The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-16
In Address at Admission Up
holds Sen as One of Great
Militant Forces
YUAN SHI KAI is
DECLARED TRAITOR
Over $4,000 Raised for Home and
Foreign Missions This Year.
Treasurer's Report Shows
Over S6S,OOO Raised
BY HARRY NJ, AYERS

BY HARRY NJ. AYERS
Admission, November 15.-(Special) Jan
immense audience heard DR.. C. F. Reid,
teacher of Sen Vat Sen, the militant
force, and Can Yu Wei, the moral force,
behind the recent revolution in China,
eliminating in the Chinese republic, de-
liver an ado >ss of about an hours dura-
ton Frida. ,vening. during the course
of which he gave his hearers a retro
spective and prophetic vision of what he
termed the greatest national force in this
or any other age.
Dr. Reid's hypothesis was that China
of today is the direct product of the
touching hand of Cod" and in the de-
velopment of this contention he delivered
lecture that was a masterpiece of schol-
arship. giving his hearers the benefit of
years of experience spent on the firing
line of the China mission fields, and a
breadth of study with direct and rela-
tive bearing on the worlds youngest re-
public.
A World Movement
Present conditions in China, Dr. Reid
said, constitute but one expression of a
great world movement toward the Chris
tian ideal, three-fourths of the universe
now being in a stage OF transition. He
contrasted the Chinese to the Americans
in their ability to digest and assimilate,
stating that just as the people of the
United States assimlate 100000 immi-
grants every year, even so have the Chi
nese assimilated and digested the Man
chus, and in other respects he spoke of
the similarity of the Chinese and the
Anglo-Saxons. Likewise, he likened Con-
fucianism to Christianity, minus Christ,
"a body without q SOUL
He emphasized the point that the Anglo
Saxons have never developed a great sys-
tenn of ethics such as Confucianism the
greatest code of ethics outside of the
Bible. I'VE have Darwinish and Chris
tian Science, of course" he said, 'but
I mean a great system" In fact, he said,
there has never been given to the world
great code of ethics or a great re-
ligion outside of Asia. China, he said,
was civilization when Nineveh and
Babylon were in their heyday, 5000 years
of age when the Anglo-Saxons were bar
barians.
New Light on Opium
Touching upon the beginning of the
awakening of modern China, the Chang
ing of changeless old China" he shed
new light upon the Tcrime OF opium In
China" excoriating the English for their
shameless commercialism. AS a result of
their having forced the trade on China.
he said, the British government reaped
net profit of s2100,OO0,O00 but at the
same time debauched 15O,OoO,ooo people
China Today Militant
Progressing in his remarks Dr. Reid
briefly reviewed the international game of
grab in China by the foreign powers
Russia, England. Germany, France and
the attempt by Italy, eliminating in the
Boxer uprising and ending in the siege
of Pekin. the loot of that city by the
allied powers being without counter
part since the sacking of Alexandria,
in the opinion of DR.. Reid.
The Boxer war opened the eyes of the
Chinese however, and ever since that
day the nation has been building arse
nails and turning out arms under the best
experts that could be secured from Krupp,
Springfield and the other arms manu-
featuring centers of the world.
Calls Yuan a Traitor
DR.. Reid intimated that China might
have become modernized without a rev.
olution had 1t not been for Premier Yuan
Shi Kai. II do not care how many times
he becomes President" the speaker said
Il shall never forgive Yuan for betraying
the young Emperor into the hands of the
Empress Dowager.'' Under the influence
OF men who had been educated in Chris
tian schools, he said, modern KNOWLEDGE
and the light of Christian religion was
being encouraged by the throne but Yuan
turned traitor, the Emperor was deposed,
his advisors decapitated and the old re-
gime restored. One of these men, Tang
Sc Tung, the speaker, said, stated Just
before his death that "for every one of
us you kill 10000 will spring UP to take
our place" prophecy coming true in
the bloodless revolution.
Fruits of Christianity
There has not been reform in the
past 20 years. DR.. Reid said, that svas
not the indirect result of, the Christian
religion and he quoted John Barrett
president of the Pan-American union. to
the effect that he had statistics to show
that 60 per cent Of the leadership in Chi
ma and other nations today comes from
Christian schools.
$35,497,97 for Missions
Preceding the address of DR.. C. r.
Reid at the missionary rally service of
the North Alabama conference Friday
evening, r. M. Archibald, field secre-
tary of the conference spoke in behalf
of home missions and the report Of the
treasurer showed that for both home and
foreign missions this year the church has
given $35, 497.97, including extra contribu-
tions. In 1918 the contribution for foreign
missions was $12.547, against s11,s41 in 1912,
not including special contributions, which
ran the total to $19.522 .21. In 1918 the home
mission contributions amounted to $13,-
.19. against $12.124 in 1912, the specials
making a total of $15,975.76
Total Collections 8,151.9A
The report of Treasurer t. C. Banks Of
Alfalfa, submitted to the North Alabama
conference of the Methodist Episcopal
church, south. here Saturday morning,
shows collections totaling $685. ISL 94, for
the year for all purposes. Foreign mis-
sions $12547 21: home missions, $13, ,069. 10;
bishops. $3o9O.13; conference claimants,
$S715.27; education. $15.S31 80; church ex-
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