Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1912-02-14
PARKSVILLE NEWS.
Mary Ridlehoover Entertains
Little Friends. Work of
MIR. Snuggs Bearing
Fruit.

/ DoOt-ilcK, the man without DacK'
bone, who sets his sails to catch
every breeze, in order, not to be
fright, but to be with the crowd. In
view of these facts, l think a few
extracts from "Foreword" in Clini.
cal Medicine appropriate: Get right
first, using your own conscience as
a guide, your own mind to decide,
tyour own will to do, be nobody's
man.
4 Then stick-be as firm as rock.
! But change the minute you can i'm
Iproye. When you find yourself in
Terror, back up and try again. Let
i the, waves of intolerance, of false
hood, of abuse, of inuendo, of theo,
iretical precedent, of special inter
ests and private favor, beat upon
! yon and about you, and leave you
lstill arock.
/ Cultivate 1ackbone--c courage
sfidelity.
1 BE firm, :. stubborn, Stay right;
bnt able to see your own faults, and
hwilling, yes glad to correct them.
We love the lovers OF trRth; respect
those who respect the opinions of
Others; and fortune favors the brave.
Rpsh ahead.
t The remarkable revolution
Jan China, which is apparently
lstransfo9nino thai slumber-
ling. rant Of the nauons into e
ittsolic was undoubtedly inspired by
our own experiment" in self-gov-
ernment. This fact, however, is sig
ifcant and reason for hope: Behind
6 iis man--!his a great. insistent,
81 contained, and constantly act
i;S,o~ef. Sun Vat San,, The recent
Il -A's ',eoaia aeat Of sihsa proyiszl
'yr''>,,, ',,t.ie { IS se:a = s. = %; fss.
clan: e ,im more ohsn any other
indiyjda ~ Is due the great uphesv-
al, whicli. .hreateus 10 drive the
planchu frsn the t'rone, A brief
study of thelife Of II, Sun Yat Sen
helps US to undsss.sd the character
of the revol.don. lie was born IS
years ags in Huag- Shan,and is the
son of a farmer, vno had been con-
verted to christislity. In his boy
hood he went With his mother to
Honolulu, whGe an elder brother
was in business. There he attended
mission schools, and finally studied
in an American college. Thus he
became acquainted with ,the Eng
lish language, which he is said to
speak fuently, and this explains
why he is conversant with the ideals
and spirit of American institutions.
Sun Vat Sen then returned to his
native land where he took up the
study of medicine. After five siren
uous years, he was graduated from
Hong-Kong college of medicine for
Chinese and his diploma, (the first
of the schooD was handed him by
DR.. Keer, the American missionary,
who was at the head of this institu-
ton.
AS current literature says, the
foundations of his campaigns have
long been solidly laid upon four
corner stones, unselfishness, patrl-
otism, courage, capacity. He is a
sincere and humble minded Chris
tian, who translates into action the
teachings of the sermon on the
mount, and his religion is not Of the
theologic, but rather the practical
type. My brothers he said to a meet
ing of students, "applied christianity
is our true need. Editorial in
Clinical Medicine.
1 send you these extracts to show'how
the seed sown by our missionaries
is beginning to germlnate: and yet
some of our people oppose foreign
missions. But in the light of these
facts,I rise to remark in the language
of another, that to oppose foreign
missions in this day and time, is a
reflection upon ones intelligence. "
And this reminds us, that the
Rev. Mr.. Snuggs from south China
delivered very interesting lecture
in the Baptist church last Wednes-
day night on the work in south
China. One prominent brother said
he felt much nearer China than ever
before, and he expected to return
with brother Snuggs, of course send
his substitute. Any brother can &C
as substitute ssby sending 800. In
the war, men who do not feel like
undergoing the hardships of the