Nappanee Advance-News, Volume 28, Number 48, Nappanee, Elkhart County, 29 January 1908 — Page 3

ON THE TRAIL OF THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY By WILLIAM T. ELLIS fUI Dittinculshad American Journalist It Travoltas Around tha World (or the Purpose of Invsttisatlns tho American Portion Missionary from a Partly DislnttrttUd. Steulat and Non-Stciarian Standpoint. Illustrate! with Drawings and from Photographs. Foreign Missions Useful But Inadequate

- Rome, Italy.—Here In the center of tjbe world’s religious Interest, homeward bound, I look back over nearly a year’s Investigation of Christian missions in the orient for a final review and summary. What is the conelusion of the whole matter? Are foreign missions worth while? The answer must be in the affirmative. Considered only from the standpoint of humanitarian and philanthropic service, the entire missionary enterprise justifies its existence. Add to these great works of healing, education and care for the orphaned and the needy, the beneficial influence which has been exerted upon the characters of thousands of native converts, as well as the more general, though none the less unmistakable Influence wielded In behalf of civilization, and) it will be seen that the missionary agencies which the churches of Christendom maintain at an annual expenditure of many millions of dollars is one of the tremendous twentieth century forces making for the world’s progress. Without amplifying this point, which has surely been made plain in the preceding articles, let me suggest some general considerations and criticisms which appear to be important enough to deserve the attention of the general public, as well as of that large constituency especially interested in missions. Where Churches Bhould Qet Together. I know of no other Undertaking anywhere at all approaching this one in magnitude which is managed in such a helter-skelter, disorganized fashion, or on such an unbusinesslike basis. I do not here allude to the administra- , tion of the individual boards, hut to the propaganda as a whole. Sentiment, mood and emotion, rather than tested principle and careful judgment, seem to be the foundation of most missionary activity; if a man or a body can display especial efficiency in stirring the feelings of the home constituency he or it can be sure of plenty of funds and a free field, to go where it will and do what it pleases in the mission world. There is at present no sufficient method of checking up the work of foreign missions. This sort of thing, and worse mistakes, are in good part due to the help-yoiirself fashion in which the denominations work. Only in the more recent fields has there been an apportionment of territory among the churches, although everywhere the need for this is so urgent that the denominations are now recognizing and yielding to it. Plainly, there is no suf : flcient reason why the mission work of the Protestant churches in heathen lands should not be done as one close-ly-cooperating body. The avowed aim la the conversion of the .people, and not the perpetuation and extension of denominational names, creeds and authority upon the mission field. The ' jpW&Mt' iWihgetheht Ik expensive, divisive and a hindrance to the end sought. What sense or reason is there, for instance, in establishing northern and ‘southern Presbyterian churches in China, where the very existence of America is a nebulous matter to most of the people and the fact of the civil war is unknown to 999 persons out of every thousand? Left to themselves, the native Christians in the field I have visited would not be long in forming one Christian church. Businesslike Methods Needed. Pending the time of actual union, every possible form of cooperation should be adopted. The commercial sagacity of the' method which keeps half a dozen expensive trained "business agents” in the same port city to do the purely secular work for separate boards which could all be done by one unordained business man does not appeal to the wayfarer. Neither does the zeal for planting new work in these outposts (often in competition with- native churches) where expenses are highest, difficulties greatest and results fewest, when there are unlimited favorable openings in the untouched interior. Most port cities, be it remarked, need a subtraction rather than an addition of missionaries. A closer and more vigorous supervision of missions on the part of sensible, courageous men authority, will result in the weeding out of the occasional unfit missionary and in remedying tactical blunders in the location of stations and in the character of the work. Two other important services this businesslike supervision would accomplish: It. would Insure the sending ot sane, well-balanced and accurate reports to the homeland, and it would deal vigorously with the criticisms which are o common on the other side of the globe that they constitute a serious barrier to missionary success. Criticisms which are even partly true should be frankly admitted, and the evils remedied; those which are not true should be boldly challenged and silenced. The position can never be maintained that ftilssionaries are impeccable; and to answer careful, definite criticisms, as some which have appeared in this correspondence have been answered, by the sweeping state-

