The necessary Religion of Racists - an honest study

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What is the Christian Character ? Will it be, is it now, or are we without, asking if it is shaped by the American Character?
Will there be absolute backlash in the PC(USA) formation evolving the Presbyterian Churches that originally visited Korea from Koreans and their Church?
Read the amazing work encouraged to bystanders of the Dixie Children's Book including 2 southern presbyterians in Korea while the writer Horace Underwood is Northern Presbyterian. Perhaps what a crude and rudimentary abandonment of this Mission by our leaders.
Dixie Children's Geographical Reader, page 10.
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The men who inhabit the globe, are not all alike. Those in Europe and AMerica are mostly white and are called the Caucasian race. This race is civilizaed, and is far above all the others. They have schools and churches and live in fine style. They also generally have wise and good men for rulers, and regular form of government. The women are treated with respect and tenderness, and in many cases their wish is law among their male friends.
There is a class of people wh oinhabit most of Asia which is of a yellow color. There are quiet, plodding race, but when educated are sinsible and shrewd. They have some books, and a regular form of government, but they are heathen; I mean by this that they worship images made of wood and stone. They do not know about JEsus. And yet they pray to those idols much oftener than we do christians do to our Savior. This race is called the Mongolion. Missionaries have been sent to teach them about Jesus. When they ever become converted, they hold fast their profession, are not fickle like some races.
(The indians... naked, cruel, warlike... good friends, but terrible enemies. had no books..)
The African or negro race is found in Africa. They are slothful and vicious, but possess little cunning. They are very cruel to each other, wand when they have war they sell their prisoners to the white people for slaves. They know nothing of Jesus and the Climate in Africa is so unhealthy that white men can scarecely go there to preach to them. The slaves who are found in America are in much better condition. They are better fed, clothed, and better instructed than in their native country. These peopole are descendants of Ham the son of Noah who was cursed because he did not treat his father with respect.- it was told him he should serve his brethren forever. That would seem a hard sentence but, it was probably done to show other children how wicked it was to treat their parents so. We can not tell how they came to be black, and have wool on their heads.
Now dear children you have heard how miserable many of the human family are. If they knew about Jesus, they would be happy as you are. There are good men who are willing to go and teach them, but they lack money to bear their expenses. Can now each of you give something to help send the gospel to the heathen.

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The geographical reader for the Dixie children : Moore, M. B. (Marinda Branson), 1829-1864 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive



Racist technology has advanced in 30 years. Listen to Hroace Underwood's description of the Korean...

"Koreans are said to be a people without a religion. Certainly they do not seem very re- ligious. They have very few temples and shrines. We do not see them thronging without a
these, or devoting much time, thought, or religion money to public or private worship, or to the coffers of priests, who are of a very low grade. The fact is, their old forms of religion appear to us to retain_vey little. hold, compared with
the superstitions of the Africans ,the devotees of India, Tibet, China or even Japain and. various influences have_ combined to .render their faith in thieir old religions cold and weak and their service formal and less than half-hearted.
Dr. Smith says, "To capture this race for Christ means the early conquest of the whole world," and to this, with equal force, would I add that the Christian- ity of the nation of Korea, a possibility in the near future, as is proven by the history of mission work thus far, would mean the speedy capture of China for Christ.
(Ginseng, Kim Chi, Christian King)

Considering, then, these three peoples, so closely allied in history as well as geography, we find marked differences. Korea is geographically between China and Japan, and intellect- iv ually and physically the people come halfway between these two great nations. They are not as phlegmatic as the Chinese nor as volatile as the Japanese. Without the stolid conservatism, often amounting to impregnable obstinacy, of the one or the easy adaptability, amounting to fickleness, of the other, calmly weighing pros and cons, they are willing to accept change if it is really good and receive what is new without too rashly discarding long-established
beliefs and customs. They are not as slavishly bound by superstition, not as devoted to their old religions, not as faithful, perhaps, to the traditions of the past, as the Chinese, nor so imitative and ambitious as the Japanese.
Dr. Jones in a leaflet says: ''In character the Korean people are naturally friendly. To those who inspire them with respect and confidence they are the soul of generous hospitality. The Koreans are intel- lectually inclined, the national ideal is the scholar. Whereas in China the cast of mind is conmiercial, giving us a nation of merchants, and in Japan it is military, giving us a nation of warriors, in Korea it is literary, giving us a nation of scholars." (quickness of thought that would give credit to a Yankee)

As we will show further on, we have endeavored to make every member of the native Church feel his individual responsibility in making Christ known within his sphere, and while the results that will be mentioned later will be seen, in the main, to be the work of the natives, we have * as yet re- frained from ordaining but very few as preachers of the Gospel.

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Heathenry in flight abroad and at home.
The call of Korea, political--social--religious : Underwood, Horace Grant, 1859-1916 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
 
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