The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-12-14
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New York. Dec. 13.-With smiling
reference 10 the attack OF the Meth
odIst church In Africa" President Taft
addressed an immense gathering at
Carnegie Hall tonight at the diamond
jubilee OF the Acknowledgements
church. called 10 celebrate the com
pletion OF a campaign started last Jan
uory. whereby 100000 has been raised
to further mission work in Africa.
OF this sum $72.49S has been re-
ceIved in cash and the remainder has
bocn subscribed. payable in Install
ments due In FIVE years.
The Rev. j. T. Hartsell, bishop of
Africa, through whose efforts the mon
ey was raised. was the only other
speaker of the evening.
The president said In part:
1T is not. perhaps. appropriate, to
date religious movement from a war.
but 1T does seem TO me as II our peo-
pie acquired world feeling from the
time we undertook the responsibilities
of freeing Cuba and saying what
should be done by our neighborS with
reference to internal government when
that internal government seemed to
us to pass the bounds of what we
thought TO be civilization.
Finish Not in Sight,
I'VE began our war expecting to
finish II shortly. and we landed in the
Philippines. and We are there still, but
our horizon was widened much beyond
these gems of the Pacific ocean by
reason OF the responsibilities which
we have been obliged to assume with
reference TO the entire world We are
a nation with tremendous power and
tremendous wealth. and unless we use
that for the benefit OF our interna-
tlonal neighborS-and they are
neighbors OF ours. for the world is
very small. we are falling TO discharge
the duties that we ought TO feel as
members OF the international commu-
nifty.
The mission is n nucleus and an
epitome OF the civilization Is expected
10 widen out In that neighborhoOd.
have heard missions criticised. have
heard men say that they would not
contribute to foreign missions at all.
that we had wicked people enough at
home, and we might just as well leave
the foreign natives and savages 20
pursue their own happy lives in the
forest and look after our own, who
need great deal Of ministration. |
have come to regard that as narrow
minded as man who does not like
music, who does not understand the
things that God has provided for the
evolution of the human race.
Missionaries Win Savaees.
Missionaries in China. missionaries
in Africa, are the forerunners of our
civilization, and without them we
should have no hope Of conquering the
love and the admiration and the re-
spect OF the millions of people that
we hope TO bring under the influence
of christian civilization.
Those who for mercantile purposes
into those distant lands. I am sorry
10 say, are quicker 10 catch the saw
age tendencies than the savagcs are
to catch from them the best OF our
christian civilization,
The men whom wish to commend
are those who in the face of all the
obstacles that certainly tend TO dis
courage the bravest, enter the dark
continent of Africa in an attempt to
win those fields to christianity
The United States has not any ter
ritory of interest there. We did make
an experiment, or encourage an eX-
pertinent. some years ago In Liberia,
and we do nave the interest that we
ought TO have in trying to preserve
the integrity of that little negro re-
public. but you know. and the nations
OF the world know. that we are not
now in Africa TO spread our territory.
We have enough. and certainly there
is no one so imperlalistic as to desire
to share Il part OF the Dark Continent.
Raised Big Sum.
Bishop Hatsell said:
This African diamond jubilee had
Tor its purpose the raising of at least
S3OO,O0O as an extra, over and above
the regular missionary appropriations,
10 strengthen our centers In that con-
tinent and making it possible TO an
swer at least some of the calls for nd-
yances.
And now. tonight, we have come
within Is days of the end of the cele-
bration. | will not go into detail. but
we have here the magnificent sum OF
S92O.l67
There are three religious forces IN
Africa. First, barbaric heathenism
and the Christian church. am all
most ashamed to state publicly how
weak the Christian church In Africa
is. We are trifiing with the CONT
nent, II is difficult TO give the exact
numbers, but | do not suppose there
are more than three million christians
in Africa.
Third. there is Mohammedanism.
with its sixty millions The real
question is whether Africa shall be
Mohammedan or Christian, that is the
question
And so. President Taft, ! beg OF
you. when you meet your millionaire
Methodists everywhere, put II home
To them. Put this attack that must
be carried TO victory home 10 them
New York. Dec. 10 President and
Mrs. Taft went shopping in Fifth av-
enus today. The rain poured down In
torrests-the aftermath or n snow
storm last night, but this made no
difference to the president and his
wife.
They arrived from Washington this
afternoon, and entering automobiles
at the Jersey City station. came TO
New York by way of the Twenty-third
street ferry. Mrs. aft was accom-
nanipd Inv hnr c5ctnr Mr. Tborooc