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e The Eo their European hi5ttory, w let twee wosdsr per, ,
THE i wried in sive flaw 3,000 up h. WAG "foreign dell." le the l.,,woa of word They would enter a Weil, start e
HURON SIGNAL Foxalet e inhabitants, with all classes mud grades threats was, "As the rear. tains are that the aunt y -' esu, `atter + ruwu, ns.:►tial tnntl,
se the Lord is v hittwdf 11at,le, [ u arseit. 1' terll,Y
use he would mad pterWe the `w
geeamush i ss see our arae .• tee 4 papulation. If You entered the living iu around above sJpeoa1hi Cdr up his wind, sed determined w al a t1,r, L
strew is sae inseams ns rthes• fly you would fTe nuked ravager had-
roundveabuse lisdeo fit,W y s yeth, bus,a,u,etw,as ti ray pee.ci+l ++K
eteo.,.r.e. at ser. M. reser• wigwams. Ten .an ago be had no ides even forever. ' Al, i>o e buy sin years cuofeN lyrist- Fos this
hn wu wt►- Yw `n ecu ,u twe,w [uuw wuhvut
of the wvrk in he was destined to old could eyily kill eh adapt foreigner, jetted to yei5e( utuu mid even his awn t► Y tae qtr'. uuntas►eets Nee
*NAge, W is ded at Hong -kung but the Lu had fur His . another would have had t ekilled ven hien li when er did nut iyad+n+t ut duu► tees '1'bny slept
he aeknuwled ed Jesus,
his a ti was on n up as W hisstraight
and kept hint fru halm; be, se K_
wale dafieutiuutbut he went asuedtrusted m Him. Cuban were the timely 'settee et the first uunvert where non ight loUlid tarot. ►M town ur
to Fore u if he had been directed so ell over the country with e:.ggeeated wresting trout her
she vlyypit Lt r when growtay,'w `11D11 ith t ur ni rase
taB +wn-
and
tu do by the Presbyterian re hi bly at reports of hisdui)ogr- Ny nnattu where lar e man- with whituuses they
Quebec. Theworkopsu Lthe way[for thehewent
kept ews him, tee and d ihseeding eheunity. heard tuhatdsalte ardChris- s watt the: put up Oh at seodlt t vulage tun, bin
esta net
the Lund oat awed up
carrying eat of His work. He landed word of his whosnal+uute, and tetany a the mother s beside the eon, r hum- of the beat. lis tats way entry tutu au:l
on the west oast, and when he landed poor Chinaman suttered fur havmg ble follower of le lord Jesus, ands arty to the i. sad war '.* *1s i, end evrh
he mas hated. He was hated because he spoken to him. When things were at few weeks later, ond fold uf whole fat lily the ly had remote
a cse.ubuur1rue jungles. hens
was fowigsror, and because he did out the highest state of excitement an u*tel- was rarely in the
bow down to idols, but worshipped the pigeon, sharp, active young man, visited converted mrtist else travelled wino the rod the ant w, vest vent leu .+vacua, t..
