The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1915-05-07
Dresident SEES Great
Hope For China

| ,wASHINGToN President Wilson
in an address .at a meeting pf the 20
toHac pFesbytsry of the PresbyteriRrI
church, pictured o vision of China
awskeped by the voice Of Christ and
supplying p great mOlnentum, in the
future to the moral forces Of the worll.
He declared that tas soon as the unity
Of China. was realized its power ,wonlJ
come IN, the world. j. .fEGag, Ei,ss,.ty.1
| F'Sball we not see that the parts are
frpeti6ed by the teachings ef christi'l
he asked. = q, ,.,',4s5.aB; I
The Presidents. address was devoted
largely to incidents of his. ;boybpo,I.
when be assisted his father, a, Presby.
terian clergyman. HIle had the risky
thought,n said The President, "a ,hab.
il which I in part Inherited and Of
Ehieh I haze bad diligently 70 cure
Was Good instructor b. r,
ftBut he was The best instructor the
most, Inspiring companion, ] venture 10
say, youHgster ever had, and IN fac,
ing, . southern PTesbytery, I chnnot
think Of myself as the sun or Josepr
r, Wilson, and only wish ~ could
claim some OF the vital cenRection
with the church which be sonid claim.
Because those who stand ogtsides Of
the active ,ministratiops Of the church,
80 to say, get an illegitimate snsury
from It. We 10 not seem to add ?
great deal to its GRpital, lpt, we dn
live OBJ its inyestmNDts. We DO liyb
on its great investments of spirit
Before President Wilson spoke War
rem II. Stuart a missionary in China,
had told of the great Importance of
the work for Christianity being done
there. The President dweit Oh this In
his address. ~
Christianity the Basis
"Wheu ! think Of the great bodies
of opinion which sustain the affairs OF
the world, It seems to me that the
heart and nucleus Of them is the prin
ciple Of Christianity he cOntinuen
"and that. therefore, the conservation
Of that great fountain of all thai j.
lust and righteous is one Of the mes
important things conceivable, Infinitely
more important than the things whkp
those of us do who attempt to take
some part in administering the extern,
al affairs Of the world and when !
hear men like Mr. Stuart nleadinP for
the means to introduce this great in
fluenee into part Of the world. now
for the first time feeling its eonpection
with the rest of mankind, now frs
Weakening to the possibilities of tho
mower that lies latent in it, l wonder
| if it is possible that the imaginatiops
Of Christian people will fail To take
Ore.
An Amazing Vis1on
'Why, this is the most amazing aBn
inspiring vision that can be offefeI
you, this vision Of that great sleeping
nation suddenly cried awake by the
voice of Christ. Could there be any
thing more tremendous than that. Ana
could there be any greater coDtri bu,
tiOn to the future momentum of the
moral forces Of the world than could
be made by quickening this force
which is being set afoOt in China
China is at present inchnate; as IA ma.
tion it is cOngeries Of paris in ea"i
of which there il energy but which
are unbound in any essential and ar.
tive unit and Just Us soon as It's unity
comes, its power will come in the
| world. Should we not see that the
warts are fructifed by the teachings OF
Christi
tBut that is quite apart from what
| had come to say had come TO
speak on foreign missions. I am not
competent to speak on foreign mis-
sions. j am merely competent to utter
my deep allegiance to the things which
are represented by bodies of people
like this and TO express my thanks to
God that as youth aud as L man |
have been permitted to have some parO
in them