ment that it is “morally impossible” for jt missionary to do wrong, is simply to put missionary defense beyond the pale of consideration by thinking men. In the one particular instance where my criticism had been definitely disputed I had said that a certain northern Methodist missionary had lent his ability and Influence to a corporation seeking concessions from the Chinese government. The board secretary and certain denominational papers attacked me virulently for this, declaring that I did not know what I was talking about Then, to their utter confusion, along came the presiding Methodist Episcopal bishop of China, fully substantiating the charge, but exonerating the missionary from wrong Intention and assuming responsibility himself. Similarly, more effective administration of the missionary propaganda will furnish the traveling public with the easily ascertained facts of the mission fields, and will put forth effort to Introduce them to missions in actual operation. It will also grapple with the problem of the moral and spiritual condition of the port cities, for so long as the European portion of these ports remain as they are the work of missions is bound to be seriously hampered. Missionary Mistakes. Before leaving this subject I must make a rather sweeping criticism which the board should have dealt with long ago. It is that an astonishing proportion of missionaries display bad manners and "bad taste Jp. shipboard. , To deny this in one form or another, has been made times without number, is to turn one’s back on the facts. The conduct of some missionaries aboard ship is one of the most prolific sources of the antimissionary spirit which pervades passenger ships the world over, and practically all of the port cities of the orient. Some of the criticisms made in this connection are simply unanswerable.

What Is to be said, for example, In defense of the woman missionary whose place at the table had to be changed three times on the voyage across the Pacific last month? In the first place, her astounding meddlesomeness had brought upon her a rebuke at which she felt offended and changed her seat; later, the passengers with whom she was seated found her so uncomfortable a companion that they complained to the steward and insisted on having either her seat or theirs changed. The answer commonly made to stories like this Is that , the missionary's godliness no doubt rebuked the sinfulness of the other passengers, which is neither a modest nor a charitable rejoinder. In this case, the story was told me by a prominent American business man, a church member, who himself had been attending a series of missionary meetings in Omaha just before leaving home, and so could hardly be called a hostile critic, I could write literally columns of incidents concerning dhe conduct of -missionaries on -shipboard, whereby they have earned the disfavor of officers and fellow passengers. Summed up, though, they amount to this: Some missionaries seem to Haunt their moral and spiritual superiority in the face of others; they insist on having an identity as missionaries, rather than as quiet, modest, wellbred ladies and gentlemen; they protest, often in unseemly fashion, against the indulgence in tobacco or liquor or cards on the part of other passengers. All this may be comprehended in this word “provincialism.'' They forget that, as Kipling Bays: “There’s a world outside the one you know,” and that the people of this world have all the personal rights and liberties which are to be accorded to the members of the missionary circle. Sometimes this provincialism goes to the length of stupidity, as when a Pacific liner crossed the meridian on Sunday, and so dropped that day from the oalendar, whereupon the missionaries appealed in a body to the captain to drop some other day, and save Sunday, as if the matter were optional with him! Not all missionaries are guilty of these things; far from it. The ablest missionaries deprecate them seriously, for they realise their far reaching effects upon the cause they represent. In explanation, if not in extenuation, they point out that missionaries leaving the homeland are still in the spirit of exaltation created by their farewell meetings, by the glorification of their friends and by the role of saint, hero and martyr with which they, have been invested. For the time they are in a crusader mood, and they have not yet learned to view all things in proportion, Their feet have not yet found the hard ground of actuality. One of these unwise missionaries can do more harm than a hundred sensible ones can undo. , I must confess, moreover, that I do not see why a Pacific mall captain should forbid missionaries to sing hymns at the piano on the boat deek, except on Sunday, and yet allow, other passengers to make the night Vocal.

