The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1918, Page 79

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of Singapore. ‘This property is valued at $1,000,000
and will be worth several times more if the-city
continues to grow at its present pace. ‘The rental
of the ninety-two buildings which occupy the land
will be turned over to the college as soon as certain
leases expire.

With the establishment of the new college as-
sured, representatives of the Mission began to look
about for a site. Upon the brow of a hill command-
ing the harbor and in the path of every cooling
breeze that blows from the straits, Mr. Nagle found
exactly what he wanted. A stretch of forty- -four and
one-half acres promised to make an ideal campus.

After the Mission had decided to acquire the
property, the American called on his neighbors.
The Chinese who lived in the beautiful house on
the right smilingly promised to donate his home
and the five acres of gardens surrounding it as soon
as work on the college should begin; the Chinese
on the left offered a deed for twenty-six and one-
half acres more, land which could not be purchased
for less than $55,000.

And so, through the generpsity of the Chinese
millionaires, the long-cherished dream of Bishop
Oldham’s is about to become a reality. Strangest
of all, none of the men who gave so liberally to the
Anglo-Chinese College are Christians.” None of
them ever signed a stewardship pledge; yet many
are more than tithing their incomes. ‘Tan Kah
Kee supports six Chinese schools, and devotes more
time to philanthropy than to business.. Despite the
fact that he is a very rich man, he gives so much
away that he cannot afford to own his own home.

The Chinese millionaire, or taukey, as he is
called in Malay, does not think in small figures.
When making a gift, he is blind to anything less
than $10,000.

When the British government passed the hat,
a tank, several airplanes, and a battleship were
dropped in: ‘The ship, which was christened the

_ “Malaya,” played a glorious part in the Jutland

battle. When the Red Cross passed the hat, $57,000
was donated at one lawn party.

Upon a high hill of Singapore is to stand one
of the greatest Christian colleges in the Orient, a
perpetual monument to the generosity of the tau-
keys, men who have furnished the whole world with
lessons in giving. With the non-Christian merchants

~ of the Far East setting such a high standard, Amer-

ican church-members will undoubtedly feel a prone
ee to reach their quota.
Western, Christian Advocate.

Take Heed to Your Words.

A probable purchaser, a rich nobleman, was be-
ing shown through the famous Wedgwood potteries
in England by the proprietor, and a boy went along
to help. The visitor, who was an atheist, made sey-
eral objectionable remarks about religion. The boy
looked puzzled, and then smiled, and finally laughed
aloud at some of the sayings. Mr. Wedgwood said
nothing, but afterward, when he had shown an ex-
quisite yase to the nobleman, he stretched out his
hand and knocked it to the ground, dashing it to
pieces. “That was unpardonable carelessness,” re-
marked the nobleman, “for I wished to purchase
that for my collection, and nothing can restore it
now.” “No,” replied Mr. Wedgwood; “you forget,
my lord, that the parents and friends of the lad
who has just left us have used their influence to
make him a vessel fit for the Master’s use, and that
you, with your touch, have undone the work of
years.” This quite staggered his lordship. ‘The
words, however, went home, for, holding out his
hand, he exclaimed: “Sir, I beg your pardon.
I never thought of the effect of my words.”

Why the World Needs Mission-Schools.

“Educate—educate—educate,” says the Angli-
can Bishop of Madras, India. And well he may;
for, with the exception of China, India stands at
the head of the list of illiterate nations. About
ninety-four per cent. of her people can neither read
nor write.

China stands one point ahead of India, averag-
ing ninety-five per cent. illiteracy. In this country
only one out of every twenty-five children is in
school. .

In Mexico about eighty per cent. and in South
America sixty-nine per cent. of the people are il-
literate,

Even Europe is not fully educated. The per-
centage of illiteracy in the different countries is
as follows:

_ Belgium 12.7 Russia 87.3
France 14.1 Greece 57.2
Italy 87. Bulgaria 65.5

Except in Germany, government schools are in-
adequate to care for the needs of primary education

-in all the countries of Europe where we are at work.

In spite of the excellent public school systems
established by the United Sh fifty-five Per cent.