e
true God He began his labors with the him one evening, end requested
forever. Wllsker, as
well
the that
over
y course. The esi wanton. tlicr a rtes L h they
Chine. element, because he did not leave the talars 1s
think it wise to work with scattered But he had cut gone chert to be drivers sacrificer, suffering f Goduch and doing invited
mould er.be attraclted to the, tribes He believed it to be the bounden opt of it w easily. The command was work fur the causes of God, nod to -d+.) Y
duty of all t unfurl the blood-stained upon h►w, "Go into all the world, at,d he was one of the hest preachers urci beacuu. At tinsel tbe)' 14'.10 of er'oye ,
banner of elitist swung all nations, but preach the Gospel" They had 59 yonder. It was ien easy matter to Weld at meeting the til-tiatiaes and voted err
he was also of opinion that much mole hymns translated into Chinese, and the out on Christ's side uuw compered to volleys in their hv,o. r,usbuta al
and
portogr'e.s
could ube nude in the work, by sh)mn uf the rakor read to his adviser thvay,ae 41stmarch then, fur r. w there were many to { )
b atom advthe ance. Thtte will. ofwthe Neater Hume.' The Chinaman asked if vtrengthen the t then[ tan bitterestands fthe new con- persecution *rowel,nut d iliA
she I.dt Loy aud where
destined
savage was beyond doubt as precious in that was what the missionary believed had U. be withato(ed. A carpenter, a HSS uc: a. Att:r tv:.a: 14..gess peel Wes
eet
t.: : 2 axrSaH a
the eyes of the Master, as the soul of the in the event of his being put to death, must ori ival {•ersuu was the next con- mala in p nacLi,:g
must gifted intellectually, but the speak- and being told that it was, he marvelled vert. For his devutiou to Christianity church was boot in this section, and
er believed we should work in such • and went away. He cswe again and this n:an was :e!wed work, and could i when all was treue,u►l, as he thought, he
manner, and among thew with whom again, and always with objections, owe- rarely get more than a week a warp w I lett the e.rstiuu w imago cot a eative
the effects of sur labors would prove times verbal, sometimes written on the one piece. He would often[ walk cuuvurt and two aaaistst as euts. But thhe
e
most luting More rod in the cause of paper, and as these were gradual- fifteen or twenty wiles to attend Chris- descended t l tam rdrt Kee
a his
d
the spreading of Christ's Gospel would lyexplained away, he finally adopted than worship. Think of that, ye lo-
be dune by converting the advancing the Gospel of the Lord Jesus. Then the called Christians, who are kept from I "u!15int t1 , andtrcht , o waheilr head ,
s.
nations than by the regeneration of the convert was anxious to go on the street worshipping God sometimes by a slight
receding savage races, which were doom- and preach, a:,d after he did so, an im- sprinkling of rain. This carpenter woad him lmid he hastened beck}wtbtttirnidd the
eel to decay. Chins would not be ab- petus was given to the work. In three not work on the Sabbath. 1 e once repert, ,
sorbet, but was destined to play an 101- months he learned to write phonetical- worked fur an Englishmen who told the I bis:: `e cWV ee, and
high, tplanteda mountain
portant part in the world's work. Hence ly, and in a similar period of time he speaker that he hada John l'hinamen range7,.
the particular necessity for laboring was enabled to read the Bible in (for all Chinamen are John with English I in their itteelery, beerut3 the inscriptive:
among the Chinese. On landing, he was Ruuuuized-colloquial. The first con- people, be the reason what it may) 1 ..
Messed sr.the dead who die to Inc Lord.'
dated because he was a barbarian. If vert was now in the ministry, and working for him, who professed to be a The sun of the chief he die eel Christi -
ever Canadians were possessed of that a most successful worker amongst Christian, and would not labor onthe suite and they tied his hands behind his
Britia¢ feeling of superiority towards the his count wen. After reading a letter Sabbath, "But," said he, "as all China- back, shot hive, cut off his had, and
Chinese -or other races, let them put from aniEuropean colleague in For- men are liar, 1 suppose this fellow isnot taxi,
it to upon: one of their houses.
themselves in their places, and then du ut(sa, its which a flatterieg tribute was telling the truth." Being assured that I U. vee occasion the savages very nearly
unto othenwhatthey would haveothersdo paid to this first convert, the speaker thecal'peuterwaaatrulyearnest and deveut 1 surp[iaetl a party t,f nluutes and bice
were out fur rucrectiou, and
a
I ha
unto them. He, when he went to For- proceeded to describe their first tour Christian, he said he would not ask him
mesa, had no cue or pig -tail, and was through the island. He had been asked to work ou Sunday, and would allow lits jackets
who s elm tddly would have been
dressed differently to the natives, cense- to write a book, recounting their adven- wages to run on just es if he were murk- fslaughtered but for lacing alarmed in a
