MISSIONARIES AND GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS 



glance into the glass had convinced her of the wrong esti- 

 mation of her beauty, and not wanting to be shown her 

 true appearance she hated and destroyed the looking-glass. 



It is a sad but well-known fact that many white settlers 

 and travelers in heathen countries throw ofif all moral re- 

 straint, and live a life among the natives which is wholly 

 unworthy of a civilized man, not to speak of a professing 

 Christian. The missionaries, seeing this and hearing of 

 it from the people among whom they work, necessarily 

 have to reprove such people for their doings, and de- 

 nounce them for the very sake of civilization and Chris- 

 tianity. Thus it is that unprincipled travelers and settlers 

 conflict with missionaries and show the spirit of malice 

 toward their work. 



In the different heathen countries where it has been 

 my privilege to travel — for instance, in India, Burma, 

 China, Japan, Africa, and other places — I have always 

 found the same thing. People who live questionable lives, 

 and who do not care to represent any higher ideals, always 

 condemn missionaries, just as the habitual drunkard and 

 saloon-keeper hate temperance work. Yet, wherever I 

 have found officials and settlers who were real gentlemen, 

 and who made a point of setting a high example for the 

 natives, they all highly respect the missionary and his 

 work. The more such people have studied these difficult 

 problems in the various heathen countries, the more they 

 have learned to appreciate the true missionary and his 

 unselfish work. Many wonderful testimonials to this 

 effect have been publicly given by eminent American and 

 British officials, as well as by heathen kings and prominent 

 statesmen. To quote only a few well-known statements : 



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