The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-01-19

prosperity. In tho Philippines we are
constantly giving an increasing meas
ure OF self-governmont- or course, In
one sense Of the word, self-govern-
ment can never be bestowed by out
siders upon any people, II must be
achieved by themselves. 1t means In
this sense primarily self-control, self
restraint, and il those qualities do not
exist-that Is, II the people are unable
TO govern themseltes-thon, as there
must be government somewhere, 1t has
to come from outside But we are con-
stantly giving to the people of tho
| Philippines an increasing share in. an
increasing opportunity to learn by
practice, the difficult are OF self-gov.
ernmcnt If We had abandoned them
at the outset TO their own devices, If
we had shirked our duty and sailed
out Of the Islands, leaving them In
| bloody welter OF confusion, the chief
sufferers would have been the Phil
| ippine people themselves. We are
leading them forward steadily In the
| right direction. and We are doing 1t
because our people Mt home desire that
| they shall be treated right and because
our people In the islands, In the civil
government, In the army, and among
the missionary representatives OF the
various creeds work primarily for the
advancement of the people among
whom they dwell. I believe that l
am speaking with historic accuracy
and impartiality when L say that the
American treatment of and attitude
i toward the Filipino people, In its com-
! bination Of disinterested ethical pur-
/ pose and sound common sense. marks
a new and long stride forward, in ad-
vance OF all steps that have hitherto
/ been taken, along the patn OF wise
and proper treatment of weaker by
, stronger races.
Now, In speaking tonight. ] wish to
: Law stress upon the missionary side OF
! the general work In the foreign lands
! America has for over century done its
share of missionary work. We who
who In spirit of devotion to
all that Is highest In human nature
spend the best part of their lives In
trying to carry civilization and Chris
: tianity into lands which have hith-
erto known little or nothing Of either
J The work is vast, and 1t Is done under
many and varied conditions. Per
sonally l have always been particu-
larIy interested. for instance, in the
extraordinary work done by the Am
! erlcan schools and colleges in the
] 'Curkish Empire, both Turkey In Eu
rope and Turkey In Asia; work
, which has borne such wonderful fruit
among the Bulgarians, among Syrian
and Armenian Christians. and also
among the Mohammedans; and this
although among the Mohammedans
there has been no effort to concert
them simply an effort to make them
good citizens. to make them vie with
! their fellow-citizens who are Christ
ians in showing those qualities which
ii should be the pride of every creed
to develop; and the present move
/ ment to introduce far-reaching and
genuine reforms, political and social,
in Turkey, an effort with which we all
keenly sympathize. is one In which
these young Moslems, educated at the
American schools and colleges, are es;
pecially fitted to take part
Bishop Hartzells work has been
done in Africa, the continent in which
Of all others there has been the most
need for Christian work, and In which
that work shows signs Of reaching its
widest development. 1t has been 10
deed a Dark Continent, and some of
the white men who have gone thither
have by their acts deepened the
gloom. Let us as a race be thankful
that SO many other men have gone
thither to strive for the uplift of the
people. to strive for the betterment
OF conditions. Our own country has
in the past committed grave wrong
ri urhinh chnnlH
amply atone, and no better atonemeut
can be made than that which is being
nade by the American missionaries
OF every creed and church, who are
now doing SO much In almost every
corner Of Africa for the physical. the
intellectual, and the moral better
ment of the people hope there will
be the most hearty support of these
men, who In far off regions are fight
Ing for progress In things of the spirit
no less than In things of the body.
Let us help them to make the mis-
sions centerS of industrial no less than
Of ethical teaching; for unless we
raise the savage industrial efficiency
we can not permanently keep him on
high plane of moral efficiency, nor
yet can we render him able to hold
MS own in the world.
Bishop Hartzell. | greet you and I
extend my heartest good wishes to
the great Methodist body on this gold
en- jubilee of its far-reachlng work
in Africa No denomination has done
more Jealous and effective mission
ary work tnan the Methodists They
were in many large regions west Of
the Alleghenies the pioneers of mis-
sionary work In our land; and their
missionaries arc now to be found In
every continent and under every
cline.
foreign missionary work of the Meth
odlst Episcopal church was begun
seyenty-fiye years ago.
From that beginning a world Wide
missionary movement has developed
which now involves the annual eXpend-
iture of S5.000.000 from America, be-
sides large amounts raised on the var
ious foreign fields. This great work
includes the establishment and main.
terance. in several foreign countries
of churches and hospitals, schools of
various grades and kinds and far
reaching oYangelistic effort. In recent
years, with the opening of that con-
tinent 10 civilization, the work In Az
rica has grown to large proportions,
and the church Is face to face with
unparalleled opportunities and respon,
sibllties in the strengthening OF tho
centers It now occupies and In answer |