queerly they hated hits But when he tures and escapees, lint had declined to ing. "God blues that English mau, tin c1y
in by the tl raker. Other
read in the papers that lately in Toronto do so. No mortals but two would ever wherever he maybe, fur he did a •oed SC- ci
i y f b ttuutrtalaes wrty also detailed to shuw-
injustice was done to a C1,i: ;rmrai1 si:.t dy know of their trials and privations; God thin indeed." A ereigner, although he the hitter, autIeu, and vindictive nature
because he was afoieigner, a feeling akin knew what they had suffered, and Hebei I may not preach, eau do a great ileal of the ter, cul. The result • of cenetant
to indignation came over him that such brot ht them safely through. No towards furthering or marringthe work and ie savfast ulhete:;ce to the work was
things could be in this Christian land. matter where they went they were fol- of God in a heathen land. The careen-• tu,w ohm -viable in the fact that they had
England's unjust attitude with regard to lowed by Chinese soldiery, and only ter spoken of afterward went to visit his I twenty -viabl ri on the eland with
China was one cause of the hatred in when they entered the wuali, and visited ' father on the nuuiland, and althe 4h ii p e clip e every Lord's L'sy, and teachii g
which uuteidere were held by the Chinese. the savages, did the soldier leave thew, , some of his relattvus turnetl upon him I d tlg tI.. week. Alter detailing !v
We would not submit to it here for and then it was because they were afraid I with aeoin, Itis father told him he could tome the circumstances connected
twenty-four hour, or Canadians were they would lose their heads if they came worship whatever God he pleased. For with law length the n_ of the word to Banca
not of the stuff he thought theywere. in contact with the aborigines. Not three years this carpenter went with a city of 60,000, where every effort had
The speaker hetero referred to thopium knowing a single person, but having an the speaker, during 1874, '7o anej '75' been made by the mob and the wsjes-
trade which England had forced upon implicit confidence in the Divine Power and travelled on foot from place to place, I ty of the law to• keep the Christians out,
the Chinese, spoke of the iniquity of the to protect and keep them, they Set en- swam rivers where they could not be , tole speaker proceeded t stain that they
traffic, and stated that fifty years hence tend the woods. They met the savages forded, and eairied the glad tidings to l• eer
speaker
purpose through the power
our people would look back with homer at at the base of a high mountain, to the his countrymen. There wu another eof Gid, uud though Bradlaugh and
Britain eaction in 1881. True, the matter number of 1,500 nien, each savage armed' young man whowasdestinedto play an int- Ingersoll and their fuliradle denied
was a difficult one to deal with, and, ow- with largea knife, two feet lora a mus- irtaut part in the missionary labors in the existence of a Ditty, he could testify
ing to the proportions the trade had as- ket, and ighted coil of rope g act as a! Formosa. This was a young student the God lived, and aided His people•
sum..d, would be difficult to overturn, fuse to the pan of the old-fashioned fire- I who had t.ecn s:ulyiutc stets he was i IWhen going to school, we were taught
E n accordance with that the earth was round, and we be-
lieved it because we were so taught, but
he, of his 'own experience, could testify
that the earth was round, because hehad
been around it; in like manlier he could
give testimony regarding the living Gud
whose hand had kept hint all these years,
and though sceptics might sneer, he
father was a vaetinator, of the better ' could truthfully andear,,estlystatefrom a
class of Chinese, mad reviled the Christ- thervugh knowledge of the fact, "I knew
ians more than any other fifty. ed that iuy Redeemer liveth." There had
the evening when they were gathered been 323 persons baptized in Formosa
around the light he would abuse them, I during
the period of hi. labor there,
and during the day while going from th-re wereapeti featly who although not
place to pisco he would circulate all mar- baptized had rout uuced idolatry for the
ner of hes against thew, as he after- past three years, find although fifteen
ward confess . But a change cants converts had (lied and passed to glory,
over the aceue. The young wan was I not one had failed to giving testimony to
stricken with malarial fever, aud the aid I the sufficiency of the Lord Jesus. The
of their gods was revoked; a sorcerer I tstiatuny ..f une died from injuries
was sent for, who put spikes through his •received because .%,E.1""his faith was, "I die
cheeks, and smeared his face with blued, trusting in Jesus: if 1 perish Jesus will
and native medical men were summon- perish with me." In concluding the
cd; but all in vain. One night, at mid- rev speak( r said : Whilst it is iniportant
night, the speaker heard an uproar nut• to think of thecenversion of the heathen.
