Christian missions and social progress; a sociological study of foreign missions . hris-tians, but the figures are significant as indicating that the great majorityhad never been in touch with mission influences. A further investiga-tion at Maritzburg, made by the Rev. John Bruce, a missionary of theFree Church of Scotland, revealed the fact that, during a period of sixmonths, out of three or four hundred pupils in his school not one hadbeen arrested for any The Rev. George Au Wilder(A. B. C. F. M.), Gazaland, East Africa, writes: In 1892 the Por-tuguese Governor at Lorenzo Marqu
Christian missions and social progress; a sociological study of foreign missions . hris-tians, but the figures are significant as indicating that the great majorityhad never been in touch with mission influences. A further investiga-tion at Maritzburg, made by the Rev. John Bruce, a missionary of theFree Church of Scotland, revealed the fact that, during a period of sixmonths, out of three or four hundred pupils in his school not one hadbeen arrested for any The Rev. George Au Wilder(A. B. C. F. M.), Gazaland, East Africa, writes: In 1892 the Por-tuguese Governor at Lorenzo Marques applied to the Swiss Missionfor men to send as carriers with their Boundary Commission, because,as he said, these are the only natives we can trust not to run testimony of missionaries in regard to the moral renewal ofthe personal character of Christians in the South Seas is cumulative,and cannot be questioned by any candid mind. The Rev. WilliamWyatt Gill may be regarded as a representative witness. He writes 1 The Christian, July 2, 1896, Letter from South Teachers ot the Girls Central School, Antananarivo, (Miss Briggs in front row, Miss Cravenin middle, and Miss Sibree on the left in last row.) Antananarivo College, (requisitioned by the French authoritiesGroup of Tutors and College Students. iRev. James Sibree on the right, Rev. A. W. Wilson on the left.)The Fruits of Christian- Instruction in Madagascar. (L. m. S.) THE SOCIAL RESULTS OF MISSIONS 175 concerning the results of mission work in the Pacific Islands: Theabolition of human sacrifices, war, cannibalism, polygamy, idolatry,and a crushing despotism, is due to Christianity. The thief has be-come honest, the immoral pure in life, the cruel-hearted kind. 1 Another aspect of this subject is the influence of Christianity incultivating the physical virtues of cleanliness and neatness. It isuniversally acknowledged that converts almostinvariably mend their ways by banishing unclean- Outward neatness a
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