every line
of C0nfucius to memory. The influence of
his work IS marked.
system of Education.
"China's system of education is founded
on that Of Japan more than any other
The Imperial University. Of Pekin. is
modelled on the Imperial University Of
Tokyo. japanese are found in ali Of
the schools Of China. They are handi-
capped. though. They cannot speak the
Chinese language. Jspan's recent display
OF power and her attainment Of fOrtitude
rF F..e an
in less than a generation, have opened the
eyes Of China To the power of Western
civilization.
Nor is that the only helping influence.
our supreme justuess is another infiu-
ence that is having telling effect. At the
capture of PeSin the capital and the inn
perial temple were left intact. This
amazed the Chinese. They would have
destroyed the entire city.
When the University OF Pekin was
founded the move. was thought = he
about fifty years ahead of time. but It
has been found that its establishment was
just IN time.
Now IS the time for the Christian
church 10 strengthen the schools already
established. Not only are We teaching
the Chinese the Word Of God and the
moral blessings Of Christianity, but we
are enhghten.ng them and cultivating
them in all lines
Influence of Medicine.
Medical work has mere influence than
any other Christian institution with the
Chinese, because they can see plainly the
direct benefits of medical work but in
time. when we have raised the standard
OF cultivation and enlightenment along
Christian lines a tTifie more. they viii
more readily see the all-pOwerful benefits
of Christian learning along all lines
DIR. Lowry viii read a paper before the
Religious Education Association before