Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-08-19

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| yould borrow Of mc. and conIdnI
! refuse To lend IA INV relatives and
they would never. never repay So /
/ do business IN T,inqcbou and venture
home only once in two or three
years. l.#.. j..
The Jot of you shop-keepers is
hard" said the missionary. The more
your friends, the unhappier you are!
But at the chapel are friends who
want neither TO borrow of you nor to
buy on credit Won't you go?' Eyes, 4"
said the shop!keepef, "1'll CO.
So the shop-keepers 60. For the
chapel is a friendly place. A Chinese
preacher welcomes them there. a man
with a rare talent for friendship.
The missionary dropped in at a
restaurant for his evening meal tfoi
which he was brazenly underchargedt
The proprietor seated himself in com
panionable fashion to talk while HIS
customer ate. The missionary asked
him what he thought Of the Doctrine
.he Way IT don't understand It all
yet he said; But I'm teaching my
twenty-five walters and cooks the
New Testament and the hymns you
sing. every night I'm too slow OF
speech to proclaim the WAY, but
whatever ] can do TO help I'll be glad
to do. &
Why the Apprentices ca. % -
Apprentices and clerks lead. I'm the
Ship City, busy. thankless life.
They do sotfic thinking n is true m
themes outside their business; but
they have little chance to express
their ideas. or to exchange them with
rnen Of another class. So the chapel
decree that one night a week should
1e fer discussions. -. ~
40. limits were put on the topics
to be chosen. nor upon freedom of
sbeech. save that order must be
maintained. and an equal opportunity
given to all. At first, when the Wis
itors were still shy, the presiding
| officer, Christian, would himself
propose topics Of general interest,
carefully avoiding subjects that are
too distincttyely religious. But soon
the audience took the choosing of
/ themes into fits own hands The mis-.
sionary's breath was taken away
when, on one of those early evenings,
a, carpenters apprentice stepped for.
ward and said he proposed to discuss
five reasons why religion is an inn.
tNrtant everyday concern OF every
body. He wrote down hts main heads
on The blackboard and spoke for half
an hour with genuine persuasive elo-
quence. 3
That was three 4sears Ago Since
ffen the SATURDAY night meeting has
becn IN most -bonnlar meeting s,f tho
week. 20
So the apprentices and, tho clerks
CO. For the chapel is a democratic
place.
Now the chapel wanted to do all
it could to serve the community, to
which It was continually preaching a
gospel OF service. And there we're
! many things the community needed to
know. So Thursday night was set
aside for lectures; lectures on edti-
cation and schools, on physiology ana
hygiene, on physics and chemistry, on
government and farming, on business
and banking.
| There is college in Tungchou, and
the members Of the faculty TAX? q
turn at the lectOring. The doctor
does his share. DIR. Arthur H. Smith
Is the most popular lecturer of all.
There is Christian who has tried
many new methods OF farming on a
great tract OF land south Of Picking,
and who is establishing model dairy
IN Tungchou. Till he fell i'll, he used
to lecture. Occasionally friend
GENES down from Picking. Most OF the
lecturers are Christians, but once in
while sound old Ccnfucian is in
Yted to speak.
The governor OF the district resides
in the Ship City. He has net project
OF establishing q model village in the
district and would IKE to make his
experiment on a Christian village, al
ready far in advance Of the ordinary
Chinese community. Also he has a
passion for establishing schools. Be