The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1915-11-26
SOME THINGS
ABOUT CHINA


decided DO change her form VI gov
eminent from q republic to a mon
archy. Then, too, tile allies have 10
vtted her 10 Join To- the European
war. DR. Cell, vino has spent years
a III hes 1t Africa and In the re"
mote -patts Of China, tells some very
interesting things about the country
and people. In speaking before the
Lava,an's Missionary convention OF
the Baptist church In Denver last
week he Is quoted az follows:
II am not missionary, aud 1
have never been one, p" DI. GEN said.
"But tried for three solid years 20
and a human being without rell-
aiou. hunted In the heart OF AT
rica, among the cannibals OF Ne"
Guinea and savage boIneo, In Aus
tralia, 10 India and In Chinsa.
looked among the most savage .ano
primitive races. But, In that three
years OF constant search, was IN
able to hnd one solitary human being
without religion. That Is the one
poInt Oh contact all OF us nave with
all Of the rest OF US. That is the
place TO touch. Each OF US believes
In one Supreme God. That explains
the sonderiul influence OF tie mis-
sionary over sa age ces ana the
area' things the missionary move
nent has done toward the cisllizing
of the world
1--WE don't give many people credit
for the civilization hey actually pos
seas. We think Of the Chinese, sfor
instance, as wsshee, washee.
That's the iisa We get FROM the Chi
neso immigrants Of this country.
II We tlhnk they're several centuries
II hshInd the times.
II do you know that the first daily
ii ne wspaper exclusively for women was
= published In Gilman That makes tine
4 up. and. doing SUITS OF America iooF
allttla SLOW, doesn't itY
1.-THE Chinese invented the editoIi
al We which other nations have
beenso busy using ever since. Th'
Emperor Ohin, the maker of thu
thirty-sIX original states OF China, is
sued an edIct POI years before Christ
declaring: From this time forward
| will never refer to myself IN tin
angular numher, because my VII iu'
comp aFes iAvoTably TO the virtue o
any ouher three human beings ON the
earth And, by the way, Alexanee
the Great, who wept for new world
70 conquer, looks like pigmy besid
Emperor Chin.
"When IL comes to teaching TIN
Chinese agriculture, we are out q
our depths at once You can't lea'i
agriculture to an intelligent peopI
who have been cultiVating the sam
soil for forty centuries. Many OF u
think China Is the most densely pol
ulalOd country Ia the world. Their
are great areas of China which ar
- underpopulated. 10 one prnvinc
which L visited there IL room for 40
600, OOO more people. We thin
. China IL unprogresslye. In tue cal
7 ital Of = remote province, pla'
called KWeiyang, twenty days iou
ney from the nearest railroad,
found them publishing two dai
newspapers, which contained tel
graphic news.
al visited = normal school in Il
WesltrA China, government schoC
The principal requested the studen
TO aing America for me, which th'
did. They could also talk aho'
Franklin and Washington. It's
great thing for Americans to ha
Ehs Chinese think kindly abo
them.
"Soms day the Paoinc, not the A
lAntLO, 10 golng IN be the great oce
Of commerce. The United State "
control one side OF II and the yellt
m peoNle the other. Chinese II
Americans batter than they do a
other foreign nation, The return
portion % the Boxer indemn
paid 60 as Is partly responsible
this pleasant attitude, The sendi
of American missionaries to Chi
helps the feeling along the best
4 anythtRg We can Do, Right n
funds are esiog raised to build
great Christian university In sest,
China, s3,0OOO 900 being needed
The project. The money should
glveR from the highest motives
not Tor that reasOn, II should be c,
tEiOutad for political and commerS
rsatOns. TIE biggest future An
lean commerce has IL with Chi
From q business standpoint ID y
10 lend missionaries To China.
mission reports she's = su
number Of converts In comparison
ths number Of people In China.