MISSIONARY "AT HOME."

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 643, 21 October 1909, Page 5

MISSIONARY "AT HOME."

INDIAN UNREST. CONSUL! HWANG, ON CHINESE MISSIONS. ' ;ladies';and gentlemen 'attanded' lhe.Baptist Missioilary 1 "At Homo" in the Concert' Chambor, - Town iHall, yesterday - afternoon.'' ;The ORev. A.;T. Civrey (president of thojconferonco) was in the chair, 'and among those pho occupied a seat on tho platform were Mr, .'.Hwang, Chinese Consul, and the Hev. J. ■Takle,. Indian Missioner; i • . >- ••.The ohairman, m: tho course<of:some introVdpbtipry ; ;remMfcs,^e^erred^with'pride" to tho fact that ..the' Baptist Church had .raised a tim .Of :,'jE273G '.in.'one ..year; for foreign mission ' ;/work.:U.' ; :i)aid'':a thigh,/.tribute . ; j.to ;the services ■ rendered; if; mission work in 'Eastern'.'Bengal - by. such ' .workers as> the. Rev. ! Mr. Vi'aklo and;his/wifa, and made a stirring .appeaj'; J forVthe,tCT ; 6^'ration : 'and., assistance, of, those m New. Zealand ,m furthering ■ tho on;;dearours of the Churchy in this direction. . ; The, Outlook, in India. • _ The Kov, J.' Tncklo ■ . (from * Brahmmdaria, Eastern Bengal) "gave.'la i.niost, 'interesting 'ia'd- . dress .on . some.: '..aspects '.'of' .the. work ~ of.■ • the Indian' missionary,' and 'incidentally -touched upu,. stirred of.' India. - This . .unrest .' was particula.,"? \iarkpd in the province of Bengal, .Jn ■ oonnoc. . &.withthe r .d6sire; of, the Imperial Government "for the partition 'of that' huge, ■ unweildly 'province.'"' There were, ho said, - certeim underJy(ng. Cftusss.:of :thi3 .unrest. In the ;much. of .' the , agitation for selfbovchimont ;was, promoted ...by the high casto odncatoa "Hindoo, who considered that he was nil®,-'And that if .India ■ was to have 6°lf (loverntnent,'it would: be Government by the high-caste jHindocis.'; . This belief took- no ; -tho sentiments of - the. Afahommedans of India, -.or 'the low-caste population, which comprised - abemt:. two-thirds of .the. -whole. Again, another factor. 1 in the situation -was' the ' number: ■of unemployed students evervw«e thousands; of unomplDyed students going about, endeavouring to; fan tho smonldenng: firos of discontent among the' ■ natives into a groat rebellion. A third factor . was,.the-, clashingfiof.4East;: and -West;:it-''There constont-conflid,':in : the: mind of. the nafave. ibetweeff that" artificial .intellect.; developed by - his " education in Western jnsffflotiya -propensities - actively; ■ fostered by.his family and his'native environ- / Bent. • .' Self-Government—By Whom? ;." ■ noto,• however, .that the efforts, of the agitators had little, if any, effeot :M'^;low^a^e U i)opul a tio n ., . crv.. ;;for • :India!" they .. 'replied; ' whom?' " According ,to - the ?'u- 'Sf low -<;aste people were little tetter..than' were slaves."-'-' The (ow-casto population of : India'; . was ■ -peri ' 6 r . ; .' n ' '~the' • agitation which,- had ' been . , raised. --'; for •>.- self-goverh-mont-for.