Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-11-03


mer Chinese minister 90 the United
States, writes that the missionaries
have penetrated far into the heart Of
the country and have invariably
been ne fron,lcrsmcn for trade and
commerce" The late Mr. DENLY
stated that the fact that commerce
follows the missionary has been ia
dubiathly proved In China" The
Honorable r. $. stratton, formerly
lcollector Of the port OF san Francis
co, on his return from a journey Of
three months In China, Japan. and
the Philippines, declared taht, com
mercially speaking, the missionaries
are the advance agents for American
commercial enterprises, and II busi-
ness men only understood this mat
ter they would assist rather than dis
courage evangolistlc work IN the
east"
During a Visit Of Bishop e. r. Hem
Dirk 10 China he met "A wealthy Eng
lish merchant In Shanghai whose
convictions ON this subject were proc
nounced and clearly expressed. Ho
says: we find that our very COM
merce In China is based upon the
missionary He prccedcs US into the
interior. and becomes the means Of
our communications with the ma
tives"
A correspondent OF the London
Standard has written; I'm almost
every instance OF new trade centers,
new settlements and ports boing
opened tn the far east, the mlssion-
larry pioneer has been the first stu
dent and Interpreter. gcologisi. ass
tronomcr, historian and schoolmas-
ter, and his example and instruction
have first aroused the desire for
those commercial wares OF ours
which subsequently drew forth the
traders" In the initial attempts 10
build railways In China Il was found
comparatively easy 10 DO this u the
route had been previously occupied
by mission stations. but that there
was prompt trouble II the attempt
war made where no missionary in
flucnco had been cNerted The Rev.
w a. Cornaby for many years a
resident missionary In China IL quot
ed az saying: THE opening Of China
was desirable first of all In the inter-
csts of the kingdom Of God. and then
In the interests of commerce. hut the
missionary must precede the trader,
and commerce must be on Christian
lines" These carefully formed opin-
ions Of men or intelligence and char
acter might nc multiplied, and they
are ful OF significance. In view OF the
} rapid and enormous extension of
commerce In the far east during re-
cent years.
schoolInastcF Of the Orient.
} Japan has been called the school
, master OF the orient" There are
over eighteen thousand Korean, ST.
amesc and Chinese students In her
, capital. There has never been such
a movement Of students 10 one Coun-
; try in the history Of the world. Japan
, is not only the schoolmasters of
these eighteen thousand students, but
, She Is tho schoolmaster OF the entire
, east and from her China, Siam and
India will learn the lessons of indie
2 pendcnce self-guN crnment and civil
! lization. The importance ot the stu
| alton In Japan has not been equaled
= In the whole history OF missions.
a over threc-fourths of Japan Is un-
evangelical. There IL not homo In
, Ian of Japan that b. not titumined by
= coal oil brought from CHRISTIAN lands.
In little towns OF a wv hundred ins
: hahitants can be seen the advertise
= mCnts of a brand 81 cigarettes manu-
featured by O Christian merchant -
= the southland; and yet In these same
a towns there are no churches, chnpcls
or bibles.
= DO these things mean that Chris
= tinn business men are more alive o.
the opportunity TO secure wealth than
= the church 90 win souls?
: Japan stands IN an equality w.th
the civilized nations of the world
= she is In military alliance with Enr'
= land. Japan IL the leader of tn,
east, the pilot of the oriental shiT
= Of state. She holds In her hands the
= destiny of the Orient. As goes ia
pan, so will go Korea. China and
= Siam.
= We're she not the tremendously en-
crEctir and progressive country tha'
= SHE Is. the winning OF her millions {,
= Christ would present call worthy OF
the activities of the church. Bu
= when We consider her position and
J. Influence. OF what she has accom-
plishod, aud of what she promises il
= the world field. we have a situat 20
. and call that are colossal
4 every prayer for Japan 81 pray
3 or for the whole east. Contribution
= for Japan are contributions for th'
entire east And every servant of tn,
y church sent to Japan BE- a scrVan
3 sent 10 the entire Orient
Egypt and Divorce.
q The Mosiom World" gives some In
= torcsting facts concerning easy al
yorco In Egypt, ono girl. In her nine
y toenth year has been divorced fou
= times. Ibrahim. youth of %, hU
been married thirteen times Anothe
q youth. when reproved for taking
e twenty eighth wife, replied: VIII.
!. should / not. when my father diyorc
q ed thirty-oight?'
q 10 Is a common saying among Mos
y lens. "a woman Is Ike pair of shoes
q If she gets old n man throws he
q away and buys another, II he ha
=. money" Of every seven Moslem
Z married in Egypt more than two. ac
- cording 10 official records, are diyorc
p ed. but the actual number of al
J. vorces Is probably even greater Tn
~ police say that In many cases no pre-
= tense Of recording divorces Is made.
q 4 story and its lesson.
= Miss Julia Meadows, missionary
u A.