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

iCEEeT journey liefLElu anu SI41lcQ
70" a considerable time the schools
that city. Returning. they told the
father that the only force in China
working for the welfare OF the people
was Christianity. The old man be-
came almost wild over the thought
that his sons might abandon the an
cestral faith.
Accordingly, they promised him
that they would give up all thought
Of Christianity and abide in the an
cestral faith. But the old man him
self could not rest In peace, and on
hearing last winter the Rev. Jona-
than Verify, OF the Cincinnati Con-
ference. had come 10 China at nearly
eighty years Of age and was preach
ing the Christian doctrines at Cha ng1t
he told his sons that he must 60 and
hear q man who at such an age
would travel such a distance TO
preach the Gospel. Accordingly. the
old man, with thirteen sons, uephews
and grandsons, started at half-past
in the morning In carts and visited
ch'angli TO hear the Gospel. They re-
rnained eight days. AT the close OF
the second days preaching they we're
under deep conviction. and presently
the old man and his sons came into
blessed assurance Of forgiveness
and a blessed experience of the wit
ness of the spirit. The old man said
al the close of the meetings: II never
expected such q peace as this" IS
they have been spending some $3.50
a year in gambling, drinking, snnok-
Ing and in opium, they resolved TO
abandon all these vices and devote
the money TO the service Of the Lord
ana TO their neighbors. Accordingly
they have built church at their Own
expense without asking a dollar
from the missionaries. They have
asked for q preacher, whom they pro-
pose 10 support, they have established
a school in an excellent building and
a school for girls in another building
and, best of all, the old father re-
marked TO the missionary on his last
visit: We must provide for the
widow of that poor man who died as
| a martyr for his faith In the Boxer
! uprising Missionaries who traveled
over this very territory for twenty
| years without witnessing a single
conversion, missionaries who have
wrestled for hours in prayer ara
vino have wet the very stones With
! their tears interceding for China aue
begging for some manifestation of II
spirit, are astounded at the new att1
tude not only of the humble poor, BIZ
! of at least some of the leaders -
China brought about through the 14a.
| cent awakening of the nation. so'
Eascraess for the Gospel.
We know that these ars IpaiySzao
cases, but the fluttering Of q single
| leaf may indicate the direction in
which the wind iz blowing. john +
| Mott has made four visits 10 China
| With his large experience he is not
easily mistaken in his DIAGNOSIS 81
J s,5.
| he remarked at the close of a series
of meetings extending from Canton
| 10 Aukoen that he had never before
witnessed any such eagerness for the
| Gospel, any such intense interest and
| any such Willingness to surrender III
| considerable numbers as he saw dur
/ ing this visit. Seven thousand and
/ fifty-nine young men, most OF tEsr
! from the government colleges, voiun-
tariiy subscribed their names TO IN
vestigate the Christian doctrine with
open mind. Many OF these entefef
| Bible classes opened in the difteren
centers for them.
Many scientists have investigate
I tho coal and iron resources Of China
! While they have not given US exae
| figures, yet, so TAR as the investiga
| lions have gone, the coal resources o.
China extend over more than 100000
square miles of the nation, as COM
pared with something like 800, 09e
square miles Of coal deposits In ali
the rest of the world The iron de
poslts are equal to the coal deposits
With the immense number and
vitality of the Chinese race and the
| cheapness of labor. there Is in CHM
an opportunity for industrial ex-
pansion which the Western world Is
just beginning to realize. -
Their Constructive skill.
What prevents the Chinese entering
4 into their rich inheritance? II is not
the lack of constructive skill on the
part of the Chinese. The Picking
Kirin railway, built wholly By
! Chinese skill and with Chinese. Is the
best railroad in China. and was built
at less cost than any foreign railway
constructed here. But the diffacuity
of building such railways or opening
up mines is the difficulty of forming
large companies. This springs from
a lack OF such confidence In each
other ae would lead the Chinese 4
trust large sums of money TO theis
neighbors. Unfortunately. sad ex
perience has produced this distruc
In one another, For while the Chimes
as an Individual trader or a. c
banker Is remarkably reliable, never
trusted to large boards. where indi-
vidual responsibility is lacking, again
and again these funds have melted
away without producing the railroads.
or opening the mines, for which TIN
money was subscribed. In q word,
China must become sufficiently Chris
tanned for business to become re-
liable before she can enter upon a
period Of industrial development. IL
/ 81.
Mr. Morgan before the Senate in
vestiEation committee that bankers
loaned their money upon personal
character, rather than upon material
securities, and IL Is only generations
OF Christian civilization which has
finally brought Western nations 20
! that point in which money can be
entrusted TO others in the innnaense
sums necessary for great Industrial
enterprises. The business interests
and the business management of
China must be. in some measure at
least, Christisnized before the
Chinese can enter upon their great in
dustrial Inheritance.
Civilizations also must become at
least 70 such q degree Christianized
! that men can trust one another and
use constitutional methods OF settling
their disputes before republican Ia.
situations will Become possible. And
, so the paralysis OF business standing
at the threshold OF unparalleled ops
portunitles of Industrial develops
|, ment, the paralysis Of political
activity at the threshold Of the pos.
sibility Of establishing the largest res
public on earth is simply an indicat
ton that the political and business
| interests OF one-fourth OF the human
race unite in crying for the incoming
/ Of peace and Righteousness and truth
, and honor in the Far East All
nature and human history are pre-