The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-03-15
WORLDS UNREST
AND CITIZENSHIP
Cosmopolitan Conditions
Best Served BY Religion
" 7. ELLIS GIVES LIGHT

". I, LLLsV uEsLo IaIHf
>.,,s,,ur Man of National prouii-
,,enc, Tells al First Hand in Graph
i. Language Of lie Conditions He
,,,,,.d in the Orient, AMI Points
ont That IL j. tIic Realization OF q
unr,d brotherhood and Religion
ma, = to pave the Way 10 Better
Conditions.
Gmrhasizing that ii j. to religion
,:a+ inc world must look 80 rid its
n~,.,,ln 81 the incubus Of heathendcm,
md tfat IL MS the English speaking
world is ia lead the way, MI William
r. IIljs, of YenusyiNaliil, last week
+. n.. First Baptist church, drove into
.h. minds. the hears, y the con-
y.isur-s Of his hearers that he had
.a.~.e3 ut lirst hand al conditions in
m. Orient. aud the need IT militant
Ia:s5on work.
The Address rf Mr.. ELLIS.
~tm7bat3c in his assertions. with
.,.5sr-5ioas of conditions at frs, and
.nirh ne had studied i'll the far East,
~. address 81 Mr.. ellis carried b di~
1ec{ message 10 all who heard Ills
;ntir1att knowledge OF conditions was
presented tn the congregation with an
|utraSit& and y directness that carried
conviction md gave q new insight inlo
fn. oucstious Of world missions.
Fu5nl1& directly from Atlanta,
,h, r. +" bar; gone with facts 10 rcfutc
tgt in advised and brutal declarations
~ Thomas J.. Watson against the
uurA ~ missionaries. that there are
many l.lsio Sicgels ii China, II was
~rzprrted that perhaps he might refer
10 this III his address last night. lie
ia 50. but only in Il few words in
tie o1oring Of his remarks. saying
mat he came to speak III a place OF
ncag". that Tuesday night it had been
Il plar" % way in Atlanta, where he
bad tn distinction 0f presenting fitct5
,ud direct proofs i'll contradiction Or
IL" OUTRAGEOUS SANDER Of Mr.. Wat
son concerning the Christian mission
aries. that IA was there an hour o.
-ens.uiou which vonr North Carroll
mans have enjoyed when you were IN
thr thick %. many ! hard fight
That North CarolinianS would not
HahoTe b Islander upon so great u
""rh Us church missions, tlc declared
BE- kHoW, as / look into your faces
mi See the representatives. Of q stare
II thu American Union IN which
-a- sff2 49,
government that ~ the Light OF tHe
rorld.' The manifest destiny Of he
r"ri3.' la dCCiaCed, is for mission
""ra. and there IS no choice lett.
Va" cannot say whether or not we will
""rh in china, 1t is only for us TO
"'t"lGntnc how We Will do the work,
%" said, and then told Of his two boys.
"nr pr2yjng to grow up TO be \ mis-
)"13rE to Japan. ana the other say
i&9 nat he wanted to teach the Jap
'A"s~ how to play baseball, that this
'auEht he" large truth that we We're
n"]He TO have some sort Of y rel1-
H"1 with Japan, tTadc and commerce,
W. IN" relations brought Ivy Christian
missionaries.
tHo race question Of the South. the
speaker hold, Is q little one as com
pan" 10 what may be the race qucs-
'"@HS rl The North. Tor the South
my make tts loss in q generation,
VIM" the country is TO meet tbs
Nh't' and yellow question, h vel
|" n1fn.' that III some quarters
'2'r" Is thought that the ina out.
"'!'" 81 The struggle % the white ane
,']lo" facf8 will be an aulalganlatet
.'.'. This said MI. Ellis, lis fhs
'tr 81 i@nnraAca, which las ncTeI
..th "ferc the race issue irnpunsed
B mistaken idea that the destiny
va" n2uons Is TO blend into on
ioy,,. ]N"A VIC St's"hTf III lSoAfti
rms spoke Of Oriental religions
n|' Uh"jT teachings We're such as L
NV" ma those who went To them
.!dN IteoSophy ~aS 4. case: OF Dcint
''o"h struck" To those vino believed
'~'nNnulnG he spoke of the a~trocit,
" 1'l'glons Of those we term heath
-. and Of &c failure OF these I
h1Hi%, Referring next to the fac
',at IN" Chinese hold themselves a
Ih" Middle Kingdom" and the res
INT world but as the fringe o
.,rq ~ aloe. the Americans known n
-" foTeign DEVILS he ! hos
.,9".f'' lite had made its way IN tina
1Df2113H.ny, n how it was aping til
-''>2tion Of the English speakin
t"e" As he toId Of = C~I,fnsInan i
= o.5h hat and long coat. without
49, sometimes without trousers an
- naIC fuHt t,lere WAS lanph II such