The Cairo bulletin., 1912-01-01

tSag!Szk k922Lsll OF our finest Audi.
$to4ums, the Y NJ.
c. A., and a large abundance. In his
AUDIENCE OF English residents We're
many japanese. VeT earnest atten-
ton was given him. We report one Of
his addresses frdm tie text. Choose
We this day whom ye VIII serve" Josh
VA xiv, 10y. HeIsaid--
am deeply IMPRESSED with the great
progress which ybur ration has made.
which Is mans m. on every hand. But
alas! fear that here. as in civilized
lands. some OF the progress Is injuri
Gus. The japanese and every other
people need a faith ballast. 1t Is nee.
essary to strength OF character and n
permanent civilization. without 1t. In
a little while the whole world will be
swept into anarchy. Indeed foresee
that awful condition approaching rap
idly--in Europe, in America and here
In Japan.
Lsn,ents the Lack Of Faith Ballast.
The basis Of anarchy is a lack of
faith ballast; ard alas! our wonderful
schools, with their fine equipments, are
the real cause 9i the condition which
is approaching In Europe and Amer
lea this infidelitJ is CLOSED over with
the name of Higher Criticism, but here
| see that ysu rpOre candidly label it
Agnosticism and Atheism. 1t appall.
ed me to find that the progress Of
your scholar from Shintoism. Confu-
cianism and Buddhism has not beea
toward Christiauity, but toward total
unbellef. hai been handed q report
from three Of pr schools which has
made me heard ,sk. Out of a total OF
400 Students Il fofessed Christianity,
II the religion OF your fathers, 90 de-
clared themselves Atheists. 2S2 regis
tered rs Agnostfs and 46 were so be.
wldored MS TO 10 non-commIttal
Alas, my friends, even your proven
bal politeness. gentleness. kindness Of
character and Willingness to die for
your Emperor cannot exist long under
the influence of such q lack of faith
ballast. And what your scholars of
today believe will surely reflect in your
masses shortly. And am bound in
candor to admit that n very similar
condition of things prevails through
out Europe and America. The outlook
Is ominous indeed.
Whatever we may be, the closing of
one year and The opening OF another
furnishes favorable opportunity for
retrospection as well rs for good reso
lutions. trust that my audience
agrees with me IN this. The greatest
power In the universe is the power of
the will, and we are all learning how
important matter 1t is that our own
wills and the Wills Of our fellow-crea.
lures be rightly directed. 1t Is In line
with this thought that the Wise man
declared that 'greater is man that
ruleth his own spirit than he who con-
quers city, and, "As man willeth
in his heart, so Is he,' proverbs xvi,
80; kill. ~
War and Hapine Not Noble Objects.
OF old Alexander the Great willed
to be the condueror Of the world, and
at cost othwealth and streams of
blood he accomplished wonders. We
are graduallW learning, however, that
war and rapibe are not sufficiently no
BILE objects for the human ambition
and win. Itstead, the bright minds
OF the world are turning toward the
the earth. Highways
nre cast UP, trails are laid, trains are
run, mountains are pierced, rivers are
epanned wifi bridges, and the human
viii Is usinghteam and electrical pow.
err in every direction In a marvellous
I'm not emphasizing these
well known facts so common to our
but calling attention TO
the ,cill behind all these results, with
out which they would not be attained.
And whit Is thus noted in the
of the world reminds us
that we zach and all have wills,
which should be rightly directed and
forcefully Exercised in all Of our per-
sonal affaif, our lives, our ambitions,
our family hnd social attachments. A |
will-less nkn Is a good-for-naught. |
How impotant. then. IL Is that MI OF |
our wills skould be wisely. rightly d.
'ected, thai our lives may be made rs |
nd useful MS possible, for |
he glory our Creator and for the |
welfare OF bur fellows. as well as far |
,ur own akes. | suggest to You, |
therefore,, harmony with our text,
hat we :" hoose this day. our course
or the col lug year. yea, for life, and,
hiding tht we have chosen wisely, |
hat we bdbd every energy to the out.
working oil that resolution or will,
JapsJ . Flowsry Kingdom.
This choke does not necessarily mean
hat all mist turn right about face and
% In the opposite direction 10 that In