Show missionaries NOT HOT some borne of the effects of the labon of aff christian missionaries to lo india wf were recently sot set forth lo in an address given before a large audience in ban baa fran ilsoo by a buddhist mr Dharma pals he appealed to those who prof Christl christianity anIty to follow the teachings of at the great founder of their religion and not to corrupt the nations they mey undertake to evangelize of 0 toe the ala mla in alon slon arlea arien to in india no ne said bald that they teach the ignorant people that sins sine will be washed away avray and gladly accepting tills this doctrine the he hearod beare xv became drunken or given to oguer evila evil the indiana lodi aoi hearing of ahw th glories of western civilization asimer aeo christianity the he garments and show h whiskey of the Furo european peon and the then believe themselves civilized youna women impoverish their parents b by buying bonnets and gowns suon such aa 46 english women wear british merchants import liquor and the mission artea arise make no protest th the e speaker further charged the christians christiam with tramp ramp linic the ethical teachings of the nasar one ene under their feet evea the missionaries he be said disregard those teachings it if they werts to follow them they would do a humanizing civi civilizing liv ing work he referred to the lag ing in christian countries of we manufacture and sale of strong drink sud aud the brutal cruelty to anim animals alss particularly to cattle on the way to the th slaughtering places and closed by th the injunction before you preach to us re berm orm yourselves 20 this eloquent allatto Abi atlo im j inclined to 10 look a k at european Europ fan and ancl american conditions condi tlona through a teu of prejudice but in the interest off justice and truth it must be admitted that be announces a principle which although self evident to 1 hardly ever acted upon by emissaries emra aries of modern christian denominations many of at them nave have taken to the missionary field simply imply as aa a means of makillio makil lit a living they may be theologians theologian andl and somewhat of physicians phyl olana and even philboo logical scholars ciolan per hap bapp but in many cases they have a vry very imperfect understanding of the real mission of christianity in the sias world the con sequence to that mat they sot act more as a advance agents of human civilization than as aa messengers of the copl some dome of them have even themselves as aa the outposts of political and mercantile more anglie scheme oh emea or they hanew been so BO considered by the nations nation they represents represent and their labor labon have oon aon been followed by the liBb ment of at military sta tationa ta tlona tiOnA that thac missionary enterprises have preceded wholesale massacres of at ignorant sav ages agea is IR admitted to be deplorable but bob consolation lg Is found i the doctrine of the survival of the lit fittest test 31 and so ao the work is in conti continued n aed it is ie not orten often that the victims of tin an christian missionary efforts have intelligence enough to protest against the corruption of their brethren by the sine aloe of civilization but bat when this thie protest to la being made as it woe was during the he congress of religions to in chicago and now dow by the learned Baud bist the fact to brought home to all thinking persons that a time nuat must come when christian Chr lattan nations will have bate to account for the way in which they have used the talent that hat was waa entrusted to their cars care also alao to their dealings alinga de with the weaker brethren of the human family |