on the same spot, with the latest “popular” songs, or why the missionaries should not be permitted to hold a prayer meeting in the saloon, while a noisy, drinking coterie is uproariously gambling in the smoking room. I freely criticise much in the conduct of many misaionarles aboard ship, but I believe in "a square deal.” The man who drinks whisky on shipboard should be given no advantage over the man who drinks water, other things being equal, nor the man who gambles over the man who prays, nor the woman who singfe “risque” songs over the one who prefers “Old Hundred.” Plain words need to be spoken to the missionaries, and other plain words to the officers of the steamship companies, especially the trans-Paciflc lines. If a person has maintained a reasonable familiarity with missionary reports he goes to the foreign mission field expecting to see evidences of tremendous successes. Has he not been told that Japan, China, India are on the verge of admittance into the Christian church? There is a sudden jolt to this expectancy when he finds the blank wall of heathendom rising up before the missionaries as cold, as strong and, at first sight, as scathless as ever. He learns later of the successes in the line of mining and sap ping this wall, which, up to date, have been the principal missionary methods; but his general impression iB one of disappointment. He cannot but feel that the triumphs of missions have been overstated. At this point enteri the need for better supervision, aa 1 have already intimated. For example, the observer recalls the. statement, printed times without number in American publications, that China has made Sunday a legal holiday. This he finds to be utterly uhtrue. Where China touches th* west the first day of the week has gradually become, in some measure, s holiday. But it is nowhere a Sabbath, except among the few Christians. At another time it was widely reported that a certain city had thrown away its idols, but investigation shows ths city as anti-Christian as ever, and ths only basis for the tale is the fact that -one temple discarded its old idols foi new. Here a great revival is reported to have swept over the community; the westerner naturally thinks of this in terms of a Moody and Sankey campaign. Superficially, however, thers are no signs of the revival, although closer search reveals an unusual earnestness on the part of the handful of Christians. How may these missionary exaggerations be accounted for? I have talked with many missionaries upon this point. The- expectation of the boards that the workers shall send in favor able reports, the necessity for showing successes to stimulate gifts, tht natural human tendency .to enlarga upon the favorable, side, all have bees given as reasons. ‘'The fact is,” re marked one missionary, “when a mas gets home and begins to mak speeches he finds himself saying whai the people want to hear, and losing sight of the facts of the field. I know I have caught myself doing this: 1 have no hardships in my missionary work, yet the people at horns were so determined to make me out a martyi that I almost came to believe myseli one before. ! left Amrica.” All the stronger men on the field regret the distorted and misleading statements that are so frequently made by interested enthusiasts cm cernfng missions and missionaries; they are far-sighted enough to know the consequences when these reports come back to the field. I have known more than one missionary to be seriously embarrassed by being presented to the community in lives in the light in which he is se.en by his admirers at home.

There is another side to the question; dread of this sort of thing has kept more than one worker from sending home reports of well-authenticated successes and endorsements. An American woman at the head of one of the Presbyterian mission schools for girls in China has been asked by the officials of the in Which she works to take charge of the female education in the province, but never a word of this has she written home to her board. "It will be time enough when I have actually been given the work,” says this cautious woman/ who knows China; “ ‘there’s many a slip ’twlxt the cup and the lip.’" A Reconnaissance, Not a War. The most serious of all the unintentional misrepresentations made by missionaries is that the whole heathen world is on the verge of becoming Christian. Faith, not facts, ,is the basis of the common asservation, “The world is being won for Christ.” -Making due allowance for rhetorical fervor, it still remains true that a seriously erroneous impression is left upon the Christian public’s mind by the day’s missionary representations. For a first-hand study of the field reveals that, with an occasional notable exception like Korea, heathendom has soarcely been budged by the missionaries’ work. The great mass of the pagan world is as yet practically untouched by the gospel. If Christians are determined to bear their religion to the whole earth, as is apparently their purpose, they must do things on a vastly larger scale than heretofore Thus far only a mere beginning has been made. Instead of a war, it is only a reconnaissance In force — a brave, brilliant and successful reconnaissance, It is true, but, nevertheless, only a reconnaissance. The real fighting can hardly be said te have begun. (Copyright, by Joseph B. Bowles.) A Lottery At Bast. And those who marry for levs art just as apt to bump up against disappointment as those who marry Isr money.

