The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-11-07
BELIEVES ORIENT
WILL Be CHANGED
Miss Ruth Paxon Believes Re-
generation Cannot Be
Hindered.
AN INTERESTING APPEAL.
IN SPEECH BEFORE Y. w. C. A.
CONVENTION, TRAVELLING SEC
RETARY SAYS NOW Is TIME
TO cHRISTIANIZE FAR EAST.

10 C1hiS IANlZE ram ENSl.
Program for tonight and Sunday:
7:30-Song service.
Scripture and prayer.
Address-Professor Ebert Russell,
Earlham college.
Sunday.
9:10-Bible Hour, More than Pro-
phet. Miss Cutler.
4:00-Vesper service for delegates
Miss Paxson.
7:S0-Organ recital-Miss Con-
stance Foster.
Scripture and Prayer-Dr. Lyons.
Address-"Circling the Globe
Mrs. Verling Helm, Greencastle, Ind.
8:30-Farewell Service-Miss Mel
cher
1.-The Opportunity of the Hour in the
East" was the subject of a very in
teresting address given last evening
before the state convention of the
Young Womans Christian association
at the Reid Memorial church by Miss
Ruth Paxon, travelling secretary of the
volunteer movement. Miss Paxon in
her address gave her own experiences
and pointed that now was the time for
the Christian missionaries of this
country to flock to China, Japan, Ko-
Tn he fho
religion of Jesus Christ. She told of
many experiences that she encounter
ed In the Orient and of how the peo-
pie of the countries are casting aside
their old faiths, beliefs and supersti-
tions because of the knowledge of
Western civilization being communi-
Gated to them. In a very pointed man.
ner Miss Paxson stated that this was
an opportunity that was not to be lost
by the civilized countries. i
The address by Miss Paxson was
undoubtedly one of the best that has
been given before any of the associa-
ton meetings.
In part the speaker said: "In the
nineteenth century this great universe
was neighborhood but in the TWEEN
tieth century 1t has become a great
brotherhood by the feeling that was
caused among the European nations
when the little country of Bulgaria an
nounced it's independence.
Again this spirit of brotherhood
was shown in the San Francisco disas-
Ger, when the city was wrecked by an
earthquake. China sent supplies to
tnas place as we'll as many of the 9th
or foreign countries, besides the cities
in our own laad.
''Do people realize that we have on
ly been able to. say this in the last
four or five years. II lies in the hands
of Christ and the church to bring the
nations still closer together, and this
movement is full of optimistic signifi-
canoe.
There are three things that have
come about that makes it possible for
the people of this country to go to the
Orient to teach the works of Jesus
Christ First, the marvellous changes
that have taken place in the Orient.
With the learning of the Western
countries the people become restless
and want political change in the gov
eminent. This can be pointed out by
the way Japan has dealt with the
question. The people in the country
have political liberty and constitu-
tional government. Even China the
conservative nation, has taken steps
by which the people will in the time
to come have constitutional govern
ment. Few people realize the remark
able changes that have been wrought
Railroads and telegraph and many 9TH
er western inventions have been ad-
opted. Korea has 5000 miles of rail-
road and China 1000. In Pekin they
have ten daily newspapers and one
OF the dailies is edited by women. All
these changes have come about during
the last five or ten years. The educa-
tional changes are also very marked
Fifty years ago there were no schools
and now in Japan they have the COM
plete school system from the kinder
gartep up to the college
The Japanese peril is the lack of
religion.
In Korea and China the gates have
been opened by the educational sys-
TENS. Let's 60 out and teach them
that 1t was Jesus who died for them.
and when they learn this, they can not
keep It to themselves, but will tell
their neighbors and as result this
teaching will spread rapidly.
Second, there is the spirit of ma
tionalism and materialism in which,
after being taught the western learn
Ing, they become imbued with the
spirit of independence just like the
western people.
The third reason is the many
achievements that have been accom-
plished.
The missionaries are proclaiming
that now is the time to wade the coun-
try with the word of God. Now is the
time. and we should take advantage of
it, sincerely believe that during my
own time that the little country Of
Korea will become a Christian nation,
and IL the right steps are taken there
is not the least doubt but that the
other countries will accept this reli-
ION now. as they are prepared for it,
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