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missionaries had had everything to

awakening, and the planting o.
Western ideas.
The speaker gave many instance.
OF the rapid growth of Christian In
stitutions of learning in China. Ill
spoke OF one Christian college where
eight hundred young men were enroll
ad. one hundred and forty OF whom
we're Mohammedans. while II was re
quired of all students that they attend
the Christian chapel exercises, as con
dition OF being allowed to remain In
the college. The doctor also spoke
of a Christian school In the very
heart of Constantinople itself, where
a hundred little Mohammedan chill.
dren were attending.
In India, where the caste system
was so proverbially strong, there
were instances of whole villages
standing ready to go over TO Chris
tianity. individuals were often afraid
to become Christians, when they
really wished to do so. but ma
| jority. or a large number of any
community would often overcome
this fear. India was full OF great
opportunities like this.
The speaker also told of great
Roadway that Christianity was
making in Korea. He told of Kor-
can Christian gatherings. where
prayers were uttered on behalf Of
Japan. even though the Koreans
knew that Japan was trying to steal
their country.
Il trust" said DR.. Hitchcock, that
such meetings as this. will help us
to realize the fields for missionary
work that lie before us. fields that
are white with ripeness and ready
for the harvest"
Call of The Wild.
DIR. Andrews next presented Dr.
A. s. G.. Clark OF Evanston, H.,
whose topic was The Call of the
Wild"
I'VE seem to have lost sight"
said DR.. Clark, 'of the transform.
ing power of the Son of God In
our own lives. America presents a
tremendous call for u.s.
The speaker quoted Josiah Strong
in the words: ''He does most to
Christianize the world who does
most to Christianize America"
DIR. Clark did not take the view
that the Jews were the chosen
people of God today. He considered
Gods chosen people of today those
who were living i'm the full light
OF Gods truth. II there was any
one chosen people for whom God
had done more than he had for any
other. II was the people OF
America.
Almost without exception the
early settlers of America were
people OF deep religious fervor.
Those men had given character to
the. whole of American civilization.
America. he declared, occupied the
strategic position in Gods plan of
the world.
The Melting Pot.
The speaker remarked that he
he went to see "The Melting Pot"
IN Chicago. He believes that Amer
lea was the melting pot of the
world. from which finer race of
men then the world had yet seen
was destined to come forth.
DIR. Clark remarked that there
were in this country $4,000 Indians.
or these there were about $4,000
for whose religious uplift nothing
had ever been done. He did not
believe that the only good Indian
was a dead Indian.
Then there were the negroes. In
Chicago the white people had a
way OF forming clubs to discrimin-
ate against the negroes. Labor
unions would seldom permit negroes
to enter. The negroes of America
were not dying of. There were
ten million Of them. The question
that confronted the American
people was not whether they were
going to have the negro or not,
but what kind Of a negro were
they going to have. Were they GO
ing to have Booker Washingtons or
Jack Johnsons? Those people must
have. something of the Christian
touch. Christian morality should
be injected into the negroes.
immigration. said the speaker.
was a burning question. The tide
was no longer so strong from Scan
dinavia, the British Isles and Ger
many. but the people who were
now coming to this country were
from Spain. Portugal. Italy, Greece,
Austria and Russia. Americans
rave been accustomed to look upon
the immigrants from northern
Europe as people unto the man.
ner born" but have not taken SO
kindly to the southern European
immigrant. who were considered
rather In the light of intruders.
What interested the Christian
church was whether those people
were or were not to be an asset to
this country.
immigrants Are an Asset.
The speaker quoted an immigra-
ton authority to substantiate the
statement that Of five thousand immi-
Grants. such as ordinarily landed Mt
Ellis Island. were more of an asset
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