THROUEHJHE SM NEWS GATHERED FROM VARIOUS INDIANA POINTS. INDIANA LAW ATTACKED / Two-Cent Railroad Fare Case May Be Carried to the Supreme Court to Test Constitutionality of Statute. Indianapolis.—One suit now pending in the federal court of this city attacks the constitutionality of the Indiana two-cent rate law, and there is a possibility of the matter being carried to the supreme court, where it may meet the same fate as did the rate law in Pennsylvania. The suit is brought by the Louisville, New Albany & Corydon Railroad company, and seeks to enjoin the Indiana railroad commission from enforcing the two-cent rate statute. The injunction procedings were originally filed by Mrs. Anna M. Boyle, a stockholder In the company, but upon hearing the case was thrown out of court. Later another Injunction suit was filed on behalf of the company, and this is still pending in the federal court. The petition alleges that the company is unable to make a fair profit at the rate of two cents a mile, and therefore the company id being deprived of its property without due process of law. As far as could be learned from the officers of the railroad commission and the attorney general this is the only case wherein the Indiana two-cent rate law is attacked. None of the officials from either office could venture an opinion as to whether the decision of the Pennsylvania court would give railroads of Indiana an incentive to carry the law to the supreme court here. Guarding Against Hydrophobia. Jeffersonville. —Mr. and Mrs. Ed Snodgrass of Sellersburg have gone to Chicago with their four-year-old son for treatment at the Pasteur institute. The child was bitten by a neighbor’s dog while at the home of his granfather, J. C. Rous, near this city, a tew days ago, and the supposition is that the animal was mad. The head of the dog was also taken to the institute to make certain if it had hydrophobia. ,

Probe Servian Clash. Gary. —Alexander de Nuber, the Austro-Hungary consul general at Chicago, under instructions from the embassy at Washington, has sent a representative to this city to investigate the battle between the local police and the Servians employed as laborers in railway construction, in which two laborers were killed, while another laborer and Patrolman Miller of the Gary force were seriously wounded. Cement Company Sued. .. Bloomington.—Demanding judgment in the sum of 12,500 and asking' that the plant be sold and"" the proceeds applied to the payment of the judgment, the 6uit of the Osborn Engineering company against the Uhited States Cement company is on trial here on a change of venue, from Lawrence county. Buys Land for Gas. and oil exist in great quan titles in this peighborhood, the American Car and Foundry company has begun to take leases on 1,000 acres of land lying adjacent to this city, and as soon as the desired amount is secured work will be begun sinking a number of wells. Entertainment Aids Boys. Bloomington.—With the purpose of raising S4OO, to be applied to paying the expenses and cost of the Pasteur treatment in Indianapolis, at the office of Dr. Victor Keene, for the Knizle and Puckett boys, aged 12 and 13, respectively, a charity entertainment was given at the Harris Grand opera house. < x Remonstrants Lose. Anderson. —After a vhearing of two days on a remonstrance against the liquor traffic in the - Second ward of Elwood, the Madison county commissioners held that the remonstrance did not contain a sufficient number of names of legslvoters from the ward represented on the remonstrance. Fixes Blame for Explosion. Princeton. —In his report concerning the explosion at the Prince ton coal mine on tfie night of January 8, when Solomon Lawrence and Mack Ct. Clair were instantly killed, Coloner J. L. Morris finds that the Princeton Coal Mining company and the miners were responsible. Eastern Stars -Assemble. Newcastle. —A special car over the Terre Haute, Indianapolis & Eastern traction line carried the Easttern Star lodge of this city to.Knightstown, where the lodge of that place entertained the lodges from this city and Greenfield. More than 100 composed the party from this city. Football Injuries Fatal. Newcastle. —Walter Pfau, aged 16, d'ed as the result of injuries sustained in a football game with Richmond high school October 15, 1906. It is said by physicians that his death was due directly to spinal injuries. Ednriund Burke NewMilton. Edmund man, 82 yes- -- home here at t**‘ %