side of his dear, and opening it, found it is rano the less important to think of
the vaccinutr who had come in person your own souls. To these before me
—nut waiting to send a servant—tis ask here to -night I would ask, "Whither are
him to visit his son. He went, and for- pon goin ? Will etental jay or ever
tunately the sun recovered. Afterward I lasting sorrow be your portion ?" Ido
the caceinat..r relit his son to college to not askwhat sect you belong to, or wh o
study, but after a triol of two weeks the ' creed you profess, or what are your poli -
latter refused to intend the institute at tical leanings, but simply "what are you
Chinese lenrnm^ :tray lonster. This '.nus tieing to be saved?" "Believe ,in the
lard Jesits Christ, and thou shalt be
saved." Toyota, who are outside of the
ark of safety, if any there 1)4), I would
say, don't waver, (lent (car. dont doubt,
but come to Jerer, treat in the living
God, and say, at o nee, "God is my re-
fuge and my strength, in Him will I
trust." To you whose liv,ea are hid with
Christ in God, 1 would say, fight the
good fight, and you will eventually enter
into His kingdom. May the Lord God
of Lintel, the Son and the Holy Ghost
guide, blear and save every hearer of the
word, and to Him will we ascribe all the
FRIDAY, APRIL 22, 1881.
ITill DRA D STATESMAN.
On Sunday last, it.,. Dr. MMshayi the
The cable despatch 6f last Tuesday widely knows F,russu nd'eu ar7,
whose labors have been so sigrtgllr *utt-
taurninig, which brought the news of the fol of results occupied Knox C
death of Earl Beacosu6eld, was not a pulpit, both unornuyp aad-eveoiug. In
thing altogether unexpected, furalthuugh appearance there is nothing in Rev. Dr.
the reports of the previous few days were mcK*y to sellkagt the hervj the iauwpid
explorer d ttr*cate' halts, ur the m-
ooch irts to give hope that the late ez dontitable spirit which met obstacle aft. r
premidr was to be spared yet awhile, his obsticle only to overcome theta. Rather
great age and the extreme state of weak- uuder the medium height, spare uf pre-
miss to which his malady was said to sou, sallow sows ezioaed, with a full
black beard, there is nothing t distin-
guishhave reduced him, pointed only too di- him from many whew we meet on
rectly to the probability of the relapse the street daily, but be baa a slw ,
into which he fell and out of which he piercing eye, a forehead broad and high,
was not to emerge. On Monday evening ! and strongly developed percept'. es, which
indicate that the owner s always en the
a change fur the worse was exhibited, indicate
He is at present • convalescent,
and he continsed gradually to sink, and suffers apparently from a odd on the
until four o'clock the following morning„chest or1roul somebroachulaffectiou,and
when the soul of that man who fur so! hu voice betrayed weakness excepterhen
long a time has been w brilliant a politi- l he .rnid with his - subject and iambi a
suprewe effort. Then it rang out clearly
`al sod literary cynosure of 01. nation— land distinctly, and resounding through
of the world—passed to its reward. He end through the willies, gave unmistalt-
waa conscious to the end, and his posing able evidence of the invincible spirit
away was quiet and untroubled. which guided its utterance, +aid clearly
Of purely Jewish descent, Lord Bea- proved that the outward appearance of
the speaker did not do justice to the
cun.field—Benjamin Diars@li—sues born courageous heart within. The following
in 1804, and consequently at the time of is a report of
his decease, was in his 77th year. His HIS DISCOURSE IN THE Hrohearto.
