The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1912-02-26

ed by the Foreign Christian Mission
airy Society to raise ST. ,000,0 with
in the present year, is conspicuous
figure among religious bodies al
present, both because he is one of
the best known workers in the for
eign field and because he comes to
America at a time when the eyes of
the world are directed toward China.
Mr.. Corey has been in China for the
last IL years and has witnessed the
great political and religious upheav-
al that has resulted in the downfall
CT the Manchu dynasty and the al
most total destruction Of idol wor-
ship.
The returned missionary spoke to
a large congregation at the First
Christian church Sunday morning for
riore .,.an an hour, bringing into his
discourse much of the present histo-
~ in the empire as well as a most
entertaining sketch of the general
characteristics OF the people.
Mr.. Corey knows personally San
Vat Sen, president OF tine republic,
who is a Christian, together with
eight of his cabinet of ten. The
speaker referred to a recent demon
stration in the streets of Nankip
when 5000 students of a Chinese
university of that place went into the
temples of the gods, tore down the
idols and after beheading them.
marched through the streets with the
dismem3ered statues, crying out,
"The gods are dead He pointed to
another indication that Manchu rule
is ended in the fact that three years
ago Cinnamon all over the empire
unbound the feet and in many places
cut off the queues, which through
the centuries had been a sign Of serf-
dom to the prevailing dynasty.
"China has been burdened with
two great evils, opium and famine"
said Mr.. Corey, in his interesting dis
cussion of the evils undermining the
nations strength. "Take the liquor
traffic which you think is such a
great problem of this county, and
multiply its effect ten thousand
times and You have some idea Of the
devastation wrought in the life Of
the life of the individual and the life
of the nation by the opium habit"
Five years ago an opium commits
sion was appointed by Great Britain
at the instigation of young mis-
sionary from North Carolina the
commission, however, being consid-
cred such a joke that the British gov
eminent made proposition that if
in five years the trade was cut down
ten per cent through their efforts
they would cease to import the drug
altogether. This was five years ago.
Today" concluded Mr.. Corey,
''there is not one-tenth of the opium
used in China that there was five
years ago.
"China is the greatest grafter's
nation in the world" said Mr.. Cor
ey. "The viceroy Of China receive,
salary of 5000 a year and CRAFTS Of
$4,000"
In the evening, a large crowd was
present for the address by DR.. Royal
]. Dye, of Bolenge, Africa, who MADE
one of the ablest talks along mis-
sionary lines ever heard in this city.
DIR. Dye is the pastor of perhaps the
| most remarkable mission church OF
all Foreign Mission fields. 1t is sit
uated at Bolegne, a town in Central
Africa, squarely at the equator. The
members of his congregation were
formerly naked savages, many be-
ing cannibals. Now his church, with
a membership of 700 is deeply re-
ligious and consecrated. Every nine
members support a native mission
airy, about seventy-fve in all, so thai
from this great church the gospe