BARES JAIL HORRORS. Bmith Returns from Texas—Held for Fourteen Months. Indianapolis. Freed after 14 months' imprisonment in jails at Texarkana and Boston, Tex., Rosha E. Smith, an Indianapolis boy, 23 years of age, is at the home of his aunt, Mrs. Hattie A. Michael of this city. In company with Norman Nixon, Smith, left this city in October, 1906, with the intention of working his way through the southwest. At Texarkana Smith was arrested on a complaint filed by Miss Della Buston of Camden, Ark., with whom Nixon had engaged In a flirtation at the railway station. She alleged that she was robbed of $lO. Smith was thrown into the Texarkana jail and after three days there, during which time he had only two meals, was given a preliminary hearing. The evidence given by the girl, he says.' was far from conclusive, and' was wholly unsupported. He was bound over to the grand *jury and was taken to the county seat (Boston), where he spent five months awaiting indlctmedt. The defendant had no money, could not employ a lawyer, and the jury promptly found him guilty and sentenced him to 20 years in the penitentiary. Two of the jury, he declares, said in open court that he ought to be sent up for 40 years. When Smith wrote to his mother in this city telling the result of the trial she was so affected that she died within 40 hours of the receipt of the letter. Relatives then took up the young man’s case, attorneys were employed and a rehearing was obtained on a technicality. Then fpllowed nine months of waiting, while the prosecution endeavored to find the prosecuting witness. A letter from Smith's brother, in this city, finally (reached her and she hastily communicated with the authorities at Boston. In the trial which was then called she completely exonerated Smith, saying that she was positive that he could not have taken her money. She supposed that he had been released after the preliminary hearing.

Prof. Graham Is Dead. Knightstown.—Prof. A. H. Graham, for the last 16 years superintendent of the Indiana Soldiers' and Sailors’ Orphans' Home of this city, died at the age of 65 years, as the result of a slight stroke of apoplexy n week ago. He had a similar stroke about four .years ago and since then his health has been gradually declining until the attending physician Os the home gave up all hope of his recovery. Body. Indianapolis.—The body of Charles E. Johnson, a business man of Muncie, - who disappeared in a mysterious manner from a sanatorium, two weeks ago, wds found in White river near Fairview Park. More than 125 men were engaged by A. L. Johnson, a brother of the dead man, to make the search for the body. Johnson was 64 years of age and wandered to the river while mentally deranged. Get Strike Benefits. Anderson.—Between 35 and! 40 iocal street car motprmen and conductors, who have been on strike since January 1, against the Indiana Union Traction company, received the first strike benefits of five dollars each from the Detroit headquarters of the and Electric Railway Employes. The benefits are much needed, as the men are out of money. '•—— *■ , ~—, — * Aged Wife Sues Rival.. Milan. —Charging that Mrs! MargaUt Orr, aged 72, has alienated the affections of her husband, Sydney Cornelius Stafford, aged 75, Mrs. Elizabeth Stafford, aged 62, has brought suit for $5,000 in the Ripley circuit court. Mr. and Mrs. Stafford were married- six years ago, the marriage being the result of an acquaintance formed through a matrimonial agency, it is said. Elect County Chairman. Princeton.—John T. Ballard, an attorney of this 1 , city, web elected Democratic county chairman at the meeting of the township chairmen held here. The other officers elected are R. L. Hussey, vice chairman; Wiii H. Welding, secretary, and Dr. A. L. Ziliak, treasurer. There was no opposition to Ballard in the election. Fire Destroys Whole Block. Cannelton. —Eight two-story tenement houses, forming one side of a block owned by the Indiana cotton mills in this city,-were destroyed by fire, the flames originating in the middle of the row and spreading in each direction despite prompt response of the fire department to the first alarm turned in.— . . : Bank Cashier Arrested.' Jeffersonville.—H. C. Woolf, cashier of the State bank at Borden, was arrested by Sheriff Oscar Johnson, on requisition papers granted by Gov. Hanley on request of Gov. Folk of Missouri. Woolf has been at Borden six months, is 23ayears old, and succeeded Murray Wilson In that position. Slays Self While with Sv" Evansville.—While quarreling, with Tony Fisher. 1 ' carbolic *■ and ■' , . , 3*Sr*

