The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1911-02-10
LAYMEN'S MISSION
AIRY BANQUET

place for a man to invest his life.
That Idaho may be and probably is a
good place to invest money, but that
il a man would invest his life where
IL would do the most for this world
and for eternity, where it would serve
the purposes for his own country by
serving the best interests of his fell
low men of that country, China by
its great need of men, by reason of
the tremendous influence for good
that the life of consecrated workers
could WELD, afforded the greatest in
ducements for such investment.
The speaker went on to show
that China is in the midst of such
an awakening as the result of con-
tact with outside nations and espec-
tally of contact with the Christian
influence, as the result of the mag
unanimous example set by the United
States in preserving the integrity of
China when other nations sought to
partition the empire ten years ago,
that they we're so eager to learn
more of the source of such magnan
unity, and so determined to enjoy
the advantages of constitutional and
representative government such as
produced the splendid statemanship
and soldiery that stood by them with
unheard-of justice and honor in the
year 1900, that it now becomes i'm
perative to direct that great force
that we have aroused to ton. That
it will not be sufficient in the future
to legislate against them coming into
the country and barring them at our
ports. That with the increased pow
er which their awakening to modern
arts will give them they will be gov
erned by making them the very best
men possible, and making them fit
to meet on equality-making them
willing to live and let live."
He spoke of the great marts of
trade springing up at Chinese ports,
of their new industries, of their al
ready shipping their own steel rails
to Seattle and Tacoma and Victoria,
and underselling us, and of the null
tiplicity of other lines in which they
may do the same thing in the future.
OF the necessity of guiding them in
developing their own country as they
are now doing with the construction
of new railroads, and the installation
of trolley cars and electric lights
and hundreds of other modern things.
The Biggest Things in idaho
Rev. l.. G. Clark responded to the
toast, "The Biggest Things in Idaho"
speaking first of the Big Butte, the
great Snake river, the great irriga-
tion projects, and lastly of the need
of big men to do big things. Big
materially, big Intellectually and big
spiritually.
The Royal Gorge
Rev. w. H. Bowler introduced his
remarks by saying that the manner
in which the guests availed them
selves of the viands of the festal
board had reminded him of a certain
piece of scenery in the west. A Sec
tion of scenic railway which all tour
lists plan to see in daylight-the
Royal Gorge. (laughter) He said
he was glad to see them lined up at
the banquet, but that he believed
they were lining up also on spiritual
convictions, and that when the men,
the business men, the professional
men and the working men line up in
the determination to spread the gos-
pei that there will be telling ef-
fects and the world will be won for
Christianity.
Things That are Moving
DR.. Cook reviewed the remarks Of
the proceeding speakers about the
things that are moving in the world;
the noteworthy things. The move
ment in China, the movement in i'm
migration by which a million foreign
people are coming to America each
year; enough of them to populate the