Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-28

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The missionaries. Protestant and Cath
Ollie. are to be found all over Asia
| found several departments of work
fully organized. The missionaries are
building churches and increasing the
number of congregations: | attended
church at several places and was i'm
pressed with the earnestness of the native
Christians. Japan. it seems to me, fur
nshes great field for missionary wor',,
and Korea is scarcely second to it. In
China. the native Christians showed. dur
ing the Boxer trouble. heroisn, which
equaled that displayed by the early
Christians
The medical missionaries are increas-
ing in number, and they are doing a
very important work. The aid which
lney render is Of a kind that challenges
attention. and when natives know that
the medical missionary is actuated by
love. rather than by a desire for gain.
they inquire into the source of his love
ana 1he reason for its manifestation.
me American College is also a notent
influence for good These schools spring
up about the missionary stations and
are constantly growing in attendance
ana IN influence. | followed an unbroken
cham OF them for some COCO miles from
the Pacific to the Mediterranean. 7
looked into the faces of nundreds-ves
thousands-of boys and girls taught by
AMERICANS or by teachers paid with
Aillerlcah money, and | rejoiced that, II
our country could not boast that the
sun never sets upon its possessions. il
mas a prouder boast-nameIy. that the
sun never sets upon American philan-
thropy.
before the
ter of civilization established by Ameri-
can money It rises upon another. and
the boundaries of these centers of civil-
cation are constantly charging: after a
while the boundaries will meet and
when the orient is redeemed America
VIII deserve large share of credit. One
cannot measure the far-reachine good
that these schools are doing. When we
calculate the impress that a life can
make upon nation, and then remem-
Der that thousands are instructed in
these schools and go out from them to
touch the lives and hearts of the people
of the orient, who will attempt to esti-
mate the total good done? Infinite OPP
portunities open before each teacher,
and each one who contributes to the
work has part in the result.
| found that the Young Mems Christian
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Christian Association have already gain
ed a foothold in Asia. At kagash.ma.
Japan. | attended a meeting held under
the auspices of the Young Women's
Christian Association, and at number
of places | was the guest Of the Young
Mems Christian Association. At the
close of a Young Mems Christian Asso-
citation meeting in Allahabad India, an
Indian arose and asked me to assure the
people of the United States that Chris
tan ideals have made a deeper imDreS-
sion than the church membership in
India would indicate. He expressed ap-
precation OF the missionaries and the
teachers who had been sent to them.
and complained only that the number
was SO small compared with the great
population of India.
1t may not be out of place briefly to
call attention to the religions which our
rived no other benefit from the trip I
would consider the time well spent. be-
cause of the acquaintance that 1t gave
me with the religions and PHILOSOPHERS
Of the east.
If tree is to be known by its fruits,
surely the fruits of Christianity justify
its followers in claiming for 1t vast
superiority over other religions, whether
we compare the doctrines taught or the
general effect produced by the religions.
Take Mohammedanism for instance. It
has several merits. First. it rests upon
a belief In one God-the Mohammedan
has as great faith in Jehovah as the
Christian has. Second, it teaches prayer.
The Mohammedan is as careful to OBJ
serve the hour of prayer as is the Chris
tan. if not more SO. Five times a day
he kneels. his face toward Mecca, and
supplicates his Creator. No matter
where he is. the prayer is on his lips. II