grandfather; Benjamin Disraeli, towards Formosa is an island 300 miles in
the end of the lath century, fleeing from length, and 70 to 90 miles in breadth,
between 70 and 100 miles from the mein -
the persecutions of his race in other land. The tropic of cancer runs through
lands, settled in England, and betaking the northeast pact of the island. The
himself to the pursuit of business, word Formosa means "beautiful,” and
amassed a fie -lame, which, added to the was given to the island by the Forty -
wealth which he had brought with him, guese sailors who visited it 250 years
age. There were muuntairs• of high al -
placed hien in the most opulent circum- titude running from north to south, and
stances. His son Isatt, father of the there was a large plain un the west, and
late Earl, unlike his progenitor, was a smaller une, were toward the east. 300
ratan of strong literary instincts, a verit- years ago the island was a jungle, dark,
deep and almost impenetrable, and the
able book -worm, and has left us a record first hist:•rical knowledge we have of it
of his extraordinary literary researches was in the 14th century. It was inhab-
in the "Amenities' and the "Curiosities" ited by a species of :Malay, similar in
of literature. , their manners customs and pursuits to
the aborigines of this country. The
"Born in a library," as he expressed island was of a volcanic nature, and
himself to be, Benjamin Disraeli had earthquakca were of su common occur -
scarcely attained his twenty-third year, rence that little notice was taken of
when he produced the first offspring of a I them, except the great shock of 1875, of
which the speaker was an eyewitness,
wonderfully fertile mind, in "Vivian and which almost totally destroyed one
Grey," which at once drew attention to I of the large towns of the island. Great
Its author, and set "society"' talking storms occasionally swept over Formosa;
about the new hero -maker. Since that I they were called typhoon' and did much
time, during the intervening half -ten damage. The present inhabitants curs
stated principally of two classes—the
fury, until the publication of his "En- aborigines, who much resembled
dyi nion' a few .uonths ago, the eyes of the American Indiana, and the
Englishmen and of English speaking Chinese who have 'colonized it. The
wks
people everywhere have been constantlanyformer ippewae, but•superiure inferior to rte 3theared
directed to the oft -recurring emanations faced denizens of the far went. They
from the pen of the dead novelist. traded with the Chinese and other na-
Possessed uf an ainazingly exalted un- tions and thus got an insight into the
agination, and a fund of language equally ++snner of barter. The Spaniards had
amatraii, he ever threw about his here- beenf their tFormosa, and had lefto two
of presence in the shape of two
characters that oriental warmth and forts. The Dutch also took possession
vividness of coloring, which charms, and, about 200 years ago. Their oldest and
indeed, at times, amuses the reader, and largest furt was now occupied by the
Brititih Government agent. A change of
which has placed his style among the dynasty occurred in China when the
unique things in our literature. Dutch had p eaeuion, for the Tartars
Benjamin Dearaeli entered parlia:ueut overran that Empire, and it was well -
in 1837, at the age of 32 years, being known that the present Emperor was of
elected as junior member for Maidstone. Tartar extraction. At the time he spoke
of, a Chinese pirate roved the seas, and
He had previously been twice defeated; I chanced t come upon Formosa The
and his political notions and .principles Dutch garrison defied him t capture the
at that time do not appear to have been harbor, which was couunanded by their
very clearly defined; indeed, Justin Mc- fort. In the deepness of the night he
fired a number of ships and floated them
Carthy, in the "History of Our Own into the harbor, thereby creating a con-
Tinres," thinks it probable that Mr. Des- tiagretion, and the next mornuiv the
meli had then no particular no- dragon -flag floated over- Fanunsa 'This
liana of a political mature at sill, and was,in 1698, and the island has been un-
der Chinese influence ever since. As
that he was casting about for seise party the Europeans cleared the forests '01 this
or persuasion to which to lash hint- continent and gained land from the In -
self. Be this as it may, he certainly wail diens, so did the Chinese drive back the
nut in the House long till he was heard aborigines and reclaim what had previ-
ously been a dense jungle. The
from, fur before he was there three west and tenth, abets the Chinese
weeks, he had wade his celebrated settled, is now good arable land, but
"maiden" speech, of, which almost every about hall the island is 4 -till in jungle.
body has heard. Dressed in a style that Let Canadians rea,,ect the Chinese, for
the latter are among the progressive na-
was considered to be the extreme of cox- tions, despite their heathenism. We had
combry, and assutning an attitude "f our Indian reserves in Canada and the
fiery defiance, the stolid, House was not Chinese had their reservations for the
prepared calmly to heal hien out, a+nd aborigines, and the just manner in which
they treated the natives would put to the
proceeded to interrupt until he was
blush our neighbors across the line, if
forced to sit down before he had finished• compared with their treatment of the
His words ou resuming his seat were: red men out west. Circles of bam-
,`Ihave begun severalthings many tines, boo were grown 50, 60 and 80 feet
I and I have often suc_eeded at last. I high, and inside, this grove would
be found inhabited by from 100 to
will sit down now: but the time will 150 people; and then yon would
come when you will hear me." He first proceed a short distance and you would
held office fur a few months, in 185.2, as find another grove, and yet another, and
Chancellor of the Exchequer, and leader so on, u you went. If you would still
of the Cumulous, under Lurd Derby. further pursue your journey you would
come to a long street, with houses on
His rise and progress in political life either side, with shops and temples at
from that time aero rapid and brilliant. intervals. The temple wax the largest
He held the Chancellorship dui ing three building and much money ar.d labor were
adnrinistrations, and in 1858 was made expended upon it, and no nutter where
you went the temple spire, pointing up -
Prime Minister of England. Since that ward, could be observed. Merchants,
time till his death a few clays ago, his tradesmen, tailors, silk vendors, lawyer',
acts are too familiar to require such a doctors, and school -masters could be seen
in large numbers. Schools where boys
recapitulation as our limited space would were taught flourished in Formosa, but
permit us to make here. the education of the girls was entirely
Just exactly in what position of un- neglected. In a tow. of 5,000 inhabi
portents the future historian will place tants you might count 20 temples, each
the departed atatesnaaa, of course it u with tier upon tier of ,dots, and each
temple was dedieatd W its own particu-
lar to determine; but a character lar idol. Walk slosig further, and you
to marked, a career so extraordinary, $ would find a great wall of solid masonry,
.genius so brilliant, will always attract with battlements on top, and 'edifiers on
guard thereon. Go laude ur ascend •
lire
elm attention of the reader, even though flight of sone steps and walk around,
,the geed he has been enabled to do be
and you were reside a walled city of For-
mosa.
