Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1933-04-20

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the same effort by those same splendid
men and women II 1t had been con-
tributed to parts OF our country would
have been more beneficial. and would
relations.
No Nation likes to have some other
nationality come to their Country to
teach EN- something. Now you take
Kentucky Mountains, and dozens OF
other fine things done for the poor
In a dozen other parts Of the Country,
beats all your foreign missions.
/ may be all wet, and probably am,
but when an American starts telling
a Chinese How to i've" why Its like
a new dude telling an old cowman
how to run his ranch. Now | a see
some sense in a Chinese coming over
here and trying to teach us, ease. con
tentment, no worry. greater apprecia-
ton of our parents. and a tremendous
regard. affection and veneration for
old age. Every n of those qualities
are things that every American knows
we are lacking in. yet those things are
bred into the Chinese.
We will leave the religious part out
of It, and say that our Missionaries
teach EN- not only how to be a Baptist,
or a Methodist, but how to be sanitary.
We bring EN- tooth brushes and paper
drinking cups. soap and Fords. Now
let's get down to results, for that's the
ultimate answer. What kills the most
people in the two Countries. lack OF
good roads, and "A reliable mouth
wash In China, or accidents by auto
mobile in our own Country?
I would as soon be a heathern and
die because the town dident have a
sewer, as to be an Episcoplian and get
bumped off by a fellow members Rolls
Royce. But these are arguments that
no sane person ever gets into. for you
never get anywhere. But always re-
member that up to the time that the
Missionaries arrived In China, and es-
RcIidiit up " lH0 Time nhIh khC. GAO
and Harvard students arrived back
home, China was doing great
But here is what a fine letter from
SuehoWfu. China, a Missionary says,
Have enjoyed your wisecracks. and
otherwise cracks, have see and en-
joyed your movies. Now give a moment
or two. / wish you could have been
here when 500 men and piled In
here to register for our IL days Bible
class. They brought TAO cents in Amer
lean money! to pay for their meals
during all that time. Now what did
they get for this money? Just a chance
to sleep on some straw, and share their
flies and faith, their opprobrium and
their JOY In Christ. 1 dident under
stand a thing at last years classes,
said one dear old country woman. but
did a little at this years. They 60 to
the church and sing, and how, or
should | say howl, and are preached
at by the hour. Maby you will say.
Wen they got what they deserved,
UuL LuCJ Ao4L AAluh 5Gp XII CalA yCAi
more and more come, and know you
are q lover of truth, and Ii you could
have been here and seen this you would
have taken back what you said In an
article one time, Most OF them are
Christians over there just as long as
the Missionaries hand out the rice
We are not saying that all these
Christians are perfect, but In p~icturing
these 500 above, | have given you a
true picture of the rank and file of the
church In inland China.
Now Will the next time you pass
through our town as you did last year
when you was going from Picking to
Marking. stop off and see us, you will
find out that we Missionaries are not
what we are 'Wisecracked' to be-
Now amt that a nice letter? You
just see there is two sides to every