The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-10-28
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THE TURKS

Kansas City, Oct. 2S.-Dr. Charles C..
Tracy, president Of the Anatolia col
lege Of Turkey, in an address before
the Congregational Foreign Missionary
commissioners, declared Turkey could
be christianized for $1,000,000 used in
advancing the missionary cause. e..
In addressing the National Council
of Congregational churches here today
DR.. Lucien c.. Warner, president of the
Congregational Church Building So
ciety, alluded to business principles as
applied to the work of the society.
He intimated that many churches do
not conform to the best business
principles in their efforts to repay
loans made to them by the society.
'"Too much help pauperizes a
church just as it pauperizes indi-
viduals," said the speaker. "Fortu-
nately this is live question for our
society has no funds for building
churches and donating them to the
people. In the most needy cases it
rarely tries TO advance more than
one third the cost of a house of wor-
ship and even on this basis it is more
than a year behind in meeting the de-
mands upon it."
DR.. Warner opposed the building of
Congregational churches in small
communities whose spiritual welfare
is protected by other denominations.
The speaker said that on the first Of
last month the total amount overdue
the society had on it's docket applica-
tions for aid calling for $4,000 for
parsonages and $4,000 for grants to
churches and $165,000 for loans to
churches. -. ,..-.".
He complained that debtor churches
I,o;. o1oI
fail to make serious effort to repay
their loans.
'1f the 1,066 churches which last
year failed in their obligations to
take a collection for the society, and
the 303 churches which are behind in
repayment of their loans would now
rally to our help, We could act at
once on the 106 applications for aid
which now clog our docket and could
meet with reasonable promptness all
the demands which are made upon us
for assistance added DR.. War
ner.
Plea Against independence.
A plea against the independence of
DR.. Charles T. Sibley, a missionary
from Dayao. +.--.
! "Since American occupation" said
he, thousands Of public schools have
been established. Education is not
only free. but compulsory. No; one
| bigoted church can say to another:
Stop, or get out. People Of all chimes
and religions may dwell there, accept
| ing whatever religion they choose
| This Is part of the work Of the flag
Under the flag, order has been re-
stored and maintained, and law en-
| forced. Sanitary measures have been
carried out.
'The F'ilipinos still need the Ameri-
can flag because they are a divided
people without a common tongue
without national tie. They have nc
navy, and no funds with which to se-
cure one. A large percentage Of the
population are sick and underfed, be-
cause the people do not know how tc
| cultivate the soil efficiently.
/ "A part of the population want in
/ dependence, because in their ignor-
ance they do not appreciate how
1 things stand, and do not see that the
stars and Stripes mean to them
wealth. progress, prosperity, protec-
/ ion and liberty. There Is no other
example in history where a great ma
4 tion has done SO much for weak
subject people, in so short a time, ais
America has done for the Philip
ipines' s