The Daily Missoulian., 1913-06-13
WORK or The FOREIGN M1y1UnS .'-'...
AMONG The DISCIPLES Of CHRIST

field. China has population of 4OO,-
100000, and has the most remarkabl,
history of any nation on the globe ex.
cept the Jews. We sometimes think
4 of the Chinese as q race Of laundry
u men or the italians az a race OF
1 ditchers and the Greeks as race OF
shoeblacks We greatly miss the mark
when we think. of the Chinese as an
4 inferior race. The laundrymen we see
are from Canton and are not the real
/ Chinese. Long before Gutenberg and
Caxton were born, the Chinese printed
/ from movable type. A Chinese in
vented gunpoWder and the mariner
compass. When our forefathers
| dressed in the skins of wild beasts,
the Chinese wore silks. For 5000
years the Chinese have held that the
man who reserted to brute force was
british and not a superior man.
Three centuries ago the Chinese were
an alcohol-using people. They saw
that alcohol was harmful and did
away with it's use entirely. The Chi
nese are Waging a war against opium,
and with every prospect of ultimate
victory. The church has the greatest
opportunity before her in China that
she has had since Pentecost. and the
Chinese are moved to listen to the
teachers from the west as never be-
fore. We have Al missionaries and 181
Chinese helpers at work. These are
doing well, but what are they among
so many?
The Disciples of Christ have 80
missionaries and 50 natives at work in
Japan. Twice as many could not do
all that should be. done. Japan has
population of about 4S,OOO,OOO. OF
these, 10000 are Christians, but very
much larger number are influenced
by the life and teachings of our Lord.
The progress of the Japanese in the
last half-century is one of the wonders
of the world. Their victories on land
and sea show what Japan has learned
since Commodore Perry opened her
ports to the commerce of all nations
but Japan Is far less Christian than
many suppose, particularly as regards
the rural districts. Nine tenths OF the
Japanese are without any adequate
knowledge Of our holy religion.
According to the latest census. In
dia has a population Of 315 900, 900. or
these about 100000 profess the
Christian faith. Much pioneer work
has been done in India, but the con-
quest Of India for Christ is in the
future That conquest is assured for
the mouth of the Lord has spoken. An
Indian judge has said that the ideas
that lie at the heart of the gospel are
slowly but surely penetrating every
part of Hindu society and modifying
every phase Of Hindu thought The
Foreign society and Womans board
have 63 missionaries and 2,297 native
helpers at work Our work is in the |
heart of the continent and it's influ-
ence spreads out in all directions.
The Disciples Of Christ are at work
in two quarters in Africa, the Belgian
Congo and Liberia. The Foreign So
ciety has 1S missionaries and 2S5 ma I
tive evangelists. sfhe woman's board ]
has four missionaries
In addition to the work done in |
these larger fields, work is carried on
in Jamaica, Porto Rico, Mexico, Ar
gentine, Cuba. Turkey Tibet and in
four European countries. Our breth- |
rem in England are doing some work
in Burma, Assam and India. Our
brethren in Australia have five mis-
sions in the New Hebrides.
Among the methods employed by
the missionaries are these:
First preaching. Our Lord said to
His disciples: Go We into all the |