WORN OUT WOMEN Will Find Encouragement in Mrs. Men-. rltt’s Advice. Mrs. W. L. Merritt, 207 S. First Ave., Anoka, Minn., says: “Last wiafter I began to suffer with my kidneys. I had pains in my back and hips and felt ali worn out Dizzy spells bothered me and the kidney secretions were irregular. The first box of Doan’s Kidney Pills- brought decided relief. I am sure they would do the same for any other woman suffering as I did.” Sold by all dealers. 50 cents a box. Foster-Milburn Cos., Buffalo, N. T. Object l esson. -•'Johnny,” said Mrs. Blobbs, severely, ”1 am going to punish you. Please open the windows.” “What fer?” asked Johnny, beginning to cry. “I heard our next door neighbor say I had no authority over my children, and I want her to hear you getting s spanking. Now, come here, sir!” How’s This? We offer One Hundred Dolton Reward tor in ease of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall 7 Catarrh Cure. r. J. CHUNKY * CO., Toledo, O We, the underalgned, hate known F. J. Chenaj tor the laat IS rears, and believe him perfectly bon orablc In all bualneaa transaction! and flnanclaU) able to carry oat any obligation! made by hli Arm. WaXDiNO. Rinnan a Hurn, Wholesale Druggist!, Toledo, Q Hall't Catarrh Cure to taken Internally, acunf directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of Uu system. Testimonials sent free. Frlce 75 cento pet Dottle. Sold br ell Druggists. „•" Taka Hall's Family Puls for constipation. The Original. "Darling, you are the only womaa I ever loved!” the manly young fellow avowed in accents of soul-reaching ardor. The fair young girl looked into his face with her big child like eyes overbrimming with trust and confidence. “I guess,” she murmured, dreamily, "that is the way Ananias began when' he was courting Sapphira.” Moravian Barley and Bpeltz, two great cereals, makes growing and fattening hogs and cattle possible in Dak.. Mont., Ida., Colo., yes, everywhere, and add to above Salzer’s Billion Dollar Graaa, the 12 ton Hay wonder Teosinte, which produces 80 tons of green fodder per acre. Emperor William Oat prodigy, etc., and other rare farm seeds that they offer. JUST CUT THIS OUT AND RETURN IT with 10c in stamps for packing, etc., to the John A. Salzer Seed Cos., La Crosse, Wis., ”' and get their big catalog and lota of £tnp seed samples. K. 4 W. An Object Leeson. "Miranda,” said the mistress, “you are a good cook, and I just know that you are too good for us to keep. Some man will come along one of these days and induce you to marry him.” “O, no, mum,” answered Miranda fervently. "I’ve lived with you and your ’usband too long to want ever to get married.” There are two conclusions to be drawn from the reply of the faithful servant; one is that she was loyal to her employers, the other is as it may be. . EXPLAINED.

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“I have called,” said the captious critic, “to find out what reason yofi can give for representing the New Year as a nude small boy/I. ... “That is don§,” responded the art editor, “because the year does not get its close until the 31st of_ December.” CUBB’ FOOD They Thrive on Grape-Nuts. Healthy babies don’t cry and the well-nourished baby that is tod on Grape-Nuts is never a crying baby. Many babies who cannot take any other food relish the perfect food, Grape-Nuts, and get well. "My little baby was given up by three doctors who said that the condensed milk on which I fed her had ruined the child’s stomaoh. One of the doctors told me that the only, thing to do would be to try Gr*' Nuts, so I got some and prepay' follows: I soaked 1% ta v ' in one pint of cold vr hour, then I strs'* mixed 12 to* Grape-N----of • /