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Among the enterprises carried op by the American Protestant Episcopal Mission at Zamboanga, Philippine Islands, is the Sulu Press, which is operated by Moro boys. These Mor-os print a little monthly sheet nine by thirteen inches in size. This is the first newspaper ever published in the Moro language. Twenty-five years ago, it was necessary to pay girls from the poorest classes to attend the mission school at Huchow, China. Today, daughters o f well-to-do ' merchant and student classes plead for admission at regular tuition rates. Sim ilar tales could be told o f schools in all parts o f China. In an address delivered by Col. Denby, on his return from China, where he served as U. S. Minister from 1885 to 1898, he says: . “I have made a.study o f missionary work in China. I took a man-of-war and visited almost every port in the empire. At each o f the places I visited, I inspected every Mission station. At the schools the scholars were arrayed before me and exam ined. I went through the missionary hos pitals, I attended synods and church ser vices: I saw the missionaries in their homes—Tsaw them all. They are all doing good work. They merit all the support that philanthropy can give them. I do not stint my commendation, nor halt nor stam mer about work that ought to be done at home instead o f abroad. I make no com parisons. I unqualifiedly and in the strong est language that .tongue can utter, give to : these men and women who are living and dying in China and in the Far East my full and unadulterated commendation. My doctrine is to tell, if I can, the simple truth about them, and when that is known, the caviling, the depreciation, the sneering which too often accompany comments on missionary work, will disappear. They will 1 stand before^ the world, as they ought to stand, as benefactors o f the people among whom their lives are spent and forerunner o f the commerce o f the World.”
The Hon. George F. Seward, who served for many years as Consul General to China, and from 1876 to 1880 as U. S. Minister there, says. “ During my twenty^years’ stay in China I always congratulated mySelf on the fact that the missionaries were there. There were good men and able men among the merchants and officials, but it was the missionary who exhibited the foreigner in benevolent work, as having other aims than those which may be justly called sel fish. The good done by missionaries in the way o f education, o f medical relief,: and o f other charities cannot be over-esti mated. I f in China there were none other than missionary influence the building o f that great people would go forward securely: I have the profoundest admira tion for the missionary as I have known him. He is a power for good and peace, hot for evil.” During the year 1914, 278 and in 1915, 329 student volunteers reached their fields o f service under the various boards, mak ing a total since 1886 o f 6490 volunteers- who have been accepted by the boards. Speaking at the Panama Congress on Christian Work in Latin America, Charles D. Hurrey, a secretary o f the International Y. M. C. A., emphasized the importance o f work for students, says American Friend. There are 50,000 in the universities o f Latin America, only a few o f whom study the Bible, none in mission study, and not over fifty in organized social service. A special challenge is presented to Christian people in America in the 2,000 Latin-American students in the United States. What impression are these students receiving o f our Christian civilization? Reception com mittees to welcome and guide these stu dents upon their arrival at our ports and help them in their first touch o f a strange country, the opening o f Christian homes to them, a welcome in church and social gatherings, would do much to win them.
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