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secure fair treatment for the humble
and the oppressed during the days 81
English rule in India than during any
other period of recorded Indian history
India for English purposes; she spends
Tor India the revenues raised in India
and they are spent for the benefit q
the Indians themselves.
Undoubtedly India is a less pleas.
ant place than formerly for the heads
:cf tyrannical States. There is nov
little or no room in it for successful
freebooter chieftains. for the despo's
who lived in gorgeous splendor while
under their cruel rule the immense
.E,ass of their countrymen festered in
sodden misery. But the mass Of the
people have been and are far better
off than ever before, and far better
off than they would now be If Eng
lish control We're overthrow or with
drawn. Indeed, if English control we.o
now Withdrawn from India. the whole
peninsula would become a chaos Of
bloodshed and violence.
Finally, take our own experience IN
the Philippines, Spain finally lost
power to be Of benefit to the islands.
hut do not forget that Spain accom-
plished very, very much for them dur
ing more than two centuries, and that
the islands owe their present possibili-
ties to the fact that the Spaniards took
possession of them. Then we came in.
I am sure that when international his
tory Is written, from the standpoint Of
acclaining international Justice, one
chapter will tell with heartiest praise
what our people have done in the Phil
ippines. Exactly as in the caribbean
Sea we have endeavored to give gen.
time and disinterested help to the in
dependent peoples Of Cuba and Santo
Domingo, SO in the same spirit-thou5h
the task is of quite different character
we are endeavoring to educate AMI
train the native races under our sover-
eighty III the Philippines.
''In our treatment of the Filipincs
we have acted up to the highest STAN
dard that has yet been set as marking
the proper way in which powerful
and advanced nation should treat n
weaker people. Cuba We are at this
moment leaving for the second time to
work out destiny which we now
hope and believe will be one OF stabls
and orderly independence and prosperL
ity. In the Philippines we are con-
stantly giving an increasing measure
OF self-government
I'VE are leading them forward
steadily in the right direction and
we are doing it because our people
at home desire that they shall be
treated right. and because our peo-
PIE In the islands, in the Civil Gov.
eminent, in the army. and among
the missionary representatives of the
various creeds work primarily for
the advancement of the people among
whom they dwell. believe that am
speaking with historic accuracy and
impartiality when say that the
treatment Of and attitude IT,
ward 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 path of wise and
proper treatment of weaker by strong
err races.
Now. in speaking tonight, wish
to lay stress upon the missionary
side Of the general work In the for
eign lands. America has. for over
a century done it's share of mission
AIRY work. We who stay at home
sholld, as matter of duty. give cor.
dial support to those who, in a spirit
of devotion to all that lis highest In
human nature, spend the best part of
their lives in trying to carry civiliza.
lion and Christianity into lands which
have hitherto known little or nothing
of either.
! LET us help to make the missions
centers of industrial no less than of
ethical teaching; for unless we raise
the savage in industrial efficiency we
cannot permanently keep him on a
high plane of moral efficiency, nor vet
can we render him able to hold his
own in the world.
Bishop Hartzell. I greet you; and
! extend my heartiest good wishes to
the great Methodist body on this gold
en- jubilee Of it's far-reaching work in
Africa. No denomination has done
more Jealous and effective missionary j
work than the Methodists. They were
n many large regions west of the AL.
leghanies the pioneers of missionary
work in our own land; and their mis-.