.proven to be comparatively little. That n, , with four gales of entrance from
Ike bred his country, resect be doubted; the North.
t. herubb h uth, than he East
apenned
that he loved power and its splendour abort the Chinese, the people .,f the
nd the
sstarp then will be thus, who will affirm : oldest and largest nation of the world,
{d i the patron mourns him M abs oat concerning the fact that wntreen received
mourns the leas of the patriot~ the wo place among them and mined not
We
eaiesaan, the lenelacto•r of her people. with the men in flair c;sily avocation, in
business or in trade. The fact is, they
went in and out just as freed as did the
The IDstoness Ashmeasi-Hartlett Bur- women in Canada, at least they did s0 in
.tett-0wtb, like the fond and doting Canton, Ningpo. Foochoo, and other
wife that ah. Y, hos nominally leased to cities where the speaker had been. The
her "htslsby" Lar tttf.eiy-tine yeas the worship of the Chinese was fanatical in
Mammes resumes of the entailed 8t the extreme, and with the exception d
Agiy's este, nestb £100,000, per aa- Jerusalem he had in no other seting of
sem The team *anteing the proviso the world where he had bees, seen such
east Ashslead is cot ie remarry alter hn an exhibition of bigotry, saperstttsos,
and fanaticism The rinses 4 Vortexes
but although there were suite who up- I stem. They came up to, and surrounded five years age.
held the crying evil, the great heart ofthem, whooping and dancing their war the custom of the Chinese literati his
Britain was sound to the core, and the I dance, and eagerly anxious for the word nails had not bora cut, to show :that he
action of England in the emancipationfrom the chief to shoot and cut off the was of the higher grade, and had to do
of slavery would, he believed, be repeat- emancipation!
heads of the intruders. But the chief no manual labor for a living. This young
ed in the abolition of the iniquitous when he noticed that one of the two did man often passed the speaker lay like a
dog, bemuse he was a foreigner and a
preacher of the gospel of Christ. His
opium traffic. Another reason why out-
siders were hated was because of the
mean, contemptible action of the Amer-
icans on the Pacific slope to the Chinese
whose lot was cast amongst them.
Thousands went back to testify how they
were treated in Christian America, and
the recital of the indignities to which
they were subjected by so-called Chris-
tians caused hatred to rankle in the
hearts of the Chinese against all foreign-
ers. That such treatment should be ac-
corded the Chinese is a thing to be de-
plored. We have religious liberty and
a knowledge of the L.rd Jesus, and
should never allow our pure -white ban-
ner to be besmirched with so foul a stain.