-- the ''people,■-• 'of. • .'lndia, .by thejieople,, ) they-,b^ i na ; ,v o ice.r,-,They ,kne\v. < that they, could jnever rise ; f«^K«oo<bhon-' nsM\inatiye;control,'' and '.'they' -lookedtto,.the .White, population'' -fbr that,-direction; IThe question-th'e which' had'to"cohwhich the .Butish'(&vehiment ought R°wder, Complete development -tA : tnonntive- ittinci-'not-anlr. intellectually. - but sPintaally,.;. . ; .Jk-,was.;the Emission .of • .tnexjiureh, to .acsomplish.this, without"setting agamfft' caste,' and 'to 'respond to the'call of / : ™e!,low:-laste;peoples;for ; Intellectual -'and sgiptuaLjiiphftingj.,' .-4 Europeans Insulted., .''Noedlcss 'to say/Mr. Takle ' continued, this ; .' waye.'.of; anarchy.>badyhaa, a- .'serious'Jeffeot: oh'" :-%JW*'of-.Oie Indiin'missionary;,. In his own • to services . had 1 been boyc^d;;.:disaffected' students; had waited at , the .dmra .of the, :Missioh.'i:Siiiiday,''School' arid iW«!»»}W-;tii# ':eniMran-,£rom'.> eiitwijij;;''' Euro- -. r,vere J constantly ' insnltod .v hy'; the 'at*. RWabon, was. not-without; menace.' in 6f an" lritJinri"ntiarchist.' s Mrss., And' Miss Kennedy.' - A'' bomb, - intended the camoge w - twoj ladies,and' killed ' them" , 1 J® WJjlfirer: was - sentenced •to . be. hanged ' and all ,over' the: village in -which.'he (Mr. Talile) ' , was' Rationed, r-nptices. in th» vermcuhi threatorag- deathVto rall.'.Europeans-if. the sen*' : ?npa '. were .earned out. ,'He..was 'advised- to .BO- preferred to 1 ■ CApplSuse'.)" Consul Hwang on, Missionary ' Work. ,' A.'-, wy' practical address,'.on} tome.;of- the ' of, misjiomir.y/ w9rK : :Vas:'.tl\atWeh v ' v -Kwnn^'Ghi^ese-Cohiml;fbr - J»ew,.ss^ilt>jid.«Mr.- 'HWflfe yS^erv'-''warmlf:'re- ' ', ceiTPd, fl'otenedCto' With' the eloped ntP 1" infoVeira . countrw. ha(i_' certi<in prncticnl. -aspectß; which. : it COTsjderatibn ■ TT« : : r '.-. !'OPT-' 1 ?- .of, Illsiown experience' of ; (J 111 .?-■"?'^9Pff , ,»J r it!i;-:-partieiilar ''referenw V ; : United) "sp.?»ltaßg., a mis: jAn yfaTS, .if . We . physical;.health was i ecraal S WSr.-'" .Bp.t: totm* 1 ® r '®VW thTce years' ' iw on •' ithe::.normnl ~pen'od oif thw .yaste, ' In the-'flrsti •; p!ace.:,at , lamsriißW 1 -'-At the' ' Ms.Cbmre edncshon/ stffl :mbW or-ltes' iUit» r . ' He was njiahle to read the -^».*S*S*wtwan<i:-rai»d'---fcad-:'-!®V- ratw- for ■ ' ': • r -13 local .events. oi\ the Kn.rr.Dean.residents, and -the Rnmroan ' ■i, teo r fpa >,i n j, ln) to t So 0 ' w ? t,! *»M •of -rhirW'peo- - orimd-. distinction,v; n . clflPs Refilled iby, Titennr at'n - "re ' ni.i.ssipne.rr's •' Chinese ,t- vv-'.'vTrainfNative Preachers. * ,livinP: ; in - China was in-' ' , »ndf,if.-the. results-,'achieved •-misaidnar^e 3 ' to -be,commensurate wotlW -.b»' well ,-m. the.-policy.' and methods t 'I could bo devised. His ' .native .;teachers; for mis- < i - W » »i_? or . an: - '"pehditure of ,i 8 "'FSsmT-' '° T j w o .'-^3 r ® a ?'' tl >w; could- Obtain'' of training to five years, they to^a" ftii-sJPfiIMMe.);.. the. Methodist, denomination"Sa^i,X'' oacr ;denomfriatidn;: he said that-wi6h -all due-respect to the other ; " lpy ;•' should; train ' native V " ? r i p!1| i'' missionair sho'u'-dl ■ Hilton - (Thames); and - 'the Eev. < E V,M I^? od ' '.'spoke.'^; ' w V-' 'l .afterhoon;: tea as . dispensed, - and itemß, f :were ?iven 'bT : the Hev' Mr Ung'' 01 ' •• r f -:Kirw o <>d,- -and ' Mr;' -Dow-