The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-21
lALn Uf CHlNA.
Bishop Lewis Delivers Interesting
Address on Conditions.

A large meeting which was fore
runner OF the Laymen's missionary
convention was held at the Novelty
| theater Sunday afternoon under the
tee of the local laymen's organization.
Bishop W. S. Lewis OF the M. Z.
| church, who has just returned from
a two years soJourn in China was the
| speaker for the occasion
| Bishop Lewis was advertised as be
| ing a most eloquent speaker and his
hearers were in no wise disappointed.
He told in most interesting manner
| of the Awakening of China.
The empire of China occupies
about the same area as the United
States" said Bishop Lewis 1t does
| MT extend quite as far north but
| farther south. There are in the Unit
ed States nearly 90.O00,00O people
get the truth. In China there are
43S. 100000, but I am not going to
| talk about 438, 100000. haven't time
I am going to talk about eighteen
provinces south of the wall
There are in the eighteen pro
vinces 100000 people, who live
on the surface of the earth--they
have not as yet looked under tne
earth to dig it's iron, coal, silver, goid
and other metals. 1 have been told
there is in the whole of America
and Europe. 1 believe, also, that
there are great quantities of gold in
the mountains, all untouched.
Now when the Chinese learn OF the
existence of this wealth there will
be a great transformation. The pop
uIation of the entire earth is 1,5OO,-
100000 souls, and one-fourth OF the
human race is composed OF Cinnamon
Tomorrow when the wealth OF emma
has been discovered, and it is pour
ed into the worlds lap we shall have
population multiplied by or 4.
Remember that every inch OF SOIL
is occupied by a Chinaman as regards
to it's tillage.
In China there are babies crying,
chuckling. running, playing-bables
eVerywhere-babieS enough to SATISFY
as many Roosevelts as you could put
in the state of Kansas (Laughter.)
The sad thing about it is that thou
sands of them die through want. They
are always living on the edge of a
famine.
"As soon as you raise the standard
of living there will be Chinese BABY
dard. l tell you the truth. If it wasn't
| for the gospel l wouldn't stay IN
China 25 days. / would rather be I'M
der the protection of the Stars and
Stripes than all the armies other ma
tions could furnish to protect me.
1.-The world powers of Europe
wanted to chop China into pieces and
| distribute the pieces among them
| selves, and the Chinese blood became
| frozen, but an American, Mr.. Hay
wrote a note which said that the
American people would not look with
pleasure on this splitting of China,
and they listened to what Mr.. Hay
said. (Applause.) The Chinaman
never forgets-
| China The empress dowager sent
out an edict to the effect that con-
stitutfonal government shall be
| taught to the people. When they have
| studied government for ten years
perhaps they can adopt some special
form of constitutional government.
| The common people are becoming
| informed in regard to constitutional
| law. Isn't it proper that the teach
ings of the Sermon on the Mount
should be taught while they are writ
ing their constitution. l was talking
to one of the most intelligent men
among the Chinese-a really remark
| able mainland / almost felt ashamed
to be talking to him about affairs per-
tanning to constitutional law SO we'll
posted was he.
During a two days interview with
him-we talked several hours each
day-I asked him what was the mod
| ell which the Chinese are working to-
| wards The model of the united free
government of the United states OF
! America is what is most intelligent
! people are working for was his reply,
but it is possible that the government
will have to be more like that of
| England
DR.. e. s. Pettyjohn led the meeting
| and in@ his Introductory remarks in
referring to the great Laymen's move
ment he told a story of a tramp who
| asked a lady for food. The good
housewife inquired in regard to why
it was that the foot slogger" did not
work and earn his bread in an hon
est manner. you see I am the great
medium said the tramp.
When asked how that was the
tramp explained that it was for reason
that he was too big for a little JOB
and not big enough for a big one. DIR.
Pettyjohn applied his story by saying
that heretofore the men had not had
big enough propositions put before
them and most of the missionary
work had been left to the women.
E. W. Rankin led the meeting in
prayer, and NJ. c. Holman had charge
| of the singing.