Three Spanish Roman Catholic priests
had been on the island before the speak- they returned once more to the cis the
er, and had left some six months beforeiportion of the island.
his advent, without leaving even the The speaker here closed his remarks,
name of God, or one convert, behind them but resented
after a sojourn of three years. No know- Hes Dta('nl-RSE P1 THE EVEfereo.
ledge of Jesus had been inculcated by He referred this muniing to the first
them, and the only evidence of their convert made in Formosa. and to their
stay was that some of the Chinese spoke first visit to the natives of the woods.the name of the Virgin Mary, who was Returning to the Chinese ,quarter, they
identified with the Goddess of Mercy in I begantheir missionary work. Standing
Chinese theology. There was now a
flourishing church of God in the town
where the three Spanish priests had
vainly spent three years. He spent the
first day in Formosa in the street; he
afterward, however, got a small Chinese
house. These houses were usually built
un the side of a hill, and after a rain, a
creek would run through it. Here he
studied the Chinese dialect, and he had
to resort to many devices to meet the
pecdliar circumstances which surround-
ed him. He had no neighbors, save a
few herdboyr, and these did not take
kindly to hint at first. There were here
no horses, no bread, no milk, no meat,
no potatoes, no cheese, and a lot of oth-
er "noes," which would seem difficult to
get along without in Canada But he
studied hard, and learned much of theradt
dialect from the herdboys, who gi-
ally formed an acquaintance with him.
He remained here four months, and wasthe instrumeut of bringing to a know-
ledge of the Saviour • number of these
young men with whom it had been his
lot to mingle. At the end of that pe-
riod he began to be attacked secretly
and publicly by the natives; --secretly
by having all kinds of absurd stories re-
tailed about his doings, and publicly by
the posting up of placards which de-
nounoed him as a "black -bearded bar-
barian,'. "the foreign dog," "the
Eng-
lish devil," and "the fourth Spanish
priest," Ac. They accused him of be-
ing an agent of the British Government
and a spy, and printed their placards
significantly in red, for every action of
the Chinese has s significance. They
also said he had • knife for cutting open
hearts, and hooks for tearing out Chi-
nese eyes, which were afterward ship
pad to England, when.. by a proems
known to the English, they were made
into opium. in addition to the shave,
they asserted that every vessel that esus
gee
to the slier* brought powder sad se
to the "foreign dog. They banded
themselves together, and entered in-
to solemn league and covenant to
drive hire from among them. The
wildest eecitesent prevailed. and several
were maltreated. A British @abjectes
was brutally need, and • Frelwan
duns kneeked ds by the natives, w
dented upow W i
body. They ps
and repassed the hoses when
woe
the speak-
er wstaying. threatening to kin t1.
•
poen, mewing be ismer rwsaeisw.tr t s -
not wear a cue, and was not a Chinese,
stepped forward, andstriking the speakera blew on the breast with his clenched
hand, repeating the operation on his own
breast, thereby signifying that he washis friend and under his protection
The attention of the savages wasthen
turned to the convert, whom they recog-
nized as a Chinese, and for a moment
his fate was in the balance, but the chief
again came forward, and looking the
convert severely in the face, smote him
on the breast with his open hand, in
token that although he was a Chinese,
being in company with one to whom the
chief had extended protection, he also
.would share that protection. After
spending three weeks among the savages
by a light they would begin a hymn, and, an act which required a strong exercise
the people would congregate around of will on the part of the eel, for in
them. At this time there were only China the relations from a father to a
himself and his first convert --but the son are not so much of the paternal as
latter was a faithful and true servant of they are of the tyrannical order. The
the Lord Jesus. He 'the speaker. held father was a man of wealth and inttu-
in his hand a letter from a noble mission- ence, used every•eflort in his power toforce
ary of the Presbyterian Assembly of Scot- his son to accede to his wishes, ane! great
land, who had recently returned to his excitement prevailed for several days.
native land, had since gone back to his The seen, although only 19 years of age,
labors in the East, and in it strong testi- never Clinched, but came out as a the-
mony was given of • the ste.dfastneu, rough disciple of Jesus. Somehow the
earnestness and Christian integrity „f the long nails dissppeaied from the young
first convert. No one to this day who student's hands, for it seeined they
had accepted the gospel of Christ could could not stanch gospel influence. And
fill his place. Very genial, kind, brimfull w, it was always with evidences of in -
of coalman sense, devoted and faithful, dolence when Christian bight was made
he seemed specially chosen of (led for visible. This young man travelled as a
the work ip which he was engaged, and native missionary for many years, and
most suitable for the position which he was never heard to omelette though
occupied u a native missionary. He often the need was long, andthe toil irk -
was hot a man strong intellectually and some. He wee now (Inc Of the ablest
weak physically, or weak intellectually preachers in Formless, his early educe -
and strong physically, but was physically tional traininv specially adapting him
strong, intellectually strong, and spirits- to the work. By God's grace, we had
ally strong. They used to begin their now got a number of excellent converts;
meetings by opening wide the door of the next thing to do was to teach them
their house, singing aloud and train them for the Gospel work.
