Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-12-14
POWER OF CROSS IN
THE PHILIPPINES"
Christian Endeavor Topic Inter
preted for Students by J. II.
Burns.


Philippines" Psalm y: liz, written by
J. IT. Burns.
In this Psalm, we read regarding Christ s
Kingdom: ''He shall have dominion from
sea to sca-the isles shall bring presents
all nations shall serve Him blessed be
His glorious name forever and let the
whole earth be filled with His glory" We
often sing: "Tho light of the world is
Jesus Christ for the world we sing and
Jesus shall reign where or the sun, docs
HIS successive journeys run.
These blessed truths have been abund-
antlv exempllfied In the archipelago of the
Philippines, comprising 3,l41 islands,
with a population of over S,Wo0o0 souls,
of which about 100000 are classed rs
civilized and $50, 900 as wild The Malay
an o4hrown race prclominates very large
ly, while the Ncgritos or black race, few IN
number, are the aboriglncs of the Phil
lippincs
The American occupation, which be-
gan in 1898, and still continues, has been
cminently successful
The islands lie in the southwest corner
of the north Pacific ocean. with japan and
China 10 the north, and the China sea to
the north and west, and the islands of
Micronesia 10 the south and east These
hllly and mountainous islands, mainly
oi volcanic origin. are rich III birds Food
fishes are numerous and varied They have
an abundant flora of great variety The
climate is characterized hv high tenn
peraturc, excessive humidity, heavy rain
falls and violent tropical storms. Agri-
culture is the principal industry There
are most valuable timber lands IN great
variety.
The power Of the cross has found 4
responsive chord in the heart nf the
Filipino With the suhsidencc of the
sentiment against anything foreign. whIch
was quite formidable for while, the work
of the church has been corresponding s
more effective.
Splendid work IS bcing done III the
Island of l}ohol. where Il hospital and
residence have been erected recently
The work in Ccbu island has been great
" strengthened bv the erection recently
of two rc-enforced concrete buildings
ono for boys and ono for girls Which nrc
used for dormltones Cchu also las q
beautiful new church In Manila. Dewey
threw wide the portals Of new life t. the
Filipino people when he took A1anlla
bay and today the work IS progressing
timely and being enlarged to meet tho
student need II It's university life
Siliman institute. located ii Duma
gletc on the southern shore of the island
Of Ncgros, i SAID % hc the finest lnstitu-
ton ~ the Hhilipnlncs. place where llte
IS changed and ronSecratCd to God
let Us cite the work beng accomplished
~ Slllman Institute. with its blessed re
suits rs the illustration of the power Of
the cross IN these FAR away islands, Tor
this institute. with It's nearly sna boys,
gathered from many of the islands, Is
demonstrating what can be done rs
beng done IN tho name of our Lord and
Master, Jesus Christ. for the people Of
these islands
Its Influence extends throughout the
whole Of Nc2ros. rs we'll as to many OF the
adjacent islands Cebu trains her workers
here, and AlIudinao ao-one of the large
islands acknowledges her debt to the
boys OF SllliInan for a recent revival on
her northern shores
Guijulugan, on the middle eastern
shore OF Negroes, has Protestant con
gregation Of about 1000 members. start
cd by two SIlliman converts, who are now
III the ministry Of Jesus Christ
In another distant town. where some
OF the SllIlman students went t. work for a
contractor. open air meetings In the
SIftttS Ntlt tofiuIttttl pF iIlpf1 III OFCtT 10
give the work a start there
Two SUNDAY schools are part Of the
work IN Dumaglletc Que with an en-
roIlmcut of over 500 taught III English,
end the other with nearly POO, taught In
Nisayan dialect besides the Young men :
Bible class. which meets every SUNDAY
morning in thu Provincial High school
Theu tins institute has a Christian In
dcayor Sociotv of ever I50 active mem
bcrS
In the long vacations many Of the hoys
spend their time holding services organ
1Hng SUNDAY schools. etc 4 few xears
ago they raised enough money to send
oi.e Of their own number II preach to the
people OF Northern Mlianao Another OF
The boys worked one vacation among the
mountainous people y eblI and rs IA re-
suit Of his faithful work 10 people were
received INTO the church
Another hor lefi Sdinan because he
had tuberculosis and went to his home Ia
Tie Island oi Bohol and as he iav on his
bed told Jesus the mighty To save
and after hl> death, a people were bapiiz-
cd a. a result oi his teaching and the power
of the cross. In Dumaguete At every
c, mmunion service, some af their spiendid
Young men are received INTO the church.
;iSt year. ~ were received
Oh the power Of the cross Hold II tIp.
yc Young people IN the islands ii tht