LECTURE VI. The Contribution of Christian Missions to Social Progress.

VOLUME III

LECTURE VI. The Contribution of Christian Missions to Social Progress.

(Continued).

APPENDIX

I. Statistical Survey of Foreign Missions throughout the World, in a Series of
Classified Tables.

1. EVANGELISTIC. Statistics of Foreign Missionary Societies and Churches.
2. EDUCATIONAL. Statistics of Academic, Medical, and Industrial Instruction.
3. LITERARY. Statistics of Bible Translation and General Literature.

4. MEDICAL. Statistics of Hospitals, Dispensaries, and Patients Treated.
5. PHILANTHRopic and Reformatory. Statistics of Institutions and So-

cieties for Relief and Rescue.

6. CULTURAL. Statistics of Societies and Associations for General Improvement.

7. Native Organizations for the Furtherance of National, Social, and Religious

Reform.

8. Missionary Training Institutions and Organizations in Christian Lands.

II. Directory of Foreign Missionary Societies in all Lands.

III. Bibliography of Recent Literature of Missions.

INDICES

Missions a social as well as a religious ministry, p. 23.-Social results

a later and more indirect product than the spiritual, p. 24.-Their sphere

ethical and humane rather than economic, p. 25.-The social influence of

missions confirmed by history, p. 26.—The larger significance of missions,

p. 28.—The divine environment of social evolution, p. 28.—The reconstruc-

tive function of Christianity in mission fields, p. 29. -This inquiry pertinent

at the present stage of mission progress, p. 30.-Have missions and soci-

ology any common ground? p. 31.-The true scope and aim of sociology,

p. 32.-The sociological power of the religious environment, p. 33.-Chris-

tianity the true social touchstone, p. 34.—Sociology not merely an academic

discipline, p. 34.—In what sense may the expression "Christian sociology"

be properly used? p. 36.—Christian sociology distinguished from Christian

socialism, p. 38.-Sociology in its constructive aspects predominantly ethi-

cal, p. 38.-Sociology an inclusive and comprehensive science, p. 39.-Is

universal evolution the only postulate of a true sociological system? p. 41.

-Christian missions necessarily a militant social force, p. 43.-A majestic

power of social transformation inherent in Christ's teachings, p. 45.-The

larger vision of God's purpose in missions, p. 47.-The sublimity and com-

prehensiveness of their task, p. 47.-The evangelical spirit and aim of mis-

sions must not be supplanted by the sociological method, p. 48.-The

social outcome of missions a natural and unconscious revelation of their

power, p. 50.-Missions stand for social evolution with Christianity in-

troduced as a factor, p. 51.-The present variety and breadth in mission

methods desirable, p. 51.-Some a priori arguments in support of this op-

timistic view, p. 52.-The argument from solidarity, p. 53.—The argument

from analogy based upon the expansive power of material forces, p. 53.-

Another argument from analogy based upon the larger scope of moral evil,

p. 54.—What the divine legislation of the Old Testament suggests, p. 54.

-The argument from historic achievement, p. 55.-World-wide social re-

demption the culminating thought of the New Testament, p. 56.-The

expansion of the kingdom the crowning promise of Scripture, p. 58.-Mis-

sion service is the secret of inspiration and power to the Church, p. 58.

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LECTURE II

THE SOCIAL EVILS OF THE NON-CHRISTIAN WORLD

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The proper spirit of such an inquiry, p. 73.-Excellencies not to be

ignored or minimized, p. 74.—The existence of serious evils in Christen-

dom not to be denied, p. 75.-Christian civilization must be tested by its

active antagonism to moral evils, p. 75.

I. THE INDIVIDUAL GROUP

(Evils affecting primarily the individual, and secondarily society through

the individual)

1. INTEMPERANCE. Intemperance in many nations-a comparative survey,

p. 76.

2. THE OPIUM HABIT. The extent of the opium traffic, p. 80.-The Royal

Commission on Opium, and its report, p. 82.-British restrictions in

Burma, p. 82.-The area of the opium habit, and the evils of its use, p. 83.

3. THE GAMBLING HABIT. The prevalence of gambling in China and through-

out the world, p. 85.

4. IMMORAL VICES. Immorality in Japan, Korea, and China, p. 86. —The

moral condition of India, p. 89.-The status in Mohammedan lands, and

in South America, Africa, and the Pacific Islands, p. 91.

5. SELF-TORTURE. Self-torture in India, China, and Mohammedan lands, p. 92.

6. SUICIDE. Self-destruction prevalent in many countries, p. 93.

7. IDLENESS AND IMPROVIDENCE. The evils of sloth and improvidence, p. 96.

8. EXCESSIVE PRIDE AND SELF-EXALTATION. Pride and vanity are barriers

to progress, p. 97.

9. MORAL DELINQUENCIES. The blighting effects of untruthfulness and dis-

honesty, p. 99.

II. THE FAMILY GROUP

(Evils affecting primarily the family, and secondarily society through the

family)

The status and function of the family in ancient classical civilizations, p.

102.- Little improvement in the heathen civilizations of to-day, p. 103.

1. THE DEGRADATION OF WOMAN. The status of woman outside of Chris-

tendom, p. 104.-The signs and tokens of her inferiority, p. 104. - Her

deprivations and restrictions, p. 107.—Her indignities and burdens, p. 109.

-The result upon her personal character, p. 112.-Some modifications of

the dark picture which are to the credit of Eastern womanhood, p. 112.