tea not ashamed to own my Lord, They would go down by the seaside and
Or to deteed His cense. study, then they would entera boat, then
The crowd would gather outside one of them would dive intro the water
throwing stones and dirt, and point beneath, and bring up a piece of soft
their fingers at them, which by the *oral, or a sea -weed, or something else
Chinese is considered *most scornful from nature's store. Rooks, cal, mos -
action. After a time nine or ten would res, &c. , were also critically examined
venture in and look .t the hymnbooks, so that the works of Nature might testify
and make use of insulting expressions, to Natures God, and that the students
such as, "The foreign dog knows our might be brought to see sermons in
language." "The foreign devil pus two stone.,boks in running brx.ks,andgod
eyes, etc. There esu one man who ie everything. The machismo( Chid wan
was particularly offensive. He was an sae ie the hue and odor of flowers,
artist of no mean merit, and when it is sad the sue, moon and .rare testified ti.
known that it was he who painted the 110 eatiskwes of the Great Creator, the
house shown at the Berlin exhibition, Frahm and Maker of a11. They thin
as a specimen of Chinese architecture, it bemuse thesnesbly innovated in the
will be sees tehnt M ws. • man of puts. work, mad sruM look upon the Wed.
He [seed at
tie first a,nver s .ssua fth. wM.s ted Rhe sky, - tbt.
es►•, spit at card revile hire. Dae lay, serwNsia ash 01M rsU.y, tb Wand and
let@evror, M in, and the lest the oostinsnt, with an ethat st knew and
mosysrt made tea for hits He ares se- .sdenMud. A p.aspidet was published
tablature! at such treatment at he hand. mt 1, whsle desk with religion,
of the jssnos wheat h. lad wens* ill- .adnate, , and _tassel iaseLM-
need. He same assist, h mower. and esu frees iagYasd and A nominal
wee mnvi.eed of the troth of Christian- 7 is woe shady stadi.d by rs"demi
icy, bet esu afraid to 0044.55 1415 leli.f, Thsy, were si.o haght .. lay, phytai-
ied he w(wld b@ s.M b 11w oleo, uetwaq. 7. /.Mn , mad
pric0a..f Chi's wear oat ler eenlp5riwnt tended coo ode, , weaid w e
• t ,,,a g is er t se, asd an tellfle.g to open Haste mi 11.
more Is maned with the da.b arsd speaker travelled with lbws Mans
__r.._.ro.— -
Faster.
For the SIGNAL.
The clouds break, light throneh the darkness
Yea Andes the gloom with Its effulseace;
And from on High soh AIlelniabs float.
Like angels whisperings -tau of hope
fo the hopeless mortal whose web of life
Both warp and weft are span of stn;
Bat now the God man• who died to etre.
And bring sinners to rcpentan•e
is risen to -day -as mid:
id:
And In, theiare illamie'd,
And their soots once more purpled.
The old maven is pared away,
And the tarnish on their armor
1s removed may It keep buraist'd
With constant nse In God's armory.
T\IU world. which Satan strives to rill..
And at the tlnal Resurrection
May we all swell the irrase chords
"Resarretlt stent ditty Alleluia.
e.
Goderieb Later Monday, tail
warns as ae.Mlie 1•
•
A cotemporary bis been writing for s
whole year trying to make clear to its
readers who or what ea agnostic is, and
the clever editor of the Pre.byterun
declares that the only result is to make
confusion worse confounded. The New
York Awn says what it knows of the sub -
jest in owe runtimes. An agnostic, ssye the
8ww, is • man who doesn't know whether
there is • God or not; doesn't know
whether he has • soul or not; doesn't
know whether there is a future life or
not; deese't believe that any nae roles
kayos any more abut this matters
thea hs dem; and thiaks it • +sate of
Mawr to find sot llmi i. abet what an
apostre
and
body who reads this
mesh .y easgsMd himself that le
hms not sabred •ns king if he lee skip
pad ewer the learned digiitiorts of s