China, Chinese, Missionary Work
China, Chinese, Missionary Work.—Tuesday evening, November 21, Pastor Irwin H. Evans, director of our missionary work in China, Japan, and Korea, spoke in Mountain View, leaving the next day on a steamer for the Far East. He eulogized the Chinese race for their mentality, their respect for learning, their endurance, their industry, their patience and long-suffering under hardship. He outlined the wretched financial system, which brings colossal wealth to the bankers and great hardship to the people. While he did not speak upon the revolution, the logic of his talk clearly demonstrated that some change is needed. He especially dwelt upon the hopeful side of missions and the favorable openings which are now presented. The missionaries have no difficulty in securing an audience, always attentive and respectful. He told of many who had accepted the truth of the Gospel through reading and the example and influence of natives. He gave an account of a revival among the heathen, in which souls were exhorted to come forward and seek God. And they came tremblingly, broken-hearted. Ten, twenty, forty, sixty, at different times came forward seeking God. They were meetings of great power. As showing the faithfulness of the natives, he cited one young man who received five hundred lashes and was left for dead, but friends nursed him back to life, and he is now an earnest Christian worker. A woman faced death itself rather than disobey God. Chinese Sabbath-keepers are devoted, earnest, self-sacrificing Christians.