Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-06-06


East. supported by the Sunday schoi
The address OF Bishop Bashford
Newark. but throughout civilized cor
The document shows msnifestly the
favor with which the Chinese are re-
ceiving Christianity. and further, It
| gives a picture of the real life Of the
nation and Of its foremost leader Of
importance for the whole world.
John r. Mott, after an hours con-
versation with Yuan Shih-kai, re-
marked that he had seldom met a
man 10 whom he felt so strongly
/ drawn as TO this leader of China in
| her present crisis. Yuan Shih-kai, IN
q personal conversation with Presi-
dent II. H Lowry, of the Picking Uni
versity CM. z. NJ. remarked: 7
J am not a Christian; I am a Confu-
cianist; but only Christian ethics can
save China. Our morality is not suf-
/ fcient for the crisis This remark
/ to DR.. Lowry and the impression
which the president Of the Chinese
republic made upon one Of the Chris
tan leaders of the world shows the
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China have Travelled since the Boxer
uprising.
The head OF the Government Nor
NAL School at Picking recently has
/ become a Christian. and he is an en-
thuslastic advocate not only Of
Christianity, but also of the adoption
OF the phonetic alphabet for China
o.. the ground that in no other way
can the masses be taught Christianity
soon enough 10 save the Chinese re-
public.
Picking Banker Converted.
= banker in Picking, some seventy
years old. recently confessed that HI
had been under conviction snace the
Boxer uprising and that his increas-
ing wears and the advancing crisis IN
China led him 10 turn to Christ as
the only hope of himself or the ma
ton. He found such peace that he
has set aside money sufficient for It's
income to support a preacher from
now until the close of human history.
In a conversation in December,
1872, with a wealthy man In Foochow.
who had raised $40, 900 among his
Chinese friends for an Anglo-Chines
college, three fourths Of which he had
given himself, he spoke in very dis
couraging terms over the Chinese re-
public on the ground that they could
not borrow money. I remarked thsi
: our own republic was unable 10 Dor
, row money at first; that Robert Nor
! ris. the first treasurer. was obiiget
TO advance his own money to pa.
the soldiers; that the government
was unable to repay him for severa
years. and that eventually he himself
was sent to Jail for debt because the
, United States cou'd rot at that tiTz.r
return the money he had advanced tr
} her Immediately he remarked
''your people must have been q
Christian people when your Revolu-
! tion occurred. Only Christianity ac-
, counts for such sacrifices" After sit
ting musing 4 few minutes the oil
! man added. Probably China viii
: need to become Christian"
Addressing One Thousand.
The following Sunday I addressed
I 200 students of the Government Uni
versitv at Foochow. told OF this
herdships of the soldiers whose bare
= feet left MARKS of blood upon the
frozen ground at Valley Forge and OF
the sacrifices of Morris. etc, and
? summoned the men to life OF sacri.
fee for China. The professor who
presided at the meeting, after takins
his degrees in China, had studied
modern science for eight years II
Japan. At the close OF my address
he suddenly asked me how long oui
people had been Christian before tbs
2 Revolution. I replied that not all o.
them were Christian al the time o.
the Revolution, but that the leaders
in the New World had brought Chris
tianfty with them when they cams
. from the Old World $50 years before
; Turning to the students, he declared
; like Yuan Shih-kai, that he was {
. Confucianist. But" he added
probably we shall all have TO becom'
Christians. for only Christianity cal
produce the sacrifices which ar
needed for the salvation of China
today"
Last week we attended the dedica
cation of a Chinese church in vii
lage of some 5000 or 1000 people etgh
miles from here. The beginning o
, the church Is full of interest. At thu
] hers of this village met 10 discuss tn
= part they should take in uproctinl
, Christianity. The meeting was ap
: parently unanimous in the convictioi
2 that this small town must unite witt
its neighbors in driving out the for
eign religion which was bringing sucl
evils upon China Suddenly the har
mony of the meeting was disturbe'
, by an humble neighbor rising and re
marking that he was Christian
They were astonished and protestes
that he had not joined the foreigi
church. Nevertheless, he proteste'
that he believed in Jesus and tina
they ought not 10 prosecute this way
+ In anger the neighbors ordered hin
no flee for his own life. But the MAJ
5 calmly reiterated his faith in Jesu
: and his willingness to die If neces
; sary for his faith. A certain wealth.
] man, the leader of the village, doubt
less could have saved the life OF thi
poor neighbor: but this man, like tn
others, breathed out threatenings an
) destruction. and the neighbor wa
soon a martyr, and his wife was let
: in dire poverty. Possibly this was IN
beginning of a restless conscience
for this leading man became more de
vout in his Buddhism than before
2 As he had means he had sent HI
! oldest son TO school until he secures
! the first degree corresponding to GU
bachelors degree, and the third sol
until he had secured the first ans
second degrees. which correspond &
: our masters degree, intending tina
both Of them should become official
> OF the empire. Owing to politica
changes these men were not in tn
government employ, though the thir
son was recently elected TO the Pro
vincial Assembly. A year or NOR
ago the sons suggested TO the viilag
~ ers the use of one of the two temple
r as an industrial school, and the VII
Z | Ia GERS req ilN fnllnWad their sugaes