The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-24
.DR. |. r. MOSHER
 TALKS ON MISSIONS.
In Charge of Missionary Work
 at Shanghai, China
INFORMATIVE ADDRESS
Delivered at the Church of the Ad- vent Yesterday Morning-He Says China Shows Signs of Great
 Development

pr. c. F. Mosher, missionary from Shanghai, China, delivered an informa- tive address at the Church of the Ad- vent yesterday morning.
 Disting gushing between the theoretical and the practical side of the work, Dr. Mosher said: "If we accept Jesus as the Christ, as a real dynamic force, there can be no doubt about missions the putting of Jesus into the hearts of all men, white, black or yellow" He explained that the mission work was formerly understood to mean phys teal and bodily discomforts, which were to be undergone in teaching the word of God, and that the missionary was once supposed to have taken his Bible and sat under a tree to preach to any one who might come along, while the work of the Christian church must be considered in it's entirety, rather than in its detail In order to understand what has been and is being accom- p1ished in the field"
 Speaking of the effectiveness of the work in foreign fields, pr. Mosher said that the missionary organizations, just
  fects, and that the work could be achieved only through perseverance and intelligent efforts "In it's endeavor to make Christ personal to each mis- believer so that he will put aside old superstitions, it Is rejuvenating the whole of the Chinese empire with new spirit" he said and the demands of the people for enlightenment, and the riots which ensue are proof of this. Behind the spirit of unrest with which the Chinese people are transforming their empire from an old to new, lie the teachings of the missionaries, and their preaching of a new belief.
 pr. Mosher stated that over 100. years ago, pr. Morrison had established school for boys in the Chinese empire, and a bonus of a penny had been given to the boys to attend, but that In the course of years this scheme was aban- doned, as the boys began to come of their own accord. At the present day students who have been taught at these very schools are being sent by the government to American universi- ties and universities in other countries III OIQeI Nidl liC iAidi ASs SiN eAoii' which the Chinese people know is sure to come, may be peaceful one.
 He also gave statistics showing the wonderful good that medical aid has accomplished, and stated that this is one of the greatest fields of the work. illustrating one of the diets for typhoid, as prescribed by native doctor, which was raw olives and raw pears.
 pr. Mosher said that the. work was pursued in the most practical of ways, by first getting at the motive of each applicant who came for religious in- structions, who after being put on a kind of probation for IS months, was then admitted into the Bible study classes. He said: You can't expect a man who has never heard of a triune God to come to you with a spiritual motive. and 1t is always difficult to as- certain just what this motive may be-"
 Lastly, pr. Mosher spoke of the real greatness of the present civilization in China, which, he stated was not over 300 years behind that of ours, and he said: "The Chinese, as they come into the concert of nations, will come peace fully, and they will make great con- tribution, for they possess a great em- nfre"