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AUGUST 5, 1910
The Commoner.
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MISSIONARY CONFERENCE
(Continued from Pago 13)
words of Sir Andrew "No part of
the work must be abandoned."
One delegate who demonstrated
how good a use can be made of lim
ited time was Rev. Stephen Thomas,
of Delhi. To be of value the Chris
tian colleges must be out-and-out
Christian. "I have been at a' speech
day of a Christian college," declared
Mr. Thomas, "and I would not have
known it was a Christian college save
for the texts on the wall." Some
men thought they were honoring
heathenism by not frankly avowing
their own faith. Mr. Thomas gave
a striking, instance of co-operation
between- the Baptist and Anglican
missions at Delhi. They co-operated
in educating a man the Angilicans
taught him secular education and
the Baptists religion and the result
was that now he was the foremost
oriental scholar in India. Mr. Thomas
in glowing language showed how
Christian education was transmuting
the dust and mud of the Indian low
castes Into gold. But the bell rang,
and Mr. Thomas' eloquence came to
an untimely end.
Dr. R. C. King warned the con
ference against taking a child out of
his home and sending him to school
"keep the family intact," was the
burden of his speech. Principal
Sharrock, of Trichinopoly, asked
whether Christians ought to go on
knocking at the closed door of the
Brahmins, when God had opened
wide the door to the low castes and
the middle classes of India. The
middle classes alone numbered 67
per cent of the population. But by
far the most impressive utterance
was that of Professor Sadler, of Man
chester. He was introduced by Mr.
' Mott as "one of the greatest authori
ties on the science of education on
both' sideg. of the .ocean." And Pro.-
. feasor Sadler justified the phrase.
He described the report as the first
serious attempt to arrive at a policy
in the field of Christian education.
He recalled the intensity of intellec
tual life in China, and demonstrated
That Christianity to be accepted by
:he Chinese, must appeal to the in
tellect. China had turned its face
'rom the past to the future, and in
that seething ferment the church had
to. discover how to knit the intellec
tual training to the spiritual train
ing, and both to the Industrial train
ing. At present the church was in
danger, owing to the pressure of pro
viding the means of education, of
losing sight of the end. The next
rpeaker, Dr. Bergen, announced as
his subject two points, co-operation
pnd efficiency. He appealed to the
(onference to "hang on to the idea
.f' union like grim death." Dr.
Mair, that veteran of union, cheered
enthusiastically. Encouraged, Dr.
Bergen developed his ideas on co
operation. "What then shall we do
with efficiency?" he at length asked
framatically. But the inexorable
hell rang, the speaker vanished, and
the conference will never know his
ideas on efficiency.
One of the most practical speeches
was made by Dr. Duncan Main, of
Hangchow. The Chinese had knowl
edge of morality, bu1? they had no
medicine. The conference laughed
but the speaker developed his theme.
At present the missionaries had to
give medicines of all sorts, for the
Chinese knew nothing of the heal
ing art. And Dr. Main carried con
viction as he declared that the open
door to the hearts of the Chinese
was through Christian medical
colleges.
There was no little expectation
aroused when the Hon. William Jen
nings Bryan, Lincoln, Nebraska, was
announced to speak. Mr. Bryan is
the greatest orator in the United
States of America, and he fulfilled
expectation. He was received with
acclamation, but, as the cheers pro
ceeded, with lifted hand and out
stretched Angers, ho hushed the as
sembly to silence. "Time is pre
cious," said he. And as he stood
there he certainly appealed to the
imagination. Bald on the top of his
head, heavy in the under jaw, a trifle
stout, of commanding stature, with
a rich, full voice of marvelous com
pass, and with eyes which when they
lighted up seemed to sweep the whole
assembly into the range of vision
Mr. Bryan presented a memorable
figure. And in seven minutes ho
made vivid what Christian education
meant. He found on the mission
field that Christian education costs
little, was the foundation of all moral
progress, and was the proof that
Christians did not fear the light of
reason or the force of knowledge.
In the evening the three great
meetings proceeded as usual, but the
center of interest was in the Assem
bly hall of the Church of Scotland,
where Mr. Bryan was to speak. Lord
Kinnalrd has often sat in the Lord
High Commissioner's throne to
night the unwonted sight was pre
sented of his lordship occupying the
moderator's chair. Tho hall was
packed from floor to ceiling. The
passages Were filled with people who
were content to stand for two hours.
The organ pealed out to the accom
paniment of "God is our refuge and
our strength" and one remembered
the great occasion when Principal
Story withstood that organ to its
face! No speaker ever faced an au
dience in that hall to be compared
to the audience which Mr. Bryan
faced as he stood up to speak. Men
of every race, bishops of every order,
men and women of every class, hung
on the lips of the orator. The first
words he spoke won his audience.
The subject he discussed was the
proof of Christianity being the vorld
reilgion by its . fruits "The Fruits
of .the Tree." An ordinary preacher
Is content with three heads; tho
great audience wondered when the
orator calmly announced twelve
heads for his oration twelve fruits
of the tree. And through the twelve
heads he went and the audience
listened spellbound to the end. The
first was belief in God aB Creator,
Preserver, and Father. With maBter
power Mr. Bryan expounded the
fruits, and dwelt on the belief in
Christ as Son of God. Not because
of any writing or any miracle, but
because of the fruits that flowed
from it, did that conception capture
the heart. Hitherto man had sacri
ficed the world to his own pleasure
or ambition; now arose the concep
tion which enabled a man to sacri
fice himself to the advancement of
the world. All that demanded the
conception of the incarnation. The
fruit of tho Holy Spirit commended
itself because "there must be a line
of communion between the Father
above and the child below." Love
was the law of life, and forgiveness
the test of love, and service the meas
ure of greatness. From fruit tj
fruit the orator went on, and as
argument was piled on argument, the
conviction became overmastering that
the claim of Christianity to be the
world religion in virtue of Its fruits
was unchallengeable. Buddhism said
to the world, Let it be annihilated;
Christianity said, Let it .be transfig
ured with the glory of God.
In the TJ. F. Assembly hall Pro
fessor Paterson had expounded the
same theme from the point of view
of the philosopher and the theolog
ian; tonight Mr. Bryan expounded it
from the point of view of the man in
tho street. He made the mists con
dense, and he sent them rushing
down the streets In living water; and
men, seeing and tasting, believed.
This is the power of the orator the
orator with the gift of vision.
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