Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-04-29


(as the half-castes, or Eurasianq are
called here), Europeans, Singhalese
ana Iam1ls. Religiously, these are d.
Elded into Parsees, Mohammedans,
Buddhists, Hindus and Christians. In
)ne OF the small branches four men
iodge; one of these is a Canadian.
one Burgher, one a Singhalese and
one Tamil. Altogether. the associa.
'ion Prov les residence for % men. A
strong dy CT leading European resi-
dents direct TIE work, and there are
many Europeans in the membership.
but these are such principally from
"Itrlustic motives; the membership
nat enjoys the privileges of the asso-
cttlon IS clearly native. | found the
reading room and restaurant and game
room being we'll patronized. The dis
tnctlVely religious work is well devel.
ored, IA weekly classes for Bible study
Delng maintained. A young Canadian,
Mr.. Z. A. Adams, of Magill university.
the secretary in charge of the Y. M.
e. A. work throughout the islands.
Young Women's Mission Work.
IL is somewhat noteworthy that in
this old and famous mission field SO
prominent place should be occupied
BY those modern organizations, the
Young Mems Christian association and
me Young Womens Christian associ-
alton. Of the latter there are IS
branches in Ceylon, Miss Campbell, of
handy, an English young woman, be-
ing general secretary A young woman
trc1 Iowa, who was for some time sec.
rotary OF the Y. w C. A. at German
town, Pa, Miss NJ F. Cross, is in
charge of the association in Colombo.
IN charming palm-shaded bungalow
home is provided for young women,
and a social and religious center main.
tanned. While more than a little so.
clal work is done among young women,
the success of the religious department
las overshadowed all else. Fourteen
weekly Bible classes for young wom-
en-, y in English, one in Singhalese
and one in Portuguese, are main
tanned in Colombo alone The re-
fined, unprofessional atmosphere of
he Young Women's Christian associa.
ION work commends it in a peculiar
manner
Ducky Salvation Army Lassies.
Like, and yet unlike, home are the
native Salvation Army lassies, in the
familiar red waist and wearing the
nickel shield badge, whom one meets
Ceylon. They do not however,
v9ar the hideous poke bonnet, but,
e all native women here, go bare
eaded In travelling into the interior
re finds them at almost every station
Offering. with the melting smiles that
Ha-e all Singhalese women attractive,
subscription book. in lieu of the
War C~y." The report is that very
coed work is done by the Salvation
Amy among the lower classes of ma
lives; they make an impression upon
the higher castles.
Caste obtains here, as in India, and
is barrier to religious work The
schools do more than little to over
come it. While these articles are
confined to American and Canadian
missions. the excellent work done by
the many British societies is met With
AT every turn. Most Of the missions
that dot Ceylon are British; it is to
their praise that there is very little
criticism of missions here, and most
OF that is a mere echo of the prejudice
against missions which exists in the
world Of travel. The educational side
of missionary service has been en-
phasiZcd; there is less need for medi-
cal missions than in some other lands.
This is a British crown colony, and
the government maintains system Of
medical dispensaries, these being, by
the way, a development of medical
missions. The only two missionary
hos itals in Ceylon are maintained by
the American board at Jaffna
1t is claimed that "India's coral
strand is really at Jaffna northern /
CeylCn, where the coral formation is
extensive. Probably that had nothing
to 90 with the planting at Jaffna, 80
years ago, of the American boards
second eldest mission. This mission. (
the only strictly American one on the
island, vas established in 1926, and it
has maintained a successful existence /
ever since.
The Oldest mission school for girls /
is at Jacfna, having been in continuous
existence since 1928 1t now has 200 !
girls in dormitory. The students are /
chiefly high caste natives, as are most |
OF the Christians, and recently a nota-
BILE victory has been won by the mis-
sionaries in requiring the high caste I.
pupils to associate closely, on a basis
of equality in all things, with a num-
Der of low caste students who have I
been admitted In the school there !
are no caste lines whatever Despite
this fact, and despite the fact that the
school is strongly Christian in charac-
Ter, nine-tenths of it's pupils becoming
members of the church, high-caste.
heather Hindu parents continue 20
send their daughters paying a higher 4
tuition than elsewhere.
Jaffna district has Protestant pop
llation of 4,499, of whom half belong
0 the American mission, the other be-
ng divided among several English
MISSIONS There are 27,161 Roman
Catholics in 1866 square miles. The
Whole population is 300,S51. The
American mission, when all it's work
rs are in the field, has a force OF IA
Missionaries, Is churches, 10 ordained
astors, % unordained catechists. 80
ible women, 5 higher educational III
buttons, 128 lower schools, and
.dustrial school
tCopyr-s l4t. BY Joseph B. BowlesD
The Minds Power.
"Zola," said a psychologist, "once