The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1908-01-18

eschewsky famous; his ability - .
Chinese scholar, and as linguist gen.
orally, was almost uncanny. He was
q Lithuanian Jew, and when past his
majority he went to America, where
he became q Christian and q clergy
man In the Protestant Episcopal
church. Even before he was accepted
as a missionary he had determined e
translate the Bible into Chinese. Dur
ing the six months voyage out he
learned enough Chinese to be able to
write it acceptably when he arrived
at Shanghai. Twice he declined the
bishopric, which he was finally
obliged to accept. When / saw him he
said, after outlining some translation
projects which he had hoped to under
take: But l am weary. want to go
home, and hope the good Lord VIII
send for me soon." Not many days
later I was shocked to learn that he
had quietly passed away while at bis
labors.
American cnurchmen Abroad.
Just now the west seems to be
flooding the east with missionary au-
thorities and religious leaders. The
tour of President Charles Cutherbert
Hall, of Union Theological seminary.
New York, through India and China,
has been a notable triumph. DR.. Hall
seems to possess a rare genius for i'm
pressing his personality upon people
Mr.. Charles Alexander, the famous
singer of the Torrey-Alexander evan
gelistic combination. has been In the
east for his wife's health. During q
visit to missionary relatives at Pakhoi
he demonstrated the power OF a win
some personality over even people OF
an alien tongue At Hongkong he
held the largest religious meeting in
the city's history, and at Manila he
spoke in both the Methodist and Pres
byterian churches. A week later, as
my ship was entering Hongkong har-
Dor by night a launch passed, full OF
men singing Justify, "The glory song"
Considering that this was Hongkong.
the incident was a notable echo of the
Alexander meeting. Nor were the
singers Y. M. C. A. men; the working
force of that organization has gone to
Canton, to attend the marriage of Sec
rotary G. c. Rutledge, Of Philadelphia,
to Miss Edmunds, of Baltimore.
There are three special reasons for
the presence of so many American
churchmen in the orient at this time;
the Methodist Missionary Jubilee In
India. at the end of last year, the
Worlds Student federation convention
| in Toxic in May and the centennial
celebration Of Chinese missions ir
AprilMay. I have CHANGED to meet
personally, or to strike the trail Of
Bishop Cyrus D. Foss, of Philadel
phia; Secretary Lloyd. Of the Protes
tant Episcopal mission board; Score
tary Barton, of the American board;
Secretary Fox of the American Bible
society; Secretary MacKay of the
Canadian Presbyterian board; John r
Mott. of the International Y. NJ c. A..
President Goucher, of the Woman'l
university, Baltimore; two Methods
editors, DR.. Parkhurst, Of lions Her
aid, Boston, and DR.. RAIDER, of thu
Western Christian Advocate; John B
Slemah. of the Washington Y. M. c
A.. and dozens of other friends of for
eign missions, clerical and lay.
The missionaries are now having
foretaste of the visitation they expec
when that committee Of so American
business men, arranged for in cor
nection with the recent celebration o
the American board, comes out t
make an Independent study of foreig
missions. This is one Of several signs
apparent out here. of remarkable IN
crease of interest in foreign missions
Copyright. by Joseph B. BowlesA