Evening star., 1913-11-13
Macfarland's Tribute.

Mr. Bryan, who arrived at the banquet
a little after 10 o'clock, was introduced
b. former District Commissioner Henry
+. +. Macfarland, POSTMASTER. as the
only man who had ever come 10 be Sec
retary Of state OF the United States after
having first visited all the other coun-
tries Of the world The Secretary OF
State sat at the. guest table. with the
only other two speakers of the evening,
one. George Sherwood Eddy. regarded by
Y. NJ. G. y. members aS world figure
III Christian leadership and who has
crossed Asia repeatedly for the last sev-
srteeu years. and The other. Galeu NJ.
Fisher. secretary for Japan. information
a. committee, Young Mems Christian
Association.
Seated also al the guest table We're
Henry White. Col. Chester Harding. I.
;. A.. District Commissioner; 5. w.
Woodward. George OTIS Smith. Ransford
:. Miller. chief of the bureau of far east
-rn affairs State Department. and DE-
IL J. Chang. the charge d atfaires Of the
chinese legation at Washington. Many
Chinese and Japanese were among those
ut the banquet. and q reception. par
ticipated in by many American women
present. preceded ii.
Before Mr. BRYAN delivered his brief
talk on his experiences and observations
III connection with religious work in the
orient. which included accounts OF meet
ings at which he had been present in
were made by Mr.. Eddy and Mr. Fisher.
Like Coming Home.
II seems to be like coming home, to
talk 10 YOU here" Mr.. Fisher said Il
nave been this clubs guest at two previ-
Gus dinners and l know you are glad TO
near what / have been trying to do
among the japanese. | have never found
anv one 10 object To American imperial
snl' OF the ChristaniZing sort, and we
are proud TO be your ministers in the far
east. carrying out the Imperialism of our
ord and Master.
There is n confused impression of
things as they are today in Japan N
rnis country The background of the
whole Christian movement in Japan to-
.lav is most complex. New things coming
N have made this situation more com
plcx than il has ever been. There they
arc sloughing off the old and not at
once adopting the new in its place. The
old emperor. now dead. was the balance
wheel, and now that his hand has been
removed the radicals and liberals have
pressed forward.
Danger to Christianity.
There is great danger to Christianity
T. the incoming of these liberals, ana
Christianity in Japan must address il
self 10 the problem OF liberalism and
s8Gicausm there. Two weeks ago !
vas al q dinner with Hamilton Wright
Mabie who said that as result of
is six-month residence in Japan the
taiag that had struck him most in re-
eerd 10 the people was their soul
munger. Their reaching out for the moral
and social ideal. They want the IN
tangible and sentimental thing which
Slristianity Yields and nothing else does
y eld
The California land bill has offered
# serious obstacle 10 the ChristlaniZ-
- of Japan. They say: Well. Can
arnia is a part Of America. You say
\merica is caristianized. The cali
toruia land bill is apparently CHRIS
tian Therefore Christianity j. q spteh-
,{id tueo4.y. but evidently il does act
work out in practice
Sulzer Trouble an Obstacle.
Also sae Sulzer trouble il Nv York
has offered q serious obstacle I" the
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