The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1919-05-06
Gives Fine Address In The
Gay Street M. E. Church
Last Night
LARGE AUDIENCE
HEARS THE SPEAKER
Talk Is Given Under Auspic-
es Of Methodist Mission.
ary Centenary

TWO cOntcnding factions, but both are
3 agreed on one thing. Western civi.
lizalion and Christianity are both
wanted. The northern government ut
Pcking is doing all it can to enhance
Christian work.
"The drft in The East is toward
the dominance OF Japan "Thc Land
Of the Sunrise Kingdom controls
nearly all the railroads and much of
the other economic resources of
China. Much Of the future of the
East depends upon the outcome of the
peace conference"
TINS IL the opinion expressed by
Rev. James y. Gillian, of Idaho. n
member of the general staff of the
national centenary committee. who
has just returned from II six months
special tour of the Far East, and who
was in the city Thursday evening ad-
dressing an audience at the Gay ST.
NJ. T.. church.
Dr. Gillian spent six months in Il
23,OOO-milc tour of Japan. Korca and
China, during which he visited prac.
tically All the largest missionary sta
tions of the Methodist Episcopal and
other churches.
There is not u closed door in Chi
ma said DR.. Gillian. "The trouble
il to obtain workers. Throughout the
whole Chinese empire the Christian
workers are praying everywhere
hourly for the unqualified success of
The centenary
"Onc of my most dramatic cXper-
icnces in China was when | went up
ON the top Of the mountain, TaiShan.
and looked down into the valley Of
the IIOaghO. One side of this is a
solid wall Of rock rising directly from
the plain. In looking over the top |
saw 300 villages Within an area 80
miles square there are 13 vailed
cities. with populations ranging from
10000 to $4,000 each. Five million
live in the territory over which |
was looking, and for all that territory
there arc but six missionaries of our
foreign board workers. including
wives, aside from those of the w. Il.
NJ, 5. ashed the missionary who
WAS with me if there was any part
OF this territory i'm which mission
work was not welcome, and he said
there was Il closed door anywhere.
This Is in the Shantung province. tho
only province which sent men to the
war and which had an army of 200
GOO men among the allied forces-the
province which produced the great
I'm the town Of Nanchanc, on Il sin
Gle Sunday, ! took part in eight ser.
vices. In one of these, the native
speaker gave as the reason for the
German defeat dependence upon
the things seen instead of the things
not seen" II was almost impossible
to shut The doors to keep ont of the
mission the people who insisted upon
in to the services at which
there was not tor them
II saw Il service in Nanking where (
there were seven policemen required |,
to go up and down the aisles to show |
people who never before had been in |
u Christian service how to place /
themselves.
while ! was near FOCchow. in the |
province of Futien. the armies of two /,
hostile factions were in camp close /
by, and we heard well authenticated |
stories TO The effect that the troops,
after executing some bandits, took /
Dn, their hearts and cooked them.
hen had eaten them. Nincty-cght |
percent of the people of this province .
are unable to read and write. Foo I
chow, II city of 100000 people, Is the :
lnly city in territory largo as the /
state of Ohio that has any sort OF !
vehicle, Travelling in the .
Welch and were carried for days .
ana days in chairs horne on the shoul.
lers of coolies.
another unique experience which
had was in being member of the
official delegation to witness the de-
ltructon of 2i,0000O0 worth of Opt
hm This was burned in $500 chunks
at Shanghai The opium had been
bought by a previous administration
as medicine
"On my way over ! had the pleas
hre of talking with DR.. Soyedo, ono /
Of the most prominent men OF Japan.
He emphasized the precarious situa'
tion of that empire religiously. 'Ev-
erylhing has been done educational |
and physically for the people, he